User talk:DanflaveWELCOMEWelcome! Hello, Danflave, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
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:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place Re:Toukie SmithThe "Recent changes" page, m'friend.Bjones 19:47, 12 December 2005 (UTC) Re: LostNot entirely clear why discussion of the subliminal messages of lost is "crufty".—Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.162.241.243 (talk • contribs) Jan 14 2006 Thank you for your kind words. I'm glad to hear that my efforts have been worthwhile. Sometimes the most difficult thing is explaining why something should not be included in the articles. I've been promising to propose language for a "Wikipedia is not a fan site" addition to "Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not-- and I'd be pleased to have your input on it once I get it posted. Regards, and happy New Year! —LeFlyman 17:34, 1 January 2006 (UTC) Characters of LostI forgot to check the talk page on Characters of Lost before removing Yemi again, but after reading your thoughts, I decided to re-include it. I've re-written the section intro to make it a bit more clear that we're emphasizing people who clearly made it to the island (compare Yemi with Jack's father, whose corpse was never found, as an example). Let me know if you have any other thoughts. Thanks for your continued efforts at the Lost pages, as well! Baryonyx 02:19, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Dan. I just read your question on the Characters of Lost page about trimming down flashback characters. I agree that it's again getting away from it's original purpose, but I'm not certain how we should proceed ATM. There's certain characters in that list that are pivotal. I'll see if I can write up a group of whom I think we really need, and who can safely be axed. Just wanted to let you know I just saw the question, though. If you have any thoughts, I'll be posting on the Characters of Lost talk page, so there's a wider discussion. Baryonyx 01:12, 19 January 2006 (UTC) Thanks for the compliment on the Talk page. I'm no god though... just someone who checked his assertions when someone called for some evidence. I will say that if we had more of that on WP, it'd be a hell of a lot easier on everyone... but only a third as fun. :) Baryonyx 01:42, 19 January 2006 (UTC) Re: Lost - The Hunting PartyThanks for the heads up. I'll keep my eyes peeled. In case you haven't looked at the user's talk page, he was banned for 24 hours not too long ago for edits regarding a Lost talk page. If this keeps up we may have to have a talk with him about the difference between a fansite and an encyclopedia. Jtrost 18:16, 20 January 2006 (UTC) Heyer8472 I am only trying to keep the episode facts in order. I sometimes can use bad grammar because grammar is not my best thing. I was just trying to put the facts there. I wasn't trying to violate anything thanks Heyer8472 The Hunting PartyMathwiz -- as a frequent contributor to the Lost pages (and active Wikipedia editor), I just wanted to make you aware that a user, Heyer8472, is continually making edits to the Lost Episode Guide that are contrary to the MoS in regards to tone and style, not to mention his (or her) numerous spelling mistakes. I have reverted much of the edits back to a grammatically correct version. He (or she) is also including slight examples of OR and is including multiple unnecessary details. Thanks! Danflave 17:18, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
Lost BarnstarFor your continued diligence in editing the Lost (TV series), I award you the "Lost Barnstar." Thank you for keeping watch over the articles! Please feel free to award this barnstar to those you believe deserving. —LeFlyman 21:33, 20 January 2006 (UTC) Lost
I really don't think it is "pertinent information". Firstly, the sentence suggests "examples", not an exhaustive list. Secondly, it is a fairly trivial piece of information with respect to an encyclopedic article. Thirdly, the fact is covered in all the subsequent places pages relating to that episode. The spoiler warning should remain where it is (or was - I haven't checked to see what has been editted yet) - introductory paragraphs should be spoiler-free. Deano (Talk) 12:59, 22 January 2006 (UTC) Lost ThanksRillian -- wanted to thank you for being so thorough with the "Characters of Lost" page! I appreciate all your edits in keeping the page as accurate and free of OR as possible. Danflave 04:05, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
LOST Episode List divisionHi, Dan, I've placed a note on User talk: Discordance's page regarding his division of the episode summaries. I think he definitely needs to put a proposal up for polling first before proceeding. —LeFlyman 17:12, 25 January 2006 (UTC) I apologise for my forceful manner (bad day), I did'nt realise the depth of the discussion orginally, but I do think this is the right way forward, and I would rather convince people in discussion rather than immediately set up a straw poll Discordance 19:21, 25 January 2006 (UTC) Hmm I am slightly concerned now, Futurama seems to be operating both, It has an episode list along with individual episode articles and it has season break-downs like lost. Smallville and a few others also have season break-downs, while the majority still do seem to use episode articles the use of season break-downs seems fairly widespread. I think now a straw poll is probably appropiate to set up some guidelines as to which is more suitable, probably with the options:
Discordance 19:54, 25 January 2006 (UTC) or
Discordance 20:30, 25 January 2006 (UTC) Your comment on my user page made my day, especially given the current struggle I'm in to "prove" the basic literary norm of using present tense to describe fictional events. Thanks, Danflave. --PKtm 04:14, 28 January 2006 (UTC) RE: Wikipedia is not a fan siteHi, Dan, Thanks for the reminder. Due to your prodding, I've cleaned up the proposal material, and put it up for pre-posting at: User_talk:Leflyman/Not_a_Fansite. Please take a look at the proposed wording; you may also want to review the comments when I first brought it up on the talk page for What Wikipedia is not in November, which I've copied to the bottom of my "sub-page". I'll also add a note about this to the usual suspects, PKtm, Baryonyx, Mathwiz, etc. Let me know what you think! —LeFlyman 19:47, 28 January 2006 (UTC) Re: Work on LostThanks for the note. Hopefully with some more work we'll see Lost as a featured article :) Jtrost (T | C | #) 17:50, 22 February 2006 (UTC) WikibreaksDan, while your comment was perhaps not phrased properly, I have a thicker skin than that. I can see what you were trying to say, even if it wasn't said in the best way. :) The impetus for my Wikibreak is part disillusionment with Wikipedia (the whole userbox deletion fiasco is but one example), part current life situation, and part simply wanting a break from the Lost pages (mainly because I think I've been missing out on enjoying Lost the way I used to before I joined The Fuselage and started the pages here), which are about 90% of my Wikibutions anyway. Was I somewhat surprised by the tone of the general responses to my proposal? Sure, but taking it too personally is just a recipe for disaster. I'll be back eventually, can't say when, but I wanted to come on when I saw your message, so it's not gnawing at you or anything. Good luck with your continued edits. Baryonyx 00:00, 1 March 2006 (UTC) Danielle RousseauSaw your "bold" move on redirecting the Rousseau page. And, while I agree with your stance, I do think you should add your commentary to the Talk:Danielle Rousseau page. It'd help to get another editor chiming in with a voice of reason instead of condescension. --PKtm 18:49, 28 March 2006 (UTC) Re: Lost episodesHey. A lot has happened in the past couple weeks. Please do voice your opinion in Talk:List of Lost episodes. I've stepped back from participating in that discussion because I feel like I've been talking in circles, and when I do try to voice my opinion I'm accused of thinking I "own" the articles. It's quite a mess in my opinion. Jtrost (T | C | #) 20:37, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Request for mediation: Danielle RousseauHeya, I have a placed a request for medation for the discussion of wether Danielle Rousseau should be an individual article on Wikipedia:Requests for mediation. If you would like to participate please place visit that page for further instructions. —Joseph | Talk 23:10, 28 March 2006 (UTC) Merge Vote on Ultraviolet mapHi I was thinking about taking this whole merge discussion in an entirely different direction. Instead of merging the info on the poorly named Ultraviolet map into the unfocused The DHARMA Initiative. How about we expand on Silentplanet's idea and create sub sections on known Hatches? Remember the "The DHARMA Initiative" article is supposed to focus on what it is. Adding more information to "the Swan" only shows that this hatch should be expanded upon in another article. The title of this article after all is not "The DHARMA Hatches." To me it looks like we should put in some information about what exactly the DHARMA Initiative is. We should give some history on it maybe include the information on the film and then some brief information about the hatches and what they are. Hatches that we know more about like "The Swan" should have its own page that would then contain information such as "the Map", "The Timer", etc... I think that this is a more reasonable solution and would also make it a more logical solution as an encyclopedia article. Please let me know what you think (in your talk page)! And if you do agree please note that on your merge vote! Thanks -- UKPhoenix79 04:07, 13 April 2006 (UTC) Straw poll on Lost articlesThis probably has or will come to your attention already, but incase it hasn't, there is a straw poll at Talk: List of Lost episodes to decide the fate of the Lost articles. It is critical that you vote on this. I trust you will make the right choice. --Kahlfin 15:36, 19 April 2006 (UTC) Interesting edit of your commentsHey Danflave. Wanted to make you aware of this: [1]. I responded to the user's talk page, making him aware that it was unacceptable in Wikipedia to edit someone else's talk page comments under some weird "POV" stance. -- PKtm 21:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC) Ethan Rom articleUnfortunately, the AfD for the Ethan Rom article failed (thanks for submitting it, though!). Now that Ethan has an article (with of course next to no real content), I'm afraid the door is pretty wide open to the argument that lots of other minor characters should have articles, such as Danielle. I'm feeling inundated by lostcruft, so I'm just venting here... Any ideas on what to do? PKtm 08:12, 6 May 2006 (UTC) Danflave, I hear you. I guess I'd like to believe that the lostcrufters (at least the energetic persistent ones) will ultimately either wise up or go away, but I have to admit I haven't seen any signs of that yet. Sheer numbers seem to be overwhelming the instilling of Wikipedia philosophy/tenets. I'm going to keep at it, at least a bit. But I'm definitely receding in involvement, as is Jtrost, it seems... -- PKtm 23:31, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
Request for MediationA request for mediation has been filed with the Mediation Committee that lists you as a party. The Mediation Committee requires that all parties listed in a mediation must be notified of the mediation. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/List of Lost Episodes, and indicate whether you agree or refuse to mediate. If you are unfamiliar with mediation, please refer to Wikipedia:Mediation. There are only seven days for everyone to agree, so please check as soon as possible.
Your Request for MediationHello, Danflave My name is ^demon, and I am going to mediate the case that you requested concerning the episodes of Lost. Right now, before we continue, I would like to know if you prefer public or private mediation. If you could just let me know over at your request for mediation, I would be most grateful. Have a pleasant evening. Regards, ^demon[yell at me][ubx_war_sux] /02:53, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
WikiProject South ParkI have thought of creating a WikiProject for South Park since it is now near its' 10th anniversary and has more articles than ever. I feel we could all do the following things through this project:
I have seen your South Park fan template and wondered if you were interested in joining. If so reply to my talk page and I'll get back to you as quick as I can. Thanks, Mr. Garrison
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My talkpageMost of my messages have been archived; however I am unaware of any rule which says that I cannot get rid of cruft, crap, etc. from my talkpage or what concern it is to you. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 00:51, 11 February 2010 (UTC) The "F*ck You" Incident.......brings me to your side. As gay Jew with recent German descent, I saw zero wrong with using the term. What I absolutely cannot believe is that some on Wikipedia are using this moment to capitalize on, and debate whether "_____ nazi" is an unacceptable term. I've heard of nobody except for you, so far, who has brought up the substance of what you were talking about. That's the real issue. But, you've been countered with "there's no proof." Of course there's proof... there are thousands of archived pages of asswipe editors lobbying the deletion of articles on AFDs. So I'm just ranting.... and I think you are owed an apology. GnarlyLikeWhoa (talk) 17:16, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
ProdsI just came across this edit of yours. That is normally only done when an article was proded and then kept as a marker not to use the same process again. I was at the point of declining your prod on the basis that there was a prior prod. Agathoclea (talk) 13:45, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
Category for Gay WikipediansHello, I'm writing here to let you know that I've recently begun a discussion to review the deleted and redirected Category:Gay Wikipedians (which now points to Category:LGBT Wikipedians. instead of being it's own category) If you have the time, please add your thoughts on the deletion review to the current Discussion. Thanks! Ncboy2010 (talk) 13:00, 27 August 2012 (UTC) Hi, Hi, ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!Hello, Danflave. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC) ArbCom 2017 election voter messageHello, Danflave. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC) ArbCom 2018 election voter messageHello, Danflave. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC) ArbCom 2018 election voter messageHello, Danflave. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC) |