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What do do you think about Raymond ARritt's edit? I think he did a great job of keeping the content included, but paring down based on NPOV and notability issues. Zoomwsu 21:05, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
No problem. You will do great here! -- Kukini hablame aqui 22:44, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
You mentioned Bush's definition of terror. I long to read that. Do you have access to it? I thought that the current administration had been intentionally NOT defining it for some reason. -- Kukini hablame aqui 22:58, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Hey there, Benhocking. I noticed you popped in on the State Terrorism by... page, and i just wanted to say hi, and thanks for your contribution.
I'd also add that you've bumped in just at the "Post AfD Cleaning Attempt", which is roughly a semi-annual event over there. Basically, a few folks who really don't like the page regularly try to get it deleted. When their AfDs fail, typically one or two of them stick around the page and try to delete large sections of it. This is the first time conscientious editors have been numerous enough to fend off the deletion of large sections.
I agree with you, however, that the page could use a lot of cleaning up and re-working. For my part, i'd like to see it expanded with a little more speculation and rumination over the motives and geopolitics of State Terrorism; unfortunately contributors to the page have been held on a tight leash by Ultramarine, in particular (Ultramarine is his latest incarnation; previously he was NuclearUmpf, before that NuclearZero, and before that ZeroFaults; i think that's because of repeated bans). Basically, for the moment we are not allowed to introduce material unless it specifically uses some sort of wording that translates to "state terrorism by the United States", or is somehow a supporting document sourcing evidence in support of that thesis.
If you get interested, you are welcome. We can be pretty stiff over there, but when dealing with such issues it's better that way; just remember to keep a thick skin and quiet sense of humor.
Ciao Stone put to sky 06:55, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
No worries; i am quite content with disagreement, here, although we agree on more than it might first have appeared. I, also, think the article rambles a bit, and i, also, think that it would be better to siphon off some of this information into other articles, or sub-articles. Unfortunately, i don't think the opposition will allow us that luxury.
Also, by "expanding" i really meant something more like expanding the scope of its treatment, so that it could be more than merely a list of complaints against the United States.
As i keep harping on over there at the page: the direction this page has taken was largely set down a couple of years ago by the self-same people who are now complaining about the destination at which it has arrived. I warned, cajoled, and pleaded with them to adopt more reasonable standards for content, but my suggestions were rejected each time (and yeah, if you wanna check the history on that you'll see i'm not lying). ;-)
So i understand where you're coming from; i'll leave you in peace, now. I don't usually make a habit of popping in to people's private talk pages, but you seemed like you got bitten and scratched a bit, there, and i just wanted to give you some encouragement and let you know that regardless of the nonsense, some do value your presence.
I'd love to see a few more rational folks, even if they don't agree with me; any counter-balance to the insanity over there is pleasant to see. Stone put to sky 16:07, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Heh. Maybe you are making fun of me by using hyper-meta-satire. Serves me right. Anyway, I'm off for now. I'll look in on the discussion later today. Cheers, Tom Harrison Talk 16:09, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Greetings. There is going to be a Washington DC Wikipedia meetup on next Saturday, July 21st at 5pm in DC. Since you are listed in Category:Wikipedians_in_Virginia, I thought I'd invite you to come. I'm sorry about the short notice for the meeting. Hopefully we'll do somewhat better in that regard next time. If you can't come but want to make sure that you are informed of future meetings be sure to list yourself under "but let me know about future events", and if you don't want to get any future direct notices \(like this one\), you can list yourself under "I'm not interested in attending any others either" on the DC meetup page.-- Gmaxwell 22:10, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm sorry about the confusion I generated on Talk: Eris (dwarf planet). Nobody accused me of anything. I was editing wikipedia whilst sleep deprived (not a good idea) and misread the edit summary. This is really embarrassing; I've made a few mistakes, but this just takes the cake. :/ Vsst 15:36, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
What is the purpose of all of those foreign language links at the bottom of the articles, and is there a way to verify they're right? For one thing, I was trying to figure out whether the "bs" in this change was legit, but I'm also just wondering in general... Ben Hocking ( talk| contribs) 18:17, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
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I've decided to stop "watching" this article, as it tends to lower my opinion of a certain crowd and I do not care to have my opinion lowered. There's a lot of petty bickering on both sides (and I'm sure I've contributed to it), although to my eyes I see more petty bickering from those who want to remove large chunks of it. I, too, would like to remove large chunks of it (or rather move large chunks of it - and I do think some of that comes close to "torture porn" as one person wrote and hence is not appropriate in an encyclopedic entry), but I know better than to get involved in what appears to have become a very complicated dance. I believe there are people with good intentions on both sides of this debate. However, many people seem to get so caught up with their "side" that they can't admit when they're obviously wrong. (E.g., Tbeatty's misrepresentation of Nescio.) Anyways, as this whole article seems to get my blood pressure up, I (a) can't be completely neutral, and (b) shouldn't be disturbing myself by paying too much attention to it. This decision is easier because I know that many well intentioned people on "both sides" (there are actually at least 3 sides here) will remain. Ben Hocking ( talk| contribs)
Thanks for the note, and thank you especially for your intelligent input regarding the climate change denial page. I know what you mean about the stress.
Please keep the ERTF in mind if you're ever looking for articles to work on--there's always something interesting on the to-do list. Also, please let me know if you run into further disputes about environment articles.
Cheers,
Cyrusc 16:02, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Here is a notification that the deletion of [[Image:Max-Planck-und-Albert-Einstein.jpg]] is being reviewed. The DrV may be found at this location. "Wikipedia:Deletion review considers disputed deletions and disputed decisions made in deletion-related discussions. This includes appeals to restore pages that have been deleted..." In the DrV, users may discuss relevant issues in attempting to form consensus, as well as assert Uphold Deletion or Overturn Deletion, with a specific rationale for the stated conclusion. ... Kenosis 16:11, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
If you take a look, here [1] and here [2], you can see the point they were making about the larger tax base. Admittedly, those are older notes, but the point remians. Brian Pearson 20:55, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
Something I see from both people I agree with and people I disagree with far too much: deleting what you don't agree with, without at least putting an explanation on the Talk page.
People I respect as editors who agree or disagree with me are being far too heavy-handed with deletes. If the material is libelous or obscene, by all means delete first, ask questions later. Otherwise, what's the harm in leaving it up for a day or even a few hours while you discuss with others why you think it doesn't belong? I realize that this has been an arms-race type thing for a long time that I'm coming into the middle of (I really don't care who started it), but I really think that everyone can afford (in most cases) to step back and think before you delete. Please. Ben Hocking ( talk| contribs) 02:51, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
Do athiests use the term 'fundies' a lot? If so, who exactly is it supposed to apply to? Revolutionaryluddite 18:45, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
I've replied. Please be careful when criticising other users using emotive terms like "hypocrisy". -- Dweller 13:27, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
'Ashley' or 'Ashlie' are not necessarily 'wimpy' or 'girly' names. Revolutionaryluddite 03:08, 24 August 2007 (UTC) [I'm lucky to have a name that, while ambiguous, is mostly male].
Ben, please don't insert comments within my comments. Just quote and reply outside. It's no longer clear what I said and what you said. Please separate your comments. Thanks. Guettarda 17:57, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
I've stopped editing the denialism page at the request of the other users. After reviewing the previous lines of arguement to try and get a sense as to why the posting became so heated, I noticed that you said "I think you should really assume good faith with RL. I really feel that he has earned it."
I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you didn't mean it that way, but your statement inspired me to ask myself the rehorical question: "Why does good faith have to be earned?" Looking at Wikipedia:Assume good faith, I just think that 'good faith' is something that should be assumed and sincerly believed in except in extreme circumstances. I know, I'm ridicously biased about this. Revolutionaryluddite 05:43, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Looking at Guettarda's comments specifically on the actual section-- not on me personally-- I've noticed several things. My first sentence had a WP:SYN problem given that the source didn't link together the ideologies I had mentioned. Russian neo-nationalism [2] [3] and neo-Nazism, far-left Palestinian nationalism [4], and Islamism [5] have been closely linked to holocaust denial and the recycling of disproven anti-Semitic conspiracy theories such as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion should have said "Neo-Nazism, types of Palestinian nationalism, and Islamism have been linked to holocaust denial and the recycling of disproven anti-Semitic conspiracy theories such as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion." Radical Russian neo-nationalist beliefs such as the claim that 'Zionists collaborated with the Nazis' are not technically holocaust denial; I mis-applied [3] and inclusion of [2] was a simple mistake.
I could have found more sources for points [4] and [5], but I didn't thinking that I could do so later. I still consider the sources I cited to be reasonable. The fact is that Abu Mazen is the President of the Palestinian National Authority and served as Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee after Yasser Arafat's death. He represents Palestinian Nationalism as much as DNC Chairman Howard Dean represents American Liberalism. Islamism and Palestinian Nationalism, which are certianly related, have been linked to holocaust denial multiple times [5], [6] [7] and I can easily come up with more sources saying the same thing. As far as AIDS Reappraisal, my phrasing was a bit misleading as you also pointed out.
Regarding Creationism, I included quotes that represented actal examples of 'evolution denial' given that I believed a blanket condemnation of all creationism by a non-scientist was not a good source. In retrospect, I shouldn't have waited to add other specific examples by Jews, Christians, and other monotheists, but I didn't think that my intentions would be viewed so negatively. I have no freaking idea what Guettarda was talking about when s/he called the Foreign Affairs article "a joke". I was referred to the article by Jihad Watch [8]-- Robert Spencer says:
The article does indeed discuss Pokemon. It also discusses the death contract on Salman Rushdie as well as Polio vaccine denialism, which may lead to the deaths of 24,000 children. A laughing matter? Revolutionaryluddite 21:14, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi! I noticed your involvement on U.S. South-related articles, categories and WikiProjects, and I wanted to let you know about a bid we're formulating to get next year's Wikimania held in Atlanta! If you would like to help, be sure to sign your name to the "In Atlanta" section of the Southeast team portion of the bid if you're in town, or to the "Outside Atlanta" section if you still want to help but don't live in the city or the suburbs. If you would like to contribute more, please write on my talk page, the talk page of the bid, or join us at the #wikimania-atlanta IRC chat on freenode.org. Have a great day!
P.S. While this is a template for maximum efficiency, I would appreciate a note on my talk page so I know you got the message, and what you think. This is time-sensitive, so your urgent cooperation is appreciated. :) Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 09:01, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
After checking the Talk:Denialism page to find someone's user name, I noticed that Oddnature plans to place me into 'RFC'. What does that mean? Revolutionaryluddite 23:58, 31 August 2007 (UTC) (Yes, I broke my own rule not to ever post on anything at/on denialism, but only for a moment. I honestly don't care what's posted there next.)
Hi, sorry to bring up the European Union article again, I know it can get tedious. Basically it is about the city table. Small point but we've been wanting to replace it, thus far Lear has been the only one wanting the old and has reverted any changes. A summery of options has been written up, I'd appreciate it if you'd give a comment. Don't mind what you pick as it will either help convince Lear to compromise for once or it will legitimise what he is doing (if he has support I don't mind, so long as it is not him alone). See here for the summery. If you could pop an opinion I'd be grateful before it turns into 3 pages of "standard content" vs "consensus" again. I understand if you don't want to or don't have time to. Thanks! - J Logan t: 13:40, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Not at all. Though just being a bit homophobic usually isn't good enough, quite a lot of people are, regrettably. I can understand why he would want to keep his sexuality on the downlow, but voting against gay rights is just wrong - even Ted Haggard had the good grace to support civil unions. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 22:20, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
I've given up editing the article and posting on its talk page due to the constant personal attacks. Do you think I'm being too thin-skinned about this? Revolutionaryluddite 16:05, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
Fanatics on the other side? Nice. But I digress. This, while hardly containing the evil profanity of the comment that got ConfuciusOrnis erroneously blocked, is most certainly uncivil and smug: (→Proposal 3 - Trying to help OrangeMarlin out with preserving the numbering (and indentation))...(with a soto voce "cause he's too dumb to doit himself). "Fixing numbering" would have been somuch more civil, don't you think? •Jim62sch• 18:08, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! I hope that it will start a healthy debate :) Unfortunately, I won't have much time to participate in that debate in the coming few days, though. I have a real article to finish :). I.m.o., it is very important to define the term the article is about as accurately as possible in the lead. Anyway, I'll just watch how this develops. I'll have more time in a week from now... Count Iblis 01:15, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I don't want to get into on the talk page (as it's not relevant there), but you're no more of a subject matter expert than I am (based off your " about me" bit) and arguably are less so. Furthermore your statement
this forcing might cause cooling or warming or other climate responses
is false. Not even Michaels or Lindzen would argue that this forcing will not cause warming. Their arguments (of late) have been that it's uncertain that anthropogenic forcing is causing the majority of the warming. (Michaels has also argued that the increase in forcing will stop once we run out of fossil fuels.) Ben Hocking ( talk| contribs) 19:42, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Huh? How many GCM runs have you personally made? How much GCM code of yours is currently running? In how many countries? How much do you know about the flux corrections and celestial mechanics in the models? Do you know Manabe personally? Care to tell me what you know about Dick Lindzen's private life and personal tastes? How many times have you had breakfast at Keeling's house? How many times have you been interviewed by the New York Times on this issue? How many times have you interviewed by Reuters and the AP on this topic? How well do you know Broecker and his work? How many publications in the Royal Society journals and in Nature and Science do you have on this issue? Have anything in Phil Trans on this do you? How about publication on Milankovitch comparisons and Dobson measurements? Do you know Sherry personally? I do not care if you are Hansen himself. I will put my record up against anyone else's, including yours. But it is unfair to engage in combat with an unarmed opponent.
Your attitude is exactly why I will respectfully decline to bother to try to improve these kinds of articles in the presence of people such as yourself. Have at it, since you are such a great expert. I am so impressed by what I have seen from you already. Enjoy yourself and I hope you feel good about driving out any expertise on this topic that might exist around this project.-- Filll 20:08, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Dream on. I decline to bother with such nonsense. -- Filll 21:25, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Please remember civility and WP:AGF. I am sure you do not want an administrative action opened against you, do you? Thanks awfully Bill.-- Filll 21:51, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Stop baiting me or deal with the consequences. Civility is important here, remember. -- Filll 22:01, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
People are free to be anonymous here, I believe. Or have the rules changed lately? Perhaps I am mistaken? Please provide a link to this new requirement. I think I have heard of some new wikis that have these kinds of rules. Have you ? -- Filll 13:37, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
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Recently, someone responded to a question of yours in very harsh terms and I would have had a hard time not responding in kind. Your patience in the face of ignorance and arrogance is greatly appreciated and admired! Brusegadi 04:12, 9 September 2007 (UTC) |
The message you sent on my talk page i didn't really understand! Thanks! Sergiogr 19:26, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
It won't do anything (other than annoy people). They don't *do* anything if you are an admin - the blocking etc is separate William M. Connolley 14:11, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Worse... appearing to impersonate an admin can get you blocked! -- Dweller 14:17, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I don't like or use the ref tags (long story) but thanks for cleaning them up William M. Connolley 14:10, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I had vaguely recalled that there was more evidence than the ice pits for global warming on Mars. Found an article today and put it in the sandbox version A. I also put placeholders for your own theory on orbital eccentricity (feel free to flesh that out) as well as the Solanski magnetic field stuff. I'm not a professional, nor is my professional reputation on the line so I will be slow on this. Are you monitoring the sandbox changes? How do we proceed once version A finishes getting fleshed out? TMLutas 20:08, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Re your edit here, proxy editing on behalf of blocked users is a big no-no. That edit is innocuous enough but I want to make sure you're aware of the policy so you don't accidentally get in trouble. Raymond Arritt 22:13, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I agree with RA: if blocked editors were supposed to be able to edit talk pages, they would be able to. I almost removed your comment because of this. I suppose I should add that I have no doubt that you were acting in good faith, and you're not in any danger for that one edit; only were you to do it repeatedly against advice would there be any problem William M. Connolley 20:56, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Just to say thanks for message and I've replied at my talk. -- Memestream 21:14, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi there, this isn't really relevant to the matter in hand - if the article meets the criteria set out in deletion policy. I have asked the original nominator to remove this comment. Would you mind if I move the discussion about User:Memestream to the discussion page of this deletion discussion? Tim Vickers 22:53, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
I was talking about moving this discussion about the phrasing of the "deletion discussion" to the talk page of the "deletion discussion". Tim Vickers 22:58, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
I don't want to edit other user's comments. However, as a compromise I have moved the discussion to the talk page, warned the nominator about incivility and hidden the offending remark. Tim Vickers 23:07, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
It's hard to get angry with a purring kitten on your lap! (see user page for cute photo) Tim Vickers 23:11, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for trying to talk to Memestream/Lindosland about this, I've lost patience with him. Tim Vickers 05:10, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
True, could be worse. If you want the 2004 review on this topic that discusses the meanings of the terms I can e-mail it to you. It is both clear and unambiguous, but a bit technical in places. Tim Vickers 17:23, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for turning fuzz into fuss. Brusegadi 19:00, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Looks great. Turtlescrubber 20:24, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
Ben,
I'm not going to edit war over the restoration of that content, however I would like to be clear on what is going on. 1) Tags are not policy though hopefully if they provide guidelines they will be inline with policy. 2) That said tags are only as good as their context, and in this case the context was a deleted entry and not an entry with retained content. The editor who created the entry, and didn't agree with the deletion took it upon himself not to wait for the DRV to finish or even to request temporary restoration but to simply copy the entire deleted entry from some saved file he had himself. He did this well after the DRV was requested and that tag was placed on the entry. That is clearly against procedure. Again, I'm not going to argue about this, and by all means tell me if I'm wrong, but I just can't imagine this type of stubborn rogue editing is condoned. PelleSmith 00:37, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ben,
Please read this section of Wikipedia guidelines. Switching the links on George Albert Smith (disambiguation) so that they do not point to redirects was neither necessary nor helpful. I tell you this because I once wasted a lot of time doing the same thing on several articles, until I was told by another user that it went against the established guidelines.
I hope this helps,
Neelix 18:45, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Ok fair enough, I admittedly didn't review the user's contribs. RyanLupin ( talk/ contribs) 16:48, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for warning. Don't know, how could this happend, as I'm using standard Python bot for interwikis. Thanks again. Regards, -- Klemen Kocjancic 13:17, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
I notice that you stated your intention "to write clearer nomination rationales" when you relist, as well as your complaint that they "devolved into philosophical debate on the relevance of User categories in general, rather than the merely the subcats of Category:Wikipedians by philosophy." In an effort to contribute to that clarity, I'd like to suggest that within your rationale itself, you are clear to distinguish how your rationale for deletion does not apply to "User categories in general". I notice you state that these particular categories are "either related to a single article, or are too broad for inclusion, or both". I'm not sure how a category can both relate to a single article and be too broad for inclusion, so clearing that up as well might help. Also, I did not notice any of them that only related to a single article, so maybe you can specify exactly what you mean by that, as well. The Wikipedia:Guidelines for user categories might help you make your case (or convince you not to make the case). Regardless, I agree wholeheartedly about the need for civility. Cheers! Ben Hocking ( talk| contribs) 19:20, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
I can't find the list you mention posting at the talk page for 2008 presidential candidates, here. -- Yellowdesk 04:26, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
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Re this, any response to such things only encourages them. Raymond Arritt 21:11, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Somewhere in the recent past (but not recent enough as to be easily identifiable), you commented that I'm empathetic to climate change denialists-- which I am, given that I understand the clear and distinct difference between empathy and sympathy-- since I'm a conservative Republican. I just wanted to let you know that I've edited my user page to make my own biases absolutely clear. Revolutionaryluddite 04:26, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
R&I has been protected for a breather while we try to form some consensus as to the direction. In the interim we have set up a “sandbox” at: User:Moonriddengirl/Race and intelligence/backgound. Moonriddengirl is a neutral admin who has set up the space where we can work on the text section by section; this allows us to have a talk page for the micro project. So far JJJamal, Futurebird and I have made suggested changes with additions in bold and deletions in strikeout. This section and its talk page is an experiment in trying to come together as a group on a focused area. If it works we’d like to approach Guy, the admin who has protected the page, to insert our work-product into the protected article and then take on another section. I would really like to get your feedback on this so that we can demonstrate a consensus. Thanks. -- Kevin Murray 19:16, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
Some discussion on the Deletion Review page may be of interest to you. -- Evertype· ✆ 00:14, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
After being threatened to be banned from Wikipedia for the second or third time, whatever, I'm pretty much certain that's really no point in doing more edits. It's not that I believe that I'm really going to be banned-- given that the ban request resulted from a misguided comment that I made defending another editor from personal attacks-- it's that I realize how completely pointless being one of Wikipedia's token Christian Democrats is. (It's bad enough being a William Safire-style token conservative, but Christian Democrats and other right-leaning indepedents are accused of pushing POVs that they do not actually have).
I'm wondering if you know how I could request a deletion of my account. Revolutionaryluddite 05:45, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
I struck through my comment...I commented on the wrong DRV. -- Smashville BONK! 03:56, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
I don't care about this specific user category, but I'd like to request that you expound on "the recent deletion of the Wikipedians by video game subcats", minimally by providing a link to a discussion that gave the reasons, but preferably by also giving a short mention about the most important reason as it applies to this category. (Naturally, cut & paste is fine if it's that easy.) I hope you don't feel like I'm harassing you, as it's not my intention. :) Ben Hocking ( talk| contribs) 22:07, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
It's actually not all that complex. First, click the "edit" link next to any section. The resulting url will conclude with "section=X", where X is the number of the section you're editing. To edit just the introduction, change X to 0 in the url. Sarcasticidealist ( talk) 18:48, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for linking to the topical index of UCFD archives. That makes it much easier to cite (and link) precedent or related discussions. I'd been relying on my memory of previous discussions (which sometimes required a good deal of searching, like the pets categories discussion I cited in my most recent nomination). I had no idea that such a page existed. Horologium (talk) 18:37, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
I have a friend who does neuro. Sounds like fun (field for polymaths I call it...) Our only field medalist at Brown works in neuro (networking stuff...) Just saying hi, Brusegadi ( talk) 00:33, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
I don't know where I read that. The Mayflower Society says "tens of millions". [15] I'm not really sure why the ethnicity categories are allowed to exist, so it's hard for me to translate that into in argument for keeping a lineage category. -- I. Pankonin ( t/ c) 23:33, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Please don't bite newcomers, even anons, such as you did here. And it is especially rude to delete their welcome message. Instead, try welcoming the user to the project and explain where the talk page is and how it should be used. It's not so difficult to see why someone might ask a question in a page labeled FAQ. At any rate, even though some new users of Wikipedia don't quite get the policies and guidelines down right away, it's best to just to let them know how to do things right, rather than scolding them right away. Thanks. ~ UBeR ( talk) 23:31, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
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What do do you think about Raymond ARritt's edit? I think he did a great job of keeping the content included, but paring down based on NPOV and notability issues. Zoomwsu 21:05, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
No problem. You will do great here! -- Kukini hablame aqui 22:44, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
You mentioned Bush's definition of terror. I long to read that. Do you have access to it? I thought that the current administration had been intentionally NOT defining it for some reason. -- Kukini hablame aqui 22:58, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Hey there, Benhocking. I noticed you popped in on the State Terrorism by... page, and i just wanted to say hi, and thanks for your contribution.
I'd also add that you've bumped in just at the "Post AfD Cleaning Attempt", which is roughly a semi-annual event over there. Basically, a few folks who really don't like the page regularly try to get it deleted. When their AfDs fail, typically one or two of them stick around the page and try to delete large sections of it. This is the first time conscientious editors have been numerous enough to fend off the deletion of large sections.
I agree with you, however, that the page could use a lot of cleaning up and re-working. For my part, i'd like to see it expanded with a little more speculation and rumination over the motives and geopolitics of State Terrorism; unfortunately contributors to the page have been held on a tight leash by Ultramarine, in particular (Ultramarine is his latest incarnation; previously he was NuclearUmpf, before that NuclearZero, and before that ZeroFaults; i think that's because of repeated bans). Basically, for the moment we are not allowed to introduce material unless it specifically uses some sort of wording that translates to "state terrorism by the United States", or is somehow a supporting document sourcing evidence in support of that thesis.
If you get interested, you are welcome. We can be pretty stiff over there, but when dealing with such issues it's better that way; just remember to keep a thick skin and quiet sense of humor.
Ciao Stone put to sky 06:55, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
No worries; i am quite content with disagreement, here, although we agree on more than it might first have appeared. I, also, think the article rambles a bit, and i, also, think that it would be better to siphon off some of this information into other articles, or sub-articles. Unfortunately, i don't think the opposition will allow us that luxury.
Also, by "expanding" i really meant something more like expanding the scope of its treatment, so that it could be more than merely a list of complaints against the United States.
As i keep harping on over there at the page: the direction this page has taken was largely set down a couple of years ago by the self-same people who are now complaining about the destination at which it has arrived. I warned, cajoled, and pleaded with them to adopt more reasonable standards for content, but my suggestions were rejected each time (and yeah, if you wanna check the history on that you'll see i'm not lying). ;-)
So i understand where you're coming from; i'll leave you in peace, now. I don't usually make a habit of popping in to people's private talk pages, but you seemed like you got bitten and scratched a bit, there, and i just wanted to give you some encouragement and let you know that regardless of the nonsense, some do value your presence.
I'd love to see a few more rational folks, even if they don't agree with me; any counter-balance to the insanity over there is pleasant to see. Stone put to sky 16:07, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Heh. Maybe you are making fun of me by using hyper-meta-satire. Serves me right. Anyway, I'm off for now. I'll look in on the discussion later today. Cheers, Tom Harrison Talk 16:09, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Greetings. There is going to be a Washington DC Wikipedia meetup on next Saturday, July 21st at 5pm in DC. Since you are listed in Category:Wikipedians_in_Virginia, I thought I'd invite you to come. I'm sorry about the short notice for the meeting. Hopefully we'll do somewhat better in that regard next time. If you can't come but want to make sure that you are informed of future meetings be sure to list yourself under "but let me know about future events", and if you don't want to get any future direct notices \(like this one\), you can list yourself under "I'm not interested in attending any others either" on the DC meetup page.-- Gmaxwell 22:10, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm sorry about the confusion I generated on Talk: Eris (dwarf planet). Nobody accused me of anything. I was editing wikipedia whilst sleep deprived (not a good idea) and misread the edit summary. This is really embarrassing; I've made a few mistakes, but this just takes the cake. :/ Vsst 15:36, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
What is the purpose of all of those foreign language links at the bottom of the articles, and is there a way to verify they're right? For one thing, I was trying to figure out whether the "bs" in this change was legit, but I'm also just wondering in general... Ben Hocking ( talk| contribs) 18:17, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi Benhocking! I noticed a lot of good math-and-science work in your edit history--I hope you'll come by and check out our task force. Your education would be an asset to our project.
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I've decided to stop "watching" this article, as it tends to lower my opinion of a certain crowd and I do not care to have my opinion lowered. There's a lot of petty bickering on both sides (and I'm sure I've contributed to it), although to my eyes I see more petty bickering from those who want to remove large chunks of it. I, too, would like to remove large chunks of it (or rather move large chunks of it - and I do think some of that comes close to "torture porn" as one person wrote and hence is not appropriate in an encyclopedic entry), but I know better than to get involved in what appears to have become a very complicated dance. I believe there are people with good intentions on both sides of this debate. However, many people seem to get so caught up with their "side" that they can't admit when they're obviously wrong. (E.g., Tbeatty's misrepresentation of Nescio.) Anyways, as this whole article seems to get my blood pressure up, I (a) can't be completely neutral, and (b) shouldn't be disturbing myself by paying too much attention to it. This decision is easier because I know that many well intentioned people on "both sides" (there are actually at least 3 sides here) will remain. Ben Hocking ( talk| contribs)
Thanks for the note, and thank you especially for your intelligent input regarding the climate change denial page. I know what you mean about the stress.
Please keep the ERTF in mind if you're ever looking for articles to work on--there's always something interesting on the to-do list. Also, please let me know if you run into further disputes about environment articles.
Cheers,
Cyrusc 16:02, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Here is a notification that the deletion of [[Image:Max-Planck-und-Albert-Einstein.jpg]] is being reviewed. The DrV may be found at this location. "Wikipedia:Deletion review considers disputed deletions and disputed decisions made in deletion-related discussions. This includes appeals to restore pages that have been deleted..." In the DrV, users may discuss relevant issues in attempting to form consensus, as well as assert Uphold Deletion or Overturn Deletion, with a specific rationale for the stated conclusion. ... Kenosis 16:11, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
If you take a look, here [1] and here [2], you can see the point they were making about the larger tax base. Admittedly, those are older notes, but the point remians. Brian Pearson 20:55, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
Something I see from both people I agree with and people I disagree with far too much: deleting what you don't agree with, without at least putting an explanation on the Talk page.
People I respect as editors who agree or disagree with me are being far too heavy-handed with deletes. If the material is libelous or obscene, by all means delete first, ask questions later. Otherwise, what's the harm in leaving it up for a day or even a few hours while you discuss with others why you think it doesn't belong? I realize that this has been an arms-race type thing for a long time that I'm coming into the middle of (I really don't care who started it), but I really think that everyone can afford (in most cases) to step back and think before you delete. Please. Ben Hocking ( talk| contribs) 02:51, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
Do athiests use the term 'fundies' a lot? If so, who exactly is it supposed to apply to? Revolutionaryluddite 18:45, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
I've replied. Please be careful when criticising other users using emotive terms like "hypocrisy". -- Dweller 13:27, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
'Ashley' or 'Ashlie' are not necessarily 'wimpy' or 'girly' names. Revolutionaryluddite 03:08, 24 August 2007 (UTC) [I'm lucky to have a name that, while ambiguous, is mostly male].
Ben, please don't insert comments within my comments. Just quote and reply outside. It's no longer clear what I said and what you said. Please separate your comments. Thanks. Guettarda 17:57, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
I've stopped editing the denialism page at the request of the other users. After reviewing the previous lines of arguement to try and get a sense as to why the posting became so heated, I noticed that you said "I think you should really assume good faith with RL. I really feel that he has earned it."
I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you didn't mean it that way, but your statement inspired me to ask myself the rehorical question: "Why does good faith have to be earned?" Looking at Wikipedia:Assume good faith, I just think that 'good faith' is something that should be assumed and sincerly believed in except in extreme circumstances. I know, I'm ridicously biased about this. Revolutionaryluddite 05:43, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Looking at Guettarda's comments specifically on the actual section-- not on me personally-- I've noticed several things. My first sentence had a WP:SYN problem given that the source didn't link together the ideologies I had mentioned. Russian neo-nationalism [2] [3] and neo-Nazism, far-left Palestinian nationalism [4], and Islamism [5] have been closely linked to holocaust denial and the recycling of disproven anti-Semitic conspiracy theories such as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion should have said "Neo-Nazism, types of Palestinian nationalism, and Islamism have been linked to holocaust denial and the recycling of disproven anti-Semitic conspiracy theories such as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion." Radical Russian neo-nationalist beliefs such as the claim that 'Zionists collaborated with the Nazis' are not technically holocaust denial; I mis-applied [3] and inclusion of [2] was a simple mistake.
I could have found more sources for points [4] and [5], but I didn't thinking that I could do so later. I still consider the sources I cited to be reasonable. The fact is that Abu Mazen is the President of the Palestinian National Authority and served as Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee after Yasser Arafat's death. He represents Palestinian Nationalism as much as DNC Chairman Howard Dean represents American Liberalism. Islamism and Palestinian Nationalism, which are certianly related, have been linked to holocaust denial multiple times [5], [6] [7] and I can easily come up with more sources saying the same thing. As far as AIDS Reappraisal, my phrasing was a bit misleading as you also pointed out.
Regarding Creationism, I included quotes that represented actal examples of 'evolution denial' given that I believed a blanket condemnation of all creationism by a non-scientist was not a good source. In retrospect, I shouldn't have waited to add other specific examples by Jews, Christians, and other monotheists, but I didn't think that my intentions would be viewed so negatively. I have no freaking idea what Guettarda was talking about when s/he called the Foreign Affairs article "a joke". I was referred to the article by Jihad Watch [8]-- Robert Spencer says:
The article does indeed discuss Pokemon. It also discusses the death contract on Salman Rushdie as well as Polio vaccine denialism, which may lead to the deaths of 24,000 children. A laughing matter? Revolutionaryluddite 21:14, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi! I noticed your involvement on U.S. South-related articles, categories and WikiProjects, and I wanted to let you know about a bid we're formulating to get next year's Wikimania held in Atlanta! If you would like to help, be sure to sign your name to the "In Atlanta" section of the Southeast team portion of the bid if you're in town, or to the "Outside Atlanta" section if you still want to help but don't live in the city or the suburbs. If you would like to contribute more, please write on my talk page, the talk page of the bid, or join us at the #wikimania-atlanta IRC chat on freenode.org. Have a great day!
P.S. While this is a template for maximum efficiency, I would appreciate a note on my talk page so I know you got the message, and what you think. This is time-sensitive, so your urgent cooperation is appreciated. :) Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 09:01, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
After checking the Talk:Denialism page to find someone's user name, I noticed that Oddnature plans to place me into 'RFC'. What does that mean? Revolutionaryluddite 23:58, 31 August 2007 (UTC) (Yes, I broke my own rule not to ever post on anything at/on denialism, but only for a moment. I honestly don't care what's posted there next.)
Hi, sorry to bring up the European Union article again, I know it can get tedious. Basically it is about the city table. Small point but we've been wanting to replace it, thus far Lear has been the only one wanting the old and has reverted any changes. A summery of options has been written up, I'd appreciate it if you'd give a comment. Don't mind what you pick as it will either help convince Lear to compromise for once or it will legitimise what he is doing (if he has support I don't mind, so long as it is not him alone). See here for the summery. If you could pop an opinion I'd be grateful before it turns into 3 pages of "standard content" vs "consensus" again. I understand if you don't want to or don't have time to. Thanks! - J Logan t: 13:40, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Not at all. Though just being a bit homophobic usually isn't good enough, quite a lot of people are, regrettably. I can understand why he would want to keep his sexuality on the downlow, but voting against gay rights is just wrong - even Ted Haggard had the good grace to support civil unions. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 22:20, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
I've given up editing the article and posting on its talk page due to the constant personal attacks. Do you think I'm being too thin-skinned about this? Revolutionaryluddite 16:05, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
Fanatics on the other side? Nice. But I digress. This, while hardly containing the evil profanity of the comment that got ConfuciusOrnis erroneously blocked, is most certainly uncivil and smug: (→Proposal 3 - Trying to help OrangeMarlin out with preserving the numbering (and indentation))...(with a soto voce "cause he's too dumb to doit himself). "Fixing numbering" would have been somuch more civil, don't you think? •Jim62sch• 18:08, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! I hope that it will start a healthy debate :) Unfortunately, I won't have much time to participate in that debate in the coming few days, though. I have a real article to finish :). I.m.o., it is very important to define the term the article is about as accurately as possible in the lead. Anyway, I'll just watch how this develops. I'll have more time in a week from now... Count Iblis 01:15, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I don't want to get into on the talk page (as it's not relevant there), but you're no more of a subject matter expert than I am (based off your " about me" bit) and arguably are less so. Furthermore your statement
this forcing might cause cooling or warming or other climate responses
is false. Not even Michaels or Lindzen would argue that this forcing will not cause warming. Their arguments (of late) have been that it's uncertain that anthropogenic forcing is causing the majority of the warming. (Michaels has also argued that the increase in forcing will stop once we run out of fossil fuels.) Ben Hocking ( talk| contribs) 19:42, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Huh? How many GCM runs have you personally made? How much GCM code of yours is currently running? In how many countries? How much do you know about the flux corrections and celestial mechanics in the models? Do you know Manabe personally? Care to tell me what you know about Dick Lindzen's private life and personal tastes? How many times have you had breakfast at Keeling's house? How many times have you been interviewed by the New York Times on this issue? How many times have you interviewed by Reuters and the AP on this topic? How well do you know Broecker and his work? How many publications in the Royal Society journals and in Nature and Science do you have on this issue? Have anything in Phil Trans on this do you? How about publication on Milankovitch comparisons and Dobson measurements? Do you know Sherry personally? I do not care if you are Hansen himself. I will put my record up against anyone else's, including yours. But it is unfair to engage in combat with an unarmed opponent.
Your attitude is exactly why I will respectfully decline to bother to try to improve these kinds of articles in the presence of people such as yourself. Have at it, since you are such a great expert. I am so impressed by what I have seen from you already. Enjoy yourself and I hope you feel good about driving out any expertise on this topic that might exist around this project.-- Filll 20:08, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Dream on. I decline to bother with such nonsense. -- Filll 21:25, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Please remember civility and WP:AGF. I am sure you do not want an administrative action opened against you, do you? Thanks awfully Bill.-- Filll 21:51, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Stop baiting me or deal with the consequences. Civility is important here, remember. -- Filll 22:01, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
People are free to be anonymous here, I believe. Or have the rules changed lately? Perhaps I am mistaken? Please provide a link to this new requirement. I think I have heard of some new wikis that have these kinds of rules. Have you ? -- Filll 13:37, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
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Recently, someone responded to a question of yours in very harsh terms and I would have had a hard time not responding in kind. Your patience in the face of ignorance and arrogance is greatly appreciated and admired! Brusegadi 04:12, 9 September 2007 (UTC) |
The message you sent on my talk page i didn't really understand! Thanks! Sergiogr 19:26, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
It won't do anything (other than annoy people). They don't *do* anything if you are an admin - the blocking etc is separate William M. Connolley 14:11, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Worse... appearing to impersonate an admin can get you blocked! -- Dweller 14:17, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I don't like or use the ref tags (long story) but thanks for cleaning them up William M. Connolley 14:10, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I had vaguely recalled that there was more evidence than the ice pits for global warming on Mars. Found an article today and put it in the sandbox version A. I also put placeholders for your own theory on orbital eccentricity (feel free to flesh that out) as well as the Solanski magnetic field stuff. I'm not a professional, nor is my professional reputation on the line so I will be slow on this. Are you monitoring the sandbox changes? How do we proceed once version A finishes getting fleshed out? TMLutas 20:08, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Re your edit here, proxy editing on behalf of blocked users is a big no-no. That edit is innocuous enough but I want to make sure you're aware of the policy so you don't accidentally get in trouble. Raymond Arritt 22:13, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I agree with RA: if blocked editors were supposed to be able to edit talk pages, they would be able to. I almost removed your comment because of this. I suppose I should add that I have no doubt that you were acting in good faith, and you're not in any danger for that one edit; only were you to do it repeatedly against advice would there be any problem William M. Connolley 20:56, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Just to say thanks for message and I've replied at my talk. -- Memestream 21:14, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi there, this isn't really relevant to the matter in hand - if the article meets the criteria set out in deletion policy. I have asked the original nominator to remove this comment. Would you mind if I move the discussion about User:Memestream to the discussion page of this deletion discussion? Tim Vickers 22:53, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
I was talking about moving this discussion about the phrasing of the "deletion discussion" to the talk page of the "deletion discussion". Tim Vickers 22:58, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
I don't want to edit other user's comments. However, as a compromise I have moved the discussion to the talk page, warned the nominator about incivility and hidden the offending remark. Tim Vickers 23:07, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
It's hard to get angry with a purring kitten on your lap! (see user page for cute photo) Tim Vickers 23:11, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for trying to talk to Memestream/Lindosland about this, I've lost patience with him. Tim Vickers 05:10, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
True, could be worse. If you want the 2004 review on this topic that discusses the meanings of the terms I can e-mail it to you. It is both clear and unambiguous, but a bit technical in places. Tim Vickers 17:23, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for turning fuzz into fuss. Brusegadi 19:00, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Looks great. Turtlescrubber 20:24, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
Ben,
I'm not going to edit war over the restoration of that content, however I would like to be clear on what is going on. 1) Tags are not policy though hopefully if they provide guidelines they will be inline with policy. 2) That said tags are only as good as their context, and in this case the context was a deleted entry and not an entry with retained content. The editor who created the entry, and didn't agree with the deletion took it upon himself not to wait for the DRV to finish or even to request temporary restoration but to simply copy the entire deleted entry from some saved file he had himself. He did this well after the DRV was requested and that tag was placed on the entry. That is clearly against procedure. Again, I'm not going to argue about this, and by all means tell me if I'm wrong, but I just can't imagine this type of stubborn rogue editing is condoned. PelleSmith 00:37, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ben,
Please read this section of Wikipedia guidelines. Switching the links on George Albert Smith (disambiguation) so that they do not point to redirects was neither necessary nor helpful. I tell you this because I once wasted a lot of time doing the same thing on several articles, until I was told by another user that it went against the established guidelines.
I hope this helps,
Neelix 18:45, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Ok fair enough, I admittedly didn't review the user's contribs. RyanLupin ( talk/ contribs) 16:48, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for warning. Don't know, how could this happend, as I'm using standard Python bot for interwikis. Thanks again. Regards, -- Klemen Kocjancic 13:17, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
I notice that you stated your intention "to write clearer nomination rationales" when you relist, as well as your complaint that they "devolved into philosophical debate on the relevance of User categories in general, rather than the merely the subcats of Category:Wikipedians by philosophy." In an effort to contribute to that clarity, I'd like to suggest that within your rationale itself, you are clear to distinguish how your rationale for deletion does not apply to "User categories in general". I notice you state that these particular categories are "either related to a single article, or are too broad for inclusion, or both". I'm not sure how a category can both relate to a single article and be too broad for inclusion, so clearing that up as well might help. Also, I did not notice any of them that only related to a single article, so maybe you can specify exactly what you mean by that, as well. The Wikipedia:Guidelines for user categories might help you make your case (or convince you not to make the case). Regardless, I agree wholeheartedly about the need for civility. Cheers! Ben Hocking ( talk| contribs) 19:20, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
I can't find the list you mention posting at the talk page for 2008 presidential candidates, here. -- Yellowdesk 04:26, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
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The Barnstar
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Re this, any response to such things only encourages them. Raymond Arritt 21:11, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Somewhere in the recent past (but not recent enough as to be easily identifiable), you commented that I'm empathetic to climate change denialists-- which I am, given that I understand the clear and distinct difference between empathy and sympathy-- since I'm a conservative Republican. I just wanted to let you know that I've edited my user page to make my own biases absolutely clear. Revolutionaryluddite 04:26, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
R&I has been protected for a breather while we try to form some consensus as to the direction. In the interim we have set up a “sandbox” at: User:Moonriddengirl/Race and intelligence/backgound. Moonriddengirl is a neutral admin who has set up the space where we can work on the text section by section; this allows us to have a talk page for the micro project. So far JJJamal, Futurebird and I have made suggested changes with additions in bold and deletions in strikeout. This section and its talk page is an experiment in trying to come together as a group on a focused area. If it works we’d like to approach Guy, the admin who has protected the page, to insert our work-product into the protected article and then take on another section. I would really like to get your feedback on this so that we can demonstrate a consensus. Thanks. -- Kevin Murray 19:16, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
Some discussion on the Deletion Review page may be of interest to you. -- Evertype· ✆ 00:14, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
After being threatened to be banned from Wikipedia for the second or third time, whatever, I'm pretty much certain that's really no point in doing more edits. It's not that I believe that I'm really going to be banned-- given that the ban request resulted from a misguided comment that I made defending another editor from personal attacks-- it's that I realize how completely pointless being one of Wikipedia's token Christian Democrats is. (It's bad enough being a William Safire-style token conservative, but Christian Democrats and other right-leaning indepedents are accused of pushing POVs that they do not actually have).
I'm wondering if you know how I could request a deletion of my account. Revolutionaryluddite 05:45, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
I struck through my comment...I commented on the wrong DRV. -- Smashville BONK! 03:56, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
I don't care about this specific user category, but I'd like to request that you expound on "the recent deletion of the Wikipedians by video game subcats", minimally by providing a link to a discussion that gave the reasons, but preferably by also giving a short mention about the most important reason as it applies to this category. (Naturally, cut & paste is fine if it's that easy.) I hope you don't feel like I'm harassing you, as it's not my intention. :) Ben Hocking ( talk| contribs) 22:07, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
It's actually not all that complex. First, click the "edit" link next to any section. The resulting url will conclude with "section=X", where X is the number of the section you're editing. To edit just the introduction, change X to 0 in the url. Sarcasticidealist ( talk) 18:48, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for linking to the topical index of UCFD archives. That makes it much easier to cite (and link) precedent or related discussions. I'd been relying on my memory of previous discussions (which sometimes required a good deal of searching, like the pets categories discussion I cited in my most recent nomination). I had no idea that such a page existed. Horologium (talk) 18:37, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
I have a friend who does neuro. Sounds like fun (field for polymaths I call it...) Our only field medalist at Brown works in neuro (networking stuff...) Just saying hi, Brusegadi ( talk) 00:33, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
I don't know where I read that. The Mayflower Society says "tens of millions". [15] I'm not really sure why the ethnicity categories are allowed to exist, so it's hard for me to translate that into in argument for keeping a lineage category. -- I. Pankonin ( t/ c) 23:33, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Please don't bite newcomers, even anons, such as you did here. And it is especially rude to delete their welcome message. Instead, try welcoming the user to the project and explain where the talk page is and how it should be used. It's not so difficult to see why someone might ask a question in a page labeled FAQ. At any rate, even though some new users of Wikipedia don't quite get the policies and guidelines down right away, it's best to just to let them know how to do things right, rather than scolding them right away. Thanks. ~ UBeR ( talk) 23:31, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I have emailed you to ask whether you would agree to participate in a short survey on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies in articles pertaining to global warming and climate change. If interested, please email me Encyclopaedia21 ( talk) 15:22, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
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