User talk:Tragic Baboon/Archive

Hello, Tragic Baboon, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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You appear to have hit the ground running and don't really need the above information. I hope you stick around.--Kubigula (talk) 04:09, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree - it really is a great project. Editing it can become addictive.--Kubigula (talk) 04:42, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject France

Hello! We are a group of editors working to improve the quality of France related articles. You look like someone who might be interested in joining us in the France WikiProject and so I thought I'd drop you a line and invite you! We'd love to have you in our project :-) STTW (talk) 18:37, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I follow new pages created on Wikipedia and found your article Georges Labit Museum a good stub. Do announce any France related article on Wikipedia:WikiProject France/New article announcements so that other wikipedians interested in France may be able to improve/comment on the article. Happy editing, STTW (talk) 18:49, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Indigo Bunting

OK, I apologise for the jibe, which wasn't aimed at you personally. However, I have had my images, identified as such, and uploaded before tagging was compulsory, deleted without warning, presumably because it's easier to delete than to notify uploaders or replace the "my image" with a "GFDL-self" tag.

This image was labelled as USFWS and I changed to a tag following your message. If that's not enough, just delete it. If you come across any other US government images I've uploaded, delete them too. I'm a bit fed up with the assumption that uploaders are acting in bad faith, which seems in contrast to the laissez faire attitude of the rest of the project, thanks, and sorry again, jimfbleak 06:27, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I understand what you are saying, but having uploaded public domain images in good faith (naming the source at the time), and putting a proper tag on as requested yesterday, I really can't be bothered to jump through more hoops tracking down the URLs. As I said, delete them. It's only when my own images are deleted without warning that I get upset. Someone will probably re-upload the USFWS images at a future date anyway. jimfbleak 13:11, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I should point out that it would easy for you to find the URL by entering the species' name in the USFWS photo section search box, but I of course accept that you are under no obligation to do so, and are perfectly within your rights to delete, especially given my limited cooperation. Pax vobiscum, jimfbleak 16:34, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WMD

Could you perhaps explain what a WMD is in the case you cite?—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 21:28, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is probable that you will be granted suffrage in the RFAs you've voted in (you've put out an astonishing number of edits since registering). However, I'm not positive that 6 days is enough to get familiar with the community and its workings. I'm not discounting your vote; I'm letting a crat decide. If you've previously been editing under an IP (or just lurking... extensively), I apologize. Thanks for understanding (I hope). Gracenotes ^T § 21:32, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Frans Buissink

I feel that if an article has been around for a while and has had several edits (ignore the bot) then there is a possiblility that, because it has been viewed by several people, some notability may be there and a speedy is not required. I think in cases like this is a "prod" or "AfD" is the better course of action.

In this case I also felt that as I could not quickly find any web sites in English that it is impossible to say if there is any notability or not. So again I would leave it be to ensure that there was an opportunity for someone else to say that this person is or is not notable in their own country. I suppose that it is my way of trying to ensure that in some small area the North American bias is slightly compensated for. As an example I hit random article and got Fantasy Stakes. I assume that the notability is because of the prize money but why is that article any more notable than Frans Buissink? CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 22:14, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

William Henry Wright

Thanks for your clean up of this article. I think you really brought it up a notch. Could you please revisit it though? You changed the way I did the categories, but I think you had a typo with the template you used. I'm not familar with this template, so I would have to revert it back to my way of doing categories to fix this. Clerks 22:02, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Outpost Island Mine

Can you please give a better explanation for why you think the above page should be deleted. I'm afraid I do not understand your rationale; I have created many pages just like that one. --Ryansilke

I have elaborated. Thx. - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 12:13, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I added references from a museum in Yellowknife and from the Northwest Territories Geoscience Office, which is part of the Government of the Northwest Territories. --Eastmain 23:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Empty Wine Stubs

Thanks for the feedback...point well taken. I'll create the pages as I have content to add. Thanks and apologies. Regards, Steve.Moulding 20:17, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Securities and Exchange Commission (Philippines), was selected for DYK!

On January 27, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Securities and Exchange Commission (Philippines), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid 64 22:58, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Fyodor Pavlovich Reshetnikov, was selected for DYK!

On January 29, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fyodor Pavlovich Reshetnikov, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid 64 19:00, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the notice, and I moved yours to the DYK because the Main Page was imbalanced. Nishkid 64 19:20, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, the columns at the bottom were not even, so I added your DYK to even them out. Nishkid 64 19:30, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jimbonius (talk · contribs)

Thanks for your message. No warnings = no block. The AIV page says so very clearly. Hope this helps. 〈RED VEЯS〉 14:10, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You wrote at the time:

Jimbonius (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) - Jimbo attack account - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 21:15, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

so asking an administrator to tell from that that you actually meant (a) that he was creating nonsense articles that had since been deleted and (b) that he was an "obvious and blatant troll" (when you mentioned neither at the time) is, to be honest, asking a bit much! When they hand out the mop and bucket to admins, they only give psychic powers to every 10th nominee ;o)

Cheers and happy editing! 〈RED VEЯS〉 20:24, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

HoS

Responded at User talk:HouseOfScandal. House of Scandal 20:21, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My Sig and others

Thank you for the compliment. It's still a work in progress. Are you referring to my usage of {{utc}} and {{date}}? Preferences already substitutes templates used for signatures. My sig is in userspace so I can have greater control over the formatting. I can't transclude utc and date because they would give the incorrect date. I could copy and paste the code from those templates and put it into my userspace sig. Incedentally, I think there's too much transclusion paranoia about server stress. This is really an issue with often used templates and was more of a problem when userboxes were in vogue. —Malber (talk • contribs) 11:49, 24 November 2024

With all due respect, I don't think you understand the purpose of transclusion. Transclusion reduces server strain. My sig is already and automatically transcluded by preferences. Can you point to any pages where it appears un-transcluded? If you find any my response would be: {{sofixit}}. Sorry, I was reversing terms, I think you do understand transclusion. I've subst'ed the offending templates. —Malber (talk • contribs) 11:49, 24 November 2024

I've already corrected the template that uses the transclusion to use ~~~. If I hadn't, you would have seen it on "whatlinkshere". —Malber (talk • contribs)

You're right about the time. I'll have to look at ways to code this and keep the formatting. —Malber (talk • contribs) 19:06, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If this is a major concern to you, and you really want to start a transclusion crusade, I would suggest tracking down the users of the following overly transcluded templates:

{{user}}
{{user aspie}}

Those are a couple to start out with. If you're looking to attack really obnoxious signatures, try these:

Smcafirst is Glad to serve you, click here • Sign here • Chit-Chat with me • What I give

RENTASTRAWBERRY ^{FOR LET?} röck

+s j +

Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk

—Gaff ^ταλκ

Tdxi a ng 陈鼎翔 (Talk)

F e tofs ^Hello!

Lewk_of_Serthic _contrib ^talk 01:44, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(trogga)

preschooler @heart my talk - contribs

Those might rank up there with User:-Ril-. —Malber (talk • contribs) 20:16, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Fyodor Mikhaylovich Reshetnikov, was selected for DYK!

On February 3, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fyodor Mikhaylovich Reshetnikov, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid 64 22:19, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Avraham Korman and your nominations of Judaism articles

Hi Baboon: You have nominated the (stub) article about Rabbi Avraham Korman for deletion. Judging by the Hebrew link provided [1] by the creator of this stub and the number of original works of rabbinic literature this rabbi wrote, the rabbi seems to be notable. Why are you taking it upon yourself to judge if an Orthodox rabbi is notable or not? Do you read Hebrew? Do you know much about Judaism? Are you learned in Torah study to make such quick decisions? Something seems to be wrong with your approach and your harsh nominations for deletions of articles relating to Jews and Judaism are becoming a matter of great concern. IZAK 11:33, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Are you kidding? Do you reserve it for yourself alone to judge the notability of orthodox rabbis? From where do you glean that I made the decision "quick[ly]"? Finally, didn't I list the article myself as the relevant noticeboard, where you saw it and had the opportunity to remove the tag - is that not the best evidence of my good faith. Incidentally, which other articles related to Jews and Judaism have I nominated for deletion? I am pretty sure you owe me an apology. - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 13:33, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I discovered this discussion by accident, and I'm not IZAK. I recognize that the {{prod}} was applied in good faith. However, it might have been better to have applied {{notability}} and {{Unreferenced}} tags rather than a {{prod}}. --Eastmain 13:52, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oxford Road, Hong Kong

I have a question about the tag you placed onto the article. The article conforms with Wikipedia:Places of local interest and therefore shouldn't have a problem with notability. Moreover, I hope you can give some suggestions to how to make the article better, instead of just putting up a template. --Der yck C. 12:23, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your RFA

I have closed your rfa at 5/41/6 to prevent a pile-on. I thank you for your contribution to the encyclopedia, regardless of whether the community thinks you're fit to be an administrator. - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 12:58, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it was short lived glory. Thank you for your nice comments. --Cat out 16:16, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image switch

I had just updated DYK with the river image and got conflicted at Next Update. Hope you don't mind if I revert your change and keep the current image. I personally like this image, but if you really think it should be changed, I can pull off a switcharoo. Nishkid 64 21:07, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I swapped images. Nishkid 64 21:22, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Hi Tragic Baboon,

Thanks for participating in my recent RfA. Even though it was ultimately successful (at 54-13-11), I value all of the feedback and have already benefited from the community's suggestions. Hope to see you around. - Gilliam 21:51, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Past paper

I've just received your message; someone else has already removed the notice and expanded the article slightly. I can see why you added the template, but I think that more can be made of the article. I'll have a go over the next few days. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 21:33, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

John Harkes book cover

Hi, I'm the jerk who tagged the JH book cover as replaceable. I should've done what you did and just moved the pic to the relevant part of the article, but I must have been especially lazy that day. I'm going to go ahead and remove the tag. Thanks.

Cheers. Ytny (talk) 22:48, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image Claire3.jpg

Hi, thank's for letting me know about this image. But I don't understand what your telling trying me. Sorry. --J a m e s W. 03:10, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gippeumjo

Very nice formatting at Gippeumjo--it looks pretty snazzy now. You've got some good karma coming your way. Badagnani 02:34, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yay! Cheap karma! - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 02:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image rv

The image you've added to Hillary Rodham Clinton article has been reverted due to it failing to meet WP:FU criteria. The image/event isnt discussed within the article section as such it cant be included because its only a decoration. Gnan garra 05:12, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RfA

Hi. I asked you a question [2]. While I respect your oppose, I don't think it is entirely fair or logical. I look forward to your answer. Cheers! Yuser31415 (Editor review two!) 06:12, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A "WP:100 - 2" thank you for your "Ryulong + 8 support"!

Can't say I'm too disappointed, since the RfA closed a day early with no oppose votes. That's pretty cool, considering the previous ones. Sorry for the slow reply; I've been up to my elbows in vandals and speedy deletions since I got the new buttons. If you ever need anything, you know where to find me. (And I haven't forgotten about the article in my sandbox, either!) Kafziel ^Talk 17:12, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The quality of the Haim Ramon article

is now lower than it was before when it had an image of him. That's an unfortunate outcome. Thank you. El_C 06:43, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're a senior administrator. You should know better than that. - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 07:03, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I take exception to that statement. The rules change so fast, it's difficult to keep up. My attempt to challenge these can be found here. El_C 07:50, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My RFA

Thank You,
Tragic Baboon/Archive for your Support! Thank you for your support in my RfA, which closed at 111 / 1 / 2. I am humbled and rather shocked to see such kind comments and for it to reach WP:100. Please feel free to leave a note if I have made a mistake or if you need anything, I will start out slow and tackle the harder work once I get accustomed to the tools. Thank you once more, I simply cannot express in words my gratitude.

...fly on littlewing. ~ Arjun 19:51, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Signature Help

Hi Tragic Baboon,

Earlier this month, you have complained that my signature is too distracted to the eye. I have now revised it, and I wish you can give me comments?

PLEASE REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! As I need to use it for signing up WikiProject, and participate in other events!

Smcafirst | Chit-Chat posted at 01:53, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's stunning! Keep. - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 02:34, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Carvosso deprods

Hi. I've deprodded Benjamin and his father William. Good sources are easier to find for the son, but the father's memoir seems to have its own lasting reputation in a specialist field. PS thanks for the stubsort. --Mereda 16:52, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK (12 Feb)

On 12 February, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Daniel Friedmann, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Laïka 17:46, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re. Sulejman Talovic

The same person who added the Living People category also added the Muslim category. I think that category was BS too. Sure, one may surmise his religious affiliation based on his national origin, but I have found no source that states he was Muslim. TS3 22:48, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have looked for and found a source. Thanks. - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 03:26, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

C ↔ Ć

The Sulejman Talovic article should be changed to Sulejman Talović because Reference #1 on the article states his name as Sulejman Talović is used in the article (though it is in Bosnian). Should be change it to include the ć or leave it the way it is? Cheers - •The RSJ• Talk | Sign Here 02:48, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]