User talk:KellyCoinGuy

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Regarding how much detail Wikipedia wants is a touchy subject. Some think we should cover everything. Others think we need to be more specific. One thing to bear in mind though is that some people are very against "stub" articles – ie those less than 2000 bytes. It might be ok to add information on every coin, but probably best not to have a separate article on every coin. Think about having one article which merges information about them. If that gets too large (>35kb), then parts can be split off. This is usually regarded as more useful than 30 articles about individual coins. Remember as well that information should be verifiable and informative. If the information you want to add meets those criteria, then go for it. And good luck! Angela 02:15, 29 Nov 2003 (UTC)

What do you mean, "touchy subject"? Of course we should cover everything! How could there be any debate about that? ;-)

LOL - I would guess almost anything in Wikipedia could be considered touchy... by someone.

Welcome to Wikipedia, Kelly! —Eloquence 20:10, Dec 12, 2003 (UTC)

Thank you.

Huh, "more specific" than covering everything? That is one strange ontology you have there. ;-) --snoyes 20:14, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Hmmm. Well I know what I mean. :) Angela. 20:58, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Hello. I see in FreeTDS and Tabular Data Stream that you're neglecting the highlighting convention. (I corrected the problem in those two articles.) Michael Hardy 22:31, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Sorry, where's the discussion on the highlighting convention?

Information on such conventions can be found in the manual of style and on the how to edit pages. Hope that helps. Angela.

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[edit] Mormon page

On the Mormon page recent edits, is there a way you can move that additional info further down into the article so as to reverta away from bloat in the first paragraph. Could you perhaps say all Mormons believe in BofM as well as Bible, and that beliefs in other sacred texts (such as) are the norm but vary among the sects or branches? I think the thesis of the paragraph is that Mormons are this. And all that is is "believe in BofM and trace roots through J. Smith". Hawstom 04:20, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)

You know, Hawstom, it's a difficult thing to phrase correctly, but different branches of Mormonism have very different beliefs about scripture beyond the Book of Mormon. The RLDS (Now Community Church of Christ) don't believe in the King James version of the Bible at all, going strictly with the Joseph Smith Inspired version. The main LDS church is King James cannonically (for the most part) but pays attention to the JS version. The versions of the Doctrine and Covenants is where the most deviation occurs since it is essentially an 'open' book, continuing to be written in all branches, although at different rates. The main LDS church's last addition to the D&C was the 1979 revelation extending the priesthood to all worthy males regardless of race. You won't find that in any other faction's version. Similarly, the main LDS version of the D&C doesn't contain many of Joseph Smith's early revelations, as they are often somewhat repetitive. If there were a simpler way of saying it, I'd say go with it, but it is difficult to say something brief that is also accurate. And accuracy is important in the world of encyclopedias. It's probably been edited more clearly by now anyway. :-)


On the Mormon Page recent edits, I don't believe it is either more factual or more NPOV to change "roots through J. Smith" to "roots to J. Smith". Can you explain this? Hawstom 04:20, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Why use a big word when a small one will do as well? Joseph Smith is the root, the root isn't reached through him... unless you are saying that you want Wikipedia to present that Joseph Smith is FACTUALLY the voice of God on earth... something that would be controversial.

Hi KellyCoinGuy, I just spotted your article Mechanical calculator in the recent changes... I don't know anything about the subject myself, but I jumped in and changed your handwritten stub message. If you type {{msg:stub}} at the bottom of an article, the standard wiki stub message will be included. And, more important than the wording of the message is that it links to the page about stubs, and this is how other users will find it. It draws attention to the fact you want it to be fleshed out.  :) Fabiform 17:57, 16 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Yeah, I put in {msg:stub} and it didn't work, so I guess I gave up too early. I also asked someone with a great web page on the subject to come and put more information up there, as my knowledge is somewhat limited in this area, and I didn't feel like doing three hours of research only to have some vandal come by and say I copied it from other sources.

Greek Coins give us links to some of the big encyclopedic sites on Greek Coins; give us links to great public collections with illustrated sites; give us stuff on the uses of Greek coins for history (besides the obvious dating of layers); give us tales of the best discoveries of hoards; more more more --That could be a huge entry and not exhaust the subject! Wetman 05:55, 1 Feb 2004 (UTC) (Sorry you seem to have had trouble over the entry.)

[edit] Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 2000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1
I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:
{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

OR

Option 2
I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:
{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)

[edit] WikiWhacking

WikiWhacking has been proposed on VfD for deletion. It seems to have had no activity for a year, so my suggestion is if you want to keep it, move it into your user space. Your comments welcome; I'm about to go away for a week or so, if it gets deleted in that time and you want a copy I can easily provide one (I have admin authority). Andrewa 04:32, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hi, great idea with that game. It really works in Polish Wikipedia: pl:Wikipedia:WikiRPG. Meteor2017 15:15, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

I changed the name on en:wp to Wikipedia:WikiRPG as well. Seems more appropriate; as in its current incantation it has little if anything to do with Googlewhacking. +sj + 06:31, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Glad you liked it. Hope it catches on some day... :-)

[edit] Puvungna

Nice addition to the Tongva article. I'm wondering if you've visited the Puvungna site. I was there last month, visiting from Ohio for ths first time, and was very disturbed by what I saw. I was shocked to find that there was no historical marker of any sort, there was garbage strewn around, and the spring had been capped with some sort of metal pipe. It's a completely neglected site. In contrast, just nearby is a lavish Japanese garden which looks like it cost millions to build. To me this was very symbolic: the people who had lived in that very area for thousands of years is basically ignored, while a culture from thousands of miles away is privileged. This says to me that those in charge undervalue (to say the least) the Tongva heritage of the area, and this needs to change. The Kuruvungna spring on the grounds of University High School is a good example of how this can be done in a very positive way. Anyway, just my thoughts. Badagnani 23:18, 30 July 2005 (UTC)


I haven't been there myself, the only real connection I had was that my wife (a Native American herself) forwarded me an email once about their plight. KellyCoinGuy

[edit] Behavior driven development

Hi! The article looks terrific now, but the initial contribution was nothing more than a rather vague fragment: Behavior Driven Development is a software design paradigm similar in some ways to Test-driven development. That was a speedy due to lack of content. I'm glad you took the time to expand it into what it is now. It's just that an initially short article needs to have a minimum of content. Have fun! - Lucky 6.9 13:56, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] VFDed Post-object programming

I've VFDed Post-object programming, and seen you contributed to the article, so maybe are interested in the deletion discussion. --euyyn 01:06, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiRPG

On the off chance you come back to visit in the next few days, please weigh in at Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:WikiRPG, as you seem to be the originator of this page. -- nae'blis 21:32, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

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