User talk:BCSWowbagger

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BCSWowbagger is busy in real life and may not respond swiftly to queries.

If you have a message for me, please add it in a new section, with a new header, at the bottom of the page. I will respond to you on *your* talk page, unless you specifically request otherwise. Thanks!

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[edit] Welcome

Hello, BCSWowbagger, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. 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! Ardenn 01:07, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Hello! I was wondering if the IP you state on your userpage is static; that is, does it stay the same always? As if it changes to another person and they vandalise, you may be blamed for it. Thanks and welcome to Wikipedia, Mopper Speak! 06:03, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
Wow... somehow, I missed this message. Sorry. If you're still looking: yes, as far as I know, my IP is static and unique to me. If I find otherwise, I will note that in this log. Thanks! --BCSWowbagger 05:08, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Howdy howdy howdy. I finally gave in and registered here because typos and bad grammar in articles continue to burn my eyes. Best of luck with your wikiing. (I got a kick out of your "GAK!" edit -- just don't be surprised when somebody inevitably deletes it with extreme prejudice.) ~ CZeke 20:07, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Incorrect. They weren't decided by consensus. You interpreted the consensus as supporting your edits. That was a highly questionable interpretation. FearÉIREANN\(caint) 21:17, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem. The reason I use a different name is thanks to Wikipedia's technological limitations. Calling myself jtdirl caused problems with some users (I won't go into it here. It is a long story). I have been using FearEireann for two years now. The reason I can't move the a/c over fully to that name is because I have long exceeded the maximum number of edits that could be moved to a new name. So I'd have to give up my editing history, number of edits, etc, if I started a new a/c as FE. The only solution is to use a pipe (i.e., a different name to the actual original name on the a/c.) Sorry if it confused you. FearÉIREANN\(caint) 14:55, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiHugs

I am not the one who founded WPAbortion — that was GTBacchus. After all, he's the first name on the "Participants" list. :) Patient I might be, but, unfortunately, it's hard to stay grounded sometimes. Especially when I'm on my own. But I appreciate your kind, considerate words, and everything you've done around the project. -Severa (!!!) 05:40, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Again, thanks for the note on my Talk page, and sorry for the delay. Hope to be back as a regular editor when I've got more time to dedicate to Wikipedia fully. Until then, keep up the great work! -Severa (!!!) 13:54, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] John Edwards

I caused no trouble to the John Edwards article, he has stated that he is against gay marriage. 75.3.50.41 16:24, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pro Life, Opposing War

If I present you with organizations that are pro life and anti-war, would you allow war to stay in the pro life article? 75.3.50.41 16:31, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

OK, I can see from your page that you are a good guy. My question for you though is this, basically, I want to know what your stance is on war and how it is effecting your view on whether or not it should be included in the pro-life article. 75.3.50.41 16:37, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

How about the Catholic Church as being pro life and opposing war? 75.3.50.41 21:48, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

I have heard of that, but there are many Catholic organizations which oppose war and abortion, maybe the Pro-life movement could be sourced to be specifically against the War in Iraq?

Also, I am curious as to if you are Democrat or a Republican? I am a Democrat. 75.3.50.41 21:59, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Are you familiar with the Democrats for Life of America? 75.3.50.41 22:10, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Try this one Consistent Life Ethic 75.3.50.41 22:23, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blocking Me

If you are telling them to block me, do not tell them I vandalized the John Edwards, Marty Meehan, or George W. Bush talk articles.

All those edits were valid edits. 75.3.50.41 21:07, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

The Wikipedia paragraph in the Marty Meehen article was something that was decided on by a majority of editors that it did not beolong in the article. Someone readded it on there own and without putting any sources in. 75.3.50.41 21:25, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] is PAS pseudoscience?

...just a note regarding your question: "there's no objection to making it clear that PAS is pseudoscience, right?"--i don't really think it's a pseudoscience, exactly. while the technical lines of demarcation between pseudoscience and popular psychology are not so clear, i think it's fair to say that "pseudoscience" is pejorative, and pop psych not so much. for example, on wikipedia, concepts categorized under pseudoscience include: astrology, ghost-hunting, The Flat Earth Society, fortune-telling, and Bigfoot. concepts included under the category "Popular psychology" include: empty nest syndrome, commitment phobia, survivor guilt, and emotional intelligence. PAS is not exactly occult or paranormal! :-) i think it belongs in the pop psych/self-help category. i posted a note to that effect on the PAS talkpage, and changed the category from pseudo to pop. Cindery 03:50, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lost saves

I saw your question about lost saves on the Birth control talk page. I will sometimes have to reload a page after saving it to view my changes - the changes were saved, but the server was so slow that the "refreshed" page displayed after saving was actually the old version. Does that make sense? Is it possible this is what's happening to you? Lyrl Talk Contribs 21:58, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, a second theory, then: I also sometimes get the message Sorry! We could not process your edit due to a loss of session data. Please try again. If it still doesn't work, try logging out and logging back in. Then the page is still in Preview mode, and I have to scroll down to the bottom and hit the save button again. But if you closed the window before it loaded, you wouldn't see the "loss of session data" message. Lyrl Talk Contribs 22:51, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
I award you this Barnstar in recognition of the patience, kindness, and understanding you have displayed toward new users (and as a new user yourself), and for the polite, reasoned input you have given to WikiProject Abortion and related articles. Severa (!!!) 22:33, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
The Barnstars were for my work on the article, Abortion, not WikiProject Abortion. WP-Abortion itself was founded by GTBacchus in July. I'm also glad to note, from your mock Oscar acceptance speech, that you're a fellow Trekkie...erm, Trekker. Whichever you prefer. :-) -Severa (!!!) 08:16, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WPAbortion

Hello, BCSWowbagger. As a member of WPAbortion, just thought I'd take a moment to alert you to the recent creation of a project Watchlist and Noticeboard, which may both help you keep up-to-date. Thanks. -Severa (!!!) 19:20, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry to see you go

I'm very sorry to see you leave WikiProject Abortion. You stated that you saw "eye-to-eye with exactly no one," but, on the contrary, I found you to be an extremely level-headed contributor. People aren't always going to agree on a subject — especially not on abortion — but, when editors of all stripes participate in a measured, thoughtful discussion, it can only help to better consensus and improve Wikipedia overall. I will greatly miss your presence, but, I can completely understand how scare time can be! We're all volunteers here and I truly appreciate that you were able to give as much time to Wikipedia as you did!

My thought was turned toward you today when I discovered the origin of your username whilst reading a certain book. And, with that, I'll leave you to your mission of being pleasant to everyone in the universe, in alphabetical order. That is why you'll be gone, right? ;). -Severa (!!!) 11:38, 24 January 2007 (UTC)