User talk:Pmaccabe

If you have something to say to me, say it here. Phil 05:02, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Style remarks

Thank you for creating the article cp index and related. Note that I moved it to this name from Cp Index, as on Wikipedia the style calls for capitals to be used sparingly, only at the beginning of sentence and in proper names. I also did some minor formatting on that and cpk index and Process capability. Looking at what I did (by checking the history of those articles) may give you a few more hints about style. :) Cheers, Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 04:38, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Confirmation Hearings

Thank you for keeping a play by play. I couldn't do so. John wesley 00:25, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

SCOTUS law clerks

Very ambitious... I'm looking forward to seeing it completed. Be mindful of the need to disambiguate, btw; I noticed a link to "John Adams." Postdlf 22:36, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, a very interesting article. I'm more into the statistical type of article, but am looking forward to more articles of all types in this area. NoSeptember 21:55, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Adding an element in a table to the TOC

Hi, I'm responding to your question at the Wikipedia:New contributors' help page.

Yes it is possible to add a table element to the TOC. Basically you just start the heading on a new line in the table (not after the usual "|"). I have set up some examples in my sandpit, feel free to play about there.

What I am confused about is using {{SCOTUS clerk}} in the list rather than just putting in the data normally. Perhaps there is a reason I'm not aware of?--Commander Keane 08:51, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

If you are comfortable with the template stick with it.--Commander Keane 12:03, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Spirangles

Hi - I see the work you've done to improve this article. As it stands right now, this is really still just a definition. As you may know, Wikipedia is not a dictionary, so you may want to consider adding more to it in terms of encyclopedic content. i.e. - where are they used (optometry tests?) why are they important, who invented them, etc...    7   ^{talk | Δ |}   03:59, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

WPBYU_invite

Hello, I noticed you've made edits to Brigham Young University articles and thought you might want to become a member of the BYU WikiProject. We're reviving the project and would love your help!

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Nomination of List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Thanks!

Hi Pmaccabe, thanks for the review and comment on Muisca bitaeniata. It cost me a lot of work for such a short article as I searched the original old French source of 1844 and French is only my 5th or 6th language... but the result is there I think. :-) Cheers, Tisquesusa (talk) 23:55, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Hello I am Nirethur can you explain it to me properly on how I can improve my first article I wrote? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nirethur (talk • contribs) 07:41, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Pterygodermatites peromysci

Hello Pmaccabe. This is user "Adron Ung" thanks for posting the taxonomy of my Pterygodermatites peromysci parasite. I was intending to do that, but I wasn't sure how to write it out. I would like to upload a few figures to the page, but I am not sure how to do that since this is my first article. It's somewhat difficult to compare knowledge of this parasite to others because the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has not posted anything about it. I saw the species description was vacant so I filled it up with some content. I hope to edit the heading, thought it's somewhat hard to describe the scientific community's knowledge of this parasitic nematode. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adron Ung (talk • contribs) 03:29, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

DataUSA feedback

I appreciate the heads up regarding this page. This is my first foray into page creation territory. In my ignorance I published this rather than developing the full page first-- something I've been gathering is probably the best practice. I'm creating this page for a friend's company I often collaborate with... the website went live this month and I've been interested in becoming more active in the wiki world so thought I'd create an entry. As of now I'm trying to delete/hide the page I created so I can finish putting it together. As far as I've gathered, I shouldn't be in 'promotional' territory as there is nothing for sale nor is there any revenue going to anyone for use of the site (it is a free, open-source development project) plus it is my plan to have this page be a child to a future page for the developers company (Datawheel, LLC). Let me know if I'm not on the right track. Definitely would welcome any advice or feedback. Thanks!Mattrdini (talk) 20:29, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion contested: Www.themchub.com

Hello Pmaccabe, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Www.themchub.com, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not unambiguously promotional. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. - MrX 20:52, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Corisco International Airport

Thank you. Cptmrmcmillan (talk) 21:09, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments ...

Thanks for the comments on the Henry Campbell article ... yes, he was notable...probably one of a handful of men who designed the early American steam locomotives (Reference the 4-4-0 article and patent litigation ... Herman Haupt resigned form West point to study under the man. He was also part of the early Pennsylvania railroad effort to cross the Alleghenies ... I will continue to work on the article ...

Risk Engineer (talk) 15:57, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

No problem, that is why I wanted to comment, I don't see any reason to think that it wouldn't be true, but there is no verifiability to any of the sources, which for Wikipedia is a problem. The best thing would be to find some coverage or articles about those more notable contributions. This reference from the 4-4-0 article might be wise to include on his article, you could even add an additional reference to this which seems to be an online copy of it. http://himedo.net/TheHopkinThomasProject/TimeLine/IndustrialRevAmerica/SteamEngines/JohnWhite.htm. It has some additional details in there like a supposed patent date of Feb 5, 1836. I'd say referencing the patent itself if you can find it along with this information would pretty clearly establish reliable sources. Phil (talk) 16:13, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Hello, Gold is Real Money was put up for informational purposes. It is also a work in progress - not a "finished work" and should not be a "speedy deletion". I thank you for looking into new pages, but bear in mind that not everything put up is just "promotional" - goldbug1933 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goldbug1933 (talk • contribs) 04:48, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

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New Page Review Newsletter No.10

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AfD for Ulisses Soares

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NPR Newsletter No.11 25 May 2018

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When adding a disambiguation parameter to a hatnote, as you did here, please remember to include the "(disambiguation)" term in the part of the parameter before the divider, per WP:INTDABLINK, so that this does not create an error for disambiguators to repair. Cheers! bd2412 T 14:49, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Tammie Jo Shults

On 6 July 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tammie Jo Shults, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Tammie Jo Shults (pictured), captain of Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, was one of the first female tactical fighter pilots in the US Navy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tammie Jo Shults. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Tammie Jo Shults), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Nomination of StartEngine for deletion

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Guillaume Verdon moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Guillaume Verdon. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it has no sources, it needs more sources to establish notability and it is promotional and reads like an advertisement. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. scope_creep^Talk 20:23, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

I suggest you don't copy this to mainspace until its completly rewritten to fix the myriad problems on the artile. If you copy it out of Draft without fixing it, I will take you an WP:ANI. The thing is a mess. scope_creep^Talk 20:30, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

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