User talk:Brahmschubert/November and December 2008

Re: IP vandalism

Hi MHLU - I haven't blocked that IP, but I've added it to my watchlist. There doesn't seem to have been any vandalism since your last warning. if there is, though... Grutness...wha? 00:47, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vekoma

Sorry it took my reply so long, I haven't logged into wiki for some time. I dislike Vekoma because of their lack of quality in their designs that cause a very rough, and unenjoyable ride. Constant headbanging, combined with a ride that was poorly designed in that forces are random and unequal (B&M and Intamin design with precision, where Vekoma doesn't) is just not fun imo. They did go bankrupt back in the early 2000s after overspending on research for their flying Dutchmans, but sadly came back. (Coasterman1234 (talk) 20:01, 20 November 2008 (UTC))[reply]

Copyright violation warning

Helpme

{{helpme|Find appropriate sources for articles}}

What article in specific? Or are you asking what sources are considered appropriate in general? Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 00:25, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- Amusement rides & composers, artists, writers, and presidents: generally you want trustworthy news sources (i.e. established ones such as The Guardian or Daily Telegraph). Note that coverage used for citations should ideally be about the subject, and not merely mention the subject at some point, unless it is describing, say, an incident which the individual participated in that is controversial.
- Food & drink: I'm really not sure. Have you tried asking the folks at Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink?

Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 07:48, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Removing content

I removed the helpme tag because it was a very obvious question that didn't need a helpme tag on. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 01:02, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Coaster articles

what type of info are you looking for? SpikeJones (talk) 19:18, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the coaster articles are in need of photos of each attraction. Ideally, these would be photos that you have taken yourself and uploaded with Creative Commons copyright. If you're looking to clean up the coaster articles, you may want to start with a smaller park that may not get a lot of attention (as opposed to the Six Flags parks, for example), and start improving any coaster articles that are linked from there. Use the guidelines on the Coaster Wikiproject and be consistent across all articles you touch. Remember to cite your sources if you have to look things up. Why don't you take a stab at one of the stubbed articles listed at Category:Stub-Class roller coaster articles and post a review request on the Wikiproject talk page when you're done; someone else can come by and advise you more when you're ready to have them look at it. SpikeJones (talk) 05:18, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

I made a major rewrite of an article you were a major contributor to, The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life. See Talk:The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life and the edit history log for details. Please do not take this personally. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 04:39, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Misplaced vandalism warning

I'm sorry-- I've been trying to figure out what that was about myself. I noticed you removing my message, so I went looking for why I placed it there, but I can't find any edit of yours that would have warranted it, so I can only assume it was some sort of brain fog on my part (it's also weird that it was unsigned). Either that, or someone got into my acct somehow. Anyway, my apologies! -- Mwanner | Talk 01:11, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I get it now. I was looking at wp:warn and checking out the msg contents-- I've always used the {{Test}} sequence, not {{uw-vandalism1}} that this was. I had to placed the msg on your talk page (you were just the last person to edit it) and previewed it, and must have done an update without meaning to. Anyway, I feel better now; I hope you haven't taken offense! Cheers! -- Mwanner | Talk 01:25, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your rollback request

Hi! I regret that I must inform you that your request for the rollback permission has been denied. You can discover why by checking the archives at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Denied/December 2008#MHLU. SoxBot X (talk) 18:00, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Have you considered blogging?

Your health updates are probably interesting to you and your friends, but they would fit much better on a traditional blog than here. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 03:42, 8 December 2008 (UTC) PS: Glad you are feeling better. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 03:44, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your request for adminship

Hi MHLU, please don't be discouraged if your request for adminship is not successful. At least you will get some suggestions about how to further improve your skills, which will be helpful in the long term. I'm happy to help if you ever need assistance with anything; just leave a message on my talk page. :) Best wishes, Somno (talk) 04:20, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your RfA

Hi MHLU, I justed wanted to notify you that I've closed your RfA due to WP:NOTNOW. This should not be seen as a failing or lack of support from the community, but rather an opportunity to grow. People rarely pass RfA's with less than 4 months of experience and over 3000 edits---and even those numbers are low by some standards. I encourage you to continue contributing on wikipedia and if you are still interested in a few months after you've gained more experience, please feel free to reapply.---Balloonman ^PoppaBalloon 04:30, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your RFA

Your Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/MHLU is very premature and has been speedy-closed under WP:NOTNOW, which is a special form of WP:SNOW. These days, even editors with no blocks and decent edit history have a hard time passing RFA if they have less than 2,000 edits - some editors say more or less, less than 6 months of editing - some editors say more or less, and edits across most of Wikipedia's non-article "namespaces." Yes, it is possible to pass RFA without meeting those requirements but you have to be the exceptional candidate. An exceptional candidate would probably be someone who has years of experience on a project similar to Wikipedia, or experience on a non-English Wikipedia.

I've been here close to 2 years, rank in the top 4,000 editors by edit count, and I've had an offer to be nominated for RFA. If I were to be nominated today, it would be close. I might make it, I might not. I have some policy-related areas I need to brush up on, and I need to participate more in some areas I'm under-experienced in. I also have a block that will mean some people may oppose me no matter what, even though the issue was resolved amicably over a year ago.

If you really want to be an administrator, act like one for a year. This means being an exceptional editor and an exceptional collaborator and helper. The best way to do this is to become very familiar with both the written policies and guidelines and the actual practices, which sometimes vary from guidelines and policies. You should also be familiar with the way policies and guidelines change if they are found to be different than actual practice: Unlike in most places, guidelines and policies are supposed to follow practice, not the other way around.

Weakness in some areas isn't necessarily a fatal flaw, if it's balanced with superb editing elsewhere. I recently nominated Dravecky. He passed with no opposes even though he was weak in some areas. I nominated him because 1) I could find nothing negative except some areas where he didn't edit enough, 2) although his grasp of policy wasn't perfect it was adequate, 3) he obviously wasn't looking for power and knew adminship was no big deal, 4) because of the nature of his work on radio station projects, there were times when if he had access to admin tools, he could have saved time, and most importantly, 5) his general demeanor over his entire editing career was one of modesty, cooperation, and responsible editing. Together, this told me that 1) the project would benefit if he had the tools 2) he knew enough to not misuse the tools on purpose, and 3) he was careful enough that the odds of him causing problems accidentally or in ignorance were almost zero.

By the way, Dravecky was exceptional. Most RFA candidates get a least 1 or 2 opposes, some get over a dozen, but they almost always get at least 70% support.

Finally, you may want to read the links here and think about the scenarios listed here and here before running again.

By the way, being an administrator is like driving a garbage truck. It's a dirty job, most people don't want to do it, and if you do it wrong, it's like when a garbageman running into your car or mailbox with his truck - it causes real damage that takes real time and energy to repair and can lead to real emotional distress.

davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 04:32, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I'd recommend that you remove the section about your age from your userpage. See Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Protecting children's privacy. Nsk92 (talk) 05:00, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep doing what you are doing -- time is your ally. And if there is anything I can do to help you out, just whistle. Ecoleetage (talk) 05:05, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ecoleetage (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Editing comments and user talk pages

When editing talk pages, discussion pages, and especially user- and user-talk pages, tread lightly.

Unless you are editing your own comment, it's generally impolite to change other people's words. It's sometimes okay to fix formatting in recent conversations, especially if you are a participant, and it's sometimes okay to fix broken links in recent discussions, especially if you are a participant. In the latter case, it's usually better to just reply with the correct link or notify the editor so he can fix it himself.

If you see a grammar or other error on a user page, user talk page, discussion page, or talk page, it's almost always best to either leave it alone or politely inform the editor. By "politely" I mean try email first so you don't publicly embarrass him.

If I remember correctly, you are still relatively young. I appreciate your enthusiasm and your desire to make Wikipedia better and more gramatically correct. However,

Sometimes, you will make the wrong call because you don't have all the facts available. Your recent edit to my talk page was one such example. You didn't know that non-gramattically-correct phrases such as "This page last updated at...", "Last updated at..." "This page updated at..." and similar phrases were idiomatic not only at Wikipedia but elsewhere in the online world, nor did you know that I have a personal preference for the phrase I used.
Frequently, and this is probably more true in life than online, people don't appreciate being corrected, especially in a public manner and especially by someone they don't know well personally. They find it annoying. On the other hand, there are people like me who appreciate being told they are making mistakes. Most such people, including myself, prefer discretion, which here means a simple email. Also, on Wikipedia, there seems to be a general philosophy of "don't sweat the small stuff" outside of articles. People leave typos in their comments all the time, and these should remain unchanged. Did you know that every time you change a typo in a talk page, it adds a new line to the recent change patrol log, which can cause people who monitor this log to spend time looking at the change to make sure it wasn't vandalism? This is another reason, besides personal preference or the fact they can't spell, why some people leave typos unfixed.

On anything I write, if you see a minor problem that most people will be able to "read around," that is, most people will be able to figure out what I really meant, please save the recent changes patrollers' time and leave it alone. If you think the meaning is not clear, please email me or drop me a line on my talk page. If it's blatantly false or misleading, like if I say "George Bush was the 21st President of the United States" in a comment, please reply with a correction.

Keep contributing to Wikipedia. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 16:06, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

{{helpme|Create a messagebox which appears at the top when you edit it}}

User talk:MHLU/editnotice. :) Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 22:07, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

December 2008

In a recent edit to the page Pablo Picasso, you changed one or more words from one international variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

For subjects exclusively related to Britain (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to other English-speaking countries, such as Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, use the appropriate variety of English used there. If it is an international topic, use the same form of English the original author used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to the other, even if you don't normally use the version the article is written in. Respect other people's versions of English. They in turn should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Wikipedia:Manual of Style. If you have any queries about all this, you can ask me on my talk page or you can visit the help desk. Thank you. You seem to be an experienced editor, but nonetheless, wikipedia doesn't favour one style of English over another freshacconci talktalk 17:00, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

huggle

I'm sure the information is available on the page devoted to huggle. SpikeJones (talk) 23:57, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thankspam

Thank you for your participation in my recent RfA, which failed with 61/52/7; whether you supported, opposed or remained neutral.

Special thanks go out to Wizardman and Malinaccier for nominating me, and I will try to take everyone's comments on board.

Thanks again for the trust the community has placed in me. A special Christmas song for you all can be found at the right hand side of this message!

Apologies if you don't like RfA thankspam, this message was delivered by a bot which can't tell whether you want it or not. Feel free to remove it. Dendodge Talk^Contribs, 17:32, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AHLU

I noticed you moving another user's user page. That's considered bad form, even if the user is blocked. If you have permission from that user, fine, but otherwise, please don't. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 00:45, 17 December 2008 (UTC) updated davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 01:22, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re;Christmas greetings

Thank you! Compliments of the season to you as well. I'll certainly pass the message on to a couple of other users who deserve it! :) Grutness...wha? 00:52, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Editnotice

Yo asked on my talk page about banners that appear when you edit a page. For pages in the userspace, simplay go to User:MHLU/Editnotice (for your userpage) or User talk:MHLU/Editnotice (for your talk page). For non-userspace pages, you have to be an administrator. See WP:EDITNOTICE for more info. Densock|Dendodge^{in public} 12:35, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

December 2008

Welcome, and thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test on the page User:MHLU worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment further, please use the sandbox. Thank you. MH LU^talk 01:18, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lustiger seth RfA

May I ask why you think it is "very disrespectful" that people oppose? I'm at a loss to understand your reasoning. Caulde 14:17, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re:SFSI

Thanks for the offer, but I don't know enough about SFSI to be able to help at all - also I spend far too much time online as it is - another Wiki and I'd never get off the computer! Grutness...wha? 23:02, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs

I have nominated Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. --smurdah (talk) 00:08, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (File:Hallo-Wiener book cover.jpg)

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