User talk:Mkdw

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[edit] Portal:Current events/Canada

I'll look at it. I'd like to ask you to look at Portal:China too, especially its FPC :P

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Thank you for the help on the article. I have a random question? How did you make the quotation marks on your userpage? Can you please tell me the wikihtml to it? Orthodoxy 20:10, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfD on a couple of yours

Two of your "Vancouverite" redirects are up for deletion at WP:RFD. Note that this is only for the redirects, not for the essay itself. —Dgies^t c 22:35, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bio

I removed the director statuses from all pages to reflect the showcase article page. Anyone should be able to maintain the portal. If there aren't any suggestions, the first to come gets to pick. — Selmo ^(talk) 00:34, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Drawcia

That's not what the AfD is for. It's for when you want the content deleted, not for when you want it merged. The content is already merged, and no one has explained why the character needs an article. - A Link to the Past (talk) 02:00, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

No, it isn't. AfD is for discussing DELETING the article only. Also, let me ask you - why does it need an article? What makes Drawcia notable? - A Link to the Past (talk) 02:06, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Whoops

Sorry about that, reverted one revision too far! Bobo. 05:14, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Example.ogg

I'm confused. Does that Media:Example.ogg actually belong on the Urdu page? I was under the impression that that Example file was simply that, a default example of an OGG file, and not belonging necessarily to any article. Please help as if this is actually a usable file for Wikipedia articles I will delete it off my vandalism-catcher. Bobo. 05:27, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Revert

I do not understand the reasoning behind reveritng my edit [1] without any reason explaining why. Hbdragon88 05:49, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

The only thing I see on that page is the prohiting of fair use images (Images on user pages). Given that Sanger is a public figure and has not minded an image of himself (see this edit where he edited the caption of but did not remove a now-deleted fair use image), I do not think that the usual privacy concerns would apply. Hbdragon88 05:58, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, I still don't see any harm in adding it to his user profile, but whatever, I'll drop the issue and perhaps email Sanger himself to add it. Hbdragon88 06:01, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wha?

Did you think my edit at Wikipedia:WikiProject Molecular and Cellular Biology/Collaboration of the Month was vandalism? Did I just update the project incorrectly? It is my first time... -- Scientizzle 05:52, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Never mind--you've reverted it back. Thanks! Have a nice day.. -- Scientizzle 05:55, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reverting vandalism on my userpage

Thanks for that. That's quite seriously the fastest vandalism-zapping I've ever seen, using tools notwithstanding! Keep up the good work. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 06:39, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] revert?

Hi, the User LSWSjr is a friend of mine in RL. I was demonstrating to him the use of userboxes, as I mentioned in his talk page. WookMuff 07:13, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Due to the nature of the userbox, especially since it incorporates homosexuality of that user, it is best that you respect Wikipedia:user page and allow that user to add it himself. If you wish to demostrate userboxes you may do so on your own userpage or in a Wikipedia:sandbox. Mkdw^talk 07:16, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually it really just means a love of the character of Hans Moleman from the simpsons, "Gay for moleman" being a quote by Lisa Simpson from said same. Do you think the show is really implying that Bart Simpson is homosexual? WookMuff 07:23, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Like I said, I know the man in rl. I am not going to revert it back, but I think you are being ignorant. You see lots of vandalism in a day, you revert said vandalism, good for you. But you seem to get a lot of complaints, and I wonder how many of them are unjustified and how many due to your apparently high handed reverting of pages without regard to circumstance. WookMuff 07:31, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Star Wars reverts

Is there a certain reason you reverted those redirects? The list page can easily describe them. Wikipedia doesn't need articles for each and every character: that's why the list of characters page exists. Also: Wikipedia isn't a video game guide, it doesn't need all these character articles (many of which probably won't and can't be expanded much). RobJ1981 07:18, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for fixing my user page

It's funny to watch him in action via the history file. He made two fresh entries near the top, then went to the bottom and saw he was busted from the day before. --CliffC 13:55, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adopt-a-User Program

Good afternoon (GMT time); I've been browsing the Wikipedians requesting adoption category, and your name caught my eye. I'd be honoured to adopt you under the adopt-a-user program.

Please do have a look at my contributions, my user page and the Classroom that my other adoptees use and where I post some useful tips, lessons and where they ask their questions.

If you think you'd get along with me, just drop me a message at my talk page! If not, don't hesitate to drop by anyway, if you've got any questions or just want a chat.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Kind regards,
Anthonycfc ^{[T • C]} 14:12, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] odd userspace deletion candidates

Why do User:Mkdw/Header and User:Mkdw/sandbox6 appear in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion? I haven't got the faintest, any idea? Femto 12:42, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Defcon

Undeleted! That's what I get for not checking 'what links here' with my own userspace stuff :) And speaking of userspace stuff, you gave my delete button a work-out yesterday... :) – riana_dzasta 21:34, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vancouver Portal Quote section

I added a quote here, and after I looked at its history, I saw that it hadn't been changed since January It saws that you are director. Since the page is so empty and unused, should I just add it into the actual quote list anyway Canadianshoper 01:45, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why did you remove that link?

Moved to Talk:Matt Sanchez. Mkdw^talk 07:34, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

• OK, I've posted a comment on the deletion proposal, for the record I think hes notable enough so that he should be kept, but feel free to comment back on what I posted. Also, yes I can imagine that you do get a lot of vandals on Wikipedia. However if you had read either the article or the talk page (neither of which are very long) you would see that the discussion of his prostitution had already been brought up and accepted by the two main authors of the page, so it was more than a little bit careless of you to revert my edits as if it were vandalism without even bothering to read the context. -ThongWearer 08:12, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Checking the talk page of every article that has potential vandalism would make the process nearly impossible when you start looking at the length of talk pages, archives, and number of incoming edits. As far as the article itself, nothing in it would justify the legitimacy of the added paragraph as the first topic talked about his military career and the second about his work in pornography. Being a pornstar does not mean they have to automatically be a prostitute. Reference, reference, reference. =) I also wouldn't make assumptions about what I did and did not read. Mkdw^talk 08:18, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vancouver Courier article on WikiProject Vancouver

Greetings,

My name is Chris LaVigne. I'm a freelance journalist working on a story for the Vancouver Courier on the WikiProject Vancouver.

I want to talk to contributors, and was hoping you'd be able to meet some time next week for a chat. Maybe half an hour or less. Email me back if you're interested: lavigne.chris@gmail.com. We can meet whenever and wherever is convenient for you.

I want to get a fair and accurate picture of what being a Wikipedian is like so I hope you'll take a few minutes to talk.

Cheers Arrr matey 18:48, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Catch up

Good evening (GMT time); I'm quite a laid-back adopter, and I like to, mostly, leave my charges to their own thing, unless they specifically ask me a question.

However, I'd like to take this opportunity to remind you that the classroom is still fully active - my other adoptee has been asking questions as well as making use of the current lesson, which provides some wisdom on disputes, and how to avoid/deal with them.

Please don't hesitate to ask a question at the classroom (use the link at the top) if need be, and otherwise happy editing!

Kind regards,
anthonycfc ^[talk] 21:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Userbox migration

Just a reminder to actually move the page to your userspace to preserve the page history rather than copy-pasting. —METS501 (talk) 19:37, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Mets501. I'll remember next time. Mkdw^talk 23:03, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I'm getting angry

Okay, Mkdw, I'm getting a bit angry with what you're doing to the month pages, while I don't agree with the first threat, I accepted and changed the Portal:Current Events section to Events because that shouldn't be on a mainspace page andit looks better that way. But you reverted it, calling it vandalism, and posted another insulting message on my talk page. I can fight back if you keep it up. ''[[User:Kitia|Kitia'']] 22:56, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Please try and remain civil. I suggest you read WP:NOT and WP:OWN. The Portal:Current events month by month inclusion has been transcluded on the page since the beginning of Wikipedia. Furthermore, it is not up to you to accept or reject the contributions of others. The messages I posted on your talk page are standard warnings to which both were justified. You blanked useful information from the first edit, and the second you changed the heading which in the history of your recent edits, is also removing useful information. Also, all the 2007 months have been set to that standard. I've spent the last month greatly improving these articles from simple transclusions of the events from the Portal:Current events to include more information such as the length of the month, when it starts and ends, as well as other international holidays. I will let your threat of action pass as its a breach of WP:CIVIL. If you are unhappy with my changes, you can bring them up on any one of the talk pages. Mkdw^talk 23:01, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Battle of Nasiriyah

My last edit was because I am an American soldier, and I am slightly offended at the inclusion of a picture of a dead American soldier in the article. I am sure you can at least understand where my distaste for seeing a comrade in arms lying dead on the ground comes from. Thanks The following unsigned comment was left by 208.0.108.141

If you wish to experiment with Wikipedia then please use a Wikipedia:sandbox, otherwise wiping articles is considered vandalism. If you take issue with something on Wikipedia, bring it up in its talk page. Thanks, Mkdw^talk 08:10, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject England

Hello! You have probably noticed that WikiProject England has been inactive recently and I and other members are working on making it active again and getting more members to join. I am kindly asking for your help tagging articles for class and importance using {{WPE}}, their are literally thousands of articles at Category:England and all of its sub-categories which urgently need tagging ad your help is needed! For more information about theses templates please see the Project Page and I hope you are enjoying being a member!! Tellyaddict 21:20, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:UW future?

Hi Mkdw,

Sorry for the blatant spam, but you have yourself down as interested at WikiProject user warnings WP:UW. There is a discussion on going here that might be of interest to you about the future of this project. There are two strawpolls on the talk pages and the second one is about the future of the WP:UW project. Now we have the end in sight we are looking at wrapping up the project and merging it with Template messages/User talk namespace WP:UTM and creating a one stop shop for all userspace templates. As you have yourself down as interested in this project we thought you may have some input on this issue, and would like you to visit the discussion and give any thoughts you may have on the matter. Cheers ^Khukri 10:30, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of 2010 in Canada

An editor has nominated 2010 in Canada, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not"). Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2010 in Canada and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. Jayden54Bot 20:43, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Minor edits

Just a reminder that minor edits are just that - minor. Responding to arguments I've raised in an AfD isn't a minor edit. I imagine you've probably got the settings set to mark everything as minor by default. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 10:10, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vancouver page

Hello; I'm not a regular Wiki editor, but a Vancouver resident who deals regularly with demographics for work. When I was reading the "Economy" section, I found a particular sentence to be slightly misleading: that people in Vancouver are "generally affluent". Although I understand that perception, StatsCan says otherwise! There are definitely slightly more affluent folks than in other cities (18% of population), but also more impoverished folks, and it drags the median down. (Which, given cost of living, can be problematic.) Anyway, I made a note in the Talk page, and a regular user suggested I add the reference to StatsCan's easily available statistics. I think that you reverted it, although I could be wrong. I can't tell - not doing this a lot - whether it was an edit that just got caught in the crossfire, or whether you meant to revert that particular addition. If you did mean to edit it away, I'd ask you to follow the link I provided: it's not factually true that Vancouverites are generally affluent. There are more extremes in both directions. (This is important info for anyone wanting to do business in Vancouver!) I'm happy to hear criticism about the style and have that part changed, but I think it's problematic to make an undefined claim like "generally affluent", without saying what that metric intends to convey, nor by showing it demographically. Thanks!

[edit] Fred Herzog

Hi,

my main concern is that we need a page somewhere to link to Herzog, so that it isn't an orphan... if you can think of a more suitable page, please suggest one. sorry about the language... I didn't see the talk item. Peregrine981 21:38, 7 April 2007 (UTC)