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Merge tag removed

I reverted your merge tag on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Mormon for several reasons. First, it really doesn't make sense - one is about a specific church and the other is about a generic term. Also, you did not state any reason why you thought the two articles should be merged. If you really believe this makes sense, then replace the tags and start a new topic on the talk page for one article, with a note on the other article directing people to your discussion. -- wrp103 (Bill Pringle) ^(Talk) 17:35, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of The mormon tabernacle organ

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A Night at the Opera

Hi Carterdriggs. Just curious about your goal with the page move and redirect changes: were you trying to make A Night at the Opera (film) the primary topic? I wasn't clear, because you didn't end up moving it to the primary page name. Just in case you didn't know, a disambiguation page often is not named with "(disambiguation)" at the end; the guidelines are at Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Page naming conventions. Anyway, I just wanted to clear up any confusion. Cheers, --Paul Erik 18:21, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Biased

[copied from RUS's talk page—I assume this was from you?]

It would appear you are apparantly biased to the LDS religion. The article about the Tabernacle Organ you keep nominating for speedy deletion is obviously no longer a copyright infringement, and I'm going to have to ask the administrators for mediation should you continue in this manner. Please leave the article alone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.208.62.36 (talk) 04:23, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

The first few sections are verbatim quotes from the webpage I specified. Merely adding to the article doesn't nullify the violation in the first few paragraphs. I stand by my assertions. Rich Uncle Skeleton ^(talk) 04:35, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

If you are going to engage in WP:ATTACKS, the least you can do is sign your name to it. Rich Uncle Skeleton ^(talk) 04:50, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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Speedy Deletion Request

As an administrator I have declined the Speedy Deletion Request. Please see the talk page. Best Regards. Pedro :  Chat  10:38, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Satanic ritual abuse and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

I have made comments there. I hope they are of assistance. Best Regards. Pedro :  Chat  12:41, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi and welcome

I hadn't really come across you before your comment on my talk page, and I wanted to welcome you. I'm interested in your demographic, and think it could be valuable to have your input on several Wikipedia articles. It must be a unique experience being a gay Mormon in the military. I hope you'll take a look at Homosexuality and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (which is currently a mess), D. Michael Quinn, Evan Stephens, Louise B. Felt, and May Anderson. COGDEN 19:05, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Response

My response to your latest comments on my webpage has been posted. Cheers. Rich Uncle Skeleton ^(talk) 23:39, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

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WP:RFPP Mormon

No problem, I looked deeper in the history and saw that it got attacked right after the last protection ran out, so I felt it needed it. I actually protected it right when GB was declining it, and then I went to explain and got 5 straight edit conflicts. Cheers! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 22:12, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify

Hi Carter. Thank you for your continued wikification efforts. You originally listed yourself as a member of the WikiProject under your old username, carterdriggs. A recent audit of project members determined that "carterdriggs" was now inactive (since October 2007, as you might appreciate). Feel free to update your member status at the WikiProject's list of participants. Cheers. – Liveste (talk • edits) 01:20, 25 March 2008 (UTC).

(PS: You do know that you're still receiving LGBT studies newsletters on your old user talk page, don't you?)

WBC Westboro Baptist Church

Hi. I noticed your edits. Thanks for your personal note. Please read my comments on the WBC talk page. Dr. B. R. Lang (talk) 17:03, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Erm....But they are a hate group. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.0.152.175 (talk) 21:01, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Latter Day Saint movement

Hi; I noticed on Mormon you commented that Latter-day Saint movement is correct, as opposed to Latter Day Saint movement. You may want to review the [[W{:LDSMOS|Latter Day Saint Manual of Style]]. "Latter Day Saint" is used on WP when we are referring to more than one church. The lower-case and hyphenated "Latter-day" is only used by the LDS Church and so is inappropriate when referring to the overall movement of Latter Day Saint churches. Note also that the article is at Latter Day Saint movement, with the capital-"D" and without a hyphen. Thanks. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 22:37, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

offline question about Phoenix history

Carter, how are you? If you are same Carter Driggs who is the Phoenician and photographer, something tells me you may know a thing or two about the architectural history of Western Savings in the PHX area -- not just the Financial Center, but the art and architecture of the branches. You may be interested in this page I'm eager to expand: http://www.waltlockley.com/westernsavings/westernsavings.htm. If you can provide any knowledge or suggestions I'd be very happy to hear from you. Pls email at walt ( a t ) waltlockley.com. All best -- --Lockley (talk) 03:59, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Apologies

I'm Sorry, I thought I was UNDOING vandalism when I edited Pete Rose. My fault.YukariTakeba (talk) 23:22, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Consider RfA withdrawal?

If you want, you have the option of withdrawing your current RfA request. This might be in your best interest, as future opposes will probably reiterate the same items over and over. In terms of feedback/encouragement, I'm not sure how much more you can really get. At this point, I don't see how it can pass based on several of the reasons given, and often a civil and well worded withdrawal is good to have if you were to consider a third RfA. Gwynand | Talk•Contribs 17:25, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

I appreciate your concern, but I'm going to wait this one out. At least for a day maybe two. I'll withdraw then. Possibly. Thanks again. As for the BLP concern, it was a mistake, and recent, but other things should be looked at. Everyone makes mistakes, and I personally feel that I shouldn't be held to just that one edit. I have a lot of potential, and I hope people see that. Carter | Talk to me 17:32, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

I understand. The BLP concern is mostly that it was just so recent. For an admin, this mistake would be considered egregious. It is such an important policy issue. Furthermore, there are other very valid concerns brought up by myself and others, regarding talk activity and afd participation.

Carter, I wanted to make a note on something else that I noticed you did. After receiving oppose reasons based on an answer you gave to an optional question, you deleted that answer and gave a new one. There is no official policy against doing this in your RfA, but it is really highly improper, and I expect you should have known this. I was going to bring this up elsewhere, but considering how your RfA is going, I don't feel it is neccesary. You should be aware, though, that it doesn't look good. Gwynand | Talk•Contribs 17:38, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

At first I answered without consulting the actual text, then updated it once I had. I don't feel it was too wrong to answer the question correctly, regardless of the fact that it was after text had already been placed there. I don't see it as an issue. Carter | Talk to me 17:41, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

It was still improper to delete your incorrect answer altogether. It's not a test, the questions are given to see how well you understand policy. If you decided first to not consult policy with your answer, and other people voted based on that, you don't get to just go back and change it. That's not how it works, and now I'm quite concerned that you "don't see it as an issue". If you weren't already in SNOW territory, I would have considered making a large note about this on the RfA itself, but I wont't. Gwynand | Talk•Contribs 17:45, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

• Hey, I hope you don't mind my butting in. Please don't take the harsh comments in the RfA discussion personally. Yes, everyone makes mistakes -- and unless those mistakes result in death or physical destruction, intelligent people look beyond petty and silly mistakes, and acknowledge that people can improve and learn from their shortcomings. Just my two cents. Ecoleetage (talk) 00:35, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Closed

I have closed your RfA per your request. Do not be down-hearted, and if the concerns raised by the opposers are dealt with, the next RfA will be successful. Best regards, EJF (talk) 10:21, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you! I'm ok, but I made some silly mistakes and I certainly won't nominate myself again. I'll gain enough experience to hopefully have someone nominate me next time around when I can demonstrate a better understanding of policy. Carter | Talk to me 10:30, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

The best of luck the next time you decide to run. If you are interested in reading up more on policy and guidelines, I suggest you read the editor's index to Wikipedia; it is a very lengthy list containing all policies and guidelines and other pages, it will take a long time to read through! Happy editing, EJF (talk) 10:37, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Mesa Arizona Temple

The lead of this article is too long. Can you please consider breaking it into sections? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 18:27, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't have much time right now, but if you look again, I went ahead and tagged it appropriately, and will take a look at it when I get a chance. Thanks for your notice and help though. Carter | Talk to me 18:29, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

I went ahead and took care of it for you. Enjoy. Carter | Talk to me 18:56, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, the present version looks good. However the history section needs some referencing. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 18:58, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

I'll be more than happy to help tomorrow. If you could get a start though, that'd be great! Thanks again. Carter | Talk to me 19:18, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

David Archuleta

I see you undid my revision. Can you please quickly point out to me where in that source it gives the name of his siblings, outside of the older sister? Gwynand | Talk•Contribs 18:59, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

And if you can't find it, would you mind taking that out of the article yourself? I don't like having multiple reverts over a minor issue. Gwynand | Talk•Contribs 19:03, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

I went ahead and added additional refs which should suffice, besides the fact that it's pretty common knowledge. Everything does need a ref I understand, and I hope they meet with your approval. Carter | Talk to me 19:07, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry but those sources don't suffice, ktimothy and rickey are both essentially blog sites, no way reliable sources. Furthermore, it's unlikely that "Jazzy" is an actualy name for one of his siblings, just a nick name. Would you mind removing this from the page, I don't want to get into an edit war. Let me know if you have additional questions regarding those sources. Gwynand | Talk•Contribs 19:12, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

I changed it to a reliable source that's not a blog site I just found. The text really does not need to be removed. As for me, I'm done working for the day and am going home. Please, as I asked, discuss on the talk page of the article as there is obviously some dispute. Carter | Talk to me 19:17, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

I brought it here because you undid my removal of the siblings names (with no sources), your undo had a source that didn't state them. You since have added three unreliable sources. I'm not here to argue, just to help. You really need to read WP:SOURCE, because even after trying to advise you here, that final source was also just a link to some company's website with superlative info about Archuleta, no way reliable. I'm going to remove the siblings names until a real news source can be provided. Gwynand | Talk•Contribs 19:21, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Carter, thanks for helping out with this comment. I'm glad you and I were able to come to an agreement over this, and I'd also be glad if you will be able to continue to help out with this page. There are several new user's who are adding unsourced data quite often, it's good that you have your eye on this. Gwynand | Talk•Contribs

Certainly. I'm watching it of course, and will do everything I can. Let me know if you need help on anything else, although, as you might know, I've been pretty busy over the last two days. Created two great articles, and heavily contributed to more. Anyways, see ya around. Carter | Talk to me 21:54, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for welcoming me. Please excuse my bad grammer. YOofYOs (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 00:33, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

could you please do me a favor?

Hello,

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{{toolong}} tag on 15 Head Theatre Lab vs {{intro-toolong}}

Hi, I just came across this article and I noticed that you put the {{toolong}} tag on it here last month. It seems like the article is only a few paragraphs long. I'd like to make a friendly reminder that if you want to use a tag to indicate an exceedingly long introduction, the {{intro-toolong}} template is more appropriate. Thanks, Lisatwo (talk) 00:04, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: Hey

Efe (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Hi there. Thanks for the compliment. --Efe (talk) 01:00, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Adding FA cat

Why are you adding the category featured articles to some FAs? The template {{Featured article}} covers this. Am I missing something, has there been a specific request to add them? Thanks. Regards. Woody (talk) 12:04, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

I didn't know the template covered that. I just saw the category, and that the articles weren't in them. My mistake. Carter | Talk to me 12:38, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

No problem, someone else had the same idea as well, straight after you except with a different capitalisation! It is a hidden category so you can't see it anyway. Regards. Woody (talk) 12:41, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Salt Lake Tabernacle organ article

Hi there, just a recommendation for the article: I'd really like to see it with more third party sources. There are no quality articles on important church/temple organs so far so i'd like to see it succeed. I feel your GA nomination was a little premature but i hope to see it pass. However, if further sourcing is not found I will raise questions of its reliance on primary sources and notability in the GA nomination. I hope it doesn't come to that. Good luck with the sourcing. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 03:14, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

United States Presidential Election 2008 Mediation

Hi, I've accepted the United States Presidential Election 2008 Mediation, and you are listed as one of the participants. Please feel free to comment and participate in the discussion on the mediation page. BrownHornet21 (talk) 00:20, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Operation COOKIE MONSTER

In support of Operation COOKIE MONSTER (OCM) I'm presenting WikiCookies in appreciation for military service to the United States. Happy Independence Day! Ndunruh (talk) 05:04, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

United Airlines

Hi. You have added NRT as a hub for UA. Do you have a source for it? UA only lists ORD, DEN, SFO, LAX, and IAD as a their hubs on its website (see: http://ir.united.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=83680&p=irol-homeProfile). Thanks! Cashier freak (talk) 01:36, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Spam in Pearl River (company)

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Thank you.

A gay, democrat, Mormon who serves in the United States military. You're my hero. :] - ALLST✰R▼^echo _{wuz here} 03:11, 8 August 2009 (UTC)