User talk:Hebrides

Welcome!

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Thanks for the welcome. I'll try to do my bit. Hope I don't make too many mitsakes. ;-) Hebrides 17:51, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Girgoriev

Hi there, Hebrides! Take a look at Popov, it'll surprise you even more :). When I create disambigs for people, I use dufferent encyclopedias to make sure these folks are notable, that's all. Good luck! KNewman 12:29, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Hommage

You changed Hommage to Homage in Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. I have reverted. The album is actually called Hommage. Please ensure that your valuable botting activities don't change it again. Thanks. Hebrides 09:31, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ta H. I've made note of it. Cheers, CmdrObot 22:42, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sid Vale Association

thanks for the contributions you made to my article

Periplus

Hey I seemed to have got into misunderstandings with wetman - all I meant was for the article to look better it needed a reference. I had looked at it because the publsher - Periplus Editions was in Singapore 20 years ago doing guide books about Indonesia - and I was trying to work out what might be needed for an article on the publisher - but the link was to tuttle who must have taken them over! oh well strange things happen. SatuSuro 15:40, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Publishing company

It's because the publishing company is listed in Category:Historic preservation - which is predominantly about the historic preservation of buildings - perhaps there should be a new category for something like Category:Recorded music preservation? I can only apologise and remove the tag. kind regards--Mcginnly | Natter 15:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for catching graffiti

Thanks for punting those vandalized entries on the Ng page, made famous by Obama's half-sister. EJohn59 (talk) 14:55, 17 March 2009 (UTC)EJohn59[reply]

Ulrik

On the Ulrik page you replaced {{given name}} with {{hndis}}. It states on the hndis documentation page "A page that lists all people with the given name "Jayson" should use {{given name}}." As this page doesnt have multiple people just called Ulrik, and only people with the given name Ulrik, then the given name template is surely the correct one? Tassedethe (talk) 17:02, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure. The "hndis" generates the text "This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same personal name" which is what the Ulrik page is. When I put "given name" on a page, it then gets tagged as uncategorised, but when I put "hndis" it doesn't. That's why I changed "given name" to "hndis". Is "personal name" the same as "given name"? Why does a page tagged "given name" get labelled as uncategorised? It's all rather confusing... -- Hebrides (talk) 20:37, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think 2 things are occuring here. There was a major edit to the given name template in January which I think has broken the categorization of given names. I am asking the editor to look at their edits. Also I think the hndis message is ambiguous, which is unfortunate for a disambiguation template! "Given name" seems unambiguous (synonymous with Christian name), "Surname" is unambiguous (synonymous with family name), but hndis should really refer to "full name". When it says "associated with the same personal name" that could mean "given name" (as you have thought) or "full name" (which is what I think is meant). "Full name" makes sense in the context of "given name" and "surname". If hndis also meant "given name" then there would be no need to have 2 separate templates. I think a wider discussion to clarify the hndis template is needed. Tassedethe (talk) 22:22, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I started a discussion on the hndis page . Tassedethe (talk) 06:30, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Someone has fixed the template {{given name}} so you should be able to add it to appropriate pages and get the correct category. There is more info on name disambiguation pages at MOS:DABNAME. Thanks. Tassedethe (talk) 08:49, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sasagawa

Hello, you have a new message at Talk:Sasagawa--gordonrox24 (talk) 20:05, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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tedder (talk) 20:14, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That Bot

Hi, I previously blocked that bot for a few hours because I did not understand what positive contributions it is making. I see that you have raised more concerns on its Talk Page. Could you provide a few diffs so I can re-assess the situation? Graham. Graham Colm ^Talk 20:08, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again, I have checked the diffs myself and I have blocked this bot indefinitely. In my view it is deleting valid links. The owner's response to my initial enquiry was not very helpful. Graham. Graham Colm ^Talk 20:26, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Graham. I was getting more than a little frustrated after spending hours creating pages and carefully searching for interwiki links by hand, only to have them zapped by a bot. At last, a bit of peace. -- Hebrides (talk) 20:58, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome, I am still learning this admin stuff—I prefer to write about viruses—but I think I have made the right call in this case. Best wishes, Graham.Graham Colm ^Talk 21:20, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you for this diff. I was beginning to feel like I was holding one lone candle... in the growing darkness of a very windy night... my flickering flame threatening to flutter out. My own arrival on Wikipedia was inside the heart of a raging storm, so I can feel a newcomer's angst. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 08:21, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My feelings were similar when you appeared on the scene. I find your approach so refreshing and reassuring. Some editors seem to expect a new article to spring forth fully formed, referenced, conforming to every policy, with impeccable grammar, structure, spelling, expressed succinctly and displaying no point of view, bias or conflict of interest. However, I'm of the opinion that the great strength of a wiki is that it allows collaborative authoring, so that the germ of an idea can be worked up co-operatively, pooling everyone's skills to produce something outstanding. Unfortunately, some editors' skills seem limited to deleting stubs as soon as they appear, confounding this creative process. It's particularly unfortunate when the contributor is new to Wikipedia, and when the reasons for deletion are not totally rational. -- Hebrides (talk) 19:40, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. My own motto is "I'd rather fix the damn pipe than complain about having wet feet." Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 21:38, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

About Coronatus

Hi, I'm relatively new to wikipedia. I'm not 100% sure about the year of Coronatus' formation. So if you did kind of a translation to the German article, it must be more reliable. Thank you. Meanwhile, I'll try to search for reliable third-party sources. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cookiki (talk • contribs) 18:00, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help! I won't hesitate to ask you questions if I have. Once again, thank you. Cookiki (talk) 07:26, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why explore space

Dear Hebrides, you're good at putting compilation page, such as Fahmi. Can you help put together a page with this title. If you do a Wiki search, you'll find referencing these 3 words in Edward Ng, Norman Horowitz, International Space Station, etc. So you can list these links, at least, and probably a few more. There is also a famous speech by Hawking in external link, http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/2209/full Please help create such page, and I'll add to it. I know if I create, it'll suffer speedy deletion. Thanks. --Joan kingston (talk) 15:40, 30 May 2009 (UTC)Joan_k[reply]