User talk:Orangemike

Racebending

I noticed you erased this for "being an advertisement for disgruntled fans". the fact is that that happens all the time and is an example of systematic racism. just because the word itself was coined by fans of an anime show doesn't make it any less relevant or true. and if you did your research, you would know that most of the people who joined the movement never even heard of the show until the controversy. it's significant because asian are getting together to stop this the blatent discrimination. you can have pages upon pages of memes, but this isn't acceptable? i call bull. --Silvercell2 (talk) 00:56, 16 January 2010 (UTC)silvercell2

You are tacitly admitting that this is a new term (actually, just an obvious word play) used by a small, new and non-notable movement. The article as deleted was inchoate, full of material relating to yellowface, blackface, and other terms which are already notable and have articles about them. Please read WP:RISING. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:11, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

"Please don't fall into the recentist delusion that because you have recently discovered this issue, there was no activism around this issue prior to your noticing it." and when did i say this? it had been going for more than a year.--Silvercell2 (talk) 06:15, 20 January 2010 (UTC)silvercell2

I don't want to add another section, but I'm a bit confused as to why there is no "racebending" article. yellowface and blackface seems to be of a more historical reference to making an actor play another racial actor in full, where "racebending" seems to be the replacement of ethnicity. The actor would not be playing a black person, rather the character would not be black in a movie where in a book or comic they were originally. This has happened in quite a few movies. Felinius (talk) 07:19, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

So far nobody has made a case that this is a widely-used term (as opposed to an obvious wordplay on "genderbending" that has spontaneously occurred to more than one writer). If we can start by finding some evidence in reliable sources that this is in fact a notable term or concept, then we can go on from there. So far, I've mostly seen this term used by angry Last Airbender fans indignant about the obvious Hollywood bigotry involved in the miscasting of these Asian characters. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:09, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Ezra Baya Lawiri

Greetings Mike, Just a thanks, a real big thanks for coming by and looking at this new article. I have done some work to it and I would appreciate further castigation when you have time. I intend to put a picture in when I can get one.

best

Richard Avery (talk) 08:51, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

When you have a moment...

Mike, you always have impeccable judgement in these matters, so when you have a mo, would you take a look at Terra Cotta Inn and the discussion on the talk page? Am I way off base here? Thanks. – ukexpat (talk) 20:21, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

King Alfred Plan

I apologize for not citing my changes.

However,

THE KING ALFRED PLAN IS REAL - I have seen it, and so has he:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2563393161128046837#

If you can sit through this lecture and tell me it's fictional, then you're stupid.

But, I'll give you more credit than that - so I challenge you to watch this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ktheconjurer (talk • contribs) 07:12, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

______________________

No, it's not fiction - watch the lecture. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ktheconjurer (talk • contribs) 00:18, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Septemberboy009/Ayush Goyal

Hi, Orangemike. Because you participated in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Septemberboy009/Blades (band), you may be interested in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Septemberboy009/Ayush Goyal. Cunard (talk) 23:39, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of Page almost Identical to another Page / Confusion

Orangemike, I noticed that a page I created was deleted by you and understand the reasons you provided for deleting the page. However, in creating my page, I used an identical format to an existing/established Wikipedia page (George Sexton) in hopes of avoiding any issues. Please provide me with an explanation of how my page for "The Lighting Practice" differs from the page for George Sexton. If the page I created was deleted for the reasons you provided, why is the George Sexton page considered valid? I appreciate your time. Thebrightguy (talk) 15:39, 1 February 2010 (UTC)Thebrightguy

Laurel

Thank you for the link to the article. You all have been very helpful. Actually I am a stupid person, I used to think giving a laural to students who won a sports competion was something the German school called Gymnasium made up. They sometimes said that this was like in old Greece, but I thought they were kidding us. Thanks to Wikipedia and you and the others, who commented on this I now know better.-- Greatgreenwhale (talk) 17:04, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Lubov Azria recreated

You pointed out on User talk:Acuffrose that they shouldn't be editing the article, deleted as G11 and now recreated. Dougweller (talk) 06:42, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, cracking up, this is a supposedly new editor recreating the exact same article. Hard to AGF since it is more or less identical. Dougweller (talk) 06:49, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Kathryn M. Drennan and J. Michael Straczynski are divorced

Mike, Kathryn M. Drennan and J. Michael Straczynski were divorced either late in 2007 or early 2008. I've updated JMS's article to reflect a 2008 divorce date. This is something that JMS acknowledge on RASTB5-mod, but is is not well publicized. I will look for Mr. Straczynski's post regarding this matter and provide it as a citation when I have an opportunity tonight. His post should be available via JMSnews. I noticed that you just updated Kathryn M. Drennan's article. You may also wish to update her article accordingly. --Dan Dassow (talk) 17:42, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Texas Comicon

I removed your speedy tag, as it does not clearly apply. It is "Unreferenced, yet not really obviously notable, but not spam; needs reliable citations." Give them 7 days to fix it. Bearian (talk) 22:36, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

I don't think that prodding it instead of speedy deletion is "pampering", LOL, but I get your drift. Bearian (talk) 18:37, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

SPI case (Acuffrose)

If you have a minute, would you consider the query here? Thanks. NJA (t/c) 19:55, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Problem with Block Shopping

I'm really having a very serious issue with User:antiuser. Despite my best efforts he is engaged in lobbying many multiple users against me, as a result of the speedy deletion of a UFO conspiracy article he was engaged in. He's working overtime to flood admin Talk pages with every conceivable complaint and I simply don't have the bandwidth to keep up and jump from page to page to page, 24/7, defending myself. I have no doubt that, if you shop around to enough admins eventually you can get anyone banned on wikipedia. I think my days here are likely numbered and I'm at a loss of what to do. I think an ANI complaint would simply make matters worse as it would lead to more lobbying and "block shopping" and I don't want to reply in kind by "block shopping" because I don't think it's contributive to a positive environment. Nothughthomas (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:54, 3 February 2010 (UTC).

Frank Zeidler talk page

The Frank Zeidler talk page was edited to having him as alive. He died in 2006 so I change it back. Hope there is no problems. The editing was probably a mistake. Thanks-RFD (talk) 14:06, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

User:Gsautter

Greetings. This user has copy and pasted from sites like this, which state at the bottom that "no known copyrights exist." Is that sufficient to satisfy WP:Copyright? The point is almost moot anyways, as the articles (such as Pheidole_picobarva) are way too technical for Wikipedia and need to be completely rewritten. PDCook (talk) 14:40, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

AfD / Die Antwoord

...be prepared to be bombarded by a barrage of fancruft. Want a preview? See User_talk:Seb_az86556#Die_Antwoord. I gave up on it just a few hours ago. FWIW, I'll vote "del" again, you do the talking :P Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 ^{> haneʼ} 03:42, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Wise Use

I'd like to question your recent edits that changed "Wise Use" to "wise use" throughout.

The phrase "wise use" isn't as well known to the public as, for example, "pro-life" or "pro-choice", which Wikipedia uses in lower case. This being the case, I think that it ought to be marked in some way to show that it has a specific meaning apart from the literal meaning of the words. Uppercasing it seems like a way to do that; and in Googling the phrase, I find both versions in common use.

If we must use lower case, then in situations where the phrase is used adjectivally ("WU group", "WU organization", etc.) we should hyphenate it: a "wise-use organization" is an organization that has to do with wise use, whereas a "wise use organization" could be a use organization that's wise. Similarly, a "strong-military advocate" is one who favors a strong military, though he may be a scrawny 98-pounder himself; and a "high-tariff supporter" is distinct from a supporter of tariffs who emerges from the Senate cloakroom red-eyed and giggling and makes a beeline for the salted peanuts...

--Ammodramus (talk) 23:51, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Pls see my post on BLPN

Thx. 00:12, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Ted Hopf

Ted Hopf is one of the leading scholars of constructivist international relations theory. You must have been unaware of this when you deleted the article on him.  Francium12  01:00, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of ProductCamp wikipedia page

I would like to question your proposed deletion of this page and ask that you define the criteria for "notable". With regard to the content of the page, if you have suggestions on how I can help to improve it, that would be great as well.

Thanks, Jelgie (talk) 14:41, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Playground (2009) Tone issue

Playground (2009 film) [[1]]

Hi I've amended the tone and hope it no longer reads like an advertising blurb. Any suggestions for further clean-up in order to get the blurb removed? thanks!

Ekso8 (talk) 19:06, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ekso8 (talk • contribs) 18:49, 8 February 2010 (UTC) 

Science fiction conventions

Could you take a look at the recent IP edits regarding "student conventions." Shsilver (talk) 19:50, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Removed prod from UEnd Foundation

Hi Mike, just letting you know that I removed the proposed deletion tag from this article because it was proposed for deletion in the past, and the prod tag was rejected then. I doubt the article would survive AfD, though, so feel free to bring it there. Thanks! -- Atama頭 23:40, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Gene DeWeese

Hello, Orangemike. You have new messages at Nutiketaiel's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Nutiketaiel (talk) 19:13, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

I left a note on the talk page, FYI. 204.153.84.10 (talk) 20:40, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Your deletion of American Casino Guide Listing

I saw that you deleted this listing and it was for good reason because I don't think it was up to par. However, I believe that there should still be a listing for this publication since it is referenced in 5 other listings. But how do I go about suggesting this become a listing? I didn't see a category for anything at all closely relating to casino gaming. Any Guidance would be greatly appreciated. Also, I'm not even sure if I could write the entry myself since I am one of the editors, it may be biased. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MattBourie (talk • contribs) 18:02, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Replying to note Matt's talk page. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:54, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Gore Effect

Hi again. the trasnlation has been done already, I shortened it sort of since some of the sources are not accepted in the en WP and as well the "texan sharpshooter" would be a reverse translation. BR --Polentario (talk) 20:30, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Ivy Page

Hi! This article was created using sound information, and formated according to other acceptable NH Poets. Please see Jennifer Militello. Any help improving this article would be appreciated! Ivylpage (talk) 20:40, 16 February 2010 (UTC)