User talk:Mythigator

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Hi, I'm Mythigator. Please leave a message below. If I left you a message on your talk page, please reply there as I like to keep a conversation in one place.

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Pages and Images for Deletion

I have been at hard work this afternoon, and I was wondering if you could please delete these pages and images, most of which I tagged for deletion. The list is here. Gazlene the Pork Girl (talk) 22:35, March 22, 2014 (EDT)

There's been no discussion as of yet about deleting those articles, and I'm not going to zap them unilaterally. If you concur with the deletions, then go to Wikisimpsons:Pages_for_deletion and state your agreement with the nominations. The deletions will happen after there's been a bit more discussion. -- Mythigator (talk) 22:46, March 22, 2014 (EDT)

Featured content

Hello. Month after month I've been struggling to update the main page with new featured content as there's been a lack of decent content to add. Therefore, I'm asking everyone to nominate any decent articles, episodes, images and quotes that fit the criteria. Most importantly is the featured article and episode. However, we're also lacking comprehensive article nominations too. The worst thing is that there is usually very little voting on these, with there only being one or two votes maximum. I'm sorry to send out a mass message like this but the sitenotice seems to go unnoticed. Thanks, The Solar Dragon 08:17, May 1, 2014 (EDT)

Affiliates

Hey, since you're the affiliate guy, can you remove Fish Hooks Wiki and Simpsons Comics News Blog from the list of affiliates? I've completely abandoned them both for over a year now but haven't got round to asking. ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 11:30, August 14, 2014 (EDT)

I'd be happy to take care of it. Just one thing, though: I'm trying to figure out how to access the menu on the left side of the page? I can take those two off of the affiliates page, no problem, but so far the menu has stumped me. And I'd rather not do anything until I can take care of both tasks on the same go. So, how do I get to that menu? -- Mythigator (talk) 08:25, August 15, 2014 (EDT)

Question withdrawn. Found it, took care of it. -- Mythigator (talk) 08:34, August 15, 2014 (EDT)

References or references?

It seems you put "Cultural References" on the /references pages, when I put "Cultural references"... Not sure if there is a correct one, but wanted to know what you think on it so there's not pulling back and forth with it. | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 11:53, August 22, 2014 (EDT)

It should be a lowercase "r" in references. The Solar Dragon 12:37, August 22, 2014 (EDT)

Hmm, well that stopped any awkward discussion... | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 12:38, August 22, 2014 (EDT)

Randomno is right; it should be a lower-case "r". If you caught me getting it wrong, please go ahead and fix it. Thanks in advance for having my back. :-) -- Mythigator (talk) 14:06, August 22, 2014 (EDT)

Nah Solar's right, I just asked about it. | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 14:08, August 22, 2014 (EDT)

True, Solar gave the answer. But I'm pretty sure I did get one wrong recently, so you can take some credit for asking the question. -- Mythigator (talk) 14:10, August 22, 2014 (EDT)

Simpsons Wikia

Hey Mythigator, so, you may have heard about the Wikia stealing our articles thing again. I've tried to sort it out, but, as you can see here, things are starting to get out of hand. Since you are our representative, I was hoping you could possibly go in and try and diffuse the situation. I can't carry on because things will just become worse and worse. Read my talk page for any other information. Thanks, The Solar Dragon 11:11, November 12, 2014 (EST)

Oh, also, it may be best if you handle any of the stealing/copyright issues in future. I always seem to end up getting confrontational, which is not the best cause of action. Thanks, The Solar Dragon 11:17, November 12, 2014 (EST)

I've been following the goings-on a little bit, so I'll do what I can to defuse things. I think it'll help that I've been able to stay on pretty civil terms with the Simpsons Wikia people. -- Mythigator (talk) 11:22, November 12, 2014 (EST)

Mythbusters Simpsons

Hi, just wondering if you've heard about this yet? Mythbusters is tackling a couple of Simpsons things. I know you watch the show, so thought I'd make sure you knew about this. It should probably be added to References in other media once it airs too. The Solar Dragon 09:23, December 18, 2014 (EST)

I hadn't heard about that, but it sounds immensely cool! Looking forward to it! -- Mythigator (talk) 10:26, December 18, 2014 (EST)

I've created a MythBusters article. I was wondering if you could fill in some more details. Thanks, The Solar Dragon 11:12, January 10, 2015 (EST)

I'll dive into it after I've seen the Simpsons special episode. My DVR is set!! -- Mythigator (talk) 13:01, January 10, 2015 (EST)

I'll try and find somewhere online to watch it after it airs too. Just thought you'd know more about the setup of the show than I do so you'd probably be able to write about it better. I also thought the fact it has a whole episode dedicated to The Simpsons is enough notability to have its own article here. The Solar Dragon 14:02, January 10, 2015 (EST)

All done and it was fun. It took me longer than I thought to get around to watching the Simpsons special episode. -- Mythigator (talk) 22:17, January 25, 2015 (EST)

unregistered user messing around pages

hey man, please ban this ****t 71.229.221.215 LetsPlayNintendoITA 22:05, September 28, 2015 (EDT)

• In this instance, I have no objection to a few swears, as the cause was more than sufficient. Still, I appreciate your restraint. :-) I gave the IP a three-month ban. Thanks for taking care of the cleanup. -- Mythigator (talk) 00:35, September 29, 2015 (EDT)

Blocking?

Hello, some unregistered user just tried making changes to my personal user page, granted it was a very minor edit but it was still uncalled for and made me worry that they could do it again. I checked the policies section and feel it is vandalism but I'd like an administrators opinionBleedinggumsmurphy1 (talk) 02:41, October 21, 2015 (EDT)

I put a vandalism warning on his talk page, but I noticed that he's been blocked in the past for similar activity. And specifically, for being warned about it and yet continuing with it. Solar blocked him before, so if Solar decides another block is in order, I will be in agreement with it. Also, I put the warning on his page before I saw your message, so please take that as indicating that I agree with you that his change to your user page constitutes vandalism. Regards, M. -- Mythigator (talk) 02:48, October 21, 2015 (EDT)

This should do it. All unregistered users can't touch your page now. When you feel like change that, just write here. I dunno if you can do it yourself, there's an option on top called Protect or something. Go there and set it if you can ;) LetsPlayNintendoITA 04:14, October 21, 2015 (EDT)

Bleedinggumsmurphy1 has trusted rights, which include page protection rights. And LetsPlayNintendoITA, try not to remove talk page messages when you add yours (I expect it's accidental, but just preview the changes before saving so you see if you're removing something that shouldn't be removed). I also agree that his change is vandalism, in fact, editing another user's page without the permission of that user is vandalism. / Loco87 ^{( / Contribs)} 07:28, October 21, 2015 (EDT)

That actually might not do it, as the current vandal is a registered user. But maybe he'll cool his jets now that he's been well and thoroughly caught out. -- Mythigator (talk) 08:13, October 21, 2015 (EDT)

yeah sorry apparently i edited the non-last version by clicking the link in the email. LetsPlayNintendoITA 10:07, October 21, 2015 (EDT)

At Home for a While

Back in mid-March, I got an infection in my left hand and needed surgery to clean it out. I was in hospital for a few days recuperating while they decided what antibiotics to put me on. I'm now back home, but need to make daily return visits for bandage changes and further antibiotics treatments. I will be off work until mid-April when the treatments should be finished. Fortunately, I have plenty of paid sick leave accumulated! While my hand is bandaged, I don't have full use of it, so I wouldn't be very effective at work, anyway. So, for now, I should be a bit more active than usual on the wiki – I suppose it could be construed as self-administered physical therapy with the goal of getting my hand back to form. :-) Best to all, M. -- Mythigator (talk) 23:28, April 3, 2016 (EDT)

Get well soon, mate! LetsPlayNintendoITA 23:49, April 3, 2016 (EDT)

Hand updates: My last antibiotics treatment was April 10. Lab tests at that point indicated that the infection was gone. My last hospital dressing change was on the 15th. At that time, the doctor examined my hand and said that a simple over-the-counter bandage would be sufficient to protect the surgical wound while it finished healing. I went back to work on Monday the 18th. I still don't have all my finger motion back in the fingers nearest to the wound, but it's good enough for typing at work and is gradually improving. -- Mythigator (talk) 08:23, April 22, 2016 (EDT)

Good to know. Get all well soon hopefully and you can go back to 100%! LetsPlayNintendoITA 08:46, April 22, 2016 (EDT)

Molto grazie for the kind thoughts! :-) -- Mythigator (talk) 08:27, April 23, 2016 (EDT)

Quick hand updates: The surgical wound was all healed up around the first of May, so I was able to quit wearing bandages. I started seeing a physical therapist a few weeks ago, and she's given me exercises for restoring both strength and range of motion in my hand and fingers. As before, improvement has been slow but steady. -- Mythigator (talk) 23:05, June 18, 2016 (EDT)

It will be soon before it'll return to normal. Do it! :D LetsPlayNintendoITA 23:30, June 18, 2016 (EDT)

Another year on, the strength and range of motion in my left hand are mostly all back. There's still some stiffness and numbness in my ring and pinkie fingers due to the scar tissue, but it's slowly improving. I do occasionally lose my grip on things in my left hand, which my doctor has said is most likely due to some nerves being disrupted (but not severed), so my hand ends up glitching once in a while. I'm still doing stretching exercises to work on the scar tissue and my hand still often hurts at night, so I have a prescription for painkillers to calm it down if it's distracting me from falling asleep. In my experience, though, the way it really works is that the painkillers screw up the rest of my brain enough so that I don't give a darn about the hand hurting.

Keeping in mind the big picture, while I was in the hospital I got checked out from stem to stern and was diagnosed with high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes. I'm now on medications (and insulin) and my blood pressure and blood sugar are both much better than before. "Bummer", some may say, but I say there are a lot worse ways to find out about those—I could have learned of the blood pressure by having a stroke and/or the diabetes by my eye doctor discovering irreparable retinal damage. Neither of those came to pass, and I have since had an eye exam where the doctor had a thorough look and found no diabetes-related damage, so in the big picture I'm grateful for what happened to my hand. Two erratic fingers are a small price to pay for having better health at 50 than I did at 35! Waxing philosophical on a pleasant summer evening, M. -- Mythigator (talk) 00:06, July 12, 2017 (EDT)

The featured article

I am sorry, I just got very carried off. - J.rodz —Preceding unsigned comment added by J.rodz (talk) 13:59, August 25, 2016‎

Happy birthday

Happy birthday, Mythigator. —Fred (Talk • Contribs.) 03:27, December 4, 2016 (EST)

Happy birthday! LetsPlayNintendoITA 03:53, December 4, 2016 (EST)

Happy birthday. / Loco87 ^{(TALK / Contribs)} 09:39, December 4, 2016 (EST)

Thank you, thank you! At this point, with the experience I had with my hand in the spring, I'm just grateful to still be alive and in one piece. My hand pretty much has the strength and motion all back; all that's left now is breaking down the scar tissue as it does interfere a little. Cheers! -- Mythigator (talk) 14:15, December 4, 2016 (EST)

Anyone got any I Love Lucy references?

In the recent episode "Kamp Krustier", I noticed a sight gag on a classic I Love Lucy scene. When I thought through the I.L.L. references I already knew of, I realized I had four. Can anyone help locate #5, or even more, and I'll make a references article for the show? A list of the four references I've already found is in my sandbox. Thanks! -- Mythigator (talk) 13:22, April 19, 2017 (EDT)

• Spotted "Lucy" reference #5 while my girlfriend was channel-surfing waiting for another show to start. WooHoo!! But please, if anyone sees any more, please let me know. -- Mythigator (talk) 19:33, June 4, 2017 (EDT)

There appears to be an I Love Lucy reference in the comic The Big Kang Theory!, looking at the plot summary. The Solar Dragon 08:07, June 7, 2017 (EDT)

Here you go. The Solar Dragon 08:20, June 7, 2017 (EDT)

That makes a nice mix of references. An Ullman short, four TV episodes, and one comic story. -- Mythigator (talk) 14:23, June 7, 2017 (EDT)

And not sure if you have these yet, but Fred Mertz and Ricky Ricardo appeared in "Havana Wild Weekend". The Solar Dragon 13:30, June 8, 2017 (EDT)

I did not have that one. Well spotted! I'm working on building an ILL references page in my sandbox; I'll post it in the mainspace when it's ready for prime time. Thanks! -- Mythigator (talk) 13:32, June 8, 2017 (EDT)

• Does anyone have a screencap of Homer sorting (and eating) the uranium nuggets in "Kamp Krustier"? I just need this pic and then all the references will have illustrations. -- Mythigator (talk) 15:24, June 16, 2017 (EDT)

Discord

Hi Mythigator. We now have a Discord server for the wiki, which you can access by downloading the Discord app and connecting via this link. This is essentially a replacement for IRC, which is now outdated. And I want it to be a place for discussion about the wiki, Tapped Out and the show. It's a joint server for Wikisimpsons and TSTOTopix. It'd be great if you could join, being one of the active editors on the wiki. Thanks, The Solar Dragon 14:24, May 15, 2017 (EDT)

Interesting application name. When I saw the name for the new section on my talkpage, I thought you were talking about some sort of disagreement on the wiki. :-P -- Mythigator (talk) 16:59, May 15, 2017 (EDT)

Haha. No, it's a chat app. Taking over from IRC, which is outdated now. Ideally, I'd like to be able to set up the monthly editor meetings again there. The Solar Dragon 08:14, May 16, 2017 (EDT)

Maybe it got its name because some tongue-in-cheeky programmer type decided it would be a convenient venue for arguing with one's online friends. :-) -- Mythigator (talk) 12:44, May 16, 2017 (EDT)

Signed on with Discord and it looks like I got it working. -- Mythigator (talk) 00:42, June 3, 2017 (EDT)

Two More Shows with Four References

Since my request for assistance with I Love Lucy was so successful ... In my sandbox, I have two TV shows (The Wonder Years and The Walking Dead) that have been stuck on four references for a while. Can anyone come up with #5 for one or both shows? Thanks in advance! -- Mythigator (talk) 17:42, June 28, 2017 (EDT)

• I found reference #5 for The Wonder Years (the home movie sequence in "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song"), but I'm certainly still open to suggestions. Cheers! -- Mythigator (talk) 14:38, July 10, 2017 (EDT)

Found a 5th reference to Walking Dead! / Loco87 ^{(TALK / Contribs)} 15:25, July 10, 2017 (EDT)

Well spotted! I must be way behind on reading the comics ... November 2015 was right around the time I started getting super-busy at work, and not long after that I got sick and had the issue with my hand and assorted other health stuff. Anyway, I will get started on building the reference pages in my sandbox and then put them in the mainspace when they're ready ... in other words, the same process as I Love Lucy. -- Mythigator (talk) 15:48, July 10, 2017 (EDT)

I just searched "Dead" on the Wikisimpsons search and found a reference that you hadn't listed. / Loco87 ^{(TALK / Contribs)} 15:53, July 10, 2017 (EDT)

Images

Hey Mythigator. Could you try to convert JPG images to PNG before uploading them. It's just easier to re-upload an image than to replace it when dealing with low quality pics and PNGs have (usually) more quality than JPGs. Thanks. / Loco87 ^{(TALK / Contribs)} 19:33, July 10, 2017 (EDT)

• I've never noticed where converting the image format from JPG to PNG ever made any difference in the image quality, so after a few attempts I quit messing with it. Maybe I don't have the right software. -- Mythigator (talk) 20:01, July 10, 2017 (EDT)

If you convert a JPG to PNG you'll probably see no difference in the quality (well, in some cases, some tiny differences can be noticed). But if the image has poor quality it's easier to re-upload a new version of the file with more quality than to upload a higher quality PNG version of the picture as a new file and then replacing and deleting the old one. / Loco87 ^{(TALK / Contribs)} 06:38, July 11, 2017 (EDT)

I always put up the best-quality images I can find (or screen-cap from a video clip). Sometimes that's not saying much, which makes me appreciate that there are folks on the wiki with access to better-quality images or who have better image manipulation software (or both). My forte is writing and editing; if I'm able to assemble good images to go with the stuff I write, that's icing on the cake. -- Mythigator (talk) 11:04, July 11, 2017 (EDT)

Frinkiac is great if you want to find images. Just copy and paste into Paint and save as a png. pngs scale better. There's less of a drop in quality with them when viewing them as a thumbnail. And since a lot of images on the wiki are viewed as thumbnails, pngs are generally better. The Solar Dragon 14:40, July 11, 2017 (EDT)

Frinkiac rocks! I just wish it had seasons later than 17. -- Mythigator (talk) 17:08, July 11, 2017 (EDT)

Got it down to a routine. Screencap from Frinkiac, paste into Paint, save as PNG. -- Mythigator (talk) 23:49, July 11, 2017 (EDT)

Outsmarted Myself on Google

In a quest for images for the in-progress M*A*S*H references page, I went Googling for references to Hibbert treating kids for brain freeze (a sight gag on the show's opening sequence) while the theme music played in "Yellow Badge of Cowardge". The very first item in the search results was my own in-progress M*A*S*H references page, albeit in a considerably earlier stage of construction. Sheesh ...

Reminds me of one of my online handles. I chose this one for a fairly obscure old-time sci-fi short story character. One of my online friends said the story struck his interest, so he went Googling for more information about it. He was quickly frustrated because most of the hits he got referred to me rather than to the story! -- Mythigator (talk) 00:25, August 9, 2017 (EDT)

M*A*S*H

Oh, fine. Thanks for this article. :-) --2F13 (talk) 14:37, August 10, 2017 (EDT)

Glad it went over well! It still needs a little fine-tuning, but I figured it was ready for prime time. -- Mythigator (talk) 14:52, August 10, 2017 (EDT)

Shawshank Redemption References?

The latest reference hunt is for the 1994 prison drama film The Shawshank Redemption. I'm looking for #5. The four I have are in the following episodes:

• "The Heartbroke Kid"
• "Dumbbell Indemnity"
• "The Wandering Juvie"
• "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"

I thought I'd found #5 in "The Frying Game", but the prison references there are to The Green Mile. Anyone got anything from Shawshank? From the comics, maybe? -- Mythigator (talk) 18:16, September 4, 2017 (EDT)

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Found more on IMdB ...

• "Treehouse of Horror V" - Hank Azaria credited as "The Shaws-Hank Azariah" in the closing credits. I've confirmed this one, and the timing is right for it to be a reference to the film rather than the novel.
• The Simpsons: Tapped Out - Chief Wiggum says, "Catch me a Dexter so we can Shawshank him." I don't play TSTO, so I need more context on this one to know whether it's valid.
• "The Man Who Grew Too Much" - Mentioned in dialogue. I haven't seen this episode so I'm not in a position to fact-check it.
• "American History X-cellent" - Prison warden spoofs Warden Norton from the movie; Burns' cellmate has a Rita Hayworth poster that conceals a crucifix. I haven't seen this one either.

-- Mythigator (talk) 20:49, September 4, 2017 (EDT)

Simpsons Wikia stealing content again

Hi, I've noticed that Simpsons Wikia has been stealing content from us again. The user LucienTP has taken the plots that LetsPlayNintendo wrote for The Serfsons and Springfield Splendor. And Jliby30, who seems to be an admin, had taken sections from Annette (Springfield Splendor) and Guthrie Frenel that I had written and pasted them onto their articles there. Could you 1) look into if other content has been stolen 2) talk with the admins and try to come to an agreement about what they do. I don't mind if they either stop taking our content, or link back to us as the source for their content. Refer them to our wiki's license, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ in particular the "attribution" section. I'd do this myself, but obviously, I don't have the best record with Wikia so I feel it would be best if you do this, as you are technically the wiki's representative. lol. Thanks, The Solar Dragon 14:36, October 10, 2017 (EDT)

Oh, a place to start looking could be season 28 articles there, as LPN has said he thinks some of them might be stolen from here. (check history on Simpsons wikia before making accusations to make sure it wasn't a user here who added it there too). Thanks, The Solar Dragon 14:39, October 10, 2017 (EDT)