User talk:Takethemud

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[edit] Welcome, from Journalist

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[edit] Copied one of your user boxes

Hi Takethemud,

I copied your user box for "opposed to online censorship" and put it on my profile. Hope that's all right. Best, Coolmojito 12:57, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi Takethemud, thanks for your reponse on my talk page. By the way, your user boxes were the first ones I added to my bio, so a double thanks. Of course, you'll definitely make it to my favorite people page :-) Best, Coolmojito 01:31, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portal:Florida

Hi Takethemud. I noticed that you started Portal:Florida but didn't get very far. I posted a link to it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Florida. Have a look! -- CQ 07:25, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portal:Florida

You created Portal:Florida - it's up for deletion at the moment. You might want to read and comment on the discussion. --HughCharlesParker (talk - contribs) 09:29, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Healthcare in Cuba

Hi, an issue concerning referencing has been discussed on the Healthcare of Cuba page, and your name came up. Since you created the page, there has been a considerable amount of work put in by myself and others, including the creation of extensive footnotes using the cite: format. User Ultramarine has requested that as per Wikipedia policy, we change this back to the basic [1] reference system and follow the style you initially implemented. Would you care to comment?--Zleitzen 05:19, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Response to discussion

I responded to your message under the Justin Seay discussion, to let you know. Zchris87v 19:30, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks very much for your kind comments, Takethemud. Also, belated congratulations for setting up the Cuba portal, which I hope could be a "featured portal" without too much difficulty or work in the near future.--Zleitzen 19:59, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portal featured status

I offered the Cuba portal up for featured status. It took a bit of a hammering from critics, would you mind taking a look and making any improvements you see fit.--Zleitzen 16:27, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I'm new to Wikipedia

I'm currently a college student at LMU studying philosophy, can you provide me information how i would go along joinng Wiki Cuba Project. Thanks --Verb0s 09:03, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

Actually, I was told to take out everything because it had been previously established as Simpson fan cruft. And, after seeing some of the episodes listed in sections (ie. the Carl example), I just cleared every section I came upon. -- Scorpion 19:26, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

It should also be noted that if you are preparing the Moe page for a run at GA, the references are in the wrong format and the page will likely not pass with a list like that. Having a category for Moe episodes is an ideal solution: It wouldn't count as list cruft and you could have an easy link from the page. -- Scorpion 19:34, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm trying to help here and while I understand that having a list means it would be organized and easy to read, but like it or not, most would call it cruft. There was a time when I also would probably have tried to protect such a list, but Wikipedia is not a Simpsons fan site. So, I take it that you dislike the idea of making an "episodes featuring Moe" category and tagging each episode page with a Moe episode with it? -- Scorpion 19:41, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
As for style, check out the Homer page and try to copy its format. It's a GA. -- Scorpion 19:42, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't think categories would be deleted if we as a WikiProject came to the consensus that they are okay. Plus, we'd have a strong argument to keep them. Check out this page to see how easily accessible they are. Just add at the bottom "See Also" then "List of Moe-centric episodes" -- Scorpion 19:53, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
I meant a category list. Make a category for it, ie "Category:The Simpsons episodes featuring Mr. Burns" then add it to each page. -- Scorpion 20:00, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
I think you may have misunderstood. I don't mean start a Wikipedia page, I mean start a category, put said category on every episode page for an episode that features said character and then add a link to that category from that characters page. -- Scorpion 20:13, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reply...

Hello, I replied to your comment on my talk page... - Adolphus79 20:14, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New response

It's funny because I came up with the idea for categories because you wanted to have useless character lists so much. Also, you should have waited until we had a full consensus instead of rushing off and trying to be the very first to get started. The project has decided several times past and present that episodes lists are cruft and not needed. You don't see an "episodes this character featured in" list on the Archie Bunker or Hawkeye Pierce page, do you? -- Scorpion 21:04, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Cruft?

Yes. I've pointed Scorpion to some relevant guidelines on lists and categories (and the lack of one for "cruft") but have so far failed to convince him that it's really not important that some people might consider such a list "cruft". Perhaps a WP:RFC on the matter would help. I'll take a look at the wikiproject, time permitting. >Radiant< 16:04, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

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Mr. Burn's age You put undetermined for Mr. Burn's age on the Simpsons...but most of the other characters have ages listed, which are undetermined too. very few characters say their age, but yet are still listed on here. what are your thoughts on that. plus for burns, it can be put 81 or 104, which it said on SNPP.com....i saw you reverted that. ctjf83 20:58 21 Feb 2007

[edit] Simpsons WikiProject

Hello, The Simpsons WikiProect is currently trying to decide on five episode articles to classify as being high importance and as a member of the WikiProject, your input would be appreciated. You can vote here. Thanks for the time, Scorpion 07:24, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Portal:Cuba now a featured portal

Hello Takethemud. Portal:Cuba has been judged as one of the best portals in wikipedia and is now a featured portal. Well done for setting that ball rolling!-- Zleitzen(talk) 03:32, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help with Cuban Legal Term

Can you explain to me what an ABOGADO-NOTARIO means in the Cuban legal sense? My grandfather and great grandfather were that in cuba and I was wondering if you knew the process one bacame one in Cuba and if it is that much different than just a lawyer? Also is there a limit as to how many of those were in Cuba? Are there any records where that info is kept? Callelinea 22:31, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks yes it was very helpful and I will visit those places in August when I return to Cuba. Callelinea 03:01, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD Help

Hi, six of my articles have put up by AfD by the same person and are being voted on all by the same persons.. I was wondering if you could look the articles over and the things written on the discussion pages and give me your honest answer as to should they be up for vote or am I being paranoid? The articles are:

  • Miguel Luis Tamargo-Bautista
  • Vinagre Portillo
  • Alonso J. del Portillo-Tamargo
  • Alonso R. del Portillo
  • Alonso del Portillo-Marcano
  • Alonso del Portillo-del Junco

Last week I lost one of my articles and I thought it was a good faith AfD but now with six more up for vote this week I think there is more behind these AfD then good faith. Callelinea 13:21, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I got another AfD

Please look it over and vote on and tell me what you think: Clemente G. Gomez-Rodriguez Callelinea 07:30, 8 July 2007 (UTC)


Could you look over Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carlos Prio-Touzet and put in your thoughts on the matter. Thanks Callelinea 21:24, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Energy portal review

Hi Takethemud. Knowing that you have an interest in an unconnected featured portal, I wondered if you might like to comment on the one I've been working on - energy portal - which is now under consideration for featured status. Compared to other candidates it has had relatively few people contributing to the debate, despite being up for discussion for 2 months. If you have time perhaps you would like to take a look? The candidate page can be found here. Gralo 18:53, 31 July 2007 (UTC)


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[edit] Invite

Century Tower

As a current or past contributor to a related article, I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject University of Florida, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of University of Florida. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks! ~~~~


[edit] March 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Cass Elliot, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Classic, but not appropriate Justin(Gmail?)(u) 01:29, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Afd on Alonso R. del Portillo

Could you please look at this article and give your point of view? Thanks Callelinea (talk) 23:35, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Clemente G. Gomez-Rodriguez

This article is up for Afd again and since you voted to keep it lasttime I toght I should inform you. Callelinea (talk) 05:15, 2 April 2008 (UTC)