User talk:Malo/Archive02

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This archive page covers approximately the dates between 30 November 2005 to 20 December 2005:

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Thank you. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 05:09, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

USS Blakely (FF-1072)
Thanks for making my hasty stab at a Blakely stub better. Bbpen 06:29, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Nope
you cannot tell me to stop changing articles since everybody else does it. wikipedia is for everybody. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.69.167.224 (talk • contribs) 07:10, 2 December 2005
 * I have responded to your comments on your talk page. Thanks -- malo (talk)/(contribs) 07:21, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

MY LINKS ARE AS RELEVANT AS ANY OTHERS
Why don't you stop "following" me around and do some real work! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.101.161.197 (talk • contribs) 08:41, 3 December 2005
 * Your links are against policy. All you are trying to do is sell your product.  Please have a look at External links.  -- malo (talk)/(contribs) 08:46, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

IF THAT'S THE CASE, WHAT ABOUT THESE?...

 * Darrel Ralph: Custom Made Balisongs UNDER "EXTERNAL LINKS" ON THE BUTTERFLY KNIFE PAGE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_knife)

Source: http://www.skm.to/bin/skm.cgi/pager/p/itst_5_37/7737-97-24619881 AS SOURCE FOR "Image:Switchblade.jpg" ON (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Switchblade.jpg)

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.101.161.197 (talk • contribs) 09:02, 3 December 2005
 * Thanks for bring that to my attention, I have removed that link from the article. -- malo (talk)/(contribs) 09:10, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

USS Mayflower II (PY-1/WPG-183)
Thanks for your interest and info..(I had just discovered the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. If I had read my messages first, I could have saved some time. :-) ). In any case, I am not at all up on US ships. The original article was inadequate and I thought I would make it into a stub and...you know how it goes. Are there ship stubs? I have started an article pertaining to the above and may do stubs on "the other" Mayflowers. Thanks for your interest. (Stormbay 19:53, 3 December 2005 (UTC))

Thanks
I see you fixed the WW 2 casualties page--Berndd11222 22:56, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Consider it nothing. I was just vandal fighting.  Thanks for your contributions to that article.  -- malo (talk)/(contribs) 06:19, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

USS MacDonough
Thanks for the edit's, I'm very new. how can i upload an image of the ship?

found the tag for the placeholder, nevermind. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigmikeh1965 (talk • contribs) 21:37, 5 December 2005

Fletcher DDs: √
Hey, thanks for the star. For my next trick,... I dunno, go through them again putting in David Newton's new infoboxes. —wwoods 00:28, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

nosource
Thanks for changing the nosource label, could you point me to the page where use of the nosource template is explained, I tried searching on nosource and WP:nosource but couldn't find it, I know it is going to be obvious! Bob Palin 23:39, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Greetings from Paris
Hey, thanks for reverting the spam on the Paris page. You're fast!

Thanks for being there, take care,

ThePromenader 23:19, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Emperor Norton
this IS his most regonizable name, if you dont believe me, google it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.49.148.51 (talk • contribs) 02:29, 7 December 2005
 * I have responded to your comments on your talk page, User talk:130.49.148.51 -- malo (talk)/(contribs) 02:38, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Angela's user page
I've rolled back your changes to Angela's user page because the IP in question is Angela's. Keep up the good work fighting anon vandals. -JCarriker 07:09, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * My aplogoies, any IP editing a User page seems suspecious to me. But I supposed I should have known in this case. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 07:12, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

62.171.194.*
I asked for a longer block of these IPs in the WP:VIP/LTA. Hope this helps. Awolf002 15:35, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your help on reverting the vandals. It seems they only got like a 3 hour block, but at least they have been identified for now.  Which should make it easier to block them again in the future if we have to.  -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 17:34, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar
Oran  e    (t)   (c)   (e-mail)  17:58, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the barnstar, -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 21:53, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

USS Newport News
I know you are interesred in ships. I couldn't find this ship in the dictionary of ships. Maybe someone with an interest in US Navy history would be interested. If not, that's fine. I just picked up the reference in trying to clean up an old article and thought of you.


 * (http://www.csg2.navy.mil/Newport%20News/newportnews.htm)

(Stormbay 00:42, 8 December 2005 (UTC))

User page vandalism


Thanks for reverting vandalism to my userpage. I gave our friend a nice little wiki-vacation. -- Psy guy Talk 21:39, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for noticing. I appreciate it.  Thanks for blocking that user, too.  -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 21:53, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for a job well done!


I like to whack vandals to you know :-D Knowledge Of  Self  |  talk  21:40, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Heh, my apologies KnowledgeOfSelf, I'd like to thank you for the award. Come on into # wikipedia-en-vandalism on irc.freenode.net  I find that is the best way, for me at least, to fight vandalism.  Thanks again -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 21:53, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks I still get my fair share of ("insert comic book text here") POW #$% and BAM's #@&* in on vandals lol. I'm more of a lone wolf when it comes to fighting the vandals, in the sense that I just need good old CyrptoDerk's vandal fighter. Not to mention I am ignorant on how to use IRC and how to join one. :-D Knowledge Of  Self  |  talk  23:29, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Looks like you need to create gallery for all of your awards. Keep up the good work.  -- Psy guy Talk 23:52, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Please stop
Will you please stop reverting vandalism - you're not leaving anything for anyone else ;-) Izehar (talk) 15:03, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
 * LOL, for you kind, Izehar, I shall take five. But I can make no promises after that.  -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 15:06, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Admin nom?
Oh, I'm always interested in nominating good people before others do, see if you can catch me on irc: irc.freenode.net #wikipedia. I sometimes use the nickname kim_register when I need to talk with people outside channel, due to recent silly freenode policy. Kim Bruning 22:21, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Ship table re-sizing
MALO:

Any specific reason why you are re-sizing tables for ship articles from 360 down to 300? I noticed that when I created some of these pages, when using 300, some of the entries in the tables would be just long enough where they would wrap to the next line. With 360, I found out that the entire line would stay on the same line, and not break into 2. IN other words, 300 is not wide enough, but 360 is. 147.240.236.9 23:17, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Well I've just been used to using the standard tables set forth by consensus as found on WikiProject_Ships/Tables. There you find the table and image inside of it are set to 300 pixels (width) by default.  I've found that you're likely to get such text wrapping at just about any width and so it doesn't bother me, that much.  Also I think that tables at 360px seem to be too wide, in my opinion.  Of course you are not required to follow the standards when making contributions, however most articles on US Navy ships that I've come across use 300.  -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 00:40, 10 December 2005 (UTC)


 * [Intruding on this discussion, but 147.240.236.* doesn't have a unique talk page of his own]
 * I've also felt cramped by the 300-pixel width, particularly for the propulsion and armaments. But there's only so much width available, and between the general Wiki-link column on the left, and the infobox on the right, the column of text is already squeezed. Remember that boxes, templates, etc. are supposed to embellish the text, not replace it. For detailed descriptions of the types and arrangements of weapons, we can put them on the ship class pages, outside the box.
 * —wwoods 19:21, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Potential RfA
Malo; Thank you for asking me to review you and consider a nomination for you. Since you've read my guidelines, you know that I've been watching you for a possible nomination. I will definitely review your contributions. However, it will have to wait until Monday. I am very sick right now, and if I manage to conjure myself out of the house I've got a ton of things to do. --Durin 02:12, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * He's ill, I'm not. healthy competition is good. Kim Bruning 02:17, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * It's not about competition. If you want to nominate him, go ahead. It matters not to me. If he wants me to nominate him instead, that's fine too. --Durin 02:22, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, you know wikipedia is supposed to be fun! Else why edit here? ;) Kim Bruning 02:35, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Pray tell, why is it so many people take it so seriously then? You know to whom I am referring. I don't care who nominates good admin candidates. I really don't. If I did, I would be very protective of a list of people whom I am watching as potential admin candidates. Yet, I openly publish such a list in my user space. . If you want to crib off that list, feel free. Apologies for any lack of humor on my part right now. God-awful sick. I'm going to bed. Goodnight. --Durin 02:43, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, sure, I do have a dislike for folks who make things unfun. ^^;; Other than that, are you serious, I get to check your list? Hmmm tempting! But do get well soon too! Kim Bruning 04:20, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Kim Bruning, Durin, I thank you both for your concern. However Kim, I asked Durin on his talk page about 30 minutes before you posted your comments on my talk page. So with all due respect to you both, I'd like to wait for Durin to feel better and then get his honest opinion on my potential. Thank you both again, I'm in no hurry. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 04:56, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Blast! Foiled! Curses! ;-) Give me a yell if you change your mind. Kim Bruning 05:01, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

I'm now working on vetting you for an RfA nom. Due to other time committments today, I may not be able to complete the review until tomorrow. I just wanted to drop you a note to let you know that I had commenced the review. --Durin 16:19, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you for taking the time to do this for me, Durin. Please, take your time, I'm not really in a big hurry, and I realize you are busy, so whenever you get around to it.  Thanks again. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 16:50, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Just wanted to drop you a note to let you know that I'm in the final stages of the vetting. Most everything is done except reviewing your User talk page contributions. I leave this task to last usually because it's the most time consumptive, and you are no exception :) I like to work backwards at least a few months to see if there's any evidence of incivility, etc. Everything else checks out well. You're a vandal fighting machine...a real nightmare to any would-be vandal :) It think you need a cape with a big "V" (for vandalfighterman :)). I also saw you made 1900+ edits to "USS ..." articles. Are you or were you in the USN? --Durin 18:39, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

The Buffalo Skull of Diligence
Thanks for your work reverting the vandals on Mandan while it was on the mainpage yesterday! *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 19:49, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Annihilate
Annihilate me. That's not going to stop me.--Greenfan200 00:12, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

My Talk Page
Thanks plenty for your contributions to my talk page. Please accept this donut as a snack of my gratitude. --Jay (Reply) 05:27, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
 * a donut, how novel. ;) thanks.  -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 16:50, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting vandalism!
Thanks for reverting the disgusting vandalism to my user page! Camillus  talk | contribs 09:41, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Glad to help out. Think nothing of it. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 16:50, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Darth Katana X
Thanks for reverting his vandalism on my userspace. I don't know what's wrong with him, he seemed to be a good contributor until last week, then he just went insane. First he accused me of vandalism for no reason announced his departure out of "safety concerns", now he's back. But thanks again. Yeltensic42.618 14:56, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I tried to reason with this user, however he refused to listen to what I had to say. What did you do to him?  I could find no evidence of his claims, so I asked that he be blocked for his continued vandalism.  Maybe he will be reasonable in the future.  -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 16:50, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Here are some links, I put it on his talkpage earlier and just copy and pasted it here.

[here] and [here] are the examples of "vandalism" he was talking about. You can see in the first link that the "vandalism" of the Sonic talkpage was only in response to his humorous suggestion, I was only playing along with the joke. You can see in the second link that the swear words were part of a conversation he started about Microsoft Sam with a comment on the first link. The warning he refers to in the first link is when he replaced my use of the word "bulls**t" with "censored by Mr. Clean", something I didn't even notice at first glance, and not really a direct warning; I took it to be just a joke about Mr. Clean, he should have just come out and asked me,"Please don't use swear words on my talkpage." Instead, he just accused me of vandalism, then came and vandalized my userpage. Yeltensic42.618 16:06, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Admin nomination
Per our discussions and reviewing your contributions to Wikipedia, it is my honor to nominate you for an administrator of Wikipedia. In moving this nomination forward, please follow these instructions I crafted for nominees I have nominated. Following these instructions helps to ensure a smooth running RfA. The nomination now exists at Requests for adminship/Malo. I'd be happy to review your answers to the questions prior to your posting of the RfA to WP:RFA. Please remember to officially accept the nomination and post your answers on the RfA prior to posting it at WP:RFA. If you have any questions during the process, please do not hesitate to ask. I'll be happy to help in any way I can. --Durin 20:56, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks For The Notice!
Will do next time thanks Empty2005 03:31, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Armenia
I would like to honestly thank you for adding so much information to the Armenia article. thanks again Sumguy333 22:27, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid I didn't add that material, I just reverted the vandalism of another user. The material I added back already existed. But thanks anyways.  -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 23:33, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Lists of USN ships
What do you think about slightly changing the formatting for List of United States Navy ships, A, et al.? I'm thinking of adding live links from the designations of ships with unique names. I.e. instead of When I filled out and split the list last spring, I just took the format as I found it, but it makes sense to me to have the plain links, since every ship name should have either an index page or a redirect. If the designations were also links, we could see the cases where the redirect was needed. And, we wouldn't have to keep reverting people who are helpfully 'fixing' the links.
 * USS Malo (IX-42), make it
 * USS Malo (IX-42).

Your adminship seems to be going very well! —wwoods 03:01, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Both look good to me. And I think it's about time that we generate some sort of consensus on the issue so that we can have something to work with.  So while I am opposed to neither format, I think I might be leaning towards the 2nd.  This way we can maintain index pages and still be precise in the ship designations and such.  Thanks for stopping by and asking my opinion.  Also thanks for your vote of support on my rfa, I appreciate all the help you have shown me.  And between you and Durin (and his incredible nomination) I'm very happy with the way things are looking.  -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 05:21, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Help requested on 5"/54 Mark 45 gun
I just created an article on the mark 45 5"/54 Caliber lightweight gun at 5-54 Mark 45. I dug around the Internet long and hard looking for more detailed resources than what I was able to find. If you would, please have a look at this article and see if you can improve it. You, myself, and Wwoods (and others?) will probably need to work on back-fitting wiki links onto the various classes of ships that use this mount. Uhg. More shipwork :) Thanks, --Durin 19:25, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Not to sound disinterested, however most of the vessels I have worked on have been pre 1970 ships that don't carry this weapon. Also, I really don't know of any good sources for such an article, outside of searching google.  Sorry.  The only other thing I have found has been http://navysite.de/weapons/mk-45.htm which doesn't really add much except for the fact that it has two nice US navy Public domain images, that you could use.  However the main image you have on that article right now is very nice, I especially like the fact that you can see the shell so soon out of the barrel.  -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 06:43, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Napoleon and Paine
I see that the current version of Thomas Paine is yours, and that you overrode an edit of mine. Your version contains the sentence 'In 1800, Paine purportedly had a meeting with Napoleon and stated that "a statue of gold should be erected to him in every city of the earth"' in place of 'In 1800, Napoleon purportedly had a meeting with Paine and stated that "a statue of gold should be erected to him in every city of the earth", which is what we had a week ago. Note that the old version has Napoleon proposing a statue of Paine; the new version is vice versa. Is this change based on you knowing something about this? If so, what is your source? I've asked about the matter at Talk:Thomas_Paine, but no one has responded. -- Jmabel | Talk 05:53, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I have responded to this at Talk:Thomas_Paine. Sorry if I'm not more help.  -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 06:43, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

USS Puffer
I've brought the matter to Copyright problems. Sorry I need help making a decision to revert my edit. -- Perfecto 00:50, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

USS Neosho (AO-23) Style -vs- Substance (Correct Facts)
Please humor me as a qualified OOD Underway & CDO aboard the USS Cimarron that shared same mission as Neosho ... 65.30.117.192 02:27, 19 December 2005 (UTC) Bob-RJ Burkhart @ geoWIZard Blog http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Neosho_%28AO-23%29&diff=31901243&oldid=31890922
 * I'm not sure I understand what you are asking of me. However some of your recent edits have been somewhat out of the ordinary.  Please take a look at some of the links on your talk page such as
 * Tutorial
 * How to write a great article
 * Manual of Style


 * I'm confident that your intentions are good, however there are standards to maintain regarding Verifability among others you should probably be aware of. While you are encouraged to Be Bold, please be aware that there are lots of other Guidelines that you should at least be aware of.  Thanks -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 03:08, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Ianbrown's RfA
Thanks for voting in my recent RfA. I was overwhelmed at the turnout and comments received. Ian &equiv; talk 07:37, 19 December 2005 (UTC)