User talk:Shaggorama

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[edit] Amos Ori

Marvellous article you wrote. Very important too. RCSB 15:08, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Inhibited sexual desire

I recently came across your page on ISD. A discussion has engaged with respect to plagiarism of the article from the cited NIH website. I backtracked through the history and found that you initially started the article in 2003 by importing directly from the website, which explains the heavy plagiarization present in the article. I understand that it is posted on a government website so it is in the public domain, but I was wondering how this applied to posting it on a website that operates under the GFDL, particularly without directly citing the article as what it is apart from the history. I understand that this is an unaviodably common practice on wikipedia, but I felt there must be some official policy on copying material like this: "Content must not violate any copyright and must be based on verifiable sources. By editing here, you agree to license your contributions under the GFDL." I admit, this is a topic of which I am fairly unfamiliar. Your contribution to the discussion as the source of the issue as well as an admin would be appreciated. Shaggorama 05:15, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

  • Although I admire the effort you put into this argument, there is no violation of any Wikipedia policy or copyright law. Public domain, by definition, has no recognizable "author" since it equally belongs to everyone. This is also the reason why it cannot be plagiarism. Please refer to Wikipedia:Public domain resources on Wikipedia's policy of pulling in content from public domain sources. Thanks for your care in making Wikipedia a more reliable information resource. Davodd 06:54, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Public domain content porting

Easier, yes. Especially when getting an article started. But we need to take care that it is formated to WP style. Most public domain material is written in a way that is neither neutral nor encyclopedic. And none of it is in the correct wiki format. So it will need editing - sometimes much editing - which is a skill unto itself. Have fun! -- Davodd 09:17, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Sephirot and the Tree of life

Hello Shagogorama: See my response at both Talk:Tree of life (Kabbalah) and Talk:Sephirot (Kabbalah). Let us try to keep the discussions in one place. Let me know where. Thanks. IZAK 07:23, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Minus signs

Hi. Just a note on minus signs: There's a difference between - (hyphen) and − (minus), also not to be confused with – (N-dash) or — (M-dash). Be careful to replace − with the right one. You can find − on the list of characters below the edit window; it's next to ± and ×. -- Xerxes 17:50, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I often wondered if there were people who couldn't see them. On my computer at work, I can't read greek characters; for some reason they display as ancient Phonician. Maybe there ought to be a Wikipedia font pack to resolve this problem. -- Xerxes 17:20, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Both

Glad to see an editor who can add info about both the Michelson experiments and SAR knots. Thanks for contributing. (from a Pitzer alum and fellow Baldy denizen) - Will Beback 10:59, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the nice note. I hope it is good. Cheers, -Will Beback 07:29, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oscar Zeta Acosta

I am not in fact responsible for the lines in the article you quoted. The only thing I can remember contributing is the reference to the interview with Acosta's son and the quote from him, which was properly cited. Cheers, --Bk0 (Talk) 22:36, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:RM

Please take a look at WP:RM and Talk:Oxygen first aid. —Nightstallion (?) 09:25, 30 January 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Collaboration Effort

Hey. I am working on a project Wikiversity:School of Fire and Emergency Management. While doing my research I came across a site portal:Fire and it looks like you are one of the larger contributers. I thought I would let you know about the site and see if there are some ways we can collaborate between the two sites and work jointly. Let me know.--Mfinney 17:29, 14 February 2006 (UTC)


Thanks for leaving a message on my talk page. I will set up a project page on the main one. Most of the folks have been sending me the content to cut and paste in. (Makes for a creative editing process.) As well, some of the training centers have begun requiring their Instructor II students to post their projects onto the site, so that is really helping. There also seems to be a core group of folks who are willing to help maintain and add content. If we list you on the Who's Who page and that way if someone has questions... they can contact someone. If you wouldnt mind adding your info to the Who is Who in the Fire and Emergency Management Department that would help. As far as experience, we both know that no matter what the experience level, we all have something to share. Thanks --Mfinney 16:09, 16 February 2006 (UTC)


Can I add you as a project facilitator?--Mfinney 14:56, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Philosophy article

Thank you for your kind comment about the philosophy article. I gave up on Wikipedia as lost cause months ago. Dbuckner 20:21, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Hello again. I am supporting the draft here User:KSchutte/Philosophy to replace the existing article. There are faults with the draft, but anything is better than the current version. Also, it's important to have a consensus. Anything you can do by way of support, argument, cheerleading &c on the philosophy Talk page would be very much appreciated. Dean Dbuckner 18:55, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hypovolemeia

Our article on hypovolemia says that blood loss of 10–20% may be tolerated without clinical symptoms. This site roughly agrees, putting the threashold at 15% for Type I hemorraging. Another complication is that the symptoms will depend on the health of the individual: shock will be worse in an individual who has not eaten recently, for example. Physchim62 (talk) 12:36, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Torrent Shocking

Hi there, I hadn't heard of the specific term 'torrent shocking', and a couple of claims in the article seem a little suspect. However I do recall reading last year about malware spread using P2P software.

See http://software.silicon.com/malware/0,3800003100,39131258,00.htm and http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050617-5007.html for a couple of examples.

Cheers, Cmdrjameson 15:50, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Newbie

I'm new to wikipedia but I am experienced. I used to contribute as an anonymous member. The League of Crazy Men 08:59, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

The E=MC² Barnstar
I give you this barnstar for your contributions to Science-related articles. The League of Crazy Men 09:09, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rescue Squad

Well, I wasn't actually pointing you out for "being bold". I meant the other editor who just keeps complaining about little things. I think I'm going to make a DAB page tomorrow or Monday. Soon. Sometimes it's easier to beg forgiveness than to ask permission. I learned that at my first fire department, ha. So I think I'm going to do that, and I'll also remove the "split" template at the top, too. I just want to run this by you before I do it. Again, I'm really busy tomorrow and most of monday, but I'll probably do it then. Thanks though for the work you've done. --MPD01605 02:29, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiprojects

I was just discussing with another user starting a Wikiproject: Wildland fire. Looking for a possible parent project or related projects, I noticed there is no Wikiproject: Firefighting but that you are interested in starting one. Goodness knows we need both. (There's a WikiProject on fire alarms though believe it or not...) Still interested? Dragomiloff 01:57, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Re the firefighting wikiproject..cool, and yeah I can help...as for names there is the firefighter wikipedians category which could be a good place to start. My experience is entirely wildland and I think wildland is going to be a separate Wikiproject, maybe a sub-project of Firefighting. When I get some more spare time, I'll go ahead and set up the two projects and we can take it from there. Dragomiloff 22:36, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Synesthesia

Hi Shaggorama, I just took a look at your profile, and I saw that you were interested in adding something about philosophical implications to the synaesthesia page (like you need more work!). I think it would be great if you were to add that to the page, and most importantly, you'll see with the other clean-up that I've done, it should be much easier. Are you familiar with the work of Jeffrey Gray, and Richard Gray (no relation that I know of) and Adam Wager? They have all published some interesting articles/debate regarding the implications of synesthesia for functionalism, color externalism, and other related topics. Edhubbard 19:59, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

I posted this on my talk page, in response to your replies, but I'm not sure if you are checking that, so I wanted to repost here: Thanks. I think that's one of the cool things about wikipedia; that people come here because they care about gaining and sharing knowledge. With the amount of stuff out there, we're all experts on something, and we can share and learn from each other. Edhubbard 20:16, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Fire Service

Hello, I was browsing WikiPedia and noticed that you are/were a firefighter. I highly encourage you to stop by and check out our WikiProject relating to the Fire Service around the world. We are in need of many editors and administrators to help the cause. Stay safe, Daysleeper47 18:59, 12 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] theFireWiki.org

Hey... long time no see... hope you are doing well. Wanted to let you know that after the wikiversity project I tried the next step... created theFireWiki.org. The concept is to create a wikipedia or citizendium focused solely on the fire service. Take a look around at it when you get a chance. Feel free to jump in as well.--Mfinney 00:04, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] HUSH

I reverted your edit to Pitzer College[1] because it did not appear serious. If you have a verifiable source for that material feel free to restore it. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 04:58, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikinews

Hey, I saw you started an article that seems to be having some difficulties on the Wikinews (I´m an editor there). I just wanted to say that a lot a people have difficulties at first, and of course your still welcomed, by me at the very least :D. I´ve found that its usually a good idea to start with smaller edits on already written articles, like rephrasing for style, cleaning up typos or perhaps adding an extra paragraph of information. Having said that, thats not the way I started, but I did write an article on a topic that was in the news already. I think trying to establish a new topic out of different recources is certainly a worthy objective, but most definitely a very difficult thing to begin with.

Hope this was of some help, and of course feel free to ask me questions on my talk page on wikinews.

Many kind regards, Sean Heron; 84.164.22.41 18:33, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mindstream

If you think the article on Bodymind is out of control, have a look at Mindstream! --Geronimo20 (talk) 09:17, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Attunement proposed for deletion

[edit] Attunement

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[edit] You're welcome

Glad I could help. When I decorated my user page I didn't have a cat, so it was my cyberspace alternative. Now that we have a cat again, I understand that "caturday" means that day that you try to sleep in a little bit, but the cat disagrees and keeps jumping on you to try to get you to wake up :) Guettarda (talk) 16:08, 19 May 2008 (UTC)