User talk:Randy Kryn: Difference between revisions

• An editing respite
• Some useful things from a non-medical non-professional: Tom Brady follows the hydration route (1/2 your weight in number of ounces per day, i.e. if someone weighs 180 pounds hydrate 90 ounces of water a day), and look where it GOAT him. Then what about Linus Pauling advocating at least two grams a day of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) divided into several equal portions (morning-afternoon-evening), you'd almost think he wanted people healthy or something. And last but least, microwave an ear of corn for four minutes, with the husk left on — if two ears, double it to eight minutes. When you peel off the husk and eat the thing, you'll thank me later.
• Now you know: Saverland v Newton
• Remembering four of the last eight Earthlings to travel to the Moon, murdered soon after their return, sadly bookending the first two Moon pioneers murdered 20 days after arriving back on Earth.
• Maybe my best geek edit: A five cushion bank shot italicizing Star Trek and Buffy links on Wikipedia's Klingon language page.
• An IP upon realizing that birds are dinosaurs, and a nod to our dinosaur brothers and sisters.
• Write on!: Don't kick the Ouija board
• An IP's inadvertent poetically sexist edit, which they quickly corrected
• Perhaps my best one-word edit (although...)
• Ready to check out the size of the Solar System? No small children or comfort animals on board please, and keep your arms and stuff where you can see them: If the Moon were only 1 Pixel (web based scroll map scaled to the Moon being, well, 1 pixel)
• A sci-fi short story plot (dibs)

. . .Veiled Christ, a statue in Naples, Italy, that depicts a knobbly-kneed Christ in the tomb, please give the image two or three clicks. This almost unbelievable 1753 sculpture ("how'd he do that?"), carved from one piece of marble, has one of only two Wikipedia article's which have to prove, with sources, that the artwork was not the work of an alchemist. Step right up, and don't miss the modern looking couch, the two tasseled pillows, or the crown of thorns and other torture things down by the feet. All carved from a single block of marble. Literally steps away from Veiled Christ sits another "how'd he do that?" sculpture, also carved from a single block of marble (or created by alchemy).

Thinking aloud while mentioning impossible statues carved from one piece of rock...although who can forget flowers made of glass.

Watching Secretariat run his 1973 Triple Crown races in order while knowing three things: 1) Secretariat's trainer and jockey only realized after the second race that the horse could run full speed from start to finish. 2) While drastically held back during the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, Secretariat still holds the fastest time in all three Triple Crown races. 3) Sham - the horse Secretariat trashed like a dancing bear in the Kentucky Derby - still holds the Derby's second fastest time.

Here's the 1973 Kentucky Derby...the jockey holds him back...holds him wayyyy back, almost touching last place, next the Preakness...holds him back, and then: the Belmont..."He is moving like a tre-men-dous machine".

• ...winner of the 2017 "Shakespearean dramatic romantic tragic tale in six words" Heisman.

July 8, 2022: during three edits in three minutes an IP proposes marriage on the same page as the above masterpiece, creating their own. Wikipedians have a romantic side, even the bots, so nobody reverted until I did after two hours with a note saying that it should be enough time and wished him luck. Does anyone know of an earlier proposal on Wikipedia, especially on such a good page for it and so perfectly played out - he seemingly decides to marry her right there, between two edits. Film scene scenario worthy (Hallmark, are you listening?).

The docents ask people: "Find the cat". Letting the coolness of it lead me to break my oath as a Wikipedian, I now self-identify as a vandal. (in other vandal news, a visiting IP spent a great amount of time removing all the vowels from several articles. Wh ddn't thnk f tht?).

See and listen to Wikipedia edits as they occur. Designed by Stephen LaPorte and Mahmoud Hashemi of hatnote.com, the link was copied from a user page, don't remember where, but deservedly displayed on quite a few as well as having its own article. Just who is making all this noise? Well...

Here is another user's subpage about how many Wikipedians can dance on the head of a pin.

On 20 March 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Thomas P. Stafford, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 21:54, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just to be clear, there is nothing to suggest articles cannot be subject to the WP:PROD process if they have two secondary sources, one about another person. Will take to the ghost town of AfD. AusLondonder (talk) 16:06, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Focusing on prods rather than taking a nice amount of them to AfD, to see if other editors would like to address your concerns, would maybe save a few pages (which all were written by fellow Wikipedians for one good faith reason or another). Randy Kryn (talk) 03:59, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello I'm sorry to bother you. I found the Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Billionaire space race page that was created before the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Billionaire space race was closed and the page was not deleted. I saw in that page that you said Billionaire space race was not a hoax, and I agree. I posted here: Wikipedia talk:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Billionaire space race that I thought the page saying it was a hoax should be deleted but I don't know how to do that. Can you do it, or tell me where to find instructions? Thank you.

tl;dr: I think the page Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Billionaire space race should be deleted because Billionaire space race is not a hoax, but I don't know how to make that happen. Cauldron bubble (talk) 04:50, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Cauldron bubble (toil and trouble?). No need for an apology, you were acting in good faith. Probably best to move your request to Wikipedia talk:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia where someone could assist (I don't know the exact procedure). Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 04:57, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well I hope I don't cause too much toil and trouble, but that line was what I was thinking when I chose my user name haha. Thanks for the advice, and I'll post over on Wikipedia talk:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia. Cauldron bubble (talk) 03:08, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Vonda Shepard. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Points to note:

1. Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
2. Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. --woodensuperman 11:45, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, (mirror mirror?) you are the one engaged in an edit war. You've made a questionable bold edit, I reverted, and you kept making the same edit without adhering to WP:BRD even after being asked to take it to the talk page multiple times. This is an issue which should be discussed, not just fought over as you seem to want to do. Randy Kryn (talk) 11:55, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The questionable bold edit was yours today. The article has been stable for a year. And you are editing against a long-establishhed guideline, WP:PERFNAV. --woodensuperman 11:59, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You removed the navbox late last April, and since I didn't have the page on my watchlist I just noticed it today. The discussion is now taking place at the Vonda Shepard page to clarify the point, please leave your remarks there. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:12, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, could I give more notoriety to my article Noam Bettan since according to several Wikipedia editors it still does not have it, it is difficult for me to accept that I have worked 100%. Other reasons for its supposed lack of notoriety is because there is still no American media talking about the French Israeli artist, how true is that statement? --Acartonadooopo (talk) 14:02, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Will keep track of the deletion discussion and give the page itself a better look (I picked up a major misspelling on just a quick glance so other editors may take not of the discussion and give it an editing, although my language skills don't cover the sources). Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:11, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Randy Kryn: refusal to respect WP:BURDEN and WP:NOTDIRECTORY regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Veverve (talk) 12:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For page watchers. This editor is swarming hundreds of edits over a few day period to WikiHatchet Wikipedia's Discordian collection, including dozens of redirect requests of redirects which encompass the religions topic and wordings which shows, possibly, that they have little or no knowledge of the topic. An ANI discussion doesn't seem the place to address these deletions but since it has been put up, just another topic-related time sink over a weekend. thanks for that, may I have another. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:37, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 72 hours for edit warring to restore unsourced content. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 14:51, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discordianism seems to be under attack here right now. I'll check edits and see if I can find sources the Deities of Wikipedia will condone. Hope to see you after your block is over! :) Vajzë Blu (talk) 18:10, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]