User talk:Aboutmovies

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Hillsboro, Oregon

May I nominate Hillsboro, Oregon for today's featured article?--Lucky102 (talk) 09:09, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Sure, go ahead. Aboutmovies (talk) 23:14, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for First & Main

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Aboutmovies, can you please give me assistance. My articles are being stalked and harassed and I don't know what I can do

Hello, I'm contacting you because I frankly don't know how to navigate the maze of what to do where two deceased person biographical articles that I created (Allen B. Reed and Randolph H. Miner) and researched from scratch are being defaced and threatened with "deletion" by an individual whose page proclaims that he is an "unemployed Christian" (I would say that statement is 50% accurate) living in "South Carolina" while disclaiming that he is "not a bully". Me thinks he or she doth protest the last statement too much. Actually not a bully, in the real world anyway, but more of a cyber vandal or stalker. In my brief look at his page, it seems he does this as his day job. I don't know how this individual who is now stalking pages I have created found them in the first place, and I am not engaging this person directly, since I know his kind feeds on that attention. I wrote him one message back about a week ago, notifying that I regard what he is doing as vandalism. That was when he defaced and deleted whole junks of a biography for Allen B. Reed. After that he moved on to add stalking to his repertoire, when he found another article I had created for Randolph H. Miner which in his unemployed godliness and self-perceived omnipotence he has now set on a schedule for deletion. I have been on this planet long enough to know this type of individual: bitter, malicious, insecure and this gives him or her the opportunity to screw with others-- offering nothing constructive and failing to cite one single historical inaccuracy on my articles-- coupled with too much time on his or her hands. Who is he or she to say what is "historical" in an area he or she knows nothing about when this is just a mean game for him or her? All this miscreant has done is put up tags that they learned how to do, and set my article for deletion, unless I answer to them in their sick game, since it's my move or the article gets deleted. This Wiki article writing is not a game, but a hobby for me to share my interest and research with others, who are free to constructively add of course and constructively edit-- not destructively vandalize to get "a rise" out of me. Frankly, I don't know all the codes and how to navigate in this world. But I did write 2 damn good, and well researched and footnoted, in particular for Allen B. Reed-- more than 140-- of interest in the area of US Naval officers of the last century-- and in the case of Randolph H. Miner, one of the top 20 men who made Los Angeles, 2nd largest city in the US, at the beginning of the last century and key developer of the Port of San Pedro, second or third busiest in the US. But what would this oaf now about that-- (s)he's just a vandal. I have a day job, and if all my limited Wiki contributions gets deleted, c'est la vie, and ain't no big thing. My venture at "Wikipedia" will be finished thanks to the maliciousness of one pathetic individual and I'll put my efforts towards my own website, as many do, to post information and research for those who are interested, not in a vandal prone environment for pathetic people such as this person. In any event, if you are willing to help me-- since I'm not going to play games with this person, I don't have the inclination or desire to engage such a person directly and try to learn all the codes and tags and read the chess book on how to fight your pages and work from being deleted by a loon. It was hard enough to sincerely try to increase the knowledge on this encyclopedia, if I understand its purpose correctly. Anyway, apologies for the rant, but if you care to help, please look at the two articles I have created for these two historical figures, in particular the amount of research and footnotes for the article for Allen B. Reed and what this destructive person, who knows nothing about the subject matter, has no constructive input, but has done to show his or her "power" by defacing it with lots of "cute" tags to frankly, vandalize the post. Sorry for the ramble, but I believe you have an understanding of the situation now. Regards, from user "barnabywoods"-- sorry I don't know how to do these messages, if you reply to me, please make it as simple as possible in terms of how I can access and read your message. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barnabywoods (talk • contribs) 02:49, 14 October 2012 (UTC) The time is 0249 14 October 2012-- sorry, don't know how to put it in the code. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barnabywoods (talk • contribs) 02:55, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

No, it's not one individual- it's a multitude of experienced editors who came across two Wikipedia articles that are failing on several fronts. The subjects of these articles simply are not notable, as they mention vessels these military officers served aboard and who these people had minimal with and then the articles would go into tangents of detail about what these other subjects have that its notable, while failing to dictate their own personal relevance. The reason they are doing this is not because they are going after your articles, but because they are failing Wikipedia articles. The thing is, whatever you write is not your property, it's the property of Wikipedia and the benefit you have is of being acknowledged for helping create it in the backlogs, but that's it. As well written as the pages might be, they are out of the scope of what constitutes these individuals' notability. Also, while on the subject of personal attacks, how many times did you refer to this person as "unemployed", "pathetic" or an "oaf"? More importantly, why is that relevant? DarthBotto _talk•cont 01:33, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

I have to say the assault on my religious beliefs dances on the border of a personal attack, and calling me a destructive bully is a personal attack. As I state on my user page (which Barnabywoods misquotes) "I am more concerned with keeping the articles I view within the guidelines than I am with bullying anyone." As DarthBotto points out, there are multiple editors who have pointed out various ways the two articles in question do not match up to the site's policies and guidelines. The way Barnabywoods is taking these edits so personally, and personally attacking me for it, leave me incapable of believing there aren't serious WP:OWN issues. Ian.thomson (talk) 02:34, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Barnabywoods, a lot of the content you prepared for Allen B. Reed was quite good and you shouldn't feel that it was a waste of time. I found that much of that content helped to reconstruct previously poor articles such as, United States occupation of Nicaragua, USS Albany (CL-23), USS Denver (CL-16) and provided additional information to various other articles that you can see in the Allen B. Reed: Revision history. What you prepared was a great service to Wikipedia for other articles that needed severe help. This point being that a lot of the content at Allen B. Reed was out of wp:scope. It is now honed down to focus on the biography itself. The questions we can now raise are: Is Allen B. Reed wp:notable? and... Are the sources that you provided wp:reliable? For me, I'm on the fence. I would like someone with more wikipedia experience than I, to determine how well those references are. Thanks,   — Jason Sosa 03:34, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, Aboutmovies, for having this discussion on your talk page. We just wanted to answer for ourselves. I have to agree that the content for Allen B. Reed does have some encyclopedic potential- we just have to trim it down to keep the context of the page reserved, that's all. Barnabywoods should not feel attacked by editors, but just needs to understand the intentions of keeping articles within their given scope, that's all. DarthBotto _talk•cont 20:56, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I think the only connection that Aboutmovies has to Barnabywoods is that Aboutmovies put a welcome template on Barnabywoods' user talk page. So this lengthy discussion might be better taken elsewhere, especially because it appears Aboutmovies isn't around to chime in. Valfontis (talk) 04:09, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Rate

Hello, you recently rated the Yadira Silva article C, I would like to know why not B? I have requested a copy edit, but I do not think a C class rate is fair now. Thanks for your answer. Osplace 14:17, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Same as before, while very well referenced, the grammar simply does not support a B classification:

• Your prose: Silva was born 24 December 1985 in Unión de Reyes, Matanzas, Cuba.[1] She is 159 cm (5 ft 3 in) tall and weights 56 kilograms (120 lb).[2] Silva started in table tennis at the early age of 10 when her brother Maykel Silva Lorente took her to a table tennis club in Matanzas, Cuba. The next year she started in the Sporting Initial School and by the age of 13, she joined the Cuban High Performance Center and later win Cancun Open in 2002 with 16 years.[3] After arriving to Mexico in 2004, she acted as a trainer and qualified her pupils to the National Games in 2006.[3]
• More proper English: Silva was born on 24 December 1985 in Unión de Reyes, Matanzas, Cuba.[1] She is 159 cm (5 ft 3 in) tall and weighs 56 kilograms (120 lb).[2] Silva started in table tennis at the early age of 10 when her brother Maykel Silva Lorente took her to a table tennis club in Matanzas, Cuba. The next year she enrolled at the Sporting Initial School and by the age of 13, she joined the Cuban High Performance Center and later won the Cancun Open in 2002 with at the age of 16 years.[3] After arriving to in Mexico in 2004, she acted worked as a trainer and her students qualified for the National Games in 2006.[3]

This is just one paragraph, but the same issues persist throughout the article. Aboutmovies (talk) 05:51, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. Osplace 18:27, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Amanda Marshall (attorney)

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for rating Maher v. Town Council of Portland

Really appreciate it! If you have the time and inclination, there are a few other law-related articles that I've started that need rating:

• R. v. Coote
• Dow v. Black

[[Joseph Guibord]

and a few that haven't been re-considered since I did some considerable work on them:

• Guibord Case
• Institut Canadien de Montréal

Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 21:35, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Need Help in Revising Article on Nixon

Hi, Aboutmovies thanks for your previous help.

I'm revising the subsection on Richard Nixon about his involvement in Latin America. As it reads before my revision it implies that Nixon and his administration had no involvement in the 9/11 Coup in 1973 that overthrew Salvador Allende and installed Pinochet. Instead it only hints at allegations that are unproven.

Since 2000 we have a trove of declassified documents that conclusively prove US involvement. The reader is misled with the previous information and the record should be set straight. I changed the existing one paragraph to three paragraphs.

User Wehwalt reverted my changes saying 'way overemphasis'. I think the information is vital for readers to know and that the overthrow of a democratically elected government, destruction of a country's economy, and imprisonment and torture of thousands of Chilean citizens is not overemphasis. I'm willing to cut down the length if required, but the earlier info glosses over a serious chapter of US covert action with grievous consequences.

What do you suggest if Wehwalt and I get into a revert war? I'm not used to the talk pages as I'm still fairly new. Do I first add a section on his page, or on the Nixon page to try to resolve the situation? Finally, if we cannot agree how can I appeal to a moderator?

Thanks very much for your help. Veritas Aeterna (talk) 06:46, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Take it to the talk page for the article, that way you and the other interested editors can see it. If you can not work things out, there is an option to request a third opinion. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:14, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Library stubs

Since you chimed in on the Multnomah County Library talk page... Feel free to comment if you wish. --Another Believer _(Talk) 19:35, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Hillsboro Hops

The DYK project (nominate) 00:06, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Colt Lyerla

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Thanks for jumping in and helping with the Multnomah County Library stubs! There remains work to be done, but hopefully we have successfully rescued all of them from deletion. Another Believer (Talk) 15:57, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Radio Station Clarification

Hi Aboutmovies,

The reason the data was removed from the KQRZ page was because the FCC never authorized the station to transmit on 96.3 MHz. Therefore, the information is inaccurate. The original frequency for the allocation was in fact for that frequency. However, at the time Heritage applied for the license in 2001 they were in competition with 3 other applicants for that frequency. Then, in 2006 the 96.3 allocation was taken over by a full power FM station application in West Linn (still pending with the FCC). Full power stations can bump LP stations off frequency. This is what happened before KQRZ ever even signed on the air. The 96.3 application does show up on the FCC Query. But, you need to look at all of the other pending "Records" under KQRZ-LP to clearly quote the history accurately. Quite frankly the entire history of the frequency and transmitter changes is convoluted to document and is not that relevant to make history of.

Also, the current transmitter location is accurately documented in the Reference (1) in the last FCC Record. Therefore, the generalized location information noting "Copper Mt" in the body of the article you added was removed, as being redundant and too generalized. All the reader has to do is look at the FCC Reference and the transmitter location can be pinpointed easily.

Hope that clarifies the changes that I made. let me know if you have other questions I may be able to clarify. I am not trying to take ownership of this. Just wanted it to be accurate. 71.236.162.31 (talk) 07:51, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Salem Senators

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/The Role You Were Born to Play

I believe I have addressed your concerns on the hook sourcing and facts. Please let me know if there's anything more I need to do. Thanks for taking on the review. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:11, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
	Thank you for infobox about help. You do that for all new editors or I take your attention with something? Could you look for The Urantia Book and tell us how much article breaks wikipedia policies? Rajcelem (talk) 19:48, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Eid Passport

The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For your continuous and respected high-quality contributions to Wikipedia. Don't think your work does not go unnoticed! Have a great Thanksgiving! Another Believer (Talk) 19:47, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Counting WP:ORE DYKs by year

I noticed you've been adding yearly totals to the WikiProject Oregon/DYK page, which is useful, but it raises the following question: Should not double-new-article hooks be counted as 2 DYKs, since each of two different articles both got a DYK? If you made a conscious decision to count only the total number of hooks, then fine. Otherwise, I calculate a total of 78 for 2011, for example, rather than 74, because four hooks had two DYK-qualifying articles (on 4/15, 6/12, 12/3 and 12/22). I don't feel strongly one way or the other, but wanted to know your thoughts on this. The page's introduction refers several times to "articles", and never to "hooks" or "main page appearances", and the number of articles that were DYKs in 2011 (e.g.) was 78. (You can reply here.) SJ Morg (talk) 11:22, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

I just counted hooks simply for ease and speed. I just highlighted the section and did the add numbered list formatting and then previewed and used the number at the end. Fast and simple. If you want to add up the actual number of articles, go for it, I don't really care either way either. I was mainly looking to see our patterns over the years, and just the number of hooks shows our rapid decline the last few years. Aboutmovies (talk) 05:59, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

OK, thanks for replying. I probably won't bother to adjust any, since that might require stating a definition of how the totals are reached, and since it's not worth spending much time on. Having totals by year is useful, though, and even ones that are approximate (and only arguably so) are just fine for the intended purpose. SJ Morg (talk) 06:19, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Ridgeview High School (Redmond, Oregon)

Hello! Your submission of Ridgeview High School (Redmond, Oregon) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it 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! Rosiestep (talk) 23:14, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Oregon State Penitentiary

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

MILB template deletion discussion

Hi, AM. You might be interested to know that the template {{Infobox Defunct MiLB (Alternate)}} has been nominated for deletion. I've used it in two articles you worked on (you created one of them, Salem Senators), because it appears to be the only way to suppress the team logo fields, and I think it thereby improves the appearance of their infoboxes. I have no particular interest in baseball, so I won't be upset if the template ends up being deleted, but personally I feel it's useful and worth keeping. Whether you agree or not, I figured you might like to know about the proposed deletion. SJ Morg (talk) 17:09, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

By the way, I suspect that the creation of the template was not quite carried out right (or not completed, at least) from a technical standpoint, but I don't know anything about that aspect of WP templates. I would hope that someone who knows about that would fix those issues, rather than delete the template, if there's agreement that it's a useful template. SJ Morg (talk) 17:14, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

WP:MMA Invite

Thanks for helping to make MMA articles on Wikipedia better! In November 97 people made a total of 899 edits to MMA articles. I noticed you haven't listed yourself on the WikiProject Mixed martial arts Participants page. Take a look, sign up, and don't forget to say hi on the talk page. Kevlar (talk) 19:50, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Gnar Tapes

Thanks for helping legitimize the page and removing the deletion tag! I was having a hard time establishing notability. Feel free to delete this whenever you see it, I just wanted to say thank you.

Davidradosevic (talk) 18:36, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the introduction! Space Scares Me (talk) 08:13, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ridgeview High School (Redmond, Oregon)

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Numero uno driving school ltd

Thank you for your email regarding the deletion of the article. Would you be kind enough to tell us why it was removed. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.170.85.90 (talk) 11:59, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for News-Times (Forest Grove)

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Forest Grove Leader

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Ways to improve Kryptiq

Hi, I'm Senator2029. Aboutmovies, thanks for creating Kryptiq!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. This article relies largely or entirely upon a single source: Portland Business Journal. The hometown newspaper is is acceptable, but sources which can show the company's significance on national scale would be better.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.

Senator, your excellency, this is ridiculous. The article contains plenty of sources. I have reverted your tag. I don't know if you bothered to look at the article before tagging it, but you should. -Pete (talk) 05:13, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Furthermore, can you cite to me the requirement for a need for "significance on national scale". While newer editors often have a misconception that notability needs to be national or international, the push for such as guideline failed many years ago, but I'm open to you showing me the criteria within the GNG. And generally, coverage over a decade by a variety of different authors from the same newspaper would not be considered a single source. Not to mention, The Oregonian is also used, and the PBJ is not the hometown paper, that would be the Hillsboro Argus or the Beaverton Valley-Times (depending on the year), and neither of those is used. The PBJ is the regional business only paper. Aboutmovies (talk) 05:20, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the Welcome!

Hello, Abyssopelagic here, thanks so much for writing to me.

Er, have I made errors? I am new, and I will be happy to learn to correct myself. It looks as though you have a great page. Thanks again!Abyssopelagic 10:36, 23 December 2012 (UTC) Abyssopelagic — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abyssopelagic (talk • contribs)

Happy Christmas!

Thank you for the Welcome ! DacotaNash (talk) 08:08, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Oregon roads importance assessments

I saw your discussion on WT:ORE about reassessing project importances. With regards to roads, it appears you've copied what we at USRD generally do. But if you find an article that would be High-Importance at WP:ORE and is Mid-Importance at WP:USRD feel free to harmonize the importances across the two projects; you won't find any objection for the roads project. –Fredddie™ 16:29, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Will do. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:07, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the welcoming

Thank you very much for welcoming me. I'm from Thailand so i usually spend most of my time in the Thai Wiki. --Applezapotis (talk) 09:56, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Sonrise Church

Hello! Your submission of Sonrise Church at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it 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! BlueMoonset (talk) 20:54, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

FCI Sheridan

I do not understand why you reverted my changes to this article. I appropriately sourced everything and explained all my edits. MDEVER802 (talk) 04:35, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Sonrise Church

Orlady (talk) 08:08, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

help me

New and needing assistance placing a picture on my article. I find it becoming too complicated as a new person and would really appreciate someone steppling in for me on this one. I have a nice picture for my article.

2InsaneJane (talk) 16:22, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia edit-thon: Saturday, February 9, 2013

WIKIPEDIA EDIT-ATHON! You're invited to the upcoming Wikipedia edit-athon, scheduled for Saturday, February 9 from 2–5pm in Old Town. Sponsored by Wiki Strategies and Prichard Communications, the event will begin with an introduction to Wikipedia, followed by an edit-a-thon focused on Portland's food scene, all things that "Keep Portland Weird", and local startup businesses. Details and signup here!

Hope to see you there! --Another Believer _(Talk) 16:35, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Beonna of East Anglia

5 years later, I've updated the article as you have suggested in the talk page. There's a bit more information added as well, if you're interested. Hel-hama (talk) 08:36, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

I do not understand why ...

my entry on this page was removed -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_State_University Cjevansaicp (talk) 07:24, 23 January 2013 (UTC)cjevansaicp

Roe Ethridge

Hi Aboutmovies - If you are still interested, I have finished the first draft of this article. Thanks.--Nixie9✉ 15:49, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

New to user pages

Hi Aboutmovies, thanks for creating my user page for me. I've been contributing for a while when I can and am new to the user pages part of wikipedia. It's a little overwhelming, really. Where do people come up with lists, badges, awards, etc. Like the native speaker of English thing I put on my page, I just copied from someone else. Is that ok? — Preceding unsigned comment added by B.deluca (talk • contribs) 00:51, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Cut & paste moves

Hello. I see you started the article Portland Thorns on 14 December, then redirected the existing Portland Thorns FC article to your new one. I'm sure you're aware this was effectively a cut & paste move. If you wish to move an existing article to a new title (or accidentally create a new article when one already exists), you need to move the old article using either the move tab or via the WP:RM process. Cheers, Number 57 15:15, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

If you read the debate in its entirety, you'll see that two editors supported the move, in addition to the proposer, whilst there were no opposing votes.

You might also want to stop starting your responses to other editors with "Ummm", as it only serves to antagonise people and won't exactly contribute to a positive debate. Number 57 08:40, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Ummmm, that's the point. When people do stupid things (edits/comments), they get an ummm. But thanks for addressing the policy based reasoning, you know, where its not a !vote, which I would have thought you knew given you are an admin. And thanks for addressing the copy & paste thing too. Aboutmovies (talk) 15:54, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Morton M. McCarver

Lord Roem ~ (talk) 00:02, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thanks for the welcome!

Ballerina battlearena (talk) 06:35, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Omega Morgan

Materialscientist (talk) 16:03, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Heritage (Astrofaes album)

Hello, and thanks for tagging this for notability. The tag's still there 5 years later; you could take it to the Notability Noticeboard or AfD, or make it a redirect, or remove the tag if you are no longer concerned. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 21:36, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

You're invited! Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon at the University of Oregon

Saturday, March 9 - Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon at the University of Oregon - You are invited!

Come celebrate Women's History Month at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, on March 9! This event, facilitated by WikiWoman Sarah Stierch, is hosted by the Fembot, in collaboration with ASOU Women's Center, the Center for the Study of Women in Society, the School of Journalism and Communication, and the UO Libraries. Please bring your laptop and be prepared to edit about women and women's history! The event is March 9, from 1-4 PM, at the University of Oregon Library. You must RSVP here - see you there! SarahStierch (talk) 20:06, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	You are truly committed dedicated and a Pillar to Wikipedia.Truly incrediable work in WikiProject University Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 10:08, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the welcome :)

Thank you for the welcome Aboutmovies - much appreciated! I will make sure I read all the stuff you sent me instead of plowing in like I usually do without knowing what I am doing. So in trying to be useful and learn at WP, I have started with mainly adding wiki links to pages that are on the list for work and providing citations if I know something about the subject. Bye and thanx --SistaSu (talk) 20:15, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

File:Napoleonic Wars War of the Fourth Coalition.png

Hello
Thanks for the introduction at my talk page. There you said you would be happy to help if I had questions. Now here I am asking you to help. The file mentioned in the headline has two (that I am aware of, maybe more) errors. First, the years of this war are 1806-1807, so Louisiana was by this time part of the United States (since 1803). On the map, however, it is shown as controlled by Spain. Second, Haiti was by this time independent (since 1804). However, it is shown as still controlled by France. I was wondering if you could fix these errors? If not, could you show me how to go about it?
Thanks, King Philip V of Spain (talk) 15:21, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Oh, thanks to visit my page.

hello. i'm Choi Hyun Hee. i started wikipedia few days ago, so i don't know much about wikipedia. i'm learning wikipedia in university lecture. anyway, thank you!

Thanks for the Welcome

Thank you, Aboutmovies, for the kind welcome. My talk page is new, but I've been around Wikipedia for a few years. I see we share a few common interests -- Oregon, Liberia, the law -- though I'm an infrequent editor. Goldfish-silverfish (talk) 16:52, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Suggested name change to Orders, decorations, and medals of New Zealand

I have suggested changing the name of page Orders, decorations, and medals of New Zealand to New Zealand Royal Honours System and see that you've edited this page in the past. Do you have an opinion on this change? Talk Page

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Karl Stephens (talk) 14:06, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Modo misinformation

Please explain why you deleted corrections to the Modo Inc page. Modo is owner managed. Modo does not own or rent any premises apart from one small office in Hillsboro. All manufacturing is subcontracted. I know this as fact.

Best regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.231.0.38 (talk) 12:13, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

If you can't read, then please don't edit. If you can read, read the note on what I would assume is one of your talk pages. Correction are fine, defamation and unsourced content are not, and if the later are added I will throw the baby out with the bathwater. Aboutmovies (talk) 14:34, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Montserrado County Liberia.png)

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re Allen Frances article

Hi,

I'm wondering how it rates a "C" with the multiple problems and POV it has. Star767 20:53, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps you should review what C class is: "The article is substantial, but is still missing important content or contains much irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup." That is, as you point out, it "may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup", which is why it is C, and not B. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:24, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

OK, I didn't realize the standards for "C" were so low. My bad. I did clean it up and commented out the really objectionable. Thanks. Star767 13:21, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Reminiscing

Hello! You know I was looking at my early edits and noticed you were the first person to welcome me to Wikipedia. I offer you belated thanks! On another note, have you heard of this new project? Yo might be interested. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 16:49, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Thank you, for welcoming me. :) GrammarGirl (talk) 06:18, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Georges Lecointe (explorer) rating

Hey Aboutmovies,

thanks for rating the Georges Lecointe article. This is the first wikipedia article I've ever started, and wondered if you could give me some hints to improve it further. Thanks! (talk) 17:10, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Its a very good start for a first article, very well referenced. What it needs to go further is expansion. A good article would have more about his life beyond the Antarctic exploration, as the article is a biography. So if you made the early life and later life sections about three times as big, then you would have a well-rounded biography. At that point you would need to expand the lede section to match, but you would basically be at the Good Article standard. Happy editing. Aboutmovies (talk) 23:46, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

That's very helpful indeed, thanks for the encouragement! (talk) 09:46, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

About Bodelwyddan Article

Hey there. Thanks for sending me a welcome.

If you feel like having a quick look, I opened a Peer Review for Bodelwyddan just before your welcome, and was wondering if you might want to give the article a quick looking over, even if not a full review? It's my first major change and before continuing to make more, I'd like to make sure I'm doing everything in the correct style. Korlus (talk) 23:24, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Hiding banners in the Sandbox

Sorry if my sandbox was causing problems. I didn't realize the banners would populate my sandbox into the banner categories. I thought it only worked for real article talk pages. Is there anyway I can make the banners visible to me in my sandbox without making them visible to everyone else? I'm working on a couple articles and I want them there as a reminder of things I need to add to articles as I go along, but I'll probably forget to do it if I don't actually see them in the display preview. Thanks! Vojen (talk) 18:10, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

I just did one option, but it still places it in a certain category since those banners are meant for talk pages. Another option is to do this: {{tl|Temaplte name}} but the banner will only show as a link instead of all the graphics. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:22, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Florida State Road 444 Proposed for Deletion

I noticed this today: Florida State Road 444 Gamweb (talk) 21:56, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

AFD discussion

Hello, as you have contributed to articles related to the Portland Thorns and the NWSL, you are invited to join this discussion at:

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adelaide Gay

Thank you. Hmlarson (talk) 00:56, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Hemu's Caste

Could you please continue discussions on Talk Page of Hemu.Sudhirkbhargava (talk) 05:31, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Barometer (sculpture)

Thanks for taking a look at the article. I was actually not sure whether or not the sculpture had been installed, so I tried to keep the wording somewhat ambiguous until further confirmation. Please feel free to keep an eye on the article, or even assist with its expansion, if you are interested (I am posting sources on the talk page). I thought you might chime in on this Hillsboro-related article! :) I have been focusing on public art lately, and I think there will be enough content to promote the article to Good status once completed. --Another Believer _(Talk) 15:34, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Designated in categories

Similar categories were removed wholesale from articles a month ago and deleted. --Rschen7754 05:28, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Please see [1]. --Rschen7754 05:30, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Health & Morals of Apprentices Act 1802

Hello! Thanks for rating this article. I was just interested to know why it got a C-class rating? What more do you think needs adding? I was planning to put this forward for good review and would really like your advice on how to get it to that standard. Thanks very much :) Staceydolxx (talk) 21:24, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

It's a really nice article, and the issues are minor. The main item that stuck out is the background section squeezes text between the graphical items (e.g. between the picture and infobox), which should be avoided - and is an easy fix. The other item is that in that same section you have bullet points. Besides the fact that we prefer prose over lists, and that bullet points also are best left to areas such as the see also area or other list spots, another issue is the placement along the left-aligned image. It's just one of those things that looks odd (display will obviously vary from computer to computer) and should be avoided - another reason why we avoid bullet points. Otherwise, you may also want to ensure you have citations to particular pages throughout. I noticed for instance one footnote is to "A History Of Factory Legislation" which appears to be a ~320 page book. Usually you want to direct the reader to the individual page for the source. But again, very minor details for an otherwise nice article. Aboutmovies (talk) 21:33, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Integra Telecom

Hi Aboutmovies,

I am not an employee of Integra, and I certainly want the page updates to be accurate and unbiased. I would like to make some updates to the Services and Electric Lightwave sections, so that it is more current. Would you prefer I send to you before hand for review and revision? How best should I do that?

Thank you!

Integra2013 (talk) 00:09, 23 May 2013 (UTC)Integra2013 May 22, 2013

No need to run them by me first, but do review Wikipedia's five pillars to ensure you understand what is and what is not acceptable in the way of content. You might also review the Manual of Style. Lastly, you need to change your username, as a username cannot be that of a company. Aboutmovies (talk) 14:32, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you...

... for reviewing Robert van Scoyk and adding disambiguation categories.

I've been here for a while but need help with editing, especially in finding information; I have trouble wading through administrative pages that don't lead to the information needed. For example, I want to add an Academy Award Category tag to James Hill (British director) as well as "born in Yorkshire", but cannot find a list of category tags.

May I consult you whenever I run up against a brick wall? Cheers! Shir-El too 11:16, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Sure, feel free to post here. The easiest way to locate categories is to find an article about a similar person/thing and then copy as needed. Aboutmovies (talk) 05:18, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. I regularly copy formats when I can find them; the trouble starts when I want to break new ground. For example: the en.wiki article on Jean-François Champollion is woefully deficient compared to the fr.wiki (i.e. no mention that his older brother was an archaeologist!). I want to translate selected portions of the latter into the former. (a) What do I put in the edit summary? (b) How do I link/reference those sections? And is there an alphabetical list of categories NOT by subject but by text ("People born in Yorkshire", for example). Very truly yours: Perplexed. Shir-El too 14:26, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Recent edits on football/soccer articles

Hey. I've skimmed through quite a few soccer artices and I noticed that while your adding Category:Soccer players from *which ever state they're from*, you're also removing Category:American soccer players. Now I don't have a problem with you adding Soccer players from *whereever*, but I would suggest you stop removing American soccer players from every page. – Michael (talk) 02:36, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

You'll need to discuss this on WT:FOOTY. – Michael (talk) 05:34, 31 May 2013 (UTC)