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Signature talk
→ Subsections archived in Archive 1. See also: A Wikipedian Signature Art Gallery and Beyond. —A.
Miscellaneous
→ Subsections archived in Archive 1. —A.
You're a genius?
→ (Note: I keep this old post here as a reminder that I don't seem like a genius. —A.)
I hope this doesn't offend you, but you didn't seem like a genius. And you don't edit anything particularly brilliant, but rather, your edits seem to be just simple fixes here and there. How about completing the table of logic symbols? That's something I actually wrote on the article's talk page that I was going to do, but never did. Or how about "dumbing down," the articles on advanced mathematics and physics, so that, for example, the average reader can understand what the hell this means? At least maybe you can help me correct the article on Classical Liberalism. Robocracy 07:09, 17 November 2006 (UTC) aka HP_Owner in the IRC
- No, I really cannot imagine why Mensa let me in. Given your low estimation of my intelligence, you won't be disappointed that I decline your offer of an assortment of ambitions in which you've lost interest. — Athaenara 14:00, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
- Editing wikipedia 10 hours a day, 7 days per week. Neither a woman nor a job, poor boy!? Just getting ego-boosts by quoting the rules!? Or getting payed for your edits? But who would pay a penny for editing biographies of lousy unknown musicians... 90.186.40.137 08:26, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
Your edit to Template:Unbalanced
→ (In re: edit and fix on {{Unbalanced}} template. —A.)
When you edited Template:Unbalanced, you didn't wrap your tag with <noinclude></noinclude>, which caused it to be displayed on every page that the template was transcluded onto. Please be more careful in the future when editing templates. Andrew Hampe 01:39, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you for letting me know. — Athaenara ✉ 01:40, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Ernesto de Quesada
→ (In re: a DYK nom @ 18:06, 8 August 2007 UTC & a 
@ 05:07, 10 August 2007 UTC. —A.)
→ (Its 15 minutes of fame began @ 07:48, 13 August 2007 (UTC) & ended 10 hours later. —A.)
Hi Athaenara. You are off to such a great start on the article Ernesto de Quesada that it may qualify to appear on Misplaced Pages's Main Page under the Did you know... section. The Main Page gets about 4,000,000 hits per day and appearing on the Main Page may help bring publicity and assistance to the article. However, there is a five day from article creation window for Did you know... nominations. Before five days pass from the date the article was created and if you haven't already done so, please consider nominating the article to appear on the Main Page by posting a nomination at Did you know suggestions. If you do nominate the article for DYK, please cross out the article name on the "Good" articles proposed by bot list. Also, don't forget to keep checking back at Did you know suggestions for comments regarding your nomination. Again, great job on the article. -- JayHenry 05:06, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
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On 13 August, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ernesto de Quesada, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. --DarkFalls 08:10, 13 August 2007 (UTC) |
List
→ (After the message below was posted on my user page, I moved it here. See also: the list's AFD. —A.)
List of U.S. communities with caucasian majority populations There ya go, please help expand it and help fight against its deletion. Cato1986 06:32, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
Biographies of living persons
→ Note: A mouse kindly retired me from March·April·June 2007 BLP/N archiving tasks. — A. 22:00, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Jim Bob Duggar infobox
→ (In re: long or short infobox for Jim Bob Duggar. —A.)
I thought that the reason Misplaced Pages has infoboxes is so you can find basic information quickly and easily. I think it goes without saying that information in the info box is also included in the text. Anyway, I don't think it makes it overly long, since the fact that he has so many children is probably the main reason he has an article in the first place. So my point is just that it made it much simpler listing his children. What do you think? ~Phoebus 03:36, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
- I understand your point, but I don't think an infobox which is nearly as long as the article it informs is an asset to the article. — Athaenara ✉ 00:34, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Third opinions
What happened to dex request
→ (In re: posted request & its subsequent removal from WP:3O. —A.)
I'm new to third opinion. What happened to my request for a third opinion and is it common for the request to be removed so quickly?--scuro 12:12, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
- According to the discussion on Talk:Dextroamphetamine#Third Op, a third opinion had been provided by Danielfolsom. If you want to list your dispute again, please feel free to do so, linking the specific talk page section where the dispute is occurring. — Athaenara ✉ 12:26, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Conflicts of interest
→ Note: A mouse kindly retired me from March·April·June 2007 COI/N archiving tasks. — A. 22:00, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
VA Web Team
→ (In re: Victoria and Albert Museum sections (1) & (2) in COI/N Archive 12. —A.)
Hello
I was wondering if you might have time to comment on the list of article links I’ve been making on my Sandbox page. Also, if you can bear it, my To Do List has been completed now. I'd really welcome all your comments/advice and hope I've gone about this the right way this time. Thanks for your help. VAwebteam 09:46, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
- I didn't look at all of the pairings of articles with V&A content, but those I studied (e.g. Leighton House Museum, Ardabil Carpet, Issey Miyake's "Pleats Please," the History of knitting) seem to me to contribute appropriate content of high quality to the encyclopedia.
- After assessing one instance more closely—the Richard Avedon "Dovima with the Elephants" photograph for the Dovima article—I took the liberty in this edit of placing the V&A citation and adding reference format for the external link which was already there.
- I must compliment you on the work you've been doing! — Athaenara ✉ 14:40, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you for all your help and spending your time on this. May I ask for your help again in the future? VAwebteam 16:01, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, indeed you may. I've found the eclectic assemblage of topics very absorbing. In almost every instance the pertinent V&A resources better serve as inline references for encyclopedic content than as external links. — Athaenara ✉ 16:16, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you for all your help and spending your time on this. May I ask for your help again in the future? VAwebteam 16:01, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
- I wanted to say something about VAwebteam's amazing image for the Ardabil Carpet article, but it really speaks for itself. — Athaenara ✉ 18:05, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Bot archiving for COIN?
→ See also: User talk:Athaenara/Archive 5#Question about COI/N archiving. —A.
Hi Athaenara! Since you stopped archiving, the COI noticeboard is turning into a slum. It's now up to 280 kb, it has grass growing between the bricks, etc. Would you have any opinion on archiving by bot? I helped the WQA board to switch to that system in July, and of course WP:AN and WP:ANI do it that way. It would mean some issues may not be crisply resolved, and some people would miss that. It would also keep things current, and it's less work. A 12 day timeout might be considered (vs. 1 day for ANI, 2 days for AN). EdJohnston 21:52, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
- O, the irony. You posted here mere hours (21:52 - 17:16 = 4:36) after I removed a discussion of COI/N archiving from this page because it had been inactive for more than a month. I think your idea of bot archiving with two weeks grace is good. — Athaenara ✉ 03:07, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
Links on Slavery-related Articles
→ (In re: COI/N Archive 15#EServer.org, related linksearch, archived post. —A.)
Dear Athaenara -- I am delayed in returning to work with you on external links to slavery-related articles. Reality, deadlines, that sort of matter. There is, however, not the slightest rush here. Jlockard 01:17, 21 August 2007 (UTC)