User talk:Dharmabum420/Archive 2

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Veronica Mars

The page restructuring looks great! And it's nice to see it continually improving and expanding, from the perspective of a second season newcomer. It's been helpful, to say the least.  :) — ArkansasTraveler 14:45, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Regarding the status part of an 09er, you do have a point. However, Jackie was only ousted after the allegation about her father, and I still think she counts as an 09er because she lives in the 09er zip code. As for Veronica, I think that, while she was accepted by the 09ers, she wasn't truly on because she didn't live in the 90909 zip. --Radaar 23:55, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

i have received a message stating that i added nonsense to the article about the 2000 election.

this is NOT NONSENSE.THESE ARE PURE, COLD FACTS. OR ARE YOU ANOTHER GOVERNMENT SUCK-UP, EATING DOGGY TREATS FULL OF SHIT FROM BUSH'S OFFICE? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.186.248.211 (talk • contribs) .

Cherokee society vandalism

Is it possible for you to get an admin involved to stop User:4.152.156.212 from vandalizing? He's been reported previously. He keeps coming back with new accounts/IPs. --BWD 00:21, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Wikimedia Canada

Hi there! I'd like to invite you to explore Wikimedia Canada, and create a list of people interested in forming a local chapter for our nation. A local chapter will help promote and improve the organization, within our great nation. We'd also like to encourage everyone to suggest projects for our national chapter to participate in. Hope to see you there!--DarkEvil 17:11, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Nick Dinsmore

Sorry about that. Didn't mean to erase the info —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.1.83.109 (talk • contribs)

RfA Thanks!

Okay, this is perhaps a bit overdue, but thank-you for your support in my recent RfA! I passed with a final vote count consensus of (82/1/0), which was a lot of support that I really appreciate. I'll try to live up to the expectations; and on that note, if there's ever something I do wrong (or don't do right), please spit in my general direction. Cheers! --PeruvianLlama^(spit) 05:31, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Pink Floyd

Thanks for your suggestions; I'll make more use of edit summaries in the future. The Floyd article seems really close to featured status, although there are still a few dead links and the post-Division Bell sections seem somewhat fragmented. —Preceding unsigned comment added by InTheFlesh? (talk • contribs)

Pink Floyd pics

See Image:Phil Collins Against All Odds.jpg for an example. Anything under fair use needs to have a rationale for each article it's used in, using the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use#General. Unfortunately, without a way to credit the copyright owner, fair use is impossible. You could try e-mailing Rolling Stone to ask, but that could take a long time and might not work. Free pics, of course, would be ideal, but hard to find -- if you haven't already, see about doing a Creative Commons search at Flickr, looking for PD pics from the US government (try searching .mil sites, if they've played at USO shows or the like, a military photographer's work is PD). Tuf-Kat 23:24, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

New Messages

Hehehe. I've lost the game. :P--Shanel 12:27, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Citing articles

In general, the use of numbered external links throughout an article is now deprecated for Featured Articles for some technical reasons. The system that is starting to gain favor for citing long articles is the Cite.php system. Go there to see how it's implemented, it's very easy. The use of it can be seen on FAs like Dixie (song) and Krazy Kat. It entails the use of <ref></ref> tags around text to make it into a footnote. Basically one uses the Cite.php system by placing the <references/> tag under a section labeled "Notes" or "Footnotes" or something, including page numbers where appropriate, while the bibliography gets put in another section and can use Chicago style as you prefer. Andrew Levine 16:04, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

The Game

Well, I wasn't playing the game until now, never having heard about it. Now that I have, though, I have clearly lost as soon as I started playing. Thanks a lot! Dyslexic agnostic 22:19, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Featured Article Candidate / Pink Floyd

Hey there -- I saw that there was a objection for your Pink Floyd article noting the long lead. I authored the Phil Collins article currently on FAC, and had a similiar comment in my current review. I have posted a note on the Wikipedia:Featured Music Project discussion page to possibly have the requirement of the lead decreased to 2-3 paragraphs, as per WP:Lead, instead of 2-4. Both your and my article are among the first to use the Featured Music Project critia (which I found quite helpful) and we're among the first to receive FAC comments based on them. Since we're both seeing comments about four paragraphs being too long, I think a change in the requirements might be helpful for future FAC candidates. --Ataricodfish 08:19, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

The examples at Wikipedia:Footnotes and all the articles and FAs I've ever seen that have refs have had the footnotes after the period (at least for those that I can remember), so I'd say go for the change. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 00:33, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

No problem; just make sure to note that you've fixed it on the nomination subpage and I'll note it when I go through all the nominations again. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 00:36, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply! I'll be sure to re-consider when I go through the FACs again. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 00:18, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

i reread the pink floyd article as soon as i saw your posting to me....it looks great...thanks for your hard work in revising....i cant find it among featured art nominees, so i have posted a note on the pink floyd talk page to state i support it for nomination. best regards Anlace 04:40, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

thanks for the link...ive reversed my vote...good luck...cheers Anlace 05:12, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the message. Unfortunately, I won't change any objections once the nomination is de-listed; if it's renominated, I will gladly re-read and re-consider. Thanks for your understanding! Flcelloguy (A note?) 21:03, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Just ask Raul; if he's missed your first message, try again. (There's a similar question that someone else asked him about.) Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 21:28, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

No problem, and congrats and good work! Flcelloguy (A note?) 22:49, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Pink Floyd

In your edit with the summary "moved AMLoR cover art to its section, it was stuck in the intro" here you did indeed move the picture, but you also deleted an entire section without explanation. I'll assume that was just a mistake and restore it. Savidan 02:12, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Wait. Never mind. Savidan 02:14, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Just to let you know that action upon PFFF is being pursued, here. —Rotring 21:26, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up, hadn't noticed. I've taken out the last bag of garbage. And even better, it seems we're one step closer to featuring. :) —Rotring 22:01, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Correction: Pink Floyd is a featured article as of about 10 minutes ago! —Rotring 22:04, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

congrats on your achievement with [Pink Floyd]]...you worked hard at this, best Anlace 23:13, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

FMP evaluation

Yep, anyone can update an evaluation just as you describe. Just change the subpage and the status page appropriately (be sure to get the new revision id from the URL by clicking "permanent link") so that the diff links work. Tuf-Kat 06:07, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Kudos!

Appreciate your work against vandalism. Please keep up the good work! -- Samir ∙ ^T_C 09:17, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

For your work in protecting against vandals, I award you The Editor's Barnstar! -- Samir ∙ ^T_C 09:17, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Stephen King

I have to say that i haven't read any of his books in a long time. Howver 'four past midnight sticks in my mind as being excellent. As for rubbish there's one with a clown that's actually an alien that wakes up every now and then to eat people? i forget the name - could have been a good book but waaaaaaaaay too long. Actually a lot of stephen king novels are too long IMO. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 10:47, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Floyd

Hi Dharma,

Just wanted to say that I appreciate the work you have put into the Pink Floyd article... there is so much misinformation about this band that permeates the internet, and it's nice to have a few people out there looking to set the record straight when it comes to fact versus myth.

Thanks, Abhi Taranath abhi@pinkfloyddiscography.com

congrats on pink floyd

a well deserved congrats to you on pink floyd, best Anlace 23:14, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Let me second that; you definitely put a lot of work into improving and trimming the article. It's been great working with you. on this. InTheFlesh? 23:36, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm with these guys. You got some criticism, then you just jumped right in. You covered pretty much everything that was said, excellent job. A featured article well-deserved. By the way, ever thought about being an admin? ♠ SG →Talk 06:53, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

P*U*L*S*E (film)

This article is supposed to be about the Earls Court October 20 1994 concert that was broadcast on TV, right? I have it, so (if it is) I can fill the article with as much detail as needed. Just confirm me if that it's the same concert we're talking about, and I'll put my hands into it. —Rotring 12:53, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Done. :) —Rotring 01:05, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, you were right. I corrected it, but I left the female singers out, since they only do the "aaaah" — which is a backing vocal, and that's already what they're supposed to do. ;) —Rotring 16:57, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

more Floyd, congrats

No prob on the "supposedly" of mine you deleted. I wasn't so much doubting you as hedging a statement which, though true today, could easily become false tomorrow.

If you're the guy with all the refs, here's a question. In the cleanups I just did, I wanted to put quotes around "tired and formulaic" in the sentence that says The Division Bell was "still heavily criticised as tired and formulaic", but I don't know if that's a direct quote.

Finally, if you're the guy who's been working so hard on this article (and I'm guessing you are!), let me add my thanks. As I was reading it, I was thinking, "This is great! It ought to be a featured article." And then I noticed that it had been. Excellent work. Steve Summit (talk) 21:12, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

My Stance on Userboxes

You're absolutely right, they don't always serve a purpose, and you're right, if you only stick to Pink Floyd then your political leaning is probably of no importance. I'm not trying to push userboxes on everyone - I've only got Babel and The Game (sorry), myself - my point is, I'm not sure there really as destructive as some people are making them out to be. I agree that the boxes aren't going to make the project fall apart; the danger lies in the issue becoming too much of an issue. And my problem is that recently (New Years, Pedophilia userbox wheel-warring), it's been becoming too much of an issue.

Oh well. We'll see where it goes. In any case, thanks for taking the time to read it and comment on it, and congratulations on the Floyd FAC.--jfg284 ^{you were saying?} 11:41, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

User 69.108.109.176

Hi. I say we give this guy 2 more chances, then we block him; I think next vandalism is a little too cruel. cya. Trosk 23:45, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Nazareth College, Melbourne

Please be careful then reverting vandalism, there were some left after your reverts. Sometime vandalizing vanadals vanadalize already vandalized articles abakharev 01:16, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Stir bar Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to stir bar! Ruhrfisch 12:00, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

FMP

Hi, I'd like to invite you to participate in the Wikipedia:Featured Music Project by signing up on the status page. What you'd do is sign up for one (or more) of eight categories, such as the discography or lead section. No more than once a month, you'd be given an article which is getting close to being ready for WP:FAC, and is only deficient in a few categories. You'd do what you can in your section (and, of course, anything else you like). If a couple of people specialize in each category, we should be able to take some concrete steps towards improvement on a wide range of articles. In addition, you can sign up as a "shepherd" to take articles that meet all the criteria through a peer review and (hopefully) successful candidacy. Tuf-Kat 04:07, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Pink Floyd -Photographic elements

thanks for ur comment on Vic Singh.I'll keep you posted on any/more of such rareties etc. when i come across them.M an avid PF fan and love to collect info on everything within upon over and under Pink Floyd- shine on; neelabh.--asydwaters 16:46, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Featured Music Project

Hello, this is a request from the Featured Music Project. You have been assigned to work on Marvin Gaye, with the goal of making it meet the criteria in the Audio category. Once you have finished, please update the artist subpage. There is no formal review process, so if you believe you have improved the article to meet all the Audio criteria, simply remove that category from the subpage and update the article's entry on the status page. Do not update the revision id unless you have evaluated the article on each criterion. If you are not sure that your efforts are adequate to meet all the necessary criteria, you may ask for guidance on the article talk page and/or the FMP talk page. Of course, this assignment is not obligatory and there will be no repercussions if you do not complete it -- if you know you will not be able to do so, please leave a note at the FMP talk page so that another person can receive the assignment. Though there is no deadline, please aim to finish the assignment within thirty days of receiving this notice; at that time, you may receive a different assignment, and the article may be evaluated for the next step. Thank you for your work on this project. Tuf-Kat 06:26, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for watching over my user page. I appreciate it! — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:45, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

No problem! - dharmabum 08:21, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

I was cleaning up vadalism

look! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.198.103.116 (talk • contribs)

thank you but i was refering to the vandalism performed by 70.231.184.70, not the wikipedia monitors. I appreciate your time for trying to clarify this with me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.198.103.116 (talk • contribs)

Welcome to Esperanza!

Welcome, Dharmabum420/Archive 2, to Esperanza, the Wikipedia member association! As you might know, all the Esperanzians share one important goal: the success of this encyclopedia. Within that, we then attempt to strengthen the community bonds, and be the "approachable" side of the project. All of our ideals are held in the Charter, the governing document of the association.

Now that you are a member you should read the guide to what to do now or you may be interested in some of our programs. A quite important program is the StressUnit, which seeks to support editors who have encountered any stress from their Wikipedia events, and are seeking to leave the project. So far, Esperanza can be credited with the support and retention of several users. Redwolf24 runs the spam to keep members up to date. Also, we have a calendar of special events, member birthdays, and other holidays that you can add to and follow.

In addition to these projects, several more missions of Esperanza are in development, and are currently being created at Esperanza/Possibles.

I encourage you to take an active voice in the running of Esperanza. We have a small government system, headed by our Administrator general, Celestianpower, and guided by the Advisory Committee comprised of FireFox, Flcelloguy, Titoxd, and Karmafist. The next set of elections will be in February, and I would be glad to see you vote, or even consider running for a position.

If you have any other questions, concerns, comments, or general ideas, Esperanzian or otherwise, know that you can always contact Celestianpower by email or talk page or the Esperanza talk page. Alternatively, you could communicate with fellow users via our IRC channel, #wikipedia-esperanza (which is also good for a fun chat or two :). I thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Wikipedia a better place to work!

Cheers, Sango123 (e) 20:49, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Revert Help

THANKS! --DragonWR12LB 08:06, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Just wanted to quickly thank you for your support in the New Radicals featured article nomination and for your encouragement on my talk page. The article is now featured. Thanks you very much! --Fritz S. (Talk) 10:28, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Pink Floyd external links

Please check your facts before showing your bias.

A Fleeting Glimpse has been one of the leading Floyd websites for many years.

It has recently been officially linked from davidgilmour.com one of only two sites on your list to have been given that honour.

Stop playing favourites. My site has had a listing in wiki for years until in recent times somebody started to mess around with it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wobbs (talk • contribs)

We had a similar problem over at the Big Brother Australia article, where eventually a call for mediation was put out. It was decided there to keep one link only, and a link to a reputable directory for the remaining links. Perhaps something like this is called for here? -- Longhair 10:23, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Apology

I do apologise for mesing with your posts. It was unintentional, as I am not familiar with this system.

I received a message when posting before to say that another user had posted since I had started to write my message. It said to click on ok if I wished to proceed. I did, and the message became garbled. So I deleted the garbage and tried again.

As I say, I do apolgise for this, and hope it doesn't happen again when I post this! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wobbs (talk • contribs)

The Curse of Scotland

Hi,

You responded to my comment in the talk page of The Curse of Scotland. I tried deleting the joke but it was immediately reverted. Would you mind trying to delete it and see if you are more successful than I was? Thanks. bobblewik 13:06, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! bobblewik 23:31, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Translation

Hi Dharmabum420 it is Finnish yes, and directly translated it means "picking mushrooms is worthwhile". Although i don't really have a clue to what the person tried to imply with that, but it usually is hard to understand vandals ;)

Gillis 23:35, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Smurrayinchester's RFA

Thank you, Dharmabum420/Archive 2
	for voting in my RFA. It passed with a result of 100/1/0. Thanks for your vote! If you have any comments, please say so here. smurrayinchester(User), (Talk) 19:29, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #1

Reach out Reach out is a program aimed at allowing users to bring issues that they have had in Wikipedia to a listening, sympathetic and caring audience: "No one can know how we feel if we do not say. We cannot expect to get understanding if we do not ask for it. No one will dispute that sometimes life's issues are too much for one person. It is fair to say that sometimes Wikipedia's problems fall under the same heading. This is a place where you can bring the bruises that can sometimes be got on this project for attention." Stress Alerts The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them. Note from the editor Welcome to this new format of the Esperanza Newsletter, which came about during the last Advisory Council meeting - we hope you like it! The major changes are that each month, right after the Council meeting, this will be sent out and will include two featured programs and a sum up of the meeting. Also, it will be signed by all of the Advisory Council members, not just Celestianpower. Have an Esperanzial end of March, everyone!

The last AC meeting (full log) Future meetings are to be held monthly, not fortnightly as before. Bans and Access level changes (apart from autovoice) in the IRC channel are to be reported at the new log. In the IRC channel, there is going to be only one bot at a time. The charter requires members to have 150 edits and 2 weeks editing. Why this is the case will be clarified. A new Code of Conduct will be drafted by JoanneB and proposed to the Esperanza community. The NPA reform idea is to be dropped officially. Charter ammendments are to be discussed in future, not voted on. The Advisory Council is not going to be proposed to be expanded by the Advisory Council themselves, if others want to propose it, they will listen. Signed... Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 17:47, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

RfC

Thanks, Dharma, I've moved my comment. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 22:24, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

No problem. - dharmabum 22:29, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

World View

Hi Dharma - glad you liked the "world view" quiz - I'm always glad to help newbies like you (ho ho!). Like everything else, I copied it from someone else - so I won't take any undue credit, though I do get 50p for everyone who uses it after seeing it on my page... Camillus (talk) 01:52, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

site link

Hello, you keep removing the link to a site I enjoy. I am not the webmaster and after a few trys I followed the wikipedia rules. (I missed a few)This is a good site, that often has news before much of the other sites and I think people deserve to see it. Please allow the link. Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.72.0.35 (talk • contribs)