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| == Medicine Collaboration of the Week == | |||
| Hi! You showed support for ], this week's ]. You are invited to help improve it! — ] ] 09:52, August 10, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Thank you, KS. I will drop by over the weekend.—] | ] | ] 10:00:05, 2005-08-10 (UTC) | |||
| == Template talk:Db-bio == | |||
| I just ] to your previous msg there -- i was actually writing my response when you posted your latest comment. I do appreciate your points. ] ] 16:27, 10 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == <div style="font-family: Georgia, Hoefler Text, serif; letter-spacing: 0.2em;">Misplaced Pages works</div> == | |||
| Today is the first day I saw good work on Misplaced Pages. If you haven't, read ].—] | ] | ] | |||
| ==welcome== | |||
| hi, you came to my page "stealthily" so I could not welcome you (lol). You are most welcome. And, thanks for your kind gesture. --] 16:00, 11 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Don't mention it. I was moved both by what you had written, and DS and mikkalai's actions. Incidentally, I read that you're moving for Adminship? I'm seriously unfamiliar with the content of many of the articles you contribute to, but if you drop me a line here, I'll support on the basis of your positive activities and attitudes. Regards—] | ] | ] 16:09:20, 2005-08-11 (UTC) | |||
| == Re: Help == | |||
| Hi, Encephalon. Just to be clear: you would like me to delete ]? All revisions, right? — ] ] 07:25, August 12, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Yes please, KS. The gif page. Thanks!—] | ] | ] 07:27:11, 2005-08-12 (UTC) | |||
| ::Done. — ] ] 07:43, August 12, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :::Awesome. Thanks bud.—] | ] | ] 07:52:22, 2005-08-12 (UTC) | |||
| == <div style="font-family: Georgia, Hoefler Text, serif; letter-spacing: 0.2em;">What it does say</div> == | |||
| What does it say about Misplaced Pages when only 0.1% of its articles have been deemed to have attained ] status?—] | ] | ] | |||
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| == Re: Salnikov == | |||
| Encephalon, thank you for deleting the Salnikov page. We think that it was all an attack led by Little Green Football people. They went ballistic over a Gary Brecher article on neo-con Victor Hanson a couple of weeks ago, and called for "fragging" us. To be honest the Salnikov entry was probably good publicity for the eXile, but it was the intention that pissed us off. Suggestions? {{unsigned|212.46.254.141|at 2005-08-15 04:50:30}} | |||
| :Hi there. Just to be clear, I did not " the Salnikov page." In fact, no one has — it is still up on WP, going through VfD. Next, I haven't the faintest idea what the "Little Green Football people" want, who Gray Brecher is, how real Salnikov is, or what the article did for the publication. Prior to the VfD, I had not even heard of this magazine, and am afraid I have no suggestions for you now in regards to broadening its circulation. My votes on the VfD page are driven purely and entirely by whether or not I feel an article meets WP guidelines. Kind regards—] | ] | ] 09:50:47, 2005-08-15 (UTC) | |||
| == <div style="font-family: Georgia, Hoefler Text, serif; letter-spacing: 0.2em;">Wiki Pedia</div> == | |||
| The difference between an inclusionist and a deletionist is the difference between wiki and pedia.—] | ] | ] 11:20:03, 2005-08-15 (UTC) | |||
| :Beautifully observed, Enc. Btw, are you into neurology? ] | ] 14:26, 16 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thank you, JFW. It's one of my interests, yes.—] | ] 14:39:58, 2005-08-16 (UTC) | |||
| ==Many Thanks== | |||
| Thanks for supporting my RFA. It couldn't have happened without your effort. ] 18:13, 15 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :You're welcome.—] | ] 18:23:17, 2005-08-15 (UTC) | |||
| == Carcinogenesis on MCOTW == | |||
| :Hi! You showed support for ], this week's ]. You are invited to help improve it! — ] ] 00:30, August 17, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ==Copyvio images== | |||
| Images are typically part of VFD, but it bears listing them on ] anyway in case the article is kept. ] | ] 00:41, 17 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == <div style="font-family: Georgia, Hoefler Text, serif; letter-spacing: 0.2em;">VfD: Sequelae & Complications</div> == | |||
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| <center>—] | ] 02:25:12, 2005-08-17 (UTC)</center> | |||
| ==Pneumonia== | |||
| I have had a go at the ] investigation section (see entry in talk page) as this was very much written from a medical textbook/hospital approach, whereas most cases are treated in the community. Hence most cases (in UK) get no investigations, sputum culture often done, Xray less frequently and the rest rarely. The original was shorter, but not what a patient (ie wikipedia viewer) might typical expect. Please do have a look at my edit and change if structure/english needs improving, I really wont mind :-) ] 19:57, 17 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Hi there Dr. Ruben, thank you for your note. I think the contributions on Pneumonia from all medical editors have been very commendable, and the article has improved as a result. Your edits in particular are often from a valuable patient-centric viewpoint, and I like them. Unfortunately for me, however, I've just found that I cannot make edits; apparently a random troll passing by WP earlier registered for a username with an offensive phrase, and an admin has blocked a range of IPs to prevent the name being used. Apparently I've been caught in the cross-fire, so to speak. I've written him to enquire as to what I'm to do, but I'm not sure what the outcome of this is going to be. I can only write on my own user page for the time being. Rgds,—] | ] 20:48:48, 2005-08-17 (UTC) | |||
| ::That was pretty quick. I have just been able to edit the sandbox, so I guess the sysop has reversed the error. Now for pneumonia...—] | ] 21:03:21, 2005-08-17 (UTC) | |||
| == <div style="font-family: Georgia, Hoefler Text, serif; letter-spacing: 0.2em;">RC patrol</div> == | |||
| Did my first real one. Cryptoderk is good. Not having rollback is bad.—] | ] 23:44:50, 2005-08-18 (UTC) | |||
| ==WikiProject Clinical medicine/Collaboration== | |||
| The previous notices placed by individuals onto the 'WikiProject Clinical medicine' page's sections of articles in progress or for peer review all got moved into an archive (hardly makes them current notices). The MCOTW discussion page has discussd having a list of pages at an inbetween stage of development, namely where others are sought, if having a specific interest, to help with a topic. I decided ] and create the subpage ]. Please comment, praise or criticise at will :-) ] 01:09, 19 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ::Very good work indeed, David. Will comment more on MCOTW Talk.—] | ] 15:39:07, 2005-08-19 (UTC) | |||
| == Adminship == | |||
| Thank you very much. I have only been here since feb, and have not done any really large articels by myself. And I've been involved ins a bit of contention -- first with netholioc over spoiler templates, then over the CSD proposal votes, and the CSD templates. Anyway, no one has nominated me yet. If someone does, great. ] ] 00:49, 20 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Again thank you. I am fairly proud of my contributions to ]. At first all my edits were substantive. lately it seems they have mostly been a mix of meta-discussion (TfD, VfD, CfD, Stub-cats) and cleanup (stubsorting and newpage patrol, mostly). I have a half-written re-working of ] which is badly needed, and a couple of other things sitting half-done offline. I'm also rahter proud of my merge of 21 separate articles into ]. | |||
| :Well I'm not going to self-nom for admin any time soon -- if soemone else feels as you do, I'l be honored. ] ] 01:58, 20 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == Re: Help == | |||
| Heh—actually, I ''did'' miss your comment the first time around; for some reason I'm not always getting the orange box these days. And yeah, I've been so busy at the hospital that I can't accomplish nearly what I want to on Misplaced Pages. Gonna try to put some good work in tomorrow in between studying and other errands. It's gotten really tough to find enough time to write articles, and I've pretty much dropped out of policy discussions and most of the administrator stuff I used to like RC patrol and helping with deletions and such. Hope I'll manage to find more time soon... — ] ] 04:02, August 20, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Don't worry about it. It's a testimony to your work ethic that you're logging on to WP ''at all'' during a medical internship! Best wishes—] | ] 05:46:34, 2005-08-20 (UTC) | |||
| ::Well, I think that as a doctor, one of my primary fucntions should be to serve as an educator, so here I am! I suspect that many in medical fields feel similarly, one reason why our little ] is doing so well despite the incredible time demands students and professionals in health care face. — ] ] 05:29, August 21, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ==Re:Sheepish sneaks in== | |||
| The recreation of ] was a word for word match of the previously deleted article. It has been speedied, and I have added the page to my watch list in case it comes back again. --'']'' <sup>]</sup> 09:51, August 20, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Excellent.—] | ] 10:22:06, 2005-08-20 (UTC) | |||
| ::As it keeps coming back, I have taken things to the next level. The article is currently protected with the {{{deletedpage}}} template on it. --'']'' <sup>]</sup> 13:05, August 20, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == Re : F*** Hole == | |||
| Hi Encephalon, | |||
| The page has been speedied by someone else : | |||
| *04:32, 21 August 2005 Zscout370 deleted "Fuck Hole" (attack page) | |||
| I'll be ] as well. No worries. :) | |||
| ''Cheers, ] 05:19, 21 August 2005 (UTC)'' | |||
| == <div style="font-family: Georgia, Hoefler Text, serif; letter-spacing: 0.2em;">On friends</div> == | |||
| .—] | ] 19:35:13, 2005-08-21 (UTC) | |||
| == The Branin close == | |||
| See my talk page. ] (]) 01:55, 22 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ==FWIW== | |||
| It (your comment on VfU) was worth a lot to me. Thanks for the kind words. Best, ] 03:21, 22 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Pleasure. Regards—] | ] 03:54:29, 2005-08-22 (UTC) | |||
| == WikiBreak == | |||
| Yeah I was pissed when I typed up that goodbye note but then I realized... My friends outnumber my vandals :) I'm not really sure what your message in particular meant but I'll assume it was a 'you're being stupid for trying to quit' which is an appreciated message ;) ] 23:25, 23 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Hey. Glad to see there was no permanent damage, RW24. The above is not what I meant by my post, however — I'd never call someone stupid (for that anyway); I meant that the actions of the editor in question were too insignificant to merit the loss of an admin like you, and that you really should reconsider. Am glad you have.—] | ] 23:37:52, 2005-08-23 (UTC) | |||
| == <div style="font-family: Georgia, Hoefler Text, serif; letter-spacing: 0.2em;">The System</div> == | |||
| ''I do not think the system is flawed fatally, but it is cruel. Misplaced Pages prevails while users are burnt out, heroic ones and barbarian ones alike.''—User:Dbachmann, . | |||
| == Rheumatoid arthritis on WP:MCOTW == | |||
| Hi! You showed support for ], this week's ]. You are invited to help improve it! — ] ] 07:33, August 24, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == HappyCamper's RFA - thanks for your support! == | |||
| Hi Encephalon! Thanks for your support on my recent RFA! I'm now an administrator, and I wanted to thank you for kind words and confidence in me. If you ever need a helping hand, feel free to leave me a message and I'll try my best to help out! Thanks again, and I'll see you around the Wiki! --] 12:11, 25 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Please don't mention it, Happy. Pleasure. Kind regards.—] | ] 20:22:46, 2005-08-25 (UTC) | |||
| == Thanks for the support == | |||
| Thank you very much for your vote of support at my request for adminship. Of all the compliments I received, I think I liked yours most. ;) ] 14:46, 25 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Why, thanks. Seriously, it was how I felt — both you and Happy are obvious candidates, and in your case we should have made you one long ago. Our consolation is that at least 1. Happy didn't have to wait that long, and 2. you are now an admin! Best—] | ] 20:27:45, 2005-08-25 (UTC) | |||
| == Scimitar's RfA == | |||
| Thanks for supporting my adminship attempt. If, for whatever reason, my edits seem to indicate I've lapsed into either stupidity or insanity, make usre to tell me ;). Thanks again.--] ] 14:59, 26 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == Category == | |||
| Hope you don't mind but I've placed your userpage in category physician. And I hope I am not mistaken. --] 02:21, August 27, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :You're not, Nomen, although it would admittedly not have occured to me to place it on my own. Still, I do see its value as a communication tool for our growing group of medical editors on WP. In this regard, you're going to have to think of a suitable thing for the medical students and premeds, Nomen, who I see are on the verge of launching a mutiny over this callous exclusion of their important voices. :) Kind regards—] | ] 22:29:36, 2005-08-27 (UTC) | |||
| ::Did find many students and indeed could not include them, unfortunately. Maybe we can create a new category: ''Medical Students.'' Would do it but don't know how. If you have any advise: please do. --] 23:06, August 27, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :::Have already discovered how to ... Will now include the medical students too. --] 23:12, August 27, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Hi Nomen, I was actually speaking in jest, but if you'd like to ] go ahead. You could either edit the "physician" category to say "physicians and medical students" (or some such variation), or you could create a separate category for them. The separate category could be free standing on ] page, or a subcategory of ] one.—] | ] 23:36:06, 2005-08-27 (UTC) | |||
| ==Airports== | |||
| Thanks for catching that one! ] 08:05, 29 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :No problem.—] | ] 08:10:09, 2005-08-29 (UTC) | |||
| == I am not willy on wheels == | |||
| I only came here today to apologize for my willy on wheels like vandalism. ] 13:29, 29 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Hello Krik. Thank you for your response. I'm certainly not at all as familiar with the history of the WoW vandalism as some of the older Users, and only learned of the phenomenon after the recent WoW vandalism on WP. I wanted to see you confirm that you are not WoW as there has been some speculation to the contrary , . The ] phenomenon is pretty awful, as I think that page shows, and I'd support the banning of all accounts related to it. As the matter stands, ] has just redirected his page to the ] page, which claims the identity of both ] and ]. The only one out of the loop is ], but that page is protected. Well, thank you for your comments, Norman. I wish all the best in making good contributions to WP.—] | ] 13:52:35, 2005-08-29 (UTC) | |||
| == Wittgenstein == | |||
| Hi Encephalon, message for you at ]. Cheers, ] <sup><font color="Purple">]</font></sup> 21:12, August 30, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == Biochemistry on MCOTW == | |||
| Hi! You showed support for ], this week's ]. You are invited to help improve it! — ] ] 07:07, August 31, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == <div style="font-family: Georgia, Hoefler Text, serif; letter-spacing: 0.2em;">Martian Sun</div> == | |||
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| <center>—] | ] 13:45:49, 2005-08-31 (UTC)</center> | |||
| == WP:CSD == | |||
| Hi Encephalon. CSD G4 states an article can be speedily deleted if it's a "substantially identical copy, ''by any title'', of a page that was deleted according to the deletion policy" (my emphasis). Therefore, ] can be speedied, as it's a recreation of the deleted article ]. Hope that helps. ]<small> ] ]</small> 10:42, 1 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :You are quite correct, Proto; what I was referring to, however, is the sentence that follows: ''This does not apply to content in userspace, '''content that was speedily deleted''', or to content undeleted according to undeletion policy.'' (emphasis mine). I do believe ] was speedied, as I noted on the AfD page, thus making a re-speedy a doubtful proposition. You are quite right that, aside from this objection, a recreation of ] at ] will not make a difference.—] | ] 10:51:43, 2005-09-01 (UTC) | |||
| Argh, to clarify - speedy deletion is a part of the deletion policy as a whole. So, if an article has been speedily deleted, any recreation (if substantially similar) can then be speedied. ]<small> ] ]</small> 10:50, 1 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :I'm not sure about your second comment, Proto; however, the link has turned red. I'm off to see what happened. Regards—] | ] 10:54:37, 2005-09-01 (UTC) Sorry. That was the first version. The second is still up.—] | ] 10:56:14, 2005-09-01 (UTC) | |||
| ::Good god, you're right. I didn't realise an article that had been speedied couldn't be re-speedied under CSD G4. I should really read further ahead. However, it can be speedied under A7 (the blessed vanity clause). ]<small> ] ]</small> 11:06, 1 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :::LOL. I certainly share your enthusiasm for keeping WP a solid encyclopedia we can all be proud of; however, you will find that CSD A7 will not work in this case either, Proto. Two reasons: '''1.''' Speedy deletion that is specifically contravened under one provision cannot be performed because it happens not be contravened under another. '''2.''' There are editors who will argue that A7 does not apply anyway, because Mr. Wilson does indeed ''assert'' notability, which is all that is needed for A7 to not apply (it does not need to be ''substantiated'', merely ''asserted''). The way A7 is interpreted on WP, "''Jim Morgagni is a chess player''" qualifies; "''Jim Morgagni is a fabulously notable chess player''" doesn't — it has to be taken to AfD. Kind regards—] | ] 11:13:41, 2005-09-01 (UTC) | |||
| :::Darn it. VfD it is, then. Or is it AfD? Bah. Thanks dude.]<small> ] ]</small> 11:22, 1 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| I've created a subsection topic at ]. Thanks,<br/> ]]] 14:08, 4 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == VfD vs. AfD == | |||
| You seem like you kow your chops, so I figured I'd ask you something I was wondering about: what is the difference between VfD and AfD? They seem like they're used interchangably, and I can't figure out the difference. Thanks in advance. Yours, --] | ] 20:00, September 1, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Hi Blackcap. AfD ''is'' VfD. Articles for Deletion is what we're now calling perhaps the most contentious project page on WP. The change occured recently, you can follow the discussion ]; and , you may witness its smooth transition. :)—] | ] 20:11:01, 2005-09-01 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thanks, Encephalon. Those links are very helpful. All the best, --] | ] 23:10, September 1, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == I made it up == | |||
| No, I didn't. It's from ''Harrison's''. See ] for more. Thanks for picking that up. — ] ] 22:25, September 1, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| LOL.—] | ] 07:08:01, 2005-09-02 (UTC) | |||
| == Compliments == | |||
| Hello, again. I just wanted to know that even though I haven't known you for very long, it's a pleasure to work with you. You seem to be a very friendly, caring individual, and I very much appreciate that. Even your user page is like that: it has two beautiful pictures on it and the name and typeface are reminicent of something angelic. It's not often that I feel like that and even less that I feel like saying something about it, but I wanted to tell you. All the best, and take care. --] | ] 06:07, September 2, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Why thank you, ''Throatwobbler Mangrove'' :). You're ''too'' kind. I have to say I've been described in many ways, but usually it's more along the lines of "Oh wow! What a macho, hot ]! I wanna do him!" This is often accompanied by the usual ] ]. Seriously though, I try to be helpful when I can (we all do try I think). Thanks for thinking the User page was nice, too. Wanted it simple; I like the quote the best. Your page by the way is excellent — I've bookmarked it for the excellent links you've put up under "logical bent"! ]. Let me know if there's anything you need that I may help with, and best wishes!—] | ] 07:08:01, 2005-09-02 (UTC) | |||
| == asthma == | |||
| Thanks, Encephalon—I hope it's promoted to FA status. ] 06:31, 2 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :It better be. :) —] | ] 07:08:01, 2005-09-02 (UTC) | |||
| It was a pleasure to work on; thanks! ] 09:23, 4 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ==]== | |||
| I can kinda see where you're going with ] on ]--some of the material in the article isn't verified and should probably be kept on hold until it can be properly verified. But what part of the Townsville article is based on unreliable sources? --]] 17:38, 2 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Hey Tony. That's a good question— and I thank you for asking it here rather than on the AfD page, where the strong feelings of some could make for unpleasantness rather quickly. Mainly, it's not so much the ''unreliability'' of the sources, but what the sources ''say''. I'll post a more detailed comment here shortly— could you give me a few minutes? Something's come up. Rgds—] | ] 18:02:15, 2005-09-02 (UTC) | |||
| :So, yes. What we have ] is a nice note about a Singaporean school. It tells us that the school grounds were the venue of an event called Excel Day, organized by the local ministry of education. In the course of that day, a few government officials (some themselves important) gave speeches. It then tells us that the school has science classes; this fact found its way into a local newspaper. There's a one-line description in the newspaper of the class' show-and-tell. | |||
| :I am being asked, on AfD, whether this article is suitable for an encyclopedia. | |||
| :We all seem to answer this question with slightly different ways. For my part, I've tried to understand fundamentally how WP is "supposed" to admit articles, and I believe the important principles are ], ], ] and related policies. The idea of verifiability is fundamental. | |||
| :On WP, verifiability is used as a test of "notability," or "sufficiency" to gain admittance to the encyclopedia. Firstly , something whose very ''existence'' is unverifiable is automatically excluded from WP. We do not keep articles on Vulcans from Mars who holiday at Martha's Vineyard and vote Republican. However, verifying ''existence'' alone is not enough. If it were, there would be little need for AfD aside from deleting spam, as reasonable evidence of the existence of almost everything that actually exists is not hard to come by these days. | |||
| :No, we like also having some evidence of what is often called "notability." By precedent, and the pronouncements of the Powers That Be on the issue of ], we seem to use "verifiability" as the ''measure'' of that. How much primary and secondary source material is available on the subject? Are they reputable? How many different studies have been done on it? Books or theses written? News reports? Archival material? What material is available that has the subject of the article as its ''<u>focus</u>'', so that you may use it to research and write about that subject? Given that WP is an encyclopedia, and an encyclopedia where ] is forbidden, the existence and quality of source material is crucial. A close reading of the policies will reveal, Tony, that what determines whether an article deserves encyclopedic treatment in WP essentially reduces to ''the nature and quality of the sources'' (per ] and ]). For the sources are all that we really have, that we may write. | |||
| :When addressing the issue of this particular school, I guess we face the same questions. Do we have sources that tell us about its history? How was it built, and what is the community where it was built like? What role has it played in the community? Has it had a notable economic role? A sociopolitical one? Did it play some notable part in history? Does it have a rich, centuries old past? Is the building itself notable, perhaps, architecturally? What primary and secondary research and reports ''focused on the school itself'' are available? These are ] and ] questions, and in trying to answer them vis-a-vis this school, I couldn't find much that was encouraging. | |||
| :There's a report that a one-day school event was held on the grounds, and their PM spoke there. You're right that this is reliable as it goes, but it's entirely peripheral as a source ''about the school''. In fact the source provided is a tiny 4 paragraph note about the event in which the school is mentioned ''solely because its grounds were used as a venue''. It was not ''about the school itself''. That is to say, it is a ''poor'' source ''about the school'': it's sole value is as an item that lends credence to the ''existence'' of such a school. Even the one bit of trivia we learn from it is not notable; ] is a tiny island state with 4 million people, with a tiny number of schools, and it will not be unusual for these buildings to be periodic venues for events when education officials troop into town. | |||
| :Ditto the source about a science class in which children show-and-tell. A school having show-and-tell is about as notable as a car having tires. Further, I'm not certain of the reliability of the source— it's not the ''Times'' itself, but some website/forum that seems to have ''Times'' news cuttings on it. | |||
| :I do not want to give you the impression that I'm some sort of anti-school POV warrior, Tony. Quite the contrary: if there was a good article on a school on AfD, I'd fight for it to be kept too. It's simply that I honestly believe that most current school articles on AfD are in contravention of some fundamental WP policies. So I just vote according to what I think, but I've no hard feelings about the issue and am not inherently opposed to it. I recall Sjakkale recently saying he was writing an article about ''his'' school{{rf|1|Bergen Katedralskole}}— and it's ''852 years old''. Now there's a subject that hints at great encyclopedic possibilities. I'd love to see it— and more like it. Best wishes—] | ] 21:56:23, 2005-09-02 (UTC) | |||
| :{{ent|1|Bergen Katedralskole}}'']'' in Bergen, Norway.—]] 06:23:44, 2005-09-07 (UTC) | |||
| == Thanks for your support! == | |||
| Dear Encephalon, thanks for your vote of confidance at my ]. I'll try hard to make the soggy mop proud! — ] | ] ] 19:22, 2 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :No problem at all. I'm sure you mop well.—] | ] 21:58:53, 2005-09-02 (UTC) | |||
| ==<div style="font-family: Georgia, Hoefler Text, serif; letter-spacing: 0.2em;">Featured!</div>== | |||
| ] and ] are. | |||
| Greatly pleased am I. Yet go, shortly, I must.—] | ] 15:28:20, 2005-09-03 (UTC) | |||
| :Thanks for the Encephalon Cross. I did little to deserve it. Your sense of initiative and collaborative spirit is fantastic. Any further plans? ] | ] 11:31, 4 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thank you, JFW. As regards the little award, even aside from your ] contributions, I think if each of us gave you a barnstar a week it simply wouldn't be enough. The work you have done for WP medicine just boggles the mind. I'm slowing down a bit in the coming weeks, and will be completely away for a short period, but I'll still be editing and participating in MCOTW when I can. Best—] | ] 12:29:09, 2005-09-04 (UTC) | |||
| :I'm very pleased I can still boggle minds :-). ] | ] 13:42, 4 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :::LOL.—] | ] 09:45:32, 2005-09-05 (UTC) | |||
| ::I, too, thank you for bestowing upon me the Encephalon Cross. In all honesty, though, I probably did the least work on ] of all of us, so I can't say that I'm all that deserving. That doesn't mean I don't appreciate having the award, though! — ] ] 03:39, September 5, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :::My pleasure, KS; your mature leadership of the MCOTW is such that you're not allowed to say anything about not deserving barnstars n' medals n' things. I won't have it. :)—] | ] 09:45:32, 2005-09-05 (UTC) | |||
| :Many thanks for the Encephalon Cross, I'm touched - it gave me a (much needed) warm feeling to the heart. I went ] on the final push for ] to FA, and likewise ] & ], as I found myself in ] (as a patient). Hence the belated reply to your kind awarding of the barnstar. Asthma reaching FA is a major achievement for both MCOTW and all those involved, including yourself ! I'm now recovering slowly, and have several weeks to rest. No doubt I will start to dip back into WP, but I'll be easing myself back in slowly... ]<sup>]</sup> 00:17, 13 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ::''Heavens!'' What happened, David? I just assumed you'd gone on a break, as I seem to remember you telling us that was on the cards. The ''ICU''. Goodness. Well, you're out of it now, that's what's important. Do take all the rest you need, and don't worry about WP. Or MCOTW. In fact, Seeker has declared something of a break on that. Please do take care, David, and let us know if there's anything you'd like us to do. You're in my thoughts. All the very best wishes—]] 00:26:58, 2005-09-13 (UTC) | |||
| ==<div style="font-family: Georgia, Hoefler Text, serif; letter-spacing: 0.2em;">''Euphausia superba'': the eyes have it</div>== | |||
| ].]] | |||
| ==Thank you== | |||
| I am glad to know that you think I am neither stupid nor insane. And I was thrilled to read all the other good things you said about me. Thank you so much! ] 11:33, 4 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Don't mention it RI. Good luck for the next time! —] | ] 13:15:29, 2005-09-04 (UTC) | |||
| ==Why Mister Encephalon== | |||
| How you ''do'' go on, sir! :) Thanks, I think. :) It's just very frustrating with people like Tony Sidaway doing everything in their power to make it difficult to create a decent encyclopedia. ] 06:34, September 5, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Don't I :)? My view of what's been happening re: Tony is a bit more complicated, Zoe. I think he's a good fellow, talented at what he does, has strong views (sometimes intemperately expressed) on certain policy issues that are at odds with views held by many other equally fine contributors. A significant source of the dispute is simply that both views are compatible with how the policies are written, especially in regards the post-VfD review process, which is currently very ambiguous. I'm hoping the mediation process leads to an amicable solution.—] | ] | |||
| ==<div style="font-family: Georgia, Hoefler Text, serif; letter-spacing: 0.2em;">Kepler's supernova</div>== | |||
| ].''' Combined image from NASA's 3 Great Observatories— the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope —unveils bubble-shaped shroud of gas and dust 14 light-years wide and expanding at 4 million miles per hour (2,000 kilometers per second).]] | |||
| ==I stole your style== | |||
| I hope you don't mind but I saw your page and stole the header. If you have a problem with this I will be happy to revert or give you credit. Your pages are very pleasing to the eye. Good job ] ] 23:57, 5 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Go ahead, David. All text written on WP is GFDL— you don't have to ask permission to use it on WP because it doesn't belong to me. As for crediting, that's always a nice gesture, but I'm not sure how you'd do it in this case because I didn't create that from scratch, but modified it from an earlier version I found lying around somewhere— there are several versions of it around WP. So don't worry about it. Finally, dude, you could never steal my style: you can ''imitate'' it, but I'd still have tons of it. ;) (God I can be such a corny bastard).—]] 05:09:50, 2005-09-06 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thanks for sharing the wealth. You're right, how could I ever steal all your style. But tons left ? ;) You make your style sound like luggage. Please leave it lying around all over wikipedia. ] ] 14:58, 6 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :::LOL. Thanks David.—]] 19:50:21, 2005-09-06 (UTC) | |||
| == Thanks == | |||
| Hi Encephalon: <br /> | |||
| ] Thanks for support and your confidence in me in my recent RFB nomination. I'm now WP's newest bureaucrat. :) Regards, {{User:Nichalp/sg}} 20:22, September 6, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :No problem. You've done some fantastic work in the mainspace, and I didn't see any reason for concern in regard to your admin activity. Keep up the swell work, and good luck!—]] 03:55:12, 2005-09-07 (UTC) | |||
| == CSD G4 text == | |||
| No problem. Glad to have a change to give my 2 cents. Thanks for all your hard work on the proposal. ] 03:57, 7 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| Encephalon,<br/> | |||
| I'd like to state that the manner in which this was conducted was a credit not only to you personally but to Misplaced Pages in general. <br/>]]] 03:21, 12 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :You're too kind, Aaron, but thank you. I fervently wish every discussion on WP was as friendly, and benefited by such thoughtful participants.—]] 11:30:34, 2005-09-12 (UTC) | |||
| == Harry Potter trolling == | |||
| I voted keep because it is an encyclopedic topic about a widespread internet phenomenon. Harry Potter trolling is even more prevalent than ], which only takes place on ''one'' website. I even saw a reference to the Harry Potter troll on a syndicated sketch comedy program. The AfD on this article is taking deletionism way too far. --] ] 08:36, 7 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Thank you Ryan. I understand the sentiment. I voted delete myself because the reference base for the article seems to me to be ], of a kind. A possible exception to this is the Encyclopedia Dramatica reference, although I'm hard-pressed to view that as ]. Thanks.—]] 09:09:13, 2005-09-07 (UTC) Ref ] | |||
| == Consciousness == | |||
| I see that you have made some edits to the article on ] without any explanations about the reasons. I would appreciate some clarification. Thanks. --] | |||
| :Hi Janice, we just spoke on Talk. I did take a few minutes to post them, sorry; I was juggling things in real life. Metaphorically :). Kind regards—]] 23:02:17, 2005-09-07 (UTC) Ref | |||
| == WWE == | |||
| You're welcome. Please make sure it's on the right version, and let me know on the article's talk page if it's not. The revert was no problem, I saw the diff and facepalmed. --<span style="color:red">]<b> <sup>(])</sup></b></span> 18:36, September 8, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Hey there. Sorry I didn't reply earlier but the orange message warning has not been working for me for at least two days now. I'm not very sure which is the completely unvandalized version, as I've absolutely no interest in the subject or that article (I was just helping out on RC patrol); however, it seemed to me that ] and ] are malicious editors. From what I can tell ] was making acceptable edits. ] blanked out a section that looks to me to have been valid. ] removed all the screenshots (I'm not sure if this was due to a concern for Cvio, but I doubt it). There was too much crap going on on the page and the best thing to do was to lock it— I was hoping you would and you did. Thanks.—]] 19:51:30, 2005-09-08 (UTC) Ref | |||
| ==Joolz's RFA== | |||
| Hey Encephalon, thanks for your vote on my recent RFA, your support was appreciated! :) Also, I see you've put one of my photos on your user page, which is cool :D Why did you upload it back to enwiki though? Cheers! -- ] 11:50, 9 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Congrats Joolz! You're a first-rate chap, and I'm glad to see you admin'd. I say, I'd actually entirely forgotten that that beautiful Italian sunset was yours. I uploaded it on enwiki because I've been under the impression that's the way you do it; is there a way to express an image on enwiki which actually lies in commons? I tried and couldn't get it to work. I've noticed that photos that end up on the Main page that are from the commons tend to be uploaded to enwiki too. It's likely however that I've been entirely clueless as usual :). Please feel free to link the image on my page directly to the commons one, if there's a way to do it. I'll just see how you do it and do the same from now. Thanks, and good luck!—]] 12:37:36, 2005-09-09 (UTC) Ref ], ] | |||
| ::Thanks again :) You can display commons images in the normal way, the only exception to that is if there's a local copy which will override it - they will often upload a local duplicate for main page images to protect them from vandalism. Regards, ] 13:04, 9 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == Thanks! == | |||
| Hi Encephalon. Thanks for your enthusiastic support on my RfA, and for the congratulations; I was shocked by the amount of support it drew. I hope I'll make a good admin. Thanks also for the comment you wrote in my RfA — I wasn't sure how many people would read the mini-essays I wrote as answers. Conflict resolution, when successful, can be quite rewarding. Anyway, as I learn my way around the new buttons please do keep an eye on me and my logs, and let me know if I can help out. Thanks again. -] 13:19, 9 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :No problem dude. And yeah I'll be watching you ''real'' close, so careful what you do with that broom. :)—]] 14:06:29, 2005-09-09 (UTC) Ref ] | |||
| ==<div style="font-family: Georgia, Hoefler Text, serif; letter-spacing: 0.2em;">Eyjafjallajökull: cold beauty</div>== | |||
| ]''', an Icelandic glacier. Situated west of the larger glacier ], Eyjafjallajökull's icecap covers a volcano which last erupted in the early 1820s, causing a ].]] | |||
| == Lester Rodney == | |||
| Hello Encephalon, | |||
| Thanks for alerting me to the copyvio issue concerning ]. I've now commented on it at the undelete page. Regards, ] | |||
| :No problem at all, Arcturus. Thank you for your graciousness in joining us. For what it's worth, once cesarb undeleted the page's history, I could see exactly why you suspected a copyvio; although my first thought was that the anon had actually written the piece as he signed it, those aspects you mentioned raise questions, and it was an entirely reasonable thing to do to list it on copyvio for further investigation. That the investigation did not take place before a summary deletion was the flaw in the process, and one that we ought not fault anyone for, given the tremendous neglect the copyvio section of WP is subject to. Regards—]] 11:51:16, 2005-09-11 (UTC) Ref | |||
| When the article was undeleted and blanked to <nowiki>{{deletedpage}}</nowiki>, it should really have been protected; I presume it was simply an oversight that it wasn't (it should also have been blanked to <nowiki>{{tempundelete}}</nowiki>, but that's less important). So, really, you shouldn't have been ''able'' to revert it. Since you could have done, and the VfU debate appeared to have concluded that, whilst unsure, this might just have been ] I think you'd have been ok to revert; ] exists for a reason. I could have done the deed sooner than I did, of course, but I'm reluctant to vary process when there is no immediate pressing need. I hope that article is dealt with very quickly; it's quite sickening to read, as is the conversation surrounding it.-]<small><sup>]</sup></small> 19:02, 16 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ''(preceding moved from below for my eccentric organizational purposes—]] 20:40, 16 September 2005 (UTC))'' | |||
| *I agree completely. That article needs a quick copy edit job and some wikifying. Didn't cesarb or someone promise?—]] 20:40, 16 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| **Yes, the VfU nominator did. I left a note on their talk page, since I didn't have the inclination to go and find the anon myself. I might have had such inclinations if you medics had fixed the common cold, though, mightn't I? Not that I'm feeling sorry for myself, or am even sure which kind of medic you are. But anyway. </rambling> -20:59, 16 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ***We're working on it. But I say, if this is the sort of output you have when you're ''ill''... Jimbo should just shut down WP to all of us and hand you the keys, dude. ;)—]] 21:10, 16 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == Anton Chekhov == | |||
| Hello Encephalon, my english isn't quite good, but i hope it's good enough to answer your questions about the photograph. You asked why the photo is entitled Anton Tschechow Denkmal? Denkmal is the german word für memorial or monument, that's all. The Chekhov Bust is in the Park (Kurpark) from Badenweiler near the castle Baden. | |||
| In 1908 was raised a monument for Chekhov, but it was destroyed in WW I. 1992 Chekhov Friends from Sachalin have donated a new Chekhov Bust.--] | |||
| :Hi Alex, thanks so much for stopping by. I understand now. That bit of history about the bust is interesting— I'll add it to your ] as a comment by the photographer and link this comment (if you have a good reference for that, even better). Is the official name of the park "'''Der Kurpark von Badenweiler'''" And your English is perfect, Alex, no worries. Dankeschön!—]] 11:24:08, 2005-09-12 (UTC) | |||
| == Lectonar's RfA == | |||
| Thanks for your support on my RfA...and thanks for the ''good man''...I'll try to live up to it ] 11:26, 12 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :No problem. And no worries: you already do.—]] 11:43:54, 2005-09-12 (UTC) | |||
| == Bmicomp's RfA == | |||
| Well, ] is not quite over yet, but either way, I'd like to thank you for your vote and your support, regardless of the outcome. -- ] ], ] 18:20, 12 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :You're a natural, BMI. It was my pleasure.—]] 00:57:00, 2005-09-13 (UTC) | |||
| == Katefan0's RFA == | |||
| Thank you very kindly for your support for my nomination. I promise your trust will not be misplaced; I may occasionally be slightly buzzed with power, but never drunk. ;) · ]<sup>]</sup> 22:17, September 12, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Yeah, that's what you say ''now''...:)—]] 00:57:00, 2005-09-13 (UTC) | |||
| == Android79's RfA == | |||
| Thank you for your support on my RfA and for your kind comments. <font color="green">]</font><font color="purple">]</font> 22:24, September 12, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Pleasure. You should check out the ] talk page, by the way.—]] 00:57:00, 2005-09-13 (UTC) | |||
| ==Thanks== | |||
| Thanks for your support in my recent RFA! All those extra buttons might not be a big deal, but getting all this positive feedback sure is, please let me know if you have any problems or comments regarding how I use all these shiny new levers and cranks! ] 00:35, 13 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Sure thing!—]] 00:57:00, 2005-09-13 (UTC) | |||
| == Re: David == | |||
| It's funny—when I saw that heading on my talk page, the first thing I though was, "Oh, he knows my name." The second was, "Wait, my name's not David." I've been working nights in the ED and I guess I'm even more zoned out than usual. | |||
| Anyway, wow, that's pretty scary. I just figured he was taking a little break too. I hope he is able to quickly recover. — ] ] 04:46, September 13, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :LOL! Dude. That's hilarious. I've been there though, so I can commiserate. And yeah, I hope he gets well soon too.—]] 08:11, 13 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == Whaddya think? == | |||
| I've recorded some of my thoughts and ideas about problems within Misplaced Pages, and some possible solutions ]. I'd like your thoughts, and whether or not you think I'm crazy, stupid or insane ;). Thanks.--] ] 17:48, 13 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Must...find...time to..reply...re:decent proposal...soon.—]] 23:14, 14 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == The scope of VfU == | |||
| Considering the ] VfU discussion and several recent ones, it's time we revived the discussion on ] and dealt with the question directly. Whilst you weren't involved in the original discussion, your remarks on this VfU suggested you might nevertheless want to chip in, so I thought I'd let you know. -] 21:51, 13 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| for harry potter trolling. ]]] (]) 23:14, 13 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| Yes. I'm pondering the speedy issue. I can see the strength of the "debate it where we can all see it argument", but I'd like to end the need for summary reversals of admin decision except in the most obvious cases (the AWW... template on VfU tonight/day is a good example). I'll sit and think about the "I'm a supercrat so I can squeak by that 'admin' rule" thing. I'd like a simple phrasing that doesn't say "all editors, including admins, bureuacrats, stewards, developers and Jimbo Wales...". Arguably, the necessary tools for undelete, being available to admins, are exercised by the other classes of user ''in their capacity as an admin'' rather than in their more 'senior' capacity. -] 00:53, 14 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ]. It would be nice if we could avoid the need. Looking at the way people are responding at the moment, it's sort of self-polling anyway and the support/objections are pretty clear. <s>I will post it on VP/Policy as I have forgotten thus far to do so</s>It's been done by DESeigel. I do sometimes wonder at the abhorrence of polls in policy space: we certainly can't determine the truths and facts of article space by polls but away from article space there is no truth to divine. Anyway. Would still be nice to avoid it, although I think perhaps we might need to structure the discussion a little; I'm starting to fear edit-conflicts. It looks as if we will have to take speedies out of scope, and I've more or less come around to the idea as I said in my last post. Having stretched my immense creative abilities to their limits, behold my new sig: -]<small><sup>]</sup></small> 20:02, 14 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :It's breathtakingly original, Splash, love it. :) About DR, I'll say something non-trivial over there. Soon.—]] 23:19, 14 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| I don't think the discussion is too mired. I was giving it a day or two to simmer. We need to work on the mechanics of it. There are changes being made, rather unilaterally imo, elsewhere (I'm sure you've spotted them) that appear to me to be attempts to cut off the forming consensus on the talk page. We should not allow them to stand, and one way of doing that is to drive the discussion forward. I just wrote a new section on the talk page about mechanics and am hoping that will stir some debate over those. Once that is done, I shall take the flak for implementing the new procedure since I observe a pretty dang clear consensus that the new procedure is wanted, subject to ironing out the details. -]<small><sup>]</sup></small> 19:02, 16 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ''(preceding moved from below for my eccentric organizational purposes—]] 20:40, 16 September 2005 (UTC))'' | |||
| :Noted. I most definitely spotted them—they've been quite a few actually, to several pages. It's a bit discouraging. I don't think you're going to be taking the flak for anything though. You're doing your thing cordially and with an open, consensus-driven attitude.—]] 20:40, 16 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == Medical record on MCOTW == | |||
| Hi! You showed support for ], this week's ]. You are invited to help improve it! — ] ] 04:42, 14 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Wha... so soon? Noooooo... :) —]] 23:22, 14 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == my gender == | |||
| Hey Encephalon, | |||
| I found it interesting that you felt the need to point out my gender to someone who guessed incorrectly. While it is a little strange that most people seem to assume nearly all Wikipedians are male, I really don't get offended when people make that assumption, and I don't tend to bother correcting them. I'd rather be judged on my edits than my gender. Thanks though! ] 21:51, 14 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Hello moink. I wish we didn't have to start a conversation this way! Your note left me with the heart-sinking feeling that I'd done you wrong, somehow. I'm deeply sorry, and I apologize unreservedly. To clarify, I did not feel the need to say anything. But I did want to say what I did. We often make too many unfounded assumptions of our fellows, some harmless, others insidiously harmful, but all preferably exchanged for truth, where that is known. I spoke for that, and only that, reason. I would not—''ever''—judge edits or works or anything else by gender, and indeed I'm sure the person who made the mistake didn't either. I hope you'll forgive the error if you feel my speaking was inappropriate, moink. Needless to say, I shall henceforth resolutely hold my tongue should similar circumstances arise :). Very sincerely yours—]] 23:10, 14 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ::I totally didn't think it was inappropriate! Wow, are we ever having tone-misreading issues here, as are so common with text. I just thought I'd make a comment that I noticed and that I didn't find it necessary, and a philosophical statement on the nature of gender, and our need to know it about everyone else. I am not, and was never, in the least hurt, offended, angry, or anything negative. Sorry for giving you that impression! And interestingly, I have no idea what gender you are, which adds to my original amusement. ] 23:52, 14 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :::Lol. All's well that ends well. I'm glad I had not caused offense, moink. And of course there's completely no need for you to apologize, as it was I who appears to have done the misreading. Say, while we're tangentially on the subject of the Potter VfU; it is my understanding that while 67% may validly be deemed a concensus in AfDs, it is by no means necessary for a closer to do so. That is to say, if you wish to use only >80% as an indication of concensus, that's perfectly all right; your call on the first AfD was valid. I also agree with your remarks on the VfU Talk page; there's a provision in the proposal, by the way, that allows DR to be skipped if the involved admins/editors can sort things out themselves. Best—]] 00:34, 15 September 2005 (UTC) ''NB.'' . | |||
| ::::I also think my closing was within the range of possible validity... but I really don't feel strongly about it and I don't care at all that it was deleted, though I wish I'd had the chance to explain myself first. But Phroziac apologized and it's all fine now. As to that edit, I do sometimes like a little bit of numerical guidance, precisely for cases like this, where I don't have a lot to guide my judgment but sheer numerics. ] 02:28, 15 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == Thanks... == | |||
| ...! :) No idea which deletion deserved that, but I did laugh when I saw it. I've discovered that when you turn admin, the vandalism rate on your userspace soars. Annoyingly, my current pet vandal is in Australia, so blanks my userpage only when I'm asleep. Just as well we have RC patrol! -]<small><sup>]</sup></small> 01:50, 15 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Hey no problem dude, I got your back. I'm starting to understand though, why many of you oft-vandalized heroes of the 'pedia seem to display these scars so proudly—it's actually kinda cool, ain't it? Dang. I've never been vandalized even once. I think this calls for decisive action. No more mister nice guy; out with the diplomacy, in with the pissy attitude. Yeah. ''You better watch out, vandals! You hear me?!'' No more nice polite messages on your talk pages. <s>Meow.</s> Roooar.—]] 11:36, 15 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ::Eh...I'm usually pretty polite, and I still get my share of vandalism—or at least I did when I had more time to do RC patrol. Sometimes I think that more talk and politeness leads to more user page vandalism. Oh well...— ] ] 04:13, 16 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :::Lol. Thanks for my first Userpage vandalism, Seeker. It was exquisite ;). I guess I'm now important :)—]] 20:40, 16 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ==Thank you== | |||
| Thank you for your well considered remarks concerning my RfA, which I have formally withdrawn. The full text of my withdrawal and statement of appreciation is on the RfA page. Best wishes, ] 03:52, 15 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Leonard, thank you for your note. I have not ever entered a non-support vote with as much reluctance as I did on your RfA. It is extremely rare for me not to support an RfA I choose to participate in—if memory serves well, I've only voted neutral twice, and I've never voted oppose. I'd like to be clear about why I didn’t vote in support. As I said on the RfA, I think admins have many roles, and the community generally expects of its sysops a certain familiarity with the practices, policies and guidelines that govern the encyclopedia. I later realized from reading the comments on the RfA and on your Talk page that you'd come to this purely to better your vandal-fighting efforts (ie. for the help of the rollback button). There's absolutely nothing wrong with this (in fact I'm one of those people who leans towards making the rollback available to every registered editor); it's only that the role of admin is often seen as having many more facets than RC/NP patrolling (important though these activities are). Admins, by virtue of the privileges granted to them, often play important roles in areas like ], ], ]. They have the power to block editors, too, and with this comes the need for them to have a good understanding of WP policy and to be good mediators; temperance is a great virtue in an admin. If you gain just a bit more experience in the above spaces, I will be very glad to support your next RfA.—]] 11:33, 15 September 2005 (UTC) Ref ] | |||
| ==<div style="font-family: Georgia, Hoefler Text, serif; letter-spacing: 0.2em;">Rayleigh scattering</div>== | ==<div style="font-family: Georgia, Hoefler Text, serif; letter-spacing: 0.2em;">Rayleigh scattering</div>== | ||
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On responses
I respond on my own page, unless there is good reason to respond on yours. Kind regards—encephalonεγκέφαλον
Of current interest
| File:Zanskar Himalaya.jpg |
| Of current interest |
Rayleigh scattering
VfU copyedit
Nice work on VfU. - Tεxτurε 20:27, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
- Thank you, Texture (there's a sentence I never thought I'd say!). Tony's placing on that page a copy of the central tenets of the Undeletion policy was an excellent idea. However, I'm not sure I agree with some of the interpretations being made on the Talk page. Will probably post a bit later. Best—encephalonὲγκέφαλον 20:34, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
Message
You're an athiest, aren't you? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.47.26.123 (talk • contribs) , at 01:21 2005 September 16 (UTC)
Reply: You said that Earth will be destroyed by the increasing heat of the sun. You must be and athiest. I find your information interesting (Like the big bang theory).— Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.47.26.123 (talk • contribs) , at 01:34, 2005 September 16 (UTC)
- Ah. You must refer to the quotation on my User page. It's not I who said that, it was a wikipedian who was in a discussion elsewhere. I actually found it linked from another editor's page; I thought it was funny. As to the Sun, cosmologists predict that in about 4 billion years it will become a red giant as its hydrogen fuel core is consumed and exhausted. It will begin to expand, and it is thought this expansion will make the continued existence of Earth rather unlikely. I'm not a cosmologist, so you must forgive me if I'm unable to give you a better description. By the way, do you think you could sign your posts when you make them? You do it by placing four tildes at the end, like so: ~~~~ Best—encephalonὲγκέφαλον 01:55, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
Harry Potter trolling
You're right, I saw it on Misplaced Pages:Votes for undeletion and thought the AfD notice was leftover from the previous nomination, not a new listing. Unfortunately, I think this is a situation where adherence to process gets in the way of the best solution, as I thought my edit was a pretty good compromise. --Michael Snow 21:36, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
- I think it's not an unreasonable solution, Michael, you're right. But I do think we should be especially careful to let the process take its course for this particular article and AFD. It has been quite contentious, and sparked extensive discussions on related issues in VfU, the VfU talk page, the Undeletion policy page and Talk page, the second AfD's Talk page... it's really something that might be best to just let flow along, or the whole process might get repeated again in a second VfU and third AfD, and I don't think the community will be the better for that. Of course, I completely understand that you'd redirected without any knowledge of the second AfD.—encephalonὲγκέφαλον 22:17, 16 September 2005 (UTC) Ref AfD1, AfD2, Rv.
Nandesuka's RfA
I just wanted to drop you a note to thank you for your support on my RfA, and also for using greek letters in your signature, which I think just looks really cool. I'll try my best to live up to the trust you've shown in me. Thanks, Nandesuka 00:38, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
Thank you
Hello, I thank you for your support to my adminship, and I am sure that we shall be around contributing and building the encyclopedia. I will surely keep the confidence reposed in me. --Bhadani 09:25, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
- As promised. You're an excellent candidate.—encephalonεγκέφαλον 13:12, 18 September 2005 (UTC) Ref RfA
Desysopsing inactive admins
Dia duit a chara, Encephalon, haven't seen you in a while, and I hope you're well. Thought you might be interested in this: Misplaced Pages:Desysopsing inactive admins (older threads here and the newer one, here). Seemed like something right up your alley. --Blackcap | talk 16:11, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
'Lo, it's me, the Central Scrutinizer, again... take a gander at this 'un too. --Blackcap | talk 16:54, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks, Blackcap. Say, you're back sooner than expected—trip postponed?—encephalonεγκέφαλον 19:07, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
- Yeah. There was an extremely sudden change: after being in the mountains for 12 very intense hours, I quit my job and came back home to San Francisco. There was a fight and threats from one of the other men who live up there, not to mention that my employer forgot to give me any refrigeration and didn't have any water for me. I figured that I'd rather be in a place where I could sleep well and have an employer who cared enough about his employees to give them some kind of food storage and drinking water, so I left. I had been having problems up there before, and got into a pretty big fight with him (the employer) in July, so I counted this as the last straw. --Blackcap | talk 19:35, 18 September 2005 (UTC)