Jibbajabba

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— MC MasterChef :: Leave a tip — 22:40, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Why change it back?

But 'airplane' just sounds stupid. It would be better to leave it as 'aeroplane' if you have to pick one over the other. It grates on you?! This surprises me. What dialect do you speak? Do you say 'waterplane' or 'hydroplane' (except that's something else, my mind's not functioning! blergh)? Nicholas 18:36, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Most of the americans I talk to are from either New England or California, and I'm pretty sure I've heard them say 'aeroplane', though I have heard people on CNN/seen scrolling across the screen of CNN saying 'airplane', but I just assumed they were from Utah or Alabama or something. Also, what about on board vs. on‐board vs. onboard vs. aboard, any preferences there? I think I prefer the second (as used in C-130 Hercules) or the fourth. Oh, and please tell me you don't say "one fourth" when you mean one quarter, that gets on my tits :) Though I never hear americans saying "one second" for half. Nicholas

One of my best Californian buddies is a dedicated anglophile. Likes colour, flavour, favour, harbour etc. Prefers the accent and the culture. He is planning on overthrowing the religious extremist dictatorship controlling the country and reinstate democracy. :-) Nicholas 19:20, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

IPA

I was learning IPA and wanted something to practice on. I sent the text and a recording of me saying it to phonetics experts on wikipedia to see if I was getting it right, they made some corrections but not much. It was originally on the latin wikipedia as the english one didn't support Unicode. Nicholas 21:27, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Oxford and the -ize

The link was malformed in the previous edit, which is why it was asking for log-in information (I logged in and got an error message for my trouble. The correct link is on there now; figured you might be interested to read it since you obviously clicked it before. :-) Jibbajabba 23:53, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Yes, it works fine now. Thanks for letting me know. Flapdragon 00:28, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Copy/paste page moves

Hi. Thanks for reverting vandalism. In the future, you should not move pages by copying/pasting them. This hides the page history, and administrator intervention is required to fix it. You should move pages by clicking the "move" tab on the top, near the "edit this page" button. If your account is too new to be able to move pages, just let someone else do it. I have fixed the move. :) --Phroziac _. o º ^{O (♥♥♥♥ chocolate!)} 18:31, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I moved the others properly once I realized what happened, but I was editing that page at the time and I got an edit conflict with the redirect link. Apparently the move meant I was editing a different page-history wise... or something). Anyway, I just saved over it, which is how it ended up being temporarily impossible to move it back the normal way. Sorry, and thanks! Jibbajabba 21:08, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Labo(u)r movement

Hi Jibbajabbah. I think it would be preferable to keep the 'labor or labour' usage or even just stick with the spelling used in each article title. The version with brackets looks ugly and may simply confuse some readers - it isn't necessarily clear what the significance of the bracketed 'u' is. I don't think there is any precedent for it, either, WP:MOS-wise. Mattley ^(Chattley) 19:44, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Memory Alpha

Hello, I'm a fellow "Trekkie wannabe" and I use Memory Alpha regularly for information about Trek. I'm curious about your comment on the peer review page regarding the competition between Wikipedia and MA. I thought that was a great example considering how sparse the MA page for DS9 is versus the Wikipedia list of episodes. What other examples could we include that would demonstrate the "competitive" aspect? I know that I, as a fan, have often found myself torn between the two - e.g. my contributions would probably be seen by more people on Wikipedia but appreciated more on Memory Alpha. Thanks! Jibbajabba 19:18, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

What I meant to say is that we need some reference of this competition. Something to prove that MA editors have Wikipedia articles as a source of comparison and try to make their articles better than ours, and vice-versa. Some proof that it is an objective for them and for us to outbetter each other. Simply saying that there are articles on the same subject on both websites does not imply competition. By the way, may I ask you a question? Is there a difference between a trekker and a trekkie? You see, I'm really new to this thing. :) JoaoRicardo^talk 23:34, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Minnesota speak

Unfortunately, I don't think I can be of much use to you. I am not familiar with NCAE, but from reading the article, I don't think people here speak it. That being said, I have only lived in Minnesota for half a year, and then too I live in the southeast corner, an hour from the border, so perhaps I am not getting the "true" Minnesota accent. Sorry—wish I could help more! — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:51, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Sabo Mine page move

All the history has been lost somewhere along the way.WAvegetarian ^(talk) (email) ^(contribs) 16:42, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

It's a real mess. I wasn't accusing you of having done it, btw. I just saw your name on the page I finally ended up at. WAvegetarian ^(talk) (email) ^(contribs) 16:49, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Fred Phelps

Which section (if any) on the Fred Phelps page is fiction, and why is it a hoax? If there are real factual faults about this page, please list them. Do not puut up a tag and leave without an explanation. If you do not explain the reason behind the "Hoax" tag within 24 hours, I will take off the tag from the Fred Phelps page. Arbiteroftruth 02:13, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

I did explain on the talk page. It was in the section titled "Sources"... right above the section that questioned why the tag was placed on the page, ironically enough. Jibbajabba 07:33, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

For reverting the alteration of my userpage. Tomer^talk 13:49, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Copy, Right?

How are your pictures copywrited? "don't be geppy with out hart!"--Gephart 08:11, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

...What? I have no idea what you're talking about. Jibbajabba 18:58, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Warpcore

Hi,

Why the merge from warpcore to warp drive? I know that you proposed the 'merge to' some time ago, but it thought there had to be a vote about it (and i was the only one who commented). Just wondering. As the pages creator i hope at any rate something of what it there can be saved...if not restored. Many thanks. Pydos 19:48, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

I didn't propose the merge, actually, I was just the one who moved it from warpcore to the proper name, warp core. Sorry for the confusion. Jibbajabba 19:50, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Oh sorry. I had just been expecting it to be taken over for some time now, and was just a bit trigger happy. Many thanks then - can you see what previous posters meant by it being in need of a cleanup? Possibly i've seen it to many times to see the flaws. Thanks. Pydos 11:28, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Mall of America.jpg

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Reverted for now on Anti-war topics

I've reverted your edit on Template:Anti-war topics for now, because a red link on a sidebar template like this one is undesirable. Once there is an Opposition to the American Civil War article in place (it's not a bad idea!), by all means, please revert me back. SchuminWeb (Talk) 05:12, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Memory Alpha

Memory Alpha is up for a featured article review. Detailed concerns may be found here. Please leave your comments and help us address and maintain this article's featured quality. Sandy 20:52, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Oklahoma City article name

I saw that you had tried to move Oklahoma City to its proper name a while back. Chicago was recently moved successfully to its proper name. There is a somewhat greater acceptance now of using simple names for US cities in the absence of ambiguity although it is still strongly opposed by many who religiously adhere to the US city naming guideline. Being a regular editor of the Oklahoma City article, what do you think about attempting another move? --Polaron | Talk 05:16, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for the very delayed reply. While a larger number of people do not like the strictness in application of the current US city naming guideline, many more people are still opposed to moving city article names "just for consistency" instead of looking at the actual reasons proposed for moving. You can look at the recent move debates at Talk:Boston, Massachusetts and Talk:San Francisco, California. It looks like Talk:Seattle, Washington and Talk:New Orleans, Louisiana are going to end up the same way. It might be best to wait until we can clarify what can and cannot be exempted before proposing the move for Oklahoma City. Cheers. --Polaron | Talk 15:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi. I'm not sure if you're still around or are interested in this but it looks like someone else has already requested the article be moved to the simple name. See here. --Polaron | Talk 17:01, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Related requested moves are also at Talk:Houston, Texas and Talk:Los Angeles, California at this time. --Serge 00:01, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Image:Phelps child picket.jpg

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Image:Fred2004.JPG listed for deletion

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United States presidential election, 2008

Please see that article's talk-page. We prefer to wait until after the presidential election, before adding images to the TopInfobox. GoodDay (talk) 22:40, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, didn't know. Might be a good idea to put a note in there. No harm was intended. Jibbajabba (talk) 22:41, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure how to put a note in. Hopefully, somebody will do it. GoodDay (talk) 22:44, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

I reverted my change and added it. Jibbajabba (talk) 22:47, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Herro

I have nominated Herro (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. David Pro (talk) 12:35, 4 February 2009 (UTC)