User talk:Whatever404
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[edit] comparison of netbooks
would you mind to undo the split of battery times?
1) the numbers are not reliable or comparable, as long as there is no real benchmark for this task. Apart from that, some cells show a faster degradation than others.
2) the comparison is a rough overview only. A split by battery time is a personal preference only - there may be more interesting questions, such as number of ports, thickness, keyboard size or special equipment which are of higher interest
3) the current classification as "same" does not qualify as a proper sort mechanism.
I'd prefer to keep the overview simple. It's interesting to learn about a different equipment choice. Usually this is not part of the named price. Thus it is more a kind of an extra option, which may be described on its product page instead.
--Traut (talk) 12:25, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Warning regarding your edits to Scene (youth subculture).
Please do not remove Articles for deletion notices from articles or remove other people's comments in Articles for deletion pages. Doing so won't stop the discussion from taking place. You are, however, welcome to comment about the proposed deletion on the appropriate page. Thank you.---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 15:59, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] You removal of AfD notice for Okorie_Okorocha was reverted
Wikipedia is not a court of law. You didn't even indicate what was wrong with the template. VG ☎ 17:03, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] WP:ANI
Hello. This is a courtesy notice to inform you that a report has been filed against you on the administrator's noticeboard for incidents. Please engage in discussion there. Erik the Red 2 ~~~~ 00:55, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] AfD filing method
This conversation was originally on User:RepublicanJacobite's talk page, but the user deleted the discussion from the page before archiving the page, minus this discussion (which follows):
[edit] AfD filing method
This was not "vandalism". My edit summary clearly states that as of the time of that edit, there was no entry at AfD. Indeed, you did not create it until nearly ten minutes after you placed the template. I was under the impression that perhaps the filing user did not know how to file an AfD, since one had not been created.
One way to avoid this kind of confusion is to place the AfD template, then click "Show preview". Use the red link in the template to begin editing the AfD page in a new tab. When you have the text ready, click to the first tab to place the AfD template at the article, then return to the second tab/window to create the AfD. Whatever404 (talk) 00:17, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for the advice, but I know how to file an AfD, I've done many. Regardless, you should not have removed the AfD template, and you bloody well know it. ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 00:33, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
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- If you have filed "many" AfDs, you ought to realize that leaving a gap of time between placing the template and getting around to actually filing the AfD looks exactly the same as some newb placing the template and thinking that that's all it takes. I prefer not to spend my time performing biographical inquiry on the AfD proficiency of every filing editor I encounter, and it's not reasonable of you to expect that of others. Use of the above-mentioned sequence would avoid future confusion. Whatever404 (talk) 00:42, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] re:Thanks
No problem, you have a nice day too :) Parsecboy (talk) 12:59, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Urolagnia
Please do not continue to return unsourced material to the article. Please read: WP:V. 207.69.140.32 (talk) 00:17, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Scene (youth subculture)
Welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, but we cannot accept original research. Original research also encompasses novel, unpublished syntheses of previously published material. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your information. Thank you. --neon white talk 21:51, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Restoring the "Scene (youth subculture)" article
We need to write a new article to bring it back. It's a waste of time disputing the deletionists. They'll never get it. --Pwnage8 (talk) 00:47, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
- Hey I was trying to introduce an article called Scene kid but it was salted. So I am making an article in my sandbox: User:Graeme Bartlett/sandbox3 with stuff from around wikipedia. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 05:44, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
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- I agree that we should work on an article to re-create. Someone just used the word, again, on Facebook the other day, a friend of mine was complaining about how the scene girls all turn him down. Let's do this. Pwnage8, any ideas? Sources? Whatever404 (talk) 21:57, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
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- I haven't looked for sources yet. I also contacted User:Black Kite the day of the deletion, and he userfied the page at User:Black Kite/Scene. Graeme Bartlett might want to talk to him about that, because now we have two versions in userspace (although GB's is better). There's no reason why this can't be a great article. I look forward to its return. I'll start working on it heavily next week, as I am in the middle of a few things right now. In the meantime, you guys can do some work. Feel free to contact me if you need anything. --Pwnage8 (talk) 23:52, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Urolagnia
The article's semi-protected now, so you probably won't have trouble now. SpencerT♦C 21:03, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
- Right-o, thanks. Whatever404 (talk) 21:05, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Help
{{helpme}} Do you happen to know the name of the template that makes it so that if a user adds an image to an article section, the next article section will begin below that image, rather than next to it? This template is used to avoid trapping text between images. Thank you! Whatever404 (talk) 13:54, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
- Hi! I don't know of a template, but typing
<br clear="all" />below the image should solve it. :-) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 13:56, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Bird nest
Hi Whatever: You removed a DOI from the Bird nest article earlier and said in the edit summary that it wasn't displaying in "3 column". Can you let me know what problem you were seeing? It seems to work okay for me, so I'm wondering if there's a platform issue we need to let the programmers know about... Thanks! MeegsC | Talk 22:36, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
- Sure, but I'm having trouble reproducing the issue. What was happening was that the DOI was sticking out far into the margin, and nothing below the DOI was displaying, the page just ended there. If I can reproduce it I will take a screenshot; where should I send it? Whatever404 (talk) 14:54, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Essential amino acids
Concerning your edits on Protein in nutrition, I'm sort of confused by your apparent doubt of the "essential amino acids" statement. The very term "essential amino acid" itself describes the amino acid as "essential", and so it logically follows that without it one would be nutritionally deficient. If a reader is still uncertain what an essential amino acid is, they have only to click on the link to essential amino acid and find out; I don't see how a citation is needed for such a statement. If you could explain your reasoning I would be very much obliged, otherwise I will remove the {{cn}} template since in my understanding there is nothing possibly contentious about the statement, and the reader could simply go to essential amino acid if they needed references. I think there must be some confusion about what the statement means, and I'd be happy to make it clearer if there's some misunderstanding. -kotra (talk) 19:34, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
- I decided to remove the sentence, because it was redundant. Basically, it just said "a deficiency can occur if there is a deficiency". -kotra (talk) 00:31, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Abortion-related violence CFD
Hi, I just noticed that the CFD you started is incomplete, as you haven't actually listed Category:Abortion-related violence in the United States in the CFD itself, although you've tagged it for renaming. Also, you forgot to sign your nominating statement. Best, Cgingold (talk) 14:42, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
- Please assist; where is "the CFD itself"? Whatever404 (talk) 14:52, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
- That would be the section that you created at WP:CFD where you argued for renaming. I didn't realize you had replied here, so I went ahead and finished it up for you. (I just added the other category & your user name.) I'd recommend checking in on the discussion from time to time so you can respond to comments if necessary. Regards, Cgingold (talk) 16:11, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Clothesline
Mr. Whatever, your edits on the clothesline article are close to becoming disruptive. Please don't delete entire sections of the article because of style objections from unrelated areas.4.233.155.204 (talk) 16:25, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
- Those "sections of the article" are not established article content, but newly-added, improperly sourced material (Wikipedia articles cannot be cited as sources per WP:RS). I have removed this material as there are no non-article sources cited for these recent additions. I have also changed the wording from "clothes" to "laundry items" because towels, sheets, blankets, and other non-clothing items can be dried on a clothes line. Whatever404 (talk) 16:35, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Donnie McClurkin song list
I've posted the list to the talkpage with some notes. Personally I'm not terribly bothered as it's the start of a list and needs time to be improved. Likely these are songs he's famous for regardless who wrote them. That is in keeping with most singers, otherwise they are singer-songwriters and then we likely specify which songs are co-written or covers. Deleting doesn't seem like the best option here though but I won't revert again on this. -- Banjeboi 13:27, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Strap-on dildo edits reverted
Hi there! In the reorganizing you did, quite a lot of information got lost (~2.5K worth), the TOC became two screens long, and there were a number of changes that didn't quite work... So, as much as I dislike doing this, I reverted them until I'm feeling well enough (nasty flu right now!) to try to figure out what happened. I gave more information on the article's talk page, and would appreciate any comments you have about these issues. Please reply on the article's talk page, as then everyone can see it. Thanks! Bushytails (talk) 05:39, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Ok, while I'll continue to AGF, I just looked at Pegging (sexual practice)... and what the hell?! The article is now a third as long, reads poorly, and has more useless maintenance tags. I'm not going to revert without checking which edits were actually beneficial, but the article was definitely not improved overall here.... Bushytails (talk) 05:54, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
- Please do not curse on my talk page. My responses will appear on article talk pages.Whatever404 (talk) 14:46, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
[edit] my mistaken revert on Same-sex attraction
Hi Hi, sorry to cause your time to be wasted by my mistakes. When i was reviewing the edits to Same-sex attraction i thought part of the information was being presented from reference materials directly out of International Healing Foundation which would clearly not be a Reliable Source for Neutral information on some of the topic. However, i was reading the citations incorrectly, and the IHF website was only being used as a source to describe the statements of Richard Cohen, in a paragraph which was subsequently deleted anyway! Terribly sorry to mix that up, i will be more careful in the future. Meanwhile, a much more clear-headed editor has done a better job of improving the article, i leave it in their more capable hands. That will teach me to read the footnotes a lot more carefully! Thank you ~Teledildonix314~Talk~4-1-1~ 03:41, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
- It's not a problem. Have fun editing! Whatever404 (talk) 16:08, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Pedophilia
Nice tiny tweaks to that article, though I objected to one of the tweaks and reverted it to its original version (only one of them, not all of your tweaks). I explained in my edit summary about that. I hope that you can see that I was not trying to be difficult. Flyer22 (talk) 23:52, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
- Thank you! I enjoy the challenge of preserving all of the useful information while carving away the wordcruft, leaving a nice, sleek phrase. I did re-edit the item in question, due to a concern about equity in wording. I do not think you were "trying to be difficult" at all; WP:AGF and all. Thanks, Whatever404 (talk) 12:44, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Wikimarkup testing
I have responded to your message at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Tool for editing and viewing wiki markup, offline?.
--David Göthberg (talk) 16:04, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Courtesy note
WP:AN#Article involving the Tiller tragedy that is not getting a lot of oversight. hmwithτ 21:29, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
[edit] George Tiller "death", "murder" etc
I agree that "Shot to death" is unwieldy. Earlier you changed either "Reactions to murder" or "Reactions to death" to "Reactions to killing" (I think). I'd prefer "killing" to either "murder" or "death" - you know my views on "murder" (WP:POV), my rationale for preferring "killing" to "death" is that he was clearly killed (death, while true, makes it sound like he died naturally).
I've raised this with another editor and it sounds like they'd be OK with it.
Obviously this is probably a discussion that should be taking place on the talk page, but it's getting quite crowded and emotive!
Cheers, This flag once was redpropagandadeeds 13:13, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Children of God
You recently moved Children of God to Children of God (disambiguation) with the move summary "Primary topic"; but you didn't then redirect the original title. What is the primary topic? --R'n'B (call me Russ) 14:59, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
