User talk:Youngamerican/Archive 8

Political Box

David Sypolt I started with my local representatives. I think it works pretty well. --71Demon 17:02, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Ships

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2007_January_4#State_ship-related_categories

This was started 12 days ago, there hasn't been a comment added for over a week.

• 10 Keeps
• 1 Rename (which I take as a keep)
• 6 Deletes

If I counted right. Consensus is almost 2:1 for Keep. Any reason why this can't be ended? It did better on this vote than the last one. --71Demon 19:37, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

An admin that did not comment on the CfD will be along soon enough. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 01:39, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Following up about deletion of List_of_gay_slang_words_and_phrases

Hi there,

Just popping my head in to inquire about this again: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Youngamerican/Archive_7#Concerned_about_deletion_of_.22List_of_gay_slang_words_and_phrases.22
Jodi.a.schneider 15:19, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Citing References

Hello
I am working on the Burger King advertising article and am having some trouble citing the reference I used in garnering the data.

Here are a list of things I need help with:

1. I watched commercials that were available on YouTube and RetroJunk; these older ads provided me with several of the older slogans and product information, but I have read that these websites should not be used as references. That the commercials exist is a fact and the information they provide is true, so how do I cite them?
2. I used the copyright information in the commercials to date slogans, how would that be cited?
3. Where there was a cross-promotional ad (E.G. Aladdin and BK Kids club) that included a slogan, I used the release date of the material that was being cross-promoted (from IMDb). So if Aladdin came out in 1992 and a slogan was in a commercial that was featuring the cross-promotion, the slogan is from 1992 also. That is a legitimate research technique that is used a lot of situations, I just do not know how to cite it.

All help would be greatly appreciated.
Jerem43 07:53, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Your comment is requested

Your comment and/or vote is requested at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Unused highway and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of unused highways. Thanks Seicer (talk) (contribs) 15:30, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

yeah well your unotable. i bet your not even american. jerk.

Betty Ireland article ranking

Hi! Your prolific work on WP:WVA is really impressive! I just wanted to say that I thought the Betty Ireland article might be better suited for at least a Mid ranking. Per the project's guidelines, I posted the reasoning here: Talk:Betty_Ireland/Comments. Here's what I wrote there:

I wouldn't call the Betty Ireland article "trivial." I think it's fair to say she is "reasonably notable on a local level within West Virginia without necessarily being famous or very notable outside of West Virginia."

I didn't want to just change your ranking, as I'm not a member of the project, but I hope you'll consider reassessing the article's importance. Take care. Justen 17:13, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

U.S. Roads Newsletter Issue #1

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 1	10 February 2007	About the Newsletter
Departments: Features: Project News Notability of state highways is challenged Important deletion debates Featured subproject Featured member From the editor
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Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here. Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 20:50, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Review for Ohio State Route 7

If you have time, could you review Ohio State Route 7 for clarity, specifically under the Chesapeake and Proctorville bypass headings? I expanded upon both sections and added citations (some of which will have some date issues solved soon), but they kind of seem confusing. I will be redoing the map for the Chesapeake bypass soon and use some other referencing system for the interchanges, and will make a map for the Proctorville bypass. Cheers, Seicer (talk) (contribs) 07:05, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Boesen school

Thanks for the info. Wiki always has something new to offer. Mind, I'm none the wiser as to exactly why it was considered a candidate for deletion, though I suppose that is partly the point of prod. I noticed that someone had done a hatchet job on what may be perfectly sensible photos, just inserted onto the page in an incomprehensible way. Did you reply to MonteBoesen that you had sorted it? (as you replied to me, I imagine you must have, but just getting overly involved since I have done anyway) Sandpiper 22:32, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Formatting

There are several problems with the formatting of the KKK cat articles. Firstly, do not ever use tables in XFD discussion. It is a discussion, not a vote, and people cane discuss whatever they choose. Also, You thoughts on the topic are implied by your nom, so no need to do a "as nom" thing. Additionally, do not strike or edit other user's comments in a discussion.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. We may disagree on this topic, but we are both working to improve Wikipedia, so I'd be glad to help. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 20:47, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

OK then. Can you please clean up after yourself in that discussion page and re-instate my comment that you removed? --GunnarRene 20:50, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

re: Barnstar

Thank you for awarding me with a barnstar. oncamera^(t) 23:45, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Heather McCartney

Hi.You may want to look at the discussion page on the above, another ed has raised some concerns about some major edits to this, since your last edit. I haven't been watching it for a while. Regards. Escaper7 00:14, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Your mate 68

Certainly a persistent fella :) Do you want me to semi Skyline Chili? – riana_dzasta 03:00, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Reply to user:Seicer

Thanks, I'll probably hold off until mid-April. Right now I'm studying for the GMAT, applying for grad school, job shadowing for a large corporation and overloaded at work and at school :( I'll apply for an editor review first. Cheers Seicer (talk) (contribs) 14:40, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I applied for an editor review and admin coaching for the interm. I hope these can improve upon how I handle certain situations and improve my editing style overall. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 16:09, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Recovery Realm

Hey Young American,

A few days ago, the article on Recovery Realm was deleted on the grounds that it was not, (what's the word?) notable enough. I fully agreed with that. Now, the RR people have again raised their heads in an article called Online Addiction Recovery. It's basically just an ad for their webpage, and I have tagged it with the {{advert}} tag. I can't figure out how to get back to the administrator who deleted the RR article (I'm still pretty new around here), but I figured you might want to look at the Online Addiction Recovery article and consider making it go away. Thanks Cmichael 20:42, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the appreciation

I'm glad to know someone cares about these lists I'm creating. After all, why not have them all available in one place? I've completed the Supreme Court of Appeals justices, but finding their exact successions is extremely difficult. Did you know the WV Supreme Court was basically abolished and re-established in 1872? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mphamilton (talk • contribs) 13:21, 5 March 2007 (UTC).

West Virginia

Supreme Court of the United States is the main link to that body; if we link to something, it should be directly to there. I think that there are enough references to that body not to merit a link, but it seems (from your edit history) that you are much more familiar with the article and subject (I was just passing through). Good job on your edits, and keep up the good fight, fellow Welshman! OverMyHead 16:37, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

randy moss will be a patriot by next week come on the pats.

Deportivo football club

Hi. I noticed you deleted this article. Could you close the AfD too, please? Thanks. --Maxamegalon2000 14:41, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I see. Thank you for the explanation. --Maxamegalon2000 15:24, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Problems with a WikiTable (any ideas?)

I am having problems with the following table. I cannot get the year "1883" to move onto the next line (row) in uniformity with the other years. 1882 needs to have two names in one column, so I expanded its rowspan to 4. I cannot get 1883 to line up as a result. Mphamilton 17:04, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I have been using the sandbox and have tried what I believe is every possible combination to fix it. I'm still stuck. I have a call into a help editor, but they aren't responding. I knew that you could at least point me in the right direction. Mphamilton 17:18, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deportivo football club

I had to revert your closing of the above AfD, as the portion of the AfD that dealt with Estadio Norchetti was ongiong and had not been settled (ie likely deleted by the closing admin, whoever that might be). I had previously speedied Derpotivo football club after finding it through edit history (the AfD tag had been removed by an anon). My comments on the AfD came later and were directed at the statium. Cheers and good luck with the editor review. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 13:16, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Indeed. To be honest I missed Estadio Norchetti. I guess I saw red and got too excited. Sorry. --Selket ^Talk 16:15, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Re:Randy Moss

Not exactly. I am a moderator at PatsFans.com, where there was a poster (unlikely that he was a Pats Fan), who likely made the edits on the Moss page, then proceeded to post 2 different threads on our forum. He's being banned there, and hopefully he doesn't spam the Moss page again. Pats1 02:33, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

MJCdetroit

I like him, I want to nominate him. Do you think he's ready? – riana_dzasta 05:28, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

The Devil's Wiktionary

Oh-My-Gawd! You should have already received this, so here it is! - NDCompuGeek 10:42, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		For Youngamerican's "The Devil's Wiktionary" - I laughed so much, I actually cried! - NDCompuGeek

Mindy Kaling

Hey, I figure if Danny\the foundation decided to protect an article they did so for a good reason, I just thought that it might've been forgotten (I actually saw your message on his talk page a while ago and just forgot about it so when I stumbled upon it later I figured I might as well ask). Thanks for the response, Yonatan (contribs/talk) 13:37, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, friend...

I didn't know. I was just trying to add more entries to various categories. Maybe you could help me add "category: West Virginia politicians" to all pages with "{WestVirginia-politician-stub}" and vice versa. Mphamilton 14:20, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice

I'm still feeling around in the dark with some things and I appreciate the advice. I was wondering how people gave a summary of their edits. I'll be sure to do that from here on out. Nicklefish 17:56, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Hockey

Okay, I unprotected. If you see any page protections I made in the future, go ahead and unprotect without informing me (unless I had protected for some other reason). Thanks, Nishkid64 21:14, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

You helped choose Vladimir Lenin as this week's WP:ACID winner

AzaBot 01:47, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

HEY!

If your referring to my edit on Senator Byrd, well that is NOT nonsense.

Hi

Hello, and thanks for the welcome. Cucamber 18:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Need a suggestion for article title...

Hey! I just completed a new list/chart of WV statewide offices by administration. I need your help in titling it because I'm not exactly sure what to call the entry. Any ideas would be great! Thanks. Mphamilton 01:14, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

fully spammy?

Hi, If you are going to bite a newcomer, maybe you can tell me why you think this is a "fully spammy" article rather than just saying that without anything to back it up. Abridged 22:31, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

"spammy" is an insult, isn't it? That's all I was saying. But forget about it; maybe "spammy" is not an insult to you. I really wanted to ask why you find my article spammy, so I can fix it. Abridged 23:15, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Imagine my suprise at having my first article deleted five minutes after I drafted it and pushed the "save" buttom. Kind of got my hackles up, that did! Abridged 23:43, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

OK, now I totally understand. Thanks for explaining. Abridged 23:56, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Sounds like good advice. Thanks again. Abridged 00:25, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

West Virginia Politics

I have no problem with you removing my post on West Virginia Politics. It was not properly supported with sources, and was based on my reading and perception of why West Virginia has swung Republican in recent Presidential races. If I can find supporting studies or polling to back up my perception of what is going on in WV, I will post them in the article.

I did read something after 2000 that the coal miners did not vote for Gore en mass because they were worried about his environmental policies. That is a big voting block in WV. Also it does seem as though WV supports the southern American values of supporting god, country and the military, and that may have something to do with the trend towards Republicans in Presidential elections. But you are right that WV is a confused state when it comes to politics, it is much more pro-union than southern states and does not support southern politics like the death penalty. I'm sure there are many gun owners in WV, and that has also hurt the Democrats on the national level. Oh well, we'll see what 2008 has in store, it seems that coal burning and global warming will be big issues in coming elections.

Robert Byrd Trivia

You removed the Robert Byrd trivia entry related to his vote against confirmation of Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas. You did not cite a reason for doing this other than labeling it a "snark". How did this inclusion regarding Byrd's voting record violate Wikipedia policy? Could you please make a better argument for why this trivia entry is inappropriate. If not I will feel compelled to reinstate it through means of an entire section about his vote for and against Supreme Court nominees. Patterns such as these are worthy of mention no matter how negative it may or may not reflect on its subject.Light Bulb 00:02, 30 March 2007 (UTC)