User talk:Netkinetic/Archive1

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

Based on your reply I understand :) Thanks for such a quick response! Orbframe 07:11, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Of Kull and whatever else

Hi, I just saw your edit in the Kull article. I'm not sure it's proper place is here. Are you sure this character is indeed the same person as Kull of Atlantis, king of Valusia? I know that Howard's estate literary agents were pretty liberal in letting others use his creation... but never heard of that one, and use of King Kull as a villain in a completely unrelated comic sounds a bit strange. God knows there's enough dreck floating around with Conan's name on it without the disease having spread.

At any rate, the links need to be reworked, they take you to disambiguation pages rather than the proper ones, of course, you know what you speak of, and I have a fair idea that the character is the one currently known ad DC's Captain Marvel, and Fawcett its original publisher... but I'm not quite sure enough to make the edit myself, and people with no knowledge in the subject must be directed straight to the proper article. Yours truly . --Svartalf 15:53, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Artemis of Bana-Mighdall

Thanks so much for your help on the Artemis of Bana-Mighdall article. Artemisboy 23:13, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

DA Arbitration

I greatly appreciate your nice comment on my arbitration page. Dyslexic agnostic 05:39, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

User:David Hong

I've removed your {{speedy}} tag from this page, because neither the tag nor the edit summary explained why a user page should be speedily deleted. Did you perhaps mistake it for an article? :)

If I've made a mistake of some sort, please let me know. Thanks!

Adrian Lamo ·· 05:58, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

subst

When using template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:test}} instead of {{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template.

Thanks! howcheng {chat} 20:19, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Machine translating

Thank you for offering to help with Michel sogny. However, it seems you used Babelfish or Google Translate or a similar program for this. Please do not submit machine translations: as it says in Wikipedia:Translation into English, "machine translation is worse than nothing". In my experience, it is much easier to get volunteer translators (there is a nice crowd that reads Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English) than people willing to clean up the results of machine translation, so not using Babelfish usually leads to a good translation much faster. Thanks for your time, and happy editing! Kusma (討論) 06:26, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

No problem at all. Actually Michel sogny was a copyright violation anyway, and I have listed it as such, so there is no cleanup work to do now ;-) Kusma (討論) 06:55, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

American Dream vandal

I listed him in the WP:AIV...I guess the admins are busy?

Really?

Unfortunately our Brazilian friend Lesfer alias 201.17.109.212 (etc?) has a pattern of erasing items which are established history.
Really? Do you think so? Prove it. Report me. Best wishes! Lesfer 14:58, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Hey

Hey, thanks for helping me out. I think we are good now, though (the anon and i). Peace. Harryfronman 18:11, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

User:Lesfer

Please take up any concerns you have with Lesfer with User:Bratsche. He is kind of watching out for him. -Thanks Nv8200p talk 20:24, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Star Brand edit

See that article's talk page for my reasons. Once again sorry if I offended you, I honestly thought it wasn't a big deal. (Stephen Day 01:01, 10 February 2006 (UTC))

And where did it say that?

I noticed you reverted on the User:Kelly Martin page, claiming that she was on a Wikibreak (and later protected it). However, I looked, and did not see any "I'm on a Wikibreak" notices on her talk or suer pages, so...I'm pressed to actually know where she announced she was gonig on Wikibreak. - Hbdragon88 02:46, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

It's flattering to think that Netkinetic would do that, (s)he seems like a very good editor. But we must Assume good faith. I doubt he meant anything by it, and was just ill-informed. Эйрон Кинни 09:37, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

I sympathize with you, that's why I also made a debate on her talk page concerning the appropriateness of the picture and image summary. I found the pun to be in bad taste, and it offended others, but she never removed it anyway. She deletes hundreds of userboxes and places something irrevocable offensive on her user page, to me it doesn't say much. Эйрон Кинни 17:54, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Ms. Marvel Image

You wrote - I think that there is room for everyone's image. Why is this an issue? (By the way, I like both for different visual reasons). Netkinetic 03:41, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

I want to thank you for your support. I don't know what Les problem with the image is. SOM has a hate for Turner it would seem (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wolverine_%28comics%29/Archive_3#Which_image_do_you_prefer.3F for a reference). I had both images up because I know from experience that people don't like their contributions arbitrarily deleted. So again, just saying thanks for your support. Dstorres

3RR

Comment found here.

Dr. Seuss

You moved Dr. Seuss to Doctor Seuss, but you gave no rationale. His books are all attributed to "Dr. Seuss", and he is never referred to as "Doctor". I moved the page back. If you'd like to comment, drop by the Talk:Dr. Seuss page. thanks. --Quiddity 21:04, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Myth vs Mythology

Hi Netkinetic! I happened to notice that you have made a few edits on pages where you changed the word "myth" to "mythology." I wanted to ask about your thinking on those changes. (I don't want to argue, just talk.) From the two articles I looked at, Jim Morrison and Antisemitism, the word "myth" seems more appropriate to me because it is a broader term than "mythology." Now it's been a number of years since my last undergrad course in mythology, but I thnk that the context of those two articles is better served by the use of the word "myth." A person can enjoy reading about "ancient myth" or "the ancient myths" but have no interest in "mythology" as a pursuit. Anyhow, I didn't want to simply do a revert without talking to you because I'm guessing you had a specific concern or simply a different perspective. Could you let me know your thoughts? Thanks, Ande B 05:38, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

I really appreciate your response on my talk page. Thank you for telling me about the disambiguation page, I figured you had a specific reason for your choices. If I put in a piped link that could be read as "myth" but link to "mythology", would that work on the few pages where there is a preference for one word rather than the other? I haven't been editing for very long so my question may be stupid. If there is a link to instructions for making proper links, perhaps you could just point me in that direction. Thanks again. Ande B 21:40, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

You inspired me to experiment with the piped links and I figured out which ones to use for the articles I mentioned. Thanks. Ande B 22:01, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Multiverse edits

While I am sure that in some circles comic books are much more important than science the breathtaking inappropriateness of creating a list where One cosmological and one physics theory out of the five mentioned in the original share equal billing with DC comics and Marvel comics will not go down well. I am going to ask you to revert and use some perspective. --DV8 2XL 04:47, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

First there is an issue of notability. As it stands you place comic books and science on the same list, and your list is both incomplete and in error including many-worlds (which is not technically a multiverse theory, although it's related) and parallel worlds of which multiverse stories are only a part. If you want to put a disambig link at the top of the old page fine I can live with that, but I can tell you right now when this mess is seen by the other cosmology type that watch these pages it's going to go anyway. --DV8 2XL 05:09, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

I have restored the page with a disambig to your comics at the top. Please leave it this way or have the courtesy to discuss it with the rest of us on the talk page. --DV8 2XL 05:56, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

That is extremely discourteous of you to accuse me of being a vandal, vandals don't explain themselves. Also in case like this it is appropriate to discuss major changes like this in the talk pages before you take it upon yourself to make wholesale changes. Please, Did you at least look what I had done to disambig the link? --DV8 2XL 06:05, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

First it's Cosmology not science (technically) and yes notability is an valid issue on Wikipedea. And at risk of repeating myself, there are several other editors that won't like this and it's rather high-handed of you to make this move without discussion considering that you have made a very poor disabig page. Since you won't see reason I'm going to have to call in the others. I still can't see why you won't accept a a disambig link at the top of the old page - it's done everywhere else on the 'pedia --DV8 2XL 06:19, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Apostrophe

Archival record of dialogue for future posterity

Image Fix

I hope you don't mind, but I replaced some images on your userpage; more specifically, the Canada one, which was suffering from a case of no-picture-itis. However, I couldn't find a replacement for the equally troubled Turkey map on Wikipedia. Sorry, but I hope I helped! _-M ^o P-_ 04:23, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Strange AWB edit

Hi there. You recently made this change to Category:Television biography stubs. May I ask what you were trying to achieve? I'm afraid all you have done is broken the page. --TheParanoidOne 20:45, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Another one here where you seem to have moved a perfectly valid notice to the bottom of the page for no apparent reason. Having looked at more of your contributions for today, you've used the (rather deceptive) edit summary "stub sorting using AWB" but none of it appears to actually be stub sorting. What's going on? --TheParanoidOne 20:57, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. I thought I was assuming good faith by asking you what was going on, rather than just reverting. With regards to the second edit I mentioned above, I noted it because I couldn't understand the reason for the change, and not because of any broken links. In that edit you moved the {{verylargestub}} notice from its correct location (at the top) to the bottom. Anyway, I've moved it back to its correct location now. --TheParanoidOne 05:37, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Ah, OK. Things are starting to become clearer. How is AWB identifying stub templates? Based on the above, would I be correct in assuming that it regards any template ending with the suffix "stub" to be a stub template? If so, then I think that needs changing, because the above template is not actually a stub template but a "This category is getting really big" template (a variation of {{verylarge}}) which therefore needs to remain visible at the the top of the page. Being only peripherally aware of what AWB is, is this a modification that you need to make to your copy or does someone else need informing? --TheParanoidOne 05:51, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Concerning your remarks

While you are entitled to your vote and rationale in any RfA, I would request that you separate things. I know that Lesfer and yourself have exchanged accusations on occasion. That sort or rivalry is nothing new around here. I don't take sides on such situations. We are all subject to the same rules and standards. I am not sure of what you read into the award I gave to Lesfer for efforts in sports-related articles, but if it was anything other than a recognition of Lesfer's dedication to such articles, you read too much into it. Furthermore, regarding this "continued support" you mentioned: what does that mean? Lesfer has requested my assistance in instances where perceived vandalism/disruption was taking place (in the last of which, the problem was verified by other users). Countering vandalism is part of my job as an Adminstrator. If you encounter similar situations, you are welcome to contact me just the same.
Now, if you have problems with Lesfer, I suggest you place a Request for Comments, or, if the situation is beyond dialogue, take it through our dispute resolution process. But it is inappropriate to take any of this out on a third party who's but interacted with the user with whom you are having problems. This fits one of our definitions for trolling. I'm sure it was not your intention to troll in my RfB, but sometimes around here, what we mean and what others perceive doesn't coincide. So I hope this will clear the air. Regards, Redux 17:46, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for the message. I have not looked into the problems between you and Lesfer closely, but in my experience, sometimes misunderstandings and minor differences of opinion can escalate into something much worse. And as this progresses, it becomes more and more difficult to reach any compromise with the other side. Perhaps the best solution would be a request for mediation?
Notice that a barnstar is not necessarily a subscription to a user's general/overall behavior, pattern of or overall contributions. In this particular case, I awarded Lesfer The Running Man Barnstar for his work in the Clube de Regatas do Flamengo article mainly, and for an overall dedication to sports-related articles. This particular Barnstar is very specific (a "topical Barnstar"), as was my awarding it, and it reflects no opinion, either way, on Lesfer's general behavior. In fact, the award seems to predate the controversies in question. Redux 20:52, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

AWB edit summary

Regarding the edit [1], may I ask you to provide more accurate edit summaries? I see no "bad link repair" here. (I am willing to forgive bad edit summaries for human editors, but bot-assisted edits should always have accurate or even perfect edit summaries IMHO). Thank you, and happy editing, Kusma (討論) 04:03, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Many of your recent AWB edits were rather pointless, such as this one: [2]. If you have to make these edits that have very little effect, could you please mark them as minor and use an edit summary like "minor cleanup of wikitext that has no effect on the output"? Thank you, Kusma (討論) 04:16, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Cavaliers

When you move articles, as you did with the above, please make sure to check "What links here" and fix any double redirects the move created. Thanks! Proto||type 19:59, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Requested move

FYI WP:RM "Cavaliers (royalists)" to "Cavalier" see Talk:Cavaliers (royalists) --Philip Baird Shearer 01:37, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Re:Regarding Teen Titans

Well, I don't have the time to be checking somebody else's time edits. If you have, good for you, but unfortunately I don't. I'm sure you'll understand it. But don't worry, I'm positive your good reputation wasn't even scratched. Cheers —Lesfer ^(talk/@) 21:03, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

WP:NPA? Easy, kid, you're too much stressed. Calm down, there wasn't any personal attack by me. I'm sorry if you feel that way. If it makes you feel better, I'd suggest you to report me. Let an admin judge if it was a personal attack or not, ok? Keep cool, maybe you should take a wikibreak. Cheers —Lesfer ^(talk/@) 21:10, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Yep, it may be. Cheers —Lesfer ^(talk/@) 21:40, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Regarding Al Pratt's article - you're welcome! —Lesfer ^(talk/@) 03:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Maxthon

Please be careful when reverting with VandalProof. The links changed by 209.197.165.1 (whom I know) on Maxthon were correct. The previous ones were outdated and http://res.maxthon.com/ is a more recent link. Thank you.—G.He 02:50, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

User talk:24.75.235.2

I took the liberty of replacing your message on User talk:24.75.235.2 with {{test2}}, as the vandalism to George Washington was most certainly not inadvertent blanking. Cheers! -- Mwanner | Talk 17:56, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

You wrote: "Please refrain from editing another editor's talk contributions. It is considered inappropriate. Regards."

Ordinarily, I wouldn't dream of doing such a thing. But please review the circumstances: [3]. -- Mwanner | Talk 18:03, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Fossum

• Which game are you playing ? Hektor 07:32, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Reminder:

When using template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:test}} instead of {{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template.

— Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 02:53, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

You may be able to subst, by customizing the buttons. See here. — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 10:57, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

All edits using Vandalproof have "subst" referenced - the article in question regarding this missing component has still been unidentified by the above user. NetK 17:04, 14 May 2006 (UTC)