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Benon
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Hi Ken As someone who recently gave thoughts on the project boxes - would you mind checking this and giving me your thoughts?
Thanks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Astrology#Proposed_change_for_astrology_box — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zachariel ( talk • contribs) 22:26, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
Done, Thanks. Ken McRitchie ( talk) 17:25, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ken, thank you for comments on psychological astrology on the Astrology Discussion Page. I just want to let you know that I am currently editing the Wikipedia page on Psychological Astrology. The page needs serious editing and improved citation and any suggestions or edits would be most welcome. Robert Currey talk 17:38, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for notifying me Robert Currey. I'll have a look later to offer clarifications or suggestions. Ken McRitchie ( talk) 17:31, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Ken, thank you for your support in connection with my complaint. This is to let you know that I have since seen a more constructive side to this user and being an optimist, I have decided not to take the issue any further for the time being. Robert Currey talk 16:56, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
No problem, it seems to be working out and you seem to have a better knowledge of the the more obscure rules and nuances than I do. There is no doubt that MakeSense64 has kept me on my toes and has motivated me to work ever harder, and that is not a bad thing. I enjoy a good discussion and that's why I find astrology so interesting. I've been studying astrology for over 30 years, though I'm not a professional astrologer. To me it's all about dispelling ignorance. Ken McRitchie ( talk) 23:57, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
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You did great work on the Astrology page! -- Zac Δ talk! 21:09, 13 August 2011 (UTC) |
Let me know when you're back. Hope your trip went well. -- Zac Δ talk! 21:10, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
I am making all recent contributors to the Astrology article and its discussion page aware of a proposed amendment to the text which discusses the 1976 'Objections to astrology' and the relevance of Carl Sagan's reaction. This is in response to the comments, criticisms and suggestions that have been made on the published text, with the hope of finding a solution acceptable to all. Your opinion would be very welcome.
Thanks, -- Zac Δ talk! 15:39, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ken,
I just wanted to let you know that there is in fact such a thing as a good faith edit, and in fact, "Revert Good faith Edit by..." is one of two default edit summaries when using WP:TWINKLE to WP:ROLLBACK. Also, the edit summary should comment on the content of the edit, not the previous edit summary used in a change. I would not have reverted you either way, but it's best to use a content based edit summary so that I and others can understand the reasoning for the edit. Thanks. Noformation Talk 20:09, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Your recent editing history at Astrology shows that you are in danger of breaking the three-revert rule, or that you may have already broken it. An editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Breaking the three-revert rule often leads to a block. If you wish to avoid being blocked, instead of reverting, please use the article's talk page to discuss the changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. You may still be blocked for edit warring even if you do not exceed the technical limit of the three-revert rule if your behavior indicates that you intend to continue to revert repeatedly. Yobol ( talk) 22:58, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
For continued edit warring, I have notified administrators here despite the warning to not edit war. Yobol ( talk) 23:14, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
{{
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Magog the Ogre (
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00:28, 6 November 2011 (UTC)NW ( Talk) 03:48, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Sometimes you need to press a point. For the record, here is the clarification, in conformance with WP:NPOV, WP:FRINGE, WP:UNDUE, WP:WEIGHT, and WP:PARITY that certain editors wanted to censor from the article:
Professor Eysenck in particular was a major contributor to the type scientific factor analysis used in the CPI, which Carlson, a physics student with no background in psychology, used in his famous experiment. This makes Eysenck an authority and his criticism of the experiment and its conclusions worthy of inclusion and the interest of WP users. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-factor_models_of_personality "Hans Eysenck (1916–1997) was one of the first psychologists to analyze personality differences using a psycho-statistical method (factor analysis)." Ken McRitchie ( talk) 21:15, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Because you have participated in a related RfC on this article, or have recently contributed to it, you are hereby informed that your input would be highly appreciated on the new RfC here: [ [1]]. Thank you! Dominus Vobisdu ( talk) 16:58, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
I think I've had my fill of Wikipedia - too much twisted and unpleasant stuff going on here, but I saw your comments in the Addey and Houlding discussion and thought you might want to notice that the proposing editor has now edited the WP:Fringe policy guidelines to suit his own argument on what they should apply to. Regards Logical 1 ( talk) 23:28, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
Your recent editing history at Astrology shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.
To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. You know better than to edit war. Please stop. Sædon talk 23:12, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
Good luck with your editing. If you need any help in the future, feel free to drop by my page. All the best,
—
Jess·
Δ
♥
21:32, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Glancing over [2], you've misunderstood the purpose of the research on the Barnum effect. You do realise that the papers which look at the Barnum effect aren't trying to falsify astrology? Rather they aim to highlight about a specific form of cognitive bias that is evident in astrology believers where they accept a description of their personality more if they believe it's tailored for them even if it is not. It's not aiming to falsify astrology, but rather look at the confirmation bias. I notice your Mars effect part also appears to rely on Gauquelin's pre-1950s data, you wouldn't be ignoring that the effect isn't detected in later studies which take place in more recent times where doctors record the moment of birth rather than parents, would you? IRWolfie- ( talk) 23:37, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
Forer's students were seated in alternate seats for a quiz, which they’d prepared for and will follow their rating of the personality test. They are in a sufficient state of student dread. Thus they are highly motivated to give Forer high approval of all aspects of the DIB test he created, which he administered to them the week before. Forer has touted the DIB on his own authority as being pretty darned good. Oh yes, they each had to sign the approval ratings that they handed him for his DIB test. Can you guess the outcome? I’m not making this up. Read the article, but read it critically. Science or confirmation bias? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ken McRitchie ( talk • contribs)
Hi Ken I have joined the Wikipedia Astrology project today and am contacting you as a listed member of that project. There has been a proposal to consider the project dead and merge it with 12 other alternative subjects into a new wiki project which would oversee all aspects of fringe. I think it would be a shame to lose the astrology project on the basis that it has no active participants without contacting the members directly and exploring ideas for new ways to work together on astrology-related pages. It would be very useful if you would visit the discussion and let us know if your interest in the project is still active, or what it might take to rekindle it. Regards Tento2 ( talk) 09:24, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
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Welcome!
Hello, Ken McRitchie, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a
Wikipedian! Please
sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out
Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}}
on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!
Benon
00:21, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi Ken As someone who recently gave thoughts on the project boxes - would you mind checking this and giving me your thoughts?
Thanks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Astrology#Proposed_change_for_astrology_box — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zachariel ( talk • contribs) 22:26, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
Done, Thanks. Ken McRitchie ( talk) 17:25, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ken, thank you for comments on psychological astrology on the Astrology Discussion Page. I just want to let you know that I am currently editing the Wikipedia page on Psychological Astrology. The page needs serious editing and improved citation and any suggestions or edits would be most welcome. Robert Currey talk 17:38, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for notifying me Robert Currey. I'll have a look later to offer clarifications or suggestions. Ken McRitchie ( talk) 17:31, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Ken, thank you for your support in connection with my complaint. This is to let you know that I have since seen a more constructive side to this user and being an optimist, I have decided not to take the issue any further for the time being. Robert Currey talk 16:56, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
No problem, it seems to be working out and you seem to have a better knowledge of the the more obscure rules and nuances than I do. There is no doubt that MakeSense64 has kept me on my toes and has motivated me to work ever harder, and that is not a bad thing. I enjoy a good discussion and that's why I find astrology so interesting. I've been studying astrology for over 30 years, though I'm not a professional astrologer. To me it's all about dispelling ignorance. Ken McRitchie ( talk) 23:57, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
![]() |
The Original Barnstar | |
You did great work on the Astrology page! -- Zac Δ talk! 21:09, 13 August 2011 (UTC) |
Let me know when you're back. Hope your trip went well. -- Zac Δ talk! 21:10, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
I am making all recent contributors to the Astrology article and its discussion page aware of a proposed amendment to the text which discusses the 1976 'Objections to astrology' and the relevance of Carl Sagan's reaction. This is in response to the comments, criticisms and suggestions that have been made on the published text, with the hope of finding a solution acceptable to all. Your opinion would be very welcome.
Thanks, -- Zac Δ talk! 15:39, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ken,
I just wanted to let you know that there is in fact such a thing as a good faith edit, and in fact, "Revert Good faith Edit by..." is one of two default edit summaries when using WP:TWINKLE to WP:ROLLBACK. Also, the edit summary should comment on the content of the edit, not the previous edit summary used in a change. I would not have reverted you either way, but it's best to use a content based edit summary so that I and others can understand the reasoning for the edit. Thanks. Noformation Talk 20:09, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Your recent editing history at Astrology shows that you are in danger of breaking the three-revert rule, or that you may have already broken it. An editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Breaking the three-revert rule often leads to a block. If you wish to avoid being blocked, instead of reverting, please use the article's talk page to discuss the changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. You may still be blocked for edit warring even if you do not exceed the technical limit of the three-revert rule if your behavior indicates that you intend to continue to revert repeatedly. Yobol ( talk) 22:58, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
For continued edit warring, I have notified administrators here despite the warning to not edit war. Yobol ( talk) 23:14, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
{{
unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}
below this notice, but you should read the
guide to appealing blocks first.
Magog the Ogre (
talk)
00:28, 6 November 2011 (UTC)NW ( Talk) 03:48, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Sometimes you need to press a point. For the record, here is the clarification, in conformance with WP:NPOV, WP:FRINGE, WP:UNDUE, WP:WEIGHT, and WP:PARITY that certain editors wanted to censor from the article:
Professor Eysenck in particular was a major contributor to the type scientific factor analysis used in the CPI, which Carlson, a physics student with no background in psychology, used in his famous experiment. This makes Eysenck an authority and his criticism of the experiment and its conclusions worthy of inclusion and the interest of WP users. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-factor_models_of_personality "Hans Eysenck (1916–1997) was one of the first psychologists to analyze personality differences using a psycho-statistical method (factor analysis)." Ken McRitchie ( talk) 21:15, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Because you have participated in a related RfC on this article, or have recently contributed to it, you are hereby informed that your input would be highly appreciated on the new RfC here: [ [1]]. Thank you! Dominus Vobisdu ( talk) 16:58, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
I think I've had my fill of Wikipedia - too much twisted and unpleasant stuff going on here, but I saw your comments in the Addey and Houlding discussion and thought you might want to notice that the proposing editor has now edited the WP:Fringe policy guidelines to suit his own argument on what they should apply to. Regards Logical 1 ( talk) 23:28, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
Your recent editing history at Astrology shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.
To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. You know better than to edit war. Please stop. Sædon talk 23:12, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
Good luck with your editing. If you need any help in the future, feel free to drop by my page. All the best,
—
Jess·
Δ
♥
21:32, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Glancing over [2], you've misunderstood the purpose of the research on the Barnum effect. You do realise that the papers which look at the Barnum effect aren't trying to falsify astrology? Rather they aim to highlight about a specific form of cognitive bias that is evident in astrology believers where they accept a description of their personality more if they believe it's tailored for them even if it is not. It's not aiming to falsify astrology, but rather look at the confirmation bias. I notice your Mars effect part also appears to rely on Gauquelin's pre-1950s data, you wouldn't be ignoring that the effect isn't detected in later studies which take place in more recent times where doctors record the moment of birth rather than parents, would you? IRWolfie- ( talk) 23:37, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
Forer's students were seated in alternate seats for a quiz, which they’d prepared for and will follow their rating of the personality test. They are in a sufficient state of student dread. Thus they are highly motivated to give Forer high approval of all aspects of the DIB test he created, which he administered to them the week before. Forer has touted the DIB on his own authority as being pretty darned good. Oh yes, they each had to sign the approval ratings that they handed him for his DIB test. Can you guess the outcome? I’m not making this up. Read the article, but read it critically. Science or confirmation bias? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ken McRitchie ( talk • contribs)
Hi Ken I have joined the Wikipedia Astrology project today and am contacting you as a listed member of that project. There has been a proposal to consider the project dead and merge it with 12 other alternative subjects into a new wiki project which would oversee all aspects of fringe. I think it would be a shame to lose the astrology project on the basis that it has no active participants without contacting the members directly and exploring ideas for new ways to work together on astrology-related pages. It would be very useful if you would visit the discussion and let us know if your interest in the project is still active, or what it might take to rekindle it. Regards Tento2 ( talk) 09:24, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current
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Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia
arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose
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