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Wiki syndrome

I'll be sending this for deletion for obvious reasons. Sorry...—Gaff ταλκ 04:02, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Some admin already deleted it. Your point is already described in the WP Manual of Style. In any case, please refrain from writing original research and silliness in the article main space. Better to check out WP department of fun.—Gaff ταλκ 04:08, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The point of the World Wide Web is that pages have hypertextual links which allow people to easily find more content about a certain topic which is linked. To remove those links is defeating the entire purpose, and we might as well stick to writing paper encyclopedias if we were to do that. I reverted your edits to FLCL and will do the same at any other article I find you ruining in such a matter. Have a nice day! Garrett Albright 17:33, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Date format

Did you know that wikifying dates like January 1, 2004 makes the automatic date reformatter preference works? Whether you consider that a compelling point or not is up to you, but it is one. Morwen - Talk

Doesn't seem to work for me? All I get are two separate links to January 1 and 2004, both of which are useless. LOTS of things happened in 2004, and lots of irrelevant things happened on January 1st throughout the centuries. Besides, the majority of the users of Wikipedia aren't even logged in, so they can't have preferences set ... what's the point of those links to them then? They're not useful. --Cyde 16:41, 11 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Works for me. Try fiddling with your settings and refresh a bit more. The MoS saying "full date links" does indeed refer to the things you removed, and not to links to articles about particular days. For example, if I change my date setting to "YYYY-MM-DD", then a bit that reads in wikitext as "[[May 20]], [[2002]]", does really display as if it was "[[2002]]-[[May 20|05-20]]". Morwen - Talk 16:52, 11 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, and for example, "June 28, 1639", does get displayed exactly like that, even with the date preferences, the parser makes no attempt to reformat that. Morwen - Talk 16:55, 11 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
So what is the consensus on which dates/years should stay and which should go? It seems to me as if the Wikipedia Manual of Style is saying that only full dates (day, month and year) all in the same Wiki link belong, i.e. your "June 28, 1639" example. Otherwise there's no point to just linking a year or just a month and a day. --Cyde 17:40, 11 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Full dates mean "[[May 20]], [[2002]]", not what you are thinking it means. This has always been the usual practice for as long as I've been here, and I've been here over two years now. Morwen - Talk 18:31, 11 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oh okay thanks for telling me, I won't go messing around with date anymore then. --Cyde 21:12, 11 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ed

thanks for the note on my page - Ed is now on Wiki-vacation, and we are all hoping he comes back a little less tense. KillerChihuahua 00:58, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm less tense now. So relaxed in fact that I'm simply going to request that you avoid using the term doofus to describe or address other contributors. Uncle Ed 22:10, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Brainless cretinist trolls

Hi mate,

Please do not feed the brainless cretinist trolls. This is not t.o. Ignore them and they will go away (hopefully). You won't make them see sense, they're far too gone for that. — Dunc|☺ 22:07, 3 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

About Pocket Monsters in NetHack

I'm a newbie to the game myself, but the one time thus far that I was afflicted with Hallucinating status, a monster was temporarily identified as "nyaasu", which is the Japanese name for the Pokémon Meowth (the romanization has several variations, including "Nyarth"). The name is based on "nyaa", which is the Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound a cat makes (analogous to "meow", hence the English name). As far as I can tell, it's not a coincidence, though I doubt that there is such a creature actually in the game; it's just a name kept in the database for the purpose of making hallucinations suitably bizarre (much akin to the ancient text adventure "The Quest For The Sangraal", in which you could be driven mad and have various random bits of gibberish displayed in place of proper room and inventory descriptions).

I also got a kick out of seeing a floating eye identified as a "microscopic space fleet", but after treating myself to various spoiler lists out of frustration, I see now it's hardly the only reference...

Can't believe I forgot Totoro in there. Oh, and "rat-ant" is a reference to the Zork/Enchanter series, in case you didn't know.--Tenka Muteki 02:52, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I removed "quantum mechanic" from the list after I learned it was a regular enemy. Yeah, I was playing unspoiled, then I got frustrated and started digging up info...still can't get past level 8 without YASD'ing. XD--Tenka Muteki 19:59, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Abortion: Fetal Pain response

This all seems irrelevant to me ... can a fetus feel pain? We're not sure. Can abortions be done in a manner such that pain is minimized? Yes. You can easily administer anesthetics in massive doses to the fetus (doesn't matter becuase the fetus is going to die anyway). And that way you guarantee it will be feeling no pain. --Cyde 08:28, 3 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Cyde-in many countries where abortion is federally/state funded, the question of whether or not to use aneasthetic comes down to dollars and cents; so of course one asks if it's necessary. And, it is definitely no secret, that the study of fetal pain and sensory perception relates to the study of fetal personhood and their subsequent rights.
Interestingly enough, in Roe vs. Wade, when one of Roe's lawyers stated that the matter of fetal personhood doesn't matter, because of the rights of the mother, one of the judges asked if the lawyer realized that this meant that a mother who felt a living child was detrimental to her health could kill her; the lawyer responded in the affirmative, but was cut off by another judge before she could finish her response. She declined to elaborate on her response upon further questioning. But the point remains - the study of fetal personhood is important to many, and if it is determined the fetus is a person with rights, then it would dramatically effect the status of abortions, as the reasoning of the judge is sound, and the lawyer's response would most likely fall apart in court. And thus many are interested in, and follow, research in this regard.DonaNobisPacem 07:17, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

re: Welcoming

Replied here. Blackcap (talk) 07:24, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Replied here. Blackcap (talk) 07:34, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Replied here, again. O.K., no worries, I was going to stop now anyways. Blackcap (talk) 07:45, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Evolution

I added two sentences -- one which vaguely mentions the theory has had social and religious controversies, and another which made more clear what the religious controversy was (in its own section). I don't think that's much of an upgrade. The scientific aspects of evolution should take center stage, I agree. But there is no harm in mentioning that people have been disturbed by the theory, and linking appropriately. In looking over the article, I did think that the religious objections had been a little understated. Which is not to imply that we should go into detail on them on that page, but naming that they exist is not a problem to me. --Fastfission 16:48, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

FF's cool and knows a lot about the history of biology, history of physics and eugenics. Listen to what he has to say even if you don't agree with its nuances. Let's remember whose side we're on; the NPOV one, right? — Dunc|☺ 22:43, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mushishi

I was surprised to even find an entry for Mushishi, but yes, I am watching it. Fascinating stuff. And yeah, little grammar fix. No big. Maybe will add episode synopses when I have more time.

Your signature

I just wanted to let you know that your signature looks really messed up in Internet Explorer. It chops off everything halfway through the "r" in "contribs". If you can figure out how to fix it, let me know, because I would like to do something similar. — BRIAN0918 • 2005-12-12 02:06

Deleterious -> Mutation?

Before you made a redirect form it, the article Deleterious has just been deleted as the result of a discussion in WP:AFD. I don't think Deleterious should redirect to Mutation, the connection is too weak. Afterall, beneficial doesn't redirect there... Jamie 07:41, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I'll give you that deleterious seems to be used primarily in the biological sciences. But not only in genetics. I knew the word as "harmful to your health" in the sense of, for example, alcohol or tobacco. And it does show up in that context on Google: About Tobacco and Its Deleterious Effects (1909), by Charles E. Slocum, MD. Jamie 01:57, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hrmmm, it sounds to me that it should be made into a disambig page. I'll start working on it. --Cyde Weys talkcontribs 02:01, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Kate Winslet

Please do not keep undoing other people's edits without discussing them first. This is considered impolite and unproductive. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia under the three-revert rule, which states that nobody may revert an article to a previous version more than three times in 24 hours. (Note: this also means editing the page to reinsert an old edit. If the effect of your actions is to revert back, it qualifies as a revert.) Thank you. Please read the article's talk page about the Kate Winslet article's main image. I've changed the main image accordingly. --LBMixPro<Speak|on|it!> 03:49, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

With your comment in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Why Did the Chicken...?, you've earned yourself a barnstar. People started looking at me when I laughed at your comment. Thanks for improving the atmosphere around here. - Mgm|(talk) 10:59, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

So, should I like start up an awards page or something? Or is that overly optimistic at this point? --Cyde Weys talkcontribs 15:54, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • If the award I gave is the only one, it's probably overly optimistic. I do recommend you put them on your userpage for posterity like I do. That way they can easily be seen even if you end up having to archive your talk page. - Mgm|(talk) 12:34, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nope, it's not just an admin thing. Anyone who knows how to post images can hand out awards. It makes people feel good and provides a creative atmosphere. I do recommend you be a little selective with the reasons you think warrant a barnstar, so you don't spend more time giving barnstars than editing yourself, but otherwise, go right ahead and give some. :) - Mgm|(talk) 13:05, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • BTW, I resized the image on your award page to avoid it going all blocky. Hope you don't mind. - Mgm|(talk) 13:06, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nah, I don't mind at all, I wish a lot more people would edit my user page, it's crap. I just don't feel like spending time on it because I'd rather spend my time editing the articles in the main namespace. I also awarded a barnstar just now -- wooohooo -- but he definitely deserved it. I think I'm going to make up my own Barnstar while I'm at it. Eventually. --Cyde Weys talkcontribs 13:10, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Beckjord

Re: your comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Erik Beckjord, his notariety is really based more on his interesting personality, and not so much on his "research" (cough, cough). I think it's really more of an entertainment-value issue. --DanielCD 16:40, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

194.154.22.37

This IP address has been registered to Tiffin Boys' School and is consequently used by many school children every day. --194.154.22.37 15:30, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well it sounds like you need to rein in your schoolchildren, several of them are vandalizing Wikipedia. I don't know how they found Wikipedia (or if you led them to it), but Wikipedia is not censored for the protection of minors. They could easily stumble on something inappropriate for their age, like penis or vulva. Between the vandalism and the mature content, I would suggest you have the children steer clear of Wikipedia. --Cyde Weys talkcontribs 16:21, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Reply to a comment of yours

Re: this - I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. Raul654 16:23, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Awards table

I took the liberty of modifying your awards table according to the "To do" list on that page. Hope you don't mind! —Slicing (talk) 00:26, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

AB edits

This is beyond the bounds of what's expected. -MegamanZero |transerver 08:23, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well, its bad in that's not the kind of comments you should be making in situations such as that, and its good in that I found it quite humorous. :) -MegamanZero |transerver 09:44, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I don't quite understand what you mean, but I'll agree with you anyway. :) -MegamanZero |transerver 09:47, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Beckjord

to learn more, go to http://www.google.com

and type in Jon-Erik Beckjord and also Erik Beckjord.


Note UFOMIND site will trash me, but this is one guy who never met me, and 16 people

are suing him for libel.

Oppose wiki police.

beckjordBeckjord 08:47, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Your edits to User:Aranda56...

...have been BJAODN'd. — FREAK OF NURxTURE (TALK) 16:59, Dec. 15, 2005

Please stop. If you continue to not vandalize pages, you will be forced to edit Wikipedia. David D. (Talk) 17:03, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

......... --Cyde Weys talkcontribs 17:09, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hey dude -- just to note, you aren't the first to play around with vandalism counts on user pages (see User:Andrew_pmk) novacatz 07:42, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oh vey

Would you consider the redirect I suggested (after you edited) on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oy vey -- Jmabel | Talk 03:51, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

how...?

Hi. Sorry toi bug you, but if you time to answer...How do you get your user name to be in bold and have those little (talk) and (contribs) links? Thanks Herostratus 08:36, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have asked permission to run a bot to reduce links to solitary years etc. Could you say a word in support at: Wikipedia_talk:Bots#Bot_permission_please.3F? Thanks. Bobblewik 15:51, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Evolution Topic

Yes, I have read that section of Wikipedia. I do not believe that by stating that Evolution is a theory that is tought widely in public schools, while Biblical teachings are restricted to private schools is a personal biast. That is fact. Why should the theory of evolution be to tought to American kids as if it were fact? And why are no other theories and beliefs represtend in the public school?

All I have stated so far is fact.

You, however, have misrepresented Creationist multiple times throughout your article, and given so-called "facts" that are not backed up in any way. You say something is so and act as if it should be.

However, I will not attempt to edit this article anymore, as it appears you are bent on being in full control of what people read on this site.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Squeakytoad (talk • contribs)

First of all, please sign your posts. You can do so by typing in four tildes like so: ~~~~. As to your objections...

First, evolution is both fact and theory. And yes, evolution is taught widely in public schools, for much the same reason that physics and chemistry are taught in public schools: they are all scientific truths. But this article is mainly about how biological evolution works, not necessarily how well it is received by the American public, and your comment was added into an inappropriate section that dealt specifically with the scientific aspects of evolution.

Also, Biblical teachings are not taught in science class. Want to know why? This little thing called separation of church and state makes it illegal. You might want to look into it, it's older than 200 years now. And while there are hundreds of various mythologies and whacko hypotheses people have regarding where the variety of life came from, none of them even come close to matching evolution in support.

For further discussion I would highly suggest we move this to the Usenet newsgroup talk.origins, which you can access from Google Groups. You'll need to setup a free Google account (or just use your gmail account if you already have one). Then, just post a message to the group with "Cyde Weys" in the subject and I'll get to it rather quickly. See you there! --Cyde Weys talkcontribs 19:40, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

White phosphorus in current events discussion

I see PHOSPHOROUS CHEMICAL, not white phosphorus mentioned in that paper. Once again, you clearly show your bias as there was no mention of the conventional weapon (white phosphorus) in that report. Before accusing anyone of anything, I advise to to read your sources more carefully. In addition I refer you to this source [1] which states

"White phosphorus is not banned by any treaty to which the United States is a signatory. Smokes and obscurants comprise a category of materials that are not used militarily as direct chemical agents. The United States retains its ability to employ incendiaries to hold high-priority military targets at risk in a manner consistent with the principle of proportionality that governs the use of all weapons under existing law. The use of white phosphorus or fuel air explosives are not prohibited or restricted by Protocol II of the Certain Conventional Weapons Convention (CCWC), the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects. " 205.188.117.65 19:43, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Are you blind? Directly from the linked page: 

PRESIDENT SADDAM ((HUSSEIN)) MAY HAVE POSSIBLY USED WHITE
PHOSPHOROUS (WP) CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST KURDISH REBELS AND THE
POPULACE IN ERBIL (GEOCOORD:3412N/04401E) (VICINITY OF IRANIAN
BORDER) AND DOHUK (GEOCOORD:3652N/04301E) (VICINITY OF IRAQI
BORDER) PROVINCES, IRAQ. THE WP CHEMICAL WAS DELIVERED BY
ARTILLERY ROUNDS AND HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS (NO FURTHER INFORMATION 
AT THIS TIME).

I'm reverting the change you made to the article. Also, in the future, please make a link to the article you're talking about, like so: White phosphorus (weapon). Thanks. --Cyde Weys talkcontribs 19:46, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Un-birthday!

Have a great day ;) -- sannse (talk) 20:04, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

Don't cry! Cheer up! *hip hip hooray* :-) Spum 20:05, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Dates

I don't care one way or the other, but maintaining spelling, date and BCE/BC/CE/AD conventions are a delicate balance. There are people who feel strongly about the styles, and people out to change all them wherever they occur. I believe that enforcing the policy as it stands makes it harder to edit-war over these things. That's all. Guettarda 02:35, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Religious jabs on abortion page

Yes, because now you're really going to get sympathy with your BS Christian persecution complex. "They're attacking Christmas! Save me Jeebus!" I know I'm not being constructive but neither are you. None of this has anything to do with abortion.

Cyde - Wikipedia is not the place to make religious jabs, such as "Save me Jeebus." If you realize you're not being constructive, then don't add the comment. It does not help reach consensus by trying to humiliate a potential contributor.DonaNobisPacem 06:48, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Other religious holidays occuring near Christmas

Since you changed it to "other holidays", Kwanzaa is appropriate there. Under the previous title, it did not fit.Ramsquire 21:47, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • I'm just saying whoever it is should've changed the title rather than removing Kwanzaa. Despite Kwanzaa not being such a big holiday in terms of who celebrates it, it is taught to most school children as a counter balance to Christmas and Hanukkah. --Cyde Weys vote!talk 21:56, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I guess I could have. It works either way. I just didn't think of it. Anywhoo, merry festivus for the rest of us. Ramsquire 23:19, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas

I would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year. Guettarda 05:09, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar Barnstar

hahaha... thanks for your Barnstar Barnstar... I'll proudly display it on my user page. --Deathphoenix 18:01, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks from me also, Cyde! That's very cute. :-) —Lifeisunfair 18:10, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

Hi, Cyde! I noticed you added the Barnstar Barnstar to Wikipedia:Barnstars on Wikipedia. Please make proposals for new awards at Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals first, where it will be discussed and reviewed. If you don't wish for it to become an official Barnstar, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Personal user awards. :) I apologize for the inconvenience. Thanks! Sango123 (talk) 18:15, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!
Thanks!

Thank you. I've commented on the proposal at WP:BAP.
By the way, thanks for the Barnstar Barnstar! ;-) Sango123 (talk) 18:51, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar thanks

Hi, Cyde. Thank you so much for the Barnstar! I really appreciate it :) Redux 00:59, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Anon accusation

Thanks, Cyde. :) You may want to take a look at this: Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress/RU Severe. Regards, Sango123 (talk) 02:42, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You may also want to take a look at Sango123's past.
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