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[edit] Thanks

Hi, Spiffy sperry. Thanks for the edit! ;-) Nhprman 06:54, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Your welcome, Nhprman. (This was about the The 30x11 Calendar, which I got to while reading about he recent Leap second.) --Spiffy sperry 14:18, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Headings and TOC edit

On January 28, 2006, I noted on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (headings) that your edit seemed to conflict with other guidance. I was waiting for a response before just reverting. Could you let me know your view? Thanks. --TreyHarris 10:22, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Answered[1]. Thanks for your input. Feel free to tone down the "Avoid" statement, but please don't revert the whole thing. --Spiffy sperry 14:59, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spam

Thanks for getting rid of those spamversisements! Pseudomonas 15:12, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. I must give credit to Marcika, who did the first rv on the Global Warming page, giving me the idea to rv the rest. I didn't rv the ones that already had comments. (The 25 offending links came from 58.7.114.188). --Spiffy sperry
It wasn't spam. It was a net.kook trap. More research, people.
Check the list against this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_controversial_issues and think about it a bit more.
Call it what you want, anon (see Spamvertising). It remains that the links added to the talk pages were to outdated mirrors (with horrible formatting) of the main article, as if this were something new to talk about. They didn't add to the discussion and were unnecessary. Your link to WP:LCI does not provide any insight. --Spiffy sperry 19:17, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
It's no big deal, and it was a unspectacularly unsuccessful experiment (I am really crap at this), but ask yourself who runs that site? And wouldn't you rather have troublesome personalities on that site, rather than this one? And what sort of articles do troublesome personalites hang out on?

[edit] Realclimate

You're on realclimate too? LOL! How many ppl at realclimate are on wikipedia? __earth (Talk) 17:18, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

The notable ones I've recognized (and remember) include Dr. Connolley, Dragons flight, Hans Erren, John A, Tim Lambert, and Lumidek. --Spiffy sperry 18:14, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Happy Earth Day! __earth (Talk) 16:46, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Saints Wikiproject

I noted that you have been contributing to articles about saints. I invite you to join the WikiProject Saints. You can sign up on the page and add the following userbox to your user page.

This user is a member of the Saints WikiProject.


I also invite you to join the discussion on prayers and infoboxes here: Prayers_are_NPOV.

Thanks! --evrik 19:17, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your edits to Zinn page

You moved material out of the article on Howard Zinn yet left no links to where readers can find these quotes. Given that a lot of people worked on this article over a long period, these edits were destructive. Would you please provide the links to where you moved the material. Thank you. Skywriter 09:48, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

The edits were not destructive; the link you want was already on the page. At the bottom of the page, in the External Links section, there's a box that says "Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Howard Zinn". When I made my last changse to the Quotations section, there was also a box for Wikiquote at the top, basically requesting that the quotes be moved there. If the remaining quotations are going to stay in the Zinn article, then maybe the Wikiquote box in External Links section can be moved to the Quotations section. --Spiffy sperry 14:16, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
When people comment my edits to an obscure (to me) article, I like to record what brought me there. In this case, my father-in-law was borrowing a car which had a Howard Zinn bumber sticker, along with other bumper items that were not in line with his views. The idea of a preacher driving a car with a "Darwin fish" to church was amusing to me. --Spiffy sperry 22:58, 11 May 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Hello

I have been reading the discussion in the 2005 Hurricane Season and I see you're a big contributor to the arguments. Can I have your take on this? Copy and pasted from my comment.

I haven't read through all that much, but in talks with a professor at Dalhousie University, it seems we are both under the impression that the number of Major Storms this year was 8. Now, I have done some research, and have found in the NHC's archives that they clearly state that Hurricane Beta is the 8th MAJOR STORM of the season.

The link can be found at

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2005/dis/al262005.discus.014.shtml?

and I would appreciate for someone to fix it.

Can you please take a quick look and see if I have any merit in pursuing this? Please comment on my talk page if possible.Sod Aries

(repeated at your talk page) I'm not sure why the above link says eighth. This official report from the end of the season says Beta is the seventh major storm. Indeed, I only count 7: Dennis, Emily, Katrina, Maria, Rita, Wilma, and Beta. --Spiffy sperry 13:58, 20 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] They've killed the List of famous failures in science and engineering! You Bastards!!

Mmx1 is taking the fight that I have over the F-14 and F-111 to the failure page, and he has nominated them for deletion. The wiki-thugs are all voting to delete the page. Mmx1 has reversed the F-14 page to state that it is not, and has never been designed as a maneuverable air superiority fighter, and is not accepting any contrary citations up to and including a F-14 test pilot, Janes Defence, and Aviation Week. He is apparently taking revenge against other pages. Please go to the deletion page and tell the administrators what is going on. Look at the patterns of MMx. He regular accuses others of gross misinformation and summarily reverts most edits as a self-appointed judge of all truth, but in fact should not be allowed this leeway. --matador300 11:01, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] University of Illinois?

I see that you listed your self in the Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Illinois category. Did you mean to put yourself in the Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign category? - Just checking.

— Mobius 02:29, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. That explains why I was the only one in the category! I've moved myself to UIUC. I didn't find the UIUC category back in December 2005, because I was looking through the "alma mater: US" categroy, where it didn't appear until March 15. --Spiffy sperry 14:27, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
Yea, it was until just a bit ago listed under under W in the category list. Now it's under I, where it should be — Mobius 15:29, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wegman

Thanks for at least correcting the description. I won't revert it out again, but I'll explain why I don't think it should be there: the problem is the bloat in the ext links section. Why should wegman be there but the far better NC report not? As a rough guideline, I suggest that if you want to add a new link, as you've done, you should remove an old one. William M. Connolley 16:37, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

After further review, I thought of moving the link for the Wegman report to Temperature record of the past 1000 years, and found it was already there, so I reverted it myself. --Spiffy sperry 17:46, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] yes :( ~ extra

Article Removal - + unsigned template, perhaps Sln3412 used an extra ~) Yeah, I must have. I try and sign everything. It looks like the date went in. I fixed it. Thanks!!! Sln3412 20:49, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Signing vandal warnings

Hello! Please don't forget to sign your vandal warnings. This really helps when looking at their contributions compared to the time of the warnings. It is really easy to see when they have gone past a final warning when it has been signed, otherwise we have to go in to the history of the Talk page and it becomes quite a pain when there is a backlog on WP:AIV. Well done on catching them and keeping everyone informed, your efforts are much appreciated. Regards, (aeropagitica) 21:09, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for fixing user boxes

Thanks for fixing that user box on my page. :)

You're welcome, User:Will Pittenger, and thanks for hosting the St. Louis Cardinals userbox. --Spiffy sperry 12:55, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Cheers for fixing my userbox. I wouldn't have known otherwise.--Macca7174 14:06, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Source for Sierra Leone and Lebanon ratifying Kyoto?

Re [2]: after a quick look at news.google, [3], [4], and [5] I can't find a source. Please add one at List of Kyoto Protocol signatories until kpstats.pdf is updated. -- Jeandré, 2006-12-09t12:51z

Sorry about the confusion. Sometimes, I use the link on List of Kyoto Protocol signatories (kpstats.pdf), sometimes I go directly to this UNFCCC site (2316.php) from my IE favorites folder. The latter has a link to this pdf that includes SL and Leb. I hadn't noticed it was different than kpstats.pdf (the format is identical, but the filename and location are different). I've included a link to 2316.php after kpstats.pdf. --Spiffy sperry 17:56, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Many thanks. -- Jeandré, 2006-12-13t20:41z
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