User talk:Theroachman

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[edit] Welcome!

Hello, Theroachman, 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:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  --Merovingian (t) (c) 13:05, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] XX disambiguation

Thanks for your work on disambiguating XX. I just wanted to give you a heads-up that when a disambiguation page is down to linking only user, talk, wikipedia pages and pages that link to the disambiguation page intentionally, the page is considered done and can be moved from the pages needing attention list to the done list. Whitejay251 05:52, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Spore

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Spore (game), but we regretfully cannot accept original research. Please find and add a reliable citation to your recent edit so we can verify your work. Uncited information may be removed at any time. Thanks for your efforts, and happy editing! --Yamla 17:40, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes, the release date for the game is very difficult to pin down and is most likely to be wrong. I think Q3/2006 is likely going to be way early but hey.  :) --Yamla 03:50, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gordon Liu

The Working Man's Barnstar
Nice work on reversing the filmog! 82.3.253.199 11:27, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Accidental slip-up

Excuse me Mister but I vandalised nothing. Someone else wrecked the page and I just tried to restore an old verion, but you got in at the same time casing me an edit conflict and that in turn caused me to select the wrong version and I accidently put the wrong one back up. Is that clear? Zserango 02:30, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

You're right, I didn't notice you accidentally reverted to wrong version. Remember to fill in a summary before you save an edit. Usually if you explain why you edit, for instance in this case: "revert vandalism", it helps people understand better what you were trying to do, even if it comes out wrong. Accidents happen. I removed your vandalism warning. theroachmanTC 02:39, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
yeah thanks. My earlier acts of vandalism were just pure experiments to see what happens, before I knew about the sandbox, but they wont be happening any more. Thanks for clearing up the misunderstanding. Zserango 03:05, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clarinet

Thank you for noting the vandalism to the article and reverting it. However, the user had made two separate bad edits, and you reverted only the second one. I think this is known as "flocking and stacking"... when you go to revert, take care to be sure you are reverting back to the last unvandalized version. Best, —SaxTeacher (talk) 04:00, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

That's what I get for trying to work fast I guess :) Thank you for noticing and fixing my mistake. theroachmanTC 04:07, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CrazzyWarrior Gripe

HAHAHAHA cant even spell can ya? My named is CrazzyWarrior 2 z's, loser. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by CrazzyWarrior (talk • contribs).

Noted and corrected. theroachmanTC 06:15, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] substing warnings

When using certain template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:uw-test1}} instead of {{uw-test1}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template. MKoltnow 04:24, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, thanks for the info. I know about template substitution. I've read Wikipedia:Template substitution before and I didn't see any templates that start with {{uw- in the list of templates that should be substituted, so I figured it was OK not to. But I'll take your advice, it's probably better because text on user pages should stay static even if the template changes. Thanks again! theroachmanTC 04:34, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm not certain, but I suspect it's particularly important to subst the user warnings templates since they'd be ones likely to be vandalised. Happy editing. MKoltnow 04:35, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ben C. Wang

I think you missed the boat on your speedy deletion of Ben C. Wang. I created it less than 24 hours ago, and did not even have a chance to defend against your accusations of non-notability before it was deleted. I have no connection with Dr. Wang, except my interest in the (now defunct) companies that he started. These comapanies were major players in the magnetic tape market up through the 1990's. If you dispute his notability I suggest we have a normal AfD debate rather than a speedy delete where I don't get a chance to defend my work. -- Austin Murphy 14:30, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I did not delete the page, I have no sysop rights. I possibly marked it for speedy deletion (deleted pages disappear from contributions list, right?) but I don't remember which template I used, probably {{db-bio}}. Anyway, as you can see in the deletion log for Ben C. Wang, wikipedia is not a place for CV's. Your article consisted mainly of a list of companies the person had created. Almost no other context was given. If you think the person is important enough to have a page in an encyclopedia, recreate it and write an article that follows the guidelines for Notability. Also, I direct your attention to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes#People. The last line reads: Business persons: Presidents, Chief Executive Officers, and Chairmen of the Board of companies listed in the Fortune 500 (US) or the FTSE 100 Index (UK) have been found to be sufficiently notable. Mind you it does NOT say that CEO's of companies NOT in the Fortune 500 are NOT notable, but it's a good rule of thumb.
I do see your point, it might have been better to put it on AfD so you had more time to defend it. It is hard sometimes to distinguish between articles created in good faith that just need more work or articles that have no chance to survive an AfD discussion whatsoever. Thank you for your comment, I'll keep it in mind next time I patrol new articles. theroachmanTC 00:04, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RFC Filmography

Thanks for inviting me to Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Filmography. I generally agree with the votes and comments there and have noticed that there is a consensus developed for filmography. I'll put in something if I have a different opinion. Jay 19:56, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Ditto. Thanks for letting me know about it. I have given my votes. Ekantik talk 02:59, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Commons Picture Of The Year 2006

I assert I am the same person as User:Theroachman on Wikimedia Commons. theroachmanTC 18:50, 21 February 2007 (UTC)