User:Selfworm/Archives/Archive 3

One of the Hinducentric contributors to Indian mathematics also recently edited Trigonometric function and History of trigonometric functions. You might want to check those articles to see if his edits are accurate or if they're simply more falsehood and exaggeration. CiteCop 02:02, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the information about that user. The sentence that he added was in fact inaccurate and poorly sourced; so I have removed the sentence and placed a quote from A History of Mathematics on the talk page to justify the removal. Thanks for the tip. selfworm - just downgraded to version 0.4B! 02:28, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

I have moved it to User:Selfworm/HiddenLinkAward as it should have been in your userspace to begin with and not the template space. I am going to be deleting the redirect in a moment.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 08:36, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

And have a pleasant evening :)—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 08:38, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

What's that all about? Wormhole to a parallel Wikipedia?--Shtove 19:40, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Cheers for this - good fun finding it and all... ...adam... ^{(talk • contributions)} 11:08, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm just glad that you had a good time finding it. :) _selfworm_ ^{( Give me a piece of your mind · Userboxes · Contribs )_} 14:16, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Are you an WP:AMA member ? If so perhaps you may wish to see the list of members. --CyclePat 04:10, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I'll think about it... _selfworm_ ^{( Give me a piece of your mind · Userboxes · Contribs )_} 04:51, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I noticed on the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of victims of the Virginia Tech massacre page that your signature is pretty long in both display and in the edit views (three lines of markup seems a bit excessive!) See WP:SIG for guidelines - I hope you can reduce the complexity and size without feeling restricted in your creativity. Cheers. QmunkE 14:19, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Too long? OK, I'll reduce my signature shortly. _selfworm_ ^{( Give me a piece of your mind · Userboxes · Contribs )_} 14:21, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Done. I've made my signature a lot shorter. _selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 20:28, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I have nominated two of what seem to be your sockpuppet accounts' subpages for deletion at the above MFD. Your comments are welcome there. Metros232 23:48, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi I found your hidden link. Nice. --Destructo 087 22:42, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey Destructo 087. Congratulations! If you could please follow the instructions on the link's page then I'd be more than happy to give you your reward. I need to know that you actually did find it, you know, technicalities. Thanks and good job! _selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 23:01, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I have signed on the page. User:Destructo_087

Several of your subpages - TemplatesCreated, Userboxes, Buddhism, NotCatholic, NotChristian, NotHindu, NotJewish, NotMuslim, NotSikh, and NotWiccan - are showing up at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion. I presume you don't want them deleted, but I ask you to edit them in order to avoid them showing up there. - Nabla 00:18, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much for informing me. I've never had any trouble with these userboxes before; I guess that it only takes one upset individual with too much time on their hands to cause problems for me. _selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 05:34, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Ah! Got it, now. I was doing a few speedy deletions and had just been through some multiple transclusion, and delete tags hidden in the middle of pages. So I entered your 'Userboxes' page and as it was a similar mess, I thought it was some mistake you made while creating them, so I was asking you to fix it. Taking now a second look at it I realised that it was another user tagging them, not a mistake. Given that they are not strictly templates I think they are not speedy deletable as such, instead they should go through WP:MfD if that user so wishes. I removed all the tags. Nabla 22:31, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much for removing all of those tags and allowing me to keep my userboxes (a least for the foreseeable future). I greatly appreciate all of your help and hard work. You have made Wikipedia a place of freer expression._selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 00:25, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Selfworm. As a Christian, I feel a need to defend your position and your userboxes. Foremost: someone is manipulating the Wikipedia system in order to apply censorship (exactly the same kind of censorship that led to the execution of Jesus). The intent of Wikipedia is to collect information, and trying to manipulate the system to stop opinions, where they are legitimate, is not according to the principles of Wikipedia. Said: Rursus ☺ ★ 10:33, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello Rursus. I greatly appreciate your support and your kind words. It people like yourself who help make Wikipedia a fairer and more open place for editors. And I am happy to see that despite our differing theological beliefs, we are still able to work together towards a common Wiki-goal of preventing unreasonable censorship. Thank you again for your support._selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 17:30, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Umm.. Do I get the award for finding the super secret page? Kindly wondering... and Happy Editing! Felix 19:14, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

You sure do Felix! I've left it on your talk page. Congratulations! _selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 19:45, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Any reason for the image removal? ~ G1ggy! _{Reply | Powderfinger!} 09:24, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes there is a reason. It appears that the image has been deleted for copyright reasons, but I'll keep the box around in case the image is reuploaded in the future. _selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 03:16, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the reply ~ G1ggy! _{Reply | Powderfinger!} 08:11, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello, Selfworm. An automated process has found and removed an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, and thus is being used under fair use that was in your userspace. The image (Image:Ipu.gif) was found at the following location: User:Selfworm/TemplatesCreated. This image or media was attempted to be removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media was replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. Please find a free image or media to replace it with, and or remove the image from your userspace. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 09:25, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello Selfworm, an automated process has found an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, such as fair use. The image (Image:Ipu.gif) was found at the following location: User:Selfworm/Userboxes/IfIHadToIPU. This image or media will be removed per statement number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media will be replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. The image that was replaced will not be automatically deleted, but it could be deleted at a later date. Articles using the same image should not be affected by my edits. I ask you to please not re-add the image to your userpage and could consider finding a replacement image licensed under either the Creative Commons or GFDL license or released to the public domain. Please note that it is possible that the image on your page is included vie a template or usebox. In that case, please find a free image for the template or userbox. Thanks for your attention and cooperation. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 12:42, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello Selfworm, an automated process has found an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, such as fair use. The image (Image:Ipu.gif) was found at the following location: User:Selfworm/TemplatesCreated. This image or media will be removed per statement number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media will be replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. The image that was replaced will not be automatically deleted, but it could be deleted at a later date. Articles using the same image should not be affected by my edits. I ask you to please not re-add the image to your userpage and could consider finding a replacement image licensed under either the Creative Commons or GFDL license or released to the public domain. Please note that it is possible that the image on your page is included vie a template or usebox. In that case, please find a free image for the template or userbox. Thanks for your attention and cooperation. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 12:43, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi selfworm! I was wondering how you made your front page. If you have time to waste, can you teach me how? thanks!!!

Hirohisat 05:59, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Sure I can teach you how to make a front page like that, just not all at once (I need sleep :( ). Right now I have finals so I can't help you for the next couple of days, but if you remind me later then I'll explain to you how I did it. In the mean time, you can look through my collection of templates and study their code.Good luck. _selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 07:32, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey have you tried to find my secret page? It's well hidden. :) Chetblong 14:40, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Woot! Found your secret page. Thanks for the barnstar :D. 07:31, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Found your hidden link. Hidden very well.Shindo9Hikaru 00:04, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations Shindo9Hikaru! I left your reward on you talk page. _selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 00:16, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Due to personal and safety reasons. I'm sorry.--Flamgirlant 03:14, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Hey there - was just perusing your page and noticed you use the {{click}} template on you toolbar - if you check out Template:Click you'll see that we're meant to be switching over to using <imagemap tags instead (I only know because I changed my userpage the other day to get rid of all the click templates). If you check out mw:Extension:ImageMap it has all the documentation you need to switch over, and I can assure you it's pretty easy to do. ...adam... ^{(talk • contributions)} 02:08, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the advice adam. I've just finished changing over to the newer format and amazingly enough it looks exactly the same! :) _selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 02:37, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Identical aint it! There seems to be a few browsers that don't like click - and it mucks up accessability - but it makes no difference if you aren't using parser functions or magic words, so I thought I'd spread the word. Glad to provide a service. ...adam... ^{(talk • contributions)} 02:44, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

As you are an editor involved with the the previous discussion, I am notifying you that I have relisted it for mfd. Thank you.--Flamgirlant 12:13, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm doing a research on my userpage so you willing if i use yours? Uchiha23 02:18, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Use my user page for what? As a template for your own userpage?
You can use any code that you find on my user space. Here is a list of all of the templates that I use on my user space. Good luck and you can contact me if you have any questions. selfworm^Talk) 07:01, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the information you've added to the Al-Razi page. It's amazing the article had mentioned barely nothing about his harsh skepticism of Islam and religions in general. However, please rework the large block of text you've added. It's generally bad form to quote such a large amount of text. Is it verbatim, or are the elipses your own addition? If you need help cleaning up the humongous quote, I'm available. --C.Logan 23:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

No problem. I will rework the text a little later when I have the time. In the meantime, you are more than welcome to help me rework the block of text. Take care. _selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 23:10, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay. The only problem here is that I don't have any clear access to the book you've used (although I actually considered using it to update the al-Razi page)... I'm sure it's not available online. For instance, the first block of indentation in the quote: is it this way in the book? It's clear that the second indent is a quotation within the quote, but the first indentation moves to quote form mid-sentence. It may be a format problem you overlooked, or it might be how the book's text presents itself- I'm not sure. Either way, I don't want to take too much liberty with quoted text: obviously, Hecht's words are good to rearrange into the paragraph, but Razi's should be left as they are.--C.Logan 23:32, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Actually, the required parts of the book are fortunately available online. Here is a link to the book that I've referenced. Google Books: "Doubt: A History" p. 229. I'm pretty sure that it's the same edition of the book. Enjoy your read! _selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 23:47, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm currently working on the section. _selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 00:00, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Done editing. You can edit away. _selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 00:24, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi, please note that according to the definition of a subring in Subring, a subring of a ring must contain 1. For example, in the ring of 2 by 2 matrices with real coefficients, those matrices with all coefficients zero except perhaps in the top lefthand corner form a ring (with unity), but not a subring of the ring of matrices, because the unit element is not the same. Please modify Subring and Subring test accordingly. Please note also that any result along these lines is exceedingly elementary, and therefore the name "subring test", particularly "the subring test", is likely to exist only within the confines of an individual math textbook, and is probably not notable enough to warrant an encyclopedia entry. Joeldl 15:00, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello Joeldl. Please see this talk page and join the debate about whether or not rings should be defined with a multiplicative identity. I shall leave the pages unaltered until a consensus I reached, and if the consensus is that all rings should have unity then I will change those pages to fit that definition of a ring. Thank you for you input. _selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 19:09, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

In the meantime, please make it clear that your definition refers to the non-unit definition when you use it.

19:14, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

I have already stated on the subring test article that the theorem applies to rings defined without a unity._selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 19:16, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi again. Sorry for not being clear about the changes I made to Ring (mathematics). I added the fact that na could be interpreted in two different ways. Once that is done, there is no need for the two facts I deleted because they result from this fact and the fact that the ring element n defined as n1 commutes with everything, which I also added. Joeldl 22:23, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay, but I would recommend that you clarify the sentence that you added. Maybe give a more concrete definition of na. I believe that na is defined recursively. _selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 00:18, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

I just wanted to give a rough idea of what was meant, as people will figure out the formal definition by induction easily from what's given. If you want to write a definition by induction, I think it should be given at Group and linked to. Joeldl 00:22, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Thank you for the new Subring test article. I have one suggestion about writing math. I think it is rather important to use commas where appropriate, it make the text easier to understand and mathematically correct. I put in around 20 commas in that article I think, I hope I improved it. Thanks and hope you like it here. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 22:34, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the work that you've done on that article; you've really made it look a lot nicer._selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 22:39, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Why have you changed "assumed" to "shown"? The susset 2Z of Z satisfies the hypotheses but not the conclusion, so it cannot be "shown" that the unit belongs to it. Joeldl 23:19, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

I've reverted my edit and it now reads "assumed"_selfworm_ ^{( Talk · Contribs )_} 23:33, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

‹ The template below (Smile) is being considered for deletion. See templates for deletion to help reach a consensus. ›

Hydrogen Iodide has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Hydrogen Iodide 02:15, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that Hydrogen Iodide. It was such a pleasant surprise that it made my day. I'll pass it on to someone else right now. selfworm^Talk) 02:18, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

I just wanted to let you know that I removed Image:Pennywiseclown.JPG from User:Selfworm/Userboxes/FearOfClowns because it's a non-free image that was used in userspace. Cheers! WODUP 20:37, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

I Found the page that has your barnstar on it that says "Congratulations, you have found the super secret hidden link on Selfworm's page" or something like that. It's just the barnstar template, does this count as finding it? GBenemy ^{(talk . it.wiki)} 23:55, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Since you found the page you get the award! You can find your award on your talk page! Good job! selfworm^Talk) 03:16, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks :D:D:D, now try and find MY super duper secretly hidden away not-easy-to-find subpage :D GBenemy ^{(talk . it.wiki)} 03:55, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Will do. selfworm^Talk) 05:51, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry I don't know what you meant by Obviously did not get the humor... :) when you reverted my action.
> Rugby471 ^talk ⚔ 17:58, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Hello Rugby471
I did not revert your action. If you look into the history of the user box then you will clearly see that Raerth reverted your picture to the previous one.
The humor that is found in the current picture, and not in your picture, is that the question asks you to "find X", by which it means to "solve for the value of X". But, the person who wrote on the paper misunderstood the question to mean "find the symbol X on this paper". That is the humor of this picture; humor that is not present in your picture. Take care. selfworm^Talk) 18:35, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing that up > Rugby471 ^talk ⚔

Hi, one of your subpages (User:Selfworm/VandalizeMe was recently proposed for speedy deletion. I removed the speedy tag since it wasn't you who placed it. If you want the page deleted, just let me know. Best wishes/ Pax:Vobiscum 17:22, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't see any valid reason for the page to be deleted. Yes, wikipedia is supposed to be focused on producing an encyclopedia, but there there is nothing wrong with having a bit of fun at the same time. Pax:Vobiscum 20:28, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Hello again Pax:Vobiscum,
I've left a message on Ryulong's talk page defending the VandalizeMe page and now I am waiting for a response. If Ryulong decides that (s)he does not agree with my reasons and remains firm in his/her choice to delete it then what are my options? Is it possible for me I ask the Wikipedia community for their opinion on whether or not the VandalizeMe page should have been deleted? I am only a beginner when it comes to understanding Wikipedia policy and any help would be greatly appreciated. And also thank you for your input on this matter. selfworm^Talk) 20:39, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

My suggestion is to just leave the issue, no reason to make a big deal out of it. Normally you go to Wikipedia:Deletion review if you disagree with a deletion. In this case no valuable history was lost (I assume?) so I see no reason to go through that process. Your page is up again and ready to be vandalized and I don't think he'll delete it again. Pax:Vobiscum 20:51, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Hello again,
Thank you for your advice, but isn't it against Wikipedia's policy to have a regular user recreate a page that was deleted by an administrator? If so then I don't want to risk getting blocked because of this page. Also, I've had an encounter with Ryulong before so he may be checking my userspace periodically (or then again these two encounters with him may be a complete coincidence), in which case he may likely delete it again. I've left a response on Ryulong's talk page and he has yet to respond.
I feel that it would be best if I resolved this issue once and for all and not have to worry about it anymore, so I am going to go through the deletion review process. I'd like to thank you for your help, I truly appreciate it. selfworm^Talk) 23:20, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

I see you're one of the many wikipedians that has had rough encounters with Ryulong The Admin. Look here for ways in which you can voice your comments on him. 0reteki 21:28, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:FindX.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Foobaz·o< 22:46, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

You Son of A Bitch! HBKH 16:57, 9 August 2007 (UTC)HBKH

The message box sensation is sweeping the nation! why don't you, the creator, have it on your Userpage? ps to all who don't know about it, see my Userpage by clicking on my my signature. Someone dedicated to making your day a little bit better! 21:26, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Your right! The page will probably be deleted by an administrator once I put it up on my front page (my bet is on Ryulong) but anyways here it goes! selfworm^Talk) 02:12, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Well I guess that the fun is over since Wikihermit removed the contents of the page User:Selfworm/NewMessages. Ooh well, it was fun while it lasted. Think of yourself as being a part of an exclusive club conposed of those people who managed to sign their names on the page. Good bye and take care. selfworm^Talk) 02:16, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Hey man, I liked the page, but it seems some bot or something deleted the page? I'm sorry if this happened, but if you don't know anything about this, you might wanna get it checked! And please update me on the situation. Thanks JpGrB 01:54, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. selfworm^Talk) 02:12, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Have you found my hidden link yet? GreenJoe 15:45, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Not yet but I will soon. :) selfworm^Talk) 03:17, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you selfworm for the Barnstar I put it in my collection and that was one I didn't have. Swirlex out. Swirlex 02:13, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Hey you earned it! selfworm^Talk) 03:17, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the Barnstar. It took me 2 days to find your page; but it was worth it. Let me know if you have another secret page!!! --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:35, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Will do! selfworm^Talk) 08:58, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Selfworm. Thanks for the smiley. ;^>

Say, I was looking at this article, and noticed just a few little things that I wanted to clean up, like

as opposed to

But then I noticed that some of the text from the first Boyer quote had been inadvertently included with the second quote – or is it the other way around? I don't have a copy of the book, so I can't tell. I'm happy to fix obviously misspelled words and simple formatting problems, but I must defer to you in this situation, since you apparently have a copy of the book. Would you please take a look at it? Thanks! DavidCBryant 16:10, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. The text from the first Boyer quote was indeed inadvertently included in the second quote for some unknown reason. It has now been removed. Also, I have changed the math statement to as requested. Have a nice day. selfworm^Talk) 21:29, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks alot for the barnstar! → jacĸrм ( talk | sign ) 17:02, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Hey, you earned it so enjoy it! selfworm^Talk) 17:09, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar. --Sharkface217 04:56, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Hey you earned it! selfworm^Talk) 06:14, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! —Some Person 00:12, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome! selfworm^Talk) 02:13, 23 September 2007 (UTC)