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I appologize if adding to your archive was the wrong action; I am guessing you move your talk page to the archive rather than copying and pasting as others do. It was the first time I had seen this done, and I was a bit thrown off. Mrathel ( talk) 17:24, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
Coffee // have a cup // ark // 23:10, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
Coffee // have a cup // ark // 02:51, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
realy i give a link to help people and u get rid of it why?
Materialscientist ( talk) 02:21, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi!
Coffee made the following personal attack. You defended his remarks by saying - "Coffee obviously holds some strong opinions, as he is entitled to"-
Question: Why do you believe an Admin is "entitled" to make such remarks? - Ret.Prof ( talk) 16:09, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 11:21, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
<--Look in your shoe: there's a Sinterklaas present in it. Drmies ( talk) 01:12, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
Your comments weren't harsh, I'm just having hardware and connection problems this weekend and typing things out 4 times before I get something to stick, ticks me off. I'm stuck on a 10-year-old laptop with dial-up for the next few days! Thanks for the help and the criticism, good or bad is always welcome!-- Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 17:08, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
With the maps of the page, is it just the texts being too small that is the problem? Or are there some other issues on the map that you would like addressed? Kyriakos ( talk) 23:51, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
hi there - you pulled two hooks from prep 1, but i'm not sure why and not sure where you plan on them ending up. Can you explain what's happening? Ta. hamiltonstone ( talk) 02:39, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
I agree with your change to my Jutland edit, but did you know you undid Hamiltonstone's edits? [2] For some reason the software doesn't stop edit conflicts on that page, and I've caused that problem myself. Art LaPella ( talk) 02:40, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi Ucucha! Thank you so much for your correction of the references on E. (Mrs.) v. Eve. I'm still figuring out how reference citations work, so thank you for helping make the article a bit easier to read! Jhfortier ( talk) 05:01, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
I apologize to you for my untoward reaction to your helpful comment on my talk page on December 8 regarding the 5x expansion rule for DYK. I was tired and frustrated by other matters, but that is no excuse for my response. Please forgive me. You are a great asset to DYK and having the admin tools will make you all the more so. Congratulations! Regards, — mattisse ( Talk) 17:43, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello - I'm new to Wikipedia, and rather puzzled - I wanted to add a link to the Barn Owl Trust website: http://www.barnowltrust.org.uk/index.html - from the page: Tytonidae. The Barn Owl trust website is a source of very reliable, detailed information about barn owls, from a well established non-profit UK charity. (There is no advertising or 'soapbox' approach on the site - just information which is widely used by educators, local authorities, planners, etc.) Can you tell me how I can offer this information to Wiki users, without breaking Wikipedia guidelines? Thanks ArtyNess ( talk) 18:28, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
The community has overwhelmingly seen fit to condemn you to bottomless realms of endless drama, and it is with a heavy heart that I have carried out their decision. Be aware that while, if you are unsure, various guides exist, in some cases there may be no right decision. I wish you all the best. And more seriously, congrats. =) -- Pak aran 05:14, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
I saw your post at the veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) talk page, and have a couple of comments. First, WP:NC does state "Articles are normally titled using the most common English-language name of the person or thing that is the subject of the article." I agree that we should give a little more leeway for vernacular vs. scientific names, which is the reason why my test requires the vernacular name to be used at least one-fifth as often as the scientific name (as measured by Google Books/Scholar hits in the absence of a better measure). I intend the test to capture (1) whether the proposed vernacular name is substantially in use at all; and (2) whether the name is in common use. If those two conditions are fulfilled, I think the vernacular name should be used as the article title.
For the rodents I have mainly applied the test to, it works well enough, since generally no one even cares to mention them outside the specialized literature. In the case of the octopus, though, the animal is also commonly mentioned in news articles, which complicates things. I added a note to that effect on the User:Ucucha/Titles page. As for your note on the use of Google hits, I noted that my test can never be an exact one, and as an approximation it works well enough. But if you have any suggestions for improvement, I'd be happy to hear them. Ucucha 18:00, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Royal broil 19:36, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Good luck, I'm sure you'll do well!-- Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 23:38, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Congratulations Ucucha! Well deserved. Calmer Waters 05:14, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Cheers! But don't forget, Wikispecies needs you! OhanaUnited Talk page 04:14, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
Entirely up to you, just a note that it is not a scientific term and thus Google is a good indicator. Google gives significantly more hits for "deer mice" than "deermice", and "deermice" is not in my Oxford dictionary. Good luck with FA (lack of an image of that rodent, even speculative, is a minus there). Materialscientist ( talk) 00:36, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. First off, congrats on getting the mop.
Then, I saw you fix an error reported on
WP:ERRORS. Please remember to remove the error report as soon as you do so next time to save others time who think there is still something to fix. Regards
So
Why
12:38, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
See if you can write a better hook at DYK. These really aren't my specialty, I thought the getting nectar during drought was interesting and a good example of evolutionary specialization as it can do that in relative safety...I might expand that more in the article...that's also why eat things other than snails. I'm really surprised the tegus and skinks don't eat these guys.-- Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 23:50, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
![]() | This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
I appologize if adding to your archive was the wrong action; I am guessing you move your talk page to the archive rather than copying and pasting as others do. It was the first time I had seen this done, and I was a bit thrown off. Mrathel ( talk) 17:24, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
Coffee // have a cup // ark // 23:10, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
Coffee // have a cup // ark // 02:51, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
realy i give a link to help people and u get rid of it why?
Materialscientist ( talk) 02:21, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi!
Coffee made the following personal attack. You defended his remarks by saying - "Coffee obviously holds some strong opinions, as he is entitled to"-
Question: Why do you believe an Admin is "entitled" to make such remarks? - Ret.Prof ( talk) 16:09, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 11:21, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
<--Look in your shoe: there's a Sinterklaas present in it. Drmies ( talk) 01:12, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
Your comments weren't harsh, I'm just having hardware and connection problems this weekend and typing things out 4 times before I get something to stick, ticks me off. I'm stuck on a 10-year-old laptop with dial-up for the next few days! Thanks for the help and the criticism, good or bad is always welcome!-- Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 17:08, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
With the maps of the page, is it just the texts being too small that is the problem? Or are there some other issues on the map that you would like addressed? Kyriakos ( talk) 23:51, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
hi there - you pulled two hooks from prep 1, but i'm not sure why and not sure where you plan on them ending up. Can you explain what's happening? Ta. hamiltonstone ( talk) 02:39, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
I agree with your change to my Jutland edit, but did you know you undid Hamiltonstone's edits? [2] For some reason the software doesn't stop edit conflicts on that page, and I've caused that problem myself. Art LaPella ( talk) 02:40, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi Ucucha! Thank you so much for your correction of the references on E. (Mrs.) v. Eve. I'm still figuring out how reference citations work, so thank you for helping make the article a bit easier to read! Jhfortier ( talk) 05:01, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
I apologize to you for my untoward reaction to your helpful comment on my talk page on December 8 regarding the 5x expansion rule for DYK. I was tired and frustrated by other matters, but that is no excuse for my response. Please forgive me. You are a great asset to DYK and having the admin tools will make you all the more so. Congratulations! Regards, — mattisse ( Talk) 17:43, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello - I'm new to Wikipedia, and rather puzzled - I wanted to add a link to the Barn Owl Trust website: http://www.barnowltrust.org.uk/index.html - from the page: Tytonidae. The Barn Owl trust website is a source of very reliable, detailed information about barn owls, from a well established non-profit UK charity. (There is no advertising or 'soapbox' approach on the site - just information which is widely used by educators, local authorities, planners, etc.) Can you tell me how I can offer this information to Wiki users, without breaking Wikipedia guidelines? Thanks ArtyNess ( talk) 18:28, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
The community has overwhelmingly seen fit to condemn you to bottomless realms of endless drama, and it is with a heavy heart that I have carried out their decision. Be aware that while, if you are unsure, various guides exist, in some cases there may be no right decision. I wish you all the best. And more seriously, congrats. =) -- Pak aran 05:14, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
I saw your post at the veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) talk page, and have a couple of comments. First, WP:NC does state "Articles are normally titled using the most common English-language name of the person or thing that is the subject of the article." I agree that we should give a little more leeway for vernacular vs. scientific names, which is the reason why my test requires the vernacular name to be used at least one-fifth as often as the scientific name (as measured by Google Books/Scholar hits in the absence of a better measure). I intend the test to capture (1) whether the proposed vernacular name is substantially in use at all; and (2) whether the name is in common use. If those two conditions are fulfilled, I think the vernacular name should be used as the article title.
For the rodents I have mainly applied the test to, it works well enough, since generally no one even cares to mention them outside the specialized literature. In the case of the octopus, though, the animal is also commonly mentioned in news articles, which complicates things. I added a note to that effect on the User:Ucucha/Titles page. As for your note on the use of Google hits, I noted that my test can never be an exact one, and as an approximation it works well enough. But if you have any suggestions for improvement, I'd be happy to hear them. Ucucha 18:00, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Royal broil 19:36, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Good luck, I'm sure you'll do well!-- Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 23:38, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Congratulations Ucucha! Well deserved. Calmer Waters 05:14, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Cheers! But don't forget, Wikispecies needs you! OhanaUnited Talk page 04:14, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
Entirely up to you, just a note that it is not a scientific term and thus Google is a good indicator. Google gives significantly more hits for "deer mice" than "deermice", and "deermice" is not in my Oxford dictionary. Good luck with FA (lack of an image of that rodent, even speculative, is a minus there). Materialscientist ( talk) 00:36, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. First off, congrats on getting the mop.
Then, I saw you fix an error reported on
WP:ERRORS. Please remember to remove the error report as soon as you do so next time to save others time who think there is still something to fix. Regards
So
Why
12:38, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
See if you can write a better hook at DYK. These really aren't my specialty, I thought the getting nectar during drought was interesting and a good example of evolutionary specialization as it can do that in relative safety...I might expand that more in the article...that's also why eat things other than snails. I'm really surprised the tegus and skinks don't eat these guys.-- Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 23:50, 17 December 2009 (UTC)