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providing a diff would depersonalize it. because you just said that verbatim without a diff, it was like...focused at him only. I'd change my mind if you could post a diff at the workshop.--] 21:01, 18 January 2006 (UTC) | providing a diff would depersonalize it. because you just said that verbatim without a diff, it was like...focused at him only. I'd change my mind if you could post a diff at the workshop.--] 21:01, 18 January 2006 (UTC) | ||
== Your rationale == | |||
Hello Guettarda. I noticed you just want on a voting frenzy to delete, delete, delete. Do you have a particular rationale for this outburst of deletion votes? --] 04:41, 19 January 2006 (UTC) |
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Suggestion
If I were you, I would remove the first sentence on the front of your profile page. It isn't very polite and puts-down a fellow Wikipedian. --Hollow Wilerding 01:43, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
- What a strange comment. What are you talking about? William M. Connolley 19:45, 18 November 2005 (UTC).
Your userpage
Well unless I am terribly mistaken—in which I offer you an utter-most apology—are you not referring to another individual on Misplaced Pages? That is I believe the front of your userpage suggests: I have been "attacked" as Guettarda - Liberal Admin, and criticised for editing topics I know about. I don't think there is any better compliment here in Misplaced Pages. Maybe I'll add that to my sig. I am truly sorry if what I read was miscommunicated to me. --Hollow Wilerding 13:54, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
- I am generously sorry for misunderstanding. --Hollow Wilerding 16:40, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
- It's preferrable. Thanks muchly. --Hollow Wilerding 16:54, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
Rollback
It doesn't matter if it's policy, policy is just a means of codifying good practice. I don't think anyone would argue it is not good practice refrain from using the rollback in edit wars. Saying it's not policy sounds a little like lawyering. Perhaps you should read tha page I pointed Dunc to, Misplaced Pages:Revert#Admins, I think it's some pretty good advice, even if it is just a "guideline." And if you are suggesting that there isn't consensus that the rollback shouldn't be used in edit wars, I think that would be quite mistaken. Dmcdevit·t 03:36, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
Religious Attacks against you
Please explain to me why you feel you have the right to attack my religious beliefs/call me a liar. This is exceedinly offensive, even for you. Guettarda 01:06, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
Guettarda I don't understand what offended you. I am sorry if I caused you offense. I don't think I called you a liar. Either way I did not mean to and I apologize. If there is a specific attack against you that you would like me to remove from the page I will do it.--Ben 01:41, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
- I'm not taking a side in all this, but you've just removed what turned out to be a productive discussion from the talk page, which a lot of editors took part in. It's really not appropriate to delete everyones opinions and ideas, the best way to respond would be through a well considered response, and leave it at that. Or alternatively, take Ben up on his offer of removing the offensive parts. --Brendanfox 01:43, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
- Anything productive could be refactored. Ben's posting is nothing but a gratuitous personal attack that I find intolerable. Guettarda 01:58, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
RFA
Hi there, I fully understand that you have removed my RFA and I thank you very much for doing so. I will try harder next time, and hope to get my edit count up to as high as I possibly can! Thank you very much again. --Hillhead15 15:59, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
Tag on Image:UWI Logo.jpg
It seems the fair use tags are some continually shifting sands. After looking into it further, I find that recently an distinction was introduced between general representations of heraldry vs. governmental/institutional seals, etc. For the former, apparently there is creative work in rendering the blazon in a particular illustration, thus these should be replaced with free images drawn from the blazon. Evidently, a new tag, {{symbol}}, was introduced to cover the case of governmental/institutional seals. I have retagged it at {{symbol}}, which gives appropriate text. (Going now to look over the others I did recently). Thanks for the feedback. --Tabor 23:21, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
Signal Hill
Since one of your primary interests is in all things Trinidad and Tobago, could you look at the Signal Hill disambiguation page and make sure that the information that I added on Signal Hill, Tobago is accurate. 21:03, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
CLR James
I just thought that it'd be better to have as much detail as possible - do you know where on the island he was born, as this would clearly be much more useful than just the island name. Warofdreams talk 19:36, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
PAs
Actually, the Misplaced Pages:Remove_personal_attacks#Who_should_refactor.3F suggested policy says that the victim should not refactor or remove the personal attacks. However, in the discussed instance, I fail to see how ant's commenting on FM's editing patterns constitutes a personal attack, anyway. David Bergan 20:09, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Admin assistance request
Hi Guettarda - User:Chaosfeary has moved Poison-ivy to Poison-ivy (plant) and then made Poison-ivy a redirect to a disambig page Poison ivy - all totally un-necessary and over-cumbersome. Any chance you could move it back, please? - thanks, MPF 20:40, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Multiracial
Thanks for supporting me in the mini-edit war on List of multiracial people. Much appreciated. discospinster 15:49, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
Dreadlocks
Hey, Guettarda. If/when you have an opportunity, would you please drop by dreadlocks? User Coyep is intent on using a photo which does not, unfortunately, illustrate the subject at hand. Further, he insists on deleting some text I wrote about the possible connection between Egyptian dreadlocks and the phenomenon in India. I'd like your take on the disputes. Thanks. I've also asked for User:Jmabel's input.
I didn't know you were a cat person. Know anything about ragdolls? deeceevoice 21:21, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. :) deeceevoice 15:01, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Who's Odum?
There is a cancerous body of Original Research being spread by User:Sholto Maud. 24.159.243.211 06:32, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
- Hmm. I think the articles are lousy, and Sholto Maud is inserting crappy references to them in real thermodynamics articles, but you've given me pause. I had not completed the AFD nominations, so I will undo some of them. 24.159.243.211 06:39, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
- hello. I'm unsure what prompted your fire against my articles. Would you like to talk about it? I'm inserting references to the articles because they have relevance. I'm not sure what more I can say. I seemed to have really got up your nose. I do not intend any of the work to be "crappy" or "cancerous". I am trying to clarify and document a body of research that is current and applied in peer reviewed journals. Please explain. Sholto Maud 00:40, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
- thank you for your support Guettarda. Odum/emergy/maximum power seems to be getting a bit of flack. It will probably continue. I don't think I have the time to defend every NOR AFD. Do you have any ideas about how to clean up my current work so that it is both accurate and more acceptable, or less prone to AFD? I have tried to give clear definitions of what are reasonably unclear concepts from the books I have read. Else it will probably be deleted at some point I'm not online. Regards Sholto Maud 03:18, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
Sorry about that.
Hi,
Yeah, I should have left a message first.
Thanks for being tolerant.
Regards, Ben Aveling 20:10, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
Oh, I should have done left the message first, because having made the correction, I noticed that the new section was being discussed elsewhere, and then I saw the new proposal for blocking people you're involved in, and then I ... And next thing, its "you have new messages"... Oops!
Thanks again, Ben Aveling 20:23, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
New article on labor history
Just wondered whether you might be able to contribute something to this article. It is about the study of labor history and its evolution over the years. I thought you might know something about how labor history has interacted with black history, questions of race and class, etc and might be abloe to add some useful info. By the way, did you see the cat I secretly added here a few days ago? Mattley 11:51, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
- Okay, well thanks anyway. Mattley
Longhorn logo
HELL no! Good lord, you're a Sooner?! And here I thought you were British. I hope it doesn't hurt y'all's feelings too much to see us Rose Bowl bound. · Katefan0/my ridiculous poll 04:54, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for editing my user page
Hi, Guettarda! Many thanks for your extremely rapid and helpful response! In gratitude, I'm sending you a freshly-baked apple turnover, made by me earlier this evening! I'll have a look at the changes you made in the coding tomorrow, to see if I can figure out what you did, so that I'll be able to do it myself in future. I actually don't have a clue about how any of these boxes (Babel, etc.) are made, but I steal things from other user pages, and mess around with them using the preview button until they look okay on my own page. I find I can do quite a lot on Misplaced Pages without really understanding it. Cheers. AnnH 00:56, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
No, it's not true
It's true that the situation with you-know-who has been getting to me, but I'm still hanging on. Thank you for the supportive note. It makes all the difference. SlimVirgin 12:53, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
Shreshth91's RfA
Hello Guettarda,
request for attention
When (if?) you have time, please check this out and see if you can turn some of your editing energies to the matter; thanks, Slrubenstein | Talk 22:36, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
Request for prayer
Thank you for suggesting that I offer prayers for understanding and clear communication, et al. I have had an epiphany as a result, and I credit you with leading me to it. I'm back to making a nice encyclopedia. :) Uncle Ed 14:58, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Jesus
Check out the Jesus article and edit it to keep it focused on Jesus and a biographical account of Him. Watch the Jesus page to keep it focused on Him. Thank you. Scifiintel 22:01, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Nobody listening
Hi Guettarda,
I wish I did. I've been watching those pages for ages without any good ideas. I've started User:BenAveling/Scientific_theory where I started to work through the issues with KC, and there's the start of a conversation with dear Uncle Ed here that might get interesting.
To summarise my POV, ID raises some interesting questions that show that our understanding of evolution is incomplete, but it does nothing to suggest that it's actually wrong, just that there are (possibly important) things that we really don't understand (yet).
If I'm right, then that's an interesting middle ground between 'ID is psuedo science' and 'all darwinists are amoral athiests'.
Thanks for the question. Ben Aveling 02:07, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
I'm an admin now!!
Hi, thanks a ton for voting on my rfa - the final tally was 50-0-0 and I hope to do my best in maintaining the integrity of wikipedia. --Gurubrahma 11:40, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
BDAbramson's RFA
Thank you, Guettarda, for your support in my RfA - it was about time indeed! I'll do my best as an admin to make the reality of Misplaced Pages rise to the level of the dream. BDAbramson T 02:29, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
Peer review
After days of fixing the page on The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation, I am asking you to determine whether it is eligible for featured article status. Read its peer review page and leave any comments inside it.
Someone needs Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide to complete the article (with his comments on the film). Do you, or does anyone you know, have a copy? --Slgrandson 16:10, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
You're welcome
Well, thank you for sticking it out with all the creationist maniacs. Get this: a former student of mine once attended a lecture given by a creationist against evolution. As one example of why evolution is wrong, he said that evolutionists use fossils of extinct species of fish, impressed on the sea floor. But (he goes on to say) we all know that when fish die they float to the surface. I kid you not. Slrubenstein | Talk 21:06, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Suffolk and the World Cup
Wow, T&T made it and are now facing Eng-errr-land. Good luck!
Your work thus far caught my attention with your semi-random HHGTG ramblings when helping to prevent Suffolk (England) being second to Suffolk (US of A). Keep it up! Budgiekiller 22:09, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
- I've corrected the travel box. Funny old world, I found the travel box on a different user page and then I found your entry defending the original Suffolk's right to remain Suffolk in Wiki terms. I think your boys will do fine, the new surprise package - at least a draw against Paraguay and, who knows, Sweden and England remain so unpredictable, you could qualify with 7 points..! Anyway, enjoy the tournament and I hope to bump into you again sometime... Budgiekiller 23:44, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
- Agreed, your boys could make it through; I'd say you have a better group than the USA ended up with! One of my favorite Dallas Burn (now FC Dallas) players of all time was the great Trinidadian international Mickey Trotman. When I purchased a jersey this year, I put the number 20 and "Trotman" on the back to honor him. Dave Walker 01:40, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
Renaming Intelligent design article
- Can you explain your ratonale for the move at Talk:Intelligent design? Thanks. Guettarda 22:37, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
Please see the entry I made here. Best wishes, David Kernow 22:42, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
- Be that as it may, you still need to make the case to the active editors on the page if you want a conversation that can result in consensus. RM isn't like VFD - the conversation takes place on the talk page. Guettarda 22:48, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
My apologies. I have done as you suggest. Thanks, David Kernow 22:50, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
PLoS
If they are licensed as {{cc-by-2.5}}, then they are totally compatible (it puts almost no restraints on usage except for attribution). All we need to do is give them credit the way they specify and keep the right tag on there. --Fastfission 17:54, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
HBCUs
Please take a look at the HBCU outreach program and see if you can sign on. Please get back to me whatever your decision. Thanks. -JCarriker 22:03, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Taino
The Taino article is up for peer-review. Go help out if you can. --MateoP 23:35, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Climate change 2/workshop
Hi - did you perhaps make a mis-statement in your last edit here - or am I mis-reading? Edit summaries or talk page comments? Vsmith 00:42, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
Tobago
I saw your post and replied to it. Chelman 14:55, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
SEWilco
FYI Misplaced Pages:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#SEWilco_and_footnotes_again. SlimVirgin 15:35, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
Politics
OK, I took your silly poll :) ....
Economic Left/Right: -5.63 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.72
Sheesh. And people thought Bill Clinton was a liberal.
Jim62sch 23:59, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your support on my RfA
Hey Guettarda! Thanks for your support on my RfA. The final outcome was (57/4/3), so I am now an administrator. If you need help, have a question, or just want to chat (or if I get out of line!), please don't hesitate to let me know! Again, thanks! :D
Thanks for support
Thanks to everyone for their support. I've now had time to clear my head. I agree that we can't back down to the idiots who drove out Deeceevoice. Personally, I hope she returns but until then we've got work to do. I'd strongly suggest that everyone keep an eye out for users engaging in racism and bias. I'm also hoping that we will keep in touch about this issue and let each other know when we encounter racist editors and such. Any other ideas how to combat this?--Alabamaboy 15:05, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
nah
I have no hard feelings against anyone, but you didn't come to mind when I was writing my answers. I may have said something negative to you or had hard feelings in the past, and if that's true I'm sorry. But much has changed since then.Gator (talk) 18:17, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Oh and thanks for your vote. Very cool of you.Gator (talk) 18:23, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Pitch Lake
I noticed that you changed "Lake Trinidad" to Pitch Lake in the Asphalt article. I have several engineering reference books that mention Lake Trinidad as a large natural asphalt deposit. Is there also a Lake Trinidad, is that an old name, or do you think that's just an error? Toiyabe 18:31, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks for the reply. It's probably one of those things that somebody got wrong back in the depths of time and has been propagated in the industry ever since. Toiyabe 20:07, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
RE: Deecee's talk page
The anon is the one who needs blocking here. Guettarda 23:03, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
Justforasecond
race-based statements only have sting in the context of power-disparities
Its a while, well three days since you posted this, just to say, great summary. I would have done well to put it like that but I couldn't find the words :) - FrancisTyers 11:33, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the subpage creation
Self explanatory :) I appreciate it; it's far more professional now. Trilemma 18:43, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
rfa limit
Thanks. I've cut it down to under 500 words. -Justforasecond 21:41, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
EffK is forced to Abandon a Corrupted Misplaced Pages
I refer you to my response of a few moments ago at 15 December ],http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/EffK/Evidence#3_December_2005 EffK 02:04, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
How's your biochem - new user guidance
Hi - A new user, User talk:Reveldrummond, has recently added the article Magnesium in biological systems. I gave him/her a welcome and have been helping with it a bit. I would appreciate it if you would take a look and add your biology expertice. The article has a large ref section and the user plans to expand it. Please take a looksee and give some advice/guidance. Thanks, Vsmith 02:15, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Who was that anon ...
Hi, could that have been our old friend, JG? The beligerant style sure looks familiar plus the auto topic interest. I blocked for vandalism & personal attack. Vsmith 03:39, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
- Been busy haven't he/she/they? I protected List of scientists opposing global warming consensus to stop the nonsense. Probably just shift to another page though. Vsmith 04:15, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Picture
Sorry about that... Revolucion and I have been at it because he replaced the anti-chavez with the pro, and wasn't willing to compromise. I didn't realize you had put both of them up. My fault.
http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:Revoluci%C3%B3n
Extending my thanks
To yet another name I'm not familiar with, for your kind support in my 64-2 adminship bid. — FREAK OF NURxTURE (TALK) 07:08, Dec. 17, 2005
Intelligent Design
The third sentence states:
The vast majority of the scientific community views intelligent design not as a valid scientific theory but as neocreationist pseudoscience or junk science.
And there is a vast difference between the word theory as it is commonly used and scientific theory, which the above sentence clearly states. And the word conjecture is needlessly pejorative, since it means a theory for which there is no observable evidence. I explained this on my edit. ID is ridiculous on its face and does not need POV words to frame the argument. And ID is a theory as most people understand the word theory, much as Santa Claus is a theory explaining Christmas presents :P. I am changing it back, please pause a bit before getting in a revert war with someone who isn't even on the opposing side.Keep in mind that ID proponents like Behe define theory very loosely, loosely enough that it encompasses Astrology --DocJohnny 08:43, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
Stuff you've put on my discussion page
RE the following:
"I hope you do not actually work in ecology. Unsubstantiated hand waving hurts the credibility of ecology. The right wing quite effectively undercuts the science of ecology by painting us as handwaving hippies. In the US the environmental battle has already been lost because we lost control of the framing of the debate. Refusing to be constrained by little things by facts is the favourite technique of the opposition. It only strengthens their hand when people on this side of the debate adopt their techniques. Guettarda 02:44, 15 September 2005 (UTC)"
- Well aren't you charming mate? I do work in ecology; I don't write encyclopedias or talk crap for a living. And I am as "rigourous" and "fact-based" in my work as anyone. Bottom line is you are raving on about lack of impacts from introduced/invasive species, and yet I see them all the time. Your northern-hemisphere arguments are not valid or substantiated, and in fact are plain wrong on the continent from which I hail. My arguments on the impact introduced/invasive species are having in Australia are substantiated by the research being done in Australia, yours are not. Time to shelve your arrogance.
And by the way, your argument about "not all introduced species" establish is not clever, and is in fact rather immature. It goes without saying that we are only discussing exotic species that establish.
Codman 01:27, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
Felix Navidad
O.K. Guettarda, so you don't believe in Santa, but I still want to wish you and your loved ones all the happiness in the world and the best new year ever. Your friend, Tony the Marine 04:39, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
What the hell?
Please see this. Tell me, what do you make of it? Can someone actually do this unilaterally? deeceevoice 00:52, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
- It seems retaliatory to me, possibly for the apparent de-sysopping of RobChurch -- which he brought upon himself. Typical Wikish*t. I really am all too ready to leave this stinking cesspool. And who disciplines Turnbull? No one! deeceevoice 01:02, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks. :) deeceevoice 01:08, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
Regarding the User:Deeceevoice page
Dear Guettarda: I am sorry if you felt I was out of line to delete the page - but surely you must have seen what was on it? It looked like a fairly clear trolling attempt to me, and I saw no reason it should be left to stand. I had assumed that WP:NOT provided sufficient backing to remove it, and after all I would have thought the creation of the page was the violation of WP:POINT, not my deletion of it. I really don't see why that page should be left to stand. Best regards, --NicholasTurnbull | (talk) 01:18, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, you are perfectly correct, I should have asked questions first and shot later, rather than vice versa. I rather naively assumed that page was solely to try to get a rise, although I'm still skeptical as to why it should be left. My judgement is crap at the moment, I'm having psychological difficulties and I really can't think very straight. I've never done anything quite this bad before; well, there's a first time for everything I suppose. Note I didn't even look into this user before I deleted it - I didn't know about the whole saga that preceded it, and the arbcom case. I'm extremely sorry I caused this mess; however, I doubt making an apology to Deeceevoice will do anything, since she's liable to simply respond in a rather vitriolic manner. Best regards, --NicholasTurnbull | (talk) 01:47, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
Ianbrown's RfA
Thanks for voting in my recent RfA. I was overwhelmed at the turnout and comments received.Ian ≡ talk 07:31, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
re:Category:Wikipedians by D&D Alignment
I noticed you are categorized as a Wikipedian by alignment. If you are in to userboxes, there are now infoboxes available using a standard template. See the alignment category page for details. xaosflux /CVU 18:29, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
One more vandal
- Hi Guettarda! One more vandal from the University of Houston. Well, I mean clearly someone very familiar to this place. He/she just pop up when they are tired ;) Cheers -- Svest 20:29, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
Users Fgleb, Femglow, Shlemnik, Hoboman
These users are obvious sockpuppets, and the technical evidence confirms that. Jayjg 00:28, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
My Insertion to the ID article
Guettarda, I simply added the sentence as a conclusion to the section. I don't think I need to cite anything, as the section already mentioned that ID articles have not been published in peer reviewed journals, and that their lack of publication is cited as proof that ID is non-scientific. All I did in my insertion was to point out the circularity of that approach, which I think lends some balance to the section and to the article as a whole. Feel free to delete it. I won't revert it. I don't want to spend much time on this article, which, by the way, I think is excellent. I think that you and others worked very hard on it, and I appreciate your efforts. Logophile 04:44, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
- Do you see that the section in question mentions papers that have been submitted to journals? Do you see that one was published and then retracted? If my mentioning the exclusion of articles is inaccurate, then the entire section must be inaccurate. The only point that you have made that is valid in my opinion is that my use of the word "theory" is questionable. Change it if you want, or delete the whole sentence. As I said at 4:44, I do not want to spend much time on this thing. Logophile 05:10, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
- Nature and other journals say ID papers are almost never submitted to them. Dembski says he doesn't bother. FeloniousMonk 05:25, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
Dover, PA decision
You're probably on it already, but here's a link to Carl Zimmer's blog re: the ID court decision: and a pdf of the decision Enjoy, Vsmith 05:04, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
- Enjoy the snow - don't think we're due for any here in the Ozarks for the short term - maybe by New Years. And Happy holidays! Vsmith 05:33, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
need some help
im starting to actually make some minimal progress on the cool(african philosophy) page...i need help, she keeps reverting...deeceevoice...thanks for considering--Urthogie 15:54, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District
This is regarding your reversion of an anonymous user's edit on Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District. I don't think it's unreasonable for an article about a United States court case to use United States-style dates. Remember, anonymous users (the vast majority of people reading the Encyclopedia) don't have date formats set and so it displays as whatever it is in the page. --Cyde Weys talk 01:05, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Merry Christmas
Hi Guettarda! I just want to say Merry Christmas to you! - Darwinek 10:42, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Merry Christmas
- And from me also! KillerChihuahua 15:03, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Merry Christmas to you.
Thanks! Same to you.Gator (talk) 16:01, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Me too...
William M. Connolley 16:26, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
You too!
Thanks! You too, and happy holidays! :-) Flcelloguy (A note?) 17:10, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Merry Christmas to you too!
Guettarda, from my family to you and yours, Merry Christmas! (And a Happy New Year, too!) Jim62sch 18:42, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Winter Solstice
And I hope you too are at peace during this ancient time of hope and celebration. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 17:15, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
I made you a Christmas card. And I don't even do Christmas cards usually! Joe D (t) 17:30, 22 December 2005 (UTC)Merry Christmas
Thank you! :) Wish you and your family the same too. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:33, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Feliz Navidad
Thanks, that was very very nice of you.εγκυκλοπαίδεια* 17:52, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
- Thank you and same to you. Unfortunately, my Christmas will be crappy this year: Im away from all my family and friends. I'll make it special though.
- BTW, I can rememeber you e-mailing me about a RFC some time ago. Sorry I couldnt get to it in time. The e-mail ended up in my "junk" files, and by the time I got to the RFC, it was closed. Oran e (t) (c) (e-mail) 17:56, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
More Xmas cheer
Best wishes to you and yours. -Willmcw 18:01, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Bah Humbug!!
Er, did I say that? Vacation starts officially in 20 minutes - whee! Thanks and have a good one :-) Enjoy your trip. Vsmith 18:06, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Happy Holidays
Thanks for the pleasant greeting! A happy holidays to you as well. --Fastfission 18:21, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, Guettarda! Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you. Linuxbeak (drop me a line) 18:39, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
- And to you, thank you. Sam Spade 18:40, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
- Thank you Guettarda! Same to you as well. --a.n.o.n.y.m 19:25, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
And a Merry Winter Solstice to you, too, ....dave souza 19:32, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks for the greetings. Have a happy holiday season yourself. - Mgm| 19:53, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, and a Merry Christmas to you as well! - RoyBoy 19:59, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Avanappi Crismus!
Hi Guettarda - many thanks, and a happy Crismus to you too! - MPF 20:53, 22 December 2005 (UTC)Merry Christmas
Thank you, and the same to you. Remember, though, that your gifts don't have an "edit this page" button :).--Sean|Black 20:59, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
- And thank you, and a warm "merry Christmas" wish from me to you, your family and loved ones as well! Thank you for your excellent work on Misplaced Pages this year. Antandrus (talk) 21:27, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Seasons Greetings
Thank you, and the same to you and your loved ones. Jayjg 22:04, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Yuletide felicitations to you too
And to all who read this. Ec5618 23:58, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Restore request
Hi Guettarda - someone has incorrectly moved Huangshan Pine to lower case, and I'm having login problems at the moment and can't move it back, could you do the honours, please? - thanks, MPF 00:36, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
- OK, the login problem has stopped now (as mysteriously as it appeared!) - MPF 01:40, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Season's greetings!
And I hope your holiday season is great, too - many thanks for the kind wishes! I'll look forward to seeing your countrymen at the World Cup next year, too. Grutness...wha? 01:10, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Merry Christmas, Ramadan Said, happy Chanukkah, viva Krishna and Long Live Guettarda. -- Svest 01:53, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Echoing everyone else, have a very Merry Christmas yourself this year! Yay, the holidays always give up more time for Misplaced Pages. Cheers, Bratsche 02:01, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Happy Holidays
Thank you! I wish you the best, a very prosperous and healthy new year, Slrubenstein | Talk 03:51, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Hey Guettarda! Happy Holidays + Merry Christmas to you too.
Hey bud, haha, it has been long time since last that we chatted..... but, in the words of that crazy Trini radio personality George Umbala Joseph- "Felicitations and Reciprocation of the holiday seasons to you too." -- You know how they always have to speak real long-winded down dey'.
Hey, you know----- I wonder if we order some Kiss black-cake via Caribbuy.com if we could get de 'ting before Christmas? ;-) Ohh and a little bit of Punch De Creme to make the holiday much sweeter! :-D You know I could use a little bit of the Parang music juss-now to really make everything juss right. But on a more serious note, I wish you and your family all the best for this holiday season too. I still cyah believe 2006 almost reach! Oye, Pressure! Time to prepare dem New Years resolutions. CaribDigita 03:53, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for your sweet holiday greetings, Guettarda, and I wish the same for you and yours : ) --MPerel 06:34, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Feliz Navidad y/et Joyeux Noel to you as well. -JCarriker 07:29, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Hey!
How come everyone else got a Christmas greeting but me? I feel saddened........ :) Merry Christmas... Spawn Man 08:19, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Merry Christmas to you too
Thanks for the Christmas greetings! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well. I hope Oklahoma (or Trinidad and Tobago if you will be spending the holidays there) is treating you well. Japan is absolutely freezing, but I'll hang in there. Thanks again! -Parallel or Together? 10:57, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Merry Christmas
I would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year. Guettarda 17:23, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
- Thank you! In the volume of work I actualy had forgotten the date. Best wishes. --Cool Cat 13:07, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
- you too buddy. --kizzle 22:22, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Happy Hannukah to you!
I see you didn't have anyone wishing you a happy Hannukah yet, so let me be the first. Happy Hannukah! --Cyde Weys vote 13:40, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Merry Christmas to you too
would have replied quicker , but working in Carlisle all week, best wishes jimfbleak 14:56, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Have you seen Wikipedia_talk:User_Bill_of_Rights
Thought you might want to know... William M. Connolley 16:17, 23 December 2005 (UTC).
Meliaceae & Nature review
Hi Guettarda - following from the Nature review of Meliaceae, I'm fairly convinced (see Talk:Meliaceae)that Nature are wrong, or at least open to scholarly dispute, on one of their points. I'd like to check one major reference further, and wonder if it is something you have access to: Pennington, T.D. & Styles, B.T. 1981. Flora Neotropica Monograph No.28, Meliaceae (New York Botanical Garden). If you have access to it, could you check on the distributions of the three species of Swietenia, please? Thanks! - MPF 22:29, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks! - that agrees more-or-less with what I'd found out off the internet, particularly the DANIDA seed leaflets (links at Swietenia), except that DANIDA give the range of S. humilis as all down the Pacific Coast from Mexico to Costa Rica, and list it as CITES Appendix II rather than I. My past experience of DANIDA (I've visited their HQ in Denmark and have quite a few of their pubs on pines) is that they're a high-powered, scientifically reliable crowd. - MPF 23:57, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
Roaring Lion again
Hello, last summer we corresponded a bit (on our "talk" pages) about Roaring Lion http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:Badagnani#Lion. Well, a daughter has just written in to the Roaring Lion talk page with some new information, listing several other children of Lion's which nobody knew existed (herself being one), but not listing the ones that we know about. She gives different spellings and capitalizations for Lion's birth names but basically confirms what we already knew about his adoption. She wrote from an anon IP so I hope she gets back in touch, because I have a lot of further questions for her. Maybe you'll want to help with this? BTW we've never verified the veracity of the toponym "Aroquita"; any luck with finding out if it's a real place? Badagnani 01:09, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
I'm now in touch via email with Lion's daughter. Any interest, still, in following up with this? I'll ask about Aroquita, names, and some other things. Looks like "Yama" was "Llama" all along, too. Badagnani 02:39, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Great! Sorry to say that I'm unfamiliar with the abbreviation NOR, though... Badagnani 02:48, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Help
I uploaded an image of Ari Meyers within the the accordance established by Misplaced Pages (source and licence) and someone put it up for deletion because "it is unencyclopedic". The image is of good taste and just because it is a wallpaper image I don't think it should be deleted. Please view and if you can, express your opinion. Images and media for deletion/2005 December 24 Thank you, Tony the Marine 03:46, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
And a truly joyful and fulfilling New Year to you
Thanks so much for your kind Christmas greetings! Very kind of you to think of me! Ahm writing you from de tropics in Australia. It ain't so good as Trinidad, y'know - and dey ain't know how to party and cyant dance or talk de queen english - but at least it ain't cold cold like me mudder country, Canada, and dey does play cricket here too! Oh, Laws! I see y' writin how you stress out in america! Eh, eh! man, don vex y'self - and mind out for dat Yankee business - life too short, y'hear me? So, all'ya have a really good time, oui?
John Hill
And a merry christmas to you too!
By the way, you say you'll remove trolling from your talk page...but what about trolling the ancient yule tide carol? (Bad joke...) Ral315 (talk) 17:28, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
To you and yours at Christmas
Thank you for the warm wishes. May I extend Christmas wishes to you and all whom you love now and in the New Year. -- Cecropia 18:02, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
Merry Christmas
I pray you have a very merry Christmas and a truly blessed 2006. KHM03 19:41, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
I hope you're managing to have a Trinidadian Christmas, and I wish you a stimulating and exciting new year. Hoary 21:28, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
I'd like to add a "Happy Christmas" to you too, Guettarda, and thank you for your kind message. Hope that wiki-stress meter on your user page will soon be at Level One! AnnH 23:53, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
All the best to you, Guettarda, for Christmas and the New Year, and thank you for all your hard work around Misplaced Pages, and especially for the common sense and intelligence you bring to every discussion and article. ;-) SlimVirgin 00:14, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you, Guettarda; a (belated) Merry Christmas to you as well. Hope it was enjoyable! — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:42, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks so much
When I think of all of us who worked together so hard for so long, I think of the line from Henry V We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...
It was a fun ride, wasn't it? So thanks you guys, that meant a lot to me.
Who did the Thelonious with a mop artwork? Brilliant! FeloniousMonk 08:20, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
Guettarda, has been adding "Judenhass" as an example of a "political epithet" on List of political epithets. Based on the Talk: page comments, it seems pretty clear to me that it's just an example of WP:POINT, but I wonder if you wouldn't mind taking a look as well. Cheers, Jayjg 04:07, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
macroevolution
Hey Guettarda,
The intro to macroevolution is too hard for anyone to understand. In particular "large-scale changes in gene-frequencies" is tough for a newcomer. In wiki we have:
- Macroevolution is the concept that evolution of species and higher taxa is the result of large-scale changes in gene-frequencies over time.
Compare to google "define", where some of the definitions are much simpler :
- Large scale change in organisms resulting in new species, genera, families, etc.
- Evolution on the grand scale resulting in the origin of higher taxa. In evolutionary theory it thus entails common ancestry, descent with modification, the genealogical relatedness of all life, transformation of species, large scale functional and structural changes, etc.
- Larger changes in evolution, such as when a new species is formed or a mass extinction.
- The study of evolutionary changes that take place over a very large time-scale. Contrast to microevolution. Macroevolutionary change is usually recognised as change in gross morphology in a series of fossils. There is some controversy over whether macroevolutionary change is fundamentally just cumulated microevolutionary change, or whether the two are `decoupled' and driven by fundamentally different kinds of process.
- The branching of new species from existing species.
The other thing about these definitions is that its odd that the wiki definition is different than all of these. It should express at least most of what the internet says.
-Justforasecond 02:58, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
Happy New Year
Hello, I wish you and your family a prosperous and happy New Year 2006! We shall surely remain actively involved in the Project Misplaced Pages. --Bhadani 16:37, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
thanks
Greetings Guettarda, I wish to offer my gratitude for supporting me on my recent nomination for adminship, which passed with the final tally of 65/4/3. If you would ever desire my assistance in anything, or wish to give me feedback on any actions I take, feel free to let me know. Cheers, and happy new year! Elle vécut heureusement toujours dorénavant (Be eudaimonic!) 09:50, 1 January 2006 (UTC) |
Happy New Year
Wish you a happy and exciting new year 2006 =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:39, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
{{trinidadianmusic}}
Likelythey were removed because these were Music genre pages, which should not have Musicboxes, but genre boxes, with eventually a link in the Other Topics section.See the talkpages if I added {{infoboxneeded}} to these pages. Circeus 01:58, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
- Fair point, I guess. I might be too worried the article will end up with both the music and genrebox (I had to adjust quite a few of these already, and I was not even looking for them!). Circeus 02:05, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for keeping an eye on my user page! — Knowledge Seeker দ 02:08, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Court of law in Trenton, New Jersey
I've heard that expression before, but I can't remember what it means. I can't find anything on Misplaced Pages or Wikiquote. Please explain and/or direct me to relevant articles. --TantalumTelluride 02:10, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
- I found it: Misplaced Pages:I WILL SUE YOU IN A COURT OF LAW IN TRENTON, NEW JERSEY -- and Other Bad Jokes and Deleted Nonsense. It was a common legal threat by Mr. Treason. --TantalumTelluride 03:14, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Stressed?
I noticed your stressmeter said "A poisonous atmosphere pervades this place" and was at level 3. Why is that? What "atmosphere"? I hope you get better!
Maybe this lone tulip will help...Voice of All 04:20, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
- Don't be stressed. Stop by my talk page or drop me an email; the only poison in my atmosphere is a good shot of bourbon and a beer back. ;) · Katefan0/mrp 05:52, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Need more stress? Ponder Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_arbitration/Reddi_2/Workshop#Troika
Have you seen Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_arbitration/Reddi_2/Workshop#Troika? I don't know if this will fly - quite likely not - but if it did, someone from the bio side would be desireable: perhaps someone experienced in the Great Evolution Wars. Perhaps you? Or someone you know? William M. Connolley 11:05, 2 January 2006 (UTC).
Holiday wishes
Thank you so much for your very kind good wishes on my talk page. I'm sorry I was tardy in returning the sentiment, but I hope that your holidays were as joyous and fulfilling as mine. · Katefan0/mrp 16:29, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Michigan State University
Guettarda, Thanks so much for your help on the Michigan State University Peer review. I just put the revised article up as a featured article candidate. Please let me know what you think.
Oh, and to answer your question, I attended MSU from September 1999 to December 2004, graduating with a major in Spanish. I currently live in Lansing, but I am moving to American Samoa in 28 days, so I'm trying to finish the MSU article while I'm still in town.
Lovelac7 20:33, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
user page edits
Yes, it was I. For some reason, the computer (or Wiki <-- my bet, it happened from another computer on another network earlier today)) lost my logon temporarily and substituted the IP. I really appreciate the heads up, thanks! Jim62sch 01:54, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
My Request for Adminship
Greetings, Guettarda! I wanted to sincerely thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with a final result of 55/14/3. Your support means a lot to me! If you have any questions or input regarding my activities, be they adminly or just a "normal" user's, or if you just want to chat about anything at all, feel free to drop me a line. Cheers! —Nightstallion (?) 07:46, 4 January 2006 (UTC) |
Justforasecond added to Deeceevoice arb
I have added a section on Justforasecond harassing Deeceevoice to Deeceevoice's arbitration. I have also proposed that JFAS be banned from contacting Deeceevoice, discussing her, and enforcing any arb ruling against her (let others do it--JFAS would just stir up more trouble doing so). My understanding is that arbitrations can be expanded to include any of the involved parties, so this should be permitted. Please go and read the measure and see if it is something you could support. Best, --Alabamaboy 16:47, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Healing Misplaced Pages
I wonder if there is a way to heal the issues and differences that DCV's arbitration has brought to the foreground? In some ways, this entire affair has been bad for racial relations here at Misplaced Pages. Those who don't like how DCV acts have said that their actions are solely in response to DCV not being "nice" (so to speak). Those who don't like what has happened to DCV (like me) see the affair as being driven by racism and bigotry. The funny thing is that there is overlap between the two sides. A number of those pushing to sanction DCV admit that some of actions against her have been wrong and haven't helped racial issues here (and that some of the users pushing the issue against her are doing so for possibly racist reasons). Almost all of us opposed to the actions against DCV admit that she is abrasive and has violated Misplaced Pages guidelines and should be more civil in her discussions here. What we see, though, is a double-standard at work, with users appearing to gang up against non-minority editors like DCV for being less than civil but not doing the same to white editors. If this subject interest you, I'd encourage you to post you thoughts here on a special talk page I created.--Alabamaboy 21:42, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Re: Justforasecond
To put it bluntly, he's pissing me off. If he starts following me round like a little lost puppy, I will take it to the cabal in no time at all, and if that persists, the other cabal. I'm sick and tired of him. Rob Church 21:45, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Glorious
... and thank you. ;) I'm tired, hung over, and thoroughly satisfied! · Katefan0/mrp 16:07, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
- Good grief. Are you STILL bitter about the UT-OU game? Besides which, did you really want to see California beat a good Southern team? :D (Nothing like an appeal to regionalism!) · Katefan0/mrp 18:23, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
- Okay, okay. And yes! I do! Because Austin is a blue oasis in a sea of red. That's such an unfair comparison! Austin IS a really cool place. I miss it terribly. And yes, OU does have an unhealthy obsession with UT. So does A&M, and most other schools in the state (which have "one-way rivalries.") I guess that's what happens when you're the big dog and everybody else has an inferiority complex. <DUCK> I offer detente kisses after my jabs -- your Longhorn friend · Katefan0/mrp 18:41, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Comments on SlimVirgin
Thanks for your comments on SlimVirgin's talk page, Guettarda, but my ability to assume good faith with SlimVirgin has dramatically decreased given some of the comments she has made about me which contain a fair number of incorrect statements and I find them very unfair, a situation made all the worse by the fact she hasn't responded to any of my clarifications. She may be an exemplary editor, but I like to think I am too and I believe I deserve some assumption in good faith also. I don't feel I am getting much. Talrias (t | e | c) 17:49, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
My Request for Adminship
Hey man, thanks a lot for voting in my RfA, I got it! :) If you need anything, just give me a shout. - FrancisTyers 01:00, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Feliz Día de Reyes
I would like to wish you a "Happy Dia de Reyes", a celebration that we still celebrate in Puerto Rico every January 6. The night before the children of the island fill a little box with grass for the kings camel and place it under the Christmas tree. When they wake up the following day, they find the box empty and gifts left by the kings God bless you my good friend Guettarda, your friend Tony the Marine 07:04, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Muchas gracias to Guettarda!
Guettarda, even though you did not support my RfA I would like to thank you for your comments, and for your fair hearing of my response. Now that I am an admin, if you notice me doing anything that you think is ill-advised or reminds you of the behavior you disliked at the SIIEG MfD, please DO let me know. Thanky thanky, and I shall see you around! Babajobu 21:52, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Rfa thanks
Hello Guettarda. Thank you for supporting my Rfa! I will try my best to be a good administrator. Please ask me if you need any help. --a.n.o.n.y.m 17:43, 6 January 2006 (UTC) |
Rfa nom
Thank you for thinking highly enough of me to nominate me for Administrator. I have accepted. KillerChihuahua 13:12, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
evolution
If you have time please look at and comment on the most recent suggestion for reorganization. Also, I added material WAS deleted; I readded it, being more careful about the wording, and cited Menand (just look at my changes close to this time stamp) - I'd welcome your comments, Slrubenstein | Talk 00:07, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
Don't get your response
Can you verify what you meant by your response on the Misplaced Pages: Eras page? I put a comment under yours at that page, if you don't mind could you respond there, please. PatrickA 16:11, 8 January 2006 (UTC).
White screen tip
Thanks for the tip... (things you find out only too late!!! :) Mikkerpikker 16:50, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
Compromise on DCV and an apology
In recent days I have grown disgusted with Deeceevoice's comments and actions. As a result, I am withdrawing my support of her. That said, Justforasecond has behaved very poorly throughout this entire affair but more so in recent days, placing comments on DCV's talk page merely to stir up trouble. As such, I am proposing that both DCV and JFAS be placed on personal attack parole for a year at Perhaps this is a compromise that a majority of the parties involved could agree to. Please check it out and see what you think. In addition, as a side note to this I am apologizing for my use of "lynching" to describe this RfAr. Best, --Alabamaboy 20:05, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
List of sexual slurs
You voted to keep what is verifiable on the AfD. Are you aware how little that is?Voice of All 02:13, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
why did you remove my article?
why did you remove my contribution to the article? No explanation? No nothing, just removed? This is what I wrote:
"Historical records also show a correlation between increased human prosperity and higher average global temperatures. The Medieval Warm Period which immediately preceded the Little Ice Age was believed to be a 400 to 500 year event where average global temperatures were slightly warmer than today. This was also a period of increased crop production and increasing population. Records inferred from the geologic evidence suggest a similar prosperity for evolving land animals during periods of increased global temperatures. During the Jurassic Period, global temperatures were higher by 10 to 15 degrees farenheit. This is important since this warmer period represents a time in earth's history where the natural environment supported the largest land animals to have walked the earth. It was also a period where global carbon dioxide concentrations were approximately 5 times the level seen today."
Do you have a problem other than the fact that it is unreferenced? You say it is POV violation? Why would you say something like that when this is in the section entitled "Possible Benefits of Global Warming"? You didn't even say anything about it even though I posted my rationale on the discussion page. I really did not appreciate it.
- Your addition is (i) illogical (human prosperity in the Jurassic?), (ii) unsourced, (iii) argumentative/unencyclopaedic is style, and (iv) misleading in the case where you changed a paragraph to refer to "the majority" of scientists (only means >50%), when it had previously said that "very few" held opposing views. Guettarda 07:05, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Deecee strawpoll
Yeah, that's fine that you removed it. This kind of thing would require oversight, anyway, which I couldn't offer right now. Maybe in a week or so I'll revisit the issue. Babajobu 23:05, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Scientific community
Hi there. Sorry to bother you, but I just wanted to let you know that I've put a little note into Talk:Scientific community regarding the ongoing mini-edit war on Michael Behe. I think the page is missing something relevant to the war and am soliciting opinions. Anyway, I thought you might be interested (though please feel free to not be!). Cheers, --Plumbago 09:53, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks!!
Hey Guettarda! Thanks for joining Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Puerto Rico. I was so happy to see your name there!!!!
Hopefully we can work hard together to make people around the world learn and understand our countries in the Caribbean and Latin America.
By the way, congratulations on Trinidad and Tobago qualifying for the world cup! I reckon they will do good there. My dream is, although Im not much of a soccer fan to tell you the truth, that Puerto Rico's team qualifies someday. To tell you the truth , I always had four dreams as far as Puerto Rico: A world Heavyweight boxing champion, a gold medal in the Olympics, a Football World Cup appearance and independency. One (world Heavyweight champiuon boxer) already happened with John Ruiz the only Hispanic to have won that title. The second, independency or at least autonomy, may be closer than ever (with all the discussions about the status going on), so who knows maybe Puerto Rico will be in 2010's world cup!...Ok I know thats a little daydreaming but dreaming is for free! lol
Anyways, thanks for joining our project and God bless you! Hope to hear from you soon!
Sincerely yours, Antonio Machinery Martin'
Doubles "tweak"
Thanks for tidying it up a bit....now if I could only find some to eat here in the UK! Take care and speak soon.--Vivenot 16:24, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
RFC archive
Frankly, that was to see if anyone would notice. I don't think anyone ever reads those archives anyway. There's sense in keeping the pages, and people search for them as "requests for comment/some username", but the archive page had turned from a descriptive log into a useless data dump several months ago. Do you think it'd be useful? Radiant_>|< 21:50, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
- Routine, mostly, based on my experience that if I don't clean out RFC, nobody else will either. The more issues are listed on RFC, the less attention any individual issue receives. If an issue is unlisted, that does not imply the debate must halt. However, if an issue has been listed for over a month, it will not likely receive more attention from that page by being listed longer.
- Personally, I find RFCs if I need to by looking at Special:Allpages. A quick glance at the dispute archive shows that most of its entries are not particularly more useful. I would welcome anyone's effort in creating a good archive, but instead of a sloppy one we might as well fall back on the automated one. Radiant_>|< 22:15, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
KC's RFA
Thanks for the heads up. I went over and signed it. I guess I was on break for too long! Thanks again. -Parallel or Together? 02:18, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Thank you!
Thanks for nominating me, and supporting my Rfa, Guettarda! I appreciate your trust, and will endeavor to always be worthy of it. The puppy is now an Admin (final tally 58/7/2) Please let me know if there is anything I can ever do to assist you. KillerChihuahua 17:11, 14 January 2006 (UTC) |
My RfA
I don't have a fancy layout like other new admins, but I just want to thank you for your support at my RfA. It passed 48/3/1, so I have officially been promoted. I hope I won't let you down. If I'm not doing something properly, please tell me. Aecis 21:08, 14 January 2006 (UTC) PS. I have proposed a {{drink-corp-stub}} over at WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals, so House of Angostura can be moved there soon ;)
& *my* RFA thanks
Thanks to you for your vote and especially for your support during my RFA. And of course for nominating me the first time round. William M. Connolley 20:59, 15 January 2006 (UTC).
Why the removal of links to Barbados maps?
I noticed you removed the links to the maps of Barbados on Caribbean-On-Line. These are detailed and useful maps, and not any more commerial than the links to Mapquest or MSN. Why were they removed and under what scenario if any would you deem them appropriate? Thanks - Anthony for Caribbean-On-Line
- There are three problems with the maps - one is that we don't normally have multiple links to a single website - four links to one is excessive. Another is that we need some way to limit links, otherwise we would become nothing but a link-farm. The third thing is that the maps themselves are full of advertising (for example, the Kodak icons everywhere). It looks like the links were added more for the purpose of directing traffic to your website, rather than for the purpose of improving the article. The third criterion is the most important one - make a convincing case that the purpose of adding the links is for the good of the article, not for the good of the recipient link. I am sympathetic to anything Caribbean, but I need to look at it from the point of view of the encyclopaedia project. Guettarda 17:18, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
- I sympathise with your position - and certainly four links is too many; but regarding a single link, I would have thought it needs to be considered for each article whether the Caribbean-On-Line map is a useful addition. I've re-added it to the St Martin article, because it is better than the ones already there - indeed, one of the map sites already linked to principally contains links to the Carribbean-On-Line maps. TSP 18:34, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for clarifying this - we are just trying to add useful info (we really do believe that we have the best set of Caribbean cartography on the web). If it is preferred to only add one link to the main island map and not the cities/towns that is fine and we will abide by it. Most of the maps with ads are being updated actually and will not have ads in the future (yes the site does, but not the maps themseleves). Again - thanks for the feedback and being upfront about the criteria. Anthony
Could we add one link for each island we cover? My assistant says that links she added today have all been removed excepting St. Martin. Anthony
- I see nothing wrong with a single link per article if they are good maps, but bear in mind that I can't speak for other editors. In addition, you might consider adding the maps of the cities to the specific article about the cities - a map of Bridgetown probably isn't appropriate for the Barbados article, but might be for the Bridgetown article. Guettarda 19:52, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for clarifying - we will follow this rough guideline you laid out here. Anthony
Other Users' Comments
Dear, dear, I seem to be a Wiki-Klutz (since Wiki means speedy that fits me, indeed). I goof up fast. I did not notice that I was editing anybody else's comments. I see comments used as a back-and-forth pseudo-e-mail and I thought everybody else was editing my comments, too. Some people want a reply on their page and some on my own page. If one puts in a reply some odd place instead of right after the item one is responding to, who knows if anyone will find her/his reply? Luckily I just noticed I started to edit your user page and got out of there. Welcome to reverse any of my comment-page edits and accidental edits on other users' pages. Carrionluggage 20:10, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Oh, I just figured out what you refer to - it was not my reply to KillerChihuaha, but some other tidying up I did. Tut tut - this is an encyclopedia and it seems to me that the English should be of good quality. Now, I do not edit quotations. For example, on the page for Judge Roy Bean I just saw "hung" used for "hanged." OK - that's a quote. But if somebody says he "Through out the baby with the bathwater" which a spelling corrector may even change to "Throughout the baby with the bathwater," seems to me that clarity and portability are enhanced by a fix. After all, non-English speakers read these pages and when they read bad spelling or syntax they may be frustrated (in their purposes, as well as their affect.) Carrionluggage 20:17, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Trees / inversion
Just read the bit about the tree genus on your homepage. Doing a google search you now come out top, and are far more famous than the thing you're named for. Is there a word for that sort of inversion? William M. Connolley 11:11, 17 January 2006 (UTC).
Plant sexual
So you're telling me plants run around behaving like people?--Piedras grandes 19:35, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Ethnic slur article
Hi,
I've replied to your comment on my talk page.
Thanks,
Primetime 20:44, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
- I agree with almost everything you said. However, I probably won't ever sign on to deleting something for not having a source. In any case, if you want to delete anything like that, I think it should probably be discussed on the talk page first. --Primetime 23:37, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
- Hi again,
- I'm messaging you here to cut through all of that clutter on the article's talk page. So far, the only entry that I think should be deleted is "previous country stealer," as I think that zero Google hits is pretty compelling.
- You're right about "yooper," as well, as where one lives in a country as diverse as America does not imply a difference in ethnicity. --Primetime 20:39, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
provide a diff
providing a diff would depersonalize it. because you just said that verbatim without a diff, it was like...focused at him only. I'd change my mind if you could post a diff at the workshop.--Urthogie 21:01, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
Your rationale
Hello Guettarda. I noticed you just want on a voting frenzy to delete, delete, delete. Do you have a particular rationale for this outburst of deletion votes? --Jason Gastrich 04:41, 19 January 2006 (UTC)