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Contents 1 Jdude222 2 the used 3 Latino (demonym) 4 Vandalism 5 Puerto Rican Amazon 6 That sounds good 7 Progressed! 8 Wikicup IRC channel 9 Clemente 10 Future of Task Forces(part two: Atari) 11 Re: Books and articles 12 Yum 13 WikipeD-X 14 Template 15 Gracias 16 Second round of WikiCup 16.1 I WANNA JOIN!! 17 Re:wikicup 18 Re:Y va a seguir... 19 Jdude222 20 Adoption? 21 RE 22 RBdC 23 Comments 24 advice 25 Juanma 26 Help

[edit] Jdude222

   Yeah, but what do you think? Do you think any of them could roughly fit in, ignoring a FEW details?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdude222 (talk • contribs) 05:30, 5 June 2008 (UTC) 

[edit] the used

EDIT: nevermind, the request has already been done. USEDfan (talk) 07:43, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Latino (demonym)

Hello, Caribbean. Could you please talk to Edgar over at that article. I've told him we need to resolve our differences via discussion, but he seems to be itching for an edit war. SamEV (talk) 03:20, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Can you provide a little more detail about what is this about? I took a quick look and it seems like its a matter of ubication. Anyway, if he insists in reverting without discussion I will issue a cool down protection. - Caribbean~H.Q. 03:30, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

He wants his pet definition of Latino in the lead. Problem is, his source (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=latino&searchmode=none) is unlike the others, which are established dictionaries, of long standing. His is the work of an individual, a historian, not a linguist. I'm basing my stance on WP:V, with its requirement that sources be by experts in the relevant fields and peer-reviewed. At least, those are the best sources. I'm not against keeping his, just not with the others in the lead. (Well, since it's from a non-linguist, maybe the source doesnt belong at all in the article.) SamEV (talk) 03:45, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah, its quite obvious that "Latino" is not only used for Latin Americans living in the US, I remember having a simmilar (although friendly) conversation about this some time ago. Lets keep the current definition, this source is quoting a 1946 book, like most terms "Latino" has evolved in the last half-century. - Caribbean~H.Q. 03:56, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh... I didn't even know it was based on a 1946 book! It keeps evolving, and many definitions are given in the lead, so long as they're from qualified sources. It's an article about a word, I told him recently. So we need the best works of reference in linguistics. Thanks. SamEV (talk) 04:18, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

P.S. Actually, I do remember seeing that "1946" back when he first added that, about a week ago. But I've just noticed that the author doesn't even cite his source. Also, as recently as 1997 (the source is in the article) the government issued revised definitions. SamEV (talk) 04:23, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

P.P.S. The longstanding issue is that he keeps insisting, not that Latinos are Americans of Latin American origins, but that Latino=Latin, regardless of what English-language sources say. I keep telling him that it is certainly true in Spanish (latino = Latin), but that the English-language dictionaries and the US govt tend to define it differently. SamEV (talk) 04:54, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I will keep an eye on the article, it has already been added to my watchlist, cheers. - Caribbean~H.Q. 02:05, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Also, Edgar broke a ref. It's named "oboler", and it's missing the terminal elements: }}</ref>. Could you fix it, please? SamEV (talk) 21:06, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

I don't appreciate being accused of committing vandalism. I thought I saw a mistake on the Puerto Rico page that I tried to correct. Then I realized I was wrong, so I changed it back. No harm done. What was the point of throwing out such needless accusations? Seriously, this sort of accusatory and borderline dictatorial attitude does not reflect well on the Wikipedia editing community as a whole. I'm not asking for an apology. I just wanted you to know that you've pointlessly insulted me with your comment on one of the few times I've tried to help edit. Thanks a lot. You really showed me what happens when you're more proactive in this community. Quixoto (talk) 22:57, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Excuse me? you replaced the current governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá with his direct political opponent Luis Fortuño without any sort of explanation in an edit summary, I have seen these kind of edits several times, do you any idea of how many political POV pushers edit these pages constantly? the action followed was the standard one, perhaps you need to start using edit summaries to avoid getting redundant warnings. - Caribbean~H.Q. 11:07, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Exactly. I thought it was the wrong person listed as governor of Puerto Rico, but it turns out that I was looking at the representative, not the governor. I was mistaken and so I changed it back. It was not vandalism. It was a mistake, and it was fixed before you even noticed it. No need for the accusation. However, if that sort of warning appeared automatically based on the actions I made violating some kind of Wikipedia programming code that I don't understand, I'd accept it. You didn't mean it. It's a part of the procedure. I don't want to start a war here. I know this is really just a miscommunication. I just want it to be clear that I am not a vandal. If you want to see a vandal, look at what someone did to that edit summaries link you gave. - Quixoto (talk) 21:57, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

It just common procedure, the warnings are pre-written so I'm not responsible for their content, however there is no interest from my part to continue any misuderstanding, you are free to remove it if you want. - Caribbean~H.Q. 22:13, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Puerto Rican Amazon

I see that you have added information on origins and relatives. Maybe this can be added to the taxonomy section instead of a new section. What do you think? Joelito (talk) 14:50, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Great to see the material. Copyediting is easy - I have just had some stuff come up off-keyboard which is somewhat distracting plus I rather stupidly nommed two articles at WP:GAN and they have both been reviewed together, but will do what I can. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:35, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Forshaw, Joseph M. & Cooper, William T. (1978): Parrots of the World (2nd ed). Landsdowne Editions, Melbourne Australia ISBN 0-7018-0690-7. Joelito (talk) 00:50, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Yoicks - squaks --> squawks or squeaks? At FAC they like all mentions of a bird in singular too, which is why I am tweaking it (or is it twawking it) Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 15:11, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

OK, I'll leave you to it. It is late here and I need to sleep..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 15:20, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

OK, I am unfamiliar with the geography of Puerto Rico, so I haven't added in the remainder of the unstruck information which seems to duplicate some of what is already in the article. I'll leave it to you to figure which is more detailed. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:47, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Go for it. I'll keep an eye on it too. fingers crossed....Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:15, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

(outdent) I just thought of something else that may be good which I have now knowledge of as I am not familiar with Puerto Rico at all, some images of habitat or some of the plants (or nesting holes) may be good to spruce up the article visually with...Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:05, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

I left him a note. Maybe there are old drawings or engravings that would be free use too (i.e. olde that 75 years?). Anyway, just floating some ideas. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:36, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I am having alot of trouble with my %^$%#^**#%^@#^* internet access. Hopefully will be fixed in a day or two...Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:11, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do but I am a little hamstrung for sources. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:16, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Well done. We'll see what PR turns up, then FAC...hehehe Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:51, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

As far as which day it should appear, I haven't a clue. Alot of biology articles are frustrating in that they have no 'anniversaries' as such, any key dates in the book we can squeeze into the article somehow? Another tip which may help is to put yourself on the 'other side' (i.e. as a reviewer) to see what may need improving. Common Treecreeper is at FAC now, and one of mine, Emperor Penguin got rare praise from Tony who is very hard to please at FAC. Have a read of his essay - User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a, one of the best things i have read here. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:51, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

(outdent) I wouldn't worry about A class - we'll be right at FAC ;) Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:00, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] That sounds good

Yeah! If we can do that, it'd be fine! King iMatthew 2008 19:08, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I withdraw the nominations, but if this does not happen, I will re-nominate them. If you'd like, close them per this comment. King iMatthew 2008 22:22, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Progressed!

You have progressed to the next round of the WikiCup! Best wishes for the future!

weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 18:17, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikicup IRC channel

Hi, this is a message to inform you about the creation of an IRC channel for the Wiki World Cup. In this channel, such things disscussed will be; future developments in the cup, disscussion about points awarded, and other general WikiCup related things. You can access this channel via IRC and joining #Wikicup. A more derict link is irc://irc.freenode.net/wikicup .

Thanks you. Sunderland06 (talk) 19:48, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Clemente

The summary was not intentionally misleading. I added Clemente's birthplace under his date of birth (as is common on other baseball infoboxes). The nationality line is non-functional in the baseball infobox and has no function being there. If you look at the article, the infobox does not chage at all whether or not the line is in there. It is just wasted space in that infobox. Please let me know why you feel a non-appearing field is necessary on the Clemente page. Thanks. - Masonpatriot (talk) 20:44, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Future of Task Forces(part two: Atari)

(a message I left on WPVG talk page) In archive 41, we talked about sending video game series task forces into whole Publisher task forces. Example: Devil May Cry to Capcom. I would like to request that the actual creators of the task forces would meet here to discuss the issue I talk of in Archive 41.Gears Of War 01:50, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Books and articles

You know me: "Cualquier cosa para mi Patria y los mios". Of course I will help, but I will be traveling tomorrow and it will be a little hectic. They (El Senado) wants to introduce me to some Generals and stuff. Pero, I will check up the articles and do my stuff as soon as I have a break. I posted in my "talk page" that if any User needs my attention in an Admin. related issue, that they should get in touch with you while I'm gone. Tony the Marine (talk) 19:12, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Yum

[edit] WikipeD-X

It was not an attemp to use wikipedia as my space. it was a parody of The Kliq, oh yea and it formed by the admin LAX.Altenhofen (talk) 22:51, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

LAX's page hasn't existed for over two months, and I'm sure he contributes enough to the project to keep a "cabal" running, this still doesn't justify the fact that you trolled over a dozen sysop talk pages, including Jimbo's for some reason. - Caribbean~H.Q. 00:36, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template

I am on limited internet access until the 30th. I will try to get your request after that date. Joelito (talk) 00:13, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gracias

I wasn't expecting any more recognitions, it was a surprise. The biggest unexpected surprise was to be received by Bill and Hillary Clinton. My family really enjoyed that. Tony the Marine (talk) 06:51, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Second round of WikiCup

The second round of the WikiCup has begun! It now runs until July 31.

SoxBot II (talk) 23:20, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I WANNA JOIN!!

Apparently you know how to join the Wikicup, can you tell me how?Gears Of War 23:32, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re:wikicup

Yes, it should be counted for the second round. Dreamafter (talk) 01:53, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Y va a seguir...

It would be great if he gets the certification because it can serve as a source. I think it will be best to not write about him until then. All of the sources which I have checked have turned out to be secondary sources and non-reliable so far. Tony the Marine (talk) 06:07, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

• Claro, le voy a meter mano a los articulos. Tony the Marine (talk) 19:45, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I took a look at the "List of players from Puerto Rico in Major League Baseball". It looks real nice. Maybe someone should nominate it for "FL". Tony the Marine (talk) 01:42, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jdude222

New I'd get someones attention. By the way thats an adorable kitty on your page. But I just want to know where all the Dragon Ball Z movies would take place if they could. Help me out a little. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdude222 (talk • contribs) 17:12, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adoption?

i saw that you were willing to adopt, can you adopt me? i need guidence. thanks (Jloe (talk) 18:05, 3 June 2008 (UTC))

[edit] RE

SF, it looks like he was just some kid trying to have fun. The second has yet to be outed by Alison, and it looks like he/she may not be. All in all, the only one with the answers is Alison, and she has more than our curiosity to worry about (sadly :P). Cheers, The Hybrid 11:22, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, and bulletproof called it all along, too. We had the same information available to us, but he got it right and I didn't. Anyways, luckily I'm not the one who has to take action. I've never been so happy to not be an admin in my life ^_^. (Though, I guess the COI policy would protect me from myself) --Cheers, The Hybrid 11:33, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, before this is all out bullet and I will probably be inseparable again. I feel bad for you guys; I'm no where near cut out for the job. Cheers, The Hybrid 11:42, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Haha, that reminds me, I'm too lazy for the job as well ^^. Anyways, I've gotta go cook up some chorizo to eat over the next couple of days. It's nice to hear from you, I'll contact you when I get back on. Cheers, The Hybrid 11:50, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Alright, I'm back. Some unexpected stuff came up, which is why I was gone for so long. Anyways, how've you been lately? Cheers, The Hybrid 16:52, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Mmm, yeah, that would be incredibly challenging. What kind of bird is it, out of curiosity? As for me, I've discovered WP:Huggle, which has to be the most powerful anti-vandalism tool I've ever seen. I downloaded it after old-school RC Patrolling just wasn't efficient enough, and I have to say the fact that this doesn't require approval scares me. I see the potential for disaster here. Cheers, The Hybrid 23:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Oh, they've changed the requirements since yesterday :P. Now you have to have rollback access. Well that's good. Cheers, The Hybrid 23:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, that thing is too powerful for its own good. I'm no stranger to powerful RCP tools, but this thing is just crazy. I've already made several mistakes due to how fast it gets going when I'm not careful. That thing is crazy. Cheers, The Hybrid 02:29, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RBdC

I think that Baldorioty de Castro is ready to go. You know, my aunt (R.I.P.) and Lolita Lebron were vecinas in Lares (That is where my father's family is from) and they were best friends. Lolita used to stay over my grandmothers house when they were (Mi Tia) teenagers. My aunt and Lolita participated in beauty contest in Lares and Lolita won first place and my Tia second place. I just wanted to share that with you. Tony the Marine (talk) 22:10, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Comments

If this isn't the most helpful way of providing feedback, or if this isn't the best time to nitpick (or if you would rather I just fixed things instead of nitpicking), let me know. Whatever's most helpful. Guettarda (talk) 23:40, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

I think the pictures are all gifts - things that people added to my talk page for one reason or another. (Actually I might have added one or two myself - I can't remember, it's been so long.) The picture in the "cat needed" bar at the top was a cute bit of vandalism to the {{catneeded}} (which someone with no sense of humour then moved to {{uncategorized}}. And then Jim62sch vandalised my copy of the vandalised template.

But the other answer is that I'm just not that into Siamese cats. They're pretty, but I can't say I'm a big fan of their personality. Guettarda (talk) 03:11, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] advice

thanks for the response. what is the best way to add a new entry? i tried but it was removed my the admins. thanks (Jloe (talk) 02:14, 6 June 2008 (UTC))

[edit] Juanma

Your boy Lopez got some serious lesson didnt he.

Anyways, I have nominated the Michael Gomez article to become a FA (hoping it will get the nod for his fight with Amir Khan. Maybe you could have a look at it and maybe make a comment here with respect to the reliabilty of the sources used as many are not ofay with boxing websites.--Vintagekits (talk) 22:11, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Help

Hello, I need the small gif screenshot for a userbox for categories. It is from the same screenshot already on wikipedia. It's just a cut version to illustrate the face separately. Here's a link to the initial screenshot and the fair use which it follows, the same fair use that was listed on the small version which you deleted, which I need: Zarbon (talk) 04:12, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

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