User talk:Granite07

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[edit] Copyrights

Please do not cut and paste texts from other websites without original authors' permission. This is copyright violation and against the law. pseudisodomum and Isodomum are deleted therefore. Sorry. Please read more in wikipedia:Copyrights `'Míkka 01:38, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Publius Septimius

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[edit] Re:Short stubs relating to Vitruvius

The best thing to in this case would be to create a user subpage and work on the articles there. You can create a user subpage by typing User:Granite07/_________, filling the blank space with a name for you work. As a rule, wikipedians do not edit in other wikipedians user space except for reasons related to policy. You would be able to create and modify the articles in relative peace until you had a finished product you wish to place in the mainspace. This would allow you to work on you stubs in peace until you were happy with the finished product. That would be my advise. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:27, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Various ancient Romans

I am sorry taht your first experience with wikipedia was somewhat unfortunate, as I see from this talk page. But I hope ou will not be discouraged, because your areas of interest are underrepresented in wikipeida (at least in comparison with pokemon and port actresses. :-)

The problems with ancient people is that first, information about them is scarse, second, often therea re two or more persons known by the same name. Therefore if you are not a real expert in ancient history, it is very easy to confuse them. Often the opposite is true. Some people were famous for very nrelated areas, and sometimes one person use to be thought as two (especially when known by some aditioanl nicknames) util some text found from which it is clear that two are one. For this reason your small aditions, such as Publius Septimius and in Melampus are of dubious nature, and I will think how to deal with this later (I am not expert in Romans myelf). `'Míkka 17:14, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Isodomum

In such cases it is very easy to avoid copyright violation. Definitions and desciptions of facts that do not contain opinions, speculations or literary fantasies and other works of writer's creativity - are usually not subject to copyright. Therefore it is sufficient to rewrite a description in your own words. And please don't forget to provide the origin of the definition. In the case of ancient thinks it is good to have both the weblink reference and a reference to original ancient text. Weblinks are convenient, but unfortunately many of them do not live long. `'Míkka 17:14, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

P.S. It is more useful to collect such small definitions into larger articles, such as Ancient Roman masonry or Classic European masonry or something else; I am not an expert here. BTW, these definitions may be found in A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, which you may freely use (with proper reference), and even copy illustrations from it, because it is published in 1848 and hence no longer subject of copyright and which can be dowloaded as a pdf file from here. `'Míkka 17:27, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Common arrangement of work sections

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Yes please create the page, since the subject seems notable and constructive enough to create, go ahead. I do not know much about it so I can't suggest anything. The sunder king 21:07, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nonsense of Le fin de mond

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[edit] Hydraulic hammer/Hoe ram

1) Don't Wikilink to a re-direct. 2) Don't have two different Wikilinks to the same article. 3) Provide some research for which is the most common world-wide term. I have heard: "hammer hoe," "breaker," "hydraulic breaker," all three a lot more than "hoe ram." WikiDon 05:32, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] October 2007

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Laborer. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Also, many of your citations do not conform to WP:V or WP:RS. And please put comments to users on their talk pages -- not their user pages. Gscshoyru 22:59, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Welcome!

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[edit] Dear Sir

Please allow the laborer page to remain as is in its current condition. The difficulty in obtaining properly cited sources for a subject such as construction which is historically nonacademic and or undocumented is obvious. In the construction field knowledge is passed down through generations from journeyman to apprentice. It is only today with the advent of Wikipedia that this knowledge can be widely shared across regions without the need to physically work with someone.

Unfortunately Wikipedia has a very good policy to edit uncited information. Please allow an exception in this case and in other construction pages in recognition of the special nature of the field. I assure you the information presented on the laborers page is accurate, precise, relevant and correct.

It is your good judgment to allow this content since you have the authority to decide if information is to be preserved or censored. The link to the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) you deemed irrelevant is the organization representing nearly one million laborers internationally, I believe this link is very relevant. The other information on the page though seemingly inconsequential is also very relevant to the field of laboring.

My personal experience, research and education in the construction field is not sufficient to provide cited sources as these are few and often created for inconsistent purposes. I assure you that if possible I will generate some cited sources myself if only for the reason of preserving content on Wikipedia.

Once again, please preserve the laborers page. 128.12.170.194 01:38, 25 October 2007 (UTC) Granite07 01:40, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

See WP:V, WP:RS, and WP:OR. Your own reasearch or knowledge is not a verifiable reference for knowledge. Nor do the refs you provide conform to WP:V or WP:RS. So it is removed for those reasons. Wikipedia is not a dumping ground for information, it is an encyclopedia. As such, information must be cited by reliable, verifiable sources. Gscshoyru 01:43, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did to Laborer, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Gscshoyru 01:49, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Continuation of Dear Sir

You seem to have taken this an entirely different direction. I am sorry if you disagree with the edits made to laborer. What do you suggest we do for a solution that you find acceptable. I have not placed my own research into the laborer page as it is only a way to relax between work. I am a researcher at Stanford University Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering with the Construction Engineering Management program and take my work very seriously. You are obviously much more knowledgeable about wikipedia protocol and etiquette so please provide some beneficial advice as to what you prefer as sources. I assume you are not opposed to the formatting changes only the content. Could you also be more specific as to which sources are not acceptable, most were from very respected institutions and researchers. Granite07 02:16, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

What we prefer as sources? There are nice policy pages on them. WP:V and WP:RS explain what sources are and aren't accepted, I suggest you read those. Oh, and welcome, and happy editing! Gscshoyru 02:21, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I read those and as best anyone could tell the sources used on laborer conformed Granite07 02:22, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

This source -- http://www.laborerslocal185.com/scope_of_work.htm -- is not third party, see WP:SOURCES (part of WP:V). Nor is this: http://cedb.asce.org/cgi/WWWdisplay.cgi?8302072. And you can't link to stuff on jstor, like this: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0515%28198003%2918%3A1%3C1%3ALUEOWG%3E2.0.CO%3B2-6, as since it costs money to access, we can't verify it. Gscshoyru 02:30, 25 October 2007 (UTC)


I have 6 more papers to grade tonight and with your help it has taken all day. I was only updating the laborers site between every couple papers as a break.

Can I please restore the laborers page and I will correct the deficiencies over the next few weeks. Interesting enough I created the page so it is all my opinions and thoughts. I do want your help understanding what the expectation is for sources, web sourced, trade union sourced, government sourced, and academically sourced, I used all four.

I also make edits to the heavy equipment page, it also does not conform, or any of the other construction pages. It does not seem realistic to delete the entire construction section of wikipedia. I understand my field is not the most academic but we do use a bit of math and CS.

Ok, I do have a proxy connection to jstor and other sites for my day job here. I will find other sources, the laborers union is almost third party. They are not selling anything.

Granite07 02:33, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

ASCE is a recognized Journal, the most prestigious in my field in fact! Where else would I source from? It is what we all aspire to publish in. Granite07 02:36, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

I know they aren't. But a source isn't verifiable if it isn't easily verifiable, so you can't use it.
If you want to improve the article properly, you can't leave it in the form it was, and slowly change it. That's just not proper. What you can instead do is make a subpage of your userspace and fix it up there. Put it, say, User:Granite07/PAGENAME, where PAGENAME is whatever you want, and no one will change it there. You can fix it up there till it conforms, and then be bold and replace the current page with it, ok? How does that sound?
And I think I may have been very wrong about ASCE. Oops. Sorry 'bout that, that source is fine. Gscshoyru 02:39, 25 October 2007 (UTC)


you should look up kaizen, continuous improvement, it is a concept they teach here. I guess it is hard to reconform to different rules, but I can create large batches and update if you prefere rather than many small batches. Granite07 02:41, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but your changes currently don't improve, because of source problems. Therefore, they shouldn't be added until they

do improve. I've shown you how to make your own personal workspace, have fun, and try updating the current article when your fixed-up one fits policy. Gscshoyru 02:44, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FYI- use Arg-2

I fixed up your merge proposal links on the pages concerned so they go to here. In the links, just add the talk section as the second argument as detailed in {{merge/doc}}, or define "|discuss=" with wikilink to the section. Happy New Year! // FrankB 23:17, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of 3D's

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[edit] Your recent edits

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[edit] Provide references

If you say that the majority of 3D jobs pay well, "100k per year" as you claim, provide references. The same for anything else you write.Mostlyharmless (talk) 22:03, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vitruvius, Mamurra, Julius Caesar

As you say, nowhere does Mamurra appear in Vitruvius; as for Julius Caesar, it's very uncertain: Augustus was definitely his boss, as you put it — but of Julius all that can be said for sure is that Vitruvius says he admired the guy (I praef. 2). Anyhow, my argument was not with what is said in the article, but with the "See also". If it's worth putting in a "See also", it's worth putting text in the article. There is apparently an opinion out there that Vitruvius and Mamurra were somehow related, or the same person: put it in the article. The great Wikipedian democracy will shoot you down if it's not true (and maybe if it is). But a reference to Mamurra can only mystify people if in neither article is anything said about the other! Bill (talk) 21:06, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

It is not likely Vitruvius and Mamurra are the same person, the Mamurra page notes he died in 45BC and Vitruvius presumably died around 25BC.Granite07 (talk) 09:58, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfDs

I noticed you just started a bunch of AfDs but didn't provide any reasons. Could you please add one? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 21:53, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Nymphodorus

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[edit] AfD nomination of Nymphodorus

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[edit] AfD nomination of Sarnacus

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[edit] AfD nomination of Pollis

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[edit] AfD nomination of Theocydes

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[edit] AfD nomination of Nexaris

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[edit] Deletion

I tagged all your pages for speedy deletion. Since I'm not an admin, I can't do the actual deletion, but WP:CSD#G7 (author requests deletion/blanked page) applies. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 22:01, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Fuficius

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[edit] AfD nomination of Agesistratus

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[edit] AfD nomination of Pyrrus

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[edit] AfD nomination of Charias

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[edit] How to delete your own article

If you want to delete an article that you have written, there is a much easier way to do it than the AfD process: simply blank the page and then put {{db-author}} at the top. That tag asks for a speedy deletion G7 "author requests deletion or has blanked the page". Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:19, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

  • No, someone has already done that for you, and the pages are gone; I just let you know how to do it, in case it should happen again that you want to get rid of a page you created. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:27, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DDD medcab

Hi, I'll be the mediator for the 3D MedCab case. Just to let you know, so discussion will be able to start soon. --Slartibartfast1992 20:19, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm gonna go ahead and move this discussion into the discussion section of the case page, if you don't mind, since it's getting confusing. And, FYI, "that makes no sense at all" doesn't exactly scream "constructive!". --Slartibartfast1992 22:04, 4 March 2008 (UTC) P.S.:Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2008-02-19 Dirty, Dangerous and Demeaning
Oh, I'm really sorry. I screwed up. See, there was no sig, so I looked in the history of the page and thought I saw it was you who wrote that, while it was MostlyHarmless. Once again, I'm really sorry, my bad, I'll correct it on both pages. Sorry again. --Slartibartfast1992 19:07, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
And that video is hilarious, BTW ;) --Slartibartfast1992 19:11, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Uh, no. There was no person. It was a mistake by me. I was hurried, I looked at the history only quickly, I made a mistake. My bad. I just copied the code of your sig for aesthetic reasons, mistaking what was written by mostlyharmless with what you wrote. Once again, I'm terribly sorry for all this trouble. --Slartibartfast1992 00:48, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] About your contributions

I think Mostlyharmless may have a point in suggesting some of your contributions to the DDD article as Original Research. While you were certainly making good-faith efforts, you need to back most of the statements you add into the article with a reliable, third party reference. This is Wikipedia policy and there is no way to circumvent it without breaking it. I think Mostlyharmless is pissed off (a bit overly dramatic, if you ask me) that some of your claims are not supported by a third party reference, and this is indeed the subject of the case. As long as the text you contributed with doesn't link to a footnote reference at the end, Mostlyharmless has the right to remove it. --Slartibartfast1992 22:03, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Why is it fairly obvious? There probably is a good reason for this, but I want to know just in case a ref is needed. If people question it, you need a reference. If it's mentioned in another article, just use the reference used in the other article. People can always question statemements derived from thinking. Even though something may be obvious to one person, it may be ridiculous to another. --Slartibartfast1992 23:23, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
What's written in the case page (your last message) was not obvious to me. I'm not an expert, but it just seemed lik you were talking gibberish. And take into account that Wikipedia pages are meant for the general public, not experts. --Slartibartfast1992 23:26, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
OK, I get that you're discussing that to put it into words for us commoners. But, until you can do that and properly reference it, I would advise you to keep it in the talk page before adding it into the article. --Slartibartfast1992 23:42, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
With commoner, I was actually referring to just me lol. Anyway, give me a link or tell me exactly where to find it and I'll proofread it for you. --Slartibartfast1992 23:52, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Nvm, I read the text you just wrote in the case page. It's still slightly hard to understand, and besides, people working really hard in a taylorist system isn't necessarily DDD. Might be demanding, might be dangerous, might be dangerous, but if not explicitly mentioned as DDD it doesn't belong in the article. Only one of your three references is valid, and it has nothing to do with Taylor (U.S. soldiers in Iraq?) --Slartibartfast1992 23:57, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Feedback above. --Slartibartfast1992 00:07, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
About the references, I meant of the three you mentioned in the case page (25, 26, 27). But I still don't see the connection between Taylor and DDD. Lean jobs, if I'm not mistaken, are jobs that take advantage of everything for more efficiency. DDD jobs are jobs with poor conditions and loads of work. There is only a loose connection, which has no room in the article. --Slartibartfast1992 00:25, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
That's about as good an argument as WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS is in an AfD debate. I don't care about marginalism, and novices not understanding it is wrong. You should focus on your paragraph rather than pointing fingers. Once it's ready and referenced (the latter is essential) you can add it into the article. Till then, use your sandbox to perfect it, or the discussion page. --Slartibartfast1992 00:15, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Oh, so it was a joke. Look, sorry if any of the above offended you. Really, I am, I didn't mean to be so strict about it. I didn't even mean to format it as a reprimand, it just came out that way. And I'll deal with Mostlyharmless as soon as he has the nerve to answer me. Don't worry about it, that personal attack was my business alone. If you don't know what a sandbox is, it's sort of a text page in you user's namespace that you use to perfect things. Most people use these (I don't have a sandbox myself, but I've collaborated with other users on their sandboxes). You can use this to perfect your paragraph. I understand you contributed with references, but none that you have indicated me to actually mentions the connection between Taylor and DDD. I didn't see anything on that vocab page strictly saying "DDD and Taylorism are related in such-and-such way". Again, I'm sorry if you got offended. But I don't appreciate the comment on my sense of humor being running out. If anything, it's my patience with certain people declaring that Wikipedia is written by 15 year olds as if it's a bad thing. --Slartibartfast1992 20:26, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, sorry for not respondig too quickly (forgot to put up a notice about me being on holiday). Anyway, usingdeductive reasoning and deducing things from references is wrong per WP:SYN, and is classified as original research. I hope that answers all questions as to why you can't place things you assume into the article. Thanks, --Slartibartfast1992 22:12, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
I guess we can be closing, since Mostlyharmless left the discussion (a bit of an overreaction, if you ask me). I'll wait for your answer and we'll close soon. --Slartibartfast1992 22:15, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, I didn't understand your questions too well, but if this answers them, the only thing you're allowed to do with references is to take text from them (a direct quote, often used in the blockquote form) or take ideas from them, while changing the sentence, still giving the same meaning, or summarizing, while not actually saying anything that the source does not explicitly say. If you have any further questions that you feel I wouldn't understand or be able to answer, I encourage you to browse (I can't expect you to read it whole!) WP:OR and/or WP:RS. Please tell me when you feel we should close the case. Thanks, --Slartibartfast1992 22:02, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
First, you can only write about concept B what the source explicitly says a bout concept B (for example, in the case you mentioned, that B is included in A). But you cannot write about anything that the source does not say, including derived or deduced facts. I hope this answers your question. Second, I'll go close the case now. --Slartibartfast1992 16:28, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Hi! Are you working at Stanford University in Palo Alto? If so we are neighbors :-). I live near Gunn High School overlooking a playing field landscaping job that has two scrapers, a motor grader, a sheep's foot dozer, a backhoe and a [[]]... I'm trying to figure out what these things are called and Wikipedia is my favorite place to look stuff up. Couldn't figure it all out from the current pages so trying to help straighten them out. Read your talk page. Sounds like you know lots about these machines. I sure don't. Thanks for helping create this section of Wikipedia! --Roger Chrisman (talk) 00:44, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Front loader and Loader (equipment)?

Do you think the Front loader and Loader (equipment) pages should be merged? Seems to me the latter is a good candidate for merging into the former. What do you think? Care to reply on Talk:Loader (equipment)#Murge with Front loader? --Roger Chrisman (talk) 03:03, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Engineering equipment

Is power shovel another name for front shovel? If yes, let's redirect front shovel to power shovel. Please comment on Talk:Engineering_vehicle#Front_shovel. Thanks, --Roger Chrisman (talk) 22:56, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RfD nomination of Schedule (Construction)

I have nominated Schedule (Construction) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. jonny-mt 12:29, 3 June 2008 (UTC)