User talk:Walkiped

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[edit] Welcome!

(Not often I get in a welcome before any member of the unofficial welcoming committee finds a newcomer.) I hope you enjoy your "life" here, despite sounding like a walking encyclopedia (a title I used to shrug off). Best wishes from the Southern Hemisphere; Wellington, actually (where The Lord of the Rings was made). Robin Patterson 00:34, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)


Welcome!

Hello, Walkiped, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  --Flockmeal 06:02, Nov 24, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Bob Matsui

You changed the disease name in the Bob Matsui article from Milo Dysplastic Disorder to Myelodysplastic syndrome, yet this news story says it was Milo Dysplastic Disorder. Why did you change it? Kingturtle 21:57, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Matsui's office, CNN.com, and the Associated Press all call it "Myelodysplastic". Only the Reuters article you refer to calls it "Milo Dysplastic", making me think their reporter didn't do his homework. - Walkiped 00:48, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] hey

i added info you wanted to Highland Park, Texas--Capsela 08:05, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Omicron Centaurids

Hi. I saw your edits to this article, and the unrefrenced tag you added. Although I did not write this article, the information for the parts I did write came from the List of meteor showers article. If those figures have references, someone could use them and add it to the article. This article is still a stub, and it will require further expansion before it meets the standards of a real article. Thank you. AstroHurricane001 18:21, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I shouldn't have tagged it in the first place, given that it's a stub. I've gone back, done a little research, and added references myself. - Walkiped (T | C)
I see you didn't remove much info, but what about the dates? I got them from the list to meteor showers article. Thanks. AstroHurricane001(Talk+Contribs+Ubx) 13:39, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
My understanding (based on this) is that the dates vary by year, but that the general timeframe stays the same. - Walkiped (T | C) 04:34, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hey

About the article Rane Helms. There is a reason why I had that page... it is because I prefer to keep my wrestling life separate from normal life. I was doing Backyard wrestling... they recently acquired a ring and have wrestled i an ring. I have trained with Sabbath a wrestler out of Michigan. I will be going to the House of truth a wrestling school in michigan on Jan 22. MstSage

[edit] Thank you

Just wanted to say thank you for your help over at Tampon. Not sure what this guys problem is. How did you catch and revert that so fast? --Pascal666 16:33, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

No problem. I was monitoring edits by anonymous users on the recent changes page and was reverting vandals as I saw them. - Walkiped (T | C) 22:23, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Overreaching edits on List of Dystopian Films

I understand the discussion you had related to what constitutes a dystopian film and agree that there are too many films in there. But are you seriously going to suggest that either Boy and his Dog, the Matrix or Planet of the Apes are not dystopian societies? It is not original research to look at a definition and apply it as a modifier to a film. I've already went out of my way to throw the word dystopia (accurately, mind you) into the article in Tank Girl, but do not feel I should have to do this for obvious dystopian films like these (not simply for the purpose of satisfying your requirement). If I add these three back to the list, are you going to delete them? --Happylobster 20:44, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

My issue with List of dystopian films, and List of dystopian literature as well, is that while there are some films and movies that few people would dispute as dystopian, there are dozens of works which some editors claim are dystopian and other editors strongly dispute. I think that a single standard should apply to all entries in the list, and that the standard should be verifiability. On the film list's talk page, it was agreed that for the time-being we would shift the burden of verifiability from the list itself to the films' respective Wikipedia articles (this compromise was seen as less heavy-handed than simply removing every film that didn't have a citation, which would have been every film on the list).
I understand that one can make a strong argument that the three films (or four, if you count Planet of the Apes twice) you mentioned are dystopian, but if they are such obvious dystopias, then why has nobody edited those films' Wikipedia articles to call them dystopian, or even to tag those films as falling into the category of dystopian film (yet)? If you want to add those films back to the list, and if at the same time you edit the films' respective Wikipedia articles to call them dystopian films (whether in the articles' text or by tagging them with [[Category:Dystopian films]]), then I won't dispute that the films are dystopian. But at some point in the future I think we'll need to find verifiable sources claiming each film on the list is dystopian. [1]
Regardless of any disagreement we have on how to proceed with the list (which has been neglected for too long), I'm glad to see editors taking a serious interest in the quality of the list, and I hope we can reach common ground on the best course of action to take. Cheers, - Walkiped (T | C) 21:16, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Understood, though I maintain that the criteria is, at least, imperfect. This is especially true for lesser-known, worthy films that do not have readily verifiable research. But it serves for big guns like these. I will make changes to the original documents as well as re-add them to the list later today. Thanks for the feedback. --Happylobster 21:38, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
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