User:Nkayesmith

Medical genetics

I've established Template:MedGen to classify articles in the project. Please help if you have time. Thanks. NCurse _work 16:21, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

You helped choose this week's WP:AID winner

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy

It is currently classified B-class by Medical genetics project. You wrote, you are interested in that. Wouldn't you like to improve the article? References, images, copy-edit... I help if needed. NCurse _work 15:28, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

I am interested, and I working on it whenever I come on wikipedia. Been away recently, and consistantly busy :(

Left a message on the talk page about distal/proximal muscles (got that fact from the last book on my list below) but nobody is replying.

Here are a few sources:

• http://www.genetics.com.au/factsheet/39.htm.

• http://www.mda.org.au/general/mdagene.html

• http://www.ikm.jmu.edu/Buttsjl/ISAT493/Duchenne%20Muscular%20Dystrophy/duchennetreatment.html

• http://teens.novita.org.au/content.asp?p=435

• http://www.answers.com/topic/muscular-dystrophy (Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders)

• Emery, 2000, Muscular Dystrophy – The Facts, Oxford University Press, United States of America

--nkayesmith 21:05, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

I'll take a more serious look, just now I'm busy too. I added your talk page and the article to my watchlist. Good work! NCurse _work 23:00, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

You deleted a comment at Talk:Parasitic drag

Hi,

You deleted an anon's comment at Talk:Parasitic drag. Please do not delete people's comments. The fact that his header offended you is not grounds for deleting his comment. Also, please read Do Not Bite the Newbies. If you *really* *really* wanted a PC header, rename the header - don't delete people's comments. While inappropriate talk page headers are indeed *not* considerd vandalism, deleting people's comments is. Fresheneesz 21:04, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

I see. I deleted his comment because of its seemingly unrelated title, "men in drag", it was not signed, the questions appeared 'sporadic', if that makes sense, and some of the questions can be answered by looked at other wikipedia articles. --nkayesmith 23:22, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry if that didn't sound friendly. Dealing with unhelpful admins unconsciously changes my writing style. But keep it in mind. Thanks! Fresheneesz 06:51, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

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WikiData

Hey,

I didn't notice you left a note on my userpage till you put it on my talk page. Thanks for the offer. Its a huge undertaking, with the potential of being far bigger than wikipedia is (TeraBytewise). I would definately be willing to work with you to make this happen. I wonder if I could find any other wikipedians that would be willing to help. I won't ask more people till I know what we're getting into tho. The project would have to follow somewhat different norms than wikipedia, but we can get that worked out. Right now the issues that come to mind is verifying data (like who did the experiment when, etc), how to organize data, and how to allow users to manipulate the potentially vast amount of data WikiData could manage. Along with scientific experiments, we could also put up surveys, polls, elections, and other statistical stuff. But we can't just have one page per peice of data, so we'll have to have some sort of way to group similar experiments, or similar peices of data. Thats all i can think of now, let me know what you think. Fresheneesz 00:38, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Check out Semantic Mediawiki. --nkayesmith 11:54, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Ok I looked it over, and am watching your talk page. Fresheneesz 01:35, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

This is what I am thinking of doing:

• Rounding up Wikipedians interested in the basic concept. Ask them to sign up to http://www.primary.formationos.net/ (the temporary site - I thought primary might be a more adequate, if mundane, name), and list their username (preferably real name, unless there is a problem with this) on the main page.
• Brainstorm policy. I will list my ideas on the wiki soon, but they will be by no means concrete.

What do you think? --nkayesmith 10:46, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey, sorry, I don't check my watchlist very often. I took a look, and it looks like a good start, I commented about inclusion criteria. I'll probably have more time to think about this in a week or so. Fresheneesz 21:09, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Mm.. I can't really think of anyone specific that has shown an interest in original research and data. But, I think a good way of getting interest is to start working on it ourselves, and provide links to it on wikipedia. I guess I could ask a couple people if they would be interested. Fresheneesz 22:11, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

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Be careful!

Hey, I just saw you tag Eric Kriss as a db-attack, and I just wanted to let you know that the page is not an attack page. If you check the history out, you'll see that someone basically blanked the original article page. Nevertheless, I just wanted to let you know for future reference. Thanks! Nishkid64 00:52, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I noticed that, reverted it myself and left a message on the offending user's talk page. Sorry. --nkayesmith 00:56, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

I had only seen your first edit when I reverted, so I didn't see that you had already reverted back. I fixed it now. Nishkid64 01:08, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

WWE Unforgiven

get over it u fuckin faggots and leave like tht coz thts the truth|220.157.69.169—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.157.69.169 (talk • contribs) .

Hi 220.157.69.169. Please provide a source for your changes, so that we can verify them. Please don't insert irrelevant text such as "Insert non-formatted text here" on pages, as you did to WWE Unforgiven. Lastly, please avoid making personal attacks - comment on content, not the contributor, and try to be civil to other users - if you do, we're more likely to trust you. Remember to sign all future posts with four tildes, like so: ~~~~. The tildes will automatically display to your identification (220.157.69.169) and time/date. Thanks! --nkayesmith 08:22, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Comment left by vandal

You will never catch me, will you? Let's see, my IP address is due to change in 12 hours. I will give you some more greif then. Don't think for a minute I will just go away. Warn me all you want, but you are in for a long haul.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.180.209.196 (talk • contribs) .

Hi. Firstly, Please leave comments on my talk page, not my user page. If you have issues with an editors actions, please tell them on their talk page.

What really puzzles me is why you vandalize. I can only guess that you desire attention, but you can get attention on Wikipedia in other ways. That's the great thing about it. If I help out on something, people will thank me - longtime users get awards, recognition, friendship and more.

The 'best' thing that can happen to a vandal is that that vandal gains negative attention.

To amass either type of attention, large amounts of time are required.

So tell me, which would you rather have?

To top it off, online abuse is an offense, and we can report this to your ISP. If one of your targets is particularly offended, they can file a lawsuit against you. You are not as anonymous as you think. I believe you're with Comcast Internet? You live in Nashville, right?

I look forward to a reply.

Yours, nkayesmith 06:12, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

return msg

Hi. Thanks for leaving me a message answering my question. Unfortunately, you didn't say what article you were talking about. Thanks for your help;I'm still learning how things work around here. 24.131.12.228 17:37, 11 November 2006 (UTC) (Emily)

Your message

I just read your message and dont think Im attacking you Im not. But I noticed you critized my Christian beliefs and say HauntedAngel conducted imself unapproprietly. So why did you inform me only and not him? Tell him he was wrong not just me? This is why I am working on my own website Christianpedia, so I dont have to worry about this unfair wenbsite. Everything about Wikipedia is a sin and totally immoral thats why I am leaving it for good. One day when I buy Wikipedia the editors will see the light and this site will also be 100% Christian. But until then I will not be editing here anyomore. 75.109.101.139 20:02, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I didn't criticize your Christian beliefs - I apologize if you received that impression.

What I'm trying to say is your religion, or my religion, or anyone's religion is not relevant.

Wikipedia aims to be a encyclopedia which accepts that everybody's Points of View exist, and does not make any judgments whatsoever on anyone's point of view. This is the vision the founders of Wikipedia had, and this is what an Encylopedia should be. In my opinion, it is also Christian teaching to accept other people's point of view, but, again, this is not important.

Now, every article may not conform to this vision, and it is up to you and me and all other editors to rectify this situation - not by removing any content, but by improving content so that no judgments are made. For example, it is safe to say that certain Christian groups disapprove of the Da Vinci Code, but it is not correct to remove the information on the Da Vinci Code altogether, or say that the Da Vinci Code is bad.

I did not talk to the Haunted Angel because you have not conducted yourself appropriately to start with, and so I can understand where the Haunted Angel is coming from. Perhaps I was wrong in this - Wikipedia is only the sum of its parts, and the editors are only human; as humans we make mistakes. But the real intention of my message was to let you know that if you conduct yourself appropriately, people like the Haunted Angel should not insult your religion, and I - and other editors - will make sure that they don't.

The information in Wikipedia is legally free; the moment anybody successfully manages to compromise the neutrality policy like you are proposing Wikipedia will fall, because it is because the information is neutral that people come. And because the information is free, an alternative encylopedia can be set up within minutes. I would therefore advise against buying Wikipedia (even if that was possible).

Please understand that I am not attacking you, or anything you believe in - and I thank you sincerely for behaving likewise - This is what Wikipedia is meant to be like. --nkayesmith 02:57, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Regarding User:68.83.220.51

Apparently, this vandal doesn't appreciate your help in archiving his numerous vandalism notices. link I suggest a warning about legal action could be in action, as he threatened to report you to the FBI. I'll keep an eye on him too. Cheers, –- kungming·2 | ^(Talk·^Contact) 04:29, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Please do whatever you feel appropriate - I don't have experience with these matters, and it will seem more neutral and official if you warn the user. At the moment, I'm trying to figure out exactly why he thought I was hacking into his computer! Thanks, nkayesmith 12:13, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

You helped choose Islam as this week's WP:AID winner

Dev920(Mind voting here?) 15:22, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Communication by email

Your statement to my additions to the voodoo doughnut page confuse me, I do not see why these are considered nonsense.. I was truly adding what Voodoo Doughnut really serves. Please let me know where the problem is.--24.21.91.120

My apologies - I mistook your additions for vandalism because they seemed similar to something written by the average Wikipedia vandal. I have know checked on google, and restored your text.

I'll add that this was a mistake on your talk page to give you a clean record, as you're not meant to remove comments from your talk page.

Once again, sorry --nkayesmith

Thanks, I was confused at first becuase I had been there before and knew everything I had said to be fact. Also, I have seen several links to the Voodoo Doughnut movie but have yet to find one that works. --24.21.91.120

Once upon a time

Once upon a time there was an article, it was full of mistakes, but it was good for the fans. Anyway, I restarted the article just for fun, to make it alive again.

I will make it again if someone will support me, I have my thoughts in my mind but my English isn't so good. I would be happy if my article will reborn. Locke 08:59, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Would you like to help me? Locke 09:23, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

So with the grammar and spelling, i can trust you can help me?

For the moment I won't be expanding it but you shall see when it would get bigger. I'm still upset on the fact that the article was deleted, and all my work has gone. Locke 10:06, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

They won't accept to make it as a section to their article. I tried before but the won't accept it as a section. Locke 10:07, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

And who is the one I should ask about the old article. I'm not sure if I will remake it soon but I think I will restart it when the next game of the series will be released. I had done it with passion. I understand it was full of mistakes but I played all games of the series only by listening to its tunes. I don't have someone to communicate all this so the article depends only by me. I still don't know why they had ben deleting it Tulok 20:14, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

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Sting mediation

Quite frankly, I have looked at the mediation page numerous times, and I am really uncertain where to place my side. The whole page is such a jumble of paragraphs, and it is difficult to determine what is in response to what. I can tell you that Ross (whoever he really is) is incorrect when he says that I take this personally---I do not, except to the degree that I take Wikipedia seriously, and want to see it improved. In the end, this is my only issue: is the Sting article improved in any way by having this information? I do not see how it is. What I attempted to explain to this gentleman (and I believe you can see this on the article's talk page) is that a brief mention of Sting's habit of inviting fan's onstage to sing that specific song with him on that specific tour is trivial, but could be added to the article as long as there was proper documentation of the fact. This I regarded as a fair compromise, provided there was no specific mention of his name (this last I [and others] regard as a vanity edit). Now, of course, it seems that he is not actually the person he has seemingly impersonated, which means the addition of such information by him was not, in fact, a vanity edit, but is certainly perplexing. He, in fact, seems to be taking this very seriously, and has dragged all of us into this mediation over a matter I still regard as trivial. That said, as indicated above, I am open to a compromise. Thanks for your time. ---Charles 22:13, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

The compromise you propose would be the most satisfactory to me. I have considered the points you mention, and yes, it is very perplexing - I am currently discussing this with the Ross Viner (via his website) to try and get more evidence on this matter. It seems almost certain to me that Ross (the one who opened the dispute) is somehow affiliated with Viner - a fan, or relation at least - as he does seem to be taking it very personally, and an identical username exists on Youtube, claiming to be Ross Viner. There seem to be only two points that make Ross Viner more notable than the other fans:

1) His name is listed in a biography of Sting (according to his website, which includes a photo of the page)

2) He is the only fan credited on IMDB for the performance, as I note at the top of the mediation page.--nkayesmith 02:22, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

I believe that some sort of compromise can be worked out on this matter. I still maintain that this is truly much ado about nothing, and that the article is no worse for this information not being present. It is my feeling, however, that other editors may feel more strongly about this than I do. Certainly, a number of people are concerned about the possible connection between between the editor who brought us to this point in the first place, and the "real" Ross Vines. The apparent impersonation and/or sock-puppetry have to be addressed. Again, a brief mention of the story, without specific mention of Viner is ok with me. ---Charles 04:45, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

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Restoring

I haven't deleted the article, but I can restore it by request. Please ask the main editor to contact me. Thanks. NCurse _work 06:44, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

re K42 talk page

Thats a big problem though - what you or I might consider to be perfectly coherent, true and relevant information, someone else might not and they go and delete all your hard work. I get pissed off when some self righteous Wikiperson deletes things that they have no way of proving are a) false, misrepresented or misleading b) irrelevant or obscure c) not valuable as a contribution to the greater collective knowledge of the Wiki community. What annoys me is that I get picked up for adding information about suburbs in my locale, and not citing sources, however when I look at bios of towns and cities throughout the world (usually through random article selection) there are no sources cited, and its taken for granted that its true. Why cannot the same apply to what I am doing?! It's a complete contradiction.

I see you responded to K42. This user has been permanently blocked. See [1] (and visit my user page for a fun quote). Cheers. — coelacan talk — 14:54, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Ross Viner

I just read about this guy Viner in a biography and did a search which brought me here. Charles seems to be taking this personally. He wishes to deny this trivia because he feels viner submitted it? Isn’t the point of Wikipedia interesting truthful trivia? It’s full of it. How do you know Sting didn’t submit anything here? I guess you better delete the whole Sting article. This video is awesome and at worst an interesting footnote. I’d rather know about that video than Sting’s yogas teacher or airflight habits. and for you to deny it on a technicality is probably not consistent with wikipedia’s intent. Get a life.

Shattered consensus

The article is an ad for the book. It's nowhere near what an article about a book should be like. In addition, the article tries to present the authors' fringe positions in a way to get around the Undue Weight provision of NPOV. The fight is about whether the idea should be presented as the author presents it (thus, creating an article which violates NPOV) or whether the statement should be balanced in such a way that readers do not mistake a fringe position for a mainstream position (which may create "original research" issues).

Neither option is acceptable. An article about a book should focus on the impact and reception of the book, it should focus on what people have said or written about the book - it should not be used as advocacy for the position endorsed by the authors of the book. Guettarda 02:52, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Leaving name tags

Thanks for the reminder Nkayesmith but I am very conscientious about signing my name. I had to reorganise the Gordon Cheng talk page because people were leaving unsigned comments. Knobbly 21:04, 12 December 2006 (UTC)