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Tina Turner

Would you mind looking at the edits over the last couple of days, the talk page note I left, and just for shits and giggles, what finally pissed me off. There has been a lot of effort put into this article since October, this new editor shows up Thursday night and suddenly, it's hateful. The editor did not work on this article prior to Thursday and just seems to be supporting the changes made by one other editor - changes that frankly, to me, sucked. Wildhartlivie (talk) 10:32, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

I don't even know about this anymore. This editor has told me I'm basically ignorant and gave me instructions on how to find sources about her frigging legs, then reinstates the dead link to the White House and a fanpage. I'm seriously thinking about removing the article from my watchlist and submitting it for delisting from GA. I've dealt with this article since October, trying to get it fixed from losing its GA status and this just sets it back further. FAs and GAs are crap, I hear. Wildhartlivie (talk) 09:52, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

I KNOOooowww!!! I could not believe just how much she talked down to me on her talk page, and yeah, it made me get snippy back. I still don't know what brought this up on her radar, but it was certainly worst case scenario. She mostly works on food articles, and yeah, I shouldn't have thrown up our FAs or GAs (acknowledging that you have the corner on that), but still... it means we've dealt with it and know what is required. I plan on nominating it for delisting tomorrow (Sunday afternoon for me) and I'll stop watching it. I wish I'd not watched Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome last fall. I'd not have looked!! By the way, I did think about you when the fires were on the news last week and am quite glad you are okay! Wildhartlivie (talk) 11:15, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

You may consider a request at Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/User_conduct#General_user_conduct with Wildhartlivie (talk). This goes beyond regular rfc because the user involved ignores all outside input in order to build consensus and is beginning similar arguments on other talk pages: talk:Michael Jackson. The Bookkeeper (of the Occult) 23:38, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

I think this needs monitoring, before it disrupts the stability of our GA/FA articles. — R² 00:04, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Ping, he/she want the Jackson article reassessed. This is becoming tiring. What can be done about this? — R² 00:00, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Will you be around at all during the next week? This Tina Turner thing is getting out of control and has now spilled over onto Michael Jackson. Bookkeeperoftheoccult has suggested a RfC for user conduct and I suspect Realist will be doing one anyway. Hopefully, it can be dealt with that way. Let me know. Wildhartlivie (talk) 00:04, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Don't worry about having mentioned FAs, I was on my way to doing that when you posted them the other night. This is a straight POV editor issue and now that she's rolled it into a FA crusade, it will not be long until something happens with it. She went to the head of the FAR group about it, so it's as much my fault, I told her to take it up with them. Shopping for support like that and circumventing the dispute resolution process won't be tolerated long. If I need to, I'll link to you. I hope you have a good holiday and bring me a rock! Wildhartlivie (talk) 08:25, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Colman and Cooper filmographies

Thanks for the comments on the Ronald Colman filmography. I'm currently working on one for Gary Cooper, which I hope to have done in a few days. I've given up numbering the entries for filmographies as it tends to cram up the web page. I've had some debates about whether or not a listing of directors and co-stars should be added. I'm in favor of them as I think provide a ready reference to the subject's career. That way, for instance, you can see how many times John Wayne worked with John Ford, or how many films Clark Gable made with Joan Crawford. Care to add your comments on this?

By the way, your page says you live in Australia. I hope your not in any danger from the fires that I've been hearing about. I live in the United States in Southern California and have had seen some fires that came within a few miles of my home. — Jimknut (talk) 16:57, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Gary Cooper filmography

Yup, I went and created this page. Take a look. Make any corrections or suggestions you see fit. A thought to ponder regarding some other actor filmographies: Many only list the year, title, and role the actor played. If this is all that's listed then why make the page at all? Why not just provide a link to the IMDb? — Jimknut (talk) 18:56, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Katharine Hepburn

I was looking at this page today and was a little dismayed by the image that was in the infobox. I looked and saw that at some point, you had uploaded the original image, but sometime in 2007, someone cropped it, which from just looking, seems to have rendered quite fuzzy. When I looked at all the Stage Door Canteen images you'd uploaded, the same guy had either cropped them all, or uploaded a different image in the place of the one you had. What I'm wondering is if a better image of Kate can be found that is free use and also at least in focus. I know my eyes are bad, but surely... :) And have you heard the word "archive" before?? Wildhartlivie (talk) 22:09, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for weighing in again. I, too, thought I was not going to respond again, but whatever it was that she said (and I admit I don't care enough to go see what it was) triggered that. And then she got shitty (yes, that's what it was) on my talk page and then lectured me about being free to remove to content from my talk page but I should archive it. When I removed that note, my edit summary said "pls do not lecture me on my talk page about what I choose to delete and what I choose to archive." Anyway, I just thought I'd mention the Hepburn image to you because you had originally uploaded the one being used. I thought it was quite cool when Hepburn answered me that time, and thought enough of it to pay an exorbitant price to have the letter museum quality framed with a photo of her and Spencer Tracy, from Sea of Grass.

How dare you take a month long holiday! Or did I misread that? Where are you going? Didn't you just take a holiday last year?? :) Wildhartlivie (talk) 21:04, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Hong Kong... Wales... Cyprus... these are not nearby countries. This is a world tour. Wales? I want your job. Actually, it's interesting to me - the people I talk to online either are well-to-do business types, OR travelling abroad is a lot more common elsewhere than it is in the US. The Englishman I write to goes to Australia a lot, the guy who runs the Four Word Film Review site took a honeymoon that was a world tour, the couple of Aussies I know go all over the place. I go to New York, New Orleans, the Smokey Mountains, the northeast coast of the US, or to Arizona. I want to go out of the country! Actually, some places I'd love to go include on a glacier cruise in Alaska, the Galapagos Islands, Ireland, Italy and Greece (I treasure and expect antiquities)... etc. etc. You could do quite a bit with a Europass and a month in Europe, I would think. Or I used to think. I'll miss ya. Wildhartlivie (talk) 07:33, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Meryl

Thanks for reverting the last edit on the page. This guy is waging this battle to remove the descriptor "American" from both this and Haley Joel Osment. I didn't catch that he'd changed Meryl's again. I'm quite sorry, but I'm certain that if you ask nearly anyone where it is that people are referred to as "Americans", no one is going to say Canada or Mexico. Sheesh. I've asked him 3 times for policy, guideline, RfC result or precedent for his change and he's given links to talk page arguments. Wildhartlivie (talk) 10:14, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

i gave you links to articles on the subject of usage of "american", talk pages for those articles, & wikipolicy, be fair Lx 121 (talk) 12:09, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

american

well i won't fight this battle here, i have better things to do, but you should find it telling that "american" is a dab page, & your chosen definition is second, not first, on the list. if you had chosen to keep the link, you'd have needed a redirect; that says something too. i disagree, but i'll fight it on the WP level; anything else would be a waste of time. cheers :) Lx 121 (talk) 12:06, 21 February 2009 (UTC)