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[edit] Wesley Crusher

LOL.... my wife and I have been rewatching the series from NETFLIX... and I keep thinking, I need to add Wesley Crusher to the list of fictional military brats... I came online to do it, and you had beaten me to it ;-) Thanks... Balloonman 18:54, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dates/Years

Alright, thanks for the link. :-) | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 11:10, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Enterprise

I am going to restore my work on this page, please do not just remove it again. I checked my work in both Firefox, and Internet Explorer to make sure it would flow well in both despite the resolution of the users screen. It is specifically set up to put ships side-by-side if there is room (800px +) and one above the other if there is not. If you have some constructive criticism I would welcome it. But just removing my input fixes nothing.
With regards to the merger tags, whoever put them there did not give any reasons on the talk pages, and with out any arguments for merger, I felt no need to argue for the existing separate pages.
—MJBurrage • TALK • 15:58, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Merges are discussed, you are welcome to discuss them - and you may discuss your changes, pages should certainly not be formatted like that, and certainly when they don't render well for everybody, so you could say I dispute your edit, and hence you must discuss this first with the other editors on the talk page, thanking you very muchely. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 16:02, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Side note: When a merge is not opposed on the talk page in some time on an active page it generally indicates an endorsement. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 16:05, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

How can anyone discuss my edits if they cannot see them? Please at least leave them long enough for other users to see, comment, and possibly improve. That is the whole point of not just reverting someone else’s work as you have done twice now.
When you say they do not “render well” could you be more specific please. I would be happy to work on any issues given the chance. —MJBurrage • TALK • 16:28, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
They can easily see them, in the history, Wikipedia is not your personal webspace ([Perma link]) thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 16:30, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Many editors, and most potential editors, will not look at the history unless they see a change on the page itself. And I would still love specific feedback. —MJBurrage • TALK • 16:35, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation page titles

Hi MJBurrage,

Thanks for correcting me regarding Wikipedia's guidelines. I made the assumption, without checking, that adding "(disambiguation)" on the end of a disambig page title was the preferred method. Cheers, Colin MacLaurin 09:39, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] “Frankly, my dear, I just don't give a damn”

I won't revert any subsequent edits you (or anyone else) makes. I would ask that you stick to using CSS instead of deprecated HTML—but I imagine that, too, precludes PDA support. My opinion is generally thus: I don't really care about PDA (or any other atypical device) support. I refer back to my opening statement in case you think this will cause an edit war between me and you or anyone else. I just wanted to note that I thoroughly disagree with your justification. If a device or application can't render the page in a sufficiently understandable fashion, then it shouldn't even bother. I can run any major graphical or text-based browser and still find the table arranged the same way. It makes little sense to me to adapt to devices that fail to properly interpret the difference between rows and columns. And besides, aren't there modified versions of HTML specifically designed for PDAs and other compact devices? Anyhow, like I said, I won't change anything again. I just don't agree with you.—Kbolino 01:52, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Danica Patrick

The image was being used to illustrate the person, not in an article or article section about the book, and as such is replaceable. Your claim that because the book is an autobiography any article about her is also about the book was tenuous at best. ed g2s • talk 17:56, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Image:VSS_Enterprise.jpg

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The image in question was cropped from this image, also on Wikipedia, and at the time listed as in the public domain. The copyright listing of the original—without my knowing it—is now “copyright holder [Tony Bonanno] has granted permission for this image to be used in Wikipedia. This permission does not extend to third parties.” I am not sure where that puts Image:VSS_Enterprise.jpg with-respect-to Wikipedia’s interpretation of fair-use. —MJBurrage • TALK • 05:12, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

The image is copyrighted and we are using it under fair use. This image needs to be removed unless it is used in an article. BJTalk

Having just looked into it some more I believe the model being held is actually a SpaceShipOne not a SpaceShipTwo so neither image is correct for the article. —MJBurrage • TALK • 05:29, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Aérospatiale Gazelle & Highwayman

I noticed you added the pop culture reference to the Gazelle article but it will probably get deleted. I had added it and I got into an argument with someone who kept deleting the reference from the Gazelle page saying it wasn't "notable" enough - and it pretty much came down to him having never seen "The Highwayman" series and therefore he didn't want it on the helicopter's page. Cyberia23 05:27, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mountain Dew userbox

This user drinks Mountain Dew.

Thought you might like this code. It adds a picture to the Mountain Dew userbox. I didn't want to just barge in and change your page.

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[edit] Yet another dewuserbox

using a picture I uploaded. Kwsn(Ni!) 22:51, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] True Grit

Many thanks for starting the article on the TV movie. I hadn't caught that "further" title in my research. It's a big help. — WiseKwai 17:36, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Helicopters in Film

GREAT job on the "Helicopters in Film" – ANigg 01:59, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Airwolf clean-up

Thanks for the clean-up in the Airwolf (helicopter) page's Infobox. That's kinda what I had in mind when I forked off the page from the Airwolf series article, but never got around to finishing it up. Also, thanks for helping out on the Bell 222 and 430. I think I remember seeing you around late last year when I joined Wiki, but not much since then, so it's good to see you active again. We may do some things a bit differently, but the important things is producing good articles, and you are doing that.

A drive-by editor actually suggested the Airwolf (helicopter) page be created a few months back, but I haven't seen him around since then. I think the Airwolf page has worked out better that I thought it would (though I did think it was a good idea), and seems to draw alot of interest and activity. Given that, do you think there are enough good sources or interest to do justice to a Blue Thunder (helicopter) page along the same lines? - BillCJ 22:15, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vermont Mozart Festival

You are right that I originally authored the section on financial sustainability, and indeed the entire article, last year. My writing was based largely on the historical piece by Ms. Hill, which I cited. The financial section was unfortunately based only on word-of-mouth information I received by attending the Mozart Festival in the summer. In retrospect, I can see why it has proven problematic, as it does not appear to be of lasting "encyclopedic" value--falling more in the category of gossip. I do not consider it crucial to the presentation of the VMF; indeed, its presence seems to impede attempts at maintaining a professional, unbiased tone. The anonymous edits do appear to be self-promoting, favoring the new administration, though the original content was perhaps "promotional" as well, reading a bit too much like an advertisement and plea for donations. Having reviewed the edit history, my conclusion is that the best course would be to simply extract this section from the article. If one could provide a more detailed financial overview of the festival stretching back to its founding, then I would see it as having some lasting value and interest, but as it is the section is too caught up in the present politics of the organization. - Chaognosis 14:41, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] P.S. Thanks

Also, thank you for the tip about logging in. I did not see your message until today, but you are right that I am quite bad at remembering. I have not been terribly active in a while, but I will certainly try to remember. - Chaognosis 14:45, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Paul Verdier

A person can be added to all the nationality-specific categories that apply. The plain category, however, isn't meant to be a generic category for individual people — people should only be in the more specific subcategories and the plain one should serve only as a navigation tool to collect those subcategories. Bearcat 20:38, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shadowrun ISBN and FASA numbers

I'm not sure why you think these were unrelated prior to 2003. I own all of the Shadowrun novels and, even on books from the early 90s, the FASA number on the spine corresponds to the ISBN number. I can't be bothered to register for Wikipedia so if you want to talk back to me about this maybe you could use the article's discussion page. Thanks. 70.81.193.217 00:05, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] AfD nomination of British and United States military ranks compared

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[edit] You're Beautiful

I do not dispute that REM also did a modified version of their song on Sesame Street. That has nothing to do with James Blunt or You're Beautiful. Hundreds of artists have done the same thing. There have been over 4000 Sesame Street shows over 38 years. I personally can think of at least 40 artists who have done the same thing - and it would be ridiculous to add "See Also" sections listing them all on every artist's page. If you feel that singing a song on Sesame Street is particularly noteworthy, perhaps you might want to create an article entitled List of songs modified for performance on Sesame Street or something to that effect. I have removed the addition again, and have explained why on the talk page of the article, which is the appropriate place to discuss disputed additions and reversions of material. Risker 06:05, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jon Fishman

Thanks for the note, but as the point of the section is to list those who live in the community, I do my best to keep it pruned of people whose articles give no indication of their living in the community. The point of the section isn't to prove that they live there, but to list them; therefore, proof belongs in the biographical article — therefore, I check the article. It's not my responsibility to build their articles; it's simply a question of keeping unsourced information out. I watch several thousand place articles: if I were to check where people lived before deleting them, I'd never do anything else. Nyttend (talk) 21:46, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Roberts and Barrand

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[edit] Nowell Sing We Clear

Talk:Nowell Sing We Clear --Jeanenawhitney (talk) 10:24, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Now i understand it they are a musical group. Listing them as Nowell Sing We Clear is very confusing. I think maybe you should move the page to Nowell Sing We Clear (musical group) then it would be more clear. Like Edea (musical group) is listed. What do you think? --Jeanenawhitney (talk) 11:56, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Or maybe Nowell Sing We Clear (musical ensemble)? --Jeanenawhitney (talk) 12:06, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Francis Ouimet

The Open de France and the French Open are the same tournament (French and English names). The French Open Amateur is a different tournament entirely, that's why I delinked it. I have no idea about the "1916 French Open" - it certainly isn't the Open de France/French Open. Tewapack (talk) 18:27, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SCC

How can anyone confirm the source without illegally obtaining the pilot? It hasn't aired yet. Any information from the pilot that is from another reliable source can go in. Another thing, the article mentions reshoots since the pilot was leaked. So, some things have changed since then. Once the actual show airs, then we can freely get information from it. ColdFusion650 (talk) 21:19, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

You say there are copies of the pilot out there legally. Those are for major news sites to review. And as I said above, you can cite information about the pilot from a reliable source. ColdFusion650 (talk) 21:59, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm not saying that you can't use it because of it's rarity. I'm saying you can't use it because it is illegal. Have you been reading what I've been writing at all? Wikipedia does not allow copyright violation, which is what using an illegally obtained pilot is. ColdFusion650 (talk) 23:08, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

This has been discussed several times since the pilot was leaked. If after all of this you don't understand why citing something that is illegal to possess is not good, I won't be able to explain it to you. Just wait a few weeks until the show airs, and then you can cite anything from it you wish. ColdFusion650 (talk) 19:47, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

I can't put my hand on one, and a search for "citing illegally obtained materials" turns up nothing. However, if you want to ignore me, I would suggest posting something on the talk page to see if anyone agrees with you, or contacting an administrator to make sure. And on top of it being illegal, as I said before, and as the article states, there have been reshoots since the pilot was leaked. Therefore, this information from the leaked pilot could be incorrect. And as the citation policy states, it's before for Wikipedia to be silent than wrong. ColdFusion650 (talk) 21:00, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Or'zet

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