User talk:Loadmaster

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Moving Mission: Impossible

See recent findings and proposal on Talk:Mission: Impossible#Moving the article. I plan to move the article if nobody objects over the next week. I you do have concerns, please note them on the talk page. Thanks, Aymatth2 (talk) 13:41, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Black rock musicians

I have nominated Category:Black rock musicians (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for renaming to Category:African American rock musicians (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 23:16, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

→ The result of the discussion was: Never edit Wikipedia unless fully coherent. It's been one of those days. Ten Pound Hammer • 23:16, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Typography

This − is a minus sign (Unicode: U+2212 "MINUS SIGN"; HTML entity: −), and this – is an en-dash (Unicode: U+2013 "EN DASH"; HTML entity: –). While they may look similar or even the same in your browser depending on the font used, they are different characters, so you have to distinguish them, and especially you should not replace one with the other without a reason. — Emil J. 17:19, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

I assume you're talking about my edit to Imaginary unit. I simply used the dash present on the "Insert" toolbar in the "Edit" view. I know that some dashes do not line up with plus signs correctly in some browsers, and I was under the impression that that particular dash on the toolbar was the correct one to use for arithmetic text, since it does appear to line up correctly. Apologies if this was not correct. Since − is indeed the correct character to use, where is that character available on the editing toolbars? — Loadmaster (talk) 21:54, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

It's between ± and ×. There is a sort of system in the insert tool: on the left there is a group of general typographic characters (en-dash, em-dash, emphasis, quotes, …), on the right there are mathematical symbols (inequalities, ±, minus, multiplication, division, …). — Emil J. 12:49, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

TV episode naming

Hi, is it really conventional to include (Show name) to the title of TV episode articles? In case this is out of context for you, I'm referring to your recent move of Apollo, Apollo to Apollo, Apollo (30 Rock). I ask because an awful lot of 30 Rock episodes don't have that suffix, see Jack the Writer, Jack-Tor, Jack Meets Dennis, Tracy Does Conan, etc. Is there some sort of policy that say we should move all of these as well? Thanks. Cool3 (talk) 19:43, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

It appears that the suffix is only necessary for articles with non-unique names, but on the other hand redirects to the article are encouraged to have the suffix. See WP:Wikipedia:Naming conventions (television). I noticed that some of the 30 Rock episodes used a suffix, so for consistency, I added the suffix to your created article. But I don't think the issue is at all clear. Feel free to rename it back if it seems to make more sense. — Loadmaster (talk) 20:27, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

AP Whining

I'm not even bothering to respond any more, as there's nothing to discuss. However, I'd be happy to tighten the protection on some pages pretty soon...pushing the limits of WP:TALK and WP:NPA already. DMacks (talk) 18:15, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

I agree that it's asymptotically pointless to respond to AP's carping. A single response on my part is historically sufficient. And yes, it probably is a good idea to limit the potential damage from any more edits by AP. We're not running a tabloid talk show here. — Loadmaster (talk) 21:41, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

AP is now attempting to start an AfD for List of Usenet personalities. He claims the article violates WP policy because of an unclear intro paragraph, but in actuality it looks like he's trying to get the entire article deleted because he doesn't want the entry about him being listed as an "eccentric" personality alongside "murderers". — Loadmaster (talk) 16:09, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Yup, I think...I'll not offer to help him with that. DMacks (talk) 18:32, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

AP has moved his entry and that of Alexander Abian out of the "Eccentric personalities" section and into a new "Eccentric theories" section. Paine Ellsworth has marked the page as "under construction" and made some general cleanup edits. So for the time being, I'm waiting for the dust to settle before resuming editing. — Loadmaster (talk) 23:43, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

He's done that several times before and several editors (myself included...actually, he may be unintentionally evading my block by editing at all now!) have undone that move. If you think it shouldn't be that way, feel free to change it back with an appropriate edit-summary. Need a clear consensus before an "edit-warring against consensus" hammer can fall. DMacks (talk) 01:46, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

AP is probably not intentionally avoided the block, because he uses a dial-up connection to his local ISP, which almost certainly randomly assigns IP addresses for each dial-up session. It is also questionable that he has the necessary know-how to change his IP address. At any rate, it is certainly clear that he is turning the AfD page into his personal soapbox against me and other WP editors for imagined WP policy violations and "hatemongering". — Loadmaster (talk) 14:21, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

I've started a discussion on the talk page about a possible split of the "Eccentric personalities" section. This is not done to appease AP, but to improve the article somewhat. Comments are welcome there. — Loadmaster (talk) 14:21, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

can you remove the kook list at the bottom of Usenet Personalities

Can you remove the kook list at the bottom of Usenet Personalities —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.254.227.20 (talk) 03:58, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

If not, I will name you and three others in a legal action against Wikipedia and especially a cluster of editors