User talk:Gil Gamesh

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Hello, Gil Gamesh, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Many thanks, I've been reading Wikipedia articles for ages and am really glad to able to put something back in. Gil Gamesh 21:41, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Hello 2 Disambiguation 3 Dab 4 A.J. Arkell, etc. 5 Dab on Iqbal 6 Oglesby 7 Whore Pills redirect 8 WikiProject Disambiguation Talk Request 9 Cusseta 10 C. J. Rogers 11 Hi! 12 Tom Reilly (Drogheda historian) 13 Speedily Deleted 14 Spam in Pritchett 15 random 16 Speedy deletion of Lebo 17 KNOM 18 Ambiguous "Irish" link 19 Feeder Link

[edit] Hello

hi gil gamesh, I am the creator of Sadha, thanks for your little contribution. Naan Kadavul 14:20, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Glad to do it - I worked my way through most of the ambiguous [[Indian]] links. I very much enjoyed reading the Cinema of India articles. Gil Gamesh 15:19, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation

Hi Gil, I know you meant no harm and that disambiguation is your thing, but I don't like my nationality being re-labelled. You have categorised me as being "Republic of Ireland" as opposed to "Irish". How would you know this? And I do think it is unfair to make such a change on a user page without consultation or comment. Part of Ireland's troubles stems from each side having labels for the other. As I said, no harm done, but please consider my remarks. Thanks Nelson50 09:42, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi Nelson. Fair enough. Would you consider changing the link to [[Ireland|Irish]] or [[Irish people|Irish]]. I simply chose "Republic" as the most specific link. Gil Gamesh 09:51, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

That's a good idea - done. Cheers Nelson50 10:57, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dab

Hi Gil, I am trying to fill up all those pointers to ancient places with articles, but there are so many; thanks for disambig'ing the Sardinia one; I am afraid that many of my blues ought to be reds because many ancient places seem to share names with genera (pl. of genus) of fish, moths, nematodes, and what-not. By the way, there's a lot of disambig'ing work to be done on Crusades, I tried sorting it out about a month ago, but it's gone haywire since. Good luck. Carlossuarez46 17:50, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, that's a mammoth project you've set yourself allright. Should keep you busy for a lifetime or so :-> Gil Gamesh 18:28, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A.J. Arkell, etc.

Please don't move pages by cutting and pasting; this makes a mess of the histories. You should always use the "Move" function. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 22:43, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. I see you fixed it the proper way already. Gil Gamesh 09:26, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dab on Iqbal

Hi GG - the link to Indian is the correct version, agreed upon through discussion because there were issues regarding the difference between undivided India and the modern Republic of India. This difference is clarified thru the disambig. This Fire Burns.....Always 23:44, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for pointing that out. That's an issue I've wondered about. Maybe it makes sense to rename the Indian dab page to Indian (disambiguation), so that it's clear that the link is deliberate. It's something that will come up in a lot of pages I think. And someone, like me, who's just trawling the ambiguous links lists won't always read through the discussion page - it's not obvious from looking at the contents on the discussion for Iqbal. Anyway, blah, blah, blah. --Gil Gamesh 00:02, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oglesby

Hi -- just letting you know that I moved Oglesby to Oglesby (disambiguation). Please let me know if this isn't alright. Thanks -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 01:24, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Whore Pills redirect

FYI, the redirect Whore Pills that you just created links to itself. I can't think of what the target was intended to be, though. Opabinia regalis 21:29, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. It should be to Methaqualone. I'll fix it now. --Gil Gamesh 21:31, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Disambiguation Talk Request

This is a form message being sent to all WikiProject Disambiguation participants. I may have found your page based on your contributions or your link repair user box on your user page. If you are not a member, please consider including your name on the project page. I recently left a proposed banner idea on the WikiProject Disambiguation talk page and I would appreciate any input you could provide. Before it can be approved or denied, I would prefer a lot of feedback from multiple participants in the project. So if you have the time please join in the discussion to help improve the WikiProject. Keep up the good work in link repair and thanks for your time. Nehrams2020 22:57, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cusseta

Greetings, O Mesopotamian culture hero. Would you please revisit your redirect of Cusseta to Cusseta, Georgia?

I have created a stub for the Creek Indian town of Cusseta and have reluctantly named it Cusseta, Creek Nation and made a disambiguation page. After having done all this, I can't help thinking it would be much simpler to have Cusseta be the article about the Creek town, with a link at the top to a disambiguation page for the Georgia and Alabama towns. (Compare Tukabatchee.)

Cusseta, Alabama doesn't have an article yet, but I suppose it's just a matter of time.

What do you say? I am new to this stuff and have never renamed a page. Yeah, I'm s'posed to be bold but thought it best to ask for advice. -- Alarob 02:42, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Alarob. Welcome to Wikipedia. I'd be inclined to make Cusseta a dab page and point Cusseta (disambiguation) to it. I think you can only justify having Cusseta as an article about the Creek Indian town, if the town was famous and if most people thought of that town when they heard the word "Cusseta". Have you looked at Disambiguation#Page_naming_conventions?

That said, I have no emotional, egotistical, or pedantic investment in the redirect page and won't argue with whatever change you decide is best. You seem to have lots of good faith and common sense. Go on, be bold! Best, Gil Gamesh 13:18, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the vote of confidence! (BTW that link on Page naming conventions now leads to a mind-bending essay on Ambiguity.) I guess my next steps are:

1. Move Cusseta, Creek Nation to Cusseta
2. Add a disambiguation link to Cusseta, Georgia
3. One of these days, write an article on Cusseta, Alabama

-- Alarob 22:46, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I re-read this and realized you're talking about something else. What do you mean by "dab page"? -- Alarob

I think we're on more or less the same lines. dab is just short for DisAmbiguation Page, so I guess "dab page" is tautological. I would do this (but see 2nd paragraph in my previous post):

1. Make Cusseta a disambiguation page with links to Cusseta, Creek Nation, and Cusseta, Georgia (and Treaty of Cusseta, I see).
2. Make Cusseta (disambiguation) a redirect to Cusseta.
3. Leave Cusseta, Creek Nation, and Cusseta, Georgia alone.
4. If you felt like it, create Cusseta, Alabama and add link for it in Cusseta.

My fault with the link. Didn't do it right, it should have been Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Page_naming_conventions Gil Gamesh 15:42, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

OK. I'm unhappy with the title Cusseta, Creek Nation even though I authored it. "Cusseta" would be the ideal name (by analogy with Tukabatchee), but this could get tricky with towns that share names with well-known modern cities (e.g., Tuskegee). I suppose I can get some advice from Wikipedia:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America on how to label the town (e.g., "Cusseta (town)"). Thanks for the advice. -- Alarob 00:09, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] C. J. Rogers

Please do not create redirects to non-existent articles. (aeropagitica) 13:00, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't remember making this particular redirect. But I do see that Clifford Joy Rogers was deleted 3 days before you deleted the redirect and left this note. I think it's very unlikely that I did create a redirect to a non-existent article. --Gil Gamesh 23:19, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi!

Browsing around, decided to say hi to someone with a similiar name!

Hi. Nice to hear from you. Gil Gamesh 09:42, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tom Reilly (Drogheda historian)

Please see new version; hope it meets your notability standards. Malacht Cromail ort 12:07, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Hello. Well yes, I think that's an improvement. The article seemed to be more about the book than the author. Clearly it's still a work in progress. Good luck with it. Gil Gamesh 00:36, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Speedily Deleted

The article Dailey & Associates has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group or service and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. MastCell ^Talk 16:54, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Hey, sorry, it looks like I left the notice on the wrong page. I was using NewPageWatcher to delete and leave warnings in one step, but it looks like in this case it misidentified the article's creator. I checked the deleted revisions and you've never edited that article. Anyhoo, feel free to remove this notice, and I apologize for cluttering your talk page with an improperly addressed notice. MastCell ^Talk 21:28, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spam in Pritchett

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Utter nonsense - that's a dab page, no spam there at all. Someone else has already deleted the speedy delete tag. Gil Gamesh 23:51, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] random

I just got one of these so I though i should send one, so I hit 'random page', and you were the last editor of the page I got. Happy wikipediaininig! --TheJosh 07:23, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Lebo

A tag has been placed on Lebo, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions about this.

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You need to look at the history page before slapping these speedy deletion tags on. Also, I would have preferred if you'd respected my request to leave your message above my note.

I apologize on both accounts. After checking the history several messages back of the page in question, I saw the vandalism, but I neglected to look at the origins of the page. As to your request to add new messages above that note, the preceding message was apparently automatically generated and placed on your talk page by TW, as you are the author of the page in question. Again, my apologies. Paiev (talk) 21:52, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] KNOM

Gil,

I'm new at this, but it appears that you have been inserting a fairly lengthy section on the KNOM Radio article concerning Fr. James Poole's indescretions twenty-five and more years ago.

I'd be willing to write a lengthy article on him and the accusations against him, but it's hurting this award-winning radio station's fundraising having such a large percentage of its page devoted to the scoundrel. He hasn't been there for 19 years, which is more than half of the station's existence.

Can we come to peace with this?

Very best wishes,

tomnflo Tomnflo (talk) 20:18, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your note. I merely did a little clean up on that article. I didn't insert any of the material on James Poole and have no opinion as to the appropriateness or otherwise of it. Gil Gamesh (talk) 20:45, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Gil, thank you very much.

tomnflo —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomnflo (talk • contribs) 21:20, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ambiguous "Irish" link

Gil, here on, I will be more specific! Cheers Rosiestephenson (talk) 07:08, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Feeder Link

Noticed you removed the wikify tag and added copypaste tag. From which website it has been copy pasted you think? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 10:50, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi. I was going by phrases like "The parameters .... are examined" and "developed in the paper". It seems to me to have been taken from some technical or scientific paper, but I haven't looked for a source - except for just now! :-) It's a copy of this text. I'll add that information to the article now. Gil Gamesh (talk) 11:23, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

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