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[edit] Genesis

Hi Skully, thanks for your mail. I'm sorry to admin I am not a Genesis fan. Nevertheless, I like that video, because I also don't like TV evangelists. Good wiking, Mariano(t/c) 06:42, 13 January 2006 (UTC)


Who doesn't? The video's mood did kinda come from the mood of all the videos for the singles from the invisible touch album, "Land Of Confusion" is still by far the Funniest video made by Genesis|User:Skully Collins, 15:35, January 16th (GMT)

[edit] Genesis album moved to In Too Deep (album)

Hello, the article for Genesis' 1986 album In Too Deep has been moved to In Too Deep (album). In Too Deep is now an disambiguation page. | QzDaddy 13:13, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

In Too Deep Was A Single Though. Sorry if I didn't make that clear in the article, In Too Deep came from the album Invisible Touch.|Skully Collins 15:27, 16th January 2006 (GMT)

Sorry about that. I have move this to In Too Deep (song). | QzDaddy 16:12, 16 January 2006 (UTC)


No Probs Mate. I Didn't Make It Clear In The Article, So I Should Take Part of The Blame|Skully Collins 07:51, 17th January 2006 (GMT)

[edit] Football AID 15-21 January

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UEFA Champions League has been selected as this week's collaboration. Please do help in working to improve it.

[edit] Football AID 23 - 29 January

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Bobby Charlton has been selected as this week's collaboration. Please do help in working to improve it.

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[edit] Land of Confusion

Hi, I've noticed that you've contributed heavily to Phil Collins, Genesis, and their song articles. I thought you'd like to know that I created the article for Land of Confusion, and it's up for a peer review. I'd sure appreciate any help from a devoted fan and Wikipedian, if you could add anything to the article. Anthony Hit me up... 00:18, 10 February 2006 (UTC)


No Probs, I'll try and help out... Skully Collins 07:46, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Man Gubba

Hi Skully, nice one for getting involved in the Tony Gubba page. FYI I've taken down some of the links you posted, per Wikipedia guidelines at WP:CONTEXT which indicates that internal links should only point to articles which are relevant to the context of the article. In the case of Tony Gubba things like BBC and Match of the Day are but 1943 and Manchester aren't especially, the WP guideline should make it all a bit clearer. It would be great to some more hard info on Gubba if you have any.. Cheers Deiz 02:01, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Phil Collins Template

Hey there, although I like the general lay-out of the Phil Collins template and think it could work for his singles, albums, and eventual tours, I think the first part with all the names is a bit excessive. It gives the appearance that all those people were vital parts of Collins' career, so including Sting and Eric Clapton -- who only recorded with him a handful of times -- among a host of other random names seems out of place. Personally, I think we could eliminate the vast majority of that part, if not all of it. Thanks for making the template. --Ataricodfish 16:47, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Hey again -- just thinking, you could probably replace the first part with some of the other Collins' links in Wikipedia, such as Phil Collins Big Band, Touring and studio musicians of Phil Collins, and Phil Collins discography, since links to these big pages aren't in the template. --Ataricodfish 16:50, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
If You think it looks better then go ahead and change it, I did rush it a little. I was gonna start on the Serious Hits...Live album soon, but I think I'll leave out the singles till I've finished all articles for Phil's Singles (Also If I've missd anything out on the last few articles go ahead and chnage them). I also beleive that these would be appropriate additions to the template:
  • Bands Phill Was In (Genesis, Band X, Flaming Youth and possibly the Phil Collins Big Band))
  • Hugh Pagham (However you spell it :p)
  • No.1 Singles

Skully Collins 01:52, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Hey there, I think it's very much improved now. I just thought the prior box was a bit excessive, but I'm glad a Phil Collins template is now there as I've toyed with the idea of creating one in the past. I agree that Phil Collins Big Band should be added to the list of bands, so I put it in. I also added a "Complete Discography" link at the end of the studio albums to link to Phil Collins discography. All in all, though, I think the template is fine -- I would also keep the Hot Night in Paris album in the template, as it's more associated with Phil that as a seperate group. Good work. --Ataricodfish 01:32, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanx, oh yeah...congrats on the Phil Collins article getting the FA Status. Plus Can you help me out with this article, I kinda rushed it a bit and I feel like i've completely f**ked the thing up: Platinum Collection. Thanx. Skully Collins 01:52, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the kind words. It was my first real attempt at a main article, so I was happy to see the article approved with little difficulty. I fixed up the Platinum Collection article a little, only because it contained some POV statements and grammar errors, but there really isn't much to add to the article since its just a collection of prior albums. I don't know if the collection reached the US, so I can't comment or verify the sales information and that will likely need a source. Otherwise, I think it's fine as is. --Ataricodfish 04:17, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Phil Collins' singles

Hey there, I just read your message in regards to the Collins' singles. Now that I've gotten the main article to featured status, I'm not going to be touching too many of the other articles. However, I'll be glad to take a look at some the articles and correct any spelling, grammar, and other info as I find them. Just as an FYI, be sure to call him "Collins" in your articles and not "Phil", for example, "Collins had the number one single" instead of "Phil had the number one single". "Phil" makes it sound like you are friends. "Collins" sounds more encyclopedic. Best of luck with your additions to Wiki. I'm happy to see the entire Collins collection enter Wiki. --Ataricodfish 06:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Manchester United Vandalism

Do you mean sprotection? I am always extremely hesistant to sprotect articles as I feel that it should only be used in extreme circumstances. --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 13:59, 27 April 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] Futurama Episode Pages

I notice you have recently made a large number of edits to the Futurama episode pages mostly adding wiki links. While I appreciate the help with the episode pages (I am currently revising one page a day) I wonder if it is necessary to link every word in the article that happens to have a wiki page. For example words like "puppy" or "Cigar" likely don't require a link for most readers. Also I notice that most wikipedia pages do not add links for every use of the word, for example if the word Blackjack is used multiple times in one paragraph one might only link to the blackjack article the first time it is mentioned. I was considering removing some of the links (and I may still in the future) however I wanted to ask you first if there was a reason you added them (perhaps an official policy I am not aware of) and if you felt them to be completely necessary (meaning you would add them back if I removed them, which seems like a waste of both our times). No offense is meant, they just seemed like odd additions to me so I thought I'd check with you rather than change them. Stardust8212 20:41, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't add them back if that's what your asking. Also, I added them because of other wiki users who may be interested in some of the things metioned...but yeah, I think I did go a bit overboard with the wiki-links. --Skully Collins 09:36, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] F1 portal featured article

The F1 portal (in which I assume you have some degree of interest, as your name is listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Formula_One) is intended to have a regular rotation of a 'featured article'. I've swapped a few in and out over the last couple of months, but I think it would be better if there were more of a community attempt at deciding this, proposals, votes, that kind of thing. So - why not pop over to Portal_talk:Formula_One#Suggestions_for_Featured_Article: and make a suggestion. Ta. 4u1e 00:36, 26 May 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] In the Air Tonight

Skully, my apologies for the late response. I've not touched Wiki for about a month except for a brief grammar correction, so I haven't been too helpful to anyone or for your request to review the "In the Air Tonight" article. I'll attempt to take a look at it soon. The Phil Collins article is expected to be on the main page June 13, so I'm going to be giving the article a little bit of extra attention to clean up some of the recent grammer errors and such brought to the article lately so that it looks pretty for the main page. I'll take a look at your article and make any corrections after I've had a look. --Ataricodfish 01:17, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Selected articles on Portal:F1

Obviously you know this, but this is what I'm dropping round on other's pages:

I dropped notes round a while back to those who have listed themselves at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Formula_One to ask for suggestions for selected articles on portal:Formula One. There was a pretty good response, both in terms of how it might work and of articles suggested. Damon Hill came out with the most support and was brought up to Good Article standard after a lot of work by Skully Collins and others before going on as the F1 portal selected article a couple of weeks ago. It is now at Featured Article Candidates as a Featured Article candidate (why not drop by and see if you can help polish it further?).

Several people who responded to the original request suggested that a monthly or bi-weekly 'Selected Article' could act as a catalyst for an improvement drive to get more articles up to a higher standard. Although it wasn't quite what I had in mind when I started, this seemed to work pretty well for the Damon Hill article, so I've drafted up a process for doing this more regularly. See Portal_talk:Formula_One/Management_of_selected_articles for details. Essentially the suggestion is that we vote for an article to improve every couple of weeks and at the end of the improvement process the article goes on the portal as the new 'Selected Article'. I'd be grateful for any comments on how this might work - I'm sure some of you are more familiar with things 'Wiki' than me - as well as your votes for the next candidate (by 16 July).

You may also want to help with the article Gilles Villeneuve, which was the next most popular after Damon Hill. The idea is to try and get it up to GA standard by 16 July and then put it on the portal as the 'Selected Article'. I hope you can help! 4u1e 18:24, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] WilliamsF1

Flattered that you think my copyediting's that good! Let me know when you feel you're ready and I'll go over the article (Just be glad I'm not as picky as some people - the real grammar fanatics seem to steer away from the sport articles!).

Regarding the results table, I've got the same concern for Brabham. I think it's going to be best to do it as a separate page. You need to have all the results to be comprehensive, but then it's too big to go in the main article. You could summarise the highlights in a short table - but then the team infobox does that anyway, so maybe there's no need. 4u1e 18:09, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Last five years and a seperate main article for results sounds like a good plan. Question is, does that work for Brabham, which 'died' in 1992.....4u1e 07:05, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
1962! So it's the same problem as for Williams. From a historical perspective there's no particular relevance to Brabham's last five years (They didn't even compete in 1988), whereas for a current team the last five years gives you the current 'form' for the team. I think I'll go for some kind of summary, perhaps just of wins and championship finishes, with a main article for the full results. 4u1e 07:11, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Land of Confusion

Hi Skully, I noticed you're a big Collins/Genesis fan. I've been working on the Land of Confusion article, and someone recently split off the entire section on Disturbed's cover version. I was curious if you'd be so kind as to chime in on whether or not the articles should be re-merged, or remain split, and in either case, help to improve the article to FA, or at least Good, status. Thanks so much, I look forward to hearing from you soon. Anthony Hit me up... 13:57, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hill

Hey, just wanted to say congrats to you and 4u1e for Damon Hill getting on the front page! Seems like you two did the bulk of the work on it... and incidentally I also think it's the first article that I've made any edits to that's made it on there! But congrats for getting it to the front - always good to see that kind of article make it there! Seb Patrick 08:03, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:F1 race

I saw this change at Template:F1 race. Are you going to update all the pages that use the template with the new parameters? Perhaps leave a note somewhere so someone will go through with the updates (the portal?)--Commander Keane 07:28, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Monaco Grand Prix

Hi Skully. You voted for Monaco Grand Prix as the improvement candidate for the next F1 portal Selected Article. It was at the top of the pile as of 13 August so this is the one we'll be working on. Do you want to put up some suggestions at the talk page for what needs working on? See you there! --4u1e 20:14, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] WikiProject British Motorsport - Collaboration of the month

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[edit] Tom Pryce

Nice work on the Tom Pryce article - hope you don't mind I did a minor clean-up, just a typo or two and a bit of wikifying. It was about time Tom had a better article and now he's got one. Bretonbanquet 18:48, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

We have addressed the objections that you raised on the FAC. Can we now count on your support? -- Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 19:54, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dean Ashton

Someone raised the issue of Dean Ashton's birthplace. In his article it states Swindon twice and Shrewsbury once. This shows that you added Shrewsbury. Is this genuine or a mistake? It would be awesome if you replied here. Thanks.  sʟυмɢυм • т • c  21:42, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Actually, forget it, it's been remedied. Laters.  sʟυмɢυм • т • c  22:22, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Williams F1

Hi. While I have had major disagreements with the editor in question, I have to say I don't see a major problem here. The original text was "Schumacher, knowing his rival was about to over-take him and probably take the title, rammed Hill in a desperate attempt to save his championship." That is blatant POV. Opinion is more divided over 1994 than 1997. "To this day, Schumacher pleads innocence, but many F1 fans believe that Schumacher caused the accident intentially" is an example of weasel words. To include this you would need to say something like "a poll by F1 Racing (September 2010) found that 62% of readers believed it to be a deliberate attempt by Schumacher." I've mentioned the controversy, with critcism and defence of Schumacher. Mark83 17:12, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Set Up Tuning

Thanks for the message. Having read it, I have to admit my own slipup: I didn't notice the game actually allows the player to tune the car during the actual driving, since Need for Speed games between Need for Speed II and Porsche Unleashed, to my present memory, only allow this in their main menus. This would make it a notable change in the series if this is a first, hence its eligibility for inclusion in the article. That being said, I would be happy to write a bit about this again, but I need to verify if Hot Pursuit 2 and the Underground series have Most Wanted in-race tuning menu.

Once again, thanks for the response. ╫ ２５ ◀RingADing▶ 15:20, 5 October 2006 (UTC) ╫

[edit] Alain Prost

Hi Skully. Good to be back, and I will have a look at the Prost article (already done some stuff), but I'm still going to be limited in the amount of time I can spend on this for a while, so it'll be slow! Nice work on Tom Pryce by the way! --4u1e 22:34, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Looks pretty good! I've put it up as October's (a bit late) selected article on the portal. I will try and have a look at it with an eye to any further tidying later. Cheers. --4u1e 06:39, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] YouTube links

I'm not sure I understand your objection... it looks like you took the intuitive and found better sources. ---J.S (t|c) 15:28, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

No problem. I'm expecting a little resistance... :) But it's dirty work that's gotta be done. These messages are better then the alternative: A complete purge of all YouTube links. ---J.S (t|c) 04:41, 8 November 2006 (UTC)