User talk:Moncrief/archive2

. Archive of earlier talk page: User talk:Moncrief/archive1

Amanda Lepore

You did some great edits on the Amanda Lepore wikipedia I started, however you changed my International spelling of "centre" into the American "center," and attempted to back it up with a false Wikipedia policy. Not only do I not appreciate you changing a word that is spelled correctly, but you also changed the line eye sore into "eysore" which has been fixed. The policy Wikipedia has on spelling is that if the topic is SPECIFIC (important) to a particular country, then spell it that way. Amanda Lepore, though American is not The White House and is not specific to America. The rules also state "If all else fails, consider following the spelling style preferred by the first major contributor (that is, not a stub) to the article." I'm the first major contributor and I like centre better, if it's not broken don't fix it. But other than that thank you for your contributions. --Speakslowly 01:10, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Eugene

Do you live in eugene, oregon? - Actown

Category:Streets in Manhattan

Do we really want Second Avenue sorted between 19th Street and 20th Street? --SPUI (talk) 23:20, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

OK, I'll take it to Category talk:Streets in Manhattan. --SPUI (talk) 23:27, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

VfD Main Page Vandalism

Howdy. I see you tried to revert RiçkK's vandalism of the main VfD page, but it didn't work. I tried to fix it, and my changes didn't even show up! What's going on here?! android↔talk 23:59, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)

• Fortunately, I never saw the photo. I don't suppose I want it described to me, do I? :-) android↔talk 01:39, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

I just wanted to drop a note to say thanks for catching some of the errors (and adding the cat) on the new Northeast Mpls article I put up, I was a bit cross-eyed by the time I hit the save button :) Later! Rx StrangeLove 02:39, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

My Talk Page

Hey, thanks for the reversion on my talk page. You'd think CMU students could come up with something a little more creative than im a huge fag, eh? android↔talk 05:36, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

Vfd Blunders

Thanks for contributing to the discussion. It seems we must agree to disagree.

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - Voltaire (or Evelyn Beatrice Hall, according to Wikiquote)

- Pioneer-12 23:14, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Reply about black sitcoms

I just thought maybe I would break down the Main sitcoms category into one specializing on black sitcoms since the main sitcom category is overloaded. --SuperDude 23:44, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Sheila Jackson Lee

Is it just me, or does this article seem to need some NPOV help? The criticism info at the bottom is sourced but seems to be mostly cheap shots and certainly isn't balanced as a whole. Not sure what can be done, particularly since I've been involved with a rather public dispute with its main author (User:Rangerdude) and don't want to seem like I'm antagonizing him by starting to edit this one. I actually came across it by accident, being from Houston myself, but thought I'd see about getting a few more politically-interested eyes on it before I speak up myself. · Katefan0^(scribble) 22:10, May 2, 2005 (UTC)

Germany

The article suffers from too much detail. That is why I deleted this sentence, which is so much out of the core of the main country article that it can not be properly justified. gidonb 02:49, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

Noticeboard

Hello. We now have a sparkling new Wikipedia:LGBT notice board. Check it out, if you're interested, and feel free to contribute, if you like. Jonathunder 14:44, 2005 May 8 (UTC)

Thanks for your contributions to the new Wikipedia:LGBT notice board. As it develops, I am trying to shape it so that it becomes a useful and manageable place. It hasn't been even a day since it was created, and it is getting much too long. To deal with that, I've decided to keep discussions off the page. I've added a section for links to discussions that are happening elsewhere, and of course people can always start a discussion on the talk page. I was wondering if you might be willing to edit your request for comment down to a sentence or two. I've already added a link to the talk page you mentioned. If you want, I can do it. -- Samuel Wantman 22:47, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

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• Please see talk:The Entertainment Capital of the World --71.108.65.62 20:20, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Englishes

Thanks for the message; avoids trying to conduct a discussion in edit summaries (not the most effective way of doing things). You raise a number of interesting points; I'll try to answer them one by one, and maybe that'll help you see what my position is (with all due respect, from what you've said so far, I don't think you've got a handle on what my stance is in all this).

Why is it so important to you that articles about non-Canadian North American subjects be written in British English?

It's not important to me. I certainly don't go around opening up articles simply to change Zs to Ss (or vice versa) or to add supernumerary Us. I'm a firm believer in allowing the original editor's preference to stand (the "first major contributor" rule in the MoS). I regularly edit articles about Mexico that started out by using US conventions and, of course, respect them.

a POV you bring with you to the table... even when it counters Wikipedia policy.

My understanding of policy is that US articles get US spellings, UK/Commonwealth articles get UK/Commonwealth spelling. For the rest, a healthy anarchy is allowed to prevail, with a major role in that being played by the first contributor rule. Please tell me when I've done anything contrary to Wikipedia policy.

When I write or edit articles about Commonwealth subjects, I always use British English.

Sure; I think we all strive to do that. And, certainly, my contributions to (eg) the Mexican-American War articles use US conventions; that's policy, and no one's in disagreement with that. I'm not even an unconditional advocate of Commonwealth conventions -- in several of the articles I started I used US conventions, just because of how I was feeling at the time. One of the great things about this site is its diversity of styles and voices; that's what I want to uphold. And, yes, part of that is using Commonwealth conventions on Latin American articles; redress the balance somewhat. Why not?

I would expect a neutral editor and writer to extend the same courtesy about subjects related to this hemisphere (with the exception of Canada).

<sound of screeching brakes> Hold on there just a cotton-pickin' minute. Whom exactly do I owe the "courtesy" of writing centralize in an article about Mexican constitutional law? I'll be glad to use -izes, etc. in an article on Detroit, but I don't see why that should be made extensive to one on Minatitlán. On the contrary, I think the discourtesy lies in trying to impose one particular flavor of English on my country. English is not an official language here, so the MoS rule about "articles that focus on a topic specific to a particular English-speaking country" doesn't apply. And, in response to what you said in one of your edit summaries, I don't think sharing a border with the USA is a good reason to impose US conventions: we also share a border with Belize, another English-speaking country where different conventions hold. What you're doing is imposing one set of national rules on an entire continent (ok, "with the exception of Canada", although I don't know why you would ignore Belize, Jamaica, and the rest of the Anglophone Caribbean) -- both on countries that do have English as their official language (with their own stylistic preferences) and on others that don't (where all varieties of English are foreign). Wouldn't it be equally inappropriate for the British editors to insist that all articles on French towns, Greek politicians, Czech beer, etc. use UK spellings? –Hajor 01:14, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Cool; and thanks for the kind words. Stop by for beer & tacos if you're ever in town. –Hajor 12:07, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Odd

Thought I'd say hi as we have near identical names and have both edited the Holden Caulfield page --Mongreilf 09:33, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

disrupting wikipedia policy vote

You voted once for the policy at Wikipedia:Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point. Despite a 75% support that vote was rejected by the minority. A new vote has been called with a two week limit at Wikipedia talk:Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point. Please take a moment to participate. Thanks. - Tεxτurε 16:58, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Tijuana

Dear Moncrief: Hi! Thank you for reading and contributing to an article that I originated with a very humble beginning (the photos or none of much of it was put by me). I am always very charmed and happy to see interest in articles I began to write, and I appreciate good edits, such as the ones you did. Thank you very much for that.

By the way, I am not Mexican, Im Puerto Rican, but in Latin America (and Spain) we all consider each other brothers and sisters. A brotherhood and sisterhood of Whites, Indians and Blacks, as contrary to popular belief where people think every Hispanic is brown/Indian!!!

That said, I wanted to tell you that you are right. We need more native English speakers here. We need more people from around the world here. I have proposed that we promote ourselves through mall stores with T-Shirts, airplane models (I know a company that would make wikipedia desktop models so we can sell them), and different things, with catchphrases that would make casual people interested in at least, seeing what we are all about. Unfortunately, our promotional items are only sold through a store on one of our sister websites, and my voice has not been heard by those in charge of it.

I do this: Every smart person I know (my doctor, Brandon Goad, who is my personal friend and former student president at a University who now works for Sen. John Kerry, anyone that I know knows anything about anything I tell them to come here. Thats how my father, a former Marine who is expert in military, got involved. I figured out, these people are smart in at least one area, heck, why not tell them about us? Me? I like to write about Latin Americans who have done good in their fields, the pop scene, and my two specialties, aviation and boxing.

So, all resumed, good point you made in your last explanation of Tijuana although I think that we can still have very good non-native English speakers contributing here.

Thank you for everything and God bless you!

Sincerely yours, AntonioMania Martin

Years in television

Hi there!

This is a message to all users who were at one point of time or another actively involved in editing the "Years in television" articles.

I have developed a new format, that I am currently proposing to apply to all "xxxx in television" articles. If you could take a look at 1976 in television/Temp and leave your comments/objections/propositions at Talk:1976 in television/Temp, that would be much appreciated.

Please note that the Temp version is by no means final. It is there to give an idea of the new proposed structure. Please do not be critical of the actual layout; it will most definitely not stay unchanged.

Any ideas you might have will be quite welcome. Thank you for your time.—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 21:12, May 27, 2005 (UTC)

Interested in an L.A.-area Wiki meetup?

It appears as though L.A. has never had a Wiki meetup. Would you be interested in attending such an event? If so, checkout User:Eric Shalov/Wikimeetup.

- Eric 22:11, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

U.S. city names

I noticed that you supported having major U.S. cities just be on [[city name]] articles on the requested move for NYC a few months ago, I proposed that rule on Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(city_names)#New_proposal. Please come add your two cents! Dralwik 1 July 2005 21:03 (UTC)

Paul Harvey

My objection was solely to being taken to a site that requires you to register. Thank you for fixing that, so that I could read it without being added to the Trib's spam list. Now, as to the article itself: Everything Paul Harvey said about our country's sordid past is true. I didn't hear him say it, of course, so I don't know what tone of voice he used, but it's still true. It's also true that A-bombing the Japanese was a horrible act in itself, and was a good military decision, because it saved thousands and thousands of American lives that would have been lost through an invasion, because it ended the war immediately. There is no arguing that. Harvey's point seems to be that we, who now think of ourselves (rightly or wrongly) as being above some of the evil things we have done in the past, and constantly second-guess our actions based on guilt, are facing an enemy which does not question its own motives or actions, does not feel guilty about anything it does, and is totally devoted to its cause. Paul Harvey speaks the truth. And it's not pretty. Wahkeenah 4 July 2005 20:35 (UTC)

Airlines

I set up Wikipedia:WikiProject Airlines to discuss how to improve airline entries. Since you have made some edits in this area, I was wondering if you might be interested in this project. If so, please join the project. Vegaswikian 6 July 2005 06:59 (UTC)

You win.

You've driven me away. For stifling discussion and refusing to allow any real discussion (and thus consensus) to take place, you have driven me from Wikipedia. So yeah, you win. Congratulations, I won't be wasting anyone's time anymore. — Phil Welch 8 July 2005 02:24 (UTC)

[Note: Philwelch, in one of the longest extended goodbyes in Wikipedia history ("I'm leaving! I'm leaving! Really! I'm leaving! Just after I make six more edits! No, really, I'm leaving!"), originally used the word "motherfucker" on this page to describe me. [1]]

And I do apologize for that. I shouldn't have lashed out in such a fashion, and it was wrong of me. But yeah, I do need to take care of a few things before I leave. Anyone with 5000 edits probably has some business to take care of, and take care of *again* by apologizing for the first time he took care of it. What, you didn't think saying goodbye to you I would save for last...? Anyway, I'm sorry. But I don't think you're acting according to the spirit of Wikipedia policy, and given that *nobody* seems to care about it...Wikipedia just isn't what I thought it was. — Phil Welch 8 July 2005 02:45 (UTC)

Apology re: our dispute earlier

I didn't react well and I'm sorry. I really, really got too worked up. I still don't think I was treated fairly but I'm going to assume good faith and try and move on, but I felt that I needed to try and make amends first. — Phil Welch 8 July 2005 04:44 (UTC)

Gee, what a surprise. You decided not to leave after all. I am just shocked. Moncrief July 8, 2005 06:27 (UTC)

Ha. Yeah, I just threw a tantrum. Say what you want, you're probably right. Now you know my major personality flaw. I'm sorry you had to see that. — Phil Welch 8 July 2005 06:40 (UTC)

Christo redirect

Hi--I thought it might be of some possible benefit to your sanity and general faith in the Wikipedia to know that there was, in fact, a redirect from Christo to Christo and Jeanne-Claude, and had been ever since the article was moved from the former to the latter, but it was deleted on June 30 (I assume by accident, since it certainly shouldn't have been). I've restored it (and its rather extensive history) now. --Camembert 13:32, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Addition of my site to links

Moncrief

This morning I added a link to my site, which I believe you've deleted. I would like to discuss why the link was deleted and whether there is anything I can do to have it readded.

First, some background. My site (www.france-property-and-information.com) is 95% informational and 5% commercial. To make it more attractive to Wikipedia, I've separated the informational portion from the commercial portion, creating a 'pseudo home page' for the informational side at http://www.france-property-and-information.com/france_and_french_property.htm.

I consider the information at this link to be substantial and interesting. Furthermore, it is expanding weekly, so I see its value continuing to increase. As it deals with France (food, culture, wine, regions, etc.) I feel the FRANCE portion of Wikipedia is a suitable place for it.

If the link was removed because it was considered unsuitable, could you let me know what I would need to do to correct this problem?

Doug Stewart (dougstewart@france-property-and-information.com)

RFC Page Open

I saw your recent note on a problem user. Please visit: Wikipedia:Requests for comment/SNIyer1 to help out. Thank you! -Husnock 06:21, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Being There

A belated thanks for your help on Being There. Believe it or not, if you do a thorough search on the Internet, no one, and I mean no one, has compiled a list of these television references. That is unbelievable for such a legendary film, what with all the geeky attractiveness of such a project. IMDb has some references, but only film.

I did find a very curious source, however, which helped me: Someone published a transcript of the closed captioning subtitles of the movie. Very strange. Helpful, yes, but incomplete, as in most scenes people are talking over the television, so most of what is heard is not captioned (and captions are notoriously unreliable). If you want to find it, google "super cop clobberer".

Anyway, I think it will be fun to build this section over time, and watch the information grow. I want to get my hands on the title of the orchestral work that opens the film. Its use is brilliant, followed so suddenly by the Lt. Mumbly cartoon.

I am going to place a link to the page in the Village Pump's technical section. I find this is the fastest way to get an article searched by Google (if you haven't tried that before, I recommend it). Nice "Favorite Quote" on your user page, by the way.

Thanks again, paul klenk 01:48, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Re the IMDb list, I have not yet updated our list with everything on that one. However, the IMDb list itself is imcomplete; it only references what can be found at IMDb, so it doesn't include, say, commercials. paul klenk 12:59, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

I've added comments to the talk page (good catch on Match Game, by the way). We can continue our discussion there. paul klenk

Quickly

Do you mind doing the revert on N.O.? I'm not sure if it would count as a fourth for me or not as I placed it in there amidst a longer edit this morning. I agree an opinion does not justify a removal. Derek obviously doesn't like it but it doesn't detract from the page (and is arguably helpful). Marskell 16:43, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Just out of curiosity

Are you a Melb. journo?

Holden

It is not fair - it is not proper - to compare, especially to compare implicitly, fans of that book to Mark David Chapman. --VKokielov 20:03, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Rio Grande river

If you translate Rio Grande is it Grand River. You don't say: "Grand River river" You say "Rio Grande". I made that sentence the river of the Rio Grande to end an agrument that was going on between to other contributors (maybe you were one of them). Please don't say River Grande river........it sounds...Stupid. WikiDon 17:06, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

It was wrong before, but could have been/could be made better. How about:

"Albuquerque straddles the river, the Rio Grande."

What else could we do?

WikiDon

Well, that was fine with me, I put that in to end the debate/edit war. I'll ponder it for a while.

WikiDon

What about something like this:

Albuquerque straddles the Rio Grande, the once mighty river that eventually becomes the border between the United States and Mexico.

Or

The Rio Grande, the once mighty river that eventually becomes the border between the United States and Mexico, dissects Albuquerque from north-to-south.

WikiDon 20:43, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Nice work

Nice work on The Man. You're definitely pulling your weight around here. Reparaizins 06:41, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Dame Elizabeth Taylor

Hi. You're right that she would be generally considered an American actress. I've changed the words to stress her American associations first, but make it clear she's still a British subject. If that were not so, she could not call herself "Dame Elizabeth", as her DBE would be honorary only. Getting the balance between truth, consistency, emphasis and style is always tricky, as this simple case shows. But always worth the challenge. Cheers. JackofOz 08:16, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

holiday special

I have a reliable source that tells me that an eventual release will happen by Lucasfilm, but not as a serious release, more as a comedic novelty. The Wookieepedian 01:26, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

PLED?

As a word lover, I must say this was completely new to me. It sounded like sheer ignorance when I read it in Rosa Parks' article, which is why I changed it. But I accept that it seems to have become acceptable in your neck of the woods. But from the Columbia Journalism Review (www.cjr.org):

• Pleaded Guilty - A Modest Plea
• The bank, a news article reported, "had pled guilty to charges that it made false entries." Why "pled"? A lot of lawyers (and a lot of lawyerly writings) seem to prefer it, and some dictionaries list it as an alternative past tense for "plead." But we don't say someone "pled for his life," or "pled for mercy." We say "pleaded." And so it should be with legal pleas. Case closed, one hopes.

Cheers JackofOz 06:20, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

The Philadelphia Project

Hi i have noticed that you have edited several articles on subjects related to the Philadelphia area. Several other users and myself have got together to create a project to help improve, expand, and create articles concerning the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley region. While our project is still new, we are inviting people to join us to help it get started off on the right foot. You can find the project at Wikipedia:WikiProject Philadelphia, feel free to add your name and drop off an suggestions that you might have. If you have any questions, drop me a line anytime. Thanks. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 01:26, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Tootie

You like old sitcoms, I think you'll appreciate this article. Mike H (Talking is hot) 11:11, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Nice articles! I wrote Mrs. Garrett today. And Jo Polniaczek. Mike H (Talking is hot) 23:18, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Blair Warner this morning. I'll get Natalie's sometime today. Mike H (Talking is hot) 10:29, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Wallace Shawn

A while ago, you made some minor edits with the snarky edit summary "This is just a terribly written article". I agree that it was lopsided and badly organized. What do you think of the current version? Any suggestions? ←Hob 23:54, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

US Spelling

I'm not English!  ;)

neighbourhood (mathematics). It's a nightmare, keeping track...

Thank you for fixing Millburn High School. --VKokielov 04:59, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Classic Rock

I've noticed that you have made some edits on Hotel California. I thought you might like to know that I am doing a survey, trying to find the most liked classic rock song. There is more information on my user page. Hope you participate. RENTASTRAWBERRY ^{FOR LET?} röck 05:33, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Debbie Reynolds

Look, if your basic point of irritation is that the information is in the first sentence/paragraph, then I completely agree with you. And in fact, I've been working to remove similar notations from the first sentences of certain personages' articles (see Talk:Jennifer Aniston). BUT - the info about Carrie Fisher wasn't in the first paragraph, it was under "Early Life", and that's where it belongs since it relates to her parents/background/etc; my exact words were "an actress of English descent" - which is accurate, and there because the same sentence describes Eddie Fisher as being of Jewish descent. Putting it later down in the article is just unrelated to anything discussed down there and a waste of space. Oh, and sure, her background is irrelevant, but frankly it's about as irrelevant as her birth date. Does it really matter that Carrie Fisher was born in 1956 and not 1954? Would it change much of anything? No, but it's just a fact and frankly a large number of details about certain people are completely irrelevant to "who they were" as a person, and there's nothing wrong with that. But never mind that - my basic point is I agree on the content of the opening paragraph, but I'm not sure if you're saying it shouldn't be under "Early Life" either.Vulturell 06:48, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

You're not

Really going to go around reverting every one of my edits? Do you realize how incredibly counter-productive that is?Vulturell 03:03, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

I love you, too, Moncrief.Vulturell 03:11, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

You claim to be an editor. Well then, shouldn't you edit instead of simply removing information? If it displeased you that Christy Canyon's parents were called Armenian and Italian, why not change it to Armenian American and Italian American? Be productive, not counter-productive. Don't just waste your time taking stuff out.Vulturell 03:34, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

YOU took out German-Americans from Sylvia Plath? What are you thinking? Why don't you google it? She is well known to be the daughter of German immigrants. You are worse than a vandal, Moncrief, you just revert edits on the principal of the person who did them, regardless of how accurate they are.Vulturell 03:38, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Lanier's quote

I loved Lanier's quote on your user page. Care to tell me from which book por periodical? Thanks. ≈ jossi fresco ≈ t • @ 16:21, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Moncrief

I have something that requires your special talents. User:Cypriot stud keeps putting in ridiculous junk to various people's opening paragraphs. I.e. Jennifer Aniston "an American-born Greek-Scottish-Italian-whatever actress" or Kirk Douglas "an American-born Belarusyian actor"! Since we agreed that this kind of mention of people's background is a very, very bad idea I thought you could give him the rundown. Thanks. Oh - and his contribution list (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Cypriot_stud) - I reverted most of the nonsense, but he keeps putting it in, especially on Aniston's page. Vulturell 20:18, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

BBM

Thank you very much for your precise and complete contributions to BBM. I am trying to do the same on French version — but I will wait a little before. Thanks again. Enzino 11:15, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Technically in violation of WP:3RR

As much as I agree with your version of Brokeback Mountain, you are technically in violation of WP:3RR having made the same reversion 4 times. The only reason I have not blocked you for 24 hours is because you immediately reverted yourself after the 4th time. I'd suggest that you attempt comprommise and discussion long before your 3rd revert. -- Samuel Wantman 21:20, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

That's definitely more than three reverts now. Please take your differences to the talk page, eh? :)

Adrian Lamo · (talk) · (mail) · 21:29, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Or wait a few minutes and give someone else a chance to revert. ;-) AUTiger ʃ ^talk/_work 21:38, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

My apologies. Sorry for my over-eagerness. Moncrief 21:41, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Adrian makes a good point, per WP:3RR "Reverting in this context means undoing the work of another editor." At Bareback Mountain, you reverted[2][3][4][5][6] edits by another user to versions you had authored roughly five times. One of those you quickly undid, so I will not count that one, as it was an attempt at a compromise. But still, four reverts to two slightly different versions of your own work still qualify, per this language. I would normally let this slide, but to be fair, I have already blocked User:Druidictus. In some ways you are more at fault, because as an experienced editor you should know better. Druidictus is a newby and probably was unaware of 3RR. So I am blocking you for 24 hours. Consider this block a wiki-vacation. -- Samuel Wantman 22:17, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Hey there. Wanted to say I regret that the edit dispute came to blockage -- though I do agree it's appropriate for both of you to be blocked, if User:Druidictus is going to be blocked as fruit of that same interaction.

You were clearly trying to keep the article neutral and informative, which I can appreciate. Anyone can get caught up in a moment of eager editing :)

Regards, Adrian Lamo · (talk) · (mail) · 22:40, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Edits at Brokeback Mountain

Your edit summary concerning my mis-leading of the film's release was not intentional, so please do not make it seem like it was. I was unsure of whether it had been widely-distributed on that date or not, so please accept my apology for placing the incorrect information in the article. —Eternal Equinox | talk 23:39, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Apology accepted, but in the future don't make changes unless you're sure something isn't incorrect! Moncrief 23:51, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

I'll make sure to. —Eternal Equinox | talk 23:56, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Please stop writing insulting summaries when you make an edit. Merely change the wording and state that you have done so. Thank you. —Eternal Equinox | talk 02:22, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Show Preview?

After nine successive edits in 11 minutes you ended up with just this. Have you considered using the "Show Preview" button more often? After going through your edits I feel like I am beginning to understand the inner workings of your mind. This is more than I want to know! Thanks. -- Samuel Wantman 08:15, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, It seemed humorous when I wrote it, but I can see how you might not see it that way. I should know better. My apologies. -- Samuel Wantman 06:38, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Bloomington, Minnesota

Re: Your October 1, 2005 comments on the article: Inconsistency in comparisons of population data will always exist when people are essentially comparing apples and oranges (or more analogous in this situation, apples of constantly changing sizes). The previous edit was comparing, I will assume, official census numbers from 2000, which makes his statement correct. You, on the other hand, were comparing numbers which actually appear on the relevant Wikipedia articles (for Duluth, Rochester, and Bloomington), all of which state estimates of population from different years. To be really consistent, all population comparisons should be based upon data from the same time.

Backspace 20:10, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Invite to join/help organize Wikipedia:Wikiproject LGBT studies

Hello. (Sorry for the form letter) In my various travels in Wikipedia, I have run across your name as someone who takes an active interest in LGBT articles. This is an invitation to check out a new project: Wikipedia:Wikiproject LGBT studies. The initial goal is to create an within Wikipedia a unicversity-level academic-quality reference encyclopedia for LGBT and Queer Studies-related topics. The goal is two fold: 1. bring as many as possible up to Featured Article quality, and 2. prove that LGBT-related topics are as academically relevant to WP as other anthropology subsets. - Davodd 22:00, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

block?

A user you previously blocked for 1 month vandalised the antacid article, thought I'd let you know. --Steven Fruitsmaak 18:25, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Matt Gonzalez

Thank you for your criticisms of the Matt Gonzalez article. I have been trying in vain for months to get Rasax, the author of that article, to raise it to Wikipedia standards, but she is immune to criticism. Because I couldn't work with Rasax, I wrote an alternative Matt Gonzalez article. You can see it at the top of the Matt Gonzalez Talk page. I think the article is a good one. Would you mind reading it and commenting about whether it should take the place of the current article? Thanks. Griot 16:48, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

I think you can see what I've been up against these past several months. Rasax is very stubborn and can't see the subject objectively. On the Discussion page, you agreed with me to replace what is currently in the article with the "Childhood and Youth" section from the proposed article. You also agreed with me that the "Claims of a Democratic-Republican alliance" section should be cut. Normally, I would make the replacement and the cut myself, seeing as the majority of editors are in favor of it, but I know from experience I can't do it without causing untold grief. Can you make these editorial changes? Griot 20:51, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

"You've made using lots of words in order to say nothing into a kind of art form, Rasax" Welcome to my world, Moncrief. I just wanted to say you're doing a yoeman's job of keeping this article on track. Thanks a lot. Griot 20:53, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Dog Day Afternoon

Thanks for all the touch-ups, tweaks, and full-on additions you've made to the article. Do you have some connection/interest in the subject, or has it just luckily (for me, trying to get it to FA quality) fallen into your editing crosshairs? Staxringold 14:23, 11 May 2006 (UTC)