Of course. Be my guest. FearÉIREANN \ (caint) 23:33, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Unfulfilled Christian prophecy title
It ends April 1st. Thanx... Tex 19:12, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
I was looking through your edits and decided that since they were so good I thought I'd give you this:
The Original Barnstar | ||
For your significant contributions to Wikipedia and constantly keeping things working the way they should I award you this Barnstar. Acebrock 23:21, 29 March 2006 (UTC) |
This person loves asparagus!!!!—Preceding unsigned comment added by Grand pitty ( talk • contribs)
Your comments at the Reference Desk are generally perspicacious, but I especially liked your comments today apropos of one's hurting a cat in order to make him/her "meow" and one's viewing animals as fungible. Even as I think it more likely than not that the question was posed in jest, I surely worry (notwithstanding that I well know many animals are in abusive homes; I suppose one is upset here because one has a specific example at which to look) that there is a cat out there somewhere being treated as described in the question. The cat with whom I live came to me after living in a similar situation; he was adopted with another cat by a family but returned to the Humane Society because he wasn't as playful as the other cat and thus wasn't enjoyed by the family's children. Your response to the questioner was altogether appropriate, I thought, and I hope, in the case that she should be real, that she will think about the fashion in which she treats her cat. I was particularly surprised to see that some people responded simply to the effect that "some cats are quiet" without making a normative comment; even as I generally avoid expressing opinions vis-à-vis the propriety of conduct referenced in certain questions (or the posing of questions themselves), in view of WP:AGF, WP:NPA, WP:BITE, and my general desire to disseminate information (rather than to debate), even to those with whom I disagree on many issues, I thought this was a case in which something needed to be said, and I thank you for having said it. Joe 06:04, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I'm doing a survey of Wikipedia editors as part of a class research project. It's quick, anonymous, and the data will be made available to the Wikipedia community later this month. Would you like to take part? More info here. Thanks! Nonplus 00:41, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
I noticed you leave a message for User:Scalaeditor on his userpage; it struck me that you were probably intending to leave it on his talk page (so the new messages bar would light up). I moved it across for you, and deleted the history of the userpage, since the only thing there was the message. If I can be of any other help, please let me know. Essjay Talk • Contact 01:06, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Article looks good. Thanks for telling me.-- Dakota ~ ° 04:18, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Howdy! Thanks for your message. I assume you're referring to your "athiest" userbox. I do like that one a lot - the one I used to have said something along the lines of "This user believes the world would be a better, safer and more peaceful place without religion." I had it for like a week and then it was deleted. Grrr. -- eo 12:22, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the note, dude. Nice to know somebody actually reads this stuff, coz it took me forever to figure out how everything works and format that article right! ;-) I originally wrote it for a college class, and decided it would make a good first contribution. CaliforniaKid 05:10, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
thanks for fixing that typo on the patrick maclanahan page -- Fuzzy 13:34, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
First, thaks for the translation of my article in Wikipdia Spanish, I'm very honoured.
Second, I try to help you or to hinder you (sorry).
Si entiendes esto en español una duda: ¿por qué elegiste este río que apenas tiene importancia)
Why that insignificant river (or brook) see you -- Locutus Borg File:Logo-Borg.gif, Talk to me 21:05, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I read your tutorial on typo fixing on your user page. I'm glad to see people working on this sort of thing -- I've done a whole bunch of spelling fixes myself. My method is similar, but the details differ: I use Mozilla Firefox, which allows you to open multiple webpages as "tabs" within the same browser window. This makes it easy to have 30 or 40 pages queued up for checking at a time, if you like. The other technique I use is an automated spell-checker: there's SpellBound for Firefox, or the Google Toolbar for both IE and Firefox. One notable thing about typos is that they are often clustered together: an article with one typo is likely to have more. Google Toolbar's spellchecker is particularly good for this: it highlights the misspelled words in the browser's text area, so you can easily ignore the words that aren't actually misspelled. Keep up the good work! Cheers. Neilc 05:09, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
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W00t! Thanks!! -- eo 22:38, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Well now, it's good to meet someone else who's not afraid of a little bloody steak. We ought to conduct a survey of editors' steak preferences and petition Jimbo Wales to ban all those who chose well done, after all, how can someone who exercises such poor judgment as to like well done steak be trusted to make good edits?;)> I wish I could take credit, but I didn't create the category, just tweaked the language. Glad you stopped by--you know it's nice to get a message from someone just saying howdy. -- Fuhghettaboutit 03:32, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi! I've seen your work in the Tongoy page, and I find it faboulus. I'm the principal writer of the spanish wiki article of Tongoy, and i want to say thank's for your work. Keep in that way. Salu2 -- Rakela 20:24, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
PS: Sorry by my english, it's owfoul.
Hola! Your English is pretty damn good. I'm glad you found the article and like it. I don't like to do things in half-measures and tried to translate with fidelity and into flowing English, along with providing extra research so that an English speaking audience will understand terms that are assumed to be known by Spanish speakers. If your English is good enough to follow along with the article, and I don't know that it is, I would appreciate it if you could review the article for factual accuracy. I tried hard, but my Spanish is not great either and there were certain passages that I may have gotten something confused about. If you find any mistakes, you could either change them yourself, or if you don't trust your English abilities enough to make the changes (which I would of course help with, by reviewing for English fluidity) you can post all necessary changes here. This is the heart of Wikipedia. A good article on a town in Chile that would never make it into a regular English Encyclopedia text. Glad to meet you! -- Fuhghettaboutit 21:21, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Hellow my effortful friend
I need to explain that the words post-quem aren't a geologist term but a latin expression, a latinism, thats means "posterior". I used this words for express that something is like a milestone that provides a reference time. For instance, the French Revolution (1789) is a time reference for the last historical epoch. Our times are post-quem; in opposite, the Medieval epoch is ante-quem.
I hope, that I has able to be clear. You know. Thanks -- Locutus Borg File:Logo-Borg.gif, Talk to me 23:15, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for helping expand the article The Holy. eisenhower U T C E Q
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. Strange that the anon user has come out of wiki-retirement to attempt to insult me The JPS talk to me 20:55, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for all the clarification and stylistic edits you've made on the Halloween (film) and Halloween II (film) articles. You've been a big help! (How about looking at Halloween III: Season of the Witch if you get the chance?) Dmoon1 22:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
I've noticed your edits to horror-related articles. Dmoon1 and I are thinking of starting a Horror WikiProject. Would you be interested in helping with something like this? Please see User:Myleslong/WikiProject Horror for a temporary project page. Thanks for your time. -- Myles Long 19:31, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
I was surprised and honored by your message. Your generous offer to help me here may turn into a full-time job for you. I received notification that I had a message, but I required another forty-five minutes' fumbling before I successfully read it. Thank you for your technical -- as well as artistic -- expertise in more attractively formatting the book page. That was my first attempt here and I do appreciate, not only your help, but your not laughing out loud at me. -- David Mills
Outstanding work on single-handedly translating the Cao Yu article at WP:SPATRA; that's a long article, and you've done a clean job. Just be careful not too burn yourself out like so many others, but you've been around long enough I'm probably preaching to the choir. I've been impressed while poking around your userpage especially the translation section. Let me know if you ever need any kind of hand on your Spanish/English work, I'd be glad to help. - Draeco 19:20, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
— Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 03:01, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Never seen Phantasm before. Must be good judging by its plot. I can see films like A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th being future horror collaborations, and books like Dracula and Frankenstein. I don't really know how to improve film articles be honest, because I have never made hefty contributions to any film article. So far my horror contributions have been limited to adding info boxes and uploading movie posters to horror articles. Could you outline how you would set out the article (if it becomes horror collaboration of the month)? LuciferMorgan 11:21, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the spelling fix and I'm Italian. ;-) hydnjo talk 23:55, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
I can see your point. If the article is more modest when made the collaboration of the month it could encourage more to contribute. I'll wait until the 23rd too, and contribute elsewhere at the moment. It could work though because there seems to be a lot online for Phantasm. I'll try slowly editing out those trivia sections in some articles by working them into the actual article. I hate those trivia sections with a vengeance lol. LuciferMorgan 19:20, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
DAMN IT. you beat me. :) ~a ( user • talk • contribs) 11:49, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the offer! Actually, I prodded the article last night after the initial opinions came in, but it was "mysteriously" removed by an anon user. Thus it's now the new contestant on AfD. I do get a kick out of talking about "that" article with someone who uses Fuhghettaboutit as their username. I can only imagine the awesome editing conversations: "Hey, you take care of that thing?" "What? --oh, you mean that thing?" "Nah, the other thing." "Oh that, yeah --it's been done." Heh, sweet. -- Bobak 16:17, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
I saw the welcome you placed on User talk:SkylineEvo and was quite impressed: is that template available anywhere ? TIA Sandy 11:25, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
(hay...pequeñas presas construidas en el río Eresma ideales para bañarse en verano.) I think your interpretation of "coves" is pretty good, but you might get an even better translation using "dams" and "lakes." Presas would be translated "Dams" literally, but you're right to assume an idiom, because logically the people don't bathe in the dams per se. I've never visited the es:Sierra de Guadarrama, but I'm guessing from the context that the entire river is dammed with successive little dams, rather than making little coves off to the side. So maybe it would be better to say "there are successive man-made dams that create small lakes (or ponds or even pools) perfect for bathing in the summer." - Draeco 16:34, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
No problem :-)
Alright thanks. Wont happen again. user:slapslapslap
Great Job!
Thanks for the complete an brilliant translation
Oh! And I like much your image of Sisyphus, I am very identify with he ;)
-- Locutus Borg File:Logo-Borg.gif, Talk to me 22:29, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the help on editing! Twenex 22:49, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
Hiya! I was loitering around in the toolkit, watching people make edits (well, watching for vandalism and other nastiness, really) and one of your edit summaries caught my eye:
While it's absolutely wonderful to welcome people, when they (eventually) learn to check the page history, it might be a little disheartening to learn that the welcome message they got was cookie-cutter. This is just my opinion on the matter, of course, but might I suggest using "Welcome to Wikipedia!" or "Welcoming our brand new editor!" instead?
If you'd like, I've got a personal {{ welcomeg}} that I use: User:Kylu/welcome, I like the fact that it's custom and shows that I'm personally putting some effort into welcoming users. If you like it (well, other than the graphic and color scheme, they might be a little too girly for you? :D) you're welcome to it! I doubt you need help in editing the template, from what I see of your userpage, and certainly you've got a mass more seniority here than I do, but if you'd like help translating the weird markup I used, please ask. :)
Take care!
Thanks for letting me know, I've registered my vote for JC. Been putting a bit more work into WP lately, so I'll be happy to collaborate on an article. Geoff B 23:48, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
No problem. Good call on messaging the WikiHorror participants, we don't seem to have many voting for the collaboration out of the two dozen or so members we have. Geoff B 01:41, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Hey thanks for the warm reception and invite! I voted for Carpenter just because I do have a soft spot for The Thing and Starman. Say do you guys do books too? I am somewhat shocked (alright just slightly bothered) to see how short the article is on the Exorcist, my all-time favorite horror novel. Plus, no entry for Salem's Lot the tv movie?! Here I was working on wikipedia articles that are, you know, about reality and discover that all this great stuff is not even covered or badly covered. As for future collaborations, I think these two rank pretty high. Anyway, once the voting done, I'll do my bit to help inform the general public about all the great entertainment that they should read about here first! Heh heh. Tombseye 06:09, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | ||
I hereby award this Tireless Contributor Barnstar to Fuhghettaboutit for his 12984 edits!!!! Benjaminstewart05 17:54, 24 May 2006 (UTC) |
Hi, I'm a bit puzzled by this one. I remember the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael John Ainsworth incident (can visualise the picture in the article!). Ainswrrth was added to the Western Suburbs Magpies by the user 203.213.7.130 and I deleted the reference. But I can find no evidence that this user had anything to do with a David Pittman article and I have no memory of such an article. Maybe some random coincidence? The new article seems OK on first investigation. Dlyons493 Talk 08:20, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the warning about ianchatham. I'll put him on my watchlist so I can monitor his contributions, and advise/warn/block in sequence if necessary. jimfbleak 16:24, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! I wasn't sure if I was supposed to respond on my talk page or yours. Anyway, it's my pleasure!
Sullenspice 22:31, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Thank you from yesterday. Chris 20:07, 29 May 2006 (UTC) (moved from my userpage-- Fuhghettaboutit)
Great minds think alike! :-D Thanks for your cleanup efforts, and the IMDB link. Cheers, FreplySpang 16:00, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
June 2006 (UTC)
I'm the one who was just editing The Thing. I had forgotten to log in!
Sullenspice 19:53, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
No problem. I have a bad habit of occasionally forgetting to log in. Most of the edits I've made on Wikipedia are probably credited to the 4.172.... or 4.173.... ip rather than my account.
Sullenspice 20:17, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
The city-town thing is a bit confusing, because the definitions in English and in German (Stadt) don't match exactly. A place with a town charter is called Stadt in German, and town or city in English. For categories, all towns bigger than 100,000 inhabitants are called "city" (see Category:Cities in Germany), all places smaller than 100,000, with or without town charter, are called "town". Actually towns over 100,000 are called Großstadt in German. The Brandenburg template shows districts and district-free cities/towns. Werder isn't district-free. Markussep 23:21, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Hmm hi I post an artical about some ideas such as Planor energy and Phillip Browning. The reason why no searches were found was due to that all this information is new and this is the first time it is being released. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mathforms05 ( talk • contribs) .
Fuhghettaboutit, I have a newbie question. Since you were kind enough to leave me a welcome note, I am directing it at you. I want to create a disambiguation page for the IRAS (Indian Railways Accounts Service) but the entry for the IRAS is a full article and not a redirection. How does one fix this. Do we normally move the article to an article with the full name? Rajat Bhargav
Thanks a lot for the excellent and detailed explanation. Will do the needful. Rajat Bhargav 20:12, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Since you have been the other primary contributor to the JC article, I thought I'd let you know about the limitations of what I can contribute, so that other sections can be taken up by different contributors.
The JC films that I can write about with some authority are ASOP 13, The Fog, and The Thing. I've written about all three, and I still need to slightly expand, fine-tune, and add refs. to the latter two. I'll continue to edit, and I can clean up other contributor's prose if need be, but I think I've just about reached my limit for adding content.
Sullenspice 13:36, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for that. I've been folowing that user's edits but didn't see that one. Thank you, Yanksox 04:19, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
Wow, I feel slow, but I learned a new term. Yanksox 04:21, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
Fuhghettaboutit I am the owner of MyOODB copyright. I am also a newbie to how to create wiki. I believe how I created MyOODB wiki was ok.
Copyright owners who submitted their own work to Wikipedia: If you submitted work to Wikipedia which you had previously published (especially online), and your submission was marked as a potential infringement of copyright, stating that you are the copyright holder of the work on the article's talk page helps, but will not likely prevent deletion. It is sufficient to:
Fuhghettaboutit I understand. My apologies. I am not trying to push MyOODB, its simple a tool that I thought fit in wiki since I saw other type tools here. I understand notable. I will request MyOODB for removal. Please note however that when I search google for "object-oriented database & web services", MyOODB often is the third link.
Thanks and Regards...
Fuhghettaboutit, my apologies but one more question. How long does it take to take down the article? The copyright violation page when searching give the impression that I have done something really wrong. I would really like to see it removed.
Moved to AFD. Ral315 ( talk) 05:57, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
205.188.117.6 "BEATLEWILL" This user has repetedly used a main article page to use it for a forum to rant his "opinions" (not facts) - it has already been reverted to the talk or discussion page where is belongs by a wise monitor/editor. But he refuses to take heed and puts up the same "disputes" and "opinion pieces" on a main subject page. THis is esp. true for the article on ART LORIA where the article shows his contributions to the music industry and is sourced, referenced and cited and properly formated.
Then 205.188.117.6 "BEATLEWILL" will come along and deface the article and rant about his opinions on his particular taste in music. Seems that because Mr. Loria was a "DOO WOP" performer, this vandal who has a more un-flattering for that genre of music, rather would share his opionin of the Beatles instead. BEATLEWILL even calims to be a spokesperson foe the Beatles and offers statements on what Yoko Ono or Psul McCartney would have to say. This is a disgrace! But totally acceptable if placed in the right forum. He has been corrected officially once, warned several times, but his banter continues.
That is is right and opinion of course - we just ask that he not be allowed to deface and disgrace an article main page in doing so. It takes away from the integrity of the music, theartist and WIKIPEDIA. Please follow the history of this user and look into this matter / complaint I have discussd. I'm doing research for a book and this is getting quite annoying. I'm not interested in his opinions of the Beatles, I'm interested in certain Doo Wop artists - it is greatly appriciated.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Doowopoldies1 ( talk • contribs) .
Hi again! Thanks for the support, and I'm glad to hear the spreadsheet turned out to be useful – Gurch 17:16, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Thx. It's not G4 as both previous deletions were speedies. - CrazyRussian talk/ contribs/ email 06:39, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi F, thanks again for helping with the cookie, I do hope he gets a warm fuzzy glow :) I'd be happy to help with your project if I can! As you no doubt noticed, I'm currently lacking both experience and confidence. Assisting a more experienced editor in an area where I can't screw up too bad seems like a great way to get started. I'll review the translation and get back to you, but it's dinner-time here, hopefully followed with some Quality Family Time, so please don't hold your breath waiting for me :) Happy Editing! Doc Tropics 23:32, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
...though the prospect seems daunting! First, though, I'll wait a few days for possible follow-up on the Discussion in which I raised the problematic matter. Even if the original editor doesn't respond, someone else might make a pertinent contribution and I'll be able to proceed with the edit I have in mind. -- Deborahjay 01:40, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
...I forgot to log in before adding (minor) content to the Siberian iris. D'oh! Should I correct this, and if so...how? Doc Tropics 18:49, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Fuhg. Next time I add to that article I'll add the note you suggested as well :) Doc Tropics 22:45, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Since you enjoy pointing out policies, I recommend you read WP:AGF If you don't want to have a discussion in a place you may not want to start one there. -- Crossmr 03:23, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar | ||
For the finest AFD Nomination I have ever seen, GREAT JOB! Aeon 13:44, 20 June 2006 (UTC) |
A ver cómo te lo explico.
Ten en cuenta que reunir ejércitos costaba años de preparativos, más en Aragón y Navarra, por el poder de las cortes sobre el rey.
Si no lo entiendes en Español intentaré escribirlo en inglés (sorry, but I had some work now and write in englis its hard to me)
Ah! Congratulations for the fully deserved Barnstar-- Locutus Borg File:Logo-Borg.gif, Talk to me 22:46, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
Hey, I've been working on the Night of the Living Dead article for some time now. Would you mind looking over it whenever you get the chance? Thanks. Dmoon1 04:34, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
May I vote in the nomination?
and, How? -- Locutus Borg File:Logo-Borg.gif, Talk to me 15:49, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa - he caught me at a bad moment. The sentiment is still apt, however. Natgoo 20:09, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
Of course. Be my guest. FearÉIREANN \ (caint) 23:33, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Unfulfilled Christian prophecy title
It ends April 1st. Thanx... Tex 19:12, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
I was looking through your edits and decided that since they were so good I thought I'd give you this:
The Original Barnstar | ||
For your significant contributions to Wikipedia and constantly keeping things working the way they should I award you this Barnstar. Acebrock 23:21, 29 March 2006 (UTC) |
This person loves asparagus!!!!—Preceding unsigned comment added by Grand pitty ( talk • contribs)
Your comments at the Reference Desk are generally perspicacious, but I especially liked your comments today apropos of one's hurting a cat in order to make him/her "meow" and one's viewing animals as fungible. Even as I think it more likely than not that the question was posed in jest, I surely worry (notwithstanding that I well know many animals are in abusive homes; I suppose one is upset here because one has a specific example at which to look) that there is a cat out there somewhere being treated as described in the question. The cat with whom I live came to me after living in a similar situation; he was adopted with another cat by a family but returned to the Humane Society because he wasn't as playful as the other cat and thus wasn't enjoyed by the family's children. Your response to the questioner was altogether appropriate, I thought, and I hope, in the case that she should be real, that she will think about the fashion in which she treats her cat. I was particularly surprised to see that some people responded simply to the effect that "some cats are quiet" without making a normative comment; even as I generally avoid expressing opinions vis-à-vis the propriety of conduct referenced in certain questions (or the posing of questions themselves), in view of WP:AGF, WP:NPA, WP:BITE, and my general desire to disseminate information (rather than to debate), even to those with whom I disagree on many issues, I thought this was a case in which something needed to be said, and I thank you for having said it. Joe 06:04, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I'm doing a survey of Wikipedia editors as part of a class research project. It's quick, anonymous, and the data will be made available to the Wikipedia community later this month. Would you like to take part? More info here. Thanks! Nonplus 00:41, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
I noticed you leave a message for User:Scalaeditor on his userpage; it struck me that you were probably intending to leave it on his talk page (so the new messages bar would light up). I moved it across for you, and deleted the history of the userpage, since the only thing there was the message. If I can be of any other help, please let me know. Essjay Talk • Contact 01:06, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Article looks good. Thanks for telling me.-- Dakota ~ ° 04:18, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Howdy! Thanks for your message. I assume you're referring to your "athiest" userbox. I do like that one a lot - the one I used to have said something along the lines of "This user believes the world would be a better, safer and more peaceful place without religion." I had it for like a week and then it was deleted. Grrr. -- eo 12:22, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the note, dude. Nice to know somebody actually reads this stuff, coz it took me forever to figure out how everything works and format that article right! ;-) I originally wrote it for a college class, and decided it would make a good first contribution. CaliforniaKid 05:10, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
thanks for fixing that typo on the patrick maclanahan page -- Fuzzy 13:34, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
First, thaks for the translation of my article in Wikipdia Spanish, I'm very honoured.
Second, I try to help you or to hinder you (sorry).
Si entiendes esto en español una duda: ¿por qué elegiste este río que apenas tiene importancia)
Why that insignificant river (or brook) see you -- Locutus Borg File:Logo-Borg.gif, Talk to me 21:05, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I read your tutorial on typo fixing on your user page. I'm glad to see people working on this sort of thing -- I've done a whole bunch of spelling fixes myself. My method is similar, but the details differ: I use Mozilla Firefox, which allows you to open multiple webpages as "tabs" within the same browser window. This makes it easy to have 30 or 40 pages queued up for checking at a time, if you like. The other technique I use is an automated spell-checker: there's SpellBound for Firefox, or the Google Toolbar for both IE and Firefox. One notable thing about typos is that they are often clustered together: an article with one typo is likely to have more. Google Toolbar's spellchecker is particularly good for this: it highlights the misspelled words in the browser's text area, so you can easily ignore the words that aren't actually misspelled. Keep up the good work! Cheers. Neilc 05:09, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Prod doesn't work anymore because the toolserver can't replicate. --
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W00t! Thanks!! -- eo 22:38, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Well now, it's good to meet someone else who's not afraid of a little bloody steak. We ought to conduct a survey of editors' steak preferences and petition Jimbo Wales to ban all those who chose well done, after all, how can someone who exercises such poor judgment as to like well done steak be trusted to make good edits?;)> I wish I could take credit, but I didn't create the category, just tweaked the language. Glad you stopped by--you know it's nice to get a message from someone just saying howdy. -- Fuhghettaboutit 03:32, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi! I've seen your work in the Tongoy page, and I find it faboulus. I'm the principal writer of the spanish wiki article of Tongoy, and i want to say thank's for your work. Keep in that way. Salu2 -- Rakela 20:24, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
PS: Sorry by my english, it's owfoul.
Hola! Your English is pretty damn good. I'm glad you found the article and like it. I don't like to do things in half-measures and tried to translate with fidelity and into flowing English, along with providing extra research so that an English speaking audience will understand terms that are assumed to be known by Spanish speakers. If your English is good enough to follow along with the article, and I don't know that it is, I would appreciate it if you could review the article for factual accuracy. I tried hard, but my Spanish is not great either and there were certain passages that I may have gotten something confused about. If you find any mistakes, you could either change them yourself, or if you don't trust your English abilities enough to make the changes (which I would of course help with, by reviewing for English fluidity) you can post all necessary changes here. This is the heart of Wikipedia. A good article on a town in Chile that would never make it into a regular English Encyclopedia text. Glad to meet you! -- Fuhghettaboutit 21:21, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Hellow my effortful friend
I need to explain that the words post-quem aren't a geologist term but a latin expression, a latinism, thats means "posterior". I used this words for express that something is like a milestone that provides a reference time. For instance, the French Revolution (1789) is a time reference for the last historical epoch. Our times are post-quem; in opposite, the Medieval epoch is ante-quem.
I hope, that I has able to be clear. You know. Thanks -- Locutus Borg File:Logo-Borg.gif, Talk to me 23:15, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for helping expand the article The Holy. eisenhower U T C E Q
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. Strange that the anon user has come out of wiki-retirement to attempt to insult me The JPS talk to me 20:55, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for all the clarification and stylistic edits you've made on the Halloween (film) and Halloween II (film) articles. You've been a big help! (How about looking at Halloween III: Season of the Witch if you get the chance?) Dmoon1 22:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
I've noticed your edits to horror-related articles. Dmoon1 and I are thinking of starting a Horror WikiProject. Would you be interested in helping with something like this? Please see User:Myleslong/WikiProject Horror for a temporary project page. Thanks for your time. -- Myles Long 19:31, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
I was surprised and honored by your message. Your generous offer to help me here may turn into a full-time job for you. I received notification that I had a message, but I required another forty-five minutes' fumbling before I successfully read it. Thank you for your technical -- as well as artistic -- expertise in more attractively formatting the book page. That was my first attempt here and I do appreciate, not only your help, but your not laughing out loud at me. -- David Mills
Outstanding work on single-handedly translating the Cao Yu article at WP:SPATRA; that's a long article, and you've done a clean job. Just be careful not too burn yourself out like so many others, but you've been around long enough I'm probably preaching to the choir. I've been impressed while poking around your userpage especially the translation section. Let me know if you ever need any kind of hand on your Spanish/English work, I'd be glad to help. - Draeco 19:20, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
— Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 03:01, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Never seen Phantasm before. Must be good judging by its plot. I can see films like A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th being future horror collaborations, and books like Dracula and Frankenstein. I don't really know how to improve film articles be honest, because I have never made hefty contributions to any film article. So far my horror contributions have been limited to adding info boxes and uploading movie posters to horror articles. Could you outline how you would set out the article (if it becomes horror collaboration of the month)? LuciferMorgan 11:21, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the spelling fix and I'm Italian. ;-) hydnjo talk 23:55, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
I can see your point. If the article is more modest when made the collaboration of the month it could encourage more to contribute. I'll wait until the 23rd too, and contribute elsewhere at the moment. It could work though because there seems to be a lot online for Phantasm. I'll try slowly editing out those trivia sections in some articles by working them into the actual article. I hate those trivia sections with a vengeance lol. LuciferMorgan 19:20, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
DAMN IT. you beat me. :) ~a ( user • talk • contribs) 11:49, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the offer! Actually, I prodded the article last night after the initial opinions came in, but it was "mysteriously" removed by an anon user. Thus it's now the new contestant on AfD. I do get a kick out of talking about "that" article with someone who uses Fuhghettaboutit as their username. I can only imagine the awesome editing conversations: "Hey, you take care of that thing?" "What? --oh, you mean that thing?" "Nah, the other thing." "Oh that, yeah --it's been done." Heh, sweet. -- Bobak 16:17, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
I saw the welcome you placed on User talk:SkylineEvo and was quite impressed: is that template available anywhere ? TIA Sandy 11:25, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
(hay...pequeñas presas construidas en el río Eresma ideales para bañarse en verano.) I think your interpretation of "coves" is pretty good, but you might get an even better translation using "dams" and "lakes." Presas would be translated "Dams" literally, but you're right to assume an idiom, because logically the people don't bathe in the dams per se. I've never visited the es:Sierra de Guadarrama, but I'm guessing from the context that the entire river is dammed with successive little dams, rather than making little coves off to the side. So maybe it would be better to say "there are successive man-made dams that create small lakes (or ponds or even pools) perfect for bathing in the summer." - Draeco 16:34, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
No problem :-)
Alright thanks. Wont happen again. user:slapslapslap
Great Job!
Thanks for the complete an brilliant translation
Oh! And I like much your image of Sisyphus, I am very identify with he ;)
-- Locutus Borg File:Logo-Borg.gif, Talk to me 22:29, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the help on editing! Twenex 22:49, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
Hiya! I was loitering around in the toolkit, watching people make edits (well, watching for vandalism and other nastiness, really) and one of your edit summaries caught my eye:
While it's absolutely wonderful to welcome people, when they (eventually) learn to check the page history, it might be a little disheartening to learn that the welcome message they got was cookie-cutter. This is just my opinion on the matter, of course, but might I suggest using "Welcome to Wikipedia!" or "Welcoming our brand new editor!" instead?
If you'd like, I've got a personal {{ welcomeg}} that I use: User:Kylu/welcome, I like the fact that it's custom and shows that I'm personally putting some effort into welcoming users. If you like it (well, other than the graphic and color scheme, they might be a little too girly for you? :D) you're welcome to it! I doubt you need help in editing the template, from what I see of your userpage, and certainly you've got a mass more seniority here than I do, but if you'd like help translating the weird markup I used, please ask. :)
Take care!
Thanks for letting me know, I've registered my vote for JC. Been putting a bit more work into WP lately, so I'll be happy to collaborate on an article. Geoff B 23:48, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
No problem. Good call on messaging the WikiHorror participants, we don't seem to have many voting for the collaboration out of the two dozen or so members we have. Geoff B 01:41, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Hey thanks for the warm reception and invite! I voted for Carpenter just because I do have a soft spot for The Thing and Starman. Say do you guys do books too? I am somewhat shocked (alright just slightly bothered) to see how short the article is on the Exorcist, my all-time favorite horror novel. Plus, no entry for Salem's Lot the tv movie?! Here I was working on wikipedia articles that are, you know, about reality and discover that all this great stuff is not even covered or badly covered. As for future collaborations, I think these two rank pretty high. Anyway, once the voting done, I'll do my bit to help inform the general public about all the great entertainment that they should read about here first! Heh heh. Tombseye 06:09, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | ||
I hereby award this Tireless Contributor Barnstar to Fuhghettaboutit for his 12984 edits!!!! Benjaminstewart05 17:54, 24 May 2006 (UTC) |
Hi, I'm a bit puzzled by this one. I remember the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael John Ainsworth incident (can visualise the picture in the article!). Ainswrrth was added to the Western Suburbs Magpies by the user 203.213.7.130 and I deleted the reference. But I can find no evidence that this user had anything to do with a David Pittman article and I have no memory of such an article. Maybe some random coincidence? The new article seems OK on first investigation. Dlyons493 Talk 08:20, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the warning about ianchatham. I'll put him on my watchlist so I can monitor his contributions, and advise/warn/block in sequence if necessary. jimfbleak 16:24, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! I wasn't sure if I was supposed to respond on my talk page or yours. Anyway, it's my pleasure!
Sullenspice 22:31, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Thank you from yesterday. Chris 20:07, 29 May 2006 (UTC) (moved from my userpage-- Fuhghettaboutit)
Great minds think alike! :-D Thanks for your cleanup efforts, and the IMDB link. Cheers, FreplySpang 16:00, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
June 2006 (UTC)
I'm the one who was just editing The Thing. I had forgotten to log in!
Sullenspice 19:53, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
No problem. I have a bad habit of occasionally forgetting to log in. Most of the edits I've made on Wikipedia are probably credited to the 4.172.... or 4.173.... ip rather than my account.
Sullenspice 20:17, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
The city-town thing is a bit confusing, because the definitions in English and in German (Stadt) don't match exactly. A place with a town charter is called Stadt in German, and town or city in English. For categories, all towns bigger than 100,000 inhabitants are called "city" (see Category:Cities in Germany), all places smaller than 100,000, with or without town charter, are called "town". Actually towns over 100,000 are called Großstadt in German. The Brandenburg template shows districts and district-free cities/towns. Werder isn't district-free. Markussep 23:21, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Hmm hi I post an artical about some ideas such as Planor energy and Phillip Browning. The reason why no searches were found was due to that all this information is new and this is the first time it is being released. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mathforms05 ( talk • contribs) .
Fuhghettaboutit, I have a newbie question. Since you were kind enough to leave me a welcome note, I am directing it at you. I want to create a disambiguation page for the IRAS (Indian Railways Accounts Service) but the entry for the IRAS is a full article and not a redirection. How does one fix this. Do we normally move the article to an article with the full name? Rajat Bhargav
Thanks a lot for the excellent and detailed explanation. Will do the needful. Rajat Bhargav 20:12, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Since you have been the other primary contributor to the JC article, I thought I'd let you know about the limitations of what I can contribute, so that other sections can be taken up by different contributors.
The JC films that I can write about with some authority are ASOP 13, The Fog, and The Thing. I've written about all three, and I still need to slightly expand, fine-tune, and add refs. to the latter two. I'll continue to edit, and I can clean up other contributor's prose if need be, but I think I've just about reached my limit for adding content.
Sullenspice 13:36, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for that. I've been folowing that user's edits but didn't see that one. Thank you, Yanksox 04:19, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
Wow, I feel slow, but I learned a new term. Yanksox 04:21, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
Fuhghettaboutit I am the owner of MyOODB copyright. I am also a newbie to how to create wiki. I believe how I created MyOODB wiki was ok.
Copyright owners who submitted their own work to Wikipedia: If you submitted work to Wikipedia which you had previously published (especially online), and your submission was marked as a potential infringement of copyright, stating that you are the copyright holder of the work on the article's talk page helps, but will not likely prevent deletion. It is sufficient to:
Fuhghettaboutit I understand. My apologies. I am not trying to push MyOODB, its simple a tool that I thought fit in wiki since I saw other type tools here. I understand notable. I will request MyOODB for removal. Please note however that when I search google for "object-oriented database & web services", MyOODB often is the third link.
Thanks and Regards...
Fuhghettaboutit, my apologies but one more question. How long does it take to take down the article? The copyright violation page when searching give the impression that I have done something really wrong. I would really like to see it removed.
Moved to AFD. Ral315 ( talk) 05:57, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
205.188.117.6 "BEATLEWILL" This user has repetedly used a main article page to use it for a forum to rant his "opinions" (not facts) - it has already been reverted to the talk or discussion page where is belongs by a wise monitor/editor. But he refuses to take heed and puts up the same "disputes" and "opinion pieces" on a main subject page. THis is esp. true for the article on ART LORIA where the article shows his contributions to the music industry and is sourced, referenced and cited and properly formated.
Then 205.188.117.6 "BEATLEWILL" will come along and deface the article and rant about his opinions on his particular taste in music. Seems that because Mr. Loria was a "DOO WOP" performer, this vandal who has a more un-flattering for that genre of music, rather would share his opionin of the Beatles instead. BEATLEWILL even calims to be a spokesperson foe the Beatles and offers statements on what Yoko Ono or Psul McCartney would have to say. This is a disgrace! But totally acceptable if placed in the right forum. He has been corrected officially once, warned several times, but his banter continues.
That is is right and opinion of course - we just ask that he not be allowed to deface and disgrace an article main page in doing so. It takes away from the integrity of the music, theartist and WIKIPEDIA. Please follow the history of this user and look into this matter / complaint I have discussd. I'm doing research for a book and this is getting quite annoying. I'm not interested in his opinions of the Beatles, I'm interested in certain Doo Wop artists - it is greatly appriciated.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Doowopoldies1 ( talk • contribs) .
Hi again! Thanks for the support, and I'm glad to hear the spreadsheet turned out to be useful – Gurch 17:16, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Thx. It's not G4 as both previous deletions were speedies. - CrazyRussian talk/ contribs/ email 06:39, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi F, thanks again for helping with the cookie, I do hope he gets a warm fuzzy glow :) I'd be happy to help with your project if I can! As you no doubt noticed, I'm currently lacking both experience and confidence. Assisting a more experienced editor in an area where I can't screw up too bad seems like a great way to get started. I'll review the translation and get back to you, but it's dinner-time here, hopefully followed with some Quality Family Time, so please don't hold your breath waiting for me :) Happy Editing! Doc Tropics 23:32, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
...though the prospect seems daunting! First, though, I'll wait a few days for possible follow-up on the Discussion in which I raised the problematic matter. Even if the original editor doesn't respond, someone else might make a pertinent contribution and I'll be able to proceed with the edit I have in mind. -- Deborahjay 01:40, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
...I forgot to log in before adding (minor) content to the Siberian iris. D'oh! Should I correct this, and if so...how? Doc Tropics 18:49, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Fuhg. Next time I add to that article I'll add the note you suggested as well :) Doc Tropics 22:45, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Since you enjoy pointing out policies, I recommend you read WP:AGF If you don't want to have a discussion in a place you may not want to start one there. -- Crossmr 03:23, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar | ||
For the finest AFD Nomination I have ever seen, GREAT JOB! Aeon 13:44, 20 June 2006 (UTC) |
A ver cómo te lo explico.
Ten en cuenta que reunir ejércitos costaba años de preparativos, más en Aragón y Navarra, por el poder de las cortes sobre el rey.
Si no lo entiendes en Español intentaré escribirlo en inglés (sorry, but I had some work now and write in englis its hard to me)
Ah! Congratulations for the fully deserved Barnstar-- Locutus Borg File:Logo-Borg.gif, Talk to me 22:46, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
Hey, I've been working on the Night of the Living Dead article for some time now. Would you mind looking over it whenever you get the chance? Thanks. Dmoon1 04:34, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
May I vote in the nomination?
and, How? -- Locutus Borg File:Logo-Borg.gif, Talk to me 15:49, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa - he caught me at a bad moment. The sentiment is still apt, however. Natgoo 20:09, 26 June 2006 (UTC)