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[edit] Music

Wow, you know a lot about music, or research it. Either way, I'll keep an eye out for you. You seem like a keeper. - Kevin (TALK) 21:36, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Huygens probe

I didnt make that particular edit, I normally just go after spelling and grammar, but it looks like you figured it out already. Glad to have another person looking out for the small details! Scott (TALK) 18:22, 18 February 2007 (EST)

[edit] Coconut oil

Thanks for the references and additional edits. If you didn't already notice, I started a discussion in the talk page on restructuring the section. It will all come down to what sources we can find, which you seem extremely good at. --Ronz 23:20, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics

Thanks for your contributions to the article. Sorry about reverting the first one. It all seemed to be covered elsewhere. Thanks for catching the confusing sentence about locked steering and canceled gyroscopic effects. I'm glad to have that handled. I'm afraid that your most recent addition will get flagged for POV, but let's wait and see. You might have noticed that I've been working on the article for a while. When I got it close to the current form, others stopped bothering me about POV. Note the comment on the talk page that goes "Do something about ‘Common misconception’ to make it less polemical." A section titled 'Common misconception' was how I tried to handle claims about gyroscopic effect, and that comment was how it was received. That's why it ended up as 'Other Hypotheses'. I hope I haven't discouraged you. I've been waiting for someone to give the whole article a critical eye for a while. -AndrewDressel 03:40, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps we can put them (skater and pogo stick) in a new subsection under balance called something like "similar examples". It can also include skateboards, runners, unicycles, skis, kick scooters, etc. It might be worth mentioning the difference between continuously nonholonomic and intermitantly nonholonomic systems. We might need to be a little careful of the dreaded "original research", though. -AndrewDressel 14:54, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Film stubs

The list can be found here Category:Film stubs. There's only one that doesn't fit the regular pattern, and that's the "documentary" stub! SkierRMH 22:08, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NASA's Launch Manifest

Hi there! Yes, it is out of date - there was a rearrangement in April with the release of the April 2007 FAWG Manifest. I'm working on getting some confirmation from NASA as to these changes so we can have a better source. Colds7ream 07:56, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: List of power pop musicians

Hi Gekritz. I really like the idea of two or even three sections on a page like that; maybe something with "roots", "first-tier importance bands", "2nd tier", etc... What I would love to avoid is what happens to a page like List of punk bands where it isn't informative and usable. If pages are categorized correctly, they will show up in the power pop category, which is great if you want a comprehensive list, but useless if you know little about the genre and want to find a list of "important" bands that might not be mentioned in the article. Do you have any idea what the guidelines are for the "list of ____ bands"? Cank 00:09, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Wondermints

It was actually my fault all along that Wondermints were listed as "The Wondermints" on List of power pop bands. I ordered Bali around the same time that I added "The Wondermints" to the list; then, when I received the album, I realized that I'd been wrong (having erred on the side of common sense) and that the band's own article had their name right. That's when I removed the "The" that I myself had added. (D'oh.) Still, like you, I'm even now not 100%. Having ripped Bali to my laptop, the artist name for the album is listed as "Wondermints", but the artist info for each individual track reads "The Wondermints". (Groan.) I can't believe how many bands you've added to the power pop page. I'll probably have to check some of them out. Roger Joseph Manning Jr is my favorite artist at the moment, and I was both glad to see that you added him and embarrassed to not have done so myself. Oh well, I gave up on making serious efforts at improving Wikipedia with List of Internet slang. (Haha.) Keep fighting the good fight, I s'pose. If you know anywhere that I can find the lyrics to RJM's three songs that were on LoPI but not SSW, let me know. I tried to type them up for myself, but I could only decipher about 95% of the words. Cheers, H3G3M0N 01:30, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

I know, right? I've just been listening to my RJM station on Pandora and adding anyone who sounds good. H3G3M0N 16:04, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Jack's Mannequin

Glad to be of service. I'll continue to post good bands as I come across them. Powerpopaholic.com might be the place to find even more new acts; I just stumbled across it the other day. H3G3M0N 19:27, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: fred

You're welcome! Damn, they're good. On another note... I can't believe that someone just tried removing the Beatles and Head Automatica from the list without a word! Did I overcompensate when I added some of those punk pop bands? I didn't realize at first that there was another, separate "list of punk pop bands" article. On yet another note... can you think of any way to incorporate into the list's lead blurb a description of power pop as "rock/pop" or something like that? I certainly don't want to step on the main article's toes, but it would be nice if users who stumbled across the list page without an understanding of what power pop is could just see "rock/pop" and instantly think, "Oh, OK." (Atleast that's how I'd most succinctly describe it.) H3G3M0N 00:31, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

I guess you'll have to wait to get your copy of Sound Awake to answer that capitalization question for sure - I'm working at Colby, and my own physical copy of the CD is at home. All I can say for sure is that I can't recall ever seeing the F capitalized anywhere. I do know that you're gonna love the album! As far as instruments go: I wish. I told myself I'd buy a guitar this summer, but that didn't happen. I'm considering taking piano lessons this coming school year or something - RJM really makes me want to learn them keys! Who knows? I'm guessing you play, though? H3G3M0N 02:32, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Sixpence None the Richer

LOLs. I only thought of Sixpence because my roommate sent me the Japanese version of "Kiss Me", performed by Sixpence themselves. (It's amazing.) H3G3M0N 02:32, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Power Pop List Talk

I think you succeeded in crafting the cogent argument that you were seeking. I'll leave everything alone unless it seems like someone who isn't you ought to step in again. H3G3M0N 04:01, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: WTF Is "H3G3M0N", LOL?

"H3G3M0N" is a L337 rendering of "Hegemon", an allusion to Peter Wiggin of the Ender's Game quadrilogies. H3G3M0N 04:01, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Power Pop Albums Category

Yeah, that is a neat idea. Actually, I was thinking recently that it might be nice to eventually dissolve the List of power pop musicians article, gradually replacing it with a category page, providing lasting links to all of the individual band articles that way. Just a thought. Regarding your suggestion for the main article, I say just go for it now that you've made your point. If anybody screws with your edits for reasons that don't make sense, I'll back you up. As for other favorite genres of music of mine, Dance, R&B, and New Wave probably cover most of it. H3G3M0N 01:01, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

The "See Also" section you added is OK. The main article link is redundant to the one right above the lead paragraph, though! (I'll remove it now.) H3G3M0N 00:25, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Richard Greene's Page

Hello,

I am the person who added information to Richard Greene's web site. I'm am new to Widipedia. Can you point me to a page where I can learn what you mean by "wikify"?

Thanks,

7o9 22:02, 30 July 2007 (UTC) 7o9

[edit] Power Pop Miscellany

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you, Gekritzl. I was on vacation for a while, and I think I was a little WPed-out besides. Geez, the List talk page really erupted! I didn't see any of the responses to what I'd written until days later, and responding doesn't seem worth my time. I can't believe Head Automatica keeps getting removed from the List! They're listed as power pop on their own WP page, and their band bio on their own page stresses that they are power pop to the core! I'd really hate to have to cite every band that I add just to try to get each one to stick!

I just got a couple albums in the mail - Spymob's Sitting Around Keeping Score and JM's Everything in Transit. I'm shocked by how much I'm reminded of fred when I listen to Spymob. I think you'd get a tremendous kick out of the title track. MySpace it? I wish you'd warned me about JM's album - it's so blah! I really only like the tracks I'd heard before buying it (Miss Delaney, Kill the Messenger, Holiday from Real) plus Dark Blue and MFEO; the rest is sounds-the-same overly-emo crap in my opinion.

Man, I was looking forward to adding The Rocket Summer to the List, but I just saw that he's already on there. His song Waiting is stuck in my head 24/7 - it's disgusting, really. Peace! H3G3M0N 00:38, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

I can't say I know where that Townsend quotation is from; if you pretty much know it's fake, I say delete it. As far as your deletion police article goes, I don't think it could hurt to complete it and see what others think. Still 21, H3G3M0N 00:26, 6 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] I3C

I made a couple of edits to the Indole-3-carbinol article. What do you think about having a relatively short introductory paragraph that is followed by sections on topics like estrogen metabolism and cancer? I think the 1990 Michnovicz & Bradlow article should be included in the list of numbered references.....it is widely cited as having shown that I3C alters estrogen metabolism in humans. --JWSchmidt 00:54, 6 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Bonnie Hayes

Hi.

I edited the Bonnie Hayes article to indicate that her album "Good Clean Fun" is being released on CD. Grundle2600 17:30, 24 August 2007 (UTC)


Hi again.

I'm glad you're happy! Grundle2600 18:59, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Richard Greene (fiddle player)

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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Homer3 b.jpg)

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[edit] Cattle mutilation

Saw your plea, fixed the ref. You had an excess / in the "ref name=" portion that was closing it off too soon, as you might see in this diff. Subtle, but critical. Pairadox (talk) 18:15, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Malcolm

I see no evidence of a connection between TTN and Mzaincontributor. Mzaincontributor is a new account (February 2008), has regular user status (no admin bit), and is creating what I can only guess he or she perceives to be new articles. As I mentioned, the articles are at different locations than the ones you are referring to, which would explain the lack of an edit history. If you go to Red Dress, for example, and look at the article history, you will see the old article. (TTN redirected it on 15 October 2007). Hope this helps. --Ckatzchatspy 22:20, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, but that's not much of a help. The day before Mzaincontributor "created" the Red Dress (Malcolm in the Middle) article, the full article was already there. It is pure speculation that Mzaincontributor was the one who deleted the original, complete article, and replaced it with the skeleton article, and somehow wiped out the edit history. Did you see the message I left on your talk page? Thanks again... Geĸrίtz (talk)
Well, based on the available evidence, I would say that it is speculation and nothing more. I'm an admin, so I see deleted pages - and there is nothing visible at Red Dress (Malcolm in the Middle episode). As well, the link that TTN removed from the episode list was to Red Dress, which is where the text you posted on your user page appears to come from. (In fact, when I compared the version prior to TTN's October 2007 redirect with the text on your subpage, it was identical, even down to the spelling errors. The only differences were a merge template at the top of the page and a category at the bottom.) I can't explain what you saw when you say you saw it, but Mzaincontributor's editing patterns do not resemble TTN's at all. He/she also does not have the access rights to delete an article's history. --Ckatzchatspy 03:02, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Joseph Patrick O'Malley

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[edit] Your userpage

Please don't give up! I appreciate your efforts. Best, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 07:43, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Malcolm

There was a discussion about this here Talk:List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes. All those episodes pages contained the summary, trivia and really nothing else. I do think some are notable, like the ones that won Emmys. I would say go for it and recreate the pages, if you include real-world information (like winning an emmy), references, and not just the plot and trivia. -- Coasttocoast (talk) 23:21, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Also Tv.com, home.earthlink.net/~bigfitz79/Malcolm_Music.html and a Malcolm fan sites are not reliable soruces and cannot should not be used in articles. -- Coasttocoast (talk) 23:36, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Just created the article Bowling (Malcolm in the Middle). If their done like that, I don't think they'll have a problem with it recreating episode articles for MITM. -- Coasttocoast (talk) 00:26, 10 June 2008 (UTC)