User talk:WolfieInu

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I just added this line so that this page wouldn't be so deafeningly empty... WolfieInu 15:51, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Welcome

Welcome!

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[edit] Creationism

[1] I'm not allowed to ridicule creationism on the main page, it has to come out somewhere. I did remove the Flying Spaghetti Monster additions three times in one day, even though I'm on the poster's side :) I'm guessing by your user page that you lean more towards the creationist (or at least religious bent). Should you be offended or merely think it is tacky, I will remove the 'nutter' comment. NPOV; bringing together creationists and evolutionists since... 2007 I guess. Look forward to your work on the page; I notice you are fairly new as a user, so I'd suggest giving your framework for the possible largish changes a couple of days, perhaps even posting messages on regular Creationism contributors' talk pages to let them have input on the changes. But, I think I evolved from a monkey, so what do I know? I jest, I really do look forward to your suggestions, do you know how to make sub-pages? WLU 20:49, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey wow, I'm a Wikipedian! I got a real, genuine post on my talk page! :) Thanks WLU! No, you don't need to remove 'nutter', I can sympathise (though I don't agree of course).
I'll get back to editing the page on Friday, since I should actually be studying at this point in time - Calculus, Project Management and Theoretical Cartography exams are all waiting for me... WolfieInu 06:31, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Felicitations on now being a 'real' wikipedian. Gosh, they grow up so fast... You might be interested in WP:ADOPT if you want to speed up your learning curve.

There are 2 ways of responding on talk pages, and you did both. You can reply where the message appears, or you can reply on the other user's talk page. I prefer the latter because you are much more certain the other person knows about your comment, though the former allows discussion to remain unbroken. It's your preference, but some users will have a box at the top of their page to specify which they prefer.

I spare you from death... this time. Bum bum buuuuummmmmm. There is no good onomatopoeia for that. WLU 11:30, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to the time-sucking monster that is Wikipedia. Wait until you decide to stop watching all the pages you edit. It's coming. Go study! I have work to do. WLU 12:37, 30 May 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Creationism: Disambiguation

Okay, so here's my proposal...


[edit] Pater Noster

Wolfie, since you have the Lord's Prayer in Gothic on your page, why not include a link to this site? Convent of Pater Noster. Just a thought. So Afrikaans is you native language, eh? Interesting to me that I can read Afrikaans more easily than Dutch, although I've never studied either enough to claim any level of proficiency. I guess it must be the German and English influence on the language...maybe? •Jim62sch• 19:28, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Pater Noster link - thanks, good idea ... even though I'm not Catholic :)
  • Influences on Afrikaans: yes definitely, English and German were contributors to Afrikaans, although some of the similarity can be attributed to convergent evolution ;) -- WolfieInu 19:51, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
PS. What do you read in Afrikaans? Langenhoven's poetry? Highly outdated SF like Fritz Deelman? Or...? -- WolfieInu 20:03, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Nah, nothing high-brow, just occasionally a newspaper on-line, and if something comes with instructions in many languages, Afrikaans is sometimes one of them, so I'll read it, see what I get out of it, and then see how close I was. Dutch is on my to-learn list (after I get done with Swedish), so then I can really start to figure out the diffs betwen Dutch and Afrikaans.
Basically, I'm a language geek, something that really paid off when the US decided to invade Iraq. I knew that our (American) press was not covering everything so I read articles from other countries in six languages to get the full story. Yep, I'm just a geek.  :) •Jim62sch• 20:24, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Being a language geek is a very good thing, that way you don't get bogged down in English/American cultural perceptions. At least not that easily. -- WolfieInu 20:30, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Yes, that's what I've found -- It's very enlightening to read any news story from the perspectives of other nations/peoples. •Jim62sch• 22:57, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
I also read instructions in other languages and try to guess what it says, but since I'm limited to languages that share German or English ancestry/influence, I usually don't get very far :)
What is interesting to read from time to time is Afrikaans SF. Not much of that around, but it usually has some quite unique elements, at least the older ones like "Die Oorlewendes" and "Fritz Deelman". A greater focus on nationalism than is common for SF, at least the kind I usually get into contact with.
I'm trying to write my own (English) SF novel. I did get to page 170 when it suddenly struck me that the story had degenerated into pointless rubbish. So I scrapped it and started anew. One element I'm trying to incorporate is a Germanic battle language of some kind, but how do I make it indescipherable to English readers? -- WolfieInu 12:57, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
I've started a few books and only one is likely to get done -- a series of short stories poking fun at American customs, thought patterns, etc.
Did you really mean "indescipherable to English readers?" or did you mean understandable? I'm confused...but what else is new?  :) •Jim62sch• 10:51, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
I meant un-dis-non-understand-able. ;)
A series of short stories... yes, that's an idea. My problem with writing longer pieces is that I only have one central thing that I want to say. When I've said it, I'm lost as to what should happen next. -- WolfieInu 10:57, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please comment on afd

Please see Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/NCSE_Grand_Canyon_Raft_Trip and the associated article NCSE Grand Canyon Raft Trip. Happy Couple 21:37, 17 August 2007 (UTC)