User talk:TheBluesMan

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Thanks for the welcome, Broik. Sorry it took me so long to respond. All the best to you! TheBluesMan 02:38, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Nice job!
Hey, nice job on the summary! Many of our episode articles are greatly lacking, so thanks for going to extensive measures to make it a complete article! Keep up those great edits! :) --Galaxy001 17:38, 11 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Glaxy001! It took me about four or five hours over the past few days, but I think the summary turned out pretty good. Not perfect, certainly, but better than the nothing that was there before. I actually didn't care much for this episode initially, only after writing so much about it did I come to appreciate the detail that is in this and every episode of TNG.

Best regards, -Dave TheBluesMan 22:39, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Uploading images
Hi! Just a quick note on uploading image files: 1) Please wikify the image descriptions just as you would an article, 2) and include the proper episode/film citation 3) as well as the proper copyright disclaimer (  in most cases). Thanks. --Alan del Beccio 13:04, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the suggestions, Alan. As long as I've been here it was the first image I've uploaded. I'll follow your directions from here on out.


 * Best regards,


 * -Dave  TheBluesMan 13:42, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

moved info
Hi, i just wanted to let you know that the "background information" section of an episode article isnty really the place to put information that deals with topics that arent vital to the episode itself -- for example, if Data was describing a Colt .45, the info really belongs in the article about the Colt .45, if that makes sense, because it has more to do with the Colt .45 than it does with the production of. -- Captain M.K.B. 03:31, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Sterling Macer
Best to put the article under the name he is credited as. According to Birthright, he was 'Sterling Macer, Jr.', ergo, he should logically have his article residing there. Just as an aside. That's why i put the redirect over to Macer, Jr. Also, when creating someone and adding in their birthdate, it's best to at least add it to the template for the calendar date. You can do that by going to the calendar date page, and adding 'Template:' to the start of it. For example, 28 November would have it's data edited by going to Template:28 November. Just for future reference! -- Sulfur 02:14, 7 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the clarification and your patience. I'll make the changes. Also, thanks for the help with the birthdates. There seems to be two or three different ways of doing it. I'm still figuring out the best way. -Dave --TheBluesMan 02:20, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

A couple of ways to put a bdate in an article, the d template (which you discovered), and the born template, which works like:, and leaves you with:

You can also add death dates to those with, which shows up as:

Now, when you've got those in, it's best to add them to the relevant "productions" page (in the format as is there on other ones already), the date template (as noted above), and the birth and death lists. I've got a stack of people to go and add to those two lists right now, from articles created without filling out all of the dates. One of these days. *Sigh* :) -- Sulfur 12:27, 7 September 2006 (UTC)