User talk:Sarranduin

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[edit] How to pronounce Pokemon names

I se you've decided to put in how to pronounce the Pokemon names. What is the key to this? How do I know, for example, what WORE − tohr − tul means? User142 05:41, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] anon blocks

Logged in users are not hampered by anon IP blocks that happen to be for the same IP they use, such as in your case, through a school system. - UtherSRG (talk) 20:27, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Seizure response dog

Hi. I see you are working on the various Assistance dogs and have provided "See also" links between the articles. Generally, Wikipedia prefers to provide links in the body text and if such a link is made, then the "See also" isn't required (see Wikipedia:Guide_to_layout#See_also). In addition, there is an "Assistance dog" category. If all articles had "See also" links for all related pages, the list would grow exponentially - which is why they are discouraged.

Can I suggest that

  • The various assistance dog articles lose their "See also" section. All of them mention e.g. service dog in their lead sentence and all are in the category. The reader can jump to from either of those links to the "overview" article/category, which in turn leads to the other dogs.
  • The Service dog provides an explicit list of service dogs as part of the article, rather than in the "See also" section, which can be removed.

Regards, Colin°Talk 08:29, 13 June 2006 (UTC)


Hi. I think your recent rearrangements haven't improved the article - but perhaps you are reorganising it to allow the addition of more material. Therefore, I haven't made changes myself but suggest the following:

  • The current article isn't really long enough to warrant the two section headings you have created.
  • The introduction is now too brief.
  • The list of tasks that is currently under "Training" is not really a training issue. This probably belongs back up in the first section (the intro). If the article was expanded considerably, then these might go in a "Tasks" section.
  • If "Training" warrants its own section, then it needs expanded to include issues such as selection and rejection of dogs, training techniques (reward methods, etc), pairing dogs with owners, etc.
  • I wouldn't put "alert" in quotes (POV issues). That is what they are called, regardless of whether their "alert" abilities have been scientifically proven.
  • The place you moved the reference to is better than the previous (the end of the last list item). However, you should place the tag immedicately after the punctuation (full-stop, colon, etc) rather than after a space. If there is a sentence after the reference, then the space goes between the reference and the next sentence.
  • There is an extra blank line before the references section.

Cheers, Colin°Talk 07:52, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi. You say it is "obvious" why the dog must be trained for a specific owner. This is true for someone who understand epilepsy and/or dog training. I do think is worth mentioning this in the article.

I noticed from your user page that you intend to work on assistance dog organizations category. I don't think such a category will work (for now). The category system is for organising a large set of existing Wikipedia pages. The items in a category can't exist without the article. I suspect that the vast majority of such organisations are not notable (see the essay Wikipedia:Notability) and I haven't found any articles as yet. For example, the UK's Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is the world's largest breeder and trainer of working dogs[1] but doesn't have an article at present.

If you are interested in this area, it would be great if you could create some articles for the big organisations (think international!) Have a look at articles for other big charities. The chartity needs to be notable in some way (first, biggest, etc). If you create a handful, then a short list within one of the assistance dogs articles would suffice. I would discourage you, however, from researching a complete list of such organisations and adding external lists to them. See Wikipedia:External links and Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. Cheers, Colin°Talk 17:50, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Guide Dog Training Length

Thank you for leaving all the information and sources on this subject in the Guide dog article. Best regards, Icemuon 12:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:"Thirty-second"

Haha, I can see myself doing the same thing. No worries. Just a note, your use of edit summaries is a little inconsistent. The best way to make your intentions clear is to add an edit summary every time, even if it's just a short one. Anyway, happy editting! Axem Titanium 04:02, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism help

Yeah, no problem, just watching as many users' backs as I can when I'm around. Keep up your good stuff man. --Specter01010 03:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 3RR/edit warring on Toad (Nintendo)

~i dont like vandalism~ ~d261mail~ So why did you just report the anon user and not myself? Don't worry, I got my wrist slapped too...I was just surprised to see the anon user reported only. After all, I was the idiot feeding the fire.

Incidentally, sorry about that. Gene S. Poole 04:45, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing it up. Makes sense, now. It may interest you to know that he's doing it again, under a different ID. When I pointed out how a complete stranger was acting the very same way, he first deleted my comment off the talk page and then, on second thought, deleted the whole topic from the talk page. I'd do something, but I'm kinda afraid to after the warning on my page...Gene S. Poole 06:29, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
nevermind, you're already on top of it. I'm so far behind I think I'm first. Gene S. Poole 06:32, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
I did notice; but I wasn't sure if reverting the talk page would be a strike against me, thought it best not to push my luck tonight. I did note the evidence afterwards under "Vandalism of Talk Page", however. Gene S. Poole 06:52, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

could you please allow the page to be kept until thursday. then we will delete it. this would be much appreciated

ok, well thanks anyway. the other user isn't me it is my friend from school, as far as i know this is my only wiki account. it won't get banned will it?

it's ok, the intended viewer has seen the article. If it breaches terms then i am happy for it to be deleted

[edit] WP:AIV

Thank you for your recent posting of an anonymous editor to Administrators intervention against vandalism. In the future though, when reporting IP addressed to WP:AIV, please make sure that they have had a final warning in the recent past. Due to the nature of IP addresses, spans of time between edits may indicate different users. Being it is possible that the currently vandalizing user did not get a true final warning they are often not be blocked. To remedy this, please make an effort to ensure that all vandals reported to WP:AIV have an appropriate, and recent, final warning. The most common final warnings are {{test4}} or {{bv}}. If you have any questions regarding this, please do not hesitate to ask me on my user talk page. Thanks again!-- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 19:08, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nice work

The Editor's Barnstar
For instigating a much-needed cleanup of peacock words and un-encyclopedic content from Yorkshire Terrier VanTucky 21:12, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Hopefully the many other dog breed articles needing cleanup can see the same results as your work on the Yorkie article! VanTucky 21:12, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Labrador retriever

Please just request this IP editor who is attacking you be blocked in the future. While I admire how polite you are, it's simply serving no purpose to allow someone who can't or won't read to continue editing Wikipedia. KP Botany 02:43, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

PS You'd be surprised how effective blocking is to turn on an editor's reading skills. It might get them on topic. KP Botany 02:44, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
I asked that the talk page be semi-protected. I'm not to up on options, and someone else suggested this. KP Botany 02:49, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for not escalating the attacks by not being part of them. I assume you realize how pointless that is, but it's nice to see editors who also put it into practice, thereby making Wikipedia a better place for all. KP Botany 19:40, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Weinert, Texas

Andy, you put a warning on my page for editing the Weinert, Texas article. This included changing figures like 177,000,000 people of the population to it's correct figure of 177. How do you think that more than one hundred million people are living in a town with a total area of 0.5 square miles? You obviously didn't care to observe this, you completely reverted the article to it's original state because I made a humorous comment. You could not have left the correct figures?

It is now your job to learn the correct demographics for Weinert, Texas and revert them to their correct state. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.182.129.106 (talk • contribs) 19:13, July 4, 2007

[edit] Blacklisted URL

You recently made a change to the White Shepherd page where you blacklisted the URL for Hungary's White Suisse Shepherd breed club web site. I may have missed it, but I didn't find the URL on the wiki blacklist page. Can you please give some detail behind your action? thanks. --76.183.192.190 (talk) 15:56, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hi; Service, Therapy, Psychiatric Service

Hi-- Glad to make your acquaintance. I just added a comment on the Assistance Dog page which may sound bitchier than I intended. I'm probably going to start following the dog pages you listed on your home page. I have a Psych Service Dog, who is also a Therapy Dog, so I (he, Buddy) is a switch-hitter. I've done a zillion hours of research on the topic, so I'd be happy to add stuff here and there. Best, Shlishke (talk) 04:44, 11 February 2008 (UTC)