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[edit] Friend Zone

Just Wondering why you deleted the info about the friend zone project... as far as I could tell everything was legit, and up to wiki standards. please advise. Asiangrade 08:40, 30 November 2006 (UTC)AsianGrade

Edit in question. - two reasons that articles get put up for WP:AfD all the time, applied to a section of an article. 1. Links to blogs are not legitimate references. 2. Something made up by a few people over the summer is not worthy of an article. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 13:06, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to have to disagree with your opinion of blogs. In our modern era a blog has become a major player in the internet. Blogs are in fact one of the major backbones of the internet age as it gives power of voice to a wider spread of pouplation. The logical question now is: Was the blog mentioned in the article a legitimate one... as far as research and facts say...the answer is yes.. Of the topic at hand, this is THE ONLY real study and collection of the topic. I fact, if you do a quick google search on the friend zone the only site you will find that is devoted to the topic is this site.

While the article is currently nom. for delete until it is deleted I do not see how this section does not fit in perfectly. Asiangrade 20:23, 30 November 2006 (UTC)AsianGrade

Agree with me or not; see WP:EL (#11 specifically) and WP:REF. The article is not up for deletion. I said that I deleted the section and the reason I deleted it was I followed the same rules that would cause an article to be deleted. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 03:25, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Voting for merges

Thanks for moving my vote. I rarely vote on merges so it appears I missed that point... GregorB 22:04, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

No prob. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 02:08, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ear pick editing

Thanks for the advice. Still, I find that after I submit the final edits I find things that I wish to change or add to. I will try what you have suggested to cut down on the number of edits on my contributions. Sjschen 23:47, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

No prob. Happy editing! — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 02:09, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Girly Sound

Phair (Liz) has admitted that the recordings were not titled "Girlysound", as a single word, but instead "Girly Sound" (two words). The tapes alone were actually not titled; Phair was going under the title (as an artist) as "Girly Sound" (see http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/2471/random.html). Please revert edits. Also, "Chemistry", listed on the page as well, does not link to a song titled "Chemistry", but instead the page relating to the science.

Regarding the copyright status of Girly Sound, I suppose it is best for wikipedia to err on the side of paranoia. However, it ought be pointed out that the same material WAS available via hyperlink from wikipedia for more than four months, created and deleted in the following versions, respectively

00:35, 12 April 2006 209.6.102.139
20:34, 18 August 2006 66.36.153.186

Hence the confusion... Moreover, the language about it being 'temporarily' unavailable seemed to suggest it might rightfully return. Sorry for the misunderstanding. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.194.80.196 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the recommendation. I will definitely look into it. · j e r s y k o talk · 18:36, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding "Pepsi Buzz"

In a change to List of Pepsi types you altered Ironmics's addition of Pepsi Buzz to remove the rumor but kept the entry. Your edit comment included a link that mentions Pepsi "Buzz", but only in the title as a concept and not as an actual product.

So, I'm wondering, do you have a better citation for the existence of "Pepsi Buzz" as a product? Or should the entry be removed as an Ironmics trolling (which seems likely since Ironmics has only one contribution)? I'm interested in obtaining a sample. --Goldfndr 10:10, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I dunno. Since it was sited in a marketing magazine, I assume it was real. Probably a horribly failed test like Pepsi Kona was when I tried it years ago... — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 12:27, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

What marketing magazine mentioned "Pepsi Buzz"? Could you be more specific? (and if you meant the directmag.com article, could you reread it for mentions of "Pepsi Buzz"?)--Goldfndr 16:23, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

You are correct, sir! Fixed. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 17:29, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aerosmith merge

Sorry about that. It came about as a result of trying to tackle a backlog, not as a result of any interest in this particular merge. I've added my comment as you suggested. Thanks. theProject 02:38, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

NP. Thanx for the rename suggestion too... — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 10:49, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lord Bowler's Gun

The sawed-off shotgun. Shsilver 16:56, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Steven H Silver

So what citations do you want on the Steven H Silver article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by shsilver (talk • contribs).

Any. Things should be referenced. However, you're not the proper person to be writing it per WP:AUTO. Nothing personal, there are rules for a reason. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 22:25, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aerosmith Templates

Sorry, I didn't realize what that was, and was just trying to make it so it wasn't indented like that.131.156.238.75 05:37, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

OK. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 11:04, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Who designed SQL?

Hi Revragnarok, I'm the guy who changed designer of SQL from Edgar Codd to Donald Chamberlin and Ray Boyce, which you rolled back. You asked for a reference. Please note the first footnote in the references section which cites the following paper, which introduced to the public for the first time in 1974 the syntax of the SQL language:

Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce, 1974. "SEQUEL: A structured English query language"

Additionally, the article states that "Although SQL was influenced by Codd's work, Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce at IBM were the authors of the SEQUEL language design." Therefore when Codd is put as the designer, and Chamberlin and Boyce as the authors, there is an inherent inconsistency in the article itself. What is the distinction between designer and author? Why does one deserve a place at the top of the article?

Edgar Codd was indeed a very influential figure in the field of relational database, and he should certainly get his due for what he did, however he did not design the SQL language, but rather the concept of relational database behind it (it is also noted that SQL is not completely relational). I feel this is an important distinction.

A more appropriate place to discuss Codd's foundational work would be under relational database, or relational algebra. If you look up "relational database" in Wikipedia for example, you get "The term was originally defined and coined by E.F. Codd." Furthermore, it is inaccurate to say that SQL was invented in 1969, when infact there was no such language described until 1974.

Refer to the webpages of the CS department of several prominent universities:

http://www.cs.hmc.edu/overview.html

http://www.ece.rice.edu/~dhj/History/computer.html

Please also refer to this link:

http://domino.watson.ibm.com/comm/pr.nsf/pages/bio.chamberlin.html?Open&printable

One final point, please refer to the Wikipedia entry for Edgar Codd. It says, "His campaign extended to the SQL language, which he regarded as an incorrect implementation of the theory." It's quite possible that Codd would actually not like to be associated as the "designer of SQL" and is rolling in his grave.

I work in the database industry, and I believe Chamberlin is more often associated with the SQL language itself than Codd.

Thanks for your consideration of these details.

--Spectrum266 01:38, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Fine by me, but all this should be on that article's talk page... — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 11:04, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mrr'grt

Regarding this edit: I think that Mrr'grt is supposed to sound like Margaret. I support your edit, though; there's no real reason for us to explain jokes. Michael Slone (talk) 20:24, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

OK. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 20:31, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spooks page cleaned

I just finished cleaning it up (for now). There was so much info, I had to settle with "Background", "Cast" list and "Episode List", as there was relevant info about the development of the show including character/actor comings and goings, and information relating to Spooks in general, which didn't really fit in the "episode list".

There's more info needed in Series 2 background info and Series 4 episode list. Series 5 episode list still needs to be started but I think it looks better. I mentioned on the talk page about possibly moving the full episode list onto its own page as the Spooks page is getting quite long, I'd like your opinion on that and on the cleanup too. Thanks. --B33R 06:58, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, many other shows spin off episode lists. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 11:28, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: SAIC

Yes, I dropped the ball on that one. I was in the middle of copying the infobox format over from another company and a fire alarm went off in my building. I saved when I should have just discarded it. Thanks -- CodeNaked 02:27, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

NP. Damned good excuse ;) — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 03:19, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Duff Beer

(on Gnevin's talk page:) Now that Duff Beer has been moved to Duff Beer (The Simpsons), 99.44% of these links now need to be cleaned up. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 11:16, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Thats a job for someone else i dont have time for it also please note i didnt move duff beer i just disambiged the 2 products (Gnevin 18:32, 29 September 2006 (UTC))

OK. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 11:06, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vote List of doomsday scenarios

You are voting "Delete" and suggest a +cat be used; however, are you aware that the +cat is about to be deleted Category:Human extinction. I felt a list would be innocuous, but now they want to delete that too. One way would be to change your vote to "Keep". Thank you MapleTree 11:29, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

OK. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 11:06, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External link NCIS

You removed some external links in the entry for NCIS, linking to www.crimelab.nl. According to policy for External Links, the link fits, since content not integrated into the article is provided in a NPOV. According to the guidelines it is ok to list one or two fansites if they adhere to the policy. The link was removed in a cleanup session by someone else earlier today and I placed them back as the link follows the policy. --Fogeltje 17:53, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

I remember it being erased in the past so I am not the only one who doesn't think it is worthwhile. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 19:11, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

It was removed in a massive clean-up only recently (actually this morning) in which I think indiscriminately every link except for IMDB and the official site were deleted without assessing the links. Many editors of the page thought it worthwhile to remain, otherwise it would have been removed right after it had been first submitted. It was removed for being 'linkspam' and not adhering to WP:EL but as far as I understood the guidelines, it does adhere to WP:EL. --Fogeltje 20:03, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

I apologize for troubling you with this, I reread the guidelines on external linking at it seems I overread something namely A page that you own or maintain, even if the guidelines above imply that it should be linked. While I do not own the site, I do maintain the site with the owner by keeping parts of the content (including NCIS) up to date (even though I remain neutral as far as the content is concerned). Therefore the link should not have been added by me in the first place, but by a real neutral third party, even though I still believe it fits Wikipedia's NPOV and adds content not provided by Wikipedia. Sorry for wasting your time, I should read the guidelines more closely.--Fogeltje 20:49, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PLLs in Microcontrollers

You reverted my addition to the PLL chapter. I had added

Microcontrollers often also contain a PLL with a configurable divider to produce higher internal clock frequencies than the internal oscillator's crystal provides.

Was my sentence wrong, not considered important or placed at the wrong spot?

This was my first and only edit in wikipedia so far, I'd appreciate a short comment. Thanks. Ganymedstanek (talk • contribs • logs)

There were a few reasons. First, it seemed randomly thrown in. A better location probably would have been under Clock generation, where general purpose processors are already listed. Also, to do what you quoted the PLL is acting as a multiplier, not a divider. Lastly, I'm not sure if all microcontrollers have internal crystals, so the reference may be externally generated. (side note: sign your posts with 4 ~'s). — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 11:09, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Getting along

First, my apologies for any feather-ruffling/extra stress.

Second, I'm trying to help make sure that all the pages related to our company's products and services are updated with the latest available information. Could you point out a couple articles that would help me do it without giving you extra work?

For example, I wasn't aware I couldn't have external links in the body of an article. I also wasn't aware that you didn't duplicate critical information where relevant.

Xilinx2425 18:05, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I'd rather not. If you are from Xilinx itself, please see WP:CORP, WP:COI, WP:AUTO, and WP:ADVERT for why you shouldn't be doing what you were doing. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 01:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] hello

hey there, just a question/comment.. as i see you "moderate" the regular expressions wiki.. it is referenced that \t is used for space\tab character... i think thats \s job... or maybe i'm wrong.. not sure! --GSF21 20:54, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

\t is tab only, \s is any whitespace (including tabs). See the man page. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 12:45, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyvio

Hey there. Just so you know, if an entire article and its history are obviously a copyvio (like Minoo Masani) you can just tag it for speedy deletion using {{db-copyvio}}. Thanks --Ars Scriptor 16:27, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Good point. Tnx. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 16:31, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re sprotect request

Hi. You {{sprotected}} Universal Image Format (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) once before and now it is again having anything negative being ripped out by an IP claiming "vandalism." Would you mind stopping by and taking a peek? Thanx. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 00:08, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Semi-protected. Left a message at the talk page. -- Szvest Ω ^{Wiki Me Up ®} 10:17, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Tnx. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 11:47, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk message warning

Hey, I noticed this edit and I wanted to mention a couple things. Please try to start a new section instead of adding comments to a section that doesn't have anything to do with what you're talking about. Also, please only mark edits as minor when they truely are minor changes, like correcting grammar or formatting, or reverting a change. Thanks. BigNate37_(T) 22:21, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

OK. On a page like that, I don't know why I even bothered. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 02:25, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User Firefox delete

Didn't realize; why does it keep getting deleted? I figured that it was an oversite, having firefox versus Firefox.

How does one know if an article has already been deleted? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Davandron (talk • contribs) 20:06, 8 December 2006 (UTC).

When you go to APageThatDoesn'tExist in edit mode, it should say something about checking the Deletion Log. I'd tell you more specifics, but it seems that my corporate firewall/proxy has just been blocked. :( Anyway, do a search for "the German userbox solution" - I believe the point is that they are moved into userspace, and you will see one in userspace referred to on my main page. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 21:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WWII Memorial

The "Jewel of the Mall" book is introduced by Senator Robert Dole who raised with Fred Smith of Fedex the 200 million dollars needed to build the WWII Memorial. It contains exclusive pictures and is carried not only by the National Gallery of Art but by the National park Service bookstores and has been reviewed by their historians. It is an exclusive look at the Mall and the new Memorial and certainly more legitimate than some of the other linked sites which are tourist advertisements. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Srbphoto (talk • contribs).

Don't care. See WP:SPAM and WP:AUTO. When a user named Srbphoto links to a book by Stephen R Brown, it's going to get pulled. And I didn't do the revert, I just let you know why it was done. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 03:58, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s):

Autoblock of 198.151.13.8 lifted or expired.

Request handled by: —Pilotguy (push to talk) 23:09, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

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