User talk:Fourohfour

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[edit] Steve "Silk" Hurley

I think I fixed what you were talking about. How does one find the "What links here" for an article, I didn't see it (had to follow the one you left in my talk page to get there). thanks for your help!--Tednor 16:08, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Seems fixed, thanks. To get "what links here", go to the article, and look for "What links here" in the toolbox section on the left hand side nav bar. Fourohfour 20:56, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Cartrivision

Hi, thanks for giving me a holler. Yes, I am currently getting the article polished up as we speak, and any redlinks I'll try and rectify ASAP. Most of my references for the article's info are from the external links mentioned in the article. But hey, being a geek or not, I appreciate your help & concern :). I'm suprised no one else here has written up a Cartrivision article by now... misternuvistor 10:34, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, and sorry for the lecture. I was kind of surprised as well, given all the redlinks. Fourohfour 10:37, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Hey, no problem. There's some links that could use some disambiguation too (such as for Admiral, the TV manufacturer in the US, not the naval rank), but then again, any Wikipedia article is always a work-in-progress. :) misternuvistor 10:41, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
No, I meant redlinks *to* the Cartrivision article. Fourohfour 10:44, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jewlicious festival

You're talk page is busy right now! Yes, I understand what you mean, but it's just non-notable enough to be a speedy. If it turns out to be something really interesting, someone else whose not trying to advertise it will write about it. Academic Challenger 10:45, 22 December 2006 (UTC)


The original writer made a major improvement and it is no longer a speedy. Academic Challenger 10:54, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

To be honest, I was going to mark the original {{hangon}}, while we discussed it, as I felt there was some doubt, but it was deleted by that time. Fourohfour 11:14, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bluntly demand

How does this blunt statement take you? I already have my leagal team looking into this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bluecord (talk • contribs).

Reply made at User talk:Bluecord where conversation was started. Fourohfour 20:24, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Bluecord

The talk page blanking occurred prior to my interactions with him. He has not edited here since he wasw blocked. User:Zoe|(talk) 03:36, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

I know; however, since you had not mentioned (or noticed) the blanking, I simply wanted someone else (preferably an admin) to make clear that this was not acceptable either. Fourohfour 11:25, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

I appologize for the mix up. I would like to be able to remove those items that I did not place there if that is ok. This is per conversation that I had with ZOE. I had my password hacked by roomates, this was after using our IP as well. This has been taken care of by me and will not happen again, rest assured. That is the reason I removed them in the first place, being due to the fact that I did not place them there in the first place. If it ok I would like to erase but will wait for an ok before I do it. I would hate to be blocked for something I did not place. Thanks. (In terms I did not write the items that were written toward you, not make the legal threats. It was the roomates in question) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bluecord (talk • contribs).

One of the removals I complained about replaced the page with
"It is my talk page I WILL DO WITH IT WHAT I WANT. Take that back to Scotland."
Sounds very much like the same person that made the rather silly legal threat on my page. The whole "roommates" thing sounds rather too convenient to me, but whatever.... it's your password, and I'm sure you'll look after it and we won't be hearing from your roommates again. (ahem) Fourohfour 11:55, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

I have my doubts, as well, but I'm going to assume good faith. Once. User:Zoe|(talk) 19:32, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] computer keyboard

Hi, I think the customization of keyboard is very useful information to computer users.

Read this then. Also note that "useful" is in the eye of the beholder, we can't include everything. Not saying that I entirely disagree anyway, but I don't believe that they belong in the specific PC article, and they are more appropriate to an "external links" section.

And the customization capability is not specific to IBM PC keyboard.

No, but the info you added was.

Even so, IBM PC keyboard the the de facto standard to computer keyboard and is suggested to be merged into computer keyboard

Yes, and if you read the discussion, you'll note that all three replies to the merge proposal (mine included) oppose the merge for what I believe are well-founded and sensible reasons.

Thanks for your comments about my edit! --Leo 13:33, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Since I still disagree with your inclusion, I have raised the issue at the talk page; please contribute to the discussion if you want to. Fourohfour 13:09, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Minolta AF

Hi! I wan't to start by saying sorry for the mistakes I have made, I am aware of them, (not suggesting move on the talk page, moving incorrectly etc.). I am pretty new to this, and you can be sure these mistakes will not be made again. The reason for the move is this: We are a few members of a Minolta forum (www.dyxum.com) that have decided to fix up the old uninformational wikipedia articles on Minolta photographic equipment, we together there decided it would be better to have the article under the general name of Minolta AF instead of the regional name of "Dynax", this should ofcourse have been brought up on the talk page as you say (It has now been brought up there). The Cut-and-paste move was a newbie mistake I'm afraid. I see that you (or someone atleast?) have reverted the changes, thanks, now it can be done properly. Thank you! /Innox

No, that would have been possible before. However, because Minolta AF has already been created (as a new article, so far as the system is concerned), we can't move the Dynax article to it. If the page is to be moved, it will require admin assistance to remove the cut-and-pasted Minolta AF first. Fourohfour 14:09, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wasp jelly hoaxer

Hey, After I checked on that source, I ran through their history and undid a few of their edits. But my personal policy is to not call them out about it, just silently revert. My theory is that they crave any kind of response. Check out a tongue in cheek comment I made once. Cheers, fellow Jamster. ;) --Monotonehell 10:31, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

On the contrary; I'm not bothered about what they do and don't want- anti-pandering is still pandering in some form.
Far as I'm concerned, such notices (a) make people aware of a user's history; and (b) by implication, avoid them wasting their time (and pandering to this stuff) by taking it seriously in cases where there's any doubt. That's it! Fourohfour 16:34, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] D Mob

Hello Fourohfour! Who is that D Mob? I know him only from Def Jam Vendetta and Def Jam Fight for NY. Is D Mob also real? MM 11:23, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

The DJ/Producer in the D Mob article is not the same person as the character from the Def Jam Vendetta game. The article explains who he is. Fourohfour 13:13, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Aha, thanks. MM 09:49, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Woolworths Group

Hey there. I'm the person who edited (repeatedly...) the store numbers on the Woolworths Group page from address 87.75.128.43. Predictably this is the Woolworths head office address and it wasn't me who vandalised the page. Reading my comments I think I got a little carried away. I know how many stores are open because it's my job. The corporate website now says 818 stores as of March 2007 (on the page already cited), but doesn't list the split between High Street and Out of Town, so I suggest the split is removed and the total stores is quoted.

I'm really not the sort of person who wants to get into any debate about this, contrary to any impression I gave. Sorry for that. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.14.71.217 (talk • contribs).

No problem, I was just trying to explain that the potential can of worms this opened was the major reason that WP has "no original research" and "attributable" policies.
As for the vandalism, and guessing who had responsibility, I wasn't sure if it was you or not; unfortunately, it's an inherent problem with editing anonymously. Note that you can create an account without passing on any personal information, not even an email address (the only thing WP knows is your computer address, which they already get with anon edits). Fourohfour 12:46, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 1509 in architecture

What you probably don't realise is that I created the text because the category already has an entry. Deb 17:41, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

My apologies; I wanted to draw your attention to it before you put too much work into it, and I still don't think its previous existence makes it any more worthwhile. Fourohfour 17:44, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Having said that, it's a good thing you told me, because the title was wrong anyway. Deb 17:46, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Penny

I'm not sure where the term "penny war" originated; however, it is most definitely something that existed prior to, and independent of, user:Iluvfoamy321. I moved the article to the singular version of the name, and took out the capitals. DS 14:53, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem, I had my doubts, which is why I didn't tag it straight away. Fourohfour 14:56, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 126 film

Please stop following me and deleting my work, you are a very trying person.

You are a very accusatory person. You made an edit with which I disagreed; going by past experience, it was likely the same change had been made in several places, I wasn't "following you"; I noticed the changes in your history when I was checking this out.. (My mistake; I didn't catch those changes via your history, I noticed them because the pages in question were already in my watchlist).
Fair enough, I got cross when it seemed my work was deleted on multiple pages.
If you feel strongly that your change was for the better and disagree with my reversion, please take it up on the appropriate pages.

I am a film collector and using my knowledge to add to the wikipedia. I have a original 126 roll film and wanted to place a photograph of it on the page, so expanded the page in order to allow me to do this in the near future.

I think it would be better for us to split the 126 film page, since it is essentially describing two different formats that just happen to have the same name. I considered splitting it before, but there was so little on the roll-film 126 that it seemed pointless. If you can expand it, this will probably change.
I apologise for misreading your intention, I assumed that this was a "complete" edit.
We'll try to make it better and more informative, thats what we're both wanting hopefully. Annoyingly I've just checked the box and its a 124 rollfilm not a 126, but I hope to still use the photograph to open a new stub for that size film.
If you want to carry out your edits in several stages, you can add comments like "work in progress" or "I will add to this section in the near future" or whatever in the Edit Summary.
OK, good idea

What I did not expect is for my work to be deleted faster than I had written it.

WIKIPEDIA DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU! Kindly stop being so over-zealous and allow others to contribute.

Other edits and mistakes you corrected - fair enough - I'm not an expert at Wiki, I just want to add things I know. Would be nice to be told though, that is my point!!

I probably would have left a message on your talk page if you'd been signed in. Going by past experience with anonymous editors in general, most of them don't see or respond to messages sent in this way (in part because of the way anonymous editing works), which is why I didn't.
Will get an account if there is a lot more I want to contribute.
You don't have to create an account if you don't want to, but it's pretty easy (you don't even need to give an email). :-) Fourohfour 16:04, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Will do. Argument closed and all cleared up. For now!
Oh, and sorry for my grumpy comment about the up-to-dateness of the list in Disc film. Fourohfour 16:10, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] dab page edits

Be careful when de-piping links on dab pages. WP:MOSDAB specifies that piping should be used when formatting or quoting a portion of a link that contains both a title and a clarifier. It's not a blanket no-pipe policy. I noticed the change on The Word, so I'm changing it back to the proper format there. --Fru1tbat 01:09, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Fair point; although I've never treated it as a blanket policy (I'm quite happy to break the rules when it's obviously not the right thing...) Fourohfour 16:54, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removing Fixya from Amilo Laptop

I've noticed you have removed my link from Amilo Laptops. Please explain why. The content is highly relevant and important for day to day users. Thank you Yaniv.bl 09:41, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

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