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Dear ArielDear Ariel, just a short line to put your mind at rest (since we do most of our talking off-wiki!) Indeed, the beautiful little fish, that gifted me a wholehearted smile, will be cherished forever. Thank you so much for it, and for the wonderful *boink!* you gifted me yesterday. Reply will be on its way as soon as my work, daughter, health and all real life etceteras permit, I promise! ;) Love, Phaedriel - 10:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Sorry You Opened My Eyes To a Greater LightThank you for your devine thoughts of wisdom. You have changed my entire out look of life may God bless you and shower his gifts on your bossom. From HACKER INC
Any time!Any time, my friend! :) Phew, lots of fun figuring that out, but I think certain extensions of HTML code are not recognized by the MediaWiki software, so I resorted to good ol' Wiki markup to save the day ;) Enjoy it, sweetie! Love, Phaedriel - 13:03, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Hewlett Packard Talk pageI see you already had a round with a IP user 70.59.132.74 about deleting a comment on the Talk:Hewlett-Packard#Diversity page. I believe that the comment violates the Wikipedia is not a soapbox policy. Wikipedia isn't based on personal anecdotes, and whether on the talk page or the main page, the comments shouldn't be there. Wefoij 16:48, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
*sigh*I want to bang heads together. Note especially the Edit Summaries [1]. So I've stepped it up a little. [2] — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 18:17, 11 September 2007 (UTC) And another funny...I was almost disappointed that I found this was copyrighted. [3] I really wanted my reason for deleting it to be No original research. Tee hee! — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 18:18, 11 September 2007 (UTC) Still sleeping?That's not like you, it's the middle of the day! I responded to you... -- Mike Vitale 18:45, 11 September 2007 (UTC) Quick QuestionWould you look at this userpage and tell me if you can see this users name in the history? For some odd reason, I can only see (talk|contribs); no username. Is this just me? i said 02:36, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
← LOL. Ok, "User:(splat)" is my lazy way of writing User:҈. For the direct and redirect business, see Niko Silver's Proposal at Wikipedia_talk:Username_policy#Non-latin_usernames.2C_revisited. Basically, User:҈ would end up with two usernames, since the dummy one would not be theirs after the usurpation. User:Sunshine would be the Latin character version of their username and would redirect to User:҈. This is useful with their current sig "Sunshine ҈". The bureaucrats might not go for it. In fact I doubt they'll do the usurpation because it would take away a possible useful username from someone who might actually use it. Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:13, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Girrrl, you are quick! :)Dear Ariel, despite what my user talk page says, thanks for being so quick on the trigger to defend my talk page! I accidentally reverted your reversion of the vandal. I'm glad you're lookin out for me :P ~ Eliz 81 (C) 07:37, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
<yawn>Man, you're up late :). Jmlk 1 7 09:41, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Oh man. I love to sleep sometimes. I have my nifty little basement room in my house, underneath a deck, so it stays extra-cool in here, and extra-dark :). I end up sleeping far too late sometimes though... how's the editing going? Jmlk 1 7 09:53, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Talk pageHi Ariel, I have kind of stylised my new talk page border based on yours. I hope you don't mind! Cordially, -- Anonymous Dissident Talk 10:38, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Smackdown!To myself, that is! I saw right after I posted on the Help Desk that you had made edits to the Smackdown article...and then I felt silly, haha. Anyhow, I'll try to be around the Help Desk when I can! See you around :D GlassCobra ( talk • contribs) 11:00, 12 September 2007 (UTC) Re: AwakeStop stalking me :P yes I am here for a bit, doing university admin. The cricket is on so I am in and out, but yeah, what is this issue? SGGH speak! 11:11, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Yep dear, already left him a quick note about it, thanks, and have a spiffingly wonderful day! Ariel ♥ Gold 12:15, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Smile
Victuallers has smiled at you! Smiles promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend or in this case someone chosen at random . Happy editing!
That is a coincidence. You are right our pictures LOOK the same, trying moving your cursor over the one on my page ..... its clever! Can I change the one on your page? 14:45, 12 September 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Victuallers ( talk • contribs) This page looks like an advertisement, but I'm not quite sure what to do about it, exactly... -- Mike Vitale 12:58, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
NPOV and Jimbo's bioI probably should have clarified my edit summary with the qualifier of current discussion. The last NPOV discussion died on the 31st of August. Thanks for checking in though! VanTucky Talk 17:15, 12 September 2007 (UTC) Your warning templateIs great! It really made me smile. Good job, Dfrg. msc 00:28, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for picking up so quickly on my submission from WP:AFC. Your work on the article is really fantastic! -- 71.204.235.65 02:54, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Tiny changeI know it is probably poor form (to say the least!) for me to have edited your userboxes page, even just a tiny bit ... but I did it anyway. Sorry! Seriously, for no particularly good reason I wanted to experiment with the {{ User Space exploration}} template, and the only solution I could find for my problem was to handle as a "special case" users who put the template on a sub-page of their user page. Of course feel free to revert my changes (both to the template and your page) if you choose! ( sdsds - talk) 03:38, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Oh! It's a heart!I thought this was interesting, given recent discussions. Your signature shows up for me as "Ariel|Gold" but I was checking something with Safari, and I see that the | is meant to be a heart! — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 03:47, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Your refusal of the addition of "Deserving Design"The direct link to HGTV's page for this show that was included in the entry verifies that the show exists, and is as described; there isn't a more "reliable" source as to the existence of a TV show than that. Please check the submission again; there's no valid reason for it to be refused.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.16.138.98 ( talk • contribs) 05:26, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Typo.I takes one to know one. You don't wanna know how many times I have had to re-edit a page to fix my own typos.... - Mgm| (talk) 09:38, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Now I want your thoughts on this one. Heh. — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 02:47, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ariel! --I didn't/won't respond to scarian's attempts at barbs/sarcasm. And trying to say I'm not defensive is about as logical to me a random non-US citizen from outside the country editing a United States of America high school page and assuming good faith edits are vandalism out of hand--I think there is a disconnect there; in this case, the schools/governments/societies are not the same in both countries, and for good reason, too, but that's another story for another time....To answer your questions, they did not come across as the editor wanted them to. I do think it is significant to point out, however, a substantial problem with editing of suspected vandalism on WP. Nowhere did this editor even mention any attempt to verify the facts, and even if you say it's not their job to do so, well, in the particular case of Pearland High School's page, why is it that the information I provided must have a reference when there are no references/citations for the other Valedictorians/Salutatorians listed? They don't have their own pages, either. For my take, the editor was instead very quick, too quick to assume vandalism. I realize, as I have read, that mistakes are made, but where is the threshold when that is excessive? --But setting that aside for a moment, since WP is all about verifiability and not truth, where does one draw the line if one could actually verify someone was indeed "verifiably" a toaster-oven, or a "meat-popsicle" instead of being a human? Or, to put it another way at the other extreme, in my case, since there was no WWW in use since it was just invented around 1989, because the feat happened in a very small town to begin with, and no one has run around archiving to put on the Net everything in Pearland from the time before the Net to when the city was known as Mark Belt in the 19th Century, to when the city was almost completely destroyed and its orchards of pear trees lain waste in the Hurricane of 1900 that did, in fact, destroy Galveston, Texas, in the worst disaster and loss of life in this country to this very day, to now....how does WP verify something when there are only 2 or 3 public sources kept at a time before the web, no one has archived it on the web, and it is not registered in the Library of Congress? In my case, there was a newspaper article, but it's not searchable on the web, the plaque with the Valedictorians on it hangs in that school, I have my letterman's jacket that states my name and says "Valedictorian," there are the yearbooks which I noted, and our alma maters have it on record (but not public record) that we were Valedictorians. --So, I annotated my entries following the templates; I just wanted the facts stated. Back to what I asked earlier, I find it amazing that it seems WP could have a de-facto bias against information not from the Net age if they were not mainstream historical facts (World War II) when, as I have stated above, there are good reasons for the information not to be widely verifiable on the Net. As you may have seen, I took offense to a stranger saying the facts didn't occur (by their deletion) out of hand when other names in the same list had (and still have) no citations whatsoever; and if you've ever confronted anyone who has tried to re-write history.... from politicians to holocaust-denyers, you might understand what I'm talking about. My friend, an editor for _The Arizona Republic_ newspaper, did wonder how COI is ever avoided at WP when any editor could be accused of COI at any time for adding any info at all, regardless of verifiability....it makes one wonder how anything is written or edited on WP when fear of COI seems to me to border on paranoid. If one knows information on a subject, one is thus-labelled "too close to it," and then accused of COI? I guess logic isn't used in a place where verifiability is paramount and truth takes a back seat, if any seat. I don't work that way; I'm a Vulcan, not a Cardasian. I would have loved to contribute more, but I don't think I will do so, or even use WP at all, because of this experience. I hope this finds you well. The1darknight 04:34, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
ReplyI really wasn't dismissing the problem. If you want my help, I'd be only too glad to put my full services at your immediate disposal. How can I help? :) -- Anonymous Dissident Talk 10:17, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Smile!
Oh, I cannot tell you how much it means to see your wonderful gifts here, my dear. Thank you so much for the beautiful poem and message, and for your taking care of things (even when I don't know it till later, lol), I hope you know how much that means to me. Ariel ♥ Gold 10:30, 14 September 2007 (UTC) Hi sweetie. Could you take a look at this (and its history) and see what you think? Ta muchly! — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 01:04, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
This [4] made me laugh out loud! — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 13:50, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Desinicization campaignI came across Desinicization campaign from monitoring wikirage.com. I was going to list it for deletion as a dictionary definition, but there just seem to be too much information. The only way to end that edit war was to provide a referenced article (so I did). The topic falls into an article whose subject is a POV. China looks at Taiwan's actions and says "Hey, you're getting rid of Chinese culture and that is desinicization." Taiwan looks at the same action and says, "No, we're just emphasizing the importance of Taiwan's culture so it is not desinicization." Neither is really wrong (or right for that matter), it is just different perspectives. The Chinese perspective now is in the Desinicization campaign article and the Taiwan perspective is in the Taiwanese localization movement article. If someone tries to counter the Chinese perspective in the Desinicization campaign, it likely will be original research. In any event, the article should be manageable from here on in. Now onto the other 100+ edit wars. -- Jreferee ( Talk) 03:07, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
have a good nightI'm off to bed. I've got to go to the hospital tomorrow to get an X-ray to make sure the self-removing stents have self-removed, and also to have bloodwork to make sure my liver function is all good. Assuming it is, I'll be all done. — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 04:18, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Violation of copyrightThis article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Bristol is a copy of this one http://www.horacebristol.com/about.html can someone please do something about it? Thanks!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.16.138.98 ( talk) 05:23, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Vandalism on my talk pageSomeone vandalized my Userspace! But a little angel came along and fixed it! Thank you! ÐeadΣyeДrrow ( Talk| Contribs) 10:09, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank youLayout cloning :)Hi Ariel, I was away for a while, saw your message about WP:UPDATE layout. Haven't you heard about spontaneous cloning? (I hope is OK?) ℒibrarian 2 17:14, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Edityo i edited yor page so leave it. keep it cool —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smart jw ( talk • contribs) 03:05, 15 September 2007 (UTC) My new articleCould you keep an eye on the article I started called "Kanoko Hatamiya" and make sure it is accepted? Kitty53 05:29, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
About Trolls & Bad UsersRemoved defamatory statements about Wikipedia editors- Ariel ♥ Gold
Mona LisaI still think it is absurd to reference such a well known fact, which any of the references in the article would confirm, and to a book which covers all four referenced points on one page. You can use the in use template when doing complicated edits; otherwise, other editors are bound to take your edits as tthey find them. Johnbod 12:03, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Photograph of CantorDear ArielGold, I noticed that you have just reverted some vandalism in Cantor's entry. Have you noticed that for some reason the photograph of cantor does not appear on the Main Page? Might this be related to some sophisticated form of vandalism? Perhaps you may wish to have a look and find out about the cause. Kind regards, --BF 10:57, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Curious GregorHi, please keep an eye on Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Curious Gregor — User:89.104.53.212 is being persistent. In case you don't know, this is likely User:R:128.40.76.3 who has been blocked by Sharon many times - a whole hoard of sockpuppets. -- Jack Merridew
TimothyMethinks IAR overrides any notions he may have about IPs being able to randomly remove warnings. -- King of the Wontons 16:35, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
replyI don't think I asked you to leave the article - I was voicing my issues with the sources. You have a problem with discussing the sources? I'm a bit confused with your threat. --- J.S ( T/ C/ WRE) 19:27, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
DYK
Jay BarbreeNo prob :-) BTW, have you taken a look at WP:GAC recently? I don't see this article there... -- Ag ü eybaná 13:35, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Blah, it is a pretty long (but seriously hilarious) story, about this amazing joke the astronauts played on Jay, lol. Check it out: Practical Joke. I can't figure out a way to add that though! But wouldn't it make this article sing? Ariel ♥ Gold 14:18, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
That was unpleasantThanks for the hand in fighting that guy. -- ÐeadΣyeДrrow ( Talk| Contribs) 16:50, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
That new guy didn't even make sense. -- ÐeadΣyeДrrow ( Talk| Contribs) 18:55, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
GAIt is my pleasure to inform you that your nomination of Jay Barbree for Good Article status has passed. Thank you for your work. Happy editing! -- The Squid Guy 17:20, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Some GA helpHey Ari, great to see you again! Congrats on your AFC GA! I'm currently working on Larry Mullen Jr. for GA (hoo boy is it a mess!) and was wondering if you could help me with Reference 4; it does not seem to be showing up. (If you could give any other suggestions, they'd be welcomed.) Thanks! Love always, Neranei (talk) 17:53, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Re: Aww, c'mon and inadvertant smile spamming. . .
Into The Fray
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C has smiled at you! Smiles promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Into The Fray
T/
C has smiled at you! Smiles promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! There's a couple for you just to prove that I'm not so attached to my machismo that I can't spread the wikilove too. :P Also, I figured he'd revert too, but, you know, if you've ever tried to browse or edit anything via cell phone, it's a real pain in the wikikeister. Hmmm. I think there's an article in there somwhere. WP:ASS? Happy editing! Into The Fray T/ C 18:51, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
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Dear ArielDear Ariel, just a short line to put your mind at rest (since we do most of our talking off-wiki!) Indeed, the beautiful little fish, that gifted me a wholehearted smile, will be cherished forever. Thank you so much for it, and for the wonderful *boink!* you gifted me yesterday. Reply will be on its way as soon as my work, daughter, health and all real life etceteras permit, I promise! ;) Love, Phaedriel - 10:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Sorry You Opened My Eyes To a Greater LightThank you for your devine thoughts of wisdom. You have changed my entire out look of life may God bless you and shower his gifts on your bossom. From HACKER INC
Any time!Any time, my friend! :) Phew, lots of fun figuring that out, but I think certain extensions of HTML code are not recognized by the MediaWiki software, so I resorted to good ol' Wiki markup to save the day ;) Enjoy it, sweetie! Love, Phaedriel - 13:03, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Hewlett Packard Talk pageI see you already had a round with a IP user 70.59.132.74 about deleting a comment on the Talk:Hewlett-Packard#Diversity page. I believe that the comment violates the Wikipedia is not a soapbox policy. Wikipedia isn't based on personal anecdotes, and whether on the talk page or the main page, the comments shouldn't be there. Wefoij 16:48, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
*sigh*I want to bang heads together. Note especially the Edit Summaries [1]. So I've stepped it up a little. [2] — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 18:17, 11 September 2007 (UTC) And another funny...I was almost disappointed that I found this was copyrighted. [3] I really wanted my reason for deleting it to be No original research. Tee hee! — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 18:18, 11 September 2007 (UTC) Still sleeping?That's not like you, it's the middle of the day! I responded to you... -- Mike Vitale 18:45, 11 September 2007 (UTC) Quick QuestionWould you look at this userpage and tell me if you can see this users name in the history? For some odd reason, I can only see (talk|contribs); no username. Is this just me? i said 02:36, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
← LOL. Ok, "User:(splat)" is my lazy way of writing User:҈. For the direct and redirect business, see Niko Silver's Proposal at Wikipedia_talk:Username_policy#Non-latin_usernames.2C_revisited. Basically, User:҈ would end up with two usernames, since the dummy one would not be theirs after the usurpation. User:Sunshine would be the Latin character version of their username and would redirect to User:҈. This is useful with their current sig "Sunshine ҈". The bureaucrats might not go for it. In fact I doubt they'll do the usurpation because it would take away a possible useful username from someone who might actually use it. Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:13, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Girrrl, you are quick! :)Dear Ariel, despite what my user talk page says, thanks for being so quick on the trigger to defend my talk page! I accidentally reverted your reversion of the vandal. I'm glad you're lookin out for me :P ~ Eliz 81 (C) 07:37, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
<yawn>Man, you're up late :). Jmlk 1 7 09:41, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Oh man. I love to sleep sometimes. I have my nifty little basement room in my house, underneath a deck, so it stays extra-cool in here, and extra-dark :). I end up sleeping far too late sometimes though... how's the editing going? Jmlk 1 7 09:53, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Talk pageHi Ariel, I have kind of stylised my new talk page border based on yours. I hope you don't mind! Cordially, -- Anonymous Dissident Talk 10:38, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Smackdown!To myself, that is! I saw right after I posted on the Help Desk that you had made edits to the Smackdown article...and then I felt silly, haha. Anyhow, I'll try to be around the Help Desk when I can! See you around :D GlassCobra ( talk • contribs) 11:00, 12 September 2007 (UTC) Re: AwakeStop stalking me :P yes I am here for a bit, doing university admin. The cricket is on so I am in and out, but yeah, what is this issue? SGGH speak! 11:11, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Yep dear, already left him a quick note about it, thanks, and have a spiffingly wonderful day! Ariel ♥ Gold 12:15, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Smile
Victuallers has smiled at you! Smiles promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend or in this case someone chosen at random . Happy editing!
That is a coincidence. You are right our pictures LOOK the same, trying moving your cursor over the one on my page ..... its clever! Can I change the one on your page? 14:45, 12 September 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Victuallers ( talk • contribs) This page looks like an advertisement, but I'm not quite sure what to do about it, exactly... -- Mike Vitale 12:58, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
NPOV and Jimbo's bioI probably should have clarified my edit summary with the qualifier of current discussion. The last NPOV discussion died on the 31st of August. Thanks for checking in though! VanTucky Talk 17:15, 12 September 2007 (UTC) Your warning templateIs great! It really made me smile. Good job, Dfrg. msc 00:28, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for picking up so quickly on my submission from WP:AFC. Your work on the article is really fantastic! -- 71.204.235.65 02:54, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Tiny changeI know it is probably poor form (to say the least!) for me to have edited your userboxes page, even just a tiny bit ... but I did it anyway. Sorry! Seriously, for no particularly good reason I wanted to experiment with the {{ User Space exploration}} template, and the only solution I could find for my problem was to handle as a "special case" users who put the template on a sub-page of their user page. Of course feel free to revert my changes (both to the template and your page) if you choose! ( sdsds - talk) 03:38, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Oh! It's a heart!I thought this was interesting, given recent discussions. Your signature shows up for me as "Ariel|Gold" but I was checking something with Safari, and I see that the | is meant to be a heart! — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 03:47, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Your refusal of the addition of "Deserving Design"The direct link to HGTV's page for this show that was included in the entry verifies that the show exists, and is as described; there isn't a more "reliable" source as to the existence of a TV show than that. Please check the submission again; there's no valid reason for it to be refused.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.16.138.98 ( talk • contribs) 05:26, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Typo.I takes one to know one. You don't wanna know how many times I have had to re-edit a page to fix my own typos.... - Mgm| (talk) 09:38, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Now I want your thoughts on this one. Heh. — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 02:47, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ariel! --I didn't/won't respond to scarian's attempts at barbs/sarcasm. And trying to say I'm not defensive is about as logical to me a random non-US citizen from outside the country editing a United States of America high school page and assuming good faith edits are vandalism out of hand--I think there is a disconnect there; in this case, the schools/governments/societies are not the same in both countries, and for good reason, too, but that's another story for another time....To answer your questions, they did not come across as the editor wanted them to. I do think it is significant to point out, however, a substantial problem with editing of suspected vandalism on WP. Nowhere did this editor even mention any attempt to verify the facts, and even if you say it's not their job to do so, well, in the particular case of Pearland High School's page, why is it that the information I provided must have a reference when there are no references/citations for the other Valedictorians/Salutatorians listed? They don't have their own pages, either. For my take, the editor was instead very quick, too quick to assume vandalism. I realize, as I have read, that mistakes are made, but where is the threshold when that is excessive? --But setting that aside for a moment, since WP is all about verifiability and not truth, where does one draw the line if one could actually verify someone was indeed "verifiably" a toaster-oven, or a "meat-popsicle" instead of being a human? Or, to put it another way at the other extreme, in my case, since there was no WWW in use since it was just invented around 1989, because the feat happened in a very small town to begin with, and no one has run around archiving to put on the Net everything in Pearland from the time before the Net to when the city was known as Mark Belt in the 19th Century, to when the city was almost completely destroyed and its orchards of pear trees lain waste in the Hurricane of 1900 that did, in fact, destroy Galveston, Texas, in the worst disaster and loss of life in this country to this very day, to now....how does WP verify something when there are only 2 or 3 public sources kept at a time before the web, no one has archived it on the web, and it is not registered in the Library of Congress? In my case, there was a newspaper article, but it's not searchable on the web, the plaque with the Valedictorians on it hangs in that school, I have my letterman's jacket that states my name and says "Valedictorian," there are the yearbooks which I noted, and our alma maters have it on record (but not public record) that we were Valedictorians. --So, I annotated my entries following the templates; I just wanted the facts stated. Back to what I asked earlier, I find it amazing that it seems WP could have a de-facto bias against information not from the Net age if they were not mainstream historical facts (World War II) when, as I have stated above, there are good reasons for the information not to be widely verifiable on the Net. As you may have seen, I took offense to a stranger saying the facts didn't occur (by their deletion) out of hand when other names in the same list had (and still have) no citations whatsoever; and if you've ever confronted anyone who has tried to re-write history.... from politicians to holocaust-denyers, you might understand what I'm talking about. My friend, an editor for _The Arizona Republic_ newspaper, did wonder how COI is ever avoided at WP when any editor could be accused of COI at any time for adding any info at all, regardless of verifiability....it makes one wonder how anything is written or edited on WP when fear of COI seems to me to border on paranoid. If one knows information on a subject, one is thus-labelled "too close to it," and then accused of COI? I guess logic isn't used in a place where verifiability is paramount and truth takes a back seat, if any seat. I don't work that way; I'm a Vulcan, not a Cardasian. I would have loved to contribute more, but I don't think I will do so, or even use WP at all, because of this experience. I hope this finds you well. The1darknight 04:34, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
ReplyI really wasn't dismissing the problem. If you want my help, I'd be only too glad to put my full services at your immediate disposal. How can I help? :) -- Anonymous Dissident Talk 10:17, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Smile!
Oh, I cannot tell you how much it means to see your wonderful gifts here, my dear. Thank you so much for the beautiful poem and message, and for your taking care of things (even when I don't know it till later, lol), I hope you know how much that means to me. Ariel ♥ Gold 10:30, 14 September 2007 (UTC) Hi sweetie. Could you take a look at this (and its history) and see what you think? Ta muchly! — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 01:04, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
This [4] made me laugh out loud! — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 13:50, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Desinicization campaignI came across Desinicization campaign from monitoring wikirage.com. I was going to list it for deletion as a dictionary definition, but there just seem to be too much information. The only way to end that edit war was to provide a referenced article (so I did). The topic falls into an article whose subject is a POV. China looks at Taiwan's actions and says "Hey, you're getting rid of Chinese culture and that is desinicization." Taiwan looks at the same action and says, "No, we're just emphasizing the importance of Taiwan's culture so it is not desinicization." Neither is really wrong (or right for that matter), it is just different perspectives. The Chinese perspective now is in the Desinicization campaign article and the Taiwan perspective is in the Taiwanese localization movement article. If someone tries to counter the Chinese perspective in the Desinicization campaign, it likely will be original research. In any event, the article should be manageable from here on in. Now onto the other 100+ edit wars. -- Jreferee ( Talk) 03:07, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
have a good nightI'm off to bed. I've got to go to the hospital tomorrow to get an X-ray to make sure the self-removing stents have self-removed, and also to have bloodwork to make sure my liver function is all good. Assuming it is, I'll be all done. — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 04:18, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Violation of copyrightThis article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Bristol is a copy of this one http://www.horacebristol.com/about.html can someone please do something about it? Thanks!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.16.138.98 ( talk) 05:23, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Vandalism on my talk pageSomeone vandalized my Userspace! But a little angel came along and fixed it! Thank you! ÐeadΣyeДrrow ( Talk| Contribs) 10:09, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank youLayout cloning :)Hi Ariel, I was away for a while, saw your message about WP:UPDATE layout. Haven't you heard about spontaneous cloning? (I hope is OK?) ℒibrarian 2 17:14, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Edityo i edited yor page so leave it. keep it cool —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smart jw ( talk • contribs) 03:05, 15 September 2007 (UTC) My new articleCould you keep an eye on the article I started called "Kanoko Hatamiya" and make sure it is accepted? Kitty53 05:29, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
About Trolls & Bad UsersRemoved defamatory statements about Wikipedia editors- Ariel ♥ Gold
Mona LisaI still think it is absurd to reference such a well known fact, which any of the references in the article would confirm, and to a book which covers all four referenced points on one page. You can use the in use template when doing complicated edits; otherwise, other editors are bound to take your edits as tthey find them. Johnbod 12:03, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Photograph of CantorDear ArielGold, I noticed that you have just reverted some vandalism in Cantor's entry. Have you noticed that for some reason the photograph of cantor does not appear on the Main Page? Might this be related to some sophisticated form of vandalism? Perhaps you may wish to have a look and find out about the cause. Kind regards, --BF 10:57, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Curious GregorHi, please keep an eye on Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Curious Gregor — User:89.104.53.212 is being persistent. In case you don't know, this is likely User:R:128.40.76.3 who has been blocked by Sharon many times - a whole hoard of sockpuppets. -- Jack Merridew
TimothyMethinks IAR overrides any notions he may have about IPs being able to randomly remove warnings. -- King of the Wontons 16:35, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
replyI don't think I asked you to leave the article - I was voicing my issues with the sources. You have a problem with discussing the sources? I'm a bit confused with your threat. --- J.S ( T/ C/ WRE) 19:27, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
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Jay BarbreeNo prob :-) BTW, have you taken a look at WP:GAC recently? I don't see this article there... -- Ag ü eybaná 13:35, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Blah, it is a pretty long (but seriously hilarious) story, about this amazing joke the astronauts played on Jay, lol. Check it out: Practical Joke. I can't figure out a way to add that though! But wouldn't it make this article sing? Ariel ♥ Gold 14:18, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
That was unpleasantThanks for the hand in fighting that guy. -- ÐeadΣyeДrrow ( Talk| Contribs) 16:50, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
That new guy didn't even make sense. -- ÐeadΣyeДrrow ( Talk| Contribs) 18:55, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
GAIt is my pleasure to inform you that your nomination of Jay Barbree for Good Article status has passed. Thank you for your work. Happy editing! -- The Squid Guy 17:20, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Some GA helpHey Ari, great to see you again! Congrats on your AFC GA! I'm currently working on Larry Mullen Jr. for GA (hoo boy is it a mess!) and was wondering if you could help me with Reference 4; it does not seem to be showing up. (If you could give any other suggestions, they'd be welcomed.) Thanks! Love always, Neranei (talk) 17:53, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Re: Aww, c'mon and inadvertant smile spamming. . .
Into The Fray
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C has smiled at you! Smiles promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Into The Fray
T/
C has smiled at you! Smiles promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! There's a couple for you just to prove that I'm not so attached to my machismo that I can't spread the wikilove too. :P Also, I figured he'd revert too, but, you know, if you've ever tried to browse or edit anything via cell phone, it's a real pain in the wikikeister. Hmmm. I think there's an article in there somwhere. WP:ASS? Happy editing! Into The Fray T/ C 18:51, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
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