User talk:Dgies/Archive 1

Cleanup on The Lottery

Thanks for adding The Lottery to Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/Culture and Arts. The page was vandalised and improperly reverted. I have reverted to an earlier version with the whole article. In future, to revert a page simply find an appropriate edit using the history tab at the top of the page. Click the date to display that edit, then click "edit this page". Explain the revert in your edit summary and save the page. You have now restored the previous copy. Note that it is acceptable to mark an edit reverting vandalism an minor.

By the way, I have removed your entry from pages needing attention (as the main problem has now been fixed) and placed it on the article's talk page, as I agree the controversy needs to be explained. Thanks for joining Wikipedia! - Gareth Aus 23:54, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Copyright issues on Open Letter to Hobbyists

Actually, I'm one of those Wikipedians who keep an eye on possible copyright infringements. The title of the letter has nothing to do with its copyright status. Unless it can be established that Gates grants rights copmatible with Wikipedia terms of use, the letter text should not appear in the article. Conscious 09:31, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Deleting User:Dgies/Foobar

Add either {{Db-test}} (test page, see WP:CSD G2) or {{Db-author}} (author requests deletion, see WP:CSD G7). ˉˉ^anetode╞┬╡ 20:25, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks --Dgies

Algore speedy deletion

Please see my note and reconsider your vote. User:Kitteneatkitten

Your Mom

This article was previously deleted per Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Your_mom. May I revert it to a redirect?--Kchase T 04:05, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

• I'd really rather you didn't. It may have been a crap article but I think it can be made decent. I did the best I could. I'd like to see more on other cultural implications besides the english-speaking world. Dgies 04:08, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
• The original article sure is a magnet for stupidity though... Dgies
  • OK, I compared them. I won't revert, but no promises you won't get a similar message from others. Good job turning out a better article than the last one. Cheers!--Kchase T 04:48, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Grass fed beef

Dgies....apologies for the edit without explanation. I was unaware of the discussion forum. check out the discussion page for grass fed beef. I've tried to explain things and reach a compromise. Vpivet

SAP IDoc

Thanks for catching that copy violation. I've been learning about IDOCS over the last few months, so I'll take a stab at the rewrite (unless someone jumps in first) Anca 00:05, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

No problem. I found it because I ran across another case where Africanoracle did a wholesale rip-off, and decided to investigate his/her other edits. Dgies 04:25, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Speedying misspellings

why would u redirect a miss spelt name? it just makes wikipedia untidy when there is no need for it.--Dan027 09:31, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

The policy at Wikipedia:Redirect suggests using redirects for misspellings because theyprevent the creation (or recreation) of duplicate articles, and help people find what they're looking for. Also, it's good form to reply on the same page the message was left: it makes it easier to see the converstation thread. Dgies 09:35, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Unsigned Comment

[1] You may want to sign. JoshuaZ 18:12, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I usually do, but it was a minor snarky comment so I didn't care enough. Dgies 18:31, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

removing the "Failed Consensus" tag on the Schools discusion

Hi Dgies,

• I posted a response to your removal on the talk page. Your rationale sets an impossible, unreachable standard for Failed Consensus.
• This is a good-faith FYI or "heads-up" for you: I think that -- in the name of some form of "Due Process" -- your removal of the tag should be left as it is for a few days. But I will re-tag it in a few days unless someone says something really new and constructive; unless some momentum in a positive direction occurs. --Ling.Nut 13:49, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
• I posted a response explaining myself better Dgies 16:03, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, Dgies

Thanks so much for helping on the Kee Bird page. I'm brand new at this, and I appreciate your finding the transcript to the NOVA documentary and linking to it. The story of that plane has fascinated me for years, and I felt Wikipedia needed a page about it. Thanks for the helpful links and the welcome. Take care. Rmw1978 06:22, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Windows template

Hey, I'd like to discuss your template idea... a good "series" template would be a great addition. Where would you prefer discussions to take place? Reply here, I'll watch your user page... -/- Warren 07:37, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

How 'bout here. It's a little more open that way. --Dgies 07:54, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Yo

Yo! Back atcha, bro.Matt Gies 22:04, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Oops!

Hey, I didn't know that I screwed up the template when I made the changes. I make a lot of mistakes when I type and sometimes I don't catch them. I'm glad you caught it so the thing works. Sorry bout that! VitaleBaby 16:59, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Dude, I left you a comment already about that. Like I said, sorry that I messed up the template. Luckily you were able to fix it. Why'd your repost?VitaleBaby 02:46, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

At 09:34, 21 November 2006 I left you a comment on your talk page. At 16:59, 21 November 2006, you responded on my talk page. At 19:00, 21 November 2006 someone else left you a message. Perhaps you are confused. -- Dgies 02:52, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Image tagging for Image:HansReiser.gif

Thanks for uploading Image:HansReiser.gif. The image has been identified as not specifying the source and creator of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the source and creator of the image on the image's description page, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided source information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 08:45, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Done: http://idiom.com/~beverly/hans_resume.html

Template:Infobox Congressman

Can you make the picture an optional feature? Some representatives don't have a picture. If you know how to do this, it would be much appreciated. If you do not, could you please direct me to someone who can? Thank you. American Patriot 1776 00:29, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Done! --Dgies 03:06, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, the Horace Mann Towner article. I'm also adding the infobox to other articles with no picture. Thank you very much! American Patriot 1776 23:36, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Template:PRODwarning

I agree that WP:NFT might be too condescending, but I didn't want to remove the reference to a second "readme" entirely. Maybe WP:DEL would be a good replacement for the WP:NN reference for the time being? — SMcCandlish [talk] [contrib] ツ 03:50, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. --Dgies 07:05, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

It's verra nahce. — SMcCandlish [talk] [contrib] ツ 07:44, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Infobox Congressman

Why do you wanna keep religion optional? Almost all articles dedicated to congressmen specify the religion. --Checco 23:33, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

See my reasoning on the talk page. Optional variables: "It's a good thing".

See my reasoning on talk page, you too! Anyway I accept your opinion, without problems. --Checco 23:39, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Vectrix

I replied on my talk page. – Quadell ^{(talk) (random)} 14:33, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Windows Key and FPS

Hi,

just a quick note about your addition to Windows key. I see that the subject is already covered in modifier key and the corresponding section ("Trivia") is also marked as unsourced there. Would you object to moving your contribution down in the article, perhaps renaming "Alternative designs" to "Alternative designs and trivia"? I can do that for you... just wanted to avoid reverts, which don't help anyone :-) —Gennaro Prota^•Talk 00:30, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

I was also unsure where to put it in the article.

:-)

I do feel a brief mention should be on Windows key because it was the Windows keys, not modifier keys themselves that caused the problem. While windows/game conflict is unreferenced, I feel it should be kept because I remember hearing quite a bit of griping when it first came out, but since this was back in 1995, I think it will be hard to find a citation unless I go digging in boxes of old gaming magazines.

Yeah. If you have them though it would be really nice to find them out when you have a chance to (I trust you, but it always help to remove unreferenced tags).

I don't think I've kept them. I don't suppose you know any online archives of that sort of thing? --Dgies 17:03, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

So to summarize my position, "notable, not OR, unreferenced, difficult to reference". --Dgies 02:25, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Fair comments. I've updated the article moving your information a little further down. I agree that they are worth having (I also think "issues" is much more appropriate than "trivia" —this caused a real problem). Thanks for contributing them :-) —Gennaro Prota^•Talk 17:00, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Reversion of edits to User talk:Weatherman90

Please do not disrupt of remove text from my userpage. It is considered vandalism. (George Bush Rocks!) Weatherman90 01:15, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

No, it's not. diff Your user talk page is not your own. It is for others to communicate with you about Wikipedia. I was civil to you, please return the favor. --Dgies 02:09, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Civil would be informing me of this, and allowing me time to remove it. Weatherman90 23:20, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

I removed disruptive formatting from a talk page, citing the applicable guidelines, and inviting you to revert me if you disagreed. --Dgies 23:42, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

You never 'cited the applicable guidelines' - you simply deleted content from my page with no explanation. I had to come after you to find out why you did so. Weatherman90 00:21, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Despite your rudeness, I see your concern on the scolling issue - I have made the image stationary. Weatherman90 16:20, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

It wasn't and isn't a problem on my PC. It must only behave that way under certain conditions. If so, I agree it could be intrusive, and it's good that you changed it. Wahkeenah 19:15, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

I was really annoying in Firefox. Perhaps your browser doesn't properly support that particular CSS feature. --Dgies 23:49, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

(Drumroll, please) Behold! An apparent advantage of I.E. vs. Firefox. :) Wahkeenah 00:20, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

<rimshot> --Dgies 05:14, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

I most certainly did if you'd check the revision history. I said contradicts the guidelines at Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines "Stay on topic", "Be objective", and "Keep the layout clear" --Dgies 23:49, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

I went by the guideline (which I got rung up for myself once) that says you don't mess around with other people's posts on talk pages, unless they are libelous, slanderous, or general vandalism. Which is what I took your deletion of that image to be, and still do. Wahkeenah 02:52, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

• Also, you sent me to that guideline page but did not specify what particular guideline you think is being violated. Regardless, you should discuss that with the talk page's user before taking it upon yourself to delete stuff you don't happen to like. Wahkeenah 02:58, 1 December 2006 (UTC) Oops, you already did (sort of). However, you have still not specified what the problem is. Wahkeenah 03:15, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

I most certainly did say: "Stay on topic", "Be objective", and "Keep the layout clear". Including your favorite politician on a talk page is off-topic, obviously non-objective, and having it position itself to follow scrolling activity, as in <div style="position: fixed; right:5px; bottom:5px; display:block; height:155px; width:145px;"> is disruptive to other people attempting to read or edit the page. --Dgies 03:18, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

I fail to see how merely posting the President's picture is "disruptive", and whatever you're describing about it following scrolling, I don't see it on my screen, either currently or for the versions just prior to your reversion, so I don't get what your issue is. That editor likes to write about politics, and the user pages are allowed to present what the writer likes to write about. I'm a Democrat, and I don't feel offended by Bush's mug being there. Besides, Bush will be gone in a couple of years, and then maybe the editor will post a picture of Hillary Clinton. Wahkeenah 01:40, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Rougher07

Thank you for your compliment. Next time I will add a description to my edits.Rougher07 21:09, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Deletion for "Your Mom"

The content removed from the article Your Mom-the last three lines of the introductory paragraph-was not intended to be out of an act of vandalism. I deleted this content because I did not find it important, and some of the information seemed original and opinion-built(such as how and when the phrase grew in popularity). As I am sure you know, this is not vandalism, as it was done with reason. I will not delete the content again, but I am interested in if you will reconsider the change. I leave the decision to you, and if you believe the article should stay as is, I understand and have no objections. An article on such a topic must be a constant target for vandalism, and I apologize for adding to the difficulty of maintaining it. Thank you.

Perhaps the content I deleted would be more appropriate if put into a "References in Pop Culture" section. --TheZookeeper 23:59, 8 December 2006 (UTC)--

OK, sorry for the misunderstanding. Your Mom is a favorite target for vandalism, so when I see a fairly new/light user deleting content from it without leaving an edit summary... well I jumped to the obvious conclusion. I still don't think deletion is the right answer; but moving it to a subsection is probably a good idea. In the future, leaving a descriptive edit summary can help avoid these misunderstandings. --Dgies 00:44, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Core 2 Duo

we sorta ended up in an edit war there for a sec. i wasnt logged on at the time, but this is my account. (i thought i already sined up for wiki, i must have deleted i or something lol). anywho:

the Core 2 Duo has an FSB (currently) of 1066MHz. they get this through whats known as a Quad pumped 266MHz bus. i call this the core bus, some people call it other things. this is the single most important number on any processer, weather it be from netburst, K8, or Core architecture. so i tried to add a column known as "core bus speed" (having to go thru 20 edits because i still dont know the java for wiki very well :( ). again as stated above, this would be a bvery good number to have, as it is one of two differances between the currently released E6x00 (eg. E6300) and E6xx0 (eg. E6650). the E 50's run at 333MHz bus speed, where the 00's run at 266 bus speed.

you also stated there is no point in giving both Mega transfers per second, and Mega hertz. In this instance the are synonyms to each other (which really needs to be explained to the readers).

You got me on allendale vs conroe tho. Some people are stating that all E6XX0s are Conroes, some say the ones with half the L2 disabled are allendales, some say they are also conroes and that only the E4X00s are allendales. i knew nothing of th E4x00s and just did a quick google, it appears as tho your right.

I'm going to make one more edit adding the core bus speed, but I wont make any changes to what is allendale and what is conroe. I believe adding core bus speed would be a very good addition to this page. before you change it again please e-mail me or leave something on (my currently non-existant, ill get crackin on that) my page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MrWizard6600 (talk • contribs) 19:50, 10 December 2006 (UTC).

1. RE: Allendale vs. Conroe, lots of people had the same confusion until we got it straightened out: E6300 and E6400 are Conroes with half cache disabled, a true "native" Allendale has not yet been released.
2. The difference between the bus speeds of E6x00 processors and E6x50 processors was already clear in the table, the buses are 1066MT/s and 1333MT/s, so there is no need to add duplicate information that they are also 266MHz and 333MHz. You may be right that there should be brief explanation of what MT/s and MHz mean in this context, but adding that information to every row of every table IS redundant. I won't revert you again for now, but I suspect someone else will... --Dgies 20:39, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

yeah but it is also important to note the differance between the Core 2 bus speed and the Netburst and K8 bus speeds 267Mhz offers significantly more performance over 200MHz. furthermore you did the same with the l2 and l1 cache sizes anyways. they are even more redundant then putting down bus speeds. --Geoff —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MrWizard6600 (talk • contribs) 20:57, 10 December 2006 (UTC).

I'm not saying bus speed shouldn't be in the table. It certainly should. I'm saying it's redundant to have it in the table twice, one as MT/s and again as MHz. We should pick one and stick to it. I think most people have decided to agree on MT/s because that's what Intel quotes. --Dgies 00:30, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Blocking User:Johnhamilton4

Yep, I blocked him indef now. Sorry, for some reason I blocked him as if it were an IP. Thanks for noticing. Regards,--Húsönd 18:25, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Help categorize

Can you help me categorize the air pollution control systems? I have troubles editing the categories, when I want to edit, it shows only this sign "*" on the page. Any suggestion? The Vindictive 14:22, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm not exactly sure what you were trying to do or why it wasn't working, but I have edited several of your categories making them subcategories of each other, and in Category:Scrubbers, making it indicate the main article. You may with to edit your various pollution control articles to place each of them in a single category. Because I have the subcategories set up, placing an article in the single category Category:Wet scrubbers is equivalent to placing it in all the parent categories: scrubbers, air pollution control systems, pollution control technologies, pollution. --Dgies 17:15, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Ah, perhaps you're confused about how categories work? Articles are placed in a category by adding [[Category:Some category]] to the article, not by editing the category itself. The category page consists of all articles which have [[Category:Some category]] in them, as well as any description or formatting you want for the category itself. --Dgies 19:28, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

My recent RfA

Thank you for considering my RfA. It was a very humbling yet surprisingly gratifying experience. I am grateful for all the constructive comments that will undoubtedly make me a better contributer, and hopefully a stronger candidate in the future. Grika 14:56, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

American strong ale

Hi. You did some work on this article. I'm now proposing a redirect to Pale Ale, similar to the original redirect. American strong ale is a variation on pale ale, and the different variations are best initially discussed in the main article. Later, if enough information grows, we can split it off, but for now it might be best to allow it to grow in a place where attention could be concentrated. SilkTork

OK, feel free. --Dgies 21:48, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Your beer edits

I've just had a look at your beer edits. Sensible edits [apart from the one on Shandy! ; ) ]. Have you thought about joining the Wikipedia:WikiProject Beer? Cheers! SilkTork 21:58, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Picture need

I reviewed Wikipedia:Avoid self-references and do not find where it says the template {{Picture needed}} should be on the talk page. I did find here Wikipedia:Avoid_self-references#Examples_of_self-references that templates do serve a purpose on Wikipedia and should not be deleted. So I am confused by your choice to move a request for “A picture is needed here.” from the article to the talk page on about a dozen articles today. If you think the template needs to clarify that is a self reference per Wikipedia:Avoid_self-references#Examples_of_self-references then maybe it would be more appropriate to edit the template? Jeepday 03:35, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Pretty much everything in Category:Image_request_templates specifies it should only be added to talk pages. I presume that this is because including these sort of templates in the articles themselves constitutes a particularly obvious form of self reference. It is also one which can easily be alleviated by moving the message to a talk page while still allowing the message to be seen by people who watchlist the article or monitor Category:Wikipedia requested images. By keeping these messages on the talk page, we get all the page improvement/maintenance benefits without breaking the "fourth wall". --Dgies 04:22, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I see your point about most of the templates on Category:Image_request_templates they are clearly only appropriate for talk pages (and could use a little work to for constancy amongst themselves). In my opinion the two templates “Template:Diagram needed” & “Template:Picture needed” are different then the “Template:Req*****” ones and work more as place holders for requested pictures in the articles. Moving the templates Diagram and Picture needed off articles is not going to fully address your concerns as I see them. The holidays are impacting my Wikipedia time so maybe we can look at after the first of the year? Jeepday15:04, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Anyone requesting an image on the talk page can still suggest where they think it should go and what caption they would like. A suggestion for formatting, which is what this is, is the sort of thing which belongs on the talk page. It's not like we're doing print typesetting where we need to create the page layout before we fill in all the content. If you really really need to test out different types of formatting on the article itself, that's what sandboxes and edit previewing is for. --Dgies 15:56, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Agreed, my point is that the template and the directions for these two templates in no way suggest that the templates should be placed on the talk page. The leaves four choices:

1. Resign yourself to the fact that they will be used on articles
2. Adjust the templates format and directions to the “Template:Req*****” format
3. Delete the templates
4. Spend the rest of your life moving them off of articles

Jeepday 02:59, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Ok, updated the usage notes. --Dgies 03:07, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I updated the thumb text on both, looks like this thread is done so I am "unwatching" this page. Thanks Jeepday 13:46, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Pulque

It is legal in Florida and found around large immigrant areas. I live in Polk County and the store right down the street has it. I am in good with the owner if you would like for me to get his distributor.

KASSPER 19:29, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I imagine it's legal pretty much everywhere beer is. I'm probably out of his distributor's area though. --Dgies 19:43, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Regarding User:MixedMartialArts

Good catch contesting my csd. I followed the redirect unaware it had taken me to a user page. Thanks bud. Navou ^talk

Although on closer inspection it may not have been an autobiography. Ah well, I have it watchlisted so if the user tries putting it in mainspace I can csd/afd/prod it as needed. --Dgies 17:27, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

{{AndonicO's Happy Holidays template}} | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 12:05, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Dgies! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Betacommand ^{(talk • contribs • Bot)} 17:16, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Indefblock of User:Louiselouise

I saw you just blocked this user (presumably for blanking {{PRODWarning}}). In my experience, blanking a warning template is usually a symptom of being a new user and not understanding MediaWiki very well. Since this user's only other contrib was creating an article which was speedied, an indef block without warning seems a bit harsh. What ever happened to assume good faith and don't bite the newcomers? Am I missing something here? --Dgies 01:25, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

I've unblocked her and left a message on her talk page. -- tariqabjotu 04:34, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

WP:WPSound

If you look at WPSound's goals, you'll see that they are in fact very different from the Requested recordings page's goals.

1. Ensure that all sound files on Wikipedia have copyright information, and delete any that are copyright violations.
2. Improve the instructions and guidelines for uploading and using sound.
3. Encourage the uploading of sounds on Wikipedia and at the Commons where appropriate.
4. Form a central point for discussing matters related to sound on the Wikipedia.
5. ...anything else?

vs. organizing people to create original recordings for Wikipedia/Wikimedia projects. Also, and this may be a trivial difference to you, but WikiProject Sound is a Wikiproject, not a project namespace page. This is intended to be a page like Wikipedia:Requested pictures. If you think it should go under the umbrella of WikiProject sound, I can understand that, but that page hasn't been edited since mid-November. Frankly, I'd rather try to get something new started than revive something which has died, and never seems really to have started in the first place, whose goals are not the same as Wikipedia:Requested recordings. Mak (talk) 04:52, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

OK, my mistake. Feel free to remove the {{mergeto}} tag. --Dgies 05:12, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Your Mom

There are no citations on the entire page about the significance of the word, and the entire article seems to be a user explanation of the word. Ocatecir 21:03, 30 December 2006 (UTC)