User talk:J S Ayer

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Welcome to Wikipedia, J S Ayer! My name is Ryan, aka Acetic Acid. I noticed that you were new and haven't received any messages yet. I just wanted to see how you were doing. Wikipedia can be a little intimidating at first, since it uses different formatting than other sites that use HTML and CSS. In the long run, though, you'll find that the WikiSyntax is a lot easier and faster than those other ways. Here are a few links to get you started:

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I hope you enjoy contributing to Wikipedia. We can use all the help we can get! Have a nice day. Sincerely, Ryan 00:47, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa

Thanks for your great work expanding this unmarked chess bio stub. If you are interested in writing chess bio articles, we have lots to work on in Category:Chess biographical stubs and the red links in List of notable chess players. Quale 04:13, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Got your reply and I understand. Still a very nice job especially if chess isn't your interest. I was hoping we could get someone who reads German to translate the Deutsch wikipedia article on the German Chess Championship to an English wikipedia article. I looked at it some time ago using google translate and they did a very nice job on it. It's much better than any of the articles we have in Category:Chess competitions. Quale 04:42, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, if you would do that it would be great. I'm certainly not assigning work to you or anybody, so do whatever you find fun. If you would find that enjoyable, the chess enthusiasts who use and contribute to wikipedia would certainly appreciate your efforts. We only have articles on a few national chess championships and haven't ever had an article on the German championship so there's certainly no rush. Some day I'd love to have articles on all national chess championships around the world, but my pathetic language skills (a small amount of high school French, but I'm not good enough to make much use of it) limit me to researching English language sources. Quale 04:55, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Maltese Nobility

Whilst I read with interest the comment on the Maltese nobility deletion. Do you really believe there should be an article for each and every noble with no importance other than having the title in Wikipedia or just the list? Maltesedog 09:04, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

  • There isnt an article on each of the Maltese nobility. Luckily there isnt as I dont have the time to work on them nor fight to support them against the Dog. Can you imagine an article on all the current title holders, those extinct and those feudal titles long gone!!! Tancarville, 1421, 21 September 2005.

[edit] Pursuivant question

Hi. Thanks for your help with Pursuivant. I see you blanked your question out of its talk page. I reverted it back into existence so I could say "fixed"; but if you want to blank it out again go ahead. Doops | talk 04:13, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] your comments

thank you for your message, and thank you for trying to polish the article. I got it from the German-language Wikipedia. I looked at it again, indeed it talks of ".. Rechine, Zirkone und einfache Perlen." hm, i really don't know, i left a message at the de. Wikipedia and the creator of the article, i hope he responds, i will let you know then obviously. Also are you familiar how to translate "Karkasse" into english? thanks for your help.... Gryffindor 21:03, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Hey J S Ayer, I got a response in the German-language Wikipedia from the user who wrote the article. Apparently the correct German word would be "Spinellen", not "Rechinen", does that help? Chemical formula MgAl2O4 spinels. Gryffindor 00:30, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Origins of Chess

Hello,

I am just wanting to know why you deleted this part in the article Origins of Chess. I did not find your reasons in the talk page or your own.

Personally, I do not like deleting stuff because I believe that Wikipedia is not an essay to be butchered, but a collage of information. Although some information that may not seem like much to many, it can be quite valuable to some. Many a school project I've found information here that I couldn't find anywhere else. Please don't take this note offensively, I just want to know why you deleted those two paragraphs.

JDitto 02:21, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

I did post my reasons on the talk page. The paragraph claiming a mention in the Maha-Bharata is unsound. The linked article merely repeats material already in the article, and then adds a charming string of chess-themed political cartoons through the centuries. J S Ayer 02:40, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

<lol> I must've been typing still on your talk page by the time you posted on the article's talk page. The history says that I finished the above comment 12 min after you posted on the talk page. Thanks and have a good and godly day . --JDitto 02:54, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Michael Servetus

Servetus's correspondence with Calvin: Roland Bainton, Hunted Heretic, pages 144-145. Calvin broke it off after thirty of Servetus's letters, as unprofitable, and on the same day wrote to Farel, (p. 145) "If I consent he will come here, but I will not give my word, for should he come, if my authority is of any avail I will not suffer him to get out alive."

The reformed cities and ministers of Zurich, Berne, Basel, and Schaffhausen were asked for their opinions. They replied condemning Servetus's doctrine (although Zurich did not mention infant baptism, locally a touchy subject) and urging its suppression, though not specifying how that should be done. pages 202-204. J S Ayer 01:53, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The Editor's Barnstar
I, JDitto, present you The Editor's Barnstar for for being the persistent stickler in the article Origins of Chess. Many thanks for the great use of your chess references and keeping it undisputed. You don't know how much I owe you for helping me in my chess obsession research. Thanks again! --JDitto 06:30, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
You're right about the lighthouse keepers, their articles are full of dead links! By the way, thanks for pointing out Quale's contributions, I've mostly been watching the article's history through my watchlist. After looking at the discussion page, I see that he's been helpful in Origins of Chess as well. --JDitto 18:34, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

I think I read an essay by a Mr. John Ayer once, a well written article on chess history. Are you him ? Nice work on the Origins of Chess article, kindly stay involved and point out if there is any particular edit you would like me to make, or anything that needs to be added etc.
Havelock the Dane Talk 21:22, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, I am the author of a carefully wrought essay on chess history at [[1]]. I will continue to work on Origins of Chess as occasion permits, striving for accuracy and verifiability. "Do thou devoutly do the like," as the poet said. We have some way to go. J S Ayer 21:37, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Good to know that the article has you looking after it; I'll try to do my best for the article and will keep asking you to take a look into my work on the article as my edits progress. Hope you're there for some feedback,
Havelock the Dane Talk 22:20, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Season's Greetings

May this season bring you success, good times and happiness. Looking forward to working with you in the future.
Hαvεlok беседа мансарда 07:19, 25 December 2007 (UTC)