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1 Template help
2 Album review formatting
3 Replaceable fair use Image:Looptroopy.jpg
4 Orphaned non-free media (Image:Looptroopy.jpg)
5 Orphaned non-free media (Image:Stylus web.gif)
6 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Coolcalmpetelost.jpg
7 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Cage big.jpg
8 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Cannibaloxfword.jpg
9 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Cannibaloxvein.jpg
10 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Blackaliciousmelodica.jpg
11 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Mafleur.jpg
12 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Offtherecord.jpg
13 Re:Graduation
14 The Wire crew
15 The Sopranos
16 Replaceable fair use Image:Soulposition-promo.jpg
17 George Clinton
18 Replaceable fair use Image:Davidchasepromo.jpg
19 Adding Image:Example.jpg to lots of pages
20 The Wire infoboxes and images
21 The Sopranos rewrite
22 Daniel Dumile
23 List of Mad Men episodes
24 The Wire restructuring
25 Orphaned non-free media (Image:PE-night.jpeg)
26 The Sopranos: Made In America
27 Speedy deletion of Image:Snapshot20080222144344.jpg
28 The Sopranos: Guest Stars
29 It Takes a Nation of Millions
30 Orphaned non-free media (Image:Sopranos613a.jpg)
31 The Wire finale
32 The Wire characters
33 The Wire lead
34 The Wire article improvement
35 Congratulations
- 35.1 Television barnstar
36 Replaceable fair use Image:Cannibalox.jpg
37 The Roots Rising Down reviews section
38 Image:Mattweiner.jpg

[edit] Template help

Thanks. Will the template visibly show 'actor' now? - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 09:23, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Album review formatting

Hi there. Regarding this change, note that:

only the year should be used as the review link,
the number of reviews should be limited to ten, and that
reviews that don't use stars shouldn't be shown with stars,

per WP:ALBUM#Professional reviews. Can I ask you to undo your change? (I'm trying to avoid reverting that article more than three times a day.) --PEJL 14:26, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Coolcalmpetelost.jpg

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[edit] Re:Graduation

Hi, Ok, I see what you mean. Thanks for letting me know. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 23:24, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Wire crew

Good job on the list of writers and directors for The Wire. I'd been meaning to try something similar myself soon!--Opark 77 00:20, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Sopranos

I made the references using an excel spreadsheet. I then used mail merge in word to transpose the data into the relevant cite episode or cite web template and then copied and pasted them over. I've done the same thing for Carnivale, Lost and The Wire. Good job on the additions. However you've restored some of the hyperbole/weasel wording to the lead particularly the "widely regarded" phrase in terms of the show's influence. I believe that will get tagged as point of view if we go to FAC.--Opark 77 10:43, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] George Clinton

Hi. I noticed you added two flag icons to the infobox there. Such use of redundant flags is deprecated under WP:MOSFLAG, as it adds nothing to the text of the place of origin to have the flag too. Best wishes, --John (talk) 22:18, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Adding Image:Example.jpg to lots of pages

Hi Funky. Thanks for your contributions, but could I ask why you're adding this image to lots of different pages? I'm not sure it really helps out much with the appearance. The Evil Spartan (talk) 13:07, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Wire infoboxes and images

Thanks for your work on the new season specific infoboxes. The inconsistency of some pages having them while other don't at the moment bothers me but I'm sure you're getting around to putting it on each page. I've put some suggested images up on the S5 episode pages - all are on HBOs website already but I'm unsure about using them when the articles are still so short.--Opark 77 (talk) 17:40, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Glad to hear it :) .--Opark 77 (talk) 17:46, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I'd really rather you didn't. I've spent hours working on those listings and indentifying which actor plays which part in an episode as far as possible. This is one of the only places on the web where this information is comprehensively available and it is difficult to determine because the credits are sometimes unreliable and never give details on who played whom. If you feel it looks poor in the infobox why not leave the section in the body article and I will rewrite them eventually as I have done for the pilot episode.--Opark 77 (talk) 17:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for accomodating me :). That looks ok for now. How about once I've done the rewrites I'll put the credited guest stars into the infobox without listing the characters? I do like the epigraph its cool to have it up top and prominent. I have one request - any chance we could make the new infoboxes correspond in colour with the episode list (and by extension the DVD covers) to aid visual association in the reader?--Opark 77 (talk) 18:06, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Sopranos rewrite

Sorry I wasn't able to devote more time to The Sopranos article but real life has been busy and I'm a bit too hyped about the forthcoming series of The Wire to think about much else when I do have free time! I'd still like to get it done one day. I've just been given the new making of book as a gift so there's even more source material to use now. Let me know if you decide on a specific episode to work on and I'll try and help where I can.--Opark 77 (talk) 17:46, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Daniel Dumile

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[edit] List of Mad Men episodes

Please do not attempt to single-handedly undermine consensus. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Mad Men episodes is clear. Consensus of the community is that the list is unnecessary and should be redirected to the main article. If you disagree with this consensus, WP:DRV is the appropriate venue to address it. Otto4711 (talk) 21:57, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Wire restructuring

Thanks for the reminder. I've been through the episodes and tried to fix the links I broke in the infobox. Hope I caught them all.--Opark 77 (talk) 21:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] The Sopranos: Made In America

On January 13, 2008, history shows you deleted the guest starring section. Don't ever do this again. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.92.222.49 (talk) 00:09, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Image:Snapshot20080222144344.jpg

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[edit] The Sopranos: Guest Stars

I find you moving the guest stars into the infobox. It's both very unhelpful and non-resourceful, as we cannot see what actor plays what character. If you can figure out a way to also add the characters in the infobox, we can leave it there. If not, please cite where the Wikipedia Standards say it needs to be in the infobox, or else your adjustments will be reversed. Thank you. Geeky Randy (talk) 01:18, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. However, I still don't see any indication in the infobox of what actor plays what characters. Again, this is something that has been very resourceful in the past and I believe the guest starring section should stay unless you're willing to insert characters and their links to the infobox similar to the section you've deleted. Unless what you're doing is a Wiki Stardard and/or it's been discussed by other contributors in the discussion section, it needs to be moved back. Let me know. Thank you very much. 75.92.222.49 (talk) 19:23, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] It Takes a Nation of Millions

Definitely need to improve this one per your old talk page comment. It at least needs a proper article, as one of the hip hop albums commonly touted as the best ever. I have some books that are good sources for this, gonna start working on it soon. 86.44.6.14 (talk) 16:20, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] The Wire finale

Please stop posting spoilers about The Wire finale in the infoboxes of the character articles. The episode has not been oficially released and doing so is a copyright violation that could seriously harm wikipedia.--Opark 77 (talk) 08:11, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Someone is checking them!

I have seen it and really enjoyed it. I'm happy to discuss it over on the IMDb message board (there are a few threads there already) or somewhere else if you like.

Getting a head start is prepping the stuff in your sandbox, this way is not cool with me and its not cool with consensus here. I actually don't think character's fates should be in the infobox unless it is actually the cause of them leaving. In the case of everyone alive at the end of the finale they would have been in the series had it continued so the cause is the end of the series and their storyline ending is incidental and should be in the character biography. I don't feel very strongly about it though but I think we should open a discussion before restoring that stuff - perhaps WP:TV is the best place. In particular some of the newsroom stuff you wrote was just plain wrong as noted in the thread I linked to.--Opark 77 (talk) 16:03, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

You're still a little premature. It airs at 9p.m. EST. ESt is -5 hours from Greenwich Mean Time. It will have finished in 11 hours time.--Opark 77 (talk) 16:43, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Wire characters

Thanks for your edits making the lead sentences and infobox formatting consistent in The Wire character articles, its not the most exciting work I'm sure and I'm grateful someone is doing it!--Opark 77 (talk) 15:09, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Wire lead

Good job on the lead and the reference formatting.--Opark 77 (talk) 17:47, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Wire article improvement

Thanks for your offer to help. I will certainly be aiming for that soon once the season 5 updating is out the way.

I think the episodes "The Target", "More with Less" and "–30–" have the best shot. I'll be adding plot, response and production sections to "–30–" soon.

In terms of characters I think Jimmy McNulty has the most chance.--Opark 77 (talk) 17:47, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Congratulations

Congratulations on the FA. I've just re-read it and it certainly deserves it. Sorry I missed the FAC - I would have supported. Please let me know if you need any more copy edits, comments at peer review or input to FAC on The Sopranos articles.--Opark 77 (talk) 17:47, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Television barnstar

		The TV Star
		I Opark 77 award you this television barnstar for your hard work in improving "Soprano Home Movies" to featured article status.Opark 77 (talk) 17:47, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] The Roots Rising Down reviews section

Why was my Review link removed without an explanation? As a longtime Okayplayer I assumed my review was fine and there were no violations of the link itself. Inform. Johmbolaya (talk) 20:59, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Mattweiner.jpg

Hello. I was wondering why you uploaded the low resolution of the image. Did you get permission from MAD MEN to use only low resolution, or you didn't notice the higher resolution available at Flickr? Also, I think it ought to be uploaded to Wikicommons for a wider use on all of Wikimedia projects. --Kimse (talk) 03:55, 16 May 2008 (UTC)