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XyWrite pov

Hello; I see you added a template to XyWrite that reads: The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see discussion on the talk page. However, I see no relevant discussion on the talk page, certainly no questioning of the neutrality of the article.

Perhaps you wanted to dispute the neutrality of the article but forgot to post a message there, or perhaps something got lost in a crash or similar.

If this merits a reply, please reply on the talk page of XyWrite rather than here or on my talk page. Thanks! -- Hoary 05:43, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Ampelosaurus, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Please indicate your suggestion as a self-nom if it is from an article started by you; It reduces our work load ;) --Gurubrahma 05:47, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

More DYK

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Aliwalia, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Gurubrahma 06:04, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

My artwork

Thank you :-D You might want to look at the deviantART gallery for more recent work. I've thought about it during the last weekend and as long it's a royalty-free license to Wikimedia and I'm not surrendering my rights to the original, I'm up for it. In fact I've started an illustration for Cryolophosaurus. John.Conway has contributed with a number of works of palaeontography (that is, the illustration of ancient creatures) so I think you could bother him as well ;-) Dracontes 16:34, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Ooh. Controversy

I'm sure you're pretty sick of the Q no U article by now. I've made what I feel is quite an abrupt comment about qt here (below "conclusion of vote"). Please offer your comments. Bobo. 22:07, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

I've reread my source, and my findings are in the same place as before. Thank you. Bobo. 22:33, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Check this out!

We're featured. Thank you for the work you've done to bring this status to the list. Bobo. 19:29, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

My Attempt:

Since Wikipedia:WikiProject Dinosaurs is becoming a bit dormant of late, I've decided to get it reactivated. I've started putting the following templates all over the show, & I'd appreciate if someone would try putting them on too. Remember, they only go on Dinosaur orientated artcle's TALK pages. Not the articles themselves.

So, finally, while I work on the project with a designer, in order to get more people, thus more pages, I would appreciate if you didn't move or shift (or stuff up for that matter) any of the work I'll be doing, like adding templates, protocols to the project page, etc etc. I'm hoping to get it up to the standard of The military history project. So, tell your friends to join up, or spam unknowing people & continue to do great articles. I no time, we'll have an awesome, professional project page! Spawn Man 03:49, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

New improvement

As per step three (on the dinosaur project talk page), I promised to ask a general consensus about any new improvements made. So, I'd like everyone to give comments on the new talk page banner:

What does everyone think of it? It's meant to be placed on the talk page of dinosaur related articles, so everytime you edit an article, placing this there would make our job easier. So a few questions I'd like everyone to answer:

1)Does everyone like the picture? 2)Is the wording adequate? 3)Any other queries/problems?

I'll let you know when a new improvement arises... Spawn Man 00:06, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

New improvement 2

As per step three (on the dinosaur project talk page), I promised to ask a general consensus about any new improvements made. So, I'd like everyone to give comments on the new talk page banner:

What does everyone think of it? It's meant to be placed on the user talk page or user page of members of the Dinosaur wikiproject, so placing this there would make our job easier. So a few questions I'd like everyone to answer:

1)Does everyone like the picture? 2)Is the wording adequate? 3)Any other queries/problems?

I'll let you know when a new improvement arises... Spawn Man 00:52, 2 March 2006 (UTC).

New photos proposed for templates?

Well, above are a few photos that could replace the exsisting template photo. Please feel free to suggest more photos on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Dinosaurs talk page. Spawn Man 19:02, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

New improvement 3

As per step three, I'm informing you that... A new userbox has been created!! Please give comments and feedback (not including the picture, which may be due to change).

This user participates in
WikiProject Dinosaurs.

I will inform on arrival of more improvements. Spawn Man 19:29, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Clabbers example board.png

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:Clabbers example board.png. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{GFDL-self}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as {{fairusein|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Shyam ^(T/C) 09:39, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

New Task bar

I've successfully created an open list of tasks on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Dinosaurs main page for those who would actually like to know what to do with their time on the project. Add tasks as you wish, no too long though! Add your name to tasks you wish to be part of & that's as complicated as it gets... Thanks, Spawn Man 23:38, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Homer Simpson wins!

Joyous | Talk 18:20, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

character entities in Scrabble letter distributions

That might not be very successful, as there are bots around doing nothing but converting tese to Unicode characters. Circeus 17:33, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Oh! Great then ;) Circeus 17:52, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

re: Scrabble letter distributions

Yes, that's a good idea, especially because the board (not the letters) of the Hungarian set looks very nice. I might make a photo once. – b_jonas 14:57, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

V for Vendetta (film)

Hi Agentsoo, I was wondering if we could have your well thought out opinions once again. The article V for Vendetta (film) has incorporated many of the ideas that were originally presented in the peer review, that you were a part of. Is the article moving towards a direction that you are more comfortable with? In particular, I just combined the section on "Modern US references" into a paragraph format. What do you think? Do you think the new format is better or is the old point form format better? Any feedback would be most appreciated. Thanks. --P-Chan 23:01, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the very detailed advice Agentsoo. It will help us go a long way, in terms of improving the article. Please feel free to become an active participant in the discussions as well as the actual article. (I hope we do get a chance to move the article to a Feature article level.) --P-Chan 01:39, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Hey again. I put your comments in the talk, as I believe they are at a level of specificity that is entirely essential for us to get going on the right path. Do join us when you the time!  :) --P-Chan 01:59, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

I think we've just about done Mr Soo. Feel totally free to cut it to shreds!!! It's all yours. Anything to make it better.  :) --P-Chan 07:13, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Hello AgentSoo. I'm going to launch a GA for the V for Vendetta (film), in the next little while (Maybe 24 hours or so), unless is some objection from any of the major editors/contributers. Is there any imput you'd like to add before we launch it? If you see any red flags in the next little while, I would be appreciated if you could comment on the talk page. If not don't worry about it. Thanks man!--P-Chan 05:02, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Hey man! It's the calm right before the storm. I've setup a peer review right before the article goes to FA. Do you have anymore comments to make? Cheers.--P-Chan 02:57, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Peer Review

I noticed that you did a peer review for V for Vendetta (film), a film based on a comic book written by Alan Moore. Presently, the Watchmen article has been put forward for a peer review and, since this is also written by Alan Moore, I was wondering if you could give an opinion on that article? It would be very much appreciated. Thanks Adasta 23:52, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Perfect Dark

Thanks for the compliments. I don't have time to look at this article in detail right now (about to travel away for a week), but it looks quite good from a quick glance. Perhaps some more substance could be added to the "Release and sales" section, though; it doesn't say much more than "critics liked it". Fredrik Johansson 11:39, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

In response to your question about the image of a 4-player split screen: I'm not so sure I can. I don't think it's possible - at least from what I have. I tried a while back to get a shot of GoldenEye 007's 4-player, but it didn't work because with the 'tech' that I have it only lets me into the single player portion. K1Bond007 19:16, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

You are correct. :) K1Bond007 19:21, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Perfect Dark (2nd)

I normally don't review twice unless another reviewer has reviewed afterwards. Please put it back up for nomination. Good luck Highway ^{Rainbow Sneakers} 12:24, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

More Perfect Dark

I've never played Perfect Dark, but wtf is a Skedar and how do they look like? I replaced the image of the Maian (no idea why it was removed), but how are Skedars shown in game? - Hahnchen 18:35, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

• Having an image of a Skedar on the page would fall under Fair Use provided you have a rationale, which is, it's the only bloody way to show you what a Skedar is. If there are Skedar images on Wikipedia already, then it would be fine to reinsert them into the article. - Hahnchen 18:49, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
  • I haven't seen any on Wikipedia. I agree that it would be useful to have one but ultimately not essential. Soo 19:11, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

YMPD

(Yet more Perfect Dark). Thanks for your note and good luck on your FA. I hold pop-culture stuff such as games to a fairly high standard when it comes to FAs. I think that Donkey Kong (arcade game) is a good example of a game FA. I'll look at PD in a few days and consider changing my vote. -- Gnetwerker 18:59, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

PD

Congrats on Perfect Dark becoming a featured article! I updated the project page to reflect it. Thunderbrand 14:31, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Dinosaurs

Hi Agentsoo!

There's currently less than 100 dinosaurs left on the Missing dinosaur page. We've come a long way! I was thinking that since there's just under 100 dinosaurs left, and since there are 25 of us signed on for the project, if we each wrote about four articles, we'd be done! Well, not "done", obviously, as many of the articles are in need of expansion. But then we could focus on expansion and other things.

You could take, say, Laevisuchus, Lagerpeton,Lametasaurus, and Lanasaurus.

It's just an idea, of course, and you're of course not obligated and can do whatever you like; I just figured I'd mention the idea, and see if you were interested. No harm, right?

Take care, --Firsfron 06:12, 23 April 2006 (UTC) :)

Greetings AgentSoo

I hope you're doing alright. I remember that you mentioned many weeks ago that you would be available for copyediting when the V for Vendetta (film) article was in a stable form. At this point in time, it is certainly stable. In fact, we are now undergoing a FA nomination and there issue of copyediting has come up. Are you still available for a copyedit run? If you are, it would be much appreciated. Cheers.--P-Chan 22:39, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Ah, that's ok then. Hope you do really well on your exams.--P-Chan 15:17, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Please help on Mathematics

Posted by Pruneau 21:38, 23 May 2006 (UTC), on behalf of the AID Maintenance Team

HQITW is back!

Hi! I'm just reminding everyone about my quiz section, the Hardest Questions In The World Section. Although many players are already taking part, the more people playing, the more exciting it becomes. Drop by the following link to play... See this link to take part in the competition! Thanks, Spawn Man 01:56, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Back?

Hi Agentsoo, Are you back? Welcome back! WP Dinosaurs missed you! :) --Firsfron 09:17, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Fusarium in vegetable oils

Hiya. A heck of a long time ago, you added fusarium to the list of sources of vegetable oils, if I'm reading the history right. For the life of me, I can't find any other reference to an oil that's derived from fusarium. So...

1. Are you sure?
2. If so, could you toss in a reference, please?

Thanks! Waitak 11:42, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Yup, that was the edit I was looking at. See the change on line 28? Waitak 14:57, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

'kay. I actually did the checking before contacting you. I think it might be a fungus that actually eats oil, but I'm not sure. Almost certain it doesn't produce anything like a vegetable oil. I'll go ahead and remove it. Thanks! Waitak 15:04, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Countdown

Hello Agentsoo.

Could you tell me why you have removed absolutely every single one of the edits I made to the countdown page today please? Admittedly the Conor stuff was rather subjective, but stuff like the fact that US spellings of words *are* allowed I know is 100% correct. I've watched the programme since the beginning and was a contestant myself on the show in '92. I don't have a page so email me if you like: mdesmith7@aol.com

Regards ~ Martyn Smith 9 June 2006

I was a contestant 8 days ago, and I can tell you that you are most certainly wrong. Jono 23:22, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar alert!

Hi Soo, I've been waiting for simply forever to award this to you. Since it appears you're again active today, now's my chance! :) --Firsfron of Ronchester 20:08, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

The Original Barnstar for your many additions to WP:Dinos Firsfron of Ronchester 20:08, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey Soo, I added more info on Tichosteus and replaced the stub tag: adding the taxobox already brought the article up to 1.3 k, and since this genus was published in the 1800s (copyright expired), if we can get out hands on the original description, we'll have tons more we can add. Thanks for working on some really short ones! :)--Firsfron of Ronchester 18:38, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On June 19, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Otjimbingwe, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

For a citation on the four consonants, three vowels thing

Chris Wills knows about this. He copied on his website (before it went into a state of de...genesis) one of the articles from an old Countdown Puzzle Book. I'm not sure where the article is, however, and I'm damned if I can find it in the Puzzle Mountain, or, for that matter, the companion purple book... which I've forgotten the name of. For that matter, I'll be damned if I can find the Puzzle Mountain. Bobo. 20:48, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Velociraptor

Thanks for your thorough copyedit on Velociraptor. I was just about to fix a few things, but you beat me to the punch, and caught lots of things I didn't notice! Nice! :) --Firsfron of Ronchester 23:30, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi Soo!

I'm not sure you're even aware, but there's a dinosaur image review page here. I guess a lot of the WP:Dinosaurs participants don't even know about it, and I figured I'd let you know: people are practically begging for feedback and suggestions there, and not getting a whole lot. Your advice and ideas, I feel, would be greatly appreciated, and a big help. We've got a thousand dinosaur pages with no illustrations, and several photographers and a professional illustrator, all with no real feedback. Helllllp!--Firsfron of Ronchester 08:34, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Scrabble unicodify

Consider it unicodified! :)

Cheers, CmdrObot 21:30, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Countdown FA.

Yes, it's much better now.

• Done. QuizQuick 21:00, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Central Asia

WikiProject Central Asia has finally been created. Would you care to join us? Aelfthrytha 21:59, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

The new FAR/FARC process

Hi Soo

I noticed your comments on the FAC page, and wondered whether you'd be interested in dropping into WP:FAR occasionally (or often) to encourage, prod, critique, and—when the crunch comes—to declare "Keep" or "Remove".

The new FAR process is now being swamped with nominations (currently 23 in FAR and 13 in FARC), and the four or five regulars are finding it difficult to service the needs of such a large process. The ideal is to encourage the guardians of the many substandard FAs to fix them; sometimes this happens, but all too often, a nomination is met with disinterest by those you'd have thought would be keen.

The contribution of more good reviewers there, particularly those who are focused on good writing, would have a powerful impact on the FA culture in WP.

Tony 08:24, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

My mum

Sorry but I don't have the time to argue it with you. I suggest you read WP:FAITH then and make sure you fully understand what it means because if someone is referring to something that you have said then it shouldn't be aimed back at them. Jono (talk) 23:05, 29 July 2006 (UTC)