User talk:Mike 7/Archive3

Contents 1 Transfer of adminship 2 Thanks 3 Thank You, 4 Your birthday message 5 Ok...ok 6 hi 7 Oh! 8 Biography Newsletter August 2006 9 From Kerojack, Argenta 10 Wikipedia - Jack Kerouac entry 11 Jack Kerouac - Websites 12 Yay for You! 13 From Netscope 14 "Vandalism" 15 From Suresh Gupta 16 Welcome 17 Hmmm 18 Returning the smile, Hello!!! 19 Category 20 I noticed you are smiling at people a lot 21 You too 22 Photos 23 Hey thanks! 24 Thanks! 25 Politicians 26 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus_Emerged 27 Lists vs. Categories 28 Re - new article "Orpheus Emerged" 29 Thanks for the smile 30 Orpheus Emerged - Edits 31 Cheers! 32 Thanks for the BarnStar 33 Kellie Pickler page 34 GHe's RfA 35 Plot Summary -- Orpheus Emerged 36 Categories 37 Thanks! 38 Smile! 39 Thanks 40 Polish-Americans 41 Thanks for the barnstar... 42 Happy birthday to me! 43 Thanks for the smile! =D 44 Versus 45 Thanks! 46 You've got a Thank you card! 47 Thanks and for YOUR work 48 Yes (nt) 49 Thank you! 50 Thank you 51 McPhee

[edit] Transfer of adminship

Dear Michael, you are talking about the lack of reputation. I think you are talking about the few adminship actions I have enacted. I hope that the explanation on the talk page is clear enough. If you mean something else, please let me know. I am allways ready to learn. Electionworld = Wilfried (talk 08:54, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

OK, i don't really see a problem, but i can solve that by changing my signature for the time being in Electionworld (previously User:Wilfried Derksen). Electionworld = Wilfried (talk 09:06, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

I did, thanks for your support. Electionworld (prev. :Wilfried) (talk 21:06, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the birthday wishes! DoubleBlue (Talk) 14:33, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank You,

Thanks Michael, for that brief intruduction. I could sure use your help and support when edeting or writing something on Wikipedia. I do not have a college education, so I have difficulty writing and lots of times comprehending things, I have to go over them again and again till I finnaly get it, but I will get it.

If it is ok with you, may I contact you if I have any questions related to Wikipedia?

[edit] Your birthday message

		Thanks for all the wonderful banners
		To the people who have wished me a happy birthday: I appreciate the show of appreciation for me and I hope I can pass it on to others--Chili14 21:54, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ok...ok

• Wait..warnings???

Dude im helping to the krizalids page , im postings about the things that you can see in the kof 2002 chinese comics, im not stealing nothing...

• Thanks , believe me im not gonna steal anything, and sorry , my english is not perfect and sometimes i understend and write bad.Don't get mad, i just want to make the best krizalid information page.

krizalid 02:16, 5 August 2006 (UTC) Is everything ok now? Finnaly....after all this crap,finnaly all is ok.

[edit] hi

I can see the policy of why you put it up for deletion, but you could have notified me because I know how to add external links and other things. OK Thanks. --Shakim67 01:23, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oh!

I didn't know that. Thanks! Yardena 01:32, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Biography Newsletter August 2006

The August 2006 issue of the Biography WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. plange 01:46, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] From Kerojack, Argenta

Mike - Thanks for adding citation to the edit I performed on Pulp's Missing Singles, and for being patient with a newbie.Kerojack, Argenta 02:21, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia - Jack Kerouac entry

Mike, I was checking this entry, as Kerouac is one of my favorite authors, and the web link to www.jackkerouac.com is no longer valid. Rather than just edit it, I then did research for the last two hours to see if there was a better site that could be substituted. While there are many sites out there, nothing definitive. I checked the domain and both .org and .com are registered to the Estate Of Jack Kerouac, which figures, and the .net is to a private individual. At present therefore it looks like the wikipedia entry is the most "official" given that wikipedia entries by default have to be closely edited and verified. What is the rule on amending web site links? Should they point to one considered most useful in the view of the editor (i.e. me) or should they point to an "official" site (i.e. one that is authorized by the Estate Of Jack Kerouac). Apologies for long post to your talk page. Hope this is ok.--Kerojack, Argenta 03:47, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jack Kerouac - Websites

Thanks for updating the entry. I agree there are many J.K. sites out on the world-wide web, and a google showed that some even purport to be official websites, but so far the ones I looked at seem to be publishing a mix of items repeated from elsewhere or contain editorial, which in itself is perfectly acceptable within the confines of the website, but not within the confines of Wikipedia. There are very few authorities that I would accept, one being Ann Charteris. --Kerojack, Argenta 04:40, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yay for You!

Thank you so much for catching my mistake about the welcome notice. In fact:

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Given to Mike 7 for catching those ittsy bitsy mistakes! omtay38 04:50, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Cheers! --omtay38 04:50, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] From Netscope

Hey there Michael - Thanks for the warm welcome.

[edit] "Vandalism"

Could you please not mark good faith edits as vandalism, like this: [1], and rather explain in the summary that it should be on the talk page? CP/M ^comm |Wikipedia Neutrality Project| 23:00, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, don't mind then. I'm just somewhat concerned with many people lately using reversion and calling edits vandalism wherever they don't like something, and this edit followed pattern of a newbie, not a vandal. Thanks for explanation about this user. CP/M ^comm |Wikipedia Neutrality Project| 08:24, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] From Suresh Gupta

I confirm that I have registered with you. My Email id with you is correct. I shall read the tutorial and am enthusisstic about working with Wiki.

Regards,

Suresh Gupta

[edit] Welcome

Thank you for the welcome. I didn't know how to sign my name. Thanks for telling me. Ziv Goldstein 07:42, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hmmm

Speaking of Polish-Americans (Zuniga talk), this one is my favorite. I'd heard the term before, but I'd only stumbled on to this recently and it is so fascinating. Out of all the American criminals, this guy is the closest - by a wide margin - to a real-life comic book mad genius. He looks like such a distinguished professor in that picture, too (though it seems he usually looked more nutso in the other pics of him). Apparently he shares/shared the same cell block with a couple of Muslim/Arab terrorists and a few of the neo-Nazi/Oklahoma city idiot rednecks. In comparison, he doesn't seem so bad. Mad Jack 08:28, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Returning the smile, Hello!!!

Æon ^{Insane Ward} 21:39, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category

Yes, it's very odd. That user is just opposed to these X-American cats, I think. We should obviously have that category. Mad Jack 21:58, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I noticed you are smiling at people a lot

There can only be ONE response to that! Æon ^{Insane Ward} 22:22, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		you keep smiling at people at random and have spread the wikilove so here is a lot in return on behalf of the Community! Æon Insane Ward 22:22, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

You earned it! lol Æon ^{Insane Ward} 22:26, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the smile, it brightened my day! :D -- Natalya 23:14, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Mine too! Thanks a bunch, Michael. Cheers, Sango123 03:31, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You too

Have a nice week! Yardena 22:31, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photos

I've noticed you added this template and you asked me about photo loading before but you haven't loaded any so far, so, do you need further help in this or have you just not tried yet? Mad Jack 01:11, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hey thanks!

I actually got sorta dissed for the welcome work when I went up for admin a while back. Didn't really understand it. I still believe in a positive approach and TRY to practice it. I am glad to see that you are thriving so well in the community. Peace, Kukini 02:57, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Michael, thank you for the birthday wish! And here's a smile right back at ya:

--Fbv65edel / ☑t / ☛c || 03:06, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Politicians

Definitely, the category should be recreated Mad Jack 04:21, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Absolutely nothimg, I'm afraid Mad Jack 05:06, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

It may be because the name did not include a hyphen (the original actors category had a hyphen). I think the hypen makes all the difference Mad Jack 05:10, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, he did not delete the one with the varied hyphen, so that may be a clue Mad Jack 05:16, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Then perhaps he may once again not see it. Mad Jack 05:28, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia isn't much known for its consistancy (aside from the X-American list content, natch :) :) ) Mad Jack 05:39, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus_Emerged

Mike -- This is my first article. I hope that it makes sense, it does draw heavily on the Library Journal review as I have not yet read the book. I was reading through the On The Road section and noticed that no page existed for Orpheus Emerged. Problems: I haven't gone through the text and linked everything using the brackets. I was hoping I could do this when the article had been approved, or at least approved as a stub entry, so that othere more capabale than I could review it and add whetver they wanted. Kerojack, Argenta 05:08, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lists vs. Categories

Ah, the old List vs. Category debate. I have no idea why we have both. Lists on Wikipedia are essentially useless. Are you suggesting that those people should not be categorized as X-Americans at all because we have a list of them? There is actually a deletion vote on some of the lists going on at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Bengali actresses. Personally, I would prefer categories to lists. Mad Jack 06:19, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

I know, but the sources could just as easily be in the article(s) if we had none of the lists. Mad Jack 06:27, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re - new article "Orpheus Emerged"

Mike Have taken on board comments and rewritten article in neutral tone, no review item, and condensed entry to a stub. Suggest this article be made a stub entry. Kerojack, Argenta 15:11, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the smile

Thanks for "smiling upon" other Wikipedians! It makes me want to smile at you!

--Gray Porpoise 22:01, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orpheus Emerged - Edits

Thanks for updating the entry in terms of style. I still have it flagged that it reads like a review. I was hoping that my edits would have turned it into a neutral factual comment as to what the book is, when it was written and when it was published. I have a copy of the first edition so that would confirm the year of publication, the date of the paperback was sourced on Amazon, and the factual comment about what the book was about was sourced from various sites, including the publisher's site and some reviews on Aamzon that corroborated the comment. Kerojack, Argenta 02:32, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cheers!

Thanks for the rather unexpected smile! :-) CaptainVindaloo ^{t c e} 14:53, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the BarnStar

Thanks for the Star Michael! Æon ^{Insane Ward} 16:11, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kellie Pickler page

Just a quick note, you've made several edit summaries in which you say that fansites are not allowed, or not to be included. Please review WP:EL in which it clearly states that On articles about topics with many fansites, including a link to one major fansite may be appropriate, marking the link as such. Fansites are ok, provided that only one major one is included. Just an FYI. Batman2005 18:37, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh I absolutely agree! I've actually deleted fansites from that very same page quite a bit...though that was back during the actual competition. I just wanted to make sure that you weren't going to delete ALL the fansites, just the fansite spam that seems to occur on there quite frequently. Batman2005 22:35, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GHe's RfA

[edit] Plot Summary -- Orpheus Emerged

A couple of things, first I am going to work on a plot summary, second Amazon.com have started their own product wikis for their popular books, and I wonder if this info might be passed on as I am sure that wiki authors preparing and/or maintaining wiki entries on their favorite books would like to ensure that Amazon.com's product wiki isn't too far off base. Of course they don't need to but I gather some have an almost evangelical (if that's the right word) zeal in getting the story right. Kerojack, Argenta 01:09, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Categories

Yessssss they clearly are Mad Jack 01:41, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Roger that! Thanks Æon ^{Insane Ward} 03:01, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Smile!

Thanks, I need that. =D Yanksox 04:20, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

I needed it =D alphaChimp ^laudare 04:29, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Polish-Americans

BTW, I think this weekend is some kind of historic moment for Polish-Americans (well, I am exaggerating, but you get the point) - possibly or probably the first time that two movies that star Polish-American actresses are given a wide release on the same weekend. There's Maria Bello - who is half - in World Trade Center, and Kristen Bell in Pulse. They both have the same last name, even, sort of! I'm not sure if Bell is all Polish or not, though an Ellen DeGeneres interview seemed to indicate that (also in World Trade Center - Stephen Dorff and Maggie Gyllenhaal - whose Jewish ancestors may well have been from Poland - but that doesn't really count). Anyway, enjoy the moment, I guess, lol. Mad Jack 05:05, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Well I notice stuff like that (i.e. two Pol-American actresses in one week - probably the first time) and I realized that it must be some kind of a rarity with leading actresses (well, Bell is kind of supporting) so I noticed it and didn't have anyone else to tell it to. Mad Jack 05:09, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

You oughta get rid of the "Brett Asa Young Ace Young / Brett Young" name thing. The lettering is so large and so annoying. It should just be "Ace Young" in that infoboc. Career seems fine to me, i.e. the three-section division seems to get it right. Did you include critical reviews of Young's performances (i.e. by non-American Idol judges)? Those could help (i.e. see Mandy Moore - the music section - for what I mean) Mad Jack 05:24, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Where should they be placed? Probably according to when the reviewer wrote about Young, i.e. were they reviewing his American Idol performances? Then in that section. Also I would get rid of "He appeared at the DVD premiere of High School Musical and the premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest." I bet hundreds of people appeared at those premiers. It sounds "NON-N"! Mad Jack 05:28, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh well, fair enough, you may be able to squeak it by regardless Mad Jack 05:42, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I have copy-edited the article and fit it into the standard Early/Career/Personal life format. Some of the stuff needs citation, and, no indication is given that Young is a Mormon, only his mother (Mormonism doesn't pass through the maternal line:) ) that needs a source. I "FACT"ed the other stuff. I hope you like it - the article has been "MAD JACK"ed. Mad Jack 06:10, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh Mike I was just removing the Mormon cat and put in "Sorry Joseph Smith" to the edit summary, but you ruined my joke. Anyway, thanks for looking that up, it just goes to show you that when people assume.... You should include the fact that he is a non-Denom Christian somewhere in the article - personal life - cite it too. Mad Jack 06:20, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

An eclair and medium-sized iced cappuccino, please. To go. Mad Jack 06:26, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh, you're talking about that again. OK, well, it's not bad, the writing is fine, you do need to cite those two lines I stuck with the "FACT" tag. Seems to address User:Lincher's concerns (i.e. the old GA). Why are you interested in this guy, anyway? Katharine McPhee is much hotter. I still would like to find out her background - Irish and Jewish or not? If I had to bet money I would say yes, but I need that source... Mad Jack 06:34, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I nominate you to write to McPhee's mother, and then I second, third, and fourth the vote that you write to her. So... I guess it's up to you. Mad Jack 06:39, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

No I haven't written to anyone, I don't write to people about their background. :) I had a chance to ask Lindsay Lohan how Italian she was exactly, but I didn't. Oh well. Mad Jack 06:41, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

No I seriously doubt she is 50%. Both her parents have Irish names. She mentioned an "Italian grandmother" once. Both her parents look half-something. My suspicion is either one of her parents is half or both of her parents are half and half - not completely unusual - though I can't actually thing of anyone who has two "half-Italian" or "half Jewish" or anything similar parents (well, Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker's kids will be, and so will quite a few other celeb kids, but I mean actual famous people and not just celebrity kids). In person. She was filming Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen in June of 2003 (before anyone knew who she was except me) here where I live, but I did not really talk to her, just watched some of the filming (I got the director's autograph, though). Mad Jack 06:46, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Her article says her father was Jewish and her mother "may have Jewish ancestry", straight from the source cited (check the source). Obviously her mother was not Jewish in any sense except possibly having some Jewish ancestry. But I love how roughly up to December 2005, every single site on the net said Parker's mother was Jewish and father was not. I bet she said she was "half Jewish" somewhere and someone assumed because her last name is WASPy. But in a book interview Parker noted her background - i.e. see the source cited. Mad Jack 06:49, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Clearly, but this is why Jewish as an ethnicity is so hard to track. So many people changed their names, moreso than, say, Italian. If someone's last name is Black they are almost assuredly not Italian, Finnish, or Dutch on that side, but don't be surprised if they are Jewish. Same for any other generally Anglo last name. Mad Jack 06:54, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Probably changed it from "Schwarz" at some point. Mad Jack 06:57, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah you should create a non-Denominational Christians category. Stick Anne Hathaway in it too.. Mad Jack 07:02, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

There doesn't appear to be the usual list of names over at Non-denominational Christianity, but I'm sure more will pop up after you create it . Mad Jack 07:04, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

NO Mad Jack 07:10, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, there is something like Christian Musicians, but I think it has a different purpose. Dunno Mad Jack 07:10, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the barnstar...

You added a little light to my day with the Template barnstar, so here is a little light for yous. - LA @ 09:54, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Ribbon

Thank you for the barnstar and the comments. I really appreciate you stopping by to give me a thumbs up. And the Law & Order template that you saw, you are talking about the one still in production in my user space, correct? - LA @ 09:54, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I see that Aeon liked my idea of the WikiSun. I can't seem to keep any good thing to myself. :)

Not a problem.

About the Law & Order template, you were talking about the one that isn't live yet that is sitting in my userspace, correct? - LA @ 20:20, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy birthday to me!

Thanks for the thoughtful birthday wishes, and the kind smile! :) – 13:02, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the smile! =D

It brightened my day! :) I'll give you these chocolate chip cookies in return, hoping you're not allergic to chocolate - but if you are, they're sugar cookies in disguise. ;) Have a good day! :) Srose (talk) 13:17, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Versus

Hi. I saw your edit and self-revert in the "Lawrenceville, Georgia" article. I'm not very old, and only in my lifetime has the commoner abbreviation of versus switched from vs. to v. It seems to have happened sometime in the 1990s. Plenty of persons and other sources still use vs.—which, of course, will also be the commoner thing to find in material printed before the shift. Also, if the two parties in a court case have the surnames Thomas and Trapp, and the case is Thomas v. Trapp, the v. could be misread as standing for the German surname prefix von: Thomas von Trapp instead of Thomas versus Trapp. Anyway, just offerring a bit of information. — President Lethe 15:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

For the nice first edit day message. --Dakota 19:23, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You've got a Thank you card!

[edit] Thanks and for YOUR work

		Esperanza Barnstar
		It is only fitting that you be the second person to be Awarded the brand new Esperanza Barnstar. Æon Insane Ward 00:38, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I LOVE cookies! Æon ^{Insane Ward} 04:08, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the Welcome! Æon ^{Insane Ward} 15:12, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yes (nt)

Mad Jack 07:40, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

NT means "no text". I.e. only the title with no text attached Mad Jack 07:43, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

No not really. I've been under this account longer. I just wanted the name "Mad Jack", but I ended up just changing my user preferences to include that. Mad Jack 07:47, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

Thank you for the birthday wishes! I had a great day, made all the better by your kind message! EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME 16:11, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

And let me add another thanks for the lovely barnstar. :) Thanks, dear Michael. Sango123 17:37, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

[edit] McPhee

Now that Mandy Moore is an FA and Ace Young is a GA, it seems time for McPhee to be a GA too, with the biggest requirement being finding a reliable source for her ethnic background, of course. :) Mad Jack 03:14, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

I know, it's annoying. She went to the same school as Rachel Bilson and they kind of look alike. We should ask Rachel Bilson. BTW, I'm finally going to town on the Jewish actors list (i.e. much is still unsourced). This should provide me with good entertainment for a few hours. Mad Jack 03:17, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Actually that source explicitly states, twice, that Eigenberg's father is Jewish. Nothing is said on Eigenberg... (the quote is his father's) Mad Jack 05:01, 11 August 2006 (UTC)