User talk:Pleasantville

Blackwater

Apologies for not making it clear why I edited the Blackwater page. As you may have noticed from the cited article, it was not Blackwater that was involved in the post-Katrina shooting incident involving the protection of Mr. Quinn. I understand why you would distrust edits made anonymously from this IP address (it is shared by approximately 1000 people, some of whom may not have the best intentions). Best regards.143.58.161.6 00:38, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I had read the article when it was published and thought I remembered what was in it. I should have refreshed my memory before restoring the passage. --Pleasantville 00:39, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

About Wikipedia

I've noticed something about the past couple of conversations we have had. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Nobody needs any special knowledge, or special position, any qualifications to edit. It's not helpful to demand that other editors present their credentials or show their knowledge, to edit an article. It would be appreciated if you no longer did that again. ⇒ SWATJester ^{Denny Crane.} 02:15, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

apology

I believe I owe you an apology. After looking back on it today, my conversations with you were less than civil. I apologize for that. While some of your edits were not civil either, I wasn't thinking that it was because of my tone that might be causing it. So, once again, my apologies. As for the citizendium remark it wasn't intended as "go there, leave here", it was intended as "If you're looking for an editorially peer-reviewed encyclopedia, that might be more what you're looking for." Judging from the sources I've seen provided today, you'd certainly qualify as an editor in the SF genre there. ⇒ SWATJester ^{Denny Crane.} 20:59, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SwatJester has offered an unqualified apology by email, which I have accepted. --Pleasantville 11:09, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Beyond Fantasy Fiction & NYRSF

Kathryn, I'm hoping your knowledge of sf criticism and of NYRSF may be able to help me, if you have a moment. I've nominated the article on Beyond Fantasy Fiction for featured article status; the nomination discussion is here. One commenter has suggested that there should be more on the critical reception the magazine received. I've checked books such as Damon Knight's In Search of Wonder, but I'm not hopeful of finding much in the way of contemporary commentary. (Haven't checked the Atheling books yet, though; I'll do that tonight.) Anyway, what I was wondering was whether you knew of any survey work (other than Michael Ashley's books, which I've used) which would have material on Beyond. Were there any historical surveys in NYRSF? I subscribed for a while and don't recall any such, but I figured you'd have the definitive answer. Other than that, any other pointers you can provide to sources or critical analyses that I might have overlooked would be great. Thanks for any help. Mike Christie (talk) 13:24, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll have a look. I know we've got a pile of them in the basement and David & I have reprinted material from the magazine. --Pleasantville 13:41, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Soccer team roster

Our team is in the newspaper tommorow...I'll upload the article --Alzyb1 21:13, 5 September 2007 (UTC) [moved from my user page --Pleasantville 00:06, 6 September 2007 (UTC)][reply]

Space Opera video games

I don't know enough about these games to do the winnowing and sifting; my professional gaming experience is primarily in RPGs and secondarily in board games. Sorry. --Orange Mike 01:40, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delayed reaction here, but I have some experience in that genre. ⇒ SWATJester ^{Denny Crane.} 05:22, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

fame

... and fortune will follow, I'm sure. Other than the fact that only a tiny amount of what I talked about made it into the piece, an article on politics on the front page of the Washington Post ain't bad! And the world discovers that wikipedia is not edited only by 16 year old boys. Cheers! Tvoz |talk 15:57, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Al Gore

Please explain your deletion on my edit on Al Gore's environmetalism. I put my arguments on talk page with no disputing point.Kirin4 14:17, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The link added as citation did not lead to material sourcing the claim. Maybe the info is somewhere on that site, but I didn't see it when I checked. --Pleasantville 14:31, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The link did, o.k if I put it back?Kirin4 14:53, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not going to stop you. What is it that you thought you were linking to? Was there maybe a problem with the site loading? --Pleasantville 14:55, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mathematica pricing

It was not an unsourced claim. The reference is right there (the same as for the US price). E.g. 3185 Euros (approx 4450 USD) most of Europe, or 2035 GBP in the UK. Stating that the price is 2500 USD in the US, with no mention of other regions is simply misleading. So please don't revert, or remove all pricing info. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.177.44.92 (talk) 17:41, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you should consider getting an account and using edit summaries, which would help other editors understand your intention. --Pleasantville 12:17, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmthem.com

Confirmthem.com allows anybody to comment on any of their posts, which I do on occasion. You could too if you wanted. I am not, however, an official creator of posts/threads. I am neither a owner nor employee of Confirmthem.com, and I receive no remuneration from them. I am, however, interested in their speculations on Bush judicial nominees. The reference to Confirmthem.com in the "Bush Supreme Court candidates" section is only to pinpoint the conservative speculation concerning the possible nomination of conservative Fourth Circuit judge Karen J. Williams to replace Sandra Day O'Connor. That is one of the reasons why so many conservatives were outraged at the nomination of Miers, they were anticipating someone else with better credentials and a better documented record on the issues. The Confirmthem reference was to highlight that fact as was the reference to Fund thinking it would be Ninth Circuit judge Connie Callahan. I in no way mean the entry to imply any sort of endorsement of Williams. BTW, the original attached web address referenced to a specific thread on Williams' possible nomination on the night of October 2, 2005. Since that time, Confirmthem has reformatted its site, and the address now goes back instead to its current content. I hope this answer your questions BoBo 23:19, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it does. Thanks. --Pleasantville 12:26, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think you're right, but....

This comment [1] is going to cause a great deal of strife. I'd come to the same conclusion early in this whole debacle. Mangoe 13:52, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe so, but it needed to be said. Thanks. --Pleasantville 15:25, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, your proposal "If there is a policy, there should be a noticeboard open to EVERYONE to report such links and an evenhanded enforcement to go with it, as with BLP. And there should be reasonable procedures to follow in such cases so that there can be no appearance of temper tantrums or vengfulness." sounds reasonable.

Posting it on the [2] page may generate comments on it. (although possibly not as much discussion as has already taken place there on Clowns, Rutabagas and the Arbitors themselves) Uncle uncle uncle 18:29, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Book title query (non-wiki topic)

Do you know where I can find the title of a book if I know the general plot? Uncle uncle uncle 18:31, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For older books in some genres, that's what motif index's do. (Example: EF Bleiler's Guide to Supernatural Literature) I don't think there's a general source for that though. --Pleasantville 18:36, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Try this - it's kind of what you're talking about. Tvoz |talk 19:03, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Prince record PDF

Since it's a public record of the US Government, couldn't we just host it here as an upload? • Lawrence Cohen 16:37, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I presume so. I don't know what Wikipedia rules are on hosting of pdfs. --Pleasantville 16:38, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Let me ask around. • Lawrence Cohen 16:44, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've uploaded it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Statement.of.erik.d.prince.pdf

But there may be policies about this sort of thing. Also, I don't know how to link to a WIkipedia-hosted PDF. --Pleasantville 18:35, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I asked on Commons before to be sure, but no answers. I guess we can just link to it as an inline reference, as it's a Congressional record...? • Lawrence Cohen 18:37, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm wondering if we're into OR territory here. Gonna update my question on ANI with this... I think we're fine, but something feels off. • Lawrence Cohen 18:39, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If it was introduced into the congressional record, it's in the public domain. But I think WP may not host PDFs because of bandwidth issues. --Pleasantville 18:41, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]