User talk:Mkdw

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1. September 2006 – 23 October 2006
2. 24 October 2006 – 31 October 2006
3. 1 November 2006 – 30 November 2006

DYK

Cool. By the way, I think it's almost ready for FP status. -- Selmo ^(talk) 16:55, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

user page protection

I semi-protected your user page. This means that anons and new users cannot edit it. I did not fully protect it because then you couldn't edit it until you become an admin. this should help though. Academic Challenger 21:19, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

{{PartofWPCANADA}}

While it's a good idea to have this template on the Vancouver article, the talk page says it should only be used on portals and WikiProjects, not articles. Thanks -- Selmo ^(talk) 00:41, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

A Question

Did you ever get VandalSniper to work on Mac? I tried a while ago with no luck. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk·Review Me!) 02:09, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Incorrect "Vandalism" charge

Dear Mkdw, You have accused me of vandalizing the Lord Byng Secondary School Wiki-page.

It is true that I edited that page to make 2 changes.

• - I changed an incorrect spelling of "Candian" to Canadian".
• - I sorted the "Notable Alumni" into alphabetical order.

I made no further changes, neither adding nor deleting material.

I do not know if the information on this page is correct as I have no knowledge of the institution, for example:

• if either "Cory Lee" or "Noot Seear" (strange name) went to the school.

If you have reported me for vandalism, I would appreciate you withdrawing that complaint.

I believe you have made an honest mistake as there were a number of vandalism edits after mine.

Regards,

--User_talk:202.63.40.179-- aka --User_Talk:JohnI--

See reverse conversation on User talk:202.63.40.179.

WP:UW

Hi,

You have put yourself as interested in helping out atWikiProject on user warnings. We are now at a stage where we are creating the new templates and are wondering if you are still interested? If so please visit the overview page and choose a warning type you wish to work on. There is a base template available here, which you can copy and use to get you started. Have a look through the redirects and see what old templates are affected and incorporate them into the the new system. Anyway, any questions please don't hesitate to give me a shout. Regards Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 08:54, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Canada News Portal

(The current numbers are optimal for Safari, Firefox and Internet Explorer at 1024 * 768 and 1200 * 1024)

Really?

I find that odd. I'm running Firefox 2.0 at 1024/768, and this (Link to Image) is what I get. If you don't feel like opening it up, the text is hidden underneath the information portal thingy for some reason. User:Logical2u_Talk 15:45, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

There are a couple of possibilities, but I'm fairly confused by the implications they have. I am running Fasterfox, which might be cropping some of the templates off, and then Firefox expands the rest. the Canadian News page is the only one that has that problem. It might be because of the "Box within a box within a box" set up it has, compared to the "Box within a box" format the others appear to have. User:Logical2u_Talk 20:40, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Doesn't appear to have helped :^\ Odd. I'll check it out in IE, I guess. User:Logical2u_Talk 01:13, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Just checked it out in IE, and, oddly enough, the right side of the information box are cut off. User:Logical2u_Talk 01:14, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Notification of speedy deletion

I see you marked Portal:Current events/Redesign for speedy deletion. If you mark someone's page for speedy deletion, it is good practice to notify them on their talk page. Also in this case, I don't believe speedy deletion is the appropriate response. This was a work in progress for a portal redesign. You yourself said it belongs in a user sandbox. Therefore don't try to delete it, simply move it to a sandbox yourself. --Dgies 00:11, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Portal:Vancouver

I feel like I'm not doing much on it, so I would like to become the director of another showcase section if it's alright with you. Thanks. -- Selmo ^(talk) 06:03, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. -- Selmo ^(talk) 06:05, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Quebec/QCOTW

Hey, there. Just letting you know, there's a bit of an easier way to accomplish that -- see WP:MOVE. :) Luna Santin 10:33, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Mkdw! | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

May you and your family have a Merry Christmas, as well as any other Holiday you may celebrate. I hope that warmth, good cheer, and love surround you during these special days. May God bless you during the Holidays. | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

File:Julekort.jpg

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bridge

I like your Lion's Gate photo. Do you have a higher resolution version you could upload? Also, that'd be Burrard Inlet, not the Fraser below. Thanks, and happy X-Mas and all that, Bobanny 22:53, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Ledge Raids

Please see Bobanny's talk page under BC Legislature Raids meddling.Skookum1 21:06, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Portals review

Hello Mkdw, very thanks for your kind message sand suggestions. I feel, some of my arguments were personal and could be avoided. I will comment on the Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Vancouver soon. Still some of the arguments are good and it is better to work on those issues, viewing as featured portals. Shyam ^(T/C) 15:26, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

WP:UMB

Remember when you adopt userboxes to use the "move" command to keep the history all in one place instead of just copy/pasting. I've merged the history of User:Mkdw/OSX back. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk·Review Me!) 19:06, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Film/TV lists at Hollywood North - wikification and separate lists?

Been wikifying the TV series first, was going to move onto the films next. Wondering on the one hand, as these are all titles, that they should maybe be in italics; also wondering about formatting the list into bullets or two columns of same; or else migrating the works to "List" pages; Vancouver's TV list seems a bit short; I'll check on reelwest, UBCP and other sites I've got linked; depends on how far we go back, too - Wiseguy was made a long time before Hollywood North as a phenomenon earned its name; if McCabe and Mrs. Miller and Carnal Knowledge are listed in films (haven't looked) then earlier TV stuff like Wiseguy should also be here. Rumble in the Bronx is probably listed, but there's a host of B-grades made for US/international markets, e.g. the second in the Xtro franchise, which was an early up-and-comer in the local biz, B-grade though its market was. Reboot was shot/made in Victoria primarily...Vancouver's Hollywood North machine is also behind Alberta-shot projects like Legends of the Fall and Brokeback Mountain and The Assassination of Jesse James (not yet released); Alberta is its own "node" now, of course, but Legends of the Fall was definitely shopped out of Vancouver, and most of Jesse James' local casting went through here also. What's that J.Lo thing that was made up in Kamloops? And wasn't The Russia House made on Bowen Island? There's another one with Richard Gere, playing an architect, that's actually set here, rainy Hwy 99 and dark skies and all, but can't remember what it's called at the moment......the other reason I dropped by about this is I'm wondering if there shouldn't be Category:TV series produced in Vancouver and Category:Films produced in Vancouver, which would include both US-market and Canadian/int'l market productions. Mind you, it's pretty extensive when you include visiting stuff like the German production Dreamship (their version of The Love Boat, more or less, which shot only one episode here...I know because I was background in it.). Speaking of background, Pathfinder (film) opens on Jan. 7.....I'm the "third viking from the left", with downturned horns and a shiny, sharp nosepiece that almost took my nose off a couple of times (and left one stuntman with a couple of stitches when he wore it....); I'll be the guy knocking a First Nations guy's head off with a flail/ball-and-chain....(whoops I might have just broken the non-disclosure, but at least this isn't the Pathfinder talkpage ;-)).Skookum1 02:47, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

HongQiGong - POV vandalism on History of Chinese immigration to Canada

It's me, the whiteboy bogeyman, back at it; while I was blocked I watch HongQiGong smugly boast that he could revert things since I couldn't stop him; he's deleted mainstream history, including in the latest revision/deletion concerning the Governor's protection of Chinese miners, and also concerning well-documented Chinese mining practices, including the pulling up of stakes while othe miners were in town. I'm not about to launch an edit war here after what I've just been through, I'm not about to get in a major conflict with Hong here- but I would like an admin, preferably a BC one versed in our history, to slap him down some and also restore these materials. He also deleted the old POV tag while I was away - I was the one who placed it, originally, and exactly for reasons of biased/censored content like the type Hong obviously prefers. His smug remarks, such as the inline comment made when I was blocked - deserve a reprimand. If not, indeed a BLOCK for PAIN as well as vandalism. Doncha think?Skookum1 06:19, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

PS I was going to be dragging out the cites for these tonight, but as you can see from my User Contributions I've been hard at adding BC Wikiproject tags and ratings and tidying up things here and there on BC history stuff...still drafting my AFD statement for the Bornmann thing (want to cite-link certain things but been preoccupied doing legitimate Wiki work; I may seem like I like conflict, but I don't....).Skookum1 06:30, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Mkdw - for your consideration, read this[1]. Skookum1's bias is obvious, and his incessant soapboxing, annoying. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 06:46, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Funny how you found out so quickly it was Mkdw I'd taken this to; you must be following my User Contributions. I'm flattered....Skookum1 06:59, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, and you'll notice that all the content on that part of the Noticeboard is Hong's "soapboxing" against me, pullling things out of context (and picking on my use of "colourful" language and "tell it like it is" analysis). style from many motns ago (and without proper cites) as a means of defending his current vandalism needs no further comment. The lines of mine he's quoted were in response to insulting or racially-biased analyses of his own, or of others in the same "discussion"; pot calling the kettle black as far as the personal attacks thing goes. I've learned my lesson; but Hong came back and did unwarranted deletes right after his 3RR block ended (and as explained his deletes here really also are 3RR, as he'd deleted the same stuff, or stuff like it, long ago).Skookum1 06:56, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

PS I notified Bobanny of this, as she's also "into" BC history, and might do the same for Fishhead64; I did discover on his talkpage that Hong was blocked overnight for 3RR, and notified William M. Connolley the admin who blocked him of these edits as well; they took place immediately when his block ended (and really they're 3RR, since we've edit-warred about the same content last spring). Cites for the deleted material are in the Akriggs and Ormsby, as well as in Hauka and Morton.Skookum1 06:50, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Saying that humiliation is "one of the driving forces of the Chinese cultural ego"[2] is just your simple "tell it like it is" analysis? Come now. But anyway, I'll let Mkdw and others make their own judgement. I can find other examples of your so-called "tell it like it is" analysis, or what I would say are borderline racist comments. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 07:29, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Hey Hong, see red herring. The issue is not an isolated quote of mine, without the context it came from, from several months; it's what you did tonight, and while I was blocked, and your trigger-happiness on removing things that don't fit with your prejudices about BC history, while leaving in uncited stuff that does. Whatever. I was hoping to see it was Mkdw who'd responded here; but it's just you "after me" again...which falls into the harrassment/personal attacks category (various visiting admins please note).Skookum1 07:35, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, with your claim that you've "reported me" for vandalism[3], yeah I would like to know exactly where you reported me, and state my own case. I stand by my point that your bias is apparent, and it manifests itself in your edits and your comments. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 07:41, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Following Wiki guidelines on conflict, this is my notice of disengagement and you can keep on sniping at me here, or anywhere else you can find to try and throw red herring issues to evade responsbility for your conduct.Skookum1 07:48, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

To Mkdw and others, please see my further statement of disengagement posted on Hong's talk page as per Wiki conflict guidelines. I also submit that Hong's interpolations here as well as his sniping in the edit comments on the history article cited and elsewhere constitute harrassment.Skookum1 07:54, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

ATTENTION
Please take this conversation somewhere else. Mkdw^talk 10:47, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Thought you were an admin; what's the appropriate arena for (a) content disputes/vandalism/edit wars and (b) personal harrassment?Skookum1 23:12, 2 January 2007 (UTC) PS I"m not the one who turned it into a "conversation".Skookum1 23:22, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm not an admin. I would like to be one day, but at the moment I am not. Sorry. Mkdw^talk 04:06, 3 January 2007 (UTC)