User talk:Nick Dillinger/archive

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Yeah, I welcomed myself. Big Whoop, Wanna fight about it? Nick Dillinger 03:24, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Featured article for December 25th
I noticed you have listed yourself in Category:Atheist Wikipedians. That said, you will probably be interested in my suggested featured article for December 25th: Omnipotence paradox. The other suggestion being supported by others for that date is Christmas, although Raul654 has historically been against featuring articles on the same day as their anniversary/holiday. &mdash; BRIAN 0918 &bull; 2005-11-28 08:28

Running up the score
Florida might be able to overcome a 30-point deficit, but Western Carolina most certainly could not. And I think that Shula did keep his starters in well into the 4th quarter against UF. I think you may be mixing up games... Anyways, thanks a bunch for doing the revert. Matt Yeager 05:59, 6 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Actually, it's extremely significant. The point of the example is to show the consequences of running up the score. Can you think of any two related examples that show the consequences so drastically? Neither can I. Alabama's score-padding mishaps two years in a row (with the first apparently causing the second) clearly deserve to be in there. Right? Matt Yeager 23:57, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Wikimedia Canada
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Ellen Feiss
Just to let you know, I've uploaded a better picture of Ellen Feiss and replaced yours, and as an orphaned fair-use image, it will probably be deleted soon. — Feb. 19, '06 [19:17] 

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Talk:Running up the score
Hey, just popping in. I happened to see that you posted something rather uncivil at Loganberry, and I'd advise you to rephrase it. Just throwing that out, 'k? Happy editing in any case. Matt Yeager ♫ ( Talk? ) 05:55, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Image:Skeleton_45066.jpg listed for deletion
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Image:Mellisa richards.jpg listed for deletion
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If the picture is part of a press kit, than you should get it from the Canadian Olympic committee, not from a copyrighted web page. Sue Anne 18:28, 24 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I speedy-deleted that image as a blatent copyvio from a commercial source. ➥the Epopt 23:02, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Deleting images
I agree that pictures improve articles on Olympic athletes. However, achieving an improvement by blatantly violating copyright negates any improvement of the article. Copyright problems with images on wikipedia are a huge problem, and the issue needs to be addressed picture by picture. Sue Anne 05:14, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

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Page Blanking
On 03-Apr, you blanked Collected Stories (Hemingway). Blanking pages is generally considered a bad idea. I've reverted it to the previous version and removed the circular redirect at Ernest Hemingway. If this was the result of a broken edit, you may wish to make the correct edits. If you believe the redirect should be deleted, please follow the redirect portion of the deletion procedures. If you believe an article should be written instead of the redirect, please write a stub. If you have questions, please let me know. Thanks! -- JLaTondre 23:22, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Copied from my talk page: This diff shows that it did get blanked by you. That can happen by accident which is why my note included the line 'If this was the result of a broken edit, you may wish to make the correct edits." Thanks. -- JLaTondre 12:26, 7 April 2006 (UTC)