User talk:Bob rulz/Archive 3
1,500,000 and counting![edit]
Woohoo! Here's to Wikipedia for 1.5 million articles! Also, the U - Y game is today! Go Utes! The RSJ Go Utes! 17:47, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Smiley Award[edit]
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Nov. 26-Dec. 2 storm[edit]
You're right, this will be difficult to make due to its extremely widespread nature. We shouldn't rush, and it should be added as soon as the article covers most of the key bases. There was EVERYTHING in it too - snow, sleet, freezing rain, severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, floods, extreme cold... CrazyC83 22:34, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Climate of Salt Lake City[edit]
I'm afraid you're wrong, 1 inch is 2.54cm which are 25.4mm Kw0 13:53, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
Jason, I read and have referenced some of your articles for a project I am working on and I need to know a bit about the average temperatures, precipitation,relative humidity, winds, cloud cover and climate for Camp Williams,an area northwest of Lehi, north of Eagle Mountain. I was wondering if you could assist me as I am not an expert in this area. Please contact me at starr134starr@yahoo.com My name is Nicole. Thank you. I get to admit I was shocked to see you were only 16, after reading your articles. Thanks for putting the info out there and I look forward to reading future articles.
On the SR-201 page, it says that: "So far the state has expanded the freeway to Bangerter Highway," but in all reality, it's a freeway until 56th West. I'm not sure what to do. Thanks - •The RSJ• Talk | Sign Here 22:56, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
- Okay, thanks. Though when actually went the whole length of 201, I barely saw traffic after 56th West. Of course, it was 2:00pm on a weekday, so I haven't seen that portion of the route during rush hour. Cheers - •The RSJ• Talk | Sign Here 04:31, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
Retirement[edit]
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| I have decided to leave Wikipedia for good. Thanks for all the help through all these months. Regards, •The RSJ• Talk | Sign Here 05:03, 3 February 2007 (UTC) |
Roseanne[edit]
I'm dabbing Roseanne and I wanted to let you know that the link on your page under "to expand" is now ambiguous. Try Roseanne (TV series) or Roseanne Barr if either of those is what you wanted. Cburnett 00:55, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
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Trolley Square Shooting[edit]
Wow, I was watching FOX when at around 7:20, breaking news appeared. It was terrible. My friend's friend's sister dies there. Not trying to be disrespectful to the victims, I was interested if an article has been created for it. It's been covered on national news, so I think it's notable. Also, the fire chief said that this was the worst thing that's ever happened in Salt Lake City. Also, I'm still retired, but I just wanted to talk about the article with you since you live in the valley. Oh, and here's the link to the CNN article on the internet. Regards, •The RSJ• Talk | Sign Here 22:25, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
ZCMI Center Mall[edit]
The old Beneficial Life tower sticks right out of the top of the ZCMI Center Mall, so how could it not be related to that building? I don't understand your revert. -- 63.224.137.164 04:06, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
Before I go. . .[edit]
Check the Croatian Montenegro article out. It has a whole lot of tags on it. I dunno, just thought you might have wanted to see it. Regards, •The RSJ• Talk | Sign Here 03:37, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Hurricane Predictions[edit]
Poke me in the direction of the prediction pages. Looking forward to joining in =)
doktorb wordsdeeds 07:58, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Wow - sorry, just looking at your birthday. 10 years to the day after me :) doktorb wordsdeeds 15:20, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
USRD Newsletter - Issue 2[edit]
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Orion (spacecraft)[edit]
Thank you very much for your careful reading of Orion (spacecraft)! I very much appreciate your finding and fixing a typo. (I recently made a fairly major change to the article, perhaps working too late at night ;-) May I ask: in your reading of the material, was it useful? Understandable? Boring? Any comments or suggestions you might have would be appreciated! Thanks again, Sdsds 03:30, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Betting Pools[edit]
Hey, not rushing you or anything, just wondering if you were still going to make the 2007 AHS betting pools. If you weren't, I was going to. Just asking. →Cyclone1→ 17:46, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
- Believe it or not? I believe it. I am, too. I've found entertainment elsewhere. So, yeah, I'll go ahead and set them up. I'm afraid I'll have to set up a "strangest storm" section, just for laughs. →Cyclone1→ 18:39, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Edits to Age of Empires 2[edit]
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SC2[edit]
Hey buddy, see talk of sc2. I created a units page in order to improve the sc2 article and hope you can help make it better. Thanks Addictgamer 16:19, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
Response.[edit]
Then do that. Find references for each game. It shouldn't be my job to make this article good and weed out which games are fake. - A Link to the Past (talk) 07:39, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
- Clearly, you have access to the information. I removed the list because it's misleading information. - A Link to the Past (talk) 07:48, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
- There were obviously fake games in there such as Mario Bowling. That is clearly misleading. - A Link to the Past (talk) 07:54, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
- I do my research. Now fix it. Don't add the list until you actually verify that it's even remotely factual. - A Link to the Past (talk) 08:01, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
- There were obviously fake games in there such as Mario Bowling. That is clearly misleading. - A Link to the Past (talk) 07:54, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Xel'Naga[edit]
I thought I did give you a response, but as it seems I didn't....
The fact is the page was poorly written, in-universe, and unsourced, much like the Hybrid page. The Clawed One 16:42, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
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UTA TRAX image[edit]
I've been trying to improve some parts of the UTA TRAX article, and as one of those improvements, I'd want to reupload the logo to be in PNG format. Is that possible or is there another policy about images on Wikipedia that prohibits this? Later on, if I could make it into PNG format, I'd make it transparent (once I learn how to do that), but for now, I just want it in PNG. Thanks for the time - 67.41.229.144 02:57, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
% to percent[edit]
In the Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Percentages, "percent" spelled out is the preferred form in the body of an article, with the symbol in tables. Plus I also prefer it that way, since that's the Associated Press style that I'm trained in. Sorry, I guess one person's food is another person's poison. Preston McConkie (talk • contributions) 20:29, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter for November 2007[edit]
The November 2007 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter has been published. Comments are welcome on this, as well as suggestions or offers of assistance for the December 2007 issue. Dr. Cash 01:07, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Light rail in North America[edit]
Hi, I noticed your frequent editing to UTA TRAX. I thought you should know, the Light rail in North America article has a section for the UTA TRAX that has yet to be written, which looks to be your thing. Cheers.--Loodog (talk) 16:34, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
MMORPG's[edit]
Hey I also think that MMORPG's are a waste of time and money. Finally, somebody who believes in the same thing that i do! thks :)
WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter for December 2007[edit]
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StarCraft plans[edit]
Thanks for offering to help. The sandbox for the species article is here, its got a list of things still left to do at the top. The two main things it really needs though are the terran gameplay section (I personally don't know how to write it, the other two are based on their current article versions) and references.
References are a biggy as it needs secondary references and a lot of them for areas like the gameplay sections are referenced to Battle.net, which for obvious reasons doesn't qualify. They really need to be replaced with something independent but preferably a bit more advanced than a fansite. More references to create the development section would also be useful, but if there are none I'm sure we can get something done with the single one from SCL. Various other bits throughout could do with a bit more citing as well, although the plot points are all awaiting full restoration of the SCL transcripts for references.
As we're trying to put more emphasis on how things work rather than what they do, there is deliberately no plot section like in the current articles, although the Xel'Naga section is mostly plot based and sufficiently covers the background of the Zerg and Protoss. Have a look through, see what you can do. -- Sabre (talk) 16:51, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
UTA TRAX[edit]
Hi, I noticed your contributions to UTA TRAX. The Light rail in North America has a section dedicated to SLC's light rail system but it is not written. What's needed is a 1-2 paragraph summary of the whole light rail system if you'd like to write it. Cheers.--Loodog (talk) 00:15, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
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WikiProject Winter storms[edit]
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WikiProject Severe Weather Newsletter (February 2008)[edit]
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Welcome[edit]Welcome to the first monthly issue of the WikiProject Severe weather newsletter! In this issue, we will welcome you to the newsletter, and give you an idea of what the project is about, what it has done, and what it plans to do. So, enjoy reading the February 2008 issue! If you have not signed up to receive the newsletter, you may do so at the newsletter page. If you do not sign up, you will not receive the next newsletter! New project articles[edit]
Featured story[edit]This featured story focuses on the relative WikiWork for this project. The relative WikiWork is the measure of how lose a project is to having every article featured. It is a complex calculation; ω = a + 2g + 3b + 4s + 5t where a is A-class articles, g is GA-class articles, b is B-class articles, s is start-class articles, and t is stub-class articles. Thus, the closer you are to 0 (zero), the closer you are to having every article featured. The WikiWork number for every class is added, then divided by the number of articles, similar to averaging, and it is found that the relative WikiWork for this project is Ω = 4.182. Ω is a symbol for the relative WikiWork factor. That is not the best number, as we are closer to 5 than we are to 0, and we are very close to 5. This means that the majority of the articles in the project are either stub, or start. That is what we need to change. So, while more severe weather articles are good, we should try not to publish as many stub class, and fewer start class articles. Wikiwork statistics[edit]Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Severe weather articles by quality statistics Members section[edit]New members User:Juliancolton (Talk) The most recent user to join the project, but is very active. User:Juliancolton is also an editor of this newsletter. Featured member User:CrazyC83 is this month's featured member for WikiProject Severe weather. (The following text is from User:JForget's nomination.) User:CrazyC83 - One of the most active (if not the most) members in recent tornado activity coverage and monitoring. Recent examples of this includes the February-March 2007 Tornado Outbreak in Alabama and Missouri, the May 2007 Tornado Outbreak in Kansas and Oklahoma and the January 2008 Tornado Outbreak Sequence in Missouri, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama. Had also made coverage in non-article tornado events such as the New Orleans tornado event on February 13, 2007 and the tornado event associated with the Superstorm of December 16, 2007. User:CrazyC83 made numerous edits, more than one hundred, to 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak. Significant storms[edit]Significant storms last month included the outbreak in the United States in early to mid-January that produced 71 tornadoes and killed three people. Several tornado emergencies were issued in association with supercells during this outbreak. This outbreak was very similar to a classic spring severe weather outbreak, but extending farther north than even most late season outbreaks. The hardest hit areas on January 7 were the Springfield, Missouri metropolitan area and areas immediately to the north of Chicago, three people were killed near Springfield throughout the Southwestern Missouri Ozarks. On January 8, my area, the Tri-State region of Evansville, Indiana, was hit with the tornado outbreak. Only a few funnel clouds were reported in my area. Most tornadoes of the day were confined to the Memphis, Tennessee area and Eastern Arkansas, where one person was killed. On January 9 only a few wind and hail reports were received[1]. On January 10, however, the action started back up. More tornadic storms developed across the Southern United States, including several significant storms that produced tornadoes. These tornadoes severely damaged rual towns in Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. The most notable of these tornadoes was reported in Lamar County, Alabama where 1 person was injured as several buildings were destroyed in this EF-3 tornado. Five more deaths (three by tornadoes and two by straight-line winds) were reported on January 29 from a series of scattered tornadoes and a serial derecho across the Ohio Valley stretching south into Arkansas.[2] References[edit]
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Fulfil[edit]
It would be petty of me to revert your "typo" edit to the Macedonian article, as it doesn't in fact detract from (or enrich) the page, but I thought you ought to know that "fulfil" is as valid a spelling as "fulfill" is. I don't want to come off as didactic but could you please check these things, even if you do feel sure you are right? LaFoiblesse 2008-02-22 12:46 (UTC)