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Cornucopia is taking a semi-wikibreak and will fully return to Misplaced Pages later.

Hey back

I guess I'm partially responsible for the lack of communication! Good luck with that wikibreak of yours... though I get the feeling you kind of like spending time editing. :) Haven't been up to much off-wiki, and I've been a bit lazy on-wiki too. Nice work with Music on the pilot - I might try and do a copyedit sometime if you guys are aiming for FA (or anywhere near!). I also saw the Dexter episodes in your sandbox (unfortunately season 1 production info is a bit sparse) and thought I'd let you know that I was planning on writing Return to Sender (Dexter) (1x06) over the weekend, hopefully. What're you up to? —97198 (talk) 11:47, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the recommendation - I'll definitely try and see Changeling sometime. I watched Sunshine the other day, which I loved (the first half anyway, as the second turned into a horror film!), and Mr. Brooks, which I recommend if you haven't seen it already. It's a bit Dexter-esque (actually, the writers first pitched it as a TV series before Dexter was made, but it was considered "too soft"!). Hopefully the Dexter pilot will survive FAC - I don't have any plans to ever take an article there myself... the whole process seems pretty ridiculous to me, and most people's issues seem pedantic and fairly petty. Maybe I'll find the motivation one day! —97198 (talk) 02:41, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Haven't seen that either... will have to look into them both! Are you watching Dexter season 2 on Channel 10? Season 3's almost coming to a close on Showtime. :) —97198 (talk) 05:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I meant Showcase. There is an Australian Showtime, but it mostly shows movies and Showcase is the "sister channel" which shows both movies and cable shows. I loved season 2 more than season 1, so keep watching! :) As for Lost... I'm watching on Channel Seven so I've only watched the first two episodes (the third is recorded and I'm putting off watching it!) which I thought were disappointing. Maybe it's just because of the hiatus between seasons, but I'm just not that interested. Two episodes in and I've already lost the plot with all this time-travelling business! I briefly considered giving up but decided that I'd kick myself later if I couldn't hang in there for the final two seasons. I hope it improves. :) —97198 (talk) 05:52, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

LOL about the new characters - I guess they can all be irritating at times. And is it just me, or does Kate look considerably older this season? ;) I'll try and get to ep 3 when I can, though I'm actually going to see Slumdog Millionaire tonight (for the second time). You should watch it if you haven't - it certainly did deserve an Oscar (or eight). —97198 (talk) 06:26, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Not Bollywood at all... excluding the dancing/singing sequence at the end where they go all-out! (The song actually won the Oscar for Best Original Song.) But it's great. —97198 (talk) 06:48, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Awww :( I do hope you return soon (but all the same, good luck with the workload). —97198 (talk) 11:28, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Not bad at all! And happy (almost) holidays to you too! It's funny that my editing has slowed down more than yours in spite of your (non-existent?) wikibreak. :) I just have so much stuff to do lately, and it's all a bit stressful, but I still try and log on at least once a day. How are you finding things? —97198 (talk) 05:40, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

LOL, you should try the whole stress thing sometime. :) I'm also the world's worst (or best?) procrastinator so that doesn't really help with anything. Good luck with all your FLs, and the other crazy stuff you're managing to get done! ;) —97198 (talk) 07:36, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

You saw Twilight??? Oh, that made my day! I'm surprised you thought it was half-decent - I assumed after seeing it that only diehard fans of the book could actually enjoy it, and that anyone who hadn't read the books would just laugh! They're making the second and third films around the same time (now?), I believe, so it all looks good from there. :) I'll look at the FLC as soon as I can, but (speaking of procrastination) I have a massive assignment due tomorrow which I haven't yet finished... Should probably do that now. —97198 (talk) 09:03, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

I actually have another assignment due tomorrow which I haven't yet started... Stress levels would probably go down if I could get myself organised! But I promise I'll take a good look at the FLC soon. :) —97198 (talk) 06:31, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay, hope you're happy now! :P —97198 (talk) 05:51, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Eh, the assignments were okay, just practicing my skills in writing unexciting essays! :) I imagine you're probably keeping busier than I am? —97198 (talk) 05:57, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I'm only released on Wednesday :( Are you doing anything special? —97198 (talk) 05:11, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

No, I meant my holidays start on Wednesday :) Wedding sounds good - and there's sure to be some good cake! —97198 (talk) 06:53, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I'm going up to the Gold Coast for a week, which should be fun. But no cake! —97198 (talk) 11:15, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm going with my family but unsure where we're staying. I've been to all the parks over the years but I think this year I'll be making pilgrimages to Wet'n'Wild and Movieworld, my two favourites. I thought there wasn't much at Dreamworld for anyone who's not into big rollercoasters - are you? ;) —97198 (talk) 12:13, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Haha, I guess I'm not really into that feeling. :) I'm fine with most things except rides where you either turn upside down or where you're strapped in from your feet hanging upside down (that was one in South Africa)! —97198 (talk) 12:25, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Horror Newsletter - March 2009

The WikiProject Horror Newsletter (Volume I, no. 2 / March 2009)

The WikiProject Horror Newsletter Volume I, no. 2 / March 2009 Previous issue • Next issue Project news Nominations for the Coordinator positions are now open. The nomination process will run throughout March, with voting running throughout April. Any member of Project is welcome to nominate themselves for a Coordinator position. The Project has a new Task Center, which allows any Project member to volunteer for as a Task Editor within the Project. Task Editor positions currently open include Project Promoter, Collaboration Coordinator, Peer Review Coordinator, New & Stub Article Monitor, and Article Monitor. Our first Collaboration of the Month has been selected and it is The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Please help out in improving the article towards Featured Article-Class. Nominations for the next Collaboration of the Month are, of course, ongoing. WikiProject Horror currently has over 3000 articles within its scope; unfortunately, 2600 remain at Start-Class or below. Please help bring some of these articles up to (at least) B-Class. An article does not have to be the current Collaboration of the Month to gain assistance from dedicated editors like you. Articles promoted to Good Article-Class in February include: Eerie (comics), The Frighteners, , Left 4 Dead , and James Whale. There is one current horror-related Featured Article nominee, which is Bride of Frankenstein (talk • review). The current horror-related Good Article-Class candidates include Raaz - The Mystery Continues (talk • review) and White Dog (talk • review). A Peer Review has been requested for Friday the 13th (franchise). The review can be found here. Task force and related news A Friday the 13th WikiProject has been proposed and while the over-ridding consensus at the moment is that the scope is too small for a WikiProject proper, the proposal bears consideration as a possible task force for our project. Please comment on the proposal with your own thoughts on the matter. A Halloween task force has been proposed at the WikiProject Council. Please comment on the proposal with your support and/or thoughts on the matter. Collaboration of the Month The current Collaboration of the Month has been None. The next collaboration is due for selection on January 31, 2025, so nominate an article and/or vote on a current nomination. Announcements and open tasks [REDACTED] WikiProject Horror Announcements and open tasks → Please place the {{WikiProject Horror}} banner in appropriate article talk pages! Current Featured Article candidates (70 achieved): None Current Good Article candidates (440 achieved): None WikiProject Horror Peer Reviews: None Article alerts: Please check here for up-to-date information on horror-related article alerts. Cleanup listing: Please check here for a list of horror-related articles that may require some form of work done on them. The Collaboration of the Month is currently inactive. Nominations for Coordinator positions are currently ongoing. Feel free to add your name and comments. To stop receiving this newsletter, please remove your username (Cornucopia) from the Active members list and add it to the Active members not wishing to receive the Newsletter list.

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Moonlight tv series Mythology

I noticed you removed my excerpt about photography. Specifically the expert said, "A vampires image can't be captured by analog cameras because of the silver emulsion in the film, but a vampires image can be captured by digital cameras because digital cameras don't use silver emulsion." The excerpt was reference in ref 29

"^ a b c "Out of the Past". David Greenwalt (writer) & Fred Toye (director). Moonlight. CBS. 2007-10-05. No. 2, season 1."

Please watch the episode. If you don't have the show on DVD then you can go to YouTube to the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoRtc3h4dMU&feature=related . One minute into the YouTube video you will hear the reference I spoke of. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xybernauts (talk • contribs) 04:43, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for not removing the quote again, but I don't understand why you removed the portion about how digital cameras can take a vampires picture. I think that's the most important part because it is a very unique aspect of the Moonlight mythology. I think it's very important to add this tidbit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xybernauts (talk • contribs) 19:10, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Children of Men

I was hoping to discuss the edits you made to the Children of Men article here and here. I am not sure that the actress you named was vital to an understanding of the article. A problem that a great many film and tv articles have is a preponderance of bloat (excessive detail added to plot summaries). When determining what should and should not be in the plot summary, a good rule of thumb is to ask yourself if you had 90 seconds to give the plot of the film, would what you added be necessary to that explanation? If not, we don't need it, as brevity/conciseness is one of the key features of the Wiki-en.
I certainly do not think that you are adding cruft and garbage. Your addition is quite thoughtful; I just don't think we really need it. I didn't want to remove the addition without discussing the matter with you first. Thoughts? - Arcayne () 21:40, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Veronica Mars awards

Just to let you know I removed some awards from the section in the S1 page as they referred to S2. This made the section smaller, so I just put it into the end of the Critical Reception section. I hope you don't mind, and feel free to revert or change anything you don't like. Also you might find it helpful to look at the diff as you can use the awards I removed from the S1 page, in the S2 page you're working on. Best wishes, Rambo's Revenge (How am I doing?) 12:43, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Friends reverts

Regarding your reverts on Friends, why can't we use another article as a source? Jay (talk) 11:20, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages is a tertiary source. As per Misplaced Pages:Reliable sources#Primary.2C secondary.2C and tertiary_sources, it is OK to use tertiary sources to support specific statements, as long as the bulk of the article relies on secondary sources. And the channel's official website is available in the 111 Hits article, so I don't see a problem with sourcing. Jay (talk) 12:04, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying this. I've modified the above link to mention a clause of Misplaced Pages as a source. However, you should have added a fact tag to the statement, instead of removing it, as it belonged to the "doubtful but not harmful" category. See Misplaced Pages:Citing#Unsourced material. Jay (talk) 10:48, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Horror Newsletter - April 2009

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Happy holidays!

Now is indeed the perfect time for happy-holiday-wishing, so I thought I'd do the same. :) —97198 (talk) 06:41, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Will do that in a second. And I'm only leaving around the 18th, so I have a week and a bit of doing nothing beforehand! —97198 (talk) 07:10, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

No worries, I guess I disappeared too... and am off to bed kind of early, so bye again! :) —97198 (talk) 12:42, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Featured List contributions

Hey Cornucopia, it's great to see someone of your age contributing at such a high level to WP (and also an FA). Please do not leave. On a related matter, since featured material dispensed with date autoformatting more than six months ago, and has been strict about the linking of years etc, I notice that you participated in an RFC late last year on these matters, and expressed opposition to the concept of date autoformatting and to overlinking.

I'm afraid these issues are the subject of another RFC, and now there's even a temporary ArbCom injunction against the removal of the square brackets around dates. (Apparently it’s still OK to delink on an occasional basis, for example, in featured articles/links that you nominate, but caution may be the best approach for the moment.)

The injunction will be in force until the matters are finally resolved at a current RFC. You may wish to make your views known again on this same issues, whatever your opinion now. It's open until Monday, I think. WP:Date_formatting_and_linking_poll. Tony (talk) 16:20, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

You are very welcome. Thanks for contributing your voice to Questions 2 and 3; however, Question 1 is the most concerning ofr full community input. Tony (talk) 04:57, 11 April 2009 (UTC)