User talk:Mike Searson/archive7

Iguana
Hi. A couple of days ago you removed the image that I had upoaded to the Iguana article, saying that the genus was wrongly described. When I took the picture in Mexico recently I was told that it was a Mexican spiny-taled iguana, and had no reason to believe otherwise. As you would appear to be something of an expert on the subject could you please tell me what it actually is, so that, in the interests of accuracy, I can change the description. You'll find it here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iguanamexico.jpg Thanks. ♦ Jongleur100 ♦ talk 16:23, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your swift reply. I'll follow your suggestions. Cheers. ♦ Jongleur100 ♦ talk 16:38, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

I've never had a picture of mine nominated so don't know how to go about it, but I'm flattered that you think it's good enough. Cheers. ♦ Jongleur100 ♦ talk 16:44, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Gee, thanks! ♦ Jongleur100 ♦ talk 17:13, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Moves
We really need to bring it to his attention that he shouldn't be making unilateral moves like this. I've also caught him adding false IUCN categories on different animal pages as well. I've asked for explanations before, but he just doesn't reply.  bibliomaniac 1  5  23:28, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
 * If their disruption continues, a report at WP:ANI may be needed.  bibliomaniac 1  5  23:35, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

WP:Cutlery tweaks
Oi Mike, I've added a To-Do template to the WP page, and also put up a (not yet functioning) Shortcut templates. Before we get too deep into setting up the project, I would like to put out an opinion that "WP:BLADES" might be more descriptive. "Cutlery" sounds kind of like flatware to a lot of people, and "Blaes" might get the same gist (allowing swords, axes, razors, etc as well as knives) in a clearer way. I would suggest calling it WP:BLADES and having a redirect from WP:KNIVES (not yet created). Same way that WP:GUNS redirects to WP:FIREARMS. What do you think? And does the current To-Do template work for you? WP:GUNS uses it and it seems a really effective way of sorting ideas. MatthewVanitas (talk) 19:01, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

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Ctenosaura pectinata photos
Hi Mike, if you're interested I have a few photos of a captive born and bred hatchling spiny tailed iguana. I couldn't figure out how to add it to the article, can I email you the photos?

contact holly-sparks@hotmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.209.111.150 (talk) 21:29, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Requests for mediation/Roman Catholic Church
Hi Mike, I have made a motion to close the mediation for reasons described here. Please come and post either your agreement or disagreement at the same link. Thanks.  Nancy Heise    talk  17:26, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

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Diana Lee Inosanto
I believe Ron Balicki changed Diana Lee Inosanto's date of birth from 1966 to 1973, which I understand to be inaccurate. That was the reason I flagged this as coi. I was hoping someone else would catch it, since I'm the one who included the original text TienTao (talk) 23:32, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Voting
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Source for an image
Where did you get this photo?--Rockfang (talk) 03:05, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK? issue
Hello! there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath and respond there as soon as possible. Carpet Crawler message me  05:25, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Under 200 characters is usually what is preferred. :) I'll take a look in a few minutes! Carpet Crawler  message me  01:24, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

File source problem with File:RogueBW.jpg
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I am curious where you got the photo from so it can be verified that the image is in the public domain.--Rockfang (talk) 02:48, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Could you add a specific page url of where you found it to the image's page please? The reason I ask is because it looks like a scan from a book. Like how authors sometimes show pictures of themselves in the back of the book. I searched "rogue warrior" and marcinko on military.com and couldn't find it.--Rockfang (talk) 07:11, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

American Tomahawk Company
Information about the American Tomahawk Company on Wikipedia is incorrect. The American Tomahawk Company® is a division of Cold Steel, Inc. americantomahawk.com is using our registered name ILLEGALLY. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.77.233.62 (talk) 00:12, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

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RCC mediation
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komodo dragon
Do not delete referenced material. It is considered vandalism. In this case, the study was by the same research team whose earlier study was already used as the principal reference in the section. kwami (talk) 23:34, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * To be fair, we have a policy on undue weight, and a peer-reviewed study as this shouldn't be neglected, in my opinion. I don't think however, that we should immediately discount virulent bacteria in the saliva as a contributing factor though.  bibliomaniac 1  5  05:04, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

The few, the proud, the Marines.
Why are we volunteering here? Shouldn't we have learned not to do that! ;)

Not so lean, still bleed green; Not so mean, still a Marine!

Semper Fi!

(Someone actually looked at my user page! Wheeee! I suppose others might have, too, but you're the first to comment on anything there.)

RCC Mediation
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RCC mediation
Sorry to bother you again, we now have an option 4 to consider since no one could agree on 1,2 or 3. Can you please come vote again? Thanks,  Nancy Heise    talk  18:54, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Roman Catholic Church mediation outcome
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Thank you
Nice job (diff) on Colt Single Action Army. Newportm (talk) 17:43, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

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Thank you for your input (SOG specialty knives)
While I appreciate your status as an "Iron Editor", I do believe that members are encouraged to make changes and to "be bold". Statement directly from the welcome page that you referred me to: Remember - you can't break Wikipedia; all edits can be reversed, fixed or improved later. So go ahead, edit an article and help make Wikipedia the best information source on the Internet! - I agreed with some of your edits to the SOG specialty knives article as founded and respect them and let them be, however it seems that you have taken some of my edits personal, (referring to the semi rude talk message that you sent to me). I hope that by using the term "our encyclopedia", you truly mean ours and don't see newcomers as outsiders. I don't believe that you have the right to direct me to whatever section that you see fit for me on the site, I would leave those types of decisions to the administrator(s). In the future please handle disputes that you have with my edits by making changes to the articles themselves, instead of sending discouraging talk messages. Thank you for your time. - RINERI RINERI (talk) 03:02, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Mike
Thanks for the words Mike. I understand where you are coming from. This is why I didn't change most of the items that you edited in the article. While I believe that I did not necessarily state an opinion, I will concede that some folks may take it as one and therefore will argue this point no more. As you can imagine, the template comes off a little condescending. But getting past that, I believe that the SOG specialty knives article is fitting as it is between your edits and mine for the time being and we can leave it as is. Again thanks for taking the time to analyze the situation. If most Wikipedia issues can be resolved in such a manner, I will be glad to be a member for some time. Take care - RINERI —Preceding unsigned comment added by RINERI (talk • contribs) 07:26, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

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Colt Single Action Army
Hello Mike You undid and redid, why? Yours Hans --hmaag (talk) 15:42, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Lesser Antillean Iguana
My interest just got sparked after moving to one of their habitats last month; this weekend I saw them eating mangoes in our neighbor's tree. Let me know if you have any tips on how best to find/observe them. There's a sign not too far away from my house cautioning that their nesting ground is near, something I definitely intend to check out. I'll be periodically uploading pictures to Commons as I take them. Postdlf (talk) 18:42, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

GNR
Thanks, for the other sources for GNR being metal. May you please see the Guns N Roses talk page and leave a comment in support of them being metal? It would add to our argument in favor of them being metal? Rockgenre (talk)Rockgenre 19:13, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Wiki Boxing Project - input needed
There is a discussing relating to the use of boxer's nickname/s in the infobox. Please could you give your opinion here. Thanks.--Vintagekits (talk) 15:15, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Colt Lever Action
In the 1880s, Colt produced a .44-40 lever action rifle designed by Andrew Burgess. The story goes that Colt stopped production of the Burgess rifle due to a quid pro quo agreement with Winchester that the latter would not begin producing revolvers. One of the Winchester revolver prototypes was designed by William Mason, the same fellow who designed the Colt M1873 SAA. --D.E. Watters (talk) 12:53, 22 October 2009 (UTC)