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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Angela. 22:59, Apr 6, 2004 (UTC)

Love your name. Can't wait to hear you perform. Deb 17:40, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)

If you're interested, 433 Eros has a data box that can be adapted for other asteroid articles. Rmhermen 20:01, Apr 12, 2004 (UTC)

Hi. By Wikipedia convention, pure-number pages are always dedicated to that particular year... so for instance 2880 can only refer to the year 2880 AD. For this reason you should avoid creating new pure-number pages as redirects to asteroid pages. Curps

Please put the number in bold with the name in each asteroid article - the entire thing is the name - 2060 Chiron, not Chiron. Rmhermen 20:34, Apr 29, 2004 (UTC)

Rmhermen, thanks for the note, but surely the whole point of giving asteroids names is so that one isn't constantly stumbling over unwieldy numbers? I think it should be rendered as 2060 Chiron in the title, but in the body of the article I think it's fair to drop the number and refer to the asteroid as one would to if one were discussing it in everyday speech. Don't you think?
The Singing Badger 21:36, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
In general the first mention (in the first few words) should be the full name, and subsequent mentions in the body can be abbreviated. So the 2060 Chiron article starts with the words "2060 Chiron"... and so on.
The number should always be given if it has one, as in 2060 Chiron or (2060) Chiron, and (35396) 1997 XF11 rather than just 1997 XF11. But if you mention the name repeatedly in the same article, it's OK to omit the number in subsequent mentions (just like you might omit the full first name and surname of a person you were mentioning several times).
Curps 22:49, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Ah, I see what you mean. That makes sense. Thanks again.

The Singing Badger 23:54, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Nganasan

Hey, thanks! Mark Richards 20:54, 21 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

No probs! :) The Singing Badger 20:57, 21 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]


prehistoric mammals

I reverted a few of your changes, and put Category:Proto-humans in Category:Prehistoric mammals. Now you'll get all the proto-humans in the list! - UtherSRG 19:39, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Sounds like a smart plan, thanks! :) The Singing Badger 19:42, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)

List of paterae on Io

Hi, I've noticed you've completed the list of paterae on Io. However at the bottom of the list it still says "(more to follow)" - can this now be removed? -- 62.189.228.3 15:38, Aug 3, 2004 (UTC)

Whoops! I'll remove it myself and trouble you not... The Singing Badger 15:57, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Hello, welcome to Wikipedia. Here's some tips:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Angela. 22:59, Apr 6, 2004 (UTC)

Love your name. Can't wait to hear you perform. Deb 17:40, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)

On Wisconsin

Couldn't help notice your moniker. Does it refer this variety of Badger?
On Wisconsin! On Wisconsin!
Stand up, Badgers, sing!
As a resident of Wisc. with two daughters who are Badgers, I was curious.
Or perhaps the variety from Old Japan, with a sake bottle and account book to record your drinks? Ancheta Wis 21:51, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)

If you're interested, 433 Eros has a data box that can be adapted for other asteroid articles. Rmhermen 20:01, Apr 12, 2004 (UTC)

Hi. By Wikipedia convention, pure-number pages are always dedicated to that particular year... so for instance 2880 can only refer to the year 2880 AD. For this reason you should avoid creating new pure-number pages as redirects to asteroid pages. Curps

Please put the number in bold with the name in each asteroid article - the entire thing is the name - 2060 Chiron, not Chiron. Rmhermen 20:34, Apr 29, 2004 (UTC)

Rmhermen, thanks for the note, but surely the whole point of giving asteroids names is so that one isn't constantly stumbling over unwieldy numbers? I think it should be rendered as 2060 Chiron in the title, but in the body of the article I think it's fair to drop the number and refer to the asteroid as one would to if one were discussing it in everyday speech. Don't you think?
The Singing Badger 21:36, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
In general the first mention (in the first few words) should be the full name, and subsequent mentions in the body can be abbreviated. So the 2060 Chiron article starts with the words "2060 Chiron"... and so on.
The number should always be given if it has one, as in 2060 Chiron or (2060) Chiron, and (35396) 1997 XF11 rather than just 1997 XF11. But if you mention the name repeatedly in the same article, it's OK to omit the number in subsequent mentions (just like you might omit the full first name and surname of a person you were mentioning several times).
Curps 22:49, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Ah, I see what you mean. That makes sense. Thanks again.

The Singing Badger 23:54, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Nganasan

Hey, thanks! Mark Richards 20:54, 21 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

No probs! :) The Singing Badger 20:57, 21 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]


prehistoric mammals

I reverted a few of your changes, and put Category:Proto-humans in Category:Prehistoric mammals. Now you'll get all the proto-humans in the list! - UtherSRG 19:39, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Sounds like a smart plan, thanks! :) The Singing Badger 19:42, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)

List of paterae on Io

Hi, I've noticed you've completed the list of paterae on Io. However at the bottom of the list it still says "(more to follow)" - can this now be removed? -- 62.189.228.3 15:38, Aug 3, 2004 (UTC)

Whoops! I'll remove it myself and trouble you not... The Singing Badger 15:57, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Asteroid club

I see you're puttering about with the asteroids too. If you'll look at the first 13 asteroids (and a smattering of others so far), I've established a navigation format (at the page's foot) and am using a template. I use an applet to browse through the AstOrb.dat and extract most of the template's parameters from AstOrb.dat; this leaves a few things to look up:

Would you like me to send you the applet? I'm trying to enlist you in the asteroid project, you see... <evil grin>

Urhixidur 22:39, 2004 Aug 20 (UTC)

Hey, sure ... but bear in mind that I'm not very technical (I don't even know what an applet is!) ... will that be a problem?! The Singing Badger 00:45, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
An applet is a small application. I wrote it using Delphi 8, to which I recently converted (from Delphi 5). D8 switched to the .NET framework, so distribution may be a tad problematic (you must first make sure .NET is installed on your machine, something you can do from Windows Update). I'm assuming you're working off of a Windows machine --is that correct? My e-address is already spam-compromised, so here it is: D.U.Thibault@Bigfoot.com
The applet should be real easy to use; if you think of interface improvements, I can incorporate those in a matter of minutes, typically.
Urhixidur 04:21, 2004 Aug 21 (UTC)
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