User talk:Mintguy

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Using the useful [WWPerson database (http://www8.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/cgi-bin/stoyan/wwp/LANG=engl/?1)], a fine, though not always completely reliable database of European noble and royal genealogy, I was able to determine the name, but not the dates, of the 2nd Baronet Grosvenor. For future reference, baronets are referred to as: Sir Firstname Lastname, #th Baronet. The wife of a baronet is known as Lady Lastname, just like the wife of a knight. john 00:42 10 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Baronets, I think, could have article titles that are just their names. for instance, Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, nth Baronet, should have an article titled "Samuel Hoare". As far as peers who are knights, the sir is unnecessary. Firstname Lastname, 9th Lord/Viscount/Earl/Marquess/Duke of Placename, or 9th Lord Placename, or whatever, is sufficient. And the full Burke's titles are massively long, in that most of the higher nobility is going to have five or six different titles. The late Duke of Norfolk, for instance (the senior Duke and Earl of England), was according to Burke's "Sir Miles Francis Stapleton Fitzalan-Howard, THE 17TH DUKE OF NORFOLK, Earl of Arundel, Earl of Surrey, Earl of Norfolk, Lord (Baron) Beaumont, Baron FitzAlan, Baron Maltravers and Baron Howard of Glossop, K.G., GCVO, CB, CBE, MC, DL W Sussex", or some such. john 02:19 10 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Hi Mint, (good work on the disambigulation!) There is a row brewing on the Republic of Ireland page. Put simply, we have an agreed template, structure and text. Scipius, who wanted to ignore the consensus some months ago and change the name of the article and factual details to a version that was factually incorrect, is now back. This time, even though there is agreement on what should be in the page, he wants to remove relevant information he almost alone thinks irrelevant, change facts to his own inaccurate understanding of them, etc. He tried to ignore the consensus last time. He now wants to pull the same stunt again and highjack the page to introduce his own factually inaccurate version again. If you could visit the page and join in the chorus of telling him to stop messing the article it would be most appreciated. It took a lot of effort the last time (from a lot of Irish people who were furious at what he was trying to do!) to stop him. Every bit of help in stopping this nonsense before it becomes a full scale edit war a second time would be most appreciated. There is clear agreement on what should be in and out. Yet again, it is Scipius back doing his 'lone ranger' routine that wants to change everything to a version he likes, and as before ignore the consensus that disagrees with him. wikilove. FearÉIREANN 03:36 10 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Hi there Mintguy, just thought I'd point out that JTD's representation of me is somewhat off. You can see User talk:Jlk7e for a lengthier reply. It's a pity that JTD is not in a particularly cooperative mood, but I'd like to mention that my intentions and edits aren't anything near what JTD suggests they are. Thanks for listening. -Scipius 22:58 10 Jun 2003 (UTC)

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"Subpages are definitely out."

Why? MB 15:17 10 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Fair enough. Well then, I don't see any compromise. MB 15:36 10 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Well, Taku appears to be pretty unexperienced with programming (I may be wrong). In any case, he says he is in his 20's, but based on info from his page, it sounds like he is in school (maybe college, I don't know). In any case, he needs guidance, and the articles he has combined, need to be scrutinized. The Wikipedia works this way, and I hope that you contribute more to these articles in light of these things. BTW, I've never new subprogram was a proper term? MB 18:32 10 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Fine, but if you want the wikipedia to be correct (I certainly do, then you need to stand-up when you don't think somethingi s correct. If you ever get around to correcting these problems, I will back you up (assuming you are correct, I like to research these things a little to make sure I am right most of the time). I hope you will put your expertise to work. MB 18:57 10 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Yes they are the same guy. On the list, where someone was reappointed, they were simply named by title, with the full name used only for the first appointment. (That was how the list was recorded elsewhere and it was simply copied straight in.) I suppose in Abercorn's case, maybe put formerly . . . . in italicised brackets after the Duke reference might make sense. And on his own page, he should be in as the 1st Duke of Abercorn with a redirect from his previous title. For example, George III, who changed from King of Great Britain to King of the UK of GB and I during his reign is in as his later title, George III of the United Kingdom. FearÉIREANN 16:50 10 Jun 2003 (UTC)~

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Well, this is kind of hard for me to understand, becuase I am not totally sure why anyone would want to make up such myths in the first place. In addition, I'm not sure what the statement "Note: Three-sided football is used by the AAA as a valueable training exercise for Autonomous Astronauts. This introduction is by East London AAA" on the "Introduction To Three-Sided Football" is all about. What is the AAA, and what do they mean by excercise. Are they excercising intellectually? Are they practicing perpetualizing a lie? Are they truely physically excercising? MB 13:29 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Mintguy seems very bold in making assertions about things which they clearly know nothing about. Space 1999, Ten days that shoke the universe was a "Festival of independent and community-based space exploration" held in London, Earth from June 18th 27th 1999. It started with a protest against the militarisation of space outside the headquarters of Lockheed Martin. This was also part of J18[?] global festival against capitalism which initiated a wave of anti-capitalist protests including confrontations as Seattle, Prague, Gothenburg, Genoa and most recently Evian[?]. It also included a conference, performance, astral travel, music, film, discussion and training. The festival explored "the new possibilities that open up when we form autonomous communities in outer space". Check the calendar of events - there is only one session which was about art: The Foundation for Art in zero-Gravity Environments[?] launch event. (Indeed there was much discussion amongst the organisers as to whether such an event should be included as many participants felt that art constitutes a bourgeois category inappropriate to the acrtivities envisaged. In fact the Association of Autonomous Astronauts[?] was an world organisation with events in Italy, Austria as well as London, with branches in New Zealand as well as across Europe. The idea that Space 1999 was an "art exhibition" is what we call Absurdist. As for MB's question, on page 39 of Space 1999, Ten Days That Shook The Universe![?] there is photograph of the winners of the first ever Intergalactic Triolectic Football Cup[?] (Hard copy of these documents will be posted to you if you e-mail your address.) Your friend, Harry Potter 11:28 14 Jun 2003 (UTC)

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Hi, I've responded to your comment in User_talk:Muppet. Muppet 15:53 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)

See Cambridge United F.C. Muppet 14:25 18 Jun 2003 (UTC)

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Ebola also linked to prostrate. Please let me make an article there without blanking it between edits. LittleDan 13:02 13 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I believe that peerage titles are supposed to be capitalized, at least in English. john 16:38 13 Jun 2003 (UTC)