User talk:Mike Selinker/Archive1

Microsoft Puzzle Hunt

Hi there! I noticed your creation of the article on The Microsoft Puzzle Hunt, and i was wondering if you have alot more information on it, because otherwise i was goint to redirect and merge it into the IAP Mystery Hunt page. Thanks! --Quadraxis 19:39, 8 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! You guys are fast. This is my first attempt to contribute content, so forgive any problems with protocol. I'm just contributing to things I know about, namely games and puzzles.

The Microsoft Puzzle Hunt is its own entity, though it spun off from the IAP Mystery Hunt. It's been going for eight years now, so it might deserve its own entry. There is a lot more info available, but I'm not sure anyone would want to read it.

While I have you here, I was trying to do something that I'm way underqualified for. There are two Larry Harrises feeding into the Larry Harris page. The basketball exec is fine, but I created a page called Larry Harris (game designer) for the designer of the board game Axis & Allies. But I don't know how to redirect the Axis & Allies and Conquest of the Empire pages back to that new page, or how to create a disambiguation page to deal with it. The disambiguation page instructions in the help section were ... ambiguous. Can you help?

Mike

Followup: I updated the Microsoft Puzzle Hunt page with info on all the hunts to date. I don't know anything about the first one, though.

I created a more complete Microsoft Puzzle Hunt page. It too can be merged into the MIT page or left alone.

Mike

About that, where did you get the information that puzzles from The Hard Way would be in that Games magazine? It'd be nice to attribute that to someone/something. Thanks! -- Bobdoe (Talk) 17:57, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I was one of the more than a dozen creators of that particular hunt (not any of the other hunts, though). So I helped put it in Games World of Puzzles. So, I guess the attribution is me. If you don't put things that haven't happened yet, then it's okay to remove that.

Mike

Well, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, so you may want to remove that until the issue actually comes out. On the other hand, if you did help put it in there, you could probably leave a note on the talk page noting this.
Also, I realized that you were one of the creators shortly after I wrote that. Being inside MS has its advantages. ;) -- Bobdoe (Talk) 21:17, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy to remove it until it comes out. There's an even chance I'll remember to update it then.

Mike

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I noticed you added several new links along with a paragraph to Live action role-playing game. Are you going to create articles for all of them? --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 23:02, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm in process on that. I just did the Maze of Games page. I'm about to start on LIVE/WIRE, which, since it involved about 100 people in its history, may be a little harder to figure out.

Mike

I fixed the link to the Origins International Game Expo for you. Good luck with your new articles. Remember to establish notabilty to avoid deletion! --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 23:12, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

Avalon Hill

I'm glad you think the article on Avalon Hill is in good shape. If you look at the beginning of the talk page, you'll see some discussion about the introduction of the hexagonal grid. Were you around at AH way back then? or did you pick up any information on the subject from other employees' reminiscing? By the way, let me point out one of the tips Alphax gave you (no one expects you to pick up all of our Wikiways immediately): You can sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). It's easier than typing "Mike", and it creates an automatic link to your user page, plus a time stamp, which is often helpful in keeping track of a discussion JamesMLane 08:40, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Golden Nugget

You appear to be correct. See how the new wording is. The old wording did not give me a clue about it being the largest on display. I think the new wording clears this up. Thanks. Vegaswikian 05:08, 23 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Garfield

I'm sorry. I just realized I never replied to your post on the Talk page for GHS. I think that updating the article with athletics and academic info is best left to InsaneInside, a current student, but working on the red links could be just as easily done by one of us graduates. I have compiled a number of sources for info on notable alum bios, but I haven't had time to write them up yet. If there's someone in particular you'd like to work on, let me know on my talk page or email me. WAvegetarian 07:36, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

football players

Thanks for your good work cleaning up categories. I noticed you moved Brian Dowling (football) to Category:National Football League players. Is there any consensus, I wonder, for dealing with players who, like Dowling, had fairly marginal NFL careers but celebrated college careers? Ryan Fitzpatrick, currently not in any categories, comes to mind. Thanks. Chick Bowen 21:28, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Your categories Category:Yale football and Category:Harvard football are very sensible, and I've been populating at least the Yale one. Still, we don't have all that much (no Larry Kelley, no Carmen Cozza) and combining them into Category:Ivy League football might be sensible. What do you think? Chick Bowen 16:35, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there's no "move category" button. I recategorized all the articles and listed the Yale and Harvard categories at WP:CFD; they'll be deleted in a week or so. I took the liberty of citing your approval, but of course you're welcome to comment there. I suppose someone might object on the grounds of inconsistency with other college football programs, but I doubt it. Chick Bowen 19:24, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Roller skating

Hi -- thanks for working on the roller skating categories. I think they are a good idea. However, roller skating is two words, not one (just like ice skating is correct, not "iceskating"), so I had to go fix them up a bit. I think it's all fixed at this point, but I thought I should let you know in case you find other pages to add to the category. (I just added a few more myself.) Thanks again! ManekiNeko | Talk 23:11, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hugo Chavez's sports career

You just removed Hugo Chavez's listing in the "Venezuelan sportspeople" category. He belongs in that category because he has played league baseball in Venezuela for many years, and progressed to the Venezuelan National Baseball Championships in 1969 with the Criollitos de Venezuela (and this data is also referenced, which is sadly not the case with your own fallacious edit). If you have any issues with this listing, I suggest you find concrete sources and evidence to back up your claims for why he does not belong their, and present them on the talk page. Regards, Saravask 08:58, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I must apologiize. I had thought your edit was malicious. Please, in the future, you should explain such edits with an appropriate summary, such as "I am eliminating category 'Venezuelan sportspeople'". This would help significantly in not raising people's suspicions. I reverted myself, so Chavez is no longer in that category and it can be eliminated. Cheers. Saravask 09:08, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you for the effort on categorizing many articles recently. Keep up the good work. Shawnc 14:30, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Martial arts practitioners categorization

Some martial arts subcategories have been missing, so we just need to add them and then stuff people into them. Shawnc 15:01, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Note that this will result in a single entry under the Category:Sportspeople by nationality subcategory of ("X" martial artists)., I presume you meant "Category:Martial arts practitioners by nationality". This is a right idea and will be done soon. Shawnc 23:58, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'd appreciate some feedback at Category talk:Martial arts practitioners on an issue. Shawnc 05:53, 18 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

Hi Mike!

I don't know for certain why he targeted you, but I would guess it was because you were in Special:Recentchanges at exactly the same time he was looking there for newly signed-up users in order to fill their user pages with nonsense templates; he saw an edit of yours in RC and decided to hit your user page as well. Happy editing! Antandrus (talk) 21:32, 3 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Working Man's Barnstar

I saw, and am a bit in awe, at the immense amounts of work you've put in to fix up Wikipedia sports categories.

I hereby award you this Working Man's Barnstar!

-- Rebelguys2 10:21, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

University of South Carolina

Careful, you'll want to add categories, not replace a useful category[1]. I added it back to the page along with the original categories. Ëvilphoenix ^Burn! 16:14, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies

None needed. Please see the relevant discussion pages. Thank you for the catch on my user page. I have played around with the links on that part quite a bit. I assume it got deleted during that time. WAvegetarian ^(talk) (email) ^(contribs) 22:48, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

"California Bears" categories

Hey Mike, thanks for all your work. I'm skimmed your last thousand edits, and it's ridiculous, in a good way.

So, are you aware that the Cal teams are actually the Golden Bears? It's the only way they ever refer to themselves, and "california golden bears" gets 2M Ghits while "california bears" gets <100k, indicating that others have followed suit. Admittedly one can be a "Bears fan" or yell "go Bears", or even casually shorten it to "Cal Bears", but if you're going to include "California" I think you have to include "Golden" too.

I hope I'm not beating a dead horse, but I see you've already got "Fighting Illini", "Nittany Lions", and "Young Cougars" as well. Melchoir 18:33, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm... tough choice, but I think brevity wins on this one. "Cal Bears football" is just fine. Melchoir 19:14, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Cal Santa Cruz Banana Slugs football players

Hi Mike. Like you pointed out, we should try our best to check the college categorizations when we go through to drain Category:National Football League players. I'm not starting in on that beast for a few days at least, but I'm thinking ahead and wondering how many more college categories you have in mind. I know you have some stopping point in mind since you chose to combine the ivy league. I chipped in with Ohio State and Boston College, but those are obvious. Which schools do you suggest we not make categories for?

And for the alums of those schools w/o categories, should we consider dumping them in some other generic category like Category:college football players from god-awful teams or clutter-up Category:college football players with individual players? It'd be a pain in the ass, but at least it'd give us a handle on those players for the future. -Meegs 23:55, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hawaii Warrior player

I know! Is it true that I have to go through Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion to fix it? ×Meegs 02:47, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

(more on :User talk:Meegs#Hawaii)

College basketball

Good point. You can go ahead and recommend the UConn men's and women's categories for deletion. I'll merge the included articles into a single supercategory. — Dale Arnett 23:14, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Said and done. You can recommend not only the separate categories for the men's and women's programs, but also the separate categories for the men's and women's players. I just merged all the players into a single "UConn Huskies players" category. — Dale Arnett 23:24, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

College basketball update

I listed the UConn men's and women's categories on the CFD page at this location. However, it looks like the people who've posted so far want the categories split. Think you could weigh in on it on the discussion page? :) — Dale Arnett 06:07, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Gary Barnett

Thought you might like to know that the copyright problem was removed and the temp page is now up as the article. .:.Jareth.:. ^babelfish 14:51, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Football categories

I tracked them down. Another admin had done the renaming, but had apparently forgotten to move the contents of the original category there - thus the category technically worked, but the category didn't exist because it was never edited. I think I fixed it all. Thanks for letting me know. K1Bond007 04:59, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Dallas Texans

Ok, category man, we need two categories for teams named the Dallas Texans in Category:National_Football_League_players_by_team. They are both going to have a lot of players, so they should both be qualified (ideally in a way that sets them apart from the Arena team too). In addition to (AFL)/(NFL), I'm considering (1952)/(1960s) — as in Category:Dallas Texans (1960s) players — which would probably make their use easier for non-historians. I'll speedy the existing category. Any opinion? ×Meegs 10:46, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Fire & Movement

Thanks for the edit on Fire & Movement Magazine! Michael Dorosh 17:47, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]