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[edit] Nephron

Hi ! Good job on the nephron page, Ratiocinate !  :-)
The kidney page needs a clean-up. Are you planning to shorten this next ? A lot of the stuffs there are now redundant. If you do, please let me know. I'll move out some stuffs for the Bowman's capsule page, etc. Or you can doing the moving yourself if you like. :-)
Anyway, welcome to Wikipedia and enjoy !
PFHLai 02:48, 2004 May 31 (UTC)

[edit] Iran Hostage Crisis

Re: Talk:Iran hostage crisis, every single contribution by this anon IP 169.244.70.148 appears to be vandalism that has been reverted. Check the track record.

[edit] Image:Wikignome.jpg

Hi! Thanks for uploading Image:Wikignome.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much, – Quadell (talk) (help)[[]] 18:44, Dec 13, 2004 (UTC)

That image is not found on [1] .. where did it come from? Can you verify it's license? -- Sy / (talk) 22:38, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your concern regarding the wikignome image. It was previously on the cited web page, I believe, but it appears to be there no longer. Ratiocinate 22:48, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

No problem. I wrote a note on c2.com to ask for input. -- Sy / (talk) 23:57, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User categorisation

Greetings, Ratiocinate! Please accept this message as an invitation to categorise your user page in the category Category:Chinese Wikipedians overseas and removing your name from the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/China#Overseas page. The page will be deleted when all users have been removed. Even if you do not wish to be placed in a category, could you take a moment to remove your name from the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/China#Overseas page? Thanks!!

To add your name to the category, please use the tag [[Category:Chinese Wikipedians overseas|Ratiocinate]] to ensure proper sorting.

For more information, please see Wikipedia:User categorisation and Category:Wikipedians by location. --Miborovsky 03:03, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] State College Area High School

Hey JMA. I see you found my article. Ryan Dizzydog11235 02:34, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] {{User Pennsylvania}}

I was clearing out Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Pennsylvania. I added this template to your page. Feel free to remove it, and thanks for understanding. --evrik 04:23, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:SCASDLogo.jpg

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To follow up on this, I would be happy to drive by and take some free content pictures of the school. I'm not sure if the article is nationally notable, but the Commons might be a great repository. Just let me know. Thanks, GChriss <always listening><c> 17:52, 18 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:SCASDLogo.jpg

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[edit] Election results

I've noticed you are providing election results. You must provide a link/source for these claims for future reference. Thanks. --tomf688 (talk - email) 13:07, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Antivandalism

Thank you for letting me know. However, that was someone else on the same IP Adress. I have been an avid and valid user of wikipedia for nearly 4 years now. It hurts me that my reputation is being subjected by some ignorant fool who shares my IP adress. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.214.78.27 (talk) 07:28, 24 May 2007

[edit] Cherry Stoner

Please leave this article well alone. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.163.145.49 (talk) 12:47, 4 July 2007

[edit] 3RR

Look out for that 3RR rule, you wench! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.163.191.197 (talk) 16:40, 4 July 2007

[edit] Mac OSX 10.5

In what way is the fact that OSX's largest competition faced delays that resulted in it becoming a by-word for delay in software not relevant to a section that talks about damage to OSX due to delays? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.154.174.98 (talk) 27 July 2007

I appreciate that it belongs on the Vista page, and it is there, along with much more information. Do you not agree that context is important? I admit that it may not be the style that is popular here, but I am not a regular contributor, I spend more time on everything2. From anecdotal experience the fact that Vista was so late and had missing features has lead to more people moving to OSX, and outside the Mac community the general feeling is that Apple is much better at delivering major revions than Microsoft. These are not very encyclopædic, so were not included. As to unsourced information being enough for deletion, I believe you usually use citation needed, or add the citations yourself, rather than delete. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.154.174.98 (talk) 27 July 2007

[edit] Mediation Cabal case

Hey Ratiocinate, thanks for the heads-up about the History Channel mediation cabal case. I hope that everything gets worked out! Cheers, Neranei T/C 02:25, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your note on the MedCab case. I've added some comments. I'm afraid the current version of History Channel is a textbook case of undue weight. Let's hope things can be worked out without an edit war. Much of the strident criticism recently added to History Channel was already included in the article in much more encyclopedic terms, and the rest could be rephrased in a much briefer and more neutral fashion. The History Channel is a fairly high-profile operation, and the currently unbalanced article could embarrass WP. Casey Abell 17:52, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mediation Cabal case

Hello, you have been listed as a potential participant in an informal mediation regarding a dispute over The History Channel. The case page is listed at Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2007-07-28 The History Channel. I am reviewing the case and offering my assistance in resolving this matter. If you are willing to participate in the mediation and willing to accept my offer to mediate, please let me know. ɑʀкʏɑɴ 05:38, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Hey Arkyan, thanks for your message. I am not actually an editor of the page; I just noticed multiple controversial edits and reverts and wanted someone else to take a look at it. Thank you for mediating the dispute; I'll step in to the discussion if I feel that there's a significant point not being covered by others. Ratiocinate (t • c) 14:03, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for replying. Just to let you know, I've gone ahead and opened the case, as there seems to be enough interest to get the ball rolling. Don't feel obliged to participate just because you made the request, but by all means feel free to do so if you would like. ɑʀкʏɑɴ 16:27, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hi there.

Any chance you can stop scrutinising every single thing I have done on Wikipedia? I'd be forever grateful. s p u n k o 2 0 1 0 17:01, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Bit of a coincidence, isn't it? I've encountered problems with you in the past, of which I am sure you are aware. Out of purely personal interest, how is it that an American recognises a photograph of a UK Reality TV 'celebrity'? Do you have a strong interest in British TV? I'm intrigued. I just can't seem to downplay the fact that you have been reverting a lot of my edits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spunko2010 (talk • contribs) 31 July 2007

[edit] King levitation

Hello... you may have noticed that I've added a significantly sterner warning to 82.37.53.95 for vandalism at King levitation. That article has been under attack for some time now by several people trying to delete the article. As such, it is more than likely that any deletions are deliberate attempts at censorship rather than honest mistakes or petty vandalism. Thanks. --Ckatzchatspy 01:15, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I am JoshEdgar.

I blanked my User:JoshEdgar page for a reason. I don't care if I'm logged in or not: my userpage is my responsibility. thanks. 24.126.26.172 02:06, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, it's not vandalism. Vandalism is what you reverted the edits back to -- where a vandal changed my TV and Movie preference to chick flicks and baby shows. So please leave it alone.
I'd have to capitalize my username, which takes time since im used to entering usernames all lowercase...the most retarded login concept of all time. And I'm trying to prove a point: My userpage, leave it alone. I don't have the time to deal with this anymore. At least I have a life and a girlfriend and am not a lonely nerd spending his life browsing Special:Recentchanges.
Couldn't care less about the policies. I don't have to answer to some open-source PHP site. I'll edit my userpage how I want. Freedom of speech (or lack thereof.) 24.126.26.172 02:18, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
There. I logged in. Are you happy now? personal attack removed Now, if you will excuse me, I'M GOING TO BLANK MY TALK PAGE. JoshEdgar 02:34, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding User:JoshEdgar

I noticed you recently revered User:JoshEdgar's user page to a version edited by User:24.126.26.172. If I may inquire -- how did you verify that they were the same person? Thanks! Ratiocinate (t • c) 02:35, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Never mind; User:JoshEdgar logged in. Cheers! Ratiocinate (t • c) 02:37, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey Ratiocinate (t • c) I came across this situation by accident when on vandal petrol. After following up on the reverts and discussion page edits, involving more than a few people  I realized, and yes I did and IP check, they where one in the same. However, I do agree with you, they should have logged in! Hope this explains the situation. Shoessss |  Chat  02:44, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
At least you're rationale and make sense. Ratiocinate couldn't admin for Wiki to save his life. JoshEdgar 02:45, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

I actually had the same problem with this user. I was on VP when I discovered than an I.P. address had blanked a user's user page. I checked the user's page out on history and assumed it to be vandalism (The previous edit of the page looked presentable and nothing superficial seemed to be wrong) so I reverted it. I said something about the reversion on Josh's discussion page - as per courtesy. I then, soon after, discovered that the I.P. and user were the same person. I rapidly made my apologies on the discussion page and quickly reverted the accidental damage I had done (I had reverted to the vandalised version of the page by mistake) by reverting back to the last known good version. The said owner of the page then comes to me, quite rudely, and 'tells me off'. And I'll be honest, without reading Ratiocinate's original message which garnered the very rude above response, the user needs to learn about AGF. ScarianTalk 05:06, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:54643.jpg

Hi, you reported this picture as a copyvio some time ago, but gave only the URL to the picture. Do you have an URL to the context in which it appears, so that we can see if there's any hint as to who owns the copyright, and how it's licensed? --Alvestrand 07:24, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Temprot

Hi! I learnted there was vandalism done to Template:Temprot. I know what you can do to stop vandalism. You can add protection to it! But use template pp-semi-template. Will you do that? 86.142.158.16 17:35, 8 August 2007 (UTC) The vandalism is over now so there is no need to protect it. Cheers! 86.134.102.109 17:14, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anoynmous Editing

Ratiocinate, I would like to apologize for my attitude a few evenings ago where I lost my temper at you and other Wikipedians for simply doing your job and reverting my user page when it was blanked. I understand that randomly seeing an IP clear a page is like an instant red flag. Please accept my apology. JoshEdgar 21:36, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm going to take a crash course in Wikipedia to learn all the rules of editing here! JoshEdgar 18:11, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:CVU status

The Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit project is under consideration to be moved to {{inactive}} and/or {{historical}} status. Another proposal is to delete or redirect the project. You have been identified as a project member and your input as to this matter would be welcomed at WT:CVU#Inactive.3F and at the deletion debate. Thank you! Delivered on behalf of xaosflux 16:58, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello to you :)

Seems that way (that we have a common approach). :) I've enjoyed reading your comments. (ETA: Oh, and I like your username.) And I really need to come up with a consistent policy of where to respond to comments, because I don't always do what my page says I will. :D--Moonriddengirl 15:24, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding your edits

Friend, I have unarchived that which you have archived, because it was an ongoing discussion, one that I had also commented just earlier. I would recommend for perhaps not to archive until at least a day has passed since the last comment to a discussion. Please feel free to reply here if you have any question about my action, I will be happy to explain in more detail. Very best regards, Navou banter 00:15, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know; I'll wait until the current discussion ends before archiving it. Cheers! --Ratiocinate (t • c) 01:06, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unidentified VANDALISM!!!

I was on wikipedia today when I saw this. UNIDENTIFIED VAANDALISMMMMM! But I've reveted it now okay Thanks for letting you know. Cheerio! 86.154.66.59 17:41, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ratiocinate

Excuse me, but it was I who wrote the article in the first place, and I have vastly improved the article. The User who started it made several errors, copied code off of incorect pages and then inserted them in the article. If you wish I will not lend my expertise in the area and shall delete all that I have writtin in this particular piece, which is the entire article. Jonzo12 18:06, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Akai's page article almost all gone by user GlassFET

User:GlassFET feels that the Akai article is not well referenced and therefore, almost everything must go. It all started when he deleted a reference to a manual that gives reference to an Akai machine listed there and he converted it into a "footnote". As a contributor, I didn't object. I asked him why though, he said, because the manual is copyrighted, so I didn't object to that answer but felt a "footnote" was probably not needed. Then he erased the word "broke ground" and re-arranged the paragraph (See: [2] and his edits [3]) from the unit's paragraph because there was no reference that can verify that it did "break ground" as a porta studio of its time (1985). So, I found one ref, he dismissed as "not notable" because the link was to a studio page. Then, he told me that I wrote the paragraph on that unit wrong. Which is untrue. I wrote it factual and with the right machine specs. He decided at that point that rather than look for better sources for references, the article should be drastically trim down for lack of references. I think this user wants to meet Wikipedia standards, but also wants to incite me into to losing my civility and to disrupt the normal development of the Akai article. Can anyone help by making comments. Thanks. 19:45, 22 August 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jrod2 (talk • contribs).

Hi Ratiocinate, Thanks again for intervening on the issue of the Akai page. One question, what makes the link to the MG-1212 manual in place [4] before GlassFET deleted and changed it to a footnote, less suitable or desirable than this link at the Loudness War page (See: AES Convention Paper 5538 On Levelling and Loudness Problems at Broadcast Studios) (Download manual [5]) where it clearly says: "All rights reserved". Conversely, I haven't been able to find anywhere on the Akai MG-1212 manual's 32 pages, the words "Copyright" or "All Rights Reserved". Thanks.Jrod2 15:52, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
The manual is for a machine that was made in 1985. MusicGuy.com seems to be the only site that has the manual for free download. Other sites actually sell it. That tells me 2 things, 1) It's most likely in the public domain and 2) It's a sought after item. The manual gives concrete reference to the Akai MG-1212's specs and its amazing features (Best analog porta studio ever, bar none). I think many users and people out there will be thrilled that WP knows where the link to download is. But you are right, without MusicGuy.com consent, I guess we can't link it. Jrod2 19:44, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Actually it's me who wants to say thank you

You were so quick to respond, I am so happy that you looked at it and agreed. I was not sure if it was me or what, since I contributed to the article myself in a small way one has to be careful . But i knew something was not right with GlassFET's edit. Thanks very much again for the objectivity and for paying attention to my RFC. Jrod2 20:21, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] YOU CANNOT BLOCK ME

YOU CANNOT BLOCK ME

I AM IMMORTAL --194.80.22.131 11:13, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for reverting vandalism off my user page. It was very much appreciated :D AngelOfSadness talk 19:59, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your template

Hi there, I was blocking a vandal yesterday and came across this template of yours on a user page. This type of warning has been discussed many times, the last I can find (that I was involved in) is here, and everytime has been rejected. I will not repeat again what I wrote in the above link, but I and many others think that this type of template, does not add anything constructive to a situation and almost certainly will inflame it, potentially causing more vandalism. I am certainly not telling you to delete it, though in my personal opinion I would very rarely use it or find any reason to use it, other than an almost childlike glee in telling a vandal they'd been reported. I'm open to chat, or if you wish to reword it to be used before a final warning has been reached then by all means, however I think most of the uw- series of warnings covers most situations and if you feel they don't, bring it up. All the best. Khukri 13:20, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks, and thanks for your understanding. I've deleted it now. All the best. Khukri 14:20, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TF code

It should be fairly easy... I'll come up with an example real quick. Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 18:28, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for your help with StatusBot on my user page. I must have overlooked that simple error.Billy 17:52, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Ratiocinate! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Daniel 10:06, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Image:Wikignome.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] Replaceable fair use Image:SCAHSnorth.JPG

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[edit] Replaceable fair use Image:SCAHSsouth.JPG

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[edit] AfD nomination of Academic Technology Specialist

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