User talk:Willbyr
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[edit] Userboxes
- I see that you made some userboxes, but have you actually created the page for them? If not, just create a page called "Template:User (something)" then paste the code into it, and save. Please do not mess up the ideas page with this query, you should have posted it on the userbox discussion page instead. I will now remove your post related to this topic, as you have copies of the userboxes on this page -
• | Đܧ§§Ť | • T | C 19:16, 5 February 2006 (UTC) - I have saved them all - • | Đܧ§§Ť | • T | C 17:06, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
- You're welcome. Yes, technical help can sometimes be hard to find - • | Đܧ§§Ť | • T | C 17:30, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Jim --> Rome
Why change all the "Jim"s to "Rome"s? --Zpb52 03:50, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Signature
- Please use subst: when you use templates in your sig, especially when you use {{time}}. Thank you.
[edit] Minor edits
Hi. Thank you for your contribution to Characters in RahXephon. I'm not going to revert it, but this is not a minor edit. --GunnarRene 03:51, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- "any change that affects the meaning of an article is not minor, even if it involves one word" --meta:Help:Minor edit. With that said, I look forward to working with you. Do you happen to have any editions of Newtype USA, Protoculture Addicts or other such magazines from 2002-2003? --GunnarRene 04:08, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Magazines
Did Animerica include any information on sales numbers, viewer numbers, and popularity (polls and surveys) of anime and manga? Many articles desperately need some information on reception (aside from reviews, which can be found all over the place). --GunnarRene 04:16, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- Good question...I want to say that it did, but it's been so long since I've looked at them that I can't say for sure. If there's any specific titles that you're thinking about, LMK what they are and I'll search through the issues that I have and see if I can come up with anything.
- Well, for now I'm interested in Cowboy Bebop (and its theatrical movie) as well as RahXephon --GunnarRene 06:57, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hellmuth Braclets
Whoops, sorry about that. I miscounted the number of braclets listed there. Good catch. Bibigon 18:56, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Anime and Manga COTW
I'm primarily testing this template out on you. In the future, I hope that we will probably be using this template to notify supporters of a successful AMCOTW. --TheFarix (Talk) 11:02, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thank you
For removing the sentence fragment that slipped past when I reworded those two sentences. Once I've gotten a grip of how the English Wikipedia works (MediaWiki itself is not a problem), I'll see what else I can do for the NGE pages. -Nyp 19:21, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] RahXephon
Are you happy about the recent edits to the RahXephon article? Most of the movie information has been placed in the movie section and the information about the RahXephon itself has been moved to Characters in RahXephon. More details about the difference in characters between the movie and series would fit in Characters in RahXephon, don't you agree? (Such as this character doesn't appear in the movie, this character sleeps for most of the movie, etc.) --GunnarRene 11:14, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Regarding Quon: I own the ADV DVDs and they translate her quirky expression as "La-la?" The interchangeability between 'l' and 'r' is a Japanese quirk. 'La' is also more appropriate as a part of the musical scale 'do re me' etc. and given the musical themes of the anime. I really don't think "La-la" is her nickname for Ayato because she does say it at other times than when he is around and there is the uplift in the tone that indicates it is questioning. It reminds me of how my Hong Kong friends both say and write "la!", which is essentially meaningless but just part of an idiomatic expression. I hope that helps! TheFilth 05:56, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
- It does, and that's how I interpreted it too. --GunnarRene 22:15, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
RE: Itsuki - Well that's the editorial process. Two heads think better than one ... or make four times the hash :-) --GunnarRene 22:15, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Good Eats
Thanks for your Good Eats edits this afternoon. I'd planned on coming back tonight and cleaning up the links, and appreciate your speed in taking care of this! Travisl 21:56, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Keep up the good work on the NGE articles. There is a lot of speculation there and it needs sorting out. I was working on the NGE articles a while ago (I was the one who originally moved the main characters from List of characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion to their own page as per some Wikipedia policy I can't remember) but I got distracted by life. However I have now regained my interest in Wikipedia so I will be making edits here and there I guess. Anyway keep up the good work. –cheese-cube 09:05, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism warnings
Hi, you warned Drunktrumpet for vandalism for making a few test edits to the Kaworu Nagisa article. I call them test edits because Drunktrumpet is a new user and hasn't made very many edits at all. A better warning would have been {{test1}} along with an explanation as to why the edit was inappropriate. Remember also to sign your posts on talk pages with 4 tildes ~~~~, especially when warning a new user who isn't going to know where the warnings are coming from. So, as a general note, try not to bite the newbies. Thanks. Leebo86 20:36, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair Use rationales
Hey -- nice work adding all those Fair Use rationales... there's a problem with them, unfortunately. Although those rationales make standard disclaimers (no free replacement, doesn't affect the copyright holder, et cetera), none of them make an explanation as to why the individual image is being used... which is really the point of having FU rationales (see WP:FU, they're supposed to be individual). Anyway, I don't know if you had a particular attachment to those images or were just cleaning up in general, I just wanted to mention this. Mangojuicetalk 04:49, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The Jim Rome Show
Thanks for rating the article. What would you suggest as improvements? I've got some ideas but some constructive criticism can't hurt. Also, had you planned on rating the other Rome-related articles? Willbyr (talk | contribs) 18:12, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
- It really needs some cleanup. I hope to help with that. There are three major problems with the article. It's too long (50kb), and many of it's other problems seem to come from that. Interviews, Emails, Classic Soundbites, Music and Sound Effects, Telephone calls, and and Regular Bits should probably be drastically reduced in size, merged into one section simply mentioning that it is common for Rome to use these genre's of devices, and anything from this page worth keeping moved to List of content and features on The Jim Rome Show. Really notable interviews; i.e. ones that were so revealing or controversial that they were mentioned in major media outside of the Jim Rome show, could be kept on the main page.
The Second major problem is that the article does not have an encyclopedic tone. It kind of reads like an FAQ instead of an encyclopedia article. In fact, a lot of what is in the guidelines at WP:BETTER could be applied to this article, especially the part on Peacock and Weasel Words.
Finally, the article has no citations or references in it whatsoever. Long-Term, anything in the article that can not be sourced has to go, per WP:CITE and WP:A. That is the part that probably should be focused on first, as it's the only one thats not a matter of opinion. I know its not a Radio show, but I think The Colbert Report is a good model for each of the three problems I have. Just one man's opinion. --CastAStone|(talk) 19:41, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Se7en
There *is* a way to lock that section. It's called "page protection" ;) Note that the vast majority of editors who have added Kevin Spacey as John Doe are anons, but unfortunately we can't keep pages protected forever. On the flip side, though, at least this isn't a ten-times-a-day problem. There are enough editors watching the page that it seems to get fixed fairly quickly each time it happens, although I agree it'd be nice if we didn't have to keep fixing it.--chris.lawson 18:02, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Re:It's not the size that matters....actually it is
No problem. It still needs some tweaking, better flow, and could be trimmed some more, but it's a major starting point. I removed something like 4600 characters, and since this plot has about 5000 characters, I'd say it was basically cut in half. But it still needs work. I think now the regular editors of the article can go in and "spruce" it up to be better quality. BIGNOLE (Contact me)
