User talk:Matthead

Archives

User talk:Matthead/Archive2006
User talk:Matthead/Archive2007
User talk:Matthead/Archive2008
User talk:Matthead/Archive2009

This page has archives. Sections older than 5 days may be automatically archived by .

Did you know & Signpost

Ocean Parkway

... that horse and sleigh racing once took place on Ocean Parkway (pictured)?
... that islands are home to almost 50 percent of land species at risk of extinction?
... that Ken Goldin has sold more than US$1.3 billion in collectibles?
... that one of the items on display at the Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts was George Washington's shaving brush?
... that before Fred Thomas became an MP, he was the Royal Marines' light heavyweight boxing champion?
... that Fumika Baba had to learn how to draw for her role in the live-action drama adaptation of Hey Sensei, Don't You Know?
... that before becoming a commissioner of Indian affairs, William P. Dole was only known to have encountered Native Americans once in his life?
... that the pulse stops during the soliloquy of In C Mali?
... that Bolivian intelligence officer Roberto Quintanilla was responsible for cutting off Che Guevara's hands?

Rjanag Conduct RfC

A Request for Comments has been opened concerning the conduct of Rjanag. This follows the suggestion of a number of arbitrators at the Rjanag RfA. I am contacting you because you are mentioned in this RfC, and discussed Rjanag's conduct at the prior RfA.

The RfC can be found here.

Editors (including those who certify the RfC) can offer comments by:

(a) posting their own view; and/or

(b) endorsing one or more views of others.

You may certify or endorse the original RfC statement. You may also endorse as many views as you wish, including Rjanag's response. Anyone can endorse any views, regardless of whether they are outside parties or inside parties.

Information on the RfC process can be found at:

Thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 09:40, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Nicolaus Copernicus Monument in Toruń

On November 9, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nicolaus Copernicus Monument in Toruń, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page _{(here's how)} and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

— Jake Wartenberg 05:14, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Discussions/edit summaries

Matthead, there's been some incivility on your part in some of your recent comments and edit summaries: e.g., [1], [2], [3]. Please try to be kind to other users. Thanks. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 03:44, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delta wing

Back in July of this year you wrote in the talk page of the above article that claims re the idea of delta wings having been first proposed in the 18th century by a Polish engineer(?) are incorrect. If this is correct, why not remove the incorrect information there in the interests of WP accuracy? Thanks. --TraceyR (talk) 13:44, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I pointed out the issue to others on talk, rather than engage in edit-warring, especially since I was followed around by Polish editors. See Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Eastern European mailing list and many other similar cases. Another example: a citizen of 19th century Lemberg in the Austrian Empire (today Lviv in Ukraine) used kerosene in an oil lamp, and the categories "Polish invention" and "Science and technology in Poland" were added to the article on these kind of lamps. -- Matthead Discuß 21:51, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for 30. Unterseebootsflottille

On November 19, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 30. Unterseebootsflottille, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page _{(here's how)} and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:49, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

German sources

Perhaps you can help w/the discussion here?--68.173.96.196 (talk) 17:05, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]