User talk:Bjones/Archive 1

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Leave the Fundamentalist Atheist article please

I will do some work on it, there are many intolerant atheists and it is about time the world realised just what people like Madalyn Murray O'Hair, proverbial gods of Atheism, are really like.

Characters of Lost re-format

Hi. I applaud your bold initiative on the Characters of Lost article, and am in favor of splitting the article by individual characters. However, before engaging such a drastic reformat as you've started, it would be appropriate to review the extensive discussions of the past number of months at Talk:Characters of Lost and the particular thoughts by many of the editors at Talk:Characters_of_Lost_(New_Format). For example, "Kate Ryan" is the name currently used for Evangeline Lily's character, as per broadcaster ABC Television (see the extensive bios section on the "official" site at: http://www.oceanicflight815.com/)

Thanks and good luck! LeFlyman 08:17, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the prompt reply. Again, I think the Kate Ryan issue has been heavily discussed in Talk:Characters of Lost. It would be original research to use a character name that is contrary to what the series producers/creators themselves use. The name on ABC's sites, IMDB and in media packets is "Kate Ryan" -- Kate Austin was her childhood name. While she does go by a number of aliases, it may very well be that "Ryan" was the surname of her ex-husband, however that has yet to be revealed. To avoid confusion between the character name and the real-world singer, I'd suggest that character entries be in a different title format, something like: Kate Ryan (Lost). This should be taken to the talk page for the article, of course. LeFlyman 19:35, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Thank you

I'd like to take a few seconds and thank you for voting Support on my RfA. Thanks; I shall not forget. --Maru (talk) 00:38, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Well, you seemed to be a good candidate. I'm sure you'll make a fine admin, too.Bjones 13:57, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Keyboardist-stub

I have analyzed the situation and found nothing wrong with the template or with the category, so I would suggest that you brought this up at the Village Pump, since a problem might have happened at the category's formation, for example. Regards, --Sn0wflake 19:45, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Surnames

Hello,

I just got myself started in Wikipedia stuff; I was searching for other Quakers and found the "Quaker Wikipedians" category. Noticing it wasn't listed under "Wikipedians by Religion," I made it so. :)

Your user page says you do such things as reorder names by Surname; commendable thankless task. :) Maybe you might have some idea why, on "Category:Quaker_Wikipedians", my name shows up under "U" for User:DAllen? Yours doesn't, but User:AJR does. I suppose I could go ask somebody in "Help".

Anyway, I'm mostly just saying Hi.

DAllen\^talk 05:55, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Heh, I love it when I answer my own questions. I figured out how to fix what order to sort, via a trailing "|DAllen" in the category link. DAllen\^talk 06:18, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply; honestly, if you replied earlier I wouldn't have seen it until now anyway :) ...It seems odd that we can't get updates-via-email or even RSS, requiring us to check the site itself. Talk to you later, DAllen\^talk 14:55, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedians born in 1962

Hi, I read your question about the missing Boomers ... ;-) Regards Roland2 15:42, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

You are right ;- and BTW: INTP is ok :-) Roland2 10:01, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Boston cream pie

The points that you were concerned about in Boston cream pie appear to have been due to vandalism on the article by anonymous user 65.117.52.169. I have attempted to undo those updates and so I also removed the accuracy tag on the article. --Big_Iron 20:34, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Willie Whistle

You're right about the potential value of the article, of course, but it's important to note that the article I deleted was at "Willie whistle", not "Willie Whistle", where an article on this person should be created, if anywhere. Deb 18:31, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Sun's full name

Sun's page is currently located at Sun-Soo Kwon. As a Korean, the name looked wrong, so I did some research and couldn't find any official sources to back up the name, and instead found an IMDB entry where her name was listed as Sun-Hwa Kwon. I've seen other sources where the character is listed as Sun Paik. So her full given name is definitely Sun-Hwa, Sun-Soo being probably a mistake due to analogy with Jin's full given name being Jin-Soo (which is like expanding "Ken" to "Kenjamin" by analogy with "Ben" and "Benjamin"). The issue though is which surname to use for the article. In Korea, women do not take their husbands' surnames, so unless Sun has legally changed her name, her correct legal surname is still Paik. But perhaps Kwon is acceptable as an anglicized version of the name to help viewers who might be confused that the couple have different surnames. If you have an opinion on whether the page should be moved to Sun-Hwa Kwon or Sun-Hwa Paik, then please leave a message on the Talk:Sun-Soo Kwon. Thanks. --219.254.220.163 06:16, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Deletion

I got your message, but I left shortly after I deleted that. And it's already deleted again, so I guess we're good. :) Accidental re-creations usually do not last long, the people on new page patrol pick them up rather quickly anyway. --Phroziac^(talk) 20:45, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Gage Blackwood Categorized

As per your request, I have categorized the Gage Blackwood article. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.--ElephantForgets 15:59, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Eugenio Lopez III

I reclassified this from nonsense to empty as the content was the title of the article. Please use correct speedy tags, found here. --WAvegetarian 05:38, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Category:Bosnian singers

You created this category four days ago, but there has been nothing added to the category. Is there any reason why this should not be speedy deleted? --Nlu 04:07, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Baal (play)

Good save. - brenneman^(t)(c) 03:09, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

• Thank you. It's rare enough that CSD articles are salvageable.Bjones 03:13, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

SS Maritime Victory

you added a comment that the article on the SS Martime Victory was a stub about a civilian ship. The Martime Victory was a USAT Victory ship owned by the Army, now in the Ready Reserve Fleet (though it may be sold for scrap).

Curious, are you....

hey, I was wondering, are you User:Gin or, User:Bjones You seem to be using both... --VileRage ^{(Reply|C|Spam Me!*)} 08:23, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

I'm User:Bjones. I don't know who User:Gin is/was. When I looked up contributions I saw one back in '03.Bjones 15:31, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Yea, I got it figured out, it's one of the WP:SOCK's from Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Shtickless. They'd started an AfD on Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Shtick (which I've seen to the deletion of), which they kept changing the sig on, but they initially signed it as you. Sorry to bother you about it ;] --VileRage ^{(Reply|C|Spam Me!*)} 20:13, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Not a prob, I'm sure it will get sorted out.Bjones 20:22, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

editing a biography

Thanks for editing the biography I just put up; I had found the reference to my asteroid at "5100 Pasachoff," so I provided background information. I'd be glad to have your regularize any other styles, and add a reference to http://www.williams.edu/astronomy/jpasachoff as well as my web pages at www.eclipses.info www.transitofvenus.info www.solarcorona.com

  Jay Pasachoff

Im sorry you dont like it.

The page probably wont last long anyways because its such a long title, but I thought it would be fun for a short time.Livin' for WRESTLING! 20:41, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Toukie Smith

WOW! How did you find my new Wikipedia article so quickly?? You edited my article moments after I created it - I am impressed! Danflave 19:44, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

I ran into this on your user page

" Also do a lot of minor efforts involving categories, where I make sure people are alphabetized by surname rather than given name. Sick, I know."

Did you know that in Iceland phone books are alphabetized by first name? Be careful lest you be labeled an Americocentrist. Or a Britocentrist. Or worse. Carptrash 07:02, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Duly noted. But most other European countries alphabetize by last name/family name. The same is true—I believe—of India and Arabic countries. Where I'm not sure, I leave it alone.Bjones 13:56, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Stub

Re: Land Systems Hägglunds, that was quick! Mark83 19:49, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Interest (finance)

Hi there

Why the deletion of the content from interest to interest (finance)? You also redirected the interest finance to the old interest page?

Best Regards Meinertsen

Interest (finance)

I see your point, but I was on my way to write more about interest on the interest page, but you redirected the interest (finance) without replacing the content? I have added more to the interest page, but please let me know if you want it the old way.

Meinertsen

Baby Peggy

My goodness! How did you know that of all the movie titles Wikipedia has an enty on Ah, Wilderness!? I'm impressed! -- Arwel (talk) 03:54, 23 January 2006 (UTC)