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Rydra Wong


Welcome! Well, I will be damned if you are not a self-righteous, facist, censorist cunt? I deleted nothing from the original page, all I did was provide a fair warning for researchers interested in truth and logic. I have read the Anarcho-capitalsim article and there is nothing in there that addresses the fact that combining those two words is a drastic and errorneous contradiction in terms. Good luck with playing online poker and taking your children to soccer practice or whatever it is you do with your time because you are quite obviously not an intellectual.

The anonymous gentleman above (user talk:67.184.203.221) left a highly amusing screed inserted at the beginning of Anarcho-Capitalism.I reverted the damage and suggested that while good faith edits to Wikipedia were welcome, vandalism was not and would be dealt with accordingly. In the spirit of Wikipedia I must point out that he is showing a modicum of growth. He managed to avoid the ever so tempting Caps Lock key this time. -- Rydra Wong 06:43, 26 November 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] Hamlets in the Yellow Springs, Ohio area

A great place to start is by creating articles for area townships (Clark and Greene Counties, maybe?), making sure that each township article includes links to these hamlets. Help for this is available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Ohio townships. Good luck! -- SwissCelt 05:21, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sea Of Glass

Are you sure "Of" is supposed to be capitalized? My Google search for "sea of glass" and "longyear" turned up mostly results with a lowercase "o". --Maxamegalon2000 04:40, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. The St. Martin's Press first edition (ISBN 0-312-00780-9) I own has it titled as "SEA OF GLASS" on the copyright page. An ISBN search [1]of amazon.com produces the appropriate cover typeface (consistent with the spine and copyright page) but gives "Sea of Glass" in their description. A search of abebooks.com [2] for the same ISBN produces "SEA OF GLASS", "Sea of Glass" and occasionally "Sea Of Glass". Given the case variations found and the Wikipedia capitalization conventions for books [3], I opted to title the stub "Sea Of Glass" as a compromise. I'm not absolutely sure that my compromise is the most appropriate and I'm open to suggestions. -- Rydra Wong 09:00, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, I would think one of them has to be the correct one. But as long as you've got a rationale behind it, I certainly don't mind and it's probably not that big of a deal. I just noticed you'd created the two seperate articles, and I redirected to what I assumed was the correct title. I would have gone with the lowercase "o", but if there's some discrepancy maybe it could go either way. If it should be lowercase, I imagine others will notice it when they expand the article anyway. Thanks for the reply. --Maxamegalon2000 15:26, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brazil

Did you check the IBGE website? I don't think you have it clearly uses Mulatto as a racial description and not Multiracial. Shakam 00:44, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

My apologies, I have now checked both the IBGE website and the link to the pertinent area of the IBGE site from the Brazil article. I would suggest, however, that the article "Mulatto" not be linked to until it has been substantially refurbished. -- Rydra Wong 01:02, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't know, someone might not know what a mulatto is, and the mulatto article has a Brazilian section I believe. Shakam 01:46, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

My point is that the Mulatto article is very poorly written; it's filled with original research, bias and obvious misinformation. While it makes sense to use the terminology of the IBGE when referencing that site in the Brazil article; linking to a confusing and poorly written article detracts unnecessarily from the quality of the Brazil article. Perhaps tightening and tidying the Mulatto article prior to linking would be a good idea. -- Rydra Wong 02:02, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

It still gives the basic definition of a mulatto; however, I agree that it is poorly written. I've done little work to it. When I first saw it, I just worked with what was there (it was very poorly written) by adding a few citations and fixing sentences for clarity. It is much better than it was, but with such limited information on the internet of mulattoes, work is slowly progressing. Shakam 06:39, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yellow Springs sock puppet

I noticed that you have been engaged in editing Yellow Springs, Ohio with user:Omnivore Oprah and user:CubanBaseball. Those sock puppet accounts have now been blocked. If you're interested you may comment here: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#CantStandYa blocked. In the future, if you should see another editor showing a similar pattern of edits it would be helpful if you could inform me or another admin. Cheers, -Will Beback · † · 07:14, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Chrysalids

  • Hi, just to say great work on The Chrysalids, it was a complete mess when I found it and though I had a go at improving it slightly, I'm overjoyed a more committed editor found the article and made it what it now is, an article fitting of what this great and classic book deserves. Keep up the good work, and happy editing! Jdcooper 04:35, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the kind words. While the article is still a work in progress, it's nice to receive a pat on the back. Thanks also for your assistance in editing and swatting the occasional pest. -- Rydra Wong 23:28, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
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