Dispute resolution clause: By posting on my user talk page, you agree to resolve all disputes that may arise from your interactions with me through the dispute resolution processes offered within the Wikipedia Community. BD2412
Note: If you are visiting to express concerns because I have edited your user page to fix a disambiguation link, please bear in mind:
I assume that you have the link there because you wish to point readers to the proper term (e.g "I speak Greek" or "I am Greek").
It makes it much easier for those of us who are cleaning up disambiguation links from articles if there are fewer user pages cluttering up the "What links here" page.
Thanks - I'm knee deep there now! bd2412T 16:58, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
Disambiguation lists
Hi BD! Thanks for the heads up about the "November" list. I was workingJason's disamb links (no specified month).
Just so I'm clear (something that doesn't always come as quickly as I'd like ;) ), when you said work the "existing list" on my talk page did you mean the November list, or this larger list? Either's fine with me.--CaroleHenson (talk) 02:16, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Well, of course, every link fixed is a good thing whether it's on the November list or not. However, we have a sort of monthly contest to see who can fix the most links from that original list, and it usually has a lot of regular offenders in terms of large numbers of links. bd2412T 02:18, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
I have removed the prod tag you placed on Walkthrough because per policy an article that has been discussed at AfD is permanently ineligible for prod. Additionally, I highly doubt that deletion of an article that was so recently discussed at AfD is going to be uncontroversial. I have no prejudice against opening another AfD, and will most likely not !vote in such an AfD should you or anyone else choose to open one. —KuyaBriBriTalk 14:41, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
I think the AfD closure in this case is exceptional. Although there were three !votes favoring disambiguation out of seven participants, no discussion was made about whether the term is actually ambiguous in accordance with WP:DABCONCEPT, nor whether a primary topic exists, nor of the criteria governing disambiguation pages. Since the page should properly be reduced to the two terms which are actually ambiguous and contain "Walkthrough" in the title, I will propose at the WikiProject Disambiguation to deal with this as a WP:TWODABS situation. bd2412T 15:39, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
Human name dabs
Hello, my friend. Remember a couple of months ago when you asked me about a bot to add dates of births and/or deaths to the entries on hndis pages? Well, it turns out that it's not a good task for an autonomous bot because of the many quirks in how pages are formatted, but it is susceptible to script-assisted editing. So I've set up User:R'n'B/birthdeath for testing of a script for this purpose, which you are welcome to try out. (At least at first, I strongly recommend checking the box to "skip pages without suggested changes" at startup.) Let me know what you think! --R'n'B (call me Russ) 17:01, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
To be honest, I'm not sure what exactly this is supposed to be doing. bd2412T 14:11, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
It loads up each human name disambiguation page and looks at all the links on it, to see if any of them contain birth and/or death year categories. If so, it then looks to see if any of those birth/death years are missing from the disambiguation page, and tries to insert them in a reasonable place. (This step is the part that is far from perfect and requires close review.) It then displays the suggested changes in the diff panel, and allows you to edit manually in the edit box below. A few added features: (1) if you edit, you can update the diff immediately by clicking on "Show changes"; (2) you can also click on any of the blue-underlined links in the diff display to open the linked article in a new tab, to double-check the dab page's description.
Is it not working for you, or is it just not clear what to do? --R'n'B (call me Russ) 15:04, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
What do you mean by "it loads up each human name disambiguation page"? Loads it in my browser window? In dabsolver? I gather there's a list somewhere from which pages are loaded, but I don't know what I am supposed to be loading. bd2412T 17:05, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
The pages are retrieved from Category:Human name disambiguation pages. But you don't need to worry about that. All you need to do is click the "Go" button and the pages will be loaded automatically. (Are you sure you refreshed your browser cache?) --R'n'B (call me Russ) 18:20, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Still confused - where do I find this "Go" button? I have refreshed my browser cache several times to no effect. Could my existing javascript be interfering? bd2412T 17:15, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Did you load the page User:R'n'B/birthdeath? The script should start immediately when you navigate to that page. I've tested it on IE8, Firefox, and Chrome.
Oh, I would suggest you remove the <pre> tags from your monobook.js page! --R'n'B (call me Russ) 18:53, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
The computer I am working on is a bit wonky - I'll try again this evening from a different one. bd2412T 18:55, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Although I did get it to run in IE8, it is not reliable in that browser; there are some name conflicts that I'm having trouble resolving. If you have Firefox or Chrome, try using that. Sorry for any inconvenience. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 19:01, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
No apologies, I'll figure it out when I get to a computer with Firefox. Cheers! bd2412T 19:03, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello. I got my authorization to use AWB long back, but somehow I never seemed to get a hang on the tool. I would be pleased if you could fix the typos and other flaws using the tool in the Dasavathaaram article, which is not in a very ordered state. Hope to hear from you. Thanks! Secret of successTalk to me 05:28, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
I am extremely busy just now, but I will have a look tomorrow afternoon. Cheers! bd2412T 14:10, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
The Editor's Barnstar
U r an awesome editor and writer :) Keep up the good work!! Sorceress150 (talk) 15:35, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for supportive modification to chavalochabacano's Day of the Dead contribution. Students are learning and it is useful when their work is corrected rather than deleted. We're appreciative. KSRolph (talk) 18:55, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
WP Disambiguation in the Signpost
The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Disambiguation for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 23:20, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Awesome. :) I'll contact Mabeenot to see if I can participate. Thanks for letting me know :) --User:WoohookittyDisamming fool! 01:54, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Great! Thanks for letting me know. bd2412T 01:56, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Disambiguation
Hi,
A couple of things....
Thanks for catching that "billion" wasn't done. I'm totally confused because I thought it was done, and someone had gotten to some of the items earlier, but there's LOTS of pages. Anyway, thanks.
Do you mind looking at the Nystragmus merge. I saw that there was a fix on double-redirects for the articles, and my edits to templates resolved a lot of the redirects, but is it ok to have redirects from articles?
Thanks again!--CaroleHenson (talk) 06:54, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Links through redirects are fine. Cheers! bd2412T 18:55, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
hiii,,,
Tollywood (talk) has been continuously vandalising the article Teja (film director) inspite of many warnings, can u please take care of him....
Sorry, I know almost nothing about dulcimers. That's why I created the link in the first place.Merry Christmas!andycjp (talk) 05:06, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
I see your point. However, it is not hard to figure out which meanings of mint, icing, and spring are intended, for example. bd2412T 05:07, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Which mint do you use in cooking?andycjp (talk) 05:15, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Since Lamiaceae covers all the variations used in cooking, I would just go with that, absent something more specific indicated by the article. bd2412T 05:18, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
I would prefer to leave it as it stands, and let the user decide.andycjp (talk) 05:22, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Actually, the article in this case isn't referring to a species of mint, but to the flavor (which can be achieved without using any particular mint plant), so I would go with Spearmint (flavour). As for letting the user decide, there are many other meanings on the disambig page which have nothing to do with mint as a flavor, and eventually someone will need to come along and fix these links. Even if mint has multiple possibilities, there is only one reasonable possibility for icing, and only one for spring, is there not? bd2412T 05:25, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Nice analogy! I got a laugh out of that one. --JaGatalk 22:35, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! I hope it gets the point across to the doubters. Cheers! bd2412T 22:38, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Intentional disambig redirects
I don't understand the paragraph you left on my page. Instead of trying to explain it to me, can you tell me which pages I've deleted that I shouldn't have? Thank you. — Malik ShabazzTalk/Stalk 01:45, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
Memyselfnher (talk • contribs) is making personal attacks on my talk page, for which i reverted his disruptive edits on the article Pawan Kalyan, which are uncited and lack of neutrality. please look into this matter. regards, DRAGON BOOSTER ★ 20:30, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
This seems to me to be a mere content dispute beyond my area of expertise. bd2412T 20:33, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
It`s okk!! ,,,but i think u forgot to place a talkback temp on my talk page (for what ever the reply is !). Regards, DRAGON BOOSTER ★ 19:22, 26 November 2011 (UTC).
A barnstar for you
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
You have been a helpful and patient friend, who always offers assistance and advise when needed and will never scold you over a mistake, only constructive criticism when necessary. – Phoenix B 1of3(talk) 04:12, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
Many thanks! bd2412T 12:39, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
That comes from copying the syntax from the last closure. Thanks for fixing it! bd2412T 19:00, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Your expert input requested at WT:MOSTM
Hi BD.
Will you consider taking a look at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Trademarks? The issue of extending the coverage of the page to trade names as well as trademarks may not be as simple or automatic as some assume. Best wishes, NoeticaTea? 22:24, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
Commented. Cheers! bd2412T 16:45, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Much appreciated! There are certainly other issues with that page, now that I look into its detail. But at least we now have a better idea of how to fix this technical omission. NoeticaTea? 23:18, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello! There appears to be some disagreement regarding how to interpret one of your comments. If you wouldn't mind dropping in to clarify, it would be much appreciated. Thanks! —David Levy 00:51, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
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Disambiguate help on U.S. Constitution
Thanks for help on disambiguate at U.S. Constitution. You nailed five items on the money. The only quibble relates to the meaning of "Guard" for Patrick Henry in 1776. They would be the "elite soldiers" broadly described in the "Governmental and military" section of "Guards". I guess the most famous ever were Napoleon's Old Guard. The kind of dudes it would be scary to have upstairs taking over your bedrooms. The reader at U.S. Constitution would probably be best served to have a link to the Wiki dictionary, but I'm not sure how to do that. Do you know the wiki syntax code? Thanks again. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 10:20, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
That would be [[wikt:guard|guard]]. Cheers! bd2412T 16:27, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
Roe v. Wade
Hello there. I have seen you active on U.S. law articles in the past, and I thought I might ask you for a favor. I have made some additions to Roe v. Wade recently. I was wondering if you might be able to look them over. As a non-lawyer, I worry that I may have gotten some of the finer points about rights and rationales wrong in my writeup. NW(Talk) 22:32, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
I don't see anything wrong there. bd2412T 01:11, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
Great, thanks for the double-check. NW(Talk) 06:30, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
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National History Museum (with caps) disambiguation page
Hi. Saw your work on this disambiguation page, that has 95% less info than the List of natural history museums page and almost has the same url, only with all first letters of words in capitals. Shouldn't the former be fused with, or redirect to, the latter? (I don't know how to do that.) Cheers --Henri Hudson (talk) 07:33, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
