User talk:JohnDBuell

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Be bold!

Sam Spade 13:24, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Bobber2

Hi; I see you've recently posted something on User:Bobber2's talk page. FYI, this is a "problem editor" that I've kind of been keeping my eye on for a while, and he hasn't used this name since the end of April. He now goes by User:Bobber1. He's almost completely unresponsive to messages on his talk pages (Bobber1 or Bobber2), so don't expect a reply. If you see a problem with one of his edits, especially copyvio, just go ahead and fix it, but keep an eye on the article, because he has a tendency to undo other editor's fixes. Thanks, Soundguy99 15:13, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

• He may not entirely be a lost cause; I've actually noticed a little bit of improvement in the time I've been watching him (I've actually only been around a couple of months myself). And not all of his edits are junk, although the good ones tend to be pretty minor. I just happened to notice that you found him via "HhGttGalaxy movie" (so tired of typing the whole movie title); this appears to be one of his favorite subjects. I can't really fix too much in that article - I haven't seen the movie yet. (Not sure I want to, actually; loved the books/radio shows/BBC series and I've seen several reviews that say the movie's been "Hollywoodized" and is missing all the offbeat goodness of the originals.) I figure that if more people see his edits and fix them and leave messages on his talk page(s), he might actually learn something by example. Soundguy99 16:10, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure that Bobber's real young, like 12 or under, so I doubt that he grasps the concept of "copyright". Also, AFAIK, putting copywritten material on any Wikipedia page, "Talk" pages included, w/out permission of the copyright holder is a violation of copyright, so I'd say you can probably feel free to delete any of the stuff he's adding that's copyvio. Soundguy99 11:22, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

hitchhiker's

glad to see the radio and tv series get their own pages at last. thanks!  :) Morwen - Talk 20:52, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

No worries. If I objected to my stuff to being edited I wouldn't submit it ;) Going to add a summary of the 6th episode. Glad I'm not treading on your toes there. Morwen - Talk 21:06, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

It is certainly common practice to do such scans/photos. Not really an expert on the legalities of it. Morwen - Talk 16:01, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

Hitchhiker's links

There isn't a hard and fast rule. Have a look at Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links) to see what I mean. Generally, links are there where they are most useful. In the case of a page as long as that one, it's probably useful to have the actor names linked once per main section, so that the reader doesn't have to scroll all the way back up to find it (especially if they're using the TOC to jump to a later part of the article). But having it multiply linked within the same section would be excessive, I think. My suggestion would be once within each section is the right balance to strike. --khaosworks 16:54, May 25, 2005 (UTC)

Hitchhiker's

Do you think we really need a The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) article about all the radio series at all? I think it would be better if all the stuff in there was moved to the sub-articles. Morwen - Talk 12:38, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

Testing

Just wanted to test my own signature to make sure I did it right! --JohnDBuell 16:46, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It really DOES make a difference when I replace "Name" with my actual user name. *slaps self* --JohnDBuell | Talk 16:50, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Spelling note

Yeah, either that or just have the spelling note on the main page. Morwen - Talk 23:07, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Dresden

Does that mean that You would support consistent use of the name Gdansk, instead of the present Gdansk/Danzig roulette? Space Cadet 01:31, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

H2G2

Noticed already. Yay! Morwen - Talk 11:44, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Pope Benedict XVI FAC

The minor objection you have placed has been fixed. If you think it is good enough, then I ask you if you wish to strike out the comment you made and place other objections or place support for the article. Thank you. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 22:55, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

U.S. English

I rather liked "nonety" (why does the keyboard stick "i" and "o" next to each other). I hadn't realised that U.S. English didn't distinguish between floors and tales, though — is that universal in the States? I could have sworn I'd seen the normal U.K. spelling in U.S. novels. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 6 July 2005 16:13 (UTC)

I didn't understand the first part of your reply; as to the second, that's something I've often wondered about. Where did the use of "first floor" for "ground floor" come from? The usual answer to such questions is German, or Italian, or Spanish, etc., but they all use variants on the U.K. English version (they use the U.S. stle in Japan, but I imagine that the influence is the other way). Trivial, but fascinating. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 6 July 2005 16:43 (UTC)

I see; I think that my original question was too obscure; I just meant that I hadn't realised that U.S. English used the same word, "story", for both the floors of a building and tales told by a storyteller. Is it possible that both spellings are in use? Here, I've never seen any spelling but "storey". Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 6 July 2005 17:03 (UTC)

BioCOTW

I'm sorry for the confusion on that page, I forgot the edit section. Falphin 00:33, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

DNA and diaeresis

Thank you for providing sources for the ¨ in Noël. --Palnatoke 16:33, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Naperville Central High School

Thanks for letting me know; as it stood it looked like a rather random bit of sub-vandalism. I've tweaked the new section (I removed "famous", as it seemed to me to emphasise the non-fame (outside the locality?) of the people mentioned). --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 14:20, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

I'd go for "notable" myself (and why not add yourself? I've heard of you, and I hadn't heard of the others...). --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 18:44, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Chicago area meetup

I've finally decided on a place for the first Wikipedia meetup in Chicago: 2 p.m. at Saturday, October 15th at Cafe Iberico, a tapas bar in the River North neighborhood of Chicago at 739 N. La Salle Drive. They have parking available and are 0.3 mile from the Chicago stop of the CTA Red Line. See their website for parking information; for transit planning use the RTA trip planner with a destination address of "739 N. La Salle Dr." Cafe Iberico has vegetarian selections for those who are so inclined (sorry, they're not very vegan-friendly, I'm afraid). The food is excellent and the environment very suitable for an informal gathering. Do check their webpage for any additional questions, or ask me. They typically cost typically costs between $10 and $15 per person; I'm willing to cover for anyone for whom this is too much (as long as we don't get too many people).

Please let me know before Saturday, October 8th (by email or on my talk page) if you're planning on coming so I can make the appropriate reservations. See you there! Oh, and please share this invitation with anyone you know of in the Chicago area who I've missed. Kelly Martin 19:53, 2 October 2005 (UTC)