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[edit] alas, Batman!
it's time we unite to defeat the common enemy, Elco!
hey why are we talking here? we both have aim and myspace...
[edit] ménage à trois
Thanks for helping in stopping the censorship on the article. If you can keep an eye on it and help out reverting to keep the image that's appreciated. Also, any opinions on the RfC are welcome. Thanks, Atom 12:58, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] RfA question
Hello, may I ask you a question about your recent comment at the RfA? You of course have every right to offer your opinion unchallenged, but I was curious about something, if you have a moment. If you would rather not discuss it though, I understand. --Elonka 04:59, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- No, I don't mind at all! What is your question? --Hemlock Martinis 05:00, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- I was curious what harassment that you were referring to? Could you please supply a diff? Also, I was wondering if you had had an opportunity to read my answer to question #3? Thanks. --Elonka 05:01, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- I did read your response and while DreamGuy's actions may be questionable, I do believe that monitoring him like this ([1]) was unfair and that another time you reacted in a very snarky manner ([2]) when the situation did not call for it. I'd vote strongly against DreamGuy as well if he was up for adminship because these kinds of conflicts ultimately do not benefit Wikipedia. If a resolution to your conflict with DreamGuy is achieved in a civil and judicious manner, I will change my vote. --Hemlock Martinis 05:16, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- So, even though my last actions in the matter were back in January, you are saying that as long as DreamGuy maintains his stance, that you could not support me for adminship, is that correct? --Elonka 05:36, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- Well, failing an actual resolution, can you provide examples of any attempts by you to peacefully resolve the dispute and his refusal to do so? --Hemlock Martinis 05:41, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, I tried multiple times to engage in good faith communication at his talkpage. My messages were usually immediately deleted, often with antagonistic edit summaries. --Elonka 06:08, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- Ok, I'll look into it a bit further. --Hemlock Martinis 06:10, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, I tried multiple times to engage in good faith communication at his talkpage. My messages were usually immediately deleted, often with antagonistic edit summaries. --Elonka 06:08, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- Well, failing an actual resolution, can you provide examples of any attempts by you to peacefully resolve the dispute and his refusal to do so? --Hemlock Martinis 05:41, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- So, even though my last actions in the matter were back in January, you are saying that as long as DreamGuy maintains his stance, that you could not support me for adminship, is that correct? --Elonka 05:36, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- I did read your response and while DreamGuy's actions may be questionable, I do believe that monitoring him like this ([1]) was unfair and that another time you reacted in a very snarky manner ([2]) when the situation did not call for it. I'd vote strongly against DreamGuy as well if he was up for adminship because these kinds of conflicts ultimately do not benefit Wikipedia. If a resolution to your conflict with DreamGuy is achieved in a civil and judicious manner, I will change my vote. --Hemlock Martinis 05:16, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- I was curious what harassment that you were referring to? Could you please supply a diff? Also, I was wondering if you had had an opportunity to read my answer to question #3? Thanks. --Elonka 05:01, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
(followup) The RfA has been closed. Unfortunately consensus was not reached, and the nomination was not successful, but I do thank you for participating. I do intend to continue contributing in a positive manner to Wikipedia, and if there is anything that I can do in the future to help further address your concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. --Elonka 10:00, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] RE: vandalism on Rugby World Cup
Hi there! I think that you might be mistaken. I actually attempted to rollback the vandalism. Cheers hoopydinkConas tá tú? 00:57, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
- If you look at your change [3], it clearly shows you had inserted the "IS PLAYED BY HOMOS" part. --Hemlock Martinis 01:00, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
- Hi, I believe that this was unintentional. Admins have access to a "rollback" feature which allows them to revert all edits by a vandal. It seems that Hoopydink inadvertently reverted back to another vandalized edit. It appears he did not actually insert the vandalism. - Mike | Talk 01:03, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
- My mistake, I apologize. --Hemlock Martinis 01:03, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
- Haha, no worries mate. hoopydinkConas tá tú? 01:10, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
- My mistake, I apologize. --Hemlock Martinis 01:03, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
- Hi, I believe that this was unintentional. Admins have access to a "rollback" feature which allows them to revert all edits by a vandal. It seems that Hoopydink inadvertently reverted back to another vandalized edit. It appears he did not actually insert the vandalism. - Mike | Talk 01:03, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Category:Stub → Category:stubs
Redirecting Category:stub to Category:stubs is a good idea (although I've never made that exact typo, I probably will eventually), but it created an unforseen technical problem: category:stub appeared on its target page as a subcategory of category:stubs. For next time (if there's a next time, as categories aren't redirected very often), when redirecting a category, it is necessary to use this text: #REDIRECT [[:Category:stubs]], with a colon before the category, so as to avoid that problem. Picaroon9288 00:53, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
- Ack, I can't believe I didn't catch that! Thank you very much for the tip! --Hemlock Martinis 00:57, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Diffusion - Extrajudicial prisoners
Go you! Thanks for all your hard work. Yonmei 09:00, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you very much! :D --Hemlock Martinis 09:27, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Autodidact
How was Nikola Tesla an autodidact? He had a fine high school (U.S. terminology) education, then a superb math and physics education at the Technical University of Graz, Austria, although he left without graduating. Then he took graduate courses at another university, again without graduating. I see Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin and Michael Faraday as well known autodidacts, and Nathan Stubblefield as a lesser known autodidact, but can't see how Tesla qualifies. Regards. Edison 18:12, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- I didn't put the category there to begin with. I've just been diffusing them based on nationality so that there's not so much clutter in Category:Autodidacts. If it's not appropriate, then it should be removed. --Hemlock Martinis 18:33, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks!
Just stopped by to say thanks for the work you've done with Special:CrossNamespaceLinks. Keep it up! -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk·Review Me!) 20:18, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] MedCabal
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[edit] Law in Star Trek
Thank you for your recent edits in converting episode citations to proper references. The article was a mess when I did my re-write, but I didn't have time to go back and wikilink the refs. Wl219 19:47, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] PopeofPeru's userpage
Hi Hemlock. I don't see how a list of messages congratulating the user on some awesome vandalism is in any way helping the encyclopaedia, and it falls foul of WP:NOT a webhost, amongst other things. Am I missing something? Proto::► 07:10, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
- You will have to go through Deletion Review; I don't agree with your view of the situation so further community input might be required. You may also want to note the discussion on WP:AN/I. Proto::► 07:41, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] List of Deceased Wrestlers
I don't know why it's a problem. There is an extraordinary number of wrestlers who have died from steroid use, suicide, etc, usually before the age of 45. I grew up watching wrestling as a child, and I'm intrigued/shocked by this fact. Wikipedia contains all sorts of quirky lists (All Nintendo games featuring Mario, or All things Bart Simpsons has written on the chalkboard, etc), why should this be subject to such ridicule? - wfresch
- The list as titled is too broad; a narrowing down to "List of professional wrestlers who've died on the job" or "List of professional wrestlers who've died from steroid use". The way it is now, that list could theoretically include every dead wrestler no matter the cause, and that is simply unencyclopedic. Plus, note that the two examples you cited are especially specifc: for example, while a list of every Nintendo game ever would be unmaintainable and useless, the Mario list is certainly specific enough to be useful and yet broad enough to be encyclopedic.
[edit] Star Trek Userbox
As a fellow Star Trek watcher, I found your Star Trek userbox to be hillarious, thanks for the laugh :) 216.64.125.78 17:49, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Congressional subcommittees
I like the work you're doing with the categorization of U.S. Congressional subcommittees. However, I disagree with specific categories for each committee. See Category:United States House Appropriations subcommittees. I think this is over-categorization.—Markles 00:16, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you very much! I'm not giving each committee a category, just the subcommittees. It's easier to group them that way because their lengthy names can be quite confusing to the casual reader. --Hemlock Martinis 00:53, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
- I mean that it would be sufficient to put all House subcommittees, regardless of their parent committee in Category:Subcommittees of the United States House of Representatives.—Markles 01:02, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
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- It would be sufficient, yes, but by my count there are 104 subcommittees within the House of Representatives, and although not all of them have articles, enough of them do have articles to justify making subcategories for each committee. If I simply dumped them all in Category:Subcommittees of the United States House of Representatives, that category would be too large and too unwieldy to be of any practical use. --Hemlock Martinis 01:09, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Why would 104 be too large and too unwieldy? I like large categories because it has a use: it allows the user to see more at a time. Why not put some proposal on the Project talk page and see what other people think?—Markles 02:39, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
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- An excellent idea. I've temporarily stopped the diffusion in case the concensus disagrees. --Hemlock Martinis 05:59, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Thanks very much!! --Hemlock Martinis 06:55, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Super League Dream Team
Categorised, can't see a reason for this officially sanctioned award to be removed. Londo06 08:36, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Bruno Brokken
Hello, feel free to delete Bruno Brokken as it's about some Belgian athlete with little significance outside Belgium. The original article is Bruno Brokken. This Dutch text is very suspicious: "Gelukkig vondt hij 20 jaar geleden zijn grote liefde -Christiane Bolders- welke hem als een echte bourgondier door het leven hielp, dankzij haar goed kookkunst." translates into something like "Luckily he found his true love 20 years ago -Christiane Bolders- who helped him (being a burgundian) to cope with life, thanks to her good cooking skills". In my opinion this is more suitable for a weblog than for Wikipedia. Alternatively, you might want to replace the text with something like "Belgian Sportsman Of The Year in 1975".
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[edit] Please follow process
Please Read the criteria for speedy. I've excerpted from CSD: These criteria are worded narrowly and such that in most cases, reasonable editors will agree what does or does not fall under a given criterion. Where reasonable doubt exists, discussion using another method under deletion policy is recommended. This page contains the criteria for speedy deletion and a list of helpful templates that can be used to tag a candidate for speedy deletion. Articles that do not meet the speedy criteria may be nominated for the alternative deletion processes Wikipedia:Proposed deletion and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion.
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You will find nowhere in the page that articles can be speedied because they are unreferenced. If you think there is such a criteria, where is it?DGG 08:27, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
- Could you please indicate which article you are referring to? That might help me better understand what your advice is specifically about. --Hemlock Martinis 06:58, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Blazing Violets
Hey, Hemlock. I noticed you previously speedied Blazing Violets and then rescinded the nom and decided to wait. I was flipping through Uncategorized categories and noticed this article, so I nominated it to AfD. The debate is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blazing Violets and you're welcome to add comments if you want. <3, Strangerer (Talk | Contribs) 23:30, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
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