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[edit] Asteroid club

I see you're puttering about with the asteroids too. If you'll look at the first 13 asteroids (and a smattering of others so far), I've established a navigation format (at the page's foot) and am using a template. I use an applet to browse through the AstOrb.dat and extract most of the template's parameters from AstOrb.dat; this leaves a few things to look up:

• discovery - I use Asteroid/Comet Connection Catchall Catalog
• alternate designations - MPC's Minor Planet Designations query page
• albedo - IRAS page (at the bottom)
• rotation period - [1], [2] and the "Asteroid Lightcurve Parameters" link of Asteroid Data Sets (don't forget to switch to days as the unit of choice)
• mass - "Asteroid densities" of Asteroid Data Sets (the applet assumes 2 otherwise; gravity scales as mass, escape velocity as its square root)

Would you like me to send you the applet? I'm trying to enlist you in the asteroid project, you see... <evil grin>

Urhixidur 22:39, 2004 Aug 20 (UTC)

Hey, sure ... but bear in mind that I'm not very technical (I don't even know what an applet is!) ... will that be a problem?! The Singing Badger 00:45, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)

An applet is a small application. I wrote it using Delphi 8, to which I recently converted (from Delphi 5). D8 switched to the .NET framework, so distribution may be a tad problematic (you must first make sure .NET is installed on your machine, something you can do from Windows Update). I'm assuming you're working off of a Windows machine --is that correct? My e-address is already spam-compromised, so here it is: D.U.Thibault@Bigfoot.com

The applet should be real easy to use; if you think of interface improvements, I can incorporate those in a matter of minutes, typically.

Urhixidur 04:21, 2004 Aug 21 (UTC)

yo man== Double Star vs Double Star System vs Binary Star System ==

Please note the difference between double star and binary star. A double star system is a binary star system and not a double star. Your star articles are mislinked. 132.205.15.43 04:42, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Sorry about that - thanks for your help. The Singing Badger 01:35, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Italicization of spacecraft

Hi, I saw you removed the italics at Deep Impact (space mission). Would you mind adding some input at Wikipedia:Manual of Style (titles)? I had thought that spacecraft names should be italicized, but Wikipedia's MOS was not clear about this issue. I checked with my Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition) which did say to italicize spacecraft (see my comment at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (titles)#Italicize names of spacecraft?). I brought the issue up there, and another user agreed with me. I poked around the web for some corroboration or refutation: style guides for the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army], and the Economist; a page from a NASA book on spacecraft names; and other (non-authority?) sites ([3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], and so on) all propose placing spacecraft names in italics. In the absence of any guide that said not to italicize, I started to add italics. Could you help clarify which spacecraft merit italics and which don't? We italicize fictional ships like "USS Enterprise" and shuttles like "USS Columbia". Does Deep Impact not merit italics because it is unmanned? I'd very much appreciate your suggestions at the MOS italics talk page. Thanks! — Knowledge Seeker দ (talk) 22:49, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hi there, I have nothing to add except 'I stand corrected'! For some reason my kneejerk response was 'that's wrong', but before changing it I looked at the NASA website for Deep Impact, which seemed to confirm my instinct, as the craft is indeed not italicized. However, the styleguides you list (including NASA's own) seem pretty conclusive, and when I think about it, it seems more logical that if naval vessels are italicized, spacecraft ought to be.

Clearly there's a lot of conclusion about this issue (including at NASA), but I apologise for reverting you! The Singing Badger 23:58, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hi—thanks for your comments. It's funny because my knee-jerk reaction was to want to italicize spacecraft, although I suspect that is because for some reason I like how italicized text looks. I too investigated NASA's site (in my case, for Cassini-Huygens) but didn't find any italics. I don't know, though, if that is because they believe it shouldn't be italicized or if it's just part of the general lack of italics/typography on the web (I don't think they italicize USS Challenger and such, either). What is odd, though, is that despite the abundance of style guides proposing italics, I don't see italicized spacecraft very often in print. Perhaps we should discuss not putting them in italics, although my personal feeling is that by analogy to naval craft, spacecraft should be italicized. In any case, no apologies are warranted; this kind of civilized discussion and collaboration is what makes Wikipedia strong, in my opinion. If you have any ideas or suggestions, I would be happy to discuss them with you—I'm just an amateur, so you probably have more experience in this area than I.— Knowledge Seeker দ (talk) 05:10, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I'm no expert on spaceships, but I do work with written English, and in my line of work, you always follow the stylesheets. However, space scientists tend to have their minds on more important things...! If you want to pursue this, my advice would be to look at some recent newspaper reports about space missions, since journalists and subeditors are usually very assiduous about following stylesheets precisely, probably more so than the busy people who compile the NASA websites. Fight on! The Singing Badger 18:15, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] AstOrb Browser 1.30

Just an additional quick note to let you know that AstOrb Browser has been updated to version 1.30 --this update fixes serious problems the previous versions were having with Unicode names. The Quick-And-Dirty Guide has been updated as well. There has also been a minor improvement to the Search interface. Enjoy! Urhixidur 22:08, 2005 Apr 14 (UTC)

[edit] lots of edits, not an admin

Hi - I made a list of users who've been around long enough to have made lots of edits but aren't admins. I see by the previous comment you're not currently interested in being an admin, but if you become interested, can you please add an '*' immediately before your name in this list? I've suggested folks nominating someone might want to puruse this list, although there is certainly no guarantee anyone will ever look at it (and there's no particular guarantee I'll keep it up to date either!). Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 17:36, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] quotations

Noted! Thanks btw Wyss 18:34, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

No problem! (it's a bete noir) :) The Singing Badger 18:38, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Great Job

Thanks for doing such a good job on bunyip. Nicely organized. Cheers Henry. --Maustrauser 07:14, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

S'no problem. Bunyips rule. The Singing Badger 13:35, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Biography Collaboration

Just to state that Fernão Mendes Pinto is a Biography Collaboration of the Week candidate. If you want, go Wikipedia:Biography Collaboration of the Week and vote for it. Thanks. Gameiro 00:06, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] BioCOTW Project

You voted for Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, this weeks' Biography Collaboration of the weeks. Please come and help them become a featured-standard article.--Falphin 21:16, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Your RfA

Hi, I removed your RfA from the main project page (WP:RFA) because it shouldn't go there. Please read the instructions on the page for how to nominate yourself for adminship. - ulayiti (talk) (my RfA) 00:46, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, sorry about that... The Singing Badger 01:01, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Congratulations!

I'm pleased to inform you that you are now an administrator. Please consider reading all the material on the administrators' reading list before testing out your new privileges. Though everything you do, excluding image deletions and page history merges, is reversible, you should nevertheless be very careful with your sysop capabilities. For instructions, please see the administrators' how-to guide. Good luck! — Dan | Talk 01:20, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Blimey! Thanks. :) The Singing Badger 01:22, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations and good luck as an admin! Andre (talk) 21:37, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations from the Land of The Right Stuff! No go sing. . . sing a song. . . sing out loud. . . sing out strong! (The Carpenters) --avnative 01:02, September 13, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Popups tool

Congratulations on being made an admin! I thought you might like to know of a javascript tool that may help in your editing by giving easy access to many admin features. It's described at Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups. The quick version of the installation procedure for admins is to paste the following into User:The Singing Badger/archive2/monobook.js:

// [[User:Lupin/popups.js]] - please include this line 

document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="' 
             + 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Lupin/popups.js' 
             + '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>');

popupShortcutKeys=true; // optional: enable keyboard shortcuts
popupAdminLinks=true;   // optional: enable admin links

There are more options which you can fiddle with listed at Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups. Give it a try and let me know if you find any glitches or have suggestions for improvements! Lupin|talk|popups 12:12, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

This is great! Is there any way to make it work for the Cologne Blue skin? The Singing Badger 15:48, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

I haven't tested this, but I think that if you add those lines to User:The Singing Badger/archive2/cologneblue.js then it should work. I would certainly be interested to hear if it doesn't. Lupin|talk|popups 00:00, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

It works! Fantastic!! The Singing Badger 00:08, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Images for deletion

Listed under Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2005 September 16. Thunderbrand 19:34, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vaishnavism

You tagged Vaishnavism for cleanup -- Any particular thoughts, or just an overall revamp? Raga 00:19, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, its information is badly structured. It says there are 5 schools of thought, but doesn't summarize what the differences between these schools are. Then it describes two 'sides' of an argument: it would be nice to know what they have to do (if anything) with the 5 schools of thought. The rest just seems like random comments, and then suddenly we're back to the 'two categories of people' again. It needs structure, but unfortunately I'm not knowledgeable enough to fix it! The Singing Badger 01:46, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Yeah it's a mess, I agree. Quite a bit of the Hinduism-related material deserves a rewrite. What I wonder is whether I should just scrap it and start with a clean slate or try to patch it up. Raga 14:17, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, speaking as a non-specialist who was hoping for a useful information source on Hinduism, I can say that the pages are indeed a mess, and were not very helpful to me. Definitely they need a complete rethinking of the structure which is simply random and illogical at the moment. Also, fact and opinion are not well differentiated - some sections seem like they are written by someone with an axe to grind, although I may be mistaken. So, yes, wipe it all clean and start again, I say! The Singing Badger 15:24, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Indeed. I'll do that. The problem with religious themes is that there are always people who want to press their points and who are unable to separate fact from fiction, subjective from objective. I don't know how it is with other religious topics, but for what little I see in the world of Hinduism, it's pretty messy at times. I'm a practicing Vaishnava myself, but like to think of myself as someone able to treat such issues in a more academic manner, rather than preaching the "one and only absolute truth". Such talk is really not beneficial to anyone else except those looking to be converted, they have little informational value. There are quite a few pieces on the genre with similar issues, I just cleaned up Bhagavad Gita a bit the other day. (It isn't anywhere near where it should be, and calls for a whole lot of more work.) I'll give it a rewrite one of these days, and let's hope that it stays clean. Raga 19:07, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, Bhagavad Gita is looking impressively tidy now, so nice work! The Singing Badger 21:28, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] my nomination

Thanks for nominating me, Badge.

A couple questions: is the vote open to all, or just to existing admins? And what is this about insufficient namespace edits? I see you got complaints about that too. (The Wikipedia:namespace description doesn't help much.)

Thanks again, Kwami

No problem. Voting is open to all. Wikipedia namespace means any page that begins 'Wikipedia:', so it refers to participation in meta- things like voting on deletions, discussing policy, that kind of thing. Some RfA voters regard namespace editing as essential for adminship, but they seem to be a minority. I've always avoided that stuff, I get enough of it at work! ;)

Now I'm an admin. Bwa-ha-ha-ha! Now to strike first and block you before you block me! ...

Okay, maybe not. Thanks again, kwami 23:17, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

N'worries, dude! Was a bit worried for a while back there, but it all worked out OK... Go play with your new buttons! The Singing Badger 00:28, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Holden crater.jpg...

...had {{Fairuse-ESA}} on it, which has been deleted by TfD. Since I didn't want to guess what to replace it with, I've added a {{nolicense}} to it. Could you call by the image within the 7 day period this tag gives before deletion and tag it with something better? Thanks, and sorry. -Splash^talk 02:17, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Shakespeare on screen

Great work!! Very impressive. The Singing Badger 20:29, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

• That's very kind, thank you. AndyJones 16:37, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Crossposted at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:William_Shakespeare#Excessive_hacking_of_page

[edit] WikiProject Theatre (Belated) Welcome

Thank you for becoming a member of WikiProject Theatre! With your hard work we hope to build a comprehensive compendium of theatrical knowledge here on Wikipedia. Since its founding in May of this year, not much has happened here so I have started a discussion on the project’s talk page to arouse some interest and discussion. There is also an updated list of items needing attention on the main project page. If you know of or happen to come across a theatre related article needing attention, feel free to post it on the page. Again, thanks for joining and I look forward to working with you! *Exeunt* Ganymead 19:59, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, am not working hard on Wikipedia at the moment, real life getting in the way, but will certainly come and help at some point in the future. The Singing Badger 20:45, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Great work on Shakespeare

I just wanted to let you know that I really appreciate the great edits you are doing on William Shakespeare and the associated spun off articles. I'm trying to stay out of the argument between Iago Dali and Mandel while making the point that the article is now better than before and keeps getting better each day (personally, I'm having a blast editing it). I'm still frustrated by the critical analysis section and think it may need to be removed until more useful info is added (any thoughts on this?). Anyway, thanks for the great edits. Best,--Alabamaboy 16:39, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

I'm sorry I haven't done more work, actually, I just don't have time so I'll just keep tweaking from now on. I think the problem with the 'Critical Analysis' section, by the way, is that it currently looks like a history of criticism, which seems repetitive given the 'reputation' section above. A better option would be a summary of the general ideas about the development of Shakespeare's style, without historicizing them too much. Trouble is, that's a massive topic and its hard to summarize without sounding like Cliff's Notes! But a simple version might well be worthwhile to encourage others to amplify. The Singing Badger 17:15, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

I totally agree. But the scale of such an undertaking is a bit staggering. Still, if I get a chance I will try this. Best, --Alabamaboy 17:20, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Iago Dali

Please see my comments on User talk:Mel Etitis [9]. Iago Dali (talk • contribs) appears to be the same user as Red Darwin (talk • contribs). This user is engaging in copyright violation, and continues to ignore polite comments about Wikipedia house style from multiple editors. --Viriditas | Talk 13:12, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

I've really appreciate your excellent work on the different Shakespeare articles and have awarded you a Tireless Contributor Barnstar. I placed it on your main user page but if you prefer it on your talk page (or to delete it outright) feel free to do so. Best, --Alabamaboy 17:17, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Aw, shucks. I'm blushing. Can badgers blush? Well, they do now. Thanks! Fight on! The Singing Badger 18:32, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Featured Picture

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Dione and Saturn.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. ~~~~

Well done, and thank you for finding it. I always love seeing great astronomy photos. Raven4x4x 08:03, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for supporting my RfA

I know I've been slow in saying this, but thanks for supporting my request for adminship. It was an honor to be both nominated and approved as an admin. If there is ever any adminish (is that a word :-) things you need help with, please let me know. --Alabamaboy 16:32, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Tribe of Ben

User:NatusRoma dropped a note on my user page asking for help on two Jonson stubs he or she created: Every Man In His Humour and Every Man Out of His Humour (or some variant in capitalization thereof). I've read the former, not the latter, but I read it with a jaundiced view (looking for first usage of the word "parody" and what the context would show), and I'm not a Renaissance person. I mentioned you and said that I'd pass on the request. Geogre 11:17, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Sure I'll have a look, although I've only read the former (methinks Jonson is tedious!) The Singing Badger 13:16, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Sarah Kane.jpg

Hi, please add your source for this photo. Thuresson 06:20, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

I'm afraid I can't remember. It appears in several places on the web, none with any copyright info. The Singing Badger 21:11, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Twelfth Night

I missed this quote, I'm afraid. However, the story suggests that the Duke's jealousy of Viola would be quite ludicrous he is a castrato, he won't for example then say later "what wilt thou be / When time hath sow'd a grizzle on thy case?" (Act V, eunuchs don't grow beard). Also, a eunuch getting married would be ridiculous. In my Arden Shakespeare edition the note to this line is "The Duke's attitude to Cesario in II.Iv shows that Viola has not entered his service in this character (as a castrato) but as a page", then suggests that the play may have been revised. Mandel 23:01, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

That's a good point! How puzzling..., anyway, edit away! The Singing Badger 00:25, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Don't forget

To sign when adding user talk warning messages ;-) Dan100 (Talk) 19:00, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, I won't in future! The Singing Badger 19:09, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Trebuchetfont.jpg has been listed for deletion

The image has been replaced by Image:Trebuchet MS.png, which has a smaller file size, lossless compression, and is actually in the Trebuchet MS typeface (as opposed to the old image, which looked like Arial)—Kbolino 23:50, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Holden crater.jpg

A image you uploaded Image:Holden crater.jpg is not sourced and it's about to get deleted in a few days, please place the appropiate tag for it. Thanks --Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 04:56, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Shakespeare FA?

An anonymous user added a nice section on William Shakespeare's religion and this set to to wondering what it would take to fix the article up to featured article standards. More footnotes, of course, but I figure I could add that. Any thoughts?--Alabamaboy 19:29, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi there, no time to look closely at this, am typing v. fast!, but religion section looks good, needs toning down a bit with stuff about real actual evidence (e.g. John Shakespeare's alleged thing in attic of Birthplace), and could do with something about the alleged Lancaster connection. Stuff about 'high' and 'low' looks silly on a cursory glance and needs some double-checking for common sense... Will mull FA stuff over 'hols', something on 'politics' might be fun but controversial... merry Xmas!!... The Singing Badger 20:12, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Yes, it needs more toning down (did a bit already) and more references. For example, I read about the John S. attic thing but can't remember where. And yes, a politics section would be fun. Best,--Alabamaboy 21:01, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Greek literature a candidate at the Wikipedia:European Union collaboration

You have supported Greek literature at the WP:IDRIVE some time ago. I have now renominated it at the new Wikipedia:European Union collaboration. Please consider supporting it there if you are still interested! --Fenice 13:18, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Patterson Film

I see you know more than most. Do not allow Android79 to ruin it.

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Hi, Badger. That's a sock of blocked vandal Beckjord (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log) greeting you above. It just vandalized my userspace (it was me that blocked Beckjord). Best, Bishonen | talk 12:48, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Bish. I'm keeping well out of this one... :) The Singing Badger 15:53, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Nobody in our editing coop has messed with your userpage, Bishonen.

You are too pretty to trouble.

Now re Badger, please tell us where you got your info and lore re the PG Film? This is not a criticial question.

The Council of Nine

[edit] Kennel Club

You are invited to participate in the consensus vote on Kennel Club naming policy. Click here to participate.--Esprit15d 22:01, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Paperwork.jpg

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[edit] al Jazeera edit

Although I was not the editor (as I missed it actually), a quick word of explanation of why your al-Jazeera edits were deleted. Your edits referred to al-Jazeera dot com which is not al-Jazerra the Arabsat website. Utterly unrelated. There is a seperate entry for al-Jazeera dot com. (Collounsbury 04:08, 6 February 2006 (UTC)).

Hey, thanks for the information, I had no idea they were different organizations. The Singing Badger 12:45, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Misc

I kind of fixed up the stuff on as giants, but without meaning to offend, I just would supportively suggest you edit stuff within your sphere of knowledge. I do work on a lot of random links, but unless I know something about the topic, I just tidy up English or correct dead links, etc. Sometimes even there I am wrong too: The Athabasca Tar Sands are quite a ways from Athabasca County No. 12, Alberta and I goofed on that but somebody more knowledgeable on Canadian geography fixed it (removed my entry).

By the way, if the Singing Badger is a man, perhaps he is the Singing Badgerman, and sings in Bad German? :-)

Also by the way, as I look at random links I find some that have almost no content and I have suggested some for deletion. But it is devilishly hard to find the various syntaxes. Your being an admin, could you not fix up a mini bare-bones list of things to enter in editing to suggest deletion? Last night I went in circles for a half hour in your help pages and could not find the syntaxes [ such as {{ delete a.s.a.p. }} ] Carrionluggage 05:50, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

• Hi there, I agree about not meddling outside ones subject area, but to be fair, I was misled only because the original sentence was badly expressed, not because I was actually inventing stuff. Anyway, the good thing is you spotted it and fixed it extremely quickly, so in that sense the system works: now the article is both accurate and coherent.
• The deletion tools are explained in full at Wikipedia:Deletion policy. For quick reference: if you find something that should be deleted immediately, use {{delete}}: this recommends it for speedy deletion and an admin will zap it. If there might be some debate about it, instead add it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion.
• Your question about German badgers is utterly bewildering, so I will now back away slowly, smiling and nodding. :) The Singing Badger 21:16, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for bad pun. I tried the link you gave and started in circles again - I once put in {{delete}} and got criticised and told to use something more complicated, equivalent, I believe to "(WP:AFD)". But I can't find the syntax for that anymore. The page you referred me to shows (WP:AFD) but does not show the character sequence for it (I believe) (I believe you need curly brackets someplave). ThanksCarrionluggage 05:07, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Found it! With some more probing of links I got: {{subst:afd1}} which is what I believe I am supposed to use. Now if I don't lose it I am OK. Thanks Carrionluggage 05:18, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gorilla

I hope you don't edit other articles the way you did gorilla. Your objection to the silverback photo doesn't make sense. As could be clearly seen, the gorilla's hair was a silvery grey. This colour eventually spreads over the entire body, or close to it, and is one of the ways to tell a male gorilla's age.

Yes, I know it does. My point is that the photo does not illustrate this well. Every other photo in the article shows perfectly the silvery back, with the silver spreading across the body. The one under discussion simply shows a greyish-looking gorilla, with the source of the greyness unclear (it could be an optical effect, for example). Plus, it was duplicated further up. The Singing Badger 18:43, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Just because it's called a silverback, doesn't mean you have to see his back! The best solution would to rename it, describe it as the type of gorilla it is, rather than just as a silverback, since all male gorillas become silverbacks. As far as the pictures go, don't bother trying to get rid of any, that would be a waste of time because there has been an on-going war for a while now over that and other things, and it keeps getting changed back. I think the article could do with less pictures, but that's not going to happen.

Oh, I didn't realise there was an edit war going on ... I will keep well away! Try adding it to Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars ever, that sometimes helps. The Singing Badger 22:10, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Theatre

Please check out the new design for the WikiProject Theatre page. You could say that "project page envy" led to the redesign. The French WikiProject Theatre page was much nicer looking than ours, so I spent a little time redesigning it. In addition, a theatre article assessment project has been started. This project aims to examine theatre articles, rate them and note what work needs to be done.

Wow! Nice work! I have little time to spare but I will try to help as much as possible. The Singing Badger 21:08, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I've noticed your work on quite a number of articles! You're doing a fine job! Keep it up! *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 04:25, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Astronomical catalog

Hello. I invite you to come discuss these pages at Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)#Astronomical catalogue. Ewlyahoocom

[edit] pronunciations to be deleted

Hi Badge,

Just a heads up: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pronunciation respelling key.

—kwami 21:02, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Elizabethan Theatre

Greetings! If you haven't noticed, I've been trying to push WikiProject Theatre a bit. Someone on the talk page noted that the project is really very large and I agree. So in order to break up some of the work and concentrate it, I have decided to break up WikiProject Theatre into a series of smaller theatre projects. The first of these is WikiProject Elizbethan theatre. This project, spanning the 84 years between the beginning of Elizabeth I's reign to 1642 when the Puritans closed the theatres, covers such names as Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson. It aims to expand Wikipedia's coverage of the Elizabethan theatre as well as bringing the articles up to a high level of quality (close to or attaining FA status).

This project has not actually been launched as an official project yet, but the 2 main pages have been created on subpages of WikiProject Theatre and can be viewed here. I would like to get some feedback and suggestions before I officially launch the project. Please feel free to become a member of the project if you'd like. Please leave any messages regarding this here and I will watch your page. Thanks! *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 20:29, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

This looks great! I wish I had more time to help out with it. One thing I'd like to do is draw up an ideal format for Elizabethan play articles (with headers like 'Date', 'Synopsis', 'Publication history', 'Performance history', etc.). I'll try to add something like that to the discussion page sometime and see what other users think. The Singing Badger 21:44, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Just a note. WikiProject Elizabethan theatre has officially been launched. Thanks for joining! *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 02:27, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pocahontas

That was a very good edit adding lots of understandable information about how the leaders and family members were viewed and respected by others. Mark in Historic Triangle of Virginia Vaoverland 17:50, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, but I hardly did anything - it's User:West London Dweller who deserves the back-slapping. :) The Singing Badger 17:58, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

will pass message along

. Vaoverland 18:24, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Maltese Falcon, and also Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Thanks for splitting the content about the film to its own article. I think that's an admirably task (I was surprised how many of the Best Picture winners are still combined with books or plays). Be advised that the awards section and some of the other content should be moved to the film article as well, and I believe all the quotes on Wikiquote are only about the film. I would have done this myself, but I wanted to make sure that you realized this in case you plan on making several other similar forks today. savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 19:59, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm getting there, don't worry. :) The Singing Badger 20:00, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to add my thanks for the split of this article. Would you also please consider splitting Invasion of the Body Snatchers which combines three film adaptations in one article? There is also some material in there that belongs more appropriately in an article about the original source material (which isn't discussed in the current article). I'd be happy to put some work into it if it can be split up. Slowmover 17:18, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

I might have a go at it some time but I'm not very familiar with these films so it might be done better by a fan of the movies to avoid mistakes. The Singing Badger 19:03, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hong Kong action cinema

Hi, i saw your edit on the Hong Kong action cinema so you may be interested that it is now a featured article candidate. Please "support" or "object" with your comments at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Hong_Kong_action_cinema. thanks! Zzzzz 07:13, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

fyi, the article is now featured! rgs, Zzzzz 11:01, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Last Action Hero

Hey there, thanks so much for giving The Last Action Hero a much-needed reworking, and making it look all pretty. I just wanted to let you know that it was appreciated, and I hope to see ya around. Happy editing, Mysekurity^[m!] 20:40, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! The Singing Badger 20:41, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Sorcerer.jpg

The copyright tag you put on the image Image:Sorcerer.jpg is no longer in use. If you check that page, there's a list of current tags. Which is appropriate? --zandperl 14:27, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tvashtar Paterae

Another user has tagged Tvashtar Paterae as potentially being original research. You could help allay these concerns if you can cite sources for the information in the article. Thanks. NickelShoe (Talk) 18:37, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Algiers Hollywood remake

According to [10], Basil Iwanyk is the producer and Yacef Saadi is the co-producer. Though I don't know how reliable hollywood.com is. IMDB says nothing about this. For Iwanyk, IMDB says he will be producing The Unforgettable (2008), Mad Monster Party (2006) and To Live and Drive in L.A. WSU ENG 3040 W2006 22:35, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pocahontas (again)

Hi, WLD here. You've done a great job of tidying up and expanding the section Pocahontas#Pocahontas' title and status. Thank-you very much - it's far better than I could have done.

I've got one minor quibble, though. You've said "As the daughter of Wahunsunacock, Pocahontas was a woman of status.". Do you have anything that states that in the context of early 17th century Powhatan culture? We already know power was matrilineal, and I think it is an incorrect assumption to assume that as Wahunsunacock's daughter she automatically had elevated status in comparison to other women unrelated to Wahunsunacock. From my own limited knowledge of non-patrilineal, non-inheritable power in the Konkomba tribe of Northern Ghana, it's quite possible for the child of a chief to have no status - in that Konkomba case, people were judged purely on their own merits, and the son of one particular chief whom I knew was poorly regarded in his own village, resented this, but could do nothing about it. From her kidnap, we know that Pocahontas was refered to as his favourite by Wahunsunacock in negotiations, but also that he was in no hurry to have her returned. Unfortunately, Smith, Rolfe, Hamor and others were not anthropologists, so probably projected their own world-view on what they saw. So far in my reading, I've not seen anything that unambiguously confirms her status within the Powhatan people. It's possible I've missed something obvious, so I'd be grateful if you could point it out to me - otherwise, there is a very interesting point to be made that it was the English colonists/settlers and/or the Virginia Company that promoted her as a princess when this was apparently not what she was in reality - which would definitely be notable, and worth recording, I think.

Anyway, thanks again for your very cogent edit. WLD 01:44, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank for the comments, and I did have my own doubts about that sentence, to be honest. I'm getting my info from David Price's Love and Hate in Jamestown which has some great material on Powhatan gender politics but it's sprinkled throughout the book and hard to locate. So I'll go back in and see what I can find... thanks again. The Singing Badger 13:29, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Great! I don't have that book, so anything you can glean would be a useful addition. If I remember correctly, Wahunsonacock had anything up to 100 wives - see [11] which uses the Encyclopedia of North American Indians as a source. (There are many other references) This reference goes into a little more detail about the status of his wives an children:

"Powhatan had numerous children by many different wives but the strange situation was that all of his children were half brothers and sisters. No two, it is believed, were full siblings. Powhatan married each wife only temporarily, as did the chiefs below him. He would keep a wife until she bore him a child. When this was accomplished that wife and her child would be sent back to her own people. At a later date the child would be sent back to Powhatan’s court and the woman would no longer be Powhatan’s wife. She was then free to remarry. And it was not a matter of one temporary wife gracing his home at a time. He would have many of these temporary wives in his court at one time, most of them in one stage or the other of pregnancy."

So, given that power was inherited matrilinealy, Pocohontas' status may well have come from her mother, so quite what her status was is, to me at least, extremely unclear. She was possibly a princess of her mother's tribe. Some sources claim her mother was a Cherokee, by the name of Amopotoiske, Amopotuskee, or Nonoma Matatiske, but so far, I can find only oral tradition for this.

Anyway, I'll stop wittering on. Cheers. WLD 14:35, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Price is quite clear that Pocahontas's mother had no high status: by custom, Powhatan divorced his wives after they had given birth to a child, and so they had a moment in the sun and then were reduced back to comoner status. I guess it would be wrong to extrapolate too much about Pocahontas's status from that, but it doesn't sound too promising! The Singing Badger 15:11, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MOV

Good work on the merchant of venice removing that crap, ... not sure that it's "there" yet, but it is a huge leap in the right direction. - Abscissa 21:24, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Note about Elizabethan theatre

Greetings! Your note about the redirect for Elizabethan theatre was left on the wrong talk page. The talk page you left is on is where I constructed the project in my user space. I just wanted to make sure you have the correct link to the project...Wikipedia:WikiProject Elizabethan theatre. Cheers! *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 18:00, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

P.S. I moved your comment to the proper talk page. *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 18:01, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

OK, I've got it sorted now - sorry about that! The Singing Badger 18:03, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tristan de Cunha

Hi, we like all entries on the list of countries by area article to be sourced, so can I ask you to give me the source of your Tristan de Cunha information? Thanks. Malnova 20:59, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

OK, I added it to the table. :) The Singing Badger 23:39, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Singing Badger/List of documentary references to Shakespeare

Did you mean for this to be in your userspace? Right now it's an article. --W.marsh 16:23, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Whoops! Sorry. I'll fix it. The Singing Badger 16:31, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

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[edit] Auteur

Nice work on the list. Not sure why you purged part of the talk page though (should have been archived if you found it irrelevant to current list). Jonathan F 01:42, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

I did? That was an accident! The Singing Badger 01:43, 21 May 2006 (UTC)