User talk:Malinaccier/July 2008

SarekOfVulcan RFA
Thank you for !voting on my RfA. If you supported, I'll make sure your confidence is not misplaced; if you opposed, I'll take your criticism into account and try to adjust my behavior accordingly.

See you around the wiki!--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 00:12, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your !vote at my RFA
Thank you, Malinaccier, for your support !vote at my RFA. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 18:46, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Problem with a bot removing coats of arms
While I was checking your work on matching up flag and coats of arms sizes on the country lists (thank you, by the way), I came across a problem that you should be aware of. A bot has been coming along and removing coats of arms images from pages in the set.

The bot has hit the following pages so far:
 * WikiProject Topical outlines/Draft/Topical outline of Tibet
 * WikiProject Topical outlines/Draft/Topical outline of Tokelau
 * WikiProject Lists of basic topics/Draft/List of basic Cocos (Keeling) Islands topics

I've written a message to the bot's talk page, informing the bot operator of the problem.


 * See User talk:BJBot.

If you should run across any more images removed from the country pages, please contact the bot operator (check the history to see which bot did it), and contact me too, right away.

Thank you.

And keep up the good work.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   11:17, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks
My RfA  Thank you for your support in my recent RfA, which closed successfully. I felt the process was a thorough review of my contributions and my demeanor, and I was very gratified to see how many editors took the time to really see what I'm about and how I can be of help to the project. As a result, some editors changed their views during the discussion, and most expressed specific, detailed points to indicate their opinion (whether it was, , or ).

A number of editors were concerned about my level of experience. I was purposeful in not waiting until a particular benchmark occurred before requesting adminship, because I feel - as many do - that adminship is not a reward and that each case is individual. It is true that I am not the most experienced editor around here, but I appreciate that people dug into my contributions enough to reach the conclusion that I seem to have a clue. Also, the best thing about this particular concern is that experience is something an editor - or administrator - can always get more of, and I'll continue doing that, just as I've been doing. (If I seem a little slow at it, feel free to slap me.)

Thanks for looking past the surface to see what I am really about. I appreciate your support!

I am a strong believer in the concept that this project is all about the content, and I'm looking forward to contributing wherever I can. Please let me know if I can be of any help. In the meantime, I'm off to school...

Thanks again! Frank |  talk  13:08, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

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Question
Quick question: I was just wondering, how do you pronounce your username? I can't figure it out. ;-) -- iMa tth ew  T. C. 16:39, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, it goes Mal as in "malcontent", in as in "incompetent" ahss as in "ask" pronounced with a british accent, and erch like the way the French pronounce "r". Got it? :) Malinaccier P. (talk) 18:01, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Got it! Haha, thanks. Cheers, -- iMa tth ew  T.C. 09:53, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

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Gene Derricotte
Please evaluate my efforts at Talk:Gene Derricotte/GA1.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 11:51, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * You skipped a lot of steps in the promotion. See the first four lines at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&offset=20080713234422&target=TonyTheTiger&month=&year=

My RfA
Sorry about the mix-up, Malin. If you're still willing to co-nominate me, Rlevse is starting the request. Many thanks for your support! -- Mizu onna sango15 / Discuss 00:20, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

My RFA Thanks
Thank you for your support at my RFA, which closed successfully. You commented that I look good? You've never seen a photo of me! Seriously though, your support means a lot to me. Thanks, StephenBuxton (talk) 20:48, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

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Around the World
On the height matching chore on the images, the L's through the R's at WikiProject Lists of basic topics still need to be done. It would sure help if you would finish these up.

By the way, some of the images done so far have gotten too big. Just keep in mind when you are matching up image heights, please be sure to reduce the size of the larger image to match the height of the smaller image.

Unless this would make them ridiculously small. Use your best judgement.

Thank you.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   03:30, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

P.S.: one of the 3 award images is completed, and the other 2 are starting to look gooood. It won't be much longer now. But the country pages still need to be prepped as well. And because there's this pesky bot removing stuff from the pages, we're going to need to move them all to article space before the competition starts. But for that to happen, certain sections need to be completed: the lead section, the region section, and the government branches sections. The latter two contain temporary data that isn't correct for all countries (and we can't move them to article space until that's corrected and the empty regions subsections are filled. That's why they're included on the prep list.  Once the awards are ready and the pages are prepped (and moved), the competition can begin!

Question
I have two questions.
 * Is it possible for a wikipedia user to know the email address of another user if the another user enables his email?
 * Is it mandatory to enable email address to become an administrator?  Otolemur crassicaudatus  (talk) 00:51, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Quick question
Hey man, will you hop on IRC for a second? I wanted to ask you something. Glass  Cobra  16:54, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Bah, never mind. :P Glass  Cobra  17:12, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Trixie Koontz
Hi there, I see you removed the Trixie Koontz section from the Dean Koontz page. While I agree that his dog is off topic, it was agreed on the talk page and during a few deletion discussions that Trixie shouldn't have her own page either. Therefore Trixie was redirected to the Dean Koontz article, as you can see, so now there is no information on the dog or "her" books whatsoever. Ci ndy  Bo  talk  22:48, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you! Although, considering you strong-supported me, I kind of assumed that was a given ;-) Cheers! J.delanoy gabs adds  01:33, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

DYK updates
Don't pull stuff from the top of list; the new stuff. You got for the older stuff first. Doing otherwise causes problems.-- Bedford Pray  02:08, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Alternative Accounts
Hi, i have my suspiscions that User:Mynameisstanley and User:Sdhilio might after all be the same person. The reasons for my suspiscions are as follows: the other user Mynameisstanley left a message on my talk page entitled "Fan Site". This user was unnecessarily deleting mass portions of information from articles which had books as their references. In the message, he called me a Mafia fan and indirectly accused Wikipedia of being a fan site, by stating that "many peoples posts would be better as fan site when anyone can post whatever they want".
 * They both generally edit Organized crime related articles, ad usually involved in the same sort of edits.
 * They both have a history of deleting mass content from articles, removing external links and references which no longer function and deleting "In popular culture" sections, which they mistakenly regard as trivia.
 * Both of them are usually active at almost the same time.
 * They together seem to share a common hatred of mobsters.
 * Almost all their recent edits involve deleting mass content, removing external links and categories. Also, they both have proposed articles for deletion on the same date. Just compare the logs of Mynameisstanley and Sdhilio, and you will notice many similarities.
 * The user Sdhilio deleted huge swaths of information from the Thomas Bilotti article claiming that this huge amount of information made Wikipedia look like a fan site. When his Edits were reverted as possible vandalism by clue bot, he angrily left a comment on the talk page asking whether Wikipedia is a fan site for mobsters, to which, i gave a fitting reply. Yesterday,

Therefore, I request your assistance in finding out if these two accounts are, in fact, operated by the same user. Regards, Joyson Noel (talk) 11:37, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Quang Nhuong Huynh DYK

 * Thanks! :) Malinaccier (talk) 22:16, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Open Web Foundation
The General notability guideline states:

"If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be notable."

Based on the references provided for this article, can you explain your belief that Open Web Foundation fails to meet this guideline? Do you believe the article will never meet these guidelines? riffic (talk) 00:34, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

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RfA Thanks
 A message from Steven Fruitsmaak.

RFA thankspam
Thanks for your support in my RFA, which passed with 140 supporting, 11 opposing, and 4 neutral. I will do my best to live up to the trust that you have given to me. If I can ever assist you with anything, just ask.

Cheers!

J.delanoy gabs adds 20:06, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

I am curious to why the other guy deleted my artist page. I am a representative of the said artist, I am the PR manager for Lemegeton Records. and I was trying to update my clients, endorsement agreements and uses as well as his home page, but the other guy deleted it. Is their anyway around this?

Need your help
I am curious to why the other guy deleted the artist page of my client. I am a representative of the said artist, I am the PR manager for Lemegeton Records. and I was trying to update my clients, endorsement agreements and uses as well as his home page, but the other guy deleted it. Is their anyway around this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dorisdiaz (talk • contribs)
 * I don't see any deleted edits about any artist--all I see is vandalism. Malinaccier (talk) 00:05, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

RFA thank-you
Thank-you for your support of me at my recent RFA, which was successful. I have appreciated everyone's comments and encouragement there. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:30, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for finishing up those resizes. That helps a lot.

By the way, here's a status report...

The awards images are almost done (Penubag and Greyknight are working on them), and the pages themselves still have a couple sections that need to be completed before we can move them to article space. That pesky bot hit a couple more of the lists and removed their coats of arms images. (Which is why we need to move the pages to article space, but we can't until the temporary data is replaced, as some of it is incorrect - and we might as well complete those sections rather than simply replace the temporary data.).

I've been working on the location item, because the specs for that are kind of difficult to explain, and I keep running into new situations (in a body of water vs. on land, equatorial, transprimemeridial, transcontinental, etc.) - so I don't even have complete specs for that yet.

But the pages are shaping up, and are getting closer to usability.

Do you see where this is heading?

Eventually, the "Lists of basic topics" will be the most useful site map of Wikipedia.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   16:44, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Next tasks
Here are the details of the work on one of the two sections that need to be completed before we can move the country basic topics drafts to the article namespace...

Track down the administrative divisions types for each country
The first task is on the "Administrative divisions of" sections.

In each of these sections, there's an initial hierarchical list of the division types in that country, followed by subheadings for each of the types. Unfortunately, the types listed are those from the template I used to create these pages, and they aren't accurate for many countries.

The defaults that I used were:


 * Provinces of x
 * Districts of x
 * Municipalities of x

For each country, change the links to the names of the administrative divisions for that country, adding more links if there are more than 3 division types. Those that are subdivisions of another type are indented under the parent type. In most cases, you would leave municipalities in place, because that's a generic name for "city". We'll blue-link those later. (Blue-linking is creating a redirect so that a link turns blue - that way, the link remains standardized on all the pages in the set).

Also change the subheadings in the same section to match the initial list, including the "main article" links presented just below each subheading.

To find out what the administrative divisions are for a country so you can add them, try looking on the government of x or politics of x pages for that country, and on the country's main article as well.

Add the administrative divisions to their respective subsections
For each country, find the list of administrative division for each type, and add them under that type's subheading.

For example, copy and paste the provinces listed at Provinces of Angola under the "Provinces of Angola" subheading on that country's list page.

See the countries listed at Lists of basic topics for examples of how this has been done for those. If there's a map showing the administrative divisions, grab it too.

Generally do not add towns and cities to the municipalities section, as there are usually way too many of them (and will unnecessarily bloat the page). Instead, provide links to the various pages (Cities of x, [Towns of x, Villages of x, etc.

Have fun!

Don't worry, I'll be helping (once I'm done with the location item), and will be asking others to chip in as well.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   16:44, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Question
I'm correct in guessing that this list would have no administrative divisions section, correct? Malinaccier (talk) 20:06, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Correct. But rather than remove the section, indicate "None" (or a sentence stating they have no administrative divisions).   Th e Tr ans hu man ist    20:11, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Half of a Yellow Sun
We are protecting it so we can edit it. Why did you create this page? Who are you? We are a graduate class who recently read this book and wanted to create a page. We noticed you already created one, so we wanted to add to it. Just trying to help!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ourclass123 (talk • contribs)

Ok, thank you! We hope to add some interesting facts regarding our learned knowledge. We hope you enjoy the additions! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ourclass123 (talk • contribs) 23:52, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Interesting book
It occurred to me that you might be interested in a book I recently read and added to the list on my userpage. Cheers! — Travis talk  00:40, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Did you see my mini-review? — Travis talk  14:58, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Update
I pinged everyone associated with Around the World and the Lists of basic topics WikiProject. So far, three responded, including you. No doubt Sharkface will join back in when he gets back from vacation.

I also threw myself into the pages today, and completed the locations for all the A's, V's thru Z's, and all the countries in Africa and the Carribean. My brain is fried. I kept running into overlapping regions.  Th e Tr ans hu man ist   03:04, 30 July 2008 (UTC)