User talk:The strategy freak

I removed the following from nihilism, though I'll be happy to have it returned with the corrections I'll mention and the corrections I've already made:


 * In 2004 a Paris Texas came out with their first album, Like You Like An Arsonist. Bombs Away, the first track featured the lyrics: "I've got a static aesthetic / nihilistic prophetic / everything is a god damn lie!"

The main thing is that it reads the following way: either the band's name isn't mentioned, or it is Paris Texas. This isn't clear because of the 'a' before 'Paris Texas'. If the band is from Paris, Texas, then the comma needs to be there and the name of the band needs to be included. If the band's name is Paris Texas, then you might check to see if there is a comma between 'Paris' and 'Texas' and rewrite the sentence to something like "In 2004, the band Paris Texas [or Paris, Texas, whichever is correct] came out with their first album...".

The other major corrections I already made have to do with your use of the BR tag. It isn't usually necessary after colons, and when quoting lyrics, like when quoting poetry, a '/' is used instead. Cheers! -Seth Mahoney 18:42, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC)

No problems at all, I'm always glad to see people contribute to articles. Keep adding at whatever level you feel comfortable with (I think we all started making small grammatical changes or adding smaller sections to articles and worked up from there). As far as using the BR tag versus '/', I'm not completely sure, but I think its a wikipedia convention - I've definately seen it on other pages, anyway. My brain is a bit fried at the moment, so pardon my being pedantic, but I'm gathering that the name of the band is "Paris Texas"? If so, feel free to add it back whenever you feel like it with that small change. Also, FYI, when you make comments on talk pages (either users' talk pages or articles' talk pages), it makes things a lot easier if you add -~ at the end of your text - it adds your signature and makes it a link, so people can easily get to your talk page and see who made the comment. Also, since no one has given them to you yet, here are some useful links: Wikipedia manual of style, Avoid weasel terms (you'll probably see this one referred to a lot), Cite sources, Wikipedia layout guide, General wiki editing info, and then the various links in the box below. It seems like you have most of it down already, but they can be handy references. -Seth Mahoney 23:19, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC)

Vanadium
Many of the metallic samples in the kit I took the photos from are oxidized (e.g., lithium). The vanadium sample is very fine shavings, which allows lots of surface area and the vial is full of air, not an inert gas. In my opinion the maker of the kit should have filled the metal sample vials with dry nitrogen to prevent oxidization, but the kit was made in Russia and even the legality of shipping some of the samples (e.g. beryllium) is questionable due to HAZMAT rules; dispite the fact the kit came with papers in Russian saying it was legal to ship by any means.

By the way you can sign and date your entries by typing 4 "~" like this ~, it makes you easier to identify. -- RTC 19:19, 3 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I did what I could with the kit I had access to, when I had access and a digital camera. If I had had a digital camera when the kit first arrived the oxidation was much less, but the kit was bought in 1996 and I didn't buy a digital camera until 2003.


 * Others have already provided photos of other elements (e.g., uranium, although this sample is completely covered in black oxide). Some metals are so reactive that you could cut a fresh surface and find it already ozidized by the time you took your photo, unless the material was handled entirely in an inert gas atmosphere or under vacuum! Other metals have transparent oxides (e.g., aluminum) and you could not tell if they were oxidized or not by looking at them. -- RTC 00:10, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Messed Up Menu.pdf
Thanks for uploading Image:Messed Up Menu.pdf. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use GFDL-self to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. See Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stan 05:16, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Chad Ruble
A tag has been placed on Chad Ruble, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable (see the guidelines for notability here). If you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add  on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself.

Please read the criteria for speedy deletion (specifically, articles #7) and our general biography criteria. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. As the segment itself has no article the announcers can't be notable enough. exolon 01:13, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Spanish Inquisition
I take exception to your revert of my correction to the article with the summary "reverting vandalism"... especially since I was correcting the grammar of a sentence and not engaged in vandalism. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 21:48, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

WP:CVU status
The Counter-Vandalism Unit project is under consideration to be moved to and/or  status. Another proposal is to delete or redirect the project. You have been identified as a project member and your input as to this matter would be welcomed at WT:CVU and at the deletion debate. Thank you! Delivered on behalf of xaosflux 16:26, 10 August 2007 (UTC)