User talk:WikiDon

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Im the Libby vandal

and yes I will continue to update and change the libby section in Wikipedia....

Your heavy reference to Grace and the Asbestos issue and its connection to Libby seem mean spirited.

An effort on my part to make a reference to a issue and yours to make the issues the focus of the town of Libby is counter to the sprit of Wikipedia....

I will continue to "vandalize" the section until real discussion about the town of Libby is addressed - not the actions of a american company. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 17.221.13.236 (talk) 18:13, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Just in case you don't read my talk page--I know, why would you--so boring, so infrequently updated, I thought I'd move the comment left by the above unregistered user made at my talk page to your's since he's addressing you. Enjoy!

Hey WikiDin - We all agree that the article needs to be re-done.... For some reason it seems to slant to what has happened vs what the town of Libby is about. I found several articles about W.C. Grace and Asbestos. I will continue to make update and changes to the article until in the spirit of Wikipedia is fair and balanced. Oh just in case - yes the IP is Apple..Its my day job. Both my mom and dad have passed away, and like you, I would not own stock in a bankrupted co. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 17.221.13.236 (talk) 22:19, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Ltvine | Talk 00:37, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Ouray

I replied to your question on the talk page for Ouray, if you are still interested.

Cheers - Dictouray (talk) 19:53, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Rockford Files

Hi! I'm not sure exactly how to send messages in Wikipedia, but I see you sent me one about the Rockford Files info on the "Gabby & Gandy" pilot. I actually work for a TV station (WWME, Chicago) that airs the Rockford Files, and so a quick call to my buddy at Universal confirmed the info.

I also don't know how to add citations, so if you could put the info in and add a footnote as needed, that would be great! : ) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kbtv123 (talk • contribs) 20:26, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Feedback

Cool page, and go Suns. By the way, you might want to see Wikipedia:WikiProject Phoenix Suns. Have a nice day, Basketball110 _{what famous people say} 01:22, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Storm King Mountain (Colorado)

Thanks for creating it. I had put a redlink for it on Storm King Mountain ages ago and was hoping someone would create the article. I'll actually be driving by Storm King in Colorado this summer and am hoping to stop at the memorial trail for the firefighters who died. If so, I'll snap some pics for the article. --JohnPomeranz (talk) 15:52, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Elevation

1. Unlike inland cities and towns like those in Colorado or New Mexico, elevations of downtowns or city halls do not have much relevance for coastal cities. An elevation range might be more relevant.

2. Per MOS, units used in Taiwan should be in meters, not feet translated to meters.

3. In well-organized articles, inserting "Elevation: xxx" as a stand-alone paragraph seems very much inappropriate context. (In a stub, it probably wouldn't look weird.) If one elevation value is to be added, it would be more appropriate in the infobox or places other than the main text (like the latitude/longitude coordinates).

HkCaGu (talk) 08:24, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Copper Mining

Thanks for your corrections to Copper mining in the United States. I am sometimes a little sloppy when it comes to proper reference format. I guess that I've used so many formats that it's difficult to be consistent. Anyway, I made your correction to update the principal copper-producing states. Your list of top US copper mines looks great, and I think that it deserves a separate article. The article might also include other lists, such as: 1) other US copper-producing mines, 2) former or inactive US copper mines, and 3) major US copper development projects. Thanks. Plazak (talk) 21:23, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

By the way, I follow the USGS convention, which does not capitalize "mine." Thus it is the Bingham Canyon mine (not Mine), and so on. Plazak (talk) 00:58, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Lists of copper mines

You are right about references: unless the mine has a wiki link, the info should be independently referenced. Plazak (talk) 13:13, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Vandalism

I really dont know what you mean but ummmm...ok, have a great day :)

... ThomasSalazar _Chat?! 1:01 MT, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Not in this case the Residences at Packard Place are in Development they have all right to put that building and the chant tower on the list even tho the chant tower hasnt begun construction yet.. but we must have these two buildings on the list for lots of reasons and the buildings will each have only 30 stories. Construction of the Residences at Packard Place have already begun. So its really not Vandalism..well in this case anyways.

... ThomasSalazar _Chat?! 1:09 MT, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

But ya however changed it from 30 to 40... didnt really have there facts straight and was probably just messing around i see what u mean now, sorry about that but we should warn them..

... ThomasSalazar _Chat?! 1:11 MT, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Citations for Kayne Gillaspie Article

Hello:

Thank you for the guidelines for citations. I have added citations to the Kayne Gillaspie article per your request. With this being my first introduction to writing for Wikipedia, I appreciate the feedback. As a journalist, I know the importance of citation. I just thought external links would be fine enough. Thank you for the correction.

Oklajournalist (talk) 05:43, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Floating Production Storage and Offloading

You managed a false positive on this edit - it looked suss to me too but a quick Google confirmed it was legit. Wongm (talk) 04:59, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Audrey Hepburn

Hello WikiDon. I agree that it would be nice if the page could be semiprotected. As you say Audrey does not deserve it. I also have the page for the Red Panda on my watchlist and this shy creature gets even more vandalism than Ms Hepburn. Go figure. I will warn you that, in my experience, unless a page is being vandalized almost continuously from a number of IP's that most admins won't protect it. But it is still worth a try. If they chose not to protect it then we will keep up the good fight against those *#%!@**! vandals. Cheers and happy editing. MarnetteD | Talk 10:53, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Congrats. I noticed that PhilKnight protected the page, though it does not say for how long. I had not read your user page this morning so I did not realize that we are almost neighbors. I often take U.S. Route 285 to visit northern New Mexico as it is such a gorgeous drive. Keep up the good work and congrats again. MarnetteD | Talk 16:09, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

I thought about the Nike joke too. I mean what is the head of that corporation doing taking the time to become an admin on Wikipedia? It looks like he gave it indefinite protection which is nice. Another admin might take it off one day so we will still want to keep an eye on it but it will be great that she will be left alone for the time being. I live in Denver so my 285 trip takes me through the mountains to South Park, then along the Arkansas river past Salida, then over Poncha Pass, through the beautiful San Luis valley, then past Mt Antonio and on south to Santa Fe. Sometimes I will take the trip east thru Taos and sometimes west from Antonito to Chama and then south thru Abiquiu. Beautiful drives all. It might have been the research that you did to show how much vandalism had taken place over the months that tipped the balance to getting the page protected so thanks for taking the time to do that. :-) MarnetteD | Talk 19:48, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

User talk:216.54.92.149

I see you warned this IP. Are you sure this is bad-faith vandalism? This IP has made good edits to submarine topics before and I'm not sure this is vandalism.

If you're not sure, I encourage you to rescind the warning and apologize.

Thanks, --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:57, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Ron Santo

It might be a bit of puffery, by someone who obviously listens to Santo a lot, since most of what it says is true. I agree it needs citation. But what I saw was an IP address deleting something with no explanation. I took it to be vandalism. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 23:05, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes!

Oh ya man there are Five Lowe's Hardware Stores in Northern New Mexico.. So what is the problem mister? I actually know i'm a surveyor in Northern New Mexico. Thomasalazar (talk) 03:38, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that is correct..as a matter of fact, when i worked at the Lowe's in Espanola for a couple months there was a large board in the staff room that showed how many lowe's employees there were in the state the board showed 6,000+ workers if i remember. It was odd when i didnt see lowe's on the list so i added it because i knew there were a large job contributor to the state. As well added there have been 2 new lowe's stores added in northern new mexico i have noticed. Thomasalazar (talk) 03:48, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Well Not right now, if you live in new mexico you should probably know that, and getting a job at lowe's too :) Thomasalazar (talk) 03:58, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Wow lose what? chill dood...i have lots to do right now working on 2 articles that will have to wait. Thomasalazar (talk) 04:02, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

And by the way its Thomas Salazár.. have a good one :) ... ThomasSalazar _Chat?! 10:06 NM (MT), 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Well actually i dont know why i did that..haha but ya its a funny last name haha well were i come from the name Martinez, Vigil and Salazar are very popular there is a very high number of hispanics. ThomasSalazar _Chat?! 10:15 NM (MT), 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Political Science 101

I didnt get that i mean i know how that works but what do you mean? ThomasSalazar _Chat?! 11:16 NM (MT), 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Well i know, what i was trying to do was put the names of the congressmen on the list or "congressional delegation" and my attempts failed becuse it wa sthe wrong name for the template, i later foundout that there is no insert name for the "congressional delegation" haha idk if that sounded confusing but ya it was an experiment you stalker hahah jk :P ThomasSalazar _Chat?! 11:26 NM (MT), 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Believe me i know all there is to know about political science mister.. all my family is "muy politico" as they like to say ..and i have been taking it for two years now haha. ThomasSalazar _Chat?! 11:29 NM (MT), 27 May 2008 (UTC)

To My New Professor!

You got it mister! but wait a hot sec!, There was an Article for Don Wiviott it was deleted well the problemo with Mr. Wiviott is he has No Experience man so it will be a problem you will sorta have to help me becuase i'm always to busy haha homework and yada..yada but ya man deff! ThomasSalazar _Chat?! 11:39 NM (MT), 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Ya yup true onn that man, well i have this:

Don Wiviott is a Green-Builder contractor for the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico he is also Democratic candidate in the 2008 congressional election for the 3rd Congressional District of New Mexico. He is seeking the Democratic nomination for the seat being vacated by current Congressman Tom Udall. Udall is vacating the post to run for the senate seat being vacated by retiring Senator Pete Dominici. The primary will take place on June 3, 2008.

will it work thats all we have .. cuz his only job is a green builder and he also likes to sue hahah (seriously). ThomasSalazar _Chat?! 11:53 NM (MT), 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I have decided to step aside as working or creating a so called article for you, Especially People that threaten me .. ThomasSalazar _Chat?! 12:06 NM (MT), 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Ummm.

Yea but i dont get your edit you made? how could you not know that june 3rd was election day do you need a source for that? and we were working pretty well and you tell me someone is gunna block me..sorry pal i dont work like that -peace! ThomasSalazar _Chat?! 6:41 NM (MT), 28 May 2008 (UTC)

My apologies

I must have misread something. The sentence seemed to refer to Dollar being in True Grit not The Shootist. Please reinsert it and let me offer my apologies for not taking more care with what I was doing. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 22:30, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Again apologies if my note above was too curt. I was in the middle of trying to fix, as fast as possible, a whole bunch of booboos that I have made in adding infoboxes to British actors today. The stuff about Dollar is very interesting and should be part of The Shootist page. If you could flesh it out so that others don't make the erroneous assumption that I did I think that would be great. Thanks for taking the time to fill me in on this info. :) MarnetteD | Talk 22:46, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the kudos Wikidon - I may finally be getting the hang of Wiki ref. I'd love to see the poem sometime.

Right now I'm struggling with editing out the last secion on Washita - cutting it down, actually. Seems as if removing 2 or 3 refs voids the whole last two sections on notes and refs. i need to figure this out. Thanks again!

Sensei48 (talk) 07:16, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

"If you don't close a REF properly," - Aha! Aha! so that's what I was doing! Custer is in retreat....I will get to slicing and dicing Tom Cruise and Jane Seymour tomorrow. Many thanks! Sensei48 (talk) 07:23, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I love your poem! - Reminds me a bit of Auden's "Shield of Achilles," a truly great antiwar poem. I always thought, though, that most of those guys in blue were really a bunch of (largely Irish immigrant) poor dumb bastards who got themselves killed (and as I point out, not nearly enough of them at Washita to call it a "battle") by the real villains, the bastards who had bars and stars on their unis and not chevrons.Sensei48 (talk) 07:41, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: References > Citing sources

When you make additions, like you did to Harry S. Truman, please cite a source. See: Wikipedia:Citing sources. Thanks. ~ WikiDon (talk) 18:43, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

I did not make additions, I just merely put two pieces of information that were already there into one (somewhat) easier to read sentence. (Or at least, this was my intention.) Your beef is actually with the people who put those original pieces of information into the article in the first place. --Champaign (talk) 18:52, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I have attempted to research who was/were responsible for putting the information on Anderson Truman's middle name and how it's spelled in the article on Harry S. Truman, but there are just too many entries to go through (I tried to sift through something like 2000 edit entries that chronologically preceded my own without noticing a single reference to the section on Truman's middle initial; it was just too overwhelming) without the ability to only see an article's history applicable to a section without seeing the history of the entire article. So, I gave up. But it appears that you fixed the problem in the article anyway. I have just sent the Wikipedia staff an email about the possible necessity of adding the ability to see a section's history. I'll let you know if I hear anything back. Thanks. --Champaign (talk) 19:48, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: deleted "Talk:Dalles Dam" (orphaned talk page redirect)

Talk:Dalles Dam was a talk page redirect of a subject-space page redirect. It had no incoming links and only one revision. Cheers. --MZMcBride (talk) 00:13, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

RE: Too Young to Die?

I went back to look at my edit and I have no idea what I was attempting to change. I don't think I intended to alter her name, and I certainly wasn't out to vandalize the page, but thanks for the accusation.

P.S. You may need to update the page again, as I think her confinement status has recently changed. EnjoysButter (talk) 03:31, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

I didn't understand the reference to Kramer. I'll probably say "Duh" if/when you explain.

EnjoysButter (talk) 06:33, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Samuel Goldwyn Studio

See the talk:Samuel Goldwyn Studio page under the heading "The Lot." Steelbeard1 (talk) 20:58, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Re:Tag Removal & User:Thomasalazar

I'm sorry I didn't mention it, but I was on holiday and pretty much only doing basic things on Wikipedia when I had some free moments. I did see your comment and I looked at the Wikiquette alert that you posted, but I intended to get more involved once I finished my Wikibreak. Anyway, I'm back now, so if there's anything you need me to do I will see to it. ... discospinster _talk 21:25, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

I had actually logged a Wikiquette alert against this user in April but the page gets archived so frequently that it disappeared. You can find it here: Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts/archive44#User:Thomasalazar. In it I mention another user that I suspect of being a sock puppet (User:EVHS (NNYDL), who stopped editing after I brought it up).

The entry underneath it is from User:Diamond Joe Quimby making complaints against me. It is interesting to note that I had never come in contact with him/her prior to the Wikiquette alert being logged, leading me to believe that Diamond Joe Quimby is also a sockpuppet.

Also, another user raised a Wikiquette concern about Diamond Joe Quimby just the day before mine here.

I can copy this info into your case file if you'd like, or you can just use it any way you like. ... discospinster _talk 23:11, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

I have taken the above information plus the evidence you amassed so far in your casefile and put it all in WP:SSP format here. We can sign the report and submit it. I think there is enough for an initial submission, since the report can always be added to afterwards. (Note that I did not mention some of the users that you suspect are sockpuppets, since we don't have evidence of it at the moment. Besides which, other editors who see the report will sometimes find further evidence themselves.) What do you think? ... discospinster _talk 00:02, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

I guess it's ready, we just need to sign it by putting four tildes under the part that says "Report submission by". I've signed it, and it just needs your signature. ... discospinster _talk 15:38, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Diamond Joe Quimby ... discospinster _talk 21:32, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Knock Nevis

The Knock Nevis is no longer in service, but you know what? People would still call it a ship. Ask people about the Queen Mary -- technically its classified as a building now. They're going to be calling it ship. Period. --Ragemanchoo (talk) 05:12, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

EC

I'm sorry I didn't see you there. I'll check my mirrors next time. --Samuel Pepys (talk) 23:28, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Please Don't

Dear WikiDon,

I realize that I am new to this whole Wiki thing but I do have the desire to share information. However as gentle as your comments may have seemed perhaps it would have been better to just fix the mistake you saw. True it does not teach me better grammar or typing finesse but your comment only served to dissuade me to use wikipedia. I however am made of tougher stuff than that and will continue to use wikipedia.

Thank you though for you alertness and I apologize for the mistakes that I did make I'll keep them in mind in the future.

You know I realize editing grammar and style on wikipedia must be hard. Everyone probably things you are jerk when you make comments but I do think that the community needs people who watches that the style is maintained. So thank you for your help even if it stung at first. Please keep up the Work.

Thank You

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