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More on Category:DOB missing

Rossami said: Good evening. Per the discussion about privacy concerns expressed at Misplaced Pages:Biographies of living persons#Privacy of birthdays, date of birth should generally not be added to the biographies of living non-public or semi-public figures. So far, that policy has been interpreted fairly strictly with a pretty high bar being set for the definition of "public figures" who are assumed to have given up their rights to privacy.

Hello there. Are you suggesting we do not include the birthdates of these figures? So which birthdates are you suggesting we do and don't have to include? Or are you suggesting that we don't add the Date of birth missing tags? I merely assume that I try on every biographical article I make to include his or her birthdate wherever possible, and label the others, but is this no longer accepted? Please show me an example of an article where I have done this incorrectly. Bobo. 06:13, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Fair point... Rossami, how does one know in which articles the DOB is being withheld and which ones are just incomplete by lacking it? Is there a tag or something so one can tell who is a non-public or semi-public figure and who is a public one? --ChaChaFut 06:50, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Rossami said: The one I ran across was here. The recognition that we need to take extra precautions to protect the privacy of semi-public figures is fairly recent. But yes, it does represent a change in our intended standards.

All I suppose you're implying I should do is to change the Date of birth missing category to the Year of birth missing category. I might start doing this in the future, though I do believe every stub-class article needs to be treated as equally as its A***-rated neighbour, regardless of their notability, whether that be by inclusionist or exclusionist standards.

However, I have tended to include the birthdate of individuals in any instance I can find them, as it fills out the article just as if it were a first-class top-level article. Besides, in the event that one day someone comes along and knows every single thing about a person, it may one day become useful. Just my opinion. Bobo. 07:49, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

While you're editing WP:DRV....

Do you mind moving the log page for today to its proper name? 2006 November 30, if compared to the other subpages, is completely wrong. And sadly, I'm on enforced Wikibreak until at least tomorrow. 24.89.197.136/Logical2u on Enforced Wikibreak22:30, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Ah. Also, my User-talk page was probably not the best place to leave your reply (As I am on enforced wikibreak). I didn't have time to check the other pages, but since the header was inconsistent I assumed the page name was also inconsistent... Sorry to bother you. 24.89.197.136/Logical2u on Enforced Wikibreak01:42, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Deletion review

I see that you reinstated the deletion review for Briefsism as reverting the blanking by 66.93.139.242. This IP didn't blank anything (he added a statement and then removed it), and this umpteenth review of Briefsism was removed by Samuel Blanning as trolling. Aecis 22:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

I'll see if I can find some links to removed deletion reviews for Briefsism. Most were speedy closed and removed, and were therefore never archived. This Google search might give you some information on what is going on. Articles related to Briefsism (which was deleted six times) are The Cult of Briefsism (deleted twice), Third briefs (deleted once) and Adolf Hitler and the Briefs Controversy (deleted 16 times). Aecis 23:09, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Help on a deletion review

Can I trouble you for a little help? I did as you suggested, and transfered the contents of the milf listing to Wiktionary. Then they moved it back to Misplaced Pages, leaving a note saying that it is encylopedic, and put it on the abbreviation page, milf. Then someone went and deleted it again on Misplaced Pages. Its bouncing from one wiki to another, and it's left me really confused. Is it to late to propose undeletion, or am I just wasting my time here? I'm still fairly new to wikipedia, but it's leaving me with the impression it involves dealing with a lot of beaurachy. You've been the first helpful person I've struck, so i'd really appreciate a little guidance

Reillyd 06:56, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Chaos Magic term first used?

I see you have mentioned thi sin the talk page of the Peter Carroll article but the whole talk page is a mess. Please see my question about this this Chaos Magic term and when it was first used here. I hope you will contribute. FK0071a 23:49, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

re: Eric Devendorf

Thanks for the help with pointing out the right template tag! Misplaced Pages is positively Talmudic, which makes these kinds of discoveries all the more fun. --Tenebrae 03:35, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Growing Degree Days - Question

Dear Rossami,

First thank you very much for your contributions to wikipedia. I really appreciate all this valuable work.

I have a question concerning the Plant development GDD's and the Baseline temperatures. What is the source for those values?

Doing research for a short essay about GDD's I came across this page. I found many scientific papers but the GDD values were nowhere so nicely compiled as they are here.

Kind regards Andreas

Please answer me to <andreas_obrecht>at<gmx.ch> —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.162.111.119 (talk) 06:24, 8 December 2006 (UTC).

I will try to reply directly but in case you check here first, I compiled those from a variety of websites that I found via Google search plus some statistics that were in an old BeeCulture Magazine article. If I remember correctly, the bulk of the research came from the Univ of Michigan. Rossami (talk) 15:08, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Foundation level

Could you please repeat such a comment at WP:DDV? Some people seem have a hard time accepting that discussion is in fact better than voting. Thanks. (Radiant) 15:51, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Doing something about the ridiculous date autoformatting/linking mess

Dear Rossami—you may be interested in putting your name to, or at least commenting on this new push to get the developers to create a parallel syntax that separates autoformatting and linking functions. IMV, it would go a long way towards fixing the untidy blueing of trivial chronological items, and would probably calm the nastiness between the anti- and pro-linking factions in the project. The proposal is to retain the existing function, to reduce the risk of objection from pro-linkers.Tony 15:14, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Jenni Olson

You're going to kill me, I saw the number of edits it took you to put the tag on. I've deprodded the article above. I reckon the info at http://www.sfjff.org/sfjff17/filmmakers/d0719c-a.html is enough to build a good article on, and whilst any one of the claims might not be ebough to merit an article, I think put together they all do, and so I've removed the prod. But fair play, I'm in the process of listing it at afd to test our respective positions. Steve block Talk 15:57, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

• Okay, it's listed at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Jenni Olson Steve block Talk 16:18, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Rewrite

I've pulled down an extensive rewrite, and I think I have covered all the issues that people had with the article. Olson has been noted as writing an historically valuable book, her film has received good reviews and three awards, as well as having cultural impact with regards the Golden Gate Bridge, whilst her roles as a festival curator and founder, website founder and maintainer, collector and her importance to her field have all been established through verifiable citations in reliable sources. I would hope that's enough substance to satisfy any notability concerns. Appreciate your further thoughts on the article at the afd. Steve block Talk 17:03, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Merger of "Companies and Corporations" with "Organizations"

I read your proposal for a merger and added a comment in support of the idea. Has there been any progress? Kevin Murray 23:42, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Merging Notability pages Organizations and Companies

Merging Notability pages Organizations and Companies

I have written some proposed text for a merged and simplified page, please see the continued discussion at: Misplaced Pages talk:Notability (organizations). This is also posted at the Companies & Corporation page.

re.chainfall or Chain Fall

you can Google it in the Free Dictionary or you see the commercial ones on Google. Check Johnalden and read down to Chain Fall. The first time I saw one was in 1982. This guy from Maine had a one ton chainfall and we hoisted up a one ton steel beam. a double 2"X 6" was placed on top of a simple 3' high saw horse. The horse was placed on top the existing joist with supports under the joist. A rope was attached to the horse and a metal hook from the chainfall was attached to the rope. The rope on the chainfall was pulled inch by inch very carefully until it butted perpendicular under the joists. Does it Sound Dangerous??? This may sound unreal but it actually happened. So then my source is "live hands on field experience". I have heard the name chainfall only a couple of times and have heard wench used synonomously with it. It "appears" they may offer more mechanical advantage than the Block and Tackle. They are similar to the block and tackle except it uses a metal chain as opposed to ropes. The pulleys and the housing are all rugged metal and bolts. I do not know if "chainfall" is a provincial New England name or used widely in the rest of the country. Mechanics use them to hoist engines of all sizes. Initially I tried to find an appropriate section for it and edited under Pulleys that links to Chain Fall. I hope this is helpful to you. --Johnalden 03:37, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

I see your point. How do you move the "Chain Fall" article to Chain fall? In the dictionary chainfall is all lower case and one word, commercial sites have Chain Fall both in upper case. I did not realize all the articles have upper case 1st. word and lower case 2nd. word. Thanks for the information. http://www.lkgoodwin.com/cgi-bin/quikstore.cgi?category=Hoists_-_All_Types http://www.sapsis-rigging.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=SRI&Category_Code=320 --Johnalden 18:52, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

I like option #1 because in 2&3 it would be hard to determine prevalent usage with all the provincial bias. Chain Fall was moved to the wheel and axle article. The Pulley section is impressive. Did you start that article? We need to determine a name. I will defer to your decision on this. I lean towards being a descriptionist as opposed to being a prescriptionist of words if that makes any difference. --Johnalden 13:16, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

re:

Thanks for the information. I'll do the merging the page history to Pink moon1287 (then re-deleting the pages). I'll go leave a note on each of those user pages the user page right now. The note will contain: 1287 in the text. Pink moon 1287 16:00, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

I left it on User:Carie. Urine4Gas doesn't exist anymore. And that's ok. Pink moon 1287 16:03, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

oh and don't worry about the e-mail. I will no longer be needing that. Pink moon 1287 16:10, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Langstroth hive and beespace

You have a message @ Andrew —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 131.104.218.160 (talk) 05:07, 31 December 2006 (UTC).

House Jack

I just did an article on the House jack. There is some writing stamped into the cast iron that says 2 1/2 and then a down arrow and a 10. Do you know what this signifies? I figured you might know. --Johnalden 02:05, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks anyways!! --Johnalden 15:50, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Don Roberts

A couple months ago, you prodded this article. The prod has now been contested after the fact. You may wish to consider an AFD nomination. GRBerry

Old discussion revived

Hi there. You commented on this old discussion. I've revived the discussion here, and thought you might like to comment. Carcharoth 14:12, 10 January 2007 (UTC)