User talk:Bankbryan

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  • Hi there. I saw that you edited the entry on The Decemberists with the following note: "(copyedit (esp. change references to the band to reflect that it is a singular noun, not plural, therefore terms like "they" and "their" are not appropriate when describing the band as a whole))"

I rewrote The Decemberists entry, as you are incorrect about the grammatical issue, and in fact this very argument was hashed out some two years ago on the talk page for The Decemberists entry. I refer you to this article for clarification: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_differences#Formal_and_notional_agreement 69.253.96.139 (talk) 02:32, 7 January 2008 (UTC)


The article Ubridled Arrogance has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article seemed to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources.

Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and for specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Amateur sports teams are generally nonnotable even if they were mentioned once in a newspaper. NawlinWiki 22:17, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Samuel, please take a closer look. In revision 112073953 of Taco Bell I corrected earlier vandalism.
  • Thank you. --Bankbryan 12:28, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Hi I was trying to provide useful information via a link to my Software Configuration Management website, and it was flagged as link spam (revision 173799727). Was this due to the contact information on my website? I legitimately am interested in helping others with this information both in my own business and the user community, and I would rather comply and have that information available to others than not have the info available at all. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.76.224.66 (talk) 14:58, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Please use edit summaries

Hello. Please be courteous to other editors and use edit summaries when updating articles. The Mathbot tool shows your usage of edit summaries to be low:

Edit summary usage for Bankbryan: 41% for major edits and 82% for minor edits. Based on the last 150 major and 60 minor edits in the article namespace.

Using edit summaries helps other editors quickly understand your edits, which is especially useful when you make changes to articles that are on others' watchlists. Thanks and happy editing! --Kralizec! (talk) 23:07, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A League of Their Own

I added that borderline speculation as a compromise. Several times, somebody came along and wrote that Dolly intentionally drops the ball. I figured that catering to both views would save me some editing. Oh well. Clarityfiend 17:18, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikinews Interview with John Vanderslice

You edited the John Vanderslice article. Wikinews is schedule to do an interview with Vanderslice this Wednesday, September 26. If you have any questions you'd like to ask John or know about John, please leave them on my Talk page. Thanks. --David Shankbone 15:22, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] The Tipping Point

I see that someone reverted your edit to The Tipping Point, and I agree with them. The main focus of the Baltimore section was syphilis, not AIDS. Tanthalas39 (talk) 05:27, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Please take a closer look at the edit history. I did not change the page in the manner that you describe. Bankbryan (talk) 22:44, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] a couple of points.

if you write something, anything, on your user page then your user name will appear in blue instead of red, giving you 27 % more creditibility - menaing someone does not need to double check your every edit . Which I just did regarding your removeal of a questionable statement in the Sculpture of Washington D.C. (something close, anyway) article. I went to Washington D.C. (whre else?) for the answer, particularly to the Inventory of Sculpture in America (or something) at the Smithsonian Institute. It shows Washington DC as having 689 sculptures and NYC as having 699. It's certainly not a perfect answer but certainly supports your edit. Life is good. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 21:47, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Your point is well taken. It is like looking at an election map of the US of A and a deciding that everyone in a particular state is a Republican or Democrat based on the color on the map. Well, sort of like that. All is good, but suspect. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 00:08, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Descriptions in Anti-patterns . See also

I have undone a small part of http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-pattern&curid=233956&diff=191032030&oldid=188767622 as described in Talk:Anti-pattern. Perhaps you could check that out. PJTraill (talk) 23:41, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Edit summaries

I noticed your recent changes to Zillow.com, typically removal of an entire section is suspect, however your edit summary was thorough and helpful. Thanks! 02:58, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your copyediting work

Thanks for bestowing pedantic attention on lots of articles - your username keeps popping up on my watchlist (Bookmark (computing), Del.icio.us, Social bookmarking, etc.). Dreamyshade (talk) 00:50, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that was a compliment. :) Dreamyshade (talk) 03:44, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Arrested Development Taskforce Invite

Hey there. I couldn't help noticing that you appear to be interested in Arrested Development. I am interested in setting up a Arrested Development Taskforce to improve articles related to Arrested Development. At the moment I am just looking for people who are interested in joining. If you are interested in joining, please add your name here or contact me on my talk page. Thankyou, Joelster (talk) 23:56, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cleveland Clinic

I reverted your edit to Cleveland Clinic...the issue was brought up on the talk page, just so you know. SpencerT♦C 22:49, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

No problem. SpencerT♦C 01:04, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] May 2008

Can you please explain to me why the edge city of Memorial City (w/Memorial City Mall) does not constitute an edge city in your view...Guanako512 (talk) 23:36, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Advice needed on clean up & citations - Body Worlds

Hi - can you advise about the Clean Up and Citations tags added to Body Worlds - the tags don't indicate what should be cleaned or where there should be citations. I've looked at the Wike advice pages and the article seems OK to me. There are already 31 external references for instance - isn't that enough?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_worlds —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.65.12.14 (talk) 09:52, 2 June 2008 (UTC)