User talk:John Anderson

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[edit] Wikipedia:Babel

Could you consider adding this template to your userpage? It is very helpful in case translators are needed and such.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 15:13, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

OK, done. John Anderson 13:44, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The host nation should be highlighted in a different color.

Hi, on the Wikipedia:Olympic conventions page, you voted to oppose this measure, but on the Wikipedia talk:Olympic conventions page, you voted to support it. The voting from the project page have been merged into the talk page, and this was the only case where someone had voted different ways on each page. I have changed the vote to neutral for now. Can you please go here and change your vote to the way you would like it? Wikipedia_talk:Olympic_conventions#The_host_nation_should_be_highlighted_in_a_different_color. Thanks. --Josilot 03:04, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

I do want to apologize for changing your vote, I can see by the comment you left that it upset you, and I'm sorry that it happened. The only reason I did it was because, like I said, you had voted two different ways in the same poll (why the two were worded differently, and why voting was allowed in both of them at the same time, I don't know). Also, the comment you made got me thinking. You support highlighting the host country, but not in blue as it is now. Perhaps you can suggest to me what color you think it should be? I highly doubt that there will be a followup resolved after this one passes that says "ok, now that we've decided to go with a highlight, we need to pick a color". The wording may be confusing, but by supporting the measure you are supporting leaving the 2006 table as is, with the highlight applied in a darkish blue. Anyway, I just wanted to clear up some things and let you know that I'm sorry for the confusion.--Josilot 20:57, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Apology accepted. My idea is, the highlight should be an only slightly darker shade of grey. The dark blue is too much, I think. If my vote will be interpreted as supporting, I will change it. John Anderson 21:54, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Hi John, I made the change (which you are welcome to revert) to reduce the scrolling needed to reach letters further down the alphabet and to reduce the waste of space, unaware that there was a discussion about the format of the page. On that discussion (which I have now seen), I think that adding more information would be a good idea to make the list more encyclopaedic. mattbr30 12:10, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I think the list should be alphabetical with the category of star, year of award and the address. I'm not sure the nationality of the person is needed as this can be found from the main article. I don't think adding a show/hide bar is a good idea either. As a side note, I am working through the list to add the category to articles that don't have it already and checking the official website before I add it, but there are some names which are not on the official site but are on the list, such as Aaron Carter and Adam Sandler, is the website definative in these cases? mattbr30 15:17, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Well, I know I would rather trust the official website than the list here, unless I had acctually seen a certain star on the Walk of Fame myself (which I haven't, I've never been to California). John Anderson 09:18, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
Just to let you know I have made a change. See my comment on the talk page. mattbr30 09:34, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name changes

You're moving article names without respecting consensus. Please discuss issues like these before making the moves. Preferably at Talk:Skåne. Your choice of "Scania (region)" is also not a particularly good one. If the article is to be moved it should be to "Scania".

I would also recommend that you revert the name changes in articles that you have made.

Peter Isotalo 15:09, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

What consensus? It is called Scania in English, no consensus can change that. I can't move it to Scania, because that is a disambiguation page. I will not revert any changes, rather I would prefer to continue changing links to go to Scania rather than "Skåne". John Anderson 10:51, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
The consensus at Talk:Skåne is not in favor of your actions. Please revert your changes until you've actually read up on the matter. You're only going to provoke minor reverting contests by unilateral edits based on personal experience rather than neutral arguments and sources.
Peter Isotalo 11:16, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
I see. I did not know a consensus in a discussion on Wikipedia could change the common usage of the English language. But I'll take a look at that talk page. John Anderson 11:22, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi, John! I've just learnt from Olessi that you did make an official request of moving Skåne → Scania on October 10, but didn't comply with the rest of the procedure. I'm sure this was an oversight; you really didn't hide your wish for a request; but until the "steps 2 and 3" were completed, we others didn't understand that THE OFFICIAL request was ongoing. (Please see the end of the Skåne talk page, and the description of the procedure at WP:RM!)
Well, no trouble this time - except that I still think we should take part of the Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names) discussion first, that is - but please make all three steps the next time you request a move! It makes the world a little, little easier to understand :-) JoergenB 01:34, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thank you very much for your support in my RfA, which passed on October 17, 2006 with a tally of 53/6/0. I am equally elated and humbled by my new capacity as administrator of Wikipedia, and I send my heartfelt thanks for your unflinching support. If you need me for anything, just ask me! With gratitude, 210physicq (c) 03:59, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA thanks

Hi, John Anderson! Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which succeeded with a final tally of 75/0/1! I hope I can live up to the standards of adminship, and I will try my best to make Wikipedia a better place. Feel free to send me a message if you need any assistance. :)

--Coredesat 15:53, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion of name change of Skåneland

Please see Talk:Skåneland to discuss a possible name change. -  AjaxSmack  00:39, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

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