User talk:Wikster72

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Welcome!

Hello, Wikster72, 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:Questions, 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!  Nice work on the Horace Mann school page. David D. (Talk) 08:56, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Insults

You seem to like throwing insults and accusations around. Why don't you contribute something positive to the Wikipedia. --Great Barrington

02:16, 9 February 2006 (UTC)GreatBarrington

[edit] Cease & desist

You've been added to my and my team's watch list. We'll be watching every move you make, 24 hours a day. Any time you post false information or anything which is opinionated or represents a certian point of view--we'll delete it immediately. And I mean everything! There's no way you'll be able to continue ruining Wikipedia for everyone else. Now, if you want to be positive, you cease and desist in your negative behavior immediately and consult a psychologist! I can help refer you to one if you need that assistance. Otherwise, I expect your behavior to clean up...understood?

-Barry

02:25, 9 February 2006 (UTC)GreatBarrington

Would you mind pointing out my "negative behavior?"Wikster72 02:56, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
Calling me a wikimenace, for one. Repeatedly accusing me of sockpuppeting. The list goes on. It seems you're a bit taken aback by the force of my commentary. I hope it serves its purpose, which is to mold you into a productive member of the Wikipedia community. I truly do hope it worked. 03:07, 9 February 2006 (UTC)~GreatBarrington

Barry

Your "commentary" consists of one actual edit and everything else are warnings on talk pages. Before you start "molding me into a productive member of the Wikipedia community" figure out what that is and apply it to yourself. Wikster72 03:15, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Sports Wiki

Hey Wikster72, me and a couple of buddies started this new sport-wiki, http://www.armchairgm.com, which combines blogs, news, voting, with the power of Mediawiki's (Wikipedia's) wiki engine.

I noticed you are Yanks, Jets, Devils, Nets, and Seahawks fan (tough game), so I thought you would be interested. When you have the chance, check out the site. We would love for you to join our community.

--Awrigh01 04:13, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shorthand golfer template

Hi Wikster, i noticed that you have been adding the golfer template in longhand format. While this is OK it misses the advantages of having a template in the first place. Note how I added the short hand template to the Tiger woods page. There are a few good reason for doing it this way. First, it is less space and more tidy with respect to wiki code. More importantly, if you need to make a change to the template in the future, with regard to style or content, you only have to do it once. Any edit to the template will seen in the Tiger Woods template. This is not true for the long hand version. In that case you will have to manually (or use a script) find and correct every template. David D. (Talk) 17:53, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes. I didn't remember to use the template on the ones that I did. I'm in the process now changing them, I just haven't had a lot of time to do that in the past couple of days. Do you know to leave a space empty on the template, if there isn't any information or for example, the person didn't go to college? Thanks. Wikster72 03:38, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
The college issue is distinctly American. It could be made into an optional field such that is only appears when it is full. A blank entry would not show up on the template. You need to decide if you want to have the templte be a PGA/american golfer template or a professional golfer template. David D. (Talk) 05:56, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You keep asserting that Ilario Pantano has been "cleared" -- how come?

You keep asserting that Ilario Pantano has been "cleared"?

He willingly admitted to body desecration. You don't regard that as a serious crime? He explained why he desecrated his captive's corpses -- "to send a message". His desecration wasn't done in the heat of the moment. It was premeditated. You don't regard this as a serious crime? The officer in charge of his article 32 felt that he should be held responsible for his behavior. This is not the same as being "cleared". -- Geo Swan 13:51, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Your statement that his actions were premeditated are contrary to the military probe, which looked into this case.[1] Secondly, I believe I can safely say that if the charges against Pantano were dropped, that he was cleared.[2] If a person is a acquitted in a court of law, with the exception of insanity pleas or similar situations, they are considered to "cleared" of the charges brought against them. "Cleared" or "dropped charges" do not necessarily mean that the person did not commit a crime, only that a judge, or grand jury, did not feel it necessary to press charges. I have never said that Pantano did not kill anybody. Wikster72 06:52, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
In his June 2004 statement to military investigators Lieutenant Pantano kept repeating that he had planned to use maximum violence "to send a message". He told the investigators that he had briefed his men to use maximum violence "to send a message". You seem to be unwilling to acknowledge that the prior planning he willing admitted to makes his body desecration look premeditated.
If a judge or prosecutor drops charges they give a reason -- one they have to be prepared to defend to higher courts. But General Huck's decision to ignore Major Winn's recommendation that Pantano should be held accountable for his body desecrations did not come with an explanation. Are you seriously arguing that this is the same as being "cleared"? -- Geo Swan 05:02, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
I am not debating whether or not Pantano killed anyone, the evidence there is overwhelming. I am simply arguing that the charges against him were dropped, which is what in fact occurred. When I say "cleared" I mean it in the legal sense. I believe that I can safely say that Pantano was cleared, legally, as he was never found guilty in a court of law. If you would prefer that the wording on the Horace Mann School page be changed to "charges later dropped" or something referring to the legal charges, I believe that would be and could be a compromise. Wikster72 05:14, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Golf images

Hi Wikster! You say that the copyright holder of this image Image:Chris DiMarco.jpg allows anyone to use it for any purpose. Has someone told you so? On the web page where the pic is from, it says Except for downloading one copy of the Materials on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial home use, you are not authorized to and may not reproduce, copy, transmit, alter, frame, distribute, perform, prepare derivative works based upon, or display the Materials in whole or in part without first obtaining the prior written permission of TSN. Have you? Regarding Image:Sergio Garcia.jpg I fail to get to the front page of the site, but to keep the image on wikipedia we do need to know that the license used, CopyrightedFreeUse, is correct.

In case you simply lifted the pics off the web and thought it would be OK, it is not and they will have to be deleted. // Habj 21:25, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I have relabelled some of the images you uploaded as {{logo}} - the school's emblem and such should be fair use. The others, I have listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images#February 20 so a decision can be made regarding their copyright status. If you have something to say regarding this, that is the place. // Habj 22:49, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your userpage was briefly delisted by a rogue admin

' This user believes that only articles need reflect a NPOV, and that displaying political, religious, or other beliefs using userboxes and user categories should not be banned.

You have a userbox Template:User UN which links your userpage to United Nations Wikipedians. There is currently a movement to ban userboxes from Wikipedia which are shared and which create Lists of Wikipedians. Certain admins have taken it upon themselves to preemptively sabotage and/or delete such categories and template. Here is the incident report which reported damage to yours, in which hundreds of userpages were delinked from categories without the users' knowledge. They have been stopped, barely, and the damage reverted— for now.

There is a Wikipedia:Userbox policy poll, which if passed, will make required by policy the damage done to categories and templates such as User UN/United Nations Wikipedians. If you do not want this to happen, I urge you to vote Oppose. in the poll. Support is currently running at about 66%, and your vote could make the difference. It is said to require 75%-80% to be deemed reflective of consensus.

Thank you,

StrangerInParadise 00:01, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyrights

The following images you uploaded are now slated for deletion because the licensing you applied does not appear to match the licensing terms specified by their respective sources:

  • Image:Jim Furyk.jpg
  • Image:Retief Goosen.jpg
  • Image:Vijay Singh.jpg
  • Image:Sergio Garcia.jpg
  • [[:Image:Adam Scott.jpg]
  • Image:FisherH.jpg

Regards, howcheng {chat} 21:11, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

Hello, you great big wikimenace. Fbv65edel 20:48, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

See, I have this really cool math teacher, and he shows us Simpsons clips and talks about music assemblies which I wasn't at, and shows embarrassing clips of his fellow geometry teacher, and… By the way, nice table. Nice and clear. :-) --Fbv65edel (discuss | contribs) 21:08, 19 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:160px-Sealcopy.jpg)

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[edit] Comment from fellow member of Golf Project

Dear Wikster72, I saw on the golf project page where you are a fellow member. I clicked onto your user page and was delighted to see that adding images to articles was something that you like to do and do well. I have created about 83 golfer bio's but have added no images. I have also added content to about 15 or so existing golfer bio's, some of which (e.g. Lee Janzen, Corey Pavin, Arnold Palmer) have some terrific images. Please feel free to look over the pages I have created (listed on my user page), and if you are interested adding images - big-time guys like Jeff Sluman, Hubert Green, Andy Bean would be a good place to start.--Hokeman 02:35, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edits to Ulysses S. Grant

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[edit] Yes, I did...

Get WP:POPUPS and it'll revert it in a sec. --Fbv65edel / ☑t / ☛c || 22:47, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Athletic Accomplishments

I agree. I've been putting off cleaning it up for a long time, but go ahead and take the incentive. Try to cite it as best you can. --Fbv65edel / ☑t / ☛c || 03:05, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

BTW, see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classroom coordination#Wikipedua club. --Fbv65edel / ☑t / ☛c || 01:05, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:031030Kiskith.jpg

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[edit] Orphaned non-free image (Image:031030Kiskith.jpg)

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[edit] Speedy deletion of Template:U.S. Senatorial Committee Assignments

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Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 20:47, 19 February 2008 (UTC)