Neptune5000

Greetings,

I'ved noticed that you've recently taken in interest in editing world's oldest people articles. May I recommend joining this project here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_World%27s_Oldest_People

Ryoung122 08:01, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

I joined the project now. Neptune 18:54, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Red Links Barnstar

Hello, remember when I asked in a talk page if there was a Red Links Barnstar? Introduced the whole idea and concept? Out of all my tireless work in fixing red links, I asked for a Barnstar to be made. Up to now, no one has given me one. But no, that's not the real problem. The Barnstar will come someday... The real problem is that I introduced the Barnstar, and, in the Barnstar's credits (check the WP: Barnstar page), you are credited for it. I just want to know what is the reason for this, as all the other new barnstars have an concept by: __________ introduced by: ___________ (or something similar), yet the Red Links Barnstar only has the Introduced by: Neptune5000 credit. I came up with the idea for the Barnstar, and deserve to be credited. So, from you I need two things: 1.- Please credit me as the person who came up with the original idea. 2.- Explain to me why I was not credited for the barnstar. I don't mind if it was a mistake, just explain it and fix it. Thanks in advance, Dogcowsaysmoof^Talk_Guestbook^{Barnstar Gallery}_Sandbox 01:02, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Edit: What is more, now I see you have even received another barnstar for creating the red links barnstar! This is really getting on my nerves! I beleive that any editor should be credited for his work, no matter how small, and I am sure that I should be credited for the barnstar alongside you. Thank you, Dogcowsaysmoof^Talk_Guestbook^{Barnstar Gallery}_Sandbox 01:06, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

I have credited you as the person who proposed the idea of the barnstar. Neptune5000 (talk) 01:51, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much! That was very kind of you. Dogcowsaysmoof^Talk_Guestbook^{Barnstar Gallery}_Sandbox 02:11, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. Neptune5000 (talk) 03:18, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Nation vs Nationality

Greetings,

I prefer to say "from Japan" rather than "Japanese" because of the ethnic use of the word. Someone could be born in Japan, come to Peru, live there most of their life, become president, and still be said to be "Japanese" (Alberto Fujimori). Not a major issue though.Ryoung122 07:35, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Changes to footnotes

Greetings, I suggest slowing down in your editing of the oldest people articles and consider first why an article was constructed a certain way, and why your change might or might not be better. For example, in the recent footnoting of the "oldest person by year" article, the main point of the footnote is the date of the last person to die, not their age. Their age is only a secondary point, as it was not the record.Ryoung122 07:45, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Creator of the Barnstar
		I hereby award Neptune5000 this Barnstar in recognition of his excellent work in creating the Red Link Removal Barnstar. Keep up the good work! Nutiketaiel (talk) 19:21, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Neptune5000 (talk) 19:21, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome.  :-) Nutiketaiel (talk) 19:25, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

I have protested against this barnstar at the relevant talk page; please comment there. Waltham, The Duke of 16:26, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

I commented there and changed the barnstar's description on WP:BARNSTAR. Neptune5000 (talk) 19:03, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism?

Greetings,

Please don't label any edit you disagree with as "vandalism". This is NOT vandalism:

Revision as of 17:58, 30 September 2008 (edit) (undo) Neptune5000 (Talk | contribs) m (Undid revision 242043756 by 87.7.24.94 (talk) (rvt vandalism))

Ryoung122 02:45, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Please respond

Greetings, your removal of a comma from the Christian Mortensen article, while minor, is incorrect. Please slow down on your edits and consider whether you are making things better or worse. Also, I do wonder why you have not responded to any comments I have made. Part of making Wikipedia a successful place is communication.

Ryoung122 10:11, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

OK. I'll start slowing down on my edits then. Neptune5000 (talk) 18:00, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Surname rationale

Greetings,

I don't see anything wrong with using first names after the first reference to a person in an article. Ryoung122 11:32, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

I don't either, but I prefer last names. Neptune5000 (talk) 19:15, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

I don't, in many cases, because many people who lived 110+ years have been married several times. Also, in cases like Susie Gibson, the last name sounds like a man's first name. In that case, Susie herself preferred to go by "Miss Susie." Bettie Wilson was called "Mama Bettie" or "Miss Bettie" (it's a Southern thing).Ryoung122 08:46, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

List of French supercentenarians

Greetings,

I think the article on French supercentenarians needs a lot of edit work...compare to the updated List of British supercentenarians.Ryoung122 13:47, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Note the below information could be added:

Name From To Age Death Age Born Marie-Ernestine Compain September 4, 1975 109 years 316 days October 23, 1865 Marie-Virginie Duhem * September 4, 1975 April 25, 1978 111 years 266 days August 2, 1866 Frederique Noël April 25, 1978 April 14, 1979 110 years 299 days June 19, 1868 Augustine Tessier * April 14, 1979 March 8, 1981 112 years 65 days January 2, 1869 Elisa Esnault March 8, 1981 April 25, 1981 110 years 136 days December 10, 1870 Eugenie Roux April 25, 1981 June 20, 1986 112 years 147 days January 24, 1874 Jeanne Louise Calment June 20, 1986 August 4, 1997 10:45 A.M. 122 years 164 days 15 hours ~45 minutes February 21, 1875 ~7:00 A.M. Marie-Helene Chanteperdrix August 4, 1997 10:45 A.M. March 9, 1998 112 years 4 days March 5, 1886 Jeanne Dumaine March 9, 1998 January 3, 1999 112 years 290 days March 19, 1886 Marie Brémont January 3, 1999 June 6, 2001 115 years 42 days April 25, 1886 Germaine Haye June 6, 2001 April 18, 2002 113 years 190 days October 10, 1888 Anne Primout April 18, 2002 March 26, 2005 114 years 172 days October 5, 1890 Camille Loiseau March 26, 2005 August 12, 2006 114 years 180 days February 13, 1892 Marie-Simone Capony August 12, 2006 March 14, 1894

The oldest man in France.

Name From To Age Death Age Born Henri Perignon * June 18, 1990 110 years 247 days October 14, 1879 Emile Fourcade June 18, 1990? December 29, 1995 111 years 153 days July 29, 1884 Bernard Delhom December 29, 1995 February 7, 1996 110 years 213 days July 9, 1885 Theophane Rifosta February 7, 1996? June 16, 1999 109 years 283 days September 6, 1889 Alexis Daigneau June 16, 1999 April 3, 2001 110 years 242 days August 4, 1890 Raymond Abescat April 3, 2001? August 25, 2001 109 years 349 days September 10, 1891 Maurice Floquet August 25, 2001 November 10, 2006 111 years 320 days December 25, 1894 Aime Avignon November 10, 2006 February 2, 1897

Neal (talk) 04:43, 17 November 2007 (UTC).

That would give you something to work on! Ryoung122 13:48, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

I put the list of oldest living French person into List of French supercentenarians. Neptune5000 (talk) 19:17, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

The US list could use a list of "Oldest Living Americans" as well. This is not the most updated list, but it's a start:

Oldest Authenticated American, since 1976   
     

Ages When Years When Age

Oldest Living American Titleholders    Place of State of Last 

Oldest Oldest Name Born Died Years Days R S Birth Residence -112 -1976 Mary Bittlebrun Mar. 19, 1864 Aug. 6, 1976 112 140 w f Illinois Arkansas 110-111 1976-1977 Sophia De Muth June 30, 1866 Dec. 2, 1977 111 155 w f Missouri Nebraska 110-113 1977-1981 Fanny Thomas Apr. 24, 1867 Jan. 22, 1981 113 273 w f Illinois California 111-113 1981-1982 Nellie Spencer Aug. 24, 1869 Nov. 13, 1982 113 81 w f New Hampshire New Jersey 112-113 1982-1983 Emma Wilson May 12, 1870 Oct. 12, 1983 113 153 w f Missouri Missouri 111 1983-1984 Linnie Jones Mar. 22, 1872 Feb. 11, 1984 111 326 w f Kentucky Colorado 111-113 1984-1985 Ollie Bay Nov. 11, 1872 Dec. 31, 1985 113 50 w f Illinois Illinois 112-113 1985-1986 Mamie Eva Keith Mar. 22, 1873 Sept. 20, 1986 113 182 w f Illinois Illinois 113 1986-1987 Mary McKinney May 30, 1873 Feb. 2, 1987 113 248 w f California California 113-114 1987-1988 Florence Knapp Oct. 10, 1873 Jan. 11, 1988 114 93 w f Pennslyvania Pennsylvania 113-116 1988-1991 Carrie White Nov. 18, 1874 Feb. 14, 1991 116 88 w f Florida Florida 113-114 1991-1992 Ettie Mae Greene Sept. 8, 1877 Feb. 26, 1992 114 171 w f West Virginia West Virginia 113-115 1992-1994 Margaret Skeete Oct. 27, 1878 May 7, 1994 115 192 w f Texas Virginia 114 1994 Wilhelmina Kott Mar. 7, 1880 Sept. 6, 1994 114 183 w f Illinois Illinois 113-119 1994-1999 Sarah Knauss Sept. 24, 1880 Dec. 30, 1999 119 97 w f Pennslyvania Pennsylvania 114 1999-2000 Myrtle Dorsey Nov. 22, 1885 June 25, 2000 114 216 w f Ohio Ohio 113-115 2000-2002 Maud Farris-Luse Jan. 21, 1887 Mar. 18, 2002 115 56 w f Michigan Michigan 114 2002 Grace Clawson Nov. 15, 1887 May 28, 2002 114 194 w f England (UK) Florida 114 2002 Adelina Domingues Feb. 19, 1888 Aug. 21, 2002 114 183 w f Cape Verde California

Ryoung122 08:27, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Added that list to List of supercentenarians from the United States. Neptune5000 (talk) 22:54, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Jack Lockett

So one deduces that during the 3 days after the death of the 114 year-old, there was also alive another woman aged between 111 and 114? By-the-way, where does one find such data? Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 00:39, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

You can find it here. It says that after the death of the 114-year-old, Jessie Hurley (born June 15, 1890) became the oldest living Australian. Neptune5000 (talk) 01:04, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Pdfpdf (talk) 02:39, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome :) Neptune5000 (talk) 02:45, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Wiki-colors

Greetings, I once had a more colorful signature, before Wikipedia decided the code was too long. How did you manage to get so many colors in?Ryoung122 08:19, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

You could put more colors in your signature. I once had a signature with 7 colors in it. The exact code I used was:

• <span style="color:blue">N</span><span style="color:red">e</span><span style="color:yellow">p</span><span style="color:purple">t</span><span style="color:orange">u</span><span style="color:green">n</span><span style="color:cyan">e</span>

which appears as:

• Neptune

Neptune5000 (talk) 19:16, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Age and Days Count

Greetings,

I don't think it's a good idea to put false ages on false claims like Mary Ramsey Wood. This is not a disputed case; it is a debunked case (clearly false).Ryoung122 09:31, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Okay. Neptune5000 (talk) 17:06, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

RyRy's Secret Page?

Greetings,

Does this have anything to do with me?

September 21, 2008 Self-awarded Because I found RyRy's Secret Page. 

Also, may I suggest you get a Wikipedia e-mail account.

Regards Ryoung122 08:26, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

It does not have anything to do with you. Neptune5000 (talk) 20:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

People Who died at Age XX

Greetings Neptune,

Can you add a category link to every supercentenarian article for this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Carcharoth/People_who_died_aged_XX

I know you like to get your edit count up, and this would be something that you might be interested in doing.

Regards Ryoung122 02:29, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

On second thought, I'm not sure if this is what Carcharoth wants, let's put this on hold until further notice.Ryoung122 02:38, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Userboxes

Hey Neptune, where did you get the userboxes for your userpage? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tennisdude92 (talk • contribs) 01:52, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

I got them here. Neptune5000 (talk) 01:56, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

List of German Supercentenarians

Hi Neptune5000, considering Germany has over 82 million people and an advanced recordkeeping system, why not start a "list of German supercentenarians"?Ryoung122 07:46, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I started one at List of German supercentenarians. Neptune5000 (talk) 03:53, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Link to Mary Josephine Ray

Hey, how do you link Ray's name on the list of supercentenarians to the article about her? Thanks. ~tennisdude92 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tennisdude92 (talk • contribs) 14:28, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Type in [[Mary Josephine Ray]] into the list of supercentenarians. It will then convert to a link to the article, Mary Josephine Ray. Neptune5000 (talk) 17:25, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I see that it has already been linked. Neptune5000 (talk) 17:27, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

"Race" columns

Greetings,

Just to note, I think that the "race" columns should stay, at least for U.S. data. I note the U.S. keep track of, among other things, "life expectancy" by race.Ryoung122 03:25, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

List of Japanese supercentenarians

Greetings,

I think there should be a "list of Japanese supercentenarians" article. At the very least, we could have a list of Japan's oldest person since Izumi.Ryoung122 03:40, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Theophane Rifosta

Greetings,

While a biography source cannot be found for this article, from French Wikipedia he was the "doyen" of France:

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doyen_des_Fran%C3%A7ais

Note also he is on this list here:

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doyen_des_Fran%C3%A7ais

http://www.grg.org/Adams/L/France.HTM

Although we cannot demonstrate that this person is individually notable, a list of the oldest men in France would be a possibility...although he was less than 110 so not a "supercentenarian."

By the way, I was wondering how you got on David Filo's WINK page?

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97.113.63.143 posted "Tendinosis" 

at Wikipedia - Recent changes [en], 8 hours, 53 minutes ago Neptune5000 posted "Théophane Rifosta" at Wikipedia - Recent changes [en], 8 hours, 53 minutes ago

Ryoung122 02:47, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

I don't know how I got on that page. Anyway, we could create a list of the oldest men in France, and then redirect Rifosta's article into that list. Neptune5000 (talk) 04:55, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

datelinks

hello. i'm wondering whether or not you are aware that the practice of linking dates in this manner has been deprecated. please reference wp:mosnum and wp:overlink for details. --emerson7 05:25, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Comment. The word "deprecated" in these Wiki policies refers to the need to link dates for computer-based reasons:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprecated

There are other reasons to link dates, such as establishing historical context. Linking dates for year of birth and death, or years when a politician takes office, makes a lot of sense.Ryoung122 03:50, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. Linking dates will help people learn about history. Anyway, it seems that the date de-linking process is not nearly done. Neptune5000 (talk) 19:29, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Speedied sandbox

You tagged for speedy deletion a page I attempted to create as a subpage or personal sandbox, User Edison/mysandbox. I moved it to the intended location, User:Edison/mysandbox. The rules say I should not remove the Speedy tag myself, so I am asking that you do so. Thanks for your efforts to keep Wikipedia free of flotsam and jetsam. Edison (talk) 18:44, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Never mind, it has already been unspeedied by someone else. Thanks. Edison (talk) 18:44, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Welcome back

You haven't been on Wikipedia since Nov 30 2008, now you return...welcome back!Ryoung122 05:48, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

hi

my name is joel i am sorry for saying that just the way you put adult stuff on ebay is wrong when litte girls or bays go on it and they see that thanks and blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hahahaha —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chuck norris4210 (talk • contribs) 16:52, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

deprod

Per request from an IP, I have undeleted Pierre Darcourt. Feel free to list the article at AfD. Regards, decltype (talk) 22:23, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Comment: I believe this article should be kept. For one, Darcourt is notable as the first verified person to reach age 108. Additional references and information are also available, and the article could be expanded. In addition, the article serves as a place to consolidate the titles at the bottom of his page.Ryoung122 04:47, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Pierre Darcourt

Why would you want to delete Pierre Darcourt's article, for a long time he was the oldest person ever. How is he not notable? 65.81.247.9 (talk) 19:59, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Because there are no reliable sources which can be found for him, and the information presently available is better being shown in a list. If someone finds reliable sources, the article can always be recreated. Neptune5000 (talk) 20:21, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Mongol Empire revert

Your revert inserted a vandalized version of the page. Scroll down the page and you will see Kublai khan and duplicate entries. Please check whether you are reverting a vandalized version. Please check your change. 97.124.247.174 (talk) 17:26, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

User 210.14.44.80

Hi, You have a standing warning to this user. I have just reverted more edits and noted them on the user's talk page.
Varlaam (talk) 18:08, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Volleyball players

I have seen that you edited some volleyball articles. Some players articles, most of them looks outdated. I would like to improve players by country. Could you please choose a country to contribute with? Please take a look on Yekaterina Gamova, Hélia Souza, Serena Ortolani and Kenia Carcaces for a model to follow. Please can you please improve some volleyball players with infobox and some addons? References are very important. Let me know. Oscar987 23:22, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Chemstars

we should have barnstars for articles relating to hydrogen helium beryllium lithium etc. Mocha2007 (talk) 03:41, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Good work

I see you are catching a lot of errors in chess articles. Keep up the good work! Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 18:33, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! Neptune5000 (talk) 20:26, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Nyleptha Roberts

The article Nyleptha Roberts has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Trivia, Fails WP:GNG, practically no reliable sources, WP:NOT

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Incorrect Arguments in AFD discussions

Greetings,

I recently noticed that you "voted" to delete the Louisa Thiers article, but your reason given is not correct:

Delete No reliable sources to establish notability, fails WP:GNG. Neptune5000 (talk) 01:59, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

There are, in fact, reliable sources for this article, including university sources.

Ryoung122 00:16, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

More Incorrect Reading of Policies and Other Issues

Greetings,

Let's review what you said here regarding the Maud Farris-Luse article:

Delete The article's only reliable, secondary source is the 26-sentence CBS article, which is insufficient to establish notability. Inclusion in lists is fine. Neptune5000 (talk) 06:52, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

There are a few fallacies that need to be dealt with, and you really shouldn't be "voting" in AFD until you understand a few principles:

Notability is not established or disestablished by how well the article is written or sourced. If it is not well-sourced, it should be tagged as requiring more sources and the article creator should be notified to create more sources. If it is not well-written or too short, it can be tagged with "cleanup" or "stub"...but not deleted.

Also, an article can be well-written (like Nyleptha Roberts) and be not notable because the coverage didn't extend beyond local coverage...but coverage for Maud Farris-Luse was worldwide, therefore notability is established.

I'm not sure if JJBulten canvassed or recruited you to come vote, but you should consider that a lot of his actions are contrary to Wiki policies. Notability is established by OUTSIDE SOURCES, not Wiki editorial opinions. Since the media have chosen to grant significant coverage to "world's oldest person" titleholders, notability is established. And the "one event" argument fails, because there is always coverage of at least two events: gaining the title and dying. Turning 115 is a third event.Ryoung122 00:27, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Sanborn

The family specifically said the grg's listing of 1896 is wrong, which means she indeed was born in 1895. if the list allows original research (such as putting in chiyoko asato even though she is in limbo, and adding unverified people like charlotte bauch and jan goossenaerts), then it obviously should have 1895 put in for sanborn's birthdate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.49.72.167 (talk) 08:09, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Elsa Moberg

The article Elsa Moberg has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No sources. Unencyclopedic. Relied exclusively on two putative "references" that were not obviously about Elsa Moberg and that are raw data maintained by gerontology researchers and longevity hobbyists. Neither is a reliable source. What's left is a name, birthday, a guesstimate for date of death and unsourced statements about where the subject lived. I deleted unnecessary, and unencyclopedic info, and focus on, another "record-holder". The focus in many longevity bios, on "record-holding" by nationality, occupation, blood type or what-have-you is unencyclopedic. The WP:WALLEDGARDEN needs pruning.

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