User talk:PAustin4thApril1980/Archive
Hi Paul, and welcome. I hope I'll be able to correct the image you have of me because I am a nice sort of person. :-) And you're absolutely right, according to the Wikipedia Manual of Style, which I hadn't read carefully enough when I was writing that Romy Schneider biography, the place of birth/death is not mentioned at the very beginning of an article. (I don't like that convention though.)
Equality between the sexes is an important issue, so whenever I don't know if I'm addressing a man or a woman I call them "Mrs" -- and I'm not the only one I guess. This is of course nothing personal.
Wish you a Happy New Year!
Kurt, 30 Dec 2002
Thats ok mate - i understand that you didn't know the rule - i should have given you a heads up about it before i changed the article.
Paul
I am only aware of 2 users, Stevertigo and Zoe, which wish to remove the .jpg. I am aware of 2 users, myself and the person which added the .jpg, which wish to retain the .jpg. Susan Mason
What needs to be corrected in the Rachel Corrie article? Please point out a few places that aren't neutral, and I'll be glad to fix them. (Note that I tend to work slowly and gradually when a hot topic is a source of contention.) --Uncle Ed 20:41 Mar 18, 2003 (UTC)
When i saw it over half of it seemed to be from an ISM press release thanks to Susan Mason - hardly NPOV - its better now
PMelvilleAustin 05:14 Mar 19, 2003 (UTC)
"Age: 22 > Age: 23" Happy (belated?) birthday! :) -- Notheruser 06:13 Apr 8, 2003 (UTC)
Nice touches of detail in the Gough Whitlam entry, PMA. I'm working my way slowly through his later career now, as you can see. Tannin
- well my mother would agree with you. ;)
If he did, then you and I are going to have to change them. I'll see if we can get Deb and Zoe in too. We have one agreed convention and he is going to have to stick to it whether he likes to or not! ÉÍREman 05:05 Apr 19, 2003 (UTC)
The change you made to Fleet Street suggests an American readership who would be familiar with Madison Avenue.
- Sorry mate!
Hi Paul, thanks for correcting a few places where I inadvertently separated the date from the month in links. But please stop changing the date at which Irish presidential terms end. It is generally presumed that a president remains in office until the inauguration of his or her successor. However this is incorrect. The term actually ends at 23:59 on the previous day. I doubt if even all the presidents realised that but I checked that with both the Irish constitution and the President's Office in Áras an Uachtaráin. Both are explicit in saying, for example, that President de Valera left office on the 24th of June, and that President Childers assumed office on the 25th of June. Similarly, President Hillery left office on the 2nd of December and President Robinson assumed office on the 3rd of December. The gap in between is theoretically filled by the collective vice-presidency, the Presidential Commission. However in reality nothing has ever happened to require the action of the PC, so the odds are that neither they nor the outgoing president actually realises who is president on the day of the inauguration up to the point where the new president signs their declaration of office. lol FearÉÍREANN 04:07 18 May 2003 (UTC)
No problem. Your other claim to fame is that you are a damn good contributor to wiki. lol. FearÉÍREANN 04:34 18 May 2003 (UTC)
I've just edited Prom... but seeing you're from Australia my edit is probably wrong. Could you check? We should make clear where in the world has this custom; but I'm guessing it's not just the US -- Tarquin 08:16 1 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Hey, sorry if my editing out Romanov from the articles is upsetting. I don't know how many I did that in. "Olga R." is rather ambiguous, isn't it, though? "Olga of Russia" as much as "Olga Romanov". But, in any case, even if she did so, it wasn't technically correct. But, if you want to put it back in, feel free, and I'll try not to remove it any more, just to be sure that the preimary designation is as "Grand Duke/Duchess of Russia" (or Prince/ss of Russia, if we have any of those who are worthy of an article)
(oops, above was by me) john 19:15 7 Jun 2003 (UTC)
re: the Anna Anderson article, wasn't it Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (another uncle), who made that remark you added in? Do you have a source that it was the Grand Duke of Hesse? john 03:16 11 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Congratulations, you have just been made a sysop! You have volunteered for boring housekeeping activities which normal users sadly cannot participate in. Sysops basically can't do anything: They cannot delete pages arbitarily (only obvious junk like "jklasdfl,öasdf JOSH IS GAY"), they cannot protect pages in an edit war they are involved in, they cannot ban signed in users. What they can do is delete junk as it appears, ban anonymous vandals, remove pages that have been listed on Votes for deletion for more than a week, protect pages when asked to by other members, and help keep the few protected pages there are, among them the precious Main Page, up to date.
Note that almost everything you can do can be undone, so don't be too worried about making mistakes. You will find more information at Wikipedia:Administrators, please take a look before experimenting with your new powers. Drop me a message if there are any questions or if you want to stop being a sysop (could it be?). Have fun! --Eloquence 21:25 30 Jun 2003 (UTC)
OK Paul, you tinker with my Beazley article and I will tinker with yours :) Beazley is commonly called Kim Beazley junior, but I have never seen him called Kim Beazley younger, so I am going to change the references at my article back again. Wkipedia needs more Australian history writers so I hope to see more of your stuff. Cheers, Dr Adam Carr 08:55, 20 Sep 2003 (UTC)
Paul, re your comment, firstly the American "senior" / "junior" convention you refer to is rarely used in Australia, and secondly you can't just change people's names because you think they ought to conform to that convention. The fact is that K C Beazley is called junior and not younger. Cheers, Dr Adam Carr 09:05, 20 Sep 2003 (UTC)
Hi Paul, you need to set up a user page on Meta for your vote to count. It should have a link to your user page here, or redirect to it. Angela 00:17, 28 Sep 2003 (UTC)
Paul, what purpose is served by having Alexander Downer's birthdate twice in the opening paragraph? Why don't you write something of your own instead of nitpicking my articles? Adam 11:56, 2 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- Re Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives: OK Paul I guess you can nitpick :) Well spotted. Adam 04:05, 3 Oct 2003 (UTC)
Hi, about cities like Danzig/Gdansk and Szczecin/Stettin, I would advise you to prefer the Polish version. The German name may be added in parentheses. If you prefer the German version, the reverting will never end. We have the article under the Polish name, so it should be the Polish version in the text of the articles as well. -- Cordyph 15:09, 24 Oct 2003 (UTC)
Polish Corridor Reverting desperately profoolish changes: How come roots of the conflict were in medieval times, if the problem was result of treact of Versailles 1919?)
Could you please explain, why you are reverting nonsense statements, like above?
GHAM
Do you know you user page makes it look like you've left? ;-)
I unprotected User:PMelvilleAustin - assuming accidental/old vandal/etc. If deliberate, please re-protect and drop a quick line of explanation on wikipedia:protected page and/or on the page itself. Thanks. Martin 18:07, 8 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Hi, have you got any idea what the issue at Wikipedia:Conflicts between users is about? GH says you stole his user page?? You might want to comment there. Angela 02:57, 22 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Your input is needed at Talk:Kim Beazley (younger). --Jiang
Paul, For your information the two logos you put on the WABC Wikipedia page for WABC radio had to be removed because they are still registered trademarks of the American Broadcasting Companies and their use on Wikipedia is a violation of the image use policy. I know that the Musicradio 77 logo is not activately used anymore because WABC-AM trashed the music format over 20 years ago but ABC still retains the trademark ownership of the logo and regardless of what you see on Allan Sniffen's website you cannot use them on Wikipedia. Misterrick 23:19 Dec 08, 2003 (UTC)
Paul, Not a problem.... You didn't make a mistake (No need to apologize), You just didn't know. It's not a big deal. Misterrick 23:43 Dec 08, 2003 (UTC)
It's very tiresome. No-one would write: "When the Republican Americans invaded Iraq." I can understand that Germans don't like reading about when "the Germans invaded Poland" or "the Germans killed 6 million" Jews. But the fact is that they did, and the fact that they were led by Nazis at the time doesn't alter that history. Adam 01:36, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
I am eternally vigilant. Adam 01:32, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Image[edit]
I am puzzled as to why you would choose to insert your version of Image:Alechome.jpg. Isn't his face distorted? The other version is centered, undistorted, direct, and colored. --Jiang 11:46, 19 Dec 2003 (UTC)
We're voting (again) about peer naming conventions at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Peerage, if you're interested in participating. john 06:29, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Anti-zionism[edit]
Please add a dispute notice on Anti-zionism. Adam Carr's version is highly disputed. Zw
Your protection of Anti-Zionism[edit]
According to Wikipedia:Protection log
- 08:55, Jan 14, 2004 PMelvilleAustin protected Anti-Zionism
you protected Anti-Zionism. However, you also need to update Wikipedia:Protected page accordingly and leave a msg on the Talk page of the article in question explaining your actions. -- Viajero 12:37, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- Never mind. I have now updated Wikipedia:Protected page for you. -- Viajero 18:51, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- Yep, protecting a page can be tricky. BTW, there is now a custom tag, {{msg:protected}}, which you can place at the top of the page you have just protected. Makes things a little easier. All the best -- Viajero 23:02, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Oder-Neisse line Yes, you are right, that the exact geografical location of Poland on the map, was a subject of random decisions of foreign powers. However, I wouldn't put it so far, that possesing Stettin was a question of luck. Firstly, you wouldn't want to have such a luck, would you? Poles suffered a lot during WW2 and after, you should be aware of it. The secondly, there were some guys, that did something. I read once a book of the first Polish major of the city. Poles did took over the city, before the decision came form Potsdam. Do you have personally a connection to Stettin? Cautious 14:26, 21 Jan 2004 (UTC)
I just saw your comment "The Pentagon is the Jan Brady of September 11.". Brilliant! Is that your own, for when I quote you? -- Toby Bartels 08:25, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Are you up to no good ?[edit]
Someone has listed you on Wikipedia:Requests for adminship under the section nominations for de-adminship, because of your banning of the user Jake B. They don't appear to have told you about it here. Well I can't see it anyway, so I'm letting you know so that you can defend your actions. theresa knott 17:03, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)
RC[edit]
Hi. You list your religion as "RC" with a link to Catholicism. I haven't seen Catholicism refferred as RC so I am wondering what RC means. If you have time, I will appreciate it if you could explain me why Catholicism is referred as RC. Thank you! Optim 20:40, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- Wow, RC = Roman Catholic :) It was so simple. I knew Catholic is also named Roman Catholic, but I had not seen the abbreviation RC before. Thank you very much for explaining its meaning to me. Optim 20:52, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)
There's no need to leave just because of a mistake... I've made stupid mistakes, and I'm still here... It's easy to get paranoid about what terrible things people might be thinking, but mistakes are just mistakes. Κσυπ Cyp 23:54, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)
I agree with Cyp. If every sysop left when they made a mistake, we'd have none left! The request for your de-adminship was not supported anyway so don't worry about it. Come back as a normal user if you don't want sysop privileges, but don't think you need to quit completely over this. Angela. 13:30, Jan 31, 2004 (UTC)
Being the person who put up the above request for de-adminship, I want to put in my vote too that this being a single mistake, and you having apologized for it, I see no reason left to take away your admin-ship, and I would be sad to have scared you off this way. Put another mistake on my own long list of them for not asking you in person before putting you there. I offer my apologies. Andre Engels 16:41, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)
You deleted the talk-page? How did u do that? Adam 13:33, 9 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Paul: I think those boxes are really UGLY and I don't want them in the Australian Prime Minister articles. I have been meaning to suggest deleting them from the ones that already have them (Whitlam etc). They don't contain any data which is not already in the article. Adam 01:52, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Because (a) I didn't write the UK PM articles and therefore I don't care so much about them, (b) I wouldn't win, and (c) I have enough arguments already. Adam 02:57, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Re Gough: I don't know anything specific about his health. He is 86 and a very big man, so I think it's just that his legs won't carry him any more. Adam 07:38, 15 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Please revert the edit you made to the protected page Szczecin. Thanks. --Wik 17:43, Feb 17, 2004 (UTC)
Don't leave! You do a lot of good work. At least restore your user page in the mean time. 172 07:51, 18 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Seeing someone leave is always sad. For me, after reading your user page, I can only say: oh, goodness! I'll pray a little for this ill RC guy, which I did. I hope to see you soon back. Pfortuny 19:56, 18 Feb 2004 (UTC)
I was thinking of doing a complete set of Victorian premier articles. I have the raw material but it would be a lot of work. Adam 04:23, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Szczecin[edit]
You may not have noticed, but Szczecin is protected right now. You've made 4 edits on the page while it is under protection. I am going to revert that article to the reflect the time of the protection. Please be sure not to edit protected pages. Sincerely, Kingturtle 07:22, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Dora Bloch[edit]
Hi Paul, about your recent editing of Operation Entebbe, wasn't aware of such a move on part of the Ugandan government, could you tell me where I can read that news myself...? Thanks. --Palapala 08:10, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- Thanks for the link. Did you manage to watch the videos? Didn't have that problem on BBC before... --Palapala 11:07, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)
And, by the way, would you know whether she had any relatives, or whether there was any sort of official investigation ...? --Palapala 08:30, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)
I see you've discovered the newly redone Mikhail Gorbachev article and have started trying to fix it. Therefore I'd like to ask you to weigh in at the new discussion of related matters that have come up in the last few days. There's a discussion starting at Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(places)#Transliteration_of_Russian_place_names. And (coincidentally? ironically?) I just asked Adam Carr to do the same (see his talk page for why). See the intro paragraph for Boris Yeltsin to see an example of what's been going on with articles on Russians and places in Russia...
Also, if you haven't already done so, please take a look through User:Cantus's contributions.
Thanks, BCorr ¤ Брайен 06:49, Feb 28, 2004 (UTC)
Just saw your note...I'm on my way... BCorr ¤ Брайен
You are Nationalist!!
Macedonia is not identical to FYROM I have corrected this and it is right in such a way! Where do you see the problem? If I am, so, a nationalist!? http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Boris_Trajkovski&diff=2561742&oldid=2558488 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=List_of_official_languages_by_country&diff=2559108&oldid=2558143
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=List_of_official_languages_by_country&diff=2557966&oldid=2557295 Vergina 06:53, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I have made no wrong. You can do none
to give away Greek identity in Slavic people! This is history vandalism !
With your methods (Blocked) you cannot strangle my voice!! Vergina 21:49, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I was barred yesterday from editing and apparently it was you who did it. I was shocked actually and then I realised contributions by my "IP" address were in fact not mine. I actually don't know much about IP addresses, so is it possible for two different computers to have the same IP address? And if it is, why didn't I receive a warning? I have also checked the IP's discussion page and there is no warning whatsoever either. Do you ban people just like that or did I get anything wrong? Thanks Rumpelstiltskin 10:52, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- ah, ok. I didn't know. Is there anything I could do if it happens again? thanks Rumpelstiltskin 11:24, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Regarding Khmer Rouge, your views are welcome on the latest changes I've made. Fuzheado 01:24, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)
As far as Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names), I've added something at the bottom that groups somewhere in the world should be called by the name they call themselves, not what some bureaucrats in America's corporate media decide they should be called. For some reason it put my IP instead of username when I editted so I requested attribution on that page. Anyhow, I put my commentary on this in the discussion page for the common names page. It seems quite logical to me, I don't see why groups should be stripped of their name and pegged some derogatory, offensive and/or propaganda name. These articles look like they were written in some Orwellian ministry of information, with the final nail in the coffin of NPOV that some commissar has decided that people are not even allowed to call the group by its name and must call it what the US State Department calls it. To me, this is the starting point to start putting some NPOV back into articles. We've allowed African-Americans to choose what to call themselves instead of calling them niggers as the whites surrounding them called them. The articles with the most POV and the most propaganda are the ones where even the name of the group is stripped from them. Anyhow, I think this discussion should take place on the NC(cn) discussion page. I am doing this so as to have such discussions on one page, instead of having edit wars on multiple pages (Khmer Rouge, Shining Path, Viet Cong, and who knows what else I will find). In other words, I am concentrating on the NC page and NC(cn) discussion page now in order to have a good Wikipedia resolution instead of multiple edit wars. -- Richardchilton 20:29, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)
If I revert any photos you upload, I will be sure to let you know why. See the talk at Talk:Mikhail Gorbachev. --Jiang 21:35, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I copied your remark from Jiang's page to Talk:Mikhail Gorbachev. Please join the discussion there. Mikkalai 22:03, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Sigh. Do I really want any more of these shitfights? I will have a look. Adam 01:11, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
--- Please give User:Mikkalai time to look over the changes since 2/28/04 on Stalin. He has a good grasp of the details and excellent instincts when it comes to NPOV. 172 04:16, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Saw your note to JW -- I understand. Just wanted to say that it makes me :( -- BCorr ¤ Брайен 18:36, Mar 4, 2004 (UTC)
- Yes, it's true -- I'm afraid I'm a Yank with only the most superficial knowledge of cricket. Thanks :) BCorr ¤ Брайен 19:15, Mar 4, 2004 (UTC)
Now, i see the article is protected. What are the issues with it?
Let's sort them out 1) Whether one should add emotional sentences like "despite all odds" into encyclopedia article 2) Whether Polish-German treaty guaranteed rights of both minorities (Polish in Germany and German in Poland) or only German in Poland (this is easier to check and verify) 3) Whether it is needed to add the "15 million" number when it is number of Germans expelled or who escaped from ALL eastern Europe in article treating on Poland alone. Szopen
Imperial Germany and the German Empire[edit]
For me there have been three German Empires, (HRR, 2nd Reich and Hitler's 1000-years Reich) while the term Imperial Germany seems distinctly covereing the creation of the Prussians in 1871. ...that which lasted all the years to 1918.
I guess I'm not the only one who come to think of Hitler's delusions when reading "the German Empire".
ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Poznan&curid=23723&diff=0&oldid=0
Not that this change is particularly critical in any way, but making it on a protected page could of course be viewed as sort of a propagandist provocation, trying to enhance the impression of some of our Polish friends that Germany and the Nazis should be undistinguisable. ...Now, I would of course NEVER believe that. :-)
--Ruhrjung 10:26, 16 Mar 2004 (UTC)
(Moved from Talk:Prussia
- You said if Polish nationalists were going to play games with this article you would revert them - Cautious is such a person so be carefull. PMA 09:42, Mar 16, 2004 (UTC)
- I am not a nationalist and as far as I am concerned, personal discussion instead of factual shouldn't be put to the talk pages. Cautious 10:31, 16 Mar 2004 (UTC)
PMelville, you created an ambiguation page for UDT, and pointed "UTD" (the page that I established) to it. The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) is now linked from UDT. As I see it, there is absolutely no ambiguation, since the letters are different. I pointed that out on UDT's (or UTD's?) talk page. Please respond in some way, or I'll change it back. Thanks. --Cluster 01:55, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Update: Thanks for taking care of it so quickly! --Cluster 02:03, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
You have protected current version of History of Poland (1939-1945) with factual errors and NPOV on it and it is your responsibility to establish historical truth. I put my points Talk:History of Poland (1939-1945) and expect you to take part in discussion that eventually will lead to removal of the false information from the current version of article. Cautious 16:44, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)
PMA, Gough is getting a lot of attention because he is on the main page, but I am protecting him :) Adam 00:59, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Yes, it's way bigger than it should be, slow to load on broadband even. 46k as opposed to 10. PNG isn't suited to photographs, but rather to vector graphics. - Hephaestos|§ 08:13, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Hm, I don't know what more I can say on Talk:Khmer Rouge. I wrote that long summary yesterday which I hoped would help. It apparently has not, and Hanpuk (= Richardchilton/Hector/etc.) switched to the Pol Pot article (which I see you've now protected) and to joining 172 in a vindictive campaign against me on Wikipedia:Requests for comment. He seems to be impervious, even now with all the data that's been provided. -- VV 04:27, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I don't know what happened on Requests for adminship, but this was the result. what's up? Yours, Meelar 05:33, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)
No problem, but you'll probably have to revote--I rolled back your change. You might want to mention that on the Village Pump; that was kind of bizarre. Yours, Meelar 05:41, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for protecting Khmer Rouge. It can now stay permanently protected as far as I am concerned. Adam 07:15, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)
PMA, I am sorry to hear you are resigning as an administrator. Your interventions have consistently been in the service of truth and justice. Adam 07:44, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)
My aplogies. I couldn't understand why you were deleting the text so I reverted it, as I am reverting much else this morning. Are you really leaving WP altogether? Adam 01:05, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Please reconsider, or at the very least come back soon. Danny 01:16, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I am very sorry to hear this, PMA. Although I sometimes disagree with you I think your contributions have been valuable. Why not just stay away from the ideological / political issues on which people like the Poles and the Communists concentrate, and write and edit articles about other subjects that interest you? Adam 01:29, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Oh no. I'm sorry to hear that you've decided to leave - we need all the good editors with local knowledge that we can get. Please come back soon! Ambivalenthysteria 04:51, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I hope that you come back, when you feel ready. Best wishes, and happy wikivacation. Maximus Rex 05:05, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Good grief! I hope it is not for good. Pfortuny 15:18, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)
It is always good to see you around, flaming sword in hand or no. I hope you come back soon. +sj+ 11:39, 2004 Apr 9 (UTC)
wb[edit]
Welcome back :) Sam Spade 03:25, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Damn - Sam beat me to it. Welcome back →Raul654 04:37, Apr 26, 2004 (UTC)
Admin[edit]
I hope you didn't take offense at my remarks on Requests for adminship. I wasn't trying to discourage you from returning to Wikipedia, and I wasn't trying to start a flamewar. I was just voting according to my own opinion. If I offended you, I apologize. I wish you well, on- or offline. Cribcage 05:54, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Blackadder[edit]
Hi, why all the "?" next to Blackadder ep titles? Are they not the correct titles? --bodnotbod 16:38, May 2, 2004 (UTC)
Peerage sucession tables[edit]
Gah. Not again.
The current standard (by which I mean, what has been generally agreed that all articles should follow, rather than what is in use in particular ones) is to have seperate tables for the (inherited) titles (i.e., the peerage) and offices (e.g., PM-hood), as they're somewhat different both in origin and use...
Do you think that we should change this policy? If so... Umm... Perhaps Talk:Peerage is the best place to start. Or maybe an MoS page (actually, that seems rather better, now I come to think of it).
James F. (talk) 20:52, 3 May 2004 (UTC)
- BTW, the change to Harold Macmillan was done by anonymous User:211.28.122.253, who also (rightly) changed the reference to his sucessor from "The Earl of Home"...
- James F. (talk) 21:13, 3 May 2004 (UTC)
Give me a reason why one can't delete previous discussions that aren't usable anymore because of text changes. --65.73.0.137
Powerpuff Girls[edit]
Hi, I reverted his change to Elizabeth Daily, but I don't see anything wrong with his Powerpuff Girls changes, unless they're factually wrong. RickK 00:42, 11 May 2004 (UTC)
Addressed to PMA: Who dares revert to changes by some Mikkalai? He or she is not necessarily superior to me, at least in the Powerpuff Girls field. You're most certainly not very healthy in your mind. --65.73.0.137
New: I removed your POV on "The Powerpuff Girls". From where did you intercept that detail from that erroneous crook MarkAtwood? He is far from a genius. And where's the evidence that the show received more than one billion dollars? Cartoon Network made that claim, you know, and is far from trustworthy. "POVs" like those shall not be recognized on Wikipedia. --65.73.0.137
image on ifd[edit]
Your image, Image:Hwtbuild.png, is listed on Wikipedia:Images for deletion. It's been replaced by Image:Hwtbuild.jpg, which has a much smaller filesize. Grendelkhan
Ataturk[edit]
PMA, good to see you are back. I just noticed your note to me about the Ataturk article. I agree it is not very good, and I will have a go at rewriting it. Cheers, Adam 02:58, 17 May 2004 (UTC)
This user has used his adminitrative power for his friend Adam. Just because you know Adam personally shouldn't mean that you approve everything he writes. Please look at the facts, rather than your friendship with Adam. Ataturk did not get a name "Kemal", any history book would verify that.
Sysop[edit]
Hi PMA, following your request on RfA, I have made you a sysop again. Good luck. Angela.
Glad to see you feel better again :-) SweetLittleFluffyThing
WikiProject Melbourne[edit]
Hi, Paul. Seeing as you've listed yourself at Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Australia as being from Melbourne, why don't you drop by the WikiProject Melbourne and help add something to the Wikipedia about our city?
Be sure to visit the Project talk page, and if you are interested, you can become a member.
TPK 13:54, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) (My talk page is at User talk:Hypernovean).
SAMPA stuff removed. Thanks for pointing it out! Come join us in the WikiProject sometime. Ambivalenthysteria 00:33, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
You're right. It seems like Holocaust revisionists have been making significant changes to the article for the past week. I commend your vigilance. I reverted to a 29 July version, so I'll have to brace myself for a backlash. 172 08:35, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Australian legislative election, 2004[edit]
Hi there. Please don't take this personally, as you're an excellent contributor, but I think you must have overlooked something when you reverted Adam Carr's last edit to the Australian federal election, 2004 article. Your revert wiped out an important link (to a list of Deputy Prime Ministers), and turned the John Anderson link into an unnecessary piped link. I've made the same mistake myself more often than I'd like to admit, so please don't be offended that I've re-reverted your revert. David Cannon 12:42, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- No problem! David Cannon 21:57, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Herald Sun masthead[edit]
Hi, its done. I hope you're happy with how the picture's been moved. :-D. - Aaron Hill 09:14, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Paul, if you are about, Communist Party of Australia needs to be protected at my last edit against a camapaign by Stalinist rewriters. Adam 01:10, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Australian wikipedians' message board[edit]
Hi PMA. I've created a page (with an idea blatantly plagiarised from our Irish counterparts) where any interested Australians can get together and coordinate efforts to fill some of the (rather large) holes in Australian content. If you're interested, it's at Wikipedia:Australian wikipedians' notice board. Any assistance you could give would be appreciated. Ambi 06:01, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Message from someone who cares[edit]
Hi PMA. I read your biography on your user page, and I feel sorry for you. By the way, I have Asperger's too. I've had a negative impression of you a few times (under an old IP address), but now I see just who you are and I feel sorry for you. Cheers. Marcus2 22:08, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- When it comes to a written matter, I suspect a significant bulk of population suffers of Asperger's, especially in the international setting (like here in wikipedia), when significant cultural differences come into play. Is there a medical/technical term for this? Mikkalai 18:54, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Having to deal with idiots like Hanpuk / Shorne increasingly make me want to quit Wikipedia. I am beginning to think its structural weaknesses, chiefly its lack of quality control, will make it an unviable project in the longer term. Adam 17:06, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Well, not all is so dark. I share your sentiment with respect to political and historical articles. But I think there is a cure to this: mercilessly split articles into purely factual pieces and into the ones where opinions are expressed; whether they are balanced or skewed, doesn't matter. So far, wikipedia is a good source for facts, and one has to be
and idiot...er.... of limited mental capacity to look for an opinion from a single source. Mikkalai 18:54, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Khmer Rouge[edit]
Good to see you're still around; for some reason I thought you'd left Wikipedia. Anyway, I still have all those Cambodia articles on my watchlist. :) VV 01:11, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
I'm glad you're still around too - I've noticed your comments on Adam's talk page. If I can help pester some of these POV warriors, just let me know. Most of the ones I've been dealing with lately have quit, so I need some new projects. ;) Ambi 22:15, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- No, I'll be skipping that too. Same reason, really. Plus, although I can be a bit of a social butterfly, there's no one that I'm going to really miss, come the end of this year (or vice versa). So not much point paying $200 for the fun of it. Ambi 08:53, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Yeah, I'd agree with that statement about pantsuits in relation to proms. :) Ambi 07:40, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Khmer Rouge un-protection[edit]
I am requesting that protection be removed from the Khmer Rouge article. Please see the straw poll at the bottom of the page and make your decision accordingly. GuloGuloGulo 08:31, Oct 10, 2004 (UTC)
Bob Hawke[edit]
See my comment in Talk:Bob Hawke, regarding your recent edit.
Mark Hurd 12:17, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)
deletions[edit]
Paul could you please delete Members of the Australian Senate, 2001-2004 and Mmembers of the Australian Senate, 2001-2004, both of which were created in error? Thanks, Adam 01:03, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Pol Pot
I'm all alone on Pol Pot right now and could use help keeping it untrashed, if you're around these days. VeryVerily 23:27, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Days[edit]
Thanks for the reverts. Isn't that show just beyond logic? Mike H 06:25, Oct 30, 2004 (UTC)
- My mother got me into Days and AW as a little kid, so I've been with the shows for over a decade (well, not so much AW since it was canceled). The thing that has kept me with Days this long is the loyalty. It's always been beyond stupid, really, but bleh. Mike H 06:28, Oct 30, 2004 (UTC)
- Ooh, it says you're from Australia. AW is Another World, and it used to come on immediately after Days here (before it was canceled in 1999). I'm not sure if it aired there, but when Carmen Duncan was on the show, the soap mags (like Soap Opera Digest) made it a point to keep going on and on about how all of Australia loved her and how she was sooooooo popular there. Somehow, I doubt it. Mike H 06:45, Oct 30, 2004 (UTC)
Was it the Viet Cong flag? Or was it the North Vietnamese flag? I don't think they were the same thing -- one was solid red with a star, the other was half red, half blue, with the same star. --jpgordon{gab} 03:03, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Historic RPG[edit]
Thank you for your invitation, I'll consider it! ;-) Meursault2004 13:29, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Tom Baker Picture[edit]
Out of curiosity, why did you change the picture in The Doctor (Doctor Who)? -khaosworks 14:14, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- the old one made the text look all weird on certain browsers plus the Season 18 red costume isnt as well known as the earlier multi coloured one. PMA 14:24, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Ah. Didn't realize it messed with formatting. Okay. -khaosworks 14:32, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Map of Kaliningrad Oblast[edit]
Hi. I like map of Kaliningrad you've had created, and I would like to upload it to Wikimedia Commons. But therefore I need its license. Would you like to mention it, please? Kneiphof 14:01, 28 Nov 2004 (CET)
Miklós Horthy[edit]
Hi. I've just reverted your last edit to Miklós Horthy -- the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs which he handed the Austro-Hungarian Navy over to on 31 October 1918 comprised what is nowadays Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia. The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was not founded until Serbia and Montenegro merged with the State of SCS on 1 December 1918. -- Arwel 14:33, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Article Licensing[edit]
Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:
- Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
- Multi-Licensing Guide
- Free the Rambot Articles Project
To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:
- Option 1
- I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:
- {{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}
OR
- Option 2
- I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:
- {{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}
Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk) 19:09, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)
Unverified images[edit]
Hi! Thanks for uploading the following image:
I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GNU Free Documentation License, {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk, automation script)]] 05:30, Dec 11, 2004 (UTC)
P.S. You can help tag other images at User:Yann/Untagged_Images. Thanks again.
Thanks for uploading Image:Palpy.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much, — Edwin Stearns | Talk 22:15, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Also, please review the status of Image:Kebeazley.png and tag accordingly. Thanks! Kbh3rd
Goldberg[edit]
I wanted to drop you a note and thank you for your help with blocking Goldberg. --Viriditas | Talk 01:02, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Tony Blair[edit]
Hi - I think you contributed this image, which is used in Tony Blair. I have nominated that article on WP:FAC, and there is a query about the copyright status of the images. Do you happen to remember where you got that image? Do you know its copyright status? I'd be grateful for any assistance you can give. Thanks. -- ALoan (Talk) 14:36, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Paul, glad to see you are still with us. I hope you are OK. Adam 00:59, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Elvis Presley[edit]
Out of curiousity, why did you revert the hi-res photo of Elvis and Nixon back to the lo-res one? I would think that we would want the hi-res one available for download here. I would also think that having the U.S. President Office notice on the photo would be a better option.
Xamian 04:19, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
missing[edit]
Have a break and come back to us stronger. Focus on your studies for a while. Cheers. user:Anthere
Governor-General[edit]
You've been following the article Governor-General of Australia, I presume. User Dlatimer has made reverts as follows:
Paragraph 2:
- 10:38, 14 Feb 2005
- 10:59, 14 Feb 2005
- 14:09, 14 Feb 2005
Paragraph 4:
- 10:38, 14 Feb 2005
- 10:59, 14 Feb 2005
- 14:07, 14 Feb 2005
Paragraph 5:
- 10:38, 14 Feb 2005
- 10:59, 14 Feb 2005
- 14:07, 14 Feb 2005
In each case he reverted my edits of these three paragraphs of 07:37-45, 14 Feb 2005, where I corrected earlier errors.
I pointed out the reasons for my changes on the discussion page, as part of an ongoing discussion about the literal text of the Constitution.
Please advise and act if necessary. Skyring 04:48, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Hello,
- You posted the same message at my talk page, and as per the message I left at User talk:Skyring, I don't believe there was a violation of the three revert rule. The rule applies to more than three reverts, and there were exactly three. -- Curps 06:38, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I believe agreement has been reached and a working relationship re-established. Cannot confirm this absolutely as skyring has not posted any comments in last few days. I would like to implement agreed changes. --Dlatimer 04:06, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I'm stumped[edit]
Just out of curiosity, what on earth compelled you to revert from a good version of the disability etiquette article to a bed one? And why, after doing this, would you ask that the *poorer* version be cleaned up? Kael 07:55, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I'm stumped, part 2[edit]
The original disability etiquette article - the one you reposted - was little more than a scattered diatribe against the mistreatment of disabled people. While I understand the reasoning behind that tone, most able-bodied readers would find the piece totally useless. As a disabled person myself, the last thing I want to see is a whine-fest that includes a shockingly POV “alternative approaches” list of sarcastic suggestions on how to deal with the handicapped. If you don’t like the article that’s currently there, write a new one; don’t just resurrect the older one and then ask for someone to clean it up yet again. Kael 14:00, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Untagged images[edit]
Hi, I noticed Image:BillyHughes.png does not have an image copyright tag. All images should have information on their source and copyright status, so can you please add an appropriate tag from this list, or let me know of the source and I will add one for you. Thanks, AlbinoMonkey 03:50, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Also
Skirt and dress[edit]
Looking at the articles you sent me, it seems that they describe a phenomenon entirely different from any social pressure against girls wearing dresses. In fact, in all three cases, girls were pressured *to* wear dresses/skirts or to dress in a traditionally feminine way! The gradual (or not so gradual end) of such social pressure and/or school requirements to dress in a feminine way certainly merits discussion in wikipedia. However, you have not demonstrated that the reverse exists. Skirt and dress sales are brisk in all western countries, and it is hard to find a young woman in these countries who does not own a skirt or dress.Zantastik 05:59, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Eddie Ward[edit]
Thanks for the fix-up on Eddie Ward; I had an idea he died of a heart attack but couldn't find a reference so I left it out. Re: the "Father of the House of Representatives" table. Is ""Father of the House of Representatives" an official title? It sounds like something akin to "President of the Senate" but refers to the longest serving politician and so may be confusing to some (note that I am not being critical here, merely asking a question. --Roisterer 12:52, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Paul, the title "Father of the House" is a House of Commons usage which has never had any status in Australia - it is also of course a gender-specific term. I think we had this discussion before when the List of Longest-Serving Members article was being assembled. I suggest you alter the succession boxes you have created accordingly. Adam 12:28, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Who or what is the Wiki PTB? Adam 12:22, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Paul, you don't need to apologise to me for anything you do here. I know you do a lot of work here and I appreciate that your edits are always intended to improve articles. When I correct your edits I do so in a spirit of co-operation not criticism. I wish I could say the same for everyone here. Adam 09:28, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Template:Portuguese former colonies[edit]
Are East Timor and Portuguese Timor overlapping — Instantnood 00:29, Jan 31 2005 (UTC)
I'm not criticising you, I'm trying to establish a convention we can all follow. Adam 17:26, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Please protect White Tower of Thessaloniki. Adam 09:29, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC) Thanks. Adam 09:54, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Germany[edit]
Hello, why did you protect Jiang's version? Jiang has never contributed anything to the text, other than to revert back.-Heimdal 14:52, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
If Jiang wants me to discuss with him, he should start to make some more substantial contributions. When was the last time that Jiang updated the Germany page? When was the last time that Jiang contributed anything to the Germany text at all? -Heimdal 14:56, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
It's Jiang's turn to explain: Why has the lead section almost been tripled in size? Is it necessary to put a summary of German history into the lead section? Is it necessary to mention Germany's alleged "chronic unemployment" in the lead section? Should America's chronic current-account deficit be mentioned in the United States' lead section too? -Heimdal 15:11, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- I did explain: at Talk:Germany#Lead section. This was days ago. Heimdal has not bothered posting there. It's Heimdal who needs to discuss this, but instead, he just keeps reverting. --Jiang 17:43, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
You can protect Jiang's version forever if you want. I shall stick to the older version, which is by far the superior one. Neither should you expect me to "discuss" with people on the Talk:Germany page who have made a mess of that article, and who otherwise don't contribute anything to it other than to revert back. Heimdal 10:58, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Response to rollback of Gerald Ford[edit]
I was preparing to move the Cabinet box as it was causing formatting problems with the text PMA 22:59, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Then I sincerely apologise - there was no edit summary, I assumed it was a simple removal and did not see and discussion on the talk page supporting this. Keep up the good work. --Oldak Quill 23:01, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
On hating Elvis[edit]
Well, it's not personal; never knew the guy. :-p But like probably 90+ percent of African-Americans, I simply don't have much use for him. He's just another white guy who got rich by appropriating black folks' music and performance style 's all. (At least in his early years, he was honest about it.) And I was never a fan of his music. You may want to take a gander at blackface, the section on blackface and world popular culture. Peace. deeceevoice 22:32, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Template for deletion - Template:Portuguese former colonies[edit]
Hello PMelvilleAustin. This template on former colonies of Portugal has been listed at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion by Jiang for some time. There is a discussion on whether templates of such kind should be removed. Your comment would be very helpful to the discussion. You may also be interested to have a look on the vfd of Template:Former British colonies. — Instantnood 16:42, Feb 10 2005 (UTC)
At User_talk:Curps#Governor-General, you wrote Sorry i took things too literately... I wasn't sure what you were referring to there, just wanted to check. -- Curps 22:08, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
No, you were right to protect the page. There was an edit war in the making. But Skyring invoked the 3RR rule and left a message on my talk page, so I replied at his talk page. He left the same message on your talk page, so I replied there too. -- Curps 22:19, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
German presidents[edit]
- That's ok about the German Presidents artice - you just have to be less possessive about your articles in time like Adam and I have learned to be.
If you have a grievance you can explain it. There's no need for this kind of remark.
Iota 17:07, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Don't apologise. I think the problem is that with a written medium like Wikipedia talkpages it is easy to misinterpret people's meanings. So I thought I read sarcasm that obviously wasn't there. My mistake.
Iota 18:16, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Paul, I wonder if you could use your magic powers to do something for me. These three files:
are drafts of articles I no longer wish to post or have in the Wikipedia system. Are you able to delete them totally from Wikipedia so they cannot be retrieved? If so, please do so. Since they are my drafts and were never posted as articles I think I am entitled to retain ownership of them and have them deleted if I wish. Thanks, Adam 12:47, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Paul, thanks for that. I want them deleted permanently and irrevocably so no-one can access them, but if that is not currently possible please blank them and protect the blank pages. Thanks. Adam 03:55, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)
They appear to be blanked but not protected, which is no use since everyone can see the edit histories. Is this beyond your powers? Adam 02:44, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Adolf Hitler[edit]
We discussed the Hitler opening paragraph on the talk page, and it was approved...some of us actually side more with Wikipedia:Ignore all rules rather than be a policyNazi. Stop reverting what was approved to by several of the article's contributors...in a discussion from which you were conspicuously absent. —ExplorerCDT 16:43, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Scottish Parliament[edit]
RE:comments on Scottish Parliament. The current Parliament is not linked to the old Scottish Parliament. The main reason is that the old Parliament was a sovereign body, the current Parliament is subordinate to the British Parliament in Westminster. The Act of Union 1707 passed by the Scottish Parliament effectively voted it out of existence. Winnie Ewing's comments were politcal spin, based on her nationalist viewpoint, and her link to the previous Parliament is not proof of continuance.
RE: Princess Margaret, I don't remember moving anything about Peter Sellars? What was it I moved? Should it be included in your opinion? Astrotrain 16:20, Feb 27, 2005 (UTC)
- I can't find any offical source for this alleged affair. Is there any reputable source that can confirm this? Astrotrain 17:21, Feb 27, 2005 (UTC)
Protection[edit]
Why did you unprotect the Germany article? Do you realize that the issue has never been resolved? Please read the talk page. One user, Heimdal, seems to be ignoring conensus and refusing to explain his reverts. Was this ever requested at Wikipedia:Requests for protection? I see no reason it should have ever been unprotected. I would like you to reverse your move. --Jiang 21:02, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Thank you. Now can you revert back to the version of the previously protected mode since the article was never supposed to be unprotected in the first place? --Jiang
Yalta[edit]
It's a rather poor article, which I might have a go at rewriting when I get home to my books at the end of thr week. Adam 06:52, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I agree, but it's a fight you won't win. Pedants and fetishists always get their way here. Adam 09:33, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
So, you want to ditch IPA notation from articles?!! Huh. Have you seen International Phonetic Alphabet for English? I would have a hard time perceiving phonetical difference of British English if not for IPA transcriptions. If you're confused with these funny foreign squiblles, ignore them; but please don't cut something just because you don't understand it. DmitryKo 17:24, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- why do we even bother in the face of such fools
- Be brave, no reason to run to your daddy crying just yet. DmitryKo 08:52, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading her unaltered image! My respect. Cmapm 11:24, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Sorry, I don't know yet. A piece of additional info I have known is the exact place, where she was buried (not to be shared worldwide, I think, I can e-mail it to you personally, if you desire). If you will have known something, please, let me know or include into Wiki. I suppose, that in Russia there will be no more than a mention in the news (a big shame on post-Soviet Russia for everything concerning her name). I don't know for the USA, this would be a valuable info, although I'll be unable to go there myself in the foreseen future. Cmapm 12:45, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I have just emailed you and removed your email from my talk page, preventing it from being found by spamers. Cmapm 14:05, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I happened to notice the Germany article had been protected for about a week and no ongoing discussion, so I've unprotected to see what happens. If you protect a page, could you please put an entry for it on WP:PP? This enables other sysops to visit the page with a view to removing protection as soon as possible. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 18:42, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Oh well, looks like the same POV-pusher has come back. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 03:55, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
East Sydney[edit]
There was only one Division of East Sydney so it doesn't need dates to disambiguate it. Adam 01:30, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Links between Iraq and Al-Qaeda[edit]
Could you please vote on the proposed move Links between Iraq and Al-Qaeda → Alleged links between pre-invasion Iraq and Al-Qaeda? The vote is here . Thanks. ObsidianOrder 17:13, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Kellie Waymire[edit]
Please don't revert this again. The style is correct (not only for Wikipedia, but in any publication). See Wikipedia:Manual of style for setails of dashes, for example). Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 08:26, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Well, first, you keep reverting my n-rule to a hyphen; that's specifically ruled out in the MoS, which was my main point when referring to it. Secondly, with regard to the full style, I accept that, if known, the fulldates should be in the article, but putting them in the summary makes it (to my eyes at least) cumbersome. Giben that it is a summary, shouldn't it briefly summarise the greater detail in the article? I'm starting a discussion on this at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (dates and numbers); please join in if you feel strongly about it. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 08:38, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
No worries. Do you have any thoughts on the style that I'm suggesting should be made standard?
Mystery admin[edit]
I was a bit confused to see a protected page (Germany) being editted by someone not on Wikipedia:List of administrators, and with a blank user page... I've updated the former, might be a good idea to create at least a minimal user page (say, mentioning that you are indeed an admin, and your former user name). Alai 01:25, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Samantha Smith again[edit]
I think, that user, who created the article, used not books, but internet resources. These references were added by myself, when I edited the article for the first (as I remember) time. I added info about Artek from her book and info about her birthplace and moving to Manchester from Galicich book. I don't have these books. I only
- found a chapter about Artek from her book, translated into Russian.
- found excerpts from Galicich book [1]
The problem is that I'm not a perfect translator. Although there is a lot of info in the latter link in English, it will be hard for me to make a short summary of it. But I'll try to include some info from there, especially about her early years. Cmapm 14:42, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
All right. Also, may be "thieves who steal non-ferrous metals" in English should be expressed in a different way, than I did :"non-ferrous metals' thieves"? Cmapm 14:11, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Berlin pronunciation[edit]
Where is the debate in which it was decided that "pro-nun-see-AY-shuns" are acceptable alongside IPA transcription? As far as I know, Wikipedia policy is to use IPA only; see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (pronunciation) --Angr/comhrá 05:35, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Sorry, you lost that debate. The majority of votes were to keep IPA only, without the useless and childish "pro-nun-see-AY-shuns". --Angr/comhrá 05:49, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Childish because it's a form of dumbing-down. It assumes the reader isn't capable of reading IPA (which anyone of average intelligence can learn to do in less than an hour). It also smacks of children's encyclopedias like "World Book". --Angr/comhrá 08:23, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I hope you don't think that /"ty: S'Vx/ is IPA - it would appear to be SAMPA. By the way I've updated the taoiseach article to add the IPA pronunciation — with a link to the IPA chart for English so that anyone not familiar with IPA can look up the various characters. rossb 09:40, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, it's SAMPA. It's also incorrect, since the sound /y:/ doesn't occur in Irish. As for World Book,
- Though not called a "children's" encyclopedia, it is marketed as a family encyclopedia, and it recognizes the fact that one of the primary uses of general-purpose encyclopedias is for children working on school reports.
- I used World Book between the ages of about 6 and 11; after that the information it provided wasn't useful to me for school reports and I switched to Britannica. I have no doubt that both Dr Duffy and Dr Carr could learn to read IPA in less than an hour if they cared to. --Angr/comhrá 10:19, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
One of the problems with the "pro-nun-see-AY-shuns" style of pronunciation guide is that even for English speakers sometimes it's helpful and sometimes it's extremely unhelpful. I think if I didn't know how to pronounce Berlin, seeing it transcribed as "buhr LIHN" would not have helped me (since "uhr" and "IH" bear no resemblance to any English orthographic conventions) and would probably have led me to pronounce it completely wrongly. rossb 14:26, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Farewell[edit]
Unfortunately, must to go out from Wiki, forever. The reason is in myself. Will try to switch to previuos hobbies. My respect and best wishes for you. Cmapm 23:17, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Germany[edit]
PMA - actually, it was Marriex who posted the full GDR name in the lead section, not me. I didn't feel like removing his/her edits, because he/she appears to be new here. But feel free to correct. You may have to explain your point to Marriex, though.-Heimdal 14:30, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Luis rib is trying to revert all my edits on the Germany page. First he removed the image of Pope Benedict XVI (who knows why) in the "Religion" section; then the image of Hamburg in "Demographics"; now he wants to revert all my edits in the "History" section too. I intend to fight it out, PMA. You can revert the whole page back to Luis rib's version and protect it indefinitely, I don't care. -Heimdal 10:44, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Actually, it was not me who started the edit war on the Germany page. On the grounds that the Germany article was "biased", Gidonb made multiple deletions, removed images, made non-sensical changes to the structure of the article (the Military a sub-section of Politics, Religion a sub-sub-section of Culture, etc.) and added his own POV to the article. I just reverted back to the previous version, which no good-willing person can say was biased. I also contacted Doric Loon to ask his opinion, and he couldn't find any bias in the previous version either (see Doric Loon's talk page). This time I intend to fight it out, PMA, because your protection of the page is deeply unfair. Of course I'll revert back to the previous version in case that the article is unprotected again. Also, I have the impression that you are constantly taking me for someone else. Please note, once and for all, that the user that posts under the number which starts with "83.109. ...." is not me! - Heimdal 11:12, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
The Master's picture[edit]
While it's fine to change to want to the picture, please don't overwrite a picture that someone has already uploaded with the same name. I think that unless you're the person who uploaded it in the first place, that's not really polite. Use another name. You've done it in the case of Patrick Troughton in the Season 6B entry as well.
- It's all right - using a different name also makes it easier to switch between the two rather than having to revert the images. Better is a matter of perspective, anyway. I kind of preferred the earlier Delgado picture as it looked more sinister, but that's just me. --khaosworks 15:29, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
West Germany[edit]
I saw what happened to the West Germany page. Especially liked the "Middle Germany" thing, which actually is used in German for the Middle part of Germany, and not for East Germany at all (which is still nowadays referred to as der Osten - the East). Luis rib 22:37, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Hi. I happened to read the West Germany page this morning. The "history" (archive) page was particularly interesting. Sincerely, I was quite confused when I found myself being accused by you, PMA, of having an "FRG/GDR fetish" (whatever that is). Please note that I've NEVER edited the "West Germany" article. MfG, Heimdal 13:20, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
iraq election world protests[edit]
The website that contained info of the protest may have been socialist but the protests weren't necessarily. But more importantly adding "left-wing" to the sentence seemed like an attempt at damaging the credibility of the protests without a citation (original research). If other sources are specifically claiming the protests are invalid merely because they were "left-wing" protests then add a sentence after that, don't add POV phrases in factual sentences. And remember that sentence is balancing out the "official" version of the Iraq election, you are caveating it too much. Also, there are many non-liberals than have protested the Iraq election, also saying they would mean something if the U.S. wasn't there orchestrating the process. Scott Ritter is hardly "left-wing". zen master T 04:21, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Yalta[edit]
It's on my list, but I'm not very keen on going another ten rounds with the Wikipedia Polish Nationalist Party. (Has anyone ever investigated what happens at the Polish Wikipedia? I suspect it must be very bad.) Adam 09:13, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
FRD[edit]
Paul, this may interest you [2]. It suggests FDR's doctors were well aware of his hypertension and heart condition, and that his diet was not to blame. But they didn't even try to stop him smoking! Times change. I will write some more when I get time. Cheers Adam 23:25, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Paul, there is now a consensus among the people editing FDR that he should be moved to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Could you do this? Adam 07:57, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Thanks Paul. Adam 08:08, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Your administratorship[edit]
Hi. I'd like to inform you that I intend to start a complaint against you because of what you did on the West Germany page, where - among your other insults - you accused me of having an "FRG/GDR fetish", and you even protected the article against my alleged edits, despite the fact that I've never put one single edit onto that page. I know that you have apologised. Nevertheless, I think that you clearly deserve to be given a lesson. Actually, you were so filled up with your personal bias against me that you didn't even care to check the IP address of the person you pretended to be me. The facts are there for everyone to see. - Heimdal 10:47, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
Cyprus[edit]
Paul, I think until there is a workable and enforceable process for resolving content disputes, I am not going to get involved in any more of them. I have already taken History of Poland and History of Bulgaria off my watchlist because I am sick of petty national-chauvinist edit wars. So I think I will decline the invitation of getting embroiled in Cypriot politics. Cheers. Adam 08:44, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
Yalta[edit]
Feel free to join the discussion if you have anything to say. And Usenent is a known and reliable source of verified, academic information, of course *smirk*. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 09:04, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
Khmer Rouge[edit]
This article will need protectionagain since Ruy Lopez has returned to editing it. Adam 01:12, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
This article needs protection against people like Adam Carr who think Norodom Sihanouk has been living in Beijing for the past few decades (I guess in Adam Carr's mind his reign as king of Cambodia from 1993-2004 was done remotely as well), and who think the Royal Government of National Union of Kampuchea, the National United Front of Kampuchea and the Cambodian People's National Liberation Armed Forces should all be called the "Khmer Rouge", because why shouldn't the name of a political party replace the name of a government (run by someone not in that party), an army (which includes people not in that party) and also a coalition of political parties of which it is one of (henceforth, I'm replacing all references to the Socialist International on Wikipedia with the Mozambican Liberation Front). -- Ruy Lopez 06:51, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
German reunification[edit]
Hello PMA, I´m from Hamburg, which belonged to West Germany - it is wrong that East Germany has become part of West Germany - at the 3rd of October 1990 the 5 countries of East Germany acceded to the ambit of the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany. When it is said that East Germany has become part of West Germany then it is implied that West Germany is still existing - that is wrong.
After the 3rd of October 1990 East Germany as well as West Germany desisted from existing...
Citius Altius Fortius 08:02, 1 July 2005 (CEST) - Central European Summer Time
German reunification part 2 ?[edit]
Hi PMA, thanks for your input concerning Lothar de Mazière, I`m afraid I had to edit some of it away, I feel that the use of the word 'annexation' is POV though, pls read my remarks at the de maziere talk page, I though your input concerning Kohl was to some extent correct, I did edit some of it and hope to have come to some kind of workable compromise, pls check it out. ps. I`m wary of edit wars, so want to communicate about this amap , i`ll be on holiday for a few weeks starting 2morrow though..
kind regards --Isolani 8 July 2005 20:26 (UTC)
WikiStress[edit]
Sorry about your Wikistress level. Maybe a barnstar could help you
Take care, D. J. Bracey (talk) 22:15, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
What's wrong with it? Adam 08:10, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
I know that you're aware of Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, but you seem to have momentarily forgotten it here. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 17:58, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
- Well, in fact you said "right-wing extremists", not merely "right-wingers", and secondly your reason is original research (and "generally" isn't really enough anyway). --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 07:45, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
TRNC[edit]
Your recent edit on TRNC was a bit irresponsible. We just settled a massive edit war and you just started it again. You should read the discussion; we had actually all come to an agreement. But now, thanks to you, the war will start again. Please help us try to make the TRNC page NPOV, neutral and not biased. It is misleading to mention the Turkish invasion without also mentioning the Greek coup and the 1960 treaty of guarantee. Please keep that in mind and read the talk page. --Son of the Tundra 03:06, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
TRNC seems OK at the moment. Which other articles are you refering to? I have largely given up on Macedonian articles except the ones I wrote myself. Adam 08:37, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
You actually saved me a job. I had no intention of leaving TURKISH PEACE OPERATION up on the site. It was put up there as a short-term dig at the person who pulled the GC 'edits' that I had reverted earlier. Damon Seath
Image source/licensing for Image:C-lisa1.png[edit]
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- You are not supposed to just remove the tag, you are supposed to provide source information. Justinc 21:47, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
Kerry Nettle[edit]
Pleaes indicate which of the reasons outlined in Wikipedia:Protection_policy#Uses is relevant to your lock on the Kerry Nettle article . Your lock on this page appears to based on your opnion of the content of the article which is against the guildelines. The guidelines state: Admins should not protect pages which they have been involved with (involvement includes making substantive edits to the page or expressing opinions about the article on the talk page).. Note that you have expressed an opinion about that article. --Wm 09:47, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
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Role playing[edit]
Thanks for the invitation to the role playing game. It looks really interesting, but I'm not sure I have time for it -- there are way too many things going on in my life at the moment. Deb 20:56, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
Simpsons Video Games[edit]
Hi. I was just curious why you removed the sentence on The Simpsons page about Electronic Arts having the rights to Simpsons video games; you didn't leave an edit summary, so I was unsure of your intent. Thanks in advance for getting back to me. EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 20:59, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
Page Redesign[edit]
I, Mollsmolyneux, have redesigned the List of incomplete Doctor Who serials page. To view it please Click Here. Please leave any comments you have about the page on My Talk Page and tell me if you think I should put the page on. -- Mollsmolyneux 12:51, 12 Nov 2005 (UTC)
Kim Il-sung reverting[edit]
could you please explain why you're reverting wholesale all my edits & proofreading of this article? i think i tried hard to make things more legible & remove some unprofessional language. the president of south korea is id'd as president of "south korea" not "republic of korea," for example, so this article should be made consistent with the common english name policy. statements such as "real source of power" are speculative original research, not something you'd find in a reputable encyclopedia. early bio is not subject to "considerable debate" so much as n.k. saying one thing & everyone else saying something else. n.k. sources are not of "questionable validity" as simply contradicted by independent sources. is it necessary to repeat his first wife died "in childbirth" AND "while giving birth" in the same sentence? what is wrong with wikilinking Pyongyang? etc etc. please specify what you actually disagree with. Appleby 22:12, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Afd[edit]
Hi PMA,
I've opened up an AFD for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Naming conventions (Western nobility). That article was created in effect as an alternative to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (names and titles) and then rewritten by the author, in a cut and paste. I strongly disapprove of someone doing a cut and paste of one article, moving it to a new (badly named) page and editing it without a consensus (or even it would seem an awareness among people that this new page existed), and in the process losing the old article's edit history. As a longtime contributor on the topic of royal and noble naming you might wish to cast a vote on the issue. [[user_talk:Jtdirl]] 00:11, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
Frank Forde[edit]
Quite so. Well spotted. Adam 07:07, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Fitzroy Football Club[edit]
Is there any particular reason that you have been removing any references to the post-merger Fitzroy Football Club? JPD (talk) 19:03, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
- I didn't think you were disrespecting the game - if I had thought that, I would have reverted without asking you why you did it! That sounds like a good reason, but it would be good to have a source showing that it was in fact a merger of the legal entities, not just a contract between them or something like that. I tend to think that the "modern" FFC should at least get a mention at Fitzroy Football Club, too, even if we don't support their claim that it's still the same entity. JPD (talk) 19:32, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
Image:Limestreet.jpg has been listed for deletion[edit]
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Hi mate, just letting you know we have a new project up and running that you might be interested in. See you there! Rogerthat 01:31, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Weasel Words on Hillary[edit]
Paul, I have never done a double revert before without discussing it first, but you have been on Wikipedia a long time, and you must surely know better than to use such weasel words. Even if there was no guideline, it would be obvious that your insert is meaningless. Who says, these things? I have no doubt that someone has said it, but there were probably, in my opinion, at least as many people and probably more who thought that she was the one pulling the policy strings during Bill's term. Most people recognize Hillary—for better or worse—as a significant personage on her own. I mean, how can you compare her to Lurleen Wallace? Hillary had official responsibilities in her husband's administration, and by the 2008 election, will be in her second term in the Senate. I mean, there is just no comparision, and your weasel words (see the page: Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words) don't change that. If you revert again without specific citations, I will seek arbitration. Unschool 10:36, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
- It was mentioned in a discussion of the possible candidates in '08 that i read - i made an error of judgement in including it for which i apologise. PMA 10:41, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
- And I apologize for getting so hot. I only now looked back and saw that my original explanatory note did not register in the history log. All that showed up was a single quotation mark ("), which means that, however it happened, you did not have my explanation. Again, I am sorry. Unschool 10:45, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
Image Tagging Image:Tasmap.jpg[edit]
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Titular kings[edit]
No, I don't want to keep the boxes, I would change them to "former Greek ruling house" or "House of Glucksburg" or something, but (a) I don't know how to edit boxes (b) I don't want any more fights over monarchist trivia just now and (c) I assume there are other "titular" boxes and they would all have to be changed. You are welcome to take this on if you want. Adam 05:49, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
sockpuppet[edit]
What evidence can you muster to say I am a 'sockpuppet'? Just because I have an opinion counter to admins-please dont attack the man-just the apparent arguments. Can you do that? Rise above your instincts! Lentisco 04:21, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your apology. Lentisco 04:40, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Edit summary request[edit]
Hi PMA. Wow, you've been here since 2001, that's impressive! :)
It seems that your adminship was given back and the whole thing was because of a technical glitch, however, I would like to remark that unless my bot is lying when computing your edit summary usage, it stands at around 7% for major edits. I would like to ask you, if possible to imporove on that. Edit summaries are really helpful for your fellow contributors, and for documenting the evolution of an article. It is some kind of meta-information which cannot always be gathered from the diff (and taking the diff is more work to start with). Thanks for reading this, and you can reply here if you have comments. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 23:14, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia in Tetum[edit]
- Help building a Wikipedia in Tetum, the national language of East Timor. Give your contribution to the improvement of its test page -- Regards, 195.23.53.121 11:29, 15 February 2006 (UTC) Manuel de Sousa
John Cain II[edit]
I think it's important to note Pyramid was regulated by the Vic Govt because that seemed central to the political consequences for Cain of its collapse. Don't you agree? Not sure what AFAIK means. DarrenRay 09:42, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
"provisional" capital[edit]
Thanks for noticing my mis-inserting of the term. I now have put it into the right spot. (Hey - I was only a country out). Agathoclea 23:09, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
- I can see your point. The term is certainly POV - it was meant that way. Nevertheless that is what it was officially called back then. The whole ideology of "we represent the whole of Germany" was obviously at the heart of it. Funnily enaugh it was also the reason why West-Germany had no choice, but to accept the suggested merger which in business-terms was a very bad move, they had commited themselves 40 years earlier with no way out. Agathoclea 23:19, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
- Anyway I am off to bed with a history book - a quick google search reveled that the de-jure/de-facto statement has spread considerably due to its inclusion in wikipedia - which would be seriously alarming if I am right in thinking that that statement is factually incorrect. Agathoclea 23:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
- It made some interresting reading. About 5 pages on how Bonn became "vorläufige Bundeshauptstadt" but not a single mention of Berlin. I will be changing the article West Germany shortly when I have source material at the computer. It all became a moot point in 1991 when parliament decided to move to Berlin. I can understand your reluctance of using "provisional" but in the context of 1949 it is the correct term. Agathoclea 07:51, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
- Found a mention of the fact that the term provisional was dropped in 1973 under Willy Brandt - but I can't pinpoint the source of the information. Berlin as Bundeshauptstadt was actually with the Einigungsvertrag which created the situation attributed to West-Germany but which applied to Gesamtdeutschland. Berlin became capital in name only until the move of government was decided shortly after. Some more digging needs to be done and this will enhance some articles. Agathoclea 18:32, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
- It made some interresting reading. About 5 pages on how Bonn became "vorläufige Bundeshauptstadt" but not a single mention of Berlin. I will be changing the article West Germany shortly when I have source material at the computer. It all became a moot point in 1991 when parliament decided to move to Berlin. I can understand your reluctance of using "provisional" but in the context of 1949 it is the correct term. Agathoclea 07:51, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
- Anyway I am off to bed with a history book - a quick google search reveled that the de-jure/de-facto statement has spread considerably due to its inclusion in wikipedia - which would be seriously alarming if I am right in thinking that that statement is factually incorrect. Agathoclea 23:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
Tomboy[edit]
I remember seeing it on a documentary a while back. PMA 16:25, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
- Do you remember the name of the documentary? --Icarus 18:19, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
West Germany - Geographical[edit]
Have a look at de:Westdeutschland that is the information we should include. Else it might be better to scrap the article and make ot a redirect to history from '45. This would remove the duplication and the inaccuracies that occour by trying to make a long article out of the single fact that the Federal Republic of Germany was often called West Germany up until '90 (amongst a number of designations). Germans call the US of A often "Amerika" but I doubt we have a detailed article about that. Agathoclea 07:20, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Mr Cruel/Eloise[edit]
Hi,
I've replied to the Eloise question. As to Karmein Chan's photograph, I barely remember what you're describing but I'd want a source before putting it in myself. I'd like to put all the known information in, because it might help someone recognize who they are. - Richardcavell 10:56, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
- I don't disbelieve you. I was in Queensland at the time. It might simply have been the fact that the parents supplied an out of date photo that led to the police publishing it. - Richardcavell 11:05, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
You misunderstand, I'm afraid. Saying that there's a Samantha Smith Alley, without saying where (even the country!), when it was named, or giving a citation, isn't acceptable — and telling another editor to look it up for himself doesn't help... --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 17:15, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Padme article vandalism[edit]
I did not mean to refer to your change as a vandalism. For some reason, all of the text below the middle of the personality section of the article was gone. That's what I was reverting. Thanks for fixing it.Dmoon1 05:07, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah just thought I'd say that your recent changes also caused some text to go. Don't know why, but someone restored it now anyway. Cvene64 02:40, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Strange software problem[edit]
...which is a better headline than "I'm sorry", but: I'm sorry - I just used my admin revert button on an edit you made to History of ITV whilst on autopilot, as I know you're not a vandal! So please don't be offended if you see the reversion in the edit history. On reflection, I should have gone back and manually made the change.
Here's why: I think Wikipedia has a software problem at the moment. Look at your edit I reverted by mistake - [3] - your edit is a very good and valid tweak further up the page, but the software has eaten the bottom of the page. A similar thing happened to me last week - [4] - leading to me effectively blanking someone's talk page.
I've looked about in the usual places for any mention of this happening of late, but there doesn't appear to be a mention of it. I'm going to keep an eye out for it happening again in case there's a bugzilla report to be filed, but please shout me if it happens to you or you see that it has happened to someone else.
Thanks, and sorry again! ➨ ❝REDVERS❞ 20:00, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
- I've spent an hour searching through Bugzilla, the bug-tracking system that Wikipedia's developers use. The closest I can find to this problem having occurred to someone else is this report from November of 2005. It is still marked as open and critical, but nothing is happening. If you want to report the bug you're suffering from, follow the advice at Wikipedia:Bug report. I'd be interested in the outcome. ➨ ❝REDVERS❞ 09:50, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
- Right, I've reported it to Bugzilla as Bug 5643 - see the report here - please add further examples of your own and others when you find them. With luck the problem should now be picked up and solved. In the meantime, you might like to use my workaround: when you've made your change, scroll down in the edit window to the foot of that window. If the article ends in mid-sentence, you know the error has happened. The alternative is to make heavy use of the preview button, but I know for myself that this has happened in the preview edit box when not happening in the previous edit edit box, so caveat emptor! Keep an eye on the Bugzilla page. ➨ ❝REDVERS❞ 19:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
Chewbacca[edit]
I'm assuming that was an accident in deleting half of the Chewbacca article, I notice you made some other changes too, but for now I reverted everything. Ledmonkey 03:39, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
- Alright cool man, I figured it was some type of bug or accident. Ledmonkey 19:03, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Please be civil[edit]
Regarding your recent post in Talk:Cuba: It is important to keep a cool head, especially when responding to comments against you or your edits. Personal attacks and disruptive comments only escalate a situation; please keep calm and remember that action can be taken against other parties if necessary. Attacking another user back can only satisfy trolls or anger contributors and leads to general bad feeling. Please try to remain civil with your comments. Thanks! BruceHallman 20:42, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
Civility[edit]
Refering to your coeditors as 'a carcinoma'[5] does not appear to be civil behaviour.
It seems to me that you are acting in an uncivil manner. Please remain civil and don't resort to making personal attacks or instigate edit wars. BruceHallman 16:32, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
Cuba[edit]
You're quite welcome. Coming from you that means a lot. Also, thanks for your help on the page. I think things are starting to get under control there. 172 | Talk 19:33, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
I meant a user of your high caliber and huge volume of contributions. 172 | Talk 19:38, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
Block of MichaelW[edit]
PMA would you please explain the recent block of user MichaelW? BruceHallman 04:06, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
MSN or Yahoo Messenger[edit]
I don't have MSN or Yahoo Messenger. If you want to get in touch with me off Wiki, send me an email and a note on my talk page telling me I got mail so that I open it sooner. Thanks. 172 | Talk 16:32, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Blocking[edit]
Paul it probably isn't a good idea to block people over disputes in articles on which you yourself have strong opinions. It would be better to get a second opinion from another admin before taking actions which you may later have to retract. Regards. Adam 16:53, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Lenin[edit]
The Cuba stuff is taking almost all my time on Wiki. I recommend getting Adam's help on Lenin. He is a more active and prolific editor than I am. So I assume he's better able to multi-task than I am. Nevertheless, I'll try to keep an eye on it. Regards. 172 | Talk 18:13, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, and Kozlovesred is the worst of the lot. Do you know Rjensen? He is an American historian who does a lot of work on Cold War topics on Wikipedia. He has been very active lately, and willing to take on lots of POV-pushers. Would you be able to get in touch with him? 172 | Talk 18:21, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
LWT[edit]
I did wonder. I've looked about on the net. Transdiffusion, the authority on this type of thing, are resolute that the companies are gone (in that they're right, as I really can't see the names coming back). However, some of the other sites, especially the back-bedroom ones, insist on keeping the names going on the basis that the companies still exist legally, that the contracts are in the name of the old companies and that wishful thinking may have an effect. I'd go for giving a date that the name disappeared so long as the article mentions the fact that the companies still exist in a notional way. The infobox was developed by The JPS so it might be worth asking him for an opinion too? ➨ ❝REDVERS❞ 19:25, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Then, may I ask that you fix Sean Connery instead. Karen Dotrice is a Featured article; Sean Connery is not. The article as written refers to an English person, and the link should be to English people, not to their country. RadioKirk talk to me 21:32, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
- I reverted you because of common practice not your personal preference - i have been here for many years and an admin for three - i am entitled to some respect. That article is also not your personal property. PMA 21:30, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
- It is not my "personal preference", it is correct. I appreciate that you're an admin; I'm working to get there myself, and I am quite familiar with WP:OWN. I'm reverting you because, as I note above, the article refers to an "English person" and should therefore link to "English people". Again, I do not make this edit by preference, but because I believe it to be correct. RadioKirk talk to me 21:36, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
- It's OK - i admit to goofing.
- five years with the 'pedia and it still doesn't seem to count for much with many - looking at my user page i have barnstar and an anti-disruptionism award - and yet im treated like a newbie vandal - by the way i did mean well - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:BruceHallman&diff=49461797&oldid=49459999 PMA 21:39, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
- Whoa, whoa! In no way am I suggesting you're a "newbie vandal", nor did I mean to come across that way—I was merely explaining why I was making the reversions. I wanted to make sure you knew I wasn't a "newbie vandal". We're all in this together. :) RadioKirk talk to me 21:44, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
- Edit: In the future, I'll try to remember to work on the explanations before the reversions. Happy editing! :) RadioKirk talk to me 21:52, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
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Rogerthat Talk 09:27, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
RfC[edit]
I'm trying to get users to sign against the fraduent RfC against Adam Carr. [7] Would you be able to help get the word out in order to get more people to sign it? The more the better. 172 | Talk 19:23, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Discussion[edit]
I am still waiting to discuss, and understand, your recent unexplained reversion and locking of the Cuba article. I am the anon involved. Thanks, Mystork 21:17, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello[edit]
I'm sorry to hear that you're not feeling well. Try to take a break, get some rest, and feel better. Don't worry about the Cuba article. Things will be taken care of shortly. In the meantime, I suggest that you unprotect it in order to avoid giving the fidelistas another excuse to attack a good editor. Get well. 172 | Talk 01:31, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. Now try to take it easy and get well! Hope you feel better soon. 172 | Talk 02:54, 25 April 2006 (UTC)