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Re: Great barrier reef

Thanks for fixing up the referencing for Great Barrier Reef. :) What part of WP:CITE told you how to do that properly? I fell back on good old Harvard, I'm afraid. Thanks again! - Malkinann 00:34, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi Malkinann. Thanks. It's true that WP:CITE doesn't really tell editors which citation templates are available. I think this is because it's not official Wikipedia policy that you must use them. Harvard style is completely acceptable too. So the way the references were done prior to my changes was fine, but using the {{cite web}} template made the url linkable. That's why I changed them. I guess the other advantage is that the references look consistent with the refs on many other Wikipedia articles too. I'm glad you weren't annoyed that I changed the format from the Harvard one! Cheers — Donama 01:05, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Heehee

Thanks for categorizing Image:AmazonTrio.jpg. I can't believe I forgot! --Masamage 05:52, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Nice!

Thanks for your additions to the PGSM article. :D It's a huge improvement! --Masamage 02:12, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Request to you

Hi. Can you tidy up 'Fiore' as it's been vandalised, and then block user cummins1 from editing stuff as I've already cleared up some vandalism elsewhere from him today but I'm too new to this to be able to do anything constructive about it. Ta

Re: Sailor Moon Movies

Thanks for doing the reorganization! :D --Masamage 01:16, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Ella Enchanted

Thanxs for adding the categories! =D Jumping cheese ^Contact 06:43, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Your Winx club contributions

In light of your recent edits to the mentioned article, I have started started a discussion thread to highlight your suggestions as well some of my own that would organize and clean-up content from the main article. Perhaps we can coordinate our efforts?--Kenn Caesius 21:23, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Great Barrier Reef edits

Hi, thanks for your edits to Great Barrier Reef. I would firstly like to clarify that I agree with you that the section now titled "Human use of the Great Barrier Reef" was previously incorrectly titled "Indigenous Australians". My original revert was attempting to remove several accounts of vandalism, including one that added an extra zero to the number of species of coral found on the reef. The reference following this claim clearly states the number to be in the order of 400, (not 4000). Apologies for the confusion in reverting your edit, and I have now restored the changes you made with the minor exception of the 'fact' tag that you placed after this claim. The claim is referenced at the end of the paragraph. Tug201 12:23, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Cane Toad

Thanks for your work on the Cane Toad article. It is good to see that featured articles can continue to be improved. Have you thought about joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles? Thanks --liquidGhoul 12:22, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Humorous is correct worldwide, see Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings/H for example. There is a fuller discussion at [1]. Hope that makes sense. --Guinnog 12:56, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

As I said, "humorous" is not an American spelling but the worldwide spelling. "Humourous" is an error (as well as an archaic form) along the comparison with "humour". Spelling is illogical sometimes. If you read the discussion I referred you to it should all become clear. --Guinnog 13:14, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Malkinann, I think Guinnog is right. Wikitionary, like Wikipedia, can have mistakes, and for some reason this one hasn't been cleared up. I use the Maquarie Dictionary for Australian spelling, but unfortunately can't find it at the moment. I looked in the Oxford Dictionary of Australian English, and it lists humorous as the correct spelling, with no mention of the alternative. Even though humour is spelt with the u, they must have decided it looks too clunky :). Thanks. --liquidGhoul 09:05, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

See also Talk:Humour for a discussion concluding that 'humorous' is correct. If it makes any difference I use UK English myself so I am particularly sensitive to creeping Americanisation of spelling. --Guinnog 09:17, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Malkinann, like LiquidGhoul, I am a fellow Australian and I fully support your desire to use Australian English in Australian articles. However, I support Guinnog's view that "humorous" is the correct spelling. I use Mirriam Webster online and offline, the current Australian Oxford Dictionary. The spelling "humourous" is not even listed as an alternative spelling. It actually isn't listed in any of my < than 10-year-old dictionaries. At work I use the Australian News Limited Style Guide for Journalists and Professional Writers and it specifically states to use "humorous," not "humourous". I have several editions of the guide and they all say to use Australian English and list "humorous" as the correct spelling. I think "humourous" is an old British spelling and it is true that some people in Australia still use it and you can find it in some old dictionaries, but I think it is incorrect to claim it is Australian spelling.

I believe Guinnog is correct to change the spelling to humorous to be consistent with modern Australian spelling conventions. Cheers, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 10:20, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

P.S. I would strongly caution you against using Wiktionary as a reliable dictionary. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 10:20, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

I still think it's humourous... Someone had better tell the Sydney Morning Herald, then. - Malkinann 09:43, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Feel free. No paper dictionary that I know of lists it as being current in the modern era. This is the trouble with relying on the likes of Wiktionary or Dictionary.com for info... --Guinnog 09:50, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Indeed. The Sydney Morning Herald website has 27 hits for "humourous" [2] and 614 hits for "humorous" [3]. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 11:04, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Minor edits

Hi! I would like to request that you not use the 'minor' box so much when you make edits. That's ordinarily reserved for things like typo-fixes and other such; I imagine that probably what you're doing is marking things minor when you know people will agree with them. Which is a reasonable thought, but moving all that text into the PGSM article, no matter how good an edit it is, is still a pretty big change. So maybe leave things like that as normal edits? Anyway, thanks for consistently being so helpful. ^^ --Masamage 00:57, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Sailor Moon episode articles

Hi! Thanks for all your help with these. :) I'm glad you're so enthusiastic. However, I'd like to ask that you not proceed any further just yet; I'd like to work alongside you, but I can't catch up that fast. We're still talking about stuff at Talk:Sailor Moon episode 001--once everyone agrees that's all squared away, we can press on. Thanks! --Masamage 06:24, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Great Barrier Reef

Hi Beland, a few days ago you tagged some facts at Great Barrier Reef with {{fact}}. I've had a go at sourcing the ones that you tagged (the others I've got no idea about). Could you please take a look, and see if they meet with your satisfaction?  ;) Thankyou. - Malkinann 06:58, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Awesome! I tweaked the article a bit to more accurately summarize the referenced info. Thanks for tracking that down; now that we have more background info our explanation is much better. -- Beland 18:44, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Haplodiploid sex-determination system

Good job on that table! Shayno 19:36, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Hiya! I'm a beekeeper and a biologist-in-training, and I'm wondering if you could give me some sources on the statement that I think was added by you; "Although the queen lays eggs with a 1:1 sex ratio, the worker bees manipulate the feeding of offspring so that a sex ratio of 3:1 (females to males) is preserved.". I know ant workers commonly do this but can't recall this being applied to honeybees. Also, I wasn't aware drone semen was used sequentially, how does the queen keep the semen from the different drones apart - surely they would mix, being motile? Furiku 17:09, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I was wondering the same thing regarding the 1:1 ratio. Where did you get this from? Please reference! Shoefly 02:40, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Bold to statistics on SM

Please consult on format changes like bold to the stats by posting in the talk page first. I believe that Masamage was against bold for the stats... because they have the bullets already. (I tried it she removed it...) So please clarify before doing that, get consensus, once you get consensus then if you do it to one change it for the template for all of them. (Usagi through Hotaru) and then when you do it to one, do it to the rest. Thank you. --Hitsuji Kinno 07:22, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Bacteria

Hi there, thanks for the encouragement and copy-editing. TimVickers 22:25, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Lain FAC

Hi! Thanks for commenting on the Lain FAC. Your comments have been taken in consideration, and, (apart for the kanji namings, for whitch I am looking for help) actionned. I thought you might want to know so you could comment some more :). --SidiLemine 13:47, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

The only way I see to get to that paper (Lain and Eva by Napier) would be if someone here at wikipedia happened to have issues of Sci Fi magazine and would like to post scans of it (.....!) Do you know of a place where I can post "Requests for Sources"? Also, do you know any "experienced editors" to copyedit the article? I am way too involved to detect any mistakes. About the episode list, I finally believe it is fine where it is (a link in "see also"), as it make the article looks more ecyclopedic ;).--SidiLemine 10:56, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Great Barrier Reef...

I made a few minor edits and agree that the section stub notices can be removed. I will try to take a closer look at the sections you recently edited and the species information you gave me in the next few days. In the geology section, it would be nice if we found a way to tie all of the separate data points into a single line of reasoning, since we have three different dates for the forming of the most recent barrier. As for species, not sure what the best approach is there -- don't know if it helps to list every species, but maybe if we can incorporate it into a summary or create a category "Species of Great Barrier Reef" we can tag all associated articles with that category and point readers there. --MattWright (talk) 01:37, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

List of Serial Experiments Lain episodes

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article List of Serial Experiments Lain episodes, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:List of Serial Experiments Lain episodes. You may remove the deletion notice, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. - Basically, with the recent improvement of the main Serial Experiments Lain, the episode list is a duplicate of the information. Sorry if this causes you any grief.Malkinann 21:49, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Please do not prod that page nor try to get it deleted. The duplicate info can be removed from the article can be removed but see List of Planetes episodes. I had been meaning to nominate that for a "featured" status. I will do so soon. Cat ^chi? 23:23, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

All of the article is duplicated on the main SEL page, though... I won't prod it further, but you might want to confer with User:$yD! on what exactly is going to happen with regards to the episode list, and the main Serial Experiments Lain article, which is currently in FA nomination. - Malkinann 23:31, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

I do not see a reason to further discuss. And please do not get that the wrong way, I just feel this would satisfy all parties involved. I will put a note to the main lain page to explain my actions but I think he would prefer having two featured articles/lists. I'll however wait for that FAC to conclude and nominate the episode list after it for FL. Cat ^chi? 23:39, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

The full list has been removed from the main article, so deletion is no more needed. Yes, two FAs are better than one ;). SeizureDog has suggested that even the abbriedged list should be taken off from the main article, and that there should only be a link in the "see also" section. Any thoughts on that?--SidiLemine 09:27, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Science Fiction Template

Thanks for the notice. I looked at the template, and I think it is a good idea. I would eliminate the words "Science Fiction" out of the template as much as possible to make it simpler with less clutter and bulk. I wanted to edit it to put Novels and Films ahead of Other Media, but then I thought what about Short Fiction, and couldn't find an appropriate SF link, and I also thought that TV fans would want equal prominence with Films. Speculative fiction and Fantasy links should appear as cross-genre links, but please keep out horror. I may have more to write later. Get User talk:Jim Douglas and some other people involved. Hu 00:25, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

So does that mean that I can start editing pages to use the template? I tried to do the media section in alphabetical order, but I think I stuffed up a couple of times. I've asked Jim Douglas, as you suggested, for his comments, and I put a notice on Talk:Science fiction. Thanks :) - Malkinann 01:03, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

I suggest you put it into a couple of novels, a Heinlein juveniles, a couple of films, a couple of TV shows, and a couple of other places and then list them all on the Talk:Science fiction page in your note so we can see how they look. People may also try out some edits. After the feedback settles down, then it's open season. Hu 01:08, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

I've had a teeny little go at your suggestion (Heinlein juveniles, Babel-17, Science fiction comic, Nebula Award for Best Novel, The Left Hand of Darkness) but looking at where the fantasy template's linked, it seems to be mainly used in the articles that it links to, and in subgenre articles. Maybe later we could think about having a science fiction genres template at the bottom of the genre pages? - Malkinann 01:27, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

I have edited the template according to the suggestions I made, also to make the format consistent. Hu 01:31, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

I wasn't sure how editing out the science fiction would look, but now that you've done it, I can see that it looks quite nice.  :) Jim Douglas has said that having a template is a good idea too, especially as Fantasy already has something similar. I'm not sure about sticking it on individual works, though. I feel maybe we should keep it to the 'big topics', like genres, themes and suchlike. - Malkinann 02:49, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Looks like a good idea, particularly if we already have something similar for Fantasy. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 01:57, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

An invitation

Hi, I saw you've been tagging articles with our banner - would you be interested in joining WikiProject LGBT studies? We've been dormant for sometime but are now rapidly developing. We'd love to have you on board! Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 19:05, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

GAR

Will do good buddy. See nasty grams on the GAR and GAR talk page. I don't care if it pisses people off as this happens far too often on the GAR page. Rlevse 02:46, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: WP:Harry

That's a possible idea, though twice the work! :-) There are templates like {{PA}} and {{GF}} which aren't in widespread use, where doing {{PA|ch=3}} will yield (Personal attack removed), which, though it doesn't cite the exact page number, will at least get you in the right general area, but I don't think that's good enough. After we get together our act (the project's been dormant for a little while, basically just a place where Harry Potter fans could put their name in a participants list), we'll move on to citing – there are a bunch of really good articles out there that aren't GAs or even FAs because the only source is our heads, right now. Sigh. Thanks for the suggestion though – what do you mean by a "Harry Potter reference guide"? Sounds interesting. --Fbv65edel / ☑t / ☛c || 04:34, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Wow, that's a lot of work. Yeah, I'll bring it up on the WP talk page when we get past our initial bumpy restart… --Fbv65edel / ☑t / ☛c || 04:44, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the Heads up

I disputed it. There is no such thing as a head shot of Naoko Takeuchi that was released to the public. Besides, I know from Volume 5, she really doesn't care. ^^;; There are some model shots she took that we could post, but I rather think people are going to think they are improper... O.o;; She did some modeling. --Hitsuji Kinno 05:22, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Article received

Napier Lain/Eva article: User:GunnarRene/Sources#Science fiction. --GunnarRene 14:17, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Lain FAC again!

Hi! Just letting you know that Serial Experiments Lain is up at FAC again. As you participated in the last one, I thought you might want to know. Happy holydays!--SidiLemine 12:28, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Bacteria sub-articles

Good idea, put the merge tag on them and then you can merge then together. TimVickers 03:29, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Science fiction assessments?

I note that you are adding assessments to articles in WikiProject Science Fiction. I'm glad this is happening, but I am wondering where the assessments are occuring and being documented? Avt tor 20:54, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

I think the bot is working fine, it's the changes that caught my attention. For example, on January 24, you marked Hugo Award as "Top" importance (I might consider it "High", but whatever) and "B"-class. Where is this discussion happening? Avt tor 21:52, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Is that the usual practice? Somehow I got the impression there was discussion first. I'm a bit new to this. I suppose if I objected to something I'd take it to the talk page. Avt tor 22:06, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the explanation. Avt tor 22:28, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

ASUE

Hello, Malkinann and thank you for your contributions on articles related to A Series of Unfortunate Events. I'd like to invite you to become a part of WikiProject A Series of Unfortunate Events, a WikiProject aiming to improve coverage of A Series of Unfortunate Events and related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to help out and participate, please visit the project page for more information. Thanks! <3Clamster 00:43, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Marimite manga date

I got the October date from the Lililicious scanlations. For the first few chapters, they used the scans from the magazine. Actually, it might have been September now that I think about it. I'll look at the scans again when I have the chance, and if I did make an mistake, I'll correct it. Right now, because I'm uncertain, I'll take out the month and just leave the year. MayumiTsuji 15:57, 8 February 2007 (UTC)MayumiTsuji

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by MayumiTsuji (talk • contribs) 15:55, 8 February 2007 (UTC).

Re: ASUE

Even though you haven't read the books, you can still be a great help to the project and that fact that you are only vaguely familiar with the series is actually good. The project is in need of people who are on the "outside" per se, who don't know the story well. Some parts of the articles make sense to people who know the series but probably sounds like gibberish to those who don't. <3Clamster 18:32, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for helping me in the article of Cúcuta...

File:Seal of Cúcuta, Colombia.png	File:Colombia coa.png		City of Cúcuta
			This barnstar is awarded to Malkinann in appreciation of her contributions in the article of Cúcuta. --Ricardocolombia 00:21, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

--Ricardocolombia 23:15, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

thanks for the brownies--♥sailor cuteness-ready for love♥ 13:58, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

LGBTProject template

Hi, Malkinann! Thanks for the tagging you're doing on articles! If you can, go ahead and rate the article when you do it - a rough estimate is fine at this point, since we'll refine as we go along. Are you interested at joining WP:LGBT? Take a look around, and if you are interested, sign up :) Thanks again!! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 00:26, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

That's kewl :) If you ever have any questions, stop on by the WikiProject :) And thanks again for your tagging help! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 14:39, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Re Geology and Geography in Great Barrier Reef

• [They] (reefs)... cannot grow above sea level.—isn't that obvious to anyone that knows what a reef is?
• the current, living reef structure is believed to have begun growing on an older platform about 20,000 years ago.—20,000 years ago, isn't the platform, by definition, older?
• The Australian Institute of Marine Science agrees, which places the beginning of the growth of the current reef at the time of the Last Glacial Maximum.—I don't like "agrees" here. It sounds like journalistic prose.
• and corals began to grow around the hills of the coastal plain - by then, continental islands.—"(which had formed coral islands)", perhaps?
• The research outcomes funded by the CRC Reef Research Centre—how can an outcome be funded?
• In the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef,—doesn't the reader already know "the northern part" alone refers to Great Barrier Reef?
• ribbon reefs and deltaic reefs have formed - these reef structures are not found in the rest of the Great Barrier Reef system.—does "these reef structures" have to be set off by a dash? A semicolon would not subordinate the second clause.
• Wouldn't "the reef" be less cumbersome than "the Great Barrier reef" everywhere? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rintrah (talk • contribs) 13:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC).

Eureka stockade

With reference to your recent edit [4]. Many of the citations you requested were already in the references, though not necessarily linked by the footnotes - perhaps you would like to put a little more effort in? Similarly some of your wikilinks are of poor quality. For example lower house should have been a piped link to Victorian Legislative Assembly if you think a link is appropriate there. The wikilink you added for surface gold is unlikely to develop into an article, perhaps Gold prospecting might have been a meaningful link if you think people don't know what the term means.--Golden Wattle ^talk 23:08, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Please remember to mark your edits as minor when (and only when) they genuinely are minor edits (see Wikipedia:Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one (and vice versa) is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting and minor rearranging of text should be flagged as a 'minor edit'. Thanks! --Golden Wattle ^talk 23:10, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Strawberry Panic!

I did see that you had reviewed it finally (it was up there for a while so I almost forgot about it) and that it needed reception. Thanks for the links you provided, and I'll get right on trying to improve reception.--十八 01:06, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

I read all of Erica Friedman's reviews on the drama CDs, manga and anime but after using her as a source so much already, it didn't make sense to continue. Also, the bulk of the review should probably be for the short stories and manga that preceeded the anime since there's a lot of anime reviews out there for this series. Additionally, only the light novels and manga have been licensed and nither have been released yet, so we can't really get any worthwhile or reliable sources for any of the material. What I'm saying is that I've used Friedman as much as I can and any more inclusion from a single source wouldn't be inclusive in terms of different opinions on this series in its many forms.--十八 03:26, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

All right then, I see your point. I'll put in a few lines from her later entries on the series, but no more than two.--十八 03:42, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for doing that with the peer review notices; I really hope I can build up this article to FA status. =) --十八 00:03, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Sure, I'll look over Sailor Moon and see what I can do.--十八 00:08, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Resizing fair use images

When resizing a fair use image, such as Image:Sailor Moon 01.jpg, what's the acceptable maximum that it should be resized to? As in this particular case, the resized image looks very blurry on its intended page, Usagi Tsukino. -Malkinann 21:12, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

If an image is too blurry, it's time to make it smaller. It can only help its WP:FAIRUSE case. Xiner (talk, email) 21:58, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, definitely, I do think the current size is too large for a fair-use claim anyway. Xiner (talk, email) 22:34, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I understand. And you should. I meant that the current size is also likely to be a bit large for a fair-use claim. Xiner (talk, email) 22:43, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm no expert on the subject, so you'll want to confirm this with someone else (the help desk?), but I'd say judging from the pics I've seen, half the height of the image in that article. Xiner (talk, email) 22:50, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Great Barrier Reef

I am way to swamped to help you in a meaningful fashion on this article, but perhaps I can help you find some references to help you? Let me know. Sabine's Sunbird talk 07:31, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Wallace FA Nomination

Thanks for the heads up about the FA nomination and the single source issue. The truth was I had planned to come back to the Wallace ariticle for another round of edits (with a 2nd biography that just shipped from Amazon Friday in hand) before attempting an FA nomination but I guess someone decided to go for it.Rusty Cashman 07:28, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Shoulda done this ages ago

		The Original Barnstar
		For taking so much initiative in helping with WikiProject Sailor Moon. You work really hard on keeping everything together, and are a huge help with every kind of edit. Thank you! You're great! Masamage ♫ 01:20, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Environmental threats to the Great Barrier Reef

If you ever want to expand the environmental threats section a bit, I've done a good bit of slightly-related work on the Great Barrier Reef article that could be used as a case study. -Malkinann 21:47, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. That looks like a very good article. If/When I get round to it that should provide lots of info. |→ Spaully^₪† 21:57, 10 April 2007 (GMT)

Alfred Russel Wallace for FA?

I am strongly considering putting Alfred Russel Wallace up for FA again. You have provided a lot of valuable comments and contributions to this article (especially during the GA process). I would appreciate it if you could take a look at the article and make any comments/edits you think it needs before I put it up. Thanks. Rusty Cashman 19:30, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your input. You might find the following interesting. You were correnct about "favourable" in the quotation on Vestiges. I had unconsiously translated from English into American when I typed in the quotation from the book. However, both the books I had that listed the quotation had "generalization" rather than "generalisation". I was a little worried because both authors (Shermer and Slotten) were American and I was afraid they might have made the same mistake I had so I took a look at American and British English spelling differences and I learned that the use of "ize" forms such as "generalization" was once common in British English. The preference for "ise" forms is a modern phenomenon. Weird huh? Rusty Cashman 19:52, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

I have gone ahead and nominated it. Your participation in the process would be much appreciated.Rusty Cashman 02:21, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Citation for Seagull Claim in "Finding Nemo"

When you edited the Finding Nemo page on November 29, 2006, you added the assertion:

"The seagull calls have been confirmed to be "Mine! Mine!" but many audiences hear them as saying "Mate!" in an exaggerated Australian accent. "

You also deleted an edit made a day earlier by Paulpang22288 that asserted the opposite:

"The calls of the seagulls are deliberately sounded as "Mate! Mate!..." to imitate the Australian colloquial language. E.g. "G'day mate!" "How's it going mate?" with the word "mate" pronounced similarly to "might" due to the Australian accent. "

What is your basis for making this change? If you have a citation that really does confirm the intent of the script and Andrew Stanton, voice of the seagulls, please include it.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Finding_Nemo&diff=prev&oldid=90800189

Ethertype 21:59, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

SF

Did you look at the rest of the comments? Fandomness has nothing to do with being able to read abbreviations introduced in a well formatted documented. --Belg4mit 14:47, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

The Malay Archipelago

Did you know? was updated. On 9 May, 2007, a fact from the article The Malay Archipelago, which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 07:04, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Ryoga Hibiki

Hi! I just noticed that the GA for this article has been on hold for about two weeks; at this point, it should probably be either passed or failed. Just a reminder. ^^ --Masamage ♫ 18:18, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

But I'm a Cheerleader

Hi, thanks for adding those plot details to But I'm a Cheerleader. I was just about to have a go at adding steps 4 & 5, and there it is done! Good job! --Belovedfreak 18:30, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for tagging King Kong. I totally forgot until a few minutes ago, I went to add it and saw that you had. I really appreciate it. Regards, LaraLove^T/_C 19:01, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

SMS

Hi! I'm going to have my own run at it next time I can get on a computer. My schedule is busy today, and less so tommorow. I'll get on it. Sbloemeke 21:46, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

OK, finished.Sbloemeke 19:11, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Makoto and her long skirt

Hooray! Thanks for finding that citation! :D --Masamage ♫ 07:37, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

I think the citation looks just fine, and the Wikilink really helps. Actually, Makoto's hair is mentioned in her introductory act. The exposition about her old school's uniform comes when she explains it to a cranky female teacher, and the teacher says, "What about that hair!" which again suggests that it's associated with badness. Makoto points at her head and replies, "This is natural, sir." XD (I'm using Alex Glover's translation here; in the English manga, the teacher actually says "We don't allow perms here" or something.) --Masamage ♫ 17:07, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Advice needed

I know you've edited the Edgar Allan Poe page a few times. I was wondering if you have an opinion on a new template / author navigation box. The original is clean and simple, the new version is a bit clunky and possibly larger than it needs to be. Feel free to respond on my talk page or on the EAP talk page. Template:Edgar Allan Poe vs. User:Midnightdreary/test -Midnightdreary 00:30, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

User page

Hey, you finally made one. ^_^ Looks nice! --Masamage ♫ 17:09, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

That's a great idea and a very big help. Thank you! --Masamage ♫ 00:53, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Phineas Gage

I have done quite a mess in the article trying to include the proper reference to the harlow quote so finally I reverted all my edits. I´ve found in an article two pages of the second article of Harlow (1868) as an appendix and the quote is from this second article; but I dont know how to do the thing of the double citation. Can you help me? (if you tell me in my user page how to do it I would be grateful, so I can do it myself the next time). Thanks anyway.--Garrondo 13:54, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Just for information; why are you so interested in this article?--Garrondo 13:59, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks; more than enough. --Garrondo 12:58, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Ming-Na

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent contribution removed content from Ming-Na. Please be more careful when editing articles and do not remove content from Wikipedia without a good reason, which should be specified in the edit summary. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Anthony Rupert 16:14, 6 June 2007 (UTC) How could I have deleted information that wasn't there when I looked at it? -Malkinann 22:58, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I guess I used the wrong tag. But why did you place {{uncategorised}}? Anthony Rupert 23:20, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

The article didn't have any categories when I looked at it. I put that on there so that it'd get categorised.-Malkinann 23:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

It must have been a vandal that removed the categories then. Sorry for the mix-up. Anthony Rupert 23:34, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

No worries mate. -Malkinann 02:55, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Delisting Arnold Swarzenegger

Hey, when you archived the Arnold Swarzenegger article at WP:GA/R it looks like you never delisted it from the WP:GA list. Don't forget to act on any archives you do. Thanks. Later.--Jayron32|talk|contribs 03:47, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Cleaning up Image:Bssm0.png

Hi, I am not sure exactly what i did to clean up this image; I clean up lots of images and I can't remember what I do for each one. I suspect that I painted over the solid colours and blurred that background. Iain 05:11, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

^_^

♥Fighting for charming Love♥ has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

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Fair use rationales in Yotsuba&!

In your peer review of Yotsuba&!, you mentioned that all the images need fair use rationales. Could you tell me if, as an example, what I added to Image:Yotsuba.jpg is sufficient? (Also, is that the proper format? I can't find a guideline for that.) —Quasirandom 23:48, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, that does help. But it does bring up a follow-up: What happens to the speedy deletion on the grounds of having no fair use rationale? Does the tag get deleted, now that it has one? and if so, by whom? Is there a review first, and if so by whom? The links off the {no rationale} template don't explain the process, nor do any fair use page that I can find. —Quasirandom 01:47, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: Wikimoon

Huh. I don't particularly mind for myself, but I can see why you might. Either way, I'm also not sure if it's kosher in terms of GFDL, so I'll keep an eye on the discussion. Thanks for the heads-up! --Masamage ♫ 04:00, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Evangelion pictures'n'stuff

Hi, I'm trying to update WikiTaskForce Evangelion's stuff, I wrote up most of the episode guide myself but I'm not sure what the "standards" are (because it's just me describing what's on screen, I don't really use "reference tags" and such, unless I'm referring to something external). At any rate, I'm going to start interlinking WikiQuote with the episode articles (did a bit of that in my Venture Bros. writing lately...). But regardless, I'm not entirely sure what to do with tagging images for "fair use" and such. Generally I just avoided loading my own images. Essentially, what should I do with the images to make them "okay", and for that matter, "how good do we have to be?" as they saying goes...--Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici 23:26, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Judy Garland Images

The reason I reverted your notices is because you are linking them to a page which they are not listed on. It is like putting an AfD notice on a page and not linking to its correct AfD page. If they were put up for the deletion days ago, the tags should have been placed then to notify the images (I also have the images on watch and I have seen no update on their pages either). I will be honest, I am not familiar with how Image deletion goes, but I was pretty certain, under rules of fairness (which I could totally be wrong about), it follows mostly the same procedure as AfD. --Ozgod 12:11, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Odd, checked the image pages and tags are there, which means my watchlist is batty or they got removed from there by accident.. However, on the Judy Garland you have the images and deletion page linking to July 19 not July 17 where the images are listed for deletion. --Ozgod 12:19, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Death of Edgar Allan Poe

Maybe we should start with a peer review before we jump into the GA review? Before we do, though, I'd like your opinion. First, do you think it's sourced enough? I think it could use more in the Burial/Re-burial section. How about the section on Griswold, is that NPOV enough? Oh, and how would you feel about giving some examples at the very end of some of the fictional treatments of Poe's death? Other than that, it's still one of my favorite articles I've worked on, and I think it's a strong one. --Midnightdreary 14:32, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Misato Katsuragi

I noticed you tagged the Relationships section of the article for Misato Katsuragi with the {{confusing}} template. What doesn't work for you? Willbyr (talk | contribs) 12:38, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for replying. I'm not comfortable with aspects of the section's wording, and I rewrote most of it! Point by point:

• "affinity" - That part could stand some touchup...if you have a better way of phrasing it, edit away.
• The fanfic part, I would be fine with removing entirely; I put the {{fact}} templates there to give people a chance :to find some references to this, but I say if no one's done so in about a week or a week and a half, delete the info.
• The "carefree attitude..." - eeeeeyeah...I didn't like that when I wrote it, and still don't..I didn't like the original phrase "comes off as a very sexual woman" but at the time I couldn't think of a better way to phrase what I wanted to express. She's not "sexual" per se, she's just not afraid to show off what she's got, plus she enjoys attention from males, whether it's Shinji's classmates or Hyuga. As with the first note, change it if you've got a better idea.
• 'there is some interpretation in the article that could maybe do with citing' - Can you be more specific?

I'm going to put a link to this discussion in the Misato article...maybe someone else has other ideas. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 14:17, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Do you still think that the "in-universe" tag is needed? If so, LMK what you think needs changing and I'll see what I can do about it. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 15:33, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

The "sensual woman" phrasing was all I could come up with at the time of the rewrite...I'll trim that out and try to rewrite it. Thanks a bunch for your help with the article.  :-) Willbyr (talk | contribs) 23:33, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Merging of Raine island

Under WP:MERGE, it is generally accepted that one article, if it is "better" should be kept over the other. While Raine Island (Queensland) was created first, it is not referenced, and Raine Island is. Raine Island has also been featured on T:DYK, and merging of it will disrupt the archives. If anything, I argue that Raine Island (Queensland) be merged into my article. I rest my case, hoping that you will reconsider your decision that Raine island be merged into Raine island (Queensland), instead of the reverse. Cheers, -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 12:16, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

That is why I am arguing this case - there are no other Raine Island(s) in the world. See Lord Howe Island. Thats why Raine Island (Queensland) should go into Raine Island. Cheers, -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 22:29, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Is it ok if I remove the merge tag now that we seem to be at an agreement? -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 09:06, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Y Done - thanks. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 07:08, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

D.H.Friston

His full name is David Henry Friston, and he was doing work at least as far back as 1854 [5]

Just slap a {{PD-US}} tag on it, if you're worried. It's definitely fine under that: British works from that era famously CANNOT have a U.S. Copyright, as U.S. Copyright was only open to Americans. Adam Cuerden ^talk 01:10, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for helping out on the Suzuka article. (Duane543 03:51, 10 August 2007 (UTC))

Romeo and Juliet

Hey, just noticing that you are putting a lot of ref templates up here. Could I ask you to mention it on the talk page if you have a question about a ref, rather than putting up an unsightly template on the mainspace? So far, all of your ref questions have not been problems at all. I'd rather deal with it on the talk page. I'd be happy to answer any questions, but it is hard to keep track of your hidden comments sometimes. Thanks. Wrad 01:23, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

By-election?

Just curious...what is a by-election? If it's more than just a simple definition, it may actually make for a good article. I have never heard the term before our involvement in the 2010 Victoria elections article. Erechtheus 01:44, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks for the link. I just assumed since there wasn't previously a link in the article that it had not been addressed before. Erechtheus 01:59, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Help!

Would you mind taking a look at Death of Edgar Allan Poe? I just did some major changes and I'm close to putting it up for good article. First I wanted a different set of eyes to take a look and see how it's going. I'm concerned with NPOV potential challenges and the format for the citations. I still have a couple of citations to plug in, but I didn't get past the re-burial section. If you have time for a copy edit too, that would be great (I never notice them if I'm the one that made the mistake). Feel free to leave comments on the discussion page there or on mine. Okay, thanks, and I hope all is well! --Midnightdreary 19:03, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Possibly overdue

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		In recognition of your tireless willingness to almost instantly correct my terrible attempts at proper citation, I award you The Barnstar of Diligence. Many thanks for helping to keep "The Raven" and Death of Edgar Allan Poe (and others) a strong article and for clearly showing how great collaboration on Wikipedia can be! -Midnightdreary 04:24, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Light novel source

Sorry to chop all that back out, but that source was just not reliable. Most of the statements you added were pretty far off the mark. Blogs are generally not considered a good reference, unless they have the credentials required, and being a massive Yuri fan doesn't really qualify her. Glad that poorly researched mess didn't end up in the Manga guide it was written for, since she clearly doesn't have any first hand familiarity with the topic. Doceirias 21:51, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

I translate light novels for a living, so some of that was just knowing my subject (like the color coding thing, or the bulk of the light novels I own being more than 300 pages.) Don't really need a source to disprove that, since they were just mistakes on her part. The origins in sci-fi novels is less clear, but based interviews with Kouhei Kadono and Otsu-ichi, they were originally just called Young Adult novels, started out as video game adaptions and fantasy novels like Lodoss and Slayers, began to broaden the genres after Boogiepop, and never really overlapped with the audience for 'real' sci-fi novels, which tended to look down on light novels. Going back through those particular interviews or afterwords and digging up that information to cite has been on my list of things to do for ages. Hopefully I'll get around to it one day. Doceirias 22:03, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

The Raven

Hey, I was wondering if I could ask a favor. You're good with references, and I'm especially bad at citing web sources. During the featured article review for "The Raven," the web citations were quotations and I'm not sure how to fix them. Would you mind taking a look? The comment is here, Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Raven, comments left by SandyGeorgia. Definitely would appreciate it! --Midnightdreary 00:35, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for giving it a look! I just wish these people would give a couple support votes instead of just nitpicking! lol I'll take a look at the Arthur Gordon Pym article some time this weekend - good idea to put some effort into it; it definitely needed attention. --Midnightdreary 12:51, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Reply

I've earned the right to download those images (bought them using marshmallows), whats the most appropriate tag I could use for it? Is it on Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Non-free?

Yours truly, Superior. 17:42, 23 September 2007 (UTC).

How about , or Non-free poster? That's the best I could find.

Yours truly, Superior. 22:00, 23 September 2007 (UTC).

Okay, I'll fix all the pictures, but around 7, because it's almost time for Total Drama Island, LOL. I promise I'll fix them.

Yours truly, Superior. 22:14, 23 September 2007 (UTC).

Help me

{{helpme}} The images on here need to be checked for legality and deleted when appropriate.-Malkinann 02:20, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

OK, I'm going to give you some guidance on one image and see if you can figure out the rest (they're all very similar). First, they need a proper copyright tag. I think {{non-free character}} should suffice; a lot are marked with {{Free screenshot}}, which just doesn't apply. All the images need to be resized for fair use as you thoughtfully and correctly did here. I can delete the big versions after you upload resized images (see "Upload a new version of this file" at the bottom of the image page). The fair use rationales aren't bad. The guideline should help make them better. I redid Image:Gwen.jpg, and you could probably just use the same as boilerplate for the other images of individual characters. Finally, all fair use images need to be used in at least one article, or they'll get deleted after being appropriately tagged for seven days. Ideally, articles should have a minimum of fair use images, but as long as you don't have a gallery of fair use images, you should be fine. South Park characters is appropriate limited use.--Chaser - T 05:30, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Split Proposition

I agree on splitting it to a smaller, more definate article. Either we split it to one article, or a different article for each episode; what would you go with?

- Yours truly, Superior_(talk) 14:29, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Sailor Moon Musicals

I tried to add the clarification you asked for. Should be clearer now. I also added a small bit about pyrotechnics...I´m sure there´s a special term for the "flame paper"-effect, but I can´t remember/find it right now. Maybe someone else knows the proper term. FreddyE 07:06, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Question - Please REPLY

How to I change this box colour??!?

Re:Long time no see

lol Iv been obsesed with youtube/death note I havnt been doing much else for ages :P ♥Fighting for charming Love♥ (talk) 13:48, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

I have no RL ^_^ ♥Fighting for charming Love♥ (talk) 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Barbara Gordon

Hello,

I added a reply to GAR. Thankyou. Bookkeeperoftheoccult (talk) 07:26, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

I've added a second reply to GAR. Bookkeeperoftheoccult (talk) 23:07, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Invisible barnstar

		The Invisible Barnstar
		For her hard work in tagging fair use images for reduction and otherwise keeping us all in line behind the scenes, I hereby award Malkinann the Invisible Barnstar. Wear it proudly, and keep up the good work! jonny-mt(t)(c)Tell me what you think! 05:12, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Re: Fansubs

Thanks for the heads-up! I dropped them a note; we'll see if it takes. --Masamage ♫ 01:54, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Physiography

Hi. I'm going to get around to adding the references someday, maybe not until January though. I have a map in my office that has the breakouts and a table, but I won't be in my office for the rest of the year. There is a guy at work who can get into my office, but I'm not sure if he's going to be in at all for the rest of the year or not. I've sent him an email asking if he could help with this, but he hasn't responded back yet. In the meantime, since I do have the 'master' table that I compiled from several different maps of physiographic regions, I figured this vacation would be a good way to spend some constructive time getting the basic article and list compiled and wikilinked to appropriate articles. There's a bunch (of the different regions) that don't seem to have any applicable wiki articles though, which really complicates the issue. I figured almost all of them would have had articles of some sort by now. There's also quite a few that have redirects from the appropriate name to a more generalized (or even speciific) subject, so the article (name) is no longer an appropriate 'place' for the information. Quite frustrating I must say, it is going to be a lot tougher getting this subject put together than I thought. There's also an instance where someone insists on having multiple articles (by country) for some mountain ranges in the Andes, instead of just one article per range, which is really stupid. Now I need to spend extra time and effort going through the whole 'merge' process (which will result in the final merging anyway), just because some idiot can't use common sense or is trying to maintain some nationalistic POV in the articles. It's even been a subject for discussion since April, and he hasn't participated in the discussion at all. Oh well. If you'd care to help with the physiographic aspects of the 'Reef', that would be great. Many of the references in the article already refer to the 'geomorphology', which is an older, yet slightly more specialized use of the term 'physiography', so some additional information can probably be found in those already. wbfergus ^Talk 13:02, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi again. The maps I have aren't published by the government. I have copies of some old hand drawn maps from the 1920's - 1960's, with titles like "Physiographic landforms of 'XYZ'", usually one per continent. The were created by A.K. Lobek, Erwin Raisz, and Guy Harold-Smith at various times. I forget which one created the map for Australia, which the accompanying table of physiographic 'regions'. I know the ones by Raisz are probably copyrighted, since his family still sells them, but I'm not sure about the others.

Geomorphology isn't really an outdated term (or concept), but a more specialized term of physiography. I ran across a site the other day that said they were pretty much synonomous, but that geomorphology was one of the specialized branches of physiography. There's some more information at Physiography, though it doesn't say that there (I should have bookmarked that site). Here's a little blurb though that touches on the subject from another wiki article Region#Physiographic regions.

Here's one site I just ran across that very briefly mentions the GBR and physiography, saying it has already been studied [6]. I ran across quite a few others that specifically mention the GBR physiographic province, but none so far that mention its relation to divisions or sections (what it belongs to and what it contains). This article in Enclyclopedia Britannica barely mentions the relationship of the GBR to the Eastern Highlands (at the bottom) [7].

There's a bunch of different 'hits' returned from Google searches, but the hard part is getting the right combination of keywords and then sifting through all of the various results to see which ones actually are on those subjects, or just mention those keywords anywhere through the text (which most seem to do). It's all rather tedious and time-consuming, I just spent around 4 hours just trying to find these links, and I barely scratched the surface of potential hits. wbfergus ^Talk 15:06, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi again. I just heard back from my friend at the office, and here's what he found out:

That map for Australia is: Physiographic Diagram of Australia, A.K. Lobeck, by The Geological Press, Columbia University, New York, 1951. A further note in the real fine print says "to accompany text description and geological sections which were prepared by Joseph Gentilli and R.W. Fairbridge of the University of Western Australia".

So, at this point in time, that's all I have (which is a little bit better). I suppose if you still have questions, then I'll need to check the library and see if I can find anything by either of those two authors, since Lobeck just drew the map for them. Hope this helps a bit. wbfergus ^Talk 19:33, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Doing a little web-surfing, it appears that the title of the publication by Gentilli and Fairbridge is the same as the map, "Physiographic Diagram of Australia" [8] and [9]. My local library doesn't have any of the articles or other publications, but I'll see if maybe our office's library does when I get back in next month. Seems like it may be useful for the Australian 'regions' if I can find a copy anywhere. wbfergus ^Talk 13:07, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

MOS:NUM

What part of this guideline are you citing? It says that one-or-two-word numbers may be spelled out if that works best, but it certainly doesn't say they must. In my opinion, it's much easier to compare numbers to one another when they're presented as numerals. (And the whole point of these particular numbers is to compare them.) --Masamage ♫ 22:15, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

• And a Happy New Year :D JuJube (talk) 08:40, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Grigsby

Wow, that's a long sentence. :P Hmm. I guess I take her to be saying that the editor(s) (Osabu?) met with Naoko at least once in 1991, though not necessarily regularly. But Sailor V was first developed in 1991, so it makes sense that they'd be discussing plot that far in advance. By 'second episode of the written story', she probably means manga act 2, which jives with my understanding of how things were timed. --Masamage ♫ 19:29, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

The gist of that passage seems to be that, as a franchise, Sailor Moon was brilliantly cross-promoted, which has a lot to do with its incredible success. To me, that seems best-suited to the main franchise article, since it's all about the interaction of the anime, manga, and merchandise. Great thing to have a reference for. :) --Masamage ♫ 01:20, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Sailor Moon Goodies

Hi Malkinann! Belated Merry Non-Denomination-Holiday-of-Your-Choice and Happy New Year. ;) There are a couple of "Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon"-related things I'd like to discuss with you and Masamage in private, so drop me a line using my instant messaging contact info sometime. See you in the chat windows! :) 14:24, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:TeamGophers 1024.jpg)

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Centralized TV Episode Discussion

Over the past months, TV episodes have been reverted by (to name a couple) TTN, Eusebeus and others. No centralized discussion has taken place, so I'm asking everyone who has been involved in this issue to voice their opinions here in this centralized spot, be they pro or anti. Discussion is here [10]. --Maniwar (talk) 00:31, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Helps

Hello, i'm OgasawaraSachiko, but i'm currently not log in now. You seem to know a lot about Wikipedia gallery, could you help me? As you can see, the galleries of Mireille Bouquet and Kirika Yuumura i added have been removed, and i hate when people do that. I just don't understand why some articles' galleries like the Nautilus (Verne) or Eiffel Tower are still on their pages, but mine are not. Can you tell the differences between those?

In don't know much about WP:NFCC, can you explain it more clearly and how can keep those images before delleting. If the situation is to hard for me to overcome, can you teach how to do that for once? Please, i need to know!

Postscript: Sorry if i cause you any trouble, but to be honest, i like my articles the ways they used to be. OgasawaraSachiko (Contact me here) 11:55, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, so that means i can't make gallery. Well, i guest that how things go on Wikipedia. Anyway, can i keep Image:Mireille and Kirika fight.jpg 'cause i don't think that Kirika page need one since she has her own True Noir pic. Thanks four you help. OgasawaraSachiko (Contact me here) 10:58, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

So in the end, it's still going to be deleted, i guess that's how things go here. You asked me before why do i need to keep Image:Mireille and Kirika fight.jpg. Well then, i suppose that i want Mireille to have it since she was intend to free Kirika, but Kirika doesn't need one since she has her own True Noir one and it was more like she wanted to kill Mireille so i think the image fits Mireille than Kirika. OgasawaraSachiko (Contact me here) 18:03, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, i owe you one. OgasawaraSachiko (Contact me here) 15:53, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, that's a bad habit of mine. I just copy the rationales and upload it without concern anything. —Preceding unsigned comment added by OgasawaraSachiko (talk • contribs) 11:35, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Informing past contributors of new TFD for Template:Maintained

As you were a contributor in the last TFD, I am letting you know that {{Maintained}} is again up for deletion. Please review the current version of the template and discuss it at the TFD. Thanks! — BRIAN0918 • 2008-01-30 17:47Z

Informing past contributors of new TFD for Template:Maintained

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I'm not sure I understand you butHere

Hi, I noticed you created the {{Merge-multiple-to}} template a while ago. I've been having problems with it. :( I'd like to propose the merge of several of the {{Fushigi Yūgi}} character articles (specifically, I'd like to merge the three lower rows of characters into their groups indicated to the side), but I haven't been able to get it to work - it keeps on showing up as redlink has been proposed to merge with X redlink Y redlink and Z redlink to create not-yet-created-article redlink. Can you please investigate this? It could also possibly be that I'm not using the template 'right', too. Thanks.

• This may be a bug related to the new parser. I'll investigate. Hiding T 16:28, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Ah, wait no it isn't. You can't have the carriage returns in the template, so you need to do it as follows:

{{Merge-multiple-to|Tatara|Tokaki|Subaru|Kokie|Amefuri|Karasuki|Toroki|target=Byakko 
Seishi|discuss=Wikipedia:FRN#Byakko Seishi Merging|date=November 2007}}

• • makes:

• • (Some of those are redlinks because we are in userspace. In article space it will work fine.) Note that you then have to make the appropriate discuss link valid, so in this example you would go to WP:FRN and add a section titled Byakko Seishi Merging, and outline your reasons for merging. If there is a better place to host the discussion, I'd suggest linking there instead. I hope that helps. Hiding T 16:39, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
    • Show me in a sandbox, I'll see if I can correct it. Hiding T 15:59, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
      • You had a carriage return in there. See this link, [11]. Hope that helps. I hadn't realised carriage returns would be an issue when I made it, I based it on the other merge templates and they didn't mention anything. Sorry to have been the partial caise of so much grief and I hope it is all sorted now. Hiding T 21:02, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
        • I have no idea how to make it more robust. Which version did you copy, the actual template embedded in the page or the bit in the pre code? You should always copy the part that is embedded, because that's the part that works. The pre coding is pretty much to format and appear nice on the page. Hiding T 21:08, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
          • Strange, that's what I copied. I dodn't get any carraige returns when I copy it, for example:

• • • • • • Dunno what's going on. Sorry. Hiding T 21:13, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
            • I'd be more inclined to say it's a browser snag. I'm using firefox and copying as plain text. I can't think what else it would be. I doubt the large text would do anything. To be honest, I'm somewhat out of my depth here. I'm good at hacking, I'm not good at originating. That's probably why I'm on Wikipedia. :) Hiding T 21:19, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
              • I don't know how Safari handles copying text, that's the only thing I can think of which is causing an issue. Sorry for the tardy delay. Hiding T 13:35, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

About Image:Mireilleshopping.png

Good day, it's me again. About the Noir characters, how come their articles have those recetion and develoment sections, why did you add them anyway? OgasawaraSachiko (Contact me here) 15:31, 2 February 2008 (UTC) Can you explain why does Image:Mireilleshopping.png have to be deleted.OgasawaraSachiko (Contact me here) 21:25, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Can you explain why does Image:Mireilleshopping.png have to be deleted.OgasawaraSachiko (Contact me here) 21:25, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

So now how can i keep it? Does it have to be delete like the one you did on Madlax before?OgasawaraSachiko (Contact me here) 22:45, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

In Use

Hi. In general, when someone has added the {{inuse}} template to an article, such as I did with List of Fushigi Yūgi episodes, it is considered courtesy to not edit the article until the notice is removed or replaced with an under construction. I have reverted your edits as the music will be added in a more appropriate fashion, and the summaries will not be coming from or be based on the existing FYE article at all, so it isn't a merge. :) I will be working it more throughout the day to get it into at least partial form for featured list status. Collectonian (talk) 21:37, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

The template says that if it hasn't been edited in a while, you're okay to go - over two hours had elapsed since you last edited. I don't like it when information (about the music) is removed from the main article and then not placed into the daughter article. The music section can always be reworked - I've seen them as part of the lead. I'd worked really hard on that summary, getting it down to what I did. To have it reverted just because you reckon you're going to work on the article, not even replacing it with your own summaries... it kind of bites. :( -Malkinann (talk) 21:46, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

The music will not be lost, I can promise you that. It is an important part of the information. The summary was not complete. A proper episode summary must include the ending and the major plot point. The summary I read did not seem to include that. I'm fine with someone else rewriting the summaries, and I'm sorry if it seems like I'm being heavy handed. It kind of bites to see someone ignore the in use just because I needed a break. I'd just like time to finish the work I was doing. Collectonian (talk) 21:57, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Did you see the original I was working off in the FY Eikoden article? I feel my summary included all the really salient plot points, including the ending, in a short paragraph, and I was really pleased with it. The in use template also says that once you've finished a particular leg of your editing spree, when you take a break, you should take it off and let other people edit the article, with a pointed link to WP:OWN. I look forward to seeing your own take on that summary.-Malkinann (talk) 22:08, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

The summary doesn't explain who Mayo is, which should be done for a new character's first appearance, who her crush is, the relation to the original, Taka being hurt in the battle with Genbu, Taiitsukun's appearance, and it says they have gone to find the seven warriors, but its only the five reborn ones who need to be found (and it doesn't mention they were reborn). Collectonian (talk) 22:17, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

The argument could also be made that any summary whatsoever is better than no summary at all. I see you've put up another in use template - do you plan to use these throughout your FL drive for this article? Please remember to replace inuse with the other one when you're busy with other matters, and to save your work often. -Malkinann (talk) 02:11, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Agreed, if the list were in final form, but as it was only recently created, no summary isn't a huge deal since it is plainly marked as being under construction. I do plan to use the {{inuse}} template while I'm actively editing since you seem to be editing as well. This way I'm not spending length amounts of time on something, then saving to have to deal with edit conflicts. Collectonian (talk) 02:23, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

II know you are trying to help, but from your earlier remarks, it seems like you have never seen or read Fushigi Yūgi? If that is the case, I'd like to ask you to please leave the episode summaries to someone who has seen the series. Inaccurate summaries are not better than no summary at all. There is no rushing, pressing need to finish the episode list tonight, you know. :) Collectonian (talk) 03:26, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

I haven't finished the series yet, but I have seen episode one that I summarised there, and I have read the first volume of the manga (borrowed from the library.. ominous, huh?). Unfortunately, my library hasn't seen fit to buy the entire series. How was my episode summary inaccurate? Any inaccuracies might have come from me unconciously melding some of the manga points in with the anime. -Malkinann (talk) 03:32, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Miaka doesn't want to go to Jonan, her mother is making her. The first men who come after Miaka and Yui are slave traders, the second group primarily want to rape Miaka. I've seen the whole series (far more times that I should probably admit to considering its length LOL), and read the whole manga. Hope your library picks up the rest...while I love the anime, some parts of the manga are way better. :) Unless you've already been spoiled to the series events, you might want to limit editing on these articles. I know I hated being spoiled to what should have been shocking events because I started working on the Blood+ articles. While I still enjoyed the series, some things didn't have the same impact because I was already expecting them. :( While I think Fruits Basket needs some clean up as well, I'm refusing to work on the articles until I've read the final manga chapter because I'm tired of being spoiled ;-) Just a thought that came to mind while I was writing up the ending theme switch for episode 33, and totally up to you of course. :) Collectonian (talk) 03:44, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

I thought Miaka kind of wanted to go to Jonan to please her mother, too? I seem to recall the mother wanting a better education for her children. "Education is the way out of poverty" and all that kind of thing. I really doubt my library is planning to pick up the rest of the manga - the copy that I found of the first volume was somewhat tatty, so it wasn't a recent aquisition. If they were going to get the whole series, they would have done so already. Spose it wouldn't hurt to try. -Malkinann (talk) 04:07, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Its not so much wanting to go as wanting to please her mother. :) Maybe if you ask they will. Our library really started stocking manga after people started asking for specific stuff. Though small, its still a pretty decent collection :) If not, the 2nd edition releases are all still available, so maybe wait for the next time Right Stuf has a Viz sale and pick it up? Collectonian (talk) 04:13, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Guess I'll have to plan ahead when I want to go shopping, then. -Malkinann (talk) 04:47, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

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Rewrite of Yuri

I'm really glad you approve the rewrite. Thanks a lot. And of course, if you think that some of the work there would be useful for the Class S article, you're more than welcome to use it. Kazu-kun (talk) 18:51, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

No, and that's the reason I didn't directly state Marimite as Class S in the article. The book Yorinuki Dokusho Sōdanshitsu just briefly comments on the themes Marimite shares with S, but they classify Marimite as yuri (well, as GL, but it's the same). IMO no scholar would classify Marimite as S because this is an early twentieth century genre. Today, any S-like work is generally identified as yuri. This doesn't mean Marimite is not S; it certainly is. But sourcing that as a direct statement would prove to be difficult. Even the Maria-sama ga Miteru article uses an "interview with a fan" to source that. While this may work there, we need something more reliable for a genre article. Although I think there are scholar works commenting about the influence of that early shōjo literature on Marimite. How to get a hold of that, I wouldn't know.

On a related note, this reminded me that I need to find a replacement for the reference you mentioned. It's a well referenced essay, but it's still a blog post. I think I can find something better. Will work on it in my sandbox when I have some time. Kazu-kun (talk) 17:37, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

For research!

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		Thank you for working so hard! I hereby award you this barnstar in recognition of your hard work on research and the enormously helpful information you've been finding. Your work to improve the encyclopedia has consistently been broad, high-quality, and high-density, and you're always polite and helpful in any discussions. I am very glad we have you around. :D --Masamage ♫ 22:34, 3 March 2008 (UTC)