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I love your list that you have posted on your website, but I had to make a correction on your list. On #20, you had Sweethearts of the Rodeo instead of Sweetheart of the Rodeo. The former was a country duo from 1986 to 1991 (discolsure: I am a fan of theirs, having owned three of their albums) while the latter was The Byrds' 1968 classic album. Just wanted to let you know of that. Chris ( talk) 13:48, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
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i read the discussion you linked on my page. the outcome was "'no consensus", not to merge in the Skokie article. this statement does not belong. Why not mention the other half dozen or more synagouges in skokie while were at it? also, why is it in demographics? the statement has no context either. its a complete non-sequitor. its garbage like this that makes wikipedia a DISpleasure to read. dont help muddy wikipedia. lets keep it clean! Cubguy83 ( talk) 08:43, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
its junk like this that makes wikipedia a poor resource. im not going to fight you. its not worth it. but the fact that this does not belong is not open to a vote as you prefer, it is clear from logic that some random synagouge out of many in skokie (or torah, young israel, etc...) should be mentioned in the article. its like an article on cellphones and i write that i like to talk on my cellphone. well woop dee doo! who cares? i really hope the good people of skokie read wikipedia and get rid of KCT (the shul is fine, but its mention here is totally irrelevant) and restore some order to this crazy universe of stupidity. Cubguy83 ( talk) 09:15, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
so, according to that i could add multiple useless pieces of information that are not notable by simply getting a few people to vote for it? thats great. finally ill get the acknowledgment i deserve. wow this wikipedia place is in real trouble!!!!!!!!! Cubguy83 ( talk) 09:34, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
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That's OK. SilkTork * YES! 07:17, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
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The issue you reported has been corrected. Please review the changes which can be seen as Talk: Narragansett Brewing Company. We ask that you please refrain from using the new template until it has been approved by the WP Beer members. -- Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 17:51, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
The existence of this category was the result of a discussion on a CfD months ago. It is for articles about the buildings and not the ones about the companies. If it does not belong in Category:Beer then that is a different issue. Simply removing everything from a category is against policy since that in effect sets it up for speedy deletion and category deletions need to be discussed before acting. Vegaswikian ( talk) 08:02, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
I read your message on the talk page, and I must say it's far better worded than mine. :) The banner and tagging is well-intentioned, but I think that its creators haven't yet done a great deal of inter-group collaboration, so they approached it less cautiously than they should have. We're going to have to put it up for a vote pretty soon, but I think the writing is on the wall. Besides that, I'm doing well. Busy, of course, but that's a good thing. How about you? – Clockwork Soul 13:05, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Please see a message for you at User talk:Wahrmund. Wahrmund ( talk) 21:06, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
No, I'm actually quite fine. You've actually taught me a lot, by tryng to keep cool, calm, and collected. I've just been so busy with work these days that I do not not seem to have the time to edit Wiki articles. I just check in on my watch list and make sure the articles I've contributed to are still in good shape and that folk editing are following the guidelines. I did run across of a bit of a disappointment recently. I had been promised a Sen. Obama photo shoot next week-end, but his campaign folk have their own photog, one who has been vetted by the US Secret Service. Oh well, them are the breaks. My best -- ♦ Luigibob ♦ "Talk to Luigi!" 08:57, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi, can only pop in for a sec, but nice to be here.
Point for your consideration, regarding "the pedia I love to edit" not being seen as a sentence: this pedia-thingy is viewable by a lot of non-native speakers of English, and so, it needs to hew to a careful standard of written English. In my view, of course.
Looking fwd to further discussion over there,
the one who is fond of listening to language as she is spoke, and writing it keeping in mind that future unknown audiences shall have a fair chance of easy comprehension, __ Just plain Bill ( talk)
Got your messages re pubs, Steve, and have noted. Many thanks. (I like your style.) As for joining the task force, I am not sure whether I know enough about the subject. Dieter Simon ( talk) 00:16, 12 July 2008 (UTC) Dieter Simon ( talk) 00:24, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
SilkTork, thanks for making me aware of the discussion. I haven't had a chance to review the whole story yet. In the meantime, however, I enabled your "rollback" right. I know you are making good use of Twinkle, but thought you may benefit from the "native" button as well. If you need any help retrieving deleted material, deleting pages to make way for a move, etc. just let me know. Keep up the good work! Owen× ☎ 19:06, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
SilkTork, good hearing from you. I too have been fairly quiet on the beer project for a while, as I'm sure you've seen -- also just a light touch here or there when I see the opportunity. Life's busy, eh? Well, the project's certainly had some excitement lately, and it was nice that things didn't totally blow up! People seem to have adopted a comparatively more patient, empathic approach to WP, although of course human nature lives on. Anyway, it's great as always to chat with you and ClockworkSoul and everyone else.
I thought you made some wise additions to the recent beer discussions, and the new pub taskforce looks great. Thanks for writing, and I wish I had more time to chip in with this stuff right away, although I'm sure I will eventually have lots more time. For now I guess I'll continue to help out where I can, but down the road I hope to make larger changes again.
Hope everything's well with you.
Cheers! -- Daniel11 ( talk) 01:30, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
SilkTork, you seem to have incorrectly merged Our Lady of LaSalette Catholic School into Grand Erie District School Board#Closed_schools as it belongs to the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board (as indicated in the infobox). The BHNCDSB article was deleted many months ago so I cannot move the school there and thus I am considering reverting your edit to Our Lady of LaSalette Catholic School. I am just looking for your opinion on this before I go ahead and revert. Thanks. - Mmn100 ( talk) 19:29, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the offer. I answered your comment on my talk page. Better to have the discussion in one place. Vegaswikian ( talk) 23:12, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
Done. Owen× ☎ 00:21, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
--Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 13:14, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
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I won't object to their recreation if there is in fact a consensus to recreate them (which a quick glance at the discussions you linked me to looks like there is). I actually was going to delete them as C1 (empty) but noticed they had been deleted via CfD before and didn't see a deletion review overturning that so figured I would just select G4 as the deletion reason. I will say that bringing this to deletion review to make it "official" is probably a better idea before recreating to ensure someone else won't come along and do the same thing though, since a consensus on a talk page is not a substitute for that and someone who made the same observations that I did may re-delete them. I personally won't delete them as G4 again though per your request. VegaDark ( talk) 08:22, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Your beer style chart is brilliant. It shows the real relativity that definitely exists in the differing accounts of beer styles. Great job! — goethean ॐ 16:04, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Done. Owen× ☎ 12:45, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
Yes, thanks. That's sorted. I manually inserted the change that occurred just after the history merge, so now all is fine. Phew! SilkTork * YES! 18:34, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your silken words about the moves to give editors the power to choose whether or not to blue-splotch the dates in their text! There's a script for removing DA that works throughout the main text of an article, and in a limited number of those pesky citation and infobox templates, most of which are going to have to be converted to evolve with changing attitudes towards DA in the main text.
If you're interested in running the script, this should be done on a limited basis, and preferably a few days after posting a notice of intention on the talk page of the article. I've stopped using it for the moment, pending my gathering of data on users' responses to the notice over the past few weeks. Then we'll see where to take it. MOSNUM talk does look encouraging, I must say.
To acquire the script, simply go to your monobook page and paste in:
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Refresh the monobook page. Go to an article, click "edit this page", and you should see a tab at top-left called "all dates". Click it, wait for the diff to be automatically created below, scroll down, check for glitches, and save. See? Easy-peasy. Tony (talk) 03:38, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello. I put a note about it here: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_London#London_sub-district_categories. We had some discussion at WP:London about categorisation by locality a while ago and decided to use London boroughs only as they have definite boundaries. Then, to subdivide the categories, we use features such as Category:Buildings and structures in Lewisham and Category:Churches in Lewisham. The reasoning for not using sub-categories such as Deptford is because there are over 600 London district articles and there should not be a similar number of small categories. Secondly, the category scope will be different and inconsistent between editors. Some will consider everything in the SE8 postcode district to be part of the category and others will consider everything that was part of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford to be part of the category. If this is expanded for further locality names in London, the result will be a too granular, overlapping and poorly-defined mess. MRSC • Talk 05:57, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
A Community forum has been set up at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Food and drink/Article guidelines for the various Food and Drink projects to develop a set of Manual of Style guidelines for use in articles under the auspices of all the related Food and Drink WikiProjects and task forces. This would be similar to the MoS guidelines for biographies or legal articles.
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I have nominated Philippines beer, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Philippines beer. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? NuclearWarfare contact me My work 19:00, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I nominated Philippines beer for T:TDYK. Hopefully you could it expand it to a better article in the next days. Good luck!-- Lenticel ( talk) 23:21, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Could you please modify your proposal at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (cuisines) so that it looks more like a self-reliant suggestion for a guideline rather than argumentation for a certain viewpoint. I tried to rewrite it to be more descriptive myself, but I came to the conclusion that I had no idea how exactly what you had in mind for cuisines of cultures, time periods, etc. Could you also try not to give your own suggestion the most prominent position?
Peter Isotalo 12:59, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
FYI, "Harar.jpg" is now Image:HararBeerLabel.jpg. Thanks, -- Gyrofrog (talk) 20:07, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi Silktork, I've responded on my talkpage. Sorry, no time to stop for tea....perhaps another time :-) Renata ( talk) 19:37, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
--Cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 11:51, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
Wish I could say "Cheers" in filipino, but I can't...Cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 11:51, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 08:05, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
Editor Harrassment from MovingBoxes in what appears to be a Church of Scientology misinformation agenda This user MovingBoxes is editing the obnosis page with tags that don't meet Wiki's policies. Using projection to state that my agenda is commerical or COI (no commercial site or affiliation exists with the page) to forward or clean up documentation that would prove the Church of Scientology "owns" the word Obnosis. The obnosis.com domain owner has long endured this since the UseNet Alt scientology wars in the 1990's through their fair game campaign. None can even edit the page without getting DoS flooded.
My protection tags are removed and replaced with consider for deletion after multiple small edits to make the page look inconsequential in subject. Please Assist to place permanent editorial protection on this page. LisaKachold ( talk) 22:53, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Hey Thanks for your help SilkTork as Editor to assist me to resolve a dispute. The Deletion Tag was first placed on when NO DELETION PAGE existed. You voted for deletion when you got around to looking at it, but at the time I requested your help no deletion page exists. I rather need help to assist me to clear the dispute and edit the page to meet Wiki standards than for you to vote also to delete it?
Notability is served just as it for the following: gnosis, and LOL, and ' Anonymous' and other slang internet based neoglosism words? Wiki is not a dictionary but real live living encyclopedia?
How about listing a programmer Randal L. Schwartz and his program [Schwartzian_transform]]? Does this meet What Wiki is NOT?
Every IP I edit this page from endures dOs packets, (I have router logs) as the page editors are "fair game" from SCIENTOLOGISTS. MovingBoxes has removed tags and edited the talk pages so many times now he's trying to say the page was never temporarily protected. If this page is does not meet WHat Wiki is Not, then the Anonymous Page does also, the other online AOL derived or originated chat slangs like WTF do not meet standards? LisaKachold ( talk) 22:13, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
Girolamo Savonarola ( talk) 06:11, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
Done; no nuisance at all! Owen× ☎ 19:38, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
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In an effort to consolidate all voting in one place, I have removed your "oppose" vote from Wikipedia talk:Editorial Council as you have already voted in Wikipedia:Editorial Council/Poll. Thanks. Bwrs ( talk) 09:18, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
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Cheers! I was a bit surprised to see her on the main page as I only made the article three days ago - luckily she doesn't seem to be attracting the vandals (maybe they wouldn't dare!!) Roisterdoister ( talk) 09:49, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
Something has happened with this image. The description is wrong, but I can't edit it. It looks like another image with the same name was deleted and somehow the description from the other image has been transposed onto this one. Anything you can do? SilkTork * YES! 00:32, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
Girolamo Savonarola ( talk) 21:22, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
Done. We'll really have to get you your own adminship one day... Owen× ☎ 13:47, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
I need to read all of the above carefully before I respond in depth but I think that with rare exceptions, no one should need "permission" to work on an article. Ownership is a bad thing. On the other hand, there's a natural tendency to not appreciate being told one's baby is ugly... even if it is. I don't think you sound arrogant, I think you sound like someone who is giving these matters a great deal of thought. Which is goodness. ++ Lar: t/ c 02:06, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
I wish that you hadn't started on these changes. I feel that they make the articles harder to locate.
Look at the example of someone who is searching for Chatham, Kent- they will not find it but be directed to Chatham, Kent County, Ontario.
You have to distinguish between Gillingham, Kent and Gillingham, Dorset. (hard G).
As these changes are contraversial- wouldn't it have been better to discuss them first on the Chatham, Kent talk page. A clear case of Oops- I think. I would support a reversion- but won't initiate one as I am busy else where. You are similiarly welcome to pop round for a cuppa in Strood. ClemRutter ( talk) 23:54, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
I have found the government source at
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Yes, User:Oxymoron83 should be the best one to help you. But of course, if you can't get hold of him, I can do it too, although merging these two histories will be no fun... Owen× ☎ 22:32, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
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Is Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2008-08-11 British Isles Terminology task force still active? Vassyana ( talk) 15:25, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi Silk, thanks for the message re the naming policy for these stations. There was a discussion a couple of years ago about what to do with these and the consensus reached was that we should use the correct name for all the articles i.e. "transmitting station" and then redirect from "transmitter". The reasoning is as follows:
http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/belmont/belmont1.php
Regards Chillysnow ( talk) 17:57, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
Dartford Can you have a look at the activities of a persistent ip spammer. Am I being too strict in reverting this link? ClemRutter ( talk) 23:12, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
Do you have a thought about the issue I've raised on Talk:Chatham,_Medway#St_John.27s_church? I don't like the wording that is there but I don't know what the author/editor meant either! MarkyMarkD ( talk) 23:48, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, SilkTork! In response to your post on my talk page ( User talk:Rkitko#Quercus alba), you're right. That was a hasty move on my part and I will reverse it. We tend to get quite a few pages moved at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Plant articles by quality log and the general agreement in the convention and at the project is to maintain plant articles at the scientific name, unless it meets one of the exceptions you noted. I should pay attention more when I make my rounds! Quercus alba certainly meets that exception. Eventually the goal will be to have two articles, one that describes the cultural use, properties of all the various products, and history thereof at white oak and the botanical properties, history, and life cycle, etc. at Quercus alba. But this article isn't nearly long enough to split.
And in response to your message regarding my conflict with Rotational, I really would appreciate mediation. It's drawn on too long and we've proven that we can't come to an agreement on our own. I had tried a WP:THIRD once ( here), but I don't think it was very helpful. Of course the MoS is only a guideline and it is stated that exceptions are allowed, but I still don't see how Rotational's preferences (for images, infoboxes, and headings) are an improvement. It seems more to me like an editor trying to protect his articles to maintain his style preferences, not to mention his POINTy edits reported in the last AN/I. I would welcome mediation for this if you're up to the challenge. How would you do this? Set up a user subpage for this? Hopefully Rotational will agree to discuss our disagreements and maybe we can finally put this to rest. I won't have much time in the near future to dedicate to the discussions, so I don't promise swift responses, but I'm dedicated to a resolution or at the very least civil discussion. Cheers, Rkitko ( talk) 23:10, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
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SilkTork, your new RfA page is ready for you to accept my nomination and answer the questions. I'll transclude the page once you've done that. Good luck! Owen× ☎ 15:15, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
I've also supported. You sound like a sensible and straight-talking guy. Have a nice day. :-) AdjustShift ( talk) 03:29, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi there. Can you take a look at the external links on Portal:Beer? If I start trimming, it's liable to end up a linkectomy. It would be better if somebody with some knowledge in the subject tidied it up. The portal doesn't seem to have any active editors from what I can see. -- GraemeL (talk) 20:14, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Best wishes for your RFA -- Tinu Cherian - 05:11, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
Same from me, good luck! Andy ( talk) 07:05, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations! I have closed your RfA as successful.
On behalf of the community, thank you for submitting yourself to the trials of RfA and well done for coming through so well. Good luck with your new tools. You may find Wikipedia:New admin school useful, but don't be shy to ask other admins (or Crats) for help if in doubt.
Well done and enjoy your mop. -- Dweller ( talk) 16:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
I have made a comment on Talk:Anglo-Saxon about your moving of "Anglo-Saxons" to "Anglo-Saxon". I have read your remarks headed "My Wiki-editing style", and I accept you may not wish to go back to read my comment,but I thought I would let you know in case you are interested. JamesBWatson ( talk) 20:47, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
... Congrats on your successful RFA and Best wishes ! When is the Beer treat ? :) -- Tinu Cherian - 07:06, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
Interesting thankspam... Congrats, though, just remember WP:DDTMP RockManQ Review me 22:22, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
Congrats! Cirt ( talk) 23:10, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
Well done on passing RfA, unfortunately I don't like beer and I am (just) under-age, but still I give you my congratulations. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:42, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
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SilkTork *
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You've brought up some excellent points in your oppose rationale, and I'd like the opportunity to address them.
First off, the Editorial Council idea was not very well presented to the community. It changed too much along the way and I never clearly illustrated some aspects of it. My intent in proposing EdCo was never to circumvent or ignore consensus, but rather to solidify it.
I view Wikipedia's encyclopedic content as a great ship, one which we all have built. We as the community are the sails, and when the winds of consensus come up we can carry the encyclopedia far. However, I've grown increasingly weary of the constant POV pushing and edit warring, especially in the nationalistic and ethnic conflicts. Those fierce storms are a great threat to the ship we built. They're distracting from the actual construction of an encyclopedia, which is why we're all here in the first place. Take a look at the most recent conflict to boil over in the naming of the Ireland-related articles as an example of how widespread within the content these disputes can be. These conflicts led me to decide that something had to be done, and so I proposed EdCo.
I saw EdCo as a rudder for this fine ship, something that can guide us through the choppy seas of editor discord and the powerful storms of POV warriors. I stupidly tried to find a middle ground between binding and non-binding, and instead of achieving both I got neither. I've learned from that mistake. I'm toying with the idea of proposing a purely advisory, non-binding content-related committee at some point after the election in response to the concerns raised about EdCo, but nothing's certain right now. This rudder is not meant to represent elitism or a power trip, but stability and order.
When I wish to strengthen ArbCom, I do not mean that I wish for its power to grow. Rather, I wish for it to use the power it has already been granted. This year was aptly described by one editor in their voter guide as ArbCom's annus horribilis. I completely agree. The Cla68-FM-SV case, with its ill-conceived merge, its shoddy implementation, the shady actions of some arbitrators, and the ineffectiveness that grew so bad it required the return of Newyorkbrad to sort out, represents all that went wrong with ArbCom this year. I want to fix these problems. I want boldness, speediness and common sense to return to ArbCom, and I believe I represent those three qualities. I may not hold every position you do, but I hope you share my belief that ArbCom needs to be fixed.
ArbCom does not deal with content issues. Period. That is a view I have been steadfast in, so much so that rather than granting that power to ArbCom I proposed an entirely separate institution (EdCo) to help with it. I give you my word that should I be elected to the Committee, I will not let it become a forum in which content disputes are addressed or resolved unilaterally.
I believe I'd written quite enough, so I'll end it here. I won't ask you to change your vote - your rationale is well-thought out enough to justify it. I'm glad to see voters like you are putting some thought and doing some research about the candidates, even the ones as minor as me. :) I will ask that you consider my views, put the same thought into them as you did my candidacy, and perhaps be a voice when I propose the non-binding content advisory committee after the election. Thank you, and happy editing! -- Hemlock Martinis ( talk) 07:35, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi SilkTork, as a result of a request from a friend, I have put this request for help on my user page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:RayTomes#Need_help_with_regard_to_cycles_articles I thought that I would let you know as you previously gave some help. Ray Tomes ( talk) 04:50, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Can I take you up on your kind offer to delete my monobook for me, to avoid even the appearance of drama at the arbcom elections? Thanks. Bencherheavy ( talk) 07:17, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
I was a commons admin for over a year. It is really unpleasant when people link to your own userspace as a rationale to oppose your candidacy you know... -- Cat chi? 01:46, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey, SilkTork! I wish you all the best in your personal, professional, and spiritual matters--may you and those close to you be well and full as we close this year and lurch on towards another. In all candor we here in the US have our obstacles, but the new year does bring us new leadership and optimism and perhaps renewed hope for better days. Cheers, Nick Lantana11 ( talk) 04:25, 7 December 2008 (UTC)Lantana11 Lantana11 ( talk) 04:25, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
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Hi - tea please, milk, no sugar. Delicious, thank you.
I feel - with all due respect - that it was a mistake to zap David Mason out of his own article and reduce him to a Penny Lane footnote. He's a lot more than that and indeed I can picture him more than a little narked over this! Not, of course, that the feelings of the victim - er, subject - are the wiki's primary concern, but even so... :) Now, I do agree with you that the current article is very very thin and I can see how you'd want to zap it. But do you think you could give me (and other interested editors - if there are any!) a time to try and fix it by explaining a little more about why he is actually more significant than he looks here?
Thanks very much. Shall I bring cake next time? Best wishes 138.37.199.206 ( talk) 12:31, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for offering to help. Yes, I do think making a sortable would be a good idea. -- Feeling free ( talk) 17:43, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the kind words re image uploads -- glad you like them. Did you see File:Phallic-Head Plate, 1536 .jpg?
If you are so inclined, have a look at [8]]. Support welcome -- I don't know what his problem is.... Thanks, Pete Tillman ( talk) 15:37, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
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Christmas, and here's also hoping that all your family and friends are well. Lets all hope that the year coming will be a good one! If we've had disputes in the past, I hold no grudges, especially at such a time as this. If you don't know I am, I apologise, feel free to remove this from your page. Come and say hi, I won't bite, I swear! It could even be good for me, you know - I'm feeling a little down at the moment with all of these snowmen giving me the cold shoulder :( — neur ho ho ho (talk) 00:11, 25 December 2008 (UTC) | SilkTork/Archives, here's hoping you're having a wonderful
Thanks for making 2008 an interesting and enlightening year for me; at some point, our paths have crossed and I've found your comments amusing, helpful or thought-provoking—I'll let you guess which!
thanks for your message - i propose keeping the conversation here on your page from now on, okay? to me "the quiet Beatle" is such a set phrase that it's a misrepresentation to distort it into "the quiet member" or "the quiet one". and i find the sentence as it now stands quite awkward: "Initially known as the "quiet one" of The Beatles,[3][4] with whom he played lead guitar, Harrison embraced Indian mysticism, and ..." - and besides being awkward, it really lacks internal logic. i strongly encourage you to change that sentence back to "Initially known as a member of The Beatles,[3][4] with whom he played lead guitar, Harrison embraced Indian mysticism ..." i feel the mention of this "nickname" fits in a lot better in the section entitled "The Beatles", where i moved it yesterday, but if you're really convinced it's important enough to mention in the lead-in, maybe you could add a sentence to the second paragraph somewhere? and it needs some kind of clarification/justification (eg "due to his relative reticence in media situations"), lest it sound like he was called that because he wrote fewer songs or something. hope that helps some. Sssoul ( talk) 14:35, 26 December 2008 (UTC) ps: i really admire a lot of your great work on that article - i should've mentioned that right from the get-go! Sssoul ( talk) 14:50, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
I like that. I like the use of "started his musical career" rather than "initially known". Nice one.
The serial comma is usually used in academic publications and supported by Fowler's. Publications that tend not to favour the serial comma are certain newspapers. As Wikipedia is more an academic publication than a newspaper I tend to go with the serial. It's not a fighting point, but unless you have a strong opposition to it, I'd rather it were kept in! Regards SilkTork * YES! 15:57, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
"a google list of links referring to Clayton's bio isn't indicative of anything except that such a book exists". Yes, I see. It may have been that I had a page in mind, but did it wrong. No worries. just take it out. SilkTork * YES! 17:40, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
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I love your list that you have posted on your website, but I had to make a correction on your list. On #20, you had Sweethearts of the Rodeo instead of Sweetheart of the Rodeo. The former was a country duo from 1986 to 1991 (discolsure: I am a fan of theirs, having owned three of their albums) while the latter was The Byrds' 1968 classic album. Just wanted to let you know of that. Chris ( talk) 13:48, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
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i read the discussion you linked on my page. the outcome was "'no consensus", not to merge in the Skokie article. this statement does not belong. Why not mention the other half dozen or more synagouges in skokie while were at it? also, why is it in demographics? the statement has no context either. its a complete non-sequitor. its garbage like this that makes wikipedia a DISpleasure to read. dont help muddy wikipedia. lets keep it clean! Cubguy83 ( talk) 08:43, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
its junk like this that makes wikipedia a poor resource. im not going to fight you. its not worth it. but the fact that this does not belong is not open to a vote as you prefer, it is clear from logic that some random synagouge out of many in skokie (or torah, young israel, etc...) should be mentioned in the article. its like an article on cellphones and i write that i like to talk on my cellphone. well woop dee doo! who cares? i really hope the good people of skokie read wikipedia and get rid of KCT (the shul is fine, but its mention here is totally irrelevant) and restore some order to this crazy universe of stupidity. Cubguy83 ( talk) 09:15, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
so, according to that i could add multiple useless pieces of information that are not notable by simply getting a few people to vote for it? thats great. finally ill get the acknowledgment i deserve. wow this wikipedia place is in real trouble!!!!!!!!! Cubguy83 ( talk) 09:34, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
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The existence of this category was the result of a discussion on a CfD months ago. It is for articles about the buildings and not the ones about the companies. If it does not belong in Category:Beer then that is a different issue. Simply removing everything from a category is against policy since that in effect sets it up for speedy deletion and category deletions need to be discussed before acting. Vegaswikian ( talk) 08:02, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
I read your message on the talk page, and I must say it's far better worded than mine. :) The banner and tagging is well-intentioned, but I think that its creators haven't yet done a great deal of inter-group collaboration, so they approached it less cautiously than they should have. We're going to have to put it up for a vote pretty soon, but I think the writing is on the wall. Besides that, I'm doing well. Busy, of course, but that's a good thing. How about you? – Clockwork Soul 13:05, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Please see a message for you at User talk:Wahrmund. Wahrmund ( talk) 21:06, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
No, I'm actually quite fine. You've actually taught me a lot, by tryng to keep cool, calm, and collected. I've just been so busy with work these days that I do not not seem to have the time to edit Wiki articles. I just check in on my watch list and make sure the articles I've contributed to are still in good shape and that folk editing are following the guidelines. I did run across of a bit of a disappointment recently. I had been promised a Sen. Obama photo shoot next week-end, but his campaign folk have their own photog, one who has been vetted by the US Secret Service. Oh well, them are the breaks. My best -- ♦ Luigibob ♦ "Talk to Luigi!" 08:57, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi, can only pop in for a sec, but nice to be here.
Point for your consideration, regarding "the pedia I love to edit" not being seen as a sentence: this pedia-thingy is viewable by a lot of non-native speakers of English, and so, it needs to hew to a careful standard of written English. In my view, of course.
Looking fwd to further discussion over there,
the one who is fond of listening to language as she is spoke, and writing it keeping in mind that future unknown audiences shall have a fair chance of easy comprehension, __ Just plain Bill ( talk)
Got your messages re pubs, Steve, and have noted. Many thanks. (I like your style.) As for joining the task force, I am not sure whether I know enough about the subject. Dieter Simon ( talk) 00:16, 12 July 2008 (UTC) Dieter Simon ( talk) 00:24, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
SilkTork, thanks for making me aware of the discussion. I haven't had a chance to review the whole story yet. In the meantime, however, I enabled your "rollback" right. I know you are making good use of Twinkle, but thought you may benefit from the "native" button as well. If you need any help retrieving deleted material, deleting pages to make way for a move, etc. just let me know. Keep up the good work! Owen× ☎ 19:06, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
SilkTork, good hearing from you. I too have been fairly quiet on the beer project for a while, as I'm sure you've seen -- also just a light touch here or there when I see the opportunity. Life's busy, eh? Well, the project's certainly had some excitement lately, and it was nice that things didn't totally blow up! People seem to have adopted a comparatively more patient, empathic approach to WP, although of course human nature lives on. Anyway, it's great as always to chat with you and ClockworkSoul and everyone else.
I thought you made some wise additions to the recent beer discussions, and the new pub taskforce looks great. Thanks for writing, and I wish I had more time to chip in with this stuff right away, although I'm sure I will eventually have lots more time. For now I guess I'll continue to help out where I can, but down the road I hope to make larger changes again.
Hope everything's well with you.
Cheers! -- Daniel11 ( talk) 01:30, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
SilkTork, you seem to have incorrectly merged Our Lady of LaSalette Catholic School into Grand Erie District School Board#Closed_schools as it belongs to the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board (as indicated in the infobox). The BHNCDSB article was deleted many months ago so I cannot move the school there and thus I am considering reverting your edit to Our Lady of LaSalette Catholic School. I am just looking for your opinion on this before I go ahead and revert. Thanks. - Mmn100 ( talk) 19:29, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the offer. I answered your comment on my talk page. Better to have the discussion in one place. Vegaswikian ( talk) 23:12, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
Done. Owen× ☎ 00:21, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
--Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 13:14, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
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I won't object to their recreation if there is in fact a consensus to recreate them (which a quick glance at the discussions you linked me to looks like there is). I actually was going to delete them as C1 (empty) but noticed they had been deleted via CfD before and didn't see a deletion review overturning that so figured I would just select G4 as the deletion reason. I will say that bringing this to deletion review to make it "official" is probably a better idea before recreating to ensure someone else won't come along and do the same thing though, since a consensus on a talk page is not a substitute for that and someone who made the same observations that I did may re-delete them. I personally won't delete them as G4 again though per your request. VegaDark ( talk) 08:22, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Your beer style chart is brilliant. It shows the real relativity that definitely exists in the differing accounts of beer styles. Great job! — goethean ॐ 16:04, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Done. Owen× ☎ 12:45, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
Yes, thanks. That's sorted. I manually inserted the change that occurred just after the history merge, so now all is fine. Phew! SilkTork * YES! 18:34, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your silken words about the moves to give editors the power to choose whether or not to blue-splotch the dates in their text! There's a script for removing DA that works throughout the main text of an article, and in a limited number of those pesky citation and infobox templates, most of which are going to have to be converted to evolve with changing attitudes towards DA in the main text.
If you're interested in running the script, this should be done on a limited basis, and preferably a few days after posting a notice of intention on the talk page of the article. I've stopped using it for the moment, pending my gathering of data on users' responses to the notice over the past few weeks. Then we'll see where to take it. MOSNUM talk does look encouraging, I must say.
To acquire the script, simply go to your monobook page and paste in:
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Refresh the monobook page. Go to an article, click "edit this page", and you should see a tab at top-left called "all dates". Click it, wait for the diff to be automatically created below, scroll down, check for glitches, and save. See? Easy-peasy. Tony (talk) 03:38, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello. I put a note about it here: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_London#London_sub-district_categories. We had some discussion at WP:London about categorisation by locality a while ago and decided to use London boroughs only as they have definite boundaries. Then, to subdivide the categories, we use features such as Category:Buildings and structures in Lewisham and Category:Churches in Lewisham. The reasoning for not using sub-categories such as Deptford is because there are over 600 London district articles and there should not be a similar number of small categories. Secondly, the category scope will be different and inconsistent between editors. Some will consider everything in the SE8 postcode district to be part of the category and others will consider everything that was part of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford to be part of the category. If this is expanded for further locality names in London, the result will be a too granular, overlapping and poorly-defined mess. MRSC • Talk 05:57, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
A Community forum has been set up at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Food and drink/Article guidelines for the various Food and Drink projects to develop a set of Manual of Style guidelines for use in articles under the auspices of all the related Food and Drink WikiProjects and task forces. This would be similar to the MoS guidelines for biographies or legal articles.
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I have nominated Philippines beer, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Philippines beer. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? NuclearWarfare contact me My work 19:00, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I nominated Philippines beer for T:TDYK. Hopefully you could it expand it to a better article in the next days. Good luck!-- Lenticel ( talk) 23:21, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Could you please modify your proposal at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (cuisines) so that it looks more like a self-reliant suggestion for a guideline rather than argumentation for a certain viewpoint. I tried to rewrite it to be more descriptive myself, but I came to the conclusion that I had no idea how exactly what you had in mind for cuisines of cultures, time periods, etc. Could you also try not to give your own suggestion the most prominent position?
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FYI, "Harar.jpg" is now Image:HararBeerLabel.jpg. Thanks, -- Gyrofrog (talk) 20:07, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi Silktork, I've responded on my talkpage. Sorry, no time to stop for tea....perhaps another time :-) Renata ( talk) 19:37, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
--Cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 11:51, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
Wish I could say "Cheers" in filipino, but I can't...Cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 11:51, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
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Editor Harrassment from MovingBoxes in what appears to be a Church of Scientology misinformation agenda This user MovingBoxes is editing the obnosis page with tags that don't meet Wiki's policies. Using projection to state that my agenda is commerical or COI (no commercial site or affiliation exists with the page) to forward or clean up documentation that would prove the Church of Scientology "owns" the word Obnosis. The obnosis.com domain owner has long endured this since the UseNet Alt scientology wars in the 1990's through their fair game campaign. None can even edit the page without getting DoS flooded.
My protection tags are removed and replaced with consider for deletion after multiple small edits to make the page look inconsequential in subject. Please Assist to place permanent editorial protection on this page. LisaKachold ( talk) 22:53, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Hey Thanks for your help SilkTork as Editor to assist me to resolve a dispute. The Deletion Tag was first placed on when NO DELETION PAGE existed. You voted for deletion when you got around to looking at it, but at the time I requested your help no deletion page exists. I rather need help to assist me to clear the dispute and edit the page to meet Wiki standards than for you to vote also to delete it?
Notability is served just as it for the following: gnosis, and LOL, and ' Anonymous' and other slang internet based neoglosism words? Wiki is not a dictionary but real live living encyclopedia?
How about listing a programmer Randal L. Schwartz and his program [Schwartzian_transform]]? Does this meet What Wiki is NOT?
Every IP I edit this page from endures dOs packets, (I have router logs) as the page editors are "fair game" from SCIENTOLOGISTS. MovingBoxes has removed tags and edited the talk pages so many times now he's trying to say the page was never temporarily protected. If this page is does not meet WHat Wiki is Not, then the Anonymous Page does also, the other online AOL derived or originated chat slangs like WTF do not meet standards? LisaKachold ( talk) 22:13, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
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Done; no nuisance at all! Owen× ☎ 19:38, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
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In an effort to consolidate all voting in one place, I have removed your "oppose" vote from Wikipedia talk:Editorial Council as you have already voted in Wikipedia:Editorial Council/Poll. Thanks. Bwrs ( talk) 09:18, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
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Cheers! I was a bit surprised to see her on the main page as I only made the article three days ago - luckily she doesn't seem to be attracting the vandals (maybe they wouldn't dare!!) Roisterdoister ( talk) 09:49, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
Something has happened with this image. The description is wrong, but I can't edit it. It looks like another image with the same name was deleted and somehow the description from the other image has been transposed onto this one. Anything you can do? SilkTork * YES! 00:32, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
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Done. We'll really have to get you your own adminship one day... Owen× ☎ 13:47, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
I need to read all of the above carefully before I respond in depth but I think that with rare exceptions, no one should need "permission" to work on an article. Ownership is a bad thing. On the other hand, there's a natural tendency to not appreciate being told one's baby is ugly... even if it is. I don't think you sound arrogant, I think you sound like someone who is giving these matters a great deal of thought. Which is goodness. ++ Lar: t/ c 02:06, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
I wish that you hadn't started on these changes. I feel that they make the articles harder to locate.
Look at the example of someone who is searching for Chatham, Kent- they will not find it but be directed to Chatham, Kent County, Ontario.
You have to distinguish between Gillingham, Kent and Gillingham, Dorset. (hard G).
As these changes are contraversial- wouldn't it have been better to discuss them first on the Chatham, Kent talk page. A clear case of Oops- I think. I would support a reversion- but won't initiate one as I am busy else where. You are similiarly welcome to pop round for a cuppa in Strood. ClemRutter ( talk) 23:54, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
I have found the government source at
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Yes, User:Oxymoron83 should be the best one to help you. But of course, if you can't get hold of him, I can do it too, although merging these two histories will be no fun... Owen× ☎ 22:32, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
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Is Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2008-08-11 British Isles Terminology task force still active? Vassyana ( talk) 15:25, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi Silk, thanks for the message re the naming policy for these stations. There was a discussion a couple of years ago about what to do with these and the consensus reached was that we should use the correct name for all the articles i.e. "transmitting station" and then redirect from "transmitter". The reasoning is as follows:
http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/belmont/belmont1.php
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Dartford Can you have a look at the activities of a persistent ip spammer. Am I being too strict in reverting this link? ClemRutter ( talk) 23:12, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
Do you have a thought about the issue I've raised on Talk:Chatham,_Medway#St_John.27s_church? I don't like the wording that is there but I don't know what the author/editor meant either! MarkyMarkD ( talk) 23:48, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, SilkTork! In response to your post on my talk page ( User talk:Rkitko#Quercus alba), you're right. That was a hasty move on my part and I will reverse it. We tend to get quite a few pages moved at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Plant articles by quality log and the general agreement in the convention and at the project is to maintain plant articles at the scientific name, unless it meets one of the exceptions you noted. I should pay attention more when I make my rounds! Quercus alba certainly meets that exception. Eventually the goal will be to have two articles, one that describes the cultural use, properties of all the various products, and history thereof at white oak and the botanical properties, history, and life cycle, etc. at Quercus alba. But this article isn't nearly long enough to split.
And in response to your message regarding my conflict with Rotational, I really would appreciate mediation. It's drawn on too long and we've proven that we can't come to an agreement on our own. I had tried a WP:THIRD once ( here), but I don't think it was very helpful. Of course the MoS is only a guideline and it is stated that exceptions are allowed, but I still don't see how Rotational's preferences (for images, infoboxes, and headings) are an improvement. It seems more to me like an editor trying to protect his articles to maintain his style preferences, not to mention his POINTy edits reported in the last AN/I. I would welcome mediation for this if you're up to the challenge. How would you do this? Set up a user subpage for this? Hopefully Rotational will agree to discuss our disagreements and maybe we can finally put this to rest. I won't have much time in the near future to dedicate to the discussions, so I don't promise swift responses, but I'm dedicated to a resolution or at the very least civil discussion. Cheers, Rkitko ( talk) 23:10, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
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SilkTork, your new RfA page is ready for you to accept my nomination and answer the questions. I'll transclude the page once you've done that. Good luck! Owen× ☎ 15:15, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
I've also supported. You sound like a sensible and straight-talking guy. Have a nice day. :-) AdjustShift ( talk) 03:29, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi there. Can you take a look at the external links on Portal:Beer? If I start trimming, it's liable to end up a linkectomy. It would be better if somebody with some knowledge in the subject tidied it up. The portal doesn't seem to have any active editors from what I can see. -- GraemeL (talk) 20:14, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Best wishes for your RFA -- Tinu Cherian - 05:11, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
Same from me, good luck! Andy ( talk) 07:05, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations! I have closed your RfA as successful.
On behalf of the community, thank you for submitting yourself to the trials of RfA and well done for coming through so well. Good luck with your new tools. You may find Wikipedia:New admin school useful, but don't be shy to ask other admins (or Crats) for help if in doubt.
Well done and enjoy your mop. -- Dweller ( talk) 16:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
I have made a comment on Talk:Anglo-Saxon about your moving of "Anglo-Saxons" to "Anglo-Saxon". I have read your remarks headed "My Wiki-editing style", and I accept you may not wish to go back to read my comment,but I thought I would let you know in case you are interested. JamesBWatson ( talk) 20:47, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
... Congrats on your successful RFA and Best wishes ! When is the Beer treat ? :) -- Tinu Cherian - 07:06, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
Interesting thankspam... Congrats, though, just remember WP:DDTMP RockManQ Review me 22:22, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
Congrats! Cirt ( talk) 23:10, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
Well done on passing RfA, unfortunately I don't like beer and I am (just) under-age, but still I give you my congratulations. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:42, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
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The Barnstar of Good Humor | ||
For the hilarous rfa message from you! Bring out the weather girls! Andy ( talk) 18:04, 2 December 2008 (UTC) |
Nice one! I love barns.
SilkTork *
YES! 20:24, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
You've brought up some excellent points in your oppose rationale, and I'd like the opportunity to address them.
First off, the Editorial Council idea was not very well presented to the community. It changed too much along the way and I never clearly illustrated some aspects of it. My intent in proposing EdCo was never to circumvent or ignore consensus, but rather to solidify it.
I view Wikipedia's encyclopedic content as a great ship, one which we all have built. We as the community are the sails, and when the winds of consensus come up we can carry the encyclopedia far. However, I've grown increasingly weary of the constant POV pushing and edit warring, especially in the nationalistic and ethnic conflicts. Those fierce storms are a great threat to the ship we built. They're distracting from the actual construction of an encyclopedia, which is why we're all here in the first place. Take a look at the most recent conflict to boil over in the naming of the Ireland-related articles as an example of how widespread within the content these disputes can be. These conflicts led me to decide that something had to be done, and so I proposed EdCo.
I saw EdCo as a rudder for this fine ship, something that can guide us through the choppy seas of editor discord and the powerful storms of POV warriors. I stupidly tried to find a middle ground between binding and non-binding, and instead of achieving both I got neither. I've learned from that mistake. I'm toying with the idea of proposing a purely advisory, non-binding content-related committee at some point after the election in response to the concerns raised about EdCo, but nothing's certain right now. This rudder is not meant to represent elitism or a power trip, but stability and order.
When I wish to strengthen ArbCom, I do not mean that I wish for its power to grow. Rather, I wish for it to use the power it has already been granted. This year was aptly described by one editor in their voter guide as ArbCom's annus horribilis. I completely agree. The Cla68-FM-SV case, with its ill-conceived merge, its shoddy implementation, the shady actions of some arbitrators, and the ineffectiveness that grew so bad it required the return of Newyorkbrad to sort out, represents all that went wrong with ArbCom this year. I want to fix these problems. I want boldness, speediness and common sense to return to ArbCom, and I believe I represent those three qualities. I may not hold every position you do, but I hope you share my belief that ArbCom needs to be fixed.
ArbCom does not deal with content issues. Period. That is a view I have been steadfast in, so much so that rather than granting that power to ArbCom I proposed an entirely separate institution (EdCo) to help with it. I give you my word that should I be elected to the Committee, I will not let it become a forum in which content disputes are addressed or resolved unilaterally.
I believe I'd written quite enough, so I'll end it here. I won't ask you to change your vote - your rationale is well-thought out enough to justify it. I'm glad to see voters like you are putting some thought and doing some research about the candidates, even the ones as minor as me. :) I will ask that you consider my views, put the same thought into them as you did my candidacy, and perhaps be a voice when I propose the non-binding content advisory committee after the election. Thank you, and happy editing! -- Hemlock Martinis ( talk) 07:35, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi SilkTork, as a result of a request from a friend, I have put this request for help on my user page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:RayTomes#Need_help_with_regard_to_cycles_articles I thought that I would let you know as you previously gave some help. Ray Tomes ( talk) 04:50, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Can I take you up on your kind offer to delete my monobook for me, to avoid even the appearance of drama at the arbcom elections? Thanks. Bencherheavy ( talk) 07:17, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
I was a commons admin for over a year. It is really unpleasant when people link to your own userspace as a rationale to oppose your candidacy you know... -- Cat chi? 01:46, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey, SilkTork! I wish you all the best in your personal, professional, and spiritual matters--may you and those close to you be well and full as we close this year and lurch on towards another. In all candor we here in the US have our obstacles, but the new year does bring us new leadership and optimism and perhaps renewed hope for better days. Cheers, Nick Lantana11 ( talk) 04:25, 7 December 2008 (UTC)Lantana11 Lantana11 ( talk) 04:25, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
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Special thanks go out to Wizardman and Malinaccier for nominating me, and I will try to take everyone's comments on board. Thanks again for the trust the community has placed in me. A special Christmas song for you all can be found at the right hand side of this message! |
Hi - tea please, milk, no sugar. Delicious, thank you.
I feel - with all due respect - that it was a mistake to zap David Mason out of his own article and reduce him to a Penny Lane footnote. He's a lot more than that and indeed I can picture him more than a little narked over this! Not, of course, that the feelings of the victim - er, subject - are the wiki's primary concern, but even so... :) Now, I do agree with you that the current article is very very thin and I can see how you'd want to zap it. But do you think you could give me (and other interested editors - if there are any!) a time to try and fix it by explaining a little more about why he is actually more significant than he looks here?
Thanks very much. Shall I bring cake next time? Best wishes 138.37.199.206 ( talk) 12:31, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for offering to help. Yes, I do think making a sortable would be a good idea. -- Feeling free ( talk) 17:43, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the kind words re image uploads -- glad you like them. Did you see File:Phallic-Head Plate, 1536 .jpg?
If you are so inclined, have a look at [8]]. Support welcome -- I don't know what his problem is.... Thanks, Pete Tillman ( talk) 15:37, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
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Christmas, and here's also hoping that all your family and friends are well. Lets all hope that the year coming will be a good one! If we've had disputes in the past, I hold no grudges, especially at such a time as this. If you don't know I am, I apologise, feel free to remove this from your page. Come and say hi, I won't bite, I swear! It could even be good for me, you know - I'm feeling a little down at the moment with all of these snowmen giving me the cold shoulder :( — neur ho ho ho (talk) 00:11, 25 December 2008 (UTC) | SilkTork/Archives, here's hoping you're having a wonderful
Thanks for making 2008 an interesting and enlightening year for me; at some point, our paths have crossed and I've found your comments amusing, helpful or thought-provoking—I'll let you guess which!
thanks for your message - i propose keeping the conversation here on your page from now on, okay? to me "the quiet Beatle" is such a set phrase that it's a misrepresentation to distort it into "the quiet member" or "the quiet one". and i find the sentence as it now stands quite awkward: "Initially known as the "quiet one" of The Beatles,[3][4] with whom he played lead guitar, Harrison embraced Indian mysticism, and ..." - and besides being awkward, it really lacks internal logic. i strongly encourage you to change that sentence back to "Initially known as a member of The Beatles,[3][4] with whom he played lead guitar, Harrison embraced Indian mysticism ..." i feel the mention of this "nickname" fits in a lot better in the section entitled "The Beatles", where i moved it yesterday, but if you're really convinced it's important enough to mention in the lead-in, maybe you could add a sentence to the second paragraph somewhere? and it needs some kind of clarification/justification (eg "due to his relative reticence in media situations"), lest it sound like he was called that because he wrote fewer songs or something. hope that helps some. Sssoul ( talk) 14:35, 26 December 2008 (UTC) ps: i really admire a lot of your great work on that article - i should've mentioned that right from the get-go! Sssoul ( talk) 14:50, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
I like that. I like the use of "started his musical career" rather than "initially known". Nice one.
The serial comma is usually used in academic publications and supported by Fowler's. Publications that tend not to favour the serial comma are certain newspapers. As Wikipedia is more an academic publication than a newspaper I tend to go with the serial. It's not a fighting point, but unless you have a strong opposition to it, I'd rather it were kept in! Regards SilkTork * YES! 15:57, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
"a google list of links referring to Clayton's bio isn't indicative of anything except that such a book exists". Yes, I see. It may have been that I had a page in mind, but did it wrong. No worries. just take it out. SilkTork * YES! 17:40, 27 December 2008 (UTC)