User talk:Truthanado/archive4

ARCHIVE: August 2008 – November 2008

Invite
69.23.202.204 (talk) 12:51, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Careful reading
Thanks. Please feel free to stalk me and my edits any time. --Blechnic (talk) 00:27, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

August 2008
Welcome, and thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment further, please use the sandbox. TestEditBot (talk) 03:04, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Kenroy Elementary
This is a new article and I have been working to add content. You marked it for deletion moments after it was initially created. At least give me a chance to flush out the content. For what its worth, the school is notable according to Notability (schools) as it is both a Beacon school and was a Gates Foundation school. Crkey (talk) 03:22, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

About Albright Middle School Merging
Why merge? It should have it's own page, just like the other alief schoools marshmalloww (talk) 03:22, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Nunavut island page errors
Thanks for catching a problem. Sorry, but I didn't try the coord links as I haven't had trouble with them before, using this resource, on the many other geo articles I've done on Nunavut. Now I'm stumped why there are errors... unless it's my typos... and I'll doublecheck that asap. --Rosiestep (talk) 00:40, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I fixed a couple of typos, but the Fastcgi Protocol Error persists on all the articles. Before I delete the coordinates, I'll check with User:CambridgeBayWeather for his thoughts. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:04, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * See reply on my Talk page from CambridgeBayWeather, and then follow his links. Apparently, this issue is/was quite a problem. Cheers. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:18, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Maya calendar.
Hi there Truthando. I responded to your query at my user talkpg. Cheers, --cjllw ʘ  TALK 01:34, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Breuner's
You were so right, almost. Read the fine print. The link you gave indeed said 2008, in fact it said today's date, and tomorrow it will say tomorrow's date. The article's date was 1995! But there is some content that can be picked up there anyhow!MY♥IN chile 01:24, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Did You Know problem
Hi. I've reviewed your DYK submission for the article Albert Dominicus Trip van Zoudtlandt, and made a comment on it at the submissions page. Please feel free to reply or comment there. Cheers, Art LaPella (talk) 01:31, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Breuner Home Furnishings
Let me know what you think of the new and improved Breuner Home Furnishings! =)MY♥IN chile 04:58, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: SmartLabs LLC deletion
Mmm, nope I don't think SmartLabs could get speedy deleted, for the article claim that they invented INSTEON. (Well, for me anyway, but I'm easily convinced by blue links). For the Russian company, though, developing "innovative solutions" is not enough (it shouldn't even be in the article, that's a weasel word). I hope this helps! If you disagree you can go at DRV, or tag the other article ;) (I'm pretty sure every speedy decision can be overturned, one way or an other, the rule of a thumb varies a lot among admins (and editors, for that matter)) -- lucasbfr  talk 08:48, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Oxford Wikimania 2010 and Wikimedia UK v2.0 Notice
Hi,

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Electrical substation
Substations, of course, operate at the same voltages of the transmission and distributions systems which they serve. A better venue for such information would be under Electricity transmission or Electricity distribution, or possibly in a dedicated article. However, in the UK alone, voltages of 400, 275, 132, 66, 33 and 11 kV are considered as transmission/distribution voltages, though other voltages see use, e.g. 13kV for some tertiary-connected reactive plant. The list missed off the important 132kV LV distribution system in the UK, and presumably misspelled 275kV. A full list for all countries would be rather long, and not serve much purpose. I have reviewed the material that was in Electricity Substations prior to its merger and there was unfortunately nothing there that was worth salvaging. I hope this explains my position. Best regards, &mdash; BillC talk 01:20, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Williamsport Tigers
Thanks for giving me a heads up on the question about Briggs Stadium on the Williamsport Tigers DYK nomination. Dincher (talk) 10:41, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Valley Stream 30 Union Free School District
Hello. As an editor in good standing, you can restore any part or all of it word for word if you like it. The content doesn't matter as much as that you would get credit for it, not User:Jessica Liao. Cheers, --Bradeos Graphon Βραδέως Γράφων (talk) 23:51, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Hello again. Here is the deleted article, so you can use any bit(s) of it you'd like. I've bracketed it with nowiki tags that you'll see if you open up the edit screen. Without the tags, it would put your talk page into all the categories the article was in.

Valley Stream 30 Union Free School District consists of the following schools :


 * Clearstream Avenue School
 * Forest Road School
 * Shaw Avenue School

About
When you say "convention is to use only years at this level" about the Norma articles what would you refer to?

Neurotic heart (talk) 09:00, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Date formats
I spotted your recent edit to Marilyn Monroe in passing. I thought I would jog your elbow, you may not have noticed, but there has been a recent change to Wiki policy on all date formatting (what AGAIN? I hear you say...). It is now now considered policy NOT to wikilink dates and I quote from WP:Dates:


 * "Dates are not linked unless there is a particular reason to do so. "

There are a couple of bots on the loose now removing all such links (Lightbot is just one of them). Things only changed in the last couple of weeks. Just a heads up there. You may end up chasing your own tail if you try to change them back again....the Marilyn Monroe page had only been 'date dewikified' quite recently 21stCenturyGreenstuff (talk) 01:22, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Power Memorial Academy

 * Thanks for the barnstar! I had heard about the school before and I couldn't believe that it it didn't have an article already. Once I saw it at DYK, I couldn't believe that it would roll off for lack of sources. The individuals listed were all genuine notables and it was the least I could do to add the sources and make sure that the article passed muster. Keep up the great work on your part! Thanks again. Alansohn (talk) 02:13, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: Removal of CSD template on Holy Jubilee Catholic Elementary School
Just a quick note to advise you that CSD can apply to articles like this, since this is a very short article which provides very little context, and also falls under the CSD for an attack page, since it also disparages the school principal. Thought I'd let you know its been renominated under A1 - Little or no context. Thor Malmjursson (talk) 01:05, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Swing State Project proposal for deletion
Please see Swing State Project's talk page for discussion re: its deletion notice. -GlamdringCookies (talk) 01:30, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

JW fair
Thanks for your comments about the JW fair school. Most middle school articles do indeed get merged but there are a few which are more notable and deserve an article of their own. I agree that the existing article is very poor, and there's not really much salvageable content. I'm not an admin and can't delete the article but if you are concerned about it then I suggest you take it to AfD so that editors can assess the merit or otherwise of the article. Most do get merged but the minority get kept if suitable sources can be found. Dahliarose (talk) 07:52, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

change box
No, I'm removing it forthwith. You have no consensust to put it there in the first place. It damages the status of the whole page, sending a message that it's unstable. Policy and style pages are inherently unstable—it'a a wiki. I see no "This is an unstable mess" posted in a huge box at the top of WP:NFC, even though WP:NFCC has gone back and forth and back and forth month after month for most of this year. Tony  (talk)  02:07, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

MOSNUM box
We'd need to slap that sign up on just about every important policy and style-guide page, to be consistent. Is your objective to warn unsuspecting editors that what they read might change tomorrow? If so, I think that's an exaggeration, at least to tar the whole page in that way. People won't treat the guide seriously if they think that. The instability, as usual, currently concerns only a few bits, doesn't it? Tony  (talk)  12:05, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Canton of Saint-Martin-de-Ré
I am removing your redirect to the commune of Sainte-Marie-de-Ré because it was exclusively about the commune and contained no information on the canton of Saint-Martin-de-Ré. If you have any objection please mention it on the talk pages. Thank you Madridrealy (talk) 04:08, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

I think the Koreans are fanatic, they even do not allow the artile Gaogouli County exists
Hello! Thanks for give your third party opinion at Talk:Goguryeo. I think you did not konw the whole fact. Now I have added to the talk page. And paste here:
 * I'd like to tell a fact: actually there is an indepedant article Gaogouli County. But Korean users don't like the article Gaogouli County exists bacause of their absurd motivation and they try to redirect it to Xuantu Commandery. Please see:Talk:Gaogouli County:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gaogouli_County and [Revision history of Gaogouli County]. I have just now requested for preventing their vandalism at the page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism. -Dicting (talk) 03:17, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

article
Guess my article wasn't well typed huh? Well I wasn't trying to commit vandalism I was just trying to make a new article. OH well Im still learning!--Spittlespat (talk) 01:10, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Dr. Klaus Samelson article
Hello. I saw your notes and fixes to the article I researched, adapted, and wrote about the late prominent German physicist, mathematician, and Computer Scientist, Dr. Klaus Samelson. I had a reference, the Acta Informatica commemoration article after his death. I will be adding more material and citations when I have some more time. Thanks for your help. --- (Bob) Wikiklrsc (talk) 16:01, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Re song cats
They were merged into cat:nnnn songs (so for 1929: Category:1929 songs) Hope that helps :-) Xavexgoem (talk) 03:12, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Hollywood Walk of Fame
What you're asking for is a deletion review. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  02:28, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Re: SMS school
I removed the protected template, which was not justified, and left a note on the editor's page. I support merging the article. Thanks for the heads up, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 22:58, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Well if you really have nothing better to do, there are always peer reviews without responses at Peer review/backlog/items :-) Do let me know if other issues arise here, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 03:21, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Seeking administrator opinion
I was wondering if an admin could offer an opinion on a potential edit war.

An anonymous IP user edited Villanova University so that the stats do not agree with the reference at the end of the paragraph. I reverted this here and the same user made the same edits the following day here. I posted a message on the user's talk page and have seen no response. What is the proper thing to do now? Should I revert again? Thanks. Truthanado (talk) 20:54, 12 October 2008 (UTC)


 * If the user refuses to discuss those edits and just keeps reverting them, it can qualify as vandalism (replacing information in bad faith or sneaky vandalism). I'd suggest warning them to stop and reporting to WP:AIV if they don't. I reverted it for now and I think it should not happen again, the last time being 10 days ago. But as said, uw-error and its other levels can be used to inform and warn the user to stop changing sourced information. Regards  So Why  07:42, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Mount Weld
Thank you for your corrections. I didn't understand though why extra citations are needed if there already are some there.

Greetings user:Hermann Luyken —Preceding undated comment was added at 21:05, 19 October 2008 (UTC).

dts template
I don't know if you have it on your watchlist, but I have added a comment at: Template_talk:Dts. Regards Lightmouse (talk) 13:32, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Third opinion
First of all, I respect and have no issues with your third opinion on the OJ Simpson/USC thing --it can stay, its a minor issue and I really don't think it harmed the article as a whole. It was welcome because you were basically one of the first "regular" editors to weigh in. Here's what I'm concerned about: the discussion, as I'm sure you noticed, ballooned to a surprising number of IP and new accounts in only a few hours --hence it was either a classic "tell your friends to register" or sockpuppertry. Do you think I should ask for a checkuser on the more suspicious accounts in this grouping? Let me be clear: I'm not going to re-remove Simpson, its just that this sort of activity is a bit bothersome for the project (I have personal experience when sockpuppets raided my RFA, which recovered and was successful after an Admin noticed the subterfuge). I just noticed a heavy trend in contribution histories that were either new brand new, or with interests in Stanford (particularly the band). That trend is what put up my biggest concerns (and why a genuine third party opinion was readily accepted). As someone who's kept an eye on this article for a few years now, I know that this sudden surge of editors was completely out of the ordinary (as the edit history shows), and when an article gets that kind of interest jump there's something weird going on. Your opinion would be appreciated. --Bobak (talk) 15:39, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

European painting
What is wrong with this redirecting to Western painting. It is the article that covers it best at the moment.Research Method (talk) 02:18, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Mount Airy Lodge
Dude, I'm still working on the article....give me a chance to finish it before you tear it to pieces.--Lord Balin (talk) 03:49, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

1985 Mexico City earthquake
Just wanted to thank you for peer reviewing it.Thelmadatter (talk) 18:03, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Directories
Wikipedia is not a directory. Little Red Riding Hood  talk  01:15, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Dress boot/to do
Please stop tagging this for deletion under G8, its does have a corresponding page, it is transcluded here Talk:Dress boot, as part of the to do template--Jac16888 (talk) 02:40, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

What about actually helping to fix the list?
List of notable people who wore the bowler hat

What good did re-creating the page do? The material we need is on the deleted version!

The Transhumanist 01:31, 25 November

MOSNUM
I reverted your edit (nothing personal, yours was the straw) to Xanthosia rotundifolia because the unambiguous date format is generated by a cite button available in our preferences. If there is a problem with it, please take it up with the creator. Secondly, I know of no reason to give one regional date preference over another, when year-month-day (-hour-minute-second...) is the most unambiguous format. I would hope that a moratorium on this inconsequential and distracting editing would take place, at least until there is a wide consensus to support them, there seems to be a stream of edits across main space (and my watchlist) that verge on a point making imposition of a preference. That is all I had to say, please don't attempt to draw my attention to an unstable guideline and the inevitable bikeshed discussion; I have no wish to waste time with editors bright ideas for mega-edit counts of dubious improvements, or their undoing. Thanks, cygnis insignis 01:37, 25 November 2008 (UTC) 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for tolerating my rant on the topic. Happy editing. cygnis insignis 01:46, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Buckskin Joe
Thanks. I'll try to add some meat to the article over the next few days. Plazak (talk) 03:07, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

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. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!

Flood in Bihar
Hi

I appreciate your interest and sorry for not giving link for Lac.

Lac = one hundred thousand A lakh (also written lac) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000; 105). Devessh S N Bhatta (talk) 16:02, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * You welcome!!

Claudia E. McCarthy
Thanks for your help with the citations. I apologize for removing editing tips. I am new to Wikipedia and I had thought that once I provided a source that I could remove the "provide source or citation" reference. Anyway, I have requested websites to substantiate what I have written so far. There is absolutely nothing online. I have a lot of other sources such as newspaper articles. Do I have to use only internet sources of articles as there really aren't any or can I just cite articles from the actual newspaper? I did update the year of birth per your request. Christian McCarthy --Millvillenj (talk) 05:00, 30 November 2008 (UTC)