User talk:Chunky Rice

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Contents 1 BrettspielWelt 2 Ian Thorpe 3 Congratulations 4 Bridges in film 5 Please give your opinion at talk page of Controversies about the word niggardly 6 Marcy Wheeler

[edit] BrettspielWelt

I've restored the article. Feel free to add citations to reliable sources. -- Merope 14:05, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ian Thorpe

I added the source (L'Equipe and Associated Press for CBS) under the "Allegations of drug use".

[edit] Congratulations

You're welcome, and congratulations on your first user page vandalism. It's definitely a sign that you're catching the right edits on RC patrol.--Kubigula (talk) 17:15, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bridges in film

Thanks for the note, I will remove the prod notice. See the recent afd debate about the related article Skyscrapers in film at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skyscrapers in film before you decide to afd it. Perhaps we should focus on adding to the encyclopedia than engaging in repeated efforts to remove material from it? Carlossuarez46 16:39, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

• Sourcing and pruning are fine, I enjoy trying to source articles I run across that seem inadequately sourced -- get to learn a lot about diverse things... Carlossuarez46 18:38, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
  • I should also mention that at imdb a search for "bridge" brings up 275 hits, so even if half are bogus (say "Lloyd Bridges" or "He bid seven spades at bridge"), there's lots of room for expansion, improvement. Check out [1] Carlossuarez46 18:41, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
  • The first paragraph came mostly from Skyscrapers in film and is supported by [[2]] and the pages following it. If you think it needs rewording, feel free... You'll also notice that [[3]] contains a list of bridges in film, which can be further used as expansion material. Carlossuarez46 19:10, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please give your opinion at talk page of Controversies about the word niggardly

Hi Chunky,

Since we share (at least some) interest in the "niggardly" article and I respect your opinion, could you take a look at the Talk:Controversies about the word niggardly#Sappy personal story - really needed? discussion at the bottom of the talk page about deleting the little episode about the Ohio newspaper guys? It's not a big thing either way, but I think it shows how some people get offended, so I think it's worth keeping. Please add your opinions/ideas if you have any. Best, Noroton 23:55, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Marcy Wheeler

It seems you are, like me, an AfD junkie, so I hope you won't mind if I continue the colloquy and do so here. I'd hate to look like I was trying to dominate the actual AfD.

I think we both agree that Wikipedia is not ineluctably bound to the editorial decisions of the New York Times and its ilk. We come to it in different ways though. I contend we can be cognizant of certain media fads and discount coverage accordingly. On the other hand, your approach seems to be one of evaluating whether the coverage was non-neglible or not. I think these ultimately end up doing the same thing: that is, evidence of coverage must be wrangled with, but the weight afforded to that evidence is reserved to the discretion of the wikipedia community.

Although, I will concede that if the standard for "non-negligible" is more objective than I have presumed, that would be a superior method of analyzing the question.

At any rate, thanks for a livelier-than-usual AfD debate! Pop Secret 18:19, 5 April 2007 (UTC)