User talk:Jeandré du Toit

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2003: Welcome, username, Afrikaans, Mahatma, bold links, homepage 404, interlang order.
2004: Minor planet designations, acute, zaNA election, cat sort, Iraq protests merge, username history merging, CT meetup, za collaboration, image tagging, Lawler questionnaire, article licensing, old wikipedians list, sources namespace.
2005: Internet access, sandbot, Nation subscription, Africa report, Soundgarden, Wikimania, Streep/Foster, Wikijunior solar system, Iraq invasion protests, admin Jcw69, Poor/Wagon misquotation, 196.25.255.242, fictional Elvii, Robert McHenry, Swahili checks, green wikipedians, meet up.
2006: Template:User allow fairuse vote, commercials in linked videos, geo-tags, German nobility copyvio, Brooklyn Tech, template too many red links, Lord Chelmsford/Gandhi (film), !Kirby Puckett, edit summaries, Respublika sourcing, alt. constellations, Montgomery Academy, and Babylonian gods, Reduced net access, Dewet admin vote, LCCN template, Browncoat tone, LCCN template, user subpages, !Burgess copyVio, !Lua copyVio, translating Końskowola, SA farm murders, ombudsman, Athletics Nation, name translation, !Catholic Encyclopaedia, stubs for $49, wiki ng, linking dates, Star of life, Lang cite, Maraba, SA farmer murders title, !Contact us/other, offline 2006-10, RFA Ed Poor 2, LoC ISBN, !Human Rights Day 2006, "new messages" joke, OTRS intro, disappearing text, .co murder rates 2004/5, WikiQuiz, Dravidian_people.
2007:

Default sort.

Re [1]

Hello. You edited the Gus Grissom article after I did. I returned to that article today to re-read something in Gus's history and discovered you had used the default sort template. I've never seen it before, I think it is way too cool, and most useful. I'd like to start using it on the pages I edit. Are there any rules or restrictions I should know about? Thanks so much! CRKingston 10:08, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Answer. -- Jeandré, 2007-01-09t11:16z

Thanks so much! CRKingston 19:51, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Angie's List.

Re [2].

Thanks for helping clean up the Angie's List page. I was just wondering though, why you split up the parameters in the citation templates so that each parameter is on a different line? Doesn't seem to matter to the way they function - they seem to work the same either way, so it just seemed odd to me. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 19:26, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Answer. -- Jeandré, 2007-01-31t20:05z

POTY 2006.

Re [3].

Your vote was not considered because you didn't provide a correct diff link to your home wiki. Please try again until 2400 14 Feb - Alvesgaspar 16:01, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

The commons:user:Jeandré that confirms is the true user:Jeandré. -- Jeandré, 2007-02-14t19:13z

!Melissa Keller.

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Re [4] [5].

[Knock it off] I've been trying to compromise with another user for some time now that has been trying to add unverified material. I didn't want any of it in there, so don't come to me now telling me to re-read on verifiability, and to leave better summaries, etc. I've been leaving proper summaries and trying to keep the article verifiable for days now. You e-mailed me and could have had all this explained to you, instead you repay me with a nasty message. This must be a proud day for you and your work as a Wikipedian. Chicken Wing 17:10, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Reply. -- Jeandré, 2007-02-17t17:47z

Unless you have something new to say, please don’t use my talk page as a chatroom to regurgitate lame arguments. Don't harass me through e-mail anymore. Don't ambush me. Read the discussion on the Melissa Keller page and other relevant pages rather than stirring up trouble. I think we're done here. Chicken Wing 20:21, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Herero and Namaqua genocide.

Hi Jeandré. As someone with an interest in Southern African topics, I'm wondering if you can help keep an eye on the Herero and Namaqua Genocide and Lothar von Trotha articles, which are suffering from persistent edit wars. Another perspective may help :) Greenman 17:29, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Copyright permission.

Re: [6]

I have noted on the image description page that I had received permission to use the image from the copyright holder. Is there anything else I need to verify on said page? —YeLLeY511 19:07, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Reply. -- Jeandré, 2007-03-16t19:29z

Thank you for your help. One other copyright question... If I have a flyer from a wrestling show (from several years ago), what would I tag it as when uploading the image? Would I be able to use the image being that the flyers were mass distributed in the area? --YeLLeY511 23:43, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Reply. -- Jeandré, 2007-03-18t02:25z

WP:EPR Chesney 2006 response.

Re: [7]

Did you receive any reply? I have a draft letter ready to send asking for the same thing.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  22:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Reply and link to it at Piotrus's talk page. -- Jeandré, 2007-03-17t07:57z

Sectioning protests against the Iraq War.

[Can I get an opinion from you?] I'd appreciate it if you would chime in on Talk:Protests against the Iraq War#Add "Civil war" heading?. I see the need for another break in the date list around the time of the civil war in Iraq, but am trying to get some thoughts about where to break it, plus how to phrase it. SchuminWeb (Talk) 05:08, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Question. -- Jeandré, 2007-03-23t14:49z

Is John Wyattville Jeffry?

[8]

NO - they were brothers! John was not as well known as his brother Sir Jeffry, but equally architecturally adapt as well as being a better gardiner. Rgds, - Trident13 12:49, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Sources req.. ~~

Gene.

Re: User:Jeandré#Bias?

[Hello] Beplan jy om jou gene in die globale genepoel te stort? ► Adriaan90 ( Talk ♥ Contribs ) ♪♫ 11:43, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Nee. -- Jeandré, 2007-03-25t12:31z

Ok. Wonder maar net. ► Adriaan90 ( Talk ♥ Contribs ) ♪♫ 12:44, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Michigan Marching Band.

Re [9]

I understand the purpose of the attribution and biographical material about living people policies, but I'm not sure how to obtain a source to back up a claim that can be verified by 250+ other people, but is not publicly documented. Are there any other source types that might help me out in this situation?

I suppose the main item that needs to be cited is the fact that Karen auditioned in 2002 since it can be proven that Karen wasn't the drum major for the 2002-2003 season and the MMB elects the Drum Major. I have digital photos of her 2002 audition, but they don't have her name on them and since they're digital I of course can't prove the date except for a Shutterfly shared album with an April 2002 date....

I might be able to obtain some kind of statement from the MMB administration, but how might I cite that?

As I've said before, I'm pursuing this because I believe this is a notable event for the MMB and belongs in the article. Any other help you may be able to provide is appreciated. Thanks, Terryfoster 19:25, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Reply. -- Jeandré, 2007-03-29t09:53z

WP:SELF on OTRS

I don't agree with your assessment that the link should be removed to avoid self references. While I usually agree that self references can be a bad thing, many pages have similar links at the top and these links are usually useful to the users in the event the link they clicked was wrong. See AIV, CSD, RR, and these are only the first ones to cross my mind. Would you consider putting the link back? (I'm not a revert war kind of guy ;)) -- lucasbfr ^talk 08:59, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Re [10]: I didn't even know the existence of {{selfref}} and used the infamous {{for}} template. I am going to put the link back using selfref, since outside projects can nullify the selfref template and have the links not showing up. Sorry for the confusion, at first glance I didn't realize there was an existing template (but that makes more than sense). Thanks for the clarification! -- lucasbfr ^talk 11:24, 30 March 2007 (UTC)