User talk:Wingsandsword

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[edit] Welcome

Hi and welcome to wikipedia. I noticed you had a blank talk page, so I decided to welcome you. I hope you like it and decide to stay. Here are some handy links for newcomers.

Also you can sign your name on talk pages and vote pages with three tildes like this ~~~, and your name with a time stamp with four like this ~~~~. Howabout1 16:23, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

My biggest disappointment so far with Wikipedia has been the very permissive attitude about non-canonical material being allowed in with regard to articles about Star Trek. Admittedly a very esoteric issue, but articles that are almost entirely unofficial fan speculation being passed off with no label as being as authoritative as something that actually has been shown on screen. Apparently if I just come up with some vaguely believable sounding nonsense about anything having to do with Trek and put it in an article, it can stay because "canon" is irrelevant.--Wingsandsword 06:33, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Starfleet ranks and insignia

The article has been improved drasticaly, I think this is a good enough reason to reopen the FA status of this article. To be fair I am notifying all parties involved with the article on old candidacy. If I forgot one of you, its not intentional. Thats all for now --Cool Cat My Talk 1 July 2005 00:15 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese martial arts titles

Hi, I was interested in your opinion about anonymous editors.

On a different topic, are you planning to write an article about menkyo kaiden some time soon? That link has been red for a long time. --DannyWilde 01:57, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

I was actually writing it right now as I recieved this message, so yes, that link should go blue in just a few minutes, only a computer crash kept it from going up about an hour ago. --Wingsandsword 02:12, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
Oh dear, that's annoying for you. --DannyWilde 14:26, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
Well, my initial stub of menkyo kaiden is up, I'm not very good with getting Kanji to appear in wikipedia, so if you want to add the proper writing for it or clear it up further go ahead, but I thought there should be at least a stub there for now. I had a longer article written but a computer crash earlier today went and ate it, so I put this up for now. I went through and wikilinked every mention of the term I could find in a search.
As for my opinion on anonymous editors, I know it's not likely to happen since the Wikimedia Foundation considers that a "Foundation Issue" and as unchangable as the NPOV doctrine, but I still want to make my feelings known. It seems like the vast, overwhelming majority of vandalism in Wikipedia comes from anonymous editors, especially those with few edits to their IP. On most message boards on the internet you can't even post without registering a user account, much less contribute to a reference work. I also wonder about the legality of anonymous editors, since the the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act requires any web site to verify that anybody posting on it is over the age of 13 (and additional reason many message boards are registration only now).
From my experience, the typical vandal is somebody who stumbles across wikipedia, realizes they can edit things, and blanks articles or inserts random jibberish, obscenities, insults or just being downright rude (like the picture of Palpatine as the portrait of Pope Benedict XVI or posting a scan of the page of "the spoiler" to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince). By going to just the same level of verification/registration as any typical message board, you get rid of the person who does this on impulse. I understand the idea that anybody should be able to contribute to Wikipedia, and I agree with it, but I do think that there should be a step that everybody has to take first of making themself known. Yes, it won't stop the determined vandal, but that's what reverts are for. --Wingsandsword 02:54, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for making the article. I was getting worried about the red link since it was there so long. As for vandals, I tend to wonder why anonymous editors are still allowed. I agree with you that most of the vandalism could be stopped by making people log in. I'm not so sure what principle is really involved in letting anonymous editors contribute - it doesn't seem so important to me that people can contribute without a name or email address. A lot of the vandal/administrator thing seems like cops and robbers game to me. See you around. --DannyWilde 14:26, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Creighton Lovelace

Please have a look at my rewrite of the article. Best wishes. Durova 03:05, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nb ridaz

You said they made it to the charts. Which charts would those be? - Mgm|(talk) 12:47, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Well, the article says they made it on the Billboard charts, and http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=467150&model.vnuAlbumId=621415] This link to Billboard's web site lists their history on the charts. --Wingsandsword 15:22, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] re:Category:Wikipedians by D&D Alignment

I noticed you are categorized as a Wikipedian by alignment. If you are in to userboxes, there are now infoboxes available using a standard template. See the alignment category page for details. xaosflux Talk/CVU 18:31, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Montgomery Scott article

That was a great edit you just did on the article. I completely forgot about the Peter Preston scene. - nathanrdotcom (Talk • Contribs) 04:01, 28 February 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Adolf Hitler's sexual orientation (second nomination)

Hello, Wingsandsword. A vote to delete this article would be appreciated. Thanks much. --Mmeinhart 13:54, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Uncategorized

Somehow your user page has been flagged as category needed. --Yendor1958 14:50, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

I know, I can't figure out how to remove that flag. I didn't put it there, and I don't know which edit it first appeared at. --Wingsandsword 17:21, 22 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Sexuality of Adolf Hitler

This article is up for vote on AFD. OSU80 01:17, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

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