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Am I seeing double??

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What the... just how many new messages do I have??

I shouldn't have eaten so many mushrooms today :( Phædriel ♥ ^{tell me} - 01:12, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I thought cops weren't allowed to take drugs? What would your boy friend say if he knew you were on here completely blotto? Honestly though, that screen shot does look very wierd... Have no idea why it's doing that though... *Whistles*.... Spawn Man 01:16, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, you really don't expect my bf to know everything about me, don't you, Steve? :p I love the idea of having new "massages" tho... we should create the Wikimassage, that would beat every barnstar! Phædriel ♥ ^{tell me} - 01:20, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I thought you were joking when you said you ate too many mushrooms? I'm confused... Spawn Man 01:25, 26 January 2006 (UTC). BTW, Why did you use "Steve"?

Ehem?! (kinda confused at the question) Of course I was joking - In fact, I "hate" mushrooms :( And.. maybe because it is your name? (awww geez, I missed the "n" for Steven!) Sorry if that was unappropriate, hun, I promise I won't do it again... Phædriel ♥ ^{tell me} - 01:34, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm too gullable for my own good.... No, I was just wondering why you suddenly called me Steve from Spawn man... Anyway..... I'll just go finish editing a meteorite before I make any more presumtions & get yelled at...... Spawn Man 01:39, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Don't you feel sometimes your enacting the Abbot and Costello "Who? The guy who plays on first base!" conversation? Oh well, Spawn babe (I know you like that one better!), I'll get back to RC patrol myself, and edit that meteorite before it hits the Earth ;) Kisses! Phædriel ♥ ^{tell me} - 01:46, 26 January 2006 (UTC) PS. my lovely ladybug sends you her regards!

Mere assumption that I like Spawn babe better..... BTW, What does Phaedriel mean? Is it Indian? I don't think I pronounce it properly.... Spawn Man 01:52, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

You know, you're the first person at WP to ask me where it comes from? I knew it would happen sooner or later! No, in fact it was the name of a side character from the game Dungeon Siege which I just happened to like a lot. Since the first names I attempted to register were already taken (Sharon and SharonK), I just recalled that one and used it instead. Of course, I had no idea I would remain here for good after that, I just wanted to make a few edits... silly me! I'm doomed now... doomed, I tell you! Aaah! Phædriel ♥ ^{tell me} - 01:57, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

You play computer games! You geek! Welcome to the club.... : ).... Spawn Man 02:01, 26 January 2006 (UTC). I gotta go now. Check out my "meteorite" article... Tagish Lake meteorite. I wrote it today...

Just given it a quick copyedit for you! - MPF 11:14, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks... Spawn Man 22:24, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

BTW, MPF changed it to new massages, not me... Spawn Man 02:17, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

LOL, the pic up there just happened to me! I don't even remember what I was coming here for...<sigh>--ViolinGirl^♪ 16:09, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

What were you coming here for? We don' often get none violas in these here parts.... Spawn Man 22:24, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

HQITWS Break

As the note says on my user page, HQITWS will be taking a small break while I actually write articles. Will be back shortly. Scores etc will return to, so don't worry bout losing your scores. Spawn Man 01:13, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Taker Syndrome

Garbage, utter garbage. If it had full names I could speedy it as an attack; as such, I suspect it'll have to go via the AfD route. —Kirill Lok s hin 02:11, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I thought it was fishy.... Lucky I found it! Spawn Man 02:13, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Massages

Muahaahaahaa :-)) - MPF 11:07, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

You're evil...... Muahahahaaaaa... Spawn Man 22:24, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Naah, more than that, I'm weevil :-) MPF 22:30, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Hoba meteorite

Regarding your recently created page: Hoba meteorite, I am unsure of whether you completely copied the article word for word from the book or not. I do appreciate you sourcing, which helps, but I don't believe Wikipedia should be a respository of other books. Perhaps if you could summarize and not copy straight from the book (assuming you did), that would be great. Otherwise, I think it falls under the category of a copyright violation, which isn't fun at all... Respond at my talk page if you have any concerns! Thanks! Kareeser|^Talk! 01:20, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

You've got to be kidding right? Assuming you didn't just fall off the back of a turnip truck, I would say that you either weren't knowing of myself or that your are completely insane! Just because I write a lengthy article in a formal tone doesn't mean that I've copied it from a book! Can someone please back me up here? Everyone knows that we're allowed to get information from other encyclopedias! If we aren't allowed to get it from printed sources, where are we going to get it from? Make it up?!? From the internet?! Listen here you, & listen good. not trying to sound mean, but I've been around on here a lot longer than you, & I have more edits & probably more respect than you, so I would feel that I've got the hang of this place. Come back & whine to me when you get over a 700 edits will ya? I don't need a perfectly good article ruined because a little know it all says it sounds like it came straight from a book! And so you know, I didn't just copy it from a book. Only vandals, dumb asses & turnips do that. Do I look like a turnip to you? A vandal? A dum ass? Didn't think so.... Please don't pester me again with stupid assumptions & accusations! Spawn Man 01:35, 27 January 2006 (UTC). BTW, I'm actually nice if you don't accuse me of copy vio when I didn't.

For one, if you've been here as long as you claim to be, you would have more sense than to yell, scream, and shout as you have done so. Secondly, I was not accusing you. I was merely pointing out an argument and was stating my opinion. Yes, I assumed that you may have copied the article from the book. The fact remains that I don't have the book, so I cannot verify your information. Simply because I look after the welfare of Wikipedia doesn't mean I have to turn a blind eye to every person to creates articles. If you can prove to me that this information was of your own product (and using the source as just a source), then I will drop the issue, but as of now, your response has not done much to convince me that you are telling the truth. Perhaps you should take some lessons in netiquette, as you lack some fundamentals. I am aware of your high-standing in wikipedia. I looked through your webpage and I was (and still am) proud of your achievements. Congratulations to you, but I still have my opinions. Kareeser|^Talk! 01:40, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm glad that my resume has impressed you enough to leave me alone... Oh wait, you're still here.... Maybe I'm not the one that needs coaching in netiquette. If I went to someone's talk page, not just someone,a respected editor, accused them of copy vio & offered no way other than impossiblity to solve it, then I would expect to get an angry response! How bout this, since the only way you're going to belive me that I didn't copy from a book, how bout I send you the book? Here, you send me the money for postage & packaging at this adress:

124 I don't care road,

I really don't care-ville,

I have to copy from a book cause I don't have a brain, NOT! land,

Southern hemisphere,

Earth, (Unlike where you hail from......).

It may take the book a while to reach you on Uranus..... Now if you excuse me, I'll waste my time not speaking to you! Spawn Man 01:52, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Pardon me for intruding...

Spawn Man: Please remember to always be polite :-)

Kareeser: assume good faith, please. Do you have any evidence that the article has been copied from somewhere? —Kirill Lok s hin 01:44, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

No, you are right, I do not have any evidence at all that the article was copied. The only reason that the article flagged my attention in the first place was because of his edit summary, which contained a rather high amount of exclamation marks. It is fully likely that had those exclamation marks not been there, I would've simply skipped the article and gone back to Special:Newpages. Spawn man, I apologize for accusing you of a copyright violation. I acted rashly, and I take it back now. Kareeser|^Talk! 01:52, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

I accept your apology. If you took a moment to know me, you would know that I'm insane & like to use exclamation marks a lot. Especially when I'm happy with my articles or if I'm angry..... Really angry..... Spawn Man 01:54, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

"Multiple exclamation marks [...] are a sure sign of a diseased mind." - Terry Pratchett —Kirill Lok s hin 01:57, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Everyone's a comedian... Spawn Man 02:00, 27 January 2006 (UTC). P.S. I actaully like it when people come to me with problems on here. It really gives me room to unleash my fury & say meany stuff like "Listen you little toad stool" (still one of my favourites by far....) & recently "It may take the book a while to reach you on Uranus..... " (another good multi insult...).

Ugh, not this again... Keep in mind that I wasn't being immature in my original post towards you. Accusatory, yes, but not immature. Kareeser|^Talk! 03:42, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Ugh yourself you gustful little accuser. I was barely being immature. Synacal, yes, but not immature. Spawn Man 03:44, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps it's a product of my time on the internet, but I happen to associate behaviour such as excessive exclamation marks and rash commentary as "immature". It may have slipped out, but I don't mean to call you immature. Let me clarify:

When I said "immature", I was referring to the exclamation marks in the edit summary, not you, personally. You've already proven to me with your large board of awards that you're a capable and respected Wikipedian. Hence the "brilliant prose" section of the same reply. Kareeser|^Talk! 03:50, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Questionable articles

One redirected, one sent to AFD. Barbara Mann may be notable enough for an entry, so I'll hold off on doing anything to that one. —Kirill Lok s hin 01:30, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks again. BTW, Can you believe the guy up there? Accusing me of copy vio! Spawn Man 01:35, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

RDH's RfA

I removed RDH's RfA from WP:RFA because he has not yet accepted the nomination. RfA policy is that a nomination must be accepted before being posted to WP:RFA. All the best, --Durin 07:14, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Durin just couldn't wait because me becoming an admin is his worst nightmare..well second worst, after the Balrog;>--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 10:02, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Ha ha.... Balrog, Durin! Ha.... Spawn Man 00:56, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Tagish Lake meteorite, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Michigan State Capitol

Just to let you know that the article has been featured. Anyways, thanks for the barnstar (if it were done to keep my hopes up during the FAC process :-). Pentawing^Talk 18:36, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Hoba meteorite, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

SWD316

Thanks for your comments on my talk page yesturday. I thought I would let you know that I am reconsidering returning, but not right now as of the moment. SWD316 ^{talk to m}^e 03:24, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Hey there Mr Nominator!

I was only TEASING you...I thought you were teasing back when you said you would strike your vote. If you don't change it I will withdraw my candidacy.--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 09:39, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! That's succinct enough :-) SoLando (Talk) 17:31, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Did you know? Spawn Man is the Michael Jordan of "Did you know?" ...I know;> --R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine)20:24, 2 February 2006.

Unfortunately, I hate Michael Jordan.... But fortunately I was playing a practical joke, which I do now & then when I'm bored.... What's the fun in only teasing when you can go one step further & really make the other person sweat! Muahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa.... Spawn Man 00:10, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Strange things

Please pardon my intrusion (and I won't really mind if you tell me that it's none of my business), but is this some inside joke I'm missing? It's certainly a little unusual to see the nominator not supporting the nominee ;-) —Kirill Lok s hin 14:25, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

I do not think it means what you think it means ...

G'day SM,

I have my own disagreements with User:Ghirlandajo, but I'd never consider him a "troll" (as you have called him on RDH's RfA). You're being very free with that word, and I'd like you to (pretty please) stop. Thanks, fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 10:36, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

You do not have to agree with my wording. So I'll give a piece of advice to you as well. Fuddle off! Before you ruin my good mood.... Spawn Man 23:31, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

I would like to thank you for your support for my candidacy for the Military history WikiProject coordinator position. I am now the Lead Coordinator, and I intend to do my best to continue improving the project. If you ever have any questions or concerns regarding my actions, or simply new ideas for the project, be sure to let me know! —Kirill Lok s hin 00:08, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

No problemo matey potatey.... Spawn Man 22:15, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Invasion

I just want to let you know that Invasion which you voted for as a COTW is now being considered for a featured article. Leave your input at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Invasion. RENTA^{FOR LET?} 03:52, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Happy Valentine's day!

Happy Valentine's Day, my sweet dear Spawn babe!
Phædriel

What do you mean?

What do you mean, Steve? What have I done to you? Phædriel ♥ ^{tell me} - 00:23, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Just don't worry. You'll forget about me soon enough.... Spawn Man 00:25, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

No Steve, I do worry, and I won't forget you, so I'd appreciate if you start making sense, now. Phædriel ♥ ^{tell me} - 00:26, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I thought Kingybok was "steve"? I'm spawn... That's what eveyone calls me. But anyway, that's beside the point. I'll just say goodbye now... Spawn Man 00:28, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

OK, I thought I was your friend, so I just "happen" to care about you. If I have offended you in any way that I'm not aware of, all I can say - is I'm sorry. Yet, if you will keep this silence, I'll just have to say goodbye to you myself. You'll always be welcome at my Talk Page, should you ever care to explain this mysterious new attitude. Until then, later. Phædriel ♥ ^{tell me} - 00:35, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Send me an email instead, then - I'll be waiting for it. And please, try to relax - I'm sure that, whatever it is, it can be solved easily. Phædriel ♥ ^{tell me} - 00:47, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm getting married. I can't. As I said, difficult... Spawn Man 00:49, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I do want to talk to you, I'm just speechless... please, drop me an email, it'll be easier. I have to go now - I'll check my mail, I'll be waiting for it. Kisses, Phædriel ♥ ^{tell me} - 01:02, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry but I can't.... Maybe another time. Spawn Man 01:03, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Argh!

AAAARGH! I'll kill you, you little brat! :) Phædriel ♥ ^{tell me} - 01:15, 17 February 2006 (UTC) PS. Actually, I'm relieved. You are really something, Spawn babe!

Muahahaha.... Spawn Man 04:41, 17 February 2006 (UTC).

Sweet Spawn babe, I just wanted to thank you for the beautiful poem. I'll post it on my userpage asap. Few people can make me laugh openly - and you're one of the "gifted" few ;) Thank you! *Smooch!* Phædriel ♥ ^{tell me} - 02:04, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

I didn't think it was that good, but I'll accept the honour gratefully! Thanks, Spawn Man 02:28, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Re:Three Strikes

I can perfectly understand. Whatever negative feelings you have towards me know are justified. I just really disagreed with some of your opinions and I thought you should know about it. I understand if you don't want to have any association with me. RENTA^{FOR LET?} 00:26, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

First thing is first, I don't want to make this a long argument. I just want to explain myslef. What happened was I initially thought that footnotes were also acceptable. Then it was either in the peer review or the FAC, Kafziel changed it back to harvard because other members of Wikipedia thought that that would have been a better choice. I let them do this. Then you wanted them to have footnotes and I defend their choice. Oh and I don't know if your doing book reviews, but I'm going to be reading to books in the near future. Pale Fire and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. We could see if we both thought the same thing about them. RENTA

^{FOR LET?} 02:40, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I've been meaning to write about some books, but have kept on forgetting. Besides, it takes me ages to read a single book as I have little time to.... Spawn Man 23:59, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Atmosfear

The name you have under the photo in "Atmosfear" is incorrect. the dvd is the first, not the second.

Long-winded response

This is also posted as a response to you on my talk page.

A) I will not stop italicizing genus or species names. Genus and species names are ALWAYS italicized, while the higher-level taxa are not. Read any scientific paper. Read any other encyclopedia. Read any textbook. Ask anybody who uses them on a regular basis (like myself). Italicizing genus-species is not for convenience, it is not a formatting choice, it is mandatory. Not just the first time. Every time. Period. In fact, as a scientist, seeing a generic name repeatedly un-italicized would nearly cause me to dismiss whatever I was reading. NOT italicizing them is basically intentionally introducing inaccurate information.

Point me to somewhere in Wikipedia where it says genus and species should only be italicized once, so that I can raise hell until the policy is changed. But I suspect there is no policy, just your personal (incorrect) preference.

B) Why does Wikipedia have a template for citations if not to use it? I prefer the template because it easier to just fill in the blanks rather than formatting a whole entry each time. And it comes out looking exactly the same. But if you choose not to, that is your choice, as long as the information is correct and correctly formatted. For instance, this:

Upchurch, P., Barrett, P.M. and Dodson, P., (2004). The Dinosauria. University of California Press. 2nd Edition:259-322.

...is unacceptable and just WRONG for many reasons. Upchurch et al. did not WRITE The Dinosauria (which is the title of a book and should be italicized, period). They wrote a chapter in an edited volume. The complete volume was edited by Weishampel, Dodson, and Osmolska. Anybody looking for this book would not be able to find it under the authors you provided. The citation was correct as I wrote it, and it was in accepted style. You made it INCORRECT and in unacceptable style. Please fact-check before making changes. This should be common knowledge to you by now. The point of a reference is not to be as brief as possible, it is to be as INFORMATIVE as possible.

C) I divide up the articles into standard sections so that the information is easier to find. Some of the articles I have helped write are quite long (look at Acrocanthosaurus). I do not want to wade through that much text if I am just looking for information on its fossil remains, for instance. However, this is a personal preference. If you seek to go back and unformat the articles I have contributed to, I am not going to get in an edit war with you. However, I am not going to stop writing them in this way as I suspect other readers may also appreciate the subheadings. If I see a general consensus (not just your opinion) forming against them, I will stop.

D) You do not own Wikipedia, nor all of its dinosaur articles. If you see fit to alter a page in content or format, that is your decision and your right as a Wikipedian. You have done a wonderful job with the dinosaur page, from what I can tell. But that does not give you any kind of authority with which to make demands, ultimatums, or threats, as you have done on my talk page. I will take into consideration some of your suggestions, but I will not go back and "fix" all the text I have already written just to appease you. Does anyone else share your views? Is there any sort of consensus? If so, ask them to let me know.

Sheep81 04:25, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Dinosaurs

I've created {{WikiProject Dinosaurs}} from your text; I'll see what else I can do once I finish getting the Polish Army project settled into its new home ;-) —Kirill Lok s hin 02:44, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a billion! I'll start adding these to articles & then we can do some more later! Thanks!! Spawn Man 02:46, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

I think it will; it's only categories that have funny issues when used in templates. —Kirill Lok s hin 03:54, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Whatever you feel best is fine with me; just make sure people understand that I won't have time to do too much maintenance work ;-) —Kirill Lok s hin 04:05, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

{{WikiProject Dinosaurs user}} ← here you go ;-) —Kirill Lok s hin 00:26, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Yay!!!! Kirill's the MAN!!!!! Spawn Man 00:36, 2 March 2006 (UTC).

This is a good idea, chaps. Keep it up. Soo 12:20, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Article assessment

Thanks for your interest in Wikipedia:Article assessment. Unfortunately, the acceptance phase for articles in the Extinct mammals topic ended on Sunday and it has now moved to the assessment phase. I considered allowing it in but it is late and the article (Smilodon) is quite poor. Please feel free to add a submission to next week's topic, 1980s comedy films. Regards, violet/riga (t) 22:43, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I left a message for you saying I made a mistake. Sorry about that, it was the first time I'd seen the page... Spawn Man 22:45, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

AID and dinosaurs

Thanks for the invitation! I'll add my name to the list, although there is probably very little I can contribute - it's not my area of expertise. If I come across others who might be interested, I'll be sure to inform them of the page.

By the way, how did you come across my userpage? And what does AID mean? I'm assuming by "Catapult" you're refering to the article? --HappyCamper 08:15, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

No, i have enough to work on as it is, and no i dont. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 08:18, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough, your entitled to feel however you want about me. As for my username, it neither. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 08:26, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, joke, i know, who said it was a first name. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 08:35, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

tying on the dinosaur...

Really I don't know much about dinosaurs, but if there's a good, uniformly presented GFDL or PD source on them, I might be able to perform some text importation by bot, who knows... — Mar. 4, '06 [11:11] <freakofnur_xture|talk>

Dinosaraus project....

Hii..

I came across your msg on User:Sango123's talk page and wanted to let you know that i am interested in joining the Wikipedia:WikiProject Dinosaurs.....i dont know much about dinosaraus but i am quite interested in knowing more about them...i'll try to collect info on them through books and the internet...... let me know if i can join it... or if i need any requirements or something to join it.... Thanks a lot...

Jayant, 17 Years, India|^{(My Talk)} 17:36, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Hii.......

I added my name to the members list like you told me to... i created my first article too....Aletopelta..... check it out and tell me if the standard is alright... and make any changes if necesary.... oh....and you have to remove the names from the missing articles list.. i didnt know how to do it...

Thanks a lot....

Jayant,17 Years, India 09:11, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

and this one too....Alocodon.......Jayant,17 Years, India 09:17, 5 March 2006 (UTC)