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Contents 1 Good luck! 2 talk page editing 3 re: talk page editing 4 Moving page errors 5 Regina v. Richards 49 C.C.C. (2d) (1980) 6 Heidegger 7 Burford 8 Fact-value distinction 9 Keith Richards.... 10 Nick Dyer-Witheford 11 Looking for this quote 12 Hazel McCallion's "ideological pretensions" 13 "Habssuck" 14 Silly Old Berk aka Keef Rishids 15 Burroughs 16 Dunedin, Florida 17 Keith Richards edits 18 Comerica Park 19 Anne Tyler 20 Red Tory 21 The BVM and Leo Strauss 22 Literary Outlaw cover 22.1 Thanks 23 Hello Detroit Architectural contributers: 24 Well . . . ..... 25 More photos 26 Perfect photo 27 Lafayette Towers

[edit] Good luck!

Good luck! [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 06:24, Dec 2, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] talk page editing

I've reverted this edit of yours because it changed section headings and removed comments without creating an archive. You can move comments to Talk:Political science/Archive 1, but you should only do it verbatim, that is, don't change the section headings. After that, link the archive page from the top of the current talk page. --Joy [shallot] 09:42, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] re: talk page editing

You've deleted all the comments about this, so I'm not sure if I should answer those that were temporarily there, or not? --Joy [shallot] 23:39, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Oh, they're at that talk page now. Never mind, I'll answer there. --Joy [shallot]

[edit] Moving page errors

Not really the right place for that request, but I'll look at it for you. Noel (talk) 19:07, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

PS: I don't usually check other User_talk: pages (so that I don't have to monitor a whole long list of User_Talk: pages - one for each person with whom I am having a "conversation"), so please leave any messages for me on my talk page (above); if you leave a message for me here I probably will not see it. I know not everyone uses this style (they would rather keep all the text of a thread in one place), but I simply can't monitor all the User_talk: pages I leave messages on. Thanks!

OK, I think I got it straight.

For future reference, to create a Wikipedia:Redirect to e.g. Fact-value distinction from some other title, you just need to edit the other page so that the contents are just "#Redirect [[Fact-value distinction]]" (just that one line) and then any reference to any of the other titles will automatically take you to the target named in that line. Noel (talk) 19:26, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the help on my redirect problem --Mikerussell 05:17, 2005 Jan 29 (UTC)

Sure, no problem, you're welcome. Noel (talk) 13:25, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Regina v. Richards 49 C.C.C. (2d) (1980)

I added some comments to Keith Richards article/discussion, leave any comments below if one wants.--137.207.120.143 21:48, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Heidegger

Dear Mikerussell, you have heavily attacked my comments on the Martin Heidegger - Talk page. I'm afraid this is a misunderstanding. Sam Spade had taken out the parts of the article, and I commented on them. You are right that the article is now very unneutral because the whole nazi involvement is missing. I will try to reinsert the thing. - You accuse me of having a bias, this is true as of talking privately, I heavily reject the largest parts of Heidegger's philosophy and see its connections to nazism. You accuse me of searching for an exculpation, which is ridiculous. Please read my comments and keep in mind they are not to be taken into the article, but were comments on a paragraph on the talk page taken out my someone else, Sam Spade, of whom I have no knowledge at all. The problem I had was the Spiegel interview. You ask: "What is wrong?" I have told so: in the whole interview, there is no comment anyway that links nazism to eastern German communism - this was a factual inaccuracy in the article! So I cannot have failed to address this analogy because H. never built it. Nor is there, in the interview, a reference to the holocaust comparing it to food production. Heidegger made this comment, but not in the Spiegel interview, but in a lecture, c. 1949. I wanted to clarify this. --217.93.124.204 16:44, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC) (de:Benutzer:Chef)

See, I have reinserted it. I still do not see what is the point of the whole Celan paragraph, and, by the way, the so called "conclusion" is far more POV pro-Heidegger than anything I have written.--217.236.169.247 17:15, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Oh, maybe I was a little cranky, and I did not know who took what out, in fact I had a difficult time knowing who- you, or Sam Spade- was making the comments. You might want to 'sign' after ever comment to make things clear. I thank you for letting me know that you are sensitive to the issues, and I wish i had more time right now to investiagte the der Speigel interview, I still think there was a reference to East Germany and the Holocaust, You say there is not, so until I can get to the library, I will defer to your judgment. I appreciate your input.--Mikerussell 21:41, 2005 Mar 23 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I have re-read the interview and there is no comment on East Germany at all, just a small one on communism in general and not in any closer connection or comparison to nazism. But see for yourself.--62.226.94.202 19:20, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Burford

Just wondering if you have a personal connection with Burford given the detailed (and accurate) assessment of the town you've given. I'm from the town originally. -- Matty j 19:41, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

I worked at the high school for a year. Being a 'city' person, living in or close to Toronto and Detroit all my life, I was impressed by Burford and the students. It gave me a glimpse of small town life. The little blurb in the article is just from a scrap of prose I had scribbled around with.--Mikerussell 03:04, 2005 Jun 23 (UTC)

[edit] Fact-value distinction

Hi Mike, this article of yours seems to be nearly identical with Is-ought problem. Could you incorporate it into the other one and place a redirect? I will also place the appropriate merge templates. --Ozan Ayyüce 13:15, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

I don't know why you would want to say that the Fact-Value Distinction is less known, or should be collapsed into 'Is-ought', you got things backwards, really. This article is out on the Internet in many non-wiki encyclopededia, (just do a google search to see) so it has value and should remain as such. The article is directly related to Ruth Ann Putnam's articles with the same title. If people want to expand it- fine- but to merge it is to deprive the work of a useful article, that carries much more currency than just 'Is-ought'. --Mikerussell 16:53, 2005 August 9 (UTC)

[edit] Keith Richards....

I read an interview at the time when Voodoo Lounge was coming out where Jagger stated he dug "Wicked As It Seems" and that "Love Is Strong" was inspired by it. It was also on a MuchMusic special when VL came out.

Secondly, the color schemes that I put in for the albums are the ones that have been approved and designated by Wikipedia. Orange for regular studio albums, darkseagreen for compilations and darkturquoise for live releases. I didn't choose the schemes, but that's what they are and they have to be followed for consistency.

Thanks... BGC 12:32, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nick Dyer-Witheford

Re-added NPOV tag along with explanations on the talk page. Thanks for pointing this out to me. (clem 12:16, 20 October 2005 (UTC))

added my response at on the article's talk page. --Mikerussell 04:37, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Looking for this quote

Hey dufi, nice profile, makes you seem likr you still work at UTM, why don't you confess your corporate soullessess or did you piss off another boss. This is what you may want to incorporate in the George Grant article.

"The study of philosophy is the analysis of the traditions of our society and the judgement of those traditions against our varying intuitions of the Perfections of God" circa 1950. Jorge Lima, aka Dr. Byfield's physician.--66.11.93.9 00:52, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, if I ever get more time I will try to add it. Why don't you do it yourself. Since when is a university not a 'corporation' too?--Mikerussell 00:54, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

I added the quote in this section [1]--Mikerussell 18:32, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Mike - good job on the Grant edit. I have been working on it in my spare time, although you have done a fabulous job most recently. I would like us to add in some political activities to the article, as Grant was fundamentally opposed to Vietnam War and then had a doctrnal falling-out with the New Left. As well, Grant's excitement over the PC Win in 1984 turned sour just before his death with the announcement that Mulroney was seeking an FTA with the USA. All worth noting. TrulyTory 03:21, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hazel McCallion's "ideological pretensions"

I suppose this is rather belated, by six months or so, but it is the first time I read your comments and they sparked my curiousity. To say that Mayor McCallion has no ideological pretension means she does not closely or recurrently align herself with a clearly defined political party or right or left wing policy framework. You're definition must be different, at least I am assuming, so before I make a revision to the article in the future, I thought I would ask for an explanation to your problem with such an accurate assememnt. In the new edit I will add info on how she has worked with both provincial and federal parties and her own lack of a university education which may be a contributing factor in the absence of an ideological orientation. Also, the fact she is a municipal politician adds much, if not all-to-obvious, weight to her absence of defining herself as a party affliated politician. Quiet frankly, I think you are biasing the article out of your ignorance. --Mikerussell 07:08, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

To write that she has no ideological pretensions or orientations is meaningless opinion and cannot be proven. If it is meant to mean something else, then it should be written another way. As it was written, I could read it to mean that McCallion holds no ideology above any other -- that, for example, she'd be equally comfortable with Trotskyite Communism and Mussolini Fascism. If you wish to state "she does not closely or recurrently align herself with a clearly defined political party or right or left wing policy framework" then that's what you should write, and provide sources to prove. I myself have some doubts on the latter part, and would watch for neutral, reliable sources to back it up (as opposed to original research). Also, I respectfully request that you refrain from making assumptions about my ignorance on the subject. Cleduc 19:31, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

It strikes me as biased or POV to interpret the word ‘ideological’ in this article- a civic leader in Mississauga- in the fashion you have in your response. Do you seriously think the average reader would assume she is a Trotskyite? Get a grip on the language used, and not a strict, exaggerated interpretation of the word. We cannot assume every wikipedia reader is a moron; the context under which one writes cannot be debased by some irrational standard applied by a single opinionated contributor. Apart from taking a rather straightforward and frank assessment of your qualification on the topic, namely Mayor McCallion and Mississauga’s governance, too personally, you have failed to offer much in response to counter my original astonishment at the surprise I have at your edit of the article. I will try to add more and replace a picture that as taken down, but overall, unless you really think that it is prudent, logical, or good prose to make certain ‘ideology’ a word coined by Karl Marx and tied to his view of History, a word almost totally divorced from its original meaning, which currently covers a wide spectrum of political opinion, is used in some strict academic fashion, then I suspect we will meet again on the Hazel McCallion page. Thanks for the response. --Mikerussell 00:34, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

I look forward to reading your changes on Hazel McCallion, and encourage you to look for sources which document her freedom from ideology. Words are what we have to work with, and they matter. Cleduc 00:53, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't want to pick a fight, but in re-reading this whole exchange I thought I might clarify a point. The reason why I said "Quiet frankly, I think you are biasing the article out of your ignorance" is not anyway intended as an assessment of you or your background- that is why I said you misconstrued it too personally, but perhaps I was not clear. The statement was/is based on my reading of the article and your contributions to it (as seen in history listing) which do not provide any information on what ideological position she does have. My actual comment way back when (6 months ago) was she has 'no set ideological pretensions'- italics now added, which you saw as POV, but you have not ascribed her any ideology either, thus you must be 'ignorant' of what ideology she has, yet certain she has one. Well, what it is it then? You add info about ring tones, but nothing about her ideological views, why not? That is why I claimed you were 'ignorant', it was a 'descriptive' evaluation in my mind of what the article currently states. At any rate, just thought I would make that comment clear because it may be days before I get around to getting a usable picture and updating the article. When I do, I am sure you may have comments. However, you must also be prepared with, in your words, to have "neutral, reliable sources to back it up (as opposed to original research)" to support your own opinions. Thanks for debating. --Mikerussell 05:01, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to congratulate you on writing a great article on HMcC. I think you've done a good job of establishing balance and giving background: lots of how, lots of why. It tells a story -- something a good article does, and so many articles unfortunately do not.

On the talk page I'm going to solicit sources for a couple of points. It is not because I believe they are untrue -- quite the contrary. I think they are important points, and I want the article to cite the sources for them. A comprehensive list of verifiable sources is one of the measures of an outstanding article. I think that with those sources, and a little expansion, this could easily become a featured article. Cleduc 03:57, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Habssuck"

Don't worry...we all get frustrated...Hockey, she's a tough mistress...;).Habsfan|t 01:13, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

True.--Mikerussell 03:06, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Silly Old Berk aka Keef Rishids

Erm... the story relating to the parody was broadcast on both national networks of the ABC (= your CBC) and was rebroadcast several times on the ABC 24 hour news radio network (and for all I know on Radio Australia). The ABC got it from a NZ radio station. They must have thought it was funny. You must be standing too close to the US if you don't find it funny enough to include given most of the material on the insignificant twat is as tivial as they come. I don't think you should be so solemn but I won't start a revert war. Cheers Albatross2147 13:21, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

• I just read through the discussions on the Keith Richards page. Hells bells is he your Dad or something? Maybe we should change the article to "Keith Richards (proprietor Mike Russell)" (- just kidding). But really I do think that you are possibly taking him a bit too seriously - cheers (again) Albatross2147 13:43, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Jeez you took the razor to the article! Albatross2147 08:38, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Huh? You leave odd messages on User Pages guy, I haven't the slightest iderr what you are talking about?--Mikerussell 18:36, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Burroughs

Good work on the template, but why have you removed stub tags from several articles? They're still needed. 23skidoo 15:35, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Spoiler tags. I've been told to err on the side of caution on this one especially if the summary gives away the ending and/or major plot developments. Wikipedia has developed a culture of "better safe than sorry" (take a look at how it handles copyright issues -- very paranoiac at times). And that seems to apply to spoilers as well. I include them as a matter of rote because I've received enough complaints when I don't include them. 23skidoo 18:00, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dunedin, Florida

Nice job!User:Mikereichold | User_talk:Mikereichold 20:16, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. Way cool, and I'm glad you liked the picture. I believe most artcile can be imrpved with a picture. Are you a BJ? User:Mikereichold | User_talk:Mikereichold 12:39, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Used to be, just traded to the Red Sox!

[edit] Keith Richards edits

I understand you edited the Keith Richards contributions I made, but I feel that editing ALL the information contradicts Wikipedia's purpose. I provided documentated information on Keith Richards that is relevant to the page. I did add one Keith Richards quote that I failed to cite due to not fully understanding how to properly cite quotations. I have read up on citations and feel that since the information is cited below it is relevant and worthy of inclusion on the page. If possible, is there anyway to use the information I provided if organized in a better way? If you feel that some of the information I provided was placed in wrong areas, is there anyway you can transfer the info to the proper place on Wikipedia whether that be the Keith Richards page, Rolling Stones page, Rolling Stones discography page, etc.?? The information I provided would better serve people with an interest in Keith Ricahards. Please include the text I provided. Thanks you.

Citations for the Keith Richards quote I provided:

[2] (March 12-13, 1977)

Source for the text I provided:

Bockris, Victor. [1993] (2003). Keith Richards: The Biography New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-81278-9

Mike, thank you for reinstating the information on the Keith Richards page!! The setup you used is more effective and user friendly than what I previously posted!! Thanks for adding the source information on the Rolling Stones "Complete Recordings" book. I forgot to cite than important source information. Sorry for the problems, I am quite new at contributing to the Wikipedia page and am not very computer literate to began with.

I would like to add very brief information to support the "popular bootlegs" section (2 paragraphs at most) on the proposed "Bad Luck" solo album and include that information in the "solo recordings" part of the page. I spent quite awhile carefully wording the text and if at all possible is there anyway that you can retrieve the text I provided (the same way you did with the other information) and edit it in a fashion that is better served for the page?

When you say "as long as you try to explain it so others can understand the change", what exactly do you mean? Also, is it possible that the modified list of vocals will get taken down again and why??

Thanks again for all your help!! --JT TRASH 01:30, 18 October 2006 (UTC)JTTRASH

[edit] Comerica Park

I am suggesting a gallery section for Comerica Park. There are ample photos there now, as well as more which could be added. See Sault Memorial Gardens for an arena gallery. Any thoughts? Flibirigit 05:06, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

• Do you have any that illustrate that the whale mural is no longer on that one building, as some sources are claiming? I thought I could see it on TV the other day, but it was hard to tell. Wahkeenah 08:35, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Thank you for the photo! And it's a real shame. Rubbing out whales to push a cellphone company? Yuch. I'm guessing someone in the Detroit city government got a healthy kickback from that. One other question: have they erased the distance markers in the power alleys? Sorry about all this minutia. d:) Wahkeenah 05:41, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anne Tyler

I just noticed a change you made to this article in June. "Bibliography," as defined by Webster, is "a list of the literary works of a given author, publisher, etc.," so its use in this article was correct. Thanks! SFTVLGUY2 15:10, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Red Tory

It has been good working with you on the RT article/entry. Kudos, Sir ! TrulyTory 23:37, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The BVM and Leo Strauss

Thanks for filling in the quote. I really appreciate it. --Deaconse 18:57, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Literary Outlaw cover

Mike, your photograph of the book is a derivative work. Claiming otherwise by bending the book, etc. comes off as Wikilawyering (see point #4). The copyright still applies to the photo you made, and in its currents usage this constitutes an infringement. If you wish to dispute this further, then please do so at WP:IFD rather than removing the maintenance tags from the Image. Thanks, -- Gyrofrog (talk) 20:00, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Mike, I don't think your picture is different from the original work. I see a picture of the book, not an original creation. I have a copy of Literary Outlaw (I believe the same edition as yours) on hand, but I have already explained why I don't think a new image is a good idea. I don't think anyone should change the image tags until the IFD has run its course. I think any further discussion about saving or deleting the image is better suited for WP:IFD. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 20:31, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thank you for moving the discussion, it is appreciated. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 20:59, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello Detroit Architectural contributers:

The following category Category:Buildings with sculpture by Corrado Parducci is up for deletion. (I don't know how to make a link to it, but go to your favorite 1920s or 1930s Detroit Building and it is probably there ) You can vote for or against this action. Please consider doing this here. It is number 1:34. Thanks

[edit] Well . . . .....

Now PArducci IS featured on the U of D article too. Thanks. The latest argument about the category is that he is not mentioned in some of the articles that he is supposed to have work at. I'd forgotten about U of D until you brought it up. What made you think that he had something there? Or were you just being clairvoiant? In any case, that's another one I can check of. Of yes, thatks for including his name there. The pictures were a bit of a search because I had to scan them from negatives and that means . .... finding the negatives. But my Parducci stuff is in much better shape than say, the Battle of Cieneguilla. Can't find those. Life is supposed to be intersting. Carptrash 05:44, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Hmmmmmmmmmmm. University of Detroit Mercy is in the Parducci article. I don't remember doing it because that was never one of my favorite works by him, but I find it difficult to believe that anyone else knows. Oh well. Anyway, I add Mercy to the Parducci article, although what I remember about U of D was Spencer Haywood coming to Ypsi and beating my Hurons with a jumper at the buzzer. Sort of dates me. Another "Oh well". So, what direction should I take additions to the Parducci article? I'm working on a map of Detroit showing his sites. That might be . . . .... different. More pictures? A dreaded LIST? Any thoughts? Carptrash 06:26, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I remember the Iceman. In his sophomore year EMU went to some tournament (NIT?) and near the end of the game when it was obvious that the Hurons were going to loose he lost his cool {melt-down?} and popped some guy. He was drafted that year and never returned. Anyway, this is how I remember it 35 years (carptime) later. I stated a CP map of Detroit sometime, somewhere and just getting the basic map down was complicated. I'll try and dig it up and see if it makes sense to use. We could post it at the category page, which would probably drive another nail into that coffin. "NO! NO !! YOU CAN'T HAVE A MAP ON A CATEGORY PAGE !!!! " and that might be fun to watch. life is good. Carptrash 18:19, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh yes, my theory (carpopinion) on clairvoiance is that it needs to be, 1) desired and then, 2) allowed to occur. It is not, in my experience, something that can be summoned. Often it shows up as coincidence and if you start keeping track of these so-called coincidences you will (might?) notice that they seem to happen more and more. And the more you pay attention to them (follow up on whatever the issue is) the more it will happen. It's a pretty standard "exercise it and it will get stronger" sort of an event. Carptrash 18:30, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More photos

Thanks for the photo of One Kennedy Square. Let's a photo of the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors Monument with One Kennedy Square in the background, that would be appreciated. There is one like it on the external link, and it really a great angle. One Kennedy Square is on the site of the old city hall. Also a photo of '1001 Woodward', its the tall dark gray granite building overlooking Campus Martius. Thomas Paine1776 22:17, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Let's have some good photos of the new Detroit International Riverfront showing the Renaissance Center in the background. Hyatt Regency Dearborn needs a photo, better photos of Cadillac Place, no photo for One Towne Square in Southfield, Daimler Chrysler Headquarters, historic churches, etc. There are so many. Whatever photos you can do is appreciated. Let's do a great job on metro Detroit, it deserves it. Thanks Thomas Paine1776 00:53, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Perfect photo

Wow the photo is pefect, One Kennedy Square, 1001 Woodward and the Monument, thanks Mike Thomas Paine1776 16:52, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lafayette Towers

Okay, sorry about the confusion. I was under the impression that both the East and West articles were to be merged into the more general article, but now I see that you were working on the opposite. --Merovingian ※ Talk 03:56, 31 March 2007 (UTC)