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[edit] Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Someone must have been lazy, as you have not been welcomed yet. Thank you for your contributions. Since you have been here for a while, we can pretty much assume you are not a troll, vandal, or clueless newbie. I hope you continue to like the place and don't get all grumpy and leave over nothing. Here are a few good links for newcomers, even though you aren't one:

I hope you still enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian, and won't get mad over something stupid and leave! By the way, please be sure to continue to sign your name on Talk and vote pages using four tildes (~~~~) to produce your name and the current date, or three tildes (~~~) for just your name. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome, and sorry for your not being welcomed in the past! Alphax τεχ 15:25, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cricket quiz

Q13 is all yours. take it away... -- Ian ≡ talk 17:00, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Omega Directive

Hi, i'm the guy who wrote the page. The problem with the omega particles as represented was that they are meant to be unstable, but the aliens who created it were trying to stabilise it to give their culture a future (using resonance frequency or some other piece of treknobabble). The question is unresolved in the episode although they seem to form a pattern before they are destroyed. It's just a funny old universe really. Does this help? Pydos 11:49, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Plame Affair

Hi, I noticed your question about Wilson's politicial contributions on Talk:Plame_affair. I pulled up some info from the FECinfo political contributions database, which indexes the free, public contributions info. I hope this helps. I found the receipt for Wilson's contribution to Bush's campaign in the 2000 election cycle, but I did not find any contributions to Gore. The Kerry contributions start in May 2003, I believe. --Zippy 16:19, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The date

He said himself that, as soon as he discovered it, he got things moving. September was when the anonymous user wrote the article. --VKokielov 01:45, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

I don't know...Let's ask Jimbo. Otherwise, I believe you. --VKokielov 05:26, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
MAY?!
What scared me was that he might have discovered it in September, but written the article in USA Today only in December. He di', di'n't he?
Aw, hell. What could compel him, after three months, to crap on us? Brr. --VKokielov 17:44, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Irish people peer review?

The additions and editions made on this page even within recent weeks - especily photos - has vastly improved it, to the better I think. Would you support it being submitted for a peer review, and help tidy it up/add some more? Fergananim 14:47, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] BYU Religious Requirements

You asked the following about the Brigham Young University page:

I'm a bit confused by the above statement. It seems to suggest non-LDS students need to regularly attend some sort of religious service. This would imply that atheists, agonostics, and non practicing religious individuals can't attend BYU. I also wonder what happens with religions where regular attendance of some sort of religious service is not compulsory or even generally common, e.g. Buddhism, Hinduism, or even Sikhism which is mentioned in reference in the article later on. Can anyone help clarify the matter? is my interpretation correct?

As far as I know, the endorsement by a religious leader simply states that the student in question is living by the standards his religion requires.  If attendance of services is one of these requirements, than the leader shouldn't endorse the student if he doesn't regularly attend services.  If, though, as you ask, attendance of services is not required, I can't see why a student would not be endorsed for not attending.  Basically, just live by the tenets of your religion, and you'll be fine.

Hope that helps!  Merry Christmas!

John 21:03, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Answers.com

You've probably realised by now but if not, answers.com copies stuff from Wikipedia, fully legally and identified as from Wikipedia. So if you see stuff there that is the same here, it's probably because they copied it from us... Nil Einne 15:06, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, you're only the fifth person to tell me that.  :p Rogue 9 17:55, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sloths

Oh man, I wish. I took that picture during a spring break trip around Costa Rica. I actually got to hold that sloth in my arms. It was so cool. Anyway, the camera I used has both still, audio, and video capabilities. Unfortunately I didn't have the memory card space to shoot video while I was there as the place I was staying during the time I took the sloth pictures didn't have internet access so I couldn't upload the photos to clear space. That was horrible grammar. Wait, there was internet access in that town. Hmm. Oh, I know what the deal was. The room we were in had large, almost floor to ceiling, windows all the way around and was on the top floor of the building. This meant that all pictures were backlit. I had to use a flash to balance it out and then adjust the brightness. Shooting quality video from a palm-sized digital camera would have been near impossible. Thanks for giving me an excuse to go back there, though. Now I just have to convince my parents to donate airfare and a week's lodging so I can shoot a 10 second video segment for Wikipedia. :) —WAvegetarian•CONTRIBUTIONSTALK• EMAIL• 19:32, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AFD

Remeber the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charlie Sheen and Alex Jones interviews? It reached nothing even remotly resembling consensus, but it was deleted anyway? Please join the debate regarding undeleting it. I view this as nothing more as the majority imposing their will on the minority, in a blatant violation of the spirit of wikipedia --Striver 22:08, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Belly dance

I don't see what's PoV about the fact that there was a craze. With regard to your actual edit, I agree that the "for us" shouldn't be there, but not for the reason that you gave. It had nothing to do with people being interested in what happened in the West (though why do you assume that readers won't be interested in that?); the article said that it was good fortune because it led to the making of films of dancers in the late-nineteenth century that would otherwise not have been made. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 14:36, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Labour Party Troubles

Hi Nil!

I've noticed your comment on the current scandals of the Labour Party - I've tried to write accurate articles however you will find that hard-core Labour fans are removing them as fast as you can write them, also my grammar and style isn't excellent therefore I have tried to stick to the facts, but please feel free to make changes anywhere on Wiki. Hayday 09:38, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] United Nations

Hey,

We're starting a small wiki dedicated to Foreign Policy and UN Research. We're pretty new at the whole wiki thing, but you seem to have made some solid foreign policy posts. We'd love your expertise if you've got the time to possibly answer some questions and contribute. Interested? Email Admin.MUNFO@gmail.com and check out http://www.munfo.com (very early in development ;)) Fj winit

[edit] External copyvios

Greetings. In regard to Lonelygirl15, you asked about linking to a copyvio. We generally don't have a problem with linking to copyright violations. That sort of thing isn't usually handled on WP:CP. All the best, – Quadell (talk) (random) 12:24, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vigilance

Hi, just wanted to commend you for your vigilance in keeping wikipedia free of copyright violating images Nil Einne 16:14, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! :) --Abu Badali 17:01, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wonderful Essay

I just read your fantastic essay at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science#a short brief essay. It was kind of mean but it made me laugh. =D Hyenaste (tell) 18:41, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Job

Uhhh, want are you talking about? Jerry G. Sweeton Jr. 17:12, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Ketuanan Melayu

Thanks, it's no problem at all. I actually didn't even know we were going to feature the article since I haven't been following my watchlist for the past few months. Hope you enjoyed the article. :) Johnleemk | Talk 09:42, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trash Message

I'd ask you to not talk trash about what I believe personally, so please quit it and do not "message" me unless you have something viable and/or interesting to look at or inform me of. I don't like trash on my wiki profile. If you didn't intend for that paragraph to mean as what I applied above... then please inform me of this, however, writing if "homosexuals should not be married, then don't allow lawyers, politicians, etc" or whatever you implied is offensive to me, and un-called for. IronCrow 00:45, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Saddam

No problem, been a bit hectic there today for obvious reasons. Thanks for the message, Badgerpatrol 04:59, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Its time to bomb Saddam!

I'm terrble with graphics, but I just wanted to give a "thanks" for the Trials of Saddam Hussesin article, you're a better man than me Gunga Din! 14:56, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Heggedal

Thanks for your comments! I'll see whether I can sort out the rest of the mess - Mr Weern doesn't appear in my encyclopedia as a composer either, so I'm guessing that's a hoax too. Sam Vimes | Address me 18:50, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Misinformed

Thank you for the message you left on my talk page regarding my contribution to the Trial of Saddam Hussein article. If you read my contribution carefully ('Prime Minister Tony Blair stated that he is "against the death penalty, whether it is Saddam Hussein or anybody else".') you will see that none of those words are "he stopped short of condeming the verdict". That edit was made by the contributor who followed me. Please be more careful in future. 84.92.93.58 19:33, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AnonEMouse RfA

Hi. I saw your comments on User:AnonEMouse's RfA page. I am supporting the RfA, because AnonEMouse has made valuable contributions in several areas, but I also share what I believe might be some of your concerns about some of the edits in the thread under scrutiny. If, as you indicate, you are going to be bringing up related matters somewhere else after the RfA closes, I'd be interested to know where the discussion takes place. Regards, Newyorkbrad 01:54, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Saddam Hussesin

Sorry about that, I must have overridden an edit conflict. Sorry about that, must not have even noticed that. Usually, I deal in much more obscure corners of wikipedia so I rarely come across edit conflicts... Cheers V. Joe 13:16, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: welcome etc

Hey, thanks for the message you left me welcoming me etc.. it was nice to find that there, and thanks for all the links. See ya around then! LibLord 00:38, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nil Einne Defender of Justice

Yeah, umm I just gave you a official Level 20 warning and you have been prohibited from doing anything on Wikipedia for the rest of this week. If your offenses continue to add up you will be given a yellow ticket, a swift kick, a goat and sent to somewhere in Mexico in a box. Please stop the offenses and work together. And by the way ummmm yeah uhhh nice message I am glad to know you are very PERSONAL with your Wikipedia, just calm down and walk away. Watch for the Bowstaff. Oh and by the way send me another one of those stop signs, I LOVE those they add color to my discussion I will try to send you one as soon as possible. Bowstaffer

[edit] Nil Einne Reciever of the Yellow Card

Yeah, ummmmm someone has emotional issues. And by the way I dare you to edit something, try it I triple dog dare you. Oh and if you think that I would go to Malaysia and ship you to Mexico you are retarded and live in your dark room picking mushrooms. Stop ruining everyones life and go back to listening to Josh Groban and watching Star Trek. You have also recieved the official yellow card and have one the, "I Like giving People Warnings and Stop Sign" award. Give me another please, come on you didn't answer my request. Tell me how to do it. Bowstaffer

[edit] User:Nil Einne/Sandbox

Per Wikipedia:Fair_use#Policy, "Fair use images may be used only in the article namespace." I came across your "sandbox" page that makes extensive use of fair-use images, and before I went through and de-included them all, I wanted to provide you the opportunity to do so. — pd_THOR | =/\= | 12:15, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UTC

OMG! I thought only us Americans were silly enough to screw up our sleep cycles with DST. Ya learn something every day. :-) —Hanuman Das 13:51, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks! That was really exciting to see that! Mmeyers 21:26, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mel Gibson mugshot photo

I didn't want to take the entire discussion at the fair use pages, so I wanted to bring this to you. The mugshot photo taken of Gibson was taken by the LASD, the police agency that arrested and booked Gibson. I found out from their terms of service that their images are non-commercial only (which is against our policies). Some believe that mugshot photos are PD upon creation, but it is only true in some areas. I tried to contact the LASD about the clarification of the photo, but no response was made by them. I know Mel doesn't like the photo, but my main goal is to make sure the license is right. I hope this should be enough to explain the situation. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 02:46, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Don't Bite.

On the main page talk, someone asked this:
The Socialist Party gains in Dutch elections, while Jan Peter Balkenende's (pictured) Christian Democrats retain their plurality" is it plurality or popularity ?--Pixel ;-) 12:36, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

You answered:
Plurality is a well understood English word with a specific meaning when it comes to elections. This is the normal English wikipedia, not the simple one. Do you suggest we give up on all words and just don't communicate? Nil Einne 11:43, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

I wonder if you found that very nice, very helpful, or very wiki at all. Because I found it the opposite of those things.

Read this.

Furthermore, User:Pixel ;-) was merely asking a question, not asserting anything. He or she wasking for help, or for an answer, and instead had you jumping down his or her throat. Grow up and don't be an ass. Post to my Talk if you have qualms or queries. Cheers. Shagmaestro 14:25, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

I read your post to my talk page, and I apologise for taking your comments out of context. It was my error, and I certainly jumped at you the way I asked you not to jump at others. I apologise for being a hypocrite as well as an ass myself. Case closed! Shagmaestro 15:41, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
Well this one ain't closed. I think that your comments on the Humanities ref desk about the "photographs" of John Ingram were uncivil and did not assume good faith. Sure the OP was ambiguous, but I think they deserved a little more credit than to be ridiculed and accused of trolling. Please chill a little. --Dweller 15:54, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
I moved your troll accusation about the "photographs" of King Henry to the Discussion page for Ref Desk, because I did not want a new Wikipedia contributor to feel like their head had been bitten off for using words imprecisely, and time seemed of the essence, because a questioner may check back right away to see what the contributors to Wikipedia, in their collective wisdom, have come up with in response to a question. I wish, in retrospect, that I had just contacted you first to express my wish that the response be modified to sound less like an accusation or attack. Best wishes. Edison 17:02, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Labels

Got your note on labels and Selenium Sulfide. Good call there, I didn't realize that there was at least one flavor of H&S that used this as its active - though I'll note that H&S' web paged didn't make note of the ingredients, it only pointed out that Se. Sulfide is a common ingredient.

For what it's worth, no offense taken.

Thanks again for the pointer! --Dennis The TIger 06:04, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. Those were notes I didn't see in the FAQ.

Thanks again, --Dennis The TIger 04:10, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use images in user space

Hi. It might be a good idea to remove Image:Monkey3.jpg from User:Nil Einne/Sandbox/Monkey since fair use images are not supposed to be used in the user space according to fair use criterion #9. Thanks. Khatru2 07:23, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merry Christmas!


Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Nil Einne! | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
May you and your family have a Merry Christmas, as well as any other Holiday you may celebrate. I hope that warmth, good cheer, and love surround you during these special days. May God bless you during the Holidays. | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] BLP

Nil Einne - I saw your comments on my talk page regarding the Duke lacrosse talk page. Thanks for explaining that. I had decided that Wikipedia didn't enforce its own rules or guidelines, so I stopped complaining at the time. But the BLP policy would cover it, then. Thanks again. Valtam 15:19, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BLP comments re: DS

I found your recent comments regarding the Derek Smart wiki article to be very insightful. I think it's one of the more sane perspectives that has come out of the silliness that seems to surround the subject. Thanks for taking the time to write up something so thoughtful about the BLP. -- Tomlouie | talk 02:31, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Auckland Meetup 2 Scheduled - Feb 10 2007

You are invited to Auckland Meetup 2 on the afternoon of Saturday February 10th 2007 at Galbraith's Ale House in Mt Eden. Please see Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland 2 for details. You can also bookmark Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland to be informed of future NZ meetups. - SimonLyall 08:53, 7 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] In responce to your "fuck the British Empire"

I am so very offended, i have just gone round to my local petral station to buy several cans of petral and Malasian/New Zeland flags, i will them join an angery mob and burn dowm the Malasian and New Zeland embassys in London shouting "Behead those who insult the British Empire" and "Malasia watch your back, Winston Churchill is comming back". If this is not enough i will strap explosives onto myself and onto any 14 year old children i can find, and run at the Malasian infidels shouting "God save the queen", then blow myself up for the British Empire!!!

LOL

I don't really want a retern to the British Empire, it is more of a joke to be honest, and you are more than welcome to slag it on on my talk page, but just remember that the British Empire modernised Malasia greatly, and created New Zeland. --Boris Johnson VC 09:53, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ayatollah

I think you could / should repost that one on the username discussion board, there have been a few religious names recently and the more we look at the more we can build a picture of where the line is. It's your baby so I'll leave it with you for now. Deizio talk 16:38, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Huh?

I seem to have deeply offended you with my question about Blacksad on the Entertainment Reference Desk. I would normally apologize, but your accusation (which I assume was aimed at me) was completely incorrect. I stand up for homosexuality, and get my fair share of ridicule for it. I'm not religious and I most certainly do not believe a person will go to hell if they have sex before marriage. However I do believe somone stands a good chance of contracting an STD if they have frequent unprotected sex and I do agree with your opinion on America (BTW, I live in Canada).

If your comment was not aimed at me, then I have no idea why you were expressing your opinion on the reference desk under my question. BeefJeaunt 18:57, 13 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] I was only joking

I was only joking, i hope u diden't really think i was planning to burn down embassys. I don't really advicate a retearn to the British Empire, but i am still convinced that the net effect of the British Empire has been positive (as i mentioned New Zealand woulden't even exist, and Malasia and much of the rest of the world have been graetly modernised). I don't think that having colonies is bad, only if you have them for the wrong reasons. --Boris Johnson VC 21:54, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My Bad

Sorry about my mistake about your comment on the reference desk. Thanks for being nice about it. I'll know better next time. BeefJeaunt 21:12, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use policy

You still don't understand what I'm trying to say. Because there are no legal reasons for fair use criterion 1, it cannot and should not carry the force which you are putting behind it, and nowhere- not in one word of the requirements as they are actually written. Put simply, the policy you suggest is downright absurd, and the restrictions you were trying to put on it do not yet exist in any written policy- the page you showed me is not yet official policy. The real policy page says that free images should be easily avalable, and any sane definition of easy is going to exclude crossing the globe to get it. Millions of people live in cities? well, I don't, and until the system for tagging desired to be replaced images is changed from, "we're going to delete this, you evil editor" to "this is listed on xyz page for a local to replace," I and only I am the only editor that matters. Requesting a free image is one thing. Threatening deletion to extort one from editors is beyond ridiculous, is not a helpful option. If you believe somthing is replaceable, replace it or list it somewhere for someone else to replace. Thanatosimii 14:46, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stalking.

You have recently made edits that I am concerned about. After commenting on the Ahmose image, you proceeded to contradict me [1] there and [2] there. However, those two pages have absolutly nothing in common except that I have made comments on policy to them. On an encyclopedia of 1.5 million articles, the chances that this would happen by fortune are so astronomically low that I can say with complete certainty that you're stalking me, and the fact that you say nothing except contradict me makes your behavior trollish. Stop. Thanatosimii 21:14, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Al Tikriti, the executed

Hi, are you an administrator? There are too many links for the above...

Barzan Al-Tikriti

Relevance: 100.0% - - Barzan al-Tikriti Relevance: 100.0% - - Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti Relevance: 89.5% - - Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti Relevance: 89.2% - - Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti Relevance: 89.2% - - Barzan Ibrahim Hassan al-Tikriti

Relevance: 89.2% - - ,

So, we should link it into one, full name!

[edit] Your behavior

I have decided to rephrase myself, to expedite our cesassion of contact. Any validity to your beliefs has been entierly ruined by your tone and your lack of civility. Perhaps it's just the way you write things, as I see you have managed to irritate many people, however I do not believe any claim that you never had malice in your behavior for one reason. Put simply, "methinks the lady doth protest too much." Your behavior thus becomes both sanctimonious and patronizing.

I informed you from the very first post that I perfectly understand the rules and policy, and now you come running at me saying you think I've known them all along? I know them, but I find them unapplicable inasmuch as the critera for what is replacable are not yet an actual policy, and the spirit of the enforcement of criterion 1 is to avoid fair use images that are easily obtainable by large portions of society. You, on the other hand, interpret it stronger and then accuse me of desiring to break it. However, by not contesting the entierty of the fair use claim, you tacitly acknowledge that the image is beneficial, and by proposing deletion for an image that is beneficial in order to coerce someone to get another one, your interpretation is in fact in violation of POINT, however well intentioned you might be or whether or not you intended it. The entierty of your claim falls apart if someone does not hold your particular position on what is and what is not meant by the spirit of criterion 1, and the only "policy" which exists to define exactly what is and what is not replaceable has not passed consensus and therefore is not binding.

However, what you did next was uncalled for. Your assumption of bad faith on my part lead you to write several tirades on numerous pages, including my talk page, accusing me of all manner of evil. I'm sorry, but you can't come screaming and yelling and three sentances later say, "if I'm wrong, sorry." Also, you cannot go around trying to clean up other editors with whom you disagree, and despite your protestation, your words betray your true motives, and your comments obviously indicate that you didn't read much more than my own comment, since the first discussion was both taken care of and now dead, and the second discussion had nothing whatsoever to do with a biography of a living person, and your comment was entierly irrelevant to the situation, except to contradict me on a technicality. You have a penchant for parting shots as well, and that cannot be charecterized as in good faith either.

I have extreme wikistress due to your incivility, so here's the simple version. Although under stress some of my words and points came out sounding wrong, I have only ever intentionally argued against the current interpretations of replaceability, and since I do not share your pov and there is no actual policy advocating your pov, your current remarks and behavior have been entierly uncalled for, as have been your three attempts at parting shots. I have extreme wikistress and put up a sign directed at you saying "I'm not calm enough to interact with editors right now, so go away" and you still put up a parting shot, making your behavior even more inappropriate. The sign is still up, and I expect you to abide by it. Thanatosimii 21:24, 18 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Long live the British Empire

I know u said u didden't want to hear from me again, but u made several points which i feel duty bound to respond. I do fundimentally agree with u that the British empire was created to increase Britains power, although it's creaters did believe that they where helping local people, as was the case. However i strongly disagree with u that third world countrys would have modinised without the help of the empire, they where for better or worse still stuck in their old ways, and the british empire brought them stability and modernisation. Also countrys created by the British empire such as New Zeland would certainly not have existed without us, and New Zealand would be like parts of Indonesia with a few small tribes sitting on an island.

I think that the main reason that the third world countrys are not greatful for the British empire is out of the embarrisment that they needed it's help, and they tend to ignore all of its benifits. --Boris Johnson VC 09:29, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Random Smily

For your contributions to Wikipedia and humanity in general, you are hereby granted the coveted Random Smiley Award
originated by Pedia-I
(Explanation and Disclaimer)

Jerry lavoie 23:48, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Muhammad mediation

Hi and thanks. I'm by no means the most eloquent debater or most knowledgeable person... but, I think my graduate school training has helped / is helping. User:Zora and I often end up going back and forth--annoying many Muslim editors by our views and then annoying whichever other side is clashing with them on other occasions. I'd like to think that's because we're doing a good job :) --gren グレン 15:25, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help desk edits

As you know, you removed content here, at the Wikipedia:Help desk. Thanks for correcting it! Just to tell you, the reason that happened was probably because the MediaWiki software ignored the edit conflict. A lot of odd things have been happening today with the server and database... GracenotesT § 18:17, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kewl!!

Love your username. Very clever :) Shouldn't it be "Níl Éinne" though? - Alison☺ 19:08, 11 March 2007 (UTC) (being pedantic)

[edit] MizsaBot

When you removed the wedernabot code from the main page, you mentioned somthing about a MizsaBot. What is it, as I cannot find anything about it anywhere? ffm yes? 21:04, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I missed your note on the main page. Please disregard the above comment. ffm yes? 21:25, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

He can continue to vandalize the page because he's basing his assertions around his opinion. I'm done with the issue but he still failed the rules of citing his sources. While the government transcript shows "Plaza Center", I've already demonstrated a link from KIRO News [3], he seems to blow past that argument and refuse to accept any other versions. He's a new user which I'm constantly patrolling for changes that are unwarranted or fails wikipedia's rules. ViriiK 07:59, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

I know, I'm backing off and letting the issue go to someone else. You were correct I violated 3RR because I still believed I was correct in my actions. Thank you though. ViriiK 08:12, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Official government transcript is from http://www.defenselink.mil/news/transcript_ISN10024.pdf - that states Plaza Bank. You're the one getting a edited version from a TV channel! HighTouch 08:04, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Apology

I apologise for my behvaiour. I agree that I shouldn't have posted my views like that. Though I still won't budge from that opinion. It is a pain to see Pakistani wikipedians contribute almost nothing for Pakistan WikiProject(they have only 1 featured article) but come around vandalising India articles or creating unnecessary debates about petty things in India-related articles. If the hard work of Indians pays off on the main page they have an objection. Not only myself but several other Indians have become sick and tired of this nonsense.

I am not sure whether the admins have noticed this destructive mentality.

However I agree that such views should not be posted publicly.Maquahuitl

[edit] Re: T:MP Pageblanking

Sorry, I was trying to test it on another wiki, and I accidentally used the wrong parameter. ffm ✎talk 15:43, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Talk main page archive bot

Yes, in retrospect I think the random unsigned nonsense comments were what was keeping the cricket discussion from being archived. All the comments in the past few days have pretty much been off topic and not useful, (The last one was extolling the virtues of football!) so its best that it was archived anyway. I usually do a once monthly clean up of talk main page regardless of the bots, as they tend to leave edit artefacts about. Yeah I was wondering about the bot's archive size limit, as it was above the warning level already. I poked around to see if I could find the code that changes that, but couldn't. --Monotonehell 08:50, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ian Thorpe image

Site appears user created & uses other images which prob don't belong 2them - may be true. But how to be sure? By contacting the site? Ok, that's ideal, I admit. But, when they have clearly written their license (cc attribution sharealike 2.5) IMO there is no legal or even ethical issue if it's used by wikipedia. Anyway, I am not much aware of these issues. Was elated to have found out one usable image :) Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 13:42, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Ok. Thanks. Basically I am yet to understand the scopes and use of CC correctly :) Anyway, the sad thing is today's Today's Featured Article goes image-less :) Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 14:22, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Would it be possible

Hi, those images are not identical, but very simmilar. Only difference is the background (the deleted one just have a solid black background) and the deleted image is also slightly bigger. Other than that they very simmilar, would not be supriced if one was derived from the other. --Sherool (talk) 22:47, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NFL Draft

There are two types of players available in the draft:

  • Those who have completed their four years of college eligibility and are automatically eligible for the draft.
  • Those who are at least three years out of high school and have declared themselves eligible for the draft, forfeiting their remaining college eligibility.

There are thousands of players in the first category, the vast majority of whom are not likely to be chosen or play football professionally. Even though someone whose college career is over doesn't need to declare himself eligible, it would be very strange for someone not interested in playing in the NFL to be drafted. Teams generally speak to potential draftees before the draft, and it would be common knowledge that a player was uninterested in playing profesionally.

(A footnote: The very first NFL draft pick, 1935 Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger, was uninterested in pro football and never signed with the team that drafted him. That was back when pro football players didn't make a lot of money and the draft was not nearly as scientific as it is today.)

This article in the Cincinnati Post explains what happened to the 479 people in the second category from 1990 to 2002:

  • 322 were drafted
  • 65 were not drafted but signed with NFL teams as undrafted free agents
  • 96 were not drafted and were not signed by an NFL team

As mentioned above, there is no official definition of "draft prospect." A PR guy at a small college might define his team's star player as a "draft prospect" in the team media guide, but that may just mean he's got an outside chance of being drafted at all. My personal opinion would be that any college player who is likely to be drafted is "notable," since there has undoubtedly a great deal of publicity written about him. Finally, it's relatively uncommon for players to be physically present during the draft, which lasts two days. Usually, players watch on TV and wait to get a phone call. -- Mwalcoff 23:22, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

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