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Thank you for giving your opinion on the "bridge controversy" discussion in Sarah Palin. Dave Collect ( talk) 02:03, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
And thanks for the further input! I am an eeensy bit upset with the game-playing I have found in WP ... Collect ( talk) 21:44, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks I really appreciate it. I have to admit sometimes my paience wears thin, and seversal editors have criticized my acts and approach. But I am convinced that if people are simply committed to WP:AGF, WP:NPOV, WP:V and WP:NOR, there is just no reason why our respective political beliefs should get in the way of a fruitful collaboration. I am reallly trying hard to support this kind of editing environment. I do not have a problem with people who disaree with my edits as long as they do so in the spirit of the policies I just menioned ... it just seems to me that some people there start from an antagonistic stance that just cannot help. So I am really thnkful for your encouraging words and as I think I noted in the talk page at least one of your recent edits, perhaps working together we can maintain an environment where even editors who disagree profoundly can collaborate. I'm glad you are part of that, Slrubenstein | Talk 00:45, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
Please post at talk, thanks. LamaLoLeshLa ( talk) 03:40, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
Don't go too far, Zaereth! Definitely appreciated your honest insight on SP, and you probably don't even realize how your occasional sincere and informed perspective put a stop to a seemingly endless argument now and then. Thanks! Fcreid ( talk) 19:47, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
The pleasure has been mine, my friend. While I can't honestly say I feel strongly about Sarah Palin as a politician (or really about any politics or politicians in general), she's certainly one of the more interesting political figures I can recall in my life (and she has the horrendous media attention and battle scars now to prove it!) My initial visit to WP in August was no different than a gazillion others who'd never heard of her at that time. Coincidentally that same week, a couple of my "customers" asked me to evaluate if/how they might integrate Mediawiki into an underlying "vertical" environment I support for them (and which pays the bills around here). Given that not much was known about her back then, and that I needed to understand the underlying mechanics of a wiki anyway, I stuck around to see how things flowed using talk and edit histories and the like.
Ironically, despite that I didn't feel particularly strongly about her initially, it enraged me to see the low blows being dealt against her by 24/7 bloggers, media hounds and even some media outlets that I had previously considered "reliable". What followed was my natural (and quite probably chauvinistic) reaction to defend her against those attacks. Now that I know her a lot better, I'm actually very supportive of her political goals. Some of the things others paint as her negatives are actually quite positive to me.
Unfortunately, the Republican campaign completely porked the pooch on showcasing her strengths. What RNC moron lavished her with a Sak's wardrobe and a coiffeuse instead of shopping at Sears and running the family through a Super Cuts? Instead of letting her be herself, they thought they needed to coach her before speaking to the press to become someone she's not. Palin didn't lose public favor because of who she is, but rather who she isn't, and the McCain campaign is entirely at fault for that! Fortunately, America remains in desperate need of a person like her, and not phony elitist academics, lawyers and career politicians. If she eschews similarly misguided advice in the future, I'm quite sure she's destined for far bigger things. Fcreid ( talk) 00:21, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Oh, and I have great memories of my two years in Alaska when I lived there (on Adak in the Aleutians, but I retreated every few months to Anchorage for sanity reasons!) I've never counted, but I suspect I've seen most of the 50 U.S. states and a good part of the world, and Alaska is definitely among the most beautiful and wondrous places there is! Fcreid ( talk) 00:27, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
You asked on
Talk:dye laser how to cite references. I'm not sure what you meant, but
WP:CITE explains all the technical details as well as general editorial guidelines. The important information is right at the top, under "Quick summary". When I include references myself with <ref>...</ref>
I'm usually lazy and won't spend a lot of time on formatting it exactly according to match the Chicago/Harvard/etc style of other citations, a long as author name, title (and/or journal name/volume/page) and year are there. It is relatively rare that another editor will re-format them.
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I just finished doing some major editing to my first artcle, and I think it looks pretty good. I'll add some information to the dye laser article soon. Thanks for your assistance, Han Kwang! :-b Zaereth ( talk) 02:23, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
I added some information to a couple more articles. The preview button is a fantastic tool. Thanks, Han-Kwang, for showing that to me! :-D Zaereth ( talk) 19:24, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for explaining the factors involved in the explosion of xenon flash lamps. I was actually doing "destructive testing" of a flash lamp, as I had a few of the same kind and wanted to find out how much energy they could safely take. I was using a 330 volt ~1700µF capacitor bank (I made a mistake on the calculations earlier, it was around 92 joules, not 75), with which I tested two flash lamps. One cracked after a single flash, the second split cleanly along one end with a loud bang, and shot both ends in opposite directions across the room (it was connected with alligator clips, which fell off as the tube exploded). Needless to say, I think that I was able to find out what their operating limits were. Ilikefood ( talk) 22:07, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
Good to see you again! :) Fcreid ( talk) 19:26, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
I got that modern-day picture you wanted. I had to request that the author change its license, but the article is much better off with it! -- Al Ameer son ( talk) 06:01, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Okay, I'll bite... volcano? :) Fcreid ( talk) 22:21, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
As I move away from the two bridges that have haunted me all winter (why I may never know) I would like to say it was a pleasure to work with/against you. I always felt your input was considered and for the best of the article. I wish I could say the same for your mates but at least you showed what Wikipedia should be. Good luck!-- Buster7 ( talk) 11:14, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Now that this is moved beyond KAB and people seem to want to throw out the Road to Nowhere and most all that Palin has ever been criticized for, I see no hope in this continuing. Do you? You yourself said you're less inclined to compromise. And yet you supported mentioning the KAB to begin with. I don't get it. I don't want a separate KAB section. That was Fcried's suggestion. I'm happy to have KAB in one brief disambiguation sentence. Perhaps you can explain to me outside the glare of the Talk Page what points you feel I was not addressing. I understand that you hate the verified source -- the Wasilla Mayor, the Associated Press, and the Anchorage Daily News that says the KAB helps Wasilla. But the source is the source. And wikirules are quite clear that own research can't trump verified sources. So I don't get it. Why not just put both sides of the POV in and be done with it? Do you see how formal arbitration is the only answer here?
Clearly I'm frustrated. I'm hoping arbitration causes people to focus less on personality and more on proper wiki-arguments. I find it extremely ironic that you don't feel I'm addressing your points. What point have I not addressed? I've written for pages just to try to get people to address my arguments, but people just respond with silly stuff that they know I already agree with (Yes, I know "thanks but not thanks" refers to GIB. All my versions clearly say so. Why are people repeating themselves saying things we all agree with?) Anyway, I know I'm talking to a brick wall when Fcried and Collect agree with me and then suddenly, without giving a reason, reject the compromise.
See why we need arbitration? Maybe with arbitration, our arguments will be addressed. I'm looking forward to, one day, seeing someone respond to mine. All I get is "We can mention KAB in the Palin bio ONLY if we show it has having no connection to Palin," which I find Orwellian. Palin supports an expensive bridge. Why is this verboten in her biography? GreekParadise ( talk) 12:57, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
I did find your "small note of constructive criticism," though laughably ironic. I have tried large. And I have tried small. The problem is that once we reached the Election-Day Consensus, Collect (and others) deleted and changed a whole bunch of things without going to the talk page. So as to avoid an edit war, I have not simply undone his changes. But that means that I have the choice of trying to deal with all of them or deal with them one at a time. I have tried both ways. Both have failed. Funny, the one "single issue" I tried to deal with first was Knik Arm Bridge. And that led to six weeks of wasted effort and countless hours of verbiage that I doubt most of you even read. I only did the other issues when Fcried suggested we skip the KAB and move on since we couldn't agree on it. I guess the one note of grace in all this is that Collect's shenanigans are finally reaching a larger audience. All of us that have suffered at his hand have finally come together. I hope he's banned, but I find it unlikely. And this feeling that you can do what you want at wikipedia without any real consequence is why I probably will leave wikipedia -- or at least the Sarah Palin article -- quite soon. I have decided to end any further discussion without formal arbitration. GreekParadise ( talk) 05:31, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
GP, I don't know if you're out there and can still hear me, but I wanted to let you in on a little secret before you go. I was utterly shocked by the attitude of of this article, and the media in general, during and after this election. The push by the extreme supporters to keep out facts that were actually interesting about the subject, (I was baffled, because some of these things seemed quite positive to me), was a huge mistake on their part. However, in the end, what helped to galvanize me, and I think so many other's, toward her was the great desperation with which the detractors tried to spin every bit of minute detail into something bad against her, (not to mention the mob mentality which the relative anonymity of this sort of environment provides, where it becomes perfectly OK to go after someone's family just to get at them), was a huge mistake as well. Why would you try to hide perfectly scathing information , (facts, such as Paul's paragraph is), in a bunch of statements that amount to, 'Some people don't like her', which anyone can see through?
On a different take of this concept, there is a simple rule that is standard in most writing environments, both fiction and non-fiction, (except for math, for some reason): Show, not tell. Readers don't like to be told what's going on, they want to see it, feel it, breathe it. Make it clear. Make it concise. And make it to the point. As a writing teacher once told me, "When you write, fill your work with every sort of detail you can imagine, the sky ... its color, the shape of the clouds, the furnishings in the room, and the railing on the stairs. Then put it away for a week ... a month ... a year. When your ready, come back and read through it all, the boring minutia, and cut, edit, and strip every thing that is not absolutely essential to the story. Then read through it again, and you will find that it is all still there. That's what makes a good writer." I think it was Fleming that said (something like), I am the world's worst writer, but the world's best editor. (Or something like that.) This was not meant as an arguement, criticism, or OR that should be presented in any article. Just trying to show you a little bit where I'm coming from. Zaereth ( talk) 01:44, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Zaereth, Earlier in the day, I left a msg for you on my talk page. Frania W. ( talk) 16:48, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/07/08/sarah-barracuda-palin-and-the-piranhas-of-the-press/
This was forwarded to me last night. I'm typically loathe to read or watch political stuff, but this editorial nails my perspective on the events of the past year on the Palin page. It's undeniable that the media created our new president and destroyed Palin in that process, and this article illustrates that point graphically. Those of Palin's adversaries with a conscience still lurk around her page today in an attempt to sully the circumstances of her resignation (e.g. avoiding criminal charges, a quitter and such), but they are only hoping to appease self-guilt that it wasn't something they did with their rumor-mongering and vicious attacks that caused it. Palin's positions on social issues are, almost categorically, the polar-opposites of mine, and I'll tell you with absolute sincerity that she didn't get my vote in last year's election. That said, I admire her more today than at any point in the past year watching her story. She was (and remains) the real deal in politics, unlike so many other celebrities-come-politicians hoping to be the next Britney Spears. So, despite her now plummeting popularity in Alaska -- the artifacts of her war -- you guys were lucky to have her. For all the baseless accusations that have been leveled against her, "indecisiveness" was not among them! I hope she takes her hard-earned $10M for the book deal and has a wonderful and happy life with her family. Fcreid ( talk) 13:27, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
New sheriff in town on talk, eh? :) Fcreid ( talk) 00:34, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
I agree completely with your point that exposing these "complaints" to the light-of-day does nothing more than bolster Palin's argument that she was hounded incessantly by political enemies bent on frivolous attacks. Those who argue her resignation demonstrated she was too "thin-skinned" for the politic stage simply ignore her much more compelling argument that these incessant attacks were damaging her state for more than her. Maybe someday people will see the philanthropy of her decision, but somehow I doubt it! Fcreid ( talk) 21:43, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
Did you know that the American Yoga Association can't even agree on how to pronounce "Oooommm"? Jarhed ( talk) 05:46, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
You raised a lot of interesting points on the talk page - I made comments, responding where I could. i hope you'll continue to participate in the project space. Slrubenstein | Talk 11:03, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
Okay, thanks! Slrubenstein | Talk 22:21, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
"5000 russian aircraft destroyed until oktober" thats too low. until the end of oktober there were 17.000 aircraft destroyed. -- HROThomas ( talk) 21:58, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for the link, Zaereth. I'll definitely take a look. SlimVirgin talk| contribs 17:49, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Dormancy can be a survival trait. A well-informed landscape gardener will plant many varied grass seeds in the same plot of earth, each one for different conditions. Some seeds lay dormant, for quite awhile, waiting for their opportunity in the sun. Some thrive everywhere, no matter what conditions are. I think you have misinterpreted Editor:Slrs' comment. But, even if you got it right, don't let what ever is goin' on for you in Wikiworld kill your spirit. The loss of quality editors like you is a danger to what we have created.
Simplify---Re-invigorate your enthusiasm---Spend WP time doing relaxing things---Pitch a tent, at Random articles lets say, and just be a WP consumer for awhile. Everythings gonna be all right!-- Buster7 ( talk) 21:49, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
The old version has been restored for editing. Watch the superlatives and promotional tone which killed the first version. -- Orange Mike | Talk 15:43, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
...for your kind words at Talk:Sarah Palin. They are appreciated. Horologium (talk) 20:25, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Best to you and yours. -- Buster7 ( talk) 12:03, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks Buster! Zaereth ( talk) 19:35, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Yep, quiet on the watchlist of late, Zaereth! :) Merry Christmas to you too. We're still digging out here in DC from nearly two feet of snow, so it's sure to be a white Christmas. Wishing the best for you and yours this holiday season. Fcreid ( talk) 09:54, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
Thank you - have a happy holiday! Slrubenstein | Talk 09:44, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks! Nightscream ( talk) 22:59, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Pretty sure he uncorked in the wrong direction there and didn't actually read your post! :) Fcreid ( talk) 23:35, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
I NEED YOUR HELP to upload song and/or single covers. Go the page This Is My Time (Raven-Symone's third studio album) and go the section Backflip. In the part where the single cover is, there is a reference. Please go to the reference and turn it into the single's song cover. And Go to the page The Party's Just Begun (the lead single from the soundtrack to The Cheetah Girls 2 and do the same thing (using the reference in the the song cover section like Raven's Backflip). From Dbunkley6- talk
They're talking about another 8-12" tomorrow on top of the two feet that's still on the ground here! :( Fcreid ( talk) 21:35, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Have a Happy Day, Zareath, :D Malke 2010 23:49, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
Ay, Beannachtam na Femle Padraig agat! (Happy St. Patrick's Day to you!) Zaereth ( talk) 01:07, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
The "color" of quarks and gluons is completely unrelated to visual perception of color. Color charge -- 64.52.60.226 ( talk) 17:18, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the info, but my question would be, do you have proof? Do so-called quarks and gluons even exist? Perhaps they're strings, vibrating like a guitar string at certain frequencies. Maybe they're something else that science has yet to theorize. Zaereth ( talk) 17:24, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
Well, color is just a made-up term in this situation. From the article - The term color was chosen because the abstract property to which it refers has three aspects, which are analogized to the three primary colors of red, green, and blue. They could have called it toppings with the three aspects pepperoni, mushrooms and jalapeno - but it's easier to understand with the term colors. Quarks and gluons could be like strings vibrating at certain frequencies - but again that would mean all particles are like that and so it wouldn't be something connected to color, which only applies to quarks and gluons. Oh and in case you didn't catch it, I was referring to this from your user page - "This could just be a construct of the human psyche, but science often tells us that color is something that is basic to the very nature of the universe, right down to the subatomic particles, and I'm inclined to believe the latter." And as for proof, I guess you could read related articles and look at the citations - they say QCD has been verified to a few parts per million. Just trying to help you clarify your philosophy :) -- 64.52.60.226 ( talk) 18:16, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments regarding the Petrolsoft Corporation article. I have taken some of your advice into account in my last edit. If you have the chance, see what you think. Thanks. Mathteacher69 ( talk) 15:18, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi Zaereth, Thanks for the cool personal page. I had no idea Bruce Lee was a philosopher! Now about your belief that Wikipedia writing should never be used to "teach", I believe that all writing is teaching, and whenever I write, the first student is me. Scott P. ( talk) 00:59, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
- I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will not allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude.
- All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.... If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. --Bruce Lee
Hi Zaereth, this is a great comment [1]. Maybe you should work in mediation. :D Malke 2010 17:18, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi Zaereth,
I've used your photograph of the dielectric mirror (the one with a yellow reflection) for a presentation on photonic crystals (a dielectric mirror is essentially a one-dimensional photonic crystal), so I wanted to say thanks for releasing it into the public domain. I'd like to give a source for the picture and possibly some more detail, so if you'd like more reference than the link to the Wikimedia Commons image, please tell me. Also, I'd really be interested in more information on the mirror, do you know what materials were used (I'm guessing Si and SiO2) and how thick the layers are?
Thanks again for the picture :) -- MacJones ( talk) 07:13, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
Many thanks for your comment on Jimbo's talk page, it caught exactly how I feel about what we're doing here. Less happily, condolences to all concerned about the C-17 crash, very sad news which I'd not noticed on the news here. Had to check up which plane it was, as I was rather fortunate in seeing a C-47 flying over Glasgow recently on a commemoration day. It's awful when things go wrong in connection with an air show. Thanks again, dave souza, talk 20:54, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
Hello.
I would like to use this picture on my article about aerial combat in Hebrew wiki. Could you upload it onto Wikimedia commons please?
many thanks.
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The Teamwork Barnstar | ||
To Zaereth in appreciation of your efforts in working with others to build not only good articles, but in helping to make Wikipedia a collegial community. Especially on Sarah Palin. Well done. Malke 2010 ( talk) 20:44, 24 November 2010 (UTC) |
Cool, my first barnstar. I've seen these before but never really knew much about them. Thanks very much Malke, I'm touched. Also, thanks for your efforts in helping to improve the writing here on Wikipedia. I hope you have a happy Thanksgiving day and a safe and wonderful weekend. Zaereth ( talk) 21:00, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, yet another flare-up on SP, the Lightning Rod! I tried to steer it towards something worth discussing, but in the end it didn't seem worth it. I suspect the underlying motive was all along only the "she's as dumb as a box of rocks" POV. Whether you like her politics or not, it baffles me that people don't consider her career accomplishments before they jump to absurd conclusions on her intelligence or breadth of knowledge. People also don't seem to recognize that Olbermann, Maddow, Beck, Limbaugh and their ilk are not (or, at least, are no longer) journalists... they are just entertainers who serve up selective bits of reality taken out of context and seasoned with their exaggerated self-opinions and overblown egos. I don't know why anyone listens to them, but you can predict stormy weather at SP by what their throngs are fed. :(
Things are good here. We got our first snow yesterday... just a dusting of an inch or two, but more may be coming this weekend. I usually like the snow. Dru shovels while I stay toasty inside, and it's cathartic to watch the surrounding woods turn white! It will be a quiet Christmas this year. My son made his final move to Vancouver with his Canadian bride a few months ago (after his residency was approved), so they're spending this year with her family there. My oldest is spending her holidays mainly with her boyfriend's family in North Carolina. So, we still have the tree and decorations out, but not the noise and excitement of years past.
Congrats on the Knik Arm Bridge! That should ease congestion and allow a bit of welcome commuter expansion. I actually caught an episode of Palin's new show, which caught my eye in a rare moment in front of the TV. It was an episode on halibut fishing, and it brought back memories of reeling in those 100-150lb beasts, although it took me an hour or so with rod-and-reel and not commercial winches! I'm actually surprised SP hasn't seen attempts to introduce "halibut brutality" to her bio! I guess too many of her detractors eat fish and would see the irony in that. :)
Anyway, hope all is well for you and yours in the great white north! Have a great Christmas!
Fcreid ( talk) 12:56, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the warm welcome and holiday cheer. Let me take this opportunity to thank you and (the gentleman above) for not just seeing things in the "black and white" of partisan politics. You both always leave room for compromise and the productive discussion of potential solutions. The article would suffer the loss of your guidance. Please be careful when pulling those hundred horses in the sleigh. You could pull a muscle! Buster Seven Talk 05:22, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi Zaereth, Thanks for your New Year message, I wish you a very happy and successful 2011 too!
The Logger9 situation is unfortunate. I always try and keep out of such situations but in this case Marie Poise is telling the truth and many others do share the same thoughts on Logger9's contributions so I felt it best to speak up. I haven't got anything against Logger9 personally and think it is a shame that things have come to this. Anyway, best regards Polyamorph ( talk) 14:01, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
A friend recently shared a book with me. I often reflect on Bruce Lee while reading it. Which "dominoes" to thinking of you. See Jon Kabat-Zinn#Teachings. Turning away from anger is a gift you provide to those that are listening. Thanks for that. 216.80.88.177 ( talk) Buster Seven Talk 17:49, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
- Into a soul absolutely free of thoughts and emotions, even the tiger finds no room to insert its fierce claws.... No thinking, no reflecting. Perfect emptiness; yet therein something moves, following its own course.... Victory is for the one, even before the combat, who has no fear or thought of himself, abiding in the no-mindness of Great Origin. --A Taoist Priest, circa ? - Quote taken from from the Tao of Jeet Kune Do, by Bruce Lee
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Thanks Buster! Zaereth ( talk) 01:53, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
The physical properties section in the Honey article is excellent, nice work! Polyamorph ( talk) 09:15, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! Considering your knowledge of such subjects, I consider this high praise indeed. Zaereth ( talk) 20:17, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
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Sometimes two cents is worth alot more than it seems. Consider this pre-payment for visiting Wikipedia:Wiki Guides/Welcome new users and sharing your view. Also, please check out the message behind the current banner at the top of all the WikiPages. Your insight and consciousness are valuable as WE (Wikipedia Editors) consider and create our credo(s) for the future. At Wikipedia all we really have are conversations and some are more important than others. Buster Seven Talk 22:20, 11 March 2011 (UTC) |
Wikipedia is not for how-to guides so please move User:Zaereth/Writing tips for the non-writer to a different website - see if Wikibooks will take it. And then request its deletion from here because Wikipedia is not a free host. — RHaworth ( talk · contribs) 20:44, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
Tony1's article is OK because it uses a photo of mine! But seriously, there is little to chose between the two articles. Both should be transferred to Wikibooks or Wikiversity might accept them. Isn't Wikipedia is not for how-to guides sufficient explanation? If you want more how about no original research? — RHaworth ( talk · contribs) 00:37, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Where did you find that telluric iron presents Widmanstatten structures? -- Basilicofresco ( msg) 08:12, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Many photographers add a ruler or some length marker (coin, pen) when taking such images. An alternative (which also works after taking an image and avoids unnecessary image clutter) is to add something like "capacitor width 20 cm" or "image width 20 cm" to the image caption. Knowing the size may be important. Regards and best wishes. Materialscientist ( talk) 01:19, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
With all the excess flare gas being and going to be produced in Alaska I would like to hear someone intelligent like yourself explain why no effort us being made to convert it into ammonia, which is a valuable product that has an international market. It wouldn't even be too hard to move it by pipeline to a place of export, or even to the US. Have you heard anything about such as that?. And thanks for your answer to my inquiry in Mirror. WFPM ( talk) 21:44, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
It makes sense to reinject all the possible recovered production gas in order to maintain bottom hole pressure. But in a cold climate, like northern Alaska, the idea of converting some of it to liquid ammonia and moving it through a small pipeline system sounds feasible to me. In Venezuela, we had a 50psi production gas recovery system, which was repressured to 500psi and reinjected. But a lot of low pressure production tank gas was flared, because nobody needed the gasses' heating energy capacity. But I keep thinking about the methane to ammonia conversion possibility and the low temperature ease of handling the liquid ammonia and wonder if there isn't a possibility in there somehow. WFPM ( talk) 00:44, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
When you say Nitrate plant, I assume you mean Ammonium nitrate plant and wonder where they get their hydrogen. Probably buy methane gas on the open market and don't worry about scavenging waste flare gas. I've got a chemistry book, Chemical Principles by William Masterson and Emil Slowinski, that brags about the ability of fuel cell technology to be able to extract the maximum chemical energy from Methane fuel Gas, ( ISBN 0-7216-6172-6 W. B. Saunders Company. So it looks like there ought to be a way to recover and utilize some of that waste gas energy. I was a Pipeline Engineer, and was involved in the gas gathering pipeline system. WFPM ( talk) 09:53, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
How did my Identity initials get mixed up in the next Subject matter item (See below)? You must be trying to extract info from Wiki (as I do). Would be interested in your opinion as to whether my concept about the inability of a thin film to cause frequency doubling of IR radiation due to the wavelength difference has any merit. Maybe thicker would help.WFPM WFPM ( talk) 17:08, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
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"A sufficiently paranoid conspiracy theory can never be disproven" did originate with me; I started using that as an e-mail signature a little over 15 years ago. I ran across your page when I did a Google search on the phrase today. I was contemplating the ironic (or deliberate?) timing of the US government release of papers confirming a long-term government coverup of knowledge of the Katyn massacre yesterday. It could be taken as someone deliberately taunting those who believe in 9/11 conspiracy theories, just before an election... Not that I believe that's really the case, but it's still fun to speculate. scot ( talk) 15:09, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
for the feedback. Hope all is well in your world which. by the way, sounds very interesting. I had to look up what a "maul" was. I thought it was something my pit bull did too my neighbors cat. (Not really). WP:COI+ pretty much takes the place of my essay and is a whole $20 better. Mine was more in response to a disagreement and a way to "boil over" somewhere other than an article talk page. Always nice to here from you. Your friend, ``` Buster Seven Talk 07:22, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
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High-tailing it outta here with my arms flailing above my head: "WAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..." Zaereth ( talk) 18:07, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Zaereth, Happy New Year! Sorry I'm not around much these days, have many things in real life keeping me away from wikipedia. When I have some free time I look forward to editing more glass related articles. Cheers Polyamorph ( talk) 11:01, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
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I'd just like to say: Good work!-- ZarlanTheGreen ( talk) 07:05, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
I'd recommend the books Encyclopedia of the Sword, Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World, Medieval Combat: A Fifteenth-Century Illustrated Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat, Samurai Fighting Arts: The Spirit and the Practice, Japanese Sword Fighting: Secrets of the Samurai, U.S. Marine Combat Conditioning, and Master of the Blade: Secrets of the Deadly Art of Knife Fighting (to name a few).
I don't understand why you're getting so defensive over how I choose to do things. (I'm beginning to think trying to be friendly was a huge mistake.) In actual combat, (just as Bruce Lee taught), I prefer to combine the best of all forms, discarding what is not useful. I prefer the style of the sword-and-buckler men rather than the brutish form of the knights. For my build, I prefer a blade which is heavier, providing very forceful impacts, yet well balanced for quick turn-around, allowing me to deliver a machine-gun volley of blows. The sword needs good wrist action, proving a full range of motion in both pronation and supination (which a straight cross-guard or a basket-hilt does not). For all practicality, the sword guard needs to be no larger than the hand, while the quillions can easily be used as a weapon in close quarters, sinking then into the chin or ribs. All in all, I prefer what works for me, and you can use what works for you (I won't complain). Zaereth ( talk) 19:35, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
Here is a photo of one of my earlier models. This one developed a small crack in the quench. I've been meaning to temper this one for some time now so I could photograph the process, but thought I might as well take an hour to do so today, so that you could better visualize what I'm talking about. Zaereth ( talk) 08:15, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
You keep saying "typo" in your edit summaries... A typo is a spelling mistake, especially if it is due to ones fingers slipping on the keyboard. Missed words or grammatical errors, or badly phrased or placed words/sentences are not typos.-- ZarlanTheGreen ( talk) 12:16, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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hey zaraeth,i read your article about the tempering of steel,i saw the picture you uploaded about the different colors obtained when you heat a steel bar at different levels!
i wanted to ask you a few questions. i have this commercial project where i have to design a showroom, do you think its appropriate to use these differentially heated steel bars on the external facade of the showroom,approximately 2500mm tall and 150 mm wide. i am a student,so forgive me if this question sounds silly,but its a very important project for me so it would mean the world to ,me if you respond! and also if i can actually use this on the external facade should they be treated with something for protection? and do you have any idea about how can they actually be fixed or installed? thank you for your time. waiting :) Ashwi jain ( talk) 06:22, 1 August 2014 (UTC) |
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Thank you for your edit on Barrel Roll. I had read the IP edit backwards and thought they were adding the unnecessary piping when in fact they were removing it. Thank you for undoing my mistake. SPACKlick ( talk) 19:40, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for reverting the "welding food" change. However, just to entertain you, here you will find a plausible reference. -- NearEMPTiness ( talk) 03:14, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
I needed that. B7's half-brother... Buster3.5 ( talk) 05:36, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
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Hey, Zaereth, I'm not sure I understand your statement: "I believe that Wikipedia policy is fundamentally flawed, and should state that Wikipedia is about reporting all truths that are significant, verifiable, and reliably sourced." How is this different from our current policy? -- Chetvorno TALK 22:36, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi Zaereth, I don't know if you happened to see my ping at Talk:Rothenberg Ventures last week, but the SPA returned, and added a new paragraph to the introduction: mention of a lawsuit apparently filed in March that has not been reported by a reliable source, and for which an external link has not even been included. I've tried seeking help with another editor who had recently made a constructive edit on the page, however he seems reluctant to get involved. Would you be willing to look at this again, and remove it if you agree it fails WP:VERIFY? WWB Too ( Talk · COI) 15:40, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for your comments re: the Deborah Dwork page. I was the editor who first raised concerns regarding the page's merit as a biography of a living person, given its self-promotional tone and poorly sourced content, and I agree that it may be reasonable to recommend for WP:AFD (vs. significant edits by an impartial third party).
I'm something of a novice editor, but I noticed that the Deborah Dwork entry on the BLP noticeboard has been [ archived] by a bot ( lowercase sigmabot III). Seems to me that the topic won't get much follow-up on the archive page...
I don't mean to make this a personal crusade of mine (I realize that comes with its own risk of bias). So I figured I'd ask you -- what's the protocol, here? How can we clean this up?
Thanks for your time,
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Hi again, Zaereth. Since you had previously edited the Rothenberg Ventures entry, I wanted to give notice that I've proposed a more concise version of the article's Controversies section, which you can see at Talk:Rothenberg Ventures. I hope you'll give it a look; let me know if you have any questions. Best, WWB Too ( Talk · COI) 18:14, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
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Hi there! I noticed a post you made recently at the BLP noticeboard regarding sources of English. I was fascinated because you listed Pictish as a major source of English words--any chance you could point me to something about this? I've had some academic interaction with the Pictish language (on monuments, anyway!) and I've never heard this. If it's a bother feel free to ignore me. Thanks! Dumuzid ( talk) 17:33, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, it's true that I'm no longer active on the site ( /info/en/?search=User_talk:Deglr6328#Fluorescent_spectral_diagram ) but I stop by very rarely (mostly to see what's been deleted that I've done here - *eyeroll*) and I think your color image of a fluorescent lamp spectrum overlaid onto my plot is great. It pleases me to see that spectrum being used in so many places around the internet and I think your spectrum lines up so closely because most modern bulbs are using the same rare-earth phosphor blend, probably even from the same supplier. You don't need my permission to modify though as long as the original is attributed, which it look like it is. Thanks, -deglr6328 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:1014:8116:DD80:FC9:4AFB:7EE ( talk) 01:54, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
Thank-you for your timely response to my concerns and informing me about my deficiencies regarding policies. I understand the need to redact primary sources containing personal information. I also understand the need to protect primary information like date of birth. FreedomtoAssociate ( talk) 01:16, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
I added a few more references to reinforce the goals of La Famia Foundation when Floyd's Creative Arts Trust Assets were purchased. Hopefully, the reference to the building collapse would be acceptable since it was posted on a Community bulletin board in the wake of the earthquakes devastation. FreedomtoAssociate ( talk) 22:10, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Zaereth...back in June you participated at BLP/N and in one of your comments, you presented the perfect description for an ongoing issue that has plagued some of our controversial BLPs. I think it should be included in our BLP policy, so let me know if you start a discussion on that TP. In the interim, what did you mean by "these types of articles"? I'm of the mind that it would apply to any BLP who is pushing a controversial belief or ideology.
"[BLPs with controversial beliefs or ideologies should not] become focused on bolstering and subsequently refuting the subject's views or theories rather than actually defining the subject. [removed reference to article above] In many cases this may in fact be due to the subject trying to push their own ideas, while others work diligently to refute them, but [many] of these cases are between editors that have no affiliation with the subject other than a personal belief/disbelief in their work. A person's biography is not a good place to debate a scientific theory [or ideological belief]; those debates should be in the articles about the theories [or respective beliefs]. For a biography, it is enough to simply state what their views are and link to the articles which expand on those views….” Zaereth ( talk) 22:23, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
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I'm writing to complain about the units of temperature you used recently... :P just kidding. I wanted to thank you for your response and let you know the units didn't matter and the guy that had a problem with it seemed to have an axe to grind. It's a shame that it puts people off responding to questions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.230.100.66 ( talk) 17:04, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
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谢谢 我感谢您的帮助 祝你今天愉快! Zaereth ( talk) 01:40, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
PS: I don't speak Chinese, so blame google if that didn't come out right. I'm always happy to assist with English grammar, though, and I can see how difficult it can be to follow all the rules attached to those silly articles and prepositions. It's mostly idiomatic, meaning most people know it sounds funny, but they just don't know why..
Thanks for your interest and input. I'm now away myself for a few days, but hopefully I'll be able to get back to it and clean it up further. In the meantime, I'll revert the lede to a more neutral state. Ghmyrtle ( talk) 08:25, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
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Thanks for taking the time to document your well-thought-out and well written commentary about the merits of the recent Contrad Mainwaring article edits. Your commentary should become part of the FAQ! Thanks for your contributions to WP. Mwikieditor ( talk) 10:35, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
Just a note, the reason I'm less sympathetic to the IP's (The article's subject's?) rants is that this page was originally created and maintained by two socks, who were clearly either Ms Wang, her husband, or someone working for their company. They, and whoever is promoting the opposite claim, edit warred, socked, and posted long rants without listening to anyone trying to help. (the reason I even know her husband's name is because he came here and veered into NLT issues. see Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Archive307#Possible_NLT_at_BLPN) page protection quieted the issue. I'm of course happy to help anyone remove inaccurate and/or libelous information from their page. Hydromania ( talk) 03:43, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for your on Sarah Palin, im frankly not looking forward to whatever "discussion" occurs around that, but its nice to know someone else is looking. FYI, the same user is trying to re-insert silly content into the Sarah Palin template as well:
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Template:Sarah_Palin&diff=prev&oldid=926064016
Thanks. Bonewah ( talk) 14:21, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
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Thanks for the christmas wishes, hope yours was good and have a good new year. Alas I have been exceptionally busy offline as have had two job (and in fact, career) changes in the last 8 months so have had very little time that isnt spent either working, or playing Warframe to relax from working. Fortunately new job (started at end of Nov) is a)home working with some travel, b)less hours, c)more pay, d)all round better. So in the new year I will have some more free time. Only in death does duty end ( talk) 11:09, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
Hey, it would be great if the article could remain standing. He has only been interviewed by activists and alternative journalists but as there are many other people that lived in Shirley Oaks and claim that they were abused there I think that his story is legitimate. There are also many police officers who stated in interviews that the meat rack in London existed. I removed all names from the article and hope that his life's story can remain as an example for other victims of abuse. Please let me know whether that would be OK. It has been viewed at least 40 times per day. I think that people are interested in his story and that it could set an example.-- Sparrow (麻雀) 🐧 14:35, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi Zaereth, Someone nominated Glass for GA review. The reviewer wrote some comments here: Talk:Glass/GA2. Basically they didn't want to review the article until some of the concerns remaining from an earlier review had been completed. In the last few days I have been through glass and edited it extensively, hopefully it is now in a much better state than it was before? I haven't gone into the references to find page numbers etc that the reviewer asked for yet, as that will require some dedicated time. I'm wondering if you could take a look? See if there is anything you think that could be improved. After the remaining minor things are done I'll ping the reviewer to restart the GA review. Cheers, Polyamorph ( talk) 10:48, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello again Polyamorph. I have started looking into the article, and have gotten part way through. I do see a number of things that I think can be improved. For example, in the "History" section there is at least one sentence that is exactly the same as found in the lede. The lede should be a summary of the article, but not really a repeat of what is in it, so that comes off as a bit awkward. I'd also like to see a better transition from ancient glass, which had to be hand-formed with tools, and thus mostly consisted of crude objects and jewelry, to the more modern glassblowing techniques developed around the first century.
In the "Properties" section, it may be worth including a link to gradient index materials, because lensing is not always a surface geometry effect. I notice a few sentences that are hard to follow, and I had to go back and re-read them to get the intended meaning, such as the last two in this section. A few commas here or there can help fix this type of problem. It would be nice in tht section if we could have a few more numbers, like hardness, density, elasticity, etc...
In the "Types" section, just from reading the text it can be difficult to tell if, say, borosilicate and lead glass are types of soda-lime glass, or different types altogether. They're all silicate glasses, of course, but it reads like, "Start with these ingredients and you get soda-lime, add some of this and it turns into borosilicate, then a pinch of lead and voila, it all turns into lead glass." It may be worth separating those into subsections in order to clarify that they're different types.
And I would start off each subsection with, "[Type of glass} is..." (ie: Soda-lime glass is... or Lead glass is...) For example, from reading the "Network glass" subsection, I am more confused than when I started. What is the definition of a network glass? What is not a network glass? What does jargon like "network", "formers", and "intermediates" mean? This should all be explained, or at least the meaning should be evident from context, otherwise I'm left wondering, "Why is this even here?" Same with glass ceramics and fiberglass (aka: glass cotton-candy). What are they specifically, and what sets them apart?
That's as far as I've gotten for today. Tomorrow I'll delve into the rest of the article. Zaereth ( talk) 23:13, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
I did it! Glass is now GA! Cheers Polyamorph ( talk) 08:11, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi Zaereth, We recently had a discussion on the BLP noticeboard that I felt was constructive and civil even though it did not continue today. I am just reaching out looking for some general support or maybe to find an advisor or mentor. I've been having a lot of trouble since Feb 19 starting with numerous edits from the IP editor if you may have seen in the edits history.
I feel I am being steamrolled by two editors with longer edit history primarily not willing to deal with one issue at a time instead it creates a lot of confusion. They posted to the notice boards, not me. Not acknowledging my points, or I thought something was resolved like the MOS:SAMESURNAME, since there was no objection after I replied on the talk page with sources, but then today it was back and forth until finally I think there was acceptance. I have said I am open to discussion but they were unwilling, just making mostly hostile blanket comments instead of addressing details. I feel there were a lot of false statements made against me. I really just want to cooperate and deal with things logically and precisely, with the general hostility it creates a lot of confusion and distraction, lack of acknowledgement of things I say. I was disturbed by the insulting comments and now the user who denied that they were personal attacks wants to ban me even though I remained civil. Hoping to find some mentors, advisors or just general support to talk to. I can see the user who just said he wants to ban me tried to get others involved [ [2]] Hoping to get a truce where we can deal with issues one at a time logically and precisely without insults and getting personal. - Khawue ( talk) 23:27, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
- "The task of the fighter pilot is to obtain as much tactical information as possible from every available source and then filter and analyze this information based on knowledge of its source and his best estimates of its timeliness, accuracy, and reliability. Some of the information received may be conflicting, and pilot judgment is required to separate the wheat from the chaff....
- "Overreliance on any one source of tactical information is a common problem and often leads to disaster. This condition can be the result of actual lack of available informational sources, loss of some sources (through jamming, for example), or simply ignoring available inputs. The disregard of some available information can be fostered by a tactical doctrine that relies heavily on one source to the exclusion of others, or it may be caused by sensory overload from too much information being fed to the pilot at critical moments."
Thanks for a civil response from you (and others). It's refreshing. I wanted to make a detailed argument, but just don't see me myself doing that now. For one, there's not much reasoning with the people who oppose infoboxes on certain biographical articles. When looking through the archived talk pages on Kubrick and Grant, people have given way better arguments than I could ever give expressing the worth of infoboxes on certain pages, but even then the people who oppose don't budge from their position and nothing gets done. Another reason is that I've worn myself out for the past 24 hours writing to these folks and a few hours ago with the lengthy report on the noticeboard.
I'm actually just gonna walk away from Wikipedia altogether after today. The reasons being is that I've quite clearly pissed off some people who oppose the infoboxes on celebs, and I just feel like all that contesting I did was for nothing. Not that I thought or shouldn't have thought I would change a thing. Another thing is that there are people who could give better and well thought arguments on the support of infoboxes. And this whole ordeal has just taken the Wikipedia system out of me, like an autopsy. I can't believe after a year of editing, making articles, and uploading pictures to Commons would just end like this.
I think I'll just help contribute to the Lost Media Wiki. I really like what they're doing over there.
Anyhow, see ya.
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I'm trying my best to write a valid argument too.
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Hi Zaereth, Following my deletion of this material [ [3]], there is a discussion of Bob Dylan and Alcohol here: Talk:Bob_Dylan#Alcohol. Any comments you wish to make are welcome. Mick gold ( talk) 18:10, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi, Zaereth. I hope you are doing well. I recently changed the indentation on your comment on the BLPN thread [4], and I thought you may be interested in this essay, Wikipedia:Colons and asterisks, which I recently found very interesting. I had no idea about the whole list issue, but the TLDR version is that you should copy and paste the previous comment's indentation or else it can create a bunch of extra lists that are read aloud for screen readers. Take care. – wallyfromdilbert ( talk) 22:53, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
Nice summary at the Joe Biden BLPN thread. Just in case you were not aware, the BLP thing happened when the RS thing didn't pan out. (P.S. great user page!) SPECIFICO talk 17:23, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
one should never call Julius Caesar "former" emperor of Rome - because he never was - he held the office of Dictator (something wholly different to the Augustine principate, or the later autocracy) than 'emperor' :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.169.17.116 ( talk) 00:33, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
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to be fair, he has been pushing conspiracy theories
the range of sources calling him a conspiracy theorist is pretty remarkable: it includes HuffPo, the Daily Mail, The Times, the Jewish Chronicle and more - a remarkably broad spectrum. Dissent from this can be found at the Daily Stormer and Sputnik. He wrote the cover blurb for David Ray Griffin's 9/11 Truther book, and defends it: "My position, as has been the case for some time, is that [conclusions detailed in 9/11 Unmasked] demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that significant parts of the official narrative are very likely to be incorrect."
These comments go way further than mine did.the most likely explanation is that he's looking for a job or backers, and blames Wikipedia for the fact that the internet is... unflattering to his cherished beliefs. He's a regular on Sputnik and an outspoken pro-Russia / Assad pundit, so maybe he's in the same position as George Galloway, who is not seen as an honest broker when discussing these subjects. A good number of sources describe him as pro-Assad and pro-Russia. These are not fashionable positions right now.
Thanks for your comment. I didn't know what to do with Convergence so welcome your expertise. Are we ever likely to have an aticle on it (or Beam convergence), in which case it could be left as a red link (with a better title) if not please link it to Divergence or more likely Beam divergence.— Rod talk 17:36, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
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You left an extended comment on the BLP noticeboard about Dov Seidman. The discussion was archived without any action having been taken. It's here: [5] As you may remember, I was transparent in letting everyone know that I have a personal relationship with Seidman. Therefore I can't implement changes. I wonder if you would either implement the changes you recommended or take the discussion out of archive so more people can participate? Thank you. Wikiqueen32 ( talk) 01:15, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Relating to discussion in the BLP noticeboard about the capitalization of The Weeknd, you claimed that Wikipedia follows those grammar rules because of the history of the languages that went into English, implying that the choice is inherently better because of its history. I just wanted to add that appealing to other languages is a bad choice here, given that capitalization was an invention that started only around 1500 years ago - it didn't exist in classical Latin - and other languages don't use the same capitalization rules that English does. For instance, German capitalizes all nouns. Indeed, appealing only to the history of the English language isn't useful, since English itself capitalized nouns until around two hundred or three hundred years ago! These conventions are largely the invention of grammarians in the 19th century. Wikipedia follows them (such as "we never capitalize the small words"), but the reason for that is a general going-with-the-flow, not some inherent superiority of those capitalization rules. Gbear605 ( talk) 19:58, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
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Thank you for quality articles such as Mangalloy and Telluric iron, for watching over articles related to metallurgy and Alaska, for patiently explaining the basics, for a book of insight for a user page including "some pictures to help brighten up the place", and one in tribute, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
You are recipient no. 2546 of Precious, a prize of QAI. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:08, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
...whatever you'd like. Scot or Radish or whatever. I got called a dog about thirty times in that other thread on the BLP noticeboard without being bothered, so something not intentionally offensive definitely won't bother me. ScottishFinnishRadish ( talk) 17:22, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
There is some unpleasantness on the glass talk page regarding my ENGVAR edits and the art section. Not that I want to drag you into anything, just you were involved in the original ENGVAR conversation, if you'd care to comment. I leave it up to you! I hope you are well. Polyamorph ( talk) 17:46, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQBt3Boay_k Might take some searching to find, but he does talk about the f22 retiring. KinneticSlammer ( talk) 20:00, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you so much, man. You really helped me. I also think your words helped sister in her last days.
Goodbye, and be well. Halo Jerk1 ( talk) 02:10, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
... for what you said on User talk:SlimVirgin - missing pictured on my talk, with music full of hope and reformation -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:07, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
Didn't want to go too off-topic over there, but yeah, I get lost every time I go there, I can't make any sense of the place, and it seems like it has expanded again every time I'm there. On the other hand we once lost half a day of travel time just trying to figure out how to get out of Vancouver. It's like Anchorage in that the highways just suddenly turn into city streets in the middle of town, but it was way less obvious how to get out going north. (and GPS wasn't in every device back then)
I think Kenai gets a pass because Nikiski is right there next to it and that's an easier target. Welcome to Nikiski, home of ....giant abandoned fertilizer plant and a bunch of empty storefronts. They don't care because the town is actually quite well off regardless. One of my favorite parks is just past there.
It's a lovely day here, but even if it weren't, as we say, "it may rain in Homer, but it's shittier in Whittier." Beeblebrox ( talk) 19:58, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
You seem like a reasonable editor based on the comments I read from you on JWT. Note the AfD was closed keep all after the article looked the was it does now, and there were multiple editors looking at the JT article. I am not going to respond to the SPA any more, but if you want to refactor the article I will not object. Lightburst ( talk) 21:40, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
Hi Zaereth, I have to say that your "Tempering colors of steel" photograph is probably one of the most beautiful images I’ve seen in a long time. First of all, thanks for this wonderful contribution. Second, and I’m not sure if this is something you’d have any interest in, but I would absolutely love to own a collection of tempered steel like this for display in my office/home. Is this something you would have any interest in? I would be completely open to discussing details, and would obviously compensate you for your time and materials. (If not, do you know anyone who might be interested in such a project?) Thank you so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Isthmuses ( talk • contribs) 22:24, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
I was impressed by your thoughtful comment on the bio talk page, so I am hoping you might help to improve it. HouseOfChange ( talk) 17:15, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello Zaereth: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice. Thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Polyamorph ( talk) 17:49, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Zaereth! Thank you for all your work around here, especially at BLPN. Also have a Happy New Year! – wallyfromdilbert ( talk) 04:24, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for being around, and your good wishes! - Happy new year, in friendship! - One of my pics was on the Main page (DYK) and even made the stats. - In this young year, I enjoyed meetings with friends in real life, and wish you many of those. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:08, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
Many apologies for not replying sooner, I was away for the entire festive period and have spent the last week catching up, so on-line time has not been as extensive as it should be. Hope the coming year is a good one for you, and you had a good holiday season. Hopefully we can all claw our way back to some form of normalcy, at some point. So far I am refusing to be more optimistic than that, as with the current UK situation, I dont want to be disappointed. Only in death does duty end ( talk) 13:53, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
After your last post on the BLP Noticeboard for discussion of the entry for Ariel Fernandez the forum was immediately closed with the message that “ Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion”. Your subsequent reversion of both of my succeeding comments, as seemingly allowed by the BLP but disallowed by you seem reflect your intent to have the last word on this issue. Defending WP - even if the BLP Noticeboard closure seems odd and definitely asynchronous - is one thing, defending the subject of the original entry - as evidenced by ascribing their motivation for violating posting rules to their judgement of being attacked - is quite another. Though it is most likely this entry will also be “reverted” - either by you or a fellow editor - I nevertheless feel the need to voice my displeasure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AcademicPerspective ( talk • contribs) 00:28, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
My apologies in advance for any unintended slight but your comment regarding my syntax construction requires a response. Interestingly , given your prior comments, you seem to be implying that the phrase “ as evidenced by ascribing their motivation for violating posting rules to their judgement of being attacked “ reflects poor sentence construction , and/or poor usage of the English language, despite being admittedly “ grammatically correct syntax”. In an effort to enlighten you let me deconstruct the sentence as follows: 1. “As evidenced by” uses the past tense and participle of the word evidence to support my thesis 2. “Ascribing the motivation” could have been prefixed by the word “your” since that was implied 3. “Their motivation for violating posting rules” refers to your comment about the WP subject (AF),:or WP subjects in general, not “ feeling the need to sock if…” I hope this helps. As to the removal of comments from the Ariel Fernandez talk page these were done with what can only be described as undue haste by one “AndyTheGrump”. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AcademicPerspective ( talk • contribs) 01:37, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
Zaereth ( talk) 02:04, 15 January 2022 (UTC) Zaereth ( talk) 02:04, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
Point taken in regard to my prose, it tends to be somewhat impenetrable. While that may well represent failure in a context such as this , in academia it tends to be lauded as it promotes brevity. You are not alone in the critique however, the great American author Cormac McCarthy has also expounded on this issue. As regards the main issue at hand I’m not sure I would characterize inclusion of the EOCs as “non sequiturs”. In earlier versions of the entry this commentary did indeed follow from the description of the subjects (AF) publication history - the latter continually updated with self-edits. In many ways it was this update history, what I have previously referred to as an attempt to present a hagiography, that precipitated the current controversy. Please accept my bona fides that my personal concern is with academic integrity, which for me should be reflected in both the academic’s behavior as well as their output. Thanks for the opportunity to expound.
On an at once separate but related issue how do I overcome immediate reversions - and I mean in a matter of seconds - of talk page posts by “AndyTheGrump”, justified by the history comment “troll/ sockpuppet pretending to be an academic”. With such control this entry, indeed any entry, can be rendered inviolate. This goes beyond our current discussion and , at least to me, strikes at the very heart of trying to achieve what we all want want : a neutral but informative entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AcademicPerspective ( talk • contribs) 03:34, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
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You mentioned at BLPN that you try to limit the pages that you watch because you can never remember to remove them. It's actually been possible to watchlist pages temporarily for awhile and it's one of the best newish features there is (apart from the reply tool and subscribing to threads). Anyways, when you click the star at the top of a page, you can change the watchlist time period. Unfortunately this doesn't work with what shows up at the bottom of edit summaries/preferences regarding your watchlist, you have to select the watchlist time period manually each time through the star. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 12:00, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
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We sang Charpentier's delightful Messe de minuit pour Noël yesterday, which was on DYK the day before, - a first for me, pictured, - thank you for the good wishes, and enjoy the season! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:05, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
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Hello, nice to meet you. I like your page. I agree with you that there are deep, serious flaws in Wikipedia policy, NPOV and others. It's a major issue of concern for me, not just within Wikipedia, but for human society at large, given Wikipedia's reach and perceived neutrality/reliability. I've decided to do everything I can to address this, which has made me a not-so-popular editor at times. Maybe, one day, we will find an opportunity to collaborate. Cheers. Philomathes2357 ( talk) 05:16, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
But I was able to switch back pretty easily, there should be a sidebar link to open your prefernces to switch back to the old look. Beeblebrox ( talk) 21:10, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
Same: it says "Switch to old look". Problem: Will others see my user page old look or new, - big difference. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:46, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
The search ox is now on top left, the watchlist is the symbol with a star top right, keep looking and don't leave us. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:48, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
Hello Zaereth. As others have said, you can switch back to the old site appearance and behavior. You have to be logged in to your Wikipedia account to do ths:
That should solve the problem. — Mudwater ( Talk) 21:49, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
Hello. If you are still editing, I'd like to ask more information on the edit you made to the mirror article [6]. There was no additional reference added, and while I don't have Melchoir-Bonnet's history of the mirror, a Google search doesn't find mention of a ribbon machine. I doubt it was the unsuccessful Bessemer continuous production machine, and the Corning machine post-dates both the Industrial Revolution, and the increasing availability of silver-glass mirrors in Victorian times mentioned in the book. Also, I don't see the relevance of a shaping process like Corning's to glass panes or mirrors. An article on Corning's ribbon machine would be welcome, all the same. Without further information, it would seem the improvements in glass production that followed silvering in the Industrial Revolution were the cylinder process or maybe some form of plate glass. [7]
BTW I changed to monobook skin in Preferences, but nevertheless can see why unexpected decisions might dissuade one from editing. -- Cedders tk 17:23, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
hi, the lead on Klete Keller was vandalized again. :( 129.222.222.20 ( talk) 20:18, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
I really felt Grubby warranted an article at this point. If you happen to find yourself at the zoo, we could use a freee image. She may not be on display yet though. Beeblebrox ( talk) 21:19, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
My name is Laura and I work for Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields, a baron, businessperson, and former British politician. The page about her was recently tagged for COI and advert issues due to some poor edits made years ago. I posted here regarding my desire to address the substance of the tags with a re-write or heavy trims, to remove the promotional content. I was hoping you might be willing to chime in on the proposed trims and/or the suggestion for a rewrite. Let me know. Best regards.~~~~ LauTad89 ( talk) 14:47, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
I reverted your edits at Anchorage, Alaska. I spent about 30 minutes reviewing your text, and the sources added to support that text, and much of your edits was either not supported by the sources cited, or was original research. Please note that Wikipedia's policy on original research is firm. I would strongly suggest that if you revise these edits and re-insert them, that you include inline citations for each sentence. Thank you. Magnolia677 ( talk) 21:51, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
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Hi Zaereth. :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 01:55, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, people's rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension. Happy Holidays to you and yours. The gathering of editors that Clovermoss started got me into a time-travel loop to revisit the distant past where I happily stumbled upon our days of long ago. What a Joy. What fun it was. Glad to see you are still in the WP circle. I know this is the same card I send every year. My apologies. I bought them at a dollar store many years ago. The alderman had a program to upgrade the local business district and convinced the owner to become a $1.50 store...ergo the discount. As for WP, I basically just do the Editor of the Week awards and wander around looking for a nice park bench to relax in. Life is GOOD in the lower 48. Hope the same is true for you. ― Buster7 ☎
Hi Buster7. Glad to see you're still around too. Yeah, it was certainly fun to take a trip down Memory Lane. Thanks to Clovermoss for that! It was also cool to read what others had to say. It's funny, but you get to know all these people over the years without really knowing anything about them. An interesting way to make friends indeed.
Speaking of the old days, guess who stopped by to say hi last year. Do you remember Fcreid? I think that's somewhere up above, in a section titled "SPA".
No worries about the card. It's the thought that counts. Never been much of a card person myself, so I didn't really notice. But I truly appreciate that someone's thinking of me. I still just send the hand-written note, like I did when I was a kid. ("Dear Grandma. How are you? I am fine. How is the weather? Ours is fine. How was your Christmas. Mine was fine...") Life is great in the Upper 49th! Lots of snow and cold weather, but I've got a good all-wheel drive and a nice, cozy fire to keep us warm. Just how I like it. Anyhow, it's always nice to hear from you Buster, and I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Zaereth ( talk) 21:28, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello Zaereth: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Polyamorph ( talk) 08:58, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello Zaereth: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, -- Dustfreeworld ( talk) 12:46, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
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You said WP:BLPSOURCES, but I only see ONE person by name in that article, it is about a police operation. --- Avatar317 (talk) 00:04, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
Zaereth, I always appreciate how thoughtful your replies are on BLPN. You have an amazing ability to break things down in clear, understandable ways. I know you are frequently busy in real life, but I wanted to show you the most recent addition to the Kathleen Kennedy article, which I thought you would similarly find amusing [8]. I haven't been on Wikipedia much the past few years because of being busy with other things, but I hope you have been doing well. – notwally ( talk) 03:47, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
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Thank you for giving your opinion on the "bridge controversy" discussion in Sarah Palin. Dave Collect ( talk) 02:03, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
And thanks for the further input! I am an eeensy bit upset with the game-playing I have found in WP ... Collect ( talk) 21:44, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks I really appreciate it. I have to admit sometimes my paience wears thin, and seversal editors have criticized my acts and approach. But I am convinced that if people are simply committed to WP:AGF, WP:NPOV, WP:V and WP:NOR, there is just no reason why our respective political beliefs should get in the way of a fruitful collaboration. I am reallly trying hard to support this kind of editing environment. I do not have a problem with people who disaree with my edits as long as they do so in the spirit of the policies I just menioned ... it just seems to me that some people there start from an antagonistic stance that just cannot help. So I am really thnkful for your encouraging words and as I think I noted in the talk page at least one of your recent edits, perhaps working together we can maintain an environment where even editors who disagree profoundly can collaborate. I'm glad you are part of that, Slrubenstein | Talk 00:45, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
Please post at talk, thanks. LamaLoLeshLa ( talk) 03:40, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
Don't go too far, Zaereth! Definitely appreciated your honest insight on SP, and you probably don't even realize how your occasional sincere and informed perspective put a stop to a seemingly endless argument now and then. Thanks! Fcreid ( talk) 19:47, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
The pleasure has been mine, my friend. While I can't honestly say I feel strongly about Sarah Palin as a politician (or really about any politics or politicians in general), she's certainly one of the more interesting political figures I can recall in my life (and she has the horrendous media attention and battle scars now to prove it!) My initial visit to WP in August was no different than a gazillion others who'd never heard of her at that time. Coincidentally that same week, a couple of my "customers" asked me to evaluate if/how they might integrate Mediawiki into an underlying "vertical" environment I support for them (and which pays the bills around here). Given that not much was known about her back then, and that I needed to understand the underlying mechanics of a wiki anyway, I stuck around to see how things flowed using talk and edit histories and the like.
Ironically, despite that I didn't feel particularly strongly about her initially, it enraged me to see the low blows being dealt against her by 24/7 bloggers, media hounds and even some media outlets that I had previously considered "reliable". What followed was my natural (and quite probably chauvinistic) reaction to defend her against those attacks. Now that I know her a lot better, I'm actually very supportive of her political goals. Some of the things others paint as her negatives are actually quite positive to me.
Unfortunately, the Republican campaign completely porked the pooch on showcasing her strengths. What RNC moron lavished her with a Sak's wardrobe and a coiffeuse instead of shopping at Sears and running the family through a Super Cuts? Instead of letting her be herself, they thought they needed to coach her before speaking to the press to become someone she's not. Palin didn't lose public favor because of who she is, but rather who she isn't, and the McCain campaign is entirely at fault for that! Fortunately, America remains in desperate need of a person like her, and not phony elitist academics, lawyers and career politicians. If she eschews similarly misguided advice in the future, I'm quite sure she's destined for far bigger things. Fcreid ( talk) 00:21, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Oh, and I have great memories of my two years in Alaska when I lived there (on Adak in the Aleutians, but I retreated every few months to Anchorage for sanity reasons!) I've never counted, but I suspect I've seen most of the 50 U.S. states and a good part of the world, and Alaska is definitely among the most beautiful and wondrous places there is! Fcreid ( talk) 00:27, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
You asked on
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WP:CITE explains all the technical details as well as general editorial guidelines. The important information is right at the top, under "Quick summary". When I include references myself with <ref>...</ref>
I'm usually lazy and won't spend a lot of time on formatting it exactly according to match the Chicago/Harvard/etc style of other citations, a long as author name, title (and/or journal name/volume/page) and year are there. It is relatively rare that another editor will re-format them.
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I just finished doing some major editing to my first artcle, and I think it looks pretty good. I'll add some information to the dye laser article soon. Thanks for your assistance, Han Kwang! :-b Zaereth ( talk) 02:23, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
I added some information to a couple more articles. The preview button is a fantastic tool. Thanks, Han-Kwang, for showing that to me! :-D Zaereth ( talk) 19:24, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for explaining the factors involved in the explosion of xenon flash lamps. I was actually doing "destructive testing" of a flash lamp, as I had a few of the same kind and wanted to find out how much energy they could safely take. I was using a 330 volt ~1700µF capacitor bank (I made a mistake on the calculations earlier, it was around 92 joules, not 75), with which I tested two flash lamps. One cracked after a single flash, the second split cleanly along one end with a loud bang, and shot both ends in opposite directions across the room (it was connected with alligator clips, which fell off as the tube exploded). Needless to say, I think that I was able to find out what their operating limits were. Ilikefood ( talk) 22:07, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
Good to see you again! :) Fcreid ( talk) 19:26, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
I got that modern-day picture you wanted. I had to request that the author change its license, but the article is much better off with it! -- Al Ameer son ( talk) 06:01, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Okay, I'll bite... volcano? :) Fcreid ( talk) 22:21, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
As I move away from the two bridges that have haunted me all winter (why I may never know) I would like to say it was a pleasure to work with/against you. I always felt your input was considered and for the best of the article. I wish I could say the same for your mates but at least you showed what Wikipedia should be. Good luck!-- Buster7 ( talk) 11:14, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Now that this is moved beyond KAB and people seem to want to throw out the Road to Nowhere and most all that Palin has ever been criticized for, I see no hope in this continuing. Do you? You yourself said you're less inclined to compromise. And yet you supported mentioning the KAB to begin with. I don't get it. I don't want a separate KAB section. That was Fcried's suggestion. I'm happy to have KAB in one brief disambiguation sentence. Perhaps you can explain to me outside the glare of the Talk Page what points you feel I was not addressing. I understand that you hate the verified source -- the Wasilla Mayor, the Associated Press, and the Anchorage Daily News that says the KAB helps Wasilla. But the source is the source. And wikirules are quite clear that own research can't trump verified sources. So I don't get it. Why not just put both sides of the POV in and be done with it? Do you see how formal arbitration is the only answer here?
Clearly I'm frustrated. I'm hoping arbitration causes people to focus less on personality and more on proper wiki-arguments. I find it extremely ironic that you don't feel I'm addressing your points. What point have I not addressed? I've written for pages just to try to get people to address my arguments, but people just respond with silly stuff that they know I already agree with (Yes, I know "thanks but not thanks" refers to GIB. All my versions clearly say so. Why are people repeating themselves saying things we all agree with?) Anyway, I know I'm talking to a brick wall when Fcried and Collect agree with me and then suddenly, without giving a reason, reject the compromise.
See why we need arbitration? Maybe with arbitration, our arguments will be addressed. I'm looking forward to, one day, seeing someone respond to mine. All I get is "We can mention KAB in the Palin bio ONLY if we show it has having no connection to Palin," which I find Orwellian. Palin supports an expensive bridge. Why is this verboten in her biography? GreekParadise ( talk) 12:57, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
I did find your "small note of constructive criticism," though laughably ironic. I have tried large. And I have tried small. The problem is that once we reached the Election-Day Consensus, Collect (and others) deleted and changed a whole bunch of things without going to the talk page. So as to avoid an edit war, I have not simply undone his changes. But that means that I have the choice of trying to deal with all of them or deal with them one at a time. I have tried both ways. Both have failed. Funny, the one "single issue" I tried to deal with first was Knik Arm Bridge. And that led to six weeks of wasted effort and countless hours of verbiage that I doubt most of you even read. I only did the other issues when Fcried suggested we skip the KAB and move on since we couldn't agree on it. I guess the one note of grace in all this is that Collect's shenanigans are finally reaching a larger audience. All of us that have suffered at his hand have finally come together. I hope he's banned, but I find it unlikely. And this feeling that you can do what you want at wikipedia without any real consequence is why I probably will leave wikipedia -- or at least the Sarah Palin article -- quite soon. I have decided to end any further discussion without formal arbitration. GreekParadise ( talk) 05:31, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
GP, I don't know if you're out there and can still hear me, but I wanted to let you in on a little secret before you go. I was utterly shocked by the attitude of of this article, and the media in general, during and after this election. The push by the extreme supporters to keep out facts that were actually interesting about the subject, (I was baffled, because some of these things seemed quite positive to me), was a huge mistake on their part. However, in the end, what helped to galvanize me, and I think so many other's, toward her was the great desperation with which the detractors tried to spin every bit of minute detail into something bad against her, (not to mention the mob mentality which the relative anonymity of this sort of environment provides, where it becomes perfectly OK to go after someone's family just to get at them), was a huge mistake as well. Why would you try to hide perfectly scathing information , (facts, such as Paul's paragraph is), in a bunch of statements that amount to, 'Some people don't like her', which anyone can see through?
On a different take of this concept, there is a simple rule that is standard in most writing environments, both fiction and non-fiction, (except for math, for some reason): Show, not tell. Readers don't like to be told what's going on, they want to see it, feel it, breathe it. Make it clear. Make it concise. And make it to the point. As a writing teacher once told me, "When you write, fill your work with every sort of detail you can imagine, the sky ... its color, the shape of the clouds, the furnishings in the room, and the railing on the stairs. Then put it away for a week ... a month ... a year. When your ready, come back and read through it all, the boring minutia, and cut, edit, and strip every thing that is not absolutely essential to the story. Then read through it again, and you will find that it is all still there. That's what makes a good writer." I think it was Fleming that said (something like), I am the world's worst writer, but the world's best editor. (Or something like that.) This was not meant as an arguement, criticism, or OR that should be presented in any article. Just trying to show you a little bit where I'm coming from. Zaereth ( talk) 01:44, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Zaereth, Earlier in the day, I left a msg for you on my talk page. Frania W. ( talk) 16:48, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/07/08/sarah-barracuda-palin-and-the-piranhas-of-the-press/
This was forwarded to me last night. I'm typically loathe to read or watch political stuff, but this editorial nails my perspective on the events of the past year on the Palin page. It's undeniable that the media created our new president and destroyed Palin in that process, and this article illustrates that point graphically. Those of Palin's adversaries with a conscience still lurk around her page today in an attempt to sully the circumstances of her resignation (e.g. avoiding criminal charges, a quitter and such), but they are only hoping to appease self-guilt that it wasn't something they did with their rumor-mongering and vicious attacks that caused it. Palin's positions on social issues are, almost categorically, the polar-opposites of mine, and I'll tell you with absolute sincerity that she didn't get my vote in last year's election. That said, I admire her more today than at any point in the past year watching her story. She was (and remains) the real deal in politics, unlike so many other celebrities-come-politicians hoping to be the next Britney Spears. So, despite her now plummeting popularity in Alaska -- the artifacts of her war -- you guys were lucky to have her. For all the baseless accusations that have been leveled against her, "indecisiveness" was not among them! I hope she takes her hard-earned $10M for the book deal and has a wonderful and happy life with her family. Fcreid ( talk) 13:27, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
New sheriff in town on talk, eh? :) Fcreid ( talk) 00:34, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
I agree completely with your point that exposing these "complaints" to the light-of-day does nothing more than bolster Palin's argument that she was hounded incessantly by political enemies bent on frivolous attacks. Those who argue her resignation demonstrated she was too "thin-skinned" for the politic stage simply ignore her much more compelling argument that these incessant attacks were damaging her state for more than her. Maybe someday people will see the philanthropy of her decision, but somehow I doubt it! Fcreid ( talk) 21:43, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
Did you know that the American Yoga Association can't even agree on how to pronounce "Oooommm"? Jarhed ( talk) 05:46, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
You raised a lot of interesting points on the talk page - I made comments, responding where I could. i hope you'll continue to participate in the project space. Slrubenstein | Talk 11:03, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
Okay, thanks! Slrubenstein | Talk 22:21, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
"5000 russian aircraft destroyed until oktober" thats too low. until the end of oktober there were 17.000 aircraft destroyed. -- HROThomas ( talk) 21:58, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for the link, Zaereth. I'll definitely take a look. SlimVirgin talk| contribs 17:49, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Dormancy can be a survival trait. A well-informed landscape gardener will plant many varied grass seeds in the same plot of earth, each one for different conditions. Some seeds lay dormant, for quite awhile, waiting for their opportunity in the sun. Some thrive everywhere, no matter what conditions are. I think you have misinterpreted Editor:Slrs' comment. But, even if you got it right, don't let what ever is goin' on for you in Wikiworld kill your spirit. The loss of quality editors like you is a danger to what we have created.
Simplify---Re-invigorate your enthusiasm---Spend WP time doing relaxing things---Pitch a tent, at Random articles lets say, and just be a WP consumer for awhile. Everythings gonna be all right!-- Buster7 ( talk) 21:49, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
The old version has been restored for editing. Watch the superlatives and promotional tone which killed the first version. -- Orange Mike | Talk 15:43, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
...for your kind words at Talk:Sarah Palin. They are appreciated. Horologium (talk) 20:25, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Best to you and yours. -- Buster7 ( talk) 12:03, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks Buster! Zaereth ( talk) 19:35, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Yep, quiet on the watchlist of late, Zaereth! :) Merry Christmas to you too. We're still digging out here in DC from nearly two feet of snow, so it's sure to be a white Christmas. Wishing the best for you and yours this holiday season. Fcreid ( talk) 09:54, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
Thank you - have a happy holiday! Slrubenstein | Talk 09:44, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks! Nightscream ( talk) 22:59, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Pretty sure he uncorked in the wrong direction there and didn't actually read your post! :) Fcreid ( talk) 23:35, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
I NEED YOUR HELP to upload song and/or single covers. Go the page This Is My Time (Raven-Symone's third studio album) and go the section Backflip. In the part where the single cover is, there is a reference. Please go to the reference and turn it into the single's song cover. And Go to the page The Party's Just Begun (the lead single from the soundtrack to The Cheetah Girls 2 and do the same thing (using the reference in the the song cover section like Raven's Backflip). From Dbunkley6- talk
They're talking about another 8-12" tomorrow on top of the two feet that's still on the ground here! :( Fcreid ( talk) 21:35, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Have a Happy Day, Zareath, :D Malke 2010 23:49, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
Ay, Beannachtam na Femle Padraig agat! (Happy St. Patrick's Day to you!) Zaereth ( talk) 01:07, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
The "color" of quarks and gluons is completely unrelated to visual perception of color. Color charge -- 64.52.60.226 ( talk) 17:18, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the info, but my question would be, do you have proof? Do so-called quarks and gluons even exist? Perhaps they're strings, vibrating like a guitar string at certain frequencies. Maybe they're something else that science has yet to theorize. Zaereth ( talk) 17:24, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
Well, color is just a made-up term in this situation. From the article - The term color was chosen because the abstract property to which it refers has three aspects, which are analogized to the three primary colors of red, green, and blue. They could have called it toppings with the three aspects pepperoni, mushrooms and jalapeno - but it's easier to understand with the term colors. Quarks and gluons could be like strings vibrating at certain frequencies - but again that would mean all particles are like that and so it wouldn't be something connected to color, which only applies to quarks and gluons. Oh and in case you didn't catch it, I was referring to this from your user page - "This could just be a construct of the human psyche, but science often tells us that color is something that is basic to the very nature of the universe, right down to the subatomic particles, and I'm inclined to believe the latter." And as for proof, I guess you could read related articles and look at the citations - they say QCD has been verified to a few parts per million. Just trying to help you clarify your philosophy :) -- 64.52.60.226 ( talk) 18:16, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments regarding the Petrolsoft Corporation article. I have taken some of your advice into account in my last edit. If you have the chance, see what you think. Thanks. Mathteacher69 ( talk) 15:18, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi Zaereth, Thanks for the cool personal page. I had no idea Bruce Lee was a philosopher! Now about your belief that Wikipedia writing should never be used to "teach", I believe that all writing is teaching, and whenever I write, the first student is me. Scott P. ( talk) 00:59, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
- I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will not allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude.
- All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.... If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. --Bruce Lee
Hi Zaereth, this is a great comment [1]. Maybe you should work in mediation. :D Malke 2010 17:18, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi Zaereth,
I've used your photograph of the dielectric mirror (the one with a yellow reflection) for a presentation on photonic crystals (a dielectric mirror is essentially a one-dimensional photonic crystal), so I wanted to say thanks for releasing it into the public domain. I'd like to give a source for the picture and possibly some more detail, so if you'd like more reference than the link to the Wikimedia Commons image, please tell me. Also, I'd really be interested in more information on the mirror, do you know what materials were used (I'm guessing Si and SiO2) and how thick the layers are?
Thanks again for the picture :) -- MacJones ( talk) 07:13, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
Many thanks for your comment on Jimbo's talk page, it caught exactly how I feel about what we're doing here. Less happily, condolences to all concerned about the C-17 crash, very sad news which I'd not noticed on the news here. Had to check up which plane it was, as I was rather fortunate in seeing a C-47 flying over Glasgow recently on a commemoration day. It's awful when things go wrong in connection with an air show. Thanks again, dave souza, talk 20:54, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
Hello.
I would like to use this picture on my article about aerial combat in Hebrew wiki. Could you upload it onto Wikimedia commons please?
many thanks.
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To Zaereth in appreciation of your efforts in working with others to build not only good articles, but in helping to make Wikipedia a collegial community. Especially on Sarah Palin. Well done. Malke 2010 ( talk) 20:44, 24 November 2010 (UTC) |
Cool, my first barnstar. I've seen these before but never really knew much about them. Thanks very much Malke, I'm touched. Also, thanks for your efforts in helping to improve the writing here on Wikipedia. I hope you have a happy Thanksgiving day and a safe and wonderful weekend. Zaereth ( talk) 21:00, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, yet another flare-up on SP, the Lightning Rod! I tried to steer it towards something worth discussing, but in the end it didn't seem worth it. I suspect the underlying motive was all along only the "she's as dumb as a box of rocks" POV. Whether you like her politics or not, it baffles me that people don't consider her career accomplishments before they jump to absurd conclusions on her intelligence or breadth of knowledge. People also don't seem to recognize that Olbermann, Maddow, Beck, Limbaugh and their ilk are not (or, at least, are no longer) journalists... they are just entertainers who serve up selective bits of reality taken out of context and seasoned with their exaggerated self-opinions and overblown egos. I don't know why anyone listens to them, but you can predict stormy weather at SP by what their throngs are fed. :(
Things are good here. We got our first snow yesterday... just a dusting of an inch or two, but more may be coming this weekend. I usually like the snow. Dru shovels while I stay toasty inside, and it's cathartic to watch the surrounding woods turn white! It will be a quiet Christmas this year. My son made his final move to Vancouver with his Canadian bride a few months ago (after his residency was approved), so they're spending this year with her family there. My oldest is spending her holidays mainly with her boyfriend's family in North Carolina. So, we still have the tree and decorations out, but not the noise and excitement of years past.
Congrats on the Knik Arm Bridge! That should ease congestion and allow a bit of welcome commuter expansion. I actually caught an episode of Palin's new show, which caught my eye in a rare moment in front of the TV. It was an episode on halibut fishing, and it brought back memories of reeling in those 100-150lb beasts, although it took me an hour or so with rod-and-reel and not commercial winches! I'm actually surprised SP hasn't seen attempts to introduce "halibut brutality" to her bio! I guess too many of her detractors eat fish and would see the irony in that. :)
Anyway, hope all is well for you and yours in the great white north! Have a great Christmas!
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Thanks for the warm welcome and holiday cheer. Let me take this opportunity to thank you and (the gentleman above) for not just seeing things in the "black and white" of partisan politics. You both always leave room for compromise and the productive discussion of potential solutions. The article would suffer the loss of your guidance. Please be careful when pulling those hundred horses in the sleigh. You could pull a muscle! Buster Seven Talk 05:22, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi Zaereth, Thanks for your New Year message, I wish you a very happy and successful 2011 too!
The Logger9 situation is unfortunate. I always try and keep out of such situations but in this case Marie Poise is telling the truth and many others do share the same thoughts on Logger9's contributions so I felt it best to speak up. I haven't got anything against Logger9 personally and think it is a shame that things have come to this. Anyway, best regards Polyamorph ( talk) 14:01, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
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The physical properties section in the Honey article is excellent, nice work! Polyamorph ( talk) 09:15, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! Considering your knowledge of such subjects, I consider this high praise indeed. Zaereth ( talk) 20:17, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
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Tony1's article is OK because it uses a photo of mine! But seriously, there is little to chose between the two articles. Both should be transferred to Wikibooks or Wikiversity might accept them. Isn't Wikipedia is not for how-to guides sufficient explanation? If you want more how about no original research? — RHaworth ( talk · contribs) 00:37, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
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With all the excess flare gas being and going to be produced in Alaska I would like to hear someone intelligent like yourself explain why no effort us being made to convert it into ammonia, which is a valuable product that has an international market. It wouldn't even be too hard to move it by pipeline to a place of export, or even to the US. Have you heard anything about such as that?. And thanks for your answer to my inquiry in Mirror. WFPM ( talk) 21:44, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
It makes sense to reinject all the possible recovered production gas in order to maintain bottom hole pressure. But in a cold climate, like northern Alaska, the idea of converting some of it to liquid ammonia and moving it through a small pipeline system sounds feasible to me. In Venezuela, we had a 50psi production gas recovery system, which was repressured to 500psi and reinjected. But a lot of low pressure production tank gas was flared, because nobody needed the gasses' heating energy capacity. But I keep thinking about the methane to ammonia conversion possibility and the low temperature ease of handling the liquid ammonia and wonder if there isn't a possibility in there somehow. WFPM ( talk) 00:44, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
When you say Nitrate plant, I assume you mean Ammonium nitrate plant and wonder where they get their hydrogen. Probably buy methane gas on the open market and don't worry about scavenging waste flare gas. I've got a chemistry book, Chemical Principles by William Masterson and Emil Slowinski, that brags about the ability of fuel cell technology to be able to extract the maximum chemical energy from Methane fuel Gas, ( ISBN 0-7216-6172-6 W. B. Saunders Company. So it looks like there ought to be a way to recover and utilize some of that waste gas energy. I was a Pipeline Engineer, and was involved in the gas gathering pipeline system. WFPM ( talk) 09:53, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
How did my Identity initials get mixed up in the next Subject matter item (See below)? You must be trying to extract info from Wiki (as I do). Would be interested in your opinion as to whether my concept about the inability of a thin film to cause frequency doubling of IR radiation due to the wavelength difference has any merit. Maybe thicker would help.WFPM WFPM ( talk) 17:08, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks Zaereth. Merry Christmas to you too!-- Srleffler ( talk) 06:12, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
Merry Christmas to you and yours up north, Zaereth. Sounds like you're having a blast in the snow. Be careful! A very quiet holiday here. Have a safe New Year. Fcreid ( talk) 09:32, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
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"A sufficiently paranoid conspiracy theory can never be disproven" did originate with me; I started using that as an e-mail signature a little over 15 years ago. I ran across your page when I did a Google search on the phrase today. I was contemplating the ironic (or deliberate?) timing of the US government release of papers confirming a long-term government coverup of knowledge of the Katyn massacre yesterday. It could be taken as someone deliberately taunting those who believe in 9/11 conspiracy theories, just before an election... Not that I believe that's really the case, but it's still fun to speculate. scot ( talk) 15:09, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
for the feedback. Hope all is well in your world which. by the way, sounds very interesting. I had to look up what a "maul" was. I thought it was something my pit bull did too my neighbors cat. (Not really). WP:COI+ pretty much takes the place of my essay and is a whole $20 better. Mine was more in response to a disagreement and a way to "boil over" somewhere other than an article talk page. Always nice to here from you. Your friend, ``` Buster Seven Talk 07:22, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
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High-tailing it outta here with my arms flailing above my head: "WAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..." Zaereth ( talk) 18:07, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Zaereth, Happy New Year! Sorry I'm not around much these days, have many things in real life keeping me away from wikipedia. When I have some free time I look forward to editing more glass related articles. Cheers Polyamorph ( talk) 11:01, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
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I'd recommend the books Encyclopedia of the Sword, Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World, Medieval Combat: A Fifteenth-Century Illustrated Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat, Samurai Fighting Arts: The Spirit and the Practice, Japanese Sword Fighting: Secrets of the Samurai, U.S. Marine Combat Conditioning, and Master of the Blade: Secrets of the Deadly Art of Knife Fighting (to name a few).
I don't understand why you're getting so defensive over how I choose to do things. (I'm beginning to think trying to be friendly was a huge mistake.) In actual combat, (just as Bruce Lee taught), I prefer to combine the best of all forms, discarding what is not useful. I prefer the style of the sword-and-buckler men rather than the brutish form of the knights. For my build, I prefer a blade which is heavier, providing very forceful impacts, yet well balanced for quick turn-around, allowing me to deliver a machine-gun volley of blows. The sword needs good wrist action, proving a full range of motion in both pronation and supination (which a straight cross-guard or a basket-hilt does not). For all practicality, the sword guard needs to be no larger than the hand, while the quillions can easily be used as a weapon in close quarters, sinking then into the chin or ribs. All in all, I prefer what works for me, and you can use what works for you (I won't complain). Zaereth ( talk) 19:35, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
Here is a photo of one of my earlier models. This one developed a small crack in the quench. I've been meaning to temper this one for some time now so I could photograph the process, but thought I might as well take an hour to do so today, so that you could better visualize what I'm talking about. Zaereth ( talk) 08:15, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
You keep saying "typo" in your edit summaries... A typo is a spelling mistake, especially if it is due to ones fingers slipping on the keyboard. Missed words or grammatical errors, or badly phrased or placed words/sentences are not typos.-- ZarlanTheGreen ( talk) 12:16, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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hey zaraeth,i read your article about the tempering of steel,i saw the picture you uploaded about the different colors obtained when you heat a steel bar at different levels!
i wanted to ask you a few questions. i have this commercial project where i have to design a showroom, do you think its appropriate to use these differentially heated steel bars on the external facade of the showroom,approximately 2500mm tall and 150 mm wide. i am a student,so forgive me if this question sounds silly,but its a very important project for me so it would mean the world to ,me if you respond! and also if i can actually use this on the external facade should they be treated with something for protection? and do you have any idea about how can they actually be fixed or installed? thank you for your time. waiting :) Ashwi jain ( talk) 06:22, 1 August 2014 (UTC) |
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Thanks for reverting the "welding food" change. However, just to entertain you, here you will find a plausible reference. -- NearEMPTiness ( talk) 03:14, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Zaereth. If you haven't already done so, you might be interested to read epigenetics. Plants are also remarkable for the redundancy of their chemical pathways, but I don't think that is well discussed here. Sminthopsis84 ( talk) 17:09, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
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Hey, Zaereth, I'm not sure I understand your statement: "I believe that Wikipedia policy is fundamentally flawed, and should state that Wikipedia is about reporting all truths that are significant, verifiable, and reliably sourced." How is this different from our current policy? -- Chetvorno TALK 22:36, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi Zaereth, I don't know if you happened to see my ping at Talk:Rothenberg Ventures last week, but the SPA returned, and added a new paragraph to the introduction: mention of a lawsuit apparently filed in March that has not been reported by a reliable source, and for which an external link has not even been included. I've tried seeking help with another editor who had recently made a constructive edit on the page, however he seems reluctant to get involved. Would you be willing to look at this again, and remove it if you agree it fails WP:VERIFY? WWB Too ( Talk · COI) 15:40, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for your comments re: the Deborah Dwork page. I was the editor who first raised concerns regarding the page's merit as a biography of a living person, given its self-promotional tone and poorly sourced content, and I agree that it may be reasonable to recommend for WP:AFD (vs. significant edits by an impartial third party).
I'm something of a novice editor, but I noticed that the Deborah Dwork entry on the BLP noticeboard has been [ archived] by a bot ( lowercase sigmabot III). Seems to me that the topic won't get much follow-up on the archive page...
I don't mean to make this a personal crusade of mine (I realize that comes with its own risk of bias). So I figured I'd ask you -- what's the protocol, here? How can we clean this up?
Thanks for your time,
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Hi again, Zaereth. Since you had previously edited the Rothenberg Ventures entry, I wanted to give notice that I've proposed a more concise version of the article's Controversies section, which you can see at Talk:Rothenberg Ventures. I hope you'll give it a look; let me know if you have any questions. Best, WWB Too ( Talk · COI) 18:14, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
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Hi there! I noticed a post you made recently at the BLP noticeboard regarding sources of English. I was fascinated because you listed Pictish as a major source of English words--any chance you could point me to something about this? I've had some academic interaction with the Pictish language (on monuments, anyway!) and I've never heard this. If it's a bother feel free to ignore me. Thanks! Dumuzid ( talk) 17:33, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
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Hi Zaereth, As you commented on the last BLPN just letting you know the article's back at Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Kirsty_Gallacher for the exact same reason as before, Just thought I should let you know, Many thanks, – Davey2010 Talk 18:12, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, it's true that I'm no longer active on the site ( /info/en/?search=User_talk:Deglr6328#Fluorescent_spectral_diagram ) but I stop by very rarely (mostly to see what's been deleted that I've done here - *eyeroll*) and I think your color image of a fluorescent lamp spectrum overlaid onto my plot is great. It pleases me to see that spectrum being used in so many places around the internet and I think your spectrum lines up so closely because most modern bulbs are using the same rare-earth phosphor blend, probably even from the same supplier. You don't need my permission to modify though as long as the original is attributed, which it look like it is. Thanks, -deglr6328 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:1014:8116:DD80:FC9:4AFB:7EE ( talk) 01:54, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
Thank-you for your timely response to my concerns and informing me about my deficiencies regarding policies. I understand the need to redact primary sources containing personal information. I also understand the need to protect primary information like date of birth. FreedomtoAssociate ( talk) 01:16, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
I added a few more references to reinforce the goals of La Famia Foundation when Floyd's Creative Arts Trust Assets were purchased. Hopefully, the reference to the building collapse would be acceptable since it was posted on a Community bulletin board in the wake of the earthquakes devastation. FreedomtoAssociate ( talk) 22:10, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Zaereth...back in June you participated at BLP/N and in one of your comments, you presented the perfect description for an ongoing issue that has plagued some of our controversial BLPs. I think it should be included in our BLP policy, so let me know if you start a discussion on that TP. In the interim, what did you mean by "these types of articles"? I'm of the mind that it would apply to any BLP who is pushing a controversial belief or ideology.
"[BLPs with controversial beliefs or ideologies should not] become focused on bolstering and subsequently refuting the subject's views or theories rather than actually defining the subject. [removed reference to article above] In many cases this may in fact be due to the subject trying to push their own ideas, while others work diligently to refute them, but [many] of these cases are between editors that have no affiliation with the subject other than a personal belief/disbelief in their work. A person's biography is not a good place to debate a scientific theory [or ideological belief]; those debates should be in the articles about the theories [or respective beliefs]. For a biography, it is enough to simply state what their views are and link to the articles which expand on those views….” Zaereth ( talk) 22:23, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
- "If so, then great, and I agree completely.” — Jimbo Wales ( talk) 11:49, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
Do I have your permission to quote the edited version of your comment on my TP if I state that it is an edited version? Atsme 📞 📧 06:58, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
I'm writing to complain about the units of temperature you used recently... :P just kidding. I wanted to thank you for your response and let you know the units didn't matter and the guy that had a problem with it seemed to have an axe to grind. It's a shame that it puts people off responding to questions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.230.100.66 ( talk) 17:04, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
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谢谢 我感谢您的帮助 祝你今天愉快! Zaereth ( talk) 01:40, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
PS: I don't speak Chinese, so blame google if that didn't come out right. I'm always happy to assist with English grammar, though, and I can see how difficult it can be to follow all the rules attached to those silly articles and prepositions. It's mostly idiomatic, meaning most people know it sounds funny, but they just don't know why..
Thanks for your interest and input. I'm now away myself for a few days, but hopefully I'll be able to get back to it and clean it up further. In the meantime, I'll revert the lede to a more neutral state. Ghmyrtle ( talk) 08:25, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
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Thanks for taking the time to document your well-thought-out and well written commentary about the merits of the recent Contrad Mainwaring article edits. Your commentary should become part of the FAQ! Thanks for your contributions to WP. Mwikieditor ( talk) 10:35, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
Just a note, the reason I'm less sympathetic to the IP's (The article's subject's?) rants is that this page was originally created and maintained by two socks, who were clearly either Ms Wang, her husband, or someone working for their company. They, and whoever is promoting the opposite claim, edit warred, socked, and posted long rants without listening to anyone trying to help. (the reason I even know her husband's name is because he came here and veered into NLT issues. see Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Archive307#Possible_NLT_at_BLPN) page protection quieted the issue. I'm of course happy to help anyone remove inaccurate and/or libelous information from their page. Hydromania ( talk) 03:43, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for your on Sarah Palin, im frankly not looking forward to whatever "discussion" occurs around that, but its nice to know someone else is looking. FYI, the same user is trying to re-insert silly content into the Sarah Palin template as well:
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Template:Sarah_Palin&diff=prev&oldid=926064016
Thanks. Bonewah ( talk) 14:21, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
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Thanks for the christmas wishes, hope yours was good and have a good new year. Alas I have been exceptionally busy offline as have had two job (and in fact, career) changes in the last 8 months so have had very little time that isnt spent either working, or playing Warframe to relax from working. Fortunately new job (started at end of Nov) is a)home working with some travel, b)less hours, c)more pay, d)all round better. So in the new year I will have some more free time. Only in death does duty end ( talk) 11:09, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
Hey, it would be great if the article could remain standing. He has only been interviewed by activists and alternative journalists but as there are many other people that lived in Shirley Oaks and claim that they were abused there I think that his story is legitimate. There are also many police officers who stated in interviews that the meat rack in London existed. I removed all names from the article and hope that his life's story can remain as an example for other victims of abuse. Please let me know whether that would be OK. It has been viewed at least 40 times per day. I think that people are interested in his story and that it could set an example.-- Sparrow (麻雀) 🐧 14:35, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi Zaereth, Someone nominated Glass for GA review. The reviewer wrote some comments here: Talk:Glass/GA2. Basically they didn't want to review the article until some of the concerns remaining from an earlier review had been completed. In the last few days I have been through glass and edited it extensively, hopefully it is now in a much better state than it was before? I haven't gone into the references to find page numbers etc that the reviewer asked for yet, as that will require some dedicated time. I'm wondering if you could take a look? See if there is anything you think that could be improved. After the remaining minor things are done I'll ping the reviewer to restart the GA review. Cheers, Polyamorph ( talk) 10:48, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello again Polyamorph. I have started looking into the article, and have gotten part way through. I do see a number of things that I think can be improved. For example, in the "History" section there is at least one sentence that is exactly the same as found in the lede. The lede should be a summary of the article, but not really a repeat of what is in it, so that comes off as a bit awkward. I'd also like to see a better transition from ancient glass, which had to be hand-formed with tools, and thus mostly consisted of crude objects and jewelry, to the more modern glassblowing techniques developed around the first century.
In the "Properties" section, it may be worth including a link to gradient index materials, because lensing is not always a surface geometry effect. I notice a few sentences that are hard to follow, and I had to go back and re-read them to get the intended meaning, such as the last two in this section. A few commas here or there can help fix this type of problem. It would be nice in tht section if we could have a few more numbers, like hardness, density, elasticity, etc...
In the "Types" section, just from reading the text it can be difficult to tell if, say, borosilicate and lead glass are types of soda-lime glass, or different types altogether. They're all silicate glasses, of course, but it reads like, "Start with these ingredients and you get soda-lime, add some of this and it turns into borosilicate, then a pinch of lead and voila, it all turns into lead glass." It may be worth separating those into subsections in order to clarify that they're different types.
And I would start off each subsection with, "[Type of glass} is..." (ie: Soda-lime glass is... or Lead glass is...) For example, from reading the "Network glass" subsection, I am more confused than when I started. What is the definition of a network glass? What is not a network glass? What does jargon like "network", "formers", and "intermediates" mean? This should all be explained, or at least the meaning should be evident from context, otherwise I'm left wondering, "Why is this even here?" Same with glass ceramics and fiberglass (aka: glass cotton-candy). What are they specifically, and what sets them apart?
That's as far as I've gotten for today. Tomorrow I'll delve into the rest of the article. Zaereth ( talk) 23:13, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
I did it! Glass is now GA! Cheers Polyamorph ( talk) 08:11, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi Zaereth, We recently had a discussion on the BLP noticeboard that I felt was constructive and civil even though it did not continue today. I am just reaching out looking for some general support or maybe to find an advisor or mentor. I've been having a lot of trouble since Feb 19 starting with numerous edits from the IP editor if you may have seen in the edits history.
I feel I am being steamrolled by two editors with longer edit history primarily not willing to deal with one issue at a time instead it creates a lot of confusion. They posted to the notice boards, not me. Not acknowledging my points, or I thought something was resolved like the MOS:SAMESURNAME, since there was no objection after I replied on the talk page with sources, but then today it was back and forth until finally I think there was acceptance. I have said I am open to discussion but they were unwilling, just making mostly hostile blanket comments instead of addressing details. I feel there were a lot of false statements made against me. I really just want to cooperate and deal with things logically and precisely, with the general hostility it creates a lot of confusion and distraction, lack of acknowledgement of things I say. I was disturbed by the insulting comments and now the user who denied that they were personal attacks wants to ban me even though I remained civil. Hoping to find some mentors, advisors or just general support to talk to. I can see the user who just said he wants to ban me tried to get others involved [ [2]] Hoping to get a truce where we can deal with issues one at a time logically and precisely without insults and getting personal. - Khawue ( talk) 23:27, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
- "The task of the fighter pilot is to obtain as much tactical information as possible from every available source and then filter and analyze this information based on knowledge of its source and his best estimates of its timeliness, accuracy, and reliability. Some of the information received may be conflicting, and pilot judgment is required to separate the wheat from the chaff....
- "Overreliance on any one source of tactical information is a common problem and often leads to disaster. This condition can be the result of actual lack of available informational sources, loss of some sources (through jamming, for example), or simply ignoring available inputs. The disregard of some available information can be fostered by a tactical doctrine that relies heavily on one source to the exclusion of others, or it may be caused by sensory overload from too much information being fed to the pilot at critical moments."
Thanks for a civil response from you (and others). It's refreshing. I wanted to make a detailed argument, but just don't see me myself doing that now. For one, there's not much reasoning with the people who oppose infoboxes on certain biographical articles. When looking through the archived talk pages on Kubrick and Grant, people have given way better arguments than I could ever give expressing the worth of infoboxes on certain pages, but even then the people who oppose don't budge from their position and nothing gets done. Another reason is that I've worn myself out for the past 24 hours writing to these folks and a few hours ago with the lengthy report on the noticeboard.
I'm actually just gonna walk away from Wikipedia altogether after today. The reasons being is that I've quite clearly pissed off some people who oppose the infoboxes on celebs, and I just feel like all that contesting I did was for nothing. Not that I thought or shouldn't have thought I would change a thing. Another thing is that there are people who could give better and well thought arguments on the support of infoboxes. And this whole ordeal has just taken the Wikipedia system out of me, like an autopsy. I can't believe after a year of editing, making articles, and uploading pictures to Commons would just end like this.
I think I'll just help contribute to the Lost Media Wiki. I really like what they're doing over there.
Anyhow, see ya.
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I'm trying my best to write a valid argument too.
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Hi Zaereth, Following my deletion of this material [ [3]], there is a discussion of Bob Dylan and Alcohol here: Talk:Bob_Dylan#Alcohol. Any comments you wish to make are welcome. Mick gold ( talk) 18:10, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi, Zaereth. I hope you are doing well. I recently changed the indentation on your comment on the BLPN thread [4], and I thought you may be interested in this essay, Wikipedia:Colons and asterisks, which I recently found very interesting. I had no idea about the whole list issue, but the TLDR version is that you should copy and paste the previous comment's indentation or else it can create a bunch of extra lists that are read aloud for screen readers. Take care. – wallyfromdilbert ( talk) 22:53, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
Nice summary at the Joe Biden BLPN thread. Just in case you were not aware, the BLP thing happened when the RS thing didn't pan out. (P.S. great user page!) SPECIFICO talk 17:23, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
one should never call Julius Caesar "former" emperor of Rome - because he never was - he held the office of Dictator (something wholly different to the Augustine principate, or the later autocracy) than 'emperor' :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.169.17.116 ( talk) 00:33, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
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to be fair, he has been pushing conspiracy theories
the range of sources calling him a conspiracy theorist is pretty remarkable: it includes HuffPo, the Daily Mail, The Times, the Jewish Chronicle and more - a remarkably broad spectrum. Dissent from this can be found at the Daily Stormer and Sputnik. He wrote the cover blurb for David Ray Griffin's 9/11 Truther book, and defends it: "My position, as has been the case for some time, is that [conclusions detailed in 9/11 Unmasked] demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that significant parts of the official narrative are very likely to be incorrect."
These comments go way further than mine did.the most likely explanation is that he's looking for a job or backers, and blames Wikipedia for the fact that the internet is... unflattering to his cherished beliefs. He's a regular on Sputnik and an outspoken pro-Russia / Assad pundit, so maybe he's in the same position as George Galloway, who is not seen as an honest broker when discussing these subjects. A good number of sources describe him as pro-Assad and pro-Russia. These are not fashionable positions right now.
Thanks for your comment. I didn't know what to do with Convergence so welcome your expertise. Are we ever likely to have an aticle on it (or Beam convergence), in which case it could be left as a red link (with a better title) if not please link it to Divergence or more likely Beam divergence.— Rod talk 17:36, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
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You left an extended comment on the BLP noticeboard about Dov Seidman. The discussion was archived without any action having been taken. It's here: [5] As you may remember, I was transparent in letting everyone know that I have a personal relationship with Seidman. Therefore I can't implement changes. I wonder if you would either implement the changes you recommended or take the discussion out of archive so more people can participate? Thank you. Wikiqueen32 ( talk) 01:15, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Relating to discussion in the BLP noticeboard about the capitalization of The Weeknd, you claimed that Wikipedia follows those grammar rules because of the history of the languages that went into English, implying that the choice is inherently better because of its history. I just wanted to add that appealing to other languages is a bad choice here, given that capitalization was an invention that started only around 1500 years ago - it didn't exist in classical Latin - and other languages don't use the same capitalization rules that English does. For instance, German capitalizes all nouns. Indeed, appealing only to the history of the English language isn't useful, since English itself capitalized nouns until around two hundred or three hundred years ago! These conventions are largely the invention of grammarians in the 19th century. Wikipedia follows them (such as "we never capitalize the small words"), but the reason for that is a general going-with-the-flow, not some inherent superiority of those capitalization rules. Gbear605 ( talk) 19:58, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
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Thank you for quality articles such as Mangalloy and Telluric iron, for watching over articles related to metallurgy and Alaska, for patiently explaining the basics, for a book of insight for a user page including "some pictures to help brighten up the place", and one in tribute, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
You are recipient no. 2546 of Precious, a prize of QAI. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:08, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
...whatever you'd like. Scot or Radish or whatever. I got called a dog about thirty times in that other thread on the BLP noticeboard without being bothered, so something not intentionally offensive definitely won't bother me. ScottishFinnishRadish ( talk) 17:22, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
There is some unpleasantness on the glass talk page regarding my ENGVAR edits and the art section. Not that I want to drag you into anything, just you were involved in the original ENGVAR conversation, if you'd care to comment. I leave it up to you! I hope you are well. Polyamorph ( talk) 17:46, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQBt3Boay_k Might take some searching to find, but he does talk about the f22 retiring. KinneticSlammer ( talk) 20:00, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you so much, man. You really helped me. I also think your words helped sister in her last days.
Goodbye, and be well. Halo Jerk1 ( talk) 02:10, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
... for what you said on User talk:SlimVirgin - missing pictured on my talk, with music full of hope and reformation -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:07, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
Didn't want to go too off-topic over there, but yeah, I get lost every time I go there, I can't make any sense of the place, and it seems like it has expanded again every time I'm there. On the other hand we once lost half a day of travel time just trying to figure out how to get out of Vancouver. It's like Anchorage in that the highways just suddenly turn into city streets in the middle of town, but it was way less obvious how to get out going north. (and GPS wasn't in every device back then)
I think Kenai gets a pass because Nikiski is right there next to it and that's an easier target. Welcome to Nikiski, home of ....giant abandoned fertilizer plant and a bunch of empty storefronts. They don't care because the town is actually quite well off regardless. One of my favorite parks is just past there.
It's a lovely day here, but even if it weren't, as we say, "it may rain in Homer, but it's shittier in Whittier." Beeblebrox ( talk) 19:58, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
You seem like a reasonable editor based on the comments I read from you on JWT. Note the AfD was closed keep all after the article looked the was it does now, and there were multiple editors looking at the JT article. I am not going to respond to the SPA any more, but if you want to refactor the article I will not object. Lightburst ( talk) 21:40, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
Hi Zaereth, I have to say that your "Tempering colors of steel" photograph is probably one of the most beautiful images I’ve seen in a long time. First of all, thanks for this wonderful contribution. Second, and I’m not sure if this is something you’d have any interest in, but I would absolutely love to own a collection of tempered steel like this for display in my office/home. Is this something you would have any interest in? I would be completely open to discussing details, and would obviously compensate you for your time and materials. (If not, do you know anyone who might be interested in such a project?) Thank you so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Isthmuses ( talk • contribs) 22:24, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
I was impressed by your thoughtful comment on the bio talk page, so I am hoping you might help to improve it. HouseOfChange ( talk) 17:15, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello Zaereth: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice. Thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Polyamorph ( talk) 17:49, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Zaereth! Thank you for all your work around here, especially at BLPN. Also have a Happy New Year! – wallyfromdilbert ( talk) 04:24, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for being around, and your good wishes! - Happy new year, in friendship! - One of my pics was on the Main page (DYK) and even made the stats. - In this young year, I enjoyed meetings with friends in real life, and wish you many of those. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:08, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
Many apologies for not replying sooner, I was away for the entire festive period and have spent the last week catching up, so on-line time has not been as extensive as it should be. Hope the coming year is a good one for you, and you had a good holiday season. Hopefully we can all claw our way back to some form of normalcy, at some point. So far I am refusing to be more optimistic than that, as with the current UK situation, I dont want to be disappointed. Only in death does duty end ( talk) 13:53, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
After your last post on the BLP Noticeboard for discussion of the entry for Ariel Fernandez the forum was immediately closed with the message that “ Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion”. Your subsequent reversion of both of my succeeding comments, as seemingly allowed by the BLP but disallowed by you seem reflect your intent to have the last word on this issue. Defending WP - even if the BLP Noticeboard closure seems odd and definitely asynchronous - is one thing, defending the subject of the original entry - as evidenced by ascribing their motivation for violating posting rules to their judgement of being attacked - is quite another. Though it is most likely this entry will also be “reverted” - either by you or a fellow editor - I nevertheless feel the need to voice my displeasure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AcademicPerspective ( talk • contribs) 00:28, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
My apologies in advance for any unintended slight but your comment regarding my syntax construction requires a response. Interestingly , given your prior comments, you seem to be implying that the phrase “ as evidenced by ascribing their motivation for violating posting rules to their judgement of being attacked “ reflects poor sentence construction , and/or poor usage of the English language, despite being admittedly “ grammatically correct syntax”. In an effort to enlighten you let me deconstruct the sentence as follows: 1. “As evidenced by” uses the past tense and participle of the word evidence to support my thesis 2. “Ascribing the motivation” could have been prefixed by the word “your” since that was implied 3. “Their motivation for violating posting rules” refers to your comment about the WP subject (AF),:or WP subjects in general, not “ feeling the need to sock if…” I hope this helps. As to the removal of comments from the Ariel Fernandez talk page these were done with what can only be described as undue haste by one “AndyTheGrump”. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AcademicPerspective ( talk • contribs) 01:37, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
Zaereth ( talk) 02:04, 15 January 2022 (UTC) Zaereth ( talk) 02:04, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
Point taken in regard to my prose, it tends to be somewhat impenetrable. While that may well represent failure in a context such as this , in academia it tends to be lauded as it promotes brevity. You are not alone in the critique however, the great American author Cormac McCarthy has also expounded on this issue. As regards the main issue at hand I’m not sure I would characterize inclusion of the EOCs as “non sequiturs”. In earlier versions of the entry this commentary did indeed follow from the description of the subjects (AF) publication history - the latter continually updated with self-edits. In many ways it was this update history, what I have previously referred to as an attempt to present a hagiography, that precipitated the current controversy. Please accept my bona fides that my personal concern is with academic integrity, which for me should be reflected in both the academic’s behavior as well as their output. Thanks for the opportunity to expound.
On an at once separate but related issue how do I overcome immediate reversions - and I mean in a matter of seconds - of talk page posts by “AndyTheGrump”, justified by the history comment “troll/ sockpuppet pretending to be an academic”. With such control this entry, indeed any entry, can be rendered inviolate. This goes beyond our current discussion and , at least to me, strikes at the very heart of trying to achieve what we all want want : a neutral but informative entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AcademicPerspective ( talk • contribs) 03:34, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
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You mentioned at BLPN that you try to limit the pages that you watch because you can never remember to remove them. It's actually been possible to watchlist pages temporarily for awhile and it's one of the best newish features there is (apart from the reply tool and subscribing to threads). Anyways, when you click the star at the top of a page, you can change the watchlist time period. Unfortunately this doesn't work with what shows up at the bottom of edit summaries/preferences regarding your watchlist, you have to select the watchlist time period manually each time through the star. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 12:00, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
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We sang Charpentier's delightful Messe de minuit pour Noël yesterday, which was on DYK the day before, - a first for me, pictured, - thank you for the good wishes, and enjoy the season! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:05, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
Hello, Z! Thank you for your Holiday Greetings. Hope all is well with you and yours. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ― Buster7 ☎ 20:05, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
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Hello, nice to meet you. I like your page. I agree with you that there are deep, serious flaws in Wikipedia policy, NPOV and others. It's a major issue of concern for me, not just within Wikipedia, but for human society at large, given Wikipedia's reach and perceived neutrality/reliability. I've decided to do everything I can to address this, which has made me a not-so-popular editor at times. Maybe, one day, we will find an opportunity to collaborate. Cheers. Philomathes2357 ( talk) 05:16, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
But I was able to switch back pretty easily, there should be a sidebar link to open your prefernces to switch back to the old look. Beeblebrox ( talk) 21:10, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
Same: it says "Switch to old look". Problem: Will others see my user page old look or new, - big difference. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:46, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
The search ox is now on top left, the watchlist is the symbol with a star top right, keep looking and don't leave us. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:48, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
Hello Zaereth. As others have said, you can switch back to the old site appearance and behavior. You have to be logged in to your Wikipedia account to do ths:
That should solve the problem. — Mudwater ( Talk) 21:49, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
Hello. If you are still editing, I'd like to ask more information on the edit you made to the mirror article [6]. There was no additional reference added, and while I don't have Melchoir-Bonnet's history of the mirror, a Google search doesn't find mention of a ribbon machine. I doubt it was the unsuccessful Bessemer continuous production machine, and the Corning machine post-dates both the Industrial Revolution, and the increasing availability of silver-glass mirrors in Victorian times mentioned in the book. Also, I don't see the relevance of a shaping process like Corning's to glass panes or mirrors. An article on Corning's ribbon machine would be welcome, all the same. Without further information, it would seem the improvements in glass production that followed silvering in the Industrial Revolution were the cylinder process or maybe some form of plate glass. [7]
BTW I changed to monobook skin in Preferences, but nevertheless can see why unexpected decisions might dissuade one from editing. -- Cedders tk 17:23, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
hi, the lead on Klete Keller was vandalized again. :( 129.222.222.20 ( talk) 20:18, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
I really felt Grubby warranted an article at this point. If you happen to find yourself at the zoo, we could use a freee image. She may not be on display yet though. Beeblebrox ( talk) 21:19, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
My name is Laura and I work for Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields, a baron, businessperson, and former British politician. The page about her was recently tagged for COI and advert issues due to some poor edits made years ago. I posted here regarding my desire to address the substance of the tags with a re-write or heavy trims, to remove the promotional content. I was hoping you might be willing to chime in on the proposed trims and/or the suggestion for a rewrite. Let me know. Best regards.~~~~ LauTad89 ( talk) 14:47, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
I reverted your edits at Anchorage, Alaska. I spent about 30 minutes reviewing your text, and the sources added to support that text, and much of your edits was either not supported by the sources cited, or was original research. Please note that Wikipedia's policy on original research is firm. I would strongly suggest that if you revise these edits and re-insert them, that you include inline citations for each sentence. Thank you. Magnolia677 ( talk) 21:51, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
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Hi Zaereth. :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 01:55, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, people's rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension. Happy Holidays to you and yours. The gathering of editors that Clovermoss started got me into a time-travel loop to revisit the distant past where I happily stumbled upon our days of long ago. What a Joy. What fun it was. Glad to see you are still in the WP circle. I know this is the same card I send every year. My apologies. I bought them at a dollar store many years ago. The alderman had a program to upgrade the local business district and convinced the owner to become a $1.50 store...ergo the discount. As for WP, I basically just do the Editor of the Week awards and wander around looking for a nice park bench to relax in. Life is GOOD in the lower 48. Hope the same is true for you. ― Buster7 ☎
Hi Buster7. Glad to see you're still around too. Yeah, it was certainly fun to take a trip down Memory Lane. Thanks to Clovermoss for that! It was also cool to read what others had to say. It's funny, but you get to know all these people over the years without really knowing anything about them. An interesting way to make friends indeed.
Speaking of the old days, guess who stopped by to say hi last year. Do you remember Fcreid? I think that's somewhere up above, in a section titled "SPA".
No worries about the card. It's the thought that counts. Never been much of a card person myself, so I didn't really notice. But I truly appreciate that someone's thinking of me. I still just send the hand-written note, like I did when I was a kid. ("Dear Grandma. How are you? I am fine. How is the weather? Ours is fine. How was your Christmas. Mine was fine...") Life is great in the Upper 49th! Lots of snow and cold weather, but I've got a good all-wheel drive and a nice, cozy fire to keep us warm. Just how I like it. Anyhow, it's always nice to hear from you Buster, and I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Zaereth ( talk) 21:28, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello Zaereth: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Polyamorph ( talk) 08:58, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello Zaereth: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, -- Dustfreeworld ( talk) 12:46, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
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You said WP:BLPSOURCES, but I only see ONE person by name in that article, it is about a police operation. --- Avatar317 (talk) 00:04, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
Zaereth, I always appreciate how thoughtful your replies are on BLPN. You have an amazing ability to break things down in clear, understandable ways. I know you are frequently busy in real life, but I wanted to show you the most recent addition to the Kathleen Kennedy article, which I thought you would similarly find amusing [8]. I haven't been on Wikipedia much the past few years because of being busy with other things, but I hope you have been doing well. – notwally ( talk) 03:47, 26 June 2024 (UTC)