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Thanks!

Many thanks for helping fend off the vandals while Gregorian chant was on the main page. I wasn't prepared for the level of vandalism. It's heartening to know how efficient and diligent you WP admins and editors are to revert it! Peirigill 07:08, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Rail Route Maps

Excellent work on your recent route map. I would like to share with you current work on the Scottish lines (through WP:TIS) which may be of interest to you. During the current review of the route diagrams, they are being moved from the main article to templates. By splitting the route diagram from the main article, this makes editting both far easier. Have a look at Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway with the associated template Template:Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway as an example. --Stewart 15:32, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Jean Aylwin at DYK

I thought you'd like to know that Jean Aylwin is scheduled to be featured tomorrow (from noon, London time) on the Main Page under DYK, photo and all. Happy New Year! -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:19, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Do you have any information about her music hall performances? It occurs to me that this is entirely missing from her article, even though we describe her as a music hall performer in her intro. Thanks! -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:36, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

OK, but be careful - a performance in a music hall may not be a music hall show, it may be legitimate theatre. Music hall is a kind of variety show format, with various funny acts, unlike a musical or even a revue, which is one cohesive show. -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:05, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Good work. If you later find out that she did lots more music hall, we can always modify the description in the Lead. Have a great 2013! -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:00, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Jean Aylwin

On 4 January 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jean Aylwin, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that actress Jean Aylwin (pictured) inspired a new dress style "in crepe and lace"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jean Aylwin. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Defence of AlexTiefling

Hi, Alex.

In case you've not been following it, there's a discussion going on at Misplaced Pages talk:Reference desk#Rate of fire about a thread you responded to.

It needed someone to stand up and defend you from some pretty baseless accusations, so I did.

Cheers. -- Jack of Oz 09:25, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! What a strange thread. I really appreciate you sticking up for me. AlexTiefling (talk) 09:55, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

You're very welcome. People (including me) being accused of doing something they simply did not do, raises my injustice flag like little else. Normally I let people fight their own battles as adults, but you didn't seem to be there to defend yourself from what I saw as a particularly egregious example of a bandwagon effect writ large, and enough kneejerk reactions to fuel a soccer team for a month. Go well. -- Jack of Oz 22:32, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

About Talk:NY SAFE Act

Hi AlexTiefling. See here, you. --Shirt58 (talk) 10:52, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

I think IronKnuckle deserves it. I was among those who were ready to write him(?) off, and I was wrong. AlexTiefling (talk) 10:56, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

AN/I Tariq

"have no idea who ﬥ is ... and choose a signature which has Latin characters in it."

LOL It took me ages to figure out how to copy that character and work with it. My keyboard changes directions every time I encounter it. I think it's arabic, either way it's a gigantic hassle. --IP98 (talk) 18:23, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Well, there is an informal policy on this subject. Myself, I have no idea what that character is or where to find it; I C&P'd it directly from the OP's sig. AlexTiefling (talk) 18:32, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

God

Could you please tell me why its not related? Is there another article that deals with the existance of God? And that is what you mean? Signs were important through out the history of mankind in connection to GOD. Ryanspir (talk) 23:45, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

This is a conversation that you need to be having at Talk:God. What you are describing is essentially pareidolia; there is nothint to indicate that these subjective phenomena are a form of special revelation, or indeed have any significant bearing on the history of human experience of God. AlexTiefling (talk) 00:41, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm interested to reach a consensus between us on the talk page first if possible. Once a good formulation will come from our discussion I'll post it on the article talk page, same as I did with the editor who mentioned mathematical issue.

However I'm not sure what to write to you in response to pareidolia and special revelation. Special revelation - how would we define it? What makes an event a revelation or a special revelation? If we will assume the God exist and is being embodied into the interconnectedness of all things, then any event can be viewed as a special revelation.

If we assume that God do not exist, than no special revelation is possible at all. But I still don't have a good formulation of a response to you. Perhaps if you will reply to this message a good formulation will come out. I also wonder if signs and coincidences could be united and not be viewed as separate issues to each other. Ryanspir (talk) 15:24, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Search engine test

Hi Alan, don't think we've "met" before, but seems like you probably know what is going on at Misplaced Pages:Search engine test?

WP:IRS, which is a page I follow closely, just had WP:SET added, by LittleBenW (a name I'm familiar with) WP:SET goes to Misplaced Pages:Search engine test. I see that page has been substantially rewritten giving advice on find reliable sources (?) on how to spell, i.e. how to misspell?, Lech Walesa and the tennis player Facundo Argüello. This is truly bizarre given that before these edits there was a single comment to say "Popular usage bias – Popular usage and urban legend is often reported over correctness ... A search for the most common spelling of El Niño will often report it spelt "El Nino", " and now there are these giant hide/show sections showing how to actually seek out the sources that seek out the incorrect El Nino instead of the correct El Niño. You seem to have tried to discuss the shape of the page with LittleBenW. But despite your good efforts the page looks worse off now than a year ago. Is there any option of reverting/removing some of this stuff? I wouldn't mind except given the state WP:SET is in, not sure it deserves to be added to WP:IRS, or indeed what adding it to WP:IRS implies. Any suggestions? In ictu oculi (talk) 17:07, 1 April 2013 (UTC)