User talk:Steel359/Archive 1

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Welcome!

Hello, Steel359, 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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Sorry...

Sorry about that mistake on the deletion box for Fat ugly people. It was a typo. aido2002 21:41, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I was a bit puzzled why you replaced my speedy deletion template with a different one for no apparent reason. No big deal though, as long as there's one up there. -- Steel 21:47, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Steel is so hawt

yep--Awesome Username 22:17, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

VandalProof

Hey Steel, don't worry you're using 1.21 (it says 1.2 in the header but you'd be warned of you hadn't upgraded). Describe "not much happens" in more detail if you can. Also, try this; load Internet Explorer and log into wikipedia before booting VP up Look forward to your reply - Glen TC (Stollery) 10:55, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

False alarm, it's sorted now. -- Steel 15:45, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Spam

Well, I had a look. Spam in external links isn't something I usually obsess about. WP:SPAM just gives some cautionary tips to people to think through their intentions about why they are adding links; I would just nicely ask the user if he thinks his wiki is notable enough. It doesn't look like it's Wikimedia though, just "inspired by" Wikipedia. CanadianCaesar Cæsar is turn’d to hear 10:58, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikiknowledge

I am just linking to what was the b:Wikibooks Pokédex (check the link), which was linked to from every Pokémon article from the Infobox. The Pokédex was moved to my wiki after Jimbo ordered the deletion of all videogame guides from Wikibooks. Gerard Foley 11:09, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

I just letting you know what the situation is. It's only fair that the people who wrote all this stuff know where it has all moved to. Gerard Foley 11:53, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

GameFAQs

Hey; just wanted to comment that I've seen you around GFAQs. Nice to know of another good wikipedian from there. ^_~ Blarrrg 17:15, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

  • ^^ What he said. --[kazikame] 16:37, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Partial Unbirthing

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sexual_fetishism&oldid=57759482 Was this a mistake? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lollip (talk • contribs)

Non notable

The content of the first one is not relevant at all, the second requires a password. Both should be removed. I would suggest to use a bit faster some warning templates. -- Kim van der Linde at venus 16:56, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

hey there

u can't report me. don't you know who i am? I'm the juggernaut bitch! bitch ima find u and cut u —Preceding unsigned comment added by Barrettman2000 (talk • contribs)

You do that. -- Steel 19:00, 11 June 2006 (UTC)


Sorry

Sorry about that WW2 thing, I just wanted to see if anyone would notice... Someday my curiosity is going to get me into a lot of trouble :) -- Gumby701 22:28, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

How did you notice it anyway? While I have been here over a year, I'm not that active... -- Gumby701 22:34, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
Should have thought of that... Gumby701 22:42, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

What are you talking about?

I got a message from you that says not add links to a commercial site of my owm. I did no such thing. The link I added was to a non-commercial site that is not mine. 71.133.170.101 18:55, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Matrixism has actually been included in two published books on religion. That is quite a lot more than many religions referenced by wikipedia. 71.133.170.101 19:04, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Who was that masked man?

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page! It all happened so fast, I didn't even notice. —JerryFriedman 01:27, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

sotc

You are not improving this article. Your reasons for deleting that section are shaky at best - plenty of observations in that article are not supported by the developers, yet they are quite key to the article. That section may be badly written, but that does not mean it should be deleted just because one person thinks "it is complete nonsense". How about you rewrite it instead of deleting it in the name of improvement?

And regarding edits, it is quite lazy to change 1 word in a sentence and call it an "improvement" especially when you skew the author's original intent. I don't consider an additional sentence fragment that added a spelling error and made the sentence/paragraph as a whole ten-fold more awkward as an "improvement". If you think you can improve on something, rewrite the entire paragraph, or at least the sentence. Thank you. Schicksal 16:30, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

You have done a nice job of misreading my reply. Seems like you tend to give these things a good once-over before summarily judging them. I didn't say it was key to the article. It is however quite interesting, and if you think that the relationship between large and small in this game is not an important theme in the game, you are just being dense. The section states: "Throughout the game, objects evoke themes of contrast between large and small". Are you telling me this is not the case? If that's unverified, then we might as well delete all reference to Agro being a horse.
And as for verifiability, if you think any specific FACT in that section is false, then feel free to remove/revise it. If you believe it is in violation of that policy, you should be prepared to judge every single other element in the article by that same yardstick. Your revision summary didn't mention that policy originally, and I rather doubt that is really why you would like it to be deleted - you just think it's nonsense. I would like to ask you to improve on sections you think are nonsense, rather than deleting them. Make them more sensible(and by this I mean rewrite it, don't just change 1 word). Thanks. Schicksal 16:49, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
How so? I think you are being too rash - we should cite a developer interview stating Agro is a horse before moving any further. The relationship between large and small is pretty much the entire point of SOTC, it wouldn't really be the same game if Wander was the same size as Malus, for example. The section states many very clear parallels, it is not just madeup "nonsense". I agree with you that it's not very well written, but it can hardly be improved if it is deleted + a section regarding a theme does not become unverifiable just because no developer has confirmed it - one must merely load up the game. Schicksal 17:04, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for notifying me about those edits (though they had already been changed). Lee S. Svoboda tɑk 23:19, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Weyard map

So I uploaded this map of Weyard and am putting it into the Weyard article. Since it was found on Google, could you check it for licensing? That's assuming you know more about copyright business than I do... Thanks. Erik the Appreciator 18:56, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, it can be found on this google page. It's the map that's at 1727 x 1254 pixels, and it says "Golden Sun Harmony". Erik the Appreciator 19:10, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
Well, if you're not successful, it wouldn't matter because actually this Japanese map has folds in it, and they actually aren't all that prominent on the page, so in the very near future I'll reupload it with a manual scan of my Eglish map. Erik the Appreciator 19:21, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
Sure, the folds wouldn't be hard to blur out. I've done a lot of Photoshopping myself, so I'll see what I can do. I expect to have a fully fixed image uploaded into the page in about a few days. Erik the Appreciator 19:31, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
Well, like what I have now posted on Weyard's talk page for everyone to see, the image will be replaced by a manually scanned English map by myself in due time, so that current (off-limits) image won't be around for too much longer. I'll have this done good. Erik the Appreciator 19:37, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
Okay! I have the new version uploaded as Image:GSWeyard2.jpg, and am lettimg the original be deleted. Now, if you're aware of copyright issues and such, could you help me find the right licensing with the new image? And not just you: Anyone who knows about copyrights will be appreciated. Erik the Appreciator 01:56, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
Never mind, the most proper image is now Image:GSWeyard3, which is now uploaded into the page. Okay, so basically I'm now letting the previous two images be deleted. They would be deleted within 7 days of their uploading anyway, so I think that issue would take care of itself. Thanks for your time with me on this one! Erik the Appreciator 04:35, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism Reverts

Your help with reverting the vandalism on Tata Consultancy Services is much appreciated, however, in the future please remember to warn the vandalizing user by using the test templates. Warning a user is almost as important as reverting the vandalism itself, for many times the user does not realize that he or she is doing anything wrong. Thanks.--SomeStranger(t) 12:29, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Actually, it was partially my error as well. I got confused with the IP numbers and thought that the user you reverted was the same one that I reverted. Still, warning is always important.--SomeStranger(t) 12:38, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
To clarify, this was just a friendly reminder :)--SomeStranger(t) 12:42, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting my policy page :) —Xyrael / 20:55, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Wow, another SoA lover! Why do you like it? —Xyrael / 21:12, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, the plot is incredible - but the music is one of the best parts. I bought the OST on Amazon recently, and it's great - my character (not drawn by me) has hair that's based loosely on Ramirez. Don't you just want to see him turn good? —Xyrael / 21:24, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Okay, not a problem. Prepare to be pounced on when the holidays start (or not). —Xyrael / 21:45, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Trading Spaces

Under Renovation

Hello, [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]], and thank you for signing up to participate in the trading spaces program. As you requested to have your user page renovated by another user, [[User:{{{2}}}|{{{2}}}]] will be renovating your userpage. Please contact [[User:{{{2}}}|{{{2}}}]] on [[User talk:{{{2}}}|their talk page]] about the renovating. The renovating will be listed at Trading Spaces: Undergoing Renovation, please feel free to update the status as it changes. Enjoy! --~~~~

Re: Userpage Q

Hey Steel, I'm glad you like Ikiroid's page design. I fixed the blue box by changing it from a <div> to a <table>. If you need anything else, please let me know and I'll do my best to help. :) Regards, Sango123 19:20, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Okay then, is this what you meant? Sango123 20:06, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Renovation

Sorry for taking 2 days to start! The Gerg 00:42, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

re: Your RC tool

If you want someone to help test that out, I volunteer. I know it says to contact you via IRC or email, but I don't have IRC and emailing you didn't work. Regards, Steel 11:35, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

It's just as well you couldn't get to me by e-mail, as i don't check it too often. Anyway, it's 10pm at my place so I can't do much now (i need a cofee), but i'll leave you a message tomorrow with a link to the latest build on my webserver. Anyway, i'll be back here (this page) tomorrow with more info, so see you then. MichaelBillington 12:14, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

You definitely deserve it

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For beating me to a work of a vandal so many times that I remember the "359" of your name, I hereby give you this barnstar. PCEevee talk 15:32, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

More Golden Sun images

I just found this site which has some screenshots that I could use for the Golden Sun article. Do you think I could post some of these screens without violating anything? Erik the Appreciator 22:43, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, basically, those three images I uploaded into the page were all I was planning to do from the other site; They're important to the article because they illustrate what using Psynergy in the field looks like, what the brunt of battle looks like, and what a summoning looks like, all important for the uninitiated to see visually. With that done, I'll now consider how the text around these images can be reordered/refined/rewritten to best supported and be supported by these images. All help appreciated! Erik the Appreciator 23:43, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Check your e-mail

No, really, do. I've sent you the link. MichaelBillington 00:52, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi there I'm a contributor to the enzyme page. Thanks for your recent anti-vandal efforts. --TimVickers 14:54, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Userboxes

Hi. I saw the userboxes on your userpage. How do you make these things? --Yanwen 20:03, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Message

Xirtam G Is sexing you up homie!

word. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Simonfrance (talk • contribs)

Yeah Baby

Emma Watson is still _fooking sexeh —Preceding unsigned comment added by Simonfrance (talk • contribs)

@Home Network

In responce to your deletion warning:

I am working on the page, I have to go through about 8 years of company emails and history to make a complete account of the rise and fall of a company that helped shape broadband Internet as we know it. I think the story and the facts need to be kept alive so that other can understand and perhaps avoid the downfall of many of the to dot-com boom companies.

And yes I am also a direct source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.141.8.8 (talk • contribs)

Portugese National Football Team

No worries. I think we were both reverting the page at pretty much the same time. I see your rv went in just before mine. I added the BV before realising you had taken care of the revert. Adam777 19:21, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Persistent bugger isnt he.Adam777 19:24, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Portugal National Team

I assume my edit was removed as I am British. I find this discrimatory and unfair. My edit was entirely factual. The teams constant diving and referee harassment has been condemned from many quarters not only the English. If only positive editing is allowed then an unbalanced and inaccurate definition is the only result. I believe the Portuguese played well throughout the tournament but they marred their achievements with constant attempts to cheat which should be brought to people attention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.156.133.81 (talk • contribs)

For anyone else reading this page, the edit by this IP that I reverted was this. -- Steel 13:25, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: lmao

Heh, thanks Steel. ;) Cheers, Sango123 18:07, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

hi

How is that vandalism if it is researched truth?

I am guessing you are a scientologist or a scientologist sympathizer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.25.237.208 (talk • contribs)

If you'd watch the entire thing through, he leaves links at the end. There have been countless documentations of Dianetics doing things to harm the community and people, even though most of them dont even know themselves that it is a hoax started by a man to make money. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.25.237.208 (talk • contribs)
I suggest you watch it first (Link removed due to spam filter -- Steel), then check out these links:
http://www.whyaretheydead.net/others/ars1032.htm
http://home.snafu.de/tilman/krase/frk.html
http://lisamcpherson.org
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/time-behar.html
http://whyaretheydead.net/lisa_mcpherson/autopsy/autopsy_03/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_controversy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.25.237.208 (talk • contribs)
Just send me an email
bigdt54@aol.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.25.237.208 (talk • contribs)

Thank you

Thanks for reverting vandalism on my talk page from General Tojo. --PaulWicks 15:00, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Er?

I hope I haven't violated any of Wikipedia's standards, have I? Was there a concern over one of the tweaks? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryath (talk • contribs)

UK article

I was just trying to make a "²" show up next to the line "coat of arms" in the country infobox of uk, but apparently I failed... If you can do it, or tell me how to, I would be grateful... Editors have probably used complex infoboxes... -- 155.207.254.70 00:42, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Regarding Philopaideia:

Regarding Philopaideia :

I made this article.

I am working on a book project called The Philopaideia Project compiling the classical knowledge of various human cultures.

I work in philanthropy.

I own philopaideia.org. I'm working on the website.

philosophy=love of wisdom philopaideia=love of learning

"paedo" is an entirely different word from "paideia." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnhenry312 (talk • contribs)

Come back soon

Or else I'll have to track you down =P --Toffile 19:14, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

The sky is already getting dark and scary...--Toffile 19:34, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

hi there

i've been accused of vandalising pages that i've never looked at before. What's going on!!?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.93.21.101 (talk • contribs)

You're using an AOL IP, which changes users every 15 minutes or so. The warnings on your IP were given when previous users of that IP vandalised the pages. Ignore them, they don't apply to you. -- Steel 19:31, 11 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. 23:47, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

I appreciate the info. I pretty much started out correcting a few typos and adding some photographs. I think I might get into this because I like to share knowledge. Most people I know don't care about all of my "useless knowledge." I've spent hours surfing Wikipedia so I feel like I should give back. I don't want to cause any damage so I will learn the process better before I contribute much.

Thanks Again, Matt —Preceding unsigned comment added by Matjpow (talk • contribs)

Thanks

For the user page revert. Appreciated! -- Samir धर्म 03:06, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: SotC

Ah, sorry about that. The code got messed up when I was playing around with the awards order yesterday. Should be fixed now. :D --Onlynameicanget 21:41, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

No prob. Oh, and sorry about those two references as well - you fixed it before I could. :P --Onlynameicanget 21:49, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

IM NOT SPAMMING

im not spamming, please stop removing my links. my site is better than all the other sites that are advertised, im simply just adding a resource for refrence, anyway its not spam please quit removing my links. How come when other people add their links its ok but when i do it its spam... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rotweiler (talk • contribs)

"WP:EL states that forums should not be linked to"
really? well i seen a bunch of forums advertised —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rotweiler (talk • contribs)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freestyle_rap —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rotweiler (talk • contribs)

Re: SotC peer review (the good kind!)

Pretty soon, and I'm glad you brought that up. There are a few small areas that need to be cleaned, but other than that it's almost ready. We need to fix those "citation needed" tags in the Connections to Ico section, in particular. I'm trying to find that article/interview where Ueda said all that...

Oh, and sorry about the original research stuff. I feel kind of stupid about adding all that stuff about Nimrod back in and whatnot. -_-

Anyway, it's almost there! I'll be fixing up the article today (it's noon right now and I have the afternoon off). Maybe I can get all this stuff fixed by this evening... --Onlynameicanget 18:43, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm looking through the reviews now. I could have sworn I read one whose reviewer doesn't like Agro's controls. As for a review that mentions Ico selling poorly despite great reviews, I think I know of a review that mentions that. Good to see some other people are liking the way the article is shaping up, by the way - that's great news! --Onlynameicanget 20:53, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
Update: Aha. Found something. A review from The Gamers' Temple mentions some problems with Agro's controls: (found here, specifically: "Spurring your horse to go charging in a straight line across a plain is relatively easy. On the other hand, changing direction and steering in general is a lot harder than it should be.")
Update 2: The gaming site Controller Freaks briefly mentions Ico's poor sales (despite its acclaim) here. I'll see if I can find some more. --Onlynameicanget 22:00, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: AIM or MSN?

I have Windows Live Messenger. What's your IM address? --Onlynameicanget 23:40, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Ugh...

Well, it seems I was going to nominate Shadow of the Colossus for a peer review, but just my luck - there's an edit war going on right now, and it's bigger than the "Gaius" one. For starters, the edit warmonger in question, "A Man In Black", insists on having a small version of only the U.S. cover in there, and some flimsy caption below it. Also, he keeps rewriting the second paragraph so it doesn't sound very good, and doing some other stuff. Make any attempt to revert it, and he quickly re-reverts it. Apparently, he's also an administrator [!], so there's a chance this could go on for a while. There's a big argument all over Shadow's talk page right now between A.M.i.B. and Tani unit about why AMiB's edits were reverted (repeatedly), but to no avail, it seems. Just what I needed before I went to bed...

So, there's no nomination up just yet. I've written one, and I'll post it when this whole thing subsides; until then, we're just going to have to try and find a compromise, or wait until the guy just moves on to another page. I just hope it happens sooner than later... --Onlynameicanget 03:17, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Problems with Windows Live Messenger (MSN)

Well, wonderful news. I restarted my computer after making a few edits to the SotC article, and the whole thing broke down when it restarted. After spending all day trying to fix it, I realized the cause was the Windows Live Messenger I installed yesterday, and I had to completely uninstall it for the computer to even boot correctly.

So, MSN messenger is officially out of the question. I still have a nice IM application that I've been using for a while, called Google Talk. Ideally, that would be the best way to chat (and it may even be compatible with AOL messenger and the like). If you want, I can send you an invite and see if that works. --Onlynameicanget 19:05, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Trillian

Didn't know about Trillian before. It seems to work without causing any trouble, at least. I have a Yahoo username (which is also "onlynameicanget"), so try adding me as a contact under Yahoo and see if that works. --Onlynameicanget 19:40, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

More Trillian stuff

Okay, I have my MSN address into Trillian. (I had refrained from doing so earlier because I thought the whole thing could crash again.) However, it seems to be fine, so I'll try and send a message or two from there. --Onlynameicanget 20:17, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey

Hey, thank you for giving my IP account a message on the talk page, but I do actually have an account. I had logged out and not noticed it while doing a two hour anti-vandal spree, and thats why it put those reverts under my ip. Again though, thanks for the courtesy even if it was a tad bit missplaced :D. Galactor213 02:16, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Something for you

Hello Steel, im seriously getting stressed right now, and just need a couple of Wikipedians to rely on. If you would like us to help each other out and keep in touch on our Wikipedia projects, please contact me on my talk page, cheers —Minun Spiderman 15:29, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

And heres a smile for you to

—Minun Spiderman has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

Cheers —Minun Spiderman 15:29, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

removal of vandalism on MEWTWO page

I did remove content from the MewTwo page intentionally: i saw 4 photos of penis' there and first reported them by e-mail and then edited them out of the page since it was clear vandalism. I ended removing them and a photo of mewtwo. I hope i didn't act wrongly... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.132.99.54 (talk • contribs)