User talk:Sebwite/archive

Age X deaths

That might be too narrow a categorization. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 22:58, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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That's possible, I think, and we should be able to set up infoboxes to handle it automatically with {{age}}. Good idea! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 23:27, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The infoboxes do handle age automatically. But the categories bring together all people who have something in common, in this case being the age in which they died. It would be a lot easier than making a list of people who died at a certain age, and would list the people automatically.

I agree that it should be possible to create automatically generated categories for this, possibly based on the existing "births" and "deaths" categories. I think that this would be a good idea, and should be implemented. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 01:36, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've replied on my talk page to your recent message. Also, I suppose Template:Death date and age could be edited to automatically add Category:Deaths at age 29, etc to pages, although Wikipedia:Categorization of people#General considerations says categories should not be automatically assigned. This may not apply to templates though since templates like Template:Recent death automatically add pages to Category:Recent deaths. --Pixelface (talk) 13:39, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I like the idea so far. Maybe give it a try and we can see where it leads. --Banime (talk) 00:19, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the update, I'll take a look at it. --Banime (talk) 21:01, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Death date and age template

I've edited Template:Death date and age/sandbox to make it so it automatically adds the category Category:Deaths at age X to pages that transclude that test template. You can look at User:Pixelface/Sandbox for an example of how it looks. If an admin takes the code from this version of Template:Death date and age/sandbox and saves it at Template:Death date and age, it will add a category to every page that transcludes {{death date and age}} — somewhere from 25,000 to 30,000 pages — and it should put them into about 122 age of death categories. I've seen support from you, Hersfold, DGG, Josiah Rowe, Banime, and Matthewedwards. Explodicle doesn't seem to care either way. TenPoundHammer says it "might be too narrow a categorization", but I don't think it would conflict with WP:OC#NARROW. You could put an {{editprotected}} template on Template talk:Death date and age and ask an admin to transfer the code from here to Template:Death date and age if you'd like. --Pixelface (talk) 05:21, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

CfD nomination of Category:Deaths by age

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Images listed for deletion

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Thank you. --Millbrooky (talk) 22:18, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Asa Seeley

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WP:NOT#NEWS, WP:BIO1E

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CfD nomination of Category:Baltimore Metro Subway

AfD nomination of Asa Seeley

I have nominated Asa Seeley, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Asa Seeley. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Jfire (talk) 21:03, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed you've !voted twice in this AfD. Was that an accident? Raising addition points or responding to other's arguments is always welcome, but we ask people make only one bolded Delete/Keep/Merge per AfD. Jfire (talk) 02:22, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rabbit Transit (York)

I don't know that there's an intentional connection, which is why I used the key word coincidental. There may, in fact, be a connection, but I didn't find a source that said so, so I gave them the benefit of the doubt. It's just interesting that they chose that play on words, and that they use a rabbit as their symbol. That rabbit suggests a more normal-looking rabbit, not Bugsy at all - which stands to reason, as they would need a licensing agreement with Warner if they were to use Bugsy's image or anything that resembles it. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 05:55, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Funny spoonerism on "Website". :) Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 05:56, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My initials actually are S.E.B. That's what contributed to me coming up with this idea for a user name. Sebwite (talk) 20:12, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Wikipedia clones

I have removed your addition of the above proposed guideline to WP:V, WP:RS and WP:N... since your proposal is still at the "proposed" stage it is premature to add it. That said, I like it and intend to support it. My issue is purely with your timing and not with any flaw in the proposal. Blueboar (talk) 15:32, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

TfD nomination of Template:Public transport disambiguation pages

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Question

I noticed Wikipedia:Notability (Transportation) hasn't been edited for a couple months, is it still in the middle of expansion? MBisanz ^talk 07:11, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot about it as I have been working on improving quite a number of different articles and projects. I will look into it soon. Sebwite (talk) 07:13, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, just checking in. Good luck. MBisanz ^talk 07:22, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Populated places

Did you update all the links on pages that are trying to link to Wikipedia:Notability (populated places) (failed)? You probably also want to change the shortcuts? OrangeDog (talk • edits) 02:47, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Infobox Busline

I will be happy to help you, just give me at least 1 or 2 days. Do to I currenly have a busy schedule. Feel free to look at my current creation HTML codes to get yourself on the right track; if not I'll give you a head start of what I will give.
1. In the Works
2. Infobox NFL Draft
--Mr. Unknown (talk) 02:04, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for your help. Just so you know, there is a sample of it being used on this page, so you can see the outcome of its usage here. Sebwite (talk) 18:33, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox busline Finished

I (Nima Farid) successfully finished your infobox. However it's all white and the program structure is like mine. —Preceding undated comment added 09:16, 22 May 2009 (UTC).

Thank you. All your help is very much appreciated. Sebwite (talk) 18:58, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

for including WP:BEEF on {{Essays on building Wikipedia}}. It was just a little idea I had rolling around in my head a few months ago, and I'm pleased to see people are noticing it (and if people agreed with it, that'd be even better! :P ). Hopefully even more people will now notice it. Thanks. Nosleep ^{break my slumber} 21:32, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There are hundreds of essays that have been written over the years, but most of them are little known, essentially orphaned. For a long time, I have been creating navboxes as a way to de-orphan articles, and now I have moved on to essays. I have recently joined Wikipedia:WikiProject Orphanage with that specialty, and I am trying to get a new WikiProject Navbox started to get others to do the same. Sebwite (talk) 23:13, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Spam warning

Hello Sebwite,

First of all, let me tell you that I was not intending to spam anyone, as you appear to have stated here. If you read the message, you would have seen that "You have received this announcement because your user page indicates that you live in Maryland, Virginia, or DC." Also, the bot, Thehelpfulbot was simply following a bot task request, as indicated here. I would also prefer if you didn't use standard warning templates on experienced users such as myself and others, as I know the rules and policies, and am an administrator - I don't need links to welcome pages! For occasions such as this where you think the user is spamming, a personalised message would suit better, as users may become offended to be regarded as "newcomers" when they have been around on Wikipedia for quite a while.

This message was not intended to be spam, as it was not spamming or advertising external links, but was simply a friendly message to let users know of a Wiki Meetup in D.C. I hope that you understand this and I have gone ahead and removed the warning that you placed on my user talk page, as the bot was not spamming.

Regards,

The Helpful One 21:12, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:List of policies to cite in deletion debates

Hi Sebwite. I like your idea here. I have a bit of a quibble, though: most of them are guidelines, rather than policies. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 02:06, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless, these all can be used to argue for or against a deletion. I could rename it "policies and guidelines." Sebwite (talk) 03:44, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

thank you

I just want to say that I appreciate your genuine and engaging approach in discussions. I always get the feeling that you are carefully reading and considering what other editors are saying--regardless of whether or not I agree with you. So thank you! Cazort (talk) 04:05, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The image you added to WP:AMOUNT

I think the caption you wrote under the image contradicts much of what the essay tries to convey. Can you rethink that caption, please? -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 04:31, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, I just did some tweaking. Thanks for the picture. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 04:48, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		For the picture added to WP:AMOUNT. I was looking for something, and this was perfect. Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 04:54, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion review

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Deletion review

I have posted a question at Wikipedia:Deletion review#Common_End.2C_Colkirk which you may be able to answer. Can you please return to that discussion to answer it? Stifle (talk) 20:35, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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