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Regarding my reversion of your adding the comma after 'e.g.' - To the best of my recollection, that's the way I was taught it should be, and the way that looks more natural to me. No big deal, however -- if style guides say with a comma is OK, I won't change them back.

Hi, any more info on IRAF?--Joules214 19:36, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)


Hi, I'd like to invite you to comment further on the discussion Talk:Health issues and the effects of cannabis. If you're concerned that the article has been hijacked by a POV, the only to change that would be to contribute. siafu 22:11, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] e.g.

Hmm, that took you a while - the edit you refer to is almost two years ago! Anyway, I believe I was wrong to revert you without good explanation there, but you are wrong on one count - nowhere does it say on Wikipedia that US style is the default. In fact, it says that in most cases where there is a US-UK national difference, both used styles are correct. —Matthew Brown (T:C) 22:07, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

Hi Jason, Seems like we share quite a few other things in common beyond juggling, I am a Physics PhD also and used to be pretty good at mathematics, before I stopped practicing and forgot it all ;-) --Colin E. 10:28, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] juggling record

What's your source for the 3-ball juggling record? It seems bogus to me. Jason Quinn 00:56, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you, you left your message on my user page instead of 'talk', and my user page is one page I pretty much never see I guess. What record are you talking about? Pedant 20:24, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
If you can tell me what the text was that you are referring to I can find my source, I think... I'm not sure even which page it's on. If it was not googlable it was probably from Guinness World Records (Millenium Edition)... these are the ones I have handy:

[edit] Yuri Scherbina: One ball juggling

35 pound 4.5 oz ball 100 times (Mount Elbrus elev. 13,800 ft) July 1995

[edit] Ahmad Tajuddin: Foot juggling

3 hours nonstop, one ball made of cane (sepak takraw ball) 10,000 times with right foot without dropping the ball September 1996

[edit] Anthony Gatto: Most flaming torches

Anthony Gatto, 7 torches International Jugglers Association Festival, Baltimore Maryland July 1989

[edit] Most objects juggled

Aug. 7 1998: 1508 people juggled a total of 4,524 objects... European Juggling Convention at Edinburgh Scotland Pedant 18:23, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Juggling Record exposed

this is the edit where the bogus record came from, apparently the only edit from that ip address (213.78.56.215)

For what it's worth 68.183.79.42 is my current ip address, and it will mostly hover around that.

I think it was one of those "Wikipedia is so unscholarly that I myself have added false information to their articles" newbie tests that writers like to use to disparage wikipedia. Personally I would highly doubt any significant bump to that record, even 30 hours, since it is so inconvenient to arrange for witnesses. I once 'devilstick' juggled from 5:30 pm until lunchtime the next day, through the dark night at a Rennaissance Faire, and although there were dozens of witnesses, there was no continuous witness. I don't even think its a record, but my point is, you have to arrange a witness or several, and then you actually have to break the record, so I don't see anyone (with witnesses) going much over 30 hours without it being very easy to fact-check.

Anyway, it wasn't my edit and I'm really really dubious of 79 hours of juggling, witness or no witness, I couldn't even watch television for that long. Pedant 19:08, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk pages

Wikipedia is not a soapbox. While you made your posting on the talk page, it is still potentially libelous, as the talk page should not disparage the article's subject. We also cannot say something is "fact" because most people think it. Calling someone a name violates WP:NPOV. Even if most people think it, it is still a point-of-view. Michael 01:03, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

To question WP:NPOV, you should do so on the policy's talk page. Michael 03:56, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] God's Eye

Have a look at God's eye and Namkha. It may need some more work. Thanx for creating the article...i thought u may be interested.

B9 hummingbird hovering (talk • contribs) 11:46, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Republic of Ragusa

The beef is in the fact Giovanni Giove is removing and changing the article despite reached consensus on the talk page. He blatantly removes all mention of Croatia and Croatian names in the article, he does it other articles as well. He also moved several of the articles without absolutly no discussion or consultation with other users. This is a classic example of vandalism and POV pushing. He was also recently blocked for 3RR. --Joker 13 17:57, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Afrika_paprika, stop with this. Nobody believes you.--Giovanni Giove 08:43, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Two Towers

Reminder about the two: Giovanni Giove has proven to be highly uncooperative, when I came up to him once he threatened me to stay off his path, showing exceeding incivility.

Joker 13 is likely a sock-puppet of a community-banned user (User:Afrika paprika). --PaxEquilibrium 19:41, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Hallo my friend. What have I done you?... tell me. Maybe you wasn't able to contest my edits? Best regards.--Giovanni Giove 08:43, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Will Wyatt

Nah, you didn't. I just can't spell or type, apparently! :-) Angmering 16:04, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notability of Vincenzo Romeo

A tag has been placed on Vincenzo Romeo, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag) and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. --Finngall talk 21:01, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Just for posterity, I have no idea why this is here. I only made a spelling correction only on that page yet they brought this discussion here. Jason Quinn (talk) 13:55, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] T1/2 spaces

I replied to your comment on Talk:Separation axiom. (Short version: be bold!) --Toby Bartels 22:35, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] test

hi me. Jason Quinn 04:59, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

test number 2... Jason Quinn 05:01, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your RFA

Sorry but I closed it early per WP:SNOW. I hope you decide to stay with the project, take the advice given to you, and come back again in the future. SashaCall (Sign!)/(Talk!) 02:50, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Interesting... I get this slightly disrespectful "Snowball's Chance in Hell" comment from an admin that ends up being deleted for being a sock puppet. My RFA gets denied but this person made it through. Jason Quinn (talk) 14:02, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unitron

Another editor has added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Unitron, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 05:29, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your Request for Rollback

Further to your request for the rollback flag, I am pleased to inform you that I have granted this, and your account now has the function enabled. Please read Wikipedia:Rollback for a guide to the feature, and remember that it is to be used for vandalism reversions only.

Regards, AGK (contact) 01:06, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Santiago by night.

Hi. Glad you liked it. I've added som precision on where it was taken. Cheers, Meodudlye (talk) 23:30, 4 June 2008 (UTC)