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My framegrabs for " He Loves to Fly and He D'oh's" show stores in Springfield Mall named: Restoration Software, Designer S'mores, Jewelry, Crazy E.T.'s Phone Home, The Shoe-Inn, Box Barn, Ah, Fudge!, Cost-Mo
Yours truly, Sup3rior ( talk • 02:03, 25 September 2007 (UTC).
Yours truly, Sup3rior ( talk • 02:03, 25 September 2007 (UTC).
No idea. -- Scorpion 0422 03:09, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
I'm...not really sure, to be honest with you. I guess I've been editing too long. Time to step away from the computer for a little while. :) Cheers, faithless (speak) 03:24, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
I see you've been on a contraction removal campaign. I don't know if you're using some kind of automated feature of AWB or if you're doing it manually, but in either case please try to be careful about removing contractions that belong -- such as in Bart vs. Australia, where you turned " Don't tread on me" into " Do not tread on me". I would say that as a general rule you should avoid removing contractions from links and quotes, since such an action is likely to either break links or cause quotes to become inaccurate. Thanks.
I'm not sure if you noticed but you've already been approved -- you're listed both as "awaiting approval" and as "recently approved", so you might want to remove yourself from the first list. Just a heads-up.
It's traditional to not delete talk page comments but rather to archive them. I've taken the liberty of restoring the comments you removed from your talk page to User talk:Ctjf83/Archive 1. If you decide to keep the archive, I can also put an archive box at the top of your talk page similar to the one I have, so that you and others can see archived comments. You're also free to blank the archive page or have it deleted if you like, as I don't think it's an actual policy that user talk pages must be archived. Just figured I'd get you started in case you didn't know how to make archives.
Thanks for checking with me. I reverted your changes, not because they're vandalism, but because they created an odd layout (huge whitespace) and put an unnecessary break in the text. A big thing is that Wikipedia displays differently on different sizes of monitors; while the previous layout looks bad on your monitor, your layout looks bad on mine. Do you want a third opinion to help with this? Nyttend 05:22, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Go to 'my preferences' and where it says Signature you put in a code. For instance, mine is [[User:Faithlessthewonderboy|<span style="color:blue">'''faithless'''</span>]] [[User talk:Faithlessthewonderboy|<small><span style="color:black">(<sup>'''speak'''</sup>)</span></small>]] :) faithless (speak) 00:02, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Try this: [[User:Ctjf83|<span style="color:red">'''C'''</span><span style="color:orange">'''t'''</span><span style="color:yellow">'''j'''</span><span style="color:green">'''f'''</span><span style="color:blue">'''8'''</span><span style="color:purple">'''3'''</span>]] faithless (speak) 00:16, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Hmm...try [[User:Ctjf83|<span style="color:red">'''C'''<span style="color:orange">'''t'''<span style="color:yellow">'''j'''<span style="color:green">'''f'''<span style="color:blue">'''8'''<span style="color:purple">'''3'''</span>]] faithless (speak) 00:26, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
That's weird, it should look like this: Ctjf83. Did you check the box? Oh, and it's okay, I don't mind. :) faithless (speak) 00:31, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
This is a test. Try [[User:Ctjf83|'''<font color="#ff0000">C<font color="#ff6600">t<font color="#ffff00">j<font color="#00ff00">f<font color="#0000ff">8<font color="#9900ff">3</font>''']] and don't check the box. [[User:Ctjf83|'''<font color="#ff0000">C<font color="#ff6600">t<font color="#ffff00">j<font color="#00ff00">f<font color="#0000ff">8<font color="#9900ff">3</font>''']] 00:56, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Another test: Try [[User:Ctjf83|'''<font color="#ff0000">C</font><font color="#ff6600">t</font><font color="#ffff00">j</font><font color="#00ff00">f</font><font color="#0000ff">8</font><font color="#9900ff">3</font>''']] and check the box. Ctjf83 01:00, 26 September 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Faithlessthewonderboy ( talk • contribs)
You're welcome. If you want to tweak the colors at all, you might find this site useful. :) faithless (speak) 04:23, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Unfortunately it doesn't work that way... I can set up automatic archiving, which would automatically archive discussions that have been inactive for a certain amount of time (anywhere from a day to a month or more, whatever time period we set). Let me know if you want that done. Otherwise, archiving needs to be done by cutting and pasting; You'd need to cut discussions from here and paste them into User talk:Ctjf83/Archive 1.
|algo = old(3d)
. "3d" means "3 days". You can change this to "5d" to make it 5 days, or any other number of days. Note that if you change the setting, the number in the orange box that's displayed on the top of this page won't change -- to change the displayed number, find the text age=3
and change that to the new number of days. I just moved your LGBT box to your user page.
Well it would be a gradual process. Converting the pages to an FL standard takes a while. But just switching the templates to the episode list template (with writers, directors etc.) wouldn't take as long. So it might be worth it to get some uniformity in the pages, and then slowly get each (of at least 1-10) up to FL standard. Gran 2 20:14, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
One could argue that Homer's "D'OH!"s are essential to his character too, but there isn't a list of the number of times he's said d'oh on the Homer page. The entire section is made up of quotes, which are discouraged, especially when a section is that big. As well, it is fancruft. -- Scorpion 0422 02:43, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Also, Ctjf83, to get in and answer while Scorpion is unavailable, an OR section is something unverifiable, a section deemed Original Research. You can read about it in more detail at WP:OR. THE DARK LORD TROMBONATOR 05:23, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
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Delivered on 17:31, 11 October 2007 (UTC).
Excuse the delay in not responding, I did see your first message but I got sidetracked by other issues. I have one for the whole country, which I haven't completely checked for accuracy. I've been busy with some other things. I have since discovered a (blank) map covering the U.S. and Canada (not just the U.S.) so I'm considering moving my map to that one as a base for the complete map. If you're interested I can let you have a copy subject to the understanding it might have errors or omissions. Paul Robinson (Rfc1394) 01:58, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
There is a map of Iowa now available,
Image:Area code IA.svg, check out the page for
Area code 712 for an example.
Paul Robinson (Rfc1394) 03:45, 15 October 2007 (UTC) Update check out all of the area code pages for Iowa, they all now have maps and cross-index boxes (a cross-index box provides links to all nearby area codes).
Paul Robinson (Rfc1394)
04:19, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Second Update: There is now a general map for the whole state (see
List of Iowa area codes as well as 5 maps each highlighting the particular area code. See: {{
Area code IA}}
The discussion can be found here. When the page was first created, I had hoped that it would be a sourced analysis of how The Simpsons uses stereotypes during its travel shows, and perhaps evolve into somewhat decent article. Instead, it has become a rather useless list. I have considered nominating it for deletion again, but I think it would be a bad idea considering that there was an AFD a few months ago. -- Scorpion 0422 20:14, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
It's usually automatic, but if it's not, simply type __TOC__
on a new line (that's two underscores, "TOC", then another two underscores) wherever you want the table of contents to display. Usually you're supposed to put it just after the introductory section.
Done :)
Lol, no problems. :) *Cremepuff 222* 06:32, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
The article would have been targeted no matter what. The new version follows policy better than the old version did. -- Scorpion 0422 19:53, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
No, I'm right. It's a plural possessive because the house belongs to all five of the Simpsons, not just one of them. This is correct usage. See this college grammar guide, which specifically uses "the Simpsons' house" as an example. If you don't believe me, go to WP:RFC, or something. Zagalejo ^ ^ ^ 04:34, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
To respond to your message, a section on neighborhoods could help, as long as you can come up with some reliably-sourced material on them. Iamanadam mentioned Dubuque as an article to use as an example of a good Iowa city article in his argument above, and I agree since that article has some good, sourced material (moreso than Davenport or even Des Moines). Incidentally, have you considered joining WikiProject Iowa? -- Iowahwyman 22:07, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
The NONFREE policy prohibits the excessive use of screenshots, so we can't post too many. Generally, four is an acceptable number, as long as the images are rationalized by the content of the article. As for capturing images, you'll need to download a player called "VLC Player", just google it, go to the official website and you can get a free download. You can play DVDs using it, and from there you SHOULD have no problem capturing images. -- Scorpion 0422 01:58, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
You'll need to listen to the DVD commentary and get some production info. Basically, look at some of the other GAs, like Trash of the Titans and follow its lead. -- Scorpion 0422 02:49, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
You need to lengthen the production and plot sections, add references to the Cultural references section, and add some kind of reception section. -- Scorpion 0422 23:38, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your interest in The THOH III page. But I think the 28 days later reference should remain, since it is valid to the episode and has a reference in the commentary. -- Simpsons fan 66 22:22, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Stop reverting him and wait for him to get bored and leave. You can revert him again tomorrow when he's gone. -- Scorpion 0422 04:22, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Yeah I'll see what I can do. -- Scorpion 0422 04:40, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
It's easy. You just add {{GAC}} to the article's talk page, then go to WP:GAC and add "Bart Carny" to the appropriate section. There is a section there just for episodes. -- Scorpion 0422 05:48, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
They both still need a little work. The lead of Realty Bites should be modelled after the one I added on Bart Carny, and they should both have External links sections like the one here. The plots could use a once over, and then you might as well take a shot. -- Scorpion 0422 19:25, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
What exactly do you mean? Do you mean a reference to a specific issue (there are none mentioned in the commentaries) or a reference that confirms that they are based on EC Comics, because there is already one in the article. --
Scorpion
0422
05:01, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Generally, you don't need sources in a lead as it is meant to summarize the article. If something mentioned in the lead isn't mentioned in the article, THEN you need sources. As well, generally admins handle page moves, so just wait for one of them to handle it. --
Scorpion
0422
05:13, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Why, what's wrong with it? -- Scorpion 0422 05:56, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
If you look to the right of the blue bars, you'll notice a little "show" thingy. Click that you'll be able to view the stuff. -- Scorpion 0422 06:04, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
I suggest you fix up the referencing to Reality Bites, to make it similar to the way you made Bart Carny. Also, make the references to the commentary to the individuals in the commentary, as you'll make more references, and it'll just look better that way. xihix( talk) 23:51, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Oh, I thought you were talking about the chalkboard discussion. And, regarding the GAC, I'm talking about the one on the main Wikiproject page, in the Announcements section. xihix( talk) 04:53, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
I don't live in Davenport, and I don't actually know how to use some of the features on wikipedia. Most of what I do is start articles or minor changes (such as correction in grammar, or disambig. pages), so I don't know a whole heck of alot about editing wikipedia in that since. The only problem I have is there are very few pictures, and all of which have to do with the river, I understand that the particular part of the city is no doubt the most important part of it, but I'm sure there are certain important things in other areas. Like I said, I'm not extremely skilled at wikipedia. Thanks. Iamanadam 01:34, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Something about further from the river, like Duck Creek or Vandevere (?, haven't live there for almost seven years, so I'm not sure how it's spelled). Thank you Iamanadam 05:36, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
For constantly beating me to the punch on vandalism, keep up the good work! Gonzo fan2007 talk ♦ contribs 05:22, 10 November 2007 (UTC) |
[2] -- Scorpion 0422 20:43, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
I never have and I most likely never will. I have received a couple of offers, but generally I don't want to be one because then I'd be expected to resolve disputes (as you can see, I'm not very good at that), have top notch knowledge of policy (again, not very good) and I'm really not much into the beureaucratic stuff that goes on around here. Besides, I would most likely only use the powers to help my editing stuff (ie. speedy deletions, history merges, banning annoying Simpsons vandals, etc, etc) -- Scorpion 0422 01:57, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
There is no discussion because nobody has started one. Basically, if nobody objects after a couple of weeks, then you go ahead with the merge. And, Kearney's last name is listed on a page in 24 Minutes. -- Scorpion 0422 03:18, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
first its a directors blog, that was featured on familyguy.com before its redesign. Again, these episodes appear on numerous other outlets, but this was the most legit source. Also, the source has provided information in the past that was all accurate. This has been discussed in length already by the main contributing editors of family guy, and this was the decision deemed best applicable. I see youve made numerous contributions to wikipedia, but you should stay with the subjects you are most familiar with, even if you are a said fan of family guy. Please stop reverting discussed changes. thanks. Grande13
I believe its the article at ign from this years comiccon that details the upcoming plots. Regarding the blog, it has been proven in the past to be correct as you can go back to the last season and see the same results. Also, there is a lot of insider knowledge available there and on his past blogs. Also, a few of us are in direct email connection with a few of the directors as we help run other various cartoon/family guy websites/promotions. There are no longer any issues with this page and its causing no harm and it clearing lays out the upcoming info without being crystal ball like it was previously formatted. Its more beneficial to have the official titles up there now, as the page is a high source of vandalism and this cuts back on it substantially as there is a source provided that cant be manipulated by vandals, so all future info not properly sourced is quickly now able to be identified as vandalism which helps protect the integrity of the page. There are some other reasons as well but i have other things to attend to now. Grande13
Sorry, I've been busy. The description of the user is just some background info about yourself on Wikipedia, mainly things you may have done that aren't covered by the 3 standard questions. As far as self-noms go, I don't think there is any data as to whether they have a lower chance of passing and they are quite common (I was a self-nom). I'm not sure why there might not be many self-noms now. After reviewing your contributions, I'm not sure how well you would do in an RFA. Your article contributions are good, a mix of vandal reverts and cleanup, but your contributions to the User talk namespace seem to be mostly vandalism warnings, RFA voters generally like to see evidence of good communication with other users. But your contributions to the Wikipedia namespace is what would likely hurt you on RFA. People like to see plenty of contributions to areas such as WP:AFD to see that you have a good knowledge of policies like the deletion policy. You may want to participate in other RFAs to get a sense of the process and check out areas like WP:ANI and WP:AN to get a sense of what admins do. People at RFA can be pretty picky. You might want to try in 2 months or so, after getting more experience in admin-related areas (making sure your article contributions don't greatly suffer as a result). I would not suggest starting an RFA now, mainly for the reason that you could probably pass in a month or 2, but if you do an RFA now, and don't succeed, people may want you to wait 3-6 months before trying again. You should look over Wikipedia:Admin coaching and if it seems like it might be for you, I would volunteer to be your coach. This might be a little more than you actually asked for, but I hope it helps. Mr. Z-man 05:27, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
There is an AN/I thread here Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Threats which involves you. henrik• talk 08:53, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Tips from a seasoned vet: "Vandal" can be an inciting word, like "troll", and it is best reserved for only the most obvious vandalism, like "Dick Cheney gobbles fat cocks". For the instance you were dealing with, the best choice of templates would have been the {{ uw-delete1}} - {{ uw-delete4}} series. It's best not to pontificate on the motivation of other editors, including anonymous IPs; the editor may or may not be a homophobe, but neither mindset could easily be proven and it's unnecessary to invoke that when deciding what is vandalism. This warning was tasteless, but you probably shouldn't have retaliated with a v4 warning. Just ignore, or if you're feeling frisky, ask the IP why they thought what they were doing wasn't vandalism and ask them to participate in discussion on the article talk page. There are many ways of dealing with contentious editors, and aggressively escalating a situation is usually not among the best methods. If you get the spirit of what I'm driving at, you'll find a smoother experience ahead. And when there are real and obvious homophobes at work on the pages here, go slow; I find it's preferable to not call them on it at first but rather to give them enough rope. ·· coela can 20:21, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, the false template constituted being tasteless, or possibly being a jerk, but not vandalism per se. It could have been understandable frustration; if the user did not think they were vandalizing homophobia, then obviously they would be taken aback by templates saying "you are vandalizing this article". They didn't respond appropriately by templating you, but at that point you would have done best to open a dialogue rather than escalating with another template. The user may not be a regular, but the aesthetic of WP:DTR may be beneficial here too. ·· coela can 20:45, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Suggest you don't respond to the IP on the ANI thread. S/he has already had the situation explained, about how there was no threat to ban, how these are just usual templates, and how the material being removed was sourced. There's nothing else to say; s/he just wants to squeeze something further out of the situation. If someone else asks you a question, answer, but I think you should disengage from the IP now. ·· coela can 14:59, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
I throughtly agree with your idea of re-formatting the season pages, which, I've already done. I've throughtly cleaned up Season Eighteen, Season Ten and Season Three, and I've you go to my talk page, look into my personal sandbox, then you would notice I'm cleaning out Season Four. - Yours truly, Superior (talk) 05:02, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
It's pretty ridiculous actually, every time I remove something that mentions them being gay, it immediately gets "archived" on the talk page. As for proper merging techniques, the Flanders family page right now is pretty much ready, so the Maude and Rod & Todd pages would only need to be redirected. However, there is opposition to it now, so we'd have to wait for some kind of consensus. -- Scorpion 0422 03:27, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
I apologise for my late reply, busy all day. I have JUST finished adding the entire plot for Husbands and Knives.
I was going to look at " Template:Infobox Simpsons episode" and edit the seasons on to it, but someone already beat me to it, well, regardless, it looks better with the seasons at the bottom, now its more easier to navigate. (: - Yours truly, Superior (talk) 03:35, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I've been very busy and quite stressed out lately. I guarantee you I will have something within the next 24 hours. And I'm not sure what you mean by QAC, do you mean WP:GAC or WP:FAC? Mr. Z-man 01:37, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I have been targeted online and in real world so refrain from giving a lot of personal info. I have lived in over two dozens places including the Midwest so can relate to "heartland" values. Benjiboi 06:34, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
Okay, I have finally started an admin coaching page for you. There is a short survey, some questions directly related to being an admin, some more indirectly. You can find it at User:Ctjf83/Admin Coaching. Mr. Z-man 00:25, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
A time limit of a week is allowed to fix an errors the reviewer may find. Funnily, "Realty Bites" is linked on my user page, as I quote the episode in a picture caption. Alientraveller ( talk) 22:15, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
There you go. Alientraveller ( talk) 18:36, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Yoshiarecool ( talk · contribs) has been reverting all of my edits to Funeral for a Fiend. I think he's trying to trick me into violating 3RR. Somebody tried that last week on Husbands and Knives. Would you mind removing the goofs section? -- Scorpion 0422 01:57, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
Doesn't matter to me. I've always considered a recurring character to be more than three appearances, but eventually someone will move his section there. -- Scorpion 0422 02:53, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Per WP:USER and more specifically Wikipedia:Don't restore removed comments, ips as well as any other user can remove warnings from their talk page. It shows that they have seen them. If you are reporting them at WP:AIV, list it in the report that the warnings are in the talk page history. Which ip is it? I will have a look if you want. Woodym555 ( talk) 18:07, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
There has been some opposition to it, but nothing as of late, so I guess one of us could be bold and merge it and then see if anyone opposes. -- Scorpion 0422 03:18, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm still trying to decide. getting him blocked gives him what he wants, plus if I did that, he might ask some others to come here and continue the war. I think the best strategy is to ignore it. -- Scorpion 0422 02:36, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
In obvious cases like that, the best thing to do would be to just find an online administrator and it report it to them, and let them decide what to do. There are places it could be reported like WP:AN. -- Scorpion 0422 02:39, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Don't know how to do that. But, try copying that template and simply adding some Simpsons quotes. -- Scorpion 0422 03:31, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
In response to your inquiries on my talk page:
I really haven't been very active on Wikipedia lately since I've been busy with other things in my life. -- Iowahwyman ( talk) 00:49, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Not in a long time, why do you ask? Cirt ( talk) 22:18, 7 December 2007 (UTC).
I added a Selected pictures section to Portal:The Simpsons. What do you think? I tried to highlight/bold the relevant episode in the brief blurbs that go along with the images. There are 10 images so far, but more can be added if positive feedback is received on inclusion of this section in general. Cirt ( talk) 12:02, 8 December 2007 (UTC).
I think the scene where everyone gives money to the Simpsons is based on It's a Wonderful Life. The statement in the section right now looks pretty accurate. If you think it's ready to be a GAC, could you please wait a bit until some of our other GACs have passed? It's a pain, but we don't want to swamp the reviewers. -- Scorpion 0422 15:56, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
THOH III has come up for review and the reviewer feels that the images you uploaded, Homer getting dunked and the zombies one, are excessive, are not required for the article and may violate fair use since they are not mentioned in the episode. Apologies, but I had to remove the images. -- Simpsons fan 66 22:19, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
When I first addressed this article I left the picture because it fits in and illustrates the episode in general, instead of a specific segment. Also If I don't use that image I don't know what I could replace it with. -- Simpsons fan 66 09:48, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Well, at the moment, yeah, I'd prefer limiting it to one per person. We already have 18 quotes, and with 3 displayed at a time that's 6 sets to cycle through. However, if you know of any other notable individuals that aren't quoted, please let me know. I didn't find a source for a few people, and I think I might ask some folks who own DVDs for direct quotes referenced to DVD commentary. Cirt ( talk) 16:25, 6 December 2007 (UTC).
Sure, I could do that. Remind me if I haven't in a bit. Cirt ( talk) 19:02, 9 December 2007 (UTC).
It seems that the maximum time is seven days period - I tried changing mine to 30, and it switched it right back again after saving. I'm not quite sure why that is, but it's probably for performance reasons. 30 days is a bit far for it to stretch at times. You could try asking at the Tech Pump, but they'll probably say the same thing. Hersfold ( t/ a/ c) 21:30, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
I just wanted to say that I admire you on your userboxes and that I am proud that you are out. More than I can say. Lol Dustihowe 18:18, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm Sorry, I don't. Umm....I have gmail and a verizon cell phone. You? Dustihowe ( talk) —Preceding comment was added at 17:45, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
We play country music. No we aren't online yet, since we are fairly new. I will let you know though when we do get up and online. Do you like country music? Dustihowe ( talk) 17:57, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
So, if you don't mind, tell me about yourself. Also, how do you feel about dating people that are younger than you by a year or two? Dustihowe ( talk) 19:12, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
That is going to be an issue. Tomorrow I will be able to. I tell ya what. How about we text. Is that ok? I will be able to for a little bit today, and tomorrow would be great, Saturday too. Dustihowe ( talk) 19:34, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
If I had my say in it, I'd just eliminate the list altogether and try to incorporate any notable natives relating to entertainment, sports, politics, etc. into the appropriate sections of the article. My beef with the list was the rather loose notability standards that people were listing just about anyone who had an Iowa tie -- I remember that Sage Rosenfels was originally on the list, and he's just a backup quarterback in the NFL now (at least Kurt Warner won a Super Bowl). He should be, and is, listed under his hometown of Maquoketa. For now, though, I'd try to generate a consensus on the WP:IOWA talk page or the main Iowa article talk page to see what people think. -- Iowahwyman ( talk) 20:53, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
No, I did not. Check the talk page, there is still more to be done. But we have seven days. P.S. - If you want to work on it by yourself, let me know, otherwise I'd love to help you get it past the GA Hold. You've done good work so far. Cirt ( talk) 20:05, 13 December 2007 (UTC).
I'm really just having fun contributing to the project as a content-focused contributor, a Wikipedia:WikiDragon if you will. At the present time, I'm not interested in becoming an Admin or the duties it entails. Hope that answers your question. Cirt ( talk) 21:45, 13 December 2007 (UTC).
Well, I used the Marge quote because I thought it was funny and cute, and it's from the very first episode. Cirt ( talk) 21:54, 13 December 2007 (UTC).
No I don't think it's really necessary. You shouldn't add potentially crufty sections just to satisfy the anti-image folks. -- Scorpion 0422 23:48, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
I just reviewed Miracle on Evergreen Terrace and out it on hold. I left some notes on the talk page. Thanks. Rufous-crowned Sparrow ( talk) 20:11, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Did you address those two? If so, I think everything is addressed save for lead expansion, and I'll do that next. Cirt ( talk) 07:29, 15 December 2007 (UTC).
I left some notes on the talk page. You forgot to provide the name of the person on one of the notes to the DVD commentary. Otherwise, we shaped up this article real fast! Cirt ( talk) 20:36, 15 December 2007 (UTC).
I'm so happy we won't have to deal with IPs on Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind for a week. Some registered users will still be insistant on adding trivia, but IPs are the worst. This will be a bad episode for cruft too, because you know people will add a comprehensive list of what past episodes we saw screenshots of. And to answer your earlier question, I saw the opening credits on the version that aired on Global, then I was kicked off of the TV, so I had to watch the rest on Fox an hour later. -- Scorpion 0422 01:59, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
I just want to know why it is called the "murder house"? I'm guessing there was a murder there, but from memory (I've seen this episode), there was a very famous murder in the house, but whether this is all I can't remember. - Shudde talk 19:13, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Oh God right! I forgot about that! Ah well, thanks for the offer, but it shouldn't be to hard, I'll whack the old DVD out on Wednesday night and do it then, to celebrate the start of my Christmas holidays! Gran 2 20:17, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the message. Normally, I'd be happy to do it. However, I don't really do TV episode GA nominations (I don't feel comfortable assessing them against the GA criteria, if that makes any sense). Keep up the good work, though. Cheers! Esrever ( klaT) 22:13, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I have been busy lately. I will talk to you soon....I promise. You know, with all of the holidays it's just been hectic. I will email you soon....-- Dustihowe Talk 17:28, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm still leaning toward deleting it altogether and integrating the data into other sections. Maybe someone on the United States Wikiproject might have an opinion on what to do with it. -- Iowahwyman ( talk) 03:18, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
I just created the general format for it, the rest is up to you and/or others. I'd suggest contacting someone else for advice on automating tedious tasks somehow, not my area of expertise. Cirt ( talk) 08:33, 20 December 2007 (UTC).
On behalf of all here at Wikipedia, I apologize for BetaCommand's behaviour. He should have linked you to policy (sorry, I don't even know what policy he was citing) and shouldn't have been so rude.
If you need to ask any questions, especially about the List of animals in The Simpsons discussion, place {{helpme}} on your talk page, ask your question, and someone will come along (pretty quickly) and answer. Take Care.... NeutralHomer T: C 18:50, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Ctjf, your problems with Betacommand sound like they are best resolved through the Dispute Resolution ( WP:DR) process. Might I suggest you begin a Request for Mediation ( WP:RFM) or post your concerns specifically regarding the Simpsons articles on the Third Opinion board ( WP:3O). It appears to me that these are the next logical steps in resolving your conflict. Best of luck, CastAStone //(talk) 04:09, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
First you write "uh, this was all my idea, so who put you in charge" as well as "next one is a 3RR warning" and then you say "why dont u ever AGF anymore, ever"? I hate to break it to you, but you're not in charge either. Both Cirt and I think that we should limit it to one quote per section, and thus you're in the minority. Why not pick a different Apu quote from a different episode? -- Scorpion 0422 03:40, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
What's the big deal? There are lots of great quotes we can't include because we're trying to have some variety. If I could, I'd have a half a dozen Homer, Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure quotes in there. -- Scorpion 0422 04:12, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
What is it you're asking me to do? -- Scorpion 0422 16:40, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply, I didn't realise it wasn't active. I just wanted as many perspectives on the article as I could and one of the first places I looked was the wikiprojects the article was under, I just thought somebody may be able to help. Anyway thanks for your reply. Rezter ( talk) 19:53, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
Regarding your note on my talk page, let me expand on my explanation a bit, I changed the warning left on User talk:67.168.166.3 because it was done for a revert that I had made, and I prefer to leave my own warnings, as I sometimes use custom templates to encourage editors to stop and think, they are a bit more personalized, and less "templatey". Note that you did not revert any of the Corn dog edits, [3], so yes, I did remove your level 3 following a level 1, and replace it with a non-bot, custom message, hopefully designed to get the editor to stop their nonconstructive edits. I sincerely apologize if you were offended, but I feel it is best to allow the person who reverted nonconstructive editors a chance to leave a notice, and if they do not, then yes, then I will sometimes leave a warning, and of course, that would be great for you to do as well. Additionally, the editor only made three edits to the Corn dog article, and yet you accidentally added a fourth and last warning for editing Corn dog. Now, please don't take this wrong, because I've run into you in reverts quite often, and you're awesome at RC patrol, but I've noticed that many times (in fact, a great many times), Twinkle will lead me to believe I "got" the revert, take me to the editor's talk page, but in fact, my revert never went through, due to someone else getting there first. I've made it a habit to double-check the article history in most cases, to be sure that someone else would not be leaving a warning, resulting in duplicate notices. This is what happened, I recognized it, and I'm sorry that you thought I was removing your warning, but I didn't want the editor to be double-warned. Sadly, it seems they did not heed my advice, and they did end up being blocked. :( Anyway, I just wanted to expand on that, I couldn't reply immediately at length, but wanted to clear it up! Thank you so much for understanding, Ariel ♥ Gold 03:17, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
That you for your note on my page. Borat has officially "died." I did discuss it on the discussion page before entering it. There is also a reference in the discussion. Pls check it out and fix accordingly. QueenAdelaide ( talk) 06:55, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
It's hard to tell because he conveniently hasn't said what his exact problems are, but I think it might be that the image is obviously a poorly cropped version of an official image and has no source, and no real reason why it belongs on that episode page. Your best bet would be to get a screen cap from that episode and upload it. -- Scorpion 0422 04:30, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
{{Non-free use rationale | Description = | Source = | Article = | Portion = | Low_resolution = | Purpose = | Replaceability = | other_information = (optional variable, can be left out) }}
It's from Template:Non-free use rationale, and there is an alternate one at Template:Fair use media rationale. Cheers, Cirt ( talk) 17:22, 23 December 2007 (UTC).
Pretty much. A random user did the same thing not too long ago with a "Mini stories" template. I think the Sideshow Bob one is setting a bad example, I pretty much created it because a dozen IPs were adding a list of Sideshow Bob episodes to his page, and it was threating it's GA candidacy, so I made the template. I regret that now. -- Scorpion 0422 01:43, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Where do you mean? Because the theme section uses LGBT already. If you change it anywhere I don't think it would make any sense. Gran 2 20:56, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
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Ariel ♥ Gold 21:32, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Just like to say thanks for all your help throughout the year, and have a Merry Christmas and a happy new year! -- Simpsons fan 66 23:28, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I never saw your message, had two and only saw the second one. Anyway, I'll think I'll leave it as is for now. As for Das Bus, I don't think I'm going to get around to it any time soon, so would you like to take it instead? Gran 2 19:09, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
The author, publisher and publishing dates are only needed if they are available. For example, for this ref, the publisher is "Quad City Times", the publishing date is "June 28 2003", the author is Thomas Geyer, and the title is "Did Mass Mound save Davenport again?". For this ref, the title is "Davenport & Rock Island: America's Most Livable Small Cities" and the publisher is "DavenportOne". Epbr123 ( talk) 20:05, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm busy with other things right now, but if I can find the time, I'll try to do it. -- Scorpion 0422 20:31, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
then why not state all? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.46.200.134 ( talk) 23:57, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
hello, I was just getting ready to put G2 as the reason for "Marco Candelaria". would that have worked as a reason too, or not? Ctjf83 talk 04:11, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
Actually, there's a spot for that on the to do section. Also I'm probably going to start a merge discussion section soon, because I think it's time we focus on getting all of our character pages so they pass WP:FICT guidelines. -- Scorpion 0422 21:35, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
Just to clarify, I'm not doing a GA review of the article. For point #3, the way the sentence is constructed is ambiguous: "According to Mike Scully, this scene was regrettably deleted due to the episode being too long". The placing of "regrettably" is unusual. If it is indeed Scully that regrets the deletion of the scene (which I see the sentence does lean towards), perhaps something like "The scene was deleted for timing reasons, which Scully regrets" would be better. Brad ( talk) 21:17, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
I've noticed 2 warnings from you on the talk page for this IP. This IP belongs to a school district and the offending edits to which you referred could have been made by any of thousands of students or staff. Banning this IP would ban an entire school district from using Wikipedia. I apologize for whoever vandalized the pages, but I would ask that you keep this in mind and please do NOT ban this IP. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.10.148.5 ( talk) 20:09, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey, I'll be reviewing Das Bus for it's GA status, but I have one minor comment which barely warrants putting the article on hold, but can you add a reference to the plot? For an example, see the bottom of the plot section of Family Guy GA Blind Ambition. Once this has been done, I will pass the article as a GA. Cheers, Qst 23:19, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the invite, but my account has been banned by fascist admins who simply delete, ban and lock rather than consider debate and consensus. I refuse to make a new account on this account and protest by editing anonymously and often by proxy. I don't remember what Simpsons articles I edited, if you were happy with the edits, I guess they were ok seeing as how it looks like you and your buddies are pretty much Simpsons aficianados. Glad I could contribute something constructive. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.100.9.83 ( talk) 14:26, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Oh, no, don't worry, I have Season 9. How else do you think I took the screenshots of all the episodes I GA'd? :P xihix( talk) 06:34, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I've reviewed quite a few articles. I was a common reviewer back in February of 07, and I recently reviewed a bunch too. -- Scorpion 0422 04:59, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
You mean like the one for the Hidden Message Vandal? Nah, this guys harmless because he always does the same stuff. Just keep his favourite targets on watch and you'll get him every time. However, if he's still around in a month, then maybe we should consider it. -- Scorpion 0422 04:37, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
No idea, I'm just going to wait and let someone else tackle it. -- Scorpion 0422 01:12, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
I don't know if you have much experience outside American borders, but I have lived many years in Europe and many people only have a vague idea who that is. Many people will tell you the same thing. Just like somebody from the UK might know their minister of health and think it's obvious, but we won't have a clue. For example: The last Simpson episode made a reference to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind which I found obvious because I am somewhat familiar with US cinema, you didn't understand the reference. If I wasn't familiar with US politics, I would not have understood the Clinton reference. Maybe a Star Trek fan will say that that reference is obvious while I might not have a first clue what they're talking about. Just leave the citation needed, it will encourage people to find sources which shouldn't be that hard to find. No not everything needs sources but I think this does.-- The Dominator ( talk) 05:20, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
I moved the page because IMDB had corrected its title, which must have happened after that discussion. New (not clearly copied) sources now reflect the 'correct' spelling. Anyway, is there a joke I'm missing in the 'E.' version? If not, why would it be spelled that way?
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Can I ask you something, what do you type into Google to get reception for The Simpsons's episodes, I go through loads of pages, but can't find anything for Family Guy articles. Qst 21:26, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Good job. Cirt ( talk) 19:32, 8 January 2008 (UTC).
What exactly is it you want done? -- Scorpion 0422 19:41, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Try that. -- Scorpion 0422 19:48, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
No idea, you could try a table I suppose. -- Scorpion 0422 20:05, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Can anyone tell me why Kate's tool edit count is just over 100 less than my edit count in "my preferences"? Which is more accurate? Ctjf83 talk 09:44, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
It's black for me, I'm not sure, but I recall it being like that for a while. No idea what's casuing it though, weird. Gran 2 15:55, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Nothing in terms of content is different, now. But the history can now be expanded without further problems of undue weight, which I think is a problem with the Davenport, Iowa article. I don't have a strong opinion on this, and if you do, I won't object to a merge back into the Davenport article. I thought there was some Manual of Style problem with sections that were too long, but I just checked and there isn't. I knew I had read something about that though, and I found it here at WP:UNDUE (part of WP:NPOV:
I think it's too long a section of the Davenport, Iowa, article, but I don't feel strongly about it. Now that I look at this paragraph, it really seems like a style point stuck in a guideline about bias, so I can't feel strongly about it. I thought that no one would object (I've done this before and no one did.) It's also a good spot to put the List of mayors of Davenport, Iowa, which currently is undergoing an AfD. So I'm sorry you don't like it, and do what you will with it. Best wishes, Noroton ( talk) 04:42, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
No, I don't think that should be done. The article is 8.3 kilobytes long already, it's got at least two independent, reliable sources and already works quite well as a separate article. The section in the Davenport, Iowa article is too long and too detailed (although since the article itself isn't that long, there's no hurry, but at some point someone's going to want to cut back the section to make room for other subjects). In time the two texts will diverge. I created the article because I thought it was a good idea, and I still do, so I'm not going to try to delete it -- I just won't object if you nominate it or suggest a merger. I think it also is a good fit with the list of mayors, which could also be useful to readers (although I don't think it's encyclopedic as an article subject). Noroton ( talk) 05:37, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Tell me what you think. Oh, also, I could add some external link to the local history society. The Library of Congress also has old pictures of everything, certainly including something in Davenport. Noroton ( talk) 22:15, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
The Notable Natives and the Points of interest sections are looking good. Good examples of how to write media sections include Cleveland, Ohio#Media, Grand Forks, North Dakota#Media and Manchester#Media. There are guidelines on how to write city articles at WP:UKCITIES and WP:USCITY. Epbr123 ( talk) 01:25, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Their wiki page will only be proof enough if it contains a citation for the fact they lived in Davenport. Epbr123 ( talk) 03:00, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, I'm new to wikipedia, and though I want to be a successful contributor, I am still learning my way around. Thanks for the heads up! Mgraham1985 ( talk) 20:32, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
You told me not to put my username in the article. Any help with wikipedia, no matter how small is appreciated. Mgraham1985 ( talk) 22:09, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! I'll keep that in mind next time I have a question to ask! Mgraham1985 ( talk) 00:12, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Yes! I do. Live in Iowa that is. Matt Yohe ( talk) 08:21, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
My hometown is Council Bluffs, but I go to school at the University of Iowa. Yeah, I would love to clean some of these up. My Wikifoo is not strong yet, I just haven't spent enough time to get really fluent. Contact me sometime: AIM: MCharlesYohe or email/gtalk: matt.yoheATgmail.com . —Preceding unsigned comment added by Matt Yohe ( talk • contribs) 08:32, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
It's worth a try but having Kill Gil unlocked means that he'll vandalize it and thus give himself away every time. If we block all of his targets, he won't be as easy discover. -- Scorpion 0422 04:59, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Only if there are a lot. If only a few characters debut, then they can be mentioned in the production section (and maybe even the lead if it's a notable character). -- Scorpion 0422 04:21, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
[9] It's also mentioned in depth in the beginning of Planet Simpson, I'll try and get something from that eventually. -- Scorpion 0422 00:07, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Well, I haven't used XChat in a loooong time, so I'm not really sure how it's interface is now. But, generally, once you are on the main black box (if it's still that color), type "/server freenode" without the quotes into the message box, and press enter. Once it connects, it may or not prompt you to join a channel (again, haven't used it in a while). If it does, type #wpsimpsons. If not, type "/join #wpsimpsons" without the quotes. xihix( talk) 01:06, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
No problem! I'm still fairly new and trying to be as clear as I can with grammar/verbage when writing articles. :) -PMK —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prettymaryk ( talk • contribs) 03:17, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
I was having a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject The Simpsons/Featured topic Drive and I'd love to participate. Unfortunately, I don't have any The Simpsons DVD's, but I'd love to bring an article up to FA. I'd be willing to do all the work, and we could do it together, as a team. Are you up for it? If you are, we can start whenever you're ready :) Qst 16:35, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
No, I don't live in Iowa. I do clean up pages on potentially notable topics. CitiBus popped up on the uncategorized page list and needed work. • Gene93k ( talk) 19:23, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello there! It's a pleasure to meet you. A peer review is a process in which several editors will examine an article and provide recommendations for its improvement. I'm a relatively new editor here, so I really can't give you a good explanation of how things work around here. I hope this helps.-- Dem393 ( talk) 04:24, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Why not just ask for the page to be semi-protected? Cirt ( talk) 21:21, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
we made a list here of all the IPs, what can be done at ABREP? can they block the whole company that is doing the vandalism or what? Ctjf83 talk 21:23, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Busy... in a bit ... Cirt ( talk) 21:05, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Ha, sorry, I'll step aside for a while.-- The Dominator ( talk) 03:34, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
If you had clicked on the link that was supplied it would be fairly obvious to you. ... discospinster talk 03:51, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
GAC is not something I'm familiar with. I see you've added a lot to it. Very nice. Noroton ( talk) 05:20, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
This image omits the Northern end of the ChiPitts area, which stretches up to Green Bay! -- Orange Mike | Talk 17:22, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
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I never did that. Someone else must be operating on this account... Besides the fact I once left this account logged in on a public compy. >_<...prepare for a wave of vadalism from this account, perhaps... M1N ( talk) 20:37, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Three men - a New Zealand farmer, Osama bin Laden and a Aussie are all working together one day.
They come across a lantern and a Genie pops out of it. 'I will give each on you one wish, which is three wishes in total', says the Genie.
The New Zealander, 'I am a farmer and my son will also farm. I want the land to be forever fertile in New Zealand.'
POOF! With the blink of the Genie's eye, The land in New Zealand was forever fertile for farming.
Osama was amazed, so he said, 'I want a wall Around Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq and Iran so that no infidels, Americans or Aussies or New Zealanders can come in our precious land.'
POOF! Again, with the blink of the Genie's eye, there was a huge wall around those countries.
The Aussie says, 'I am very curious. Please tell me more about this wall.'
The Genie explains, 'Well, it's about 5,000 feet high 5oo feet thick and completely surrounds the country. Nothing can get in or out; it's virtually impenetrable.'
The Aussie sits down, cracks a beer, smiles, and says, 'Fill it with water.' -- Simpsons fan 66 06:43, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Just to let you know I've moved the page you made to make it into an abuse report here Wikipedia:Abuse reports/Telstra Perth range. As the user changes a large variety of Simpsons pages I don't think semiprotection is going to be particularly successful. I would suggest you tell everyone involved make sure you warn and when it continues (ask for a) block on this vandal whenever he/she crops up and ASAP. This will help ensure that if any abuse report is made, there is no chance the user can claim they weren't aware what they were doing wasn't acceptable Nil Einne ( talk) 15:52, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the suggestion of the Lupin anti-vandal tool - after a few teething problems, it seems to be working now. StephenBuxton ( talk) 12:32, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
In this case, the biggest issues are issues with the completeness criterion (e.g. lots of very short sections and lots of areas where information needs to be researched and added). As opposed to minor fixes, like copyediting or manual of style issues. So that's why it wasn't placed on hold. It doesn't really matter, does it? The article can always be renominated once the issues are addressed and the article meets the criteria. Essentially, all "B-class" articles are "on hold", right? Dr. Cash ( talk) 20:57, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
The article should have a link (at the top) to the map coordinates at maps.google.com (actually, it's several map sites). I think it's usually linked to from the geography section as well. That should be sufficient. You probably don't need to duplicate that map in the article itself. I have seen some city articles have a NASA/NOAA satellite image in the geography section; you might find an image by searching on their websites for satellite images (or a google search); can't remember the specific website right now. Not sure if you'd find a satellite image for your town though, maybe; it's not one of the larger metro areas in the country. I wouldn't worry if you can't find it though.
As far as city council members, you should at least have the mayor, vice mayor, and/or city manager (whatever's applicable). I wouldn't worry about listing every city council member, especially if it's a very large city council. If there's only 5-10 council members, though, it couldn't hurt to include them (but still optional). But each member doesn't need their own wiki article. Dr. Cash ( talk) 22:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Regarding your recent edits to Pleasant Valley Township, Scott County, Iowa, perhaps there is some misunderstanding... The map you removed is based on U.S. census data, as are the population figures you changed. It appears that the city of Bettendorf is within the borders of the township, which of course means that the population of the township includes the population of Bettendorf. If I have misinterpreted something here, let me know. The page on this township at City-Data.com may be helpful. Do you have some alternate source of population figures for this township? Omnedon ( talk) 12:37, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
I would be glad to help you with getting that article up to GA. However, I will warn you that I have been somewhat busy as of late and I may not be able to help very much. Sorry if this causes any problems. Captain panda 21:32, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Just wondering, what timezone are you in? Eastern time (GMT -5.00 (US + Canada)), Central time (GMT -6.00 (US and Canada), or Pacific time (GMT -8.00 (US and Canada)? -- Simpsons fan 66 03:19, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
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Dear ctjf83,
The help i am asking for is about the neutrality and the wikifying of this article, because these were the main points of the editor who tagged my article about krauthammer before i had it moved to the user subpage for furhter editing. What should i still change in your opinion to achieve neutrality and wikifiction? Gaborhor ( talk) 20:20, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks very much for the advice, I have referenced the text + I reorganized the history part in one paragraph? Any other things you think I should change before I move it back to the encyclopedia? Gaborhor ( talk) 10:43, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Dear Ctjf83,
Following your advice I have cleaned up the external links, included access dates, and referenced the history section. IMO Anything else necessary? Gaborhor ( talk) 19:51, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Good job. I'll be on IRC later today so if you need any refs for future articles, ask me then. -- Scorpion 0422 17:51, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Sorry a bit busy. I would suggest you follow the above guide as relevant. You should be able to basically take the case through yourself. You already have a lot of the key info. From a whois, the contact point for this would be abuse@telstra.net. The thing to do from there would be improve the abuse report so it is easier for the ISP to see the problem. The guide provides some helpful tips. As it says, you should make sure you include a few examples of the vandalism, I would add some more edit diffs to the abuse report (like I did with some of the example). Once that is done, you should e-mail the ISP (although the guide says phone is best I think e-mail may be best in this case since it isn't an extremely urgent problem and for a large ISP it's probably easier for them to handle via e-mail then phone). In the e-mail to the ISP, I would emphasise that it involves multiple pages and it has been occuring for over 2 months & also emphasise the fact that the IP changes too frequently for blocks to be effective. I would also emphasise the be polite part. If you have any further queries, Wikipedia talk:Abuse reports may be helpful Nil Einne ( talk) 16:48, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Could you pop on when you get a moment? Thanks. :) Qst ( talk) 12:46, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
hoping your doing ok.....Happy Editing, Dusti talk to me 17:05, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
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It's sad that people like you who accuse others of ownership issues never realize the irony that the only reason they are so upset is because they themselves have ownership issues. He's been seen in a protestant church many times, and several times since the episode. If you don't like it, take it to the talk page. -- Scorpion 0422 02:29, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
I know that you didn't ask me the question, but the answer to your question about the font is yes, you can have any font that you wish on your signature. Right now, I am using Comic Sans. Dusti talk to me 17:16, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Here is the code for my sig
Simply substitute the font you want where I have comic sans ms. Dusti talk to me 17:55, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Please leave it as a small "q". You're right, normally proper nouns use capital letters, but if that is how NBC types it, then that is how it should be. It is in the same fashion as the small "i" for i wireless Ctjf83 talk 06:01, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nbcpullsquarterlife,0,4836180.story
This is the source where I found out that "Quarterlife" is cancelled. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Franko1212 ( talk • contribs) 18:20, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm not going to get a seizure over it, but it's very obvious to pretty much everybody, you'd be a minority if you say that it isn't a reference. I'd even say its more obvious than The Debarted being a reference to The Departed. Besides, most of the reviews won't even mention it as it is so blatantly apparent. The Dominator ( talk) 23:57, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, I just realized it, but I don't think what the user is adding is notable at all and episode guidelines explicitly state that songs shouldn't usually be listed. The Dominator ( talk) 03:22, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, I'm far from being a Christian and I hate those stupid Conservative Christians, the reason why I have some doubts is that marriage is in fact a religion related thing, and in their religion it says that gays shouldn't be married, not that I agree, but it's a tiny bit hypocritical to intrude on what they believe and that is a violation of separation of church and state. That said, I believe Christianity should change and accept gays since they are unfair to you guys, I just think that forcing them into accepting gays is a bit hypocritical. The Dominator ( talk) 14:19, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
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Yours truly, Sup3rior ( talk • 02:03, 25 September 2007 (UTC).
Yours truly, Sup3rior ( talk • 02:03, 25 September 2007 (UTC).
No idea. -- Scorpion 0422 03:09, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
I'm...not really sure, to be honest with you. I guess I've been editing too long. Time to step away from the computer for a little while. :) Cheers, faithless (speak) 03:24, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
I see you've been on a contraction removal campaign. I don't know if you're using some kind of automated feature of AWB or if you're doing it manually, but in either case please try to be careful about removing contractions that belong -- such as in Bart vs. Australia, where you turned " Don't tread on me" into " Do not tread on me". I would say that as a general rule you should avoid removing contractions from links and quotes, since such an action is likely to either break links or cause quotes to become inaccurate. Thanks.
I'm not sure if you noticed but you've already been approved -- you're listed both as "awaiting approval" and as "recently approved", so you might want to remove yourself from the first list. Just a heads-up.
It's traditional to not delete talk page comments but rather to archive them. I've taken the liberty of restoring the comments you removed from your talk page to User talk:Ctjf83/Archive 1. If you decide to keep the archive, I can also put an archive box at the top of your talk page similar to the one I have, so that you and others can see archived comments. You're also free to blank the archive page or have it deleted if you like, as I don't think it's an actual policy that user talk pages must be archived. Just figured I'd get you started in case you didn't know how to make archives.
Thanks for checking with me. I reverted your changes, not because they're vandalism, but because they created an odd layout (huge whitespace) and put an unnecessary break in the text. A big thing is that Wikipedia displays differently on different sizes of monitors; while the previous layout looks bad on your monitor, your layout looks bad on mine. Do you want a third opinion to help with this? Nyttend 05:22, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Go to 'my preferences' and where it says Signature you put in a code. For instance, mine is [[User:Faithlessthewonderboy|<span style="color:blue">'''faithless'''</span>]] [[User talk:Faithlessthewonderboy|<small><span style="color:black">(<sup>'''speak'''</sup>)</span></small>]] :) faithless (speak) 00:02, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Try this: [[User:Ctjf83|<span style="color:red">'''C'''</span><span style="color:orange">'''t'''</span><span style="color:yellow">'''j'''</span><span style="color:green">'''f'''</span><span style="color:blue">'''8'''</span><span style="color:purple">'''3'''</span>]] faithless (speak) 00:16, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Hmm...try [[User:Ctjf83|<span style="color:red">'''C'''<span style="color:orange">'''t'''<span style="color:yellow">'''j'''<span style="color:green">'''f'''<span style="color:blue">'''8'''<span style="color:purple">'''3'''</span>]] faithless (speak) 00:26, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
That's weird, it should look like this: Ctjf83. Did you check the box? Oh, and it's okay, I don't mind. :) faithless (speak) 00:31, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
This is a test. Try [[User:Ctjf83|'''<font color="#ff0000">C<font color="#ff6600">t<font color="#ffff00">j<font color="#00ff00">f<font color="#0000ff">8<font color="#9900ff">3</font>''']] and don't check the box. [[User:Ctjf83|'''<font color="#ff0000">C<font color="#ff6600">t<font color="#ffff00">j<font color="#00ff00">f<font color="#0000ff">8<font color="#9900ff">3</font>''']] 00:56, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Another test: Try [[User:Ctjf83|'''<font color="#ff0000">C</font><font color="#ff6600">t</font><font color="#ffff00">j</font><font color="#00ff00">f</font><font color="#0000ff">8</font><font color="#9900ff">3</font>''']] and check the box. Ctjf83 01:00, 26 September 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Faithlessthewonderboy ( talk • contribs)
You're welcome. If you want to tweak the colors at all, you might find this site useful. :) faithless (speak) 04:23, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Unfortunately it doesn't work that way... I can set up automatic archiving, which would automatically archive discussions that have been inactive for a certain amount of time (anywhere from a day to a month or more, whatever time period we set). Let me know if you want that done. Otherwise, archiving needs to be done by cutting and pasting; You'd need to cut discussions from here and paste them into User talk:Ctjf83/Archive 1.
|algo = old(3d)
. "3d" means "3 days". You can change this to "5d" to make it 5 days, or any other number of days. Note that if you change the setting, the number in the orange box that's displayed on the top of this page won't change -- to change the displayed number, find the text age=3
and change that to the new number of days. I just moved your LGBT box to your user page.
Well it would be a gradual process. Converting the pages to an FL standard takes a while. But just switching the templates to the episode list template (with writers, directors etc.) wouldn't take as long. So it might be worth it to get some uniformity in the pages, and then slowly get each (of at least 1-10) up to FL standard. Gran 2 20:14, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
One could argue that Homer's "D'OH!"s are essential to his character too, but there isn't a list of the number of times he's said d'oh on the Homer page. The entire section is made up of quotes, which are discouraged, especially when a section is that big. As well, it is fancruft. -- Scorpion 0422 02:43, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Also, Ctjf83, to get in and answer while Scorpion is unavailable, an OR section is something unverifiable, a section deemed Original Research. You can read about it in more detail at WP:OR. THE DARK LORD TROMBONATOR 05:23, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
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Excuse the delay in not responding, I did see your first message but I got sidetracked by other issues. I have one for the whole country, which I haven't completely checked for accuracy. I've been busy with some other things. I have since discovered a (blank) map covering the U.S. and Canada (not just the U.S.) so I'm considering moving my map to that one as a base for the complete map. If you're interested I can let you have a copy subject to the understanding it might have errors or omissions. Paul Robinson (Rfc1394) 01:58, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
There is a map of Iowa now available,
Image:Area code IA.svg, check out the page for
Area code 712 for an example.
Paul Robinson (Rfc1394) 03:45, 15 October 2007 (UTC) Update check out all of the area code pages for Iowa, they all now have maps and cross-index boxes (a cross-index box provides links to all nearby area codes).
Paul Robinson (Rfc1394)
04:19, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Second Update: There is now a general map for the whole state (see
List of Iowa area codes as well as 5 maps each highlighting the particular area code. See: {{
Area code IA}}
The discussion can be found here. When the page was first created, I had hoped that it would be a sourced analysis of how The Simpsons uses stereotypes during its travel shows, and perhaps evolve into somewhat decent article. Instead, it has become a rather useless list. I have considered nominating it for deletion again, but I think it would be a bad idea considering that there was an AFD a few months ago. -- Scorpion 0422 20:14, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
It's usually automatic, but if it's not, simply type __TOC__
on a new line (that's two underscores, "TOC", then another two underscores) wherever you want the table of contents to display. Usually you're supposed to put it just after the introductory section.
Done :)
Lol, no problems. :) *Cremepuff 222* 06:32, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
The article would have been targeted no matter what. The new version follows policy better than the old version did. -- Scorpion 0422 19:53, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
No, I'm right. It's a plural possessive because the house belongs to all five of the Simpsons, not just one of them. This is correct usage. See this college grammar guide, which specifically uses "the Simpsons' house" as an example. If you don't believe me, go to WP:RFC, or something. Zagalejo ^ ^ ^ 04:34, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
To respond to your message, a section on neighborhoods could help, as long as you can come up with some reliably-sourced material on them. Iamanadam mentioned Dubuque as an article to use as an example of a good Iowa city article in his argument above, and I agree since that article has some good, sourced material (moreso than Davenport or even Des Moines). Incidentally, have you considered joining WikiProject Iowa? -- Iowahwyman 22:07, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
The NONFREE policy prohibits the excessive use of screenshots, so we can't post too many. Generally, four is an acceptable number, as long as the images are rationalized by the content of the article. As for capturing images, you'll need to download a player called "VLC Player", just google it, go to the official website and you can get a free download. You can play DVDs using it, and from there you SHOULD have no problem capturing images. -- Scorpion 0422 01:58, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
You'll need to listen to the DVD commentary and get some production info. Basically, look at some of the other GAs, like Trash of the Titans and follow its lead. -- Scorpion 0422 02:49, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
You need to lengthen the production and plot sections, add references to the Cultural references section, and add some kind of reception section. -- Scorpion 0422 23:38, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your interest in The THOH III page. But I think the 28 days later reference should remain, since it is valid to the episode and has a reference in the commentary. -- Simpsons fan 66 22:22, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Stop reverting him and wait for him to get bored and leave. You can revert him again tomorrow when he's gone. -- Scorpion 0422 04:22, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Yeah I'll see what I can do. -- Scorpion 0422 04:40, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
It's easy. You just add {{GAC}} to the article's talk page, then go to WP:GAC and add "Bart Carny" to the appropriate section. There is a section there just for episodes. -- Scorpion 0422 05:48, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
They both still need a little work. The lead of Realty Bites should be modelled after the one I added on Bart Carny, and they should both have External links sections like the one here. The plots could use a once over, and then you might as well take a shot. -- Scorpion 0422 19:25, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
What exactly do you mean? Do you mean a reference to a specific issue (there are none mentioned in the commentaries) or a reference that confirms that they are based on EC Comics, because there is already one in the article. --
Scorpion
0422
05:01, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Generally, you don't need sources in a lead as it is meant to summarize the article. If something mentioned in the lead isn't mentioned in the article, THEN you need sources. As well, generally admins handle page moves, so just wait for one of them to handle it. --
Scorpion
0422
05:13, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Why, what's wrong with it? -- Scorpion 0422 05:56, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
If you look to the right of the blue bars, you'll notice a little "show" thingy. Click that you'll be able to view the stuff. -- Scorpion 0422 06:04, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
I suggest you fix up the referencing to Reality Bites, to make it similar to the way you made Bart Carny. Also, make the references to the commentary to the individuals in the commentary, as you'll make more references, and it'll just look better that way. xihix( talk) 23:51, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Oh, I thought you were talking about the chalkboard discussion. And, regarding the GAC, I'm talking about the one on the main Wikiproject page, in the Announcements section. xihix( talk) 04:53, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
I don't live in Davenport, and I don't actually know how to use some of the features on wikipedia. Most of what I do is start articles or minor changes (such as correction in grammar, or disambig. pages), so I don't know a whole heck of alot about editing wikipedia in that since. The only problem I have is there are very few pictures, and all of which have to do with the river, I understand that the particular part of the city is no doubt the most important part of it, but I'm sure there are certain important things in other areas. Like I said, I'm not extremely skilled at wikipedia. Thanks. Iamanadam 01:34, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Something about further from the river, like Duck Creek or Vandevere (?, haven't live there for almost seven years, so I'm not sure how it's spelled). Thank you Iamanadam 05:36, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
For constantly beating me to the punch on vandalism, keep up the good work! Gonzo fan2007 talk ♦ contribs 05:22, 10 November 2007 (UTC) |
[2] -- Scorpion 0422 20:43, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
I never have and I most likely never will. I have received a couple of offers, but generally I don't want to be one because then I'd be expected to resolve disputes (as you can see, I'm not very good at that), have top notch knowledge of policy (again, not very good) and I'm really not much into the beureaucratic stuff that goes on around here. Besides, I would most likely only use the powers to help my editing stuff (ie. speedy deletions, history merges, banning annoying Simpsons vandals, etc, etc) -- Scorpion 0422 01:57, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
There is no discussion because nobody has started one. Basically, if nobody objects after a couple of weeks, then you go ahead with the merge. And, Kearney's last name is listed on a page in 24 Minutes. -- Scorpion 0422 03:18, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
first its a directors blog, that was featured on familyguy.com before its redesign. Again, these episodes appear on numerous other outlets, but this was the most legit source. Also, the source has provided information in the past that was all accurate. This has been discussed in length already by the main contributing editors of family guy, and this was the decision deemed best applicable. I see youve made numerous contributions to wikipedia, but you should stay with the subjects you are most familiar with, even if you are a said fan of family guy. Please stop reverting discussed changes. thanks. Grande13
I believe its the article at ign from this years comiccon that details the upcoming plots. Regarding the blog, it has been proven in the past to be correct as you can go back to the last season and see the same results. Also, there is a lot of insider knowledge available there and on his past blogs. Also, a few of us are in direct email connection with a few of the directors as we help run other various cartoon/family guy websites/promotions. There are no longer any issues with this page and its causing no harm and it clearing lays out the upcoming info without being crystal ball like it was previously formatted. Its more beneficial to have the official titles up there now, as the page is a high source of vandalism and this cuts back on it substantially as there is a source provided that cant be manipulated by vandals, so all future info not properly sourced is quickly now able to be identified as vandalism which helps protect the integrity of the page. There are some other reasons as well but i have other things to attend to now. Grande13
Sorry, I've been busy. The description of the user is just some background info about yourself on Wikipedia, mainly things you may have done that aren't covered by the 3 standard questions. As far as self-noms go, I don't think there is any data as to whether they have a lower chance of passing and they are quite common (I was a self-nom). I'm not sure why there might not be many self-noms now. After reviewing your contributions, I'm not sure how well you would do in an RFA. Your article contributions are good, a mix of vandal reverts and cleanup, but your contributions to the User talk namespace seem to be mostly vandalism warnings, RFA voters generally like to see evidence of good communication with other users. But your contributions to the Wikipedia namespace is what would likely hurt you on RFA. People like to see plenty of contributions to areas such as WP:AFD to see that you have a good knowledge of policies like the deletion policy. You may want to participate in other RFAs to get a sense of the process and check out areas like WP:ANI and WP:AN to get a sense of what admins do. People at RFA can be pretty picky. You might want to try in 2 months or so, after getting more experience in admin-related areas (making sure your article contributions don't greatly suffer as a result). I would not suggest starting an RFA now, mainly for the reason that you could probably pass in a month or 2, but if you do an RFA now, and don't succeed, people may want you to wait 3-6 months before trying again. You should look over Wikipedia:Admin coaching and if it seems like it might be for you, I would volunteer to be your coach. This might be a little more than you actually asked for, but I hope it helps. Mr. Z-man 05:27, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
There is an AN/I thread here Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Threats which involves you. henrik• talk 08:53, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Tips from a seasoned vet: "Vandal" can be an inciting word, like "troll", and it is best reserved for only the most obvious vandalism, like "Dick Cheney gobbles fat cocks". For the instance you were dealing with, the best choice of templates would have been the {{ uw-delete1}} - {{ uw-delete4}} series. It's best not to pontificate on the motivation of other editors, including anonymous IPs; the editor may or may not be a homophobe, but neither mindset could easily be proven and it's unnecessary to invoke that when deciding what is vandalism. This warning was tasteless, but you probably shouldn't have retaliated with a v4 warning. Just ignore, or if you're feeling frisky, ask the IP why they thought what they were doing wasn't vandalism and ask them to participate in discussion on the article talk page. There are many ways of dealing with contentious editors, and aggressively escalating a situation is usually not among the best methods. If you get the spirit of what I'm driving at, you'll find a smoother experience ahead. And when there are real and obvious homophobes at work on the pages here, go slow; I find it's preferable to not call them on it at first but rather to give them enough rope. ·· coela can 20:21, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, the false template constituted being tasteless, or possibly being a jerk, but not vandalism per se. It could have been understandable frustration; if the user did not think they were vandalizing homophobia, then obviously they would be taken aback by templates saying "you are vandalizing this article". They didn't respond appropriately by templating you, but at that point you would have done best to open a dialogue rather than escalating with another template. The user may not be a regular, but the aesthetic of WP:DTR may be beneficial here too. ·· coela can 20:45, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Suggest you don't respond to the IP on the ANI thread. S/he has already had the situation explained, about how there was no threat to ban, how these are just usual templates, and how the material being removed was sourced. There's nothing else to say; s/he just wants to squeeze something further out of the situation. If someone else asks you a question, answer, but I think you should disengage from the IP now. ·· coela can 14:59, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
I throughtly agree with your idea of re-formatting the season pages, which, I've already done. I've throughtly cleaned up Season Eighteen, Season Ten and Season Three, and I've you go to my talk page, look into my personal sandbox, then you would notice I'm cleaning out Season Four. - Yours truly, Superior (talk) 05:02, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
It's pretty ridiculous actually, every time I remove something that mentions them being gay, it immediately gets "archived" on the talk page. As for proper merging techniques, the Flanders family page right now is pretty much ready, so the Maude and Rod & Todd pages would only need to be redirected. However, there is opposition to it now, so we'd have to wait for some kind of consensus. -- Scorpion 0422 03:27, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
I apologise for my late reply, busy all day. I have JUST finished adding the entire plot for Husbands and Knives.
I was going to look at " Template:Infobox Simpsons episode" and edit the seasons on to it, but someone already beat me to it, well, regardless, it looks better with the seasons at the bottom, now its more easier to navigate. (: - Yours truly, Superior (talk) 03:35, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I've been very busy and quite stressed out lately. I guarantee you I will have something within the next 24 hours. And I'm not sure what you mean by QAC, do you mean WP:GAC or WP:FAC? Mr. Z-man 01:37, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I have been targeted online and in real world so refrain from giving a lot of personal info. I have lived in over two dozens places including the Midwest so can relate to "heartland" values. Benjiboi 06:34, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
Okay, I have finally started an admin coaching page for you. There is a short survey, some questions directly related to being an admin, some more indirectly. You can find it at User:Ctjf83/Admin Coaching. Mr. Z-man 00:25, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
A time limit of a week is allowed to fix an errors the reviewer may find. Funnily, "Realty Bites" is linked on my user page, as I quote the episode in a picture caption. Alientraveller ( talk) 22:15, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
There you go. Alientraveller ( talk) 18:36, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Yoshiarecool ( talk · contribs) has been reverting all of my edits to Funeral for a Fiend. I think he's trying to trick me into violating 3RR. Somebody tried that last week on Husbands and Knives. Would you mind removing the goofs section? -- Scorpion 0422 01:57, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
Doesn't matter to me. I've always considered a recurring character to be more than three appearances, but eventually someone will move his section there. -- Scorpion 0422 02:53, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Per WP:USER and more specifically Wikipedia:Don't restore removed comments, ips as well as any other user can remove warnings from their talk page. It shows that they have seen them. If you are reporting them at WP:AIV, list it in the report that the warnings are in the talk page history. Which ip is it? I will have a look if you want. Woodym555 ( talk) 18:07, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
There has been some opposition to it, but nothing as of late, so I guess one of us could be bold and merge it and then see if anyone opposes. -- Scorpion 0422 03:18, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm still trying to decide. getting him blocked gives him what he wants, plus if I did that, he might ask some others to come here and continue the war. I think the best strategy is to ignore it. -- Scorpion 0422 02:36, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
In obvious cases like that, the best thing to do would be to just find an online administrator and it report it to them, and let them decide what to do. There are places it could be reported like WP:AN. -- Scorpion 0422 02:39, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Don't know how to do that. But, try copying that template and simply adding some Simpsons quotes. -- Scorpion 0422 03:31, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
In response to your inquiries on my talk page:
I really haven't been very active on Wikipedia lately since I've been busy with other things in my life. -- Iowahwyman ( talk) 00:49, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Not in a long time, why do you ask? Cirt ( talk) 22:18, 7 December 2007 (UTC).
I added a Selected pictures section to Portal:The Simpsons. What do you think? I tried to highlight/bold the relevant episode in the brief blurbs that go along with the images. There are 10 images so far, but more can be added if positive feedback is received on inclusion of this section in general. Cirt ( talk) 12:02, 8 December 2007 (UTC).
I think the scene where everyone gives money to the Simpsons is based on It's a Wonderful Life. The statement in the section right now looks pretty accurate. If you think it's ready to be a GAC, could you please wait a bit until some of our other GACs have passed? It's a pain, but we don't want to swamp the reviewers. -- Scorpion 0422 15:56, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
THOH III has come up for review and the reviewer feels that the images you uploaded, Homer getting dunked and the zombies one, are excessive, are not required for the article and may violate fair use since they are not mentioned in the episode. Apologies, but I had to remove the images. -- Simpsons fan 66 22:19, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
When I first addressed this article I left the picture because it fits in and illustrates the episode in general, instead of a specific segment. Also If I don't use that image I don't know what I could replace it with. -- Simpsons fan 66 09:48, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Well, at the moment, yeah, I'd prefer limiting it to one per person. We already have 18 quotes, and with 3 displayed at a time that's 6 sets to cycle through. However, if you know of any other notable individuals that aren't quoted, please let me know. I didn't find a source for a few people, and I think I might ask some folks who own DVDs for direct quotes referenced to DVD commentary. Cirt ( talk) 16:25, 6 December 2007 (UTC).
Sure, I could do that. Remind me if I haven't in a bit. Cirt ( talk) 19:02, 9 December 2007 (UTC).
It seems that the maximum time is seven days period - I tried changing mine to 30, and it switched it right back again after saving. I'm not quite sure why that is, but it's probably for performance reasons. 30 days is a bit far for it to stretch at times. You could try asking at the Tech Pump, but they'll probably say the same thing. Hersfold ( t/ a/ c) 21:30, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
I just wanted to say that I admire you on your userboxes and that I am proud that you are out. More than I can say. Lol Dustihowe 18:18, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm Sorry, I don't. Umm....I have gmail and a verizon cell phone. You? Dustihowe ( talk) —Preceding comment was added at 17:45, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
We play country music. No we aren't online yet, since we are fairly new. I will let you know though when we do get up and online. Do you like country music? Dustihowe ( talk) 17:57, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
So, if you don't mind, tell me about yourself. Also, how do you feel about dating people that are younger than you by a year or two? Dustihowe ( talk) 19:12, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
That is going to be an issue. Tomorrow I will be able to. I tell ya what. How about we text. Is that ok? I will be able to for a little bit today, and tomorrow would be great, Saturday too. Dustihowe ( talk) 19:34, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
If I had my say in it, I'd just eliminate the list altogether and try to incorporate any notable natives relating to entertainment, sports, politics, etc. into the appropriate sections of the article. My beef with the list was the rather loose notability standards that people were listing just about anyone who had an Iowa tie -- I remember that Sage Rosenfels was originally on the list, and he's just a backup quarterback in the NFL now (at least Kurt Warner won a Super Bowl). He should be, and is, listed under his hometown of Maquoketa. For now, though, I'd try to generate a consensus on the WP:IOWA talk page or the main Iowa article talk page to see what people think. -- Iowahwyman ( talk) 20:53, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
No, I did not. Check the talk page, there is still more to be done. But we have seven days. P.S. - If you want to work on it by yourself, let me know, otherwise I'd love to help you get it past the GA Hold. You've done good work so far. Cirt ( talk) 20:05, 13 December 2007 (UTC).
I'm really just having fun contributing to the project as a content-focused contributor, a Wikipedia:WikiDragon if you will. At the present time, I'm not interested in becoming an Admin or the duties it entails. Hope that answers your question. Cirt ( talk) 21:45, 13 December 2007 (UTC).
Well, I used the Marge quote because I thought it was funny and cute, and it's from the very first episode. Cirt ( talk) 21:54, 13 December 2007 (UTC).
No I don't think it's really necessary. You shouldn't add potentially crufty sections just to satisfy the anti-image folks. -- Scorpion 0422 23:48, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
I just reviewed Miracle on Evergreen Terrace and out it on hold. I left some notes on the talk page. Thanks. Rufous-crowned Sparrow ( talk) 20:11, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Did you address those two? If so, I think everything is addressed save for lead expansion, and I'll do that next. Cirt ( talk) 07:29, 15 December 2007 (UTC).
I left some notes on the talk page. You forgot to provide the name of the person on one of the notes to the DVD commentary. Otherwise, we shaped up this article real fast! Cirt ( talk) 20:36, 15 December 2007 (UTC).
I'm so happy we won't have to deal with IPs on Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind for a week. Some registered users will still be insistant on adding trivia, but IPs are the worst. This will be a bad episode for cruft too, because you know people will add a comprehensive list of what past episodes we saw screenshots of. And to answer your earlier question, I saw the opening credits on the version that aired on Global, then I was kicked off of the TV, so I had to watch the rest on Fox an hour later. -- Scorpion 0422 01:59, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
I just want to know why it is called the "murder house"? I'm guessing there was a murder there, but from memory (I've seen this episode), there was a very famous murder in the house, but whether this is all I can't remember. - Shudde talk 19:13, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Oh God right! I forgot about that! Ah well, thanks for the offer, but it shouldn't be to hard, I'll whack the old DVD out on Wednesday night and do it then, to celebrate the start of my Christmas holidays! Gran 2 20:17, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the message. Normally, I'd be happy to do it. However, I don't really do TV episode GA nominations (I don't feel comfortable assessing them against the GA criteria, if that makes any sense). Keep up the good work, though. Cheers! Esrever ( klaT) 22:13, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I have been busy lately. I will talk to you soon....I promise. You know, with all of the holidays it's just been hectic. I will email you soon....-- Dustihowe Talk 17:28, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm still leaning toward deleting it altogether and integrating the data into other sections. Maybe someone on the United States Wikiproject might have an opinion on what to do with it. -- Iowahwyman ( talk) 03:18, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
I just created the general format for it, the rest is up to you and/or others. I'd suggest contacting someone else for advice on automating tedious tasks somehow, not my area of expertise. Cirt ( talk) 08:33, 20 December 2007 (UTC).
On behalf of all here at Wikipedia, I apologize for BetaCommand's behaviour. He should have linked you to policy (sorry, I don't even know what policy he was citing) and shouldn't have been so rude.
If you need to ask any questions, especially about the List of animals in The Simpsons discussion, place {{helpme}} on your talk page, ask your question, and someone will come along (pretty quickly) and answer. Take Care.... NeutralHomer T: C 18:50, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Ctjf, your problems with Betacommand sound like they are best resolved through the Dispute Resolution ( WP:DR) process. Might I suggest you begin a Request for Mediation ( WP:RFM) or post your concerns specifically regarding the Simpsons articles on the Third Opinion board ( WP:3O). It appears to me that these are the next logical steps in resolving your conflict. Best of luck, CastAStone //(talk) 04:09, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
First you write "uh, this was all my idea, so who put you in charge" as well as "next one is a 3RR warning" and then you say "why dont u ever AGF anymore, ever"? I hate to break it to you, but you're not in charge either. Both Cirt and I think that we should limit it to one quote per section, and thus you're in the minority. Why not pick a different Apu quote from a different episode? -- Scorpion 0422 03:40, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
What's the big deal? There are lots of great quotes we can't include because we're trying to have some variety. If I could, I'd have a half a dozen Homer, Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure quotes in there. -- Scorpion 0422 04:12, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
What is it you're asking me to do? -- Scorpion 0422 16:40, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply, I didn't realise it wasn't active. I just wanted as many perspectives on the article as I could and one of the first places I looked was the wikiprojects the article was under, I just thought somebody may be able to help. Anyway thanks for your reply. Rezter ( talk) 19:53, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
Regarding your note on my talk page, let me expand on my explanation a bit, I changed the warning left on User talk:67.168.166.3 because it was done for a revert that I had made, and I prefer to leave my own warnings, as I sometimes use custom templates to encourage editors to stop and think, they are a bit more personalized, and less "templatey". Note that you did not revert any of the Corn dog edits, [3], so yes, I did remove your level 3 following a level 1, and replace it with a non-bot, custom message, hopefully designed to get the editor to stop their nonconstructive edits. I sincerely apologize if you were offended, but I feel it is best to allow the person who reverted nonconstructive editors a chance to leave a notice, and if they do not, then yes, then I will sometimes leave a warning, and of course, that would be great for you to do as well. Additionally, the editor only made three edits to the Corn dog article, and yet you accidentally added a fourth and last warning for editing Corn dog. Now, please don't take this wrong, because I've run into you in reverts quite often, and you're awesome at RC patrol, but I've noticed that many times (in fact, a great many times), Twinkle will lead me to believe I "got" the revert, take me to the editor's talk page, but in fact, my revert never went through, due to someone else getting there first. I've made it a habit to double-check the article history in most cases, to be sure that someone else would not be leaving a warning, resulting in duplicate notices. This is what happened, I recognized it, and I'm sorry that you thought I was removing your warning, but I didn't want the editor to be double-warned. Sadly, it seems they did not heed my advice, and they did end up being blocked. :( Anyway, I just wanted to expand on that, I couldn't reply immediately at length, but wanted to clear it up! Thank you so much for understanding, Ariel ♥ Gold 03:17, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
That you for your note on my page. Borat has officially "died." I did discuss it on the discussion page before entering it. There is also a reference in the discussion. Pls check it out and fix accordingly. QueenAdelaide ( talk) 06:55, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
It's hard to tell because he conveniently hasn't said what his exact problems are, but I think it might be that the image is obviously a poorly cropped version of an official image and has no source, and no real reason why it belongs on that episode page. Your best bet would be to get a screen cap from that episode and upload it. -- Scorpion 0422 04:30, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
{{Non-free use rationale | Description = | Source = | Article = | Portion = | Low_resolution = | Purpose = | Replaceability = | other_information = (optional variable, can be left out) }}
It's from Template:Non-free use rationale, and there is an alternate one at Template:Fair use media rationale. Cheers, Cirt ( talk) 17:22, 23 December 2007 (UTC).
Pretty much. A random user did the same thing not too long ago with a "Mini stories" template. I think the Sideshow Bob one is setting a bad example, I pretty much created it because a dozen IPs were adding a list of Sideshow Bob episodes to his page, and it was threating it's GA candidacy, so I made the template. I regret that now. -- Scorpion 0422 01:43, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Where do you mean? Because the theme section uses LGBT already. If you change it anywhere I don't think it would make any sense. Gran 2 20:56, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
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Ariel ♥ Gold 21:32, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Just like to say thanks for all your help throughout the year, and have a Merry Christmas and a happy new year! -- Simpsons fan 66 23:28, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I never saw your message, had two and only saw the second one. Anyway, I'll think I'll leave it as is for now. As for Das Bus, I don't think I'm going to get around to it any time soon, so would you like to take it instead? Gran 2 19:09, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
The author, publisher and publishing dates are only needed if they are available. For example, for this ref, the publisher is "Quad City Times", the publishing date is "June 28 2003", the author is Thomas Geyer, and the title is "Did Mass Mound save Davenport again?". For this ref, the title is "Davenport & Rock Island: America's Most Livable Small Cities" and the publisher is "DavenportOne". Epbr123 ( talk) 20:05, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm busy with other things right now, but if I can find the time, I'll try to do it. -- Scorpion 0422 20:31, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
then why not state all? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.46.200.134 ( talk) 23:57, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
hello, I was just getting ready to put G2 as the reason for "Marco Candelaria". would that have worked as a reason too, or not? Ctjf83 talk 04:11, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
Actually, there's a spot for that on the to do section. Also I'm probably going to start a merge discussion section soon, because I think it's time we focus on getting all of our character pages so they pass WP:FICT guidelines. -- Scorpion 0422 21:35, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
Just to clarify, I'm not doing a GA review of the article. For point #3, the way the sentence is constructed is ambiguous: "According to Mike Scully, this scene was regrettably deleted due to the episode being too long". The placing of "regrettably" is unusual. If it is indeed Scully that regrets the deletion of the scene (which I see the sentence does lean towards), perhaps something like "The scene was deleted for timing reasons, which Scully regrets" would be better. Brad ( talk) 21:17, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
I've noticed 2 warnings from you on the talk page for this IP. This IP belongs to a school district and the offending edits to which you referred could have been made by any of thousands of students or staff. Banning this IP would ban an entire school district from using Wikipedia. I apologize for whoever vandalized the pages, but I would ask that you keep this in mind and please do NOT ban this IP. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.10.148.5 ( talk) 20:09, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey, I'll be reviewing Das Bus for it's GA status, but I have one minor comment which barely warrants putting the article on hold, but can you add a reference to the plot? For an example, see the bottom of the plot section of Family Guy GA Blind Ambition. Once this has been done, I will pass the article as a GA. Cheers, Qst 23:19, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the invite, but my account has been banned by fascist admins who simply delete, ban and lock rather than consider debate and consensus. I refuse to make a new account on this account and protest by editing anonymously and often by proxy. I don't remember what Simpsons articles I edited, if you were happy with the edits, I guess they were ok seeing as how it looks like you and your buddies are pretty much Simpsons aficianados. Glad I could contribute something constructive. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.100.9.83 ( talk) 14:26, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Oh, no, don't worry, I have Season 9. How else do you think I took the screenshots of all the episodes I GA'd? :P xihix( talk) 06:34, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I've reviewed quite a few articles. I was a common reviewer back in February of 07, and I recently reviewed a bunch too. -- Scorpion 0422 04:59, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
You mean like the one for the Hidden Message Vandal? Nah, this guys harmless because he always does the same stuff. Just keep his favourite targets on watch and you'll get him every time. However, if he's still around in a month, then maybe we should consider it. -- Scorpion 0422 04:37, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
No idea, I'm just going to wait and let someone else tackle it. -- Scorpion 0422 01:12, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
I don't know if you have much experience outside American borders, but I have lived many years in Europe and many people only have a vague idea who that is. Many people will tell you the same thing. Just like somebody from the UK might know their minister of health and think it's obvious, but we won't have a clue. For example: The last Simpson episode made a reference to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind which I found obvious because I am somewhat familiar with US cinema, you didn't understand the reference. If I wasn't familiar with US politics, I would not have understood the Clinton reference. Maybe a Star Trek fan will say that that reference is obvious while I might not have a first clue what they're talking about. Just leave the citation needed, it will encourage people to find sources which shouldn't be that hard to find. No not everything needs sources but I think this does.-- The Dominator ( talk) 05:20, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
I moved the page because IMDB had corrected its title, which must have happened after that discussion. New (not clearly copied) sources now reflect the 'correct' spelling. Anyway, is there a joke I'm missing in the 'E.' version? If not, why would it be spelled that way?
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Can I ask you something, what do you type into Google to get reception for The Simpsons's episodes, I go through loads of pages, but can't find anything for Family Guy articles. Qst 21:26, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Good job. Cirt ( talk) 19:32, 8 January 2008 (UTC).
What exactly is it you want done? -- Scorpion 0422 19:41, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Try that. -- Scorpion 0422 19:48, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
No idea, you could try a table I suppose. -- Scorpion 0422 20:05, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Can anyone tell me why Kate's tool edit count is just over 100 less than my edit count in "my preferences"? Which is more accurate? Ctjf83 talk 09:44, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
It's black for me, I'm not sure, but I recall it being like that for a while. No idea what's casuing it though, weird. Gran 2 15:55, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Nothing in terms of content is different, now. But the history can now be expanded without further problems of undue weight, which I think is a problem with the Davenport, Iowa article. I don't have a strong opinion on this, and if you do, I won't object to a merge back into the Davenport article. I thought there was some Manual of Style problem with sections that were too long, but I just checked and there isn't. I knew I had read something about that though, and I found it here at WP:UNDUE (part of WP:NPOV:
I think it's too long a section of the Davenport, Iowa, article, but I don't feel strongly about it. Now that I look at this paragraph, it really seems like a style point stuck in a guideline about bias, so I can't feel strongly about it. I thought that no one would object (I've done this before and no one did.) It's also a good spot to put the List of mayors of Davenport, Iowa, which currently is undergoing an AfD. So I'm sorry you don't like it, and do what you will with it. Best wishes, Noroton ( talk) 04:42, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
No, I don't think that should be done. The article is 8.3 kilobytes long already, it's got at least two independent, reliable sources and already works quite well as a separate article. The section in the Davenport, Iowa article is too long and too detailed (although since the article itself isn't that long, there's no hurry, but at some point someone's going to want to cut back the section to make room for other subjects). In time the two texts will diverge. I created the article because I thought it was a good idea, and I still do, so I'm not going to try to delete it -- I just won't object if you nominate it or suggest a merger. I think it also is a good fit with the list of mayors, which could also be useful to readers (although I don't think it's encyclopedic as an article subject). Noroton ( talk) 05:37, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Tell me what you think. Oh, also, I could add some external link to the local history society. The Library of Congress also has old pictures of everything, certainly including something in Davenport. Noroton ( talk) 22:15, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
The Notable Natives and the Points of interest sections are looking good. Good examples of how to write media sections include Cleveland, Ohio#Media, Grand Forks, North Dakota#Media and Manchester#Media. There are guidelines on how to write city articles at WP:UKCITIES and WP:USCITY. Epbr123 ( talk) 01:25, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Their wiki page will only be proof enough if it contains a citation for the fact they lived in Davenport. Epbr123 ( talk) 03:00, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, I'm new to wikipedia, and though I want to be a successful contributor, I am still learning my way around. Thanks for the heads up! Mgraham1985 ( talk) 20:32, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
You told me not to put my username in the article. Any help with wikipedia, no matter how small is appreciated. Mgraham1985 ( talk) 22:09, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! I'll keep that in mind next time I have a question to ask! Mgraham1985 ( talk) 00:12, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Yes! I do. Live in Iowa that is. Matt Yohe ( talk) 08:21, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
My hometown is Council Bluffs, but I go to school at the University of Iowa. Yeah, I would love to clean some of these up. My Wikifoo is not strong yet, I just haven't spent enough time to get really fluent. Contact me sometime: AIM: MCharlesYohe or email/gtalk: matt.yoheATgmail.com . —Preceding unsigned comment added by Matt Yohe ( talk • contribs) 08:32, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
It's worth a try but having Kill Gil unlocked means that he'll vandalize it and thus give himself away every time. If we block all of his targets, he won't be as easy discover. -- Scorpion 0422 04:59, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Only if there are a lot. If only a few characters debut, then they can be mentioned in the production section (and maybe even the lead if it's a notable character). -- Scorpion 0422 04:21, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
[9] It's also mentioned in depth in the beginning of Planet Simpson, I'll try and get something from that eventually. -- Scorpion 0422 00:07, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Well, I haven't used XChat in a loooong time, so I'm not really sure how it's interface is now. But, generally, once you are on the main black box (if it's still that color), type "/server freenode" without the quotes into the message box, and press enter. Once it connects, it may or not prompt you to join a channel (again, haven't used it in a while). If it does, type #wpsimpsons. If not, type "/join #wpsimpsons" without the quotes. xihix( talk) 01:06, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
No problem! I'm still fairly new and trying to be as clear as I can with grammar/verbage when writing articles. :) -PMK —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prettymaryk ( talk • contribs) 03:17, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
I was having a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject The Simpsons/Featured topic Drive and I'd love to participate. Unfortunately, I don't have any The Simpsons DVD's, but I'd love to bring an article up to FA. I'd be willing to do all the work, and we could do it together, as a team. Are you up for it? If you are, we can start whenever you're ready :) Qst 16:35, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
No, I don't live in Iowa. I do clean up pages on potentially notable topics. CitiBus popped up on the uncategorized page list and needed work. • Gene93k ( talk) 19:23, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello there! It's a pleasure to meet you. A peer review is a process in which several editors will examine an article and provide recommendations for its improvement. I'm a relatively new editor here, so I really can't give you a good explanation of how things work around here. I hope this helps.-- Dem393 ( talk) 04:24, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Why not just ask for the page to be semi-protected? Cirt ( talk) 21:21, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
we made a list here of all the IPs, what can be done at ABREP? can they block the whole company that is doing the vandalism or what? Ctjf83 talk 21:23, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Busy... in a bit ... Cirt ( talk) 21:05, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Ha, sorry, I'll step aside for a while.-- The Dominator ( talk) 03:34, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
If you had clicked on the link that was supplied it would be fairly obvious to you. ... discospinster talk 03:51, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
GAC is not something I'm familiar with. I see you've added a lot to it. Very nice. Noroton ( talk) 05:20, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
This image omits the Northern end of the ChiPitts area, which stretches up to Green Bay! -- Orange Mike | Talk 17:22, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
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I never did that. Someone else must be operating on this account... Besides the fact I once left this account logged in on a public compy. >_<...prepare for a wave of vadalism from this account, perhaps... M1N ( talk) 20:37, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Three men - a New Zealand farmer, Osama bin Laden and a Aussie are all working together one day.
They come across a lantern and a Genie pops out of it. 'I will give each on you one wish, which is three wishes in total', says the Genie.
The New Zealander, 'I am a farmer and my son will also farm. I want the land to be forever fertile in New Zealand.'
POOF! With the blink of the Genie's eye, The land in New Zealand was forever fertile for farming.
Osama was amazed, so he said, 'I want a wall Around Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq and Iran so that no infidels, Americans or Aussies or New Zealanders can come in our precious land.'
POOF! Again, with the blink of the Genie's eye, there was a huge wall around those countries.
The Aussie says, 'I am very curious. Please tell me more about this wall.'
The Genie explains, 'Well, it's about 5,000 feet high 5oo feet thick and completely surrounds the country. Nothing can get in or out; it's virtually impenetrable.'
The Aussie sits down, cracks a beer, smiles, and says, 'Fill it with water.' -- Simpsons fan 66 06:43, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Just to let you know I've moved the page you made to make it into an abuse report here Wikipedia:Abuse reports/Telstra Perth range. As the user changes a large variety of Simpsons pages I don't think semiprotection is going to be particularly successful. I would suggest you tell everyone involved make sure you warn and when it continues (ask for a) block on this vandal whenever he/she crops up and ASAP. This will help ensure that if any abuse report is made, there is no chance the user can claim they weren't aware what they were doing wasn't acceptable Nil Einne ( talk) 15:52, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the suggestion of the Lupin anti-vandal tool - after a few teething problems, it seems to be working now. StephenBuxton ( talk) 12:32, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
In this case, the biggest issues are issues with the completeness criterion (e.g. lots of very short sections and lots of areas where information needs to be researched and added). As opposed to minor fixes, like copyediting or manual of style issues. So that's why it wasn't placed on hold. It doesn't really matter, does it? The article can always be renominated once the issues are addressed and the article meets the criteria. Essentially, all "B-class" articles are "on hold", right? Dr. Cash ( talk) 20:57, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
The article should have a link (at the top) to the map coordinates at maps.google.com (actually, it's several map sites). I think it's usually linked to from the geography section as well. That should be sufficient. You probably don't need to duplicate that map in the article itself. I have seen some city articles have a NASA/NOAA satellite image in the geography section; you might find an image by searching on their websites for satellite images (or a google search); can't remember the specific website right now. Not sure if you'd find a satellite image for your town though, maybe; it's not one of the larger metro areas in the country. I wouldn't worry if you can't find it though.
As far as city council members, you should at least have the mayor, vice mayor, and/or city manager (whatever's applicable). I wouldn't worry about listing every city council member, especially if it's a very large city council. If there's only 5-10 council members, though, it couldn't hurt to include them (but still optional). But each member doesn't need their own wiki article. Dr. Cash ( talk) 22:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Regarding your recent edits to Pleasant Valley Township, Scott County, Iowa, perhaps there is some misunderstanding... The map you removed is based on U.S. census data, as are the population figures you changed. It appears that the city of Bettendorf is within the borders of the township, which of course means that the population of the township includes the population of Bettendorf. If I have misinterpreted something here, let me know. The page on this township at City-Data.com may be helpful. Do you have some alternate source of population figures for this township? Omnedon ( talk) 12:37, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
I would be glad to help you with getting that article up to GA. However, I will warn you that I have been somewhat busy as of late and I may not be able to help very much. Sorry if this causes any problems. Captain panda 21:32, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Just wondering, what timezone are you in? Eastern time (GMT -5.00 (US + Canada)), Central time (GMT -6.00 (US and Canada), or Pacific time (GMT -8.00 (US and Canada)? -- Simpsons fan 66 03:19, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
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Dear ctjf83,
The help i am asking for is about the neutrality and the wikifying of this article, because these were the main points of the editor who tagged my article about krauthammer before i had it moved to the user subpage for furhter editing. What should i still change in your opinion to achieve neutrality and wikifiction? Gaborhor ( talk) 20:20, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks very much for the advice, I have referenced the text + I reorganized the history part in one paragraph? Any other things you think I should change before I move it back to the encyclopedia? Gaborhor ( talk) 10:43, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Dear Ctjf83,
Following your advice I have cleaned up the external links, included access dates, and referenced the history section. IMO Anything else necessary? Gaborhor ( talk) 19:51, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Good job. I'll be on IRC later today so if you need any refs for future articles, ask me then. -- Scorpion 0422 17:51, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Sorry a bit busy. I would suggest you follow the above guide as relevant. You should be able to basically take the case through yourself. You already have a lot of the key info. From a whois, the contact point for this would be abuse@telstra.net. The thing to do from there would be improve the abuse report so it is easier for the ISP to see the problem. The guide provides some helpful tips. As it says, you should make sure you include a few examples of the vandalism, I would add some more edit diffs to the abuse report (like I did with some of the example). Once that is done, you should e-mail the ISP (although the guide says phone is best I think e-mail may be best in this case since it isn't an extremely urgent problem and for a large ISP it's probably easier for them to handle via e-mail then phone). In the e-mail to the ISP, I would emphasise that it involves multiple pages and it has been occuring for over 2 months & also emphasise the fact that the IP changes too frequently for blocks to be effective. I would also emphasise the be polite part. If you have any further queries, Wikipedia talk:Abuse reports may be helpful Nil Einne ( talk) 16:48, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Could you pop on when you get a moment? Thanks. :) Qst ( talk) 12:46, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
hoping your doing ok.....Happy Editing, Dusti talk to me 17:05, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
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It's sad that people like you who accuse others of ownership issues never realize the irony that the only reason they are so upset is because they themselves have ownership issues. He's been seen in a protestant church many times, and several times since the episode. If you don't like it, take it to the talk page. -- Scorpion 0422 02:29, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
I know that you didn't ask me the question, but the answer to your question about the font is yes, you can have any font that you wish on your signature. Right now, I am using Comic Sans. Dusti talk to me 17:16, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Here is the code for my sig
Simply substitute the font you want where I have comic sans ms. Dusti talk to me 17:55, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Please leave it as a small "q". You're right, normally proper nouns use capital letters, but if that is how NBC types it, then that is how it should be. It is in the same fashion as the small "i" for i wireless Ctjf83 talk 06:01, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nbcpullsquarterlife,0,4836180.story
This is the source where I found out that "Quarterlife" is cancelled. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Franko1212 ( talk • contribs) 18:20, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm not going to get a seizure over it, but it's very obvious to pretty much everybody, you'd be a minority if you say that it isn't a reference. I'd even say its more obvious than The Debarted being a reference to The Departed. Besides, most of the reviews won't even mention it as it is so blatantly apparent. The Dominator ( talk) 23:57, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, I just realized it, but I don't think what the user is adding is notable at all and episode guidelines explicitly state that songs shouldn't usually be listed. The Dominator ( talk) 03:22, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, I'm far from being a Christian and I hate those stupid Conservative Christians, the reason why I have some doubts is that marriage is in fact a religion related thing, and in their religion it says that gays shouldn't be married, not that I agree, but it's a tiny bit hypocritical to intrude on what they believe and that is a violation of separation of church and state. That said, I believe Christianity should change and accept gays since they are unfair to you guys, I just think that forcing them into accepting gays is a bit hypocritical. The Dominator ( talk) 14:19, 3 March 2008 (UTC)