User talk:Parrot of Doom/Archives/2010/June

Looks a winner
The Robert Catesby article is looking better everyday. Congratulations, Parrot of Doom, I think you'll definitely get it up to FA status!--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 11:42, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Right now its just a random collection of facts, a bit like carrots on the pavement on a Saturday night :|  It'll get better, however... Parrot of Doom 16:26, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

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 Metabaronic (talk) 12:26, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the offer, I only did Blackbeard because I was looking for infamous 18th-century figures to work on, however. Parrot of Doom 16:27, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Shin kicking
Shin kicking is just a redirect to the Cotswold Olimpick Games. That can't be right surely, it's like redirecting judo to the Olympic Games. Malleus Fatuorum 23:15, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * ill see what I can do with it when I'm back Parrot of Doom 15:31, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Pink Floyd
I almost feel as though I owe you an apology. Our little spat seems to have led to one user on a crusade to rid this encyclopaedia of Pink Floyd song articles. Whilst I still feel that I was justified in making the changes I made, it hardly seems to have been worth it, if this is going to be the consequence. Perhaps we can put aside any differences we may still have, and see if we can work together to save these articles?Mk5384 (talk) 05:59, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * That user is someone with whom I've had dealings in the past (he's a born-again civility crusader and hypocrite), but I'm not particularly interested in working on the Pink Floyd song articles. Getting all the studio albums to either GA or FA is my goal. Parrot of Doom 06:55, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * That's certainly an admirable goal. I wasn't necessarily asking that you work on the song articles. I just despise seeing one user making the unilateral decision to get rid of these articles, using misleading testimony, nonetheless. I was just hoping you could come to the defence of some of these articles, on occasion, as you did with "Breathe". All the best-Mk5384 (talk) 07:26, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Be careful, what you're doing might be seem by some as canvassing, and if I know this place I know that it'll be used against you. I'm not convinced there's a space for every song article on here, but certainly there's enough text available for Breathe for it to have its own article.  If you search around you'll find plenty of bands and artists have covered the song.  I just don't have the time or inclination to do much about it, and I'm away from home for a while from today. Parrot of Doom 07:53, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I understand. Thanks for the note about canvassing too. Someone may quite possibly try to use it against me, and they can go fuck themselves if they do. Thanks for taking the time to answer me. All the best-Mk5384 (talk) 08:46, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * john harris's book contains half a page if prose about breathe. There are many more pages listed in the index. I happen to have the dsotm piano Songbook so can also write about the structure but it'll have to wait a couple of weeks now. Parrot of Doom 09:09, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Great! Meanwhile, I'll see what I can do myself.Mk5384 (talk) 09:24, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

When you say things like you said above about me, you make yourself look stupid ("he's a born-again civility crusader and hypocrite"). Try and make whatever point you are trying to make without insulting others; it's more effective that way. When you insult others it makes it harder for them to assume good faith on your part. I'm intrigued by your contention about "Breathe", and I'd love to see you put your money where your mouth is. Will you do that? --John (talk) 13:25, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The only one who looks stupid here is you John, as usual. You have a real talent for it. Malleus Fatuorum 14:26, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Coming from you, MF, that is a compliment. Anything substantive to say, or were you just dropping by to say hi? --John (talk) 14:55, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't worry about Malleus_Fatuorum. He's not just stupid - he's random. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.253.48.80 (talk) 09:24, 9 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm quite certain I once asked you not to post on my page again john. If you don't want to feel insulted then don't post here again. Parrot of Doom 15:40, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Really? I don't recall that, when was it? If you don't want to be bothered again, I suggest not making unsubstantiated allegations like you did above. Cheers. --John (talk) 15:58, 3 June 2010 (UTC)


 * bothered? As usual you flatter yourself. Go away. Parrot of Doom 17:01, 3 June 2010 (UTC)


 * With pleasure. Tip: avoid this issue by accompanying criticism of others with diffs or links, and by making it in the proper place. Take care, --John (talk) 17:11, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I see what you mean, dude.Mk5384 (talk) 20:35, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * POD, John's percieved claw is considerably less sharp in day to day life than he might care to admit. Lots of bluster; big boring bluster, but you can safely ignore; its a big nothing. Anybody who insults and finishes with 'take care' is too obvious and unsubtle; forget him. Ceoil (talk) 02:08, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
 * John's raison d'être is to be a poncey asshole who has to have the last word. He should be ignored. Malleus Fatuorum 02:41, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
 * its more a bee sting really, and we know what happens to bees that sting. Parrot of Doom 18:12, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I see no hope here. Starve little fish...and [dont feed] [trolls]. Ceoil (talk) 03:19, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Halkett boat
I have listed the FA status of Halkett boat as needing review. Piano non troppo (talk) 09:28, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.67.23.91 (talk) 21:35, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * ROFL. Parrot of Doom 22:08, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * It's gone. – B.hotep •talk• 22:14, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * What I find most amusing is that the clown who wrote all that had nothing better to do than sit in his bedroom, picking his navel fluff and scratching his arse, and search through my edit history. And even after all that effort, he only served to make me laugh. Parrot of Doom 22:16, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

AMLoR
EarthBooundMisfit (talk) 22:45, 15 June 2010 (UTC)Hi, I'm new here. The Moody Blues album Seventh Soujoun was presented to them by Robert 'Hoop' Gipson, they gifted the tape to the Los Angeles Hard Rock Cafe. Gipson took that recording with him into space starting in 1982 with the Space Shuttle Challenger. Just because I dunno how to add a frickin page number to the damn wiki doesn't mean it isn't TRUE. —Preceding unsigned comment added by EarthBooundMisfit (talk • contribs) 22:44, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I suggest then that you acquaint yourself with Wikipedia's policy on verifiability, because until you do so I will continue to remove your edits. Parrot of Doom 22:48, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * And by the way, I very much doubt that for a featured article, this source will be at all adequate. I'm now unable to revert your edits due to WP:3RR.  I guess I'll have to wait for someone else to repair the damage. Parrot of Doom 22:54, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Fred Dibnah heritage centre
Hi, it was mentioned on the local news that the heritage centre opened yesterday. Unfortunately I can't find a web reference for it and the website hasn't been updated yet. Richerman (talk) 10:01, 16 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Ah, I just found something about it on the BEN website here - it didn't come up in a google search for "Fred Dibnah heritage centre opens" though. Richerman (talk) 10:07, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Non-free files in your user space
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RFC filed
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The navbox and Pink Floyd chronology
I seem to have found a lot of mysterious "mistakes" as I've tried to translate a lot of the Pink Floyd-articles to the danish encyclopedia, and just to take a simple example, the single Apples and Oranges... The after-single is "Flaming" and the before is "See Emily Play", but somehow it's still placed between "Flaming" and "It Would Be So Nice". Taking that as one mystery, the article about "It Would Be So Nice" says that the single is the fourth released single, and well, there seem to be a single more in between. Also the studioalbums, the next and last album, this seem to have been made from the pink floyd box set, since there's a mysterious combo of all the studioalbums and SOME of the soundtracks. Maybe this should be given a checkthrough with fixes, otherwise I need some sort of explanation so I can formulate this better than the english encyclopedia has done it, and you seem like a cool guy with an insight in the english Pink Floyd-articles, so I thought I could come ask you :) Hope you're able to help me so I can continue translating this very important part of the musichistory into other languages :) --Dooba (talk) 15:54, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I've not really touched any of the Pink Floyd templates so I'm not sure if they're correct or not. Probably the best place to look is Pink Floyd discography, however, that article also needs work.  I think I have all the sources to get it fully referenced so as to eventually get a Pink Floyd Featured Topic, I just haven't gotten round to it yet.


 * I wouldn't pay much attention to the Pink Floyd single articles, they're nearly all completely uncited and badly-written. If you have Google Book search, a terrific source is Glenn Povey's Echoes.  I have the book here beside me, if you have any specific questions feel free to ask me. Parrot of Doom 16:06, 26 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Oh thank you :D I actually hadn't thought about checking that page, but that cleared the questions, and I'll start citing and correcting those mistakes so I can move on with my Pink Floyd project :) --Dooba (talk) 16:20, 26 June 2010 (UTC) And by the way, I'm looking forward to you're done with "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" it looks really nice so far ;) I'm hoping that within this very week my article about The Final Cut (album) should be GA in Denmark :) Keep me updated! --Dooba (talk) 16:20, 26 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Ah, you just reminded me of that. So much to do, so many bad articles to improve...and I still have Saucerful, Ummagumma, More, Atom Heart Mother, and Obscured by Clouds to go.  Still, it'll be nice one day to see all their albums up to either GA or FA. Parrot of Doom 16:24, 26 June 2010 (UTC)


 * It sure will, I've just made that a project on the danish wikipedia. I thought about Dark Side of the Moon, how come the reviews has been removed from the infobox? --Dooba (talk) 21:12, 27 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Some daft decision over at WP:ALBUM to not have reviews in the infobox. Instead, that box is supposed to go in the review section, which I thought looked awful, so I removed them completely. Parrot of Doom 07:10, 28 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Hmm, but they are still a big piece of information? It's after all reviews... But I see you haven't moved it from The Final Cut (album) yet? --Dooba (talk) 08:51, 28 June 2010 (UTC)


 * If the review section is well fleshed-out (as they tend to be in the album articles I've edited) then the reviews box tends to become a graphical representation of the same text. I haven't removed it from TFC because no-one has attempted to remove those reviews from TFC's infobox just yet.  I'm not proactive enough to be bothered to do it for them... Parrot of Doom 09:56, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

convert
Could I ask you not to replace the manual conversions with convert, unless there's a good reason to? The convert template doesn't add non-breaking spaces, so measurements can break between the figure and the unit; I intentionally never use it. – iride  scent  15:33, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Whoops, I've already done a few. I'll stop changing the ones I find. Parrot of Doom 15:34, 28 June 2010 (UTC)