User talk:VampWillow/Archive4

VampWillow usertalk - Archive 4

Kilmarnock Prison
Is there are a reason for the move to "Kilmarnock (HM Prison)"? A move to "HMP Kilmarnock" or "HM Prison Kilmarnock" I could perhaps understand, even though "Kilmarnock Prison" is the most common way that the prison is referenced (see news.bbc.co.uk or similar sources), but "Kilmarnock (HM Prison)" just seems strange to me. AlistairMcMillan 18:22, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

DABing pages
Hi, it's Wikipedia policy not to disambiguate page names that don't need to be DABed. Joe D (t) 23:07, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm familiar with the WikiPriject, it's not a project for moving pages that don't beed moving. Joe D (t) 23:14, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

RE: Election result...
...I don't know whether it's any tool you are using, but could you not use % in the result tables as it only adds clutter. Your efforts are appreciated btw. Greg Robson 23:41, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * The results and who is doing them is being organised via WikiProject_UK_Parliamentary_Constituencies/Progress. You are welcome to help out on cinstituencies not allocated. --Vamp:Willow 23:42, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * sorry ... I thought you were the person who was cross-editing a london page. I was adding the figures by hand --Vamp:Willow 23:44, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * That's okay, you will find the discussion page useful, it has some detail by User:80N who is working on making the table adding semi-automated. Greg Robson 23:46, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Underworld
I still don't agree with you, but I'm not going to revert it anymore. However, if someone else does, you should accept it due to consensus, deal? The reason why I don't agree with you on this, is because every article that has a link to a disamb page, never lists anything else before or after that. It's sort of a Wikipedia standard. Besides, don't you think it's redundant? EliasAlucard|Talk 19:49, 15 May, 2005 (UTC)

Holborn and St. Pancras
I've re-added Category:UK Parliamentary constituencies, because every other constituency has that category. If the category is to be split by county, that should probably be discussed at WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies first, because of the number of articles involved. sjorford &rarr;&bull;&larr; 10:26, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

"A bit tense"?
Perhaps you should amend that tension indicator. I'm surprised that you think that my comment was rude (I'd naively thought that "please" was polite, but there). It might have been terse, but I was in a hurry. Your edit summary was: "some checking shows most common usage was with 'i'; only time magazine ever used a 'y' - reverted to original ; image name should be changed" &mdash; no mention of reverting an illicit edit, so I'm not sure how I was supposed to guess what you thought that you were doing. Moreover, there should be no editing of a protected page at all,no matter how good you think the reason is. Mel Etitis ( &Mu;&epsilon;&lambda; &Epsilon;&tau;&eta;&tau;&eta;&sigmaf; ) 12:53, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

Moka diagram
Hi VampWillow,

I had created an diagram for the Moka article, Image:MokaCoffeePot.jpg, and posted it there yesterday. Today I went to the Coffee percolator page and realized that one created by you already existed! Had I realized, I wouldn't have made another image, since your diagram is fine. However, since I had made it, I decided to replace your image with the new one, which I believe looks a little cleaner.

Apologies for having created a duplicate of your image, let me know if you think the original should go back on the percolator article.

Thanks, &mdash; Asbestos | Talk  19:15, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Hi &mdash; I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "smaller", since your image is about 240x360 pixels and mine is 500x500 pixels. If you mean the size of the thumbnail, this can be increased, of course.
 * As for merging Moka, that's fine by me &mdash; I only discovered the article the other day, which was when I decided to make the image. &mdash; Asbestos | Talk  19:56, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * The nice thing about vector drawings is that they are easily changable. The image now shows a filter, and is very clear, I believe (you might have to refresh your cache to see the change). &mdash; Asbestos | Talk  20:36, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Well, yes, I would have left it, as it was adequate, but now that there is an image which I believe is clearer, more accurate, and more professional-looking, I personally believe the second image should stay. However, arguing about which is "better" isn't going to get us far &mdash; I suggest throwing a straw-poll in the discussion and seeing what the other editors think. I'll set it up now. &mdash; Asbestos | Talk  20:55, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Removing hyphons etc

 * Hi, can you tell me why you are removing hyphons (-) and replacing them with this: .  I know that this has the same effect, and lots of people are replacing them, but what is the purpose of it all?  --John 15:51, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Please vote
Could you please vote to get the user we call "Time Cube Guy" banned (Requests for comment/211.28.*.*)? It looks like you tried to deal with him in the Greenwich Mean Time-related articles. &mdash;Sean &kappa;. + 16:48, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Category:UK Wikipedians
Hi, just to let you know that the list of UK participants at the UK notice board was getting rather long, so I have replaced it with the above category which I have added to your user page. -- Francs2000 | Talk 30 June 2005 21:15 (UTC)

UK COTW: Winter of Discontent
Just to let you know, an article you've voted for, has became this week's UKCOTW - Winter of Discontent. Cheers -- Joolz 19:08, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Acetone Peroxide
Thanks for the speedy delete. I'm really not trying to be obstructive here. I'm just bloody worried that some kids who (not out of malice - just stupidity) want to try to make the dangerous thing at home for a laugh and ends up blind. I remember the stoopids stuff we used to (try) make when I was 12 and just how bad a cookbook would have been for our wellbeing! Sometimes self censorship is the right thing to do. 62.253.64.14 17:55, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * No probs .. I quite understand. I was a bit of a pyromaniac when young (still am and have been paid to do it professionally) and whilst it is right that we have information aboutg chemicals, etc., we certainly don't need instructions on how to make the damn things (which, having read it, seems extraordinarily easy!). --Vamp:Willow 20:45, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Yet Another London Wikimeet
Heya vW,

We're organising another London meetup, for Sunday the 11th of September; specifics still to work out, but it will probably be fun as ever, and involve a few drinks and a nice chat in a pub. We'd love to see you there, if you're not too busy...

Take care,

James F. (talk) 22:12, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Holly Lodge Estate
Excellent article. I am just about to add a photo or two (the ones that came out ok, it wasnt very good light today about to rain). Have you got any references for it? I might add a reference to Pevsner, although he doesnt have much detail. Justinc 00:16, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comments. You should leave a note on the talk page about the copyrights on the Open House text and photo or it looks like a copyvio. Its nice to know about places that I have lived by fro so long... Justinc 10:58, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Please do leave a note on the talk page indicating that you are allowing this text to be used in Wikipedia. I had tagged it as a copyvio. Thanks! -- Gyrofrog (talk) 21:01, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Dyke / Dike
I have some issues with having the pages combined, even though your new solution is much better than how it was when I edited it.

In Manual of Style (disambiguation pages), the policy is not to pipe the links. This means that instead of geology, a user will click on dike (geology). This allows simple disambiguation and I feel the policy should be abided by almost all of the time. The problem then arises that someone who is looking for "dyke (geology)" is redirected to "dike" and then must click on "dike (geology)". This is confusing.

On another matter, it is also policy to not wikilink any other words in the line, unless necessary.

I'll wait for your reply before I change anything. --Commander Keane 10:00, August 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * After having a look at some of the pages in the "Conceptual and Disambiguation pages" section of your user page, I will be going through and minor editing a few of them. Feel free to discuss the changes I make. --Commander Keane 10:09, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

Editing User pages
I just noticed you edited my user page. It is (sfaiaa and certainly standard practice) that one *never* edits the user page of another user. Should you wish to draw something to their attention - such as a changed link (in your view; they may have reasons to use a different alternative) - then the user's Talk page is the appropriate route for you to take. I trust I won't have to note your faux pas elsewhere. --Vamp:Willow 00:48, 6 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I was not aware of that. --Fibonacci 00:53, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

In the same vein, thanks for protecting my page from rampaging Ohioans! /Collabi 22:42, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Wikimeet: London 11 September
You expressed a desire on the Meetup/London page to attend the 11 September meet, but inidcated that you wouldn't know until nearer the time whether you would be able to or not. This is just a friendly reminder, nearer the time, to see whether you are likely to be attending. Thryduulf 12:11, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm likely to be there but, like most of my life it seems, I can't be definite about that until I walk through the door! (hence why still listed as 'probable' --Vamp:Willow 13:14, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Meetup
Heya,

Just a quick note to remind you of the London Meetup this coming Sunday (the 11th of September) that you signed up for (as 'probable', so hopefully it's just a small push to get you to 'definite' ;-)). It's at the Archery Tavern, just next to Lancaster Gate tube station, from 13:00 (BST) onwards.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Yours,

James F. (talk) 14:01, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

The Ashes
Rain: light rain forecast for today.

one little thought at the last minute, but there is going to be a big screen showing the final test match in Regent's Park

Well, have fun! I know I will! LoopZilla 10:00:45, 2005-09-11 (UTC)

Re: Carla Gugino
Thanks for the link. I agree, two wrongs don't make a right. I just have a minor comment... I think it looks better to have the filmography listing linked instead of having the link somewhere in the body of the bio. It would seem to me that someone looking for the films a particular actor was involved in would be looking over the filmography rather than the text of the article. I see by the top of this page that you're rather busy with real world things but if you have a minute, I'd like to hear your feelings on this. Dismas 20:50, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Wikimedia Uk meeting
Hi VampWillow, there will probably be a meeting for the purpose of discussing Wikimedia UK this Sunday, which you might like to attend. You could add your name there if so. Cormaggio @ 23:29, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Highgate (disabiguation)
Was trying to remove this page and did (rudely) step on your user pages, then saw the note saying dont even think about it. rv if you like; there is one link left. But if it was just a typo it could go. Justinc 22:51, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Terrorism Bill 2005
This was a redlink when I found it in current events this evening. I've started a stub and will try to build it up. Thoguht you might be interested. I'm not even sure it's the proper name for the article. --bodnotbod 19:04, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Seed wiki
Hi VW, you said at the August open board meeting that you'd be interested in forming a committee on forming a seed wiki policy/project. I've set up Seed wiki and was hoping you could use this space to add your ideas and thoughts. Hope to see you at the Wikimedia UK meeting tomorrow, also. Cormaggio @ 13:39, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK
You have expressed an interest in Wikimedia UK. Just to let you know I've posted a draft Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association of the proposed "Wikimedia UK" charitable company on Wikimedia UK/Memorandum of Association and Wikimedia UK/Articles of Association. It is proposed that these will receive initial approval by interested parties at a meeting on 27 November. I will put together a brief agenda for the more formal aspects of that meeting soon. Memo and Arts of Association are a company's constitution, and need to be agreed before the company is formed (though they can be changed at a later date). Please feel free to comment on the relevant talk pages (I'd rather the proposed drafts are left unedited so that it is easy to see what is going on) - particularly if there is something there that you would disagree with at the meeting, details of which can be found on the Wikimedia UK page on Wikimedia Meta-Wiki. Kind regards, jguk 19:09, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Leader of the Opposition
Bit of a moot point, but with regards to this http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liberal_Democrat_Frontbench_Team&diff=next&oldid=30618054, the change back to Howard was incorrect. 129.67.53.94 20:46, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * That was a roll-back of a multiple edit which I had thought was all one editor, but then realised wasn't (hence an immediate second rv.), btw. if you create yourself a userid then you'll be able to know when you get a response to a question / query you raise on someone's talk page. --Vamp:Willow 23:49, 18 December 2005 (UTC)