I put the article about the book Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control up for peer review. Input would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Peer review/Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control/archive1. Hope you are doing well, thought you might be interested in this article and subject matter. Cheers, Cirt ( talk) 01:54, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Cas;
It turned out that at least the first paragraph of Archaeopteryx lithographica is a slightly modified rip from Roger Tory Peterson's The Birds (try "This may have been one of the thecodonts" on Google Books"), so I have elected to redirect it now. The second paragraph (which has nothing to do with Archaeopteryx) may be a more heavily edited rip from the same source. J. Spencer ( talk) 03:48, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi, would you be kind enough to support again on my "The Chinese Restaurant" article? It was archived way to early :S. The article has been copy-edited twice since your conditional support, so perhaps you could fully support now? Thank you.-- Music 26/ 11 19:13, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks - the first five years following my diagnosis i spent actively resarching what schizophrenia meant. it was first coined as 'the schizophrenias' by a humanist doctor as it was previously referred to as s kind of dementia - however it has assumed many negative connotations since. the link between autism and schizophrenia is a promising one as you couldnt possibly get two more diametrically opposed labels in terms of public perception. Some of the original schizophrenias were hebophrenia - from the greek god hebes associated with onset in adolescence , apophenia meaning relating one unconnected thing with another etc etc , however the name has become homogenized over the recent years - there are of course links with previous hypotheses such as the bicameral mind and up and coming theories such as 'unfocussed semantic activation in the right hemisphere of the brain'. i have made a FOIA request to the bbc regarding which WHO ICD classification each criminal that a news story was reported on with a diagnosis of schizophrenia in the previous six months had and recieved the response that they could not disclose this due to patient confidentiality unless it was reported in the open courts which was highly unlikely. i have forwarded their response to the research and information compliance dpeartment of the courts to ask them to consider this. i belive the next ICD classification is due to be released in 2011/2012 and i intend to continue my campaign for the change of this damaging label till then. I am also a qualified social worker , registered unconditionally with the gscc and work part time as a web development consultant for the university of northumbria at newcastle. Where is the tilde on an apple mac keyboard?? §§§§ lol Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Darwinerasmus" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Darwinerasmus ( talk • contribs) 20:19, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
Found the tilde , it is 'alt n' on a mac keyboard Darwinerasmus ( talk) 21:03, 6 December 2009 (UTC) so you agree that there is a 'spectrum' of schizophrenic disorder as there is an 'autistic spectrum disorder' i have done inreach work to psychiatric hospitals and witnessed patients that appear to have a combination of both autism and 'psychosis' symptoms - interesting to note that eugen bleuler coined both terms autism and schizophrenia. i have put a query to the royal college of psychiatrists that if mirtazapine is a successful treatment for autism is it also a successful treatment for schizophrenia. they may of course never answer that as it was through twitter. problem with schizophrenia is it implies schism or jekkyl and hyde and is surely seriously outmoded as a term. i will feed back if i get a response from the courts information compliance department ... and now off to fresh new pastures in wikipedia - thank bran the blessed for salycin. Darwinerasmus ( talk) 21:03, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
Im putting together some thoughts - and the latter parts are a bit haberdash - on what an 'Alternative Perception Spectrum' wiki might look like in a sandbox on my user page - i would appreciate your comments or the comments of any other wikipedian experts you may know when you have the time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Darwinerasmus Darwinerasmus ( talk) 19:26, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks very much my fellow Australian :) Very nice surprise. Happy future editing! Aaroncrick ( talk) Review me! 07:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi, been away for a few days. Simply mail me (stupendemys at googlemail) and I'll send you the papers! Dysmorodrepanis ( talk) 11:52, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello, Casliber! This is just a note thanking you for participating in my
recent Request for Adminship, which passed with a total of 93 support !votes, 1 oppose and 3 editors remaining neutral. While frankly overwhelmed by the level of support, I humbly thank the community for the trust it has placed in me, and vow to use the tools judiciously and without malice. |
Hi Cas, this fungus will be my next FAC attempt. I'd appreciate it if you could take a quick look and let me know if there's any obvious deficiencies. I'm a bit worried that the description section may be too technical; I've tried to explain things as much as possible, but I've been looking at it for too long and it all makes sense to me :) On a similar note, wanna collaborate on Agaricus bisporus? It's on my to-do list, and I saw it on yours as well. Sasata ( talk) 05:10, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
Marvellous YellowMonkey ( bananabucket) ( Invincibles finally at Featured topic candidates) 22:20, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 51 supports, 4 opposes, and 3 neutrals. |
MrKIA11 ( talk) 12:39, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
Come on by and see what's been going on lately. :) BOZ ( talk) 20:33, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Nice job! I don't want my nitpicking to hold up the FAC, but am glad to see you made the distinction between cockatiel and cockatoo care...I do exotics rescue and while pet care is beyond the scope of any wiki article, alot of folks who do well with 'tiels don't do so well when they make the jump to keeping Molucans, Umbrellas, etc. Common names are never official either, so I wouldn't see a problem using the more common "Umbrella" as opposed to "White". In the pop-culture section, no mention of Serpico or Baretta? From what I've heard in the bird circles, Baretta in particular got alot of folks interested in Cockatoos as late as the 90's! (Every now and then I'll still hear someone referring to them as "Baretta Birds") Also Hitchcock used a Black Palm in an early movie as an "evil bird". They are definitely the rarest to come across in the states. Most of this is probably miniscule and like I said, I don't want it to hold up the FAC, I'll definitely lend my support to promoting it, though.-- Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 01:37, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
Only one painter? You aren't trying. Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Joseph Wright of Derby and Henry Stacy Marks did at least two each; Joseph Cornell and Jackson Pollack at least one (though whether you'd recognize theirs as cockatoos); and I'd be very surprised if they didn't appear in Aboriginal art. I'm sure I could think of some more if pushed. Yomangani talk 03:11, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
Hmm...this will be very useful for buffing up the cultural section..Jakob Bogdani was looking very lonely...now off to wrap some presents. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 04:38, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
PS: Dammit, can't find a reference stating Marks painted oodles of paintings on cockatoos....and Pollocks, well it doesn't really look like a cockatoo..was in two minds about adding it. Cornell's stuff is great, though. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 20:04, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
Wow, how on earth does Andrea Mantegna come across a Cockatoo???? Must add that somehow.... Casliber ( talk · contribs) 03:13, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
PPS: To Mike, I highly suspect shows like Serpico and Barretta contributed to the popularity of cockies as pets in the 1970s, but would need a ref for it. This is where I like seeing pop culutres influence on everydy life... Casliber ( talk · contribs) 20:06, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
I only found one other print reference to Serpico but it was more of a comparison of Frank Serpico to Francis of Assisi in the Cockatoo scene, but that scene influenced Baretta. Fred in Baretta used to answer the phone, drink booze, etc. He was played by a bird smuggled into Hong Kong named Lala (he was smuggkled in a crate of chickens, hence the bird made chicken noises, too). Here's a source on that and popularity of Cockatoos afterward: [2] If that's too "popish" here's a better one and a link to 1 of two pages in particular about demand for cockatoos increasing, and how most people can't care for them, etc: [3] link to p165 on Google Books-- Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 22:02, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Banksia petiolaris at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! hamiltonstone ( talk) 02:48, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
Oops... Didn't notice your review of me over at Editor Review - a belated thanks. Promise to review Cockatoo! Aaroncrick ( talk) Review me! 06:47, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
I just read your comment at ANI about the Scott/someone-else-whose-name-I-can't-remember spat. Some admins seem to think that the best way to calm down the angry bear whose lunch they've just eaten is by poking it with a sharp stick. I just hope that none of them ever try this on a real bear. Best wishes, DuncanHill ( talk) 23:51, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 03:35, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Having probably reviewed more of your FACs than anyone else's, I have a quick question on "appearances". When I'm reviewing a FAC, many of the changes I recommend are purely stylistic. It seems appropriate, since the quality of the prose is a requirement for an FA. But I'm not a professional writer, I have no training as a writer, I just follow Michael Rosenzweig's advice to use simple prose in the hope (and fear) that people will understand what you're saying. I was just wondering if my comments come off as overly pushy or something of the sort. Guettarda ( talk) 14:46, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Casliber. I'd like to thank you for your words on my behalf Here. Apparently it is practise to close the discussion before the subject gets to say anything on his own behalf? Just the least of the injustices done in this case, I think. Thank you for attempting to be a voice of reason there anyway. Regards. Dekkappai ( talk) 19:32, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
oops, goofed up there. thx. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 14:03, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
Ucucha 11:42, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi Cas, any chance you could add a Latin etymology to this yuletide lichen article? Thanks! Sasata ( talk) 17:25, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
[3] I was staring at the screen earlier this morning trying to think what should go into a "uses" section. While drinking my coffee... Guettarda ( talk) 20:55, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
OK, done. Now the hard part - coming up with a usable DYK hook. Interested? Guettarda ( talk) 23:27, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
PS: this has some other notable spp. to investigate. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 23:35, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
I know, I so wanna grow an antplant...just not sure if it is a tad too cold in sydney... Casliber ( talk · contribs) 23:55, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
The way I feel today (40C and high humidity)...I was hoping for another mini-ice age like 1400-1850.... Casliber ( talk · contribs) 06:43, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
We-ell, I am making a hedge of these in my new front garden, and have a tough decision between this and this somewhere out back. I was told the latter smell much nicer than the former... Casliber ( talk · contribs) 06:54, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
I can certainly help with the second one - but it is Friday night and I am about to go out for drinks so it'll have to wait till tomorrow. I don't understand the first one. You are asking for a ref that explicitly states that the name Cacatuidae is derived from Cacatua? I will check HANZAB in the library but I doubt it will be there, it strikes me as something of a "well duh" kind of thing. Sabine's Sunbird talk 03:32, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi Casliber, I saw your name on "Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles" and I am trying to recreate the article John Lyons (horse trainer) but apparently a previous version was deleted and I am having admin trouble slapping a speedy tag on it literally three seconds after I recreated it. Can you either save this from the "prod police" or toss me a copy of the deleted version so I can see what the problem was with the original? I'm not in the guy's cult or anything, he's just one of the natural horsemanship practitioners who needs a basic bio. Thanks. Montanabw (talk) 07:28, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Hey, I'm looking for a wikimentor and I saw your name on the list of adopters and so was wondering if you could be my wikimentor. I don't particularly need too much help, but I only started 2 weeks ago and it would just be handy to have someone to be able to answer questions I have about wikipedia, in particular about wikitext. I understand if you are unable to adopt at this time or have any other problems though. Thanks, Forenti talk 09:02, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
I noted you said that the Wendy James wiki could now be contributed to..
(Which I have complained it badly needs new contributions...)
Well I have looked into it..
After several mails to me from people wanting to contribute to it since I started writing there..
THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED...!?!?!
And there has been an INDEFINITE lock placed on it since JULY 2009 by "Brendon"...
JULY 2009...
It says that only (and I quote) "Established Persons" may contribute or edit the wiki in anyway..
(Which of course means no doubt just "Brendon" and your good self...!!!)
"Brendon" seems to have disappeared from Wikipedia for the time being..
(funnily enough)
So the "Wendy James" wiki entry is VERY FIRMLY STILL LOCKED for anyone else worldwide..
Doesn't that break at least ONE of the Pillars Of Wikipedia straight away..?
"Protection should never be used to keeping people from contributing or limit contributions to a select few.."
Of course I will make an official complaint about "Brendon" and get this lock lifted as soon as possible..
(Hopefully get "Brendon"'s editorial privilege revoked too..)
It of course merely RE-ENFORCES the lousy reputation this particular Wiki entry has on the internet..
Damaging Wendy James' already tattered image even more..if that's possible at this stage.
Thanks for listening.
(I do of course not blame you and will keep your name out of my official complaint..)
Wendtrut ( talk) 16:20, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
It's there now: see User talk:Ucucha#Cockatoo map. And now I'm off to dinner. :) Ucucha 23:09, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Boletus subtomentosus at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Materialscientist ( talk) 00:55, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
I have observed and commented a lot of behavior here on wikipedia, most unappreciated. :)
I have read you are a psychiatrist, so maybe this would interest you, or maybe you already have observed this and can build on this observation.
Is there a name or any papers on the phenomena of a group ostracizing another group by jokes to:
It seems like there is a definite pattern at times here on Wikipedia:
I have seen this repeatedly on wikipedia, two examples fresh on my mind:
The jokes don't necessarily have to be mocking the minority group, sometimes editors seem to just make jokes amongst themselves. It seems like these jokes are subtle, even unconscious way of saying, "move on nothing to see here, this editors concern is not going to be addressed, and will be ignored"
What do you think? Ikip 11:21, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 11:42, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the comment about the Rubiaceae on WT:PLANTS that got that page going. Although I like Rubes (cf., my user name) I knew nothing about their taxonomy. Now I've got a new way to waste time when I should be grading finals. Guettarda ( talk) 16:49, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 03:42, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
While fixing the Ted Strehlow page, I noted while linking to 'quoll' that there is something askew on the Australian quoll classifications, and the Northern Quoll page, where the map shows it only in the far Northern Territory, when not speaking of the Western Quoll round Perth. In Barry Hill's book, he speaks of the western quoll, while meaning the northern quoll, as a key fixture in Central Australian Arrernte ceremonial, south of Alice Springs. It's no doubt probably extinct in the area, but the Northern Quoll must have extended its habitat further than the map allows. It's called tjilpa in the Aranda language. Kind of stuff right up your alley, and I hope you can keep an eye out for any further notices so this imprecision of denotation and mapping might be adjusted. Cheers. Nishidani ( talk) 14:14, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
Hey Casliber, I'm trying to work my way up towards FAC for Zygoballus sexpunctatus. One of the issues that was brought up in the peer review is that the citation to Cassell's Latin Dictionary doesn't have any page numbers. If you have access to this book, and could add the page numbers, I would greatly appreciate it. Kaldari ( talk) 17:23, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
'1.Nat.Hist, and Path.Marked or studded with points or dots; having minute rounded spots, or (esp.) depressions resembling punctures, scattered over the surface; of the nature of or characterized by such markings' (p.838)
I noticed that you are the main editor of Splendid Fairywren and wonder if you agree with me that three "predominantly"s in para one of the blurb might be too repetitious.
Also, I apologize to you for causing trouble on Major depressive disorder. I did not understand that because my sourcing concerns were policy based, they would be corrected even though it seemed like I was being ignored. I thought I had to make myself heard and never was my intent to be disruptive. I am sorry for giving that impression. Regards, — Mattisse ( Talk) 22:56, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
A noticeboard devoted to discussing incidents requiring administrator attention is not the appropriate forum to discuss BLP-related forums (that may or may not exist). You should know better, Cas. Your recent edits have been fairly unusual (an MFD of a humorous project-space page, WTF?). You seem to be losing touch with the community pulse, which usually indicates that it's time for a wikibreak. It's December 22; you should take the rest of the year off and come back refreshed January 1. :-) Just some friendly wholly unsolicited advice. Cheers. -- MZMcBride ( talk) 06:22, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi Cas, sorry to break the perma ban I had to request myself in order to be left in peace by certain persons and bother you again, but some poor soul has been wrongly accused of being a sockpuppet of me, by a couple of "the usual suspects". This is not fair, it's just a slur on the user concerned, and on myself, there wasn't even a proper sock check run...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Zeraeph/Archive
User:Alamanth had nothing, whatsoever to do with me, and this is the first I have heard of him/her, today, check the actual pathways and I feel sure you will find that out. I have no sockpuppets. I also REALLY think it is time someone put a stop to User:Penbat's more abstract capacity for equal misinformation, he is filling up psyhology articles with left of field nonsense, most of which is, at best, a considerable distortion of any source he cites, and, at worse simply made up off the top of his head. signed - The REAL Zeraeph -- 109.79.193.159 ( talk) 09:55, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
PS Merry Christmas
The nivea hook is wrong, dude. We don't know what Riche collected, because in his desperation to get back to the ship he threw his collections aside. It was Labillardiere who made those huge discoveries during the search for Riche. Hesperian 14:14, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
You continued input on this talk page would be appreciated.-- Scott Mac (Doc) 16:32, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Community de-adminship/Draft RfC re: a 'Motion to close', which would dissolve Cda as a proposal. The motion includes an !vote. You have previously commented at Wikipedia:WikiProject Administrator. Jusdafax 00:15, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
⇌ Jake Wartenberg 19:42, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
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Merry Christmas. Interested in the sport? Aaroncrick ( talk) 05:16, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
Dear Casliber,
Thank you very, very much for the award. You really "made my day", no pun intended. I am greatly honored to accept it, and plan to contribute to the project. Just out of curiosity, how is this award handed out, and what are the criteria?
Best, Athenean ( talk) 07:26, 24 December 2009 (UTC).
Many fungi and obscure single-celled organisms for your future articles, Cas. Have a wonderful holiday! -- Moni3 ( talk) 14:07, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
Whack!
You have been trouted for: I'm ... intrigued? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Newty23125 ( talk • contribs) 14:20, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
First off, Merry Christmas! Secondly, I went through your suggestions and made the necessary changes to the pudu deer article you were reviewing for GA. We appreciate your review and hope to see your input about our changes. Thanks! Lisa Anne93 ( talk) 16:28, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
Made some more changes! I'm sorry to be on your case, but our Review week is almost up, and if you know AP Bio, you'll know we need the grade! Lisa Anne93 ( talk) 01:40, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
May the beneficial power of the badnjak be with you, Casliber, in the coming year :-) Vladimir ( talk) 16:34, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
On the Breviceratops talk page, you mentioned that it was considered a synonym of Bagaceratops, is this published? If so, the page should be merged. FunkMonk ( talk) 22:06, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar | ||
Cas, for being one of those awesome wikipedians who produces great content in a collegial manner, helping out all over, and great dispute resolution. — Rlevse • Talk • 13:50, 26 December 2009 (UTC) |
Hello, Casliber! This is just a note thanking you for participating in my
recent editor review. Thank you again for your view on my editing as I will be sure to keep your opinion and advice in mind! |
I clicked it and didn't know what it was - I thought I'd not posted it but obviously I have. Newbie mistake there - my apologies. ^_^
Still getting used to things and the way they work. Thanks for your hospitable welcome!
Newty23125 ( talk) 12:20, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
I've made a proposal to bring the FA-Team out of inactivity—with a mission a bit different than we're used to. This is just a generic note I'm sending to members asking for their input. Cheers, Mm40 ( talk) 01:27, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
"You should be able to edit them now if you've edited more than ten times.."
Which average person has edited a Wiki entry more than ten times in a row..?
And if they did wouldn't they attract a SUSPICIOUS warning from Wikipedia itself about excessive edits..?
Certainly an OFFICIAL editor or a staffer at Wikipedia perhaps could edit an article that many times (which is fine)..
But even members of bands themselves on Wikipedia have not edited their OWN articles more than a handful of times..!!
(there is generally no need unless it is the occasional update as the article is usually the bands past history..and current activities which rarely change that much)
As I have said before..
This LOCK is clearly (and cynically?) designed for the exact opposite reason such concepts were introduced in the first place..
(Preventing abuse is one thing but preventing THE PUBLIC contributing on a PUBLIC WEBSITE which is currently looking for PERSONAL PUBLIC SUPPORT (see above) is very counter productive isn't it..?)
It should be removed immediately or else the entry itself should go..
(The "other" wiki articles on Transvision Vamp etc are open to any and all to edit and contribute and so are clearly fresher and more read than this one...)
In fact some aspects have recently been contributed to by myself on those very articles.
(Adding much needed facts and removing long mis-understood mistakes..)
I would quite happy give the "Wendy James" article the face lift it sorely needs..
But I (and everyone else in the public )have to actually get access to it first don't we...?
Thanks again for your kind words.
Wendtrut ( talk) 17:34, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Your move of Woodruff is causing some minor edit warring over the redirect left behind. I have posted a WP:RM to move Woodruff (disambiguation) over the redirect. -- Una Smith ( talk) 02:31, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 11:43, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 11:43, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
'The European languages generally appear to have got the name from Turkish kahveh, about 1600, perh. through It(alian). caffè;. . .The English coffee, Dutch koffie, earlier German coffee, koffee, Russian kophe, kopheĭ, have o, apparently representing earlierau from ahw or ahv.
'Some have conjectured that it is a foreign, perh. African, word disguised and have thought it connected with the name of Kaffa in the south Abyssinian highland, where the plant seems to be native. But of this there is no evidence, and the name qahwah is not given to the berry or plant, which is called bunn, the native name in Shoa being būn.'
The first reference to "coffee" in the English language, in the form chaoua, dates to 1598. In English and other European languages, coffee derives from the Ottoman Turkish kahveh, via the Italian caffè. The Turkish word in turn was borrowed from Arabic: قهوة, qahwah. Arab lexicographers maintain that qahwah originally meant a kind of wine, and referred its etymology, in turn, to the verb qahiya, signifying "to have no appetite", [4], since this beverage was thought to dull one's hunger. Several alternative etymologies exist which hold that the Arab form may disguise a loanword from an Ethiopian or African source, suggesting Kaffa, the highland in southwestern Ethiopia, since the plant is indigenous to that area. [5] [6] Best, Nishidani ( talk) 16:13, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
≈ Chamal talk ¤ 03:42, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Royal broil 03:42, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks again for the Mystery Train GA review. I'm thinking of sending it to FAC; any thoughts? Skomorokh 16:47, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
On looking at the prose of Mystery Train again, it either looks pretty good, or my eyes have gone square for looking at it too long...although I suspect the former is more likely. :) Casliber ( talk · contribs) 20:49, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
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I take it that an article for Donald Bruce Foreman might be imminent, since you linked him. I just wanted to say that there is an incoming link for Donald Foreman as well; seems like the same person. Geschichte ( talk) 22:59, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi would you like to adopt me?-- General Cheese 04:45, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cas,
I didn't know there was a BLP semi-protection petition circulating. Feel free to drop a note on my talk page when you see BLP concerns such as these. :) Firsfron of Ronchester 22:46, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Jamie S93 06:01, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Casliber,
In this thread on the talk page, I explain why I restored the photograph from coffee beans back to the cup of coffee. Hope you don't mind. Andrew Gradman talk/ WP:Hornbook 21:07, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, I've had to removed your submission from this page, as the work on the article was done before the beginning of the competition. J Milburn ( talk) 12:59, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
NLA has more piccies than books http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Search/Home?lookfor=state+theatre+sydney&type=all&limits=&submit=Find on the first page Satu Suro 13:58, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
The local library seems to have a mixed bag you could always make something out of the invites at above and here - http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/X?state%20theatre%20sydney&searchscope=2 Satu Suro 14:03, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
OMG - I do hope you are up on the caffeine toxicology issues when you wander into a subject like that... Satu Suro 14:31, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Casliber. Many months ago you agreed with my request that Confucianism be semi-protected. The problem has re-emerged, with a steady flood of mainly IP-vandalism. Will you please apply semi-protection again? Perhaps three months would be a good idea, to give such behaviour a real chance to extinguish. Regards,– ⊥¡ɐɔıʇǝoNoetica! T– 04:33, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
I've gone and mainspaced this and listed at DYK. Any improvements would be appreciated. I'm still trying to get a free image too. — Rlevse • Talk • 23:58, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Stenocarpus cryptocarpus at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Bradjamesbrown ( talk) 05:07, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
I wanted to mention that I have expanded Economy of Queensland five-fold since 6 January. Can you find any good hooks and nominate it for Australia Day? - Shiftchange ( talk) 15:02, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
I never thanked for your condolence note last year, but I appreciate it more than I can possibly express. All the best, in friendship. Guettarda ( talk) 16:11, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
WikiProject Algae was started as a meeting space on Wikipedia for improving the taxonomic representations of the groups of organisms called algae. Please join other editors at the talk page ( Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Algae) to discuss a higher level taxonomy for algae to be used on Wikipedia.
And thanks for pointing me to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Banksia page for plagiarizing to create the WikiProject Algae pages. -- 68.127.232.132 ( talk) 19:15, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
Wizardman Operation Big Bear 06:00, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
I'm still up for working on an article about chinese immigration to australia, which I see as distinct from an article about the ethnicity 'chinese australian' (it's actually quite fun source hunting etc.!) - I've tried to follow various advices several times now, unfortunately resulting in my nascent article being pinged back to userspace I think three times now! Perhaps a wiser head than mine would help? any thoughts much appreciated if you get a mo. cheers, Privatemusings ( talk) 00:51, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
Wikiproject: Did you know? 06:00, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
Surprised? nobody should be.
I respect you as a leader in so many ways, (new user RFC for one) but I think you failed to take care of this many months ago, when you could have. I always thought the support of editors who make tough controversial decisions are booted out of leadership on wikipedia was a crock, and just a way to justify abusive administrative authority. But now I wonder. Are you so popular on all sides because you are unwilling to make these tough decisions? Is it really true? Does wikipedia make leaders loathe to tackle troubling issues?
Maybe you subscribe to the Lar's "thick skin" defense, that everyone around Jack Merridew should just grow a thick skin. I should do the same thing that everyone has been counseling A Nobody and White Cat before him, ignore the hounding, and if I don't it is really my fault.
Jack Merridew yelled the loudest about a RFC against A Nobody, and editors who he has talked to in the past offline, accommodated this request.
Jack Merridew was also yelling about a RFC against me, so if his modus operandi is any guide, pretty soon other editors will accommodate this request too.
How much more drama and disruption does wikipedia really need? Sooner or later someone is going to have to address Jack Merridew's behavior head on, and it sure the hell won't be John or Flonight, who have a "thick skin", blame the victim attitude.
What is so damn troubling is that this is the second time Jack Merridew has involved a new editor a foe of his was trying to help. The first time was A Nobody's newbie.
As DGG wrote, Jack Merridew is "very skilled at" hounding. If you can get passed him obviously following me to this newbie, as he has done with other editors a million time in the past, and continues to follow A Nobody, (which it may appear to some that the arbcom gave him a green light to do), his edits are not inflammatory anymore. Jack Merridew's hounding has become more careful. Gone are the days were he mocks the editors on their talk pages and on talk pages he never was involved with before. Instead he is putting up this newbies images for deletion, and working together with Future Perfect to delete references. All which are within the rules, if you can ignore the following in the first place.
At the very least, could you demand that Jack Merridew stay away from this newbie and this page he is working on. Granted, he will probably have his "friends" continue this criticism. But if he still returns, could you this time follow through on your demand, and block him?
I will be offwiki for at least several hours, maybe days (my wife has my password so I stay away from wikipedia), and I am logging off again. Ikip 13:23, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
I do thank you for giving good faith for the sources and information in this article, but if you need anything explained or thinks something need a cite, please let me know. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 19:40, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
Golly, that was fun!
Tomorrow I'll convert the series redirect into an article (warranted because it has had a non-monotypic circumscription), then create a distribution map, then see what is still left for me to do.
We're way past 5x, if you want to try for a DYK.way ahead of me, as usual.
Hesperian
14:56, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
G'night.
Hesperian 14:53, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
It's the time that interests me, rather than the distance. Baxter collected all these sheets of specimens, and all these seeds, and brought them home. Brown probably had the specimen sheets by 1824. We know he was in contact with Baxter before he left, because he had asked Baxter to bring him back some decent Kingia material. Which he got. Yet there was time for a seed to be germinated, a seedling grown to adulthood, and the first flowers to appear, for Sweet to describe the species and get it published, and beat Brown to the punch by two years. Brown was renowned for focussing obsessively on the one thing that interested him at that particular moment, and putting off everyone and everything else interminably, to the great frustration of those who were relying on him for other stuff. I can't help but suspect that this story is an amusing indictment on Brown. (But this is just aimless waffle; I'm not criticising your hook....) Hesperian 13:14, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
On the subject of time, I just discovered (Collins 2008: 360) that B. verticillata was introduced into cultivation in Europe in 1794. That stupid Wikipedia reckons it was discovered in 1801. Isn't that just bloody typical? I think I'll go vandalise the article now. Hesperian 13:29, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 06:00, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Heya, please have a look at my sandbox: User:Witty lama/Sandbox - there's another imported Dictionary of Sydney article, this time hopefully destined for Artists' camps. Waddayareckon? If you're happy with it, please feel free to move it to mainspace. DYK possibility for Aust. day? BTW - where are the Aust day DYK hooks being prepared? Witty Lama 12:33, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
I'm sorry I just don't have the time right now, and maybe never ... Chris DHDR 14:32, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 00:00, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
First pass of the GA review done. Talk:Banksia sphaerocarpa/GA1. Sorry I took so long. Guettarda ( talk) 05:44, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
The Article Rescue Barnstar | ||
The Rescue Barnstar 3 - to be awarded to people who rescue articles from deletion or assist in identifying and rescuing articles. This can be independent of or in cooperation with the
Article Rescue Squadron.
This barnstar is awarded to Casliber for restoring and sourcing Anne Henderson and many other articles, [4] after they were disruptively deleted. Ikip 07:03, 21 January 2010 (UTC) |
Hi Cas, any chance of getting a proper epithet etymology for the above when you have a minute? Thanks. Hope you're keeping well. Sasata ( talk) 17:09, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 00:00, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
You asked for it... :) PL290 ( talk) 12:09, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cas,
I've left a note at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mammals that you might have seen, and I'd like to make request for your help in particular as you're good with new editors and science articles, and also have lots of experience with dispute resolution and COI issues. There is a recent history of COI in these articles that should be easy to address if there were enough experienced independent contributors standing up to it, but so far there's basically only me. The history is described in Talk:Springer (orca) including its talk page. I'd love it if you could comment. Best wishes and happy new year :) Clayoquot ( talk | contribs) 07:26, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
Greetings, Casliber. I hope you are well; you certainly seem as productive as ever.
After some searching in the history, I found that last March you made this edit, and I am wondering whether you still have access to the book King William IV. I'd be grateful if you could give me more details on the King's offer of Buckingham Palace to Parliament and what happened with it. Apart from satisfying my own curiosity, I'd like to give the full picture in the article; someone has already filled in the blanks, but I have no way of verifying the accuracy of the additions. And even though there isn't room to elaborate too much in this article, I'm planning a separate article for the building's history. (A very-long-term project, obviously, considering how much the main article is taking me to improve. It's a learning experience on many levels.) Waltham, The Duke of 06:59, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
You seem to be the only person consistently active at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Horticulture_and_Gardening. I've asked a question there but am wondering, is there a better place I should raise this issue at? JBsupreme ( talk) 21:24, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
From another Australian, I welcome your input on that article. It's a significant plant. I'd love to grow it, and shall some day. ► RATEL ◄ 07:15, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for all your great work! I am very sorry to have to rain on your parade some. You uploaded this image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kentrosaurusberlin.jpg. To my knowledge, the Museum für Naturkunde has not released this image for free use. Under German copyright laws, anything IN a building, even a public museum, is NOT public domain. You may take pics, but only for private use. Could you please contact the museum's PR lady and ask for permission? http://www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/mitarbeiter/mitarbeiter.asp?path=aboutus&name=Gesine.Steiner HMallison ( talk) 11:21, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
...any interest in, eh, Queen? Might be a colab over the next months. I know music began in 1976, but this can be our dark secret. Ceoil sláinte 12:19, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
I pulled out a list of 25 unsourced BLPs on Aussie scientists, and started working through them. Anthony M. Young was an inauspicious start: I couldn't find anything. You had better dig something up if you want to save it.
It is a pretty shitty job. It took me 40 minutes to salvage 7 articles, even though I didn't do a particularly good job of it. I'm glad I saved John A. Long, but I couldn't care less about the others. I don't think I'll bother saving the other 17. Here they are in case there is someone there you really want to save: David_Pegg_(physicist), David_Sinclair_(biologist), Derek_Denton, Gregory_G._Rose, John_B._Cox, Julian_Pepperell, Ken_Freeman, Lyndal_Davies, Michael_A._O'Keefe, Milton_Blain, Murray_Tregonning, Oleg_Sushkov, Philip_Manley_Boyce, Rodney_Brooks, Simon_Austin, Willy_Susilo, Yi_Mu_(academic).
Hesperian 14:01, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cas,
Just wanted to stop by to ping your talk page and thank you for your work on Plateosaurus last night while I was sleeping. Much appreciated! Firsfron of Ronchester 02:39, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
I placed your comment on the talk page of WP:MAMMAL. In the future, please place all comments on the talk page of the project. Thanks! The Arbiter ★★★ 19:24, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your interest. I was aware that you have made important contributions to some Wiki psychology articles.
The burning problem is that much to my horror, a totally pointless (in my view) template for discussion has just been rerun on template:abuse (associated with abuse) see Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2010_January_24#Template:Abuse
It is driving me nuts that in my view a very important piece of work I have spent a lot of time on is likely to get deleted by editors who know nothing about the subject and typically just whizz through the AFDs and TFDs and make snap judgements. To understand the concept of abuse properly requires some specialist knowledge.
It is urgent as there is a serious danger the template will be deleted soon and that would probably make me feel like walking out on Wikipedia for good as it is just making life too difficult.-- Penbat ( talk) 00:27, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I noticed you're an active member of WikiProject Dinosaurs. Would you be willing to be interviewed for an article in the Signpost? It's quick and painless, plus you'll contribute to some great publicity for the project and articles you've been working on. Also, would you recommend any other editors who should be interviewed for an article on WP Dinosaurs? - Mabeenot ( talk) 06:24, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
see User_talk:Plastikspork#Please_tell_where_i_have_voted_twice_in_the_new_discussion_.3F
It looks like administrators just count bits of emboldened text and ignore the fact that opinions may change as the result of discussion. 3 of the editors in the 1st TFD changed from delete to neutral but User:Plastikspork looks to have ignored that and just gone by their initial postions. If he had picked up their later views there would have been no justification for relisting the TFD and wasting everybodies time all over again. -- Penbat ( talk) 17:31, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello. Please celebrate Australia Day by checking out this article about an intriguing yet obscure Indigenous Australian, and contributing to its feature article candidate discussion, before it fails owing to a lack of reviews! Thanks. hamiltonstone ( talk) 12:00, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
Well done on another FA Gnan garra 16:15, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
The DYK project ( nominate) 18:01, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
(Refactored)...
agree with your sentiments, changed this on several editors talk pages, now changed on yours. Ikip 01:38, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
The 25 DYK Nomination Medal | ||
Congratulations for introducing more than 25 new articles to DYK. Thanks for increasing editor involvement and excitement! Binksternet ( talk) 16:51, 28 January 2010 (UTC) |
Hehe - I just did the same search and came to the same conclusion. Couldn't figure out why my revert didn't take until I realised you'd beat me to it! Cheers -- RexxS ( talk) 10:20, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Casliber,
Just stumbled across the fascinating Tables of vampire traits and saw how you were arguing to keep it. I hope sanity prevails and the topic stays, but in case it gets presented to the AfD axe again, I thought I'd let you know that http://vampires.wikia.com/ (also CC licensed) would very much welcome the content. It's still a small wiki, and currently without an administrator, but it has the potential to include a lot of interesting comparisons like this as it grows.
I work for Wikia and respect conflict of interest rules, so I am not going to mention this site on the article's talk page, but on a personal level, I thought it would be kind to let the primary scholarly champion of the article know that there was another audience that would welcome it.
Thanks! — Catherine\ talk 18:37, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Like a Box of Chocolates... | ||
... your contributions at Wikipedia:Featured Article Candidates during the month of January 2010 are greatly appreciated. Ealdgyth - Talk 01:37, 31 January 2010 (UTC) |
I am Vega. I write Psychology, Medical, Science, Philosophy, and Biology articles mainly and as a hobby. I have submitted only one to Wikipedia thus far and I believe it to be excellent, considering it is a first submission and I took so much time to proof-read and make sure to reference my reliable sources and so on.
However, I am far from an expert. Thus my issues with my personal writing are as follows: grammatical errors, such as typing errors of which I overlook in proof-reading and elaborating possibly too much, as opposed to being concise thus repeating my points merely rephrasing them (I do not notice this at the time but I feel that it must bore readers) and drawing out the main point, and finally It have trouble with the format of Wikipedia's coding style and have (but was brought to my attention) placed too many redirect links into my personal writing. Help?
Also, due to it being a very large passion of mine to research, learn, share knowledge, help others, and to write in general-- I wish to learn correct ways in which follow the terms of service/guidelines of Wikipedia appropriately in order to edit to articles/leave feedback to the authors in acceptable ways.
I have stumbled upon submissions, to say the least, in need of SEVERE help, editing, revision, references of an reliable nature added etc. and/or possible removal, yet I haven't learned and haven't the slightest clue what to do first if I see a post of this nature. My instinct is to help via editing and reviewing it-- Yet, with my limited knowledge thus far on editing in general I feel that due to posts of the aforementioned type existence, that in order to better contribute to lovely Wikipedia-- I need to learn all that I can to improve my contributions and conduct (ie What is appropriate to do when stumbling upon an opinion-based/biased/unreferenced article) i have no problem with simple edits, however I have a bit to learn on a larger scale for everyone's benefit. (coding is #1 in my problem area! help?)
Sorry to ramble. It's a habit. I would greatly appreciate you as mentor, if you are interested. If not, then Thank you anyways for reading my drawn-out request to be adopted. Thanks. -- Ladybrainbypass ( talk) 16:04, 20 January 2010 (UTC) {{subst:January 20th 2010 adoptme}} Ladybrainbypass ( talk) Vega G. -- Ladybrainbypass ( talk) 16:04, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.021
is not finalized, but the preprint is ready and formatted. It may well be one of the most comprehensive and beautiful papers on the topic of Psittaciformes evolution. Only gripe: it still does not consider the fossil record fully. Is doi: 10.1080/08912960600641224
really so hard to get? 2 cites in 3 years for what is essentially the baseline review is far too little... even Mayr does not cite it - granted, most is not Paleogene, but still...).
But that does not affect the new paper much, since they remain refreshingly noncommitted on the things they cannot reliably assess from their data. And data they have a lot. Also always nice to see geography mapped on phylogenetic trees. Dysmorodrepanis ( talk) 01:19, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
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