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VFD

Thank you for intervening in the "(racialist)" affair. I respect your strategy, and have faith in community resolution. Misplaced Pages is a wonderful experiment. I don't have much time to devote to this, but it is a fun challenge. How do I link a new VFD to an existing VFD page? - Softcafe 03:49, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

CfD:Controversial books

Could you give some input here? I think this category is not as POV or nebulous as some do, but I suspect it is because they do not have a very good understanding of what it is supposed to mean. Category:Controversial books]. --Fastfission 04:03, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the 'heads-up' re: original research.

Dear Willm,
          I think I can now see how interviewing a publisher could in some ways end up creating conflicts of interest. Obviously on the other hand, if done right, it could result in improving an article too. In my case, all of the information provided by the publisher was corroborated by already published sources that could be found elsewhere, except for their claim that 1.7 million copies of the book have been sold to date. Numerous published listings exist that there have been over 1 million copies sold, however, nowhere could I find corroborating documentation regarding the 1.7 million figure. As a result, I have reworded the article to only reflect only that more than a million copies have been sold to date, and will await the publication of the 1.7 million figure elsewhere, before including it in the article. Thanks for your good suggestion and kind encouragement.


                                        Take care,

                                        Scott P. 19:32, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

Mountain making

I saw your note at the talk page on this article. I think the content is garbage; what do you think about a nice redirect to mountain? Joyous 19:36, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

I tend to agree. I suspect it's a neologism, and not even notable. I did just leave a note on the talk page of the original editor. He appears active, so let's wait a day or so and see if there's a response. Thanks for suggesting that. Cheers, -Willmcw 00:27, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

Poll at Talk:Terrorism

I've put together a little poll at Talk:Terrorism regarding the "lone wolf" section. Your input would be appreciated. Thx. Jayjg 19:36, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hollyweird

No objection at all to moving H'wood. I agree it should be at Hwood, LA, CA, but I didn't want to be the one to cause the ruckus. :) Thanks. jengod 20:16, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

RFA

Thanks for the response. I actually don't have any complaints with how immigration reduction turned out but on the other hand thought the last round of wikilink reverts after I tried to balance out the POV in the immigration reform article was sort of petty - on both our parts :) I don't know what this thing with Rangerdude is and it's none of my business, and I did refrain from casting an 'oppose' vote as I think your contribution to Misplaced Pages has been prolific and high quality overall. But we do have a history off Misplaced Pages...Sierra Club 2004 BOD election related. I know that's not supposed to count for anything on Misplaced Pages so I'm trying not to, honest :) I'm just going to leave the vote 'neutral' for now. Sorry. Kaibabsquirrel 01:44, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

That's fine. I don't think we can be said to have a "history off Misplaced Pages", since I have no dea of who you are off of Misplaced Pages. All I can tell is that you were on the opposite side of the pro/anti SUSPS divide. Anyway, no big deal. Cheers, -Willmcw 01:49, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

admin

Hi Will, thanks for the compliment, and I assure you the feeling is mutual. I for one believe you are superbly suited to the job, and I hope you stick around for a long time. Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 02:55, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Interested in an L.A.-area Wiki meetup?

It appears as though L.A. has never had a Wiki meetup. Would you be interested in attending such an event? If so, checkout User:Eric Shalov/Wikimeetup.

- Eric 19:45, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Neuroscience

Thanks for asking me to review the articles from User:Synaptidude, User:GBDimple and User:Purkinje. From the few articles I've seen, it looks like they've added some useful content, if a bit clumsily. I don't know anything about the article you say is a hoax. In dealing with these editors, you might want to talk to User:Diberri too. He's an admin, neuroscientist, and a good guy. Synaptidude seems to have already had some fairly positive interaction with him. Sayeth 15:24, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

Pensacola Christian College

I was just wondering why you are so interested in PCC, do you know anyone that attends there or do you research all colleges like that. Some of my friends attend there, and I used to go there and I was just wondering ...Flgook 03:25, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I'd never heard of it before, that I recall. I had done some editing on Bob Jones University, and someone asked a question about posting the list of rules at Pensacola Christian College. I've become involved in editing because it is an unusual institution and the article is also unusual. Though vastly different, there are some echoes of questions editors had about the hospitality business of UCLA. It seemed to one editor to be especially notable, so we did some research. Cheers, -Willmcw 05:34, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the info about categories. I had thought about that myself, but I wasn't sure what the official policy was. I'll look out for that in the future. --Chad S. Wrye 23:54, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)

NEW

Hi, my name is Erik Nikel, and I was wondering if you could give me some tips about this. Thanks

User page vandalism

An anon user asked me to chastize someone for personal attacks, they refered me to one IP but used another to edit my talk page. The anon is involved in the PCC conflict and the IP that they used to refer me to their talk today, vandalized your user page on the 25th. I usually assume good faith in such matters, however I find it too coincidental for my tastes not to notify them and you of my suspicions. -JCarriker 04:05, Jun 27, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for that. There's definitely something odd. I'll keep my eyes open. Cheers, -Willmcw 04:22, Jun 27, 2005 (UTC)

Animated GIF

Hey Will. I did not know that the animated gif posed some problems. Had I known that the graphic emoticons were a problem, I wouldn't even think of putting them up.--Gramaic 28 June 2005 04:22 (UTC)

Vanguard News Network

Hi Will. I started this new article that's about the White supremacist website. I've seen your contributions on the article of Stormfront and thought that you will find this article interesting, and expand it a little bit more. Regards, --Gramaic 28 June 2005 09:04 (UTC)

Liberty Dollar

I don't believe in nonprofit organizations that meddle with money. So I am inclined to think that this is an elaborate scam. But I don't want to run around and warn morons to keep their hands off snake oil, because this is useless. I am only keeping my watch to remove really misleading statements about the nature of money in general.

There is a very simple proof that this is scam. Money is nothing but mediator in the market, and the amount of money in circulation is nefined not the amount of gold/silver/platinum/uranium in the country, but basically by the amount of goods produced, which is orders of magnitude larger. So LD has no chance to go statewise. Also, I seriously doubt that feds will sell all their gold to NORFED. I have several ideas how this LD may work as a pyramid scheme, starting from the most primitive one: to declare bancrupcy when inflation reaches a convenient level, rather than to perform the promised renomination of LD. mikka (t) 28 June 2005 15:48 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Congratulations! It's my pleasure to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator. You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the administrators' reading list before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages such as the Main Page. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. You might find the new administrators' how-to guide helpful. Cheers! -- Cecropia | explains it all ® 28 June 2005 15:53 (UTC)

I just thought I'd add my congratulations too, Will. Sorry I didn't get round to voting (I did mean too - honest :-). Keep up the good work. Craigy File:Uk flag large.png (talk) June 28, 2005 16:44 (UTC)

Flush with power, how will you first flex your muscles? Taking down the global telephone network? Bending the trade of Vegemite to your will? (Do Kiwis like that foul stuff too?) Or maybe, reverting a vandal? =) · Katefan0 June 28, 2005 18:55 (UTC)

Hey you, enjoy, and use it for the good. ;-) SlimVirgin June 28, 2005 19:10 (UTC)

Congratulations on your well-deserved demotion. ;-) Jayjg 28 June 2005 20:44 (UTC)

Congratulations! Guettarda 28 June 2005 20:45 (UTC)

Congratulations Will. I know that Misplaced Pages will be much better, know that you're an administrator. I wish the very best luck for you! :-) Regards, --Gramaic 29 June 2005 00:03 (UTC)

Congrats, Will, keep the good work, and remember that I can always say "Hey, but I voted for you!" ;-) --Zappaz 29 June 2005 00:52 (UTC)

Duuuude! Like, totally congratulations! HKT 29 June 2005 01:07 (UTC)

I think I have the honor of receving Will's first "no personal attacks" warning (a badge I shall always wear proudly ;-) -- Uncle Ed (talk) June 29, 2005 20:39 (UTC)

Congrats - glad the vote was for keep ;) Grutness...wha? 30 June 2005 01:41 (UTC)

Congratulations, Willmcw! Above all else, have fun as an Admin, and remember, humor is the best medicine. Ombudsman 30 June 2005 05:19 (UTC)

Congrats. It's refreshing to see hard work like yours rewarded. Halidecyphon 1 July 2005 18:58 (UTC)

excuse me for stepping in

I corrected myself 13 minutes later (when you're looking at multiple Wikpedia pages using a tabbed browser like Firefox, sometimes there is a lag time in correcting oneself). I'm wondering if both the San Jacinto Peak and San Jacinto Mountains articles shouldn't be merged together along with some info on the two parks—at least until there is enough info added to really support individual articles. (P.S. Congrats.) BlankVerse ∅ 29 June 2005 08:03 (UTC)

L.A. Wiki Meetup

Thanks for offering to help host the first L.A. Wiki Meetup! I was worried no one else would cover for me if I got hit by a bus on the way there : ) I guess the main host responsibilities to take care of (since I've chosen to try to pull this off without MEETUP.COM) are:

• to keep the Meetup page updated with the latest info
• to contact the venues BEFORE voting closes to see if they're cool with it
• to confirm with the venues AFTER voting closes.
• to get there early and grab us more-than-enough seating in a cozy corner, if possible
• to bring a sign to sit outside the venue (or, if nothing more, write WIKI on a piece of paper and hold it up now and then).
• to start a round of self-introductions
• perhaps to bring some "Hello my name is" stickers, or maybe some namecards for people to sit on the table in front of them.

- Eric 30 June 2005 10:11 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice. I would definitely be there were it not for an out-of-town obligation. Please let me know of any subsequent meetings — and if perhaps we might meet otherwise. All best! Sandover 30 June 2005 18:29 (UTC)

Block tabs

Will, I don't know whether you're aware of, or already have, the block tabs option set up. These were written by Korath and are very useful. When you go to any user or talk page, provided they have been set up, you'll see the words "block" and "blocklog" at the top of the page to the right of "watch". The block tab allows you to block the user, and the blocklog tab shows you when s/he was last blocked, which means you can avoid block conflicts. Here are the instructions Knowledge Seeker wrote on my talk page, though I've put your name instead of mine in the link: "ou have to be using the (default) <monobook.css skin; if you've changed it in your preferences this won't work. So here's what you do: go to User:Korath/blockip.js (which is linked from User:Korath/Potentially useful stuff in case you want to find it again. Click to edit it, and copy the whole text. Then go to User:Willmcw/monobook.js, edit it, and paste the code in there. Save it and you're done! You'll have to do a full reload to clear your browser's cache, using control-shift-R. Otherwise, it'll be there when you restart your browser anyway ... Knowledge Seeker দ 23:38, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Knowledge Seeker will help you if you have any difficulties, and Fuzheado has just installed it too, so he might also be able to help. Asking me will be close to pointless. I can repeat the words, but I'm not entirely sure what I'm saying.  ;-) Okay, I just previewed this post, and I see the link with your name in it is coming up red, which may mean you're not using the monobook skin. You may want to consider changing, as these tabs are very useful, but it's up to you of course. SlimVirgin June 30, 2005 23:56 (UTC)

Re congratulations

Hello:

Yes, you are correct that I have graduated. I am currently studying for the state bar exam at the end of July, which is why I have not been making many edits recently. After the bar there are several articles which I am looking forward to cleaning up (starting with the mess in Contract and in Tort).

--Coolcaesar 1 July 2005 00:11 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for your supportive vote on my RfA. It was much appreciated. And you're right about violists; I haven't met many I haven't liked ;)! Thanks a lot! Gratefully, Bratsche July 1, 2005 01:12 (UTC)

Caption

Thank you for adding a remarkable caption to the photo taken from Islip Saddle. I think there are still many articles can be added for the magnificent San Gabriel Mountains i.e. Mount Baden Powell and Pine Mountain. Moreover, I will add a photo for Santa Monica Mountains tonite since I know you will add a fabulous caption for me. Besides, I owe a long due gratitude for you support to keep the UCLA snow photo, thanks! Geographer July 1, 2005 05:30 (UTC)

Pine Mountain? Which one? Neither seems especially notable. Mt Lowe, Mt Waterman, there are some other noteworthy peaks that need attention. We still need to do an article on the Verdugo Mountains. Anyway, thanks for all of your contributions. (and watch out for the anti-snow faction - they may be back in the late fall, using all kinds of methods to remove snow: shovels, salt, even snowplows! They'll stop at nothing.) Cheers, -Willmcw July 1, 2005 20:56 (UTC)

User Wyss and the article on Nick Adams

Could I possibly ask you to have a further look at the Talk:Nick Adams page? As a reply to your comment on this page, User:Wyss has written, "You clearly haven't read that link yourself. Why didn't you bother to check it? Maybe because you're so busy as a new Misplaced Pages:Admin?" This sounds very similar to flamings by User:Ted Wilkes. See, for instance, his reply to administrator User:Mel Etitis on his talk page: "Yet again I have to request that you read facts and know what you are talking about before commenting. I suggest, since this matter is in the hands of Misplaced Pages:Mediator Ed Poor, that it might be best for you to refrain from further comments and not interfere in the process." See also this user's attempts at silencing me by repeatedly deleting my posts. Why are users Wyss and Ted Wilkes so keenly interested to suppress every reference that Nick Adams was gay? See also Natalie Wood and Talk:Natalie Wood where the same information taken from a current biography has been deleted by user Wyss. 80.141.243.13 1 July 2005 21:05 (UTC)

Alternative Media Project

Hi, Willmcw.

Given the complexity of all the issues and articles involved, I've decided it would be better for me to stay out of it, sorry. If I encounter run across any blanking on his part, I will revert, but chasing after this guy looks like too much work. ;-) Cheers, func(talk) 2 July 2005 01:54 (UTC)

Beastmen

LOL!! Chip Berlet right next to the Queen (dope-pusher). I'm a little disappointed that we've been left out. SlimVirgin July 2, 2005 03:50 (UTC)

Between her and the "Sleazy-looking Avocado fascist beast-man Peter Camejo, backed by pro-dope globalists such as George Soros, in support of the very same genocidal program as the Cheney-Bush regime." Avocado fascist? That's one for the record books. -Willmcw July 2, 2005 03:55 (UTC)

It seems to refer to the so-called Avocado Declaration, which became avocado fascists. Green on the outside, green on the inside, I think. File:Meh.gif SlimVirgin July 2, 2005 04:52 (UTC)

Is this lingo so common throughout the movement than everyone uses these terms? I mean, Lunatic Isaac Newton is not an epithet you hear everyday, and that's the mildest one in the bunch. Anyway, this is a very clear case of promoting LaRouche theories in unrelated articles. Further, the editor exhibits considerable familiarity with Misplaced Pages along with an similar interests to a banned editor. This editor's contributions have not been NPOV. I think there may be a violation of the ArbCom's HK decision, but I don't have time to pursue it right now. Cheers, -Willmcw July 2, 2005 05:11 (UTC)

I agree about the familiarity. When I last heard, David Gerard's check-user facility wasn't available under 1.5, so we may have to ask a developer to check, and they're very busy. Anyway, I'm reverting edits, and if he continues, I'm going to start protecting. I've also left a report here Misplaced Pages:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Cognition. He's objecting to the Bertrand Russell FAC on the grounds that it doesn't say Russell was evil. ;-p SlimVirgin July 2, 2005 05:34 (UTC)

More than just 'familiarity.' There is a strong similarity in style. If not the same user there may be a guidebook passing around - how to edit on Wiki. But the more likely explanation is that it is the same user. -Willmcw July 2, 2005 06:22 (UTC)

A little less controlled than that person, though it could be him on drugs. SlimVirgin July 2, 2005 06:23 (UTC)

Barnstar

For working around the clock to defend fascism and synarchism, I hereby award you the "rabid dog beast-man Barnstar." Keep up the bestial work. Cognition 2 July 2005 07:22 (UTC)