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[edit] RFM

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[edit] Alpha Phi Alpha

I will add some text regarding the "Ape" symbol in the Pledging section of the article. Can you provide any websites where you found your verification regarding Ape being the sysmbol so that I can provide a reference for the article? Thank you for you contribution. Ccson 22:04, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I'll put 2004 back...

--EngineerScotty 21:56, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: And your point is?

just read your interest in genealogy and thought you might be interested in the article... sorry if not...

and i apologize for the wrong placement of links in the Portland, Oregon entry. the category seemed very lacking of anything of interest and i thought it could use some more links. apparently not. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ffaillace (talk • contribs) 12:30, August 14, 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Don't mind at all

I'm a horrible typist and will always bow to the skill of a professional editor. Thanks! Agne 00:34, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] a thank you for your note on project banners

thanks for the tip. i'm going back through the project banners right now. where there any in particular that you could clue me in on that I mis-bannered? thor01 16:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] thanks again on the project banner comment

Thanks for the tip about the Corvallis, OR page.thor01 17:03, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Klamath Konversations

I have no idea what happens here, but here goes. Hello, I am now logged in at --Liaison1 22:28, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, now I see what that does. Ok, the feeble attempts at messing up your page. Without malice, trying to see how this all works. You get the newbie. :-) Erase it if you want. I don't know how.--Liaison1 22:30, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Amateur Fencers League of America

Just finished a major rewrite of this. Would be tickled if you would give it a going over. I think (maybe) I have the hang of footnotes and simple tables now. Whoo hoo! Am now going to sleep. Twisted86 09:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Finally got a good look at your copyedits. Great! Thanks!

Yep, Nebraska! I'm sure there's an interesting story as to how that came about.

I think the divisional history of the AFLA is important, as it illustrates how the organization grew. I think it is especially important to preserve because I have not been able to find the information anywhere else except in some out-of-print rulebooks, so the information is in danger of being lost. It's history. But, I agree that it clutters the article. I think breaking it out into a separate article might be the better approach. I'll think about how to do that well.

Bi(-)monthly.... I have noticed a trend toward elimination of bi-hyphens. Looks weird to my eye, but I can go with the flow. Makes me wonder if people are going to start wondering if there are monogots and monokinis (oops, too late for that one). On the other hand, we don't write bi-cycle. <sigh>

Rules controversies are hard to find sources for. Perhaps someone with an extensive collection of American Fencing magazines could do the research for that by looking through opinion columns and letters to the editor. Twisted86 18:17, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome back!

Glad to see you are happily editing again. Junkie. <grin> Twisted86 19:14, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moved this from my user page

why did you send me this ip-based message without even leaving me a way to contact you and discuss. what i would like to discuss is the fact that I didn't make *any* edits to wikipedia until now...i work for a very big company with probably 700 people in a natted environment all showing the same external ip. please at least acknowledge this possibility and alter your behavior accordingly. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.180.52.194 (talk • contribs) 17:01, September 22, 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:SharedIP

Ya, I ran across this last week after several IP vandalisms of electron microscope and other articles. Why EM??? I dunno. Musta been a slow school day in the UK. Happy, happy! Twisted86 04:01, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

One word: on-call. And with a name like Mount Pisgah, who could resist an edit? Now, I must study.... Twisted86 04:06, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Invitation

I invite you to join the Pornography in the United States GA for some copyedit (particularly for punctuation and the usage of prepositions), but feel free to edit it anyway. Cheers, --Brand спойт 19:30, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nein userboxen

No userboxes. Whoa. Since I have no friends on Wikipedia I thought I would point out to your Oregon-hardcore-self my sandbox creations, please comment, I want to know if I suck. A mcmurray 04:39, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks for the critique. I knew that photo was hard to see, I should just use another B&W photo. The red and green are just going for that non-secular holiday appeal. jk. Those red links are annoying, where's WikiProject Illinois on that one? As for Irwin, um, yeah.A mcmurray 17:57, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Invitation to new WikiProject

Sorry to disturb, but am wishing to take a moment of your time for something I hope will be of interest. I'd like to invite you to join a new WikiProject I've started, WikiProject National Register of Historic Places. Should you feel so inclined, please feel free to join. And spread the word to any other interested parties.  :) -Ebyabe 20:13, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You're not a "chopper", are you?

I hope you're not a Wiki "chopper"... ...referencing your cuts in Emperor of the North Pole.

If you're questioning an item, how about tagging it as "citation needed" and give the author 7-10 days to respond on the article's Discussion page... ...as I have done in this instance.

You can go to the History to see how this is done. There's not much use for editors...without writers.

Thanks! trezjr 21:18, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the welcome.

I've actually used wikipedia for quite some time, just haven't contributed much. I just from time to time keep my eyes open for the easy fixes and do my part (always hoping I won't insult someone by correcting their typo, like that's never happened).

Anyway, I took a gander at your user page and saw you noted Battiest, Oklahoma as an interesting article you've stumbled upon. Admittedly, it isn't much, but that is where I grew up (my parents still reside there). I do admit it lacks a bit of interesting info, but I've got to cover the guidelines and see if there is really anything interesting that can validly be added.

Oh well, you can now officially say you've been bored by the blah of codeLes.

Regards. CodeLes 16:31, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Color of the bikeshed

Hi Katr67; thanks for bringing Color of the bikeshed to my attention (on your userpage). Best wishes, Walter Siegmund (talk) 23:19, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. I found it when I was cruising through policy pages and such. It was at the bottom of WP:LAME. Katr67 23:24, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for WP:LAME, too. --Walter Siegmund (talk) 23:41, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

It really puts things into perspective doesn't it? Katr67 00:23, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Thank you so much!

Glad you found it useful. Keep up the good work! - ReyBrujo 03:31, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bots and WikiProjects

In case you are interested, I have continued the thread from User talk:Mets501#Metsbot at User:MetsBot/Requests#WikiProject California. Since I just echoed something you said earlier regarding the annoying placement of WikiProjects on talk pages, I thought you might like to know.... - Lawrence King 05:51, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You sent me this message on Oct. 27.

Current revision Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did in Pacific Northwest. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites that you are affiliated with, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Katr67 17:03, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

I have never been to that page and I have no idea what you are talking about. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.115.68.100 (talk • contribs) 18:14, October 29, 2006 (UTC)

Well, according to your talk page, I did not post a message there, so you must mean this page. Apparently this range of IP addresses that belongs to the ISP Isomedia, Inc. is making use of a proxy server. I have added the appropriate ISP message to the top of those pages including this one which is another one you are likely to use. Unfortunately, someone using Isomedia was introducing spam links to Wikipedia, and we have no recourse but to leave messages on these IP userpages, which means if you edit wikipedia using the same IP, you may get messages that are not addressed to you. (And if the spamming continues, those IPs might get blocked.) As it says in the ISP template I placed on those pages, to remedy this, you can sign up for an account. Sorry for the inconvenience--I hope that answers your question. P.S. You can sign and datestamp your posts by typing 4 tildes (~~~~). Thanks and happy editing! Katr67 21:33, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tipi

You tagged Tipi for cleanup "lacks encyclopedic voice" in August, but have not started a discussion of your concerns. I've removed the tag. Please discuss what needs attention on Talk:Tipi Cheers Clappingsimon talk 02:45, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Response to my suggestion that this particular user probably shouldn't blank warnings from his/her talk page

Leave me alone. What I do or don't do is none of your business. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.97.77.44 (talk • contribs) 16:04, November 3, 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User watchlist

How much of it does work? For example, can you see the sidebar link, can you get to User:Tra/User watchlist? If you can get to that page, what exactly do you see? Also, what browser are you using? Tra (Talk) 17:33, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Try going to Special:Watchlist/edit and see manually if any of the users there have edited since midnight in your local timezone. If no-one on there has edited since midnight, it should explain why the list is empty. If that doesn't solve the problem, check that the clock and timezone is set correctly both on your computer and in your Wikipedia preferences. Tra (Talk) 17:50, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cappy Thompson

Working on the article. See www.cappythompson.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Attywilliams (talk • contribs) 00:26, November 5, 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pacific Northwest

I'm writing to you as one of the people who contributed to this article. I hope I could contribute to defusing the emotional debate and I would appreciate if you could participate in the new effort of finding a good name for the article. — Sebastian (talk) 22:46, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

I dunno, it's kinda scary over there. :) But I'll see what I can do. Thanks for your excellent efforts in straightening this all out! Katr67 23:28, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! — Sebastian (talk) 00:09, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

You can come back now - it's all clear now! — Sebastian (talk) 00:28, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry I chickened out. I'm glad you were able to reach a decision without me. :) Hey, I'm going to clean out the touristy and unrelated stuff from the external links section right now, so if you're still working on the article drop me a note so we don't have an edit conflict. Katr67 02:49, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, it worked out fine! Too many cooks spoil the broth, anyway. I just noticed something else - see below. — Sebastian (talk) 06:06, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pacific East Rim ecoregion

In the article Wealth, there is a sentence: "In ecologically rich areas such as those inhabited by the Haida in the Cascadia Pacific East Rim ecoregion, traditions like potlatch kept wealth relatively evenly distributed, ...". When I just disamb'ed Cascadia it occurred to me that "Pacific East Rim" seems quite redundant there. Maybe both this and "ecoregion" could be deleted, or should we create a separate article for it? — Sebastian (talk) 06:06, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for the barnstar

This came just at the right moment: I was beginning to feel guilty because I had started spending more time on Wikipedia than I actually had. But I really enjoyed the PacNW experience — it was serendipitous that I came just at the moment when the involved editors where happy to find a catalyst to get together again. Please cross your fingers that I'll come across more such situations in the future. — Sebastian (talk) 07:41, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Thanks for your help with Gladys

I can spell, but I can't type!--68.191.43.133 18:32, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for cleaning up the mess I made in the AFD.

As you may have noticed - I try learn the process from the examples, so watching your edits will allow me to make similar ones in the future.

I also see that you've resumed editing the article itself - thank you again. Since you previously reported that you would pause while waiting for the outcome of the AFD does your resumption mean that you believe it will be kept?--James.lebinski 22:44, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. I saw there was still white space when I was done and I'm baffled about clearing it all up, so I gave up. I'm supposed to be working anyway... I think maybe you are putting in extra hard returns in some of your responses and that makes the formatting weird? Or perhaps it has something to do with the *****s? I have no idea, but it's trivial, and it doesn't seem to bother most people.

I don't wish to express an opinion about the article passing AfD. Why do you ask? It's just that I'm a copyeditor and a WikiGnome and inconsistency, wrong punctuation, etc. drive me crazy. :) There's probably medication for it... Katr67 23:02, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Question withdrawn, but as an explanation...I asked about your restart of the editing because you said you planned to stop until you saw how the AFD was progressing ( at least I thought I saw that in one of your comments). Since I'm a rank amateur and have never seen the AFD process before, I thought that you might have seen something to allow you to form an opinion on the outcome - which then prompted you to restart editing. Note: none of the outcomes poossible invalidates your opinion in my book so that's not the angle I was going for. e.g. if your position winds up not being the consensus, i wasn't seeking to use that to refute your opinion itself. Just seeking the benefit of your experience here.

It's a pleasure to speak with you.--James.lebinski 14:58, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

One more thing... I see that you are familiar with southern dialects...In which case you'll be sure to already know the plural of Y'all right?--James.lebinski 02:12, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FA nomination for California Gold Rush

The California Gold Rush article has been nominated for Featured article status. If you would like to comment on this nomination, please go here to leave your comment. To leave a comment on that page, click the [edit] link to the right of the title California Gold Rush. NorCalHistory 00:08, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gladys

		The Original Gladys Holiday Greeting
		For your hard work, insighful opinions and overall contribution to Gladys the Swiss Dairy Cow, I hereby award you this Thank You, along with my sincere hope that you have a wonderful holiday season. james.lebinski 18:25, 15 December 2006 (UTC)