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Contents 1 B-class article drive 2 Wikilove 3 Template:User category 4 Alt music B-class drive/Bright Eyes 5 Wikiproject Tool News 6 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Asylum album cover.jpg 7 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Kiss first album cover.jpg 8 Template:User instrument 9 BARNSTAR! 10 I think I've asked before, but... 11 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Marilyn Manson - Portrait of an American Family.jpg 12 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Marilyn Manson golden.jpg 13 Neighbourhoods 14 Maynard James Keenan discography 15 WP:Wikiproject Tool update 16 Image:Blackparaemcrse.jpg 17 Improving Facebook to Featured Article status 18 Classical music in popular culture nominated for deletion 19 AfD nomination of Rachel Marsden 20 Yo 21 Untitled message 22 Doin' the splits 23 A priori 24 Wikiproject Tool Newsletter 25 Archive box collapsible 26 Question Regarding Tournament Brackets 27 EOKA 28 Dark Tower: Article of Focus 29 Wikiproject Tool Newsletter 2 30 Yishuv haYashan Template bug 31 Impulse! 32 Wikipedia voting question 33 Orphaned non-free media (Image:SpookyKidsFlyer.jpg) 34 Dark Tower WP discussion 35 Proposed move of Québécois 36 Deletion of "Murderers" section for The Catcher in the Rye 37 Radiohead FAR 38 Saskatchewan Highway Shield template 39 Wikiproject Tool Newsletter 3 40 AfD nomination of DreamHost 41 Celebrations for 2nd Anniversary of Wikimedia Hong Kong 42 List of overweight actors in United States cinema 43 AfD nomination of Denialism

[edit] B-class article drive

I see you've signed up to improve Bright Eyes (band). While I'm not a fan of the group (I actually, uh, dislike them very much), I have a some Spin and Mojo article on the group and Conor Oberst that might help. Let me know if you need assistance. WesleyDodds (talk) 01:37, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikilove

[edit] Template:User category

Hi. I noticed that you edited Template:User category to try to emphasise the need for collaborative merit. While I support the idea behind the change, I'm a little concerned about some of the unintended consequences it may have.

Not all useful categories imply an interest in collaborating on articles related to the topic mentioned in the category title. For instance, the utility of language categories lies primarily in the ability to translate content rather than in an interest to collaborate on articles about the language itself. The same is true of software categories and the numerous Wikipedia-related categories (most of which I think we could do without, but that's another issue...). I'm also worried about whether the transcluded statement will unintentionally give a certain level of artificial legitimacy to categories whose primary purpose is not collaboration (e.g. support/oppose categories).

What do you think? – Black Falcon ^(Talk) 19:11, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I think your addition reflects the consensus at UCFD, so I would like to see the statement remain in some form. Perhaps the simplest solution is just to reintroduce the statement and remove the template from the few categories to which it is not suited... There are relatively few such categories as most transclusions of the template are in "alma mater" categories. I'll try to implement that by tomorrow (I don't know why I didn't think of it before). Thanks, Black Falcon ^(Talk) 09:23, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Alt music B-class drive/Bright Eyes

Hi, if it's not too much trouble, do you mind telling me about any sources about the writing of Cassadaga? - I'm doing the Four Winds EP page in the drive myself. Will ^(talk) 22:18, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Tool News

Maynard James Keenan has been nominated for GA and is currently on hold. It should be listed within the next couple of days. It has also been listed for peer review, and is planned for an FA nomination after a couple of reviews are completed. All help once the drive for FA begins is certainly appreciated!

In the meantime:

The current WikiProject Tool Collaboration of the Month is Maynard James Keenan discography Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards.

Thanks to everyone for all your hard work. The project is off to a great start! Lara❤Love 02:25, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Asylum album cover.jpg

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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Kiss first album cover.jpg

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[edit] Template:User instrument

• Template:User instrument

Let's do this!

<includeonly>{{#ifeq:{{NAMESPACE}}|User|[[Category:Wikipedian {{{ist}}}s|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:Wikipedian {{{ist}}}s-{{{level}}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]|}}</includeonly>

–Pomte 09:38, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

"And with a cloud of dust, and a hearty 'Heigh-o Silver!'..."

(grin)

Out of nowhere you come up with this. Very nice : )

My only question is about whether those in a -# subcat should also be in the parent cat (I seem to recall that, lately, that was frowned on.) - jc37 09:53, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes. Remove [[Category:Wikipedian {{{ist}}}s|{{PAGENAME}}]] if the parent cat should be empty save for userpages that transclude the general template. I don't care. –Pomte 09:56, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Done. - jc37 23:08, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] BARNSTAR!

		The Template Barnstar
		The Template Barnstar may be awarded to an editor who contributes significantly to templates. Long overdue. Keep up the great work : ) - jc37 10:13, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I think I've asked before, but...

RfA - interested? : ) - jc37 22:03, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

I recall being asked once before, but not by you. What's with the lack of editing at {{User instrument}}? Don't pressure me into becoming admin for me to have to do it. I spend too much time here anyway, easier just to tell you what to do, e.g. protect {{usbk}} and related templates for high use. I'll definitely let you know when I'm interested. –Pomte 22:39, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

(rather taken aback)

- a.) User instrument somehow fell on the "back burner". I vaguely recall actually discussing with the page's creator.

- b.) pressure you? Nope, not now, not ever. (There are others who I have "pushed" a bit in good humour, But I don't believe my above comments come even close.)

- c.) I'm strongly hoping that the above was said tongue-in-cheek. - jc37 23:02, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah sorry :–Pomte 00:03, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Marilyn Manson - Portrait of an American Family.jpg

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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Marilyn Manson golden.jpg

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[edit] Neighbourhoods

Since you've commented on WP:CANSTYLE before, I was wondering if you have any thoughts on Wikipedia talk:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board/Style guide#Neighbourhoods? Skeezix1000 (talk) 19:46, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Maynard James Keenan discography

I've worked this back into the article, as it is very redundant of the main discographies, which I should have considered before creating it. I'm planning to tag it for deletion, but I wanted to get everyone's input first. Please reply here or drop a line on my talk page. Regards, Lara❤Love 02:05, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:Wikiproject Tool update

A few updates in events:

• Maynard James Keenan has been listed for copy-edit at the WP:LoCE, however, the backlog is quite long. Therefore, if anyone has copy-editing skills, please go over the article. I would do it myself, but I've done quite a bit of work on the article and I am incapable of copy-editing my own work.
• Maynard James Keenan discography has been worked back into the bio and has been determined to be redundant of the main discographies. It will most likely be deleted this week.
• Devo Keenan has been created. I think this is a good opportunity for the project to get together and create a DYK entry. The article needs to be expanded and referenced. Hopefully this is possible. I've not yet looked to see how much information is available. Please take time to help with this, if you can. We have four days!!

Thanks to everyone who has helped thus far. The project is still very new, but good progress is being made! Lara❤Love 03:59, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Blackparaemcrse.jpg

I have tagged Image:Blackparaemcrse.jpg as a disputed use of non-free media, because there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please clarify your fair use rationale on the image description page. Thank you. Rockfang (talk) 23:45, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Improving Facebook to Featured Article status

I am currently working on improving Facebook to Featured Article status, and I noticed that you have made substantial contributions to the article recently. If you have time, I would appreciate it if you could help out and improve the article. Some comments by other editors have been left at the peer review, Wikipedia:Peer review/Facebook/archive2, so feel free to address those issues, also. Thanks for your time! Gary King (talk) 08:34, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Do not wikilink dates in the {{cite book}} template per the template's documentation. Gary King (talk) 00:42, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Classical music in popular culture nominated for deletion

If you have an opinion, please voice it here. --Ravpapa (talk) 09:44, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Rachel Marsden

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[edit] Yo

This review, that you removed from MJK's bio, I believe was written by a member of the Prog Archives staff. One of 92 reviews from him on the site. Am I reading the site incorrectly? Without this source, or another to replace it, we'll probably need to remove the sentence it follows. Lara❤Love 19:59, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

The author is a Prog Review. "Prog Reviewers devote their time to writing reviews that give visitors/members an insight into the vast amount of music that is covered by the site."[1] But still, the reviews are self-published and Prog Archives isn't a known review publication. If it is to be cited, there's a bunch of other praise for the lyrics in the other reviews for Lateralus as well.[2]

(Unrelated: Looking through that list, someone on that site has a Tool-inspired username like mine.)

On the article, I think it's not a big loss to remove "Keenan was acclaimed for his songwriting on the album". One could say that he's been acclaimed for his songwriting on all Tool albums, there are probably numerous reviews that favour the lyrics of each. It's hard to tell which is more acclaimed, you'd have to skim through a ton of them.

The "dark, intelligent, compelling, and unexpected lyrical twists" quote right before that is a general comment not specific to Lateralus, so maybe it should be moved to the 'Writing and performance style' section. –Pomte 20:40, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Untitled message

HELLO MY USER NAME IS POMTE, YA STRANGE ISNT IT. I DONT KNOW WHY I PICKED IT, BUT I THINK IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY REAL NAME BEING WORSE. LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT MYSELF IM 26 YEARS OLD AND I LIVE IS TWIN FALLS IDAHOE WITH MY PARENTS. ITS PRETTY BORRING MOST OF THE TIME SO WHEN IM NOT PICKING UP CHICKS (HA HA HA I WISH) IM USUALLY ON WIKIPEDIA CORRECTING VANDALISM. ITS KIND OF LIKE BEING A COP, EXEPT YOU DONT HAVE TO BE IN SHAPE OR BE OUT IN THE REAL WORLD. YOU STILL GET TO RUIN PEOPLE'S FUN THOUGH, SO I LIKE IT. WHEN IM NOT ON WIKIPEDIA IM PLAYING WORLD OF WARCRAFT (MY NAME IS POMGAY IN THAT ONE HA HA HA). PLEASE DONT SAY ANY BAD STUFF ABOUT ME, I DONT LIKE IT. THANKS ALOT GUYS-LOVE YOU ALL.

POMTE —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aguyed (talk • contribs) 22:16, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Doin' the splits

"How do you not strain your muscles? It looks like you performed the splits forwards and then upside down over at WP:UBX and its subpages. Actually, I don't even want to know. Here's an aerobatic barnstar. –Pomte 15:57, 12 April 2008 (UTC)"

Well, at first it seemed smarter to "split" up the page at "Design and construct". But then in hindsight I realised that (potentially in the future) it could be transcluded on more pages than just Wikipedia:Userboxes. So I'd better make sure that that section was fully intact in one location. So essentially, I reverted the moves/splits to "content" and "construct" back to a unified "Design and construct". (If any of that makes sense...)

I've also been working on removing all the personal shortcuts to Wikipedia:Userboxes. It seems everyone had their own preferred form which only they used.

The only one left that needs doing (since it was a bit more broadly used) is WP:BOX. It really should be used for the Wikipedia:Sandbox. It shouldn't be much of an effort to change the links to BOX to point to UBOX instead. (I just don't have the tools to make it convenient : )

Anyway, Thanks for the barnstar. Hope you're having a great day : ) - jc37 16:17, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Maybe WP:BOX should have redirected to the sandbox to begin with, but now it seems too late. With ~408 incoming links over 2 years including many over the past few months, I'm not sure it's worth altering people's conception of it. Anyone searching for WP:BOX would be acquainted with WP: prefixes, and so would probably try WP:SAND immediately afterwards (if they happen to miss the hatnote on WP:BOX). –Pomte 18:04, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, 408 actually isn't all that much compared to most other shortcuts I've seen. That and I think we're all better off making it easier to get to the sandbox. And even after my pruning, there's still a great many shortcuts to Wikipedia:Userboxes : ) - jc37 20:45, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A priori

Okay excuse me for the following language. How the fuck is "bachelors are male" a priori knowledge? Besides the geometry I added was put forward by Kant himself, so at least that is a good example. Mallerd (talk) 18:31, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Tool Newsletter

WikiProject Tool Newsletter I would first like to thank everyone who contributed to improving Maynard James Keenan to Featured Article! Congratulations and thank you for all of your hard work! Danny Carey is the current Collaboration of the Month. Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards in our drive for Good Article. Lara❤Love 04:39, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Archive box collapsible

Thanks a bunch! Dorftrottel (troll) 00:12, April 17, 2008

[edit] Question Regarding Tournament Brackets

Hi. I was wondering if you could assist me with an unorthodox tournament bracket which I would like to look similar to this: Unusual Tournament. Are there any templates that can currently achieve such a bracket? I made an attempt to design one myself but it didn't work out very well. Any help would be much appreciated. Ajstyles tna roh (talk) 16:14, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] EOKA

Hi, I am proposing to split the article on EOKA into two separate articles. I noticed you have contributed to the article so if you are still interested, please have a look at the talk page and add any of your thoughts. Georgeg (talk) 16:34, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dark Tower: Article of Focus

You are listed as a member of The Dark Tower Wikiproject. We have recently added an article of focus department, and if you'd like to nominate an article, feel free. Go to the talk page for additional information. --MwNNrules (talk) 18:42, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Second nomination is up. --MwNNrules (talk) 07:30, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Tool Newsletter 2

WikiProject Tool Newsletter Danny Carey was the Collaboration of the Month (for a couple months) but that didn't really go anywhere. Pomte made a good point here that I didn't see until just now. So, the current CotM is Lateralus. I hope everyone can get motivated to contribute to this article; striving for GA, maybe even FA. If you need some inspiration, go listen to the album! :D Thanks everyone. And welcome to our new members! LaraLove|Talk 19:06, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Yishuv haYashan Template bug

I wonder whether you could remove the line above this template: Template:Yishuv haYashan? Chesdovi (talk) 02:05, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Impulse!

Hi, thank for converting the Impulse! Discogrpahy to a wiki table. I don't know if you did this by hand or with a bot, but could you do this also to the Muse Records discography? The complete discography is one edit back in the history. Thanks, let me know if you have any questions.Cosprings (talk) 22:25, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia voting question

Hi, sorry to bother you, but you've helped me out in the past and I don't really know who to turn to regarding certain Wikipedia questions. An article I worked on (Samwell) is up for deletion. It's been up for about a year and has been added to and modified, mostly for the better, so I'd really like the article to stay put. My question is this: who usually ends up voting when an article is up for deletion? How do people know there's a vote taking place? I love that Wikipedia is a huge democracy, but I don't understand how users know what to vote for or when. Shatner1 (talk) 05:17, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:SpookyKidsFlyer.jpg)

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[edit] Dark Tower WP discussion

Greetings Dark Tower WikiProject member, I would like to invite you to palaver about a possible expansion of the Dark Tower Project to include all Stephen King related items. I feel that the large amount of projects related to the author warrants his own Project—but as this one already exists—hesitate to begin a new one. Please feel free to leave comments of any kind and be assured that The Dark Tower will be held in the highest regard within the new King Project. Long days and pleasant nights. Blackngold29 02:47, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed move of Québécois

Please comment at Talk:Québécois. Joeldl (talk) 12:11, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of "Murderers" section for The Catcher in the Rye

Not sure if you meant to remove that whole section - I was flabbergasted the article didn't mention Chapman when I first read it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.107.129.130 (talk) 02:13, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry, the content has been merged to Cultural references to the novel The Catcher in the Rye with a mention in the main article. –Pomte 07:05, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Radiohead FAR

I have nominated Radiohead for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. 70.21.58.96 (talk) 03:03, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Saskatchewan Highway Shield template

A while ago you constructed User:Pomte/Template:SK road shield for use in infoboxes....I modified another version at User:Pomte/Template:SK hwy tiny shield that could be used on junction boxes. You did the invention how do I give you credit at User:Pomte/Template:SK hwy tiny shield... all I did was changed numbers smaller. Thank you very much still BTW Kind Regards SriMesh | talk 05:27, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Tool Newsletter 3

WikiProject Tool is being revived. The current WikiProject Tool Collaboration of the Month is Maynard James Keenan discography Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards.

[edit] AfD nomination of DreamHost

An article that you have been involved in editing, DreamHost, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DreamHost_(2nd_nomination). Thank you.
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[edit] Celebrations for 2^nd Anniversary of Wikimedia Hong Kong

[edit] List of overweight actors in United States cinema

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[edit] AfD nomination of Denialism

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