User talk:HighwayCello/Archive/7

Still FAC things

Your most recent archive summary seems like you're still glum about the Torchic FAC - is it true? It's certainly not going badly, there are only a couple of objections not yet addressed, and a whole lot of supports! Try and think positively, I bet it can make it this time. -- Natalya 19:41, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Shiny Pokémon

The Italian Wikipedia is quite amazing; they have shinies of everything, even Mew and Celebi! I'm uploading Red Gyarados and green Mewtwo. smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 21:01, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

They also have a shiny Torchic; do think this would add to the article or not? smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 15:31, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

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Re: *hits keyboard with head repeatedly*

Sorry.. :\ If it helps at all, a lot of people don't agree with that. I'll see what I can come up with. -- Natalya 21:04, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

For the reasoning against it. :) -- Natalya 01:03, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks very much for the barnstar! Alvin6226 ^talk 00:37, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

What?

Huh? smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 15:37, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry; I doubt anyone is going to certify that RFC, unless you've been going around harassing users and vandalising WP:IFD behind my back ;-) smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 15:41, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Are you to talkin about my RfC, if so, please tell me what you have been discussion, because it sounds interesting I Love Minun ^(talk) 18:47, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I was away for a couple of minute, so, what happened to you're user page? -- from The King of Kings 19:51, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Still want me to talk to ILM? -- from The King of Kings 20:44, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

		The Editor's Barnstar
		For excellent work in helping to keep unsubstantiated rumors out of the Super Smash Bros. Brawl article, I award HighwayCello the Editor's Barnstar. Sparky Lurkdragon 06:36, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

About ILoveMinun

HighwayCello, please hear me out on this one. I know that you had issues with ILM. I'm not exactly sure how or why it got all started, and it doesn't really matter. What I do want is an end to this argument right now.
I know you want the best for the Pokémon section on Wikipedia; your contributions reflect that. I also know that the more time you spend bickering with ILM, the less time you have to do what you really want to do: improve Wikipedia to the highest quality. I think all of us at the PCP project would feel better if this arument ended as soon as possible. So, please, try to reconcile with him as soon as possible so we can maintain focus where focus is needed. PCEevee ^talk 22:22, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, I can't say I didn't try to be neutral here. (I'm planning to join Esperanza as soon as the council gets off WikiBreak, so I wanted to try to resolve a disupte) Now I really don't think I can be neutral anymore. Sorry you had to go through this...again. PCEevee ^talk 19:40, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Apparently I didn't congratulate you for getting Torchic to FAC status yet, so I would give you the bag I got from JAA yesterday for buying something from the Pokémon Center there (it's big and orange and features a very enlarged picture of Torchic; its the only Pokémon on the bag) if I could take pictures and upload them onto my computer... PCEevee ^talk 19:40, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Torchic

Whoo! Hey, excellent work on the rewrite; this one definitely deserves featured status! smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 09:43, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey, just wanted to say well done on making Torchic an FA!! Congrats, it desirved it! The Halo (talk) 22:48, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, the Boston Tea Party is some type of party...

A well deserved glass of champagne for your hard work.

Way to go!!!! Very nice work! Drinks all around! *Throws a party for the successful FAC* -- Natalya 14:15, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and...

HighwayCello is awarded this Barnstar of Diligence in recognition of working terribly hard to get Torchic to Featured Article status. -- Natalya 14:22, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

A barnstar?! I couldn't imagine the day that I got one of these! Thanks! To tell the truth, I was thinking of giving you a barnstar for your hard work on Super Smash Bros. Brawl, but I see that Sparky the Seventh Chaos has already got that covered.

Sign your posts ; ) --The Ninth Bright Shiner ^talk 23:20, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

P.S. - What possible connection could "Rainbow Sneakers" and "Talk" have?

In retrospect, would Brawl really be considered a current event?--The Ninth Bright Shiner ^talk 05:44, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Question about Fair use images for failed Twilight Zone article

Hi. You recently failed The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) for good article status, stating that none of the images have fair use rationales. I looked at them and they have the tags, so can tell me what I have to do? - Zone46 23:40, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Level headers vs. lists

The reason why I converted to lists in Super Smash Bros. Brawl was because I didn't think that each character deserved its own header. It made the TOc ridiculously long. Besdies that, TOCs shouldn't be decided over an issue of "what's easier to edit"; they should be decided on what flows better, is a more nautral division. Hbdragon88 00:46, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK medal

Wow...it's so shiny...thanks! "Preciousssss... my precioussssss"... smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 09:10, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Kudos

Kudos to you HighwayCello for the revert on the SSb Brawl page summarized as "(I just realised you were a n00b)". It was nice (not in a kind way but a funny way). Keep this up and maybe you'll get the Humor Barnstar.Qwerasdfzxcvvcxz 12:02, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

No

Your not different from any other Wikipedia user, if you are allowed to request pages for deletino, other users can as well I Love Minun ^(talk) 18:15, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

I know, but you said you were allowed to do things like that, so either everyone can do it, or nobody can do it. I Love Minun ^(talk) 18:17, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

No, im deleting it because its all lies, and its causing trouble, reporting it just ISN'T ENOUGH. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Iloveminun (talk • contribs) .

User:Iloveminun/Black Hole

If you wish to keep this, have it in your own userspace. Thanks, Will (^E_@) T 18:21, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

I've restored, moved back, and move-protected the page. Sorry for confusion. Will (^E_@) T 18:26, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

*Sigh*

I was really hoping that he was over this by now; I'm trying to work on getting Airbus A380 to featured status, and annoyingly, the Peer Review said everything was fine and dandy with the article, but then at the FAC, a million and one faults surface. Was Torchic the same? smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 18:39, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

I can guess; people seem a whole lot less biased against big pieces of metal than cute little chickens! I think it's OK; I just wish people had gotten it of their chest at the Peer Review, when I had two weeks to fix stuff, rather than today, when I have less than 24 hours until I'm back at school! I think the shiny buzz is because I only found the images the other day, and it kind of makes up for my losing shiny Gyrados... And they're shiny! smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 18:51, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

No, mine's still normal... trying purging your cache (press Ctrl-F5). smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 18:56, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Might be something screwy with the monobook; everytime I get a New Message while on my watchlist, the underlining disappears from everything until I reset my settings. Weird. smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 19:00, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Sockpuppet

Check my contributions —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Minun Rules the world (talk • contribs) .

The above editor has been blocked indefinitely as a sock of Iloveminun (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) created for the purpose of block evasion per this edit. --Tony Sidaway 20:09, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Good work

There's already a bit of a barnstar glut but...

For spotting and swatting several sockpuppets, I, smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)}, award you the sockpuppet star! 21:28, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

...for this, and (a belated) congratulations on getting Torchic to FA status! :D Cheers, Sango123 01:00, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Admin coaching

The time has come! You've been assigned Mysekurity and Fang Aili as your coaches. Please say hi to them on their talk page to work out how you're going to proceed. Hope you enjoy the coaching, and find it useful. Cheers, Petros471 20:23, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

No IRC, ok. How would you like to proceed? Do you have any initial questions? --Fang Aili ^talk 20:41, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Just to drop by, I suggest setting up a user subpage for on-wiki coaching (like User:HighwayCello/Admin coaching or similar) to keep three-way discussions together. Cheers, Petros471 20:46, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Good idea. HighwayCello, feel free to repost what I emailed you to the above page--I felt a little awkward about "bragging", but I suppose I'll get over it. --Fang Aili ^talk 21:12, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Answer posted at the link above. --Fang Aili ^talk 15:48, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza

Hi. It's me, Evan. I was wondering if Esperanza is off wikibreak. I checked Esperanza's main page and the wikibreak tag is gone. Could you possibly affirm this? Thanks. --Evan Robidoux 23:23, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

P.S.: Congrats on making the Torchic article a Featured Article!

Thanks for the talk page cleanup

You are certainly thorough, cleaning up all the things on mine (and others) talk pages - thanks so much! That's really very cool. And good luck with your admin coaching! You are already shaping up very well, so it should be awesome. -- Natalya 01:08, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

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My RfA

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Thanks...

...for the barnstar - I really appreciate it! Worldtraveller 11:38, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi HighwayCello/Archive/7, thank you for voting in my RFA which failed eventually at a result of (91/51/8). I do not plan to run for adminship until a later date. Once again, I would like to thank you for voting. --Terence Ong _{(talk | contribs)} 14:45, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Pure Dead Series

What is the Pure Dead Series article about? Is it about Debi Gliori or is it about the series? If it's about the series, then why is the intro about Debi? Please fix this to avoid confusion. Amalas =^_^= 19:36, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Coaching

I do not IRC either (has IRC become a verb now?!?). 'Pedia's fine, as is e-mail, or, if you prefer, Ventrilo, Jabber, gChat, text message, phone call, or postcard. Whatever works with you is fine with me. To start, tell me what you'd like to know about. -Mysekurity ^[m!] 20:07, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Edit Summary

Was this directed to me or the vandal? :P Yanksox 20:10, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikistress

Hello, I know we have barely had any contact with each other, but you seem Wikistressed, and I thought I would stop by. I'm stressed right now too, both in life, and to a lesser extent on the Wiki. However, in just two days time, I leave for China to fulfill a dream. I know it sucks when people don't seem to acknowledge your efforts, I'm going through the very same thing in real life right now. All the same, I've realized that the real world is where life is lived. I'm Wikibreaking for a while, but you don't even have to do that. Just take a moment to remember that Wikipedia plays only one small part in what I can only guess is your very successful life. I apologize for the incoherent nature of this message, but I'm in that sort of mood right now. Time to get back to my Wikibreak and into the real world again. --Danaman5 04:31, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks from Samir

Dear HighwayCello, thanks so much for your support during my recent successful request for adminship. I really appreciate it. Let me know if you need any assistance; feel free to leave a message on my talk page or e-mail me if it is urgent. Hope the whole ILMinun situation is over now. Take care -- Samir धर्म 08:46, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Arigatou

Thanks for the star, kind of made me cry when I saw it. XD Also, I'm quite impressed with the Torchic article. I didn't know you liked Pokemon, perhaps one of these days we should work on those articles you asked about. Sukecchi 23:05, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Admin Coaching

Hey HighwayCello, I noticed the other day that, like me, you're also being trained by Fang Aili. I guess that kinda makes us "roomies" at Admin Coaching U. ;) I just figured I'd drop you a quick note to say hi, and just mention that if you need any help on those late night admin studies, I'm keeping notes, maybe we can compare. Happy editing! :) --Firsfron of Ronchester 22:10, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Japanese names

Dude, those are the Japanese names. I'm just making them all the same style, and using the "Trademarked Rōmaji" from List of Pokémon by National Pokédex number. As the Trademarked Rōmaji or Romanization only style is what's used by the two FAs, I decided to go with that. I decided to go with Trademarked Rōmaji, as they're what the names were intended to be before they were forced to fit in the Japanese language. ' ^{(Feeling chatty? ) (Edits!)} 06:46, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Golduck is his Japanese name, as indicated by List of Pokémon by National Pokédex number. Again, I'm going on the Romanization given by Nintendo, not the actual Hepburn romanization system. ' ^{(Feeling chatty? ) (Edits!)} 07:22, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Burn the Bastards

Hi. Would you mind returning to that talk page and eloborating your point? Thanks. :) --kingboyk 18:05, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Seven Samurai 20XX

Hi. I've responded to your points on the talkpage. -Zero^Talk 19:55, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the help. — The King of Kings 23:42, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

The Finnish rock band, YAH! Why? — The King of Kings 23:55, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I love HTML coding art. :) — The King of Kings 08:06, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Iloveminun

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Team Rocket

Fixed! smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 19:23, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Ugh, I looked at the move log and saw Smurrayinchester had moved it and thought he was the one you wanted to revert until I saw on his talk page you left the same message as you did me. :( I had to revert my self, but oh well. — The King of Kings 20:09, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Pokémon Adventures

Hey Smaht, since you have indepth knowledge in Pokémon Adventures, could you perhaps write a small section on Golduck about Blue's? I am having trouble pinning down information about it. The article is quite good, but lacks a manga section whatever. Cheers, Highway ^{Rainbow Sneakers} 17:04, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Done. I’ll add anything pertinent from the G/S/C saga when I finish reading it. -- WikidSmaht (talk) 20:27, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

The Lord of the Rings FAC

Hello Highway. First I would like to thank you for your suggestions on the Lord of the Rings article, I believe they have helped it considerably. I have since cited all of the citations which were marked as needed and the article is now bordering on fifty references. If there are more places where you believe they are needed please insert them and if not please see if there is anything else you can suggest for improving the article. If niether of these is the case please consider reconsidering your objection. Thanks again, SorryGuy 21:21, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Intro to The Lord of the Rings

Hi there. I wrote (or rather rewrote) a lot of the introduction (or rather the summary lead section) for The Lord of the Rings. I noticed that you said bits are "dodgy" at the FAC commentary of the article. Would you be able to let me know which bits you think are dodgy. I would be very happy to defend what I wrote and chase up the necessary citations.

Speaking of which, I noticed you added a lot of "citation needed" stuff to the back story and synopsis. Isn't this a case of going too far? Anyone who hasn't read LotR and the other books will need references for everything, and someone who has read LotR and the other books will need less references. Where should the dividing line be drawn? Carcharoth 21:54, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi, SorryGuy asked me to add the {{fact}} notes, which, no offence, I think is neccessary. References aren't just there to back up further information you couldn't write in the article, they are a source of where you found the information. If you don't have sources, all you have is 50kb of original research, and what good is that? All you need to do is cite the books, it isn't that hard. Find the (unfinished) comments here, and in regards to the double information, it's more or less the same text twice. But cited once, double oops. ;) Highway ^{Rainbow Sneakers} 21:59, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

I think you've misunderstood me. I know what references are for, and SorryGuy has provided most of them now, though I have plans to provide references that are less "secondary" (ie. actual quotes from Tolkien's letters and the main Tolkien criticism books, rather than secondary articles published on websites). What I was asking was what in particular you found "dodgy" about the introduction, other than the bits you asked for citations on.

And you haven't answered my original question about where to draw the lines with citations for plot summaries. One idea I had was to make clear which bits are from LotR, which from Silm, which from The Hobbit, and so on. But this will require more work than just having one person cite what they want references for. It has to be undersatndable for everyone. I am quite prepared to do the work, but I think the best thing to do is take out your "citation needed" bits and start from scratch with referencing the whole back story and synopsis. Carcharoth 22:05, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your support

Dear HighwayCello/Archive/7,
Thank you very much for your support on my recent RfA. I am pleased to announce that it passed with a tally of 72/11/1, and I am now an administrator. I'll be taking things slowly at first and getting used to the tools, but please let me know if there are any admin jobs I can do to help you, now or in the future. —Cuiviénen 02:24, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

RE: OMG a freewebs site! Let's go see it!

What's with that!? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jonathan Watson (talk • contribs) .

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Re: Hey

Hey back at you! Sorry I've been distant lately - can I blame it on you for making me an administrator? ;) Just kidding! I've been working on getting a grip on all the tools. Sorry you're feeling the stress again - it does seem to follow you around, which isn't very cool! I can tell, though, that you're working for the good of the GA articles, though, and since you've got a lot of experience working with GA articles, I'm confident that you'll be able to work it out - don't despair! -- Natalya 00:25, 20 June 2006 (UTC)