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Welcome to my talk page.


*First archive at ] created December 10, 2003.
==Reply October 31st==
*Second archive at ] created December 21, 2004.
Maybe not yet, but one day, she will :)
*Third archive at ] created June 16, 2006.
*Fourth archive at ] August 27, 2009 to present.


== Administrators' newsletter – August 2020 ==
==Balanced Ternary money system==
(From ])


] from the past month (July 2020).
There seems to be some confusion on the ] page.
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Here is my understanding of a balanced ternary monetary system. In balanced ternary, you have digits that represent postive number, and digits that represent negative numbers. For example, 5 is represented "+--": 9 - 3 - 1. To represent five dollars in a balanced ternary system, one would have a nine dollar bill, a negative three dollar bill, and a negative one dollar bill. It's not balanced ternary unless we have some way of representing negative amounts. Well, if I had five dollars from having a positive nine dollar bill, and two negative bills, well I would just throw out the two negative bills and have nine dollars!
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] '''Guideline and policy news'''
So, yes, either I'm hopelessly confused about this, or we will need to keep the above sentence in the article. Please clarify if I am mistaken somehow. ] 14:09, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
:* There is an open ] to decide whether to increase the minimum duration a sanction discussion has to remain open (currently 24 hours).
:* ] ] (template that misrepresents established policy) has been repealed following a ].
:* Speedy deletion criterion ] (pages created by the content translation tool) has been repealed following a ].
:* There is a proposal to ].


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Hi, I saw you rv'd my mod to the Randi article and then rv'd your rv. Just to let you know I am not Ennis. For a while Ennis sowed a bit of FUD about me being a troll and it caused a momentary confusion on the matter. I hope my record speaks for itself, but if you have doubts about anything I write, please feel free to msg me. --] 18:27, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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== Administrators' newsletter – September 2020 ==
==amfetamine==
I went ahead and moved ] back to ] since that's the common spelling here in the US and gets far more Google hits. No offense. ] ] 05:03, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
:Well thank you for letting me know. Wikiproject_Drugs has a ] on the naming of drug pages and "common spelling here in the US" is not part of the policy. I posted on the amphetamine talk page that I was going to move the page, with a pointer to the project page, so that anyone who disagreed could raise any objections. The ] is ]. I will move the page back there and I'd appreciate it if you'd leave it there. ] 05:14, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)


] from the past month (August 2020).
==Libertas==
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Thanks for dealing with this. I'm holding off on doing anything further to see if s/he continues this kind of behavior after being unblocked. I've already been through the whole RFC/ArbCom thing with Chuck and Reithy (Libertas might be a sockpuppet of the latter), and would prefer to forgo the hassle and aggravation if at all possible. ] ] 06:05, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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I'm on a iMac (Mac OS X (10.3.7)). Since it's more-or-less Unix-based, I'm surprised if it's too different from Linux...but I suppose it may be more natively Unicode-friendly, which may be the reason I had some success. - ] 22:16, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)


] '''Guideline and policy news'''
==Blocking==
:*Following a ], the minimum length for ] discussions was increased to 72 hours, up from 24.
Recently, you blocked me for a period in excess of 24 hours, for breaching the three revert rule. I concede that it appears that I did breach this rule.
:*A ] is ongoing to determine whether ] {{tq|must}} or {{tq|should}} use the ] process.
:*A ] is open to resolve inconsistencies between the ] and ] processes.


] '''Arbitration'''
You asserted that I had been warned about breaching the rule and that I ignored the warning. You further asserted that I was a long-time user. Neither of these assertions is true.
:* A ] is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the ] and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
:*An open ] asks whether active Arbitrators may serve on the ] or ].


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Given the political orientation you profess on your user page, I am concerned that you did not exercise your authority correctly.
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== Nomination for merger of ] ==
===Warning===
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I was certainly not warned until after the changes were made. Check the timing. Once warned, I made no further changes. While no excuse, I was not aware of the rule and was certainly not told about it until it was too late. It is my responsibility to read the rules, of course.

However, I am told on IRC under the Blocking policy it is customary to warn "vandals" twice.

No one even suggested I was vandalizing anything. Far from it, I was making an entirely sensible change to an article, which some on your side of politics seemed not to like.

Again, I ask you whether you have ever blocked someone without warning them? Presumably the process of warning involves 1) warning 2) an opportunity to comply with the rule or persist in breaching it and 3) penalty. You exercised your authority quite wrongly in that context.

I also ask whether you review your 24 hour blocks or whether you rely on them to automatically expire when the system for that seems not to work. I sent you an email about this and received no reply. This excessive penalty compounds your original error.

]

172 is in breach of the orders of the ArbCom, please let me know if you wish to know more and would consider blocking him. ]

==Call for AMA election==
AMA Member Advocate,

There's a poll currently in the ] about making a new AMA Coordinator election. Please, cast your vote there (though it's not mandatory). Any comments you have about this, write it on the ]. Cheers, --] 18:43, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

==Greetings==
Greetings; stumbled upon your user page after running across some talk page comments. Wanted to point out a typo, since I don't know how you feel about others editing your user page: "singularitarian" rather than "singulatarian". (I'm a extropian with leanings that way myself.) Also, it gives me an excuse to say I admire your work. ] ] 18:20, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

==Greetings!==
Did you take a look at ]?

==Another greetings!==
Are you going to expand the article ] or any other articles in ]?

===Hello?===
Any comments?

==More greetings!==
I made ].

==Inspiration==
Glad to have inspired you. Ironically and otherwise. Fully support your opposition to ]. - ].]

==EFF machine cost==
Hi! Wasn't the cost of the EFF's DES-cracking machine a little less than US$250,000 ? ]

:See http://cryptome.org/cracking-des.htm and search for "project was budgeted". It was $210,000, which is closer to 200K (but, of course, "under 250K"). I'm not going to start an argument over it, though. ]] 17:10, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
:: Sure, thanks for the link. ] 17:55, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

On a tangent, I notice that ] lists the alleged SHA-1 break, which has yet to be published or receive formal review (Schneier notes in his blog only that the paper "looks good" and has reputable authors). Do you think we should make it more obvious that this is an unconfirmed result? Also, what algorithms have little in common with the SHA family and aren't already broken, in the event that this ''is'' an issue? Scneier says that SHA-1 is now broken as a hash function for signatures, but breaking signatures involves finding a collision with one of the few possible hashes that have been signed, not finding a collision on any hash - am I missing something here? ]] 17:39, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
:To clarify, I'm asking at least somewhat out of personal curiousity, I'm considering studying crypto in grad school. ]] 17:40, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
:: Yes, I think you're right: it would be good working practice to make clear that the result is only "hearsay" at this point, and hasn't even been made public yet. (I think ] also mentioned the break, and this team is reputable, so it's unlikely Schneier's wrong). I've heard people suggest ] as a replacement algorithm that doesn't use the MD-x/SHA-y/RIPEMD-z structure. There is a reasonable concern that you can use collisions in nasty ways with digital signatures: if you create a collision ''X'' and ''Y'', ''H(X)=H(Y)'', and convince someone to sign ''X'', then you've forged a signature for ''Y'' as well. Of course, in practice ''X'' and ''Y'' would have to take on a certain form for this to be of any practical benefit to an attacker &mdash; but that would very much depend on the specifics of the collison-finding method. (And the attack that you can do with the brute-force method that's listed on ] might not be possible.) Re: grad school &mdash; cool! Where and what are you thinking of studying? ] 17:55, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
:::I'd be studying at the ] for an MS in computer science. I'll probably go elsewhere for my Ph.D. for financial reasons, they have very few assistantship options at RIT. As regards the first remark... the problem is first of all storing the hashes you're saving to match on this. And yeah, ] assumes that you can find collisions equally well on anything. If you have to come up with large numbers of message variations to find one that hashes to something your collision-finding method works on, you've got a problem right off the bat. ]] 18:01, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
:::: Yeah; my hunch is that we're a long way off from having any interesting practical attacks made possible by the recent hash function breaks. But, of course, migrating to better primitives is still very prudent &mdash; better to be conservative about security. Re: RIT -- would it be research or taught-course? Myself, I'm part way through a PhD (in cryptography) at the University of York, but it's going a lot slower than I'd hoped. My only advice would be, before starting a PhD, to make sure you've genuinely interested in the topic. If my area wasn't crypto (about which I'm a little obsessive...) I'm sure I would have given up by now! ] 19:12, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

===]===
Nice work. Not just because I come from there ^^ (Lower Silesia, to be exact) but I do agree it's a wikiphenomenon worth of seeing... Greets! ] 18:52, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

==]==
I would like to revive this project. I noticed that you've added yourself to the list of available Spanish-to-English translators. Are you interested in working on Spanish Translation of the Week? &mdash; ] 06:05, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

==User:Pakaran/Kingdom of Misplaced Pages==
Perhaps you may want to add a ] for ] to add some realism. It was great reading, really. =D

- ] 09:54, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

==Yet more greetings!==
Have I improved ]?
*Looks even better now. ;) - ] 11:29, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
**Yeah, thanks. - ]] 12:03, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

==Translations==
*Did you know that in ] '''The Free Kingdom of Misplaced Pages''' is '''&#50948;&#53412;&#54588;&#46356;&#50500;&#51088;&#50976;&#50773;&#44397;''' or '''&#50948;&#53412;&#48177;&#44284;&#51088;&#50976;&#50773;&#44397;'''? ] 22:32, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
**Note: &#50948;&#53412;&#54588;&#46356;&#50500; is the transliteration of Misplaced Pages, but the translation is &#50948;&#53412;&#48177;&#44284;.
*Can anyone check if '''&#32500;&#22522;&#30334;&#31185;&#33258;&#30001;&#29579;&#22269;''' means '''The Free Kingdom of Misplaced Pages''' in ]?
**It's a, well, transliteration, though I don't see how it can be better done. &#33258;&#30001;&#29579;&#22269; is literally correct, but the "kingdom" takes on a children's storybook connotation of "kingdom" when read. Maybe &#32500;&#22522;&#30334;&#31185;&#33258;&#30001;&#22269; would be a bit better (literally, "Free Kingdom" -> "Free Nation"). ] 05:38, 2005 Mar 8 (UTC)
*I think '''El Reino Libre de Misplaced Pages''' is the ] form of it.
*Also, '''Le Royaume Libre de Wikipédia''' would be the ] form.
*Is '''Das Freie Königreich von Misplaced Pages''' the correct ] form?

==Even more greetings!==
Hi. (That's all.)

==]==
For the mixup between microgram and milligram, I couldn't find a reference for "unbelievably, deaths have resulted from pharmacists blindly following such a misreading". If you have a reference, I would love to put such a dramatic statement back in. ] 02:15, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

== Dividend tax ==

You probably hear about dilution most often with mergers where stock is swapped rather than new stock issues, of course with new stock issues '''control''' is always being diluted unless it is existing stockholder that purchase the stock. There is often a price drop in mergers, because generally a premium is being paid over what was the market price of the company being acquired. However, the executives and those stock holders that retain their shares generally agree that the stock is worth more because of some synergies or cost savings that will result because of the merger. Dilution is sometimes viewed by the market as an issue, however, I don't this necessarily being a topic for the Dividend tax article. Best wishes. --] 18:36, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

==Holiday greetings!==
Hi.

Bye.

== Tolls are inefficient? ==

I saw your change on the Tax article, and thought you might want to reconsider. As a libertarian, I'm sure you've heard of the Cato Institute. One of their recent policy analysis had to do with the Federal Gasoline Tax. They concluded that a toll was a far better solution than the current system for paying for highways. If you're interested, you might want to check out the paper. --] 01:35, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)

== AMA Meeting Proposal ==

Hi! I put together a that I'm hopeful you can chime in on. --] 20:06, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==Micronation Status?==
Would it be appropriate to add ] to the '''Micronations''' category? ] 21:51, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
:Er, no :) ] 20:21, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
::Thanks, I figured it couldn't hurt to ask. Many of the ]s are as tongue-in-cheek and more imaginary than the "Kingdom" of Misplaced Pages. :) -- ] 21:32, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==Nazarene Karaites==
Can you look over what I just did (revert at ]) and read my rationale at ] and lemme know whether or not you think my action was justified? ] <sup><font color=129DBC>]</font></sup> 21:12, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)

== re: 'the finger' ==

It is claimed by some that many might believe that certain people's edits are not entirely within some people's notions of a certain notion of Misplaced Pages policy!!

Certain people might say to some that certain others are believed by experts to perhaps say that it is possibly believed that such edits are not unanimously endorsed by many!

It is possible that certain some might by many perhaps some be possibly...urk! agh! ock!

(strangled by own intestine)

Some might certain of some believe that possibly perhaps!!!!!
] 21:08, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Thanks! re: FairTax ==

Thanks for the compliment re: ]. I now have it on my watch list, and I'll make it even better soon. --] 23:20, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

== Hello! ==

Hello, Pakaran/Kingdom of Misplaced Pages!

== Jelou ==

Could you help us with this: ]? - ] 23:16, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

== ] update 04 June 2005 ==

Since you entered the mailing list while the project was down, I assume that you wanted to be told when it was up. Well, it's up. Note that it is generally unreliable at the moment and if it doesn't work now you should check back in a few hours. ] <sup>]</sup> 12:22, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)

==] update 08 June 2005==

Version ''two''-''two'' released today includes in that green box a nice count of how many articles are left. This more or less co-incides with the event of hitting only 1000 articles remaining. Also, I have re-arranged the ] page to make it easier to get to the right stuff. Progress charts, wikicookies, wikilove and a more thorough spelling check is promised when this is completed. <small>(and also when the exam pressure eases off a little on me)</small> ] <sup>]</sup> 17:40, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC) Note: If you think this message was too trivial for a mailing, tell me and I'll stick to more important announcements on the list.

==New greetings!==
Hello, &#30003;&#24544;&#23481;&#25215;&#21644;. - ] 02:59, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

==Newer greetings!==
Hello, Pakaran! - ] 00:54, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

== ] update 13 June 2005 ==

The spelling2 project (to work on secondary namespaces) was opened and finished. Progress charts will be available soon.

Version ''six-three'' tracks who made the edits, and rankings are available. Much of the work was done while I was asleep, explaining my ;).

The next project, which may even be released today, will probably fix incorrectly capitalised headings, particularly "See Also" and "External Links".

The mailing list has grown to 24 people and while that is very nice for my ego, it is rather difficult to send out updates. This is why I did not send out a notice that the spelling2 project had opened. From now on, then, you must watch ] for updates. ] <sup>]</sup> 12:03, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)


==NPOV??==

The article on Ayn Rand/Objectivism seems to have been written by people who are attached to her ideas - who else would even think of her except as an author, and a rather interesting one at that? But she was an egomaniac and wanted everyone to act the same way. Push, push, knock anyone else out of the way, scorn the poorly educated as they are lazy, scorn the poor as they must be lazy, scorn the liberals who try to help the poor - feeding beggars (even if they are children, I'd suppose) encourages more begging and less work. Scorn architects following classical lines (I agree they can be a bore, but does everybody need a Saarinen or I.M. Pei. ?) Anyway, if you can balance the article so as to be more neutral - go for it. ] 05:29, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)(please excuse ID - I think I became roadkill under the wheels of an Ayn Rand queenly chariot.)

A viewpoint that is worth considering is that Ayn Rand, an escapee from under the Communist heel of oppression, like Edward Teller, lost her ability to deal with different philosophies or viewpoints equitably. Contrast Nelson Mandela, who suffered under the Afrikaners but emerged a great leader, pretty much free of punitive emotion or vituperation. ] 28 June 2005 05:10 (UTC)


==]==

Your recent changes to the ] article have been reverted. There is a discussion on that article's talk page of whether or not that information is appropriate in the article. A consensus has not been reached, I'd say, so join the discussion there. --] 8 July 2005 21:22 (UTC)
:As the symbolic "no secrets in Scouting guy" on the article, I would like to thank you for your compromise on the safeguarding issue. For your information, the BSA has already released the four tests into the public through the National Fact Sheet (as I stated previous in the talk space) and I thought it was pretty much a bad idea to slap a spoiler warning box into the article for the main reason that the real juicy part of the Ordeal is not the tests themselves, but the learned lessons. Sleeping out under the stars was totally different for me than it was for you, and that's the real meaning I put behind my flap and sash, not the fact that I slept out alone, didn't eat a lot, didn't talk, and helped my camp out. Again, thanks. ] 9 July 2005 00:48 (UTC)

==]==
I notice your page ]. Very funny. Perhaps you can put it up at ], the free-'''er''' encyclopedia. -] 06:43, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

== Thanks! ==

]Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. It feels good to know there are people out there trying to make Misplaced Pages a nice place to be. &ndash; ] <sup>(]) (])</sup> 02:17, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

== Dumblydore ==

Thanks for keeping a lid on the "Dumbledore is dead" crowd. We'll know for sure soon enough. ] 20:17, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

== Libertarians ==

You don't have to oppose taxes to be a libertarian.
] 05:51, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

(Just saw your page at random, reverting a vandal's edit of something else)

== ] ==

I'm a bit confused by your recent edit to ]. Is it not true that it's dangerous to drink too little while exercising? ] 21:34, July 23, 2005 (UTC)

== thanks again ==

hey, that´s a really funny article you have on Misplaced Pages Kingdom, made me smile.. keep up the good work. cheers... ] 20:28, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
:wow you´re quick. just send you an email back...
::just send you an email back again. thank you.

== Rename ==

Hey, I've been trying to get a rename for a few days and it seems to take a long time. I don't know if its supposed to or not, but if it's not supposed to take a long time, will you help me out and get me renamed. Thanks for listening, bye. ] 22:15, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

== Rename Coolcat -> Cool_Cat ==
I would love to have this minor adjustment :) --] ] 17:07, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

=== Renaming ===

I'm renaming you right now, just so you know. ]] 00:06, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
:Sorry, ] already exists... is there another name you'd prefer? ]] 00:07, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
::That's my second account, sockpuppet. Which I was going to use for a bot but havent yet. --] ] 00:53, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

=== Opposed ===

I have to say I have a long ugly story which I will not relate now involving mainstream medicine, which was eventually
resolved using herbal medicine etc.

Perpetual motion does exist, if you consider the electrons moving in a superconductor to be perpetual motion.

== Func's RfA :) ==

<nowiki>{{Pakaran:thankyou/foryoursupport|Func|RFA}}</nowiki>! :)

Please never hesitate to let me know if you have concerns with any administrative action I may make.

](&nbsp;],&nbsp;],&nbsp;],&nbsp;) 18:58, 11 August 2005 (UTC)


==RFA==
I just want to thank you guys for considering me as a candidate. In retrospect, maybe I am a bit inexperienced, Ive only been here for a couple of months. Ill try to get a bit more experience and maybe Ill try again in a couple of months. Thanks again:) </sup/><p style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC, Comic Sans MS;"><font size=2.5 color=turqoise>'''] '''</sup>''' ]'''/ '''] </sup>

== Human Rights Servey on Misplaced Pages (The final post of I_sterbinski) ==

::Dear all,

:Misplaced Pages was recently a subject of intensive research of an huge international human right organization. A team of people from different nationalities and ages were acting on Misplaced Pages for 20 days, investigating previously noted anomalities of Misplaced Pages free editing and forming a final report, which (between the others similar reports) will later be a guide to all future moves of the organization concerning Misplaced Pages. Acting under an account of a real person, their privacy is to be held private. Therefore, very few private information will be revealed.
:Also, this is a result of the lack of final possition of the organization concerning Misplaced Pages and human rights, which was still not formed.

:The team's final post on Misplaced Pages, where they explain their actions can be found on the following addresses:
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:http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Macedonia#Human_Rights_Servey_on_Wikipedia_.28The_final_post_of_I_sterbinski.29

:The team would like to thank to all the persons who took part in the correspondence with us.
:We also want to appologise for keeping our identity secret for a longer period.

:Best regards,
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== NTL letter ==

Hey, Pakaran,

Thanks for your support of the letter, but yes, it was already sent out. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that NTL will actually listen to us, seeing that I've got 26 signatures on there, including two Wikimedia board trustees, one developer, one bureaucrat, twelve administrators and ten normal editors... ] | ] | ] 17:09, August 30, 2005 (UTC)

== Misplaced Pages:Bureaucrats' noticeboard ==

Nathan, I have created a new project page at ], and Secretondon
about it. It's designed as a forum where users with bureaucrat rights can discuss difficult situations, either beforehand (for advice about what to do) or after taking action (for review and feedback). It's similar to another page I created, which is starting to catch on (e.g., Jimbo used it this month): ], which is not for 3RR or simple vandalism but for '''close calls''' and '''disputed blocks'''.

Please take a look at these new project pages and give some feedback. Good idea? Bad? Needs improvement? --] 12:19, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

== w00t ==
]]] (]) 04:07, 4 September 2005 (UTC)]]
SHINY! *steals* ]]] (]) 04:07, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

== Bureaucratship ==

Hi, Pakaran. Thank you so much for your support and kind words on my bureaucratship nomination. Unfortunately, it didn't pass, but I intend to run again soon. If you'd like to be informed next time around, please let me know on my talk page. Thanks again! ] (]) 05:24, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

== Popups tool ==

Congratulations on being made a bureaucrat! I thought you might like to know of a javascript tool that may help in your editing by giving easy access to many admin features. It's described at ]. The quick version of the installation procedure for admins is to paste the following into ]:
<pre>
// ] - please include this line

document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="'
+ 'http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User:Lupin/popups.js'
+ '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>');

popupAdminLinks=true;
</pre>
Give it a try and ] if you find any glitches or have suggestions for improvements! ]] 02:36, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

== Mutual funds and Wikibooks ==

Hi Pakaran. I saw your note on Jimbo's page. Note that investment advice might or might not be acceptable on wikibooks: the info itself would probably have to find an existing book, as something not even a page long is not a book (or, a larger book could be started that would include that in a section, but it's a bad idea to start books that don't have people interested in writing the rest of them). We've absolutely asserted that WB is not a dumping ground for WP content. Wikicities might be a better suggestion. ] 18:51, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

==Majel Barrett image==
Is there any way of reinstate the image that was deleted for ]? I'm willing to bet a proper Image tag could be added and all would be fine, but that's hard to do when the file has been deleted. Someone may just re-upload the same image anyway. For a page that is part of a major project like Star Trek it might have been more sporting to drop a message on the Discussion page rather than doing a speedy. (I disagree with Jimbo on this particular edict, especially with articles that are part of a set like this). Cheers. ] 04:32, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
: I guess my issue with this is that I wasn't aware this image was in danger of being deleted (I assume that it did go through the ] process, correct?). Had a note been dropped onto the discussion page, I or someone else might have been able to rectify the situation as I have that article on my watchlist. (PS. I did not upload that particular image, so I have no idea what it was. Most likely it was either a screenshot or a promotional image, both of which are kosher under Free Use; all it needed was the proper image tag notation.) I personally don't spend time looking at Jimbo's personal page; he should add this latest instruction to the front page or do some sort of blanket PM about it. Cheers. ] 04:48, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
:: I left a suggestion on Jimbo's talk page that his instructions should be posted to the main page and/or the Upload Images page so more people are aware of what's going on, otherwise a lot of these deleted images are simply going to reappear, probably without anything changed regarding their image tags. ] 04:57, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
: I'll throw in a "me too," since you deleted one of mine as well... I don't have all my images on my watch list (would make it excessively long and probably add extra server load; I do however have the article it was on watched), and had no idea one of my images (which stated its source and the rational for being able to use it in a gfdl environment, but didn't have a specific tag) was going to be deleted. Now I need to track down the original again (hopefully, might be impossible), as when my laptop's hard drive crashed, it went poof. Of course, I know you're (probably) not responsible for this policy, but I still am going to have to mess around all night trying to re-find the image. :) ] 06:46, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

==Hi!==
Have you visited ] lately? -- ] 02:16, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

== Adam1213 ==

Thanks for unblocking Adam1213 and explaining the reason. I was a little irritated this morning when he appeared to ignore Wiki etiquette. He left a comment on my talk page using a proper topic subject so for me, the matter is settled now. ] | ] 05:18, 14 October 2005 (UTC)


==Thanks==
Thanks for the birthday greetings! You wouldn't have caught me on IRC anyhow; I wasn't there, shockingly enough... ] ] 01:33, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

== Thanks ==

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== Adminship ==

Thanks! I shall endeavor to not mess stuff up. :) ] 02:15, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

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==Bush jr. Branding==
I realize it sounds far-fetched when you read it, but I would never report something for fact on dubious authority. The BBC World Service is without a doubt the most credible journalistic source in the business- it's the only one I never found in error (not counting futlities such as the pronunciation of a name in my native Dutch) in decades of critical listening. So if they report something without reserve, and even include it in the weekly digest "Pick of the Week", I take it, though I have no access to their documentation, that the burden of proof is on the other side.
Surely every self-respecting government knows what the BBC broadcasts, so if it had been an utter lie there should have been a denial, which probably would have stirred a scandal, especially now the Blair-Bush axis is accentuated by the Iraqi 'peace front'. If yoy know of a denial, I'ld be happy to include that; you will see that I nevertheless chose the cautious phrasing "widely reported", leaving room for doubt which I personally don't see room for. I'm afraid we can't wait till it makes the history books.

As for the ''freshmen'': organizations haze those that are initiated in ''their'' circle, regardless which academical year they are in, so it is impossible to haze but not freshmen in that sense- so I change the word freshman to initiant to clear that one up ] 20:52, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

== Thanks for the leg up! ==

I am honored to be an admin, and will use the powers with discretion - thank you for carrying out my promotion. Cheers! ] ] 02:58, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

== NPOV stuff ==
I am not sure why you wrote

"Hi, I was wondering if you'd like to read our NPOV policy before editing further? Thanks :) Pakaran 04:54, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)" but I don't think it is cogent - whatever I was doing.
A major problem with Misplaced Pages is the people who believe in ESP, PK etc fill the pages with their POV, people who adore Ayn Rand's works overfill the pages of Objectivism and watch like hawks for changes, people who believe that the Earth is young and the story of Noah's Ark is literal truth fill pages with strawman arguments against themselves which they then demolish with their arguments, and they, too, watch like hawks for changes, and so on.
The Noah's Ark story is important allegory and may have deeper meanings. It is also part of the Judeo-Christian tradition. But if you want to take it as the literal truth, then it makes no sense to conjure up "scientific" objections and then shoot them down. To do so is mucho POV. If you believe that the number 88, for example is a lucky number - OK. But if you then come up with objections against beliefs in lucky numbers, and fill up Misplaced Pages with these concocted objections and your own "scientific" rationalizations as to why 88 is "lucky" - nuts to you, as McAuliffe once said. Anyway, where did you see me doing NPOV stuff in your opinion? Thanks ] 01:24, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Oh, I was a bit nasty, but she's nastier. I guess I'll give up on the subject, as anything critical I write will soon be removed. Thanks ] 06:43, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Sure. OK ] 06:52, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

== My promotion to admin ==
I was expecting a much longer wait before getting the cliché mop; thanks alot for the promotion. I'll do my best to live up to the expectations of my supporters and the IP vandal who opposed me. ^_^ // ] 07:53, 11 December 2005 (UTC)


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==User Jtdirl==
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