User talk:S3884h

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Contents 1 What do I have to do to fix this problem? 2 The Banker 3 Deal or No Deal 4 Deal or No Deal (3/1/08) 5 Troublemaker on DOND page?

[edit] What do I have to do to fix this problem?

I'm what you would considered a intermediate wikipedian, meaning I don't know all the rules and regulations yet, espcially when it comes to image citiations. I never even uploaded an image before on here, let alone know how to do it. With that said, there's an image that was tagged for deletion that I feel strongly about saving. I don't know if I have the ability to save the image, but I'm willing to give it a shot. As a first-timer doing this, I may need a tutor or an extensive step-by-step instruction manual for this. What do I have to do to make sure this particular image avoids deletion? A message on my talk page would be greatly appreciated.

Image:DealorNoDealMissUSA.jpg

S3884h (talk) 21:11, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

What you need to do is provide a use rationale for each use, explaining why this non-free image should be used there despite Wikipedia’s preference for not using non-free content. See the non-free use rationale guideline. Pay particular attention to explaining how it satisfies WP:NFCC#8: “Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding.” --teb728 t c 08:47, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Banker

I've reverted your edit. I think it's better to discuss it on the article's Talk Page rather than revert them. If other agree to remove it then I would understand. Grounded into a double play (talk) 11:46, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deal or No Deal

You're welcome. I may despite Deal or No Deal itself, but I'm still willing to make sure that its article isn't laden with trivia such as what Grounded is uploading. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 22:16, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry you were offended by me posting the banker's image on Deal or No Deal. I thought it looked like the guy and I thought is was a good idea. I wasn't looking to damage the article. If you feel that image doesn't belong I won't repost it. Grounded into a double play (talk) 08:49, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deal or No Deal (3/1/08)

Would you please explain why you undid my edits? Most of my changes consisted of wikifying the content, in particular: (1) Making the tone more encyclopedic. (2) Removing the repetitive links to Howie and the models (they don't need to be linked every time they are mentioned). (3) Fixing the formatting (the title is not supposed to be boldfaced every time it appears). (4) Removing extraneous formatting (someone confused proper nouns with titles). I'm not going to get into the argument of what belongs and what doesn't, since to a large extent, I don't care. But I think that whatever is there should mirror the rest of Wikipedia in terms of style. (And, for the record, the argument that the tone doesn't match won't work, because the rest of the article has been flagged for non-compliance with WP standards to begin with.) Samer (talk) 03:48, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

OK. If there are lots of runs-ons, typos, etc., that's because I didn't go through the entire article; I started with the tables (since that seemed to be the easiest spot to start). [And, I might add, I ran it through a spell-checker before uploading; the only errors it caught were contestants' names). I should have been clearer about my previous statement "I'm not going to get into the argument...", since it's obvious, from your reaction, that what I meant to say is not what you understood it to mean (and that's my fault). What I was trying to say is that I was not going to be an edit Nazi (for lack of a better term) and hack the article to death. And I agree that style and "encyclopedic tone" are obviously subjective, but there are clearly problems with some of the stuff that's in the article now (e.g., a random "OPA!" interjected for no reason). My goal was not to delete information, but simply to try and make it better, while making it a little shorter. [I can see that the article is drastically different than what used to be there; arguably the most important detail of the game--the actual values used in a normal game--is now gone. That said, I didn't look all that closely at the history page, so I can't yet comment on the 'rogue' editor you discussed.]

But as you suggested, I'm going to leave the article more-or-less alone for now For the moment, I'm going to make just one change to the current article, and that's to delete all the duplicate links for Howie and the models. I think we can both agree that that's unnecessary. Samer (talk) 16:15, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

P.S. I've left negative information about the Pats in articles, provided that it's properly sourced, and not written in a style that makes the offense seem worse than it is. Samer (talk) 16:15, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Troublemaker on DOND page?

I'm new here, and caught your message, but I don't know who the problem is. Care to elaborate if possible??? Thanks

Dennyg2007 (talk) 01:47, 27 April 2008 (UTC)