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Twin

Are you away?

Someone was asking for the source of one of your old additions to twin. See the talk page. -- ALoan (Talk) 23:41, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

I was. I may still be. I'll take a look, thanks. violet/riga (t) 18:45, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Thylacine review

You recently reviewd the Thylacine article. I have just posted a large list of proposed changes on the talk page which you might be interested in. I welcome feedback. youcantryreachingme 02:57, 20 April 2006 (UTC)youcantryreachingme (Chris).

Nice work - I'll see if I can add anything constructive. violet/riga (t) 18:45, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Merge

By what authority did you remove the merge tag from Exploding snake ? SirIsaacBrock 09:34, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Because the merge was disputed on the talk page and no longer receiving supporting discussions. violet/riga (t) 10:09, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Do you have the authority to remove a merge tag ? SirIsaacBrock 02:37, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Anyone does. violet/riga (t) 17:40, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

The Great Indefinite Article Controversy

Please see Misplaced Pages:Main Page/Errors. Thanks.--Pharos 20:13, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Military History of France

Hi.

While I'm in favour of Views of the French military being added, I don't think there should be edit warring over it. Thanks, Andjam 12:05, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

I've never added that link before, so it's not really an edit war. violet/riga (t) 12:07, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, maybe it's "not really" an edit war, but it "kind of" is one. Thanks, Andjam 12:21, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

In the Military of France, you have also violated the Revert rule. However, I will not report it.UberCryxic 17:46, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Actually I reverted three times, thus not violating it. violet/riga (t) 17:47, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

You are right. I was counting another edit, but it wasn't important.UberCryxic 17:59, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Your desired changes have been implemented. I admire your tenacity. Your remind me of French soldiers at Casteldelfino.UberCryxic 18:26, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

A joke in the face of this disagreement? Nice to see. Not sure why you've seemingly changed your mind, but I hope it will stop any further disagreements. Please be aware that I have no personal grudge against the French military - just know that many people do and think it is worthy of inclusion. violet/riga (t) 18:33, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi. There is someone in Military history of France making a weird descriptive edit to the Views link. Could you please deal with it? I reverted once but I don't really want multiple violations of 3-R. Thanks.UberCryxic 19:23, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I have a question, or a suggestion rather. The views of French military article generally covers views about French military history, not about the present French military. I don't really think it's appropriate to link it to the Military of France. I wanted to check this with you first. What do you think?UberCryxic 04:11, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

I think it covers (or, at the very list will cover) the topic of present views, and should be linked. violet/riga (t) 09:26, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Jokes about the French military in the United States haven't really focused on the modern French military, just on (or mostly on) history. The picture in the Views article is supposed to highlight a historical culture of surrender, not just poke fun at current French soldiers, but beyond sporadic pictures like that-probably fooled around with because they're the easiest to find-there are no real jokes about the current French military. The famous "Complete Military History of France" list was, as the name suggests, about history. I haven't really seen anything equivalent, if anything at all (that I remember at least), on the current French armed forces. The Views article highlights the problem: the Negative section begins in the following way, "French military history is perceived particularly in the United States...." Even if jokes about the current French military exist, they are not prominent at all. The Views article was inspired by the military history article anyway; I don't think another article should have to suffer because of that.UberCryxic 17:13, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

The Military of France article isn't limited to right now - it contains history. It's a relevant link as it deals with views of the Military of France. violet/riga (t) 22:28, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

If we let imagination fiddle around with the meaning of "right now," then it is limited. Either way, saying it contains history does not mean that it is about history. It would be a relevant link if the Views article actually contained views about the current French military. As of now, all it has is references to a culture of cowardice and, with the exception of the Sun incident, views about the military history.UberCryxic 01:33, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I really can't see how you can even suggest that an article about the views of the French Military is not supposed to be linked from the French Military article! violet/riga (t) 08:31, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

That raises another problem then: the title. I am more in favor of "Views of French military history" or "Views about French military and French military history" unless something relevant is put in about the current French military. A sensible thing to do would be to change the title, meaning it would have to be de-linked from either Military of France or Military history of France. As of now, it should be de-linked from Military history of France, but the information it contains relates to the military history of France, though not to the military of France (damn this is confusing), even though that's what it's named.UberCryxic 17:52, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

The title is fine and it should be linked from both articles. violet/riga (t) 18:18, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Great reasoning. I forgot I was dealing with one of the great logicians of the century. I'll stop my efforts because they would probably only lead to bad blood between us. Thanks for your time.UberCryxic 18:34, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for intervening. I was running out of jokes.UberCryxic 19:32, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Pics

I'm pretty new here and wanted to know how to upload pictures in order to use them for a page. I had plans of starting a new article and wanted to utilize a picture. Thank you for the help! --WillMak050389 04:48, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the help, I've been wanting to know for a while. --WillMak050389 13:07, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Libellous vandalism from 217.33.74.20

Your school network has been an ongoing source of vandalism which could be legally actionable due to its often libellous and defamatory remarks. Have you considered having your network administrator investigate the root cause of this problem? Can't sleep, clown will eat me 11:08, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Impossible, sadly, as it's not a school thing - the IP is used by the Worcestershire County Council and thus most schools and libraries go through it. violet/riga (t) 14:28, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

If it is brought to their attention, they should be able to deal with this rather swiftly, as they can determine which school or library is responsible, and trace it down to the originating terminal. If this were just simple vandalism I wouldn't mind it so much, but a good majority of it is vicious and rather mean spirited. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:12, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I keep track of any that do it at my school, and it is dealt with there. However, we are talking about dozens and dozens of schools and libraries and I know that it isn't just one that is causing the problems. The devs need to have a ban option that disallows anon editing from an IP and the creation of new accounts from that IP but allows existing users to edit. violet/riga (t) 20:23, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Your network administrator should be able to locate the source(s) of every edit by comparing outgoing proxy traffic with the time stamps of the Misplaced Pages diffs. It would be nice if WP:BPP or a similar solution were in effect, but at the same time these other schools and libraries have a right to know how their network is being used in the event they are ever held accountable. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:27, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

They really aren't that good at monitoring traffic, and are generally unwilling to do so. There are lots of schools & libraries that know that this is happening but are unwilling/unable to do anything about it other than blocking Misplaced Pages entirely. The point is though that no shared IP should be blocked for any long duration. violet/riga (t) 20:55, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Need admin help

I checked my messages today, and recieved the following message:

You are a crazy god lover! Burn in Hell!!! Thefreakshow 21:32, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I please ask of your help to confront this user. I have left a message on his talk page, but I would like an administrator to talk with him also. --WillMak050389 03:11, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Your spelling reverts

Listen, I'm trying to contribute. I'm honestly just trying to improve Misplaced Pages. There are oodles of reasons why spelling guidelines should be followed strictly, in my view. You reverted my changes without (it would appear) even looking at the history of the article, which I looked at very, very closely before making my changes. Why did you revert me? It just creates bad blood. --Cultural Freedom talk 2006-06-25 18:50 (UTC)

Mohonk

Hi Violet,

I just visited Mohonk. Great stuff.

Query: is there any reason to (or not to) mention that atop Skytop, which I suspect is the tallest part of Mohonk mountain, there is a clear, unobstructed view of six states? That would be NY, NJ, PA, VT, MA, and CT. It was foggy when I was up there, so I failed to see anything other than part of NY, but it's still an interesting fact for those who purposefully travel to such geographical oddities.Eh Nonymous 14:39, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

That would be a very good fact to add - I'm sure that there aren't too many places where you can see six states at once. violet/riga (t) 16:39, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Answered

--Yurik 19:15, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Prison break redirect

Hello. You changed Prison break to redirect to Prison escape instead of Prison Break with no explanation. I'm simply curious why you think that prison escape is a more suitable article. Jtrost ( | C | _#) 11:55, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah sorry about that - rolled back rather than doing it the proper way

I think that the concept of a prison break is far more appropriate than a television show, and makes for a more relevant redirect. violet/riga (t) 12:08, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

The problem I have is that Prison Break and Prison break are very similar names; only one uncapitalized letter differentiates them. It is very likely that when someone is searching for the show they will accidentally not capitalize the B. Most Misplaced Pages articles with alternate capitalization redirect to the correctly capitalized page. For example, Grey's anatomy redirects to Grey's Anatomy. I think the redirect you setup is confusing. Jtrost ( | C | _#) 13:46, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

I think that more people would type in "prison break" looking for the act of breaking out of a prison and not for the show. It is a common primary disambig technique, with Prison escape having a header notice directing people to the series if that is what they are looking for. I think that an encyclopedia really should put a serious meaning of a term before a television series. violet/riga (t) 14:22, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Who's to judge that prison escape is a more serious or more important article than Prison Break? I'm not sure the two can be compared in that way. Saying that more people are going to search for "Prison break" looking for "Prison escape" is a matter of opinion that none of us would be able to back up with proof, so let's try to keep with objective statements. My point is that it is confusing to have alternate capitalization of the same term to lead to different pages. Jtrost ( | C | _#) 00:34, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

It's a common practice (Pulp fiction, Double indemnity...). It is the most sensible option - capitalisation makes it a proper noun and thus a different thing. violet/riga (t) 08:21, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Your article, Fast food advertising, was selected for DYK!

On July 1, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fast food advertising, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Note, I changed the hook to "trying to" as since the link isn't proven, the government actions can't be said to definitively be fixing the problem, just are trying to fix it. That addresses the concern I had and still keeps the hook saying generally the same thing. ++Lar: t/c 15:15, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Re:BE/AmE

Something about "neighbouring" restaurants in Kentucky isn't quite right. In reference to American locations, although it's not policy, it makes sense to use American spellings. In contrast, how would it be if an article on the Pennines spoke about the "fall" "colors" of the region, and how they divide Northern England down the "center"? It'd seem a little askew, wouldn't it? And that's what I was trying to remedy. But that doesn't matter, because why should you assume good faith? R'son-W 21:10, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Your article, Space advertising, was selected for DYK!

On July 2, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Space advertising, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! ++Lar: t/c 15:28, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Your DYK nomination for Bingo (Scrabble) was successful

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Bingo (Scrabble), which you recently nominated, 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.

Thanks for revising this nom to get it selected... ++Lar: t/c 15:26, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Your article, Concealing something in a book, was selected for DYK!

On July 4, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Concealing something in a book, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! ++Lar: t/c 15:29, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

RE: 230

In regards to your message, I had no idea that was the case. I once had a math teacher who was a stickler for and, so it was drilled into my head to take the "and" out. Thanks for letting me know that that's not the case everywhere! - Tapir Terrific 22:00, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

FIFA World Cup

Thanks for clearing up things, don't know what I was thinking. Don't edit when it's past your bedtime, I guess. Well, bronze finals are meaningless, anyways. But really, thanks. --Denvesletigeren 22:38, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Template:In the news

I'm puzzled by your apparent belief that the World Cup is too important for our ITN criteria to apply...but not important enough to actually write about in encyclopedic fashion.

Instead of transforming our main page into a news ticker, perhaps you could contribute a decent account of the game to the encyclopedia (which might actually qualify the entry for inclusion in the section). —David Levy 16:26, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't think that the game needs something writing about it in order to have the item included in ITN. violet/riga (t) 16:30, 5 July 2006 (UTC)