User talk:Jwy/Archives/2008/September

AmRep

Even though you proved it's true by comparing the address of the bar and the address of the label headquarters, it can't be used? NIRVANA2764 21:26, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Lisa Robertson

Sorry 'bout that..did not know the history about that subject being removed previously. --Mikecraig 01:23, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the part about Colby cheese. I didn't know how stupid it sounded until after I looked back.

Mixin

I saw your note on Talk:Mixin about wanting an example. Over a year later and I just added one. :) Don't know if you still care but there you go. Cburnett 03:36, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Taginfo removal

I didn't think moving all the templates around was quite in the purview of the close, but feel free to move them back up if you'd like to. That seemed to be the general direction in which the discussion was headed. Best, IronGargoyle 00:53, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Mastermind

Err, I'm still pretty new at this. How can we get the "Mastermind (band)" links to belong to "Mastermind (band - USA)" instead? I couldn't see a way to preserve the "(band)" page since active bands exist in both USA and Japan. Thanks for any help!! Rcarlberg (talk) 17:21, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks -- "we learn by doing." Happy Thanksgiving! Rcarlberg (talk) 17:35, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Question: you say "I think the best way to finalize all this is for you to put the string 'db-author' at the top of the Mastermind (band - Japan) page. This will get an admin to delete the new page" but it is not the new page that should be deleted -- it is the old "(band)" page, which has now been restored, and refers to the Japanese band with no disambiguation about the American band. Did I misunderstand something? Rcarlberg (talk) 17:44, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I added the tag to the top. I don't exactly see how to re-tag the old page, but as long as SOMEbody knows how... Rcarlberg (talk) 18:21, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

India (disambiguation)

Thanks for your response to my suggestion, now on the India disambiguation talk page. We have no further discussion/comments. What does it mean to us? I will be happy if this point is dicussed and suitable addition(s)/alterations are made where ever appropriate, as suggested by you. After modifications, this may also go in the article "India", as suggested. However, I wish to leave this task to seasoned contributers here and will be happy with whatever concensus is reached. I am too new to enter a prolonged debate. Will you kindly take it up till final stage. I will appreciate. Regards. Wiki dr mahmad (talk) 06:32, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Moore

This page has got out of hand again (see my comment today) and I wonder if you feel like helping again. John Wheater (talk) 22:58, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Sting etc.

Hi,noticed your comments at Talk:Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner. Totally agree, what a mess. I made a post here: WP:AN#Stung, so it might be best to wait and see what happens. CIreland (talk) 05:51, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Dates

This has apparently changed - the last time I looked at the autoformatting page, years weren't supposed to be linked. My mistake! Natalie (talk) 18:55, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

John Hogan

a quick note while I'm at work

The surname pages (such as Hogan (surname)) are not disambiguation pages per se; WikiProject Anthroponymy is working toward providing information on the origin and prevalence of surnames, turning the pages into articles with associated lists; look at Brooks (surname), for instance. As for chronological order, this is something that needs discussion, of course. I've done a couple to get a feeling for how difficult it is, what caveats there are and what utile outputs there are. The lists can be easily reordered via a pass through any spreadsheet program (i.e. take the list content, put it into Excel, reorder based on given name, put back into the page - one edit, major change, good edit summary needed). The utility I had intended was in the context of name origins and migrations, where having a timeline of notable names alongside their countries of origin is quite valuable; harking back to the Brooks (surname) case, the transmittal of the surname from England to North America in the mid-seventeenth century is completely obscured by an alphabetial list by given name, but might be quite obvious from a chronological list. I have not refactored the 'Brooks' page; I am going to look for content to add to the 'Hogan' page to bring the 'article' part up to the level of that in 'Brooks' case or better. Hope this helps to explain my edits a bit. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 18:25, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

ah, P.S. I do consider a page like John Hogan to be a dab page and subject to WP:MOSDAB; after this page, I refrained from 'chronofying' other pages such as Patrick Hogan ... but I did for Michael Hogan. I am planning to go back and reorder those few pages that I have chronofied that shouldn't have been by the surname vs. dab page distinction. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 18:29, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of DOSF

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Name order - of dabs and surname/name articles

I have brought our exchange to the attention of WikiProject Anthroponymy at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anthroponymy#Regarding the order of names on name pages. If you start the conversation in the DAB WikiProject, could you drop a link to that conversation on either my talk page or as a comment addition to the thread linked above? Thanks, User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 01:09, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

P.S. FYI: I was at one time a participant on the DAB WikiProject ... [1]. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 01:12, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Sophie Scholl's last words

Unfortunately I don't have any sources. I can check it out of course but I'm not sure how much information there is about it, since I'm not very familiar with this particular area of Sophie Scholl's story. I'll see what I can find. Dr.K. (talk) 00:22, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

I found two citations. I'll put them in. Let me know. Thanks. --Dr.K. (talk) 02:37, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Burnout Paradise at Wikia

What's up! We have a new Burnout Paradise wiki at Wikia, and I wanted to invite you to share your knowledge with us on a whole wiki dedicated to the game. If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. Cheers. JoeLay (talk) 00:14, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Shaq

No problem, John! :-) I can understand why you thought it was vandalism. Funeral 18:42, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Invite

	Hi! I've seen you around on The Beatles' articles... Would you consider becoming a member of WikiProject The Beatles, a WikiProject which aims to expand and improve coverage of The Beatles on Wikipedia? Please feel free to join us. --andreasegde (talk) 19:41, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Abbey Road... You're not in this picture... yet! Todo:

SCDS

As Wiki is case sensitive and the Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome (SCDS) page contains more up-to-date info and more links than the one on scd, I have put a redirect on the scd page so that those seeking info on this rare disease will find appropriate information regardless of how they type it. OK? Adrianocorno (talk) 10:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Inter wiki link

Sorry about the delete of the interwiki link on Self Replicating Machines. I had no idea it was meaningfull and it didn't render anything in the article text. Is there any place I can find out more about them? I guess I should also keep in mind not to delete stuff I don't understand. I had thought it was vandalism actually. Bobprime (talk) 05:36, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Short dab pages and primary target formatting

Thank you for the reminder about this as it had slipped my mind. When I raised the question of interpretation on the disambig project talk page, I wasn't expecting a style clarification to come out of it, so I've followed up there about copying the discussion over to MOS:DAB.

Your comment on my talk page pointed out that there is another opportunity for clarification. It seems after reviewing prior discussions, the use (actually, non-use) of bolding within the list is fairly straight forward (pending wider comment that could bring other points to light, but for the sake of this comment I'll assume that it doesn't for now). It also seems that primary topic style at the top of dab pages is well-defined. So that leaves, as your comment to me pointed out, the issue really here is when should the primary topic be set at the top of a dab page and when should it be included as part of the list? I'll raise that once the in-list bolding is finalized. Any thoughts? Gwguffey (talk) 19:37, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Date format

I probably wasn't clear in my edit summary... I was referring to the practice of linking all dates and/or years in an article. I believe that was once the style, but since changed. According to MOS:UNLINKYEARS, it's not necessary to link solitary days, months, years, particularly if it doesn't have contextual meaning. At least that's my read of it. Alcarillo (talk) 16:08, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Herzog (name)

Cheers! Thanks for looking, too. --AndrewHowse (talk) 01:57, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Location of dab primary topics

I've started a discussion about clarifying the location of primary topics links on dab pages at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages). It would be great if you would stop by and add your thoughts. Gwguffey (talk) 04:15, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Repost of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: 1970s

Why was this article deleted? Yet the articles for the 50's, 60's, and 80's were left intact.

Egoflames (talk) 19:46, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Can you make sure the remaining articles are removed as well? Thanks in advance. Egoflames (talk) 02:45, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Welles and Simpson

Hello. Regarding your changes to my disambiguation edits on the Welles "primary topic", and your reference to compliance with MOSDAB, see WP:MOSDAB#Linking_to_a_primary_topic for my line of thinking when I made the edits. I do a lot of work on the Disambiguation project and Anthroponymy project, so I've dealt with this consideration before and I try to make the best choice. In my opinion, Welles is a common surname, and the "primary topic". The same is true for Simpson. But your change is accurate if you believe that Welles is not a "primary" topic. Cheers, --Rosiestep (talk) 02:43, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. That makes sense. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:59, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

FITBOW

Heh. Maybe somebody else has come up with a better term for it. Wikiarchaeology maybe? How many times do we find articles that are lost due to bad spelling/wrong names/lack of useful redirects/etc.? --Esprqii (talk) 23:55, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Invasionen

I do agree with the move, I tried to make the changes and managed to screw it up, apologies for that! Pennywisepeter (talk) 09:27, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks mate, much appreciated. Pennywisepeter (talk) 14:51, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Steelbeard1

We are having a dispute on User Talk:Lar please read my bullet pointed summary... did he behave this way with you in the whole Dick Cheney-Aaron Burr debate?--Dr who1975 (talk) 04:22, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I am on a business trip and will only be able to review the duel this weekend - but will do so. (John User:Jwy talk) 14:16, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Richard Yates (governor) birth year

Hi, I saw you had edited the Richard Yates article, including the transfer of the page to Richard Yates (governor). Now the wikipedia articles in different languages say that he was born in 1818 but Biographical Directory of the United States Congress claims he was born in 1815. Do you have any idea which year is correct or is it actually unclear when he was born? 128.214.205.5 (talk) 15:37, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

You are correct. I simply transferred the date. I don't have any more information on the gentleman than the article. If you have a good source (hopefully the US Congress site is such a one!), I would suggest that is better than the un-sourced value we currently have - as long as we are sure there is not another Richard Yates born 3 years earlier than the other! Also, if you create a user id it would be easier to communicate - the talk page of your IP address is mainly used to complain about vandalism and you don't sound like you would be vandalizing! (John User:Jwy talk) 15:46, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I know this is a university proxy server and other people use the same IP address as well. The US Congress certainly says he was born in 1815 but there are other equally credible sites such as the National Governors Association (see for example the link to NGA website at de:Richard Yates senior) where the birth year is indeed 1818. 128.214.205.5 (talk) 13:33, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps you can assist

I'm considering moving "Vizard" to "Vizard (Bleach)" so that I can categorize the "Vizard" redirect with Category:Surnames (Steve Vizard's page suggests Vizard is a surname, and such categorization Harrisson isn't unheard of). The creation of Vizard (disambiguation) would be nice, mainly because I'd like to list the Vizard-related links on a dab:

• Vizard (Bleach)
• Vizard (Shakespearean English)
• Steve Vizard

Problem is, I don't know where or how to begin. Sorry if this is too confusing. I'll reiterate if needed. Please reply below, Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 06:57, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Take a look at WP:MOVE. If that doesn't help, let me know what other help you need. (John User:Jwy talk) 14:05, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Talk pages for Bus stop and Silver City

I've been cleaning out old test edits / vandalism from talk pages. For example, the content of Talk:Silver City was SILVR CITY IS COOL. Cheers. --MZMcBride (talk) 02:37, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that

That was an awfully nice compliment you paid me in Abstract's usertalk space. I appreciate the positive feedback. Have a splendid day. :) - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 16:05, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Ultra: Consequences of Britain's policy of official secrecy

Hello,

Re Ultra and your deletion:

(cur) (last) 23:44, 4 January 2008 Jwy (Talk | contribs) (39,174 bytes) (→Consequences of Britain's policy of official secrecy: Does have a whiff of original research to it so we at least need to get some references.) (undo)

Please reinstate this entry. It makes the important point that histories written pre-Ultra are deficient. It is important that Wiki users know of the deficiency which is hardly known nor commented upon in the wider world.

You won’t find an original research reference simply because it is my commentary, my reasoning, my original piece, if you wish.

Thanks.

BillMaddock (talk) 12:04, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Split Category

see Category:Disambiguation pages in need of being split --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 10:42, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

responding to your input on my talk page
I was actually hoping that there could be a reduction in placement of 'to be split' article links on the main WP Anthroponymy page in favor of using this category and just referencing it. There is a lot of work-outcome and work-to-do content on the main page, which I think should be cleared to a subpage in order to present a more concise and crisp introduction to the WikiProject. However, I've not pushed for this as I have been off editing outside the WikiProject for a while ... I tend not to like bringing up major revisions that I can't actually do a major part of myself :-' --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 02:08, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

D&D articles for Wikipedia 0.7

Hi there!  :)

As someone who's worked on D&D and/or RPG articles before, I'm inviting you to participate in our goal to both improve articles that have been selected to be placed in the next Wikipedia DVD release, as well as nominate more to be selected for this project. Please see the WikiProject D&D talk page for more details. :) BOZ (talk) 19:30, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

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