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I forgot to click the link, as you might have guessed. It's quickly fixed. Why use so many words? --Mathsci 20:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

P.S. I worked out for myself that CC Attribution and CC Attribution-ShareAlike licenses are what is required for flickr images. Mathsci 21:03, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Just a standard template when doing new image patrol to save time. Great that you found so many images you could use. A tip; you can upload flickr images easily by using this link. All you need is the flickr url and a bot does all the work. Rettetast 17:44, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks for the link. I will feel less like a BOT next time. :-) Mathsci (talk) 17:48, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Index n+1 free subgroup of rank n in free group of rank 2

Howdy, how do you show that a free group of rank 2 has a free subgroup of rank n and index n+1? JackSchmidt (talk) 13:51, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

The reference is on the free group page or in page 43 of the French edition of Serre's book on trees or on page 104 of Magnus, Karrass and Solitar (Schreier's theorem). The method in Serre cited on the WP page uses group actions on trees. The numbers I put down have not yet been checked properly, and in fact - as you doubtless noticed - it should be n-1 not n+1. Thanks for pointing out the slip: I hope all is OK now. --Mathsci (talk) 14:05, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for such a quick response! You've turned a stub into a nice article in under a day from its creation. JackSchmidt (talk) 14:11, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Citation templates

If you want {{harv}} to link to the references, you need to use the {{citation}} template rather than {{cite book}} etc. (This is probably a bug.) Conversion is easy: you just change "cite ****" to "citation", and use "first" and "last" parameters instead of "author". R.e.b. (talk) 18:04, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Arbcom Questions

I noticed that you voted in an Arbitration Committee election without elaborating on your question to said candidate . It's not too late, I think many are curious. HydroMagi 05:08, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

I have now provided the http link to the relevant section of his seventh archive. Mathsci 06:19, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Response to your comments

Please visit here as I have some questions and comments for you. Thanks! :bloodofox: (talk) 09:53, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I have replied there. --Mathsci (talk) 11:41, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey Mathcsi, I have responded to the rest of the diffs I wasn't able to do so before here. :bloodofox: (talk) 08:14, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I just noticed. Many thanks, Mathsci (talk) 08:18, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Europe

Well, we seem to have ironed out the history section to excellent quality. Which section should we turn our attention to next? --Hemlock Martinis (talk) 18:17, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

My only thought is that a timeline or chronology of European history like this might be quite useful and interesting on WP, if someone had a suitable source. I couldn't find anything on WP that does this at present. Mathsci (talk) 09:35, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, might be handy. But would that go better in History of Europe? I think our history section's fairly comprehensive and I don't want to get into giving it too much weight over other sections of the article. --Hemlock Martinis (talk) 17:42, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

I meant a completely separate article giving the timeline. Mathsci (talk) 17:44, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Ohhhh! Okay, that sounds better. If you get it started I'd be happy to help. --Hemlock Martinis (talk) 17:58, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

I would first have to find one or two published first approximations, which I don't have at present. In the near future, it is not clear what I can do, as at this time of year I usually migrate westwards and after that back to one of the larger islands in Europe where I will teach for a term (a course slightly related to some of my recent mathematical WP contributions). A more realistic current project is a rewrite of Andromaque which I may even see in Marseille. Sorry not to be more help at present. Mathsci (talk) 18:10, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

No worries. :) Thanks for your help with the history section; I'll try to find sources on other sections in Europe such as Economy or Religion but I might not have a chance to do much of anything substantiative for a month at the least. Safe travels! --Hemlock Martinis (talk) 18:16, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

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Per request

Hello! Just wanted to let you know that I've provided the diffs that I believe you are looking for: . :bloodofox: (talk) 03:41, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks. I have replied there. Mathsci (talk) 08:11, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Prime Numbers

Hi. I thought the removal of the trivia would be open-and-shut and uncontroversial, but as it's not I've put a section on the talkpage outlining my rationale. Happy to discuss any of the related minutæ with you! Lankiveil (talk) 14:46, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Not at all. It's been there for ages and, because it is trivia, is not subject to the same very exacting rules as the mathematics in the article. And it might also be there for feel good reasons (math phobia), since this is probably one of the most read introductory mathematics articles on the WP. BTW you should have posted to the talk page of prime number, not here. I will transfer your post and my answer to the Prime number page, where the discussion can be continued with other editors. Mathsci (talk) 15:11, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Editing R&I

Hi. Please revert your last change to R&I and discuss it first on the talk page. Although it is a minor change (which I support) it sets a bad precedent of making undiscussed changes. The benefit of the minor tweak outweighs the precedent. Thanks! --Kevin Murray (talk) 21:21, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello, Kevin. I think it might be a good idea if you actually made a general statement about editing on the talk page of the article about the consensus on editing. I could not find anything. I think if you started a new section with such a statement, that would be helpful. Then in the spirit of that statement, you could revert my two words yourself, but not the three wikilinks which have all been discussed. Mathsci (talk) 22:13, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! --Kevin Murray (talk) 22

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Twin Towns

Scotland is part of the United Kingdom. Misplaced Pages should reflect that rather than French ignorance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.179.79.215 (talk) 14:37, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh really

I have read the talk page extenisivly. The changes I made are extemely minor and merely intend to make the lede conform to the english language. And what are these "remarks" I have made! Lobojo (talk) 18:43, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

You appear not to have read the talk pages at all and also seem to have no intellectual grasp of the subject. Your edit summaries show a fundamental misconception concering psychometric tests. The consensus on the talk page was that all edits should be discussed there. You seem to be an edit warrior and, judging by the comments on your own talk page about the French, seem to have racist tendencies. Please read the talk page of Race and Intelligence more carefully. Continued edit warring will probably result in the page being blocked yet again from editing by the administrator MoonRiddenGirl, due to the return of a non-productive atmosphere. Mathsci (talk) 19:01, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

possible sock

I wouldn't bre surprised - some edits seem deliberately trollish. Here is what you need to do: put together a sample of edits of his that are VERY similar to edits by MortizB. Indicate when MB was banned and when this guy started editing. The request a checkuser, it is the only way to be sure. Slrubenstein | Talk 13:34, 10 January 2008 (UTC)