User talk:Wikkitywack/Archive 1

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DOB

I moved the thread here. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 16:41, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

March 2010

Please do not add or change content without citing verifiable and reliable sources, as you did to Shane Hurlbut. Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Cirt (talk) 00:28, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Del the etc etc

You're probably going to have to provide physical evidence - album scans or what have you - for that rename, since Internet sources are split damn near 50/50. If that's how he spells it, though, that's how he spells it. ShaleZero (talk) 16:22, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:NewPopSundayAltCov.pdf

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Page move

Re: this edit Please see WP:DASH. If you'd like to respond, please do so on my talk. Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:35, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

SNFU Template

Hello there, and thanks for your great work on the SNFU template! One point to discuss - I don't think that the "Real Men Don't Watch Quincy" or "Live '86" bootleg 7"s should go in there. As far as I can tell, there is no protocol for band templates at Wikipedia (but please correct me if I'm wrong!), so the contents are up to our discretion; and as such, it seems to me that it's best not to include bootlegs, to preserve the authority of the discography presented. The bootlegs are mentioned in the band's article, which should be enough. So I'll go ahead and remove them, but please feel free to let me know if you have a differing opinion, and we can discuss. And thanks again for your additions to and general work on the template! Best, Colinclarksmith (talk) 19:28, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

How about a section in the template for all bootlegs all its own? That way we could fit both "Real Men.." and "Live '86" in the same section. (There's also a short-run live CD called "Via Plastic Surgery," I think from Japan circa '96. I didn't add it to the main article since I could never get a handle on whether it was factory pressed or a CD-R.) As for the "Live '86" 7", I don't know what its 'official' title would be. My copy says "Live '86" on the cover and simply "Live" on the labels, so I went with the latter. It seems to be a low-budget affair, I don't know if the people who released it even had a definitive title in mind. Cheers, Colinclarksmith (talk) 21:36, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, go ahead and add that bootlegs section, that sounds great. Also, thanks for the info on "Via Plastic Surgery", I'm glad to finally have a report on that one. I was under impression that it was a live bootleg. I was once given the impression that, in the CD bootleg blitzkrieg of the mid '90s, a live SNFU bootleg was pressed in Japan or elsewhere in East Asia, but I haven't heard anything on that one in years. Anyway, nice to get some record nerd talk in! Best, Colinclarksmith (talk) 22:24, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

WP:RM

Thank you for supporting the move at Talk:Move (Japanese band). Now someone else is requesting that a different page be moved to conform with these stupid manuals of style that get rid of any sort of "irregular" formatting. If you do not mind, would you look over the nonsense here as well?—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 01:06, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Move query

• This move asks for the redirect-only page Too Many Rappers to be moved to itself. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:35, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Too Many Rappers → Too Many Rappers (move) – "Too Many Rappers" is a single, so needs to be separated from it's parent album Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 1 which it is currently tied to as a redirect. Wikkitywack (talk) 22:14, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
• When you try to go to Too Many Rappers, it will take you to Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 1, which will start "Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 1 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia / (Redirected from Too Many Rappers)". Click on that name Too Many Rappers (which will be in small type). That will take you to page Too Many Rappers, displaying the redirect. Click on the "Edit" tab and edit as usual. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:23, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Censoring

I would appreciate it if you did not modify my comments because you have an issue with my choice of vernacular.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 19:46, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

A Family Album

Where did information, particularly that of who played on each song, come from for A Family Album? --RadioFan (talk) 12:00, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Hello, Wikkitywack. You have new messages at Fuhghettaboutit's talk page. -- ~~~~~

October 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, articles should not be moved, as you did to Ding Dong, Ding Dong, without good reason. They need to have a name that is both accurate and intuitive. We have some guidelines in place to help with this. Generally, a page should only be moved to a new title if the current name doesn't follow these guidelines. Also, if a page move is being discussed, consensus needs to be reached before anybody moves the page. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Radiopathy •talk• 21:23, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

SmackBot

Thanks for your note. These three things are all subject of more or less discussion:-

1. Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Section_headings "All of the guidance in Article titles immediately above applies to section headings as well. "
2. Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums specifically uses "Track listing" : you could start a discussion there, to have it changed to "Track list".
3. Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers) - after hundreds of pages of discussion, an Arbcom case, and several RFcs.

Hope that helps. Rich Farmbrough, 01:15, 26 October 2010 (UTC).

Sea and Cake template

Kudos on the Sea and Cake template. Any tips on learning how to make these cool things? The Interior(Talk) 23:37, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, they're an awesome way to figure out what articles need writing in a given artists discography, on top of being user-friendly. I'm gonna try one out later, I'll give you a shout if it all turns to code poo. Thanks for the tips! - The Interior(Talk) 00:18, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

My first template, special thanks to Wikkitywack:

they're a bit finicky, for sure. Thanks again The Interior(Talk) 05:22, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Reelin' In the Years

• In your move requests The Very Best of Steely Dan: Reelin' In the Years → The Very Best of Steely Dan: Reelin' in the Years and Reelin' In the Years → Reelin' in the Years, "In" has to be capitalized because here it is not acting as a preposition but as an adverb: "reeling in" is a compound verb like in "he is reeling-in a fish", where he is not inside the fish when he is reeling. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:57, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Alternative rock categories...

The instructions are are WP:CFD basically you add {{cfr}} in the category. If you do the first leave me a note about the next one and I'll set everything up. Once you have an example, you simply copy the nomination into each category and then add them to the listing. Vegaswikian (talk) 04:55, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

The first two are listed here. Just copy the listing code from the Australian category to all of the others then add the extra nomination lines to the nomination using the Australian one there as the template. If you don't do this in the next 5 hours, you will need to modify the date in the category impeded in the template. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:28, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

I moved your nomination comment over. Looks like the template in the article is correct. You did not add the line to the nomination. I just did that. While WP:RM might be easier, WP:AFD is more complicated. Vegaswikian (talk) 21:56, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Just copy one of the existing lines and paste it in as many times as you need. Then modify the new lines for the actual titles. I guess it is like second nature and very obvious if you do it every day. Vegaswikian (talk) 22:47, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

re: wibbling rivalry

I thought about that for a second, but when you consider wibbling rivalry dates from 1994/5, it's not legitimate to claim it's something to do with the formation of the band....it's ages away, chronology wise (Chill (talk) 01:15, 2 December 2010 (UTC))

Red Links

Please note that Red Links are discouraged in templates - see Wikipedia:Red link. memphisto 16:00, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Boney James

Template:Boney James has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Robofish (talk) 01:01, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Ugly Americans

Template:Ugly Americans has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Mhiji (talk) 11:20, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Now moved to User:Wikkitywack/Ugly Americans. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 01:11, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:The Dambuilders

Template:The Dambuilders has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Mhiji (talk) 11:22, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Now moved to User:Wikkitywack/The Dambuilders. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 01:11, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Craig Chaquico

Template:Craig Chaquico has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Mhiji (talk) 11:26, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Now moved to User:Wikkitywack/Craig Chaquico. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 01:11, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Cravin' Melon

Template:Cravin' Melon has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Mhiji (talk) 11:26, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Tompall Glaser

Template:Tompall Glaser has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Mhiji (talk) 11:29, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Now moved to User:Wikkitywack/Tompall Glaser. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 01:11, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Poi Dog Pondering

Template:Poi Dog Pondering has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Mhiji (talk) 11:30, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Now moved to User:Wikkitywack/Poi Dog Pondering. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 01:11, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Heavy Trash

Template:Heavy Trash has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Mhiji (talk) 11:32, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Navbox templates

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I moved several of the navigation box templates to your userspace. My conclusion was that while we certainly welcome redlinks in articles, they are generally used sparingly navigation boxes. The idea is that navigation boxes should be used for navigation, and not a general placeholder for information that would be better placed in an article. With that in mind, I encourage you to add any redlinks you wish to the band articles, and feel free to move the navigation templates back if there are a substantial (say more than 4) blue links. Of course, that does not mean 4 blue links to related bands, but 4 blue links to songs, albums, films, etc. Thanks for all your hard work! Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 01:15, 22 December 2010 (UTC)