User talk:Biliter01

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Contents 1 Re:RFA 2 Northern Lights 3 Self explanatory cookie cutter templates. 4 Disambig Pages

Re:RFA

I gave the editor some time to post an RFA or make further edits towards doing so - but it appears they have not done so. I did however, just post a carefully worded explanation as to why I reverted his edit, and some other information about RFAs/YPPedia. While RFAs are pretty dark waters, I felt this edit to the RFA page was more a test edit than an actual application. If the user wishes to press ahead with another attempt, the door is open for them. I'm open to other comments on my handling of this however :-) --Sagacious ^(talk) 18:37, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

I read your commentary to him about his assumed application and agree with how you handled it. I was writing you when you were writing him so I was unaware you were going to break it down for him. Nice job.-- Haywoodx^(t/c) 18:41, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Northern Lights

Is there a not defunct Viridian flag named Northern Lights that you moved the other one to make way for? If not, moving it to (defunct Viridian flag) was just a waste of time. We don't generally mess with doing that unless there's a new and improved version that needs the page. That is, why bother differentiating between defunct and not defunct unless you have both? Also, if you're going to do that, you should also take the time to fix all of the pages that point to said page. --Fannon 03:53, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

You got me, bang. My head was on crooked and for some reason believed there to be an active flag, different from the defunct one on Viridian. Although I cannot confirm or deny it, I don't beleive there is one. So now I should move the page back or update all the pages that link to the prior page move?-- Haywoodx^(t/c) 04:09, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it'll save you a few years of your life to just move them back. =p Unless you're sadistic and really really want to go through and change all of those. I can also hit revert on the disambig page for you to save more time. --Fannon 04:12, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

I've logged onto Viridian, and no flag by the name Northern Lights (or any capitalization thereof) exists. --Fannon 04:14, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

It appears that before we could manage to fix my blunder, Faulkston is attacking the "linky list" you so kindly pointed me to.-- Haywoodx^(t/c) 04:25, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Self explanatory cookie cutter templates.

Hoya,

I'm putting this here, rather than on your talk page, since I don't want it to be a public thingie where it could get blown out of proportion.

I found your use of a templated response on http://yppedia.puzzlepirates.com/Talk:Nightshifter not only to be unnecessary and a misuse of the template, but it came across in a really condescending tone. That template is intended to be used when someone blanks a pirate page because "pirate no longer exists" or whatnot, as a use on said person's talk page. The template is called "butchery" for a reason.

Candy clearly showed some understanding of wiki procedures by simply putting a deletion proposal on the page (a page, I'll add, that she took the time to reformat into a much less ugly version). In her note on the talk page, she even pointed out that because of the length, maybe it should be kept.

Rather than dismiss her with a template, it's much more effective to use your own words and say, "Yeah, you're right on that the history and content of the page means it should be kept".

I try to avoid use of the standardized templates as much as humanly possibly, because they just come across as really cold to me sometimes. And in the wrong context, they're just downright condescending. More than that, I certainly avoid using them against someone who's making a ton of quality edits to the wiki, for fear of discouraging them. I try really hard to tell people what a great job they're doing (assuming they are, because we all know some of them just aren't) to balance off whatever advice I'm giving, and unfortunately, most of those templates just don't do that.

Anyway, I hope this all made sense. And I hope I'm not offending you by saying any of this, and if I am, at least you can appreciate that I said it here, where it's between the two of us, rather than on your talk page where anyone and their brother could read it.

~Fannon

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Queen of Crimson Tide on Midnight Shuranthae's Captain Shuranthae says, "Yeah, that's what I'd expect from a Wynd. Our bloodthirstyness is only matched by our laziness and lack of enthusiasm."

If a cookie cutter template is "condescending", perhaps you should discuss that on the templates talk page. The Article Nightshifter was proposed deletion and the {{Butchery Pirate}} ^(Usage) template is pretty self explanatory why we dont just blank or delete pages, especially with as much content. I cannot help its called "Butchery". Furthmore, I cannot condone making the same cookie cutter message from multiple template titles just so we're not using one thats titled {and unseen for the most part) something that doesnt exactly fit the purpose. Lastly, I have nothing to hide so you can direct all of your issues to my talk page. Cheers, -- Haywoodx^(t/c) 04:18, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Disambig Pages

Ahoy there! Just a note, please DO NOT make disambig pages for only 2 results. The minimum is 3. Heres an example you made that was made improperly. Masquerade Fair Winds! --Addison 01:37, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Please ignore this message. The disambig pages you make are fine. --Guppymomma 02:58, 30 September 2008 (UTC)