User talk:NickBurns

No, I didn't delete my talk page! Older items have just been moved (as of 08/29/2006).

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Mo'Nique does in fact weight well over 400lbs as I found out first hand from her hair dresser. You wouldn't allow this source but you allowed somebody to put a blantant lie about legendary wrestler Jose Lothario when they stated that "Jose died by having sex with a monkey" Their references were also porn links which by the way I fixed as well.

Mr. Mayor

Ah, I appreciate that my comments were noticed by someone and were not in vain. I've left similar comments a few times now when removing these tags on other people (paraphrasing the film Top Secret!, where the bad guy tells the hospital receptionist on the phone to "notify him of any changes in the patient's condition", then hangs up the phone and announces "he's dead".) Anyway... Mad Jack 20:57, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lynne Thigpen

I wrote a lot of that article. It was VERY difficult for me to remain NPOV. Lynne shone like a gem in a five-and-ten store. I kept wishing I could grab users by the throat, and say, "Hey, you, listen up. This was somebody special, not because she was pretty, but because she was beautiful" but I couldn't figure out how to do it.

Someone once asked how you discuss Hitler in an NPOV way, and TPTB said that you don't say he was evil, you simply give the facts of his life and his leadership, and let the user decide for himself.

What I see so far, you're doing a good job. Good luck! ClairSamoht - Help make Wikipedia the most authoritative source of information in the world 05:16, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Scot Ross

Scot Ross apparently lost his campaign to be nominated for the Wisconsin SoS. Does he have any other claim to notability? If not we should nominate the biography for deletion. -Will Beback 01:02, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that either being a failed primary candidate or being a political manager are considered sufficient accomplishments to make a person notable. I assume that many hundreds of people seek nominations for state and federal offices every two years. Unless they have some other claim to fame then we don't need articles about them. -Will Beback 01:37, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the AfD page: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scot Ross. It's nicely written but we have to draw the line somewhere. You can and should share your opinion if you have one. Let me know if you have any questions.

PS: Thanks also for your general contributions. I see you've been adding talk page headers, etc. - you keep popping up on my watchlist. Cheers, -Will Beback 08:52, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Aaaaaaand the article is gone....because clearly, it's far more important for us to have a 70 kb article on, say, "All Your Base are Belong to Us", than someone who's just a politician. (I'm not ranting at any one person, as people are just doing their wikijobs - it's just something I'm angry about in general.) NickBurns 11:02, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's a crazy world. Yes, Angelina Jolie's baby gets more attention than a thousand starving babies in the Sudan. Yes, Wikipedia has longer articles about new pop singers than about old emperors. But we do try to be consistent, by creating criteria for inclusion. Unsuccessful politicians, bands that never get a record contract, artists who don't have one-man shows, and many other fine folks are deemed to be insufficiently notable for articles here. As big as Wikipedia is, there's not room for everybody. However, deletion is not forever. If the subject does something notable, like winning a political race for a siginifcant post, then we can resurrect that old article in a moment. I hope that happens. Cheers, -Will Beback 12:14, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I will be looking at ways to see if I can suggest that Wikipedia redefine or clarify notability as it relates to politicians. I can understand that having an article about every political candidate nationwide would be ridiculous; it is not notable that Joe Schmo won the race of Recorder of Deeds for Schmo Boro, Anywhere, USA. However, in major races (and "major" would need to be defined) it does not seem encyclopedic to me to only list the winners. NickBurns 19:34, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Courtney Love

You said: "Hi Yamla, just wondering why all of the pictures on this page were deleted? I didn't put them there, and I saw someone asked for a different picture of her on the talk page....was just curious what happened. Thanks."

Well, none of them had detailed fair-use rationales and all had been marked as such. But about the main image depicting Love, WP:FUC recently changed. We are no longer permitted to use copyrighted non-free images to depict living people (or generally where a free image could reasonably be created). As such, although that image used to be just fine (as it had a fair-use rationale), it is no longer appropriate under WP:FUC. Please feel free to ask for a greater explanation if this does not answer your questions. --Yamla 18:48, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey. Regarding the Courtney Love edits, I'm not sure I like having the controversies broken up like that. They look rather humorless now. I could pretend I have some huge, fancy argument about it being wrong, but I don't--I just think it is less appealing the way it is now. Would you mind reverting them? Mistertruffles 21:11, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for considering my opinion. I'll take a second look at it later on. On a similar tangent, did you separate out her acting career? I don't think she'd really appreciate it being called 'secondary', even though I agree with you in terms of its quality being secondary, and ultimately I think it's not appropriate for us to make that call. I think those details would actually be better served if placed, as you've said, in chronological order. So, if you don't mind I'd like to move those details back into the "Celebrity Skin era" section. Eventually, my friend and I plan on adding the other movie's details into her life story, which I think is preferable to sectioning them off, since the early stuff doesn't really make sense next to the later stuff. Mistertruffles 02:38, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Beverlee McKinsey

It's been a very long time since we talked...life has been so busy for me. You should look into getting an AIM account. I'm on that all the time.

Anyway, I'm here to show you a nice screenshot I put on the Beverlee article. I had some old Guiding Light episodes on my computer and ran it through the screen capture device. Take a look and tell me what you think. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 20:48, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and added some more screenshots. Articles that now have pictures: Ellen Parker, Melina Kanakaredes, Kimberley Simms, Michael Zaslow, and Maureen Garrett. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 02:52, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yahoo Messenger

I'm going to be online for a little while if you're near the computer. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 01:01, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Smile

Hi Nick:

Just dropping by to smile knowing you're still around; I've been wandering down memory lane, thinking about all the things I used to do and the friends I've lost touch with. I wanted you to know that I still think about you and was wondering how things are. Essjay (Talk) 08:40, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mary Stuart

I did a lot of editing of the Mary Stuart article...I researched information on her children and their background since she was a single mother, and I also added information on her first concert appearance. Read it and tell me what you think! Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 04:32, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Blair Brown

Thanks so much for fixing the Blair Brown page! I always feel bad when I add a tag like wikify because it makes me feel lazy for not just doing it myself. --Dmz5 18:58, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]