User talk:Zeizmic
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Hello Zeizmic, welcome to the 'pedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you ever need editing help visit Wikipedia:How does one edit a page and experiment at Wikipedia:Sandbox. If you need pointers on how we title pages visit Wikipedia:Naming conventions. If you have any other questions about the project then check out Wikipedia:Help or add a question to the Village pump. Cheers! --Rotem Dan
Hi Zeimic,
Nice article at Seismometer, one question though? What does "universal reference frame" mean ? Theresa knott 15:29 22 May 2003 (UTC)
Hi Zeimic,
altering a copyrighted image doesn't remove the copyright of the original photographer. -- JeLuF 22:59 23 May 2003 (UTC)
Hey Zeizmic, just wondering what the copyright tag on Image:Seisstoneh.png should be - you've released other images into the public domain, but I was hesitant to tag this one because you didn't explicitly specify. You can just go ahead and tag it youself using Wikipedia:Image copyright tags. -Lommer | talk 09:57, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Liquefaction entry might better re-evaporate
I saw many comments on "liquefaction", including yours. User Untgss informed me, in some dander, that he wrote the article. This was in regard to a change by Vsmith , viz: "01:05, 7 Jan 2005 Vsmith (wikify and clarify a bit - remove flood geology pseudoscience that is duplicated on that page.)" (I had thanked Vsmith.) In short, the article was seemingly written mostly in order to place a link to "Creationism." See further comments of mine, if you like, on the talk page [1], under "Thanks". Ungtss is at [2] and cannot spell any better than he writes (pseudo?) science, I think; for example, for "exclusably" on his own page I believe he may mean "excusably". "unmedeival" probably means "un-medieval" (note order of "i" and "e" - I don't defend my hyphenation). Anyway, I do agree with your suggestion to cut up the liquefaction article. One might do better to rewrite the parts ab initio, because when you deal with an article on liquefaction by someone who refers only to rocks (not to gases), and indeed to the rocks, in turn, as an indirect road to the Rock of Ages, you deal with an article by a poorly informed person with an axe to grind. Their name is legion, and I wish it were cohort or maniple instead. (if I am obscure, please see [3] for legion, cohort, and maniple). Pdn 22:03, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Looks like it re-condensed at Soil Liquefaction. Ungtss did a copy & paste job which I helped undo. Now it has been a proper move. Thought you would like to know. Have fun with Ungt. :-) Vsmith 02:29, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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- Let's be perfectly clear, PdN. I wrote the article. i cited and quoted scholars on the topic, and no substantial errors have been found in the text since. the only substantial edits that have been made, in fact, have been the deletion of any link to flood geology. and we all know how horrifyingly damaging external links can be. as to your rather bizarre assertion that i created an article simply to link to something else (which not only claims to know my motives, but does so without substantial evidence to that effect or any conceivable motive for such a bizarrer course of action), i'm left with the question: does the topic exist? is it accurately described? if so (and i believe you'll find it is), your accusation is sheer nonsense. and in apparent recognition of your nonsense but hope of sounding superior, you resort to criticizing typos on my user page. carry on, sir. legion thanks you. Ungtss 03:14, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
For anyone following this, I think we have found satisfactory closure. Ungtss has his 'magazine' article under Soil liquefaction, with links to the other pages.--Zeizmic 12:46, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Water laser
Errr, did you mean for this to go in your user space? If you want to keep it, I'd copy it soon, as it's up for deletion. Friday (talk) 20:23, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
Many thanks, I just saw this. Boy are they quick! I still think this would have been a great thing as a science discussion point. --Zeizmic 22:53, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
You may well be right, but that sort of thing is specifically not what Wikipedia articles are for. I'm sure nobody would mind you having it on your user space, though. You could make a page called User:Zeizmic/Water laser or something similiar and copy the content there. Friday (talk) 23:09, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
I apologize for my temporary insanity.:) I'll leave it hiding here for my fans, but the water laser actually exists. It is the pressure tube of the CANDU reactor. At the Darlington station, it was accidently tuned. The result was destroyed fuel bundles, and the internal stresses were so high that metal stampings were transferred from one plate to another. They detuned it by changing the pump from 5 vanes to 7, which reduced the input vibrations. However, it still hums along, causing long-term problems.--Zeizmic 14:52, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Original research
I saw your note at Talk:Fault friction. Stuff on talk: pages should always be signed with ~~~~. Is what an automatic message? Even on talk pages you should provide Wikilinks. Where, pray, is slinky seismology cited except in Wikipedia clones or links that you have created?
Re: fault friction, fault mechanics, characteristic earthquakes, etc.
The reasons people seek to delete your articles are:
- Their tone is far too conversational. Phrases such as this type of demonstration is best done before a crowd where you can bring up lots of volunteers (slinky seismology) and here’s where things become very interesting (fault friction) simply do not belong in encyclopedia articles
- Apart from fault mechanics they lack any references to external sources and hence, whether they are or aren't, they seem to be …
- original research which is forbidden here and is generally removed quickly by the thought police. The fact that very few other editors have touched your articles tends to confirm this view. More incoming links to your articles might help.
Address yourself to these matters and you will find that people are less deletionist about your work. -- RHaworth 13:08, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
Sorry, I'm a tad touchy about 'deletion kings'. Slinky seismology has been cited, but when I looked it was one citation copied lots (maybe it was even me!). I still come up #1 in Google! :) I'll patch up this last article and retire. This seems to be best left to drier people. --Zeizmic 14:07, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] I'm back
I saw all the news and everything and have come back to help. I'll be strictly NPOV from now on with my best formal neutral tone. I'm still aiming my style to highschool for the main article, with lots of references for more detail. --Zeizmic 16:33, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Legs
Hi Zeizmic. I noted on the Reference Deask you said you had a milder version of Restless Legs Syndrome. Is that related to that twitch some people (me included) get where their legs kick a lot, involuntarily, while they are trying to go to sleep? Proto t c 16:17, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
The single big twitch that my wife always gets me with is a Hypnic jerk. I have 'continuous leg twitch' which can only be detected by all the stuff they tape onto you in a sleep test. --Zeizmic 21:19, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Unhelpful comments on the reference desk
Some of your comments on the reference desk lately have been less than helpful. Granted, many of the questions are naïve and could have been answered by a simple search, but that still doesn't warrant sarcasm. Simply linking to the article suffices.
I try to follow the maxim, "If you can't say something helpful, don't say anything at all.", and I suggest you should, too. —Keenan Pepper 01:32, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ummm
I know how tempting it is to yell at some of the ridiculous questions posed at the WP:RD but, I try to remember back when I was that stupid. FACT OF LIFE: there is NO way that yelling at a particular questioner is going to in any way influence the next stupid questioner. Period. So, to retain our sanity and our congeniality we have decided to become influential and helpful (difficult as it is at times). We sense your frustration and your attempts to fix things but, there are more of them than you can imagine. So, Zeizmic, lets both of us try to be productive with our energy here at WP. If you have any ideas for me well, I'm receptive.
One of my (our) pet concerns is that the very newest newcomer doesn't have a clear roadmap as to how to come aboard. We (both you and we) have figured it out but I'd like for it to be less traumatic (hit or miss) for the next (kid, friend, grandchild, girlfriend, etc...) that we send here. Our Mainpage is more for the current users than for the first timer. Nothing wrong with that but there should be a welcoming for both.
Shoot, I don't know what started me preaching to you about all of this - I just started to ramble and was too lazy to delete. Anyway, I'm glad to meet you and hope to run into you again at the RD or wherever. Let me know If I can help out someplace or if you think I'm being an asshole someplace. ;-) hydnjo talk 06:52, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] AoJatRD
Heyas. Cernen here, creator of offensive reference desk templates. I was thinking, I've noticed that you're one of several people among the "reference desk pseudo-staff" who seem to consider stupidity at the reference desk...abhorrent? I don't know if perhaps you'd be interested in joining the Association of Jerks at the Reference Desk or not, but if you would, that'd be kind of nifty, I suppose? I'm not calling you a jerk...I just don't have the creativitiy skills to come up with something cooler...aaanyways, the association has a page at Meta and if you want to sign up that's fine...not sure if you believe in associations or what not, but...aaaanyway...there you go? AoJatRD Cernen Xanthine Katrena 12:56, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reference desk
Regarding your answer to "Why shouldn't ether or chloroform be used as a solvent for the titration of an ASA Tablet?"
If you're just going to blow off the question, please just don't leave any answer at all. The question asked was not obvioulsy a homework question. And 'try it and find out' is a pretty bad answer to many lab research questions if for no other reason than it wastes reagents (which are often purchased with taxpayer dollars).
Long story short - if you don't feel like answering questions that you think are stupid....do bother with the reference desk. It is the designated place on Wikipedia for stupid questions. ike9898 23:26, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
- Notes to self: Yes I have been cruel. And I feel sorry for those who have not had the benefit of a college education to recognize a first-year lab question. --Zeizmic 15:35, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Can I ask you also to be more polite? There's no need to be incivil, thanks! Rx StrangeLove 06:00, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
- I don't know, I kinda like Zeizmic's attitude. He's like the one grumpy old guy who scares off all the idiot newcomers. Although now that I think about it I don't know that Zeizmic's old, or male... Anyway the rest of us should just be more polite to contrast with him (her?). —Keenan Pepper 06:09, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
- GoodRefCop, BadRefCop gets'em every time! Edison 15:35, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ref Desk Addiction
Yes, I am addicted. I've tried to get off by removing all my bookmarks. I even write a lot of articles. But I can't help myself. In one of my alternate realities, I dream that I am an elder grumpy Dilbert (dream happens weekdays). I am surrounded by people too stupid to live. The only way I fend them off is by grunting. I also keep alive by making witty insults that they can't understand. It's a fine art, because you can't use big words. Nothing is worse than a stupid person who thinks he has been shown disrespect!
This makes me what I am. If I don't fend off the stupid people, if I make life easier for them, they come back more often, with more friends! The best way to repel them is to tell them to do a little work, like looking for an answer themselves. They hate that! --Zeizmic 23:56, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
- I find it is best to step away from RefDesk from say 2am to 7 am because we all need rest. That gives you a chance to check all the articles in WP:AFD and keep or delete articles needing it, or find lots of refs and do rewrites to save potentially good articles, and check your watchlist.Edison 15:38, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mea Culpa.
Hello,
You said my response on patent disputes confused you. Could you kindly explain how I inadvertently managed to get your goat?
You have my sincerest apologies for any drama — real or percieved — that my inquiry may have caused you.
[edit] Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science#Cocaine
Thanks for an incredibly funny answer to that question. I'm sure you have to remember the previous question to see the humor in it, but you definitely deserve a barnstar for this. - Mgm|(talk) 21:29, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Moon hoax hoax
I think that may be the best conspiracy theory I've ever heard. --Trovatore 02:50, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] snakes 'n' pets 'n' zoos
Thanks for fixing my RD "oops". I got distracted, and you beat me to it. —Steve Summit (talk) 23:09, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pic licensing
The {{PD}} template is now outdated. Change Image:Blindthrust2.png's licensing to {{PD-self}} or whatever one you want. — 
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[edit] HDR scepticism?
Hi Zeizmic, on the reference desk one of your answers implied a rather skeptical attitude towards hot dry rock geothermal energy. Why? On the face of it, it sounds quite plausible to this non-geologist. --Robert Merkel 13:45, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] License tagging for Image:Expbolt.jpg
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[edit] Reference desk response
I removed your unhelpful response and replaced it with one intended to be useful. I notice people have complained about your responses before. You may want to focus more on helpful answers. Friday (talk) 22:15, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- I run about 80% useful and 20% useless. --Zeizmic 14:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry if I was rude. There's a feeling among some that we should try to be sure the reference desk is a useful resource more than has been done in the past. I realize it was just humor, but your answer gave factually incorrect info, and it may not have been clear to the questioner (who was likely just playing games anyway). At any rate, can we at least give a good answer first and make sure the jokes are clearly identifiable as such? Friday (talk) 15:31, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Actually, that was a perfectly good answer, as I just had a long conversation with my shrink. The combination of alcohol, nictotine and THC is causing a lot of his patients to go psychotic, and there is no real hope for them. --Zeizmic 18:37, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- Errr, okay. But let's make sure our answers are accurate by using proper sources rather than something we heard someone say, eh? Friday (talk) 19:50, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ref Desk
Is there a source for this ref desk response, or is it your personal opinion? I wonder if it's really valuable to contributors to put unsourced opinions as answers to their questions? Hipocrite - «Talk» 17:43, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Silly law sign
yeah i just read another wikipedians response saying its WWII era, and when i think about it, the sign does look realy old. maybe ill upload a photo of it... i dont know of any articles that could use it though. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.53.181.76 (talk) 20:48, 5 January 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Geotech WikiProject
I started a WikiProject on geotech if you are interested. Basar 22:57, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Image:Seisrebar.png listed for deletion
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[edit] Water Polo
Hello Zeizmic,
I am trying to create a wikiproject that deals with swimming, and sports based on swimming. As a fellow water polo player, I would like to invite you to join. Please add your name here if you are interested. See you around the pool, --wpktsfs 01:23, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
- Great News! WikiProject Swimming is now up and running. Your name has been added to the members list, since you noted your interest on the discussion page! If you have any questions, please contact me on my talk page, or the project talk page. For starters, my first goal is to get {{WikiProject Swimming}} on as many swimming related talk pages as possible. Please help get this new project off to a great start! Regards, wpktsfs 22:48, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Image:Rebar.jpg listed for deletion
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[edit] Speedy deletion of Image:Charsand.png
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