The Disco King

Deletion of duplicates

Usually when you find something like Major Third Tuning it's better to do something like #REDIRECT [[Major Third Guitar Tuning]] rather than deleting it. It's a very small differance, but then if someone later types in "Major Third Tuning" they don't get the bright idea to start the page again. Keep up good stuff, though.
brenneman^{T}{L} 04:01, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article James Foster (ice hockey player), which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Gurubrahma 17:52, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Nostradamus

Re your "Weak Oppose" - we fixed everything you noted. Would you care to look at the page again? Thanks. •Jim62sch• 14:43, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

afd

awesome... -Myxomatosis 21:21, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Colbert FAC

Please confirm if the changing of your vote to support was actually done by you or an IP impersonating you. I feel like FAC are one of the few things that you should be signed in for. savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 06:08, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Don't Be Racist

Just because someone has dark skin doesn't mean they are from Africa. They could be from the West Indians. 75.3.36.133 21:05, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

• The above comment was added after I reverted User:75.3.35.133's removal of Paris Bennett from Category:African-American singers. I would refer this user to the African Diaspora and Afro-Latin American. The Disco King 15:23, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

You need a source to confirm that she is African-American. 75.3.36.133 20:04, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

(As the above user has no talk page, I'll continue this here.) What is the alternative to her being African-American? If her ancestors came from the West Indies (not the West Indians), then their ancestors came from Africa. There are no "indigenous" black people in the Caribbean.

I'm going to quote for you the lead section of the article on African-Americans:

An African American is a U.S. citizen who is socially perceived as being at least part black, especially one with ancestors imported to America during slavery. Most African Americans have European, Native American and/or Asian ancestry as well. Blacks from non-African countries such as Haiti, Cuba, or the Dominican Republic and blacks who voluntarily migrated from Africa are sometimes referred to by their nation of origin and not African American, but in general the cultural assumption in the U.S. is that if a person is black, native English-speaking and living in the United States, he or she is "African American".

So even if Ms Bennett is descended from West Indians/Latin Americans, she is considered (by cultural norms) to be an African-American. The Disco King 20:23, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

P.S. - Not that this was necessary, but here is her American Idol blog.

There is also the possibly of a genetic disorder she could have. Both of her parents could be white, but she might have had a mutatation. She could also be very tan. She also could have gotten surgery to look that way. 75.3.36.133 20:42, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Now you're just getting preposterous. It mentions in the article that Paris is the granddaughter of gospel singer Ann Nesby (who is black), so there goes your theory of both of her parents being white. As for the outlandish idea that perhaps she is "very tanned" or "had surgery to look that way," I would refer you to the principle of Occam's Razor. There's no reason to presume that every "African-American" person actually isn't until proven otherwise; in fact, the reverse is true. The VAST MAJORITY of people who look African-American ARE African-American; unless YOU can provide a source which shows that Paris has a genetic defect/is "very tanned"/had surgery/is a robot, then we'll just assume that she's a normal, African-American woman. (Or do I need a source to claim that she's a woman? Maybe nude photographs to prove that she has no penis? Otherwise, how could you be sure that she's not really a man, or a hermaphrodite?) I'll be re-adding that category now. The Disco King 21:28, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

I never said Paris Bennett was any of those things. I am just stating that black skin can be caused by something other than African-American roots and that is why you need a source to classify someone as African-American.

Also, what if an albino is born to African-American parents, by one of your definations of African-American, they would not be African-Americans because they do not have black skin. 75.3.36.133 22:15, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

This is the last I'm going to say in this ridiculous conversation. I've given you a bloody source, so hopefully you'll be happy with that, but your approach is entirely wrong. You're taking a "guilty-until-proven-innocent" approach - if you see somebody who looks black, you should always assume that they're not, until proven otherwise. This is ridiculous because in almost every single case, your assumption will be wrong. 99.99% of the time, you won't slip up in assuming that somebody who looks black IS black, and the rest of the time, it'll be an understandable mistake. Demanding a source for something that's so obvious is as ridiculous as demanding a source on the gender of every person Wikipedia has an article on. There's nothing racist about this. You have a source, listed above, from Paris Bennett's own blog describing her as an African-American. But it's preposterous that you even asked for one. The Disco King 02:57, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

I agree with you, but that's wikipedia's policy. If you need a source to confirm that Ted Kennedy or Conan O'Brien are Irish, then it is only right to require a source to confirm that Paris Bennett is African-American. 75.2.245.31 04:27, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm moving this to Talk:Paris Bennett, as it's more relevant there. The Disco King 12:51, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Do not move this to Paris Bennett talk page. This was never about Paris Bennett. It was about you and me. 75.3.45.27 03:17, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Two things:

1. Yes, this involves Paris Bennett. This is (or I thought it was) a discussion about whether or not a source is needed to make a specific statement in that article. I can't think of a better place for a discussion about an article than that article's talk page.
2. You have a problem with me personally? You actually think that I'm racist because of my actions? Well, I find that completely irrational and stupid. I don't have a problem with you. I find your position to be completely illogical, but I don't have any problem with you. The Disco King 12:45, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I don't think your racist. I don't have a problem with you. I like you. 75.3.45.27 04:59, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Disco King, did you see that? I LIKE YOU. 75.3.45.27 05:06, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

It's good to hear. But are we talking "like" or "like like"? ;) The Disco King 12:34, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I like you because you are smart. Are you black? 75.3.45.27 01:15, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

If you go back far enough, aren't we all black? Some people will argue that Beethoven was black. The Disco King 04:43, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Footnotes

Hi, can I just ask you something regarding footnotes and the Royal Grammar School Worcester page. The whole history section is taken from Follet's book, is it worth doing what I have done by putting a note against the title, it doesn't look right though? --Wisden17 19:35, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi thanks for the reply. My question was actually a bit hasty, as upon further checking it turns out there are actually a fair number of sources in the history section. --Wisden17 20:04, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Plot lines

You can get it in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. And they have the same plot line (you fight one criminal syndicate in Ruby, another in Sapphire and both in Emerald, but it ends up with the player pwning them anyway, so it makes absolutely no difference to Torchic). Thanks, Highway ^{Rainbow Sneakers} 14:59, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

United States article nomination

Your objection to the article nomination is solely based on the fact that it's not stable because of the semi-protection. For an explanation of why that semi-protection is kept, see Talk:United_States#Request_unprotection. It's very unfair that you are objecting because of the opinions of a few people, and I hope you will change your objection or have a different reason for your objection.--Ryz05 _t 13:24, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

By saying that it's unstable, do you mean that there's too much vandals? If vandalism is the case, see Wikipedia talk:What is a featured article?#Stability. I like to ask you to reconsider your vote. Thank you.--Ryz05 _t 22:35, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

The semi-protection has been taken off and the article is as stable as any, especially for one on an important and popular topic as the U.S. I ask you to reconsider your vote. Thank you.--Ryz05 _t 16:07, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Given the history of the U.S. to be over 200 years, I think there's a lot to talk about. You say that the history section can be shortened, but please be more clear on that, because the history section currently is as short as it can be without the removal of important information, in my opinion.--Ryz05 _t 16:19, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

It can arguably be said that the other countries's history sections are not as long because they are less prominent on the international stage and have a shorter political history. For example, the People's Republic of China is founded in 1949, and the United States is founded in 1776; that's a big difference. I will try to trim some of the sentences you brought up, but feel free to help out. Thank you.--Ryz05 _t 17:13, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Request for comments on article naming

Talk:World Junior Ice Hockey Championships If you're interested. Thanks.
ColtsScore 09:50, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Super Mario 64 FAR

My WP:MOS concerns were mostly with the formatting of lists, since the article has used multiple versions of list formatting in the past, sometimes even having two completely different formats within the same list. Everything has been standardized now, so WP:MOS is no longer a concern. I haven't been paying too much attention to the FAR lately given the start of the World Cup, but I must thank you for for the effort you've put in, it's awesome. Keep up the good work, RyanGerbil10 (Drop on in!) 15:16, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey Disco

Not editing so much I see. Hope it's temporary and you're still around for WP:FAR. We've been discussing how difficult it is to get people to actually review articles, so I thought we should make sure the people who have contributed already are still around to contribute further. Also I don't know if anyone properly thanked you for User:The Disco King/FAs with citation problems. This must have been a lot of work and it's a helpful list. Cheers, Marskell 17:38, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Your list

I took the liberty of moving your list of articles with citation problems to Wikipedia space: Wikipedia:Featured articles with citation problems. I made sure to give you credit in the description :). I have struck through ones that have been removed and hope to continue to do so. Marskell 10:58, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Ice Hockey Project discussion of hockey player notability and project scope

Please come join the WikiProject Ice Hockey Notability standards for hockey players discussion. I'd like to see input from all our project members who have an opinion. Thanks! ColtsScore 02:51, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Ice Hockey August 2007 Newsletter

WikiProject Ice Hockey Newsletter Dear The Disco King! You are receiving this newsletter because you have signed up as a member of WikiProject Ice Hockey. The purpose of this newsletter is to update on the goings on of the project, as there have been major changes, and a lot of new recognized content in the past few weeks. If you are an inactive user, you probably won't recognize the new and improved state of the WikiProject! From the project, Maxim. New recognized content By Maxim There have been a lot more Good and Featured articles written in the past few weeks. Here is a list: Featured articles Wayne Gretzky — Promoted on 2006-02-14; on Main Page on 2006-06-13 New Jersey Devils — Promoted on 2006-11-20; on Main Page on 2007-06-30 Martin Brodeur — Promoted on 2007-04-28 Fighting in ice hockey — Promoted on 2007-05-07; on Main Page on 2007-07-19 Dominik Hasek — Promoted on 2007-05-25 Good articles Calgary Hitmen Colorado Avalanche National Hockey League Joe Sakic Nottingham Panthers Stanley Cup Traditions and anecdotes associated with the Stanley Cup Ray Emery The French Connection (hockey) Featured lists List of ice hockey teams in Alberta List of ice hockey teams in Saskatchewan Frölunda HC seasons List of Colorado Avalanche players List of family relations in the National Hockey League List of New Jersey Devils players List of New Jersey Devils head coaches List of drafted Frölunda HC players Notes Article Improvement By Maxim Upon some discussion on the WikiProject talk page, the Article Improvement Drive page was revamped by Krm500 and Maxim. It was renamed Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey/Article Improvement, and it includes two section. The first section is called articles in dire need of improvement. It list articles, usually important, that are in very poor shape. The second section is called requested help. Users list an article they request help improving a certain article, which will facilitate collaboration, which is the aim of any WikiProject. There is one article currently listed there, Henrik Lundqvist, here. The goal is to at least get it to Good article status. Diacritics By Maxim In the past few weeks, there has been quite heated discussion about the use of diacritics in article name. The current guideline is using diacritics in the pages of articles of all player names which require them, but redirects are exempt. Task forces By Maxim There have been two new task forces started within the WikiProject to coordinate major topics. Sweden Ice Hockey task force This task force was initiated by Krm500. Its current goal is to improve Henrik Lundqvist to Good or Featured article status. It covers all Swedish clubs, leagues and competitions and associated articles, players and coaches that are Swedish, or have played/coached for a Swedish club, and arenas in Sweden. They plan to eventually operate as a sort of a sub-project, which will have its own articles for creation, ranking importance and quality of articles, and co-ordinate article improvement. Its current members are Krm500, Bamsefar75, and CLAES. New Jersey Devils task force This task force was initiated by Bsroiaadn. Its goal is to improve New Jersey Devils to Featured Topic status. Although it currently meets the required article count, the task force wishes to improve it further. Its area of coverage is very similar to the Sweden Ice Hockey task force. Its members are Bsroiaadn, JHMM13, FutureNJGov, Sportskido8, Michael Greiner, JRWalko, and Soxrock. Requested Images By Maxim After discussion on the WikiProject talk page, Serte created a page for Requested Images. The page encourages users to license images for use on articles. The page also has section to request images for players, arenas, game situations, miscellaneous, and team and league logos. The page has been quite popular; since it was created on July 21, there have been six completed requests. There are four currently outstanding requests: Patrik Eliáš — Photo of player, requested by Bsroiaadn Scott Stevens — Photo of player, requested by Bsroiaadn Daniel Alfredsson — Photo of player, requested by Maxim Hart Trophy — Photo of the original Hart Trophy (retired in 1960), requested by Scorpion0422 Article assessement completed By Maxim On July 12, Kaiser matias announced that he had completed assessing all the articles with a {{ice hockey}} tag, sorting them into Category:Unassessed Ice Hockey articles. Kaiser matias has ranked about 9000 articles in that category, and most were stubs, and "have no information at all", according to him. Everybody is encouraged to expand the stubs into real articles. This effort took around 5 months. A big thanks goes to Kaiser matias from me and all the project.

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WikiProject Ice Hockey newsletter

WikiProject Ice Hockey Newsletter Dear The Disco King! You are receiving as you are a member of WikiProject Ice Hockey There's been more new thing going on at WP:HOCKEY, and I think this will help you to stay informed. Since the last newsletter sent out in August, there's been great changes. Read on to find out! Maxim(talk) This just in: Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy has just been promoted to featured list status, while the bot was delivering the newsletter. Maxim(talk) 02:02, 28 September 2007 (UTC) And I've just promoted Art Ross Trophy. And Clarence S. Campbell Bowl is at FLC. This should be the last update. Maxim(talk) 00:40, 30 September 2007 (UTC) New recognized content By Maxim Especially due to the featured topic drive, there have been many new featured lists promoted concerning NHL awards. Here's the full list of all the 13 FL's promoted since the last newsletter. Hart Memorial Trophy James Norris Memorial Trophy Vezina Trophy Conn Smythe Trophy Frank J. Selke Trophy Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Lester B. Pearson Award Calder Memorial Trophy Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy King Clancy Memorial Trophy Jack Adams Award Presidents' Trophy List of Calgary Flames players There have been no new good articles or featured articles. Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy has been given A-Class status due to multiple issues raised at FLC. Did You Know? By Maxim There have been 4 new articles featured in the Did You Know section? on the Main Page since August. Wally Tatomir - August 4, 2007, authored by User:Maxim. ...that Wally Tatomir, head equipment manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, holds four patents on ice hockey-related equipment? Mark Major - August 12, 2007, authored by User:Schmackity ...that ice hockey player Mark Major attained 355 penalty minutes during the 1997-98 AHL season for the Portland Pirates, where he averaged 4.5 penalty minutes a game and still holds the club record? Garth Butcher - September 15, 2007, authored by User:Canuckle. ...that Garth Butcher was a member of Canada's first-ever gold medal team at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships before becoming a pest and setting team records for penalty minutes in the National Hockey League? AMP NHL Winter Classic - September 22, 2007, authored by User:Skudrafan1 ..that the AMP NHL Winter Classic is scheduled to be the first regular-season outdoor National Hockey League game in the United States? Featured Topic Drive By Maxim Started by User:Scorpion0422, the aim of this drive is to make NHL awards a featured topic. A featured topic is basically a set of very high quality articles (good articles and featured articles/lists). In this case, the topic is NHL awards. Many users have helped, including Scorpion0422, Resolute, Serte, Hasek is the best, Maxim, Croat Canuck, Spike Wilbury, FutureNJGov, and T Rex/Dinosaur puppy. The progress has been very good; there are 12 featured lists promoted, and 2 good articles: Hart Memorial Trophy (Scorpion) James Norris Memorial Trophy (Scorpion) Vezina Trophy (Scorpion) Conn Smythe Trophy (Serte) Frank J. Selke Trophy (FutureNJGov) Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (Scorpion) Lester B. Pearson Award (Scorpion) Calder Memorial Trophy (Croat Canuck) Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy (Maxim) King Clancy Memorial Trophy (Maxim) Jack Adams Award (Maxim) Presidents' Trophy (Scorpion) Stanley Cup (Earlier collaboration, very many involved) Traditions and anecdotes associated with the Stanley Cup (Maxim) Check the project page if you are interested in helping out. Although it's closer to being done than not, there's still work to be done. The next topic that might be tackled is Stanley Cup, but this remains purely speculative and in discussion.

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WikiProject Ice Hockey March 2008 Newsletter

WikiProject Ice Hockey Newsletter Dear The Disco King! You are receiving as you are a member of WikiProject Ice Hockey There's been many more new things going on at WP:HOCKEY; this newsletter will be sent every two weeks/months. If you wish to not receive the newsletter, please remove your name from the newsletter mailing list. Thanks! New recognized content By The Pancake of Heaven! There has been numerous new recognized content, so much that it's too time-consuming to sift through the "trophy cases" on WP:HOCKEY. Some interesting achievements: 2016 NHL Draft has been newly created and has immediately become a GA status article. The Vancouver Canucks task force has become active again, thanks to Canuckian89! J.D. Watt has been declined at WP:AFD. Drafts related to the OHL have been published! Task forces By The Pancake of Heaven! We are working to create a new task force within the WikiProject to deal with topics related to the Pittsburgh Penguins. It hasn't been created yet; but it aims to expand articles based on former and current Pittsburgh Penguins players and articles. Good luck! New Administrators Currently 0 promoted admins! Be the first one at WP:RFA. Featured Topic Drive By Maxim The original featured topic drive, initiated by Scorpion0422, has concluded succesfully. National Hockey League awards is now a featured topic, with 24 articles in total. Of them, 20 are featured lists, one is a featured article, and the other three are trophy articles that were too short to become featured lists. Eight users signed up to help out, shown here. The next Featured Topic hasn't been decided upon, and the ideas and organization for it fell apart. If you have any ideas, don't hesitate to share them at WT:HOCKEY. Notes More editors are needed to help out with the newsletter. The newsletter creator doesn't have an infinite nor perfect supply of ideas, and thus he might omit some interesting news. Portal:Ice hockey is being considered for featured status. Should Chris Pronger have been suspended for more than eight games for stomping on Ryan Kesler? Vote here! Help Patrik Stefan -- one of the greatest NHL draft busts -- become a GA status article.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Suri Cruise (2nd nomination)

Hello. You previously voted in the 2006 AfD for Suri Cruise. At the time, Suri was less than 10 days old, and the ultimate verdict was to turn the article into a redirect to her mother's page.

Since then, Suri has become much more notable in her own right as a toddler fashion icon, with over 13 million hits on google image search. After getting an administrator to lift the protection on the redirect, I recently restored the article as a stub, but an editor who believes that "6 year olds are not inherently notable" has again requested deletion.

If it's not too much trouble, I'd appreciate your making your opinion known at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Suri Cruise (2nd nomination) Warren Dew (talk) 07:38, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

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