User talk:Bovineone/Archive 1

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Contents 1 Welcome 2 Handbook of Texas proposed deletion 3 Pune 4 Regarding Houston ISD and "Houston public education" 5 Thanks 6 Happy Diwali 7 Simon Wessely 8 Pasadena 9 Home and Away 10 Template:US-airport and User:Rsvpair 11 WIBSTR 12 Vista. 13 Hi 14 Note about Template:main usage in Periodic table#History 15 the Colonel's military title 16 mr roboto 17 re WebSphere MQ 18 Bovineone, Help me out. 19 Image tagging for Image:ThresholdLogo.jpg 20 Did you try to censor information about grid.org? 21 ISS EarthKAM 22 Calling Programers 23 License tagging for Image:ISS EarthKAM Logo.jpg

[edit] Welcome

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kthx -- Bovineone 00:21, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Handbook of Texas proposed deletion

Please go here and express your opinion on whether Category:Handbook of Texas citations should be deleted. As a Wikipedian in Texas, your opinion on this topic is particularly valuable. 66.167.253.162 17:24, 26 September 2005 (UTC).

kthx -- Bovineone 00:21, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pune

Thank you for your contribution at Pune. Please keep it up!!!- P R A D E E P Somani (talk) Feel free to send me e-mail.

kthx -- Bovineone 00:21, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding Houston ISD and "Houston public education"

The reason why I had some schools in both categories is because Houston ISD does not cover all of the city of Houston. Many areas of Houston are in other school districts. WhisperToMe 23:42, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

I can understand that some of the schools in the city of Houston are other school districts. As far as I know, the only schools that I removed from Category:Houston public education were ones that legitimately were also a member of Category:Houston Independent School District. Schools that are in HISD are implicitly a member of HPE because of the subcategoriziation structure. Since HISD contains nearly 300 schools in total (even though articles for all of them do not yet exist today), it is desirable to keep them in only HISD if they are indeed a HISD school, rather than cluttering both the HISD and HPE categories simultaneously. Indeed, creating subcategories for each of the other school districts might be desirable in the future, but I do not think it is necessary yet. -- Bovineone 06:07, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Gee, I see we've both edited Pasadena, California, Houston, Texas, and Pune, India. Ain't Wikipedia grand? (See you at Timbuktu!) Thanks for your contributions. Cheers, -Willmcw 07:31, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

yup, you're welcome -- Bovineone 00:21, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Diwali

kthx -- Bovineone 00:21, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Simon Wessely

I had already linkified all those items, but anon user:84.9.60.246 undid it when he (once again) performed a paragraph-by-paragraph reversion to a strongly POV version which I have repeatedly toned down. There are there users with no edit history outside of this article who are intent on making it a hatchet job against the subject; one of them is User:The One Click Group, which is a phrase which appears in the text (it's a sufferers' group). The three have an agenda against Wessely and are systematically undoing any change which presents him in anything less than unflattering terms. - Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] (W) AfD? 08:25, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

• Much of that article seems to be written in a strangely non-encyclopaedic style. It reads like it was copied verbatim from some webpage, especially since there are so few wiki-links. You should work on reducing the amount of wordiness there; it doesn't seem like he is significant enough to deserve so many words in any case. Bovineone 08:31, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

• I have made several attempts, but the anon user is unprepared to let anything but his version stand. - Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] (W) AfD? 09:30, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pasadena

• Thanks for adding that info on the Raiders to the Pasadena entry. It was informative. Do you think LA will get a team? If so, which city do you think will get one? --Jason Gastrich 06:12, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
  • I have no idea. I suppose it all depends on who is willing to pay the most and provide the best accomodations to attract a team. -- Bovineone 06:34, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Home and Away

Hi, you have voted in the afd for various Home&Away character articles. I have had a go at combining all the articles in a single article (which I admit still needs a lot of work). You can find it at Current Home and Away characters. I suggest we keep this article are either delete or re-direct the others. What do you think? Thanks, Evil Eye 13:01, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

• Yes, I like that new single page very much. good work! -- Bovineone 16:13, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:US-airport and User:Rsvpair

Please watch your tone in discussions like Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rsvpair. I understand that the RSVP Air folks did a couple of things that make them look like spammers. BUT, they are far from "hostile." Now that they have learned a bit about how things work around here, they are happy to follow Wikipedia practices. Please see the discussion at Template talk:US-airport. Most of all, remember to Wikipedia:Assume good faith and don't bite the newbies. If anyone here is hostile at this point, it's you. FreplySpang (talk) 00:15, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

kthx -- Bovineone 00:21, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WIBSTR

From the HMC changelist when some added "WIBSTR": "rvv to last by 12.219.8.220; bad westie". Nice. —BenFrantzDale 23:17, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks. :) -- Bovineone 03:53, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vista.

Regarding your current edit to Windows Vista, I'd like to respectfully point out that the codename for this version of Windows is Vista, and was formerly Longhorn. They are both one and the same. (Proof and more proof) — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 07:17, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't dispute that, and none of my changes relate to the use of the terms Longhorn or Vista. I think you have confused my edits with someone else's. -- Bovineone 17:55, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

I saw your edit on Dorset naga pepper. And I just wanted to say hi to a fellow bovine.

kthx -- Bovineone 00:21, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Note about Template:main usage in Periodic table#History

I see you added a note in the Periodic table#History source to "Please be mindful of the talk page discussions that have determined Template:Main's appearance." What part of that discussion (somewhere in Template talk:Main I assume?) did you have in mind? Did you have some concern of particular relevance to Periodic table, or was this a general warning to unwary (unwary of...?) editors? DMacks 02:56, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

That comment was the result of "subst" on Template:main, and is not a direct comment from me. In retrospect, I didn't mean to subst it, so I've re-edited it to remove it. -- Bovineone 03:06, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Gotcha. Thanks for clarifying. 03:53, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] the Colonel's military title

Bruce Hampton is his family's first male descendant, in a very long line of distinguished militay titans, to NOT join the service. That must have taken a lot of guts, and he must have faced tremendous pressure, because he essentially broke with tradition and ended the esteemed family's proud heritage. When Bruce was called in to interview with the selective service, in 1967 or 1968, I forget exactly, he arrived wearing one of the family patriarchs' decorated uniforms, complete with marine style crew cut. But Bruce had the barber carve a big capitol H in the center of the back of his head. He spent the entire interview discussing military history and strategies, successful and otherwise. Like each of the other members of the Grease band, Bruce was not called up for service, even though he insisted he had a family obligation to honor. This may have been Bruce's very first performance art piece. How do I know? I grew up with these guys. My childhood friend, Wayne Phillips, older brothers were original bass and guitar players in the Grease band, and they used to practice in Charlie and Glenn Phillips parents house. That big H made quite an impression. Bruce also went through another incarnation as, briefly, Hampton B. Coles, Ret.

Thanks, I've added your comment to the Talk section of Colonel Bruce Hampton for others to be aware of. -- Bovineone 16:41, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] mr roboto

"however there is no obvious relevance to the article"

ok, but what argument do you use to back up this claim? do you even know who kraftwerk are? have you even seen thx1138 or sleeper? the mr roboto aesthetic and concept (not to mention the concepts in the rock opera) are clearly taken from my references. ok, so i don't have the time or the energy to write this into the main "mr roboto" document (not now, at least); but for now i give the "see also" links. why do you just delete before even figuring stuff out for yourself? why this sort of automatic logic which seems to go like:

1. .-to me, these links don't seem to have an obvious relevance to the article
2. .-tell user i'm deleting
3. .-delete

what ever happened to:

1. .-to me, these links don't seem to have an obvious relevance to the article
2. .-figure out what the hell this is all about
3. .-try to ask around and figure the relevance out for myself (since i don't know everything about everything)
4. .-tell user NOT THAT I'M DELETING, but that he should try to factor in the relevance, because most people miss it
5. .-if all else fails, delete

i tend to find this "i know everything and if what i find doesn't square with my limited knowledge i delete" attitude in wikipedia a lot lately and i bothers me very very much. please change your attitude, because it's not very constructive. just because you're an expert in assembly language does not make you an expert in every field; in this case art, and more specifically conceptual influence in musical themes and aesthetics. thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Verbose (talk • contribs) .

Actually I did give you time to respond and correct it. You added the links on 2006-05-16. I notified you on 2006-05-16 on your talk page but you never responded. So after waiting 8 days, on 2006-05-24 I removed the unexplained links and mentioned the reason in the edit summary. I then posted another message on your Talk page, inviting you to re-contribute them in the established standard on the page. -- Bovineone 16:36, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

I might also point out that none of the 5 links you added have a corresponding back-link to Mr. Roboto, so it is reasonable for there to have been suspicion regarding their relevance. If the links have a valid connection that is not self-evident to me, then they are likely not evident to another casual user that is also unfamiliar with the topic. So therefore it would be reasonable to need additional explanation besides just a blind link. The "See also" guidelines say explicitly "When the relevance of the added links is not immediately apparent, provide a brief explanatory sentence". Furthermore, you might also want to review WP:NPA regarding no personal attacks. -- Bovineone 17:27, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re WebSphere MQ

Websphere MQ was renamed to WebSphere MQ per your request at WP:RM. - Ganeshk (talk) 20:48, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

kthx -- Bovineone 00:21, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bovineone, Help me out.

I posted a link to our product on the Commercial Software section of the Backup Software article, but it got deleted. I just checked the logs and noticed that you deleted it as spam. I guess you are the moderator for this article.

I live in the Austin Area too. Help me understand what it takes to get listed on the Commercial Products section of your article. Our OS/2 Product from 1993, holds the distinction as being the very first commercially available 32bit Multi-Threaded Backup software, and the first product to offer complete disaster recovery from a boot disk. I'll be glad to document this for you.

Thanks

Mike

Mkupka 05:50, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

I've responded on your talk page. -- Bovineone 06:18, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

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kthx -- Bovineone 00:21, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Did you try to censor information about grid.org?

Hi,

I'm a new Wikipedian editor but I know that gird.org is wasting its member's resources. I know this is true and it is legible for the public to know about the information.

Thank you, —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MoonFlute (talk • contribs) .

nope, just maintaining NPOV and verifiability of statements. -- Bovineone 00:21, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ISS EarthKAM

Hello! Thanks for fixing the logo on the page for ISS EarthKAM. Out of curiosity, what is your connection to the program, if any? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jessi Schoner (talk • contribs) .

While a high-school student I used to work at JPL for the Kidsat program in 1996 and coded the first Data System webpages (geo map navigator and photo viewer), and also the first versions of the Flight Software that ran aboard the Thinkpad laptop onboard the shuttle to control the camera to take the pictures. Development of both eventually moved to UCSD after I graduated. What's your relationship? Bovineone 01:53, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Calling Programers

We need coders for the WikiProject Disambigation fixer. We need to make a program to make faster and easier the fixing of links. We will be happy if you could check the project. You can Help! --Neo139 08:54, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

no thx -- Bovineone 00:21, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

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kthx, i added back the correct tag. -- Bovineone 00:21, 9 September 2006 (UTC)