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[edit] Welcome!

Hello, Rehcsif, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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[edit] Photos for Adventureland Park

Tim, yes. If you want to snag any photos from my site, feel free to do so and let me know and I'll do the "confirmation" of permission for Wikipedia usage. I can provide the original pictures without the watermark/"Photo by..." if needed. --Allen Huffman

[edit] Wikipedia:Did you know

Saw your edits to Kennywood ... they're good edits, but based on the comment in the edit summary, I thought I'd send you a link to DYK anyway, just to have fun. ;) Oh, and welcome to the Wikiteam; you've been pretty productive over the last couple months for a newcomer. --M@rēino 03:50, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FYI: formatting of disambiguation pages

Re your recent edits to Tornado (disambiguation). In general, links on disambiguation pages should not be piped to hide any part of the article title. Normally, piping is used on disambig pages only to allow for proper formatting of titles. Please read MoS:DP for details. Thanks, and happy editing! -- Slowmover 15:10, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tornado (disambiguation)

The MOS says:

Unlike a regular article page, don't wikilink any other words in the line, unless they may be essential to help the reader determine where they might find the information. For example: "Dark Star", a song by the Grateful Dead not: "Dark Star", a song by the psychedelic rock band The Grateful Dead

So why do you insist on having links for Garbage (band), Six Flags, Coney Island, etc, but not allow one for Adventureland (Iowa)? The MOS specifically lists an example with a band saying not to link the band name. Please be consistent!--Rehcsif 15:23, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

I thought it was obvious, but I'll try to spell it out. The general idea is that there should only by one bluelink (active link) on each line of a disambig page. This is because you don't want to direct the reader to more than one location. The roller coaster at Adventureland already has a link, and the Adventureland link is a duplicate, which the reader can find by going to the roller coaster article, should they be interested. Having both links does not conform to the MOS.
However, the other 3 articles all have redlinks. I.E., they do not yet have articles associated with them. Therefore, the MOS gives you two options: (1) remove the item because it is non-notable and will probably never have a Wikipedia article; or (2) add a secondary link that relates to the item and gives the reader some information, or a lead on where to find more information; this option is to be chosen when you think the redlink might eventually become an article. If an article is written, the red link turns blue, and the secondary link would be removed, in the same way as I removed Adventureland. I chose to do this for those other 3 items rather than removing them.
I hope this is clear, because I'm done arguing over this one. -- Slowmover 14:32, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Linkspam

Please do not add commercial links (or links to your own private websites) to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia. If you feel the link should be added to the article please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thanks. Pollinator 05:08, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

It isn't my site, and I didn't originally add it. It's a "Unofficial Valleyfair site". Lots of other parks have links to "Unofficial" sites on their pages. As far as I can tell, the only reason you're removing it is that it happens to have adsense adds, non-prominantly displayed at the bottom of the page. Since the page has a lot of content about Valleyfair! I feel it belongs on the page. But, I guess we'll have to see what others think on the Talk page. --Rehcsif 14:20, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Copied from User talk:Pollinator

Pollinator, perhaps you need to review WP:AGF. You've labeled me a spammer, even though I didn't even add the link you accused me of adding (I merely challenged your revert). And it seems others are now taking issue with your overly-strict ideas of the linkspamming policy... Before you slap people on the wrist for 'spamming' perhaps you need to understand a few of the facts about the links you consider spam...--Rehcsif 17:18, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
Note that I did not say you were a spammer, nor did I say you put the link there at first - just that you followed the pattern of spammers with your instant revert. And, sure, there's a lot of heat. In many of these cases the heat comes from someone's pocketbook being touched. Others are cases where someone has an overly high view of or great emotional involvement with his own page. In the cases of worthy pages that might be exceptions, be advised that we are working on a process where they can be reviewed by an impartial admin. You are welcome to initiate that if you wish. Contact an uninvolved admin and ask for a review. Then they can put the link back. It would be best to put an invisible note to that effect, of course.Pollinator 17:27, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
But you are, by definition, assuming bad faith. You saw my revert, even though my edit comment said that I felt the page had merits and the advertising was minimal (and have repeatedly stated I have absolutely no connection to the page), yet you immediately re-reverted it, assumed I must be "one of those bad spammers", etc, e.g. "assumed bad faith". To you, it seems, anyone who adds, or supports the adding of, an external link, is immediately held with great suspicion -- directly violating WP:AGF. As for 'not calling me a spammer', you added a blurb on my user talk page, which essentially labels me a link-spammer, and as I understand it, I have no way to challenge it and am not allowed to remove it. --Rehcsif 17:38, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
I just suggested a simple way to challenge it. As far as any "stain" on your talk page, I wouldn't be too concerned about it. Everything ever posted on my talk page (except blatant vandalism) is still there. Openness is one of the characteristics of Wikipedia. On the other had it's YOUR talk page. It's very bad form to remove an administrator's warning or an ongoing dispute; however, once this is worked out, I have no problem with you removing the section, and, as far as I know there is no rule against that. Pollinator 17:56, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New roller coaster infobox format

I just finished changing the infobox a matter of minutes ago, and it's fantastic to see someone else already working on changing the articles! Keep it up! Dusso Janladde 05:10, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem, and thanks for your work with the infobox. Looks great. --Rehcsif 14:38, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Silly Putty

Thanks for merging it was much needed. -Ravedave 18:15, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shockwave (roller coaster)

It's probably premature to declare victory but I'd like to invite you to look at Wikipedia:Village pump (assistance)#Is this vandalism? and read my update on the situation. Also check out the history of Shockwave (roller coaster) and tell me if you feel better about how Wikipedia works.

I'm sorry that this has been an unpleasant experience for you. I don't expect that it will be your last such experience but I hope that you will learn to take this sort of stuff in stride as being an unfortunate but permanent aspect of Wikipedia culture. The key, IMO, is not so much to attempt to eliminate the behavior but rather to cope with it.

Best regards, --Richard 19:39, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Brain Teaser

Thanks for letting me know! I've forwarded your message to the rest of the participants, hopefully we can get this resolved quickly. Dusso Janladde 20:26, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Calling programmers

We need coders for the WikiProject Disambigation fixer. We need to make a program to make faster and easier the fixing of links. We will be happy if you could check the project. You can Help! --Neo139 09:13, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] cite templates

Thanks! Cleduc 04:02, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

No problem, glad to help!--Rehcsif 04:17, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Minnesota meetup

A meetup of Wikipedians in Minnesota is proposed: please stop by the discussion page if interested. Jonathunder 23:16, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Reminder: Meetup October 29, one o'clock, Mall of America. Jonathunder 13:33, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Apple II survey

I'm conducting a survey about the Apple II -- any former users are invited to participate. I found you were active on Apple II related articles.

Come to User:Applephreak/survey

Applephreak 19:02, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Valleyfair!

I agree that the Valleyfair! article ought to include the exclamation point in the title, as it is included in the official name of the park. I just rode Wild Thing three times on May 22, 2007 (almost exactly a year after the derailment), and it is as much fun as ever! Hurrmic 02:49, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adventureland Macots

The names of the Mascots come from Mike Krantz, son of the founder of Adventureland. In the case of "Heather," here she is: http://www.disneyfans.com/photos/ThemeParks/AdventurelandParkIA/Adventureland2007/Characters/Heather/index.htm But all the names, other than Bernie, were given to me by Adventureland. --205.241.140.139

[edit] Valleyfair slogan

Sorry, I did accidentally re-add the slogan... I am also from Minnesota and I have never heard an official slogan. Thank You. 64.61.227.72 00:21, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

No problem, thanks. --Rehcsif 01:24, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to WikiProject Amusement Parks

Thanks for signing up for the Amusement Parks project! There is plenty to do and we are just in the process of tagging all the articles, creating standards, etc., so please feel free to jump in! You might want to see the discussion on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Amusement Parks/Assessment about importance classes. See you there. --Tinned Elk 20:52, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Project Rollercoaster Template

I'm not sure I understand what you mean, I've added about 200 over the past few days. If you could give me a few examples that'd be appreciated :) Seaserpent85Talk 16:39, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject roller coasters

Hi there, just to let you know that WP:ROCO has been given an overhaul. As you are listed as a participant, I just thought I'd let you know that there's a new to-do section and much clearer guidelines for roller coaster articles. Hope to see you over there! Seaserpent85Talk 09:48, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cedar Falls-Waterloo

Good job on the rewording; I'd noticed that but not gotten around to fixing it. Nyttend 04:14, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! --Rehcsif 04:15, 10 September 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Minnesota Meetup

Minnesota Meetup
Sunday, 2007-10-07, 1:00 p.m. (13:00)
Pracna on Main
117 Main SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Map
Please pass this on! RSVP here.
Spam delivered by Jonathunder 16:14, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] talk pages

Leave my talk page alone. I can blank it if I want to. 24.247.215.55 03:07, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

As I explained to you in the edit summaries -- you are violating WP:talk. Please stop. You are not allowed to remove warnings and other evidence of prior misbehavior. --Rehcsif 04:25, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your help

Thanks for your help in saving the Thomas M. Jacobs article from deletion. I greatly appreciate it. Chris 12:56, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Glad to help! --Rehcsif 14:27, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Veggietales.gif

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[edit] WikiProject Roller Coasters Newsletter, December 2007

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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:KNWS.gif)

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[edit] WikiProject Roller Coasters Newsletter, January 2008

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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Renegade coaster.gif

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[edit] WikiProject Roller Coasters Newsletter, February 2008

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Magicwindow.jpg

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[edit] Nickelodeon Universe

I think the article Nickelodeon Universe (MOA) should be moved to Nickelodeon Universe. The (MOA) part is unnecessary there is only one Nickelodeon Universe theme park, and any other themed areas under that don't have an article. 53180 (talk) 13:27, 15 March 2008 (UTC)53180.

Sounds good to me. Looks like an admin will have to make that move, though (I tried it). --Rehcsif (talk) 14:11, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Keep up the good work!

The Editor's Barnstar

The Editor's Barnstar
For fine general editing on numerous articles. Eustress (talk) 03:24, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Noticed your work on the Jelly Belly article and others. Thanks!

Thanks much, I appreciate it! --Rehcsif (talk) 18:01, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Spam

I've tried to add an external link to the Disneyland entry that is just as valuable as the other external links if not moreso. I don't agree with the "spam" label. The site is a thoroughly researched, organized, and helpful collection of tips for Disneyland visitors of any age. Why is this not allowed?

KMilano —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kmilano (talk • contribs) 21:11, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Generally, it's considered bad form to add a link that is promoting a website that you're directly affiliated with. If you do feel this is an important site for the article, please bring it up on Talk:Disneyland Park (Anaheim) and a consensus can be reached whether or not the site should be included. I'm not necessarly against having the link -- but just would like this process to be followed. Thanks! --Rehcsif (talk) 04:44, 12 April 2008 (UTC)