User talk:J. Finkelstein

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[edit] Homer Simpson

I think you've made a good start with the article, particularly the pruning and whacking of excess information. It already looks better. Joyous | Talk 21:22, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Coincidence

Cool! :) Yeah, I do a lot of disambig cleanup, as it is seriously needed on many articles and I also try to help out AID whenever I can. You edits to Homer are great. I honestly think the article should be rewritten from scratch by some Simpson fan with citations to its episodes in a reference section. I'm surprised there aren't more interested editors though. :( Anyway, keep up the good work. Gflores^Talk 00:30, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] H5N1

Hey, I was wondering if you could drop by and give this article another look. I noticed that you recently made some changes to image placement in the article but they were reverted by User:WAS 4.250. I also tried to make some changes and was promptly reverted by him. I was wondering if you could take a look at the talk page and then at my version and see if there is a version you agree with or if there are any modifications that you would find beneficial. Thanks. --Hetar 03:12, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Substrate

J., I don't know exactly you think I did wrong on the substrate (disambig) page? You will have to give me an example.--Sadi Carnot 03:23, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Thanks! (RC patrol useboxes)

Thanks for figuring out how to format that page! I had a hunch that tables would be the answer, but I've only used those once before and I'm not very familiar with them seeing as I did little more than just copying and pasting someone else's punnett square table. That, and I needed sleep too much to keep experimenting, lol. I didn't actually make that userbox (though I considered making one before I found that one on someone else's userpage), so I can't take credit for that, but I'll take credit for thinking to put it on the RC patrol page. Thanks again for making it look good there! --Icarus 22:28, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for fixing that ref on the LACMTA article. That thing drove me nuts - I guess I should have copied it into Notepad or something to make sure that there weren't any line breaks. - Hbdragon88 04:43, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] String quartets by composer template

Why don't you be bold and update it yourself? Hyacinth 19:04, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Metastub sortkey...

Replied here. Alai 07:03, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your Page

Your page is very complicated. Mine is very simple. I'm confused. DoorFrame 23:59, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] In reference to Medicine in Ancient Greece

Seeing that the sixth vote came a few minutes too late, I took the liberty of nominating the article to Wikipedia:Medicine_Collaboration_of_the_Week. I believe there it will have a better treatment. --Francisco Valverde 15:39, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Songs out of Context

I totally agree with you that some songs shouldn't be taken out of their spot inside of an album (I hate when my Ipod plays songs in a complete album out of order). You mentioned the Beatles Something about taking it out of Abbey Road, which for me isn't as much of a problem because the Beatles weren't truly album oriented, but had more singles instead. But what really bothers me is when it happens with concept albums like The Wall, Wish You Were Here, Quadrophenia, and In the Court of the Crimson King. So don't feel like your the only one that thinks that. I also just can't stand modern bands that sell singles. That really bugs me. Anyway, I'm glad for your input. RENTA^{FOR LET?} 19:04, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re-created image

Thanks for your interest in helping out. I think that different colors, fonts, and other details should make it acceptable as information can't be copyrighted. We want it to be considered a creative work and not a derivative work. Warmest regards --Neutrality^talk 22:07, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article replace

Thanks for putting the original article back, I did not have a saved version to do that. Ve3 07:53, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About your apology

And I owe you one. I just noticed that you're a member of the Esperanza project. As such, I'll have to allow that your inquiry may have been occasioned by a genuine desire to be helpful. Didn't mean to stomp on you with both feet (sorry for that) -- just to let you know that your presumptions were way off the mark and not appreciated. But your good intentions are. Peace 2 u. deeceevoice 20:59, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank You...

...for your birthday well-wishes! That was very much appreciated.

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[edit] Template:Wiktionarylang

Thanks for helping me on this, greetings --birdy _{(:> )=|} 18:46, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

:) yes You are right, I like how it looks now. The only thing I could not figure out was how (if it is even possible) to make it work without putting "Main_Page". But I checked every Wiktionary I linked and there are working redirects, so it is also ok like this. Thanks for Your answer and effort, best regards --birdy _{(:> )=|} 20:14, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mandelbrot set

I notice you placed a wikify tag on Mandelbrot set. Apart from the style issue that you mentioned in your edit comment, do you have any other specific reasons for tagging the article ? If so, perhaps you can list them on the article's talk page. Your concerns are much more likely to be addressed if other contributors can see exactly what they are. Thanks. Gandalf61 08:11, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Haven't seen any response to the above request. Personally, I can't see why the article merits a wikify tag. Unless you can explain your concerns, I think I may just remove the tag. Gandalf61 09:04, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower ^háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article Improvement Drive (WP:AID)

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[edit] template

Thankyou for clarifying that. I'm away from home at the mo, but when I return I will create some more templates to give a better example. Dev920 (Tory?) 07:18, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

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