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Flag of Georgia in Georgia (U.S. state) article

At the top right of Georgia (U.S. state) there is a link to the flag Flag of Georgia which seems that it would take you directly to Flag of Georgia (U.S. state) but instead it goes to the dab page Flag of Georgia. Why doesn't it go to Flag of Georgia (U.S. state)? Bubba73 (talk), 23:35, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

• the Template:US state is fixed so that it automatically does Flag of (statename). If you want to change it, it would be necessary to change all the other states using the template. PeregrineAY 23:43, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

• • i made a change to the Template:US state....but i have a feeling all the other states have been affected. PeregrineAY 23:54, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
    • never mind, all the other states have the flaglink already in place. PeregrineAY 23:56, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I think that the Georgia flag was the only one with "US state" on it (because of the countntry of Georgia. Bubba73 (talk), 01:19, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Source for complete Randi quote?

Bubba73, do you have a source for the complete James Randi quote you just added; namely:

Concerning the challenge, I always have an "out": I'm right!

My quick search of the JREF website didn't spot it, but I don't trust its search engine. Nor did I find it through Google. I see that an anonymous editor (you, I presume) just updated Rawlins' version in the Wikiquote article on Randi. I'd like to source the full quotation so we can demonstrate both the actual quote and how it's misused, which is one of the benefits of WQ's sourcing practices. Thanks for any help you can provide. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 06:08, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I updated the one on Wikiquote too. (I went there from WP and forgot to log in.) I don't know of any published source, but I emailed Randi and asked him about it, and that is what he said. So perhaps it should read "According to Randi, he actually said...". Bubba73 (talk), 19:20, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, there is a problem with "verifiable source" with that, since his email to me is not verifiable. It is "close to the source", in a sense. Bubba73 (talk), 03:41, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks for the tip! I'll look into it. KarlBunker 20:22, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

AIV vs VIP

Hi Bubba73/Archive 2 (2006). I noticed you added an entry to Vandalism in Progress. That page is only for very specific cases, as described by the page's guidelines. Your alert would be better placed on Administrator intervention against vandalism (WP:AIV), where it will usually be processed within minutes. Many alerts that are incorrectly placed on Vandalism in Progress are never dealt with, simply because they become old before an administrator gets to them. Thanks for your efforts. :) --lightdarkness 01:09, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

OK. I thought "Vandslism in progress" was for vandalism in progress - something that needed to be stopped now. The vandal I reported had done two vandalisms in the last 10 minutes, IIRC. Thank you. Bubba73 (talk), 01:20, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: Randi (and Klass)

I like what you did to James Randi. If you want a similar but even bigger challenge, take a look at Philip J. Klass. Bubba73 (talk), 05:50, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Christ that looks like a nightmare. I'm admittedly not very good at cutting through and rewriting stuff like that. I also (unfortunately) don't really know a great deal about Klass unlike my knowledge of Randi. I'll try to weed through some books and find some info on him, though ufology's not really one of my strong foci. However, I can promise to continue monitoring any article that is often subject to vandalism/spurious edits (such as James Randi). If you need any help with specific articles, please let me know or add to Misplaced Pages:Wikiproject Rational Skepticism/Skeptic watchlists. If you need (or have) any advice, please don't hesitate to contact me. -- Krash (Talk) 20:03, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

82 vs. 83

"The biggest problem is that anyone can edit."  :) No harm done.

Quackery

If you have the time/interest: Glyconutrient. -- Krash (Talk) 14:09, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

for your generous remarks. Tom Harrison 15:05, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

UFO/related articles

If you look at my edit history, you'll find that I inhabit a lot of controversial articles about science-related concepts. I haven't yet breached the UFO issue and this is my first forray. I'm trying to take it slow as I am still occupied with a few cosmology and creationist controversies. I do recognize that the other articles are worse, but from a pure advertisement standpoint, I'm sure many more people see the UFO article than the Majestic 12 article, for example. If things improve enough at UFO that the article is actually NPOV and factual, I may move on to those other problems. --ScienceApologist 18:37, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Bubba!

I appreciate what you did for the Meier article. It needs balance! (And presentational changes.) And I'm just not willing to put in the time needed for it, I'm sorry to say. Phiwum 16:04, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

velikovsky

Now dear Bubba, you seem far too accomplished an experienced a wikipedian to be getting into silly edit wars on a velikovsky article. Please curb your enthusiasm. We don't want this to end in tears :)--feline1 16:38, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

About the Velikovsky article.....I'm not sure I can be of much use. --JWSchmidt 03:00, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Roswell

I don't think I'm going to resubmit it, but I think you should. Could be an interesting article. Have to keep it really factual though.

Apollo Hoax

I plan to make major changes. I posted my offering on the Moon Hoax discussion page, under that title. Let me know. The formatting didn't take in the discussion section, but you will get the jist. I wanted to remove the back and forth bickering of whether "it" happened or not and just get to the basics: What is the Moon Hoax. Nothing else. I would like to trim off the Dead Astronauts section, but I feel I am already making a large change. Let me know what you think. DartFrog 01:57, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar

Your help on articles where our paths have crossed has been much appreciated. Thanks a lot, and I'll see you 'round. We'll get that UFO article NPOV yet! --ScienceApologist 19:37, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Bush Crimes Commission

You are invited to vote in Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Bush Crimes Commission (2nd nomination) Morton devonshire 20:27, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Dang man, I guessed wrong. Cheers anyway! Morton devonshire 00:15, 13 April 2006 (UTC)