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[edit] 1975 World Series HOFers

I added breaks to lines after the team name and after the HOF group of each team. Hope this helps. Kjbopp 18:27, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

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I have received your recent message. The dates of the first 300 resolutions are complete. I will fill in more if no one else does it. While I see your user page saying "The mood of Wikipedia seems to be one of deleting more articles, which makes me less likely to start new articles", I do not feel starting a new page so badly while you are a bureaucrat but I am not an admin here yet.--Jusjih 13:17, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

thanks for reminding me of the spirit of wikipedia. i think i was in a pessimistic mood when i wrote that. i've removed it now from my user page! cheers, Kingturtle 13:24, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back! The Uninvited Co., Inc. 19:00, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trudi Canavan - advert or article?

Hello. You left a message on Trudi Canavan yesterday stating "this article looks like a sales page. it needs to look like an encyclopedia page." Could you elaborate on this (on the talk page), as I'm unsure which parts of the article look like a sales page and hence need to be reworked? Thanks. Mike Peel 13:06, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reporting vandalism

Hi Kingturtle. I'm not sure if you're the one I should be telling, but whoever is using IP 165.98.174.199 has been vandalizing articles (so far, "The Castro" and "Pam Anderson"). I've reverted it, but I guess they should be warned. I'm telling you because you're the only admin person I know of. Buck Mulligan 20:35, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

• The vandal appears to have left. I will monitor the IP's activity. I am happy to help again if you need it. If I am not around, you can ask any of the admins - most should be willing to assist you. Kingturtle 21:14, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Taliban photo

hey. so, my taliban photo? well, i was in afghanistan for a month (july) in 2001 on holidays. i got a return flight to pakistan and i was able to get a visum in peshawar. traveled alone all around the country. you can see my route and more photos at http://travel.bluuurgh.com but i still haven't gotten around to typing out my travel notes (only five years later). Bluuurgh 10:34, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

wow, those photos are really terrific. i'd love to read about your experiences in afghanistan at that time. it must have been fascinating and a bit scary. let me know when you have written out your travel notes. Kingturtle 14:24, 11 August 2006 (UTC) p.s. it'd be nice to use more of those afghan photos on wikipedia.

well, if you have any suggestions... i'm rather reluctant to promote my own photos as i'm not to sure about the quality of some of them. i am prepared to 'public domain' most of my work, shame there's no beer-ware license to select from. Bluuurgh 08:27, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Radio...

Put an external link to the overall subject, which will help make it verifiable. Thanks much, Kukini 17:13, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

i culled the information from many different articles i found through google. what information in the stub are you curious about? Kingturtle 18:02, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Did it myself...found an AP article that refers to it, thus bringing some verification to the article. Have a good day. Kukini 21:10, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Kingturtle 03:05, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Afghan Provinces

No problem. I also have a (random) interest in Afghanistan. Frankie816 14:09, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcoming New Users

Umm, thanks for the message on my talk page. I confess I was a little surprised, because I've been using (and editing) Wikipedia for several years (mostly proofreading that I didn't bother to log in for). But I appreciate the thought. ;-) Congratulations on your marriage. --Bedawyn 19:06, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome

Hello Kingturtle, and thank you for the message. I have contributed to Wikipedia since 2006 (May-July), mainly in the Wikipedia "en espaňol", and today I took the time to continue to add a few more of the links between en & es. Thanks again, and please let me know if I may be of service to you. Best regards. Tortillovsky 18:07, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Afghanistan districts

Hi Kingturtle. Could I possibly ask a small favour, as you seem to have an interest in Afghanistan? Could you please have a quick look at Category:Districts of Afghanistan, and move any of the districts that are still listed in lower-case "district" to upper-case "District". There's about eight or nine of them left, which need an admin to move them, though (as far as I know) the only history on the target articles is redirects to a couple of different places. See Category talk:Districts of Afghanistan for discussion on which naming convention to use. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 09:12, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

You've clearly been on a Wikibreak for a while. No worries - Merovingian has sorted this out now. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 10:30, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] United Nations Security Council Resolution

The individual resolution lists (1 to 100, etc) were all created in descending order, but this seems counter-intuitive. What can we do to fix them? --Ruyn 23:39, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vincent Crane

Hi there! I see you were the last one to have done any work on the page Vincent Crane, which was redirecting it to his band Atomic Rooster (somewhere in 2003). I strongly feel Vincent Crane deserves to have his own page in wiki. So I started one, quite amateuristic until now but hoping it will grow. I hope you don't have any strong feelings against my changing the redirect into a page for Crane alone! I changed nothing to the Atomic Rooster page, btw. I am fairly new here, so I hope I've done it all right...! Thanks. Mark in wiki 15:11, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Project Afghanistan?

Hey Kingturtle. I've noticed you seem to have done a lot of work on various Afghanistan related pages on Wikipedia. Still, despite the best efforts of you and a few others, the general article standard seems quite poor, which is a pity given the doubtless widespread interest. Anyway, I've thought that it might be worthwhile starting a WikiProject: Afghanistan. I was wondering what you thought about such an idea. --RaiderAspect 23:47, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Boston Tea Party

Howdy, I noticed that you and I seem to post in one or two articles dealing with progressive issues in political science/sociology. There's currently a debate beginning in Boston Tea Party as to whether the article should include the category [1]. It meets definitions set in the articles Terrorism and Definition of terrorism, however, there are several self-proclaimed patriots who watch BTP who refuse to recognise the fact. The simple criteria for terrorism generally seem to be intimidation or destruction of property in order to change public policy or public opinion while a state of war has not yet been declared. Some users would rather use recent acts of terrorism as a yardstick, rather than using a firm definition, and hence lose their ability to discuss matters calmly. Would you be able to pop in to the Talk page and join in the discussion? Thanks much, samwaltz 05:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:AntonDostler.jpg marked redundant

I've found better quality version of this image on Commons, so I've marked picture you'd uploaded as redundant. Ss181292 10:40, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Skirmish at Lejay, Afghanistan...

You did a lot of work on the Afghanistan timeline. I'd like to ask you to help me trace the source of some of that information. American forces rounded up all the military age males they could find following an ambush outside the village of Lejay, Afghanistan, on February 10, 2003. February 10, 2003 is the date supplied in the transcripts of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals and Administrative Review Board hearings of the Afghans who ended up in Guantanamo. The US forces had called in air support when they were ambushed on the 10th.

The Afghan timeline says American forces subjected Lejay to an aerial bombardment on February 11th, killing 17 civilians.

I am trying to figure out there was a mixup of dates, or whether the Americans subjected Lejay and vicinity to two aerial bombardments. The transcripts don't give any hint that there were any casualties, on either side. One of the transcripts, however, described the ambusher's fire as '"viscious". Between you and I I think this suggests a lack of professionalism on the part of the person writing the after-action report.

Cheers! -- Geo Swan 18:59, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Geo Swan, my source for most of my Afghan timeline information was http://www.myafghan.com/default.asp . That site used to have an extensive archive of news stories from AP, Reuters, etc. and some British news services dating back many years. Because of copyright issues, however, that site had to remove its archive. It is a shame; it was an extremely valuable resource.

Because that site no longer has its archive, I cannot tell you the source. What I can tell you is that I was extremely careful and meticulous in my descriptions of news reports.

In my experience reading so many news stories about Afghanistan, there were sometimes conflicting dates. The same event was sometimes given different dates. For example, one article written on October 2, 2003 (a Thursday) might say an event happened "today" while another article written on October 3, 2003 (a Friday) might say the event happened "Wednesday" (October 1). I did my best to get the dates in the timeline accurate, but there might be some mistakes due to the subtle inaccuracy of the sources.

I hope this helps you a little, Kingturtle 06:08, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I could tell you were careful, and didn't mean to leave the impression I was challenging your accuracy. I just wanted to consult to primary source myself.

I have encountered situations where there was a source I expected to expire, and wondered whether there was a way to get sites like the waybackmachine to preserve a snapshot. I believe that the waybackmachine, and the similar sites, all honour the no-robots instruction. Of course you didn't have any clue the pages you were using would expire.

About this particular skirmish... I didn't see any of the documents the DoD released refer to any US casualties. But one of the references said the ambushers subjected the US forces to a "vicious fire". Kind of a stupid phrase, IMO. I think we can assume that, if an enemy is firing at you, unless they are firing warning shots, they plan to cause as many casualties as possible. Anthropomorphizing their fire seems unprofessional.

FWIW, I think the transcripts from the captives taken following this skirmish demonstrate some of the weaknesses of the Guantanamo intelligence efforts. One of the arguments of those who favor stripping the detainees of the protections of the rule of law is that soldiers aren't cops, and can't be expected to read prisoners their Miranca rights, or to preserve a proper "chain of custody" of the evidence against them.

Abdul Bagi says he wasn't interrogated until a week after his capture. He is alleged to have thrown a rifle down a well. He acknowldeges being captured near a well. He said that the water in the well was (1) shallow, (2) clear -- and that observers would have been able to clearly see a much smaller object than a rifle, if it was lying at the bottom of the well. He said that they would have been able to see an object as small as a pen at the bottom of the well. From my reading of the transcripts it seems like the US forces found a single AK-47. And, when the dossiers were composed against the detainees, the allegations against them attributed ownership of the single weapon to multiple suspects.

Anyhow, thanks again for your reply. -- Geo Swan 14:50, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request advice on revisions to Nortel Networks article

On October 30, 2006, the text of the Nortel Networks article was replaced with text that appears to come from the company's own press materials, such as http://www.nortel.com/corporate/pressroom/collateral/corporate_backgrounder_feb2006.pdf and http://www.nortel.com/corporate/index.html . I am reluctant to just revert the article to its previous version, as there is more current information present, though of course since it comes straight from Nortel's PR, it has a great deal of feel-good wording. Other than the timeline information, which is taken from the PDF link I gave, all history information has been lost, including discussion of the recent financial issues. I'm not sure what is the usual course of action in cases like this; can you provide any advice? Isaac Lin 07:29, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Upon further reflection, I plan to revert the article and request that any updates be integated into the older article. I do not believe it to be appropriate for the article to be a direct copy from PR material, and want to avoid having more people submit updates on top of this version of the article. Isaac Lin 14:18, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Roger Clemens salary

O.o I seem to have met my first old school admin.

Anyway, if you were still interested, I found the link for Roger Clemens' $USD 22 million dollar salary for 2006. See Talk:Roger Clemens. Nishkid64 03:03, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question re your 01:43, 18 November 2003 edit to IBM 604

You added See also: [[List of IBM products]]. I'm curious why, what value does this add to the article? Most IBM machine articles do not have that text and I tend to think in terms of all or none. Thanks 69.106.232.37 06:22, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

• So that readers could learn more about other products IBM developed. Kingturtle 22:01, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Philanthropist

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Philanthropist, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:Philanthropist. You may remove the deletion notice, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. — Sebastian (talk) 03:39, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Segway Geeks

Because of your outstanding contributions to Segway PT and/or Geek, you have been selected for the Wikipedia group Segway Geeks.

Geekler^{a Segway Geek} 21:13, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Berg-chair.jpe listed for deletion

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[edit] Shakers FAR

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[edit] Can you restore?

Can you restore? [2] You did before. Best wishes, Travb (talk) 09:21, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

Everything on Wikipedia is supposed to be supported with reliable sources, partially to satisfy the verifiability requirement. The stub looks totally legit, so it's not as big a deal as when a word is suspected to be a neologism, hoax, etc., but I found the article while doing some new page patrolling, saw that it had no sources, and tagged it as such. Presumably, there's an economics textbook out there that could easily be put in as a source. --Icarus ^(Hi!) 05:28, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jonathan Idema

I know you worked on this article some about a year ago. I've added lots of information to it and I thought maybe you could head over there, and check it out. It had marks for neutrality, verfiability, and cleanup. I've made improvements in these areas, but I don't want to remove these labels until fresh eyes have seen the article. Thanks, Xpanzion 06:46, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Madeline Lee

You created the above page as a redirect to Blacklist I cannot see why, so have tagged as a speedy deletion candidate, Davidprior 14:53, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Mohammad Saleheen, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does 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. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page (below the existing db tag) and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

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. - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 18:19, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Evelyn Hernandez

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Evelyn Hernandez, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at its talk page. Removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, but the article may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. Srice13 20:59, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

From User talk:Srice13:

I have no idea why the Evelyn Hernandez article is not encyclopedic. Her story was in the news, covered by CNN and Court TV. It is absurd to delete the article. Please tell me where to go to make my case. Kingturtle 00:52, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

You may make your case the article's talk page. It might be worth noting that the article does not provide a link to coverage of "Hernandez" at either CNN or CourtTV. The one Court TV reference to Hernandez was really a link to Laci Peterson article that mentioned Hernandez. A quick search at courttv.com does not turn up any articles about Hernandez in the context of Hernandez.Srice13 16:09, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CHICOTW GAonhold

TonyTheTiger 23:17, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reading list

Hi,

Back in 2003, you posted a request for candidates for a reading list at the high school where you were teaching U.S. History. I added my candidates to the list in April 2006. Apparently, you have moved to New York since then. Are you still teaching?

In any event, I'm curious what the net result of your request was. Did you build a list of "outside reading" on U.S. history? If so, could you share it with me? My Wikipedia e-mail is enabled so you can e-mail it to me if that is more convenient for you.

Thanks.

--Richard 20:05, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Heroin1.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] XHTML compliance

While I'm here, I went ahead and fixed your talk page to be XHTML compliant. You can change it back if you really want, but using valid XHTML is a good practice and will set a good example for other users. —Remember the dot (t) 19:10, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WCG itself violates copyrights

Hi, just to let you know. -- Goldie (tell me) 19:47, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possibly unfree Image:Zog2.jpe

[edit] Image:Lynndie-chair.jpe

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[edit] Paul Petard (cartoonist)

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Paul Petard (cartoonist), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Fram 13:12, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FYI

I tried to change the link on your page for Ralph Wiggum from "[|[Wiggum Family|Ralph Wiggum]]" to just "[|[Ralph Wiggum]]," but I guess you have to do that yourself. - Bagel7 05:13, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: List of compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven

Thought you might like to know: I submitted a Featured List Nomination for this list, of which you seem to be a major author. I did some tinkering around the edges (lead, references, section headers, etc.) first. Cheers! —Turangalila ^talk 00:37, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help for a registration

Hi Kingturtle. I'm a new user, "enroled" with the new user id Mau_db. Here is my request, but I did a mistake writing my e-mail address: the correct one is @email.it, not @mail.com. How can I do to correct that? I'm a contributor of it.wiki, my User page is this. If you want I'll write an e-mail from the right address or anythng else to verify my identity. The e-mail address is not the same of italian registration, if it is necessary I can write you that, so I can resolve the matter. If you want, you can write me in my it.wiki talk or to the right e-mail address, or in my Ip talk (but I've a mobile ip). Here I left the same message to User:Samir, he suggests me to contact a bureaucrat or trying to usurp the account. What can I exactly do? Thank you for all. --79.3.210.203 18:52, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Change of username

Hello, I'd like to request a change of username. I believe I have to ask a bureaucrat to do that for me. I believe you are a bureaucrat. Can you help me? [Actually, I wanted to delete my account, but I've been made aware that that is not possible. So, I am am taking the only other course of action I can think of.] Many thanks. --JohnO 10:28, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

Hello there, my username is The Random Editor. I usually go by Random though. I created my username planning to never change it, until recently when I wanted to change my username to Random. I was checking the list of users, and noticed unfortunatly that Random had already been taken. I though about usurptions but he had one edit so that was out of the question. I left a message on his talk page requesting that he change his username if he was not really going to edit a lot. I recieved no reply. he has made one and only one edit. Is there anyway at all I could change my username to Random? --Random ^{Say it here!} 22:11, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect Syntax

Hi, the correct syntax for a redirect page is :-

#REDIRECT [[Name of page to redirect to]]
e.g for your recent Snozzberry page the correct syntax is #REDIRECT [[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]
not :REDIRECT[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]
Exxolon 21:14, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

OK, thanks. Maybe a longtime ago the : was ok. I'll try to remember. Kingturtle 21:18, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your image of Barbarossa

Rocks! Way to go man– IttyBittyGrittyindaShteCiti 07:49, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You're welcome

Oh, you're welcome.

Are you from that area, by any chance? A couple of fellows who are from that area have suggested that the English language convention that a person from Afghanistan can be called an "Afghan" is inappropriate. They have told me that this is really only appropriate for members of the Pashtun ethnic group. They have suggested we use "Afghanistani", similar to Pakistani.

Have you heard this idea before? What do you think of it?

Cheers! Geo Swan 01:37, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

I am from New York State. I just developed an interest in Afghanistan when the U.S. invaded. In regards to the Afghan/Afghanistani question, all the media sources I've found (CNN, CBC, BBC, etc.) use Afghan and Afghani. All the dictionaries I've looked in use Afghan and Afghani. I don't see Afghanistani as a legitimate replacement. But if arguments can be made, I can be swayed. Kingturtle 18:23, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] error

Operation Mountain Storm has nothing to do with Afghanistan, check it. --TheFEARgod (Ч) 13:01, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reza Khan

In answer to your question, no, I could not find any sources mentioning that his confession had been coerced out of him. Found a lot of things, though, that could be used as references in the article:

• [3]
• [4]
• [5]
• [6]
• [7]
• [8]

Hope this helps. wjmt 04:30, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you so much for voicing your support in my successful RfA. I'm humbled to have the community's trust. As I master the ways of the mop and bucket, please don't hesitate to message me for any advice or corrections. Cheers! (I'll be sure to live up to your "fine candidate" statement) Spellcast 23:36, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA

I considered not spamming talk pages but not saying "thanks" just isn't me. The support was remarkable and appreciated. I only hope that I am able to help a little on here. Please let me know if I can help you or equally if you find any of my actions questionable. Thanks & regards --Herby ^{talk thyme} 12:45, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfAs due to be closed

There are a couple of RfAs that could be closed if you have a moment - Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Acroterion & Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Random832. Cheers, WjBscribe 03:50, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Done. And done. :) Kingturtle (talk) 04:11, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. By the way, Wikipedia:List of administrators is now updated by a Bot every day so you don't need to add new admins to it. WjBscribe 04:15, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your vote

	Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/Chicago Collaboration of the Week
List of Chicago Landmarks update is the current Chicago COTW In the past you have edited Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. It was the CHICOTW in the recent past. It has been placed on Good article on hold status thanks in part to your efforts. See its GA review and help us raise it towards the good article and eventually featured article classification level. The article was given good article on hold status on February 2, 2007. It will be reevaluated in between 2 and 7 days from this date. Recall that during its tenure as CHICOTW we achieved the following Improvement. See our CHICOTW Improvement History.
Contributing editors: AKeen, L Glidewell, NatusRoma, TheQuandry*, TonyTheTiger.
	Good article nominee/Good article on hold
	Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a vote of (53/0/1). As a token of my appreciation, please accept this bowl of tzatziki. I feel honored to be trusted by so many of you. Wikipedia is such a large community, that my acceptance in the face of such large numbers truly is humbling. I will use my new tools to continue the tasks for which you entrusted them to me. Gratefully, EncycloPetey (talk) 18:34, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure why this is displaying weird, by the way, but notice a strange melding of another message box here. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:10, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template syntax

You know more than I do. :-D I just add cats to templates. I occasionally write one but they tend to be copies of existing template-like text that people never made into an actual template. --Woohookitty^Woohoo! 04:46, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Afghanistan's 2004 constition was forged

See User:Kingturtle/Afghanistan

[edit] People arguing against Afghani and Afghanistani

The users arguing against these two terms, user: Hurooz, user: Dilbar Jan, and have been confirmed as sockkpuppupets of banned user user: NisarKand. He was a Pashtun (Afghan) nationalist and was banned for making disgusting racist comments against Tajiks. These sockpuppets are both banned now. Also I suspect user: Naseer n nasrat is his sockpuppet and started this controversy, I will also a checkuser on him. -- Behnam (talk) 13:41, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

It may have been me who "started this controversy." I don't mean any harm or any offense, but as far as I've been able to tell, Afghanistani is not the right term in the English language. I am trying to understand why the term Afghan is incorrect. Kingturtle (talk) 13:48, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Just thought I'd weigh in here. We [or at least I] are [am] not saying Afghan is incorrect. I actually use Afghan and would not use Afghani or Afghanistani. But there's a source for Afghanistani, so don't we have to include it as well? I really don't think WP is supposed to be normative; if that's false, please direct me to the policy. The version which I want to see includes all three demonyms, with sources, and Afghan listed first. Carl.bunderson (talk) 06:51, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MLB map — thanks

Thank you. I did do that MLB stadiums map, but it wasn't all that much! I just adapted the existing NFL stadiums map, and added Canada to accomodate the Blue Jays. But I appreciate the compliment. (I just like doing maps. If I had the time I would add maps to every page that needed them.) — Michael J 20:03, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps I should use my map base and do the NBA and NHL arenas, since they require Canada, also. — Michael J 20:11, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

I'd like to see a map that showed every single city that ever had a major league team. Kingturtle (talk) 21:20, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Do you mean for baseball only, or all of the so-called major sports (baseball, football, basketball, hockey)? Or separate ones for each sport? I can make you one if you like — I have all that information easily available — but I'm not sure where it would belong on Wikipedia. — Michael J 17:22, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, you can do other sports too, but I was thinking of a map that showed every city that ever had a Major League Baseball team. I am sure I can find a place to put it on History of baseball in the United States. Kingturtle (talk) 19:59, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I wonder if that might be good as an animated map, showing the changes over time. — Michael J 02:34, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

perhaps, but a regular, stagnant map would be fine too. Kingturtle (talk) 04:05, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA

Could you close Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/DO11.10 if you have a sec? Hopefully if will be the last time I have to bother any crat about this sort if thing... WjBscribe 21:24, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Done. Kingturtle (talk) 21:31, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Lets assume you have an account on Meta that is not used much! If it is you you will need to link the user page there back to here for any vote to count (if not there is an impostor & feel free to let me know that). Cheers --Herby ^{talk thyme} 14:56, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dannys Contest

Hi Kingturtle,

I could use some support on creating a disclaimer for Dannys contest. I understand you are also offended by it. Please see the talk page. Bensaccount (talk) 18:15, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Voluntarian

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Voluntarian, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of Voluntarian. Mdbrownmsw 21:33, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Arbcom

Just wanted to let you know that I replied to your comment on the talk page. Rebecca 04:23, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] World Series infobox

Another thing I thought of - it would be helpful if someone could figure out how to exclude the ALCS and NLCS lines for the pre-1969 Series; I don't quite have the knack for figuring out how to insert the "if" code that would do the trick. Obviously the same the thing applies to pre-1940s TV and pre-1920s radio networks and broadcasters. MisfitToys (talk) 22:32, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I agree. Also we have to figure out have to get the "‡ elected as a player" comments to show up. Such programming is a bit over my head right now. Kingturtle (talk) 22:34, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bernie Ward

My bad on the Ward page, I didn't see your edit for some reason, and it contains the same info. Bluefield (talk) 02:23, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

no problemo. Kingturtle 02:25, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image source problem with Image:Prison-chair.jpe

Thanks for uploading Image:Prison-chair.jpe. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 02:27, 11 December 2007 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 02:27, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Looking for some assistance...

I'm hoping you can point me in the right direction. I have been tasked with creating and administering a relatively large intranet site using MediaWiki software. As we are developing this project, it is becoming apparent that we need some ideas on how to manage and administer our wiki. We chose MediaWiki as our software with the intention of modeling our site with the very familiar Wikipedia. I can really use some assistance understanding how Wikipedia is managed to put those lessons learned into our project. Do you know of someone who might be able to talk to me as I continue the development of our intranet site? Any advice you can offer would be most appreciated. Thanks.

Elexman (talk) 15:06, 11 December 2007 (UTC)Rich – December 11, 2007Elexman (talk) 15:06, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Really, really bad haikus from a new admin

Setting new lows in thank-you spam:

Click there for my RfA spam haikus! → → →

Janitor's new tools
Spam must stop -- will new mop act?
Ooops, .com blocked

New admin, new tools
Earnest newbie furrows brow
Fare thee well Main Page

New mess all about
Sorcerer's Apprentice mop
Not supporter's fault

A. B. so grateful
Wikipedia trembles
Watch out DRV

A. B. wonders why
Copyright always confused
Fair use, farewell, bye

Qatar is blocked
Shucks those range blocks are tricky!
Will get it straight soon.

Colbert's elephants
stampede Wikipedia
Must protect, protect

Wiki fortress not.
Open gates, knowledge wings free
But fiends are about

Dear RfA friend,
I will learn, chaos will fade
Thanks so much ... A. B.

This RfA thank you card is based on a card originally done by Phaedriel

So do bureaucrats get thanked along with supporting editors after an RfA? ... or just tipped?^[9][10]

Well, I appreciate your adminning me and I promise not to cause too much excitement in my first week.

Enjoy your haikus, --A. B. ^(talk) 12:48, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks Kingturtle

For the welcome note. I've been learning the ropes and I'm getting the hang of things. Your links are helpful, and it's great to have a little support for the newcomers. I'm looking forward to seeing how the Mitchell Report page ends up looking:-) Cheers! Csbarrett (talk) 23:59, 13 December 2007 (UTC)