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Withdraw nomination club

Yah thnx... :P --Cool Cat 02:20, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Guatemala

Yeah, I'm back.

OK, I see what you've been up to with the Guatemala articles... excellent effort. One question: Is it worthwhile at this stage in WP's evolution to have separate articles for (eg) Rabinal (the town) and Rabinal, Baja Verapaz (the municipality)? Most cases, the headtown shares a name with the municipality. I'd be inclined to merge the two articles, saying something along the lines that "XXX serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name" (done that a lot on Mexico-geo-stubs, where the same situation applies). Or maybe you just created them bang-bang-bang one after another, without realising the overlap was there? (Machine-gun editing, yeah? loads of fun).

(As a general rule, too, I think "cities" are a bit more interesting than "municipalities". Changing the focus of the municips' articles to the headtowns would also help fill out the Category:Cities in Guatemala.)

Of course, while doing all that, you seem to have established a de facto standard for the naming of Guatemalan geographical articles, using the "city-comma-department" format. Well done, that man! If you're feeling really bold, you could include it on the naming conventions page.

Is this coherent? Did you at least enjoy reading it? Cheers, –Hajor 02:58, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

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If you find DreamGuys behaviour to be rude or unsavoury, feel free to visit the requests for arbitration page and add evidance to the charges aboutr his incivil nature. hes only one vote away from arbitration.Gavin the Chosen 10:17, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Pto Quetzal

Thanks for the message. Do the locals think of Quetzal as a separate town from Puerto San José, or is it just the name of the port complex (à la Seaforth container terminal, Tilbury docks, etc)? I kind of assumed it deserved its own article (even a lousy stub) for no other reason than both are marked on our standard Guatemala CIA map. Cheers, –Hajor 16:15, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

And thanks for the clarification. I'll remove the "cities" cat, then. –Hajor 16:34, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

IP address

I've recomended that 0waldo take this to the talk page; until he does, I'm happy to keep reverting. I thought I'd let you know, as, if he does, you might be interested in the discussion. Thanks for your work on the 'pedia! JesseW 19:24, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

I've blocked 0waldo for two hours, long enough to chat with him. I would have considered longer, but I feel your tone and actions in this were provoking him. Dispute resolution means a lot more than reverting until you get the outcome you like. Dragons flight 01:05, August 28, 2005 (UTC)

Mexico vandalism...

Sorry about that revert, went to the wrong version. If you look at the history you'll see I was reverting the insulting vandalism by Siegfried Waldgrave (talk · contribs). (who is also enjoying commenting on my talk) Thanks for catching it. Wikibofh 17:32, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

• Oh, and to continue the cleanup, Siegfried was trying to clean it up. I've apologized to him on my talk and his. Looks like 206.107.114.12 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) was the original problem. Wikibofh 17:45, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

0waldo

I have a question, though - Why is your specific objection to GetMyPC.info? If it were added by someone other than 0waldo, would your objection fade, since it seems to be predicated on the fact that it's HIS site? Or is it simply on principle that he thinks that because he donated, he has the right to use Misplaced Pages as advertising (A site without any income method, I note)? --Golbez 17:49, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

"Dear Sir, you obviously mistook my humor and a 'threat' of legal action as serious. It was a joke (I added their names to the site to show the total insanity of the entire issue ) for my two friends JesseW and SqueakBox :) Promise." I just got this email from 0waldo. He's probably serious, his original statement was not a typical threat, but the point had to be made. --Golbez 18:04, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Would it be okay if I added the link to the end of the list (It is useful, it mentions us, and it has no ads, after all - and it's gotta be useful to some people (It got the right country for me, at least)? Iff he removes the mention of you and Jesse, since that's obviously false. This just seems the best option all around - it stops the war, and it puts up a vaguely useful site that, while it may be spam, isn't getting him any recognition or income. --Golbez 18:11, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Greets SqueakBox :) I left you a suprise gift over at the talk IP_address ;) 0waldo 22:34, 31 August 2005 (UTC)