User talk:Kablammo/Archive 2

Popups & edit summary
Re:. In a case like that it would probably be good to leave a note for the user or add something in the edit summary explaining why you reverted. Its important to let IP users feel useful so they become regular users. -Ravedave (Adopt a State) 01:45, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree, but it wasn't me. Kablammo 03:22, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * sorry my mistake! -Ravedave (Adopt a State) 16:24, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

What?
How is that vandalism? This makes no sense. I didn't say nything bad did I? look i dont care anymore.

LINERs
Thank you for your response. I did not know that ships-of-the-line were also called liners. I am going to wait another week before creating a disambiguation page just to gather more feedback. Dr. Submillimeter 15:06, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Liner is now a disambiguation page. Feel free to add more links.  Dr. Submillimeter 16:27, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Reverting removed warnings
Hey there, when you revert the removal of warnings on a talk page, it'd help if you could also add removewarn while you're at it. Much appreciated. Cheers! --Brad Beattie (talk) 01:16, 6 January 2007 (UTC)


 * No worries. For a list of templates, take a look at WP:UTM. :) --Brad Beattie (talk) 01:19, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Another tip: When using certain template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use &#123;&#123;subst:test&#125;&#125; instead of &#123;{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template. Happy editing... and vandalfighting Rettetast

Template talk:Infobox Commercial Ship
I've been in hospital for a bit, will have to get back to you on this subject later JohnClarknew 18:37, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

QM vs. Normandie
Hey, thanks for the heads up. I've edited the succession box to reflect that. I'll take a look at the Commercial ship template. -Pryaltonian 04:50, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

RMS Queen Elizabeth picture for article
It seems a shame that there is no picture of this beautiful liner to grace her page (before wreck). Think you can help to get one up that has no copyright problems? I can't find one. JohnClarknew 19:15, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

RE: Rochester, Minnesota
Sorry, I just thought someone was just putting random hex color codes in the article. My bad. Red Director 17:50, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the note
Thanks for pointing this out to me.Manual_of_Style is the article I've been looking for for some time. It clears a lot up for me, yet i still feel that there should be a standard english dialect across the whole of wikipedia. However, knowing a lot of americans and aussies, they hold dear to themselves there language and i couldn't be the one to tell them that (possibly) they weren't use their variety of english. I myself would find it a bit rude if i was told to change my spellings, but there you have it. Thanks again, Random articles 22:19, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Talking about Yanks spellings, i've noticed some blantant and infuriating spellings in my time, thankfully few on wikipedia articles, yet in textbooks and paper encyclopedia from the Collins or Oxford brands, which you cannot edit yourself without writing on the book, something i feel decidedly against doing. In fact, this have inspired me to start to check articles that are decidedly British and correct any american spellings. This shall make me feel better, and make me spend my time more productively (as i currently wander pointlessly through different articles, being no use at all). Thankyou very, very much!!! Random articles 22:36, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Usage
Right, ok, well Ticket Office is fine but you can also use booth if you wanted. Waiting Room is also good, but on british railways, people wait on the platform, which I'm guessing from dictionary definition is a concourse A concourse possibly could be the passenger bridge over the railway to get to the other platforms, but concourse is not a term in use in britain, so i haven't really heard it before. Train shed is the most common use for this term, but i have seen track hall before, so it's not wrong, but it isn't the first term to come to mind.

Would you mind passing me the link to these articles so i can have a better look at the articles and their spelling. To be honest, there are so many variations on spelling and words and phrases in britain, that there isn't a truly correct version of spelling. However, when wrting articles for to read (such as wikipedia) what is called the Queens English is what is generally excepted as correct english. I hope this helps, Random articles 11:53, 14 January 2007 (UTC)


 * The word Hall basically means a large structure or room which can hold a large quantity of objects, people etc. In this context, just think of hall as a hanger, slightly smaller, for trains instead of planes.


 * Thanks for the links, and remember to talk to me about any other spelling mistakes that you find!! Thanks again, Random articles 14:34, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Rift valley
Lake Baikal does lie in a rift valley. I think if you read the article on it (which does not do it justice) you would see it is one of the world's great sites. Since it is in Siberia, it does not get much attention. But you do what you like. I'm certainly not going to argue or contest. And I thank you so much for consulting me about it. Sincerely, --Mattisse 01:59, 14 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much for your message and for returning the link to rift valley. I agree it was not to the point for the Great Rift Valley article. Sincerely --Mattisse 02:20, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Discussion about Congress
Would you be so kind as to go here and weigh in on the discussion? Thanks --Appraiser 15:40, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

WUSTL Project
--Lmbstl 11:55, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

You forgot to sign your user warning at User Talk:12.16.75.130
Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; ) at the end of your comment. You may also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! Will (Talk - contribs) 19:41, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Cable TV commercial spam
Kablammo - I've taken the liberty of trying to summarize the views of the responders thus far to this issue here. Would you be kind enough to double-check my summary of your views, and supplement or correct them as necessary.

It appears that User:Bill Clark is continuing to argue his points with some tenacity, despite the fact that the responses thus far appear to be leaning firmly against his views.

Thanks for your input on this - frankly, I am worried about "opening the door" to this kind of commercial spam - others will want in as well because the "precedent has been set"! Spamreporter1 07:50, 6 February 2007 (UTC)


 * User:Bill Clark has posted still another proposal which in my view is no better than his earlier efforts. Would you be kind enough to offer your observation of this latest? Spamreporter1 18:55, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Regards to Ship Articles
Just wanted to thank you for the useful links; I have a feeling i'll be using them often. Michael Merali 21:51, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Independence of the Seas
Hi - no, I've not seen any source. I merely trusted that whomever wrote the Independence of the Seas article knew their information. --G2bambino 16:58, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Reverting my User Page
Thanks for taking care of the vandalism. Cheers! --EarthPerson 21:22, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Red River Trail
Thanks for helping out with the History of Minnesota article. I'm not totally sure that the Red River Trail needs to be mentioned in the main article. It doesn't seem to be a core topic within the main references I'm using (the books by Gilman, Lass, and Risjord). I wouldn't have any objection to mentioning it in the article, though.

It's an interesting topic and could deserve an article or at least some expansion within the Red River ox cart article. There are three sections on the National Register of Historic Places (in Crow Wing County, Pennington County, and the Old Wadena Historic District in Wadena County). There are also historic markers along Highway 10 in Detroit Lakes and near Elk River, and I seem to remember reading something about how Highway 10 near St. Cloud follows the route of the trail. Let me know if you start an article like this, and I can help out. --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 13:29, 18 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Here's a link to the National Register documentation about the Red River trails. It looks like a pretty thorough description of how the trails evolved, how they were used, and how they were later supplanted by military roads, railroads, and eventually highways.  Also, if you haven't checked out the National Register of Historic Places database, it's at, and it has a few different query forms and options.  --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 23:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Height of Land Portage
''There appear to be two of these in Minnesota in the national register system. The article is on the one in Cook County. I have revised the infobox you added. Thanks.''

I had a heck of a time finding the duplication, until I requeried the National Register database for everything in Cook County. It turns out that the one in Grand Marais is simply named "Height of Land", while the one in Embarrass is named "Height of Land Portage". I was wondering why the database (a copy I downloaded and queried using a PHP infobox generator) was telling me that the city was Embarrass. I should probably add a disambiguation note to the top of the article saying that there's another portage with the same name in Embarrass. Gotta love ambiguous names, I guess. Thanks for catching this. --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 14:27, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I was fortunate enough to search for just "Height of Land" the first time, which yielded both results. I should have mentioned the difference in names.  There is a "Height of Land Portage" near Lake Nipissing in Ontario on the Montreal to Grand Portage mainline of the voyageurs.  There are others; as height of land is a term for divide any portage crossing a divide could be called by the same name.  As articles on these others are added we may want to move this one to Height of Land Portage (Minnesota/Ontario) or something to that effect.  But this one appears to be the most famous.  Kablammo 02:36, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * By the way, I found the National Register nomination for the portages of Minnesota at . They go into a very comprehensive discussion of how the portages evolved and why they're there, but I think the only actual portage they nominated was the one in Embarrass.  If you're in the mood for reading lots and lots of information about portages, this is certainly a place to look.  --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 14:36, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Help Request
In my last edit to Height of Land Portage the last part is cut off on the displayed article (including the references and categories) but shows when the edit page is called up. What gives? Kablammo 19:33, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * should have been -Ravedave (Adopt a State) 19:40, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

SNF
Thanks for the work on Superior National Forest it needed it. -Ravedave 06:22, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Olympic & the Lightship
Hi Kablammo, just responding to your note about the date of the photo of Olympic speeding by the Nantucket Lightship LV-117. I stated somewheres else but decided to leave response with you here. As regards the date of the photo Charles Eaton & John Haas in their book on the White Star Line have the photo in their section on the Olympic. They date in as January 1934 and I have no reason to doubt them for the handrailing on LV-117 has caked snow and ice as can be seen in the foreground of the photo. This most likely makes a wintertime snapshot as opposed to an April springtime shot.

Re: Cities
''Elkman-- I saw your changes here. I think Minnesota cities are chartered by the state, so they are not subdivisions of counties, even though they are within and geographically part of one or more counties. I'm not sure that makes a difference, or if cities in other states are established or chartered by the counties rather than the state. Kablammo 01:42, 28 March 2007 (UTC)''

I think you're probably right about that. I did a cursory pass through Minnesota statutes on the matter (about counties and about cities), and it looks like counties and cities are mostly independent. Townships, though, can apparently exist only in one county. I made a change to the cities project page to reflect this. --Elkman (Elkspeak) 02:03, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

I Need Help with Something
I am trying to upload an image for the Freedom-class of ships, but I am having trouble having it appear. It is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Freedom-Class_Comparison.jpg.Gary Joseph 04:00, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Kablammo, Our Lady of Lourdes looks great! Many thanks for taking an interest and making it better. -Susanlesch 19:54, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Geology of Minnesota
Kudos for your awesome work on Geology of Minnesota! I tried to get into geology for the MN article and I just couldn't do it, I guess rocks are just boring to me :). Gimme a heads up when you are mostly done and I'll do a copy edit. -Ravedave 03:59, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Minneapolis
Hello. Does Minneapolis, Minnesota look all right to you? Please pardon this form letter that is going to about a dozen people whose user name I recognize from some Wikipedia edit (could have been recent or in the past year). I expect to close peer review by nominating Minneapolis to featured article candidate in a day or two unless other editors have more work they'd like to do. In case the links help, places to make a difference are to edit in place, comment in the peer review, comment on the talk page, support or oppose when and if it gets to featured article candidate, or work on a child article linked from the following template. -Susanlesch 23:56, 10 April 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, I will hold off at least a week or altogether. Hope you have a great vacation. Loodog did some work on the intro too. I will look for your changes when you have time. Best wishes. -Susanlesch 16:03, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Coord template
I added the new Coord template to Seagate, Brooklyn. I tried both Inline and Title parameters, but it does not seem to work properly with both Inline and Title together. It does not put the coords in the upper right-hand corner. Also, should the template be set above or below any nav templates at the bottom of the page? I put it above, but I don't know what the convention is. If you put it below nav templates, it is pretty well buried out of sight. &#9679;DanMS • Talk 01:39, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting vandalism to my user page!
Thanks for reverting vandalism to my user page! I appreciate it. =) – Lantoka  (talk) 08:28, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Red River Trails
Good job on creating this article. Please consider submitting it to "Did you know" at Template talk:Did you know so that it may be displayed on the main page. If you are not interested would you object to me to nominating it? --maclean 19:06, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi, I've nominated an article you worked on, Red River Trails, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the "hook" for the article at Template talk:Did you know where you can improve it if you see fit. Thanks, maclean 04:04, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Duplicate notice

I took a look at the infobox for Red River Trails. I don't know if there's really a standard within WikiProject National Register of Historic Places or within Infobox nrhp for multiple-property submissions that span several different areas in a state. When I checked the database, I found that the nominated sections were in Baxter, Minnesota, St. Hilaire, Minnesota, and West Union, Minnesota, so I put them down in the infobox. The trails no doubt spanned a lot of land within the state, but those sections were the ones identified as the most well-preserved sections that could be identified as part of the Red River Trails. I'm sure that several other sections of the trails later turned into roads. There's a roadside sign on U.S. Route 10 on the western border of Anoka County, as well as another one on US-10 near Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. On the other hand, other sections probably just became farmers' fields or reverted back to a woodland state. --Elkman (Elkspeak) 02:19, 7 May 2007 (UTC)


 * It works for me. I might tweak it to eliminate multiple mentions of the state name.  Thanks for looking at this.  Kablammo 02:25, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Business & State Articles
How does external links of creating a business not fall under the state section? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kiamori (talk • contribs) 23:26, 1 May 2007 (UTC).
 * Where does it stop? How to file for election in the state?  Where to vote?  Where to vacation in Minnesota?  How to travel to Minnesota?  Where to live in Minnesota?  How to buy a home, sell a home, obtain a mortage, finance a business, obtain a car loan, find a church, obtain counseling, find a doctor, get insurance?  The sort of information you want to add, to this and articles on every city in the state, will invite other articles on every single "how to do it" topic within the imagination of contributors.  Once we open that door, how will we close it?  Kablammo 02:50, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Minnesota
No problem; I had just made an edit that involved the entire article, so didn't want to lose it all. And, I had left a note to about the problem with editing by sections. If the section editing thing is fixed now, I'll go back to editing by section, and we shouldn't conflict &mdash; I'll continue reviewing refs, working from the bottom. Regards, Sandy Georgia (Talk) 20:05, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * All done; looks good. Good luck on the main page !  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 20:34, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, thank you for the thank you :-) Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 01:47, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

MN
Already on it, I have some minor tweaks to the geog section. I am also working on this User:Ravedave/Template:State_parks_of_Minnesota_map which should be cool for the parks page. -Ravedave 01:51, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I checked all of the edits Georgia and you made. Looks great. I'll see what I can do to keep an eye on it. Only 5 days till the main page! Also Do you think Geology of Minnesota would make GA? -Ravedave 02:07, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Geology of Minnesota
I thought about emailing Sansome, Ojakangas and Matsch and seeing if they would look. What do you think?-Ravedave 02:16, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Sure, why not? I also have some refinements to make to the description of regions.  Ojakangas and Matsch use a more general geographic approach, while Sansome approaches it from the nature of the terrain-- her "West Central Minnesota" is more gerrymandered than I have indicate (which is why a map is needed) and basically covers the moraine, knob and kane country regardless of the watershed it is in.  Kablammo 02:23, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Sansome doesn't seem to have a public email addr (and may be dead ), but the other two do., . Would you like to email them, or shall I? When looking for thier email addrs I stubled on this page which has some nice gfx that might be easily re-created -Ravedave 02:27, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Feel free, if you don't mind. You may be more likely to get a brutally honest response, which is what we want.  Kablammo 02:30, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Glacial River Warren
Thanks for starting the Glacial River Warren. It was on my "list of things to do eventually." I suppose I have a slight preference for River Warren, but it's not important. I've seen "Glacial River Warren", "glacial River Warren", and "River Warren" all used. I suppose adding the word glacial indicates that it was only a temporary outlet for the watershed area, even though it lasted 2300 years. Are the facts and figures in Lake Agassiz congruous with your article? It would be nice to have a picture of high bluffs over a dry valley (perhaps one in Mendota Heights would work). I'll try to find one or take one sometime - probably not before DYK though. - oh - i hope you don't mind me nominating it.--Appraiser 15:24, 8 May 2007 (UTC)


 * You've inspired me to do some more writing. Take a look at this and modify it or make suggestions if you'd like.  I wanted to work on it some before moving it to main space.  Thanks--Appraiser 21:42, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it looks very good-- clearly ready for prime time. The question is whether you want it as a separate article, or as part of River Warren. (I'm probably going to move on to other things now-- I only created River Warren because I was tired of looking at redlinks, it was an article that needed to be started anyway, and I already had the sources.)  If you decide to add it I'll be happy to add the section breaks and transitions, or let you could just take it over and handle those as you choose.  Do whatever you think is best; I'll be glad to help either way.  And keep an eye on Minnesota this week!  Regards,  Kablammo 22:04, 9 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you for writing such an interesting article. I learned a lot about the geology a bit west of where I live. I have traveled through most of the areas that you discuss. I will be looking at these areas in a different light the next I travel through the areas. I can't wait to see the five mile wide valley cut out by the river. Royal broil  02:08, 9 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I have driven the entire stretch of the Mississippi River from its merge with the St. Croix River to Hanibal, Missouri. I also went to Minnehaha Falls once many years ago when my brother lived briefly in Richfield. I will look carefully for signs the next time I am at Lake Pepin (I have been there several times). I like how the article has the name "Glacial", keeping the standard that I have heard used to discuss other glacial lakes (in Eastern Wisconsin) that I learned about in college classes. Keep up the great work! Royal broil  03:54, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Biscay, Minnesota‎
Hi Kablammo, I noticed you have contributed to making the Minnesota an FA. I was hoping you could help me with the Biscay, Minnesota article. I found this article yesterday when I was going around fixing typos. It was a disaster. I tried to clean it up, but it is completely unreferenced. It should probably be blanked and restarted. To add to the problem User:134.29.33.108 has reverted my changes. As a Canadian who has only visited Minneapolis once, I don't really want to adopt responsibility for this Minnesota article. I also hate to see the integrity of the Wikipedia project damaged by a poor article like this one. Therefore I am hoping you could take a look at Biscay and perhaps adopt it. Clerks. 13:48, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note. I'm not sure I want to adopt an article, but will keep an eye on it.  I see that another Minnesota editor is also.  Thanks for pointing this out.  Kablammo 16:13, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Photos
WP instructions tend to be wordy and spread out. I'll distill it for you. Any Qs? -Ravedave 02:43, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Use the info here or here to craft an email to person. The details about the license must be *very* specific.
 * 2) Wait for reply to the email
 * 3) Upload the photo at wikimedia commons here (can be used on all language wps then) with all the permissions and info.
 * 4) Forward email (with added WP link) to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org
 * 5) Eventually someone qualified will use the OTRS system and leave a note like here:

Retraction for User:Grrrmrgrrr
I agree that it might not have been vandalism (per se) and adjusted my post to his talk page accordingly. Thanks Grika Ⓣ 21:24, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Traverse Gap
Thank you for creating the article on the Traverse Gap. I wrote about this portage two years ago in Kensington Runestone. I did not even know it had a name, I had to do original research based on maps and satellite photos. It seems that North Americans generally do not know about this resource or its economic potential, rivaling that of the Chicago Portage. In theory it would be possible to make the Red River of the North and the Minnesota River navigable, and build a canal across the Gap. (If this gap was in the Soviet Union, it would have been covered by 50 to 100 feet of navigable water.) The ice should not be a problem; we have the Saimaa Canal above the 60th latitude and the White Sea Canal reaching the Arctic Ocean.

Have there ever been any plans to build a canal across the gap? -- Petri Krohn 00:29, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Post-glacial rebound
Have a look at this: Talk:Traverse Gap. -- Petri Krohn 02:24, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

THANKS!
Thanks for reverting vandalism to my user page. I'd not reconized it until I checked the history!--Elfin341 18:11, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

db-repost Daniel V. Whitworth
Thanks for flagging up the repost - I'd flagged it as db-bio first time around, but didn't realise there was a separate flag for a repost of an already deleted article. Gilesbennett 13:41, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

User:Peschomd Sockpuppetry Case
Thanks for the help/evidence on the case. It was the first one I've ever started. :) This Peschomd guy messaged me on MySpace right after I added warnings on his original page and even tried to be my friend.  Maybe he was hoping I would retract the warnings and give him free reign to spam or something.  Anyways, thanks again!  Wyatt Riot 13:24, 27 May 2007 (UTC)


 * As an update, I'm sure you've noticed that we "won" the case, if that's the appropriate way to put it. I also got his websites banned from all Wikimedia projects, so we shouldn't have to put up with his spamming any longer! Wyatt Riot 23:36, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Big Bang
It was very rude of you to revert my thoughtful changes to the big bang creationism article. Please be kind enough to refrain from such callous and ignorant acts in the future. There is not one single solitary scrap of evidence supporting big bang creationism any more than there is a single solitary scrap of evidence supporting Genesis creationism from the christian bible. Perhaps you're unfamiliar with science. Since this seems to be the case, let me help you. Scientific hypotheses are testable, and there is nothing testable about big bang creationism. It is an example of ex nihilo creationism and as such can not enter the realm of science. It will forever be a fantastical myth. Now if you'd be so kind as to stick to articles you are more qualified for (toilet sounds), you can leave the editing of science articles to those of us who understand what science is and practice it. Good luck in the future and many happy returns. Bubuntu 16:54, 27 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your message. To restate:  Sourced content in featured articles should not be removed without discussion, particulary where, as in Big Bang, you have essentially blanked the page.  You have no edits whatsoever on the article's talk page.  If you want to make changes of such magnitude to the article, discuss them there first.  Also I have relocated your post on my talk page to the bottom, where it belongs.  I will let its content stand for others to see.  Kablammo 17:02, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike Deleted
How come SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike was deleted based on copyright infringement? All I made was a CVG infobox and it is a legit game too.

Sources:


 * Gamestop -Shows you can preorder it for the PSP
 * IGN - Gaming site preview, One of 3 largest online gaming sites
 * Gamestats
 * Gamespy
 * Gamespot -One of 3 large online gaming documentation sites
 * gamefaqs

Please revert the deletion or just remove the copyright material present.

--Cs california 08:01, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

David L Hogan
Hi Kablammo,

Thanks for the feedback & suggestions. I've tidied up the page, let me know if still lacking.

-KiwiCam.

Geology of Minnesota
Hey K,

Thanks for your comments on my talk page and your work on the Minnesota Geology page. I don't claim to be an expert, but do know a little as it does happen to be my profession and locale and it would be regrettable if I didn't have at least a smidge of knowledge.... I plan to dash my smidges in, like snowflakes in September, until those who are more worthy brush them aside. It would certainly be nice if the experts (those professors, MGSers and Friends of the Pleistocene types) knew about wikipedia and decided to pitch in for the good of the uninitiated.

Best, Drillerguy 04:22, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Zwgeem Zong Geem
Hi,

First, thank you very much for your great efforts for preventing vandalism.

I am Zong Geem who mostly updated Harmony search algorithm article with login or without login. But, the other day I found reference-needed sign. So, I provided 33 references that are strongly related with the Harmony Search algorithm (they are not just citing it but using the algorithm. If I provide conference papers and other materials, it will become more than 100. Also, there are many papers to come soon). Although the algorithm was invented in 2001, it is gathering popularity in various scientific and engineering fields during the short time span.

But, although I provided selected 28 journal papers and 5 book chapters, I still saw the reference-needed sign. So, I removed it. But, I found your warning of vandalism. Could you help me how to fix this situation?


 * Replied on your talk page. Kablammo 15:50, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

user account
I was logged in as myself, Willy11009, and I created my own page. As you guessed, a fellow classmate from Lourdes was with me at the time I created my page and opted to create his own then as well. He must not have signed me out when he did so. I apolagize as to any confusion this may have caused, and if you wtill wish me to I would gladly tell him to recreate his page using his own user name. Thank you for your concern...

redirecting cleanup
I removed Greater Minnesota from the Minnesota template but it still ahs stuff linking to it, want to clean them up? If not I'll get to them tonight. -Ravedave 15:10, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Minneapolis
Kablammo, I copied your sentence into the article (the unexplained county ref was cut and left the old sentence stranded). Thanks, what you have is much better. -Susanlesch 23:13, 25 June 2007 (UTC)