User talk:Burns flipper

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[edit] Image:Sarah jane honeywell.jpg

For future reference images should be listed at Images for deletion, not Miscellaneous for deletion. I've sorted it out for you. Happy editing! Steve block talk 12:50, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I see you have re-uploaded the image. I'm not clear why you felt it necessary to list the image for deletion, could you clarify what went on for me? Also, please don't hesitate to ask me if you run into problems in the future. Happy editing. Steve block talk 13:54, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the help. I needed to edit the text I wrote when I uploaded, and there's no way to do this. Burns flipper 08:13, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lone Wolf

Totally agree! Good catch :) Judgesurreal777 09:04, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Sarah jane honeywell.jpg

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[edit] Change to Common.css

Per recent discussions, the way in which Persondata is viewed by Wikipedia editors has changed. In order to continue viewing Persondata in Wikipedia articles, please edit your user CSS file to display table.persondata rather than table.metadata. More specific instructions can be found on the Persondata page. --ShakingSpirittalk on behalf of Kaldari 00:48, 25 December 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Lone Wolf Wiki

Hello, hows it going Burns? I was wondering if you wanted to help out with the Lone Wolf wiki I am setting up [1]. It is going to be awesome, I'm going to salvage all of the stuff I put on wikipedia and shape it for this wikia, it'll be perfect for all the details and trivia that don't fit on wikipedia. If you want to, it'd be great! Judgesurreal777 11:57, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Also, do you know anyone else who might be interested? Spread the word!!!! Judgesurreal777 11:58, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi Judge, great work on all the LW content you've added over this past year, you've really made an awesome contribution. I'd love to help but have very limited time, so I'd be limited to adding bits to and editing. To recruit others, I'd really recommend raising it in the forums of Tower of The Sun and MongoosePublishing.com, getting a news piece done on lobosolitaro, and get a link from projectaon.org - that will cover all your bases. Good luck and I'll help out when I can. Burns flipper 13:07, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks much, that will help a lot! :) I had one question, how do I get small references like the ones formatted on wikipedia these days? The ones I'm getting now see mike the old format or something. Thanks much! PS I'm uploading images, trying to make a "Featured Article" for that wiki! Judgesurreal777 22:53, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

On wikipedia I just use the {{refs}} template, but I've tried that on the LW wiki and it seems to refer to a million other templates. Some of the wikipedia citation templates refer to 'cite.php' - this might help? Burns flipper 07:50, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding Wally in CMI

Hey Burns! Remember me from AG?

I deleted a trivia item in The Curse of Monkey Island article on the following grounds: the fact that Wally is in the carnival of the damned is perhaps not very significant? It's about the same significance as mentioning that there are dolls of LeChuch and Guybrush in the Carnival. My other reason was that good Wikipedia articles don't have bullet-pointed trivia sections and making the section shorter is a step towards a Good Article.

But you reverted my removal... Do you have a specific reason for keeping that line in the article?

Cheers!--Wormsie 21:13, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi Wormsie, yes I rememeber you, long time no see! I kept the line because it's relevant to the characters in the series. I've just checked and Wally has his own article which also states this appearance, so it should be removed from the CMI page. It might also be helpful to add to the Talk page for the article which sections should be removed or worked into the article better, so everyone can help towards GA status. Burns flipper 11:34, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Graham Phillips (author)

The article Graham Phillips (author) 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. NawlinWiki 12:42, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Samorost

I would like to ask a question about your edit to the page Samorost on Wikipedia which you made on June 12th. I would like to ask for your source of such translation?

Samorostlý, an adjective derived from the word Samorost, would mean self-made in English, that's why self-grower or similar translation for the word Samorost would be much more accurate. I'm not quite sure how did you come up with driftwood - it's something completely different if I'm not mistaken. Thanks. --IJK_Principle 11:47, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Google Burns flipper 12:56, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
That's weird, oh well - if Google says so, then it has to be true. --IJK_Principle 18:22, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spam in Usborne Spinechiller series

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[edit] Cifrangon

Hello, if you read the Cifrangon article for deletion, you'll see it is the book (printed by a vanity publisher) that was questioned as an example of original research, and that decision was upheld and the article deleted. The theories contained in the article were original research, as is the addition to the ark of the covenant page by the same user and hence are violations of our policy, WP:OR. Do you mind taking it out again? Thanks. Benea 11:48, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notability of Ralph Ellis

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For guidelines on 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. andy 12:27, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Christopher Dunn (engineer)

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