User talk:Niteowlneils

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FAQ (answers to frequently asked questions):

  • You seem to be reviewing all my edits {or words to that effect}?
That may or may not be true, but you shouldn't worry about it or take it personally. Most of my time on Wikipedia is spent running thru lists of articles checking for light 'housekeeping' issues--format, punctuation, grammar, typos, etc. Where I get the lists is pretty immaterial to me--sometimes they're from Newpages, sometimes Recent changes, sometimes 'what links here', sometimes from other people's contrib lists, etc.--I've used all those sources and others multiple times, and will probably continue to do so, as I get bored editing from lists from just one of the sources. It is also possible that it is just coincidence--if you added or changed a bunch of articles in a row, I may encounter all of them working Newpages or Recent changes lists, etc.
  • Why do you put a comma before 'and' and 'or' in a serial list (serial comma)?
Per Wikipedia Manual of Style: Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Commas [I am aware there is a proposal to change this, but I don't want to have to check the status of that proposal every day. Besides, over 4 years and 500,000 articles into the project I think is WAY too late to be making such sweeping changes, at least without a very compelling reason, and I see no such compelling reason in this case.]
  • Why do you make most words in headers all lowercase?
Per Wikipedia Manual of Style: Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(headings)#Capitalisation
  • Why do you not speedy delete orphan redirects?
Redirects from common misspellings and alternate spellings, capitalizations (EG Uss wadsworth for USS Wadsworth), words, or phrases help users of the Search box find what they're looking for, as well as prevent accidental duplication of existing articles. For example, note the redirs to Mahatma Gandhi[1]. Relevant guideline: Wikipedia:Redirect#What_do_we_use_redirects_for.3F

I am registered at a couple other Wikipedias, but this is the only one I'm likely to see messages on in any reasonable time frame.

You can click here to automatically leave me a new message (start a new section) at the bottom of the page.

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[edit] RfC

You write: #Niteowlneils 19:27, 7 August 2005 (UTC) Keeping an article with only 0-10% "keep" votes is outlandish. If 90-100% of the votes are merge/redir and delete, with no clear preference between the two, then merge/redir is the best way to go.

Maybe so. But any editor can perform that action. It's votes for deletion, not votes for merge. As a result of this RfC, I am calling all results of my VfD closes as keep or delete. I am going to carry on performing merges and the like only outside the close. Also I absolutely refute the suggestion that 6 votes to delete and 6 votes to merge constitutes a consensus to merge. --Tony SidawayTalk 19:38, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks Niteowlneils

Thank you for clearing up the "Union Bay" issue. It is much appreciated. Billpeanut 23:08, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Help!

Who in heaven's name is User:24? I saw his "oppose" vote on my adminship and this guy has come seemingly out of nowhere. Please tell me this guy's vote won't count. - Lucky 6.9 18:56, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Thank you so very much for stepping up to the plate for me on this issue with this new user. The guy wants to assume good faith, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. I'm also pleased that I'm earning a reputation for things other than the occasional hasty speedy delete vote.  :) This "Dvirgueza" is leaving quite a mess in his wake. Those "Teen Titans" and "Dragonball Z" stills on his user page are all watermarked. Oh, the fun. If I'm fortunate enough to pass the RfA tomorrow, I might as well get used to wearing the mantle. I'll see what I can do. In the meantime, do you have any suggestions regarding User:Ronald20? He's acting a bit like the "B-Movie Bandit" of old in his refusal to answer inquiry. I'll take anything you can give. Thanks again! - Lucky 6.9 05:09, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Primary candidates VFD

Many of the candidates for the June 14, 2005, congressional primary have been proposed for deletion. I am writing those who worked on those articles to request that they offer their votes against the proposal. The VFD's can be found starting at Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Log/2005_August_8#Peter_Fossett. It is my view that we ought to provide a complete record of the election and my deleting so called "minor" candidates we do a disservice to them and the historical record. Please vote against all these proposals.PedanticallySpeaking 14:54, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

P.S.: Thanks for your work with the Tom Brinkman article. I don't understand people voting against solely on the basis of photographs. When I've tried to advance articles without pictures, I got opposition votes on that too. It's a no win situation.

[edit] Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/David Boothroyd

When my book was published, Politico's still had its shop on Artillery Row; the publishing division is separate and is now part of Methuen (Methuen now pay the royalty cheques when I get them). I can't remember how many it sold though. David | Talk 23:14, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks/Ronald20

Thanks for the kind words of support. I promise to wield the mop and bucket with the utmost care. That being said, I don't know where to go with Our Ronald, either. I've tried twice and he just won't answer. Nice user page, BTW. I hope he doesn't upload any more copyvios! - 05:49, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thx

Being new to Wikipedia (and having fun with it), I appreciate your eye for detail and i'm learning by watching what you've been doing with my Irvine page. You must be very committed, so you deserve positive feedback when warranted. Sincerely, thanks! Geoff {User:203.49.15.237}

Reply left at User talk:Geofw. Niteowlneils 01:25, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks: ALSOS and CSLI

Hey, I just wanted to say thanks for fixing my copy and paste jobs. SpuriousQ 02:55, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Really appreciate...

your encouraging welcome, Neil the Nite Owl! And I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to Wikipedia, and especially the evidence i've discovered in the process that Wikipedia maintains impeccable high standards, both of content and of its own style. Reasons to have confidence in Wikipedia as a very useful source of web info. I think our friend Wm Irvine was a fascinating character, one who influenced many many lives (still is), and quite an enigma with some very good and some very odd characteristics. I suspect the page on him may become quite controversial, as others discover it's there (which should be fascinating). I will study the introductory "help" material you pointed me too, as I get time, and try to contribute a bit more. Thx again! Geoff --alikia 04:10, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thank You

Thanks for the edit on MOS Rice Burger. Osakadave 05:49, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Lido

A User has deleted (reverted) a useful part of the above.

i.e.

In the United Kingdom, lido refers to a public swimming pool which is outside, or part of a beach where people can swim, lie in the sun or do water sports. See Lidos in the UK <www.lidos.org.uk>


See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lido&action=history

If the above sentence could be added back, that would be great!

Keep up the good work, Oliver

Thanks, Oliver

[edit] List of California County Routes

per your vote at talk:List of California County Routes: You may be interested to know that there is a similar survey going on at Talk:List of California state routes. The guiding rules in the naming of both articles is in Wikipedia:Naming conventions. "county route" and "state route" are just like freeway, avenue, boulevard, street, etc. None of them are propler nouns and so they should be lower case. BlankVerse ∅ 04:11, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Star Trek survey

Hello. Please see my Wikipedia:Non-canon Star Trek survey. Thanks. — JIP | Talk 13:54, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WP:RM

First, let me say thank you for taking the time and effort to help clear out the backlog at WP:RM.

Now some comments. It is not necessary to strike (i.e.<s>) out completed requests. RM is not logged, so once a request is dealt with it can simply be removed. Secondly, when completing a move, it is customary to remove the {{move}} template from the talk page hosting the discussion, and to subst {{moved}} or {{notmoved}} to the end of the votes, as a way of closing the discussion.

Again, thanks for the help. Dragons flight 23:01, August 15, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ohio Primary

Hey, Niteowl. Normally I wouldn't do this, but I see Pedantically Speaking has already tried to encourage you to vote for keeping articles on every politician involved in the Ohio primary, and you expressed that you tend to agree with the deletion of them. If you could vote on them, I, at least, would appreciate it. I tend to dislike it when people go around gathering votes on a VfD, unless it is done irrespective of how someone is likely to vote (in an effort to get a consistent result on all the people involved I encouraged everyone who voted on one to vote on them all, regardless of how they voted), but it's already been done. Particularly since you pointed out how easy it is to get on the ballot, I am quite opposed to the notion that 25 signatures and $100 gets you a wikipedia article. I really think wikipedia needs a policy on politicians, like it has for music and fiction, but until it does it all comes down to VfD. I mean, one of the reasons PS stated Eric Minamyer should be kept is that he was on a school board. At least one guy got less than .5% of the vote. I think some of these are really getting out of hand. -R. fiend 17:27, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Schmidt and Hackett

Thanks very much with the Tom Brinkman article. I have posted my articles on the nominees in the Congressional race, Jean Schmidt and Paul Hackett, at Wikipedia:Peer review and would greatly value your help. The individual pages are at Wikipedia:Peer review/Jean Schmidt/archive1 and Wikipedia:Peer review/Paul Hackett/archive1. You've been a great help on many of my articles and I'm grateful. PedanticallySpeaking 19:41, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] CSI: cesium iodide

I noticed you removed my secondary cesium iodide link leaving only the main caesium iodide one. While I'll agree they do constitute duplicate links and that the main page uses the caesium iodide spelling, I think it is still probably best to leave the cesium iodide link. I think a lot of people are unaware of the alternate spelling and, when confronted with an alphabetized list such as that, might miss the British spelled link, especially if the remaining of those links to uncreated pages start filling in. I haven't attempted to re-add the link, thinking it best to first discuss this with you and leave the decision up to you. --Fuzzball! (talk) 23:17, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Is there an easy way to collectively tag multiple entries for VfD?

Hi there, I'm looking at the contributions from 68.23.149.212. They're all related and seem to be nothing more than spam for a web site with an Alexa rank of over 1.77 million. I don't think they obviously meet speedy delete criteria, but going through the VfD process for each one individually will take a while. --GraemeL (talk) 22:46, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the reply. Obvious when I see how it was done. Do vfd1 and vfd2 templates for each entry. After doing the vfd3 template part for the 1st one, edit the sub-section that it creates and add the other links. --GraemeL (talk) 23:32, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] List of phytochemicals and foods in which they are prominent

Don't you hate when two admins try to fix and repair a merge/cut-n-paste move at the same time? :-) Zzyzx11 (Talk) 03:54, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

  • Reminds me of my other pet peeves :-)
    • When another admin speedy deletes an article seconds before I do, causing an error message.
    • When another user reverts a page seconds before I click on the Rollback link, causing another error message.
See ya aroundZzyzx11 (Talk) 04:03, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Back Again

Niteowl,
I've got another FAC now, the next congresswoman from Ohio, Jean Schmidt. The FAC page is here. I hope to get it featured by September 6, the day she will be sworn in. I'd appreciate your support. PedanticallySpeaking 17:21, August 23, 2005 (UTC) (P.S. If you are worried about the "fair use" of her picture, when she's sworn, we'll be able to replace it with a nice U.S. government public domain photo.)

[edit] Pictures

Hi Niteowlneils. I was wondering if you could tell me how to put pictures on an article. Please discuss it with me on my disucssion page. Thank you very much. {from User:Nidam Niteowlneils 21:17, 25 August 2005 (UTC)}


[edit] RE: Priest Rapids Dam

RE: Priest Rapids Dam, how can it be the:

  • "first dam on the Columbia River above the confluence of the Snake River, below the Grand Coulee Dam."

When Rock Island Dam (1951) was completed before Priest Rapids?

Also, please review the other dams I just added the past couple days:

In addition I have been working on McNary Dam, Priest Rapids Dam, etc., to make them all have a simular look and feel, with links, stats, photos, etc.

Let me know,

WikiDon 04:51, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your vote

Thanks very much for your vote of support on my Jean Schmidt article. I'm pleased to say it is today's featured article of the day. PedanticallySpeaking 16:54, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] User categorization

Greetings, Niteowlneils! Please accept this message as an invitation to categorize your user page in the category Category:Wikipedians in Washington and removing your name from the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Washington page. The page will be deleted when all users have been removed. Even if you do not wish to be placed in a category, could you take a moment to remove your name from the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Washington page? Thanks!!

To add your name to the category, please use the tag [[Category:Wikipedians in Washington|Niteowlneils]] to ensure proper sorting.

For more information, please see Wikipedia:User categorisation and Category:Wikipedians by location. -- Roby Wayne Talk • Hist 06:46, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rosicrucian article

Dear user Niteowlneils, as I have seen a edition of yours at the article Rosicrucian, I come to request your support to this article that I have just purposed for nomination at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates#Rosicrucian. May you may give a look into it? And, if you consider it acceptable, then may you support it? Thank you! :) --GalaazV 02:49, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Punch (engineering) - Punch (tool)

I should have called the page puch (metalworking) but it was during the (my) very early days and terminology requires planning, none of which was in great supply at the time. I'll move the page to punch (metalworking) and that will leave punch (tool) for all the non-metal related uses, I'd imagine there are a few left to be entered.

As for plurals, I've made a note on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Metalworking/Article list to that effect. — Graibeard – talk 09:46, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Metalworking links template

Just to let you know, that template is, shall we say, an early draft?  :) Most of those links are going to change anyway, as it was just hacked together to give us something to work with on Wikipedia:WikiProject Metalworking. However, thanks for the contributions! If you plan on editing more metalworking pages, you may want to add your name to the contributor list. Thanks, Bushytails 15:05, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Chicago Board of Aldermen vs. City Council

F.Y.I. the City of Chicago does not have a City Council, their legislative government is a Board of Aldermen and it has been this way since the 1800s. This is per the City of Chicago website. I would appreciate if you would please refrain from changing this again. Misterrick 01:25, 15 September 2005 (UTC).

[edit] At it again

I'm back at it again with my Bruce Johnson article, nominated as a FAC. He's Ohio's lieutenant governor and already at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Bruce Johnson are votes opposing. I find when I don't go out and ask folks such as yourself for their votes, my FAC's invariably are defeated. So I'd be grateful if you'd put your two cents worth in. Ave! PedanticallySpeaking 17:46, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vaoverland

The following New Article Help? request and my reply is copied from my Talk page. You may wish to help this new user also. Feel free to contradict or enhance my advice. P.S. I am still watching DC on TBS each morning. Mom has acclimated well to the move. <gr> Mark now in Historic Triangle of Virginia Vaoverland 10:08, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New Article Help?

Hi, I'm User:Ascan, and I grew up in SE Virginia (mostly VB). I was a Navy brat and I'm currently active duty, and I was wondering if you could help me start an article on the "Spokane Trophy"[2], as I am a very new Wikipedian. I have attempted to contact the Navy League of Spokane to request permission to use their photos and information, however my e-mail to the webmaster was returned stating "no such user". Would you be willing to help me start the article or at least guide me to someone who you think would be more interested? I am appreciate any help you could give me.

User:Ascan

Dear User: Ascan: First, I suggest that it would be good to go to your user page, and tell evryone a little bit about yourself, as you did above. This will help other users in identifying with you and encourage them to help you also. Tip: enter four tilde signs, (to the left of the 1 on my keyboard in the Caps positon, and your messages will automatically be signed and dated.) I am now typing four tildes (no spaces) and this is what it will sign: Vaoverland 10:08, 21 September 2005 (UTC)


OK, Let's give writing a new article on Spokane Trophy a try. The advice which follows is MY way of researching to come up with content, which may or may not be as much in compliance with Wikipedia Style guidelines as you will choose to be (no one is perfect, but we strive to comply).

1. Look at the article I collaborated with User:Slambo on called Autorack. Then look at the same article, which was specially marked up with tons of writing tips by User:Niteowlneils. The Annotated Article for Autorack can be found at Wikipedia:Annotated article. This is a very valuable way to see how to write an article in an attractive style and keep track of the information, etc.

2. I suggest you join Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships and on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ships let them know that you are writing your first article on Spokane Trophy. the members will be knowledgeable about similar topics and will probably be glad to help you with good ship-related article.

OK, on to your new Spokane Trophy article.

3. First, you asked how I do it, I like to work on content (ie text first), and then seek images after story is more or less in first draft form.

Rather than ask for permission to copy stuff from a single source, we want to use multiple sources for Wikipedia articles, and then compile the factual information into an original article. A single source would probably require the kind of permission you requested (and didn't get). Therefore, in addition to learning what I can from the link you provided, the next thing I would do is determine some more information about the subject. To do that, I will do a Google search, a Yahoo search, and sometimes more searches (ie MSN, Altavista, Ask Jeeves, Lycos, etc.) depending upon the amount of hits and quality of web sites I can find. NOTE: I have now checked as described and there are multiple sites with the lost of text information you can use to create your content. ::NOTE: I found good data on Google and Yahoo searches on the words: Spokane Trophy! Follow up on multiple hits,a nd consider what seem to be the more credible sources.

4. By using multiple sources, you do not need their permission to obtain facts which you will use, so long as you are not copying en masse and verbatim (exactly worded) their text. You should keep track of where the items of specific information comes from, so you can cite your sources. However, unless you are using a single source to bets make a point, I find listing the sources at end of article is usually sufficient. If quoting an entire sentence or two, or if you feel that the source is particularly important, then a footnote for the source right after the information is presented can be done by putting the URL in single brackets.

For instance (I am making this up), since the following is obviously an opinion for which we would want to know the source. If the content in your article made the statement which follows: TEXT: According to the local residents, the Spokane Trophy is more greatly valued by people from the south side of Spokane than anywhere else. END TEXT, Then I would immediately attribute that statement (again a fictitious source) by pasting the URL of the source in single brackets, which would end up like this: [3]

5. Remember that your personal opinion is not a source, although you may find sources with which you agree,a nd you can certainly present the independently sources information you agree with.

6. Only after doing the text content, would I consider images. That gets trickier, and you will also need to follow WP guidelines there, or let other users help spice up your story with images, if that is not your strong point. In this instance, US Navy images are generally public domain for WP purposes, and that may be a good source for you, so your task may be a bit easier on this article than some for other subjects. Personally, I have found it too hard to get permission for images not already in public domain or otherwise OK for use in WP without specifically getting permission, so if I can't find something it is OK to use without asking, I'd let someone else worry about images. If you write your initial article well with enough interesting content, other contributors will read it,a nd begin enhancing it with content and often pictures.

7. I use ieSpell (a free program) to help avoid putting content out with bad spelling, although others will surely come behind you and take a whack at poor grammar, spelling, etc., assuming your article is of interest. I've found that almost anything I write an article on for WP has someone else interested in it. That's part of the fun, because then i learn even more as I watch changes.

8. Add internal links for words in your content which have Wikipedia articles. This will help other writers find your article as well and add to the collaborative effort to refine your article.

9. As you probably know, click on the red link Spokane Trophy and begin the article, saving it with the edit summary "New Article" in the box at the bottom. Your first effort may not be outstanding, but others will help, and you'll get better as you go.

I now have some info on your subject, so one you start the article, I will try be among those to help spruce it up. If you get your feelings hurt easily, WP may not be for you, as others will surely edit your work and may chose to say somethings differently. However, I have found that most changes to articles I begin have been improvements, and what is best for the quality of Wikipedia is more important than my ego or personal preferences. Occasionally, I need to remind myself of that, and maybe you will too.

So, tell us about it, and Good luck!

Yours in Historic Triangle of Virginia, Mark. Vaoverland 10:08, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "Cartoon Vandal" returns?

On 9 July 2005 you blocked User:24.60.133.207 as the "Cartoon Vandal". User:24.60.128.48 was warned on 7 June 2005 about edits, mainly putting spurious "voice credits" in Thomas the Tank Engine character articles. For example, crediting Emma Watson as Emily, which has not been cited or verified (A Google search and search of IMDb also gave nothing). Today I have warned User:209.80.142.210 about a number of very similar edits which have happened today (see User talk:209.80.142.210).

Basically I believe User:209.80.142.210 is the "Cartoon Vandal" - take a look at 209.80.142.210 contributions and see if you agree.

-=# Amos E Wolfe talk #=- 19:37, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Úbeda

Hello, sorry for the long message.

In March 2005, there was a WP:RM request and vote (which you took part in) to move Úbeda to Ubeda, with a 6-3 result, see Talk:Ubeda#Requested_move:_.C3.9Abeda_.E2.86.92_Ubeda (or perhaps here if renamed).

However, beginning in April 2005 and lasting several months, there was a survey conducted at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (use English)#Proposal and straw poll regarding place names with diacritical marks, with dozens of participants voting and discussing over an extended period of time. The purpose of the survey was to try to gather feedback for what the policy should be globally. Proponents of diacritics were in the majority, and in general, use of diacritics is widespread in actual practice on Wikipedia today (particularly since the Mediawiki upgrade to Unicode).

However, for Úbeda/Ubeda, Philip Baird Shearer is stating that the WP:RM vote takes precedence over the survey results, and a new WP:RM vote would be required to move it to Úbeda. My position is that there should be a global policy rather than case-by-case voting -- that was the whole purpose of the survey. In discussion with him, I wrote:

Just as we wouldn't have case-by-case voting on, say, capitalization issues for articles (eg, prepositions in movie and book titles should be lowercase, globally), we shouldn't have case-by-case voting on diacritic issues.

See the discussion at Talk:Ubeda#Talk_page_discussion_on_page_move (or perhaps here if renamed).

As a possible alternative to calling a new WP:RM vote which might set a precedent for case-by-case voting across thousands of articles, I am polling all the participants of the original WP:RM vote to ask:

  • Regardless of how you voted in the WP:RM voting, which do you believe should take precedence: the earlier WP:RM vote on the specific article, or the subsequent survey?

Note, since Philip Baird Shearer was one of the participants in that vote, he will also be receiving this message and thus will have the opportunity to respond. -- Curps 05:53, 7 October 2005 (UTC)


For what it's worth, and for the information of all the voters in the March requested move vote, there's now a new requested move vote at Talk:Ubeda. -- Curps 01:31, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Enjoy your WikiBreak!

From your user contributions, it looks like you are taking a WikiBreak. I hope that you'll come back refreshed and calm. Just in case some of your WikiStress is from real life issues, I wanted to give you this gift:

with best wishes for
deep calming breaths
from Mamawrites & listens
and your friends at

[edit] Best of luck on things

I came here to fish for your vote on my Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Alabamaboy but after reading the stuff above I can see you've got a ton of crap going through your life right now. For what it's worth, I really appreciated the help you gave me months ago when I first came on board here at Wikipedia. Sometimes its the little things in life that matter, so I sincerely hope that the little things--and big things--in life go well for you in the days to come. Best,--Alabamaboy 02:41, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Surname pages

Why do you delete these surname pages? I don't see any reason to do so; these are perfectly useful disambiguation pages. If you disagree, take them to AFD. Lupo 10:20, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Not so fast. In what way do these pages differ from Katz? See also Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people) and Wikipedia:Deletion policy/names and surnames—it seems to be a controversial topic. In any case, none of these pages were speedy deletion candidates. Take them to WP:AFD, if you must, but don't unilaterally speedy them. Lupo 14:41, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the move!

Thanks for moving Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit to its new home. I'm sure that Wallace and Gromit will be very comfortable there, and will be installing all sorts of improbable contraptions in no time. :D —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 04:50, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

I'm working on the inbound links too, from the bottom up. We'll meet in the middle. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 05:01, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
...and this is why the Chinese never have blackouts: many hands make light work. :) —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 05:09, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Blue Screen of Death

You have a strong point, why didn't you cast your vote at Talk:Blue screen of death#Requested move? --tyomitch 07:29, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Ariel Awards

Thanks for fixing the categories, cheers. --Vizcarra 08:05, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted Pages (;_;)

You deleted many necessary and useful disambiguation pages. I want you to return them, for instance Pringsheim.

Can you put my deleted edits, pages, or deleted substances to User:Sheynhertz-Unbayg/Contribution List/deleted edits? Can I find my deleted edits? (japlish) --Sheynhertzגעשׁ״ך 15:29, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Heinemann, Elkan, etc also! (` _ ́)/ " --Sheynhertzגעשׁ״ך 17:49, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
Why don't you enter to "votes for deletion"!!? I'll stongly protest to you! --Sheynhertzגעשׁ״ך 19:15, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Page move

Completely without announcement, an article was moved from its common English name Nidhogg to the old Norse version Níðhöggr, even though a proposal to move mythology articles to non-English spellings failed to gain consensus. You have expressed interest in simular page moves in the past. Please take a minute to look at this one. CDThieme 18:52, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Classic Rock

Hello. I was wondering if you would like to participate in my classic rock survey. I'm trying to find the most like classic rock song. There is more information on my user page. Hope you participate! RENTASTRAWBERRY FOR LET? röck 03:20, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Update

Neil: I hope things are going better for you. Some things in my life are better than when I wrote you and some are worse. It reminds me of Mother May I, ie one step forward, two back, two forward, one back, etc. At the moment, I am fortunate just to have dial-up access on a friend's AOL account during the wee hours. Anyway, I was thinking of you and wishing you well. Mark. Vaoverland 06:08, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Dear Niteowlneils, I've been adding to the Largo, Florida page and I'm concerned with all the external links I've added. Is it possible to have too many? I also wonder if the timeline should have a page of his own. Could you take a loo at it?

Thanks,

Mikereichold 01:59, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

You said on Image:RacingBicycle-non.JPG that you would enjoy hearing if anyone else used the image. User:Santa on Sleigh has been handing them out as Christmas presents to many users today. --CBD ☎ ✉ 02:02, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Katie Holmes

Greetings! I've completely reworked this article and have posted it on WP:PR in the hopes of advancing it to WP:FAC. I would be grateful for your comments at Wikipedia:Peer review/Katie Holmes/archive1. PedanticallySpeaking 18:51, 9 February 2006 (UTC) P.S. I saw the notice on your home page. Please accept my sympathies. I hope you get things in order swiftly and without undue distress.

[edit] missed you

I have missed you and your feedback. I hope things are going better on your home front. My direct email address is vgn700@aol.com should you wish to reach me. Best wishes. Mark Vaoverland 17:15, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image of meerkat

Are you behind this image? I went through edits of the San Jose, California page around the time of early February 2005 (as that is what the image page says), and found an edit from you in which the image was added.

[edit] Image:MeerkatAtHappyHollow.jpg listed for deletion

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--BDWill Talk Contribs 11:38, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Meerkat

1: No personal attacks. Come on, attacking someone personally will get you nowhere. I did forget to leave a link on the Talk:San Jose, California page, and did botch a sentence. I meant to type "I've now nominated the image for deletion". My bad. We all make mistakes, and mine were stupid.

2: I do not claim to be an expert, and certainly know that I am not. You are probably not an expert. I guess that very few Wikipedians are (within the context of the amount of Wikipedians) actually experts. Instead, Wikipedians pull together the knowledge that they have to put articles together. Not saying that you don't already know this.

3: I am not trying to make Wikipedia into a "Userbox-centric personal webhosting service". Yes, quite a lot of edits of mine have been to my Userpage and sub-Userpages, and Userboxes. But, I have not done only that. I have contributed to other articles. I am (just now as of today) a member of WikiProject Macintosh, so that I can contribute to Macintosh related articles, while collaborating with other Wikipedians. Yes, the Userboxes on my Userpage do contain statements. I feel that it is more convenient than elaborating on those views via text. You may disagree, and call that POV pushing, but you should not attack me for that.

4: I nominated the image for deletion because it is, and still is, Un Encylopedic. An image of a meerkat on a solid color background, no matter what the color, is unusable and inappropriate for presenting in the context of an image of a meerkat at a zoo. Because, people can't actually see it in the presented context. If the image originally had distracting shadows, why upload it? Why?

--BDWill Talk Contribs 04:01, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Bill Lawrence

What the hecks going on with Bill Lawrence, et al? Your page move has flummoxed me. -Will Beback 08:34, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

My sincere apologies. I must have misread the listing. Thanks for the courteous response. -Will Beback 06:15, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
However, since you've looked over the matter at least slightly, may I draw you in more? There are apparently two editors who are using the article as a proxy battleground for a decades-long legal battle. There's plenty of fun, in case you'd like to join in. (And seriously, it's nice to see you are still alive and typing.) Cheers, -Will Beback 05:30, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Norm

First, I hope I'm leaving this message in the right place.

If I'm reading things right, you changed the Norm disambiguation page to add mention of a Cheers spin-off called Norm. Did this show ever air? Thanks!

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[edit] CFD examples

Hi,

Your CSD or not page is interesting and a good idea; but I'm a bit wary about the sexual preferences subpage. This page can be found without going past the main CSD or not page (via Google, or through backlinks) and gives no context for its content; and is, of course, highly libellous if anyone were to take it seriously. I wonder if it might be a good idea to either rewrite this page as referring to a non-existent person, or clearly label it as being an example of abuse rather than an encyclopedia page? I realise that it's in userspace, but that only helps for people familiar with Wikipedia and the userspace concept. TSP 12:15, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] landfalling

"Landfalling", an adjective, is a derivative of the noun landfall. Source: New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd Edition TimL 01:50, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How Are You?

Greetings, Niteowl!
I've been away for about six weeks and am pleased to see some of my articles have been patrolled in my absence (e.g. Katie Holmes). How are you doing? Anything important develop on Wikipedia in my absence? PedanticallySpeaking 16:46, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] If you want can you take a look at Infiniti G20?

I noticed some of your edits and would like it if you took a look at the Infiniti G20 article. No pressure if you do not feel like it. Zoli Elo 06:39, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Request from User:Vaoverland

Hi, Neil! I hope the world is treating you a little better than when we last coomunicated. Since moving to Grove, Virginia 18 months ago, I have been busy working on Wikipedia: WikiProject Virginia and several other projects, since earlier this year with User: No1lakersfan, partially in preparation and support of the Jamestown 2007 event. He is now a high school senior hoping to gain admittance to one of Virginia's public university for the Fall 2007 semester. Following advice, he has done maintenance and reference adding work, as well spending time on articles. He is a good collaborator and I believe he would enhance our efforts with WP as an administrator and use the additional tools and powers wisely. Since you know me from our past communications, I wanted to request that you consider entering a vote, hopefully in support, if you agree with my judgment and recommendation at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/No1lakersfan 2.


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[edit] 'Rapa das Bestas' festival in Spain, deleted entry

I noticed that the entry for the 'Rapa das Bestas' horse-wrangling and shearing festival in Spain is missing. I followed the provided link from the Equestrianism section. Is this intentional? If not, would you like someone to write a short entry for it? Cheers.

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