User talk:Mike Halterman/archive14

Sorry about that

I noticed what you did, tried to edit it at the same time...Whoops...Yea, I agree with the redirect now.

Much belated thanks.

Thanks for your support of my RFA almost a month ago! Unfortunately, a family situation arose suddenly at that time that took a lot of my time and energy. Things are getting a little more normal now so I hope to be a more active admin. Best, FreplySpang (talk) 23:21, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

You scared me

I'm sleepy, when I come across a user I've never heared of poping up on my watchlist. For a moment I think I've finaly lost it, I'm borderline crazy anyway you know (Who else would dedicate so much time to Marshall and Elagabalus). Any way, welcome to to your new account name. Have you made a decision about joining the WikiProject yet, I'd rather have user who were solid contributors who are passively interested in the project than users who are wholeheartedly interested but only passive contributors. Exuse erroros, already asleep. -JCarriker 05:29, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

Adminship under new name

Hi! On My talk page User:Sj asked me to de-admin your old user name and give you admin powers on your new user name. I notice on Wikipedia:List of administrators that your new name is already listed and your old name is not. So I wanted to ask: Has this already been taken care of? Would you like me to do so? If the respective answers are no and yes, tell me and I'll take care of it. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 14:06, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Signature

Is this just meant to annoy me? r3m0t ^talk 17:52, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

Barnstars

If you read Wikipedia with justified text on (in Special:Preferences) your barnstar table is a mess. How about this? r3m0t ^talk 21:48, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

PS Would edit your page but it's protected. r3m0t ^talk 21:48, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

File:PrankStar.gif

I, Lucky 6.9, do hereby award you this deserved and long-overdue Barnstar for your tireless efforts to expand this site for the better, for being a faithful friend and supporter and for fighting the B-Movie Bandit with every fiber of his being. Mike H is an editor who stars in such soap operas as VfD and American Television Scheduling. Woo-hoo! - Lucky 6.9

I, AngryParsley, award you this prank star, for no particular reason whatsoever. That and Christopher Walken's disembodied head is funny.

I hereby award you this Barnstar for your exemplary work on the television schedules, and for being a really friendly chap. --DO'Neil

I award you this barnstar for your hard work, prolific editing, and noble quest against xenophobia. --H. CHENEY

I, blankfaze, hereby award you this Working Man's Barnstar, in commemoration of your 3,000th contribution to Wikipedia and your incredible average of 86.9 contributions per day.

I award you this barnstar for your hard work for Wikipedia. --Lst27 (talk)

I, SPUI, award you this Barnstar-Free Zone. Wear it with pride!

BioCOTW Project

You voted for Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, this weeks' Biography Collaboration of the weeks. Please come and help them become a featured-standard article.(Sorry I know its a little early but I'm not sure if I'll be on tommorow) --Falphin 01:26, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

John Peyton

Hi, I noticed a bit of a problem with the John Peyton page. The article's about the Mayor of Jacksonville, but some of the links to it refer to the former British politician of the same name.

It's probably worth having a Disambiguation page for the name and then have two pages John Peyton (British politician) and John Peyton (U.S. politician) but I don't feel comfortable about wiki editing yet to attempt it.

Can you set things up with the moving and disambiguation and I'll fill up the information about the British John Peyton.

DM Andy 20:31, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks mate DM Andy 22:45, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hey, Mike Halterman/Custom of Life

I know you've never heard of me, but I have seen your user name quite a few times in the past and I have finally decided to post a message. First, I'd like to say that me and you have a lot in common. I am going to USF this fall (St. Pete campus); I've graduated from IB...and I've just changed my user name too.

Anyway, the Wikipedia related thing is concerning my St. Petersburg High School article. Perhaps you know a bit more about it. Please help. Thanks. Horatii 30 June 2005 02:36 (UTC)

My mistake, I thought you went to St. Pete. No I haven't heard of the "face book" but thanks for the heads up. User:Horatii,

User_talk:Horatii]] 30 June 2005 19:11 (UTC)

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I have replied to you on my talk page. Superm401 | Talk July 1, 2005 22:45 (UTC)

Tom Swift

I applaud your locking the Tom Swift Jr. page until this weird dispute can be resolved. Please be aware that the same anonymous indivisual is doing the same thing to Tom Swift, Tom Swift III, Tom Swift IV and the Hardy Boys. If these pages could be reverted (if needed) to include all links and locked for a while, I'm sure this dispute could be solved (well I hope so anyway). Thanks! :)--FWDixon 5 July 2005 14:59 (UTC)

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That idiot is at it again :(

• RMedford (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) - Goes around removing links from various pages Stratemeyer Syndicate, Nancy Drew, among others. Has been on these vandalizing jags before with Hardy Boys and the various Tom Swift pages. Seems to have a special affinity for removing links to my site but sometimes does wholesale removal of all external links. Will not discuss his motivations on the talk pages. Request this user be banned or the pages be reverted (if neccesary) and protected. Sigh...--FWDixon 13:54, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Did You Know?

Sonofagun, you did it again, ol' buddy! The Cameron Matheson article made the main page! I'm surprised there wasn't an article on him before. I remember seeing him at a Super Soap Weekend and he seemed like a terrific guy. A real fan favorite. Stay in touch...miss ya! - Lucky 6.9 5 July 2005 17:06 (UTC)

Looks good. I remember the "Cliff and Nina" days well. I admit to really liking her. That's about the time I got semi-involved in that show. Speaking of AMC, is it me or is this whole "Return of Dixie" storyline kind of...weird? - Lucky 6.9 5 July 2005 17:58 (UTC)

LOL! Oh, that's funny! Nowhere but a soap opera would these sorts of things happen. Getting off track a moment, we have a pesky little vandal coming in through AOL proxies the last couple of days. He leaves the same message, something like "DROP DEAD - thank you and good night." A real looney tune. Can you block him, at least for a short time? - Lucky 6.9 5 July 2005 18:07 (UTC)

I can dig it. Someone will open fire on the idiot. Just a matter of time. Tried leaving word on the talk page but, like the Bandit of old, I'm probably talking to myself. Sigh... - Lucky 6.9 5 July 2005 18:20 (UTC)

Talking is...

Hello, Mike. I've seen your signature quite a few times at WP:RFA. One question: How did 'Talking is hot' come into existence? Sango123 July 5, 2005 19:18 (UTC)

Judith Chapman

Good idea regarding her birthday. Now that you mention it, I'm way overdue for contacting her. I have an e-mail address...I'll drop her a line later with the link to the article. I told her better half about it. Take care! - Lucky 6.9 9 July 2005 02:15 (UTC)

• Dude...you been bizzy!! Technical question: The damned wiki signed me out before I started a new article called Eagle Mountain, California. Any way to change the attribution to me, like by deleting this and allowing me to cut and paste it back? - Lucky 6.9 9 July 2005 03:15 (UTC)

Cats for us

Since the British have there own category UK Wikipedians. I'm thinking of creating two other user categories: one based on culture US Southern Wikipedians and the other on generation Millenial Wikipedians (people born in the 1980s and 1990s, late seventies also a possible interpretation). Think you'd be interested in adding them to your user page if I created them. It make researching our systemic bias easier. Please respond on my talk page. Thanks. -JCarriker 22:38, July 9, 2005 (UTC)

• I'd appreciate a response to the above in the next few days. Thanks. -JCarriker 17:58, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
  • Done they are Category:US Southern Wikipedians and Category:Millennial Wikipedians. Thanks. -JCarriker 18:16, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

BioCOTW Project

You voted for Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, this weeks' Biography Collaboration of the weeks. Please come and help them become a featured-standard article.--Falphin 17:45, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Wiki soap fans

Just wanted to say hi, fellow Wiki soap fan here. Saw you created the Pam Long article. NickBurns 01:09, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Re your reply: I'm a big GL fan - not a great thing to be right now, since Proctor and Gamble and CBS seem intent on killing the show. For a time in college I was very close to going through a writer's program for P&G and becoming a writer. I always liked the more realism based shows so I can't say I was ever a big fan of Days (sorry!) but I can certainly understand why it's been popular. NickBurns 03:29, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

I didn't do the P&G thing because it was a writing program and not a job, and I didn't have money to pull out of my ass to support that fantasy. It wouldn't have guaranteed me any job, though I would have been great at it. I'm so glad I didn't now, because P&G isn't a good company to work for. NickBurns 22:26, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Hi!

Hi Mike! I hope you remember me. We've chatted online quite a bit, and even on the phone. Anyway. I noticed a note you placed on the talk page of User:Boisemedia about his creation of a Godawfulugly broadcast template, and then its rapid dispursal throughout wikipedia. This guy is a big. old thorn in my side. I do alot of editing to Salt Lake City pages, and he just seems to like to make my life miserable by changing things, or trying to one-up me with Boise versions of SLC pages I have made. Ok, I just needed to bitch. TTYL --[[User:JonMoore|—JonMoore 20:24, 29 May 2006 (UTC)]] 05:45, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

DYK

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DYK

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Homophobia

Please refrain from making homophobic remarks such as [1]. Kappa 15:16, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

• Oops, never mind Kappa 21:47, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

DYK

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Coronation Street cast

Just thought you might be interested that the above page is currently up for deletion. -- Francs2000 | Talk 13:39, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

thanks for supporting me

Hello, just a quick note to express my gratitude for your support of my RfA. I'm sure I'll become a familiar face on places like the Administrator's Noticeboard and Requests for Adminship, as well as the murkier parts of my new job. "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked." (Luke 12:48, NIV) Never was a truer word spoken. I feel empowered, yes, but not in the "oooh cool delete button!" way I was kind of expecting. Already I feel the weight of the responsibility I have now been entrusted with, a weight that will no doubt reduce given time. Thank you for believing in me. :) Garrett^Talk 10:33, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Please Help

First, let me thank you for your help on the Tom Swift and Hardy Boys pages but unfortunately the vandal RMedford (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has been on a vandalizing jag for the last several days, removing external links from many different juvenile series book articles. He/she refuses to respond on talk pages. This is clearly a case of cyber-stalking as RMedford has made no contributions, just deletions of external links. Please block this maniac!--FWDixon 12:01, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar of reversion :D

I, Phroziac was in a really good mood, and hereby award you with the uber rare anti-vandalism barn star. :D --Phroziac (talk) 16:33, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

I thought you might be interested

As a past contributor to the article, you might be interested in this current vote: Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/List of Roman Catholics -Doohickey

AMC brain fade

Dude, I am so sorry!! I did look at the article and I meant to get back to you regarding the details. Here to help you, old buddy. How can I be of service? - Lucky 6.9 16:50, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Grace & Favour, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently-created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article "Too Much Heaven", which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently-created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

BioCOTW Project

You voted for Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, this weeks' Biography Collaboration of the weeks. Please come and help them become a featured-standard article.. Falphin 18:16, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

RE: Lauren Bacall and the Rat Pack

Portrait of a Rat Packer Lauren Bacall ("The Den Mother"), and the First Rat Pack

Lauren Bacall By Sirkka E.H. Bertling

Categories

Hi, we changed the name of Category:Queer Wikipedians, now with a capital W. Your page is protected so I didn't change it. Thanks. ∞Who?¿? 16:58, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

kmccoy's RFA

Hey, Mike,

Thanks for your lukewarmth on my RFA. I hope Atlanta is treating you well. :) kmccoy (talk) 04:45, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Nose picking

Would you please comment on the silly war on this page's talk page? User:Boisemedia is being childish. --[[User:JonMoore|— —JonMoore 20:24, 29 May 2006 (UTC)]] 04:56, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Admin picking

I can't tell you how relieved I was to see your support vote. Thought I'd lost you for a while. Currently, I'm at 48 yea, 14 nay. Percentage-wise, I'm looking good. If I get this, look out. I am gonna pick your brain because there's no way I'm going to screw this up. Drop me a line soon and let's see what we can do over at "All My Children." - Lucky 6.9 05:09, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Amy

_ _ I can't help thinking that i went over the top and offended you personally when i in effect said "She's no JK Rowling." It was very ironic, and in retrospect i don't blame you for treating it as hostile sarcasm -- in case that's what's going on here. If it will IYO do more good than harm, i will deprecate that msg, accompanied by my statements that i wronged you, in the forum where i posted it.
_ _ On the other hand, collegiality is not only essential here but insisted on, and you've just taken off on a tangent where persisting on it can only end badly.
--Jerzy·t 03:17, 2005 August 12 (UTC)
I noticed yr kind & constructive summary on yr talk u-pg. I trust yr train'g, & i presume new impending responsibilities, will go well, & look forward to our giving this Amy thing another shot, no doubt with better results, when you've got the time. Thanks.
--Jerzy•t 01:58 & 02:14, 2005 August 24 (UTC)

Vandal Vendetta

Certain AOL (who else?) user(s) are on a vendetta against me and are removing external links to my sites from Radio Boys, Grosset & Dunlap, Supermystery, Mildred Benson, Roy Rockwood, Clues Brothers, Casefiles, The Dana Girls, Hardy Boys Digest, Undercover Brothers, Harriet Adams, Ted Scott Flying Stories, Nancy Drew, Franklin W. Dixon, Rover Boys, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Tom Swift, Jr., Tom Swift, X Bar X Boys, Edward Stratemeyer, Hardy Boys, Tom Swift IV, While the Clock Ticked, What Happened at Midnight, The Yellow Feather Mystery, The Witchmaster's Key, The Wailing Siren Mystery, The Viking Symbol Mystery, The Twisted Claw, The Tower Treasure, The Sting of the Scorpion, The Sinister Signpost, The Sign of the Crooked Arrow, The Short-Wave Mystery, The Shore Road Mystery, The Shattered Helmet, The Secret of the Old Mill, The Secret of the Lost Tunnel, The Secret of the Caves, The Secret of Wildcat Swamp, The Secret of Skull Mountain, The Secret of Pirate's Hill, The Secret Warning, The Secret Panel, The Secret Agent on Flight 101, The Phantom Freighter, The Mystery of the Whale Tattoo, The Mystery of the Spiral Bridge, The Mystery of the Flying Express, The Mystery of the Desert Giant, The Mystery of the Chinese Junk, The Mystery of the Aztec Warrior, The Mystery of Cabin Island, The Mystery at Devil's Paw, The Mysterious Caravan, The Missing Chums, The Melted Coins, The Masked Monkey, The Mark on the Door, The Jungle Pyramid, The House on the Cliff, The Hooded Hawk Mystery, The Hidden Harbor Mystery, The Haunted Fort, The Great Airport Mystery, The Ghost of Skeleton Rock, The Flickering Torch Mystery, The Firebird Rocket, The Disappearing Floor, The Crisscross Shadow, The Clue of the Screeching Owl, The Clue of the Hissing Serpent, The Clue of the Broken Blade, The Clue in the Embers, The Bombay Boomerang, The Arctic Patrol Mystery, Hunting for Hidden Gold, Footprints under the Window, Detective Handbook, Danger on Vampire Trail, A Figure in Hiding and others. This is doubly annoying as I was the originator of many of the Wikipages and my web pages provide additional in-depth information on these subjects. This has been going on for weeks. PLEASE HELP ME!--FWDixon 11:22, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

Missed ya!

Well, I'll be doggoned. Not only was I thinking of you just this morning, but I was thinking just the other day as to how an article on the phrase "mamma mia" might be worthwhile after listening to "Bohemian Rhapsody!" Great minds think alike!! Another thing that got me to thinking of you was the fact that the cable TV service just moved SOAPnet to digital cable. Wife's going nuts.  :) I also learned that one of my co-workers had a small role on GH back in the '80s! She brought a videocassette of her scene the other day. I about fell off of the chair when Judith walked in the scene. She was on the "set" of a show called "Teen Talk." John Stamos was in the scene as well, come to think of it. Yup...you were the first person I thought of.

Anywho, my wife has a copy of "ABBA'S Greatest Hits" at home and the liner notes have some histories of the tracks. Betcha I'll take a look tonight, bubbie. - Lucky 6.9 19:18, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

Re:You might be able to help me here

In relation to your question as to why I moved Mamma Mia to Mamma Mia (song), it was because someone might get confused with the single and the play. Now that I'm talking about confusion, why don't we just make a disambiguation? There's something to think about. - supertrouperdc 21:53, August 28, 2005 (UTC)

kevin gnapoor experience

hey thanks for critiquing my hip hop ensemble known as the kevin gnapoor experience. im glad to see that you recognize that we're named after a character from mean girls. and i'm glad to see that you wanted to delete that 'sheeyat'. well played

Thanks for your support

Hi Mike, just a quick note to thank you for your support on my RfA. I was pleased to see so much support, especially from people such as you who I do not know very well, if at all. Now that I am an administrator I will do my best to please the community’s expectations. Best regards, Sam Hocevar 17:41, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

ulayiti's RfA

Hi Mike, and thanks for your support and the kind words you left at my RfA. I'm an administrator now, and I hope that I'll live up to the community's expectations as one. Your vote of confidence is much appreciated. - ulayiti (talk) 16:07, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Joolz's RFA

Hey Mike, thanks for your vote on my recent RFA, your support was appreciated - also, talking *is* hot :D -- Joolz 11:40, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Image

Image deletion warning

Image:Thegoldengirls.jpg has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. If you feel that this image should not be deleted, please go there to voice your opinion.

Listed under Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2005 September 9. Thunderbrand 16:11, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

My RFA is hot?

Maybe, but this is hotter.

Thanks a lot for supporting my request for adminship. I'm honored that you consider me a member of the Wikipedia community deserving of the admin tools. I will try to make sure that I use the tools wisely, and continue to stay cool-headed in disputes. Ral315 04:10, September 11, 2005 (UTC)

RE: Mill Springs

What's his name?

E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 21:27, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Wow, yeah I saw him around occationally. I didn't know him very well. I was only there for his senior year. I was in 7th grade. I knew some other members of that senior class a bit better (Mark Gaston, Mike Kofol, Sam LaChapelle, Jim Surber...)

E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 21:17, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Image deletion

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Listed under Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2005 September 17. Thunderbrand 23:47, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Images

Hi Mike. I was wondering if you'd have a look at the images here as some of them don't have tags. A lot of images are being deleted lately and these ones just need a tag, or let me know if you want them deleted. Thanks Craigy (talk) 23:53, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

I wired in links to the TV schedules

66.167.137.161 20:12, 24 September 2005 (UTC): After noticing from a "What links here" check that someone had proposed deleting the TV schedules, I thought I would mention that I am glad they are there. I used them in a really obscure way (confirming that Daktari was on during a severe tornado of that era). I just made a series of changes to better integrate the schedules into related articles and categories. Given the almost-excessive interest in popular culture among Wikipedians, I suspect that they'll get integrated into more articles over time, once people are more aware of their existence. I suspect that the 21st century entries will continue to expand, though I hope to see you use whatever source you used to flesh out the early years of TV, since the historical stuff in Wikipedia gets magnitudes of less attention than news such as Hurricane Rita and the latest science fiction films and TV shows.==Re ordering of Years in TV== Aha! I see that you are right. I'll adjust my entry. Thanks very much. --bodnotbod 23:41, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for supporting my RfA

Dear Mike: Thank you so much for supporting my RfA. I feel privileged that so many people whom I respect have supported my RfA, and that the community has decided to place trust in me as an administrator outside of the usual edit-count criteria for adminship. I shall do my best to keep the Wiki clean, and to create peace, whilst remaining calm and considerate. I am honoured to count you amongst my very best friends on Wikipedia; it turns out we have more in common than I ever thought, and it is always a pleasure to speak with you. I look forward to talking to you, and working with you, in the future :-) All the best, --NicholasTurnbull | (talk) (e-mail) (cabal) 04:31, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Hey Mike

Hey Mike, we're facebook buddies so i hope you remember me. Scott at WVU. Anyway, Just wanted to see if I could get your support for my candidacy for adminship. You can check out my edit history and if you think i'm worthy, vote here (or don't, you're choice). --ScottyBoy900Q 03:52, 10 October 2005 (UTC)==Thanks for your support== I appreciate the time you took to add your voice to my rfa. Qaz ^(talk) 00:28, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

RA

Thats pretty cool Mike. Nice board. I've been an RA for the past 4 years. I'm a grad RA this year so its pretty nice getting free room, board, and a full tuition waiver as well as a pretty hefty monthly stipend. What kind of RA package do you get down there? --ScottyBoy900Q 11:40, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Mike, I think the reason we get such a nice package is because the Residential Education here is one of the best in the country and they really really really try to promote it and make sure the staff is well motivated and taken care of. As an undergrad you get free room and board plus a small (under a hundred bucks) biweekly stipend. As a grad student RA (which I am) you get free room, free board, free tuition, and a bigger stipend. Its a lot of fun though and I've been doing it for a while.

Im sure you saw that we beat Louisville this past weekend....We play USF next weekend and it should be pretty good as you guys have some really good coaching i think. --ScottyBoy900Q 15:37, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, Mike!

Your support of my admin nomination is greatly appreciated. I will endeavour very hard to keep my new dustbuster in working order.  Denelson83  22:24, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Jane Wyman

Bob Colacello in his book RONNIE AND NANCY devoted a few pages about Jane Wyman and said she added 3 years to her age.Also in Ancestry.com a family tree about the Mayfield family confirmed the 1917 date.Would you reconsider putting the 1917 date back into the Jane Wyman article?Thanks-Richard

Thanks

Mike, thanks for your support on my RFA. I very much appreciate it. If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask. See you around! —thames 18:28, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Tomf688 RFA vote

I'm trying to make sure that I take the time to thank everyone who voted in my RfA, and verify that they don't have any concerns over my experience, neutrality, etc. If you have a problem, please drop a line on my talk page and I will answer it as best as I can. Again, thank you. --tomf688^{talk} 02:34, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

DYK- M. Nightingale

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irna Phillips peer review

I have added the Irna Phillips article for peer review. I am hoping you might have something to say. Thanks Dowew 02:55, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Rock on!

Rock on! Thanks, Mike! Babajobu 17:01, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Tomf688's RfA

Well, it seems I'm now an administrator. I wanted to thank you for your vote of confidence, and, as always, feel free to drop me a line at any time. --tomf688^{talk} 01:05, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Tootie

Your Tootie article is awesome, Mike. I'd like to get articles on all important sitcom characters. Check out "my" Gladys Kravitz and George Jefferson if you haven't seen them. Also, I have a book recommendation for you: Archie Bunker's America: TV in an Era of Change, 1968-1978. Unfortunately, the cheapest copy on Amazon is $25 [2], but I'm reading it now and I think it's worth the price. It's not about just AiTF, but about the whole dynamic evolution of television in that ten-year period. Even an expert on TV of the era, like me, is learning new stuff! Moncrief 14:45, 30 October 2005 (UTC)==Bet Lynch== Hi. I wondered what had happened to you -- I lost track with your name change. Anyhow, I expanded the article a bit to take account of all the failed comebacks. Deb 22:13, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

DYK

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Philwelch's RfA

Hey, I just wanted to leave a short note thanking you for supporting me on my successful RfA. See you on IRC! — Phil Welch 03:15, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Watch out for the candles...that's hot.

Happy East Coast birthday...and may you have many more! Now get back to work on The Facts of Life!  :) Ral315 (talk) 05:43, 11 November 2005 (UTC)==Happy b'day== Happy b'day from my side too (a little belated though). Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 10:16, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Japanese name order

Hi Mike,

I noticed your edit summary for Sayako Kuroda, in which you state that you fixed the name order according to MoS. As far as I know, the debate on name order for modern Japanese people remains unresolved. For historical persons, we decided on Surname-Given name order, but for modern people, we welcome input at Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)#Name Order Discussion. (Of course, I did not revert your change.)

Best regards,

Fg2 07:12, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia meetup:Tampa

I'm writing to let you know that the Tampa meetup has officially been announced -- Wikipedia:Meetup/Tampa2 →Raul654 04:02, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hi Mike Halterman,

Thank you very much for your support on my RfA. I was both surprised and delighted about the amount of support votes and all the kind words! If I can ever help with anything or if you have any comments about my actions as an admin, please let me know! Regards, JoanneB 15:44, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

A picture of a Dick

A picture of Dick on your talk page

- A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 09:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Ken and Janet

I'm really not sure about this one. The www.corrie.net site implies that they were only separated, but it's not clear. Unfortunately I wasn't a Corrie viewer at that time, and only vaguely remember Janet. (The actress was also in "Crossroads" for a while.) Deb 12:54, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Ann's (or Musical Linguist's) RfA (thanks)

Hi, Mike. I want to thank you very much for supporting my RfA, and to say also that I hope I'll make a good job of it. My apologies for not thanking you sooner, but I was caught up with college assignments, and even though I was still at the computer and sometimes using my new rollback button, I had to postpone thanking about half of those who supported me. I appreciate your support all the more as my ninth edit to Wikipedia was one where I disagreed with you, and I don't think I've had any contact with you apart from that. Perhaps I should take this opportunity to clarify that I do accept that Dave was a problem editor, even though I largely shared his POV. However, I felt that he was treated very aggressively, and as far as I could see, none of his long outbursts on the Terri Schiavo talk page matched the attacks which were made against him. However, I fully realize that those attacks did not come from you. Anyway, he's gone, and I'm still here, and I try to edit some non-controversial articles as well! Cheers. AnnH ^(talk) 09:30, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

NSLE's RFA

Hi Mike,

Thanks for your support vote on my RfA. I don't think I expected 70 supports, nor get just a single oppose. Quite amazed, too, that since you once said you'd never support a hurricane contributor for admin, you think mine's hot. Just for you, I'm not using a hurricane picture, too! Anyhow, if I can ever help with anything or if you have any comments about my actions as an admin, please let me know! Thank you once again! – NSLE _(T+C+CVU) 09:41, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

== Southern contributions award ==

I, JCarriker, present you with the Southern contributions award for your outstanding edits to Southern topics.

Colors in Soap Opera Article Infoboxes

If you don't think it looks good I won't be offended if you revert. But I think it's more professional!

Juppiter 18:50, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

This type of censorship makes me sick

Vote to keep, show these hypocrites what's what, tolerance? ha, only when it's good for them--Diatrobica;l 23:09, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi!!

Good to hear from you! I'll contact her ASAP. Meant to do it anyway, but I'm trying to limit my time on this site. Too weird right now.  :) Anyway, stay in touch. If all you can find points to that birth date, go for it. Talk to ya! - Lucky 6.9 06:52, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

• • BTW, I did e-mail her last night. Stay tuned! Back to the vacation... - Lucky 6.9 22:46, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Florida.

I noticed from Category:Wikipedians in Florida that you are a floridian and I have created a state wikiproject, Wikipedia:WikiProject Florida. So far is it very small but it could be expanded later. Join it if you want and help set tasks etc. Thanks --Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 06:33, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article In Soviet Georgia, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Gurubrahma 17:26, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

I'm not expecting to be online as much over the next few days so...

-- Francs2000 09:20, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Do tell me in future...

Mike, I'm not going to comment on every single oppose vote, 'cos it's no big deal. But I am worried that you say "[my] behaviour has never thrilled [you]"...are there specific incidents you're talking about? If you felt I acted out of order when I was an administrator, why oh why didn't you say something? This is going to play on me now...what have I done? Rob Church ^Talk 03:48, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Change in list of Wikipedians in Florida

The list Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Florida has been replaced by Category:Wikipedians in Florida. Your name has been removed from the list. If you would like to remain listed as a Wikipedian from Florida, please add [[Category:Wikipedians in Florida]] to your User page. thanks!

Dalbury^(Talk) 13:40, 29 December 2005 (UTC), a member of WikiProject Florida

OK -- THANKS FOR THE ADVICE RE CONSTANCE FORD!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 67.101.192.103 23:13, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Family Viewing Hour, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Alice Nelson, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

COTW

Would you be willing to support my nominee for WP:COTW. The article is Invasion which is an important term for military knowledge. The current article however isn't at the same standard as the term is in modern and historic warfare though. If you'll be willing to support, I'll be greatful. Thanks RENTASTRAWBERRY ^{FOR LET?} röck 00:43, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

CEIA

In your last edit to Clarissa Explains It All, you said:

Clarissa and Sam's relationship was a novelty on television at the time, due to few television series allowing a girl and a boy to be merely friends without romance blossoming.

...Except for the episode "A Little Romance" (#147), in which Sam and Clarissa go out on a date. <g> - dcljr (talk) 02:22, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Naming conventions for television shows (again)

I saw that you were active in the first vote for naming conventions of television program(mes). Well it has raised it's ugly head again and I would appreciate any comments you have to make about my new proposal for naming television shows. Please leave comments here. Thanks! --Reflex Reaction (talk)• 21:42, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Daytime Emmy Articles

I don't like how they say, for example, "Cady McClain (ex-Rosanna Cabot, As the World Turns.)" In my opinion, the ex- is wrong because the Daytime Emmy articles should reflect the years in which the daytime emmys were held. Do you agree before I start changing them?

DYK

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article The Scar of Shame, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Gurubrahma 06:55, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

gay republican?

Well that's pretty fucken stupid --86.141.50.205 13:11, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, not as much as misspelling "fucking." Read WP:DICK, and don't be one. Mike H. That's hot 13:24, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Dear Mike

Today will be a beautiful day, if you only let it happen! Be happy, Mike! Kisses, Phædriel ♥ ^{tell me} - 00:24, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Crime

I just wanted to let you know that the section on Crime in the Tampa, Florida article is back up again by another User. I just wanted to let you know on that one. I don't think that the section on Crime looks all that good for Tampa's main article. It makes Tampa look bad just by saying gangs and blacks. It's not a good secton as far as crime goes. JeffreyAllen1975 01:26, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Stubs

I like your articles and appreciate your input, but guidelines require us to post only non-stubs on WP:DYK. I try not to post the articles less than 12 sentences long. For instance, I reclused from nominating Alexander Kokorinov, which was started by me earlier today. That said, I don't like the conceipt of stub and don't like when my articles are labelled as stubs. Sometimes, these "stubs" embrace all the data available or worthy to be said on the subject. I would like the stub notion to be dropped from Wikipedia. So don't be pissed off at me and keep up the good work. --Ghirla | talk 08:57, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Janet Reid

Good work, but I'm not sure she deserves it! Deb 10:46, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Mac & Rachel

What makes you think Mac and Rachel weren't a supercouple? Because "they were not planned to be a couple" in the begining?

On General Hospital Laura was with Scotty and married to him before she got with Luke. And Luke even raped Laura before they became a "supercouple." They clearly were not planned to be a couple.

On Days Of Our Lives Marlena was married, had children, and loved Roman Brady for years before she met and married John Black. Many "Days" fans believe Roman and Marlena were/are a supercouple but they aren't even on the list.

Jamie and Babe from All My Children are on this list and they haven't even been on All My Children half as long as the characters of Mac and Rachel were on Another World. They weren't even together as long as Mac and Rachel were together. Are they a supercouple?

Who gets to define who is/was a "super" couple and who is/was just a "popular" couple?

re:Mac and Rachel

I wasn't trying to sound mean and I had no intention on hurting your feelings. I mean no hard feelings and tried to word it in a nice way.

I just wondered what makes couples like Luke and Laura on GH and John and Marlena on DOOL "supercouples" when like Mac and Rachel they were not planned to be a couple either. And a couple like Jamie and Babe on AMC a "supercouple" when they have only been on AMC less then 5 years and they aren't even together anymore.

Really I don't care that much if they (Mac & Rachel) are on the list or not. I just found it odd that in many soap publications that I've read (Soap Opera Digest, Soap Opera Weekly, etc.) Mac and Rachel Cory were considered to be a "supercouple."Well okay then if you don't think Mac & Rachel are a "supercouple" that's cool. I happen to think they are but oh well.I wasn't trying to sound mean and I had no intention on hurting your feelings. I mean no hard feelings and tried to word it in a nice way.

I just wondered what makes couples like Luke and Laura on GH and John and Marlena on DOOL "supercouples" when like Mac and Rachel they were not planned to be a couple either. And a couple like Jamie and Babe on AMC a "supercouple" when they have only been on AMC less then 5 years and they aren't even together anymore.

Really I don't care that much if they (Mac & Rachel) are on the list or not. I just found it odd that in many soap publications that I've read (Soap Opera Digest, Soap Opera Weekly, etc.) Mac and Rachel Cory were considered to be a "supercouple."

Well okay then if you don't think Mac & Rachel are a "supercouple" that's cool. I happen to think they are but oh well.

Yeah I know...

you were just trying to be helpful. Like I said it's all cool. I have read the WP:Civility link before, I know what it says and what it is about.

Please do not be arbitrary

Regarding mrirrelevanttvposter, please do not be arbitrary. It is unclear to me how anyone would get this poster confused with you -- all of the attributes the two of you have in common are widely shared. It seems like an abuse of your administrative powers to permanently block a good faith editor. At the vary least, at least respond my arguments regarding this block rather than simply deleting these these contentions and dismissing them with a conclusory "nope". Questionasker

Good faith edits or not, the account was clearly made to imitate and make fun of me. Also, a CheckUser check proved that Posterdude (who had vandalized ugly with my picture) and Mrirrelevanttvposter were the same. Mike H. That's hot 18:29, 26 January 2006 (UTC)**So, assuming that this user seeks to turn over a new leaf and make good faith edits (sometimes on pages you also edit, as he has interests similar to your own), how could he go about doing this without being blocked? Pleaseexplainmyblock

Well, first off, after being unblocked, they'd have to make their own user page, and not simply copy and ridicule my own. Wikipedia:No personal attacks is rather clear on that. Personally, I do not believe there is someone at my university who is 100% exactly like me, so just state who you are on your user page. You're obviously creating different accounts, so just make a new one because you don't seem to be hindered in any way. Mike H. That's hot 18:49, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

OK, I admit that I copied a few of the templates (eg english, republican) from your user page becaue I don't know how to make them (I am a newbie), but I did not copy the whole thing, just the items that applied to me -- it seems that a lot of users use these very logos. Also, somehow it seems that the categories reflected on that user page -- being from florida, BGLT, a republican, and speaking english -- are, even in combination, frequently shared characteristics for USF students (and they do all apply to me). To be honest, I was annoyed about some unexplained changes you made to my edits in the past. I behaved immaturely in response and I apologize for that. But I honestly do want to contribute to Wikipedia and, as part of this community, would like to be able to identify myself as a member of the categories to which I belong (which I did on the mrirrelevanttvposter user page). As I said, I am genuinely sorry for my past actions and would appeciate the opportunity to constructively edit in my area of interest (mainly pop culture) without being blocked. Thank you for the guidance and thank you in advance for accomodating my commitment to contributing in good faith in the future. Questionasker

Since I've obviously been a jackass, why would I disclose my true identity? Mrirrelevanttvshowposter 17:00, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

HOWDY!!!

Whazzup, big guy? Damn, it's good hearing from you! Much goodness in my real life; I'm now the afternoon drive jock on KPLM-FM! No more production! Hence, I did an article on the station. Boss is happy.  :) How be things overe there? - Lucky 6.9 23:27, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

COTW Project

You voted for Male and Female, this week's Collaborations of the week. Please come and help them become featured-standard articles. -- King of Hearts | (talk) 23:11, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Accuracy check request

Hello. I noticed you've done some edits on Coronation street articles, and was wondering if you mind checking the following for accuracy [3] The change in question was made by an school IP which often vandalises, and the change is subtle, but I don't have enough knowledge of the show to know whether or not the change is correct or not. Cheers. MartinRe 18:39, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Hotel Roosevelt fire, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Gurubrahma 17:52, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

List of guest stars on The Flip Wilson Show

Just wanted to let you know that List of guest stars on The Flip Wilson Show is being considered for deletion, and I feel somewhat responsible because I brought up the page as an example as why a similar list for the Howard Stern show should be kept. Now people are calling for its deletion as "listcruft" (whatever that means). I'm not sure if you're watching this page or not, but I figure since you created the page, you might want to have some say on whether it gets deleted. DHowell 04:00, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Your lapse

I want to believe you walked away from your terminal while logged in at WP, resulting in this edit. On the other hand, if it should occur again, i am prepared to argue that your admin status should be pulled. My reasoning is that repetition would indicate we cannot be confident that you adequately protect your admin capabilities from abuse by others, and that failing to give us that confidence is an abuse of admin status.
--Jerzy•t 19:25, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

== Your lapse, again ==

First, your talk page is badly broken, so that "[edit]" lks on recently added sections provide blank edit screens, and others edit the wrong section. IMO, several of the many boxes on the page do something funny, maybe having to do with hdgs inside a template, or with unbalanced tags.

In any case, the edit was at 05:11, 12 February 2006, which was almost exactly 15 hours ago. I hope you a wracking your brains about who had physical access at that time. If no one, you should IMO change your password immediately.

I think you'll see i assumed good faith, but there are limits to the principle. In the event of recurrence, however, i am essentially arguing that assuming good faith would in fact mean assuming your security measures are intolerably lax, which is something quite different from your acting in bad faith.
--Jerzy•t 20:18, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Hmm. Thot thru the workaround, which is edit your whole talk page instead of the section -- which may however not work for the short-edit-pane browsers.

I didn't really catch, before, what you said abt an ed conf (perhaps in the confusion you caused me by changing yr msg w/o using strikethru for deleted/replaced and bold for new/replacement). Besides the era of ed-conf bugs seeming to be over, i don't think they ever did worse than badly handling the ed-conf resolution aspect, which is part of the handling of the the second-saving editor's save. The first saving editor's save is in no way exceptional, and nothing about it should be (nor plausibly is) affected by what occurs later. And the second saver's edit starts and ends as an unexceptional edit, with all the complexities being in the determination of the content of the (accurately historied) revision attributed to it. Loss of history entries is implausible, and barring that, your edit would have to have begun before Pavel's save, i.e. 16 hours before you saved it. I urge you to stay focused on scenarios of password exposure and of unattended active WP session (assuming you don't experience blackouts!).
--Jerzy•t 21:21, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
I don't know what you think i've made my mind up about, but i am increasingly concerned by the lack of any indication that you intend any more vigilance in this matter than if i had said nothing. If you again eliminate from this page evidence of this matter being discussed, i will express my concern at WP:AN instead.
--Jerzy•t 01:18, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Kelly Monaco

Thanks for the help. AriGold 22:37, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Removing a category on THE EDGE OF NIGHT

Why did you remove, ABC affiliates not airing the show category?

Spencer Karter

Coronation Street

Hi Mike, thanks for the Talk message. Been very hectic in Wiki recently helping Wikipedia:WikiProject Poker get going, but am keen to do this too. I have made a start by moving Humour in Coronation Street to its own page. That does need a cleanup though. Any thoughts on a planned way-forward? Essexmutant 23:32, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Update - done a bit of a cleanup, could maybe do with some more though. Anything you can do to help would be appreciated. Essexmutant 23:51, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

2nd update - also moved some more content to Coronation Street timeline. Essexmutant 13:19, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

IP Hotel and Casino

I have heard that there is a IP Hotel and Casino, in Biloxi. According to the hotel's website, the name now is IP Casino Resort Spa so there is only one Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino. Though I will make a reference on the top of the page. --Ben 06:00, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Constance Ford

In reference to the photo she is referred to as Connie Ford so its possible few people have made the connection. I'll be doing a little more work on her article as it needs sprucing up a little. Cheers Arniep 01:54, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Brady

You might want to add an explanation on the reference desk about what crufty means before you get accused of throwing jargon at a newbie. :) By the way, I didn't read the article, but are you saying that there's almost more stuff on what she does now than what she used to do? Perhaps that whole lot can be shortened to accomodate more info in less words? - Mgm|^(talk) 21:28, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

• Unless the city is very small, the name of a city isn't really privacy invading (as long as it's verifiable from trustworthy sources). I would include about 2 lines on what she does and in what area. For example: "She's now lives in New York earning money as a writer." I doubt any more detail is needed, but at least a quick line serves the purpose of having at least some of the information they provided included in a short and concise manner. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:00, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Image:DaysofOurLives1976.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded, Image:DaysofOurLives1976.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you.

Pasta de Conchos mine disaster

This level of shouting is unwarranted for what was a simple typo that happened when I copy/pasted the reference name. -- Rune Welsh | ταλκ 21:04, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Just don't warn people with all caps. In an internet environment it is legitimate to assume shouting when text is written that way. -- Rune Welsh | ταλκ 21:09, 26 February 2006 (UTC)