User talk:Thedemonhog

I will be going to Los Angeles to attend the annual Screenwriting Expo from Friday, November 14 to Sunday, November 16. I will be seeing

• Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse for a Lost panel
• Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz for the anatomy of a select Lost episode
• Tim Kring, Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb for an awkward Heroes panel
• A panel with
  • Josh Olson, writer of A History of Violence
  • Simon Kinberg, writer of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, X-Men: The Last Stand, Jumper and the upcoming Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian, a Sherlock Holmes movie that will star Robert Downey Jr. and The Hardy Men starring Tom Cruise and Ben Stiller and based on the book series
• Screenwriting guru Syd Field for "Writing Effective Dialogue"
• An interview with Melissa Rosenberg, writer of the upcoming Twilight movie, Step Up, Dexter, The O.C. and Party of Five
• An interview with Barry Levy, writer of Vantage Point and the upcoming Kung Fu movie based on the 1970s television series, a movie based on the Monster manga series and a movie based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
• A TV Animation Writing Panel with people from King of the Hill, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Kim Possible, My Friends Tigger & Pooh, etc.
• A Producers & Development Panel with people from Finding Neverland, Project Runway, Dreamworks, etc.

I will be taking pictures and may get to ask a question in the panel discussions so if you have anything that you would like to be asked of these writers, then please leave me a note on my talk page. I will try to film it and we may be able to cite that as a primary source or maybe the press will be there anyway and hear the question.

SarekOfVulcan RFA

Thank you for !voting on my RfA. If you supported, I'll make sure your confidence is not misplaced; if you opposed, I'll take your criticism into account and try to adjust my behavior accordingly.

See you around the wiki!--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 00:50, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Main page requests moving along ...

We have a compromise I'm satisfied with. We've developed a more precise organization for the current five-nomination system that could provide the infrastructure for more nominations in the future, if we're confident we can maintain it after trying it for awhile. You can see the discussion on the requests talk page, of course, but a sample of what we have in mind is here. Wrad (talk) 01:43, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

AIV revert

Hello. I noticed you recently reverted your report of 190.51.136.69. I am watching WP:AIV and I was wondering why you reverted it since the IP did vandalize after her/his last warning. After I saw that, I added the report back my own. I don't know why you reverted it, but I was thinking you looked at the above report I did and they had almost the exact IP address number and they were vandalizing the same pages. I was thinking you reverted your report because you thought the above report was the same IP you were reporting. The above IP report was 190.51.178.67; you can see how they are a like. Well, anyway, they were both blocked by User:Xenocidic. I would still like to know why you reverted your report if you don't mind. Thanks, RyRy (talk) 19:34, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

I thought that it was possible that he (or she, let's just say he) had not vandalized after his final warning, as his last vandalism and warning both occured at 19:07 (UTC). Soon after, I saw that the article he was vandalizing was being protected and his various IP accounts were being dealt with. –thedemonhog talk • edits 20:14, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Alright, just making sure. They were blocked anyway so no problems. Thanks, RyRy (talk) 20:15, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

RFA

Heh, thanks. I've hated that question for long before your RFA (because my 3rd RFA got opposed because I felt that blocks to cool down the general climate of Wikipedia discussion areas were appropriate, and WP:CDB is horribly defined). I don't know what I can do to thank you... although I am in an editing mood, so I might get back to finishing of the Lost episodes. Sceptre ^(talk) 21:20, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Let me be the first to congratulate you on your successful RFA! :) (Though I do apologize for a lack of a congratulatory pic.) :P -WarthogDemon 00:06, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Your RFA

Congrats on the successful RFA! I had to indent one of the last votes because it was a duplicate, but you still hit WP:100 :p Gary King (talk) 00:06, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

You are now an administrator

Congratulations, I have just closed your RfA as successful and made you an administrator. Take a look at the administrators' how-to guide and the administrators' reading list if you haven't read those already. Also, the practice exercises at the new admin school may be useful. If you have any questions, get in touch on my talk page. WjBscribe 00:07, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

• Congrats, and good luck! You were one of the first RfAs I commented on, and I'm sure you'll make a great administrator! S. Dean Jameson 00:09, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

  Well done! I hope you won't leave us and Jackie to do the dirty article work, though :P Sceptre ^(talk) 00:15, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

lulz thanks for the bathrobe spam. check out {{admin dashboard}}, you may find it helpful. best of luck and congrats on WP:100. –xenocidic (talk) 00:16, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations! How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people? SchfiftyThree 00:24, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations from me, and you made it to WP:100 as well. :) Nice one! Here's your new shirt. Acalamari 01:53, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

The admins' T-shirt. Acalamari 01:53, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi demonhog, when we met up at Benny's, I somehow formed the impression that you already were an admin. Good to see you've met up to my expectations :) If your first admin actions will be to seek WP:REVENGE on others, I can help you fill out the list ;) Beyond that, good luck! Franamax (talk) 03:19, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

From me as well, good luck in your new role! All the best, PeterSymonds (talk) 16:15, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

WOO-HOO! (Ahem) Congratulations, TDH, we all know you'll use the tools well. :-) Cheers, --Mizu onna sango15/^Discuss 05:49, 7 July 2008 (UTC).

Congrats, btw. Malinaccier (talk) 15:34, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Wow.... good job. Does this mean you have to be mean now? :-( Corn.u.co.pia ĐЌ Disc.us.sion 02:35, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Martin Keamy DYK

On 7 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Martin Keamy, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Congratulations! --PeterSymonds (talk) 15:27, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Lost (season 4)

It looks like Lost (season 4) has been on your to-do list for some time now. I just put it on mine today (after reviewing a few The Office GANs and deciding I should do some episodes myself). Sorry if I'm intruding on your territory as I see you are an experienced Lost content contributor :) Gary King (talk) 01:28, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Incidentally, how's the FT coming along? I know that Cabin Fever passed GA (weirdly, I never nominated it), and I know Something Nice Back Home and Shape of Things to Come passed too. Sceptre ^(talk) 22:22, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Gary King formatted the references in "Cabin Fever" and "There's No Place Like Home", nominated them both for good article status and added them to his "contibutions" list on his user page, with ThinkBlue quickly passing both of them as good articles. I am now trying to speedily clean-up Lost (season 4) so that it can get to featured list candidates and the topic can get to featured topic candidates by the time that I leave for a one-month vacation starting on the 18. Also, your comments are welcome at Talk:Lost (season 4)#Changes. –thedemonhog talk • edits 23:39, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Good job on the FLC. Corn.u.co.pia ŢĐЌ Disc.us.sion 07:43, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

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My RFA Thanks

Thank you for your support at my RFA, which closed as a success. I would also like to congratulate you on surviving my 160K coaching page. I guess I do have a tendency of giving very full and probably very boring answers....(grin) Seriously though, your support measn a great deal to me. StephenBuxton (talk) 21:51, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the barnstar; it means a lot. I was meaning to give you one too, but I didn't know what to give you one for. Actually, I'll give you one when you complete your to-do list; I think that's reasonable. Thanks again and enjoy your holiday, you deserve it. Corn.u.co.pia ŢĐЌ Disc.us.sion 11:18, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Lost FAC

I'd be very happy to do a copyedit (sorry I hadn't got around to commenting on the FAC); I'll probably take a stab at it later today. —97198 talk 04:14, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Alright, this is really the best I could do. Feel free to write and rewrite as I doubt you'll agree with absolutely everything I changed. ;) I might leave a few comments on the FAC page in a sec. —97198 talk 11:04, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to break your record :)

Did you know that Through the Looking Glass (Lost) is the longest episode FA, at 49.1KB? Well, I'm trying to break your record with The Stolen Earth (not yet an FA). It's currently at 44.5KB, but given that three production accounts (uno, dos, tres) are coming out soon, I think I might get to 60KB. My ultimate goal is to get it on the main page for 23 November 2008 (Doctor Who's 45th anniversary). Reckon I'll suceed? Sceptre ^(talk) 04:28, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Really musn't brag... and welcome back :) Sceptre ^(talk) 09:41, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Welcome back

Welcome back from your holiday. We've missed you. ;) Corn.u.co.pia / Disc.us.sion 08:58, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Please note (re: not Cornucopia) that I was away from July 18 to August 20 visiting relatives in Nova Scotia and Winnipeg. –thedemonhog talk • edits 22:29, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Hope you had a good time. :) Acalamari 22:55, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I did. –thedemonhog talk • edits 22:57, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

The Other Woman

Hi Thedemonhog; I removed the new FAC as I archived it only a few hours ago. The FAC should be able to sail through successfully if you bring it back when everything is cleared up. I see another editor started a thread at the Reliable Sources noticeboard, and there's the pending image issue. If you can nail down those two issues, the chances of the article passing next time will be much greater, and you'll likely get more attention from reviewers. It's understandable, with the high traffic at FAC, that reviewers may be reluctant to engage until other issues are sorted. Please take a few days to sort out those two kinks, and then bring it back when it's ready. Good luck next time; that was a great episode, and I'll be pulling for it. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:39, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Good morning demonhog. I was going to say that I won't have time to copyedit it during its FAC, but I see it got archived anyway. Since we have a bit more time, can you give me about a week? I'm coming off a very busy period at work but I will have more time coming up this week. --Laser brain (talk) 17:08, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry about it. Since you are busy, I will just find someone else.  ;) –thedemonhog talk • edits 22:26, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

I doubt I'll have time anytime soon to do a copyedit of this article. If you still need my help on October 20, let me know. Good luck! Scartol • Tok 18:18, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Lost

Um, I just looked over those episode pages. If I were you, I would nominate them for FA status. As far individual episode articles goes, they are pretty comprehensive. Not all episode articles have scholarly analysis on them. Though, given the depth of those reception sections, I would remove those horrid (horrid meaning the actual site, not the Wikipedia writing) TVSquad sources. Those people are some of the most unprofessional reviewers out there, and when you have stuff like Washington Post and Entertainment Weekly, you don't need to fluff up the section with stuff from TVSquad.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 23:06, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Just look at The Shape of Things to Come (Lost), it's the same structure as Eggtown and the other you listed. There might be a bit more information, but "comprehensive" means that you've covered all major points the best of their ability. It doesn't mean that every episode article must contain X, Y, Z topics. Not all episodes win awards. Not all episodes have "themes" that are analyzed by critics. If there isn't anything else to say about those particular episodes, the rather large production info and reception section is a pretty comprehensive look at those episodes. Unfortunately, Smallville episodes don't get that type of coverage, and that's why they don't have articles.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 23:11, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, you might be right. Thanks for the posts! –thedemonhog talk • edits 23:14, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Quick point, the Leads of both articles do need some work, but that's not a reflection of comprehensiveness.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 23:17, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Not a big deal, but I didn't understand

I didn't understand on the TFAR page your summary "September 30: Not supporting per removal of another article" I guess not supporting is better than opposing, but the "per removal" suggests to me that you think I did something wrong. Any help straightening me out would be appreciated.

BTW, as a kid I got to hang out in Vancouver while visiting my Grandmother. Are Stanley Park, English Bay and Jericho Beach still as nice? Well they have articles, so I'll check those out.

Smallbones (talk) 04:21, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Ah, for some reason, I did not want to just add a "formatted TFA blurb box" edit summary, so I added one on why I was not supporting when I normally support just about everything that goes through TFAR (not including the last few months when I have been too busy/away to support anything on that page!) What I meant was that I will not be adding a support—or an oppose—vote to requests that replaced another. I liked it better when we had to voraciously watchlist the page to see when a slot opened up to add a request instead of the slight hard feelings/betrayal that one might feel nowadays if he or she gets all the way to TFAR only to have his or her request removed for reasons that are out of the editor's control (a somewhat similar article by someone else appearing on the main page recently, the subject matter being under ten years old or not relevant to a seventh-grade school project, etc.) And Stanley Park, English Bay and Jericho Beach are still nice, although the Park was closed for part of last year after a vicious windstorm. Anyway, good luck with your nomination! –thedemonhog talk • edits 04:36, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Interesting. I always found the old system horribly unfair. I'm on Wikipedia rarely for more than an hour here or there, and what little time I have I devote mostly to articles. Under the old system I never once spotted an opening on the page. I'd written 6 Featured Articles over the course of a year before I had one featured. I just gave up as the old system didn't really favor quality, or diversity, or anything but who had the most time to hit the Watchlist. Talk about feeling slighted by something beyond my control! Quit my job to watchlist TFAR? The new system is much improved in my opinion (though I could think of several tweaks, as the current system seems to punish articles without clear anniversaries). I guess it goes to show that you can't possibly make everyone happy :) --JayHenry (talk) 05:29, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Although, if I was writing about more important topics and/or was not a demon watchlister, I would probably prefer the new system. –thedemonhog talk • edits 05:50, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. This is my first experience with TFAR, so it's hard for me to compare. The competitive aspect of the page is a bit unusual (in some ways) for wikipedia, but the point system does seem designed to encourage diversity, which I think is very good. Smallbones (talk) 12:46, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

A new FL contest

Wikipedia's epic FL directors Matthewedwards and Scorpion0422 have decided to try another FL contest as a follow up to the one held last June. As you entered the first contest, you may be interested in taking a look at the new one, which will have different rules. Although they are still being fiddled with, three FLs in different topics will be required this time around. For more information, see here. A start date has not yet been determined, but it will likely begin some time within the next week or so. Thanks for the time, Scorpion⁰⁴²² 15:52, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Name change

Wow. I hadn't expected another editor to react so quickly to my name change. Thanks for updating on the Heroes Project page. ~Auzemandius {talk/contrib} 23:26, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

AAU reminder notice

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Peeeeer Review FLC

Long time no see. Anyways, Veronica Mars was recently listed as a GA. Your thoughts would be appreciated. Corn.u.co.pia / Disc.us.sion 05:41, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Forget about the peer review. There's something else you can do now. ;) Corn.u.co.pia / Disc.us.sion 05:04, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Scratch that. Could you check out Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Veronica Mars episodes? Comments would be appreciated. Thanks, Corn.u.co.pia / Disc.us.sion 04:35, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

The Other Woman

Thanks for the message. Unfortunately I will soon be leaving for a two week vacation and unable to access the 'net. Would be happy to help out when I get back if you still need assistance. – ukexpat (talk) 18:30, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

FACR

Thedemonhog, you posted at one or more of the recent discussions of short FAs. There's now a proposal to change the featured article criteria that attempts to address this. Please take a look and consider adding your comments to the straw poll there. Mike Christie (talk) 19:47, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of awards and nominations received by Katy Perry

Done Gary King (talk) 05:30, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

TFAR

Thanks for the heads up — but it seems that some of the regulars at TFAR don't like it when an article is nominated way in advance, even if it's within the 30-day timeframe. I had thought it might be more politic for me to wait a bit longer, perhaps until Oct. 23 or so. On the other hand, there are two slots open now... what do you think? —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 07:18, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for moving Trapped in the Closet (South Park) back to its rightful place, per Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(television)#Episode_articles. Cirt (talk) 10:29, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

FLC

Hello, the FLCon is currently running and unfortunately part of the problem with it is that most of our current regular reviewers are entrants. I would hate for people to lose in the contest solely because of a lack of reviewers, so could you please take a look at some of the following FLCs if you have time?

• List of Honorary Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford
• List of acquisitions by Hewlett-Packard
• List of universities in Nova Scotia
• List of Governors of Arizona
• List of St. Louis Rams head coaches
• List of Vancouver SkyTrain stations
• List of Soul Eater chapters

Thanks for your time, Scorpion⁰⁴²² 14:20, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Sure, but later. –thedemonhog talk • edits 14:29, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

If you have the time, could you please take a look at Bart Simpson? I would like to have it FAC ready by Friday. Thanks, Scorpion⁰⁴²² 01:55, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Five requests

Don't be silly, of course I'm not gonna undo. Rule 2 says "remove". It should probably be changed to "replace".--Wehwalt (talk) 00:46, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

The Other Woman

It was really good. But, maybe you should split the article sections into sub-sections; this will give it a cleaner feel. Anyway, I have supported it at its FAC. Also, could you please look at The Muppets' Wizard of Oz for me? Limetolime ^{Talk to me • look what I did!} 20:17, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

? And I will take a look at that soon. –thedemonhog talk • edits 01:30, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

Thanks you for leaving a kind word for the article; it hasn't had one in a long time. Anyway, I have reworded the "extremely positive viewing response" sentence and removed the Osborne/Tarantino cameo introductory sentence. Would you take another look at it? Limetolime ^{Talk to me • look what I did!} 14:23, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, but I can't find the two viewing statements you talked about. In regards to the on ein the lead, I'd like to keep that statement unsourced. Most articles don't have references in the lead, mainly because there are refs. waiting in their appropriate sections. This article has them in the "reception" section, as you know. In regards to the second statement, could you please tell me where it is? Limetolime ^{Talk to me • look what I did!} 18:35, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Ohhh, I get it. Well, I changed/deleted some sentences. What do you think? Limetolime ^{Talk to me • look what I did!} 23:12, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Listen, do you think that the article is good enough for FAC? I don't want to rush into anything, I just want some advice. Limetolime ^{Talk to me • look what I did!} 18:18, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Thrilled

... to have one less thing on my plate :-) [1] I left him a note several days ago, but haven't heard back. Would you be able to follow up in a few days if we don't hear from him? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:32, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Of course. –thedemonhog talk • edits 00:33, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

Okay, I expanded the lead. What do you think? Limetolime ^{Talk to me • look what I did!} 21:49, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Beat me to it

An edit summary after my own heart :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 04:02, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Mythology of Lost

Hi, I'm having a disagreement with another user on whether or not certain information about the possible origins of the 'sickness' should be included on the article. Since you seem to be one of the main contributors to the Lost Wikiproject, I was wondering if you could tell us on the talk page of which is allowed and which is not. Thanks.--CyberGhostface (talk) 04:28, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

I was thinking about submitting the article for FAC. What do you think? Limetolime ^{Talk to me • look what I did!} 20:49, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Happy birthday!

Hope your day is as nice as this cake! :) —97198 (talk) 05:29, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Insanely jealous. —97198 (talk) 06:33, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Happy Birthday from me. :) I hope you'll have a good time at the Screenwriting Expo, it sounds like fun. Best wishes. Acalamari 16:35, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Oooh, Happy Birthday! I haven't been here in a while, so I missed your expo thingy. Do you have any Lost scoop? And did you tell the guys at Heroes to improve the show? Seriously, I am considering the possibility of not watching it anymore. :O It should be called "boring storylines and irrational characters" rather than "villains". Tim Kring should be splapped for his false promotion; he actually had me rather excited in the lead-up to the premiere... Corn.u.co.pia / Disc.us.sion 09:17, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Hey. I'm new and looking to be adopted. :) Help?