Misplaced Pages

Automatic speech

Well, there's Verbal filler, which at least seems to be the correct term, but that article is also a microstub, unwikified and uncategorized, that's been sitting around untouched since it was created in June. --Angr (t·c) 18:18, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Clarence F. Stephens

RE: CLARENCE F. STEPHENS

Hi- Now that I've added the second set of quotation marks I think you'll find that there is not verbatim copying of materials. I've also added additional sources. Thanks for your help —the preceding unsigned comment is by WinnipegCanada (talk • contribs) 05:07, 24 December 2005

Could you please help?

Hi Happy Camper-

You were very helpful to me with my Clarence F. Stephens piece, which I greatly appreciate. I recently posted a new piece on the "Potsdam Miracle," in which I had enclosed all verbatum materials within quotation marks. However, it was (within three minutes) flagged as a possible copyright violation. I promptly responded and asked the "flagger" for help. Instead, all traces of the piece are now gone. What should I do?WinnipegCanada 05:28, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

In limbo

Hi HappyCamper-

OOPS! Please disregard the following message. The problem no longer exists. Thank you for your help on the piece.WinnipegCanada 19:55, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

I've re-written the "Potsdam Miracle" entry to address fair use concerns and also listed another web site as an additional resource. However, the piece seems to be in limbo. It's listed as one of my cohntributions, but is otherwise inaccesible. Therefore, no one is able to react to the current content of the entry either favorably or unfavorably.

Are additional edits desirable? Is there any action that I can take to get it out of limbo?

Thanks you for your help. WinnipegCanada 19:46, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Linking to Headings

Howdy Happy Camper, I appreciate your tips and helping me get started off on the right foot. How do I add a link to wikipedia link to a heading on a different page? For example, on the article I'm trying to copy in, I would like to link directly to the sub-page heading from the Main Page. The "#sub-heading" approach that normally works with html doesn't seem to work with wikipedia. Hope that's clear. Thanks. --Jim 20:13, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

May I ask...

How did you find the article to make this edit? --HappyCamper 22:13, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

I was doing Newpages patrol and came across this page. Why? Punkmorten 22:15, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

delete?

HappyCamper: I received a reply from Mr. G. I think that the UAV history is a worthwhile project to organize/finish, though he doesn’t encourage me to port it all. Though the work is public domain, I respect his opinion. Is it too long or too much information for Misplaced Pages? Maybe it should all just be marked for deletion? Sigh. --Jim 18:40, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

I think it is worth while to continue. I understand he is busy and isn't interested in a "committee writing effort". Most of the information is there now, and just needs reorganization. I'd say give it a little bit and see if you get a response asking you to delete what is there, otherwise we can finish organization. --Jim 19:09, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

re: 2bar

Hi there, saw your posting on my member page. Sorry about not responding earlier, I was traveling extensively and didn't see it. I appreciate your feedback on the links that I have posted. I have tried to keep them as simple as possible. When posting, I always try and ensure that they are relevant and of value. In regards to creating a page about the site, I feel that would not be appropriate for me to post it. My goal is not promotion, but to hopefully provide additional information for people. -- 2bar 06:15, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Templates

There isn't such a template. I'll create one. FearÉIREANN\ 23:00, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

I've created {{Pinfo4}} and am creating {{Pinfo5}}. The former warns people that they face an immediate block and tells them how to undo the damage. The latter will tell them they have been blocked and why. I hope that helps. FearÉIREANN\ 23:50, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Re: Stat. Thermo.

You wrote: How did you come across that article? I thought it would have been forgotten :-) Would you happen to be able to improve vibronic coupling a bit, you think? Anyway, nice to see another quantum chemist around! --HappyCamper 03:11, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

If I remember, I got there from the 'what links here' page from thermodynamics. See you arround. Karol 07:17, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Music

Flourish

How about "Four short movements by Kevin Norbury: Flourish, Pavane, Basse-Dance, Hornpipe" () -- I'd never heard of it, and I even tried searching in Grove (there's always a possibility Malcolm Arnold wrote something) but Google found this one.  :-) Antandrus (talk) 03:24, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Hm, never heard of a "Howard Symphony" and it doesn't ring any bells ... unless you either mean something by Howard Hanson (very popular in the U.S., lots of horn solos) or Leslie Howard (not familiar with his stuff, really). Regarding writing music for Misplaced Pages, I use Finale. Others use Sibelius. There is an open source method (lilypond) that I've never tried, but others use and like -- maybe give it a whirl. Have fun! Antandrus (talk) 03:31, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Grieg Sonata No. 3 opus 45

It looks like we have this instead: Sonatas for Violin and Piano (Grieg) -- an article that treats them all as a group, but yet is mostly about the C minor, the third of them. (I don't like putting pieces together as a group like that unless they're part of a suite or something.) Might be better broken out as its own article (Violin Sonata No. 3 (Grieg) would be the correct title I think). Hey, happy new year! Antandrus (talk) 06:42, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedians

Francs2000

Banoffee pie is...

An extremely fattening creamy dessert that contains both banana and toffee. I can't make it in my house because my partner has a phobia of bananas. Seriously. -- Francs2000 21:08, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

I've only ever had it with fresh banana though I suppose banana chips is possible. I dunno, try it, you may invent something new. About the page edit - o-kaaaayy... -- Francs2000 02:10, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Better than a barnstar...

-- Francs2000 03:12, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Sanity

I'm worried about my sanity... Now I can't get that damn song out of my head... -- Francs2000 02:16, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

What can I say, I was one of those people that helped it get to number one by going out and buying the hell-foresaken thing. Then again I was only six at the time. Glad I could be of service. -- Francs2000 02:22, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

I'm not expecting to be online as much over the next few days so...

-- Francs2000 09:19, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Holiday cheer!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas, HappyCamper! Have a terrific New Year, too!--ViolinGirl 13:07, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

Hi, HappyCamper! I hope you have an enjoyable and relaxing winter break. :) Take care, Sango123 (talk) 14:43, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

And merry Christmas to you and your family as well! Good timing; I probably won't be around my computer much for the next couple days. Cheers! Antandrus (talk) 22:59, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

For HC

And so happy Christmas... Best wishes from Heidi and Joe

Merry Christmas!!

Happy holidays!

Deckiller 03:18, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

I like candy canes :-) --HappyCamper 03:22, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Candy canes

Thanks for the comment! May you and your family friends have a great holiday season as well! Deckiller 03:23, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi (from RN)

Glad to see you are still here :). This place has really been a bit of mess lately :\. The backlog at WP:RM is absolutely massive...

Have you seen that are going to disallow anon users from creating articles? Interesting times :). WhiteNight 23:08, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Miscellaneous

Message

I fixed itCare to dance? 05:07, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

re: what did the trick

Dunno, but it's not clear to me he/she/it exactly knew what he/she/it was up to. In any event, all's well that ends well. -- Rick Block (talk) 05:27, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism

There's nothing more entertaining than a creative ignoramus. Good day and happy editing from King of All the Franks 05:49, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

My signature, you mean? --King of All the Franks 05:55, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

I think I have an explanation of the username itself on my page, but in short, it was the Matrix character. As far as the sig, colors don't work when I fill them in, so I thought I'd enter something interesting. The monarchs of the Merovingian dynasty were styled as "the King of All the Franks". --King of All the Franks 06:01, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, and Happy New Year to you as well! --King of All the Franks 06:14, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

WikiHelp, WikiThanks, WikiKindness, WikiHumour

Observations

User scripts

Thanks for pointing that out :) It appears somebody else already coded what I was trying to code, but I learnt a lot more by doing it myself anyway. Have added myself to the user list at User Scripts. Matthewmayer 21:40, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Rune stone edit

Thanks for your comment! Will be back with more on viking and norse society. ]

Vandalism?

Can you take a look at the change user:65.162.184.2 made to Islamic terror and see if it is appropriate? Previously that article was a redirect. That anon added the same material to a category page and I reverted that; I don't know if that change was an accident. Thank you. RJFJR 03:00, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you. I didn't realize it was a copy-and-paste job. Things are going well but I just had a birthday and I think my eyes may be getting old.

In other matters, do you know user:Bill Thayer? I saw a post from him on one of the discussions. He's not an admin but he's got the edits. I don't know him myself so I don't know if I should ask if he's interested in being an admin.RJFJR 03:35, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Subtle, subtle

Hey

Hey, no problem ^_^ Thanks for the sockpuppet help offer! Deckiller 03:44, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Hmm

I'll, er, delete it seeing as it's just some emo kids. :p Hedley 03:15, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

• Er, yeah, I did. :p Hedley 03:19, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

edit police

Ah, did you notice the edit summary on recent changes? I was just fuming my frustration over the use of informality in an article as important as that. Pardon me. :-) -- Natalinasmpf 02:44, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

more slander

Happy Camper, it looks like the slanderer is up to his old tricks again:

http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Surrealism http://en.wikipedia.org/User:Ronnie_Burke

I also sent you a message to your hotmail address

Re: What a pity...

LOL! I thought someone was going to complain about those! Glad that wasn't the case, so thanks for the message! :) ☢ Ҡieff⌇↯ 01:12, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Flower

Thanks for the flower. I'm glad someone saw the summary. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 03:25, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Page moves

Thank you

Thanky you for moving my user page back to where it should be tonight. I'm off to watch CSI:Miami before going to bed. I know I shouldn't let them get to me but the vandals are getting me down... -- Francs2000 01:37, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Move request

Hi there! Thanks for rounding-out the midi-chlorian move; I appreciate it! As for others, the only other one I've submitted and that's on my radar (currently!) regards an 'errant' Star Trek episode and article names. However, it seems Marudubshinki et al. are dealing with the backlog methodically, so I'm not in a rush on this holiday. Thanks again, and happy holidays! E Pluribus Anthony 20:46, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

New users

I'm not the one who asked.

Does my opinion count? Request to restore user page. Boy, Am I Stupid 04:12, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Need Advice and Assistance Please

I'm one of the newer users of Misplaced Pages and still learning. Two fellow users/contributors are very helpful and they are AdelaMae and Martial Law. However, in my short time I've encounter four users are not helpful and very judgmental. Nothing I comment on suits them on little bit, on talk pages. They are KJBracey; Jbamb; Willc; & Willmcw. I believe my comments are as valid as theirs.--Bumpusmills1 03:52, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

contributions

Hi!:) I'd like to contribute to wikipedia by translating articles to spanish that wikipedia in spanish lacks. can that be done? and if so, where can I find out which ones don't have a translation? thank you. :)Cosmic girl 18:49, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

RfAs

My RfA

Hi HappyCamper, now that I'm an administrator, I just wanted to thank you for your support on my RfA. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 02:39, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

81682 stands for 8/16/82, as in 1982. Hope that's clear enough! -- Ricky81682 (talk) 02:46, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Hello HappyCamper,

Administrative

Blocks

Polysciwantacracker

Just wanted to let you know that I have perm blocked this user and someone else took the liberty of removing the RFA. Jtkiefer ---- 04:05, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Unfortunately he is on AOL so I have to keep an eye on AOL to get rid of the autoblocker blocks as they come up but that will only be an issue for 24 hours and I'll take care of them when I see them, the downside to this is because he's using AOl he'll be back either as an IP or as a username and there's no way to stop that. Jtkiefer ---- 04:14, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah and you hit another huge aol set when you blocked his sockpuppet though the autoblocks were quickly undone. Jtkiefer ---- 04:36, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Protection

I believe you or another administrator has protected User talk:Polysciwantacracker, but has forgotten to add the appropriate notice to the page. —Psychonaut 04:07, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Actually I did that. It's only for 5 minutes. I do this sometimes to discourage blanking. --HappyCamper 04:10, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

User Block No big deal it just didn't look like a bot to me. The users activity after the concerns were expressed doesn't fill me with a lot of sympathy. The whole thing was a little strange but life goes on! Rx StrangeLove 04:56, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Permanent block?

I wonder if that account is related to User:Lir? I blocked the account for 5 minutes before yours I think. --HappyCamper 01:40, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I was wondering the same. I Saw you blocked for 5 minutes, but I saw 3RR and blocked for that. Maybe a note about suspected sock? And if somebody sees him vandalize again like that, it'll be indefinite? (Note:I checked the block log, yay to doing my admin tasks!) -Mysekurity 01:46, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Whatever you think is best, I'm good with your suggestion :-) You go ahead an add that tag - I have to head out right now. --HappyCamper 01:51, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Thankya ;). I'm going to AGF and just add the tag (suspected), and you go right ahead and enjoy your time away from our grand project :). -Mysekurity 01:53, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

LEAVE ALREADY! (thanks for helping out, but if you have to go.... I know I've been late many times due to the draw of the wiki). -Mysekurity 02:04, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

And the Aranda56 sockpuppet

I wasn't shouting at you on there. Just because another admin'll block it soon enough. :p Hedley 03:52, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Long word

I have blocked the user. -- Francs2000 03:02, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

unfortunately...yes

(Regarding the NC vandal, and users who are affected by the range block) -HC

Yes. He may e-mail you. Otherwise I'd shut it down for a month at a time. Thanks for dealing with this kid this morning, and have a happy new year! Antandrus (talk) 20:25, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

btw, this may be the most truthful edit our friend has ever made. It looks good enough to keep. Sometimes you just gotta laugh ... Antandrus (talk) 20:30, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Ban Request.

I have been harrased by this one user constantly. You can look at there history this is supposed to be a "new" user. However they have been here since early December. And since they have been here they have made every threat under the sun to me. They have blanked pages, they have put threats on page. Take a look at their sockpuppets, , and those are just a few. This person has been banned before, twice i believe. But they think that if they are on public computers that they can't get banned (library, UCLA computers). Please aid me. I have only added positive article. Look at my history if need. Thank you,

Parys

Conflict and resolution

Templates

Ok

Thanks for telling me about update on the requested Bislama language template over the current location of the Bisexuality template move.

I wonder if he figures out how to properly request a move. I've never had to do it so far, but it's not exactly rocket science. Bet he never bothered reading the instructions. -_- --Mistress Selina Kyle 20:15, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Sl: Category:User bi / Template:User bi / Template:User bis

After you left the message on his talk page he's gone on a edit crusade and changed them all himself without bothering about consensus.

I'm changing them back.. --Mistress Selina Kyle

As far as I know, the ISO-639 codes are taking the highest preference in user-boxes; and the most important thing is, I've posted a message in User:Mistress Selina Kyle's talk page before you did, but he just ignored my message and reverted them to a wrong place. --Hello World! 14:21, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Costa Rica

Alright well then..

I think this user should be blocked because he has vandalized the pages and block me on IP address

He has constantly changed the Costa Rican and as I can see Nicaragua page. His edits dont really make much sense either. and on the Nicaragua page he has deleted whole sections.

No i have not seen this page thanks. but since you are an admin i think this user should be blocked.

Yeah he did do some Rewording but for both the Costa Rica and Nicaragua pages he comeplely change what they said in the demographics section after they were properly sourced. IN addition he blocked me me on my IP address. —the preceding unsigned comment is by XGustaX (talk • contribs)

Okay but if you look at his log he has changed many things. not just rewording i suggest u look into this more.

66.146.157.211's edits are opinionated possibly but not vandalism. I have removed the block message. 66.146.157.211 is not a vandal, SqueakBox 18:34, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Costa Rica

hum ok =}

Oh im confused what where you writing offline? Yeah im glad we could have peace.

I agree i am glad we could make it better =) XGustaX

Sadly I have been block unjustfully many times. No one ever wants to help me support me so I always end up getting blocked.=( With the expect of this when i was blocked for breaking the RV 3 rule so i understand.

Ya thanks i have contacted admins before but thanks for the support.I will make sure to contact you if its truly unjust.

How do you get those spiffy badages that show what lagauages you speak and what is your Anchestory. —the preceding unsigned comment is by XGustaX (talk • contribs)

Userboxes

What's with the userbox massacre? Is there any consensus for this? Firebug 00:25, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Miscellaneous

Page moves

page move vandal

Thanks, but I hopefully got all of it. The vandal was Fdsfsdf and apparently was a sleeper account as this person moved John Kerry which is semi-protected. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:00, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Plasma et al.

Thanks for your comment. I am an involved party, but have attempted to clarify the situation at Talk:Plasma (physics)#Page moves. Please let me know if you require further information. — Knowledge Seeker দ 23:42, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Bovasial contex driven neural response

You seem to have played a role in keeping the page Bovasial contex driven neural response from being deleted. Do you have reason for thinking that this page (Bovasial contex driven neural response) is worth keeping? --JWSchmidt 02:24, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

See: Talk:Bovasial contex driven neural response. It looks like someone tried to have the page deleted and they moved the page. It looks like you moved it back. --JWSchmidt 02:31, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

I have a PhD and publications in neurobiology. As far as I can tell this page is some kind of joke. Text for the article has been copied from other Misplaced Pages pages that are about the brain. The terms in the title do not exist in the biomedical literature and the article says nothing about them. --JWSchmidt 02:37, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Soon after this bogus article was created, the creator tried to attract attention to the article (see). Finally, User:63.22.78.69 found the article and posted a question about it at the reference desk. --JWSchmidt 03:12, 25 December 2005 (UTC)