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Once again, welcome! Jfingers88 01:53, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! Phoenixrod 02:52, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Death Threat

Don't fuck with my articles or i will kill you motherfucker —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.121.107.59 (talk • contribs) 13:44, 14 March 2006.

• my reply

• my original comment and reply to Jfingers88

Hmm. You must have angered this 67.121.107.59 a lot, especially since (s)he posted the death threat on your page before making any edits to the Ryan Braun article.

My advice would be not to anger anyone, though it seems that those edits were legit. Don't make bad edits, but if you do, another editor would probably just give you a little polite notice so you don't make the same mistake again. This person who threatened you probably feels a little more powerful hiding behind the anonymity of an IP address.

Your next recourse should be to review thoroughly the personal attack policy of Misplaced Pages and follow the advice given there, especially under Remedies.

Oh, yeah, it's a bad idea to take things off your talk page unless you're archiving. Which means you may have to put the threat back on, depending on general consensus. I've seen some talk pages that were at least partially blanked by the owner but reverted by another editor because of this reason.

Good luck, and hopefully your editing goes better from now on! Jfingers88 04:34, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

The original threat, for the record, read "Don't fuck with my articles or i will kill you motherfucker". I reverted the page because 67.121.107.59 overwrote some text. Phoenixrod 07:06, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I've put the original comment back on (at the start of this section) and added the unsigned tag, on the above advice of Jfingers88. -Phoenixrod 17:34, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Ryan Braun

Yo, i think those stats are pretty super-human, wouldn't you agree? What college baseball player in the last 20 yrs. has posted similar stats with 26 stolen bases to boot? Check the numbers my friend, those stats are definitely Herculean. Furthermore, don't edit things unless they are untrue or unfounded. His stats speak for themeselves so don't touch the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.120.225.229 (talk • contribs) 05:13, 15 March 2006.

• my reply

I WROTE THE ARTICLE SIR! And I would appreciate that should you have a problem with people editing an article, you take it up in an honorable fashion. And to masquerade behind an IP address while claiming that it is you who is the author is quite childish and inappropriate. Now I'm saying to you sir, please do not interfere with the integrity of my article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ralphie90 (talk • contribs) 13:40, 5 April 2006.

• my reply

Ralphie90, are you responding to the anonymous IP who edited Ryan Braun? If you are, I doubt (s)he will be reading my talk page. You might do well to write something on the anon's talk page or add to the Ryan Braun talk page. I appreciate that you started the article and want it to be a quality article, but please remember that no one, not even you as creator of the page, owns an article. If you were simply throwing anon's phrase back ironically, I apologize for taking you too literally; it's hard to tell in a print medium. Oh, and a minor point: please sign your messages (with four ~ symbols) -- it makes it easier for me to know whom I am talking to! Thanks! Phoenixrod 07:48, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Just a quick note: thanks for fixing that typo on Downers Grove South.--Kevin Walter 02:24, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words! I'm usually more of a wiki gnome editor, but a little attention now and then doesn't hurt.  :) -Phoenixrod 17:45, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Rickie Weeks

hey man, thanks for the vigilance on the Rickie Weeks page. Although I do have one point to contest with you - his defense has been atrocious and what Yount was saying in the article was to just leave the kid alone and let him play. of course he has be concerned with 9 errors in 24 games! He's on pace for 60, my man! anyhow, if you want to qualify the fielding assessment with that link, you can put it back up. i'm not going to be a dick and keep on taking it down. i can see how the watching pages and the potential cat and mouse type thing can be addicitive. we have some things in common - literature and baseball. not a bad combination IMO well, I'm sure Weeks will be fine eventually. He is quite a special talent on an exciting team. take it easy - Leo —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Leoleo0422 (talk • contribs) 14:37, 5 May 2006.

Speedy Delete

• my original comment

I had just come accross a vanity page and automatically assumed I had dones so again. I marked it as speedy, then went to check the history to see who to tell off for spamming, and I realised it had a whole heap more history than it should. So I changed it! Thanks anyway skorpion 22:46, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Wordplayer.com

Apologies for overeager additions! (Have actually added unreverted (ahem:) info and links, and tended to spelling corrections, etc., for a good year or so.) My intent was to delineate official, original info via links because commercial references use same without permission or courtesy of attribution. Anyway, could you kindly e-me via the Mail link on the site? TIA, AnonHerePlease, a.k.a. 206.63.151.65 06:10, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

• my reply

Thanks

Just wanted to thank you for the official welcome. Take care! JelloSheriffBob 05:32, 12 July 2006 (UTC)User:JelloSheriffBob

You are welcome! Let me know if you have any questions. -Phoenixrod 08:12, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Dolchstoßlegende edit

• my original comment

Actually I did preview. It didn't help. I needed coffee. Once my brain engaged I realized what the issue was in the link (a space) I always thought M was for minor corrections like spelling and punctuation. Anything else in my opinion would be more than minor, though not necessairly major.Gfwesq 03:10, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Basava edit

• my original comment

Thanks for catching that. It must have been due to that @!#^% Google toolbar bug. eaolson 13:05, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

haha, thanks for signing my name for me. For some reason i just forgot to sign my name in the slugging percentage page so yeah, thanks. --CesarCossio 19:20, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

No problem; it happens. :) I just like it to be clear who says what, so I use the unsigned template quite a bit. -Phoenixrod 19:23, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Refs correct

Yep, that's right. :) (re: cleavage (breasts)) -- Gotyear 04:38, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

User talk:Quentinmatsys

Might want to check this out, he blanked out his page again and made what I think is a threat. Nate 11:27, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. I'll look into it when I have some Wiki-time. -Phoenixrod 16:08, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

And for transparency, here is the rather lengthy reply I made to Quentinmatsys: . -Phoenixrod

Thanks

Thanks for the welcome, a bit more friendlier and helpful than scanning the whole help section. Can't wait to make a lot more contributions to the best encyclopedia in the world! Death to all vandals! You all will be punished! -- Lancelot 23:30, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome! I saw you were a relatively new user, and all the help menus can be a lot to wade through at first. I doubt most new editors actually read them. :) If you are interested in fighting vandalism, you might find WP:Vandal Proof to be a useful link. I don't use Vandal Proof, myself, but if you really want to bring metaphorical death to vandals, it's a start. Or more generally, has a lot of resources for fighting the scourge. Anyway, if you have any questions, visit my talk page again and I'll do my best to point you in the right direction. -Phoenixrod 07:13, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Please consider also warning vandals

Thank you for reverting vandalism on Misplaced Pages. Could you also please consider using our vandal warning system ? First offenses get a "test1," then a "test2," followed by a "test3" and "test4." At the end of this, if the vandal persists, he or she merits blocking for a period of time. If you do this, it will greatly help us in decreasing vandalism on Misplaced Pages. Much thanks, -- Kukini 23:41, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. I often forget the test templates. I'll try to be better with them! -Phoenixrod 07:04, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Misplaced Pages!!!

Hello Phoenixrod! Welcome to Misplaced Pages! Thank you for your contributions. If you decide that you need help, check out Misplaced Pages:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. You may also push the signature button located above the edit window. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. This is considered an important guideline in Misplaced Pages. Even a short summary is better than no summary. Below are some recommended guidelines to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! -- Kukini 23:41, 30 November 2006 (UTC) Getting Started Misplaced Pages Tutorial How to edit a page The five pillars of Misplaced Pages Manual of Style Be bold in editing How to write a great article WikiProjects Getting your info out there Cite your sources Neutral Point of View Point of View Verifiability Uploading images Image use policy Getting more Misplaced Pages rules Policy Library Getting Help New contributors' help page Where to ask a question Help Desk Frequently Asked Questions Getting along Wikiquette Civility Sign your posts Wikipedians Conflict resolution Getting technical Cleaning up vandalism Pages needing attention Peer review Utilities Village pump

I'm not sure what I've done to warrant being re-welcomed (maybe it's like renewing my vows or something?), but the links beyond my first welcome are appreciated. It's good not to have to hunt for these. -Phoenixrod 07:19, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

The second welcome was to leave you with this template. I use this when I do welcomes and find it generally pretty appreciated. Kukini 16:10, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for introducing me to wikipedia. See my user page to learn about me. I am very excited about this site! Fortyniners9999 06:41, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Excellent! Let me know if I can help you figure things out. And happy editing! -Phoenixrod 06:51, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Quentinmatsys question

Hi Phoenixrod. As you are someone who has been dealing with Quentinmatsys and his refusal to answer for a while, I want to float something by you. I really don't want to jump the gun as far as accusations, but I'm curious how something looks to you. I had reverted one of Quentinmatsys's changes to the Jorie Graham article, specifically one in which he introduced what he claimed was her full name. I notified him on his user page, and he made no attempt to answer. Dfdeent joined on October 19, made the same edit Quentinmatsys had been trying to make (although actually citing a source for it, a website called Veromi), and has disappeared since then. Quentinmatsys returned to posting the same day that Dfdeent's account was created. I'm probably making this sound more complicated than it is. It would be easier to see by just visiting the histories of the Jorie Graham page and the appropriate user histories. In any event, how does the situation look to you? Nervously, ProfJeFF 20:37, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up, ProfJeFF. I've finally had a chance to glance through the relevant histories; it's the final week of classes, so I'm sure you understand the delay. If I follow your implication, you suspect that Dfdeent may be a sock puppet of Quentinmatsys, right? The timeline does raise my eyebrow. And I can see why it might seem like sockpuppetry, since Dfdeent's sole edit reflects knowledge newcomers seldom have (namely invisibly commenting in article space) and he/she made a similar addition to what Quentinmatsys had made. That said, one fairly innocuous edit made in October doesn't seem worth making a fuss over now. Quentinmatsys hasn't make an edit since 16 November. If either user were currently active and the pattern continued, it might be worth investigating, but as things stand, I don't see a problem. It's likely a coincidence. If you have reason to remain suspicious, keep me posted. In the meantime, don't feel too nervous about it. -Phoenixrod 19:30, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. I agree that this is hardly worth pursuing, given the relative scarcity of edits and the fact that I'm none too concerned about this particular change. Just struck me as A) rude and B) suspicious. Thanks for your eyes. ProfJeFF 21:50, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

It didn't seem rude to me, especially if the two users aren't related; it was more odd than anything. A little suspicious, yes, but not over-the-top. Since I have lots of distance from the article in question, it's easy for me to assume good faith. :) -Phoenixrod 22:42, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

J.D. Drew

Just wanted to let you know that your J.D. Drew edit summary made me laugh out loud. It's probably because of some cognitive dissonance, in which I know viscerally that Drew's sucking should not be a matter of debate, yet am committed to NPOV... ah well, it made my night. Stilgar135 02:51, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• my reply

Vandalism by User:Hsr1

Hsr1 recently vandalized my talk page: and -Phoenixrod 00:19, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

• my response on Hsr1's talk page

Re:Jack the Giant Killer (film)

Thankyou for your compliments on my work on that article.Yes you are right about the mistakes made there.That's what happens when you're writing an entire article instead of a paragraph.In a pargraph it's easy to spot the errors as there are few words but in an article there are so many words,it's difficult to spot the errors. I thankyou for helping clean up the errors.I'd really appriciate if you kept helping on that.I also posted a few suggestions on the talkpage which I hope you will see.

Again thanks for helping out making improvements.I hope you keep it up.Best regards.--Nadirali نادرالی

ASUE

Hello, Phoenixrod and thank you for your contributions on articles related to A Series of Unfortunate Events. I'd like to invite you to become a part of WikiProject A Series of Unfortunate Events, a WikiProject aiming to improve coverage of A Series of Unfortunate Events and related articles on Misplaced Pages. If you would like to help out and participate, please visit the project page for more information. Thanks! <3Clamster 23:19, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

• my reply, or if it gets archived, a permanent link

About the above... why did you delete my comment on Clamster's talk page, as well as another user's? If it was unintentional, sorry for that.--Orthologist 23:30, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

• my reply to Orthologist

The link I provided just showed the comment I posted, but I think there has been a misunderstanding on my part. Sorry for the trouble.--Orthologist 18:29, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

No trouble. Happy editing! -Phoenixrod 18:38, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Talk Disappeared

A week ago, I made some comments on the discussion page of Hard Candy (Movie). I come back, and its gone. Is discussion wiped periodically? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Raymm (talk • contribs) 11 March 2007.

Hmm, I've had a look at your contributions and at Talk:Hard Candy (film). There's no record of any comments from your user name on that page, although you edited the article itself (Hard Candy (film)). No, talk pages are not wiped periodically. If comments are removed, they should still be available in the history of the page unless an admin permanently deleted something. That's very rare though. Was there anything potentially objectionable in your comments? If not, I have no idea why your comments would be missing from the history. Is there any chance you are confusing the talk page with the article itself? (Your edits to that do show up.) -Phoenixrod 09:16, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

After more experience, I see I was confusing the talk page with the article itself. Thanks for polite response.--Raymm 21:13, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

No problem! Good luck as you learn more about Misplaced Pages. -Phoenixrod 17:25, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

A line in Flail article removed

I wonder why you (I think? I'm not familiar how to use the history tool) removed a line from Flail (weapon) on March 23? It read: "Controlling the flail is much more difficult than rigid weapons." RandomMonitor 16:13, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out, RandomMonitor. I had no recollection of removing that particular line, so I checked the history, and you are referring to this edit. I remember fixing the spacing at the end of the edit, in relation to the Lord of the Rings reference, but I certainly did not intend to remove the line you mentioned or re-insert the paragraph my previous edit took out. I'm baffled, since I'm sure I didn't make all those changes. Sometimes the software is buggy—maybe that's what happened? Anyway, I re-inserted the line "Controlling the flail is much more difficult than rigid weapons" at the appropriate place. Sorry for the mixup. I'm still not sure what happened. -Phoenixrod 19:40, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Aspergilium

I added a photograph as you requested. Sarum blue 20:37, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! The pictures look great. I've posted messages on Talk:Aspergilium and Talk:Aspergillum asking if the two articles should be merged, since they seem to describe the same object with one letter different. -Phoenixrod 21:40, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I do not know how to merge them. Are you familiar with the process? Sarum blue 23:59, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Try Misplaced Pages:Merging and moving pages. The idea is to manually combine the information in both articles into one of them and then leave a redirect page on the less common term. Since I don't know enough about aspergilium/aspergillum, I'm not sure I can adequately merge the content myself (and I don't have a lot of time the next week or so!). But if you can decide what information to take from aspergilium and put into aspergillum, go right ahead! -Phoenixrod 03:12, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Phoenixrod and thank you for the correction on my user page. Happy editing!--Ioannes Pragensis 17:56, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

No problem! I've seen your name in a number of chess article histories, and you seem to do good work here. -Phoenixrod 18:59, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Edit count et al

Hi,

Cruising your user page, you might be interested in this.

Also, I'm not sure why you did this. Would you mind if I reverted it? It's not a quote, I'm pretty sure that single tics are more appropriate.

WLU 23:52, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the link, WLU. I had posted a link to my particular user stats, but the general tool is a good link too. Plus it's nice to know someone actually looked at my user page. :)

As for the edit to Fartlek, I was always taught to use the single quotation marks only for quotes inside of quotes. Furthermore, I am following (as I understand it) WP:PUNC in the Manual of Style, particularly this section: WP:PUNC#Quotation_marks_affect_searching. If there's a reason to prefer the single marks, please let me know, but my understanding is that Misplaced Pages prefers the double marks. -Phoenixrod 21:01, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the greetings as well as the recommendations. Ben.klein 14:20, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

You are quite welcome! -Phoenixrod 19:58, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Archetypical

RE: this edit, per "archetypal" and "archetypical" mean the same thing. I left it as you wrote it, though. Regards, howcheng {chat} 18:31, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

That's fine; they do seem to mean the same thing. I changed it because I've only seen "archetypal" in my reading, though, and a quick check of and archetype uses "archetypal" more than "archetypical". -Phoenixrod 00:14, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Sports lists

I was hoping you would take part in this, and voice your opinion on this issue. Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Sports lists --Josh 01:19, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Middle Earth Edits

Hi, I've noticed you've edited a few Middle Earth articles, changing them to present case. This is not what the Middle Earth portal recommends

Tenses

1. All articles that cover in-universe material must be in past tense, as decided as a consensus here. Though it states in the Guide to writing better articles that generally fictional articles should be written in present tense, Tolkien-related articles are an exception, due to the fact that we are discussing more than just plots of novels, we are outlining the history of a fictional world — the novels are written in past tense because they are memoirs meant to explain a mythical past of our Earth, much like the Greek Mythology. Also, take consideration into the fact that much of the information is taken not from the novels, but from informational texts (e.g. The History of Middle-earth).

Shall I change them back or is the portal wrong?

Carl Sixsmith 05:13, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out! I only remember changing one Middle-earth article, Sting (Middle-earth), to present tense. If the portal has its own style, we should conform to that. I wasn't aware that the style for ME articles ran counter to the general Misplaced Pages guidelines, so thanks for bringing it to my attention. I'll change it back to present tense and try to avoid my natural urge to change the tense to the present ... in the future. If you follow me. :) -Phoenixrod 05:56, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Okay, in agreement with Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Middle-earth/Standards#Tenses, I've changed the article to past tense—but only the parts dealing with Middle-earth-universe history. -Phoenixrod 06:03, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: Prebendalism

In regard to this edit, why did you remove the entire references section and then mark the article as unreferenced? Was there a problem with the sources? -Phoenixrod 04:08, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out. I think what happened is I unwittingly edited an old version as if it were the new one, and took out much more than I realized.

Just restored to the previous version. The only change I kept from my mis-reversion was the addition of two categories. / edgarde 04:38, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing it up! -Phoenixrod 04:46, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Like to see your name in lights?

Who are you and why did you take it upon yourself to "welcome" me to Misplaced Pages?Ron S 18:35, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

The antisocial response to a standard welcome template is a great example of why I hate humanity sometimes. :)

The template may be slightly "smarmy", as Ron S believes, but I don't think it is excessively so. In fact, I've been thanked above for giving welcome messages. Sheesh, world, what gives? But in all seriousness, Edgarde has it right. Let's try to assume good faith, even on a friendly (or is it sinister and self-serving?!) hello. -Phoenixrod 07:35, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

I have a question

Thanks for the welcome, Phoenixrod. I have been trying to put citations for journal articles on a few pages, but I can't figure out how to format them. Is there a particular style that is wiki-accepted? Saar42 14:45, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

You are welcome, Saar42. Take a look at Misplaced Pages:Citing_sources for an overview on Misplaced Pages's guidelines for citation. Journal-specific templates are available at Misplaced Pages:Citation_templates; you can fill in the relevant information and the format should be standardized. There does not appear to be a clear consensus on what style to use (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.). Feel free to ask me anything else (or post on the talk page Wikipedia_talk:Citing_sources with more detailed citation issues that other editors would have more experience with). -Phoenixrod 18:13, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Milton Bradley issue

I completely forgot about this, until I saw it come up on my watchlist, but I disagree entirely with your assertion that the old biased section is better than nothing at all. Neutral point of view is non-negotiable, especially for biographies of living persons. Most of the moments in that section had no references. Leebo /C 03:11, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Leebo, I think you misread my intent. You said on Bradley's talk page that you had removed a section on controversy with Milton Bradley and were planning to do a rewrite yourself. I did not dig in the article's history to find the old section, so I don't know what it used to look like (and I'd never visited the page before). Obviously, we need to comply with the BLP policy. My brief reply on Talk:Milton Bradley (baseball)#Controversial moments section was meant to be to the effect that Bradley is more controversial than many baseball players, so completely ignoring his various controversies and altercations is not accurate; most media articles about him mention his temper and on-field transgressions. It's important to address them in some way if we want a reasonable article (and, again obviously, as all editors should know, that means proper citations and NPOV). My comment on the talk page was simply en passant a gentle nudge that someone (especially you, since you indicated you would) should re-write the old section to bring it in line with policy. -Phoenixrod 04:01, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

For Your Efforts

		The Special Barnstar
		For your cool head, willingness to come to a resolution over at Talk:List of fictional books within the Harry Potter series#Merge The Tales of Beedle the Bard, and well-thought out reasoning, I award you the Special Barnstar, because, well, apparently Misplaced Pages hasn't invented a Barnstar yet for keeping a cool head and being reasonable. I have a ton of respect for you now. Congratulations! Anakinjmt (talk) 18:02, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Aw, shucks. :) Thanks for the barnstar—it's my first! I'm glad we could work out a compromise; it already looks as if Tales is attracting lots of attention with the auction today. -Phoenixrod (talk) 06:26, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Lemony Snicket Roll Call

Hello, Phoenixrod! Your username, as well as the usernames of other inactive members of Misplaced Pages: WikiProject Lemony Snicket, has been removed from the inactive members list, as part of a process for making the wikiproject active once again. If you would like to continue to be an member (inactive or active), please follow the instructions on the top of the participants page to add your username. Thanks! Clamster 00:06, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Urbandictionary.com link

• my original comment

I'm not wed to the link. If you want to remove it, okay. Please however find a new link to replace it. --evrik  16:07, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Hmm. There's already a link to Wiktionary. Why must there be an external link? -Phoenixrod (talk) 18:28, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for making my very first change to Misplaced Pages a friendly (and a deeply, oddly satisfying!) event. I think I have a new favorite hobby. SimonJester501 (talk) 23:09, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Ha ha! I hope your new favorite hobby treats you well. It can be deeply and oddly satifying, to be sure. Let me know if I can offer any pointers along the way. -Phoenixrod (talk) 03:17, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks from WestArmyComm

Hi Phoenixrod, thank you for your message on Feb. 29. Sorry I just read your message last night. It's nice to have a friend who can guide me here. WestArmyComm (talk) 12:25, 16 March 2008 (UTC)WestArmyComm.

You're welcome! Let me know if you need any guidance. -Phoenixrod (talk) 18:29, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Irrelevant Post on a Talk Page

Hello, I don't know if you can help me, but you sent me a welcome on my talk page many months ago (thanks, and hello!). I haven't even logged on in a long time (long story), and really don't post unless something frustrates me, but I have an issue I hope you can resolve. On the talk page of William Clay Ford, Jr. http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:William_Clay_Ford%2C_Jr. (sorry about the goofy link), I made a response to someone making irrelevant claims and... well, see for yourself. Regardless of your views on the subject, it does not belong there. I realize that a talk page does not conform to the same standards as a main page, but surely this type of talk is not helpful. Let me know what you can or can't do. ThanksPolkapolkapoker (talk) 00:53, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I can offer some guidance. I've had a look at Talk:William_Clay_Ford,_Jr.#Ford_and_the_gay_community, which I think is what you were referring to. I dug through the history and signed the post for its author, Ctownsend47. As for the post's content, you are right. Because the post isn't relevant to improving the article, you may remove it. See the talk page guideline, especially Misplaced Pages:TALK#Editing_comments. It's fine to remove the post if you like. -Phoenixrod (talk) 19:43, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Done, for now anyway. Thanks for the help!Polkapolkapoker (talk) 01:31, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. Let me know if there's anything else I can help with. -Phoenixrod (talk) 02:41, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Boe Uecker

Do you have like no life, or do you take this shit seriously? It was a joke for kids in my school and you ruined it so way to go asshole. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheFranchise94 (talk • contribs) 11:40, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but I don't know what you're talking about. You have one edit to your credit, and that's right above this one. Care to give me some more detail, perhaps in a more mature tone? And please sign your posts with four tildes (~). -Phoenixrod (talk) 17:37, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you from Proxxt

I appreciate the welcome. I am a novice and chose to contribute because I like to fix up little problems such as typos. Trivial perhaps, but I hope helpful to those whose efforts are more focused on providing good content. Proxxt (talk) 12:31, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! Nothing that helps the encyclopedia is trivial, so every little bit helps. Do as much as you are comfortable with, and keep up the good work. -Phoenixrod (talk) 17:11, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Pierogy Race n'at

I found a couple of videos of the race and posted the links on the article's talk page. One shows the PNC Park scoreboard, taken at a game, and the other is the actual video that they use. I wish I knew where they got that one. I'd love to get last season's intro video (the Pirates of the Caribbean quotes one) and the history video they show before player introductions. DarkAudit (talk) 20:20, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for the links. I don't know if links to YouTube work for inclusion in the article itself, but the links are good to have on the talk page. I think the current state of the article is acceptable with respect to the race's name. -Phoenixrod (talk) 21:07, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks section

Thank you for reverting the vandalism of my talk page. —SlamDiego_←T 10:06, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

No problem. That user appears to have a vendetta against you! -Phoenixrod (talk) 16:50, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps. If so, then I'll just have to ride it out, assuming that it still has some energy left. —SlamDiego_←T 02:19, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

"It"—nice. :) -Phoenixrod (talk) 04:13, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Haha! By “it” I meant the vendetta. Granted that the editor and the vendetta will probably burn-out at the same time, but sometimes problematic editors evolve into better contributors. —SlamDiego_←T 02:00, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Of course you meant the vendetta.... I merely found amusing the apparent ambiguity of the pronoun. It has been a pleasure. -Phoenixrod (talk) 05:03, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Legends of Legends

• my original comment

Thanks, I deleted it. It does look like it's some sort of small independent studio advertising itself. Academic Challenger (talk) 06:58, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey thanks for the message you gave me just now. kindda still a noob at this. But anyway, thanks for the guidence! Jyanong (talk) 11:26, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. It looks like you are getting the hang of Misplaced Pages. Don't be shy if you have any questions! -Phoenixrod (talk) 16:56, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks from Cologne

Hello Phoenixrod, thank you for your welcome greetings and information for me. All the best!!!--Lampford (talk) 23:57, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Sehr gut! Let me know if you have any questions. -Phoenixrod (talk) 02:10, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Wondering?

Forget about what i said last time. I messed up on that one. Sorry.

Are you the one that said...

atheism isn't the same as not legislating theism

...on the article about the Supreme Court decision on prayer in school? -Communismeffect (talk) 07:16, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

It took me a little while to figure out what you are referring to. I think you mean this edit on Engel v. Vitale. Yes, I wrote in my edit summary what you quote above. Why do you bring it up? Do you disagree? -Phoenixrod (talk) 07:48, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

The United States Supreme Court ruled that prayer in school was unconstitutional and should not be allowed. This is a sign that our judicial system is becoming atheist in not allowing school children to believe in God or to even pray at school. The Soviet Union had a government that told people that you couldn't believe in God, but we have a judicial system that is telling us that we cannot believe in God. Atheism has no place in society and should be illegal as it is a non-theistic belief. This is why students are failing in school, dropping out, commiting crimes, etc. is because the schools are not allowed to teach religion and are not allowed to mention religion at all. Our school system is atheistic because of the Supreme Court's decision. I blame the Senate, House of Representatives, White House, etc. too, as they have not done anything to encourage religion in the education system. [[The higher authorities in government say believe in us and we can provide you with everything. The power of government is granted by God, whether the government is religious or atheist. How they use that power is the government's fate and God shall determine whether they used their powers for good or evil. Sorry for the long paragraph, but i am one angry Christian in response to the government-supported atheism that seems to be happening these days. The United States Supreme Court is the government, since they seem to have the power to create laws instead of defining them. I am done.

Thanks. -Communismeffect (talk) 09:47, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Hmm. Let me try to explain my position here. First, Engel v. Vitale did not "prevent" anyone from believing in God or praying on their own in schools. The case merely, according to Misplaced Pages's article, "determined that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and require its recitation in public schools" (my italics added). The government isn't saying you can't believe in God (which would be state atheism, of course, and would raise an entirely different set of issues). Instead, the court ruled that the government cannot promote or establish one particular religion in public schools. Religion is still very much an academic topic, naturally. It's just not legal for the government to promote one particular brand of theism. As I said in my edit summary, atheism (which, to mind, explicitly affirms the nonexistence of God/gods) is not the same as not legislating theism (which, by contrast, allows freedom of religious choice).

In any case, I'm not sure why you are bringing my earlier edit summary to my attention now. As far as I can tell by your contributions, you have not edited the article before.

I do understand where you are coming from, and perhaps Potter Stewart would agree with you. But the rest of your comment is your opinion, and as such, is not appropriate for an encyclopedia article. Feel free to believe what you do, and if you have reliable sources to back up your position, include them in articles. But your slippery slope argument about why society is failing would be considered original research. -Phoenixrod (talk) 18:28, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Alright.

I got a little worked up writing that paragraph. The government has catered to some of these freethought organizations in the United States and has passed legislation supporting their views over those of religious views. There are many of them, and many of them are pushing for a atheist society. Even some political parties are big advocaters of atheism (ex. Communist Party USA) but the amount of religious suppression in this country is not known but there is a lot of it that happens behind closed doors. Your thoughts.

Thanks. -Communismeffect (talk) 04:32, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Frankly, I am not sure what kind of response you seek. On a personal level, I feel that you may or may not be right, but without specific examples, I cannot comment usefully. In any case, for Misplaced Pages's purposes, our personal feelings are irrelevant to writing neutral articles that use reliable and verifiable sources. I'm sure that you could start a website or a blog if you want to provoke discussion on such topics. -Phoenixrod (talk) 05:27, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Periods and commas inside vs. outside quotation marks

Phoenixrod- I see you moved the periods and commas outside the quotation marks in the Slippery Nipple article. I also see that you have studied British literature, which I suppose explains your British usage in this regard. I favor the American usage, no doubt because that is what I'm accustomed to. Here's what Misplaced Pages has to say about the subject: Quotation mark Other than that, thanks for the edits. Squelle (talk) 17:49, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Phoenixrod— I took the liberty of directing Squelle to the relevant section of the manual o' style. —SlamDiego_←T 01:58, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

SlamDiego, thank you for responding promptly while I was away from home for a few days. Squelle, I agree with you and prefer the American usage myself, but Misplaced Pages's Manual of Style is clear on the matter. I suppose there's something quite positive to be said for the more logical British method, even if it's less attractive for some readers. -Phoenixrod (talk) 04:44, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Question

Hi Pheonixrod. Remember me? How are you doing? Anyways i have a question. The movie Get Smart had a plot which i had put up. After a few days, somone took it down. I undone the change. Is he just vandalizing or have i done something wrong? Many people edited the plot before the guy took it down. Please check it out. Thanks....Jyan Jyanong (talk) 16:23, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for not responding sooner, but I've been away from home recently. After poking through the history of the Get Smart (film) article, I think you are referring to this edit and your revert, right? That does look like a case of pure vandalism from an IP user. No worries; you aren't doing anything wrong by re-inserting the section. After all, a plot section is entirely appropriate for an article about a film. Happy editing! -Phoenixrod (talk) 05:15, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Hey thanks! just wanted to check with an experienced user.Thanks again! Jyanong (talk) 02:08, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

The Tales of Beedle the Bard summaries

Hi, as you've seen the summaries have been shortened a lot, first by me quite some time ago, and now by Finalnight. And I guess you've also seen that the article is a failed GA, the issues being almost fixed now. There still are some however, do you now overall agree with the shape of the article? diego_pmc (talk) 06:30, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your hard work on the article and for seeking plenty of opinions on its improvement. Despite our differences earlier, I respect your consensus-building. I'll take a more careful look at the article when I have some time in the next few days. -Phoenixrod (talk) 03:44, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

I still think it's odd having a summary of Amazon's summaries of the stories (rather than a simple link), but at least they are shorter than before. I can live with the current shape of the article. It looks like it was hastily passed as a GA recently as well. -Phoenixrod (talk) 19:41, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Albert Pujols Page

No, I've never checked my talk page until now. But to answer your question, I am making the proper grammar corrections. There can only be one "best." When referring to more than one person, the correct word is "better." Albert Pujols is either the best player or he isn't. He can't be "one of the best." "Best" is a singular word. "Most" is also a singular word. Albert Pujols is one of the better players. Many people make this mistake when writing and speaking.