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If I were you, I would remove the first sentence on the front of your profile page. It isn't very polite and puts-down a fellow Wikipedian. -- Hollow Wilerding 01:43, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
Well unless I am terribly mistaken—in which I offer you an utter-most apology—are you not referring to another individual on Wikipedia? That is I believe the front of your userpage suggests: I have been "attacked" as Guettarda - Liberal Admin, and criticised for editing topics I know about. I don't think there is any better compliment here in Wikipedia. Maybe I'll add that to my sig. I am truly sorry if what I read was miscommunicated to me. -- Hollow Wilerding 13:54, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
It doesn't matter if it's policy, policy is just a means of codifying good practice. I don't think anyone would argue it is not good practice refrain from using the rollback in edit wars. Saying it's not policy sounds a little like lawyering. Perhaps you should read tha page I pointed Dunc to, Wikipedia:Revert#Admins, I think it's some pretty good advice, even if it is just a "guideline." And if you are suggesting that there isn't consensus that the rollback shouldn't be used in edit wars, I think that would be quite mistaken. Dmcdevit· t 03:36, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
Please explain to me why you feel you have the right to attack my religious beliefs/call me a liar. This is exceedinly offensive, even for you. Guettarda 01:06, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
Guettarda I don't understand what offended you. I am sorry if I caused you offense. I don't think I called you a liar. Either way I did not mean to and I apologize. If there is a specific attack against you that you would like me to remove from the page I will do it.-- Ben 01:41, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
Hi there, I fully understand that you have removed my RFA and I thank you very much for doing so. I will try harder next time, and hope to get my edit count up to as high as I possibly can! Thank you very much again. -- Hillhead15 15:59, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
It seems the fair use tags are some continually shifting sands. After looking into it further, I find that recently an distinction was introduced between general representations of heraldry vs. governmental/institutional seals, etc. For the former, apparently there is creative work in rendering the blazon in a particular illustration, thus these should be replaced with free images drawn from the blazon. Evidently, a new tag, {{ symbol}}, was introduced to cover the case of governmental/institutional seals. I have retagged it at {{ symbol}}, which gives appropriate text. (Going now to look over the others I did recently). Thanks for the feedback. -- Tabor 23:21, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
Since one of your primary interests is in all things Trinidad and Tobago, could you look at the Signal Hill disambiguation page and make sure that the information that I added on Signal Hill, Tobago is accurate. Blank Verse 21:03, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
I just thought that it'd be better to have as much detail as possible - do you know where on the island he was born, as this would clearly be much more useful than just the island name. Warofdreams talk 19:36, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Actually, the Wikipedia:Remove_personal_attacks#Who_should_refactor.3F suggested policy says that the victim should not refactor or remove the personal attacks. However, in the discussed instance, I fail to see how ant's commenting on FM's editing patterns constitutes a personal attack, anyway. David Bergan 20:09, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Hi Guettarda - User:Chaosfeary has moved Poison-ivy to Poison-ivy (plant) and then made Poison-ivy a redirect to a disambig page Poison ivy - all totally un-necessary and over-cumbersome. Any chance you could move it back, please? - thanks, MPF 20:40, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for supporting me in the mini-edit war on List of multiracial people. Much appreciated. discospinster 15:49, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
Hey, Guettarda. If/when you have an opportunity, would you please drop by dreadlocks? User Coyep is intent on using a photo which does not, unfortunately, illustrate the subject at hand. Further, he insists on deleting some text I wrote about the possible connection between Egyptian dreadlocks and the phenomenon in India. I'd like your take on the disputes. Thanks. I've also asked for User:Jmabel's input.
I didn't know you were a cat person. Know anything about ragdolls? deeceevoice 21:21, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. :) deeceevoice 15:01, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
There is a cancerous body of Original Research being spread by User:Sholto Maud. 24.159.243.211 06:32, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
Hi,
Yeah, I should have left a message first.
Thanks for being tolerant.
Regards, Ben Aveling 20:10, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
Oh, I should have done left the message first, because having made the correction, I noticed that the new section was being discussed elsewhere, and then I saw the new proposal for blocking people you're involved in, and then I ... And next thing, its "you have new messages"... Oops!
Thanks again, Ben Aveling 20:23, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
Just wondered whether you might be able to contribute something to this article. It is about the study of labor history and its evolution over the years. I thought you might know something about how labor history has interacted with black history, questions of race and class, etc and might be abloe to add some useful info. By the way, did you see the cat I secretly added here a few days ago? Mattley 11:51, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
HELL no! Good lord, you're a Sooner?! And here I thought you were British. I hope it doesn't hurt y'all's feelings too much to see us Rose Bowl bound. · Katefan0 (scribble)/ my ridiculous poll 04:54, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi, Guettarda! Many thanks for your extremely rapid and helpful response! In gratitude, I'm sending you a freshly-baked apple turnover, made by me earlier this evening! I'll have a look at the changes you made in the coding tomorrow, to see if I can figure out what you did, so that I'll be able to do it myself in future. I actually don't have a clue about how any of these boxes (Babel, etc.) are made, but I steal things from other user pages, and mess around with them using the preview button until they look okay on my own page. I find I can do quite a lot on Wikipedia without really understanding it. Cheers. AnnH (talk) 00:56, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
It's true that the situation with you-know-who has been getting to me, but I'm still hanging on. Thank you for the supportive note. It makes all the difference. SlimVirgin (talk) 12:53, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
Hello Guettarda,
When (if?) you have time, please check this out [1] and see if you can turn some of your editing energies to the matter; thanks, Slrubenstein | Talk 22:36, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for suggesting that I offer prayers for understanding and clear communication, et al. I have had an epiphany as a result, and I credit you with leading me to it. I'm back to making a nice encyclopedia. :) Uncle Ed 14:58, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Check out the Jesus article and edit it to keep it focused on Jesus and a biographical account of Him. Watch the Jesus page to keep it focused on Him. Thank you. Scifiintel 22:01, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi Guettarda,
I wish I did. I've been watching those pages for ages without any good ideas. I've started User:BenAveling/Scientific_theory where I started to work through the issues with KC, and there's the start of a conversation with dear Uncle Ed here that might get interesting.
To summarise my POV, ID raises some interesting questions that show that our understanding of evolution is incomplete, but it does nothing to suggest that it's actually wrong, just that there are (possibly important) things that we really don't understand (yet).
If I'm right, then that's an interesting middle ground between 'ID is psuedo science' and 'all darwinists are amoral athiests'.
Thanks for the question. Ben Aveling 02:07, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi, thanks a ton for voting on my rfa - the final tally was 50-0-0 and I hope to do my best in maintaining the integrity of wikipedia. -- Gurubrahma 11:40, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you, Guettarda, for your support in my RfA - it was about time indeed! I'll do my best as an admin to make the reality of Wikipedia rise to the level of the dream. BD2412 T 02:29, 8 December 2005 (UTC) <--note new "admin gold" sig :-D
After days of fixing the page on The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation, I am asking you to determine whether it is eligible for featured article status. Read its peer review page and leave any comments inside it.
Someone needs Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide to complete the article (with his comments on the film). Do you, or does anyone you know, have a copy? -- Slgrandson 16:10, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
Well, thank you for sticking it out with all the creationist maniacs. Get this: a former student of mine once attended a lecture given by a creationist against evolution. As one example of why evolution is wrong, he said that evolutionists use fossils of extinct species of fish, impressed on the sea floor. But (he goes on to say) we all know that when fish die they float to the surface. I kid you not. Slrubenstein | Talk 21:06, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Wow, T&T made it and are now facing Eng-errr-land. Good luck!
Your work thus far caught my attention with your semi-random HHGTG ramblings when helping to prevent Suffolk (England) being second to Suffolk (US of A). Keep it up! Budgiekiller 22:09, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Please see the entry I made here. Best wishes, David Kernow 22:42, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
My apologies. I have done as you suggest. Thanks, David Kernow 22:50, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
If they are licensed as {{ cc-by-2.5}}, then they are totally compatible (it puts almost no restraints on usage except for attribution). All we need to do is give them credit the way they specify and keep the right tag on there. -- Fastfission 17:54, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Please take a look at the HBCU outreach program and see if you can sign on. Please get back to me whatever your decision. Thanks. - JCarriker 22:03, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
The Taino article is up for peer-review. Go help out if you can. -- MateoP 23:35, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi - did you perhaps make a mis-statement in your last edit here [2] - or am I mis-reading? Edit summaries or talk page comments? Vsmith 00:42, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
I saw your post and replied to it. Chelman 14:55, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
FYI Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#SEWilco_and_footnotes_again. SlimVirgin (talk) 15:35, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
OK, I took your silly poll :) ....
Economic Left/Right: -5.63 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.72
Sheesh. And people thought Bill Clinton was a liberal.
Jim62sch 23:59, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
Hey Guettarda! Thanks for your support on my RfA. The final outcome was (57/4/3), so I am now an administrator. If you need help, have a question, or just want to chat (or if I get out of line!), please don't hesitate to let me know! Again, thanks! :D
Thanks to everyone for their support. I've now had time to clear my head. I agree that we can't back down to the idiots who drove out Deeceevoice. Personally, I hope she returns but until then we've got work to do. I'd strongly suggest that everyone keep an eye out for users engaging in racism and bias. I'm also hoping that we will keep in touch about this issue and let each other know when we encounter racist editors and such. Any other ideas how to combat this?-- Alabamaboy 15:05, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
I have no hard feelings against anyone, but you didn't come to mind when I was writing my answers. I may have said something negative to you or had hard feelings in the past, and if that's true I'm sorry. But much has changed since then. Gator (talk) 18:17, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Oh and thanks for your vote. Very cool of you. Gator (talk) 18:23, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
I noticed that you changed "Lake Trinidad" to Pitch Lake in the Asphalt article. I have several engineering reference books that mention Lake Trinidad as a large natural asphalt deposit. Is there also a Lake Trinidad, is that an old name, or do you think that's just an error? Toiyabe 18:31, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
The anon is the one who needs blocking here. Guettarda 23:03, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
race-based statements only have sting in the context of power-disparities
Its a while, well three days since you posted this, just to say, great summary. I would have done well to put it like that but I couldn't find the words :) - FrancisTyers 11:33, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
Self explanatory :) I appreciate it; it's far more professional now. Trilemma 18:43, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. I've cut it down to under 500 words. - Justforasecond 21:41, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
I refer you to my response of a few moments ago at 15 December [ [4]], http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/EffK/Evidence#3_December_2005 EffK 02:04, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi - A new user, User talk:Reveldrummond, has recently added the article Magnesium in biological systems. I gave him/her a welcome and have been helping with it a bit. I would appreciate it if you would take a look and add your biology expertice. The article has a large ref section and the user plans to expand it. Please take a looksee and give some advice/guidance. Thanks, Vsmith 02:15, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi, could that have been our old friend, JG? The beligerant style sure looks familiar plus the auto topic interest. I blocked for vandalism & personal attack. Vsmith 03:39, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Sorry about that... Revolucion and I have been at it because he replaced the anti-chavez with the pro, and wasn't willing to compromise. I didn't realize you had put both of them up. My fault.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Revoluci%C3%B3n
To yet another name I'm not familiar with, for your kind support in my 64-2 adminship bid. — FREAK OF NURxTURE ( TALK) 07:08, Dec. 17, 2005
The third sentence states:
The vast majority of the scientific community views intelligent design not as a valid scientific theory but as neocreationist pseudoscience or junk science.[3]
And there is a vast difference between the word theory as it is commonly used and scientific theory, which the above sentence clearly states. And the word conjecture is needlessly pejorative, since it means a theory for which there is no observable evidence. I explained this on my edit. ID is ridiculous on its face and does not need POV words to frame the argument. And ID is a theory as most people understand the word theory, much as Santa Claus is a theory explaining Christmas presents :P. I am changing it back, please pause a bit before getting in a revert war with someone who isn't even on the opposing side.Keep in mind that ID proponents like Behe define theory very loosely, loosely enough that it encompasses Astrology [5] -- DocJohnny 08:43, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
RE the following:
"I hope you do not actually work in ecology. Unsubstantiated hand waving hurts the credibility of ecology. The right wing quite effectively undercuts the science of ecology by painting us as handwaving hippies. In the US the environmental battle has already been lost because we lost control of the framing of the debate. Refusing to be constrained by little things by facts is the favourite technique of the opposition. It only strengthens their hand when people on this side of the debate adopt their techniques. Guettarda 02:44, 15 September 2005 (UTC)"
And by the way, your argument about "not all introduced species" establish is not clever, and is in fact rather immature. It goes without saying that we are only discussing exotic species that establish.
Codman 01:27, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
O.K. Guettarda, so you don't believe in Santa, but I still want to wish you and your loved ones all the happiness in the world and the best new year ever. Your friend, Tony the Marine 04:39, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
Please see this. [6] Tell me, what do you make of it? Can someone actually do this unilaterally? deeceevoice 00:52, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
Dear Guettarda: I am sorry if you felt I was out of line to delete the page - but surely you must have seen what was on it? It looked like a fairly clear trolling attempt to me, and I saw no reason it should be left to stand. I had assumed that WP:NOT provided sufficient backing to remove it, and after all I would have thought the creation of the page was the violation of WP:POINT, not my deletion of it. I really don't see why that page should be left to stand. Best regards, -- NicholasTurnbull | (talk) 01:18, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
I noticed you are categorized as a Wikipedian by alignment. If you are in to userboxes, there are now infoboxes available using a standard template. See the alignment category page for details. xaosflux Talk/ CVU 18:29, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
These users are obvious sockpuppets, and the technical evidence confirms that. Jayjg (talk) 00:28, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
Guettarda, I simply added the sentence as a conclusion to the section. I don't think I need to cite anything, as the section already mentioned that ID articles have not been published in peer reviewed journals, and that their lack of publication is cited as proof that ID is non-scientific. All I did in my insertion was to point out the circularity of that approach, which I think lends some balance to the section and to the article as a whole. Feel free to delete it. I won't revert it. I don't want to spend much time on this article, which, by the way, I think is excellent. I think that you and others worked very hard on it, and I appreciate your efforts. Logophile 04:44, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
You're probably on it already, but here's a link to Carl Zimmer's blog re: the ID court decision: [7] and a pdf of the decision [8] Enjoy, Vsmith 05:04, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
im starting to actually make some minimal progress on the cool(african philosophy) page...i need help, she keeps reverting...deeceevoice...thanks for considering-- Urthogie 15:54, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
This is regarding your reversion of an anonymous user's edit on Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District. I don't think it's unreasonable for an article about a United States court case to use United States-style dates. Remember, anonymous users (the vast majority of people reading the Encyclopedia) don't have date formats set and so it displays as whatever it is in the page. -- Cyde Weys talk contribs 01:05, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi Guettarda! I just want to say Merry Christmas to you! - Darwinek 10:42, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks! Same to you. Gator (talk) 16:01, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
William M. Connolley 16:26, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks! You too, and happy holidays! :-) Flcelloguy ( A note?) 17:10, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Guettarda, from my family to you and yours, Merry Christmas! (And a Happy New Year, too!) Jim62sch 18:42, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
And I hope you too are at peace during this ancient time of hope and celebration. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 17:15, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
I made you a Christmas card. And I don't even do Christmas cards usually! Joe D (t) 17:30, 22 December 2005 (UTC)Thank you! :) Wish you and your family the same too. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:33, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, that was very very nice of you. ε γκυκλοπ αίδεια * 17:52, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Best wishes to you and yours. - Willmcw 18:01, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Er, did I say that? Vacation starts officially in 20 minutes - whee! Thanks and have a good one :-) Enjoy your trip. Vsmith 18:06, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the pleasant greeting! A happy holidays to you as well. -- Fastfission 18:21, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, Guettarda! Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you. Linuxbeak (drop me a line) 18:39, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
And a Merry Winter Solstice to you, too, .... dave souza 19:32, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, and a Merry Christmas to you as well! - Roy Boy 800 19:59, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi Guettarda - many thanks, and a happy Crismus to you too! - MPF 20:53, 22 December 2005 (UTC)Thank you, and the same to you. Remember, though, that your gifts don't have an "edit this page" button :).-- Sean| Bla ck 20:59, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you, and the same to you and your loved ones. Jayjg (talk) 22:04, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
And to all who read this. Ec5618 23:58, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi Guettarda - someone has incorrectly moved Huangshan Pine to lower case, and I'm having login problems at the moment and can't move it back, could you do the honours, please? - thanks, MPF 00:36, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
And I hope your holiday season is great, too - many thanks for the kind wishes! I'll look forward to seeing your countrymen at the World Cup next year, too. Grutness... wha? 01:10, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Merry Christmas, Ramadan Said, happy Chanukkah, viva Krishna and Long Live Guettarda. -- Svest 01:53, 23 December 2005 (UTC) Wiki me up™
Echoing everyone else, have a very Merry Christmas yourself this year! Yay, the holidays always give up more time for Wikipedia. Cheers, Bratsche talk | Esperanza 02:01, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you! I wish you the best, a very prosperous and healthy new year, Slrubenstein | Talk 03:51, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Hey bud, haha, it has been long time since last that we chatted..... but, in the words of that crazy Trini radio personality George Umbala Joseph- "Felicitations and Reciprocation of the holiday seasons to you too." -- You know how they always have to speak real long-winded down dey'.
Hey, you know----- I wonder if we order some Kiss black-cake via Caribbuy.com if we could get de 'ting before Christmas? ;-) Ohh and a little bit of Punch De Creme to make the holiday much sweeter! :-D You know I could use a little bit of the Parang music juss-now to really make everything juss right. But on a more serious note, I wish you and your family all the best for this holiday season too. I still cyah believe 2006 almost reach! Oye, Pressure! Time to prepare dem New Years resolutions. CaribDigita 03:53, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for your sweet holiday greetings, Guettarda, and I wish the same for you and yours : ) -- MPerel ( talk | contrib) 06:34, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Feliz Navidad y/et Joyeux Noel to you as well. - JCarriker 07:29, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
How come everyone else got a Christmas greeting but me? I feel saddened........ :) Merry Christmas... Spawn Man 08:19, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the Christmas greetings! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well. I hope Oklahoma (or Trinidad and Tobago if you will be spending the holidays there) is treating you well. Japan is absolutely freezing, but I'll hang in there. Thanks again! - Parallel or Together ? 10:57, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
I would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year. Guettarda 17:23, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
I see you didn't have anyone wishing you a happy Hannukah yet, so let me be the first. Happy Hannukah! -- Cyde Weys vote talk 13:40, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
would have replied quicker , but working in Carlisle all week, best wishes jimfbleak 14:56, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Thought you might want to know... William M. Connolley 16:17, 23 December 2005 (UTC).
Hi Guettarda - following from the Nature review of Meliaceae, I'm fairly convinced (see Talk:Meliaceae)that Nature are wrong, or at least open to scholarly dispute, on one of their points. I'd like to check one major reference further, and wonder if it is something you have access to: Pennington, T.D. & Styles, B.T. 1981. Flora Neotropica Monograph No.28, Meliaceae (New York Botanical Garden). If you have access to it, could you check on the distributions of the three species of Swietenia, please? Thanks! - MPF 22:29, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Hello, last summer we corresponded a bit (on our "talk" pages) about Roaring Lion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Badagnani#Lion. Well, a daughter has just written in to the Roaring Lion talk page with some new information, listing several other children of Lion's which nobody knew existed (herself being one), but not listing the ones that we know about. She gives different spellings and capitalizations for Lion's birth names but basically confirms what we already knew about his adoption. She wrote from an anon IP so I hope she gets back in touch, because I have a lot of further questions for her. Maybe you'll want to help with this? BTW we've never verified the veracity of the toponym "Aroquita"; any luck with finding out if it's a real place? Badagnani 01:09, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
I'm now in touch via email with Lion's daughter. Any interest, still, in following up with this? I'll ask about Aroquita, names, and some other things. Looks like "Yama" was "Llama" all along, too. Badagnani 02:39, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Great! Sorry to say that I'm unfamiliar with the abbreviation NOR, though... Badagnani 02:48, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
I uploaded an image of Ari Meyers within the the accordance established by Wikipedia (source and licence) and someone put it up for deletion because "it is unencyclopedic". The image is of good taste and just because it is a wallpaper image I don't think it should be deleted. Please view and if you can, express your opinion. Images and media for deletion/2005 December 24 Thank you, Tony the Marine 03:46, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks so much for your kind Christmas greetings! Very kind of you to think of me! Ahm writing you from de tropics in Australia. It ain't so good as Trinidad, y'know - and dey ain't know how to party and cyant dance or talk de queen english - but at least it ain't cold cold like me mudder country, Canada, and dey does play cricket here too! Oh, Laws! I see y' writin how you stress out in america! Eh, eh! man, don vex y'self - and mind out for dat Yankee business - life too short, y'hear me? So, all'ya have a really good time, oui?
John Hill
By the way, you say you'll remove trolling from your talk page...but what about trolling the ancient yule tide carol? (Bad joke...) Ral315 (talk) 17:28, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for the warm wishes. May I extend Christmas wishes to you and all whom you love now and in the New Year. -- Cecropia 18:02, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
I pray you have a very merry Christmas and a truly blessed 2006. KHM03 19:41, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
I hope you're managing to have a Trinidadian Christmas, and I wish you a stimulating and exciting new year. Hoary 21:28, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
I'd like to add a "Happy Christmas" to you too, Guettarda, and thank you for your kind message. Hope that wiki-stress meter on your user page will soon be at Level One! AnnH (talk) 23:53, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
All the best to you, Guettarda, for Christmas and the New Year, and thank you for all your hard work around Wikipedia, and especially for the common sense and intelligence you bring to every discussion and article. ;-) SlimVirgin (talk) 00:14, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you, Guettarda; a (belated) Merry Christmas to you as well. Hope it was enjoyable! — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:42, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
When I think of all of us who worked together so hard for so long, I think of the line from Henry V We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...
It was a fun ride, wasn't it? So thanks you guys, that meant a lot to me.
Who did the Thelonious with a mop artwork? Brilliant! FeloniousMonk 08:20, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
Guettarda, has been adding "Judenhass" as an example of a "political epithet" on List of political epithets. Based on the Talk: page comments, it seems pretty clear to me that it's just an example of WP:POINT, but I wonder if you wouldn't mind taking a look as well. Cheers, Jayjg (talk) 04:07, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
Hey Guettarda,
The intro to macroevolution is too hard for anyone to understand. In particular "large-scale changes in gene-frequencies" is tough for a newcomer. In wiki we have:
- Macroevolution is the concept that evolution of species and higher taxa is the result of large-scale changes in gene-frequencies over time.
Compare to google "define", where some of the definitions are much simpler [9]:
The other thing about these definitions is that its odd that the wiki definition is different than all of these. It should express at least most of what the internet says.
- Justforasecond 02:58, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
Hello, I wish you and your family a prosperous and happy New Year 2006! We shall surely remain actively involved in the Project Wikipedia. -- Bhadani 16:37, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
Greetings Guettarda, I wish to offer my gratitude for supporting me on my recent nomination for adminship, which passed with the final tally of 65/4/3. If you would ever desire my assistance in anything, or wish to give me feedback on any actions I take, feel free to let me know. Cheers, and happy new year! Elle vécut heureusement toujours dorénavant ( Be eudaimonic!) 09:50, 1 January 2006 (UTC) |
Wish you a happy and exciting new year 2006 =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:39, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
Likelythey were removed because these were Music genre pages, which should not have Musicboxes, but genre boxes, with eventually a link in the Other Topics section.See the talkpages if I added {{ infoboxneeded}} to these pages. Circeus 01:58, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for keeping an eye on my user page! — Knowledge Seeker দ 02:08, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
I've heard that expression before, but I can't remember what it means. I can't find anything on Wikipedia or Wikiquote. Please explain and/or direct me to relevant articles. -- Tantalum T e lluride 02:10, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
I noticed your stressmeter said "A poisonous atmosphere pervades this place" and was at level 3. Why is that? What "atmosphere"? I hope you get better!
Maybe this lone tulip will help... Voice of All T| @| ESP 04:20, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Have you seen Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Reddi_2/Workshop#Troika? I don't know if this will fly - quite likely not - but if it did, someone from the bio side would be desireable: perhaps someone experienced in the Great Evolution Wars. Perhaps you? Or someone you know? William M. Connolley 11:05, 2 January 2006 (UTC).
Thank you so much for your very kind good wishes on my talk page. I'm sorry I was tardy in returning the sentiment, but I hope that your holidays were as joyous and fulfilling as mine. · Katefan0 (scribble)/ mrp 16:29, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Guettarda, Thanks so much for your help on the Michigan State University Peer review. I just put the revised article up as a featured article candidate. Please let me know what you think.
Oh, and to answer your question, I attended MSU from September 1999 to December 2004, graduating with a major in Spanish. I currently live in Lansing, but I am moving to American Samoa in 28 days, so I'm trying to finish the MSU article while I'm still in town.
Lovelac7 20:33, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
Yes, it was I. For some reason, the computer (or Wiki <-- my bet, it happened from another computer on another network earlier today)) lost my logon temporarily and substituted the IP. I really appreciate the heads up, thanks! Jim62sch 01:54, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Greetings, Guettarda! I wanted to sincerely thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with a final result of 55/14/3. Your support means a lot to me! If you have any questions or input regarding my activities, be they adminly or just a "normal" user's, or if you just want to chat about anything at all, feel free to drop me a line. Cheers! — Nightstallion (?) 07:46, 4 January 2006 (UTC) |
I have added a section on Justforasecond harassing Deeceevoice to Deeceevoice's arbitration. I have also proposed that JFAS be banned from contacting Deeceevoice, discussing her, and enforcing any arb ruling against her (let others do it--JFAS would just stir up more trouble doing so). My understanding is that arbitrations can be expanded to include any of the involved parties, so this should be permitted. Please go and read the measure and see if it is something you could support. Best, -- Alabamaboy 16:47, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
I wonder if there is a way to heal the issues and differences that DCV's arbitration has brought to the foreground? In some ways, this entire affair has been bad for racial relations here at Wikipedia. Those who don't like how DCV acts have said that their actions are solely in response to DCV not being "nice" (so to speak). Those who don't like what has happened to DCV (like me) see the affair as being driven by racism and bigotry. The funny thing is that there is overlap between the two sides. A number of those pushing to sanction DCV admit that some of actions against her have been wrong and haven't helped racial issues here (and that some of the users pushing the issue against her are doing so for possibly racist reasons). Almost all of us opposed to the actions against DCV admit that she is abrasive and has violated Wikipedia guidelines and should be more civil in her discussions here. What we see, though, is a double-standard at work, with users appearing to gang up against non-minority editors like DCV for being less than civil but not doing the same to white editors. If this subject interest you, I'd encourage you to post you thoughts here on a special talk page I created.-- Alabamaboy 21:42, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
To put it bluntly, he's pissing me off. If he starts following me round like a little lost puppy, I will take it to the cabal in no time at all, and if that persists, the other cabal. I'm sick and tired of him. Rob Church Talk 21:45, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
... and thank you. ;) I'm tired, hung over, and thoroughly satisfied! · Katefan0 (scribble)/ mrp 16:07, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments on SlimVirgin's talk page, Guettarda, but my ability to assume good faith with SlimVirgin has dramatically decreased given some of the comments she has made about me which contain a fair number of incorrect statements and I find them very unfair, a situation made all the worse by the fact she hasn't responded to any of my clarifications. She may be an exemplary editor, but I like to think I am too and I believe I deserve some assumption in good faith also. I don't feel I am getting much. Talrias ( t | e | c) 17:49, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Hey man, thanks a lot for voting in my RfA, I got it! :) If you need anything, just give me a shout. - FrancisTyers 01:00, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I would like to wish you a "Happy Dia de Reyes", a celebration that we still celebrate in Puerto Rico every January 6. The night before the children of the island fill a little box with grass for the kings camel and place it under the Christmas tree. When they wake up the following day, they find the box empty and gifts left by the kings God bless you my good friend Guettarda, your friend
Tony the Marine
07:04, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Guettarda, even though you did not support my RfA I would like to thank you for your comments, and for your fair hearing of my response. Now that I am an admin, if you notice me doing anything that you think is ill-advised or reminds you of the behavior you disliked at the SIIEG MfD, please DO let me know. Thanky thanky, and I shall see you around! Babajobu 21:52, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Hello Guettarda. Thank you for supporting my Rfa! I will try my best to be a good administrator. Please ask me if you need any help. -- a.n.o.n.y.m t 17:43, 6 January 2006 (UTC) |
Thank you for thinking highly enough of me to nominate me for Administrator. I have accepted. KillerChihuahua ?!? 13:12, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
If you have time please look at and comment on the most recent suggestion for reorganization. Also, I added material WAS deleted; I readded it, being more careful about the wording, and cited Menand (just look at my changes close to this time stamp) - I'd welcome your comments, Slrubenstein | Talk 00:07, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
Can you verify what you meant by your response on the Wikipedia: Eras page? I put a comment under yours at that page, if you don't mind could you respond there, please. PatrickA 16:11, 8 January 2006 (UTC).
Thanks for the tip... (things you find out only too late!!! :) Mikkerpikker 16:50, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
In recent days I have grown disgusted with Deeceevoice's comments and actions. As a result, I am withdrawing my support of her. That said, Justforasecond has behaved very poorly throughout this entire affair but more so in recent days, placing comments on DCV's talk page merely to stir up trouble. As such, I am proposing that both DCV and JFAS be placed on personal attack parole for a year at [10] Perhaps this is a compromise that a majority of the parties involved could agree to. Please check it out and see what you think. In addition, as a side note to this I am apologizing for my use of "lynching" to describe this RfAr. Best, -- Alabamaboy 20:05, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
You voted to keep what is verifiable on the AfD. Are you aware how little that is? Voice of All T| @| ESP 02:13, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
why did you remove my contribution to the article? No explanation? No nothing, just removed? This is what I wrote:
"Historical records also show a correlation between increased human prosperity and higher average global temperatures. The Medieval Warm Period which immediately preceded the Little Ice Age was believed to be a 400 to 500 year event where average global temperatures were slightly warmer than today. This was also a period of increased crop production and increasing population. Records inferred from the geologic evidence suggest a similar prosperity for evolving land animals during periods of increased global temperatures. During the Jurassic Period, global temperatures were higher by 10 to 15 degrees farenheit. This is important since this warmer period represents a time in earth's history where the natural environment supported the largest land animals to have walked the earth. It was also a period where global carbon dioxide concentrations were approximately 5 times the level seen today."
Do you have a problem other than the fact that it is unreferenced? You say it is POV violation? Why would you say something like that when this is in the section entitled "Possible Benefits of Global Warming"? You didn't even say anything about it even though I posted my rationale on the discussion page. I really did not appreciate it.
Yeah, that's fine that you removed it. This kind of thing would require oversight, anyway, which I couldn't offer right now. Maybe in a week or so I'll revisit the issue. Babajobu 23:05, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi there. Sorry to bother you, but I just wanted to let you know that I've put a little note into Talk:Scientific community regarding the ongoing mini-edit war on Michael Behe. I think the page is missing something relevant to the war and am soliciting opinions. Anyway, I thought you might be interested (though please feel free to not be!). Cheers, -- Plumbago 09:53, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Hey Guettarda! Thanks for joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Puerto Rico. I was so happy to see your name there!!!!
Hopefully we can work hard together to make people around the world learn and understand our countries in the Caribbean and Latin America.
By the way, congratulations on Trinidad and Tobago qualifying for the world cup! I reckon they will do good there. My dream is, although Im not much of a soccer fan to tell you the truth, that Puerto Rico's team qualifies someday. To tell you the truth , I always had four dreams as far as Puerto Rico: A world Heavyweight boxing champion, a gold medal in the Olympics, a Football World Cup appearance and independency. One (world Heavyweight champiuon boxer) already happened with John Ruiz the only Hispanic to have won that title. The second, independency or at least autonomy, may be closer than ever (with all the discussions about the status going on), so who knows maybe Puerto Rico will be in 2010's world cup!...Ok I know thats a little daydreaming but dreaming is for free! lol
Anyways, thanks for joining our project and God bless you! Hope to hear from you soon!
Sincerely yours, Antonio Machinery Martin'
Thanks for tidying it up a bit....now if I could only find some to eat here in the UK! Take care and speak soon.-- Vivenot 16:24, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
Frankly, that was to see if anyone would notice. I don't think anyone ever reads those archives anyway. There's sense in keeping the pages, and people search for them as "requests for comment/some username", but the archive page had turned from a descriptive log into a useless data dump several months ago. Do you think it'd be useful? R adiant _>|< 21:50, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up. I went over and signed it. I guess I was on break for too long! Thanks again. - Parallel or Together ? 02:18, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for nominating me, and supporting my Rfa, Guettarda! I appreciate your trust, and will endeavor to always be worthy of it. The puppy is now an Admin (final tally 58/7/2) Please let me know if there is anything I can ever do to assist you. KillerChihuahua ?!? 17:11, 14 January 2006 (UTC) |
I don't have a fancy layout like other new admins, but I just want to thank you for your support at my RfA. It passed 48/3/1, so I have officially been promoted. I hope I won't let you down. If I'm not doing something properly, please tell me. Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 21:08, 14 January 2006 (UTC) PS. I have proposed a {{ drink-corp-stub}} over at WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals, so House of Angostura can be moved there soon ;)
Thanks to you for your vote and especially for your support during my RFA. And of course for nominating me the first time round. William M. Connolley 20:59, 15 January 2006 (UTC).
I noticed you removed the links to the maps of Barbados on Caribbean-On-Line. These are detailed and useful maps, and not any more commerial than the links to Mapquest or MSN. Why were they removed and under what scenario if any would you deem them appropriate? Thanks - Anthony for Caribbean-On-Line
Thanks for clarifying this - we are just trying to add useful info (we really do believe that we have the best set of Caribbean cartography on the web). If it is preferred to only add one link to the main island map and not the cities/towns that is fine and we will abide by it. Most of the maps with ads are being updated actually and will not have ads in the future (yes the site does, but not the maps themseleves). Again - thanks for the feedback and being upfront about the criteria. Anthony
Could we add one link for each island we cover? My assistant says that links she added today have all been removed excepting St. Martin. Anthony
Dear, dear, I seem to be a Wiki-Klutz (since Wiki means speedy that fits me, indeed). I goof up fast. I did not notice that I was editing anybody else's comments. I see comments used as a back-and-forth pseudo-e-mail and I thought everybody else was editing my comments, too. Some people want a reply on their page and some on my own page. If one puts in a reply some odd place instead of right after the item one is responding to, who knows if anyone will find her/his reply? Luckily I just noticed I started to edit your user page and got out of there. Welcome to reverse any of my comment-page edits and accidental edits on other users' pages. Carrionluggage 20:10, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Oh, I just figured out what you refer to - it was not my reply to KillerChihuaha, but some other tidying up I did. Tut tut - this is an encyclopedia and it seems to me that the English should be of good quality. Now, I do not edit quotations. For example, on the page for Judge Roy Bean I just saw "hung" used for "hanged." OK - that's a quote. But if somebody says he "Through out the baby with the bathwater" which a spelling corrector may even change to "Throughout the baby with the bathwater," seems to me that clarity and portability are enhanced by a fix. After all, non-English speakers read these pages and when they read bad spelling or syntax they may be frustrated (in their purposes, as well as their affect.) Carrionluggage 20:17, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Just read the bit about the tree genus on your homepage. Doing a google search [11] you now come out top, and are far more famous than the thing you're named for. Is there a word for that sort of inversion? William M. Connolley 11:11, 17 January 2006 (UTC).
So you're telling me plants run around behaving like people?-- Piedras grandes 19:35, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I've replied to your comment on my talk page.
Thanks,
Primetime 20:44, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
We should follow this policy:
If you come across an article with an accuracy warning, please do the following:
Assume good faith is not a suicide pact. Guettarda 03:52, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
I was talking to Will, because I noticed that he has not made any known verification efforts. Thank you for trying to verify the entries. -- Primetime
I didn't add anything to the article. I was reverting a change to the article, so I don't need to source anything. -- Primetime 02:06, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
providing a diff would depersonalize it. because you just said that verbatim without a diff, it was like...focused at him only. I'd change my mind if you could post a diff at the workshop.-- Urthogie 21:01, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
Hello Guettarda. I noticed you just want on a voting frenzy to delete, delete, delete. Do you have a particular rationale for this outburst of deletion votes? -- Jason Gastrich 04:41, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
More importantly, what is your rationale for all the cats, cats, cats that are listed on this page alongside mine? Mine's obviously the cutest one. Your Longhorn friend Katefan0 (scribble)/ mrp 06:15, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Please come to the Puerto Rico page and tell that anon user why his edit was reverted. I've started a discussion and urged him to discuss it, but he jsut keeps reverting. Gator (talk) 16:39, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Please read carefully. The statement is not "blocked admins should never self-unblock". The statement is "in those cases where a blocked admin should not self-unblock, he should also refrain from performing any other admin abilities". R adiant _>|< 19:10, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Grant Jeffrey does not have an Afd anymore. Look here: [12]
Now, pardon me but Inferno9891 is not an Admin, why is he removing Afd notices?
KillerChihuahua ?!? 21:28, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Sirry —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.246.183.138 ( talk • contribs) .
Haha, well I am certainly not a copyleft expert though I have read around a little bit on these issues. In any event, I've never heard of a case of a Creative Commons license being tested in court yet, or any copyleft license for that matter (except the GPL, in Germany only). Which doesn't mean it isn't true -- I am often totally out of the loop on such things -- but Googling around a bit doesn't turn up much either (the CC website FAQ has nothing either), so I'm inclined to think it is either really recent or hasn't happened yet. -- Fastfission 21:56, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi, seems you accidentally entered your contribution twice to the above debate. I've struck one and signed the edit. -- kingboyk 17:01, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I noted that you had interacted with User:Smithsmith on global warming talk. He recently posted an uncalled for personal attack against WMC on Talk:Medieval Warm Period added onto some old JG attacks from last May. I deleted the attack and archived the old pre arbcom talk on that page. I also notified Smithsmith on his talk and advised him to read Wikipedia:No personal attacks. Just giving you a heads up. Cheers, Vsmith 02:59, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
and why should it have a template, but not something as well known as good or bad? I've never even heard of a fooian-- Piedras grandes 04:18, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your kind words, and for your support! Jayjg (talk) 22:42, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
That was quick. Thanks a lot! - Samsara contrib talk 21:51, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
I know that you don't know me, but HAPPY BIRHTDAY!!! JaredW 12:21, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Many happy belated returns of the Getting Older Day! KillerChihuahua ?!? 10:34, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
So much for NPOV and tolerance on the evolution wikipedia article. I find that so irritating that they throw that at conservatives 'we are intolerant', then they turn around and show how intolerant they are of ANY dissenting view on their sacrosanct evolution article page. Hypocrites!
Dougp59 16:02, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Well I think the two new templates are ready to be issued. Since they were your good suggestions, perhaps you would like to issue them, and then invite them through e-mail to the project; specifically pointing out the template they may want to sign up to. (i noticed Dragons flight's template is a little loose in 1024x768, if you want to optimize the text spacing, or add a bit more text, go right ahead) PS: Don't forget to update the timestamps. - Roy Boy 800 20:03, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Message you left on Agapetos angel, re: Jonathan Sarfati article:
Please review the history of that article, where Duncharris banned Agapetos angel on the 3rd revert, only to revert a third time himself (are admins that are involved in POV discussions supposed to ban the opposition, anyway?) 58.162.252.236 23:43, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Your calling my edits "ultranationalistic POV" is certainly a personal attack. And I never threatened you, just asked a question. Space Cadet 00:37, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
How is the ilustration on my talk symbolizing hatred for Germans, are you imagining things? Space Cadet 00:39, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Yup. It's a Prussian helmet, not German. And I already replaced that helmet with something else. Space Cadet 02:08, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
I've tried cleaning up this article, so let me know what you think.-- Shanel 02:31, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Sorry about removing Skid' Nevely. It was an error.I am only recently trying to familiarize myself with wikipedia and using the edit functions and no on. I will fix it right now. I also would liek to contribute maore information on trinidad music (mostly but not limited to rock), but once again, i need to learn the interface first. Much respect on all your efforts to give Caribbean cultures exposed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.108.10.142 ( talk • contribs) January 28
What article are you referring to? -- Winter 00:43, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
I'm sorry if my comments were a bit ambiguous, what I was referring to was Duncharris's block of Agapetos angel. Your block of the IP was justififed, and I have no issues with it. - Greg Asche (talk) 03:17, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Haha, yes, I was trembling up a storm! Actually I just decided it was a good time to go to bed, as I had been meaning to do for the last hour. Hope you are doing well. -- Fastfission 01:57, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
What a nice surprise on my talk page. Thank you! You are a sweetheart. <virtual hug> · Katefan0 (scribble)/ poll 04:50, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your advice. I have already posted / posting suitable messages on the talk page of Mahuri, and at the Village pump. -- Bhadani 14:06, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
I believe you are right. Thanks for letting me know about that typo. David Cannon 14:22, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Hello, I'm trying to build a My Path template to generate boxes like the one on your page. I just wanted to let you know. :) You can find more info on my user page and at the template page. Please, feel free to help with suggestions or code, because I'm pretty new here. Thanks. -- giandrea 17:33, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Thank you anyway, I'll let you know when I will have a final (prettier) version of the template. :) -- giandrea 18:46, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
You know, I was always sure that Port-of-Spain had dashes in the name. [13] I'd be entirely convinced, except I notice from your Talk page that you're a Trini, so I could be mistaken. Am I wrong about this?
BTW, this question arises because I noticed you were making the change away from the dashes in a lot of articles.
Thanks! -- Deville 22:09, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
We made it!!! After getting so close in 1973 and 1989, we finally qualified for the 2006 World Cup.
Guettarda this FAN-tastic news! : D Our family will be cheering for the Trinidad and Tobago national football team. About 10 years ago, two soccer/football players from Trinidad and Tobago moved to Lexington, Kentucky to play on a new semi-professional team. These players were treated like superstars by the local youth, including my kids. Also, they coached in a local youth soccer/football club that our family helped run. Some of our family's best soccer/football stories involve matches where one of these guys was a coach. Wonderful memories... -- FloNight 16:05, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
I was wondering if you could reply to my response at Talk:Jesus? It would be appreciated to see your opinion about the days of the week POV dilemma. Darwiner111 20:44, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Guettarda. The CMG he received in 1960 does not confer knighthood. Clarke only received one "true" knighthood from the Queen and that was his promotion in the Order as a GCMG in 1972. The other was as a Knight of St John in 1973, but this is a semi-official order and does not confer the use "Sir". Thanks Craigy ( talk) 22:16, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
You're probably not the person to ask this, but I found you in the Biologist Wikipedians Category. I've totally revamped the page, basing it structurally on Entomology, and I was wondering if you wouldn't mind taking a look and maybe cleaning it up/ giving feedback/correcting typos/whatever neccesary. I would appreciate it. Thanx! СПУТНИК ССС Р 04:24, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanx! СПУТНИК ССС Р 12:28, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
I just wanted to drop a note of sympathy on your talk page, after reading your recent mailing list message. I generally agree with your conclusions - except that I still believe that there's plenty of useful work to be done, and that it can be done in a way that is highly impervious to trolls, vandals and stress. The basic idea is just to add things, not edit things. Pick a random stub. Write more text about it. Add it to the article. Don't watchlist the article. Repeat. Or work on Wikipedia:Neglected articles, or upload pictures from [14] or one's you've taken yourself. Or select a small area of the 'pedia - say, the history of Trinidad, make it absolutly excellent(but don't submit it to FAC, leave that to others), and re-post it in uneditable form on webspace somewhere. Repeat. Eventually we'll have lots more good content out there. Isn't that the idea? In any case, thanks for your work, and for prompting me to write this. JesseW, the juggling janitor 06:25, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Guettarda, thanks for your support in my (successful) RfA! – Joke 16:28, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Guettarda. Firstly, please do not use rollback for reverting edits which are not vandalism, as you did here. Secondly, I would have appreciated it if you had taken the courtesy to tell me that you had rolled back my edits and given a reason for doing so. Thirdly, why did you remove it? Talrias ( t | e | c) 20:13, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Well, since you asked so nicely, here's a shiny AN/I link for you:
Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#ZOMG_Userpage_edit_war
Hope you like it!
Kim Bruning 22:31, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Aw gee... I like the star polygon! But, Sparkling prose??
Thanks!
Vsmith
02:11, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Guettarda! I hope you are well. I noticed that last September you had raised a query on the User categorisation discussion page about the Caribbean Wikipedians list. Did this issue ever get resolved as I can not see a response on the talk page? A similar issue that I have raised is about geographical association. I believe that the Usercat templates should be changed to include users who have an association with a particular location rather than those who happen to be there at any given time. Take yourself for example - a Trini in Oklahoma. I have changed the templates, but I am sure that there will be an adverse reaction. What is your opinion on the subject? I welcome any suggestions you may have. Thanks! -- Vivenot 13:30, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
This doesn't affect your user page, but you might be interested in voting on Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:User GWB2. An excerpt: "What does this advocate? The impeachment of a president, based souly [sic] on your point of veiw [sic]. Why do you loonies care if Bush phone taps people who are suspected to be terrorists. What do you have to hide?" — Sesel 07:50, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
Just thought you might be interested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of Hogwarts (2nd nomination) because you participated in the first vote. Savidan 19:18, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
Here goes another anon who has no knowlege of how Wiki works and has posted a good article for deletion. It's about Norma Candal, please vote here: [ [16]] and help fight this injustice. Thank you Tony the Marine 05:02, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
Would you be able to undo Boggle99's edit? The 05:43 edit by Tawker [17] includes his recent re-addition. You should be able to see within 5 seconds why this needs to be done.
The list wasn't a joke. So I do not know why you did this. You would know this if you read the part of the labeling that stated "Non-fiction". Even if it was a joke, it deserved to be mentioned. I don't think the deaths of several military contractors was a joke, so obviously you ought not to. I will rv your edits if you don't give me better explanation. Please, I don't feel like edit warring.I have an inkling POV is coming into this article somehow. Why do you think it was a joke? Эйрон Кинни 19:26, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
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If I were you, I would remove the first sentence on the front of your profile page. It isn't very polite and puts-down a fellow Wikipedian. -- Hollow Wilerding 01:43, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
Well unless I am terribly mistaken—in which I offer you an utter-most apology—are you not referring to another individual on Wikipedia? That is I believe the front of your userpage suggests: I have been "attacked" as Guettarda - Liberal Admin, and criticised for editing topics I know about. I don't think there is any better compliment here in Wikipedia. Maybe I'll add that to my sig. I am truly sorry if what I read was miscommunicated to me. -- Hollow Wilerding 13:54, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
It doesn't matter if it's policy, policy is just a means of codifying good practice. I don't think anyone would argue it is not good practice refrain from using the rollback in edit wars. Saying it's not policy sounds a little like lawyering. Perhaps you should read tha page I pointed Dunc to, Wikipedia:Revert#Admins, I think it's some pretty good advice, even if it is just a "guideline." And if you are suggesting that there isn't consensus that the rollback shouldn't be used in edit wars, I think that would be quite mistaken. Dmcdevit· t 03:36, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
Please explain to me why you feel you have the right to attack my religious beliefs/call me a liar. This is exceedinly offensive, even for you. Guettarda 01:06, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
Guettarda I don't understand what offended you. I am sorry if I caused you offense. I don't think I called you a liar. Either way I did not mean to and I apologize. If there is a specific attack against you that you would like me to remove from the page I will do it.-- Ben 01:41, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
Hi there, I fully understand that you have removed my RFA and I thank you very much for doing so. I will try harder next time, and hope to get my edit count up to as high as I possibly can! Thank you very much again. -- Hillhead15 15:59, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
It seems the fair use tags are some continually shifting sands. After looking into it further, I find that recently an distinction was introduced between general representations of heraldry vs. governmental/institutional seals, etc. For the former, apparently there is creative work in rendering the blazon in a particular illustration, thus these should be replaced with free images drawn from the blazon. Evidently, a new tag, {{ symbol}}, was introduced to cover the case of governmental/institutional seals. I have retagged it at {{ symbol}}, which gives appropriate text. (Going now to look over the others I did recently). Thanks for the feedback. -- Tabor 23:21, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
Since one of your primary interests is in all things Trinidad and Tobago, could you look at the Signal Hill disambiguation page and make sure that the information that I added on Signal Hill, Tobago is accurate. Blank Verse 21:03, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
I just thought that it'd be better to have as much detail as possible - do you know where on the island he was born, as this would clearly be much more useful than just the island name. Warofdreams talk 19:36, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Actually, the Wikipedia:Remove_personal_attacks#Who_should_refactor.3F suggested policy says that the victim should not refactor or remove the personal attacks. However, in the discussed instance, I fail to see how ant's commenting on FM's editing patterns constitutes a personal attack, anyway. David Bergan 20:09, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Hi Guettarda - User:Chaosfeary has moved Poison-ivy to Poison-ivy (plant) and then made Poison-ivy a redirect to a disambig page Poison ivy - all totally un-necessary and over-cumbersome. Any chance you could move it back, please? - thanks, MPF 20:40, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for supporting me in the mini-edit war on List of multiracial people. Much appreciated. discospinster 15:49, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
Hey, Guettarda. If/when you have an opportunity, would you please drop by dreadlocks? User Coyep is intent on using a photo which does not, unfortunately, illustrate the subject at hand. Further, he insists on deleting some text I wrote about the possible connection between Egyptian dreadlocks and the phenomenon in India. I'd like your take on the disputes. Thanks. I've also asked for User:Jmabel's input.
I didn't know you were a cat person. Know anything about ragdolls? deeceevoice 21:21, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. :) deeceevoice 15:01, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
There is a cancerous body of Original Research being spread by User:Sholto Maud. 24.159.243.211 06:32, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
Hi,
Yeah, I should have left a message first.
Thanks for being tolerant.
Regards, Ben Aveling 20:10, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
Oh, I should have done left the message first, because having made the correction, I noticed that the new section was being discussed elsewhere, and then I saw the new proposal for blocking people you're involved in, and then I ... And next thing, its "you have new messages"... Oops!
Thanks again, Ben Aveling 20:23, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
Just wondered whether you might be able to contribute something to this article. It is about the study of labor history and its evolution over the years. I thought you might know something about how labor history has interacted with black history, questions of race and class, etc and might be abloe to add some useful info. By the way, did you see the cat I secretly added here a few days ago? Mattley 11:51, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
HELL no! Good lord, you're a Sooner?! And here I thought you were British. I hope it doesn't hurt y'all's feelings too much to see us Rose Bowl bound. · Katefan0 (scribble)/ my ridiculous poll 04:54, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi, Guettarda! Many thanks for your extremely rapid and helpful response! In gratitude, I'm sending you a freshly-baked apple turnover, made by me earlier this evening! I'll have a look at the changes you made in the coding tomorrow, to see if I can figure out what you did, so that I'll be able to do it myself in future. I actually don't have a clue about how any of these boxes (Babel, etc.) are made, but I steal things from other user pages, and mess around with them using the preview button until they look okay on my own page. I find I can do quite a lot on Wikipedia without really understanding it. Cheers. AnnH (talk) 00:56, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
It's true that the situation with you-know-who has been getting to me, but I'm still hanging on. Thank you for the supportive note. It makes all the difference. SlimVirgin (talk) 12:53, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
Hello Guettarda,
When (if?) you have time, please check this out [1] and see if you can turn some of your editing energies to the matter; thanks, Slrubenstein | Talk 22:36, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for suggesting that I offer prayers for understanding and clear communication, et al. I have had an epiphany as a result, and I credit you with leading me to it. I'm back to making a nice encyclopedia. :) Uncle Ed 14:58, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Check out the Jesus article and edit it to keep it focused on Jesus and a biographical account of Him. Watch the Jesus page to keep it focused on Him. Thank you. Scifiintel 22:01, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi Guettarda,
I wish I did. I've been watching those pages for ages without any good ideas. I've started User:BenAveling/Scientific_theory where I started to work through the issues with KC, and there's the start of a conversation with dear Uncle Ed here that might get interesting.
To summarise my POV, ID raises some interesting questions that show that our understanding of evolution is incomplete, but it does nothing to suggest that it's actually wrong, just that there are (possibly important) things that we really don't understand (yet).
If I'm right, then that's an interesting middle ground between 'ID is psuedo science' and 'all darwinists are amoral athiests'.
Thanks for the question. Ben Aveling 02:07, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi, thanks a ton for voting on my rfa - the final tally was 50-0-0 and I hope to do my best in maintaining the integrity of wikipedia. -- Gurubrahma 11:40, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you, Guettarda, for your support in my RfA - it was about time indeed! I'll do my best as an admin to make the reality of Wikipedia rise to the level of the dream. BD2412 T 02:29, 8 December 2005 (UTC) <--note new "admin gold" sig :-D
After days of fixing the page on The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation, I am asking you to determine whether it is eligible for featured article status. Read its peer review page and leave any comments inside it.
Someone needs Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide to complete the article (with his comments on the film). Do you, or does anyone you know, have a copy? -- Slgrandson 16:10, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
Well, thank you for sticking it out with all the creationist maniacs. Get this: a former student of mine once attended a lecture given by a creationist against evolution. As one example of why evolution is wrong, he said that evolutionists use fossils of extinct species of fish, impressed on the sea floor. But (he goes on to say) we all know that when fish die they float to the surface. I kid you not. Slrubenstein | Talk 21:06, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Wow, T&T made it and are now facing Eng-errr-land. Good luck!
Your work thus far caught my attention with your semi-random HHGTG ramblings when helping to prevent Suffolk (England) being second to Suffolk (US of A). Keep it up! Budgiekiller 22:09, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Please see the entry I made here. Best wishes, David Kernow 22:42, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
My apologies. I have done as you suggest. Thanks, David Kernow 22:50, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
If they are licensed as {{ cc-by-2.5}}, then they are totally compatible (it puts almost no restraints on usage except for attribution). All we need to do is give them credit the way they specify and keep the right tag on there. -- Fastfission 17:54, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Please take a look at the HBCU outreach program and see if you can sign on. Please get back to me whatever your decision. Thanks. - JCarriker 22:03, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
The Taino article is up for peer-review. Go help out if you can. -- MateoP 23:35, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi - did you perhaps make a mis-statement in your last edit here [2] - or am I mis-reading? Edit summaries or talk page comments? Vsmith 00:42, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
I saw your post and replied to it. Chelman 14:55, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
FYI Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#SEWilco_and_footnotes_again. SlimVirgin (talk) 15:35, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
OK, I took your silly poll :) ....
Economic Left/Right: -5.63 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.72
Sheesh. And people thought Bill Clinton was a liberal.
Jim62sch 23:59, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
Hey Guettarda! Thanks for your support on my RfA. The final outcome was (57/4/3), so I am now an administrator. If you need help, have a question, or just want to chat (or if I get out of line!), please don't hesitate to let me know! Again, thanks! :D
Thanks to everyone for their support. I've now had time to clear my head. I agree that we can't back down to the idiots who drove out Deeceevoice. Personally, I hope she returns but until then we've got work to do. I'd strongly suggest that everyone keep an eye out for users engaging in racism and bias. I'm also hoping that we will keep in touch about this issue and let each other know when we encounter racist editors and such. Any other ideas how to combat this?-- Alabamaboy 15:05, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
I have no hard feelings against anyone, but you didn't come to mind when I was writing my answers. I may have said something negative to you or had hard feelings in the past, and if that's true I'm sorry. But much has changed since then. Gator (talk) 18:17, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Oh and thanks for your vote. Very cool of you. Gator (talk) 18:23, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
I noticed that you changed "Lake Trinidad" to Pitch Lake in the Asphalt article. I have several engineering reference books that mention Lake Trinidad as a large natural asphalt deposit. Is there also a Lake Trinidad, is that an old name, or do you think that's just an error? Toiyabe 18:31, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
The anon is the one who needs blocking here. Guettarda 23:03, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
race-based statements only have sting in the context of power-disparities
Its a while, well three days since you posted this, just to say, great summary. I would have done well to put it like that but I couldn't find the words :) - FrancisTyers 11:33, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
Self explanatory :) I appreciate it; it's far more professional now. Trilemma 18:43, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. I've cut it down to under 500 words. - Justforasecond 21:41, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
I refer you to my response of a few moments ago at 15 December [ [4]], http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/EffK/Evidence#3_December_2005 EffK 02:04, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi - A new user, User talk:Reveldrummond, has recently added the article Magnesium in biological systems. I gave him/her a welcome and have been helping with it a bit. I would appreciate it if you would take a look and add your biology expertice. The article has a large ref section and the user plans to expand it. Please take a looksee and give some advice/guidance. Thanks, Vsmith 02:15, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi, could that have been our old friend, JG? The beligerant style sure looks familiar plus the auto topic interest. I blocked for vandalism & personal attack. Vsmith 03:39, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Sorry about that... Revolucion and I have been at it because he replaced the anti-chavez with the pro, and wasn't willing to compromise. I didn't realize you had put both of them up. My fault.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Revoluci%C3%B3n
To yet another name I'm not familiar with, for your kind support in my 64-2 adminship bid. — FREAK OF NURxTURE ( TALK) 07:08, Dec. 17, 2005
The third sentence states:
The vast majority of the scientific community views intelligent design not as a valid scientific theory but as neocreationist pseudoscience or junk science.[3]
And there is a vast difference between the word theory as it is commonly used and scientific theory, which the above sentence clearly states. And the word conjecture is needlessly pejorative, since it means a theory for which there is no observable evidence. I explained this on my edit. ID is ridiculous on its face and does not need POV words to frame the argument. And ID is a theory as most people understand the word theory, much as Santa Claus is a theory explaining Christmas presents :P. I am changing it back, please pause a bit before getting in a revert war with someone who isn't even on the opposing side.Keep in mind that ID proponents like Behe define theory very loosely, loosely enough that it encompasses Astrology [5] -- DocJohnny 08:43, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
RE the following:
"I hope you do not actually work in ecology. Unsubstantiated hand waving hurts the credibility of ecology. The right wing quite effectively undercuts the science of ecology by painting us as handwaving hippies. In the US the environmental battle has already been lost because we lost control of the framing of the debate. Refusing to be constrained by little things by facts is the favourite technique of the opposition. It only strengthens their hand when people on this side of the debate adopt their techniques. Guettarda 02:44, 15 September 2005 (UTC)"
And by the way, your argument about "not all introduced species" establish is not clever, and is in fact rather immature. It goes without saying that we are only discussing exotic species that establish.
Codman 01:27, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
O.K. Guettarda, so you don't believe in Santa, but I still want to wish you and your loved ones all the happiness in the world and the best new year ever. Your friend, Tony the Marine 04:39, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
Please see this. [6] Tell me, what do you make of it? Can someone actually do this unilaterally? deeceevoice 00:52, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
Dear Guettarda: I am sorry if you felt I was out of line to delete the page - but surely you must have seen what was on it? It looked like a fairly clear trolling attempt to me, and I saw no reason it should be left to stand. I had assumed that WP:NOT provided sufficient backing to remove it, and after all I would have thought the creation of the page was the violation of WP:POINT, not my deletion of it. I really don't see why that page should be left to stand. Best regards, -- NicholasTurnbull | (talk) 01:18, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
I noticed you are categorized as a Wikipedian by alignment. If you are in to userboxes, there are now infoboxes available using a standard template. See the alignment category page for details. xaosflux Talk/ CVU 18:29, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
These users are obvious sockpuppets, and the technical evidence confirms that. Jayjg (talk) 00:28, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
Guettarda, I simply added the sentence as a conclusion to the section. I don't think I need to cite anything, as the section already mentioned that ID articles have not been published in peer reviewed journals, and that their lack of publication is cited as proof that ID is non-scientific. All I did in my insertion was to point out the circularity of that approach, which I think lends some balance to the section and to the article as a whole. Feel free to delete it. I won't revert it. I don't want to spend much time on this article, which, by the way, I think is excellent. I think that you and others worked very hard on it, and I appreciate your efforts. Logophile 04:44, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
You're probably on it already, but here's a link to Carl Zimmer's blog re: the ID court decision: [7] and a pdf of the decision [8] Enjoy, Vsmith 05:04, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
im starting to actually make some minimal progress on the cool(african philosophy) page...i need help, she keeps reverting...deeceevoice...thanks for considering-- Urthogie 15:54, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
This is regarding your reversion of an anonymous user's edit on Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District. I don't think it's unreasonable for an article about a United States court case to use United States-style dates. Remember, anonymous users (the vast majority of people reading the Encyclopedia) don't have date formats set and so it displays as whatever it is in the page. -- Cyde Weys talk contribs 01:05, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi Guettarda! I just want to say Merry Christmas to you! - Darwinek 10:42, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks! Same to you. Gator (talk) 16:01, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
William M. Connolley 16:26, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks! You too, and happy holidays! :-) Flcelloguy ( A note?) 17:10, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Guettarda, from my family to you and yours, Merry Christmas! (And a Happy New Year, too!) Jim62sch 18:42, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
And I hope you too are at peace during this ancient time of hope and celebration. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 17:15, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
I made you a Christmas card. And I don't even do Christmas cards usually! Joe D (t) 17:30, 22 December 2005 (UTC)Thank you! :) Wish you and your family the same too. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:33, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, that was very very nice of you. ε γκυκλοπ αίδεια * 17:52, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Best wishes to you and yours. - Willmcw 18:01, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Er, did I say that? Vacation starts officially in 20 minutes - whee! Thanks and have a good one :-) Enjoy your trip. Vsmith 18:06, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the pleasant greeting! A happy holidays to you as well. -- Fastfission 18:21, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, Guettarda! Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you. Linuxbeak (drop me a line) 18:39, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
And a Merry Winter Solstice to you, too, .... dave souza 19:32, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, and a Merry Christmas to you as well! - Roy Boy 800 19:59, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi Guettarda - many thanks, and a happy Crismus to you too! - MPF 20:53, 22 December 2005 (UTC)Thank you, and the same to you. Remember, though, that your gifts don't have an "edit this page" button :).-- Sean| Bla ck 20:59, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you, and the same to you and your loved ones. Jayjg (talk) 22:04, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
And to all who read this. Ec5618 23:58, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi Guettarda - someone has incorrectly moved Huangshan Pine to lower case, and I'm having login problems at the moment and can't move it back, could you do the honours, please? - thanks, MPF 00:36, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
And I hope your holiday season is great, too - many thanks for the kind wishes! I'll look forward to seeing your countrymen at the World Cup next year, too. Grutness... wha? 01:10, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Merry Christmas, Ramadan Said, happy Chanukkah, viva Krishna and Long Live Guettarda. -- Svest 01:53, 23 December 2005 (UTC) Wiki me up™
Echoing everyone else, have a very Merry Christmas yourself this year! Yay, the holidays always give up more time for Wikipedia. Cheers, Bratsche talk | Esperanza 02:01, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you! I wish you the best, a very prosperous and healthy new year, Slrubenstein | Talk 03:51, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Hey bud, haha, it has been long time since last that we chatted..... but, in the words of that crazy Trini radio personality George Umbala Joseph- "Felicitations and Reciprocation of the holiday seasons to you too." -- You know how they always have to speak real long-winded down dey'.
Hey, you know----- I wonder if we order some Kiss black-cake via Caribbuy.com if we could get de 'ting before Christmas? ;-) Ohh and a little bit of Punch De Creme to make the holiday much sweeter! :-D You know I could use a little bit of the Parang music juss-now to really make everything juss right. But on a more serious note, I wish you and your family all the best for this holiday season too. I still cyah believe 2006 almost reach! Oye, Pressure! Time to prepare dem New Years resolutions. CaribDigita 03:53, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for your sweet holiday greetings, Guettarda, and I wish the same for you and yours : ) -- MPerel ( talk | contrib) 06:34, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Feliz Navidad y/et Joyeux Noel to you as well. - JCarriker 07:29, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
How come everyone else got a Christmas greeting but me? I feel saddened........ :) Merry Christmas... Spawn Man 08:19, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the Christmas greetings! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well. I hope Oklahoma (or Trinidad and Tobago if you will be spending the holidays there) is treating you well. Japan is absolutely freezing, but I'll hang in there. Thanks again! - Parallel or Together ? 10:57, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
I would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year. Guettarda 17:23, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
I see you didn't have anyone wishing you a happy Hannukah yet, so let me be the first. Happy Hannukah! -- Cyde Weys vote talk 13:40, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
would have replied quicker , but working in Carlisle all week, best wishes jimfbleak 14:56, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Thought you might want to know... William M. Connolley 16:17, 23 December 2005 (UTC).
Hi Guettarda - following from the Nature review of Meliaceae, I'm fairly convinced (see Talk:Meliaceae)that Nature are wrong, or at least open to scholarly dispute, on one of their points. I'd like to check one major reference further, and wonder if it is something you have access to: Pennington, T.D. & Styles, B.T. 1981. Flora Neotropica Monograph No.28, Meliaceae (New York Botanical Garden). If you have access to it, could you check on the distributions of the three species of Swietenia, please? Thanks! - MPF 22:29, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Hello, last summer we corresponded a bit (on our "talk" pages) about Roaring Lion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Badagnani#Lion. Well, a daughter has just written in to the Roaring Lion talk page with some new information, listing several other children of Lion's which nobody knew existed (herself being one), but not listing the ones that we know about. She gives different spellings and capitalizations for Lion's birth names but basically confirms what we already knew about his adoption. She wrote from an anon IP so I hope she gets back in touch, because I have a lot of further questions for her. Maybe you'll want to help with this? BTW we've never verified the veracity of the toponym "Aroquita"; any luck with finding out if it's a real place? Badagnani 01:09, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
I'm now in touch via email with Lion's daughter. Any interest, still, in following up with this? I'll ask about Aroquita, names, and some other things. Looks like "Yama" was "Llama" all along, too. Badagnani 02:39, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Great! Sorry to say that I'm unfamiliar with the abbreviation NOR, though... Badagnani 02:48, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
I uploaded an image of Ari Meyers within the the accordance established by Wikipedia (source and licence) and someone put it up for deletion because "it is unencyclopedic". The image is of good taste and just because it is a wallpaper image I don't think it should be deleted. Please view and if you can, express your opinion. Images and media for deletion/2005 December 24 Thank you, Tony the Marine 03:46, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks so much for your kind Christmas greetings! Very kind of you to think of me! Ahm writing you from de tropics in Australia. It ain't so good as Trinidad, y'know - and dey ain't know how to party and cyant dance or talk de queen english - but at least it ain't cold cold like me mudder country, Canada, and dey does play cricket here too! Oh, Laws! I see y' writin how you stress out in america! Eh, eh! man, don vex y'self - and mind out for dat Yankee business - life too short, y'hear me? So, all'ya have a really good time, oui?
John Hill
By the way, you say you'll remove trolling from your talk page...but what about trolling the ancient yule tide carol? (Bad joke...) Ral315 (talk) 17:28, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for the warm wishes. May I extend Christmas wishes to you and all whom you love now and in the New Year. -- Cecropia 18:02, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
I pray you have a very merry Christmas and a truly blessed 2006. KHM03 19:41, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
I hope you're managing to have a Trinidadian Christmas, and I wish you a stimulating and exciting new year. Hoary 21:28, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
I'd like to add a "Happy Christmas" to you too, Guettarda, and thank you for your kind message. Hope that wiki-stress meter on your user page will soon be at Level One! AnnH (talk) 23:53, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
All the best to you, Guettarda, for Christmas and the New Year, and thank you for all your hard work around Wikipedia, and especially for the common sense and intelligence you bring to every discussion and article. ;-) SlimVirgin (talk) 00:14, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you, Guettarda; a (belated) Merry Christmas to you as well. Hope it was enjoyable! — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:42, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
When I think of all of us who worked together so hard for so long, I think of the line from Henry V We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...
It was a fun ride, wasn't it? So thanks you guys, that meant a lot to me.
Who did the Thelonious with a mop artwork? Brilliant! FeloniousMonk 08:20, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
Guettarda, has been adding "Judenhass" as an example of a "political epithet" on List of political epithets. Based on the Talk: page comments, it seems pretty clear to me that it's just an example of WP:POINT, but I wonder if you wouldn't mind taking a look as well. Cheers, Jayjg (talk) 04:07, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
Hey Guettarda,
The intro to macroevolution is too hard for anyone to understand. In particular "large-scale changes in gene-frequencies" is tough for a newcomer. In wiki we have:
- Macroevolution is the concept that evolution of species and higher taxa is the result of large-scale changes in gene-frequencies over time.
Compare to google "define", where some of the definitions are much simpler [9]:
The other thing about these definitions is that its odd that the wiki definition is different than all of these. It should express at least most of what the internet says.
- Justforasecond 02:58, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
Hello, I wish you and your family a prosperous and happy New Year 2006! We shall surely remain actively involved in the Project Wikipedia. -- Bhadani 16:37, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
Greetings Guettarda, I wish to offer my gratitude for supporting me on my recent nomination for adminship, which passed with the final tally of 65/4/3. If you would ever desire my assistance in anything, or wish to give me feedback on any actions I take, feel free to let me know. Cheers, and happy new year! Elle vécut heureusement toujours dorénavant ( Be eudaimonic!) 09:50, 1 January 2006 (UTC) |
Wish you a happy and exciting new year 2006 =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:39, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
Likelythey were removed because these were Music genre pages, which should not have Musicboxes, but genre boxes, with eventually a link in the Other Topics section.See the talkpages if I added {{ infoboxneeded}} to these pages. Circeus 01:58, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for keeping an eye on my user page! — Knowledge Seeker দ 02:08, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
I've heard that expression before, but I can't remember what it means. I can't find anything on Wikipedia or Wikiquote. Please explain and/or direct me to relevant articles. -- Tantalum T e lluride 02:10, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
I noticed your stressmeter said "A poisonous atmosphere pervades this place" and was at level 3. Why is that? What "atmosphere"? I hope you get better!
Maybe this lone tulip will help... Voice of All T| @| ESP 04:20, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Have you seen Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Reddi_2/Workshop#Troika? I don't know if this will fly - quite likely not - but if it did, someone from the bio side would be desireable: perhaps someone experienced in the Great Evolution Wars. Perhaps you? Or someone you know? William M. Connolley 11:05, 2 January 2006 (UTC).
Thank you so much for your very kind good wishes on my talk page. I'm sorry I was tardy in returning the sentiment, but I hope that your holidays were as joyous and fulfilling as mine. · Katefan0 (scribble)/ mrp 16:29, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Guettarda, Thanks so much for your help on the Michigan State University Peer review. I just put the revised article up as a featured article candidate. Please let me know what you think.
Oh, and to answer your question, I attended MSU from September 1999 to December 2004, graduating with a major in Spanish. I currently live in Lansing, but I am moving to American Samoa in 28 days, so I'm trying to finish the MSU article while I'm still in town.
Lovelac7 20:33, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
Yes, it was I. For some reason, the computer (or Wiki <-- my bet, it happened from another computer on another network earlier today)) lost my logon temporarily and substituted the IP. I really appreciate the heads up, thanks! Jim62sch 01:54, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Greetings, Guettarda! I wanted to sincerely thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with a final result of 55/14/3. Your support means a lot to me! If you have any questions or input regarding my activities, be they adminly or just a "normal" user's, or if you just want to chat about anything at all, feel free to drop me a line. Cheers! — Nightstallion (?) 07:46, 4 January 2006 (UTC) |
I have added a section on Justforasecond harassing Deeceevoice to Deeceevoice's arbitration. I have also proposed that JFAS be banned from contacting Deeceevoice, discussing her, and enforcing any arb ruling against her (let others do it--JFAS would just stir up more trouble doing so). My understanding is that arbitrations can be expanded to include any of the involved parties, so this should be permitted. Please go and read the measure and see if it is something you could support. Best, -- Alabamaboy 16:47, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
I wonder if there is a way to heal the issues and differences that DCV's arbitration has brought to the foreground? In some ways, this entire affair has been bad for racial relations here at Wikipedia. Those who don't like how DCV acts have said that their actions are solely in response to DCV not being "nice" (so to speak). Those who don't like what has happened to DCV (like me) see the affair as being driven by racism and bigotry. The funny thing is that there is overlap between the two sides. A number of those pushing to sanction DCV admit that some of actions against her have been wrong and haven't helped racial issues here (and that some of the users pushing the issue against her are doing so for possibly racist reasons). Almost all of us opposed to the actions against DCV admit that she is abrasive and has violated Wikipedia guidelines and should be more civil in her discussions here. What we see, though, is a double-standard at work, with users appearing to gang up against non-minority editors like DCV for being less than civil but not doing the same to white editors. If this subject interest you, I'd encourage you to post you thoughts here on a special talk page I created.-- Alabamaboy 21:42, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
To put it bluntly, he's pissing me off. If he starts following me round like a little lost puppy, I will take it to the cabal in no time at all, and if that persists, the other cabal. I'm sick and tired of him. Rob Church Talk 21:45, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
... and thank you. ;) I'm tired, hung over, and thoroughly satisfied! · Katefan0 (scribble)/ mrp 16:07, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments on SlimVirgin's talk page, Guettarda, but my ability to assume good faith with SlimVirgin has dramatically decreased given some of the comments she has made about me which contain a fair number of incorrect statements and I find them very unfair, a situation made all the worse by the fact she hasn't responded to any of my clarifications. She may be an exemplary editor, but I like to think I am too and I believe I deserve some assumption in good faith also. I don't feel I am getting much. Talrias ( t | e | c) 17:49, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Hey man, thanks a lot for voting in my RfA, I got it! :) If you need anything, just give me a shout. - FrancisTyers 01:00, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I would like to wish you a "Happy Dia de Reyes", a celebration that we still celebrate in Puerto Rico every January 6. The night before the children of the island fill a little box with grass for the kings camel and place it under the Christmas tree. When they wake up the following day, they find the box empty and gifts left by the kings God bless you my good friend Guettarda, your friend
Tony the Marine
07:04, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Guettarda, even though you did not support my RfA I would like to thank you for your comments, and for your fair hearing of my response. Now that I am an admin, if you notice me doing anything that you think is ill-advised or reminds you of the behavior you disliked at the SIIEG MfD, please DO let me know. Thanky thanky, and I shall see you around! Babajobu 21:52, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Hello Guettarda. Thank you for supporting my Rfa! I will try my best to be a good administrator. Please ask me if you need any help. -- a.n.o.n.y.m t 17:43, 6 January 2006 (UTC) |
Thank you for thinking highly enough of me to nominate me for Administrator. I have accepted. KillerChihuahua ?!? 13:12, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
If you have time please look at and comment on the most recent suggestion for reorganization. Also, I added material WAS deleted; I readded it, being more careful about the wording, and cited Menand (just look at my changes close to this time stamp) - I'd welcome your comments, Slrubenstein | Talk 00:07, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
Can you verify what you meant by your response on the Wikipedia: Eras page? I put a comment under yours at that page, if you don't mind could you respond there, please. PatrickA 16:11, 8 January 2006 (UTC).
Thanks for the tip... (things you find out only too late!!! :) Mikkerpikker 16:50, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
In recent days I have grown disgusted with Deeceevoice's comments and actions. As a result, I am withdrawing my support of her. That said, Justforasecond has behaved very poorly throughout this entire affair but more so in recent days, placing comments on DCV's talk page merely to stir up trouble. As such, I am proposing that both DCV and JFAS be placed on personal attack parole for a year at [10] Perhaps this is a compromise that a majority of the parties involved could agree to. Please check it out and see what you think. In addition, as a side note to this I am apologizing for my use of "lynching" to describe this RfAr. Best, -- Alabamaboy 20:05, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
You voted to keep what is verifiable on the AfD. Are you aware how little that is? Voice of All T| @| ESP 02:13, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
why did you remove my contribution to the article? No explanation? No nothing, just removed? This is what I wrote:
"Historical records also show a correlation between increased human prosperity and higher average global temperatures. The Medieval Warm Period which immediately preceded the Little Ice Age was believed to be a 400 to 500 year event where average global temperatures were slightly warmer than today. This was also a period of increased crop production and increasing population. Records inferred from the geologic evidence suggest a similar prosperity for evolving land animals during periods of increased global temperatures. During the Jurassic Period, global temperatures were higher by 10 to 15 degrees farenheit. This is important since this warmer period represents a time in earth's history where the natural environment supported the largest land animals to have walked the earth. It was also a period where global carbon dioxide concentrations were approximately 5 times the level seen today."
Do you have a problem other than the fact that it is unreferenced? You say it is POV violation? Why would you say something like that when this is in the section entitled "Possible Benefits of Global Warming"? You didn't even say anything about it even though I posted my rationale on the discussion page. I really did not appreciate it.
Yeah, that's fine that you removed it. This kind of thing would require oversight, anyway, which I couldn't offer right now. Maybe in a week or so I'll revisit the issue. Babajobu 23:05, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi there. Sorry to bother you, but I just wanted to let you know that I've put a little note into Talk:Scientific community regarding the ongoing mini-edit war on Michael Behe. I think the page is missing something relevant to the war and am soliciting opinions. Anyway, I thought you might be interested (though please feel free to not be!). Cheers, -- Plumbago 09:53, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Hey Guettarda! Thanks for joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Puerto Rico. I was so happy to see your name there!!!!
Hopefully we can work hard together to make people around the world learn and understand our countries in the Caribbean and Latin America.
By the way, congratulations on Trinidad and Tobago qualifying for the world cup! I reckon they will do good there. My dream is, although Im not much of a soccer fan to tell you the truth, that Puerto Rico's team qualifies someday. To tell you the truth , I always had four dreams as far as Puerto Rico: A world Heavyweight boxing champion, a gold medal in the Olympics, a Football World Cup appearance and independency. One (world Heavyweight champiuon boxer) already happened with John Ruiz the only Hispanic to have won that title. The second, independency or at least autonomy, may be closer than ever (with all the discussions about the status going on), so who knows maybe Puerto Rico will be in 2010's world cup!...Ok I know thats a little daydreaming but dreaming is for free! lol
Anyways, thanks for joining our project and God bless you! Hope to hear from you soon!
Sincerely yours, Antonio Machinery Martin'
Thanks for tidying it up a bit....now if I could only find some to eat here in the UK! Take care and speak soon.-- Vivenot 16:24, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
Frankly, that was to see if anyone would notice. I don't think anyone ever reads those archives anyway. There's sense in keeping the pages, and people search for them as "requests for comment/some username", but the archive page had turned from a descriptive log into a useless data dump several months ago. Do you think it'd be useful? R adiant _>|< 21:50, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up. I went over and signed it. I guess I was on break for too long! Thanks again. - Parallel or Together ? 02:18, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for nominating me, and supporting my Rfa, Guettarda! I appreciate your trust, and will endeavor to always be worthy of it. The puppy is now an Admin (final tally 58/7/2) Please let me know if there is anything I can ever do to assist you. KillerChihuahua ?!? 17:11, 14 January 2006 (UTC) |
I don't have a fancy layout like other new admins, but I just want to thank you for your support at my RfA. It passed 48/3/1, so I have officially been promoted. I hope I won't let you down. If I'm not doing something properly, please tell me. Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 21:08, 14 January 2006 (UTC) PS. I have proposed a {{ drink-corp-stub}} over at WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals, so House of Angostura can be moved there soon ;)
Thanks to you for your vote and especially for your support during my RFA. And of course for nominating me the first time round. William M. Connolley 20:59, 15 January 2006 (UTC).
I noticed you removed the links to the maps of Barbados on Caribbean-On-Line. These are detailed and useful maps, and not any more commerial than the links to Mapquest or MSN. Why were they removed and under what scenario if any would you deem them appropriate? Thanks - Anthony for Caribbean-On-Line
Thanks for clarifying this - we are just trying to add useful info (we really do believe that we have the best set of Caribbean cartography on the web). If it is preferred to only add one link to the main island map and not the cities/towns that is fine and we will abide by it. Most of the maps with ads are being updated actually and will not have ads in the future (yes the site does, but not the maps themseleves). Again - thanks for the feedback and being upfront about the criteria. Anthony
Could we add one link for each island we cover? My assistant says that links she added today have all been removed excepting St. Martin. Anthony
Dear, dear, I seem to be a Wiki-Klutz (since Wiki means speedy that fits me, indeed). I goof up fast. I did not notice that I was editing anybody else's comments. I see comments used as a back-and-forth pseudo-e-mail and I thought everybody else was editing my comments, too. Some people want a reply on their page and some on my own page. If one puts in a reply some odd place instead of right after the item one is responding to, who knows if anyone will find her/his reply? Luckily I just noticed I started to edit your user page and got out of there. Welcome to reverse any of my comment-page edits and accidental edits on other users' pages. Carrionluggage 20:10, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Oh, I just figured out what you refer to - it was not my reply to KillerChihuaha, but some other tidying up I did. Tut tut - this is an encyclopedia and it seems to me that the English should be of good quality. Now, I do not edit quotations. For example, on the page for Judge Roy Bean I just saw "hung" used for "hanged." OK - that's a quote. But if somebody says he "Through out the baby with the bathwater" which a spelling corrector may even change to "Throughout the baby with the bathwater," seems to me that clarity and portability are enhanced by a fix. After all, non-English speakers read these pages and when they read bad spelling or syntax they may be frustrated (in their purposes, as well as their affect.) Carrionluggage 20:17, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Just read the bit about the tree genus on your homepage. Doing a google search [11] you now come out top, and are far more famous than the thing you're named for. Is there a word for that sort of inversion? William M. Connolley 11:11, 17 January 2006 (UTC).
So you're telling me plants run around behaving like people?-- Piedras grandes 19:35, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I've replied to your comment on my talk page.
Thanks,
Primetime 20:44, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
We should follow this policy:
If you come across an article with an accuracy warning, please do the following:
Assume good faith is not a suicide pact. Guettarda 03:52, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
I was talking to Will, because I noticed that he has not made any known verification efforts. Thank you for trying to verify the entries. -- Primetime
I didn't add anything to the article. I was reverting a change to the article, so I don't need to source anything. -- Primetime 02:06, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
providing a diff would depersonalize it. because you just said that verbatim without a diff, it was like...focused at him only. I'd change my mind if you could post a diff at the workshop.-- Urthogie 21:01, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
Hello Guettarda. I noticed you just want on a voting frenzy to delete, delete, delete. Do you have a particular rationale for this outburst of deletion votes? -- Jason Gastrich 04:41, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
More importantly, what is your rationale for all the cats, cats, cats that are listed on this page alongside mine? Mine's obviously the cutest one. Your Longhorn friend Katefan0 (scribble)/ mrp 06:15, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Please come to the Puerto Rico page and tell that anon user why his edit was reverted. I've started a discussion and urged him to discuss it, but he jsut keeps reverting. Gator (talk) 16:39, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Please read carefully. The statement is not "blocked admins should never self-unblock". The statement is "in those cases where a blocked admin should not self-unblock, he should also refrain from performing any other admin abilities". R adiant _>|< 19:10, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Grant Jeffrey does not have an Afd anymore. Look here: [12]
Now, pardon me but Inferno9891 is not an Admin, why is he removing Afd notices?
KillerChihuahua ?!? 21:28, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Sirry —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.246.183.138 ( talk • contribs) .
Haha, well I am certainly not a copyleft expert though I have read around a little bit on these issues. In any event, I've never heard of a case of a Creative Commons license being tested in court yet, or any copyleft license for that matter (except the GPL, in Germany only). Which doesn't mean it isn't true -- I am often totally out of the loop on such things -- but Googling around a bit doesn't turn up much either (the CC website FAQ has nothing either), so I'm inclined to think it is either really recent or hasn't happened yet. -- Fastfission 21:56, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi, seems you accidentally entered your contribution twice to the above debate. I've struck one and signed the edit. -- kingboyk 17:01, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I noted that you had interacted with User:Smithsmith on global warming talk. He recently posted an uncalled for personal attack against WMC on Talk:Medieval Warm Period added onto some old JG attacks from last May. I deleted the attack and archived the old pre arbcom talk on that page. I also notified Smithsmith on his talk and advised him to read Wikipedia:No personal attacks. Just giving you a heads up. Cheers, Vsmith 02:59, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
and why should it have a template, but not something as well known as good or bad? I've never even heard of a fooian-- Piedras grandes 04:18, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your kind words, and for your support! Jayjg (talk) 22:42, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
That was quick. Thanks a lot! - Samsara contrib talk 21:51, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
I know that you don't know me, but HAPPY BIRHTDAY!!! JaredW 12:21, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Many happy belated returns of the Getting Older Day! KillerChihuahua ?!? 10:34, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
So much for NPOV and tolerance on the evolution wikipedia article. I find that so irritating that they throw that at conservatives 'we are intolerant', then they turn around and show how intolerant they are of ANY dissenting view on their sacrosanct evolution article page. Hypocrites!
Dougp59 16:02, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Well I think the two new templates are ready to be issued. Since they were your good suggestions, perhaps you would like to issue them, and then invite them through e-mail to the project; specifically pointing out the template they may want to sign up to. (i noticed Dragons flight's template is a little loose in 1024x768, if you want to optimize the text spacing, or add a bit more text, go right ahead) PS: Don't forget to update the timestamps. - Roy Boy 800 20:03, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Message you left on Agapetos angel, re: Jonathan Sarfati article:
Please review the history of that article, where Duncharris banned Agapetos angel on the 3rd revert, only to revert a third time himself (are admins that are involved in POV discussions supposed to ban the opposition, anyway?) 58.162.252.236 23:43, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Your calling my edits "ultranationalistic POV" is certainly a personal attack. And I never threatened you, just asked a question. Space Cadet 00:37, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
How is the ilustration on my talk symbolizing hatred for Germans, are you imagining things? Space Cadet 00:39, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Yup. It's a Prussian helmet, not German. And I already replaced that helmet with something else. Space Cadet 02:08, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
I've tried cleaning up this article, so let me know what you think.-- Shanel 02:31, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Sorry about removing Skid' Nevely. It was an error.I am only recently trying to familiarize myself with wikipedia and using the edit functions and no on. I will fix it right now. I also would liek to contribute maore information on trinidad music (mostly but not limited to rock), but once again, i need to learn the interface first. Much respect on all your efforts to give Caribbean cultures exposed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.108.10.142 ( talk • contribs) January 28
What article are you referring to? -- Winter 00:43, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
I'm sorry if my comments were a bit ambiguous, what I was referring to was Duncharris's block of Agapetos angel. Your block of the IP was justififed, and I have no issues with it. - Greg Asche (talk) 03:17, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Haha, yes, I was trembling up a storm! Actually I just decided it was a good time to go to bed, as I had been meaning to do for the last hour. Hope you are doing well. -- Fastfission 01:57, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
What a nice surprise on my talk page. Thank you! You are a sweetheart. <virtual hug> · Katefan0 (scribble)/ poll 04:50, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your advice. I have already posted / posting suitable messages on the talk page of Mahuri, and at the Village pump. -- Bhadani 14:06, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
I believe you are right. Thanks for letting me know about that typo. David Cannon 14:22, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Hello, I'm trying to build a My Path template to generate boxes like the one on your page. I just wanted to let you know. :) You can find more info on my user page and at the template page. Please, feel free to help with suggestions or code, because I'm pretty new here. Thanks. -- giandrea 17:33, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Thank you anyway, I'll let you know when I will have a final (prettier) version of the template. :) -- giandrea 18:46, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
You know, I was always sure that Port-of-Spain had dashes in the name. [13] I'd be entirely convinced, except I notice from your Talk page that you're a Trini, so I could be mistaken. Am I wrong about this?
BTW, this question arises because I noticed you were making the change away from the dashes in a lot of articles.
Thanks! -- Deville 22:09, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
We made it!!! After getting so close in 1973 and 1989, we finally qualified for the 2006 World Cup.
Guettarda this FAN-tastic news! : D Our family will be cheering for the Trinidad and Tobago national football team. About 10 years ago, two soccer/football players from Trinidad and Tobago moved to Lexington, Kentucky to play on a new semi-professional team. These players were treated like superstars by the local youth, including my kids. Also, they coached in a local youth soccer/football club that our family helped run. Some of our family's best soccer/football stories involve matches where one of these guys was a coach. Wonderful memories... -- FloNight 16:05, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
I was wondering if you could reply to my response at Talk:Jesus? It would be appreciated to see your opinion about the days of the week POV dilemma. Darwiner111 20:44, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Guettarda. The CMG he received in 1960 does not confer knighthood. Clarke only received one "true" knighthood from the Queen and that was his promotion in the Order as a GCMG in 1972. The other was as a Knight of St John in 1973, but this is a semi-official order and does not confer the use "Sir". Thanks Craigy ( talk) 22:16, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
You're probably not the person to ask this, but I found you in the Biologist Wikipedians Category. I've totally revamped the page, basing it structurally on Entomology, and I was wondering if you wouldn't mind taking a look and maybe cleaning it up/ giving feedback/correcting typos/whatever neccesary. I would appreciate it. Thanx! СПУТНИК ССС Р 04:24, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanx! СПУТНИК ССС Р 12:28, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
I just wanted to drop a note of sympathy on your talk page, after reading your recent mailing list message. I generally agree with your conclusions - except that I still believe that there's plenty of useful work to be done, and that it can be done in a way that is highly impervious to trolls, vandals and stress. The basic idea is just to add things, not edit things. Pick a random stub. Write more text about it. Add it to the article. Don't watchlist the article. Repeat. Or work on Wikipedia:Neglected articles, or upload pictures from [14] or one's you've taken yourself. Or select a small area of the 'pedia - say, the history of Trinidad, make it absolutly excellent(but don't submit it to FAC, leave that to others), and re-post it in uneditable form on webspace somewhere. Repeat. Eventually we'll have lots more good content out there. Isn't that the idea? In any case, thanks for your work, and for prompting me to write this. JesseW, the juggling janitor 06:25, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Guettarda, thanks for your support in my (successful) RfA! – Joke 16:28, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Guettarda. Firstly, please do not use rollback for reverting edits which are not vandalism, as you did here. Secondly, I would have appreciated it if you had taken the courtesy to tell me that you had rolled back my edits and given a reason for doing so. Thirdly, why did you remove it? Talrias ( t | e | c) 20:13, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Well, since you asked so nicely, here's a shiny AN/I link for you:
Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#ZOMG_Userpage_edit_war
Hope you like it!
Kim Bruning 22:31, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Aw gee... I like the star polygon! But, Sparkling prose??
Thanks!
Vsmith
02:11, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Guettarda! I hope you are well. I noticed that last September you had raised a query on the User categorisation discussion page about the Caribbean Wikipedians list. Did this issue ever get resolved as I can not see a response on the talk page? A similar issue that I have raised is about geographical association. I believe that the Usercat templates should be changed to include users who have an association with a particular location rather than those who happen to be there at any given time. Take yourself for example - a Trini in Oklahoma. I have changed the templates, but I am sure that there will be an adverse reaction. What is your opinion on the subject? I welcome any suggestions you may have. Thanks! -- Vivenot 13:30, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
This doesn't affect your user page, but you might be interested in voting on Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:User GWB2. An excerpt: "What does this advocate? The impeachment of a president, based souly [sic] on your point of veiw [sic]. Why do you loonies care if Bush phone taps people who are suspected to be terrorists. What do you have to hide?" — Sesel 07:50, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
Just thought you might be interested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of Hogwarts (2nd nomination) because you participated in the first vote. Savidan 19:18, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
Here goes another anon who has no knowlege of how Wiki works and has posted a good article for deletion. It's about Norma Candal, please vote here: [ [16]] and help fight this injustice. Thank you Tony the Marine 05:02, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
Would you be able to undo Boggle99's edit? The 05:43 edit by Tawker [17] includes his recent re-addition. You should be able to see within 5 seconds why this needs to be done.
The list wasn't a joke. So I do not know why you did this. You would know this if you read the part of the labeling that stated "Non-fiction". Even if it was a joke, it deserved to be mentioned. I don't think the deaths of several military contractors was a joke, so obviously you ought not to. I will rv your edits if you don't give me better explanation. Please, I don't feel like edit warring.I have an inkling POV is coming into this article somehow. Why do you think it was a joke? Эйрон Кинни 19:26, 12 February 2006 (UTC)