User talk:Wingsandsword

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My biggest disappointment so far with Wikipedia has been the very permissive attitude about non-canonical material being allowed in with regard to articles about Star Trek. Admittedly a very esoteric issue, but articles that are almost entirely unofficial fan speculation being passed off with no label as being as authoritative as something that actually has been shown on screen. Apparently if I just come up with some vaguely believable sounding nonsense about anything having to do with Trek and put it in an article, it can stay because "canon" is irrelevant.--Wingsandsword 06:33, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Lincoln County High School
Although you have that link, it is incorrect and I will tell you why. That article has been edited 4 times so far, 3 times by you and once by me. Well I edited because I actually went to that school and I know that this number is incorrect because new people enroll all the time and I have even left since then. So that number is not accruate, and it's best to estimate. I won't do it until we discuss this some. Thanks. Please reply to me on my talk page. Wwefan980 18:44, 18 August 2007 (UTC) Well I went more recently then you did... but I get what you are saying. I will look around and if I can't find another updated link I will simply not edit that page then. Wwefan980 21:52, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Featured article candidates/Starfleet ranks and insignia
The article has been improved drasticaly, I think this is a good enough reason to reopen the FA status of this article. To be fair I am notifying all parties involved with the article on old candidacy. If I forgot one of you, its not intentional. Thats all for now Cat chi? 1 July 2005 00:15 (UTC)

Japanese martial arts titles
Hi, I was interested in your opinion about anonymous editors.

On a different topic, are you planning to write an article about menkyo kaiden some time soon? That link has been red for a long time. --DannyWilde 01:57, 20 November 2005 (UTC)


 * I was actually writing it right now as I recieved this message, so yes, that link should go blue in just a few minutes, only a computer crash kept it from going up about an hour ago. --Wingsandsword 02:12, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh dear, that's annoying for you. --DannyWilde 14:26, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, my initial stub of menkyo kaiden is up, I'm not very good with getting Kanji to appear in wikipedia, so if you want to add the proper writing for it or clear it up further go ahead, but I thought there should be at least a stub there for now. I had a longer article written but a computer crash earlier today went and ate it, so I put this up for now.  I went through and wikilinked every mention of the term I could find in a search.


 * As for my opinion on anonymous editors, I know it's not likely to happen since the Wikimedia Foundation considers that a "Foundation Issue" and as unchangable as the NPOV doctrine, but I still want to make my feelings known. It seems like the vast, overwhelming majority of vandalism in Wikipedia comes from anonymous editors, especially those with few edits to their IP.  On most message boards on the internet you can't even post without registering a user account, much less contribute to a reference work.  I also wonder about the legality of anonymous editors, since the the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act requires any web site to verify that anybody posting on it is over the age of 13 (and additional reason many message boards are registration only now).


 * From my experience, the typical vandal is somebody who stumbles across wikipedia, realizes they can edit things, and blanks articles or inserts random jibberish, obscenities, insults or just being downright rude (like the picture of Palpatine as the portrait of Pope Benedict XVI or posting a scan of the page of "the spoiler" to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince). By going to just the same level of verification/registration as any typical message board, you get rid of the person who does this on impulse.   I understand the idea that anybody should be able to contribute to Wikipedia, and I agree with it, but I do think that there should be a step that everybody has to take first of making themself known.  Yes, it won't stop the determined vandal, but that's what reverts are for.  --Wingsandsword 02:54, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for making the article. I was getting worried about the red link since it was there so long. As for vandals, I tend to wonder why anonymous editors are still allowed. I agree with you that most of the vandalism could be stopped by making people log in. I'm not so sure what principle is really involved in letting anonymous editors contribute - it doesn't seem so important to me that people can contribute without a name or email address. A lot of the vandal/administrator thing seems like cops and robbers game to me. See you around. --DannyWilde 14:26, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Creighton Lovelace
Please have a look at my rewrite of the article. Best wishes. Durova 03:05, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Nb ridaz
You said they made it to the charts. Which charts would those be? - Mgm|(talk) 12:47, 16 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Well, the article says they made it on the Billboard charts, and http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=467150&model.vnuAlbumId=621415] This link to Billboard's web site lists their history on the charts. --Wingsandsword 15:22, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

re:Category:Wikipedians by D&D Alignment
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Montgomery Scott article
That was a great edit you just did on the article. I completely forgot about the Peter Preston scene. -   nath a nrdotcom  (Talk • Contribs)  04:01, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Adolf Hitler's sexual orientation (second nomination)
Hello, Wingsandsword. A vote to delete this article would be appreciated. Thanks much. --Mmeinhart 13:54, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Uncategorized
Somehow your user page has been flagged as category needed. --Yendor1958 14:50, 22 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I know, I can't figure out how to remove that flag. I didn't put it there, and I don't know which edit it first appeared at.  --Wingsandsword 17:21, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Sexuality of Adolf Hitler
This article is up for vote on AFD. OSU80 01:17, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Nebuvite AfD
Greetings! I had Nebuvite on my watchlist since I seconded the prod, so I saw that you had taken it to AfD. I've chimed in there. I also wanted to say thank you for staying diligent about keeping the AfD tag in place on the article and being firm but polite with the edit summaries. I just gave them the long-winded version of why deleting the tag doesn't help their cause on the talk page. Again, just wanted to pass on my compliments. —C.Fred (talk) 02:37, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Error in reverting vandalism
I deleted the previous message that was left in error for vandalism committed by another user. Please accept my apologies. Therefore, I've deleted the notice that appeared here in error. If you have concerns, please let me know. lwalt 21:26, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Volapuk_encoding
Why you revert representation of letter $$~\Phi$$? Do you see likeness between qp and $$~\Phi$$? Greek letter $$~\Phi$$ look like "fuck", but it is not give cause for deletion this letter.--Berserkerus 17:06, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Fruit allergy
Just so you know, when I got to the Fruit allergy article, it was no longer just a collection of links and therefore ineligible for the speedy deletion tag you'd placed on it. As it is now, it probably doesn't fill the criteria for any speedy deletion, and a proposed deletion would certainly be contested. You can put it up for vote at WP:AFD if you like, though. --Masamage ♫ 04:28, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for the revert on my userpage! It is geratly appreciated. I am strill trying to figure where I incurred this chap's wrath... Thanks again and keep up the great work! --TeaDrinker 05:49, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Alshoka
Please note that I restored your db-bio template. It was removed by the creator. Regards, gidonb 00:57, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I also proposed to speedy the picture. gidonb 11:21, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Freezing a wasp
Hi,

I've removed the proposed deletion template from the article I just created... I realise that at the moment it doesn't amount to much, but if you search for such things on youtube you'lll see how much of a craze it is. Basically I'm drunk at the moment, so don't have the coherence to write a dewcent article. But I *will* do it shortly. Best username yet 02:05, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Please ignore
My last message! Clicked on wrong name. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit 02:21, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Iniquisit
Hi, you tagged the article Iniquisit. i have made some updates and hope this is ok to no longer require your fiction tag. there are some other articles on Abarat in the catagory abarat Series (sorry dont know how to link to a catagory yet!. would you be so kind as to have a look at these as well and let me know if thy need similar clarification? regards UKbandit 16:25, 13 June 2007 (UTC)


 * heres the catagory. hope thats ok UKbandit 16:26, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

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ibid
I have not come across it before on-line or in print. I apologise if my tone was abrasive, i've seen to may references On MA articles that refer 'History of TKD' as a reference which is completely useless for fact checking. --Nate1481(t/c) 11:53, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Good Job!
Thanks for suggesting deletion of Dan edelman. While I was wondering how to nominate AfDs, you went along and did it! Good job. ~Crowstar~ 19:13, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Mickey Smith (artist)
Hey there, you tagged this article under CSD G4: could you provide a link to the AfD debate? Thanks, - Zeibura (Talk) 21:12, 28 June 2007 (UTC)


 * It was previously speedily deleted earlier today as an A7 non-notable biography (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=&page=Mickey+Smith%2C+Artist), and the creator of the original article recreated it eight minutes later with the same content. If A7 is more appropriate than G4 since it was speedied, then file it under that.  --Wingsandsword 21:17, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks!
Thanks for reverting vandalism on my user page, man.

* gives a cookie to Wingsandsword *

Icecypher 14:04, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

AIV
Why did you remove my report at: ? -WarthogDemon 23:01, 19 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I didn't intend to remove anybody's report. I was reporting User:Macho36, there was an edit conflict, and I was trying to reload the page and cut & paste my vandalism report.  My apologies if in my haste I accidentally removed your report.  --Wingsandsword 23:03, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh okay, I was thinking that it was a mistake. Just wanted to make sure I didn't make an improper report or anything. :) In addition, I've made a bigger mistake there. One day there was little activity on that page and I made a typo in my report. I decided to revert, no harm right? I removed THREE reports that came suddenly and the page was a mess for about 10 minutes thereafter. :p Anyways, no harm done. Cheers and happy editing. :) -WarthogDemon 23:05, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Tushball
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