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xxpor ( User page | Talk | Contribs ) 20:43, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

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I noticed you were new, and wanted to share some links I thought useful:

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(Sam Spade | talk | contributions) 18:44, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Thanks man! Xxpor 13:21, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

AMA Request for Assistance

I've given this spiel to two other people so far, and will save it for the third. We've had ongoing problems with User:Mike Garcia; on behalf of the two previous users, I've warned them that if malfeasance occurs again, I'll report him to the ArbCom. I would be happy to assist you in this matter, if you'd like. Wally 01:23, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Now looking at his talk page, he seems to have had some issues. I think he needs to be watched closely. Xxpor 13:50, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Please reply to my talk page here in the future. FYI, I've alerted User:Mike Garcia and User:Danny, who is specially assigned to this matter, that unless they settle this to your satisfaction that I will proceed, unless you'd prefer that not occur at all. I would contact the two of them, and please let me know if they work with you to settle this. Telling him "No" and offering you no apology or explanation for the trouble you've been put through is not acceptable. Wally 22:26, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hmm. My apologies. Wally 19:43, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Patricia Cornwell article

I see you just put a NPOV tag on the Patricia Cornwell article. Why did you do that? The only person complaining is the individual who lost a court case and fleed the country to continue his one-man harassment campaign. Of course he's going to be upset when the article is written with NPOV, as he wants it to have his side as the only side there. Did you read his edits he wanted on that page? He claims anyone disagreeing with him is guilty of "a new felony crime: obstruction of justice"

I mean, come on... Putting a NPOV tag there just makes a mockery out of the system. DreamGuy 20:56, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)

I saw your comment on my talk page where you say the tag only says it's disputed, not that it's not NPOV... That doesn't make sense. Every article in this encyclopedia is going to be disputed by someone. The tag is only for those items that cannot be resolved. A couple of editors have tried to resovlve it, I don't think most of us have a problem with it, but OF COURSE the person who is on a revenge crusade against the woman is going to be upset if we remove the highly biased information he added. Please give a reason for the tag that follows actual Misplaced Pages policy about NPOV. DreamGuy 21:15, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)

I see your point and the tag has been removed Xxpor 21:27, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

AMA Meeting Proposal

Hi! I put together a proposal for another AMA meeting that I'm hopeful you can chime in on. --Wgfinley 20:20, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Template/Workshop

You, or any Misplaced Pages user, can contribute your suggestions and comments to the /Workshop page of any active arbitration case. Comments on evidence or proposals can help in understanding the import of evidence and in refining proposals. Proposed principles, findings of fact, or remedies may be listed on /Proposed decision and form part of the final decision. Fred Bauder 19:44, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Regarding Association of Members' Advocates

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AMA

Hello, you are receiving this message because your name is on the list of members of the Association of Members' Advocates. There is a poll being held at Misplaced Pages talk:Association of Members' Advocates for approval of a proposal for the revitalisation of the association. You are eligible to vote and your vote and input are welcome. Izehar 22:33, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

AMA Coordinator Election

Dear AMA Member,

You are entitled to vote in the AMA Coordinator election, set to begin at midnight on 3 February 2006. Please see the pages on the election and its candidates and the procedure and policy and cast a vote by e-mail!

Wally 11:39, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Potassium perchlorate

I have removed the zarya stun grenade sentence from potassium perchlorate. Since potassium perchlorate is a component of very many explosive compositions, listing each one would be excessive. Also, I believe this particular grenade is a fictitious weapon from the video game America's Army. --Ryanrs 09:55, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

is it fictitious? AA's goal is to be as real as possible. xxpor ( Talk | Contribs ) 00:16, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

(Copied above comment from my talk page to maintain continuity of discussion. --User:Ryanrs)

You're absolutely right! When I first searched for zarya grenade, I only found pages related to the video game. Sorry about that, I should have been more thorough. Google finds plenty of references if the search is restricted to Russian sites:

• Cache Buried by Bandit from Argun Jamaat Discovered in Chechnya.
• Google(zarya grenade site:.ru).

But I still think the zarya grenade should not be mentioned in the potassium perchlorate article. It seems inappropriately specific. --Ryanrs 06:50, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

AMA

Hello, you are receiving this message because your name is on the list of members of the Association of Members' Advocates. There is a poll being held at Misplaced Pages talk:Association of Members' Advocates for approval of a proposal for the revitalisation of the association. You are eligible to vote and your vote and input are welcome.Gator (talk) 14:50, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

you might mention that your picture of "copper sulfate" is (probably) the pentahydrate, not the mono- or anhydrous stuff. --Smokefoot 04:57, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Death2

I have not replaced any content with offensive words, and why can't I edit my talk page. By the way the warning is a past issue I just wanted to move it, I know it's going to be in the history page but a passing editor who is leaving a quick message is not going to look there. And considering this is my first major offense after so many contributions I made you're treating me like a well known vandal. This is absolutly insane, it's like a nightmare! Death2 23:12, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

I got it 1 hour ago and it's a past deal. I was just planning to blank my section on Mel's page too! Death2 23:18, 31 March 2006 (UTC) One more thing, where does it say I can't edit my own talk page. It's not really an encyclopaedia article? Death2 23:21, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Alexander II of Russia

Can I ask why you immediately reverted my removal of the new gigantic box on the Romanov family without any kind of discussion, or even an edit summary? I'm not sure if you've noticed, but the box was poorly done and really makes quite a mess of the article. Its not that I disagree in principle, but if its going to be used, shouldn't it be presentable? .:.Jareth.:. 01:13, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry about it at all :) Vandal fighting can get crazy at times. Thanks for the quick response! .:.Jareth.:. 01:23, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

IRISH-SCOTS

Dear Sir:

Re the Irish-Scots page, I had made reverts because it has been sanitized and contains inaccuracies.

For instance:

Notable Irish-Scots include James Connolly and comedian Billy Connolly.

This is untrue: Sean Connery does not consider himself Irish, and James Connolly did not consider himself a Scot.

If you look at my list of factual, detailed individuals who qualify as true "Irish-Scots", you will see that the only reason my edits are not being accepted is because the true list contains unsavoury characters that the author of this page, Camillus McIlhenney, chose not to include for reasons you will need to ask him for, as I can but conjecture.

Historical note

The following version is mostly accurate but I added certain facts that were not included, including the origination of the word "Scot" (what it really means in what language). I also include the fact that the word Caledonia is often used/sung by "Scottish" nationalists to describe their homeland.

Answer: It means "thief" or "raider" in Irish, a fact that Mr. McIlhenney, again chose not to mention, as he chose not to include the word Caledonia, which he has told me is obsolete (1st century B.C. and devoid of any importance at all, although the same is not true of "Hibernia", which dates from the same time).

(From current edit which I do not dispute: Around the 5th-6th centuries, the original "Scoti" were people from Ireland who colonized the north of Britain, which was populated by Picti or Picts. The Picts themselves were known to some as "old-Irish", so there is a possibility that they themselves came from Ireland. Ireland was the original Scotland (Scotia), and the Irish the original Scats (Scoti), country and people being known to Roman and medieval Europe under those names. Scotland, serving for centuries as an Irish colony, was known as Lesser or New Scotland (Scotia Minor or Nova), the adjectives only being dropped about the 13th century, when Ireland had come into its present name. The Latin word for Irishman was Scotus. In Gaelic Scotch and Irish are known simply as Gaels of Albin and Gaels of Erin...)

In sum

In sum, I would request that you at least review the differences between my version and that of Mr. McIlhenney and/or his associates (Demiurge, Ali-oops, etc.)

I believe that the truth should out, particularly regarding the list of true Irish-Scots (which in Mr. McIlhenney's version is pure Hollywood).

I have my own connections to the Emerald Isle, however different they and my own ideas have diverged from Mr. McIlhenney. I am many years older than Camillus and I know more than he cares to give me credit for.

Thank You. Brandubh Blathmac 02:38, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

RE: I don't care. You still violated WP:3RR. xxpor ( Talk | Contribs ) 02:41, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

With all due respect, sir, may I ask two final questions:

• How can I make necessary changes w/o being accused of violating "3rr", if others will not allow them to stand??

• Why wouldn't someone who reverted "my edits" more than 3x per any 24 hour timeframe not be subject to this same regulation??

Thank you for your attention.

Brandubh Blathmac 05:12, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Current events

I realize March is over, but the talk page should remain at the current events article. As you can see, there are archives at the top of the page that refer to archives for Talk:Current events. There are posts that are from January and December because that page is never moved. Please put it back at Talk:Current events. joturner 06:31, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Never mind; I took care of the move myself. joturner 06:33, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

IRISH-SCOTS PAGE

So at the risk of appearing foolish, I very seriously would like to clarify your point and understand its implications as you have laid them out in your brief email to me. Believe me, I am not trying to annoy you, and get a powerful enemy on Misplaced Pages:

• I cannot change anyone else's edits to a page 3 or more times in a 24 hour period, and, allegedly, no one can do that to my edits.

• However, if I add non politically-correct information (even sourced/cited information) that has the result of changing the net overall balance of a WikiPage into validating or backing up my point of view, it cannot stand if anyone complains, and will be regarded as vandalism.

Is this correct?

Thank you for your time.

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Advocate Team Re: RfC Woggly

I am presently coordinating a team of advocates re: my RfC for harassment by user:woggly. I welcome you to be a member. Simply read the RFC lodged against me by user:woggly and the RFC which I have filed against her. It's really simple stuff when all of her harassment and my (and others) various attempts to resolve any issues are in black and white. Please also view the talks pages where Woggly admits to harassment and infers that she will not cease. Thank you for your consideration. Best wishes, IsraelBeach 19:50, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Marijuana Wiki

Hi there,

I see that you are a pro-Cannabis Wikipedian so I hope this will be of some interest to you.

I've started a Marijuana wiki (aka The Sticky Wiki) which I think you might be interested in. I'm hoping you can help me get started with this project. Whereas lots of articles about weed get speedy-deleted on Misplaced Pages, they would be totally cool over at MarijuanaWiki. But really I want the site to be more of a marijuana community than merely an encyclopedia.

To give you an example, I want to have city guides about where to score, find pot-friendly cafes, marijuana events, and what represents a good price in that city. Etc. (You can check out the featured article: "Toronto" to see what I mean). Of course, I want to see articles about the negative health effects and the drug laws in each of the countries. I also want to have grow diaries and marijuana blogs. All in all, basically more communal than encyclopedic.

I am in need of admins/moderators, and people experienced with MediaWiki to help build policy, categories, and templates, etc. If you'd be interested in helping me with this project, the URL is MarijuanaWiki

Thanks for your time and consideration. Hope to see you there!

-- nsandwich 00:44, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Your VandalProof Application

Dear Xxpor,

Thank you for applying for VandalProof! (VP). As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact with the new 1.2 version release it has even more power. As such we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that that you don't have enough edits in the main namespace yet. Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again in the not too distant future. Thank you for your interest in VandalProof.

Re: 007ThunderballLife.jpg

Yeah, uh, oops. I've taken off the tag now. Sorry about that. TheProject 16:41, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I need an advocate and help with mediation

Greetings,

I need an advocate who will walk me through the mediation process.

I am trying to get the following added to the Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. Max Tegark is a renown physicist and a PhD profressor of cosmology at MIT. He agrees with my addition.

I am having problem with an editor by the name of Lethe who follows me around Misplaced Pages reverting all my edits without commentary.

I have tried reasoning with him on discussion pages, but he refuses to read what I write.

Advantages of MWI

If Hugh Everett's theory was just another interpretation of Quantum Mechanics it would have no followers, especially since it proposes the existence of countless other universes which theoretically can never be observed. Because it is not falsifiable it seemingly violates Popper's criteria for a good scientific theory. The reason it has so many adherents is because it offers numerous advantages over the Copenhagen Interpretation, among which are the following:

1. Quantum mechanics becomes a deterministic theory making it more compatible with the theory of relativity and all other physics theory to date which are all deterministic. The Copenhagen Interpretation introduced indeterminacy and randomness into science. Aside from the Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics there is no scientific theory that includes indeterminacy or randomness. Einstein particularly objected to this aspect of the Copenhagen Interpretation. In response to it, he said, "God does not play dice with the universe."

2. It eliminates the "measurement problem."

3. It eliminates Von Neumann's "boundary problem": where to draw the line between the micro world where quantum mechanics applies, and the macro world where it does not. Shortly before his death in 1953, Albert Einstein wrote: "Like the moon has a definite position whether or not we look at the moon, the same must also hold for the atomic objects, as there is no sharp distinction possible between these and macroscopic objects."

4. It eliminates the special place for an observer and human consciousness.

5. It restores objective reality of the universe between measurements. Shortly before his death, Albert Einstein also wrote: "Observation cannot CREATE an element of reality like a position, there must be something contained in the complete description of physical reality which corresponds to the possibility of observing a position, already before the observation has been actually made."

6. The wave-particle duality paradox evaporates. It simply and naturally explains the double-slit experiment. Richard Feynman said, " has in it the heart of quantum mechanics. In reality it contains the only mystery." David Deutcsh wrote: ". . . the argument for the many worlds was won with the double-slit experiment."

7. Schrodinger's Cat paradox evaporates.

It seems Einstein's main objections with quantum mechanics had more to do with the Copenhagen Interpretation, than with quantum mechanics itself. While MWI does not quite generate the kinds of worlds necessary to justify the anthropic principle, it is a step on the way to Stephen Hawking's No Boundary Proposal and Max Tegmark's All Universe Hypothesis which do justify the anthropic principle.

Michael D. Wolok 18:26, 17 June 2006 (UTC)--Michael D. Wolok 18:26, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Reversions

Hello - you left a message on my talk page about an hour after I performed significant number of reversions related to Michael D. Wolok. There are a number of users who have expressed a concern with those reversions. I have some more details at the bottom of my talk page which you are most welcome to read. In the meantime, given the number of comments I received, I am not sure if I will be able to personally address each of your concerns. However, I hope that at least I am able to convey some sense of accountability and resolution here. Thanks again for taking notice. --HappyCamper 03:10, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Please leave my edits to the "Accidents and incidents in aviation" page. The section I edited was unprofessional and incorrect. --71.15.82.100 16:02, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Final state highway naming conventions debate

Xxpor, your participation is welcome in the Misplaced Pages:State route naming conventions poll. Please give your input as to the process by 23:59 UTC on August 8.

Regards, Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 21:56, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

VandalSniper

You've been approved to use VandalSniper. Please let me know if you have any problems getting it working. --Chris (talk) 23:12, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for all those "unconstructive edits" to Crabtree from South park. I just didn't know that adding the word "dark" was vandalism.

Did I? I didn't know that either. I'm not going to edit again anyways...so could you please delete all these warnings I have?

In use

Do you see the Template:inuse tag at the top of scale invariance? That tag means that you should not edit the article while its in place. I just lost a fair amount of time working past your edits, basically, I had to revert them to move forward. Please don't do it again. linas 19:13, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and your spell-checker is broken. The correct spelling is "likelihood" and not "likelyhood". This is the case for both American English and British English. Don't know what to say; naively, I'd say stop running the tool, or at least throw away the dictionaries that came with it. linas 20:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

My apologies; its been pointed out to me that it is in fact the other way around; the article did contain the incorrect spelling; your spelling checker was not in error. I am sorry for being gruff. linas 22:30, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Esperanza!

Welcome, Xxpor, to Esperanza! As you might know, all the Esperanzians share one important goal: the success of this encyclopedia. Within that, we then attempt to strengthen the community bonds, and be the "approachable" side of the project. All of our ideals are held in the Charter, the governing document of the association.

Now that you are a member you should read the guide to what to do now or you may be interested in some of our programs. A quite important program is Stressbusters, which seeks to support editors who have encountered any stress from their Misplaced Pages events, and are seeking to leave the project. So far, Esperanza can be credited with the support and retention of several users. We will send you newsletters to keep you up to date. Also, we have a calendar of special events, member birthdays, and other holidays that you can add to and follow.

In addition to these projects, several more missions of Esperanza are in development, and are currently being created at Esperanza/Proposals.

If you have any other questions, concerns, comments, or general ideas, Esperanzian or otherwise, know that you can always contact Natalya by email or talk page. Consider introducing yourself at the Esperanza talk page! Alternatively, you could communicate with fellow users via our IRC channel, #wikipedia-esperanza (which is also good for a fun chat or two :). If you're new to IRC, you may find help at an IRC tutorial. I thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Misplaced Pages a better place to work!

September Esperanza Newsletter

RI

What I need is detailed specs, like corner radius is x, border is y, etc. If you find any, post them at Talk:Numbered routes in Rhode Island, since there's a good chance I won't be making them. Too much recent bullshit. --SPUI (T - C) 22:48, 25 September 2006 (UTC)