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Say stuff here.--Mike Selinker 12:45, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Meta-puzzle

Well, I was going by the article content, which gave examples of metapuzzles both in puzzle hunts and in puzzle computer games, so I put it in both subcats. But if you know better, please do move it back: I would love to think that was the most dissent I had invited in my many article recategorizations. —Blotwell 02:11, 2 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jacqui Cooper

Great work on the Jacqui Cooper article. I kinda left it in a bad position. Great work!Banana.girl 11:27, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bill North vs Billy North

Hi Mike, I noticed you created an article on Billy North but there was already an article on Bill North. Seems to me "Billy North" would be the best choice for the article title, but the older article has more detail. Do you want to initiate the merge? Schmiteye 17:02, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

For your support on the MetroStars vs RBNY issue. It's been a tough week for us Metro supporters, and many of us are having a difficult time with the transition, which for many will never occur. Every bit of support, for whatever reason, helps. DR31 _(talk) 15:32, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jeff Hamilton

I'm pretty new to Wikipedia work and can edit individual pages pretty well, but this is a bit bigger problem. Jeff Hamilton (player profile) plays for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the AHL and is listed on the Sound Tigers Wiki page because he has a team record. However, that link leads to a Jeff Hamilton who played baseball. Obviously there needs to be a disambiguation page, but I'm not sure how to create one. Since you seem to be interested in the AHL, I was hoping you'd be able to help. Thanks. --MEvanov 22:48, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Art photographers"

Hello, I see you recently made an edit to Category:Art photographers. Assuming that this category is worth retention, your edit was one with which I fully agree. However, I don't think it's worth retention. Take a look at what people have written on its talk page, and on that talk page feel free to disagree (or even agree) with me. Thanks! Hoary 03:16, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the, you know

What're you working on these days? Anything I can help with? I'm thinking about starting on alumni cats, but I'm doing a lot of AFC too. ×Meegs 09:06, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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UNC-Duke rivalry

I liked what you did with the UConn-Tenn rivalry and was hoping you could help out on the Duke-UNC rivalry page I set up.

Remember 18:58, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I saw your recent edits. Thanks a lot. Remember 20:17, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Baseball records subcats?

Hi. I'm the closing admin of the CFD regarding this category, and while I have the reverse merge properly decided...I'm afraid I couldn't figure out what you said needed to be done with the various subcat proposals. I'm contacting you three (Gene Nygaard, Mike Selinker, and Wknight94) who were most involved with the subcat discussions in the hope that between you all the subcat scheme can be accomplished. I'm sorry for being thick. ;) --Syrthiss 15:54, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Suicides

Woohoo, the final leg of work got done without me :D Awesome work, much appreciated, lots of new subcats too, I see. Sherurcij ^{(talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject)} 16:05, 1 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Suicide Categories

Hello,

Nice work on the Suicide list. It may seem gruesome to some, but understanding certain facts about a person who has committed suicide helps someone in my line of work prevent others from doing the same. Among many other important elements are the person’s occupation (with its particular stressors), and the family culture (with its particular peculiarities and stressors), which they came from. Persons in creative, high achieving, highly competitive occupations seem to be at greater risk than others – likewise (and sometimes even more significant) are those who come from families with these same characteristics).

With this in mind, I have some suggestions for further subcategories: 1) “Celebrities’ family members who have committed suicide” (thinking of Cheyenne Brando among many others); 2) “Mass suicides” (like Jonestown, Guyana); 3) “Photographers who committed suicide” (they are considered ‘creative types’). That’s it for now. Thoughts?

Be healthy,

Michael David 22:39, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

John Kresse

Do you think that John Kresse be categorized as a St. John's basketball coach if he was just an assistant coach at St. John's? I don't care either way, I just want to make sure that the categorization is the correct style. Remember 14:05, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Death from Alzheimer's Disease

Mike,

Another important Category I believe should be added to the causes of death lists is: 'Death from Alzheimer's Disease'.

I would create it myself, but I can't find an existing Article to change. I have my own reaearch data base listing various persons and their causes of death, and with this new category I can add the Alzheimer's deaths to Wiki.

I'm still a bit shaky when it come to creating new Categories, especially when it comes to the sorting code. Please consider creating this new Category and I can learn from your work.

Thanks,

Michael David 12:57, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ALSO IN ANOTHER AREA (I just dicovered this):

There are Categories: 'Assassinated Kings' - 'Assassinated Monarchs' - 'Murdered Kings' - & 'Murdered Royalty'.

Perhaps something could be done about combining these.

Michael David 13:41, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:American football plays

I'm not sure about putting The Catch (American football), Music City Miracle, and The Miracle at the Meadowlands into Category:American football plays, which was previously populated only with types of plays. I think the specific instances of plays are sufficiently clustered in Category:National Football League lore; what do you think? ×Meegs 15:15, 13 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm with Meegs. Category:National Football League lore seems like the best place for these. - EurekaLott 15:40, 13 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Count me in with Meegs as well. Anthony Hit me up... 13:16, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Note: this discussion was continued and concluded at User talk:Meegs#plays. ×Meegs 13:32, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

UConn

Thanks for that. I'm trying to avoid cases where the abbreviation is defined. Rich Farmbrough 14:08 16 April 2006 (UTC). (And put "the" in where necessary!) RF.

Afds

Hi, I am not carrying out a campaign against your category, I just want to determine whether people who have not done anything of note themselves but committed suicide should have their own encyclopedia article. Regards Arniep 20:44, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Mike, AfD can be a tough place and I hope you haven't taken my comments the wrong way. I'm just interested in ascertaining the notability of the individuals concerned (at least 2 of whom I've voted to keep) and the viability of the category per Wikipedia standards and policies. Celebrity-relative-suicide is undoubtedly an area of interest to some people but this might not be the best place to present it. Cheers, Deizio 17:55, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to echo some of he sentiments expressed here. What decent respectable encyclopaedia has a special heading Socialites who committed suicide. This is undoubtedly so that others can sit back and sneer at these unhappy souls. It is sick and completely unwarranted. Sussexman 15:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AfD

Hey, I voted to merge the article into one of the pats pages, perferably History of the New England Patriots. — Deckill e r 20:26, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

CfD

Saw the response; I just wanted to make sure that you were reading my comment as lightly as I made it. I didn't mean to sound condescending but reassuring. siafu 02:52, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Songs

If you want a lot of participation, you may want pop-in on Wikipedia:WikiProject Songs. It's probably a good idea for a proposal of this size. Their talk page's newest topic is even somewhat relevant. ×Meegs 04:38, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The project's official stance seems to be that songs is for non-singles only. ×Meegs 04:41, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Fictional towns and cities in Colorado

I've put this on CfD. Seems frivolous to me, far too specifc. Mge kelly 07:24, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Inactive musical groups

Hi Mike. What is your opinion of Category:Inactive musical groups and its complement? I've though it was a bad idea from the beginning, and probably should not have waited this long to speak-up. Unless the two are to be oversized administrative cats like Category:Living people, they will inevitably need to be subdivided by genre and nationality, creating tremendous complication, and potentially doubling the number of musical act categories. You also know how I feel about dated category criteria. Any thoughts about CfDing it? ×Meegs 15:42, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

McDonald's High School All-Americans

Hmm... good question. I can't seem to access that alumni PDF for some reason (maybe I just need to reboot the machine), but if memory serves there really aren't that many girls that have been selected because there that's only been around for a few years. How many of those would qualify for an article based on the guidelines in WP:BIO? I think that number is probably very few. I would say leave them all in the same category for now and if it turns out to make the category unwieldy, then split them off at a later date. howch e ng {chat} 00:03, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

BMX cyclist

Why are you removing the category "American Cyclist" from at the bottom of the BMX racer's bios?Hunter2005 01:14, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Because I gave them all "American BMX riders" categories, or the equivalent. This parallels the way it's done for different disciplines of skiing. I was thinking of bringing it up on the "Cyclists" discussion page. Thoughts?--Mike Selinker 01:20, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Are you doing the same for mountain bikers and cyclocrossers? If so then fine, if not then I don't see why BMXers should be excluded from the category of cyclist since they are racing bicycles.Hunter2005 10:26, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - You convinced me. I thought it might be wise to separate the BMXers from the general cyclists, but the bicycles that Tour de France riders use look a lot less like regular bikes than BMXes do. Anyway, I put them all back into the main BMX category.--Mike Selinker 14:27, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Fenêtre Records albums

The one remaining article in this category (mentioned in this CfD) has been deleted. Please consider a delete vote for the now-empty category. Thanks! -Big Smooth 20:31, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Categories of Oz on DRV

My apologies for the bulk-nature of this message, but as someone who had participated in the CFD for the "X Gang of Oz" categories recently I felt that you should be notified that they were up for review here. This is not a solicitation of a specific response there (all users who participated were notified), but if you feel you have some insight I'd appreciate your comments. Thanks! Syrthiss 15:25, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

MD Moving

Hi Mike,

I am going to be moving for the next several days. Included among the usual disruption and chaos that goes with this, I will need to stop - then reconnect - my Internet service. I don’t know how long this will take since I am at the mercy of my cable provider. As soon as I am reconnected I'll let you know.

Be healthy.

Michael David 09:38, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Mike,

The nightmare of moving (both home & office) is finally over. After being trapped in an elevator for two hours – having to be extricated by the fire department; being rear-ended by a Lexus on the expressway; and a much needed complete re-working of both phone and cable lines – I can get back to the (very) relative sanity of everyday. I am considering proposing a new Wiki Category: “Persons who have suffered from post-traumatic moving stress disorder”. Oh well, it was an adventure. I look forward to picking up where I left off in Wiki.

Be healthy,

Michael David 21:28, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Singles & songs

FYI, I've supported your proposed merger of the singles & songs categories... I've hated the distinction for a while, glad to see I'm not the only one, lol. Anthony Hit me up... 12:17, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Would you consider changing your vote in here?

There is a tie at the moment, and you can break it. I understand that you voted to keep them earlier, so now that you see that there are many people who wish that they'll be undeleted, why not change your vote back? (I believe it had something to do with the fact it wasn't said anywhere earlier) OzOz 20:53, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WikiLove!

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Punisher Meets Archie

Cool additions -- didn't realize Millie the Model, et al, were there!--Tenebrae 17:09, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Hispanic inhabited regions

You might want to consider the deletion vote of Category:Kurdish inhabited regions. --Cat out 11:49, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I changed your CfD nomination

ok? ×Meegs 06:16, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Come to Garfeild High School!

float

Tomorrow, Saturday June 10, there will be a huge party/all class reunion at Garfield. This is being called the Bash Before the Smash as the building will be hollowed out like the shell of an undercooked marshmallow very shortly. The lower gym, portables, parking lot and football field are being completely razed. The event starts at 10am and is scheduled to run until 3pm. Live music of all kinds by current and former bulldogs will be going on in the Quincy Jones Auditorium starting at 11am. I hope to see you there. (Sorry for sending this out late and if you are no longer in the Seattle area, I apologize for spamming you.) —WAvegetarian•(talk) 23:18, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

people alleged to be gay

what happens often?

Supermodel

Thanks for your efforts to get input from Lil Flip246 and your voice on the CFD discussion. I've just been trying to stay out of editing Supermodel because of the amount of editing he has been doing without discussion or consensus. When he adds names to agencies he puts them at the bottom, not in alph order, etc. I do believe that he is sincere, but he is not working with others which discourages participation. Take a look at the Supermodel page and its talk page if you would. Thanks. Doc 03:34, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion

Was this intentional? [1] -- Usgnus 17:43, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. Thanks for the explanation. I agree they should be deleted. -- Usgnus 17:47, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What is db?

Thanks for your kind words over at Categories for Deletion. What does "db" signify? Again, thanks. --Wisekwai 13:10, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Suzen Johnson footnotes?

You seem to have deleted the footnotes from Suzen Johnson - why, may I ask? AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 18:10, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I had hoped as much. To err is human... AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 18:26, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Flight attendants

Wow, I never realised people would write about flight attendants in fiction so much. I withdrew that cfd. Now I know who to come to for filling weird categories. ;) Tim! 20:15, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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 :[[User:Michael David|Michael David]] 09:38, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
+::Hello Mike,
+::The nightmare of moving (both home & office) is finally over. After being trapped in an elevator for two hours – having to be extricated by the fire department; being rear-ended by a Lexus on the expressway; and a much needed complete re-working of both phone and cable lines – I can get back to the (very) relative sanity of everyday. I am considering proposing a new Wiki Category: “Persons who have suffered from post-traumatic moving stress disorder”. Oh well, it was an adventure. I look forward to picking up where I left off in Wiki.
+::Be healthy,
+:::[[User:Michael David|Michael David]] 21:28, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
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