hi, i'm sorry if this is a repeat, i just didn't see mine on here. I was wondering if it is alright for me to have jokes on my user page, rather than make joke articles.
thanks,
-Terrence fletcher
It is not promotional material - this image was uploaded and is property of EyeScience.com and for use exclusively for Wikipedia. It is illegal for you to falsely change the Image Courtesy to some defunct site. Secondly, providing a link to a free video that really well visually describes the AMD process is not promotional material. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drlasik (talk • contribs) 21:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
== NOTE ==
Thanks very much for the welcome Justin. I'll have a good read of the articles and do my best to contribute in a useful and correct way. Nudges (talk) 16:22, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
For the sake of my conscience, I would like you to note that the article does not say (as far as I know) that the company is the only provider of walk-out-videos in Louisville. The article ONLY establishes the notability of the company - it does not say it is the only provider of Walk-Out Videos. JonathonPCooper (talk) 23:32, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Hoping to clean up my page for Radar.net hangon! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skyrog (talk • contribs) 01:18, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
God BLess,
Jonathon
23:26, 25 February 2008 (UTC)23:26, 25 February 2008 (UTC)~
I think you just tagged it again. Do I need to talk more about the competitors? —Preceding unsigned comment added by JonathonPCooper (talk • contribs) 22:59, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the response, Justin! I agree that blatant advertising (my company is best) is inappropriate.
Many companies do have Wikipedia articles (balanced and informative articles). I tried to help out my article some and bring it up toward that standard. What do you think? —Preceding unsigned comment added by JonathonPCooper (talk • contribs) 22:56, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Hey Justin,
You just said (in your most recent delete) that what I was posting was blatant spam. I understnad. Is there a way for me to make it not spam?
Hello Justin, I'm a new user and you keep deleting my post about Web Design Louisville... why? I really like my post! :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by JonathonPCooper (talk • contribs) 22:42, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Hey Justin, I am a new user and I just got a warning from you about posting an external link. Since the link is to a page that is trying to conduct a study on movie trailers, and the wiki I posted to was on movie trailers... does it really qualify as a promotion? The whole purpose is to measure the effectiveness of trailers in general. Would like to talk to you about this a bit more since I am trying to understand Wiki's. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Unwiserohit (talk • contribs) 03:49, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
sorry i have to change my password because someone keeps hacking my account and changing articles. It wont happen again. Thanks for the info. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cfinn06 (talk • contribs) 21:41, 26 February 2007 (UTC).
someone has removed your warning from his talk page. (P.S. your warning was malfunctioning) Jaakobou 21:44, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
okay I'm sorry about Magic: Paranormal i wanst sure why you removed it before. it houhgt that it was a good description of the magic described in a fictional setting. Smith Jones 02:55, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
dude i was copy-cleaning, I edited as best as i could and removed the template because it was corrected. I didnt know I wasnt supposed to remove the Template.
Justin...........do you have any friends? hahahahahahahahahhahahahaha. wow get a job.
JESHHHHHHHHH Whats UR Problem
I was only trying to make it easier for me to do my homwork and this is what i get
Im new and if u yell at me 1 more time u can band me but ill reset my IP and create a new user to Contact Wikipedia and continue with my work
U need to calm down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Cfinn06 23:03, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
I also Improved Gramer too Dude just calm down k im sorry i threatend u i wont remove any more templets see ya around
justin you are retarded and everyone hates you.
Het shut up you jerk you couldn't do any of this shit. (Sorry I'm not talking to you, Justin. It's for the guy above me.) Chris wikiguru (talk) 03:13, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
If there is anything I can do to help you, or if you need to ask any questions regarding an action you might desire to take (I.E> want a second opinion), I would be glad to assist you! Good luck editing and remeber, things may get heated (they do for me all the time) please try to remain WP:CIVIL. Thanks! -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 02:09, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, Chris. I have to admit ... my temper was getting a bit thin there. :D Justin Eiler 02:15, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
No problem. In all honsety, I meant the message or the other guy (and apparently followed the wrong link). Thanks for your patience. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 02:17, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Thats my website its not bad or anything, Im just trying to get publicity on my station. Its not profit so why did u delete it. If u have an MSN messenger accound we can talk easier about things. My MSN/Windows Messenger is Lespaulman120@hotmail.com Thanks but until u contact me i will leave the link off
Monthly Challenge: Find 5 editors to LGBT articles and invite them to the project! Check out our recruitment tips if you need them. Good luck!
Project News
With such rapid development of the project, it was decided that a Coordinator was needed to ensure all the fiddly maintenence was kept up. Elections were held and Dev920 (talk·contribs) has been elected Coordinator for the next three months. She said "I am honoured and proud to be at the helm of such a fantastic WikiProject and look forward to our future". Congratulations Dev!
The assessment system continues to be a great success, we have tagged over 5200 articles! Please tag any LGBT related articles you come across by adding {{LGBTProject | class=}} to the talkpage. Please see the Assessment Department for how to assess an article according to the grading system.
Jumpaclass is proving to be quite successful! The winner at the end of the year gets to pick the January collaboration, so sign up and get going! Or challenge another user to see how far you can jump a stub!
A new Community department has been set up to foster community amongst our members. It mostly acts as other WikiProjects' Outreach department, but also has a Quilt to which every member is entitled to add a square containing anything of their choice.
The peer review is not getting much custom - please notice you can cross-list other peer reviews from different projects that also fall within our scope.
Many people still seem to be unaware that the Deletion sorting subpage exists for XfDs to be listed: please use and watch that page instead of issuing "alerts" for ordinary AfDs on the project talkpage.
WP:FILM has a current drive to give every film article an infobox. WP:LGBT successfully gave all 105 LGBT infoboxless films infoboxes, so a big thank you to everyone who participated.
A new template, LGBT, has been created for articles which are becoming to cluttered with infoboxes. Thanks to WJBscribe and SatyrTN for creating it.
A very basic resources page has been started. Please add to it as you come across useful sites.
A promotional poster for the project has been created: http://wplgbt.tripod.com/Wikipedianeedsyou.doc (you have to directly cut and paste the url, or it won't let you download it). Please distribute anywhere and everywhere you desire, such as gay libraries, cybercafes, community centres and so on. Also, please let Dev920 know where you have put it up, so she can keep track of our coverage.
An LGBT Publications Taskforce has been proposed. Please sign up here if you are interested in being involved.
An LGBT WikiProject has been set up on the Spanish Wikipedia! Set up by Raystorm, it has already gained six members and is developing an assessment system. If you speak any Spanish, please consider going up and lending a hand if you can!
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Good to see you back. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 20:37, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
DavidShankBone deserves kudos for his current drive to provide quality LGBT photos from the NYC area. One of the more recent photos is posted on Michael Musto, and you can check out the gallery on David's user page.
Project News
There is now the beginning of a list of core topics to possibly be included in the Wikipedia 1.0 release. Your suggestions are welcome; there may be many core LGBT topics still missing.
SatyrTN identified all the articles that were in subcategories of Category:LGBT but not yet tagged with the project's banner, about 1,400 articles. These have been completed, though SatyrBot will make periodic runs through the cats to find any new entries. Thanks Satyr!
The number of articles within our project's spectrum (6,667 currently) should now be relatively stable and only grow with article creation. However, if you find a category that should be included, please let SatyrTN know so it can be included in the bots runs.
Work is underway to improve the LGBT Portal. Please add any good quality (free) photos you come across on LGBT articles to the gallery here. Also if anyone would like to volunteer to help in maintaining the portal, please make yourselves known on the Portal's talkpage.
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A taskforce dealing with LGBT publications has been proposed. If you are interested in getting involved, consider signing up at the projects' page.
Our core topics list is looking good. It's still a bit slim on LGBT history articles, non-American LGBT media, and important LGBT biographies. Do you have suggestions?
David Shankbone has done an amazing job taking photographs of LGBT celebrities. Thanks David! People interested in collaborating with him and setting up a photography taskforce should contact him or drop a note at the project's talkpage.
The LGBT Portal still needs a bit of love and attention :-). Again, any good quality (free) photos you come across on LGBT articles can be added to the gallery here. Volunteers to help out with the Portal are extremely welcome- make yourselves known on the Portal's talkpage. Updates to the current news items are helpful.
Deputy coordinator elections
WikiProject LGBT studies is looking for new Deputy Coordinators to help out with various essential tasks in organising the project. To nominate yourself or contribute to the discussion, please go to: Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Coordinator/May 2007. The deadline for nominations is May 5 and the elections will last a week after that.
The elections will be pretty simple- everyone just endorses their favourite candidate(s). The three with the most votes at the end of the week are the new deputy coordinators, who will assist Dev920 in keeping the project running.
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Monthly Challenge: June Stub Review! Take a moment and sift through the roughly 3,600 Stub-class LGBT articles. Are they still stubs? If not, make an assessment change. Even better, do you see anything you can add/edit to increase the rating? Let's see if the project can lower the number of stubs down below 3,000!
Project News
WP:LGBT Exceeds 200 Members!!
Two editors have been selected by project members as co-coordinators. Their duties are still a bit unclear, but having a few more janitors around the project will help keep us running smoothly. Please feel free to message Fireplace or SatyrTN if you have any project questions or concerns.
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Monthly Challenge: Submit an article to our Jumpaclass competition! Languishing unloved, it is a great way to improving that article you always meant to improve but never got round to. Challenge someone else to go head to head and see who can improve their article most!
Our Deputy Coordinators have been doing a fabulous job so far. Well done!
The portal is now looking very snazzy, well done to Fireplace for all his hard work.
The list of LGBT people to be sorted has now beed reduced by 20%. Please help us with it, all of us adding just one person a day would have a dramatic effect!
The Core Topics is now largely complete. The original aim of getting some kind of publication out of it is extremely long term - any short term uses we can make of it are welcome on the project talkpage.
A suggestion was made this month that we start our own wiki. Although the conclusion was that we felt we were a part of Wikipedia rather than a stand alone organisation, it seems there is an LGBT wiki already, at http://lgbt.wikia.com/wiki/Main_page . Members may be interested in getting involved there.
The Collaboration is now getting rather short on suggestions. Article nominations for August through December would be welcome on the talkpage.
There is now a list of Missing LGBT Topics. Help is needed to work out which topics can be made redirects or need to be created. Please contribute is you can.
An LGBT banner that was created for Wikipedia's internal ads system has now been adapted so it can be placed on blogs and websites. The html is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:LGBT"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Qxz-ad48.gif" height="53" width="445"></a> Please credit Miranda and link to her userpage: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Miranda">Miranda</a>. The banner can be seen in action here. If you have a blog or a website, please consider adding the banner, either in a post or as part of your profile.
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Message from Coordinator: It's been almost two months since the last newsletter came out, so there are a fair few people who haven't really been kept up with our project. I'd like to welcome all those who have joined and those who have returned, and strongly reccommend that you use the talkpage for any queries or problems you have. Happy editing!
Article News
The ongoing effort to create a comprehensive list of LGB people has begun to bear fruit - /A AND the /W-Z lists have been featured! Congratulations to Dev920 and SatyrTN who nominated them respectively. Please consider pitching in the the remaining lists to help us get them finished before the end of the year.
Project News
WP:LGBT now has an IRC channel! It is #LGBTProject on Freenode. Users without IRC or Xchat can use the java app at java.freenode.net to access the channel from their web browser. Hope to see you in there sometime!
David Shankbone has taken a LOT of photos. An idea has been mooted to create a page for listing people who are willing to take images in their area on request, please give your thoughts here.
Considerable discussion has recently been held on our coverage of same sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships. You may be interested to read it.
The list of LGBT people to be sorted has now been reduced by over 30%. Please help us with it, all of us adding just one person a day would have a dramatic effect!
A gay cabal conspiracy ghost has been created to do with what you will. :)
Wooh, massive gay conspiracy...
Member News
Since the last newsletter was released, we have had more members been labelled inactive than who have signed up - please consider recruiting a few more people if you can, a WikiProject is only as good as its members. :)
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The LGBT studies project has been rather quiet of late. Though we've added over 180 new members in the last year, only a small percentage are active participants. If you haven't visited our project or talk page in a while, please stop by for a look. Also, if you happen to bump into another editor who you feel might enjoy working with us, please extend an invitation. There's lot's do do, and the active members would sincerely appreciate some help.
Our Peer review project is struggling at the present, with only a few people reviewing the articles. While it is certainly possible to submit articles for a general peer review, a review by members of the LGBT community can be of additional value for LGBT specific writing. There are several articles currently up for review on a wide range of topics. At the very least, reading the articles will undoubtedly broaden your intellectual horizons :-)
At the moment, David Le Brocq, Malmö Devilants and Trajectory Hermeneutics are up for deletion review. Please take a look at them and make your voice heard at the deletion review. Articles nominated for deletion also present a challenge for improvement. See what you can do, and watchlist our deletion review page.
The Pederasty articles continue to be a point of controversy both within and outside of our community. Various editors have suggested that to include them as LGBT Project related somehow taints the project and brings Wikipedia into disrepute. Other editors have stated that the articles, and especially the Pederasty article, are part of the core of LGBT studies. Well meaning editors continue to remove our tags from the articles themselves as well as the talk pages. If you have time, please read the articles and watchlist them to protect them from vandalism and well meaning but counterproductive edits.
The list of LGBT people has survived its 4th nomination for deletion. Please watchlist this list to protect it from vandalism and unsourced additions. There are many in Wikipedia who would like to see this Featured status list removed from the project. It is up to us to keep it to such a high caliber that it never is removed.
Our project member David Shankbone is now working as a journalist for Wikinews, as well as continuing to improve our project and Wikipedia as a whole with his photographs. A sincere thank you goes out to him for all of his hard work. Wikipedia would not shine nearly as brightly without your contributions, David.
Happy Halloween, everybody! Be happy and celebrate!
The surviving life partner of prominent LGBT rights activist Barbara Gittings recently called one of our editors and, among other things, complimented us on what a great job our project is doing on Wikipedia. Thanks to everyone who contributes to this project, either through their article edits or support for other project members. We really are making an difference here!
Member assistance
Some of our project members have been having difficulties related to editing on the encyclopedia. If you are feeling frustrated or distressed by your editing experience, please don't keep it to yourself. Wikipedia is a collaborative effort, and we are all here to help one another. Drop a line on our talkpage or on another editor's page, and other members of the LGBT project will happily give you the support you want and need.
Lastly, Halloween is just around the corner. More than most holidays, Halloween is a holiday embraced by and tailor made to our community (though God only knows why we are invisible in the Halloween article here. Perhaps somebody would like to rectify that editing oversight). Have fun, everybody, and remember to both trick and treat!
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Hey, Peeps, it's that time of the month again (no not that time — get your mind out of the gutter): time for another monthly edition of the LGBT Project'sLove Boat newsletter from your cruise directorMiss Julie. So much has been happening this month and I just can't wait to tell you all about it!!!
Let's start with some good news: Alice and the project lost the bothersome sock puppet who had been disrupting many articles we monitor, and now most of us can edit in relative peace. Congratulations, Alice, for being able to come out of semi-retirement. Benjiboi, on the other hand, has gained an anonymous IP stalker who seems to be more Catholic than the Pope and who has a hard-on for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. We seem to have a sort of Yin and Yang thing going on here, which helps both to keep us in balance and on our toes <bright smiles all around>.
Albus Dumbledore got outed this month, and was immediately adopted by our project. The international brouhaha surrounding this disclosure reached all the way to Wikiland, and his article was briefly locked due to homophobic vandalism (as well as well meaning editors who just couldn't believe that that nice man could possibly be gay). This is a wonderful article to add to your watchlist, and will surely give you hours of reverting fun on cold winter days.
On a more serious note, Fireplace has suggested a new article series about LGBT rights in the United States, state by state. This ambitious topic will surely require many editors and a lot of research, but has the potential to add further prestige to our already prestigious project.
Francis Bacon (not the new gay one, but the old gay one ... though they're actually both dead, now that I think about it) has also aroused passions here on Wikipedia, with editors opposing his sexuality being disclosed in his biography. The always helpful Haiduc has thoughtfully provided any number of sources, but it is slow going getting his point across. Anyone want to lend a hand?
And speaking of passions, Jack Kerouac has inflamed the senses once again with editors, including administrator Irishguy, mounting a spirited defense to keep him as heterosexual as possible for Wikipedia purposes. Why? I don't know. Perhaps some of you can drop by the talk page and ask your questions there. I feel certain a stimulating debate will ensue that will be enjoyed by all.
Did you know that one of our Featured articles, Lawrence v. Texas, lost its shiny gold star? That was a shocker. It has been suggested that we turn our attention to it in an effort to restore it to its former glory. I took a peek, and it does need our help badly. For our American editors, it would seem almost a civic duty to edit it (not that I'm hinting....).
Though it was far too intellectual a debate for a mere cruise director like myself to take part in, Intersexuality was certainly a hot topic a week or two ago. The thrust of the debate was over inclusion in our project. Lots of good editors had lots of good opinions. For those too lazy to check out the discussion, we decided to leave it out for now.
Peer review is, as always, short staffed and seemingly unloved. Wouldn't you feel better about yourself and the world in general if you took a few minutes to read one of the listed articles and offer some helpful advice? I know I'd feel better if you did.
The article LGBT movements in the United States certainly raised eyebrows last week, especially when it was discovered that copyrighted content had been added to our article. Tragedy was averted at the last minute, though, when the original hosts of the article where the material had been pilfered agreed to make it free to everyone. Our thanks to them, whoever they are. Busy Bee that I am, I haven't had time to read it, but I'm sure it's sensational.
Not content to run for Best Actress, plucky Bannon won a Best supporting actress Oscar... whoops, I meant to say Ann is also getting more than her share of womanly attention on the Good Article list. Joining her on this exalted plane are Freddy Mercury, Waylon Smithers and Lance Bass. Good articles indeed, and the last one mentioned just goes to show that one needn't admire the subject of an article to appreciate the effort put into making him worthwhile reading. What on earth Britney ever saw in him I'll never know. Truly a riddle cloaked in an enigma and wrapped around a puzzle.
On a personal note, your already overworked cruise director is being cyberly whipped almost daily by Nemissimo, who desperately wants to get the German BDSM translation copy edited and used as a replacement for the current one. It's such a ... err, stimulating topic that I am sure many of you will want to join the copy editing fun. Jump right in, folks! It's so lonely copy editing it all by my lonesome!
A little birdie just whispered in my ear that our noble collaboration project was delisted from the Community Portal due to inactivity. When asked how this scandalous turn of events could have occurred, the answer I received was "we suck at stuff like that". Well. In the first place, I disagree that sucking should be considered a negative, but to each his or her own. In the second place, I have full confidence that we can and will collaborate with other projects in the future. So let's not view this as a setback (even though it is), but rather a challenge to improve (and good Lord, I sound almost Wikipedian!).
Lastly, the holidays are rapidly approaching. Our American cousins are currently getting ready to slaughter masses of poultry in an effort to show their gratitude and generally peaceful demeanor, and those of the Canadian persuasion, trendsetters that they are, celebrated a bit early this year. I'm sure all us foreigners will join together in wishing them all a very happy Thanksgiving on their respective holidays, both already celebrated and forthcoming... though I would hope somebody would enlighten me as to why they don't celebrate it on the same day. I was awake all last night trying to figure that one out.
In the spirit of this peculiarly North American holiday, let me take a moment to thank all of our editors for their contributions to this project. It's people like you who make people like me...well, a "people person"! May all your Wiki days be bright, and may your Love Boat never turn into a Poseidon.
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Quelle Suprise! King James is a Queen!
Our dear Haiduc, never a stranger to controversy, recently decided to delve into the wardrobe of the British Monarchy, and what did he discover? King James had more than appreciative eyes for strapping young men! Naturally, Haiduc felt the need to share this news with the community, but instead of being praised for his scholarship, he was reviled. In fact, one rabid heterocentrist even rummaged around in his own wardrobe until he found an old pair of socks to play with. All seemed lost until astute editor Jeffpw noticed some odd postings and did some sleuthing of his own. The socks were uncovered, the Wicked Witch was melted and readers the world over were able to learn that Good King James regularly ordered tube steak from the menu of the day. Thank you, Haiduc! Thank you, Jeff! And let Miss Julie add (for readers who might not know) that tube steak tastes just like chicken!
It's Britney, Bitch!
Well, maybe it's not Miss Thang, herself, but it's the next best thing: Chris Crocker! he stirs up just about as much controversy as his idol does, even here on Wikipedia. Though it's all a bit of a muddle, one of our editors hopes you can drop by the talk page and leave a message of hope for those battling the forces of obstructionism in that little corner of the Wiki World. It is so hard to spread enlightenment. As Miss Parker herself said, "You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her think".
Game show for nerds
Wallowing in cash from the latest beg-a-thon, the powers-that-be have decided to sponser a little contest here to improve the articles, with a Grand prize of $100. Yeah. Just enough for a Burger King dinner for the family. Still, the thought is nice and the goal is noble, so we should support it. Our little Queer beehive has taken a look at what's on offer, and both the Greek Traditionalists and Daughters of Bilitis are well represented. The ever useful SatyrTN has made a little list, which can be found here (if that malignant bot hasn't archived it already, that is). So find a pal, roll up your sleeves and dive right in. Let's show this Encyclopedia just what Queers with firecrackers up their....err, I mean, let's show the others what we can do.
Jón Þór Birgisson
I can't pronounce his name, but he's awfully cute, he's deliciously foreign, and best of all...he's GAY! But he won't be for long, if certain users have their way. A concerted effort has been under way for a while now, designed to neuter poor Jon (pretend I put a little accent thingy over that O) and make him into a sort of rockin' Ken doll. So please watchlist this hunka man, and keep him queer! If anybody questions you, tell them "Miss Julie sent me".
TranSanta
Everybody loves a sequel
Readers not afflicted with Alzheimer's will remember that last month we had a little story about Alice and her harasser. That proved so popular that we bring you the sequel: Benjiboi and his stalker. After a chance meeting at the Michael Lucas article, this anonymous user took a shine to our Benjiboi, and has been showering him with attention on virtually every board on Wikipedia. Flattered though he is, Benjiboi finds the attention a bit distracting, and administrators have been seeking various remedies for this. It has proven difficult, as the stalker has an IP address that changes quicker than Superman in a telephone booth. So perhaps some of you would like to watchlist Benjiboi's page, and lend a hand if you see some love letters from an 11 digit friend. I was actually thinking we should get Alice's harasser and Benjiboi's stalker together. Then we could have another sequel, sort of like Freddy vs. Jason. Any bets as to who would win??
Not quite the second coming, but special just the same
Let me be the first to give a warm, wet, Love Boat kiss (though not with tongue) to our newest Project members: Jacksinterweb, Cleduc, Pigman, Becksguy and Iamandrewrice. Even in the month of our Saviour's birth, your popping into our Wikipedian lives is a blessed event indeed. As Jesus Himself said, "Live long and prosper". He did say that, didn't he? I think he said it. In any event, if he was standing next to me now, I'm sure he'd say it, and add, "Happy homo editing!"
Battle of the Wikipedia Stars!
Indomitable Ann Bannon is holding her own in Wikipedia's answer to American Idol: The Featured Article candidate list! For four feverish weeks, she has mastered the challenges and not been eliminated from the competition. Drop by the FAC page and show Ann you love her....or give her the hook (I'm not supposed to tell you how to vote). Giving our plucky Ann reason to hope is the recent promotion of List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: Sa-Sc. If Miss Julie has her way, we will have the entire alphabet of Queerdom Featured here on Wikipedia soon! And I would be remiss if I did not give a warm, Lesbian salute to our own Belovedfreak, who showed Wikipedia with But I'm a Cheerleader that even pom poms are no protection from the Love that dare not speak its name, and got a gold star for her efforts.
Climbing the Wikipedia career ladder is User: Tim1965, who has not only written, but is now promoting Reel Affirmations to Good article status. Best of luck, Tim, and remember: there are no small parts, only small actors. We're sure you'll be trading that green circle for a gold star soon (assuming you get the green in the first place!).
Santa's on his gay way!
Santa needs elves
Yes, I know: packages need buying, trees need trimming, egg nog needs drinking. The holidays make many demands on our time. It's ...well, it's a bitch, is what it is. So I wouldn't blame you for skipping this little section and putting off my request until next year. But...think of the children. Our future. They need quality information about the homosexual "lifestyle" if we are to indoctrinate them properly. That's why I am asking you to drop by our Peer review area and give your meaning as to the efforts of your fellow gay Wikipedians. And think: in this season of kindness and good will to all, isn't it nice that I am pointing you to someplace where you can (in a Wikiloving way, of course) rip someone a new asshole? Think about it...and those children with their shiny, bright eyes, thanking you for contributing to their future.
Even more festively, consider joining in on the deletion discussions of our favorite articles. Here you can bandy about such words as "homophobia", "Right-wing Christian agenda" and my personal favorite, "just who do you think you're pushing around?!?!?". If you play your cards right, there might even be an extra present under the tree for you. :-D
Urgent Christmas appeal Tovojolo asked me to ask you to edit Elizabeth Bishop as part of the Collaboration Project. She's an old dead poet (Miss Bishop, not Tovojolo. I've never actually met Tovojolo. She's probably very young and attractive. Maybe somebody should ask if she's single), but she was a flaming homosexual long before most of us had even been conceived, so we owe her some respect. Tovojolo actually asked me for the last newsletter, but Miss Julie forgot. Bad Miss Julie. She was so busy boosting morale it just slipped right by her. Nemissimo, maybe you need to crack that whip again to get Julie back in line.
Surrender, Dorothy!!!!!!! Friend of Dorothy has attracted the attention of a group of....the more senior elements of our gay society. They disagree with our thesis that Saint Judy was the possible source of the term, and demand we change the article to reflect their contention that Dorothy Parker was the origin. The problem is, their source didn't check out. So we agreed to disagree. Well, we at the project did. They got kinda mad at us, said unkind things, and started edit warring. Though they are old, they are certainly quick, and could revert the article faster than my nimble fingers could press the undo button. To quote the divine Miss Parker, every time I saw the article on my watchlist, I thought to myself, "What fresh hell is this?". The page was protected by sympathetic administrators, but keeping an eye on it will keep Dorothy safe from future Wicked Witches of the West or East.
Ambrosia
Our dear Benjiboi has been busy indeed, lately. He recently made fruit salad out of Fruit, turning a once nasty word into a damn good article, and saving it from deletion! Congratulations, Benjiboi! I hear he has turned his attention from fruit to poultry now. Before he is through, he will have turned every major food group gay on Wikipedia!
Christmas came early
Yes, indeed! Valued administrator WJBscribe was raised out of the mire of mid-level management and placed squarely into the Pantheon of Bureaucracy! And Miss Julie is just too proud of him not to mention that he got the most support votes in the history of Wikipedia! Congratulations, WJB! We know you will not prove the Peter Principle correct!
You!
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Ms Julie is .. unavailable .. this month, so Isaac and Gopher have stepped in to put this newsletter thing together. We may not be as funny as you're used to, but if you'd like a free drink, come see me at the bar. That might help. Maybe. And no, there aren't any flashing lights or fancy pictures this month - I'm still recovering from a whopping hangover. Julie's recovering too, but that's a story I'll let her tell.
Two New Featured Articles (and...)
Emma Goldman was promoted to Featured status on 2007December 27. If you don't know Ms. Goldman, she was a Lithuanian anarchist. Aren't many of those around, really, so having one of our very own is special. She'll be dancing the Cha-Cha on the Promenade deck later tonight.
Ann Bannon was promoted to Featured status on 2007December 3. Faithful readers may remember Moni moaning that we didn't mention this promotion in the last newsletter. Happy now?
The marathon efforts of Dev920 against her astonishing abilities of procrastination continued this month, and she managed to update the Portal's main articles. Whether she will finally beat her procrastination pixies in submission and update the biographies remains to be seen, but Jeffpw has leapt to the rescue and taken it upon himself to do all our lovely news. Friends, lend us your goodwill and your eyeballs, and mosey on over to see all Jeff's hard work.
Also, back in October 2007, Allstarecho and Benjiboi worked diligently on the "WP:LGBT Random Quote" and "WP:LGBT Random Picture" sections of the portal. They added many new quotes and pictures but, and yes here's the cat's meow friends... you can now use these on your own user pages! To add the "WP:LGBT Random Quote" to your own userpage, use: {{Portal:LGBT/Quotes}} And to add the "WP:LGBT Random Picture" to your own userpage, use: {{Portal:LGBT/Pics}} If you'd like to see it in action, check out Allstarecho's userpage for both in action and Benjiboi's talk page for the Quotes in action!
The long, slow race toward FP status continues...
Bisexual Awareness Month
Folks in Utah are celebrating Bisexual Awareness Month. For our own wikicelebration, Alison suggests we try to bring Bisexuality at least up to good article status. Working on the Utah article would be encouraged, but do it stealthily - they don't like us to be *too* open.
A cunning plan
In a move sure to bring her fame and fortune at last, Dev920 (talk·contribs) has proposed that an FA buddying system be set up, to help nudge frightened tikes who also happen to write killer ass articles over that initial first FAC hurdle. Anyone interested in shepherding duties, or anyone interested in being made to lie beside still waters (handcuffs are optional), do drop Dev an RSVP so she can start battering those darned pixies...
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geeze man im just trying to get a meessage across im not vandalizing.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skater15246 (talk • contribs) 22:52, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Ya uh justin? you need to chill out man. i mean you go around this website thinking that you are so gangster and thug cuz you can edit stuff on wikipedia. you are probably some retarded kid who messes around on this. CCCHHHIIILLL OOOUUUTTT MMMAAANNN!!!!!!!!. hhahahahahahahaha. ya im serious. consider my words.....OR DIE.
Our article about our band 'Yo Sara Mattie Dawg' was completely relevant. It was the story of our rise to the top of our careers and then our fall. Taking it down was completely disrespectful and out of line. There are hundreds of people from around here who want to read our story. —Preceding unsigned comment added by PrettyGuardianRoselai (talk • contribs) 21:08, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi. You appeared to have reverted a legitimate edit on the Tom Barnard and left a particularly stinging message on User:Wikiitoo's talk page. This appears to have been a bot edit, so I'm not sure if you knew about it.
The edit was referencing a meme on the KQRS morning show. I'm not sure it needs to be included, but it was definitely not vandalism. --Ouzo (talk) 23:38, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your response. I can understand the issue of people putting up a gaziliion links--and self-serving ones. The blog is very interesting and pertinent in showing the development of a rubber duckie. I also know a bunch of duckie manufacturers. So hoe to do this wiki-kosher? make a page so it doesn't link anywhere and have that page be about rubber duckie makers?
I'll report the edit to the duckie history without my name stamp.
I got a speedy deletion notice about information that I put up pertaining to the Narragansett Park Race Track. Looking at the G1 reasons, I'm not understanding what is wrong with my page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Intothesunstudio (talk • contribs) 02:14, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Hello Justin,
My name is Stacie Hendershot. I am a big fan of Jayce Hein who is a Nashville songwriter. I see that you have place a speedy delete request on my page but I do disagree with that. Jayce is be known for his song "Please" that was and still is played on country radio. He has toured with Meat Loaf as well as many other artists, mostly in the country world. I believe he is worthy of this posting, youcan look him up and see he is the real deal, he doesn't need advertising and that was not my intent. I cited Mark Nemer's website on my page as well. Mark Nemer is a very famous drummer formerly of White Heart and also Whitney Houston, Luther Vandross, CeCe Winans and many others. Mark talks about Jayce, and his single "Please" on his site and I got a lot of the information from that. Please reconsider deleting this sir, this is legit.
Sincerely,
Stacie Lynn Hendershot —Preceding unsigned comment added by Broyal (talk • contribs) 06:09, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Justin,
He is not just a singer/songwriter who is good, he has a single on country and sattellite radio. Its not like he is someJoe Shmoe. He was an artist with Warner bros records in the late 90's as well. I dont think you quite understand this because you probably do not listen to this music because if you did you would know who he was.
Stacie —Preceding unsigned comment added by Broyal (talk • contribs) 06:32, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Project member Moni3 has been working on the article for Barbara Gittings and noted that the Lambda Literary Foundation used the lead paragraph from Wikipedia, skillfully and lovingly written by Moni3, verbatim in the Lambda Literary Pioneers calendar. Moni3 contacted the Lambda Literary Foundation to let them know, and to ask if we could get a little write-up in the next Lambda Book Report. There is a preliminary text you can find here. Feel free to add to it. It should be no longer than 1,000 words, and it needs to be submitted by March 15.
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Affinion Group Wikipedia article
Justin,
I appeal to your judgment regarding the edits to the Wikipedia article for Affinion Group. I appealed to Vary stating that the previous posts to this page were obvious negative attacks designed to hurt or take revenge on this company. The principle of the Wikipedia site is to offer neutral point of view and usable information for Wikipedia readers. There is nothing in the following information pulled from the NPOV page of the site that states that Wikipedia can be used as a complaints board or a vehicle to cause damage to individuals or companies. I explained to Vary that the company is no longer a part of the Cendant conglomerate that was the force behind the negative experiences some people had with products and services offered. The history section of the article show clearly that there is a history with Cendant and that should be sufficient. Affinion is under new ownership (Apollo Management) and has dramatically changed it's business model and no longer participate in any of the practices that the complaints site. Affinion should be allowed to stand on it's own merits. Thanks for your consideration.
Neutral point of view is a fundamental Wikipedia principle. NPOV is absolute and non-negotiable.
For article specific questions or discussions on NPOV please go to the Neutral POV notice board.
All Wikipedia articles and other encyclopedic content must be written from a neutral point of view (NPOV), representing fairly, and as far as possible without bias, all significant views that have been published by reliable sources. This is non-negotiable and expected on all articles, and of all article editors. For guidance on how to make an article conform to the neutral point of view, see the NPOV tutorial; for examples and explanations that illustrate key aspects of this policy, see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/FAQ.
Wikipedia:Neutral point of view is one of Wikipedia's three core content policies. The other two are Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:No original research. Jointly, these policies determine the type and quality of material that is acceptable in Wikipedia articles. Because the policies are complementary, they should not be interpreted in isolation from one another, and editors should try to familiarize themselves with all three. The principles upon which these policies are based are non-negotiable and cannot be superseded by other policies or guidelines, or by editors' consensus. Their policy pages may be edited only to improve the application and explanation of the principles.
Shearwater63 (talk) 18:02, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
You placed a {{Db-repost}} on Israel service corps can you please point me to the previous AfD discussion which resulted in deletion. Jon513 (talk) 19:23, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
I couldn't find a previous WP:AFD either so I have declined the speedy - please note that a {{db-repost}} only applies if the article was previously deleted as a result of a discussion, that is, as a result of an AFD. That it was previously speedied or PRODded does not count. Cheers,nancy(talk) 19:34, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
How could my external link be any more inappropriate than IMDB links?
They are books with ISBNs. They are: reliable, relevant to any article they are placed in, highly researched, and of interest to those who would view the wiki articles in which they are placed. Please replace any that were deleted.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Renee-db (talk • contribs) 22:55, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Could you explain me why my article about my own religion is out of wikipedia rules?
Haven't we the right to explain to the world our religion? it looks like discrimination--Necipf (talk) 23:06, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
This is my first article. Do I need to take out the price of the product for it to be considered not an ad or maybe limit the amount if references to the product? I am trying to think of ways this is seen as an advertisement and correct them so ther article is acceptable.
I was wondering if my name change will go through or not? I dont know why my account was blocked and I dont really know why my post for the Internet Content Syndication Council was submitted for speedy deletion. Its a non-profit organization that does research on the effects and value of syndicating content online, much like how syndicated TV programs were a staple for network television not too long ago.
If you could please clarify the reasons why this entry was submitted for speedy deletion I'd happily change the text to suit.
Hello Justin. Hands up, but I wish I knew why. I modified a page as encouraged to to within Wikipedia guidelines. Not even in a BOLD fashion I thought - as apparently encouraged. Just added an artist to what I thought was a relevant list and get a first and final warning for it. Or was it that I added a further option to a redirect page?
So, OK it seems I need to take great care if not to be banned from the site fro life, but knowing just what it was I did and how that is classed as vandalism would be very useful infomation in this mine field situation.
Nervously - John.
--Jdm art (talk) 18:22, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey - I just took a look at JDM art's edit and your response and I have to say that not only was Jdm's edit *not* vandalism, but in no circumstances did it deserve a final warning. Please retract your warning from his talk page and remember in the future that good-faith edits of other editors (even when they are wrong) are not vandalism. Shellbabelfish 20:20, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry if I made it sound I felt like you weren't acting in good faith; I didn't mean to say that at all. I have been in contact with this brand new editor, who definitely needs to slow down and figure out what's going on, but I don't think anything he's done can be considered vandalism. I don't believe level 4 vandalism warnings are appropriate for spam or, in the case, an editor who changed a malformed redirect into a redirect to a different page. What he did may have been incorrect, but there are escalating warnings for spamming which might have helped Jdm understand what he was doing wrong, instead, he wasn't even sure what edit of his caused you to leave that warning. Unless someone is an obvious vandal, we're supposed to try not to WP:BITE the newbies. Shellbabelfish 22:45, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
This is a book that is in the Library of Congress. . . Clemson University has it on their list of suggestested reading for the Vietnam War. . . Tommy J. gave his live for this country during a very intense conflict on April 21, 1967. He is a part of history. This addition is a part of history. He is a real hero. Look up Gary Martini . . . he died along side my uncle on the same day. The book is a part of history and is NOT anything that is a blatant sales attempt.Operation Union started on April 21-1967 . . . this is a depiction of the events, from a soldier's eyes, of what led up to that day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tcwlkr (talk • contribs) 17:52, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
IMDB is about movies. I'm glad the community has accepted them as an exhaustive resource. When a wiki article has no "Further Reading" section, I place that link to relevant books in External Links. The books I am promoting are not redundant to IMDB. They are relevant to the movies, actors, and shows in their own specific way. The books are most specifically for a person whose interest goes deeper than IMDB. IMDB articles are summaries. These books go in-depth for those who desire that. Again, they are not redundant at all. They are researched, in-depth and pertinent. And to clarify, I am not self-promoting either the site or the books. Wikipedia, last I checked, was an encyclopedia. To the extent that IMDB contains a summation of works, it is clearly more encyclopedic... but encyclopedias also point those who are interested in finding out more, to reliable (print) sources. IMDB being an online source of limited depth, is not nearly as reliable as a print source. This is my experience as an adjunct research/writing professor. I tell my students, feel free to look at Wikipedia, but look through to the External Links or References or Further Reading for reliable sources instead of relying on wikipedia as your source.
Please let me know whether you have deleted any links, and which ones.
And do you make the difference between the notable stuffs and the other ones? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Necipf (talk • contribs) 22:06, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
does speedy deletion have to be sooooo speedy??geeze i get deleted after an hour of figureing the site out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cityofchampions2000 (talk • contribs) 04:05, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
hahahaha i am trying to give my friend a good laugh on the ZZ Top page...can u allow me like 5-10 mintutes?
Grammar with Cindy was going to be a great way to educate America and you destroyed. It had value. It was teaching grammar how is that useless.
Sir this is a true outrage that you would delete something that was only teaching. I just wanted to help people learn about grammar and you ruined it by saying it was uninformational and unimportant. Deleting it was a huge mistake. For this isnt the last of Grammar with Cindy. Soon it will be one of the greatest ways to learn grammar online and you and all of wikipedia will be sorry for getting rid of it.
Sorry if it at all sounds rude. I am just trying to vent my true feelings about the deletion.
At no point did I say that it was "useless." However, it was not appropriate for Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a personal webshost: if you want to publish a series called "Grammar with Cindy," the most appropriate place to do so is on a personal webhost. Justin Eiler (talk) 17:17, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I have declined the speedy because it is not obviously spam. I have been through the page from time to time, removing anything that is not sourced. By all means AfD it. TerriersFan (talk) 00:02, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I should have looked closer--I didn't see the "awards" section. Thanks for letting me know. :D Justin Eiler (talk) 00:25, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
No problem. This page has been a real pain for me because I am regularly having to remove unsourced hype added by one of the directors! However, IMHO, they are notable because of their awards and they seem genuinely innovative. Mind you, if you find a reliable source that says that they are rubbish, please feel free to add it :-) TerriersFan (talk) 00:58, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi. My entry for SHOP.COM keeps getting deleted and after reading your policies, I thought I had a chance by minimizing the promotional tone (making it sound more encyclopedic) and disclosing my relationship with SHOP.COM (per your page on businesses), but it looks like it still isn't working.
Can you please advise me as to the best way to get this content up on Wikipedia?
It seems Shopping.com's page is similar to what I was adding, so I'm not sure why my post is getting removed. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ss shopgirl (talk • contribs) 01:16, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I just finished a new category and relevant text for a group of metal cutting saw blades called cold saw blades. The system has added a deletion tag because it suspects the content is advertising. It clearly is not. I added the hangon tag and explanation to the talk page. What else should i do? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Haassaw (talk • contribs) 01:57, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
sorry to hear that. I am sure you will - in the future - be a good admin. Hope to vote for u again. Take care. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thright (talk • contribs) 06:15, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I apologize for the previous pages i wrote. however, is it alright to have jokes on our user page?
Thank you, and i will read the guidelines as you suggested.
-Terrence Fletcher —Preceding unsigned comment added by Terrence Fletcher (talk • contribs) 22:38, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
hi justin!
thanks for alerting me repeatedly for my external links that seem advertising to you. please note that this is my first longer contribution and under construction on my user page, so no one can see it yet. i will create the article only when i feel satisfied with the quality of the article only. i am very well aware of the issues you point out and have taken note of all wikipedia info available. that's actually a reason while i am trying to get together a satisfactory article on my own user page first before making it publicly accessible. what's more i also take guidance from the other articles on freeware games (like flOw e.g.) in order to keep the quality standards up. as the game i am trying to write about was developed independently but made it to quite some fame and in the meantime is also distributed by apple, i think it might make an interesting subject. so i would really appreciate it if you kept the censorship on my article under-construction-and-not-yet-publicy-accessible down a little. many thanks in advance,
h:i —Preceding unsigned comment added by Happiness international (talk • contribs) 00:08, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Thomas J Holtzclaw
Private First Class
2ND PLT, FOX CO, 2ND BN, 1ST MARINES, 1ST MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
24 April 1948 - 21 April 1967
Atlanta, Georgia
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The database page for Thomas J Holtzclaw
21 Jan 2008
In June of 1966, when Thomas J. Holtzclaw graduated from O'Keefe High School in Atlanta, Georgia, he was an "A" student with a sweet-sixteen girlfriend and a burning desire to become a Marine. Six months later, he boarded the USS GAFFNEY and headed for Vietnam.
Thomas J. Holtzclaw, III, known to most as Tommy J., was both a boy and a man when he left in December 1966 on the USS GAFFNEY for Vietnam. He wrote letters home almost every day. He was lonely, scared, hopeful and unprepared for the battles, ambushes and lost lives. Every day, he wrote himself home again.
How tragic that someone who inspired poetry and tributes after his untimely death on April 21, 1967 was lost to us before he had the opportunity to make the impact in the world that was his true destiny.
I, his niece, was only 2 when he was killed. I never had the opportunity to know him. Those who did never fully recovered from losing this man who was willing to give his life for this great country.
The bravery he shows in his letters and the ability to show how scared he was makes me proud. But it also makes me cry. He was never able to put into words many of the horrors he saw during his four months in Vietnam. Despite his fears, and facing battle day and night, Tommy J. still managed to worry about his family and tried his best to participate in their lives. He requested very little other than an occasional "Care Package." Even though he was at war he worried about friends, encouraged his closest friend and brother to stay in school and not expose themselves to the dangers of war.
Every letter Tommy J. wrote, which is the only opportunity I've had to get to know him, tells me he was a loving man . . . a caring man . . . a gentle man.
From his niece,
Terri C. Walker
tcwlkr@aol.com
A Note from The Virtual Wall
In April 1967 Fox 2/1 manned an outpost on a hill at Nui Loc Son, running daily (and nightly) patrols to deny the valley below to the enemy.
On 21 Apr 1967, most of the company set out on a daylight patrol that took them into the village of Binh Son. As the Marines approached across the rice paddies they were ambushed by a dug-in VC Main Force battalion that enjoyed a clear line of fire across level land with little cover ... Fox 2/1 had run into a hornet's nest. Fourteen Marines were killed and 18 others wounded early in the fight, which continued until other elements of the 1st Marines and the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, arrived and flanked the VC from their fortifications.
By that time 28 Marines from Fox 2/1 were dead:
2ndLt James H. Shelton, Hominy, OK
GySgt Roger D. Hamilton, Baltimore, MD
SSgt Edward D. Gould, Batesville, AR
Sgt Thomas A. Arredondo, Fresno, CA
Cpl Gary R. Hartman, Newport, NY
Cpl James J. Owens, Woodside, NY
LCpl Vincent J. Benegas, Riverside, CA
LCpl Byron D. Bonds, Evansville, IN
LCpl Rodney A. Breedlove, Alkol, WV
LCpl James E. Carey, Altoona, PA
LCpl John L. Davis, Conemaugh, PA
LCpl Gary D. Grimes, Houston, TX
LCpl Lanny R. Krage, Columbia, SD
LCpl Larry C. Pettaway, Dayton, OH
LCpl Uvaldo Sanchez, Albuquerque, NM
LCpl Ralph E. Scheib, Rochester, NY
Pfc Ronald M. Boley, New Lexington, OH
Pfc Benjamin Bunn, Washington, DC
Pfc Ronald R. Cormier, Portsmouth, NH
Pfc Edward T. Egan, Roslindale, MA
Pfc Sammy G. Evans, Hampton, AR
Pfc Thomas J. Holtzclaw, Atlanta, GA
Pfc William D. Hunt, Birmingham, AL
Pfc Gary W. Martini, Portland, OR (Medal of Honor)
Pfc Maurice J. O'Callaghan, Iselin, NJ
Pfc Eugene A. Pastrovich, Walshville, IL
Pfc Dennis W. Pawlowicz, Duluth, MN
Pfc Christopher Podmaniczky, St Louis, MO
Overall, the battle at the tiny hamlet of Binh Son (1), 5 kilometers south-southeast of Que Son, cost the lives of 43 American Marines and sailors.
The point-of-contact for this memorial is
his niece,
Terri C. Walker
tcwlkr@aol.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.219.43.84 (talk) 10:10, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we must insist that you assume good faith while interacting with other editors. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.
Accusations of deception are not really appropriate in a deletion discussion. --neonwhiteuser pagetalk 02:52, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Greetings, Neon White. I understand the need for good faith, but when a person is deleting {{onesource}}, {{advert}}, and {[tone}}, and claiming that doing so restores a neutral viewpoint, then yes--an accusation of deception is not only appropriate, but necessary to the discussion. Dishonesty does occur--for many, once that dishonesty is exposed, they will drop the dishonesty and get down to the real issues at hand.
I'm sorry you disagree with my accusations. I must--respectfully--stand by not only their accuracy, but the necessity within the conversation. Justin Eiler (talk) 03:22, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
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for my dumbass friend. I believe his name is Dark1337, or something like that. He thought it would be brilliant to vandalize. Mattbash (talk) 16:37, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Mattbash. No worries about your friend. :D Justin Eiler (talk) 16:38, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Magic Bullet Productions article has been up since 2006-- why put it up for speedy deletion? Isn't that for new articles mostly? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dayofthetriffids (talk • contribs) 17:34, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
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