User talk:Tarotcards

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Hello, Tarotcards, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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[edit] "Earth"

I noticed you made some edits recently changing "the Earth" to "earth." Although "the Earth" is somewhat awkward, Earth the planet does in fact have a capital letter. Lowercase earth means dirt. Andre (talk) 19:29, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

the following from dictionary.com: earth [urth] Pronunciation Key –noun 1. (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 mi. (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 mi. (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million mi. (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite. 2. the inhabitants of this planet, esp. the human inhabitants: The whole earth rejoiced. 3. this planet as the habitation of humans, often in contrast to heaven and hell: to create a hell on earth. 4. the surface of this planet: to fall to earth. [...] 9. Also called earth color. Fine Arts. any of various pigments consisting chiefly of iron oxides and tending toward brown in hue. 10. Chiefly British Electronics. a ground. 11. Archaic. a land or country. –verb (used with object) 12. Chiefly British Electronics. to ground. —Idioms 13. move heaven and earth. heaven (def. 7). 14. on earth, in the world: Where on earth have you been? 15. run to earth, a. Hunting. to chase (an animal) into its hole or burrow: to run a fox to earth. b. to search out; track down: They ran the fugitive to earth in Algiers. [Origin: bef. 950; ME erthe, OE eorthe; c. G Erde, D aarde, ON jǫrth, Dan jord, Goth airtha]

... often does not mean always, andre. in fact, you will notice that, in all of their examples, they have used a lowercase earth. looks like the standard, preferred usage is lowercase. of course, each individual has a particular preference, such as the serial comma, interior placement of commas within quotes and parentheses, etc. thanks for your attempt at bettering my edits, though, it was a nice try. keep up the good effort, every tiny positive change we make singularly cumulates plurally here on wiki. how about a toast, in mutual admiration of our planet, a toast for peace on earth; for, even if it may be unattainable, it can still be striven for. regards, tarotcards. 20.07.06.20.16.43.33

Hello... sorry to tell you this, but your recent changes involving lower-case "earth" and "Luna" have been reverted. The consensus in science articles is to use "the Moon". "Luna" is considered non-standard amongst astronomers and in the English language. Similarly, the general standard is to use capital-"E" "Earth. Cheers. --Ckatzchatspy 00:36, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion review of [[Image:Max-Planck-und-Albert-Einstein.jpg]]

Here is a notification that the deletion of [[Image:Max-Planck-und-Albert-Einstein.jpg]] is being reviewed. The DrV may be found at this location. "Wikipedia:Deletion review considers disputed deletions and disputed decisions made in deletion-related discussions. This includes appeals to restore pages that have been deleted..." In the DrV, users may discuss relevant issues in attempting to form consensus, as well as assert Uphold Deletion or Overturn Deletion, with a specific rationale for the stated conclusion. ... Kenosis 16:11, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Measurement Causes Collapse

You might find this interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurement_causes_collapse

And their unfortunate attempt to delete it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Measurement_causes_collapse


Lordvolton (talk) 11:13, 2 March 2008 (UTC)