User talk:Mackensen/Archive3

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• /Archive (August 2003–April 2004)
• /Archive (April 2004–November 2004)

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Ah. Once again, I have a nice, clean talk page. No comments. No headers. No plaintive requests from vandals. Looks as lovely as newly-fallen snow. I don't suppose it will last either. ~Mackensen, the 8th of December, 2004

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Spammers: I would like for this page to stay reasonably clean. If you have business with me, feel free to leave a comment, else please move on. Please ignore the man in the corner with the pump-action shotgun.

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Posen

He's back... [1] GeneralPatton 07:28, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC) And the range has been banned [2] GeneralPatton 07:48, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure he's User:PolishPoliticians, see more at User_talk:Jimbo_Wales

Earl of Lennox

You removed [3] (link will break with next edit) "(extinct 1425)" from the above - why? It went extinct after the 9th Countess, and then her four sons (in unrecorded and indeterminate order) died...
James F. (talk) 03:29, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Sir Alan Stuart, the son of the 9th Countess of Lennox, is the father of the "first" Earl of Lennox (presumably of the second creation). But the 1st Earl of Lennox was illegitimate, so he could not have inherited the Countess's dignity directly. I would conclude, then, that the title became extinct upon Lady Lennox's death in 1459. -- Emsworth 00:38, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Image copyrights

Thanks for uploading Image:Palmerston.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much, — Edwin Stearns | Talk 22:02, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Peers by Decade

I don't think it's really necessary to end those peers by year charts with Template:end box. Instead, just stick a |} on the end - it's more better, methinks :) ugen64 04:51, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Lord Granville Somerset

Re. moving this page to Granville Charles Henry Somerset: It just seemed to me more logical - after all, "Lord" isn't a title in the same way as a peerage, and one doesn't title articles "Mr W.E. Gladstone", does one? After you raised the question I tried to find whether a naming convention had been laid down for Dukes' and Marquesses' sons, but in vain - is there one? Of course, please feel free to move it back if I'm going against accepted practice. Donald (Opera hat), 17.28 15th December 2004 (GMT)

Image tag

Hi! Thanks for uploading the following image:

• Image:Earl_of_aberdeen.jpg

I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status?

You can use {{gfdl}} if you wish to release your own work under the GNU Free Documentation License, {{PD-self}} if you wish to release your own work to the public domain, {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use of someone else's work, and so on. Click here for a list of the various tags.

If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the image from, and I'll tag it for you. (And if you know exactly what this means and are really tired of the constant reminders, please excuse me. They will stop once the tagging project is complete.) Thanks so much. Denni☯ 03:47, 2004 Dec 16 (UTC)

P.S. You can help tag other images at Wikipedia:Untagged_Images. Thanks again.

P.P.S. - You can put the shotgun down. This is not spam. I actually stopped at your userpage with the express intent of delivering this request.  :) D~

Michigan geography

I replied to you on User talk:Bkonrad#Michigan geography my talk page. older≠wiser 22:52, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)

List of Palestinian children killed by Israelis in 2004

How did you count the votes on this? It was 20 delete/8 keep/10 transwiki by a conservative count, and 22/11/10 by a liberal count—hardly a consensus for anything, and in hung votes like that the usual practice is to keep—at least, that's what I do when the result is inconclusive. —Charles P. ^(Mirv) 17:27, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

m:Transwiki explains the process. I'm not sure it should be transwikied, though; 30/8 and 33/11 certainly don't display real consensus, and they're slightly short even of the 80% guideline for "rough consensus". Obviously I'm not the most impartial observer, since I voted to keep it, but I think on a VFD debate where I honestly didn't care whether it was kept or deleted, I wouldn't do anything with a tally like that; it would be certain to raise a fuss. Recounting only the votes that gave a reason (thus negating at least some of the purely political voting) might give you a more meaningful result. —Charles P. ^(Mirv) 17:44, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Although I voted to delete, I would be satisfied with the page being transwikied. I defintely don't think it belongs in Wikipedia, but it may have some use elsewhere. As for the vote, 75% is about the maximum you'll find on a politically charged topic such as this one. Carrp 18:03, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

It has been listed to be transwikied on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Old. When that'll actually happen I don't know. Mackensen (talk) 18:06, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

What is the final status of this? I'm unclear on how the proportions amount to consensus.. In other news, is it possible to restore the talk pages? They were at least somewhat important in establishing where the lists came from Tarek 00:00, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Willy on Wheels

That brings us to five blocks on Christmas Willy on Wheels. You're running a little behind the pack :) -- Cyrius|✎ 01:04, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Wynn Baronets

Wow, it looks like an actual article now! It's legible and everything! I'm stunned. Good work. ^_^ Think I'll withdraw my delete vote...PMC 18:11, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC) (that should have been signed)

• Sounds like a plan. Merry Christmas, by the way! PMC 18:11, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

An apparent snarl in a line of succession

During my work on the various Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports articles, I came across what looked to me like a father and a son with nearly the same name who had both been inserted into the line of succession in the same place; I left a note on Talk:Hugh Bigod (Justiciar), but since you noticed my work I assume you're knowledgeable about this kind of thing so I'm giving you a heads-up on the problem I ran into. Bryan 03:42, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Re: Slow Fixes!

Your message on my talk page was much more cooled headed, I wish you would've used that one on the Village Pump, which everyone reads. How do you think this can be fixed? My test was to bring this question up, to show the nature of a wiki. Can it be fixed? To some extent, I think so, but never fully, in my opinion. But I think if we're all astute and keep an eye on recent changes we can stop most of these little stupid things from appearing in articles by people who intended to betray the trust of Wikipedians. bernlin2000 ∞ 23:20, Jan 8, 2005 (UTC)

Hi Mackensen. Who is Chris Ducat and what has he been up to lately? Re: [4]. See also User_talk:Cyrius and User_talk:Gadfium. -- Curps 05:49, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Commons

Hi, could you please add a copyright tag to your nice photo of Greetsiel? Thx --Bdk 05:36, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)