User talk:Mike Searson

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{{ORCompanies}}

First, watch the language, and there is not an "elitist category" as it is a template. As explained where you wrote, the template would be way too big if every company in Oregon was listed (there are more than 200 companies in Category:Companies based in Oregon and subcats) plus nav templates should not be a mirror of a category, as the category does the job just fine. Next, the $100 million is not an absolute minimum, and its not the main reason all of the knife companies you added were removed. Two of the companies are subsidiaries, the third (Benchmade) had revenue of $8.5 million in 2007 which is not anywhere near $100 million or even $50 million. There may be some that need to be removed, as companies are bought out, move, or spin off divisions so they are no longer a large company. Just please discuss it at the talk page, as WP:BOLD specifically encourages regarding templates. Thank you. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:14, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

New article on Chris Reeve Knives

Mike -- thanks for the welcome several weeks ago. I am quite impressed with the body of work that you've executed as a wikipedian! I've initiated a new article on the Chris Reeve Knives. It's got a ways to go, but I'm thinking that the basic framework is correct. If you would do me the honor of a critique, and make any edits you see fit, I would appreciate it. Jumpcoach (talk) 23:06, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

I would love to work on Bob T's article. Although I know little about Bob, and shamefully don't even own one of his custom knives, I have a standing dinner with him and some other friends at the Blade Shows, and have really grown fond of him. Jumpcoach (talk) 03:51, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestions. I have references to add for Anne's Chronology article, and the publishing info for the novels. Not sure how to do a reference for the movies -- I'm sure I can find an example. I'd really like a picture of the trio of Lg and sm sebbies and an Umfaan, but I don't have one. I've got the CRK logo -- I'll half to figure out how to put it in the infobox. Sorry that you sold your original Sebbie. I'm somewhat of a collector of old Sebbies, but I don't have an "H" Sebenza. I think they're going for a small fortune if they can be found. Question -- does Wikipedia do a good job of preventing editors from stomping on each other's work due to concurrent editing of the same article? Jumpcoach (talk) 05:17, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Nice changes/additions. Thanks! Jumpcoach (talk) 22:34, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Mike -- I'd like to include the CRK logo, but to protect CRK, I don't want to make a good copy of the logo available to others (yeah, I imagine if someone really wanted the logo, they could grab it elsewhere). Is there any way to upload the logo w/o making it available to others? Jumpcoach (talk) 02:24, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

McCain article

Hi there. I noticed that you work on featured articles a bit, and are interested in military history. Yesterday, the article about John McCain attained featured status, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in helping to keep an eye on it. It contains a good bit of military history. The article will be particularly vulnerable for the next three months leading up the presidential election, so the more eyes on it the better. Thanks, and I hope you can help.Ferrylodge (talk) 00:26, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Varanus salvadorii

Nice to be working with you again! I think that since the monitor is known by so many names, we would be better off moving it to Varanus salvadorii instead. I've heard Papua monitor, Papuan monitor, croc monitor, tree crocodile, Salvadori's monitor, but I've never heard Artelia before. Since it has so many names, it might be prudent of us just to use the scientific name. bibliomaniac15 02:03, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

I think unless there's one very common name, like Komodo dragon, we should have a Latin article name. What say we move the page to V. salvadorii? bibliomaniac15 03:20, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

I went ahead, moved it, fixed the redirects, changed the article to say V. salvadorii, and changed the template to say "Crocodile monitor," which I feel is a more common name. bibliomaniac15 04:01, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK

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Thank you for your contributions! - Mailer Diablo 19:26, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

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Keep up the good work! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:28, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Varanoids

I'll be happy to take a break from the incessant drama at WT:RFA and focus my attention on monitors. I'm hoping to get salvadorii to GA status. By the way, thanks for the Komodo article. I used it to add some stuff to the article. Who says an FA can't be improved? bibliomaniac15 20:34, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

I've fixed up Emerald tree monitor and added from some stuff of my own. The only major thing that needs to be done is citations for the Taxonomy section. bibliomaniac15 21:23, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Beccari needs a LOT of love, that's for sure. I have a suspicion that there are quite a few errors in the article. bibliomaniac15 19:08, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

I certainly agree. The black tree article said that the species name beccari was derived from the Latin caesius, which is a connection I can't fathom at all. V. prasinus wasn't too bad; after I cleaned it up and added a whole bunch of stuff I could say confidently that it was C-class. I may look into indicus, but after a skim it seems to be the best written out of the three. It has all the content; all it really needs is a good copyedit and then it's on its way to GAN. Keep me updated on those varanids! I'd like to help. bibliomaniac15 05:16, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

I tried Flickr, but the best I could find was a close up (but quite high-definition) photo of a foot, and it was copyrighted. What expo in question might you be going to? bibliomaniac15 02:33, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Too far away for this Angeleno! bibliomaniac15 02:38, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Article on Chris Reeve

Mike, I'd like your advice. I've been working on a Chris Reeve article, focusing more on the man, and facts about him beyond his establishment of CRK. There is a Christopher Reeve entry for the actor, and an article "Chris Reeve" that is a redirection to the Christopher Reeve article. I'm wondering if removing this redirection and replacement with my article would be a preferred solution. What do you think? If that is a solution I should pursue, is there a process by which I should do it? Thanks for your help. Jumpcoach (talk) 05:19, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. Initial entry published. Jumpcoach (talk) 05:47, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

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DYK!

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Congratulations and keep up the good work! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:12, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

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If no one takes Ctenosaura bakeri, I'll look at it tomorrow. It's getting a bit late over here. How's the iguana work going? bibliomaniac15 05:26, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Good luck on your other nomination too. bibliomaniac15 02:14, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: Thanks

Glad to hear it. I know the DYK process can seem a little arbitrary sometimes but I'd have hated to see you driven away by one bad incident. I look forward to seeing your submissions in future! Best, Olaf Davis | Talk 16:42, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Roman Catholic Church/archive3

You might care to comment here on my attempts to get the early Celtic church mentioned in the article, and indeed anything else. Johnbod (talk) 03:54, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Beaded Lizard

As a matter of fact, I was starting it in my Sandbox, but you beat me to it. I'll take a good look over it then. bibliomaniac15 22:37, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Undos

What's with the weird undo edit summaries? [1][2][3] bibliomaniac15 23:06, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Could you please stop that? That's pretty uncivil, and namecalling will just encourage them to do more damage. bibliomaniac15 23:21, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Beaded Lizard

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Roman Catholic Church

Hello, you are receiving this message because you voted in the last FAC for this article. Currently, it is undergoing a peer review and I invite you to come view the page and offer any suggestions for improvement here [4]. Over the past three months, the page has been improved with additional scholarly works, trims, two new sections suggested in and attention to concerns raised during the last FAC. Thanks in advance for your time, attention and help to bring this important article to FA. NancyHeise ^talk 23:58, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Angel Island Chuckwalla

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DYK for San Esteban Chuckwalla

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Keep up the good work! BG7even 15:23, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Beaded Lizard

Good show with that. It's a GA now. I planned to add info from my sources and do some extra copyediting before GAN, but I suppose I'll have to do it after. bibliomaniac15 22:54, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

We would also need Heloderma at at least GA. I'll take a look at that skink, too. bibliomaniac15 22:59, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

I've given Solomon Island skink a good copyedit. My only suggestion is that your "Further reading" section should be formatted with {{cite book}} or {{cite journal}}. bibliomaniac15 23:31, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Re your message to me, do you mean a reviewer objected to your saying something about the evolution of another reptile? -- Philcha (talk) 23:07, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Oops! My "proof reading" at Talk:Solomon Islands skink might be referring to an old version of the text!

"... (Blue Iguana) a species which diverged from the Cuban Iguana " is dubious, as it implies that that the Cuban was there first and a faction went off and founded the Blues. The corresponding sentence in Blue Iguana says the Blues, the Cubans and A.N.Other diverged from a common ancestor, which is fine.

Re "Further reading", the GA reviewer for Small Shelly fauna said that such sections are mainly "accumulated cruft" and that these works should be cited inline or deleted. I thought her comment was a bit broadbrush, but applying it worked fine for Small Shelly fauna. So now I'm incline dto think that works in "Further reading" should bear a heavy burden of proof. -- Philcha (talk)

Solomon Islands skink

I see the red urine's back, still w/o ref. I've already told Serrata that it needs a WP:RS ref (see User talk:Serrata). If you wish to complain to Serrata about WP:DE I'll back you up (I'm watching User talk:Serrata for now). If, after another unsourced re-addition of red urine, you wish to make a formal compaint of WP:DE, I'll support that too. -- Philcha (talk) 11:54, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

I've just warned Serrata for breaking WP:3RR, and I'll give you the same warning - this is something that should be raised on the talk page, rather than endlessly reverted back and forth. For what it's worth, excessive reverting is counter-productive from both sides - a persistent reverter will back down far more quickly if he sees his edits being reverted by several different editors. By rushing in and reverting it yourself each time, it's easier for the other editor to assume that only one person disagrees with him, and to ignore it. --McGeddon (talk) 12:46, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for taking it to the talk page, I just wanted to make sure you were both aware of WP:3RR. It does seem a no-brainer that we shouldn't be using the word "urine" without a source, but it's possible we're both missing what Serrata is actually getting at. --McGeddon (talk) 12:59, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Wow, this is definitely getting into lamest edit wars territory. I think 3RR-warning both his account and IP should be enough; if he makes the same change again from either, it'll be enough to report it as vandalism and get both the account and IP temporarily blocked until he calms down.

For future reference, you should sign template warnings, so that it doesn't look like a faceless, automated Wikipedia message, and so that people know who to talk or apologise to. You should also "substitute" them ({{subst:uw-3rr}} rather than {{uw-3rr}}), for wiki performance reasons. --McGeddon (talk) 21:10, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Ctenosaura hemilopha

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Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:40, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

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DYK for Fiji Crested Iguana

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Thank you

Everyone's support means a lot to me but I want you to know that I am especially appreciative of yours because of your earlier opposes. I am very happy that you find the article has improved to your satisfaction and standards. I think it is much better than earlier FAC's too and I'm glad it failed the earlier FAC's for the simple reason that it kept evolving into something better each time. Thanks! NancyHeise ^talk 03:23, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Fiji Banded Iguana

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Keep up the good work! ~ User:Ameliorate! ^{(with the !) (talk)} 12:40, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

RCC official name

Mike I have removed mention of "official name" and changed the lead to say exactly what our best source says. It now reads Roman Catholic Church, more commonly and properly known as Catholic Church (Latin: Ecclesia Catholica). Soidi, an editor who made the most noise about use of the word "official" is now insisting that we also remove the Latin translation in the lead. I was wondering if you could come to the RCC talk page and give us your thoughts in the matter since you were the one who wished to see it in the lead. Someone else suggested putting it in a note. I think it is fine and justified being in the lead. We could use your input here. Thanks. NancyHeise ^talk 14:10, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

I'd like to help with the Cutlery WikiProject

I am a former custom knife maker and I noticed that the Knife making page needs a bit of help. I don't have a ton of time to devote, but as I get moments I'd like to help out with this page and perhaps other sections as part of the Cutlery project.

I made knives for 17 years and spent a lot of time at fairs and shows describing knife making to laypeople. I'm very new to Wiki editing, though, so I'd appreciate any guidance from experienced editors as to the best way to go about doing things.

Regards,

Aradams (talk) 20:05, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Posting lies on other people's talk pages

Lying about people on their talk pages is a rather derious breach of etiquette. I have not engaged in ANY bad faith editing, and I demand an apology.Heqwm2 (talk) 00:23, 22 October 2008 (UTC)