Hi Matt, since you promoted Larrys Creek to Good Article status, I thought you might be interested in its Featured Article candidacy, here: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Larrys Creek. Thanks, Ruhrfisch 18:21, 25 August 2006 (UTC) P.S. I enjoyed your all wikilink sentence very much. Take care.
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Wooo-hoo indeed - it is a pretty good feeling to have an article make FA - thanks again for your help and take care, Ruhrfisch 14:11, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi Matt,
I see that you didn't like some of the changes that I made to the Washington template. May I ask you what you didn't like in particular? Maybe we could come to some sort of a compromise. Along with some other members of U.S. State WikiProjects, I am working on a project to standardize the state templates, and I'd love to have your input. Take a look at the master list of templates at Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. states/state templates, and if you feel like it, join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. states/state templates. Thanks for your help!
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HEY, NICE da ORGANIZATION iu've done on iur user page and sub-pages. Sorry but i'll copy your style on mine soon.-- Walter Humala 05:16, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
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Washington State was redirecting to Washington for almost two and a half years before you changed it. You didn't have a good reason to change it. When you changed it, one person disagreed with the change and another pointed out that it introduces more confusion. I disagree with your change also. "As for 'Washington State', the phrase does only properly refer to one thing--the university." That is simply wrong. The Washington State Department of Health and the Washington State Department of Revenue aren't departments at Washington State University, for example. Moreover, "Washington State" may be less popular than "Washington state" as a means to differentiate the state from D.C. in prose, but that doesn't mean it's never used in this manner. Some people may even prefer the capitalized version because it constitutes a proper noun. For the broad, international audience we are writing for, "Washington State" most naturally refers to Washington; an abbreviation of a university's name, used primarily in the context of athletics, is subordinate. Punctured Bicycle 07:17, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
I noticed you just created the article Public perception of George W. Bush. You may not be aware, but the Criticism of George W. Bush article was previously named (up until a couple weeks ago) Public perception and assessments of George W. Bush. I'm afraid this new article is simply a duplicate of the currect criticism article. -- AuburnPilot talk 06:36, 24 November 2006 ( UTC)
Hi. I'm Ral315, editor of the Wikipedia Signpost. We're doing a series on ArbCom candidates, and your response is requested.
Please respond on my talk page. We'll probably go to press late Monday or early Tuesday (UTC), but late responses will be added as they're submitted. Thanks, Ral315 ( talk) 01:59, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
On Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Summary table, I added a column "Examples" with links that exhibit a candidate's arbitration skills. My motivation is that as a voter, I don't want to just rely on a candidate's words, but also see their actions. Moreover, I believe a portfolio of "model cases" to remember in difficult situations can be useful for each candidate, as well.
So far I have entered examples for the candidates who registered first (from their questions page), and I'm not sure if and when I will get to yours, so you may want to enter an example or two yourself. — Sebastian (talk) 00:26, 4 December 2006 (UTC) (I may not be watching this page anymore. If you would like to continue the conversation, please do so here and let me know.)
Don't take them personally or even as a judgement on your value as a Wikipedian. People are just looking for a certain type of person for arbcom. You still rock, even if you like Wazzou. youngamerican ( ahoy hoy) 01:04, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Hey Matt Yeager. There is a lively debate about use of promo photos on wikipedia. My name is Jeff and I Do not support the interpretation of WP:FU as implemented by user's like User:Chowbok. They believe that Wikipedia should be free of all promotional photos that are "replaceable with an equivalent" (i.e. an amateur photo from flickr). Their rationale is being debated in many places, and take it a step further believing that all promo photos should be deleted and let someone else deal with finding and uploading a free alternative.
And many other places I've no doubt missed.
I and many others who support use of fair use promotional photos have not been successful in changing the actions of Chowbok and rampant deletion and changing of many hundred's of useful images from Wikipedia articles continues. One good example is the Jennifer Granholm article which had a great promo photo replaced by a terrible photo. I seek to raise the profile of this issue through challenging promotional photos on high profile article's like this one. I'm sorry, really I am, but fair use policy as implemented by Chowbok has left me with few viable options.
I invite you to join the battle for Promotional Photo usage on Wikipedia and the protection of Fair Use concepts. -- Jeff 08:10, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
Hey Matt, dig your arbcom statement.. don't think I'll vote as any support at this point might look moral, but keep fighting the good fight. Deizio talk 15:43, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
Thank you for your stub submission. You may wish to note that it is preferable to use a stub template from Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types instead of using simply {{stub}}, if you can.
Thanks! -- Vox Causa 01:08, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the big improvement in the Benton county article. The list of wineries is an important update. retired_poppi 18:33, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Explain, please. How does this provide any formatting at all? All it is is just the text placed in, wrapped up in a little div box. What does that accomplish?
What does this phrase have to do with Miami? Neon Merlin 01:37, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
As per requested, I live in Kennewick. Also, I know you because I have at least one class with you and I won't tell you who I am until the very last day of school. Do you like my run-on? *Laughs maniacally*
I really like the Washington userbox on your user page (the one about us not being "Washington state" or "Washington, D.C."). Did you make it yourself? I didn't find it as a template on Wikipedia and think that it'd be cool if you made one available to other Washingtonian Wikipedians. -- Brandon Dilbeck 00:21, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
In a recent edit to Be bold, you reverted a change with the comment "we have to not give direct links outside of mainspace". I don't mean to be argumentative but says who? The wikipedia space is still part of the project. WikiMedia links still work. Http-style links run counter to all the references that I know about in the Manual of Style. And piping links is explicitly against the Manual of Style for disambiguation pages.
If the rules about linking have changed, I'd appreciate a pointer to that decision. Thanks. Rossami (talk) 23:11, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
That user could have just have easily posted a question to the talk page (as many other WP newbies have), and then one of us regular users could have gently set him/her straight. Instead he or she had the time to go read about the rather complicated "Requested moves" procedure. That is why I am suspecting bad faith. Someone with that much time on their hands could have easily read the talk page before posting and noticed the prominent FAQ link. If the anon IP user does turn out to be a genuine newbie and demands an apology for my aggressive response, I will give one if and when that contingency arises.
But if the anon IP user was a troll looking for a rise, someone has to flag their inappropriate behavior for the overworked admins. I have no apologies for vigorously defending the integrity of the encyclopedia. -- Coolcaesar 05:25, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I replied to you at my talk page, to keep the conversation in one place. Just letting you know. - GTBacchus( talk) 00:29, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
I've taken to often humorising my edit summaries when it's vandalism; A guy gets bored patching the place up. HalfShadow 00:29, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Forgive my triteness. Look at the diff I provided, specifically your edit summary. Look at what exactly you were reverting. You were calling my previous edit vandalism (that's what "rvv" means). (The entire idea of an edit saying "rvv, look at the discussion" is absurd; if it refers to a talk page, it's a content dispute, therefore not vandalism.) I was calling you out for labeling what I did vandalism, certainly not calling you out for vandalizing. Matt Yeager ♫ ( Talk?) 20:23, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
I have added a "{{
prod}}" template to the article
Jim Nobles, suggesting that it be deleted according to the
proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "
What Wikipedia is not" and
Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}}
notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on
its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the
proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the
speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to
Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached.
Thiebes
13:46, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Bob Dole Memorial Ocean, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:
Under the
criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet very basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time. Please
see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as an appropriate article, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is appropriate, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{
hangon}}
on the top of the page and leave a note on
the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.
For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Scc4fun 00:36, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Did you see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Queen sacrifice example before re-creating the article with the "rvv" summary? Lupo 12:29, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
About your confusion about my tagging of a userbox for deletion, read through WP:UM, it should contain the information you need :-) — METS501 ( talk) 01:54, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Glad to see that junk gone from Wikipedia:Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. And it's nice to see you around, Matt. I like the continued fnord, which has now migrated to your talk page.
'Sta luego, Λυδαcιτγ 17:17, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Regarding that cheerleading stuff in George W. Bush. I don't understand why the guy insists on having it. Sure, he was a cheerleader but it doesn't really matter. I guess he's just trying to make Bush look silly. Thanks for removing that. ViriiK 01:39, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for uploading Image:Uglykahs.gif. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. — Bkell ( talk) 01:05, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Elegance.gif, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. — Bkell ( talk) 01:11, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
I noticed you removed the section about the clear skies act, saying it wasn't notable because it didn't make it through committee. The inclusion of that subject is actually under discussion here; I thought I should probably bring it to your attention so you fully elaborate on your thoughts. Basically I would argue that it is notable enough to include for three reasons: First, it gives the reader a broader picture of Bush's political beliefs, without it I feel we present an incomplete view of his policies, as readers may be unsure of where he truly stands in terms of environmental protections. Secondly, just because something failed to be implemented doesn't mean its not noteworthy or significant, his plan to privatize social security also failed but it definitely warrants inclusion. Which leads into my last reason, that its noteworthy because it was a major piece of legislation that failed to pass through the republican dominated congress. While some might argue that his policies have been ineffective, until the republicans lost control of congress Bush has been effective in getting his policies implemented. The only other things which come to mind that he has failed at was (as I said before) his social security plan and a few nominees. The simple fact that he couldn't get it to even a floor debate in the republican dominated congress makes it worth mentioning (in my mind at least). Anyways, I look forward to discussing this further with you at the talk page.-- Mbc 362 02:05, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
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Hi, Matt. I don't really know how, but I came across your userpage, it made me laugh, so I decided to drop a note! I mean, come on, you like music and The Princess Bride... I kinda had to! </randomness> haha, Cheers- CattleGirl talk | sign! 05:35, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
In the reversion of my edit to this article, you summarized, "misuse of language." The article is nearly completely without sources. It contains opinions written by you. Softening your opinions is not a "misuse of language," but conveying your personal feelings as encyclopedic is. (I would have rather simply deleted the opinion but if I deleted all the opinions from the article, not much would be left.) This is one of the weakest articles I've read. I hope you will dedicate time to citing the parts of it that are true and deleting the parts that cannot be backed up. -- Wordbuilder 02:38, 16 April 2007 (UTC)