User talk:TeamZissou

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[edit] Tremble dance

Hello! This message is about six months overdue but thanks for improving the stub I started in Tremble dancing in bees! I'm glad someone was inspired by the topic enough to research it. - Beccargh

[edit] William H. Illingworth

Hi, I came across your article on Illingworth, which looks like a very good start. I've made some corrections to formatting, WP style and writing style and thought you might like to have another look... particularly with a view to how most Wikipedia biography/photography articles are formatted, etc. Check out the article's talk page too, because I've added a template linking the article to the History of Photography WikiProject, which might be of interest to you. Ciao! Pinkville 14:47, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Good job with that. Thanks!TeamZissou 19:36, 2 April 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Rats

Thank you so much for your help and research on the rats and the food supply on the Rat article! —mako๛ 16:03, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Firearms

Welcome to the WikiProject Firearms. I hope you enjoy being a member.--LWF 02:12, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] bullets

Unless these bullets have enough special information to warrant an entire article, or you have at least a stub of info to post, I doubt that any of these "articles" will pass speedy deletion. Do they really warrant entire articles unto themselves? - superβεεcat  20:15, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Huot

Admittedly, it's difficult to discern whether "automatic rifle" is part of the proper name or just a qualifier. Browsing over the weapon categories I see a mixed bag of lowercase and titlecase. Anyway, if you're sure that it should be capitalized, you can move the page yourself; I don't think it's a big deal. Highly specialized topics like that often don't attract much discussion, as they're Greek to the general public. IOW, whatever you discuss agree with Kalashnikov and other editors is fine with me.

I don't understand your statement "Now we have two titles that say the same thing, but concern different topics." Huot light machine gun redirects to Huot automatic rifle, and there isn't any other article starting with "Huot". Duja► 06:49, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Smoking

I saw your cry for help. I'm a bit busy studying for an exam, but I'll soon make a reply concerning Naacats outlandish criticism concerning smoking in art and history. If you're concerned about the article I recommend contacting an admin (or several of them) and pointing them especially to the replies made by David Ruben and Nmg20. Just ask someone to unlock the article by pointing out that the conflict is not representative of the community, but merely one newcomers POV zeal and misunderstanding of how Wikipedia is supposed to work. If there's more revert warring, request a temporary block for Naacats since this is a crystal clear case of POV pushing. The article should not be protected merely because a smoking activist decided to start a anti-anti-smoking campaign on Wikipedia.

I recommend that you studiously ignore Naacats talkpage activity until he manages to come up with valid, intellectually honest arguments to support his proposals to alter articles.

Peter Isotalo 07:08, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Zissou, I appreciate your commitment to countering pro-smoking nonsense, but I think you should try to calm down a bit. I completely understand your need to vent about the absurdity of the whole situation, but it doesn't really help right now. Just try to bring attention to the fact that Naacats isn't making constructive edits nor presenting good arguments. A single crackpot is not going to wreck an article like smoking simply by being obtuse.
Peter Isotalo 11:39, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
I'd appreciate you taking a look at Passive smoking where a lengthy mediation process with two pro-tobacco editors has gone nowhere. I finally withdrew and it seems likely that a disputre will re-emerge on the page.JQ 11:44, 2 October 2007 (UTC)


[edit] De-Snarked

Think I've de-snarked it. See my talk page. Cheers! - superβεεcat  10:42, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fighting the vandals

Thanks for keeping the grubby hands of vandals off smoking. I know it must be a bit frustrating to see it assaulted all the time, but you should consider keeping your edit summaries a bit more civil instead of venting your anger. Considering that anon editors seem to be engaged in defacing the article on a daily basis and making little or no constructive contributions, maybe we should request permanent semiprotection.

Peter Isotalo 09:48, 9 October 2007 (UTC)


Sorry sir! but vandalization is actually what YOU are doing to Imod apparently due to denial of your deletion proposal.

There is no evidence (nor even common sense) that suggests IMOD is anything but disinformation or quackery. Rather, it is a contemporary and obvious example thereof, a fact which was acknowledged in the deletion review process and cited specifically as a reason to retain the article, and therefore the external links stay. TeamZissou 18:19, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] IMOD

Yeah, it's a lot better to move it to IMOD (herbal extract) moreso because the referred to extract is probably complete BS. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tatarize (talk • contribs) 02:23, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] On Iran

The scientists mentioned ARE Iranian citizens (for sure Vafa, Musivand and Rahbar). They are not just Iranian-born! Some of them grew up there and did their university education there or were a faculty member. Sangak Talk 14:44, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] M-1 Carbine Article

The M1 carbine article is currently on lock down. An administrator has requested some discussion from memeber of the Firearms Wikiproject. Can you take a look?Sf46 (talk) 19:50, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] From Dinkytown

Sorry TeamZissou for not getting back to you sooner. I lived in Dinkytown from 1992-2006, but had been going to the "U" since 1985 (grad. in 1992). My major was history with Scandinavian emphasis and hung out with the Scandi crowd at the U, but that was back in early eighties. I'm active in the Sami community, but not through the U. Take Care. Dinkytown (talk) 04:11, 3 March 2008 (UTC)