User talk:Tedder

Please Look at this

Can you understand what's going on here? Am I being prickly - why is he threatening me with arbitration? Does he have really powerful friends? I presume he's correct about the rules he quotes, and yet every application he puts them to seems to impoverish articles. The word "poser" is "perjorative"? The phrase I used was "maximum posing value", Google says it's complimentary. Pejorative? Which planet? An attempt to police my language by someone with weird ideas and terrible spelling? MalcolmMcDonald (talk) 12:53, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

I'll look at it today. I'll need a little bit of time to make sure to give a neutral opinion- but just in regards to the word 'poser', over here (US) it means someone who is fake or trying to appear a certain way. So "maximum posing value" is someone who is trying to look very much like a badass motorcyclist but really isn't. Maybe that's part of the confusion (though he is from Jamaica, so I'd think the language patterns would be more similar to the UK than the US). Tangental, another word that has entirely different meanings is 'quite'. Over here, 'quite good' means 'very good'. I believe you'd interpret 'quite good' to be 'minimally good'. Right? In any case, I'll try to sort it out. tedder (talk) 16:38, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

You mention cultural language differences across the Atlantic and remind me that I should be careful to comply with them, or face arbitration. (I can find nothing like that in the guidelines, and there is no section for anything American in "Related to specific cultures" at the place I was sent to, WP:AVOID). Yet this obligation on me extends even to cases where there is no evidence that particular words are pejorative and even where there is evidence of the reverse. With absolutely no evidence that the word "poser" is negative, I'm apparently expected to "know" what's right and wrong in your culture. So I check it myself - and the only evidence I can find suggests that the phrase "maximum posing value" (nearly what I used) is a phrase that is actually complimentary in use.

Are my non-American edits unwelcome? I have to ask because as I look deeper, it appears that there is wide-spread derision of Europeans in articles. For instance, at the carefully worded and well referenced Karl Benz article I found completely unreferenced statements such as "[1885] tests often attracted many onlookers who laughed mockingly when it smashed against a wall because it initially was so difficult to control" and "The first customer, in late summer of 1888, is alleged later to have been committed to an insane asylum". I can't believe these statements belong, even if they were referenced - it's impossible to imagine any such insulting statements being made against the (probably less influential) Wright brothers, or them being acceptable in articles. I'd like your support removing the comments. Having already been savaged by the language police, I've only dared tag them as unreferenced. MalcolmMcDonald (talk) 11:38, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Malcom, your edits are certainly welcome. I didn't intend to imply that the cultural/language differences would be cause for arbitration. However, keeping a phrase about "poser value" is effectively saying "people who ride cruisers are idiots". The language is using British English, not American English, which is perfectly fine- but the Manual of Style has a section about the differences. Most apropos is "Use an unambiguous word or phrase in preference to one that is ambiguous because of national differences." In other words, the article is in British English, but that doesn't mean you can ignore words or phrases that have different meanings in American English.

I'd hope there isn't a "wide-spread derision of Europeans in articles". But bringing that up is effectively what WP:OSE talks about: let's improve one article at a time. tedder (talk) 07:04, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Re: AFD help

Thanks, I'll look into it. Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:34, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

re indef blocked and barnstars

It looks fixed now. Cirt (talk) 07:23, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

High-definition music

Newbie here, interested in hi-def music. Regarding the download sites list, what format and place do you suggest, and is it appropriate in the first place ? Thanks. Pr103 (talk) 16:08, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi pr103, welcome to Wikipedia. The issue is external links on wikipedia. We tend to shy away from them whenever possible, instead preferring to use content from reliable sources to build up good articles. In other words, Wikipedia isn't meant to be a collection of external links. If your primary interest is adding links (versus improving the articles), using a category at DMOZ is probably a good way to go. Let me know if you have further questions or if I totally missed your point. Cheers, tedder (talk) 06:52, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

RE: salt a page?

I just did. :) --Esanchez_{(Talk 2 me or Sign here)} 06:53, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

The African Church

I had deleted the first version of the article as a copyright violation; if the new one has been copied from somewhere, I don't know from where. I make no judgement on the article's merits, but if it's kept, it should me moved to a different title (like African Church, perhaps with some qualification). - Mike Rosoft (talk) 17:39, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

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Summer Glau

Thanks for asking but it's not promotional. I'm not an agent of summer Glau nor of the photographer. I just thought it was a good photograph and it's current! DierkA (talk) 16:41, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Tag

• context: this edit

Hello. If you believe the tag should remain, please provide justification on the article's talk page or fix the issue so a tag is not needed. Thank you. —Eustress ^talk 02:28, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

I'll add it to the talk page. tedder (talk) 03:08, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Data Transport Utility

Thanks for the suggestions! Mwatwe01 (talk) 14:10, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for pulling the sources up! I assume you are related to the company? It's worth posting that on your user page and/or talk page, and be really careful with your edits to avoid showing a conflict of interest. If you need more information on Wikipedia's Conflict of Interest guidelines, let me know. Cheers, tedder (talk) 14:47, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Old Colony Mennonite School

You have been whacked with a wet trout. To find out why, please return to this AFD and read my comment there. - Mgm|^(talk) 17:55, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Grouping nominations

• The procedure is the same when it comes to tagging each article with the proper boxes. When adding to the list of Articles for Deletion, you put the first nominated article as the title of the discussion, and then add a short explanation such as "all of these are articles about elementary and middle schools in Suchandsuch County". In some cases, where the articles are related, it's worthwhile. However, it really is a "damned if you do and damned if you don't" situation. Invariably, if you group several articles together, someone will say "each of these should be nominated individually", so you get complaints either way. I go by the Garden Party philosophy, as Ricky Nelson said in the song of the same name-- "You can't please everyone, you gotta please yourself." Mandsford (talk) 20:07, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

UDallas

Nice to hear that another adult is monitoring! I have a couple of really good college articles. Serious newbie editors just need a little help. Some of the others I kind of wonder what sort of student attends!

We won't even discuss high schools. I actually have a couple of elementary schools one or two of which might pass muster. The others: Whew! Hope the Afd admins don't get wind! :) Student7 (talk) 20:49, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Music directory

Which one? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Many otters • One hammer • HELP)} 01:30, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Hitler Game

The article was about a forum based game, so obviously the sources would come from forums.

http://www.google.com/search?btnG=1&q=hitler+wikipedia+game

The sheer volume of fourm topics and posts about the subject should be evidence enough.

--Nialljames (talk) 16:04, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Please continue the discussion at User talk:Uncle Dick#Hitler Game. tedder (talk) 16:09, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

use of hangon

it is not necessary to add hangon to a prod'ed article-what it actually does is to list it for speedy deletion. Just remove the prod tag if you can fix the article or otherwise disagree with deleting it,DGG (talk) 02:31, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Oops- you are right, of course. I had a little bit of brain fade. tedder (talk) 02:36, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

The Golden Filter

Hi, I've added a comment to The Golden Filter - I'll be happy to add to the article in a month or so, when an article about them is due to be published in a London magazine. Not sure if this is enough to warrant removing your deletion tag? Best regards, Hebrides (talk) 19:47, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

It can be removed for that, though that doesn't mean it's notable. The best thing to do is probably to userify the page (copy the contents to something like User:Hebrides/The Golden Filter. That way you can continue to work on it until it meets the notability guidelines- whether it's a day or a month. Let me know if you need help with that. Cheers, tedder (talk) 20:13, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks - I'll remove the tag in that case, and also make a copy (though I didn't know this was given such an impressive name as userification :) -- Hebrides (talk) 20:28, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, it's a fairly impressive name. :-) Might I suggest requesting deletion by author and recreating it when notable? Just put {{db-author}} on the page. Nothing says you have to, but it doesn't meet notability standards now, and it lets you easily recreate it when notability is met. tedder (talk) 20:32, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Integrated_Performance_Primitives

My edit was not spam. It was a reference to valid Apple documentation! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.59.23.115 (talk) 04:40, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

You're right- I'm sorry. tedder (talk) 05:49, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

OK. I was concerned for a little while that "tedder" might be a "bot". ;-)

Done

Sorry, I missed that earlier. Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:13, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for restoring it! No biggie, I was about to add wikiprojects to it when I saw it was deleted. tedder (talk) 15:14, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

RE: Lane Splitting Draft

Thanks for the excellent edits on my draft. I'm working on filling in the missing citations, and I'm going to more or less rewrite the last section that covers most of the pro- side of the argument. The part about Australia is a funny story so I'm going to expand it. It's actually covered in the Talk page too.--Dbratland (talk) 19:12, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Re: portland-area linkspam

While I'd love to block him, as he/she has been at it a longtime, I'm not actually an admin, I just play one on TV. Pete and EncMstr are though, but I'm not sure if they can issue a block without a more formal process. If he was continually do it (as in twice a day everyday) then I think it would be an easy call. Longer term but sporadic may call for an RFC first. But I'll leave Pete and EncMstr a note. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:14, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Save yourselves time. Just file a report at WikiProject Spam and they will blacklist all the links and keep a eye on the spammer. They've got all kinds of tools for things like that. Lemme know if you need help with the spam report, but they explain it pretty well on the top of their talk page. About time, I say. Katr67 (talk) 16:32, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Done- that's what you meant for me to file, right? tedder (talk) 19:01, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Yup, looks good. Give the post a poke if nobody responds in a day or so. Usually they'll let you know if any action was taken. Katr67 (talk) 20:19, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Okay. Looks like EncMstr already blocked him, fwiw. tedder (talk) 20:25, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

I love it when a plan comes together. Dun da dun, dunn dun dun dunn... Aboutmovies (talk) 06:26, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Envirofit International‎

What crap is going on at that article? It screams red-flag - we have a problem on which $billions are being spent every year to get 1% improvement, and these students claim to be able to deliver 30% improvement. Not only that, but they're targetting 2nd-hand engines in the poorest countries! Has someone failed to fool Tuk-tuk drivers and thinks it's easier to do it to editors in this place? MalcolmMcDonald (talk) 19:41, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm a little suspicious of the whole thing too. I'm just trying to remain neutral and keep it reliably sourced. tedder (talk) 19:45, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

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TR Smedberg

If the desired outcome is to delete the article on the school as nn, why not afd it? I think action will be fairly speedy. Don't quite understand the "merge." It is listed in the school district. I noticed that there are (now) four articles on middle schools in the district!

Obviously I am missing something here. Sorry. That is usual for me when I think something is "obvious!"  :) If you can clarify the issue for me, maybe I can suggest something else? Good luck! Student7 (talk) 23:52, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi- my point is that the desired outcome isn't to delete, it's to merge it and leave a redirect behind. AfD is really for things that should be wiped from the face of the earth, or where the originator of the AfD thinks it should be wiped at least. Right?

I don't see anything that explicitly prevents an AfD from being used for a merge at WP:DEL, so maybe I should go ahead and do that. Didn't know there are three other articles in the district, though. tedder (talk) 23:59, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Followup- I created a bundled AFD for these schools. There are only three- the fourth is a redirect. tedder (talk) 00:15, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Well, the way it is "handled" (by default) elsewhere, is to have no redirect which would solve the problem here. Of course, that was done in the past with far less thought, since no article was written in the first place! Often, a search using "google", "Wikipedia TR Smedberg" would pop up with the school district. Wouldn't that suffice? Student7 (talk) 00:37, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Also, your proposed solution in the afd (you could be first in line), might be delete/redirect to school district. Maybe other people would follow that vote. A bit chancy since it might be confusing. Another thought (sorry). Bunched afds tend to succeed less often (and with schools!) than individual ones, but I do sympathize with the method. Student7 (talk) 00:41, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

The bundling was 'risky', especially because of the blue ribbon school. But after creating about a dozen AFDs on a district, I am torn on what to do. tedder (talk) 00:43, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

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Hi, sorry

• context: tedder said "On Sohmer Piano Building, keep in mind that Wikipedia isn't meant to be a repository of images..." on Talk:EliasTheHorse's page.

I love that building and I wanted a page with information and photos, and i thought that I could do that here —Preceding unsigned comment added by EliasTheHorse (talk • contribs) 23:28, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

EliasTheHorse- it is a fantastic building, the images are great, and including the commons link is great. However, the Wikipedia is designed for so many images (with some exceptions). The best explanation is at WP:IG. Good work, and thanks for contributing! Please keep it up, and let me know if I can help you with anything. tedder (talk) 00:40, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK

It has a few issues at this point. First, it is about 830 characters of countable characters and needs to be at least 1500, so a doubling. Try the OSAA for info on sports teams/mascot/league (see Tualatin Valley Junior Academy for a link/cite) and The Oregonian archives might have some info too (you likely have free access via your library card). I'll check back in tonight. Aboutmovies (talk) 17:16, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks AM! I pulled some info from OSAA, though I couldn't find if they actually list all championships the school has been in. i.e., do I have to pore through the results from every year and from every sport to see if they won? Or would it be listed here if they had won something?

I've also expanded- it's over 1500 words now. I didn't find anything great from the Oregonian on Lexis/Nexus, but did find some other goodies. tedder (talk) 19:34, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Right now, I just want an admin to move the page<--look here EncMstr from the typo I made. :) And for the record, I'm a DYK slacker, but I'll take a look at the article. Cheers! Katr67 (talk) 20:05, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

I tried correcting your typo and it failed since the other page exists- which is when I found your speedy :-) One more reason to work on my rfa. Thanks for helping. tedder (talk) 20:07, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

My thoughts exactly! (And me too.) Katr67 (talk) 20:08, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Kay Unger

Can you please tell me exactly what needs to be changed on the Kay Unger page? I have already made many edits to make it seem neutral, but I keep receiving the advert tag.. FashionTalk411 (talk) 20:31, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

I will explain my rationale at Talk:Kay Unger shortly. tedder (talk) 20:32, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

okay. thank you. FashionTalk411 (talk) 20:34, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

i am not a crook