User talk:Hirak 99
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[edit] RfA
This is meant to be a friendly comment, and I sincerely hope that you will accept it in that spirit.
Your present RfA has no chance of succeeding. Editors like to see good evidence of knowledge of Wiki policy, which you can only demonstrate by producing a meaningful number of edits in the WP:NAMESPACE areas. Click on the link for clarification. You may possibly have assumed that progress to admin was an automatic sequence upon becoming an editor; I am sorry, but this is not the case, and promotion requies a significant degree of knowledge and experience in all aspects of the project.
I ernestly suggest that you withdraw your application, before the "oppose" votes become hurtful. I hope that you will keep on editing, because we need dedicated users. Please think about re-applying when you have about six months experience and something over 3,000 edits, spread over the various aspects of wikipedia. At that point, I will probably support you. But, I regret, not now.--Anthony.bradbury 21:43, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Well done. Please come back later, as I suggest above.--Anthony.bradbury 21:47, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Agreed, I have seen the opposition and already withdrawn. I did kind of assumed that it will be an easy process. I thought if I become an admin, I can use the powers for good. However, at these moment to be honest I do not need to be an admin, since I do not see myself doing any more than what I already do. I think I will become an admin if an when I deserve it. Perhaps I will reapply if I feel that the time has come. Your comment taken in good spirit, thanks for leaving the polite message. Oh and good luck on your RfA :) --Hirak 99 21:59, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Thank you, both for the message and for your support. I hope that you will re-apply; the attitude shown in your comments is exactly what wikipedia needs. Get those edits in. Happy wikying.--Anthony.bradbury 22:11, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Apocalypto
I'm not sure I think it's important enough to include in the entry, but if it really is easily verifiable then my objection to including the Waldo trivia becomes much less strident. I'd personally prefer it was referenced with a mention in some secondary source, rather than simply instructions on where to view the frame, however. If it or any of the other trivia is included, it should be in another section, preferable one that already exists, rather than simply creating a new one with a title like "easter egg frames" or "discontinuities"; these would be essentially a trivia section under a new name. I'd suggest putting in the production section, perhaps with a sentance like, "The producers included a few humorous references to popular culture; such-and-such a character says "I'm walking here", a famous quote from Midnight Cowboy[source], while in such-and-such a scene, a single frame of a man dressed like Where's Waldo apears[source]..." As I said, though, I'd greatly prefer it if the facts were referenced to reliable secondary sources.--Cúchullain t/c 06:09, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
- You are right, just after I wrote the message to you it came to my mind that the most suitable place to put presence of such frames would be in the production. It is however, rather unfortunate that there is no secondary source yet which indicates the presence of the frame (or, Mel's appearance in the trailer for that matter). I can understand because I myself will also feel reluctant in believing such a claim unless I verified it personally. Hopefully a reliable source will come out soon in the form of an interview regarding the movie.--Hirak 99 06:22, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] You're welcome
Thanks for the kind word regarding Basu's theorem edits. Keep up the good work yourself. Baccyak4H (Yak!) 19:34, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia:Reference desk/Mathematics#Completeness
I thought the X variable should have had a mean of 0? -- Jokes Free4Me 10:52, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mathematics Reference Desk
You posted an explicit solution to a question at the mathematics reference desk. Perhaps it did not occur to you, but the rest of us had carefully avoided posting a complete solution. I have removed your answer, and ask that you please do not do this again. Here's why. The guidelines for the help desk clearly state that we do not provide homework answers. We do not know if this question was homework, even if the poster claims it is not. But beyond that, the question was not "give me a solution", but "how would I approach this". What you did is like revealing the ending of a mystery; it spoils the fun. Also, it teaches almost nothing, which defeats the purpose of the desk. If you read our responses to other questions, you will see that we routinely take creative steps to offer guidance without handing over a final solution. We will confirm a correct solution if the poster asks, but that's a very different thing. I realize your mistake is easy to make at first. Please help us maintain the principles of the help desk by being careful not to do this again. Your understanding and cooperation will be appreciated. --KSmrqT 21:28, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- P.S.: I will see a reply here. --KSmrqT 21:30, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- I am sorry, I thought he stated clearly that it was not a homework problem. And it did not really occur to me that the people who commented actually avoided the solution deliberately, because most of the suggestions would lead to dead-ends. Since you did not post in my talk page when you removed it, I took the liberty to undo the change. However, I will replace the solution with a proper hint instead. I hope that it is acceptable.--Hirak 99 21:40, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- Actually, I was posting to your talk page immediately after removing your post, before you reverted. Those trying to cheat on their homework are also willing to lie about a question being homework, so we are always cautious. But, setting that aside, here the poster clearly asked for guidance, not a solution, as follows:
- "How can someone proceed with such a problem?"
- Hints are fine. I notice that yours is almost exactly the same as that first offered by Algebraist, and essentially is the same when combined with the following post by 194.222.88.44; and since mine is the only other post, I see no dead ends anywhere. (My two linear equations yield P(x) = (2x+8)/3, which — being of degree 1 — is also the remainder upon division of P by (x+1)(x−2), a quadratic.) But no matter; sometimes a minor rewording improves understanding. --KSmrqT 22:14, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- I stand corrected, there was actually only one dead end out of the three, not most. Algebraist suggested multiplying with appropriate factors, which would not have yielded the solution... But the rest were in the right direction. However nobody mentioned the single most important step in solving the problem where he failed after seeing modular arithmetic is involved, which is to work
modulo (x+1)(x-2). Thanks for the heads up on cheaters, will keep in mind not to put full solutions on the reference page in future even when the person claims it is not homework. Cheers, --Hirak 99 22:25, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- I stand corrected, there was actually only one dead end out of the three, not most. Algebraist suggested multiplying with appropriate factors, which would not have yielded the solution... But the rest were in the right direction. However nobody mentioned the single most important step in solving the problem where he failed after seeing modular arithmetic is involved, which is to work
- Actually, I was posting to your talk page immediately after removing your post, before you reverted. Those trying to cheat on their homework are also willing to lie about a question being homework, so we are always cautious. But, setting that aside, here the poster clearly asked for guidance, not a solution, as follows:
- I am sorry, I thought he stated clearly that it was not a homework problem. And it did not really occur to me that the people who commented actually avoided the solution deliberately, because most of the suggestions would lead to dead-ends. Since you did not post in my talk page when you removed it, I took the liberty to undo the change. However, I will replace the solution with a proper hint instead. I hope that it is acceptable.--Hirak 99 21:40, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Geometric median
Hi Hirak99,
I've suggested the article Geometric median, which you recently created at for DYK. There were some questions about how the entry should be worded. Could you take a look at it, you can find the suggestions' page here.--Carabinieri 08:24, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot, I've responded in that section. --Hirak 99 11:53, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
