User talk:MBK004/Archive 1



WikiProject Houston
Thank you for becoming a participant! Your expertise in the areas you mentioned will surely benefit the project. Please feel free to discuss anything related to the project at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Houston and add/update the collaboration items at WikiProject Houston. Also, please add the project banner/article assessment template for every new project-related article you create. The templates are found here: WikiProject Houston/Resources. Thanks again, Postoak 02:28, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

"Article spam"
"Keep - I agree that improvements are needed, but the issue is is this article spam, and is this school notable. I don't think the article is spam and I believe the allegation is ridiculous. The school is definitely notable because of the IB degree (only available at this campus in the district), and I can confirm the GRAMMY Signature school recommendation, I live in the area and also know the band director.-MBK004 01:57, 7 August 2007 (UTC)"

The nominator said it was spam because Mercedes spammed the articles. I will punish her if she doesn't stop. WhisperToMe 05:29, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Klein
Hey thanks for the strike!...I really appreciate the good faith move, it was really cool of you to do!! – Dreadstar †  00:20, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

I need help
helpmeOn my userpage, the Novice Editor Service Badge is displayed in a position I don't want it in. I would like it moved to the extreme right of the page at the same position it is in. In other words, on the other side of the contents box at the right side of the page, as an Image would be manipulated if it were not in a gallery. If someone knows how to achieve this (because I don't) I would appreciate it if they would either let me know how to do it or do it themselves. Thanks,MBK004 00:39, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * KTC 00:47, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Numismatics
Greetings!! I'd like to welcome you to WikiProject Numismatics. Anything you see that can be improved upon, go for it, anything that is lacking add it, anything that is all together absent, please fill us in. There are quite a few knowledgeable people of both numismatics and Wikipedia, in this little project, so don't hesitate to ask. Please be sure to read through the whole of the project pages, as we have just recently started using some of them. Hope this gets you off and contributing to the little project that makes the world go round. If you need anything don't hesitate to ask either me, or Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Numismatics. Cheers, -- Chris B • talk  • contribs  19:31, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

1964 Peace Dollar
Hey, welcome to Wikipdia. I saw you asked if anyone had a 1964 Peace Dollar. I thought you'd get a kick out of the April fools joke I played on my forum members last year. Funny Stuff.  Bobby  I'm Here, Are You There? 00:41, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * That was great! You'll see I asked the same thing with the 1934 $100,000 Gold certificate as well. I guess there is hope one of the 64-D Peace Dollars made it out just like the 1933 Double Eagles. To me, an authentic 64-D Peace Dollar is the 'Holy Grail' and would interest me even more than any more newly-discovered authentic '33 Double Eagles (I favor American silver coins over gold coins).-MBK004 00:51, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Klein Independent School District
I restored an older version of the article. Is this a version you can work with? Cheers!  Into The Fray  T / C 04:59, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Absolutely, thanks a bunch.-MBK004 05:04, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * No sweat. Twinkle works wonders.  If you have or are able to install one of the browsers it supports (i.e. not IE), I highly suggest it.  It let's you restore old versions with a couple button clicks to get around intervening edits.   Into The Fray  T / C  05:14, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Assessments for WP:SHIPS
Hello. Thanks for all your hard work on WikiProject Ships' assessment drive! When assigning an importance rating to non-standard articles, you might want to double check the assessment criteria. Specifically I noticed that you have given Mid importance ratings to canceled ships, which we generally assess as Low importance. Also, disambiguation pages should be assessed as NA for both class and importance, rather than Low. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks, --Kralizec! (talk) 19:18, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for bringing the discrepancy to my attention. I must have assessed those and others (I've changed the ones I remember) when I was in a groove and forgot about the specific ratings for the canceled ships and disambigs.-MBK004 19:28, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

My Talk Page
Please stop posting on my talk page, I have been a member of Wikipedia for a long time and I know that I can do whatever I want with my talk page except for some things, please stop, you are harassing me and I do not appreciate it, please stop. General Mannino 20:35, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * You've been a member of Wikipedia just as long as I (you can check via this for me and this for you . You are allowed a wide berth with your talk page, but as I remember reading, you are not allowed to remove the warnings from your talk page. If you would like verification I would suggest contacting an impartial admin to confirm. Also, accusing me of harassment breaches the policy on no personal attacks. This reply was copied to your own user talk page.-MBK004 21:59, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Can you just please leave me alone, I do not wish to be contacted. General Mannino 23:16, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Sure, dispute resolved. Please use due diligence in the future to sign talk page comments, and use edit summaries on any future contributions. I won't press this issue anymore. I do belong to WP:CVU and accordingly usually in response to vandalism leave warnings on talk pages. Other than that, I won't contact you again.-MBK004 23:26, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Fine then...
.....What do you suppose we do about the "nicknames" section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.222.185.2 (talk) 17:01, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Establish consensus on the talk page through discussion, and later if agreed upon, implement the proposed edit.-MBK004 17:11, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

JoeMonkeyPotato says he is sorry
I am sorry and it will never happen again. I was just having some fun with articles and Wikipedia doesn't have anything to practice or get good at learning all this stuff. You guys don't even have a type of Sandbox to play around with.

I will not do this to Morgan Webb's page or any other page on Wikipedia. I just have one question though. How would you be able to tell I am banned from Wikipedia if I were to hypothetically create a new account? The system just does not work. I mean absolutely no dissrespect by that. I hope to bury the hatchet by forgetting about this and not doing anymore of this behavior. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JoeMonkeyPotato (talk • contribs) 14:58, 6 October, 2007 (UTC)
 * There is a sandbox here, and there are ways to even create your own.-MBK004 15:00, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Link suggestion.
Seeing as you are an editor at the Royal Caribbean International article, I'd like to submit www.RoyalCaribbeanFan.com as a possible link to an unofficial web page dedicated to travel on that line. As I'm the creator of the page, I can't do so myself objectively. Could you review, as time allows, the link and provide help decide if it has enough merit to include. —Preceding unsigned comment added by NWLB (talk • contribs) 00:37, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for following WP:COI by making the suggestion on the talk page. I will take a look and enter my comments on the issue in a few days.-MBK004 01:15, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

How would my edit be vandalism?
What about the edit makes it vandalism? Look at the paragraph, it supports the headline. The battleship is obsolete, and the evidence is that none are left in service. What is there to debate? 204.52.215.107 05:34, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * The point that they are obsolete would be debated by many because of the awesome capabilities of the Iowa class battleships. Right above the Today section, it says: The U.S. Marine Corps believes that the current naval surface fire support gun and missile programs will not be able to provide adequate fire support for an amphibious assault or onshore operations. This suggests that although they aren't in service, their capabilities are not obsolete and are actually valued to this day, which contradicts obsolescence. If you like, I'd suggest placing this matter up for debate on the talk page here:Talk:Battleship
 * -MBK004 05:42, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay. 204.52.215.107 18:00, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Your comment named October 2007
Please do not add unhelpful comments to people's talk pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)
 * Warnings are not unhelpful when you are reverting edits with properly sourced and referenced information.-MBK004 23:16, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree, warnings serve a very important purpose when an editors actions do not foster good civility and discussion about a topic in question. Atari400 23:41, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Dear MBK004. I am amazed with your attitude. As an apprentice editor I imagine you want to become a full time one. Yet your behavior is severely at odds with this aspiration. You have been extremely unwelcoming to me as a new contributor, you have left unhelpful messages to me, you have failed to check back on the history if edits (if you did you will see that Atari400 was the first to revert my corrections AND then laid unfounded accusations at me claiming I was stalking.) I would have thought those wanting to become editors would be welcoming, polite and constructive. Whereas you seem to simply add terse and unhelpful comments on people's pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.157.100.199 (talk) 06:18, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

(reset)Well, let me digest that...your behavior was at odds because YOU were removing information that was sourced and was properly referenced. If you thought it was wrong, the correct means to have it removed would have been to suggest it on the talk page associated with the individual article and wait for a consensus to be reached. Although being bold is encouraged, removing information that has been properly ascertained and credited goes against the common good. The messages are not unhelpful and that was already covered above with Atari400's comment and these warnings are approved by the community because they are what is loaded into Twinkle. Terse and unhelpful comments I think not. Please excuse me not replying until now, I have been in the hospital over the weekend and thereafter recuperating without computer access.-MBK004 17:20, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

WP:UAA backlog
The other day, you enabled the backlog notice on WP:UAA as per this edit. Unfortunately, the edit broke the automated bot removal of blocked accounts. It's been fixed now. The bots will also automatically add the backlog notice should there really be a backlog (more than 8 outstanding reports for WP:UAA) so you should not manually add the backlog notice. Thanks. -- Gogo Dodo 23:19, 1 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Re your message: It's no big deal. =) It was easily fixed and brought to light a bug in the bots.  As for your question, no, I would not add the backlog notice that situation.  With WP:UAA, there being a long list is generally not a big deal unlike WP:AIV.  Let the bots handle placing and removing the backlog as necessary.  It's what they are there for and they don't seem to mind. =) -- Gogo Dodo 02:11, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

well i quite disagree hun.
you are sooooooooo unfashionable because if you knew ANYTHING about classy styles, you'd know what Petit Bateau is. Almost any fashionably sain man would know that Petit Bateau is a multi continent company which soooooo deserves a wikipedia page. Just cause your a lesbian doesnt mean that Petit Bateau doesn't exist.--Savetheeggs 01:19, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * hun, i told you that this page wasn't required for speedy deletion. if you did not think i was talking to you then who did you think i was talking to sugs? you are a lesbian, which si probably why you don't know what Petit Bateau is. Wikipedia is a non biased sight babe, just cause your not familiar with the concepts doesn't mean you get to delete them<3  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Savetheeggs (talk • contribs) 01:25, 2 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Gee, thanks for vandalizing my page twice. I am a GUY and not a lesbian.-MBK004 01:28, 2 November 2007 (UTC)


 * ummm first of all i was not vandalising your page, and yes you could be a lesbian even though your a guy, and don't delete my hang on, i gave good supports and you delete them. this is unfair. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Savetheeggs (talk • contribs) 01:31, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Oops, sorry, I meant WP:NPA and WP:APR instead of WP:VANDAL. Honest mistake. Please follow the directions on the tag on the page in question to contest a speedy deletion.-MBK004 01:36, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

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Banten
Please do not delete content from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Banten. Your edits do not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox for test edits. Thank you. MBK004 04:56, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ciserayu"


 * Thank you sir. I just want to put the real fact of Banten. There is no Bantenese ethnic group in Banten. There only 2 major ethnic group there, Sundanese and Javanese. But after Banten was separated from West Java province (culturally mix Sundanese and Javanese), there are few people (as far as I know from wiki, they are of Malay ethnic group like Chaniago and Piliang)declaring that trere is bantenese ethnic. In my opinion, an ethnic group is characterized by distinct language, culture, even genetic. The few people declaring new bantenese ethnic could not show the distinct language, culture, etc, of the new ethnic they declared. Could you please helping me to put the right things on wikipedia?
 * Thank you for your kind assisstance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ciserayu (talk • contribs) 03:48, 8 November 2007


 * Replied on your talk page.-MBK004 18:51, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Tag & Assess 2007
Hi! Great to have you aboard :) I've read your note about tagging to date and had a look at your contributions. Since end August I reckon you've tagged about 2300 articles for WPSHIPS, and jointly tagged about 1000 for MILHIST, entirely of your own initiative. While your WPSHIPS ones don't count towards the MILHIST drive, because of your exceptional effort I'm delighted to "credit" your tally with 1000 articles for the articles you tagged jointly for MILHIST & SHIPS before joining. One small point; could you remember to strike through with and the articles on the watchlist that aren't Milhist? It makes it easier to see what's happening. Keep up the good work. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. -- R OGER D AVIES  TALK 20:32, 11 November 2007 (UTC)



USS Illinois (BB-65)
When doing major overhauls like you did to Illinois its generally a good idea to start in a sandbox or add to the article page is you plan on working on it out in the open; The latter helps prevent edit conflicts so you don't lose info in-between edits. Thought you might like to know :) TomStar81 (Talk) 04:30, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I thought about that, but decided against it for some reason. Anyhow, I don't think there is much left to do there.-MBK004 04:33, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, take Illinois to the A-class review. As for the Featured Topic idea, I got the thinking about that the other day and decided it would be worth a shot. Your list looks good, btw, it covers everything pretty nicely. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:21, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. Its the least I can do; having brought the class and armament page up to FA and I love a challenge. Besides its always nice to know that someone has your back, especially when dealing with GA, A and FA class article reviews. Happy Thanksgiving! TomStar81 (Talk) 03:00, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I had to change it to something more specific, we can change it back if we find a site for it. TomStar81 (Talk) 03:26, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks good, better than mine even. Put it in. TomStar81 (Talk) 04:25, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I was expecting this; some editors here have a hard time accepting short article FACs (and for that matter FACs on fictional subjects). We will just have to ride it out as best as we can. On that note I left messages at MILHIST and SHIPS to see about getting some friendly opinions on the FAC page. Our in house guys are usually a little more understanding on such matters, so we may get a little more support from those base camps. On an unrelated note good luck with your finals. TomStar81 (Talk) 07:53, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I have taken a stab at rewriting the article to give it a better shot at FAC; unfortunately though, I do not have as good an understanding of the conversion templates or the ships class templates as you do. Could you add those to the article when you get a chance? I would appreciate it. TomStar81 (Talk) 12:51, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Re:USS Texas (BB-35)
Yep, I am still planning to bring that one up to FA status. Before I do that however I need to bring the class page up to FA status and compile enough material to create a page on the armament of the New York class battleships; in this way, I can help Texas go featured by giving her a strong foundation to launch from. This was a lesson I learned during the updating of Wisconsin and to a lesser extent Missouri; people have an easier time with ship articles if they see that the article is a part of series on the subject. TomStar81 (Talk) 20:31, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, if you think it can clear GA-class than go ahead and nominate it; I'll co-nominate since this version is basic the same one I uploaded a few months back (albeit with fewer spelling and grammar errors). The New York Class will be among my next big projects when I finish with the Montana class since the Montanas do not have a service history. TomStar81 (Talk) 07:17, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Very Well. Have a good night's sleep,and good luck with school tomorrow :) TomStar81 (Talk) 07:25, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

RfA
I considered not spamming talk pages but not saying "thanks" just isn't me. The support was remarkable and appreciated. I only hope that I am able to help a little on here. Please let me know if I can help you or equally if you find any of my actions questionable. Thanks & regards -- Herby talk thyme 12:39, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Ships Barnstar Discussion
hey got the mesage ill keep that in mind. i made an update to the award debate on the shipproject,--ANOMALY-117 (talk) 03:55, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

psstt.. hey i need your help on creating a new ship article that as far as i know hasn't been documented and i have one source. i won't say anymore because it would be my first article (and im alittle parinoid). if we made the article. so you in?--ANOMALY-117 (talk) 19:54, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks
Just wanted to say thanks for supporting me! Please find your thank you card here, should you wish to see it. I'm honored to have received your support. All the best, ~ Eliz 81 (C)  21:50, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Somewhat-Belated RfA Thanks :-)
  Tapadh Leibh (Thank You)...  ...for helping me navigate the waters of my surprisingly peaceful <font color="E0CCDB"> RFA, which closed successfully with 85 supports, 1 oppose, and 0 neutral.

I would particularly like to thank <font color="E0CCDB">Acalamari and <font color="E0CCDB">Alison, my nominators, and everyone who watched the page and ran the tally.

If there is anything I can do to be of service in the future, please feel free to contact me. (Oh, and if you hate RfA Thankspam, MBK, please forgive me. I promise I won't block you for deleting it ;-))

And forgive me if I need a <font color="E0CCDB">Wikibreak now and then (like now. I'm exhausted!). You wouldn’t want to see me <font color="E0CCDB">climbing the Reichstag, now would you?

Off to flail around with my new mop! (what?!) <font face="comic sans ms"><font color="E4D5E8">Kathryn NicDhàna </b> <font color="E4D5E8">♫ <font color="FCD73F">♦ <font color="E4D5E8">♫ 

<font color="#000000"> This RfA thanks inspired by Neranei's, which was inspired by VanTucky's which was in turn inspired by LaraLove's which was inspired by The Random Editor's, which was inspired by Phaedriel's original thanks.

Edit summary
Thanks for the advice, i'm still finding my feet so I appreciate you taking the time to point me in the right direction :-) Parsival74 (talk) 04:17, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism
Note further vandalism of Henry VIII page removed by me.

(Seems to be sex obsessed!)

Keithbowden 23:58, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Excuse me but what was wrong with my edits. Everything in there was full of information. Just because it was not favorable to Rachal Ray lovers and Al Sharpton lovers does not mean it was not true. You need open your mind more.

The parts of rachel ray not tiping can be seen on anthony bourdain's SC No Reservations. I would not make something up relating to anthony bourdain. Her birth date I did make up though. And to quote Mr. Stephen Colbert I actually do think that Wikipedia is an amazing thing. It is the first place I go when I’m looking for knowledge, or when I want to create some" Stephen Colbert is never wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shadygrove95 (talk • contribs) 00:09, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

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USS Texas (BB-35) GA on hold
Nehrams2020 04:30, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * FYI: your not supposed to edit the page if thier is an inuse tag on it; my corrective edits did not save becuase you editted the page after I put the template up. I think in this case you should go ahead and fix up the article, you seem to be on top of things at the moment :) TomStar81 (Talk) —Preceding comment was added at 05:48, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Amy Dumas
Thank you for the review of Amy Dumas' article. I appreciate it. :) <font color="Teal">Nikki <font color="Salmon">311 00:00, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Edit summaries
Hi! I sometimes use edit summaries when I feel that I have to explain my edits and/or I am making an important edit :) WhisperToMe 17:26, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Washington Metro
Sorry my comment was a little brusque, adding that history template was good, and you can't be expected to know every move. :) --Golbez (talk) 17:00, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Really, really bad haiku from a new admin
Setting new lows in thank-you spam:

<div style="padding: 5px; background: #B0C4DE; border-style: solid; border-width: 10px; border-color: #00008B; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 100%; "> <div style="margin-top: 3px; padding-top: 9px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 9px; padding-right: 9px; width: 250px; float: center;"> Click there for my RfA spam haikus! → → → Janitor's new tools

Spam must stop -- will new mop act?

Ooops, .com blocked

New admin, new tools

Earnest newbie furrows brow

Fare thee well Main Page

New mess all about

Sorcerer's Apprentice mop

Not supporter's fault

A. B. so grateful

Wikipedia trembles

Watch out DRV

A. B. wonders why

Copyright always confused

Fair use, farewell, bye

Qatar is blocked

Shucks those range blocks are tricky!

Will get it straight soon.



Dear RfA friend, I will learn, chaos will fade ''Thanks so much ... A. B.

This RfA thank you card is based on a card originally done by Phaedriel

MBK004, thanks for your support. -- A. B. (talk) 22:12, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Question
You seemed like a knowledgable wikidude so I was curious if their was a way to change the name of an article. The article in question is Tony Rey(Musician), however currently this artist is known as Tony Bruno. Is their a way to change this so that those seeking information on Tony Bruno can be directed to this page or have the page renamed.--Coffeegirlyme (talk) 08:06, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the advice. Study up and I hope you do well on your exams!--Coffeegirlyme (talk) 03:35, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

My RfA
According to your comment on my RfA, you don't think that I will abuse the tools. If that is true, why not support? Adminship is not about giving users a reward, but rather about giving users extra tools when they can be trusted not to abuse them. An administrator is like a janitor (thus sometimes the term "mop" is substituted for the word "tools"), they clean up and maintain. If you were interviewing a potential janitor for a publishing company, would one of the prerequisites be that they be a prolific writer? Thanks for taking the time to read this. :) -- Cobi(t 20:48, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Illinois Rising
With special permission from deputy fac director SandyGeorgia I have recieved permission to relist USS Illinois on the fac page immediately, the second nom has already been filed. We are back on the gun line, but this time we need make our shots count; we shoot to kill, we aim to win. Are you still with me? TomStar81 (Talk) 22:27, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Removal of CN tags from the US currency pages
The reason I removed the CN tags before is because I don't believe "common sense knowledge" should be tagged with them, as it can make the article look distracting. Also, it takes attention away from CN tags that ARE needed (like if the sentence/paragraph is of a controversial nature or if there's a chance that the sentence/paragraph is just plain wrong). The same goes for all those silly "Trivia sections are discouraged..." labels in articles where a trivia/pop culture section is essential (such as the Simpsons episode articles where pop culture refrences are heavily used in the Simpsons). And since anyone with a black light can see how the stripes in dollar bills glow, I figured that counted as common sense knowledge, not "original research". After all, you don't see the parts about the bills having a matching watermark with the CN label.

Also, if it makes you feel any better, I noticed your own pet peeve and you'll be pleased to know that I have gotten better at using the edit summary more regularly. ;)76.177.160.69 (talk) 03:34, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Erica Hill
Don't template the regulars. Thanks. Badagnani (talk) 03:54, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Replied on your talk page. -MBK004 04:02, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Re:USS Texas
I wouldn't revert it; the MilHist MoS doesn't openly favor pop culture sections, in fact most are pulled from their articles on the spot. If you wish reinsert the material be my guest; be forwarned though that the MoS for the MILHIST project does explicitly prohibt the addition of in pop culture sections unless the subject matter has a well cited and notable impact on pop culture; readding the material may therefore inadvertently result in the entire section being removed. TomStar81 (Talk) 22:49, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

List of works by William Monahan
MBK, do you have the time to review the list of works by William Monahan that is currently at WP:FAC? Any comments or edits you could provide would be appreciated.-BillDeanCarter (talk) 13:04, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!
Just dropping a quick note to say "thank you very much!" for supporting me in my successful RfA. I'm humbled by the support from those who participated, and will ensure that I use the tools with care and for the benefit of the encyclopedia. Thanks again! Tony Fox (arf!) 06:17, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your support in my successful RFA. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 07:24, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your email and the peer review of dreadnought. I'd left the article for a few weeks as I was waiting to get a few mre sources as Christmas presents - the fruits of which you can see in the revised 'Origins' section. Happy new year! The Land (talk) 09:39, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Re:December 2007
I saw on her Chefography. She herself stated it. -- Alisyn talk 20:06, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, sorry. -- Alisyn talk 20:12, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the friendly reminder about the edit summary usage! I will definately remember to get the prompt, as it is one of my shortfalls. Thanks again, PeterSymonds | talk  20:21, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Project Shells
I don't want to create extra work for you as I am doing tagging and assessments on multiple projects. I will be glad to slap on a project shell as I wade through these. I am not certain the threshold though, is it 3 or more banners or what? I am a relative "newbie" so pardon the mess in my tracks, but I think I can handle the shell thing along the way, if thats the wiki thing! Cheers! Jacksinterweb (talk) 19:53, 1 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the helpful hints, especially about "stub tag" on article page (aarrrgghh!). I figured out how to insert project tags into shells, but didn't want to step on toes by creating shells.  Thanks again for the help.   Jacksinterweb (talk) 21:55, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year
Firstly, let me wish you a very happy New Year and thank you for all your help in the Milhist Tag & Assess 2007 drive.

Secondly, although the Tag & Assess 2007 drive is now officially closed, you are very welcome to continue tagging and assessing until 31 January 2008. Any articles you tag and assess during this time will be credited fully to your tagging tally for further award purposes.

Thanks again for your help, -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 09:57, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Problem users
Thanks for the heads-up. User:Wagonkeys is obviously a sock of hard-banned user:Primetime (confirmed by checkuser), and he was engaged in some mayhem as a response to the discovery and blocking of his other socks. User:Sfacets just returned from a long block and is trying to pick a fight. Janitors? More like playground monitors. ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 08:35, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Not trying to pick a fight - a user that reverts all articles to a version by you is suspect. Any New Year's resolutions Will? <font color="DarkRed">S facets 08:41, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks
-Djsasso (talk) 17:41, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

HEBISD Talk page
I saw your changes to Talk:Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District...I hadn't seen a GA on hold listed as a separate milestone before (Talk:Auburn_High_School, etc), and it doesn't seem to be listed in the documentation at Template:ArticleHistory. It seems like being "on hold" is a step in the process that produces a fail or pass milestone, and therefore wouldn't garner its own milestone...so...are you sure?

Also, you added Template:Talkheader, but its documentation states that the template should only be used when needed...so, same question, are you sure?

Both changes seem plausible but are sticking out in my mind, so I just wanted to double-check and see what the thinking was behind them. :) --Hebisddave (talk) 21:28, 3 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the quick response, and I see your point with having that header on school pages. It's a pleasure to edit WP with folks who know what they're doing. :) --Hebisddave (talk) 21:49, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Re:Montana merger
It was nice of you to inform me of that, but I think that we are in the minority here. It seems unlikely that anything we do will change the opinion of those who wish to have the individual ships merged, and they do have valid point: the ships were never built, so the information on them is not likely to grow. TomStar81 (Talk) 22:06, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

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User Hadseys edit summaries
Oh I'm really sorry, I'll enable the tool in my preferences to remind me to make an edit summary; I know that they help make things easier for recent changes patrollers to seperate constructive fron unconstructive edits. Once again, I apologise --Hadseys (talk • contribs) 01:40, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

No problem
Think no more of it! The Land (talk) 19:17, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: 'Your image uploads'
I'm not sure which images you have in mind - please advise. Regards, Wild Surmise (talk) 21:10, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Template messages/User talk namespace
Thanks for the heads-up. I hadn't known about these, and they look useful. Stepheng3 (talk) 04:26, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Edit summary
Thanks for the reminder. I usually do create them.--Parkwells (talk) 22:14, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: 'Your image uploads'
Thanks for the advice. As you will probably have suspected, I am new to all this.

Regards,

Wild Surmise (talk) 23:05, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Edit Summary Reminder
Hi, thanks for the note re edit summaries. No problem in reminding me about this but I'm too busy to add ones to minor edits (which are almost always grammatical or copy editing). But I've added one to this edit! bigpad (talk) 10:27, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Kitty Hawk Class
It isn't something to debate over. It's a FACT. The United States Navy does not recognize the John F. Kennedy as a Kitty Hawk-class. It is a single-class unit. Neovu79 (talk) 02:37, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Dude. Seriously.
Bkww01 was up for less than one minute before you tagged it. You may want to consider for future reference that even the fastest typists might need an entire minute to place a fair-use rationale on an image. Otto4711 (talk) 19:34, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * No harm no foul. Sorry to be so snarky. Otto4711 (talk) 19:39, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Texas Edits
I haven't had a chance to read over the new edits as much as I would like to, but what I have seen so for looks good, although when editting ship pages stick an all "she/her" format (currently used in the article) or an all "it" format instead of alternating between the two, as it makes the article read ackwardly. Case in point: "When the battleship was presented to the State of Texas, it was commissioned as the flagship of the Texas Navy." TomStar81 (Talk) 10:56, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * One minor problem: any battleship built pass HMS dreadnought is considered a dreadnought type battleship, so if texas is the oldest remaining one then what should we classify the other seven surviving US battleships as? :) TomStar81 (Talk) —Preceding comment was added at 06:22, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Reminder: RMS Queen Mary 2
I thank you for your reminder. I will take it ino account. Ernmuhl (talk) 20:17, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Tom Leykis
I've actually run this by the folks over at WP:BLP/N -- if they tell me I'm wrong, then I'm out of there.--uɐɔlnʌɟoʞǝɹɐs 15:40, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Get Well Soon
Thanks. I hope to be in a position to type again within two weeks; its my leg thats giving me the most trouble now. I landed funny on it after the truck hit me, and now it hurts to put weight on it (much less hobble to and from classrooms). TomStar81 (Talk) 07:46, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Rudget!
<div style="background-color: white; border: #5B92E5 solid 2px; margin-bottom:.5em; padding: 5px; font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;"><font color="#084C9E">Dear MBK004, my sincere thanks for your support in my second request for adminship, which ended with 113 supports, 11 opposes, and 4 neutral. I would especially like to thank my admin coach and nominator, Rlevse and Ryan Postlethwaite who in addition to Ioeth all inspired me to run for a second candidacy. I would also like to make a special mention to Phoenix-wiki, Dihyrdogen Monoxide and OhanaUnited who all offered to do co-nominations, but I unfortunately had to decline. I had all these funny ideas that it would fail again, and I was prepared for the worst, but at least it showed that the community really does have something other places don't. Who would have though Gmail would have been so effective? 32 emails in one week! (Even if it does classify some as junk :P) I'm glad that I've been appointed after a nail biting and some might call, decision changing RFA, but if you ever need anything, just get in touch. The very best of luck for 2008 and beyond, Rudget . 16:20, 15 January 2008 (UTC)