User talk:McDoobAU93

The term "canon"

Sorry, I don't know how to speak to you but what is wrong with Canon? Why do you have the authority to control the Disney page may I ask McDoob? What is wrong with that term? That is what the films are collectively called. Why can't I change the Rapunzel page? It is the 50th film in the CANON. I did not write anything derogatory or wrong, I wanted to change it to reflect the canon. It has to be 'produced by the studio' because you wrote it like that right? It is the 50th film, from the official Disney Animation website. What is the difference? It is cited on the main List of Disney theatrical animated features, I have to cite the fact that it is a part of the canon? Maybe you can do that since you control everything? I may note that the official website does not state 'Official List' so it's just your own choice right? I remember before that it was Official Canon, which sounds better to me. Admit it, you control the wording of everything. You just don't want anyone else messing up your work. I apologize if I am being rude, but you are just hiding behind the fact that I didn't cite anything. Cite what? When I change one word from list to canon when you already wrote it is named the canon?

Androllercoaster

McDoobAU93,How exactly do all of you communicate? I mean,you guys have like long discussions.Is there a way for me to have other people ask or tell me things?Because I would like to get into this more.PS:were you mad at me for the hollywood rip ride rockit stuff? I just did not know how to get my proof.Please reply! =D

Oh, joy...

I'll just have to monitor things closely. I have limited internet access for a brief time. Ah, but not to worry. I'll have it back soon.  :) If a Disney vandal does show his face, you let me know anyway, capeesh? Thanks for the nice words, by the way. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:48, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

• I wish to high heaven I knew what leads these unsupervised little monsters to mess with Disney articles. Heck, I offered to mentor Bambifan. Twice. My wife and I have deluxe annual passports to Disneyland and I've even had breakfast at Club 33 a couple of times. Thought he'd appreciate someone with a real-world perspective of Disneyland, but no. He's pure-D insane, that one. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:00, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Never been to WDW, but someday, perhaps. Hey, nothing geeky about timing that trip the way you did! We were there for the 50th anniversary and I thought for sure it was going to be INSANE. The line stretched halfway across Downtown Disney, but they cut off the admissions after awhile. The result was one of the most pleasant and memorable days either of us had ever spent there. We were at the Carnation Cafe on Main Street at 4:30 when they replayed the opening day speech; it was impossible not to shed a tear. When they say the place is magical, well, times like that sure are. When we get through this hectic but pleasant time which is limiting my internet, we're going back. Can't this week; definitely next week. Besides, I think "Haunted Mansion Holiday" is up and running...! Can't miss Jack Skellington, y'know. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:08, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Ditto for me returning to Disneyland ... I'm ready to go back. It really was an amazing day. I took the "Walk in Walt's Footsteps" tour and have my tour ticket with the Dec. 5 '01 date stamped on it. I really need to frame that and other mementos from that trip. (As I recall, 2001 was the debut of Haunted Mansion Holiday ... I still have my glow-in-the-dark sweatshirt that I wear when I'm in the parks for the holidays, or even on Christmas morning.) --McDoobAU93 (talk) 03:12, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes! Did the Walk, too. Truly amazing history. Getting to go in the Tiki Room before the crowds was beyond cool, especially when they passed around an old Audio-Animatronic bird to show how it worked. The group we were with grew kind of restless and basically cut the tour a bit short, which worked to our advantage. After lunch, we thanked the tour guides who in turn got us VIP passes to ride the Lilly Belle presidential railroad car. I can't tell you how many times I've done that "grand circle tour," but this was the first time sitting in an overstuffed chair in a private car! Gotta run...take care...see you here, I hope. PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:21, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Busch

Hey thanks, it was a mistake on my part. Once the change does take place, I would say it's fair that the lead only mentions BEC as the operator, and that could even be done now. I'm not sure if the infoboxes have a field for "Parent", but Blackstone could be noted their. Grsz¹¹ 14:51, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

No worries. I took a look at your talk page and it appears that you've been here a while, and like I said what you were doing wasn't hurting the article at all ... it was just jumping the gun a little. As to the possible "Parent" field, there is an "Owner" and "Operator" field in the amusement park infobox, but I don't know if this application would fit. If you take a look at Six Flags Over Texas and Six Flags Over Georgia, you'll see that these parks are actually owned by separate companies, but both are operated by Six Flags. The articles go into the nuts and bolts of these set-ups, if you're curious about it.

Since BEC owns these parks outright, the name should only appear once. Again, this is subject to discussion, but that's where I stand. You are correct, however, in noting that BEC should be mentioned in the lead paragraphs of each park in the chain ... I think it now is, but in case it isn't ... Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.

--McDoobAU93 (talk) 15:11, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Note - we'll need to update/modify/merge Incidents at Busch parks appropriately once the deal is completed (Incidents at Blackstone parks?). The philosophy: park info moves to the page representing the *current* owner, regardless of who owned the park at the time the incident occurred. The footnotes/datestamps contain info on when the event happened, and the park page itself should contain ownership timelines that would explain those items. SpikeJones (talk) 12:33, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Agreed - I'll recommend the format used for Incidents at Disney parks once I get into Incidents at Busch parks and get a look at it, then move forward after the deal with Blackstone is completed. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 13:54, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

68.147

Having seen their edits before on the Disney 3-D related articles, it's similar editing style to what we see with BF101 and Dot... a few good edits surrounded by a plethora of bad ones. Generally speaking, when there's a new editor regularly adding bad info, I check their edit history to see if it there is a pattern in articles being edited and the type of edits being made. Usually there's enough info to determine if they are a habitual vandal or just making newbie mistakes. This one fell into the former category for me. SpikeJones (talk) 12:30, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Guess I'm an incurable optimist sometimes. This is a good trait; never apologize for it. I'm more cynical on a regular basis

Saw that ages ago. Dot is similar. Just saying. SpikeJones (talk) 03:06, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Leave it. No need to poke a sleeping bear, and if they act after the block is up then you'll have more material to go after (different topic regarding edit #320617335 here... "be wary"). SpikeJones (talk) 03:58, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

nightmare

eh, I reverted it as a future item instead of current item (intention: don't list it until it's been released). My bad, as the whole article lists future items. never mind. SpikeJones (talk) 02:58, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Always go straight to the source. googling site:go.com +nightmare +3d gives you http://disney.go.com/partners/hauntedholidays/#nightmare SpikeJones (talk) 12:12, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Help!!!

Hi, I'm "Disneyfolly" and for a long time I can't log in into my account. It says that my password is wrong, I tried changing it but there is no use because it continues to tell me that is wrong. Please help me because I can't contribute with anything. Thank You for your time — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.155.33.244 (talk)

I'm going to respond here in case your IP shifts between the time you posted this and the time you read it ... have you done the "E-mail new password" option on the login page? If you've provided Wikipedia with an e-mail address in the past, they could reset your password. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 16:07, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes I've provided an email address and I have reset the passsword but when I tried to log in agagin it tells me that the password is wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.155.33.244 (talk) 16:10, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

This may be a dumb question, but does your password have any capital letters in it, or is CAPS LOCK on (something I doubt, because your messages are in mixed case)? If that doesn't solve it, you might want to try the options provided here. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 16:15, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Thank you I will try that link. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.155.33.244 (talk) 16:32, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Help with user and talk page

Hello I was wondering if you can help me to create my user page and my talk page. I don't know where to go to edit them and I don't understand some guidelines in the design center. ThanksDisneyfolly2 (talk) 21:22, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

At the top of the screen, above all the tabs, you should see a red link of your user name, followed by a probably red-linked "my talk" link. Click on these and start your editing. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 21:23, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Editor review archived

Since it has been well over 30 days since you requested to be reviewed, I've gone ahead and archived your request as part of my effort to cleanup Editor Review. You may view your review here. Thanks & happy editing. If you have any questions, please message me on my talk page. =D Netalarmtalk 23:54, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Adopt-a-user

Hey mc doob,I was wondering if you could help me with "Adopt a user" by explaining it to me.Because,I dont know when to like come on to the computer and talk to you about it.So anyway,could you please help me? Thanks! =D--Androllercoaster (talk) 16:02, 24 October 2009 (UTC) ==

When one user adopts another, the more experienced user (adopter) helps the novice user (adoptee) learn how to navigate around, how to edit more properly, how to research and add those citations to the articles, etc. It's not a permanent decision, and either party can end the "adoption" at any time for any reason. Sometimes the adopter will give the adoptee a couple of tasks (for example, finding a source for a statement or fixing a sentence based on the Manual of Style) to see how they handle them, then provide assistance if necessary. Sometimes the adoptee will ask the adopter to double-check some edits before they're made, or will ask the adopter to help them if something gets heated.

The goal is to help the adoptee become a better editor, which gives them the chance to be an even bigger part of the Wikipedia Project. Put simply, the adopter offers to be a teacher/mentor/guide for the adoptee. The interaction between the two is really no different than what we're doing now--leaving messages on talk pages. Hopefully this answers your questions. Let me know what you think ... if you'd like some help, I'd be glad to take you under my wing.

--McDoobAU93 (talk) 18:17, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Re: Vandalism assist

Hello! Thanks for your message, and you're welcome. I simply noticed a series of changes to your userpage while looking at the recent changes. It seemed suspicious, so I took a look and voila, caught a vandal. I know that we should assume good faith, but I have a feeling that fellow will be looking at a longer block in the future, but we'll see. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 14:23, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes, "vandalism-only" is what I was thinking as well, and I am surprised he did not get a longer block. But, yes, keep an eye on him, and keep me informed. Happy hunting. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 14:36, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

re: your message

Hi, I've left a reply to your message on my talk page -- Marek.69 ^talk 17:34, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Regarding the update to Standup roller coaster

Chang is indeed at Great America. It says so at the article for Chang. It says so at the article for Great America. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.57.12.126 (talk) 03:01, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

I looked at the two articles ... the cited source in the article for Chang (roller coaster) merely stated the attraction was being removed, which is indeed correct. In the article for Six Flags Great America, two sources are provided, but both are self-published blogs that do not meet the criteria for reliable sources. So I've revised the article to indicate that Chang is closed, which is true and verifiable. As to its future, when a reliable source is provided, it can be added. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 04:06, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

The Rescuers

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on The Rescuers. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Please stop the disruption, otherwise you may be blocked from editing. Owen× ☎ 19:09, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for taking this to the article's Talk page! I believe both you and Taran Wanderer take your editing work here seriously, and I'm sure this matter can be resolved by either discussing it with him or involving other editors familiar with the subject matter and the relevant policies. Feel free to solicit my help if things get out of hand. Owen× ☎ 20:41, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

The talk page is where it belongs, and for the life of me I thought I had already brought it up there, but obviously I hadn't. There's been a lot of speculative BD/DVD releases posted to the various Disney movies lately, so I'm hoping we can start resolving them all soon, starting with this one. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 20:49, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi, I reverted those bad edits on Beauty and the Beast (1991 film). Also, I think The Rescuers is also an excellent film and deserves a Diamound Edition. 70.146.212.249 (talk) 03:38, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately our opinions don't matter much with regard to what label Disney applies to a home-video release. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 03:43, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Just when I thought the little freak had gone away...

...he's back doing the same idiocy. At least one of his ranges has been blocked for six months (thank the Lord above) and I'm handing out six-month blocks to any other IPs and protecting the articles. This is beyond crazy at this point. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:57, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

What's disturbing me (and making me worthy of being slapped) is that I fell for the first part of Bambifan's M.O. ... but I think I got wise to it the second time. Check the section above regarding The Rescuers and you'll see where I started smelling a rat. Thanks for fixing it so fast. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 04:00, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

No, you deserve a Barnstar and not a slap, believe me. He's been quiet lately, but hoo boy, has he been back for more over the last day or two. Glad to have been of help. Slow night at work and I still don't have internet at my new place; I guess I was in the right place at the right time! Logging off...thanks for the tip and the help. Regards, --PMDrive1061 (talk) 04:04, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Rollback

I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe you can be trusted to use rollback correctly, and for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. JamieS93 18:36, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your vote of confidence. I'll do my best to live up to it. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 01:01, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

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== will they stop? ==

I know that I have not ben around latley, but I heard you and PMDrive talking about that guy who is messing up articles(before I made this message).Anyway,please let me know how I can help.Oh,and I havent made up my mind about adopt a user.Sorry.I will think more about it.--Androllercoaster (talk) 21:44, 17 December 2009 (UTC)'

Same guy...

Someone up in the high desert needs a nice, long timeout.  :) Sure enough, it was that same IP in Hesperia. I blocked it for three months, but if you see similar vandalism, please let me know. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:03, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

• Oh, it's a pleasure to block sneaky, subtle vandalism like this. There is nothing worse than a plausible-looking edit which is completely bogus. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:07, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

It's all about you, bro. I'm signing off.  :) Roll away! --PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:11, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Carowinds

If Carowinds has a new owner, then shouldn't the article say so?Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:59, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Okay. Quoting directly from the source, "Carowinds is coming under new ownership.

Cedar Fair LP, owner of the attraction along the Carolinas border at Charlotte, has agreed to be acquired by Apollo Global Management for about $635 million in cash."

If you feel that's not enough progress for it to be reported there, then we can wait.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:30, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

This source still shows the sale as "proposed." When it's a done deal, then it can be changed. Two recent examples of this are the sale of the SeaWorld parks to the Blackstone Group (announced in October, deal finished in November) and the sale of Marvel to Disney (sale announced in September or so, completed yesterday). --McDoobAU93 (talk) 22:20, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, my source obviously didn't say the deal was completed. I decided that the Apollo Management article needed changing as well, because it had Cedar listed as one of its companies. The Cedar Fair article needed the details I put in the Carowinds article anyway.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 22:23, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

My pleasure

I tell you, I have never seen anythng quite like this guy. Why his parents haven't recognized his odd behavior is beyond me, but I'm glad we have the upper hand. Thanks for the nice words.  :) --PMDrive1061 (talk) 18:30, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Running Man plot

Good work trimming it down...again. I actually reverted the plot one time to a previous version you made, but a lot of people just bloated the damn thing. --Eaglestorm (talk) 06:26, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Okay!

 This brings me back to the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit stuff.I wasent doing it on purpose,I just did not understand. Thank you!  I'll keep my eyes open.--Androllercoaster (talk) 00:59, 9 January 2010 (UTC)