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[edit] Lucky 6.9

I reviewed your revisions. I would like to suggest that you start a new RFAR with them since the comments and votes don't really apply any more. Though I cannot speak for the committee, I myself would be particularly interested in reviewing any evidence of personal attacks or other civility violations.

The Uninvited Co., Inc. 02:43, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Strawman Sockpuppet ad.png)

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[edit] WP:RFCN#El_chulito_.28talk_.E2.80.A2_contribs.29

There is new information about this username that is relevant to the position you took in this debate, you may wish to review it. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 18:28, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Having gone to the trouble of typing this...

Well, bitch is a "derogatory term for a woman" per the 1st sentence of the article, and "in heat" is an explicit reproductive reference specifically forbidden as a username by Wikipedia's username policy. Now, care to explain how "Christian" is either of these two? Reswobslc 06:46, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

That's a nice straw man. The assumption that "bitch" is being used in that context is no more valid than the assumption that "Christian" is being used to refer to people of the Christian faith. Both "bitch" and "in heat" (which also can be used in an entirely inoffensive manner) certainly are forbidden by our username policy, and that's my point; they carry strong offensive connotations, just as "dirty Christian" and its derivatives do (irrespective of the user's intentions). —David Levy 07:00, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your opinion. The user is now blocked, the issue is moot, and we're each entitled to our own diverse opinions. Reswobslc 08:08, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Salvia divinorum article Media stories links

I think your list of media stories is just fine, and are not only not excessive, but highly relevant. They are essentially references for each of the claims made for each individual state, and so they're almost mandatory. I wouldn't worry about disclaiming the quantity of links you have. The more the better. In fact it would probably make them more valuable to include the US state for each one (for the US) so that it mimics the US state list (whether done with a heading, or simply perhaps the name of the state as the first word of each link, as in...

  • Utah, Duane Cardall, KSL (link)...

-Reswobslc 21:32, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks. I've followed the format given for an article in the Harvard referencing section of course, but I guess we could tweak that in this case if it was felt to be useful. Personally, I'd like to keep them in descending date order, but perhaps the format for US entries could ensure inclusion of State without too much change at all e.g.

There may also be a case for <div class="references-small"> e.g.

I'd quite like to keep some kind of disclaimer as well to be honest, just to clarify. Yes, the stories need to be referred to as they're part of the overall Salvia phenomena, but I like to clearly ensure they're not bestowed with undue credibility. I do take your point though, so I'll maybe think some more about that before we get into further discussion.

--SallyScot 23:13, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I put a general invite for comment and debate in Talk:Salvia divinorum

--SallyScot 18:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The MediaWiki software

NOTICE: This comment is completely unrelated to the other discussions we are in the middle of having.

I noticed that your user page currently states "MediaWiki can be run for free on any computer with Windows XP Professional". Actually, MediaWiki can be run on any computer running Apache, so it can run on any edition of Windows XP as well as on a number of other operating systems. —Remember the dot (t) 06:05, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Make that Apache and MySQL, providing that you can get them working. —Remember the dot (t) 06:10, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

And IIS too, since I'm running it that way. And more likely than not, any web server that supports CGI and PHP as well. Reswobslc 06:11, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Well yes, it'll work a bunch of different ways. So you might want to change your userpage so it doesn't imply that XP Pro is the only way it will work. But it's your userpage. —Remember the dot (t) 06:03, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Title

So, aside from our other discussions, do you still object to using the title Comparison of privilege authorization features as discussed at Talk:User Account Control? —Remember the dot (talk) 03:13, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Go ahead and write what you had in mind. If what you write fits the title, I can't imagine anybody will object. If someone thinks the title should be something else, they'll move to change it. I probably don't feel Run as administrator should be merged into anything else, but if whatever you write looks like it covers the same thing, then chances are I'll change my mind. Reswobslc 03:20, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I've gotten the Comparison of privilege authorization features article started. I welcome your input on how to improve it. —Remember the dot (talk) 05:35, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

You've got the following sentence in the article: To combat this problem, modern operating systems use one or two methods. The simple method is to give users limited-privilege accounts, switching to a higher-privileged account only when necessary. Another method is to have users run with administrative privileges as before, but require explicit permission to grant a process administrator rights.. If it were me, I would have the article expand on each of these "methods" and then explain which of the commands/functions fall into each one, so as to not have an article that's a simple listing of su-like commands. Also I might include setuid/setgid in the mix as well, since they're another flavor of the same concept. Reswobslc 06:24, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] HighGrow

Hi, I've added a deletion proposal tag to HighGrow; if you can find references to satisfy notability, feel free to remove it. Marasmusine 18:45, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

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