User talk:Captain Yesterday

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[edit] Welcome

Hello Captain Yesterday, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! You (Talk) 20:20, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pac-Man Ports field

I noticed that you seem to support the list of ports in Pac-Man. Would you mind noting your opinion on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Arcade games/Infobox (the very bottom topic), so we can convince User:Mr.Do! to stop removing it? --Poiuyt Man talk 03:57, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Arcade Infobox Notes/Ports

I've started a poll regarding the final decision (hopefully) of the Notes and Ports fields of Template:Infobox Arcade Game. Since you've been involved in discussion on the topic, your vote would be helpful. Poiuyt Man talk 7 July 2005 17:14 (UTC)

[edit] Red pencil

Thanks for mercilessly editing Joe E. Brown (comedian). I'd made an initial swipe at it, but you were properly bold and cleaned it up nicely. From your user page I see you understand the problem of all articles on artists and their works in an encyclopedia. Descriptions of artworks are tedious, and first-hand criticism of them is unencyclopedic. If there are no significant critics to summarize then it's hard to say much about a performance or artwork in Wikipedia. Anyway, thanks for your contributions, even the negative ones. Cheers, -Willmcw 09:37, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dave Kelly and citations

Apparently we're just pissing each other off about this issue. I just want to the citation tab to be used in a consistent manner. If a front page, featured, full-length article can make statements of opinion without citation, why should a little back-water article about an obscure web artist need it?

Also, in the original encyclopedias, opinions were a large part of the articles; they were just expert opinions. At WP, I thought the idea was that if an opinion is widely held, it was included; otherwise a group rose up against the opinion (what the founders of WP called "just plain stupid.") I don't think my comments sink to that level -- although I grant you that they are opinions and not "citable".

Consistency is all I ask for.

If there's a way for me to look at several examples of the cite tab, I'll do that, and if it seems that you've used it a manner consistent with general usage, I'll drop the subject. --KSnortum 21:09, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[Edit]: The WP policy here seems to back up your interpretation of citations. I'll study it further and if I'm in voilation of WP policy, I'll drop it. --KSnortum 21:16, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

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