User talk:White Shadows

Coldplay Expert's Talk Page     Beware! This user's talk page is monitored by talk page watchers. Some of them even talk back. That means you Spongefrog and you guys. Before you edit please remember... Please start any new topics with a == descriptive heading ==. While Wikipedia may not be censored, my talk page sure is. I have the right to remove any images and/or comments that may be offensive to others or myself. If I remove a comment, please don't add it back. I will always respond here, unless you ask me to respond on your talk page. In that case you may want to watch my talk page. Please note that this last request is a big one. I do not want any conversations to be broken up in between two or more talk pages. Please don't take my username seriously and ask for me to e-mail or give you a link to any rare or unreleased Coldplay songs. My response will be WP:MYSPACE. There's already a place for that: Youtube. Thank you. If you're here to attack me, accuse me of sockpuppetry (for the X time), provoke me, or anything else that violates WP:CIVIL, you will most likely not get a reply as I don't really care. Thank you. Coldplay Expért Let's talk Messages     You might want to slow down a little This was not a good revert. When reverting multiple edits on Huggle, make sure you're reverting to the right one. Thanks. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 00:01, 1 March 2010 (UTC) Yeah, I wasnt gonna mention it but that makes three of them in the last half hour or so ... I know Huggle is like that sometimes, but it's not a big deal if a particular edit survives for 10 seconds instead of 2 seconds. —Soap— 00:03, 1 March 2010 (UTC) Sorry. I was trying to revert it but I cliked the revert button twice so I went full cicle! Once again, sorry guys :)--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 00:37, 1 March 2010 (UTC) WikiCup 2010 February newsletter Round one is over, and round two has begun! Congratulations to the 64 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our first round. A special well done goes to Sasata (submissions), our round one winner (1010 points), and to Hunter Kahn (submissions) and TonyTheTiger (submissions), who were second and third respectively (640 points/605 points). Sasata was awarded the most points for both good articles (300 points) and featured articles (600 points), and TonyTheTiger was awarded the most for featured topics (225 points), while Hunter Kahn claimed the most for good topics (70). Staxringold (submissions) claimed the most featured lists (240 points) and featured pictures (35 points), Geschichte (submissions) claimed the most for Did you know? entries (490 points), Jujutacular (submissions) claimed the most for featured sounds (70 points) and Candlewicke (submissions) claimed the most for In the news entries (40 points). No one claimed a featured portal or valued picture. Credits awarded after the end of round one but before round two may be claimed in round two, but remember the rule that content must have been worked on in some significant way during 2010 by you for you to claim points. The groups for round two will be placed up shortly, and the submissions' pages will be blanked. This round will continue until 28 April, when the top two users from each group, as well as 16 wildcards, will progress to round three. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup; thank you to all doing this last round, and particularly to those helping at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, by email or on IRC. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) at 00:44, 1 March 2010 (UTC) Thanks! Thank you for removing vandalism from my talk page. You should give yourself a barnstar for you work. NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 01:54, 1 March 2010 (UTC) BTW, where is your guestbook? I would like to sign it. NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 14:20, 1 March 2010 (UTC) Where is it? NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 00:24, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Well it's no longer in use but User:Coldplay Expert/Signature Book.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 00:25, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Advice I would recommend that you don't engage User:IMatthew at all, in an attempt to end whatever situation is going on between you. The discussions on Wikipedia_talk:WikiCup#Qualification_for_round_2 and Wikipedia_talk:WikiCup#Submission_pages strike me as worrying. It is quite clear from reading the scenario that User:IMatthew would rather that you both completely avoid each other, rather than take up some kind of "truce", thus it would probably be better if you don't respond/refer to them at all. As a disclaimer here, I want to point out that I am uninvolved with this scenario in the past, but the "drama" on the WikiCup talk page caught my eye. Focus on content editing, and avoid replying to or referring to IMatthew at all. Best of luck in the WikiCup in your new grouping, feel free to give me a poke if I am missing something here, but please do consider my advice. Thanks, --Taelus (talk) 14:35, 1 March 2010 (UTC) You are mising something. IM has a history (User:Coldplay Expert/IMdiffs) of harassing me for no reason. I have meoved on but he has failed to do the same.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 21:29, 1 March 2010 (UTC) Perhaps so, but making a comment unprovoked suggesting that IM will have a conflict of interest against you in the WikiCup is baiting. Simply ignoring and keeping such thoughts private is a good way to reduce any aggro. Additionally, as you may have noticed by that pages deletion, maintaining a list of "wrongs" performed by another user is provocative, especially when you are not preparing for an ANI/ArbCom case. I do not know your exact scenario, but this is the impression I get from what I have seen. Please disengage, it takes two to make drama in the long-term. Ignoring drama in the short-term allows it to fizzle out. I know that this can be frustrating, but consider this my advice for your scenario. Happy editing, --Taelus (talk) 23:02, 1 March 2010 (UTC) iMatthew I really don't quite know what the feud between you to is (and if anyone has been watching the associated pages, it is me). However, right now, it looks like you are repeatedly poking to try and cause some kind of fight. Basically, there is one of two things here. Either iMatthew has wronged you in some way- if so, please explain the issue to me, and I will do what I can. Feel free to go via talk page or email. Alternatively, he has not. If he has not, I would ask you to please drop the issue. Your drama mongering really is upsetting- it's creating a poisonous atmosphere and seems very likely to damage the Cup. J Milburn (talk) 14:39, 1 March 2010 (UTC) I want to echo the point that this is damaging to atmosphere. My first view of the scenario on the WikiCup talk page was "Wait... what is going on here?", followed up by "This looks rather silly." The WikiCup is potentially quite public, as it is something new users/interested parties in Wikipedia may be drawn to look at, thus it is an especially bad place for such drama. It looks almost disruptive to me. You do some great content work, try focus on it more. All the best, --Taelus (talk) 14:48, 1 March 2010 (UTC) I have just seen this. That is really not on- your drama-mongering is not welcome in the WikiCup, or anywhere on Wikipedia. You may have been mistreated, and you may have a solid case- but that does not mean you can behave like that. Please, talk to me, keep it civil and keep it calm. I'm a judge, I'm an administrator, and I'm a real person- I want to resolve this upset. We can hopefully smooth this issue without having to go down any unpleasant routes. J Milburn (talk) 14:51, 1 March 2010 (UTC) Tell him to leave me alone and everything will be ok. User:Wehwalt had to warn him to "stop picking on a kid" last time. In reply, IM writes all of this stuff about me on his userpage. I'm all for this to end if he stops acting like a 4 year old who holds a grudge against me.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 21:27, 1 March 2010 (UTC) I'm sorry, I don't really follow. I have seen you goading him a large amount, and seen you accuse him of an awful lot. If you genuinely don't want to interact with him, don't. I'm not actually clear about what you feel he has done to you. J Milburn (talk) 22:09, 1 March 2010 (UTC) I did say that then. I do not know what the situation is now.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:35, 1 March 2010 (UTC) Hannut I appreciate your faith in my work, but I feel nominating this for GA is premature. It is missing a lot of detail. Dapi89 (talk) 18:21, 1 March 2010 (UTC) Nominations for the March 2010 Military history Project Coordinator elections now open! The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process has started; to elect the coordinators to serve for the next six months. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 (UTC) on 8 March 2010! More information on coordinatorship may be found on the coordinator academy course and in the responsibilities section on the coordinator page. This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 21:13, 1 March 2010 (UTC) Adminship Hello, Coldplay Expert. You are receiving this message because, after looking through your contributions, you could become a great sysop. Let me know if I can nominate you. NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 23:17, 1 March 2010 (UTC) You're having a laugh aren't you? Certainly you're doing Coldplay Expert no favours anyway. --Malleus Fatuorum 23:21, 1 March 2010 (UTC) I'd be inclined to say that while CE may be an eventual candidate, he needs more seasoning and to work out modi vivendi (gee, I hope I got the Latin plural right) with other editors. Still, it is nice praise. Also, he needs to find better bands. Have you considered The Used?--Wehwalt (talk) 23:46, 1 March 2010 (UTC) Better bands? Coldplay is a most excellent band. Wehwalt, we're going to invent a noticeboard for WP:BLP/BANDS and put your name on it.Malke2010 23:59, 1 March 2010 (UTC) If I need to find better bands then I'll never get adminship. And like Malleus said, I'm a long way from adimship. Thanks for the nice comments though :) Trust me, I need to wait at least another 5 months (probably way more) before I even consider it. And I don;t belive in self-noms so I myself would only run if there were several people who actually thought that I would help out the site by being an admin. As Wehwalt said, I'm on the right track but I'm still a long way to go. Being a *uderage* editor does'nt help my case either. Perhaps I should wait until I can drive before running! Anyway, thanks for the advice but I've got a ways to go :) Come back in a few months to a year (or two) and I'll let you know of my opinion. In the mean time, if you ever need help with anything NSD, just ask. I'll be happy to help :) PS: Malleus, how ironic, right?--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 00:07, 2 March 2010 (UTC) You'll get there, Coldplay. You'll make a great admin. In the meantime, we must correct Wehwalt's understanding of what is and is not a better band.Malke2010 00:11, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Well I don't know. I'm not chaseing after the mop and I don't have a desire to get it. (Although I would be able to edit the DYK template and help out even more) Anyway, I'll only consider that when I get several people (and important ones at that) who want me to do it. If I serve no good purpose as an admin, then what's the point of being one? I'm afraid that I'd mess up and block jimbo or delete the main page.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 00:14, 2 March 2010 (UTC) I don't think you'd mess up. I think you would use the admin tools seriously. NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 00:17, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Well maybe but considering that I was blocked less than a month ago, and the fact that I've made several enemies, I would;nt get that many supports. I'll show you, lets all make a straw pole, We'll pretend that this is my first RFA so feel free to vote guys. Support Support - User reverts plenty of vandalism. He can also create content. He has several DYKs and GAs. NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 00:25, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Support - excellent vandal fighter. Good content contributions. Very good mediating on a noticeboard. (I'll find the diffs and post them later.) And an all around, honest and fair fellow.Malke2010 01:03, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Support You have an enthusiastic nominator and an ambition to be an admin (with a modest prediction that you'll be ready in 5 months). So why wait? Some here have advised you to pay attention to their advice but you know best. If you really want to be an admin and you really believe your direction is the right one for WP and you've been making progress towards that end - now's your chance to state your case and prove your '1 or 2 enemies' wrong, to vindicate yourself and to demonstrate your work and worth. If nothing else, hopefully you should learn a great deal from what happens. Plutonium27 (talk) 12:54, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Oppose I hate to do this, but you've had... too many problems recently, particularly this battle with iMatthew. Give it some time, say, abour 4 or 5 months, and you'll probably stand a chance. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 01:30, 2 March 2010 (UTC) you all are treating this like a real RFA people! False alarm. Anyway, I understand :)--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 02:57, 2 March 2010 (UTC) I'll be a bit more blunt; god no. You come off as incredibly immature, with the iMatthew thing being an excellent article. My first reaction to "coldplay expert is thinking about an RfA" was the same as malleus's. Ironholds (talk) 01:33, 2 March 2010 (UTC) There we go, the first of the real opposers. Thanks.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 01:35, 2 March 2010 (UTC) also, I never considered it. THe guy who started this thread did. NOT me.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 01:36, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Oppose I think you've grown beyond the point where people feel they need to give "moral support" and such to make you feel better, so if you're interested in working towards being an admin someday I think you should be honest about your weak areas and work especially hard on them. Holding grudges against various editors is one thing I think you should try to get away from as soon as possible. —Soap— 02:37, 6 March 2010 (UTC) And I agree. However, it's very hard to get over someone who has acused you of socking, insulted you, and made relies like this one after you extend an olive branch.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 02:42, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Neutral Comment I wouldn't oppose if you ran. But you've got the block close in the past, and what seems to be a running sniping battle going on with iMatthew. However it happened, you're reacting in a less than optimal manner to it. The underage issue will go away with enough edits and enough positive interaction, but you are not there yet. Lots of positives, but the negatives need to recede, given the high standards you have to meet in today's RFA (I sneaked in before they started asking too many questions). And The Used may not have the popularity of Coldplay, but they do well enough.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:00, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Well thanks for the kind words Wehwalt. To be honest, I would likely fail due to not participateing in AFD's and CDS's and BLP's (even thought I would never cloes or judge the notability or one)--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 01:05, 2 March 2010 (UTC) You can get by that with sufficient strengths in other areas. I had very few AfD's (I think four?) I acknowledged that, threw my article credits on the table and did not say I was on fire to close AfD's. It worked out.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:11, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Well ok then. I guess that my GA's and (soon to be) 4 DYK's ect.. could fix that issue. Regardless, there are several more that I need to address. I thought about admin-coashing but like I said, I'm not on fire to become one right now. Besides, I doubt that any one would acept me when I still have Julian (sometimes) [[|User:Coldplay Expert/Mentor|breathing down my neck]].--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 01:14, 2 March 2010 (UTC) True. I'd give it six months with a relatively clean nose. After all, you've only been here 7 months. As for article work, given so many edits in user talk areas, I'd like to see you take major responsibility for a stub article and get it to GA (I don't think you are ready for the fires of FAC just yet). Perhaps something of local interest where you live, where you could do the research in the town library or local archives?--Wehwalt (talk) 01:21, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Well can one of my DYK's make it to GA? I have a huge intrest in German U-boats (That I got from editing article of them) There's nothing from where I like that I would actually like to promte.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 01:24, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Coldplay, what are the AfD's and the CDS's and the BLP's that you speak of here. I'm at a loss to understand. And know that I would sincerely support you in an RfA because I do think you'd make a great admin and I think it for later down the road, like Wehwalt said, but you'll get there.Malke2010 02:06, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Thanks Malke. And these are WP:CSD's, WP:BLP's and WP:AFD's.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 02:19, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Okay. Please explain why these are needed to be successful in an RfA. Thanks.Malke2010 03:11, 2 March 2010 (UTC) How much do yuo want to bet that I will not even get a neutral? (much less than a support)--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 00:22, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Forget all that, just write stuff - what are yuo intending to push to GA next? Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:24, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Battle of Hannut - is already nominated by me. It's still awaiting a reviewer.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 11:23, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Okay, I'll have a go reviewing it. Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:40, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Good Article Hey CE, I'm not going to be able to work on the good article right now (probably not until summer), like I said, but I'm thinking of also trying to start and article on Hitler's Secret Pirate Fleet.-The Untamed Beast 06:25, 2 March 2010 (UTC) OK then.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 11:23, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Gembloux Gap Please note that the Gembloux Gap battle was a part of the Battle of Belgium, not the Battle of France. Cheers. Dapi89 (talk) 17:47, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Oh yes, sorry about that.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 21:46, 2 March 2010 (UTC) The Wikipedia Signpost: 1 March 2010 Reference desk: Wikipedia Reference Desk quality analyzed News and notes: Usability, 15M articles, Vandalism research award, and more In the news: Idealizing the Star Spangled Banner, Curious Announcement, and more WikiProject report: WikiProject Severe Weather Features and admins: Approved this week Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News Read this Signpost in full · Single-page · Unsubscribe · EdwardsBot (talk) 23:30, 2 March 2010 (UTC) German submarine U-241 (1943) I'm afraid the above article was promoted before the end of round one, meaning you can't claim for it in round two. Your other submission looks legit, but I'm afraid I've had to remove this one. J Milburn (talk) 10:37, 3 March 2010 (UTC) Oh, sorry about that :) I keep of forgeting that My time is diffrent from the time that Wikipedia uses. I was only a few hours away too. Oh well. Thanks for letting me know.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 11:36, 3 March 2010 (UTC) DYK nomination of German submarine U-1065 Hello! Your submission of German submarine U-1065 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! TitanOne (talk) 12:36, 4 March 2010 (UTC) The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLVIII (February 2010) The February 2010 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 22:07, 4 March 2010 (UTC) Vandalism! Hey, my Userpage just got vandalized! I reverted the edits, and found out it was by an unregistered IP address, namely this person, so, what should I do next? Leave a warning on their talk page?-The Untamed Beast 19:55, 5 March 2010 (UTC) It's probably GolfFanatic again. No harm in warning, but theyll probably not edit from that IP again anyway. —Soap— 19:56, 5 March 2010 (UTC) I was wrong. —Soap— 20:57, 5 March 2010 (UTC) Eh, that username doesn't even seem to exist...-The Untamed Beast 19:59, 5 March 2010 (UTC) User:ScienceGolfFanatic; see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/ScienceGolfFanatic/Archive for more info. —Soap— 20:02, 5 March 2010 (UTC) And Jakkinx needs to update his userpage as he is not very much retired. December21st2012Freak Talk to me at 02:56, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Oh whatever. I'm semi retired. I'll get around to changing it eventually.-The Untamed Beast 23:52, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Hey Hi CE, I'm looking over German Type UB I submarine and finding it to have potential. I saw on Malleus' talk page that you are interested in getting it to FA, but mentioned you wanted to work on GAs and DYKs. Once I finish an article I'm preparing for FAC, would you like me to help you out? I think the article looks to be of a good quality, and needs, as most GAs do, considerable work to get to FA, but it's definitely "got the chops" to be an FA. Best, ceranthor 21:56, 5 March 2010 (UTC) Well of course I'll help. I was going to attempt an FAC myself but I've never done one. So perhaps we can do a joint nomination of this article and get it to FA status together. Eversince Bellhalla left, there's been no one to look after the article so I jumped it. However, Malleus did point out a few obvious mistakes that needed to be corrected in order to get it to FA status. So long story short. Yes, I will. NOw do you need any help for your other article that your working on?--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 22:03, 5 March 2010 (UTC) Nope, I'm okay, thanks! I'll try to get to the article later tonight. ceranthor 22:04, 5 March 2010 (UTC) Ok then, just contact me when your ready to help out fully with the article. Good luck on your other FAC.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 22:08, 5 March 2010 (UTC) If you want me to look at an article before you submit it to FAC, let me know. I just finished Canadian federal election, 1957 which I'm going to submit to FAC after I get a peer review or two. Four days' hard work.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:11, 5 March 2010 (UTC) You can go ahead Wehwalt. Thanks for the offer.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 22:12, 5 March 2010 (UTC) Alright, I'll look at it this weekend. Milhist isn't my area, but I'll look at it.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:36, 5 March 2010 (UTC) Thank you. All of the info is there. We just need to fix a few mistakes in the wording of the article.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 22:40, 5 March 2010 (UTC) World War II: pass File:WWFlagsBarnstar.JPG The World War Barnstar I seem to recall you got one of these already, but that was quite a while ago :P Good job finally getting that GA done! Nikkimaria (talk) 04:54, 6 March 2010 (UTC) I'm gona die. I did it, I really did it!!!--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 04:56, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Oh my God!!! The GA for WWII just passed!! My life is complete! At last.... (Im sooo freaking out right now) LSF, and all the other stalkers who helped out. WE DID IT!!! We brought up one of the toughest articles to GA status. (I must be dreaming)....--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 04:55, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Good job :) Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 05:10, 6 March 2010 (UTC) I'm still in shock....--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 05:11, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Ok, sorry that I went off the deep end people but you have to understand, I have been litteraly dreaming about this day for oh say about a month and 1/2. I'm done freaking out now. (Though I'm still in shock)--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 05:32, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Ok, I'll break my retirement to congratulate you: Congrats! :-) --ZooFari 06:12, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Very well done Coldplay! I could never imagine me getting a GA, congratulations. Nice to see my barnstar getting used lots - Kingpin13 (talk) 07:48, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Whoah...I hate to use a cliché, but...I don't know what to say. This is good, verry gud, though I'll be bored now... Lord Spongefrog, (I am Czar of all Russias!) 13:36, 6 March 2010 (UTC) don't worry spongefrog. Now we can work on something else.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 19:02, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Okay. (BTW, I stole some of your userpage. Hope you don't mind), Lord Spongefrog, (I am Czar of all Russias!) 19:04, 6 March 2010 (UTC) No problem. Now I've got to see what we should work on next. Battle of Hannut is on hold until Dapi gives us the go ahead to continue the GAN so any other ideas?--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 19:06, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Uh, not really. Sorry. I've never heard of half these articles. Or...well, we've done World War II...how about World War I! Nah, that's too much...not your area of expertise, is it? Really, it's up to you. The stuff I do's generally the same on every article anyway, Lord Spongefrog, (I am Czar of all Russias!) 19:13, 6 March 2010 (UTC) You don't even need to re this if you don't feel like it. I'll just stalk your contribs over the next few days, Lord Spongefrog, (I am Czar of all Russias!) 19:14, 6 March 2010 (UTC) We could get started on WWI if you are up to it. I have a few sources and we'll just have to fix up the citations and images. I'll begin looking over the images and makeing sure that everything has a proper citation.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 19:18, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Other than WWI, any other ideas?--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 19:59, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Well done! Congratulations!--Wehwalt (talk) 22:37, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Thank you Wehwalt. But now We're stuck on what to do next. We'll probably work on getting Battle of the Netherlands to GA status next but we need it to be in either American or British English and we'll need alot more sources and copy-editing.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 22:42, 6 March 2010 (UTC) It can be in either, as you know. There's always another project to work on. Try a biography sometime, you have the advantage of it not being nearly as open ended as something like WWII is.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:56, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Yeah but I don;t have any interest in BLP's. I don't know what I'm going to do. Ceranthor said that we'll get German Type UB I submarine to FA status when he finishes another article of his but I'm stuck until he gets there.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 22:59, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Plenty of dead people in history. I agree, BLPs are a pain.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:07, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Well what next?--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 23:13, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Whatever you like. You have your own interests. But if something catches your eye, check out to see if there's a decent WP article on it, and if there isn't, make it so.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:25, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Thats the issue. I can't source anything. Hey, I got an idea. Can you go on over to Battle of the Netherlands and do some copy-editing for us? I'm not the best at that since my spelling is terrible. I'm expanding the lead right now as well.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 23:32, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Not a problem, will work on it tonight. I don't see why you can't source anything. I rely heavily on books in my articles, and you must have access to at least a couple of libraries, and probably at least one is part of a consortium that allows for interlibrary loans.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:43, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Oh I have acess to libraries. I just never go to them! Thanks for your help Wehwalt.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 23:45, 6 March 2010 (UTC) They do have their uses ... I'll do some editing tonight. I did see some typos at a quick glance. That suggestion about using firefox and its built in spellcheck isn't that bad an idea, really ...--Wehwalt (talk) 23:50, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Well Im useing what sources that I do have to fix up the article. And I know. I'm just not in the position to do that right now. You'll have to bear seeing every other version of "the" being spelled "teh" for a while.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 23:55, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Not a problem. I added languages to the references, but will wait to make any other changes until you've finished.--Wehwalt (talk) 00:00, 7 March 2010 (UTC)--Wehwalt (talk) 00:00, 7 March 2010 (UTC) Im just adding in Shirer to a few sentences. I'm sure we won't edit conflict each other. You can start now if you'd like.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 00:02, 7 March 2010 (UTC) (outdent) I've made a few changes and will continue. Really, I would suggest that you look for a more recent source on Dutch actions pre-1940. The source you have now was published before the Dutch really looked more closely at their own actions in the 1930s. They had problems, for example, because a fair number of Dutch were pretty sympathetic with the Nazi movement. It is not a simple subject.--Wehwalt (talk) 00:39, 7 March 2010 (UTC) I'm sorry but what do you mean by that?--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 00:41, 7 March 2010 (UTC) What I mean is that the reasons De Jong state why the Dutch government acted as it did may be presented rather differently if you got a book on Dutch history say from the 1980s. Incidentally, I will just have to nibble around the edges, I don't think I can do a full copyedit because I am afraid of changing the meaning of sentences. I will do what I can though.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:03, 7 March 2010 (UTC) That article has serious writing issues. Bluntly, I think much of it was written by someone who was not a native English speaker and who does not grasp the intricacies of the language. I'll clean up a bit, but frankly, it needs heavy work by someone knowledgeable in the field. Keep in mind too, that foreign language words need to be italicized.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:19, 7 March 2010 (UTC) I know but we can fix it up right?--Coldplay ExpértLet's talk 01:21, 7 March 2010 (UTC) Yes, but it really needs someone to do it with the sources in hand or else familiarity with the subject matter. I'm not always certain what is meant because my familiarity with military matters is limited and I don't own those books. It can be fixed, I guess, but it is going to take careful work on someone's part to make sure the rewritten text fairly represents the sources. I felt the criticisms at GAN were dead on point.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:09, 7 March 2010 (UTC) Congrats. m:Katerenka (d) 00:41, 7 March 2010 (UTC) Well thank you Kate :)--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 00:43, 7 March 2010 (UTC) Congratulations! December21st2012Freak Talk to me at 00:47, 7 March 2010 (UTC) Belated thank you :)--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 00:48, 7 March 2010 (UTC) I'm going to bake you a cake. You're an amazing Wikipedian.Malke2010 02:03, 7 March 2010 (UTC) Uh...Malke I'm pretty sure that I won't be able to eat it. We live on opposite ends of the nation...--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 02:07, 7 March 2010 (UTC) tech question Hi Coldplay, I've wanting to color the bird on my talk page green for St. Paddy's Day and I don't know how or even if that is possible. Maybe he just comes as a rainbow. Would it be appropriate to put up the help sign or do you know about these things? Thanks, Malke2010 19:21, 6 March 2010 (UTC) I'm sorry Malke, you can't really color those things green that's how they were uploaded. In order to make it green you'd have to upload a new one. (very hard)--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 19:22, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Thanks, Coldplay. I was afraid of that. I saw a shamrock somewhere among the country flags but I can't find that page again, and believe it or not I can't find any other shamrock image on wikipedia. If you search for shamrock you get a picture of an Aer Lingus jet. Weird.Malke2010 20:18, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Go search "shamrock" on Commons. I saw a couple of graphics.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:39, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Malke 2010, here's one. December21st2012Freak Talk to me at 23:35, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Thanks, Guys, that was sweet of you to look for that for me.Malke2010 02:09, 7 March 2010 (UTC) DYK for German submarine U-2336 On March 7, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article German submarine U-2336, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. Materialscientist (talk) 00:04, 7 March 2010 (UTC) Proposed Username change To all stalkers. I am thinking about changeing my username to User:1.36 What do you all think?--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 01:02, 7 March 2010 (UTC) The software will not let you create a username of all numbers. m:Katerenka (d) 01:21, 7 March 2010 (UTC) Actually, if you go through CHU, nothing's forbidden ... we recently had someome change his name to 4, for example. —Soap— 19:44, 7 March 2010 (UTC) There is an account named 7. December21st2012Freak Talk to me at 19:58, 7 March 2010 (UTC) Nooo. but there's a period in it. So does that help?--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 01:46, 7 March 2010 (UTC) I like the new look of your user page.Malke2010 02:04, 7 March 2010 (UTC) Well thanks. I may find a better background image though.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 02:08, 7 March 2010 (UTC) I briefly considered changing my username, but decided against it. IMHO, it can be a bit disruptive, especially as you are an established user. And 1.36...I may be going of on a tangent here, but (bear with me) it's hard for me to familiarise with a set of numbers. It's like...I can't explain it. I'd view you as a robot. This is just me, ignore me if you have to. If you do decide to change, keep the colours of your signature for a while after you change, that should help with recognition stuff, Lord Spongefrog, (I am Czar of all Russias!) 20:05, 7 March 2010 (UTC) Yeah. I understand why you'd think I'm a robot but It's better than my current name is'nt it? Anyway, I guess that I will not change it for now.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 23:30, 7 March 2010 (UTC) Well I hate my current name. IT's very childish if you know what I mean. How about User:Politik?--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 00:29, 8 March 2010 (UTC) It doesn't strike me as childish. Coldplay appeals to somewhat older folks than Hannah Montana, you know! And expert mans you've gone to some trouble. It is not unknown for adults to be music fans, I should add. Change it if you don't like it, but that's not a reason. When I first heard it, I assumed adult, not teen.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:26, 8 March 2010 (UTC) Battle of the Netherlands Hi Coldplay Expért! Thank you for adding the maps! A few changes are still necessary (e.g. Southern Flevoland and Eastern Flevoland didn't exist at the time) but the essentials are there. Maps will enormously improve the article. I know we were — in the same context of improving the article :o) — asked to let the refs coincide with the punctuation. But that doesn't necessarily mean the full stops. Placing a footnote at a comma etc. is perfectly alright. When I put a reference in the middle of a sentence, there usually was a very cogent reason to do so, e.g. to source precise words that otherwise might be taken for POV or to source exact data. I saw you provided an equivalence in dollars for the defence budget. However, unless we have precise 1939 data for the dollar-guilder exchange rate, giving some exact number is very misleading (apart from the fact you multiplied where you should have divided ;o). Greetings, --MWAK (talk) 14:28, 7 March 2010 (UTC) Alright then. Well I'll have to fix up the mistakes that were attributed to me. Perhaps we can get this to GA status some time this year. Anyway, thanks for clearing that up.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 23:32, 7 March 2010 (UTC) I was wondering if the maps accurately represented the geography of interwar Netherlands but wasn't sure. Frankly, I would be very concerned about the stylistic issues in the prose of that article.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:45, 7 March 2010 (UTC) Well why don;t we get to work on that then? Right now I'm working on German U-boat Bases in Norway.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 01:28, 8 March 2010 (UTC) Hey wehwalt, is that article of mine ready ot be moved to the main page yet?--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 01:53, 8 March 2010 (UTC) Battle of the Netherlands? I thought I explained, while I am willing to go through and change a few things, it is going to take someone who either has the refs or is familiar with the subject matter to really give it a good going through. I'm afraid that if I change stuff, the meaning will change.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:57, 8 March 2010 (UTC) No, no no. I mean User:Coldplay Expert/Sandbox2!--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 01:58, 8 March 2010 (UTC) Generally looks solid. I found a few typos, likely there are more but I probably won't get to go through it in detail until tomorrow. Check your facts about all German forces surrendering on 8 May, if I recall correctly, the Channel Islands did not surrender until a few days later and those troops "guarding" the Flensburg Government remained armed until I think the 21st. You might want to rephrase to make it more fuzzy there. DYK I assume?--Wehwalt (talk) 02:10, 8 March 2010 (UTC) Yeah it's a DYK. I hope to make this my first written GA some time in the future. But I'llg et to the typos and as for the dates, May 8th was the day that "Nazi Germany" surrendered, not the Flensburg govt. I plan on makeing sever more like this one. Such as German U-boat Bases in France, ect...--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 02:45, 8 March 2010 (UTC) Dang, you've been busy. Anyway, want to just let "what happened" just go back in the past? My conscience (hate the thing) won't let it go.Abce2 (talk) 21:57, 8 March 2010 (UTC) Query Can any of my 80+ stalkers please help me make my userboxes transparent? Thanks in advance.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 11:54, 8 March 2010 (UTC) And if any of your stalkers know the answer to this, I'd appreciate it: When you're vandal fighting with Twinkle, does the system automatically put the vandalized page on your watchlist? If so, can you stop that? I like fighting the vandals, but my watchlist is getting a bit long. Thanks.Malke2010 02:12, 9 March 2010 (UTC)