User talk:LAAFan/Archive3

Thanks!
That reminded me to go and eat : ) Semitransgenic (talk) 17:39, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the cookie, and good luck for the editing :) Arsenikk (talk)  18:05, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
That's a lot of cookies, make mine a cookie with white chocolate! Thanks! --  [[ axg   ⁞⁞   talk   ]] 18:09, 2

Congrats!
I, Wiki Zorro sign,dub thee a Novice Editor! Wiki Zorro sign 00:03, 23 May 2008 (UTC) (It's been 1 month!) I will steal your badge If you forget an edit summary again! Go under my preferences, editing and check "prompt me when providing a blank edit summary" to remind you. Wiki Zorro sign 00:11, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

....
So what's the difference? TheBlazikenMaster (talk) 19:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, so that explains why I haven't gotten a barnstar after over a year of being on Wikipedia, I only go here to help, but don't waste hours on something particular on WP, thanks for explaining, too bad the cookie ain't edible. TheBlazikenMaster (talk) 19:39, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. Have a nice day, whoever you are. TheBlazikenMaster (talk) 20:03, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Re:Userpage
I added it and I also added your logs, count, block log, etc. You should see it at the top. You can move it where you want. -- RyRy5 ( talk  ♠  copy-edit ) 22:34, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks LLAAF
Tasty snacks are a great reward. Thanks! Professor marginalia (talk) 00:38, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Adoption
I think it's time to get into some userscripts, How about you?Wiki Zorro sign 00:58, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Userscripts are tools used to make tedious tasks easy! For example TW gives you a rollback as vandalism link on the newest diff in the history of a page. Then, It automatically brings up the talk page of the vandal, with a tab at the top of the screen that says "warn", where you can warn them on different levels. It's pretty cool. Wiki Zorro sign 12:40, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject
You would make it under a Wikipedia: page. Such as Wikipedia:WikiProject Fluff-a-nutter. Please read this before creating it. If you need help please ask! For best results, to gain popularity, and to gain support propose your WikiProject Fluff-a-nutter here. Also, what is it? I am dying to know! Wiki Zorro sign 23:52, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I wouldlike to know also. I'm guessing it's baseball related?-- RyRy5 ( talk ) 23:53, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I knew it. I can help out.-- RyRy5 ( talk ) 23:54, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay let's begin. WikiProject Chicago Cubs is where it should be.-- RyRy5 ( talk ) 23:56, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm currently adding things to the page. I think you should create the assessment template now. Just copy the formatting from other projects and then relace them with our project, image, etc.-- RyRy5 ( talk ) 00:33, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I think our member's list format should be a list, not a table. The actual table is really only used for WP:MLB. Do you mind if I change it?-- RyRy5 ( talk ) 00:39, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Awesome wikiproject!

 * Like the nav box and outline I made for WP:CUBS? Wiki Zorro sign 15:18, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Just your friendly neighborhood Spiderman Zorro! <font color="DarkOrange" face="">Wiki <font color="#FF4500" face="">Zorro sign 15:49, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I can't seem to find the two barnstars, Wikizorro said he opted out. Is that why.-- RyRy5 ( talk ) 15:51, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Mines still on the talk page... I think? <font color="DarkOrange" face="">Wiki <font color="#FF4500" face="">Zorro sign 20:01, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

RfA
Not right now, thanks. My last RfA just crashed and burned two months ago; it's way too soon yet. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 19:26, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Tim Mensy
Thanks. I'll work on the page later; I've added an infobox and mention of the band Bandana (country band). Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 19:52, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

WP:CUBS barnstar
I don't know what's wrong with it... the code is identical between the two barnstars, and it's also identical to the code of Template:The Original Barnstar, which is where I borrowed the design. To be honest with you, I wish I could tell you more about it, but I'm realy new to barnstars; I just like to make the star graphics. WikiZorro might be able to help... KV5  •  Squawk box  •  Fight on!  01:20, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Policies/Templates
Hey LAA. If there's anything about Templates/Policies you can't find or can't understand, I would be delighted to help.<font color="DarkOrange" face="">Wiki <font color="#FF4500" face="">Zorro sign 15:44, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Old AFDs
There's no need to weigh in on closed AFD discussions (particularly those that are months old). Instead, it's fine to go ahead and remove the AFD template from the article and add the oldafdfull note to the talk page. These steps are outlined at Deletion process. &mdash; Lomn 16:04, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Guestbook
Did you get this:

<div style="border-style:solid; border-color:blue; background-color:AliceBlue; border-width:1px; text-align:left; padding:8px;" class="plainlinks">

SimpsonsFan08 <font color="#FF0000"> talk has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. SimpsonsFan08 <font color="#FF0000"> talk Sign Here Please and get Award 16:16, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

WP:PHILLIES
Since you're helping with all the baseball WikiProjects, I figured I'd ask: KV5 •  Squawk box  •  Fight on!  18:10, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

redo cubs barnstar
Does this look more cubs-like, or is it too jazzed up? <font color="DarkOrange" face="">Wiki <font color="#FF4500" face="">Zorro sign 19:11, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * {| style="border: 3px solid ; background-color: ;"


 * rowspan="2" valign="middle" | [[Image:CubStar.png|100px]]
 * rowspan="2" |
 * style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | The Cubs Barnstar
 * style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 3px solid red;" |
 * }
 * }

Your recent WP:AfD !vote
Hello. I hope you can learn something from the following question: Why do you think I reverted this !vote? Take your time, no rush. -- RyRy5 ( talk ) 00:41, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Just a note, Lomn already contacted him regarding this and told him what to do on the page. As far as why, I know not what he thinks. <font color="DarkOrange" face="">Wiki <font color="#FF4500" face="">Zorro sign 13:15, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Re:GA
I just skimmed through the article and there are lot's of problems with the article. 1) The article has templates (look at the two at the top) around it. It would quickly fail WP:GAN if there are templates added to it. 2) The lead is way too short. Try expanding that. 3) You need much more references for the article. Most GANs on average range to 30 - 50 references. Try adding to that. I would be glad to help you with these problems. And yes, the work you did to the article was great. I think you should work on finding more refs. That's a good start. I'll do some expanding and copyediting. Comments? -- RyRy5 ( talk ) 00:08, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Nice to hear your working on articles. :) I guess I will do some copyediting now. -- RyRy5 ( talk ) 03:50, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

WP:CANVASS / WP:VOTE
LAAAF, I wanted to bring our guidelines on Canvassing to your attention based on these recent edits. Per the guidelines, these messages are not neutral (and possibly not nonpartisan, though that's a murkier standard here). Particularly since the users in question found WWS after it was already nominated for deletion, they're aware of the topic anyway -- thus, there's no need to push the boundaries here. Of perhaps more concern, though, is your continued misunderstanding of "voting" at Wikipedia. To quote the relevant section:
 * Because the point of these processes is to form consensus, it is preferable that people explain their reasonings, respond to others and possibly compromise, rather than signing a one-word opinion and not looking back. Attempting to "vote stack" such processes are ineffective and potentially disruptive, and "votes" without reasoning may carry no weight in the final interpretation.

Similarly, encouraging people to fling "keeps" with reasons that boil down to WP:ILIKEIT is a similarly unimpressive practice. &mdash; Lomn 18:00, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikistory
OK, basically, its about me owning this big factory that makes userboxes and five characters go to my factory. I already have 2 so I'm happy for you to come. I will give you a barnstar if you wanna be in it. Remember, people are allowed to do anything but kill you, and also you are allowed a minimum of 3, and only 3 edits. OK, hope you like it.--Editor510 (talk) 15:38, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

WP:PHILLIES question
A message to all members from the coordinator: Please stop by the project talk page and contribute to the discussion regarding the Wall of Fame. We would like to reach a consensus ASAP. Thank you. KV5 •  Squawk box  •  Fight on!  15:53, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Happy Independence Day!
As you are a nice Wikipedian, I just wanted to wish you a happy Independence Day! And if you are not an American, then have a happy day and a wonderful weekend anyway! :) Your friend and colleague, --<font face="Times New Roman">Happy Independence Day!   Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles  Tally-ho! 04:18, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: List of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim managers
Yeah - list article are usually assessed simply "List class." Speaking of that - I'm done. Any objections before we nom it for FLC? «  Milk's Favorite  Cøøkie  19:44, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Will do. I'm going to hold off nominating it, as I want to copyedit the lead before I do. «  Milk's Favorite  Cøøkie  20:06, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Please proofread your work before saving a page. I just read List of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim managers and saw many grammar mistakes, weasel words and non-neutral language. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 21:36, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Nominated it, the page is available here. Thanks, «  Milk's Favorite  Cøøkie  16:01, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:LAAFan/Wikipedia Welcome Squad
User:LAAFan/Wikipedia Welcome Squad, a page you created, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:LAAFan/Wikipedia Welcome Squad and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:LAAFan/Wikipedia Welcome Squad during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. <em style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:DarkBlue">StewieGriffin!  &bull; Talk Sign Listen 12:37, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Confirmation of withdraw
By removing the MfD, have you withdrawn? If so, I can take care of the rest. &mdash; Maggot Syn 16:55, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

List of Seattle Mariners managers DYK

 * Oops, sorry about that. Oversight on my part during Next-Update crediting. :) Congrats on the article, PeterSymonds (talk)  21:28, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

User:LAAFan/Featured Article Collaboration Center
Bringing articles to FA status requires a lot of work. Unless you have everything planned out already, there's no way you can bring an article to that high of a quality in such short time. Consider a month maybe? Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 21:56, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

In case you're not aware of it, a very similar project exists at WP:FA-TEAM. Regards, Skomorokh  01:53, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Reply
Hey, this is RC (I didn't have time log in), just wanting to let you know that I will join the FA project when I have time, but there is already a group like that, the WikiProject Featured articles/FA-Team. Also, I log in about 5-10 times a day, but I'm in reply only mode if you know what I mean. Have fun! 99.135.14.94 (talk) 12:58, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Please don't edit closed RfAs
I know it was probably a simple mistake, but please don't edit RfAs after they have been closed. Regards, S. Dean Jameson 19:20, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * There's no worries. It happens sometimes, and I hope I didn't come across too harshly above. S. Dean Jameson 00:11, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: List
Sorry, I'm currently busy with other articles. BTW, where do you find the playoff records for the coaches? Thanks, «  Milk's Favorite  Cøøkie  21:45, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

List of Seattle Mariners managers
I've added a number of comments to this FLC. It has a couple of days left to run before I'll archive the nomination as there's no apparent community consensus to promote. Give me a shout if you need to talk about it! All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:33, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Asking an editor to come back and check you've dealt with their concerns does not constitute canvassing. So feel free to let the folks know you've worked hard to meet their concerns.  The Rambling Man (talk) 20:09, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia Welcome Squad
Thought you might be interested in knowing that your page has been kept, see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:LAAFan/Wikipedia Welcome Squad. - Diligent Terrier  (and friends) 15:01, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

'User:LAAFan/Welcome Cabal' listed for deletion
A page that you have been involved in editing, User:LAAFan/Welcome Cabal, has been listed for deletion; you may wish to participate in the deletion discussion. Thanks. Shapiros10  <sup style="color:chocolate;">contact me <sub style="color:#3D2B1F;">My work 18:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Baseball Newsletter
--  jj137   ( talk )  03:10, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Cy Young protection?
Hi. Did you mean a different article when you requested protection? I only see two vandalism edits to Cy Young in the last six weeks. —Wknight94 (talk) 17:32, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay. Protection is only done in cases where the article is currently under attack - as in the last few hours or maybe days.  We don't protect in advance because someone is doing heavy editing on it.  However, I will add it to my watchlist!  :)  Also, if you want any assistance, I'll be happy to lend a hand, time permitting.  I'm trying to put some finishing touches on the Harmon Killebrew article.  Baseball articles in general are one of my areas of interest.  —Wknight94 (talk) 17:39, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * BTW, food for thought - I haven't found BaseballAlmanac to be the most reliable source. It's all hand-done and prone to mistakes.  I just found an example yesterday on their 1963 All-Star Game page.  Their notes at the bottom include "Did you know that Harmon Killebrew tied the record for singles hit during an All-Star Game with three?"  Only Killebrew didn't hit three singles in the 1963 All-Star Game.  He hit three singles in the 1964 All-Star Game!  See Retrosheet's page here.  In the 1963 All-Star Game, Killebrew only had one pinch-hit AB where he struck out.  In general, I try to stick to Retrosheet and Baseball-Reference.com (the latter's box score info comes from the former's data).  —Wknight94 (talk) 19:48, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * FYI, I cross-posted this to WT:WPBB —Wknight94 (talk) 20:46, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Seattle managers list
Unless you can get a definitive community support soon then this FLC will be archived. Of course, you're more than welcome to start the process once again once you've ensured you've dealt with reviewer's concerns. I'd suggest contacting the major reviewers. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:01, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Cool. I understand how frustrating it can be.  Believe me that if I archive it tomorrow there's no problem with you starting the whole FLC 10-day thing again immediately, but I'll probably spend some time tomorrow (it's 9pm where I am) checking the article over and will promote as long as there aren't loads of issues outstanding.  The Rambling Man (talk) 20:08, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Last Warning reply
Hello. I wanted to talk to you about my warnings. As you may have noticed my three previous warnings were issued by the same user, as we have some different points of view on a particularly tough issue. But if you had read the whole section you would have understood that we reached an agreement and none of our views were totally wrong so I wouldn't call them disruptive. I have made and am still making many edits on the subject, and 3 mistakes are of no significance. I would also like to point out that these three complaints were months ago. We haven't had any trouble since.

About your complaint, it is partially my fault. I forgot to write in the edit summary that i was moving it to List of major earthquakes in Iran. I assumed that the latter title would be more appropriate and couldn't imagine anyone opposing the change.

I also wish to remove all my warnings as I don't think any of them have any value but I will officially ask you if I can. Can I remove all or some (please specify which ones) of my warnings? so there. That's all I have to say.

P.S. Please forgive me if my comment may have sounded rude, insulting or aggressive as I occasionally get carried away or my comment is misinterpreted!Ardeshire Babakan (talk) 20:21, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou for retracting your warning and I understand and accept that you can't retract the other warnings. Thankyou for the tip!

Also, your Vandalism counter made me laugh!Ardeshire Babakan (talk) 14:38, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Featured list candidates/List of Seattle Mariners managers‎
I have stiken my objection at the FLC but left a question. I will review again soon to gauge whether I'm comfortable supporting but it won't be for a couple hours (~6-12 hours). By the way, I noticed you were adding expand templates on some stubs. The template is intended for specific requests for expansion and should be followed up with an explanation on the talk page or at Requests for expansion where it states "the use of the expand tag on stubs should always be accompanied by a detailed explanation of what needs to be done." It is kind of redundant with the stub tag, anyway. :) maclean 23:43, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

We couldn't find a stand, so Grey Knight made one!
Here it is (with globe too):



It's not quite finished. If you'd like to check out the main discussion on this and the other graphics being developed for the Around the World awards, see User:Penubag/graphics.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   00:39, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Cy Young
Looking at it now.  RC-0722 361.0/ 1  16:25, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I read it, and there are two sections you will want to add more info to: Early life and Life after baseball and death. But other than those two sections, I couldn't find any problems. Keep up the good work!  RC-0722 361.0/ 1  16:35, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I'm once again fully active on Wikipedia, so you can have me do anything you want :) - Diligent  Terrier  (and friends) 16:37, 18 July 2008 (UTC)