User talk:KellyCoinGuy

Articles re coins
Regarding how much detail Wikipedia wants is a touchy subject. Some think we should cover everything. Others think we need to be more specific. One thing to bear in mind though is that some people are very against "stub" articles – ie those less than 2000 bytes. It might be ok to add information on every coin, but probably best not to have a separate article on every coin. Think about having one article which merges information about them. If that gets too large (>35kb), then parts can be split off. This is usually regarded as more useful than 30 articles about individual coins. Remember as well that information should be verifiable and informative. If the information you want to add meets those criteria, then go for it. And good luck! Angela 02:15, 29 Nov 2003 (UTC)


 * What do you mean, "touchy subject"? Of course we should cover everything! How could there be any debate about that? ;-)

LOL - I would guess almost anything in Wikipedia could be considered touchy... by someone.


 * Welcome to Wikipedia, Kelly! &mdash;Eloquence 20:10, Dec 12, 2003 (UTC)

Thank you.


 * Huh, "more specific" than covering everything? That is one strange ontology you have there. ;-) --snoyes 20:14, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)


 * Hmmm. Well I know what I mean. :) Angela. 20:58, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Hello. I see in FreeTDS and Tabular Data Stream that you're neglecting the highlighting convention. (I corrected the problem in those two articles.) Michael Hardy 22:31, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Sorry, where's the discussion on the highlighting convention?


 * Information on such conventions can be found in the manual of style and on the how to edit pages. Hope that helps. Angela.

Mormon page
On the Mormon page recent edits, is there a way you can move that additional info further down into the article so as to reverta away from bloat in the first paragraph. Could you perhaps say all Mormons believe in BofM as well as Bible, and that beliefs in other sacred texts (such as) are the norm but vary among the sects or branches? I think the thesis of the paragraph is that Mormons are this. And all that is is "believe in BofM and trace roots through J. Smith". Hawstom 04:20, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)

You know, Hawstom, it's a difficult thing to phrase correctly, but different branches of Mormonism have very different beliefs about scripture beyond the Book of Mormon. The RLDS (Now Community Church of Christ) don't believe in the King James version of the Bible at all, going strictly with the Joseph Smith Inspired version. The main LDS church is King James cannonically (for the most part) but pays attention to the JS version. The versions of the Doctrine and Covenants is where the most deviation occurs since it is essentially an 'open' book, continuing to be written in all branches, although at different rates. The main LDS church's last addition to the D&C was the 1979 revelation extending the priesthood to all worthy males regardless of race. You won't find that in any other faction's version. Similarly, the main LDS version of the D&C doesn't contain many of Joseph Smith's early revelations, as they are often somewhat repetitive. If there were a simpler way of saying it, I'd say go with it, but it is difficult to say something brief that is also accurate. And accuracy is important in the world of encyclopedias. It's probably been edited more clearly by now anyway. :-)

On the Mormon Page recent edits, I don't believe it is either more factual or more NPOV to change "roots through J. Smith" to "roots to J. Smith". Can you explain this? Hawstom 04:20, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Why use a big word when a small one will do as well? Joseph Smith is the root, the root isn't reached through him... unless you are saying that you want Wikipedia to present that Joseph Smith is FACTUALLY the voice of God on earth... something that would be controversial.

Hi KellyCoinGuy, I just spotted your article Mechanical calculator in the recent changes... I don't know anything about the subject myself, but I jumped in and changed your handwritten stub message. If you type at the bottom of an article, the standard wiki stub message will be included. And, more important than the wording of the message is that it links to the page about stubs, and this is how other users will find it. It draws attention to the fact you want it to be fleshed out. :) Fabiform 17:57, 16 Jan 2004 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I put in {msg:stub} and it didn't work, so I guess I gave up too early. I also asked someone with a great web page on the subject to come and put more information up there, as my knowledge is somewhat limited in this area, and I didn't feel like doing three hours of research only to have some vandal come by and say I copied it from other sources.

Greek Coins give us links to some of the big encyclopedic sites on Greek Coins; give us links to great public collections with illustrated sites; give us stuff on the uses of Greek coins for history (besides the obvious dating of layers); give us tales of the best discoveries of hoards; more more more --That could be a huge entry and not exhaust the subject! Wetman 05:55, 1 Feb 2004 (UTC) (Sorry you seem to have had trouble over the entry.)

Behavior driven development
Hi! The article looks terrific now, but the initial contribution was nothing more than a rather vague fragment: Behavior Driven Development is a software design paradigm similar in some ways to Test-driven development.  That was a speedy due to lack of content. I'm glad you took the time to expand it into what it is now. It's just that an initially short article needs to have a minimum of content. Have fun! - Lucky 6.9 13:56, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

WikiRPG
On the off chance you come back to visit in the next few days, please weigh in at Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:WikiRPG, as you seem to be the originator of this page. -- nae'blis 21:32, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Open outsourcing
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Ancient question
Hi! You probably don't remember, but you had asked a question on Talk:David Moon over two years ago, which I just found and answered. :-) -- tiny plastic Grey Knight &#x2296; 15:13, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Hey, I'm obviously all over it too... :-) KellyCoinGuy (talk) 18:57, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Phetch


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Another Go player
Hi. It is nice to see another possible Go (game)-player here on Wikipedia (WP). Thanks for updating the IGS link.

I wondered if you may be interested in these:
 * WikiProject Go
 * WikiProject_Go
 * WikiProject_Go

Just one other thing - did you realise a couple of links from your user page seem not to work at the moment?

Best wishes, Trafford09 (talk) 12:06, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Cars
Thanks for your message. Do you realise that you've actually created a duplicate ID by forgetting the capitalisation of your user ID? Anyhow, be that as it may, the problem with your articles is that you're (a) using promotional language (try the NPOV tutorial if you're having difficulty with this concept), (b) including spammy links eg. http://www.nissanusa.com/ and (c) not following the guidelines on verifiability. Work on those aspects of the articles and you will probably have no trouble in future. But I see you have had this experience before, so it shouldn't have come as such a surprise when your edits were deleted or reverted. Deb (talk) 22:55, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, I realized I created a duplicate ID. Sorry about that. I guess I'm just not into the politics of what Wikipedia has become recently. It used to be more friendly and forgiving around here. I don't see how referring to the manufacturer site from an article about what they manufacture is spammy, but ok. I was trying hard to avoid promotional language. I agree with you on the Verifiability issue. KellyCoinGuy (talk) 22:35, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

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