User talk:WillMcC

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[edit] External Links Complaint

hey will can you help. I am unsure why my links are being deleted and now blacklisted? I want to submit material in accordance with wikipedia guidelines, but am unsure why links to w i k i j o b are withdrawn, when other comapnies maintain their links when they offer substandard information. ?

Why does my Unofficial Link get deleted? SFGAm News, SFGAm World, and SFGAm Zone are still there along with SFGAm Pictures, and so on. Mine doesn't cut it though. Why, is it so different? It's Six Flags Great America Unlimited. I'm only putting it on the first page (Six Flags Great America). I'm not putting it on all the pages. It's not fair!! http://thrillridesweb.batcave.net/GAmerica/GAmerica.html

They did the same thing at Six Flags Over Georgia. It's the main page. It's Six Flags Over Georgia Extreme Machines. http://thrillridesweb.batcave.net/SFOG/SFOG.html It's only one link for each, and they are completely different.

How about Kiddieland Everlasting too? You took that one out. They AREN'T the same WEBSITE. They are completely different!!! Kiddieland information is different than SFOG, and SFGAm!! I'm not SPAMMING anything. It's giving people more information about the darn park. You should go to the links, and see for yourself. I know what you are thinking. You are thinking that I'm just using the same address at all these places. There is a difference between ALL three. They are different websites in one site.

Why would I link to the main page at one site like only at Six Flags Great America, and make them go to my thrillridesweb.batcave.net first page. I'm not going to do that.

Check each site out. They are there own entity with different information about each. The Kiddieland one is thrillridesweb.batcave.net/kidland/Kiddieland.html Can you please research before just looking at the darn addresses? I put pictures of Kiddieland on my website to help with your information, and the other sites too!!! It's NOT SPAM!! I'm sorry, but rcdb.com doesn't have anything in particular to do with Six Flags Great America. That should be under roller coasters, or something. I love that site darely, but it doesn't anything specifically to do with Great America.

It's already on all the roller coaster pages of probably about every roller coaster ever made. You go to America Eagle Ride page, and there it is on the corner. You go to some other roller coaster, and there it is. It doesn't need to be on the main Six Flags Great America page. I would be fine with keeping both rcdb, and mine, but I'm just saying that it doesn't specifically have to do with just Great America.

I don't even say from Mapquest or something like that. I don't get it. I try for people to see the information about Coasters, and Thrill Rides at the parks.

[edit] Image:Vintagedenon.jpg

Hi, I just though i would let you know that I cleaned up the image a bit. Take a look and let me know if thats ok. Fosnez 19:22, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Auckland meetup

Just to let you know that a meetup is planned in Auckland for the 25th of June (see Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland for more details), and that you are cordially invited. GeorgeStepanek\^talk 00:21, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: link

Hi - I removed the external link in the Roller coaster article primarily because it appeared to be a spam link. The wording of the link itself seemed to be there to promote the creator of the link (Joe Schwartz), as it mentioned him by name and included a second link within the link text to his website. If you feel the link is truly helpful to that particular article, I won't challenge it again if you add it (but I do recommend reducing the link wording to "a map of various roller coasters in the United States" or similar. Even better, you can also post the link on the article's talk page and let others discuss its inclusion. Let me know if you have any other questions --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 20:36, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm glad we were able to reach an agreement on this. Just one minor point - though I may at times speak in an authoritative tone, I'm not an admin here :) --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 22:13, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Additions to coaster infobox require article updating, need help

I've made several large additions to the {{Infobox roller coaster}} template, which will require updating of EVERY article using it. These additions are automatic unit conversion for the statistics and automatic categorization. I have also provided full documentation of every parameter on the template page, which I strongly encourage you to read. Every article will need the following changes:

These parameters must be delinked: location, section, manufacturer, and type. They will be automatically linked, and will (except for section) be used for automatic categorization.
The type parameter must be Steel or Wood.
The secondary type (Inverted, Floorless, Duelling etc.) should be moved to the type2 parameter. If a second secondary type is necessary, it goes in type3. In either case, don't link them, it will be done automatically.
height, drop, length, speed, and restriction must have all non-numeric characters removed. height, drop, and length must be expressed in feet (using decimals instead of inches if necessary), speed must be expressed in miles per hour, and restriction must be expressed in inches. All of these parameters will automatically be converted to metric and displayed in both forms.

Also, the rcdb_number parameter should be added to every coaster article that doesn't have it yet.

If the article is about a widely-cloned coaster such as Batman: The Ride where the template covers multiple installations of the same coaster, the redesigned template will not be appropriate. For these articles, simply change the template to "Infobox roller coaster simplified". This is the old version, without all the automation.

I've already updated over 50 articles myself, but I can't do this all day and I'll need your help to get it done quickly. The list of pages using the template can be found here. I'm sending this message to all listed participants of Wikipedia:WikiProject Roller Coasters. Dusso Janladde 07:43, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brain Teaser AfD

To all WikiProject Roller coasters participants: Brain Teaser, a kiddie coaster at Six Flags Darien Lake is up for deletion via WP:AFD. This isn't my article, but if it's deleted, it sets the prescident for many small coasters to be deleted, such as Mild Thing, which runs counter to the Coaster Wikiproject and also will make a lot of park templates look dumb since they can't include all coasters. Dusso Janladde 20:21, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barron Collier HS

Hey, um, I'm sorry I don't remember better, but did we go to high school together? I think I remember you doing tech stuff for newspaper...? This is Amanda D. (By the way, I watch the Barron G. Collier High School article. That's where I saw you.) --Galaxiaad 00:44, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to VandalProof! 1.3

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, WillMcC! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page and please note this is VP 1.3 not 1.2.2 see this for the approved list. Betacommand ^{(talk • contribs • Bot)} 17:02, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Universal Orlando Resort External Link Clean-Up

I think I did everything necessary to remove the spam. If you disagree, let me know so we can talk about it. Most of those sites were blatant advertising, but I think that Discover Universal Orlando is decent enough to stay. --Farquaadhnchmn_(Dungeon) 21:11, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Auckland Meetup 2 Scheduled - Feb 10 2007

You are all invited to Auckland Meetup 2 on the afternoon of Saturday February 10th 2007 at Galbraith's Ale House in Mt Eden. Please see Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland 2 for details. You can also bookmark Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland to be informed of future NZ meetups. - SimonLyall 06:04, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Why was ioacentral.com taken off? It is one of the biggest Universal studios Orlando websites around.

[edit] WikiProject Amusement Parks

I don't know if you saw it yet, but I added myself to the WikiProject Amusement Parks that you started on User:WillMcC/WikiProject ThemeParks and made some suggestions on the talk page. There were also a few people on Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals that mentioned wanting to start a theme/amusement parks WikiProject, so I let them know about the page you started. You might want to add yourself to that list too. --Idont Havaname (Talk) 03:34, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article in need of cleanup - please assist if you can

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[edit] Image:Kpk small.jpg

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[edit] Amazing disappearing links!

Wow look at that! I didn't think adding the longest running Universal Orlando fansite to the list of the rest would be such a big issue - but hey, silly me! It's promoting!

Thanks for welcoming me to Wikipedia - but not even twelve hours into my registration I see some disturbing overthrows of power that wont make me want to even bother.

Let's hope I'm wrong.

Edit - Thanks for the advice, I don't know much about editing pages and such - if I plan to continue I'll get the hang of things - it doesn't seem too complex. I only really popped in to add those links (after discovering one of my websites had been used as the sole reference to another section of Wikipedia) and didn't think it would be such a deal (if people can create pages here using my content without consulting me, I find it really condescending that I can't reference my site without consulting someone here). Either way it doesn't mean enough to me to submit for approval and whatnot - afterall, I thought that's what the "minor edit" option was for. Again, I appreciate you aiding me along the way. I'll stop by if I have any questions. (Just figured out how to sign!) --IOAFreak13 04:40, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

why was ioacentral.com taken off the universal studio page? It is one of the biggest websites around for Universal.

[edit] Please use RFCN or AIV

WP:UAA is not active yet, please use WP:RFCN or WP:AIV for username vios. GDonato (talk) 21:44, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image licensing

Which license is Image:Spcyclone.jpg under. You say it is under Creative Commons BY-SA, but you also say it is free for non-commercial use. These are contradictory and wikipedia cannot take non-commerical only images. Secretlondon 05:28, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] amusement park template

I have asked over on the amusement park project talk page, but gotten no reply. Is it okay to put your amusement park template on articles that should be part of the amusement park project? I noted you have a question about the image in the template, but not alot of activity over on that project right now. I was not sure if there was some sort of approval process for the template and if that had been completed so it was okay to use. thanks. --Tinned Elk 01:57, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject roller coasters

Hi there, just to let you know that WP:ROCO has been given an overhaul. As you are listed as a participant, I just thought I'd let you know that there's a new to-do section and much clearer guidelines for roller coaster articles. Hope to see you over there! Seaserpent⁸⁵ _Talk 09:50, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Apexmenu.jpg

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[edit] Amusement park importance assessment

I don't know if you have looked at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Amusement Parks/Assessment discussion about how to assess importance of amusement park articles. Please take a look if you have time. Thanks. --Tinned Elk 20:47, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox abuser

Hi, I noticed that you've also warned the IP adress 71.33.162.242 who seems to be constantly messing up infoboxes - I think unintentionally, but 2 warnings and nothing's changed. Just wondering if you'd be able to help with the resulting clean up from it all, edits are here. I'm not too sure what we can do either, it's not a case of vandalism as such, but more of not reading talkpage warnings. What do you think? Seaserpent⁸⁵ _Talk 23:46, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Barnstar

Thanks :) I'm going to try and get Kingda Ka up to GA standard soon, the whole project needs a bit of a boost and this looks like a likely candidate. So if you're ever looking for something to do, would be nice to have a hand! Thanks again, Seaserpent⁸⁵ _Talk 15:56, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your AWB bug report

Thank you for your bug report. It was reported before but we were not able to recreate this error. Could you tell us what were you doing when this happened? Thanks in advance. Jogers (talk) 17:49, 26 September 2007 (UTC)