User talk:TimothyPilgrim

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Again, welcome! - UtherSRG 16:57, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for your note on the new user log. Glad to have you here, and thanks for your contributions. Isomorphic 03:16, 21 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. I hope to make a significant addition. I've spread the word of Wiki to my regional skeptical group which has its fair share of very intelligent people. I hope some of them pay a visit and stay as well. TimothyPilgrim 03:34, Feb 21, 2004 (UTC)

Is the longer caption at counterfeit better now? --Merovingian ↕ Talk 23:58, Mar 18, 2004 (UTC)

That looks a lot better! Do you happen to know which Chicago newspaper it was though? TimothyPilgrim 14:19, Mar 22, 2004 (UTC)

This is a test for myself. TimothyPilgrim 19:23, Mar 22, 2004 (UTC)

You may not want to add a link to the user name that links to the main namespace - user pages are [[User:username]] and not [[username]]. Thanks Dysprosia 12:27, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)

For which edit? TimothyPilgrim 12:48, Apr 26, 2004 (UTC)
I fixed it here - it should be apparent [1] Dysprosia 22:30, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Yup. I see it now. Thanks. TimothyPilgrim 12:18, Apr 28, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Lord Love a Duck

Google lord-love-a-duck and you'll get a lot of comments and opinions. I don't know the origin but if I had to guess I would think it was a Victorian era Britishism. The phrase was still fairly current in the 1950s and '60s though not an everyday oath.

I note one site thinks it is a substitute for an obscenity, others tag it an expression of suprise. I agree with the latter, but think it may have originally been one of the myriad of phrases for those who didn't want to use "God's name in vain" or utter a curse. That is, "Lord love a duck, she's a beauty" instead of "I'll be damned, she's a beauty" or "God, what a beauty."

A study of the use of the use of vulgar (in the common sense) language is fascinating. It comes to mind that Dickens, in Great Expectations, has an old and profane sailor exclaiming a then common and potent oath over and over. Dickens (as Pip, the narrator) has the character yelling bitter phrases liberally sprinkled with "bless your eyes" but informs the reader that these weren't really the words the old sea dog was saying. -- Cecropia | Talk 17:18, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)


[edit] Sciatica

Though i was not the one who added acupuncture as the treatment method, but the fact remains it is an effective treatment method. This comes from someone who has seen it first hand. So I dont think that the removal was appropiate. vogon77 02:52, Oct 28, 2004 (UTC)

I've moved this to Talk:Sciatica. TimothyPilgrim 13:05, Oct 28, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] liter/litre->L

We've been replacing liter and litre in auto articles with  L to conform with scientific unit standards and to avoid confusion/localization disputes over which form to use. The nbsp looks nicer than just space since it keeps the unit with the number over line breaks... Hope this helps! --SFoskett 19:09, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 2000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1
I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:
{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

OR

Option 2
I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:
{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)

[edit] untagged image

commons:Image:1982MB300TD.jpg has no image copyright tag. If you took this picture yourself or have permission to use it under an appropriate license please tag it as such. If not then please tag it for deletion.

Done. TimothyPilgrim 14:49, Jan 1, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sports Car International

Do you have those issues? The Sports Car International Top Sports Cars article is missing lots of data. Can you fill it in? Especially the "all time" list! Thanks! --SFoskett 13:16, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)

Indeed I do. I started buying it last year, starting with the Best of the 1970's issue. I can work on that article no problem. TimothyPilgrim 13:38, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Labyrinthodontia

Would you look over the changes I've made and fix any gaffes? --Wetman 01:11, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

I'm curious - why remove the description of the body-plan and the change from Devonian? I think those are good facts to include. TimothyPilgrim 16:50, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimedia Canada

Hi there! I'd like to invite you to explore Wikimedia Canada, and create a list of people interested in forming a local chapter for our nation. A local chapter will help promote and improve the organization, within our great nation. We'd also like to encourage everyone to suggest projects for our national chapter to participate in. Hope to see you there!--DarkEvil 15:11, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Photo Matching Service

Hi there,

I'm contacting you because you listed yourself at Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Photographers. You might be interested in a new wikiproject page that lists photographers and articles that need photos by location. The page is located at Wikipedia:Photo Matching Service or WP:PMS GabrielF 00:22, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another Kind of Engine

Hi!

I'm contacting you because I saw you have done work on various kinds of engines. Another engine you might want to discuss: RKM engine, a pistonless rotary engine. See rkm.schapiro.org —Preceding unsigned comment added by Klpolon (talk • contribs) 06:34, 16 September 2007 (UTC)