User talk:Fat&Happy

OK. A talk page...Fat&Happy (talk) 16:20, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Caption punctuation

Hi Fat&Happy! I'm confused about the placement of the period here: why would that caption require punctuation while two longer captions nearby (also ending in dates) don't? Not that I mind either way, but I'm happy to receive tips on formatting! :) Best. Acalamari 07:56, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Hmmm. Good question.

WP:Caption, along with WP:LQ, is a somewhat PIA guideline that frequently requires close judgment calls as to whether or not a specific phrase constitutes a complete sentence. The specific caption changed seems – to me – to be a sentence, having a properly related subject and verb. (The image immediately before this one, OTOH, which has a caption reading "Obama speaking at Joint session of Congress with Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on February 24, 2009", does not meet that requirement; a simple change of "speaking" to either "speaks" or "spoke" would make it a sentence, but would probably also require rephrasing of the part about Biden and Pelosi to remain accurate.) But looking back through other images in the article in response to your question, I think that "Barack Obama takes the oath...", "President George W. Bush meets...", and "Obama stands on stage..." are all complete sentences requiring a full stop. Meaning the single change I made was primarily an adverse consequence of the "squeaking wheel" syndrome. Fat&Happy (talk) 19:16, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate the explanation. :) Just one more thing, what do you mean by the "squeaking wheel syndrome"? I'm not familiar with that term. Thank you. Acalamari 09:02, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

A reference to the old adage "It's the squeaking wheel that gets the oil", generally used to say that the things that are complained about most obviously are the ones most likely to be fixed; in this case a reference to the fact that several captions in the article are questionable, but only the one you changed drew attention by showing up on my watchlist. Fat&Happy (talk) 15:09, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Ah okay, I understand now. Thanks again! Acalamari 08:01, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi

How ya'll doin? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.57.126.219 (talk) 19:48, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Ya'll better save the pacing mare for Sunday now, ya hear, we got us an editin' war on our hands, know whadamean? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.57.126.219 (talk) 05:42, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Hey

FYI, I've commented about your elimination of the list of nominees who have released tax returns. Cheers.64.134.98.120 (talk) 00:52, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

My point about FOX doesn't violate WP:POINT.

No policies or guidelines were disregarded, misapplied or at all involved. But thank you for recognizing and affirming the point I was making. If using the word "allegation" like this is improper in describing Fox's stance, it must be equally improper in describing the other side's stance. InedibleHulk (talk) 17:20, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Creativemind15 - disruptive editing in 2008 and 2012 U.S. Presidential Election articles

I just discovered that Creativemind15 sneaked in the VP candidates into the presidential candidates sections of the 2008 and 2012 election articles. In the 2008 article, he did it within the past 24 hours, adding Biden and Palin, and their pics. And he added the words subtitles "Nominees" and "Withdrew" in both articles, even though those sections are just to list the presidential candidates. For example, see the Republican candidates sections in the 2012 article.[1] I just reverted what Creativemind did in the 2008 article and put in the edit comments that that section is for presidential candidates only; and that the VP nominees are only in the infobox. In the 2012 article, he started sneaking in the content at: 22:02, 14 August 2012‎ and apparently no one noticed. I can't revert it because the article is protected. He added Biden and Ryan, and their pics into the candidates section. I also notice he sneaks in changes of pics with comments like "I like this one better" or "This one is better", etc. Anyway, I fixed 2008, but I can't fix 2012 because it's protected. Here's the starting point in each article where he started added the VPs and their pics into the presidential candidates sections in the two articles: [2] (2008) and [3] (2012). Thanks. --76.189.126.159 (talk) 20:36, 5 September 2012 (UTC)