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March 9 edit-a-thon at MOCA in downtown LA

LA Meetup: March 9 edit-a-thon at MOCA

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Millennia

This edit begins the article on the 2nd millennium with material about the 3rd millennium. I presume this is some kind of error; please edit so that it focuses on the 2nd millennium. I also suggest any further discussion occur at WT:Wikiproject Years#When do centuries and millennia begin? as it affects a number of articles. Jc3s5h (talk) 12:13, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

OOPS. Copy/paste between multiple articles is problematic for visual reasons on my desktop configuration, and I forgot to delete the 3rd millennium text. However, there is still no doubt that millennia officially begin in x001. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 12:59, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Calendars are a national matter. The United States does not have an official calendar. I have never heard of an instance of the United States (or any other country, for that matter) enforcing a definition of decade, century, or millennium. Jc3s5h (talk) 16:04, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Something can be official even if not enforced. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 16:28, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Talkback

APerson (talk!) 02:33, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Lagrange's four-square theorem

Can you please give a rationale for removing the Common Lisp snippet from Lagrange's four-square theorem, but leaving the Python code intact? melikamp (talk) 21:40, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

The Python code has a little elegance to it, while the Lisp code is brute force. Furthermore, the Python code generates sorted sequences, while the Lisp code generates all sequences. Admittedly, the number of all sequences (including allowing positive and negative integers) can be evaluated in terms of divisor functions, while the number of sorting sequences cannot. Still, only one language should be necessary unless there are different algorithms. Personally, I would prefer C or C++, but I'm not going to replace the Python code. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 21:54, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

@Melikamp: Also, the Python code is ${\displaystyle O(n)}$ (counting appending an item to a list, and searching a list for an item, as single operations), while the LISP code is ${\displaystyle O(n^{2})}$ (counting appending an item to a list as one operation, which it could be). — Arthur Rubin (talk) 21:59, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

I don't understand what you mean by "elegance", unless it's your subjective opinion. The Lisp code you removed generates sorted sequences, not all. They ARE different algorithms, so both are OK by your own criteria, even though I disagree about either of these snippets being necessary. What does efficiency has to do with this, anyway? The python algorithm may be faster, but the LISP one consumes less memory. In sum, your explanation so far contradicted the facts, contradicted itself, and relied exclusively on appeals to your personal preferences.

Also, did you know that we were discussing the merits of including either code when you removed stuff? Did you realize that the Python code is both broken and may need citation, wheres LISP code has neither problem? Please, let's deal with this at the corresponding Talk page. melikamp (talk) 00:02, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

The LISP code doesn't need citation because it's trivial. I was not aware of the discussion when I removed the LISP code, but it still doesn't belong in the article. I have doubts about the Python code, but I have no doubt that the LISP code doesn't belong. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 00:08, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

Americans Standing for the Simplification of the Estate Tax (ASSET)

I understand that ASSET is not relevant in all articles relating to tax reform and I will stop adding links to all tax reform articles. I apologize for doing so. However, I feel like it at least deserves a mention along with the likes of Americans for Tax Reform, Americans For Fair Taxation and KillYourTaxes.com in the article on tax reform. ASSET is a growing coalition of nearly 13,000 individuals, small businesses and ranches; the ASSET solution for estate tax reform is gaining steam in Maryland politics; and currently the article on ASSET I submitted to Misplaced Pages is under review and likely to be accepted in 2 weeks.

For these reason I would ask you to please consider letting me add ASSET into the mix in the following paragraph -- even if only to mention its name: "During the Bush administration, the President's Advisory Panel for Federal Tax Reform recommended the removal of the Alternative Minimum Tax. Several organizations are working for tax reform in the United States including Americans for Tax Reform, Americans For Fair Taxation and KillYourTaxes.com. Various proposals have been put forth for tax simplification in the United States, including the FairTax and various flat tax plans and bipartisan tax reform proposals."

Thanks so much for your consideration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HIST406-13jlsilver (talk • contribs) 16:46, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Seems reasonable. I wouldn't have thought KillYourTaxes.com was notable. In fact, the web site doesn't exist. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 18:38, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, I appreciate it. Yea I just checked that out too, it's weird that it would still be included then. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HIST406-13jlsilver (talk • contribs) 19:11, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Thanks for stopping Ismael over here. The Northaptonshire pins (talk) 01:08, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Ismael755

Ismael Perez775 operates as Ismael777 on Wikia and stalks Morton D. Lord Gannon is getting anoyed on Althistory and he has been banned on http://futureverse.wikia.com/User:Ismael777 and others. I think he's a cross network troll. The Northaptonshire pins (talk) 01:09, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Artificial photosynthesis and Sustainocene

Hello Arthur, i saw that you had a dispute here in 2010 with a user who is today part of a ANI request. Maybe you got an opinion? It is about the user edits, especially his framing of Sustainocene, and secondly implementation of snippets of "artificial photosynthesis" in various articles. Thanks Prokaryotes (talk) 16:22, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Is Easter Monday a religious holiday?

I'm not so sure about your claim that it's not. I have begun a discussion at Misplaced Pages talk:Recent years#Is Easter Monday a religious holiday? I'd appreciate your thoughts there. HiLo48 (talk) 06:25, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

Nice while it lasted

He's back; at least one IP (97.87.29.188) is one of the ones that was blocked with increasing duration and evntually incurred a year block NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 21:12, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Collarbone

Hey Arthur; just an FYI that I've reverted your edit here - the typo correction from the IP was a good addition. I understand the rationale, mind :). Ironholds (talk) 23:15, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Nice job for your enormous efforts against User:97.87.29.188. Not sure how many others would do the same. Mr. Guye (talk) 02:41, 16 April 2014 (UTC)