User talk:Dr bab

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[edit] A WikiCookie for you

Dr bab, you deserve a cookie today for your deletion of the trivia section on Peter Pan. I may recruit you to pay visits to a few other pages on my watch list that could use the same treatment. Buddhipriya 05:47, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Dr bab, you deserve a cookie today for your deletion of the trivia section on Peter Pan. I may recruit you to pay visits to a few other pages on my watch list that could use the same treatment. Buddhipriya 05:47, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank's for the WikiCookie! I am glad that you agree with me on the subject of annoying trivia. Just curious; Why do you wish to recruit me to clean up these pages, rather than just doing it yourself? Not that I wouldn't be willing mind you. Just point me to the pages you had in mind, and I will ruthlessly deal with all irrelevant trivia. Dr bab 06:37, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
Yes, yes, yes, consider yourself recruited. I missed your comment here but I have replied on my talk page. I like your suggestion about having a watch list somewhere for pages that need attention. Where is the best place? Start with Gremlin, Gnome, or Imp if you feel up to it. Regarding process, I mostly have contributed to Hinduism articles and feel pretty confident there, but on the other articles like Peter Pan I am not sure of the best approach. I liked your decisive approach and hope to learn from you regarding policies and procedures for trivia. Buddhipriya 22:50, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FGC in popular culture

I'm not sure I agree that the section "FGC in popular culture" on the FGC article contains too much trivia - most of the references are rather serious in nature, and illustrate how FGC is an evocative issue that's well represented in the arts. Are there any entries in particular that you find troublesome? Ciotog 00:12, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps the heading is the problem - I can't see how this information could be integrated in the rest of the article, but it would be a shame to lose it. Do you have any suggestions? Ciotog 00:15, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
I agree that the Trivia tag was perhaps not the best option. As you say, most of the links is of a rather serious nature. I feel, however, that this section has the potential of becoming a rather unmanageable list, since there must be thousands of popular culture references to such a serious topic. And you can bet there are non-serious references abound also, that someone sooner or later will add to this article. Perhaps a list-template is better?Dr bab 00:22, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Botzcowski

According to the Simpsons archive and TV.com, its spelled with a c. I would consider this to be the correct spelling, but I think it is spelled either way. Having it all the same is better though, so if you want to change it all to a c or k, that would be fine. Rhino131 21:26, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ganesha outside Hinduism

Would you please take a look at Ganesha outside Hinduism from the point of view of the Trivia Project? Buddhipriya 22:24, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the cleanup there, and thanks also for the feedback on creation of a separate article. I really lack experience with strategy on these things. I was about to suggest the same thing to the guy on Peter Pan but stopped myself. Is there some way to answer folks who keep pushing for trivia of that sort except to "just say no"? Regarding Gremlin, yes, I have been trying to find some hard source, and was very surprised to find that the word is not listed in my 1971 edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. I am not sure what that means, if anything. Buddhipriya 08:26, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Monoliths in Popular Culture

Zapped. Thanks for pointing that out, I missed it. :) --Coredesat 21:10, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Crede Signo F.C.

Unfortunatly the admin deleted them before I could get the copy the code from them, as since I would like the information on the web I wanted at least the code for my own wiki. Is there anyway to get it back?

[edit] User pages as attacks

A clear case like that would be deleted on sight by an admin, so tag it {{db-attack}}. If someone uses their user page as a rant page, or a MySpace substitute, then {{prod}} it. Especially if they've been inactive for a while. It's never wrong to propose deletion of a user page if it's misused! --Steve (Stephen) talk 23:07, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of speedy tags

I saw your comment on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nextman stole my creps but did not get a chance to reply. I'm not sure what the situation was with having the speedy tag removed in this case. I guess that if somebody wanted to argue that it was clearly not a speedy, then they could remove it without calling it vandalism. Admins must do that all the time with articles tagged speedy delete, which they do not want to delete. In that case, it seems like there should be some discussion, such as on AfD or the article talk page. I don't know if there is a set guideline, but this seems reasonable. Usually, its the contributor of the article or some interested party pulling off the tag to avoid deletion, which is obviously a form of vandalism. Cheers! —Gaff ταλκ 00:41, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Marc Testart

I would concur with your actions. I believe the original author created it in good faith and asked me for help with it, but unfortunately could not provide the sources necessary to prove notability. Thank you for the notification.--Xnuala (talk)(Review) 15:48, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Professional Wrestling

I saw that you had an issue with User:SouthCalli, so I wanted to ensure that you were aware of potential spam. On the Professional Wrestling article, I reverted an addition by SouthCalli that linked the site () which I am believing is spam. I'm not sure where to go with this, what do you think? (please feel free to blank out the link to that site after you read this!!!) Hellswasteland 18:19, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

    • Ok, sounds good... I think I will add the spam to the user page. Let me know if you see anything fishy with them again LOL. Hellswasteland 19:50, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Valley of Unrest

Thanks for leaving me a note about Poems by Edgar Allan Poe. The "Helen" mentioned in the poem is in the original version, the one called "The Valley Nis." You're right, she's definitely not mentioned in the final version we know today - that should really be clarified. Feel free to change it up; that page has been a lot of work, and I'm glad to see anyone else besides me put an edit or two onto it. :) --Midnightdreary 23:47, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Good work on that edit with splitting them. I'm thinking, however, and let me know if you agree, that because both entries are so short we might as well recombine them and better explain the differences. We can even Wikisource the original "Valley Nis" version so people can make their own comparisons. Keeping them separate implies that both versions are still collected today, which isn't true (unlike, say, "A Paean" and "Lenore," which started as the same poem but are both very different now, and both are usually included in anthologies). Also, about the table of contents, I actually liked it better with it cutting into the article flow; I was hoping for a better solution but it's the best I found. At least that way it keeps the article just a tiny bit shorter. What do you think? --Midnightdreary 14:30, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. =) -- Gogo Dodo 19:42, 12 August 2007 (UTC)