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RE:Vandalism by 216.185.69.65

Thanks for bringing that to my attention, the IP has now been blocked. FireFox ^-CVU- 19:51, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Yosting it

After seven months on Wikipedia it finally occurred to me to type my own name into it. Good Lord, I hope my coworkers/ex-girlfriends never find this. (Be sure to read "Yostmania")... --Dvyost 02:05, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

The Blue Ranger! That's really weird if there actually are people writing Billy fan fiction. Do they have "slash" with him and the other Rangers? (I really don't want to know . . . . ) Nice original research all through that article, by the way. I, sadly, do not have a doppleganger notable enough for Wikipedia. Maybe he was a Teletubby or something and just hasn't been written up yet. —BrianSmithson 05:15, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Sweet!

Beat the bureaucrat. Congrats!!!! --Dvyost 08:04, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

:P =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:06, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Hey there. I'm pleased to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator! You've volunteered to do housekeeping duties that normal users sadly cannot participate in. Sysops can't do a lot of stuff: They can't delete pages just like that (except patent nonsense like "aojt9085yu8;3ou"), and they can't protect pages in an edit war they are involved in. But they can delete random junk, ban anonymous vandals, delete pages listed on Votes for deletion (provided there's a consensus) for more than one week, protect pages when asked to, and keep the few protected pages that exist on Wikipedia up to date.

Almost anything you can do can be undone, but please take a look at The Administrators' how-to guide and the Administrators' reading list before you get started (although you should have read that during your candidacy ;). Take a look before experimenting with your powers. Also, please add Administrators' noticeboard to your watchlist, as there are always discussions/requests for admins there. If you have any questions drop me a message at My talk page. Have fun! =Nichalp «Talk»=

Please also add your name to WP:LA. =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:06, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Aah! This comes from not checking out WP:RFA too often. I would certainly have supported you, had I seen your nomination in time. I know you'll be a fine admin. — mark ✎ 16:02, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

No problem, Mark. I missed Dave's nomination a couple weeks ago, and apparently yours, whenever it was. Thanks for the vote of support, even if it was only here! —BrianSmithson 17:10, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations from the land of ice and snow. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 16:34, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks again! —BrianSmithson 17:10, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Thank you for your message on my Talk page! I wanted to again congratulate you on your appointment as Administrator. It is always nice when the vote is unanimous! As a fellow RfD-er to another, I wish you the best of luck utilizing your newfound powers! --Martin Osterman 17:58, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations!!! Regards, Carioca 18:45, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Thank you, thank you! —BrianSmithson 21:32, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Congrats, heres a test :-D

Congrats I'm going to take you up on that offer. Canollita that article is all in spanish, and it looks like a copy vio at that maybe you shoud speedy it :-D KnowledgeOfSelf | talk. 18:02, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Yup. Was copyvio. Taken care of! Thanks for the pointer. —BrianSmithson 18:08, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar

Congrats on becoming an Admin. I, User:Journalist, give you this "Barnstar of Reversion" to commemorate your promotion. Keep up the good Job! Orane (t) (c) (@) 20:08, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Appreciate it! —BrianSmithson 21:32, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Côte d'Ivoire

Thought you might like to know, I've just changed about 150 articles to link to Côte d'Ivoire rather than Ivory Coast. You can see from what links to Ivory Coast compared to what links to Côte d'Ivoire, that Côte d'Ivoire has the upper hand in Wikipedia now. - Xed 18:49, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I doubt the Ivory Coasters are going to take Wikipedia links as a persuasive argument, but you never know. I hope someone with access to some more style guides can comment, as I really think that's going to be what determines the form Wikipedia uses. —BrianSmithson 21:32, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Could Joseph Barbera create a new show?

Despite he is 94 years old, I am sure he will continue on, could anyone do this for him? I wonder if Barbera be interested in doing a new show on Charlie Dog on television about the dance floor, before the producer could be in failing health. I do not know his phone number. This could-be new show not only attracts adults, but kids as well. He is the only last oldest animator/producer to try this.

Severius Invictus

Somehow I doubt it. —BrianSmithson 21:32, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Let someone else do it.

Severius Invictus

Comprender / entender

I went ahead and explained Estremeño at The Padlock. BTW, "no comprende" means "you don't understand" or "he doesn't understand", so I originally read your edit summary quite wrongly. "I don't understand" is "no comprendo" or, more commonly (but without an English-language cognate) "no entiendo". -- Jmabel | Talk 21:22, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Only goes to show you how little Spanish I know! Thanks for taking care of the translation part of the article. C'est compris? —BrianSmithson 21:32, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

You rock.

Hi, and congratulations on adminstratorship! Use your new powers for good, not evil, okay? :)--Sean|Black 22:15, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Your RFA

Congratulations, and you're very welcome! Thanks for the birthday greetings as well! --Merovingian (t) (c) (e) 22:35, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Good job on earning the mop : ) --MPerel ^{( talk | contrib)} 11:41, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

You're Welcome

I'm very selective about whom I vote for, therefore I rarely vote. However, when I spot a Wikipedian whom I believe is devoted and dedicated to the project plus, has the potential of becoming a great Admin. then I'm there to give him or her my full support. If I can ever be of any help, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me.Tony the Marine 23:00, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article The Padlock, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Congratulations!

Congratulations, I'm sure you'll use the tools well. Jayjg ^(talk) 17:14, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Baka

I tried to move it to Baka (Pygmy tribe) but the Wiki stopped me. I was thinking we could have the other Baka at Baka (Bantu people). But about the pygmy tribe, what about Baka (Pygmy people). I just thought the title was too long. --Hottentot

Hi. Sorry about that. Feel free to revert all my edits regarding the Baka articles. (You can move the page back to its original title) I was unaware of that information. --Hottentot 22:11, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

I commented a bit on your exchange with Hottentot on this issue. Please review User talk:Hottentot#Baka move. Regards, Tomer^TALK 22:20, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Charles Hicks, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Kribi

Hi - just discovered your reversion of the stub template on Kribi. As far as stub sorting is concerned, Cameroon is firmly in West Africa, as explained in Cat:West Africa geography stubs. Grutness...wha? 05:50, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

That's debatable. See Talk:West Africa for my response to these same claims over that way. This needs a thorough discussion on Wikipedia (Cameroon is not the only country in the nebulous zone). I might call for one after I get back from vacation after Thanksgiving. --BrianSmithson 12:26, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article George Washington Dixon, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

"sic" in the JET Programme article

The change I made to the Further Reading section in JET Programme has been reverted yet again by Brettr. You expressed agreement with my position on the issue. Could you perform the next revert to delete "sic", so it doesn't look like I'm the only one who disagrees with him? Thanks. - Exitmoose 05:50, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Get with it.

Despite many people for years,

wanted pop acts, not symphonic music in their cartoon shows, and television shows, if true? Some TV shows and movies have pop tunes during a plot, but they can't play all of them in an entire television show, during a plot.

Severius Invictus

Though you have other barnstars...

...I notice you don't yet have one that spins. Cheers! --Dvyost 21:04, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

For your tremendous additions to Wikipedia's coverage of Cameroonian geography and Minstrel show-related topics, I am pleased to award you this Tireless Contributor Barnstar Award. Dvyost 21:04, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks! And quite a nice welcome back after my vacation to San Francisco. (Saw Peace Corps friends and drank lots of beer, plus a little Jose Cuervo.)—BrianSmithson 21:22, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Bowery Theatre, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Steve Jobs

I reverted your addition of Steve Jobs to List of African Americans. Is there something I'm missing, or was that a mistake? —BrianSmithson 20:48, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

He has African roots, as at least one of his parents come from Egypt. --Bob 20:56, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Scratch that, he has Syrian roots, not Egyptian, reverted. --Bob 21:00, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Masato kato Interview

GamePro conducted it, and the original can be found here. Seeya. --Zeality 05:11, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Dixie

Great work! -- Jmabel | Talk 06:19, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks! --BrianSmithson 12:23, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Cryptoquote

There is still no proof of any of his TV shows in half-hour reruns, and also new shows for December I don't doubt if Channel 4, 5 or any other television station is still airing "Charlie the etc. Dog" (mostly about dancing) (Saturday Mornings at 10:30, e.g.) I don't watch television on Saturday mornings. That does not make any sense, when the show is non-existent, is being banned by parents? No, I am in my 20's. What in the world are some parents talking about this about banning him on the screen? Oh, shut up. I think nobody wants to discuss this at all. His past of the 40's and 50's seems to be ignored. There are wild rumors about himself appearing in several TV shows in the 1970s and 1980s, who tries to sell himself. I had enough.

65.54.xxx.xxx

Felix image nomination

Just to let you know, I'm trying to get my Felix pacing image nominated for a Featured Picture on Wikipedia:

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Felix the Cat - Pietro Shakarian 16:13, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. I'm not photography expert, so I don't feel qualified to vote up or down on it, but I wish you luck. I wonder how the regulars over there will treat a screenshot. —BrianSmithson 21:38, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Chocolate crackles

I have rewritten this article so that is a food stub, about a very popular children's dish in Australia, rather than a recipe. I would be grateful if you could take a look. Capitalistroadster 19:16, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. Changed my vote. —BrianSmithson 21:38, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

White African-Americans?

Hi, Brian. Sorry to be so late getting back to you. I simply forgot. I appreciate the heads-up re this problem and your efforts. I checked the list right after reading your message, but the off-the-wall additions already had been deleted. It seems other reasonable people are on the case, too. Peace. deeceevoice 17:34, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. It's good to see that others I keeping that page on their watchlist. When I saw Steve Jobs listed there, I knew something had to be done. :) —BrianSmithson 21:38, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I know. Crazy. deeceevoice 23:12, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Felix Creation Dispute

Hey, I'm having a bit of trouble with the current version of the "Creation" section on the Felix the Cat page. It seems fine to me, but the user Grant65 continues to reverse my edits and accuse me of "Sullivan bashing". I was wondering if you could help. I also sent this message to Solipsist, another major contributor on the Felix article. - Pietro Shakarian 15:18, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

I responded at the talk page. Basically, I think the version was as NPOV as we can hope for in the version I linked there. —BrianSmithson 15:31, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

I altered the "Creation" section to make it a bit more NPOV, plus I added a Felix-Chaplin image. How's that? - Pietro Shakarian 15:44, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Help

Hey, I'm really having trouble with the user Vitaphone/24.6.35.54. He keeps reversing my edits and adding huge images of cartoon posters without giving copyright information. Please help. - Pietro Shakarian 03:49, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

I've reverted to the pacing image; it's more iconic of the character, and the red poster does not have any copyright information. Sorry I couldn't help sooner; I just moved into a new apartment and don't have internet set up yet, so I have to rely on the spotty work computers for the moment. If the anon reverts again, be careful that you don't surpass three reverts in one day; that's a Wikipedia no no. —BrianSmithson 14:13, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

hi brian

deeceevoice has been very active on the blackface article. anyone there would know her by name and could provide valuable comments.

in case you're not familiar, the rfc is a way for all editors to provide comments, not a personal dispute. i'd welcome your opinion!

thanks, -Justforasecond 16:23, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Moved discussion back there. —BrianSmithson 16:33, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

(I've responded there) -Justforasecond 16:46, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Mrs. John Wood

I found my info from the ODNB, the standard reference on British ppl.

Here are the first sentences:

Wood [née Vining], Matilda Charlotte [known as Mrs John Wood] (bap. 1831, d. 1915), actress and theatre manager, was baptized on 28 November 1831 at St Peter's Church, Liverpool, the second daughter of the actors Henry Vining and Amelia Vining, née Quantrell (1803/4–1874) [see Vining family]. Despite going on the stage when she was ten, Matilda Vining, whose ‘forte was low comedy’ (ILN, 28 Feb 1885), came to prominence in England only in the late 1860s after gaining a reputation in America, principally in burlesque, and reached the height of her success in the 1880s in farces by Pinero. Her first stage appearance was in 1841 in Brighton.

Lotsofissues 23:58, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

US regions maps

I have responded to your request @ Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. regions. -JCarriker 10:05, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Vitaphone issue

I agree, something has to be done. I suggest you tell an administrator like Sam Spade about this issue and maybe ask him to block Vitaphone?

Also, I recognize both of those Goopy Geer images (as well as the Bosko and Buddy images). They were stolen from Brian Cruz's Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: The Early Years page, which I'm sure you're familiar with. He also snatched images from Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research as well as this page about the Flip the Frog cartoon, Fiddlesticks. - Pietro Shakarian 01:54, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Nonsense. The problem clearly is with Pietro... As anyone can see from what he wrote below. You seem to think thay you own the Flip the Frog article along with some others.... You tell him not to any images yet you add more yourself. Sorry to point this out to you but you do not "own" any of the articles on Wikipedia.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Vitaphone"

Vitaphone,

I appeciate your contributions, but please do not add any more images to the Flip the Frog article, as more images just clutter everything up. The same applies to the Willie Whopper and ComiColor Cartoons articles. I do hope you understand. Also, when uploading images be sure to give them a proper copyright tag first and if you obtained an image from a website to ask the owner of that site for permission before using it. I'm not trying to sound patronizing or condescending; it's not intended to be. I look forward to your further contributions here on Wikipedia. :) - Pietro Shakarian 03:07, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

I don't think Pietro is claiming to own any article. He is simply arguing for the images he believes the most appropriate. I urge you to make a case on the appropriate talk pages for the images you prefer. Wikipedia is supposed to work on the concept of consensus; no one is supposed to unilaterally change something with which others disagree.

You should also heed Pietro's advice about copyright and contacting the owners of the sites from which you took the images. Wikipedia policy is very clear on this. Without this information, your images are prime candidates for deletion, and all of your work will have been for nothing. --BrianSmithson 03:51, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Lupo"

Hey, I'm really having trouble with the user Vitaphone/24.6.35.54. He keeps reversing my edits and adding huge images of cartoon posters without giving copyright information. This is especially true on my Flip the Frog, Felix the Cat, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and even my own user talk page. As you're an administrator, I thought you could help. I've tried speaking to him, but it seems all he has to offer in return are rude remarks. - Pietro Shakarian 03:49, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

What do you mean, on "your" articles? He's a newcomer, too, and may make mistakes. Parts of his edits, e.g. on Flip the Frog, do make sense (such as adding the dates). And maybe you can find some common ground—you seem to share the same interests, so it shouldn't be too difficult to find some common ground. You both should not blindly revert each other. The posters could be added, but of course you're right that they should be properly tagged. I'll leave him a message, though, and then we'll see what happens. Lupo 12:47, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Help

Hey, I'm really having trouble with the user Vitaphone/24.6.35.54. He keeps reversing my edits and adding huge images of cartoon posters without giving copyright information. This is especially true on my Flip the Frog, Felix the Cat, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and even my own user talk page. As you're an administrator, I thought you could help. I've tried speaking to him, but it seems all he has to offer in return are rude remarks. - Pietro Shakarian 03:49, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

What do you mean, on "your" articles? He's a newcomer, too, and may make mistakes. Parts of his edits, e.g. on Flip the Frog, do make sense (such as adding the dates). And maybe you can find some common ground—you seem to share the same interests, so it shouldn't be too difficult to find some common ground. You both should not blindly revert each other. The posters could be added, but of course you're right that they should be properly tagged. I'll leave him a message, though, and then we'll see what happens. Lupo 12:47, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

"TV show" dispute

This argument about the unknown character has gone too far. Because anyone tells me to shut up about him, is that (you know who) is all going to do?! Despite, others got tried of the discussion, looks like they didn't care. But except for one thing, that Jeff Schiller claimed Charlie harrased other people. I did not know Charlie had three legs, I think this is probably the same character, which he is now on PBS. I guess that wraps it up.

65.54.xxx.xxx

I'm glad to see I could help. Take care. --BrianSmithson 22:38, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

User:Pietro Shakarian

Apparently becasue of issues with User:Vitaphone, Pietro has taken it upon himself to declare that all fo his additions (or at least the images he uploaded) should be erased from Wikipedia. He's really brought great contributions, and I don't think they should be erased. --FuriousFreddy 00:28, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up, Freddy. I've left a message on his talk page. My email is blocked at work, but I'll send him one of those as well once I get home. — BrianSmithson 13:38, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Something to fix , , , ,or leave alone?

Hi Brian: Udham Singh and Mohammed Singh Azad - two articles - are the same person. It is perhaps better to keep the two article seperate - though/because they do both reference each other - because we are in HIGHLY contested waters here. i just noticed it today and you are the first administrator to whom I can pass this buck to since finding them. Carptrash 04:13, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

I've merged the two. I don't know what the POVs are on this topic, so check after me to see if anything more needs to be done. — BrianSmithson 14:33, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

WOW - you jumped right in. It looks much better - I am also not too sure about the POV issues, but that part of the world is not unlike the Middle East, where the uninitiated best beware. I thinks that this means you and me. Carptrash 17:21, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Right. :) I checked the talk pages and didn't see any flame wars going on, so I didn't feel bad about merging/cleaning up. But let's hope a firestorm isn't on the horizon. — BrianSmithson 17:31, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

re: Cartoon copyright tags.

Pantry Panic is unique among Woody Woodpecker cartoons in that Walter Lantz Studio forgot to renew its copright in the 1960s, and it fell into the public domain. Although it is the only Woody Woodpecker cartoon so affected, there are many other cartoon shorts from Lantz and other studios whose copyrights were not properly renewed when it came time to do so. At least 30% of the Betty Boop library is now in the public domain, as well as about 25 or so Popeye cartoons, all 17 Superman cartoons from Max Fleischer, and a whole slew of 1930s/1940s Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. There are sites which list which cartoons are in the P.D.; one easy way to check is to see if the cartoon is in the Internet Archive, or is avaialable on one of those cheap genereic tapes/DVDs from Wal-Mart/Target/etc. (the tapes would not be from the copyright holders of the rest of the library, but from Goodtimes Home Video and the like). We can safely upload screenshots from those cartoons to Wikimedia Commons.

The two files Vitaphone tagged as P.D. actually are not in the public domain (I don't know of any 1930s Porky/Beans era Looney Tunes that are public domain -- there are a several public domain Merrie Melodies, however, from the same era...but they are in color). I'll help review and correct the image tags. --FuriousFreddy 13:30, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Any Aesop's Fables cartoon of the vintage illustrated at [[1]] is p.d. --FuriousFreddy 13:33, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

I don't think posters for P.D. cartoons are inherently P.D. themselves. --FuriousFreddy 13:34, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Image:Scrappyx.jpg is not P.D. --FuriousFreddy 13:37, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Some (not all) ComiColor cartoons are P.D., but not the Flip the Frog or Willie Whopper cartoons (at least, not to the best of my knowledge)...wait, Fiddlesticks is in the Internet Archive. --FuriousFreddy 13:41, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

I think I'm done correcting the tags from User:Vitaphone. If you see any other dubious ones, let me know. --FuriousFreddy 13:44, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Replied on FuriousFreddy's talk page. — BrianSmithson 14:05, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Not sure if it's okay to yank the pics from Mr. Beck's website. We should try shooting him an email. --FuriousFreddy 14:17, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Africa Award link

The Wikipedia:Africa-related regional notice board is wikilinked but, as it is already on that page, it appears bold. I suppose that we could mark it as an external link, but that would mess it up for anyone who copy-and-pastes it into another page. In any case, thanks for your effort towards putting the award together! Cheers, BanyanTree 19:36, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. Matt Crypto changed it to a redirect, which forces it to show up as a link, but I think it's best to have it point to the correct page and explain what's up in the description. — BrianSmithson 19:39, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Can you tell me why User:Guy smiley [2] gets this award ? And can you put it on his userpage and not the noticeboard ? Wizzy…☎ 10:58, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Back at ya

BrianSmithson is presented this Africa Award for his excellent contributions to Africa-related articles, particularly his work on Cameroon-related coverage and his creation of the Africa Award itself. Presented by Dvyost from the Africa-related regional notice board

This thing's coming in handy already--I can think of five or six editors who have long been deserving, including yourself... --Dvyost 17:11, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks! I swear I'll get back to African stuff soon. Gonna put "Dixie" through the FAC ringer first. There was also a minor setback: I moved to a new apartment and lost the thumb drive that had the Extreme North Province, Cameroon first draft on it! I think I still have my notes typed up somewhere, so maybe it won't be a total loss . . . . — BrianSmithson 17:59, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

I'll look forward to seeing it. =) --Dvyost 19:15, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

new collaboration project

You'd you be interested in participating in a new Collaboration project that aims at translating good and featured articles in the French Wikipedia to English (much like the Spanish Translation of the Week)? I'm trying to see if there's enough users interested in this project before creating it. Thank you. CG 17:39, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

That sounds like a very worthwhile project, and I'd be interested in helping out. I'm not sure that I would be a very active participant, though. I'm more of an article creator than translator, though I do enjoy doing some translation work now and again. Let me know how things go; I'll definitely sign my name to the project page. — BrianSmithson 17:59, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your positive response about this new collaboration. An ongoing discussion is held here. Feel free to participate. CG 20:13, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

You're right

Yeah, she's entitled to respond how she pleases. Others are entitled to give opinions on whether or not they think it's a good idea. :) Friday (talk) 20:58, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

How dare you post your comment here? Why, the gall . . . . Er, I mean, yes, I concur. ;) — BrianSmithson 21:08, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)

Hi Brian! You may wish to know that your revert of American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) appeared to be incomplete. [3] Happens to everyone. Best wishes, --Walter Siegmund (talk) 21:44, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

I was looking at the version as of the first vandalization (or thought I was) and clicked "rollback", but I guess that feature only works on one name at a time. Thanks for correcting it. —BrianSmithson 21:46, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

My pleasure. I'm happy to help. --Walter Siegmund (talk) 03:50, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Ha

Beat you there. =) --Dvyost 02:26, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, yeah. Goes to show I should play less Sandbox Word Association. — BrianSmithson 02:30, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

That looks pretty addictive... especially for someone who already finds WP itself much too addictive. I think I'd best go watch a movie instead. Have a fun night! --Dvyost 02:38, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Kaélé

I just wrote a stub for Kaélé but I'm still not sure why it was significant enough to make the list of missing Africa topics. You have any Cameroonian guidebooks that might indicate? --Dvyost 22:08, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Oh, that's easy. The Kaélé is a hotel next to the Peace Corps case de passage in Yaoundé. It's where all the volunteers used to hang out and drink beer until the management hiked the price per bottle from 500 francs to an astronomical 650. Today the hotel is instead frequented by prostitutes looking for Jeans.

As for the town, I can't add much. But I'll look at it tomorrow and maybe add a line or two. — BrianSmithson 03:40, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Hmmmm. Sometimes that list of missing topics is truly puzzling to me--I need to just buy that Fage book sometime, I think. Well, I'll let the stub stand for now; mostly I just figured I should let you know I had trespassed on your turf. =) --Dvyost 19:21, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Interloper! Stay on your side! Nah. Help is always appreciated. I've added what little I could. I'm also curious what was so significant about the place to get it indexed in the Fage book; it doesn't even warrant a mention in Lonely Planet, Rough Guide, or Bradt, and the history/geography books only mention those facts I added. Let me know if you find out. — BrianSmithson 23:24, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Normally I'd turn to good old interlibrary loan for this--too bad half the libraries in Louisiana are out of commission. Maybe I'll check the public library tonight.

On an unrelated note, I still have trouble typing "Extreme North Province" with a straight face; it's as if everyone is always snowboarding or skydiving there. --Dvyost 23:44, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

The volunteers there wanted to try to get Mountain Dew to sign up as official sponsor. "Extreme climate for extreme volunteers: Extreme North! Do the Dew!" -- BrianSmithson 01:05, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Point taken

Thank you, Brian. That is good advice on all fronts. BYT 22:39, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Foolish?!

I knew it I am going to get blamed of watching "Charlie the (etc.) Dog" (in a different incarnation) is broadcast on Channel 5 in Bloomington, it's on at 7 A.M. Why would watching those type of cartoons blame me on foolishness? Did you see that on PBS, already.

I know that I am not being blamed. But, I do get up at about 7:00 in the mornings? Sometimes when I have to go to the bathroom, but I do not necessarily. Now I have been threatened of being slugged of my own life —the preceding unsigned comment is by 65.54.154.46 (talk • contribs) 04:03, 18 December 2005

Donald Fauntleroy Duck

Since Disney's official website lists it as his middle name, does that mean it's canonical?[4]--Folksong 00:54, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Moved response to Talk:Donald Duck. — BrianSmithson 03:31, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Everything is okay.

Just going through depression. --FuriousFreddy 18:48, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for removing the vandalism from my user page. I really appreciate it as I'm having Internet connection problems at home. -Acjelen 17:30, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

My pleasure! — BrianSmithson 17:32, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Darwinek wishes you a Merry Christmas!

Hi! I just want to say Merry Christmas to you! - Darwinek 10:45, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, and the same to you! I like that Santa/Wiki logo; I hadn't seen it before! -- BrianSmithson 15:12, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikifying dates

Hi, I saw you reverted wikifying the dates in the [[George Washington Dixon]] article. It is very handy to have it linked though. This way readers see the dates according to their preferences. Americans see May 14 and Europeans see 14 may. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing] [[User:Garion1000|Garion1000]] [[User_talk:Garion1000|(talk)]] 15:41, 23 December 2005 (UTC) : What you say I agree with, however you didn't mentioned anything on what I said here before. I won't revert the article again, but I don't agree. I think it's handy to have the dates linked so that it shows december 14 or 14 december depending on the reader. NOT for the link itself. That indeed is pointless. See also the article on [[Rosa Parks]]. A featured article, where also all the dates are linked. Even in the notes. [[User:Garion1000|Garion1000]] [[User_talk:Garion1000|(talk)]] 23:02, 23 December 2005 (UTC) :: Glad we we understand each other now. I don't like useless links either. Just in this case I think it's handy. I noticed one time two anonymous editors reverting eachother because they prefer 1 april instead of april 1. So pointless, linking (IMO) is than better. Anyway, Happy Holidays and good luck with the FAC. It's a very good article. [[User:Garion1000|Garion1000]] [[User_talk:Garion1000|(talk)]] 23:24, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

French Collaboration Project

Holiday Special

Brian, since you have worked on this article as well, can you give me your review of how it can be improved in order to get it ready for featured status? It has already had a peer review, but I am interested to know what you think of it as well. I have been working on it for a long time, but I feel it still needs a lot of work. The Wookieepedian 22:30, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Hey, Adam, and merry Christmas! I would be happy to give the article a look. I may be able to do it in the next two days, but more likely, it would have to be after the New Year. Wouldn't that be great to see this article on the main page on December 25, 2006? — BrianSmithson 23:50, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Cool! Whenever you get the chance! It would have been cool if it could have been on the main page this year back on November 17. ;) The Wookieepedian 16:48, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

202.152.162.216 Continued vandalism

Per your request to be notified:

The anonymous IP 202.152.162.216(talk) has been warned several times and is almost always reverted. You gave it a severe "final" warning and yet it went ahead a day later in two different periods and did it again. It continually changes categories and adds unneeded and unwanted new categories for fictional animals that are too specific. I think it needs a longer block than usual, say perhaps a week. Hu 15:38, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Your block of User:PietroShakarian

The creator of the above username is very likely Vitaphone (talk • contribs) / AnimationFanatic (talk • contribs) / 24.6.35.54 (talk • contribs) / 212.112.232.175 (talk • contribs) / 213.249.155.239 (talk • contribs). There is some sort of craziness going on in which some website specifically asked Wikipedia to stop using their content, but the above user has been inserting their images into articles and userspace. At least, that's my understanding -- I only got involved in this after being asked by User:FuriousFreddy and the real User:Pietro Shakarian. If you could keep an eye out for more wackiness, that would be appreciated. Jkelly 21:48, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

I just blocked User:CartoonBuff, deleted all the images again and reverted every article change by hand. Is there something we can do that would spare you, me, and everyone else involved the effort of doing this every time User:Vitaphone switches IPs or creates a new account? Would semi-protecting every involved page be completely out of the question? Jkelly 18:13, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Replied there. — BrianSmithson 21:59, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Virtual band PR

This article is now up for its third peer review. Please feel free to make their contributions. --JB Adder | Talk 21:14, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

DCV user page

You said that really nicely, so please don't take this wrong, because it's going to sound wise-acre almost no matter how I put it: Do we suspect that the Arbitration Commitee do not know how to look at a page history? - brenneman^(t)(c) 14:59, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm... I suppose that's not an insane stance to take. I don't agree with you, but don't see it as an emergancy or anything. I'll put the ArbCom back on my watch list and wait. Thanks for your input. I'm now at the stage of paranoia where I think everything I type sounds rude, so please be aware that I have nothing but wikilove right now. - brenneman^(t)(c) 15:45, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Replied there. — BrianSmithson 21:59, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

And may I say, I admire anyone who has some structure to their talk page discussions. Mine end up half here, half there, and half in Trenton NJ. - brenneman^(t)(c) 00:57, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Dixie notes

Re featured comments about the notes, do you know about ref label and note label? My newest favorite thing, and should help you, I believe, compact the notes to some degree. See User:Jengod#How_to_use_ref_label_and_note_label or knock around Saffron if you prefer to learn by example. I also have them on an article I would someday (a long time from now) like to see featured: Dingbat (building). I think this might soothe the savage FAC beast. :) jengod 18:58, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I think I may switch to that system or else the new mediawiki one. Hopefully that will shave on bytes. Still, I find it funny that people are complaining that an article has too many notes! :) — BrianSmithson 21:50, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello—any reason for wasting all of my recent edits in Dixie? Tony 01:27, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about that; you must have been copyediting while I was monkeying with the reference system. I've reverted, and thanks for the help. — BrianSmithson 01:40, 5 January 2006 (UTC)