User talk:Grutness

Please add new discussions at the bottom of the page!

Earlier talk

I've moved discussions prior to May 1, 2005 from this page to archive pages (as listed below). A few of the items I've simply got rid of - if I have, it's simply that it was trivial and/or stuff which has been dealt with, and is therefore no longer relevant. The deletion is not a reflection of my opinion of the writers!

Archive pages

User: Grutness/archive01 - October 2004 to January 2005
User: Grutness/archive02 - February 2005
User: Grutness/archive03 - March 2005 to early April 2005
User: Grutness/archive04 - early April 2005 to early May 2005
User: Grutness/archive05 - early May 2005 onwards

Stub Categories

The full plain-text list of stub categories (formerly at User:Grutness/Stubs) is now at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Stub_sorting/Stub_types, complete with links to the templates.

Motorcycle stub

I'll toss items here as I find them until you've established the stub, if that's OK with you. Courtland 16:16, 2005 Feb 26 (UTC)

Yeah, that's fine. I noticed a whole bunch under "Yamaha" at the end of Category:Stub, (about seven of them, IIRC. Grutness|^hello?

SM_125; Bimota; BMW_F650GS

Userpage babysitting request

Hey, I need a favor. I'm going to be camping in the woods for the next week (with no internet!!!) from the 23rd through the 27th. Could you watch my various user pages while I'm gone and revert any vandalism? Not that I'm expecting a deluge of vandals upon my departure, but I'd rather be cautious. These are the pages:

Cheers. -- BDAbramson ^talk 20:44, 2005 May 20 (UTC)

I've added them to my watchlist. Grutness...wha?
Thanks - better a delayed fix than no fix at all! -- BDAbramson ^talk 00:37, 2005 May 21 (UTC)
I also added those pages to my watch list, so your covered. Plus, to Grutness, does WikiPortals work better than WikiProjects? I created one for Russia, and I hope it works well. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 03:08, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I'm back a day early - thanks! -- BDAbramson ^talk 19:39, 2005 May 29 (UTC)
multiple stub templates?
hi grutness, apologies if i could have easily found the answer to this somewhere else, but i haven't seen it- what is the policy on multiple stub templates? ie, is it ok for an article to be a stub in several different categories, or should it only be in one category? it doesn't seem that a stub should be three different kinds of stub, but i'm not sure what the other option would be if it fits into several categories/projects/etc. thanks alot. --Heah (talk) 05:18, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Heah - Stub policy is going through a major rewrite at the moment, but the current draft's wording says If an article overlaps two potential categories, two different stub templates may be used, but using more than two is strongly discouraged. (The full current policy draft is at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Stub_sorting, BTW) Grutness...wha?
Glasgow-related edits
WP has a keen new contributor by the name of Babyoil, who probably means well, but, er, well, a look at some of the contributions may explain. I've reverted all those to Glasgow (of which 10% might have some merit, but I lacked the stamina to look); but those to Maryhill, etc., are quite beyond me. As you've done some work on these pages, you might like to keep an eye open for further contributions. -- Hoary 05:23, 2005 May 21 (UTC)
I doubt I know enough to help - my contribution to that page was minimal. Grutness...wha? 05:35, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
B seems to be amiable enough: check his and my talk pages if interested. (I cleared mine out seconds earlier. In the circumstances, thank you for anonymizing your comments on my page.) -- Hoary 05:56, 2005 May 21 (UTC)
That was purely because I forgot to add the sig :) If you think it would be a good idea to remove it again, feel free to do so! Grutness...wha?
No, it's fine. But damn, I always wish that welcome messages and the like didn't urge people to "be bold". I wasn't at all bold when I started, and my lack of boldness (plus my ability to spell, etc.) saved people a lot of trouble. Re-reversion of Glasgow coming soon -- if not by somebody else, then by me. -- Hoary 06:20, 2005 May 21 (UTC)
Substub template deletion discussion
I just noticed today that Template:Substub was gone, and went looking for why. The deletion log points to TfD, but there is nothing about it anywhere on the TfD archives. I managed to find the WSS discussion, which also mentioned a TfD discussion. Finally, I found on the TfD history that the discussion was in fact at Template talk:Substub#Vote for deletion.
While most of the argument was on the WSS talk page (and, after reading it, I agree {{substub}} is not needed anymore), I believe the TfD discussion should not be lost.
Could you please either undelete Template talk:Substub or copy the discussion to the TfD archives?
--cesarb 16:25, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Mmm. I'm not sure of the procedure for this, but I'll raise it at Wikipedia talk: Tfd - someone there will know what to do. Grutness...wha? 01:50, 23 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Lutheran stub
THANKS! Thank you much for making the stub. It's great! EdwinHJ | Talk 17:37, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Deletion Request
Can you please delete these:
User:Apollomelos and User talk:Apollomelos, never been banned and never vandalized, I am leaving the project because I no longer have the time to spare contributing to often controversial topics in which I must spend 75% of my time explaining the information to users who did not even bother to read up on the topics and thus are often surprised
and i found the recent comments lodged when another user nominated me for adminship to be beyond offensive, borderline fanatic, attacking me for previous votes in which i supported artwork that contained nudity whilst the morality police tried to destroy them all, furthermore the usage of the word "agenda" when none of my articles have NPOV notices on them Apollomelos 20:03, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
"Where there is no significant abuse, and no administrative need to retain the personal information, you can request that your own user page or talk page be deleted. Most frequently, this occurs when a longterm contributor decides to leave." [1]
:( Sorry to see you go. I hope that, if you get time to contribute again, you might reconsider your decision. Grutness...wha?
new stub category/template
Where is the best place to mention a new stub template/category that I just ran across? Joyous 21:04, May 21, 2005 (UTC)
Never mind. I just found it. Joyous 23:46, May 21, 2005 (UTC)
Template:Image-stub
Hi, thanks for your comments and recommendations. I have updated the proposed template article I created. User:Who/ReqImage <> Who 02:22, 22 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Military history of Puerto Rico
It's been a long time! I wrote the article mentioned above and have self-nominated it for Featured article status. Please take a look onWikipedia:Featured_article_candidates#Military_history_of_Puerto_Rico and I would be honored if you expressed your opinon. Thank you, Tony the Marine
stubs
Hi, again. I totally forgot about the Australia and Sweden stubs, or I would have posted them on the discussion page as well. Unfortunately I created the France actor stub before I knew about the discussion page. You can be assured that it wont happen again. Thanks for your understanding. <> Who 17:01, 22 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
stubs
Hi, again. I totally forgot about the Australia and Sweden stubs, or I would have posted them on the discussion page as well. Unfortunately I created the France actor stub before I knew about the discussion page. You can be assured that it wont happen again. Thanks for your understanding. <> Who 17:03, 22 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
That's OK - just make sure it doesn't (sternly wags finger) :) Grutness...wha? 01:44, 23 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
BDAbramson
Oh, didn't know that. Well, in that case, would you mind taking a quick look at Wikipedia:Deletion policy/names and surnames and see if you find the conclusions reasonable and consensual? Thanks. R adiant _* 07:21, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
Thank You For Your Support
I would like to thank all of the Wikipedians who supported and/or contributed to the article Military history of Puerto Rico. Because of Wikipedians like yourself, this article was able to make featured article status. It was my goal to celebrate my first year in Wikipedia with a featured article and you all made it possible. Thank you once again Tony the Marine
Australia stubs
Hi there, yeah I figured out the australia-geo-stub thing for a couple of them. Will do for all in future. Are you really familliar with stub templates? Whenever I try to load the template page it doesn't want to work. If I'm unsure about which stub to use, could I ask you? I'm already familliar with quite a few though. If it's a biography, should you put the country, or just bio-stub? Thanks, --Silversmith 11:22, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
replied.
Friendly Chat
Hi, I just thought that I would let you know that Linuxbeak has nominated me for adminship. I would like to invite you to participate at WP:RFA if you wish to do so. Thank you and take care Tony the Marine
Adminship
Thanks for supporting my vote, and for adding such a nice comment :).--Wiglaf 21:36, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Soviet Stub
I will place it at the Wikiportal sometime soon. But thanks for telling the Project people. I personally think the project is done, with everything shifting over to the Wikiportal. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:13, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Just thought it would be most useful there. Are there any other projects that might be able to use it (A Ukrainian one, or a Belarus one, perhaps? Or just a 20th century history one?) Grutness...wha?
In answer to your question
yes :) Thryduulf 11:08, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much. Thryduulf 12:51, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Stub matter
Hi there! I was asked to write an article for the Signpost on recent policy or guideline-related matters. Since there has been a lot of things to do with templates recently, I decided to take that as a sub-topic. One of the matters addressed is the recent deprecation of Template:Substub. So what I'd like to ask is, if you can spare the time, could you please look at my draft at User:Radiant!/WikiPrudence and see if there are any glaring errors or omissions? Thanks. R adiant _* 18:13, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
replied
Added your suggestion. It should be on WP:SIGN today. R adiant _* 11:54, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
Caitlin yocum
Hi, I think you're an admin, so I'll ask you: what on earth do I do about the article above? Have a look at it and you'll see what I mean - I can't even understand what it's about! Please reply on my talkpage.-->Energy (talk) 07:03, 30 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I knew how to list it for deletion, I just didn't know if I'd be criticized for doing so, if it was intended genuinely. Thanks for all your help:-)-->Energy (talk) 07:27, 30 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Purple vs. violet
Thanks for fixing up the article. I've changed my vote and informed others of the change. Phil Welch already changed his vote too. Mgm|^(talk) 10:17, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the reference. I think this page has improved due to the controversy on VFD. Ryan Prior 17:47, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
Page Protection
Is it legal for my user page to be protected during my moving process, which will take about a month or two to complete? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 21:54, 30 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Better yet, protected it now. It has been vandalized four times today, and also vandalized during my away time this past weekend. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 23:16, 30 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations
With the help of your tireless work on the WP:WSS project, we have finally reached the elusive goal of getting rid of generic stubs. It has been a pleasure working with you for these past months.
I would also like to formally apologise for anything I said to you in the past. That lies, most certainly, in the past, but I would like that to make that completely clear. Cheers! --Sn0wflake 02:34, 31 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
My test template
No, I finished the test. I've deleted the template. Thanks very much for reminding me. Pcb21| Pete 11:37, 31 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
My RfA
Thanks for your comments and neutral vote. My edits are infact quite a bit higher than 1,500 now, and are nearly at 2,000 - I just thought i'd note it incase you wanted to reconsider your vote. Hedley 01:34, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Does that mean you'll change to a support vote? Just wondering incase you want me to move your signature :p Hedley 02:28, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

You may also be interested in the allegations of lying that are on the RfA now. Dmn / Դմն 19:03, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks
Hey James, thanks for your vote in support of my admin nomination. Paul August ☎ 14:06, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
Your edits to the article: Serbian Cyrillic
Might I ask what is the reason for you placing <caron> next to certain letters which are listed in the article: Serbian Cyrillic, and replacing the letter with the caron with the same letter without it? I noticed you done this to all the letters with a caron, besides the letter č. Why all that? 61.68.20.113 12:54, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
my edit was simply to change the stub template. Unfortunately, some eastern European characters are not browser-safe and automatically change to "Z<caron>" or similar when an article is edited. I usually check but forgot this time. I've gone back and changed the characters to browser-safe versions. Sorry about that. Grutness...wha?
Thank You Girl Thanks, and a typo?
Thanks for the effort on this article. Another saved from VfD.
Is this Originally titled "Thany You, Little Girl" a typo? Thany? If I wasn't already here thanking you, I'd research it myself, but since I'm here, I thought I'd ask. --Un focused 22:42, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Oops - yup. It's been changed. Grutness...wha? 01:36, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Nonsense sections
Yes, that's fine, I only noticed the discussion on the talk page after I changed it (it's late here, I should be in bed already). I will update the footy index, I promise, now that all the playoffs are done and dusted. (Actually, I was hoping somebody else would jump in there and do the hard work before I had to :) sjorford →•← 00:09, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Regarding "A Question..."
referring to User_talk:Ceyockey#A_question...
I appreciate the compliment. I think, though, that I prefer to work with folks with Admin roles rather than be one myself for the time being. I also think that I'd feel less comfortable sitting back for a week or a month if I need to draw myself away from Wikipedia for other matters. Courtland 02:51, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
Regarding sub template
Hi there, I've added some response to my talk page --Oblivious 09:07, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Sieges of Galway
hey there! I'm trying to get people interested in more areas of Irish history prior to 1798; would appreciate, at the very least, any comments you have on this page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiges_of_Galway Cheers! Fergananim
China-bio-stub
You are right Grutness. Most people in this category are likely to be figures prior to 1949. For modern people the socio-political problem would be some Taiwanese people won't consider themselves Chinese people, though they may not deny their Chinese ancestry. For Hong Kong and Macao there is no such problem, but for Hong Kong the category contains quite a lot of non-Chinese ethnic people, and would make it difficult to be simply placed as a subcategory. — Insta ntnood 12:50, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Hopefully the Taiwanese identity won't be, and it'd be better to ask Mababa and other folks at Taiwanese notice board for their advice. Would be nice to add a link to the Hong Kong people stubs category at the Chinese category, and the other way round as well. — Insta ntnood 13:03, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Interesting~ Lol. — Insta ntnood 14:08, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Browsers
Glad to have been of service on the shortcut problem. As for your browser issues, I would recommend you take a look at Mozilla Firefox. Outside of pulling patches from Microsoft I never bother with IE. --Allen3 ^talk 13:39, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Yeah - I've heard good things about that MF ;) Changing from a system I know - no matter how bad - is something I seem to have a lot of inertia about, but I think I will. Grutness...wha? 13:41, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Mountfort
Not as impressed as me, I had no idea it was going to be there, I had a double take when I saw it this morning,think that's my lot for Kiwi architecture I've written all Iknow on the subject. Regards Giano | talk 14:44, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Actually Lawson looks quite interesting - may give it a go, it would be good to see NZ architecture on the fromt page 3x in a row, wouldnt it - any fotos about? Giano | talk 14:50, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I'll sort the day job this week (yawn) and have a look next. Giano | talk 05:55, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
My RFA: Thanks
Thank you for your support on my RFA. Now that I have been promoted, I promise to be as hardworking and fair with the admin tools as I have been with the other areas here on Wikipedia. See you around and happy editing. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:55, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
My RFA
Grutness, Thanks for your vote of support on my recent RFA, it was much appreciated! Regards, Fawcett5 19:13, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Robert Lawson
Here [2] is the barest bones of a page, so don't get the camera out yet - but do make input if you like, I think it needs an indepth of only three buildings which distinguish his work in each style, any more and people go to sleep (probably will anyway) You live in the place what are his 3 best or most well known (obviously the Ist church), and worst would be good too (have to be objective). I can't find a picture of him either (so far) there must be on somewhere, they all have to be out of copyright. God! I hope I get to see NZ some day! Giano | talk 19:46, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC) PS: Don't bother to Wiki the links it encourages the commar brigade in, a waste of their time!
geo stubs
Thanks for that link. How exactly did you get that listing? Not by manually checking each link I hope... --Spangineer (háblame) 00:38, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
I'm afraid so... just call me obsessive. Actually a lot of them were obvious (especially those with state names). The annoying ones were the counterintuitive ones like Dakota Hogback (Colorado, IIRC), and Northwest Region (Pennsylvania). Grutness...wha? 01:20, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Call to Action
Whereas, much good discussion and work has previously occured on the Barnstar and award proposal page,
Whereas, the level of discussion and progress on the abovementioned page has dropped to a record level of none; no constructive commments have been made on existing awards since May 17, 2005,
Whereas, many "Vote or Die!" have been left open, namely two, as a result of this lack of discussion,
Whereas, nine proposals lie untouched by Wikipedian hands,
Whereas, you have previously commented and helped on the abovementioned page,
Therefore, I, who have absolutely no command in ordering this whatsoever, instruct you, Grutness, to return to the barnstar commitment and further the creation of Wikipedian awards; vote liberally and spread your constructive comments.
(Signed) Cmd. Bratsche^{talk 5 pillars} of the Barnstarium Army, 03:23, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your support
Thank you for voting on my RFA. Have some pie! I was pleasantly surprised by the sheer number of supporters (including several people that usually disagree with my opinion). I shall do my best with the proverbial mop. Yours, R adiant _>|< 07:57, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)

Lawson
Great news, the Forrester art gallery was one of the photos needed for that page, I didn't realise he was better known than Petre, especially as I was coming to the conclusion Petre was the better architect (I shall have to keep the POV out) I think the problem is going to be obtaining an image of him, I phoned the library for reference books, and they were a bit blank, but said they had one on Nigel Lawson was that any good? - sadly No! Giano | talk 08:30, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
TL:Stub
Hi there! KBdank wanted to edit the template (since cat:stub was renamed to cat:stubs), so I've unprotected it for now. Would you think it still needs protecting? If so please do so, but it's not as widely used as it once was. R adiant _>|< 15:07, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
It'll probably be fine now - it was just because of minor fiddling while it was heavily used, which could have upset the servers. To be honest, I'd forgotten it was still protected. Grutness...wha?
Template Help
Because of various server errors, I cannot undo the screw up I did at [[:Template:Hong Kong-stub]]. I needed to shrink the flag size down. Can you help? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 21:18, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I'll see what I can do. Grutness...wha? 07:55, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
As the Beatles sang for my heart:"let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be..." -- Jerry Crimson Mann 09:20, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Well, because I can fully understand the reason behind the revert. ;) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 12:10, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Template what?
I assume you were talking about Template:ethno-stub. I had simply forked it to separate ethnic groups and general ethnology stubs. Whats the heck's wrong with that? -SV|t 04:41, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
That might have been what you were trying to do, but what you actually did was move some items into ethnic-stub, then delete the original template. As to what's wrong with that, well firstly there was no discussion about making a new template and stub category, and secondly, the deleted template was on over 200 articles, so they all suddenly sprouted redlinks. Grutness...wha? 07:50, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
My edits reverted
Why did you revert my edits on the stub template? Do you have a reason for this? • Thorpe • 11:58, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Numerous stub-related pages refer to the extra load placed on servers by using icons in heavy-use templates, and there seems to be general consensus as to not using them in such cases (note the number of types of stub template that have had their icons removed in recent times). Although Template:stub is not the high-use template it once was, it could easily become so again, so - until such time as the server load problems are overcome - having an icon on it is not a good idea. See [[3]] for details. Grutness...wha? 01:50, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Lawson
Hi,
Good edits, (glad you can spell!) the problem I'm having now is not being able to get hold of any decent reference books over here. New Zealand architecture has been a bit overlooked here to say the least. Coincidence you know Donovan, I've heard there aren't many of you down there. I had a great kiwi friend at school (he broke my arm in a rugby match) you probably know him too - big ugly bloke has a farm and four children who have gone feral.
That's interesting about the Presbyterians not having cathedrals (I'll check that out) I thought it was just the 1st church to be designed. There seems to be some confusion on the internet as to whether he actually designed Larnach Castle, one site says it was designed "oversees", to my eyes it could only have originated in NZ or Oz and the majority seem to give it to him. Some more pictures would be great, Donovan's are good but it would be better in daylight - shame they hung crystal chandeliers from a gothic ceiling, but I don't suppose that's Lawson's fault. There must be bit more on the scandal at the asylum, I can dig out - and the house you mention - I've found a little on it, really need a classical one to balance Larnach. Found a good site so one should turn up. Regards.Giano | talk 07:55, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Red Cedar River, Michigan
As long as there's no municipality in Michigan by that name, we should be OK then. :-p Tomer ^TALK 08:08, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
Thank you
Grutness, this is a bit overdue, but thank you for your support vote on my RFA. I have some time to thank everyone properly now, and you're part of the group that nodded a support vote to me. I have been using my new powers to better Wikipedia, and I thank you for giving me that ability. Thank you! Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 23:00, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
Would you do anything differently?
Hey Grutness, I've got a question for you. Right now I'm proposing on the Spanish wikipedia that they change its stub sorting system to be similar to the one we have here. I'd like to know if you'd do anything differently if you could – is there stuff about the current system that you don't like or whatever that I should try to avoid if/when the changeover occurs in the spanish wikipedia? I'm planning to start a stubs wikiproject to keep everything organized, like we have here, but let me know if you can think of anything that I should watch out for. Also, if you don't mind, I'll probably be asking you for advice about all this over the coming weeks. Thanks in advance for your help! --Spangineer (háblame) 15:56, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
Ooo. Good question. I think the two big bugbears are consistency of naming and the proliferation of "unauthorised" templates. So I'd have liked it if there were some rules in place for keeping the naming of stub templates and categories consistent - the stub category names should be consistent with the names of the categories they feed into, too. And I'd make sure there were big notices everywhere telling people not to make new templates without going through a discussion process at WP:WSS first! Grutness...wha? 01:31, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
When you say consistency of naming, could you give me an example of something that's not consistent? For example, do you think it's consistent having a Us-geo-stub in the US Geography category? Also, could you point me to any discussion that took place over what type of stub sorting system to use (the Spanish folks currently use something like {{stub about|sports}} or {{stub about|soccer players}}, which in my opinion isn't too nice for customizing text and stuff, though it does avoid the proliferation of templates). I'd like to know if you guys went through all of that discussion when you started. Thanks. --Spangineer (háblame) 10:47, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

I may be in the minority, but I don't like Us-geo-stub or Uk-geo-stub, since I feel that they should be capitalised like the proper nouns they represent (they redirect to them: US-geo-stub and UK-geo-stub). But more importantly it's things like {{cricket stub}}, {{SoapChar}}, {{Mathbiostub}}, which don't fit in with the standard "xx-stub" format, ambiguous names like {{bio-stub}} (biography or biology?), and things which change format (We have {{UK-hist-stub}}, {{US-hist-stub}}, and {{Russian-history-stub}}, for instance). There are quite a lot like this listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Naming guidelines.
As to the second question, no... we largely made it up as we went along, I think. But have a look through the pages of WP:WSS - there may well be something there that is of use (including the naming guideline page I just named). Grutness...wha?
Thanks for the {{US-geo-stub}} guidance
Thanks for the guidance during the split of {{US-geo-stub}}. -- Fingers-of-Pyrex 20:38, 2005 Jun 16 (UTC)
:) no problem. Hope it was useful! Remember it's just suggestions, though, based on doing this sort of thingg before. I don't think there are any set rules for this sort of thing! Grutness...wha?
Unsafe characters again
I recall that there was a problem with your browser and Icelandic characters some time ago; I don't know if you ever found a fix for that. I note that your most recent edit to the New Zealand page - a revert - broke the is: link. Is there anything you can do to avoid this happening again? -gadfium 01:59, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
No, I never found the answer, other than converting it to the safe characters. I didn't notice that one, sorry. In thin this case, it would be Nýja Sjáland. The is: link must have been added since I previously edited the page. Grutness...wha? 02:07, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, I've changed the link.-gadfium 02:16, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Qeqertarsuatsiaq
You made more changes than you intended when editing Qeqertarsuatsiaq, which was on my watchlist from last time you edited it. You were thinking of switching to Firefox; I really think you need to remember that this issue is as much about character-unsafe browsers as it is about browser-unsafe characters, and that the switch to native Unicode in MediaWiki 1.5 will make things considerably worse. Susvolans (pigs can fly) 17:01, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Well, there are two things here... firstly I'm sure I'm not the only one using the browser I'm using, so if I breaks something so will others using the same browser. The second thing is that I am using Firefox now. Grutness...wha? 03:34, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Philippines-geo-stub
Sure thing. A question though... Eventually I want all those articles to look like this: Amlan, Negros Oriental, complete with list of barangays (local city/town divisions) and a locator map. Would you still consider that article a stub? TheCoffee 04:42, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
That's less stubby, but it still looks like a stub. It needs a bit more text than the vital statistics and a list of barayas: perhaps a couple of sentences about the history of the place, what the name means, main industry, whether the population's all near the coast, any important features... that sort of thing. It doesn't need to be very long - have a look at the description of Lakewood, Zamboanga del Sur for an example of something that is beyond the stub stage. San Isidro, Davao Oriental is better still, but you wouldn't need as much as that unless you really felt keen on writing! Grutness...wha?
My Rfa
Thank you for supporting me! --Kbdank71 13:37, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thank　you!
Thank you for correcting my report.
Traianus 14:21, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
That's fine, no need to thank me! That's what Wikipedia is all about - someone writes something, someone comes along and adds or amends, and so on. Grutness...wha?
Unlocking
James, you can go ahead and unlock my user page. We can always revert on sight. Thanks for locking it earlier. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 14:30, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Done. Grutness...wha? 19:30, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Adminship
Hey there, man. I can't say that I have never considered it... I do believe that I am a fairly balanced editor and that I have reached a point where I know the Wikipedia and its system well enough, but still, I am not as popular as most people on RfA, despite my sizable sizable number of edits. I am, however, willing to see how things will turn out. If you feel comfortable with the idea, then yes, I am very glad with the prospect of you nominating me. Best regards. --Sn0wflake 00:08, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
You added Snowflakes' nom within JoJan's. I have moved it to the proper place. Guettarda 01:02, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
D'oh! Thanks.
Don't speak too soon - I still have ~40 hours to go on the voote - just 7 oppose votes could sink me :) Guettarda 01:12, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks!
Thanks for supporting me on my RfA. It's always nice to get some positive feedback. I hope I can put my new abilities to some good use. -- grm_wnr Esc 17:32, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Category:Cricket subcategories
Could you please indicate whether your comment on the CFD on this category is or is not intended as a vote? It's kind of ambiguous. Thanks, R adiant _>|< 09:58, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
Sure - sorry about the ambiguity. Grutness...wha?
Did you delete my comment?
From the looks of the history, it looks like you deleted a comment of mine at Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion. I find it hard to believe this was intentional. What happened? -- Samuel Wantman 10:56, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)