User talk:Ariel.

Re: Evangeline Lilly

All actors in Lost has this {{lostnav}} template in this page with the exception of this actress. I don't see this as being fair because all other performers on ABC's Lost has this Wikitemplate. I really don't have to put up with an edit war about this, but if you don't believe the reason why the LOSTNAV template has to be in this article, here are some references for example: Emilie de Ravin, Malcolm David Kelley, Daniel Dae Kim, all Lost performers have this template. It is extremely advisable that you check all Lost performer pages (like the aforementioned for examples) before you even attempt to remove the {{lostnav}} template. Hopefully I've stated a good reason why you need to put a template like I said even in an actors/actresses page. If you have a problem with that, you can either talk to me or Yamla. Thanks. — Vesther (U * T/R * CTD) 21:51, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Then it should be removed from all the actors pages. 71.199.123.24 02:45, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

To recap: the ACTOR does not live on the lost island, only the character does. The actor does not get a lost nav on their page. Only the CHARACTER page gets it. Imagine if someone acted in 10 shows - does that mean they get a nav area for each one of the shows? No. They don't. They get links to their character page for each of the show, and on that page you put the nav. 71.199.123.24 02:50, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Aaaa...bring it to the attention of Yamla, since he pretty much watches over the pages. I'm not gonna do anything radical about the pages to protect my image, I'm gonna leave the "Lostnav" issue between you and Yamla. I'm not gonna interfere with this affair any further. — Vesther (U * T/R * CTD) 02:58, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

OK. I'll leave a message for Yamla. Although he'll probably notice the message I left in the history log. Also: I have finished removing all the nav tags from the actor pages. 71.199.123.24 03:01, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Like I said, the reason why I want you and Yamla to discuss this (and any reasons why you MUST remove the Lostnav template from its respective pages) is because I'm really against removing templates from certain pages since that's a really radical move to make. Do whatever you think it's right, but keep in mind that there could be times when I might disagree with something because I consider it to be radical, and I just don't want to be the subject of an edit war under any circumstances. Also, I don't want the user to be in trouble for something he/she would never do. — Vesther (U * T/R * CTD) 03:04, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

I have left a message for Yamla. You never said your opinion on the matter, just that you don't like radical changes. Basically I want to keep the distinction between the real and the fictional. 71.199.123.24 03:16, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Regarding my position on the matter, I'm pretty much neutral. Hope that answers all of your questions. :( — Vesther (U * T/R * CTD) 04:22, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Account

Have you ever thought about creating a Wikipedia Account? Just curious, that's all. — Vesther (U * T/R * CTD) 04:24, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

I have actually - but I want the username Ariel, and that's taken User:Ariel. If not that one I can't think of a username........ 71.199.123.24 05:30, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Actually, it's not taken (that's why the link is red instead of blue). Feel free to sign up with the same (especially before someone else gets to it). -- joturner 05:32, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

No, it is taken, it's red because he hasen't created a user page. 71.199.123.24 06:34, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, the log page for "Ariel" does not show that an account was created with that name... unlike, for example, my log page. If Wikipedia tells you that the name is taken, that is very odd. Perhaps you've seen a post by someone with a different user name who has changed his signature to "Ariel" ? --Eliyak T·C 15:01, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

It's probably impolite to add to a nearly four-year old discussion, buuut since it wasn't archived... :D I was just going to add that, even though by now you've figured out your username, you can always have the appearance of whatever name you want by changing your signature line in your preferences. In other words, you could remove the full-stop (period) from your signature if you wanted, although to be honest, I like it, it's kind of quirky. Okay, carry on. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 06:22, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Korban

Hello, Korbanot is being used in a sense that includes the complete set of Templeofferings -- meal-offerings (Mincha), wine-offerings, the first fruits on Shavuot, the water libation on Sukkot, etc. etc. FYI, doves weren't the only kinds of bird-offerings, see Leviticus 1:14. Best, --Shirahadasha 00:56, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

But the other kinds are not 'sacrifices' in terms of the english word. Saying usually makes it seem like humans were killed too. Maybe say something like animals were sacrifcied, and the other stuff was offered. Ariel. 01:32, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Coccidioidomycosis and dogs

The above disease is listed on the List of dog diseases, and I tried to tag all the articles listed there. In many cases, these articles hadn't been tagged at all yet, so I figured having the articles receive a quality assessment by whomever ultimately would be useful in general. For articles of perhaps "B" quality or higher, I also tried to ensure that the article itself specifically mentioned the canine aspect, however, for comparatively short articles, there wouldn't necessarily be enough information on the article to indicate which species of animals, human and non-human, were effected. I do have to acknowledge that I personally don't know based on the info available to me how common a disease it is among canines, because we don't have anything anywhere about that, so if it is a comparatively rare disorder among canines I would have no objection to the tag being removed. However, I do hope to be giving quality assessment rankings to all the articles I have tagged, if nothing else to make any subsequent rankings by other projects I bit easier and to let the Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team have an indication of the current quality ranking of as many articles as possible. Unfortunately, I don't really know which other projects would consider the article within their scope, so the only one I could reasonably put down was the dogs banner, given that disease being listed on the list of dog diseases. I hope that answers your question, and, if you know more than I do about the subject (which wouldn't be hard in this case) and can say that it has only a minor connection to canines, I wouldn't have any objections to the banner's removal. Badbilltucker 14:28, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

There is an inactive Disease project and an active Medicine project. The latter project does assessments as well. Unfortunately, I am not personally at all sure of the scope of the latter project, being involved in actually none of the scientific projects, so I can't be sure whether they would consider it within their scope or not. So far as I can tell, those are the only other ones which even might claim the article to be within their scope. I understand your reservations about tagging diseases by the species affected. Generally, however, so far as I have seen, we try to make sure that any given article on a disease or fungus or whatever includes information on all the species affected and how they are affected. As I am virtually certain there is no current project relating to veterinary medicine (not that I would mind seeing one) this may be the only way to ensure that such content is ever introduced. Badbilltucker 23:36, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Blogs as sources

• Regarding your re-addition to Coccidioidomycosis - I'm not randomly removing the link because I'm passing judgement on the blog in question, but Wikipedia's guidelines for reliable sources says that "Posts to bulletin boards, Usenet, and wikis, or comments on blogs, should not be used as sources." I'd like to have a conversation - let me know what you think. Thanks. -- MarcoTolo 03:36, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I put blog in quote in my edit summary because it's barely that, rather it's a medical analysis of the show. If you read a bunch of his reviews of the show you'll understand what I mean. A blog is someones personal thoughts - yes that's in there as a review, but also in there is scientific medical analysis of how realistic the medicine on the show is. I think it's an excellent source. Ariel. 04:26, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately the WP:RS guideline and the WP:V policy both seem to be clear: on-line or otherwise self-published sources are acceptable as primary sources (i.e. in an article about the Polite Dissent website itself), but are not acceptable as secondary sources (as in this case). Again, I'm not trying to "pass judgement" on the site -- I suspect the author is probably right -- but as I see it, the citation guidelines say "No can do" on this kind of usage. -- MarcoTolo 05:01, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Barring any further comments, I'm pulling the citation per above. -- MarcoTolo 02:58, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I didn't reply because I don't know what to say - I completely disagree with you on this, and reading the guidelines only makes me more sure you are wrong about this. This is a doctor reporting standard medical knowledge, it's not personal stuff, there is no agenda, it's not even remotely contraversial. I don't understand why you think there is anything wrong with linking to someone giving very simple medical information about a show - and the stuff he says is very easy to verify. Not to mention we are talking about a TV show, which doesn't really need such super verification anyway! I think you are making a mistake and blindly applying guidelines without thinking about them. Ariel. 03:05, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Okay, perhaps I'm not being clear - I'll try to be a little more logical in explaining my position. First of all, I'd appreciate it if you would let me know how you think I'm misinterpreting the reference/citation sections of WP:RS and WP:V. Please note that I'm not trying to be confrontational in asking - while I think I've considered the guidelines carefully, I'm under no delusion that I'm perfect.

Again, I having nothing against the blog in question - I had never seen it before looking at your link . I also don't suspect you (or the blog) have an agenda. I do, however, think that references need a bit more "authority" behind them than "some doctor named Scott says so". And yes, the author's comments are pretty easy to investigate - what I'm saying is that Wikipedia should link to those reliable and authoritative sources directly. This gets around the problem nicely, which, after all, is why we have a guideline for this stuff in the first place. Citing reliable sources also allows for more specific, more nuanced referencing. As an example, the author's comments about coccidioidomycosis not having a neurological component are generally true: To be more correct, you would have to note that neuro symptoms in coccidioidomycosis infection is uncommon, but not unknown (here are a couple of PubMed refs I dug up in about three minutes: PMID 7742448, PMID 11453428), but then you might as well cite peer-reviewed journal articles themselves.

I hope I've been a little clearer - let me know, eh? -- MarcoTolo 03:40, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Thermoluminescence

Hi, I saw you made an edit about 2 months ago on the article Thermoluminescence, and I was wondering whether you'd still like to work on that article. I really have a knack for picking the articles with the least people to working in them for editing. Anyway, somebody added what would be the best source we could get on external links, so we have some actually verifiable information. All we'd have to do is check for copyright and, if there is no copyright on it, add info from it. Thanks for any help in the near or further future. Slartibartfast1992 23:26, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

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Etrog

I removed the plants category because that belongs on the Citron article. Etrog (a hebrew word for the Citron) is specifically about the religious aspects of that fruit. Ariel. 19:55, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

I assume you mean {{WikiProject Plants}} banner on the talk page? From what I understand, Etrog is a specific variety of Citrus medica (though NPGS/GRIN lists the variety epithet as "ethrog"). It is thus within the scope of WP:PLANTS as it is a formal taxon. Even though the subject matter of the article doesn't really mention the taxonomy or botanical history of the variety, it either should or another article, Citrus medica var. etrog, should be created that does discuss those aspects (per the flora naming convention). If that second article is created, then the taxobox should be placed at that article and removed from the Etrog article. --Rkitko ^(talk) 20:20, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Image:Etrog without Pitom.jpg and Image:Etrog with Pitom.jpg

Hi, I would like to use the images in the franch wikipedia but actualy I can't cause there is no information about the sources of the documents, if you are the owner of the photo please just add "own work" and it will be all right. Regards--Kimdime69 17:04, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it is my own work, but I'm not sure what you want me to add to the image. The license is not enough? Ariel. 22:15, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

No, to put the file in the french wikipedia I have to download it in commons witch have realy strict copyright policies, if you just add on the files that those photos are your own work it will be OK. Regards.--Kimdime69 22:08, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

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Time travel is possible

Read Einstein's theory of special relativity and time dilation. Malamockq (talk) 14:05, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

I have read both of those, but they both cover only slowing of time. NOT travel back to a time that already passed. Obviously you can travel to the future. But travel to the past is not possible, since the past doesn't "exist" as it were. Time is simply the speed/rate at which stuff happens. It's not a place you can go to. Ariel. (talk) 15:32, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Traveling forward in time counts as time travel. As for traveling back in time... Well that we don't know about. It's not a place you can go to, but I haven't read any scientific theories that state that you can't travel back in time. There are causality issues, but I don't think there is any conclusive data on the subject. I believe Carl Sagan stated that time travel into the past, may be possible using blackholes or wormholes. Malamockq (talk) 01:55, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

The blackhole wormhole idea is incorrect. Of course, I don't have a reputation compared to Carl Sagan, or other physicists (so I understand if you don't believe me), but it's still incorrect. As I mentioned in the reference desk posting, I really want to add the info to the article, but without references.... Basically time dilation only applies to mass/energy. A wormhole is not mass or energy, it's a region of folded space (if it exists). So time dilation doesn't apply to it. Aside from the (incorrect) wormhole idea, there are no methods of time travel that are consistent with physics as it's currently known. Ariel. (talk) 03:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I have to say, I don't take your word over Carl Sagan's. Btw, a Wormhole is a passage connected by two blackholes, and the two blackholes indeed have mass. Malamockq (talk) 14:23, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

First, not all wormholes have blackholes at the end. Second, there are not two blackholes, but just one. People commonly imagine a wormhole to be a long tunnel, but that's not correct. There is no tunnel - you enter one side, and immediately exit the other. And even if there was a tunnel the two blackholes would feel a massive attraction, and would be inevitably merged together. So, there is just one blackhole, and whatever you do to one side of it, happens to the other. It's not possible to accelerate just one side, and thus have time dilation on just one side. Another problem is conservation of energy - suppose one side was moving fast when you exited - this would mean if you entered one side, not moving fast, you would exit moving fast, which isn't possible (a: when did you accelerate, and b: what about conservation of energy). All of this means that you either: can't move just one side of the wormhole without moving the other side, or, that just because the mouth of the wormhole is moving, doesn't mean that _you_ will move with it. i.e. you exit wherever the mouth happens to end up, with no velocity. But if that is the case, then time dilation also does not have an affect. Either way you look at it time travel via wormhole is not possible. Ariel. (talk) 01:23, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Whether there are two blackholes on either end of the wormhole wasn't really the point right? There are two "mouths" and the mouths (or at least one of them) have mass. You may be right about your other points, I'm not sure entirely. What I do know is, a lot of scientists accept the possibility that backwards time travel might be possible. Malamockq (talk) 03:22, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

My point is that if there is mass, it can't be 2 masses, but just one, so you can't do different things to the two masses. Or it's not mass, but then time dilation doesn't apply. And it's only some scientists that accept time travel, most don't. It's because quantum physics has some weird stuff in it that people talk about time travel, plus the symmetry of how backwards time flow matches certain physical processes (like matter looks like anti-matter if you reverse time). But I don't think anyone seriously thinks time travel is possible, not to mention wormholes probably don't exist either, and even blackholes have never been seen, just theorized. Ariel. (talk) 05:12, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Locked-in syndrome

Hi. I left a message on the talk page here: Talk:Locked-In_syndrome#Trivia_Section. You're right, trivia should be integrated, but you simply can't include every mention of a medical condition that occurs on TV. Imagine what the cancer article would look like. Please integrate any material that can be, but I do think most of it needs to go. Wikipedia can't be a repository of every mention of a subject in popular culture. Dgf32 (talk) 17:11, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

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Mordechai Dov Brody

Firstly I want to thank you for contributing to the Motl Brody article. At least here in DC he's been in the news a lot, and his wikipedia bio is one of the first hits in google so it seems like something we should certainly be working on improving. I reverted a few of your additions though, and although I explained on the talk page I wanted to leave you a personal message too. Essentially the two issues are appropriateness and references. Your statement about the "most common position" could easily be worked into the article, but it needs a citation. The rest of the verbiage was simply not appropriate to the particular case. There is no question about what measures should or shouldn't be taken to prolong Brody's life. The question is whether Brody is alive or dead. (If Brody were still alive, there is no question the hospital would leave him on the ventilator). Just keep in the back of your mind that the Brody article isn't the place for a detailed halakhic discussion - the article should really be specific to him and his case, and while a brief mention of the general halakhic status is appropriate, it's probably not the place for a full dissertation on the issue.

As a side note, I have been thinking for a while that an article on End of life in halakha could be a very interesting article, so if you feel driven to start it, that would be a great place for a full dissertation. --Bachrach44 (talk) 03:41, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm OK with the removal - you left the more important changes in. The talk about prolonging life was about if halacha would require shocking him to try to start his heart if it would stop. I think it would not require that, but at the same time you can't stop it deliberately. Ariel. (talk) 14:39, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

I agree about the need for such an article, unfortunately I'm not sure I could write it - what I know about the subject came from a book I read a while ago, but I don't think I could distill it properly or show various sides. Ariel. (talk) 14:39, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

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Balanced field takeoff

Hi Ariel. On 4 January you edited Balanced field takeoff to add Soft field takeoff to the See also section. There is no Wiki article with this title so your edit appeared only as a red link. I have reverted your edit for several reasons. However, if you can nominate a sound reason for having Soft field takeoff, either as a new article or as a See also, I would have no objection to the link being restored.

The reasons I reverted your edit are:

• No article exists titled Soft field takeoff, and I am unaware of such an article being planned.
• Wikipedia should not invite readers to See also something which doesn't exist and therefore cannot be seen.
• The concept of Balanced field takeoff is unrelated to the hardness or softness of the runway or takeoff field. Therefore, if an article on soft field takeoff were to be created it would not be complementary, or related to, the article on Balanced field takeoff. Dolphin51 (talk) 02:45, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Do you know what a soft field takeoff is? It doesn't sound like you do. Ariel. (talk) 03:28, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

To answer your individual points:

• Someone reading about balanced field takeoff might be inspired to create such an article. The talk page shows many knowledgeable editors.
• Wikipedia is not the only source of knowledge in the world. By putting that term in the see also it lets readers know about the concept and they may look it up.
• You don't seem to know what a soft field takeoff is, it's very much related to balanced field takeoff.

PS. Thanks for posting in my talk page rather than just reverting. I will restore the link however. Ariel. (talk) 04:40, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt and helpful reply. Please provide a brief explanation of your understanding of:

• soft field takeoff
• the similarity (or relationship) between SFTO and BFTO.

Your Talk page, or mine, would be a suitable spot for your explanation at this stage.

On the matter of red links in the See also section, the following advice is given at WP:REDLINK#When to create red links:

Red links are generally not included in either See also sections or in navigational boxes, or pointed with templates such as {{Main}} or {{Further}}, since these navigation aids are intended to help readers find existing articles.

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Please refrain from adding links to pages that do not yet exist (red links).

Dolphin51 (talk) 11:11, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

I am not sufficiently versed in SFTO to explain it properly, but google will help, there are tons of pages about it.

I understand your point about the policy, so how about this? We leave it for a few weeks, if someone from the page is motivated to create it, great. If not, remove it. Ariel. (talk) 19:27, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Ariel.

If you visit Avstop you will see soft field takeoff explained as follows:

Takeoffs and climbs from soft fields require the use of operational techniques for getting the airplane airborne as quickly as possible to eliminate the drag caused by tall grass, soft sand, mud, snow, etc.

This is clearly a takeoff procedure aimed at general aviation airplanes (airplanes in the normal, utility and acrobatic categories.)

A balanced field takeoff is one in which the takeoff decision speed V1 causes the accelerate-stop distance and the one-engine-inoperative takeoff distance to be the same. Accelerate-stop distance and one-engine-inoperative takeoff distance are takeoff performance information that is only available for airplanes in the transport and commuter categories, such as Boeings, Airbuses, Learjets, Beech 1900D etc. If a transport category airplane leaves the pavement and ends up in soft field it usually requires one or two tugs to tow it back onto the pavement. SFTO and BFTO apply to different classes of airplane and so are unrelated.

WP:LAYOUT#See also section says please refrain from adding links to pages that do not yet exist (red links). I disagree that leaving your red link in See also is an appropriate way to invite others to write an article about SFTO. The appropriate way is to make a request at WP:REQUEST. If you still feel that an article on SFTO is warranted, please either raise a formal request, or add some explanatory text about SFTO, including a red link, at an appropriate place in one of the existing articles about a type of takeoff.

Existing articles about types of takeoff and landing are all listed at Category:Types of takeoff and landing

Thanks for your efforts to improve the quality of Wikipedia. Dolphin51 (talk) 01:18, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

RD/Science text restored

Pah! That's nothing. I once managed (and to this day I have no idea what I did) to delete some 15% of an RD page inadvertently. I do wonder if the "edit conflict" detection occasionally has a blonde moment. Thanks for the restore - no fault to The High Fin Sperm Whale. Cheers, Tonywalton ^Talk 23:56, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

I threw out my father's popcorn

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Just to say...

I thought it was a nicely written answer you gave here [2] - and the advice you prefaced it with was good stuff, sensitive and thoughtful. Adambrowne666 (talk) 22:07, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

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About 88.104..

I noticed that you reverted the removal of a thread from the Ref Desk that had been started by 88.104.85.64, stating that he was under a temporary ban. To clarify, that IP address belongs to a very long-term vandal, sockpuppeteer, and troll who (before he was banned) went by the name Light current (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). His ban is most assuredly not temporary — at least, not in any sense that 'temporary' is employed on Wikipedia. While he dabbles in personal attacks, vandalism, and the odd threat of violence, his very favorite activity is trolling the Reference Desk. We prefer not to indulge him. (Apologies if you already were familiar with Light current's history; Tiscali UK – his ISP – recently shifted to using the 88.104.x.x IP address block; you may have been used this individual editing exclusively from 79.75 and 79.76 addresses.) Best wishes, TenOfAllTrades(talk) 00:51, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

more 88...

(edit conflict - tend to agree with removal - if a little dissapointed that I attempted to give an answer and have it dissapear into the ether) User:Tenofalltrades has been reverting on sight eg [3] [4] [5] I thought it a little odd at first, especially when reasonable answers have been given, but I don't argue with the wisdom of admins.. The principle is that blocked or banned users shouldn't be posting questions anyway.. I brought up the removal at Wikipedia_talk:Reference_desk/Science#Question_removed by the way - but forgot to link to it in my original edit summary - my mistake. Sorry.Sf5xeplus (talk) 00:54, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

(Reply to all the above) Actually, no, I had not heard of him before, and I didn't realize he was totally banned. But I am disappointed that good answers just vanish, mainly because other people read this desk, not just the original questioner, and someone else may be interested in the question and answer. I come across interesting stuff all the time. Maybe restore the answers while leaving out his section? I'll ask on the talk page. Ariel. (talk) 01:40, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

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If you are talking about the hurricane track for earl, be aware it's actually on commons, so you need to click to that site first. Then click the link "Upload a new version of this file". Ariel. (talk) 02:17, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

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I did give a valid reason in the edit summary. So I have reverted your revision. If you want to help me with a proper copyright tag I would appreciate it. Ariel. (talk) 02:10, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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Are you a human or a robot? I DID give a valid reason - did you not read it? Ariel. (talk) 04:21, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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I think you are a robot. You certainly act like one. Anyway, I didn't mean to flag the last edit as minor. Also, I'll email the author to double check this. Ariel. (talk) 04:52, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Email sent and forwarded to permissions-en AT wikimedia DOT org Ariel. (talk) 05:00, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

The author replied, but was quite annoyed at being contacted again. I should have gone with my instincts and never listened to you. Sigh. Ariel. (talk) 21:38, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

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What do you mean, human nature is good, not evil? How is human nature good, not evil?

According to Gary Chesterton, the Fall is one biblical doctrine that can be scientifically proven. If human nature is good, where is the evidence? One only needs to read the newspapers to see that human nature is evil, not good. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.174.63.234 (talk) 04:08, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

I don't know who Gary Chesterton is, and a google search comes up with nothing. The fall, as you call it, did not make human nature evil, it just meant that humans have to work for their bread. Take a look in the newspaper and see how often you read about heroes, or how when other people hear about a hero they want to reward him. Or how we're so upset when someone does something wrong (instead of expecting it). Or how inherently good children are - they have such a strong sense of fair play, and they just want to do good. There are some examples of evil in the world but they are few and far between. The vast vast vast majority of people are basically good and honest. Ariel. (talk) 06:08, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Sorry. I meant Gilbert Chesterton, not Gary Chesterton.

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So there is no place at all for trivia on the home page? Ariel. (talk) 06:08, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm afraid you can only post trivial information on the other 3 million pages, not on the main pages.

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I have the right to remove personal attacks, which is exactly what that stuff was. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:07, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Not all of it. A lot of what you removed was an actual answer to the question. So like I said: Edit it more carefully and do it again. Ariel. (talk) 05:08, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

No, forget it. I'll just let the personal attacks stand visible. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:11, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

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Deaf-mute

Thanks for providing a citation to information that was unsourced for 19 months. As for your comment, "you should have made at least an attempt before reverting", if you can link the policy that an editor who removes unsourced information that has been long-unsourced is required to find a source, we may have something to discuss. Otherwise, that comment was inappropriate. Cresix (talk) 13:54, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

If you don't want to look for sources that's fine. But before removing info you should at least make an attempt. Read: Wikipedia:Citation needed. It says "Exercise caution". It does not say "remove the text". In other places it says unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The important word here is "challenged". That means check if the unsourced text is real. It does not mean "remove it". If you have been removing other unsourced material without checking first, then please correct your mistake and undo your removals. Ariel. (talk) 20:27, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

I'll make a couple of more comments about this nonsense, and then I'm finished here. "Citation needed" guidelines (or any other policy or guideline) do not require an editor to find a source for something than is unsourced and has been tagged as unsourced for NINETEEN MONTHS. By any stretch of any standard on Wikipedia, nineteen months is quite sufficient amount of time for anyone who cares to provide a source. And speaking of "anyone who cares", if leaving the unsourced information was so important to you that you had to jump down my throat for removing it, then why during those 19 months did YOU not bother to find a source? Don't bother answering because that's a rhetorical question. You didn't bother because until I went to the trouble to challenge the information as unsourced, you didn't care. Now, I'm out of here. End of discussion. Cresix (talk) 22:02, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

They also do not require an editor to start deleting correct material. You understand that your actions are harming wikipedia? You think you are doing good. You are not. Why didn't I find a source? I saw that page for the first time in my life yesterday. And you know what I did? I improved it by adding details. You know what you did? You harmed it. You should stop what you are doing. You think that the timeframe of a citation makes a difference. It doesn't. The only time it makes a difference is if you go to the talk page of the person who added the text, and ask for citation. If they don't provide one, then the time makes a difference. But on a page? Who cares how long it's been there. Do you really think everyone reads every single page on wikipedia constantly and knows exactly how long citations have been missing for?

You are upset because you sense you are doing the wrong thing, and you don't want to be challenged. Well, I'm here to tell you: You are wrong and you should stop. Do not remove text without checking first to see if you can find a source. Ariel. (talk) 22:21, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

"You are upset because you sense you are doing the wrong thing": Wow, on top of being in charge of Wikipedia, you're a mindreader too! You are now officially off my watchlist. There are many more important things to do here and elsewhere than bickering about a perfectly legitimate edit. Please let me know when you have the entire encyclopedia fixed and I'll retire from editing. Cresix (talk) 01:16, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Dimethylglycine Toxicology LD50

Hi I am new here and have been rocking a few boats so to speak. I have recently been commenting on this issue in regards to preparation but also about the toxicology. I just thought you might be interested in (or possibly wanting to provide some input in regards to) the comments I have raised on that issue which I see you have been involved in. I do not seem to be able to relate well with some of the other contributors (eg Plasma Physics) no matter how hard I try????? Regards--OneMadScientist (talk) 15:30, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

I think you screwed up the Science Ref desk somehow.

I'm not sure, but it looks like you somehow (inadvertently?) deleted a huge chunk of the Science Ref desk this morning.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AReference_desk%2FScience&diff=595344241&oldid=595343888

Sadly, there were some subsequent edits, so I can't simply revert - and I don't have time to untangle it. SteveBaker (talk) 20:31, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

I fixed it shortly after. I have no idea what happened. I just clicked "Ready? Ask a new question!" and ended up with that mess. Ariel. (talk) 20:43, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

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Bit of an over reaction? I just linked to a wikipage, that's all. You don't need a source for that. Ariel. (talk) 10:36, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

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