User talk:Gmatsuda/Archive2
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Archive 2 -January 15, 2008
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[edit] Thanks
Thanks for your good work on Manzanar. It's appreciated. -Will Beback · † · 08:16, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
- It was and is my pleasure to do it. Gmatsuda 09:34, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Manzanar
I never apologized for abandoning the GA review on Manzanar, sorry. I am glad to see it was eventually promoted. I became convinced I had no idea what I was doing for some reason, as far as GA reviews, and haven't reviewed an article since, so it was nothing personal. Thanks for being understanding about the abandonment, btw. IvoShandor 10:49, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
- Don't worry about it. S*** happens to everyone. Looked to me like you knew what you were doing, although I did question your issue with the article length. Anyway, the article is just about to be promoted as an FA, so everything's working out. :-) -- Gmatsuda 10:58, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Los Angeles Kings
It was chosen to use (interim) for players who wore the 'C' during the long-term absense of the the team Captain. Please stop making the LA Kings article the exception. The interim tag is used on the other NHL team articles. The tags have been in place for about a year, why now object to them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GoodDay (talk • contribs) 17:57, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
- I wasn't aware of that, and since we had resolved that issue almost two years ago, that's what I was going by. I've raised the issue on the project talk page, since we are now contradicting official NHL records. -- Gmatsuda 18:02, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
- Personally, I don't mind if you remove the interim thing, as long as you do that with all the NHL team articles. I simply added them, so unfamiliar readers wouldn't think it was a co-captaincy situation (though Gretz was injured for half the season, he was never stripped of the captaincy). GoodDay 18:33, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
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- We should probably continue this on the project talk page. :-) -- Gmatsuda 18:44, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Citations missing tag
Instead of massive adding of the "citations missing" tag to every article that doesn't have an expansive "Notes" section, I think you would be more helpful reading some of the references first and maybe noting a couple in-line places that need a reference. Since you tagged a lot of these within a minute of each other, I'm pretty sure you didn't take the time. Obviously, many of these articles need references, but you're making it seem worse than it is. bmitchelf•T•F 21:32, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
- Actually, I had been looking at all of those articles for awhile now. Just got around to doing the tagging. I wasn't doing this indiscriminately. I do believe that those articles are lacking citations, and since I've been raked over the coals, so to speak, about lacking citations regarding an article that is now a GA and is currently in peer review, I think I've learned a few things. :-) Gmatsuda 21:48, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
- OK, fair enough. I'll try to help some of the ones I find, like I've been doing with the New York Rangers. bmitchelf•T•F 13:18, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Manzanar hectares
Why hectares? Good question. Never thought about it. I guess I used it because it's the metric equivalent of acres, whereas square kilometers seem to me to be that of square miles. Also, it's the unit I hear practically every day on the BBC World News what with the fires in Greece. You shook my confidence, so I did some checking. The International System can be found here: <http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP330/sp330.pdf>. It says on page 17 (page 27 by Adobe reckoning) that the hectare is acceptable. I changed all the km²s in the article to has, by the way, so let's decide now. --Milkbreath 21:42, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
- OK. We'll use hectares. I changed it all back to using the convert template, though. Gmatsuda 22:16, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
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- The convert template is defective in at least three ways, and should not be used. It doesn't put non-breaking spaces between the value and the unit, it doesn't round to an appropriate degree of precision, and it doesn't provide for occasions where you want "foot" rather than "feet", for instance. --Milkbreath 22:32, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
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- Well, I'll be dogged. It even provides for rounding, although how you're supposed to tell what to put there beforehand I can't imagine. OK, but I've seen it used so poorly so many times I kill it when I find it. I especially like having direct control over the rounding; for example, if you don't tell it otherwise, it renders 33 feet as 10.0584 meters, which should normally be either 10.1 or 10 depending on the context. Look at the third bullet under "Conversions" on that "Dates and numbers" page, if you like, and you'll see a better explanation than I'm giving here. --Milkbreath 23:03, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
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- Amazingly, there are rare occasions when I know what I'm doing!! :-) Gmatsuda 23:27, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Manzanar Flag
As per discussion at Picture peer review/Manzanar Flag I will nominate this image at FPC in a day or two, unless you would prefer to do so. --jjron 08:11, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Scouts
Was there a Boy Scout and/or a Girl Scout troop at Manzanar? I know some of the camps had them.Rlevse 11:38, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
- PS, have you thought of making a template that lists all the camps? I'll even help if you dig up all the names.Rlevse 15:24, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
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- There was a Boy Scout troop. Don't know about Girl Scouts...not something I ever had the need to research. :-) A template isn't needed the Japanese American Internment article covers that. -- Gmatsuda 21:24, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
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- You may be interested in this and its talk page. We've discovered that Scouting existed in all 10 camps: User:Phips/workshop/DP-Scouts. Rlevse 18:30, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
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- Obviously not.Rlevse 20:31, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
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- I'm not surprised they were present at all ten camps. BTW: I have reverted your edit to the Resistance section of the Manzanar article because what the Boy Scouts did, as positive as it was, in the grand scheme of things at Manzanar, it wasn't a significant part of the Manzanar Riot. What I have done is add that article you referred to to the Additional reading section. Check it out. -- Gmatsuda 20:35, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
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- FYI: Another reason for reverting...that article uses some misleading language. When discussing the Manzanar Riot, one cannot use the term "pro-Japanese" without explaining why these people had become pro-Japan--because of their mistreatment by the US Government. That article does not do that and to introduce the same language in the prose of the article would require us to go into detail about why some internees (it was actually a relative small number) decided to become pro-Japan and eventually renounce their US citizenship. -- Gmatsuda 20:38, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
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- You could have rephrased it. I thought it was a good example of the opposing sides within the camps and how some on both sides were fervent in their beliefs, that is why I added it, not to spam Scout info.Rlevse —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 20:44, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
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- more sources...Norman Mineta (maybe you heard of him), on norm, sig kagawa camp experiences Rlevse 20:50, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
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- I never thought it was spam... -- Gmatsuda 20:53, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
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Ever since you nom'd Manzanar, I've been trying to think of a movie I saw on TV once, but I can't think of the name. Only the start and end are in present time, the rest is a flashback. A Japanese-American mom and her 5-6 yr old daughter are walking down train tracks as they are released from camp. The girl is half white and doesn't remember much of her dad, so mom is telling her. Dad was from NJ and went to CA to get away from the mob. He took a job in a Japanese movie theater as a projectionist and marries the mom, but they have to move to WA to do so as CA still had laws banning interracial marriage. Later they move back to CA. Then Pearl Harbor comes and the mom and daughter are sent to Manzanar (I'm pretty sure it was Manzanar). If we can figure out the title, it could go in see also, ext links, etc. It's based on a true story. There's also Guy Gabaldon, but I don't think he's specifically tied to Manzanar. Rlevse 21:19, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
- You're talking about Come See the Paradise. It's mentioned in the article now. :-) -- Gmatsuda 21:33, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
A case of serendipity, about the same time you nom'd Manzanar for FAC, I watched the PBS documentary on Ben Kuroki. I was so impressed I bought a copy of the DVD on him from PBS. It arrived about two days ago.Rlevse 16:45, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Crystal City
Some camp are missing from Japanese American internment, such as Crystal City, Texas, see here. Is there some reason these are not listed in the article? Rlevse 21:54, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
- If I read the article right, Crystal City should be listed under "Detention and other camps" since it was a DOJ INS camp. Is this correct? Note the photos in the links show Girl Scouts, so we have a confirmed Girl Scout troop in at least one camp.Rlevse 22:09, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
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- I added it to the list. -- Gmatsuda 00:49, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
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- I'm finding this search for Scouting in the camps info fascinating. I just spent three hours looking for photos. You may find this interesting photo gallery. I spent most of the time at gov archives (enter camp name and record ARC number), but some on other sites, and lots of boy scout photos, but only two girl scout ones. I also found a full list of all types of the camps at full listing that could be used to make a complete list in the internment article. If you would like to do so, feel free, but if not I don’t mind doing it. Just let me know. There's also a photo gallery here. Rlevse 01:29, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] images
Could you quickly explain why you want these images removed ? They could be moved to commons: for others to use them. John Vandenberg 05:17, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
- Sure. As the uploader of all of those photos, they are already on the Commons...I moved them. :-) -- Gmatsuda 05:24, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
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- Oh, could you replace the tag with {{ncd}} . Thanks, John Vandenberg 05:34, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
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- Done. -- Gmatsuda 05:47, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Vandalism Templates
Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made: You may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit was inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. You can use the uw-speedy# series of warnings to notify people of removed speedy delete headings instead of the generic warning template. Nn123645 (talk) 17:56, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
