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Archives for Slgrandson (talk • contribs • count): Dominica - Bronx - Waterbury: to November 2006 - to 1st RFA - to early April 2008

Rubik's Cube (contradiction)

Hi Slgrandson. I'm just enquiring about the {{contradict}} template you placed on Rubik's Cube. Just for clarification, was the only problem with the Hanna-Barbara/Ruby-Spears contradiction? If you could leave a message on the article's talk page if that wasn't the only problem, that'd be great. :) Thanks, TheJC ^Talk_{Contributions} 05:46, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome.

Thanks for welcoming me to Wikipedia, yeah, I plan on sticking around. I will ask you any questions if I do have them. --Kjgmusic 16:16, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Take care of User:Jonmon6691, please

He has been ruining my user page with a mild attack (which I myself have automatically reverted). Please block him for a few months and protect my user page. No one but I has the privilege to edit my own page. --Slgrandson 13:33, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

We don't tend to block people for making a single mild attack, let alone for a few months. From what I can see this is a misunderstanding, he made a mistake and left a talk page message on your user page rather than your talk page, please try and assume good faith. Regarding the attack itself I have left a note on his talk page (a) asking him to use talk pages and (b) Showing where I think the root of this is (you reverting some IP edits to his user page) and asking him also to observe civility and assume good faith. WP:OWN should tell you a bit about ownership of your user page, and as such we don't generally protect user pages for any length of time. At times it can be protected, but since this seems to have been a one off and on the face of it a mistake I'm not going to just now. You also need to know it cannot be protected so only you can edit it, protection stops everyone (including you) but admins, or stops new accounts and anonymous users. If you feel you need to request protecion please see WP:RFPP, although you are welcome to ask me on my talk page you'll generally get a faster response from there since I'm not around constantly. --pgk^(talk) 16:30, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA/Gurch

Thanks for the support – and an ambition to work toward! I've gone off spellchecking in recent weeks, but I'm sure I'll be back to it soon – Gurch 17:29, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Just Saying Hi

Just wanted to say hi. Oh, and thanks for welcoming me here. My brother, User:Bobcheezy, has only been playing jokes on me (changing pictures on my userpage, etc) But he's my brother so I expect him to do that. I don't fell very welcome untill somebody talks to me, so thank you again! - ShadowSirenV 23:01, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot

I've been on Wiki for a while, but editing was usually just me jacking off and screwing around on pages. I've now seen that it's just a real pain. Thanks for the signing tip. I hope I do it right right here. Undergroundbob 02:51, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Care Bears

I think the article on the first movie is really good, and we could work a few things out and make it a Featured Article. Interested? Judgesurreal777 06:47, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know I'd forgotten to sign that. You're very quick! Also, nice to see an American that uses real English :-) Grahame 15:33, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Geia sou from Greece!

Thank you. It is nice to be here! I am a rather new member but in the short time I 'm here I have managed to annoy some people... : ) I think I am trying a bit harder than others to be objective... I just finished with a quarrel on the subject. There are some people that just cannot understand the important role the Wikipedia can play... Anyway, it is nice to be welcomed! Thanks mate! Mahann 00:50, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Agateller

Hi! You just said on Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Agateller that the candidate should come back in "a year or two", are you sure you mean that? Did you mean to say "a month or two"? A year seems a little long... --Tango 17:43, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Nelvana article

I saw your note to the [collaboration/Nelvana] that you are planning on bring the article up to featured status after a peer review you are planning for this weekend. I'll try what I can do to help, though the timing is bad for me with summer starting (especially the first weekend of summer). I ought to be able to do some copyediting at the least and I have copies of early Nelvana shows/specials that I can take screen-shots of and post under the [[1]] provisions.

Some fairly obvious (to me) things that could be added to the existing article: - putting the shows into chronological/alpha rather than just alpha order - answer the question from the first para: is Nelvana still a working company or are all new animations done under the Corus name? - there's nothing that says why Nelvana is a *significant* studio; you and I know it is but it's not really stated in the article, other than just the implication that they produce loads of stuff - more background on how they went about producing their animated shows; somewhere I have a documentary dating to the time they did The Devil and Daniel Mouse that talks about it

If there's anything else I can do to help in the meantime, I'll do so (time allowing). Captmondo 22:08, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Editing

I have been working with some radio articles and can not figure out how to make edits to the "market chart" at the bottom. If you could look at the article I just re-wrote and expanded, KPTL, and scroll to the bottom you will see the chart I am speaking of. I am at a loss on how to change it. Any help is appreciated! Peitz408 20:08, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Edit summary

It is true that I often don't fill in my edit summary on wikipedia - my defence for this is that I often make many dozens of small changes to articles at a time (eg. adding appropriate categories, making release dates confirm with IMDB, fixing mis-spellings in film titles, etc) and that filling in the edit summary for each change would significantly lessen my output because quite frankly I don't always know the abbreviation for the wikipedia link that would justify what I do. I'd have to spend a lot of time looking for it, when the edits which I make are often really, really obvious. The thing is, it would take far less time for somebody who knows what they are doing (there's almost always one watching every article) to check and confirm my edit (which they would do regardless of whether I put anything in the edit summary or not, because they are rightfully suspicious of ANY edits made to articles that they watch) than it does for me to adequately fill it in each time. Thus, were I to fill it in each time, it would waste more collective time than if I did not and therefore slow down the overall process.

Having said that, I DO add edit summaries for the edits which I feel are controversial, or where I think another editor may be misinformed (in which case I have to explain what I did so that they do not revert it). For the cases where I do not, I'd like to have my good edit history speak for itself. Perhaps that needs to be emphasized, because it is an important point.

I should mention that if you look at almost any wikipedia history page, most of the edits have no explanation given. There's a good reason for this - although it IS official wikipedia policy, it is also in most cases a waste of time, for the reasons which I have outlined above (there's nearly always someone checking the edits you made anyway, and edit summaries are helpful only in those cases where it's not clear what you were trying to accomplish with your edit).

Example: If I'm going to add films to this list, I'm not going to put anything in my edit summary. There'll be someone checking it regardless, and it's pretty obvious that I'm just adding in some films. On the other hand, if I change an existing entry, I may have to give an explanation (such as: "Latin America is not a country"). If I were forced to write in an edit summary every time, as official wiki policy suggests, this list would take 5-10 times longer to complete.

Therefore, I'm using WP:Ignore all rules here, because I feel that this rule unnecessarily slows down the process of contributing to wikipedia. I have no pretensions or want of adminship, so I see no need to follow it - I only want to expand wikipedia's entries. As I see it, although I am not rigidly following the rule, I am following the SPIRIT of the rule, because the rule was created for controversial edits (which I DO add summaries for, or at least try to). If I were to follow the rule to the letter, it would hinder my ability to contribute to wikipedia and at the same time would not help other editors enough to offset that.

If I have not added a summary on what you feel was a controversial edit, then I apologise. May I know which edit this was in particular? Esn 23:27, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

First time posting in my talk.

I just signed up, and I've seen alot of pages and contributed alot as well!

RobJ1981 23:52, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

SSP

Hello. The suspected sock puppet case you create has advanced. In order for us to find out if the user account is related to the IP address, I have had to take it to RFCU on your behalf. You can see the case at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Jonmon6691. You can comment on the case if you wish, but it is not actually required. If you have any other questions, please let me know. Thanks, Iolakana|^(talk) 18:18, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

regarding alfa matrix

hi,

i made it completely neutral now deleting every word that could make it sound subjective. Is this ok? It's the first time i actually post on wiki so....

Thanks,

Bernard

Thank you

Thank you, for your welcome message. It is my sincere wish to be a helpful addition to the project. OMEN 18:26, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I have been contributing for the day - and I just want some tips on how I can improve myself here! Tell me how I am doing - I read most of the guidelines from this site, so I hopefully should be doing fine.

Thanks! OMEN 02:49, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your support in my RfA!

Thanks for voting! Hello Slgrandson/Bronx archive, and thanks for your support in my recent RfA. I'm pleased to announce that it passed with a final tally of (96/0/0). I was overwhelmed by all of the nice comments and votes of confidence from everyone. Thanks again, and see you around! OhNoitsJamie Talk 22:21, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Peer reviewing the Nelvana article

Not sure if this is deliberate or not, but the peer review request that you set in motion is not complete. I believe you need to do step #4 of the "Nomination procedure" at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Peer_review for it to officially appear in the list and open it up to comments from others.

Just trying to help! Great article btw, you have obviously done a lot if research. Captmondo 20:12, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

You helped choose this week's WP:AID winner

Thank you for your support of the Article Improvement Drive. This week Louvre was selected to be improved to featured article status. Hope you can help…

- Davodd 05:58, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Pot Noodle

Hey, just looking at your recent Pot Noodle edit, you added a 'simple:Pot Noodle' tag after the categories. I'm rather curious about this tag as i haven't seen it before. Is it possible you could tell me what it does, as it doesn't seem to be visible on the article page itself. Thanks -Benbread 12:51, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. Strange how i've used interwiki links before but didn't recognise it, must be because "simple" doesn't instantly spring to mind as a language! Thanks again. -Benbread 23:02, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Thanks to you, I have an idea

I am not sure what you are proposing by the Wikipedia:WikiProject Nelvana; do you mean setting up a specific project to cover off all such Nelvana releases? If you set one up I'll certainly be able to make some contributions to it. Am not a huge animation fan, but I have fond memories of the studio's early productions and can make some contributions.

And you do not need my support for Nelvana's peer review, but I will be happy to support the nomination when it goes up for Feature Article status. Captmondo 10:31, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Articles for deletion

Hi. There are two articles, Proprietary DVR and Andrea Lupo Sinclair, that you nominated for deletion, but the nomination was incomplete. It appears you didn't perfom steps 2 and 3 in Template:AfD in 3 steps. When you have time, could you please complete them? (Liberatore, 2006). 13:41, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Hi, I would like to express my gratitude for your participation at my recent RfA. The final vote was 68/21/3 and resulted in me becoming an admin!

For those of you who supported my RfA, I highly appreciate your kind words and your trust in me. For those who opposed - many of you expressed valid concerns regarding my activity here; I will make an effort in addressing them as time goes on while at the same time using my admin tools appropriately. So, salamat, gracias, merci, ありがとう, спасибо, धन्यवाद, 多謝, agyamanak unay, شكرًا, cảm ơn, 감사합니다, mahalo, ขอบคุณครับ, go raibh maith agat, dziękuję, ευχαριστώ, Danke, תודה, mulţumesc, გმადლობთ, etc.! If you need any help, feel free to contact me.

PS: I took the company car (pictured left) out for a spin, and well... it's not quite how I pictured it. --Chris S. 23:41, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your support!

Legacy Releasing

I noticed your adition of "Legacy Releasing" to the legacy disambig page. As of now, that is a redlink, and I see no reason to add it to the disambig page with nothing to link to. If you are in the process of creating an article for it, or have other motives in adding it, please let me know on my talk page, otherwise I will remove the link. Thanks. --KPWM_Spotter 00:51, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

I've created the page for Legacy Releasing, thanks to your suggestion. Now we won't have to worry about a single red link anymore on the dab page. --Slgr@ndson (page - messages - contribs) 02:03, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay, looks good, thanks! --KPWM_Spotter 03:39, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Your comments on my edit to gas lift chairs

Most of the content on the gas lift chairs page was rubish. The whole story of Kylie-ree Dean coming up with the idea while staring out the window looking at a forklift truck and then disapearing off to Switzerland with her royalties appears to be made up - it was unreferenced and a google search of her name reveals only the wikipedia story. I carried out a search on the European Patent Office's site, and identified the true inventor, and then updated the wikipedia page. The link I added was not to some commercial site or my own web page, it was to the record of the original patent on the European Patent Office's free online service Esp@cenet. Please do a little more research in future before undoing edits - you have replaced fact with fiction, and offended me with your comments. --82.68.212.174 19:33, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for welcoming me here!

Thanks! I've been adding things to Wikipedia for a few months now, and you're the first person to say hello or anything... I may contact you if I get into anything more complicated than I have dabbled in so far... Harry Phillyguy 05:20, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

User:Misza13's pile!

Thank you for contributing the impressive the pile of supports gathered on my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 0x0104/0x01/0x00. I'm happy that so many people have put faith in my abilities as an admin and promise to use the tools wisely and do my best not to let you down. If I ever may be of assistance, just leave a note on my talk page. Misza13, the rouge-on-demand admin wishes you happy editing! NOTE: This message has been encrypted with the sophisticated ROT-26 algorithm. Ability to decipher it indicates a properly functioning optical sensor array.

Snails in folklore

I removed the content aaaaaages ago, mainly because it's spurious, in my opinion at least. It wasn't intentional blanking - I'd appreciate it if you removed the awarnign from my page? Thanks, HawkerTyphoon 21:07, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Easy does it...

Hey, looks like you're doing some great work and are possibly a future admin. But edits like this and, to a lesser extent, this aren't going to do you any good. Folks will quickly pick up on these at WP:RFA and knock a few points off. Most editors that create junky articles create just one so there's no need to kick sand in their face as well. Keep up the good work otherwise! —Wknight94 (talk) 00:26, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Eluchil404's RfA

Thank you for taking the time to express an opinion in my recent request for adminship. I have withdrawn my self-nomination because there seemed little prospect for further productive discussion or the formation of a consensus to promote. Many commentators offered constructive critisism that I will use to improve myself as a user. Others suggested that the nomination was premature and that a re-nom in a few months would be more likely to gain consensus. Thank you for your comments; I will continuously strive to improve as a wikipedian and hopefully address your concerns before any future RfA. Eluchil404 20:38, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Caribbean stubs

Not sure the idea will fly - the have pretty solid standards for new stubs, some minimum number of articles. I would suggest that you withdraw the proposal temporarily and we can figure out how many articles there might be in each group. Also, talk to User:Grutness - he's a master-stubber and quite sympathetic to Caribbean issues. I would be happy to work with you on making a case for different classes of stubs - I suspect that Lesser Antilles or Leewards and Windwards would be more likely to meet their threshold. Or we could come up with 50 stubs per island ;) Guettarda 22:42, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you so much for voting in my recent RFA. It passed on the relatively narrow vote of 38/8/8. It was also one of the least-participated-in RFA nominations in several months, so pat yourself on the back, and join the party on your left, but first, take your cookie! NOTE: I can't code HTML to save my life. I copied this from Misza13. I guess I should write him a thank you note as well. Cookies sold separately. Batteries not included. Offer not valid with other coupons. May contain peanuts or chicken. Keep out of the reach of small children, may present a choking hazard to children under the age of 3. Do not take with alcohol. This notice has a dark background and therefore may be eaten by a grue at any time. The receiver of this message, hereafter referred to as "Pudding Head" relinquishes all rights and abilities to file a lawsuit or any other litigious activities. RyanGerbil10, Jimbo Wales, and the states of Georgia, North Dakota and Wisconsin are not liable for any lost or stolen items or damage from errant shopping carts.

Thank you so much! RyanGerbil10(The people rejoice!) 04:07, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

my RfA

Thanks for your opinions in my RfA. Ultimately, the request did not pass, with a vote of (43/16/7). But your honest opinion was appreciated and I'll just keep right on doing what I do. Maybe I'll see ya around -- I'll be here!
Cheers! - CheNuevara 17:45, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks...

..For reverting vandalism to my userpage -- Lost 18:04, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the message. I was wondering how to get a logo fit for posting on the University of Navarra website as it keeps getting deleted? Ilovespain 16:34, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for posting a logo, but I have the official University of Navarra logo on my computer. If I send it to you, can you do all the stuff that makes it fit for Wikipedia? Thanks again! - Ilovespain 21:21, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks from Yanksox

Hey Dylan! Thank you for supporting my RfA, which registered a tally of 104/4/7. Which means... I am now an admin!!! I was and still am very flattered by all the kind comments that I recieved, I will also take into account the comments about how I could improve. I guarantee I will try my best to further assist Wikipedia with the mop. Feel free to drop in and say hi or if you need anything. Again, thank you so much! Yanksox 04:06, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Woop!

Happy birthday. I've seen you around a fair bit, and I thought you should know that in my eyes, you're an excellent Wikipedian! HawkerTyphoon 14:58, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Wickethewok's RFA

Thanks for your support on my RFA. The final vote count was (61/9/3), so I am now an administrator. Feel free to let me know how I'm doing at any point in time or if you need anything. Once again, thank you. Wickethewok 15:35, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thankyou for your participation in my RfA. Due to an almost even spread of votes between Oppose and Support (Final (16/13/6)) I have decided to withdraw for now and re-apply in a couple of months as suggested. I thank everyone for their kind support of my editorial skills; it meant a lot to me to get such strong recommendations from my fellow editors. If you ever have any hints as to how I can improve further, I would love to hear from you. Viridae^Talk 15:24, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

thank you

Thank you for your kind welcome, Slgrandson. I've contributed very, very little to the wikipedia since I created my account, basically because I'm mainly working on the spanish edition, es.wikipedia.org

Thank you again for your welcome message and for the links on it, would prove to be a good reference point. --Richy 16:48, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Template:FilmsWikiProject

There is a current discussion right now on the desgin of the template. Please check the talk page. Also there are mistakes in your code so I am reverting it back to it's old state for now. --Shane ^{(talk/contrib)} 18:37, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Contributions

You believe my edits weren’t good enough for an admin? Well here’s my most important contribution yet! [2] Miller 20:50, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

My RfA and your vote

Hi Dylan, Thanks for participating in my RFA! Ultimately, no consensus was reached, but I still appreciate the fact that you showed up to add in your two cents. Hopefully you'll see me on AfD more often....I plan on taking a larger part there. You can feel free to talk to me about it or add some advice on my improvement page. Sincerely, The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me)

Thanks

I'd like to personally thank you for quickly addressing the item I added to the request queue. Keep up the good work. —freak(talk) 17:10, Aug. 4, 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for welcoming!

Hi! Thank you for welcoming me on Wikipedia! A welcome back, indeed, since I was here the last summer, then I left because of University :( Now, I hope to contribute a bit more than the last year! Bye! :) --Eldar Featel 19:35, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Dear Slgrandson, many thanks for welcoming! See you soon. --Clamengh 13:36, 9 August 2006 (UTC) PS: I am going to add the 'British English' template at my user page: a very fine one.

GHe's RfA

Hi Slgrandson! Thank you for taking part in my RfA! Ultimately, it ended with a final result of (62/23/7), and with only 73% support, no consensus was achieved. Nevertheless, I thank you for your comments, and I hope I'll be ready by then. :)  G.He 23:51, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

reply

Hey, got your message. I tried to add a photo to the Billy Bush page, but got the code wrong. Somehow the edit button disappeared for that section, so I was unable to go back and return it to the original code. I'll be more careful, and use the preview feature, in the future.

-Eric

Thank you

Hello! Thank you for participating in my RfA! Unfortunately, it ended with a final result of (32/31/5) which no consensus was achieved. Nevertheless, I'd like to thank you again for your comments and to keep an eye out for me within the next 3 months. If you would like to give any helpful advice, please contact me via my suggestions page for my next RfA. :) SynergeticMaggot 22:41, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Care_Bears

I am interested in assisting you with maintaining Care_Bears and any of its subarticles (such as Care Bears Family Storybook (tv series), movies, and episodes).

I absolutely loved the Care Bears when they were broadcasted. I look at the garbage on TV now and think about how TV used to be so much better. I believe the Care Bears is the best thing to happen for youngsters and I would love to participate in maintaining a one-shop-stop information center, one that educates those who know nothing about them.

Let's keep in touch.

-Daniel

LucianSolaris 23:21, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Hey Dylan, just a quick note to let you know I withdrew my RfA at 13/11/10. I appreciate your neutral !vote. I'll try to focues a little more on the non-mainspaces before I next turn up on RfA's doormat. Cheers :) --james^(talk) 12:03, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thanks so much for voting, Slgrandson! Thanks so much for your support vote on my request for adminship! With a final vote count of (82/5/0), it succeeded, and I'm now an administrator! I am thrilled with the overwhelming positive support from the community, and sincerely thank you once again for taking your time to voice your opinion. Feel free to contact me with any comments/suggestions in the future! —Mets501 (talk) 03:52, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Goldom's RFA thanks

Thank you for your support on my RFA, which closed successfully this morning with a result of (53/2/1). I've spent the day trying out the new tools, and trying not to mess things up too badly :). I was quite thrilled with all the support, both from the people I see around every day, as well as many users who I didn't know from before, yet wrote such wonderful things about me. I look forward to helping to serve all of you, and the project. Let me know if there's anything I can help you with. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 04:43, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

August Esperanza Newsletter

Reversion help

There was a case of vandalism on ABBA page, but I can't revert to the page that contains the unblemished information. The page I want to revert to, for whatever reason, is cut when the page is saved and almost half of it is missing .

Can you help? Many thanks

Scholar91 02:25, 17 August 2006 (UTC)Scholar91

Welcome

Hi Dylan, thanks for your welcome. Congratulations! Mateus Hidalgo 03:04, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

nn-web

Hey. Re [3], did you notice this link - {{db-web}} - is red? There's a reason for it :) - CrazyRussian talk/email 05:03, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the talk/intro on my talkpage!

--LucianSolaris 18:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Gregorian chant

Thanks for cleaning up the talk page for Gregorian chant. Some of the talk page topics are still "live," however. Also, since Gregorian chant is on the main page today, many people are making "corrections" that aren't factually correct or going against hard-won consensus, and I've been referring them to the talk page so they can see the rationale for the consensus. Could you de-archive it a bit, maybe archiving only through July 2006? I'd really appreciate it! (I'd do it myself, but I haven't learned how to archive yet.) Peirigill 19:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Prod of Mobmedia

Please remember to subst the {{prod}} template, not the {{dated prod}} template. I've fixed it for you. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 23:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)