User talk:Mientkiewicz5508

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Anonymous anonymous 09:20, 11 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Placing an image

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There is more about placing images at Wikipedia:Extended image syntax.--Commander Keane 01:45, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

user talk

Remember to sign your name and date by putting four tildes ( ~ ) after your message, so people dont have to scroll through the history to reply to you. Adam the atom 05:40, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

regarding Pony Posse

The article Pony Posse has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This happened because the article seems to be about a person or group of persons but it does not indicate how or why that person or group is notable. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. You might also want to read our criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 7 under Articles. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 19:01, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In regard to your comments left on my talk page, I'd ask that you review wikipedia's policy on notability. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 02:40, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cool (aesthetic)

Or something spelt like that...You sent a message to my IP account, (I apparently forgot to log in) that I had changed something on the "Cool" page...Unless it was my brother which is highly unlikely, I don't think it was I who changed it, as I have never visited that page on Wikipedia. And this edit appears under a page Stillwater Area High School. What cool has anything to do with it, I'm not sure. Hi. I'm assuming your IP address is 71.215.253.129 - if not, I'm afraid I don't know what the above relates to. I don't know what you might have written about Stillwater Area High School, but if you check the history of Cool (aesthetic), someone at your address made two changes on 26 June (both about some bloke called Ryan Aldridge). For obvious reasons, they count as vandalism (and the article gets a lot of that). Hope that helps in working out what all this is about! garik 09:00, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh well I've never heard that name in my life. I highly doubt that that's my IP because I've seen my IP before and I remember that being shorter. Anyways thanks for clearing it up, hope the glitch or mixup or whatever doesn't happen again.

No problem. It must be your IP though, or how would you have read the message about Cool? I didn't post it on this page. It might be worth checking who's been using your PC, or doing a virus scan for Trojan Horses and stuff (though I don't know if that's really a possibility). Anyway, all the best! garik 21:01, 27 June 2006 (UTC) (PS Please sign your messages with ~~~~ ! Thanks)[reply]

Oak-Land Junior High School

in the future, please use {{mergeto|target}} - CrazyRussian talk/email 14:17, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hugo Chavez

Hi Mientiewicz,

I noticed your comment on Chavez and Venezuela on the North Korea Bomb test page, and I have to say, you have a fairly distorted view of the situation in Venezuela. You might be interested in watching this video: Chavez:Inside the coup. Lord Seabhcán of Baloney 09:51, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Userboxes

I noticed you've got a Userbox for single Wikipedians, but what about those in a relationship? Is there somewhere I could find other userboxes of that sort? Feel free to reply on my Userpage (if you'd be so kind =]), as I won't remember to check here. Mientkiewicz5508 21:49, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Look at the list at User:Xaosflux/UBX/Sexuality. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 16:45, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

headings

Please start headings in pages with two equal signs (== Heading ==) and add more equal signs as needed for subheadings. Thank you.--Midnightcomm 01:47, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stillwater Area High School

EDIT (Boardndave): Mientkiewicz5508, let's face it: In school activities have far more importance than extra-curricular events. A school's main purpose in operating is to provide education to the students which attend that school. Therefore, categories regarding in-school academia take precedence over athletics and other extra-curricular events such as sports. Now that I have explained myself, I should see no further edits to the location of the Music Program section of Stillwater Area High School page. I suppose I can leave the Theatre program info below the sports section since, while they do have a class dedicated to theatre, they're a bunch of weird kids anyways. Hopefully you can come to a realization that in an article about school, academia takes precedence over athletics. Regarding the music article: While I do not currently have time to commit to completing the rest of the info regarding the music program section (due to AP homework, etc...) I will fill the rest of the section out completely. -You should also note that the Alumni area is reserved for people who have done things above and beyond as ALUMNI. You may want to look at other schools for examples of how to properly use this section.

SAHS (Again)

Sorry about that... Never had to talk directly to somebody on Wiki. You may be surprised, but there ACTUALLY is a drama class at SAHS, therefore it technically has more importance than sports... I'm not a big fan of drama though, so I could care less where it goes.

Only in America?

Please see Portal_talk:Sports_and_games/Sports_and_games_news--Nitsansh 02:15, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stryker (disc jockey)‎

Can you explain why you have insisted on replacing a number of changes, none of which was explained or sourced, and the re-inclusion of a piece of micro-trivia that has been thoroughly discussed on the Talk page? --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 21:32, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"They were leaked from CBS so you can assume they're true" is not adequate; see WP:CITE. Your opinion of the importance of a handful of disgruntlesd people on the Internet is also not relevant. Pleasestop adding this stuff; if you continue, you face being blocked from editing for duisruption. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 08:43, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stillwater Area High School

First, please familiarise yourself with WP:MOS. Secondly, if someone doesn't warrant a Wikipedia article, why do you insist that she's notable? Thirdly, a list of rehearsal times, etc., is not acceptable use of an article; it's not a noticeboard for schools but an encyclopædia article. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 23:09, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But an encyclopædia article is not a place to put termcards, etc. — that's been established over many discussions of this sort. A link to the school's website should be enough (such information should be there somewhere).

As for the notability issue: again, if he's not worth an article, then he's not notable enough; if he is worth an article, why not create one? I mean, if it matters enough for you to spend time and energy insisting on including him in this list, why not spend it on creating an article (a reasonable stub that won't qualify for speedy deletion is enough).

I'm not sure what your final comment referred to, but if it's the {{NPOV}} template, I think that it's obvious; the article is full of language more suited to a school magazine than an encyclopædia article, with teams triumphing or dominating, "has long been known for its excellence in music", etc. The tone is also wrong — much too slangy and journalistic. In fact, all the stuff about recent sports performance is inappropriate for an encyclopædia article. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 13:16, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is an encyclopædia, not your school's yearbook; an article here isn't the place for detailed accounts of the performances of its sports teams. You seem to prefer to take my editing as personally aimed at you. There is, of course, no basis for that. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 10:13, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The amount of time that you've spent on it is irrelevant, I'm afraid, as is my being the only person to raise the issue. Looking at the Talk page, I see that very few people have commented at all, in fact — unsurprising, given the subject of the article. You say: "Under your logic, no College Football, Basketball, or any other sports seasons should be detailed on Wikipedia either." It's not "my logic" (whatever that means), and yes, the reasons that I give do certainly apply to articles on all schools. This isn't the place to advertise your school's sporting achievements. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 20:26, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You might find Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools useful as a guide to what belongs (and doesn't belong) in an article on a school. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 20:36, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How can you interpret "Mention the sports team(s) of the school and what is notable about them" as "Give full details, in gushing, school-journalism language, of the performances of the teams year by year"? --Mel Etitis (Talk) 23:01, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

--- It apears that, being unable to defend your edits, you're simply and dumbly making them, with no explanation, no attempt at justification, not even edit summaries. This is simply disruptive editing. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 20:11, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've explained my edits at each stage — at least with an edit summary, and generally with something more here. I've also given the relevant guidelines; you've yet to explain how you think your material fits what's said in those documents. As soon as I challenged you on that you stopped discussing the issue, but not reverting to your version.
Your article on Chris Engler didn't even say what he did, much less what made him significant. You seem to think that the mention of parochial acronyms is enough; I have no idea what "NBA" means. I assume that it's some sort of U.S. sports organisation, but that's all. If you think that this person is important, then you should explain why, not assume that your reader already knows and agrees. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 13:10, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You seem (unsurprisingly, perhaps, given the weakness of your position) unwilling to respond to what I said about Wikipedia guidelines; instead you choose to make personal attacks. When you choose to discuss the issues, I'll respond. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 21:28, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sign

As a courtesy to other editors, it is a Wikipedia guideline to sign your posts on talk pages, user talk pages, and WikiProject pages. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments and your user name or IP address and the date will be automatically added along with a timestamp. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). For further info, read Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. Thank you. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 10:13, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sanjaya NPOV tag

Could you comment on Talk:Sanjaya_Malakar about your reason for adding the NPOV tag to that article? (I've started a discussion topic there.) I'd like to get the POV issues resolved quickly so we can remove the tag. Thanks. Gnixon 14:25, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I made a few changes based on your comments, and others have responded to them on the talk page. Could you look over the article and their comments? It would be great if we can remove the tag ASAP. Gnixon 14:55, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Gnixon 22:26, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stillwater Area High School

You still don't seem to have grasped our policy: saying "those edits were correct" isn't justification for including them — we need citations. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 10:21, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

A table of contents is copyrighted. It is not fair use, and Wikipedia policy has long been to delete them. Corvus cornix 01:54, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:GoPonies.gif

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Non-free use disputed for Image:GoPonies.gif

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Valleyfair Fansite

Hi... It's generally frowned upon to add your own website to a Wikipedia article. Other fan sites have been removed as linkspam in the past. Generally I'm not opposed to a few popular cites being added to an article. Your site looks great, and I wish you luck with it. But it's only a week or two old and has hardly any content yet. As such, it's going to be hard to call it "the number one fansite", etc. when you have no history to back that up... I wish you luck with your website, but please don't add it back to the article without first discussing it on the article's talk page. Thanks! --Rehcsif 22:23, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image source problem with Image:Pony.gif

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Saw IV talk page

Yeah, you're totally right, many apologies. I'm gonna delete the convo and just leave the images. Thanks,

ViperBlade ^Talk!! 17:27, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Oaks Christian High School

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WikiProject Baseball Newsletter

The Baseball WikiProject Newsletter

Issue I – July 2008

: "A home opener is always exciting,; no matter if it's home or on the road."; - Yogi Berra

News and announcements

Welcome to the first Baseball WikiProject Newsletter, dated Tuesday, July 15, 2008.
The Article Improvement Drive has been revived. Check it out!
The Outreach department is in the works, please contribute your ideas!

Featured content

In the past month, WikiProject Baseball has had the following articles promoted to Featured Article status:

This month's newsletter was designed and written by Wizardman, jj137, and Black ngold29. If you would like to contribute to future newsletters, please contact the Baseball WP outreach dept.

News from the diamond

The 79^th MLB All-star Game is scheduled for this evening.
The 2008 Home Run Derby took place yesterday. Justin Morneau defeated Josh Hamilton in the final round, 5 home runs to 3, although Hamilton broke a record with 28 home runs hit in the first round.

From the Editors

Baseball has a history unlike any other sport. It has been played in countless countries throughout the decades, and it will undoubtedly continue play for many more. On this eve, some the finest players the sport has to offer will take the field at the Yankee Stadium. Four popes spoke there, Pelé scored goals there, "The Greatest [football] Game Ever Played" was battled out there, John Philip Sousa lead a band there, George Costanza worked there; but what do all these events have in common? They fail to reach the level of greatness that the baseball that was played there did.

In 1923, a man named Babe Ruth decided to build a new house, and over the years, that house was a home to some of the greatest baseball ever played. If I were to list out all of these great moments, it would be longer than the bill for the New Yankee Stadium. So I'll sum it up by saying that we can remember these great moments by adding them to this place we've gathered at for future generations to read about, to learn about, to dream about; but more importantly we can watch tonight and we can remember how baseball is unlike anything else that we will encounter in our lives. — Black ngold29

-- jj137 (talk) 03:13, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

October Baseball WikiProject Newsletter

The Baseball WikiProject Newsletter

Issue III – October 2008

: "If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving a baby's life...; she'll save the baby without even considering how many men are on base!"; — Stephen King (The Dark Tower)

News and announcements

The Baseball Project promoted 13 lists to Featured status in August and 8 more in September. Amazing job!
A combined eleven articles were promoted to Good Article status in August and September.

Featured content

In September, WikiProject Baseball has had the following articles promoted to:
Featured Article status:

Nashville Sounds

Featured List status:

List of New York Mets Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Colorado Rockies Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Florida Marlins Opening Day starting pitchers, Nashville Sounds seasons, List of Tampa Bay Rays Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Seattle Mariners Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Boston Red Sox Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Arizona Diamondbacks Opening Day starting pitchers, New York Yankees seasons

Good Articles of August and September:

All the Way (Eddie Vedder song), Cy Young, Dan Brouthers, Harmon Killebrew, Rickey Henderson, Billy Pierce, Kinston Indians, Three Rivers Stadium, Bill Lange, Calgary Cannons, Hugh Daily, Homer at the Bat

This month's newsletter was designed and written by Wizardman, jj137, and Black ngold29. If you would like to contribute to future newsletters, please contact the Baseball WP outreach dept.

News from the diamond

The 2008 opening round playoff matchups with be:
- Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels
- Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies
- Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs
- Chicago White Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays
Help to keep the articles of the postseason updated

From the Editors

We apologize for not sending out our August newsletter, we have tried to cover some events of the month in this issue.

The playoffs have started! The Dodgers and Phillies have won their respective Division Series and will face off in the NL Championship Series. Both series in the American League have yet to be finished. Show your support for your favorite teams by keeping up with their season pages!

-- jj137 (talk) 00:22, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Kevin Gullikson

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