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Thanks!

Thanks :) Antiouk (talk) 02:01, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: Barnstar

Hello,

Just thought I'd say thanks for the Barnstar :-) Pahari Sahib 03:57, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

You are most assuredly welcome! Cheers! Scapler (talk) 04:00, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Wrong tagging for speedy deletion

Hi Bearsona. Thank you for your work on patrolling pages and tagging for speedy deletion. I just wanted you to inform that I declined to delete NFC South Curse, a page that you tagged for speedy deletion under criterion G1 because of the following concern: G1 is not a replacement to delete pages that fall under WP:NOT but are not covered by any criteria. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion and especially what is considered Non-criteria. In future you should rather tag such pages for proposed deletion or file them at articles for deletion. Regards SoWhy 14:25, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I was not tagging it because I believed it failed notability guidelines, but because I did believe it to be complete OR and a ridiculous claim. As such, my tag may not have been the most wholly appropriate speedy deletion tag, but I still stand by this article being speedily deleted. Scapler (talk) 14:42, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I have sent this one to Afd: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NFC South Curse. – ukexpat (talk) 18:31, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year! I'm getting crushed badly on various AfDs. :) It's like a curse! ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:14, 1 January 2009 (UTC) Should I be keeping an eye on your contributions???  :)

Actually I saw the article with your name on new page patrol. I knew it would be something good and I wasn't disappointed! Interesting article. I remember hearing about it I think. Everything's mine in '09, Happy New Year!!! ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Hans Kirschstein

Scapler,

I hope you will pardon me if I seemed testy about the matter of Hans Kirschstein. You are a victim of timing; a week prior to this, I lost three hours work when someone decided to delete a white space in my work in progress.

I did look for your name in the history page of Herr Kirschstein when the delete tag was applied, but it was not there yet. If it had been, I would have contacted you directly. Given the mood I was in, it is just as well. I might have been regrettably uncivil.

I do appreciate the tip about the Under Construction tag. It will save me some grief. Thank you very much.

Keep up the good work.

Georgejdorner (talk) 05:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

I didn't find you terribly uncivil, you were just frustrated. Though since you learned of the under construction tag, I suppose the situation ultimately led to good, so there no worries and no hard feelings! Cheers! Scapler (talk) 15:08, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Re:AfD

SInce you are an admin, I was wondering if you could shed some light on an odd problem I have encountered. I created Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leroy J. Gibbs for Leroy J. Gibbs, however the deletion discussion page apparently has no revision history (it displays it at times, and at others claims not to have one), and sometimes shows up as not existing, while displaying normally at other times. Also, Leroy J. Gibbs does not show the AfD nomination in its history. Hope you can help and cheers! Scapler (talk) 18:05, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Seems to be working now. I tried to nominate it again, but that apparently caused your edits to go through. — sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 18:12, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Well, simple solution I suppose. Still does not solve the mystery, probably just something wrong with code. Thank you for your help! Scapler (talk) 18:18, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for The Green Bible

On 4 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Green Bible, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 21:30, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

name

when I went to log in, wikipedia remembered that i was the one using it and already had my name put in! how do i stop it? cause i like to manually enter my name and passw.MidKnightHunter (talk) 21:34, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

How was the sci-fi? And now, well, who doesn't love a classic? I'm happy to see you stepping up your reading material. Whol'd beare the scornes and flattery of the world, Scorned by the right rich, the rich curssed of the poore? ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:27, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (File:Naruto Hand Seals.png)

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Orphaned non-free image (File:National Cancer Survivors Day Logo.gif)

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Even though you are automated, I will respond anyway. The image has been uploaded in png format, so I will request a speedy deletion of this version. Scapler (talk) 22:09, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

access

how do i access my list of cookies from microsoft xp + firefox? b.t.b. sorry!... i thought that for the longest time your name was 'scalper' not scapler... sorry, dude. MidKnightHunter (talk) 21:43, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank You for Your Support

• Thank's a lot for your support! I'm trying to do my best in keeping "sacral wiki standards" :))) Speaking seriously, it's a bit difficult for me to orientate here... Till now I cannot "sign": I place tildas (autosign), but it doesn't work :((( --Dimitree 00:21, 14 January 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dimitree (talk • contribs)

Get a room. ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:55, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Will a courtroom suffice? I don't even known what the joke is here, But I had to try something? :) Scapler (talk) 03:09, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

You're slipping Scaps. Maybe it's time for decaf? ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:16, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

What are you implying? What, what?!?! Scapler (talk) 03:24, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

thanks

uber! now lets go and get some cake from portal! I heart that cake...is anyone here?...just me??........OM NOM NOM! no one saw that...right?..RIGHT?!?!MidKnightHunter (talk) 21:23, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

RE: Barnstar

Thankyou ver much for the barnstar! Much appreciated! manadude2 (talk) 01:58, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

No problem, we need more new pagers! Scapler (talk) 01:59, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

That is, new page patrollers, as opposed to Scapler (talk) 02:01, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Haha, yes, I am not one of those! manadude2 (talk) 02:02, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Ok

I will help to expanding that article as i can. C H J L ^Discuss 07:11, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

BTW, i can't find the reliable sources for Komikoo, all of the sources are blog. Although i'm not Malaysian, but i have ever heard about the popularity of those comics. try this one which in English or this in Malaysian, i can help you to translate that one, they say about the reader of Komikoo who likes the story of Komikoo. But those are not suitable for an external links! C H J L ^Discuss 09:39, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your welcome, i like it very much. I will do the best in here. Help me if i have some problems, ok! Kunzz (talk) 09:43, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Slick

I hired some bot to do the archiving for me, but you know how robots are... What's shaking? ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:34, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Check it out Scapler, Wikipedia:Reward board#Furry articles and Wikipedia:Reward board#Any topic related to Belarus, Russia or Ukraine for our brother from antoher mother. You guys can get rich!!! ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:11, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Scapler was it you working on LEET? What do you make of List of common emoticons‎? ChildofMidnight (talk) 22:08, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

I must humbly disagree with you, I first off do not believe the "commonality" of this emoticons can be properly sourced, and the page also consists of little but definitions. However, as it is useful information I think it would be a shame to lose, I have proposed what I think is a good solution at the deletion debate, and have copied the article into my userspace at User:Scapler/emoticons.

Also, I was not working on anything LEET related, but I do remember that MidKnightHunter was thinking of working on an article about something entitled "Leetworld". Cheers! (and good job with all your recent DYKs!) Scapler (talk) 22:34, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Re:Naruto GA

The reception section needs to be reorganized a bit (dropping off random quotes isn't good; there has to be some structure in thematic terms), and some copy-editing for the rest would be good. I'll look at it when I have time. — sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 23:46, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

So NPOV it's scary

Wow, I am feeling incredibly bipartisan right now, realizing I have now created both Category:Speeches by Barack Obama and Category:Speeches by Ronald Reagan. Hmmm.... anyway, sorry for the waste of time, cheers! Scapler (talk) 00:16, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

When Obama makes a notable speech that will be a good place to add it. :) In the meantime, I hope the Category:Speeches by Ronald Reagan will give Drmies a chance to review the great speeches of our time. ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:32, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.

One of many things he got wrong. The quality of this assertion lies only in its chiasmus, or, if you're a stickler, its antimetabole. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall"--sounded great, of course, though he could only say it because G. had started that process long before. See, I'm not feeling very bipartisan at all! I got capital, and I'm gonna spend it! Drmies (talk) 00:52, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

A strong case could be made that Gorbachev came to power in large part as a response to Reagan's leadership. ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:56, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it... It is no coincidence that our present troubles parallel and are proportionate to the intervention and intrusion in our lives that result from unnecessary and excessive growth of government. It is time for us to realize that we're too great a nation to limit ourselves to small dreams. We're not, as some would have us believe, doomed to an inevitable decline. I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing. So, with all the creative energy at our command, let us begin an era of national renewal. Let us renew our determination, our courage, and our strength. And let us renew our faith and our hope.

We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look. You can see heroes every day going in and out of factory gates. Others, a handful in number, produce enough food to feed all of us and then the world beyond. You meet heroes across a counter, and they're on both sides of that counter. There are entrepreneurs with faith in themselves and faith in an idea who create new jobs, new wealth and opportunity. They're individuals and families whose taxes support the government and whose voluntary gifts support church, charity, culture, art, and education. Their patriotism is quiet, but deep. Their values sustain our national life.

...It is time to reawaken this industrial giant, to get government back within its means, and to lighten our punitive tax burden. And these will be our first priorities, and on these principles there will be no compromise.

Oh and What about G Dub's speeches? I hope you haven't misunderestimated those. Are they already a category? <insert sarcastic comment here> ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:35, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

They are now! - Category:Speeches by George W. Bush! :) Scapler (talk) 01:20, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Darn you're quick. But where are my architecture photos for West 8, Kees Christiaanse and Fashion Architecture Taste? ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:24, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Seriously thought those are excellent categories and very useful. Nice job Scapler, as always! ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:31, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Rock on brother. Sleep well. Thanks very much for your friendship, collaboration and encouragement. And thanks for taking the time to explain things I don't understand. You're the best! ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:58, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Unbiased as can be

My NPOV friend, I nominated West 8 for a DYK so if you can get that bridge photo for me that would be very cool. I also nominated Kees Christiaanse, but I don't think we found a photo we could use. I also nommed Black president in pop culture (United States) if you want to add a photo of Eddie, Richard Pryor, Dennis Haysbert and such and African American presidential candidates in the United States]] so I need to put some photo on that story too. I'm going to do noms for Dessert bars now. SO there's a lot of work to do. Quit studying or whatever you're doing. ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:45, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

• I just heard about the "Path to Victory" Football themed bible. Not sure if it's received substantial coverage yet, but as I recall you worked on the green bible article? And after your done enjoying your weekend, I want photos. :) ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:55, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the photos to West 8. Much appreciated. ChildofMidnight (talk) 16:19, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

No Problem

Sorry that those photos were late in coming; I was not near a computer for most of the weekend. Of course, on Sunday I had to watch my Steelers go all the way! Yes! Oh, and my work on The Green Bible was mainly because I heard something about it on the Glenn Beck program, decided to find out about it here and, after finding no article, I created it instead. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 21:00, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

I trust you can provide a logical explanation of why you were watching Glenn Beck. ChildofMidnight (talk) 21:55, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

I wasn't watching at all, I was listening. His radio program is way more entertaining anyway. Scapler (talk) 21:59, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks :) Antiouk (talk) 02:01, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: Barnstar

Hello,

Just thought I'd say thanks for the Barnstar :-) Pahari Sahib 03:57, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

You are most assuredly welcome! Cheers! Scapler (talk) 04:00, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Wrong tagging for speedy deletion

Hi Bearsona. Thank you for your work on patrolling pages and tagging for speedy deletion. I just wanted you to inform that I declined to delete NFC South Curse, a page that you tagged for speedy deletion under criterion G1 because of the following concern: G1 is not a replacement to delete pages that fall under WP:NOT but are not covered by any criteria. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion and especially what is considered Non-criteria. In future you should rather tag such pages for proposed deletion or file them at articles for deletion. Regards SoWhy 14:25, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I was not tagging it because I believed it failed notability guidelines, but because I did believe it to be complete OR and a ridiculous claim. As such, my tag may not have been the most wholly appropriate speedy deletion tag, but I still stand by this article being speedily deleted. Scapler (talk) 14:42, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I have sent this one to Afd: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NFC South Curse. – ukexpat (talk) 18:31, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year! I'm getting crushed badly on various AfDs. :) It's like a curse! ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:14, 1 January 2009 (UTC) Should I be keeping an eye on your contributions???  :)

Actually I saw the article with your name on new page patrol. I knew it would be something good and I wasn't disappointed! Interesting article. I remember hearing about it I think. Everything's mine in '09, Happy New Year!!! ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Hans Kirschstein

Scapler,

I hope you will pardon me if I seemed testy about the matter of Hans Kirschstein. You are a victim of timing; a week prior to this, I lost three hours work when someone decided to delete a white space in my work in progress.

I did look for your name in the history page of Herr Kirschstein when the delete tag was applied, but it was not there yet. If it had been, I would have contacted you directly. Given the mood I was in, it is just as well. I might have been regrettably uncivil.

I do appreciate the tip about the Under Construction tag. It will save me some grief. Thank you very much.

Keep up the good work.

Georgejdorner (talk) 05:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

I didn't find you terribly uncivil, you were just frustrated. Though since you learned of the under construction tag, I suppose the situation ultimately led to good, so there no worries and no hard feelings! Cheers! Scapler (talk) 15:08, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Re:AfD

SInce you are an admin, I was wondering if you could shed some light on an odd problem I have encountered. I created Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leroy J. Gibbs for Leroy J. Gibbs, however the deletion discussion page apparently has no revision history (it displays it at times, and at others claims not to have one), and sometimes shows up as not existing, while displaying normally at other times. Also, Leroy J. Gibbs does not show the AfD nomination in its history. Hope you can help and cheers! Scapler (talk) 18:05, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Seems to be working now. I tried to nominate it again, but that apparently caused your edits to go through. — sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 18:12, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Well, simple solution I suppose. Still does not solve the mystery, probably just something wrong with code. Thank you for your help! Scapler (talk) 18:18, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for The Green Bible

On 4 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Green Bible, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 21:30, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

name

when I went to log in, wikipedia remembered that i was the one using it and already had my name put in! how do i stop it? cause i like to manually enter my name and passw.MidKnightHunter (talk) 21:34, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

How was the sci-fi? And now, well, who doesn't love a classic? I'm happy to see you stepping up your reading material. Whol'd beare the scornes and flattery of the world, Scorned by the right rich, the rich curssed of the poore? ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:27, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (File:Naruto Hand Seals.png)

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This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 15:16, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (File:National Cancer Survivors Day Logo.gif)

You've uploaded File:National Cancer Survivors Day Logo.gif, and indicated that it's used under Wikipedia's rules for non-free images. However, it's not presently used in any articles. Wikipedia policy requires that non-free images be either used or deleted, so if this image isn't used in an article in the next week, it will be deleted.

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Even though you are automated, I will respond anyway. The image has been uploaded in png format, so I will request a speedy deletion of this version. Scapler (talk) 22:09, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

access

how do i access my list of cookies from microsoft xp + firefox? b.t.b. sorry!... i thought that for the longest time your name was 'scalper' not scapler... sorry, dude. MidKnightHunter (talk) 21:43, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank You for Your Support

• Thank's a lot for your support! I'm trying to do my best in keeping "sacral wiki standards" :))) Speaking seriously, it's a bit difficult for me to orientate here... Till now I cannot "sign": I place tildas (autosign), but it doesn't work :((( --Dimitree 00:21, 14 January 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dimitree (talk • contribs)

Get a room. ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:55, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Will a courtroom suffice? I don't even known what the joke is here, But I had to try something? :) Scapler (talk) 03:09, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

You're slipping Scaps. Maybe it's time for decaf? ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:16, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

What are you implying? What, what?!?! Scapler (talk) 03:24, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

thanks

uber! now lets go and get some cake from portal! I heart that cake...is anyone here?...just me??........OM NOM NOM! no one saw that...right?..RIGHT?!?!MidKnightHunter (talk) 21:23, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

RE: Barnstar

Thankyou ver much for the barnstar! Much appreciated! manadude2 (talk) 01:58, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

No problem, we need more new pagers! Scapler (talk) 01:59, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

That is, new page patrollers, as opposed to Scapler (talk) 02:01, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Haha, yes, I am not one of those! manadude2 (talk) 02:02, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Ok

I will help to expanding that article as i can. C H J L ^Discuss 07:11, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

BTW, i can't find the reliable sources for Komikoo, all of the sources are blog. Although i'm not Malaysian, but i have ever heard about the popularity of those comics. try this one which in English or this in Malaysian, i can help you to translate that one, they say about the reader of Komikoo who likes the story of Komikoo. But those are not suitable for an external links! C H J L ^Discuss 09:39, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your welcome, i like it very much. I will do the best in here. Help me if i have some problems, ok! Kunzz (talk) 09:43, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Slick

I hired some bot to do the archiving for me, but you know how robots are... What's shaking? ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:34, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Check it out Scapler, Wikipedia:Reward board#Furry articles and Wikipedia:Reward board#Any topic related to Belarus, Russia or Ukraine for our brother from antoher mother. You guys can get rich!!! ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:11, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Scapler was it you working on LEET? What do you make of List of common emoticons‎? ChildofMidnight (talk) 22:08, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

I must humbly disagree with you, I first off do not believe the "commonality" of this emoticons can be properly sourced, and the page also consists of little but definitions. However, as it is useful information I think it would be a shame to lose, I have proposed what I think is a good solution at the deletion debate, and have copied the article into my userspace at User:Scapler/emoticons.

Also, I was not working on anything LEET related, but I do remember that MidKnightHunter was thinking of working on an article about something entitled "Leetworld". Cheers! (and good job with all your recent DYKs!) Scapler (talk) 22:34, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Re:Naruto GA

The reception section needs to be reorganized a bit (dropping off random quotes isn't good; there has to be some structure in thematic terms), and some copy-editing for the rest would be good. I'll look at it when I have time. — sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 23:46, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

So NPOV it's scary

Wow, I am feeling incredibly bipartisan right now, realizing I have now created both Category:Speeches by Barack Obama and Category:Speeches by Ronald Reagan. Hmmm.... anyway, sorry for the waste of time, cheers! Scapler (talk) 00:16, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

When Obama makes a notable speech that will be a good place to add it. :) In the meantime, I hope the Category:Speeches by Ronald Reagan will give Drmies a chance to review the great speeches of our time. ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:32, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.

One of many things he got wrong. The quality of this assertion lies only in its chiasmus, or, if you're a stickler, its antimetabole. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall"--sounded great, of course, though he could only say it because G. had started that process long before. See, I'm not feeling very bipartisan at all! I got capital, and I'm gonna spend it! Drmies (talk) 00:52, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

A strong case could be made that Gorbachev came to power in large part as a response to Reagan's leadership. ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:56, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it... It is no coincidence that our present troubles parallel and are proportionate to the intervention and intrusion in our lives that result from unnecessary and excessive growth of government. It is time for us to realize that we're too great a nation to limit ourselves to small dreams. We're not, as some would have us believe, doomed to an inevitable decline. I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing. So, with all the creative energy at our command, let us begin an era of national renewal. Let us renew our determination, our courage, and our strength. And let us renew our faith and our hope.

We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look. You can see heroes every day going in and out of factory gates. Others, a handful in number, produce enough food to feed all of us and then the world beyond. You meet heroes across a counter, and they're on both sides of that counter. There are entrepreneurs with faith in themselves and faith in an idea who create new jobs, new wealth and opportunity. They're individuals and families whose taxes support the government and whose voluntary gifts support church, charity, culture, art, and education. Their patriotism is quiet, but deep. Their values sustain our national life.

...It is time to reawaken this industrial giant, to get government back within its means, and to lighten our punitive tax burden. And these will be our first priorities, and on these principles there will be no compromise.

Oh and What about G Dub's speeches? I hope you haven't misunderestimated those. Are they already a category? <insert sarcastic comment here> ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:35, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

They are now! - Category:Speeches by George W. Bush! :) Scapler (talk) 01:20, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Darn you're quick. But where are my architecture photos for West 8, Kees Christiaanse and Fashion Architecture Taste? ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:24, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Seriously thought those are excellent categories and very useful. Nice job Scapler, as always! ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:31, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Rock on brother. Sleep well. Thanks very much for your friendship, collaboration and encouragement. And thanks for taking the time to explain things I don't understand. You're the best! ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:58, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Unbiased as can be

My NPOV friend, I nominated West 8 for a DYK so if you can get that bridge photo for me that would be very cool. I also nominated Kees Christiaanse, but I don't think we found a photo we could use. I also nommed Black president in pop culture (United States) if you want to add a photo of Eddie, Richard Pryor, Dennis Haysbert and such and African American presidential candidates in the United States]] so I need to put some photo on that story too. I'm going to do noms for Dessert bars now. SO there's a lot of work to do. Quit studying or whatever you're doing. ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:45, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

• I just heard about the "Path to Victory" Football themed bible. Not sure if it's received substantial coverage yet, but as I recall you worked on the green bible article? And after your done enjoying your weekend, I want photos. :) ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:55, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the photos to West 8. Much appreciated. ChildofMidnight (talk) 16:19, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

No Problem

Sorry that those photos were late in coming; I was not near a computer for most of the weekend. Of course, on Sunday I had to watch my Steelers go all the way! Yes! Oh, and my work on The Green Bible was mainly because I heard something about it on the Glenn Beck program, decided to find out about it here and, after finding no article, I created it instead. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 21:00, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

I trust you can provide a logical explanation of why you were watching Glenn Beck. ChildofMidnight (talk) 21:55, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

I wasn't watching at all, I was listening. His radio program is way more entertaining anyway. Scapler (talk) 21:59, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Flickr photos

I have uploaded two more photos: for Wiel Arets and for, well, Bacon explosion. I plan to crop the Bacon explosion picture with photoshop later to cut out that annoying knife and focus on the dish, but, at least for a few days, that one is it. Scapler (talk) 02:55, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Wow Scaps! Thanks a lot. That photo for Wiel Arets is great! My next project is Tony Fretton if you can find anything... I really appreciate your help. Bongo will be thrilled with the photo for his bacon project. He seems to fancy bacon and pineapple, some kind of polynesian thing? I saw there's some kind of photo lab project within Wikipedia that might be willing to do some tweaks. If you know how that works can you get them to rotate some of the photos I've uploaded? When I rotate them on my computer it wrecks the image quality, but maybe I can figure something out. I try not to mess with my CPU too much because the gerbils running the flywheel are finnicky, so I'm reluctant to muck around too much with software. ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:29, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Bacon explosion

Scapler these photos here http://flickr.com/photos/tdougan/3246589908/ and here http://flickr.com/photos/thedza/3245879604/in/photostream/ and here http://flickr.com/photos/thedza/3245879638/ and here http://flickr.com/photos/thedza/3245051069/in/photostream/ are creative commons photos of the Bacon explosion. They are much better than the one in the article now. Can you get a couple of the good ones that are most useful? Thanks. ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:15, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Count Scapula, according to the DYK stats page the bacon explosion is 3rd all-time. Wow! Nice work. How's the photo for Chicken fried bacon coming? ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:10, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Progress report: Country outlines

Development has been slow but continuous:

Penubag has done a fantastic job on the images for the awards we'll be using for our project's collaborations and contests. We now have 3 awards: a medal, a trophy, and a race ribbon. They all look tight. The trophy needs a small adjustment, but other than that, all 3 award images are complete and ready to use to create awards with.

Spartaz has warned us of (threatened to take) G4 (speedy delete) action if we run a competition that resembles the previously deleted Awards Center page. So whatever we do, any contests we run must differ substantially from the methods used there.

One type of competition I've been exploring is edit racing. I'm in the process of working the bugs out of this concept - the first race didn't work as expected - you see, because we only had an award for first place, the opponent didn't think it worthwhile to continue once it was clear who the winner would be. And since editors are in different time zones and usually need to start the race at different times, we need to base winning on personal start times - he who completes his assigned edits in the least time (rather than first), wins. And last but not least is quality control. What good is winning if your edits are ripe with errors? So I'll be exploring possibilities such as using a referee (whoever is overseeing a particular race), having participants watching each other for errors to knock them back, etc. I'm not sure yet.

Rich Farmbrough has been applying his bot expertise to filling in blanks in the country outlines (the population and area entries). I'm amazed at the number of edits he pumps out each day on a myriad of projects - ours makes up but a small time slice of his activity, and yet he has saved us many hours of manual work. Perhaps we should look into how he gets so much done.  :)

Zlerman has chosen to work on one outline at a time, and is taking on Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. He also has been keen on noticing and reporting design issues pertaining to the whole set of country outlines. Keep up the good work!

Highfields has been filling in the names of capitals, and is our first race winner. Check out the award on his user pages.

As you probably know, this project has expanded to include working on any and all sets of pages that are linked to from the country outlines. Once the set of country outlines go live (in article space), traffic will likely increase for all the links included on them. The quality and usefulness of those pages will reflect heavily on the country outlines (the outlines, which are essentially lists of links, are only as good as the links they present), and therefore we've branched out to solve the biggest problems with those as well. So far, we've taken on:

• The creation of disambiguation pages for country adjectivals ("German", "French", "Taiwanese", etc. About half done.)
• The clean-up of the CIA World Factbook statistics on the "demographics of" country pages. We've been renaming those sections to provide a key string that AWB can use for targetting (for skipping and filtering). Once that's done, we'll be able to break the clean-up down into simple AWB search/replace tasks, because we'll be able to target just those pages that include the CIA stuff.
• Renaming the "Cuisine of" articles to their adjectival forms ("Chinese cuisine", "Italian cuisine", etc.)

Blackadam2 and Thehelpfulone have been helping out with the "demographics of" pages mentioned above.

And we have a couple speed addicts (addicted to wiki-velocity, not drugs)...

Both Robert Skyhawk and Thehelpfulone prefer (and excel at) simple AWB search/replaces. Robert hasn't actually joined our team yet, but he has been helping out quite a bit from the sidelines (via the WP:AWB/Tasks page. Unfortunately, there has recently been a non-AWB chore that has been holding things up on the AWB front - an edit to all the the headings which had to be reverted before too many new edits were made, because any new edits would make the reversion more difficult. The headings have been restored, so now the way is clear for AWB operations, and there are many search/replace tasks in the queue. AWB assignments have started again!

There's a similar bottleneck on the "Demographics of" pages (the "keying" mentioned above), but that's almost cleared too.  :)

With my internet access somewhat crippled, I've been finding it difficult to keep up with you guys. However, I expect to be accessing a Linky-capable workstation on a faster server (I'm on it right now, as you can probably tell from my contributions list for today), and so I should really pick up speed. Feels goooooood.  :)

Recruiting has been a bit slow (but steady), due in part to my crippled access, and because we've been waiting for the images for the awards to be completed. I expect the team to grow more rapidly as the bottlenecks are removed.

Well that's what's been happenin', and here's what's in the pipeline...

I'm about to begin work on a set of lists that corresponds to all the standard links on the country outlines, and these will be presented on the Topic outline of countries which will be organized exactly like the country outlines. Aside from being an extremely useful navigation aid, it will allow editors to easily see the state of country coverage on Wikipedia. I'll provide you with a link once I get up to speed on this.

In the meantime, keep up the good work!

Cheers,

The Transhumanist 05:45, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Guild

I see you've been doing some heavy reading and are part of some kind of guild. The cabal lives? Copy-editors unite!!! ???? :) ChildofMidnight (talk) 22:15, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Wow Scaps, thanks so much for setting up my honors page. I'm humbled. That was so nice of you! When you said something about it I thought you had just put one that you gave me on there, not ALL of them! ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:34, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Thanks. ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:58, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Hey, nice page (User:ChildofMidnight/honors)--but go check out his latest barnstar! ;) Drmies (talk) 14:59, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar!

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		For your excellent copyediting of Ravenloft (module) during an FAC, I hereby award you this copyeditor's barnstar! -Drilnoth (talk) 13:20, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

You are a druid of copy-editing. Congrats. ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:32, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Dogmatix

Hey! some robot have stolen the Dogmatix picture! http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dogmatix&curid=1241249&diff=270393802&oldid=269255459 Very upsetting . Drmies thinks you are the solution... Is there a possibility to save that picture or get a new one?

Regards

Warrington (talk) 21:27, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

 Done I have added the needed rationale and placed the image back in the article. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 21:40, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Excellent!!

Well done. Now I can sleep without nightmares.

Warrington (talk) 21:46, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Warrington (talk) 21:46, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

If I can help it, your nightmare will be far worse! Scapler (talk) 21:50, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

File:Orlock.jpg

MUHAHAHAAHA!!!!

Heeelp!!!!!!!!!

Warrington (talk) 22:29, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

This robot got mad again...

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Drmies&curid=12968401&diff=270622946&oldid=270602795

Warrington (talk) 11:07, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Count Scapula

Did you see that I created (recreated) a new article for the State Fair of Florida? Granted it's not as big as some flatland Zipline at Safari World, but still. And they serve chocolate dipped bacon, which is sort of like chocolate covered bacon in theory. Are you near A-Rod's stadium of cheaters in Miami? Dan Marino or Brad Johnson? ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:04, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

If you created it, then why is it redlinked? Moooooo........ Scapler (talk) 04:06, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

It looks like a blue link to me. Are you wearing colored glasses? Is this the name that animal game??? COW!!! ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:15, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

That blue link appeared exactly eight minutes after my comment, don't think I didn't notice. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 14:35, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

What is Tonedeaf? And may I suggest that trial information and other improvement could be added to the John Peter Zenger article (as well a redirect for the trial)? This might be better than separate articles. How was the zipline? Why do you think the New York Jets are so much cooler than the Pittsburgh Steelers? ChildofMidnight (talk) 22:25, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Firstly, it was great. Secondly, the Steelers are far superior to the Jets (though my dad may disagree with me), thirdly Tonedeaf is an amazing Indie album by Orbit, and fourthly, I believe the Zenger trial was so influential that it warrants a separate article. Wooh... that was quite a long list. Scapler (talk) 01:48, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

I accidentally uploaded a photo on top of an existing one here Vietnam war memorial.jpg. How do I separate them? HELP!!! ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:54, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

I have reverted the file back to its previous image. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 22:12, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Much appreciated thanks. You can't copy over your note to me and keep it all in order because I've already replied here and that would be refactoring. So what are you going to do now? Huh? Huh? ChildofMidnight (talk) 23:08, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

I win Scapler (talk) 02:17, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Alan Scott (blacksmith)

On February 17, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alan Scott (blacksmith), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 07:45, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Bearsona. You have new messages at Bongomatic's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Tagging for speedy deletion

Hi Scapler. Thank you for your work on patrolling pages and tagging for speedy deletion. I just wanted to inform you that I declined to delete Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev Körner, a page that you tagged for speedy deletion under criterion A7 because of the following concern: I'd like to remind you that A7 does only apply if there is no indication of notability whatsoever. An article in Harper's Magazine should be more than enough to indicate that the subject might be notable. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion and especially what is considered Non-criteria. In future you should rather tag such pages for proposed deletion or start an appropriate deletion discussion. Regards SoWhy 11:57, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Just wanted to clarify that, while external links were provided in the Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev Körner article, when I marked it for speedy deletion the article's content was nothing more than a sentence essentially saying that he was a man who existed. The article made no claim of notability beyond the fact that he once lived. I see that the article now has content, and is a legitimate stub, which I think is a good result of a deletion nomination. So, thank you for your notification and keep up the good work. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 12:17, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

External links can be a valid claim of notability, please do not forget this. If I write an article with only "John Doe is a politician" and I provided a couple of reliable sources which talk about John Doe in length because he is President of North Elbonia, then the article has a claim of notability even if just because of the sources linked. Regards SoWhy 12:21, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Granted, like I said, the article is improved, so everything turned out as it should, perhaps I was a bit hasty with the tag. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 12:26, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Thomas Hooker

Nice to see someone taking an interest in the Thomas Hooker page. :-) Cheers, MarmadukePercy (talk) 21:19, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

I was glad to help, it saddens me a little some of the essential history topics do not receive enough attention sometimes. I just could not leave poor Tom with a references needed tag! Thank you for helping out, and if we really want to get ambitious, we could read this biography and really expand it. Scapler (talk) 22:43, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

I quite agree with you. I've posted a little to his entry over the past year or so, and added descendants from another family that I write about quite often, but I had not managed to get back to Tom. Glad to see your interest, and I will continue to add from this point also. I've spent quite a bit of time in his backyard. Best, MarmadukePercy (talk) 22:47, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

If you're interested in this subject, you might also have a look at Puritan Family by the eminent Yale historian Edmund S. Morgan, a book which also discusses Hooker. Morgan is a great writer as well, and this book is quite accessible. [1] MarmadukePercy (talk) 00:06, 20 February 2009 (UTC)