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[edit] Wet forward

Done. I switched the name of the article to wet bow, but the content is the same. Does this help? TomStar81 04:06, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!!! TestPilot 04:08, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
Found a picture to help illistrate the article. TomStar81 00:42, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Iowa class battleship

Hi! Please keep the three-revert rule in mind when editing this article. —Kirill Lokshin 18:43, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Ok. Thanks. I did 3 rv in last 24h. Three is not more than 3. So evrything fine. Happy New Year!TestPilot 18:55, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
Actually, the major complaint he had was citing a source for the information; I have since found a quote for that. Additionally, I believe it was him that inserted the retooled Iowa-Yamato-Vanguard line; I do not see that the issue will flare up again tomarrow, but as I said I will keep an eye out on it just to be safe. I am sure that the other users (yourself included) will also be keeping an eye on it. PS: Happy New Year! TomStar81 01:37, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
  • I think its fine the way it is. He is probably trying to keep the article under 30kb, since anything over that tends to conflict with article length policies. Tightening the article like that also helps elimante what could be called excessive wording, which can get articles in trouble as well. In all likelyhood its probably just as well that it was tightned, with all the complaints on that page already and an edit war just recently (sort of) resolved we don't need people to complain about the length too. TomStar81 02:20, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Sorry - I didn;t reply to your comment a couple of weeks ago. Having checked the edit history, the text regarding Yamato and Vanguard was in the article before I started editing it. I think it is right, by the way. -- ALoan (Talk) 14:27, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
I will look into it when I get some free time, probably over this weekend. At the moment I have to study for an upcoming astronomy test (bummer). TomStar81 00:17, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article move

If you could give me the name of the article and where you want to move it, I can probably figure things out for you; without that, I'm sort of left guessing as to which one you mean ;-) —Kirill Lokshin 01:44, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

All done! —Kirill Lokshin 02:25, 2 January 2006 (UTC)



[edit] Link spam

Unfortunately, those look like dynamic IPs from Bell Canada, so we can't block them for long periods of time. It's probably best to just keep removing the spam, unless he gets really disruptive. —Kirill Lokshin 19:01, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Thanks for the ArbCom Vote!

I wanted to thank my few "yes voters" in person...well, not in person, but at least contact you directly. Thank you for your vote. It is appreciated. I love you.

Rowlan 16:03, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Henri Poincaré

I've blocked him for 24 hours. He seems to have done this sort of thing before, though, given some of the comments on his talk page. —Kirill Lokshin 04:33, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Response is on my talk

UtherSRG (talk) 16:05, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Boeing 747-8I Large.jpg

Hi, I hate to be a spoil sport, but this image has a non-free license, and is used under fairuse. Sadly, that means it can't used outside of an article, so you can't use it as a signature, but I'm sure there are similiar free images available. --Rob 06:12, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Hm. I look into that. Thanx. TestPilot 06:14, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Main Page Election talks - your input is needed

A discussion has begun on how to handle an official election for replacing the Main Page. To ensure it is set up sensibly and according to consensus, your input is needed there. --Go for it! 23:03, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neanderthal theory of the autism spectrum

I saw that you asked for the AfD records of the Neanderthal theory of the autism spectrum article. There are four:

Q0 08:19, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] yay Israel!

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[edit] Lee Kaplan on Wikipedia

Could I ask your assistance? The anti-israel people are trying to delete the article about me on Wikipedia. They ahve lied and say i do not appear on google but in fact am the Lee kaplan who appears most. They also may try and post another smear article on Indymedia called Lee Kaplan, DAFKA exposed which has been running on Indymedia. That article was put under Front Page Magazine to smear me there but I wrote Jimbo Wales and threatened to sue for libel and it was removed underadvice of his attorney, ergo it should not be permitted in the bio/profile on me in the future or at any time. Your bio here says you support ISrael so you understand the lies and smears against me and I'd appreciate your support and help.

Thanks.

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[edit] Re: Vandal block

The address appears to be a dynamic IP assigned to some commercial ISP in the United Arab Emirates (and looking through the contributions seems to confirm this, as the editing patterns are very different on different days); blocking it after the fact would be pretty useless, as the person who has it tomorrow is quite unlikely to be the one who had it today. Kirill Lokshin 03:47, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, of course the talk page is all about vandalism; does anyone leave messages for anons that aren't warnings? ;-)
More practically, though, I'm fairly certain the IP is dynamic—there are a number of obviously different editing (and vandalism) styles used—and the overall level of vandalism is so small (limited to about a dozen edits per day, at most, which really isn't much by overall Wikipedia standards) that I can't really justify a long-term block at this point. There are some useful edits coming through there, after all, and it would be a shame to lose those. If the more egregious vandalism (e.g. the number swaps) continues, we can come back to this issue and consider a long-term block; but, for the moment, I think it's not a particularly pressing issue, since the "clever" vandalism appears to have been an isolated incident. Kirill Lokshin 04:29, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Procambarus alleni

OK, let's discuss this.

  • The material you keep adding to Procambarus alleni is almost entirely dedicated to pet care, which explicitly falls outside the remit of the encyclopædia.
  • It is unencyclopædically written. Anything that states what should be done is not encyclopædic, for instance. Similarly, phrases like "excellent scavengers", "not really very good predators", "It can be quite amazing to see" and "They often get a bad rap" do not belong in an encyclopædia.
  • It is completely unreferenced.
  • The core of the article must be about the species in the wild. The only exceptions to this are animals which are chiefly or exclusively kept as pets. This applies to the domestic dog, but not to Procambarus alleni. That the species is also cometimes kept as a pet is worth mentioning (and is mentioned in my version), but it is of peripheral importance. Compare White's Tree Frog, where its status as a pet is given a short paragraph near the end, despite its popularity as a pet.
  • Also some smaller points: arthropod names are not capitalised on Wikipedia, and there is no need to include trade mark symbols. A trade mark is a trade mark whether or not it is explicitly marked as such. I also have some concern that the article might be being used as an advertisement for a commercial product; it's only a vague concern at the moment, but any time when proprietary names (such as "Electric Blue Dragon™ Crayfish") are given undue prominence, it sets alarm bells ringing.

Sorry to be so scathing, but I wanted to get my point across. I think there probably is some useful information in the added text, but it is overwhelmed by material that is simply inappropriate. I welcome any attempt to improve the crustacean articles, but repeated reversions without any discussion is generally not a productive gambit. --Stemonitis 15:00, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

It is unencyclopædically written - I will look into that and will try to fix that. Yes, I agree there a lot should be fixed/cleaned up including phrases like "excellent scavengers", "not really very good predators", "It can be quite amazing to see" and "They often get a bad rap"
The core of the article must be about the species in the wild - yes, I tottaly agree, core should be written and expanded.
when proprietary names (such as "Electric Blue Dragon™ Crayfish") are given be bold and fix it:) Or, i'll will remove it. TestPilot 15:13, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AWB Edits

Hello, We appreciate your enthusiasm, but you are making a lot of edits with AWB that are considered 'insignificat', ie whitespace moves and similar

Consider using RegExTypo with edits, and limiting AWB to preforming edits that change spelling mistakes and such

Thanks

Reedy Boy 14:25, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Anfinsen's dogma

I wrote a brief primer... Hope you like it.... Kjaergaard 21:59, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re: removing the name info for Dysnomia

Could you please cite a reference for the claim that my addition was wrong? I provided a source for my statements, which verified everything I said. If you know of a source which contradicts it, please tell me. Serendipodous 02:15, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Frühinflammatorisch

Hello TestPilot. "Frühinflammatorisch" is composed of "früh", that is "early", and "inflammatorisch", another word for "entzündlich" (in the medical sense, not the fire), that means inflamed, becoming ill by bacterias or germs. So "In der frühinflammatorischen Phase" means "in the early phase of inflammation". I hope I could help you. Sorry for the late reply, but I am not in en-wiki so often.

P.S. the main author of TLR-2 in de-wiki is Ossip groth. Maybe you want to contact him as TLR-2 is the translation of his article. His user page is: Benutzer:Ossip groth. --Adbo2009 00:03, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Siberian voting

Hello,

Thank you for your interest in Siberian wikipedia. The vote page is protected only for new accounts. So after several days after registering the account you will be able to vote.

Yaroslav. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.68.146.96 (talk) 01:59, 9 December 2006 (UTC).

Hello, you can vote in the discusssion page (as several ukrainians do). Later I will transfer the vote to the real voting. --62.68.146.96 03:38, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

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