User talk:Dweller/Archive17

Haha, thanks

I was clearly having a bit of a stroppy evening, not only did I start sounding off in that afd but I also made an eejit of myself by getting my wires crossed somehow and posting something completely irrelevant here that I must have meant for somewhere else... Just not my day! Robotforaday (talk) 22:01, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Very nice thing for you to say. At the moment I have a massive amount of work on and wouldn't be able to give it proper attention - maybe later on. Robotforaday (talk) 01:49, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Norwich City Seasons

Most teams hav got seasons for what has happen during that season, i feel maybe we should make one for norwich, what do you think, do you agree? Screechy 11:04, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

What do you mean Good Example.Screechy 11:04, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

This is all the seasons other clubs have done [1] Screechy 11:09, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

True but i fought keep it simple first, like have the squad player, transfers, just the simple things then next season included the games and who won etc. Screechy 11:18, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Dweller, i have done some work on it and i need your help with the rest please. Screechy 11:46, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Why arent you keen to get involed for. and yes i know its a huge drain on me but i feel when its up and running it will be a sucess. What do you mean by: see if the current squad and league table etc is somewhere that you can transclude without having to constantly cut and paste. Screechy 12:12, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

I have looked at your demo on my page but i cant see any chances (what have u done btw).Screechy 12:43, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

I see wot u mean now, quite handy that is. Screechy 13:13, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

hi, i have updated the page quite alot, do you no alot about html, if you do could you improve the part about games please. many thanks Screechy 16:19, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

i just help with the ummm............... games chart thing i want the improved, and i got it for bebo, and i have tried them curly things but it doesnt work when i do it... Screechy 12:39, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Sneaky

Not really, it more referred to your comments which were sneakily hidden in the text, but I think I may use it from now on... The Rambling Man (talk) 14:29, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, that's good. Really good... The Rambling Man (talk) 14:44, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Old pix

Yeah, I may try emailing them. I'm sure they wouldn't necessarily relinquish copyright though, and I'm not good at all the paperwork etc needed to use those sort of images. I'll keep digging... The Rambling Man (talk) 13:34, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and thanks for your work on the history article so far, already knocking quite nicely into shape. I'm aiming for three large-ish paragraphs per section by the way, as a guide. That way we should avoid too many accusations of recentism... The Rambling Man (talk) 13:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

<dong> The Rambling Man (talk) 11:42, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

:-P

:-P Didn't know that they had urban British slang. hahahaha Cheers. XD miranda 13:52, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Regarding Notability of Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Award

Yes. I do believe such sources can be found. I will find them as time allows me. Thanks for the insight, you raise some good points. Eleutherosmartin (talk) 19:05, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

I kinda sorta thought that's what he was talking about. It looked like someone's cricket stats (from someone who know bupkiss about the game), but the bit about the "unnotable games" made me wonder if he was worth mentioning. Nice save! Thanks for the update. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 17:14, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

The Boy Who Turned Yellow

What has the film got to do with Norwich FC? Nothing. What copyvio? -- SteveCrook (talk) 14:12, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

I not only wrote the IMDb review but I also know the film quite well. I do run the Powell & Pressburger Appreciation Society and this film was directed by Powell and written by Pressburger (under a psedonym). I can assure you that it has absolutely nothing to do with Norwich FC. That's why I said it was nonsense. It's not an insult, it just makes no sense to attribute it to Norwich when there's no connection to Norwich -- SteveCrook (talk) 15:13, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

I've already taken it out of the NCFC article and left a comment on the talk page -- SteveCrook (talk) 15:31, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Datey fix

Prey tell, why did 2 November, 1878 become 2 November 1878? Did I miss the policy? The Rambling Man (talk) 14:16, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Problem is it looks crap and now doesn't autoformat so it could appear differently from other dates in the article.... The Rambling Man (talk) 14:48, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

So you're going to unlink all dates in the article? The Rambling Man (talk) 14:57, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

I suppose so until the edit warring starts on which way round the date should be written... The Rambling Man (talk) 15:43, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Benson

Hmm, Blnguyen's reverted it. Looks vaguely familiar! I wonder if User:Cricketking is Benson's son (since he wrote an article Laurence Benson which was recently deleted...) - I think I'll keep an eye on his edits! The Rambling Man (talk) 07:22, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Wasn't he the South African chairman of selectors or something? I should have been more respectful I'm sure... The Rambling Man (talk) 10:44, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

ITFC PR

Check it out, plenty to work on there! The Rambling Man (talk) 11:42, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I've sent it to FAC. PRs are good but they're piling up and FAC seems to draw more focus and interest. Head there to tell me how cr*p the article is...! (Oh and if there's one point in it tomorrow morning, I'll start supporting Cambridge United...) The Rambling Man (talk) 17:54, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Me again!

Hi again,

Sorry to be a bother again,

the notice I placed on the sweet thing has had a few positive supplied. Should I go ahead?

--Dvorak (wtkwhite) ^(Talk) 09:00, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Lost car keys

Hi there. Sorry, I had seen your post and I didn't mean to repeat your advice. When you said Toyota, I thought for some reason that you meant that he should contact their head office. My 2p-worth was intended to be different advice. Best, --Richardrj ^{talk email} 17:43, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

itfc history

hey dude, out of wikiworld until Thursday daytime. Can you keep an eye on the itfc fac until then? Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 20:09, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey, I was keen! Anyway, I'm out until tomorrow now, so anything you could do would be great. I'm off for a day on the M25... Cheers... The Rambling Man (talk) 07:30, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, it appears I'm back. Good work so far... I understand you can't support - this is most certainly a joint effort! I've got some Cobbold stuff to add in so I'll just get on with it. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:21, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I'll clear the sneaks.. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:26, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello Dude. I think I'm done now. I've flowed Cobbold stuff throughout, added a Sheepshank note, addressed the sneaks... The Rambling Man (talk) 12:40, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Cheers cheeky. Fingers crossed I suppose! The Rambling Man (talk) 13:47, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

By the way, have you seen this? The Rambling Man (talk) 13:51, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

If past attempts have anything to go by, I'd suggest appending the word "lead" to the word "balloon"..... The Rambling Man (talk) 14:22, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I saw the Robson thing, I left a note at WP:FOOTBALL about it. Nagging Raul to replace a Sept 1998 hurricane with the big man's 75th birthday. Yay! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:44, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Odd edit

15:35, 13 February 2008 Steph mcdonnell (Talk | contribs | block) m (moved Talk:Castletown-Geoghegan to Benny McDonnell: someone vandalising it.) (undo)

After my tagging

—Reedy Boy 14:52, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

No probs. I've deleted it anyway —Reedy Boy 14:55, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Roman mystery

Thanks for your input. The "priestess" was rubbing my forehead at the apex between the eyes. I just wonder if I have fulfilled my charge.LShecut2nd (talk) 19:19, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Bowen

You said:

[[Image:Nuvola apps important.svg|48px|left]]An article that you have been involved in editing, Mark Bowen (writer), has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Bowen (writer). Thank you. Dweller (talk) 20:31, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up; i'll consolidate my response on the talk page, and probably promptly start some Google research immediately.
--Jerzy•t 21:11, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Heck, I'll be delighted to call for the AfD to be closed because notability is shown. That's what we're here for, after all. And I'm certainly no deletionist! --Dweller (talk) 21:32, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

On the AfD, i trust you didn't intend, by choosing the terms "reluctant" and "so here we are", to express impatience with the normal course of WP business. Part of collaborative editing is that we harness the effort of editors willing to make small contributions that are motivated by their interests, and of those of others who are motivated to follow up, by their own interests. (In fact, my only reluctance that i am aware of is against interrupting another WP project where my efficiency will suffer from the interruption to do the kind of G-test that this will sooner or later require, and whatever that leads me to. Mind you, that's just my problem: you've acted appropriately, on the basis of your opinions, just as i have on mine.)
--Jerzy•t 22:51, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes and no, I suppose. I just thought that it would be a better use of everyone's time if a decent notability claim could have been inserted at the time of removing the prod, rather than just inviting the tediousness of listing at AfD (I wish the developers would make that more streamlined). I took it from what you said that he is indeed notable, which makes me feel Pointy in listing the AfD (which I hate) but I kind of felt boxed in; the article as I found it was borderline speediable in my opinion. Anyway, let's hope the stub gets significantly improved as a result of all this. --Dweller (talk) 23:39, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

_ _ I wouldn't classify that under POINT, first bcz i think "disrupt" was intended to refer to degrading what we are trying to provide to the world, namely the main namespace. But in any case, bcz that policy is too important vis-a-vis the articles, for us to distract from their "sanctity" by putting our disputes in the background on a similar basis. Sarcasm is problematic (i think the term is apt re both POINT's target and at least clear cases of what you're talking about, in other namespaces) but much less drastically so.
_ _ What i'd like to say to you abt this interaction is what i think of as the distinction between an assignment editor on one hand and my assignment editor or your assignment editor. Your complaint abt the inefficiency of marshaling the N evidence bolsters my impression that you presumed the article was indeed retentionworthy, and wanted to goad me into what you would consider more responsible editing. The most important thing to say abt that is that it worked. Once. (Or sorta worked; only you can judge that.) I doubt it will work again between you and me, and if someone else has that intention (i think i'd have noticed if anyone had before, on an article i'd started), i think i'll be less inclined to extend, even early on, the benefit of the doubt.
_ _ Wikipedia works bcz it has the technology to make virtually unstructured collaborative editing feasible, and has mobilized the will to keep vandalism and cluelessness relatively under control. As with evolution and even selective breeding, the keys are throwing away the bad, and rachet-like effects that preserve improvements too small to be systematically bothered with. I think you'll find, in the long run, that impatience and efforts at exhortation (other than by quietly being a good example) will neither work here, nor, in the long run, be tolerated. It's not so much that diversity is a strength for us, as that sustained active efforts to improve the editing corps are more likely to approximate a revival of Nupedia than to accelerate WP development. Having an article on Bowen is a small step forward, and it will attract more suitable editors for it than would throwing away stubs while waiting for an editor to come along who's more interested in him than in their other WP tasks.
_ _ (Oh, and if you really opine that "the article as [you] found it was borderline speediable", i urge you to reread A7 and consider suggesting a rewording in it of "indicate why" -- would "mention what" have made the difference in your opinion? -- rather than learn by ending up on DR or WP:ANI.)
_ _ I'm running out of preaching steam, and in any case, i'm no longer the one suitable to WP:RFC you in our dispute abt the approximate-YOB information you removed. I hope it's just another side of your wrong-headed exhortationism, but in case it's not, your construction of OR is absurd. That policy is, as it prominently and clearly states, about "your own opinions or experiences." If the mathematical calculation of such a figure is OR, prohibiting editing in the result (with the nearly unfalsifiable "c.") would imply that no editor may count the names of the Brontë children and subtract in order to write "She had 5 siblings" -- and put in question rewordings like "stay there" for "not go to X". But my work on this is done.
--Jerzy•t 20:04, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

The Transhumanist RFA

Kurt Weber is known for making only one kind of remark at RFA. He always says this. He also usually comments with this pasted answer in rapid-fire on all the self-nommed RFAs. Useight (talk) 21:44, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Page move

I've moved User:Dweller/Dweller, on Featured Article Candidates to your userspace for safekeeping.

The Transhumanist 02:54, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Coaching

I've resigned as coach.

I'm telling you in case you want to help coach the VC students.

The Transhumanist 03:51, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

new game

Think my new list is a goer? I think it'll be cool... As for the FC fiend, I'm ignoring him. Before I lose the point. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:02, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

By the way, what do you think the right title for my latest project should be? The Rambling Man (talk) 15:02, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

No, not really, just as its work in progress I'd rather do a playpage job. I'm intending to finish it to the point where I put it in mainspace today. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:30, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Cool, I'll move it over later today. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:07, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Dude, I've moved it to where you recommended and it's at PR now. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:12, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

And I've added the couple of edits you made back in. Cheers, have a good weekend! The Rambling Man (talk) 13:40, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

February 2008

This is the last warning you will receive for your attempted humour.
The next time you humourise Wikipedia, you will be mercilessly slated. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:24, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

rofl! --Dweller (talk) 14:25, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:Admins

Yeah, maybe. In fact, if you don't mind, maybe I could keep an eye on your admin decisions and deletions, that's if you didn't mind. Do you do a lot of deletion related stuff on Wikipedia? Has anyone ever questioned any of your decisions? If that happens, you could throw it over in my direction and get my opinion on it. D.M.N. (talk) 14:37, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

4 nil

Oh, and incidentally there's a mite of discussion now over whether "my" England managers article should be FLC or FAC. I think for FAC I need to expand it a little more and I could do with your help in seeing areas where I could expand, trying hard to focus on the managers more than the team's exploits. I have to admit I was thinking FL all the way but the sheer girth of the history section is becoming serious FAC stuff (in my humblest opinion!). Whadddya reckon? The Rambling Man (talk) 20:12, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Okay, so I think perhaps a move to "England national football managers" and some sections with a bit of further expansion is needed. I kind of see what Koncorde is saying but it feels like this article will just be ripped apart and averaged out over all the other England articles, while I wanted this one to be more focussed on the managers, their successes and failures, and anything else of interest about them. What do you think? (4–0) The Rambling Man (talk) 14:04, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Cool. So you with me or are you with me?! I might as well close the peer review if we'd doing a bit more of an overhaul. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:12, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Awesome. PR closed. I'll move the page as I suggested soon and perhaps we can start on it soon... The Rambling Man (talk) 17:55, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm on the M25 again tomorrow, so in my absence, please find the latest opum magnus, England national football team managers. I've added a couple of section headings but beyond that not much else. I'm not sure if we should keep the media reaction in a separate section or just merge it with the history. I can see good arguments both ways. And as for a graph of tournament results, I'm not sure how that would work - at the very least it'd need to be logarithmic to avoid group stage being about 1/8th as good as QF in some tournaments! Any ideas on how to present that stuff would be good. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:34, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Peter Grant (rugby player)

Hi! If he was from New Zealand or Australia I would create an article, but I don't really have any references for South African rugby. I added him to the Peter Grant dismabiguation list solely because he scored on the weekend and was thus linked from 2008 Super 14 season. --Stormie (talk) 02:36, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

I can has thankspam?

Quick, let's delete the front page!

No seriously, thanks for contributing at my RfA which ended 68/0/0. I'm amazed and humbled by the result, and the warm and supportive comments that went with it. I've put the pic of Tiger here because although I know not everyone appreciates lolcats, to me it illustrates the possibility of taking things seriously with a light heart. I will try to do so, and remain open to the being slapped down if I do start being impossibly pompous. Thanks Pedro :  Chat  for your generous nomination, and also to Master of Puppets for ripping off his thankspam without so much as a by-your-leave. To all who contributed - especially the eventually withdrawn (but very interesting) neutral and oppose - thank you! Now it's off to new admin school for me, before I dare do anything for real... Kim Dent-Brown (Talk) 11:25, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Cavachon

Hi. Thanks for tagging. Did you mean to use the empty template?

Yeah, because it was. --Calton | Talk 15:38, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

ITFC FTC

Hey dude, just a quickie, I've now got ITFC at featured topic (history article got promoted today!) so check it out! NCFC next?! The Rambling Man (talk) 18:03, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

List of Cricketing terms

Xavier Tras - Yes, it is real term - although I was surprised at how little it turned up when I originally did a google search. It is likely to be known by the Test Match Special brigade, and it appeared from my search that it is also known in Australia. Can't really help in terms of providing citation - it would be interesting to know who coined the phrase. Stevebritgimp (talk) 19:00, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, it has been explained in print, e.g. [2] - not sure whether a Reliable Source makes something notable - notable I would have thought would be independent of that. I tend to think in terms of verifiable. I don't think this is nuclear physics - so I don't think it's appearance in a peer-reviewed journal is necessary - it's either true or it isn't. Obviously I defer to your seniority in terms of knowing the wiki ropes. It could be removed without any heartache, just seems odd that such as expression would lack an explanation on the wiki. Stevebritgimp (talk) 19:32, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Also appears to have been used by the commentator Tim Lane so may indeed be Australian in origin. Stevebritgimp (talk) 19:36, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Maxwell usually says "Tim Lane's friend" - it is a Laneism I think. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:14, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

It is notable in Australia, but only used on the radio commentary of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Usually only the general Australian commentators like Jim Maxwell, Tim Lane and Glenn Mitchell use it; the "expert analysts" like Peter Roebuck, Kerry O'Keeffe and Geoff Lawson tend to not do it so much. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:14, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm sure most cricketing people all over the world would understand it (I've never even heard of Tim Lane before this and I'm in the UK) - and yes, 'Tim Lane's friend' has cropped up in my searches - it would be interesting to know for sure who coined the idea. Stevebritgimp (talk) 20:21, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

bong?

Bong me at work...The Rambling Man (talk) 10:56, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Off home now. More from there. You think Eileen deserves her own article? Will she meet WP:BIO well enough or is she just one of those minor notability via "one off news stories"...? The Rambling Man (talk) 15:59, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Home now. What's next for our co-creation? The Rambling Man (talk) 16:30, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Cool. So, England now, NCFC next (and I think we should push the East Anglian derby to GA at least!). What thoughts for the England management article right now, beyond attempting to cite your wildly extrapolative originally researched rambling prose....?! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:46, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Listen, I've warned you before for attempting to humourise the Wikipedia. Not only is "Hoddle became a pharmacist after leaving the England job" funny, but it's in direct violation of WP:BLP so I've got little choice other than to block your account infinitesimally... The Rambling Man (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 16:59, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and the FA website said the Rous Cup was considered friendly (well, that's what it says on the individual manager pages) so I'm not sure if it's worth doing more than perhaps mentioning it per manager. I mean, come one, a tournament with England, Scotland and Chile is hardly something to write home about, is it?! The Rambling Man (talk) 17:10, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I've done those jobs. Is it just down to {{cn}}'s now? I'm not convinced by the calls to resign section (I'm sure that'd need to cover every "modern" manager) - can you clarify the calls to stay section a bit? I don't recall that! The Rambling Man (talk) 18:18, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey dude, what now? Any ideas for the "sporting significance" section? The Rambling Man (talk) 12:56, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree. I'll junkit. Suggest we try to tap off all remaining {{cn}}s either by citing or removing and then head back to PR? The Rambling Man (talk) 13:50, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Sure. You're very, very good at those....! The Rambling Man (talk) 13:51, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of England national sports team managers

A tag has been placed on England national sports team managers requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Closedmouth (talk) 14:19, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, it was a mistake. I've speedied it myself. Thanks. --Dweller (talk) 14:29, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Haha, I nom'd an admin's article, I think that's a first for me :P --Closedmouth (talk) 06:54, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Considered, yes

But only for the extra tools. I'm not much good with bureaucracy or policy discussions or anything important like that, and I don't write articles, so I probably wouldn't pass an RfA. Yes, I am an eternal pessimist! --Closedmouth (talk) 02:33, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

I'll have to make this quick, I'm going out. Regarding civility, I never intentionally set out to be incivil with people, just sometimes I can be sarcastic and short, which can be (and often is) interpreted as rude. My AvPD means I'm a terrible communicator, so it's not something I ever see improving. But yes, I don't involve myself in arguments or edit wars, I will always defer to the wisdom of someone with better judgement.

On the "understanding of policies" front, I have a relatively thorough understanding of the CSD, PROD, blocking policies, etc. and besides, the things that I might not have a complete understanding of (or a good record with, eg, I always seem to screw up sockpuppet reporting in some way) I stay away from until I do understand them. And I'm not gonna delete a page if I have any doubts at all.

Anyway, I have to go, I'll elaborate later. There's also some weird shit going on in my life at the moment, so you might want to give me a week or so to figure it out before launching into anything. Thanks. --Closedmouth (talk) 09:08, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Carl the Intern didn't need to be deleted.

Carl is noteworthy. This is jsut a case of Wiki admins going on an ego trip again. There's so much crap on wiki and Carl is cetainly more important then alot of it... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joe target (talk • contribs) 16:22, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22carl+the+intern%22

Try that.

You know. Either way. I had put a hang on on it and you deleted it anyway...pure abuse of the system

Whatever.

All I have learned is that Wikipedia is a joke. I understand now why no credible source will let you use it as a refrence. It's full of ego maniacs and wasteful, pointless pages. Heaven forbid I add one more. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joe target (talk • contribs) 16:45, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Buddy and Sally are Valid

Buddy and Sally are the names of two characters on the Dick Van Dyke show. Laurie has made reference to it several times on the radio. Quit deleting it just because they don't have TV in whatever third world nation you live in.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dick_Van_Dyke_Show

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dick_Van_Dyke_Show —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.214.1.51 (talk) 19:37, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

actually...

Notts County for me any day... The Rambling Man (talk) 10:47, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Admin Coaching Re-confirmation

Hello, previously you expressed interest in participating in the Wikipedia:Admin coaching project. We are currently conducting a reconfirmation drive to give coaches the opportunity to update their information and capacity to participate in the project. Please visit Wikipedia:Admin coaching/Status to update your status. Also, please remember to update your capacity (5th table variable) in the form of a fraction (eg. 2/3 means you are currently coaching 2 students, and could accept 1 more student). Thank you. MBisanz ^talk 09:01, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

FAs

Hey dude. Hope you had a better weekend than Eduardo. Just wanted to let you know that I'm keen to finally progress the England manager article to PR asap and then we'll move onto NCFC stuff? I'm doing a moonlighting FA guide role over at WP:CUE - trying to get Steve Davis from B-class to FA. If you're interested, drive by sometime! Anyway, take it easy, all the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:46, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Just be advised, someone generously removed all my {{cn}}s at the Davis article - it may happen again! The Rambling Man (talk) 11:47, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, the infobox saga. Frankly I'm not fussed either way, it's just the attitude of Sarumio that's killed it for me. All we need is a bit more guidance on the infobox template documentation and he can go off and make his thousand odd edits in peace... I'm focussed on the Romford Slim now... The Rambling Man (talk) 15:49, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey dude. I'm striding on manfully at Nugget's article - we're up from 29 citations to 55 and up from one image to three. Looking like a good day-and-a-bit's work! Let me know if there's a strategy for the ever-expanding England manager article. Little did I know... The Rambling Man (talk) 17:53, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the old cue sports lot aren't aware of what it takes to get to FA. I think there can be little disagreement that our combined efforts in a day has produced a better article. I can't believe that one of the greatest ever snooker players has a B-class article. Dirty. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Mentorship

Hi; haven't actually spoken to you in a while! As you're doubtless aware, my mentorship draws to a close on Thursday, and I have to say, minimal as your influence seems to be from looking at my mentoring-page, I do appear to have changed fairly comprehensively! Once you've posted on AN to note that I'm "free" :-) and I've publicly thanked you (!!), I'll be filing to change username, noting all my past usernames on my userpage, and re-applying for AWB.

This message is just really to remind you and to give you an early note of my gratitude; I'd also appreciate any thoughts you could deliver on my potential future on Wikipedia, including adminship, more blocks (no, never!!). Cheers,--Porcupine (prickle me! · contribs · status) 08:17, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Great; all seems sound advice. Just a couple of queries, and possibly my reading into things a little too much! Is your comment about a "vanilla" sig a suggestion that my current one doesn't fit the bill? Fine, if so, just wondering. Secondly, when you say you'll recommend me for AWB, do you mean that I apply and you'll put a note underneath, or I apply and link to that diff, or what? Anyway, speak to you soon, no doubt... Porcupine (prickle me! · contribs · status) 14:11, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Jolly good. Cheers. Porcupine (prickle me! · contribs · status) 14:14, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

re hi

done :D\=< (talk) 13:46, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

I spoke too soon, I don't have that gmail account login in the password wallet in this OS's firefox and it took me a few minutes to remember the password. It's activated now :D\=< (talk) 13:50, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

sent :D\=< (talk) 14:13, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

England etc

Hey dude. Hope you're ok. I see you're plugging away at the England managers again. Anything I can do? I've kind of left it by the wayside a bit since pushing it out to test the water... I'd like to refocus. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:14, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, they can remove prod's, but only if they address the concerns of the prod in a timely manner. Hence the AFD as opposed to a speedy! And as for being called a Niger, well that's awesome. I'm keeping my eye on him, self proclaimed football pundit expert. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:26, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

And your essay... I like it. I'd add a full stop in each caption and possibly (possibly) avoid the Iwo Jima image - bound to cause concern (from some extreme POV) if you ask me...! The Rambling Man (talk) 18:30, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Damn straight it's a great image. But just go with caution... The Rambling Man (talk) 18:51, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

fr:Discuter:Dominique Boubouleix

Someone's mentionning your talk page there, saying you have insulted him/her, and threatening to sue, etc, etc.

But be honest, I (nor the other sysop apparently) have not the slighest idea of what that person is talking about, so I was kinda hoping you'd know more about this.

If you know anything that could enlighten us, it'd be greatly appreciated (either contact us on that page or the local thread on the french adminboard)

thanks in advance.

Darkoneko (talk) 13:26, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello again

There is no immediate need to involve other enwiki sysop (well, for now at least), since, thanks to you and "Le vrai Folantin", we now have the information we need to make a decision. If you need a translation of the message he put on the french wikipedia, I can make it and post it there if you wish.

I'll come back with information about our course of action, once it has been decided (probably this evening or tomorrow)

Darkoneko (talk) 14:10, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

ps: we have a "sue threat => block" policy relativly close of yours —Preceding unsigned comment added by Darkoneko (talk • contribs) 14:13, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Le vrai Folantin, c'est moi. Also, is there a case of mistaken identity between Dweller and User:Dougweller, who did take part in the previous WP:FTN discussion? See his talk page [3]. --Folantin (talk) 14:21, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Which is interesting, as my email address is dweller@... If this guy ever restores what I actually wrote it will be clear I didn't threaten him, as he claims, or even insult him unless thinks being questioned about where he got his degrees and where he was a Professor in England is an insult. Now he's claiming I'm an imposter...--Dougweller (talk) 14:31, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

And many apologies for causing any trouble. But he makes these claims for degrees and a professorship in archaeology, a subject dear to my heart, and they made no sense (and the 'Lord Hearntown' made no sense until I realised he had been given or bought a 'Lord of the Manor' title which he was misuing).--Dougweller (talk) 14:38, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, either that or there are multiple impersonators of the real Dominique Boubouleix on the Net. If none of these user names are really him, then he worked out he had a Wikipedia bio pretty quickly. --Folantin (talk) 14:42, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Uhu, incidently we just got an "user:Lord Hearntown" on fr: too.

The guy's future is not decided yet, but I can tell that much : 65 results, including wikipedia, on the "google test". It, of course, also depend of a few other parameters, but I suppose that the article will most likely be deleted soon.

Darkoneko (talk) 16:36, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

You can delete that article because he doesn't meet our standards of notability and none of the sources on the page were found to be reliable (with a couple of possible exceptions). See the WP:FTN thread for further details. In any case, regarding notability French Wiki says: "Le travail d'un universitaire passant par la publication d'articles, le simple fait d'avoir publié des articles dans des revues ou autres publications à comité de lecture n'est pas un critère suffisant". At most, he's published a few articles so he doesn't qualify for his own Wiki bio. --Folantin (talk) 17:10, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello. Sorry for the delay; but I have been somehow busy with another problem.

The french page about that guy is now deleted ; I am awaiting CU result about a few suspicious accounts to see about blocking.

Darkoneko (talk) 21:43, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Naseba

AFD it to be safe. WP:CORP? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:01, 27 February 2008 (UTC)