User talk:Rfc1394/2009

All of 2009

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TfD nomination of Template:Shades of brown
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Hellfighters (film)
Hi Rfc. I noticed that you added material to the above article. Thanks for your edits, but what does "t/c" mean? Also, this insertion, "(He has a notorious reputation for using fires to pick up women, and generally any woman he takes to a fire he ends up (implicitly) having sex with her; in the case of Buckman's daughter, he apparently didn't take advantage of her but instead they got married.) " While this is a plot summary, and there is no real source for it, are you sure that this is true? I haven't seen the movie in a while but I don't remember this part of the plot. If it was there, no problem, I just want to check. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 05:28, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

And in response I would say: (1) As to plot summary:
 * I'm not sure what the exact rules are, but since plot summaries are generally not published elsewhere they would, to some extent, have to be exempt from the "no original research" rule, e.g. someone writing a plot summary of a movie by definition would be including something which is either exclusive to Wikipedia or not available many other places. As for the plot summary, I've watched the movie many, many times and know it quite well.

(2) as to the notation t/c:
 * I have a habit of inserting entries in shorthand. "T/C" is shorthand for "Technical Correction", what it basically means is one of two things (1) someone else saved something missing a minor point, they misspelled a word, left off a semicolon or otherwise left some minor and otherwise trivial error that I have corrected; (2) (the more usual case, especially if the t/c change occurs right after a prior change) I screwed up and saved a rewrite without checking it because I thought it was okay, then discovered after I saved it that I misspelled a word and I had to go in, edit it, and resave it to make a correction that I shouldn't have made in the first place, and had I examined the edit before saving it I would have caught the error.  Those are the usual reasons for a T/C change, e.g. a technical correction for a minor speling; punctuation: grammer or other similar minor ereor. :)  Paul Robinson (Rfc1394) (talk) 05:19, 18 January 2009


 * Thanks. I really didn't doubt that your edits were right, just wanted to double check. Thanks for the thorough explanation; you probably do know the movie much better than me. I didn't think it was near John Wayne's best :/ Dabomb87 (talk) 05:35, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Generally I don't take reasonable questions about why I wrote something personally; in one case, someone who had serious involvement in an issue asked me about an article I wrote, where he had no idea about the subject. I checked and was unable to verify the item, so I've asked for it to be removed. Someone checking on something allowed me to remove crap and make the encyclopedia more useful. Most of us do understand that we all want a quality product, and I take questions asked in a civil tone in that fashion.

I don't know if it was John Wayne's best performance, however I do think the movie was far, far better than the critics savaged it, however. It personally is one of my three favorite films, having been knocked from number two favorite (after The Andromeda Strain) to number three (after Starship Troopers knocked Andromeda Strain to number two. Or it might be number four, I also like The Medusa Touch a lot and it could possibly be third or a tie with this one. (And I think Richard Burton's performance in that film shows how much he wasted his talents as an actor.) Paul Robinson (Rfc1394) (talk) 20:07, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of C-6 (explosive)
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TfD nomination of Template:American film table separator
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File:Triangle VA.gif listed for deletion
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Speedy deletion of Cool "Disco" Dan
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Male Restroom Etiquette
Hi. I've nominated Male Restroom Etiquette, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook for the article here, where you can improve it if you see fit. — TKD:: {talk}  05:32, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Male Restroom Etiquette
--Dravecky (talk) 18:38, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

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Area code maps
Hi, I noticed that you created many area code maps for the New York. However, this is a mistake in all of them. The mistake is in the inset image on the bottom left. You have 516 Nassau County (NC) pointing to 631 Suffolk County (SC). The county directly to the west of SC is NC. For example in Image:Area code 917.png, only the 2 leftmost counties (Brooklyn and Queens) should be colored red, leaving the county directly above the 917 indicator (NC) to be blue. The main image is fine, as 516 and 631 point to their correct counties. --Zimbabweed (talk) 03:59, 21 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Noticed something similar on all of the (otherwise excellent) NY state area code maps. On the enlarged inset showing NYC and surrounding areas, all have the line from 516 pointing to Suffolk County. Also, Image:Area code 347.png needs the same correction as 917. I'll take a stab at it.oknazevad (talk) 17:48, 3 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Further proving that I don't do anything useful at work, I just went through all of the NYS maps and corrected the line pointing out 516 in the inset for all of the maps.oknazevad (talk) 18:27, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

File:Death_penalty_statutes_in_the_United_States.svg
You have made a change on 04 May 2009 on the map about death penalty statutes in the United States.

I can't make change on this map.

In this map, Massachussetts is blue, which means it doesn't had a death penalty statute.

But it's false. Massachussetts had a death penalty statute who was found unconstitutionnal in 1984.

Can you change this map and feature Massachussetts with the same color as the state of New-York ?

Also New-Mexico is blue but it had executed performed one execution since 1976 and the abolition of the death penalty in this state is not retroactive.

Can you change this map and feature New-Mexico with both blue and red color (as New-York who are both in orange and green) ?

Can you also make the same.

Malosinus (talk) 20:51, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Template messages/Standard boxes
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D.C. Meetup, Saturday, June 6, 2009
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Image tagging for File:Jack Webb 250.jpg
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Volunteer opportunity in Bethesda, Thursday, July 16
The Wikimedia Foundation will be conducting an all-day Academy at the National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Maryland, on Thursday, July 16. The team that will be teaching at the Academy, a mix of paid staff and volunteers, is looking for four more volunteers to be teaching assistants, providing one-to-one assistance in workshops whenever a workshop participant has a problem following the instructional directions. (We currently have two editors signed up as teaching assistants, and are looking for a total of six.)

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[[File:Overpass 501x229.jpg]]
If it's a free image, it would be better hosted on Wikimedia Commons :)

Could you please consider changing the image information which appears to currently limit it to Wikipedia, despite the 'free' licence? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:34, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

The Corporation
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Area Code Box templates (see [[Category:Area code templates)
I created Template:Area Code Box 0/doc because it is much more simplifying to edit without distracting Area Code Box 0. As for others, they are too tough to handle because of Area Code Box Help. Infobox area code needs documentation because the page looks distracting. I think there must be some help; see Article issues and figure out why. --Gh87 (talk) 00:27, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Template:Lists of U.S. county name etymologies
After this AfD, I nominated this template you created back in 2007 - - for deletion. All of the non-redundant etymology information in the articles has been merged with their respective articles in and the etymology articles have been redirected. If you have anything to add to the debate, you can do so here. Thanks.  JUJUTACULAR | (TALK) 15:21, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

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D.C. Meetup, Saturday, September 26
The 8th DC Meetup dinner will be held this Saturday, September 26, starting at 6 p.m. The event will be at Burma Restaurant (740 6th St, NW near the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro station). For details or to RSVP if you haven't already, see Meetup/DC 8. (You have received this announcement because your user page indicates that you live in Maryland, Virginia, or DC.) --EdwardsBot (talk) 07:05, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:ScrollbarTOC
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