User talk:NightMonkey
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[edit] my thanks to you as well
Got your message -- glad somebody appreciates me. =\ Battling NPOV isn't easy. Part of the reason I've focused solely on the Courtney Brown page is that I feel it's managable -- it's a battle that can be won. As to remote viewing, I'm not so sure. I agree with you that it needs to be completely wiped and rewritten -- but on the other hand, it's such a broad and, let's face it, important topic that it requires knowledge that I definitely don't have. Alas.
However, your diligence serves as a great example. Maybe when I feel that the Brown page is wrapped up, I'll graduate myself to the remote viewing level and help you out. I'm sure we can come up with something... --Malvolio80 23:06, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
[edit] William Hearst
I think I've pretty much sorted the mess out. I've moved the first Hearst to his own article (William Hearst (Ontario Premier). The second (with all the POV issues) already had an article (William Randolph Hearst) with all the info and NPOV so I've just deleted the rubbish and turned it into a disambig. The same POV text was pasted into New York Morning Journal (target of a redir at New York Journal) and New York Journal American - I've cleaned up New York Journal American and made the others into redirects pointing there. I think that these moves are the best solution, but I don't know a huge amount about Hearst or the newspaper, so please feel free to edit/rewrite everything! SteveW | Talk 23:22, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Arbitration Requested
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[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/BigDaddy777
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[edit] Rove Proxy!
Heh. Sorry for bringing that guy down on you. Some people just take partisanship a wee bit too far. :] --CBDunkerson 19:34, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] 2005 Kashmir earthquake
Thank you for your contribution at 2005 Kashmir earthquake. Please keep it up!!!Pradeepsomani (talk)
[edit] Apology. Let's see if we can clear the air and get along. :-)
Dear Nightmonkey:
I'm sorry for the uncivil tone I have taken with you on Talk:Michael Moore. I was very offended by your tone but should not have handled it the way I did and I apologize. What I should have said was as follows:
1. Your response that you "...don't think, in most cases, trying to "simplify" a description of a person's political views by reducing them to one or two words is very helpful in an encyclopedia" really does not sound sincere. It is done in just about every article I can find about someone who is involved in politics. Are you really saying that you disagree with most of those instances? I should not have assumed that you were being insincere and instead should have said what I just did and invite your response, as I do now. :-)
2. My question about you trolling was a sincere one. You seemed have edited in a manner exactly what you said you thought was wrong so I didn't know whether to believe what you were saying or not. Just as it was wrong to assume your insincerity, which I apologize for, I don't think it right for you to presume my question was a personal attack rather than a legitimate question.
Sincerely, -- Lawyer2b 21:11, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Hoodia
Thanks for the kind words about the hoodia article! I am a QuackWatch affiliate, so I always try to push past the hype to the facts about health claims. Now if we can just stay on top of the linkspam barrage! Jokestress 20:23, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] RFC started on Merecat
In light of recent events (not discussing disputed edits, edit warring and making personal attacks) this Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Merecat has been started. Maybe you want to make an observation there, if not OK. Sincerely
Nomen Nescio 18:10, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Come back to Remote viewing?
I would welcome your thoughts about recent developments there. · rodii · 18:44, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image Tagging Image:Bernie.gif
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- Added more reasoning to the Image Talk page. Looks better now. Thanks for the heads up. --NightMonkey 07:33, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Farallon Islands
With regards to your comments on the likelyhood that Juan Rodriguez de Cabrillo saw the islands, it's a seemingly innocuous statement that has been brought up on my talkpage before by Tomer. The speculation that he did comes from Peter White's book which was my major source when I wrote the original article. It was written before the need for inline cites became all consuming, and thinking about it I decided to strike it altogether; as a resident of SF you'll appreciate that it is more than possible to sail past the Farallones and never actually see them. At any rate, it was never inserted just to create a link to Juan. Sabine's Sunbird talk 05:56, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Dean Radin
Would you please be a bit more careful with your edits? There is no reason for deleting the category Parapsychologists. I had to restore it two times now. --Hob Gadling 14:40, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
- Doh, sorry, thanks for restoring that. --NightMonkey 00:28, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
```I think the article The Need for Responsibility in Parapsychology is extremely pertinent to Dean Radin. Spoon parties?, bent a spoon with his mind?, creative quotes and poor quality data in the Conscious Universe?, being dismissed from UNLV?. There is something wrong with this picture, especially for a four time president of the PA. User:Kazuba 20 Sept 2006
- Please format your comments a bit better - no need to muck up another's comments. You need to put that into the content of the article before just linking to something without context. And, you need to make sure that it is worthy of sourcing. --NightMonkey 00:28, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Choicepoint
I was just admiring your handling of the Choicepoint VP, etc. idiots. Thank you for rocking out and keeping wikipedia truthful. Cowicide 21:03, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] SNUS
I've noticed you are set on removing all references to SNUS sale/production in the USA. I do not want it to come across as "advertising", however I feel it is important to note that this product is now being tested and sold in the United States, with perhaps some specific information as to when/where/by whom. This is a major event in the harm-reduction tobacco community. Can we agree upon perhaps a different wording that would convey the manufacturers/products that are becoming available (namely PM Taboka and RJR Camel SNUS) without becoming labeled as "advertising" and all references subsequently removed? As it is now, it looks like SNUS is not sold in the USA at all. I think this is something the general public should be aware of. Am I not allowed to name any companies or brands in Wikipedia submissions? Should I just say "American companies" and omit their brands instead of the specifics? I've tried to word the submissions as neutrally and informatively as possible. Thanks for your consideration. deronde June 19th 2007
- Hi Deronde. Well, the problem is this: We don't want to become just an announcement board for companies creating "new products". Can you imagine what would happen to the Cigarettes page if that were permitted? And companies from regions other than the United States are making (and removing) new brands of Snus all the time. So why should we treat the U.S. any differently. I personally live in the U.S. and order my Snus from Sweden directly, so it isn't as if there's no way to get Snus.
- Also, another problem is that the American tobacco companies brands that they are calling Snus has not been tested as the Swedish brands have for their effect on cancer rates. Is it produced in the *exact same* manner as the Swedish Snus brands are? Just because they are calling it "snus" doesn't make it so, and, as the tobacco industry isn't quite a trustworthy source, we'll need to wait for more data. Wikipedia isn't a Newspaper, so we can afford to wait for solid sources before inclusion. I want the article to stay as readable as possible, and not suffer from too much Wikipedia:Recentism and linkspam.
- Cheers! --NightMonkey 23:53, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
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