User talk:Drmies/Archive 9

Word play

Just checked your message about me having added "wordplay" in the Word play article. I checked 4 English dictionaries that I have, and found out that one of them (Cambridge Advanced Learners' Dictionary 3th Edition, the most recent edition) contained an entry of "wordplay", which I thought would be nice to be added on the Wikipedia article to show another way the word can possibly be written. I don't see it correct to say that "It's not a word." Thank you, Have a nice day. 116.33.171.229 (talk) 17:23, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

• So you found one dictionary that has it, one out of four--make that five, since the OED doesn't contain it either. And really, if the OED doesn't have it, it's not a word. You have a nice day too, and next time put your message at the bottom please, where it belongs. Drmies (talk) 23:56, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Bacon

Sir, I salute your contributions to bacon! 124.170.228.133 (talk) 00:35, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

• Why, thank you. But I must give credit where credit's due, and that's with the Wiki-God of Bacon, ChildofMidnight, and his high priest, the Maker of the Bacon Explosion, Kelapstick. Still, the thought is very much appreciated! May the pork fat be with you as well! Drmies (talk) 05:13, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Dahil Sa Iyo

Please cite your reference and sources to your allegations and claims. You know nothing about Philippine music so please stop editing the article on "Dahil Sa Iyo". --202.40.187.90 (talk) 09:28, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

• If you had put this comment where it belongs, at the bottom of the page, I would have been able to revert your disruptive edits a lot sooner. You cannot remove referenced content from the article. That the song is an older, Tagalog song also is no reason to remove the infobox for the single--unless, of course, you are on some sort of vendetta. Even a fool can see that the article as it stands (now) is well-referenced, and that's pretty much what it was like when it appeared on the frontpage of Wikipedia, in the DYK section. BTW, Manuscriptman, you forgot to sign in. Drmies (talk) 05:20, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Bambi

Please reply at my talk page. Sorry for being harsh with your original hook. It is just my whole DYK experience and intuition shouts loud that we'd get bashed for sure if we put it up. Materialscientist (talk) 22:33, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

When we have something like "term associated with killing of cute animals" next to "gay slang term", there will always be someone who will shout somewhere at DYK talk or at main page errors "you paint gays like cute animals" or otherwise, "you paint gays like killers" or etc. Then others will join and say "Although it is Ok with me, I see this is somewhat too careless, we should replace this hook" - that's my experience. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 00:31, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

I love spicy hooks and in the past was inventing them when reviewing (little time for that now), but. It is very different when I was chatting at T:TDYK and when I put this up on the main page with my hands, i.e. I am extra careful about BLPs and human relations. As to kudos, they should go to Ucucha for he is that "tough reviewer" who really spends time on checking the facts and going into every sentence. Materialscientist (talk) 00:39, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Bambi effect

On December 7, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bambi effect, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

• 14,325 views! Drmies (talk) 18:21, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Gorgas-Manly Historic District

The additions are awesome. I think I had come across some info about the Federal compensation, but somehow it didn't make it to the article. I started down this road after doing some reading about the Old Capitol in Tuscaloosa, so I created the article for William Nichols (architect). It lead me to create the articles for the Gorgas-Manly Historic District, President's Mansion (University of Alabama) and University of Alabama Quad. I also did a complete rewrite of what is now the Old University of Alabama Observatory, which had the old observatory and the modern one jumbled up together as though they were the same building. I hadn't realized that so little of UA's history had been covered here. Thanks for the improvements. Please add anything to the others that you feel is missing or incorrect. If you don't mind taking a look at them. :) Altairisfar_talk 03:49, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

• No, that's way too much credit. You wrote a great article. (Though I have to say I'm a bit tickled that Bambi effect, which is right below your article in the Did You Know box, is pulling in more viewers, haha!) I'm going to have a look at the observatory as well--I think I saw the Haley-Bopp comet through that telescope. Later, and thanks again for improving our Alabama coverage. Drmies (talk) 04:25, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Bruce's Beach

On December 7, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bruce's Beach, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 06:07, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Cornelius Carter

Thanks for helping me out, I am definitely a newbie...I actually got CC's bio from him, which he had provided to the University. Thanks for organizing the info! I was going to add his picture but don't know exactly where to add it on the page. Thanks again! Richledson (talk) 06:30, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

• Sure, I'm glad you wrote him up. But do keep in mind, "Content that violates any copyrights will be deleted"--it says it right here under my "edit" screen. If you have a photograph, and it's free use, upload it to Commons--but make sure the copyright issue is cleared. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 06:34, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Vatican conspiracies

Wasn't there a debate about whether this was well sourced [1]? I thought it was determined that the evidence was insufficient, but I'm not an expert on Focault's Pendulum. ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:15, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Lowyat.net

Just so you're aware, I declined the speedy deletion of Lowyat.net. The original AfD was sparsely attended and occurred over a year ago. I think it would benefit from the full debate running. Mackensen (talk) 12:09, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

• I didn't nominate it for speedy deletion, but thanks for the message, I guess. Drmies (talk) 15:24, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
  • I know you didn't, but I thought as the nominator of the AfD you'd want to know. Mackensen (talk) 23:25, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Naomi Clark

I appreciate you keeping an eye on things and reverting the recent vandalism. Thanks. -- James26 (talk) 15:01, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

• Sure thing! Drmies (talk) 15:26, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Los Limones

Can you stub this thing? I translated it, and I don't have the heart to chop down my effort! cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 23:45, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

• Spiffy, I don't want to cut any more either. I want to move there. Drmies (talk) 00:14, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
  • I take it you're looking for a new vocation? -SpacemanSpiff 00:21, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
    • I didn't say I was going to go there to work! Bad back, you know... Hey, I looked for some more stuff but couldn't find anything. Drmies (talk) 00:22, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Mind if I ask you how you arrived at "orally transmitted" from "solo se encuentra escrito en las historias transmitidas"? I acknowledge that that was one of the sentences I couldn't make head nor tail of, leading me not to take on the task after I spent a couple of paragraphs attempting it. I decided I was having trouble differentiating between my shortcomings in Spanish and genuine problems with the original text. —Largo Plazo (talk) 00:34, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

• I didn't--I came there via Spaceman's intermediate translation. Look at the history to see what he had; when I reworded it it seemed to make sense. BTW, I don't speak Spanish, and if "escrito" means "written down" then I'm in trouble. Still, "transmitidas" suggests, plus some culture, suggests that I'm not too far beside the mark. Blissful ignorance! Drmies (talk) 00:53, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
  • Escrito (n) can also mean text, literary composition. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 01:01, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
• (ec)Quite honestly, I was avoiding the translation as I hoped that someone with better Spanish skills could do it. However, given that no one took it up, I thought I'd do it and get it out of the log. As for this particular phrase, it literally goes as "text found in stories transmitted from generation to generation" and I figured I'd exercise editorial choice and select a word. TBQH, I've never come across it used in such a context. Feel free to correct it, if you think it's wrong. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 00:59, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
• Well, given that we don't know the original contributor and their linguistic skills, I think, in the absence of better evidence, that we might as well go with what would make sense (usually defined as whatever I say, haha)--until we get to AfD, of course. Drmies (talk) 01:03, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
  • You know, you should have simply stuck to my use of "mentioned in stories passed from one generation to the next". It provides intrigue, were those stories orally transmitted? Or do we have some parchment somewhere as evidence? -SpacemanSpiff 01:07, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
    • You know you told me to stub, so I went for economy! Drmies (talk) 01:16, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
      • Brevity and economy are overrated; I'm surprised at that statement from an honorary Tamil! -SpacemanSpiff 02:44, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

RfA thankspam

Hello, Drmies! This is just a note thanking you for participating in my recent Request for Adminship, which passed with a total of 93 support !votes, 1 oppose and 3 editors remaining neutral. While frankly overwhelmed by the level of support, I humbly thank the community for the trust it has placed in me, and vow to use the tools judiciously and without malice. KV5 (Talk • Phils)

Son of Scarface

I am the author of Son of Scarface, please go to the history and see that I made it and fixed it up many times because people said he wasn't notable many times. I am the author and the one who is requesting removal. So it's not the right tag to use? What tag do I use then?

Thank you for your help, I am always still learning as I go.

Drewhamilton (talk) 03:46, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

• Hey Drew, thank you for your message. You are right about having written the article; my apologies--I didn't go back more than two pages of fifty edits in the history, and you are clearly there on the third page. However, the creation and your edits date to April and May of 2008, and db-author template refers explicitly to "The author of the only substantial content" requesting deletion--and you are not the author of the only substantial content anymore, given the number of edits in between. I think the idea is that you cannot undo (delete) the work of other editors, and since this is a book there is no speedy category available. Does that help? If you want the article gone you could propose regular deletion, via WP:AFD, but I don't think that will be a successful venture given the number of reviews. Good luck, Drmies (talk) 04:19, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the help. Still the work is mostly mine, I would just edit it when it got tagged which is mostly what other editors did to it. The content is still 95% written by me. Funnily, I now agree with the arguments that he is not notable. Most of his references are from his website & the book is self-published but made to look like it's not. I'd like to tag again with db-author. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drewhamilton (talk • contribs) 04:26, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

• Sorry, but no. The work is not mostly by you, and you can not apply that template. Look in the history, and you'll find this edit--significant work, done by someone else, whose efforts you would negate. So I have to remove that template again; the Wikipedia rules (WP:GFDL)) will not allow deletion of the article in this way. Drmies (talk) 05:03, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm butting in here to back up Drmies. Once other editors started editing the article, db-author ceased to be an option for deletion. Given the amount of content of that article, the only chance you have of getting it deleted now is AfD, and there's no guarantee there. LadyofShalott 06:01, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

hallo from Uwe Kils

can you please vote again on http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Uwe_Kils_(3rd_nomination). Best wishes Uwe Kils 10:50, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

In response to your AFD comment, no, most certainly not! :) No worries, Cirt (talk) 18:57, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Son of Scarface

I'm sorry I do not remember the details of editing that page but I remember feeling sorry for the guy because of comments...I believe someone in the editing history was calling him a douchebag... In any case, I am hurt/confused by comment on my talk page, I didn't read it too carefully regarding the mistakes I made -cited something incorrectly or from wrong source I believe- because my eyes couldn't get over the "not going to mention what this suggests" -paraphrased. Please do mention what it suggests. Saying you would not even mention what it suggests is worse than just telling me what it suggests. What does it suggest? You think I work for him? I've made mistakes -there is another comment on my talk page about another mistake and it was placed there just a few days ago I believe- but I've been contributing for a long time -all sorts of articles, vandal cleanup, minor edits, list additions- so I hope Chris Knight Capone has a lot of money because he owes me overtime. StewartNetAddict (talk) 18:03, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

• Responded on your talk page. CKC (and I have no intention of calling him anything!) owes a lot of people a lot of money by now, and if he thinks he'll get his own article, he's got another thing coming. Drmies (talk) 18:12, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Weird, I think we both posted at exactly the same time --it said "Edit Conflict"-- and the text I left you disappeared so now I'm re-entering it. I went back and looked at your comment and searched to see if I could find how it was that I had included erroneous information and I found it. It's on Chris Knight Capone's website for the book. http://www.sonofscarface.com/inside.swf
The very first blurb under "Blurbs/Book Reviews" --I can't give you direct link because the site is in flash but "Blurbs/Book Reviews" is the 2nd item down on the left under "About son of scarface." It reads:

“Son of Scarface is a fascinating story of soul searching, skeletons and epiphanies. Next time he wants to dig around looking for treasure, Geraldo Rivera should start here.” –Lesley Abravanel, Miami Herald

I'm sorry, I suppose I was looking for reference/sources and didn't consider the possibility that someone would put a fake quote on their website promoting their book. StewartNetAddict (talk) 18:28, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

• On my laptop, I have some sort of application that allows me to retrieve text from forms--after I installed it I never needed it anymore. Anyway, I'm not surprised that a publisher would try to gently bend the truth a little bit; this is just really deceitful, and I think either Wikipedia:WikiProject Books or WP:N has a note on the use of publisher's information: basically, it's a no-no, and the stuff you find on the book jacket should never be cited. I found some mention of the book (it's added to the article) but for these purposes I use Google News exclusively. I'm sorry if Capone's publisher damaged your faith in humanity... Take care, Drmies (talk) 18:32, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

LOL! Faith in humanity still intact but I'm a bit concerned about my naivete. You're right though, they're not even skewing the truth they are stabbing it to death.StewartNetAddict (talk) 18:47, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

• Didn't you have an MBA? You should know ALL about business tactics! ;) Drmies (talk) 19:23, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Re: Bacon Edits

Yes, those pages were good enough. It doesn't always have to be about the meat. As long as it mentions the magic word "bacon" in some context, it is fine.--Sky Attacker the legend reborn... 20:47, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks Sky--and you're doing a fine job as bacon administrator. Drmies (talk) 21:27, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
  • Good to hear. I will also allow your points trade with WSC (it's only fair after all) ;)

By the way, if you want to start Danish bacon, I have a picture ready for use on CoM's talk page.--Sky Attacker the legend reborn... 21:33, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Sky--I'm on it. Drmies (talk) 21:53, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

And kudos for the quick and billiant upgrades of Zeeuws spek. I think I'd rather try cooking the scallop than Calf's Liver with Bacon...Geoff ^{Who, me?} 21:42, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Hey, you're welcome. Thanks for getting it started! Drmies (talk) 21:53, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

It gave me the chance to get my first edit on the Dutch WP by linking its article to the en one. LadyofShalott 21:56, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that! And did you note the glaring lack of references in the Dutch article? Drmies (talk) 22:02, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Yep, it needs some work... LadyofShalott 07:03, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Re: Your Comments

It is a biased and unverified source. Take a look: http://www.antic.org/Weblog/2006/03/david-binder-93-pulitzer-should-be.html

I will list it as a self-published (blog) source, which it is. (WP:SELFPUBLISH) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Boybillyboy (talk • contribs) 05:19, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

• There were two sources in there, and one was a book. You also removed the reference list; that always looks bad. Start the discussion on the talk page. Drmies (talk) 05:33, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Just because a book is published doesn't make it a credible and mainstream source: "Questionable sources are those with a poor reputation for checking the facts, or with no editorial oversight. Such sources include websites and publications expressing views that are widely acknowledged as extremist, or promotional in nature, or which rely heavily on rumors and personal opinions. Questionable sources should only be used as sources of material on themselves, especially in articles about themselves. (See below.) Questionable sources are generally unsuitable as a basis for citing contentious claims about third parties."

This citation was the only one listed under references. Don't throw threats around. Not trying to vandalize. Just trying to eliminate phony citation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Boybillyboy (talk • contribs) 06:00, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

• I'm not threatening anyone--I am just saying that you should stop. You've reverted four times within 24 hours, so you have already violated 3RR (see the warning on your talk page). Whatever beef you have with that book, you should address it in a different way--by either proving it to be an unreliable source, or by dealing with it rhetorically (as I am doing in a roundabout way with an edit to the article I just made). Drmies (talk) 06:06, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Interesting User_talk:Kartano#Suck_my_dick

Interesting post you made on that user's talk page O.o I wasn't sure what to think when I saw someone post "Suck my dick" on his user talk page. =D Anyway, happy editing! Netalarmtalk 05:35, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks, hehe. It was too good to let go--I've never said that to anyone, though I have walked around in Poland with a sign on my back saying "Suck My Kiss." But this was better. Drmies (talk) 05:37, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Drmies. You have new messages at Kartano's talk page.
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Got a bit nervous for a moment

[2]  :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 05:36, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

• He, sorry. Thanks for the speedy close on that AfD! Drmies (talk) 05:47, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

A request for help

Hi, We are in need of help from more experienced copy editors for improving Anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu. The article content has been developed by me and CarTick and we believe it has the potential to go to FAR. It has been peer reviewed and one of the reviewers suggested we look for good copy editors to improve the language. SpacemanSpiff recommended that we ask for your help. Can you take a look?--Sodabottle (talk) 17:18, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Doc for the help with the lead. I have taken your advice and cut down the lead about 20 percent. I don't know how long an ideal lead should be for an article of this size and scope(first time editing such an article). Should it be down sized further?. also i have followed your lead and the decapitalized the terms Anti-, Pro-, Government and Official for whole article (except for proper nouns)--Sodabottle (talk) 05:05, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Hey Soda, have a look at Wikipedia:Lead section. Useful stuff. I'll look closer at other sections in the next few days. Yes, those capitals need work, though I think there was one thing, Official Language Act or something like that, that requires caps. Oh, check your piped links: in your last revision (for "official language"), there's a redundant space, and I noticed a lot of those. Later, Drmies (talk) 05:09, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Glad to see you living up to your honorary Tamil status, doc. -SpacemanSpiff 05:51, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Hehe thanks. But I haven't given up on rock and roll: see Diddley Daddy. Drmies (talk) 06:02, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Talking of music, heard Steve Kimock? I'd like to expand Eudemonic beyond just the CD cover, but can't seem to find much in terms of sourcing. -SpacemanSpiff 06:07, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Don't know him, sorry. Is he of my caste/clan? I won't be doing any seeking tonight for you--it's bedtime. Later Spiff, and thanks for dropping by! Drmies (talk) 06:12, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Eh? If you mean the white-American caste, sure! He's pretty good, I was first exposed to the sounds of the lap steel guitar by him. Good bit of Jerry Garcia's influence. -SpacemanSpiff 15:54, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

<--I mean, is it OK for me as an honorary Tamil to get involved with white dudes such as him...You have to realize, Spiff, that this role is entirely new to me. Drmies (talk) 15:55, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Heh. Dunno if this is up your alley, but Cole's Law is one of my favorite compositions. And then, there's Stella Blue on lap steel. I have so many versions of both. -SpacemanSpiff 16:05, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

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• Whoa, thanks! I appreciate it. Haha, I'm actually sipping on one of these right now. Pleasure working with you, by the way. Oh, my wife today voluntarily ate a piece of chocolate covered bacon. The plan is working! Drmies (talk) 23:30, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
  • I've had chocolate curry in the past and chilli flavoured chocolate - both work but require highgrade chocolate without the lashings of sugar that the mass market stuff has. Perhaps next year we should do a chocolate cup? ϢereSpielChequers 23:35, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
    • A chocolate cup sounds like an interesting idea indeed.--Sky Attacker the legend reborn... 00:22, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
      • I don't know about chocolate curry--sounds interesting, and kind of like mole. I had a chili-chocolate bar once and it was delicious. When I make hot chocolate, I put cayenne pepper in--apparently that's how the Aztecs drank it. Yeah, let's keep that in mind, Sky! Drmies (talk) 00:26, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
• Strong support all things chocolate. LadyofShalott 06:56, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
• Strong support, Lady? What's next, speedy close per WP:SNOW? But Sky, CoM, K-stick, you heard the Lady! Drmies (talk) 15:51, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
• Strong Support all things bacon.--kelapstick (talk) 16:47, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Let's talk after the Bacon Challenge is over.--Sky Attacker the legend reborn... 17:53, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

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• Bongo! How did you know that ours gave up the ghost two days ago? What a marvelous gift--thank you! Drmies (talk) 03:02, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

James Peck

Thanks. Peck wouldn't have cared either way, and probably would have got a kick out of it. Do you do much movement editing? I've suggested about a month ago forming a Project group for CRM editors. But that means more work, so ignore this if you wish, and if you do, (already lol), happy Solstice and Festivus to you and yours! Randy Kryn (talk) 18:38, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

• I think I love James Peck. What a hardass. These guys and gals were tough as nails, and I will gladly admit that I wrote the article on him out of sheer admiration. More work sucks, but work with a purpose I don't mind. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 18:45, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your helpful edits to {{Bacon}}, and of course thanks very much for the unexpected barnstar. Cheers, Cirt (talk) 19:59, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Re:Clocking overtime

I'm only 14 hrs/day on WP, but that time is getting packed with AIV and I have less and less time to think and write. At some point I should stop doping AIV entirely. Anyway, please keep in mind that I can slip at high speed operation and tap me if you notice that. Materialscientist (talk) 00:40, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

• Whoa. I guess you don't have kids! I have a half an hour in between cleaning the kitchen and doing the dishes and the next one needing a bath. It's nice to be able to sit for a little bit, listening to Wonderpets in the background. Anyway, don't you have science papers to (co)write? (I just put a few WP articles on my annual report, haha.)

  Oh, I had one more question: maybe, before Ucucha gets to be admin, you can block him, just once, for twenty minutes, for all these ridiculous articles on rodents, some of whom we don't actually know if they existed or not? Just for the hell of it? It's Friday night--live a little! Drmies (talk) 00:51, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

14 hrs/day is my absolute maximum - off course, if I had kids I won't be here that long, but I live life too (daily cooking, washing, sport, etc ;-). Ucucha ... rodents .. You better block user:Dr. Blofeld (or user:J.delanoy) with their 280k+ contributions for that .. I tried to convince him to switch from Buddhist writing, and now even helping at times :-) I never know what people want to know, and DYK page view stats keep surprising me. BTW, rodents are the workhorse of all medicine - most tests are done on rats. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 02:09, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Dr. Blofeld is simply a mad scientist. I've worked with him--but for every DYK I produce out of his stubs, he makes another million stubs. Sport! I remember that from way back when. I'm in that stage of my life where I think the dishwasher is the single most important invention ever made. As for rodents: lab rats, squirrels, and maybe chinchillas (really, those are a kind of dog, I believe)--how many more rodents do we need? Seriously! But go ahead and block Blofeld, it'll be fun. I am guessing that so far you have an unblemished record, but how much fun is that? Take care, Drmies (talk) 02:17, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

No, I make my mistake every single day, in public, and laugh at them :-) I don't believe in impeccable people, but I believe any problem can be fixed. Hm ... dishwasher .. I only used those when we had to wash for 600 people/day :-) I have a feeling that I stopped my writing, only to help others to write for me :-) Materialscientist (talk) 02:29, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

After patrolling AIV for some time I never take it personal - THEY vandalize anything. Honestly, I don't have any emotions anymore when someone hits my userpage or Matt Damon or whatever. In fact, many are poor souls, who have no-one around and are glad to talk the blocking admin. Materialscientist (talk) 05:59, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

<--Wow, that's really sad, if you get to the point where even vandalism on Matt Damon doesn't get to you. I mean, my userpage, the frontpage, Claw Boys Claw--sure, but Matt? No way. My love for him cannot even get jaded. Hey, it's been fun! Keep on fighting the good fight, Drmies (talk) 06:03, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Dedicated free-speech space

I see you posting a lot about "hardasses" and Matt Damon. So now I'm wondering if your fascination with Ann Coulter, Sarah Palin, Laura Ingraham and S. E. Cupp was for real? You and Charlie Christ are very mysterious. Anyway, good to see a lot of work being done on bacon articles. It's about time that subject got brought up to speed. Also, I'm watching the Army-Navy game to see what the triple option is all about and whether Ricky Dobbs can set the single season rushing TDs for a QB record. Cheerios. ChildofMidnight (talk) 20:03, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Did any of these two beat Notre Dame? Cause if not, there's nothing to watch, obviously. Laura Ingraham...I see her picture here on TV ads; apparently some radio station lets her vent her sad, right-wing, anti-gay frustrations. In the ad she looks kind of hot--is she? As for "hardass," I imagine you are slowly preparing for an apology for that one edit to James Peck, where you made him a race-flopper. As for Matt D., I believe you know he is my dedicated man-candy. Drmies (talk) 20:37, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

As you know Doc, I am wholly color blind when it comes to race and am only able to assess people based on their actions.

Of course my extraordinary impartiality, devotion to fairness, and commitment to a radically neutral point of view can cause tension with Southern Democrats whose views are extremely partisan. There's not much to be said for maintaining segregated institutionalism and tokenism while fighting institutional reform and competition at every step. And I don't see any advantage in advocating the replacement of one good ole' boy system with another set of parochial favoritism for those with political connections. I'm a believer in equal opportunity, the free exchange of ideas, and fair competition to sort out the most sucessful and pragmatic approaches to achieving the best outcomes for all concerned. It's raining here. Dobbs is one yard away... I wonder if some pro team will take him as part of a Wildcat offense? ChildofMidnight (talk) 22:30, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Dobbs is in. He now stands alone with 24 rushing touchdowns, the most of any Division I QB. Kudos to him and the wonderful and creative individuals who have spread the word about his accomplishments. ChildofMidnight (talk) 22:32, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Mark Ingram, Jr.

Is the man! Roll Tide Tiderolls 02:01, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

• Woohoo! Roll tide! Drmies (talk) 02:07, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
  • Congrats to Ingram. He had a very impressive performance with almost as many rushing yards and rushing touchdowns as true freshman Dion Lewis. ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:08, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
    • Ingram had it easy--Alabama is in the SEC, not in a powerhouse league like the Big East. Ha! How do you like your crow, Child? Drmies (talk) 03:00, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

He had solid performances against Chattanooga, North Texas, and Florida International. No question about it. And those teams have some powerhouse defenses.

But seriously, don't you think it's just a little bit strange that the sophomore winning the Heisman isn't even the best player on your team, let alone in the league? One solid season on a great team with one of the top two defenses in the nation? Sixteen rushes for 30 yards against Auburn (he had to be pulled for the other runninback who did just fine)? You needed a blocked kick against SC Tennessee since you couldn't score touchdowns? You didn't start rolling until McElroy got his passing game together. And your whole team played well against Florida. Every running back, your passing attack and your defense all dominated. All your runngbacks were having success.

Meanwhile McCoy pulled out victories, often coming from behind, with a weak offensive line. Again and again even against the third place Heisman finisher he got the job done. But it will all be sorted out in a few weeks. I will say that Bama has an advantage with Saban, but McCoy will just have to step up like Vince Young and demonstrate once and for all why jokers like Joe Buck aren't fit to make selections. But it was a close race and Suh and McCoy are both top notch. Cheers. :)

Is Ingram's dad in trouble again? I didn't see him at the award presentation and nobody wanted to mention it. So I guess it's a sympathy vote with a lot of voters having connections with Dad who played pro for the G-men? Anyway, we'll see you in Pasadena. Don't stay up late like last time when you got rolled by Utah, okay? ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:34, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Whoa, "seriously"? What's next, Alabama's favorable rankings and its favorable treatment in the liberal, mainstream media are the result of the socialistic agenda of our fifth-column administration? I didn't see Colt McCoy's father either. What up? Drmies (talk) 03:40, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Well I didn't watch the whole show, just the end where they gave out the award itself, so maybe they addressed it, but certainly it was reasonable to wonder where his dad the former NFL star was. I see now (after a google search) that he's in the slammer [3], [4], [5]. That's tough. And maybe it's good that the award show didn't focus on that issue much since it might take away or detract from the son's achievments.

I definitely think Ingram Jr. benefitted in the voting from who his dad is and the whole story, that's the way it goes, it's political. And a lot of those sports muckety mucks don't like Texas. But that's cool. Good luck to Ingram. He seems like a nice kid.

It's obviously an absurd argument to make that he's the best college football player in the nation. I watched Alabama play and you guys won with your defense. Ingram was shut down in key games, and while he had a great season, so did the rest of his teammates.

But don't worry. We'll see you in Pasadena. You can take me out for some Pho while you're in town. Just don't let UT's defense and Colt McCoy's passing attack get you down. There's nothing wrong with finishing second Doc. There can only be one champion. ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:00, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Sixteen rushes for 30 yards against Auburn. So if he's the Heisman trophy winner then Auburn has the best defense in the history of College Football? ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:08, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

• At least he didn't need the refs to put time back on the clock so he wouldn't lose a three-interception conference championship. Drmies (talk) 04:15, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Doc there was clearly a second left. But I'm sure you can explain the fishing trips and the textbooks... ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:18, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Three interceptions! Drmies (talk) 05:19, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Doc, McCoy was facing a very tough defense and didn't have the benefit of taking a break the previous week on the bench while rushing 16 times for only 30 yards. In fact he was busy passing for 4 touchdowns and rushing for a fifth (with 165 or so rushing yards wasn't it?). But he still had enough left to drive down the field for a win against an outstanding Nebraska defense led by a legitimate Heisman candidate. And when you compare McCoy's career to Ingram's well, there's really not much comparison is there. But Ingram can join Matt Leinart, Chris Weinke, and other good, but not great players who won the popularity contest because they were on good teams and had the right connections and media hype, even though there were much better players with far more impressive accomplishments. Don't let it bother you that Toby Gerhart has a dozen more touchdowns than Ingram had and that Lewis had more rushing yards and more rushing touchdowns. It's okay. If it makes you feel good as a sort of consolation prize for the second best team in the nation, then that's good enough for me. ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:55, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Are you sure you'd even rank Alabama as second-best in the nation? :) Drmies (talk) 05:59, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, the Horned Frogs of TCU and the Bearcats of Cincinnati are pretty solid. Not to mention Boise State and Kellen Moore (a legitimate Heisman contender). Good point. ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:00, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Flags

Thanks for the information on the flags. It wont happen again. --Triesault (talk) 04:30, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks for your note, and for your updates to the infoboxes I saw you made. Drmies (talk) 04:32, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Question about the Black Hair Page

Hi. I saw that you previously contributed to one of my watched pages. Do you know what's going on with the gallery on the Black Hair page? There was an image of a Punjabi woman (forgot who added it) that's disappeared. Some of the information is left, but the photo itself is gone.--CreativeSoul7981 (talk) 05:45, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks for your note. It was some sort of test edit, I think, and I reverted it. Also, you gave the link to the article with two initial capitals: I have changed the redirect from Black Hair (it led to Human hair color) to Black hair. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 05:50, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. Wait, what did I do? LOL I thought I put brackets around Black Hair? I'm lost. Are you talking about your talk page or the article? I didn't make a recent edit on that page. You'll have to forgive me, I'm still new to Wikipedia, and though I'm good with the Internet and computer, coding is still new to me. Also, quick question: Is it better to use a semicolon to post a response to you or not? Your input is appreciated.--CreativeSoul7981 (talk) 06:00, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

A colon means an indent; an asterisk means a bullet (click on "edit" to see the code 'behind' the page--you'll see two colons in front of this paragraph). You did put brackets around "Black Hair" and it led to Human hair color. Go to Black Hair (which is what you typed above), which now takes you to Black hair (correctly) and look right below the title; it says "Redirected from Black Hair." Click on that link (in small print), then click on "View history," and you'll see I changed it. OK, now click on WP:RS, and then on WP:FA, and turn Black hair into a featured article! Happy editing, Drmies (talk) 06:09, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

FYI

[6], [7], the double down [8] and a little dessert from your communist friends at NPR [9]. ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:26, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

• Hehe--if only you know how much shit my wife gave me for downloading that bacon app! It's completely ridiculous, and a total waste of $0.99, but I'm glad I did. Ha, looking at four delicious strips of bacon on your iPod, it is certainly a hungerizer. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 04:01, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

I cannot believe you paid even $0.99 for that (I'm considering doing exactly that!). ^Bongo_matic 04:34, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Do! It's a total waste, and it'll make a you a. a good member of the bacon cabal and b. a patriot. Drmies (talk) 04:40, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

It's not as impressive on my Tracphone. I was more taken with the "Double Down" and the "Bloody Bacon & Cheese" (although the name is a bit stark).. Different strokes for different folks I guess. Theleftorium's bacon and apple article is an intersting one too. ChildofMidnight (talk) 23:51, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

There's a bacon app? WTF? Why didn't I hear about this? How is it doc? Worth the money? I am thinking of making chocolate covered bacon for a Superbowl party.--kelapstick (talk) 23:53, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

<--K, two things: the Colts better be in it, and I still don't know how to properly melt chocolate to where it's liquid enough to coat the bacon nicely. That's how dumb I am--I keep having to dilute it some with cream. *Sigh* Drmies (talk) 05:56, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

We used Baker's chocolate earlier when we made chocolate covered pretzels. We actually did caramel and chocolate combined. Hmmmm now I am thinking....anyway it worked well, just microwave the chocolate and dip in the pretzel (or bacon). That is what I am going to try. Oh and I got iBacon. Pretty awesome, in a cheesey sort of way. --kelapstick (talk) 06:38, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Yo ho ho

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Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec09}} to your friends' talk pages.

PS thanks for assigning me the idea point ϢereSpielChequers 20:13, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Thankyou

I appreciate your help Drmies, I think the way you've edited the page as well as others is fabulous. Please excuse my ignorance for not using the sandbox, I thought I was getting it right! Obviously I'm not! Please feel free to edit, tidy or clean any more up.. If the subject editors don't feel is notable then I can't do anything more about it. Just so you know where I'm coming from.. I've seen a lot of other actor stubs similar (where I did my research) with a lot more information going on that have no sources even at all and they have no notability warning?? so I thought I might have been ok to remove it, obviously not. I'm sorry. I give up! Thanks for your help. barrywonder ---- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Barrywonder (talk • contribs) 05:55, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Alert.

Wikipedia:The Great Wikipedia Dramaout/2nd--Sky Attacker the legend reborn... 01:53, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Claus & Kaan

FYI. Also, I'd appreciate you working up some DYKs for Frederick Heath and John McAslan. Feel free to expand as needed. ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:57, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

• Did you just undo everything I did earlier? Drmies (talk) 05:13, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Did you add something worthwhile? I hadn't noticed... ;) ChildofMidnight (talk) 07:19, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Are any of these [10] worth bringing onboard the International Language Wikipedia? ChildofMidnight (talk) 07:41, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

I can't find an article for this [11]. Unless "museum" is a euphemism for brothel, it seems worth noting somewhere. ChildofMidnight (talk) 08:43, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

The Great Wikipedia Dramaout

Like this one.

Hi! As you have expressed an interest in the initial The Great Wikipedia Dramaout, you're being notified because we are currently planning another one in January! We hope to have an even greater level of participation this time around, and we need your help. If you're still interested please sign up now at Wikipedia:The Great Wikipedia Dramaout/2nd. Thanks, and Happy Holidays! JCbot (talk) 04:29, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

• Sorry, I have to forgo this time. I intend to be a regular a** during the Dramaout and produce nothing worthwhile. Did you invite User:ChildofMidnight? See if you can get him to stay away from ANI for a week! Thanks for asking, Drmies (talk) 04:54, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
  • You having a conversation with a bot? -SpacemanSpiff 05:39, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
    • Is it really a bot? Are you really a spaceman? Why do I have to read student essays in which works of fiction are used to prove things about the real world, like one shouldn't mess with God's power because Dr. Faustus says so? Why? Drmies (talk) 05:55, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
      • The English teacher had a similar dilemma while on a visiting professorship at UT Austin. I just found out that he donated his manuscripts and papers to UT. BTW, why is it that I don't get these drama invites? Take a look at my talk page, and you'll find it to be a hotbed of POV drama, including a call for my noble intervention. -SpacemanSpiff 06:01, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
        • UT Austin...interesting...I read they had some interesting controversies there in the late eighties, early nineties. More importantly, SRV used to sleep on pool tables in bars in Austin! Oh, I watched those Steve Kimock videos. Nice--but a bit too mellow for my taste, I'm sorry to say. I'm aold and listen to old music, such as this. Eh, "noble intervention"? Is this some caste issue? Drmies (talk) 06:06, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
          • Why did he do that? Pool tables are very uncomfortable. As for my noble intervention, it's this puppetmaster, who wants to make Purandara Dasa the founder of a music genre that existed for a millenia before his birth, because he's been called "Father of Carnatic Music", and wants to change the history of that genre completely. Now he comes by and makes edits with the edit summary "not by Naadapriya". Range blocks don't work because he knows how to work the internets and IP hop. And there's of course another chap who came by to question my motivations because I didn't accept his caste website as a reliable source. I wish I never started working on this mess! cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 06:41, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
            • BTW doc, you might find the edit summaries of 76.20.22.44 (talk · contribs) very interesting. Could perhaps generate more questions than Faustus. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 02:59, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

<--Ha, I was in the process of reverting them on Kamboja when my wife needed the computer--I come back and they're blocked already. :( (BTW: what a terrible person! can I say that?) Drmies (talk) 04:08, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Simply charming. LadyofShalott 04:57, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

My apologies, dear Lady. I have refactored myself. Drmies (talk) 05:09, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

This chap is pretty well known around here, he once performed 92 reverts on one page in less than five hours, I think that's a record. I feel honored to actually be given his attention. I would've blocked him myself, but I reverted him before and since then he keeps using my user name everywhere, so why give the impression of a conflict induced block. You should engage with him sometime, he's part of the Kamboja Fancruft Coverage Committee, so not very difficult to spot. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 05:47, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Wow, that was impressive! Imagine what he could do with his penis if he wasn't sitting behind a keyboard all the time... Drmies (talk) 05:49, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Ha, I liked his parting shot: "And, I'll see how long these ignorant, prejudiced-minded idiots can continue to block me from editing articles on Wikipedia?????" He's talking about you, man! Come on, do something! Drmies (talk) 05:52, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

You misunderstand me, Drmies, I was referring to the behavior exhibited in the linked edit summaries. LadyofShalott 17:53, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry, Lady. Still, I shouldn't have used a bad word. Drmies (talk) 17:57, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Doc, your pedagogical acumen is required at my talk page. Naadapriya appears to have taken your post literally and is now asking for some surgical precision. Could you handle a new student with a vocabulary that would put Ms Roy to shame? -SpacemanSpiff 18:55, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Your revert on article Brazil

Hello, my friend. About your revert on the article Brazil were you said that "rather vague, adds little or nothing to the article) and text--the best literature in the world? as proven by a blog? no.", I agree 100%. I would also like to add that the editor who wrote that committed a mistake: he translated "novela" (soap opera) as "novel". Not only that, but after reading the text that it's in Portuguese the opinion that Brazil has the greatest soap operas in the world came from a Brazilian director... of soap operas! --Lecen (talk) 23:33, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

• Haha, thanks. My Portuguese sucks, but a blog is a blog is a blog, and from the title already it was clear that this wasn't an NPOV source. Thanks for keeping an eye out as well! And...Posso comer vidro, não me faz mal !Drmies (talk) 02:55, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

...

You might find this amusing [12]. If not, too bad. ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:56, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

• Oh, I find that funny alright! My students, unfortunately, won't. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 02:56, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm glad it amused you. I just came back in a panic to remove it. I didn't want to offend anyone or be too negative. I just thought you'd find it funny, but the holidays can be a rough time so it's probably best to stick with good clean fun. One of my many liberal non-believing friends sent it to me. Anyway, I'm glad you got a kick out of it. I'm still okay with replacing it with some sort of jingling bell or candle type entity.

Be good man. Sorry if I've ever given you too much of a hard time. I know it's already hard enough for you knowing that Texas is going to make minced meat out of your B-squad. I hope you and yours are all healthy and happy keeping warm by one of your many fireplaces. Take care and have a wonderfuland happy holiday season, a fantastic winter, and a terrific start to 2010. It's going to be a joyous year of celebration for all of us. ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:45, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Grandmothers?

What do you mean by grandmothers? On second thought, perhaps I don't want to know... -WarthogDemon 05:45, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

• Well, eh, nothing of course! Drmies (talk) 05:46, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

...a word in your shell-like...

Comments such as this are unproductive. I have blocked the account indefinitely and replaced their talkpage content with a block template. Best thing now is to ignore them. LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:06, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

• I'm sorry, Less--you are right. I should go make some tea and do something else. Thanks, and my apologies. Drmies (talk) 21:07, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

• No problem. It is good someone cares, even if they express themselves in the wrong context. LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:10, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks. Take sugar? I'm making Earl Grey tea. Delicious. Drmies (talk) 21:18, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

It seemed courteous enough to me, but you can't please everyone. The tea drinking, on the other hand, is serious cause for concern. Where I come from telling someone to have a cup of tea would be considered rude. But offering to buy someone a cup of coffee is okay. ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:31, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

You are from somewhere? Ha, I'm watching Iron Chef--Bacon Battle! Drmies (talk) 02:45, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Damn, Bobby Flay cooked a chunk of bacon, for 45 minutes, in duck fat and served it with jalapeno sauce...man I want to be on that panel. Drmies (talk) 02:51, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Er, doc, it has been suggested to me by a very productive editor, that your disruptive behavior warrants a block. -SpacemanSpiff 02:53, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

<--Actually, that fella has been pretty productive the last few days. Did he get topic blocked from so many talk pages that he's getting to write content again? And when I voted for you (since it's all decided by the cabal anyway), didn't I put down a block of CoM as a prerequisite? Drmies (talk) 02:56, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

For some reason, I took up vandal fighting a couple of days back and haven't gone back to my content bits. I'm going to give myself a topic ban (as a regular participant on RfAs, you should know the difference between a ban and a block! It appears to be a prerequisite to participation these days) on CSDs and vandal fighting from tomorrow, as that'll allow me to become as productive as that particular editor. I'll perhaps get to Eudemonic tomorrow. -SpacemanSpiff 03:03, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Wait--I should have said "topic banned", right? But I don't participate regularly--I just vote for administrators that I think are extremely goodlooking! ;) Oh, let me beat that question to it: We don't do cooldown blocks. Sheesh! Can I be admin now? Drmies (talk) 03:08, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

I could definitely use some help in getting NOT Naadapriya and Satbir Singh off my back. Just don't ask CoM to nominate you, as I'm sure you don't want to lose your editing privileges. Given that you know the cardinal rule about cool down blocks, I'm sure you'll be considered a very suitable candidate. You should also state in your nomination acceptance that you intend to give CoM rollback rights. -SpacemanSpiff 05:45, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

What's going on at Bacon Academy [13]? Can sanitation be used as a ummm like it's being used in this sentence "consequently led to the sanitation of the entire building." Infinitive geratund? It was NOT an outbreak of trichinosis, as far as I can tell. ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:55, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

News

I just ate a choco-vanilla and a fraises et crème (strawberries and cream in case you've become a true American) chupa chups. Your joke about cooldown blocks was funny. I wonder how long we'll have to wait for another laugh from you? ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:37, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

• Eh...that was a joke? ;) How about, instead of relying on me, you read a biography of Le Pétomane, or the essential Benjamin Franklin collection Fart Proudly? More bizarre books here. Drmies (talk) 16:06, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
  • OK, one more: try Don Colbert, The Bible Cure for Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Sounds a lot more decent than Donald L Wilson, Natural Bust Enlargement with Total Mind Power, which isn't working for me AT ALL. Drmies (talk) 16:11, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your attention

Hello Drmies. Thanks for your attention on the topic related to Carnatic Music, the English name of Karnataka Music. I agree with you that I might not have presented the matter as clearly as it should be. I was making an observation based is RS that was already made by many users in the past. The issue is more than ‘father’ vs ‘founder’. It is about preventing an effort to rewrite the history by misusing wikipedia. I will do more research into what has expired in wikipedia and provide details. Though I have not done detailed editing such as Naadapriya (who has been banned as a result framed-ban by the group which is changing the history), Sarvagna etc., I have followed the articles for years. PN. I tried to open an account but it was immediacy labeled as sock puppet and shutdown. I may try again.75.62.177.138 (talk) 06:45, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

• Yeah, sorry, but as ChildofMidnight can tell you, I don't do conspiracy theories--not about Wikipedia, not about the pope. Drmies (talk) 16:07, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Please be assured that I not soliciting editors for conspiracy not even against the language-based group in wikipedia which is systematically distorting Kannada history by using make believe RS. It appears for some reason all Sr editors of representing Kannada are either hibernating or quit. Once related articles are corrected in Wikipedia readers will wonder why it took that long in-spite of good editors like you. Wish you Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. 75.55.120.130 (talk) 19:11, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Halfway through the claim you make hidden as a statement of fact, that a certain "language-based group [huh?] ... is systematically distorting ... history," that's where I leave off. Keep your conspiracies to yourself. Thanks. Happy Hanukkah. Drmies (talk) 03:15, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Also sprach Zeeuws spek

Doc, how does one pronounce "Zeeuws spek?" D'you suppose you could add the IPA pronounciation guide for Zeeuws spek to the article? Geoff ^{Who, me?} 17:09, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

• Good question. I did it; I hope I did it correctly. In my dialect (not Zeeuws at all!) the primary stress would be on the second syllable--I think. I've never eaten or ordered the stuff! Also, the pronunciation and translation in the same parentheses, separated by a semicolon, I am not so sure about that, but having two parenthetic remarks would be even more awkward. Feel free to tweak! Drmies (talk) 19:13, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
  • Looks good to me, but my Dutch is limited and my Dutch friends have to keep telling me "his name is pronounced 'von Gock', idiot." And thanks for the baked potato, by the way. Geoff ^{Who, me?} 20:08, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Andrew Phillips (musician)

Hi! I nominated this article for A7 since the musician's only claim to notability is being a member of a notable band. (WP:BAND and WP:INHERIT) --SquidSK ^(1MC•log) 07:54, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

• That's fine with me--I can't disagree. Thanks for the note! Drmies (talk) 07:55, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
• But while you're at it: the same editor made the article for the band, about whose notability I have doubts as well. They have albums, but not on a notable label, and the article is wholly and woefully unreferenced. Drmies (talk) 07:58, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Another article

I came across David Miller (Football Player) who apparently played for Alabama, thought you might be interested. -SpacemanSpiff 07:59, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks Spiff! I did a little cleanup. BTW--he was at UAB, the independent sort of satellite of UA (they have a great medical school). Thanks again, Drmies (talk) 22:20, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Diddley Daddy

On December 19, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Diddley Daddy, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 11:42, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Chocolate covered bacon

Just made some using Baker`s Chocolate, looks good, has crushed cashews on it. Waiting for it to cool.--kelapstick (talk) 19:17, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

• So--did you nuke the chocolate? Heat it au bain marie? How liquid/workable did it get--could you dunk or did you have to smear? Drmies (talk) 02:31, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Nuke it for two minutes ans stir it. It was dunkable, and I filled in the gaps with a spoon. I hope to get some pictures up soon.kelapstick (talk) 03:20, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Good man. I ate lamb chops--my wife hates lamb, but she's out of town. Woohoo! How's everything? Is your boy ready for the Alabama game? Drmies (talk) 03:36, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Nice, I like to cook as much as Mrs Kelapstick doesn't like when I am on my own. Nevada is playing in the Hawaii Bowl on Christmas eve, the boy spends a lot of time on campus at UNR so he is pumped for that. kelapstick (talk) 04:18, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

I used Baker's Chocolate (brand), melting instructions are on the box. kelapstick (talk) 04:22, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protection

Hey Drmies, I have semi-protected your userpage for a month because of the vandalism. If for any reason you would rather have no protection on the page, let me know, and I'll remove it. LadyofShalott 02:28, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

• Whoa, did I miss something? I was away working on Johan Kling, watching Eagle Eye, and eating lamb chops...not a bad evening! Thanks, Lady! Drmies (talk) 02:30, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
  • I was going to do it too, but thought that since you keep count of the number of times your page gets vandalized, you might not want pp. This should help out the hugglers :) -SpacemanSpiff 03:02, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedldia!

Dont hesitate to ask for helP!!!!

• Thanks Drmies (talk) 07:32, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Thx

Wow, that was fast! Thanks. Rl (talk) 07:51, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks, but I am NOTHING compared to User:Bradjamesbrown. I swear, he rolls em back before they even show up on Recent Changes. It's kind of disheartening! Drmies (talk) 07:53, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
  • That's because he huggles while you twinkle. Btw, can you take a look at College Charles-Lemoyne, they happen to have a good hockey team, but coverage is in French newspapers, and my knowledge of hockey and French don't intersect. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 08:07, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
    • Actually, I'm not twinkling at all--on the IP vandalism in the articles, I used rollback, which I thought was the fastest gun in my arsenal. But I'm not competing with him anymore--I think he's some kind of terminator. I'm going to have to get back to you on the school; I believe my dog is calling me, from the bed. Later! Drmies (talk) 08:08, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Zeeuws spek

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Materialscientist (talk) 11:43, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

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Happy Holidays to you and yours Drmies. Turqoise127 (talk) 17:58, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks Turqouise! That's nice of you, and I wish you the same. Actually, I thought about you a couple of weeks ago, after reading this article in the paper, but I forgot to drop you a line, so here it is. Even if you don't have a merry Christmas, 2010 will still belong to you! Thanks, Drmies (talk) 18:02, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

New Policy?

Are you considering proposing this as a new policy? Just wondering  :) Tiderolls 18:24, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

• Hehe, sort of, yes. You see, I'm old--I still like to think that there's real people pressing buttons on a keyboard, and some of them deserve such a treatment. What a mess that was last night--I didn't get back to reading Anna Karenina until 2AM. Have you heard that Alabama is postponing the start of the spring semester? I wish we would follow suit! ;) Drmies (talk) 18:28, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

If you're old, then I'm positively paleozoic  :) Tiderolls 18:37, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Ball TV(Philippines) Article

Hello!!

Im a subscriber of Skycable in the Philippines the carrier channel of Balls (TV Channel) why you revert the whole article? Honestly! not joking at all. For your information Sunvision Cable and Cignal Digital TV does not carry Balls TV due to unknown IP user. Its true and confirm that Balls has two different channel one is the Standard Channel (Channel 34) and other one is the High definition channel (Channel 166). or you can check via www.ballschannel.multiply.com for more info. Thanks, sorry and I apologized. This is not a vandalism at all.

Merry Christmas in advance! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.106.168.42 (talk) 04:51, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

• I didn't revert the whole article--but you have instated that unverified information a number of times before, haven't you? That's the problem: you need verification, besides a more neutral tone. That last sentence, that just sounds like it came straight out of a company brochure. I just wanted to make sure that you knew that objectivity and verifiability are taken seriously here. Find verification in a published source, and rewrite the paragraph (leaving out that last sentence altogether, I would suggest) and we're in business. Thanks for your note, Drmies (talk) 04:58, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Revert on Bruce Willis

I do admit my first edit was vague and at the moment cannot be referenced. But my second edit was referenced by time magazine and prisonplanet.com , and vanity fare. so please revert my deleted edit —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.200.124.66 (talk) 04:46, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

• How about this: I will remove the vandalism warning, since you made the edit, it seems, in good faith. But this kind of content is really of a trivial nature: not every fact is relevant. Besides, that NY Post article is only a few sentences long, and that Planet sources says "Willis told Vanity Fair according to NY Post"--that's not very strong. Note also what he says: his opinion doesn't mean jack sh*t... He's right; Wikipedia is not a repository for all information in the world, so I'm not going to reinstate that information. HOWEVER: thanks for dropping me a note, I appreciate that. Drmies (talk) 04:51, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Apologies

Hi there MIES, VASCO here,

Yes i know, my friend, i have a terrible problem (and i'm not kidding, honestest of truths) in managing my anger, at least "wikiwise". It's just that i only want to improve the site so much, man, and i think the article i just worked on was "slightly" improved...

Also, i do not think i insulted anyone (another thing about my anger issues - yes, i admit i have insulted vandals here), so there's one "monkey off my back", hopefully.

Merry XMAS to you and your family and friends, happy 2010,

VASCO - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 04:48, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

• Hey Vasco, thanks for your note. You did improve the article, as I noted, for which I thank you. But you know, JC in all-caps in an edit summary, that's not so cool. Anyway, I raise my beer to you, and may Portugal NEVER defeat the Netherlands again. Cheers! Drmies (talk) 04:54, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

• Thank you for your kindness as always, mate, cheers too!! I find it funny - don't take offense, well maybe "funny" is not the word - how you seem to get so...i can't find the word again, maybe "aware", everytime i mention "the man" in my summaries (although i admit it again, i have no business doing that).

Don't worry man, i'm an atheist - dunno if it's your case, if not cool too - i think religion has done more harm than good to this world, and maybe even stirred a few discussions - to put it mildly - at this site (hope it's not our case!!), an Internet as a whole.

May "the Great power" watch over you, long live Edwin van der Sar, take care,

VASCO (by the way, congrats on the cool user page!) - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 05:07, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

• Haha, I'm not much of a fan of the man, so to speak. Van der Sar--sure. But my one and only God is Johan Cruijff. And Dennis Bergkamp. OK, really, I believe in Marco van Basten. You see, you can take the boy out of Amsterdam, but you can't take Ajax out of the boy. Take it easy Vasco! Drmies (talk) 05:10, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Opinion sought

Opinion sought about User:MichaelQSchmidt/sandbox/Kevin Rockett. I believe even at this stage the subject meets Wikipedia:Notability (academics). I am ready to turn it loose and let others join in on the fun. What'cha think? Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 00:38, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

• Go live, MQS--looks fine to me! Drmies (talk) 03:25, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
  • Thanks for looking in. ALways like it when you give a tune-up. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 09:30, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Doc, what was the name of that 'Bama player, a D-lineman I think, who missed the bowl game against Utah last year? Is he playing in the pros? Berkeley's running back did the same thing. I guess he must be going pro. ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:58, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

• Sorry man, I'm not that good a fan...but my almost one-year old looks great in her Alabama onesie, and Sippy looks even better in her Alabama jammies. Kids are cute. Hey, you'll never guess what's lying next to me on the couch, brand new, in hardback....Seduced by Bacon! I'm really happy, and I had a great bacon conversation with a big good ole boy in the supermarket today. He was scared when I explained chicken fried bacon to him, haha. You got your Xmas shopping done? I'm being a good dad--I got my daughter a whoopee cushion. Drmies (talk) 05:09, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
  • Are you celebrating Christmas Oh!? Take a look before someone deletes it. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 05:50, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
    • Hehe, no. Go ahead, delete! Later Spiff, Drmies (talk) 05:52, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

<--Excuse my butting in all...I think this is the info CoM was looking for. Tiderolls 19:33, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Interesting. Thanks R.T. ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:47, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Yes--that was him. Tide, you are our collective football memory. Speaking of which, Urban Meyer created quite a story. He's a classy guy and I wish him well. Drmies (talk) 04:36, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Charlie Weis is available. ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:48, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

And, now Urban has un-retired. zOMG, moar of teh drama pleez! Tiderolls 05:42, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

"Un-retire"--sounds like "defriend." You think Wal*Mart greeters also unretired themselves? Drmies (talk) 14:29, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Re: Big Sky Wildcats

I’m sorry, that was completely my mistake. I’ll refrain from doing this in the future. ---Artichoke-Boy (talk)(sign) 15:46, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

• Sure thing--thanks for your note. The first time I came across such complete blanking I think I may have done the same thing. Merry Christmas! Drmies (talk) 17:56, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Season's greetings

-SpacemanSpiff is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the Christmas cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas3}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

And hope you had a wonderful Christmas Oh! too! cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 19:25, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

• Haha Oh!. Thanks Oh! Spiff! Drmies (talk) 01:25, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Re: Tony Iommi

Hello, I believe you're going to need show me some well sourced examples of other guitarists given this title to prove your case. And this was written Martin Popoff, a very important writer in the metal community, for the record. RG (talk) 05:20, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

• Hey, thanks for the note. Yes he is--and he said "IF", which introduces a thought experiment; it's not a statement of fact. That, together with the plethora of candidacies for the title, suggests that there is no single "godfather of stoner rock." My case is not that some other guy is--my case is that there isn't one, not yet, not until there is more clear evidence. Thanks,Drmies (talk) 05:21, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

I know for a fact that Sir Lord Baltimore have specifically been called the "godfathers of stoner rock" in an article in Classic Rock magazine. Perhaps for the titles we should have several artists listed like for the "king of rock and roll" and several other titles. RG (talk) 05:43, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Sure--but if there's so many possibilities, they should fight it out amongst themselves first, in a battle royal. For the king of pop or the godfather of soul, there simply are no other contenders! Merry Christmas, Drmies (talk) 13:38, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Don't rush into calling an edit "vandalism"

Hi Drmies! Just a friendly note to not always rush into calling an edit "vandalism" and using rollback, as you did with this edit. In this case, the editor added a {{hangon}} tag, and accidentially removed the SD tag. This happens all the time with new editors. The best and easiest thing to do is just re-add the SD tag, with possibly adding {{uw-speedy1}} to the editor's user page. Calling it "vandalism" is slightly beyond WP:AGF. More importantly, by using rollback without looking at the history, you removed a number of content-adding edits that could not be considered vandalism. Singularity42 (talk) 04:49, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

• Singularity, a level-1 warning isn't so bad, but thanks. You're right and I should have checked the history, though; you saw, however, that I did restore the hangon tag. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 04:52, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

No problem. At the end of the day, the guy is still removing the CSD tags, so it looks like we may have a disruptive editor in the making... :) Singularity42 (talk) 04:53, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. That's typical of such puffery articles, I find. Take care, Drmies (talk) 04:55, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Interdigital webbing

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Materialscientist (talk) 19:42, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Whiskey Barnstar

* I hereby award you the Whiskey barnstar: for finally allowing your good faith to let you get sucked into the swamp. Good luck finding your way back out. ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:37, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

• Nice! Thanks! Drmies (talk) 04:38, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Can you get one just for drinkin'? ^Bongo_matic 04:50, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Gelukkig Niew Jaar kameraad vriend! ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:50, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks CoM, I appreciate that. You'll be pleased to know that the oliebollen turned out well. Gelukkig nieuwjaar to you too! Drmies (talk) 07:24, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Doc, this kind of comment [14] on an encyclopedic subject of some import isn't helpful. ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:41, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Sarah Geronimo

thank you.. --Rars07 (talk) 06:06, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Do you consider http://www.pep.ph/news/ as a reliable source since it tackles news about artist and such?--Rars07 (talk) 06:33, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

• Sure. Pep is perhaps the most often-used news site for entertainment in the Philippines, as far as I know. Drmies (talk) 15:15, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
• Ok! thanks for the info :) --Rars07 (talk) 15:40, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Hey I've added new sources and some info about this article. What do you think about it now? Can you please view the sources and the article as well. I will accept any comments to improve. (there are some unknown users who always writting some unsoureced info, but I search to find any sources regarding that) Thanks :) --Rars07 (talk) 13:06, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

• Thank you for appreciating my work. i'll try to make it more better especially the section "Phenomenal Success: 2008-Present" since I'm not finish to edit some things. Anyway, thanks again!--Rars07 (talk) 01:54, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
  • Sure thing. These things take practice, and the way to learn is by doing it often. The other thing you can do is look at a certifiably good article (Celine Dion is a featured article) and see how things are handled there--in terms of organization, but also in terms of writing, word choice, etc. Good luck, Drmies (talk) 03:10, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Hey! I think I've added everything I know. If you don't mind, can you please view it, and comment about it too. What do you think about it? what to improve? Is the NPOV ok? grammar? source needed? (except the Influence section because I'm searching for sources about that.) I can't think any addition to the article now. anyway, thanks for your help and your comments as well.--Rars07 (talk) 15:28, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

• Hey, I have a favor to ask. someone put "Article Issues"(which is a problem) on the article and I need your help to clean those NPOV issues he said, the "peacock terms" issue, and the "fan site" issue. I think that is the only problem in the article that make it in C-class. Please help me, because I don't know what to remove or to edit. I know you're expert in this and know what is right and wrong in the article. Hoping to help me in that matter. Thank you! --Rars07 (talk) 15:44, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

• Hey I really need your help cleaning some problems in the article. Please! I don't know what to remove or to change like the "Article Isssue" said that: It contains NPOV, "Peacock terms", and Neutrality disputed. I really need your help because, I work day and night in that article, but I don't know what to remove or to change to make it better or to remove that issues. Hoping for your reply. --Rars07 (talk) 14:22, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Hope you had a great Silvester/New Year's Eve! Hekerui (talk) 15:56, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Atom Poets

Many thanks for your speedy assistance! (Msrasnw (talk) 00:29, 2 January 2010 (UTC))

• Sure thing--thanks for getting the article started. And look what I did afterward: Einar Bragi. There's a few more redlinks in Atom Poets--shall we get busy? Drmies (talk) 02:20, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Johan Kling

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The Did you know? project 12:00, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Farid Khavari

I think that Farid Khavari may be notable as an author, even if he is not notable as a politician. I have left more detailed comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Farid Khavari. - Eastmain (talk) 21:53, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

SEC v. Mid-American Conference?

Another SEC team got absolutely dominated today as U Conn came out of the Big-East to roll Auburn. And Tennessee got crushed by Virginia Tech out of the ACC. We know you guys can't match up against the WAC after Alabama got throttled last year by Utah. Maybe next year the schedulers should try arrange more MAC matchups for the SEC so you guys can have a chance on the field with better parity vis a vis your opponents? It seems like the only teams you guys can beat are the ones that don't have coaches. Notre Dame certainly did a lot better against U Conn, at least taking them to overtime. Maybe Auburn should see if they can trade up from Spurrier to Charlie Weis? I shudder to think what's going to happen to 'Bama when you guys have to go up against a well coached team and the best player in college football. Are you going to be able to watch? ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:18, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Winchester Model 1911

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Materialscientist (talk) 12:00, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

• Congrats Doc. If you have a chance to take a break from your NRA work and advocacy, can you advise me on whether I can use a translated article from the Czech Wikipedia [15] to improve Jan Karafiát? Do I need to request a translation? Part of his notability is as a children's book author, and I know you're an expert on that subject area, so I was hoping you could direct me in the right direction. And don't worry, I'm going to try my hardest not to gloat Thursday night... :) ChildofMidnight (talk) 22:58, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
  • Thanks. I thought you'd be happy. That translation seems useful enough to me, just don't forget the translation template on the talk page. I don't know this guy. BTW, there is a very fine contemporary Czech children's author, Petr Horácek (b. 1974), one of whose books is a favorite here. Good luck on Thursday. BTW, I enjoyed the game last night. Drmies (talk) 23:50, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Translation template? What?

I was hoping you'd handle all those the details. Let me know when you're finished and I'll be happy to take all the credit.

Which game was last night? Are you talking about the one in Birmingham (it was on during the daytime out here I think...)? It sure looked cold down there... brrrr. It was cool here too even in the sun on the beach! But nothing that required a long sleeved shirt thank goodness. ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:24, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Is there a well organized militia forming down there again?

Just so you know why it ended

I thoroughly appreciated your balanced attitude, and I think users like you are an asset to Wikipedia. Unfortunately, not everyone else taking part to the debate was as even-handed. It became very frustrating eventually, so I have withdrawn my article, as there's nothing that drives me more mad than being censored. Thanks again Drmies :) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bocconi School of Law Student-Edited Papers --Grasshopper6 (talk) 11:35, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks for your note. I have to tell you, though, that DGG's arguments were quite sound. Often these kinds of issues are a judgment call, and reasonable editors can disagree--Crusio and I disagreed a bit, but our differences were not of an essential nature. I came down on the keep-side, they on the delete-side, and given the collaborative nature of our project we have to agree to disagree. Anyway, all the best to you, and I hope you'll keep adding to project. Drmies (talk) 22:26, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks for your kind words. As a last attempt to establish notability I have put the article on Bocconi School of Law Student-Edited Papers in the article incubator, here: Wikipedia:Article Incubator/Bocconi School of Law Student-Edited Papers. Feel free to cooperate if you have any practical ideas to help establish notability (note: the version therein posted is different - and shorter - from that which was eventually deleted, as per your suggestion during AfD).Thanks for your help, --Grasshopper6 (talk) 10:19, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Eduard Charlemont

I replied to your comment. Could you know continue the evaluation of my nomination?--MaximilianT (talk) 22:22, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

cassandrapopstar18

TO BAD! Leave me alone! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cassandrapopstar18 (talk • contribs) 23:02, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

HNY

Hey doc, Happy New Year! Could you take a look at Flag of India and help with a copy-edit? Every time I go back to that article, I fall asleep, the manufacturing process and protocol bits are so dry! I wrote the history piece, the design and manuf process I haven't touched, while the protocol bit I condensed; I'm not sure I have it in my to do much more with the article and would appreciate your eyes on it. Also, if you can give me your thoughts on what the article lacks, that would be good. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 01:27, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

• Without even looking at it, I can tell you that it probably lacks bacon, sex, and some old-fashioned southern rock. Does that help? Drmies (talk) 01:29, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
  • Helps me, but I'm not sure that the folks at WP:FARC would agree. BTW, if you're looking for some humor, I came across Make him proud! at CSD backlog, and it led me to a wonderful MfD from Jan 3. You should check out the associated user space articles.-SpacemanSpiff 01:37, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
    • I'm dropping a few notes on the article's talk page. Sorry, but I'm somewhat busy with the "real" world, and a bit disorganized. I need sleep and drugs. And bacon! Drmies (talk) 17:17, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
      • Thanks. BTW, you should focus on bacon beer. I was cleaning up my magazine rack over the weekend, and came across an old article on this being the bacon beer, but our article says nothing about it. (take a look at that MfD before it gets deleted, it might help in formulating some coursework on science fiction!) cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 17:23, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
        • Are you talking about Neptunerover? (That economic theory, I can't follow it--a. it's about economy and b. it's not very grammatical.) Hey, look at the code in the first main section of the article--I made some remarks in those comment brackets, if you know what I mean. Drmies (talk) 17:27, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
          • The lede - I completely forgot to touch it, so I'll do what you've suggested. The star is not exactly in the other corner, but rather in the quadrant next to it, so let me think how best to phrase that, "Indianness" - I think it might be acceptable here because it's more "regional" than "nationalistic" (the region was called India eveb by Megasthenes); I'll knock off the repetitive bit. Got to go now, thanks for the feedback! cheers. (yup, his articles are the ones I was suggesting, pretty funny reads) -SpacemanSpiff 17:32, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Very bad news!

Quality of life in the U.S. is almost down to Dutch and Canadian standards [16]. Are you ready for some football? ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:07, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

• No I'm not--not since I got married. Drmies (talk) 04:43, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of TRAZ

Your message about the speedy deletion of TRAZ caught me by surprise, as TRAZ is a famous video game and deserves a mention. Then I looked at the actual article and saw that it had been completely replaced with vandalism, and you had marked this vandalised version for speedy deletion. I immediately reverted the vandalism and blocked the vandal user for one month. Thanks for letting me know about this. JIP | Talk 19:40, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

• Hey thanks--really, I should have looked at the history, but it seemed like a brand new promotional article; fortunately I realized my mistake quickly. Thanks for your note and your speedy action! Drmies (talk) 19:42, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

explaineing

please dont do this: [17]. i am moveing my user talk to my new page i am not vandaling at all. read my note at top of page where you are reverting me. 65.80.251.172 (talk) 20:22, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

• You cannot prove that you are you. Get a user account and you won't have this problem. That your note is "your" note cannot be proven either, see? Drmies (talk) 20:26, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
  • okay i am understanding you. but evryone knows me. i do this many times. it is not my fault it is my computer has a dymanic ip onebody told me. 65.80.251.172 (talk) 20:30, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
    • Sorry, I don't know you from Adam. If you would stop removing content, you might stand a better chance of being perceived as believable! Drmies (talk) 20:31, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Malik R. Dahlan page

Hey Drmies,

I note your redirect of the recently created Malik R. Dahlan article, with the comment that "subject is not notable". Whilst I appreciate fully your desire to ensure that only noteworthy articles remain present on Wikipedia, I feel that you should reconsider your judgment in this instance. Malik R. Dahlan is one of the most prominent young legal and policy experts in the Middle East and the Arab World, and the Director of the Qatar Law Forum, an international legal event of great significance in the legal sphere.

I suggest cordially that, rather than redirecting the article arbitrarily, you raise the issue in the article's Talk page first.

Please feel free to message me should you wish to discuss this matter in greater depth.

Best wishes. CrimeCentral (talk) 20:32, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

•  Done Drmies (talk) 20:35, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Corrections

You know, you could be much more helpful by correcting a style of mis-formatted infomation, if you were to send a note to the offending party, and correct the problem, rather than to DELETE information simply because it doesn't match style. I'm fortunate I revisited the page or I might not have noticed you turned information I researched and posted into a BLANK. I will further comment that the format instructions we are supposed to follow could not be much more obtuse if they had been intended to be.Trackinfo (talk) 22:20, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

I agree. Drmies conduct and Wikipedia's instructions are equally bad. I'm sorry he caused you those problems. ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:39, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Right. There is no reason editors should be required to know how Wikipedia works, and no reason for them to read the detailed advice sometimes given in edit summaries--as in this case. Drmies (talk) 01:42, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Longhorns

25px|thumb|Texas Longhorns logo Who selects Josh Groban to sing the national anthem at the BCS championship game? I feel dirty just typing his name. Yuck. This thing isn't going to be rigged like those other games Albama won is it? Fireworks getting set off before the game even starts??? Shady. It's a good thing Texas has faith and prayer on its side. There's no overcoming the almighty Doc, and the G-man is pulling for Texas all the way!!! ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:39, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

It seems the G-man may have owed Bear Bryant a favor??? ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:13, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm keeping my mouth shut--I'm not jinxing anything. But I will take the appropriate shot in the beginning of the third quarter. Drmies (talk) 03:22, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Hearty congratulations. An impressive display once again especially from your defense. If the best team in college football has to lose, I'm glad and honored that my good buddy Doctor Mies is the one to come away with the big victory. The hit on McCoy was legit, so there you go. Undefeated, National Champions, and a Heisman trophy. Congratulations indeed, I'm only sorry that you guys had to cheat so badly and get so much help from the refs to get where you are. HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Congrats buddy. Enjoy! ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:31, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

• Hehe thanks. Wish you were here! Wasn't even much of a hit, and I feel for his sub, who did a great job. I feel for McCoy also, who's a great player. But discipline paid off in the end, though it got way too close for comfort. And what a beautiful stadium that Rose Bowl is... Take it easy CoM, Drmies (talk) 05:39, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

[18] Don't talk to me. Ever. ;) ChildofMidnight (talk) 07:27, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

• My pleasure! :-) Drmies (talk) 17:56, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

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• Well, thanks. I know you're a bot, so you probably can't be bothered to read the edit summary for my "creation" of the article, haha. But I'm on it. Drmies (talk) 21:41, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

That is a very strange article history. This is one of those times that it really pains me that I don't have admin tools. Clearly you need to be blocked while a thorough investigation is undertaken. ChildofMidnight (talk) 22:59, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Oh, I couldn't agree more! And please block me from doing dishes also, and other chores. Or use your time wisely, by bringing Beni Snous up to FA status. Drmies (talk) 23:07, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Saw

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I brace for the horror show every time I come to this talk page. Hey Doc, Cirt has brought acclaim and honor to the Bacon Challenge with the first ever Good Article!!! What have you accomplished? ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:08, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Important questions

How is it that Alabama Thunderpussy is from Virginia? Do you want to add anything to outdoor enthusiast? I'm trying to see how long I can make it without using any reliable sources. ;) ChildofMidnight (talk) 07:29, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

• Better late than never: you don't need sources when you got records on a notable label--that's how it seems to work. Later, Drmies (talk) 19:11, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

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Erm...

Looks like the three of us were bested by some prior vandal on Liliuokalani (see the page history). I've already apologized on our behalf to the IP that was alerting of us of this, albeit through editing the page but his intentions were undoubtedly to help us out :P.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 04:30, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

• Hmm. I should have looked closer. Good intentions do count for something; thanks for the note. Drmies (talk) 04:40, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Ping

You have mail. Tiderolls 19:16, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

• On a Sunday? Must be from a collection agency. Drmies (talk) 19:30, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

HA! I was going to inline the cites, I didn't realize that the sandbox was as "real" as it turned out to be. You're correct about the expansion...I did not want the article to come across as a sales job. The kid has definitely been around, though. Should I wait on the admin's input? Thanks Tiderolls 19:49, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

No man, go for it--make like Bill O'Reilly. Well, hold on. Let's do some cleanup, bring in a few more references, and then you should be good to go. Drmies (talk) 20:17, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm gonna leave the admin a note then copy the article into the mainspace. Thanks for all your help...and comedic relief :) Tiderolls 20:38, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

OK...your next edits will have to be at Ruby Jane Smith. Tiderolls 20:48, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

You scared the crap outta me :^\ Tiderolls 21:13, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I couldn't resists. Interesting though--now you know how those editors might feel on whom we slap these templates daily. Look above: I got a notice about an unreliably sourced BLP, enough to send me into Calvinistic guilt spasms. Hey, did you see I wrote up the mountain song? It's a terrible stub. Congratulations on your article! Drmies (talk) 21:34, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

But the stub got a rid of a redlink, so good job. Yes, it's definitely eye-opening to be on the other side of the "content fence". I'm also glad I knew relatively little of the subject before starting the article. Now that I've allowed my self to check her virtuosity out, I'm truly amazed. There's no way I could've been objective if I'd have heard her play before starting. Again, thanks for your aid on the article. So that's what collaboration is...wow...lol Tiderolls 21:46, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

<--Oh, it's fun. ChildofMidnight, for instance, comes up with more ideas than I can handle, and occasionally I help out when I have time--I do grammar, reference templates, while he takes care of the more interesting stuff. OK, next step: look at the rules on WP:DYK! (I'm serious.) Drmies (talk) 22:28, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

• OK, we need some 300 more characters. Drmies (talk) 22:29, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
  • We're almost there; a few more hits from Google News would be good. Album reviews would be nice also, to add notes to a Discography section. Start writing a hook for DYK! Drmies (talk) 22:48, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

<--I don't think she's been signed to a label yet. That could make a discography problematic. I'll look for more refs. I saw some stuff about performing on a soundtrack or two. I'll pursue that as well. Tiderolls 23:03, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Bacon authorship

[19] FYI. In case you wanted to offer feedback on your heavy reading. Also [20] ;) ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:57, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

String instruments

Doc, straight up your alley. I came across Aladna from the AfD for Taakatism, both hoaxes. However, the same editor has created multiple string instrument articles, and I checked a couple of refs, and they seem to be ok. However, I thought you might have some better idea? On Flag of India, I'm waiting for some feedback on the manufacturing process and protocol bits, once I fix those sections, I'll fix the lede. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 02:57, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

• I had a quick look, Spiffy, and I have no better ideas, sorry. I made a few edits to another section in the Flag article, nothing major. I apologize: I don't seem to have the time to do any major assignments, and when I do, I don't have the energy (semester just started...), so I'm sort of messing around doing little things. But I'll be checking in from time to time. Take care, Drmies (talk) 05:26, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
  • No worries, I know the feeling, I've been too busy with real work, so I've only been spending time on mindless stuff like vandalism, CSD etc, hopefully, I should be back to editing capability soon too. Enjoy the new term, the key is to give a lot of assignments and find convince gullible students to be TAs. -SpacemanSpiff 02:34, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
  • Oh, and on the flag article, I meant I'm waiting for feedback from a couple of others (not you), and once I get that, I'll fix the lede based on the new content. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 02:35, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

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<g> Actually, I'm at that other big state school in Alabama, the one that sees the Tide as its principal rival. Personally I'm pleased to see Alabama get the championship, but some of my colleagues are sick about it. — ℜob C. alias ᴀʟᴀʀoʙ 23:11, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Hehe, they also sign my check. When I interviewed for the position here, I had a picture of my daughter (half a year old) in an Alabama cheerleading onesie in my presentation, and I still got the job, so it's not so bad here. Hey, I haven't run into you in a while; hope you're doing OK. Take it easy, Drmies (talk) 02:23, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

D12

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Soundgarden

Hi! This article is currently under a GA review, can you help me?--Cannibaloki 19:04, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

• Sure thing Loki. I've already looked at the comments and will spend some time on the article the next day or two. Seems like you've done a lot of good work already--congratulations! Drmies (talk) 21:00, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
  • Okay, thanks in advance!--Cannibaloki 22:06, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
    • Wow, tell me how you really feel. Sorry, Drmies (talk) 22:44, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
      • I think you should continue your work there.--Cannibaloki 02:16, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
        • Have you finished your copy editing at Soundgarden's page? I need to give a response to the reviewer.--Cannibaloki 22:39, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
          • You should really put all the references in templates. Drmies (talk) 02:15, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
            • Finally! Yes, sir.--Cannibaloki 13:32, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

School uniforms

In several of these school articles I put information about the uniforms in the articles. Is there a talk page discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools where the editors agreed that uniforms should not be mentioned? WhisperToMe (talk) 04:13, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

• Hey Whisper, see Wikipedia:WPSCHOOLS/AG#WNTI, which makes this something of a judgment call, the outcome greatly dependent on the existence of secondary sources. There was some discussion here, which prompted some changes in the wording of that guideline. I've made some edits to your restoration; see what you think. I will concede that the reference to gang colors, reported on in the paper, can help make this a relevant point. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 04:24, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Smile!

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We had some kind of minor irrelevant disagreement some years back. In the past, but decided to just drop by and give a wikismile. Happy editing. :) -WarthogDemon 19:35, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

• We had a disagreement? I'm sad to hear that. Thanks for the smile, and good luck to you too! Drmies (talk) 19:51, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

It was about Zeitgeist. I kept taking removing it since there originally no notable sources for it. Eventually there was. Anyways, cheers. :D -WarthogDemon 01:39, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

...I just realized I got you confused with someone else. We've never argued. :P -WarthogDemon 02:35, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

So...are you taking that smile back??? I already thought this strange--I have never said a cross word in my life to anyone. Drmies (talk) 02:52, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Of course I'm not taking the Smile back. If I was I would've crossed out everything. :D -WarthogDemon 02:55, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Good thing. The smile is nice. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 02:57, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Francis Bacon

Hi, I just thought I would let you know that I edited Francis Bacon's page. Note that Bacon died of a heart attack. Think of it as a cautionary tale. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:10, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

• I appreciate the heads-up. I am actually going to the grocery store right now, to get some you-know-what, but I'm also getting ingredients to make palak paneer. Is that fair? BTW, I am convinced now of the quality of Vonnegut's prose. Drmies (talk) 21:37, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

In case you hadn't noticed, I have a "This user loves Indian Food" user box on my page. Do you make your own paneer? It's fun, easy, and very rewarding. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:46, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

No, I hadn't. Yes, I am planning to do so--do you have any advice, or a good (easy) recipe? Thanks! Drmies (talk) 02:13, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

I use this simple recipe. I love to watch the magical process of milk separating into curds and whey. I also used to make my own tofu, so I form my paneer in the perforated wooden box which I had constructed for tofu-making, but a colander should do fine. (Just don't be surprised at how little cheese a lot of milk makes.) Good luck! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 02:37, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! This will be fun tomorrow. Drmies (talk) 02:38, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, whaddayaknow--I had forgotten to buy spinach, and in the end I didn't have time. It'll have to wait until Thursday! Drmies (talk) 04:04, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Oh, the anticipation grows. BTW, I've never cooked palak paneer, but I have made Zucchini, Tomato, and Paneer, which is delicious. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 09:49, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Hehe, I just edited doubly meaty named Frank Bacon. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 10:07, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

<--Haha, that's fantastic. Are you doing this to torture yourself?? Drmies (talk) 15:34, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Roy

Hey doc, can you take a look at your fav Indian author's article? As far as I know she isn't known for including incest in her book and other such nonsense, and I keep reverting this from the article. But there's also quite a bit of other stuff like her "current" religion etc that appear to be dubiously sourced (I've removed them too). Maybe you have a better idea on sourcing for this? cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 02:30, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

• Hey Spiffy, thanks for the note. I'm sorry; I've been neglecting her. No, she is not "known" for that at all--some characters that oughtn't be doing it are, but that's besides the point. The sources referenced in some of those edits are totally not reliable, and I think we're not dealing with a serious contributor here. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 02:34, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
  • That's what I thought. The India articles are under heavy attack by POV pushers these days, the New Year has brought in some new stuff. You should take a look at the history of and the talk page of your adopted ethnic group -- Tamil people. Had a good MLK day? -SpacemanSpiff 02:43, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
    • Hey, I thought they adopted me? Yeah, I gotta say, the amount of vandalism, BLP violations, talk-in-article, NPOV violations, and bad grammar on some Indian articles is quite overwhelming. I'm going to leave the Tamils alone though. Yes, I did--a group from my university, including some students of mine (I'm faculty sponsor for an honors society) and me, went to an institution where they look after totally non-functional kids (severely mentally and physically disabled, and almost completely non-communicative); I brought some kids books (by Sandra Boynton) and read them, we played with hand puppets (all improv), and did wheelchair dances to bad dance music (where that CD came from is a mystery to me). Anyway, it was interesting and I was glad I went, and then I counted my lucky stars that my girls are in good health. How was yours? Oh, I added some factoids to Roy--what do you think? Drmies (talk) 03:47, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
      • The changes look good, her article is a bit light for a Booker winner though, don't you think? I don't think I should edit it much as I'm sure my bias against her writing style will show! I just enjoyed the day off, staying out of the rain and making sure that my dog doesn't attempt another escapade, nothing exciting like you. But on that note, as reg books, I'm a bit perplexed by education related organizations refusing to take used books -- fiction and non-fiction -- around here, my high school librarian in India would remind us so often that once we read a book the best place for it was his library! cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 04:10, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
      • in vs to, just saw your explanation, and that clarifies; however, that wasn't my first read of the sentence, so perhaps, it could be reworded as "rights to the book" instead of "book"? cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 04:13, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

<--Go ahead and change it if you like; I'm too much a fan of the beautiful malleability that verbs in English can acquire from prepositions. I don't mind if you do it, though. Drmies (talk) 04:31, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Nah, I'll let it be; I'm not contributing content to the article, and I could very well be in the minority -- people who misread the statement. BTW, in case you didn't know, you can convert naked links to templated references using Reflinks. It's a lot easier than doing it manually, and you get to do the entire article in one go. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 04:43, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Whoa, that is exciting. It's one of my petpeeves--but how does it know which template to use? Or does it simply use the generic "citation"? Drmies (talk) 04:54, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Normally comes up with {{cite web}}, but you can change to any of the other templates in the preview window, and also change titles etc (needed sometimes, especially with newspapers), try it on Ratan Naval Tata if you'd like. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 05:02, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Hmm. It got stuck on a NYT article, claiming 404--but the link isn't dead. Then I tried it on JoAnne Good (quite a hottie in the seventies!), and it didn't do much (it fixed only one of them, and removed a double); running it a second time on that same article didn't do anything. I'm possibly not smart enough to work it properly, but thanks anyway! Drmies (talk) 05:18, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

You just have to click on the "Plain links" radio button. The default is only for raw links ("untitled links"), I just did that and seven more were fixed. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 05:29, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Party time?

Go easy on the cake as you celebrate Glenn Beck's one year anniversary. And I hear Palin is coming to television in 2010? The news just keeps getting better for you Doc.

• Excellent! But you know satire is not an educational tool. Glenn Beck--isn't that the wimp who cried harder than Tim Tebow, and with much less reason? Drmies (talk) 00:17, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

It isn't?

Now you're picking on Tebow? Tsk tsk tsk. Schoolyard bullying is so unbecoming Doc. You, Kobe and Tiger should try to be nicer to everyone, especially to women. Try and emulate the greats: Shaq, Vince Young, and Lebron. Sarah Palin is your friend. ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:21, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

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Let's have a spring clean!!

The thing is, I see a lot of double standards on here. I've put things like List of Youtube celebrities, lists of Pokemon, teletubbies etc up for deletion and they end up being snowball kept to I give up in trying to delete what I consider non notable... But the the encyclopedia is shaped by people's POV and what is notable to them sometimes I end up feeling extremely uncertain of what people deem notable as the response is often a paradox and they'll vote to keep lists of Pokemon characters and Youtube amateurs yet vote to delete an Estonian painter and member of the national art academy. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 16:11, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

What makes you think an Estonian painter is more notable than Youtube celebrities? ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:40, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Indeed! Popular culture, that's where it's at. And all articles on a popular cultural topic should have an "X in popular culture" section. Drmies (talk) 19:25, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Civility and Wikistalking.

Please try to remain civil, and cognecent of WP:WIKISTALK. You are treading awfully close to the line - following me to pages merely to rase the ire of others at me seems quite questionable. Hipocrite (talk) 21:46, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

• Hipocrite, what the hell are you talking about? I got better things to do than to stalk someone like you. I went through the unref BLP category for October 2006, where I have been since yesterday. Yes, I will accept your apology, and if you got more of this nonsense to share, do it on a public board so everyone can see your lack of manners. Drmies (talk) 21:48, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
  • Oh, I see--you're talking about your ill-advised comments on Wikipedia talk:Article Rescue Squadron. There is another way: you could have read the last sentence of my comment there. An even better way: look before you leap. Verify that the guy is Canadian before you remove the claim that he is Canadian, eh? Drmies (talk) 21:52, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm discussing this edit to a project I don't think you've edited before merely to call attention to my edits in a section where I was already in a heated discussion. If you'd like to raise this to a noticeboard, that's your perogative. Hipocrite (talk) 21:51, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Featured articles

Is this an accurate depiction of the featured article process you've been involved in, or have you only worked on the featured lists noted at the end? (captions must be turned on) [21] ChildofMidnight (talk) 22:03, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

• Sorry--I'm on a no-Flash computer! Drmies (talk) 22:10, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Now you're just being difficult. ChildofMidnight (talk) 23:09, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Another Gospel (book). Much appreciated, Cirt (talk) 23:44, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

David Malone

I missed the previous PROD. That was my error. However, I don't think you needed to be sarcastic in your edit summaries, which you did several times. To be perfectly blunt, I'm sick of doing research to source articles that the author was simply too lazy to bother sourcing himself. I'm tired of doing legwork because someone else wants to just throw articles up, without even bothering to format them correctly, let alone source them properly. If it is something obviously notable, that's one thing. But when the claim to notability isn't even evident in the article, which is wasn't when I prodded it, and there are no sources at all, I don't feel bad about seeing it go away. Niteshift36 (talk) 00:25, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

• Thank you for your reasonable reply. It's all good. No harm done. Niteshift36 (talk) 01:42, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
  • Well, perhaps you can give me hand here coming up with a better hook! ;) Drmies (talk) 01:47, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Problematic editor

Since you happen to be online (maybe).... The article Cashis discography was nominated for AfD. The result, since it contained only one notable album, was to redirect to the artists page (Cashis). On the artists page, User:JBSupreme and I removed unsourced and non-notable items. I also removed a section about feuds with other rappers after I took it to the RSN and it was agreed that there was BLP issues involved. I also removed non-notable items from Template:Cashis and explained that the templates are an aid in navigation, not advertising. However User:174.3.59.151 has been undoing them, simply restoring everything that has been removed by policies or by AfD consensus. I'm not the only one reverting the vandalism (although it's starting to look more like an edit war and I don't want to get caught up in that). Last exchange on his talk page was when I told him the discography needed sourced and he stated they don't need sources. Perhaps you can talk some sense into him. Niteshift36 (talk) 01:59, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

• Hmm I'll have a look. This thing sounds familiar--I ran into it on recent changes recently, or maybe it was the discography. Drmies (talk) 02:08, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

• Another editor has stepped in as well, and a 3RR warning was placed on the IP's talk page. Niteshift36 (talk) 02:15, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Doomed

The man's name is far too common. I tweaked the article, but do not think its salvable. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 04:07, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks for trying! Drmies (talk) 04:23, 22 January 2010 (UTC)