User talk:StefenTower/Archive 7
PeenoHi, Stevie. What's going on with this article? Seems the neocons are gunning for it. Well, I've got your back...Rhinoracer 21:33, 7 July 2007 (UTC) Louisville, KentuckyWhy did you undo my edits? The first about the churches I removed the sentence because it was fluff that didn't really mean anything. The second about alternative papers was incorrect, only one serious alt. weekly is published now and that's LEO. --Purple hills 22:42, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
I pretty much restored the alternative paper change, but I disagree with the removal of the introductory sentence to the Religion subtopic. It's a fair introduction to religion in Louisville. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 22:56, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
questionCan I quote this in the transportation article: http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070716/OPINION01/707160331/1016/OPINION it took up 1/2 a page in Monday's editorial page. --Purple hills 17:04, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
I jumped the gun and added it. Isn't it worth mentioning that they ran a 2 full column editorial on this, though? Just quote it and let readers decide? I don't know where else to look right now. --Purple hills 17:14, 18 July 2007 (UTC) This was the print edition, just to be clear. From the link it might look like it's some blog thing. --Purple hills 17:15, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
You also do not answer my question as to why the city is allowed to express their viewpoints about how great the bike paths are, but people who actually ride them are not. --Purple hills 18:21, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I have taken the liberty of starting this article for you after I read your comment. It's a bit out of the range of my expertise, but I enjoyed doing the research. Jack1956 20:28, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Edits to Wendy Whelan articleHi Steve, Just a short one to say thanks for edits and additions to my Wendy Whelan article. Just a couple of comments on them. I prefer to organize my categories based on size. For example: Living people -> Dancers -> Ballet dancers. I have not come across a standard wiki way of doing this so since this is my article I have reorganized it that way. Let me know if I'm completely wrong and alphabetical organising is the only way to go on about it. I have kept your Louisville stub category since it is obviously relevant to the article. One more thing, repertory and repertoire are completely interchangeable (ref: http://www.bartleby.com/61/93/R0159300.html). It's rather common in the ballet world to use both (I do throughout my articles, mostly to avoid repeating myself) but I have left "repertoire" in the article unchanged for the sake of formality. Thanks. Tanya
Biographical article titlesI noticed that you moved the article on the racer from Daniel John Sullivan III back to Danny Sullivan. I had figured that disambiguating people is made easier by titling articles with the full names of the subjects, amongst other reasons. Does a standard exist on this topic, and perhaps guidelines that you could direct me to? ENeville 15:00, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Playing gamesDesist your personal attacks against me, it looks like bad faith on your part, SqueakBox 00:46, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
Indiana Wesleyan UniversityI spent 5 hours compiling the information on the IWU page - don't even think of deleting any of it. According to your profile, you are only sanctioned to edit pages linked to Louisville. Thus, I removed the vague link to Louisville from the IWU page, removing it from you jurisdiction. -englandfan7
Dude, IWU didn't have anything posted on its page until today. Funny how you didn't give a shit about it then. I mean, why do you care about my alma mater's page? Everything I posted is taken from a listed online source, primarily www.indwes.edu I don't care if you make minor changes here and there, as long as you don't delete anything and remove your damn tag. However, if you delete major sections, I'll report you to the administrators. -englandfan7
Thanks for the cleanup man, it looks good. I was just worried that you were going to delete something that I spent hours compiling. Is there a way to fully protect the IWU page, because it has been attacked and deleted in the past. Prior to my work yesterday, there was nothing on it. I just don't want that to happen again. Thanks, -englandfan7
Maybe I wouldn't be so cagey about you if you didn't keep coming up with new shit on my page. Chochy, you're the one who edited my page (and I noticed that you made several spelling and grammar errors - ooops, a mistake - "RED FLAG" on Stevie!!!), so why did you just post additional flags?! You're starting to look REALLY anal man. -englandfan7
Yeah, yeah, you know what I mean - I did basically create 99% of it. You just really need to chill with the flagging bud. No one's commiting a fellony here. -englandfan7
Re: No apparent consensus to delete "Rape victims" categoryFrankly, there was no consensus arrived at for this, considering that the positions, most of which were explained well, were about even. Also consider that the tail end of the process looked like an organized flood. I hope you will investigate this. Thanks. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 18:28, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
Kentucky KingdomI do agree with you, in concept, regarding your comments on the Kentucky Kingdom article. In practice, however, I think we've both seen issues with overzealous editing taking place in article A after article B already has coverage on said topic. This is normally due to either i) someone not realizing that the second page exists, or ii) someone believing that their information belongs on the first page, regardless of anything else. Should the Tower incident receive more prominent mention than the blurb in the ride description? Sure -- but the way the article is currently written, doing so doesn't lend itself to a nice read for the end user. Look at how other parks' articles that have had major incidents (Great Adventure, Mission:Space, and the Tower of Terror are three that come immediately to mind) have handled it there and see if those solutions would apply in this instance. As I've said to others who have brought it up -- yes, it's a tragedy what happened, but from an encyclopedic viewpoint, you have to take (a) the emotion out of the article and the editing, and (b) focus on the picture outside of local Louisville's take on the situation. Ideally, a very small one-sentence summary goes onto the Kentucky Kingdom page (and on the Tower page if it ever gets created), with full coverage on the Incidents page. IF the Tower situation warrants it, then the incident gets slightly summarized on the Incidents page and then gets broken out fully onto its own page ala the Great Adventure Haunted House fire. SpikeJones 20:43, 29 July 2007 (UTC) South Texas Gospel Music AssociationStevie- Relative to South Texas Gospel Music Association, your prompt reply is appreciated. Your reasoning is logical and accepted. God bless, Gerald Lyda Thanks for giving this article a look and for your support. I hope the rest of the excellent editors at WPLou will review it as well. The only oppose at this point just said it needs a thorough copyedit. (Seems to be a running theme for my FA noms.) Maybe enough supports will change his mind. Acdixon (talk • contribs • count) 17:54, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
WaverlyI agree, I did have some words that didn't fit. I had originally written that to put in the discussion area and failed to edit it befor posting in the main article. However it should be made VERY clear that the legend of the "bleeding room" is very much FICTION! I did add a section for this topic in the discussion area, as well as much more info to refute the 63,000 deaths legends. John 17:29, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Military history WikiProject coordinator selectionThe Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is starting. We are looking to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by August 14! Wandalstouring 10:24, 7 August 2007 (UTC) Vacations2Discover linksWorldtraveler1 12:34, 9 August 2007 (UTC) Stevie, you wrote that our website vacations2discover.com is not the official website, but it is. We are payed by the St. Augustine Convention and Visitors Bureau - so as all other clients where i posted the links. Please do not remove the links again.
Image permissionsYou may not be able to answer this, but you've been around Wikipedia longer than I have. If I wanted to contact the Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives to obtain permission to use all of their portraits of Kentucky governors on Wikipedia only, how would I verify to interested parties that their consent had been given? I can tag the image with "The copyright holder has given their permission for this to be used on Wikipedia" but I could do that now and no one would know the difference. I'm sure some method of verification is involved, but I need to know what method that is. Can you help or point me to someone who can? Acdixon (talk • contribs • count) 16:49, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
Bay Valley FoodsCan you help me save Bay Valley Foods? the deletionists are going after me. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by BmikeSci (talk • contribs) 23:37, August 20, 2007 (UTC). Lou. sourcesThe source for the first 'ambulance' comes from this: That's not all. Long before EMS came about, Grishwold equipped police vehicles with medical supplies and trained officers to give emergency care while en route to the hospital. He also developed auto-transfusion (in which the patient's own blood is used) and helped establish Louisville's first blood bank. I know this isn't a great source, but it's all I've got right now and it does indicate the first forerunner of today's ambulance. I may try to email the city or U of L to see if they could find a better source. Angry Aspie 16:00, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
McCarthyIt's not my opinion, but from the New York times. You can look at the interview on youtube yourself. Then, why delete the rest of it? Cheers.Hetoum I 00:16, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
Ellen Churchill SempleThe Ellen Churchill Semple page needs to be expanded and marked as part of Wikiprojects Lou. and KY. That page does not do justice to one of America's most influential geographers. Angry Aspie 16:32, 23 August 2007 (UTC) AttackHello, this is a message from an automated bot. A tag has been placed on this page, by another Wikipedia user, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. The tag claims that it should be speedily deleted because the article is a page created primarily to disparage its subject or a biography of a living person that is controversial in tone and unsourced, where there is no neutral point of view version in the history to revert to. (CSD G10). To contest the tagging and request that administrators wait before possibly deleting the article, please affix the template {{hangon}} to the page, and put a note on its talk page. If the article has already been deleted, see the advice and instructions at WP:WMD. Please note, this bot is only informing you of the nomination for speedy deletion, it did not nominate the article itself. Feel free to leave a message on the bot operator's talk page if you have any questions about this or any problems with this bot. CSDWarnBot 00:32, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
ImagesIs there a way to crop images once they've been uploaded? Angry Aspie 18:58, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
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KFC/Kentucky Fried ChickenSince you are in Louisville, could you please take the time to find any data regarding the naming change that KFC is currently embracing. Any hard data would be greatly appreciated. Also, please do not get into and edit war over the KFM link on the KFC article. I have a feeling that Thumperward may seek an editing block if you do. Jeremy Jerem43 23:08, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
I don't mean to come across as adversarialIn the case of this template, I'm a bit reflexive. My only goal is to make the tool as thoroughly useful and concise as possible, and Hal and I are both committed to keeping the standards high at this particular pass. Stewardship, not ownership. From looking at your user page statement, I suspect we're actually similar in many ways and practices, especially as it regards the overarching goal of transparency and the way fullness of knowledge this can improve all of us. I find myself disagreeing with other wikipedia users' actions all the time, but watching this self-corrective process occur (if rife with minor contextual conflict) has become one of my great joys. Arguing to higher truth demarks real friendship. Thanks! BusterD 14:55, 3 September 2007 (UTC) Beck's MillI think the Beck's Mill article deserves to be B-class, but I thought I should get your opinion on it.--Bedford 01:05, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Regarding Strom ThurmondI added an RfC at talk:Strom Thurmond regarding edits made by WatchingYouLikeAHawk (talk · contribs) (WYLAH), who has taken a point to Wikistalk my edits. The original additions were at Robert Byrd regarding the fact that Byrd recanted his views on racism (addition not by me), which were later removed by WYLAH and reinstated and cleaned up. WYLAH claims that the Slate is an op-ed piece. I added the citations and some text regarding Thurmond's own admission that he never recounted racism fully to Strom Thurmond. I followed up with another citation: the interview that Thurmond gave in the Charlotte Observer, which is considered a reliable source. WYLAH began corrupting the latter citation template by removing portions of the references and rendering the sources unreadable throughout the page. He later began to do this elsewhere in the page on my other addition, and rendered the references unreadable as well. He removes the messages I leave him. He all but ignores the talk pages elsewhere, sans lying out vague threats to track my edits and report me for intimidation and etc., and ignores (like every admin so far) my case at WP:AIV. I opened up an RfC today, but this is pretty much the end of the road -- not much left go on here. A rewrite of the offending passages may be in the best interest, but I'm afraid that WYLAH would only revert it. Prior notices and warnings were left on his talk page regarding his conservative edits throughout, so I'm sure that he is coming from this on a biased viewpoint. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 05:36, 21 September 2007 (UTC) Fort KnoxHey Stevie,
Jahnx 02:26, 9 October 2007 (UTC) Houston A. Baker, Jr.I would like to remind you that you committed yourself to doing something about the Houston A. Baker, Jr. article. The article needs some positive and truthful content to balance out the negative content related to the Duke scandal. So far no one can really come up with something nice to say about HAB. We're all depending on you! --Anthon.Eff 01:01, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Wanted to let you know I started this. If I can find a copy of Baird's book, I can easily get a DYK out of it.--Bedford 03:58, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
AfD nomination of List of web applicationsList of web applications, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that List of web applications satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of web applications and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of List of web applications during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Spartaz Humbug! 23:17, 26 November 2007 (UTC) AfD nomination of List of collaborative softwareList of collaborative software, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that List of collaborative software satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of collaborative software and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of List of collaborative software during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Spartaz Humbug! 23:23, 26 November 2007 (UTC) HeyHey good sir ... been a while. Do you think "The Connection" in Louisville is notable enough to merit an article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by M-BMor (talk • contribs) 01:04, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
Louisville LegionI've started the Legion's article; thought you should know.--Bedford (talk) 17:54, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
Revisions...Why are you removing my inclusion about Ali/Clay collectibles? It is certainly as germaine as comic books and also quite often a connection that millions of Americans have to Ali. How can this not be relevant? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.227.39.74 (talk) 17:40, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
You're kidding me, Stevie.Stevie, please see the note I sent you directly. How you can suggest that the inclusion of VIDEO GAME and COMIC BOOK references is relevant but not much sought after trading card appearances or even more popular autographs is completely bizarre. They are the very definition of pop culture well beyond video game or comic book references. Moreover, your contributions not withstanding why do you get to make unilateral decisions as to the content of the page? My authoritative submission as a certified expert in the field should be a welcome inclusion. It's hardly vandalism and adds to the page. Worse yet, this willy-nilly editing style you've chosen to dispense is injurious to the future of Wikipedia and the attraction of professional writers or others in the know. I take the time to write and submit something to the community and you without merit or reason get to simply kill it with a succinct and unexplained "disagreed." Doesn't sound too 'wiki' to me and I'm not giving up. Kindly let me know what doesn't fit WIKIPEDIA's rules, not Stevie, or stop vandalizing my contributions. Be well, Kurt —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.227.39.74 (talk) 22:12, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Caves or Caverns near Jeptha Knob?Hey, just wondering if there were any natural caves or caverns in or under Jeptha Knob? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.130.69.245 (talk) 03:13, 21 December 2007 (UTC) TableMannersThere's an user named TableManners that is deleteing the Museums in Louisville category from any that are in Indiana. I am going to need assistance with this newbie that has already made self-righteous comments on my talk page about it.--Bedford (talk) 06:49, 22 December 2007 (UTC) Could you take a look at the fifth solution Category_talk:Museums_in_Louisville? You previously supported the second solution, but you might like the fifth better. If you do not, could you comment on the fifth solution why? Thanks. TableManners U·T·C 04:31, 24 December 2007 (UTC) |