User talk:Gzkn/November 2006

TS[edit]

Thsnks so much for the support and the helpful edits ! I may change the repetition in OCD to "a subset of OCD", since that is the wording most often used, rather than "some types of" ... is that OK? Sandy (Talk) 13:48, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yup! That's perfectly fine with me. Yeah, I was struggling to find a good synonym to use there...subset seems a better choice! --Gzkn 23:12, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Weird Al Yankovic featured article nomination[edit]

Hey, just letting you know I've replied to your concerns raised on the article. Any further suggestions and comments are welcome. ~ Gromreaper 07:14, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your support!! ~ Gromreaper 09:47, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

More stinking FACs[edit]

[1] If you can't be civil perhaps it is best to pass no comment at all on other editors work. You are entitled to your view but not entitled to insult months of work because it does not happen to entirely coincide with your personal view of what is or is not good prose. Giano 14:53, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm with Giano. I really appreciated your help (even if I didn't get your support), but honestly, that comment was uncalled-for. I'd like to see if you can write an article as good as mine in your second language, if you have a second language. Nat91 20:04, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You said:"Please see my explanation here."

It seemed to me that you were passing comments to a prose expert, so that you wouldn't be the only one objecting in the nomination. To me, it sounds as bad as if I was asking people to support my nomination. You may be wanting to help - all comments are welcome, but this is the impression I got. Nat91 03:28, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for explaining your usage of the term "stinking". Perhaps you could communicate this also to Giano, ALoan and Nat91. Tony 08:25, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

More ....ing FACs![edit]

Thank you form commenting at WP FAC West Wycombe Park. I think I have addressed all of your points. Regards Giano 08:33, 3 November 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Thanks for your FAC input[edit]

Thankyou very much for providing input on the FA candidate Extratropical cyclone. I was hoping that as your original suggestions have each been acted upon, or in the case of one or two, explained, whether you might consider revisiting the discussion page to either add further comments, or amment your vote to one of support or opposition? Many thanks, Crimsone 01:29, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Many, many thanks for your vote :D Crimsone 15:39, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RE:Popups[edit]

Yep, that's how it works. Regards, Nick—^Contact/_Contribs 06:10, 8 November 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Thanks for the encouragement[edit]

Yes, I was shocked too when I saw the state of disrepair that the contemporary art article is in. Thank you for the encouragement as I jump into this mirky water! You mentioned how helpful the sandbox can be. I use it when I'm doing minor edits, but tend to copy and paste larger projects like this one into a microsoft word document. Am I missing some of the features of the sandbox? Is there a way of saving without posting from the sandbox? Thanks again!

lonebiker 15:39, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There have been some IP user edits I would describe as vandalism in the history of this article. I don;t know for sure that it was someone at your company, but in my experience that is the only logical answer. Acting rationally, only a Ruckus employee would want to see the criticism section deleted or heavily toned down. There is a chance I'm wrong, but it goes against rational choice theory and my well tuned gut instincts. I'll reserve judgment, but I still smell a rat. - Plasticbadge 22:00, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info regarding my personal sandbox. I will try using it on this project. Also wanted to ask your opinion on two things. I'm taking this large task on section by section and I began with the easiest, the [contemporary art museum section]. i think the strange introduction to this section should be completely edited out. While the first museum discussed is very prominent in the contemporary art field, I'm not quite sure that the claim that it is "the first" contemporary art institution is correct. I also think it might be a contended claim. Furthermore, each of the three museums listed might be served better with their own wiki pages. That being said, I think the extensive list that I have already organized does the job better and more concisely. What do you think?

I am also wondering whether the contemporary art page and the postmodern art page should be merged? If so, I am thinking that the postmodern art page should redirect to the contemporary art page because contemporary art is a more inclusive term (at least until the state of contemporary art changes in some major way away from postmodernism).

Thanks again in advance! I'm so happy I found you!!

lonebiker 01:02, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Great suggestion to move the contemporary museum list to a new page. I'm not sure if I've covered all of the basis with my page on contemporary art museums. I followed the example of museums of modern art. I don't know how to redirect users who type in "museums of contemporary art."

Thanks for posting the call for more help. It will be interesting to see if any other contributors answer, as it looked like this page has been a shambles for sometime.

I will keep working on it!

lonebiker 04:09, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ruckus Mediation[edit]

Want to step in please? This process is going to be very difficult when PlasticBadge exhibits such a strong personal and benevolent opinion. See below - Nroseszu 17:12, 9 November 2006 (EST)

There have been some IP user edits I would describe as vandalism in the history of this article. I don;t know for sure that it was someone at your company, but in my experience that is the only logical answer. Acting rationally, only a Ruckus employee would want to see the criticism section deleted or heavily toned down. There is a chance I'm wrong, but it goes against rational choice theory and my well tuned gut instincts. I'll reserve judgment, but I still smell a rat. - Plasticbadge 22:00, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your quotes: "I don't know for sure" -- "The is a chance I'm wrong" -- "my well tuned gut instincts." Hmm, seemingly ironic given that Wikipedia is based of citations, factual information and proper notation. Last time I checked, personal opinion, circumstantial evidence and "gut instincts" aren't recognized as legitimate Wiki justification. You're only digging yourself a bigger hole my friend. Please just chill with all your anti-me, anti-corporate, anti-Ruckus sentiments and focus on the COLLABORATIVE work. - Nroseszu 17:08, 9 November 2006 (EST)

Hello. Please see my remarks here. It seems we are operating on different time zones so I'm afraid I may be slow in my responses. Gzkn 00:50, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

El Greco[edit]

Thanks for you all your comments. You will find detailed comments in Wikipedia:Peer review/El Greco/archive2. I tried to implement most of your suggestions. If you want, check my comments and the changes I made. I'm open to further suggestions and copyedits. Cheers.--Yannismarou 22:48, 9 November 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Re: Thanks![edit]

Luna Santin has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

That mini-barnstar is awesome, heh. Luna Santin 01:57, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Up the Great Work![edit]

I think the title pretty much sums it up. I've been watching you revert in real time for the last 20 or so minutes. Your vandal fighting really helps our encyclopedia, and I wanted to take the opportunity to personally thank you. :) Alphachimp 13:42, 13 November 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Barack Obama[edit]

On Talk:Barack Obama you wrote:

My personal view is that it is awkward and unnecessary, but what do other people think?

I think the entire sentence is awkward and unnecessary (that is, I do not think Obama's ethnic self-identification (or the opinion of the U.S. Senate Historical Office about any of this) merit mention in the article's lead paragraph. However, as the current version seems to have pacified the most persistent complaints, I'd like to see it stay where it is for now. To avoid fueling more debate that could lead to worsening of the text, I prefer to share my opinion with you here, rather than on the talk page itself. In any case, let me take this chance to thank you for all your recent efforts to improve the article and promote greater civility and realism on the talk page. --HailFire 14:11, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome[edit]

Welcome!

Hello, Gzkn, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! --HailFire 14:57, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re Why are you reverting...?[edit]

Thank you, I agree with your change. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.164.145.198 (talk • contribs) .

Signature for archival purposes Gzkn 08:22, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry[edit]

Chris

Signature for archival purposes Gzkn 08:22, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Checkuser[edit]

There is a way to check if two users are using the same/similar IPs: Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser. However, checkuser is not for fishing, which this would be. Grand master ka 09:17, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Great job![edit]

Just dropping by to say that I saw you out there working hard, chasing vandals, and I thought I'd drop by and leave you a little something to help keep them in line. Keep up the great work! Essjay (Talk) 06:22, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Chuq vandal[edit]

I hate that person who keeps adding the same anti-admin comment to every page they come across. Thanks for reporting all those IP addresses. Oh and I realise they haven't stopped yet, but still, that's a lot of IP's that they can't use anymore.

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For destroying a particularly annoying vandal. James086^{Talk \| Contribs} 12:25, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Faten Hamama[edit]

Thanks for the comments at the Faten Hamama peer review. I appreciate that, I have implemented all of the suggestions you gave me. Perhaps you can check it out when you have time. Thanks a lot man! ↔ ANAS - Talk 12:46, 17 November 2006 (UTC) [reply]

List of Sanitation Commission Hopital Ships[edit]

I'm not sure why you tagged this with {{db-move}} -- if you wanted to move the article to a title that doesn't exist you can just use the "move" button. {{db-move}} is supposed to be used on the destination of such a move, if it exists and is therefore in the way. I did the move for you. Mango juice^talk 18:42, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A move leaves a redirect behind that is a new article with no other history; the entire history is moved to the new title. If that redirect has to be deleted for some reason, an admin must do it... but plausible typos make fine redirects. Mango juice^talk 14:14, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

... for your "behind the scenes" work at MedCabal. I have noticed, and appreciate it. --Ideogram 20:38, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Drbball5050[edit]

The above user has vandalized your user page multiple times. I gave him a bv warning and reverted him. I thought that I would let you know so that you could feed it through the appropriate channels. Cheers, -- T H L^CCD 05:58, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. -- T H L^CCD

You're Welcome![edit]

Sure anytime! Vandal fighters should watch each others' backs. :) -- Anaraug 06:05, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to VandalProof![edit]

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Gzkn! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. AmiDaniel (talk) 06:50, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Preciate the concern, er[edit]

Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Enuff Z'nuff. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Gzkn 08:32, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Those are stone cold facts. Trivial facts, sure, but that's why they were included under the "Trivia" header.Dblah 08:38, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, you're right, man. No original research. Point taken. Regards, Dblah 08:52, 18 November 2006 (UTC) [reply]

No "nonsense"[edit]

Just a heads-up. I included the category "Year of birth missing" in the article for Chris Gore since... well, his year of birth is missing, as it is with at least two other G4 hosts and staff. It was apparently reverted and I was accused of adding "nonsense" and "vandalism" to Wikipedia. Clearly, this was not the case. --AWF

Signature for archival purposes Gzkn 05:57, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

W. S. Gilbert[edit]

Thanks for helping keep our stay on the front page vandal-free! Adam Cuerden ^talk 15:48, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What?[edit]

I was trying to REMOVE the vandalized song edits, in no way am I trying to cause personal vandalism, please don't misinterpret it like that.

Sign for archive Gzkn 06:42, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reason behind it[edit]

lol i understand, why not revert to the original page and protect it... there is an private online community thread right now devoted to vandalizing the page... an invasion if you will.

Signed for archive Gzkn 06:51, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

may i ask why?[edit]

well? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.163.149.145 (talk • contribs) . Gzkn 13:04, 19 November 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Gzkn/Sandbox/Peter Jennings[edit]

I've moved your draft Gzkn/Sandbox/Peter Jennings to a subpage of your user page: User:Gzkn/Sandbox/Peter Jennings. Sandboxes like this belong in userspace, not main article space. Regards, FreplySpang 08:02, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! Cheers, FreplySpang 08:35, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FAC[edit]

Thanks very much for your help and advice for the British African-Caribbean page. It is much appreciated. Such support on Wikipedia is all too rare and it's great that you give your time to do some essential quality control on these pages.--Zleitzen 04:19, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

NPWatcher[edit]

You've been approved to use NPWatcher. When you log into the program, wait a few seconds while it queries wikipedia before screaming at your PC for crashing (unless you see an error, of course). Please give me any feature requests, bugs, etc. The watchlist feature does not work. Before you run the program, please check the changelog on the application page to see if I've made a new release. Finally, enjoy! M a rtinp23

Also, thanks for your interest, and please repot any problems or feature requests! M a rtinp23 18:04, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for your suggestions! I'll try to put them in over the weekend - and may well take you up on your offer of help Thanks again, M a rtinp23 19:38, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FAC review request[edit]

I've been very busy in real life lately and I was taking a wikibreak. I was ready to move on to another article but today I noticed the Anthony Michael Hall FAC hasn't been removed from the list after several promotions. I was wondering if you could take another look at the prose. I'm open to further suggestions and copyedits, perhaps the nomination is not lost yet. If you're too busy, just let me know. Thanks! Nat91 04:44, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

Shit, I wanted to nom the trivia, i'll try again later, thankyou

†he Bread 18:59, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Moved to talk page. Gzkn 00:50, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete Thanks[edit]

Thanks for the heads-up... What to do if they keep removing the tag for speedy delete (and prod)? Any way to 'make it stick?' :) SkierRMH 06:07, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

one more look[edit]

Your comments in Bengali language FAC have been addressed. Could you please have one more look and comment? Thanks. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 10:07, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Scottish Parliament[edit]

You commented on this article earlier this month pointing out some wikilink and prose problems. I've amended all the areas you suggested that should be and have removed some other duplicate links and redundant ones as well. I'd be very greatful if you could take a look at it again and give your comments. Thanks Globaltraveller 20:17, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mayor Perez[edit]

Why are you try to delete the article on Mayor Juan Perez of Sheboygan, Wisconsin? Senator Heimermann 04:05, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Judging from the page history for Juan Perez (mayor), Asher recreated it 25 minutes ago with the text from the about-to-be-deleted Mayor Juan Perez, dragging the db-bio tag along for the ride. I'm not clear why User:Bucketsofg immediately removed the db-bio tag, though. We can probably ask Asher to db-author it to keep things tidy...assuming I can convince him that the mayor of a town with a population around 50,000 is probably not considered to be notable. As far as I can tell, the only Wisconsin cities whose mayors have bios here are Madison, Wisconsin and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 04:50, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar worthy effort...[edit]

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I, Persian Poet Gal, award you this barnstar for catching the huge amount of unnoticed vandalism to the Rob Levin article. ¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 06:50, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bobby (2006 film)[edit]

After the IP address removed the copyviol, he added back a line which was also a copyviol, I just removed it. I'll let you deal with it. I'm not bothering to warn him, since it semms no one wants to block him. --ArmadilloFromHell 08:41, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the wording, but that did not work for some. So, I just forgot about it. Asher Heimermann 09:14, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Minnesota[edit]

I replied to your comments on Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Minnesota, do you have any particular table style in mind? -Ravedave ^{(help name my baby)} 03:06, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have you had time to further review Minnesota? - Ravedave ^{(help name my baby)} 19:39, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Joke[edit]

whats wrong with my joke...—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.181.254.175 (talk • contribs) . Gzkn 05:01, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

kerry adler[edit]

you marked page for deletion. I wrote it?

Thanks.

Kerry Adler

Signature for archive Gzkn 08:50, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FAR[edit]

Hi, Gzkn. I was wondering if I could interest you in adding {{User:Tony1/FAR urgents}} Tony's urgent FAR template to your worklist, to comment on and help us clear out the FARs that don't have consensus for keep or removal? Best, Sandy (Talk) 15:50, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Use of fair use images outside of article namespace[edit]

Hello! You have used fair use images in your user namespace (Image:Amhalldz.jpg, Image:Vacation2.jpg, Image:Breakfastclubhall.jpg, Image:Piratessiliconvalley.jpg and Image:Deadzonedvd.jpg in User:Gzkn/Sandbox/Anthony Michael Hall). Criterion 9 of the Wikipedia:Fair use criteria states that "Fair use images may be used only in the article namespace. Used outside article space, they are not covered under the fair use doctrine." If you wish to create a temporary page in order to improve the article on Anthony Michael Hall my suggestion would be to create a temporary page (for instance under Talk:Anthony Michael Hall/temp). Once you have finished experimenting with the temporary page you can request a deletion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion. However if you wish to see what your changes will look like before you save the best way is to use the "Show preview" button when you are editing the article. Sincerely, --Oden 05:39, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge help[edit]

I'm currently proposing a merger of List of Harvard University people and Notable non-graduate alumni of Harvard. Five days have elapsed with no one objecting (or even commenting for that matter), and according to one sentence in WP:MERGE, I may perform the merger ("After sufficient time has elapsed to generate consensus or silence (at least 5 days), you may perform the merger or request that someone else do so."). However, further down I see this:

"After proposing the merger, place your reasons on the talk page and check back in a couple of weeks for a response. You may be able to invoke a response by contacting some of the major or most-recent contributors via their respective talk-pages. If there is clear agreement after two weeks that the articles should be merged (or no response after four weeks), proceed with the merger."

Which one is it? Five days, or four weeks? (Four weeks seems pretty long to me.) I also asked this on Wikipedia talk:Merging and moving pages, but I noticed that many of the other questions seem to go unanswered there... Many thanks! Gzkn 05:18, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:MERGE is just a guideline, if you are confident that the merge is a good idea 5 days is probably fine.--Commander Keane 05:28, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks! Gzkn 05:31, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

SpongeBob SquarePants[edit]

You reverted my edits which were correcting the episode list.

You put that Chimps Ahoy was the first part of episode 70, when in fact it was the second. I saw conflicting info on the episode list and This Page, so I checked around and found that the episode list is right ([2]). I changed the article to the correct way. Also you took the thing off the bottom of the page used to go from one episode to the next.Mwutz 13:17, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's no big deal.Mwutz 13:23, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Obama NOR[edit]

Hi Gzkn..since a Chicago newspaper columnist published this controversy..doesn't that reduce the NOR claim? Someone somewhere has to do original analysis. Since this was in a published and much repeated citation, wouldn't that qualify as NOR? How could there ever be a controversy if no one ever did analysis of a candidates claims? --Jbpo 21:45, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of Harvard University people[edit]

I'm unfortunately too busy these days to really do much with the article list of Harvard University people. Your proposals sound good though, and I wish you good luck working on the article. Happy editing! —Lowellian (reply) 23:39, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Orngjce223 (talk · contribs)[edit]

This editor posted on Asher's talk page about adopting him, and at first I thought "great!". But then I took a look at his user contributions. Something smells fishy about him... Gzkn 01:50, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. If nothing else, it's strange that someone with such limited experience here would want to adopt a user...and I don't see how someone with two (I think) mainspace edits is even slightly qualified to adopt a user. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 01:58, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FAC for Bacteria[edit]

Hi there. Thank you for your input. We have changed the article to deal with your concern and I hope you will be able to support this nomination. Thank you. TimVickers 17:23, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

An editor has made some major changes to this article, could you please return to the FAC and provide some feedback on whether or not these are an improvement? TimVickers 21:20, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sister issue[edit]

It looks like my sister (who happens to be a know-it-all) did the adopting thing... I'll tell her to stop. User:Orngjce223

P.S. I'm a female. User:Orngjce223

Thanks[edit]

I appreciate the kind words. I've been using Wikipedia for well over two years now and recently got fed up with how often people try to take away from what's an amazing resource. Rather than write or expand articles significantly, I figured I'd give the smarter/more knowledgable people a chance to do that while I fended off vandals. Seems like a win-win. :) CiTrusD 04:49, 30 November 2006 (UTC) [reply]