User talk:Mike R

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Talk directed specifically to me will be kept and archived when I feel like it. Spam (the same thing posted on the talk pages of multiple Wikipedians) will be read but eventually deleted.

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[edit] Jazz category links

I noticed you changed the links to the Jazz musicians category from the articles about Jackie McLean and Jimmie Lunceford to links to the Jazz saxophonist category. Has a decision been made to replace links to the Jazz musicians category? If it has been, I would have liked to be consulted, since I added most of the links. If there has been no such decision, could you add a link to Jazz saxophonists instead of modifiying the link to Jazz musicians. Thanks.

Thanks also for making sure the Jazz saxophonist category is complete. John FitzGerald 14:14, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I just had a look at how many articles you altered. Forget my request. The jazz musicians category is screwed. What was so bad about it that it had to be destroyed? Don;t bother to answer. I've had enough of occurrences like this. John FitzGerald 14:25, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Here is an explanation of my actions.
  1. I noticed there were some subcategories of the Jazz musicians cagetory, including Jazz Guitarists, Jazz Bassists, and Jazz Pianists.
  2. I noticed the Jazz Guitarists subcategory was woefully incomplete.
  3. I added all the jazz guitarists I could find on Wikipedia to the Jazz Guitarists subcategory.
  4. Since there is no need for musicians to be listed on both the Jazz Musicians category and on the Jazz Guitarists cateogry, since the latter is a subcategory of the former, I removed the guitarists' listings from Jazz Musicians category.
  5. I created a Jazz Saxophonists category using the same reasoning above. It is a subcategory of both Jazz Musicians and Saxophonists.
  6. I added all the jazz saxophonists I could find on Wikipedia to the Jazz Saxophonists subcategory.
  7. Since there is no need for musicians to be listed on both the Jazz Musicians category and on the Jazz Saxophonists category, since the latter is a subcategory of the former, I removed the saxophonists' listings from Jazz Musicians category.
  8. Since there is no need for musicians to be listed on both the Saxophonists category and on the Jazz Saxophonists category, since the latter is a subcategory of the former, I removed the jazz saxophonists' listings from Saxophonists category.
I'm sorry this upset you so. I was not aware I needed to consult with anyone before doing what I did. There were no discussions in the talk page for the Jazz Musicians category. If I'd known you'd be so upset, I certainly would have consulted with you prior to doing anything. Taco Deposit | Talk-o Deposit 14:59, Sep 7, 2004 (UTC)

I think I said I wasn't going to reply to any message, but I'm still unhappy. Anyway, you say "there is no need for musicians to be listed on both the Jazz Musicians category and on the Jazz Guitarists category." But there's no need for them not to be, either, eh? What harm is done by having them listed twice? That way you have a general jazz reference and a specific one. Anyway, I didn't add those links for the good of my health. And why were there were no discussions on the talk page? – because you didn't announce your intention of overhauling the category. If you'd announced you were going to change all my links, we could have discussed it. Strangely enough, I am incapable of predicting what you're going to do. John FitzGerald 18:23, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)

On second thought, I thank you. This is a perfect example of one of Wikipedia's fundamental flaws. For example, even if you had published your intentions, I would have been unlikely to see it. The damage done by a few lost links is minor compared to the damge done when people insist, for example, on adding demonstrably untrue content to articles. You can't have an infinite watch list. So thanks forr clearing the scales from my eyes and freeing me from contributing to this furile enterprise. John FitzGerald

[edit] Berceuse

You're welcome. It's a pleasure to see something so immediately expandable while scrolling through recent changes. Happy editing! Antandrus 04:39, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you a thousand times

Thank you so much for explaining your username on your userpage. It is...attention-grabbing, and the origin is much less disgusting than I'd anticipated. Joyous 00:50, Oct 20, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] invasion of iraq cleanup

Due appreciation for your cleanup today on the NPOV mess at 2003 invasion of Iraq. -Joshuapaquin 19:32, Oct 30, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] User:212.159.30.247

Blocked him. Evercat 19:49, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] A Thousand and One Thanks, now

How kind of you to nominate me for adminship! I appreciate the gesture, and I've accepted. Joyous 23:06, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)

The votes have been tallied, and I'm now an admin. I'm looking forward to many cozy hours of tidying here. Cheers! Joyous 00:59, Nov 16, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] teh teh

Thanks for your help in keeping the teh page free frm vandalism. You're a great wikipedian. I was thinking about starting some sort of award for you, because you deserve one, but alas, I'm lazy. Maybe later. :) — unsigned by User:Mckaysalisbury

[edit] Women's Names

Whoops, I just now noticed the new additions, thank you! :) Those are really great! At one point, "Mary" and "marry" had occured to me, but I know that many people pronounce them quite a bit differently, depending on where in the world they are from. I love Opal and Ruby, those are great... oh, I just thought of another: Jade. :) func(talk) 05:01, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Mike Garcia makes his descision

Hello, there. I just replied to you. I just decided to become an admin. -- Mike Garcia 22:36, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Did you know

Did you know has been updated
and a fact from the article Bill Saluga, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you have another interesting fact to submit, then please suggest it at the section's talk page.

-- [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm|(talk)]] 12:48, Dec 2, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship

I'm flattered by your nomination. Thank you. I haven't decided whether to accept. Maurreen 07:27, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] thanks for the nom

Where in IA? Useta be in DM for 6y & liked it there. alteripse 21:30, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship

Taco, thank you for suggesting this. I think I'd prefer to wait a little while before considering it, because I've only been here since November, and while I've racked up a few thousand edits, I feel I need more experience dealing with editing disputes. But I very much appreciate you thinking of me for it. Best, SlimVirgin 21:17, Feb 7, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship for deeceevoice

This is a joke -- right? If it's not, thanks for the vote of confidence -- but you should know you gave me one helluva laugh. deeceevoice 22:25, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Not being argumentative for the hell of it, but why would I want to be an administrator? (After your note, I read the brief description of what an administrator does.) How do you think it would benefit Wikipedia (other than having just one more)? It hardly seems worth the trouble. Wikipedia definitely needs some more color up in here! They probably haven't got more than a handful of black administrators -- if any at all. But given my run-ins w/various Wikipedians (including other administrators) and my bluntness, I really don't think I fit the profile of an administrator. Nor do I think my nomination would be successful. Besides, my impression of administrators is that they're simply Wiki cops (and often arrogant ones at that) -- and my people and cops don't often get along. :-p Grácias por tu apoyo y tus palabras graciosas, pero estoy contenta como una persona non grata. Paz. deeceevoice 07:43, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Chomsky

Thanks, Taco. It's definitely been interesting, learning how to stick to objective presentation of other people's arguments instead of constructing my own arguments (which is what I'm accustomed to from the newsgroups). Russil Wvong 20:12, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Maurreen

Just a word to the wise, in case you nom User:Maurreen again on RfA: in a talk with me, they indicated they are male (and, IIRC, that that is their given name, from their parent(s)). --Jerzy (t) 06:54, 2005 Mar 10 (UTC)

[edit] Jeopardy

Well, the test is the test. There's not a whole hell of alot one can do to prepare, but I can give you the details. Assuming nothing's changed in the past year you'll be given 50 questions shown on a screen, much as if they were on the actual show. You will have several seconds to write down your answer (doesn't have to be in the form of a question), before they move on. You're not supposed to be able to go back to an old question, but of the answer comes to you 20 seconds too late theres nothing they can do to stop you from writing down the answer then. There's really no time at the end to go back, but if an answer is on the tip of your tongue it might help if you make some sort of mark at that number to remind you of the question and which number it was (you'll likely have several blanks at the end, and you'll want to get it in the right one). They won't tell you what your score was, or what is needed to pass; they'll just read out the names of those who passed at the end. Word is that you need 35 correct, but they wouldn't comment on that. When I took the test it seemed a little literature heavy, but I wouldn't count on that being the case in general. There's a Jeopardy book available at Barnes and Noble (and only there, I think) about Jeopardy, and it has a sample test at the end, which is about the best practice you can get. On that test, and the one I took, it seemed the first question was perhaps the most difficult, and I wonder if that's often true, or a fluke. Just so you know, when I took the test I think 13 out of 60 to 70 passed. I believe that was somewhat typical.

Perhaps the most useful information I can give you is to prepare for the telegenic aspects, because that's what they'll be looking for in choosing the contestants who pass the test (they are by no means guaranteed to appear on the show just for passing). For example, you know how they have the chat with Alex bit? Well, they want 5 examples of interesting things you might say in that before you even take the test. Having some interesting things prepared I suspect would give you an edge; I can tell you its not fun to try to think of those things at the last minute. (However, if you're selected to appear on the show, in the information pack they send you they ask for a bunch more, and it seemed in my case those are the ones they look at more. They pick 3 or 4 they like and have you pick one of those to say, but you're not at that stage yet.) Likewise they want you to look nice, and they will take a photo of you. If you pass the test you will play a short mock game in which they are looking more for stage presence, projection, pacing, and other things more than right answers (though right answers might help; I really don't know if they keep track). They'll also ask you a little about yourself (I don't remember if they look at what you entered on your sheet or if it was more "tell us about yourself" stuff) and it can't hurt to try to be a little friendly and witty there. So do well with those, but you probably shouldn't overdo it.

That's about all the advice I can give right now. If you're selected to be on the show all I can say is it's all in the buzzer. I really underestimated that, thinking I was young enough that my reflexes should be a match for anyone's, and I was wrong. I spent weeks studying, and I'm thinking it might have been better spent playing video games. Hope that's some help. Good luck. -R. fiend 04:05, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

After Alex finishes the question a series of lights comes on, and you must ring in after that. If you do so early you're locked out for a fraction of a second, which is a considerable amount of time if someone else is ringing in too. Just a week or so ago, in fact, they did something they never did before, as far as I can tell, and they showed the lights on camera for a moment. The blind guy who was a 5 time champion was on in the Ultimate tournament, and before they started the game Alex explained to the viewers that they were making a slight change and adding a sound synchronized with the lights to aid the player who couldn't see. During the explanation they showed the lights, which are a string that runs up the left side and across the bottom of the display monitors. That's your cue and you half to time it just right. I have no idea how anyone who can't see could have timed it well enough to win 5 games without that additional sound, which they had never used before. So I found the timing (surprisingly) to be the toughest part, which should not be dismissed lightly. If Ken Jennings had not been a wizard with that buzzer he never would have won 74 games, I can tell you.
Anyway, there are basically 3 steps to getting on the show. The first is getting to take the test. I don't know how it was with you, but here in Boston you had to sign up online, and only some of the people who signed up were even randomly (I assume) selected to take the test. If you are certain to take the test then you passed the first bit, which I think may eliminate many people though dumb luck. That may narrow down the pool substantially, but I can't be sure. Then there's the test, which I guess usually gets the pool down to around 1/4 to 1/6. After that I think only a small number get selected to be on the show, which I think involves more dumb luck, but also what they think of you and the form you filled out. With probably a couple hundred people in each try-out city they go to, as well as those who take the test in LA (who have another advantage I can tell you later, if you like) there must be thousands of people in the contestant pool, and with only 2 new players a day, 5 days a week, maybe 30 to 40 weeks a year (I'm not sure how many weeks reruns, touraments, and special weeks take up, but it must add up) we're talking few people getting on the show. The Ultimate Tournament, nice as it is, is taking up much of the spring season right there too. Anyway, I found the test to be not too tough; I was confident I passed it, using 35 as the passing grade. I don't know about you but I had the advantage of being a good median age at the time (29) so I was enough in touch with pop culture to know Jennifer Garner appeared in "Daredevil" but also having a good grasp of the high culture elements as well. I think any solid wikipedian should be well above the typical test taker, so I imagine you'll pass. On the B&N book test I think I only got 37 or 38 as well. Again, good luck. -R. fiend 19:16, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Actually the book I'm thinking of is this one. I'd say its worth the 10 bucks. It says its hardcover, but I think that's probably a mistake. Mine is certainly paperback. The one you mentioned might be useful too, though; but I can't be sure. -R. fiend 20:34, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Oops

Oops... sorry about that. Thanks for the reminder. -- ran (talk) 18:25, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

...for supporting my RFA this week; I'll put the admin powers to good use, I promise. Yes, I had originally not wanted to be an admin, but Tuf-Kat and Mindspillage persuaded me to change my mind; they were right. Happy editing! Antandrus 00:50, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bureaucratship request

Have we bad blood betwixt us, sir? I'm wondering why you opposed me. Please reply in kind, me lad. BLANKFAZE | (что??) 00:54, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cats

Do you really think that Cats is a direct adaptation of Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats? Even after having both read the poetry collection and seeing the play? Certainly it's the source material, no doubt about it, but to me it is really in fact a rather loose adaptation, as any play, even a musical, must of necessity be of a poetry collection. That type of poetry can never be staged in a way that a "straight" play can be a word-for-word, scene-for-scene adaptation of a novella. Just looking for your comments; doubt that its important enough to attempt to revert, but would like to hear from you about it when/if you have time. Rlquall 04:09, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

You explained your position perfectly; I wasn't going to revert anyway, but thanks for your time and comment. Rlquall 01:19, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pre and Post WWII Judo

i just saw the changes you made to the Brazilian_Jiu-Jitsu article. i don't know enough about the subject to explain it properly or authoritively (sp?), but what the previous person was referring to, i think, is that Douglas MacArthur banned judo schools during the post WWII occupation of japan. as i understand it, judo's focus evolved more into a sport and away from pure hand-to-hand fighting echnique so that the japanese practitioners could gain permition from the occupation authority to re-open the schools. i believe this may have been when judo and jiu-jitsu diverged. (but i am not sure.) judo becoming a bit more sport and points oriented, while jiu-jitsu remained oriented to the most practical way to handle a particular situation or position. now that i think about it, i am going to post this comment on the talk page of the BJJ article so that someone there may be able to give more historical accurancy on this. uri budnik

after posting the message above i went it and reworked the article a bit. but you are right, the parts you deleted were awkward at best. i moved the reference farther into the article. uri budnik 19:43, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship questions

I noted your question regarding the (now apparently mandatory) adminship interview questions.

I believe that the adminship interview questions are harmful and should not be used. I have believed this as long as we have had such questions. I also believe that oppose votes based solely on novel criteria that lack consensus support (such as having written a featured article) are harmful to the project.

The adminship process should respect the dignity of nominees. It was never intended to be a highly politicized process. Nominees should not be rejected for specious reasons, and should not be asked to supply stock answers to canned questions. These people are volunteers, after all, not job applicants; Wikipedia is not a military organization whose operation is based on obeisance. I believe that a contributors' history and reputation within the community are far better yardsticks by which to gauge their suitability for adminship than either the interview questions or the various attempts at objective criteria.

The Uninvited Co., Inc. 17:08, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jeopardy

Congratulations! Glad to hear you passed. I'm not entirely sure what it is about the interview and whatnot that they're looking for. I didn't think I did all that well either. Alot of it is luck, I really think, hope yours is good. -R. fiend 18:14, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Votes

I didn't; there seem to be problems with edit conflicts not resolving properly on that page. I've had to vote several times for some to get it to stay. --SPUI (talk) 21:44, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Deadminship

Maybe during the summer - RC patrol and VfD backlog work was taking up too much of my time anyway. Feel free to nominate me again in, like, 3 months - I might reconsider. But for now, I can't go on WP:AN/I or WP:RFC without feeling an inclination to bash my head into the wall at the utter stupidity of certain admins' arguments. I'll sure miss that shiny rollback button, though... ugen64 22:04, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Semicolon in Crow T. Robot

I apologize for my foolish oversight. I only looked at the difference between the two (without HTML rendering) and failed to notice that the é was not terminated properly. Considering the effort I put into ensuring that I was on solid grammatical grounds, my error is even more embarrassing. I've restored the semicolon. — Jeff Q (talk) 17:31, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Repug

Why was Repuglican moved to Repug? Clearly Repug is the short form; the long form of Repuglican should be the main article. Kelly Martin 23:43, May 1, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rollback

Why did your use your rollback button here? I have reverted back. Admins should either explain their rollbacks in talk, or limit use of the rollback button to cases of clear and obvious vandalism. The edit you rolled back was legitimate and your rollback seemed to be due to a content disagreement. Taco Deposit | Talk-o to Taco 16:06, May 9, 2005 (UTC)

OMG! You mean that's true? Are you sure? The anonymous addition was "in... Episode VI... Christenson now plays the elderly Skywalker". I rolled it back as vandalism. I found it so unreasonable that I was certain it was a lie. I'm still not convinced but in light of past "corrections" to Star Wars video I can't rule it out. My apologies. Thanks for catching it. - Tεxτurε 21:37, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 00

Why does 00 redirect to Robert Parish? Gerrit CUTEDH 11:55, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Double zero jersey? - Tεxτurε 15:59, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Polar Bear

Because the rule developed at the tree of life project is to have mammal species capitalized. Admittedly there has been thought given to changing this, but until it happens wholesale, it is better to at least be consistent. Pcb21| Pete 21:18, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Order of the Arrow

Our concerned brother in CT also did some editing to the Firm Bound in Brotherhood article, which I have reverted as well. Gentgeen and myself have already left him a comment or two. Thought you might like to know just in case. KC9CQJ 05:30, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wonder Woman

Well, last year[[1]] you asked who the hell this "Birdman" was who married Wonder Woman. Well, I think I found him [[2]]. And thanks to you, I now have an unhealthy obsession over a comic-book superheroine. -- SterlingNorth 00:23, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Do'nt worry about being obsessed w/ her. DC Comics has, in the Infinite Crisis plot, has her slated to be terminated, along w/ her people, and have her nation destroyed, unless this is a "cliff hanger". Martial Law 05:35, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting self references

I see you have deleted the reference to Wikipedia:sockpuppet from the article on Internet sock puppet. I don't understand the logic for that. Would it not be useful to people new to wikipedia to see what the policy is on an issue like this? Zingi 16:29, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

  • Thanks a lot for your advice on my talk page. It is now very clear to me. Zingi 16:05, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Betrayal at Krondor Article

Thanks for your compliments on my article. I consider that game to be one of the best of all time and I thought it deserved more. I tried to update it to conform to the POV standards, though I'm not sure how I did. I have no problem with you changing some of the wording around if you feel it would work better. Thanks again for the compliment. (And hopefully I did this talk thing right--I'm a n00b at this.) Grimm C 12:07, Jun 13 2005 (EDT)

[edit] Jumping the Shark

(delete this when replied to: I don't know how to "e-mail" you on Wikipedia - the items you just deleted from "Jump the Shark" - I recall a discussion a few weeks ago about separating non-jumped programs into a separate article, but I never found that article. Is there such a beastie? GCapp1959)

[edit] kmccoy's RFA

Hi, Taco,

Thanks for your support on my RFA. I'm glad to see that us ULC ministers can stick together. :) kmccoy (talk) 04:11, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The X-Files

Hello TacoDeposit,

I restored the section about the early seasons of the X-Files because it is essential that the article contain some information on them. As it stands, discussion of the show commences with Fight the Future, which is absurd as the movie came out more than halfway through the show's run. I relaize that some of what I restored to the article has a bias problem, but I believe that the best way of dealing with this is by editing it, not by removing it.

Sincerely,

Acegikmo1 06:49, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jeopardy!

Good luck. :"D - RoyBoy 800 20:49, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Improve this article about Wikipedia

Are you sure those edits really happened? Please see Wikipedia talk:Improve this article about Wikipedia#Jokes. Angela. 01:19, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thanks for your support in my RfA. Any word from Jeopardy? Certainly let me know if you get on, although if you don't want to say exactly when, in order to protect your identity, I fully understand, as that's been my basic policy. did I tell you I passed the Who Wants to be a Millionaire test for the second time a couple months ago, but they didn't put me in the contestant pool again? I can't figure out what the hell they're looking for in a contestant. Oh well, good luck, anyway. -R. fiend 17:58, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] re:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fuck the South

I didn't just go on numbers, I also went on the content of the votes, if you disagree with my closing there is currently a Vote for undeletion regarding the article. Jtkiefer T | @ | C ----- 19:10, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merlin Olsen

He was on the list twice and the first one was a red link. In addition, how can he be a Mormon? Thier services are on Sundays and so are football games.--HistoricalPisces 18:11, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

  • That was a good joke. What is the real reason?--HistoricalPisces 18:17, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fuck the South

Hi Taco,

As you may have spotted at the second AfD on the above, I have chosen to userfy this page. Very sadly, because I created the link hurriedly and because I am an idiot, I titled the subsection containing the article "My thoughts." Now, while I do endorse FTS and its article here on WP, you should get the credit for your contribution; of course, given the somewhat controversial nature of the article, you may not want the credit, which I would also understand.

So, long story short, feel free to make any edit you like to the userfied content, or just tell me what attribution you'd like, and I'll happily put it in. Also, if you'd rather userfy it yourself, I'll remove it from my page -- your work is your work, even if I'm in love with it. Anyway, thanks for the writing the article! Xoloz 13:30, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion

Replied on my talk page. —Charles P. (Mirv) 19:28, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] RfB

When I saw you opposed my RfB, I remembered there was a dispute I had with you. I found it now:

EXTREME DELETE, burn the author of the page. Regionalistic hatred that we shouldn't be giving attention to. I live in a blue state and I'm apolitical, but the writer of this page is a true dick. Why keep it? Because it has wikilinks? (Oh and for a side note, I favor keeping the GNAA, but this page really needs to die.) Let's make an article for Joe Blow's webblog citing why he hates Massachusetts. Yayyyz! --Redwolf24 (talk) 04:53, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

  • Redwolf24, is there anything you want to say to me directly? Taco Deposit | Talk-o to Taco 05:02, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

When I said burn the author, I didn't mean of the article (i.e. you) I mean whoever wrote www.fuckthesouth.org. I wasn't calling you a dick, I was referring to the site owner. And when I said 'wikilinks' I was referring to how the page links to stuff at Wikipedia. So I apologize for that misunderstanding about a month back. Cheers. Redwolf24 (talk—How's my driving?) 02:05, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

I don't think I returned to that AfD after I left that comment. It would have been nice if you left a note on my talk. Redwolf24 (talk—How's my driving?) 19:36, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of parentheses on Template:Unsigned

Image:WikiThanks.png I like it! Nice work. Someone should have done that a long time ago :). --Blackcap | talk 05:22, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

I am guilty of adding them in the first place, so it is only fitting that I remove them. I'm glad you like it. Taco Deposit Talk-o to Taco 05:26, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Hey, they're gone now, all is forgiven :). Keep up the good work. Cheers, Blackcap | talk 05:33, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Classic Rock

The list has been updated! If there are any edits to make red links go away feel free to change them. Thanks RENTASTRAWBERRY FOR LET? röck 00:22, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] GWB

Actually when I put the vprotect tag on it, it was the opposite...someone had protected it without putting the tag on it. Just a simple mistake. Thanks. --Woohookitty(cat scratches) 20:40, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Criminal offence

Come to think of it, I'm not sure about the US. But in Britain, not only is it a violation of one's conract with an ISP (normally) but the Computer Misuse Act 1990 says that nobody may change any data on a computer system without permission. The WM Foundation give permission, obviously, provided that...policies such as no vandalism are adhered to.--TheDoctor10 (talk|email) 06:43, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

In other words, it is not a criminal offence (you're not really adhearing to WP:NLT much, are you?). Izehar (talk) 11:11, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

I didn't threaten legal action, I simply stated the fact that it was a criminal offence. And it is. How did you (Izehar) come to the conclusion that it wasn't?--TheDoctor10 (talk|email) 19:53, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi TacoDeposit. Just to let you know, I dont think your vote has been counted because you didn't actually put the word "Oppose" in your comment. They have 13 votes recorded as 'Opposed', and 13 of the 14 comments on the vote page have the word 'Oppose' while yours doesn't actually say it. TruthCrusader

[edit] Happy Humanlight

Greetings and Happy Humanlight, TacoDeposit! Good to see a fellow secular Iowan who is so intelligent and so committed to Wikipedia. --Noesis 16:56, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for your kind words! Mmm... tacos.... Nach0king 09:24, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fallout

Hey TacoDeposit. Looking through the history of Fallout (computer game series), it seems like you were pretty instrumental in getting that article going. It seems, however, that the article could use some attention. So I made a page where we can flesh out some changes. You can see it here. Fallout is too good of a game to have a bad article. Thanks. Miguel Cervantes 19:13, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:UnknownBird04.jpeg

Hi Taco - Image:UnknownBird04.jpeg is a Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica, one of the American subspeces of course (without a solid dark band below the orange throat patch) - MPF 20:55, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Favorite Songs

My survey has changed. I am now continuing my mission for the best songs, but now I am accepting all genres. I'm giving you a chance to revote for your top ten favorite songs of any genres (not just classic rock which is still the best). I've made a executive decision to keep the existing survey results and just add on to that with the new entries. My feeling for doing this is because classic rock is the most influential genre in music currently so it should be expressed more in the survey. Thank you for contributing in the past, and hopefully in the future. ROCK ON. RENTASTRAWBERRY FOR LET? röck 03:20, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Great Blue Heron

Hi Taco - yep, sure is! - MPF 17:31, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] People are counting on you!

So, Taco Deposit, are you going to help me fix the Devil Dogs article or what? --The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 23:59, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Replied on User talk:The Fat Man Who Never Came Back TacoDeposit 16:43, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! You have deposited your way into my heart.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 08:57, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bird eggs in grill

My mom took a picture of a nest in her grill in Maryland and sent it to me in Florida, and I am trying to help her figure out what type of bird eggs they are. How did you know your eggs were Starling eggs? the nest and eggs in my mom's grill look very similar to the ones in your photo, and her grill is also on a deck about 1 to 1 and 1/2 stories above ground level. Thank you.

Replied on User talk:65.120.221.26 TacoDeposit 16:12, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:The Fat Man Who Never Came Back

Kindly do not reinstate an invitation to leave death threats, unless you want to be blocked from editing. This user may find it amusing, but there are plenty of people who don't. There is a large difference between that and humorous poems. Your edit summary and the similar post on my talk page is insulting and I recommend finding a more civil way to express your disagreement. Tyrenius 02:49, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

I see you have reverted it before I managed to leave this message. Please do not do so again. Thank you. Tyrenius 02:53, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
See AN. Tyrenius 03:20, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photo attribution

Hi

I'd like to use your photo http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:BonoboFishing01.jpeg in a magazine I produce. I see that it is listed as "Attribution. You must give the original author credit." but I can't see where it says how I should attribute it to you. Please email me on rob at funkyraw.com Thanks.

[edit] Merge to Mormonism

I think that Mormons have way to many pages. It looked, to me, like you might agree. I added merge requests and suprize they were removed so my only real other recorce is to open this up to discussion among others. So here is a list some of the sights that could be merged to Mormonism. If you look up the Catholic (the largest oldest christian religon) you will find maybe four or five pages. (I am not Catholic)

Category:Latter Day Saint films Category:Latter Day Saint music Category:Latter Day Saint denominations Category:Latter Day Saint doctrines, beliefs, and practices Category:Latter Day Saint doctrines regarding deity Category:Latter Day Saint hierarchy crossreferences to Latter Day Saint leaders Category:Latter Day Saint ordinances, rituals, and symbolism Category:Mormonism and controversy Category:History of the Latter Day Saint movement Category:Notable people in Latter Day Saint history crossreferences to Significant places in Mormonism Category:Latter Day Saint leaders Category:Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Category:Presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Category:Latter Day Saint texts Category:Book of Mormon Category:Latter Day Saint periodicals Category:Notable Latter Day Saints crossreferences to Notable people in Latter Day Saint history Category:Organizations related to Mormonism crossreferences to Latter Day Saint denominations and Latter Day Saint hierarchy Category:Significant places in Mormonism Category:Latter Day Saint temples

I believe some if not all aticles here to be Mormonism aticles.

[edit] Proposed move of Alternative political spelling

Hi. I recently proposed a move of the article Alternative political spelling to a different title, and I noticed that you made a similar proposal a while ago. (Actually, it was two years ago today. Amusing coincidence.) Since the issue's been re-opened, I thought you might want to drop by the talk page and give your input. I'd also be more than happy to discuss it if you have any particular questions. Thanks! –Sommers (Talk) 00:30, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your support, and for your sense of humor in the matter. (The identity of the article's mysterious creator has not escaped my notice, but unfortunately WP:AGF forbids smashing up his user page with a Nerf bat. Just kidding. :) ) Happy editing! –Sommers (Talk) 13:10, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Survey Invitation

Hi there, I am a research student from the National University of Singapore and I wish to invite you to do an online survey about Wikipedia. To compensate you for your time, I am offering a reward of USD$10, either to you or as a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information, please go to the research home page. Thank you. --WikiInquirer 01:56, 16 March 2007 (UTC)talk to me

[edit] Cow tipping

Hey TacoDeposit; I noticed you edited the caption on the cow tipping article. Currently I am trying to defuse an edit war on the talk page, and I'd love to hear your opinion there. I just started a fresh subheader at Talk:Cow tipping#Let's talk about the caption if you want to comment. Milto LOL pia 17:28, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: And Then There Were None

<slaps forehead> Why didn't I think of that? D-oh! Thanks for your very helpful contribution, and yes, maybe this will end all the back-and-forth. I fervently hope so. Accounting4Taste 18:16, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Moon Zappa

Good advice; many thanks! Ros0709 16:18, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Happy birthday!

Wishing you all the best on your birthday! From the fat man who never came back.

[edit] Ass/arse

WP:ENGVAR says: If an article has evolved using predominantly one variety, the whole article should conform to that variety, unless there are reasons for changing it (my emphasis). I did provide a clear reason for the edit, so why revert it? Melsaran (talk) 13:54, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sprinkling citations

Seriously, why put the cite there if it's not actually contributing a thing? We already have one good cite covering the whole issue. Alientraveller 17:34, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

First off, linking the article is a bad idea. It's caused so much controversy at the stupidity of the interviewee that Spielberg has considered legal action and the actual newspaper removed it. It's a copyright violation if we keep linking it. What's important is not the article, but what's happened because of it. Alientraveller 17:41, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
The article was removed by the newspaper itself because of the nondisclosure violation made in it. So morally, I feel it isn't right to link. Still, my 3RR has run out. Alientraveller 20:06, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

No, I'm not committing any blockable offenses. I had only made one edit on the AUA page and notice Leuko's warning on my talk page: He said I will be banned. I feel this strongly opposes our motta "Be Bold." Thanks again. DrGladwin 18:42, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BYU starting quarterbacks

Within reason -- probably just from the "modern" (Edwards) era on. --TrustTruth 21:10, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: User talk:Nat/WP:FACEBOOK

I actually have no opinion of if it should be kept or delete, but I removed the notice because I saw that the MfD had been closed and I listed the reason given on that MfD which had been closed by someone else. So... whatever...do what you must... nat Alo! Salut! Sunt eu, un haiduc?!?! 03:12, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Curb stomping deletion

After looking through the AfD pages and deletion log, it appears that Curb stomping was never at AfD, but was deleted as WP:CSD#R1 (redirect to non-existent page). You should probably talk to User:MZMcBride talk as he was the one who originally deleted the article and other articles with the same content. Bumm13 (talk) 17:47, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RFD for retard-related redirects

[edit] Retard, Retards, Retarded, Mental retard, Mentally Retard, Half-wit, Half-Wit, 'tard, Tard, Tardster, Imbecile, Imbecility, Imbeciles → Mental retardation

Hello, I closed this as no concensus (default keep). I recommend you renominate them separately. JERRY talk contribs 23:47, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Good call.

[3] - Very good call. ScarianCall me Pat 18:52, 4 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Your unhelpful accusations

Please do not accuse me of bad faith or talking gibberish. An apology is in order as accusing me of bad faith is bad faith. Perhaps you would explain why this chap can edit Jimbo's user page and IO cannot. I await an explanation. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:43, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Replied at User talk:SqueakBox#Reply Mike R (talk) 16:55, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] revision on MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist‎

You thoughts on new account Special:Contributions/Newtowiki2. All these seem to be discussion forum questions, talk pages are not a message board for casual discussions. I'm AGF, but its rather obvious.--Hu12 (talk) 17:31, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Replied at User talk:Hu12. Mike R (talk) 18:20, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] IMDb + BLP + Adrian Lamo

The irony is, I'd hoped this would make the addition _less_ open to question :p

—Adrian Lamo ·· 2008-03-01 23:49Z

[edit] Six feet under

Disambiguation pages have special rules to suit their special purpose. I have reverted you [4] with links to the relevant parts of Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages). PrimeHunter (talk) 17:28, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] That list

Yes, exactly. The list contained stuff about victims, stuff that alluded to the term "jailbait" (which is broad and rather arbitrary) and many other such issues. The problems in building a truly verifiable list on that subject are not insuperable, but they are certainly significant, and I see no evidence that the people advocating the list or who added material to it have a proper understanding of that, or of the importance of really solid sourcing in this case. Guy (Help!) 16:05, 7 April 2008 (UTC)