User talk:Wikidudeman

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Advice

Thanks for the advice, I will always remember it. I love this site, it is so helpful to me!

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Anabolic steroid

I've added it to my watchlist, if the vandalism get too heavy I'll protect it for a while. TimVickers 18:24, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Well it's not "vandalism" per say. It's just some guy trying to remove information that he deems "irrelevant" and replace it with one specific study done specifically on teenagers and some ABC article as well as mangle the citations. I don't think it could be called "vandalism" but it is harming the article.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 18:30, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

The instructions are outlined here User:Wouterstomp/Bookmarklet. Where are you having problems? TimVickers 18:42, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

I can't seem to get it to work on Firefox. Those directions seem to be specifically for Internet explorer. How does it work on firefox?Wikidudeman ^(talk) 19:05, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

It's much the same.

1. Create a bookmark on any page at all.
2. Right-click on the bookmark and select "properties"
3. Delete the contents of the "Location" box and paste the javascript in to replace it.
4. Click on the bookmark when you are at a PubMed article, ie this fine paper.

A popup window should appear that contains the reference. TimVickers 21:21, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. That will be very helpful. I used to simply do it manually. Very tiresome.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 21:35, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

I'd recommend going through the past nominations and checking that everything mentioned has been dealt with. TimVickers 00:12, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

teen bodybuilding

WOW! learn something about bodybuilding and you will see who those teen bodybuilders are .. very famous from Virginia... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.205.48.59 (talk) 00:44, 15 April 2007 (UTC).

I have no idea what you're talking about. Please stop vandalizing the Bodybuilding page.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 02:21, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Chantoke

Apologies for the poor formatting of my changes. That does not change the fact that the article is riddled with inaccuracies and contradictory to the conclusions of evidence based medicine. Many of the citations did not support the actual statements in the article, and others have since been disproven by cohort studies or large clinical trials. I did indicate this in the talk page, but either you did not see my response or I misentered it. TT 01:39, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

If you believe the article has inaccuracies then please give examples on the articles talk page. I will be more than happy to work it out with you. Just click the "+" button at the top and give examples and I'll take a look at them.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 02:09, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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Request for Mediation

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Wikidudeman - help me on feminism page

I saw your comments on Don Imus, and I supported them.

I'd like you to take a look at the discussion "Perceptions vs. Reality" on the Feminism discussion page, it falls in the same category as Don Imus, and please get back to me if I am wrong, or weigh in if I am right.

Thanks dudeman.

--Altoids Man 04:47, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Food Testing Strips..

Hi, I am guessing you are the person that sited this for deletion? I am unclear specifically what you are wanting me to change. I went to chat and invited comments from people to see what changes could be made so that the article isn't deleted. Rob--Desaderal 17:59, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't remember doing that. DO you have the link?Wikidudeman ^(talk) 22:27, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Steroid

Wikidudeman,

I wanted to point out several factual errors in the anabolic steroids article, but I am not sure how to go about it. My apolgoies, I am part of the "older" generation and have some problems understanding how to use this format. I tried looking at the FAQ, but as I understood it, my corrections were in accordance with their suggestions. Please help this old geezer understand the subtleties of Wiki. TT 20:41, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

If you want to point out factual errors on the Anabolic steroid article, Go to it's talk page.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 22:01, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi there, I noticed your request for review of Anabolic steroids. Moments before, I sent out a notice to lure in some comments from WP:MCB and WP:CLINMED project members. I added your article to the notice of articles (Antibody/Poliomyelitis) I just put up for peer review, hopefully they will get LOTS of comments! Good luck, cheers.--DO11.10 03:49, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

What do you mean exactly? You added Anabolic steroid to a 'list' that notifies various people for a review or something?Wikidudeman ^(talk) 03:50, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, sort of, I advertised here and here. It is an informal list that helps advertise the review to the people who might have an interest or knowledge of the subject know that it is out there, in hopes that you will get lots more comments (the more the better!).--DO11.10 03:57, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Arbcom

I see you've added yourself, thanks for your participation. --Minderbinder 12:30, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Virginia Tech. Massacre

I read your questions and posts on the Talk Page of the Virginia Tech. Massacre. The photo you are referring to can be found here: http://www.jonesreport.com/images/190407killer.jpg -- Thanks. (JosephASpadaro 05:01, 21 April 2007 (UTC))

Is it actually the Virginia tech killer?Wikidudeman ^(talk) 05:04, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

I have no idea. I found that photo on the article page for the Virginia Tech killer, Cho Seung-Hui, under the topic "conspiracy theories." (JosephASpadaro 05:08, 21 April 2007 (UTC))

Cho was never in the marines and the name tag on that shirt says "Hu".Wikidudeman ^(talk) 05:10, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

OK. You seem to know more about this topic than I do. But, also -- you seemed to answer your own question, no? Apparently, that photo is of a Marine named Hu, and not of Cho. The more I think about it ... if it were, in fact, Cho -- I am sure the photo would be "out there" among the mainstream media, and I have not seen that. (JosephASpadaro 06:03, 21 April 2007 (UTC))

No, I don't know anything about it either. I just glanced at the name tag and remembered that Cho was never in the marines. I also didn't remember seeing the picture anywhere in the national media as well.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 06:09, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Paranormal

Hello,

An Arbitration case involving you has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Paranormal. Please add any evidence you may wish the arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Paranormal/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Paranormal/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Thatcher131 01:19, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

New Message

It said I vandalized a judo red belt page and it left me a message. I never changed a page. So sorry for the confusion but it was a buddy of mine. What should I do so I dont get kicked off. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.192.117.159 (talk) 19:07, 22 April 2007 (UTC).

Register a name and don't let it happen again.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 00:56, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

User:Dreadlocke

Please, present the evidence/add him as a party and place a notice on his user talk page. It cannot hurt to have out in the open as much of this conflict as possible. --ScienceApologist 11:14, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Can you do it? I'm not very good at gathering evidence about users like that.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 02:23, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

I may have a go later this week. It takes a long time to do this. --ScienceApologist 15:50, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Quick note of thanks

Hi Wikidudeman, I just wanted to drop a note to thank you. I really appreciate the kind feedback. Cheers, -- Seed 2.0 14:47, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. Drop me one sometime.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 14:49, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

edit summaries

sorry mate. I sometimes get a little too trigger happy with the submit button. I'll make sure that I put a summary in from now on. Cryptophile 22:46, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Sigma Alpha Epsilon

I have kept a close eye on Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and reverted much of the vandalism that 24.107.91.212 did a week ago. However, it seems that this IP is back vandalizing SAE again. I noticed that you had written on the IP's talk page, and wanted to let you know about the continued vandalism by this IP. Thanks. Samwisep86 04:56, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I gave him a final warning. If he does it again I can report him.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 05:09, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Separate page for legal issues of aas

I was working on turning the page into something coherent. I was hoping to achieve something similar to what was done for Legal issues of cannabis. The reason for doing this was that it may have removed some of the 'US' bias out of the article (might help in getting the AAS article to FA status). Cryptophile 09:47, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I just read the rest of your message and I think you have a point. I was sort of concerned that there may not be enough info to warrant it yet aswell. Cryptophile 09:50, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I know what you mean but that's really not a viable thing to do right now. See your talk page where I explained it. The "Movement for decriminalization" isn't "US" bias it's simply explaining a small movement within countries (including but not limited to the U.S.) where the laws prohibiting AAS are criticized. Wikidudeman ^(talk) 09:50, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Combining evidence

I think that cutting down the statements and making them more concise is a good thing. Combining evidence with another user....I'm not sure of. Unless it's word-for-word the same. - LuckyLouie 03:22, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

That's what it would be basically. I've cut down a lot of the material in my "evidence" as well as my opening statement to make it easier for the Arbcom reviewers.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 03:58, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't have the time to go through my own evidence right now : ) I'll see if I can't trim it down to the important points sometime tomorrow.

--Nealparr ^{(yell at me|for what i've done)} 04:02, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Alright. It's very important to make it easy for the arbcom reviewers to read and understand.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 04:03, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm going to delete my evidence. If you want to include its text in yours, go ahead. It is still in the history. SheffieldSteel 16:06, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for the barnstar! I started on Wikipedia just over two years ago. At first I was mainly editing articles on early electronic computers and a few math topics. Then I saw what a mess the paranormal and pseudoscience articles were in (especially UFOs). (The moon landing hoax was similar.) I worked mainly on those for a few months, but got discouraged by all of the resistance from the pro-pseudoscience and pro-paranormal editors. I mainly work on chess now. Bubba73 (talk), 14:29, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

And a thank you for the barnstar from me, too! It's nice to find that your time and effort spent on Wikipedia is acknowledged and appreciated by others. :) - tameeria 15:01, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks from me too. What article was it for? Makerowner 19:12, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Not one in particular. I've just noticed your dedication to several articles.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 01:29, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Your advice

Wikidudeman, I appreciate that you took time to leave advice in my talk page about my comments on the "Wikipedia Requests for arbitration-Paranormal-Evidence page."

The comments are about my last edit in Wikipedia and I simply wanted to lay it all out. You are probably correct that there is too much, but I cannot separate editor actions from problems with Wiki rule. They are written so that they can be too easily used to support opposing views.

I do feel that the endless links to examples give a disjointed story. Those that I have followed give a different meaning than if they are read in a larger context. Also, judging by the "Workshop" page, I think it is not just about conduct. The original request for arbitration on the EVP article is also part of this and that was about clarification of NPOV. If the arbitrators do not take the easy way out and just count votes, then this whole process could help Wikipedia with a good review of some of the rules. If not, then I begin to think of what happened to the dinosaurs.

Thanks again for the advice. It has been an interesting education. Tom Butler 00:54, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Ananthapura Lake Temple

Hi, I don't know how this is usually done but the copyvio tag says Do not edit this page until an administrator has resolved this issue. And the wording after your edit is still very close to the original copyrighted material. I think it still might be considered a copyright violation. Just letting you know in case you didn't see the sentence I mentioned above. - TwoOars ^{(T | C)} 09:08, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, But that article has been tagged for two years, I doubt an Admin was ever going to look at it. My rewording the sentences would negate their copyright violations. Getting information from a source and putting it into your own words isn't considered a copyright violation.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 09:10, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Tagged for two years? I tagged it less than a week ago. And the original copyrighted version has to be completely deleted (see Wikipedia:Copyright problems#Instructions ). And it has been listed at the said page, so someone will look at it. - TwoOars ^{(T | C)} 09:16, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I was thinking of the cleanup tag.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 09:35, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hey, since I was not sure, I asked a question at [1] . Lets see what they say. But the latest revision is much better and probably won't be a copyright violation. Keep up the good work. :) - TwoOars ^{(T | C)} 09:36, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh, you put it back. Hmm, OK. - TwoOars ^{(T | C)} 09:38, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

The original was copied from 2 different sources.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 09:40, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh, ok. - TwoOars ^{(T | C)} 09:44, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

However I do truly believe that my version wouldn't violate any copyrights.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 09:46, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Script for AFD or PROD?

Hello, I'm looking for a script that allows me to quickly add an "AFD" and a "PROD" to articles and quickly add them to the "AFD" page and notify the creator. Currently I have a script that allows me to mark it for "speedy deletion" but I'm looking for a script that adds another panel at the top that can make it easier to mark them as AFD. Can you help?Wikidudeman ^(talk) 19:20, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Possibly. Do you mean something like[2]? But with {{prod}} and adding the article to the AFD and talk pages? Sorry for the late reply, I don't have much time lately. Shinobu 19:32, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Actually I found what I was looking for. Thanks.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 10:50, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Editing "Bodybuilding" page yesterday (Sunday, May 20)

Adam Abeles posted his own photo on this page, according to Wiki records, on March 11. He is notorious on discussion boards on bodybuilding for creating a hostile online environment, and his picture was resented for that reason. Moreover, Mr. Abeles is not representative of competitive bodybuilding. He has never placed in a national or regional bodybuilding competition, as hundreds (indeed, thousands) of other competitors have. If someone belongs at the top of an international online encyclopedia article, he is not the person who does. After reading an outcry on a discussion forum on bodybuilding, requesting that his photo be deleted, I did so since I'm a registered and established Wiki editor. If I was out of line, so be it. I just wanted to explain why I deleted the photo.

Thanks,

Mike Emery hifrommike65@hotmail.com—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hifrommike65 (talk • contribs).

That's false. I uploaded that image and I posted it on the page. Please see [[3]] and [[4]] which I subsequently changed the caption of and moved to the top. Mr. Abeles may not be "representative" of competitive bodybuilding(whatever that means) however that's irrelevant. The "Bodybuilding" page is not a "competitive bodybuilding" page but a page concerning all of bodybuilding. I've stated this over and over, It's the only free viable image that can be used. What a "message board" thinks of the picture being there is wholly irrelevant. Wikipedia doesn't function on what some obscure message board thinks. Please don't remove the image again. Thanks.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 01:14, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Bodybuilding image

Please stop adding the image of Adam Abeles to the Bodybuilding page. He is not a bodybuilder as he has never competed or participated in any bodybuilding events. Just as someone who hasn't played hockey isn't a hockey player. Edit Waring is against Wiki Policy WikiBodybuilding 03:42, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Let's take a look at some dictionaries and see if they agree.

Oxford- noun. a person who strengthens and enlarges their muscles through exercise such as weightlifting.

Infoplease—n. a person who practices bodybuilding.

Dictionary.com a person who practices bodybuilding.

Moreover, If I remember correctly this person DID compete in an online bodybuilding competition last year placing 2nd.

I'm going to ask you to put the image back and not remove it again.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 03:43, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

HIs muscles are not enlarged as he just has low bodyfat. Also there is 0 verifiable evidence that he lifts weights. Please do not add the image back. WikiBodybuilding 03:46, 24 May 2007 (UTC)