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BB&T

If your objection to material in this article is valid, you nonetheless cut too much. The part about BB&T's position on eminent domain was written by me, based on news articles. I did not get any of it from BB&T's web site. Michael Hardy 16:35, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Italics

Hi, Son of Somebody - please stop de-italicising the titles of television programmes. Please read Wikipedia:Manual of Style (titles) to see what should be italicised. Thanks. Bob 13:46, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, I just thought it was best to point it out. Bob 15:31, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Italics--Son of Somebody 22:41, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Panama Canal Zone

Hello,

The claim that "Panamanians were not allowed to freely enter the Zone" is absolutely false, except for some short periods of unrest (most recently in the mid-to-late 1970s). There were, by the terms of the 1903 treaty, restrictions on who could and who could not shop in Canal Zone retail stores, but this was protectionism for Panamanian businesses and had nothing to do with anyone's freedom of movement.

I am a Zonian; I lived there from 1959 until 1976. HiramShadraski 19:27, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Soundtrack Link in "The Atomic Cafe"

Look, yes, the .rar archive with OST is located on a free file-hosting server, which shows some ads before you can start downloading. It takes about 20 seconds to start downloading. I agree, that the first page of the given link does look a bit messy. But unfortunately all free file-hosting services look alike.

Here is why I think the link should be there: 1. It's very rare recording - due to some copyright problems Rounder (the recording label) never re-released on CD. It was released only once on LP in 1982 and after that was excluded from the labels catalogue 2. You won't find it somewhere on the net, except p2p-networks, probably. That's for sure - I uploaded it there about 8 months ago and I'm the guy who made the RIP from the original LP.

614 people had downloaded the OST from there (see counter at the bottom of the linked page). This means that somehow they managed to get through all these ads to get this very rare recording.

What vanity are you talking about? I just want to share this unique recording with other people. It took me almost 10 years to find this LP. I do not get any profit from this link, except emotional profit :-).

So, please, let's keep in the article.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.195.29.253 (talk • contribs)

The Atomic Cafe--Son of Somebody 22:42, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lilian Garcia

Please do NOT change the fansite. The fansite currently there is the mostable one, the more professional one and also the way more popular one. The site you want included does not met guidelines discussed a while ago so therefore it will not be included. Please do not change it, if you continue to change it you maybe blocked for vandalism. Thanks you Lil crazy thing 06:35, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lilian Garcia--Son of Somebody 09:39, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

please stop adding that she was born in 1966. I have googled this and there is nothing about it. If you so badly want that on there please provide reliable proof for this otherwise it will be removed. Lil crazy thing 10:18, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of longest running U.S. cable television series

I think I'm about 36 hours away from turning User:B.Wind/TV list sandbox into List of longest running U.S. cable television series as I had a particularly fruitful editing session last night. Any feedback you have will be most appreciated (please feel free to edit - the list probably needs a fresh perspective from someone without dyslexia). If it all looks good to everybody, I'll trim the comments and move the rest on Tuesday (November 15) or Wednesday (November 16). B.Wind 11:18, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Panama Canal Zone

If you want to put something in about the 1964 riots, that's fine - it's an interesting story out of history. Unfortunately, not much is known about it as both the US and Panama tried very hard to keep as many details from their respective populations at the time.

As far as the rest of what I've just removed from the page, it's non-factual (e.g. most Zonians I grew up with had quite a sufficient command of the spanish language) and of a tone not suitable for an encyclopedia. HiramShadraski 13:48, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Editors that don't provide an edit summary tend to look like vandals

I have noticed you commonly don't enter an edit summary as you didn't when you edited Pippi Longstocking (1969) (see this edit). This causes me problems. When I patrol for vandalism, I use the summary to make a preliminary decision on whether or not the post is a vandal edit or not. If the summary is present (or at least a section header, the part inside the /* */), I commonly decide the edit is legit and move on.

However, if no edit summary is available, I typically resort to loading the diff for the edit. This takes time. For that reason, if your edits are all valid, I ask that you provide edit summaries. For more on how to enter an edit summary, please read Help:Edit summary.

Incidentally, it is not just me that appreciate having edit summaries. When you omit your summary, you may be telling various bots that you are vandalizing pages. For this reason, please consider providing that summary. It is very important. You can enter that summary via the edit summary box on edit pages (as shown below).

The edit summary appears in black italics in the following places:

Page history - list of changes to the page you edited
User contributions - list of all your edits
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* Use the enhanced watchlist to see all recent changes in the watched pages, not just the last change in each page.

Will (Talk - contribs) 22:05, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll follow that advice. However, it seems extremely uncool to have "vandal" splattered on my userpage because you don't want to make an extra click.--Son of Somebody 07:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I did not identify you as a vandal. Rather, I told you not to look like one.
Actually, it is no click. I use popups to get the diff. However, it still takes a while to load.

Will (Talk - contribs) 09:16, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bob Spitz

My mistake regarding 2006/2005. I have changed all of them to 2005, which is correct. The quote from Spitz's book is exactly as follows:

But first they had to escape. As Nora Ephron reported in the New York Post, "the Beatles were lifted bodily by two policemen each, and each young man was placed and locked in his own Cadillac limousine."

"I remember... getting into the limo and putting on the radio," Paul recalled, "and hearing a running commentary on us:"...

ThE bEaTLeS aka andreasegde 14:38, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Beatles--Son of Somebody 03:39, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:American Christians

Category:American Christians is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's Categories for discussion policies. You may want to participate. --Orange Mike 00:25, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Russ Meyer

Leave my work alone please and don't tag it because you lack the knowledge and resent the fact i do. i clarified many points perfectly and have ben praised by two separate film professors. my article won barnstar, enough said. Catherine Huebscher 07:13, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I did not tag the page Russ Meyer.--Son of Somebody 06:50, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Catherine Huebscher has been permanently blocked from editing. -- Son of Somebody (talk) 01:00, 2 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

King Crimson featured article candidate

I worked to get the article to GA status, and saw your comment. If you could provide more precise information on specifically what you feel needs to be fixed, please tell me, and I'll do my best.--h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 16:25, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mulholland Drive

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