User talk:MuffledThud/Archives/May 2009

Allen Jenkins

MuffledThud, no doubt you know more about the policies than me, but this is on requested moves and your changes now are in conflict with what I have written there of what I've done, and what the original request was asking. You're treading on my toes, you've just changed the articles' titles completely from the move request, which was to have "Allan Jenkins" as the title for the footballer. I didn't change that request I simply added dab pages and redirects. I think maybe your good faith has not been helpful this time? SimonTrew (talk) 22:59, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There are two Allan Jenkinses, both of which are notable, and one Allen Jenkins, but no Alan Jenkins in Wikipedia yet. It therefore makes sense to redirect that spelling to the new disambiguation page, since readers might be looking for any of the three. MuffledThud (talk) 23:03, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agree both in fact and in sentiment. I am not sure you have got this right though. I just hit Allan Jenkins and got the journalist. I will check the redirects but if we're not careful we'll be chasing each other's tails. SimonTrew (talk) 23:09, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clicking on Allan Jenkins, I get the dab: try reloading your browser cache, or closing and re-opening your browser. Thanks, MuffledThud (talk) 23:11, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You broke (with a move) Alan Jenkins with edit reason "misspelling". The whole point is that is a common way to spell the forename, hence the dab. That being said, thanks for adding useful edit summaries, at least I didn;t have to guess (one of my pet hates). Alan Coren and my brother David Alan will serve as two examples for now; one is notable, and the other I love, well he is like a brother to me. Hang on, he is a brother to me. SimonTrew (talk) 23:22, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's not broken: Alan Jenkins also redirects to the dab page Allan Jenkins (disambiguation), since it could be a misspelling of any of the three. Puzzled: what do you want me to do? Thanks, MuffledThud (talk) 23:25, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Muffled you are right, I checked it immediately after posting. Immediately before, it was broken. Just in a state of flux I guess. A bot got in the way and I have had a go at the bot-- they should have standoff delays at that kind of thing since we can't all do every change at once, eh? We're just human takes us a few seconds.

Thanks for your help I think is all shipshape now. I only wandered across this from the Requested Move article, it does go to show that (a) things aren't as simple as people [not the OP] expect and (b) things can get sorted with no great trouble when people with good faith want them to (see below).

Very best wishes SimonTrew (talk) 02:19, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thud

My first time edit

I am very impressed with the way you guys are right on top of things.

Geoff — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gcowles (talk • contribs)

Thanks, and welcome. MuffledThud (talk) 00:57, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Time Sharing(book)

Hi, I'm having trouble linking the book to the author's(Krawiec) page. Can you help me? Thanks.Rich (talk) 05:03, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delayed reply: I've been off WP for a few days but I've fixed that link now. The fix is called "piping a link": you can read more about it at Wikipedia:Piped link. MuffledThud (talk) 20:32, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, and sorry to hear you're leaving Wikipedia--you seem not just a good editor, but also a goodnatured editor.--Rich Peterson130.86.14.66 (talk) 05:19, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Optimal thinking

I responded to your criticism of my article about optimal thinking with additional information and sources, but neglected to remove the deletion tag. Please un-remove the article and study the revisions for any further improvement. It is my first article and I am wanting to get it right. Newthoughtguy (talk) 16:46, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of ETA index in QSAR

An article that you have been involved in editing, ETA index in QSAR, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ETA index in QSAR. Thank you.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. andy (talk) 08:47, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Optimal thinking

FYI, I have restored the Optimal thinking article that you proposed deletion of and then nominated it for deletion via the AfD process. Discussion is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Optimal thinking. —C.Fred (talk) 02:36, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

James Reuter

Could you hold on the editing first on this article and the reference please, I am still editing and writing. Thank you adinemb —Preceding undated comment added 03:41, 5 May 2009 (UTC).[reply]