User talk:Generaleskimo

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Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Adolphus79 05:04, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.

I see no reason to give you another chance. Stop it. Sasquatch t|c 05:14, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Please do not place vandalism warnings on other users' talk pages when those users have clearly not been vandalising, as you did here and here. Thanks. --Allen 05:52, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Excel

OK, I admit that was quite funny... However, I don't think that the "Alternatives" section was really the place for it. --David.Mestel 05:45, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pen and Paper

As they say in the movies, "oh be-have". Seriously, though, we are trying to write an encyclopedia here, so don't make joke edits. Some readers looking for a serious article might not find them amusing. Remember, millions of people read Wikipedia, so we have to take what we do a bit seriously here. If you'd like to experiment with editing, try the sandbox, where you can write whatever you want (as long as it's not offensive).

--John Nagle 06:01, 6 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Speedy deletion of 90/10 law (social theory)

Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and the page that you created has been or soon will be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Master of Puppets Care to share? 07:04, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

From what I saw, it was very similar to the Pareto principle. See also 10-90 gap. Master of Puppets Care to share? 21:55, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
I did as well, and I originally began to write it into Pareto principle. However, upon reading more, I found it to be somewhat different, the idea of the Pareto principle being that the smaller percent (10%) is the cause of the larger percent (90%); the idea that the smaller cause the greatest effects. However, 90/10 does not use percentages to represent direct cause-and-effect groups, but instead to project a certain ratio of the causes. I do, however, find it similar to the saying in programming that "Only 10% of time spent programming is actually spent coding; the remaining 90% of time is spent debugging". So, I felt that it wouldn't be very well suited to be lumped in with Pareto principle. You are right, however, that it is similar to the 10-90 gap, and is unique from Pareto principle to the same extent, which I feel should warrant at least a stub to be expanded upon later. From my use of Wikipedia, I have found that a stub is a great deal more useful than no article at all.
-Generaleskimo (talk) 06:12, 20 December 2007 (UTC)