User talk:RJFJR/Archive1
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delete subcategory megatokyo
[edit]Unfortunately, I'm not so sure on how to remove subcategories myself. I'll have an ask around and see what I can do. - Vague | Rant 02:15, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC)
- Oh, and by the way, I discovered that subcategories are just categories which have been placed in other categories. For example, if I put Category:Pokémon into Category:Nintendo, it would become a subcategory. Same thing in reverse to remove them. - Vague | Rant 04:47, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)
The Humungous Image Tagging Project
[edit]Hi. You've helped with the Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Syntax, so I thought it worth alerting you to the latest and greatest of Wikipedia fixing project, User:Yann/Untagged Images, which is seeking to put copyright tags on all of the untagged images. There are probably, oh, thirty thousand or so to do (he said, reaching into the air for a large figure). But hey: they're images ... you'll get to see lots of random pretty pictures. That must be better than looking for at at and the the, non? You know you'll love it. best wishes --Tagishsimon (talk)
Lovecraft
[edit]Yeah, I'd say that's a copyvio. The same text appears on this page: [1]. We may be able to claim fair use, but it's very unlikely we'd get away with it. If you'd like to report it yourself, just put this code on the page:
{{copyvio|url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/sources/at.htm}}
Then head to Wikipedia:Copyright problems and add this to today's date:
[[The Ancient Track:The Complete Poetical Works of H.P. Lovecraft]] from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/sources/at.htm]. ~~~~
If you can't be bothered, I'll probably do it tomorrow. Have a good one! - Vague | Rant 04:13, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)
Good job! Oleg Alexandrov 04:22, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
About finding specific categories
[edit]Use search, then turn on the "Category namespace" checkbox, and turn off all the other checkboxes. That will search amongst just the categories. (Of course, this doesn't work when internal search is turned off and redirected to Google and Yahoo!) -- Khym Chanur 12:09, Jan 17, 2005 (UTC)
Histories and copyright
[edit]Hey, thanks for finding that Cloak and Dagger (comics) thing. One comment, though: for Wikipedia:Copyright reasons, we need to keep the contribution history of any content we actually use in articles. So the right way to handle duplicate articles where you use content is to move the duplicate article to a Wikipedia:Sub-page of the Talk: page of the article (so people can still see the history) and make a note on the Talk: page that you did so, and where it is. See Talk:Cloak and Dagger (comics) for an example. (I have fixed this one, obviously, so you don't need to do anything more.) Thanks! Noel (talk) 14:47, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Spelling
[edit]You are right, spelling is very important. Have you heard of Wikipedia:Text editor support? Made my life so much easier. Oleg Alexandrov 05:24, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Here is my solution: Use the Mozilla Firefox internet web browser, and then add the SpellBound spell-check extension. There are a large number of different word lists that you can add beyond the American English one that it ships with, so you can spell-check Wikipedia articles that use either American or British English. BlankVerse 14:20, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- My solution is more beneficial for all concerned: learn to spell! ZPMMaker 08:53, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
Argh! and aargh!
[edit]I'll take care of in 'arf a mo'; have to go do something else first. Noel (talk) 16:00, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Hi, I finally got to this (sorry it took me a while), but it suddenly struck me that the article title ought to be "Argh! and Aargh!" (uppercase on second name) since it is, after all, the concatenation of two proper names. Please let me know if this is OK. Thanks! Noel (talk) 02:09, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, but that rule doesn't apply to proper names; e.g. Yorktown, Virginia (which happens to be where I live) is not "Yorktown, virginia". I'm taking from the tone of your reply that you have no problem with me doing the page at Argh! and Aargh!, which I will do. (If I have mis-read, it's easy to move it back.) I'll leave a redirect at Argh! and aargh!; if you want that deleted, just list it on WP:RfD. Noel (talk) 13:01, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- OK, all done. I fixed all the redirects which pointed to any of these to go to the new article, too. Noel (talk) 13:25, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Stub sorting guidelines
[edit]I sincerely believe that we really need to lay down the law in stub sorting, and really provide a guideline. I believe that we should all attempt to reach a general consensus by April 2, 2005 in a set of rules that we can follow. Once we have built a set of guidelines, we can formally create a policy out of those guidelines. We need to define what a specialized topic stub is, how many articles it should cover, when is it appropriate to create it, what defines its need for its creation, what defines its need for deletion, what criteria it should follow, what are the general steps should one take when sorting a stub, whether or not to start using subst: for all templates, whether or not use subst: for all templates created by the meta-templates, and any other matters that may come up in consideration. I thank jag123 for initially creating the subpage for the project at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject Stub sorting/Guidelines. Even though they have been discussed, I feel that we really need to confirm everything. For that, we should discuss each issue with its own sections, and raise a list of issues that we need to nail down before really continuing on. The English Wikipedia is nearly at 500k articles. Either the MediaWiki software needs to handle stubs such that they can be found with a simple union of categories, or the sorting is done manually by Wikipedians. Personally, I think the latter is less taxing on the server load, especially when we use subst:, which I think would help the Wikipedia out, performance wise. Please make your comments at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject Stub sorting/Guidelines. I apologize for making this somewhat of a spam notice, but since the project has more members, the project can finally decide on these important issues at hand. -- AllyUnion (talk) 23:24, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Hannerism
[edit]Hi, you put an "NPOV" tag on the talk page of Hannerism. If there should be an NPOV tag at all, I think it should be on the article page itself. POV is fine on talk pages, that's what they are here for. -- Aleph4 00:27, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- I put the POV tag on the talk page of Hannerism because I wasn't positive the article constiuted POV. I wanted people to come and determine if the article is POV or it's just inherent. At least that was the plan. I'm not sure it worked...on the other hand, you did look at it. Does it look like POV? RJFJR 00:51, Feb 27, 2005 (UTC)
you remove - Category:Electronic amplifiers on purpose? - Omegatron 03:40, Mar 7, 2005 (UTC)
reply:
I'm not sure what happened to that edit. It was in stubs so I altered it to tech-stub but the history shows that it was previously tech-stub and had category and an edit to the name that put it in triple single quotes. It looks like I was editing an out of date version except I didn't go to the history (as far as I recall). I've reverted but I don't know exactly what happened. I've seen some other things remaining in category:stub that had been altered (I thought it was just delayed updating of the category. I wonder if anyone else is seeing this? RJFJR 04:10, Mar 7, 2005 (UTC)
I checked some more. It's like I somehow edited the original version of the article instead of the latest version. I don't see why category:stub would have a pointer to the old version. It would explain why it was still in category:stub instead of tech-stub. RJFJR 04:19, Mar 7, 2005 (UTC)
"Metabolic engineering" a biochemistry article?
[edit]Thanks for attempting to identify what kind of stub "Metabolic engineering" is. However, it strikes me as less a biochemistry article and more a biology or bioengineering or biochemical engineering article. What do you think?
Home Computer Down!
[edit]My home compuer is down so I'll only be able to make short period access from work. There may be a delay in my replies, etc.
I'm back!
POPs?
[edit]Hi, user Pernille here. Where did the article on Persistent Organic Pollutants go? You asked me about copyrights and now I can't seem to find them anymore. When I added info to the article, it was a stub, I don't know if that's relevant. 00:13 Mar 31, 2005 (GMT)
Thanks!
[edit]Hey - I just wanted to drop by and say thanks for your efforts in sorting stub articles - it really helps Wikipedia! I made 2 stubs once, and to my surprise within a few minutes they were sorted by you! Another time a similar thing happened, and as a result, the article got better in a few days - Thanks! HappyCamper 01:48, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Image deletion
[edit]I'd be glad to help, but first I need to be sure you mean the revision of May 7 (it's the oldest I can find. Maybe you were still in a different time zone when Wikipedia already was in the next day? Mgm|(talk) 17:50, May 9, 2005 (UTC)
Pictures of Beer
[edit]Thanks for offering for the pictures. I'm personally of the opinion that a posed shot looks much better than a Photoshopped montage, but I guess that anything is better than what's already there. I thought the assignment would be taken up quickly—who wouldn't want to go to a bar and order a bunch of beers in the name of Wikipedia? But feel free to add any images you want to Beer, I'm sure they'll be appreciated. —Sean κ. ⇔ 21:04, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
- As far as individual pictures, Commons seems to have a few good ones, but they are pretty scarce. —Sean κ. ⇔ 21:05, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
Cross-section of tooth
[edit]Hi RJFJR —
I saw you made a request for a cross-section of a tooth at Wikipedia:Requested pictures. I fixed one up for you at Image:ToothSection.jpg. Let me know whether it's what you were looking for.
— Asbestos | Talk 01:54, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Your userpage (Articles needing images)
[edit]Hi, just wanted to let you know that we renamed Category:Articles needing images to Category:Wikipedia requested images. I did not want to edit your user page, since you have a link to it for your own reference. <>Who?¿? 18:08, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
VFD
[edit]Greetings! Yes, I think it's safe to remove the VfD tag from the first two as invalid, since they're listed on RfD; I'll go ahead and do that. For the other, finishing the nomination seems reasonable, since it is now an article and has votes on it already; it does look like a clear keep but it's probably better to follow process and list them on the day page. Thanks for spotting those. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 03:17, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
lots of edits, not an admin
[edit]Hi - I made a list of users who've been around long enough to have made lots of edits but aren't admins. If you're at all interested in becoming an admin, can you please add an '*' immediately before your name in this list? I've suggested folks nominating someone might want to puruse this list, although there is certainly no guarantee anyone will ever look at it. Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 14:26, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
Thank You
[edit]Thank you for that welcome! RescueHero 02:02, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- What RescueHero said! --Josiah Rowe 18:48, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
- And likewise! Tearlach 22:47, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
- At risk of being reduntant: me too! --Shai-kun 11:01, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
- Go redundancy! :) ~Lewis1350 (talk) 00:54, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
- At risk of being reduntant: me too! --Shai-kun 11:01, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
Castle Arenberg
[edit]Thank you for your note. I'm a new wikipedian and don't understand everything yet. Concerning the Castle Arenberg article, it seems to me, that after your rewording, it is not a copyvio. --Juhanson 20:08, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum soda
[edit]The site seems a mix of all kinds of more or less copyrighted material and I doubt that she has the copyright to the picture. It looks as an image taken from a marketting site, to me. --Easyas12c 05:08, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Castle Arenberg
[edit]I'm still not an expert on copyrights, but I'd leave beautiful out of the sentence The castle is surrounded by a beautiful park. This would make it more objective. One could still describe features of the park, that might make someone think it is beautiful. --Easyas12c 05:19, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks!
[edit]RJFJR,
Thanks for the welcome to Wiki. I've been looking for a couple of weeks and just trying to learn some simple editing. Your tips and links will be very helpful. So I was just wondering...how did you get to be the welcoming commitee? I certainly didn't mind, as I said, but rather I was wondering how people get into those types of positions within the Wikiworld. Is it self-appointed? I noticed that your posting was very similar to one left on your homepage by another user. Is it a "pay-it-forward" kind of thing?
Again, I'm just curious. I look forward to hearing from you and working with Wiki in the future. (this seems to be the way the web should be)
Regards, --Patrick 20:44, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks!!
[edit]Thanks for welcome.I think I am getting addicted to wikipedia :)
Esper 22:06, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
Consider self thanked by grateful newcomers who only intended to put in one quick comment on a Talk page, honest, but in fact turned out to be warmly welcomed into a Community, with helpful suggestions, flexible rules, and lots of communication.Eh Nonymous 22:50, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
Desert planets
[edit]I don't rightly know what to do with it, but asking around gets the suggestion to merge and redirect to Star Trek planet classifications. It strikes me as original research, but then again I don't know enough of the canon to cite. You're probably better off asking elsewhere or proposing a merge on Wikipedia:Duplicate articles and seeing if anyone argues, if you want feedback... Mindspillage (spill yours?) 02:48, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
Derby Works
[edit]Noted your comments about this article that some anonymous person had started but not done very much. I gave it a quck tidy to remove some factual errors. Even the title is unstatisfactory - it ought to be Derby Railway Works. I'll extend it when I have time. There should be plenty of material. After all its 150 years old! Chevin 18:17, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
Many thanks for retitling the article. I shall have to do some research. I suppose I'll also have to do something about Crewe Railway works so I'm not accused of bias! Chevin 08:26, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
Others Deleting My Contributions
[edit]RJFJR,
I have experienced others deleting my contributions as a form of what I consier to be bias against these factual statements. What recourse, if any, do I have?
RDF 01:18, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
Bright Eyes single
[edit]That makes sense... I just just didn't think that "from Bright Eyes" shouldn't be a part of the title. gren グレン 20:51, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
Ardzruni / Aranda56
[edit]I went ahead and redid the VfD (now AfD) for Ardzruni that Aranda56 began. If you wish to comment, the discussion is now here. Caerwine 20:09, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
Before removing "wikify", "copyedit", "cleanup", etc., from articles, make sure that you've done all the necessary work. I've now corrected the spelling mistakes and stylistic faults in this article, and Wikilinked the appropriate terms and titles. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 08:45, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
- You should have seen what it looked like before I worked on it! (Sorry about misspelling 'gospel' and yes, it should be 'two' not '2' because it is a number less than 10.) RJFJR 16:10, September 3, 2005 (UTC)
Thank you!
[edit]Thank you kindly for welcoming me to Wikipedia. Much appreciated. Ashenai 09:42, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
Same here. Thanks for the tip, I see you've even won an award on your page.Kr5t 00:58, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
*
[edit]thanks for your advice
RescueHero
Thank you
[edit]for the welcome. --FocalPoint 10:20, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
To be honest, I don't remember editing that article at all, but I've removed the cleanup/NPOV tags now. ed g2s • talk 12:00, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
Day of Vengeance
[edit]Day of Vengeance has a futurecomics tag on it. Is this still future? (The article seems to be written in past tense).RJFJR 16:00, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
- At the time the series was still under publication. It finished up last Wenesday, so I removed the tag a day ro two ago.. Toffile 23:16, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
Check out
[edit]Can you take a quick look at Daily build and Software build. Daily build was on my cleanup project desk and I wrote software build to go with it. I'd like someone else to look at them before I clear the cleanup tags. Thank you. RJFJR 00:45, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
- Good work! Those articles look fine to me, besides a couple of very very minor things that I've just changed. I'd definitely support removal of those tags now. Thanks. Stewart Adcock 08:36, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for checking them for me. I removed the cleanup tag from daily build. A procedure question: how do I close it out from the cleanup project? RJFJR 14:12, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
- Just add a note on the relevent clean-up page that they are done and move the link from Wikipedia:Cleanup Taskforce to Wikipedia:Cleanup Taskforce/closed. You also need to replace any {{cleanup taskforce notice}} tag with a {{cleanup taskforce closed}} tag if one exists. I've done it for you in this case. Stewart Adcock 15:31, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
date formatting
[edit]I reverted the format of February 11, 2005 to February 11, 2005 in the aticle Arthur Miller. I did this because doing it as one link, I believe (I could be wrong), inhibits the date format preference from formatting it. (That and that article February 11, 2005 doesn't have anything about Arthur Miller in it.) I didn't really understand that in this case there was an article on that particular date in history. If you revert my revert I won't argue it. RJFJR 03:07, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
- Hi RJFJR.
- I believe you are right that the preferencing is dependent on certain types of links at the moment. A developer has spoken on the issue, and said that this is a hack that he hopes to relieve us of soon. Linking and preference ought to be separate.
- The February 11, 2005 article didn't (when you read it) have anything about AM on it. I am rectifying that defect.
- As for having an article on a particular date - well it is a bit of a fluke. Some of us are experimenting with the idea of individual date articles for recent dates (jury is still out on what "recent" means - something like a year or two) and I randomly picked on the first half of February 2005 as a testing ground.
- Equally, I am not going to demand a revert but would grateful if you'd let me do so. Do you mind? Pcb21| Pete 11:55, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
- Doesn't bother me. RJFJR 14:05, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
comixpedia
[edit]I left this at User talk:Hahnchen#comixpedia
I really want to vote to keep Syntax Error (webcomic) at AFD, but I can't quite justify arguing it. (It has two years existence with just over 300 strips archived. I'd like to argue that it's pseudo-3D appearance and use of Maya makes it notable but I don't have the numbers to back it up.) I think the google count may be a little low because it's hard to filter out the computer term 'syntax errors' and I don't trust alexa rankings yet, but I still don't have the nubmers to back it up.
Anyways, is there a procedure for transwiki to comixpedia? RJFJR 17:34, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
- I personally don't think it is notable enough for wikipedia. I know you have worked on the article, but it just isn't popular enough of have any sort of influence on the outside world, or even webcomic community as a whole. I do however, think that it's very suitable for comixPedia. I've had a look at some of the copied over pages there, and all they do is cut and paste. Histories etc are not copied. Remember to transwiki to an article named "Syntax Errors", the (webcomic) disambig is not needed. - Hahnchen 23:39, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for Welcome!
[edit]Dear RJFJR: Thanks for the Welcome message you left on my Talk page! I am curious how you even noticed my existence. Are you the official welcoming committee?? Thanks again. Finell 02:12, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
- I'm the officially unofficial (or vice-versa) welcome committee. Which just means that I remember appreciating it when someone left the welcome message for me so I try to do it for new wikipedians in return. Have fun! RJFJR 02:21, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
Adminship?
[edit]Hey there! You seem to be doing a lot of excellent work around Wikipedia. Would you like me to nominate you for adminship? Take a look at the reading materials and let me know if you think the extra buttons will be helpful to you. Also, to get a feel for the current dynamics of the candidacy period, you might want to take a look at this too. Let me know what you think! --HappyCamper 14:10, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
- (I'll just add a note that you'd get my support. Stewart Adcock 14:51, 2 October 2005 (UTC))
- Hi, HappyCamper. You asked if I'd like you to nominate me for adminship. I'd be very honored if you would. I'm currently going through the reading material you noted (there's a bit more than I realized, but it's interesting, and I've fixed one typo already). RJFJR 21:58, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
- Hey again! It would be my pleasure. All you need to do now, is to accept the nomination, and answer the standard questions here. When you are finished, let me know and I'll post it to the current RFA board. Good luck! --HappyCamper 00:59, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
- I'm sure you'll be fine. Go and sign your acceptance! :-) --HappyCamper 03:31, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
- It's up and running now :-) --HappyCamper 14:37, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
What I posted at Stewart Adcock's talk page :
String inverter is the last August 2004 cleanup entry. Wikipedia:Cleanup Taskforce/String inverter. It's been on User:flehmen/Desk and User:bananagirl/Desk since 9/19. But neither of those people is on the active participant list. Frankly that article looks hard which is why I haven't worked on it myself. Is there anyone on the task force who listed preference as something like I enjoy a challenge? (The original author was contacted by someone during AFD for the string inverter and has promised to clean it up within the next 4 weeks... ). RJFJR 21:06, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
- You are right about the challenge! I get spasms when trying to read this article. Personally, I'd let AfD run its course before the cleanup taskforce worries about it any further. There will be lots of eyes looking at it at the moment and the usual wiki processes will either improve it or not be harmed by its disappearance! Stewart Adcock 14:50, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
- Works for me. Thanks! (And also thanks for the comment about RFAd.) RJFJR 15:08, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
I released it, but think that more work could be done to it. It could probably do with another run-through on the list. Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 02:43, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
Transwiking webcomic articles over to Comixpedia
[edit]Until your RFA is over, want me to cover undeletion duties for transwiking webcomic articles? I know of a couple that got kilt on AFD, but could easily just be transwik'ed over to Comixpedia. Lemme know. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 03:32, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- I never even thought of that. I was thinking of deleted articles as just gone, but they'd still exist at the admin level, wouldn't they. I was planning on just transwiki-ing future ones but if you remember recent ones and have the time that'd be great. Thank you. RJFJR 04:51, 9 October 2005 (UTC) (Per A_Man_In_Black's talk page not copied there.)
- All I can remember is Sea of Insanity and Built for Comfort, but I'll bet if you checked User:Hahnchen's Wikipedia-space edits you could find more. Just make me a list and I'll undelete and stick 'em in the Transwiki: namespace. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 19:46, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- We have a transwiki: namespace? RJFJR 19:52, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- Uh. No, actually, we don't, I misread.
- By the way, Manga-Gaga is another one that needs transwiking. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 12:33, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
- We have a transwiki: namespace? RJFJR 19:52, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- These are the ones I found:
Not moved yet:
Undeleted but not moved:
Moved:
- Demonic Boppu
- Montrose Academy
- Welcome Consumer
- Starsomething
- Ping972
- Prookum, the Echidna
- Anthros and Dungeons
- Pie2k
- Angry Zen Master
- Fox & Apple
- Robert Colin (webcomics artist)
- Toni Patrick (webcomics artist)
- Syzygy of Idiocy
- Eddache
- Edd Egg
Someone else already moved these:
People have been doing a bunch of the other ones. RJFJR 13:34, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
- Well, drop a note on my talk page sometime when you're online and I'll undelete them in threes for transwiking.
- A couple of those weren't webcomics, so I removed them from the list. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 13:40, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
Looks like you're online. I'm gonna break the list above up into three parts, and we'll just work our way down. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 01:29, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
Well, there's three. Let me know when you've got them copied over, and I'll delete those and undelete three more. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 01:29, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
Go through the list and check for anything already transwikied, and then I'll get on undeleting again. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 01:49, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
Just as a heads-up, LeveL (webcomic) is in need of transwiking. I trust you can handle it yourself, now that you're an admin. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 21:57, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
{NPOV} to Extreme Reaction Force
[edit]When you add a tag, like {NPOV}, aren't you supposed to go to the talk page, and say why you tagged the article?
You can't expect other contributors to be able to reach a compromise with you, if you don't say what you think is not neutral. -- Geo Swan 04:13, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- I put the NPOV tag on this article mainly to ask other editors to examine it and reach an opinion. Actually, the verify tag, asking for sources, might be a better choice. If people examine it and feel it is NPOV then they are free to remove the tag I added. Thank you for talking to me about this. I just made a few more formatting changes to the page. I'll try to add something clear to the articlesd talk page in a few minutes. RJFJR 04:27, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
Re: Cleanup Taskforce
[edit]It's on my watchlist, so I see changes. I'll gladly work on H5N1; realize that I'm on a bit of a wikibreak right now so it'll be slow progress. I'm still around, but have had to significantly curtail my time on Wikipedia, but I'm still lurking in the corner. — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:04, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
You're a sysop!
[edit]Hey there. I'm pleased to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator! You've volunteered to do housekeeping duties that normal users sadly cannot participate in. Sysops can't do a lot of stuff: They can't delete pages just like that (except patent nonsense like "aojt9085yu8;3ou"), and they can't protect pages in an edit war they are involved in. But they can delete random junk, ban anonymous vandals, delete pages listed on Votes for deletion (provided there's a consensus) for more than one week, protect pages when asked to, and keep the few protected pages that exist on Wikipedia up to date.
Almost anything you can do can be undone, but please take a look at The Administrators' how-to guide and the Administrators' reading list before you get started (although you should have read that during your candidacy ;). Take a look before experimenting with your powers. Also, please add Administrators' noticeboard to your watchlist, as there are always discussions/requests for admins there. If you have any questions drop me a message at My talk page. Have fun! =Nichalp «Talk»=Please also add your name to WP:LA =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:08, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
- Congrats on becoming an admin. Dlyons493 Talk 11:57, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
- Yay, congratulations! I'm happy for you! :-) --HappyCamper 00:12, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
Meta refresh
[edit]Hi. Do you have time to take on the cleanup taskforce "Meta refresh" task for a month or so? All that's needed is to assign unassigned tasks to desks and move "stale" tasks around a bit if nothing is being done. I would be happy to take the task back in a few months. Cheers. Andreww 03:04, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
- Accept. RJFJR 03:46, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
I was assigned the Dave Walker article with the Cleanup Task force. I have done some copyediting and wonder: how 'serious' is the 'serious copyediting'? Do you want all the brackets gone? It's... Thelb4! 13:20, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
- grin. Sorry about that. Serious copyediting means it looked such a mess that I didn't want to do it myself. I looked at it and it appeared to be just a smear. It didn't even seem to be in real sentences.
- I happened to glance at it when I saw it had been assigned, to see if anything was happening, and it already looks a lot better. Thank you!
- Do you think the flow needs further improving? Are sections logically grouped? RJFJR 13:34, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
Tivoli
[edit]Hi, RJFJR, Thanks for your fast answer. Cleanup or Stub=> I trust you for developing this article (with some accurate information). bye.Jpm2112 18:26, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
Popups tool
[edit]Congratulations on being made an admin! I thought you might like to know of a javascript tool that may help in your editing by giving easy access to many admin features. It's described at Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups. The quick version of the installation procedure for admins is to paste the following into User:RJFJR/Archive1/monobook.js:
// [[User:Lupin/popups.js]] - please include this line document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="' + 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Lupin/popups.js' + '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>'); popupShortcutKeys=true; // optional: enable keyboard shortcuts popupAdminLinks=true; // optional: enable admin links
There are more options which you can fiddle with listed at Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups. Give it a try and let me know if you find any glitches or have suggestions for improvements! Lupin|talk|popups 23:33, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the welcome
[edit]Just wanted to say thanks for the welcome when I joined wikipedia. I could have sworn it was a bot you messaged me so fast :p Just shows how friendly everyone at wikipedia is. Thanks again and have a nice day. --Hyarion 18:47, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
Same goes for me too. Wikipedia will be a good place to work in. ;-) --Serhei Makarov 15:56, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
And thank you from me as well, I was actually looking for some of those links you placed so it's appreciated very much! Nmrd 12:06, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
One more newcomer surprised by the speedy welcome. Check. You sure you aren't a bot? ;-) --Illythr 01:55, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Anyhow, thanks for the welcome and don't even think about getting sick again during this millenium. Tonight I shall rest, but tomorrow will find me plotting to take over the wor...er, work to improve Wikipedia for the good of all, that is!--Illythr 02:13, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Webcomics for Deletion
[edit]Take a look here, there's about 6 I've listed today. Not had the time to check if they are on comixPedia. I've cut down wiki time because of real world busyness. Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2005_October_22#AnimeTronic
- Thank you for the heads up. I've transwiki-ed the ones that weren't already at comixpedia. RJFJR 02:49, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks, sorry for the broken link and lack of signing, I was in a bit of a rush. - Hahnchen 13:50, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
My desk - ZPMMaker
[edit]Hey. Thanks for that addition to my desk. My maximum will be three topics, thanks. How does one get a table of contents upon his talk page? Also, how do I add to my own taskforce desk? I attempted to put Loung Ung there and I think I did it but the formatting is all shoddy. Thanks. ZPMMaker 09:00, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
- I added the template for desk size and interests to your desk. You probably want to edit yoru interestes to be clearer. Tables of content appear when there are enough headings for it to need a table of contents, unless it is suppressed. I edited Wikipedia:Cleanup Taskforce/Loung Ung so the heading would be on that page and added a bullet in front of a comment. And I moved the taskforce notice from article to the talk page for Loung Ung. RJFJR 13:50, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
- "I just added your name to the list at Wikipedia:Cleanup Taskforce/Are you active? RJFJR 16:14, 29 October 2005 (UTC)"... Thanks mate, big help. Oh and that Transcience of Time article I could find absolutely no information on. I believe it may be bogus. Please discuss it with me at the article's talk page. ZPMMaker 01:58, 31 October 2005 (UTC).
Explain "Expansion",Alternative history in the article:Fictional Resistance Movements and Groups
[edit]Can this be explained ?Martial Law 05:01, 28 October 2005 (UTC) :)
- The current article has a few organization but they are all from Science Fiction movies/televisions series, most set in the future. I think we can find other examples to add. Alternate history is a recognized genre (where something in the past has changed). It's currently a little short. RJFJR 15:49, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
The TV show "V" was set in the present, at the time, the '70s or the'80s. The TV show "Sliders" is also set in the present(@ the time this show was filmed). That show featured characters who "slid" to other Earths, some of which had resistance movements formed to throw out tyrants, such as the Communists on one Earth, aliens on other Earths, especially the Kromaggs. "Red Dawn" was also filmed in the '80s in response to the Soviet invasion of Afganistan, in which the US is invaded by Soviet and allied forces.Martial Law 19:06, 29 October 2005 (UTC) :)
Please help ZPMMaker!
[edit]Hi again. I got your message re Transcience of Time and have voted in support of the article's deletion. I was wondering, what is the code to put articles up for the nomination of deletion? I often find a few articles that should be deleted (due to obvious irrelevancy) and figured it'd be easier if I knew the code and thus could put the article up for deletion myself. Thanks. ZPMMaker 23:39, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
(copy of reply placed on user talk page)
The procedure to nominate an article for deletion is at WP:AFD. Take a look through what has been nominated and how the voting is running before deciding if something should be deleted. (For instance, schools, no matter how trivial, almost never make it through AFD.)
In a few special circumstances an article can be speedied and deleted much quicker than going through AFD. The circumstances and conditions (and the procedure) are at WP:CSD (CSD is an acronym for Candidate for Speedy Deletion).
Hope that helps, RJFJR 14:16, 11 November 2005 (UTC).
Thanks a heap. This'll streamline some things... :-) ZPMMaker 05:38, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
H5N1 Assignment
[edit]Hey RJFJR. Thanks for the assignments...I tidied up Medical analysis of circumcision, but the article H5N1 looks pretty good already. If you have some specific suggestions for H5N1 pass them along and I'll be happy to help.--Jfurr1981 17:52, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
What's with the black background?????
[edit]Hey RJFJR, what's with the black background and yellow text? ZPMMaker 03:51, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
- Never mind, once I had posted the above message it all went back to normal... ZPMMaker 03:52, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for revert
[edit]Thanks for reverting Atomicity! I've reported the vandal to the admins, as it seems he's done this before. - Chris Purcell 17:40, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for welcome info
[edit]I appreciate your welcome message and the helpful links. WikiPedant 05:24, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
Lois and Clark
[edit]Well, I figured that, as the subject matter was drawn from comics (no pun intended), that the tag would be appropriate. I've also tagged a few other television shows, such as Smallville, and I believe I tagged the Justice League cartoons. I'm aiming to cover a widebase of comics, not just the characters and comics proper, but also techniques, artists, and related media, when appropriate. I was merely trying to be bold. However, if you find it inappropriate, then go ahead and untag it. I've been on a rampage lately, tagging for the Comics project.
- reply a placed on his web page:
- I just wanted to make sure you relaized it was a television series and not a comic book series. As long as you know that and have taken a minute to consider then it's find by me.
- Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages with ~~~~ since it makes it easier to reply to you (I just looked in the history but it's easier if you sign and on very active pages it can be hard to find). RJFJR 15:59, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your Welcome!
[edit]I was in the middle of a longish reply, when the computer ate my work!
I will try to answer you in the next day or so. But in the meantime, have the other contributers (especially the one for Data Processor— I simply was unable to understand his intended meaning) review my work and/or communicate with me. This is a very complex undertaking, fraught with peril but, collectively, we must get this right! I personally know of a lot of money lost and deadlines missed just because one engineer simply misunderstood another!
(Did you get the part I thought I had lost? If so, how can I gain access to it so I can see what I have already written?) Normxxx 20:15, 13 December 2005 (UTC)normxxx
normxxx: computer ate my reply
[edit]It was just a vain hope; I looked and didn't see anything like what I was working on, which was a reply to your welcome giving a synopsis of my background and why I am expecially interested in wikipedia (because it is an international encyclopedia).
Thanks for the editing help; I still have to read through the references you gave me.
Article in BusinessWeek
[edit]I thought most Wikipedians would be interested; but I don't yet know if and where there is a general posting.
The link is: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2005/tc20051214_035216.htm normxxx 04:55, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
New user help
[edit]Hi RJFJR, thanks for the welcome message on my talk page. I need a bit of help. I checked some of the faqs without success. How do you change a page's title? Or at the very least, how do you make it so that when a person searches under a particular word or phrase they are automatically redirected to a particular page?
Here's the situation: I have been updating many pool and billiard pages (at this point I have essentially rewritten the article on billiards). The article in question is "three cushion billiard." The problem is that there is no game by that name; it is always said as "three cushion billiards" (plural form). While I did read in a faq that article titles should take the singular form whenever possible (I suppose to be inclusive) this is not the case here, as there is no singular of three cushion billiards (actually, not to confuse but you can use "three cushion billiard" in very specific and informal speech i.e., "I attempted a three cushion billiard," but that is not the name of the game, and the game is what the article is about. The name should be changed and even if it isn't, when "three cushion billiards" is types into the Wikipedia search field, that article should come up immediately, not as a redirect link. Can you help?
- Unsigned, was from User talk:Fuhghettaboutit
Reply placed on user's talk page:
- First, when leaving a message on a talk page please sign it by type four tildes ~~~~ when this is saved it will automatically be changed into a link to your user page and a date stamp. It make it easier to respond to you. (The laternative is to check the history but that isn't quite as convenient).
- You will be able to move a page once you have a bit more experience. A tab called move will appear at the top of the page (this will be available to you after a certain number of edits which Ican't remember off hand).
- In the case you asked about I would suggest a redirect is more appropriate. When someone goes to a redirect page they will automatically be sent to the page it points to. Go to the page you want to redirect people from.
- Enter the following at the top
- #REDIRECT [[page to redirect to]]
- save it. The preview will look slightly different from the result after it is saved.
- Let me know if you have problems with this or further questions. (my ~~~~ signature:) RJFJR 19:01, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
___ Thanks for the assistance! Fuhghettaboutit 18:58, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
Copyright Examination Rejected
[edit]You requested a copyright examination regarding Castle Arenberg. Sadly copyright examinations is not the right place for your request. The most common reason is that the content has already been added/uploaded to Wikipedia. Such cases (violations or not) are taken care of at Wikipedia:Copyright problems.
- If, after careful reading of the copyright examinations page, you still think it is the right place for your request, use the copyright examinations talk page to discuss the case.
- If you have problems trying to find the appropriate place for your request, consult the copyright problems talk page.
Your request will eventually be moved to List of requests which don't belong here on the copyright examinations page. Please try to find the right place for your request as soon as possible. We hope that your request will find the right place and get answered. --Easyas12c 02:23, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi there!
[edit]Hello RJFJR! I haven't seen you in a while! How are you these days? Anyway, take a look at the page to see what I did with it. I deleted the entire page, and restored the two edits corresponding to the redirect, leaving the new edit by the anonymous user deleted. Generally speaking, if the page is a cut-and-paste of text from a .com site with no assertion of text ownership, it can be speedily deleted within 48 hours. Hope this helps! --HappyCamper 03:20, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
- Nope, don't know the person, but if he's got the material, why not? :-) Just make sure you set everything up properly and I'm sure everything will be fine. --HappyCamper 03:38, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
- I'm going to leave the Wiki for a little bit. I will be back. See you around! --HappyCamper 03:42, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
Dispute on the "Architecture" page. [[/..]]
[edit]Could you (or someone) please mediate/arbitrate a dispute on the "architecture" page (see the discussion page for it). normxxx 23:08, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks for your quick and succinct reply. Things seem to be going a bit more amicably. (And, I am gradually learning Wikipedia, which seems a treasure trove of little known facts— both as to content and about it)
- In the event, I used a "request for a third opinion"— but I have little hopes there (none of the current gripes were remotely in the same ballpark as "architecture," so I have little hope of any interest). However, we seem to have picked up an occasional 'other,' and in searching through Wikepedia, I discovered that architecture is an 'inactive' Wikiproject. Looking at the erstwhile participants and querying some, I think we may just pick up at least one more 'other.'
- It is a puzzle; how can a category with so many articles seem now to evince so little interest?
Thanks/Merry Christmas!
[edit]Hey, RJFJR, I realized that I never actually thanked you for welcoming me to Wikipedia...and that was some time ago! So, thanks for welcoming me! I hope I prove to be a good Wikipedian, and, while I'm at it, Merry Christmas to you and have a great New Year!--ViolinGirl♪ 00:28, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
Ahem.
[edit]If I may inquire, what's with the welcome letter? I've been on Wiki for a while. I'm not a newbie.Klassykittychick 00:35, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
the reply I left on the user talk page:
- Hi. Looks like you've been here a while so I gave you our standard welcome message. When I notice someone with an account but a blank talk page I drop by and welcome them. It's an informal system. I don't track account creation so I'll only notice a person when they edit a page in my watchlist and are still the latest editor when I check my watchlist. It appears the welcome was over due. I hope you enjoy contributing to wikipedia. RJFJR 16:34, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
Daniel Rocha
[edit]RJFJR, as you added the NPOV tag to the Daniel Rocha and I've attempted to make the article neutral, I'd like you to stop by and take a look. Let me know what you think at the article's talk page. jareha 02:20, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
Bill Thayer
[edit]Sorry, I've never encountered him before. Looking at his user page I wonder if he'd even want to be one, but if so best of luck with the nom. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 18:01, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks!
[edit]Thanks for the welcome. ;)
I have read Wikipedia for a long time, and only recently started editing. Wikipedia has incredible potential (not to suggest that it's not already brilliant)!
Also, "* Eschew argot, technicality and cant." Suggest replacing *eschew* *argot* and *cant* in order to comply with own directives. ;)
wht.rbt 06:18, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
discuss a group of deletions
[edit]Hey, RJFJR!
Thanks for the welcome. I've been trying to help productively; if you have ideas for projects that are actually active and still have some fun work left, please let me know.
Meanwhile, I've stumbled on a set of topics that don't seem to be right. They're copied (with some very light editing) with from another website. They're not obvious copyright violations (I'm not a lawyer, plus I don't see the other site's terms of servie or rights claims), they're poorly formatted, not cohesive, and so on.
How do you think I should draw these articles to the attention of more senior editors?
Thanks!!1!
-- Mikeblas 04:29, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
Fun projects
[edit]Finding a fun project depends on what you consider fun. There is a long list of requested articles, a list of requested images if you have a digital camera or equivalent, if you'd like to add to short articles then there are a lot of stub articles that have been carefully classified by subject. If you'd rather work on cleaning up or doing wiki markup there are articles for cleanup and to be wikified. What kind of work would you like to do?
- Wikipedia:Requested articles if you want to create new articles
- Category:Wikipedia requested images Articles that need pictures if you have a digital camera or equivalent
- Category:Stub categories Articles to expand because they are too short.
- Category:Cleanup by month if you want to do copy-editing and fixup (also a lot of formatting, need to check some for copyviolation)
- Category:Articles that need to be wikified These still need marking up with wiki-markup and formatting
- Wikipedia:Deadend pages A lot of these are alos wikify (they have no links in them yet). Can be easy but a lot of them are done.
- Category:Category needed Articles that need to be classified into categories.
RJFJR 19:05, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
image for deletion
[edit]Thanks for spotting! -fixed. Bjelleklang - talk 19:36, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the welcome!
[edit]Wikipediting seems to be addictive. I started adding a couple of minor contributions, and can see I'm getting hooked.
The Paragliding page is my first hint of serious addiction: rather than just adding a factette or two, I feel it needs some serious attention:
- it is oozing with commercial external links which seem to be crying out for deletion
- it has some factual errors (eg 'launching is usually done in anabatic wind')
- various bits could do with a bit of editing-down ('anti-bloat'?) - eg especially 'Comparing paragliders to hang gliders'
Could you advise me whether I should simply have a go at fixing it, or is there some procedure I should go through before such cleanup?
CDV 00:27, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
I did some minor cleanup, and got permission to use an image of a benchrest railgun from Dan Lilja. I have removed the reqimage tag, you may put it back if you would like more images. Check out www.riflebarrels.com, I imagine Dan will release more images if we ask. scot 17:06, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
sources of promotional material
[edit]OK, i finally have a question! As discussed at Wikipedia:Fair use, posters and DVD covers found at such places as the IMDb may be considered fair use at low resolution. I have found hordes of posters for tokusatsu films at other sites, e.g. The Official Godzilla Site and GojiStomp (a fan site). May i assume the same guidelines for borrowing (and, possibly, shrinking) images from such sources?—Crazillatalk|contribs 21:30, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
- I forwarded the questuion to Wikipedia:Village pump (policy). I don't feel comfortable answering this question so I'll see if someone else can handle it. RJFJR 00:37, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
And another one: Thx for the welcome
[edit]Only recently I've become more active--not unnoticed as it seems. Thanks for caring :)
RolandH 14:09, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Cleanup Committee Neophyte
[edit]Thanks for the welcome. I was totally unaware that Algebraic syntax was on my desk, and I'd like to pass that buck since it's not my area of expertise. If there's a standard heading template I need to use based on my interests, then you're welcome to search it up for me, but I was just planning on copying yours and plugging in my areas instead. Thanks again, I'm looking forward to some cleanup. Draeco 22:46, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
- Another question...what's the normal procedure once an article is closed? Aside from just moving it to the closed page, should one go through and remove the cleanup templates, etc? I realize you might have already taken many of these steps for Tanaka Giichi, but I'd like to know for future reference. Draeco 06:53, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Johann Gutenberg
[edit]Hello! I'm glad to work on this! I can't do anything this week because of a big project I have to get done by Friday, but I'll get to work on it next week. Thanks for giving it to me. I haven't had anything in two months! --Think Fast 00:51, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
Greeting
[edit]Helo. Well, I'm not quite newbee, actually I'm quite active on sr.wikipedia - on en.wiki I just put interwiki links to serbian pages. But thanks anyway for the welcome. Best of luck--Милан Јелисавчић 22:15, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
No problem. I learned some interesting stuff in the process, so it was good all the way round. :-) Neier 01:19, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Thank you
[edit]I'll accept the task. Thanks. :) --Woohookitty(cat scratches) 00:51, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
Cleanup Taskforce
[edit]Hello, you left a message on my userpage about setting up desk. Could you help me? Thank you! Sophy's Duckling 03:30, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you. :) Sophy's Duckling 19:46, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
Signature
[edit]I undid the change cause it didn't work the way I wanted, but I didn't know it had done that. Thanks. --Kerowyn 02:47, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
Robot
[edit]Thanks for passing the article my way, lots of work is needed but it should lead to a good article. Kcordina 09:15, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
- I think we're 90% of the way there with this article. If you've got a spare minute , could you pop over to the article and pass any comments on. Kcordina 10:04, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
Cleanup
[edit]I'll be happy to take a look as long as no major fact checking is involved. Classes, etc. --Kerowyn 10:10, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
- Okay I've got a question for you about page mergers. The Sanguinarian and vampire lifestyle regulars are all up in arms about the proposed merger. There isn't any consensus on what to do, so I'm reclucant to change anything, but I also don't want to simply remove the merge tags. I asked over on Wikipedia talk:Merging and moving pages but I haven't gotten a reply. Suggestions?
- Well, that's the thing. There are only three or four people commenting on the merge, but they're all very vocal about it. And none of it is terribly recent either. Those people who have been commenting on the merge recently are a lot more ambivalent about the idea. I'm inclined to leave it as is, but I have this premonition that as soon as I remove the merge tag, everyone will freak out. (Sorry for forgetting to sign above) --Kerowyn 09:27, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
Finished with Marine Park Race Attack
[edit]If you would like to assign me another one (or two maybe), let me know. --Woohookitty(cat scratches) 12:05, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
Reeves James
[edit]Hi, I just wanted to let someone know that I've cleaned up the article on Reeves James, which was listed for cleanup on February 11th, I believe. I edited it for clarity and wikified it, but I'm unable to do any factchecking. Can anybody else do this? Also, I'm a new user, and I wasn't sure if I should have removed the cleanup tag or not. Mgummess 08:32, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
- I made some further formatting changes and spent a while checking the links. Some of them lead to disambiguation pages so I specified where they should go. Grundig goes to a German manufacturer, I can't find an article on the musical group of that name. I added a category (I'm not sure it's correct but it looks good). You can remove the cleanup tag if you feel cleanup is completed or leave it if you'd like someone else to take a look at it first. I'd say leave it for a little and see if anyone with knowledge of this branch of music finds it. RJFJR 17:07, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
- I agree with you about the tag; hopefully somebody more knowledgeable about that branch of music will go over it. Is there any way someone can specifically mark that article for a music-oriented person to look at it? Mgummess 23:17, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks
[edit]Thanks for picking up my error in putting a welcome and comment on User:Saek rather than User talk:Saek: I've tried to correct this mistake. As far as I can check, my previous welcomes have been correctly put on the talk pages, I'll take more care about this in future. ...dave souza, talk 22:29, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
Re:Cleanup Taskforce
[edit]Not really my special subject. But I'll do it within the next few days. ComputerJoe 21:03, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
- Actually, I'm finding Foundry (electronics) hard to clean-up. Could we both work on it. I've already moved it. ComputerJoe 19:21, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
That James fellow again
[edit]I talked with somebody who's familiar with alternative rock named C i d. Both of us agree that Reeves James barely merits a wikipedia article. C i d had never heard of him, and did not come up with any information at all on him after a search online. Also, James is actually not a current member of Sourjane, as far as C i d can tell. The article's been put on the list of proposed deletions. Mgummess 21:59, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
Cleanup taskforce
[edit]In regards to your message: You blanked the taskforce subpage for Witch-hunt and moved the comments to unassigned. Were you trying to move the entry to unassigned? Are you indicating you want to pass the task to another member of the taskforce? RJFJR 05:31, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
Yeah - sorry! I didn't realise what I was doing! I made a few changes and added a few things but I wasnt sure if there was anything else needed. --Banana.girl 06:14, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
Greetings, editor! Your name appears on Wikipedia:List of non-admins with high edit counts. If you have not done so lately, please take a look at that page and check your listing to be sure that following the particulars are correct:
- If you are an admin, please remove your name from the list.
- If you are currently interested in being considered for adminship, please be sure your name is in bold; if you are opposed to being considered for adminship, please cross out your name (but do not delete it, as it will automatically be re-added in the next page update).
- Please check to see if you are in the right category for classification by number of edits.
Thank you, and have a wiki wiki day! BD2412 T 03:11, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for the welcome
[edit]The talk page link does look nicer when it’s blue. ☺ —xyzzy_n 20:05, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
I've noticed your involvement in the Xanth pages, please check the talk page for a new project to update the Xanth world and potentially create a WikiProject. Thanks! --Avery W. Krouse 21:34, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
Cleanup
[edit]Hi, I am still awaiting on a few clarifications for Marathi_language. Meanwhile can you give me a couple more so i can work in tandem. Nivus 10:10, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Access my desk please and I need a new task Nivus|(talk)|(desk) 07:25, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
Algebraic syntax is probably in need of AfD or is at least a page needing attention. haz (user talk)e 18:24, 23 February 2006
Cleanup Taskforce
[edit]Just post them under individual headlines. I was away last week, so sorry. I'll get to work after I've done my emails etc. ComputerJoe 12:22, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know; I'll take a look at it. Flcelloguy (A note?) 16:08, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Barnstar
[edit]The Working Man's Barnstar | ||
I hereby award you this Working Man's Barnstar for your tireless work in the Cleanup Taskforce, and helping to make Wikipedia a better spelled and punctuated place. haz (user talk)e 20:44, 24 February 2006 |
Cleanup Taskforce
[edit]Damn - I thought I'd got away with it. It is quite a lengthy and hard to understand article. I'll do my best over the next few days though. I have to blog right now, so in a while.
Xanth
[edit]A long long time ago in a comment on the talk page of the Xanth series, you placed two links to pages that are redirects now. I was wondering if you would be offended if I removed the links (and left plain text). This is part of my effort to clean up stray links to redirect pages regarding the Xanth series. Please let me know on my talk page. Lady Aleena 21:21, 25 February 2006 (UTC) PS. I forgot to specify, the links were to Crunch and Dor. They are both handled elsewhere.
- Doesn't bother me. RJFJR 13:14, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
Acoustic cleaners
[edit]Hello RJFJR,
Thankyou for starting work on the above page. I would appreciate your comments on how to proceed with cleaning it up and making sure it is properly wikified.
Currently i can see 3 main areas to work on.
a. Not happy with 1st paragraph....it seems a bit too dry...but need to think more on this.
b. Reading through the whole article it seems a little to0 wordy....will see if i can simplify.
c. Wiki links...plenty more to create but this takes time as i have to try and find the appropriate wiki pages.
Is there any other guidance you can give me please?
Collieman 09:31, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice and prompt reply about using wiki links...and that is certainly something i can get on with. If you get time i would appreciate any comments on the wiki cleanup section...what else needs improving. All the best
Collieman 20:31, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for reviewing the article. I will continue to work on the internal links and also create a small page on bridging in Silos Collieman 10:39, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi RJFJR,
I know you've made some comments and edits on this article; I've requested peer review on it, and I particularly wanted to get feedback from you as you've seen the article before. Can you think of other areas I might find people to ask for review? Thanks! -- MatthewDBA 21:22, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
need help regarding the INVINCIBLE comic entry page!
[edit]i'm working with the series writer robert kirkman on a handbook of the invincible universe and would like to see if the person who wrote the invincible bio would like to contribute some more bios. were you the person who wrote the bio, if not, any help finding out who did? thanks in advance, dusty.
from User talk:Dustyabell
- No, I'm merely the first person to try to clean up the submission by User talk:24.70.95.203, an anonymous editor. I've left a message on that talk page suggesting getting an account and leaving a message on Talk:Invincible (comic). RJFJR 14:57, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
Bad times virus
[edit]Thanks for your note re removing the prod tag from the above page. I have no objection to the page remaining if people think it is useful. This seems to have a been a good example of the prod system working very well - I don't think this case would be worth the detailed consideration and time spent via afd. Kcordina 16:55, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Cleanup taskforce
[edit]I accept Spiritual marriage. Would it be okay if you reassigned Howard Bloom? Sophy's Duckling 20:03, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
- No prob. RJFJR 06:39, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
Thank You
[edit]Thank you for doing this. However, might I ask what article it was or is? It must have been a mistake on my part.
Neurophone article AFD
[edit]Someone is trying to delete this article, can you make a vote and write at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Neurophone. --JimmyT 11:53, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
FYI'ing you on this because you tagged the original author for clarification.
I'm blanking the article as a copyvio. The text is lyrics from the final song from the operetta Candide (operetta), which was created by Leonard Bernstein in 1956 and thus is still under copyright.--み使い Mitsukai 18:10, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
- No problem. Just found out the same goes for Venice Gavotte as well. I'm going to go over all the numbers in the Candide article just in case.--み使い Mitsukai 18:25, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
Re: Desk
[edit]Thanks for letting me know; I'll take a look at it soon. Flcelloguy (A note?) 02:53, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the Help
[edit]Thank you for the links, I'm still new to wiki and still trying to wrap my brain around some of the codes. You've been a big help. The Fading Light 11:04, March 20 2006
Foundry model
[edit]The article, is by far, too full of technical things. It needs a full rewrite, which is a daunting task. As you can see, I've assigned quite a lot of Wikipedians to it - but not many have contributed. Computerjoe's talk 18:11, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
clean-up
[edit]Sorry, RJFJR, I'm afraid I would like to pass it on. It's just that I prefer to be working on the areas of grammar and spelling. Thanks for the offer. Grammar-check 02:55, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Oh my god!!!
[edit]Wow...I signed up in november and I finally get my assignmet...Thanks...I will be right on it...Though probably on thursday or friday as I am going to be elsewhere tomarrow.:-) agian Thanks Very much!!!!:-)Eagle (talk) (desk) 04:51, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
- P.S. I was wondering if it were even still active....Thanks for proving to me otherwise
How do I tell you that I accepted??
[edit]ditto, the title...Do I need to indicate somewhere else other than my desk??Eagle (talk) (desk) 04:51, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
- P.S. Feel free to give me more...Science...chess...math...grammer...NOT ENGLISH!!:-) as in shakesphereEagle (talk) (desk) 04:59, 21 March 2006 (UTC)....But of course, in the English language:-/
- Well I'm Active and plan to stay that way...It's a shame that It took so long...but feel free to give me as many as you want...Ignore what my desk says. (just try to keep them in the subject area listed above...Especially the part about no poetry or plays)...Unless you want to clean up puke:-)Eagle (talk) (desk) 05:10, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
A8 Copyvio? I agree. So fix it! Doesn't mean that the dude can't have his own little non-copyvio stub. Deletion is not the issue. I happen to think he's NN and I prodded him for it before, but A8 should not result in deletion here, but in So Fix It. I posted {hangon}. Thanks. - the.crazy.russian (T) (C) (E) 19:30, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
- I listed it at CV and started the rewrite at the temp page. Looks notable to me. The rewrite needs further work to distance our version from the copyrighted website version. A8 was shorter than listing at CV. Anyways, fell free to work on Harvey phillips/Temp. RJFJR 20:52, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Azuth
[edit]It's ready to be closed. Computerjoe's talk 07:49, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
Toyota R engine - cleanup
[edit]You asked:
Can you tell me what Toyota R engine needs before its cleanup tag is removed? RJFJR 21:54, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
- According to the discussion page, it needs a photo of a Toyota R engine. I didn't set the cleanup myself. I've taken the opportunity to do some cleanup anyway. Not sure how successfully. It's not a particularly encyclopedic article. More of a catalogue really. I asked a guy who has a photo of the engine to donate it. Not a fantastic photo but it would do. Unfortunately he didn't get back to me. The webpage he has it on is here: http://toyotadyna.tripod.com/id5.html - manu3d 10:25, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
I know you didn't set the cleanup tag, but you are the person who's done the most lately to improve it; I just want your opinion on what more it needs or if the cleanup tag can be removed. (It's in the oldest month of cleanups, I'd just like to see that month go away, i.e. be finished). RJFJR 14:37, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
- I think the cleanup tag can be removed. It's not a strictly unclean article. But the article is not in a fantastic shape either. It's a list of technical details with no real introduction of the engine and its new characteristics. Unfortunately I do not have that sort of knowledge and I was addressing only the cleaning issue. We might want to substitute the cleanup tag with something that seeks more substantial content for it. I'm going to try to find an appropriate one and I'll specify some information and questions that would be nice to address in the article. - manu3d 17:21, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- (after a few minutes): I'd recommend to replace the cleanup template with an {{auto-part-stub}} template at the end of the article, with some notes in the talk page. Alternatively, I'd recommend an {{Expert}} template at the beginning. Or both! =) What do you think? - manu3d 17:44, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Stubbing it sounds good, although it's already pretty long. I don't know that there's a problem with the context. I wouldn't bother with the expert tag. Add the stub and clear the cleanup sounds enough to me. RJFJR 19:17, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- Stubbed with a {{auto-part-stub}} template. Added some guidance to the talk page for anybody coming along with the right knowledge. Ciao ciao! - manu3d 18:18, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Shamrock (comics) cleanup
[edit]I'm not at all familiar with or interested in this subject, so I'm not sure where to even begin on this one. Please reassign it. Thanks. --日本穣 17:50, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
Question
[edit]I see you posted something on User:Rovno's page, and I would like your advice about that user. He/she/it keeps reverting, without explanation, and refusing to respond, the page for the song Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'. This seems so trivial, I can only assume he's getting some peculiar joy out of this. I wonder what I should do about it. Wahkeenah 23:22, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
- Actually, that user's so-called "contributions" consist of pasting in copyrighted lyrics to songs from musicals. Who do I see about that? Wahkeenah 16:43, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for your note. Until this website truly qualifies as encyclopedic (which it is nowhere close to now), I do not intend to give any quarter to jerks. However, he has not reinstated the lyrics since I zapped them, so hopefully that's the end of it, although by still inexplicably deleting my comment about that one line it leaves an "article" consisting of basically one line saying that it's a song from "Oklahoma". Wahkeenah 02:33, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
- Oops, I was wrong. Now it's deleting the entire article. Good luck. Wahkeenah 02:43, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
- I dig it. I meant to say he was deleting the contents of the article. Wahkeenah 01:22, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
- Oops, I was wrong. Now it's deleting the entire article. Good luck. Wahkeenah 02:43, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for your note. Until this website truly qualifies as encyclopedic (which it is nowhere close to now), I do not intend to give any quarter to jerks. However, he has not reinstated the lyrics since I zapped them, so hopefully that's the end of it, although by still inexplicably deleting my comment about that one line it leaves an "article" consisting of basically one line saying that it's a song from "Oklahoma". Wahkeenah 02:33, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Question
[edit]In your greeting to me, you said that I might post to your page if needed. Well. I am playing with the corn bread article, intend to completely rewrite it, and at that time corn pone should disappear. But simply replacing a whole article seems not tha thing to do by just editing out the old and dropping in the new. Can one write an article and ask [you - editors ?] to comment first? And by the way, the latest edit there was minor, someone changed 'skillet bread' to 'skillet brea'. Is there such a term or why might someone have made that change?--Dumarest 12:28, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Wikibreak
[edit]Hello, I just wanted to let you know that I am going to be going on a long Wikibreak (real life decided to give me a rather painful bite in the behind, and I need to attend to it). If you can find other volunteers for Spiritual marriage and The butterfly that stamped, things would be good. Sophy's Duckling 05:18, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
Cleanup Taskforce
[edit]Regarding Wikipedia:Cleanup Taskforce/The Robot Ate Me. I suggested AfDing it, because I can not find any information anywhere. What are your thoughts? — Ilyanep (Talk) 18:33, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
- I don't have a lot of experience with WP:MUSIC. If it doesn't meet the criteria then I'd say go ahead and list it at AFD. RJFJR 02:31, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
- I would strongly oppose listing it at AFD, or if listed, would strongly argue keep. I have added substantial info to the article to sastify the notability, and on the Talk:The Robot Ate Me page shown how the band pretty definitively meets WP:MUSIC. I'm surprised Ilyanep said he could not find anything! It wasn't hard at all to find the qualifying info on them, actually. Amazon has a number of their albums for sale, cddb has the info on them, 205,000 google hits, several national tours, etc... Hope that helps. Please reply on the talk page for the band, I think that makes the most sense. ++Lar: t/c 15:04, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
- Can you expand the intro and description section of The Robot Ate Me? The article consists mainly of the discography section(s). Have they had ann special influence on their genre of music? RJFJR 15:08, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
- (replied to on RJFJR talk page, not mine, as I requested threads be kept together, so I'm not sure why a reply was left me on my talk page, but no matter... feel free to refactor this to the talk page for the band where it makes the MOST sense to be kept...) I could, yes, but it's not an area of interest for me, I don't really like them very much and there are WP:Beatles tasks I ought to be doing. I just happened to stumble onto the article in my travels. I feel I have satisfied the concerns raised about notability, but it's still a stub in my view. There is background info here: http://www.killrockstars.com/press/GER042/ including some review excerpts. If someone with interest wanted to, they could use that material to enhance the article. ++Lar: t/c 15:15, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
- Can you expand the intro and description section of The Robot Ate Me? The article consists mainly of the discography section(s). Have they had ann special influence on their genre of music? RJFJR 15:08, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello there. You have proposed the article Marty Makes Five for deletion without providing a reason why in the {{prod}} template. You may be interested to know that you can add your reasoning like that: {{prod|Add reason for deletion here}}. This will make your reasoning show up in the article's deletion notice. It will also aid other users in considering your suggestion on the Proposed Deletions log. See also: How to propose deletion of an article. Sandstein 14:31, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Benson Deng
[edit]I would like to pass on Benson Deng. Thanks. Bibliomaniac15 02:30, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
User tags
[edit]Hello and thank you for welcoming me to Wikipedia. I have a question for you: where do you find help on user {{}} tags? I mainly found them on other user's pages ; is there not an extensive list somewhere? Thanks. -- Jabial 06:50, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
- WP:UBX is the short cut to Wikipedia:Userboxes which has a list of userboxes. Is this what you are looking for? RJFJR 13:43, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry for bothering you, I found it myself shortly after asking you for it. But I think it's too hard to find and there should be a link to it in the example user page. Can I modify it to make it so? Jabial 13:50, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello again from ZPMMaker
[edit]Hey again. You may have noticed the change in my username, but it is still me. (we 'worked' together on Loung Ung last year..). Need your help. As you can see by my user page, I don't have the slightest idea as to making tables. I have looked at the help guide but still don't understand. Can you please help?!?! Thanks David P. A. Hunter 00:55, 25 April 2006 (UTC).
Welcome
[edit]Strange... why hiznasnt anyone given you a welcome template over all these months?
welcome
Hello, RJFJR/Archive1 n welcizzle ta wikipedia. Drop it like its hot! thanx fo` yo contribizzles. i hope you like tha place n decide ta stay wit da big Bo$$ Dogg. Hizzle is a few good links fo` brotha:
I hizzle you enjoy edit'n here n being a Wizzle! Pleaze sign yo name on rap pages using four tildes (Myrtone (the strict Australian wikipedian) 02:46, 9 May 2006 (UTC)); this wiznill automatically produce yo name n tha date. If you need help, chizzeck out Questizzles ask me on mah rap page, or place {{helpme}}
on yo rap page n someone will show up shortly ta drug deala yo questions. Again, welcome!Myrtone (the strict Australian wikipedian)
It needs sources and to be a little more de-techilised. Computerjoe's talk 06:45, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
Category Questions
[edit]Fine, I will try your page as you suggested. Categories now.
I have a few articles to write, but how are categories determined? How can I add categories, and how to find what categories exist that are relevant?
Now, actual entry - Gordon Bok. Categories are incomplete to say the least. He is a folksinger, composer of songs, and so on - none of the categories of that type are there.
Finally, Category:EMD locomotives. If you look at it you will find for example under 'S' the entry 'SD26' while all others there in the list are 'EMD SD**'. Similar under 'G'.
--Dumarest 15:58, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
Hibberts (Gore)
[edit]This is something I don't know how to do. The article is under Hibberts, but that is not the name, it is Hibberts Gore, some 20 miles north of me. Hibberts Gore is a Wiki name, but redirects to Hibberts. It should be the other way. Also, there was a link in that item on the word 'gore' which I have removed - the reference is to a road configuration which in not what the geographic item is - it is a small area of inincorporated land. --Dumarest 20:27, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
About Sky Blu
[edit]This is quick note to thank you for you edit of Sky Blu (the article I have recently written). I have also substantially edited the article for Rothera Research Station. I was wondering if you could have a look at it for me, and tell me if it is any good. Often find yourself wanting to contribute, but fumbling around in the dark over how to... and what... so any help and direction would be useful.... thanks Thanks for looking at Rothera...... much appreciated --Apacheeng lead
A little advice please?
[edit]Thanks for welcoming me and answering my question! I thought I should do something mildly helpful, and looked for a random article that I could improve somehow. I got to Intelligenceispower, which had a wikify tag, but after reading it, and googling it ("Intelligenceispower" only gets 123 hits, the top one of which is Wikipedia), I came to think that maybe it needed to be deleted instead. I don't want to make a mistake, so thought maybe you could let me know whether you think it would be ok to suggest it for deletion? Thanks Inner Earth 13:54, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry about the delay in replying. Intelligenceispower seems to have low notability. Someone has tagged it for prod, if no one objects in 5 days it will be deleted. If anyone objects it will have to go through WP:AFD. If it survives the prod because someone objects you can list it at or AFD or let me know and I'll do it for you. RJFJR 21:19, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
A belated thanks
[edit]I was sooo new a month ago, RJFJR 03:19, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Thomasmeeks 16:21, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Copy violation
[edit]Take a look at the talk page for Hog Farm. I have a note there, the wholesale deletion of the article for copy violation seems heavy handed, although as I note there the initial paragraph of the deleted part is a direct copy. But what is the process, if any, that I might follow - as noted in my question on that talk page? --Dumarest 18:42, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
- If only part of the article is a copyright violation you can rewrite that portion and restore the rest. RJFJR 14:02, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Hello
[edit]Just to say you hello. --Bhadani 16:12, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Merging Articles
[edit]Thanks for the "Welcome"! There are several articles that I think need merging, mostly on the topic of Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee. What is the best way to start a high-level discussion of this (preferably in ONE place, as I don't want to write it all several times) ? Please reply to my talk page. -- FClef 23:24, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
- If you are proposing they all be merged into the same article then I'd say put the discussion on the talk page of the article being merged to and put {{mergeto| templates on the articles being merged there. Hopefully the main article will get a lot of traffic. You can put a mergefrom tag on that page so people now to check the talk page. RJFJR 15:58, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Withdrawal from cleanup taskforce
[edit]After a slow and tortuous stint on WP:CT, I've decided cleanup is not my bag after all. You seem to be one of the caretakers of the project, so I'll let you know about my withdrawal so you can tie up any loose ends you need to.
- I've removed my name from all of the categories on the participants' list.
- I've moved my three articles from "Assigned" back to "Unassigned": Bosnian War, Pāli, Ken McElroy. These may not still qualify as cleanup projects, especially Bosnian War, because several editors have improved the articles significantly.
- I've also noted my withdrawal on each of their respective subpages.
- I've removed mention of the cleanup taskforce at my desk, but I plan to keep the subpage for my other pursuits.
Sorry I wasn't more enthused about the taskforce, but ya'll keep up the good fight, it's a noble job. - Draeco 03:07, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you for letting me know. RJFJR 15:54, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Long talk page
[edit]Greetings! Your talk page is getting a bit long in the tooth - please consider archiving your talk page (or ask me and I'll archive it for you). Cheers! BD2412 T 00:27, 17 June 2006 (UTC)