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Barnstars and related

• Please do not feed the trolls
• The Original Barnstar For being bold and because I can't believe you haven't got one yet! Sophia 16:33, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
• The E=mc² Barnstar You might not know me, but I know you. I've seen you editing articles about evolution, and I just wanted to say thank you so much for contributing so much to Evolution articles and reverting vandalism and original research, among other things. I love you! Keep up the good fight! Ķĩřβȳ♥♥♥ŤįɱéØ 17:54, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
• The Undeniable Mechanism Award For arguing the undeniable mechanism, upholding intellectual rigour, and expanding evolution topics, it is my pleasure to pin this badge upon your most evolved chest. Samsara (talk • contribs) 08:51, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
• The Original Barnstar For your dedicated work on scientific articles, keeping the pseudo out of science, I hereby award you, Orangemarlin, this Barnstar. Your work on Good and Featured articles like Evolution and Minoan eruption has greatly improved Misplaced Pages. Thank you. Firsfron of Ronchester 07:20, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
• To Orangemarlin for exceptional work on herpes zoster. JFW | T@lk 10:50, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
• You are retentive and obsesive. Now have a cookie. Tim Vickers 23:12, 6 July 2007 (UTC)]]
• For unbelievable efforts to bring Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event to FA status. Filll 22:53, 4 September 2007 (UTC) For unbelievable efforts to bring Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event to FA status. Filll 22:53, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
• Have a squeaky rubber Tiktaalik for services to mass extinctions! Thanks for your persistence and hard work, .. dave souza, talk 20:25, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Scary articles

Below are articles articles, mostly medical but some in the sciences, that promote ideas or POV's that might endanger human life. Feel free to add your own, but I'm watching and cleaning up these articles. Please sign if you add something.

• List of medicinal herbs-lacks any references, and implies these drugs can help.Orangemarlin 00:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
• Herbalism-same as above Orangemarlin 00:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
• Homeopathy-ridiculous Orangemarlin 00:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
• Attachment therapy-don't let your children go there Orangemarlin 00:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
• Medicinal plants of the American West-more unsourced POV edits Orangemarlin 00:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
• Alternative medicine-more of the same Orangemarlin 00:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
• Naturopathic medicine-Actually not completely off the wall, but some parts are bad. Orangemarlin 00:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
• Er, Duesberg hypothesis and poppers could both use more work, and talk about endangering lives... especially the former. MastCell 18:54, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
• I'd also add ephedra to the list... I did a lot of work cleaning it up and it's not so bad anymore (it actually references the serious harms and deaths associated with ephedra supplements in a way that goes beyond referring to the FDA as jackbooted thugs, now). But much of the same material is duplicated in ECA stack, which I haven't been as successful with, and which I fear gives an erroneous impression as to the safety record of ephedra-containing dietary supplements. MastCell 19:20, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
• Arguably, Reflexology, though that's probably not actually dangerous, just ridiculously oversold. Adam Cuerden 00:51, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Mac Stuff

Hi there! Sorry it took so long to get back to you, but I've been on a knitting bender, making socks for Christmas gifts, then the archiving bot took your post to my talk page archive before I saw it.

Anyway, if there's a program to help lose weight, I haven't found it, but I'm optimistic. When I had my first child, I lost 24 pounds in six days, so I've done it once and can do it again. That was expensive, though. And I had to take a baby boy home with me too. ;-) You could always turn to the myriad 'supplements,' like the ones that use chitin to bind cholesterol or some other such nonsense. (If that really worked, why not just eat lobster shells with a nice sauce and a lot of liquor and be done with it?)

Can't help you with the women, though. OTOH, it _is_ July, and you could always go over to a hospital near you and check out the brand new crop of wide-eyed interns. You know it's July when we have to dust off the "Ventilator Settings and IV Orders In The Real World" class and give it to them every damn morning until it sinks into their skulls. No software to teach them the difference between medical school and reality, and I'm _not_ optimistic about that. I guess I can't have everything.

Seriously, though, the apps/scripts I use most often, besides Butler, for Wiki-stuff (apologies if I've told you about these before):

• My monobook.js file has Lupin's popups, Misza13's Status Switcher, and Twinkle.
• TextExpander - a preference pane (accessed through System Preferences) allows me to type shortcuts - like "kk" for the four tildes, "citenews" to put in the {{cite news}} template, "oldafd" for {{Oldafdfull}}, and so on. It keeps track of how much time it saves you, and I'm at 2.86 hours of typing time saved. TextExpander was developed originally by the same guy who wrote Butler, Peter Maurer. He sold it to SmileOnMyMac last year sometime.
• PTHPasteboard PRO - Butler allows custom pasteboards, which is good, but I've run into problems with instability if I ask it to save more than 50 pasteboards. PTHPasteboard is another preference pane that holds as many as I want and lets me do more things with them. I can name them, use hot keys for pasting each particular thing, and I can even publish and share pasteboards with other users (I haven't done that yet). There's a free version that I used for a long time, but I'm glad I paid the $20 for the pro version.
• Sidenote - Sidenote is a tiny little memo app that hides on the side of your window and slides out when you need to jot something down. It's freeware, and you can create as many little notes as you like, format them with color, font, text size, and titles, name them, email them, export them, and more. It's very handy for numbers, phrases, instructions, quick reminders, grocery lists, and so on. For admin duties, I use it to hold blocks of text while editing, and for AFDs that I've relisted - each relisted AFD has to be manually removed from the old log and inserted into the new date, and I do that in batches of four or five, so I list their titles there so I can make sure I handle each one correctly.
• browseback - another SmileOnMyMac app that runs in the background and saves my browser history. I used to use HistoryHound, but it didn't save the page as it's viewed, and browseback does. There have been some complaints about the app's CPU usage, but Camino uses more than browseback does, and I'm on a 15" PowerBook G4 with 1.5GB of RAM. If you use Application Enhancer, browseback has to be on its Master Exclude List because it crashes otherwise, but don't worry about it if you don't use anything that requires Application Enhancer to run.
• Saft - I use Camino as my default browser, but when I do use Safari I use Saft. Saft is an input manager that lets me customize features of Safari. There's at least 50 different things it does, so go to VersionTracker if you want to check it out. The developer is a Chinese guy living in Sweden and his English isn't perfect, but he's really quick with support if you need it.

Okay, I'll shut up now. Email me if you have any questions, so I don't clutter up your talk page. It's time to eat some ice cream. See ya - KrakatoaKatie 22:52, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

You always catch me when I'm gone for a few days. Suspicious minds would wonder if I'm being watched... ;-)

I was coming to recommend Twinkle, but I see you've already got it. You can take a look at my monobook.js page if you want to see how it can be configured, 'cause I don't have the whole script imported like you do. AzaToth is pretty responsive to questions and bugs, and the Twinkle talk page is lively if help is needed.

I must go knit now. Christmas is coming... so much yarn to buy, so much to knit and so little time. I'll be in and out of here, mainly 'out' with brief bursts of 'in', until I'm sure everything will be completed. See ya – :-) KrakatoaKatie 15:30, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

I added the piece that gives non-admins the rollback buttons - twinklefluff.js. You can add other modules as noted on the Twinkle page. I try new or revised scripts from time to time to see if I like them, then I remove the ones that don't float my boat. I've decided to test twinkleprod.js, twinklediff.js, and twinklesalt.js for a few days. You might like twinklearv.js, but it's useless to me because I don't have to report vandals anymore.

As for the nice neat edit summaries... it depends on what you're doing at the time. For some functions, the edit summary is given automagically when you use the buttons, and you can have it say whatever you want. When you use the buttons, a dropdown box will appear so you can state your reason for restoration or rollback. You can add the suffix 'using Twinkle' or 'eating Oreos' or whatever by changing the text in the 'summaryAd' line of TwinkleConfig, and you can also customize it for tagging pages for deletion or protection. (I don't use Twinkle for deletion or protection, so 'deletionSummaryAd' and 'protectionSummaryAd' are blank in my config.) For other tasks, like reverting vandalism, the edit summary is in the JavaScript and can't be changed _unless_ you decide to import the script/code itself into one of your subpages, find the text line somewhere in there, change it to something else you like, then use that page as a substitute for AzaToth's page. In other words, it's not easily modified by folks who don't speak JavaScript.

As an example, I futzed a bit with my own user talk page. Take a look at the page history and note the edit summaries.

• First, I reverted your messages to my talk page using the 'rollback AGF' button. The 'reverting good faith edits' is Twinkle automagic. The 'testing for Orangemarlin...' line is what I added in the dropdown box, which will appear when you make this kind of edit, and 'using Twinkle' is the text in 'summaryAd' in my config (and yours).
• Next, I reverted back using the 'rollback vandal' button. The edit summary was provided automagically by Twinkle, and I didn't add anything to it.

Questions, grasshopper? I'll check back later tonight or tomorrow. Play with your own talk page the same way I did to get a feel for the buttons. It's all trial and error. – KrakatoaKatie 02:05, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Questions--Yes, I'm about to jump off the roof! What buttons???????? Do you hear that scream of pain from California. That's me!!!!! ArrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhOrangeMarlin 04:26, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Don't give up. I saw Timotab's advice about Camino, which is what I use 'cause I had problems with popups in Safari last year when I first started using scripts. The beta version doesn't seem to help much.

If bookmark synching is the chief problem with switching or simply using Camino for Wiki-purposes, there are some options. First, you could try Bookdog, a nifty little app that does a bunch of stuff – for this particular purpose, Bookdog lets you sync any or all bookmark files from some or all of your browsers. You could sync the bookmarks, then sync that file to as many Macs as you like in your usual and customary manner, be it with .Mac or a simple copy-and-paste of the .plist file. You could also give Google Bookmarks a whirl. I haven't worked with Google Bookmarks, but I have used Bookdog because I have an enormous bookmark file and I like to have all my bookmarks available in each of the four browsers I use. The GUI is terrific and it's easy to use. Google Bookmarks may take too long to set up with all your bookmarks, but Bookdog loads them all in a jiffy.

Also, I took a screenshot a couple of days ago that shows Twinkle's rollback buttons and some of the tabs at the top. I'm thinking about writing a help-type page, which is why I took the shot, but since you're having trouble I uploaded it now.

I hate that my help doesn't seem to help very much, but I'm optimistic. We'll get there. :-) Download Bookdog and give it a whirl, 'cause I think it may be the way to go. Hang in there, and keep me posted – KrakatoaKatie 07:56, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

AP classes? I hope not here....

I'm in collage now, why would I have more of those AP tests? As for not seeing me around, after going on vacation shortly before the start of school in Michigan for a week, I became woefully dissasociated with current discussions in just about every important topic that I frequently contributed on. Also, did you see my note on your talk page about that Homeoempathy GA/R, it was sort of important :/. (I hang out around GA related pages these days mostly, I don't do as many reviews as I used to, but I patrol the logs for bad delistings, and hang around GA/R extensively) I was thinking about giving Filll or Jim the same note since their votes were so similiar to yours, but I don't want Jim giving me one of his cryptically dismissive replies written in Latin.... Homestarmy 21:31, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

For some reason, I thought you had another year in high school. What college? OrangeMarlin 21:32, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

If I start giving too much information about me over the internet, I might get stalked by someone :). Seriously, I have a bit of a personal thing about not giving out information about myself that would make me easily identifiable in real life, especially since during the years i've been contributing to Misplaced Pages, i've seen or heard of plenty of instances of people's real life identity being outed, resulting in real life harassment, and ugly stuff like that. It's pretty easy to give out just a little bit too much information about yourself while editing Misplaced Pages... Homestarmy 21:38, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah someone tried that on me. Well, if you feel like drop me an email. OrangeMarlin 22:14, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Homestarmy, I don't always reply in Latin.  ;) Point taken though. Look, we rarely agree on things, but I do respect you. •Jim62sch• 19:37, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

New try at homeopathy intro

To all involved: please see "My two cents" edit of homeopathy intro here

Friarslantern 22:53, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Request for information

I don't intend to take up a large amount of your time. I've seen your comments to multiple requests for adminship, and I would like to understand your meaning. If you have a spare moment, could you tell in what context you mean by "leader" and I'll try to connect the rest. Regards, Mercury 23:29, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Okay Okay!

I won't--Angel David 16:06, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Don't let it get you down

The fight is exhausting, but the reason I keep it up is because I know that there is a generation of internet users out there whose first stop for information is Misplaced Pages. They know it has problems, but they don't care because the information is easy to obtain and free.

This is why I am a deletionist: I think there are too many fringe groups out there clamoring to make their dubious claims more important and visible by hounding the mainstream editors at Misplaced Pages into submission. The most insidious of these editors may be the most subtle (like Iantresman, for example) but the outspoken are equally problematic because they can stymie editing and drive good editors away. Unfortunately, we have a system at place at Misplaced Pages where administrators are chided and driven off when they show any foresight or backbone when dealing with these people. Look at the way JzG, Felonious Monk, and Raul have been hounded. There is this penchant in the Misplaced Pages community at large to accommodate rather than expel. But open source does not mean free-for-all. Vandalism is not the biggest problem when you've become an established source of information. Misplaced Pages is fast becoming a victim of its own success and it will only remain okay as long as people are willing to throw the blaggards out.

I strongly believe that neutrality does not involve accommodation and I encourage you to join me if you feel similarly.

ScienceApologist 18:31, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

The good fight is why I'm here. I showed up about a year ago at Misplaced Pages to read up on Intelligent design and I was appalled by what was written. I've stood up to the POV-warriors from the Christian right who are anti-science and anti-knowledge (I wonder if this is what it was like 600 years ago). I'm now concerned about all of this medical stuff on here. At first, I didn't care, until I realized people were throwing in all kinds of crap into medical articles. Homeopathy is vile (I'm talking about the field, not the article). The article, despite some weaknesses is better than it was. People write a POV about medicine that for some reason laying on of hands is better than science. Someone wrote that alternative medicine is outside of science, but since medicine is science, WTF? I'm with you. But sometimes, we're alone. BTW, FM and Raul are still here. JzG gave up recently. OrangeMarlin 18:45, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

User:76.110.5.182 and Michael Behe

None of the user's edits are actually reversions, so you may wish to clarify or remove your comment about 3RR. JoshuaZ 01:53, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Anonymous POV warriors don't get much consideration :) OrangeMarlin 02:33, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Homeopathy lead revert

With this revert you seemed to have reverted a lot of the work done by Adam Cuerden. Perhaps it would be best to have just changed what you saw a problem with opposed to reverting the entire paragraph? Wikidudeman 19:49, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps we shouldn't be writing things like "science denies." There were tons of weasel words like "inconsistent with", "many aspects of", "there is a concern with", and "unlikely to be". I didn't think it should be kept. As for the other stuff that Adam and you have done, I have no problems. But let's not let the lead be a wimp-out to POV warriors. OrangeMarlin 19:53, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

So you had a problem with everything you reverted? Wikidudeman 21:36, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Richard Dawkins article protection

By protecting the page, I've at least gotten some discussion to take place instead of a tug-of-war of edits. The way the discussion has gone, it is starting to appear that there is one, yes, tenditious editor who is stirring the pot. Right now, it looks like consensus is to keep the quote out of the article for reasons discussed in talk. My intention is this evening, when I'm home and can keep a closer eye on the article, that I will unprotect it and watch subsequent edits. I hope I don't have to block anybody as a result, but by that point, I'll have a pretty good read of just what their intentions are. —C.Fred (talk) 18:31, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

I appreciate your attention to this matter and answering my concerns. OrangeMarlin 01:03, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Anti-Semitism

I'd never be anti-semitic. Jews are God's chosen people. The very God of Abaraham, Isaac, and Jacob chose Jews. Jesus Christ the Lord was a Jew. Jews are the very sons of Israel. I'm suprised you think I am anti-semitic. Withoit Jews, there wouldn't be Christians. And I am a Christian Mr. Marlin. So I didn't know.--Angel David 23:49, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

G_d doesn't choose people. What fucking ever. OrangeMarlin 01:05, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Blocked

I have blocked editing from your account for disruption. You and User:Sm565 reverted each other at least twice. Please take disputes to the talk page. To contest this block, add {{unblock|your reason here}} to your talk page. Regards, Mercury 09:58, 11 October 2007 (UTC)