User talk:Sawblade05

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Welcome!

Hello, Sawblade05, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 02:58, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User page

I checked your user page and it was not delted at any time. I also checkd your talk page and it has not been deleted either. Also a quick look at the history of your user page here shows that you are the only person to have edited it. If some one does vandalise it then all you have to do is use the history to restoe the version you want. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 06:38, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sandbox edits

When you make an edit to the sandbox you need to be aware of two things. One, don't take out the headings like this. It's there so that other users have reached the right place. Second, the sandbox get's reset at least every 12 hours so anything you put in will be deleted eventually. You should make your own sandbox such as User:Sawblade05/Sandbox and that won't get cleaned out after 12 hours. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 06:52, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry that's not ment to be any sort of warning. I wan't sure if you knew why the heading was there or may have even missed seeing it and I thought you probably just removed it by accident. The sandbox heading gets removed fairly often. Don't worry about resetting it. There is at least two bots that reset it every 12 hours. If you want to remove this section then that's fine as it's not a warning and I know you weren't doing anything wrong. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 04:04, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: section removal

See Talk:Test Drive Unlimited, this is not vandalism. ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 01:37, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about that, I did not notice the date changes. As for the PC requirement specs, posts on Gamefaqs message boards are not a reliable source for such information. Atari will release the specs soon enough. ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 01:45, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 3RR Note

To User:Sawblade05, User:Anetode and User:JimmyJoeBobby:

Please be careful when reverting - and remember the three revert rule. This states that you cannot revert (i.e. remove or partially remove someonelse's edits) more than three times within 24 hours. The exception to this is "blatant, simple vandalism", which I don't think applies to Test Drive Unlimited. On this, I think you have all either come very very closed or have broken the rule within the last day.

As Antefoe and Sawblade05 seem experienced and have reverted in good faith, whilst JimmyJoeBobby is new, I'm not going to take any action such as blocking - this is often done with the three revert rule, but I don't see how it would help here - but I encourage you all to remember that, whatever the situation, reverting is not a good way of editing on Wikipedia. The page is now protected so hopefully this can all be ironed out on the talk page. Robdurbar 16:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Spam

If you look, you'll notice I removed the speedy deletion tag several hours ago. -- Steel 18:35, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Strip map

You can edit the map in Inkscape (which is free) or Adobe Illustrator (which is not). As for where I got the data, the map was traced over a screenshot of Google Maps.

You may want to ask someone at the Maps Task Force to redo the map totally using GIS data, which would likely yield a more accurate map. —Scott5114 ↗ 15:36, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah I been around. Been toying with a little new project called WikiLou with several others. Kimmy78 19:47, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Goat userbox

Your I like goats userbox …

This user likes goats.

… shows a gnu, not a goat. Sorry, I don't get if this is an intended joke or not, so I thought I'd drop by and risk making a fool of myself :). — Ocolon 18:50, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Don't forget to sign when posting here

I have inserted a tag where a bot should auto sign if I forget the tildes, the bot would sign for me Sawblade05 18:19, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

test for bot.

[edit] Note

You used {{criticism-section}} in an article, but it's been put up for deletion:

Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 May 11#Template:criticism-section — Omegatron 05:56, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copyvio tag

I removed this edit: [1]. By going to Template:Copyvio, and clicking on one of its categories, I found a more correct template for it. Just so you know, that template is used when a whole page is blanked out and is in danger of being deleted. --68.161.171.105 22:26, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template:usbk

First of all Template:usbk does allow parameters now also i have converted the following pages to the new standard Wikipedia:Userboxes/Emoticons
Wikipedia:Userboxes/Science Fiction
Wikipedia:Userboxes/Encycloboxes
Wikipedia:Userboxes/Profession
Wikipedia:Userboxes/Time

It allows up to 4 parameters I have also converted the following User:Ashley_Y/Userboxes/Religion#Religions
User:Xaosflux/UBX/Sexuality
User:Disavian/Userboxes#Hobbies

I am working on converting more --Java7837 02:20, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

I just finished Wikipedia:Userboxes/Health --Java7837 02:45, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion discussions

I just noticed that you added "delete per nom" to a bunch of deletion discussions. Please try to be more specific with your reasons for deletion; "per nom" doesn't usually cut it. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps)))} 17:43, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

To follow up on that, "not encyclopedic" isn't really enough either when discussing user categories. User categories don't have to be worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia, because they are for categorizing users and not articles. Also, please do not use strong delete for every comment you make; your opinion is no more or less important than anyone else's and should not appear that way. By overusing emphasis you won't be able to show it when you really mean it since people will get used to your votes and disregard them as sensationalist. One final thing, UCfD is User Categories for Discussion, although you seem to suggest "strong delete" even when a user cat is nominated for a rename or merge. Consider reading some of the past discussions in the UCfD Archive to get an idea of how these discussions work. BigNate37_(T) 23:08, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

Can you please replace the content of User:Sawblade05/tempoaryWikipedia:Userboxes/WikiProjects with {{db-user}} if you are done with that page? It is causing you to show up as a member of every single WikiProject on the system that has a userbox. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 09:35, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Double Shot (Ride)

Nice work on this one! I have changed by !vote to keep. --Fang Aili ^talk 17:28, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Psuedoreligionist Wikipedians

As you may already be aware, Category:Psuedoreligionist Wikipedians and its subcategories, Category:Discordian Wikipedians, Category:Flying Spaghetti Monsterist Wikipedians, Category:SubGenius Wikipedians, and others, have been deleted. That deletion is now up for review. If you have anything you'd like to say on the subject, now is the time. If you know of any other editors who might have something to say on the subject, pass the word. If, on the other hand, you are not interested in the slightest, feel free to delete this. — The Storm Surfer 01:02, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge proposal

A proposal has been made to merge Replacement I-35W Mississippi River bridge into I-35W Mississippi River bridge. The matter is being discussed at Talk:Replacement I-35W Mississippi River bridge. Please feel free to comment. Thank you. Kablammo 18:25, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Please don't make changes like this when the matter is under discussion. I will not revert your edit. I am just telling you not to do that again. Thanks. Chris! _{my talk} 23:23, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Major League Baseball All-Star Game

A more recent reference would be Marc Okkonen's Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century, p. 7. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 20:51, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Sounds like a good secondary source to me. Sawblade05 20:58, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

I did some work on the article. It did not get any shorter, as I hoped it would, but at least it's arranged a little more logically now. Some further paring of the excess verbiage would seem to be called for. One problem with many articles, especially the longer ones, is the hodge-podge result of editors adding essentially the same information 2 or 3 times, apparently not having bothered to read the full article first to make sure they are not adding redundancies. The article is too long and probably has too much minutia. But a separate article on the results, as you've proposed, would separate the general history of the game from the individual game details, which could also be moved from the general article. Then the individual games could be discussed in more depth, and simultaneously we could get rid of absurdities like "Major League Baseball All-Star Games in Pittsburgh". It's sufficient to have a few lines in each of the ballpark articles about hosting the game, and put the details in the single article about all the games. The extreme would be to write an article about each game, but frankly I don't see the point. Others might disagree, but it's just one game, and the number of noteworthy highlights is seldom more than a few sentences. Back in the 80s, NBC or whoever it was used to run a one or two minute rapid-fire montage of All-Star Game highlights, starting with the Bambino's homer in the first game and ending with the most recent highlight, all in the space of a minute or two. That same approach could be used here. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 02:29, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Usbk and Wikipedian categories

Hello, can you help put a parser function of this nature: {{#ifeq:{{{categories}}}|no||[[Category:Example|{{PAGENAME}}]]}} in this template to allow for the suppression of Wikipedian categories on pages such as Wikipedia:Userboxes/Health, Wikipedia:Userboxes/WikiProjects, and Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/New Userboxes? -Sox 207 04:05, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nick Coleman (columnist)

Thanks. - Reaverdrop _(talk/nl) 18:59, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wild Adventures

Can you tell me how "Phobia will be held September 28-30, October 4-7, 11-14, 18-21, 25-28, 31." is written like an advertisement? It is an event and it lists the days that event is held. Mjrmtg 15:39, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] QuikTrip

I added the hangon tag to this article. While it probably needs a major rewrite, deletion is not the way to go. FYI, I have no connection to QT other than as a customer. --Iowahwyman 21:15, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Indy Lights

All the statistics came from the Ladder Series portion of [2]. -Drdisque 18:58, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NEXTEL Cup vs Sprint Cup, etc

I noticed your revert at the Landon Cassill article since it is on my watchlist. I started a discussion at WikiProject NASCAR about when to change the series name since it affects all NASCAR articles. Please participate in the discussion there so we can form consensus. Royalbroil 15:04, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Here's the link: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_NASCAR#When_to_change_the_series_titles_from_NEXTEL_to_Sprint_and_Busch_to_Nationwide. Royalbroil 15:08, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Done I posted my rational. Sawblade05 ⁽^{talk to me} ^| ^{my wiki life}⁾ 15:24, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

What's the point of WikiProject NASCAR if no one is using it? Why wasn't critically important things like the name of the new Sprint Cup division article discussed there first instead of me moving it and wasting my time? There was no planning. I request discussion and it doesn't happen. Why are we running around as a series of individuals making unilateral decisions with no direction or discussion? Not saying that it necessarily was a bad decision, but it was not discussed at all. It sounds like I should propose disbanding the WikiProject since it is pointless. Royalbroil 15:02, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

The reason why I had it moved there is to eliminate a double standard as the other 2 series articles Nationwide Series and Craftsman Truck Series both have "Series" in the name. Sawblade05 ⁽^{talk to me} ^| ^{my wiki life}⁾ 21:03, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Superman

Hello Sawblade05. I see that you recently tagged Superman with {{very long}}. However, you did not begin a discussion on the talk page regarding remedies. It would be helpful if you could offer some suggestions of what topics you think should be split into separate articles or what sections you think should be condensed. Thank you.

P.S. In your edit summary, you linked WP:Size, but I think you meant to link WP:SIZE. GentlemanGhost (talk) 19:27, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Thanks

Thanks for letting me know about PlayStation 3 games. You gotta love people who have nothing better to do... Thingg^⊕^⊗ 21:31, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

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