User talk:Mike Halterman/archive15

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[edit] Page deletion

Revolution within the form is up for deletion. I ask for a vote to transwiki. Thanks. WHEELER 00:29, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for voting

I'd just like to take a moment to thank you, Mike Halterman for voting in my request for adminship regardless if you voted for or against me. Seeing some very valid concerns, I've pulled the RfA until some of the concerns can be addressed. Thanks for your comments, I'll use them to help better myself -- Tawker 02:17, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hey there

Had no idea you were so active on here ^_^ I've been slaving away on the Jeff Miller article... I know it's not much, but hey, you've got to start somewhere. Disavian 12:12, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re:Billboard new Hot 100 chart

Hi Mike! I get my Billboard info from their online services. billboard.com usually posts the new number one album on Wednesday afternoon - sometimes they'll also mention the new number one single. As far as other charts go, I am a paid subscriber to the magazine which gives me access to all the charts online, usually on Thursdays, at billboard.biz. I sometimes see wikipedia chart articles updated pretty early - I don't know what other editors' sources are, but my rule of thumb is to not update that stuff til Billboard officially publishes it. -- eo 11:56, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jim Croce

Hey. Last August you added in the following to the Jim Croce article:

Recently, his widow, Ingrid, was allowed to obtain the permissions from daughter

 Heidieh all of his songs. Since then, she has allowed a PBS special to be made from archive footage as well as footage from the Croce family collection, in order to, in her words, "keep his legacy alive".

I he only references I can find to a daughter are all from wikipedia... Do you remember where you got the information to begin with? It'd be helpful. Anyway, thanks in advance. --Falcorian ^(talk) 07:29, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Nevermind... I see someone added in the part I was interested in later... Sorry to bother you! --Falcorian ^(talk) 07:32, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Heidieh"

I do beleive you are right... I looked at the edits by the users who added it, and they threw it up a few places (some of which were removed promptly too). I think I got them all now though. Heidieh we apologize. --Falcorian ^(talk) 16:21, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hi Mike. I Remind you of you, eh? It will come as a surprise to you then that I like Days, and never much cared for Another World ! Anyway, I wanted to thank you for taking the time to consider my RfA, which passed this morning. If there's ever anything I can help you with, just ask; you know where to find me. �--Meegs 07:39, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AID

Thank you for your support of the Article Improvement Drive. This week Great Leap Forward and Decline of the Roman Empire were selected to be improved to featured article status. Hope you can help…

-Litefantastic 17:41, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sonofagun...

I swore I'd never come back to this crazy site, but I'm glad I snuck a peek at my old user page. I'm glad there's at least one person who misses me.

I'm hanging around some other interest-specific wiki sites, especially a radio control wiki at Wikicities which I've been busily adding to. Phroziac is the founder and she made me an admin off the bat and later a bureaucrat, although I haven't used the bureaucrat function. Yet.  :) If you swing by this wiki, you can drop me an e-mail since I deleted the e-mail contact info over here. I'll fill you in on all the sordid details.

Talk to ya. Signed, the former Lucky 6.9 via 71.102.76.166 06:45, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AW screenshot

I noticed your screenshot of Lindsay Lohan as Alli on Another World, and I wondered how many AW tapes you actually had. I am a BIG fan of the series and I'd like to know if you had any extra tapes you could spare...I'd really appreciate it. Also, you might be interested in the AW userbox.

Have a nice day! Mike H. That's hot 22:40, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I wish I could help; I found the cap on lindsayfans.com, which got it through lindsaylohan.net, and it doesn't look like the person who posted it there is still active on the message boards. Someone there (ll.net) might be able to point you in the right direction, though. Good luck! RadioKirk talk to me 23:08, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Current time

Hi, Mike. Hope you're enjoying the Category:date math templates.

Latest versions:

• Eastern Standard Time: 14:51
• Central Standard Time: 13:51

You can use {{utc}} with any integer from 0 to 23. For UTC+2 use "2" and for UTC-5 use "24 - 5 = 19". Cheers! --Uncle Ed 19:44, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dark Shadows

Shkarter1985 sounds very angry about something, I have no idea what. But, in any case, the Dark Shadows page is back to the version we agreed upon, so my inclination is to let it be.

By the way, the bold on the second mention of Dark Shadows in the intro was intentional, and I think follows wiki policy on article titles, though it is no big deal one way or the other. Rick Norwood 02:10, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Now that I go to look for the reference, I can't find it. Never mind. Rick Norwood 15:25, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Katelyn Faber

Could you weigh in at the bottom of the Talk Page for Katelyn Faber regarding the inclusion of an image of her? User:Tufflaw, who unsuccessfully tried to have the entire article deleted back in December 2005 insists on censoring/deleting it for extremely specious reasons, and I've been asked to gather a consensus. Thanks. Nightscream 18:40, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] thanks

i can't believe i didn't notice that... --Anaraug 05:49, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

	Thank you! Thank you for supporting / opposing / vandalising my RFA! The result was 71/3/0 and so I am now still a normal user / an administrator / indefinitely banned. Your constructive criticism / support / foulmouthed abuse has given me something to think about / helped me immensely / turned me into a nervous wreck. If there's any way I can help you in return, please ask someone else / suffer and die / drop me a line! --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 19:47, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
Dear Mr Blanning, thank you for choosing the ACME Auto-thanker! Simply strike out the phrases that do not apply and tear off this strip at the indicated line to give all your supporters and detractors the personalised response they so richly deserve. N.B: DO NOT FORGET TO TEAR THIS BIT OFF, MORON!

[edit] Invitation to Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan

As you are a member of the Japan-related topics notice board, I thought you might be interesting in helping out with our new WikiProject. We'd love to be able to tap into any particular expertise you may have in order to improve Japan-related articles here on Wikipedia. We look forward to working with you. (^_^) --�--�本穣 06:10, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

As part of the organization of all the Japan-related projects, the Participant list on the Japan-related topics notice board has been discontinued. If you wish to join WikiProject Japan or one of its related projects, we encourage you to visit the project page and do so. Please let me know if you have any questions. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 19:44, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] POV?

Mike, how can there be a point of view in a school's history such as that one that I wrote? I said nothing controversial, didn't accuse anyone of anything, didn't say anything outrageous, didn't really tell the school's history through anyone's eyes in particular; so why is my version POV? I think you're wrong. As it stands now, the history section reads like a rather dull, uninteresting government report about turnip production or city sanitation. My version at least used interesting language. Face it, it's been dumbed down. Kelisi 04:19, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Walk Away

Here's the source I used: http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/BDS_1.html -- This unsigned comment was added by Vikramsidhu (talk • contribs) .

[edit] That's hot

My RfA recently closed and it was a success, passing at 84-02-00. I would like to thank you for taking the time to weigh in and on your subsequent support. And I know it's quite cliche, but if you ever need any assistance and/or want another opinion on something, grab a Pepsi and don't hesitate to drop me a line on my talk page. Thanks again. Pepsidrinka 05:09, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I still don't see your point.

I'll say two things. One is a question:

What other conclusion are readers likely to be led to if I include words like "only" or "utterly" in this article (I didn't use the latter anyway)?

The other is a vocabulary lesson:

The word "temperamental" when applied to a device, means "having a tendency to do unexpected things", which is how I meant it. Please check this out if you don't believe me (Definition 3).

Kelisi 04:51, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A userbox for you.

Hello, Mike. I'm surprised you don't have a userbox like this:

This user loves television.

Cheers !  ;-D Happy editing. -- PFHLai 07:47, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nancy Hughes Peer Review

Whoever added this peer review added it onto Wikipedia:Peer_review/Vermaport. I reverted it back to its last version and I didn't realize that it wasn't kept on the main peer review page. Sorry! (J.reed 08:29, 31 March 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Hi Mike

Thanks for voting on my RFA. One thing - I don't loathe IRC. I've used it myself a few times when I've needed advice. What I loathe is a policy or decision being made there, as it's unlogged, and I believe Wikipedia should always be fully open in everything that goes on - and especially decision-making processes. Best, Proto||type 05:40, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Census Divisions

Please see my comment at Wikipedia_talk:Userboxes/Education/United_States#Issues_with_wikitable. NThurston 13:35, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging Image:Cbs.jpg

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[edit] Image:Beatricearthur.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] A KISS Rfa Thanks

Thank you, I've been promoted. pschemp | talk 01:05, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Years on VSE article

I didn't input any years so I think you have me confused with someone else. All I put were examples of very special episodes. Someone else is putting the years. In my history I'm saying the examples I entered were real because frankly, some of them were out there LOL. But that's how sitcoms used to be back then. But let me say this, I applaud that person for making such an effort. Even if some of the years may be off, I imagine he's put in a lot of work to research every episode and you should cut them some slack. MrBlondNYC 08:32, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hey TCOL !

Didn't think it would take you long to realize that I was both finally at USF and active on wikipedia again. Of course since i ~should~ be studying for finals, I'm a rather motivated editor at the moment. Oh, and I'm EE major, what's yours? -- ∞Dbroadwell 16:43, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

It is believed that this user may be editing Wikipedia under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or herbs.

-- ∞Dbroadwell 01:35, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] With a little help from my friends

Alright? Don't know if yer still knocking about but I was wondering if you could do me a big bad favour. Would you be able to give the Noel Gallagher page an edit from a neutral point of view? I can't get it GA of FA status as it is apparently too POV. There's loads of information there and I think it has the potential to be FA but it needs one last overhaul and your sort of professional like that. Cut down on the POV stuff and polish the article. Reckon you could help? Go on! Cheers--Crestville 22:24, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Don't make me pester you for an reply Mike. I can be pretty persistant.--Crestville 17:00, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Cheers mate, no hurry, no hurry.--Crestville 14:48, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] San Francisco Garter Snake

thanks for your interest in this article. the capitalisation is found both ways in the literature. ill consider changing it after i do a little more research and hear any other wiki comments. cheers. Covalent 22:21, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maynard Jackson

Hi, saw your new infobox there. It makes the succession rather confusing because Jackson served two terms but not in a row. Will you make it more clear? And where you've put a party, the mayor of Atlanta doesn't run with a party affiliation so that's not really accurate. Thanks! Jolomo 14:56, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, he was but I'm still not sure the best way to handle this. There was a discussion around the Mayor of Atlanta page where we ended up puting a "no official party affiliation" disclaimer at the top then listed the party by each office-holder -- especially in the 1870s it was interesting to see who was aligned with who. I'm probably out of the loop, is this the standard infobox for mayors or something? It would be a pretty huge undertaking to update all the other articles! Cheers Jolomo 16:58, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You gots stoled from

Seen how User:Master of Puppets has been signin' his name lately? Very suspicious. ;-) --You Know Who ^{(Dark Mark)} 05:05, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Very nice new sig. :-) Quality. --You Know Who ^{(Dark Mark)} 05:22, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, User:Lar put it in an edit summary and I liked it, so I asked him if I could use it. He said he'd taken it from a "Mike person" who he saw going around; unfortunately he didn't know the full name of Mike Person. So, not wishing to spend days hunting, I just took it. However, I've now taken an even better signature (ha). Master of Puppets ^{FREE BIRD!}

[edit] Boothy443

I see you had a dispute with him in the past. Right now I am in a dispute with him over cable carraige of certain TV stations in certain markets. Every time I add them, he removes them. He needs to understand not to remove factual info, I tried reasoning with him before, but he would not listen. Could you help me on this matter please? CoolKatt number 99999 09:04, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I love you for that vote on Category: Soap Hunks

That was so funny. It made my day. cheers Antares33712 03:51, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh, yes, though born in New York and currently in Atlanta, I am a St. Petersburg boy at heart :-) Antares33712 19:33, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Conservative_notice_board

Hello, I noticed that you identify as a conservative Wikipedian. So I would like to invite you to post any conservative issues you might have over at the new project page, Wikipedia:Conservative_notice_board. Thanks. --Facto 05:34, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Completely off-topic,

But I just read a news story at the Pensacola News Journal website and saw an advertisement for Kerrigan, Estess, Rankin, McLeod & Thompson; 444-4444. Thought you'd like to know. Ral315 (talk) 18:52, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for your time

Dear Mike Halterman/archive15,
Thank you very much for your contributions to my recent RfA. I am pleased to announce that it passed with a tally of 72/11/1, and I am now an administrator. Although you did not choose to support the request, I can assure you that I have taken your advice to heart and will be a better administrator for it. I'll be taking things slowly at first and getting used to the tools, but please let me know if there are any admin jobs I can do to help you, now or in the future. —Cuiviénen 02:24, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Iraq and the War on Terrorism

Wikipedia:WOT has opened its straw poll, and is open to discussion. Rangeley 00:59, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hello, fellow soap fanatic

We meet again! Thanks for adding the comment to the Vicky Wyndham article. I have been doing lots of updates lately....hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes - it's just the English major in me wants to play with sentence structure! I have to get the Harding Lemay book from the library again and add to his article (and a few others). Fascinating book, if you haven't read it. I see you're a big AW fan, so you should read it!

BTW, I may TOTALLY have to steal your Bea Arthur userbox. That's just too damn clever! I have Maude as an icon in my LiveJournal! NickBurns 17:50, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

The Lemay book is good...but I don't know that I'd buy it! Thank God my library has a copy.

I wonder wonder....if there's a GL user box? Though I am pretty heartbroken by how crappy GL is these days. NickBurns 21:15, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey - I'm not on AIM but have Yahoo Messenger. If you email me at pce53703 "at" gmail dot com, I can let you know the details. NickBurns 02:13, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another World fan

I was a huge fan of Another World, particularly in the 60s, 70s, & early 80s. I stopped watching it in the later years. I was surprised to find your page of Another World actors and have added several that came to my mind. I will add any others that I can think of. DannyBartlett 20 June 2006

I think one thing that distinguishes Another World is that so many of the actors who appeared on the program went on to primetime TV and movies, such as Ray Liotta, Kyra Sedgwick, Morgan Freeman, Faith Ford, Susan Sullivan, Ted Shackelford. I got hooked at the very beginning and stayed with the show for probably 20 years. Danny Bartlett 20 June 2006

It's been nice talking with you. I'm fairly new to Wikipedia and have mainly restricted my activity to editing and correcting errors. I have however created a few new articles, such as the article on Virginia Dwyer (Mary Matthews on AW). Danny Bartlett 19 June 2006

Another person who can be added to the Another World page is Jackee Harry. I tried to do it myself, but I couldn't figure out how to add the accent mark over the first "e" in her name. As I said, I'm sort of a neophyte on Wikipedia, but I do consider myself a good writer. Maybe you can add Jackee Harry's name to the AW page. Danny Bartlett 19 June 2006

Hey Mike. I've written two new articles about two of the original cast members of AW, William Prince and Augusta Dabney. Also wrote an article on Mary Page Keller, one of several actors who played Sally Frame. Danny Bartlett 22 June 2006

Just read your new article on Elizabeth Franz. I had actually forgotten about the Alma Rudder character, but that was a great storyline. Another example of a theatre actress used to great advantage on AW. Danny Bartlett 02 July 2006

Mike, I did watch Guiding Light for several years in the 80s. In fact, at one point I was taping both AW and GL and watching in the evening after I got home from work. A friend at work got me started on GL and after I started watching, I went back and read about the earlier history of the show. I remember the storyline regarding Bert's amputation very well. I had stopped watching by the time Charita Bauer's death was actually incorporated into the storyline, but always wondered why the writers waited so long to address her death. Danny Bartlett 05 July 2006

I hope you don't think that I am encroaching on your territory. I've added three new bios for AW actors -- Richard Bekins (Jamie Frame), James Douglas (actor) (Elliott Carrington), and Nancy Wickwire (Liz Matthews). Danny Bartlett 06 July 2006

My newest articles for AW actors are David O'Brien (Dr. Alan Glaser) and Carol Roux (Melissa Palmer Matthews). Danny Bartlett 11 July 2006

I've read your article on Cathy Greene. My newest are Laurie Heineman (the first Sharlene Frame) and Robert Gentry (actor), who I remember for his role as Philip Lyons. Also wrote one for Gregg Marx who appeared in the early years of Days of Our Lives. I've learned how to do external links. Every day it seems that I'm learning something new. Dbart 21:51, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Check out my latest article about actor Alec Mapa. Dbart 20:07, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey, Mike. I came across three articles this week about former AW actors which did not have the Another World category, so I've added that category to their articles -- Chris Bruno (Dennis Carrington), Shepperd Strudwick (an early Jim Matthews), and Kathleen Widdoes (Rose Perrini). Dbart 15:21, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

I just ran across your new article about Maeve McGuire. Good work!! Dbart 21:08, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

I recently got Harding Lemay's book Eight Years in Another World on interlibrary loan and skimmed through it again. I read it several years ago when it first came out. I enjoyed looking through it again and reading his account, for example, of how he decided to match up Mac and Rachel. He really set the tone of the show during some of its greatest years. Dbart 17:04, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

I was just thinking the other day that I should suggest to you writing an article on Val Dufour. Thanks!! Dbart 13:24, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

I noticed your stub on Susan Harney. I'm fairly certain that I read somewhere years ago that she married AW costar Barry Jenner but I can't find anything to verify that now. Thought maybe you might be on the lookout to see if you could come up with anything. Dbart 13:42, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

I came across an article about actor Mike Minor which needed a lot of revision. When checking his listing at imdb.com, I discovered that he had appeared on AW. I remembered the character once I saw the name, but could never have come up with the name of the actor playing the part. He was sort of a villain, involved in a storyline with Sally Frame and the son she had given up for adoption. Dbart 22:01, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

My newest AW articles are Sharon Gabet (Brittany Peterson) and Fred J. Scollay (Charley Hobson). Dbart 21:00, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I've written two articles for Guiding Light actors: Larry Gates (H.B. Lewis) and Don Stewart (Mike Bauer). Dbart 21:44, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userbox

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[edit] Battle of the Network Stars

Thanks for completing the missing years on the Battle of the Network Stars page. Rillian 13:18, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your article, Susan Richardson, was selected for DYK!

On June 29, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Susan Richardson, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! ++Lar: t/c 17:16, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] "Dallas" revision

Ah! I see what you did, and now I understand it, and now it makes sense to me!Asc85 03:05, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dear Mike

Painting #1...

...and #2!

Dear Mike, first of all, please allow me to tell you that I enjoyed your very much learning from your article Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella. It is a beautiful piece of information, and I hope it gets chosen for DYK asap. Besides from congratulating you for it, I simply wanted to drop by to tell you that I have been unable to find any reference to any painting by Georges de La Tour bearing the name Jeannette et Isabelle. The very interesting text you provide as reference mentions a painting by de La Tour, but it doesn't provide a name; and I'm merely curious, is there any chance that, although inspired in the carol, the painting may be named differently? I've taken the liberty to show you the two paintings by Georges de la Tour that feature nativity themes, and I wonder if the one with the two women is the one you're referring to. Again, congrats on your beautiful work, and I hope to talk with you someday. Have a great weekend, Phædriel ♥ tell me - 23:14, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK, soon.

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[edit] Winston tastes good like a cigarette should

Mike! That's an amazing article! You could even say "That's Hot!" :) I quite enjoyed it, and it's awesome to see you stretching the envelope of what you work on. Someday you'll have to tell me what chain of circumstances led to your writing it. I'm almost positive it will get selected. I've tinkered with the fair use rationale on the ad as well... All the best and... happy editing! ++Lar: t/c 15:09, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Awesome work, dear Mike!

Dear Mike, once again I must congratulate you on a very interesting and well-researched piece of work. Have you ever been told, you have a natural talent to capture your readers' interest with your choice of subjects and your writing style? Your new article is beautiful, and considering its historical importance, perhaps we should add links to it from other related topics, like Television commercials. A couple of very minor points you may find useful: AFAIK, the campaign started in 1954, not 1955 [1]; and apparently, James Garner narrated the original ad, and once claimed responsibility for the grammar mistake as he misread it the first time [2]. You don't have to add this info if you don't feel it's adequate, but since you have this gift to catch my interest and make me wanna get involved in your researchs... well, I couldn't resist to dig more into it ;) Congrats again, dear Mike, and thanks for asking for my opinion - I am truly flattered! Big hugs, Phædriel ♥ tell me - 18:50, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

I couldn't help but to notice your message to Bunchofgrapes commenting that you have not found a reference to source the Beverly Hillbillies part, Mike - thus I've taken the liberty to give you this link from CNN that you may find useful in this matter. Hope it helps :) Hugs, Phædriel ♥ tell me - 18:50, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Image:FlintWinston.jpg

With your new expansions, the article is simply looking fabulous now, dear - and please, don't mention it, it is a pleasure to work with you ;) I see that you already got a hang on the reference tags, so I think it's all up to you now, since you're the expert in the field. If you want, I can try and make a capture of the Flintstones commercial to use as illustration - just say the word if you do, k? Again, great work! Hugs and catch you later, Phædriel ♥ tell me - 20:26, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

There we go, dear Mike - see if this is ok. Maybe we should add a little to the Fair use rationale, but I think it won't be that hard. I hope we get to collaborate more in the future! :) Hugs, Phædriel ♥ tell me - 21:07, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

See Talk:Winston_tastes_good_like_a_cigarette_should and Wikipedia:Good_articles/Nominations social sciences section. This article has been nominated as a "good article" by me... it's really coming along nicely now! Way to go, collaborators! ++Lar: t/c 20:38, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Lar! But the credit is all Mike's, I just helped a tiny little bit, that's all... Phædriel ♥ tell me - 21:07, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Just smile, nod, and take some of the credit. :) There's plenty to go round (Mike rocks!) after all. That still from the Flintstones ad is so ... prehistoric, since cartoon characters that are in family shows would NEVER smoke now! Nice find. ++Lar: t/c 00:42, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yay! Way to go, dear Mike!

Congrats to you on your awesome work and for setting a new record for "Fastest promotion to GA status"! Now gimme a high five ;) Hugs, Phædriel ♥ tell me - 12:28, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I'm stupid. Please help

Hey Mike! I may edit like a fiend, but I'm a bit fuzzy on some of the background stuff on Wikipedia.

I think we have a dispute brewing on the Benjamin Hendrickson article and I'm not sure what steps need to be taken next. We have someone who is reverting the details of his death out of the article, and their comments in edit summary are getting increasingly nasty. Any help or advice would be tremendously appreciated - I'm just never dealt with this issue before. Thanks! NickBurns 19:15, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] That vs. which

It seems to me that someone who spends a ton of time writing an article about grammatical correctness, patting himself on the back all the way about what a great article he's written, ought to pay a little more attention to elementary grammatical rules himself, especially in the first sentence of the article. Plus, of course, your thin-skinness about a minor correction reveals -- what? I dunno. Perhaps you just shouldn't be working in WP.... Hayford Peirce 05:11, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

On 20 July 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Winston tastes good like a cigarette should, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

-- Grue  14:39, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair-use images removed from your user page

Hello, Mike Halterman. I've removed some images from User:TheCustomOfLife/DAYSPictures, as they are copyrighted images that are being used under claims of fair use. Unfortunately, by Wikipedia policies, no fair-use images can be used on user pages; please see Wikipedia:Removal of fair use images. These images have not been deleted from any articles. If you have any questions, please let me know. —Bkell (talk) 19:00, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Crystalchappell.jpg)

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[edit] Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch

Sonds like a great idea to start working on, dear Mike - I've been doing some research after getting your message (sorry I didn't reply right away, I was on a short trip until Thursday and I'm just now resuming my editing). There's plenty of online info we can use, including some adds and spots. I'm afraid you're right re. its presence in the public's mind tho, as it was nowhere as popular as the Winston campaign; but it's still another very interesting piece of Americana with much to be said and shown. I'll be going on and off most of the weekend, but I'll focus on this on Sunday, so if you wanna get started, be my guest! :) Otherwise, I'll let you know as soon as I do, k? Have a great weekend, and TTYL! hugs, Phaedriel ♥ The Wiki Soundtrack!♪ - 07:47, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re: More, More! More% More? More)

I see what you're saying but that's a rather silly reason to separate them, don't you think? They're the same song - one could redirect to the other.... set it up just like all the other song articles in WP covered by different artists. Bananarama covered the song as well and released it as a single, although I don't know if they used commas. Sometimes song titles get abbreviated or parenthesis are added in the remake, etc. Should "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison and "(Oh) Pretty Woman" by Van Halen have separate articles? -- eo 00:51, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

P.S. the "too long" message thingy comes up on your talk page when in edit mode, in case ya didn't know.

[edit] Park Tower

skyscraperpage.com is a good link for more info and to actually use in the article itself, sometimes. So is emporis.com ...here's park tower info: http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b676 ++Lar: t/c 13:31, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sup Mike! :)

Sorry about the belated reply, dear Mike - but I think I don't have to tell you how frantic these last days have been, and my vacation is over, ahhhh! :( Anyway, I wished to tell you that I loved your article... then again, I'm biased, I like "everything" you write! OK, time to get serious - I've been researching on the Tareyton campaign, if you're still interested in the subject (you can count on me helping if you do!) and there's quite enough material for a solid article, imho. Check this out, here, here, here (we have a commercial available as well at this site), here (another spot too!), and many, many more. I've been working on a tiny sketch to get started, I can make a stub to kickstart it if you wish. BTW, Mike, thanks so much for your incredibly hot words you-know-where - they meant the world to me :) Hope you're doing great! Hugs, Phaedriel ♥ The Wiki Soundtrack!♪ - 02:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC) PS. Wanna hear something funny? When you do a search for "Tareyton" on Google, you know what appears at spot #23? That's right: your very own talk page! ;)

[edit] I'm on it, hun!

I'm so very super mage ultra sorry, dear Mike, I'm coming, I'm coming! In fact, I just sat in front of the comp after getting up a short while ago (I'm doing the night shift this week, yuck!), and I wanted to reply many many messages, and get to work on the article too... only to find out that the "short stub" has turned into an already AWESOME piece of work! :) You are incredible, buddy! ;) Just gimme 5 mins, and I'll get to work on the templates before you can say "Us Tareyton smokers taste good like a"... no, wait, that's not right... anyway, congrats again on yet another beautiful article, I'm on it! :) Hugs, Phaedriel ♥ The Wiki Soundtrack!♪ - 20:04, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No AIM :(

Ouch, Mike - no, I don't have AIM, but we can get together via MSN or Gmail chat, do you have any of those? Phaedriel ♥ The Wiki Soundtrack!♪ - 22:15, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Awesome then, it won't take you more than a minute :) I'm mailing you my email addy so you can add me when you're done ;) See you there! Phaedriel ♥ The Wiki Soundtrack!♪ - 22:26, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your GA nomination

Please make sure to provide a helpful edit summary (per the instructions and big red box) when editing the nominations list in future. This will help us keep the Good Articles wikiproject running more efficiently. Thanks.  -- Run!  10:55, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

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

Open your card!

Dear Mike, thank you so much for your beautiful words, your kidness and your trust in me. My Request for Adminship is finally over, and the support and appreciation that the community has gifted me will stick in my mind as long as I live. I have no way to properly express how grateful I am to you for all you've done for me, and all I can tell you is, I'll try not to disappoint you nor anyone else with my use of the buttons... and if I mess up, make sure to come here and give me a good yell! :) Seriously, tho, if you ever need my help, either for admin-related stuff or in any other way, you'll always be welcome to message me, and I promise I'll try my very best.
For all the friendship and good moments you've gifted me, and the pleasure of sharing our time working shoulder by shoulder on your great articles, you've earned yourself a special place in my heart, dear Mike. A high five, once again! :) With a big hug, your friend,

Phaedriel ♥ tell me

[edit] DYK

Template:DYKupdatednom smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 12:59, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chatting

Hey - sorry I've been incognito for a bit. Yahoo Msgr isn't available here at work and is wonky with my Mac at home. But I'd really like to catch up! NickBurns 20:25, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Carmen Duncan

Thanks, the Carmen Duncan article needed a good picture! Did she appear on Number 96 before Australian TV switched to color? I was wondering why it was in black and white (in the US, we switched to color in the mid-1960s). Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 17:54, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks re Thanks. Carmen Duncan's appearances in Number 96 were during 1973 when the series was still in black and white. She appeared in no colour episodes of the show. Australian TV officially switched to colour at Easter 1975 although there were test colour broadcasts for several months prior to this. The initially planned switch to colour was put back after Aust committed to participating in the Vietnam war. Number 96 began taping episodes in colour in the later months of 1974; its first colour test broadcast was in November 1974 - Josephine Knur's final episode. Unfortunately nearly all the b&w episodes of Number 96 have now been wiped. Being b&w on TV is probably a major factor in the production of the Number 96 feature film - now on DVD - in full colour super grainy 16 mm! Asa01 21:10, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi, stranger!

Just wandered in to see what weirdness was going on in the recently blocked users page. That is, without question, the best kept secret on the internet for sheer entertainment value. Tagged a couple of speedies for old time's sake and I fear that the Wikipedia bug is starting to nibble, if not bite. Damn the luck.  :) Busy administrating and bureaucrating (is that a word?) at other wikis including this one through which you can e-mail me if you want. 74.62.6.84 03:05, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citiation reuqested

Although I cannot get anything official until Tuesday when I return to the school, but I found this date in sevaral histories outlined in yearbooks, several interviews, and several newspaper articles. I shall update with specifics as soon as I can.

[edit] I Spit on/On Your Grave

I notice years ago you redirected "I Spit on Your Grave" to "I Spit On Your Grave". Unless you have some information indicating the "on" in the title is upper case, I intend to move the article back to "I Spit on Your Grave". --Father Goose 21:59, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Guess who...?

Yup. Me!! - Lucky 6.9 02:51, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Ha, ha.  :) Stay in touch, ya hear? It's always great to hear from you. - Lucky 6.9 02:54, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Go raibh maith agat!

Hi there, Mike!

Thank you so much for supporting my RfA! It ended up passing and I'm rather humbled by the support (and a bit surprised that it was snowballed a day early!). Please let me know if I can help you out and I welcome any comments, questions, or advice you wish to share.

Sláinte!

hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 08:01, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Days of our Lives

I'd just like to thank you for informing me that you reverted and explaining why. A lot of the time, whenever other editors revert something I've done (such as a page move), they do so without any explanation in their edit summary or on my talk page or anywhere else. Anyway, I've replied on Talk:Days of our Lives (or is that "Our"? :)) about the issue. Thanks again. Extraordinary Machine 12:41, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flavor of Love Episode 8 Summary

Hey there. I re-edited the Flavor of Love summary because, according to Wikipedia, the entire page is getting too long. So the summary I initially wrote was too long to begin with and it still needs to be re-edited. Sorry I deleted some of your edits, I'm just trying to make the page more efficient. Thanks for your time. I appreciate your input. Sweet Pinkette 17:18, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No source image

Image:Markpinter.jpg has no source and will be deleted in 7 days. YellowDot 02:55, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] soap opera characters

Oh I see my msitake. I assume full responsibility and I?ve cleaned up aftter my own mess. -- Drini 20:26, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Apopka High School

Hopefully you will like my edits to the article; I'm adding as much relevant info as I can find! WhisperToMe 05:26, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Halloween, ya nut.

Spinning the country hits; thought I'd do a bit of NPP. How ya doin'? - Lucky 6.9 02:25, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hey there!

Hey Mike, sorry I've been so incognito. I've been working, writing a novel, and volunteering for a political group here working against a same-sex marriage ban. I can't load AIM onto a Mac for some reason.

The Beverlee Mc picture is, can I just say, faaabulous. Very cool picture! I was just thinking about her the other day, when they were suggesting Vincent Irizarry was coming back (I guess he's not). I'd love to see just one week of her again as Alexandra. Oh, well. NickBurns 21:00, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I'll try to be on YM this weekend. I am out of town for the rest of the month as of next week. NickBurns 17:33, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Survey Q

Have you ever been to the southern hemisphere? Respond here Deadline for entries is December 15th, PST. AstroBoy 03:35, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Smile!

Editor at Large has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Mike! happy belated birthday :-) Hope things pick up for you, I'm here to rant at if need be! — Editor at Large^(speak) 19:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Good stuff, my friend.

I swear, you need to write a lot more thna you already do. Just fantastic stuff. And don't be a stranger, ya hear? You my buddy.  :) - Lucky 6.9 23:42, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

• What an overdue article that was, too. You should put it on "Did You Know?" right away. That's just too important an article not to. Damn good catch, man. - Lucky 6.9 03:53, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Problematic User

Hello, there. I've noticed a Wikipedian, User:Yrgh, who has been adding rumors to various soap opera articles. While normally I would not report this to an admin, he reverted the changes I made and re-added his rumors, which was very annoying. Whatever you could do would be helpful; his rumors are starting to be reported on message boards w/ people saying, "Well, Wikipedia said..." Juppiter 01:55, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Burst of Joy

Looks good! Kirill Lokshin 04:16, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Davidletterman.jpg)

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[edit] Did you know

On 20 November 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Burst of Joy, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 10:12, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unspecified source for Image:Stpetetimesforum.JPG

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Thanks, I figured that was the case, but you can't assume. ccwaters 14:01, 29 November 2006 (UTC)