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(Cross-posted from Talk:Evil Inc.) It's possible that the subject of your article is encyclopedic, I can't know that because I haven't read it and haven't seen indication that it qualifies for Wikipedia's guidelines for inclusion. Was this web-comic the subject of multiple, non-trivial, reliable published works, whose sources are independent of the subject itself? If so, you should provide these sources in the article to establish notability.

As to Wikipedia being biased against web-comics, there's a grain of truth in that. There are independent guidelines for web-content, but they are still geared towards establishing notability. Still, many articles that qualify against the criteria for inclusion do exist on Wikipedia (see Category:Webcomics for examples). LeaHazel : talk : contribs 09:40, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Live, O Evil

Palindromes rock.

Anyway. The point is that the Evil Inc. article has been restored, and edited so that all the stuff that establishes it as notable is now included in the article. The version that was deleted was basically just a cast list - and any webcomic can have a cast list. DS 04:44, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, DS. Guigar will be most pleased, as will the rest of the fans. I'm sure there will now be a flurry of edits as people flesh out the article. TomXP411 06:12, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Character listing

Hi. I noticed that you reverted the character listing on the Evil Inc. page. Thank you.

I just wanted a clarification. I believe that, even without explicit permission, listing a comic's characters isn't a violation of copyright. Is there a Wikipedia policy one way or another? I'd just like to have something to point people at if this kind of thing happens again.

Thanks. TomXP411 21:13, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've taken it as a given. In my 3+ years here this is the first time I've seen this. Odds are that whoever did that will shut up soon enough with no long-term consequences, but if he doesn't, I'll put up a note at the smart people's noticeboard and ask for one. --Kizor 21:15, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have a feeling that this article will be a hotspot for a while - both good and bad. Thank you again for the help. It's appreciated. :) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TomXP411 (talk • contribs).

Hey, any time. Welcome to the tour of the sausage factory, folks. ;) --Kizor 21:27, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SmackBot

Thanks, all found and fixed now. Rich Farmbrough, 21:34 20 February 2007 (GMT).

linking to wikinews

Please see my comment on talk:XM/Sirius merger, as well as various stuff happening at wikinews (I'm assuming it was your article over there). Bawolff 08:31, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there!

Hi there! I noticed your edits on User talk:AKMask, and thought I'd drop you a line to alleviate any concerns you may have about potential vandalism stemming from that user on the XM/Sirius merger article. It's clear that you two are engaged in a content dispute, and while it's clear that you disagree with his edits, it's also clear that his edits are not vandalism. Edits made in good-faith are never vandalism, and for you to assert them as such is a bit of bad faith on your part. It's not a huge deal or anything; I just wanted to clarify that there is no vandalism to be worried about. Cheers gaillimh^{Conas tá tú?} 06:01, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing! For what it's worth, it doesn't appear that either of you were acting particularly out of sorts and I'm glad that you all have appeared to "take it to the talk page", so to speak. Also, you're a bit too harsh on yourself, mate! You've been doing good work, and Wikipedia is lucky to have you as a volunteer! gaillimh^{Conas tá tú?} 06:35, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rewrite

Yeah, that sort of format Is what we mean by encyclopedic fashion... we write about whats happening, not that its happening. Sorry If I was a bit terse earlier, I've been dealing with a lot of newer editors lately, which means I have to be in compliance with WP:BITE even when I dont want to be, so I'm looser with editors such as yourself who have some edits under their belt. Anyway, found some free time and decided it might be easier to just show what I meant. Lists, although useful for categorizing things, are generally a sign, in actual articles, of someone either a bit unsure of their prose or who just didn't have the time. Either way we like to put them in an encyclopedic tone :) -M^ask 05:37, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

think we should make a category for ypg chair's, this guy wasn't that good that he should go in the main bcs category

Confused?

Hello,

I don't understand why you keep removing the young chairs' category, we're trying to add to the wikipedia entries around the BCS.

We are actively chasing details about the YPG Chair's, a significant post, with signiificant responsibilities and many former chairs' have gone on to achieve great things.

It is inappropieate to add Chairs' directly to the British Computer Society Category as the names by themselves don't mean much.

We would like to therefore create a category under the British Computer Society, call it whatever you like, but something like BCS Young Professionals Chairs,

thanks, —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 164.143.240.33 (talk) 13:58, 1 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Monitors

Well, if you have more monitors than the Neb, how many do you have 0.o? --Hojimachong^talk 06:31, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

4, at the moment. -- TomXP411^[Talk] 07:41, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Trampton 13:03, 14 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

XM Sirius Merger

Tom, First, you should check your facts. Its George Washington University, not Georgetown University that you are thinking of as being involved with NAB. Its an important distinction. I hope you gave the report cited a more thorough read than your reading of articles discussing the NAB-George Washington University connection. It raises points that go far beyond the scope of the antitrust issues that are discussed in the article. The issues surrounding the merger are far more complicated than a simple merger to monopoly.

Second, the entire article appeared biased to me, so I added a section discussing the possible negatives that could stem from the merger. A section entitled benefits followed by a section entitled hurdles implies that a merger is a positive thing, and that it only has to jump through the hoops for these supposed benefits to materialize. So, in the meantime, for impartiality, I'm going to have to remove the benefits section, because there is no discussion of consumer harm to balance out the alleged consumer benefit that a monopolist would graciously give to consumers.

Thanks, Antitrustbust

Chris, I have taken your comments under advisement and created a more neutral description of your arguments. Again, considering your conflict of interest in this matter (you are part of a political lobbying group), it is better that you propose changes first in the article's discussion page and let users help edit the changes in to an unbiased form. Then the content can be introduced in to the main article. -- TomXP411^[Talk] 19:47, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My name isn't Chris. Why are you presuming to know my name?

As an interesting bit of trivia, the whole anti-trust issue surrounding the XM/Sirius merger seems to have been rendered moot. ClearChannel Communications has released an iPhone and Blackberry application called "I Heart Radio." This app consolidates Internet streams of virtually all of the ClearChannel radio stations and is available anywhere the listener can receive cellular telephone service. On-air personalities have directly compared it to XM/Sirius satellite radio. -- TomXP411^[Talk] 18:04, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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That page needed to go away. Good riddance. -- TomXP411^[Talk] 20:35, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Referenced content

Please do not removed well reference content. Thanks. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 00:15, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Doc, it would help to link to the edit you're talking about. I removed a very POV line in an article's header a few days ago, is that what you're referring to? The line was redundant, and POV material has no place in the opening section of an article. Since the same point was made a different way in the "arguments against" section, I decided that simply removing it was the best way to go. -- TomXP411^[Talk] 22:07, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Referring to a review article published in a respected medical journal which reflects the general scientific opinion on the topic at hand as "critics" [1] is against WP:DUE. These are the facts and per [2] we state the facts. This is NPOV. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:25, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Forget it. You can keep your pet article intact. I'm not going to get in to an edit war over a point of formatting; let's just say that the article as it is would get marked down by my college composition teachers for drawing conclusions in an intro paragraph. Do what that with you want. -- TomXP411^[Talk] 23:40, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - If you have other recent high quality scientific reviews that disagree we can discuss things.--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 05:15, 15 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      - James. I don't disagree with the study or its conclusion. I disagree with the formatting of the article. That statement is a conclusion or an argument, not an introduction. As such, it belongs in the arguments or conclusions part of the article. -- TomXP411^[Talk] 17:17, 15 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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