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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Adam Carr (talk | contribs) at 10:06, 28 January 2005. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Messages from 2004 are here.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, I'll reply to everything on this page.


That IP address was blocked because of this obviously bad edit; I know mistakes sometimes happen in the confusion of editing this page, so I'll unblock the address and keep an eye on it. Mark1 04:05, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
It must be a shared IP address situation. Thanks for posting that; I thought I was blocked because someone was insisting on a "fisherperson" link that didin't make sense and reverted my edit with an accusation of vandalism.

Thanks alot! Zosodada 05:30, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Edit summary

Dear contributor, first I would like to say a big thank you for your time, care, and enthusiasm in editing Wikipedia articles. I hope you find it just as much fun as I do.

I have just a small suggestion. I would like to ask you, if possible, to put an edit summary every time you make changes to an article (or when you start a new one). And it would be good if that is indeed, every single time. Even for small changes.

None of us like arbitrary rules. So I would like to shortly explain why this particular rule is so important. You see, every time you change an article, it is not only the article which is modified. A record of that change propagates to every single person who has that article on the watchlist. And most people have an article on their watchlist because they do care a lot about it, so they would like to be informed about what is going on with it. This is why your edit summary, which will take you maybe 15 seconds, is a great act of candor to the other people interested in the same article as you.

There are other, very convincing reasons for putting an edit summary. More information is available at Wikipedia:Edit summary. If at any point you have any questions about this rule (or anything else for that matter), please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you and happy editing! Hyacinth 21:49, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Friendly reminder

As a fellow Admin to another, please remember to list your actions about vandalism at Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress. It helps to keep track of long time vandals and such. -- AllyUnion (talk) 09:37, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Dear Markalexander100

(please refer to delete votes)

    • Dear Wiki contributors, admins & sysops. You have been mislead by Curps. Please see that article in question and decide for yourselves if deletion is a correct Wiki thing to do. I have decided not to pursue the re-naming of Curps's article 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and through consultation with other helpful Wikis, I have decided to start a series of Asian Tsunami articles on my own ... there is freedom to initiate such a move right ? The articles in questions is proposed to drill deep in the subject in question. In Asian tsunami : The earthquake I have attempted to focus just on the earthquake that caused the Asian Tsunamis. In Asian tsunami : Time-line (currently vandalised by Curps), I have drilled down to the exact minutes to minutes account of the waves of deadly tsunamis. I will be added other article in the Asian tsunami series like the humanitarian aspects, current news & occurrences etc. because I think it is the right thing to do. kenkam 06:55, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Singapore's FAC

Hi, you objected to elevating Singapore to featured status on FAC. I and some others have tried addressing your objections; would you mind reevaluating the article? Thanks. Johnleemk | Talk 07:38, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Image:Chihuly Inside and Out close-up.jpg

Perhaps I should clarify that it is a picture of a glass sculpture and not of a picture. I encourage you to reconsider your vote. [[User:Rdsmith4|User:Rdsmith4/sig]] 00:25, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

impossibly

I just went through the article, reading, I must admit, some parts for the first time. You were right, some of the grammar was appalling, thanks for pointing it out. But let me nag you about "there are similarities that can impossibly all be due to chance" (since that phrase was mine; I have no problem with breaking it down of course, "There are these similarities. It is impossible that all of them are due to chance", but I don't even know if you are objecting to the pronoun or to the adverb) would you prefer "the having arisen of which as a result of chance is a matter of impossibility" maybe? I think this would be unassailable, gramatically :oD dab (ᛏ) 13:50, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I'm objecting to the adverb: There are these similarities. It is impossible that all of them are due to chance would be fine. ;) Mark1 00:13, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Or replace "can impossibly" to "cannot possibly". Peter O. (Talk) 00:22, Jan 26, 2005 (UTC)
there's an idea. I think we are looking at a semantic shift of 'impossibly', similar to 'terribly' (i.e. we are used to expressions like 'impossibly beautiful', where the word has lost its logical for an emphatic meaning). Will try 'cannot possibly'). dab (ᛏ) 20:26, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Killing fields

The question is, what is the origin of this term? Was it a Cambodian usage, or was it invented by Hollywood? Or by the author of the book the film was based on? It is used by Cambodians now, but that is because of the film and because they know that is what tourists call it. And as far as I know, they only use it in relation to Choeung Ek. I would like to see a source before I agree that it is the generic term for all the Khmer Rouge execution sites. Adam 10:05, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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