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→ JarlaxleArtemis 20:19, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC)

Yes, that is the proper way to communicate with other users. To start a new topic, however, an easier way would be to click on the "discussion" tab and when a plus sign appears next to it, click on that. As for creating your own user page, click on the red tab that says "user page." Next, click on the tab that says "edit this page." You can then put pretty much anything you want on your user page and then save it. → JarlaxleArtemis 21:19, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC)

SQL error, and nanite

Hello, HappyCamper. The first problem the you saw is an intermittant database error that pops its ugly head up from time to time. Nothing to worry about, I'm told. :)

The second problem, about nanite redirecting to nanotechnology, is one of content (however, nanite – singular – redirects to nanorobot) You make a very good point that nanites shouldn't necessarily redirect immediately to nanotechnology, because they are two different (if related) subjects. However, nobody's taken the time to actually write a very good nanite page.

I looked over these pages, and there looks to be about 5

• Nanotechnology: a nice, primary article
• Nanite and nanobot: redirect to nanorobot
• Nanites: redirect to nanotechnology
• Nanorobot and nanorobotics: two pages that need to be merged (they are mostly redundant with nanotechnology, but some should be in nanite also.

Looks like you found a nice project: these pages are quite a mess. I would recomment that you do the following, but in the end its up to you:

1. Change nanite from a redirect to a real article
   • Merge whatever useful data you can from nanorobot and nanorobotics into your new nanite article
2. Change nanites from a redirect to nanorobot to redirect to nanite
3. Change nanobot, nanorobot, and nanorobotics into a redirect to nanotechnology (or whatever article you think is appropriate).
   • Any information left over, merge into nanotechnology.

If you don't know how to edit a redirect, here's the easy way: when you find that you have been redirected to, say, nanotechnology, you will see a small link on the top left of the page, just beneath the article title, that should read like this: "(Redirected from Nanites)". Just click that link, and you'll find yourself at the redirect page itself. :)

I hope that I was helpful, and feel free to ask me anything, anytime! – ClockworkSoul 15:31, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

quantum harmonic oscillator

Hello. You used too many capital letters in your new section headings; see Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style. I fixed them. Michael Hardy 03:32, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I TeXified most of quantum harmonic oscillator and noticed that Charles Matthews redid nondimensionalization with italics and sub- and superscripts. I thought I'd point out that although many prefer simple italic text if possible when the math is in-line with text, large equations should always be marked up in TeX for readability. For guidance on this see Typesetting of mathematical formulas and the more extensive meta:Help:Formula or look at what's been done on similar pages. --Laura Scudder 00:38, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

No problem. You should probably double check the equations sometime, because on a few on nondimensionalization I might have lost count of parentheses, so I'm not positive I'm grouping terms appropriately. --Laura Scudder 01:11, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Pentominoes

You did everything just right :)

The reason you weren't seeing it is because that page is made of nested templates. In order to see it, you'll have to "purge the page cache". There's a link near the top of the page that will do that for you. Hope this helps! – ClockworkSoul 03:16, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Sandbox in user namespace

It's your userspace. Do whatever you want with it. -- Grunt 🇪🇺 15:15, 2005 Apr 9 (UTC)

Just doing my job

Thanks (which did you have in mind? There must be hundreds — Category:Candidates for speedy deletion could keep me busy all day). Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 16:02, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Ah, yes, I do that too (just using the page). It can get depressing, though, when the number of cretin-attacks rises. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 16:17, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

JIMBO WALES

I went to block him, and it had already been done three times, nearly simultaneously... But the way, you can refer to another user aither by typing ] giving User:JIMBO WALES, perhaps with a pipe, ] giving cretin, or by typing {{user|JIMBO WALES}} giving JIMBO WALES (talk · contribs). Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 16:41, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

You're welcome

Thank you for the thanks message on my talk page. It is very nice to be appreciated. I sometimes wonder if sorting the stubs is helping. RJFJR 16:45, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)

speedy delete question

Good question. I was curious about that myself once. But as it turns out, when the article is actually deleted by an admin, it also disappears from your contribution-list. Shanes 03:23, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Burkhard Heim

Hello there. Well, your re-structuring of the article Burkhard Heim was quite good - I only had those reservations about the publication, really. I added the Selector Calculus page as there was a link and nothing in it yet. Thanks for expanding it too. Now I must admit I am still looking for the precise definition of it. The only place I know where there is a decent glossary is http://info.uibk.ac.at/c/cb/cb26/heim/heim_begriffe/schirmfeld.html (and associated pages). The explanation of terms are somewhat cryptic, though. E.g. for this one there is

"Selektor: Eine Auswahlregel, die aus der Menge positiver ganzer Zahlen Funktionswerte auswa"hlt oder u"ber einem allgemeineren Zahlenko"rper erzeugt. ", which translates about as:

"Selector: A selection rule, which, from the set of positive whole numbers selects function values or generates (them) for a more general set of numbers."

I've asked for some clearer definitions and hopefully will have these soon. It IS possible to get the books via RESCH Verlag ( http://www.uibk.ac.at/c/cb/cb26/heim/heim_hauptwerke/titel_preise.html )- I got volume 2, which was expensive enough (about 90 Eur) and though interesting to thumb through it, rather difficult to get into - I would need a lot more time and also an introductory pamplet would be useful. But I fear this is not yet available. The nearest to this might be vol. 4, for another 50 EUR. Mail IGW@uibk.ac.at for oders.

On the archiving of the discussion - okay, as long as it is still accessible somehow and the summary is comprehensive and balanced enough. --hughey 07:51, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)