User talk:Captain celery

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List of last WW1 veteran by country

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Yone Minagawa article

Please stop changing the Yone Minagawa article in regards to 'youngest person to hold the title since'...Guinness officially recognized Carrie White, and so at 114 years 25 days on Jan 29 2007, Minagawa was the youngest since Carrie White on Dec 13 1988. Even if you discount Carrie White, then the answer would be 'youngest since Jeanne Calment on March 18 1989. WHY? Because Jeanne Calment was 114 years, 25 days old on that date. Any date earlier than that is IRRELEVANT.

Thank You. 74.237.28.5 20:07, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's not irrelevant at all. January 11 1988 was the last time that someone younger than Yone Minagawa became the world's oldest person, whether it was Carrie White or Jeanne Calment. The previous wording made no sense as I said on the Minagawa talk page. If it's about holding (rather than acceding to) the title then you're quite right, but that involves two dates rather than one, which I feel is over complicated. And if we were to agree with Guinness on everything then what's the point in even having these articles? Was Shigechiyo Izumi 120? I don't think so, but they do. Captain celery 20:23, 13 August 2007 (UTC)Captain celery[reply]

Greetings, I disagree. If we were to graph the age of the oldest living person 'by day' then the low point reached on Jan 28/29 2007 would be the lowest point since Dec 13 1988 (officially, if we include Carrie White) or Mar 18 1989 (if we exclude Carrie White). While the date someone gains a title matters, we can see that 'each day' is important. That's why we see persons add update-count-meters to the oldest 'living' persons. In either case...acceded to or 'since'...there is only one date (the split is caused by the Carrie White/Jeanne Calment controversy).Ryoung122 07:22, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well of course that is what caused the complication. My main problem was with the wording which has now been corrected, so I think we can leave it at that. Captain celery 00:25, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Captain celery[reply]

Last events

List of last occurrences is up for deletion. Have a say in the discussion. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 01:44, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Creating new supercentenarian articles

Greetings,

If you create a new supercentenarian article, please add at least a 'category' tag such as ('Category: American supercentenarians').

Thanks. Ryoung122 09:13, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gladys Swetland up for deletion

Woah! The anti-supers forces are attempting to take out a relatively highly-ranked supercentenarian, for the silly reason that she was not the 'oldest' person in America at the time. If this one goes, say goodbye to all the new articles you started.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Gladys_Swetland 74.237.28.5 06:58, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Middle-Name Removal

Captain Celery, might we discuss the merits or removing/not removing the 'middle names' of supercentenarians? I don't think the middle name should be removed when the person tended to use it.Ryoung122 17:53, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Giichi Okumura

The subject of this article does not meet Wikipedia's standards for inclusion. Specifically, the only source anywhere about him is the message on the World's Oldest People forum announcing his existence and birth date. There is absolutely no more information out there about him anywhere. For that reason, I plan to nominate this article based on the precedent set by this AfD. If you want to blank the page and nominate it for speedy instead, we can skip the AfD process. Cheers, CP 15:52, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think it goes without saying that this will apply to Jiroemon Kimura as well... Cheers, CP 16:00, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since you decided not to respond, I have listed them both. Cheers, CP 17:32, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't decide not to respond. As I'm sure you appreciate, some internet connections are not entirely reliable. My argument is that these articles are no less informative than the Augusto Moreira article or the Sukesaburo Nakanishi one used to be. Captain celery 18:58, 13 October 2007 (UTC)Captain celery[reply]

Well you managed to edit other articles after I sent you the message. Furthermore, it seems the outcome would have been identical anyhow. Cheers, CP 19:18, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You don't know my wirless connection. Some pages it likes and others not so much. It's very temperamental. Speaking of which, I read your rant about bias. Can't wait to see what Robert comes back with. Good luck with that. Captain celery 20:51, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't care what Robert comes back with. That was an incredibly rude and baseless accusation. Believe me, I tried to restrain myself as much as possible because of WP:CIVIL, but he needs to stop making exaggerated accusations. Like when I nominated one supercentenarian for deletion and suggested a few more, it became "supercentenarian Holocaust" with my list of 78 names or whatever gigantic number he picked out of the air. Cheers, CP 21:20, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Frederick Butterfield

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Discussion on Talk:List of surviving veterans of World War I

There is a discussion about whether Alexander Imich should be included on the list.

As a frequent contributor on the talk page (more than 10 edits with a last edit in 2010), your thoughts would be appreciated.

The discussion is here

Regards, -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 16:51, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Friedrich Wedeking for deletion

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Nomination of Leila Backman Shull for deletion

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Nomination of Frederick Butterfield for deletion

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