User talk:WhisperToMe/Archive3
Conestoga High SchoolSource:http://www.montgomerynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15923591&BRD=1597&PAG=461&dept_id=188818&rfi=6 Nasalandedonthemoon Faustus' Damnationit is noteworthy that the text of the play itself does not provide clear evidence for this. I use the text of the play as my argument that the text leaves it ambiguous as to whether or not he was damned. Like I said, his friends assume this is the case, but Marlowe leaves the fate of Faustus unclear. Sparknotes would never qualify as an acceptable citation where I went to college, but I admit that there is a lot of literature written about his damnation, but this follows from the assumptions made in the final scene of the play, assumptions that Marlowe clearly provides contradictory argumemt for within his play. I left a slightly more in depth explanation in The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus talk page. --starX 14:52, 1 December 2006 (UTC) Listen, this is hardly original research, I'm talking about what Marlowe actually wrote in the play. Forget anything that may or may not be true about Christian cannon, I'm talking about what's in the text of Dr. Faustus, nothing more, nothing less. In my original version, I was trying to make it clear that it is commonly argued that Faustus is damned. My point is that this is not clearly Marlowe's position based on what Marlowe wrote. --starX 20:04, 1 December 2006 (UTC) Ah, I understand your concerns now. For the moment I can only offer the rather lame answer that yes, I have stumbled across sources for this, but no, I don't happen to have them handy at the moment, and so I'm not citing them. That's why my edit to the original post about his damnation was limited to saying that while it may be argued that Faustus is damned, Marlowe himself leaves his fate ambiguous. I would, of course make the argument that he is saved, but recognizing that is an interpretation, I was merely looking to correct the article entry to indicate that, unlike Goethe's Faust, Marlowe leaves the state of his Dr. Faustus' soul for his audience to decide. --starX 22:06, 1 December 2006 (UTC) All over WikipediaWhen ever I'm looking at a wiki article... and I look at the history page... your name is on it... usually recently. Good job!!! But how the hell are you on all of these things? Sgarza 21:40, 4 September 2006 (UTC) Yay!Yay, indeed. ;P Highway Return to Oz... 18:11, 1 August 2006 (UTC) Case Closed Naming QuestionI think it is in a deadlock, if we combine the opinions in Talk:Case Closed and Wikipedia Talk:WikiProject Anime and Manga. I plan to invoke WP:RfC, and I want you to give an opinion for this. Samuel Curtis 09:56, 3 August 2006 (UTC) I have prepared a RfC thread draft in my user space: User:Samuel Curtis/Case Closed RfC. If you think a RfC is necessary, please check if the RfC is appropriate. Samuel Curtis 11:51, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
NarutoMy mistake. Still, western naming order is common among such series, regardless of what time period they may be placed in. For simple consistency if nothing else, they should be ordered that way. I would also point out that the qualifications for using a non-western order specifically notes "historical figure" as the qualifications, which the characters in this series surely aren't. – Someguy0830 (Talk | contribs) 21:34, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Stop vandalizing.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! A serious message - PLEASE READ
Wikipedia operates on the principle that every contributor has a right if they wish to remain completely anonymous. Wikipedia policy on that issue is strictly enforced. Posting private information about a user, specifically their (alleged) name and/or personal details, is strictly prohibited as harassment, and users who do that are often immediately blocked from editing Wikipedia. Such posting can cause offence or embarrassment to the victim of the posting, not least because it means that their name, and any personal criticism or allegations made against them can then appear on web searches. If you have posted such information, please remove it immediately. Please then follow the link to this page and inform people there that the information was posted (but crucially, do not repost it on that page). An admin or developer can then remove the information from the archives of Wikipedia. If you do not ensure that personal information you posted is removed from this site you may be blocked from editing this site. REMEMBER: Wikipedia's privacy policy is there to protect the privacy of every user, including you. I urge you to stop blatantly accusing me, and the constant vandalizing of my talk pages. Apparently you are not civil enough to get the message from edit text. Refrain from posting my contact information, as I didn't put them in WP for a reason. I hope that you will come to your senses and stop this nonsense. MonsterOfTheLake 02:25, 4 August 2006 (UTC) LinkSorry, didn't mean AI/V, meant WP:AN/I. — xaosflux Talk 02:36, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
RYULONG HarrasmentHi.. I too have been totally and utterly harrassed and wikibullied by RYULONG... two days ago... I was trying to bring up a topic on the JEREMY CLARKSON discussion page and he would just delete it every time I would paste it. Look HERE and you can see that he just kept deleteing it over and over so that I could NOT have it discussed. He was trying to paste a quote into the article where Jeremy had supposedly said that "Americans have sex with their cousins because that's what they do". He insisted that it should remain claiming that on Wikipedia you have to prove that someone DIDN't say something not that they DID. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT... the guy is a total fantasist and bully. These people were often bullied heavily at school. I deleted it and told him that he needed a SOURCE if he was going to claim something so controversial. Naturally I wrote about it on the DISCUSSION page and he just kept deleting it over and over and then started harrassing me and sending me smug emails and messages. Eventually I told him to F.O. right on his TALK page as you can see for yourself... so naturally he had me blocked and I just kept coming back with different IPs and correcting his INCEST fantasies. It was hilarious, eventually RYULONG and some other WIKIBULLIES tried to block all of my IPs and then My WHOLE RANGE of IPs. and I just kept coming back and coming back and correcting the page. I have over 30 different ISPs I can connect through so It was funny to see their smug little bullying attempts overridden and thwarted again and again. I burned the shit out of them. Eventually the ANTI-AMERICAN brigade were forced to go and PROVE teh quote by citing a SOURCE. As suspected, the actual sentence was NOTHING like the one that they were insisting that he "probably said". This guy is not a proper ADMIN is he? He needs to be sorted out anyway. A real problem for nice folk trying to keep the books FACTUAL. Any idea how to complain about his stalking and harrasment? My username is YourCousin but they have blocked me for a week for REVERTING the fals INCEST claims. Weird place huh? Anyway... you can reach me on my User Page if you have any ideas on who helps with Wiki-bullies? Ciao YourCousin--86.29.114.38 11:01, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Ryulong HAS been bullying and tried very hard to keep a false QUOTE on theJEREMY CLARKSON page. Using sock puppets I was able to force him through the aid of other editors, to acquire the ACTUAL quote and SOURCE it... what a criminal I am huh?! Ryulong on the other hand, repeatedly deleted my DISCUSSION TOPIC in his attempt to place the FALSE INCEST statement on the page. If you are going to quote someone claiming that they've made jokes about INCEST, then you should back it up with a source. Isn't WIKIPEDIA about accuracy and integrity? It's all there in black and white. Also - I did not email tons of users... I left messages on approx 4 pages. I thought I was messaging people that had problems with the guy too. AFTER I did that, I discovered that the guy had been nominated for ADMIN... this was really bad news. This all started with a group of Anti-American editors that PROTECT the Jeremy Clarkson page. Both incidents have since been corrected as I was relying on fact not ambigous anti-American information. I am not a BULLY. I am not politically motivated. I am not a vandal. My issues have been about FACTUALISING the political works of crooked admin who abuse the 3rr rule and cite PERSONAL ATTACK REACTION as personal attack. I hope you will actually look into this. You seem to have taken a great interest in it, why not be wholesome and fair and look into my claim? Thanks for reading. YourCousin --86.29.116.209 18:39, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
I have a proper USERNAME with nearly 2,000 edits. If I use that to communicate with you or edit the Jeremy Clarkson page, the ADMIN and editors there follow you around undoing your work and getting their ADMIN buddies to block you. So I have special IDs for such pages. Sorry. They made it that way. I DO NOT VANDALISE. Today, I tried to tell my VALID story on Ryulong's admin nomination page and his #3 supporter, MR LEFTY was there within 120 seconds to delete and censor my story. This is unfair. The whole vote is now unfair because of such censure. If you are not crooked, then please at least tell me, "YES, IT LOOKS LIKE HE DID THWART YOUR DISCUSSION AND TRY TO KEEP THE WRONG QUOTE IN THE PAGE"... that's all. That's how it all got started. I am 38 years old, I don't find INCEST as funny as Ryulong. Please respond. I would appreciate it. YourCousin--86.29.116.209 19:08, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
This all started because the page said that YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PASSPORT to buy a drink in USA and that machine guns are legal. This pissed me off because Anti American people in Britain thrive on this mis-information. My revert war with Ryulong was down to him wanting to keep a statement that said that ALL AMERICANS HAVE INCEST.. the quote was false, but he went al great lengths to keep it, stating that it didnt need a source. I think that if you say that someone else said that an entire COUNTRY(THE USA) has incest, that you should have to back it up. Isn't Wikipedia about FACT and ITEGRITY? The page now has the real quote which is not much better but at least it does not say it about ALL AMERICANS and at least it's a real quote with a real source! DUDE!! LOOK AT THE PAGE! PLEASE!!! I've been stitched up majorly!! YourCousin --86.29.116.209 19:35, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
YourCousin--86.29.118.28 20:33, 4 August 2006 (UTC) --86.29.118.28 20:33, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Ha Ha ha... he everybody its NTL!! hahahaa!!! I am on TESCO... it is run by NTL a huge COMMUNICATIONS company... I have 31 ISPs... 12 of them are run by NTL... My name is JASON SMITH I live in London... I am not hiding.. you want a phone call from me? Here is my warning template... this is far more effective then your pretend BLOCKS... KEEP FUCKING WITH ME AND I WILL RUIN YOUR WIKI experience... I have a shit list thats itchin for your name to go on it. You harrass and bulyl me and my valid complaint and I will undo everything you do with my 31 ISPs and all of their ranges for the next few moths,,, I am bored... I'm in bed for the rest of my life basically. This will be good fun. So think hard cunt! Do I seem liek a bluffer? Have I bullshitted yet? You are in the wrong and I suggest you back the fuck off now! YourCousin--81.174.214.220 20:55, 4 August 2006 (UTC) I just got your little threat about contacting my ISP... buddy this aint the states... this place is slooooooowww!!! you do your best!! you think you can make more trouble for me than I can for you? let me know... I'll start tonight. Let me know ASAP... Silence will be considered as: "YES YOUR COUSIN, DELETE, UNDO and MARK MY ARTICLES FOR DELETION FOR MONTHS TO COME" Try me little boy... You wont like it. Trace this IP now you cocksucker! YourCousin --81.174.214.220 20:58, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
YOU ARE OFFICALLY FUCKED. Goodbye. YourNightmare--86.29.125.157 21:04, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
YourCousin--81.174.209.116 21:13, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
YourNightmare RequestHi WhisperToMe, Can you please help me with this user? I'm pretty sure he's the banned User:Rovoam, and now he's stalking my edits and reverting them. Can you block him or something? Thanks. —Khoikhoi 22:24, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
re:Naruto naming debateLook, let's just agree to disagree. You're not going to change my mind, and it's very clear that I won't able to change yours. Let's just keep this on the debate page rather than cluttering up our talk pages. --NeoChaosX (talk | contribs) 04:53, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
SorrySorry about the whole Satoshi Tajiri thing.
REPMARTThe Repmart connection was made over 3 weeks ago. You are slow. You will never be a detective, never. I have never hidden who I am. My name is Jason. I am Jason Smith. I run over 15 websites for different people. Repmart is owned by a client of mine who I used to be in a band with. If you have been there you will see that it is funny audio. I only happened to use the email address because I needed one. You see REPMART and YourCousin and YourOtherCousin are all sock puppets of my real account which has no problems and nearly 2,000 edits. Your crooked friend that you are sticking up for, Ryulong, tried to harrass me, initmidate me, revert everything I did. Now I am returning the favor. you see young man, when you edit pages that politically motivated editors watch, you can get into trouble editing their work. Like if someone says that ALL AMERICANS HAVE INCEST which is what the argument was about. Lets say you think thats too controversial to say without having a SOURCE and you decide to delete it... well, Ryulong and his buddies chase you down and undo all of your work, they mark your articles for deletion and they have their admin friends block you for false crimes. This is why I cannot use my proper ID. I find this works very well. I have 31 different sets of ISPs... NTL run a few of em.. and eleventygadjillion ranges of IPs. If someone wants to invite me into their life then I'll play the games!! It's good fun. If I make some contribution and someone reverts it, it doesnt really bother me... but when they message me saying "IM LAUGHING OUT LOUD" and then wikistalk me, I'm gonna fuck em up. I know you have taken much interest in me and in return, now me in you... but what have you done? Told people that some of my IPs are with NTL? Repmart.com? I hear lots of stink from you but no substance... When are you gonna score a point of of me? I'm buring the shit out of you... Don't you care? You're totally fizzled! Anyway... I made you a promise last night and you are definitely on my shit list... I just have a smaller fish to fry now.. so hang on! GFYM--86.29.124.160 17:20, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
THREATSI would ask Ryulong if I make threats. I'm taking a break now. Bored. His RFA is looking dire. I hate my game. Will you also let me add the same with Westchase, Houston, Texas. I did and it was reverted as "redundant" because Westchase, Florida is an unincorporated area west of Tampa. I believe that if it's listed here it should be listed in the Texas page. --Moreau36 03:28, 6 August 2006 (UTC) Cypress Woods HS
Okay thanks. But I can't imagine there would be much to say about the school for a few years. Perhaps it would be best to develop some information on the school district page until it can become a solid, stand-along article? — RJH (talk) 16:31, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Yes that makes perfect sense to me. The school district pages are usually much more resistant to deletion attempts, so they're a good place for accumulating brief school descriptions. — RJH (talk) 16:36, 6 August 2006 (UTC) Re: Current TV show templateThe template says that "This article is about a TV show", which is misleading when the article is also about a comic. My main point is that the template is horribly redundant tho, the lead section and/or the infobox tells the reader that it is a current TV show, there's just no point in having that big template. A better solution for this would be to nominate that template for deletion, which I'm going to do soon. --Conti|✉ 16:44, 6 August 2006 (UTC) CheeseHey man, well, news reports aren't the best place to get information on illegal drugs. Has the DEA written anything about this? - FrancisTyers · 21:01, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
The citation after the "Hispanic..." isn't reliable enough to have the sentence as it is currently. It should be changed to something such as "Authorities believe Hispanic teenagers form the highest users of Cheese, but complete research on Cheese usage and ethnicity is still yet to be done." Or completely remove the sentence to keep neutrality and reliability. Also, "A 16-year old at the academy stated that Thomas Jefferson High School is the "main school" for the Cheese trade [8]." is not a realiable source as to which school is the "main school" as no research has been done on the availability of Cheese in different schools; the students opinion isn't realiable enough to be kept on Wikipedia. [hearsay] FreakOut GiveIn 18:18, 28 February 2007 (UTC) "And what if a media source, such as ABC News, repeats the student's claim? Are you saying that it is no more reliable, in this case? WhisperToMe 18:21, 28 February 2007 (UTC)" ABC is just reporting what the student said - in no way did they verify the student's statement. (At least that is how it appears.) Agree? I doubt they did any research on whether or not the student's comment was accurate.. what you think? FreakOut GiveIn 19:19, 28 February 2007 (UTC) Emailing the author is an OK idea, and it is the only way to surely know if ABC/Anna has done research on the student's comment (and the Hispanic comment). But, I would highly doubt any valid research was done, as it seems it would have required more effort than it seems to be worth to ABC/Anna. FreakOut GiveIn 21:29, 28 February 2007 (UTC) Ok, good email IMO, should be somewhat useful. Hopefully there is a decent response with information and not just a "Yes". Now, "Hispanic teenagers formed the group that usually consumed Cheese [4]." Just because the Hispanic teens are being caught the most doesn't mean they are the ones usually consuming cheese. Maybe change it to what you suggested, "Most kids caught with Cheese are Hispanic teenagers" - fits the bill since the police department should know who is caught with Cheese, thus making that statement reliable. FreakOut GiveIn 21:48, 28 February 2007 (UTC) Ok, the email didn't validate anything, so I just say leave that sentence out of the article; it isn't that important anyway overall. FreakOut GiveIn 03:19, 1 March 2007 (UTC) SouthwoodHow'd you know all that Southwood Middle information? Tamajared 23:50, 8 August 2006 (UTC) Saddam HusseinWe don't have to meet a quota for filling up space in long articles with images. If the photo is not of encyclopedic value to the particular section in which it is added, inserting any random propaganda shot of Saddam merely discourages editors from finding relevant and inserting photos, like the picture of him meeting Cuellar. 172 | Talk 05:22, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
I see your point; the images are interpreted in starkly different ways in different political cultural contexts. Still, I think it's a bit too abstract for the purposes of writing a basic encylopedic entry. I think we should re-upload the Cullar image, or find another more directly relevant image, for the section. 172 | Talk 05:43, 10 August 2006 (UTC) I'd prefer if they were not reinserted. The images would just serve to provoke an emotional response, while being of no informative value without clear contextualization. 172 | Talk 05:45, 10 August 2006 (UTC) Poe Elementaryoh, I did not notice the other article. Thanks Hmains 16:23, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Fan Fiction nominated for an Article Improvement DriveSince you've edited fan fiction, I figured you'd want to know that the article has been nominated for an Article Improvement Drive. :) Runa27 23:18, 11 August 2006 (UTC) Johnny Knight sockpuppetsHi there, I posted this message on Jaranda's talkpage but (s?)he is on Wikileave right now; you were one of the admins who had posted anything on the current page, so I decided to leave this with you. A user calling himself Johnny Knight and many variations thereof has been creating sockpuppets, some which attack Jaranda. He has already posted taunting messages on Jaranda's talkpage, and is back with a fresh pile of socks. Here is a list I found on the new users log:
It's ugly, but would you like to take care of this? Cheers, — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 04:14, 12 August 2006 (UTC) Reply from MarhadiasaWho is Tong Li? HISD Admin bldg imageHello, on the Houston, Texas article you replaced the Lamar HS image with one of the new HISD administration bldg. This is a good image, however it seems to be slightly out of focus. Would you have another image that is sharper and perhaps closer to the building? Thanks! Postoak 19:14, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Re: MegatokyoYou know, what's really going on is that you and I have totally different opinions, and that the official guidelines are going to be no help in figuring out what should really be done. I am not right, and neither are you--we need to discuss this on the merits of what would serve the article, not who's the best at following the rules. Express your viewpoint on the talk page, and maybe we and everyone else can reach a consensus on what to do. But don't just keep parroting the same thing about the style guide, because I understand you perfectly and just don't agree. Time for a different approach. (And not in my talk page.) --Masamage 17:46, 17 August 2006 (UTC) Megatokyo naming conventionsI do see the issue, yes, but I think the footnote is adequate to address it (especially when the alternate order is also written next to the Japanese spelling). Honestly, I think you're making a mountain out of a molehill here, and I want to see the article featured. --L33tminion (talk) 20:18, 18 August 2006 (UTC) Re: MTI already saw your comments in the MT talk page. Quite frankly, I don't care to discuss proper usage of the phrase "your opinion." I don't know where you got the idea that you get to dictate my use of the language. You're using an ambiguity in the rules to support your point. Using actual rules is a matter of right and wrong--using gaps in them is a matter of opinion. Any more than that, I have no time or patience to have an argument of semantics. I don't want to talk to you about this or anything else, and I'll thank you to keep the dicussion in the Talk:Megatokyo page and completely on topic. --Masamage 23:16, 18 August 2006 (UTC) Another naming convention problemChaosSorcerer91 insists on moving the Yugi Mutou article to Yugi Muto because of how it's spelled in the anime. I tried explaining the whole manga naming thing, but he's not paying attention. We've already moved and removed the article about 3 times now. The Splendiferous Gegiford 18:28, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Hooray, more naming problems. -_- This time on the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX media and release information page. Just read the comments in the history page and tell me if that makes any sense to you. The Splendiferous Gegiford 17:40, 22 August 2006 (UTC) M-DCPS LinkHey, the link you just added to M-DCPS only works on internet explorer, apparently. Should we put a disclaimer on it, or just remove it completely? -- SmthManly / ManlyTalk / ManlyContribs 22:53, 23 August 2006 (UTC) Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, Houston City Council member and candidate for Congress from Houston/Sugar LandPlease review the debate on this article for deletion and provide your opinion please: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shelley Sekula-Gibbs. Thank you. --Getaway 22:19, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Edit summariesYou know Wikipedia has that edit summary field for a reason, right? :) It'd be wonderful if you'd use it more often, especially considering how long you've been around here.--chris.lawson 03:07, 28 August 2006 (UTC) Comair Flight 191No, Delta doesn't disagree -- Delta simply included that information to allay the general public's fear that any crash must be due to parts falling off the plane. In reality, very few (I can't cite a figure at the moment as my copy of the Nall Report is on the desk at work) aircraft accidents are due to maintenance issues, and until the NTSB decides that maintenance issues are relevant to this accident, I don't see why we should confuse the issue by saying what didn't cause it. Terrorism didn't cause it, either. Neither did a rabid badger attacking the flight crew. I don't see either of those possibilities mentioned in the article. ;) --chris.lawson 04:30, 28 August 2006 (UTC) Comair imageCan you supply anymore info to back up "He has agreed to license it under GNU specifically for Wikipedia" for Image:StuartN431CA.jpg? Perhaps a copy of the email on the talk page (with personal details removed)? Remember that a GNU licence allows other sites, not just Wikipedia to use the image as they please - is the photographer aware of this? Thanks/wangi 22:11, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
I never asked, given that copyright-but-wikipedia-can-use is deprecated... Probably more worthwhile to drop a note to Hawaiian717, from the talk page:
Thanks/wangi 21:54, 29 August 2006 (UTC) School of the WoodsI moved it to the article page proper (it had been on the talk page). Make sure the admins who delete potential copyvios know it's out there ... sometimes they really don't bother to look. And save the text in case it does get deleted sight unseen. Daniel Case 02:57, 6 September 2006 (UTC) Oh boy, One Piece time.I really think it's time for the One Piece articles to be cleaned up the same way the Naruto articles have been. I've already made a request about it in theAnime and Manga WikiProject. I really think one of the main things that needs to be done first is a formal page move discussion similar to Naruto Uzumaki's for Roronoa Zoro to finally settle that dispute once and for all. Would you be willing to help in this? There's also this too. The Splendiferous Gegiford 05:06, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Actualy, what you cited actualy states that it too, is a guideline. (Justyn 01:54, 20 September 2006 (UTC))
I can tell you this; I am upset with ANY name changes, because they were not the names given by Oda. Changing names to fit in with linguistic limitations is one thing, but changing the name because they want to is completely different. (Justyn 03:13, 26 September 2006 (UTC)) Belli/Berries/BerriOda has written it as both "Berri" and "Belli" on the currency in the manga. "Belli" is one of the native official terms, and is used more (turns up more results, look at what I put in the talk page). Even Kaizoku-Fansubs uses Beli (with one "L"). (Justyn 02:47, 26 September 2006 (UTC))
Berries
Belli/Berri
(Justyn 03:03, 26 September 2006 (UTC))
Fish-Men/FishmenIf you mean the "Shichibukai" thing, then it's because the page itself uses "Shichibukai", almost all of the One Piece pages use "Shichibukai", the guidelines on the matter say "Shichibukai" should be used. If it's changing "Fish-men" to "Fishmen", it's because there is a suttle difference in the meanings. And I think the hyphen looks a bit awkward here, mostly dealing with how in makes the word pronounced. (Justyn 01:01, 29 September 2006 (UTC))
TfD nomination of Template:Los Angeles USDFor the reasons that I stated at Template talk:Los Angeles USD, Template:Los Angeles USD has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. BlankVerse 20:35, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
BleachWell, the first time I ever watched Bleach was the dub premiere last Saturday, so I don't know how much help I'd be in editing the articles. The Splendiferous Gegiford 21:31, 13 September 2006 (UTC) RE Riki Takeuchi redirectsNo problem on that. Thanks for just doing it. —— Eagle (ask me for help) 21:14, 14 September 2006 (UTC) WP:ANIME policy?WP:ANIME's statements are derived from the two existing guidelines, Use English, which states "If a native spelling uses different letters than the most common English spelling (eg, Wien vs. Vienna), only use the native spelling as an article title if it is more commonly used in English than the anglicized form." WP:MOS-JP reaffirms this principle, with its ". An English loan word or place name with a Japanese origin should be used in its most commonly used English form in the body of an article, even if it is pronounced or spelled differently from the properly romanized Japanese." All the official policies give a caveat for more common usage. Zoro is at its proper location. --tjstrf 02:25, 20 September 2006 (UTC) Regarding the Going Merry name change, yes, I do have objections, for the same reason Zoro was not moved, and the same reason I'm supporting the move to "Shichibukai". Also, the reasoning given in my summary is in the discussion page. Lordshmeckie 02:58, 20 September 2006 (UTC) Regardless of what you feel is best for the "Average Joe", the policy is what it is, no matter what technicalities you want to use. The "Average Joe" will hardly be as confused as you seem to think they will, considering the "Average Joe" can easily see all the (referred to as ______ in the English adaptations), as well as the fact that their search will be redirected. Most casual One Piece fans not aware of the original version will probably already notice a glaring amount of changes beyond names, anyway (i.e. plot points and deaths), so the terms "Shichibukai" and what have you will be the least of their suprises. Regardless of how you feel about the names and fanbase, the policy is what it is. Lordshmeckie 03:15, 20 September 2006 (UTC) Your arguments are grossly flawed, for a few reasons. One, your examples were terrible, as "Pokemon" is a FAR more used term by English speakers than "Pocket Monsters", while the altered One Piece terms are not. Going with that, Pocket Monsters was changed to Pokemon by the creator(s) of the franchise (Nintendo), while the One Piece changes were done by an outside source (Viz and 4Kids). Also, for whatever reason, you seem to believe this policy means that every Japanese name ever must be used over the English one. Paying attention to the argument of the other side reveals that this is a matter of a more commonly used name, and the other side has been able to produce a great deal of evidence that the original terms are, indeed, more used than the adaptations. In fact, one could argue that the majority of fans of the series use, and are more familiar with, the Japanese terms. This is factoring in dub only fans vs. sub fans, as well. Also, one could argue that the information is more accurate when using the the original names of people and places allocated by the author, and creator of said people and places. The reasoning is there in bulk. Why you seem so dedicated to this "cause", when its primary supporters are you and one other guy, is beyond me. Lordshmeckie 03:35, 20 September 2006 (UTC) How do you know that all English-speakers generally prefer the fan base terms? That's very hard to prove. Google hits only show website put up by hardcore fans. And those websites came first, so they were listed first. I can understand if "Zoro" is more well-known, because officially it did come first. But with the others... not really. What you said was directly contradicted by the outcome of the Naruto naming order dispute. The editors chose to use the Western order, something seen in the dub TV show and the English-language spinoff novels, instead of the Japanese order used by the internet fan base. WhisperToMe 03:40, 20 September 2006 (UTC) Another flawed argument, as there is a MASSIVE difference between the arrangement of a given name and family name, and the complete alteration of a name or term. Name order is one thing, but when a name is completely changed, that's a whole different story. Also, I never said "all" speakers prefer it. Please read what I say. And, again, you try to write off proof backing the name changes as the acts of "hardcore fans" (most of which are not "hardcore" by any means, but simply preferring the original terms, or just unaware of 4Kids' changes in some cases), but again, the policy is what it is, no matter how much disdain you appear to have towards the series' fanbase. The Japanese terms are more popular and more used, so they qualify. Lordshmeckie 03:46, 20 September 2006 (UTC) The underlying principle is the same. See, Naruto's naming order issue does not technically fall under the MOS because Naruto is a manga (and features fictional characters) and because Naruto is not set in modern-day Japan. So, how did we come up with this decision to choose Western order? EASY! "We" chose that based on what "we" thought was more commonly used. Did the "Oh, the long time fans" excuse work here? Nope. Read the talk pages of the dispute, and you will know what I mean. Wikipedia cannot have a double standard in place, Lordshmeckie. WhisperToMe 04:15, 20 September 2006 (UTC) You seem to pick-and-choose what helps your points, ignoring what counters it. The underlying principle is not the same, actually, because, as I said, this is given-name-family-name vs. a complete name change, which is far more likely to confuse people, convolute matters, and simply cause information to be distored, in a sense. Also, the actions of some "we" don't concern me. I'm a man of facts, and the facts show that the Japanese names are more used in general, according to Google, than the English ones. There is no double standard; the One Piece sections are (barring any changes you or Geg make) following Wikipedia's naming policy, and that's that. As unhappy about it as you may be, the Japanese terms are more commonly used, and proof has already been given by others besides myself. And, if I'm not mistaken, the Naruto section does use the actual translation of the "jutsu"s over the names given in the English adaptations, so using the Naruto section to further your argument doesn't help. Lordshmeckie 04:26, 20 September 2006 (UTC) You seem to believe that because you've edited information on Wikipedia longer than other seemingly makes you right. I certainly hope I'm misunderstanding you, because that kind of viewpoint is elitist, and downright laughable. In any case, I'll state it again, for the hundredth time; the policy says to use the most commonly used version of a name, official English or otherwise. I tha snothing to do with picking everything Japanese; for example, Mr. 2 Bon Clay is used over Mr. 2 Bon Kurei, even though the latter is his official romanization. Why? Because Bon Clay is the more familiar, and commonly used, name. And if you're so in touch with Wikipedia's audience, and the average joe, or whatever else you claim, than I certainly look forward to you going over EVERY anime series section, and changing everything in them to match all English adaptations. How would I do it? The way it's done now (save the changes made by you and the more "enlightened" veterens, or whatever you're trying to sell me). Most commonly accepted romanizations used, regardless of what Viz or 4Kids or anyone else uses. If there's a dispute, prove which one is either most used, or in extenuating circumstances, more accurate (in case of a mistranslation or what have you). It doesn't matter what you choose to acknowledge, or what loopholes you ro anyone else may try to use, or whatever internet seniority you may have, the policy states what it states, and if it can be proven that one term is used and/or recognzied far more than the other (i.e. search engines, etc.) than the more recognized name should be used. Frankly, as I've said before, your "crusade" to change everything to suit English adaptation alterations is quite baffling. There really was no problems before; most familiar names used, with other names for clarification (i.e. the mention that Zoro is called Zolo in the English adaptations, or that Oda ramanized Bon Clay's name as Bon Kurei). The only way I could see it getting absurd is if Japanese terminology got out of hand, and began to clutter up the pages (i.e. One Piece fans integrating "nakama" into the articles), but attack and character names hardly constitute this. Lordshmeckie 07:53, 21 September 2006 (UTC) United ISDWell several UISD elementary and middle schools reside in the inner portion of town, so it's up to the City of Laredo Aerial Department to verify this information. I'll request information and have it finalized. Edit: [2] The image shown above shows the areas that each district serves for the city. It might be probably true that UISD serves outer portions... but let's just say that in the end it serves all of Laredo and Webb County ;) By the way, I do live in Laredo. Silver SpringOK, thanks for the explanation. Bolivian Unicyclist 11:58, 26 September 2006 (UTC) I'm not sure if I've contacted you about this before, but I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for blanking your template earlier (and the comment that went along with the school edits). I wasn't very sure of the standard Wiki procedure because I really only edit my school's Wiki (Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies), and later could not find how to suggest a template for deletion (and I figured that you could always just get the template back anyways from a previous edit). I think I was just a bit annoyed because most of the time the template was bigger than the school's Wiki entry, and yet wasn't all-inclusive, and was from someone outside LAUSD (although in reality that shouldn't matter at all, especially not on Wikipedia). But that gave me absolutely no right to blank your template, so I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry for that. Thank you for being pretty well tempered with me on this. ^_^ Take care. (And I was looking for a way in which to contact you more privately, but this was what I found, so if there is a better way, please tell me ^_^;)
Houston PortalYeah i caught that-- i took off my tag.--Twintone 23:26, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I've noticedIt's all because they changed the wording on one of the rules on WP:ANIME. But basically, I've gotten tired of dealing with One Piece fanboys who worship a manga-ka as their One True God. The Splendiferous Gegiford 03:06, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
KISD controverseyIt is a notable controversy the student body is angry at the suppression of information. The image proeved the districts policy. Andman8 17:53, 30 September 2006 (UTC) this along with 500,000 other articles no not have sources, but unsourced statement do not mean they are false. Andman8 21:16, 30 September 2006 (UTC) Shueisha
One Piece TalkLet me finish my opinions with a signature before you add yours. And yes the fruits are called Devil fruits in the manga. However, not all of the fruits 4kids uses are called Devil Fruits. It's only a presumption that they will all be called Devil fruits. The proof is the Smoke Smoke Fruit, its Plume Plume fruit in the manga. While its not sure if Viz will use other names, its not sure either if they will use all 4kids names.CalicoD.Sparrow 01:47, 4 October 2006 (UTC) Dallas and Plano TemplatesSorry about that. Thanks for fixing it. --Longhornsg 03:30, 4 October 2006 (UTC) Innocent ChildrenJust because the media has reported personal information about innocent children doesn't mean that it is right and that it needs to be repeated on wikipedia. Wikipedia has many more visitors than any newspapers web-site. I would really appreciate it if you do not add their personal information again and I am sure that I am not the only person that feels this way. Others have removed other personal information about his family. If someone in your family had done something like this would you like your place of work or residence published on the internet? I think not. Dincher 23:46, 4 October 2006 (UTC) Besides the human aspect of this article and the obvious emotions that arise from it, I think we should think about the "encyclopedia" aspects of this situation. I don't think that the information about where Roberts children go to school is relevant in the context of important facts about this situation. Maybe this detail is important for the short term, but twenty or thirty years from now when this story is revisited will it be relevant then? Will somebody really care to know the name of his children's Elementary School? No. They will just want to know who Roberts was, what he did, and why he did it. Dincher 04:06, 5 October 2006 (UTC) MacronisationKyushu and Kyūshū are the same word, although probably only the unmacronised version appears in the dictionary, as you pointed out. The issue is whether or not to use the macronised version on Wikipedia. The WP:MOS-JP indicates that for very common Japanese words, the unmacronised version should be used (eg. Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto) but for less common words, the macronised version should be used to aide pronunciation (eg. Tesshō Genda, Ōita Prefecture). Note that you will also find Oita in the MW dictionary. The survey over at the MOS page is more about where to draw the line between common and non-common. Bobo12345 05:23, 6 October 2006 (UTC) Yu Yu HakushoYou posted something on my talk page about YYH quite a while ago, and I just got it. (Sorry.) But I'm confused about what you meant. Could you elaborate? Plus±Minus 17:36, 6 October 2006 (UTC) Ridership Data for HoustonConsult List of United States light rails sytems by ridership and its references for data that Houston's METRORail is the eleventh most ridden US system. Mr. HandsWe're not censored in general, but this is content that's illegal in many jurisdictions, probably including Florida. We wouldn't link to images of child pornography, because it's illegal, and bestiality porn is also illegal. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 03:25, 8 October 2006 (UTC) NamesActually, yes. Referring you back to your Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_for_Japan-related_articles, I quote: Macron usage in the name of a modern figure should adhere to the following, in order of preference: 1. Use the official trade name if available in English/Latin alphabet; 2. Use the form found in a dictionary entry from a generally-accepted English dictionary; 3. Use the form publicly used on behalf of the person in the English-speaking world; 4. Use the form publicly used on behalf of the person in any other popular Latin-alphabet-using language (French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, and Dutch, or variations); or 5. If none of the above is available, use the macronned form.
By the way, the example Jun'ichirō Koizumi fails their guide. From #1 you get the macron version. I can not think of a single example where option 5 would not be chosen.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Bendono (talk • contribs)
Because it serves as valid redirect? Creating redirects isn't something that AfD needs to be muddled with. Interrobamf 04:16, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Your user pageHi. I came across this on your user page: <Demi> Just as the Eskimos have 49 words for snow, the Japanese have 120 terms for old people stabbing each other over minor slights. Note: See http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20060616p2a00m0na012000c.html [02:13] <ViciousGuy> Do any of you know of someone who was in a 7-11 when it was robbed? [02:14] <deepshuck> or a 9-11 when it was WTCed I think it is unencyclopedic, does not contribute to our purpose in this project, and may give offence to people. Would you care to remove it please? The link seems to be dead too. Thanks in advance. --Guinnog 05:02, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Guinnog asked me to look at the userpage quote and I would prefer if you take it down. I can't see what purpose it serves. Thanks.--MONGO 06:45, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Where are there fansubs on arlongpark? There are offsite links there to untranslated chapters. There's no material being hosted that is significantly more copyright-restricted than on other linked fan sites. Please enlighten. Re: Kinkaid School vandalismRe your message: Why am I not surprised? With school back in session, all the high school vandals are showing up. Apparently, nobody from Kinkaid edits Wikipedia because St. John's didn't get much of the attack vandalism like Kinkaid did. Looks like everything has settled down (that semi-protect helped, I'm sure). -- Gogo Dodo 02:31, 16 October 2006 (UTC) This user wants you to take a look at his block. Mangojuicetalk 13:01, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Takuma AoiI've created an article for Takuma Aoi (BRII). Go check it out, and fill the sections! ;) I'll provide more screenshots in the meanwhile. --Henrickson 01:37, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Episcopal High SchoolThanks for pointing that out. Definitely feel free to re-add it. There was just so much vandalism to revert, that I reverted back pretty far. I probably just didn't notice that some legit content had been added in the middle of all of that vandalism. Thanks for being on top of that. Mwelch 23:49, 20 October 2006 (UTC) User:Mewtwo4Can you help me and Drake on this case because he keeps taking out the card lists in Taken by Storm, Part 1. Glenn Browne 22:51, 23 October 2006 (UTC) Kinkaid SchoolDisappointing that it got interest again so soon after unprotection. It's history prior to protection suggests it is normally no more exciting than any other school article. Maybe someone was watching, or maybe we just got unlucky today. If you reckon the vandalism is beyond what can readily be handled, then I guess protecting it will have to be done. It's still worth seeing if/for how long it can be unprotected though. A locked-down article doesn't say much for the wiki concept to the school kids/staff who might come across it. -Splash - tk 23:07, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Regarding "Liberty"Realistically, he needs a "time out." Seriously, why does one need to get so worked up over a bloody article? I can understand if he is upset over a possible bias or what have you, but there is no need to go after an editor if they revert their changes if the edits are in violation of WP policy. If he is so familiar with WP, he'd understand that I only did one revert to his changes, and any subsequent changes besides what has been made in my own user page and talk page have been made by others. Do I feel that he should be unblocked? Not right now, no. Can he be allowed to return? Why not? If he contributes in a manner constructive and in accordance to WP policies, then by all means. :: Colin Keigher 04:44, 26 October 2006 (UTC) Image tagging for Image:New_Tokyo_International_Airport_0001.jpgThanks for uploading Image:New_Tokyo_International_Airport_0001.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the source and creator of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the source and creator of the image on the image's description page, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided source information for them as well. For more information on using images, see the following pages: This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 08:33, 28 October 2006 (UTC) Houston portalPlease visit Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates if you have the time. You do know that you got me hooked on this thing..lol. I nominated Portal:Houston and would appreciate your feedback. Thank you, Postoak 04:08, 29 October 2006 (UTC) Your messageDear WhisperToMe, I found your message in my talk page. Sorry, I didnt understand, what you mean with MOTL? Please explain it. Regards. Mustafa AkalpTC 11:08, 31 October 2006 (UTC) 204.108.250.222It's true, but as a graduate of said high school, I've personally verified that that's the IP for pretty much every computer that students have access to. --Goobergunch|? 06:26, 2 November 2006 (UTC) Houston ProjectI noted the Houston portal indicates that one of the things on it's "to do" list is to establish a Houston WikiProject. Have you considered listing a proposed project at Wikipedia:WikiProject/List of proposed projects? Also, I think there is an automatic "basic" project generator at User:Aguerriero/Proposal you could use to get a provisional project page going. I wouldn't be able to really contribute much, knowing nothing about either Texas or Houston, but I do believe it would be a good idea. Good luck in any event. :) Badbilltucker 16:22, 2 November 2006 (UTC) Re: Keiko Onuki/InoueI have looked through the Manga to see if the name “Inoue” is used. I can not see it anywhere in the dialogue. It might be mentioned somewhere in the artwork though. Really though if you want my opinion, the name Keiko Inoue should just be ignored, Onuki is specified in the novel and unless a character has been specifically changed and had a personality change (such as Sakamochi and Kamon) we should just stick to the novel. Compared to Keiko’s actions and effect on Kawada, whether the manga changed her name a little or not is trivial. But that's just my opinion and not the point. The point is I myself have not seen that name mentioned. Urrgh5591 18:21, 3 November 2006 (UTC) In answer to your last question, No I did not read the Japanese version. I can not read Japanese. But basically all I was saying was I just went through it because I could not rember it being specified and I could not find it. I just thought you should know. Urrgh5591 10:18, 4 November 2006 (UTC) Ok in that case it probably is, leave it, I just did not see it. Urrgh5591 17:00, 4 November 2006 (UTC) Haverford Middle School(Copied from my talk page for your convenience. -S.) 1. The middle school shared a campus with the high school when it began in the 1930s.. then the high school got its own campus in the 1950s. 2. Now that the school district article exists, there are two options for HMS - Either keep it as is, or redirect to the district article. WhisperToMe 05:02, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Dear WhisperToMe,I'm looking for experts on Wikipedia to contribute to the Virtual classroom, for the benefit of others who visit the page to learn. It's a place where Wikipedians can share experience and learn from each others' example. We will be covering many subjects, and currently we are comparing the user interfaces we each use to work on and navigate Wikipedia. Interiot has been kind enough to help get things started by describing some tools and techniques he uses, and I hope you will too. The Transhumanist 05:55, 7 November 2006 (UTC) Image copyright problem with Image:EmiratesA345.PNGThanks for uploading Image:EmiratesA345.PNG. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy). The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: Please specify the copyright information and source on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, or ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. ed g2s • talk 22:22, 7 November 2006 (UTC) WikiProject HoustonWikipedia:WikiProject Houston has been established to encourage collaboration between the editors of the Houston, Texas article and related articles. Please stop by and become a participant! Thank you, Postoak 05:16, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Peer review is in progess for Houston, Texas at Wikipedia:Peer review/Houston, Texas/archive1. Please participate with the article improvement suggestions that will soon follow. Thanks, Postoak 00:04, 6 December 2006 (UTC) Please see proposal December 27, 2006/Featured article nomination at Wikipedia:WikiProject Houston/Administration. Thank you, Postoak 20:40, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
I liked your first idea better! [7] [8] [9] [10] - those are the ones he didnt revert Glen 03:51, 10 November 2006 (UTC) Hercule/Mr. Satan.Isn't there already a discussion on the move on it's talk page? I just assumed it was on WP:RM (now looking at it, there's a 50/50 split on where it should be). By the way, it'd be best to merge the histories of the two talk pages so if it is moved in the future, it'd be easier to move the talk pages. Will (message ♪) 20:41, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Please do not vandalise.You vandalized Garland Independent School District. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.208.123.129 (talk • contribs) 24.208.123.129 (UTC) I assume you took this photo - please clarify by tagging it {{GFDL-self}} or otherwise noting the source. Thanks! -SCEhardT 04:29, 14 November 2006 (UTC) Dear WhisperToMe,I've set up a Virtual classroom for Wikipedians to learn, teach, and share advanced wiki-skills. Right now the participants are comparing user interfaces (the tools we use to navigate and work on Wikipedia, including programs, extensions, scripts, settings, etc.). I'm seeking out experienced Wikipedians to share the methods they use to work on Wikipedia, so that others may benefit. I hope you will stop by to share and compare. Interiot, Rich Farmbrough, and CBDunkerson have been kind enough to help get things started by describing the interfaces they use. User:Interiot has even completed a new Firefox extension to make navigating Wikipedia easier. It is available in the announcements section on the Virtual classroom page. Hope to see you there. The Transhumanist 11:34, 14 November 2006 (UTC) FacadeWhat is with the minor variant spelling? The preferred variant does not have the special character. I have reverted this change previously on another page. TonyTheTiger 23:34, 14 November 2006 (UTC) According to [11], the main entry has a c. Mr. SatanThanks for the note. I'm going to abstain from this vote, but I think your opinion may win out anyway. You might want to check out WP:SPAM's section on "Votestacking" though to make sure your messages don't violate that. To be honest, I'm pretty tired of editing the Dragon Ball articles. You can't keep them decent for very long or the fanboys will eat your soul. But, thanks to the magic of Wiki, there's always someone around with a broom and a clue stick. JRP 03:55, 15 November 2006 (UTC) LEAsdo you mean the councils? sure. I would suggest linking them like so to keep the bluelinks as well Morwen - Talk 12:40, 15 November 2006 (UTC) Jin WickedHi there. I've just been going around deleting some old revisions you made to various articles, linking to a cache of a removed site which gave personal information about Jin Wicked. We got a complaint about this, and as the usability of the source is somewhat in doubt, I've pulled it. The information isn't very reliably sourced, and isn't corroborated by the subject; I think we'd be best served leaving it out. Just thought I'd better let you know in case you were going to wonder where it had vanished to... Shimgray | talk | 21:13, 15 November 2006 (UTC) Hikaru KawamuraClearly it shouldn't have been redirected. Sorry, I overlooked that. --Squilibob 00:38, 20 November 2006 (UTC) Film stubsHi - I see that you've been adding a number of stubs for films. I've added the {{film-stub}} tag to them; you may want to include this on your stub articles about films in the future. Perel 07:34, 22 November 2006 (UTC) Episcopal High SchoolDear WhisperToMe, I appreciate the discussion regarding the EHS entry. I do not agree with all of your points. The point regarding Napster is just not true (remember I was there and am still there). Napster as a file-sharing entity was long-gone by the time the Packeteer was added to the network. The actual cause was online gaming of the Halo sort. I still don't see why that should merit mention, particularly in the History section of the entry. Also, I still contend that, while we do have school uniforms, it is not such a large part of who and what EHS is that it merits an entire sub-entry. And I am unclear as to what authority you have to say what must be included in the EHS entry. Sounds like a bit of hubris to me. Happy Thanksgiving!Cordova High schoolno, because all the neighborhoods surrounding CHS including berryhill and country wood are Memphis city for sure. And Cordova is for sure a Memphis city school after the class of 2004 graduated. if its still listed under shelby county then, they havent updated their information yet. All of the surrounding areas have the Memphis City marked trash bins, which only go to residents of the city. I'm rather confident of this, but I can e-mail/call someone official and see if i can find out. Barcode 14:20, 25 November 2006 (UTC) Thanks, here's one for youYou're so quick to site guidelines and make reverts, so you should remember WP:NOT#DEMOCRACY and WP:NOT#BUREAUCRACY. You're also quick to point to the straw poll, so you may want to remember that A straw poll is not a binding vote, or a way to beat dissenters over the head with the will of the majority. Even if a large number of people vote for one option but some don't, this doesn't mean that that's the "outcome". It means some people are disagreeing, and that has to be addressed. And considering that your side lost the danged poll anyway, you really should stop trumpeting that "consensus has been reached" and acting like you have higher authority than any other editor. Are you familiar with WP:OWN? Particularly appropriate to this issue: Article changes by different editors are reverted by the same editor for an extended period of time to protect a certain version, stable or not. The discussion has been mainly in favor of the move. The vote was in favor. You can claim it wasn't conclusive, but it was certainly the minority on the Hercule end. The majority of points brought up in favor of Mr. Satan have been met with your insistence that "this is English Wikipedia" or that "consensus has been reached," or recently that "you have a life" and can't be bothered to address the discussion at hand properly. Onikage725 23:28, 25 November 2006 (UTC) Again you go back to the request/straw poll. Yet A- Hercule was in the minority and B- Straw polls are not "a binding vote." It is also made clear that the preferred method of resolution is discussion. The majority of editors who have participated in the various discussions have supported or voted for Mr. Satan. You're waging a one-person war for ownership of the article and have failed to achieve consensus in your favor, yet you accuse others of WP:MOS violations? Onikage725 23:40, 25 November 2006 (UTC) Re. Clear decisionThanks. Apparently I was driven to Talk:Mr. Satan (Dragon Ball) as that was the article whose protection was requested. My bad. :-) Regards.--Húsönd 01:34, 26 November 2006 (UTC) Sounds good. I hope you are right and I am wrong on this one. Best, Kukini 05:57, 26 November 2006 (UTC) An awardHere's a cucumber for ya.--SUIT 06:04, 26 November 2006 (UTC) Thanks for the heads-up about this new article! Good work! --IslandGyrl 19:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC) Sorry 'bout having to put this here, but I accidentally pressed the 'enter' key too early while editing the page. I chose "Tails" as the translation, as it is more accurate; my initial translation of "Reverse-Side" is far too literal, so I opted for the more appropriate translation (since Ryo's dialogue revealed that Cyber End Dragon was the "heads" of a coin, so was this deck the "tails," thus it makes more sense (this is also Horoko's translation from waaay back; I must have not been thinking at the time it was first added). "Marty" is likely what their going for as opposed to "Maruchi" (or whatever the spelling was you changed it to); Martin's first name is already rendered in katakana, and the "-chi" mimics the "-ty" in "Marty." You also switched Martin's pic with Pharaoh's (which I assume was just an error since you probably were reverting to the earlier edit I made where I accidentally put Pharaoh's pic there). And just for the sake of knowing, I did check out Ayukawa's debut ep. last night, and Horoko's take is correct. Ciao. Edit: Oh right, I forgot about Karen too - I think for now, even though it's a bit redundant, her profile should be just that tiny bit longer so the gap between the year sections isn't too big. Edit 2: I'm going to add a little discussion space to my talk page just so we can discuss translation issues (such as the one that came up with Ayukawa) in the future; it will make it easier for us to collaborate on related topics. --Benten 02:35, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Re:Keiko.jpgSorry about that i'll try to make sure it doesn't happen again. Crime in HoustonI rewrote and added more to what you have added. Hope you are okay with that. —RJN 02:47, 2 December 2006 (UTC) SockpuppetsI understand the need to watch for sockpuppets. I just think that since Wikipedia is built on the foundation that anyone can edit, we should be careful about declaring if someone is good enough to be considered a "Wikipedian." If there's legit proof or at least enough suspicion to suspect a sockpuppet, then sure. Err on the side of caution. I can see the anon IP address falling into that category, I suppose, though I think if the same IP address isn't voting multiple times (or the same as one used by a registered user who voted) it could still safely count as one vote. I don't think that "not over 100 edits" automatically = sockpuppetry. Could just mean their favored articles are in good condition, or even that they're busy in r/l. That's all I meant about that. Onikage725 QuestionHello..there is an article being considered for deletion that is part of WikiProject Houston. I've slightly updated the article and fixed a few issues. Is it against the "wiki law" to ask project members to vote against the article deletion? Considering the reason for deletion, I've compared this article with similar articles and have found that it is more complete and notable than other similar articles. It's also a new article (appox 40 days?), shouldn't new articles be given a chance for other editors to enhance and modify? or am I getting too involved with this stuff and should forget about it?? lol Postoak 21:42, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
Re: You are NOT using reliable sourcesI'm sorry, I have no idea to what article you are referring. Little help? Powers T 03:43, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Joey DaiohThanks for the welcome. I'm just trying to edit a few pages and give as much information as possible. Thanks for editing the Lanier Page after my error. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Joey Daioh (talk • contribs) 03:35, 4 December 2006 (UTC). Hello, WhisperToMe. I noticed that you've previously voted in Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)/Prefectures and macrons. A similar poll on macrons is taking place until Dec. 13 at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)#Poll: "Ryūkyū" instead of "Ryukyu". The voting seems to be deadlocked, with many outside voters rather than frequent contributors to the WP:JP project like yourself. It would really help if you can either comment or vote there, although I'll understand if you would prefer to stay out of the controversy. Thank you for your consideration. (For full details and background information, see Ryukyu vs. Ryūkyū (in the WP:MOS-JA talk page) and Talk:Ryukyu Islands.)--Endroit 18:36, 10 December 2006 (UTC) Image request for HoustonWhen you have time and resources, can you provide a picture of Chinatown or Little Saigon for the Houston article under "Demographics". Thanks! —RJN 12:13, 14 December 2006 (UTC) Mr. SatanIn the interests of world peace, I think I'm going to change my vote on this whole Mr. Satan issue to abstain. The better policy right now seems to be to work with the WP:Anime people to strengthen their guidelines to match WP:NAME. Frankly, as all current in-print DVDs use Mr. Satan, I'm sure it will be more common before long. I'd rather work towards building consensus on the romanization vs common name debate, which is much more important. I wanted to let you know since you are another supporter of "Hercule". At this point, I want to get Burdock moved back to Bardock, which seems a much more clear cut case. (And shouldn't have happened anyway, it was an admin erorr to move the page in the first place without consensus.) Frankly, having the Mr. Satan debate around clouds the more important picture. If any of this can be called important. JRP 19:35, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Law of Ueki pictureshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Law_of_Ueki&diff=95008754&oldid=94999241 And why did you do that? It's okay to display fair use pictures if there are no other alternatives. WhisperToMe 06:03, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
A friendly suggestion Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Thanks, and happy editing. Xiner 21:23, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Lee Bailong imageThanks for the message. I did delete the image since it met the criteria for speedy deletion. However, I've checked, and it wasn't be who flagged it as missing copyright details, so it wasn't me who failed to give notification when tagging. Regards, CLW 18:11, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Mr. Bergis, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:Mr. Bergis. You may remove the deletion notice, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. I understand the premise of the article and don't object to its inclusion. I just believe that the article could be written in such a way as to provide the impact without listing a transcript of his profane responses, since all the links are already there. Please let me know if I've simply missed the point. Of course, you have the option of removing the template at any time. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Lmcelhiney 01:21, 22 December 2006 (UTC) Response to Shonen Jump related questions.1. Are you sure that seinen and shojo titles are not published under Jump Comics? Yes, I'm sure. Seinen manga are published under "Young Jump Comics" (or "Jump Comics Deluxe" if they appear in Super Jump), while shojo manga are published under either "Ribon Mascot Comics", or "Margaret Comics", depending on the magazine(s) the appear in (if a shojo manga appears in "Cookie" then it's published under "Ribon Mascot Comics: Cookie"). 2. Why did you link Yu-Gi-Oh! R and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX to Yu-Gi-Oh! They are separate series! I don't see how I was linking them. I didn't so anything. I was going to remove R and GX thinking that they were published under the V Jump comics imprint (they're both serialized in V Jump), but then I checked Shueisha's search engine (http://books.shueisha.co.jp/search/search1.html; Japanese) again, and saw that the graphic novels were published under the Jump Comics imprint, so I re-added them, but forgot their original positions. Other than that, I don't see how I was "linking them". Anyhow, they aren't entirely separate. R is an alternate sequel to the Marik arc, while GX takes place many years after the ending of the original manga. In any case, I'm not making this up. Shueisha does have other GN imprints besides Jump Comics. Brittany Ka 23:46, 23 December 2006 (UTC) Response to Reversion of my editsI really do not give a shit if you revert the edits and keep watching the page. I will not get into an edit war with you. The school district is irrelevent. By your logic and extension, you would have to do that for every building that has residents. Instead of what you are doing, how about an article of the neighborhood and adding the school district. Or the district could get a page of its own, and buildings within it linked to. But, whatever makes you feel like a big man buddy. Wikipedia is your chance to shine. Gary Joseph 14:39, 25 December 2006 (UTC) QuestionAre there any tools at our disposal to determine the IP address of a registered user? Postoak 23:13, 28 December 2006 (UTC) Driving schoolI apprecaite your tireless contributions to school articles, particularly those in SoCal. However I (and others, apparently) don't understand why you're adding the name and weblink of a driving school to articles. I suppose these schools have many vendors who provide services. Should we add all of them? -Will Beback · † · 00:41, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Good call on the boundary edit. Thanks. --Vees 18:27, 30 December 2006 (UTC) 204.108.96.11Your note at User talk:Catapult went unnoticed for quite some time. I ran a highly-specialized script in mid-2006 to identify and block open proxies and tag the talk pages of the associated IP addresses. I doubt I still have the logs of the original port scans, but an IPs talk page would have been tagged and categorized as an open proxy if one of two conditions were met:
In the latter case, the script would also have blocked the IP address (after unblocking to clear any temporary blocks that might be in effect). However this IP was already indef-blocked by User:Hall Monitor some four months before the scan, so the blocking step was skipped. Thus the block log does not reflect its status as an open proxy. Unfortunately Hall Monitor's left the project in March, though he has appeared sporadically in recent months. I ran a manual port scan just now and it appears to be clean. If there is any compelling reason to unblock it, I guess go ahead. —freak(talk) 01:38, Dec. 31, 2006 (UTC) Going on the Case Closed/Detective Name QuestionHi WhisperToMe, I know your views on this question, but it seemed there is still no consensus over this dispute. Since a concensus is essential for this problem (it affects more than a few pages' names you know), do you think it would be wise for me to start a WP:RM procedure to force people on the talking table and get a definitive answer? --Samuel Curtis-- TALK 02:22, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Battle RoyaleHey i read the comment. Sorry to say this but Japanese people say their last names FIRST and given names LAST unlike Americans. I you don't believe me, watch Battle Royale on youtube.com and find out for yourself...75.23.69.172 22:30, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Battle RoyaleWhich one did YOU watch? What bothers me is that you call her by her last name. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.23.69.172 (talk) 01:20, 3 January 2007 (UTC).
dead wiki linksWhy are you re-restoring dead wiki links? there are no articles there. i know the common reply to this is "I plan to..." but I don't see much followup and the result is dead links all over the place. danedouard00 03:49, 3 January 2007 (UTC) Saddam Hussein ExecutionThis is killing my time, uber has personal agenda against something... I did everything what's right and on talk page but to no avail, this version should be as follows... Saddam died at 6:10, this guy kept on reverting and making things wrong... Iraq official death certificate is 6:10, died 6:05... http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/01/01/wld02.asp Also that guy removed saddam's link to his last hours, all those should go back. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_hussein You should block this guy who kept on reversing everything. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Execution_of_Saddam_Hussein&diff=98515213&oldid=98514518 is best version, see what can be done asap. Honestly out of 1000 administratos, may be just may be 10 should be here.http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=5873023&nav=RmOibfFz Dont tell me what to do, but do what is right. Howdy, I noticed that you were the originator of this article - and I was wondering if you'd like to see how it's doing. I'm currently in the process of re-editing most of the material, and would like some input from people who care about the process. Also, your talk page wants you to archive it, because it's too long. Just thought I'd mention it. Anyways, thanks! --Haemo 10:39, 6 January 2007 (UTC) Hello. I see you contributed substantially to the article on Bridgeland Community. It is currently nominated for deletion. That discussion can be found here. I would encourage you to comment. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 21:20, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
Video gamesAll video games are notable? Really? Rklawton 05:06, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
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School picsAs it happens, I expect to be driving by a couple of those schools this week and can catch quick snapshots, time permiting. But your list makes me curious. Why pictures of those particular Westside schools? Are the elementary schools even notable, architecturally or otherwise? You don't have to answer, just curious. Cheers, -Will Beback · † · 08:33, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Categories for CPSCould you help me out with the categories for Conway Public Schools? I put a question for you in the talk page. Thanks. -- Ben (talk) 17:00, 15 January 2007 (UTC) Image tagging for Image:AnnaKyoyama1.PNGThanks for uploading Image:AnnaKyoyama1.PNG. The image has been identified as not specifying the source and creator of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the source and creator of the image on the image's description page, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided source information for them as well. For more information on using images, see the following pages: This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 07:39, 18 January 2007 (UTC) Re: Wheatley High School discussion forumSee my reply on my talk page. ●DanMS 05:09, 24 January 2007 (UTC) Allow?I was amused by your edit summary to Wheatley High School (Houston). I wouldn’t have characterized my statement as “allow.” ●DanMS 05:43, 24 January 2007 (UTC) 2000 al-Qaeda SummitYou created an article on the 2000 al-Qaeda Summit a while ago, but did not provide your source(s). If possible, please add them now. Thanks, KazakhPol 06:44, 25 January 2007 (UTC) Reply to your messageYou should put your evidence against deletion on the AfD discussion. No one involved in the proposed deletion will see it on my talk page. -FisherQueen (Talk) 11:08, 25 January 2007 (UTC) A tipJust because we don't all speak in the IRC doesn't mean we don't monitor it. --Fredrick day 00:32, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
In regards to your second point, yes it is not an official channel but a) if you don't want to create bad feelings I'd refrain from calling other editors "anal" like you just did about me and Wizardry Dragon and b) that's the sort of excuse a child gives. If you want to say something to someone, have some backbone - say it to them. People respect that, they don't respect people who whisper behind their backs. --Fredrick day 00:43, 27 January 2007 (UTC) Is that a joke? present myself? What do you think talkpages are for? you know for the business of wikipedia - why would I want to do it in what you have just identified as an unofficial channel? I do business here. --Fredrick day 00:45, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Random SmileyUser:Pedia-I/SmileyAward2 Jerry lavoie 05:55, 27 January 2007 (UTC) Image tagging for Image:KatsuyaJonouchi.JPGThanks for uploading Image:KatsuyaJonouchi.JPG. The image has been identified as not specifying the source and creator of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the source and creator of the image on the image's description page, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided source information for them as well. For more information on using images, see the following pages: This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 10:50, 30 January 2007 (UTC) T.H. RogersThe "Magnet" students only goes up to 8th. The impaired does go up to as old as 18 years old, but what we're looking at here is "Magnet" students Mis-categorizationI'm sorry about that. Thanks for telling me, and correcting it. I was directed to that page from Spring High School, since apparently those were Spring students. Elle Bee 13:26, 7 February 2007 (UTC) Jefferson Leadership AcademiesRegarding your edit to Jefferson Leadership Academies#School uniforms. According to the Manual of Style, you should not put wikilinks in the section headers of articles. BlankVerse 15:04, 7 February 2007 (UTC) Photo Requests for A Couple of Restaurant ArticlesI saw from your main page about photo requests. This may take a while, but whenever you have the time I would like to request a photo of a Popeyes Chicken restaurant and a photo of a Chick-Fil-A restaurant inside a mall? I'm doing improvements to the Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits article and Chick-fil-A article, so this would be much appreciated. Thank you. GETONERD84 15:14, 7 February 2007 (UTC) BTW, I just had to clear up confusion on your response in my talk: I'm just lookin for a pic of a regular free-standing Popeyes restaurant, not a mall Popeyes (if any); I was looking for a Chick-Fil-A in the mall pic to complement the article about the history of cfa being assoc. with malls from the beginning. GETONERD84 23:05, 7 February 2007 (UTC) Looks ok. But does anyone live there yet? --Fang Aili talk 22:27, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Image tagging for Image:Old_Altar_MK1888.pngThanks for uploading Image:Old_Altar_MK1888.png. The image has been identified as not specifying the source and creator of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the source and creator of the image on the image's description page, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided source information for them as well. For more information on using images, see the following pages: This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 12:16, 8 February 2007 (UTC) Re:Anna Nicole SmithAs of right now, it's a legitimate source unless CNN comes out that the information was wrong. It's still breaking news so anything can happen. Douglasr007 21:06, 8 February 2007 (UTC) Can you move Talk:Mr. Satan (Dragon Ball) to Talk:Mr. Satan/Archive 1?I discovered that Talk:Mr. Satan (Dragon Ball) was lyin' about elsewhere and was never moved/merged to the current archived Mr. Satan talk page. I just copy/pasted it to the current archive though. So, can you merge it please? I'll try to look out for more old discussions that are out there that haven't been moved and merged, if ya get my drift... Power level (Dragon Ball) 01:05, 9 February 2007 (UTC) Sharpstown CenterActually it was already mentioned that during the mid-1990's the mall was rebranded into Sharpstown Center. The owners probably didn't bother to spend the money to change the signs or for a better website during the changeover. A look in the references section, link #2, shows that it is branded as "Houston's Premiere Urban Mall" consistent with the website's reference. BTW, do you have an alternative website for Sharpstown Center if the one I provided is incorrect? —SirChan 06:32, 9 February 2007 (UTC) Most people will refer to it as Sharpstown Mall. Those signs look 10-15 years old. I guess 10 years ago they were trying to keep business from moving to First Colony down the highway. Or maybe 15 years ago, they were trying to keep an upscale image after the neighborhood deteriorated and development went west towards West Oaks. — SirChan 06:57, 9 February 2007 (UTC) Redmont HotelThe question of school districting may not be as evident as I had assumed, but it does not belong in the article. Perhaps relevant to a real estate listing, but not an encyclopedia. --Dystopos 04:36, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Fair use rationale for Image:NickBergDead.pngThanks for uploading Image:NickBergDead.png. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. When you use a generic fair use tag such as {{fair use}} or {{fair use in|article name}}, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. — Rebelguys2 talk 01:56, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
Charles Carl Robertswe should follow what wikipedia defines as murder The words kill, murder, execution and assassination all signify acts which deprive of life. "The concept of killing is the most general of the four, with no implication of the manner, justification, or purpose of killing, or nature of what is killed, whether human being, animal, plant, or other object considered to possess life. To murder is to kill either immorally, unjustly and without proper reason, or with premeditated intent. To execute is to kill a person marked for death by the state, in a manner sanctioned by that state, whether by law or decree. To assassinate is to kill a person marked for death, usually with the intent of furthering ideological or political goals." wikipedia article on killing To murder is to kill either immorally, unjustly and without proper reason, or with premeditated intent. All these were present, he murdered them, in proper English murder is the intentional killing of a human being. The legal term is not murder but homocide, it was murder! DevoutCatholic 01:46, 5 March 2007 (UTC) Doris AngletonI am puzzled by the message you left on my talk page as I do not remember having anything to do with this article, nor can I spot my username in the history of either the article page or the talk page? Thryduulf 09:34, 6 March 2007 (UTC) LPHSNo problem. My only concern is that Chicago currently looks dull and dirty due to the (minimal) snow fall. I'll do it by the end of March, if that is alright with you. Greetings, Vseferović 22:37, 6 March 2007 (UTC) Yoshihiro TogashiI never said Church was an invalid manga, I said I couldn't find support for it existing. Also if you are to contribute please keep the manga in chronological order like it is on the other mangaka pages. (And that wasn;t supposed to come off abrasive or harsh, I'm kinda in a hurry.)--Hitsuji Kinno 15:26, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Nigerian scamsThanks for the info on adding Nigerian scams but can you tell me where and what you are adding because I'm afraid I can't remember my comment. Please let me know on my Talk page and add a link. Thank you and well done. Jtpaladin 17:38, 10 March 2007 (UTC) 666Satanhey, idk if your still in2 666Satan much anymore, but i designed a userbox if your interested in using it {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga/Userbox/User 666Satan}}
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peace, List of Kirby: Right Back at Ya! media and release informationWhy did you move the episodes list to that title? - A Link to the Past (talk) 16:53, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
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