User talk:LonelyMarble
I just registered this account so feel free to drop me a line if you see me around Wikipedia. --LonelyMarble 17:31, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Seinfeld WikiProject Invite
Hey there. I couldn't help noticing your recent edits to
]House characters
Thanks for bringing the Thirteen/Remy Hadley issue to
- I have added a discussion to the talkpage regarding your wish to have three unrelated T.V. shows included in a "See Also" section. Bellwether BC 00:57, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Gangster
I am not sure that there was a discussion but I saw the {{R from merge}} template and thought it was discussed Alexfusco5 22:46, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
- I honestly don't know I just found it when I was RC Patrolling and thought there was a discussion because of the template Alexfusco5 22:50, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Rollback permission
I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe I can trust you to use rollback correctly by using it for its intended usage of reverting
Priština / Prishtina
Histories fixed. —Kurykh 09:26, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Football (word)
Stop pushing your American agenda by vandalising the article to give your own personal world view. This is about the use of the word in the English language world, this is en.wikipedia.org not us.wikipedia.org. Promote your sport elsewhere. - S.Azzopardi (talk) 21:57, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Constitution of Belarus
I'd just like to say thank you for your contributions to the Bugs Bunny page. You're truly appreciated, so keep up the good work! :-) Cinemaniac (talk • contribs • critique) 02:11, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
:-)=)
You really are quite philosophical, seeing the world as on little, lonely marble in space. I like it! :-)--Editor510 (talk) 13:36, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
PS feel free to explore my userpage and reply!
DYK for Berton Roueché
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Your recent changes
Your recent changes to
- Why did my change that simply reverted the template back to its state that it had been for a long time break articles while the change that was made to italicize it, that was only made 3 days ago not break any articles? The change that italicized was only made 3 days ago, I don't see why my reversion broke articles while that change didn't? Also, if a writer's notable work is a short poem or story or something it would require quotations and not be italicized, another good reason to not italicize this parameter. I'd suspect your change probably made a lot of articles not display properly because the already italicized titles now have been made bold, so I think either way there would be things to clean up. (Also, ignore my other edits, I was just testing why the template was not updating properly, but the only thing I did was remove the italics.) LonelyMarble (talk) 23:17, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Earth: See also
A long time ago we used to have a "See also" section for the Earth article. That was subsumed by the "Earth-related topics" infobox at the bottom, which was then moved to the end. Now I noticed that you are re-establishing the "See also" section. I would ask that you put your additions into the infobox and remove that section. Otherwise we may as well move the entire infobox contents back under the "See also". Thank you.—RJH (talk) 20:14, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Earth changes
Hey, where is the consensus to have that creation myth link in the top dablink? I looked at the discussion archives and found nothing about it. So I looked through the article history and it seemed it was put there because of one user who was causing trouble and that no one agreed with. If this was talked about on the discussion page could you link me to the discussion and if it wasn't I really think it should be deleted. It does not help for navigation purposes at all and it also does not help to clarify anything, which is all the top dablink should do. It basically just gives undue weight to creation myth, which is already mentioned and linked in a section of the article. So I really think this should be taken off.
- We have had many discussions pertaining to the Creationism topic. For example: Talk:Earth/Archive_8#About.com_link_removed. So no, I don't think it should be taken off, in part because it reduces the need to keep endlessly debating the topic. If you don't like it there, I suggest you raise the topic on the talk page first.—RJH (talk) 21:50, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
- Okay I read the whole archived section above that one you just linked earlier but I didn't think the hatnote would be mentioned in the section below. Anyway, I was right about what happened though, one user was making trouble so one user just decided to add that into the hatnote. There wasn't really any big discussion or consensus on it. In fact another user deleted that addition to the hatnote in just the same way I did a couple days after it was added. The user complaining was just asking for the religious beliefs to be mentioned in the article some way and they certainly are, in their own section. Adding that creation myth link to the top is not an appropriate response, dablinks at the top are for navigation and clarity, not to settle disputes. I think it should just be deleted right now but I'll copy this text into the Talk:Earth page in a new section if you want me to. LonelyMarble (talk) 21:59, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Marsupial Lion
A recent edit war concerning a page you recently edited (but may not have been involved with the war) is being resolved via a poll. If you have an opinion, please voice it now by voting at Talk:Thylacoleonidae. Bob the Wikipedian (talk) 20:08, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
- I did take it personal as you only put it on my page when I was going against what you were saying. A warning template was left long before the numerous reversions by both me and Uther to stop edit warring but because he didn't and because I did all I felt I could do, I felt I had no choice. You did not care about Uther as I saw the comments left on his page, you only cared about me because you were offended by me (even though I made it quite clear that no offence was intended) and as you mentioned on his talkpage you wanted me blocked. Please be honest and sincere and people will respond better. talk) 06:45, 4 June 2008 (UTC)]
- I know why you did it, and so do you. I have nothing more to say to you. talk) 09:49, 5 June 2008 (UTC)]
- I know why you did it, and so do you. I have nothing more to say to you.
List of cities by population
The Minor Barnstar | ||
For improving the look and feel of List of United States cities by population Shereth 20:20, 16 June 2008 (UTC) |
Thanks for taking the time to revise some of the images and help out with the formatting of the page. Small little things like that often get overlooked, wanted to let you know some of us most certainly notice! Shereth 20:20, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Solar System
I noticed your edit, and would like your contribution to the talk page on Talk:Solar_System#New_List. -HarryAlffa (talk) 21:49, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
Regarding the above, I would like to know which part of the summary was addressed to me. I went through yesterday and delinked all dates per MoS. Also, regardless of who it was addressed to, I would like you to keep
]- I'm sorry if I'm ignorant, but I don't see what I did wrong. Please tell me. I would like to note that the article should be in international format. Mm40 (talk | contribs) 01:47, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
Non-free images
"No free equivalent. Non-free content is used only where no free equivalent is available, or could be created, that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose. Where possible, non-free content is transformed into free material instead of using a fair-use defense, or replaced with a freer alternative if one of acceptable quality is available; "acceptable quality" means a quality sufficient to serve the encyclopedic purpose. (As a quick test, before adding non-free content requiring a rationale, ask yourself: "Can this non-free content be replaced by a free version that has the same effect?" and "Could the subject be adequately conveyed by text without using the non-free content at all?" If the answer to either is yes, the non-free content probably does not meet this criterion.)" Asher196 (talk) 02:54, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
- Also from WP:NON-FREE
- Also from
- Unacceptable use
Pictures of people still alive, groups still active, and buildings still standing; provided that taking a new free picture as a replacement (which is almost always considered possible) would serve the same encyclopedic purpose as the non-free image. This includes non-free promotional images.
- Note that I am in the process of re-tagging these images a replaceable fair use images. I'm not going to add a template here for each image. Kevin (talk) 05:27, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
Oops...
...sorry [1]. Appeared to be new. --
- Can you tell me which editor deleted it and when exactly? Thanks, --talk) 03:33, 20 February 2009 (UTC)]
- I have to call it a day. Regards, --talk) 04:16, 20 February 2009 (UTC)]
Richard Kastle deletion
Thanks, "lonely marble from earth"! I changed my "Delete" to "Note". (It's my first time to try an AfD, and I'm still sifting through the rules! Appreciate the help!
Best, Prof.rick (talk) 06:12, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Indonesia
Nothing boils my blood more than some random editor who has no past involvement with an article at all imposing their stylistic whims and demanding their changes be accepted. This article has been through a very through review process already. Please list on the Talk:Indonesia exactly what you want to change and why and we can work through this one step at a time. (Caniago (talk) 15:19, 15 March 2009 (UTC))
This is of impact to the whole project - please take it to the noticeboard of the project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Indonesia and please note the latest item
Thanks for your reply - both the lists mentioned are wholly unsatisfactory relative to the 5,000+ articles in the WP Indonesia project, and are a problem. I do not think they should be linked to - but hey nothing is perfect :(
Tricky - but I too easily digress about the issues of WP Indonesia. Do not let me start - they are complex and many. Let hope the best comes from linking - but I have my doubts. Thanks for your interest anyways - it is appreciated
Nathu La
Hello, about this edit, the reason I added it in was because it seemed as though
Regarding your comments in opposition to date autoformatting, I'd like to point out that several proposed replacements have been offered for the current software system, all of which would enable date autoformatting for anonymous users (albeit in the form of site-wide and/or per-page default formats) and that the RFC is asking about date autoformatting in general, not necessarily how it is currently implemented. --Sapphic (talk) 01:04, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- And some users may not like having their vote questioned like this, Sapphic. I'm sure this user read the statements perfectly well and made an informed decision. Tony (talk) 07:39, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- For the record, my comment that went along with my oppose vote might have been a little vague but I do oppose date autoformatting in general. Even if anonymous users can enable date autoformatting it still seems most of them won't, and even if we somehow make it a really obvious option, I still don't think that's a very good thing (I might not understand how the autoformatting would work for anonymous users exactly but that doesn't change my opinion and vote). I personally like having different date formats to match the subject, just like we have different spelling variations. About simply giving users more options, I think it's unneeded and unwanted code to be implemented, plus as my original comment stated, it seems a small minority would use it anyway, most people don't seem to care or want date autoformatting since most don't currently use it. LonelyMarble (talk) 21:20, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
n-dash vs hyphen
Hi, where did you get the idea that compound nouns should be "hyphenated" with a n-dash instead of a hyphen? I've never heard of such a thing being done; and it's a very bad idea to use characters in article names that aren't available on a keyboard. Please explain. Thanks. Millstream3 (talk) 16:35, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- Could you give an example of when I did this? Also, usually if I change a hyphen to an en dash the article name with the hyphen redirects to the en dash article, or I make sure it does, so the en dash not being on a keyboard isn't a problem. What examples are you talking about though? LonelyMarble (talk) 20:51, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- Your contribs history shows several tens of examples of this in recent days, all with the change comment "en dash used to connect a compound modifier in which the first half is spaced". Millstream3 (talk) 13:14, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, those are the changes I figured you meant but I wanted to make sure. My explanation you quoted is the reason I did it. See the Wikipedia article here: Dash#Compound adjectives. It makes sense to me to use an en dash so that it's clear the whole phrase is part of the compound adjective/modifier even though it is spaced. I'm not hung up about this though and I've only done it to about 7 articles and they were all just list/index articles for countries. Do you have a problem using an en dash in this manner? It's grammatically correct but not necessarily mandatory. LonelyMarble (talk) 13:52, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- I do not disagree with your point about grammar, but my advice would be NOT to do this with article titles - I have never seen this done before, and the character is not on most keyboards. Alternatively, you could set up a bot to do a global replace, but I don't think it's sensible to introduce this variation without discussion on the talk pages of the Manual of Style. Best wishes, Millstream3 (talk) 18:03, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, those are the changes I figured you meant but I wanted to make sure. My explanation you quoted is the reason I did it. See the Wikipedia article here: Dash#Compound adjectives. It makes sense to me to use an en dash so that it's clear the whole phrase is part of the compound adjective/modifier even though it is spaced. I'm not hung up about this though and I've only done it to about 7 articles and they were all just list/index articles for countries. Do you have a problem using an en dash in this manner? It's grammatically correct but not necessarily mandatory. LonelyMarble (talk) 13:52, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- Your contribs history shows several tens of examples of this in recent days, all with the change comment "en dash used to connect a compound modifier in which the first half is spaced". Millstream3 (talk) 13:14, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. I've come to notify you that I reverted your move of
As a native Bostonian, I appreciate your recent renaming of these articles. Please look at
- I've responded to your comment for me at WP:UNIGUIDE, then apparently abandoned any efforts at consensus to make a move that he couldn't even complete without your help ex post facto. It seems an attempt at fait accompli to me, and the discussion that Clariosophic began should have been, and should still be, allowed to continue. This all seems rather uncool, particularly in light of the fact that, again, my move was per guidelines and the move back was done in what sure looks like bad faith to me. --Aepoutre (talk) 19:00, 17 April 2009 (UTC)]
File:Seal of the State of Massachusetts.svg
I made the requested updates to File:Seal of the State of Massachusetts.svg.
Cheers, --Svgalbertian (talk) 01:06, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
I have nominated
House
Hi, you appear to be one of the main contributors to the House article. I will take it to FAc somewhere next week, if you have any comments on the article before it's nominated, please notify me. Thanks.--Music26/11 15:23, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Infobox
This is very low priority change. The guidelines for infobox naming would now encourage the lowercase for "settlement", and most of the infoboxes will be renamed in time with that case. Since I was aware of that and going trough a lot of articles over the last few days it seemed worth changing them at the same time. As you say its very minor. Rich Farmbrough, 21:05 22 May 2009 (UTC).
DYK for List of United States cities by population density
Giants27 09:49, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
House episodes
Hi, I'm thinking of maybe creating a House featured topic, and have been working on the episode list see this. I haven't fully seen the fifth season yet, and I wondered if you could write the intro for that section. Thank you.--Music26/11 13:08, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
RfC on Joseph Priestley lead image alignment
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Almost there
Hi, I would just like to thank you for all your help with the House FAC. You're taking all the work out of my hands, and I think that is very kind of you. Thank you. Also, have you given any thought about helping out on my House episodes sandbox, I would really appreciate it.--Music26/11 13:06, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
House season articles
Hay i am jsut wondering if you liek help on the seaosn articles once the episode list is at feature lsit status? my english is poor ot mince due to dsylexica but that only effects my grammer and spelling not my abilty to write and thinking of things to put in writing, i will be glad to help where i can :)--Andy (talk - contrib) 19:28, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
- I have now set out the layout for the season pages, as per Lost FL season pages and per television MOS page. I am jsut wondering if you want me to start the intial clean up (which i tihkn there wont be much), referencing where need for example coloum headers again and the episode dsecription, maybe diagnostic coloum. Also do you think we should merge the episode ratings into the season articles to?--Andy (talk - contrib) 17:01, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Way, way overdue barnstar
The Original Barnstar | ||
For superior work writing, editing, and maintaining House (TV series) |
I'm not given to handing these out—I'm lazy, forgetful, and cheap—but what a job. It was a pleasure contributing my little bit.—DCGeist (talk) 07:51, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Your move of Yankees-Red Sox rivalry
As far as I'm aware, there was a consensus to leave this article as "Yanks-Sox" regardless of alphabetical order because
- I concur with your move for the alphabetical order part; however, the spaces added seem to go against precedent as set by the other rivalry articles listed at the bottom of this one, ie. Mets–Phillies rivalry. Perhaps the move could be redone to leave out the spaces? GlassCobra 15:49, 16 November 2009 (UTC)