User talk:Master Thief Garrett/Archive02

This is an archive. All the questions in here have been (I hope) answered. I'll format this and make it all fancy later.

Alaska

On the IfD page you wrote: "...you didn't invade Alaska?!? *throws book out window*"

1 - the following is an extract from the Wikipedia article for Alaska:

"At the instigation of U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, the United States Senate approved the purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 ($90,000,000 approx in 2003) on 9 April 1867, and the United States flag was raised on 18 October of that same year (now called Alaska Day). Coincident with the ownership change, the de facto International Date Line was moved westward, and Alaska changed from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, therefore, for residents, Friday, October 6, 1867 was followed by Friday, October 18, 1867... two Fridays in a row because of the date line shift."

2 - What book did you throw out the window?

-- Talk Jason Palpatine 23:13, 10 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Poke template

Checkout the changes... --Cool Cat ^{My Talk} 04:18, 2 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Check again, you can use HTML code here at wikipedia, its generaly discouraged... I can gladly convert ;) --Cool Cat ^{My Talk} 04:46, 2 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I remodified it it looks more like your image now. --Cool Cat ^{My Talk} 05:00, 2 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

(all answered on project page)

International Pen Friends

The article about International Pen Friends is ok. There are no problems of Copyright cause the article on hobotraveler.com/contact.php was wrote by us too. Regards International Pen Friends staff www.ipfeurope.com (unsigned, by 151.80.6.247)

I don't know if i'm technically allowed to remove a notice after it has already been listed on Wikipedia:Copyright problems, but what the heck, I'll be bold and do it anyway! --There you have it, you've got your page back! Have a nice day! Master Thief Garrett 09:41, 5 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Jack McGurn article

The Jack McGurn article is not a copy vio. The website you reference took its text from Wikipedia, not the other way around. Thanks. Marlowe

(answered on User's page)

I appreciate your desire to impugn my integrity here, but I WROTE THE PASSAGE MYSELF. I'm sorry that you think this is a copy vio, but unless you produce copy from the book you claim from which it came (the title of which you can't remember) i'm going to revert the page.Marlowe

(answered on User's page)

- Thanks, sorry if I came off sounding pissy. Not my intention. Thanks for reverting. Talk to you soon, Marlowe

(recieved, didn't get around to answering)

Re: regarding Image: Jessifer.jpg

Go eat a dick. I uploaded and posted the image to - here's a surprise - practice uploading and posting images Wikipedia. Just like it suggests you do on the fucking page, douchebag. Sean Gray 17:21, 6 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

(answered on User's page)

== What are you using == Image:Christiandenominations.png for, exactly? Please explain... Master Thief Garrett 09:34, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

Answer: it was taken from the wikipedia article "Christian denominations". I've taken the webshot as png. But the original graphics was just text. I think the png format can be better transported or downloaded and I recommend the author of the article Christian denominations replace the text format with the png. BnaiBrithChai

(answered on User's page)

Old Man: Inaccuracy?

Why did you delete the statement that the torches defend the Old Man by shooting fireballs? This is entirely true, at least in the original Legend of Zelda (I don't know about BS Zelda - is this one of the differences in that game?). Deco 09:51, 8 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No, I *added* that line, but I removed Bandai. Someone asked me the other day about whether Bandai had really made it, and I'm not actually sure (no logos on the box etc.) so I'm looking into that. Master Thief Garrett 09:58, 8 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oops. I seem to lose the ability to read diffs in the middle of the night. Sorry about that. Deco 18:03, 8 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

hehehe... Master Thief Garrett 03:18, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki-Hell

Thanks for your comments on Wiki-Hell - feel free to edit/use it! -- BD2412 ^thimk 20:07, 2005 May 10 (UTC)

OK then! :) Master Thief Garrett 23:37, 10 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Shenrons

Okay Mr Man, if you insist, I will merge all of the Shenron articles (with the exception of the most important one). But if I do, does that mean I can go around merging all kinds of articles? Example: could I merge the articles De Lorean Motor Company and De Lorean DMC-12? As the said company only produced the one car. Or ALL the individual Pokemon articles, with the possible exception of Pikachu as thats the only one anyone's ever heard of? I thinks all of these things, and more, deserve their own articles, for the simple reason that Wikipedia is not paper. User:Supersaiyanplough 04:00, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry if I offended you, I can see your point. But WHAT is Vfd? Is it like deleting it or something? -- User:Supersaiyanplough 05:03, 11 May 2005

(answered on User's page)

Help w/properly listing VfD

You seem pretty knowledgeable about some procedural stuff. Cruising thru "Deadend" and found Anvil with the book which has a VfD tag & a VfD page but I can't find it on the daily VfD logs or master VfD list. Seems like the listing process got stalled somewhere along the way. I'm a little reluctant to attempt to list it myself just in case my slow connection + my large browser caching + temporary blindness means it's already there and I just missed it. Could you double-check this, please? Also, if the VfD listing process was incomplete, I would greatly appreciate a line or two on my talk page explaining what happened and how you fixed it so I can do it myself in the future. Thanks very much. Soundguy99 17:02, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

(answered on User's page)

Thanks very much for your reply. I think I've got it now. Soundguy99 15:18, 15 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

OK! Master Thief Garrett 03:41, 16 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Link to VfD debate?

Hello. I'm clearing out the notices at Wikipedia:Speedy_deletions#New_notices and saw that you listed a couple of images for speedy deletion because they were orphans of a VfD'd article. Your name is one I recognize and trust (you're very good about cleanup) but since I'm the one who has to push the delete button, it is my responsibility to be certain an image should be deleted. Could you provide a link to the appropriate VfD debate? Thank you. SWAdair | Talk 01:58, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

How flattering :) I guess I did forget to put the link though... Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Commonwealth Federation... I've also put the links beside the image, you might see that one first. Master Thief Garrett 05:59, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thank you. SWAdair | Talk 10:09, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help on the missions

When I tried to move it, I got a message saying that I could not and to list it - maybe someone could look at that message? BTW, what are the criteria for being able to move pages? Thank you, Moomintrollmania 21:53, 14 May 2005 (UTC) PS is your name from Thief (computer game)?[reply]

(answered on User's page)

Your work on speedy deletions

Thanks for helping add nonsense to speedy deletions and for cleaning up red links. Now, if only an admin would actually get rid of the rest of those pages...Harro5 (talk · contribs) 04:53, May 15, 2005 (UTC)

Well, it's times like these I wish *I* had the power... I'm sure it wouldn't take many minutes for someone to clear that list entirely, and yet it always keeps building up... Master Thief Garrett 04:58, 15 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Just wandering by and I saw this. I try to clear the speedies once a day, as do others. It's not that quick though. Every one has to be checked; history, what links here, and is the content valid. Roughly one in ten I remove the tag from because the page is not really a speedy candidate. Usually these are pages that should be kept, sometimes they need to go to VfD. Just thought I'd fill you in from the janitor perspective. Best Filiocht | Blarneyman 15:19, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

Contact details?

Hi. We've talked once or twice on the talk page for the main Pokémon article, but we haven't been formally introduced. My name is Liam Pomfret, a.k.a. Archaic, webmaster of Bulbagarden.net. Do you have an email or IM by which you could be easily contacted? If you would be willing, I was hoping to solicit your aid (And perhaps that of some of the other major Pokémon Wikipedians) with regards to certain things which likely would not be appropriate to mention here on a user talk page at Wikipedia. I can be contacted via email at nospampleasemukashi@bulbagarden.netnospamplease.

Regards, Mukashi 15:47, 2005 May 16 (UTC)

(answered by email)

Barnstar!

Thank you! I'm flattered at the honor. Warmest regards,--Neutrality^talk 15:53, May 17, 2005 (UTC)

(oops, forgot to respond, oh well)

Admin prep school

Hello, again. I see that two messages up you said "Well, it's times like these I wish *I* had the power..." You certainly do enough cleanup around here that you could make good use of the extra buttons. I went checking. Kate's tools say you've made 2237 edits to the English Wikipedia, and that number is certain to be skewed on the low side because so many of your edits are tagging vandalism for deletion. Your interaction with others is always polite and level-headed, even after provocation. You're involved with cleanup all over the place. You've been here since April 11th. What?! April 11th? You've gotta be kidding. Remind me when July 11th rolls around and I'll be happy to nominate you. Many people use three months as a minimum to see if a person burns out after a brief rush of activity, to give time to gauge interaction skills, etc. One thing, though. You were using edit summaries consistently up until recently. Type an edit summary every single time. Every time. Everything we do here is available for scrutiny by anyone in the world, but edit summaries are an extra way of making our actions transparent. Many people weigh use of edit summaries heavily when considering an RfA. Otherwise, you're doing everything I would expect of an admin. It won't be long before your time for RfA rolls around. SWAdair | Talk 10:03, 19 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, my edit count is so low because almost all of my edits these days are deletions. My online time comes in short bursts and I can get called away at any moment, so I try to handle things that can be quickly decided and acted upon. That means my main mission each time I log on is to clear Category:Candidates for speedy deletion. I wish there was an easy way to keep track of edits including deleted edits, but oh well... SWAdair | Talk 02:45, 20 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Hey - no fair! I saw him first! ;) I made some comment about MTG being future admin material after he'd been here two weeks (I was quite stunned when i realised - he jumped right in boots'n'all). Seriously, I think it'as a case of checking the calendar until mid-July. Grutness...wha? 10:39, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - Now now, no arguing over me, I'm sure there's more than enough to go around... once I put on some weight that is... heheheh... Master Thief Garrett^Talk 13:39, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I've been eavesdropping on your discussion with SWAdair. You mentioned that non-admins can close VfDs. By all means, do any keep or merge and redirect discussions. Leave anything that requires deletion to admins, however--if you put the top and bottom closing templates on a discussion, they probably won't realize that the article hasn't actually been deleted. You probably knew that already, but there have been occasional problems in the past, and I want to save the inconvenience. Cheers, --TenOfAllTrades (talk/contrib) 03:58, 20 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Oh, yes of course, I'm only doing the keep and red-link ones. I'm certainly not going to deal with the others when I can't carry them through! *goes back to red-link he just found* Master Thief Garrett^Talk 04:00, 20 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

update

Well, it's mid July. Who wants to do the honours? Shall we wait for User:Moriori to graduate first, so there aren't two kiwi candidates at the same time?-gadfium 05:15, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

VFD note

Thanks for the comment on the Jotun Hein VFD... I think it ought to be deleted, just wandered off a bit on a thought process ;) --TimPope 11:10, 19 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

(forgot to respond, not that it likely matters)

Patrick Flynn VfD

Greetings! I'm wondering if you'd take a look at the detective work and the disambiguation that I did on the Patrick Flynn page, and perhaps reconsider your vote for deletion. Best wishes, Jacobw 12:36, 19 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

(answered on User's page)

D'oh! Sorry about editing your userpage, rather than your talk page. Thanks for your good-natured response to my mistake. Best, Jacobw 14:48, 19 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

- heheh, that's OK, we all screw up eventually... Master Thief Garrett^Talk 15:09, 19 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: VfD Christian Liberty Academy.

Re:(moved this silly offtopic tract to Wikipedia talk:Votes for deletion/Christian Liberty Academy) Master Thief Garrett 03:55, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. You did us a service. I was hoping some completely uninvolved third party would do it, but your participation in the dispute was minor enough that it doesn't appear that you are taking sides. My opinion, in general, is that when things get a little overly rowdy in the open air, a completely uninvolved third party should move the discussion to neutral ground, that way it's not seen as a partisan move. --Unfocused 14:37, 19 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed... I had to move it *somewhere*, and the red-link Discussion tab looked so lonely... heheheh... MY only side in the dispute is that of not wishing to see disputes about people's motives and schools' notabilities and whatnot crud up the Vfd. It's bad enough when each voter gives three lines of reasoning...Master Thief Garrett^Talk 14:47, 19 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

AIM/MSN?

Garrett, do you have AIM or MSN? I wanna chat about possible improvement to some Zelda shtuffs. c_c--A Link to the Past 03:18, May 21, 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I should be on MSN now, this link should work. Master Thief Garrett^Talk 03:26, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Some advice on a VFD discussion?

Hi, MTG, I've been keeping an eye on a VFD discussion of mine and it seems to have gone a bit wacky. I know that you're a relatively experienced VFD individual (or at least, that's the impression I got), so I was wondering if you could give me a little bit of advice as to what to do. The page is Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Mishing. Thanks, comrade. Mr Bound 21:05, May 22, 2005 (UTC)

(answered on User's page)

Closing VfDs

I appreciate your concerns, but I have been closing VfD debates for a long time and I don't feel that adding extra comments would be worth the effort. The debate pages are set to generate automatic edit summaries, which I feel are enough. At the same time the automatic summaries also make it much more time consuming to append my own comments. To me it is far more important to add a detailed comment to the deletion record or to the history of the article and its talk page if it is kept. I am proud to do more detailed annotations in these areas than almost any other closer. - SimonP 05:58, May 24, 2005 (UTC)

(answered on User's page)

Ocarnia of Time: Fate of the Kokiri

Hello. I was the author of that 1-liner that you reversed. I still maintain that they fled indoors, since they are actually indoors hiding from the Deku Babas and Scrubs when adult Link goes back to the village (save for Mido). My impression is, Ganondorf is too busy to personally send armies to hunt down the Kokiri (he would also have to physically find it), what with trying to find Zelda and all, as well as them staying hidden and not making much fuss (and therefore not as great a threat to Ganondorf's rule), so he just threw curses at them. With no Great Deku Tree, Giant Deku Babas would be enough to control the Kokiri. - 128.135.62.64 (hm, maybe I should get a name)

Yes it makes sense, but there is still a problem: accuracy. There is a big difference between canon (official ingame/manual info) and non-canon (fan-originated speculation and logical reasoning). Unfortunately, theories really cannot be presented alongside reliable and official facts without saying "many fans believe" or similar. It can get confusing.

Yes, by all means, you should get an account! I look forward to your new identity and contributions! Have a nice day! Master Thief Garrett^Talk 01:57, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Got an account now. Question: where does it say that the Kokiri fled to the forest? In game? (Certainly not in the manual, I don't think Nintendo would make a foul-up like that). Megarockman 10:38 24 May 2005 (CDT)

(answered on User's page)

:Satellaview_system.png

Hi, you requested some translations, so here's my attempt:

テレビ　= television
BSチューナー　= BS tuner
BSアンテナ　＝　BS antenna
AVセレクタ　＝　AV selector
ACアダプタ　＝　AC adaptor
本体背面　＝　rear of unit
電源中継ボックス　＝　electric source relay box
8Mメモリーパック　＝　8M memory pack
カセット　＝　cassette
スーパーファミコン本体　＝　super fami-con (family computer) unit
サテラビュー本体　＝　satellaview system

ビットストリーム（デジタル音声・データ）　＝　bitstream (digital voice data)
電源　＝　electrical source
映像・音声　＝　image, voice

Hope that helps. Vircum 09:21, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, since most non-Japanese speakers probably wouldn't know this, "famicon" is actually derived from the English "family computer", but it means something more like "gaming console". You might want to translate this on the image. Sorry about that! Vircum 17:53, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

(all answered on User's Talk page)

Thanks!

Thank you for attempting to fill in the missing information on the Image: pages for pictures in the Link article. Will you help me find suitable images from zelda.com so we can finally have Link featured on the main page and show the world WP gaming articles aren't all crap? I'd say we can ditch a few promo pictures, like that of Moosh (perhaps replace it with a low-res Wind Waker screenshot showing Medli or Makar) and reduce the amount of pictures to about four or five (which strengthens the case for fair use). We can perhaps replace the lead picture with a Twilight's Princess promo artwork piece, so we have a direct Nintendo source instead of some secondary archive. What do you think? Phils 21:25, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed/replaced a few more unsourced pictures to mak sure all pics include direct nintendo sources. Feel free to finish the job or add sourced images. I have to go now. Phils 10:30, 27 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Pokeprosal

After extensive discussion, there is a new effort to de-stub and expand all articles. However, a reasonable compromise seems to be to merge by evolution (see Horsea and Eevee for examples). Please give us your opinion at the 'prosal. Thanks! R adiant _* 10:09, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)

"Wherefore"

Hello, we've never met before, but I just want to say that "wherefore" means not "where" but "why," as is shown by numerous Shakespearean plays other than Romeo and Juliet. JM Bell ° 12:04, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hehe :) Quite right... Say, what do you think would happen if the attackers were a bunch of admins and a bureaucrat? Would Wikipedia survive the devastating attack? Not that I think these guys to be admins (of course they're not), but what if... JM Bell ° 20:12, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Re: Your Gripe

I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell others not to do a thing in the exact same fashion in which it was done. And, in the future, stay out of things that don't concern or involve you until they can be resolved by the participating parties. Thank you. EreinionFile:RAHSymbol.JPG 19:50, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)

I understand, a simple faux pas then. Thank you for your redress, it is appreciated. Cheers to our current, and hopefully future, cooperation. EreinionFile:RAHSymbol.JPG 04:14, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

Bombchu

I believe you had done some merging work on the Zelda games? If so then you could probably determine where this one should go? Yours, R adiant _>|< 13:45, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)

I've added a merge tag for now... I will sort out a proper space for it in the article later. Thanks for this! Master Thief Garrett^Talk 15:18, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

FYI, bombchus also appear in the Oracle series. R adiant _>|< 15:15, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)

Merged to miscellaneous and cleaned up slightly. Feel free to shuffle it around, though, if you think it belongs somewhere else. --MikeJ9919 19:07, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Not that I mind, but...

...if you look at the history of WP:SCH, you'll see that several people have been arguing all week, and I'm not one of them. R adiant _>|< 14:53, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism

I removed your edit to Zoltarak's user page. In the future, please try to remember that the user page is for the user, unless otherwise stated. Thanks. Karatloz 16:34, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Re: origin of "wiki"

thanks, i really doubted it would be that. But i didn't mean wickid as in evil, but where i come from, things of great awesominity are somethimes reffered to as "wickid". Supersaiyanplough|^(talk) 06:02, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

premature archive

Hi - It's probably not worth undoing, but you archived some stuff from WP:VPT that was way more recent than the requisite 7 days. In particular, the exchange with Rich Wannen was most recently commented on less than 24 hours ago. I assume he's probably gone for good this time, but I would have preferred for him to have had a chance to see this comment. In any event, please take more care next time (i.e. look at the newest comment, regardless of how old the thread is). BTW - I do appreciate that somebody finally got around to archiving. The page was definitely getting unwieldy. -- Rick Block (talk) 23:51, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

The Myth of Islamic Tolerance

Hi there! You said you would VFD this if it weren't protected. I'd say you have a point; if you'd create the nomination page I'd be happy to add the VFD template. Yours, R adiant _>|< 08:23, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

Done. R adiant _>|< 10:58, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

Princess Zelda talk page

Hey, you seem to be active in the Zelda articles, so I thought I would bring this to your attention. A couple days ago I put a comment thing on the Talk:Princess Zelda page and I was waiting for someone to reply. Could you help me out here? Thanks. Thunderbrand July 2, 2005 04:41 (UTC)

GTA III

hi there,

you can find my notice about my changes to the article of GTA III on the regarding talk-page. –jello ¿? July 4, 2005 19:37 (UTC)

"Walked"?

Is that meant sarcasticly to refer to the page of "virtual walking" as if we "cyber-folks" 's forgotten 'all 'bout doin' REAL-LIFE walkin', HUH? Yeah - prankster, rock on!--OleMurder 8 July 2005 00:10 (UTC)

NZ Images

Hey, where are you getting all them NZ images? Are you making them? If so, good on ya. I'd love to help, as there are many NZ place articles that still need 'em. - Supersaiyanplough|^(talk) 9 July 2005 10:02 (UTC)

References and External links

Hi. Could you reply to my latest post on: Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Wikipedia:Guide to layout -- changing the section. Thanks =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:08, July 10, 2005 (UTC)