User talk:Mordicai/Archive 1

There is another guy with my IP

You just sent me a vandalism message. Apparently there are two wikipedians with my ip address. For the record, I'm the cool one. 75.153.42.7 19:19, 29 April 2007 (UTC) (Andrew)

Now signed in. Don't ban me just because i have a dumbassed doppelganger. Manderr 19:21, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Wouldn't dream of it! --mordicai. 20:41, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Comics Collaboration of the Fortnight

As a member of WikiProject Comics, I thought you might be interested in the Comics Collaboration of the Fortnight we have set up. Please feel free to vote on the articles listed, although bear in mind that a vote for a particular article means you are pledging to help improve the article. The goal of the collaboration is to improve articles to Featured Article status, as we feel Comics is under-represented in that area. Thanks for your help. Steve block talk 15:45, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

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fair use?

I tagged the image fair use, as it conforms with "Cover art from various items, for identification and critical commentary (not for identification without critical commentary)" as least insofar as I understand it.

–stupid mordicai talking to robots!--m:. 03:32, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

List of deities of Dungeons & Dragons

Nice work on the devils on List of deities of Dungeons & Dragons. Thanks for the hand. -Harmil 04:04, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, since I started this project to <ref> all of the gods on that page, my tactic has roughly been this: if a being of "deity or deity-like stats" is described in any 3.5 material (or 3.0 stuff that wasn't re-published), then I include them. The key word there is described. In some cases names are used, such as Heward's Handy Haversack, but that's not a description, so I don't include him.

Sadly, the table at the end of FC1 is rather in the middle. It gives some small detail, but is mostly just a listing of names. I'd say that if you can find an old (pre-3.0) description of any of those that actually suggests that they're deity-level powerful, then they should probably go in the deities page, but if not, then it's clear that some of these are not quite there. For example, Gresil is more of a librarian from the description, there. -Harmil 12:34, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Sati (practice)

Check it out, Em.Ford MF 19:20, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

The Cave (film)

Thanks for the prompt, you'll see I took your suggestion. I just feel like a bit of a newbie still on this site and I don't like to be too pre-emptive. It was really necessary, though. And the way it's been removed leaves the door open for a less-unwieldly version to be reinserted. Cheers! Anchoress 05:01, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Hexblade and Warmage

I don't think there's any reason to insist upon nomenclature consistency in these articles' titles (Hexblade and Warmage), but if you want to pursue it, please request a page move on Wikipedia:Requested moves, but please do not just copy and paste the contents (doing that destroys the page's edit history). -- JHunterJ 17:30, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

BTW, I edited your note on my talk page to put a colon in the category link. That way you hed it, you put my talk page into that category. :-). Putting a colon after the square brackets will do what you wanted: [[:Category:whatevers]]. -- JHunterJ 18:09, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Arg! Putting my own article in [[:Category:dork]] starting now. Once again with the thanks for the pointers.

FYI, since you participated in the earlier move proposal discussion: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Role-playing games#Naming conventions -- JHunterJ 17:18, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up; I re-iterated the consensus of the previous discussions. My personal æsthetic preference might be otherwise, but consensus & (more to the point) policy seem otherwise. Thanks for the heads-up. --mordicai. 17:46, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

American Fascist Party

you should join americanfascistmovement.com americanfascistparty.com (Dormantfascist 01:23, 30 September 2006 (UTC))

I appreciate the sentiment, but my identification as fascist is mostly a statement of how I value ideology over individual, & less a statement about nationalism. -mordicai. 03:09, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Nyai Loro Kidul (aka her many other names) would be pleased that you added that, she will no doubt think of you kindly :) ,,, oh and her redirect, as well SatuSuro 23:56, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Glad you appreciated the edit; I'm new to the topic of Javanese mythology, but it certainly has tickled an interest. --mordicai. 04:30, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Wars on SotC

I'm convinced it's all the same person. -- Steel 23:52, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

A plausible theory. Ah the joys of those who refuse to accept consensus. --mordicai. 00:57, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Mr. T

The "ironically" that one user posted wasn't about getting lymphoma per se, but about getting "T-cell" lymphoma. Funny in a morbid sort of way, although I wouldn't argue for overtly stating that in the article; the readers could make that spurious connection if they wanted to. Wahkeenah 16:42, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

That actually is pretty funny. Its inclusion or exclusion from the article doesn't bother me at all, now that I "get" it. It probably isn't appropriate tone, but thanks for the heads up. --mordicai. 16:46, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

The way I've seen to get around the over-use of "ironically" is to say "coincidentally", which serves to call attention to it while not making any assumptions about whether it's "funny" or not, humor being in the eye of the beholder. For example, since I don't know Mr. T personally, I can't say whether he would find it funny. It's possible, given his willingness to parody his own character for commerical reasons, but wouldn't count on it in this case. Wahkeenah 17:43, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Don't say Toolbox or I'll get confused

Just a heads-up: {{fact}} does the same thing as {{citation needed}}, and is much easier to remember I think. Ford MF 07:12, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Huh, that explains some real confusion I've had on a few articles. I'd seen the tags & kind of thought they were <!-- style imbeded notation for editors. I always really hated them. Now of course they make sense, but personally, I still like {{cite needed}} for actually saying what it means. I mean, if "fact" fooled me, I'm going to go with the alternative. --mordicai. 19:11, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Claire Bennet

I didn't add that category, but I believe it makes sense as she is the daughter of Nathan Petrelli, who I believe is Italian American WookMuff 20:14, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

See, that is the logical leap I was looking for. That is a very reasonable assertation; I just saw the cat re-added after a revert, without an explanation. I'm going to put it back in then. Good looking out. --mordicai. 20:41, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for being completely reasonable :) Good looking out for random adding of seemingly incongruous facts! WookMuff 21:00, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Promotions all around! --mordicai. 21:44, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Fiancee

Congratulations! WookMuff 22:50, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks-- took me by surprise! --mordicai. 00:26, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

oops. sorry about doing that, AGAIN! WookMuff 02:06, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Don't sweat it; it is one of those weird hyper-wiki mark-ups...I'm sure I would miss it, left to my own devices! --mordicai. 05:08, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Re:Ikou

Oh, it's nothing. It actually has nothing to do with you, I've been meaning to do that for a while (the "ikō" still had that macron, so you can tell the "u" is intended).—Ｌｏｖｅはドコ？ (talk • contribs) 22:23, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, the "ō" was why I added the "u," but as I did it I was wracking my brain trying to remember how to best put the verb in, with or without the "informal" ending. I decided to just do it & hope some other editor would fix it if it was wrong, which is why I was pleased to see it happen so fast. --mordicai. 14:39, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

reply

I replied. here ~a (user • talk • contribs) 21:54, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

& I replied there, too. --mordicai. 21:58, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Spoiler warnings

I know we've discussed this before, so I thought you might be interested in this. Ford MF 08:15, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

D&D wiki project consensus

A call to all members of the D&D wiki project. We are currently having a major dispute that needs to be settled by all members of the D&D wiki project. The dispute is as follows. 1. Should we put disambiguation tags on D&D articles preemptively or should we wait until there is an article conflict with some other Wikipedia article. Vote on preemptive or wait.

2. What should we label these tags? Example "child's play (module)", or "child's play (adventure)" and at this point we are taking all suggestions.

email me at Dm2ortiz@aol.com or post on the D&D wiki project talk page Dm2ortiz 13:40, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia New York Meet-Up

NEW YORK CITY MEET UP!!

Howdy! Please come to the First Annual New York Wikipedian Central Park Picnic. R.S.V.P. @ Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC
--David Shankbone 19:51, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

RE: Leviathan number

Just a heads up -- Reverted your last edit to Leviathan number, which is defined as (10⁶⁶⁶)!; the exclamation denotes factorial, and is not POV punctuation. Thanks! Ratiocinate 02:34, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks; I do rely on other editors "being bold" to catch such flubs, so I'm not shy about "being bold" myself. My bad on not paying closer attention, & thanks for letting me know. --mordicai. 13:24, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikimedia elections

I voted for Danny (Danny Wool), Kingboyk (Stephen Kennedy), Michael Snow, Kate (River Tarnell), UninvitedCompany (Steve Dunlop).

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Harry Potter and pureblood status

I suppose if someone has two wizard parents that doesn't necessarily make them "at most 1/4 pureblood"-- what if both parents were halfblood themselves? Not that I disagree with your edit. Marnanel 22:55, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

I only had so much room in the summary field; sure, you could argue about Harry being a quadroon or whatever; my point is more that the terminology of "half-blood" doesn't apply & wasn't needed to prove the point of the sentence; easier just to streamline it out. Since racism doesn't make a lot of sense, it is pointless to try to apply too much logic to its vocabulary! --mordicai. 12:39, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Well put! Marnanel 16:58, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

New York City Meetup

New York City Meetup Next: Saturday November 3rd, Brooklyn Museum area Last: 8/12/2007

The agenda for the next meetup includes the formation of a Wikimedia New York City local chapter. Hope to see you there!--Pharos 20:28, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

NYC meetup change of schedule

You've expressed an interest in the upcoming New York City Meetup for Saturday, November 3. I'd like to update you on an important change of schedule.

• It's been agreed that we should have a 2-hour formal meeting period to start organizing meta:Wikimedia New York City, and this will be held at the Pacific Library (note this is different from the Brooklyn Central Library, which was discussed earlier) from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.

This will be in addition to the previously scheduled roving activities at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (this activity has also been cut short a bit) and at the Brooklyn Museum. For full details, see Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC. Ask any questions at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/NYC. Thank you.--Pharos 21:12, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

4dventure

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Hello badge

Hi. I made a Wiki Hello badge in case anyone's interested in using it for the Meetup. It's on the Meetup page. Nightscream 16:48, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

You're invited!

...to the next New York City Meetup!

New York City Meetup Next: Sunday January 13th, Columbia University area Last: 11/3/2007

In the morning, there are exciting plans for a behind-the-scenes guided tour of the American Museum of Natural History.

In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to discussing meta:Wikimedia New York City issues (see the last meeting's minutes).

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.
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