User talk:Gentgeen

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[edit] No Turtle Scouts

The link is NOT a dead link. When a link does not work, you may need to try again in a few minutes as dns information sometimes takes a bit of time to propogate to servers that have not ever used that domain name before. Turtles subverting the principles of Scouting is a serious problem in some places. Awareness that this is problem is like an innoculation, it prepares Scouts and their parents to avoid the dis-ease.

You have removed this twice now. The most recent justification was "This isn't the link to the "parallel organization" (which seems to be very local), but to an anti-pov rant page. It has little or no bearing on the global scouting movement, so I'm removing it again"

The Turtles within Scouts is very much NOT local. This is an awareness and youth protection issue. Please help satisfactorily label this link. The link is not to a "rant page" but to the first public history of abuse that has been going on for decades in the US. The postings are of fact, not simply opinions and not rants. The owner of the site is one of the best active Scoutmasters I have ever met. His troop produces some of the best Eagle Scouts from the Occoneechee Council. Because some of the local turtle scout members have been very active in the international scouting program, it is possible that this abuse is international in scope. Gentgeen, Are You A turtle ? or are you part of the solution?

Hello Gentgeen, welcome to Wikipedia. Thanks for all your contributions! Here are some useful links in case you haven't already found them;

If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian!

Angela 22:28, Oct 6, 2003 (UTC)

Hello! I've created Wikipedia:WikiProject years 'in science' (based on the pages you've created) to encourage people to edit the years in science pages and to finalize on the format. Maximus Rex 19:50, 24 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Great job on Pow-wow! --Menchi 10:23, 8 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Thanks.

No problem. You did a great job. Angela 11:04, Nov 8, 2003 (UTC)

Yes, the Pow-wow page looks good, and it looks like the links are straight as well. Good job -- Smerdis of Tlön 17:19, 8 Nov 2003 (UTC)

I caught your post on Angela's talk page. Here is the page where such copyright violations can be listed: Wikipedia:Sites that use Wikipedia for content. Unfortunately there are only very few people that actually go to the trouble of sending the appropriate emails to the copyright violating websites. You'll see that there are dozens such violations that we have found, which is most likely to be just the tip of the iceberg. --snoyes 16:50, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Hi Gentgeen. Thanks for spotting that. And thanks Snoyes for answering for me :) Angela 22:56, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Thanks for your edit on List of BSA rank requirements. I can't believe I missed that - I was writing straight out of my book. -Smack 23:29, 21 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I'm sorry I didn't see the Wikiproject discussion on Years in Science pages. I was removing the CE/BCE because they aren't used anywhere else in Wikipedia, that I know of - certainly not in any of the other "years in XXXX" listings. (e.g., 1st century BC) Should we just have them in this one category? If nothing else, can they be left out as long as the project just involves post-Rennaisance time, which it probably will for quite a while? - DavidWBrooks 15:42, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Would you like to get some discussion going on Wikipedia talk:Wikiproject Games? -Smack 00:49, 7 Jan 2004 (UTC)


--- Hi! Thanks for your note about Golden Gate Park. I answered at my User Talk page so won't clutter yours. Wetman 21:00, 10 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Hi, Gentgeen. I noticed your good material on the Modoc War (which I had never heard about previously) and then noticed your interest in 19th Century California History.. Can I call your attention to History of California? It's quite a mess, filled with inaccuracies. The article needs TLC and I don't have time to do it myself :-( . It may be an ideal place for an clean overview, and links back to detailed articles that you've written. Just a suggestion. -- hike395 06:01, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC)

I might know your friend on GP-B. I think most of us should be working in the Hansen building in Stanford now; It's pretty small as the upstairs doesn't even have a bathroom. Who is the individual ?

As far as the number of people working on the project, I would guess after about 2 months from now it will only be a few dozen (at most). Off the top of my head, I can think of less than a dozen Lockheed people who will be continuing on in the project. -- Chongruk 01:01, 27 April 2004 (PDT)

I know who Ken is, he has the Van Dyke facial hair and is one of the main mechanical guys who was at Vandenburg. He left his console at about 9:20 pm last night to watch the GPB satellite overhead. -- Chongruk 03:45, 30 April 2004 (PDT)

[edit] Brilliant prose

Which brilliant prose nominations are you referring to? The only one I see where it applies that my objections have been addressed is Geyser.—Eloquence 00:43, Jan 18, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for your work on Wikipedia:Wikipedia maintenance. I was hoping someone was going to add the Featured articles information. It's really helpful. Angela. 17:45, Jan 22, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Mincemeat Tarts

Thanks for letting me know about the move. Forgot I had even posted that. Appreciate it. jengod 19:42, Jan 27, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting example recipes

Please stop deleting the example recipes from wikipedia articles. It's good to copy them to Wikibooks but that doesn't also require deleting them from the encyclopedia article. Jamesday 23:59, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Please keep deleting the example recipes from wikipedia articles. It's good to copy them to Wikibooks which requires deleting them from the encyclopedia article because duplication is a bad thing. Not Jamesday 21:26, Jan 30, 2004 (UTC)

You must be feeling brave. That's probably one of the few recipes I wouldn't have objected to staying here, but... we'll see what happens. I expect Stephen and James might have a few objections. Angela. 09:31, Feb 3, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Brilliant pictures

Hi Gentgeen, I didn't really understand your comment on Featured articles about merging the page with Brilliant Pictures. I'm not a regular reader of Featured articles... is there a big backlog at the moment? (I assumed the page was alway that long)  :) fabiform | talk 11:25, 4 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation, I feel like I'm up to speed now.  :) Your objection makes total sense too. Hopefully with the boost in traffic the brilliant pictures section will get a bit bigger (rather than the 7 nominations at present), so it would be best to wait a few weeks for featured articles to get back to its usual size first. Cheers, fabiform | talk 12:37, 4 Feb 2004 (UTC).

[edit] Featured article candidates

Hello, Gentgeen. In my "cleanup," I only removed one of the sections (which I felt was redundant), and deleted repeat entries. My efforts are complete, so you can continue with yours. -- Emsworth 17:18, Feb 14, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Featured Article Voting

Yeah - I spotted that just after I posted. In that case my vote didn't matter anyway :) --HappyDog

Thanks for the help with the telescopes template. And regarding being a non-astronomer, most "real" astronomers would never bother working on something like Wikipedia--I'm in the process of becoming "unreal" myself, leaving grad school to become some form of educator--so your input is highly valuable. And all us scientists are notoriously bad at communicating, so who knows what we're doing here! Keep up the good work. --zandperl 21:48, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC)

[edit] 1755

Hi Gentgeen! Thanks for the improvements on the earthquake. I'm just going to wait until i go home (where i have books on the subject) to make further expanding and re-nominate the article. Cheers, Muriel 11:24, 16 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I understand this. Maybe I should've made it more clear in my postings that only Mav and I are really involved in the stylistic argument over the article. I understand that our disagreement centers on policy processes for the removal of articles. I don't mean to get into a revert war, but I guess that we do disagree over whether or not two policies are entailed and really nothing vis-a-vis the article's contents. I address the policy dispute in the first paragraph of my last posting on the talk page; the rest probably isn't pertinent to your concerns. BTW, I sincerely apologize for getting you caught up in my argument with Mav, which has been recurring for roughly a year and a half over a series of articles. In all honestly, my real concern is that the removal of this particular article will be read as a tacit sign that his stance is correct, which has far more to do with writing history articles than policies for the featured page. 172 12:45, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Whiskey pictures

I saw your post saying you'd requested some picture. Great - I think folks are correct that the article needs some. I have three that I want to add, but that were taken by a friend (who hasn't get answered my "gfdl?" email yet). They are:

  1. a handful of germinated barley in someone's hands
  2. the "brewing" room (I forget what it's called - the giant oak wart barrels filled with nasty barleybeer)
  3. a very nice one of copper stills (I think at Lagavulin)

Once I have permission, I propose to add a vertical bar to the article's RHS, and add these (and hopefully some more) in production-chronological order. I don't have decent photos of the distillery as a whole (well, I do, but they have recognisable people in them, including myself), malting, milling, bonded barrels, or a final product shot. If you've got, or can find, some of those then I think that would make for an excellent illustration of the "story of production". -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 17:31, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Ah, permission received. I updated the article accordingly. Please feel free to edit as needed. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 22:02, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Charles C. Boyer in years in science

Well, you are sort of the keeper of the "year in science" pages. But I would have thought that much of the point of such pages would be to provide a list of notable events to help orient the reader to the happenings of the time. True, Boyer himself is encyclopedic, by virtue of having written some widely-used texts; and we (rightfully) have an article on his achievements. But is his birthdate encyclopedic enough to mention in a chronology of science? Would you want to include birthdates of every minor textbook author in this way? Would the article then be better?

Best regards, UninvitedCompany

You didn't even get his name right. --Daniel C. Boyer 20:06, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Nomination for administratorship

I've nominate you for adminship. Please indicate at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship whether you accept. Maximus Rex 05:01, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Chicken Madras

Hi Gentgeen, the consensus was to delete from en namespace and move to Cookbook. It's in cookbook. Any problem with my deleting the en version now? -- Cecropia 02:48, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Sysop

It's nice to be back on your talk page six months after I welcomed you to tell you that you are now an administrator. Congratulations! You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the administrators' reading list before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages such as the Main Page. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. Good luck. Angela. 23:39, Apr 25, 2004 (UTC)

Congratulations, Gentgeen!! Cribcage 06:55, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Thanks everybody. I had no idea there was so much reading to do when one bacame a sysop. Gentgeen

[edit] Trisha Stratus

Can I ask why you reverted the changes? They did significantly expand the article. I've been following this anon, and while his writing needs polishing, that's no reason to reject it wholesale. Is it factually inaccurate? Yours, Meelar 00:32, 1 May 2004 (UTC)

Ah. Apologies. The bad writing threw me off ;) Meelar 00:40, 1 May 2004 (UTC)

[edit] B.C. Highways

Hey, Gentgeen! Putting a did-you-know tidbit about B.C. Highway 2 on the main page was just an awesome way of marking the completion of the 'B.C. provincial highways' series of articles. I managed to pull off writing all of those articles single-handedly, and that feat still amazes me right now, so that did-you-know line was very much appreciated. Thanks a bunch!!! ^_^ Denelson83 07:00, 27 May 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for fixing the links to Castle Rock State Park. I had to give up yesterday before I finished because the Wiki was too slow/overloaded. Rmhermen 12:16, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] How to add subcategories

How to Add Computational Chemistry to Category:Chemistry as a Subcategories

I wanna to do this, but i can't do it LiDaobing 08:35, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Banning for possible copyright infringements

At User talk:80.131.87.92 you wrote "Any further posting of copyright infringements is grounds for banning editing from this IP address" after there had been two articles created by that IP, both apparently self-promotional. Please identify the part of the Wikipedia:Banning policy or Wikipedia:Blocking policy which you believe permits banning or blocking on the basis of just three (the existing two plus a new one) suspected copyright infringements. More generally, please remember that threatening people is generally not a good first move when explaining policy. Much better to tell them the policy first, then only consider doing more if they continue once they know what we're after. Jamesday 20:02, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Sysops may also permanently block user accounts that do essentially nothing but vandalism. This user's only contributions at that time were to add copyright violations to the 'pedia, which I consider to be vandalism. This was discussed on #wikipedia before I made the warning, and again after, and none of the other sysops at the time saw anything wrong with the warning. Gentgeen 03:31, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Possibly posting copyright infringements does not appear at vandalism and I doubt that a "spree" of vandalism would include just three articles. Jamesday 19:47, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I don't see what the problem is. The user hasn't been back after the last copyright violation post, which was before I left the warning. If someone has made both legit and non legit edits, then they should be treated as simply in need of coaching, but a user who has done nothing but violate international law, not to mention our policies, should not be treated with kid gloves. Gentgeen 04:00, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] delete Category:Physical Chemists??

This is a empty page and there is already a `Category:Physical chemists'.

LiDaobing 07:08, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Arena football

How the hell is Arena football international news? It's a minor american league. EURO 2004 is vastly more significant internationally, millions of people watch the tournament.

Millions of people watched the Arena Bowl live on NBC. When there is a Euro chamion, then list it. Gentgeen 00:26, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Porphyrins

Hi Gentgeen, I need a chemist's opinion on this. Porphyrin has been categorised as an aromatic hydrocarbon. It is, as you will know, a tetrapyrrole and does not contain aromatic structures at all! Would you be able to suggest a better category? I'm thinking of making some subacticles on the enzymes and compounds of the heme synthesis pathway, and was wondering how to classify all these things. For the enzymes I'll use the EC number. JFW | T@lk 09:56, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Given that porphyrins are not aromatic, how would you propose it to be classified? I used to love organic chemistry, but I've forgotten too much... JFW | T@lk 11:45, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] San Jose

Nice photos of San Jose. I never have time to get photos of everything that there could be photos of! So I'm glad someone else from the area is photographing. I have another panorama shot of the entire santa clara valley that I haven't uploaded yet because one of the shots is very differently exposed (dang cheap digital camera) and I haven't had the time to try to figure out photoshop enough to try to fix it. Elf | Talk 18:06, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)


[edit] Bull Riding

Hi Gentgeen,

I'm about to correct your modification to bull riding. The bull's testicles are not bound. Somewhere that myth got started, but it isn't true. You can confirm it for yourself by watching a bull riding on a hot day... the bull's scrotum hangs down about 10 inches and swings in the breeze while he is bucking.

Most folks that protest rodeo miss the mark. The rough stock events; bull riding, bare back and saddle bronc are the ones least likely to injure the animals. The timed events are the ones that do the damage: Calf roping and steer tripping are the worst.

Regards,

lbmoore

[edit] Re: Chemicals category

A category of chemicals, that is the noun which can be made plural rather than the adjective of or having to do with chemistry, is one which contains substances used in or obtained by a chemical process, whereas a category of chemistry is one which encompasses the science of these substances and its application, including such things as the articles on CAS registry number and Crystal. - Centrx 04:12, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Yes, but CAS registry number does not belong in a Chemicals category; it is an identifier with an associated concept. crystal and liquid, for instance, also do not belong in a Chemicals category, for they are properties with associated processes. While an ion is a chemical, the article Ion might belong in the Chemicals category but the article is on much more than simply the chemical, it is an article on ionization and on ioniziation energies, just as crystal is also an article on the process of crystalization. The reason for this is because of encyclopedicness, closely related concepts and items go in the same article; they are related at length and stand on their own, rather than having an unmanageable and unreadable slew of repetitive, separate articles on similar things. For instance, there is no article on superconductor, because there is on one superconductivity which discusses all matters related to that, among which it also goes into the superconducting chemicals.
I see that my movement of some of the categories may have been incorrect, or at least not of sufficient onus that it warranted doing anything about. However, for instance, the category Explosives and the articles colloid, complex (chemistry), mixture, solution, and solvent, do not belong in the category Chemicals. The Explosives category contains numerous articles which are not about the chemical agents, but about for instance, fireworks in general and detonating cords. These do not belong in this category any more than, say, "dinner plate" by virtue of its make of porcelain. A colloid is a form of matter, a property, it is not a chemical. Mixture is in a similar situation. Solvent should be merged with Solution, and the article Solution does not belong in the Chemicals category. - Centrx 04:42, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Locomotives

You seem to be categorising three different things under Category:Locomotives: individual locomotives (e.g. Mallard), locomotive classes (e.g. British Rail Class 53), and locomotive types (e.g. 4-6-2). It seems to me that these should all be categorised separately. —Morven 00:43, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] History of California

Hi! Looks like we crossed paths in edits this evening. I wasn't trying to be out of bounds in my year correction, and you are so right in stating the difficulty in getting a suitable location for CA state govt. to work in. Hope there's no hard feelings. The article does need some more TLC, I agree with hike395 there - but I was just correcting some of the more egregious errors from an Antelope Valley POV. Happy Trails, --avnative 05:32, Aug 28, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] How to cook dandelions

Hi, I was just wondering if you could tell me what the status of How to cook dandelions is. It's had a transwiki and delete message since Feb. - RedWordSmith 16:44, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for putting in that new information on Ben Nighthorse Campbell. I've been looking for specifics, and it's very interesting. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (talk)]] 15:47, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Exhibition games vs. friendly matches

The reason I put the separate article there is not because of the difference in British versus American English but because there's a (blurry) difference in the meaning. Exhibition games tend to be devoid of serious competition and preparatory in nature, where friendly matches generally refer to matches that can be competitive, they just don't count for anything. --DMG413 23:38, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] California important cities and towns

Thank you so very much for cleaning up this section! You treated the Antelope Valley with due respect as well - major kudos to a Northlander and Silicon Valleyite that cares about us Southlander inland desert dwellers! (very broad grin) Now I feel more like a Californian on Wikipedia, and less like an out of stater. (You wouldn't believe how many people I meet casually who erroneously think the California portion of the Mojave Desert is part of Arizona or Nevada. . .) And you did this edit without me updating the Antelope Valley article with a total population number (easier said than done). You (evidently) read my article, saw my edit about the two largest cities there, and proceeded to edit correct info about the AV. Bring on the Main Street Electrical Parade for Gentgeen - and make him the Master of Ceremonies! BTW, the San Diego info is looking better, too. --avnative 10:44, Sep 16, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Zama

Hello, Gentgeen,
Yeah, it's too military-centric at Template:October 19 selected anniversaries .... Sorry, I'm slow... I'm still on October 13 ..... I'm working on it ..... I should get to the 19th soon ... Your help is appreciated on the item on Battle of Zama. You seem to be familiar with the battle. Could you possibly confirm the date and add it to the article, please ? Without the date mentioned in any of the linked article, I'd have to take the item off the template. Many thanks.
-- PFHLai 18:13, 2004 Oct 3 (UTC)

[edit] Delaware

I didn't delete Delaware Indians. I deleted Deleware Indians, yet again another illiterate redirect. RickK 06:42, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] VeryVerily—again

Please protect the page Henry Kissinger again. See the talk page. Shorne 05:19, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Cookbook link

Thanks for putting the link to the wikicookbook in the Sodium chloride article. :) [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm|(talk)]] 10:44, Oct 10, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Why will the Special brownies recipe be "deleted in a bit?"

Not a straw man, not a rhetorical question. I'm assuming it's due to the fact that it calls for the use of a controlled substance as an ingredient, and that there's policy to the effect that recipes containing controlled substances are to be deleted. Correct? [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 18:22, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Why did you revert the edit of GWB? The vandalized image is fixed, if you still see the goatse version it's a problem with your cache. andy 16:06, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] VeryVerily—yet again

I knew that VeryVerily would revert the change to Henry Kissinger that was agreed upon by the group. Sure enough, he did. Shorne 08:09, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Apologies

Yes, it's taken me a while, but I've finally realized that I've been a jerk about the recipe business, and I apologize. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 12:52, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

You're right, I created the page at the Cookbook but got the link to it wrong. Thanks for fixing it! Jamesday 11:15, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Bagdad 02Apr2003 L7 300px.jpg

Hey, just going through the disambiguating pages. Noticed your image right there. Just wanted to check with you, because I'm faiiirly certain but you never know. This is Baghdad, Iraq we're looking at, correct? Just wanted to make sure because you could be referring to the Bagdads in Arizona, Florida, or the one in Tazmania. If it is the one in Iraq, could you change the file name and link to Baghdad?

Thanks. I fixed the link, then remembered that the 300 px image was just a scaled down version of a larger image, from back when images couldn't be resized, so I speedy deleted as being redundant. Gentgeen 07:29, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Victoria Falls

Hello, thanks for pointing out my error in "cut-and-paste" moving Victoria Falls, I only realized my mistake after I made the changes. I still think I was otherwise justified in making the change, so I have outlined pro/con arguments in an attempt to elicit some discussion on this change in Talk:Victoria Falls, and will give it at least week before I reconsider moving it again (with the move button).

[edit] U.S. embargo against Cuba

You voted for U.S. embargo against Cuba, this week's Collaboration of the week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article.

[edit] Using the monobook.css

Gentgee,

Thanks for you help on the TOC discussion. I am now trying to get to grips with changing my UI! I have read http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_styles which I think is the right page, but am not 100% sure of what I actually have to do.

It appears that I should create a page called User:Martin TB/monobook.css and then add the information to that page in order to make my UI change. Is that correct? I wanted to ask before I made any changes.

Thanks for your time. Martin TB 22:23, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I took the plunge and leapt right in :) Seems to have worked. Many thanks anyway. Martin TB 22:36, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

You weren't slow at all, I was impatient. I had read the Meta:wiki discussion a couple of times so I had the gist. I thought that I could always redo that page if I made a huge mistake :). Thanks again Martin TB 22:44, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] HABS photos

I've created a template that can be used on any photos people pull from HABS. It's at Template:HABS. (I've also created a compressed one, that generates the URLs at Template:HABS2) I noticed that you had a HABS boilerplate on your user page, so I thought you might be interested. JesseW 11:15, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thank you so much for unblocking the University's IP.
James F. (talk) 11:16, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Are you serious, man? You listed the article on cleanup? I've never been so insulted in all the time I've been here. I don't know what your problem is, but I think you should stop this silliness. Everyking 12:23, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I welcome others' input and contributions, but I won't accept significant removal of detail, not unless that detail can be appropriately moved to another article or unless it can be shown that we can say just as much in fewer words. And I won't accept the notion that the article is a "fanpage"—I'm surprised that you would say something so insulting, and I find it utterly incomprehensible because the article reads to me as a fair and neutral piece. It's loaded with negative reviews and criticism. So I think you ought to be very moderate and gradual in whatever you propose, much more civil, and agree to err on the side of inclusion. Everyking 12:53, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Relevance and perspective. I know what that's code for. I wrote the article; nobody's going to take it over and dictate how it will look without giving my opinions foremost consideration. Everyking 03:09, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I also want to say that you have insulted me beyond what I can accept both as a person and a Wikipedia editor, and consequently I won't discuss anything further with you except things strictly related to article content on the proper talk pages. Everyking 03:14, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Selected anniversaries

Sweet! Thanks for your work on those. :) --mav 19:05, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] 3RR

Please take a look at the last edit I reverted on Jesus, the article (you will need to see the articl not the diff) lost all formatting and layout, and became meaningless text, it was not an edit war revert, it was a fix wikipedia revert. CheeseDreams 09:12, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] WikiUser

Hi, WikiUser has left a message on my talk page (I don't know why he picked me) appealing against a block by Neutrality. Could you please take a look and see if he was unjustly blocked? CheeseDreams 21:18, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1
I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:
{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

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:
{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk) 18:26, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] RFC pages on VfD

Should RFC pages be placed on VfD to be deleted? I'm considering removing Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Slrubenstein, Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Jwrosenzweig and Wikipedia:Requests for comment/John Kenney from WP:VFD. Each of them was listed by CheeseDreams. Your comments on whether I should do this would be appreciated. - Ta bu shi da yu 03:42, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Request

Hi, Neutrality and I are engaged in an edit war. He has also contributed to a request for arbitration (and RfC) against me. He has just blocked me.

Please note that the block occurred just after I had discovered a new RfAr against myself, and was starting to provide rebuttals to it.

I consider this an abuse of his adminship.

Could you look into this action, and consider whether un-blocking me is appropriate? CheeseDreams 23:14, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

CheeseDreams was being highly disruptive. See User talk:CheeseDreams#24-hour block and User talk:CheeseDreams#Category:Bible stories (by the way, he and I are in no way engaged in an "edit war," nor have I ever contributed to an arbitration request against him). [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality/talk]] 07:31, Dec 11, 2004 (UTC)
Thanks. After being warned repeatedly, he still recreated and repopulated Category:Bible stories. If there were any mitigating circumstances at all (like some sort of edit comment or talk page explanation for why he was recreating the category) I wouldn't have blocked him at all. But after he remade the category for the third time, I just got fed up. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality/talk]] 07:36, Dec 11, 2004 (UTC)
1. He is in an edit war, see the items in Category Bible Stories
2. See Wikipedia:Requests for comment/CheeseDreams for his being part of the RfAr gang
3. See Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Bible stories where Aranel states it requires 2/3 to delete, requiring her vote, which was NOT given.
4. Mirv did not consider the act violated anything allowed for blocking on the Wikipedia:Blocking policy, and unblocked me.
5. In fact Use of blocks to gain advantage in an article content dispute is specifically prohibited.
6. Neutrality IS in volation of the naming policy, and the Wikipedia:Blocking policy states that a ban on Neutrality IS thus appropriate.
CheeseDreams 23:03, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Offensiveness

Could you please take a look at these diffs, [1] [2] [3], particularly the third, and consider whether Lady Tara should be blocked?CheeseDreams 20:48, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Sock puppets

Hi, could you possibly take a look at this and see whether you think these are sock puppets? If so, could you consider banning them for vandalism (and the use of sock puppets), so that, by use of the autoblocking, it becomes possible to work out who they really are?

[4] (note the phrase "cheesecake"), [5] (warning - this is an extremely large (but rather repetative) edit of over 1MB in length - some browsers, and computers, may have significant problems viewing it)

[14]

CheeseDreams 15:37, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Blocking 4.37.73.58

Can you please get a block on 4.37.73.58? He's done nothing besides repeat vandalisms of articles. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Contributions&target=4.37.73.58

He is contributing nothing. Perhaps a weeklong or longer ban? His IP does not seem to be dynamic. --G3pro 15:35, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Organic compounds cathegorization

Could you please explain your motivation to, for example, adding Flecainide to Amines, Aromatics, Ethers, and so on, groups ? If you look e.g. into Ketones catherogy, you'll see, that the group contains only compounds, where the ketone group is the main/only functional group in the molecule. Didn't you consider also adding virually all organic compounds into Hydrocarbons cathegory :) ? --Mykhal 09:20, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Another thing is, that in fact, it is not ketone, but amide! --Mykhal 09:26, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bagdad_02Apr2003_L7_889px

Hi, I left a little note in the discussion page for Image:Bagdad_02Apr2003_L7_889px.jpg. I probably should have just posted here first. Thanks. --Paraphelion 13:33, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] #Wikimedia IRC Grants meeting

Hello Gentgeen.

I wanted to propose you to join the meeting on irc for grants on sunday. #wikimedia, 4 pm utc. Greetings. SweetLittleFluffyThing 12:32, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I'll keep you informed of the outcome if you are not able to make it. If you are interested in helping danny with grants (or anyone else on other grants), we opened a grant wiki on which we'll do most of the work (rather than on meta). You may have an account if you wish of course. SweetLittleFluffyThing

[edit] Spaces are bad!

Just a note,someone seems to have misled you on this issue.Where words are separated by a punctuation mark,a space is superfluous.No need to be ashamed,a lot of people screw this up,just look at the list on top of my talk page!:)--L.E./12.144.5.2 04:16, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Titus Manlius Torquatus

this page refers about the consul of 235 BC and 224, and it is also linked (in the List of Republican Roman Consuls) by the consul of 347 BC (T. Manlius L.f. Imperiosus Torquatus I): this lasta was (probably) the first one to receive the Cognomen of Torquatus

Carlo Morino


[edit] A new concept: epigraph

Might broaden your horizon! --Wetman 06:16, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding the Merger of Don't tread on me & First Navy Jack

Please see Talk:First_Navy_Jack —Linnwood 21:29, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Beer

Heh, welcome to the project. Your introductory line was one of the funniest sentences I've ever read ;) --Daniel11 06:55, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cardinal Sin Papabile?

He's so ill people aren't sure he'll make it to Rome...Louis E./le@put.com/12.144.5.2 03:01, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mission basilica

The official websites don't use the term basilica, so why should we? RickK 09:23, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

what terms are used at [15], [16], [17], and [18]? Gentgeen 09:32, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Where does it say basilica at http://www.missionsjc.com/? RickK 09:35, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

on the faq page. Gentgeen 09:36, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
But not on the front page and not on the About page. RickK 09:45, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
It's also on the general information page [19]. San Juan Capistrano has two different official websites, one for the parish and one for the tourist attraction. The parish page [20] uses Basilica extensivly, the tourist attraction page [[21] uses it less, but it is there. Gentgeen 09:48, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Why don't we word it something like "Mission San Juan Capistrano is a basilica" ..., for example? "Mission Basilica" is not the common name. Trust me, I went through all of this stuff in fourth grade history in California. Nobody in California would know what you mean if you say "Mission Basilica". RickK 09:56, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
I'm in California, and I know what it means. San Juan Capistrano's coat of arms is titled Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano, and includes the umbrella and keys reserved for a basilica. The parish's website uses Basilica every chance it gets. I don't want to move the article just include the full name in the bolded section of the first line. Gentgeen 10:09, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] issues about school articles

In November 2003, there was a VfD debate over Sunset High School (Portland). The debate was archived under Talk:Sunset High School (Portland). What to do with the article is still being contested and has been recently re-nominated for VfD at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Sunset High School (Portland).

I am writing to you because you have participated in such debates before. There still does not exist a wikipedia policy (as far as i can tell) over what to do in regards to articles about specific U.S. public school. My hope is that a real consensus can come out of the debate, and a real policy can take shape. Take part if you are so willing. Kingturtle 02:38, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Portolà

I reverted your edit of Gaspar de Portolá because List of pre-statehood governors of California indicate that he was, in fact, the first governor of California. If he wasn't then we need to fix the other article too. Cheers, -Willmcw 07:41, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

the pre-statehood list only covers the area that is now the US state of California. The title Governor of the Californias was used from the begining of the colinization of Baja in the late 1600s, but although their authority "technically" included the current US State, they actually had no control unitl Portola, Fages, Lausen and Serra got to San Diego. Gentgeen 07:53, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
If that's the case then, as I indicated, the "list" article should be edited to reflect that reality. It sounds like it might be accurate to say that Portola was the first governor to exercise functional control over Alta California, or, that he was the first resident governor of Alta California. (those modified statements are never as much fun as the direct ones...) Cheers, -Willmcw 08:18, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
I've noticed there are two similar entries: Gaspar de Portolà and Gaspar de Portolá corresponding to the same person. I think they should be merged into the first as is the correct spelling on his original language (Catalan, spoken in Mallorca at the time) and a redirection should be done on the second.--Friviere 21:27, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
By the way, I added some references on the first entry, that confirm he was the first governor of California.--Friviere 21:29, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
While there is no doubt that he was the first governor of what is now the US state of California, the title Governor of the Californias was in use from the begining of the colonization of Baja. For example, Fernando Rivera y Moncada was Governor of the Californias from 1751 until 1767, when Portola took over. Gentgeen 08:48, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for redirecting one article to the other. Note that the correct writing in his own signature is Gaspar de Portolà and not Gaspar de Portolá. I understand there may be some confussion for non accented language speakers. References to prove that are:

And many other I can add upon request. Therefore, both pages should be swaped.--Friviere 08:43, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Whould you mind noting the source of this Wikipedia policy? Could you give me just one reason of why the familly name of Gaspar de Portolà in English is Portolá and not Portolà apart from many being wrong? Does it mean that if 40 million people are wrong, the thruht is less important than the hits? I think that an Encyclopeadia is intended to spread knowledge and not to reproduce common errors, and that rediretions are intended to drive wrong entries to the correct ones. Would I then appear, if I ever happen to have an entry in the English Wikipedia, as Frank Rive or Frank River, instead of Francesc Rivière?--Friviere 05:07, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Juniper Serra

Sorry then about the renaming. Even then, pls. remember his real name was Juniper Serra, and how he was, and is, known at Mallorca, where he was from. I thought only king names could be translated, but, please, feel free to revert it, if you have to.--Friviere 21:44, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know?

Did you know has been updated
and a fact from the article Josiah Belden, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you have another interesting fact to submit, then please suggest it at the section's talk page.

[edit] Bark in the Park

Maybe under Category:Dog organizations or Category:Dogs as pets, or both. But Bark in the Park is not exclusive to san jose. For just a few others: Chicago, Missouri, Flyball tournament in Fresno, Virginia. Just do a google search & you'll find a zillion of 'em. As a result, I think the TM claim is dubious. Elf | Talk 22:45, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Chris73

Chris73 also reverted several articles three time in the last 24 hours--Witkacy 23:52, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

 :)--Witkacy 23:58, 16 May 2005 (UTC)


[edit] 3RR on List of basilicas

Hi Gentgeen. Thanks for the notice. However, in this case i am rather trying to enforce the outcome of the vote at Talk:Gdansk/Vote (i.e. double naming for cities like Gdansk/Danzig). At that time it was also decided that enforcing the community consensus voted for is excluded from the 3RR (somewhat similiar to reverting vandalism). Again, thanks for the note -- Chris 73 Talk 05:59, May 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Order of the Arrow

Greetings. I noticed your edit sumarry that "explorers cannot elect Order of the Arrow members". I was surprised to see this because I thought they could. I know for sure that Explorer Scouts (back in my time) could be in the Order of the Arrow, but possibly they were elected to the Order by a Boy Scout troop and then joined Explorers later. I tried to confirm your statement by researching the BSA homepage [www.scouting.org] and I was surprised to see that Explorers are not even there. Instead, there is a new-fangled thing called "Venturers". Do Explorer posts still exist at all? Johntex 23:16, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation on my talk page. That clears it up for me quite a bit. By the way, I notice that we did not have an article on E. Urner Goodman, so I created one. It is missing key facts such as the date of his birth, and the date/place of his doctorate. I didn't find these in a Google search. I look forward to watching the article improve with time and of course I welcome your input. Johntex 16:04, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Birthday

[edit] Chemical Rubber Company

How could I have forgotten that's what CRC stood for?! Anyway, just to say thanks for that post you made on the Reference desk. Are you an analytical chemist by trade? --HappyCamper 14:40, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I'm interested in semiconductors too, mainly stuff having to do with the chip fabrication process and the polymers involved. Nice meeting you! HappyCamper 17:27, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Actors from California

Why do you think it is best to separate out articles from Category:American actors, so that they can only be found through the actor category structure if you know that they were Californians? The state subcategories for people have always been problematic, because people move too much around the U.S. for any one state to be particularly important to understanding an individual. Most notable people are going to be notable on a national scale. That's why it's best to keep the state categories complementary, but not mutually exclusive to, the national ones. So what were your thoughts on this issue? Postdlf 00:45, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Test

That was just a test to see how fast the vandalism would be recognized and reverted. → JarlaxleArtemis 01:13, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Threats, etc

I understand your frustration, but I chose to withdraw my vfd, and simply redirected the page to the appropriate one. Of course you can always seek arbitration against me, and the facts will all have to be weighed, including the basic fact that the page, and various links to it were hopelessly POV. The person who instigated the idea may (by virtue of making the funny pages) be encyclopedic, but his clever ideas and notions about what to name David Souter's house are not. -SV|t 5 July 2005 01:44 (UTC)

[edit] inter-language wiki links

You wrote:

Hi, I saw your question on JASpencer's talk page, and thought I'd let you know how to create interlanguage links. If you want to link to another language wiki's article, just add a link at the bottom of article with the ISO 639 code of the language, a colon, and the article title, like this: es:Papa. The link will appear on the left side of the article, under the tool box. If you want an inline link to another wiki, do pretty much the same thing, except add a colon in front of the language link, like this: es:Papa. It's that simple. Gentgeen 06:43, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

So, show me. Edit the article Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Dubuque and move my external reference to the German wiki article, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erzbistum_Dubuque up to the "see also" category. The article is on my current watch list, so I will see and learn.

And, yeah, it's fun to know that 'archdiocese' translates to Erzbistum in German.

And I see you are interested in basilicas. I did the initial for OLPH and left a red-link for Brooklyn's other basilica, Cathedral_Basilica_of_St._James_(Brooklyn,_New_York%. --FourthAve 07:34, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Closing VfD

You closed the VfD on Lost Liberty Hotel, so isn't there supposed to be a link on the talk page to the VfD discussion? JamesMLane 03:13, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, I havn't closed a vfd in a while and missed that line in the procedure. Gentgeen 03:30, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject California

Thank you for your edits to Wikipedia:WikiProject California. While I have been mostly involved with trying to get Wikipedia:WikiProject Southern California turned into an active WikiProject, I would like to see both WikiProjects become a valued contributors to the Wikipedia working to improve articles on California topics. If you have comments or suggestions on the California WikiProject, I would like to hear them. BlankVerse ∅ 10:01, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for adding the Calif. Featured pictures to the California WikiProject. I don't know how I missed including that project since I recently had a photo that I nominated become a featured picture. I also copied the couple of SoCal pictures to the Southern California WikiProject. BlankVerse ∅ 05:36, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] James Marshall

As fate would have it, I was in the middle of rewriting the James W. Marshall article when you tagged it for cleanup. I still need to do some fixing up but I think it's much improved. Let me know what you think. --Cholmes75 04:57, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

  • Thanks. Can we get the cleanup tag removed? --Cholmes75 00:06, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] California English

Mind if I use your Babel format of California English? I too am fluent in it. I mean, "like I am a res of Cali and uh, it would be uh rad if you let me bum your idea".

jtmendes 02:45, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Btw

How are you learning Russian? Just curious, interested in learning it as well

Wow, I didn't realize one had to learn russian for chemistry degree. What is that for? jtmendes 03:47, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jodie Foster edit war

Sorry about the misunderstanding, and my apologies for pushing the three-edit rule- it's just that I was attempting to revert back to NPOV from a very persisitent article vandal, and sadly don't have the administrator powers to protect the article myself. --PatadyBag 05:23, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jodie Foster article NPOV adds.

Thanks for the warning. If you could mediate the censoring of info about Foster commercial acting by Patadybag. This is relevant biographical info that should be protected it would be greatly appreciated

[edit] California history

Hi Gentgeen... looks like you know your California history. I have just put up an article on Juan de Ayala whom I got interested in after a visit to Angel Island, California... but I'm only a visiting Brit and I have just had to cull stuff from web sources. If you know this material well, could you have a look please, and make sure I haven't made any accidental idiocies? Many thanks. seglea 07:59, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Req. for Mediation on Unnecessary Reverts/Deletes by Mr. Patadybag

Hello Mr. Pozniak:

Since you are familiar with the Jodie Foster entry website I would like to req. some mediation assistance on the multiple reverts/deletion from the website site regarding the link/subheading on Ms. Foster's ad work in Japan. If you could please check the current Talk page on J. Foster and this link [edits made by Patadybag] for background info. I feel Mr. Patadybag has made multiple reverts/deletion of pertinent relevant info which I put in a small paragraph/subheading at the end of the article. I really have tried to talk to Patadybag but he seems stubborn in making minor unfair changes which deletes interesting pertinent info. on J. Foster. I really feel I've tried to reach a compromise and be reasonable (see talk/history page). Any help will be appreciated. I would go through the normal med. channels but there seems a great backlog at this time. Thanks a lot. 66.248.121.159 13:20, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Categories

I point you to User talk:Postdlf. Btw, this is standard on actually every wp article: birth and date categories at first. --ThomasK 10:55, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Look to other biographies, it is a unwritten standard. --ThomasK 11:02, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

I wrote unwritten policy. It is wrong that you are against this. In every encyclopedia there is the birth date and death date at first. From my side this discussion is closed. --ThomasK 11:25, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

I going to archive this discussions! I wrote unwritten policy! A majority is also for this. This is not only my opinion. Closed. --ThomasK 11:30, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Because most of the biographies are sorted like this, which I wrote above. Discussion closed, I have no more time. --ThomasK 11:37, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

How insane. Anyway, Gentgeen, you and I both know that there is no such unwritten or written policy, nor any true consensus, nor any genuine trend reflected in more articles than others. The last time it was discussed, alphabetical had only one supporter, and birth/death dates last seemed to have a majority.[22] My way is to try and group them in order of importance to the subject matter, so job titles such as Chief Justice would go first, followed by more generic occupations such as "writer," or awards/merits won, etc., followed by the more personal categories that really have nothing to do with why that individual has an article (ethnicity, religion, local geography, etc.). Last are the birth/death dates. Just wandering through...cheers. Postdlf 03:47, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

You are stupid. That´s a silly thing. There is a trend reflected in many articles. First the birth and death dates, because this is about a person, then heritage, following profession. The bots on WP are doing this for a reason! Remember: This is a encylopaedia! --Mabm 08:28, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

"How insane" by User:Postdlf is actually a personal attack, too. Quote of the wp policy: Users have been banned for repeatedly engaging in personal attacks. " Do you want already abuse your admin power? This was my first time and last time. I made my point about the categories order. Let´s agree to disagree. --Mabm 08:47, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WP:Chem

Hi Gentgeen, Checking deep into the history of acetanilide your name cropped up, and I was surprised to find a chemist active on Wikipedia whom I was unfamiliar with. I know that the chemistry section was fairly dead last year, but a lot has changed in the chemistry pages in the last few months- WP:Chem in particular has been very active in getting articles together on several hundred chemical compounds. We're also now beginning peer review on acetic acid for a possible FA. Can we recruit you to our cause? Walkerma 04:49, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Campbell High School

Thank you for catching this mistake. I have placed the article in the relatively new Category:Schools established in the 1900s, as this seems gives more specificity. Bahn Mi 23:49, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pune

Image:WikiThanks.png Thank you for your contribution at Pune.
Please keep it up!!!- P R A D E E P Somani (talk)
Feel free to send me e-mail.

[edit] Thanks for your help on the list of cities in California

That was a good catch that just one of the two links labeled Santa Clarita really went to Santa Clarita! That error came about because I made heroic efforts to preserve the work that came before me -- the wikilinks to the 478 incorporated cities and their alphabetical order -- while at the same time formatting the whole thing into a readable table with correct wikilinks to counties and proper wikidates for their dates of incorporation. So any errors in the wikilinks to the cities would naturally remain. Your edit alerted me to the fact that this list had not been previously checked very carefully for accuracy, so I did some checks and found several cities mis-alphabetized, two misspelled, and one with a superfluous blank! A superfluous blank?! Curious, I went back to the version that existed before I started messing with it, and sure enough, the city of Galt has a blank after its name that the others didn't have. If nothing else, this proves a very anal attention on my part to preserving the work of the giants on whose shoulders I stand. Now, this list is perfect! (Famous last words)
--GraemeMcRae 18:56, 14 October 2005 (UTC)


With regards to the Order of teh Arrow. I am not arguing with you that it was the name, I didn't delete it from the page I moved it to history where it belongs. It isn't the name now. It shouldn't be in the heading it should be in the history.

[edit] re Arroyo Seco as a wine region

Hi Gentgeen. The Arroyo Seco you added to Category:U.S. wine regions is the wrong one. The wine-producing Arroyo Seco is in Monterey County, California, while the one in that article is in Los Angeles County, California. I've removed the category tag. Mike Dillon 00:00, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Martha's Vineyard as a wine region

Hi again. I was wondering why you added Martha's Vineyard to Category:U.S. wine regions. As far as I know, there are no well-known modern wineries on the Vineyard. The one that I do know if is called Chicama Vineyards and I don't think you can get it off-island. I've never tried it, but I've heard it's not very well regarded. Do you have a reference for more than just Chicama, since I don't think one minor winery qualifies a place as a "wine region", even if it was historically named "The Vineyard". Mike Dillon 00:50, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

P.S. I'm not stalking you, I just happened to have Arroyo Seco and Martha's Vineyard on my watch list. ;) Mike Dillon 00:51, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
I've removed Martha's Vineyard from Category:U.S. wine regions. If there really is significant wine production on the Vineyard that I'm not aware of, please add information about it to the MV article before putting it in the wine regions category. Mike Dillon 14:55, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

02:43, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Your help is needed wikiman

Hello, I am Robert, I have a cooking wiki already established that is in need of a few good contributors. I would be interested in giving Admin rights to a few good contributors. The wiki has mucho content but no real active community and just a handful of contributors. The project is located at Cookbookwiki.com and I can be contacted at wikimanager@yahoo.com, I recently removed google ads and such. I need help getting the community part of the wiki active. Feel free to stop by and add your comments to our home page discussion or get started. From my understanding, there is much content that can be added that is missing from wikipedia due to politics. So, if you would like a cooking wiki playground, please stop by or contact me. - Robert

[edit] Category:Years in science

I notice you created Category:Years in science, which contains articles whose titles begin with a year. If you have time, could you please go through and make sure the articles are sorted in their respective year (or year-in) parent categories using sortkeys as outlined at Wikipedia:Categorization#Year categories? (Don't forget to start the sortkey with a capital letter.) If you've done this already, thanks and sorry for bugging you about this. I plan to go through a ton of such pages early next year; it would be nice if some of the work were already done... - dcljr (talk) 01:34, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] CAoW

Since you are listed as a Roman Catholic, I figured I'd send you this. Wikipedia:Catholic Alliance of wikipedia has been nominated for Deletion. Please vote and/or tell other people to vote to keep this organization on wikipedia. --Shanedidona 01:42, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Twins?

Hello, I just wanted to greet you because we are almost in the same spot on this chart. Endomion 19:51, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cheers

Thanks for the fact finding, I had no idea O'Neill played himself in an episode. Please see the FAC, maybe a guest star section? Staxringold 22:54, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Military history: Coordinator elections

WikiProject Military history The Military history WikiProject is currently holding elections for project coordinators. Any member of the project may nominate themselves and all are encouraged to vote here.
The elections will run until February 5.

--Loopy e 04:51, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scouting Barnstarn

Did you see this proposal? Scouting Barnstarn --evrik 20:39, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edits regarding O'Connor's retirement

I am troubled by your quickness to characterize me as "wrong", to state that "you're simply disrupting this article to prove a point", and to state that "I'm sure you know what that means" (after stating that we had both done three reverts). I know that administrators are only human, but I had hoped that administrators would be more stoic, dispassionate, education-minded, and constructive. JonathanFreed 12:40, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Gentgeen, you have made the following statements towards me during our edits of the Sandra Day O'Connor article and talk page:
  • "lets not be silly" (in the edit history, 09:34)
  • "You're wrong" (discussion, 10:17)
  • "You're disrupting this article to prove a point, now stop" (edit history, 10:18)
  • and "You were, in fact, wrong" (discussion, 19:40).
In my opinion, the "you're wrong" statements are attacking me rather than my argument, and the other two are contributory. An ad hominem attack is a violation of the official Wikipedia 'no personal attacks' policy, and is conduct unbecoming of a Wikipedia administrator; the specific subject we were discussing is irrelevant. As per the policy on resolving disputes, I am bringing these details to your attention on your talk page, not the article talk page. I do not need an apology and am not asking for one, as I would like to believe that you acted in good faith and did not mean to make ad hominem attacks. Please refrain from doing so in the future. Thank you for your attention to this matter. JonathanFreed 02:21, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for your kind expression of appreciation. And best wishes to yourself. Lima 05:19, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History of Science

Please consider participating in the History of Science WikiProject; there's plenty to do, particularly for a chemist with an evident interest in history fo science.--ragesoss 18:22, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Belarusian Catholic Church

Sorry, but would you like to explain why you removed referenced material from the article? --Kuban Cossack 12:45, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

By all means. First of all information on how the thousands of Belarusians were forced into the Unia can be easily found, take for instance the whole Ukrainian Cossack uprisings and Peter Mogilla who shed quite a lot of blood defending Orthodoxy. Second the persectution of Belarusians, their language and culture during the interbellum Poland is also a sourced fact, as is the forceful confiscation of Orthodox proprerty. Finally the numbers of how many Belarusians willfully returned to Orthodoxy are also 100% genuine. Why did you remove them, that is another question. Last but not least the Uniate church was terminated from the inside via efforts of Bishop Joseph Semashko.--Kuban Cossack 23:05, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

I am sorry I did not know you were being thus attacked last February. Lima 18:34, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of varieties of Rice

Hi, this list is meant to be a list of rice species. The California entries you added are brand-names (as far as I know). Dyl 16:04, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Actually, they're varieties sold by many different manufacturers. They can be found on the California Rice Commission website, the California Rice Research Board website, and the UC Davis Rice Project website. (with others with silly names like M-104) Gentgeen 11:52, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the clarification! Dyl 16:38, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please look at this page

If you are a supporter of Don Bosco, take a look at this page.

[edit] Catholic Bible Contradictions

Why do you want to delete the article. I believe that i wrote it with an NPOV, if you disagree, explain to me how, or edit it to NPOV. If you believe it contains original research (i dont) - see Understanding Roman Catholicism - Rick Jones (www.chick.com), tell me exactly which parts and i will provide sources. If you have another objection put it in the discussion. How is a summary of a particular argument a soap box. I was hoping that someone with a better undestanding of catholicism than myself would give the other side. Crippled Sloth 23:54, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Westminster

Sorry for troubling you with Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster again. I noticed that all the other dioceses of Britain are named as '(Arch)Diocese of Somewhere' & only Westminster has 'Roman Catholic' in the page title. I am tempted to rename the page to fit the pattern of the other dioceses. (At the moment 'Archdiocese of Westminster' is a redirect anyway.) Do you think I am likely to upset many people if I do this? Should I just ignore it, maybe?

[edit] Lawrence Expressway

Hope you don't mind, I moved this article back to County Route G2 (California). The reasoning was three fold

  1. I'm eventually going to move all routes to this scheme to better unify them under one common naming scheme
  2. The old CountyName County Route LX scheme worked fine for some routes in one county but about half of county routes in California are cross county and currently the article resides at one counties name w/redirects for the other counties. That is something that had been bugging me since I started the Wikiproject and writing these articles. I had considered common names like Lawrence Expwy as a solution, however that was even worse as most of these routes have multiple names along their lengths. Also I considered seperating them out giving each county it's own article, however most of the roads have too little info to warrant an individual article for each county.
  3. After deeper searching I can find no evidence for the routes actually being named something like Santa Clara County Route G2. The state and counties refer to them as just County Route G2 or by their colloquial names like Lawrence Ex/Quito Road. My choice of the original name was based more on original research then actual fact like the new names are.

If you have any questions or comments please let me know. I'll be posting these points on the wikiproject page as well.Gateman1997 01:58, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A better solution for subdividing religion categories

Please see the most recent comments at WP:DRV on the Roman Catholic actors category; I think subdividing it by nationality would be a much better idea than by occupation. Postdlf 17:08, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] California State Routes

I noticed you reverted CA1. If you want I can work with you to correct all of these routes that SPUI has been moving against the Wikiproject and consensus.JohnnyBGood 19:14, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of California State Route 87 redirect

13:58, 20 March 2006 Gentgeen deleted "California State Route 87" (Deleted to make way for move.)

Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion says that only a "non-controversial page move like reversing a redirect" can be speedy deleted. This page move was not non-controversial, and you should not have deleted the redirect. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 19:15, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikpedia-wide guidelines override Wikiprojects. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 19:17, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

I'd reply as you tend to, but I don't have a potty mouth. Gentgeen 19:19, 20 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] CA 2

Please visit California State Route 2 and vote on the page move.JohnnyBGood 00:00, 21 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] List of Saints who Committed Crimes against Humanity

I object to the deletion of this page, and I object to the manner of its deletion without discussion. This was discussed. I acceded to the objections to the title of the prior article, and allowed the page to be deleted. I then retitled the article. Discussion was had, and the article was accepted.

If you are going to do this, the article on Saints needs to be listed as "disputed" unless it acknowleges that the conduct of some of the "saints" veered from general definition.M dorothy

Just passing through, but even assuming this was not in violation of the previous deletion decision, this newest article is equally ill conceived. "Crimes against humanity" is a concept under modern international law that simply doesn't have meaning when applied with hindsight to long dead historical figures, let alone those for whom fact is difficult to separate from fiction. The fact that your genocide article was deleted means this wouldn't have a chance of surviving AFD, considering how much less focused the concept is. The central goal of going out of your way to emphasize what bastards saints have been is also problematic, however much I wish you well on that in other contexts. Postdlf 06:07, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Is there a possibility that you are involved in identification of polypeptides by mass spec?

The article specifically acknowledges that it is applying a modern standard retroactively.

Wikipedia has articles defining "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity". According to the articles in Wikipedia, the listed saints engaged in those activities.

I have taken the time to track down a list of saints involved in crimes against humanity. They were harder to find than I thought, but I made a list. There are probably other people out there that would like access to such a list, without having to go through all the saints to find examples. You are censoring this list.

The original title was "Genocidal Saints". The discussion focused on the title. I agreed that it was inappropriate. At the time I did not know how to change a title once begun. I therefore waited until the article was deleted, and then began with a new title meeting most of the objections.

I chose to use a separate article, rather than editing the main article on Saints. If you persist in this deletion, I wil edit the main article. If it is vandalized, I will object.M dorothy

This belongs back in your talk page:

"Wikipedia has a basic policy known as No original research. Unless there are published, reliable, respected, sourced, existing works calling various people war criminals, their inclusion on such a list would fall under this policy and not be accecptable content for Wikipedia at a seperate list or in any article. Find another venue to publish your pet project, the Wikimedia Foundation isn't in the business of publishing crackpot theories. Gentgeen 06:58, 22 March 2006 (UTC)"

I think you are now being impolite.M dorothy

[edit] Deletion of redirects

In [23] you denied my marking of State Route 35 (California) for speedy because "the reason given for speedy deletion is not one of the speedy deletion criteria". However, you just deleted California State Route 85 for the same reason. Please explain. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 09:02, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

If you disagree with a deletion I have performed, please bring it up at Wikipedia:Deletion review. Gentgeen 10:46, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
I have, though I do not feel that that is the appropriate place to discuss it. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 12:44, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Hello, not commenting on the deletion (done that on DRV), but thought you should know that the talk page Talk:California State Route 85 is still a double redirect and not the main page (side effect of your double california title typo, I think :) I can't fix it myself as it involves another redirect deletion. Regards, MartinRe 19:12, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RCC Social Teaching

Hey, thanks for sourcing the Roman Catholic Church#Social teaching. For the right-to-life bullet, I replaced your link to Humanae Vitae, which discusses procreation and contraception, with a link to Evangelium Vitae, which does discuss the right to life in considerable detail. Also, if you're familiar with the subject, you might want to consider rewriting the whole thing. I don't know enough about CST to do that, but I know enough to see that the section (which was previously located at Catholic social teaching) is a questionable characterization of CST. Thanks again. --Hyphen5 12:46, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Hypocrisy Is a Bad Trait for an Admin

Hello. If I may point your attention to this page, it appears you were caught in blatant flat-out hypocrisy. I'm considering putting you up on RFC. The last thing Wikipedia needs is a bunch of hypocrites as admins. --Analogdemon (talk) 20:10, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

The redirect I deleted was occupying the place the article in question should have been located at based on the naming convention established at WP:CASH. Deleting a redirect with little or no history (the one in question had 2 edits, both by SPUI, and the second was a very minor change) to comply with established naming conventions is well established under the speedy deletion guidelines. SPUI wanted a redirect deleted to move a page that was located according to the previously named guideline to a proposed naming convention that did not gain consensus. Such a move, away from an article title supported by Wikipedia's naming guidelines, to a name that failed to gain the support of the community not. But file an RfC if you want, it's always good to bring things out in the open. Gentgeen 21:34, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Broken talk page

Hi, you may have missed my earlier message, but thought you should know that the talk page Talk:California State Route 85 is still incorrect (talk page name != article name) I've fixed the double redirect temporarily but I can't fix it properly as it involves a redirect deletion to make way for the move. (Yes, I could speedy, wait, and then fix it with move, but it's probably better to get an admin to do the two steps in one go, methinks!) Regards, MartinRe 19:12, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-03-12 U.S. Roads

If you are interested in this case please leave a statement at this page for the mediator. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 21:50, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Military history WikiProject Newsletter, Issue I

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue I - March 2006
Project news
From the Coordinators

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Military history WikiProject's newsletter! We hope that this new format will help members—especially those who may be unable to keep up with some of the rapid developments that tend to occur—find new groups and programs within the project that they may wish to participate in.

Please consider this inital issue to be a prototype; as always, any comments and suggestions are quite welcome, and will help us improve the newsletter in the coming months.

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Current proposals
  • Proposed guidelines for categories of military people are currently being discussed. A number of issues have already been resolved, but the proposed scheme is still in draft form and further input would be very welcome.

delivered by Loopy e 04:58, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beer Categories

It has been suggested by User:BrianSmithson that the Beer and brewery categories should be renamed. The proposal has been supported by User:Syrthiss, and supported and expanded by myself. The notion is that the regional categories should follow the format of "Beer and breweries in Africa" /Europe/Asia/North America/South America/Oceania. "Brewers and breweries" could also be renamed "Beer and breweries by region". And all the countries should also be renamed (and merged if needed) as, for example, "Beer and breweries of Germany", "Beer and breweries of Britain", "Beer and breweries of Poland". The word in each case would be beer rather than beers to allow for general articles on beer culture in each region as well as individual beers. Comments, suggestions, objections and simple votes to Wiki Beer Project SilkTork 14:41, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rivermark and Guadalupe River

Hey Gentgeen, I don't have any maps I can send you (yet) to prove that I had the river correct, but I walk them both (San Thomas Aquino Creek and Guadalupe River) regularly and know which is which. In the map you sent, you can see the Guadalupe in the upper right, but the part where the Guadalupe River meets Rivermark isn't actually on that map. I'm new to wiki so I'm not sure how I'll fix it up, but I will. Thanks for the pic and the wiki'ing of the expressway. --StonewallCanyon 08:38, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

I concur with StonewallCanyon and I confirmed this with multiple maps, including a modern Thomas Brothers Guide, an old 1901 USGS San Jose quadrangle, and the 1876 Historical Atlas of Santa Clara Co. The San Tomas Aquinas Creek is on the west side of Lafayette Street, well outside the Rivermark area. Rivermark extends eastward roughly to the Guadalupe River (although the area immediately adjacent to the river had already been developed as the Mansion Grove Apartments and the historic Lick Mansion). The entire Sun, Rivermark, and Mansion areas together correspond to the property held by James Lick, which can be seen in the 1876 atlas as extending precisely from Lafayette St. (then called Alviso & Santa Clara Road) to the Guadalupe River. Additionally, the very name of Rivermark itself comes from its proximity to the river (not a creek) and you can see the Guadalupe plainly labeled on the map at Rivermark's web site. [24] Mditto 08:34, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
I stand corrected. It is closer than I thought. However, it is a good half mile from the river (I was in the neighborhood today and did some "original research" with my odometer). Additionally, I don't see what about this development merits its inclusion in the river's article to the exclusion of other properties actually on the river's banks. Gentgeen 01:56, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
If it were not on the banks, I would not be suggesting its inclusion. Here is a picture I took from the opposite shore (the San Jose side) looking at one of the Rivermark housing developments. [25] This picture shows the Guadalupe River, the levee, and the close proximity of the development. From your pictures, it is clear that you have visited part of the Rivermark development. However, the last phase of the Rivermark development is the area closest to the river, on the same side of Lick Mill Blvd as the Mansion Grove Apartments. --StonewallCanyon 19:23, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue II

The April 2006 issue of the project newsletter is now out. You may read this issue or change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you by following the link. Thanks. Kirill Lokshin 18:40, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Indian recipes

Excellent, thanks for the help! --Fang Aili 說嗎? 22:11, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Helios in flight.jpg listed for deletion

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There's a higher res version of the picture on commons with the same name. Night Gyr 10:51, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CUA & The K of C

The person who is listed on the site graduated and may not check that e-mail anymore. I e-maile dhim at the same time, and haven't recieved a responce. I set up an email account to deal with this. If you e-mail CUAandtheKofC-at-gmail-dot-com I will forward you the original e-mail I recieved, along with my request for it from PSD Sullivan. Briancua 23:40, 17 May 2006 (UTC)


Hey, what happened?? The article has disappeared. Briancua 16:16, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Herpes Zoster

I sympathize with you right now. Ouch indeed. Seems like this message will be a little late but the intent was there. I am enjoying an outbreak on my neck directly under my ear and I looked it up after seeing my doctor. Well, all the best to you and hopefully no PHN. Yours, Philip Gronowski Contribs 06:55, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Birthday!

Just a happy Birthday message to you, Gentgeen, from the Wikipedia Birthday Commitee!!! Have a great day!

Steveo2 10:59, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

  • Indeed! Happy birthday! --Durin 12:47, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue III - May 2006

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[edit] Archive

Your talk page is very long, so I suggest that you arhive old discussions.--☆TBC☆ 02:38, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reminder

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[edit] Knights of Columbus

I've asked for a peer review for the Knights of Columbus article, with the hopes of making it a featured article. Any help you could give would be great. Thanks! Briancua 13:49, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Linus Pauling featured article review

Hi! I noticed that you nominated Linus Pauling for featured article status back in 2004. I was simply wondering if you would be able to have a say in the review of this article, seeing as you might have some more ideas about the topic. (I noticed that you are a chemist). Thanks, and happy editing. MyNameIsNotBob 11:37, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey. I just moved this to the FARC section of the review page. That means it may lose its featured status in a couple of weeks. If you do want to work on it now's the time! Cheers, Marskell 16:07, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue IV - June 2006

The June 2006 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Kirill Lokshin 05:55, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] monobook formatting for cookbook

Asking here since you seem to log in more often. You mentioned in the discussions about the cookbook that we could format the namespace with a specific stylesheet. How do we do this? I looked around the docs but couldn't find anything about it. Kellen T 20:16, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Golden Gate correction

Thanks, appreciate the Golden Gate name origin correction.

NorCalHistory 06:38, 7 July 2006 (UTC)


Pontifical North American College I am attorney for the Pontifical North American College in Rome and have come across the Wikipedia article on the College. From the history of the article I see that you, as an administrator, have made a number of useful and appropriate comments and changes to the article and am thus turning to you for advice and assistance.

The current version of the article, though short, contains a number of factual errors in its description of the College's activity and status. I would like to correct those errors, but do so in a way that they do not recur by reason of the (generally laudable) open editing policy of Wikipedia.

Any advice or assistance you could give would be most appreciated.

With thanks.

JM Crowley

[edit] dynamic page lists

b:Wikibooks:Staff_lounge#Help_me_turn_on_DynamicPageLists_for_wikibooks Kellen T 13:29, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GoState links

Given your comments in Talk:California State University, can I assume it's an OK to remove similar GoState links in the San Jose State University article? NeoChaosX 20:25, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello. Somewhat related to this, is there a way to verify that a user has been posting from a specific IP address? Around the time Michaelch7 posted the comment you replied to in that talk page, my user page [26] [27] and talk page[28] pages were vandalized by an anonymous user who accused me of being a vandal. Shortly after these vandalizations were undone, Michaelch7 posted in my talk page [29], also accusing me of being a vandal because I removed his links to the GoState campaign. While I'm certain he was the person behind the anonymous edits, I'm wondering if there's a way to confirm my suspicion. I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to be asking, but I can't seem to find any pages here on Wiki that would allow me to find the IP a registered user posted under. NeoChaosX 07:58, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks again for the link; so far I have only got a comment that the work is an obvious puppet but no solid confirmation that it's him. Anyway, the guy continues to be a thorn in my side. When I put up an obvious POV fork he created up for deletion, he began using personal attacks, repeatedly accusing me of vandalism and agenda pushing. While I've put in a complaint in WP:PAIN for his antics, I'd like to ask if you could intervene in the deletion discussion, since you've dealt with his additions before. I'm sorry if this isn't how I should deal with the problem (or if it's not the right way to go about it), but his attacks are stressing me out and I'm running out of options on what to do. NeoChaosX 04:42, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi again. This guy is active again, although he's back posting from his original account, CSU Spartan (talk • contribs). He's not adding links, but instead is making provactive, sometimes POV edits in related pages ([30], [31], [32]). There anything that I should do, or should I just be patient with his edits? I am ready to revert his addition ot the CSU page, although with the schedule I have I don't think I'm ready to deal with another headache from him calling me a historical revionist. NeoChaosX [talk | contribs] 03:40, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Word of warning; there's some talk on Talk:San José State University about reviving the California State Normal School article (which is currently a redirect) that was indirectly started by him. NeoChaosX (he shoots, he scores!) 21:06, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beer & brewery notability criteria discusion document

A discussion document has been opened up. Wikipedia:WikiProject Beer/Notability Criteria. Please put in your views either on the main page or on the attached talk page. SilkTork 16:43, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Catholicism Assessment

Hello, fellow WikiProject Catholicism member. The project has recently begun work on assessing articles relating to Catholicism, and you are invited to comment and participate. The subpage for this assessment is located here. Thank you. —Mira 07:26, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Catholicism 101 Assessment

Thanks for assessing Pope Pius XII. I was thinking of stating a separate WikiProject (or at least a subproject) for the Pope (and perhaps anti-Pope biographies), but it looks like that is now unecessary. Can any user add an assessment to any page, and if there is a dispute is there any process for resolving it? If so, I'd like to go through and do such an assessment for all the Popes. savidan(talk) (e@) 18:04, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gregorian chant

Hi! Since you're assessing the Gregorian chant article from the perspective of the wikiproject, you might want to comment at its featured article review. Peirigill 16:48, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brewery poll

Your vote/opinion on brewery notability is requested here: [33] SilkTork 11:55, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue V - July 2006

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[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history Coordinator Elections!

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[edit] WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America Newsletter - July '06

The Indigenous Peoples of North America Portal has been established, as a starting point for those wishing to learn more about the subject, with information and links on a wide variety of issues. It also contains news regarding the continent's various tribes and nations. It's a graphically pleasing site, and everyone is encouraged to check it out.
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[edit] Move Roman Catholic Church to Catholic Church

There is a vote at Talk:Roman Catholic Church: A Vote on the Title of this Article on moving Roman Catholic Church to Catholic Church. You are invited to review it. --WikiCats 03:52, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, but I stopped caring what the title of the article was a long time ago. Gentgeen 04:28, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: North America

Thanks for the warning, but you had better give other (recent) editors of that article similar warnings; otherwise, I shall give your notice all the attention it is due. 142.150.134.49 06:09, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] North America, Central America, Template: region

Dear Gentgeen: There is a POV issue going on in the articles about North America, Central America and even in the Template: region. If you look carefully into the recent history of the first article, you will find that there is some kind of political activism to exclude Mexico from North America. Well, this is obvious a POV issue and I tried very neutrally to rewrite the article. This certain anonimous user is taking advantage of his changing IP. You warned him about reverting the article too much, but he has contined doing such a thing. Please, I would like to know how to prevent this. We have been discussing this article with the other users interested and we kinda reached an agreement, but this anonimous user is making it hard for everyone. How can we nominate this article so only registered users can edit it? I have heard it is possible. His IP addresses are 142.150.134.49 and 142.150.134.53 Thank you very much. AlexCovarrubias 04:17, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Military history Newsletter - Issue VII - September 2006

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[edit] Catholic cathedrals

Please keep the list of cathedrals relagated to Roman Catholic cathedrals Briaboru

[edit] Catholic cathedrals, again

I've come up with a compromise regarding Eastern and Roman Catholic cathedrals that might be to you liking, i direct you to the Catholic Cathedral talk page. Briaboru

[edit] Categorization of SFO

Per Wikipedia:WikiProject California/Assessment, importance is to be graded based not on some category hierarchy, but on the subject's importance to California. For instance, Top articles are based on the following criteria: "Subject is a "core" or "key" topic for California, or is generally notable to people other than students of California. They define and determine the subject of the California WikiProject." San Francisco International Airport is clearly notable to people other than students of California - it's the second-largest airport in the state. One cannot form an understanding of modern-day California without discussing SFO. FCYTravis 05:20, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it's as important as Pebble Beach. More important, in fact. Pebble Beach is just some golf course a few rich people visit. SFO is the first and last part of California seen by millions of visitors from around the world. The largest dedicated international terminal in America. An economic engine for the state.
Here's an example of how transportation is essential to understanding California history. The huge Asian emigration to the Bay Area has helped turn SFO into the largest Asian air travel gateway in the United States. In turn, the Asian population and economic connections to the Bay Area have been bolstered by the Asian airline service. California is a state whose history is inextricably linked to transportation - from the Central Pacific to the Ridge Route to the Embarcadero Freeway to San Francisco International Airport. California has always been a state on the move, and thus I would argue that transportation articles are vital to a full understanding of our state's history, sociology and economy. FCYTravis 06:48, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Camp Stuart

FYI. --evrik (talk) 16:35, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Syro-Malabar Catholic dioceses

I w3holeheartedly agree with the change, i would have named it that had i been thinking, Briaboru

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On November 14, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kate Lorig, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:41, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry to see that you did the unblock

I suppose you think folks should be allowed to troll at their pleasure...maybe discussing it with me first would have been the right thing to do. I might understand shortening it, but a complete unblock is simply ridiculous. If he resumes stalking me, I will reimpose the block as I don't have to put up with this nonsense.--MONGO 08:10, 15 November 2006 (UTC)


Just FYI, This is the person you unblocked and is also why it's apparent he's trolling MONGO. Put the r in "dramatica". He is one of the prime contributors to ED and is also one of the prime contributors to personal attacks on MONGO and the prime reason why ArbCom banned ED links and articles. You should rethink your unblock. --Tbeatty 08:20, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Tbeatty, what someone chooses to do outside Wikipedia is of no relevance. Someone being a contributor to another website is not a reason to block them. Mongo, how has this Miltopia "trolled" you? Looking thorugh his/her contribs, I don't see any attacks or provocations, or at least nothing that justifies an indef ban. yandman 13:26, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

No matter who the user is off Wikipedia, the block in question was inappropiate and against policy. What part of the blocking policy supports an indefinate block in this situation? Was there vandalism? I didn't see any. Excessive reverts? I see a content dispute on two articles that the user didn't turn into a revert war, so no. Personal attacks, posting of personal information, or persistant copyright violations? Nope. Innapropiate username? Not that I can see. Even if you felt that the user was being grossly uncivil, "Blocks for gross incivility are controversial". Was the user posting crank information? I don't know, but that section reads, "Obvious cranks and users who aggressively and repeatedly violate fundamental policies may be blocked if there is a consensus among uninvolved users that it is necessary." Where were uninvolved users asked about the user in question's activites and consensus reached? Was this brought up at WP:ANI before you blocked? An indefinate block on a user is effectivly a ban, and banning is not within the rights of a lone-wolf admin as the first step in a conflict resolution. Had you imposed a 24 hour block, I wouldn't have even looked into the case. I would have just told Miltopia to go to sleep and come back tomorrow. Gentgeen 00:35, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

The least you should have done was to simply reduce the block period, rather than allow me to have to see that I have no rights to protect myself from his stalking. When admins don't provide some punitive action to deal with those whose efforts are to harass others, then they simply persist in their quest. Your unilateral unblock was just as lone-wolf as anything I did, so nect time have the decency to at least ask why a block was performed. Undoing other admin actions does zero to build solidarity on this website. Consider yourself lucky that you haven't had to deal with the trolls I have, or endure on the on and off wiki harassment I have had to put up with.--MONGO 04:48, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
MONGO, you do realise that admin powers are given abovce all to protect Wikipedia, not yourself? Of course he unblocked: you made a block that had no justification! Why would he have to talk to you about it? Hopefully, being an admin, he's competent enough to read a contributions page, and hopefully, being an admin, he's competent enough to see that none of Miltopia's actions deserved an indefinite block. This unblock wasn't unilateral, it was supported by every single page of the relevant policies and guidelines. And as for "solidarity"... this is exactly the type of thing new users are complaining about. Admins will always agree just because they're both admins? Is that the message we want to give out? That's exactly what we don't want. Finally, telling users that they're either with you or against you puts into question your capacities to continue contributing to a project based on consensus. I apologise for the rather harsh tone, but it's my opinion that you're way out of line, MONGO. yandman 08:53, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of Roman Catholic dioceses

Hi! I question your assigning List of Roman Catholic dioceses a B-quality. The list is far from complete - there are maybe 10% of all dioceses worldwide listed, and there's no organization for it. At best, it's a "start". I'm also not sure how important it is compared to getting national lists of dioceses up and maintained. Wikipedia doesn't need to have everything, and this list duplicates the work of Catholic-hierarchy.org (and Giga-catholic, possibly). Argyriou (talk) 18:12, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Catholic Church

Thanks for pointing out the error I made to the Encyclopedia name. But the link change from 'Catholic Church' to 'Roman Catholic Church' just corrects the article text to match the name of this particular church as determined by WP. 'Catholic Church' is just a redirect to the 'Roman Catholic Church' article. Hmains 04:51, 26 November 2006 (UTC)


Every article I saw was careful to differentiate between 'Catholic' (i.e., Roman Catholic) church and 'Eastern Orthodox' church and never confused the two. Hmains 04:58, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

I wiil re-examine the articles. I also saw that the Eastern rites of the Roman Catholic Church had their own articles and links; I was just dealing with the link to 'Catholic Church' that that redirected to 'Roman Catholic Church' Thanks Hmains 05:49, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

I have re-examined my changes and believe them to be correct, based on the fact that Catholic Church is a redirect to Roman Catholic Church so my changes change nothing regarding what the article says other than to clarify meaning--my original intent. Hmains 07:18, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

My goal was not to get rid of redirects (you point to a 'how-go-guideline'), but to make the text of the article clear as to the subject being discussed. To me, 'Roman Catholic Church' is clear (and 'by the way', it is the name of the article); 'Catholic Church' is ambiguous. Thanks. Hmains 21:34, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MediaWiki:Cite references link many format backlink labels

I noticed that you added "c"s and "d"s to the cite refs link, I found an article that has about 150 refs to the same link and busts the 130 limit giving cite error 7, any chance of getting e's and f's added? USS Wisconsin (BB-64) has refs split into 3 separate lines to avoid the current 130 limit. Thanks. --Dual Freq 19:55, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

added e - h. Gentgeen 20:34, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] FA nomination for California Gold Rush

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[edit] Diocesan Infobox

To the WikiProject Catholicism members

I have proposed at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Catholicism an infobox for Catholic Dioceses. I have not gotten any feedback on this proposal, so I’m culling feedback, advice, corrections, etc. for this. If you have the time, would you check out User:SkierRMH/Diocese_Infobox and give me some feedback! Thanks much!!

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