Vandalism editI noticed your post on User_talk:Dekisugi. Thought i'd give him and you a helping hand. If you're having a problem with a user vandalising pages, you can report them to the admin Here. Hope i've helped :) - TheProf07 (talk) 19:28, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Irish DYK editThere don't seem to be many Irish articles hitting the front page, so I am trying to get some of my recent creations into Did you know? box on the front page. The two suggestions which I have made at T:TDYK are Fintan "Lazarus" Coogan and Pól "20 press-ups" Ó Foighil. Fingers crossed :) --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 22:26, 19 February 2008 (UTC) I happened to notice your Pól Ó Foighil article in the DYK "waiting room" a last night and left a complementary note beneath it. I see no reason why it shouldn't make front page. U haven't checked out your "Lazarus" Coogan article but will. Go n'éirí an t-ádh leat. -- Boston (talk) 15:10, 21 February 2008 (UTC)Libris Mortis editYeah, it's your hook going on the main page later today. I used to fill out the D&D monster and class stuff, but I think that is a real lost cause- it may well be best to delete the lot and start over! So (if LM gets to good article) I'll continue to write the book articles up when I feel up to it. By the way, you look a little like one of my favourite musicians! J Milburn (talk) 19:13, 24 February 2008 (UTC) Crispus Attucks editSadly, the Crispus Attucks article is a huge vandal magnet and always has been! --Boston (talk) 21:04, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
The Dorchesterway DYK edit--BorgQueen (talk) 12:19, 26 February 2008 (UTC)Walpole Pic editNope, I like your work. Walpole just happens to be on my watchlist. Thanks for the note though. There's nothing like a little wikilove, huh? Mstuczynski (talk) 20:51, 1 March 2008 (UTC) Blacklist editNo, i think the next time User:Steph mcdonnell vandalises a page he/she will be indefinitely blocked by the admin. You should report it to WP:AIV if you spot him/her vandalising wikipedia again. As for the sock IP's, make sure the admins are aware of them aswell and they should get temporary blocks. Thanks TheProf | 2007 19:47, 2 March 2008 (UTC) Chinese picture editIt is clearly Chinese specific. My only answer is to rewrite the image's caption to show that. --Ghostexorcist (talk) 06:24, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Your user page editYou have got a very, very cool user page! Good work. --SpockMonkey (talk) 21:11, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
DYK Welcome Back? edit--50 awaits ... Victuallers (talk) 17:45, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Magritte, not Margritte editTypo in your new article's title. You can correct via 'Move'. Cheers, CliffC (talk) 20:38, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
The Cabal editNot sure if you saw my reply to the comment you left me, but in case you didn't, here it is. AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 05:30, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
DYK edit--Gatoclass (talk) 13:31, 11 March 2008 (UTC)New articles editThank you for nice words. Your article list is even more impressive, your DYK record also. Looking forward for more your contributions. - Darwinek (talk) 19:54, 11 March 2008 (UTC) Thanks! editThank you for the barnstar. Now I have just about one of every basic barnstar :-) Daniel Case (talk) 07:36, 14 March 2008 (UTC) DYK: Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War edit--PFHLai (talk) 09:00, 14 March 2008 (UTC)The vandal warning of 220.225.246.3 editDude... wow. I think your computer got a little trigger happy with that vandal warn you gave 220.225.246.3. It ended up listing about 7 things which he hadnt touched (yet). Just letting you know. You should lookie here. Queerbubbles | Leave me Some Love 14:01, 14 March 2008 (UTC) I got it now... they were all old things he did. Alrighty. Well, then nm. Queerbubbles | Leave me Some Love 14:02, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Emancipation Memorial DYK edit--BorgQueen (talk) 17:31, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
DYK for St Patrick's Blue editAnother one for your collection - happy St Patrick's Day! BencherliteTalk 09:35, 17 March 2008 (UTC)Mr. DYK edit
Latest DYKs editNot a bad little article you managed to dredge up there :) --Gatoclass (talk) 15:30, 19 March 2008 (UTC) --BencherliteTalk 08:56, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Happy Easter editSadly, Former First Lady Nancy Reagan has been abducted by the Easter Bunny's evil cousins, Frank and Billy Ray. But don't let that stop you from having a great Easter! Cheers. The one and only ----> AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 07:50, 23 March 2008 (UTC) Opinion? editUser talk:AgnosticPreachersKid#Leonard Hall What do you think? Sorry to bug you about DYK again. AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 03:04, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Big Mind editPlease take a look at the little ™ beside the term Big Mind in the Dennis Genpo Merzel article. Does that seem like it belongs? Thanks. I don't think it's proper form for Wikipedia. I have no other motive. Let's seek out some other opinions on this. Boston (talk) 18:52, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Different Strokes editPlease take another look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Different Strokes. I count 5 votes for keep, 5 for merge, 1 for delete and 1 for redirect (i.e. delete?). Thanks. Boston 19:49, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
Kind of you to say so editThanks for the encouraging assessment. There is so much that has yet to be covered and I try to do my part. Thoughtful notes from fellow editors who notice those efforts make me heart smile, especially from those who do great work of their own as well. Happy editing friend! Tiamuttalk 13:55, 28 March 2008 (UTC) WP:AIV editThank you for making a report on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Reporting and removing vandalism is vital to the functioning of Wikipedia and all users are encouraged to revert, warn, and report vandalism. However, administrators are generally only able to block users if they have received a recent final warning (one that mentions that the user may be blocked) and they have recently vandalized after that warning was given. The reported user has not yet been blocked because it appears this has not occurred yet. If this user continues to vandalize even after their final warning, please report them to the AIV noticeboard again. Thank you! Note: The IP you reported only had two edits to its name. This does not constitute enough activity to issue a block.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 21:23, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Re : Uniform Invoice editThanks! Appreciate your kind words. =) - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 21:26, 28 March 2008 (UTC) Lake District (disambiguation) editregretfully had to revert. It is a wikipedia:Disambiguation page which must follow certain rules. Being a long-time editor, you must know this. You may want to write "Lake district" article (which now is a redirect), using good references. Mukadderat (talk) 03:59, 1 April 2008 (UTC) Skinny House edit--howcheng {chat} 00:07, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
dyk well done! editVery impressive - so many dyks... 100? Victuallers (talk) 19:02, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Bad bot editHi. Are you connected with the bot that is leaving red links on user spaces? - Boston 16:14, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Unclosed Signature editI noticed that your signature is not closed, and the text formatting is passed on to following text. Please consider adding </font> to the end of your signature. Thank you! -[[Ryan]] (me) (talk) 18:43, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
latest DYK edit--Daniel Case (talk) 03:36, 10 April 2008 (UTC)FPs editThanks for the comment. Cheers, --jjron (talk) 08:11, 11 April 2008 (UTC) SuggestBot editSuggestBot predicts that you will enjoy editing some of these articles. Have fun! SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. Your contributions make Wikipedia better -- thanks for helping. If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please tell me on SuggestBot's talk page. Thanks from ForteTuba, SuggestBot's caretaker. P.S. You received these suggestions because your name was listed on the SuggestBot request page. If this was in error, sorry about the confusion. -- SuggestBot (talk) 19:08, 11 April 2008 (UTC) DYK edit--Gatoclass (talk) 02:53, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
DYK editThanks! That's DYK #60 for me...but who's counting? ; ) - Boston (talk) 15:14, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
Edit summary in Narragansett Turkey editPlease use constructive edit summary in the article. Edit summaries you used in the article like "gobble gobble" etc. are inappropriate. Are you ok? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 16:41, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
SuggestBot "Destroy! Destroy!" editSuggestBot predicts that you will enjoy editing some of these articles. Have fun! SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. Your contributions make Wikipedia better -- thanks for helping. If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please tell me on SuggestBot's talk page. Thanks from ForteTuba, SuggestBot's caretaker. P.S. You received these suggestions because your name was listed on the SuggestBot request page. If this was in error, sorry about the confusion. -- SuggestBot (talk) 22:53, 12 July 2008 (UTC) Rum Swizzle editNo, I was just cleaning up the references, very ugly. I will go back and {{Cite web}} them later. Should you not be staying in the Guinness and Irish Whiskey sections? 8-D --Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 22:52, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
Sigtuna box editHi, and thanks for your kind words on my talkpage. I will absolutely link to Raven banner, as soon as my computer works properly and I can finish the article :).--Berig (talk) 10:16, 13 July 2008 (UTC) Wikipedia:Did you know? edit--Ryan Postlethwaite 23:22, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
DYK medal edit
- Boston (talk) 01:11, 14 July 2008 (UTC) Tao of Wales editI very much agree with this opinion stated by Jimbo Wales earlier this year:
It has been my experience that the worst people on Wikipedia tend to follow the law pretty close to the letter while using the spirit of cooperative participation as toilet paper. Don't be one of those people. - Boston (talk) 18:27, 14 July 2008 (UTC) DYK edit--Gatoclass (talk) 03:42, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
Hawayo Takata editI have left a note. That editor has fewer than 20 edits, and seems unfamiliar with basic WP style. He has also removed an infobox from a page because it duplicated material in the text (which is what an infobox summary is supposed to do). He seems more inexperienced than malicious. --EncycloPetey (talk) 03:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
DYKs editThanks for the note. Not sure what the DYK count is, but it's over 100.Cbl62 (talk) 15:10, 15 July 2008 (UTC) DYK editYeah, I decided to throw that one back as it didn't quite gell with the other hooks in the update. Already had one animal one in that update anyhow. Don't worry, it will probably get used in the next one, it's a nice comical hook so it's in no danger of being overlooked :) Gatoclass (talk) 16:44, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
Page views editThe page view data comes from a counter created by a user named Henrik. It can be found at http://stats.grok.se/ For example, it shows that your Boston Magazine article was viewed 1,107 times in the month of April alone: http://stats.grok.se/en/200804/Boston_magazine It's a useful tool to determine how many people are paying attention to what you edit.Cbl62 (talk) 21:58, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
DYK editCongratulations! --PeterSymonds (talk) 23:08, 15 July 2008 (UTC)Rum Swizzle edit--BorgQueen (talk) 11:49, 16 July 2008 (UTC)Double DYK editBtw, your more recent photo seems to indicate that you've lost weight? :-p --BorgQueen (talk) 18:05, 16 July 2008 (UTC)Buffalo Treehopper editThanks for your useful edits to Stictocephala bisonia. I wasn't to pleased to discover that User:Westermarck, had unilaterally moved the article without discussion (or rather, in direct opposition to the only other opinion expressed, that of the article's author: me). You seem to have some experience with science articles. How do you feel about a unilateral move like this? - Boston (User:Boston) 21:07, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
July 18 DYK edit--Bedford Pray 01:15, 18 July 2008 (UTC)-- Thanks! - Boston (talk) 01:16, 18 July 2008 (UTC) Indonesian insects editIt would be much appreciated if you could add countries in the categories - and also get a hang of the fact they need to be aligned with projects as well - cheers - project free articles are potentially lost in the ether over time SatuSuro 04:09, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
Apologies - it was more the general thing of indonesia project tag on the discussion talk page if they are indonesian based/oriented - and if they are insects just the regional category ie indonesia - sumbawa tiger perhaps wasnt a good eg after all - sorry i am not up on the division of genera and breakdown and separation of insects - if mantis arts dont have regional project tags - then in time they will need em - imho SatuSuro 06:00, 20 July 2008 (UTC) DYK issue editHi, please see comments on T:TDYK regarding your nomination of spray pool for DYK. Renata (talk) 20:46, 20 July 2008 (UTC) July 21 DYK edit--Bedford Pray 21:40, 21 July 2008 (UTC)TUSC token 2be0070245b94a448edb7cabb337179b editI am now proud owner of a TUSC account! Phyllocrania paradoxa DYK editCongratulations! --PeterSymonds (talk) 19:36, 22 July 2008 (UTC)Wow editYou must know alot about praying matises and other bugs! I was patrolling new pages and looked at the pages you were making, alot of bug info, good job. :) ~~Sealim~~ (talk) 17:00, 23 July 2008 (UTC)~~Sealim~~ (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing!
Thanks and your welcome! ;) I see that! I will be placing deletion tags right now...Toodles! Sealim Man 19:33, 23 July 2008 (UTC) List of Mantis genera and species DYK edit--Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 23:04, 24 July 2008 (UTC)Jordan editHi since when has Jordan been in Africa? ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 15:32, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
"Mantid" versus "Mantis" editHi. Honestly, the use of the ending "-id" is, technically and universally, restricted to members of families - it is the adjectival form of the "-idae" ending. The adjectival form of both a subfamily ending ("-inae") and a tribal ending ("-ini") is "-ine", and superfamily endings ("-oidea") become "-oid", etc. Adjectival forms also are never capitalized; it's all basic rules. Members of the family Empusidae are therefore "empusids" and CANNOT be called "mantids", since they are no longer in the family Mantidae, which was the only family of mantises about 20 years back, and just because there are still a million out-of-date resources that only list Mantidae (and none of the other families) does not mean it's okay to keep calling these other groups "mantids". Both aspects are easily verifiable, not OR; the first aspect is a basic fact of how scientific names are converted into adjectives, the second is the easily-verifiable fact that the 8 new ex-mantid families ARE only recently recognized as such. Peace, Dyanega (talk) 07:39, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Fart Proudly, Sphodromantis viridis DYKs edit--Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 16:53, 27 July 2008 (UTC)Mantodea: Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt editI did NOT move it to a stub. Give me a few minutes, thanks. A little patience, maybe? Dyanega (talk) 17:02, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your words, no hard feelings. Except for the first few mantis articles, I've included a taxobox with the authority but I'll pay more attention to keeping the templates consistent and correct. I greatly appreciate the addition of information that wasn’t easy for me to find such as tribes, sub-families, etc. I’ve two specific questions maybe you (or someone you know) can address:
Hierodula Burmeister
On editing taxonomy articles in Wikipedia editNow I think you can imagine some of the frustration that professional taxonomists feel when they have to deal with groups for which there are "too many cooks". There is a strong European tradition to develop taxonomic classifications based largely on external characteristics and similarity (phenetics), whereas the general approach of the taxonomic community outside of Europe is to favor phylogenetic classifications, recognizing only monophyletic taxa ("natural groups"), and incorporating lines of evidence such as DNA sequences; the former approach pays no genuine consideration to whether or not taxa in a classification are natural groups or actually related to one another - it is basically hoped that a competent taxonomist will intuitively arrive at groups that are natural, but it is not a criterion they use to define them. This unfortunately results in radically different classifications from person to person, and taxonomists such as Ehrmann exemplify this traditionalist, non-phylogenetic approach, which is often incompatible with phylogenetics. Most such publications never are peer-reviewed in the sense that they were never examined by phylogenetic taxonomists prior to print; both "circles" of taxonomy tend to be rather "inbred" in that each only reviews papers and publishes in venues used by other members of the same circle. This creates considerable tension and conflict within the taxonomic community and - understandably - creates massive confusion for laymen who try to make sense out of the competing arguments, all from people who proclaim themselves to be experts. It is vastly worse when dealing with butterflies, but similar problems are evident in mantises, ground beetles (incl. tiger beetles), and other groups popular with collectors or hobbyists. It is an unfortunate aspect of Wikipedia that only one formal classification hierarchy can be used effectively, because it guarantees that someone, somewhere, will be either confused or offended when they find that the classification that they use is NOT the one they find in Wikipedia. When experts disagree, then Wikipedia effectively becomes a battleground, and this is not what Wikipedia is really meant for - yet there is no avoiding it. So, in the present case, the ToL mantis pages are based upon Ehrmann's classification, yet it is pointed out quite explicitly ([1]) that his classification is incompatible with phylogenetics; Grimaldi's phylogenetic analysis yielded a completely different topology, and it is also pointed out: "Ehrmann (2002) revised the classification of Mantodea, recognizing several new families and subfamilies, and many new genera. Svenson and Whiting's (2004) molecular phylogenetic analysis revealed the paraphyly of several of these families, subfamilies, and genera." Since it is generally agreed that paraphyly is VERY BAD, people generally do everything they can to avoid using classifications based on paraphyletic groups - and yet, the ToL pages use such groups (e.g. 4 of the subfamilies on [2] are flagged as being paraphyletic)! Therefore, if we were to use the ToL pages as the sole source of classification here, it would represent what Wikipedia policy defines as "bias" - it promotes one side of a controversial issue, without even acknowledging the other side. For the most part, this sort of thing is tolerable so long as the viewpoint that WP presents is the majority viewpoint, and there is at least some mention that a minority viewpoint exists. If you look throughout the insect articles in WP, you can find numerous examples where I have done my part to "resolve" situations with very different alternative classifications by adopting one classification (usually the phylogenetic one) and only mentioning the alternative, because that is how the taxonomic community (the community of experts in such matters) generally leans, at least in English-speaking countries. My general approach is based on what I believe is the most logical approach an editor can take: use the classification that is the least likely to require revision in the future (yes, WP has a policy against treating WP as a "crystal ball" but this is not the same thing). In the present case, it is pointed out right there in the ToL that Ehrmann's groups are paraphyletic, which means that they will NOT last very long; the next genuine phylogenetic revision of the Mantodea will presumably result in the elimination of many (if not all) of Ehrmann's new names, so if Wikipedia adopts them, then it will mean a lot more work to revert things back. Similarly, if you were to go to the foreign-language Wikipedias, you'll find all sorts of different classifications for certain groups of insects (most commonly, the pattern is to break up large families into lots and lots of small families). That puts me - and any other editor who tries to work with taxonomy in Wikipedia - in a position to be criticized by those who by accident or design happen to rely upon different authorities, or simply accept the word of whomever the last publishing author was. So, please don't take offense if I change some of the classification notes you've made, such as the genus Acanthops - it is normally placed in Hymenopodidae, while Ehrmann gives it its own new family ("Acanthopidae"), and evidently you found yet another source that placed it in Mantoididae. That's one of those cases where the phylogenetic evidence clearly indicates that pulling the family Acanthopidae out of Hymenopodidae makes Hymenopodidae paraphyletic, so there is no reason to expect that Acanthopidae will ever be accepted as a valid family by any phylogenetic taxonomists. You'll note that the family-level names here in Wikipedia presently match those of Grimaldi's phylogeny, and not Ehrmann's list as given by the ToL (which happens to be used in Wikispecies, which I'm sure they will regret). I'm sure that by this point, you're thinking that this all sounds incredibly esoteric, and it is - but it is also important, and the underlying controversy (phylogeneticists versus traditionalists) is so fundamental that it not only stands to generate a mess here in Wikipedia (regardless of anyone's attempts to find an acceptable compromise), but also tear the taxonomic community apart completely. We have already lost one "faction" that has split off from the rest of the community (see Phylocode), and we could well split almost down the middle yet, depending on how things develop with various initiatives to compile authoritative global species lists and taxonomic catalogues (efforts which become incredibly contentious when there are disparate classifications presently in use). Folks such as yourself are caught on the sidelines, and my point here is largely to explain that there is, in effect, a war going on, and once you understand that, it will put you in a better position to be a good editor - because part of being a good editor is to draw upon a variety of sources, especially when there is disagreement. We really do need more good editors, after all. Peace, Dyanega (talk) 22:08, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
The Impression That I Get editI restored the track listing. While I agree Singles are predominantly about one particular songs, they are also physical items with more than one track, and not listing those is clearly unencyclopedic. We have several singles FA (e.g. Just Like Heaven (song)), and all have track lists, often several. Circeus (talk) 21:24, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
Thank you... editThank you for the nudge, help, sources, etc... - Adolphus79 (talk) 05:05, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Inclusionists/eventualists and article improvements editYo, Boston, I sympathise with this comment of yours in the Martin Zweig AfD (the less said about your other comment, the better). I had been toying with the idea of writing an essay aimed at inclusionists/eventualists, to the effect that "if you !vote for keep all the time/argue for potential/criticise "needs cleanup" deletion rationales, it would be nice if you yourself worked on the nominated article to get it into the shape you've argued it could be in." I wrote the stub of it here (I'm not sure what to call it; "The eventualist's duty" sounds a little strong). If you are interested in collaborating, I'd be more than happy to have you on board in writing the essay. If not, then I'd like to hear whatever thoughts you have on the subject, if you'd care to share them. Sincerely, Skomorokh 11:14, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Archedictyon DYK edit--Wafulz (talk) 14:45, 1 August 2008 (UTC)ArcheWHAT??? I almost forgot I wrote that. Thanks for the DYK notice. Hopefully its appearance on the main page will prompt some editors with entomological expertise to scrutinize it and make improvements where necessary. This is one article in which I barely knew what I was talking about! - Boston (talk) 14:49, 1 August 2008 (UTC) Deroplatys desiccata DYK edit--Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 21:34, 1 August 2008 (UTC)Prince Joe editThank you. I've always felt grand should be used (as it is with direct ancestry/descentry). GoodDay (talk) 19:50, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
Nevins sites editHi, i also created Henry C. Nevins Home for Aged and Incurables stub article. It is down the street from Nevins Memorial Library. Those are the only two hits on "Nevins" in the NRHP that i can find (besides a "Nevins Bridge" in Indiana that appears to be unrelated). Also, FYI, I checked and find no hits on "Blackburn". I linked to this Home for Aged and Incurables from the library article. Feel free to work in mention of this Home for Aged and Incurables into your Harriet Nevins article, or elsewhere, or not. I wish the NRHP nomination documents for MA sites were available on-line, as they are for NYS and some other states' sites. NRHP nomination documents often include biographies of significant persons associated with a given site, so i imagine there is useful info in them about the lives of Henry C. Nevins and about Harriet Nevins. You can obtain these documents anyhow, by email request to nr_reference (at) nps.gov, to be sent to you by postal mail, at no charge, although they say it takes about 2 weeks for u to get them. Perhaps you should try putting in requests for the library and the Home, anyhow, to get info that might be added to Harriet Nevins article later? Cheers, doncram (talk) 17:15, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Nevens Family Info editAccording to a 4 August 2008 communication from Sharon Morley, Reference Librarian at Nevins Memorial Library:
Within 24 hours I will make sure all the Nevins-related articles we've discussed are in synch with this new information. - Boston (talk) 19:59, 4 August 2008 (UTC) Putterham editI'm glad you liked them and yes indeed, they're all within a stone's throw of one another. Biruitorul Talk 03:01, 5 August 2008 (UTC) Aptostichus stephencolberti editIn response to the pronounciation of Colbert's surname, it says (and is referenced) that: Colbert sometimes comedically claims his surname is French, but his family is actually of Irish descent. Originally, the name was pronounced [ˈkoʊɫ.bɚt]; Stephen Colbert's father, James, wanted to pronounce the name [koʊɫˈbεɹ], but maintained the [ˈkoʊɫ.bɚt] pronunciation out of respect for his own father (Stephen's grandfather). However, James offered his children the option to pronounce the name whichever way they preferred. Stephen started using [koʊɫˈbεɹ] later in life when he transferred to Northwestern University, taking advantage of the opportunity to reinvent himself in a new place where no one knew him. I'm therefore guessing that he still pronounces it with the silent "T". ISD (talk) 07:38, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
DYK edit--Gatoclass (talk) 14:05, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks! - Boston (talk) 02:37, 8 August 2008 (UTC) --Gatoclass (talk) 12:17, 10 August 2008 (UTC) --BorgQueen (talk) 06:52, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Usurpations editI've posted a note there you might be interested in. See, if you're planning to do SUL with the Boston account, note that the Russian Wikipedia account has 10 edits, but is blocked indefinitely since 11 June 2008 for personal attacks. The Swedish Wikipedia account may also be a problem, as it has 40 edits. Maxim (☎) 14:16, 12 August 2008 (UTC) Permission editI like the style you used for your userpage. Can I use that format? I really like it. Sυρєrıor (Reply!,Contribs) 15:27, 13 August 2008 (UTC) Re: Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick editPlease go ahead and add it to DYK if you can think of a suitable hook; I seem to be running into a mental block and can't think of a good one. Thanks, –Black Falcon (Talk) 20:18, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
DYK edit--Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:36, 13 August 2008 (UTC) --Gatoclass (talk) 03:41, 14 August 2008 (UTC) --PFHLai (talk) 23:47, 14 August 2008 (UTC)Garda? editHello. :) I was just admiring your DYKs and noticed a possible error in the one featuring Castletownroche. It seems to indicate that he was apprehended by the "garda"? But which one? Surely he was apprehended by either the gardaí or An Garda Síochána? Perhaps you simply made an error in transferring it but my curiosity got the better of me and I was just wondering if it featured on the Main Page in that form? --Candlewicke (Talk) 03:40, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
DYK edit--Gatoclass (talk) 04:45, 15 August 2008 (UTC) --Gatoclass (talk) 11:12, 15 August 2008 (UTC) --Mifter (talk) 19:50, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
-Thank you! - Boston (talk) 03:43, 16 August 2008 (UTC) Oh wait ... you're not done! --Daniel Case (talk) 03:57, 16 August 2008 (UTC)Thanks again. - Boston (talk) 04:00, 16 August 2008 (UTC) --Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 00:22, 17 August 2008 (UTC)Gracias. - Boston (talk) 00:30, 17 August 2008 (UTC) DYK review editNo you didn't make an edit conflict. ;) By the way, could you review Joe Connor again? I added an alternate hook, and PeterSymonds (talk · contribs) said it is okay, but he suggested you approve it yourself. Thanks! Now I have to finish with the next update... -- RyRy (talk) 02:54, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
DYK edit--RyRy (talk) 05:01, 18 August 2008 (UTC)Xaverian Brothers High School editNo problem, I replaced the copyright tag with an unreferenced tag. It is a good start-class article and appears to be well-written. The problem is, it still lacks the references to satisfy Wikipedia:Verifiability. Thanks for the message, --Jh12 (talk) 01:41, 19 August 2008 (UTC) ) DYK selections editBoston, thanks for selecting Arthur De Wint Foote and his Foote's Crossing Road for DYK. Cheers --Rosiestep (talk) 15:18, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Taxoboxes editActually, I don't mind the taxobox errors all that much (I make stupid copy-pasting errors all. the. frickin'. time. over at Wiktionary), but if you could take a bit more time to add a relevant category or two to your new articles, that would be swell ;-) Circeus (talk) 22:16, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Irene editThis can be explained by the "critical response" section. I don't revert what other people do. However, I might recommend that you rephrase it to say: "It has the distinction of being the work that Johnson and his critics agreed is his greatest failure". Johnson did dislike the work afterwards, as did most of his critics. Ottava Rima (talk) 17:03, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Fair Point! editHi, yeah I have slipped in a few unreferenced statements. It's encouraging that somebody's noticing though! Thanks. Dunno if Irish singing is your thing (it is mine, in case you haven't noticed) but if so, I'd love your feedback on some of my articles particularly Frank Harte. Cheers. --Seamasmac (talk) 21:36, 20 August 2008 (UTC) DYK edit--1 Victuallers (talk) 10:54, 21 August 2008 (UTC) --2 cheers Victuallers (talk) 10:54, 21 August 2008 (UTC) --Victuallers (talk) 17:19, 21 August 2008 (UTC) --Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:57, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Y thank you! editThx for the barnstar - I again feel like "a city on a hill" ... feels good. I shall think of my barnstar as a civic roll (with bacon!) cheers Victuallers (talk) 22:47, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
DYK edit--I'm an Editorofthewiki[citation needed] 22:57, 22 August 2008 (UTC) --I'm an Editorofthewiki[citation needed] 23:05, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your contributions! - Mailer Diablo 19:30, 23 August 2008 (UTC) Wikipedia Portal edit--Victuallers (talk) 19:17, 23 August 2008 (UTC)Cool. I think I've never gotten a portal notice before. Boston (talk) 21:46, 23 August 2008 (UTC) 100 DYKs! edit
Moar DYKs! edit- Mailer Diablo 11:45, 24 August 2008 (UTC)Writing at the speed of light. ;) - Mailer Diablo 19:24, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
DYK hooks editHi colleague. I've been campaigning for what I call "shorter, sharper hooks" for 2 years and will probably continue to do so. I respect your work on DYK and respectfully understand that other editors will have opinions differing from mine. Please don't take it personally when I identify how I would change hooks you suggest. I'm not implying you do take it personally...I'm only saying this to promote wikilove and all the stuff! We can disagree about this forever and I'll still be happy to work with you. Best wishes and happy editing. - Boston (talk) 23:49, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Nollaig Ó Gadhra editIt should read "and John Boyle O'Reilly, many of which were written in Irish?" Thank you for proofreading and catching my omission. Enjoy the day!Scanlan (talk) 00:29, 27 August 2008 (UTC) DYK edit--Gatoclass (talk) 17:07, 26 August 2008 (UTC) --Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 27 August 2008 (UTC) --Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 27 August 2008 (UTC) --Gatoclass (talk) 05:28, 27 August 2008 (UTC) --Gatoclass (talk) 16:05, 28 August 2008 (UTC) --Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:29, 29 August 2008 (UTC)You know, I much preferred the old user name, this one is so...vanilla...why'd you change anyway? Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:29, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
Fern-crazed editTerrific new article - and I am curious. Huffing and puffing my way through Fauna of Scotland I decided it had too many red links and bashed in a few new species articles which led me down various highways and byways. I red linked "Pteridomania" on two or three of them as it seemed like a credible topic. Was its appearance shortly thereafter a co-incidence, or did the red links prompt something? Also, I note the article does not mention the devastating effects on rare species in upland Britain. It'd be easy enough to cut and paste a few anecdotes from Woodsia alpina (the story about Williams is farcical), Woodsia ilvensis, Trichomanes speciosum, Cystopteris dickieana. Ben MacDui 10:10, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
DYK edit--Gatoclass (talk) 13:16, 1 September 2008 (UTC) Wow, you've been a DYK machine lately. Great job - keep it up! I'm surprised to see an article on a drumlin - it's always good to see geology articles. --Royalbroil 01:37, 4 September 2008 (UTC) --Wafulz (talk) 16:33, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
Double DYK edit--BorgQueen (talk) 07:27, 8 September 2008 (UTC)Here's a short one... edit--Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:25, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
Possible COI.... edit--Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:09, 9 September 2008 (UTC)just kidding, heading had you fooled didn't it? Good work :) Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:09, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
DYK edit--BorgQueen (talk) 20:35, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
DYK edit--BorgQueen (talk) 19:32, 11 September 2008 (UTC) --Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:49, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
I've changed the hook for hose strap. Please see if it is okay now. --BorgQueen (talk) 17:59, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Refs editWhen you add refs to articles, could you please hide the external links by putting them within the title? Ie, instead of writing [http://example.com] Example (which appears as [3] Example), write [http://example.com Example] (which appears as Example). To make things easier, you can also use citation templates, which do all the formatting for you. Thanks, —Politizer talk/contribs 16:38, 8 November 2008 (UTC) Pregunta editHaha, I noticed your post on a user's talk page, which was promptly deleted, and it crossed my mind to ask: Do you know what the policy is on regularly jumping back and forth between editing as a registered user and an IP address? There's certainly an open admission, but the regular deletion of talk page comments and jumping back and forth both seem a bit curious to me, and I don't know nearly enough about these things to even have an opinion beyond "intriguing". --Aepoutre (talk) 00:21, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Sons Aumen Israel article editQuick question: Why have you twice now, placed a template on this article indicating that it lacks reliable third party referencing, when in actuality, it already contains a substantiating citation from a standard reference in the field of the study of new religious groups? [4] Granted, the article could use further expansion and the addition of other reliable references, but isn't basic "notability" addressed by the groups inclusion in a basic source on the subject? cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 19:04, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Being (too?) bold editWith All Due Respect. I am not sure that is is such a good advise. I think you're on the right track adding fact tags. However, when something just smacks of original research, someone's opinion, or just seems like a dumb thing to include in an article, I advise you to just remove it. Be bold! Happy editing - House of Scandal (talk) 03:17, 3 August People are not familiar with everytning, and when they do not recognize something they will remove it. Warrington (talk) 22:59, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Sure. I think I understand perfectly how you were thinking. But I wonder if others did it.[5]. (Damper is a traditional Australian wheat flour based outback soda bread, traditionally baked in the coals of a campfire. Damper is an iconic Australian dish, and Christmas Damper is bread moulded into a wreath, or a star, served with butter, jam, honey or golden syrup. ). Have a NICE DAY! Warrington (talk) 09:50, 7 December 2008 (UTC) |
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