User talk:Mets501/Archive 7

Hi Flyer
Hi,

I am a newbie but I think you were prematiure in deleting "Hi Flyer" using the speedy deletion process - as I had put a justification for keeping it in the talk page as indicated by the "proposed speedy deletion" tag.

Was this an error?

Regards

Simon

Springnuts 22:21, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

OK thanks for your reply, I can't find enough to satisfy the notability police at this time; I will make a note to re-write after this autumn's UK tour when there is something to quote.

Thanks for your help

Simon

Springnuts 21:16, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Battle of Bint Jbeil
Hi! I protected this page, Battle of Bint Jbeil, to stop a revert war. I was somewhat disinterested back then, but no longer. User:Isarig keeps reverting anyone who cites a certain MSNBC article, and since I lowered the protection level, in a cautiously optimistic way, the page will need to be protected if he reverts me again. Contact me if you need more details. Regards, RyanG e rbil10 (Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 02:22, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * You rock! RyanG e rbil10 (Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 05:32, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The revert war has begun again. I know I can;t technically say this impartially, but my and Freepsbane's version is the one actually supported by the cited articles, if you need to protect on The wrong version :) . RyanG e rbil10 (Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 23:22, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Your sources were quoted verbatim by me to remove your POV. Asking admins to protect your prefered version is a serious breech of ethics. You are out of line yet again. Isarig 23:38, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Merryhobby
I've put all the talk on the user's talk page and set up a redirect from your sub-page. Don't delete the subpage, as it has the history. I hope that gets the problem out of your hair. Just refer it to me or another admin if you get contacted. Tyrenius 03:58, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

PS this talk page is really hard to handle on a low res screen as it's so wide.... Tyrenius 03:59, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

A reply
Well, mistakes do happen.

--Maxasus 11:09, 4 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I think Maxasus was replying to your comment to him here: . Sarah Ewart (Talk) 09:38, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Merryhobby
Mr Mets, I noticed that User:Merryhobby posted another long message here and I'm moving it back to his own talk page. I am going to ask him to post his questions and comments on his own page so others can respond to him as I feel his badgering of you has been really over the top. Please revert me if you disagree and would like his comment here. Hang in there, mate. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 15:48, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Excellent. I'm glad I didn't do the wrong thing! By the way, your friend User:Maxasus in the section above titled "A reply" is a sock of indefinitely blocked User:Joshuarooney. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 16:51, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I see. I've noticed a few other strange messages he's left various people. He also started Requests for adminship/Maxasus where he openly declares he's Joshuarooney, so I'm not sure what he's up to. :/ I've been really busy with work, but I have tomorrow off and I'm planning on having a go at the RfA questions then. So, if I can get the courage up, I'll do it soon. :)  Sarah Ewart (Talk) 17:05, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! That's really nice to know. I'm glad you haven't changed your mind! :) Sarah Ewart (Talk) 17:10, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

You must have missed out on the fun and games at Requests for adminship/Catamorphism The nominator was blocked in the middle of it and came back with a sock to withdraw his his nom, changed to oppose and wrote a really nasty and vicious oppose statement. Catamorphism and WCityMike ended up leaving Wiki. It was just horrible...so don't you go getting any ideas! lol :) Sarah Ewart (Talk) 19:04, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Hans Henning Atrott
No problem helping out - it's team work. You can do complicated page moves when I need them!

I inadvertently removed protection during page deletion, but I've restored it now. I'll reply to Merryhobby.

My screen is 800 x 600, and your talk page works fine today, but last night it was going way off the screen. Strange.

Tyrenius 16:36, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

RE: Wigstruck
Ah, I see what I did - I looked at the history and saw lots of reverts, and looked at the more recent, and found it to be one of them (I think). But, I didn't see that it was reverting something from a week before *slap*. Please feel free to unprotect it :) &mdash;Xyrael / 18:33, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

195.92.109.20
I am inclined to disagree with your opinion that this user is not a vandal. Here are examples of the user's edits:

4/9/06: Chelmsley Wood - Changed "Approximately fifty people are employed in the entertainment industry in the centre of Chelmsley Wood" to "Approximately fifty people are employed in Chelmsley Wood".

7/8/06: Borat - Added the text "Jay Turnbull loves the character so much he wishes he could have anal sex with him ALTHOUGH THO FRANCIS FELLOWS AND HIS AUNTY LESLY GOT THERE FIRST HOE COULD THEY".

19/6/06: Solihull - Added complete nonsence about a non-notable person.

30/5/06: 100 Greatest Britons - Added a non-notable person to the list.

11/5/06: Solihull - More vandalism

15/3/06: Chelmsley Wood - Added "It is home to one of the most succesful businesswomen in the Birmingham area. Miss Pauline Harpinder runs an illegal dvd copying firm that regularly sell over £35 worth of dodgy dvd's at a local car boot sale."

6/12/05: Chelmsley Wood - Added "The Chelmsley Wood bi-annual pig look-a-like fete regularly attracts over thirty thousand people. Miss Chelmsley Wood Pig-A-Like has been crowned the last three years and has won a total of £65 prize money."

The list goes on.

Much of this vandalism might not be recent, but it should have been stopped months ago and today's edit shows it will only go on. If you do not feel the user should be blocked, please do something to control the user - I am an inexperienced user and don't know how best to deal with this myself. Thanks. Abc30 18:48, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Username.
Hi, I've noticed that there are some user name is like email address. I'm very curious about email ID. Is E-mail ID inappropriate for user name? Some of them leave welcome messages on new user who's ID is e-mail address. Is E-mail adress ID used in Wikipedia? Anyways, Please reply in my message. Do not copy my messages. Cheers! Daniel's page   ☎  01:36, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I think you want me to respond here ("please reply in my message" is ambiguous). Using your email address as your Wikipedia username is generally frowned upon.  If you come across a user using their email address as their Wikipedia username, you should probably place {{subst:WelcomeEmail}} on their talk page. — Mets 501  (talk) 01:45, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

David Flores(jockey)
I think that David fits in the requirements for notoriety or notability....the page link has been made as though it will be a page in the future. I don't want my work to be wasted...and besides it needs some work. Your response will be appreciated.--Friendlymat 01:43, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Userpage.
Thanks for your response on user that's name is e-mail address. I really want to ask one more question about your user page, because I decided to design my user page like yours. But, I don't know how Can I design my user page like yours. So, Could you please explain to me how to design my user page like yours? cheers. Please, reply in my user page. Do not copy my messages so it will not be fragmented. Daniel's page   ☎  01:55, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
 * My user page is designed using tables and css div and span tags. See Help:Table for help on making tables. — Mets 501  (talk) 01:57, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

User:Merryhobby
He has made a statement on his talk page, categorically withdrawing any legal threat, so I have unblocked him. Tyrenius 07:28, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Ehud Olmert
This page appears to have been semi-protected for over a week. You were correct to respond in this manner to vandalism from multiple sources, but perhaps it is time to open the article up again. savidan(talk) (e@) 12:14, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Derek Jeter
I think this is the right place to put this, but still i'm not sure. I wrote some things for Derek Jeter. I wrote down some updated stats, which still remained, but extra things I wrote, like for "The Dive," or in Clutch hits section, they were all gone. Did someone just go on the section and get rid of them? I can understamd getting rid of what I wrote for Clutch hits, but with The Flip I changed the paragraphs a bit and yet it was as if I never even went there. The new picture I put for Derek Jeter is also gone. What happened?

Userboxes
Thanks for adopting many userboxes into your user space! However, I don't think ISO language userboxes are being userfied: they are of clear encyclopedia value. — Mets 501 (talk) 15:40, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Does that nessasarily prevent me from userfying them? What if I want to have them anyway? —Disavian (talk/contribs) 01:53, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

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WP:RFBOT
Your bot request has been approved, please see Bots/Requests for approval/MetsBot for details. — xaosflux  Talk  02:58, 7 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Per Xaosflux's final approval, I've granted a bot flag to your bot, MetsBot. Cheers,  Redux 08:01, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

RE: Test Wiki
Sure, please register an account and let me know and I'll give you the flag. &mdash;Xyrael / 16:14, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Metsbot
Hi, your bot tagged the Albany River Rats as WP:North Carolina. That's an ice hockey team in Albany, New York whose only connection to North Carolina is a new affiliation with the Carolina Hurricanes. I guess you can argue it either way, but I think most people would lean towards not including the article. ccwaters 22:52, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject North Carolina
Im getting my bot ready to make that run so dont worry about it Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 00:12, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I'll finish it up Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 00:14, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * hay i might have to revert some of those edits made by your bot no hard feelings, I am working out the kinks for this run at this & User:Betacommand/North Carolina because some of the sub cats shouldnt get tagged. Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 00:20, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Review?
Hello! I hope you are feeling fine. I hope I can have your comments on my recent edits on image namespace where I added a few copyright templates (for example, a few of them has the nsd tags. Also review the comments I left on the users who uploaded these images without any copyright labels in them on their respective talkpages. Please correct and tell me if I had wrongly placed any of these tags on the image namespace. I intend to be very proficient in this aspect of Wikipedia, so I need your feedback. Thank you for your time and kind understanding in this matter! -- S iva1979 Talk to me  01:32, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, thank you for your encouraging comments. I am glad I have not made any major blunders yet! However, please inform me if I incorrectly tag an image in the future. My intention here is to be very proficient in this area of the project and to ease the workload of admins. I will consult you if I have any doubts about these issues. Thank you for your time and patience. -- S iva1979 Talk to me  01:47, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Strive


To you, Mets501 I give the Strive banner for Striving in your kindness and positive attitude. Dfrg.m s c 1. 2 . 3 08:28, 8 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Mets501, you are very welcome. Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . 3 22:32, 8 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Both banners are now listed under Category:Wikipedia awards. I'm very happy to use either, depending I suppose, on the person. Thanks, Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . 3 08:02, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing one of my broken userboxen!
I just wanted to say "thanks" for repairing the broken syntax of my second-hand smoke userbox code. Good job and keep your chin up. :)--Saintlink 09:40, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Windows XP
Please I want to edit the article to add a new section of my following:


 * Development

Polar coordinates
I added the history section that a user suggested, based on the lecture notes by Julian Coolidge. Coolidge has 9 books at the public library in your city, so there's more than ample room for further investigation if you want to at some point. Regards, Newyorkbrad 18:22, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Mets501's Writing Style in Userboxes
>>This user considers singular they standard English usage. Ending a sentence with a preposition is something this user is okay with. This user knows that "there" and "their" are not the same word. This user is a punctuation stickler. This user puts two spaces after a period. This user prefers the serial comma. This user understands the difference between "its" and "it's." Thi's user know's that not every word that end's with "s" need's an apostrophe and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice.<<


 * This user's writing style contains one error. Newyorkbrad 23:02, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * What's the error? Should it be "This user knows that "there" and "their" is not the same word."? — Mets 501  (talk) 23:07, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * No, that one is right as it stands. I don't agree that "singular they" is "standard English usage."  While I understand that treating "they"/"them"/"their" as singular can make it easier to write gender neutral English, which I support, this usage is still too grating on my ear at this point; and in any event, it is not well enough established to be deemed "standard."  But you score major points with me for caring about these issues. :)  Regards, Newyorkbrad 23:13, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * You didn't really have to remove it just because (i) I teased you, and (ii) I was the sort of nerdy kid who had a copy of Fowler when I was 15. By the way, when replying on the other user's talk page, how do you make the text you are responding to appear there?  I copied-and-pasted it manually, but I'm sure there's a wiki-way to do it more quickly. Newyorkbrad 23:27, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Sadly copy-pasting is the only way. And I know I don't have the remove the userbox, but now that you pointed it out, I want to remove it :-) — Mets 501  (talk) 23:30, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but I don't want to sadly copy-paste; I would prefer to cheerfully copy-paste. You must have typed that sentence while comma-tose. Newyorkbrad 23:35, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Edit Problem
There is a discussion with 2 members of wikipedia which has resulted in 2 personal attacks on my user talk page after I reverted POV text and may I add not well written text from the Nine Network article. Would you look into it and I realise I may of broken the 3R Rule however I did try various routes to solve this problem and they came up empty such as Administrator intervention against vandalism. - Mike Beckham 23:20, 8 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your help. - Mike Beckham 23:30, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Please note that I was making a simple change to the Nine Network page and there was an edit conflict. There was no vandalism by me at least. I tried to unglue it and notified who I thought were the last editors of the last relevant edits. Please do not persecute mewith your quite unjust accusations. Albatross2147 23:43, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

- Mike Beckham
Erm excuse me where was the perosnal attack? I was asking for an apology for his unwarranted accusation that I was "experimenting" on the Nine Network. Like that user perhaps you should check what has gone on before jumping to conclusions. Admins are not there to side with particular user or at least they weren't the last time I looked. Albatross2147 23:37, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Look - I was making a small change to the Nine Network which unhappily coincided with Michaelbeckham's revert of some content he clearly didn't like. I noticed that there was a clump of deleted stuff on which I didn't draw any POV conclusions and other missing bits and pieces. I then tried a manual fix to the page and I thought I had notified everyone I thought might have had an interest in the pages's content. Then Michaelbeckham left an unwarranted attack on my page and I responded by asking him to correct it - not unreasonable I would have thought. Many hours later I reminded him with some vehemence. However he chose to rush off to at least two admins to complain instead of responding to me in some way directly. Albatross2147 00:07, 9 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Another point I would make is that if you did not have time to get involved in investigating the allegations properly - why get involved at all? Leaving all sorts of quite unwarranted warnings seems a little unfair and somewhat over the top. Albatross2147 00:14, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Aaron Emmett Hughes
I have noticed when you closed the above AfD, you did not remove the category template, "REMOVE THIS TEMPLATE WHEN CLOSING THIS AfD". By deleting this when closing it pulls the discussion out of the category. I have deleted it from this discussion, but if you could review any other closures you have done recently and remove the tag from them it would be greatly appreicated. Thanks. --Gay Cdn (talk) (email) (Contr.) 01:57, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Semi-Protection
Heya, I was wondering if the level of vandalism and socking on the Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit (third nomination) page has risen to the level of serious vandalism needed to semi a page? I notice you had protected it, but there's really only a handful of problematic edits on it, and they were inactive (8 or so hours since any editing) And at least one good faith anon edit on the talk page. I don't think it's the last option left on the page per WP:SEMI. Thanks! Rx StrangeLove 05:38, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, great! I was just concerned that since there was no vandalism/socking going on at the moment, sprotect wasn't really called for. But it's taken off now, so it's all good. Rx StrangeLove 15:52, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Bot request
Mad kudos for the quick and friendly response to my request! Appreciate it. &mdash;Akrabbimtalk 21:51, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Those two images
Sorry about not replying for so long - your message sort of got buried on my talk page! Thanks for the reminder (it's a shame I was away - they'd been deleted by the time I got back). I was probably preparing to tag them for speedy deletion myself (as creator) as they (at the time you left your message) served no real purpose. I'm not sure, but I think I mentioned that User:Eagle_101 had given me permission to use the images, but I see fully why they were deleted, being primarily tagged as fair use. Thanks agin :) M  a  rtinp23  20:43, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

RfA
Mr Mets, do you think you could please update the edit count in your nom on the RfA page? I've just gone over 5000 Many thanks, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 01:21, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Might be an idea to update your signature, to show you haven't changed your mind since! Tyrenius 02:38, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Going acceptably well so far, I think. :) Mets501 for nominator of the year! Newyorkbrad 22:36, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

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Semiprotect
Hi there! I lifted your protection of Dawson College shooting - I don't think the vandalism is quite that heavy to need semiprotection. It seems managable at the moment I think. --HappyCamper 01:36, 14 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, I won't be around for hours, but I'll be editing the page for the next little bit. --HappyCamper 01:46, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

RfC
On September 1 you posted to Talk:Charun about an ongoing dispute. I have opened an RfC at Requests for comment/Glengordon01. Perhaps you would like to comment there. Respectfully, Durova 02:00, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Eigenvalue, eigenvector and eigenspace
Hi Mets, Thanks for the good work on Polar coordinates, I see your interested in taking it to FA status, which would be good. You might like to have a look at Featured article review/Eigenvalue, eigenvector and eigenspace which is going through FA review at the moment.Unless it get some good copy editing soon its likely to loose the status. I occured to me that some editing on this article good get you up to speed on whats required for FA status. --Salix alba (talk) 18:13, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Automated gramtical edits
I am approving each one myself, and am not using a bot. * am using buttons which i found on a script and added to my monobook.js. I try to revert changes promptly if the script makes erros. Thankyou for your concern. --  Ji MoTh Y  TALK  13:34, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for noticing!

Image distorting printable version
Although I have several images in Tourette syndrome, I am having problems with only one image distorting the text when I print from Printable version. I can't figure out what is causing the problem. The image of Jean-Martin Charcot in the History section causes distorted text when I print the article using the Printable version, but that is not happening with any other image. Part of the text is cut off, and text shows in the margins around the image, so it seems to have something to do with a frame or a border. Any help is appreciated: thanks! Sandy 21:21, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Nothing's distorted for me. — Mets 501 (talk) 05:25, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Mets ... it doesn't show in the printable version on-screen: it only shows when you actually print it.  Sandy 14:38, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * (PS - I second the request above that we need help at FAR on Eigenstuff. Sandy 16:26, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for checking ... I don't know. I'm having various poltergeists today.  Sandy 21:41, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

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my RfA
Hey Mets, some great news! My RfA passed 160/4/1! I'm completely blown away by the fact that many people supported me! I want to thank you very much for writing such a great nomination for me, for standing so solidly behind me and for encouraging me to go for it. I feel really honoured that you were willing to put your name up there next to mine. Thank you, Mets. :) Cheers mate, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 08:40, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

User page
Hi, I liked what you did for User:Newyorkbrad. Any chance of having a look at mine? Sorry to be so cheeky and I won't mind in the least if you have better things to do. Thanks if you can manage anything, --Guinnog 19:59, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Sure Guinnog, no problem! I'd love to!  If you can give me a few parameters, that would be great, and I can try to do it within 24 hours.  These details would be great:
 * A table border color
 * Dark green
 * A table background color (if you want one)
 * Very pale yellow
 * A text color/any other style (if you want one other than black, default sans serif font)
 * Just black is fine
 * A color/any other style for the headings (if you don't want the default)
 * Just black is fine there too
 * Any other special things :-)
 * I noticed my current page doesn't diplay well in IE. I have no idea why that is, and I very seldom use Exploder. But it would be nice if my new one worked for all common browsers.
 * — Mets 501 (talk) 20:05, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much indeed! --Guinnog 20:09, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

I like it! Thank you! I didn't really expect that open invitation to decorate the page to get accepted! Now I just need to create some content for the page to be worthy of the prettiness. I'm working on it. Thanks again. Newyorkbrad 20:01, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I like mine very much indeed too! Thank you so much, I wish I had your skill at this kind of work. Now if you ever want anything copyedited accurately... --Guinnog 21:32, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep em coming! You are a star. --Guinnog 00:24, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * That looks great now, thank you. Can you possibly change the blue to a darkish green? Or tell me how to? Sorry to be a bother but it seems to clash with the other colours a bit. --Guinnog 00:34, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar
I got my own back by making some sneaky edits to your user page! Thanks for all your good work. --Guinnog 00:53, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm as useless at conferring barnstars as I am at designing pages, but I join in the sentiments! Newyorkbrad 00:54, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks guys! — Mets 501 (talk) 02:03, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Inquiry
Hello! I hope you are feeling fine. I have got a question to ask. For this image, is it still appropriate to add the tag ? Is my recent edit correct? However, now I feel that the problem has been solved. Secondly, is it correct to tag this image with as well? The source of this image is not found as well. If I am correct, a URL is needed here. Your help in this would be deeply appreciated. -- S iva1979 Talk to me  01:33, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Charun
That conflict seems to have died down. At Requests for comment/Glengordon01, Glengordon01 agreed to stop editing the page. The RFC and the article talk page have been quiet for several days now. Do you think it's time to unprotect the article? Four weeks seems like a long time for page protection. Cordially,  Durova  17:16, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to the Wikipedia: Physics Project
Mets501, welcome to the WP: Physics Project. I am a fellow Physics Wikipedian and I'll be glad to assist you if I can. You'll find many resources that allow you to edit or support articles related to your interests. With an aptitude and interest in this field I would highly encourage you spend some time looking over the "big" articles such as Physics, Light, Gravity, Electromagnetism, Big Bang, etc. to get an idea of the general Wikipedia approach to physics articles, and to compare the content with what you know from your education - see if there is anything you can improve or add. Here is the top list of the most important articles on physics in Wikipedia. And don't be afraid to make bold edits, as long as they are in the spirit of the Wikipedia Five Pillars, especially if you have verifiable sources cited. You are probably already familiar with the style guide but here is a link to it for you anyway. Enjoy! Cheers, Astrobayes 06:22, 22 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Here's an updated link to the WP:Physics Top Articles. The link I gave you above has been archived. Glad to see you on board!  Cheers, Astrobayes 17:36, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Why does °N, °W now point at Google maps
Hi. As the edit history suggests you were responsible for the change, you should be aware that I have just added the following comment to Template talk:Coor dms:


 * Can anybody tell me why this template has all of a sudden been changed to point at Google's rather poor resolution streetmap site. The previous target allowed the selection of mapping appropriate to the target and required usage (for example to select a decent topographic map in out of city areas, or even to start up Google Earth), and was much preferrable to this approach. All the change history says is changing to google maps, problem with previous link. There is nothing there or here to detail the problems, or any other reasons for this massively retrograde step. Can somebody please explain, and give some kind of a timetable for reinstatement. Failing that, could someone with admin privilege please revert the change.

I'd invite you to respond on that page. -- Chris j wood 19:55, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Is this page not Apple-compatible?
Hi, Mets. I'm at a relative's house this weekend. She has a MacIntosh instead of the Windows-based machines I normally use at home and work. For some reason, on this machine, your talk page comes up completely blank. Every other page is fine. It's not a big deal, but I thought that was the sort of thing that might interest you, and I wonder whether any other Mac-users might be having the same problem. Regards, Newyorkbrad 17:42, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Update
(What I orginally came to this page for.) Just thought you might wanted to know that since someone must have missed it at the time, I belatedly updated Unsuccessful adminship candidacies with respect to you. It's supposed to reflect happy endings. :) Regards, Newyorkbrad 17:45, 23 September 2006 (UTC)