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). Here's what the candidates photo gallery sections looked like in the 2012 article before Creativemind started changing them.[4] Thanks. --76.189.126.159 (talk) 20:36, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

I posted this edit request because I'm not sure if you can fix it or if it requires and edit request. :) --76.189.126.159 (talk) 22:25, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict) (Typed but not posted before above comment): I see you posted a comment on the article's talk page. A couple of editors seem to have been monitoring Creativemind's antics, and one will probably now correct this one. I've been trying – with limited success – to avoid the 2012 election articles since they turned into major partisan battlegrounds of wikilawyering, so at this point, especially with the conventions having intervened, I'm not sure what would be considered the correct format to restore. I'll pass for a couple of days, and if nobody else steps in by then, I may give it a try. Fat&Happy (talk) 22:31, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi F&H. :) The format has been clearly established for many years, as proven by all the articles for the previous elections. The galleries are only supposed to list the candidates who ran for president. As my edit request suggest, see the articles for 2008, 2004, 2000, 1996, and 1992, etc., for verification of the format. I believe what happened was that no one noticed Creativemind did this; it simply got overlooked. So I'm sure that other editors will appreicate it being reverted back to the way it's been for decades of presidential election articles. Thanks for your reply! --76.189.126.159 (talk) 22:44, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Update: Jack Bornholm just fixed it. :) I still can't believe that no editors noticed that Creativemind did that, and that's it's remained there since August 14. Haha. --76.189.126.159 (talk) 22:51, 5 September 2012 (UTC)