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[edit] Gunslinger Girl revert

Hi, you reverted the article due to broken kanji instead of just fixing it, when there were other changes to the article. Please check for that kind of stuff before reverting, thanks. --Wirbelwind 17:54, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I've already notified the editor who broke the kanji in order for him to reapply his changes, but there is no reason to gp complaining to me. --TheFarix (Talk) 18:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I already did it, and instead of reverting it, you could have just copy-pasted the correct kanji from a previous edit and save it like I just did.... --Wirbelwind 18:07, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GSG Page

Dude, did you forget the page? I made the last 4-5 posts in the discussion. What? Need to take over the article and do everything myself? I think not! Colonel Marksman 05:50, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

  • I also have several screenshots (without wording), but I still have no clue how to work with images! One the first things I wanted to do when I got here months ago was upload images!
  • Also, when the image loader asked me "what image is this?" and later told me, "this image will be deleted in a week if you don't identify this", I couldn't figure out how to label it. In addition, how do I label it as a "screenshot"? Didn't see any option of the like there. Would you know? (Reply on my talk page please) Colonel Marksman 15:51, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the info! Nobody told me about any tags for pictures. Colonel Marksman 19:10, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] titular

derived from a title; "performed well in the titular (or title) role"; "the titular theme of the book" from princeton.edu

you sure saying titular character isn't correct in terms of Naruto? Thanks for help in clearifying. shadzar|Talk|contribs 02:42, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Sorry about the revert on Death Note

No problem. Honest mistake. I did change the tense and those in one edit, making it harder to revert without changing those back too, and it's not like it's big deal to change the minor wording again. ^^ Nique1287 03:43, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vmenkov:Miracle of the Moose

Good Day,

Sorry about starting a draft of an article at a wrong URL. I have moved the draft to User:Vmenkov/Miracle of the Moose which I suppose is a reasonable place to keep it until I am ready to move it into the main space. Vmenkov 09:28, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Main space? Google does not come up with anything from "Vmenkov" and "moose". Is there any relevance to the article? --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 09:32, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your recent RFCU

You recently compiled and listed a case at requests for checkuser. A checkuser or clerk has requested you supply one or more diffs to justify the use of the checkuser procedure in the case, in accordance with the procedures listed in the table at the top of the requests for checkuser page. For an outcome to be achieved, we require that you provide these diffs as soon as possible. This has been implemented to reduce difficulties for checkusers, and is essential for your case to be processed. A link to your recently-created case which has this information missing is here. Thanks for your co-operation. Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 21:20, 10 November 2006 (UTC), checkuser clerk.

[edit] Medical school at Salerno

If the reference is to be believed, this isn't strictly a copyvio, since it would suggest what that site holds is a text dump of an entire book, published in the US in 1911, which would make it public domain. I do still believe that it's not appropriate to dump a chapter out of a book on Wikipedia, though. Chris talk back 18:46, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

True, I overlooked the 75 (or so) year limitation. What would be used instead? {{db-reason}}? --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 18:49, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
TBH, {{db|raw text dump}} probably would have done. Chris talk back 18:57, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Field Lacrosse

I think you meant that {{db}} for the Field Lacrosse page, not the real Lacrosse page, so, I took it out. Katalaveno 19:02, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

That is correct. I went back to fix it but you had already gotten there before me. Sorry for the inconvenience. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 19:15, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
np... just wanted to leave you an explanation... that article dup was bizzare - maybe he just meant to do a redirect?? Katalaveno 19:28, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure, but that's at least the third time he's recreated it. The first one was like 1acr0sse, the second one was Lacr0sse, then the Field Lacrosse. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 20:02, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Ah, interesting... I didn't know that... so it would appear that it was deliberate shenanigans. Katalaveno 22:28, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stefan Ackerie

I've added some notes on why Stefan Ackerie is notable to the talk page for that article. I thought I should post here and get your thoughts rather than removing the notability tag myself. What do you think? FiggyBee 09:08, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

I saw them. I'm searching around, and am about to post a reply on the talk page. Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 09:11, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] removed anime styled "example" photos

Just wondering. What's the point of them. I think they kind of detract from the credibility of the article. Streetsabre 20:13, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

If you have the edit toolbar shown (it is by default), clicking on the image icon gives you [[Image:Example.jpg]]. It's not that it's significant, it's just the default example code. Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 20:15, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Oh ok. Good. I was hoping they weren't important. Thanks. Streetsabre 22:09, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to VandalProof! 1.3

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Wirbelwind! 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) 16:32, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yoshimitsu (Tekken)

I removed the Category about the Wikipedians who play Tekken 2, and placed it on other Tekken related webpages where it would belong. Graziano94

[edit] Regarding Moosejaw.com

There is some confusion with the Moosejaw.com article. Could you possibly help out some with the article, since you marked it for CSD? (Oh, and there was an assertion of notability when you did so, but that point isn't really what I wanted to mention.) I'm having a tough time getting through to the author/company owner, and I'm hoping to find a peaceful resolution to this. BigNate37(T) 04:51, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

I went there and tried to do what I could. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 05:04, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. I think it helps just to see that these "people who are tagging his work" aren't just robots. And I really appreciate your constructiveness! I'll stick around for a bit more and respond to his questions. BigNate37(T) 05:07, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Anytime. Thanks for notifying me as well, as of course, I'm human and can err. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 05:11, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Depleted uranium (new refs)

Please look at the reference format: the original Depleted uranium has raw inline URLs, while Depleted uranium (new refs) has new <ref>...</ref> format references. There are two problems: First, some people think that a banned user created the new version with the expanded references in the new format, but that doesn't seem to be the case; second, some of the expansions are controversial and will need to be folded in. GVWilson 05:31, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

I see, but could you maybe move it to your user space? --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 05:33, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Done GVWilson 05:39, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 05:42, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unsigned posts

I did leave a request on the userpage of the individual who asked all those questions. Sorry if it seem to clutter the reference desk, but please note that it takes a certain amount of time and effort to search through the history file and find who posted an anonymous question and then to note on the reference desk whose question it was, and it also serves to let those who answer questions know that an individual may be posting a huge number of random questions just to see editors run in circles answering them, and that editors may choose to ignore questions when someone posts a great many anonymously at the same time. If you know a short cut which more quickly annotates who the anonymous editor was, please let me know. It takes me longer to find who posted the question and to note that on the reference desk than it takes someone to ask a lot of possible frivolous questions and waste the time of those willing to spend their spend their free time answering questions people really need or want answers to. Thanks. Edison 06:32, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't mean the {{unsigned}} tags, I meant the "Please sign your...." messages. The unsigned tags are nice, and I put them there to whenever I get a chance. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 06:34, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Your userpage says you program the 8086. That was current decades ago when I studied electrical engineering. Right up there with the PDP-8 computer. And the only way I have found to see who posted anonymously is to look back through the history file. Do you know ashortcut? Regards.Edison 06:37, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, I'm studying electrical now, and we learn with the HC12 and 8086 still. And no, there really isn't a shortcut. However, you should be able to tell from the history text being black instead of grey (commented) when it's a new section heading, which helps in speeding things up. If they don't create a new section though, then you do have to wade through. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 06:41, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
I see that someone added a troll warning after I identified the anonymous poster. That was my intent, but I wasn't sure whether a troll warning violated "assume good faith." Like maybe the individual just got very curious all of a sudden about a great many different wierd questions. The PDP-8 was fun to program. You could do assembly language with its 12 bit words and indirect addressing. You could run Fortran (a subset of Fortran 2) on a PDP-8 with 4K of memory. (no tape or hard drive)The source code was prepared on punched paper tape with a Teletype terminal. The compiler tape was fed into the computer followed by the source code, and the computer punched a tape which was fed back in, as best I recall, after you fed in a tape with a linking loader or some such. A single board computer such as the 8086 was amazing after that. Edison 15:24, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clements Café

Thanks for the help. I'll have the article looking more substantial by the end of the week. Any gallery pictures will be my own and therefore possible to license as GFDL

Anytime, even though I was looking to see if the claims were real at first. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 21:18, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Take along Thomas & Friends

Looks good, but the reason I took out the list is because it's all cruft. It seriously needs to be at least trimmed down. It would be better to put an external link to a directory, I think. nyoro~n. --Wooty Woot? contribs 22:40, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Same could be said of episode lists etc, and a comprehensive list with no links doesn't seem like advertisment to me. And I'm not knowledgeable enough on the matter to trim it down, unfortunately. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 22:43, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deprod Absent Referent

Hi, in accordance with WP:WPPDP, I have removed the {{prod}} tag from [[Absent referent]], which you proposed for deletion, because I feel that this article should not be deleted from Wikipedia. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still feel the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{prod}} template back to the article. Instead, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks! -- Bhuston 03:25, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Combo Page

Please stop erasing my contribution to the Combo page. It is not vandalism and it indeed pertains to the subject matter. Further deletion of my contribution will be reported as vandalism. If you have a problem with this, please message me. Tokyo Terror

First, who are you? Your first edit on this account is my user page. I can only assume you're User:71.86.217.66 (Contrib). If so, what you added is here, which is a card game, and not a computer and video game. Furthermore, half of that paragraph you added is what would be considered as WP:CRUFT. Then, if you look at this, you copy-pasted that exact paragraph into another section of the article. Last, see WP:NOT#BATTLEGROUND. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 03:43, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Katakana in signature

I couldn't help but notice that the katakana in your signature is a bit off. You don't need a tenten on the u to make a w- combo. A normal u and then a small i (or e or o) is what you'd need.

I apologize for the lack of actual kana... stupid school computers...

Curtmack of the Asylum 18:53, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, I had it romanized another way before, but this is the official romaji used in the Japanese version of Kiddy Grade. This is shown also in my Kiddy Grade Conclusion book. To be honest, I'm not sure why they use ト and not ド. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 22:06, 29 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Artefact(metal)

Hi, Wirbelwind... I would like to have very clear indications as to how I can improve my article on this french metal group, since I notice you have come to visit us :-) I would very much like to avoid suppression, as I am now working, as a musicologist (I am a doctor in musicology, name Isabelle Servant))on young metal groups in France (but very much noticeable, as I think Artefact is, with its two albums...) Did you have the time to judge fairly their music? if so, then you are very dedicated, thank you But I must say I am quite surprised you never wrote anything on the talk page, which is the first thing wikipedians are supposed to do when they disapprove of anything this talk page on Artefact(band) is here : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Artefact_%28band%29&action=edit By any means, show me any page where a fair debate can take place, thank you and read you soon I hope--Ordocello 10:28, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Here are other pages that were not visited, what do you think of them? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sorrowful_Dream http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aborym http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akercocke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastis

and so on.................

(I mean, let's be real fair hm?)

nevertheless,I am seeking for more precise sources anyway,that is a real problem here indeed--Ordocello 21:32, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

OK well, no need to any discussion, as you consider yourself sufficiently important to avoid to answer to Intouchables. Have a good night, then :-) --Ordocello 22:07, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Try being more patient, as I was typing on the talk page. I'm not a robot, so it takes me time to look things up to link as well, since you specifically asked for "very clear indications". --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 22:16, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Don't understand why you are reverting stuff

Hi, I just made a useful contribution to the Suzumiya Haruhi page, but you reverted it. May I ask why? Thanks, Anime Adoru 20:21, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:External_links#Links_normally_to_be_avoided, #11: "Links to blogs and personal webpages, except those written by a recognized authority." Also, please use the add section link to add a new section next time. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 20:37, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Hmm... are there any "authoritative" bloggers on anime? If not, why would you want to exclude those a priori? What about Omniscient/Random Curiosity: http://randomc.animeblogger.net/category/suzumiya-haruhi/ If there is a recognized blogger it is probably Omni. Why exclude such community service? Anime Adoru 21:37, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't make the rules, but probably because it's supposed to be an encyclopedia. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 21:55, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Honey and Clover trivia

Hi, i just write the trivia for honey and clover :

"shinobu and kaouru's father is created based on the image of Akio Morita, who is the founder of Sony Corporation. you can see that after morita's father company is being bought by foreigner, there is a scene where Shinobu and Kaoru saw the first generation walkman that showed in one of the stores and said that this was their farther creation."

and can you explain me, why you reverted it with unsourced trivia ?

Kenoza 20:51, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, where did that statement come from? Is it original research or speculation? Can you cite a notable publication that claim it? --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 21:36, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Toomuchtrivia tags

Many of the tags were added to pages that had only three or four trivia notes. I'm sorry I did not have the time to look over and review each one individually, but I believed, as I was right, that other editors such as yourselves would reinstate if the tag did indeed make sense. However, when this ip address had more than a hundred edits all with the same tag, and all within a couple of minutes of each other, how can it be anything but disruptive. I'm not saying they were all out of place, but a good number were.TheGreenFaerae 23:34, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm not criticizing your moves or telling you to revert it all, I'm just showing you the page to see why that template exists, and even if an ip is adding all those tags, it's still a move towards not having trivia sections, as per WP:MOS. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 23:48, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
I cannot find the word trivia mentioned in the manual of style page. The idea of removing trivia is a personal judgment held by a lot of editors, not official policy, and it is not of merit to just decide that that opinion is right and impose it on the project as a whole. Please, look at the edit history of that ip address; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/68.165.76.174 . These tags were not justified in many cases, and it seems obvious that little thought was given as to whether or not the tags were justified, as they were added to virtually every page the user viewed, and they were added on an average of one every three minutes. I'm not saying the idea of getting rid of all trivia should not be discussed, merely that until it becomes official policy, a move like this is disruptive and is borderline vandalism. If this move was of merit, the user would have signed in and stood behind the edits. the fact that it was anonymous on top of all the other issues with it makes it even more disruptive.TheGreenFaerae 00:41, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Paladin

Dude, you're kidding me right? NO tank can hold themselves against a BLM overnuking, unless the BLM has seriously gimped EQ, or the tank is seriously pimped. It's just not gonna happen, especially considering that guy's a noob, he's probably still in Valkurm or Qufim! No way for a tank to keep hate that early on. Actually, the most effective tank I had in qufim was myself, as a DRG/WAR...Platoon lance kicked ass back then! Well, as far as hate goes... I wasn't that great at taking damage (more a problem with being a taru than anything else) -- febtalk 23:24, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bridge to Terabaithia

Wikipedia does not censor spoiler information. I've therefore reverted your edit. JoshuaZ 08:14, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry

Hello Wirbelwind, sorry for deleting that info. on the science reference desk i am a bit of a novice at this wikipedia thing, especially the reference desk. i was trying to write a reply to a comment above the last one, but it failed, and i wanted to start again, selected all the info below the comment i was trying to write below and got rid of it :S, it is evident i need some practice, looks like its back to the sandbox for me, again sorry,

Kind regards, Dave 88.111.82.185 17:12, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

It's fine. Accidents happen, even when we're experienced. Plus, we should assume good faith. The message I left on your talk page was to inform you if you didn't know the policy, or to inform you if you did it on accident without realizing. But either way, welcome to Wikipedia. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 19:12, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks very much for the information, i am working my way through it all slowly, to try and make sure i get most points. There are a lot of links, which lead to further reading, but i am sure its helping and makes me a tad more cautious in the future. Avoiding mistakes like the one before. I must say thanks again, its people like you who make wikipedia a community effort and really help novices like me, when we get into trouble,
Kind regards Dave 88.111.82.185 20:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ヴィルヴェルヴィント

Just wondering, what's a "biruberubinto"? --Candy-Panda 09:40, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

It's viruveruvinto, actually. It's the romanization of they way they say Wirbelwind in Kiddy Grade. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 02:40, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] UTEP

thanks for getting that. How easy is it to revert to previous versions, without having to erase everything that a vandal puts up? ElpasoHead 21:48, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Do you mean you do not know how to use the history function or are you asking about editing tools like popups? --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 22:01, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Afd tag removal etc.

You recently corrected this removal of an AfD notice. Thank you. The editor that removed that notice cut and pasted that notice into two other articles (111 Pegasus Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron and RCSCC Undaunted. These notices just link to the discussion on the originally nominated article. What should I do to correct this? Sancho (talk) 02:15, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh I see you removed them.. Thank you. I left a note on the editors page, as I had decided that I was going to remove them also (you beat me too it :-) ). I invited him to re-list them properly with a link to instructions about how to do that. Sancho (talk) 02:23, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
I have reverted those two articles as they were not listed in the AfD and will cause confusion if left. If someone wants those to be nominated for AfD, they will have to do it separately by following the instructions at WP:BUNDLE. In the future, you can revert them yourselves as long as they're unreasonable to be there. I will leave a similar message on his talk (which would also be what you should do the next time something like this happens and you revert it). --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 02:25, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
(addition due to edit conflict) You know plenty well what to do =P --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 02:25, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] thanks for helping

thanks for catching my mistake on the homework question for that guy. i cant belive forgot that importaint info about the constant charge. i ussally work with AC currents with wiring rooms and stuff. well in all ways thanks for clearing it up =) Maverick423 14:29, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Anytime ^^ It's technically my specialty from being an Electrical Engineer undergrad. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 16:17, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The external link is valid.

What the hell? The link is a perfectly valid YUI resource which contains information about YUI not included in the wikipedia article, therefore it is entirely relevant and does NOT go against any of the external link guidelines. Please note that the site is NOT just a discussion forum - as I mention above it has information about YUI which is not included in this article, therefore there is no reason it should be disallowed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.1.136.145 (talk) 17:11, 8 March 2007 (UTC).

Like what? Copyright images of YUI and copyright lyrics? The website is mostly a forum that requires user registration. Links to be avoided:
  • Any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a Featured article.
  • Links mainly intended to promote a website.
  • Links to sites that require payment or registration to view the relevant content.

etc. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 18:37, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Then perhaps you could explain why yui-lover (which btw, is most definately against the external link guidelines) is permitted on the Japanese version of the article?

No, because this isn't the Japanese wiki. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 05:12, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

The rules are the same.

No they are not. The Japanese wiki community agrees on their own. See how they don't have images on their articles in general? We don't have that here. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 15:24, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
And you'll hear it a lot. Just because it exists somewhere else does not make it right. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 15:25, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] XXX vs Xxx

You certainly got a point there and at a time I did indeed consider proposing "Xxxholic". But seeing that the triple x is always used as a separately pronounced pseudo-acronym/stand-in for something and is evenly rendered in all articles listed on the XXX disambiguation page (including the Wiktionary entry), I did not see much of a point in trimming it down specifically for the manga. After all, a title starting with three identical consonants will always retain a stylized touch and this way we would at least allow for a typographic distinction between the components (kinda like we do it with eBay and iPod) without pertaining to brand management or hurting readability by much.

By the way - and this is kinda off-topic, hence I'm messaging you here - thanks for making this clear distinction between your personal preferences and what you consider best for Wikipedia. I was beginning to think I was the only one around with that philosophy, you know, with all the people around who at least to some degree appear to base their arguments in favor of stylized typography in personal fandom.

Have a good one - Cyrus XIII 12:05, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. I try to keep things neutral and fair and I try to apply logic as best as I can. As for personal philosophy, I do generally support the guidelines because I understand the reasoning, but guidelines really are just that: guidelines. Cases do exist that don't fall well under the guideline, and I just feel we should keep an open mind for those. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 15:30, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anna vs. Ana

Well, if I'm wrong, I apoligize. I only own the first volume, but at the end of it says "Anna" when it's talking about a new character being introduced in the next volume. I wouldn't mind seeing a scan though, so long as you're not referring to the Japanese version.--SeizureDog 05:22, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm referring to the Tokyopop version. I have volumes one and two. Hmm, you're right, the preview for Ana in volume 1 is Anna. But in volume 2, they switched back to Ana. I don't have a scanner here though, but chapter 11's title is "Ana", 12 is "Ana's House", 15 is "Ana vs Miu", and the character artwork label her as Ana as well. I guess it was a mistranslation at the end of volume 1, which I did not notice till you mentioned it. Let me see if my webcam or phone can take a good enough picture to make the text readable. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 05:26, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
It's also a mistake on the tokyopop website referring to her as Anna. http://www.tokyopop.com/S-1646/2.html --Squilibob 05:34, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Here you go, the back cover of volume 2 and Chapter 11's title page. These are legible enough. If you want me to scan it for whatever reason, I can do that tomorrow if you tell me ahead of time. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 05:35, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
My guess is that her name in Japanese was pronounced as anna, but she writes her name as Ana, which created the confusion at Tokyopop. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 05:39, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template talk:Anime music

Hi, I have responded to you on Template talk:Anime music. Again, by all means modify the template if you can make it format well and look better. --Squilibob 06:48, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Me name

Basically mac I just found the idea of a soap with an unstable family history quite captivating Bastard soap

Yes, but bastard is consider profane and isn't allowed in usernames. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 23:01, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fascism and Nazism as representative forms of socialism

I am sorry to bother you, but I really need some help. There is an ongoing campaign by a few editors to portray Fascism and Nazism as representative forms of socialism. As part of this effort (a debate that stretches back to 2004), there are a tiny handful of editors who revert and redirect National Socialism to Nazism. I believe a majority of editors support redirecting National Socialism to National Socialism (disambiguation). I realize we just had a poll on the Nazism page where I thought this issue was settled, but apparently the struggle is not over. Please consider voting in the new poll, or adding a comment at: Talk:Nazism#Survey:_redirecting_National_Socialism. Also consider notifying other editors with an interest in this matter. I am doing the best I can, but need assistance. Thanks.

p.s., I am a fan of Neon Genesis Evangelion--Cberlet 19:58, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your NPWatcher Application

Dear Wirbelwind,

Thank you for applying for NPWatcher! You've been approved to use it. Before you run the program, please check the changelog on the application page to see if there is a newer release (or just add the main page (here) to your watchlist). Report any bugs or feature suggestion here. If you need help, feel free to contact me or join NPWatcher.

Martinp23 23:29, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jw21 spamming wiki

user Jw21 is spamming wikipedia with external links to a site. See your deletion of zen creative. Can you make him stop? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.228.164.169 (talk) 20:15, 26 March 2007 (UTC).

Nope. I'm not an admin. But if he's still doing it, I'll report him to WP:AIV, which you can do too, really. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 21:50, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Hello editors, I, being a long-time editor in Wikipedia, would like to discuss why I am allegedly accused of spamming. The article(s) Creative Zen and Creative Zen Vision:M had the website EpiZENter for a year, and I am not a member, nor an affilate of EpiZENter. The link had been in the article(s) before I contributed to them, and thus I am only doing my part to preserve the article(s) when the site's link is removed.
If it does concern my removal of fansites, which unlike EpiZENter and other related sites, does not provide any content that may be helpful to a researcher collecting information of the product, or an user of the product. That is why I removed those links, but not sites like EpiZENter. I assert that no acts of hypocrisy has been committed. I may apologize for using the caps to demand other editors to stop advertising their own fansites.
If you can learn to realize this misunderstanding, I'd be glad. I have decided to remain EpiZENter's link removed until disputes can be settled.Once again, I apologize for any inconvenience caused. --Jw21 (PenaltyKillah) 01:36, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
You don't really have to copy-paste it here. I already replied on the Creative Zen talk page. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 01:47, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Environmental Impacts of Dams

Hi, this is the second time you've reverted the article on dams due to copyright violations. I have been citing my sources. The World Commission on Dams is not a primary source of information it a compilation of different information from many different sources. If you could please tell me why you keep saying it violated copyright I would really appreciate it. Thanks. --Rf707 22:48, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Because it's copy-pasted from a site. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 00:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
The piece I've written contains data and information (ie. 60% of the world's rivers are affected by dams). I have taken this data from a source, a published source not just a website, and used it to write a piece on a page where hardly anything else has been attributed to a source. I have not just copied two paragraphs out of my source and then pasted them into the wikipedia page on dams. It is not a copyright violation if you cite your source. Furthermore (and this is taken directlty from wikipedia's attribution page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Attribution)
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a publisher of original thought. The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is whether material is attributable to a reliable published source, not whether it is true. Wikipedia is not the place to publish your opinions, experiences, or arguments.
Therefore, I cannot synthesize my own thoughts on the data and information I've used from my source. I hope I explained myself clearly and I still don't understand what your problem is. If there is some other reason please let me know or I am going to edit the dam article again and add my piece.--Rf707 18:50, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Because I searched on google for three snippets from the information you added and 2 of those came back with exact matches. See this google result for example, which pretty clearly fits WP:COPYVIO. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 01:49, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of Third party support

Wirbelwind, you have removed the third part support section from Zen Creative without discussing it first. There has been a long discussion about this at Jw21. The issue has been discussed and agreed. I will wait for your comment before uploading it again. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.138.8.1 (talk) 07:17, 29 March 2007 (UTC).

Agreement by you and Jw21 really isn't much. Try getting consensus at the article's talk page. If you don't add a discussion for it by the time I get home tomorrow, I'll add it. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 07:33, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice. What to do if I don't get a reply. How long should I wait? 89.138.8.1 08:44, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup templates

Just to let you know that most cleanup templates, like "unreferenced", "fact", "cleanup" etc., are best not "subst"ed. See WP:SUBST for more details. Regards, Rich Farmbrough, 12:30 17 April 2007 (GMT).

Ah oops, I didn't realize this the whole time. Thanks. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 18:20, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jpop & anime

This is the issue: We dont know J-pop in our S***y music culture! If you want Jpop then demand it--Bakaneko07 17:59, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Huh? --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 09:45, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Song on entertainment ref desk

A while ago you where helping me on the Reference Desk try to find the name of a song I had had heard (Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2007 April 25). I was grateful for your help. In the odd event that you were wondering, though, I found the song that was bugging me so: Call on Me (Eric Prydz song). Cheers! zafiroblue05 | Talk 05:57, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Any time ^^ And grats on finding the song you've been looking for. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 06:44, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free image (Image:涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱Ⅵ.png)

Thanks for uploading Image:涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱Ⅵ.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Aksibot 19:47, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kimchi

I noticed you had been involved in the issue of the Chinese cabbage link on the kimchi page. One editor feels it is best to remove this link and replace it with a redirect; so far all the other editors have felt that it is better to link per the MOS. We've tried to get a reflection of the current consensus here: Talk:Kimchi#Straw_Poll_on_Baechu. Not sure if you're still interested or not, but perhaps you could take a minute and participate as well? —LactoseTIT 12:46, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MUD?

On the Ref Desk, you were answering a question on Tim Tams in which answer you mentioned having been involved with a MUD. What is a MUD? Thanks Bielle 23:45, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Think World of Warcraft or EverQuest. Now thing smaller amounts of people. And text based. There! See MUD. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 01:32, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
My ignorance is no doubt appalling, but the only "Discworld" I knew about is in Terry Pratchett's science fantasy novels, and I couldn't remember anything about "MUD" in them. Now that you have expanded your answer, and I have been to the article [[MUD}}, I am a little the wiser. I don't know why it didn't occur to me just to check for "MUD" in Wikipedia; it really does have an article on almost everything. Thank you. Bielle 01:40, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
No problem. The MUD is old, around 13 years. Terry Pratchett had even visited there before, according to the people who run it. And he turns a blind eye to it also, so they aren't officially endorsed, but won't be sued either. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 01:48, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Silverhawks

Thank you so much! Kewpid 12:28, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Anytime! --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 14:48, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Programmer's File Editor

A {{prod}} template has been added to the article Programmer's File Editor, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice explains why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you endorse deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please tag it with {{db-author}}. Whispering 11:50, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup templates

Just to let you know that most cleanup templates, like "unreferenced", "fact", "cleanup", "notability"etc., are best not "subst"ed. See WP:SUBST for more details. Regards, Rich Farmbrough, 14:57 29 August 2007 (GMT).

[edit] Goblin trilogy deletion debate

Could you possibly comment on Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/The_Goblin_Trilogy , people have neglected it?Merkinsmum 19:21, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I am a Japanese

can you speak japanese very well? この文がわかるのならできれば返事をください。 もしかして、あなたも日本人ですか？Imuzak (talk) 07:58, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Nope. I estimate that I can understand (listening/reading) about 20%. I'm not Japanese, but part of my reading comprehension comes from the fact that I am a native speaker of Chinese, and the other parts from what I absorbed or learned. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 21:50, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

I want to cooperate. What do you want me to do?Imuzak (talk) 00:30, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re: And on a related note, there's a very relevant article for the OP in the June 2008 issue of Game Informer.

What does that srticle say? Interactive Fiction Expert/Talk to me 02:35, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Umm...hello? What does it say? We Australians don't have that magazine you speak of. Interactive Fiction Expert/Talk to me 13:46, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
It talks about the Wii and its games based on metacritic scores, that's about all. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 16:37, 11 June 2008 (UTC)