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Welcome page

Hi there Mr. King... Thanks for the welcome thing on my talk page, although I don't really know why you put it there... I have been a member on Wikipedia for almost 3 years...

Anyway, I just thought it was interesting.

It does feel nice to be welcomed though. Good luck on your quest to becoming an admin, btw. I'll take a look at your userpage and maybe I'll vote for you ;)

Cheers

Pip Pip (talk) 08:35, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

John Waters redirect

I meant to redirect it to Template:John Waters but then I realized that the templates are different and that I had redirected it incorrectly anyway. I meant to undo what I did but I never got around to it. Oversight. --WoohookittyWoohoo! 08:38, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Canadian Duality Flag

Heh, he. I was reading up on some of the sources for the duality flag and finally decided to copy some of the content over when I saw it was already there! Good work. DoubleBlue (Talk) 01:00, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

The second paragraph in the "Alternative flags" section was a little short. I expanded the paragraph, but I was hoping you could look it over. Feel free to go back to your version if you prefer. I don't want to overstep my role as reviewer. Thanks, GaryColemanFan (talk) 01:36, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
It's fine, thanks. Gary King (talk) 01:37, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
I promoted the article, as it appears to meet all of the criteria. Thanks for your hard work on the article and your quick responses. I have been reviewing articles to help cut down on the backlog at WP:GAN. If you could review an article in return, it would be greatly appreciated. Best wishes, GaryColemanFan (talk) 02:09, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Lists of acquisitions

I see you are redirecting some company names to the article on the product arising from the acquisition. This is a problem if that article doesn't mention the company. See WP:R#PLA. Please add some material on the original company to the target article, or else leave the company name as a redlink. For example, I clicked on Dynamical Systems Research from the article List of acquisitions by Microsoft because I was interested to see what contribution that company had made to Windows, but the result was not helpful to me.-gadfium 08:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Alright, I'll be doing that. Gary King (talk) 08:42, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Great. What you did with 20/20 Software is fine.-gadfium 08:58, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

CFL

It was a housekeeping request; I don't know anything about any controversies, so if there are, they should be discussed somewhere... I don't know where, sorry. The disambig is right at the top of the Canadian Football League page, so I don't know why there'd be an issue. - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 17:29, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

That makes sense; otherwise there's be a tn more work looking for all the CFLs and changing the direct link to the Canadian Football League, ONLY if that's what it was looking for... making it a manual chore no one wants to do. ;-) - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 17:39, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Billionaire list

Black billionaires and a couple others are probably fine, I am concerned about several of the rest, but I'll wait to see what happens with the really obvious ones, that copy the look and feel, as well as just not providing new info. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 02:02, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

FLCs

Hi, you currently have several FLCs going on, could you please wait until some of them are finished before nominating any new ones? There is a large backlog right now, so if you would like to help by reviewing some lists, it would be appreciated. -- Scorpion0422 15:28, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Yep, I've already reviewed a few of them that look like they just need a bit more of Support to pass. I'm going to continue to do so. Gary King (talk) 17:14, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

April 2008

This is the last warning you will recieve. If you continue to delete information and revert contributions you will blocked from Wikipedia. Note contributions are considerd to expand pages or fix edits not to delete. --Geodeo (talk) 22:01, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Why are you reverting the article a version that is a few days old? I did not remove any information; I moved them to other articles and then linked to them from the article. Please discuss further changes on the article's talk page before making them. Gary King (talk) 22:01, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of 4FrontSecurity

A tag has been placed on 4FrontSecurity requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company or corporation, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for companies and corporations.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. ukexpat (talk) 00:37, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Hangon tag has been placed on the article. Appears to have saved it. Gary King (talk) 03:54, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

What's the deal with Microsoft-acquisitions related edits?

Hi, I noticed you added one line specifying what company MS acquired into a lot of articles about MS' products. I don't think those informations are particularly relevant to the articles, at least in the form that you inserted. It states nothing about what the technologies acquired were, nor how they fit into the overall product. The way it is now is nothing more than trivia, that too grossly out-of-place in most articles. A lot better place would have been List of acquisitions by Microsoft, where the table could have been modified to hold one more column - into which MS product did the technology find its way. I am seriously considering reverting your changes. Please at least discuss such changes, especially when they involve a lot of articles. It would save a lot of unneeded efforts on behalf of a lot of editors. --soum talk 02:45, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Apologies on the trivia edits. I haven't done those recently, and instead have created stubbed articles instead of inserting possible trivia-type edits into existing articles. Regarding the list you pointed me to, I was the one that created the list and originally inserted the trivia-type information into existing articles because when I created stubbed articles for that list, some were speedily deleted. However, I've added more information to those articles and they have survived now, so I have continued to do that instead. Gary King (talk) 02:47, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
I was talking of edits like these - [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6] and a lot of others - that you made to link to the articles created. While the creation of the new articles is fine, I do not think linking them from the products-into-which-they-were-merged articles is. You are already being reverted [7]. I know it must have been hard work to dig up all the info and to be reverted is frustrating. Thats why I am asking you to please engage in a broader discussion on how to go about doing this. Like I said, this fragments the information way too much to be useful. Consolidating in a single list (or merging into some pre-existing link) seems a much better solution to me. --soum talk 03:03, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
I had made this edit and got this response and this response to that edit, which is why I briefly continued this practice. I haven't done it anymore, though, and don't intend to. Gary King (talk) 03:11, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Okay, thats it then. In the future, if you want to do anything that affects a significant number of articles, please try to get a consensus beforehand. That saves a lot of unnecessary drama. Cheers. See you around. --soum talk 03:17, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Any suggestions as to where I should ask for consensus on edits that affect more than one article? Gary King (talk) 03:26, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Start the discussion in any convenient location, and invite users to comment. You can either personally invite the most active editors on the article or put up a note on the respective wikiprojects. That should give a pretty decent visibility. --soum talk 03:33, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Alright. Also, I recall that an administrator once mentioned that if a company is a subsidiary of another company that is notable (such as Microsoft) then it is automatically considered notable? Is that accurate? Or not at all? Gary King (talk) 03:36, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Nope. Notability is not inherited, regardless of any relationship an entity might hold with another notable entity. Same applies for subsidiaries. However, if the creation of the subsidiary (spinning off, acquisition etc) generated enough media buzz, the subsidiary can be considered notable enough to merit its own article (this is not a general statement; it has to be decided on a case-by-case basis). --soum talk 03:46, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Alright, sounds good. Gary King (talk) 03:54, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:RFA

I had initially dismissed the poor AIV reports and the like due to the other good ones you had made, as well as your continual desire to learn and adapt to the process, but it appears the opposition was more critical in this regard. The amount of questions you were given was also ridiculous - no candidate should have to go through 20+ questions in any given RfA. On both our parts, we perhaps jumped the gun a bit, but you're now pointed in the general direction. Practically all the opposes would be happy to support if you slowed down a bit and gave greater care to your individual actions. My biggest recommendation for the coming months is primarily to slow your pace down. Consider your CSD tags, AIV reports, and AfD !votes with greater care and look at the ramifications of your actions first. 3-4 months is generally the grace period between RfAs, and I would lean towards the latter. Best of luck, Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 04:37, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Wow!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
I count 7 current WP:FLCs!!! and along with all your other great work, you are a true asset to the project; keep up the great work!!! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 07:49, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, I do what I can to help out around here, but the Featured Lists are just a side project — my main goal is to continue to improve my understanding of policy and as I said in my RFA, I intend on helping out by fighting vandalism, but by starting out conservatively. If you don't mind, I'd like to reach you in a few months time if and when I am submitted for another RFA, before the actual nomination, so I can get an honest assessment from you :) I enjoyed that RFA because now I know what I have to improve, and I'm well aware that article contribution ISN'T one of those things! :p Gary King (talk) 07:54, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
I would be honored to give you an assessment, and don't let anyone tell you differently, but content is the most important thing here, people tend to forget what they are supposed to be doing, which is write an encyclopedia. Looking at your nom I cant believe how many questions you were asked, I must have gotten lucky. Anyways, have a good night and feel free to ask me any questions you might have! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 08:04, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Regarding the questions, I don't see what the big deal is for everyone, but I guess that's because that was the first time I actually went through the process myself. It wasn't really that overwhelming at all, but I have indeed seen some RFAs with 5 or less questions. Gary King (talk) 08:07, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Give a really long answer to a question, you won't be asked any more. :-P --soum talk 08:10, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Hahaha, that's insane. I'd rather break that up into multiple questions because then at least the subject matter changes and I don't have to write an essay-long answer to a question. It's like an interview for me, so it's all good :p Gary King (talk) 08:13, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Hahaha that's classic Soumyasch, I seriously chuckled out loud. And yeah Gary, I've been over at FLC for a bit now, mostly I close noms now, give a few reviews to interesting lists if I have time, and work on getting some lists to Featured status. Oh and Pedro is superman, I see him everywhere!!! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 08:17, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) is also a tireless contributor. I don't think I've seen you at WP:FLC before, even after I had 7 WP:FLs. Or maybe I just didn't know you until recently. I guess I'll be seeing you more there then. I recall that last month had the highest number of WP:FL promotions ever; maybe we'll break another record this month? :p Gary King (talk) 08:19, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
I myself have been literally LOLling for quite sometime. :-D
@Gary King: I have this page watchlisted. Anyways, you are doing a damn good job with the lists. And all the best for the next time you decide re-RfA. Keep up the vandal fighting, roam about in WP:AN but not at the cost of editorial contributions. We don't have many list specialists. :-) --soum talk 08:24, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

(←)Hey so I saw that you closed a FLC, in the future you don't have to put the closed-discussion template on the page, a bot does that automatically when you add the discussion to the log. And to answer you, you probably haven't seen me around much at WP:FLC cuz I tend to migrate towards sports-related lists, both in reviewing and my own lists. But yes you shall see me around ;-) « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 08:33, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and TRM is even higher than Superman, lol! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 08:34, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Soumyasch (talk · contribs), I'll pop into WP:ANI every once in a while, but I'm allergic to WP:DRAMA / WP:WIKIDRAMA. Gonzo_fan2007 (talk · contribs), alright I'll see you around there. I figured I might as well help out, since I'm there so often. Gary King (talk) 08:35, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Permission

Hey Gary, I was just wondering if you could tell me how to make the template that says how many edits you have made, or tell me how to find out... Thank you! Stealth (talk) 10:30, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Ok thank you. Also is it ok wioth you to use things off of your user page? I just want your permission before I do. Thanks Again! --Stealth (talk) 19:00, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Actually never mind, thought you ahd some other things.... 1 thing though, did we get Star Wars back onto the Featured articles? If so may I use the "This User has helped X articles become featured" or what ever it is. Thanks Stealth (talk) 20:26, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Ahh ok then. So when it is over can you send me what to type in? Stealth (talk) 23:58, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi

I make no accusations about your motives, but the eight supports of Featured material that you made this morning in eight minutes with almost identical comments really makes you look bad. I strongly suggest you revert your contributions and find the time to consider each article properly before weighing in. --Dweller (talk) 11:33, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

I've had my eye on those FLCs for some time now (as I'm sure you can imagine, what with me being there quite often) and so I just spent the time to actually voice my opinion. I had reviewed those articles before but did not decide to show my support until now. Gary King (talk) 18:35, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
OK, fair enough. Sorry if I came across harsh... tried to AGF but was very hard. I was surprised, as you're hardly a newbie! --Dweller (talk) 19:14, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Notification

A courtesy note that you are being discussed here. I personally see nothing wrong and voiced my opinions, but you may want to comment. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 20:18, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing it out. Commented. Gary King (talk) 20:21, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
YourYou are welcome. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 20:23, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
You're :p Gary King (talk) 20:24, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

You have a reply at WP:VPT (eom)

Thanks for welcoming me. I'm glad to be here with my colleagues from the Philippines. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ems amoloza (talk • contribs) 02:13, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:List of national anthems

Wouldn't hurt to put a general reference for them. You might also want to excise the level two headers with no countries under them. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 02:39, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Michigan State Spartans logo

Image:Michigan State Spartans logo.svg is, according to this, "a registered trademark". I'm not super-familiar with copyright laws, but I'm pretty sure that prohibits Commons use -- you should probably delete the Commons version and revert the Wikipedia version to a fair-use claim. Dylan (talk) 19:01, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

I didn't create the version at the Commons; it's been there for months. Also, I've seen precedence with this type of image, such as at Image:Facebook.svg and Image:Microsoft wordmark.svg, to name a few. Especially in this case, it's basically a big, green letter S, and therefore the argument is that it is such a simple image that it can even be reproduced by mistake and therefore does not allow the original creator to sue any copiers because of that. Gary King (talk) 19:07, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Oh, okay. I just wanted to bring it to your attention in case it was something you had done inadvertently. Sounds fine. Thanks! Dylan (talk) 19:19, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Contract work

Hi, my name is Megan and I'm wondering if you do any contract work? I'm having a hard time posting and was wondering if i can chat with you. Please email me if you are interested at megans27@hotmail.com. I look forward to hearing from you. Megan —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bella1233 (talk • contribs) 21:36, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Four Swords Adventure

Sure I'll review it, if you review my CD-i Zelda game article I worked on. :) Judgesurreal777 (talk) 06:03, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

I've never done a GAN review before, and I doubt I'd be very effective. Maybe later :p Gary King (talk) 06:05, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Zelda topic

First of all, I want to say thanks for all the work you've been putting into the Zelda articles. Getting a Zelda featured topic has been a goal of mine for a while. I don't know if you recognize me or not, but I put heavy work into Majora's Mask during its FAC and rewrote Wind Waker and the Oracle games from scratch to get them to FA. If you're intending to nominate Zelda for FT, I'd like to co-nominate with you. Thanks, Pagrashtak 18:15, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Wow, looks like I wrote this just in time! I see FSA just became GA—good job. Pagrashtak 18:45, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
The Good Article Medal of Merit 
For improving several Zelda articles to Good Article status, thereby making the series a potential featured topic, I hereby award you the Good Article Medal of Merit. Pagrashtak 19:17, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! I'll add it to my wall :) Gary King (talk) 19:26, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

FLCs

So, since you have nine open FLCs, how about waiting until some of them close before nominating any more? -- Scorpion0422 02:27, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, I can't do anything in WP:FAC right now because I've got a nomination there, I've got no outstanding issues at any of my nominations at WP:FLC, I'm working on one WP:FTC right now, and I've got a few WP:GAN going on. I also do some maintenance work at WP:UNCAT and vandalism fighting when I'm not working on anything else. The only option I have is to work on WP:GAN, then, which I'd rather not because I normally want to go all the way to WP:FAC when I get something to WP:GAN, and that would therefore increase the backlog of items that I'd need to improve to WP:FA status. Gary King (talk) 02:32, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Four Swords Adventures - Shadow Battle.jpg)

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Re:New sig

Looks good. I often remember people better when they have a distinctive signature (i.e. User:Pedro, User:Keeper76, User:Rudget, etc.). I personally like it better without the space between "Gary" and "King," but that's your own stylistic preferences. Altogether, looks better than the standard one though. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 19:23, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

open ref

Oh crap! Am fighting too many fires today, dont even look at my talk page! - Thanks MUCH! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Io io editor (talk • contribs)

No problem, it happens! Gary King (talk) 20:23, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Canadian flag

Do you know anyone good at drawing flags? I'd like to include the flag design recommended to Parliament by Mackenzie King's 1946 committee. the 1946 design description of history from Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists. DoubleBlue (Talk) 01:53, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

You want to redraw the flag? Shouldn't there be a public domain version of the flag available, if it is indeed notable? Gary King (talk) 01:55, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
I don't know of any pd released version nor even a pic of the original (if it was ever made). It was recommended to Parliament but never approved. Even if there is a pic of the original it would not yet be pd since it was designed less than 70 years ago. I think it would be of interest in the history or alternative sections. DoubleBlue (Talk) 02:14, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Regardless, I can't really help you with this. I don't know any drawers. The content generally speaking is pretty good on the article right now; the copyediting is where the bulk of the work needs to be right now. Gary King (talk) 02:22, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

References and notes

Hi, I noticed your recent change to the Social network article. You renamed the automatical list of references as "Notes" and the publications on the subject "references". I wikify quit a lot of articles but I alsways call them "references" and "publications". Now my question is, if there is a standard here one should follow? Could you tell me? Thank you. -- Mdd (talk) 19:05, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

That can be found at WP:LAYOUT. If you have only footnotes, then typically you'd call it 'References'. If you have footnotes and publications, then they'd be called 'Notes' (for footnotes) and 'References' (for publications). Cheers! Gary King (talk) 19:08, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, two things:
  • The 11 sentences in the Social network you called "notes" are all references to publications, and no notes like footnotes.
  • My interpretation of WP:Layout is, that we should call the 11 notes "references" and the listing of publications "further reading".
I don't see any are footnotes in the that article!? -- Mdd (talk) 19:52, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Footnotes, meaning inline citations WP:IC. Gary King (talk) 19:53, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for making the adjustments. I guess you came to a similar conclusion as I did. -- Mdd (talk) 20:20, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

WP:RFA

Are you planning to run soon?--RyRy5 (talk) 20:07, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

I ran a few days ago, at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Gary King, and failed. Fortunately, the issues raised are related to understanding policy better, and not civility-related or anything, and so is something that I am gladly working on improving. Maybe I'll run some time later again. I'm currently working on a few Featured Topics, Featured Articles, Good Articles, and Featured Lists, as you can see on my user page. :) Gary King (talk) 20:08, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
I see. I was really good to see that you have been here for 3+ years, your number of quality edits, and the GAN and FAN articles that you promoted. May I nominate you in a few months? You seem like a trusted contributer here.--RyRy5 (talk) 20:13, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Certainly, I'd appreciate that. I'll probably open an Editor Review some day and ask for input from the people who opposed my first run to see what I can improve. Gary King (talk) 20:39, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:New user page

I use 1280x800 and it looks fine to me. But yeah, 1024x768 is probably the most common size. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 22:27, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Link Checker Tool not working for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Your Link Checker Tool is not working for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Could you look into that please? Thanks! Gary King (talk) 04:08, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Yesterday I had switched to using WikiProxy, which is suppose to better for getting the wikitext. But as it doesn't seem to be any better than pywikipedia, I have disabled this. Thanks for the heads up. — Dispenser 11:41, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

User:Gary King/localize comments.js

I just added User:Gary King/localize comments.js to my monobook and was wondering what I need to change so it is set to my time zone. I'm in -5 or EST. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 23:36, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

It should be automatically set to your timezone. It uses your computer's built-in timezone. Gary King (talk) 23:37, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, I guess I should have looked a little closer before asking. It works great! §hep • ¡Talk to me! 00:19, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Call of Duty

I'll be glad to look at it, it'll probably be tomorrow before I can get to it, I just got home from a trip, so things are a bit hectic. Ealdgyth - Talk 00:24, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Alright, that'll work for me. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 00:25, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

An advice

As a fellow vandal fighter, allow me to share a piece of advice here. Fyi, the recalcitrant vandal, 'Cane sg', which I reported at WP:AIAV earlier, has been blocked indefinitely by an experienced admin later [8] contrary to your cursory checks & comments. If u are inexperienced in handling such vandals/trolls or unaware of their prior 'cat & mouse' tactics, do exercise due diligence on their history log profile (including mentioned links), OR refrain from making such comments that may jeopardise the efforts of fellow vandal fighters and embolden such vandals in the long run instead. Besides, I've witnessed quite a handful of good contributors whom having seen their works being vandalised repeatedly, left Wikipedia for good due to non or belated admin action previously. Some of these admins were later taken to task by indignant folks or audits to account fully on their misplaced 'sympathetic' stance towards the vandal(s) concerned, where many lost their credibility & their adminship challenged later. Kindly note. -- Aldwinteo (talk) 08:48, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice, I will keep it in mind. Gary King (talk) 09:10, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Do take care to assume good faith nevertheless. If you have concerns, state them, and keep WP:BITE in mind. Administrators have been criticized over such blocks, but it is extremely rare for desysopping to occur (often requires an ArbCom case). In the end, administrators perform these blocks all the time. They deal with the criticism, as expected of them. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 09:18, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
I'll certainly always continue to AGF. If I come across a vandal and am ultimately unsure of the action to take, I would ask for an experienced administrator to take a second look at the case. Cheers. Gary King (talk) 09:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Aldwinteo (talk · contribs), anyways, I didn't mean to make it seem like I was verbally sparring with you. Sorry if it seemed that way! Cheers! Gary King (talk) 09:46, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

No problemo mate, just a friendly advice in my case. Due to protracted fight with recalcitrant vandals/sockpuppets (like this dude), there're some hard-core vandal fighters (non-admin) whom I know of, who are not tolerant of such easy-going comments made without exercising due diligence in the first place, and they will not hesitate to take on the admins or admin wannabes subsequently in the cases mentioned above. Take care. -- Aldwinteo (talk) 10:30, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:RfA

I'll keep this brief for now and expand later, as I'm really sleepy. Whether you wish to undergo another RfA is entirely your decision; however, I must stress that ultimately, a RfA is not about content building, no matter what heights you take it to (a conspicuous lack is obviously detrimental though). Through content building, you can demonstrate your knowledge of guidelines and policies, and your ability to work civilly with others, but participation in the core administrator sections is all but necessary if you want an RfA to pass. That said, they can take a backdrop to your content building in the long run, so long as you keep your participation decently high in those areas. This also might solve the pace problem that was brought up at your RfA. Instead of commenting on ten AfDs in one given day, find one every so often that fits your fancy and leave a well supported and detailed opinion, and return to back up your stance if necessary. Revert vandalism during your normal course of editing and report them if necessary rather than constantly looking over a recent edits feed. If you can show a consistent change in judgment in this regard, then it will go well for your future RfA. You can particularly begin to show your hand at discussion sections in the project mainspace; WT:FLC, the village pump, and related items are great simply to present yourself as a knowledgeable and involved editor. Trying for this more slower, concerted, and thought-out approach might be good to resolve the issues brought up at your RfA. As for how long you need to wait, three months is the generally accepted minimum. As for the editor review, I would highly recommend it. Feel free to contact people who opposed at your RfA and ask for feedback. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 10:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Okay I'll mull over this a bit. Also, is it possible to see a user's edits on a single page besides browsing through the page's history? Gary King (talk) 10:15, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Can't find the section

Just wanted to say thanks for giving me the image to put on my page. Is there anything else I can put there? Also, are there any more articles I cna help get nominated? Thanks!!! Stealth (talk) 10:49, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I probably will not work on improving the Star Wars article to Featured status, at least not in the next few days. Maybe in a few weeks :) Gary King (talk) 10:51, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

FAC, supports, opposes, etc

Here's the boilerplate text I use to explain why I don't do many supports or opposes:

If you look at the other FACs up, you'll see that I've been investigating all the candidates sources, not just yours. While I'd love to have time to devote to every candidate and do a full review of the prose and other aspects, I just don't have the time. It has been a failing of FAs for a while that no one was investigating the sources and commenting on the reliablity or non-reliability of them for quite a while, and I've tried to step up and help with that. Others at FAC specialize in other areas, User:Tony1 does MOS issues and prose, User:Elcobbola does a lot of work on pictures and fair use. I put my comments under "comments" so that folks don't think that I've done a full review, and I won't support or oppose unless I have time to do a full review of everything in the article.

I just can't find the time to review completely everything. I'll very occasionally oppose if the sources are just horrid, but most of the time, things are resolved, but the sources are only one part of the criteria, and I should at least read the article in some depth before supporting. Ealdgyth - Talk 19:11, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Ah alright, makes sense. Gary King (talk) 21:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Twilight Princess

No problem. I was even going to ask for your collaboration (you said "Looks good. I'll try to help out wherever possible with that" in the FTC), but I didn't know if it would be possible as you've been quite busy recently. I'll add your co-nom, no problem. After all, a co-nom gave me my third star (and the one I've given more work and am most proud of), and you seem to be wanting one. igordebraga ≠ 21:43, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, a star would be nice, too :P Gary King (talk) 21:44, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Random pages in other namespaces

I just saw [9]. You can add a namespace after / as in Special:Random/Wikipedia talk. See meta:Help:Special page#Random. Here is a random redirect: Special:Randomredirect/Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:05, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Very cool. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 00:06, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

RE: "list not MT"

Its a code to let other admins know that there are still reports left on the list :P.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 18:03, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh...! MT = empty! D'oh. And I've been browsing around WP:MT for so long... :) Gary King (talk) 18:04, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Ocarina of Time FAC

Thanks for offering to help. Right now I feel like it will be manageable, but I'll let you know if that changes. Pagrashtak 19:40, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Alright, sounds good. I'd just like to see it become an FA, and the same goes for the other articles in the FT! :) Gary King (talk) 19:44, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Image:PHP Hello World screenshot.png Font

Hello there. Would you be able to tell me the font used in this image? I like it and want to use it but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Thanks, Indochinetn (talk) 18:17, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

It's Monaco 12pt :) I've added it to the image description because I got asked this a lot for some reason :p Gary King (talk) 18:20, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! Indochinetn (talk) 19:52, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
No problemo :) Gary King (talk) 20:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

WP:LOTD

Congratulations! A list you have been involved with was selected a WP:LOTD for May. You may want to add the {{ListoftheDayheader}} or {{ListoftheDaylayout}} templates somewhere in your userspace. Other template options are at User:TonyTheTiger/List of the Day/templates. Your list will appear as WP:LOTD twice. If you have any date preferences in May let me know by April 25th.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 19:17, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Check out the voting at WP:LOTD. The winners are listed at the top.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 19:25, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Alright, I'll take a look Gary King (talk) 20:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Late nights

Phoenix, Arizona :-) Haha, I'm a night person and I all my classes are later in the day, so this combination keeps me up at night editing :-) « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 08:47, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I beat you then in terms of lateness because I'm in Toronto ;) Gary King (talk) 08:47, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Canadian, eh? Haha, yeah I think I shall be logging off soon, I got to finish a project and then get some sleep, I usually try and clean out one backlog before I go to sleep, and WP:RFPP was my choice for tonight :-) « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 08:53, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Ah, sounds good Gary King (talk) 20:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protection

Hi Gary. Now you are an admin and knowing you have an interest in Semi-protection, can you take a look at this Wikipedia:Your first article and see if you think Semi-protection is suitable. Situation can be seen from history that newbie editors keep mistakenly creating new articles over the instruction page(and in a few cases vandalism as well). Semi-protection seems a possible way forward but I leave that for you to decide. SunCreator (talk) 15:19, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm not an administrator and never said I was. Gary King (talk) 17:31, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Okay, forgot your not an admin. All the best for another time. SunCreator (talk) 18:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Yep, thanks. Gary King (talk) 20:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:AFD

I hate doing this, but, uhh..., it clearly says "You must sign up here before..." I was going to let you go, but when I looked at the diffs - some were done back in early March, some even in late February before the assignment was even put up. Sorry dude, I really hate doing this. Milk’s Favorite Cookie (Talk) 19:49, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Hmm... yeah. Sure. Milk’s Favorite Cookie (Talk) 19:52, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
I trust you - no need to provide all the diffs. All I needed was a link to you contribs ;) And of course:
The AFD Barnstar
For taking the challenge and making over 50 contributions to AFD, I Milk’s Favorite Cookie (Talk) hereby award you this Barnstar. Congrats! Milk’s Favorite Cookie (Talk) 20:20, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Great! :] Cheers. Gary King (talk) 20:21, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

First FA

Nice one! Keep up the fantabulous work... The Rambling Man (talk) 21:00, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Even after a few FTs, FLs, and GAs, this feels good. Gary King (talk) 21:02, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
A few FTs? I thought the whole of WP had only 39 featured topics so far...! I'm gunning for my second FT right now...! The Rambling Man (talk) 21:04, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Well, I've got Wikipedia:Featured topics/Star Wars episodes (which was really sweet when it passed, considering its extreme popularity) and currently got Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/The Legend of Zelda titles, which I think will pass in a few days. And yeah, I gotta take over FT while it's still young! :D Gary King (talk) 21:06, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Well, well. I'm waiting (10 days gone now) on my second FT too. (I win!). But I see you're planning to take over the whole featured community! I'll be right behind you! The Rambling Man (talk) 21:12, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
I should stop choosing FTs that are debatable, first of all, heh. Good Articles were getting tiresome, so I'd like to focus on building the articles I've built to GA to FA before moving on to new GAs :) Gary King (talk) 21:15, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Pixar

Well, thank YOU for noticing that I will be reviewing the article. I will read the article and I will a review on the talk page and let's see what happens. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 21:43, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Alright, sounds good. Gary King (talk) 21:44, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Please, do be patient. I am almost done with the review. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 22:31, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Alright, sounds good. Cheers! Gary King (talk) 22:32, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for being patient. I left some notes on the talk page. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 23:01, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
I'll take a look now. Gary King (talk) 23:05, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Congrats, you now have a GA in your midst. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:32, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! Gary King (talk) 00:34, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Would you be interested in reviewing an article? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:35, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
I haven't reviewed an article in a while. I don't think I'd be very effective :| Gary King (talk) 00:36, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
That's cool, I was just wondering if you could or not. Thanks, though. ;) Also, I'm reviewing Justin Timberlake's article, please be patient. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:41, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

← Alright, sounds good. Thanks! I think I'm better as a content builder than a content reviewer, personally :) Gary King (talk) 00:43, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey, its all good with me. ;) The reason I asked was because I've seen your page and you work on a whole lot of stuff and I figured maybe you'd be willing to review an article and stuff. But, its cool, though. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:45, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
The GA review for Justin Timberlake's article is done. I hope your up for it. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:10, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Another congrats, Justin Timberlake's article passed. I will take a look at the articles you would like to get to GA and see how I can help in anyway. And, you'd be happy to know that I will be reviewing Eminem's article. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 19:07, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Cheers! Thanks! :) Gary King (talk) 19:12, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Done. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 20:10, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
You have another GA. ;) Sure, I can take a look and give Larry David a review. Hey, do you think you would like to collaborate on an article? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 03:03, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
That's good to hear. ;) I was wondering if you could help with Coldplay's article, since it would be a great article for it to become GA. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 03:12, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Awesome and their first on my playlist. ;) I would like it to become GA, but I would love it if it was an FA. So, is this a cool choice? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 03:16, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Cool. What do you think needs to be done? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 03:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Ooh, like a pre-GA? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 03:33, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Well, I'll take it as a pre-GA. ;) I'll wait for your feedback. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 03:37, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Let me know what you think ;) Gary King (talk) 20:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Oh, totally forgot. Thanks for telling me. I'll keep that in mind and the to-do list is awesome. Also, what problems does the article lack? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:02, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Article still needs more references for now, especially before expanding it. Gary King (talk) 01:04, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm working on getting refs and stuff. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:10, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
This is also a useful book. Gary King (talk) 01:19, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

I'll try to use it and would this ref. work? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:21, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

BBC is definitely a reliable source. Gary King (talk) 01:26, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I know. But, would it work if its added about X&Y being delayed from its previous release? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:31, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Yeah Gary King (talk) 01:32, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Cool, I just wanted to check. Hope I'm not bothering you. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:34, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Not a problem, but since this discussion is Coldplay-related, it might interest other editors; also, see here: Talk:Coldplay#Coldplaying.com_is_not_a_reliable_source this isn't directed at you, of course, because other editors add it as a ref, but I'd just like to point it out. (Other articles have similar lists of what websites are not reliable, because they are commonly added) Gary King (talk) 01:37, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Really? I never knew that, since I'm off working on other articles. I'll, remove the links from the article and try to find other ones. Again, thanks for the know. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:42, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Yeah. Music biographies seem easier to do than game articles, actually, because music has Rolling Stones, BBC, etc. as references while most media outlets don't cover video game news. So it should be easier to find appropriate refs for this article. Gary King (talk) 01:43, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Well, I'm finding newspaper articles, reliable newspapers, and adding the refs. for that. I'll look for some more refs. and see where it goes. ;) BTW, this is one of the hardest articles I'm working on right now. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 02:05, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Coldplay is a pretty popular band in mainstream media so it should be easy to work on. Flag of Canada just passed FA and I worked on it, and that is arguably harder :) Gary King (talk) 02:10, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Alright, I'll give you that. Coldplay is in the middle and Flag of Canada is high. ;) Hey, do you think after Coldplay you would be interested in Timbaland's article? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 02:18, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Sure, sounds good. Gary King (talk) 02:58, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I'll take a look at Kanye West's article, after I review Larry David's article. Also, don't you think its a bit early to have nominated Coldplay's article for GA? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 19:12, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

←Not really, because I'm still continuing to work on it, and if the reviewer has any concerns to bring up, that's even better because we can all work on them to fix them and help improve the article in general. Gary King (talk) 19:13, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, well that was my concern when I saw that you nominated Coldplay's article at the GA page. But, I guess your right about the whole concept of it. I'll continue looking for more refs. and hopefully ones that are "acceptable" to the article. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 19:17, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Alright, sounds good. Gary King (talk) 19:21, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Larry David is up. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 19:47, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Another GA. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 20:11, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! Gary King (talk) 20:27, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Coldplay

All right, I didn't look hard enough on the Talk page for the article. "Vandalism" is a little harsh, though.

Edit: nevermind, saw you removed it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drnorton (talk • contribs)

Yep, I just hit the wrong button. Sorry! I'm glad you saw that I removed it immediately after placing it. :) Gary King (talk) 21:40, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Welcome...?

Thanks for the welcome, but I created an account some time ago, and needed a break at the beginning of this month (which was originally supposed to be retirement, but doesn't appear as if it will turn out to be). I intend to return to my normal account once the technically-enforced wikibreak has expired. --24.218.182.169 (talk) 21:35, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Isn't that cheating then? :) Gary King (talk) 21:37, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Oh, and are you perhaps working on an FT related to music? (Noticed the rapid-fire GA noms you have been putting up recently.) If so, what is the theme? I've noticed rock and hip hop artists, but they don't really seem to be related. --24.218.182.169 (talk) 21:38, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Nope, I'm just working on artists that I like. Maybe I should build a music FT soon, since I've got FT experience and music articles experience now. Gary<;/font> King (talk) 21:39, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

CapitalR's RFA

Sorry, fixed. SpencerT♦C 01:54, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Alright, great. Cheers. Gary King (talk) 05:11, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Metroid

Alright, you are bolder than I, the previous GA nominator of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. But of course you didn't see previous complaints about the disjointed mess in "Reception" and the lack of references in "Plot" (the first, I've been too lazy to turn the "individual reviews" to "general view", such as the one I did in Metroid Prime; the second, went looking for screenshots and videos of cutscenes to reference quotes, but got distracted by other things - specially what I could do for Twilight Princess). But OK, it takes long for someone to review articles in the GA backlog, and I'll try making it now (in the meantime, can you help fulfill Fuchs' requests in the TP FAC?). Also, congrats on your first FA star! igordebraga ≠ 03:43, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

I'll take a look at those and see what I can do about them, although I might also just wait for a reviewer to take a look at the article and then address any other concerns that they might have, at the same time. I'll see what I can do with TP. Gary King (talk) 07:58, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Rfa thanks

Thanks for supporting my recent request for adminship which was successful with 89 supports, 0 opposes, and 2 neutrals. Unfortunately all I can offer is this lame text thanks rather than some fancy-smancy thank-you spam template thingy. I was very pleased to receive such strong support and to hear so many nice comments from editors whom I respect. I’ll do my best with the tools, and if you ever see me going astray don’t hesitate to drop a note on my talk page. Thanks again for your support!--Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 04:01, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

It was no problem. I'm glad it passed unanimously! Gary King (talk) 05:11, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

National Anthems

Hi Gary,

I made an amendment to a Wikipedia article entitled 'List of National Anthems'.

The amendment I made was to include the national anthem of Cymru / Wales. The reason for the amendment was that Wales is a nation and that it has an anthem. The logical conclusion being that the anthem would, therefore, be a national anthem, which should be included in a list of national anthems.

My amendment has been deleted and the previous article reinstated.

I've looked at the article again and I can see that all the nations listed are noted in the English language, rather than their own language. I assume that this is the reason for the deletion. The reason I chose to include the Welsh name for Wales was because the Welsh national anthem is in the Welsh language. I see now that this was inapproprate. Sorry.

I would like to resubmit an amendment adding the national anthem of Wales, but before I do so I would like to ensure that the reason for the deletion was for purely linguistic reasons, as I don't want to make further amendments if there are other reasons.

I'd welcome your advice.

Best regards,

Dai caregos. (Dai caregos (talk) 09:54, 24 April 2008 (UTC))

You can add Wales to List of anthems. There has been some debate, and it has been concluded that Wales is indeed a country, but it is a constituent of the United Kingdom. Gary King (talk) 17:31, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi Gary,
Thanks for taking the time and trouble to respond.
I had a look at the List of Anthems you mentioned. The three other constituent countries of the United Kingdom are listed.
Northern Ireland is noted as not having a recognised anthem.
The entry for Scotland says: see National Anthem of Scotland and that article begins with the sentence "There is no official national anthem of Scotland"
The entry for England states: "see Proposed English National Anthems" That is: they don't have one.
So, of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, only Wales actually has a National Anthem.
The entries for both England and Scotland use the phrase 'National Anthem', from which I conclude that if either nation were mature enough to have their own anthem, it would be listed under 'List of National Anthems'.
It seems that Wales doesn't get to be listed under 'List of National Anthems', despited actually having one, simply because some other nations don't make the list - because they they don't have a national anthem to list. The logic of that escapes me.
You mention that there has been some some debate previously. Was it concluded that a country with a national anthem shouldn't be included on a 'List of National Anthems' because some different country didn't have a national anthem?
I wonder if you would reconsider.
All the best,
(Dai caregos (talk) 20:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC))
The issue isn't regarding whether or not any of the other constituent countries have a national anthem or not, but whether or not we should include the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom and its constituent countries, or only the constituent countries. This has been brought up in most country-related lists, not just this one. The final verdict is that only the United Kingdom should be included to represent the constituents. Gary King (talk) 20:31, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi Gary,
I see where you're coming from now. I admire the consistency in this article. Nevertheless, being consistent doesn't necessarily make something correct. The list that appears under the title 'List of National Anthems' is acually a 'List of National Anthems of States', making the article both inaccurate and misleading. I assume that these are among Wikipedia's least popular adjectives.
In my opinion, an article entitled 'List of National Anthems' should contain a list of national anthems.
Please consider renaming this article and including national anthems under the article entitled 'List of National Anthems'
Cheers,
(Dai caregos (talk) 21:49, 24 April 2008 (UTC))
I'll bring it up at the WP:FLC for a discussion regarding this. Gary King (talk) 22:28, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks Gary. Do you know, yet, when the discussion is due to take place? You mention that 'this has been brought up in most country-related lists, not just this one', so I imagine that lots of other people feel they've been misled too. Could you tell me if anyone will be puting forward this point of view at the WP:FLC? Cheers, (Dai caregos (talk) 09:55, 25 April 2008 (UTC))
I think you have brought up a lot of good points, so I have moved the article to List of anthems by country. I think that greatly clarifies the scope of the list, because nation can be interpreted in many ways, while (at least on Wikipedia), a country is considered to be one that is listed at List of countries. This is so that if anyone has a problem with a country listed or not listed there, then they can bring it up on that list (which is Featured), rather than bringing it up with the many other country-related lists that exist :) I hope the title change clears it up. Gary King (talk) 16:39, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
I think that is a very reasonable decision, which should remove any confusion. Thank you for your patience Gary. All the best, (Dai caregos (talk) 14:45, 26 April 2008 (UTC))
Hi Gary, will changing the name of this article change anything linked to it automatically? I only ask because I noticed that on the article entitled 'National anthem', under the section 'See also' it has a link to 'List of national anthems', which links into the article now named 'List of anthems by country'. Obviously, there isn't a 'List of national anthems' any more. Would you like me to edit the article 'National anthem', and any others I find, to show the correct link, if they don't change automatically? Cheers (Dai caregos (talk) 15:57, 26 April 2008 (UTC))
Sure, you can go ahead and change those links. The links don't change automatically, but if they are clicked on, then they automatically redirect to the new article title at List of anthems by country. I've edited {{Lists by country}}, a template which appears on many pages, so that the link there is the correct one now, also. There's also a list that shows all pages that link to List of national anthems; the list appears to still show some of the articles that use the template I recently changed, however, meaning that they actually don't link to the redirect anymore. Hopefully the page auto-updates itself soon, but if you want, you can go through the items there to see which ones link to the redirect page. Gary King (talk) 18:52, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

BECK

Hi. I just noticed all your improvements to the Beck article and wanted to say they're much appreciated. I noticed that one of your edits resulted in a reference to Johnny Cash that no longer made sense where it was. I don't think the reference is needed, so I deleted it altogether. But I thought I'd let you know in case you want to fix it another way. Thanks again! Candy (talk) 06:11, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Looks like a good edit. Thanks! I removed the Johnny Cash sentence because I couldn't find a reference for it, and it did not appear to be extremely important, so that is why I removed it, by the way. Gary King (talk) 07:00, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I agree it was not important. Beck may well have said it, but it doesn't seem worth the effort of trying to verify it. Candy (talk) 16:18, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Believe me, I tried, and couldn't find it :) I'm not doubting it's accuracy, but if I can't find it after more than 10 minutes of searching, then it probably isn't notable enough to worth mentioning. Gary King (talk) 18:36, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Image:Larry David.jpg

Hello. I notice you changed the license information on an image uploaded by another user. Did the other user authorize you to do so, or do you have information about the image license from some other source? Do you have source information for Image:Larry David.jpg? Thanks, -- Infrogmation (talk) 17:04, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey, I'm not sure why I did that to that particular image on that day, a few weeks ago. I don't usually even bother dealing with images which I am uncertain of their license. Anyways, thanks for resolving that for me. Gary King (talk) 21:30, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Template:FT pass

Hi, Gary. I was wondering if you minded if I was bold and edited Template:FT pass so that it includes the date of the pass, similar to how Template:FL pass does? Regards, -- ṃ•α•Ł•ṭ•ʰ•Ə•Щ• @ 00:16, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Sure, go ahead, especially since I'm not using it right now... :) Gary King (talk) 01:07, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Heh, thanks! I was having problems for some reason. -- ṃ•α•Ł•ṭ•ʰ•Ə•Щ• @ 05:20, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
No problem! I like to think that I'm pretty experienced working with templates by now, especially as a web developer by trade :) Gary King (talk) 05:21, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
That should help! Any chance {{FT-star}} could be used instead of {{FA}}? :) -- ṃ•α•Ł•ṭ•ʰ•Ə•Щ• @ 05:25, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
done Gary King (talk) 05:32, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you :) -- ṃ•α•Ł•ṭ•ʰ•Ə•Щ• @ 06:43, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Disarobics

This makes me wonder, "web content" applies to anything found on the web. If the meme is about the video posted to the web, it's eligible to be deleted per A7 because it's web content. ViperSnake151 00:39, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

That is a fair argument. I interpreted it as a video as the bottom line, though, but either way can be argued :) Gary King (talk) 01:08, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK and Triple Crown Awards

Just noting that if you're creating that many articles (300 !?!), you might want to investigate WP:DYK, and by extension, WP:CROWN. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 06:15, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

I'll definitely keep those in mind because they're always fun to try and obtain (an editor sometimes needs something to aspire to!), but I'm primarily focusing on the trifecta of WP:FT, WP:FA, WP:FL... and WP:GA, which I should probably also include, since I seem to be cranking them out pretty voluminously lately. A lot of the content that I want to work on already has articles, so I usually work on those. Plus, a lot of articles that should be FA, aren't! For shame, for shame... :) So I gotta work on those. As I mentioned before to you, (I think? I tend to go on rambles a lot about — they are different from complaints in that I usually try to do something about them :)) it's sad to see a lot of good topics in such poor condition. Sad... </ramble>
I like to think of myself as an article fixer-upper. That's what I've been doing lately, anyways; fixing up articles that need a bit more to go to get to GA or even FA! The state of some articles are enough to make a man weep. Excelsior! Gary King (talk) 06:17, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Kanye West

Kanye West is done. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 23:33, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Alright, I will take a look at it. Gary King (talk) 23:49, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
GA. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 20:39, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Well, I did want to take a break, but I'll give the Killers a GA review. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 21:22, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Alright, sounds good. Gary King (talk) 23:09, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Link Checker Tool not working for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Also, if we are watching a page, is it possible if when we use your tool to save a page, it saves the watched status, too? If I am watching a page and use the link checker to change URLs, it will have the watchlist checkbox unchecked. But, I guess this may not be able to be done because the script can't check if the page is watchlisted by a user or not? Gary King (talk) 18:33, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

This is not possible without having the user log into the tool. I've since added the minor and watch checkboxes to the form printout to try to mitigate it. — Dispenser 06:24, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

For your Readability tool, it does not work for Timbaland. Gary King (talk) 21:11, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

This would seem to be a server load issue as the tool did not retrieve the edit page at the time. — Dispenser 06:24, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
It still does not work for Timbaland. The errors for certain articles are consistent in that if I run the tool on another article, it works, then immediately again on the problematic article, then the same error occurs. Gary King (talk) 06:25, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Should be fixed now, I had only checked with the non-beta version of the tool. — Dispenser 19:04, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Yep, all good. Gary King (talk) 19:10, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

The Original Barnstar

The Original Barnstar
For your tireless contributions of over 1000 edits in the month of April, I award thee with an Original Barnstar! Luksuh 16:39, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! Gary King (talk) 19:15, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Lea Miller

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Christopher Purdy

Hi Gary, i edited an article headlined "Christopher Purdy" to include the information that he is a homosexual. (1) this is true. I know him well and he is quite open about this (2) do you know who he is? no? well that is because his article was created by his college friends (of whom i am one) as a practicle joke, and much to our suprise it remained up. If you are going to report me for vandalism then please check the facts yourself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.19.8.193 (talk) 19:55, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Please include a reference for this if it is true, because it's a pretty controversial claim to be making in most cases without using any references to back it up. Gary King (talk) 20:01, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Star Wars episode 2 and episode 3

I'm not involved with it, but I just thought I'd give you the heads up of these two articles undergoing a WP:FAR. After you've recently got the Topic featured again, it'd be ashame to see them knocked down and perhaps cause the topic to be delisted also. -- ṃ•α•Ł•ṭ•ʰ•Ə•Щ• @ 22:57, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll check it out. Gary King (talk) 23:10, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Dead link

Thanks for noticing that the link on my user page is dead. I had not noticed it. I will try to contact the publisher to see why the link was removed. Joelito (talk) 16:39, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

No problem Gary King (talk) 18:07, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

This decline

How can a request of an IP to be blocked on the basis of evading a ban be denied for an old warning? Evading a ban is an immediately blockable offense, and the puppetmaster had already been blocked, has had three of his socks. I provided links to the puppetmaster's identity and three of his socks that had already been blocked for performing exactly the same edit. Don't you think being blocked four times for the behaviour is sufficient warning? As for it maybe being someone else, how many people do you think are possibly obsessed with changing the number of black Hondurans from 150K to 350K? It doesn't seem like a widespread area of controversy which is inclined to draw in a wide range of people maniacally inserting the same false number into Wikipedia.

What would I have had to write to make you act instead of decline? As it is, it took several more hours to get the situation under control, with several more reversion cycles and finally going to WP:RFPP to get action taken. A lot more effort, a lot more time, and a lot more vandalism. I really need to understand how to get these things acted on at AIV, and I'm obviously not putting in enough for AIV to recognize blatant vandals and block them.Kww (talk) 20:10, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

I didn't decline the report. SorryGuy (talk · contribs) did, per here. Gary King (talk) 20:15, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Timbaland

Hi im reviewing the Timbaland article, im having major concerns with the article and im not even half way through it. Ive made a huge list of improvements needed for the first half, i am inclined to fail the article, do you have the time to handle these issues or is it worth withdrawing. Let me know at my page, if you still want to go ahead i will continue adding. Realist2 ('Come Speak To Me') 12:07, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

I am willing to go forward and fix the issues at hand. Cheers. Gary King (talk) 18:06, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Sure no problem, i will continue adding to te list tonight, ive only just woke up so would like to clear my mind before getting to it. Realist2 ('Come Speak To Me') 20:54, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
OK, im done, ill leave you to it, dont be afraid to come call me if your confused on anything, elsewise let me know when your done. CheersRealist2 ('Come Speak To Me') 22:01, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Im very happy that you respect my reviews enough to ask me, i didnt mean to insult your skills when i sent you my first message. I only just realised how strong a contributer you are from your user page. Realist2 ('Come Speak To Me') 03:33, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Yep, no problem Gary King (talk) 03:34, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Ill probably go for some more, i know a lot on coldplay so thats a possibility. I usually only assign myself to one review at a time, so that i can concentrate and pay full attention.Realist2 ('Come Speak To Me') 03:40, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Alright, I will be ready for your review. I know that Coldplay is not yet up to stuff for GA status, because it is going to be a collaboration between me a few other editors, but I have been especially busy in the past few days so I have not had a chance to attend to it as much as I would have liked. But I will certainly address all of your concerns very quickly. Gary King (talk) 03:44, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

See Timbaland talk page, give you something to do while im away, night, night. Realist2 ('Come Speak To Me') 04:17, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

OK, see the talk page, cheers. Realist2 ('Come Speak To Me') 16:46, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
It passed well done, im not sure if the old fail template needs removing from the talk page. Realist2 ('Come Speak To Me') 18:44, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletions

I went ahead and did the deletions related to 'O Canada'. --User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 18:54, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Gary King (talk) 18:56, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Man, you are just a machine. Right after you finished with the Canadian flag, you tackled the article on the Canadian anthem. I wish I could have done more, but enjoy the recordings I gave months ago. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 02:55, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Yep, but if you take a look at my user page, you'll see that I also padded the time between the Flag and the Anthem with time spent editing other articles :) I'm happy that Canada is already FA, so I don't have to work on that. It was fully protected only a few weeks ago because of some disputes, so I can only imagine the difficulties that I would face if I had to build it up at this point! Gary King (talk) 03:00, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
It took me over 2 years to get Belarus to a featured article, so I know the burden of making an article on a country FA. Anyways, still, good work. I think that if you like for something to do, Order of Canada could use an overhaul. It is a Featured Article already (I made it featured about 2 years ago) and it needs to be updated to current FA and Wikipedia standards. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 03:04, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Right now, I'd like to make National symbols of Canada a GA in order to create a Featured Topic around it, including O Canada and Flag of Canada with it. Feel free to expand it; I don't think the Canadian government has an official list of national symbols, does it? Also, now that I think about it, it was your Belarus national symbols topic that inspired this one. Gary King (talk) 03:13, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
A lot more articles are needed in order for an topic about Canadian topics to become featured. When I did the Belarusian symbols topic, I made all articles Featured and had to make the parent article at least a GA. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 04:14, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
I've got one successful Featured Topic nomination and one currently being nominated, so I've got some experience there. I'll see how much work I need to squeeze a FT out of Canadian articles. Gary King (talk) 10:48, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

By way of explanation ..

Hi! You just declined an AIV report of mine as nfw. I can see why, but it looked like a final to me - the text of VoABot II's most recent warning says it's a uw-v4 - honest! I'm totally confused by this, and I have posted this [10] to the bot's talk page to see if VoA can explain. Philip Trueman (talk) 19:31, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

It's not a final; it's not even a standard template. It's normally only reserved for the bot to use, because the bot should not give out final warnings since all of its edits are automated, therefore it cannot actually judge when a user deserves a final warning. They should be used sparingly. Gary King (talk) 19:33, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Ah!! So the bot is using a non-standard template and calling it the same name as a standard one here. That makes sense. But why should uw-v4's be used sparingly, and not by a bot? uw-4im's, I would agree, but uw-v4's? If they were used sparingly, no-one would ever get blocked. Philip Trueman (talk) 19:41, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Because the warning template applied by the bot does not warn the user that they may be blocked. That is the important part of the final message to give to vandals. I'm not an administrator, by the way—just helping out! :) Gary King (talk) 19:44, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
That's true, but it's not an answer to my question. Why do you think uw-v4's should be used sparingly? I see no policy to that effect. Or did you mistakenly think the bot's warning was labelled a uw-4im? Philip Trueman (talk) 19:50, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm saying that a bot shouldn't be allowed to use uw-4s because it can't always differentiate vandalism from not vandalism. Gary King (talk) 19:53, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Then I respectfully disagree. Humans don't differentiate with 100% accuracy either, and the bots make very few mistakes. And when matters are taken to the next stage, and the bot reports to AIV, then any blocking will be done by an admin. After all, the policy is "vandalism following a final", not "vandalism following a justified final". Philip Trueman (talk) 20:08, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Then shouldn't this be taken to the bot owner since the bots don't use final warnings? It does not explicitly state that the user will be blocked if they continue to vandalize, which is an important part of the final warnings. Gary King (talk) 20:10, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
ClueBot gives finals - [11]. I'll see what VoA says in response to my message (quoted above). Philip Trueman (talk) 20:23, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Alright; I got no problem with bots giving finals. That's a good point that ClueBot gives finals, but it only gives them for multiple page blankings I believe. Gary King (talk) 20:26, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Scarborough ref

Hi. I noticed you added a citation to an existing ref in this edit. However, I had added the Fact tag specifically because that citation fails to make a comparison to the rest of the GTA. The comparison is to the rest of the city. Either the sentence needs to change, or a different reference needs to be sourced. Here's the salient bits from the article:

"We are the safest division in the city," he said. "You are safer in 42 Division than in any other division in Toronto."

Thoughts? Mindmatrix 20:11, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Please check the added quote. Should be more accurate. Gary King (talk) 20:14, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Looks good. I'll see if I can find the source statistics for that, so we can touch up Crime in Toronto too. Mindmatrix 21:07, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

AIV report

My bad, I coulda sworn the user vandalized after a final warning. Will report again if vandalism continues. Thanks for your efforts at WP:AIV, Cirt (talk) 20:50, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

No problem; but yeah, even a single minute difference can cause an incorrect report, and it can change the intentions of the vandal significantly (i.e. if the vandal stops after final warning, then they don't mean as much harm as someone who still vandals after several final warnings.) Gary King (talk) 20:51, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

O Canada

Well, it looks like someone beat me to it. Congratulations on getting O Canada to GA level, and congratulations as well on getting Flag of Canada to FA level. You've done some great work on those articles. GaryColemanFan (talk) 00:18, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Yep, I wasn't expecting for someone to review the article so soon, but looks like that's what happened! Thanks for the interest, anyways. Gary King (talk) 00:19, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Please take a look

Hi Gary, I've added a js page to Wikipedia:Tools/Optimum tool set#Super fast upgrade. Please take a look, to make sure there aren't any potential problems.

I'd appreciate it.

Thank you.

The Transhumanist    00:48, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Sure!

I'll review Prime 3, but from now on, check all the bullet points on this list before you ask, so we can get the obvious, recurring questions out of the way;

  1. As always, fair use rationales need to be specific as to exactly what is demonstrated in the image and why it is significant.
  2. Three paragraph lead; first says what the game is, who made it, when it was released; second paragraph, summarize the plot, third paragraph, tell us how it was received (reception).
  3. No paragraph unreferenced.
  4. All scores in score box referenced, and include sales data.
  5. Check for free use images that can be used.

Let me know when you did those things :) Great work lately by the way, incredible amount of improvement across so many articles, you'll have dozens of barnstars soon. And I really hope you can save the two star wars FA's. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 05:10, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Alright, I'll get on them right away. Currently striking completed items. Gary King (talk) 11:10, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
All done Gary King (talk) 13:03, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Facebook

How is the fiscal information related to the founding of Facebook? The first paragraph talks about the founding and its history, and then the last sentence talks about the financials of the company?

Well, put it somewhere else, then. It's important, especially for a private company that doesn't otherwise need to disclose its financials. It's probably the only figure we have so far that isn't an estimate. Wikipedian06 (talk) 02:37, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
I've added it to another part of the article. Gary King (talk) 03:32, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Metroid/Zelda

Well, thanks on helping Corruption pass. And responding your TP affirmation "don't have my Wii with me right now"? Picture search, anybody? (the last one only covers the beginning, and there are watermarks, nothing a little editing can't fix) igordebraga ≠ 03:27, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Feel free to add one of those. When I search Picasa, it only returns a blank page. Gary King (talk) 03:32, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Don't search (the pics don't have keywords...), just look and see if any fits. I don't know what pic to choose. But I suggest one with Wolf Link (like this, or this). igordebraga ≠ 05:48, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Time stamp edit

What's going on here? Pagrashtak 20:29, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Argh, I thought I fixed those. It was because of a script I was using; it is fixed now, but articles that were saved when the script was broken still has the text saved. Gary King (talk) 20:31, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Copyedit request for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Hi. I'll look through it, but I suggest you also ask User:Finetooth. He enjoys copyediting and is a far better copyeditor than I am. Epbr123 (talk) 21:05, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! I will definitely do that. Gary King (talk) 21:09, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Alright, as he said below, he is not able to copyedit my article. Gary King (talk) 21:18, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Copyediting request

Hi Gary, I'd help, but I'm nearly overwhelmed just now with another article at FAC, peer reviews, and keeping promises I've made about other articles. If things settle down, I'll see what I can do. That isn't likely to happen any time soon, alas. My best. Finetooth (talk) 21:17, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Alright, thanks anyways. Gary King (talk) 21:17, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Striking others' remarks

Please do not strike my remarks at FAC. I will strike them when I consider them addressed. Thanks --Laser brain (talk) 21:20, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Alright, apologies. Gary King (talk) 21:22, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
No problem, just one of those etiquette things. BTW, I tried the CoD 4 demo and I found it very hard to distinguish enemies from my team. I kept either shooting guys that were on my team or walking right past enemies. The last one I played is CoD2 which I loved - hard to get used to 4. --Laser brain (talk) 22:03, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, it's a lot more fast-paced and hectic. I think part of the reason for its creation was to pander to the Halo 3 crowd. Gary King (talk) 22:07, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
I'll never be able to keep up with modern day shooters...maybe due to my lack of skills. Good ol' Halo 2 for me, I think. dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 10:35, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Facebook

I saw your request, and I'll be glad to look at it, but probably tomorrow night. I'm on the road and working a horse show, so tonight's limited Wiki time was devoted to catching up on two days worth of FACs. Tomorrow I should be around enough to look at Facebook. Ealdgyth - Talk 02:45, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Cheers, thanks! I've also gone through the article and removed any unreliable sources I could find, so if you find anything, then I should smack myself on the forehead :) Everything on there should be reliable, but some may possibly be questionable by you and I will do my best to explain why I think it should be reliable. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 06:17, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: No need to tell people to sign their posts

I get your point, but the fact that they're newbies is the reason I do it. If they're new, telling them to sign begins to familiarise them with policy. And the chances are they'll come along later to ask something like:

How do you get your name after what you write?

So I'm just answering that kind of question in advance. I'm not saying you have to, and I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just giving my piece...... Dendodge.TalkHelp 10:06, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Justin Timberlake filmography

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The Killers

Thanks for being patient and stuff, cause I've given the Killers a GA review. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 02:28, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Alright, I'll get to it ASAP! Thanks! Gary King (talk) 06:14, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
You are welcome and you have another GA in your midst. And, I'll go with what you said about me being "bold". ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 22:38, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

FLC

Hi Gary. I'd rather you didn't strike my comments. It's not your place to decide whether I'm satisfied with your responses to my comments. Respond by all means, just don't strike other peoples' talk page contributions unless/until they indicate that's OK. Cheers --Dweller (talk) 12:21, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Alright, unstriked Gary King (talk) 17:50, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Tireless Contributor

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
So I think I count 10 lists at FLC, two articles at FAC, and six at GAN! I think you've broken Wikipedia. Keep it up! Drewcifer (talk) 18:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, but I've only just begun. Muahahaha... *evil laugh* Gary King (talk) 18:17, 2 May 2008 (UTC)


Your GA nomination of Scarborough, Ontario

The article Scarborough, Ontario you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. It hasn't failed because it's basically a good article, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Scarborough, Ontario for things needed to be addressed. SriMesh | talk 00:15, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you from Horologium

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed unanimously with the support of 100 editors. Your kindness is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Wizardman, Black Falcon and jc37 for nominating me. — Horologium
Response Gary King (talk) 03:33, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Scarborough Refs

I am using the archived newspaper records that are available through the Toronto Public Library website [12]. You need a library card to access the databases. All access is free.

To find recent articles, use "Find a Magazine or Newspaper". Enter "Toronto Star" or "The Globe and Mail". Choose a database from the list. You can get full text articles (no pictures). I have found articles are available for about 2 years. Prior to this there are just titles.

To find older articles, images of pages from the Toronto Star are available from 1894 - 2004; for the Globe and Mail it's from 1844 - 2003. To find these articles, click on the button labelled "Find Articles in Magazines and Newspapers". At the bottom of the page click on "List of Databases". Look for "Globe and Mail - Canada's Heritage from 1844" or "Toronto Star - Pages of the Past", both entries lead to the same place. Choose your newspaper. From there is a fairly easy to use search dialogue.

I have found both of these facilities useful for doing research on local history. Hope this helps. EncyclopediaUpdaticus (talk) 03:57, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Wow, very cool. I've got an appropriate library card so I can access it. I should begin to use these research databases more, although it'd be nice if they had a simpler interface akin to Google :) Gary King (talk) 04:03, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Scarborough Geography

I am doing some work on this section. I will be doing a minor rewrite soon. EncyclopediaUpdaticus (talk) 12:16, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

New Project

Myself and several other editors have been compiling a list of very active editors who would likely be available to help new editors in the event they have questions or concerns. As the list grew and the table became more detailed, it was determined that the best way to complete the table was to ask each potential candidate to fill in their own information, if they so desire. This list is sorted geographically in order to provide a better estimate as to whether the listed editor is likely to be active.

If you consider yourself a very active Wikipedian who is willing to help newcomers, please either complete your information in the table or add your entry. If you do not want to be on the list, either remove your name or just disregard this message and your entry will be removed within 48 hours. The table can be found at User:Useight/Highly Active, as it has yet to have been moved into the Wikipedia namespace. Thank you for your help. Useight (talk) 17:24, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Coldplay

Hi Gary. Sorry, I seriously didn't notice the comment there (and now that I see it, I don't understand how I could not have noticed it :). On the other hand, I disagree with the use of "are" in this context. As User 137.222.215.52 stated on the talk page discussion, "Coldplay is a band" but "Coldplay are splitting up" sounds to me like correct usage (at least in Australian usage, which I presume would be very similar to UK usage). Ronline ✉ 03:19, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Personally I don't know which way it should be, but after deciding to help improve the article, I would rather abide by the article's discussions of the past rather than doing things 'on my own'. So, if you disagree with this usage, please bring it up on the talk page. Also, similar British band articles use this same verbage, so I would rather not change it unless I decided to do so for other British band articles. Cheers. Gary King (talk) 03:22, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


Notability of Webcal (company)

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"As a matter of course"

a matter of course, as in, it happens every time, without consistently meaningful forethought. You might consider changing your "anti-vandalism" roll-back script to provide options beyond labeling well-intentioned and factually valid edits as "Vandalism" when reverting them. Or, if this is simply the way the recent-change patrol folks handle things now, you may wish to consider relaying that suggestion to the script maintainer(s). It's a tad unwelcoming, user talk page message aside.

72.75.232.127 (talk) 05:48, 5 May 2008 (UTC)


Thank you--that was very reasonable of you. I therefore move (more civilly, I suppose, as I should have been initially) to the question I should have asked in the first place: are you questioning the verifiability of my contribution, or the significance, or something else? The Sabres are, I posit, a significantly notable example of the dual-performance phenomenon, as a major professional sports franchise with a cross-border fanbase. (A large number of season ticket holders are Canadian, and Buffalo is a United States-Canada border city.) If it's a matter of verifiability, do you simply see the need for a citation that the practice is observed? Thanks.
72.75.232.127 (talk) 06:06, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
A reference would be appreciated, especially since I am working towards building the article to Featured Article status. Gary King (talk) 06:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Unfortunately, the Sabres don't have a page explicitly outlining the policy, but there's always, er, Youtube: video shows an example of the practice being observed at HSBC Arena prior to a game between two American teams during the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs. If you search YouTube, you'll find a number of other examples of the practice. 72.75.232.127 (talk) 06:38, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
I readded the information with a reference that I found. Gary King (talk) 06:48, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Periodical archives are a wonderful thing. I thank you for your effort. 72.75.232.127 (talk) 06:58, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Iron Man FAC

I always wait for the DVD, and I have other film articles to attend to. But in a couple of weeks, I will go to GAC. Alientraveller (talk) 08:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Sort template metadata

The template metadata that you have added is a very useful column. Could you sort the keys in it alphabetically, though, so that accessdate is always before publisher, etc.? This would make it easier to sift through a lot of links and see which ones are missing information, and it would make it easy to compare between two links. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 04:00, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I typically use the sort tables bookmarklet. I may add sorting in the future but the problem currently is how I layout the tables on the cached pages. — Dispenser 04:09, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
The bookmarklet kind of helps, in that it shows the links that have accessdate then publisher, and then publisher then accessdate, but it doesn't actually sort the lines in each cell. Gary King (talk) 04:11, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Ok, the parameters are now sorted. Before they were in whatever order they were inputted. Also fixed the archiveurl bug. You may want to also take a look at the Ajaxy script. — Dispenser 22:16, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

RE: the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Whoops. Looks like I was in the middle of reviewing it when you submitted your request (I edit conflicted with Laser Brain). In any case, I rarely do copyediting unless it's on a subject I'm knowledgeable about and have an interest in. BuddingJournalist 17:59, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Re:Deletion request

Done. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 23:27, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Nailed that one also. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 02:42, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

BS

The Original Barnstar
For the completion of 10000 edits at the time of the giving of this Barnstar, you deserve this.  Marlith (Talk)  23:58, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Timeline of the CFC Crisis

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Would like your opinion on GA review for White Mountain art

Hi there. I'm new to GA review, but I guess I know how to pick 'em. For my 5th review I chose White Mountain art. You may have seen the comments on the GAN talk page. The review has been rather confusing. I wrote a review, but neglected to check to see that it was still nominated. Although I found what I considered to be multiple issues with MOS, OR and POV, it had been passed by another editor, User:Jack Bethune. User:Malleus Fatuarum delisted it and I posted my comments on the talk page and put the article on hold. Jack Bethune, in turn, took my suggestions and recommended, disagreed with, or advised the principal author to disregard my comments. The principal author, User:JohnJHenderson is now understandably confused. So I'm asking for experienced GA reviewers to look at the article and the talk page and offer some kind of consensus as to what he should do to bring it to GA. I appreciate anything you can do. Thanks. --Moni3 (talk) 01:17, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Prose size script

Hi, The script seems to be working OK for me. It's possible something was just timing out when you tried earlier. Is it working for you now? If not, was it one particular article which gave this error, or did you get the same behaviour on all articles? I notice you added a number of other scripts around the same time, maybe there is a conflict with one of them. Dr pda (talk) 01:27, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

The problem is still happens, no matter what article. I will check for conflicting scripts. Gary King (talk) 01:29, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
I removed all scripts except for this one, and the problem still occurs. Gary King (talk) 01:31, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
That's strange. It still works for me, and User:SandyGeorgia just left a message on my talk page to say it is working fine for her as well. I presume you refreshed your monobook.js after removing the other scripts, so I guess that wouldn't help. Do you get any output from the script at all? Are there any error messages in the javascript error console in your browser? Which browser are you using? Looking at the code there are two places where the script makes an XMLHttpRequest to load another page in the background; if this fails it generates the error message you are getting. The word "Forbidden" corresponds the HTTP 403 error. Maybe there's something up with your javascript settings (though if you were already using scripts successfully I wouldn't imagine so). I've tried expanding the error message to show the url of the page it can't load, and also added a missing second argument to one of the functions (which doesn't seem to have been affecting anything). Do you get anything different now? Dr pda (talk) 02:10, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm getting the 403 on "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=<span_class="editsection">[<a_href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Death_Cab_for_Cutie&action=edit&section=0"_title="Edit_lead_section">edit</a>]</span>Death_Cab_for_Cutie&fulltext=Search" (I decoded the URL - it is obviously not a URL, though, so no wonder it would give an error), for the Death Cab for Cutie article. The statistics still appear at the top of the article. The problem is because I have Add an [edit] link for the lead section of a page enabled in my preferences. Could you please fix the script so it works with this option enabled? Gary King (talk) 02:23, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
It works fine for me on that article. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:46, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Yep, but I've narrowed it down to that one preference. If you've got it enabled, then something else is wrong; otherwise, it's definitely that preference. It's disabled by default, so I will assume that most users of the script don't have it enabled. When I turned the preference off, the script worked without errors, also. Gary King (talk) 02:47, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

OK it should be fixed now. The reason for the error was that the script was taking the title of the article from within the first <h1> tag, i.e. the bold title at the start of the article. (I was using this rather than the url from the address bar to handle redirects properly). Apparently the edit-link gadget puts the html code for the edit link inside this h1 tag, so it was getting into the url used by the script. I've corrected this by using an already-defined global variable for the name of the page instead. Dr pda (talk) 02:55, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Perfect, no error Gary King (talk) 03:00, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Music samples

Noticed your comment at Talk:Death_Cab_for_Cutie#Furthermore - if you can get hold of Audacity, all you need to do is get an MP3 (or whatever), put it into Audacity, crop it to about 30 (relevant) seconds, and convert to Ogg format. Then upload, and you can use User:Giggy/Audio for a full summary of the file, etc. (Though you might want to make your own version using your name, etc.)

Hope this helps...cheers, dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 08:52, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Cool, I'll do that. I'm familiar with Audacity and such, but hate dealing with media files when I don't have to (that includes images, audio, and video); I'm a programmer, so text is my weapon of choice. That's a useful template; I've edited it per your request on the template. Gary King (talk) 16:04, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Japanese characters

A pet irritation of mine. Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Video_games/Article_guidelines#Japanese_characters_are_totally_inappropriate TONY (talk) 15:54, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough, but I don't want to be involved in this. I guess I'm glad I brought attention to this, but it's not something I would like to worry about either way. Gary King (talk) 16:10, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Chewie

Hey Gary, don't, whatever you do, take it personally. You're in the right place at the wrong time. Two months ago you'd have been sitting pretty with, no doubt, 20 or 30 FL's to your name. Just because you have a bunch of FLCs out for review then yours will most likely attract attention. Stick with it. I think there's going to be a bit more pain before we all get used to the more stringent approach. It's good, in the long run. I promise! Drop me a line if you want to talk it over more. Best, The Rambling Man (talk) 16:24, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

I guess I chose the most cataclysmic time to be active on Wikipedia. I've encountered every major and stringent reviewer at FAC, FLC, and GAN already. When I review FACs that are a few months old, they have three supports and then they're out of there. Yikes! Gary King (talk) 16:32, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of anthems by country

If I were you, I'd request the FLC reopened. --Dweller (talk) 16:28, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Maybe later; I've got a few more open that are going to fail first :) Gary King (talk) 16:32, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Request for assistance

Hello there. At the moment, I am working on the Unreal Tournament article (want to get it to GA, then FA). So far, I have added a "Reception" section, and a new System Requirements table. Bits of the new re-written article are lingering in my sandbox at User:Wackymacs/Sandbox2- None of the new Gameplay section has been implemented yet. My goal is to get rid of the weapons/game types/special features lists, and then convert those to prose. I would most appreciate it if you could collaborate with me on this. Thanks! — Wackymacs (talk) 16:55, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't play that game, so I most likely won't be very helpful. Also, it looks like that article certainly does need all the help it can get. Gary King (talk) 16:58, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

FAR

You might want to see this, as your Zelda FT will be sunk if it goes through. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 23:38, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Alright, I will take a look, although two of the articles in the topic are currently at FAC so the topic should be extra safe soon. Also, I just got Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare promoted to FA today. Gary King (talk) 01:07, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Good job on the FA. For the topic, if any component is not at GA or FA status, then it's grounds for the topic to be removed. That's why this is an issue, not necessarily falling under the FA minimum. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 01:12, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Ah right, it would drop down to B-class, I forgot. I'll get right on it. There are quite a few fires to put out for these topics. Gary King (talk) 01:14, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Scarborough, Ontario

Another editor has added some additional comments to the Scarborough, Ontario article. Kind Regards SriMesh | talk 00:33, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I will follow through with those notes. Gary King (talk) 01:12, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Bot handling of co-noms

Gary - You asked

By the way, how does your bot know if a co-nom is present or not in a nomination? For instance, would this be picked up?

WP:WBFAN, and now WP:WBFLN, are directly generated from a set of by-year lists, like WP:FA2008. Multiple noms are indicated in the by-year lists using "&", there have been plenty of these in 2008. The bot reads the contents of the by-year lists and regenerates the entire WBFAN page every day (from scratch) according to whatever the by-year lists say. Before regenerating WBFLN the bot automatically (with no supervision) generates new entries in the by-year list identifying the (single) user who created the nom file as the nominator (now ignoring GimmeBot), so multiple noms for FLs have to be manually edited into the by-year list. For WBFAN I run this task of the bot manually assisted - it proposes at most two nominators (from the first two links to user pages in the nom file) and I look at the nom file and either take the suggested noms or override the bot's choice. In the case you mention I would (probably) notice and override the bot's suggestion. If not, the fix is to simply edit the by-year list. The main point of the by-year lists is to provide the raw data in an easily machine parsable form (the nom files themselves are way too numerous and way too irregular). -- Rick Block (talk) 01:10, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah, so there is still a lot of human intervention required. I gotcha now. Gary King (talk) 01:13, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism?

Did you bother to look at the website link to Mistress Didi's site? Fetish Educator - the entire point is to lift the banal, uptight, irresponsible impression of fetish realities that cause extremely limited people to CENSOR knowledge from the masses - like you've done.

Learn something before you dare to pontificate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Glamourdomme (talk • contribs) 05:28, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Please do not link to external sites for the sole reason of advertising it, especially in a disambiguation page. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 05:32, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Now, why didn't you just say that instead of accusing me of vandalizing? I forgive you because I understand that most people think ill of others because of what they would do themselves in the situation. I checked Mistress Didi's links and found a better page that is about education and not her events. That is the reason I placed her on the Didi page in the first place - to educate the limited masses. Now, I am going to add her site again and use the page that is about Classic Fetish to assist those who are not afraid to explore what life has to offer. Glamourdomme (talk) 05:50, 7 May 2008 (UTC)GlamourDomme

Okay, but I should warn you that someone else will remove it, then. Gary King (talk) 05:56, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

The situation was properly explained

Take a look at how well the situation was "dealt" with - a simple explanation without rude insinuations. Learn from that. Glamourdomme (talk) 06:00, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough, but it still seems like the initial reason to add the link to the page was to advertise it. Gary King (talk) 06:04, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

See also punc

I've added to your comment - I don't want to revert the edit in case I've missed something. Give it a day or two. Good news is this template is only transcluded so if we remove the full stop, tens of thousands of articles will simply be fixed. In other words, don't panic! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:42, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

I know; I just cringe whenever I see the full stop because I use {{see also}} a lot! Gary King (talk) 16:51, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Understood.. I guess, perhaps, the editor in question didn't really dig your simple link. Hopefully my expanded explanation should get the ball rolling. Eyes peeled... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:55, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Yeah; I don't think you can deny that my writing skills have improved significantly over the past few weeks (starting with 2 failed FACs because I didn't know what the heck I was doing), and especially since I started editing massively (around February, but I was a member for 3 years but didn't care much for the community at that time.) I've reached the point where tiny full stops bother me. I can't help myself! Gah. Gary King (talk) 17:10, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Cool. Punctuation issue resolved. As for the template merger, well I guess TfD is the right place since one would be enhanced and the other deleted... Not the world's biggest template expert I'm afraid! The Rambling Man (talk) 06:39, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Oh, and I'll be off-wiki for your birthday, so have a good one! The Rambling Man (talk) 07:17, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! Gary King (talk) 07:22, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Punctuation

Template_talk:See_also#Punctuation Gary King (talk) 19:24, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

I would agree with Gary, it's not a complete sentence so it doesn't need a full stop/period/whatever you want to call it. Per WP:MOS, "See also: X, Y and Z" is a nominal group and doesn't require the punctuation. Can you revert your own change, or, at least, discuss it first? I would imagine that template is used in tens of thousands of articles... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:41, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry, my eyes missed this section altogether. I'm happy to undo my change, and have done so. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 21:40, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Cheers, thanks! Gary King (talk) 21:41, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Iron Man and images

Yeah, because we cannot actually say that something is "comprehensive" in the film market when we know that most DVDs contain lots of behind the scenes information. It's a major resource that shouldn't be ignored. As for images, I don't know what to suggest. The Friday the 13th franchise page has a single image and that's because it is truly relevant. We cannot have images on a page without the critical commentary to back them up. Where exactly are people suggesting the use of film images? The only differences between Halloween and F13 is that F13 has that image in the lead (which would be great to have for Halloween if Dimension would get off their asses and release a box set of the films, so that we could actually have an image that represents the whole series). Other than that, and the one image in the development section, the other major difference is the use of quote boxes. Quote boxes help to dress up a page, and we could probably use some more in the Halloween article, but that probably won't come till we expand it further.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 02:37, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Alright, sounds good. Gary King (talk) 02:57, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Facebook group for Stefanie Rengel.png)

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Orange Box FT?

Have you thought about using the commentary tracks in each of the games (apart from HL2-proper) to add some development info? I could give you a hand if I'm not too busy. Sceptre (talk) 14:56, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm holding off on a Orange Box FT for now; I've got other articles to work on that I think I should build up first. Gary King (talk) 15:58, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Hey

Congrats on getting Coldplay's article to GA. ;) Do you think it might have a chance of passing as an FA? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 19:11, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Not yet as it is now. It still needs more work. Gary King (talk) 19:11, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Hmmm. What type of work, though? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 19:17, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Not sure yet, I will take a second look later. I'm currently working on a few video game articles for FA. Gary King (talk) 19:20, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Alright and that's cool. If your not busy, can you give me some pointers on what Poison Ivy's, Batman villain, needs to have/do to be a GA? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 19:22, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm not too sure since I've never worked on a fictional biography, or a biography at all, actually. But, the lead seems a bit short, a few paragraphs are uncited, and a few references need to be formatted. Gary King (talk) 19:24, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I've been working on adding refs. and stuff. But, I'll try to see if I can expand the lead and stuff. Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 19:26, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

CoD 4

Congratulations on getting CoD 4 to FA status, a monumental task considering the state the article was in a few weeks ago. Watching the progress of the nomination has benefitted me as well, since I can look to CoD 4 as an example whenever I attempt to nominate another article I've been periodically working on. Good luck on any other articles you try to bring to FA! -- Comandante {Talk} 19:31, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm also using the article as a basis for other video game articles that I am working on. Gary King (talk) 19:49, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Template:Resolved comments

I changed it back because if it wasn't caps like the original way, it messed up the template on the pages it's already been used on. That test you did fixed it, though, so it's good now. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 00:48, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Alright, sounds good. Sorry if the message I posted on your talk page seemed a bit biting. I read it afterwards and it seemed that way, but I had no intention of that. Gary King (talk) 00:51, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Birthday wishes

Hi Gary, happy birthday! I hope it's a good one. PeterSymonds | talk 04:22, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Although I don't want any of the responsibility that comes with the territory :( Gary King (talk) 04:26, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

RE:WP:RFPP

Actually I'm just about to get off. Painted my garage yesterday and today, I'm too tired for Wikipedia :) Oh yeah, Happy Birthday! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 06:21, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Anyways, User:Tiptoety is around, so he should be able to catch up :p Gary King (talk) 06:21, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Yeah he's a good one, good luck! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 06:23, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

how to make quick cash for kids

you are considering deleting my frst wikipedia page because it looks like an essay and i can tell you that it is not and i would appreciate it if you didn't delete my page. Many thanks

Al4kber —Preceding unsigned comment added by Al4kber (talk • contribs) 07:21, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't mean to discourage your contributions to Wikipedia. The article was unfortunately deleted, though. Gary King (talk) 07:31, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Facebook

That's totally fine, it's not a great image to begin with, and I only uploaded it because I thought there was no image available (check Commons, mine is the only one in the Category). So not a big deal at all. Thanks for the heads up, VanTucky 07:47, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for the heads up. I've added the category to it now. commons:Category:Facebook. Gary King (talk) 07:50, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Republigay

Hi Gary- How is the term "vandalism"? There is nothing pejorative about being gay. or a republican. But being called a vandal is. Please remove that characterization. And happy birthday. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JD222 (talk • contribs) 16:34, 10 May 2008 (UTC) --JD222 (talk) 16:39, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

I agree that it is not supposed to be offensive, but the fact is the term is used in a manner meant to offend in many cases. I also said on your Talk page that it was not a constructive edit. Cheers! Gary King (talk) 16:58, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
I respectfully disagree; the same could be said of the term "liberal" -- that it is used negatively against those it describes -- which is why liberals now prefer the term "progressive." Nevertheless, that does not mean "liberal" is no longer a legitimate descriptor for a certain class of people. Thank you for removing the "vandal" charge. --JD222 (talk) 18:44, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Alright, fair enough. Cheers. Gary King (talk) 18:48, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday mate, great work on your recent GAs and FLs. Sunderland06 (talk) 17:46, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Gary King (talk) 17:48, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, exceptional work. Have a great birthday, you deserve it. Qst (talk 18:11, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Cheers, thanks! Gary King (talk) 18:22, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
H.B.Unschool (talk) 20:20, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Economics

You seem to be right about WikiProject Economics being inactive. I'm completely new to the project, but I'm interested in taking an active role getting it back up and functional again. I like to think I know what I'm doing, but this is my first WikiProject. You seem to be rather active in the project, so if you see me doing anything wrong don't hesitate to let me know. I don't expect you to be a mentor or anything, but as someone who's worked with WikiProject Economics, you're much more experienced than I am. I'll invoke WP:BOLD to the best of my abilities. Thanks in advance, and happy birthday :). -FrankTobia (talk) 19:14, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Sounds good. I've posted at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Economics#Inactive WikiProject; hopefully we can start a dialog that involves more participants in the project. Gary King (talk) 20:06, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Happy birthday. Hopefully we can spruce up some economics articles. Out of curiosity, what's your background in it? Also, I was glancing at your PHP contributions and I noticed that you tend to make dozens of small edits at the same time. Sorry to be blunt, but that's kind of a pet peeve of mine. It makes it harder to look through the history of the page and judge what you're doing when you spread edits out like that. Could you try to compress your edits, especially if we're going to be working together? ImperfectlyInformed | {talk - contribs} 21:35, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Alright, I'll do that. It's a habit of mine, and one that has been brought to my attention before. I don't have any professional education in economics other than a strong desire to learn more about it. I'm a computer scientist by training. Gary King (talk) 21:37, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: AWB

I have AWB, but I havn't found anything to use it for yet. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 21:40, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

And I can't really change the pages it's used on, as most of them are archived FACs and FLCs which shoulnd't be touched after being closed. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 21:42, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't know if that's possible. The closed FC nominations state: Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page. What if we left the current template as it is, and then started a new one with a slightly different name? Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 21:46, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Alright, that's easy enough. Also, that test you did gave everything your signature, so I don't know how to make it work correctly. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 21:51, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Personally, that would be the easiest way, but again, we still won't have the timestamp. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 21:56, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

WBFTN

Based on the current contents of the by-year lists (I've populated the 2006 and 2007 lists), the bot would make the table at WP:WBFTN look like this:

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Gary King ★ ★ ★
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Collectonian ★
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Woody ★
Zscout370 ★

I'll get approval for the bot to update both WBFTN and the by-year list - and I'll change "nomination" to "promotion". -- Rick Block (talk) 22:11, 10 May 2008 (UTC) -- Rick Block (talk) 22:11, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Star Wars Episodes appears twice for me. Gary King (talk) 03:43, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
The October 2006 log file linked to your 2008 nom rather than tbc's nom. If there are any other topics that have been de-featured and renomed that you can think of you might want to check those as well. -- Rick Block (talk) 03:51, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
From memory I think that's the only topic that was renominated. Gary King (talk) 03:52, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

COOKIE MONSTeR

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WP:LOTM

Congratulations on your recent WP:FL. In case you do not know, we are running an experiment to choose the List of the Month and Lists of the Day for June. Feel free to nominate your list at User:TonyTheTiger/List of the Day/Nominees/200807 for consideration next month to be the July LOTM or a LOTD. If you would like to support this experiment the most important thing you can do is come by and vote at User:TonyTheTiger/List of the Day/voting/200806. My talk page is always open.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 05:05, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Review

Eek, my big mistake then. From the RfA:

"He then starts running an unauthorized bot to do categorization automatically even though just about every page regarding categorization states unequivocally that bots should never be used for categorization (and of course, simple common sense would dictate that automatic categorization of uncategorized pages is a recipe for disaster). Unsurprisingly, disaster follows. He is told to stop [7] many times [8] and denies using a bot [9], which actually requires quite a bit of gall given that he was categorizing uncategorized articles at a rate of around 6 a minute [10]. Despite the warnings, he actually continued until this was taken to ANI where he again denied that this was a bot and defended his work, rather than say plainly: I goofed real bad [11]. He did run another bot (just as unauthorized, but hey, at that stage we're probably past caring) to undo the categorization."

I'm sorry. I misread "I goofed real bad" as something that you had said, and not a phrase that was never said. :( PeterSymonds | talk 06:14, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

No problem, but again, it was really painful when I was reading your review (which was very glowing) and then came upon that — as the last item, no less. If it makes anyone feel better, I would be happy to deliver the code I used for that incident, but personally, I wish I could put that behind me. If you check my history on Wikipedia, I did nothing productive until after that event; I would consider the promotion of my first Featured list to be the real beginning of my Wikipedia career. Gary King (talk) 06:16, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
I know, and I'm truly sorry; I feel terrible about it. I've struck the comments; as you say, they weren't even true. My suggestion is that you note your Wiki beginnings at your first FL in your next nomination, in case that incident garners opposes as it did last time. A solid history of non-automated actions is clear, so I shouldn't think you have too much to worry about. Anyway, very, very sorry again. PeterSymonds | talk 06:27, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
I don't think that incident had too many opposes on the last RFA, but I will mention something along the lines that I was really interested in contributing to Wikipedia after that first FLC; the biggest issue was brought up by Pedro, who mentioned that I made submissions too quickly to AIV, and I completely agree. I'd like to also mention that everyone at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of autonomous areas by country were really friendly to me at my first FLC and I have ended up being familiar with those users — you were the first person to ever criticize my work on Wikipedia! (I just realized that I had a bunch of unsuccessful nominations before then... but still. It was a very fun FLC!) Before that FLC, if you check my contributions, the vast majority of them were adding categories to articles because I didn't know what other way I could help contribute to Wikipedia and I was completely oblivious to the fact that there was a lot of things going on that were deeper than the very top layer. Gary King (talk) 06:33, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Tehe, well, it's certainly nothing personal; I've had more friendly dealings with you than anyone here. I consider all criticism to be constructive and in the best interests of both Wikipedia and the editor. So when I get it wrong on such a large scale (by only misreading a sentence; didn't realise how easy it was!) then I naturally feel guilty. I hope there are no hard feelings. Best, PeterSymonds | talk 06:40, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
No, no! I didn't mean to make you feel bad from my last comment; I was just saying that I still seem to keep in contact with a lot of people from my first FLC, especially even after branching off to FAC and GA and all that :) Gary King (talk) 06:42, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

(outdent) Yes, haha, I was thinking that when I bump into you in completely unrelated places! But with over 30 000 edits I'm hardly surprised!! ;) PeterSymonds | talk 06:53, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

review (2)

Thanks for your note. I'll give it a try. It'll be a while though.14:43, 11 May 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dlohcierekim (talk • contribs)

Alright, no problem. Please take your time, I don't want a rushed review. Gary King (talk) 04:18, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Half-Life 2: Episode One

I think the time has come for another run at FAC. However, as an experienced editor on that particular article, I was wondering if you think its ready for another go? Your edits have brought the article to a far higher standard than it was at the last FAC. Qjuad (talk) 23:31, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Sure, we can have another go at it. Gary King (talk) 23:33, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Lets give it a whirl. Qjuad (talk) 23:48, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
If you submit it, I will co-nom it. Gary King (talk) 23:49, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Dead Link Checker error

I got this error when I hit 'Save changes':

<class 'wikipedia.NoPage'>: No textarea found
      args = ('No textarea found',)
      message = 'No textarea found'

Gary King (talk) 01:54, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Fixed Just me being stupid with javascript matching and not testing :-(. Quite a few changes to the JavaScript layer today. Still not as automated as I want, but its getting there. The cool new thing (as I always announce on this page for some reason) is integration with the reflinks.py script, so no longer do I have to merge the output of two scripts. But I'll have to talk to User:NicDumZ to add some feature to his script. — Dispenser 02:08, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Any chance it can be fixed? I've got a few articles that are in desperate need of it. Gary King (talk) 02:11, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, if I didn't make that clear. You may need to clear the browser cache (Crtl-Shift-R on the Toolsever page) — Dispenser 02:17, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Yep, it works great again. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 04:17, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Episode One and such

Seriously, how do you put up with me? :) --Laser brain (talk) 04:04, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

One day, I will write articles so well that it will put you out of business! That's my goal, anyways :D Gary King (talk) 04:17, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Nebraska Section

Nebraska is part of Archbald. East Jermyn is referred to as the lane which includes Nebraska I suppose. Ch8ch (talk) 04:05, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

I think I applied that tag incorrectly. This incident happened nearly three months ago, but still, sorry if I did misapply it. Gary King (talk) 04:08, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Scarborough

OK, I've done some more work on Scarborough, Ontario. I added new sections on Education and Governance and added new subsections to Geography and Infrastructure. I've also done some work on History although this needs further work (I need to visit the library tomorrow). I've also revised some of the wording in Arts and Culture. I haven't addressed all the concerns of Dr. Cash (talk) but I think I'm closing in.

If you have some time perhaps you could do some proofreading (don't worry about the ref formats, I plan to harmonize those later). EncyclopediaUpdaticus (talk) 23:02, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

It looks great. I will go through it and see what I can do to improve it. I don't mind formatting the references because unformatted reference are a pet peeve of mine, and it doesn't take me long to format them. I'll probably learn a few things after reading it, too. Great job! Gary King (talk) 23:06, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
The Fenco MacLaren reference is a consultant's [13] report commissioned by the TRCA. I don't know what template to use. EncyclopediaUpdaticus (talk) 00:54, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
You misconstrued my comment. The reference refers to the report, not the company. I only provided a link for your own use to prove that it came from a reliable source. The report itself is not online. I used the cite book template as that seems to be the closest thing. EncyclopediaUpdaticus (talk) 04:12, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Alright, my apologies. Thanks for fixing it. Gary King (talk) 04:13, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

What's the difference between a good article and a featured article? EncyclopediaUpdaticus (talk) 11:12, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Generally speaking, a Good Article requires only one reviewer to pass it; a Featured Article requires consensus among several reviewers to pass it. It is more difficult to pass. Gary King (talk) 14:51, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Just to say hai

Tinucherian 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 or a possibly new friend. Cheers, and happy editing!
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Thanks! Gary King (talk) 14:50, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Canada Day

That is a good idea. I don't know how much time I'll have but I will certainly put some effort in. Cheers! DoubleBlue (Talk) 16:07, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Alright, I will start working on it later on today then. Please put the page on your watchlist. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 16:08, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Input at Wikipedia:WikiProject Economics/Featured Article drive

Thanks for notification, but I've already voted. Of course, if some other article is selected for FA drive, I will still do what I can to improve it. -- Vision Thing -- 21:00, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Re:AIV

Yep, you can, and I'm sure a lot of administrators (including me :p) would be quite happy if you did do that. You can also leave comments using {{AIV}}, which gives a nice heads up to whatever administrator is going over the page. I would leave comments most of the time, and the only cases I would remove would be a stale report (one hour plus, around an hour for IPs, a bit longer for useres) or absolutely no recent warnings. In all though, clerking there would be a very helpful task you could get involved in. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 23:04, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Hi Gary, I wanted to say thank you for supporting my request for adminship, which passed with 100 supports, 0 opposes and 1 neutral. I wanted to get round everybody individually, even though it's considered by some to be spam (which... I suppose it is! but anyway. :)). It means a lot to me that the community has placed its trust in my ability to use the extra buttons, and I only hope I can live up to its expectations. If you need anything, or notice something that bothers you, don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks again, PeterSymonds | talk 23:04, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Oops! I was making extra sure I tried not to do that...! I've corrected it; hopefully they won't notice... Thanks, PeterSymonds | talk 07:03, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Detroit Red Wings head coaches

Y Done « Milk's Favorite Cookie ( talk / contribs) 00:49, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry - done. « Milk's Favorite Cookie ( talk / contribs) 00:55, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Once more. (Done) « Milk's Favorite Cookie ( talk / contribs) 01:12, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Nishkid took care of the List of New England Patriots head coaches comments. « Milk's Favorite Cookie ( talk / contribs) 01:19, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Review

I've taken the liberty of adding some questions. Cheers, Dlohcierekim's sock (talk) 04:29, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I will take a look at them! Gary King (talk) 06:38, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Episode: One

Thanks for the note. It wasn't my intention to leave you hanging with the nom - unfortunately, as with last time, all the free time I thought I'd have available has been taken away by a number of issues, but I intend to give the article a seeing to this week. Thanks for your help! Qjuad (talk) 09:24, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Flooding of Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock history

If you take a look at the History page for Guitar Hero III. Most of the edits were found by you in large numberts, you need to break down several edits and make them giant edits,, not several and you need to hit the preview button (next to the "save page" button) if you're not sure what edit will take effect of what you did and see how it looks. Keep in mind not to flood by continous minor edits and to make bigger edits next time if you are going to contribe that widely...thankyou.... YaBoiKrakerz

Fair enough, although I was working on formatting references during those edits so I wanted to see how they looked in the references section; previewing would not work when only working in a section. Gary King (talk) 00:43, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Actually previewing does work in a section,, I would also like to say that I noticed you linked the word "Activision" several times Wikipedia only needs a word that is to be linked to another article only once, when the word comes up again and again, it is to be left alone. YaBoiKrakerz

I mean, when I preview a section, I can't see how the references look when formatted. If you are talking about "Activision" in the article's body, it is only linked twice or three times, I believe. Gary King (talk) 00:50, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

It only needs to be linked once and only once throughout the rest of the article. YaBoiKrakerz

Feel free to unlink the ones that should be linked, then. I don't think this is such a major issue. Also, if it is linked in the lead, it should still be linked at least once in the body. There is no hard-and-fast rule as to how many times you should link it; just don't overlink it, but if you are using it in fair amounts in two sections that are far from each other on the page, I see no reason why you couldn't link it once in each section. I have done it before, and suggestions have also been given in FACs to follow this practice when it is a convenience for readers. Gary King (talk) 00:54, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

It's not a big issue, it's just what Wikipedia does, frankly I think it's stupid, LOL. YaBoiKrakerz

Yeah, it's important to balance overlinking with not linking enough for convenience. Gary King (talk) 20:44, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

EconProject FA

Yea, oops. I should have RTFM first, but I tried to undo my vote. I think everyone made the right choice :) Bsdlite (talk) 20:48, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Scarborough

Gary,

nice job with the Scarborough article. I think you have added immeasurably to the professionalism. However the crime story with Scarborough is as most of us know out of whack with reality.

http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/publications/files/reports/2006statsreport.pdf

here is a link for the official police stats. Homicides in Scarborough is 27% of the total, Scarborough is nearly 27% of the population. The land area is north of 30% of the city. Much of the crime bashing is based on the culture of reporting, which until very recently, led off with 'shooting in Scarborough' . The media now referecnes intersections for Scarborough now.

Those of us who live here understand Scarborugh is not utopia. But by no stretch is it much differnt than the rest of the city.

If using the 2007 stats, there were I believe three domestic situations involving mutltiple homicides. As well the referenced 35 number is wrong. You should check the star website, or wait for the police referencing to come out.

Regards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Idyllic (talk • contribs)

Alright thanks, I will take a look. Gary King (talk) 20:53, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Scarborough (2)

I've updated some information to prove my point about using one year.

Unfortunately i'm a dinosaur when it comes to footnoting the reference. Pleae bear with me, i will attempt to learn to do this in the next day.

thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Idyllic (talk • contribs) 21:11, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

one other item...

please pass on my regards to encyclopediawhatis (the dude editing Scarborough)...outstanding job by both of you. This article has gone from amateur hour to a very good read. Congratulations to you both. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Idyllic (talk • contribs) 21:14, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

I have formatted the references you added. Also, you should probably talk to EncyclopediaUpdaticus (talk · contribs) for future collaboration on the article because he is more involved with the article than I am right now. Gary King (talk) 21:17, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Good job!

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Thank you for what you have done here at Wikipedia!

Thanks! Gary King (talk) 15:04, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Crash Bandicoot topic

In response to your statement over me making a Crash Bandicoot featured topic, I'd like to say I never had any intention of creating the topic just yet. I am perfectly aware of the rules for such action, so I probably should've reworded my peer review request better. Sorry for the inconvenience. Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 00:54, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

I have no idea what you are talking about. I am talking about your addition of an article to the Zelda FT. Gary King (talk) 00:59, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Oh. That. Uh, sorry about that. I was thinking about something else. Never mind. Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 01:18, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

List of navigational stars

Gary, you had originally opposed the FLC nomination of Navigational stars due to issues with the lead prose that you pointed out in Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/Navigational_stars. I have now made all the requested changes and was wondering if you could please give it another quick review? Thanks! I'm also presently working together with User:Haus to add 2 more graphical star charts to make the article even more useful. Alexander Falk (talk) 03:08, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Okay I will take a look. Gary King (talk) 03:09, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Laser

Semi'd for 2 days. And also, being linked to by Google really isn't a rationale for protection. Pretty much every article here is so. bibliomaniac15 03:21, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Uh, the article is linked to from Google's logo, not a search term or anything like that. Gary King (talk) 03:22, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
It's not working for me... bibliomaniac15 03:23, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Logo is at here. It's today's logo. Gary King (talk) 03:24, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
When I go to the Google home page, it's just the traditional Google logo and the search box. bibliomaniac15 03:25, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Unlucky you then :p Gary King (talk) 03:26, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU

Sure, I can add you to the Eastern Time zone. I'll get that done in a couple of minutes. And the status thing updates itself. It took me a while to figure out a way to have the status update via SoxBot V (which just recently got approved), but I finally got it. You don't have to worry about a thing. Useight (talk) 04:04, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

I suppose it could be thought of like that. The bot checks if you've made an edit within the last 15 minutes and if so, ensures that your status is "online." You don't have to be on the list if you don't want. Useight (talk) 04:07, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Please also add checkmarks for the areas in which you are most comfortable and experienced. Useight (talk) 04:31, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

editing

Gary,

how do I add footnotes when adding a link? Instead of just having the link at the end of the notation, see Crime in the Scarborough page.

I would like to start adding more meaningful contribution as per outstanding issues needed to flesh the article out.

Any direction to help me would be greatly appreciated.

Regards, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Idyllic (talk • contribs) 12:16, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Everything you need to know can be found at WP:CIT. You can also take a look at other footnotes and copy and paste them, but be sure to remove the values that are already there. Gary King (talk) 14:38, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

FA

Hey, do you want to try and get Uma Thurman's article to FA? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:14, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Damn, you certainly are jumping all over the place with regards to FAs! Uma is a better-than-average actress, but not one of my favorites, so I'll probably pass on that one. Gary King (talk) 00:24, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Well, unlike you, I don't have an FA to my resumé, just GA's and an FL. But, that's cool, I understand. I did, however, nominate Brad Pitt's article for GA and if it passes, hopefully, would you like to get that one to FA or do despise him too? ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:47, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Well, you're right that I've got an FA or too, but they also made me realize how much work is required to do that. That's why I'm limiting the number of articles that I work on simultaneously to FA, and that's basically why I only work on things that really interest me now. The only film I like with Uma Thurman is Pulp Fiction. Brad Pitt is okay, but not one of my favorites, also. If I were to work on an actor's article, it would probably be Christian Bale (I love Batman Begins and The Dark Knight looks amazing). Gary King (talk) 00:50, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Again, I understand. OMG, what a coincidence, I also happen to like Batman and Christian Bale, but I'll leave that for you to do. And, I know its late, but Happy Late B-Day. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:56, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! Gary King (talk) 00:57, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Yeah. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:01, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

BOO!!!

Have a nice day. :D. --Realist2 ('Come Speak To Me') 03:28, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Uh. Okay :O Gary King (talk) 03:41, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry im in a good mood lol. Realist2 ('Come Speak To Me') 03:48, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Ah okay, I'm happy for you then :p Now I'm in a good mood. It's all your fault! >:| Gary King (talk) 03:49, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Philadelphia Eagles head coaches

Y Done with all your comments here. Thanks, « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie ( talk / contribs) 18:42, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah...

Hope I didn't harass you with those rampant Guitar Hero III clean-up complaints, to tell you the truth, I think your edits are good. YaBoiKrakerz

No problem Gary King (talk) 23:16, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Question about Edit

I saw on other pages that were linked by google, that they added in the "High Traffic Option", curious why you deleted it. (Nevermind, just saw you moved it) Danbopes (talk) 05:18, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

I have no idea what you are talking about. I added a conditional to the template that should do something that does not affect pages that are already transcluding the template. Gary King (talk) 05:29, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Please consider using the "Show preview" button

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your edit(s) to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thank you. 46 edits in a row All the best, Michael Bednarek (talk) 07:08, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

I do; in fact, a lot of the edits are not minor by any means at all. It's just that no one has edited within the period that I did, so it looks like one big stream of edits :) I do take breaks, though! Gary King (talk) 19:02, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Free images

Yes, basically there is obviously more latitude on using free images in an article. If, however, you are looking at an article going for FAC, then my rule of thumb is always to look at images as if they are non-free, i.e. are they actually improving the reader's understanding of the article, or are they merely there to make it look nice. You're unlikely to get an oppose at FAC unless you're wildly overusing free images, but to be honest too many images in an article can degrade it as much as underuse, because they distract the reader from the important part, which is the text itself. Black Kite 17:51, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Yep, that's what I figured. I'm working on a few historical biographies so this is what I've been basing my reasoning on. Thanks. Gary King (talk) 19:01, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Directors

I got a good one. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 20:02, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Templates

It might have been considerate to ask me if I wanted to use harvard referencing templates since I'm the one working on the article, don't you think? --Laser brain (talk) 14:59, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry. I'm acting on WP:BOLD. Feel free to revert it. Gary King (talk) 15:00, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

WP:LOTM

List of countries without armed forces has been elected WP:LOTM for the month of June. It will also be listed as List of the Day twice during the month. Let me know if you have any days which are more preferable for it to be the LOTD.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:36, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

TFA reform

Hi, I’ve just made a comment on possible reform of the TFA system on Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article. Since you seem to be engaged in this issue I’d appreciate if you had a look and perhaps weighed in. Cheers! Lampman Talk to me! 16:05, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Halloween

I saw. Good, it's good to finally get some criticism. Sorry if it takes me longer to respond to messages, but I'm working full time and doing a full time internship on top of that, so my time at home is limited.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 02:56, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Paying

Sorry I have not responded for a long time, I'm looking to pay someone because I'm not having any luck posting on the site. If you are interested, please email me at msiegel@marketforceinfo.com. I could really use some help. Thanks, Megan —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bella1233 (talk • contribs)

I don't understand. Gary King (talk) 20:29, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
She's trying to get an article on her own company put on Wikipedia and it keeps getting deleted as spam. :) --Laser brain (talk) 20:39, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Oh okay, in that case, I am honored to be one of the few who were chosen to take on this task. I've got a pretty high minimum quote, though... Gary King (talk) 20:42, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Question about References

GK, Why the UPPER CASE ON THE REFERENCES? I personally don't like, find it annoying and harder on my old eyes to read. There is also nothing about it in Wikipedia:Citing sources. Why do it? ~ WikiDon (talk) 05:14, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

I sometimes copy and paste the titles from the websites, and they are inconveniently in uppercase. Feel free to lowercase them. Gary King (talk) 14:13, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU

Sorry to bother you about this again, but you have yet to update your information at Highly Active Users. If you do not update your entry, it will be removed within 48 hours. Thanks. Useight (talk) 16:04, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
I have updated my entry and have added myself to the 'content' column. Gary King (talk) 01:59, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Dead Link Checker error

What's the timeout time for connections? It seems to be longer than usual for some reason. I feel like it's around 10 seconds? Gary King (talk) 18:34, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Its suppose to be 30 seconds, it may seem longer now that I've add a 0.5 second delay between each link. On the Firefox 3 search you should be able to get to the tool by typing checklink or to the collection by typing linkchecker. — Dispenser 21:36, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
30 seconds is quite a long time, in my opinion. If a website takes that long to load, then clearly something is wrong; but anyways, it seems to be working fine for me again. I was recently working on articles with 200 or more links, so the tool was really slow at one point. Gary King (talk) 01:59, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Peer review

If you have the time, comments at the peer review for List of Naruto characters would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 05:35, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I will take a look, but I am not really familiar with the subject matter. Gary King (talk) 02:00, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Toronto

Cool =) I've seen you around as well. Which part of Toronto? I'm in the Mississauga area. Thanks for the well-wishes. xenocidic (talk) 02:01, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations on that! From what I've seen, bringing a VG to FA can be quite difficult. Kudos! xenocidic (talk) 04:58, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! It was quite a challenge, but it is my favorite video game, so I was up for it. Gary King (talk) 02:00, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates

Please assume good faith when dealing with other editors. See Wikipedia:Assume good faith for the guidelines on this. I will not be watching your talk page. GreenJoe 18:10, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

I was assuming good faith; I was simply bringing to light something that others might not be aware of. Others, from the linked discussion, are clearly amused by some strange behavior. Gary King (talk) 02:01, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Peter Wall

Hi. I've responded to your comments at FAC. I wikilinked the accessdates, though that was reverted, and then unreverted. I should say that personally I feel unfussed either way, though I'm sure that one day I could be educated as to how such links are useful. If you had any further comments, I'd be most grateful. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 08:04, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

The FA-Team

Hi. There has been some discussion of how to improve the FA-Team's functioning. It's be grand if you could comment on the new suggested structure, and perhaps also look at our current proposals. Thanks. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 18:36, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

FA Economics Drive

Gary - I appreciate your pointers. I have been placing the full text in my edit summaries, because of my reading in WP:ES that "In the case of a small addition to an article, it is highly recommended to copy the full text of this addition to the summary field, giving a maximum of information with a minimum of effort." Since I've been mostly re-editing my own additions in one section, I took this to be appropriate. I agree that more detailed summaries would be helpful and I'll work on providing that from here on out. MP (talk) 15:56, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Alright, that sounds good. I appreciate your reasoning; one thing I would suggest, though, is that you use quotes around your edit summaries when they are the actual text that you are adding; this clarifies that it is text in the actual edit rather than an explanation of the change you are making. Gary King (talk) 17:53, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Noble gas

Err.. Cliffs Notes? And Encyclopedia Britannica? While they probably aren't incorrect, surely there could be better more scholarly sources. And http://www.boc.ebcnet.co.uk/index.html is directed at chemisty teachers, right? Nothing screams at me as "unreliable" but nothing is greatly screaming "scholarly" either. Surely at least a college level textbook could have been used? Ealdgyth - Talk 00:26, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

The "Noble Gas Geochemistry" is a college-level textbook and is used quite a few times in the article. There are also at least a few articles from related journals, including Science (magazine) and Physical Review. Gary King (talk) 00:38, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
Well, I'm not a chemistry person (grins). I do think the cliff notes, EB and the teacher website, although acceptable, might be bettered. You asked my opinion, knowing I have a bias for scholarly sources. Ealdgyth - Talk 00:43, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

FLC: Discoveries of the chemical elements

I thought it needed a bit more info in the notes in the second half of the list, and I believe it also needs a colored periodic table according to the year of discovery. The problem is that I don't really have time these days to do this, and I could not find anybody else interested to help. :( Nergaal (talk) 19:45, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, great start anyways. I sincerely hope to see it as an FL one day, as it is obvious that you have put a lot of work in it and I think it is an important list. Gary King (talk) 19:50, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

I did a little bit of cleanup in the article. Could you tell me what you think? Thanks, --EclipseSSD (talk) 19:47, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Looks good, but prose issues still exist in the article. There is no need to rush the article to FAC; prose needs to be massaged over time. I suggest asking a copyeditor to take a look at the article. Issues include:
  • "psychopaths.One" — Missing a space
  • "hitch hiker" and "hitchhiker" — both are used; be consistent and pick one
These are just samples. Gary King (talk) 19:52, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Facebook

Thanks Gary for the comments regarding the Facebook article, but in this case I wasn't adding any punctuation marks, but simply following the American Standard for Quotation marks:

Punctuation: The traditional convention in American English is for commas and periods to be included inside the quotation marks, regardless of whether they are part of the quoted sentence, while the British style places them in or outside of the quotation marks according to whether or not the punctuation is part of the quoted phrase. The American rule is derived from typesetting while the British rule is grammatical. Alissa98cp (talk) 03:24, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

WP:PUNC Gary King (talk) 03:29, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Touché Alissa98cp (talk) 03:34, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
 :) Policy is always useful; regardless of if I agree with it or not, I still try to abide by it. Gary King (talk) 03:45, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Metroid Prime 3 - Corruption - phazon.jpg)

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Image:Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden.ogg

Hi there. I notice you removed this video from the article on Hitler and instead inserted a link to the file. WP's policies on fair use require images or videos to actually be physically included in articles - if they're simply linked to, it's not treated as being fair use, and the video will be deleted (it's tagged to be deleted next Monday). I don't personally have any views on whether the video belongs in the article or not - I uploaded it for procedural reasons after it was deleted on Commons - but I thought I'd let you know in case you wanted to do something with it. If the problem was that the video dominated the page because of its size, you can use [[Image:Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden.ogg|thumb|thumbtime=3|Video of Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden]] to produce a thumbnail of more normal size. Regards, -- Arvind (talk) 13:10, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I wasn't aware that I could do this. I've re-added the video as a thumbnail. Gary King (talk) 16:14, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

GA review

Hi, just a quick question. I noticed that you added the review template to a GAN, and then passed it five minutes later. Did you really fully read and review Kingston upon Hull in five minutes? I noticed some prose issues in the article, so I'm just checking. Cheers, Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:57, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I intended on placing the 'On hold' icon instead of the review one; I copy and pasted what was in the instructions and thought it would be the On Hold icon. I noticed a few minor prose issues, but nothing that I thought should prevent it from GA. If the article were to go through FAC, however, then I would certainly bring those up; but generally, the article looks a lot better than many current GAs so I figure I would pass it. Gary King (talk) 20:01, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Ah, ok, that should be fine then. Thanks for clearing that up. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 20:06, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

While the article is still reasonably well written and well cited, there are numerous issues with it meeting the GA criteria. There's lots of short sections, lots of information missing (demographics and economy were jokes, no offense). There's also lots of organizational issues, and even WP:NPOV issues. I have delisted the article and referred back to WP:GAN. Dr. Cash (talk) 22:32, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Alright, fair enough. Gary King (talk) 00:01, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

colon

Thanks, Gary. TONY (talk) 02:07, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Gary King (talk) 14:48, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Using bot to remove alumni tag?

I noticed that you, using a bot, removed the page about me from the "University of Waterloo Alumni" category. Not sure what reason there would be for doing that, but since I refrain from editing the page about me, I thought I would ask rather than revert.--Bradtem (talk) 07:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I removed the category (manually, not automated) because there was no mention of the school in the article. I have since gone out and looked for a page that mentions that you attended the school; I found this, so I will use it, although it is published by yourself. If you can provide a reference that mentions you graduated from Waterloo and is published by a third-party, reliable source, then please provide it. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 14:38, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

GAN:Noble gas

I have heavily edited the article myself. I have left out a todo list on the talk page with everything else that it needs to be added for a FA. Nergaal (talk) 07:43, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I will look it over. Please add references to information that you add to the article, because frankly, it is more difficult (at least, for me) to find references for scientific topics. Gary King (talk) 14:45, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

TCM

Leaving aside the pros issues (I've added a request on LOCE), I've updated The Texas Chain Saw Massacre to include its sequels, as well as various other updates. What do you think now? --EclipseSSD (talk) 13:46, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Looks better, although I don't know if a Sequels section is required. If you look at other film articles that have sequels, I don't think they mention their sequels (in detail), beyond stating that they have a sequel. LOCE is a not very effective; you need to actively contact participants of the project and ask for a copyedit. Gary King (talk) 14:47, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

autodud

OK, entree is here. But there are yet more compelling reasons in later discussions. I'll find them for you. TONY (talk) 17:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

From what I understand, you don't like that dates are linked because they add nothing of value. I agree. But, I also think that dates should be autoformatted based on user preference. If an article has all the dates unlinked but formatted the same way, then that would be more acceptable, but I would still prefer all the dates to be formatted according to my own preferences. Gary King (talk) 17:33, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU

Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Wikipedia:Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight (talk) 17:54, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/PowerBook 100

Are all the issues you listed now resolved? Please cap or strike as necessary. Thanks for your help! — Wackymacs (talk ~ edits) 21:43, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/New York State Route 28

I fixed or explained those issues. Can you take another look? Thanks, Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 00:49, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Same for NY 32 if possible.Mitch32contribs 00:58, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Okay done, although I only gave you one point. Is it really bothering your FAC that much? :p Gary King (talk) 01:02, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Improving Nintendo 64 to Featured Article status

The cartridges section used to be a bullet point list, while clearer to read, the new paragraph format is more in line with proper wiki style. I'm still finding it tough to get sources for the pros and cons for cartridges, it might be common sense to gamers but not other readers.

Again, congrats on Call of Duty 4, a GOTY is also a FA! GoldDragon (talk) 03:28, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Also, I posted this message to your talk page over two months ago. The article hasn't changed much since then, unfortunately. Gary King (talk) 05:11, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Dunder Mifflin GA hold

Which references need the additional info? Just the ones to the faux-Dunder Mifflin website? Daniel Case (talk) 07:47, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

All of the ones that are citing websites; it would be preferable if {{cite web}} was used. Gary King (talk) 14:38, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
OK, another editor and myself took care of the remaining ones that I could find. Daniel Case (talk) 17:16, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
I have responded to the changes at Talk:Dunder Mifflin/GA1. Please continue the conversation there to keep it all in one place, thanks! Gary King (talk) 17:21, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: revert

No prob. Whenever I see someone vandalize a page in someone's userspace I'm like "go, go, go, go... YES!!!! I got it!!!!", if you know what I mean... J.delanoygabsanalyze 20:05, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Haha, yep I know what you mean. Keep up the great work! Gary King (talk) 20:06, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Marilli

Stop replacing unsourced material in his entry. Please review Wikipedia's standards before adding unsourced material. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.245.144.250 (talk) 20:15, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Please state in your edit summary that you are removing unsourced material when you remove several sections of content from an article. Gary King (talk) 20:17, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Nice Job!

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Are you using a tool? Because I am, and you keep beating me to reverts! Shapiros10 WuzHere  20:34, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
I am half man, half machine. I think you can call me a manchine ;) Gary King (talk) 20:35, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Whatever you call yourself, you should be happy you're doing so well. BTW, sign my guestbook! User:Shapiros10/Guestbook! Shapiros10 WuzHere  20:37, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Grrrr! You did it again! Shapiros10 WuzHere  20:47, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Haha, yeah I'm usually quick on the draw :p Maybe I will take a quick break to let you get some :) Gary King (talk) 20:48, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
S'okay. My mom's hounding me to get off. TTYL :D! Shapiros10 WuzHere  20:49, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Alright! Gary King (talk) 20:50, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

mother fucker edit

I didnt lie. I live in austin and right down the road from a bunch of mother fuckers. 21st street co-op is the definition of the word. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.42.216.137 (talk • contribs)

Okay then. Gary King (talk) 03:24, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Re:Watchlist

I don't think so. I can see what pages aren't being watchlisted, but I'm unaware of any abilities beyond that. On a side note, I keep on seeing you in policy discussions, so you're moving nicely towards that next RfA, no? :p Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 07:10, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

What policy discussions? Either I'm unaware, or I am involving myself in things that simply interest me and so I accidentally come upon some discussions :D Gary King (talk) 07:12, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Eh. Must be because I look at WT:FLC and WT:FAC so often. And "policy discussions" was probably the wrong phrase to use. That said, you ultimately are moving in the right direction though. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 07:15, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Yep... I'm here for the long haul. Also, it's like taking free English lessons from some of the toughest teachers, over at WP:FAC. Yay! (D'oh!) Gary King (talk) 07:17, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Montana class battleship

Before I screw something up how many instances of absent dashes can you find? I'm asking becuase the standard operating procedure for most measurements to use nonbreaking spaces, so I want to where exactly the dashes need to go in the article before I create a cross style mess that requires alot of undo work. (Indientally, thanks for commenting, I am getting concerned here becuase I usually have more supporters for my FACs by now, so added comments are a welcome relief.) TomStar81 (Talk) 09:11, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

I found a few that are mostly date ranges. Also, please link me to the FAC next time :) Thanks! Gary King (talk) 15:06, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, I thought I left a link. That was m'bad :-\ Thanks for the reply, I didn't want to dig in until I sorted that point out. PS: here is the link. TomStar81 (Talk) 21:29, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Boston Red Sox captains

I have addressed your comments posted at the review. RedThunder 09:37, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Okay, capped. Gary King (talk) 15:08, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

aah

You keep beating me to reverting the vandals! Dave the Rave 16:33, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry :) Gary King (talk) 16:36, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
nah, I'm new Dave the Rave 16:38, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Congrats

Congratulations, your user page has been the victim of My First Deletion™ (I restored it, without the sensitive information). Take a look at make sure everything is in order. Cheers, xenocidic (talk) 17:00, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

I guess you submitted a request for oversight? Gary King (talk) 17:02, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Is it actually your phone number? I figured it was just some random phone number. xenocidic (talk) 17:03, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
It was a random number. Gary King (talk) 17:04, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
I don't think oversight is necessary in this case then, but I'll seek a second opinion. xenocidic (talk) 17:05, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
If you didn't go through oversight, then how did you remove a diff? I thought that's what oversight was for. Gary King (talk) 17:07, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Delete page, restore everything except the offending revision. (See Wikipedia:New admin school/Deleting#Restoring selected revisions). From what I understand oversight is only necessary in extreme cases. cheers, xenocidic (talk) 17:09, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Hello.

ermm who are you? x —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.126.68 (talk) 17:23, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

A manchine. Gary King (talk) 17:25, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

My edit wasn't nonconstructive.....

I believe that having an empty "References" section is nonconstructive. Therefore, I removed it. Anyone can add References, in which case I would not remove the section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.70.223.225 (talk) 20:25, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

There is no reason to remove a References section even when it is empty. Leave it there. Gary King (talk) 20:26, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Awesome Job!

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Wow! You keep on beating me! Good job and keep it up! Aremith tlk | eml 20:30, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Cool. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 20:31, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Aremith's not the only one being beaten... RedThunder 20:45, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Heh, thanks. Sorry about all the edit conflicts and such! :p Gary King (talk) 20:46, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Awesome. I was looking for something like that. I'd give you a barnstar, but you've already exceeded your daily limit! ;> xenocidic (talk) 21:01, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Aw, you can never receive too many barnstars! :p Gary King (talk) 21:02, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar
For helping out this newbie admin figure out how to efficiently do my work on AIV! ;> xenocidic (talk) 21:06, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Haha, cheers! :D Gary King (talk) 21:07, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Emmy Noether

Gary, I believe we've addressed all of the concerns you raised at the FAC for Emmy Noether. When you have a minute, perhaps you'd like to have a look? Thanks. – Scartol • Tok 22:34, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Capped Gary King (talk) 23:11, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Diego Velázquez

(ec x2, this is annoying) I have semi-protected it for 24 hours per the excessive recent IP vandalism. By the way, which method did you use to find that I was online? Useight (talk) 01:12, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

My telepathy powers usually serve me well, but this time, I used Recent Changes and I recognized your username. Oh, and my talk page is getting vandalized now after reverting vandalism from that article :) Gary King (talk) 01:15, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I saw that. If it happens more than once or twice, I can issue a short block if necessary. Especially if personal attacks keep popping up. Useight (talk) 01:19, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Heh, check the last few messages on my talk... Gary King (talk) 01:21, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Your comment below about pulling a quarter from behind his ear made me laugh out loud. Useight (talk) 01:23, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
What's so funny with that? I ain't let you pull a quarter? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.95.195.187 (talk • contribs)
Ah, good times... Gary King (talk) 01:26, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

No harm!

No harm at all. You can always revert and revert! tell me then, maybe I might prompt you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.95.195.187 (talk) 01:18, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I wasn't the one that reverted your comment. Gary King (talk) 01:20, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

HelP!

Hi!

May I know what a administrator can do? I know you are online so don;t sneak around! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.95.195.187 (talk • contribs)

Peekaboo, here I am! *Pulls a quarter from behind your ear* Ta-da! Gary King (talk) 01:20, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
I am being blocked because chatting with you...... can you tell me why? That Gwen Gale blocked me yesterday because someone vandalized... I just want to ask question also cannot;.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.95.195.187 (talk • contribs)
I have no idea! Gary King (talk) 14:45, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Hot air balloon.

Done. · AndonicO Engage. 02:25, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Okay thanks Gary King (talk) 14:41, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Black Lagoon episodes

Responded to your last set of concerns. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 04:33, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't get a support for addressing all your concerns? You're harsh :p Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 05:16, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Done and done Gary King (talk) 15:12, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

FAC

Hi, just to let you know that I addressed the issues you brought up in the FAC for Battle of Verrieres Ridge. Cheers! Cam (Chat) 04:54, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Capped Gary King (talk) 14:40, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

London FAC

I think I adressed your issues on London, but the last bit of Demography and Demographics is odd. WPCITIES uses Demographics, whereas Wikipedia:UKCITIES#Demography uses Demography. I've left it as Demography for the moment, but if you still object let me know. Also I asked a question on the FAC review that you might want to address. Thanks for the comments, bsrboy (talk) 15:35, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I have responded. Gary King (talk) 15:38, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Wallace S. Broecker

Mr. King-

Don't edit what you don't understand. There is a long tradition of that line being in Wally's wikipedia page; look at the page's history. Furthermore, it's factually accurate; Wally is a legendarily bad lecturer, famous for his awful jokes and long, meandering stories. Wally is to bad lectures as Dick Feynman was to great lectures; it is an essential, and imitiable, part of his personality and life as a professor. How do I know this? Because I was a student of Wally, worked at his institution, and remain active in the field ( I wrote the NADW page, which is one of the major research topics of Wally's career).

We have always had an issue with self-important editors removing any discussion of Wally's awful lectures from his Wiki page: I am going to return the line to the article. Please leave it be and refrain from vandalizing the article.

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.74.48.25 (talk • contribs)

Please read WP:BLP for a better understanding of why I removed it. Gary King (talk) 15:46, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

arvand or shatol arab?

in international map just write arvand river i cant understand mean of shatol arab!79.132.206.227 (talk) 20:28, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Okay Gary King (talk) 20:29, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

whats mean of shatol arab?

in international map i see just arvand river whats mean of shatol arab? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.132.206.227 (talk • contribs)

Okay Gary King (talk) 20:31, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Message for my mate Gary

Hey Gary,

I'm really sorry.

How you doing today anyway? Just getting your wiki edit on or what?!


Write back,


Soon x —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.253.85 (talk • contribs)

Okay Gary King (talk) 21:00, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Hey Gary

Yeah that's what I thought Gary, what you getting up to tonight?

I just checked your stats man..


"This user has been on Wikipedia for 3 years, 7 months and 22 days."


That's amazing Gary, I think someone should make a Wikipedia page on you!

How mad would that be Gary?!


I'll catch you later man. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.253.85 (talk) 21:14, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Cool Gary King (talk) 21:16, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/London

Hi there Gary,

Hopefully all your comments and suggestions have been answered to for the FAC for London. I'm sending you this message to let you know this. Please feel free to make any more comments on the FAC page, at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/London.

Thanks in advance,

The Helpful One (Review) 22:07, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I have responded. Gary King (talk) 22:13, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, I have now Y Done the replies too! :) The Helpful One (Review) 22:50, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi again Gary, do you have any more errors or fixes that need to be made to London on the FAC? Thanks. The Helpful One (Review) 11:00, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
That's it for now. I have already capped all of my comments. Gary King (talk) 20:18, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Assata Shakur

Thanks for your comments, Gary. I believe I have remedied them, unless you had a problem with the "Author, Year, Page" notes for sources included in the references section. Savidan 00:45, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Capped Gary King (talk) 21:50, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

SVG graphics

So much for not knowing a SVG designer. I am done with the 1946 Canadian flag with the golden maple leaf, I need to finalize it and put it on the Commons. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 06:54, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Ah alright, sounds good. Gary King (talk) 20:19, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
done. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 04:28, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Very nice indeed! Thanks. DoubleBlue (Talk) 05:15, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Germany Schulz FAC

I believe I have addressed your concerns.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 13:52, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Capped Gary King (talk) 20:21, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of New York Islanders head coaches

I've addressed your concerns. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 23:58, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Philadelphia Eagles first-round draft picks

Your comments have been addressed. --Gman124 talk 05:22, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/1965–1966 Central African Republic coup d’état

I have addressed your concerns at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/1965–1966 Central African Republic coup d’état. The article's 1a issues should be taken care of in the near future. Wackymacs is in the process of copyediting, and Ruhrfisch should be taking a look at the article in the next few days. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 14:59, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Help

can i help u? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.46.225.37 (talk) 20:00, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes? Gary King (talk) 20:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Sendai International Music Competition

I don't need to tell you, but I will anyway :p I've addressed your comment. Sunderland06 (talk) 21:17, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Striked Gary King (talk) 21:18, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Benjamin Franklin Tilley

I believe that I have addressed all of your comments. Can you please take a look and let me know if there are further corrections I should make? JRP (talk) 21:20, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Last of the Summer Wine

I have fixed all but one of the problems you pointed out and have left you a question regarding the final one. Cheers! Redfarmer (talk) 21:58, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

List of players from Puerto Rico in Major League Baseball

Hey Gary, I have worked with the points that you presented in this nomination, updates or further comments are welcome, cheers. - Caribbean~H.Q. 23:27, 8 June 2008 (UTC)