User talk:Throw

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1 PSP game covers
2 Reference link
3 TMNT 2003 AfD tags
4 Sarah Jacobson
5 Sylvia Browne may be wrong again
6 Working Man's barnstar
7 Maya Angelou
8 Classification of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
9 GTA4 - Jack Thompson
10 Your edit to Superman
11 Please take a look at Controversies over the film Sicko and comment on merge proposal
12 GTA IV PDF
13 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:PSP-GripShift-FrontCover.jpg
14 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:PSPArmoredCoreFomulaOneFrontCover.jpg
15 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:MarkTwainPrizeLogo.gif
16 Orphaned non-free media (Image:MarkTwainPrizeLogo.gif)
17 Thank you
18 Fair use rationale for Image:28DaysLaterMoviePoster.jpg
19 Criticism of Sylvia Browne
20 Orphaned non-free media (Image:Ratchet&ClankSizeMattersNorthAmericanPSPCover.jpeg)
21 Orphaned non-free media (Image:Logo.filefront.gif)
22 Image:ShawshankRedemptionMoviePoster.jpg
23 Orphaned non-free media (Image:MrsDoubtfireMoviePoster.jpg)

[edit] PSP game covers

Hi, I see you've been uploading many PSP game covers. The template {{gamecover}} accepts various platforms as a parameter, so could you use

{{|gamecover|PlayStation Portable}}

for PSP covers and

{{|gamecover|Nintendo 64}}

for N64 covers and so on. Thankyou. Timkovski 19:14, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Where it says "tl" is that where I insert the title of the video game? Throw 19:18, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I'll update the covers. Throw 19:15, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

No, sorry, that was a typo, I just updated it. Just put the name of the system after the word gamecover. You can see the platforms the template accepts here Category:Video game covers, thanks for that. Timkovski 19:28, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the correction. I'm wondering if you can help me once again. I want to setup the PSP covers I've replaced for speedy delation so they won't eat up space on Wikipedia. Do you know how I can do that? Throw 19:44, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Sure, make sure the image isn't being used on any page, then just add the template {{db|reason}}, replacing the word reason with your reason for deleteing the image, Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion might help. Timkovski 20:04, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reference link

Thanks for fixing the reference link on the Tyrannosaurus page. Now I have to go back and fix all the others I did wrong on other pages. :-) Mdotley 16:56, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TMNT 2003 AfD tags

Sorry about that - I thought the closing admin had taken care of it. They should all be gone now. If you find any more, please do me a favor and just delete them yourself - I'm attempting to take a wikibreak at the moment because of the Wisconsin midterm elections. I do feel a bit frustrated with the whole experience - I think it should be easier to nominate whole bundles of articles for deletion and do whatever cleanup is necessary afterwards, and I don't believe that the Pokémon test should be a valid argument at WP:AFD. I don't see the utility of separate articles for episodes when a list with the plot summaries (with a particularly notable or controversial episode getting its own article) would suffice. And, for the record, I'm not picking on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) - the same standard should apply to The Simpsons or any other TV show. It just happened that I ran across one TMNT 2003 episode that had been prodded and contested, so, as prod policy dictates, I took it to AfD. I'm working on an essay on the topic and would appreciate any thoughts you would be willing to contribute. --JaimeLesMaths ^(talk!edits) 05:01, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sarah Jacobson

Hi Throw! I know you have done a lot of work on the Heavens to Betsy page, so I thought you might be interested to know that the article on Sarah Jacobson( whose film "I Was a Teenage Serial Killer" featured music by Heavens to Betsy) has been nominated for deletion. If you would like to vote to keep the article on this important female director, please go to this page [1] and add your comments. thanks -Intheshadows 11:17, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Intheshadow. Thanks for letting me know about the article for deletion. I've opposed it and it's currently winning by one vote. Hopefully it'll stay that way. Thanks again. Take care. - Throw 07:07, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi again, Throw. Thanks so much for voting and adding your comment. Let's hope the Sarah Jacobson article stays!-Intheshadows 12:53, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sylvia Browne may be wrong again

I recently read they found more 9/11 debris and remains in the last couple of weeks. The woman who asked her if they'd ever find her lost firefighter Sylvia said was under water and wouldn't be found, could join the list of people given wrong info by her. Do you think she is a fraud (knows she isn't psychic) or just a deluded fool? Anynobody 22:40, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

That's certainly encouraging news, Anynobody. Thanks for the notice. Do you have a source for that so it can be added to the article?

My opinion of Browne is that she's a cold reading fraud with no conscience. That's the only way I think she should lie to so many people for so long. The progression of her act is actually pretty easy to track. In the early 1990s she would look up as if taking dictation from a ghost and utter "Uhhh...yeah...okay" as if she was listening to someone talk. She doesn't do that anymore. She also used to pretend to have her 'spirit guide' Francine enter her body and she'd act as if she was the 'spirit guide.' She stopped doing that in the late 1990s. I guess her range was limited. ;) - Throw 23:53, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't put it in the article just yet but here is one example: WNYC. I agree that she is a fraud, her predictions are always so "safe". 9 times out of 10 if a kid gets kidnapped and is missing for years, they are dead just like she told the Hornbecks. Same goes for her prediction about not finding any remains of the fireman, at the time I would have made the same prediction she did. What are the odds of finding his dna in the WTC mess? The odds are still pretty slim, so she is probably safe, but then again maybe she isn't. Since I think she is a fraud, I think she must be stressing about it. She just tried to have stopsylviabrowne.com shut down too, which tells me shes afraid other predictions will turn out be false and be documented online. Anynobody 02:57, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Working Man's barnstar

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		Presented to Throw for creating and organizing the Criticism of Sylvia Browne subpage for the Sylvia Browne article in an organized and logical manner. Anynobody 07:29, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks much for the kind award, Anynobody. It was thoroughly unexpected. :) - Throw 17:18, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

You sure earned it :) Anynobody 22:29, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Maya Angelou

In response to your question I played around with the imagesize parameter in the infobox. I left a comment there. The picture is actually 263 x 345 pixels, so my guess of 260 was close. I went looking for documentation and found Template:Infobox Writer/doc which says a little.

Thing is, with all the other text in the infobox it is going to be pretty wide anyway. Play with changing the pixel width and previewing, but it is probably pretty close to 'good' without changes? Shenme 18:15, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Shenme. The topic is moot because I e-mailed the photograph's author to get permission to use it and he wasn't all too happy about it, so I had to remove it. Thanks for the effort, though. I'm still going to scout for a fair use image. - Throw 23:55, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I saw your edit summary. :-( Even if I understand some of the issues and complexities, so many pages look so 'bare' without pictures. I hope you can find one. Thanks. Shenme 00:04, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Classification of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)

Hello, Throw. I've started a discussion at Talk:Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)#What makes a film from a certain country? and I would appreciate your contribution to the topic. Thanks, Fbv65e del / ☑t / ☛c || 17:18, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GTA4 - Jack Thompson

Great work on the Jack Thompson section in GTA4, just wanted to say thanks for that John Hayes 13:34, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, dude. It was a pain in the butt finding all those sources, but it came out alright. Take care. - Throw 18:55, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your edit to Superman

According to this edit, you did not provide an edit summary explaining your minour edit. However, instead of reverting you, may I ask why you did it? Superman is a fictional character, not simply a character. ~I'm anonymous

I used Batman as a precedence. It also says "character", not "fictional character". If you feel the distinction needs to be made please make the change. I won't oppose it. - Throw 02:55, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll change Batman's and Superman's to demonstrate the differences between character and fictional character. ~I'm anonymous

[edit] Please take a look at Controversies over the film Sicko and comment on merge proposal

Hi,

The title says it all. I am requesting your opinion only because you've edited the Sicko (film) article and therefore appear to have an interest in the movie. I created the "Controversies" article and think it should stay, but I'd welcome your opinion whatever it is. If you consider this message annoying, I apologize. I'm leaving this message with you and some others without violating WP:CANVASS. I won't be leaving another message asking you to comment again. Noroton 23:20, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GTA IV PDF

Hello, I've put the PDF indicators back into the GTA IV article because it is a requirement of WP:EXTERNAL. I know it looks horrible but...
I gather from your talk above that you worked on the Jack Thompson section of the article and so might be the person that added the PDF links, if so would you have any objection if I converted them to full citations? That would mean that the PDF logo would only appear in the References section. - X201 08:23, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

That sounds good to me, X201. Yes, the main reason is that it makes the section look ugly. - Throw 10:14, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi Throw,

I read your suggestion about changing the South Korean hostage article to say that the South Koreans were murdered, to imply that a criminal act of homicide was committed. In reading your suggestion and I thought about the meaning behind murdered and killed and I agree with your suggestion. Thus, I have made it voiced that it should be changed, but I am meeting some serious arguments about this. It would help if someone else would say something about this matter so it doesnt appear completely one-sided. 74.243.81.189 19:32, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:PSP-GripShift-FrontCover.jpg

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[edit] Thank you

Thanks for converting the source links in relations to the PS2 version of Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow. I usually have trouble with those. Beem2 (talk) 04:04, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:28DaysLaterMoviePoster.jpg

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[edit] Criticism of Sylvia Browne

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[edit] Image:ShawshankRedemptionMoviePoster.jpg

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