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Greetings! First, let me apologize for having gotten a bit heated with you in the above-referenced discussion. I hope you'll understand that from my perspective, that is the perspective of someone who is literally a student of the industry, this is a binary question of right/wrong and I was getting frustrated at what I perceive to be a simple "wrong." That is not an excuse for writing several of the more untoward things I wrote in the discussion, but I hope it helps explain it a bit. Now. I looked at a new comment in the discussion last night and it occurred to me that the real issue here is that there are two things under discussion: whether it is appropriate to merge the content of the articles, and whether the "advertising" article is an appropriate umbrella for that content. As I think I've made a bit clear, I oppose the latter (have you noticed?). That said, I enthusiastically support merging the content of the two articles. I think having separate articles for each individual facet of Apple's promotional efforts is more than a little silly, and is plainly counterproductive for the reader. It's inefficient.
To that end, I've proposed a compromise in the above discussion, which I'm curious to hear your thoughts on. If you oppose it, that is fine -- I'm trying to step back from any real debate in the discussion because it's obvious I lose my cool too quickly with this topic. I think it's a fair compromise though. I'm essentially proposing merging the two articles under a new title that more properly reflects Apple's PR and advertising efforts as distinct but equal and related parts of their overall promotional strategy. This new article could, at some point, be expanded to cover Apple's marketing efforts in general (which I think would make for an outstanding article, but that's an aside). ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡ bomb 13:17, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
The other users seem to be incapable of telling wether or not a character appears in an episode of a Disney show. As one one of the characters. Emma Ross, didn't appear in 2 episodes, while per users incorrectly think that she did appear in those two episodes. WikiSpector ( talk) 10:34, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
Guess what favorite friend is back, and sussed by another user: [1]? -- Drmargi ( talk) 21:46, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
My apologies, again. I thought i wasn't doing anything bad since I hid them and was going to refer to the sources afterwards, again sorry. Also, i want to let you know that i added the rankings of Season 3 of the night in the Canada one, i used the same websites listed as references and just added them then.
NightSkyBlueDays ( talk) 01:17, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
I know, you're having a shoulder-sagging response that I'm back, but would you do me a small favor? I've gotten caught up in a rather, uh, lively and involved discussion in an article about tea, that started as a simple issue of whether a source for a statement was reliable and has turned into a long-winded mass of misdirections and diversionary arguments, with lashings of making and taking personal for good measure. What a mess. But that's peripheral to the help I need. One editor has approached another about returning the discussion with the following talk page post. Does that rise to the level of either canvassing or meatpuppetry? I'm a little fuzzy on both, and frankly, so annoyed with the whole situation, I'm not sure what to think. Would you mind taking a peek and giving me your opinion? Thanks! -- Drmargi ( talk) 07:47, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
I just undid and redirected the season articles for The Glades (TV series), which had not been discussed, and had no content save an overly-detailed ratings table. I predict a fight from the season article for their own sake set. Sigh...
And a happy Easter to you! -- Drmargi ( talk) 13:20, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
Short notice: I undid your recent revert on NCIS: Los Angeles. I think you confused the abbreviations there, since the abbreviation "OSP" has been used multiple times to shorten the name "Office of Special Projects", which is the official name of the LA division (which explains why "NCIS: OSP" was one of the names considered for the show). Hetty is the manager of the whole division so "OSP manager" makes more sense than "OPS manager" (that would be "Ops manager" anyway). Regards So Why 21:21, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
This is regarding the edit you made here. Shouldn't we just make the "preview" episode of Fish Hooks episode 1 instead of 0? All other shows that were a "sneak preview" all start with episode 1.
Also "We've Got Fish Spirit, Parts I & II" and "Fish School Musical, Parts 1 & 2" should be listed as 33 & 37 respectively and they aired as just one continuous episode. - Alec2011 ( talk) 04:57, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello. You have
a new message at GoingBatty's talk page.
GoingBatty (
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15:30, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Please leave it linked. - Denimadept ( talk) 05:59, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
I have taken it upon myself to completely re-define wikipedia's standards for vandalism and aggressively edit pages without even bothering to consult wikipedia's policy. People like me have absolutely no negative impact on this site, because we are just trying to balance out all the stupid people. I do this because I am so smart! That and I have nothing better to do....
Do you think it's time to wrap up this discussion? I don't know if we need an administrator to close it. – Confession0791 talk 16:53, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
This image is now undeleted and must be considered ineligible due to the other image: File:The Friends Stage cropped.jpg. -- George Ho ( talk) 08:41, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
It's not fair that the Wikia sources cannot be used on Wikipedia when they're both the same sources, but Wikia gets their information before Wikipedia does and I use it! If I can't use Wikia, then where can I find other sources besides Zap2it, FutonCritic, MSN, TVGuide, or any other non-spammed Wikipedia sources? Wikia should be a reliable source because it isn't in the spam filter of sources!! Please talk to me about this because I'm not feeling Wikipedia because of copyright or unreliable sources. ~ RomeAntic 14 22:28, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
I noticed this and you could have the feet only with a conversion to metres. However, why would you want to do that given that the source uses metres? As far as I know only Canada and the US give runway lengths in feet and everybody else uses metres. Although, just to make it confusing most countries use feet for airport elevations. CambridgeBayWeather ( talk) 17:10, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
As I've explained to Drovethrughosts, the table style has been discussed here: Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Friends episodes/archive1. Reviewers have come to a conclusion that WP:TRANSCLUSION should be discouraged, per WP:BOLD and MOS:DTT. Feel free to add your two cents on the matter or make a comment regarding the list there. -- Lemonade51 ( talk) 13:41, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
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Template:Episode list/sublist may have to be removed. Is it really that simple? If so, good work. Regardless, thanks for your efforts. --
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It's awfully quiet over at WP:TV, where are all those caring editors? As Lemonade51 says there, the precedent was set some while back, no-one at the TV project seems to care. The Rambling Man ( talk) 06:57, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey, despite our clearly contrary positions, I really do appreciate your ongoing efforts to resolve this issue (and the peripheral ones). Hope, despite our differences, we can continue to positively debate this and come to a positive conclusion. The Rambling Man ( talk) 20:08, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is " Friends episodes". Thank you. -- George Ho ( talk) 20:47, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
http://www.sodor-island.net/storytellers.html Just found some more information for the Thomas & Friends page. This is a source and this link is not a wiki website page.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigshowandkane64 ( talk • contribs) 23:26, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
Excuse me, there is a mistake I found in the storyteller list with Alec Baldwin. At the end of the sentence there seems to be two dots instead of one for the period. Can you fix that mistake please. Marionluigi49 19:02, 6 May 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marionluigi49 ( talk • contribs)
Hello, I did prod this article, but someone put their hand up and turned it into something sensible and I am now about to move it to where it belongs, hence my revert Regards Crusoe8181 ( talk) 09:30, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
...lol Seriously though, that info might find a better home in Demographics of Sydney. :-) -- Merbabu ( talk) 11:46, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello AussieLegend thank you for your message, just letting you know the reason why that I was adding the "Cancelled Episode" list on the Thomas and Friends series 2 page. Because It's kinda important because "The Missing Coach" was the episode that got cancelled in season 2. That's all, thank you! Trainsareawesome1225 ( talk) 14:17, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Aussie, just an FYI I just refunded Dai Le after a request on my talk page by the creator-- Jac16888 Talk 09:45, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Is this a reliable source? http://www.disneydreaming.com/2012/05/08/the-jessie-disney-channel-original-movie-will-film-this-summer/ Bow-bb ( talk) 15:22, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
It's official. --- 88.193.111.215 ( talk) 16:19, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
(Reposted from Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/Archive 29#Friends episodes to give you a chance to respond if you so choose. If you decide to respond, please answer there.
With all due respect, writing "I won't be posting the diffs as there is simply no need...I'm taking this page off my watchlist, so there's no point asking again." makes you look like you don't have your facts straight. -- Guy Macon ( talk) 05:39, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
I see you have reverted my addition of comparatively pretty small montage image of Sydney in infobox today. I also noticed that some editors don't appreciate the placement of a montage image of Sydney in infobox and among them one editor has impolitely ridiculed me calling it a 'travel brochure'. You informed me today that there is a consensus of not using a montage image of Sydney in the infobox. A consensus is not unchangeable. The reason of this consensus sounds feeble and it is time to reassess it. I strongly argue for an addition of a montage image in the infobox. For instance, can you deny that a compact five-frame montage portraying five various parts of Sydney is not only a quick way to visually summarize the Sydney just like the summarized text information in the infobox, but also reveals its physical appearance to the readers? It also improves the visual information of the page. I also urge you to visit the Wikipedia pages of all major cities like London, Berlin, Rome, New York City, Tokyo, Athens etc. Those pages do contain multi-frame montage images in their respective infoboxes. Some of them are large in size too. If using a montage image is so irrelevant to the article page of a city, then why did other editors include a montage image in the pages of all those major cities? The opposition by the editors of using a montage image in Sydney page looks shamefully biased when they revert an addition of a montage image in Sydney page, although other major city pages contain montage image in infobox. Therefore, I again convene you to turn down this illogical and biased consensus of not using a montage image in infobox of Sydney page. I have also raised this matter in Sydney Talk page. You are welcome to rebut your standing there. All major city pages in Wikipedia have montage images, which suggests an implicit 'global' consensus of using montage image in a major city like Sydney too. And this implicit 'global' consensus, in my opinion, is more meaningful than having a separate 'local' consensus of not using a montage for particularly Sydney page. This particular consensus for Sydney is evidently a discriminatory policy against the standard practices found in other Wikipedia major city pages. Specially, I would like to hear your rebuttal on the use of montage images in Wikipedia city pages like London, Berlin, Rome, New York City, Tokyo, Athens. Thanks Jonah rajxei ( talk) 14:54, 20 May 2012 (UTC
I accidentally zapped one of your edits to The Big Bang Theory when I hit the wrong button. I fixed it but thought I'd let you know, nevertheless. Sorry! — UncleBubba ( T @ C ) 06:31, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Legend! Thanks for all your work in converting Alpine hut infoboxes to use Infobox mountain hut. Please be aware though that there are many, many more hut articles on de.wiki that have yet to be translated and, for us translators, the ability to use "shim templates" like Infobox Schutzhütte is a massive help because it speeds up the transfer of articles and allows us to focus on the tough bit i.e. the translating. So please let's keep it available for now. Thanks again for your diligence and hard work! -- Bermicourt ( talk) 16:00, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
But definition, the acts committed on Whale Wars are eco-terrorism. Your continued efforts to remove this statement violate the neutrality of Wikipedia by deliberately obscuring the facts to promote your own agenda. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.32.226.67 ( talk) 18:59, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
The content report at dispute resolution noticeboard is closed by Steven Zhang as this (amended):
Closing this one as resolved, per the comments. If this issue flares up again, I'd suggest mediation, solely as it's a location where a very long thread or slow progress isn't a major issue.
The mess is over, and... well, I hope things can be calm between you and Rambling Man. -- George Ho ( talk) 10:56, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for telling me! That's great news and thanks for the changes. I like the new format a lot (with the episode title) and such. I'm sure it took a long time and I'm sure there's some people that do not like it, but I like it. Let me know if there's something I can help test or change when it's needed or need help with a dispute. Cheers to you as well - Alec ( talk) 02:19, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I just saw your edit to NCIS episode list so I guess you know that the updates to the template have been pushed into usage. If you find any errors, let me know, and also if you can join in at Template talk:Episode list#New suggestion, that'd be great. I'm off to bed, 'night! Matthewedwards ( talk · contribs) 07:53, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
On the /doc, what does "desirable" exactly mean? Surely you aren't suggesting that adding a viewers column is more important than the other optional columns. 117Avenue ( talk) 03:36, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
I've now raised this at Template talk:Episode list#Viewers. -- AussieLegend ( talk) 09:55, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Aussie! I actually see a lot of accidental choppage like that, and it usually seems to get blamed on a mysterious happening with mobile-phone and/or Firefox edits... and seems to happen much more frequently when Wikipedia's experiencing database lag. I'm guessing that's probably what happened today. :) -- WikHead ( talk) 15:41, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
G'day Aussie, Thanks for your efforts in making St Johns Wood look good. Regarding the population data for St Johns Wood, the link below verifies that the census collection district is the locality of St Johns Wood, therefore it is verifiable information and useful to include. Can it please be put back? Thanks, Ben This link shows the map: http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?locationLastSearchTerm=3230608&locationSearchTerm=3230608&newarea=3230608&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=&geography=&method=Place+of+Usual+Residence&productlabel=&producttype=QuickStats&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=PL&topholder=92&leftholder=0¤taction=104&action=104&textversion=false&subaction=2
This link shows the statistics: http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?locationLastSearchTerm=3230608&locationSearchTerm=3230608&newarea=3230608&submitbutton=View+QuickStats+%3E&mapdisplay=on&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=3230608&geography=&method=Place+of+Usual+Residence&productlabel=&producttype=QuickStats&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=PL&topholder=0&leftholder=0¤taction=104&action=401&textversion=false&subaction=1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benwebboz ( talk • contribs) 20:37, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
OK thanks- sorry I didn't see this reply till now. I am developing my skills so appreciate your work with me and my project. Ben — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benwebboz ( talk • contribs) 06:05, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your clarifications about sourcing on the Korra episode page. I’m very new to Wikipedia, so your help is much appreciated. I hope you did not think those edits were out of bad faith or malice; I didn’t know about the site, but I really thought the information on the page was accurate (isn’t Wikipedia itself proof that that’s possible? A site can have tons of people like you who make honest contributions and still be questionable?). Anyway, I promise to do a better job in the future, I swear, thanks again! Pandakonda ( talk contribs) —Preceding undated comment added 03:07, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Where do I go to infinitely protect " List of Wizards of Waverly Place episodes" from ever being edited again? Just reverted some vandalsim. - Alec ( talk) 01:23, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Please see this revision history for this information on the summary of "Special Delivery": [15] ~ RomeAntic 14 04:53, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
First off, I'd apologise for being unsure how to use Wiki. However, your source is dated. This is Australia's position on Taiwan. http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/taiwan/taiwan_brief.html - 31st of May 2012. ABS's choice of word is controversial and there is no need to use highly sensitive words. The Australian government does not view Taiwan as a province of the PRC (People's Republic of China). You may be confused with the romanticized word 'CHINA'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AeonTW ( talk • contribs) 08:03, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Can you upload this pictures / covers: 1 and 2? I can't do it. Thanks -- LAW CSI ( talk) 10:04, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I'm new to editing Wikipedia and I'm not sure how to do it properly. However, in The Universe (TV series), I saw you splitted new episodes from Season 6 to Season 7. According to the [ show page] and [ IMDb], it listed those new episodes still in Season 6. I think these sources are more reliable than TV Guide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Valfazz ( talk • contribs) 18:35, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
The split into season articles for splitting's sake brigade are back again. So are the "let's create a fancy table for some competition show and never mind whether anyone can actually read it or if it's accurate" IP's are busy as well.
Give me strength. And how are you? -- Drmargi ( talk) 06:32, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
I see you've joined the FNS fray (I wasn't hinting, but glad to have you, all the same!) Any thoughts about a good admin to contact about this? I think a 90-day semi for each of the season articles and a little enforced vacay for our pal would be ideal. What think you? -- Drmargi ( talk) 00:08, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
Well, bunkie, that got us nowhere. Sigh... -- Drmargi ( talk) 06:41, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
Well, she's back at it. FNS yesterday, and Chopped today. She persists in mislabeling food items, misspelling names and the usual revert without edit summary drill. I've contacted the admin who responded to the RFPP (fat lot of good that does), and he's warned her, but it's had no effect. I think ANI may be on the horizon. -- Drmargi ( talk) 02:33, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
And that little spectacle, my friend, is why I go straight to an admin in these cases and say ANI is toothless. That was a pathetic display by our increasingly passive team of admins. But I loved your comment about the thread head! -- Drmargi ( talk) 16:40, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
Aaaaand she's baacckk! One problem edit reverted already. Nothing else so far; she seems to have moved on to Dancing with the Stars. -- Drmargi ( talk) 02:25, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
I'd really prefer it if you could discuss your position without edit warring. The discussion you initiated on my talkpage should have indicated that the use of the template is, like your other assertions regarding transclusions (e.g. where to edit the summaries, production codes etc, where to find the main body of these episode lists etc), obvious to the editors with the addition of notes. I have added a note. I don't understand how you could you possibly object to the note. The Rambling Man ( talk) 09:27, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Done. Dougweller ( talk) 17:00, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
I knew, I knew. Again, again, again. AussieLegend or Bidgee, Bidgee or AussieLegend etc... OK, I remember this and his description of the changes "You were reverted, it is opposed. Take it to the article's talk page and discuss it there". It works both ways. Soon I make changes to the article, you can not go back without discussion. Otherwise, alert on Wikipedia:Administrators and later - investigation on Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee to permanently account's block. Already, a dozen people ready to testify in this case. Sorry. For a long time, you are (with User:Bidgee) create a monopoly in the articles about Sydney and rest of Australia. Other users can not change anything in this articles without discussion or consent from you and/or Bidgee, while you (and your accomplice) do what you want, without the consent of the other users. This is unacceptable and contrary to the principles and the idea of Wikipedia. Wikipedia is free encyclopedia - anyone can change it. Therefore it is necessary to alert administrators. This is an official warning, so as you did not say "that you know nothing about this". Maybe it funny for you, but not for others users. If you want a dictatorship you please create your own encyclopedia. This is last warning. Subtropical-man ( talk) 22:31, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Subtropical-man disruptive editing. Thank you. — Bidgee ( talk) 23:31, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
'kay, I was thinking that instagram is BooG!e's who plays T-bo on the show, but we really don't know. I will not add it untill there's a reliable source. Bow-bb ( talk) 10:08, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
https://twitter.com/#!/YaBoyBooGie/media/slideshow?url=http%3A%2F%2Finstagr.am%2Fp%2FL0nmClBJiq%2F And is that BooG!e's real account? Bow-bb ( talk) 10:42, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I've been a way for a while due to computer issues, and have only just become aware of your edits to The Missing Coach. I agree in part - yes, the notability is somewhat questionable, and ideally the references could be improved. However, I disagree with your allplot tag, and have boldly removed it, and also disagree with your view on the reliability of the references I originally provided. First of all - http://www.sodor-island.net/davidmittoninterview.html; your abrupt explanation of it being a fansite is irrelevant, as it is purely an interview with the director of Thomas & Friends, the location of it makes no difference. Secondly, while I may not have made it clear, the book The Twin Engines comprises, as do all Railway Series books, of multiple stories, one of these entitled The Missing Coach. Like all Thomas and Friends episodes at that time, they were based on a story out of the Railway Series, the David Mitton interview also mentions "There's been a rumour floating around for a while about a story from the Railway Series - "The Missing Coach" which is said to be a lost episode [my formatting] - any reaction to this?" - so I do not see how this innocuous and previously referenced link constitutes original research, as your tag suggests. I assume you made the changes in good faith, and as such would like to hear your thoughts on the points mentioned above. Many thanks, Acather96 ( talk) 20:35, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
from what i have been reading this bot is broke with no ata for fix and advice is to use cluebot it aint perfect but does the job and all records of archives are kept Andrewcrawford ( talk - contrib) 07:59, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
It is arching spordiacally User_talk:Misza13#MiszaBots_are_malfunctioning and not archived since 6th june for any tlak pages i dnt think it the config it jsut hte bot there something wrong with it, ok if the bot doesnt achvie say with the next 3-4 weeks we start a discussion on talk page of converting to cluebot since it clearly works? Andrewcrawford ( talk - contrib) 13:50, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
quote "MiszaBot I (talk · contribs) is not completing a full cycle through all of the talk pages. The last two runs it stopped in the I's and the M's. . Brad (talk) 07:32, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
MiszaBot II (talk · contribs) Since June 6th it has only been archiving the administrators noticeboard. Brad (talk) 07:07, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
MiszaBot III (talk · contribs) has not run since June 8th." it says II only archivign adminsitrator noticeboard only, iii not running, and i not goign past i or m, they admit there a problem with it and it aint archiving everything, i agree it went quite but there plenty there that can go and not needed anymore so if there is any other discussion it can be seen and found easier, but yeah it can wait but not foirever Andrewcrawford ( talk - contrib) 15:11, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
A user with the IP address, 24.248.40.226, had vandalized the List of episodes page for A.N.T. Farm and I had to correct it. I suggest that we block unregistered users from editing any page on Wikipedia, so we may be able to more easily find vandals.
WikiSpector ( talk) 15:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment vis a vis the infobox. I had a look and will include the location details etc in the lead sentence. I will change the sentence to reflect that they now have several offices but Friday Harbour is the main one. Will have to think on the wording. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rough hewn and made of wood ( talk • contribs) 03:07, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm well aware that guidelines are, well, guidelines, but I don't see any basis for objection to these edits. As you quote "Post-nominal letters indicating academic degrees (including honorary degrees) should not be included following the subject's name in the first line (although they may occasionally be used in articles of which the person with the degree is not the subject to clarify their qualifications)." And that's exactly what I did. The articles mention degrees all over the place, so nothing was taken out. There is clearly no benefit to listing the degrees everywhere, and this is not consistent with the way acaedmic qualifications are used in the real world (trust me, I'm an acadmic with a Ph.D. myself. Anyone who insisted on being called Joe Blow, Ph.D. would be considered massively douchy). So the first part of your comment "The qualifications of the central cast has been the subject of substantial discussion, so inclusion is part of properly documenting a work of fiction, where we necessarily apply a different set of guidelines than we do for real people" is completely nonsensical, since those qualifications have not been removed. And for the second, please point me to this discussion where there either was or wasn't a clear consensus (you contradicted yourself on that point) that the guidelines are "necessarily" different for fictional characters, especially when we're only talking about removal of post-nominals only, not removal of any information, despite your false characterization of my edits.
As for Sheldon's Sc.D., it's been stated several times that he has 2 Ph.D.s, so it's going to be wrong either way. Except 2 Ph.D.s has been clearly stated multiple times whereas the Sc.D. was mentioned once in an offhand way and is pretty obviously a writer's mistake. But if having the Sc.D. there is more important to you than the most consistent version of the character's backstory, then by all means put it back in. As mentioned it's wrong either way, but insisting for the version that contradicts the more solidly established backstory is pretty obviously ridiculous.
And WRT references, I actually fixed many of these, including some that were broken when I got there. If I missed one, sorry. Since you're probably going through and reverting all my edits without even looking at them, you might try not re-breaking things.
Personally I disagree with mass rejection of constructive edits, especially when the edits are backed with a clear understanding of wikipedia guidelines and the established conventions used for post-nominals in the real world, but I have no desire to edit war so I swear I will never touch another BBT related article for fear of offending your sensibilities. I only replied in case you do actually care more for wikipedia than your rejection of my edits would indicate ( WP:AGF and all that). PigArcher ( talk) 09:20, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
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Greetings! First, let me apologize for having gotten a bit heated with you in the above-referenced discussion. I hope you'll understand that from my perspective, that is the perspective of someone who is literally a student of the industry, this is a binary question of right/wrong and I was getting frustrated at what I perceive to be a simple "wrong." That is not an excuse for writing several of the more untoward things I wrote in the discussion, but I hope it helps explain it a bit. Now. I looked at a new comment in the discussion last night and it occurred to me that the real issue here is that there are two things under discussion: whether it is appropriate to merge the content of the articles, and whether the "advertising" article is an appropriate umbrella for that content. As I think I've made a bit clear, I oppose the latter (have you noticed?). That said, I enthusiastically support merging the content of the two articles. I think having separate articles for each individual facet of Apple's promotional efforts is more than a little silly, and is plainly counterproductive for the reader. It's inefficient.
To that end, I've proposed a compromise in the above discussion, which I'm curious to hear your thoughts on. If you oppose it, that is fine -- I'm trying to step back from any real debate in the discussion because it's obvious I lose my cool too quickly with this topic. I think it's a fair compromise though. I'm essentially proposing merging the two articles under a new title that more properly reflects Apple's PR and advertising efforts as distinct but equal and related parts of their overall promotional strategy. This new article could, at some point, be expanded to cover Apple's marketing efforts in general (which I think would make for an outstanding article, but that's an aside). ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡ bomb 13:17, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
The other users seem to be incapable of telling wether or not a character appears in an episode of a Disney show. As one one of the characters. Emma Ross, didn't appear in 2 episodes, while per users incorrectly think that she did appear in those two episodes. WikiSpector ( talk) 10:34, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
Guess what favorite friend is back, and sussed by another user: [1]? -- Drmargi ( talk) 21:46, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
My apologies, again. I thought i wasn't doing anything bad since I hid them and was going to refer to the sources afterwards, again sorry. Also, i want to let you know that i added the rankings of Season 3 of the night in the Canada one, i used the same websites listed as references and just added them then.
NightSkyBlueDays ( talk) 01:17, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
I know, you're having a shoulder-sagging response that I'm back, but would you do me a small favor? I've gotten caught up in a rather, uh, lively and involved discussion in an article about tea, that started as a simple issue of whether a source for a statement was reliable and has turned into a long-winded mass of misdirections and diversionary arguments, with lashings of making and taking personal for good measure. What a mess. But that's peripheral to the help I need. One editor has approached another about returning the discussion with the following talk page post. Does that rise to the level of either canvassing or meatpuppetry? I'm a little fuzzy on both, and frankly, so annoyed with the whole situation, I'm not sure what to think. Would you mind taking a peek and giving me your opinion? Thanks! -- Drmargi ( talk) 07:47, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
I just undid and redirected the season articles for The Glades (TV series), which had not been discussed, and had no content save an overly-detailed ratings table. I predict a fight from the season article for their own sake set. Sigh...
And a happy Easter to you! -- Drmargi ( talk) 13:20, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
Short notice: I undid your recent revert on NCIS: Los Angeles. I think you confused the abbreviations there, since the abbreviation "OSP" has been used multiple times to shorten the name "Office of Special Projects", which is the official name of the LA division (which explains why "NCIS: OSP" was one of the names considered for the show). Hetty is the manager of the whole division so "OSP manager" makes more sense than "OPS manager" (that would be "Ops manager" anyway). Regards So Why 21:21, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
This is regarding the edit you made here. Shouldn't we just make the "preview" episode of Fish Hooks episode 1 instead of 0? All other shows that were a "sneak preview" all start with episode 1.
Also "We've Got Fish Spirit, Parts I & II" and "Fish School Musical, Parts 1 & 2" should be listed as 33 & 37 respectively and they aired as just one continuous episode. - Alec2011 ( talk) 04:57, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello. You have
a new message at GoingBatty's talk page.
GoingBatty (
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15:30, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Please leave it linked. - Denimadept ( talk) 05:59, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
I have taken it upon myself to completely re-define wikipedia's standards for vandalism and aggressively edit pages without even bothering to consult wikipedia's policy. People like me have absolutely no negative impact on this site, because we are just trying to balance out all the stupid people. I do this because I am so smart! That and I have nothing better to do....
Do you think it's time to wrap up this discussion? I don't know if we need an administrator to close it. – Confession0791 talk 16:53, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
This image is now undeleted and must be considered ineligible due to the other image: File:The Friends Stage cropped.jpg. -- George Ho ( talk) 08:41, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
It's not fair that the Wikia sources cannot be used on Wikipedia when they're both the same sources, but Wikia gets their information before Wikipedia does and I use it! If I can't use Wikia, then where can I find other sources besides Zap2it, FutonCritic, MSN, TVGuide, or any other non-spammed Wikipedia sources? Wikia should be a reliable source because it isn't in the spam filter of sources!! Please talk to me about this because I'm not feeling Wikipedia because of copyright or unreliable sources. ~ RomeAntic 14 22:28, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
I noticed this and you could have the feet only with a conversion to metres. However, why would you want to do that given that the source uses metres? As far as I know only Canada and the US give runway lengths in feet and everybody else uses metres. Although, just to make it confusing most countries use feet for airport elevations. CambridgeBayWeather ( talk) 17:10, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
As I've explained to Drovethrughosts, the table style has been discussed here: Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Friends episodes/archive1. Reviewers have come to a conclusion that WP:TRANSCLUSION should be discouraged, per WP:BOLD and MOS:DTT. Feel free to add your two cents on the matter or make a comment regarding the list there. -- Lemonade51 ( talk) 13:41, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
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is set the difference between episode entries is still blatantly clear. Transclusion seems to work still, although the shading for |EvenRowColor=
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Template:Episode list/sublist may have to be removed. Is it really that simple? If so, good work. Regardless, thanks for your efforts. --
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It's awfully quiet over at WP:TV, where are all those caring editors? As Lemonade51 says there, the precedent was set some while back, no-one at the TV project seems to care. The Rambling Man ( talk) 06:57, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey, despite our clearly contrary positions, I really do appreciate your ongoing efforts to resolve this issue (and the peripheral ones). Hope, despite our differences, we can continue to positively debate this and come to a positive conclusion. The Rambling Man ( talk) 20:08, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is " Friends episodes". Thank you. -- George Ho ( talk) 20:47, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
http://www.sodor-island.net/storytellers.html Just found some more information for the Thomas & Friends page. This is a source and this link is not a wiki website page.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigshowandkane64 ( talk • contribs) 23:26, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
Excuse me, there is a mistake I found in the storyteller list with Alec Baldwin. At the end of the sentence there seems to be two dots instead of one for the period. Can you fix that mistake please. Marionluigi49 19:02, 6 May 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marionluigi49 ( talk • contribs)
Hello, I did prod this article, but someone put their hand up and turned it into something sensible and I am now about to move it to where it belongs, hence my revert Regards Crusoe8181 ( talk) 09:30, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
...lol Seriously though, that info might find a better home in Demographics of Sydney. :-) -- Merbabu ( talk) 11:46, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello AussieLegend thank you for your message, just letting you know the reason why that I was adding the "Cancelled Episode" list on the Thomas and Friends series 2 page. Because It's kinda important because "The Missing Coach" was the episode that got cancelled in season 2. That's all, thank you! Trainsareawesome1225 ( talk) 14:17, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Aussie, just an FYI I just refunded Dai Le after a request on my talk page by the creator-- Jac16888 Talk 09:45, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Is this a reliable source? http://www.disneydreaming.com/2012/05/08/the-jessie-disney-channel-original-movie-will-film-this-summer/ Bow-bb ( talk) 15:22, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
It's official. --- 88.193.111.215 ( talk) 16:19, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
(Reposted from Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/Archive 29#Friends episodes to give you a chance to respond if you so choose. If you decide to respond, please answer there.
With all due respect, writing "I won't be posting the diffs as there is simply no need...I'm taking this page off my watchlist, so there's no point asking again." makes you look like you don't have your facts straight. -- Guy Macon ( talk) 05:39, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
I see you have reverted my addition of comparatively pretty small montage image of Sydney in infobox today. I also noticed that some editors don't appreciate the placement of a montage image of Sydney in infobox and among them one editor has impolitely ridiculed me calling it a 'travel brochure'. You informed me today that there is a consensus of not using a montage image of Sydney in the infobox. A consensus is not unchangeable. The reason of this consensus sounds feeble and it is time to reassess it. I strongly argue for an addition of a montage image in the infobox. For instance, can you deny that a compact five-frame montage portraying five various parts of Sydney is not only a quick way to visually summarize the Sydney just like the summarized text information in the infobox, but also reveals its physical appearance to the readers? It also improves the visual information of the page. I also urge you to visit the Wikipedia pages of all major cities like London, Berlin, Rome, New York City, Tokyo, Athens etc. Those pages do contain multi-frame montage images in their respective infoboxes. Some of them are large in size too. If using a montage image is so irrelevant to the article page of a city, then why did other editors include a montage image in the pages of all those major cities? The opposition by the editors of using a montage image in Sydney page looks shamefully biased when they revert an addition of a montage image in Sydney page, although other major city pages contain montage image in infobox. Therefore, I again convene you to turn down this illogical and biased consensus of not using a montage image in infobox of Sydney page. I have also raised this matter in Sydney Talk page. You are welcome to rebut your standing there. All major city pages in Wikipedia have montage images, which suggests an implicit 'global' consensus of using montage image in a major city like Sydney too. And this implicit 'global' consensus, in my opinion, is more meaningful than having a separate 'local' consensus of not using a montage for particularly Sydney page. This particular consensus for Sydney is evidently a discriminatory policy against the standard practices found in other Wikipedia major city pages. Specially, I would like to hear your rebuttal on the use of montage images in Wikipedia city pages like London, Berlin, Rome, New York City, Tokyo, Athens. Thanks Jonah rajxei ( talk) 14:54, 20 May 2012 (UTC
I accidentally zapped one of your edits to The Big Bang Theory when I hit the wrong button. I fixed it but thought I'd let you know, nevertheless. Sorry! — UncleBubba ( T @ C ) 06:31, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Legend! Thanks for all your work in converting Alpine hut infoboxes to use Infobox mountain hut. Please be aware though that there are many, many more hut articles on de.wiki that have yet to be translated and, for us translators, the ability to use "shim templates" like Infobox Schutzhütte is a massive help because it speeds up the transfer of articles and allows us to focus on the tough bit i.e. the translating. So please let's keep it available for now. Thanks again for your diligence and hard work! -- Bermicourt ( talk) 16:00, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
But definition, the acts committed on Whale Wars are eco-terrorism. Your continued efforts to remove this statement violate the neutrality of Wikipedia by deliberately obscuring the facts to promote your own agenda. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.32.226.67 ( talk) 18:59, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
The content report at dispute resolution noticeboard is closed by Steven Zhang as this (amended):
Closing this one as resolved, per the comments. If this issue flares up again, I'd suggest mediation, solely as it's a location where a very long thread or slow progress isn't a major issue.
The mess is over, and... well, I hope things can be calm between you and Rambling Man. -- George Ho ( talk) 10:56, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for telling me! That's great news and thanks for the changes. I like the new format a lot (with the episode title) and such. I'm sure it took a long time and I'm sure there's some people that do not like it, but I like it. Let me know if there's something I can help test or change when it's needed or need help with a dispute. Cheers to you as well - Alec ( talk) 02:19, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I just saw your edit to NCIS episode list so I guess you know that the updates to the template have been pushed into usage. If you find any errors, let me know, and also if you can join in at Template talk:Episode list#New suggestion, that'd be great. I'm off to bed, 'night! Matthewedwards ( talk · contribs) 07:53, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
On the /doc, what does "desirable" exactly mean? Surely you aren't suggesting that adding a viewers column is more important than the other optional columns. 117Avenue ( talk) 03:36, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
I've now raised this at Template talk:Episode list#Viewers. -- AussieLegend ( talk) 09:55, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Aussie! I actually see a lot of accidental choppage like that, and it usually seems to get blamed on a mysterious happening with mobile-phone and/or Firefox edits... and seems to happen much more frequently when Wikipedia's experiencing database lag. I'm guessing that's probably what happened today. :) -- WikHead ( talk) 15:41, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
G'day Aussie, Thanks for your efforts in making St Johns Wood look good. Regarding the population data for St Johns Wood, the link below verifies that the census collection district is the locality of St Johns Wood, therefore it is verifiable information and useful to include. Can it please be put back? Thanks, Ben This link shows the map: http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?locationLastSearchTerm=3230608&locationSearchTerm=3230608&newarea=3230608&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=&geography=&method=Place+of+Usual+Residence&productlabel=&producttype=QuickStats&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=PL&topholder=92&leftholder=0¤taction=104&action=104&textversion=false&subaction=2
This link shows the statistics: http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?locationLastSearchTerm=3230608&locationSearchTerm=3230608&newarea=3230608&submitbutton=View+QuickStats+%3E&mapdisplay=on&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=3230608&geography=&method=Place+of+Usual+Residence&productlabel=&producttype=QuickStats&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=PL&topholder=0&leftholder=0¤taction=104&action=401&textversion=false&subaction=1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benwebboz ( talk • contribs) 20:37, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
OK thanks- sorry I didn't see this reply till now. I am developing my skills so appreciate your work with me and my project. Ben — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benwebboz ( talk • contribs) 06:05, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your clarifications about sourcing on the Korra episode page. I’m very new to Wikipedia, so your help is much appreciated. I hope you did not think those edits were out of bad faith or malice; I didn’t know about the site, but I really thought the information on the page was accurate (isn’t Wikipedia itself proof that that’s possible? A site can have tons of people like you who make honest contributions and still be questionable?). Anyway, I promise to do a better job in the future, I swear, thanks again! Pandakonda ( talk contribs) —Preceding undated comment added 03:07, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Where do I go to infinitely protect " List of Wizards of Waverly Place episodes" from ever being edited again? Just reverted some vandalsim. - Alec ( talk) 01:23, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Please see this revision history for this information on the summary of "Special Delivery": [15] ~ RomeAntic 14 04:53, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
First off, I'd apologise for being unsure how to use Wiki. However, your source is dated. This is Australia's position on Taiwan. http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/taiwan/taiwan_brief.html - 31st of May 2012. ABS's choice of word is controversial and there is no need to use highly sensitive words. The Australian government does not view Taiwan as a province of the PRC (People's Republic of China). You may be confused with the romanticized word 'CHINA'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AeonTW ( talk • contribs) 08:03, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Can you upload this pictures / covers: 1 and 2? I can't do it. Thanks -- LAW CSI ( talk) 10:04, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I'm new to editing Wikipedia and I'm not sure how to do it properly. However, in The Universe (TV series), I saw you splitted new episodes from Season 6 to Season 7. According to the [ show page] and [ IMDb], it listed those new episodes still in Season 6. I think these sources are more reliable than TV Guide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Valfazz ( talk • contribs) 18:35, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
The split into season articles for splitting's sake brigade are back again. So are the "let's create a fancy table for some competition show and never mind whether anyone can actually read it or if it's accurate" IP's are busy as well.
Give me strength. And how are you? -- Drmargi ( talk) 06:32, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
I see you've joined the FNS fray (I wasn't hinting, but glad to have you, all the same!) Any thoughts about a good admin to contact about this? I think a 90-day semi for each of the season articles and a little enforced vacay for our pal would be ideal. What think you? -- Drmargi ( talk) 00:08, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
Well, bunkie, that got us nowhere. Sigh... -- Drmargi ( talk) 06:41, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
Well, she's back at it. FNS yesterday, and Chopped today. She persists in mislabeling food items, misspelling names and the usual revert without edit summary drill. I've contacted the admin who responded to the RFPP (fat lot of good that does), and he's warned her, but it's had no effect. I think ANI may be on the horizon. -- Drmargi ( talk) 02:33, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
And that little spectacle, my friend, is why I go straight to an admin in these cases and say ANI is toothless. That was a pathetic display by our increasingly passive team of admins. But I loved your comment about the thread head! -- Drmargi ( talk) 16:40, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
Aaaaand she's baacckk! One problem edit reverted already. Nothing else so far; she seems to have moved on to Dancing with the Stars. -- Drmargi ( talk) 02:25, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
I'd really prefer it if you could discuss your position without edit warring. The discussion you initiated on my talkpage should have indicated that the use of the template is, like your other assertions regarding transclusions (e.g. where to edit the summaries, production codes etc, where to find the main body of these episode lists etc), obvious to the editors with the addition of notes. I have added a note. I don't understand how you could you possibly object to the note. The Rambling Man ( talk) 09:27, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Done. Dougweller ( talk) 17:00, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
I knew, I knew. Again, again, again. AussieLegend or Bidgee, Bidgee or AussieLegend etc... OK, I remember this and his description of the changes "You were reverted, it is opposed. Take it to the article's talk page and discuss it there". It works both ways. Soon I make changes to the article, you can not go back without discussion. Otherwise, alert on Wikipedia:Administrators and later - investigation on Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee to permanently account's block. Already, a dozen people ready to testify in this case. Sorry. For a long time, you are (with User:Bidgee) create a monopoly in the articles about Sydney and rest of Australia. Other users can not change anything in this articles without discussion or consent from you and/or Bidgee, while you (and your accomplice) do what you want, without the consent of the other users. This is unacceptable and contrary to the principles and the idea of Wikipedia. Wikipedia is free encyclopedia - anyone can change it. Therefore it is necessary to alert administrators. This is an official warning, so as you did not say "that you know nothing about this". Maybe it funny for you, but not for others users. If you want a dictatorship you please create your own encyclopedia. This is last warning. Subtropical-man ( talk) 22:31, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Subtropical-man disruptive editing. Thank you. — Bidgee ( talk) 23:31, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
'kay, I was thinking that instagram is BooG!e's who plays T-bo on the show, but we really don't know. I will not add it untill there's a reliable source. Bow-bb ( talk) 10:08, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
https://twitter.com/#!/YaBoyBooGie/media/slideshow?url=http%3A%2F%2Finstagr.am%2Fp%2FL0nmClBJiq%2F And is that BooG!e's real account? Bow-bb ( talk) 10:42, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I've been a way for a while due to computer issues, and have only just become aware of your edits to The Missing Coach. I agree in part - yes, the notability is somewhat questionable, and ideally the references could be improved. However, I disagree with your allplot tag, and have boldly removed it, and also disagree with your view on the reliability of the references I originally provided. First of all - http://www.sodor-island.net/davidmittoninterview.html; your abrupt explanation of it being a fansite is irrelevant, as it is purely an interview with the director of Thomas & Friends, the location of it makes no difference. Secondly, while I may not have made it clear, the book The Twin Engines comprises, as do all Railway Series books, of multiple stories, one of these entitled The Missing Coach. Like all Thomas and Friends episodes at that time, they were based on a story out of the Railway Series, the David Mitton interview also mentions "There's been a rumour floating around for a while about a story from the Railway Series - "The Missing Coach" which is said to be a lost episode [my formatting] - any reaction to this?" - so I do not see how this innocuous and previously referenced link constitutes original research, as your tag suggests. I assume you made the changes in good faith, and as such would like to hear your thoughts on the points mentioned above. Many thanks, Acather96 ( talk) 20:35, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
from what i have been reading this bot is broke with no ata for fix and advice is to use cluebot it aint perfect but does the job and all records of archives are kept Andrewcrawford ( talk - contrib) 07:59, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
It is arching spordiacally User_talk:Misza13#MiszaBots_are_malfunctioning and not archived since 6th june for any tlak pages i dnt think it the config it jsut hte bot there something wrong with it, ok if the bot doesnt achvie say with the next 3-4 weeks we start a discussion on talk page of converting to cluebot since it clearly works? Andrewcrawford ( talk - contrib) 13:50, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
quote "MiszaBot I (talk · contribs) is not completing a full cycle through all of the talk pages. The last two runs it stopped in the I's and the M's. . Brad (talk) 07:32, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
MiszaBot II (talk · contribs) Since June 6th it has only been archiving the administrators noticeboard. Brad (talk) 07:07, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
MiszaBot III (talk · contribs) has not run since June 8th." it says II only archivign adminsitrator noticeboard only, iii not running, and i not goign past i or m, they admit there a problem with it and it aint archiving everything, i agree it went quite but there plenty there that can go and not needed anymore so if there is any other discussion it can be seen and found easier, but yeah it can wait but not foirever Andrewcrawford ( talk - contrib) 15:11, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
A user with the IP address, 24.248.40.226, had vandalized the List of episodes page for A.N.T. Farm and I had to correct it. I suggest that we block unregistered users from editing any page on Wikipedia, so we may be able to more easily find vandals.
WikiSpector ( talk) 15:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment vis a vis the infobox. I had a look and will include the location details etc in the lead sentence. I will change the sentence to reflect that they now have several offices but Friday Harbour is the main one. Will have to think on the wording. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rough hewn and made of wood ( talk • contribs) 03:07, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm well aware that guidelines are, well, guidelines, but I don't see any basis for objection to these edits. As you quote "Post-nominal letters indicating academic degrees (including honorary degrees) should not be included following the subject's name in the first line (although they may occasionally be used in articles of which the person with the degree is not the subject to clarify their qualifications)." And that's exactly what I did. The articles mention degrees all over the place, so nothing was taken out. There is clearly no benefit to listing the degrees everywhere, and this is not consistent with the way acaedmic qualifications are used in the real world (trust me, I'm an acadmic with a Ph.D. myself. Anyone who insisted on being called Joe Blow, Ph.D. would be considered massively douchy). So the first part of your comment "The qualifications of the central cast has been the subject of substantial discussion, so inclusion is part of properly documenting a work of fiction, where we necessarily apply a different set of guidelines than we do for real people" is completely nonsensical, since those qualifications have not been removed. And for the second, please point me to this discussion where there either was or wasn't a clear consensus (you contradicted yourself on that point) that the guidelines are "necessarily" different for fictional characters, especially when we're only talking about removal of post-nominals only, not removal of any information, despite your false characterization of my edits.
As for Sheldon's Sc.D., it's been stated several times that he has 2 Ph.D.s, so it's going to be wrong either way. Except 2 Ph.D.s has been clearly stated multiple times whereas the Sc.D. was mentioned once in an offhand way and is pretty obviously a writer's mistake. But if having the Sc.D. there is more important to you than the most consistent version of the character's backstory, then by all means put it back in. As mentioned it's wrong either way, but insisting for the version that contradicts the more solidly established backstory is pretty obviously ridiculous.
And WRT references, I actually fixed many of these, including some that were broken when I got there. If I missed one, sorry. Since you're probably going through and reverting all my edits without even looking at them, you might try not re-breaking things.
Personally I disagree with mass rejection of constructive edits, especially when the edits are backed with a clear understanding of wikipedia guidelines and the established conventions used for post-nominals in the real world, but I have no desire to edit war so I swear I will never touch another BBT related article for fear of offending your sensibilities. I only replied in case you do actually care more for wikipedia than your rejection of my edits would indicate ( WP:AGF and all that). PigArcher ( talk) 09:20, 25 June 2012 (UTC)