User talk:Robdurbar

July 05 - March 06

Adminship nomination

Hey Robdurbar, I've accepted and answered the three questions at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/ProhibitOnions. Here goes... Regards, ProhibitOnions 19:09, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the apology...

But it wasn't you that did it. :) It was another anon IP who went through and took out all of my genre changes. If you did accidently take some out, they were so tiny I didn't even notice. --69.145.122.209 19:11, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

peace :) --Striver 12:05, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Hello, Robdurbar

I am Diego Dabrio, a new wikipedian. You welcomed me yesterday, and this way you became the first real human being I contacted through the Wikipedia. Thank you. I am from Madrid, Spain, and therefore my english is not as good as if I were a native english speaker. I have tried to "create" a new article translating the german version into english (my german is extremely poor, but where there is a will, there is a way). I do not know if this is a common way to make new articles (although I imagine it is very common to translate from english into a different language). Will you have a look at it and correct it, please? I also have a problem with the picture's copyright (they want to delete it in a week!!), but I got the picture from the german version of the Wikipedia, so I don't think the copyright is a problematic one at all. And I can't make links between the german and english version...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_%26_Voss_BV_142 my (english) version

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_%26_Voss_BV_142 german version

I hope you don't mind the subject (I'm not a Nazzi), I just love aircaft and the english and american ones already have wonderful articles in english.

Thank you very much in advance, Robdurbar.

Thank you very much...

...for correcting all the mistakes you found (and so quickly!). I am not likely to make the same mistakes again, for I'll follow the Wikipedia instructions more strictly from now on.

I joined as a wikipedian couple of days ago, but I've been using the Wikipedia for a few months. I had just made some minor changes before (spelling, easy links...) wich, anyway, were enough to learn a bit about editing... Don't think that I entered the Wikipedia for the first time one evening and decided to make an article about a virtually unknown plane right in that moment!

All your tips and suggestions are welcome: it is easier to learn when someone explains something to you personally. In fact the only problem about Wikipedia is that the "nutshell" and "policy" pages are so boring... ;)

Thank you again. And LOOK >>>>> Dabrio 22:51, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Not that its a biggie

But your "neuteral" as per above to striked out and changed to support votes is kind of funny. The only one above is "maybe later" which just seems a little odd -- Tawker 05:34, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

I know, I just thought you'd like to know, and I have to be honest, I found it a little funny when I saw it (seeing all of the changed votes) Thanks for the clarification by the way. If this one falls through the cracks, (and I don't terribly mind if it does, it just means another fun week of questions in 4-40000000000000000 (yes, the 0's are a joke) months or so) nothing really changes, I just get to bug someone else when I need something :) -- Tawker 08:14, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar For such a nice message, even in a neutral vote :) Tawker 08:14, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for welcoming me onto Wikipedia! I'm looking forward to being of use (somewhere, at some point). Bit busy at the moment but I look forward to contributing more seriously in a few months time.

Cheers

JH1977.

Doh!

Doh! Me again. Suddenly realised what you meant about the four tildes. Here goes: JH1977 20:13, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

My successful RfA, thanks to you...

Thanks again for nominating me, Robdurbar. I've been accepted with a vote of 58/2/0. It's not quite Clown's high score but I was gratified by how many cool and experienced people voted for me. Now I have to figure out all this admin stuff; I blocked one anon vandal already but otherwise I think I'll take it slowly.

BTW, your edit count and contributions are certainly respectable enough, but more importantly you live in Durham... Have you given adminship any thought yourself? Regards, ProhibitOnions 22:45, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

FYROM or Republic of Macedonia

The talk page is getting huge and probably you didn't notice the responses that had been given on this by User:E Pluribus Anthony below at the "Reply" section. Although I used to disagree, I feel there is no more choice about that. You are welcome to vote as it already is. I'm sure you'll definitely find an option (out of NINE already) that approximates your decision. Regards.  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 16:17, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Ha ha! That has been suggested too! (see the end of it where it turns into a blog). You are welcome to carry out this task. Along with the poll, I think you need to leave the positions of the two main opposing sides (brief/extended).  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 16:25, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

You are a hero for pulling this off. I think we need to add back the positions, though. Or would you think it's better to change the internal links (used everywhere) to Archive 9? (did it already and asked the opposing side to do it also)  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 23:01, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

DPT

I apologized to you on WP:AE, and again here. I appreciated your edits. Septentrionalis 22:24, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Your spoonful of advice, well loaded with sugar as it is, is worth considering.

I'm not sure that the article will be fixed in six months; Ultramarine drove away editors before I ever got there, and he has a repetoire of specious quotations to back himself up. I am annoyed with him in part because I am used to trusting fellow editors' accounts of their sources, and his can't be trusted. Unfortunately, it takes access to a university library and reading tons of papers even to see what his distortions are. Septentrionalis 22:55, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

But since he seems to be leaving the article alone, I will also. Enjoy. I look forward to seeing the NPOV version, written in clear and grammatical English, that will emerge in some months time. Septentrionalis 20:35, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Neologisms

Hi there, a while ago you made an edit on the Wikipedia:Avoid neologisms guideline. I am proposing a revision to the guideline and I'm soliciting your comments. You can find the link to my rewrite at Wikipedia talk:Avoid neologisms -- cmh 01:08, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Arabian Gulf

This article was unprotected without much reason and the revert wars seem to be coming back. Could you keep an eye on it? Aucaman^Talk 05:44, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

FIFA World Cup hosts

Thanks for the compliment... I planned on wikilinking the WCs after I had inputted all the info, but thanks for catching me anyway :) — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 07:39, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I delinked it because (1) I'm not a fan of red links, and (2) FIFA World Cup is still up for FA status, and reviewers are looking to scrutinize anything. Then again, this is only an article to be expanded upon. By no means is it complete. As we get more information about each World Cup, we may then look into making an article for FIFA World Cup 1942. Thoughts? — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 00:46, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

World Cup tiebreakers

You're probably right at this point that the template is useless. I created it back during qualifying so as to have a standard text to put up on each qualifying page as well as for the final. Although I could've sworn that last time I looked the final tiebreakers were the same as the qualifying tiebreakers, it now seems you are correct in putting GD ahead of head-to-head; as such it's pretty likely that the template can be replaced by actual text. Jonpin 10:51, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Just another RFA thank you note

Dear Rob, I appreciate your vote and your kind words in my RFA. It has passed with an unexpected 114/2/2 and I feel honored by this show of confidence in me. Cheers! ←Humus sapiens ну? 03:10, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

English national football team

O RLY? Will (^E_@) T 17:19, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

• dont just rv for the hell of it!

British/English

Hi, I see you agree with me that we should generally use British for English people. There was a campaign by some users to completely eliminate British a few months back which I objected to but I got bored with resisting them. I definitely think people who have significant non English ancestry tend to use British not English as you pointed out on Keira Knightley (I argued the same on Ian McKellen). Arniep 17:24, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks.

Thanks for welcoming me to wikipedia. Reubensutton 18:03, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Forgot my tildes there. :D

thanks re RFA

Hi Rob, thanks v much for your support for my RFA. It looks a bit close, but I might make it :) --BrownHairedGirl 17:05, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Re Talk Page British Isles

• Talk pages are also not strictly a forum to argue different points of view about controversial issues. They are a forum to discuss how different points of view should be included in the article so that the end result is neutral.

The important words here are strictly and neutral. One cannot simply change modern usage of English as spoken in the archipelago which is what the discussion in the talk page was about. Changing the accepted definition of British was not neutral. One often has to elaborate on a point in order to delineate it further. Elaboration should not and would not be considered as chit-chat.

As previously outlined there is ambiguity and confusion in the UK and Crown Dependencies concerning the nomenclature of the archipelago. It is therefore necessary to discuss the actual term British Isles; it is entirely debatable as to whether the article should even exist under that nomenclature. Iolar Iontach 13:52, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Talk:United Kingdom

Can you please confirm that it was you who introduced that instruction at the top of the UK introduction, because frankly I cannot be bothered trailing through thousands of edits trying to find the diff. As I recall it you introduced it with zero discussion, let alone consensus. Since then the intro has changed beyond recognition, so it has clearly not been successful. --Mais oui! 17:35, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

I've responed on your talk page. But no it wasn't me who introduced it thank you very much. --Robdurbar 19:47, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Durham/Geography

Hi there. No, I didn't study Geography at Durham - I actually did History and Politics (Joint Hons). I finished at Durham in 2003, but graduated in 2004 (long story)... I've got into town planning in a rather backwards way - I was in telecomms first, not the other way round, which is more usual. I contracted for Orange for a year, then ended up working for my present employer, a small town planning consultancy specialising in telecomms planning (partly because I already knew many of the staff from previous jobs). I am not a qualified town planner, but I may end up going into surveying eventually if I do a professional degree. Cheers, DWaterson 09:44, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Category Deletion

Please visit [1] and weigh in!  NikoSilver  ^{(T) @ (C)} 18:04, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome

I actually knew how to sign already, but knowing me, I probably forgot to do it somewhere :) His Ryanness 23:00, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Redirects

Just to let you know the format to use is #REDIRECT [[Page Name]] rather than REDIRECT#[[Page Name]]. -- Francs2000 23:18, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

No problem, I don't mind fixing them... ;-) -- Francs2000 23:25, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism and personal attacks

I appreciate your sensitivity to this issue (one to which I have not been duly sensitive in the past). I feel justified in calling Wikima's edits vandalism using the following definition from Wikipedia:Vandalism:

Official policy vandalism

Deleting or altering part of a Wikipedia official policy with which the vandal disagrees, without any attempt to seek consensus or recognize an existing consensus. Improving or clarifying policy wording in line with the clear existing consensus is not vandalism.

Feel free to comment further on my talk page, and thank you for your gentle tone. -Justin (koavf), talk, mail 00:40, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Warrington Link Line

Hey, could you please tell me a bit about the "Warrington Link Line", as I can't find any ref to it. I've tried on Google's railway entusiasts groups but they've never heard of it, and I'm thinking of setting an article up about it. I know it was a bit ago when you added it to the railways of Northern England template, Thanks DannyM 13:42, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks for the message, sorry if it sounded like a telling off (trust me it wasn't, it had Warrington in it and as a Warringtonian I was intrested) :D. DannyM 08:46, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: Tenebrae (film)

Yes, they should all be blocked. All of them should be already, if you check the block logs of each of the users. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 23:51, 28 May 2006 (UTC)