User talk:Abe Lincoln

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[edit] Monty Hall problem

Hi Abe. I don't think there is a meaningful notion of legal and illegal interpretations of the Monty Hall problem, and I don't think it's appropriate style to refer, in the article, to other editors who argue one way or the other. In all, the revision you made wasn't an improvement, so I reverted it. Feel free to back up and try it again. No hard feelings, and don't take it personally; Monty Hall problem attracts a lot of random commentary so we really need to keep it focused. Best regards, & happy editing to you, Wile E. Heresiarch 13:46, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] World Leader test

According to the very same test that pointed out you are most similar to Abe Lincoln, I would be rather like Saddam Hussein. Oh my God, this'll cause me having sleepless nights! Caesarion 18:12, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

LOL. Ich glaube nicht, dass das zu erwartende Urteil über Hussein auch auf jene angewandt wird, die vermeintlich "similiar" sind. Aber Gedanken würde ich mir trotzdem mal machen... --Abe Lincoln 11:21, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Freddy J. Brown

In regards to the article Freddy J. Brown, which you proposed for deletion, I have marked the article for speedy deletion, as I feel that the article meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion. In cases where it applies, speedy deletion is preferable to proposed deletion. I have left the {{prod}} tag in place, so that if speedy deletion is rejected, your proposed deletion will remain in place. Thanks! Mangojuicetalk 19:56, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Civil defense siren

I noticed your trans-wiki correction regarding the German language article. I'm curious about your reasoning. The German article previously used dealt with emergency systems - which is what Civil Defense Alarms are about. The article you linked it to dealt only with sirens and their construction. As a result, your correction appears mistaken. Could you explain it to me so that I can understand? Rklawton 19:39, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi Rklawton! The German Katastrophenalarm is a term that refers to some kind of "State of emergency". For instance, when the bird flu appeared in Germany recently, Katastrophenalarm (disaster alarm) was declared. Of course no sirens were switched on in that case. It just means, that the local authorities (f.i. the district) can get additional money, troops or cognizances from state or federation. Unfortunately, I don't know the English term for it, nor the article.
The equivalent to Civil defense siren is unfortunately spread over these articles:
--Abe Lincoln 21:13, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for helping me understand! Rklawton 21:44, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Well, so what is the English term for it??? --Abe Lincoln 10:51, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Here is a list of types of dister warnings we use in the U.S. This list is from my memory only. While living here, I have seen each one of these in use either in person or on the U.S. news. If the Germans issued an alarm after Chernobyl, then I experienced that in person as well, since I was living in Germany at the time. I remember not eathing fresh vegitables for several weeks. I sometimes think of myself as a disaster magnate. A surprising number of countries I have visited either don't exist anymore or are currently in conflict.

Federal Level:

  • Homeland Security Advisory System used only to report terrorist threat levels.
  • War-related alerts (nuclear attack, etc., but most people don't know about these)

Federal and State Level:

  • State of Emergency indicates lives are currently at risk.
  • Disaster Area indicates the threat to lives has passed, but that an area will require extraordinary assistance to recover economically.
  • Martial Law permits state and/or federal troops to assume law-enforcement duties. This gives military commanders the authority to maintain peace and includes the right to set up check-points, enforce curfews, and use deadly force to defend private property. At times, this has even included the right to shoot looters on sight.

City Level:

  • Air Quality Index some cities report the danger posed by air pollution to citizens with breathing trouble.

Weather alerts:

  • Heat advisory
  • Thunderstorm watch
  • Thunderstorm warning
  • Flash flood watch
  • Flash flood warning
  • Tornado watch
  • Tornado warning
  • Hurricane watch
  • Hurricane warning

Other:

  • Volcano advisory alert level 1
  • Volcano advisory alert level 2
  • Volcano advisory alert level 3

Rklawton 15:08, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Guantanamera

Hi. I don't remenber my edition... "Guajira guantanamera" means firstly "A guajira song of Guantánamo", but there is a word game (this is only a theory) because means "A guajira girl from Guantánamo" too. Guajiro/a means in Cuba "peasant which looks white". They're usually descendants (?) from Canarian Spaniards. Bye. --Lin linao 00:26, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Favorites

Greetings Abe. I saw your post at Talk:Main page, and while I replied there, I figured I'd post on your talk page as well. The pages you're looking for can be found at User:Phaedriel/Soundtrack_of_Wikipedians and the many pages that link from there. Welcome to the English Wikipedia, and let me know if there's anything I can do for you in the future. EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 23:01, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Size of the article

I deleted 20K of stuff that won't be there in two months anyway, and yet someone still inserted the larger than 150 tag, so how else is the article supposed to get shorter without large deletions? Scientz 15:39, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Archiving VT article

Thanks for doing that, Mr. President, but you shouldn't have to worry about it in the future; we set up automatic archiving with User:MiszaBot I yesterday. A Traintalk 18:29, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

No problem, I enjoy doing that. --Abe Lincoln 18:30, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
More power to you then, and thank you. Stay away from Ford's Theater, though; that place is trouble. A Traintalk 18:38, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
I like your attitude! To qoute one of my successors: Ask not what wikipedia can do for you - ask what you can do for wikipedia! --Abe Lincoln 18:48, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 300 edits

Maybe bringing it to the Discussion page of the article first, explaining why you think it should be in the article (instead of making your case via edit summary) might be more helpful. The article has seen a lot of arguing, and you might have noticed the nowiki requests to bring new in fo to the Discussion page first. Adding something new in seems to some (not me) as pushy, and sends the wrong message. It's just a suggestion, but you've been in WP since '04. You know how it sometimes works. Give it a chance to work before just putting it into the article. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 11:40, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

As I said before, you need to discuss your edits before you make them, especially in an article that has already made it to FA. Once an article has made it to that level - a lot of people have considered it pretty well written, and the burden for inclusion gets a bit higher. By taking your idea to the discussion page, you get the chance to work with others to find a way to include the info. For example, I've added a section to the 300 discussion page that addresses the spoofs and looks for thoughts on improvement and inclusion. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 17:51, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Erm, yeah, okay... --Abe Lincoln 19:12, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Germany Invitation

Hello, Abe Lincoln! I'd like to call your attention to the WikiProject Germany and the German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board. I hope their links, sub-projects and discussions are interesting and even helpful to you. If not, I hope that new ones will be.

--Zeitgespenst (talk) 07:28, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ein bißchen Frieden

Nach der ganzen Quatscherei, ich glaube du hast dir eine kleine Wikipause verdient! ;-) Manche Leute hier reden absoluter Schwachsinn. Das ß scheint gar nicht beliebt zu sein!
PS: Magst du überhaupt den Song? Jared Preston (talk) 23:40, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Eine derartig unsinnige Diskussion habe ich in der deutschen WP noch nicht erlebt und hätte tatsächlich ich nicht für möglich gehalten... Den Song finde ich einigermaßen furchtbar, obwohl man den beiden Schöpfern ein gewisses Talent und vor allem Gespür für den (unsäglichen) Eurovision-Zeitgeschmack sicher nicht absprechen kann... --Abe Lincoln (talk) 09:30, 28 May 2008 (UTC)