User talk:Lord Hawk

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1 Your VandalProof Application
2 Date linking
3 Personal Attacks Warning
4 Welcome to VandalProof!
5 Removing links
6 User Star Trek series userbox
7 So Weird
8 Re: Edits to Nintendo
9 Net Yaroze
10 High School Musical
11 Date links
12 List of Disney Channel films

[edit] Your VandalProof Application

Dear Lord Hawk,

Thank you for applying for VandalProof! (VP). As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact with the new 1.1 version release it has even more power. As such we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that for security reasons, VandalProof's creator requires it's users to have made 250 edits to articles, which you have not. Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again in the not too distant future. Thank you for your interest in VandalProof. AmiDaniel (talk) 05:27, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Date linking

Hi Lord Hawk, I noticed that you linked a bunch of date-related terms in the SAT article. According to this entry in the manual of style:

There is consensus among editors that month and day names should not be linked unless there is a particular reason that the link will help the reader to understand the article.

There is less agreement about links to years. Some editors believe that links to years are generally useful to establish context for the article. Others believe that links to years are rarely useful to the reader. Some advocate linking to a more specific article about that year, for example 2006.

So while there isn't a clearcut policy, I'm under the impression that most editors try to avoid excessive date linking. Just food for thought. Thanks, OhNo itsJamie ^Talk 04:49, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, in accordance with WP:CONTEXT we generally don't link just any date in an article, and never isolated months like 'May' or day names like 'Wednesday'. I've made a start at reverting your date link changes, but you certainly were busy!! I don't think I'll get through them all. Stumps 08:13, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi ... I see you are adding more wikilinks for years in some articles ... please read the above comments carefully and also the relevant pages in the style manual ... such as this one. Thanks Stumps 13:56, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Personal Attacks Warning

With regards to your comments on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lightsaber combat (third nomination): Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. "Do not make personal attacks anywhere in Wikipedia. Comment on content, not on the contributor. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users." Please keep this in mind while editing. Thanks. — Mike • 20:39, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Lord Hawk! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. - Glen 05:06, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removing links

Sometimes removing redlinks is good. Sometimes it is not. Either way, please leave an edit summary, and please don't remove ones that may obviously someday get articles. --Golbez 14:50, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Why did you take out all the links in the disneychannel original movies page?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Disney_Channel_movies&diff=prev&oldid=64756035

Because the article needed much cleanup, having dozens of links that did not exist one after the other. Also. Haha169, Please sign your name. User:Lord Hawk 01:30, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User Star Trek series userbox

I know that you are against the deleteion of the series Star Trek userboxes, but may I show you, but adding the new userbox to your userpage, that you will not lose anything by using the new userbox over the old one?
—Lady Aleena talk/contribs 07:20, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, you may place such a userbox on my page and I am open to looking over the userbox with my best and unbiased judgement. User:Lord Hawk 01:43, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] So Weird

I don't understand your edit: "Fiona never reappeared in the seasons, not even in the final episode," as opposed to "Fi never reappeared in the series, not even the final episode." Fiona vs. Fi is a judgment call, and I'm not worried about that, either way. But the context was the final season of a tv series. To refer to plural "seasons" here doesn't make sense, unless you mean winter and spring, or whenever those final episodes aired. The meaning to be conveyed should be that she never came back at all, even for the show's last episode. I'm going to change it back, but if you have a better, clearer way to convey the intended meaning you're welcome to pt it in. Regards.... Karen | Talk | contribs 23:45, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about the confusion. The reason I made the edit was that it stated series instead of season and I forgot to remove the "s". I have corrected the problem and also reverted Fiona to Fi. Thank you for pointing it out to me. Lord Hawk 23:52, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Edits to Nintendo

Hello! I base myself in Partial dates, where it is stated that linking to year alone does not apply date preferences, thus it is not necessary to link, and context linking, where you should only link relevant things according to the context. In other words, nobody is going to normally click a year, and if he is going to, he would arrive to a place that has nothing to do with the article. Linking "Sega", "d-pad" or "game" is justified in the article, linking to years only clubbers the article. However, instead of liking to 2001, linking to 2001 is justified as it makes sense in the article context. Hope that answers your question. -- ReyBrujo 17:15, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Net Yaroze

Why did you remove the linking for Blitter Boy: Operation Monster Mall ? Palpalpalpal 10:38, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh. Sorry. I removed it because it did not exist and I don't like having dead links that are never worked on. If you want it linked, it should have a dedicated page. User:Lord Hawk 16:56, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

For me, the link is an invitation for others to create the page. As dead links are marked in red they cannot be an inconvenience: you know what you get before clicking. Well, anyway, I guess I could create the page. Palpalpalpal 19:42, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] High School Musical

Sorry, but unverified doesn't match anything in Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion. I suggest you see that- while the speedy system authorizes administrators to delete things on sight, it doesn't allow them to delete any article they don't like. Secondly, deproddings can be done by anyone. Just because the deprodder was unregistered (or not logged in) doesn't make it vandalism. Wikipedia:Assume good faith applies. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 22:39, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the clarification. User:Lord Hawk 22:42, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

As for the question regarding it films need to be done production: Not necessarily. I don't think there are any rules regarding when a film can be listed in Wikipedia, and in fact we have Category:Unfinished films and Category:Cancelled films. The only rule would be against writing a crystal ball, a prediction. That said, High School Musical 3 has actually been deleted at AfD as a crystal ball, and I am unsure as to whether it can be speedied as a recreation, as I'm not aware if the situation has changed. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 22:45, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Date links

Hi. Please don't delink years which are part of complete dates e.g. [[12 July]] [[1913]], as I noticed you've recently done in Royal Flying Corps. One of the user preferences allows users to view dates in ISO format (e.g. 1913-07-12), but this won't work if the year's not linked. Thanks. -- Arwel (talk) 23:05, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

That date does not exist in full on Wiki and I was under the assumption that you should only link a year once in an article. I had no idea about this new form. User:Lord Hawk 23:14, 16 August 2006 (UTC)