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Thanks

1. Now how about adding only Truth to my page?
2. Also, where do I find the email link on user pages? By the way, I can't create an account (page blocked on my PC).
3. Is it allowed to write danish with a fellow dane on English Misplaced Pages?
4. "→ IF YOU ARE NEW OR UNREGISTERED, IT IS NECESSARY THAT YOU CLICK THIS, BUT OPTIONAL ←" does not make sense. It can't be necessary, but optional. You may want to change it to, preferably, "IT IS NOT NECESSARY THAT YOU CLICK THIS, BUT OPTIONAL ←"

(The link down here was an error, I use this editing box on Misplaced Pages to access blocked pages on my PC (even though I had no reason to go to that link; need to log in to the site to find what I wanted to look at), but accidentally saved it)--78.156.109.166 (talk) 09:46, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

1. Which page are you talking about?
2. You really can't send email unless you're logged in. By the way, you can request an account to be created for you.
3. As long as it isn't disruptive, sure.
4. That last one is a joke. You really don't have to click it. Epicgenius (talk) 13:36, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

1. My user page.
2. Still, that page for requesting an account is blocked on this PC.
3. Thanks.
4. Thanks.
5. Why am I having trouble copying from your guestbook?
6. Your user page takes long to load. User_talk:Wnt is even longer but takes shorter to load. Might be the images?--78.156.109.166 (talk) 20:49, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

1. Thanks.
2. I don't really know what to do in that case.
3. No problem.
4. No problem.
5. Why do you want to copy from my guestbook?
6. Well, at least I don't have 252 sections on my userpage. I'm pretty confused—my user page is only 697 bytes long. Epicgenius (talk) 22:25, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Oh, I see what you're talking about. User:Epicgenius/Userpage/Rest of year is 47,300 bytes long. Epicgenius (talk) 22:26, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

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5. Wanted to ask SlavaRodionov what her entry means.
6. I can access that page by typing User:Epicgenius.--78.156.109.166 (talk) 19:07, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
7. Can you translate these from danish to english and give all the translations Google provides if you decide to use Google (Google/translator sites are blocked on my PC; there is no context between the words)?: Overhale. Selvfølge (NOT selvfølgelig). Gad vide. Desværre. From english to danish: Bless.--78.156.109.166 (talk) 19:21, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I do not know that much Danish. I'm Chinese. Maybe you can ask at the help desk. Epicgenius (talk) 19:23, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Helpdesk? But this is not about help about editing or using WP.--78.156.109.166 (talk) 19:27, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

By the way, question 7 is loosely "Overhauling. Of course. I wonder. Sadly." in that order. Epicgenius (talk) 19:28, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Another person gave a better translation. "Overtake. Of course. Wondering. Unfortunately."--78.156.109.166 (talk) 19:35, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Yeah I know, I cobbled stuff from what I did know, which is about nothing, so I looked it up on Google Translate. Epicgenius (talk) 19:37, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Weird, the other person used Google too. I'm not sure you may edit my posts.--78.156.109.166 (talk) 19:39, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I noticed, you asked PrimeHunter too. He's Danish, so pretty naturally, he would speak Danish better than a Chinese person would.Epicgenius (talk) 19:45, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Offtopic, but people continue being stupid. I asked a worker at my place if my neighbor was smoking, and he said you shall not worry about that. Wanted to give him the F. ;)--78.156.109.166 (talk) 20:01, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

…Meanwhile, there are national crises going on. Epicgenius (talk) 20:12, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

What does &hellip ; mean? - Offtopic, but maybe a sign of the end? That page has another sign of the end; the demonstrations began on 11-21-13 at night (can you find the time?) UKR time (same as Jerusalem time), and the end is 11-21-14 midnight Jerusalem time. So might be precisely 1 year, nevertheless it's very close to exactly 1 year.--78.156.109.166 (talk) 20:37, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

That's HTML markup, just like &ndash ;, &nbsp ;, and &mdash ; (remove the spaces before each semicolon, they produce –,  , and — respectively). It produces ellipsis "…". Epicgenius (talk) 20:39, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. But why "hell ip/hellip"? Offtopic: I have calculated the earthquake will be 15.8 or 21.11. So mighty and earthquake, and so great. Please don't take offense.--78.156.109.166 (talk) 20:42, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict x3) Don't be offended, but it is very unlikely that an earthquake will even go that high, due to the fact that the scale is produced exponentially. So an earthquake with such a high magnitude would rupture the fabric of space and time and create new parallel universes. Yeah, it stinks, but…you gotta do what you gotta do. Now I have to deal with the effects of a blizzard that is coming my way. Talk to you tomorrow whenever it has been determined that this topic is germane to the end of the world. Epicgenius (talk) 20:44, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi.--78.156.109.166 (talk) 19:55, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Hello again. Epicgenius (talk) 21:15, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Who decides if it's germane — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.156.109.166 (talk) 18:59, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Not I. Epicgenius (talk) 19:01, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

I have determined it is germane to the end of the world, the Bible speaks of so mighty an earthquake = the end of the world. We saw Chile, Haiti, Japan. That was just the beginning, the next one will be at least 57 times bigger, most likely 12.11 times bigger. The end is 11-21-14 and if you say 12.11 times bigger than the Japan quake you get 21.11 Magnitude, which is in context with the date, as is Luke 21:11 (mentions great earthquakes). 12.11 is also in context with 11-21-14 if you read it backwards or mirrored.--78.156.109.166 (talk) 19:22, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Um, an earthquake at that magnitude will actually be a starquake. There is no way that the solar system will survive through this. Not only that, but it may even create black holes. Epicgenius (talk) 20:39, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

edit to George Strait article

You reverted my edit to 'George Strait' without providing a reason. As I said in the comments, I fixed a line to make it provide the same information as the reference article. Did you look at the reference? I think your reversion of the article made it worse by re-inserting incorrect information that contradicts what is in the reference article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.88.73.162 (talk) 02:44, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

I have reverted my edit. Anyway, I couldn't provide an edit summary at the time, due to the fact that I was doing multiple reversions at once. My apologies if you have been offended by this. Epicgenius (talk) 02:49, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of International Cruise Terminal Station

Hello Epicgenius,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged International Cruise Terminal Station for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Ad Orientem (talk) 02:58, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

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Tonia Todman date of birth

Tonia Todman's date of birth is published as 1935 on the wiki page for her. Her father has a birth year of 1922 ( I know her father, Mr A Barker). A birth year of 1935 for Tonia is unlikely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.2.136.134 (talk) 12:17, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Then why did you put "19xx" there? if there is not a specific year, it should be removed. Epicgenius (talk) 13:30, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

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I have reviewed you. I was looking through random pages and I stumbled on this one. Just to inform you. Ethically 06:31, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

All right, thanks. Epicgenius (talk) 13:51, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

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Station layout diagrams

Okay, look, these are 2-D, unless you have some sort of uber-hi-tech holographic monitor that no one else does. And that's my biggest problem with them. The track-and-platform level portions are laid out like they're a top-down view, but the mezzanine and other levels are placed alongside them, making it look like it is on the same level and adjacent to it, not above or below. The small sketchy labels (M, G, etc) do not sufficiently inform an unfamiliar reader about that. That could be solved if there were a key to the diagram, but there is not. As such, I don't think they do a good job if informing the reader, just throwing a confusing diagram at them.

The key issue could be solved if these diagrams were more standardized and implemented using templates, as they could at the least link to a key, like the rail line diagrams do. And that would also solve the raised-many-times-by-many-editors issue of the very large amount of raw HTML code they add to an article. The amount of code is also particularly bad for an article on a simple station where there's just a single island or two side platforms. Those just don't need diagrams at all; adding them is simply bloat.

Finally, when you add something and someone reverts, it's just bad form to re-add it without opening discussion (WP:BRD). As the person seeking to make the change, when someone reverts with an objection, it is up to you to make the case that the change is needed, not for the objector to make the case that it is not. I will it revert again, as to avoid an edit war, but I really have to wonder if these diagrams should have been given a thorough getting and discussion at an appropriate project, like WT:TRAINS or WP:NYCPT first. It certainly would have helped to address my issues. oknazevad (talk) 01:34, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

• It's kind of obvious what "G", "1F", "2F" are. They are accompanied by the full floor name in the second column, followed by a text description of the floor in the third column. And yes, it is 2D—if you consider all of these levels on the same plane, which they are not. And finally, yes there are templates, one example is Template:Ja-rail-line and Template:Ja-rail-linem. Epicgenius (talk) 02:16, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

That's the problem, it's not inherently clear that they're not on the same plane, especially with the diagram trying to show both a cutaway vertical view and a top-down platform view. I just don't know if it works. oknazevad (talk) 03:17, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Um, okay. A line across all three columns means that the floors are separated. The first column shows the floor number, the second shows a description of the floor (or the track name), and the third column is a longer description of the floor or the track. The layout idea is from the Chinese and Taiwanese metro station layouts, so you should probably ask the original creators of these templates. Epicgenius (talk) 13:32, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

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wrong editing done in thr chhindwara page

Requested sir in the chhindwara page you added it is a birth place of chhindwara which is a wrong text.. this is only an spam and someone maked the wrong use . Pls undo the line. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 171.49.210.231 (talk) 14:44, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Neon Lights Tour

I felt I should mention that when you reverted "aka Flop" on "Neon Lights Tour", the IP who made that was not at all making that edit in good faith. In fact, it was vandalism that you reverted. Thank you for reverting that edit, though. XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 17:33, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

I didn't know it was vandalism, but thanks for the thanks. Epicgenius (talk) 17:34, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Gounder

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	Hi Epicgenius, I want to edit the Gounder wiki page. the Gounder title mostly refers to Vettuva Gounders instead of Kongu Vellalars. Plaese do the changes needfull. Regards, K.D.Saravanan MCA Sarwaanmca (talk) 17:23, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

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