User talk:Slightsmile/Archive 1

Welcome

Welcome!

Welcome! Hello, Slightsmile, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: The five pillars of Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page and How to develop articles How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish) Manual of Style I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! Deconstructhis (talk) 05:28, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

oops jpg

GrenzDeNL

I downloaded GrenzDeNL.JPG as a test and assumed it would into my own page. Is is certainly not encyclopediac. How do I clean this? Do you mean that you want it deleted? -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 15:38, 25 February 2010 (UTC) That was my thought when I sent but I was thinking since, what happens if I leave it? Maybe they will like it. Dutch German border c. late 1930's. If not they just delete it and no harm done? Slightsmile (talk) 16:35, 25 February 2010 (UTC)Slightsmile What are the steps to delete anyways? Slightsmile (talk) 16:38, 25 February 2010 (UTC)Slightsmile Also I put 1940's when I uploaded but it's more like late 1930's, how do I correct that? Slightsmile (talk) 16:44, 25 February 2010 (UTC)Slightsmile I have added a description, changed the date to "1930s?1940s?" and released it under the GFDL licence. I'm not sure that it will be useful in any article, and personally I think it should probably be deleted. If you want it deleted, just let me know here - as an admin, I can delete it. Also, for this particular issue, you don't need to use the "helpme" tag - I am watching this page, so I will see if you reply on this issue! -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 17:30, 25 February 2010 (UTC) Delete it. Thanks for the help. Just curious, I edited out the helpme with the brackets, is that what you meant about don't need to use the "helpme" tag? Much to learn. Slightsmile (talk) 17:42, 25 February 2010 (UTC)Slightsmile (puts on best Yul Brynner voice): "So let it be written. So let it be done.". Incidently, you probably noticed that I had added tp before the helpme - this stops it acting as an actual helpme (which keeps flagging up on the IRC help channel! If you need any further help, feel free to use it again. Regards, -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 17:46, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

question

{{helpme}} How do I submit a DYK. Do I post it in my talk page? What's the syntax? Slightsmile (talk) 23:20, 9 March 2010 (UTC)Slightsmile

See T:TDYK for submission instructions. For a shorter version of that see User:Rjanag/Quick DYK. -- /MWOAP|Notify Me\ 23:35, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Your DYK

I just reviewed your hook at T:DYK, and unfortunately because it is from the wiktionary it is ineligible for the main page. Don't give up there are plenty of topics that arestill out there! -Marcusmax(speak) 02:44, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

First article

Seitajärvi

{{helpme}} I have an article in my sandbox. This might sound like a joke but even though I have no knowledge of that language, I used Wikitionary to get a sense of some of the phrases in Seitajärvi. Think it might pass for a stub? If so, how do I submit it? Slightsmile (talk) 21:05, 13 March 2010 (UTC)Slightsmile I forgot to mention that Soviet partisans has a red link to Seitajärvi. Slightsmile (talk) 21:28, 13 March 2010 (UTC)Slightsmile It needs sources. All articles need to show notability through multiple, independent reliable sources. Please read WP:FIRST. Also, you should add a note on the talk page, to say where you translated it from - Template:Translated page. To make it live, you would move it from "User:Slightsmile/Sandbox" to just "Seitajärvi". Also, I think I'd make a redirect from "Seitajarvi" to "Seitajärvi". And then you'd probably want to 'reclaim' your sandbox by editing the redirect made by the move, and removing it. For clarification/more help, either use another helpme or talk to helpers live.  Chzz  ►  22:15, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Kangaroo care

low-tech slings

Hello Slightsmile! I'm writing about your recent edits to the page kangaroo care. You've added information about babywearing, and the recall/deaths reportedly linked to commercial slings sold in the US. Kangaroo care has very little, if anything, to do with the types of slings bought and worn by most North American women. Kangaroo care, in most settings, is done with very low-tech slings (e.g. a piece of fabric) in a hospital setting under strict medical supervision, or else it's done in a community with no access to the 'high tech' commercial slings sold in the States. I'm wondering if you would be opposed to my removing some of what you've added, and simply adding a relevant link to the article babywearing, where I'm sure the product recalls and (one assumes) lawsuits will certainly be covered in more detail. I feel that writing about baby deaths which are quite unrelated to kangaroo care on that page is somewhat irrelevant, and may colour the perspective of someone unfamiliar with this valuable treatment. If you could please reply (bere on your talk page), I'd really appreciate it! Thank you, and happy editing!! Jhfortier (talk) 04:00, 26 March 2010 (UTC) I didn't actually add any text but merely wikilinked existing text. I don't really know anything about the topic so you do what you feel is right and if someone who is involved with the article minds, then they'll just revert your edit and no harm done. Cheers Slightsmile (talk) 15:06, 26 March 2010 (UTC)Slightsmile Oh great, thanks then! Jhfortier (talk) 15:10, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Rain Turtle

I don't believe that rain turtle belongs as part of the mythology portal table. If so, changing it on the Mythology article won't affect it. GorillaWarfare ^talk 23:52, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

On who

Clarify tag

{{Helpme}} I'm doing cleaning, wikifying etc. How do I insert a remark or tag "On who?" in an article's text? example: The final toll On who? was almost 30 dead and 82 wounded. Slightsmile (talk) 18:02, 28 April 2010 (UTC) You could put {{who}} or {{whom}}, perhaps; . See Category:Inline templates.  Chzz  ►  18:10, 28 April 2010 (UTC) Actually in this case it's not a weasel word but an ambiguity: Who had those casualty figures, the VC or the Americans? If the answer is in Category:Inline templates, it's well hidden. Slightsmile (talk) 21:33, 28 April 2010 (UTC) Glad you found what you wanted (re your reply on my talk); yes, there are rather a lot on that page, and sorry if {{who}} wasn't appropriate. Looking at what you said now, I think perhaps {{Dubious}}, {{Failed verification}}, {{Verify_credibility}} or {{Disputed-inline}} might work - the last one is useful, because it leads to talk-page discussion. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  11:10, 30 April 2010 (UTC) Thanks. To give context, this is the article I'm working on. Slightsmile (talk) 15:14, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Fix layout

table format

{{Helpme}} How do I fix this layout? Slightsmile (talk) 00:08, 29 May 2010 (UTC) you can try using the undo feature in the pages history Sophie (Talk) 00:29, 29 May 2010 (UTC) What I want to do is put the data that I pasted in my practice page in nice clean columns as the original author seems to have intended. I'm doing some cleaning in this article that I picked out of the wikify list. Slightsmile (talk) 15:41, 29 May 2010 (UTC) ohh, it would be better going into a table like the below header 1 header 2 header 3 row 1, cell 1 row 1, cell 2 row 1, cell 3 row 2, cell 1 row 2, cell 2 row 2, cell 3  Done Sophie (Talk) 17:21, 29 May 2010 (UTC) Thanks for that. Slightsmile (talk) 19:36, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Not sure.

You'd have to ask Slakrr about it, since it's his bot. SineBot does have an 'opt out function', so maybe the accounts in question are using that. I myself use it. HalfShadow 19:34, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Slightsmile (talk) 23:31, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Re:Child Warsaw Ghetto

non-free use rationale

I've no doubt that it's an incredibly emotionally charged image (which, as an aside, is a very good reason to be careful with its use) but that's nothing to do with its copyright status. Every use of a non-free image on Wikipedia must meet our deliberately strict non-free content criteria. J Milburn (talk) 16:20, 6 September 2010 (UTC) Without a non-free use rationale, it shouldn't be in the article. I haven't assessed that usage of the image other than that. As for the NPOV issue, I wasn't saying it was, but when you open your justification with "It gives an emotional sense of the Holocaust like few other pictures of that terrible time" alarm bells start ringing. The fact that something happened has little to do with whether it is being presented neutrally. J Milburn (talk) 17:12, 6 September 2010 (UTC) Copy-paste rationales completely defeat the point of having rationales in the first place. As I see it, this image is not adding anything in particular to both articles- yeah, it's emotionally charged, but that's not a reason to use it. I'm sure I could find some nice non-free images of people crying to illustrate Death of Diana, Princess of Wales, but we shouldn't be using them... J Milburn (talk) 20:37, 6 September 2010 (UTC) If you know of non-free images with no rationale, tag them for deletion or let me know, and I'll do it for you. That's got nothing to do with this image. There are still useless copy-paste rationales. Do you understand what a rationale is, and why we have them? What you're doing is basically just explaining why the image is interesting/emotive; you're not actually explaining why it needs to be in the articles that it is in... J Milburn (talk) 15:07, 10 September 2010 (UTC) Your latest post really hit home the extent to which you don't understand the issue here. Three of those images are free- their usage does not need to meet the non-free content criteria, which is what we're talking about here. The other image is a single identifying image for infobox use, which serves mostly as a means of identification (as in, showing what the article is about, when a free image couldn't possibly) while also serving to identify the characters and the feel of the show. Hardly related even tangentially to what we're talking about... Again, please take a look at the non-free content criteria. J Milburn (talk) 21:07, 10 September 2010 (UTC) If I'm honest, I could say straight off the bat. Content is assumed non-free until it is demonstrated free- you could do some digging and see what you could find; it is possible that the image is public domain (though I doubt it). This page may also be helpful. J Milburn (talk) 14:44, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

SmackBot clarify tag

SmackBot corrected a clarify tag in Scosta. This is how I incorrectly added the tag - {{Clarify| September 2010}}. But is how SmackBot corrected - {{Clarify| September 2010|date=September 2010}}. btw - What do you think of this link for bork . Slightsmile (talk) 21:11, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes I know, I can't assume that parameter 1 is intended to be a date - especially as leaving it should be harmless. I could, I suppose, only do so if it is the current month year. Nice link. Rich Farmbrough, 21:13, 20 September 2010 (UTC).

Genesis Code

I din't know what that IP is doing...but that isn't even much of an article. No plot summary, no nothing. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 00:29, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the fast response regarding the dubious edits to astronomy articles. --Christopher Thomas (talk) 02:30, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Glad to help. Slightsmile (talk) 02:37, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Blazar

I ain't too crazy about him, that's for sure. :) Might be worth keeping an eye on. Thanks for letting me know. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 06:04, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Restorations

wikify tags

I'm just curious, why did the March 2008 wikify tags have to be restored? No offense at all. Geo g guy (talk) 03:55, 4 October 2010 (UTC) Someone is removing wikify tags (often the only edit) from articles that are still in bad shape and should remain on the wikify list so people like me - and you can find them and clean. I assume you've looked at the articles in question. It seems one user's idea of wikifying is to merely remove the tags. Slightsmile (talk) 04:05, 4 October 2010 (UTC) Here's some useful advise from last March that I found helpful. Slightsmile (talk) 04:39, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

School IP block

Man, I hate when anons come in and start randomly messing with the facts and figures. Thanks for letting me know. I slapped a six-month school block on the IP. PMDrive1061 (talk) 22:36, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Weird Philippines edits

Darned if I know whether or not the edits are valid, but this guy is definitely worth keeping the proverbial eye on. Thanks for the tip. :) PMDrive1061 (talk) 04:48, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

PS: I've just granted you rollback privileges. If you see some suspect stuff like this, you can now roll it back with a click of the mouse. Enjoy the new tool! You've certainly earned it. PMDrive1061 (talk) 04:50, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

UTC clock

Why does the UTC clock on this talk page stay stuck at 18:55 UTC and the UTC clock on this user's page stay stuck at 18:46 UTC? Is it normal or some connection issue at my end? Is there a page where I can learn more, or pick up templates or coding? Slightsmile (talk) 19:18, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

The last save I made reset it to 19:18 UTC, and I'm sure this save will reset it to the current time where I'm sure it will stay locked. Slightsmile (talk) 19:23, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Simple: Wikipedia pages are cached both on the server and in your browser in order to increase speed. As such, the time will be the one of the latest cache, i.e. either when it was last edited or when it was cached again by the software. Variables on a page will have the value they had at this time and not change until re-caching happens. See mw:Help:Magic words#Variables for more details. Regards SoWhy 19:35, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Latest IP nonsense...

...is coming from the University of South Florida. Off to do a school block. Thanks again! PMDrive1061 (talk) 01:41, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Criminy...

Waitamo

...how many people are watching my page, anyway? HalfShadow 02:01, 12 October 2010 (UTC) Now how do you know that? I heard there was some sort of prog that could show you that. 109...Is that a lot? On average, I mean. HalfShadow 02:15, 12 October 2010 (UTC) Waitamo. You've only existed since 2010. Who were you before? If you don't mind telling.HalfShadow 02:16, 12 October 2010 (UTC) Oh, I could care less about that, really; it's just you said I caught your attention last summer. HalfShadow 02:31, 12 October 2010 (UTC) When you said last summer, I though you meant 2009. HalfShadow 02:38, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Huggle edits

bug

When? Which edits? Please let me know the diffs so I can see what's happening. If it's my fault, I'm sorry. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:34, 13 October 2010 (UTC) Oh Well, it looks like it is a Huggle bug, not a Justin bug (which is to say, that it's not quite my fault.) Have you posted to Huggle's talk page? Please let me know if you see this problem in the future and I'll try to keep my eyes peeled as well... —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:44, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Sure...

...but I don't do windows. :) Looks as if someone clobbered that IP anyway. PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:29, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Weird...

Barnstar

The IP resolves to Sylmar which is really nowhere near Paramount or Bellflower if you're familiar with the LA area. However, Paramount and Bellflower are right next to one another and Compton is a short distance west. Looks like someone in in that area logged on with a Sylmar IP and is just mucking around. I'll warn him off. Thanks again! PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:19, 18 October 2010 (UTC) Which reminds me: The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar This Anti-Vandalism Barnstar is awarded to Slightsmile for tireless and diligent monitoring of anonymous edits and the damage which often accompanies them. Thank you for all your good work. PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:26, 18 October 2010 (UTC) You're welcome and it won't be your last. I'm almost ashamed to admit that I don't give these out nearly as often as I should and I have been meaning to give you one for quite some time. Really, thank you very much for all you do.PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:34, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. :)

I'll still be around, but I have a lot of personal projects ready to leave the ground. One is already launched and is going to require a lot of attention, so I won't have a lot of time to spend here. Thanks for your kind thoughts. You are a real asset to this project. PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:13, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Yup. Worth a look.

Yeah, he's just changing those numbers at random. He go bye-bye. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 14:44, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Bathhouse row

Hi

I only removed the tag as I thought that the article is more setting an example than needing work to wikify. If I have offended sorry about that lol

I did a copy edit on the article a couple of months ago - I found it pretty interesting and really got into it as I read more and more.

The flu wasn't so bad but the chest infection was another matter - pleurisy is not much fun though ...

Chaosdruid (talk) 21:24, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Something Shiny
Thank you for that edit on my user page. JDDJS (talk) 03:36, 8 November 2010 (UTC) The Userpage Shield this is the best barnstar there is to thank you for those helpful edits on my user page JDDJS (talk) 00:40, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Barber paradox is not an instance of Russell's

Two Paradoxes

Hello, I read your entry on the Barber paradox. You list Russell's quote in the "Philosophy of Logical Atomism". Russell seems to state that the Barber's paradox is not a valid form of his own. This point is emphasized in Russell's paradox entry to which you also refer. I tried to clarify this point just now, but you have restored your original text. Can you please let me know if you believe that the two paradoxes are the same? You can contact me directly at sanjai.narain@gmail.com. BTW, I searched Russell's quote in the PDF of the above essay below, but couldn't seem to find it. Best regards. -- Sanjai http://www.hist-analytic.org/RussellLAfacts.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.102.52.157 (talk) 23:43, 13 November 2010 (UTC) I reverted your edit because you made no edit summary and so I assumed it was a bad edit. We get so much of that. Feel free to restore your edit and I won't revert it this time. Regards. Slightsmile (talk) 00:18, 14 November 2010 (UTC) OK. I made the change. Thanks. -- Sanjai

Christian Congregational Church of Samoa

Expanded the Intro

I made some further changes to Christian Congregational Church of Samoa, but they leave the intro incomplete. Any ideas for the intro? Also, do you think the heading ==Bible== is accurate or should it be made more encompassing? Thank you. RJFJR (talk) 17:28, 22 November 2010 (UTC) I don't really know anything about the topic, just cleaning and trying to make it nicer for the readers. I see you doing good work on the article so I'll leave these decisions up to you. Slightsmile (talk) 17:37, 22 November 2010 (UTC) Cleanup is what I specialize in but I don't know anything about this church that wasn't in the article when I started. I've expanded the intro but I'm not sure the way I summarized it is accurate. RJFJR (talk) 17:40, 22 November 2010 (UTC) Adding or expanding text is something I have yet to add to my learning curve and I wouldn’t know where to begin. With the cleanup and wikify tags someone is bound to see and make the necessary fixes. Maybe there's a tag that addresses the need for an expanded lead. If I may go off on a tangent - I disagree with some editors who accuse taggers as being Wikipedia:WikiImps. If an article needs something I can't do - that's what the tags are for. (non relevent - I read previous message too fast) Slightsmile (talk) 18:51, 22 November 2010 (UTC) I looked at the diffs and your changes seem to agree with the original version. Slightsmile (talk) 19:06, 22 November 2010 (UTC) Thank you for checking. RJFJR (talk) 14:32, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Dispute about SS Edmund Fitzgerald construction site

According to the credible sources, the Fitzgerald was built in River Rouge. For starters, see page 4 of 40th Anniversary Launch of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and page 13 of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Frederick Stonehouse. --Wpwatchdog (talk) 01:26, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Fair enough. I went according to the info in the Great Lakes Engineering Works article which puts that company in Ecorse. No dispute here, I thought that you mistakenly took the unexplained change as vandalism. I've reverted IP edits that I later realized were valid - it happens. Slightsmile (talk) 01:45, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the quick fix.--Wpwatchdog (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Invitation to particpate in the December 2010 Wikification Drive

backlog 22,000+ articles
Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of WikiProject Wikify at 18:57, 30 November 2010 (UTC).

Grr....

Given my present state of mind regarding educational IPs, this one is going to get the boom lowered. Damned subtle vandalism steams my fleckmans. PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:47, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

LOL!

Why, yes you may --PMDrive1061 (talk) 17:58, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Bromine

I'm seeing this edit by an IP giving Bromine an atomic mass of 79.904. I have an old periodic table saying 79.909 +/-.002. Is that a serious difference? This IP also like to goof around so I don't mind reverting him if there's any doubt. Slightsmile (talk) 01:41, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

No, all sources agree 79.904(0), including my CRC handbook (to finally look at paper). SBHarris 01:45, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Okay Thanks. Slightsmile (talk) 01:56, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Please confirm your membership

from WikiProject Wikify
Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of WikiProject Wikify at 20:27, 22 December 2010 (UTC).

Thanks!

Happy New Year to you as well, my friend. Always nice to hear from you. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 00:33, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Your note

Hello Slightsmile. Thanks for you note. I looked at that fact too. I thought that the section that it is mentioned in was far enough away from previous mentions that it was okay to have the last name there. My reasoning being that if someone skipped to that section (as unlikely as that might seem) that having the last name there was of some value. I also took into account that previous edits by that IP are on the dodgy side. If you feel that "Pocket" could be removed without confusing things I would certainly defer to your judgment. Thanks for you courtesy and happy editing. MarnetteD | Talk 01:20, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

List of current communist states

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on List of current communist states. Users who edit disruptively or refuse to collaborate with others may be blocked if they continue. In particular the three-revert rule states that making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period is almost always grounds for an immediate block. If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the talk page to discuss controversial changes. Work towards wording and content that gains consensus among editors. If unsuccessful, then do not edit war even if you believe you are right. Post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If edit warring continues, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:40, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

98.82.60.61 and 98.82.165.44 seem to be the same person. I think it's funny you're templating me for reverting a vandal. Slightsmile (talk) 03:53, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

I suppose it could technically be one.

I've never really thought about it. It certainly isn't to the degree of Huggle and the others, but I suppose it does semi-automate reversion of edits. HalfShadow 00:10, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for informing me. I have corrected it.-Civilizededucation^talk 01:08, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Christmas Don't Be Late (film) for deletion

discussed

Nomination of Christmas Don't Be Late (film) for deletion The article Christmas Don't Be Late (film) is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christmas Don't Be Late (film) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Rob Sinden (talk) 09:26, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Belated thanks

I wanted to drop you a note of thanks for reverting the trolling on my talk page last week. With all the confusion in my online life recently (my modem crashed over the weekend) I missed your efforts when they occurred. Thanks again and your vigilance is appreciated. Cheers MarnetteD | Talk 01:40, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

My pleasure. Don't you just hate it when the equipment craps out. Slightsmile (talk) 02:01, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Absolutely. It was the first time in years that anything like this had happened and it was a drag wondering what was going on here at WikiP. On the plus side I did catch up on my reading. Have a great rest of your week. MarnetteD | Talk 02:49, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Re: tech question

I am really not the one to pose such questions to. I try something, and if it works, I go with it. Otherwise, I try something else. That is just the plain truth. For a more technical answer, you can go to the help desk. Sorry, I can't be more helpful. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 00:53, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Empress of Canada

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64.229.101.119 (talk) 05:05, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Artistic POV

The Frogs Who Desired a King

Hi, there. Your intrusion on the editing of the Aesop pages amounts to POV and one more change from you will amount to edit war. I suggest we talk it out here. Mzilikazi1939 (talk) 22:54, 5 February 2011 (UTC) I just noticed you put a lot of work on that page and not just some flyby editor so I'll walk away. You're making a mistake switching the image that's been there since 2007 for that ugly one and I thought that was a classy edit I made incorporating both images, as well as some cleaning. See you around. SlightSmile 01:00, 6 February 2011 (UTC) Opinions can differ on Art Nouveau. I think the image is too big and I'll shrink it. But my main objection is not to Milo Winter, whose illustrations are very attractive, but to the fact that someone went through all Aesop's Fables articles (in 2007, you say) adding nothing but those. The fables have had a long history of over a couple of thousand years and I want to make illustrations reflect the many uses, ages and countries that have engaged with them. It's not just that article I've worked on. I'm going through the lot and also adding more. It's a big project and I'm probably over-protective! There is a fellow-editor in the background with whom I discuss strategy; we're agreed on a policy of variety. Mzilikazi1939 (talk) 02:24, 6 February 2011 (UTC) I think I can speak for the average reader. When I first stumbled on the image in The Frogs Who Desired a King, I instantly recognized from the image and caption the whole story without knowing about the fable itself. A bird wearing a crown devouring a frog with the other frogs scurrying about, they wanted a king and now they got one. It's a perennial lesson - watch what you wish for. The Art Nouveau image that you put in, even if the readers were to take 90 seconds to figure out - which they won't, they would never ever figure out that was a stork with a frog in it's mouth unless they were already familiar with the fable. It's ironic how after all that work you did fixing that article up just to diminish it in the end. If that was a driveby editor making that change I would probably dispute it. SlightSmile 18:06, 6 February 2011 (UTC) Oops. Can see the frog in it's mouth. Still a mistake to take the original one out. SlightSmile 23:07, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

EC

Do we need to do something about the edit conflict? Dougweller (talk) 14:21, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Ooh, shaddup, you...

*Shakes fist menacingly* HalfShadow 19:05, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Shaddup shuttin' up! Ah, that feels good. The old stuff never gets tiring. HalfShadow 20:18, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Center gallery

New Syntax

The gallery at the bottom of my userpage. I never had trouble to center the gallery before today. I see that <gallery | align = center> still works on some articles like here, but not here. I've never seen this before, strange. Other strange things today too, every time I key something in, the line I'm editing jumps to the bottom of the edit page. Something at your end or is it my system doing goofy? SlightSmile 03:38, 17 February 2011 (UTC) I had the jumpy editing window today too, and I clicked on Windows Vista "compatability view" and the jumpiness went away. It was so annoying. The "compatability view" also makes stuff line up better; for example, on WP:GOCE the tab-set is always nicely aligned in compatability mode. The Wikipedia software is undergoing some upgrades but I thought that was a few days ago already?. --Diannaa (Talk) 06:29, 17 February 2011 (UTC) I found the compatability view button and knock on wood, no more jumpiness. But the gallery on my user page still doesn't center. Just a silly question but I want to verify, does the gallery look centered on your browser? SlightSmile 20:31, 17 February 2011 (UTC) I am finding I have to switch to compatibility view on most (but not all) edit windows today. On the Toshiba laptop (Windows Visa) the gallery is flush to the left. Hang on and I'll look at it on the Dell (XP Professional) downstairs. --Diannaa (Talk) 22:07, 17 February 2011 (UTC) It is also flush to the left on the Dell. When I look at the Bronchiole#Additional images gallery it is centred, but if you click on Edit and then Preview, the gallery moves over to the left. We may have a problem here with obsolete HTML code; see this chart http://www.w3.org/TR/html5-diff/#absent-elements. Perhaps the gallery can be created and centred using wiki-markup? --Diannaa (Talk) 22:39, 17 February 2011 (UTC) Here is an example using wiki markup; I stole the code from the turtle table that Jack and RexxS were working on for TCO: Please see User talk:Jack Merridew. Jack is the go-to guy for coding problems; mention my name and you'll get a good price. XD --Diannaa (Talk) 23:00, 17 February 2011 (UTC) Art Gallery That's gorgeous! Thank you so much. SlightSmile 23:39, 17 February 2011 (UTC) Often do the littluns ask themselves, "What would Jack do?" You're welcome. It was fun. Now I have to bookmark this page so I can find this code again when I need it ;)) --Diannaa (Talk) 01:30, 18 February 2011 (UTC) Thanks JM. SlightSmile 04:04, 18 February 2011 (UTC) You're welcome ;) Jack Merridew 04:35, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Please revert changes on page La Salle College

Discussion Closed

Roger Wong, David Wong and Derrick Au are from La Salle. Roger Wong comes back annually to give a career talk http://www2.hkedcity.net/sch_files/a/lsc/lsc-crtm/public_html/photos.html, and for Derrick Au look here: http://www.lscoba.com/news/announcements/forms/PN4MedicalflyerD.pdf. As for David Wong, I heard him say it himself. Please at least google stuff before say 'looks made up'. Response 2: Your ignorance knows no bounds, Mr Slightsmile. Now let's take a look into what happened. An informed old boy from La Salle College read the article about his alma mater and was unimpressed by the list of old boys listed, and decided to add in some valid examples. Unlike Mr Slightsmile who has no life but sitting in front of the computer, patrolling on wikipedia daily to delete useful information contributed by other users. Now one day, Mr Slightsmile, bored (as he perennially is), reads this random article, remarks that the supplement 'looks made up' based solely on his ignorance. Unfortunately, having spent thousands of hours trolling on wikipedia, he had the petty authority of an administrator and misused it to delete the article. The Lasallian, patient as he was, confronted Mr Slightsmile politely with evidence (see above) that proves beyond any reasonable doubt that the three eminent doctors were INDEED from La Salle. Now here comes the epic part: In addition to failing to rectify his error, and restore the integrity of the original article, Mr Slightsmile responds by saying that he has never heard of 'DCH (Lond), PDipID (HK), DFM, DOM (CUHK), MRCS (Eng), FRCP (Eire), FRACGP, FHKCP - FHKAM, FHKCP, FRCP - FRCP, FRCS, FRCOPth, FCOpth (HK), FHKAM'. And the Lasallian responds: Of course you have never heard all these postnominals. These are titles are professional qualifications obtained by doctors and it is common practice to quote them after the name. Again, if you would've moved your lazy ass to google, say, Prof. David Wong, Eye Institute HKU (as was provided in my edit), the first entry shows this page: http://www.hku.hk/eyeinst/prof_wong.htm These are the first few lines: Professor David S.H. Wong Chair Professor and Director Albert Bing Ching Young Chair Professor in Ophthalmology Cluster Chief of Service (Ophthalmology), Hong Kong West Cluster, Hospital Authority ... MBChB (Liverpool) ; FRCS (Eng) FRCP (UK) ; FRCOphth You see, tard? What about google the other Lasallian, Dr. Choi Kin DCH (Lond). First result: http://www.hkdoctors.org/hkma/search.asp?id=CHOI%20KIN,%20GABRIEL Dr Choi Kin, MBBS (HK) 1972, MRCP (UK) 1976, MRCP (IREL) 1976, LRCP (LOND) MRCS (ENG) 1980, DCH (LOND) 1991, FHKAM (MEDICINE) 1993, FRACGP 1995, FHKCFP 1995, DFM (CUHK) 1996, FHKAM (FAMILY MEDICINE) 1997, DOM (CUHK) 1997, FRCP (IREL) 1998, PDipID (HK) 2001 Registered Specialist in NEPHROLOGY Now please, I don't mind that someone is intellectually subnormal. In fact as a doctor I regularly deal with children who are mentally retarded. But please don't take pride of it and base your actions on your bloody ignorance. It will help no one. I just want to say that I am utterly disappointed with Wikipedia because of the existence of idiotic individuals like you and my interest in improving further articles is all gone. Way to go, Mr Slightsmile, for spreading ignorance all around the world. I've never heard of DCH (Lond), PDipID (HK), DFM, DOM (CUHK), MRCS (Eng), FRCP (Eire), FRACGP, FHKCP - FHKAM, FHKCP, FRCP - FRCP, FRCS, FRCOPth, FCOpth (HK), FHKAM etc. If they are valid then take it to Talk:La Salle College, work it out with the other editors there as I indicated on my edit summary and there shouldn't be any problem getting consensus. Good contributions are always welcome and encouraged. Cheers. SlightSmile 20:25, 19 February 2011 (UTC) A doctor who works with handicapped children throwing words around like 'tard. I don't know who you are nor do I want to, but this is not the behaviour of a doctor. Like anybody I can be wrong and normally I encourage people in these situations to come back and work it out as we always need good contributors. I don't know why you didn't go to the article talk page, as you seem to have your facts in order. In your case though I think it's a good idea that you don't leave mad, just leave. Even if your facts are accurate, insults and name calling have no place on this site. Good bye and good luck. SlightSmile 18:02, 21 February 2011 (UTC) So, "Doctor" 147.8.120.49 at the University of Hong Kong "heard him say it himself"? That's good enough for me! What was it that Woody Allen's character in Annie Hall said about his uncle Joey Nichols? I can't remember. Anyway, don't let such people get you down, they are fairly rare here. Best, CliffC (talk) 04:55, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Radiculopathy‎ spam

Hi, just letting you know that I deleted the link you rescued in Radiculopathy‎ and in two other articles; it's really just spam and the user didn't mean it to be a reference for anything (except himself) :-). Cheers, CliffC (talk) 03:53, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for filling me in. SlightSmile 04:00, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Lemme make a couple of screen-shots.

User Page

Then you can see what I see. HalfShadow 20:41, 23 February 2011 (UTC) Top half Bottom half My monitor is 1600x900. It's pretty wide. HalfShadow 21:03, 23 February 2011 (UTC) (talk page stalker) Snap ;). @Slightsmile, one option, if you don't want to spend ages rearranging everything, is simply force the page to have a maximum width, by adding <div style="max-width: 1280px;"> to the top of the page (and adding </div> to the bottom). You can then play around with styles in the div tag to give it a border, change the max-width, background colour/image etc. However, this will leave you with some whitespace for us folks with wider screen resolutions. - Kingpin13 (talk) 21:55, 23 February 2011 (UTC) Thanks Kingpin. I tried that code but with 1400px. How does that look on a wide screen? SlightSmile 22:10, 23 February 2011 (UTC) It looks pretty much the same as before tbh, because you also need to take account of the Wikipedia interface stuff around the edge, such as the left sidebar. But honestly I wouldn't worry about it too much, I think it's more important to get those barnstars the same size and line up the service badge, although each to their own of course ;) - Kingpin13 (talk) 22:35, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Please stop manipulating the Iran - Iraq war page

Hi Slightsmile

A simple search on the outcomes of the Iran v Iraq war in Google will suffice and prevent you from making unnecessary changes to the page, as it is already pretty accurate. I'm sorry for my outburst also.

Cheers —Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.32.51.171 (talk) 02:11, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Revisionist Anglo Saxon? It's not about if your information is accurate or not. It's too much detail for the infobox. If your facts are correct then add it to an existing section or start a new section in the article. I'm glad to see your apology - no one is going to take you seriously when you use words like dickhead. Add your content in the article the way I said but if other editors object then you'll have to discuss it on the talk page. That's how it works here. Best. SlightSmile 04:09, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Hey there, just got your message on my talk page. I agree that the warning on vandalism was a bit rough, but was mostly due to the name calling and really disruptive edditing and attitude. Most (if not all) information he tried to add in the infobox is already in the article, so would make no sense adding it again. The problem I have with him is trying to remove contect and adding POV content, that should stay out. Tks. Uirauna (talk) 21:20, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

lipid bilayer section creation

Hi, I noticed that on Feb 12 you performed some formatting revisions on the article lipid bilayer. In particular, you added a section break that removed a few paragraphs from the intro and put them in a newly created "properties" section. Originally, the intro I had written was much shorter, but when I discussed it with user TimVickers, he advised that the intro should summarize the whole article and, since this is a rather long article, the intro would consequently be longer than normal as well. I don't think that information really doesn't belong its own section since it is all repitition of facts found elsewhere in the article (as an intro should be). I was going to go ahead and put it back as it was, but I wanted to get your insight first to see if you have a different opinion or another approach you would recommend. MDougM (talk) 17:24, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

i iz sory agin

I mak yuo laf? Funy! I no meen mak yuo laf. PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:44, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Rollback of changes on IBM Mainframe page regarding IEHLIST

The examples for IEHLIST are incorrect. Rolling back to examples with obvious errors in a page is silly. This was my first attempt at fixing errors in a Wiki page and will be my last. Regards, B. Murphy

Thanks for pointing that out. Go ahead and do the corrections again and I won't revert. It's important to provide an explanation when you do edits otherwise it's hard to tell if it's a serious edit. Also, optional, if it happens to be a long explaination then make a note on the article's talk page. I hope you'll continue to do constructive edits here. All the best. SlightSmile 20:22, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Watchlist

something at my end

How come I can't watchlist IPs and images anymore? When I click on the star, it spins continually but doesn't add. SlightSmile 03:21, 5 June 2011 (UTC) Hm, sure you can't watchlist images and IP talk pages? I still can. Steven Zhang The clock is ticking.... 06:15, 5 June 2011 (UTC) The IPs since April for sure. Images I only noticed yesterday, I tried several so there's little doubt. If other users can watchlist these then it's something at my end. My system here does need some updating, so until I get around to that I guess I'll just have to live with it. Thanks. SlightSmile 15:24, 5 June 2011 (UTC) Hi, Slightsmile. I checked it out also, and everything works fine for me as well. Mostly I use the Toshiba laptop with Firefox, but downstairs I use a Dell with Firefox. --Diannaa (Talk) 15:35, 5 June 2011 (UTC) I'm pretty certain I know what I need to fix on my system. I'll probably keep putting it off as I suffer from a slight case of procrastinitis. SlightSmile 15:56, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Octavio Page

Why did you delete what I posted? it actually happened .. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.243.44.178 (talk) 01:32, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Need reliable sources that support this story. We are not big on using primary sources, sorry. SlightSmile 01:49, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Well I'm the guy it happened to .. would you like me to post my name as well? what is a reliable source? .. and I'm not trying to be sarcastic here at all — Preceding unsigned comment added by Royal333 (talk • contribs) 01:54, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Read through this, Biographies of living persons. That's what you need to follow when you contribute about celebrities. SlightSmile 02:13, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Question...

Why are you so hung up on the fact that Felix Dzerzhinsky was part jewish, and keep deleting that section. If you were really interested in details you would have notice that his family's coat of arms is different in the Polish and the English pages. So why is that not an issue for you. Maybe there is no clear consensus on that fact either? Go and check up on that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.48.248.15 (talk) 02:00, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Am I hung up? You've been edit warring about this since April and before that with the Polish Navy article. I'm surprised the community is putting up with this combative behaviour. SlightSmile 02:15, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Unfortunately there is an effort to try and remove some uncomfortable facts about historical figures... let's see...Mr. Felix Dzerzhinsky who spoke Yiddish and had a fiancee Julia Goldman. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.48.248.15 (talk) 02:31, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Multiverse

Is the Multiverse theory the most likely explanation of the composition/structure of space? Pass a Method talk 10:42, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

I think so. It seems whenever (established) scientists, theorists etc - including skeptics do the math, it comes out to multiple universes. In 2003, a Stanford theorist came up with 100 billion billion (not a typo - twice billion) universes. Interesting stuff. SlightSmile 00:08, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Do you think the Universe lead should mention something about the multiverse? Theres a discussion [1] Pass a Method talk 12:04, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

No it shouldn't be in the lead. The article already has a good section on that topic. SlightSmile 02:09, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

WP:AGF

[2] had three errors based on MoS and NPOV.Cptnono (talk) 05:39, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

stare decisis

Yo, this is a good edit: that paragraph was tendentious, repetitive, and POV-driven. I think you need to ease off the rollback button a little bit. 24.177.123.244 (talk) 01:06, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

If this was intended to be a constructive edit, then why did you use such a bizarre edit summary? Calabe1992 (talk) 01:12, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Slightsmile&action=edit&section=5

My intent isn't really the issue here. 24.177.123.244 (talk) 02:17, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Armageddon

Hi. Why did you revert back this article? "According to the Islamic faith, this valley Majdoo by the mount will be the battlefield of the final battle" There is not such a relief Armageddon in İslam. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.9.51.174 (talk) 21:40, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

You blanked a whole section with no edit summary what so ever. Also the lack spacing between words was sloppy and indicative of a non serious edit. I see that you made a comment on the article's talk page. When you added the citation tags, a good edit summary would have been "per talk page". Help the editors know what you're doing when you make edits to the articles. Another thing, when you post on talk pages please sign your edit with four "~" (~~~~) at the end of your text. Cheers. SlightSmile 22:57, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

re Publicar

I scooped their revert

Hi Slightsmile, I thought I reverted that! you must have just beat me to it. In case you didn't bother to GoogleTrans, it appeared to be a Spanish 'love spam' chain letter. I expected it to be elsewhere too, but only the one article. Strange! Happy Reverting! - 220.101 talk\Contribs 01:03, 8 October 2011 (UTC) Yeah that one had "revert me" written all over it. I've been scooped my share of times. Nice to meet you, I've seen you around for a while now. I still comfuse your user name as an IP sometimes. SlightSmile 01:54, 8 October 2011 (UTC) Oops, you are an IP. I saw the user boxes and service badge on your page. I'm sure you get asked all the time so ... anyways you'd have a lot more fun with an account. You know the benefits and all that. SlightSmile 02:26, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Talkbacks

Talkbacks

{{talkback}}Airplaneman 01:28, 29 March 2010 (UTC) Hello, Slightsmile. You have new messages at Tommy2010's talk page. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Hello, Slightsmile. You have new messages at Airplaneman's talk page. Message added 02:37, 28 August 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Hello, Slightsmile. You have new messages at Cwenger's talk page. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Hello, Slightsmile. You have new messages at Mann jess's talk page. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Jesstalk|edits 00:27, 21 September 2010 (UTC) Hello, Slightsmile. You have new messages at 5 albert square's talk page. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. --5 albert square (talk) 23:21, 2 December 2011 (UTC)