User talk:Phileas

Hi and welcome to Wikipedia :-)

Please sign your talk page comments by writing --~~~~ to the end. This helps to show who is saying what. Thanks! —kooo 20:41, May 26, 2005 (UTC)

Ah! Thanks! I was wondering how to do that! --Phileas 03:13, 30 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

IDRIVE

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Latin America

You have voted for South America on Wikipedia:This week's improvement drive a few weeks ago. Now Latin America is nominated. Hope you can help us again by voting for Latin America. --Fenice 07:59, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Word association

Its one thing it taking up your working day, but its 3:30am where I am! Thryduulf 02:28, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good job with recent additions to Tom Petty article

I liked the content you added and the amplifications you made to the above-referenced article. You helped me remember the name of the movie (She's the One) for which Tom did the soundtrack.--Hokeman 04:06, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reference Desk/Science

To the question as to whether a human might impregnate a sheep, your observation about the prospective urgency of the question made me laugh for quite a while. I've now an image in my head of the questioner sitting next to a sheep whilst the sheep waits for the results of a pregnancy test. Joe 23:49, 11 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removing multiple entries

All of those entries were legal. None of them were replies to my own word. In a linear game, "two consecuutive entries" means replying to one's own word. Grid games are a little different. In this case I believe the rule translates to "do not reply to your own entry" In this case each entry was made in a different area and I took care not to reply to any of my own words. Are you trying to tell me you can only play one word for the life of a grid?JeffStickney 10:18, 13 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback

Hi, Phileas. I don’t normally do this sort of thing, but since you say you’re on the lookout for spelling errors, you might appreciate the following feedback:

you say you’re an "Assitant" English Teacher – you probably meant "Assistant"
“I like add things” – did you mean "I like to add things"?

I don't think it's remotely pedantic to have a minimum standard of spelling and grammar, so good on you for fighting the good fight. (and even if others think it's pedantic, so what!). Cheers and best of luck. JackofOz 08:03, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. If it's any consolation, I'm not exactly an editor by profession but that function forms a significant part of my job, so I'm attuned to spotting this kind of detail. Unfortunately, I haven't learned the knack of switching off my eagle eye when I'm just reading for pleasure. I'm constantly noticing errors on restaurant menus, TV adverts, newspapers, messages on community notice boards, novels, and yes, even in the hallowed pages of Wikipedia. I probably need psychiatric help. JackofOz 08:24, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Don't get me started on stray apostrophes. What gets me is how people leave them out in possessives, but put them in where they don't belong - exactly the reverse of the way it's supposed to be. And as for the its/it's thing - shudder (!!). I suppose you've read Lynne Truss's books. JackofOz 08:35, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please help on Ancient Egypt

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Tom Petty - Red Hot Chili Peppers controversy

I have no problem with it if it's sourced and such. The way it read to me was like some fan just heard something in the song and thought that they sounded similar. Go for it! Dismas|^(talk) 03:46, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Word association archives

Thank you for doing the archiving of the radial ultra game, you've done everything spot on. Thryduulf 09:42, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Word Association word

I love how you were able to get your own username into the word association! I had an idea to do that, but you beat me to it. The opportunity for my username hasn't come up yet. (I almost did in one of the Ultra games, but someone filled in the square before I could get to it. I wanted to link television director and St. Clare with me, because I work at a television station, and I was born in St. Clare Hospital in Denville, New Jersey.) — Michael J 06:06, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Os@m@ and other terrible pages

Hi there.

If you see a Wikipedia article about someone who's obviously not notable, you can add {{nn-bio}} to the page. In fact, there are many speedy deletion criterion you can use if you think something should be deleted. (No need to bring most of these pages to AfD.)

There's also WP:PROD, which is useful for deletions that don't fit one of the speedy criterion. Thanks for helping Wikipedia! Grand master ka 08:25, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WikiJET

Hi there. I see from your user page that you've just finished on the JET Programme and you're obviously a prolific editor of articles on Wikipedia. I thought you might be interested in my idea about creating a wiki related to the JET Programme over at Wikia.com. It is just in the idea stage at the moment but I'd be interested to hear what you think. Do you think it would have legs? Cheers, Bobo12345 11:46, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comments! :) Bobo12345 00:29, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I thought you might be interested that I've now started WikiJET over at Wikia.com. It's still in the early stages at the moment, but I'd be interested to know what you think so far. In response to your earlier comments, I too think it's important to keep the overall tone of the site positive. It's the negativity and bile swilling around sites like BigDaikon that keep people away. At some point we might have to create some kind of policy to reflect this. Anyway, please take a look and let me know what you think. :) Bobo12345 05:01, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Eskimism

Be bold! eaolson 03:04, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

eskimism

hi there, i am the spokesperson on behalf of eskimism (the religion. I was wondering why you listed it for SPeedy Deletion, let alone Deletion, at all? IT was, and still is a trial for the Infamous Ism Groups of Tasmania, also known as IIGT, and the aim of the creation of the article was a trial to see if Eskimism could become recognisable. It seems to have become recognisable by many people and also by you, however, IIGT would like to lodge a complaint as to why you deleted this article? Please write back. Yours Sincerely, Gogorox93

WA2

Do you think i should change the rules after someone previously broke them and put in a lower word count than the miniumum suggested? Simply south 20:25, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Game deletion

I saw you name here and thought that your input to Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Sandbox/Word_Association_(3rd_nomination) would be beneficial. -- Jreferee 21:25, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Word association deletion (copied from here)

Hi, I made one of the comments on the deletion page above your own. I'm pretty much a strong keep for all WA games, because of all the reasons laid out in previous AfDs, but I'm not against the deletion of archives and lesser-used variants. I think if the games were a little more streamlined then they wouldn't get as much of the attention from deletion-happy members. As far as I can see it, the reason why games are archived rather than just replaced are so that people who had a hand in playing them can see how they panned out; if this is the case then once they've been in the archive for a certain length of time I think they should be deleted. If you like I could raise something on the WA talk page and see what the consensus among the regular players would be. Phileas 21:31, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Consensus among the regular players to remove old game content is probably the best way to go. Also, for each archive that should be kept, there should be an explanation at the top of the achieve as to why it should be kept so that if the page comes up for deletion, then those voting will have more information about what is going on. Each game archive and variant should have a clear statement at the top as to (i) how the game pertins to writing the Wikipedia encyclopedia and (ii) how it is directed only towards people who are active participants in the Wikipedia project. They also should (iii) cite WP:UP#Games as a basis for being permitted on Wikipedia. -- Jreferee 21:38, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

These are good ideas. I've started a discussion on the WA talk page and I'll direct all the most prolific players to it. Thanks! Phileas 21:50, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

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Don't just give up on WA! Would you support a mediation request, as per the discussion at the talk page? --Perimosocordiae 18:03, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Shaving

Regarding your reference desk question, there's a lot of reasons your own skin might have changed. Wherever you are in Canada is possibly cooler and (more skin-relevant) drier than the UK. Your diet may have changed, etc.-Haikon 15:57, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You

Hi! Thank you for welcoming me into Wikipedia and reminding me about the rules of one of the games. I guess I got carried away, being too excited about playing the game. I apologize for breaking the rules and I thank you for pointing that out. Eternal Memories 03:53, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again. I find the word association game very amusing and 'addictive'. Thanks for telling me about the 'watch' button. I found it very useful. =) Also, about the article contribution, I'm currently researching to add to one of the articles.=)

Eternal Memories 23:49, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Danny Roberts

You might want to check this out. Danny Roberts was in Mudcrutch: http://www.mudcrutch.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1180 -Mudcrutch (talk)

Lester Bangs

I'm extremely impressed with this - I've been puzzling how to link Leicester and Birmingham Pub Bombings for days! Thryduulf (talk) 03:13, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Award

		The Userpage Finder Barnstar
		For finding my humble userpage and making my day, I award you this Userpage Finder Barnstar. ☺ Spiby ☻ 13:47, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Letter Counting Challenge

		Fattyjwoods' Super Duper Letter Counting Challenge
		Congratulations Phileas you have successfully completed Fattyjwoods' letter counting challenge. This means that you are able to display this barnstar on your userpage - but don't tell anyone else the answer!! :) Fattyjwoods ^{(Push my button)}

Congrats! Fattyjwoods ^{(Push my button)} 23:09, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why don't you visit WP:AWC if you're intrested in earning barnstars? Fattyjwoods ^{(Push my button)} 01:42, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Phileas! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. if you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 5 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

Ayaka Hirahara - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 00:14, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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