User talk:Fan-1967
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[edit] Plastic pressure pipe systems
hi i'm trying to create a quality page. i'm new to wikipedia but i'm trying to work within the pillars of the community. the edits that you perfomed cut accross some edits that i was in the middle of. can u cut me some slack and just let me know of any improvements that could be made.
..........davidacarr
[edit] fumbling around
I fumbled around to get to our discussion page from the night before, but somehow couldn't find it. How did I get there? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Leslie Brown (talk • contribs) 03:27, 12 December 2006 (UTC).
- Page got too full. Time to archive. It's actually in Archive5 in the list above. Fan-1967 03:28, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] I'm in the dark ...
Is there anyway to continue the discussion from last night? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Leslie Brown (talk • contribs) 03:29, 12 December 2006 (UTC).
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- On talk pages and in discussions, please sign your posts by typing four tilde's (~~~~) at the end of your entry. It will translate to your user name with the date and time. Otherwise that stubid bot comes along behind you after every edit and adds that unsigned tag to identify you.
- Realistically, if it's about your article, I think the ship has sailed. Even with the autobio and vanity aspects gone from the article, I don't think you could sell the notability. Fan-1967 03:32, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] test
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- Test? Looks like you got logged out. This showed as from an anonymous IP address. Fan-1967 04:00, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Not necessarily
I don't know ... may take a different approach to it at some point ... The necessary notability will come when it's time. In fact, I really am interested in contributing articles that aren't about me. I just love writing and in broadcasting full-time, it's not something I get to indulge. I read Wikipedia all the time on just about every subject imaginable and more than once I have found outright mistakes, half-truths and discrepancies that I would LOVE to correct, but not sure how to go about it. Your thoughts....
And, as an after-thought, you wrote last night that in the U.S.,there's LA, NY, Chicago ... then, everywhere else.
Don't you think that's a bit ... starchy of you??? I'll rephrase what I wrote last night in saying that there are three pop-culture, iconic U-S television shows that to this day hold an international audience: Baywatch, Dynasty and Dallas. New York has its own song, Chicago has its own Broadway production ... LA is, well LA ... But, Dallas?
To this day, Japanese tourists walk up to me whenever I have to cover a story at South Fork and ask, "Who shot JR?" And, they laugh and laugh. I just laugh with them.
But, what are they saying about Chi town? The windy city? Nothing, my friend. Not a thing.S
As much as I love Wrigley field, Lake Michigan and the Sears Tower, the folks from over the pond are coming to see South Fork, baby.
kpb —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.184.163.74 (talk) 04:07, 12 December 2006 (UTC).
- Somoene mentioned "who shot J.R" a few months ago in my office. Three of us in our forties all knew it. A younger woman in her thirties thought it sounded familiar. The 25-year-old guy drew a total blank. The show's been off the air for 20 years. Aside from that and the Cowboys, I don't think that Dallas is on most people's radar. I think most people would not guess that DFW is 4th largest. I suspect most people would guess Philly or Boston, but then the media tends to notice the coasts.
- As for Chicago, people mainly just know it for its size, and maybe the sports teams. The local gods here are still Michael Jordan and Da Coach. Fan-1967 04:15, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] issues
Laptop had issues. So sorry!
Google Karisa Brunken. Maybe. I dunno. Nah, go ahead. Knock your lights out. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.184.163.74 (talk) 04:09, 12 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Logged in
It's what I am. So, as for the article, eh??? Take the damn thing out. It's really not a big deal. My time will come. And, when it does, I won't have to write the article.
Then, tell me again what I can do to become a legitimate contributor.
By the way, if you googled Karisa Brunken and came up with a lot of Rush Limbaugh-esque garbage? Please disregard. It was a phase. An unfortunate phase best forgotten. I have regained my sanity and have seen the error of my ways.
Thanks,
kpb —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Leslie Brown (talk • contribs) 04:17, 12 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] It's not on here
In the U-S, yes, it's off the radar for people younger than, say 30. But, with television in many countries still in its infancy, Dallas is still big. Go to South Fork any day of the week, and it's covered with tourists. COVERED.
And, when people think about football here, they are thinking about the Dallas Cowboys ... the Bears? Uh-uh. Nope. Sorry.
And, anyone who has ever traveled through the U.S. has probably stopped at D/FW airport and believe me, they have plenty of reason to bitch about it. It's a miserable airport. Not connecting-flight friendly in the least. But, I digress. And, for that matter, when people think of the U.S., they think of Texas. More for the legend than the reality, but still. My friend, you have been in Chicago wayyyy tooooo longggggg.
BTW ... I love Chicago and I would live there in a half a heartbeat. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Leslie Brown (talk • contribs) 04:21, 12 December 2006 (UTC).
- I've been here six years, actually. Lived various other places. Realistically, I don't think the Cowboys are as iconic as they once were, when Landry was alive.
- Most people don't plan their contributions. They find articles that need copyedits (a lot have good content but are horribly written). Or they see a gap in the coverage that needs filled in. On some article talk pages you'll see notes about a wikiproject where people get together to weork on aricles about a certain subject, whether it's Texas, or butterflies, or madrigal singing. Fan-1967 04:24, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Creds
I don't know if you need it for would-be legitimate contributors, but I actually have a verifiable cred here and there.
I'm a 2001 graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington with a bachelor of arts degree in political science (the name on my diploma is Karisa Lyn Phillips Brunken) and I have worked in this stinking news business for more than half my life. It's hard to believe. In fact, you can click on www.krld.com, look under staff and find my name and my stinking bio there, for what it's worth. Enjoy!
"Leslie Brown" a.d.a Kris Brunken
- Nah, we don't ask for any creds at all. One of our admins is a 14-year-old junior high kid, believe it or not. Good contributor, too. If people don't like your writing, they'll revert it mercilessly. Fan-1967 04:35, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] articles
I was reading an article on Duran Duran just for kicks. I was a big fan when I was 13. And, I read every article that came out in the teen rags ... Anyway, in the DD article, I kid you not, someone plagarized one of the articles from "Smash Hits" magazine from 22 years ago. It was incredible. I remember the quote from that far back. It was, in a word, lame.
And, the article I was reading the other day on Johnny Mathis -- it notes his personal life where he's supposedly been the defendant in paternity suits hither and dither. Maybe so, but what the article failed to mention is that in 1982, he openly admitted he's homosexual. If someone is going to write an article, I think full disclosure (without being gratuitous) is necessary. Or, just don't mention it at all. Your thoughts.
KPB —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Leslie Brown (talk • contribs) 04:38, 12 December 2006 (UTC).
- As long as you can cite everything. Wikipedia:Reliable Sources and Wikipedia:Verifiability are the two gospels here. Go for it. If you get into a disagreement with someone, you try to hash it out on the article Talk page. Fan-1967 04:40, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] I'm learning
how to get back to discussion we were having ... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Leslie Brown (talk • contribs) 04:56, 12 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] tutorial
Is there a tutorial on how to navigate on Wikipedia?
lb —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Leslie Brown (talk • contribs) 04:57, 12 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Google
Did you google "Karisa Brunken"? I used to work for a company in Chicago ... Naperville, to be exact. Flew out there. A lot.
kpb —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Leslie Brown (talk • contribs) 04:59, 12 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] :)
Coolness! Thank you all very muchly.--Leslie Brown 05:25, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Famous
Alrighty - thanks for the feedback. It was more of a testing the waters as to how this site works. I understand the need for accuracy when reporting on subjects and will take your recommendations in to account in the future. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Djessellis (talk • contribs) 11:07, 12 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Stefan Faison, again
Thought you might find this intersting. Here is my reply. --Fritz Saalfeld (Talk) 11:19, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
- I totally agree with you. --Fritz Saalfeld (Talk) 17:18, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
I am not trying to advetise. Nor is the link dead. I am trying to work on it. Please atempt some patience with me—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Seskia (talk • contribs).
[edit] The moon is in the seventh house....
...and Jupiter in Sagittarius is gone. Thanks, NawlinWiki 20:27, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
- ...then peace will guide the planets, and love will steer the stars. Thanks. Fan-1967 20:28, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
