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Zzyzx11 | Talk 05:17, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

placenta recipes?

I notice on the Talk:Childbirth page that you say "I have known friends to eat their placenta".

I can tell you that it tastes like beef heart. Problem is, the texture tends to be extremely spongy. I also have no idea how best to cook it. I've tried stir-fry and baking so far. It'd be great if you could ask your friends for recipes. I'd have to change the spices of course, because I hate onions and garlic. I'm really most interested in cooking method, time, and temperature. AlbertCahalan 03:35, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. It's here now. If a picture exists, that would be a great addition. Would I be right to guess that "Cook quickly" means to stir-fry at high heat? That's the part I really care about, so that I don't burn the placenta or make it tougher. AlbertCahalan 15:01, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

My 'housekeeping' edits

Thanks for the kind words. Since I prefer to spend most of my Misplaced Pages time doing that kind of light editing, I especially appreciate Wikipedians like you that add content. Niteowlneils 8 July 2005 00:29 (UTC)

Answers in Genesis links

I think it would be better to decide what is useful rather than delete itas a whole which is why I reverted your edit. Falphin 9 July 2005 01:10 (UTC)

• I agree that most of the links should not be there, but I believe some are relevant like their statement of faith. The big issue is that the article doesn't use references and so the external links is where the most relevant links should end up. Our options are to leave the most relevant in the external links, create references or possibly link them in the article like it is done at the CARM. I don't have time to look through them today but hopefully will before I leave on my vacation. I have no intention of going into a edit war either as I never have before. Thanks for your reply. Falphin 9 July 2005 15:27 (UTC)

Hiya

Yeah thanks. I wouldnt knock the Wiki markup language too much, it's pretty good... couldnt ask for much better than it. Also the imageof the Koala isnt the Australian Skeptics logo... it's their mascot.. slightly different..

Thanks for noticing the Jerilderie image.. haha!

Are you a member of the Australian Skeptics by the way? - UnlimitedAccess 07:42, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Awesome, which issues... I will pull out my Great Skeptic CD and have a look see.. :) I would love to read your stuff.. :) - UnlimitedAccess 15:03, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

If you ARE a skeptic, how about hopping over to my User page and looking at the two categories that might be relevant for you - skeptics and anti-quackery. -- Fyslee 11:53, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Pope's Hitler

I agree that the article is essentially incomprehensible. Uncle G. is correct that it is fallout from an edit war. I had not seen this article until today, but have had to write up an RfC against its author, Misplaced Pages: Requests for comment/Famekeeper because of his filibustering on talk pages. He thinks that leaders of the Catholic Church were guilty of complicity in the Holocaust. That is a valid POV supported by some scholars. He also thinks that any deletion of (sometimes unsourced) arguments to that effect is censorship.

Thank you for your patience. Robert McClenon 16:45, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliment!

Thanks for the great compliment, and on my birthday too! Telling you what you already know- but Misplaced Pages is a great tool for giving fact-based information, that is becoming a first-stop source for people looking for that information in a place they trust. It's probable that a school-child who is sent time after time to the AiG page will eventually stumble on the Misplaced Pages pages, where he/she is going to discover there's a whole world out there who live and explore in a universe that's a million times older than he/she was taught.

This is the easy part- now I'm waiting for the chipping away of my work by the AiG defenders. I'm going to fight them tooth and nail. Let's keep vigilant over the next few days. Christianjb 04:27, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Answers in Genesis Alert.

Just to let you know that 58.162.252.67 is mounting an attack on Answers in Genesis and Jonathan Sarfati. Any help in the next day or two will be appreciated. Christianjb 17:31, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Fun

You've been missing all the fun. We had a massive attack today in which most of the work done in the last couple of weeks was simply deleted. (Have a look through the history page) They also ran all over the discussion page putting in nasty little comments here and there. I'm trying to contact an admin about this to see what can be done. My advice is for everyone to keep calm and do essentially nothing until then. There's little point in reverting edits at this time, because they'll just revert them back. Christianjb 22:02, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

One tries...

Thanks for that. One tries (and I don't think it's quite been finished in that article as it currently stands, but I hope others will chime in), but it's an ongoing battle. Unfortunate, but... - Nunh-huh 09:12, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Watch

New user to watch:

User talk:58.165.187.86

• Contributions

-- Fyslee 15:32, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Spinal adjustment

I have added comments on this Talk page: http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Spinal_adjustment -- Fyslee 23:01, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

LoPbN removals

Hi, Henry, and thanks for your attention to LoPbN. But please don't remove simply for lack of article without research on their notability. Of the two by you i noticed together, one has . IIRC, LoPbN rdlks become blue at something like a 5 or 10% rate per month. Like rdlks elsewhere, they are a valuable source of new articles. TIA.
--Jerzy•t 01:54, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Additional deletion options

Hi there, I notice that you recently proposed a number of articles for deletion using the {{prod}} tag, with reason "nonsense", which was a good thing to do.

A better idea for nonsense articles is the tag {{nonsense}} which will avoid the five-day delay that {{prod}} entails. See also WP:CSD for more ways to speedily delete articles. Stifle 13:39, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. I have only recently got brave enough to suggest some things for deletion! I've thought I might give fifteen minutes or so each night to monitoring the new pages and getting rid of the crap which seems to be filling up Wiki. Cheers, Henry! Maustrauser 13:42, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Excellent, one of the main things Misplaced Pages needs is recent changes patrollers. You can add {{User wikipedia:RC Patrol}} to your user page. Stifle 13:45, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Kim Deanda

While you are probably right about the "Non notable vanity page. Only Google hits are for this page on wikipedia." the rest is incorrect. User:Amplat also made major edits but may also be Kim Deanda. Also please read Misplaced Pages:Proposed deletion#What this process is NOT for, the "prod" should not have been put back. I see now that you have added the db template. Do you not think that a AfD would be better. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 12:16, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Follow up. The anon removed all the tags. I have listed it Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Kim Deanda. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 13:02, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. I was not aware of the rules at: Misplaced Pages:Proposed deletion#What this process is NOT for. I shall behave myself next time!  : ) Maustrauser 23:22, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

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Absinthe Retailers AfD

Regarding your vote on Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Absinthe Retailers, thank you for your input. The article's creator has raised an objection to its deletion that I think might be a valid point, to which I've responded. I would like to get feedback from other editors on this, so if you have the time, you might want to drop by the AfD page and give your opinion again. Thanks! –Sommers 18:31, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the invite. I have provided further comments on the AfD. Cheers, Henry. Maustrauser 06:06, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Systems' Approach for Interpreting Horoscopes

May I suggest an NPOV tag? Tawker 08:55, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the suggestion. I have now put one on. Maustrauser 12:51, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for taking my mild chiding re civility on the AfD page so well! I just feel that this Ramayan guy (gal? who knows?) has probably had enough of a kicking from people like the editor who nominated the artiscle as "crap" that he's unlikely to listen to anyone if he feels they're taking the mick. I also want for him to see that an article, the subject of the article, and the creator of the article are three separate things. For what it's worth I too think that this "Approach for interpreting horoscopes" looks deeply suspect (and I'm a Wiccan, fer crying out loud, so a bit New Agey, don'tcherknow) however that's my POV. Your attempts to NPOV it definitely improved the article. Let's all carry on being nice to the guy and hope that he'll understand where we're coming from. In a way I suppose the AfD listing was a bit of a blessing in disguise as it's now opened up what was bewring to be a nasty little edit war to more editors. Tonywalton  | Talk 23:21, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

No problem. I do get a little hot under the collar at times so it was was a useful mild chiding! I thought I should take it to AfD just to get a bit more support for NPOV, but I thought that would be churlish of me in the extreme. So it was helpful that it ended up there. Ramayan and I might be able to work together. This is what I like about Wiki. Here we have a Wiccan and a Skeptic holding a perfectly civilized conversation. We may not agree with each other, but we see the greater good of Misplaced Pages. Cheers mate! Maustrauser 23:25, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Ewell Grove Infant and Nursery School

I don't like speedy deletions outside process- and certainly the school debate in Misplaced Pages is so controversial and divisive it would create a mass protest to delete a school outside process. I actually have deleted a school article once, but it was a speedy candidate. Personally I never vote on schools when they go to AfD but if I had to I think they could be merged, unless some notability is proven. Conversely preschools have been deleted at AfD and I'm fine with that, too, but they can't be speedied. CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 03:50, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry also if the edit summary came across as a little abrupt. That wasn't meant to convey a lack of understanding, it just reflects the controversy. CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 03:52, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your explanation. I shall consider taking it to AfD. And I won't speedy any more schools! Cheers, Henry Maustrauser 04:01, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Frank Feather

I share your concerns about Frank.Feather (talk · contribs) and his edits to his autobiography, plus adding himself to other articles. I'll watch him as well. Please let me know if you see him engaging in edit wars over vanity edits, if necessary I will block him. Just zis  Guy, you know? / 12:30, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. I have found alternative claimants for "Thinking Globally, Acting Locally" such as , plus some academic papers claiming it was coined at the UN Conference on the Human Environment in 1971 and also the WHO. I'm not sure Frank Feather's claims are quite accurate. Given that you are more experienced in these things than I am, would you be so kind as to look at: Azamat Abdoullaev and some of his related writings. He keeps removing my NPOV tag. He appears to be another vanity writer. I would appreciate your views. Maustrauser 13:05, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Aha! Good work. I also updated Thinking Globally, Acting Locally. That could now be a redirect to ], I guess. Just zis  Guy, you know? / 13:07, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles_for_deletion/Everyonesacritic.net

Hi Maustrauser, Since your vote for delete on this AfD, I have since cleaned up to adhere to NPOV and provided evidence of Notability. Could you please change your vote to keep?

Thanks, --Dave 21:27, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Dave, I have changed my vote. On the AfD I wrote: *Delete NN Maustrauser 00:06, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

• Keep I have changed my vote. Dave has made a good faith attempt to change the article dramatically and has demonstrated notability. If everyone when criticized behaved like Dave in putting up constructive arguments whilst remaining cool and polite, Misplaced Pages would be a better place. Well argued Dave. Maustrauser 11:55, 22 February 2006 (UTC)