User talk:HkCaGu

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[edit] Linking

Sorry to have set off any spammy alarms, our site doesn't sell anything. I actually only posted relevant links about the subjects, to specific articles with non-commercial relevant content, and not just to my homepage. Obvously don't give a hoot about PR. Someone just suggested to me that we have a lot of stuff that would be of interest to wikireaders, so I added a handful of links, thank you for your effort. (Joebodia (talk) 04:58, 29 May 2008 (UTC))

[edit] PVG

The information I added was not incorrect - Shanghai Airlines and Air China offer flights to SFO through a codeshare agreement with United. The codeshare flights can be found on the airport website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.12.57.91 (talk) 07:56, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Palau Airport

Hi, I wasn't aware about the coordinates being always centered on the runway. Thanks for the info, I've undone my edit... However, where do you center coordinates for airports with multiple runways? --Targeman 09:56, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chamorro Scouting

Can you please help render "Be Prepared", the Scout Motto, into Chamorro? Thanks! Chris 08:19, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flossie warnings

Flossie warnings are part of "current storm information", for example the 11 pm HST advisory itself says "...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII...". Therefore as of 11 pm HST a TS warning is in effect. I'll rephrase it slightly to "remains in effect" instead to make it less confusing. – Chacor 09:16, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Now that makes sense. Maybe the time stamp doesn't need to be repeated at all. HkCaGu 09:22, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
The time stamp is there because the storm information, while it usually is updated with every advisory, isn't always. So if there are changes to the warnings and watches when it's not been updated, no one will think it's the latest information. Cheers, – Chacor 09:23, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE:Warning of David1993923

Thanks, I don't think the user will meet blocking criteria just yet, but please don't hesitate to contact me again when he does. I'll definitely report him if he continues to blank and use userpages as attacking bases. Regards, Rudget Contributions 19:56, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE: LH cabotage matter on Incheon International Airport

Hey HkCaGu! I read your message on my talk page regarding this issue. I have posted this same matter on WP:Airports but no consensus yet. User:Vegaswikian replied to it and said "If you cannot board, then it is not a destination". I am not sure if this means that it should not be listed as a destination but I would keep it until we get a consensus. You are more welcome to post your suggestions also. One more thing, thanks for reporting David1993923 to the admins about vandalizing my talk page....I really appreciate it. Cheers! Bucs2004 20:01, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Guam

As the person who added that {{fact}} in order to stop the potential revert war over the number of US territories, your snide commetns about "how hard is it to count?" are not appreciated. The issue probably has more to do with how one interprets the meaning of "U.S. territories with established civilian government". Assuming the editor who changed it to 4 was acting in good faith, they must have had some reason to believe the actual number was 4, not 5. Perhaps they were not counting either Puerto Rico or American Samoa While I am a fond user of snide remarks directed towards trolls and vandals, I am neither. Please watch your comments towards sincere editors in the future. Thanks. - BillCJ 03:16, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Response (Air Mike)

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It doesn't matter what CO says on their presses releases. We should apply our own criteria as UA/DL/CO/NW/US/AA, etc.--Inetpup (talk) 05:15, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Actually, Inet is right that the IAH-HNL-GUM is considered to be of two different carriers: IAH-HNL is CO, and HNL-GUM is COMike. WhisperToMe (talk) 03:59, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Arkanov15

I'm not an admin, sorry. You should post at the WP:AIV, then an admin will look into it immediately. V-train (talk) 08:24, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Damn vandals are coming out of the woodwork, yikes! Nice job getting his newest sock dealt with quickly. I'm sure he'll be back though. V-train (talk) 09:02, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Relevance of Outlying Areas Senate Presidents Caucus affiliation

Having seen your edits to Joseph M. Mendiola's stub, I would suggest that this particular affiliation and co-founding is particularly relevant. First, it has received press notice in several of the jurisdictions, including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam and CNMI. Second, it is the first time in history that legislative leaders from these jurisdictions meet to speak, much less agree to work together on common problems. Sen. Stevens in Alaska has been quoted as considering the formation of the new group important. I saw Sen. McClintock mentioning it in an end of year TV interview yesterday as one of the highlights of his third year as President. I would ask you tro reconsider and reinsert some mention of Mendiola's participation. Had he not been present, the Caucus would have been formed by only 4 of the 7 outlying areas. Happy holidays from the "other" commonwealth!Pr4ever (talk) 21:58, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Among other things, I've found this:

First AP story:

Leaders from offshore U.S. declare alliance
By The Associated Press
Friday, December 14th, 2007 / 11:09 a.m. AST

     HONOLULU -- Legislative leaders from Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands have met in Honolulu to
discuss common issues.
     The mix of leaders from offshore states and territories was a first.
     Puerto Rican Senate President Kenneth McClintock says the group plans to keep regular contact and meet again in May in Kentucky
during a Council of State Governments conference. Legislators from American Samoa and the Virgin Islands were also invited but
couldn't attend.
     McClintock says issues the group is addressing involve both inequities created by federal rules and laws, as well as policies
of some private companies.
     He says the state and territories have "fallen through the cracks in Washington because their issues don't affect the
contiguous 48 states.

Alaska story:

Noncontiguous states, territories strive for equality
By Ralph Gibbs / Staff Writer
Kodiak [Alaska] Daily Mirror
December 24, 2007

     It has been the bane of Alaskan's existence since joining the United States: "Offer not valid in Guam, Puerto Rico, Alaska or
Hawaii; add $20 for shipping outside the continental United States."
     The U.S. Post Office recognizes Alaskans' rights to fair postage; not many others do. As a result, Alaska, Hawaii and U.S.
territories pay higher prices for food and manufactured goods.
     To help, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Marianas and the U.S. Virgin islands has formed a group of
noncontiguous states.
     "What we agreed to do as noncontiguous states and territories, if there are issues that we have in common we would work
together to try and find a solution," Sen. Gary Stevens said. "If there are issues that affect Alaska and no one else, they will be
supportive of us.
     Satellite radio is one such issue that Stevens said effects them all.
     Currently satellite radio provided by the two major companies, Sirius  and XM, is not available outside the U.S. mainland and
Alaska is not fully covered.
     One of the decisions made at the organization's first meeting held in Hawaii was to urge the Federal Communications Commission
to require Sirius and XM to expand their coverage area and make it a requirement before the FCC approves the recent request for
Sirius and XM to merge.
     Another issue discussed by the group was shipping costs, especially in light of the recently proposed measure in the Technical
Corrections Act repealing the tonnage tax to Puerto Rico. Repealing the bill would have resulted in higher shipping costs of goods
to and from Puerto Rico. To defray the costs, Stevens was concerned that Horizon Shipping Lines, the United State's largest
domestic carrier with 21 U.S.-flagged vessels, would pass on their higher costs to the consumer.
     "I've been trying to contact Horizon," Stevens said.
     The measure, which the U.S. Chamber of Commerce denounced, was recently removed from the Technical Corrections Act.
     "Horizon Lines Inc. is pleased that the tax writing committees in Congress chose to strike the Puerto Rico tonnage tax repeal
language from the Technical Corrections Act legislation passed by Congress this week," Horizon officials said in a press release
issued Dec. 20.
     The group of noncontiguous states and territories is scheduled to meet again in May at a Council of State Governments
conference in Lexington, Ky.
[Mirror writer Ralph Gibbs can be reached via e-mail at rgibbs@kodiakdailymirror.com or (907) 942-2417.]

The following clip is from the extensive AP story that actually names Mendiola: http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/216225.php

In addition to a couple of local Spanish-language clips in PR, I've seen and hear MacClintock speak about the Hawaii meeting on severalo TV and radio interviews. I did herar him mention that they switched from "Offshore" to "Outlying Areas" at the request of the Alaska delegation, since Alaska is not geographically "offshore".

Finally, the Hawaii Public Radio station has a podcast about this, and I recall seing a CNMI news blog also, but don't have a record.

I'll pass along any add't info. I find.Pr4ever (talk) 14:25, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Invitation

Hey there! I saw you reverting or removing linkspam. Thanks! If you're interested, come visit us in Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam so we can work together in our efforts to clean spam from Wikipedia. Alloranleon (talk) 17:42, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hong Kong

HI thanks for noticing that. I thought it was Kowloon too but I was reading th note on the photograph which suggested otherwise. I've drawn up some templates to organize the major roads in Hong Kong Island, I will be doing Kowloon soon. Of course I'm also the one drawing up the Hong Kong films see Hong Kong films of 1972 etc. In a few months they should be complete and then the articles can all by started -several thousands films and actors missing I believe. Feel free to help build the lists! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ Talk? 12:21, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] USA addresses

"I'm sure there are other ARTCCs that are outside of city limits. I'd say just list the postal address' city. "

I highly disagree with going by postal addresses. I use the actual municipality (or if none, county or (in New York State) "town") that the ACC is located in. There are some ACCs that are not in any city, like Miami's. The funny thing is that the Fort Worth ACC IS in Fort Worth (and not Euless as the previous guy said it was) - Look the address on Yahoo maps and you will find that Fort Worth's city limits extends to the eastern limit of Tarrant County. Also, I do not believe that addresses need ot be listed on the ACC page - Just list the city (or county) and state.

As for the one in Auburn I checked the address and found that the center is within an Indian Reservation. I'm not sure if the Res is considered to be in the city limits of Auburn. WhisperToMe (talk) 17:12, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

On the ARTCC page I really do not mind if the Zip codes go. - All we need to list is the city, not the address. WhisperToMe (talk) 17:26, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

1. Thank you for pointing out the term :) 2. Hmm, I wonder if I could meld the concepts together by using Unincorporated X County (Y address) - In Texas incorporated cities CAN cross county boundaries, and the same is true with Florida (albiet this is rare). With unincorporated postal boundaries I will have to see if this is the case in Florida. WhisperToMe (talk) 18:18, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

By the way, if you are allowed to, do you mind if you take a photo of the front entrance of the Los Angeles Air Traffic Control building and post it on Wikipedia? I know Houston's ATC center has a photo on its website. I will probably upload that on to Wikipedia as it is a federal US Gov't picture. WhisperToMe (talk) 20:41, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I see. I guess the creator of Yahoo and Google Maps did not understand that distinction. WhisperToMe (talk) 19:08, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE: VCE-PHL

Then you need better sources as per US Airways' route map still show that VCE is still served from Philadelphia but only during the summer. The US Airways, Philadelphia International Airport articles still show Venice listed as a destination for them. And I went through their schedules and I have found one nonstop VCE-PHL flight during April. VCE is still a US Airways' destination. Bucs2004 (talk) 03:23, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE:VCE-ATL

I went to Delta's schedules and did not find any VCE-ATL flights for April or May. PLease note that I wasn't the one that who continuously added Atlanta as a seasonal DL destination to Venice Marco Polo Airport. I think it was the same user (S Marky 90) who kept adding it. Cheers! Audude08 (talk) 21:42, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey HkCaGu! I think Delta does fly VCE-ATL seasonal and the DL ATL-VCE flight begins on May 29 and VCE to ATL begins on May 30 per their schedules on delta.com. I have readded it to the respective pages with the start dates. Cheers! Audude08 (talk) 05:00, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

Examples? —Kurykh 04:41, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject China

I would recommend referring the matter to Wikipedia:WikiProject China. When individuals with little or no knowledge of overseas Chinese culture begin blanking without consensus, it's best to gently introduce them to the cultural background they may be lacking, via editors with expertise in this subject. The multilingual nature of Wikipedia, especially as regards overseas Chinese, is a very significant part of the usefulness of these articles for researchers, as you know. Badagnani (talk) 04:47, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

There is also Wikipedia:Manual of Style (use of Chinese language) WhisperToMe (talk) 09:29, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Stop cluttering my page with false accusations

There is absolutely no WP:Censorship involved here.
WP:Censorship#What censorship is not
"Doing any of the above for reasons other than censorship including relevance, verifiability, copyright." Gene Nygaard (talk) 18:22, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Furthermore, I don't find it particularly offensive. There's just no reason for it to be there in most cases. Gene Nygaard (talk) 18:30, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Northern Marianas College

HkCaGu, Thanks for correcting my erroneous edits on the Tinian and Rota pages. I found the language on the main NMC article regarding the status of these two colleges to be somewhat confusing, and I had interpreted it to mean that they were temporarily closed or something. Anyway, I clarified the language on that page and again, I appreciate your corrections. Clearly you are a very well-traveled and knowledgeable person. 71.127.204.44 (talk) 00:08, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NWA direct flights problem for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

Hey HkCaGu! I am having a little bit of a direct flight issue on the Sea-Tac Airport page that i think you can help me out. Many IPs keep removing Mumbai and Seoul-Incheon from the destination list served by NWA. But doesn't WP:AIRPORTS guidelines say to include direct flights as well as nonstop flights but they say to follow the airport's website guidelines to include nonstop flights only! Can you look into this and see what you can do? Many Thanks! Audude08 (talk) 14:40, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Incivility by Huaiwei

I responded on my talk page. Vegaswikian (talk) 20:58, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome!

Hi, and welcome to the Aviation WikiProject! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to aviation.

A few features that you might find helpful:

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[edit] inappropriate context

Why was adding elevation "inappropriate context"? I can show you THOUSANDS of articles that have elevation in them, look through most every city and town in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, etc,. etc., etc.

I want to know the elevation of cities when I go to an article, as do many readers.

Show me where in the MOS that this is "inappropriate". I have been editing for four years on here, and nobody else has said that this in "inappropriate". I did nothing inappropriate.

Prove it or I'll put it back,

WikiDon (talk) 06:13, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nonstop vs. Direct

Hey, I'm sorry about that. I didn't know to look under the "Edit war on Portland" section. I did leave some comments on thetalk page, and I'd like you to look at them and weigh in. --Char645 (talk) 03:39, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Game shows

Please don't add game shows to articles on countries. They really aren't important to the country. If there is a demonstrable effect on tourism, add a paragraph to the "Tourism in xxx" article with statistics to show the benefit.

If you believe such shows are important to tell the world about what the country is like, I suggest you try adding shows such as "America's Next Top Model" to the United States article; I don't think it will last long there, yet this is the exposure that the United States gets to much of the world.-gadfium 19:10, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

At the very least, add an explanation of why it's important e.g. what economic benefits it produces, with links to sources. Otherwise, it's just trivia. Also, please get rid of the large area of white space caused by the images. You also need to create fair use rationales for the images, since there is currently no such rationale covering the Palau article.-gadfium 20:20, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] US Air/America West

Yea, those edits need reviewing. I'm a tad busy tonight since I started to cleanup the Tropicana Entertainment mess. Maybe tomorrow. Vegaswikian (talk) 07:08, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Yea, if I had time. User:EditWithFacts seems to be a single purpose account with the intent of obfuscating the facts that several editors have worked hard to dig out. Feel free to remove POV issues and cleanup the text. It is acceptable to remove text that would take too much work cleaning up. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:24, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Halong is a Bay, but also means "A beautiful day in Vietnam"

...As per the JMA official name meaning list. Weatherlover819 (talk) 09:55, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, JMA and HKO is different. And as I said on the "Edit history" column, all the other storms' names were used with the list, not the HKO site that you are mentioning. Weatherlover819 (talk) 10:12, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
I just want you to know, Neoguri, Rammasun, and Matmo's meanings come from the JMA. If you really want that site to be mentioned, then change the JMA etymologies thingy to the mentioned website (HKO). Weatherlover819 (talk) 10:31, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
You said: Use "not (JMA) and only (JMA)". I'm saying, Wikipedia uses the "JMA", although just a RSMC and not a naming place. Please I want to stop this conversation. The user talk shouldn't be too long like Titoxd's talk page. Weatherlover819 (talk) 10:41, 16 May 2008 (UTC)