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Johntex\talk 23:08, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TWA 800

Good work. --Guinnog 06:46, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: TWA flight 800

Can I get one of your spelling checks on this article? Much appreciated! Lipsticked Pig 19:57, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Happy to help out - I corrected what I found. Incidentally, I don't do anything too special when I'm typo fixing - I use WP:AWB for mass fixes when I'm going for speed (like trying to correct all instances of a single word). For this page I just copy and pasted the text into MS Word and let Microsoft's spell checker tell me what needed to be fixed. --Bachrach44 20:49, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

The article was placed in the correct category (Category:Unassessed Aviation accident articles), but the category wasn't created yet, I'll do that now. - Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 01:03, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flight 990

While you were requesting my input... I was already giving it on the article page! See you there for more in-depth discusion on it. Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 23:50, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

LOL... Also bear in mind I'm Brittish, it's one AM here (I'm a bit of a midnight mover, so after playing some metal on YouTube, it was last check of watchlist time before bed - so not as sad as it sounds!) Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 23:54, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] News team AfDs

You might want to change your comment because it was the article nominator User:Rollosmokes that reverted the main articles so that they duplicate the new ones. Personally I don't think the new articles stand alone, but I'm being fair :) EliminatorJR Talk 22:31, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rfa

Just dropping by to say "thank you" for supporting me in my recent my RfA. I passed the vote, and am now an admin. It will take me some getting used to with the new tools, but I thank you again for the trust. Have a good one, and, as always, happy editing! Jmlk17 05:01, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] July 2007

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that recently you carried out a copy and paste page move from 2007 San Francisco Airport runway incursion. Please do not move articles by copying and pasting them because it splits the article's history, which is needed for attribution and is helpful in many other ways. If there is an article that you cannot move yourself using the move link at the top of the page, follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Also, if there are any other articles that you copied and pasted, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen. Thank you. Andrew_pmk | Talk 06:01, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi Lipsticked Pig (great name!) Good job catching and fixing that quickly. I redirected 2007 San Francisco Airport runway incursion, where you first moved the article, to the new article name. Cheers, Flyguy649 talk contribs 06:18, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
No problem! Flyguy649 talk contribs 06:39, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TWA FL#800

[edit] AfD nomination of TWA Flight 800 alternative theories

An article that you have been involved in editing, TWA Flight 800 alternative theories, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TWA Flight 800 alternative theories. Thank you. I know you created this page yesterday, but I'm nominating it for deletion. I fear it is giving the conspiracy advocates a soapbox. Fighting for Justice 01:57, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pre-Meiji Period: Use of Japanese era name in identifying disastrous events

Would you consider making a contribution to an exchange of views at either of the following:

As you know, Wikipedia:WikiProject Disaster management came up with entirely reasonable guidelines for naming articles about earthquakes, fires, typhoons, etc. However, the <<year>><<place> <<event>> format leaves no opportunity for conventional nengō which have been used in Japan since the eighth century (701-1945) -- as in "the Great Fire of Meireki" (1657) or for "the Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji" (1707).

In a purely intellectual sense, I do look forward to discovering how this exchange of views will develop; but I also have an ulterior motive. I hope to learn something about how better to argue in favor of a non-standard exception to conventional, consensus-driven, and ordinarily helpful wiki-standards such as this one. In my view, there does need to be some modest variation in the conventional paradigms for historical terms which have evolved in non-Western cultures -- no less in Wikipedia than elsewhere. I'm persuaded that, at least in the context of Japanese history before the reign of Emperor Meiji (1868-1912), some non-standard variations seem essential; but I'm not sure how best to present my reasoning to those who don't already agree with me. I know these first steps are inevitably awkward; but there you have it.

The newly-created 1703 Genroku earthquake article pushed just the right buttons for me. Obviously, these are questions that I'd been pondering for some time; and this became a convenient opportunity to move forward in a process of building a new kind of evolving consensus. --Ooperhoofd (talk) 18:18, 13 December 2007 (UTC)