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Meelar (talk) 15:23, May 27, 2005 (UTC)

Hmm. By moving your talk page I'm pretty sure you've broken the new messages notification. Re: the Brunswick Centre photos. Black and white is more commonly used in architectural photography as it highlights the shape of the building. I am not sure whether I have the colour originals - but to illustrate the architecture I think black and white works better anyway. Secretlondon 08:06, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] KMA

Thanks for the {{disambig}} tag. I knew I forgot something! Pburka 22:28, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rv blanking on My Messenger

You've reverted blanking on the above article twice now... Notably, a vote of deletion has been placed on the article by its author and only editor who had blanked it. I am a relative newbie, so please explain if there is a reason that it should be unblanked, and not just speedy-deleted...? --jnothman ^talk 08:44, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

Thank you for your support on my RfA! When I submitted it, I was unsure of how I'd do, but the support was great. I promise that I won't do anything too stupid with the trust you've given me. humblefool®^{Deletion Reform} 19:44, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

P.S. Stop by Wikipedia:Deletion reform!

[edit] vfd

You should have kept it in sandbox until the entry was ready. DyslexicEditor 22:10, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Style Manual

The link in your comment to the Style Manual is a dead link (it's red). I tried to find something like that, but couldn't, so I just assumed the articles I was looking at were sloppy. However, I do think some of the changes I made were appropriate, like making separate sections for the card series vs. the movie, and deleting a dead external link. Jason Donaldson 19:30, 2005 August 9 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your support

The mop is mine!

Thank you for voting to support my RFA. I've been promoted, and I promise to wield the mop with good faith, patience, and fairness... except when I'm exterminating vandals with the M-16 recoilless nuclear Gatling mop. --malathion ^talk 07:49, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Songs/Album colors

Thank you for pointing that out - both sides were incomplete, and gosh it was hard to kind the key. Noticed some inconsistencies so i went in to clean up - thanks for pointing out the extra table. though it doesnt seem to include a couple other single categories, like the lightblue for 12" MAXI singles. Barrettmagic 12:20 10 August 2005 (UTC)

You responded saying there shouldnt be additional color codes for singles. Too late :) - they already have been.

(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_a_Virgin_%28song%29) I didn't make the color code, but it made sense so I added it to the album table (see Madonna's MAXI Single list for example - (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_a_Virgin_%28song%29) all in lightblue.

so they all need to be adjusted to yellow, or this additional category which seems to be in place needs to be promoted. :) Barrettmagic 12:29 10 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Func's RfA :)

Flowerparty, I want to thank you for not being rude and supporting my adminship, thank you very much! :)

Please never hesitate to let me know if you have concerns with any administrative action I may make.

Func( t, c, e,  ) 19:13, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] More Gopal Das!

Regarding the Rami Nuri and Gopal Das articles, which were the subject of that dramatic VfD; they now have a category, and that category has four articles in it. Looking through those four, however, they're rather stubby; I was thinking about merging them into a new article called ECK masters, and explaining what the hell an ECK Master is. Looking at the Eckankar website, there's more of these guys, and researching them and writing on them would be a learning experience for me, which is always welcome. It would also make them less vulnerable to VfDs; "ECK Master" gets a substantial number of Google hits, whereas "Rami Nuri" performs dismally. In fact, the second thing that pops up is that note you left on my talk page. What do you think? CanadianCaesar 19:57, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, that sounds like a sensible, nay excellent idea. Much more managable, anyway. I thought about tidying up the Eckankar page before but was kind of worried about showing my face 'round there, and never got much past the first paragraph; "brought forth"? "...for spiritual upliftment"?! But if you're feeling bold I'll have a look at it. I think it's got a long way to go before it follows Xenu, though! Flowerparty ^talk 22:59, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

The Eckankar main article has problems. So do the subarticles, actually. But, I'm just writing to say that I took out a book in the university library and am going through the website, and the new article is going to be different and thoroughly referenced. It has the potential to be just as horrifying as Xenu. It's a work in progress, but none of it is yet saved in Wikipedia, just on my computer. CanadianCaesar 00:13, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

ECK masters CanadianCaesar 00:29, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rubik's Cube

Sorry about that; I'm not sure what happened (I was editing the external link section). I've switched back to mathematics, but I think it's better to not use the main article format. I've heard that using "main article: " is only used when that section is about twice the length of the lead of the article being linked to, and in any case, the section doesn't treat just the contents of that article. The article I split off is just about math, not about physics, so the main article link doesn't really belong there, in my opinion. --Spangineer (háblame) 18:23, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

What do you think of my latest change? We lose the link to group (mathematics), but it's easier to find the more important link. --Spangineer (háblame) 18:49, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cookie Day

Awww no, i cannot give information for cookie day on an external link yet but hopefully there will be a site for it soon. I suppose we will have to wait until then

[edit] Signature

Howdy. Did you know your signature shows up like this? If you're intentionally using white text on a white background, I don't mind; just curious. Cheers. android79 00:32, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, thought it would add some excitement to my life, though it's clearly just annoying. The background's not quite white, though. Flowerparty ^talk 00:39, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

I'll go with this for a bit: Flowerparty ^talk 01:12, 18 August 2005 (UTC)... chic!

[edit] Thanks for the welcome!

I've used Wikipedia for ages, I just couldn't be arsed signing up. Also, Blackpool is worse than Hull according to people who live there. Bad Wolf

Hehe, they're welcome to it. Flowerparty ^talk 17:35, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fernando Rizo's RfA

Flowerparty, I was promoted last evening, thanks in part to your support. I appreciate your confidence. Fernando Rizo T/C 18:08, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Me too, thanks for supporting my adminship. And I'm glad you liked the cubes. :D Coffee 08:40, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for catching the vandalism on my user page. Mackensen (talk) 20:12, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 2d3

Was me - seem to have been logged out in the middle of the withdrawal. Sorry about the confusion! Dlyons493 06:39, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia widow

As the author and after further reflection under more sober circumstances I have tagged this article for speedy deletion as I believe it meets the criterion of General article 7 (1.2.7) at WP:CSD. hydnjo talk 20:45, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Since you're the only author, and you've explained yourself reasonably, I don't think there'll be any problem there. Flowerparty 20:56, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

That's what I thought but Ryan Delaney seems to think otherwise. As an Admim I suppose his view trumps ours. BTW, thanks for your astute vote, I was just feeling whimsical at the moment and wasn't trying to inrtroduce a new phrase into our vocabulary (neologisms are not allowed). hydnjo talk 23:14, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Template:MikeWatt

Instead of suggesting that the template be deleted, why wasn't I asked to edit it down? I attempted to do but someone reverted it back to its "unmanageable" format. Needless to say, I am not amused. Cjmarsicano 23:15, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

I replied at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:MikeWatt. Flowerparty 23:26, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Robert Johnson

sorry for not returning your mesage earlier, sorry if I came off mean by editing your "Clapton's band" part but I thought that you meant like most ignorant people do that Clapton was the leader of the band, you understand that wasn't true as you stated its like Ringo Starr's band The Beatles, sorry for the misunderstanding but now that its so long but I nor you have touched the the page of Johnson so I don't really think it mattered much to you or me so I'm glad there was no editing war. I think we should just let the article stand as it is and just leave it. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Thanks, Patman2648

Hey, I'd completely forgotten. But yeah, I'm happy to leave it as it is. Thanks. Flowerparty 03:41, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Hi Flowerparty:
Thanks for support and your confidence in me in my recent RFB nomination. I'm now WP's newest bureaucrat. :) Regards, et merci beaucoup User:Nichalp/sg 20:08, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Award

I, Dave C., would like to thank you for your tireless efforts in updating Frank Zappa's albums with album infoboxes. Cheers! -- Dave C.^{talk | Esperanza} 04:26, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Wow, thanks very much. You make my page look very pretty! Flowerparty 04:34, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Hi, thanks for voting for me in my RFA. I was really touched at how many people voted for me! --Angr/_{tɔk tə mi} 22:48, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Black Keys

Good job with the NPOV edits on The Black Keys page, I was struggling with how to phrase most of those sentences. It just needed a freshpoint :) nicely done -Elysianfields 19:22, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

:) Flowerparty 09:27, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Android79's RfA

Thank you for your support on my RfA and for your kind comments. android79 22:39, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nandesuka's RfA

Thanks for supporting my RfA. I'll work hard to try to live up to the confidence you're showing in me. Nandesuka 01:04, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Watt

Apparently posting a revised, smaller, more functional template doesn't wash in your eyes. As far as I'm concerned, you're being a total prick by suggesting the speedy deletion of this new version.

I demand the immediate withdrawal of the deletion request. Cjmarsicano 20:01, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sonic Youth infoboxes

Merged to User talk:Carcassville

[edit] Thank You 4 Da Help

Hey Flowerparty! Thank you for making me comfortable over the past month about using Wikipedia! Crew29 23:04, September 27, 2005 (UTC)

No problem. I'm glad you appreciated the welcome : - ) Flowerparty■ 23:44, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Project Starter

Dear Flowerparty, I want to thank you again, right now I am starting a project on Wikipedia, I am going to give all the football (soccer) teams in the W-League an article. Check out my new user page! From, Columbus Crew 29 16:09, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

That sounds like an excellent project. That'll be a big help for Wikipedia:WikiProject Football. By the way, if you want to welcome users yourself, have a look at Wikipedia:Welcoming committee, and you can make your own template or just use {{welcome}}. Flowerparty■ 17:57, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Welcoming

Dear Flowerparty,

I have already welcomed three users (DaaNet, Liz Yuleborn, and Missrin) 23:53, 22 October 2005

Columbus Crew 29

[edit] Hey Flowerparty

Hey will you contact me regarding page Sean.com. My AIM is pittypotty and my email is stuball84 at aol dot com

If it's important you can post it here or I can be contacted via the 'email this user' link above. Flowerparty■ 04:36, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links/Guide

Please review. Cheers!  BD2412 ^talk 05:24, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] I'm new to Wikipedia

And have no clue whatsoever how to include the neccasary infoboxes for The Fall's The Marshall Suite, I noticed you have been quite prolific in creating album pages, and as a newbie, I am asking you for your help with this. Thank you so much! Muggwort17 01:17, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] afd helper

I have built a script to speed up voting on AFDs and am looking for feedback. Please have a go! jnothman ^talk 03:25, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of music videos by year

In an effort to have this vote go as swimmingly as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of music videos by name, I'm pointing it out to all the people who voted on the previous one, as it's basically the same information, differently arranged. Had I known it existed at the time, I would have included it in the AfD. Too late now. Thanks. -R. fiend 01:52, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Album articles

Hi. I just thought, as you seem to be interested in such things, that WP:ALBUM and its associated template Template:Album infobox have been updated to more closely follow WP:MOS. You might want to drop by and see some of the changes that have happened. Thanks, and enjoy your editing. Jkelly 08:21, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

No, there wasn't any specific concern on my part. I dropped the note above after noticing you move some album articles to proper capitalization. Given that you are working on album articles and in the MoS, and not knowing if you kept up with WP:ALBUM, that you might like to know that we have deprecated wikilinking every year in the infobox, removed the min/sec time format, and made other style changes. Keep up the good editing! Jkelly 17:53, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] BD2412's RfA

Thank you, Flowerparty, for your support in my RfA - I'll do my best as an admin to make the reality of Wikipedia rise to the level of the dream. BD2412 T 17:45, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your RFA support

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Buffyverse Wikipedia articles

I was having trouble adding my vote to this AfD and I noticed it's a redirect. Do you use the AfD helper javascript? Your vote was on the redirect page, but you moved it to the target page (or redid it)... I'm just curious. (I watch talk pages so you can reply here if you want) ++Lar: t/c 01:39, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes. I wondered what had happened there. I didn't realise I'd edited the redirect page. Flowerparty■ 03:13, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Changes edit

I changed the the edits because instead of typing in that dahs mark, the one I replaced, I thought it would be easier to just add a - mark instead. It really doesn't matter because there isn't really a diff in the two. SWD316 ^{talk to me} 01:58, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quick note

Thanks for the tip! Metebelis 03:48, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Are You Missing Winner

D'oh! I'd forgotten that most album pages have this type of problem. Cricketers are also difficult, and I've had dozens today. Thanks for letting me know. Rich Farmbrough. 16:20, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you Hello Flowerparty, and thank you for your support in my request for adminship! It passed with a final count of 63/4/3. I am honoured by the community support and pledge to serve the project as best as I can. I also remember how good a copyeditor you were and how sensible a voter you were. In honour of you being my 21st supporter I created a Section Twenty-one of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Peace! CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 16:47, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Délifrance Article

Thanks for correcting the mistakes I made when I created the article. How do you put pictures in Articles? Anonymous anonymous 10:13, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AEJ Collins

It looks like you've recorded a spoken version of the article about A. E. J. Collins. I was pleased to hear your accent when I listened to the beginning of it; I'm of the opinion that articles about a particular person or place ought to be recorded by someone with an accent that's at least vaguely relevant. Anyway, I noticed that article because it's in the "Open" list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia/short featured articles. I'll let you move it to the "Done" list, and take the credit. T J McKenzie 23:15, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Point taken about your accent. Well, it's probably better to be read in your accent than in mine, anyway. Arguably, that's even the case if my (New Zealand) accent sounds more like a Bristolian one than yours does, since people will recognize that you're at least from the same country as the subject that you're talking about. (Actually, I wouldn't have a clue how close my accent is to a Bristolian one; I don't know enough about English regional accents.)

As for the quality of the recording, I did notice your breath getting on the microphone a bit. Have you got a screen set up in front of the microphone to reduce this? They describe one at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spoken_Wikipedia/Recording_guidelines#Production tips. Unfortunately, they don't have advice about how to attach it to the microphone, so that you don't need to hold the microphone in one hand, the screen with another hand, and the mouse with your third hand. My solution involves no coat-hanger, but some bamboo skewers, masking tape, pantyhose, and (of course) a rubber band. If you want, I can try to describe it to you, or even try to send you a picture, or something.

I should say I think you read it well, even if the microphone let you down. T J McKenzie 23:15, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ces ne sont pas des chapeaux.

Hello, you said in an edit summary that "ces ne sont pas des chapeaux" was ungrammatical French. How would it be written grammatically? JIP | Talk 08:55, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship?

Hey Flowerparty, I was wondering if you'd be interested if I nominated you for adminship? CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 07:18, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Crikey. Uh.. ok, thanks. I'm not really sure I'm ready, but I guess it'd rude to refuse. I'm a bit busy this week, though, so I probably won't be able to fill in the form until the weekend. Wow, cheers. Flowerparty■ 11:35, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Don't feel pressured or anything. But you look like an experienced editor to me. The RfA is written; (just not on Wikipedia, yet). CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 18:58, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Flowerparty CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 02:20, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Date links

You have discussed date links before. It seems that more and more people are becoming interested in the debate in many talk pages. I do not know if you have seen the discussion and votes at: new bot application. Voting may have ended, so I am not soliciting your vote. But I thought that you might like to read what has been said by other editors. Several editors feel strongly about it and the issue will inevitably be discussed again. bobblewik 11:49, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re : Nomination for adminship for (aeropagitica)

Hello! Thank you for taking the time to vote for me in my recent request for adminship It ended successfully with a final score of (40/10/5). I value all of the contributions made during the process and I will take a special note of the constructive criticism regarding interacting with users in the user talk space. If you have questions or requests, please leave a message.  (aeropagitica)  17:08, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

I'm leaving this macrophage

bonus lego people!

, a particularly hungry white blood cell on your talk page, I just finished a rewrite of its article and realized they're not so different from administrators, as they keep their surroundings clean, doing away with anything that's not supposed to be there...
Anyway, with that short lecture on cell biology done with, I'd like to thank you for your vote on my RfA, which passed with (49/2/0), I'll do my best to not let you down, and if you see me heading towards a common newbie mistake, please nudge me in the right direction :)

--Obli (Talk)^? 20:46, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] JDoorjam's RfA

Thank you! Hey Flowerparty/1, thank you for your support in my RfA: it passed with a final tally of 55/1/2. If you want a hand with anything, please gimme a shout. Again, thanks! – JDoorjam Talk 21:57, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your Contrib to Musical Artists WikiProject

Thanks for the feedback on the Musical Artists project. I wasn't sure if you were watching the project's talk page, so I just wanted to let you know I responded. By the way, I am watching that page, so there's no need to tell me when you respond. Thanks again! bmearns, KSC_(talk) 17:52, 10 March 2006 (UTC)