User talk:Encephalon

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—Encephalon | ζ | Σ | Μ

On responses

I respond on my own page, unless there is good reason to respond on yours. Kind regards—Encephalon | ζ | Σ

Of current interest

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Of current interest

—Encephalon | ^ζ 23:31:07, 2005-08-17 (UTC)

Medicine Collaboration of the Week

Hi! You showed support for Pneumonia, this week's Medicine Collaboration of the Week. You are invited to help improve it! — Knowledge Seeker দ 09:52, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you, KS. I will drop by over the weekend.—Encephalon | ζ | Σ 10:00:05, 2005-08-10 (UTC)

Template talk:Db-bio

I just responded to your previous msg there -- i was actually writing my response when you posted your latest comment. I do appreciate your points. DES ^(talk) 16:27, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia works

Today is the first day I saw good work on Wikipedia. If you haven't, read him.—Encephalon | ζ | Σ

welcome

hi, you came to my page "stealthily" so I could not welcome you (lol). You are most welcome. And, thanks for your kind gesture. --Bhadani 16:00, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Don't mention it. I was moved both by what you had written, and DS and mikkalai's actions. Incidentally, I read that you're moving for Adminship? I'm seriously unfamiliar with the content of many of the articles you contribute to, but if you drop me a line here, I'll support on the basis of your positive activities and attitudes. Regards—Encephalon | ζ | Σ 16:09:20, 2005-08-11 (UTC)

Re: Help

Hi, Encephalon. Just to be clear: you would like me to delete Image:Hemagglutinin.gif? All revisions, right? — Knowledge Seeker দ 07:25, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

Yes please, KS. The gif page. Thanks!—Encephalon | ζ | Σ 07:27:11, 2005-08-12 (UTC)

Done. — Knowledge Seeker দ 07:43, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

Awesome. Thanks bud.—Encephalon | ζ | Σ 07:52:22, 2005-08-12 (UTC)

What it does say

What does it say about Wikipedia when only 0.1% of its articles have been deemed to have attained featured article status?—Encephalon | ζ | Σ

kate's

—encephalon | ^ζ

Re: Salnikov

Encephalon, thank you for deleting the Salnikov page. We think that it was all an attack led by Little Green Football people. They went ballistic over a Gary Brecher article on neo-con Victor Hanson a couple of weeks ago, and called for "fragging" us. To be honest the Salnikov entry was probably good publicity for the eXile, but it was the intention that pissed us off. Suggestions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.46.254.141 (talk • contribs) at 2005-08-15 04:50:30 (UTC)

Hi there. Just to be clear, I did not "[delete] the Salnikov page." In fact, no one has — it is still up on WP, going through VfD. Next, I haven't the faintest idea what the "Little Green Football people" want, who Gray Brecher is, how real Salnikov is, or what the article did for the publication. Prior to the VfD, I had not even heard of this magazine, and am afraid I have no suggestions for you now in regards to broadening its circulation. My votes on the VfD page are driven purely and entirely by whether or not I feel an article meets WP guidelines. Kind regards—Encephalon | ζ | Σ 09:50:47, 2005-08-15 (UTC)

Wiki Pedia

The difference between an inclusionist and a deletionist is the difference between wiki and pedia.—Encephalon | ζ | Σ 11:20:03, 2005-08-15 (UTC)

Beautifully observed, Enc. Btw, are you into neurology? JFW | T@lk 14:26, 16 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, JFW. It's one of my interests, yes.—Encephalon | ^ζ 14:39:58, 2005-08-16 (UTC)

Many Thanks

Thanks for supporting my RFA. It couldn't have happened without your effort. FeloniousMonk 18:13, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome.—Encephalon | ^ζ 18:23:17, 2005-08-15 (UTC)

Carcinogenesis on MCOTW

Hi! You showed support for Carcinogenesis, this week's Medicine Collaboration of the Week. You are invited to help improve it! — Knowledge Seeker দ 00:30, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

Copyvio images

Images are typically part of VFD, but it bears listing them on WP:IFD anyway in case the article is kept. JFW | T@lk 00:41, 17 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

VfD: Sequelae & Complications

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—Encephalon | ^ζ 02:25:12, 2005-08-17 (UTC)

Pneumonia

I have had a go at the pneumonia investigation section (see entry in talk page) as this was very much written from a medical textbook/hospital approach, whereas most cases are treated in the community. Hence most cases (in UK) get no investigations, sputum culture often done, Xray less frequently and the rest rarely. The original was shorter, but not what a patient (ie wikipedia viewer) might typical expect. Please do have a look at my edit and change if structure/english needs improving, I really wont mind :-) David Ruben 19:57, 17 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there Dr. Ruben, thank you for your note. I think the contributions on Pneumonia from all medical editors have been very commendable, and the article has improved as a result. Your edits in particular are often from a valuable patient-centric viewpoint, and I like them. Unfortunately for me, however, I've just found that I cannot make edits; apparently a random troll passing by WP earlier registered for a username with an offensive phrase, and an admin has blocked a range of IPs to prevent the name being used. Apparently I've been caught in the cross-fire, so to speak. I've written him to enquire as to what I'm to do, but I'm not sure what the outcome of this is going to be. I can only write on my own user page for the time being. Rgds,—Encephalon | ^ζ 20:48:48, 2005-08-17 (UTC)

That was pretty quick. I have just been able to edit the sandbox, so I guess the sysop has reversed the error. Now for pneumonia...—Encephalon | ^ζ 21:03:21, 2005-08-17 (UTC)

RC patrol

Did my first real one. Cryptoderk is good. Not having rollback is bad.—Encephalon | ^ζ 23:44:50, 2005-08-18 (UTC)

WikiProject Clinical medicine/Collaboration

The previous notices placed by individuals onto the 'WikiProject Clinical medicine' page's sections of articles in progress or for peer review all got moved into an archive (hardly makes them current notices). The MCOTW discussion page has discussd having a list of pages at an inbetween stage of development, namely where others are sought, if having a specific interest, to help with a topic. I decided to be bold and create the subpage Wikipedia:WikiProject Clinical medicine/Collaboration. Please comment, praise or criticise at will :-) David Ruben 01:09, 19 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Very good work indeed, David. Will comment more on MCOTW Talk.—Encephalon | ^ζ 15:39:07, 2005-08-19 (UTC)

Adminship

Thank you very much. I have only been here since feb, and have not done any really large articels by myself. And I've been involved ins a bit of contention -- first with netholioc over spoiler templates, then over the CSD proposal votes, and the CSD templates. Anyway, no one has nominated me yet. If someone does, great. DES ^(talk) 00:49, 20 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Again thank you. I am fairly proud of my contributions to Prior reatraint. At first all my edits were substantive. lately it seems they have mostly been a mix of meta-discussion (TfD, VfD, CfD, Stub-cats) and cleanup (stubsorting and newpage patrol, mostly). I have a half-written re-working of Censorship in the United States which is badly needed, and a couple of other things sitting half-done offline. I'm also rahter proud of my merge of 21 separate articles into Aubrey-Maturin series.

Well I'm not going to self-nom for admin any time soon -- if soemone else feels as you do, I'l be honored. DES ^(talk) 01:58, 20 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Help

Heh—actually, I did miss your comment the first time around; for some reason I'm not always getting the orange box these days. And yeah, I've been so busy at the hospital that I can't accomplish nearly what I want to on Wikipedia. Gonna try to put some good work in tomorrow in between studying and other errands. It's gotten really tough to find enough time to write articles, and I've pretty much dropped out of policy discussions and most of the administrator stuff I used to like RC patrol and helping with deletions and such. Hope I'll manage to find more time soon... — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:02, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

Don't worry about it. It's a testimony to your work ethic that you're logging on to WP at all during a medical internship! Best wishes—Encephalon | ^ζ 05:46:34, 2005-08-20 (UTC)

Well, I think that as a doctor, one of my primary fucntions should be to serve as an educator, so here I am! I suspect that many in medical fields feel similarly, one reason why our little WP:MCOTW is doing so well despite the incredible time demands students and professionals in health care face. — Knowledge Seeker দ 05:29, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

Re:Sheepish sneaks in

The recreation of Sheepish Productions was a word for word match of the previously deleted article. It has been speedied, and I have added the page to my watch list in case it comes back again. --Allen3 ^talk 09:51, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

Excellent.—Encephalon | ^ζ 10:22:06, 2005-08-20 (UTC)

As it keeps coming back, I have taken things to the next level. The article is currently protected with the {{{deletedpage}}} template on it. --Allen3 ^talk 13:05, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

Re : F*** Hole

Hi Encephalon,

The page has been speedied by someone else :

04:32, 21 August 2005 Zscout370 deleted "Fuck Hole" (attack page)

I'll be closing the VFD as well. No worries. :)

Cheers, Mailer Diablo 05:19, 21 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

On friends

Some people have all the interesting ones.—Encephalon | ^ζ 19:35:13, 2005-08-21 (UTC)

The Branin close

See my talk page. Redwolf24 (Talk) 01:55, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW

It (your comment on VfU) was worth a lot to me. Thanks for the kind words. Best, Lucky 6.9 03:21, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Pleasure. Regards—Encephalon | ^ζ 03:54:29, 2005-08-22 (UTC)

WikiBreak

Yeah I was pissed when I typed up that goodbye note but then I realized... My friends outnumber my vandals :) I'm not really sure what your message in particular meant but I'll assume it was a 'you're being stupid for trying to quit' which is an appreciated message ;) Redwolf24 23:25, 23 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hey. Glad to see there was no permanent damage, RW24. The above is not what I meant by my post, however — I'd never call someone stupid (for that anyway); I meant that the actions of the editor in question were too insignificant to merit the loss of an admin like you, and that you really should reconsider. Am glad you have.—Encephalon | ^ζ 23:37:52, 2005-08-23 (UTC)

The System

I do not think the system is flawed fatally, but it is cruel. Wikipedia prevails while users are burnt out, heroic ones and barbarian ones alike.—User:Dbachmann, recently.

Rheumatoid arthritis on WP:MCOTW

Hi! You showed support for Rheumatoid arthritis, this week's Medicine Collaboration of the Week. You are invited to help improve it! — Knowledge Seeker দ 07:33, August 24, 2005 (UTC)

HappyCamper's RFA - thanks for your support!

Hi Encephalon! Thanks for your support on my recent RFA! I'm now an administrator, and I wanted to thank you for kind words and confidence in me. If you ever need a helping hand, feel free to leave me a message and I'll try my best to help out! Thanks again, and I'll see you around the Wiki! --HappyCamper 12:11, 25 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't mention it, Happy. Pleasure. Kind regards.—Encephalon | ^ζ 20:22:46, 2005-08-25 (UTC)

Thanks for the support

Thank you very much for your vote of support at my request for adminship. Of all the compliments I received, I think I liked yours most. ;) Coffee 14:46, 25 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Why, thanks. Seriously, it was how I felt — both you and Happy are obvious candidates, and in your case we should have made you one long ago. Our consolation is that at least 1. Happy didn't have to wait that long, and 2. you are now an admin! Best—Encephalon | ^ζ 20:27:45, 2005-08-25 (UTC)

Scimitar's RfA

Thanks for supporting my adminship attempt. If, for whatever reason, my edits seem to indicate I've lapsed into either stupidity or insanity, make usre to tell me ;). Thanks again.--Scimitar ^parley 14:59, 26 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Airports

Thanks for catching that one! Trollderella 08:05, 29 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No problem.—Encephalon | ^ζ 08:10:09, 2005-08-29 (UTC)

I am not willy on wheels

I only came here today to apologize for my willy on wheels like vandalism. Krik 13:29, 29 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Krik. Thank you for your response. I'm certainly not at all as familiar with the history of the WoW vandalism as some of the older Users, and only learned of the phenomenon after the recent WoW vandalism on WP. I wanted to see you confirm that you are not WoW as there has been some speculation to the contrary [1], [2]. The WoW phenomenon is pretty awful, as I think that page shows, and I'd support the banning of all accounts related to it. As the matter stands, User:Krik has just redirected his page to the User:Norman Rogers page, which claims the identity of both User:Norm and User:Krik. The only one out of the loop is User:Norm, but that page is protected. Well, thank you for your comments, Norman. I wish all the best in making good contributions to WP.—Encephalon | ^ζ 13:52:35, 2005-08-29 (UTC)

Wittgenstein

Hi Encephalon, message for you at Talk:Ludwig_Wittgenstein#Not_Jewish. Cheers, SlimVirgin ^(talk) 21:12, August 30, 2005 (UTC)

Biochemistry on MCOTW

Hi! You showed support for Biochemistry, this week's Medicine Collaboration of the Week. You are invited to help improve it! — Knowledge Seeker দ 07:07, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Martian Sun

—Encephalon | ^ζ 13:45:49, 2005-08-31 (UTC)

WP:CSD

Hi Encephalon. CSD G4 states an article can be speedily deleted if it's a "substantially identical copy, by any title, of a page that was deleted according to the deletion policy" (my emphasis). Therefore, Cam Wilson can be speedied, as it's a recreation of the deleted article Cameron Wilson. Hope that helps. Proto t c 10:42, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You are quite correct, Proto; what I was referring to, however, is the sentence that follows: This does not apply to content in userspace, content that was speedily deleted, or to content undeleted according to undeletion policy. (emphasis mine). I do believe Cam Wilson was speedied, as I noted on the AfD page, thus making a re-speedy a doubtful proposition. You are quite right that, aside from this objection, a recreation of Cam Wilson at Cameron Wilson will not make a difference.—Encephalon | ^ζ 10:51:43, 2005-09-01 (UTC)

Argh, to clarify - speedy deletion is a part of the deletion policy as a whole. So, if an article has been speedily deleted, any recreation (if substantially similar) can then be speedied. Proto t c 10:50, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure about your second comment, Proto; however, the link has turned red. I'm off to see what happened. Regards—Encephalon | ^ζ 10:54:37, 2005-09-01 (UTC) Sorry. That was the first version. The second is still up.—Encephalon | ^ζ 10:56:14, 2005-09-01 (UTC)

Good god, you're right. I didn't realise an article that had been speedied couldn't be re-speedied under CSD G4. I should really read further ahead. However, it can be speedied under A7 (the blessed vanity clause). Proto t c 11:06, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

LOL. I certainly share your enthusiasm for keeping WP a solid encyclopedia we can all be proud of; however, you will find that CSD A7 will not work in this case either, Proto. Two reasons: 1. Speedy deletion that is specifically contravened under one provision cannot be performed because it happens not be contravened under another. 2. There are editors who will argue that A7 does not apply anyway, because Mr. Wilson does indeed assert notability, which is all that is needed for A7 to not apply (it does not need to be substantiated, merely asserted). The way A7 is interpreted on WP, "Jim Morgagni is a chess player" qualifies; "Jim Morgagni is a fabulously notable chess player" doesn't — it has to be taken to AfD. Kind regards—Encephalon | ^ζ 11:13:41, 2005-09-01 (UTC)

Darn it. VfD it is, then. Or is it AfD? Bah. Thanks dude.Proto t c 11:22, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've created a subsection topic at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion#Double_jeapordy_for_speedies. Thanks,
brenneman ^(t)^(c) 14:08, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

VfD vs. AfD

You seem like you kow your chops, so I figured I'd ask you something I was wondering about: what is the difference between VfD and AfD? They seem like they're used interchangably, and I can't figure out the difference. Thanks in advance. Yours, --Blackcap | talk 20:00, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

Hi Blackcap. AfD is VfD. Articles for Deletion is what we're now calling perhaps the most contentious project page on WP. The change occured recently, you can follow the discussion here; and right here, you may witness its smooth transition. :)—Encephalon | ^ζ 20:11:01, 2005-09-01 (UTC)

Thanks, Encephalon. Those links are very helpful. All the best, --Blackcap | talk 23:10, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

I made it up

No, I didn't. It's from Harrison's. See Talk:Asthma for more. Thanks for picking that up. — Knowledge Seeker দ 22:25, September 1, 2005 (UTC) LOL.—Encephalon | ^ζ 07:08:01, 2005-09-02 (UTC)

Compliments

Hello, again. I just wanted to know that even though I haven't known you for very long, it's a pleasure to work with you. You seem to be a very friendly, caring individual, and I very much appreciate that. Even your user page is like that: it has two beautiful pictures on it and the name and typeface are reminicent of something angelic. It's not often that I feel like that and even less that I feel like saying something about it, but I wanted to tell you. All the best, and take care. --Blackcap | talk 06:07, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

Why thank you, Throatwobbler Mangrove :). You're too kind. I have to say I've been described in many ways, but usually it's more along the lines of "Oh wow! What a macho, hot annual vegetation god imported into Greek mythology! I wanna do him!" This is often accompanied by the usual autonomic excesses. Seriously though, I try to be helpful when I can (we all do try I think). Thanks for thinking the User page was nice, too. Wanted it simple; I like the quote the best. Your page by the way is excellent — I've bookmarked it for the excellent links you've put up under "logical bent"! Cool article. Let me know if there's anything you need that I may help with, and best wishes!—Encephalon | ^ζ 07:08:01, 2005-09-02 (UTC)

asthma

Thanks, Encephalon—I hope it's promoted to FA status. Tony 06:31, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It better be. :) —Encephalon | ^ζ 07:08:01, 2005-09-02 (UTC)

It was a pleasure to work on; thanks! Tony 09:23, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Townsville Primary School/Temp

I can kinda see where you're going with Fordson high school on WP:RS--some of the material in the article isn't verified and should probably be kept on hold until it can be properly verified. But what part of the Townsville article is based on unreliable sources? --Tony Sidaway ^Talk 17:38, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Tony. That's a good question— and I thank you for asking it here rather than on the AfD page, where the strong feelings of some could make for unpleasantness rather quickly. Mainly, it's not so much the unreliability of the sources, but what the sources say. I'll post a more detailed comment here shortly— could you give me a few minutes? Something's come up. Rgds—encephalon | ^ζ 18:02:15, 2005-09-02 (UTC)

So, yes. What we have here is a nice note about a Singaporean school. It tells us that the school grounds were the venue of an event called Excel Day, organized by the local ministry of education. In the course of that day, a few government officials (some themselves important) gave speeches. It then tells us that the school has science classes; this fact found its way into a local newspaper. There's a one-line description in the newspaper of the class' show-and-tell.

I am being asked, on AfD, whether this article is suitable for an encyclopedia.

We all seem to answer this question with slightly different ways. For my part, I've tried to understand fundamentally how WP is "supposed" to admit articles, and I believe the important principles are WP:V, WP:N, WP:RS and related policies. The idea of verifiability is fundamental.

On WP, verifiability is used as a test of "notability," or "sufficiency" to gain admittance to the encyclopedia. Firstly , something whose very existence is unverifiable is automatically excluded from WP. We do not keep articles on Vulcans from Mars who holiday at Martha's Vineyard and vote Republican. However, verifying existence alone is not enough. If it were, there would be little need for AfD aside from deleting spam, as reasonable evidence of the existence of almost everything that actually exists is not hard to come by these days.

No, we like also having some evidence of what is often called "notability." By precedent, and the pronouncements of the Powers That Be on the issue of WP:V, we seem to use "verifiability" as the measure of that. How much primary and secondary source material is available on the subject? Are they reputable? How many different studies have been done on it? Books or theses written? News reports? Archival material? What material is available that has the subject of the article as its focus, so that you may use it to research and write about that subject? Given that WP is an encyclopedia, and an encyclopedia where original research is forbidden, the existence and quality of source material is crucial. A close reading of the policies will reveal, Tony, that what determines whether an article deserves encyclopedic treatment in WP essentially reduces to the nature and quality of the sources (per WP:V and WP:RS). For the sources are all that we really have, that we may write.

When addressing the issue of this particular school, I guess we face the same questions. Do we have sources that tell us about its history? How was it built, and what is the community where it was built like? What role has it played in the community? Has it had a notable economic role? A sociopolitical one? Did it play some notable part in history? Does it have a rich, centuries old past? Is the building itself notable, perhaps, architecturally? What primary and secondary research and reports focused on the school itself are available? These are WP:V and WP:RS questions, and in trying to answer them vis-a-vis this school, I couldn't find much that was encouraging.

There's a report that a one-day school event was held on the grounds, and their PM spoke there. You're right that this is reliable as it goes, but it's entirely peripheral as a source about the school. In fact the source provided [3] is a tiny 4 paragraph note about the event in which the school is mentioned solely because its grounds were used as a venue. It was not about the school itself. That is to say, it is a poor source about the school: it's sole value is as an item that lends credence to the existence of such a school. Even the one bit of trivia we learn from it is not notable; Singapore is a tiny island state with 4 million people, with a tiny number of schools, and it will not be unusual for these buildings to be periodic venues for events when education officials troop into town.

Ditto the source about a science class in which children show-and-tell. A school having show-and-tell is about as notable as a car having tires. Further, I'm not certain of the reliability of the source— it's not the Times itself, but some website/forum that seems to have Times news cuttings on it.

I do not want to give you the impression that I'm some sort of anti-school POV warrior, Tony. Quite the contrary: if there was a good article on a school on AfD, I'd fight for it to be kept too. It's simply that I honestly believe that most current school articles on AfD are in contravention of some fundamental WP policies. So I just vote according to what I think, but I've no hard feelings about the issue and am not inherently opposed to it. I recall Sjakkale recently saying he was writing an article about his school(refactored from Bergen Katedralskole)— and it's 852 years old. Now there's a subject that hints at great encyclopedic possibilities. I'd love to see it— and more like it. Best wishes—encephalon | ^ζ 21:56:23, 2005-09-02 (UTC)

Template:EntScholae Bergensis Cathedralis in Bergen, Norway.—encephalon έγκέφαλος 06:23:44, 2005-09-07 (UTC)

Thanks for your support!

Dear Encephalon, thanks for your vote of confidance at my RfA. I'll try hard to make the soggy mop proud! — Asbestos | Talk (RFC) 19:22, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No problem at all. I'm sure you mop well.—encephalon | ^ζ 21:58:53, 2005-09-02 (UTC)

Featured!

Asthma and cerebellum are. [4]

Greatly pleased am I. Yet go, shortly, I must.—encephalon | ^ζ 15:28:20, 2005-09-03 (UTC)

Thanks for the Encephalon Cross. I did little to deserve it. Your sense of initiative and collaborative spirit is fantastic. Any further plans? JFW | T@lk 11:31, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, JFW. As regards the little award, even aside from your asthma contributions, I think if each of us gave you a barnstar a week it simply wouldn't be enough. The work you have done for WP medicine just boggles the mind. I'm slowing down a bit in the coming weeks, and will be completely away for a short period, but I'll still be editing and participating in MCOTW when I can. Best—encephalon | ^ζ 12:29:09, 2005-09-04 (UTC)

I'm very pleased I can still boggle minds :-). JFW | T@lk 13:42, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

LOL.—encephalon | ^ζ 09:45:32, 2005-09-05 (UTC)

I, too, thank you for bestowing upon me the Encephalon Cross. In all honesty, though, I probably did the least work on Asthma of all of us, so I can't say that I'm all that deserving. That doesn't mean I don't appreciate having the award, though! — Knowledge Seeker দ 03:39, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

My pleasure, KS; your mature leadership of the MCOTW is such that you're not allowed to say anything about not deserving barnstars n' medals n' things. I won't have it. :)—encephalon | ^ζ 09:45:32, 2005-09-05 (UTC)

Euphausia superba: the eyes have it

Electron micrograph of the compound eye of **Euphausia superba**, the Antarctic krill.

Thank you

I am glad to know that you think I am neither stupid nor insane. And I was thrilled to read all the other good things you said about me. Thank you so much! Rl 11:33, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Don't mention it RI. Good luck for the next time! —encephalon | ^ζ 13:15:29, 2005-09-04 (UTC)

Why Mister Encephalon

How you do go on, sir! :) Thanks, I think. :) It's just very frustrating with people like Tony Sidaway doing everything in their power to make it difficult to create a decent encyclopedia. Zoe 06:34, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

Don't I :)? My view of what's been happening re: Tony is a bit more complicated, Zoe. I think he's a good fellow, talented at what he does, has strong views (sometimes intemperately expressed) on certain policy issues that are at odds with views held by many other equally fine contributors. A significant source of the dispute is simply that both views are compatible with how the policies are written, especially in regards the post-VfD review process, which is currently very ambiguous. I'm hoping the mediation process leads to an amicable solution.—encephalon | ^ζ

Kepler's supernova

I stole your style

I hope you don't mind but I saw your page and stole the header. If you have a problem with this I will be happy to revert or give you credit. Your pages are very pleasing to the eye. Good job David D. (Talk) 23:57, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Go ahead, David. All text written on WP is GFDL— you don't have to ask permission to use it on WP because it doesn't belong to me. As for crediting, that's always a nice gesture, but I'm not sure how you'd do it in this case because I didn't create that from scratch, but modified it from an earlier version I found lying around somewhere— there are several versions of it around WP. So don't worry about it. Finally, dude, you could never steal my style: you can imitate it, but I'd still have tons of it. ;) (God I can be such a corny bastard).—encephalon έγκέφαλος 05:09:50, 2005-09-06 (UTC)

Thanks for sharing the wealth. You're right, how could I ever steal all your style. But tons left ? ;) You make your style sound like luggage. Please leave it lying around all over wikipedia. David D. (Talk) 14:58, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

LOL. Thanks David.—encephalon έγκέφαλος 19:50:21, 2005-09-06 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Encephalon:
Thanks for support and your confidence in me in my recent RFB nomination. I'm now WP's newest bureaucrat. :) Regards, User:Nichalp/sg 20:22, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

No problem. You've done some fantastic work in the mainspace, and I didn't see any reason for concern in regard to your admin activity. Keep up the swell work, and good luck!—encephalon έγκέφαλος 03:55:12, 2005-09-07 (UTC)

CSD G4 text

No problem. Glad to have a change to give my 2 cents. Thanks for all your hard work on the proposal. Nandesuka 03:57, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Harry Potter trolling

I voted keep because it is an encyclopedic topic about a widespread internet phenomenon. Harry Potter trolling is even more prevalent than Slashdot trolling phenomena, which only takes place on one website. I even saw a reference to the Harry Potter troll on a syndicated sketch comedy program. The AfD on this article is taking deletionism way too far. --Ryan Delaney ^talk 08:36, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Ryan. I understand the sentiment. I voted delete myself because the reference base for the article seems to me to be original research, of a kind. A possible exception to this is the Encyclopedia Dramatica reference, although I'm hard-pressed to view that as substantial. Thanks.—encephalon έγκέφαλος 09:09:13, 2005-09-07 (UTC)

consciousness

I see that you have made some edits to the article on consciousness without any explanations about the reasons. I would appreciate some clarification. Thanks. --Janice Rowe

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