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Thanks, Karmafist

I'm a rank newbie here, just getting my feet wet by starting with contributions to the low-budget American and Korean animation categories. I'm probably making goofs right and left (I notice the video cover scans I uploaded yesterday are about 10 times the average size-- I'll cut them down later).

Not even sure if I'm going about responding to your Welcome in a kosher fashion... Trial and error...

Thanks again,

Rizzleboffin 03:25, 8 February 2006 (UTC)Rizzleboffin

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[edit] Good job on Nah Woon-gyu article

Hello! I've seen your work on Contemporary Korean cinematography. Stellar work. Many Korea-related pages are in dire need of expansion and clean up, and your help is greatly appreciated by many editors here. I, myself, have been trying to expand on articles relating to History of Korea and Military of Korea. Anywho, keep up the good work and have a nice day! Deiaemeth 07:19, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Deiaemeth. Thanks for the kind words. I'm pretty new here, but greatly enjoying the work I've been doing so far. I started out on some low-budget '50s and '60s American animation that my son and I enjoy together, but have wandered into Korean film and animation now. I scanned in the video covers to my Ureme VHS collection-- you might enjoy taking a look at them starting with Ureme 1.

I'm hoping to have a free hour or so tonight to fill in some of the gaps on the Cinema of Korea page. I notice the Cinema of Japan page can use some help too, but since Japanese film is better known in the English-speaking world, I'll leave Japan for others while I do what I can to help on the Korea page first.

Thanks for the thumbs-up-- It's good to hear some feed-back from someone!

Rizzleboffin 18:19, 1 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Fritz Lang

Thank you for linking that source for Lang's mother's ethnicity! On following the link I realised that that page had been linked once before: the previous link must have been deleted at some point. --Chips Critic 15:53, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Columns at Filmography of Broncho Billy Anderson

I'm still fairly new here and haven't figured out how to use all the formatting properly. I started a Filmography of Broncho Billy Anderson page, and have added columns to this long list of films, to make it more readable. I copied the "div style="width:50%; float:left" format tag off another page without really understanding how it works. The problem is, when I use it at this page, it throws some of the date headers off. 1909, 1912, 1913 and 1914 have been shifted over the second column rather than the first. Any help, explanation, or pointer to where to find help would be much appreciated. Rizzleboffin 23:54, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi Rizzleboffin. Welcome to Wikipedia. Sure is a good thing to see a competent editor who knows how to ask questions in a civil manner, you should see some of...
I'm getting off track. This is a rather makeshift solution, but putting < br clear=all > (minus spaces) before each new headline should work. Check the results here. GofG ||| Contribs 00:05, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Worst president ever AfD

I thought it best to take my response to your comment about being a confused newbie here, since I want to keep the AfD page uncluttered. The difference, in this case, is that the Historical rankings of United States Presidents article relies on decades of published material to describe the historical academic consensus, while the Worst president ever article relies on a single survey to imply or even state that George W. Bush is the worst President ever (which he could well be, although Polk, Harrison, and Harding are also in the running). As the NPOV policy says (roughly), if you think you can tell, after reading an article, what the contributors' position on the issue at hand is, it isn't NPOV. It might actually be best to restrict your contributions to political articles until you get the hang of it. Politics is my life and my major, but I avoid touching most politics articles because I'm not yet certain in my ability to keep a cool head on it. Stick around for a while, get a feel for how things are done. For political articles, maybe work on making small changes on fairly uncontroversial subjects, and then work your way deeper.
By the way, when responding to people's comments, you can either reply by starting a topic on their talk page with the same title as they used (like I did, check the wikicode of this comment if you need any guidance on that), or responding on your own talk page. It's a matter of personal preference, but try to conform to people's stated preference on the matter. I have no preference, so do as you will. Captainktainer * Talk 17:33, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the comments and the advice, Captainktainer. I hope I'm not getting overheated and over-stepping the bounds of decorum on the deletion discussion... politics tend to do that to the best of us. Thanks for pointing out that NPOV rule-of-thumb about being able to tell the author's POV, I think it's a good one, and I plead guilty.
The historical weight behind the Historical rankings of United States Presidents article which, obviously, is lacking in the opinion on Bush makes sense to me. (Though, by that reasoning, Bush, Clinton, and all recent presidents should be excluded from the historical ranking article also...)
I'm really not a political person and am obviously out of my element here. Actually, I came to Wikipedia to avoid these sorts of battles on other other forums to engage in the (non-political) joy of intellectual pursuit. I've stayed in my own fields-- arts & music-- up till now. When I stumbled across this Worst president ever article, I saw it was blantantly POV but I thought there could be some value in trying to make it NPOV. Obviously the consensus is against me, so I'll just let it go. -- Rizzleboffin 18:32, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Melville

I liked your positive and constructive comment about vandalism on the Melville entry. You bring a really great attitude to wikipedia. Thanks!Asedzie 21:49, 17 May 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] South Korea

no doubt the rather trivial issue doesn't belong in the south korea article, but there's no need to be so dismissive. apparently, "korea" was actively preferred over "corea" by at least some japanese officials as a symbol of japanese dominance, even if it probably wasn't an official policy. this article opened my eyes a bit to what i thought was a crazy consipiracy theory, hope you find it interesting [1] Appleby 00:45, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

thanks for the thoughtful note. honestly, i'm not all that passionate about this issue myself, & would've reversed that edit myself if i had noticed it. however, i did not know until i read that article a few weeks ago that there is a document by a japanese official that explicitly rejected the c spelling because it was a sign of korean independence, implying that he probably wasn't the only japanese person with a reason to prefer c & that there must've been a notable number of koreans who considered it an independence issue.
my guess would be that most koreans before, during, and after the occupation, & today, don't really care whether it's spelled with a c or a k, but a few koreans did care, & that made the few japanese also care, in the opposite direction, which made more koreans take the anti-japanese position, & so on & so forth. as the article notes, there probably was a general prevalence of one spelling before the occupation (despite numerous individual counterexamples), & a few japanese officials or decision-makers were aware of the nationalism around the c spelling, & understandably made some intentional choices, which, in the aggregate, over decades, had an effect on the prevalence of one over the other (western publications obviously relying on the publications of japanese-controlled documents--they can hardly be expected to canvas the streets of seoul to survey the opinions of a colonized people, in the early 20th century). no monstrous conspiracy, no secret imperial mandate, just the collective result of human nature. so at this point, i figure the conspiracy theories have some vague but understandable kernel of truth to their complaints, & the anti-conspiracy theorists also are right to reject the paranoid exaggerations. not that the spelling's gonna change, but the entire dispute is an understandable blow-back.
anyway, that's my take. Appleby 04:22, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
i don't know if that's a distinction that can be made so easily. anglophone spelling was surely largely dependent on the changing trend in japan's spelling. again, each side's spelling choice was not monolithic or organized, but we're talking about general prevalence. which is also why counterexamples really don't negate the l.a. times point that the change in the prevalent spelling coincided with the occupation. the reasonable inference would be, even though some/many koreans and japanese were not conscious of an organized policy (thus each side now can marshall impressive collection of counterexamples), some japanese in positions to influence the trend did actually influence the trend, & anglophone publications were naturally influenced thereby. it's tenuous enough that you can't say x caused y, but also plausible enough you cannot conclude x did not cause y (as long as x stands for influential individuals, not an official policy). Appleby 07:34, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

sure, i agree that if someone really wanted to, they could actually do some credible research, that would have to encompass some massive samples from various countries, types of sources, year of composition, intended audience, etc. i suspect neither side is interested because, primarily, it's just not that important, & also, will likely show some statistical trend that can be interpreted either way, with neither side a winner. in the mean time, my whole point was that when someone does bring the topic up, i try to be politely uninterested, rather than dismissive. thanks for a gentlemanly discussion. Appleby 18:01, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

BTW, hey, that's some spectacular work you're doing at Cinema of Korea. i hope you stick around, as many korean culture articles desperately need attention. have you seen Portal:Korea & the noticeboard (on korea-related article talk pages, the template at the top, click [show])? Appleby 02:18, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] robot taekwon v

please feel completely free to correct, delete or change what i wrote there, as i just relied on a quick google, just to add some meat to the stub. i suppose there should eventually be separate articles for each of the spinoffs. good luck! Appleby 19:11, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FilmsWikiProject|class=X|importance=X

If you could put a film banner on all the articles talk pages you've started it would be a big help. I've done the chaplin and keaton ones so far. For class a stub article is class=Stub (capitalized} and for a little bit longer article its class=Start. Same goes for importance. If the article has no significance its class=Low but if it has some its class=Mid and very important is class=High. Your doing a great job, keep up the good work. Andman8 03:34, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

For the general guidelines you can read Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Release Version Criteria. However in practice i've found if something is important but really obscure i'll give it a mid rating. Also for example, id give air wardens a Mid rating because it has the notability of being the first of their films made at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. However i'd give angora love and others like it a Low rating simply because its obscure and there is no notability. Andman8 16:11, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry about it, no "low" importance articles are going to be deleted and if you don't feel comfortable rating articles because you are attached to them then don't. If there was a wikiproject Laurel and Hardy angora love would be High or Top importance but in something as broad as "film" its more Mid or Low. If you want to make a wikiprojectLH go for it! thats just an example though but you get my point. anyways, thanks again for helping out with wikifilm, i think building an encyclopedia of all human knowledge is super important and helping out in anyway is well -- noble! Andman8 00:00, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Kan Ishii

I'd never heard of Kan Ishii but I think I'd like to hear his music from reading the description. Any idea where I can find his recordings in the U.S.? Badagnani 00:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: 24.181.67.188's Vandalism

Blocked for a week. Thanks very much for bringing that to my attention. :) Luna Santin 21:42, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Re-ranking film importance

Certainly on one issue I would say I'd judge films by notability: a commoner would come to WP and expect an article on the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Still, no intention of trampling on your contributions, so willingly rerate your articles to Mid-importance. Certainly, these films aren't as popular as Pirates, though both not of the Top-importance I've recently ranked to Ben or Lawrence. Anyway, have a nice day. Wiki-newbie 20:57, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and never heard of Bartok, but I'd rank Rolling Stones and someone like Mussorgsky both equal in importance. Again, have a nice day. Wiki-newbie 20:57, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

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Super work on Korean films!!!!! Wow! I would be immensely grateful if you could join Wikipedia:WikiProject Argentina/Cinema of Argentina -there are a mass of missing films from wikipedia!!!!. I could use your high capabilites in starting Argentine films and actors. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 19:44, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Here are the missing films Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/List of films without article/List of missing Argentine Films. I didn;t know anything about Argentine film till I started. Now there are over 250 articles in about 8 weeks!! Ernst Stavro Blofeld 19:45, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

THanks note this template now exists for film and Korean cinema articles

Cinema of Korea

Actors • Directors • Films A-Z • Film chronology • Cinematographers • Editors • Festivals • Producers • Screenwriters

THanks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 22:22, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

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