User talk:Cplot

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Noble Skuld the Legend Killer 23:14, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Zodiac

Thanks for your contributions to the Zodiac article and debate. Please dont forget to sign comments on the discussion page with 4 tilds thus ~~~~ Lumos3 20:30, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edit here was excellent. Have added some links to other articles. Lumos3 08:40, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By the way its Wikipedia:Etiquette to post communication on another users Discussion page , their user page is by convention a private space see Wikipedia:User page#Ownership and editing of pages in the user space. Lumos3 21:44, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Galactic coordinate system

Another vote of thanks for your recent edits. Keep up the good work. -- ALoan (Talk) 09:41, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Capitalism addition

Please take a look at my comment on Talk:Capitalism. LotLE×talk 06:16, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Transformation problem

I just got curious, and looked through your contribution history a bit. I have not edited the article, and don't plan to. But it looks quite "off" to me the way you deleted such large sections of the Transformation problem, especially al the mathematical discussion. That raises a lot of red flags in my mind; it's usually pretty destructive, and not good editing behavior, to delete a whole lot of material other editors have developed. LotLE×talk 06:36, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article as I found it did not reflect the contemporary understandings of the transformation problem. It was as if the article had been written in 1972. Before I made the edits, I engaged those who wrote the article on the discussion page and there were no objections to the leading material I added. After some time and great hesitation, I eventually removed the elaboration material that no longer matched the lead section. I added a list of references (mostly since 1972) to show how out of date the article was. I recall something somewhere saying that nothing had happened since 1971 on the issue. --Cplot 17:53, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

OK. I have not followed that article, and it seems that the regular editors haven't really objected. So I guess my concern was excessive. And you doing so with "great hesitation" reassures me :-). LotLE×talk 19:10, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the friendly reply. I know these things get overheated sometimes. I appreciate your contributions. --Cplot 19:15, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism on capitalism

This edit by Ultramarine borders on vandalism. [1] However, I don't want to rever it, minding the 3RR. I'd help if you restored your last edit. Thanks. 172 | Talk 22:41, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads-up on that. I'm usually reluctant to use the term vandalism, but in this case i concur. --Cplot 04:21, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Along those lines, I can't entirely get behind your expansions of the "Marxian political economy" section. They seem to add a lot of wordiness, while not really adding much content. The topic of the Capitalism article is broader, and only the broadest brush on Marx's analysis is appropriate or necessary.... especially since the slightest addition triggers a new fit by Ultramarine and a few others, which is a big hassle to deal with. Before adding a word, ask yourself, "Is this word important enough to fight over intensely for days?" If the answer is "no", it's probably best to leave the reasonable existing explanation as it is.

I think more productively, you could help in fighting the awful nonsense that User:C-Liberal keeps adding to the very first paragraph. I don't think we need more there, but rolling it back pushes me near 3RR. If we can get several editors who automatically remove the rantish POV additions to the lead, it keeps it more stable. LotLE×talk 04:39, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]