User talk:Rparle/archive 2004 october

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Happy editing, Isomorphic 03:57, 12 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for your note. I haven't looked over the physics articles here, but I seriously doubt that it's as "covered" as you said. Chances are there are articles for all the most important topics. I'm betting that most could still be improved, either by adding more information or by improving the explanations. Some Wikipedia articles on technical subjects tend to be incomprehensible to people outside those fields. Don't assume that any article is ever "done" - they can always be improved.
That said, there's no particular reason why you have to write on physics. I'm not sure I've contributed to a single physics article myself, and I was a physics student for most of the last four years. There are plenty of subjects here that don't require any academic specialty - there's even a project to create articles on hats and headgear. Wikipedians are encouraged to write on whatever they want, not necessarilly on what they're most knowledgeable about. After all, this is volunteer work, so you should enjoy what you do. Isomorphic 04:33, 12 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Stacks of books in every room in your house? Sounds rather familiar.

Regarding talk etiquette, there's no strict standard for where to answer, but you picked up on the first pro/con - someone is guaranteed to see an answer on their own talk page, but not necessarilly on yours. Some people use their watchlist to watch pages where they've left a message, in case the answer is posted to that page. You chose correctly in this case - I do a lot of greeting, so I don't usually watch the talk pages of those I greet. I would probably not have seen your reply if you'd posted it here.

The advantage to using only one person's talk page is that it makes discussion easier to follow, especially for an interested third party. So, some people will reply to both their talk page and yours. Others reply only to your talk page but copy the comment they're replying to and post it above to provide context.

If you want to read more about the standards for talk pages, it's written up at Wikipedia:Talk page

OK, I'm through with my lecture :-) Have fun, Isomorphic 06:03, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Eric Braeden

I saw your edits to Eric Braeden, and I found them to be rather trivial. You cited (style) but I really didn't see much of a style error to be marked as a faux-pas. TheCustomOfLife 18:37, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I responded with gratitude on my talk page. TheCustomOfLife 16:55, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Another response. TheCustomOfLife 00:00, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Hi!

How are you? It's been a month since we've conversed last. Feel free to drop me a note whenever! :-) Mike H 00:07, Jul 23, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Andre Norton

I'm watching the Andre Norton page and saw your questions. I have answered the ones I could. I couldn't find the name of her school paper, for instance. Her web site mentions that her health forced her to move but gives few details. All the authors I put in have interviews that mentioned her. (ie Charles de Lint I grew up on Andre Norton, Clifford Simak, Philip Jose Farmer, Roger Zelazny, and the like).

I recommend the original Witch World books with Simon Tregarth first. The Witch World and Web of the Witch World. From there Three against the Witch World and Warlock of the Witch World. She has written an awful lot of books, many of which I haven't read :) I also answered on the Talk:Andre Norton page. The Steve

[edit] Gaijin

Sorry, I'm relatively new so what do you mean by "the extent that it has been listed on Wikipedia:cleanup." Anyway, I apologise. I did leave link to "Ethinic Issues in Japan" though. Initial edit was to make it clear that Gaijin being projetive is POV which is not universailly accepted. I tried to make neutural attribution for both view. Obviously, some may not agree. Afterward, I did add issues relatent to the word "gaijin". Feel free to correct my Engrish. I'm not good at that departoment. FWBOarticle 03:21, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I've restored number of wiki links. To be honest, I don't know what is the rules regarding links. Some links I've seen in other article looks quite irrelevant. Anyway, thanks. If you know any Japanese related issues with neutrality dispute, let me know. Probably I can contribute in some way. FWBOarticle 22:03, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] User:Brettz9/videoscript comments

Wow, thanks for catching my misunderstanding of public domain. So, does that mean then that one cannot mirror Wikipedia without permission of all the users or simply that the correct term should be open content (or something like that) instead of "public domain" Thanks. [[User:Brettz9|Brettz9 (talk)]] 18:19, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Great...Thanks much for your clarification on my talk page. Best wishes, [[User:Brettz9|Brettz9 (talk)]]

[edit] Sarah Chalke

Hi! I hope you don't mind, but I rewrote her "Personal life" section with a quote I think is relevant. Hopefully this is more encyclopedic—what do you think? T-bomb 18:27, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Cool. Sarah Chalke is awesome. What else can we add? T-bomb 05:56, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Comment from user page

User: FLIP DUDE FROM NJZ: I felt like it. Sorry for the problems... (left by 68.32.157.188)

[edit] re: Bradley Amendment

Good evening, Rory. On 26 Aug, you voted to delete the article about the Bradley Amendment because it was a POV rant. Even though the discussion period has run out, no one's acted on that thread yet. I've completely rewritten the article. I'd appreciate it if you'd take a read through and see if it's now worthy of a keep. Rossami 01:16, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Abbey Theatre

Thanks for all your help. I've tried to address all the issues you raised. I'm adding a section to bring the story up to the present and you might get to have a look at some stage? Hope you caught the train, and thanks again. Filiocht 13:15, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words. Believe it or not I want to add some more stuff. I'd also love to get a photo of the building, but they won't release anything from their website. Wonder if this search result from one of my favourite sites on the web would help with the Zoo article. Filiocht 07:38, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Hi again. I've done what I can and would appreciate a quick look if you have time. I'm holding off replacing the stub until the outcome of the listing on WP:COTW; only 3 votes so far, so it will be pruned on Friday, I'd guess. Filiocht 08:51, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

You're right. I've overwritten the stub. Thanks again for the extremely useful edits and suggestions. Filiocht 11:58, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Hi. This is now on WP:FAC. Filiocht 09:02, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Theatre Royal, Dublin

Thanks for the improvements. I have tried to address the questions you left on the talk page. Let me know what you think. Filiocht 09:38, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Thanks again. Any suggestions for an Irish COTW for next week? Filiocht 12:28, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Purge button

Thanks for your help with this from the village pump. After purging and then pressing the refresh button on my IE browser the correct picture came up. I then went to look at your script. Unfortunately as a newbie I do not know how it is meant to be implemented (added to each page I create, loaded at startup?). Can you point me in the direction of some reading on this? --CloudSurfer 03:17, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Many thanks for your help. Unfortunately IE or perhaps Zone Alarm is blocking the java running so it's not working. I will have to use the manual method I guess. --CloudSurfer 11:07, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Thanks again. I have moved the comment end to the bottom of the code so it's still there. I will try to find out how to alter my settings so that it works and then "de-comment" it. All the best. --CloudSurfer 11:19, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)
mmmmmmmmm. Well, it worked but only on that page and from what I can see, only the first time I load it. If I close the window and open it anew then the purge cache tab is there. I am no Java programmer but I am guessing that is the difference between an instruction that runs each load and one that runs when the event "load" is detected. Please do not put yourself out on this one but if you want to debug on IE I am happy to help.--CloudSurfer 11:43, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)
OK, now all seems to be OK. It didn't seem to be working before but maybe I wasn't waiting long enough for it to appear. It is not on this edit page (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User_talk:Rparle&action=edit&section=12) but it is on all the other en.wikipedia.org/wiki pages. Sorry for the hassle but I think you have got it sorted now for IE 6.0 --CloudSurfer 11:56, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)