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Re: Firefly edits

Just a heads-up regarding your edits to the Firefly (TV series) article. The content you removed was not vandalism: I've never listened to the song, but if the lyrics are right, it is about the crew getting captured by FOX and escaping with the help of the characters from Futurama.

I've removed the entire paragraph from the article anyway, as it was unsourced, but thought I'd bring it to your attention. If you have any questions about this or Wikipedia in general, or want to discuss this further, feel free to hit me up at User talk:Saberwyn, my communications page. -- saberwyn 02:32, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Its alright. We live and learn. :) -- saberwyn 20:17, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

House fix

Thanks for the support :).. working on the show all hopefully it will work out :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rampagez99 (talk • contribs) 02:29, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Roll Back Complete

Hi, I did the rollback you requested. Take care, --*Kat* (talk) 02:38, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Capitalization and Ranks

Hi - the instructions are here: WP:MOSCAPS - scroll down to Military titles. The whole MOS is long and dry but worth reading through if you want articles to go past B-class. Thanks! Kirk (talk) 18:11, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for your appreciation... I have worked a lot in this article, and I try to keep it well balanced. Additionally I work on research as a psychologist, so I am quite used to scientific literature and that's very useful.

On the other hand I have reverted your last edition. The fact that an organization says they are going to study a thing I do not feel is really relevant for an encyclopedic article on the disease while of course it is very relevant for a MS forum. Let's wait until results are published since WP is not a crystal ball, and we do not know if they would be important or not.

I have also posted the following in the talk page, and I have deleted the sentence from your comment with the link as I feel that it goes against a quite big buch of WP policies. Sorry about it, but a link to a personal histories site can not be allowed.

This is absolutely premature... and for common sense it should be a very good idea that they waited to know if it really has any effects. I believe that by WP policies (SEE:WP:MEDMOS) in external links which specifically say that Links to personal experiences or survivor stories are forbidden the link should be deleted even from the talk page since it is not directed to improving the article... Talk pages are to talk about how to improve the article, not to create a forum on multiple sclerosis... Bests

I do not usually modify other people's comments, but this time I have made an exception.

Best regards.--Garrondo (talk) 10:31, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rififi

I just inadvertantly repeated some of your experiences on the Rififi TALK page. Lord, what can I say? S B H arris 01:21, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It is not as bad as you think, man. Hang in there. Binksternet (talk) 01:31, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly, it's one of those moments where it's just not worth the time or effort. Who knew collaboration would be so hard, eh? I hate to do it, but it's time to sadly roll your eyes and move on.--Cpt ricard (talk) 03:52, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bare URLs

Could I encourage you to use citation templates rather than bare URLs in references, as you did on hepatitis C? JFW | T@lk 19:16, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Plastic

To my ear, saying 'The word "plastic" in "plastic surgery" is the adjective meaning' is just a wordy way of saying '"Plastic" in "plastic surgery" means...' and saying 'does not refer to the noun plastics in the sense...' is just a wordy way of saying 'does not mean plastic in the sense...'. In any case, it is not 'referring' to the noun plastic; it simply is not the noun plastic. As for the "as being used in the procedures", that seems unnecessary. It doesn't refer to synthetic polymers as being used in the procedures or in any other way. --Macrakis (talk) 14:54, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks so much - will definitely stop by and sign up! --Cpt ricard (talk) 06:32, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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I reverted your edit in Castoreum because the reference given is in pounds. Normally, citing a quantity should be in the same units as the reference, unless there is a compelling reason to change the units. Please discuss on talk page should you disagree - and should this be deemed a necessary change, please use a more common unit than megagrams (i.e., tons). Regards, Tarl.Neustaedter (talk) 23:07, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This is easily one of the most coherent, logical and non-inflammatory reverts I've ever seen. Thanks for taking the time to post! Additionally, megagrams are equivalent to tons, so they are the better unit to use, but yes I see your point on the quoting. Thanks! Cpt ricard (talk) 20:15, 24 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I certainly understand what megagrams are, the point is that it's an unusual unit (and as such, not a preferred unit in an encyclopedia, better to use "tons" or "metric tons"), as well as not the one used in the reference. One way to handle the multiude of units is to use the "Convert" template, as in: {{Convert|20|lb|kg}} giving "20 pounds (9.1 kg)" . Regards, Tarl.Neustaedter (talk) 20:45, 24 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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