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Re: "This makes no sense. Butters is blond"

I'm confused about this comment; the section is about Timmy's parents, yet you refer to Butters.
Clarification?
--Naylor182 17:54, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

The line I removed said "Timmy's father had black hair in the same style as Butters." Captain Infinity 22:03, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Helen Keller! The Musical

See Misplaced Pages:Avoid trivia sections in articles. Deltabeignet 03:52, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

N

Greetings, kindly read the last line of the "Meanings of N" here on the article about the letter. Thanks. (→Netscott) 10:33, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the link to the letter N. I have read the article. I think you have misunderstood the note in the article for With Apologies to Jesse Jackson. In that show, Randy Marsh is a contestant on Wheel Of Fortune. He is given 5 free letters to use in solving the puzzle, RTSLE. However, on the real Wheel Of Fortune, contestants are given 6 letters, RSTLNE. This is a valid, noteworthy difference betwen the real show and the one portrayed on South Park. The usage on N as a replacement for the word "and" does not really apply in this case. Captain Infinity 10:57, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for your helpful response. Obviously I wasn't that familiar with that aspect of Wheel of Forturne. Cheers. (→Netscott) 12:24, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: I'm curious

Hi^^

sorry but I dont remember changing the simpsons pages I only changed a few of the family guy pages. There isn't anything about simpsons in my contributions.

WELL

While I watch the episode I organize the references to appearance in the episode and I add references that are missing. Sometimes I correct things that are wrong.

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but I was a bit confused by the FDR thingy...I dont know why it has been deleted from the cultural references. A lot of people have been mentioned in FG but what is the difference? It wasn't that bad^^.

Tracey

Revenge

That works for me. MGlosenger 00:48, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

The Simpsons Plot

I cut it down so that is could be rebuilt, it was full of digressions and quotes, and spoilers, I was trying to get it back under 700 words as it was over 1300! I appreciate the copyedits, I was trying to keep the essential points, but obviously it read fine in my head, nice to get a second opinion on it. Darrenhusted 00:58, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Cheers. Darrenhusted 01:26, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Reply: Fiction refs

As the tag clearly states: Mere trivia, or references unimportant to the overall plot of a work of fiction, should be deleted. The articles need cleanup. Trivial sections need to be condensed (and in some cases, just eliminated), as Misplaced Pages isn't a trivia guide. RobJ1981 01:46, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Well I don't always have the time, and I'm not always an expert on the subject to be able to just instantly fix the problem. Many maintenance tags are noticed by people, so clean up does happen. A lot of the time, it takes a while (from what I've seen), but frankly... pointing out the problem does work. RobJ1981 02:18, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Reperfusion

Hi! The link to MSNBC on the Reperfusion page is redirecting to http://www.newsweek.com. Not sure why or how the correct link can be found, perhaps you can help? Thanks! Captain Infinity 16:30, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

• The link has been moved to the Newsweek site, so I have fixed the link to still point to the original article. But I see no sense in the Reperfusion page and I have suggested a merger with Reperfusion injury. -- Ben Best 19:35, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Who/how to report vandalism?

Hi! I am very impressed with your ClueBot. I logged in to #wikipedia-VAN to watch it in action, it's cool. I often revert vandalism myself on the pages on my watchlist, and sometimes I check the vandal's contributions page to see if he/she has been messing with other pages. I often find multiple incidences of vandalism by these users, and while I can revert their changes, I have no idea to whom I can report their actions or how to go about it. Can you provide any pointers? Thanks! Captain Infinity 15:09, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

(replying for him) See WP:UTM for templates with which to warn vandals -- start from level 1 and work your way up to level 4 -- and once they surpass a level 4 warning, report them at WP:AIV. Good luck! Gscshoyru 15:22, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Reply

Because it's not a cultural reference, it's a minor one sentence mention of someones name. We usually don't mention references like that, for example, why aren't Dennis Kucinich or Fred Thompson mentioned? Because these sections are discouraged (even the sourced ones have detractors), we try to limit them to large parodies and songs. And yes, I realize other pages have references like that, and my response is point them out and I'll clean them up. -- Scorpion 01:50, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Because it resulted in a bit of back and forth that went on for a while. -- Scorpion 02:24, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Please stop.

The episodes of SOuth Park which were redirected are not notable enough for Misplaced Pages. They are comprised mainly of plot, and have only one or two paragraphs of real-world information, if any. Stop doing this, or else I will report you for starting an edit war. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 00:24, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

With regard to your comments on User_talk:Wilhelmina_Will: Please see Misplaced Pages's no personal attacks policy. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that continued personal attacks will lead to blocks for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. Will 00:32, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I am not a vandal. User:TTN does the same thing, and while fans of shows don't usually like him, among those who are more concerned with the health of the encyclopedia, he is a very respected user. Those episodes don't have enough real-world information for Misplaced Pages. The information is not gone, though. I have transferred the contents of the articles to South Park Wiki, because any information on South Park is welcome there. Soon infoboxes and the images from the articles will be placed there as well. Why fight to keep the information in an environment where it is not welcome? Believe me, my best wishes for all those user's writing is at interest. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 00:33, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

What have I just told you? Please respect the mergists. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 00:51, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm afraid TTN and Wilhelmina's edits fall well within WP:NOTE. The Episode articles in question fail to assert notability and because of this they are subject to either being redirected or deleted. -- bulletproof 00:53, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

• I have removed your report from WP:AIV, as being inappropriate for that forum. I note that there is already discussion regarding the situation above. I suggest you pursue your complaint per above, at the article talkpage, or otherwise set up a dispute resolution process. LessHeard vanU (talk) 00:54, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Chill

Screaming vandalism at a good-faith editor doesn't help your cause. Leaving level-4 warnings on her talk page sure doesn't help, because I don't think you will find an admin that will block her. The articles she is redirecting don't have any real-world information, and don't meet standards for Misplaced Pages articles. That said, I left a note on her talk page advising her to slow down, and put cleanup tags on the articles first. Someone really does need to repair the articles, though, or they will become redirects. It's inevitable.Kww (talk) 01:01, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Please listen to me

I have already told you, and now so have many others. The eight episode articles I have redirected are not notable enough to be in Misplaced Pages. To be a notable episode of a series, there has to be as much space taken up on real world information about the episode as there is plot given, or even more. I will not redirect an episode which has sufficient outside information available. That having been said, most of the information should also have references provided to reliable third party sources.

I have also told you that I did not allow the work of the users who constructed those pages to be in vain. None of those episodes had articles in South Park Wiki, the wikia dedicated solely to information on South Park. I thought, at the same time as I redirect the pages here, I might as well create articles for them there, and then relocate the information to those new articles.

After you have read through my every word here, I have this to ask you: Why do you want the articles for those episodes to remain here - where they are cited as "trivial", and would end up being redirected by other users eventually anyway (and not all of them might be willing to put in the effort to transfer the articles to the South Park Wiki) - when they could really flourish, and be read, admired, and learned from by readers in South Park Wiki? We need the information there, and it's not needed or wanted here. I promise you and all the users who created the articles here in the first place, their work will not be in vain. It will be transferred over to the wikia, redirected from here, and it will be much more respected over there. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 03:00, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

What on earth are you doing?

Wendy Testaburger's article was merged early in 2007 because of a discussion. She can not be brought back unil her notability is established to that degree. And even if you are going to try to revive her article, do not revert TTN's reverts to what the other IP address did. I already explained to them that using South Park Wiki's information on Wendy is technically stealing the information from the Wikia. Besides, Misplaced Pages's articles on South Park don't deserve to be as good as the information given in South Park Wiki. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 02:01, 15 January 2008 (UTC)