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Hello SpuriousQ/Archive 1, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on Talk page. Again, welcome! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Y0u ( talk • contribs) 23:37, 5 June 2005.
The reason I reverted your edit, which may not have been you directly but there was a spoiler in there for the DVD and I removed it since the DVD hasn't come out yet. Misterrick 20:51, 08 August 2004 (UTC).
No problem. Thank you for reporting them. Niteowlneils 02:58, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
Thanks -- that went right over my head. I'm going to redo the Witten quote in a moment. Not a revert, but a recasting of the sentence. Paul Klenk
Glad to discuss. Will take it up on the talk page there. -- KSmrq T 03:25, 2005 August 30 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your response! It was terribly frustrating that Aug. 25 - Sep. 2 didn't get a response from anyone at all, when I'm sure a bunch of people are interested in Diku. I hate having to put "this is misleading" right next to link titles and stuff, but kinda have to if nobody more familiar with the subject is gonna do it. I also like your most recent edit. Atari2600tim 12:07, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
I'm dropping you this note, as I've seen you vote on some gaming articles that were up for deletion and you probably have an interest. Recently, the article for Sturmgrenadier met with Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sturmgrenadier (2nd nomination). I would appreciate your input on the article and comments on the AfD page, whether you see fit to retain it or delete it. -- Habap 15:38, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for restoring the links to the 9/11 victims I reverted... oops! I didn't realize they were 9/11 "notables". Some editors try to add links to all victims of 9/11, whether they were notable or not. While all the deaths are tragic, we don't need articles on all of the victims. But these two, of course, do deserve mention. Thanks for restoring the entries and the expanding their descriptions. — Frecklefoot | Talk 15:44, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Why can't I link to my IQ test? isn't that what the external links section is for? wiki can't do dynamic applications. Shoudn't an Free Online IQ Test be available from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ? The site is non profit. If you are worried about the advertisments I will remove them apon request? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.114.255.3 ( talk • contribs)
Hi SpuriousQ and welcome to WikiProject Chess. If I/we can help you there, let me/us know on my/project's talk page. In my opinion, the most important task now is to lead the root article Chess through the FAR process - so if you wish to help there, you are very welcomed. Happy editing! -- Ioannes Pragensis 15:51, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Actually, while I normally wouldn't mind the help keeping the spam out, that link contains some useful information concerning the upcoming (Tuesday) DVD release. So I'm going to bring it back, at least temporarily, as a reference. Daniel Case 22:24, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi there,
My name is Neille and I'm a producer with a national public radio show called Weekend America. We want to do a story on the fine line between an individual who deserves an entry on Wikepedia and one who doesn't. As someone who's weighed in on the issue, I was hoping you might be able to chat over the phone for a few minutes.
We're a conversational show and want to have a relatively laid-back discussion about what goes on in Wikipedia, just to let you know that this isn't a debate-type show where we encourage fighting or negativity.
If you're up for it, or if you have any questions, you can e-mail me at nilel (at) marketplace (dot) org to set something up.
[ http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/ ] Thanks! Neille
Neille i 20:46, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi Spurious, The image resizing does look much better in most cases. For example check out Albert Einstein and Carolus Linnaeus. The visual quality is much better at this size. No one has complained yet (except you :-) However, if graininess is your concern please let me know which ones look too grainy and I'll ensure that I upgrade the photo. No problem. Will fix. bunix 20:02, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
What I mean is that I will hunt down an alternative portrait that can take the resizing without looking grainy. I'll see if I can hunt down some super cool photos of Fourier and Davy. Thanks for the heads up. bunix 21:34, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
I believed he was just blanking the page, since he removed several other points of information while modifying the other phrase. -- Nehrams2020 08:07, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
I've added the "{{ prod}}" template to the article Mathematics and God, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also " What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:Mathematics and God. You may remove the deletion notice, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. Ioannes Pragensis 10:50, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Thank you SpuriousQ. It's not orginal research.
My bad on the removals, at first I was thinking something else was cited... brain fart, reverted my edit Thesaddestday 13:33, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
“ | No big deal, but you fixed a typo in quoted text. I cannot access the source of the quotation at the moment, but given the other bad grammar, it seems probable that the original text contained the typo. Thus, I've reinstated the typo and added [sic] to it. - SpuriousQ 00:32, 14 January 2007 (UTC) | ” |
“ | Yep, that's what I tend to do, after verifying the typo is in the original. If there are many errors you can also just put the [sic] at the end, or write some note to that effect (see for example [1]) - SpuriousQ 00:44, 14 January 2007 (UTC) | ” |
I forget now what page I was editing but the section I removed seemed to come directly from a commercial site and it was added above a normal article intro. I hope this helps.
Yeah, now it's the way it should be. 68.119.66.223 03:50, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Greetings SpuriousQ, thank you for your interest in Virtual-OS and the recent events that led to our submission of this info to wikipedia. As mentioned in the article the open source distribution of the framework has currently been suspended. Perhaps I did not make the reasons for this or the circumstances surrounding the events totally clear in the article and would appreciate your help to clarify the article.
The software was initially released for closed beta testing with public distribution of the script in August 2006. Regardless of a liability of fitness disclaimer the online windowed desktop emulator was implemented on several sites that contained sensitive user data. In December 2006 an exploit was found in the application which resulted in the compromise of these sites, potential release of private information and defacement, which subsequently reported to press in Toronto, ON.
The (very one sided) article "How Safe is Your Private Information on the Web" was ran in The Mississauga News in the first week of December 2006 which basically (IMHO) held Virtual-OS and the developers personally responsible for the incident and attributed interactive websites to the lost of personal security on the internet. This sensational article was picked up and briefly reiterate on ChumTV CityNEWS the main televised newsfeed for the Toronto area (link provided).
This resulted in an out break of copy-cat attacks on our main server which really was endangering the safety of private info. The server is currently operating in a limited "safemode" and distribution channels for the script archive has been restricted to limit further exploits of live beta sites that have opted to continue testing regardless of the vulnerabilities. These sites have been patched to a reasonable degree, and several other Virtual-OS beta sites are running in a safemode CMS configuration.
The security issues should be fully addressed and resolved by February 1st and distribution of RC 1 will continue free of charge from SourceForge.net. This is a free MIT / X11 style licensed PHP Application / framework, and in no way do we intended to sound like we are advertising this as a commercial product, Virtual-OS is the result of the collaborative volunteer efforts of over a dozen people. The main intent of this article is to address the security issue from a neutral point of view, to address recent negative media attention from mainstream news sources in a non-objective environment and to provide basic information about the features and potential application of this framework.
I understand that you may not be familiar with this product or events but feel free to contribute to the article presentation to help bring it up to what you feel would be a more appropriate standard. As the developer of the product, and the focus of much public scrutiny it is difficult for us to maintain a totally non-objective point of view. Please help us to improve this article.
Thank you for your efforts.
Kind Regards,
AdvancedWebhosting 08:21, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the vandalism revert on my talk page. Appreciate it! - Alison ✍ 01:46, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
But what he does to remove it is clearly vandalism. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.248.252.203 ( talk) 00:09, 24 January 2007 (UTC).
I don't really see how the two links You removed fall under the guide-lines You refer to. I think they're appropriate (But I'm not interested in a revert war, so I'm just asking You to reconsider). Kdammers 02:45, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi SpuriousQ - can you let me know what's missing from the BIO on Steve Parkinson? I included references to Superior Software and Electron User magazine. What more can I do? Do I need to send scans? Note I also have a link on the SuperiorInteractive.com website, run by Richard Hanson (CEO of Superior Software) Let me know and i'll be happy to make the updates.
Also, on Draughts, why remove the link to a place where you can play the game for free?
Many thanks, Steve —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.23.190.207 ( talk • contribs)
hey... I wasn't deleting, I just thought the content should be in chronological order :) -- Jennica 22:57, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Well, thanks for the tip! I did use them and sorry I didn't sign with my name! -- Jennica 22:57, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
My bad, i thought that was an old one. That article has been receiving a lot of spam links. - Ocatecir 23:46, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your contributions Yelloone. However, I'm worried that some of them are copyright violations. The articles http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Bob_Justin&oldid=104329187 and http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Isaac_Witkin&oldid=100519825, at the time you created them, appear to be obituaries that were perhaps slightly changed. How did you go about creating them? The people they are about easily pass WP:BIO so I definitely agree that there should be Wikipedia articles about them, but we have to ensure that all content here is free and licensed under the GFDL. -SpuriousQ 22:13, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
NP and Thanks - Y1
If you want to enforce the guideline meaning that fan site removal is OK, please do same for Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata. I won't be happy if the removal is one-sided. elpincha 02:59, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I've seen Sputnikmusic reviews being removed from multiple album articles (you did so in Coming Home (album)), and I was wondering if there was some kind of consensus on that matter? I mean, it's always difficult to decide what's a professional review and what's not, but since the webzine does have some degree of notability (it has its own article after all) and the review itself says "staff review" (instead of user-submitted review), I thought listing it would be alright. Just checking. Have a great day, HarryCane 12:39, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
I removed a section in the mma artice because it was an attack on a few fighters. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.254.104.231 ( talk • contribs)
Thanks for the compliment. I'm not sure why I deleted the reference to seattle IP, but I think I just wasn't sure where to put it. Non of us are the final word on MMA, especially regarding our adopted slang. And even now I can think of a few more facts regarding the developement of the term LNP that are occuring to me but I think it would just cloud the overall issue. I also appreciated you additions and corrections to what I started with, good stuff. With all of our help we can make this article worthy of Wiki "featured article" bro. -thunderlippps
Thanks, I'll pay more attention next time. RB 9 7 2 10:56, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Sorry I missed that one. It upsets me that someone would vandalize Barack Obama like that. Ronbo76 20:10, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
I have written to explain why I edited the Ellen Degenres article with such bluntness and simplicity. I felt that the public--nay, the world--should not have to read all of that other stuff. All they need to know is that she is a lesbian. As blunt and as simple as that. If you don't feel the same way then it's a problem that you have, not one that I have. And withhold from pretending that the information was not true, as it was. I merely made a revision to a segment of an article I felt needed revising, that most of the general public would not need to nor want to read. The whole theme of this site, its structure, the ground on which it stands, is that anyone can edit an article. I edited an article; you un-edited it. If this is the way things work, then please ask the site to mention that on the main screen..."Where anyone can edit...as long as we approve of and agree with what you think needs and needn't be edited."...yeah, that'll attract new members. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Weezerfan9591 ( talk • contribs) 02:19, 8 February 2007 (UTC).
I feel that you wrote your response to my input in a spiteful manner. I do not appreciate the tone in which you responded. I mean, I know I wrote to you in a kind of mean manner, but please, have some professionality with these kinds of things. And, back to my first input, what gives you the authority to edit my edit in the name of Wikipedia. I mean, it would be alright if you did it even just to make me angry...but to do it in the name of Wikipedia. Man, where's your balls? You're pathetic. I'll have you know, I'm changing the whole article. So, in a more elementary manner--Nanny Nanny Boo Boo, Stick Your Head in Doo Doo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Weezerfan9591 ( talk • contribs)
Check The Sound Scan.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.202.19.196 ( talk) 09:26, 8 February 2007 (UTC).
I don't understand why i was warned when it's a known fact that Stephen Colbert has tripled the population of African elephants. I don't appreciate you're wiki-fascism and threats. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Serenade380 ( talk • contribs)
You say i'm not siting sources? I don't see any online links that support the idea that Corcoran is of British origin in the wikipedia article. Here this proves that Corcoran is of Irish descent- http://www.irishgen.com/surnames/details.asp?surname_id=1048 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Serenade380 ( talk • contribs) 22:31, 8 February 2007 (UTC).
Why did you revise the last Steve Vizard edit. It was not POV, butfully supported by a judgment of a Victorian County Court. A Court judgment I might add visard has not appealed against. Do you actually know anything about Australian current affairs? Perhaps you should stick to the topics of which you have some knowledge. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.44.148.27 ( talk • contribs)
Anytime. I am fairly new to this so I have people editing away my cock-ups frequently! Jules1975 13:07, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for rv'ing for me. :P Graphitesmoothie 22:30, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the revert of 213.112.237.191's vandalism on my userpage, and the AIV report on them. I really hate the type of vandalism they were engaged in, changing/removing information. I much prefer dirty words and random garbage, at least then it's perfectly clear that it's vandalism, and doesn't require research to make sure they're not just correcting old misinformation :) Again, thanks, and keep up the good work! — Krellis 23:28, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Ok, no problem. You're right. Dantadd 03:32, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the help. I have added the full citation to the discussion page, let me know what you think, and I can move it onto the main page. -- Clausewitz01 13:30, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
Mate,
John Prescott really is a prize chump - perhaps you are american and don't know him. I see no harm in pointing this out in non-foul language. Please do not threaten me with being blocked from Wikipedia unless you have some proper cause. Moreover, please explain to me your authority for making such a threat. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 219.77.189.107 ( talk) 11:16, 12 February 2007 (UTC).
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The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
For your persistent anti-spam efforts (particularly against today's "hometown" spammer) and your quick and accurate reports at AIV, I award you this anti-vandalism barnstar. Keep up the great work! Kafziel Talk 15:43, 12 February 2007 (UTC) |
ok then ake a page for this person —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.215.11.144 ( talk • contribs)
This one is a barrel of laughs, eh? Why the HELL haven't they processed the block request yet!?!? Cornell Rockey 02:40, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
hey! and why do you intend to block me???? chulals amn cguro ka oi! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sheryn mae ( talk • contribs)
Thanks for helping protect this article from vandalism! NorCalHistory 06:38, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thats be a last time —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.33.217.150 ( talk) 07:35, 14 February 2007 (UTC).
EDIT IT BACK THE WAY YOU WANT TO GENIUS!! DON'T EVER USE THAT LANGUAGE EVER AGAIN —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobininer84 ( talk • contribs)
I just noticed SelketBot tagging talk pages today; it's doing a very nice and useful job. Thanks for writing it. - SpuriousQ ( talk) 23:05, 14 February 2007 (UTC)