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snoyes 20:07, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Thanx for welcoming me

I want to say thank you for the warm welcome you have given me on Wikipedia! I have already added a few Wikipedia and Wiktionary entries and edited some others - do tell me if I'm doing anything wrong; any criticism is gratefully accepted. HenryAJ 18:00, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I'll defer to your authority on the cuttlefish post. I am aware of the apocryphal nature of urbandictionary.com. The term most definately is in use, I assure you, if only as a regionalism.

You were wrong to revert my 107th Congress edit. Lisa Murkowski was appointed in December, 2002 to occupy the seat vacated by Frank Murkowski due to his 2002 election as Alaska Governor. Hence, in the 107th Congress, convening in 2001, Frank Murkowski should be represented as the Senator from Alaska.

Hi! Thanks for leaving me aa little welcome message!Frogprincess1312 06:20, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Well that's all I had to say :-D Laudaka 14:29, 26 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the nice welcome - Drago9034 05:04, Jan 29, 2004 (UTC)

Hi there! Thanks for the welcome! Mark Richards

Thank you for welcoming me to Wikipedia my goal is to do the best that I can to help improve wikipedia in all of the areas that I can. Daniel.

Thanks for the welcome note. Helped me understand the User talk thing, and was encouraging. I've been editing modestly for a while now. You set a nice tone for friendly welcoming which invites new users to feel at home. Kd4ttc 03:00, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for welcoming me. However I guess I stay on the German Wikipedia project and just add the inter wiki links here. -- MichaelHaeckel 19:18, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome. I really don't know anyone around here yet, and it was nice to know that somebody cared! Jeru 11:07, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Um, I'm not sure how to leave messages on this just yet, but you can always delete this, right? Thanks for the welcome message. Sorry about the inappropriate link. 「Jeshii 12:57, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)」

Thanks for your welcome. (I'm sure you welcome my thanks or do you want to say thanks for the thanks. Then I should say thanks for your thanks....ad infinitum.....) :) I still need to understand the copyright thing. I'd like to upload a rewrite or summary of the 'Waking the Tiger book' under a wikipedia article 'How to Heal Traumas' . Sorry to all wikipedians for the copyright infringements.(they were deleted) Best regards, Jondel 04:38, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)

This just one more thank you for one more kind welcome written by you. Hgfernan 08:45, 13 May 2004

Oh yes, it's taking me a while to find my way around talk pages and stuff, but I was very pleased with the welcome you gave me, too. Thanks, and keep up the good work. Tonusperegrinus 20:28, 19 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, what they said :o] porge 02:45, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome! Sir Trollsalot 07:00, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Me too! Palnu 03:32, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)

And thanks! David Sneek 06:36, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)

A belated (over 2 months!) thanks for your kind welcome. Lacrimosus 07:23, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)

For some strange and atypical reason I would have considered it 'bad luck' to un-redden my name by creating a user page before someone addresses me on my talk page. Thanks for the welcome, now I'm really 'part of it'! Femto 17:26, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Okay, read that "Curse you, now I'll never really get away from it. :)" — Easy enough to find here anyway, though can it be that you actually forgot to sign a message that contains an explanation how to sign a message? Femto 12:25, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Thank you for the welcome! I'd been around for some months doing minor edits, but never interacted with anyone in the comunity. - Waltervulej 19:06, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome! Stuff ign 16:24, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Hey, thank you for welcoming me to wikipedia and backing up what i wrote on the article about chimpanzees. Irresponsible 14:17, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Galileo Galilei page protection

Welcome back! Say, could you do me a favor? Look at the history of Galileo Galilei, and note the poll on the talk page. The page might need protecting -- which would be a shame, since it's a featured article candidate. But there's a long, slow revert war going on and I can't protect it, since I'm involved in the discussion. Anyway, I leave it up to you as to what's the best thing to do. – Quadell ^{(talk) (help)}[[]] 04:10, Sep 21, 2004 (UTC)

Done! - UtherSRG 20:17, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Please un-protect Galileo Galilei 4 days is too long over a "slow edit war". I've made an entry on Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. -- Netoholic @ 05:41, 2004 Sep 26 (UTC)

New photo license requirements

Hi Uther - Two pics I uploaded apparently don't meet the new pic license requirements, could you delete these please: Image:Chrysolepis semp2.jpg Image:TanoakLeaves.jpg - thanks, MPF 20:21, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Done - UtherSRG 13:42, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

And an admin request
Could you move Chokecherries to Chokecherry, please? - seems a bit silly to have it as a plural title MPF 22:13, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Um, I'll do the move, but you'll want to fix up the taxobox.... - UtherSRG 13:42, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for both; will do on the box - 82.39.130.135 17:14, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Page blanking

Yeah I noticed both times now. Thanks for reverting! Any idea what the cause might be? Kim Bruning 16:00, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for catching my mistake. Tom - Talk 18:13, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Please forgive me. And in particular I agree with you and feel embarrassed for moving your first definition. It is definitely spiritual indeed. I will revert my recent post-editing. Tom - Talk 05:38, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Wolf article

UtherSRG, you assume people will just know wolves have backbones and placentas? ;) – Quadell ^{(talk) (help)}[[]] 22:49, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)

Yes. I know. I'm cruel. *grins* - UtherSRG 01:57, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

More Wolf Stuff

Uther, I know you want what's best for Wiki, but I felt a little attacked there. Maybe (probably) I'm being overly sensitive, but in return for trying to do my part to make Wiki a little better, I got talked down to. It would have been much easier for both of us if you simply told me that we have a policy and tradition of not using sub- and super-, and not been abrupt and, well, a little rude.

Frankly (obviously) I'm not very good with confrontation, and I don't want any ongoing ill-feelings, so I want to cut this off as early as possible. Can we be more respectful to one another in the future? After all, isn't that the very minimum we deserve to one another? ClockworkTroll 23:53, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

One last thing - there is no consistent caps policy on common names (I've done my homework), and so long as the page is consistent the author may do as he wishes. Please stop reverting my caps on dire wolf. ClockworkTroll 00:07, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Despite my name, I'm the furthest thing from a troll :D (I've used the name from back in my MUD-ing days, way back when). I appreciate that you could reconsider me; all I really want is to be a contributing and accepted member of the Wiki community. ClockworkTroll 02:44, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

New ape species ?

I found on BBC the following article New giant ape found in DR Congo which may interest you. - JoJan

Thanks JoJan! Thats fascinating. Hrm.... The importance of this deserves at least a paragraph in another article. - UtherSRG 15:19, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Harry Potter apostrophes

I've re-reverted your change to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban since the apostrophe changes by BKHal2007 were actually correct. Hope you don't mind too much. --Phil | Talk 07:04, Oct 13, 2004 (UTC)

Pygmy Marmoset

Sorry, I was not aware of this anomality of the primates. Please feel free to move it back. At least I merged the version that existed in the lowercase version of the page. JFW | T@lk 16:33, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I'm also an admin, but I was unaware of this trick to preserve the edit history. One keeps on learning. JFW | T@lk 16:46, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Request for blocking

Can you block unregistered user 64.5.138.239 for repeated vandalism on the page Meadow Foxtail. At the same time can you revert this page to the last good version and perhaps protect this page against new vandalism ? JoJan 18:21, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I've reverted the page and blocked the anon for 1 week. - UtherSRG 19:05, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Page move request

Hi Uther - could you move the gramatically incorrect Himalayas to the correct Himalaya, please? - Thanks, MPF 17:05, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Category:Genera

I guess that's a good point - but we'll see what CFD says. I put a {{cfd}} at the top of the category page, since you already listed it at WP:CFD. I was being bold; wasn't sure if it would fly. --Whosyourjudas (talk) 22:03, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Sociedad Unitaria Universalista de España

This hasn't gotten any attention on WP:LO; can it be removed? Are there any other Wikipedians interested in UU issues who might want to work on it? JesseW 23:25, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Ophrys

Could you take a good look at this article that I've written. Since some concepts are rather complex, and since I'm not a native English speaker, some rephrasing may be in order. Thanks. JoJan 14:54, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)

You did well. I made a few minor changes. I hope they preserve and illuminate the meaning. - UtherSRG 15:22, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Taxonomy

Thanks for the tip. I looked it up in a punctuation guide, but didn't realize it was different from Wiki policy. LMK if you see any other mistakes. Thanks --DanielCD 03:16, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

New Homo species ?

Henry Gee (Nature magazine) and prof. Chris Stringer (Natural History Museum, London) have announced to have found a new Homo- species, Homo floresiensis. The remains were found on the island of Flores (Indonesia). This species should have lived till 11,000 BC. But it was close to the Austrolopithecus who had vanished 3 million years ago. There was a report in my newspaper today, but there is nothing yet on the internet. This time, we can beat the rest of the internet and be the first to bring the news. If you cannot find anything about it in your newspaper, I can give you a synopsis, if necessary. JoJan 09:06, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Seems too late now - http://news.google.com/news?q=homo+floresiensis - Among it "Early humans looked like Hobbits" ...oh brother, what a headline! Nothing else to add, just had this page still on my watchlist. Femto 10:48, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Yup. See Homo floresiensis. - UtherSRG 11:02, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Towns and Townships in New Jersey

Hello fellow DoD Contractor! (I work for an L-3 subsidary)

I was looking at some of your edits to some municipality pages in New Jersey, and I have some confusion. Further, as a Jersey boy, born and raised, I have spend some time trying to wrap my mind around how the NJ state laws and constitution define the types and forms of municipal government.

Hear me out on this...

Take Bloomfield, NJ, for example.

Bloomfield is classified as a Township (either in form or type of government), yet you put it into the 'town' category. I guess that depends on whether the category means 'town' in the generic sense or in the "official" or legal sense.

Now, I have been looking through the municipal categories for New Jersey, and a lot of townships are in the town category. So that got me thinking....

Since there is a lot of confusion concerning municipal government and New Jersey, not only here on Wikipedia but also in day-to-day life, maybe us Jersey folk can clean things up a bit? Maybe we can form a project? 500+ municipalities with 12 formas and 5 types of government in varying combinations?

If you wouldn't want to be involved, thats OK. I would just like to know how to start something like that.

P.S. How many Rutts Hutt rippers to you eat a week???

Later!

Roodog2k 19:23, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

You're spot on, mate. I admit to running through all of the counties in a rather short time, so I've no doubt there are some mistakes. the category "town" should have all of the govenmental towns, "township" should have all the governmental townships, etc. I'd be willing to work on a project as you've described it, but I'm not able at this time to lead the effort. - UtherSRG 19:28, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

List of (famous) trees

Hi Uther - someone has moved List of famous trees to List of trees, which makes it look like a list of tree species, not a list of notable individual trees. Could you move it back, please? - Thanks, MPF 20:47, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Done! - UtherSRG 21:11, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Thanks! MPF 21:17, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Category deletions

Would you please be so kind as to give me some clue why you are deleting categories? I'm wondering why that would be necessary. ThanksPedant 01:07, 2004 Oct 29 (UTC) Thanks for the quick response, was not even aware there was a categories for deletion page, thank you.Pedant 01:12, 2004 Oct 29 (UTC)

Welcome template

When welcoming someone, {{subst:welcome}} should be used instead of {{welcome}}, otherwise the user might accidentally edit the template by the section editing link. Goplat 00:39, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Leaf

The last few days I have been working in this article. I think it is now optimal. Could you take a close look at it and rephrase where necessary. JoJan 19:14, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Sorry about that

My 12yr old stepson was supposed to have been studying, and apparently decided to edit as well (as I think you may have noticed ;). Thank you for cleaning up after him, since I didn't expect him to be editing, I didn't explain to him some basics, like not writing his name in articles, editing from a NPOV, etc... I don't plan on allowing him to edit any time in the near future, and if I do I will of course instruct him on some of the basics, and keep an eye on what he's doing. Thanks again, and I apologize for any inconvenience. Sam [Spade] 17:55, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I've been nominated

I just wanted to drop you a quick note to say that I've been nominated for adminship. Since you've been unfortunate enough to have dealings with me, I thought you might want to see what was going on there: Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/ClockworkTroll.

Many thanks, ClockworkTroll 07:48, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for supporting my nomination. I wasn't sure what you would vote (if you decided to vote at all), so your vote is especially meaningful to me. Also, you may have read about the concern over my name, and having experienced the effects of such a name first-hand, I hope that you'll visit my Name the Admin Candidate Contest. Thanks again! ClockworkTroll 16:01, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

update taxobox format

Posted on User:ClockworkTroll

CT - I reverted your recent (revert) edit of Dire Wolf, because the ToL policy has changed. - UtherSRG 14:11, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Ah, okay. Thanks for letting me know. ClockworkTroll 14:15, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Primate Classification

Hello UtherSRG. I'm user Bradypus from the German Wikipedia and I just saw you translated the baboon articles. I also somtimes check the English Wikipedia and found out you use a very different kind of primate classification (for instance giving the Aotus-monkeys family status under the name Nyctipithecidae) than we do. We have a rather "traditional" classification. What is your source? Regards,--80.108.59.151 07:23, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC) Bradypus (I don't know how to do this Interwiki signatures)

Hello UtherSRG. I really thought you speak a little bit German, because those Babelfish-translations are not very exact. (This is a useful dictionary which I often use, maybe it helps). I looked at the 5 baboon specieses and the Cercopithecinae. Please check my addendums, for I'm not a native speaker and word order, spelling and such things can be wrong. --80.108.59.151 20:04, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)(Bradypus)

Unitarian Universalism

Your recent edit of Unitarian Universalism contains an error. You removed an assertion from the beginning of the article (removed text is in red):

The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is a related nonsectarian organization, started out of an effort to smuggle Jews and others targeted groups out of Nazi Germany, that works to promote social justice and human rights around the world.

In fact, the then "Unitarian Service Committee" and the Quaker Service Committee were the only major organizations helping targeted groups to flee Germany. The driving force behind this movement was Rev. Charles Joy and his wife Martha. They ran a sort of "underground railroad", using couriers and fake passports. You can read about him at [1]. If you don't have any objections, I'd like to change the sentence back. To avoid an edit war, I await your response. Thanks! -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 03:04, 2004 Nov 24 (UTC)

Very cool! I hadn't heard this part about the UUSC's history. Thanks! :) - UU UtherSRG 03:44, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)

A quick note to say thanks

I just wanted to drop you a quick note to thank you for your support in my request for adminship. It was certainly a wild ride, and I really appreciate you taking some time out to contribute. ClockworkSoul 16:11, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Article Licensing

I've "started" the Free the Rambot Articles Project which aims to get users to release all of their contributions to the U.S. state, county, and city articles under the CC-by-sa 1.0 and 2.0 license (at minimum) or into the public domain if they prefer. A secondary goal is to get those users to release ALL of their edits for ALL articles. I've personally chosen to multi-license all of the rambot and Ram-Man contributions under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License so that other projects, such as WikiTravel, can use our articles. I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all your contributions (or at minimum those on the geographic articles) so that we can keep most of the articles available under the multi-license. Many users use the {{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}} template (or even {{MultiLicensePD}} for public domain) on their user page, but there are other templates for other options at Template messages/User namespace. If you only prefer using the GFDL, I understand, but I thought I'd at least ask, just in case, since the number of your edits is in the top 50 most. If you do want to do it, simply just copy and paste one of the above two templates into your user page and it will allow us to track those users who have done it. For example:

Option 1

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

OR

Option 2

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain (which many people do or don't like to do, see Wikipedia:Multi-licensing), you could replace {{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}} with {{MultiLicensePD}} -- Ram-Man 16:14, Nov 24, 2004 (UTC)

Why are you insisting on trimming my taxoboxes after all this time? Leave them alone, I've almost finished anthocharis and then you come along and dummy it down. I don't know maybe I should give up wikipedia altogether it's pretty obvious that everything I do is going to be interfered with.Williamb 22:38, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The standard is not to list every single intermediary taxon. WP:TOL (or the taxobox subpage) lays this out clearly. - UtherSRG 22:43, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Thank you for helping clean up Wiki Syntax

Just a quick note to say thank you for all your help with fixing Wiki Syntax (like the redirects you fixed). All the best, -- Nickj 05:24, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Lituites

Hey, added another extinct cephalopod article -- Lituites. Thought you might like to peek. I'm also adding some taxoboxes in Baculites and Hamites and some others. Also new are Rayonnoceras and Hyponome. --DanielCD 21:03, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Great! You can go to WP:CEPH and list them on the "recently added" subpage. - UtherSRG 16:20, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The Humungous Image Tagging Project

Hi. You've helped with the Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Syntax, so I thought it worth alerting you to the latest and greatest of Wikipedia fixing project, User:Yann/Untagged Images, which is seeking to put copyright tags on all of the untagged images. There are probably, oh, thirty thousand or so to do (he said, reaching into the air for a large figure). But hey: they're images ... you'll get to see lots of random pretty pictures. That must be better than looking for at at and the the, non? You know you'll love it. best wishes --Tagishsimon (talk)

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Come to NYC... +sj + (who has a -UtherSRG filter on his list-reading glasses :)

Species Name Author

You seem to be much better than me at finding the authors for species names. What's your source(s)? Also, I have a few more specific questions on Talk:Wied's Marmoset and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Primates. Thanks, -KalevTait 01:57, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I've answered you on both of those places. In brief (for others reading here) I use IUCN Red List for authority and conservation status. - UtherSRG 03:05, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Current sports events

Hey, umm, any particular reason you moved the first two weeks of December and the talk page (which explicitly says not to move it) to November 2004 in sport? Jonpin 01:01, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)

Golden pea

I had moved that page to Aotus (genus) specifically because of a problem with common names, the term golden pea is used to describe all the genus in that legumes tribe, because thay all have yellow folwers --nixie 01:57, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Ah! Ok, well since there are two Aotus genera, that wasn't really the best choice. I've now moved it to Aotus (pea), and pointed Aotus (genus) to Aotus, which is the disambiguation. - UtherSRG 02:29, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Thanks --nixie 02:31, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Common names

Ave! Do you object if, since the majority of fish articles seem to be under lowercase names, I move the exceptions to conform with the rest? If a consensus is reached that fish taxa must be capitalized, we can move them all together... but in the meantime, the inconsistency is bugging me. (I have no interest in a move war, so I'm asking before I undo any of your moves...) —Tkinias 02:33, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I suppose not. I was hoping that folks would rally behind the idea of moving everything to upper case naming. Now that fishes is covered by a WikiProject, the Project should decide. And as I know from starting WP:PRIM and WP:CEPH, the person who starts a project tends to be the voice and soul of the project for awhile. So be bold and move them articles! (Ave?) - UtherSRG 02:45, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

OK, cool. (Ave == Latin greeting... Maybe too many sytematic names for me... *grin*) —Tkinias 23:38, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Taxoboxes

No worries, you just didn't say anything about the demo one I posted... ed g2s • talk 03:36, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Bonobo

What's wrong with it? ed g2s • talk 04:29, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC) Hrm. It fixed when I added a hard return before Taxobox_end. Now I'm wondering what was up with that. I'm checking other articles to see. - UtherSRG 04:30, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

That would seem to be it, bad implementations sadly. ed g2s • talk 04:39, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Style

File:Taxobox printscreen1.png

taxobox printscreen

The colouring and the padding is all part of the class="toccolours" which is the inhouse styling. ed g2s • talk 15:18, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Class="toccolours" is part of the monobook.css skin. All the new infoboxes and navigation boxes are being made with class="toccolours" as this is the per skin styling. Users can choose their own skin or edit it manually by editing user:username/monobook.css. We shouldn't be inflicting arbitrary fixed styles upon people by making the border black. ed g2s • talk 15:35, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The name of toc is purely historical. It's better that the table fits in with the rest of the skin than being assigned some arbitrary styling based on the whims of whoever happens to be editing the page. If we went along this lines, Wikipedia would become a stylistic mess. ed g2s • talk 15:48, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Hi Stacey - thanks; is this how you're getting the taxoboxes though now, yellow-green right & lower border, and palest grey left & top border?

And any ideas on how to get rid of the white fringe at the top & sides of the pic? - MPF 17:27, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The whole point of having a fixed style is that it is fixed. If we let every wikiproject dictate what styling their infoboxes they should the wikipedia would be a mess (and in a lot of cases, it still is). The TOL project should decide on things relating to classification and naming conventions, not styling of infoboxes. ed g2s • talk 17:32, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

toccolours uses the same border colour as all the other table borders in the skin. The whole point of having a skin is to have a consistent style throughout the site. If I want, I could write a skin that makes all the borders pink, it's up to ther user, but if you start using "border-color: black;" then it becomes arbitrarily fixed based on some non-convention. ed g2s • talk 17:39, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Your argument is invalid. TOL decides more than just data. You wouldn't allow the animal taxobox to be pink in one stylesheet and green in another would you? The box border divides the box from the article. Having the border color/style change from skin to skin would change the timber of the colors in the box. An improvement would be either a TOLcolours class, or a class for each of the taxobox colors used, or some such system (dunno since I don't modify style sheets) so that there is a reasonable presentation across all of the skins in a manner that conforms to the skin without impinging on the presentation of the data. - UtherSRG 17:48, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)

Furthermore, if it really were the standard for all tables then it wouldn't need a class. It's the standard for tables of contents and anything people choose to make similar to a TOC. Taxoboxes are not tables of contents. They are a tables of taxonomic data and imagery. I'm sure there are other types of tables using various different styles. And if there aren't, there should be. - UtherSRG 17:55, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)

Not quite, it's an infobox, not a table (even if it uses the same HTML elements). Perhaps there should be a class="infobox" but no-one has seen a need for it as class="toccolours" is used instead. The wikiproject decides on data etc., the background colour of the headers is data as it tells us something about the speices, therefore is not determined by the stylsheet. If someone chooses pale pink as the border colour for their skin, and this merges with the background colour then that's up to them. ed g2s • talk 18:07, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Note also that the tight-fit image looks quite awful when the image is narrower than the text. ed g2s • talk 18:07, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

"Formatting issues such as font size, blank space and color are issues for the Wikipedia site-wide style sheet and should not be dealt with in articles except in special cases." from Wikipedia:Style guide.

I would consider an entire WikiProject to be a special case. - UtherSRG 18:34, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)

An entire WikiProject is a very general case, quite the opposite of special cases, where custom formatting is absolutely required for the information to display properly. ed g2s • talk 19:07, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

policy

It is entirely inapproriate for a sysop to (a) protect a page when (s)he is invovled in the dispute (b) revert the 'their' version before doing so (c) well I'm a sysop anyone so I'm only going to unprotect it for improper behaviour. ed g2s • talk 18:57, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

It's less appropriate for two admins to continually reverting each other. It makes more sense to revert it to the style (in this case) before any of the edits, which happens to be mine. I'd make the same decision had it been me who had brought the change in. Leave it at the old style until this is hashed out in the public forum. - UtherSRG 19:11, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)

When I said inapproriate, I meant completely against policy: "Admins should not protect pages which they have been involved with (involvement includes making substantive edits to the page or expressing opinions about the article on the talk page). Admin powers are not editor privileges - admins should only act as servants to the user community at large. If you are an admin and you want a page in an edit war in which you are somehow involved to be protected, you should contact another admin and ask them to protect the page for you. In addition, admins should avoid favoring one version of the article over another, unless one version is vandalism. In this case, the protecting sysop may choose to protect the non-vandalism version." Don't do it again. ed g2s • talk 20:10, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Yes, I'm aware of the policy. The policy is written so that an admin can't use their power over a non-admin editor. I knew you were an admin so I wasn't using it as a mechanism to stop you from editting, but as way to get us to end the edit war. As you know, edit wars are also against policy and are grounds for edit banning. I didn't want either of us to get edit banned. - UtherSRG 21:08, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)

Edit wars are subject to the three revert rule, you can interpret the purpose of the above policy however you want, but you still voilated it. There are no exceptions, so please respect the rule. ed g2s • talk 22:38, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Page moves

Hi - many thanks for dealing with some of the page moves on WP:RM. One teensy request: if there is a substantial discussion, or the move is likely to be controversial, please would you copy the discussion from WP:RM to the talk page of the final resting place of the article. This should help if the move causes any trouble (and particularly if someone subsequently objects) or the topic of a move comes up again. Thanks. -- ALoan (Talk) 21:32, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Can do! - UtherSRG 21:35, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)

Yeti

Hi there - I added the see also links back to this, I hope you don't mind - I think there is a value in having these systematically organized at the end of the article, and it brings it in line with other similar article - please let me know if you disagree, Thanks, The Recycling Troll 23:54, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I disagree, as I've stated on your talk page. - UtherSRG 00:57, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)

Dan fink

Hey Uther! Do you think you could handle this page some newbie put up? I don't have much spare time at the moment or else I'd do it myself...it's finals week and I'm way too busy. Anyways, I wanted to point this out so we could possibly teach this person something (like many young people, he probably thinks that no one would know if he put up any old article). Thanks! --pie4all88 00:49, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Never mind; it looks like the article was hit with speedy deletion. --pie4all88 00:56, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I left a note on the user page anyway. - UtherSRG 00:59, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)

User:169.244.70.148

As mentioned on the talk page of 169.244.70.148 that IP address seems to be "the entire Maine State Library Network, covering the internet connections of most Maine elementary, junior-high, and high schools". We should consider very carefully before we have them permanently blocked. Remember that we also block users with logins editing from that IP address. Thue | talk 20:56, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

If they continue to vandalize, what other avenues for preventing vandalism do we have? You unblocked it yesterday, and someone using that IP did some vandalism today. - UtherSRG 21:44, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)

There are no other alternatives that I am aware of. Thue | talk 21:48, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

On second thought, there is a section at WP:VIP for IP adresses that should be watched. A part of me wants to leave it banned; I have the impression public libraries and schools have a very low signal/noise ratio for wikipedia edits, but I also don't feel it is my decision to make. Thue | talk 04:23, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I have added this IP to the special section of WP:VIP. - UtherSRG 13:22, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)

Marbled Cat

I had no business creating this stub (it was a glaring red link at Felidae), but would you check to see it's acceptable? --Wetman 11:22, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I think you did quite fine. Looks like you had every business to be making it. *grins* User:JoJan and I made a few changes, but it's a fine article. - UtherSRG 12:56, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)

Pet skunk

Still trying to sort out what to name the article.. the main reason for including in the first paragraph info on what skunks are was that, although that info is obvious to U.S. readers, some readers may not have seen a skunk before (e.g. some British readers). Hmm... Nathanlarson32767 22:29, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

That info can be handled at skunk. That's what that article is for. - UtherSRG 23:04, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)

Cephalopod cats.

What do you think about an Extinct Cephalopod category? Might make the main Cephalopod category a little sparse, but there are enough articles for a unique cat. --DanielCD 17:22, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Good idea! I like cats to be a little sparse. my category:Primates categories are starting to get a little heavy and I'm considering splitting some of them. Ok. I've gone ahead and made Category:Extinct cephalopods and moved in the fossils. - UtherSRG 17:34, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

I'll look and see what I can find on hectocotylus. We could also probably use an article on Mantle (mollusk) or something like that, because the mantle article there now is just a disambig. --DanielCD 20:18, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Indefinite block of Wiesenthaler

I have unblocked him. Being a sock puppet does not go against any policy, though it is frowned upon. - Ta bu shi da yu 21:54, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Brianism, UUism, Earthseed

Hello SRG,

I clicked about a week ago, but have yet to hear back anything from brianism.org. I read through several talk pages (yours, SpellBott's, etc.) and your contributions to the VfD discussion concerning the brianism wikipedia page. I too have been associated with UUism and think they are a fantastic organization. I am something of a UU evangelist :)

I'm curious whether you were ever contacted by anyone, or whether you just let the Brianism thing go? I'm actively seeking a community of rational, forward thinkers to pour my energy into. I want to use my life to contribute to a grand purpose that is bigger than any one person can be. To learn from and instruct others who thirst for knowledge and improvement of themselves and our species. I appreciate the ethical and social justice community I've found in UUism, but I long for a destiny to work toward.

I'm inspired by the bits and pieces of "The Book of Brian" and "Earthseed: The Books of the Living" that I've managed to collect. If I cannot find a group that has a compatible purpose and organizational focus, I am going to be part of starting one.

I welcome any information about your experience and similar search that you'd care to share.

Earnestly -- NimbleTurtle 22:33, 2004 Dec 22 (UTC)

Yeti

I respect your opinion about whether the links are needed, but disagree - what is the concensus on other articles? Is there any consistancy that we can look to on how this is dealt with in other situations? It seems that there are many articles that have lists of links that are also in the text to aid navigation. What do you think? The Recycling Troll 19:53, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I think they should be removed. If the link doesn't fit into the article, then it should be included in a "See also" section. Then, as the article is expanded, if any of those links can be included into the text, they should be removed from the "See also" section. By your logic, all links could be copied down into the "See also" section. - UtherSRG 01:02, Dec 29, 2004 (UTC)

Edit summary

Hello. Please provide an edit summary. Thanks and happy edits. Hyacinth 05:02, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Seventh Sanctum

{{whydelete|Seventh Sanctum}} --jpgordon ∇∆∇∆ 19:45, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Since you're the only current UU Admin i know of...

Over the course of fixing Unitarian Universalist Society of Spain (nee Sociedad Unitaria Universalista de España) someone moved it to Unitarian-Universalism in Spain at some point. Now Unitarian Universalist Society of Spain is only about the Unitarian Universalist Society of Spain, and not at all about Unitarian Universalism in Spain, so Unitarian-Universalism in Spain (now a orphaned redirect, and not even named correctly in the first place) should probably be deleted. Do you agree? And if you do, could you please delete it? -℘yrop (talk) 20:39, Jan 1, 2005 (UTC)

Actually, it sounds like the SUUE is the only UU congregation in Spain, so "UUsm in Spain" is correct. Except for the hyphen, which I've taken care of. - UtherSRG 20:52, Jan 1, 2005 (UTC)

CommonCuttlefish.JPG

I noticed that an image you uploaded a while back, Image:CommonCuttlefish.JPG, is tagged with {{CopyrightedFreeUseProvided}}. However, I noted that CephBase specifically asks that the photographer be contacted for permission to use. Do you have permission? If not, we need to get it or remove the image, I think. I've listed it for potential removal. If you have permission, please add that info. I'd hate to lose that image; it's such a cute cuttlefish! Gwimpey 05:08, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)

Updated. I do have permission via email, though it must be at work since I can't find it on this computer. - UtherSRG 06:15, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)

User:169.244.70.148

According to User talk:169.244.70.148 you placed a 3-month block, yet this IP is still committing vandalism as of today. -- Curps 17:06, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I let you know, if any new interwikis is added or just add them myself. Isfisk 19:34, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Afrikaans move

I think something went wrong with the move you made for Afrikaans (from "Afrikaans language"): the talk page doesn't reflect the correct discussion [2], and I don't want to change anything until you've looked at it. Thanks, Dewet 12:01, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. I simply pasted the wrong discussion from WP:RFM. - UtherSRG 12:28, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)

No problem, I though as much. Thanks for the update. Dewet 20:40, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Underscores

Underscores in templates simply don't do anything. Putting aside the fact that it's possible to include them, I can't think of any reasoning why they should be included. When linking, we prefer not to underscore, and I think the same should be said of templates. There's no purpose to it. If nothing else, it's easier to press space than to hold shift and press hyphen in order to get an underscore. - Vague | Rant 03:23, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

Chimps

Thanks for checking! - MPF 20:53, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Birds

Hey there! We seem to have a lot of common interests in animals in general. I just put my name on the WikiBird project and saw your name there. I have done some massive work in categorizing the birds, and I was hoping you could review some of my edits and see if I am conforming to everything ya'll have agreed on. I have been categorizing the parrots recently and I am not sure what should be a parrot or not. Mostly I've just been putting general categories on things that have no cat. at all, trying to get them all corralled in so more precise work can be done on them.

Also, something happened with the columbiformes category (Category:Columbiformes). See the Category:Birds and see that somehow about a dozen of them got saved. I've no idea how that happened or how to fix it without going into each one (a pain with how slow wiki has been running lately.) Till later.--DanielCD 22:43, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Well, with WP being so slow, I'm having a hard time looking, so I'll give some general advice from what I see. First, I believe categories in general are still a little buggy... moving an article from one category to another will show it in both until something forces the cache to be flushed and reloaded from the database. Second, watch your capitalization. Since broad-tailed parrot is all lowercase, Category:broad-tailed parrots should also be lowercase. Finally, I consider myself a junior member of the bird project. Give a knock on the talk pages of a few of the more bird-active folks and see what kind of category schemas they may have kicking around their heads. - UtherSRG 02:12, Jan 14, 2005 (UTC)

Yes

You archived the page move discussion about Yes, but I don't think you resolved it. There is a problem in that Yes (band) was a copy and paste from Yes. There was well enough support to make the article be at Yes (band). Can you please correct it?

Delete Yes (band)
Move Yes to Yes (band)
Undelete the deleted edits of Yes (band) (this merges the history to fix the copy and paste)
Delete the redirect left at Yes
Move Yes (disambiguation) to Yes

Thanks for taking care of this, and the others. -- Netoholic @ 19:04, 2005 Jan 18 (UTC)

Ok. Hrm. I started this (step 1), but someone else has done steps 2 & 3. I'll do 4 & 5. - UtherSRG 20:00, Jan 18, 2005 (UTC)

Errm, I disagree with Netoholic that there was sufficient support for moving the article to Yes (band). By my count the tally was exactly even. older≠wiser 20:23, Jan 18, 2005 (UTC)

Well, Net holic ended up doing it all except for step 1 anyway, so I'm out of it. - UtherSRG 20:39, Jan 18, 2005 (UTC)

Requested moves

I've added "Doesn't require admin intervention - shouldn't be here" to many of the items you added to WP:RM. Please don't see this as a personal comment as I appreciate you going through the articles using the template. It's because the focus of WP:RM is getting very blurred and should be sorted, as suggested on the talk page. violet/riga (t) 22:14, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

No offense taken. The disconnect between the templates and WP:RM needed to be dealt with. - UtherSRG 22:24, Jan 18, 2005 (UTC)

Airbus Industrie → Airbus

Thanks for taking the time to support the move I suggested, much appreciated. Mark 19:11, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)

species

Hi UtherSRG,

I see you amended some of my ducks and geese on species. Is there a convention what needs to be italic and what not? Is the genus prefix before the species name always abbrev. (A. americana not Aythya americana). Thnx nl:Gebruiker:Jcwf 152.1.193.141 22:10, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Deletion of Euflag.png

Hello. Your decision to delete Image:Euflag.png was both unilateral and unexpected. Many articles still link to that image, and I don't see you've taken the trouble to update those articles, and you didn't warn the community that you were about to make that deletion. I'm aware there is a version of that flag in Commons, but that version is different from the one at en:. This deletion did not qualify as a speedy delete, so in the future, I would appreciate it if you first posted a warning in the page you are about to delete and let it stay there for a few days. I would also like that you briefly undelete Image:Euflag.png until all articles linking to it are fixed, and so I can make a copy of the image and the information that was posted on that page. Thank you. —Cantus…☎ 22:42, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)

WOW, please be more careful in the future. I took a few seconds to click on the last 10 images you deleted, and I found THREE images that did not exist on the commons ([3][4][5]). Please be a lot more careful about this, as deleted images can't be restored. Some, such as the first, can be easily fixed by changing capitalization, but you've really gotta make sure that the images are exactly the same to avoid breaking articles. -Frazzydee|✍ 00:01, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

No. There were over 200 images in Category:NowCommons. To have, what, 4 that caused a problem isn't my fault. I'm a janitor. If there is a problem, it's that the folks who tagged those images did so improperly (or rather, that they uploaded onto Commons with a different name than the image was uploaded to en:. Also, where would have been an appropriate place to say this was being done? It was posted on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard that it needed to be done.- UtherSRG 00:29, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC)

You can't blame people for tagging images wrong, that's like saying it's not your fault for deleting a normal article as a speedy because somebody else tagged it as a speedy. I don't have any doubts that what you did was in good-faith, all I'm saying is to please double-check the commons before deleting images. Deleting euflag.png was especially scary because there were so many pages that used it. It wasn't just 4 images that were a problem, it was three images in the last 10 deletions. Out of the last 100 deletions, here are the images which are now broken: [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27]. Unless I'm mistaken, that's a significant number, and some poor soul is going to have to find all of them on the commons, if they even exist, that is. If they don't, then I presume that they're lost forever. I'm sorry if I came off as rude, that was definitely not my intention, but it concerns me that there were so many images that were not on the commons. If you didn't check them before deleting them, then how do we know if they were even on the commons in the first place? If it is on the commons, then it's nonetheless a huge pain to fix so many broken images. -Frazzydee|✍ 00:49, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Taxoboxes

Thanks for taking time out to notify me. Go ahead and update the taxoboxes as you see fit and to meet the current standard. Remove the cetacea-specific wrapper template if that is helpful - I believe it is used only on a small number of pages before I dropped the idea - certainly not all species.

Pcb21| Pete 13:57, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Mollusc mantle

Hi there again. I created an article at Mantle (mollusc) and I'd like to invite you to take a peak. It's kind of clumsy, with most of the info coming from my head and other places in wikipedia, but I'm going to do some more research at the library and try to smooth it out, as well as add some refs. --DanielCD 22:14, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Also, do you think we should standardize spelling of Mollusk/Mollusc? I've always spelled it with a "K" but it seems most people like the "C". --DanielCD 22:20, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

It's a good article. I think the image should be something that show the mantle. As for "K" vs "C", I think that's as hard to nail as "color" vs "colour". - UtherSRG 23:22, Jan 27, 2005 (UTC)

Copyedit

I wrote a biography of Harold E. Robinson, an eminent (and still living) American botanist. Could you copyedit my text ? Do you think it would be wise to send him an email, asking him to review his own biography ? I certainly need his photo. Anyway, give me your opinion. JoJan 18:59, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

User:Circeus keeps deleting the list of selected works in this article. There are more than 650 publications by this botanist. This list of about 20 publications is almost the minimum. They underscore the text. When I state that Robinson has made a thorough study, overhauling the tribe X, then I also give the publication involved, to substantiate my statement. This list of selected works, instead being too long - as claimed by Circeus -, on the contrary, emphasizes the immense importance of this botanist. I don't like having to fall back on the "three revert rule" and end up in an endless discussion. Can you intervene ? JoJan 09:39, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday, Uther! Cheers for your commendably productive wiki year. Here's to hoping we'll both still be around a year from now, so I can wish you the same in 2006. Hurrah! :) -- Hadal 13:00, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Third world → Third World

I thought the move was for all three pages not just the Third World, As this is what user:Rd232 asked for. Also see my explanation for the mess when I voted, which is now on the Talk:Third World page. Please could you move "First world" → "First World" and "Second world" → "Second World"? Philip Baird Shearer 00:27, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Whoops! Thanks for catching this. The moves have been completed now. - UtherSRG 07:39, Jan 30, 2005 (UTC)

Mandelbrot set

Hi - Mandelbrot set is now missing an image because you've deleted it... I'm going to try and find the image, but please stop deleting images left and right. :-) Evercat 12:30, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Requested moves#Intro changes

If you wish, please add "Arguments for secondary voting to take place on the Requested moves page" and any other modifications you think appropriate to the SKELETON for a Proposed STRAW POLL, so I can initiate the proposed straw poll. Philip Baird Shearer 10:36, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Jehovah's Witnesses

I invite you to sign in as a participant to the new Wikipedia:WikiProject Jehovah's Witnesses project and add that page to your watchlist. Tom Haws 21:03, Feb 1, 2005 (UTC)

Requested moves Middlesex

You removed and archived the request to move Middlesex, England without moving the page. The vote stood at 17 (including the nomination) to 9. It was therefore on the cusp of acheiving a 2:1 majority. It says at the top of the Wikipedia:Requested moves page "'If there is a rough consensus supporting the moving of an article after five (5) days under discussion here, it is eligible to be moved. '" - it does NOT say if it has not achieved consensus within that time that the request should be removed. The request should be replaced. Jooler 23:51, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The discussion can continue at Talk:Middlesex, England. If some concensus is reached there, WP:RM can be utilized to notify me or another admin. given that achieving concensus would require at least 10 more support votes and no further opposition, it would be best to have the discussion continue on the talk page. - UtherSRG 23:57, Feb 2, 2005 (UTC)

What do you mean 10 more votes? I believe a "rough consensus" is considered to be a 2/3 majority, i.e. two-thirds of the voters for one of the options. One more vote would make 27 votes, 2/3 of those votes =18. Therefore one more votee to support the move would equate to a "rough consensus". Jooler 00:03, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I disagree. I wouldn't move this without at least 75%, given the discussion. Admins are generally given the authority to weigh the percentages and make these calls. I would say 2/3 is a reasonable majority. I'd also say the more folks that vote, to higher the percentage should be to achieve concensus. I might accept 2/3 for a dozen votes, but I don't for twice that amount. - UtherSRG 00:08, Feb 3, 2005 (UTC)

Please show me where there is a precedent for declaring that there should be a 3/4 majority?
On what basis do you declare that this is a "special case"?
Please tell me where it says that admins can "weigh" the votes in the manner?
Why in this case are all votes not equally weighted?
Please explain your methodology for weighting the votes?
Or are you simply saying that you took an arbitrary decision without any recourse to any precedent or policy? Jooler 00:34, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

For the record with regard to this subject I will watch the discussion at Talk:Middlesex, England and when (if) 2/3 consensus is reached I will make the move myself. It is not yet at that consensus from my calculation. Also in my opinion, I think it is ridiculous to expect something to require a higher percentage of consensus if there are more votes in the discussion: I would be tempted to say that quite the opposite ought to be the case, that the fewer the votes there are the higher the consensus ought to be. I certainly am not aware of a case where I have decided to "up" the consensus required for an article to stay/go/be moved/whatever. -- Francs2000 | Talk [[]] 00:36, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I agree with UtherSRG that 75% should be considered consensus. There are several users (including myself) who strongly oppose this move. This is a case where a page would replace a disambiguation page and thus supercede all other meanings. It should be helder to a higher standard. Carrp 19:55, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Requested moves Iraq Interim Governing Council

About your recent (non)move of Iraq Interim Governing Council, I think it's fairly clear that User:ExplorerCDT was just wrong in equating it with the Iraqi Interim National Council, though unfortunately only one other user was concerned enough to research it and point this out. It's too bad this did not receive comment from many users (rather like the other Iraq-related change I put up which did not receive any at all), but even then the full correct name is Iraqi Interim Governing Council with "Iraq*i*", which itself is only 1/50 as common in google as the abbreviated Iraqi Governing Council which I recommended. What I'm saying is that the title as it stands now is just plain wrong, and also, by the common name convention the abbreviated form should be used. The reason the vote was "lost" was because of one ill-informed and apparently somewhat confused user; can this be put back up or something for more comment? If not, I'll probably just nominate it again. Thanks.--Pharos 00:23, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Sounds reasonable. It's moved. - UtherSRG 01:11, Feb 3, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, strike another point for accuracy/common names on Wikipedia.--Pharos 01:26, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Port-of-Spain move

Just curious - you said that no admin intervention was needed - I thought that once the destination page existed already you needed an admin to move it. Does that not apply to pages that only are a redirect? Anyway, thanks for doing the move! (Now I just have to go and clean up all the redirects) Guettarda 05:22, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Correct. A single-edit redirect page is a valid source for non-admin users to move a page to. You should always try the move first before listing it on WP:RM - UtherSRG 05:39, Feb 3, 2005 (UTC)

New York City Subway stations

Thanks for the additions to the list, and sorry if you got an edit conflict. --SPUI 05:23, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

2 Seventh Avenue Express

Hi, sorry to tell you this after you went to so much extra work, but SPUI, I and a few others have been disambiguating between "Lines" (Sea Beach Line, Seventh Avenue Line) and "Services" (A, B, C, etc.) This way we have only one line name for a particular station. We have taken the line names from current official sources, and they are at User:SPUI/New York City Subway lines. The whole ball of wax is being discussed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York City Subway. Please join us there! The explanation of lines, services, etc. is at New York City Subway line, route and station nomenclature. Cheers! -- Cecropia | explains it all ® 07:44, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Ah! So it would still be "Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line"? And that would mean that there are now a few redundant entries in List of New York City Subway stations because I just added 'em. Ok. I'll get them in the (real) morning. It's time for me to head off to sleep. I'll join the WikiProject in the morning, too. - UtherSRG 07:52, Feb 3, 2005 (UTC)

And it would also be (for the "2" service) "White Plains Road Line," "Lenox Avenue Line," "Eastern Parkway Line" and "Nostrand Avenue Line." I already made the changes on the 2 line. Have a good night's sleep! :) -- Cecropia | explains it all ® 08:06, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I fixed all the stations in the master list (and added the rest on those lines), so no worries there. I labeled the 4-5 part of Borough Hall as Joralemon Street Tunnel, since we don't know for sure what line that's on. --SPUI 08:25, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Ok, so insomnia has hit me. I've done the 3 service, and I believe I did it correctly this time. *grins* Wikipedia:WikiProject_New_York_City_Subway/Line_templates is a big help! I'm moving onto 4 now, and I see there are many real links that will need to be moved. Fun! - UtherSRG 10:42, Feb 3, 2005 (UTC)

We're actually doing the station lists on the line pages, to avoid duplication across the service pages (and the inevitable duplication of changes when the MTA changes something). R (New York City Subway) is an example of a service page done this way; Queens Boulevard Line is an example of a line page. As for the templates, you want to use the stuff like {{NYCS Sixth}}, so a change of that template will propagate to all the lists. You should probably take a close look at the source for the QBL page. If you're unsure of a line name, check it against Image:NYC subway origins.png (the one thing to note is that we're using Broadway-BMT Line for the BMT Broadway, since it appears the MTA does that now). --SPUI 12:51, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Ah dear oh dear. Ok. Well, I finished up 4 anyway for consistency. I'll see hwat I can attck next. - UtherSRG 01:35, Feb 4, 2005 (UTC)

br clear=all

Hi. Thanks for your help at the Esperanto article. However, I reverted your change (in hindsight, I probably shouldn't have used "rollback" but instead explained the revert, I'm sorry). br clear=all is not the right way to do what you were trying to do. Look instead at my change to Template:Language to see what would have fixed it better (and what should ideally be done to every right-floating template). Thanks! — Timwi 16:32, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Autofellatio poll

Hi. There is a poll going on at Talk:Autofellatio. We'd appreciate your vote. —Cantus…☎ 04:20, Feb 4, 2005 (UTC)

New York Subway tables

I really appreciate your work on the New York subway tables, although I have a few concerns. I think it look smuch better if the word "free transer to" is not used, as it is fairly redundant as it is assumed. Further, please use "table align=center" to centre all of the tables, otherwise they look a bit odd being left-justified. Thanks! Páll 23:07, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I believe I'm done with what I had planned ot do. Be bold and make adjustments as you see fit. - UtherSRG 00:37, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC)

"(delete)"

Why are putting the phrase "(delete)" in Wikipedia article titles?? Georgia guy 15:32, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

WP:RM. If One article is to be moved to a title that is currently not deletable because of the block compression bug, I move the bad to "(delete)", delete the created redirect, then move the article into the void created. I then tag the "(delete)" article with Template:pending deletion. - UtherSRG 15:35, Feb 6, 2005 (UTC)

Isn't it better to do a "triangular" move, swapping the article with the compression problem with the one that wants to be moved. That way, the page history is preserved (although not merged but in two separate articles). -- ALoan (Talk) 21:20, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

block

Wow: a one-month block on an anon! (Just saw it in Recent Changes) I've often been tempted to do such a long block on some of these throw-stupid-comments-in-a-dozen-articles jerks, but I've never had the nerve to go beyond a couple of days. That IP must have been a holy terror. - DavidWBrooks 20:00, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Most anons give up after a few days. This one has been warned several times not to vandalize. I get fed up and give them an effective block. If anyone doesn't like it, they can undo it. - UtherSRG 20:10, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)

Vote on Talk:Gdansk/Vote

Hi. Since you have edited on Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/Names issues, I would invite you to vote on Talk:Gdansk/Vote to settle the multi-year dozens-of-pages dispute about the naming of Gdansk/Danzig and other locations. The vote has two parts, one with questions when to use Gdansk/Danzig, and a second part affecting articles related to locations with Polish/German history in general. An enforcement is also voted on. The vote has a total of 10 questions to vote on, and ends in two weeks on Friday, March 4 0:00. Thank you -- Chris 73 Talk 07:13, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)

Mirabelle

Hi, Stacey. Can you delete the article Mirabelle. I have moved the content to Cherry Plum, the common name for Prunus cerasifera. Mirabelle is not an English word, but French. The English equivalent is the (less common) myrobalan. JoJan 15:56, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Ooh! Bad job. Cut-and-paste should not be used to move articles, as it removes the edit history for the article. You should always use the "Move" tab. If you can't, list the article on WP:RM. I will edit the old article, delete the new, and move the old into the new place. - UtherSRG 16:08, Feb 21, 2005 (UTC)

Mirabelles aren't exactly Cherry Plums. CPs are red and P. cerasifera, Mirabelles are yellow and a hybrid cultivar of P. x domestica. I moved this back. —ExplorerCDT 19:03, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Taxobot

I can assist you building your bot on the pywikipediabot framework. Leave me a message and tell me what you want to do, and I'll lead you through the steps in creating your bot. -- AllyUnion (talk) 05:00, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Download the latest version from cvs
copy config.py to user-config.py.
Edit the first three variables
Delete any remaining unchanged variables
Save user-config.py file
Login by running python login.py
You must:
import wikipedia, config

The main library is wikipedia, the second library is config
Basics to know: read the comments in wikipedia.py
page = wikipedia.PageLink(site, pagename) - sets a page link to the variable page
page.get() - gets the text from that specified page
page.put(text, comment) - puts the new text with the comment
wikipedia.getSite() - gets site from config file.

-- AllyUnion (talk) 21:10, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Help request

Hi! I seem to have bungled something, and I've come to you for help because of your kind greeting.

I had decided that the vegetable was by far the primary meaning of kale (in particular, all the links to the disambiguation page intend this meaning (after I removed two links intending meanings for which we do not have articles (from Alapli and KiÄ?evo))), and to be bold and move the current disambiguation page Kale to Kale (disambiguation), and Kale (vegetable) to Kale. I had convinced myself that this would be possible if in the middle I edited Kale to redirect to Kale (vegetable), but I forgot the point that the target of a move must not have an edit history. I believe that now I'm stuck, since I can neither complete my proposed change by moving Kale (vegetable) to Kale, nor backtrack by moving Kale (disambiguation) back to Kale.

I am hoping you can help me fix this, but I'm especially hoping that you might help me better understand the surrounding issues. Am I correct that I can't fix this problem without deleting Kale? Is the renaming a good idea in the first place? What should I have done instead of bungling it? What should I have done after bungling it?

With appreciation for your time, Pekinensis 17:49, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

You are correct in your assessment - an editted redirect is not a valid destination for a move. You are also correct that the rename is the right thing to do. The intermediary step is what you botched. Don't bother with it. I've fixed things up for ya. - UtherSRG 17:58, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)

Many thanks! Pekinensis 20:11, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Tarsiers

Sorry, my mistake! I misread the hierarchy on the New World Monkeys page, thanks for putting me right (so quickly).--Bwmodular 17:39, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

You wrote: "What is your interest in Primates?"

Purely platonic :) Just a fascination with them. I took the Tarsier image (Tarsier.jpg) in Sulawesi years ago, and made some edits to that page, but I'm not an expert on primates. I'm working on a primates image gallery at the moment (to be added to the other animal galleries Wikipedia:List_of_images/Nature/Animals) but I don't think I'm qualified to join the project. If there are any non-technical routine tasks (finding images for taxoboxes, etc) that can be done, I'll gladly help, but I can't contribute in any way that requires technical / scientific knowledge.--Bwmodular 09:38, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

ardipithicus

see the talk page on Ardipithecus

Lincolnshire Poacher

ardipithicus

see comment on bipedalism on Talk:Ardipithecus

193.131.115.253

plain english

see Talk:Australopithecus afarensis

Category:Endangered species

Great idea, but I can only get it to half work - category appears on species page but species doesn't appear on category page. Any ideas? Thanks. Smallweed 15:21, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Wired article

Congratulations on your profile in Wired article on Wikipedia, and thanks for all the work you do! Jokestress 16:17, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

They seem to think that you are female though (they evidently didn't notice your middle name) ☺ — PhilHibbs | talk 17:05, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

They need to make Wired a wiki! ;) Jokestress 17:10, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

{sigh} I've been dealing with my gender-neutral first name all my life. I suppose I can suffer it some more for a good article.... even if Daneil didn't include my "hacker manifesto" quote. - UtherSRG 17:15, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)

Congrats on your Wired mention: you've entered a whole new level of geekiness! :) FYI, they finally corrected that gender "oversight". – Clockwork Soul 01:21, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Fish names

I see you're just not going to stop with the uppercasing of all the fish, despite the repeated requests and what I thought was an agreement. The hell with it then, they're all yours. Stan 18:44, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Yeti.jpg listed for deletion

An image that you uploaded, Yeti.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion because it lacks source and license information, and it is not used in any articles. Please go there to voice your opinion (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you.

The Great Gatsby

I made two changes to the Great Gatsby article that you recently changed back. I changed the role of Nick Carraway from protagonist to narrator. I did this because Nick is not the protagonist of the novel. Matthew J. Bruccoli, a noted Fitzgerald scholar, calls Nick the "partially involved narrator." Nick does not drive the plot, and none of the action in the novel, except for the first three chapters (which center around Nick's discovery of Gatsby), centers around Nick. Nick is only our window to Gatsby, the protagonist of the story. I also changed the mention of the Great Depression. Yes, Nick is participating in the financial boom that will lead to the Great Depression; however, the novel was written in 1925, when Fitzgerald had no knowledge of the Great Depression. It would not be apt to include more knowledge into the summary of the novel than Fitzgerald would have. Instead, I believed it better to say that Nick was involved in the financial boom of the 1920s, for nearly all readers can understand that era without mentioning the era that follows it. The Great Gatsby has nothing to do with the Great Depression. When I made my changes I provided my reasoning in the discussion of the article. However, when you inverted my changes, you provided no reasons for doing so. Therefore, I ask you why you believe Nick is the protagonist of the novel and why mention of the Great Depression is apt?

Animal rights

Peace, SRG! Thanks for the welcome. I'm not a newbie, though, been (lurking) here, and a local WP, for years.

I see you're into monkeys ;o). Would you be interested in/could I bother you to check my complaint in talk:Mauritius about illegal exportation of monkeys for laboratory experiments? Much obliged. J 15:32, 2005 Mar 13 (UTC)

Can you help me with some questions from a journalist?

How many species do we have so far in wikispecies?

Archives

Thanx for welcoming me

Galileo Galilei page protection

New photo license requirements

Page blanking

Wolf article

More Wolf Stuff

New ape species ?

Harry Potter apostrophes

Pygmy Marmoset

Request for blocking

Page move request

Taxonomy

New Homo species ?

Towns and Townships in New Jersey

List of (famous) trees

Category deletions

Welcome template

Category

Sorry about that

I've been nominated

update taxobox format

Primate Classification

Unitarian Universalism

A quick note to say thanks

Article Licensing

Thank you for helping clean up Wiki Syntax

Lituites

The Humungous Image Tagging Project

Species Name Author

Common names

Taxoboxes

Bonobo

Style

policy

Page moves

Yeti

Cephalopod cats.

Indefinite block of Wiesenthaler

Brianism, UUism, Earthseed

Yeti

Edit summary

Since you're the only current UU Admin i know of...

CommonCuttlefish.JPG

User:169.244.70.148

Afrikaans move

Underscores

Chimps

Birds

Yes

Requested moves

Airbus Industrie → Airbus

species

Deletion of Euflag.png

Taxoboxes

Mollusc mantle

Copyedit

Happy birthday!

Third world → Third World

Mandelbrot set

Requested moves Middlesex

Requested moves Iraq Interim Governing Council

Port-of-Spain move

2 Seventh Avenue Express

br clear=all

Autofellatio poll

New York Subway tables

"(delete)"

block

Vote on Talk:Gdansk/Vote

Mirabelle

Taxobot

Help request

Tarsiers

ardipithicus

ardipithicus

plain english

Category:Endangered species

Wired article

Fish names