User talk:Dalf/Archive 1

I am a pretty new user to wikipedia, though I created this account a while back. I had actually forgotten that I created an account and was making a few edits (mostly typo corrections and one or two factual corrections) as just my IP. I Speak Romanian, though my written romanian is probbly not good enough to compose pages in Romanian. I can manage an ok job translating into english however so if anyone is working with that sort of thing let me know. Dalf | Talk 23:30, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Translation

Hi Dalf,

There are a few Romanian-English bilinguals. User:Jmabel for one. More generally, you might want to check out meta:translation or meta:babylon for resources on translating within Wikimedia, how to translate articles from Romanian, giving proper credit, etc. Peace, DanKeshet 19:54, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)

My Romanian is not really at the level of correcting grammar and usage. (It pretty much all comes from 6 months in Romania combined with a general knowledge of Romance languages.) I'm pretty sure what you wrote is wrong on a couple of points, but I wouldn't presume to assert what is correct. Try User:Bogdangiusca. -- Jmabel | Talk 05:23, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)

Have you spent any significant time in Romania? -- Jmabel | Talk 05:42, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)

Yes I have been 6 (or was it 7) times between 1992 and 1999:

3 weeks in the summer of '92 (in Craiova)
60 days in '93 (mostly in Craiova but also Timisoara, and Sinaia (the southern one)).
Took an informal (and ungraded) course in Romanian at the University of Missouri.
70 days in '94 (in Bucuresti)
11 months 1996-97 as an exchange student in Sibiu though I traveled around most of the country.
2 or 3 weeks in 1999 driving around visiting people and places.

Hi Dalf...I actually have a large interest in Romania also, have been there twice, my mother has been there 8 times in the past 4 years and my father and sister twice. Mom speaks Romanian too. What sparked your interest in the country? I'm curious. Other than that I'm the author of the Show Cat article and am studying to be a Vet so I feel my cat facts are accurate. if you want to discuss, continue on the talk page for that article. Pschemp 17:52, 3 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I must have visited Brasov 10 or 15 times, theres a really good chinese restraunt in pt. sfatului.

In any event my writing ability in english is not even that good, so I am mostly poking around looking for easy stuff to fix and clean up that does not require brillian writing skills. As to translations, I think I am probbly going to do some pratice ones from romanian into english and have some one look them over before I actually create any pages from translating. Dalf | Talk 06:00, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Yazd

Hi Dave. Is it true that Khatami and Katsav come from Yazd? I deleted it because I thought someone had just inserted it because both had shaked hands at the Pope's funeral. I see I was wrong (checked Moshe Katsav page). My apologies! Please at it back. Luis rib 11:29, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the follow up, reverted and changed to reflect place of birth. I'm Scott BTW, Dalf is just a nick. Dalf 22:07, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Supercategories

Would it be taken as friendly or unfriendly if I went through what you wrote and fixed your spelling? -- Jmabel | Talk 04:19, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)

I don't think it's intractable, and your comments are a good contribution. I'm too busy with other things now to really focus on that one, but I you make good points. -- Jmabel | Talk 06:54, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)
& I take it from your remark about the spell-checker that you will try to clean that up yourself, so I won't bother. Nothing incomprehensible, but several words (including "navigation") consistently misspelled. -- Jmabel | Talk 06:57, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)

PGN files

Hi Dalf--I've answered your question on my talk page, though I'm afraid I can't be a great deal of help... --Camembert

Show cat

Thanks for asking my opinion. Hope I helped. Catbar (Brian Rock) 02:14, 4 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

COTW Project

You voted for Culture of Ancient Rome, this week's Collaboration of the week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article.

Mostwanted

Download the brokenlinks-file from download.wikimedia.org, and if you haven't got it already, install MySQL. I'm not very good at SQL, so I usually use very simple queries and then I use programs (in java) to get the right results. The (very very simple) query I used i think was:

select bl_to from brokenlinks

This I exported to a big-ass xml file (87 mb) and then used a java program that counted how many times each entry repeated and then I sorted it and took the top 500 entries. I did the query with MySQL query browser BTW. Gkhan 08:08, May 9, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your note!

It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside! And now I've read you userpage also, spreading the joy. I, too, love chess, though I've never learned the schoolbook techniques or anything, just played. And by the way, I've noticed a lack of coverage in Romania articles, so if you're up to it, I just thought I'd mention that Dâmboviţa river, Culture of Romania, Camil Ressu, Transylvanian Catholic Church, Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, and Romanian War of Independence, for starters, are quite shabby. In any case, it's nice to know people. Happy editing! --Dmcdevit 22:33, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nuclear Power

Hi Dalf, thanks for the note. May I agree with most of it and take some issue with the subject of Point of View. I'm fine with multiple points of view - and i wouldn't delete something merely because i disagree. I proposed we clean up some tired arguments in the discussion because it was very difficult to find new arguments amongst the weeds. I lost some red herrings and unsupported drivel and its now been properly archived which was the point. Wiki is no harm no foul - Glad you like Romania, I'm a bit of an eastern european affecianado myself (my daughter speaks two langauges at 3) and appreciate go and chess - kind of enjoying this wiki thing - thanks for disagreeing.

Dalf.

By drivel I mean conversations like this one, in which we are hashing out irrelevencies such as the proper way to archive an article - sure - it's kind-of important to be done "right" - but everything on wiki is archived by its very nature - so it's not important in the way the word is usually meant.

It occurs to me we should propose alternative language - stipulate whatever is unobjectionable and then set out to prove what lies in dispute.

Some issues of style - for eample whether "we" are "critics" or simply proponents of better alternatives is subjective - but the rule generally holds that the people being labelled have the greater say in the label chosen. We would agree not to label nuclear supporters as "glow worms" or some other prejorative, and you should agree not to label "us" "critics". That is not an issue of research or proof.

We should be aware also that "nuclear reactor" has settled on the idea that "renewable" is a term meant to exclude nuclear, and that as such "Proponents of Renewable Energy" is an accurate label for those who disfavor nuclear - along with the other fossil fuels as a final solution.

Benjamin Gatti 16:27, 20 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I get my arguments removed as unsupported endlessly - most recently the argument that Nuclear plants regularly release radioactive gas as a matter of intended design. - I made the claim - i didn't link to a ref - it was deleted - fine - but I will return it with a link when i get the time. My guess is you know this to be true because you're pretty well informed, but you decided not to stipulate because you found it offensive.

I suggest that the article is not a goof place to decide what is and isn't _important_ merely what _is_. and the radioactive offgassing _is_.

Whatever nuclear regulatory agency says its safe - or below the background level or less than coal is just that - a safety agency saying something. The problem the industry has is that people put a measure of weight on the words of such agencies according to the history of their past factual assertions. - which franky have been absurd.

That is why you have a disputed article. Nobody believes the nuclear agencies and safety authorities - because they have been wrong and biased, not fair and balanced.

As for feeling about deletions - hey - it's there forever. and in my real name. Which is more i think than you are willing to do.

About Vandalism - i think we might agree that vandalism cannot really occur when a person takes full credit for the changes. I felt the best thing to do was to clean off old arguments and see which one's came back - hoping that some would be dropped and we could bring the focus to the precient issues - that happened, so let's soften the rhetoric a bit on technique - this is new for me.

Vandalism complaint

Dalf, with respect. I didn't archive the discussion. While I did propose an edit which eliminated what appeared to be a meandering stream of conscienceness, and I did create a subsection called archive which fully preserved the discussion while creating a fresh start on the top of the page - I did not perform the technical archive as it is now - i don't even know how. If you feel it is critical to the subject of Nuclear Power that you criticize me openly for something I didn't do, then the comments should stay, but if they are not helpful, i would propose retiring the comments. Alternatively you could criticize my moving the page to "Nuclear debate". Benjamin Gatti 04:02, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Vandals v Vigilatees

By the way Vandalism and Vigilanteeism could be considered Power Words, because the people who control the definition decide what is and is not V. My intent in cleaning is to bring clarity and to focus discussion on resolving the POV issues. I don't accept your attack that it was motivated by any other purpose or bias. Please stop accusing me a. of things others did such as the archive, and b. of biases which are unproven. I am open about my POV, it is therefore unnecessary to make attemps at divining my POV from other actions. I happen to believe we should make a supreme effort to use fossil fuels only as a stepping stone for fairly distributed renewable and safe energy - and that nuclear anything should be reserved as a last and desperate choice - due to the risks of proliferation, storage, political honesty, and employee safety. I believe there is enough energy in oceanic sources to accomplish this goal, and i intend to participate in overcoming the challenges. Finally, i don't object to honest discussion of NP, but censoring the historic risks, and pretending that an experimental future majically solves an empirical past is unhelpful. Benjamin Gatti 05:05, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Agree to Disagree

What i object to is the use of unfactual information in your complaint. I didn't perform the archive. Wait, stop - go back - read that again. (Not me you're angry with see?) - I proposed an archive in place - which could have been reverted. Someone else performed the archive. If you care enough to criticize by name you should critize the poor SOB who performed the edit - then you should go and strike out the portion of the complain which is factually incorrect.

My observation and others is that this heap of work is a biased presentation of nuclear power as some kind of safe clean renewable energy, when those qualities are much in doubt and are supported almost exclusively by the same people who claimed chernobyl was safe, or didn't happen etc ...

"Nuclear reactor" on the other hand was nominated for an award, and is where the browsing public would be best served on questions related to this inquiry. Benjamin Gatti 14:24, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nuclear power

Those are partial reverts. I was trying to incorporate Ultramarine's criticisms into successive compromise versions but he wasn't having any of it, perhaps the user Benjamin Gatti had him flustered or the whole thing is a pro nuclear industry propaganda game/test (as I predicted it would be months ago after discovering the language propaganda attempt at co-opting the definition of renewable energy to include nuclear power). Ultramarine and the people that edit war him do not seem/act like normal people to me (either bots or on determined POV missions). A corrollary to WP:POINT should be don't test or play games with WP users. zen master T 14:05, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

by the way...

Have you checked out Template:Game of Go Position lately, and how its changed? Well, the formatting has now been changed a lot (for the better), so wondered if you knew. Some of it is in conjunction with the Chess Position, and then there's the use of PNG transparency, which I'm wondering if we can take advantage of for a flexible background. -- Natalinasmpf 17:00, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Serenity (movie)

Hey, like I said on the Serenity talk page if you would like to write about the preview you went to see, you could write a sub-article (with spoiler warnings) at Serenity (movie)/preview (for example). Just a suggestion, and you could personalise it if you wanted, even including your signed flyer. Heh. - CuaHL 28 June 2005 22:04 (UTC)

As a less personalized (and less specific to the individual priview) I think me may want to add a section to the main article about the unique and innovative marketing represented by the previews. An aarticle about it is here [1], from that article:

It's an unprecedented way to market a movie. But then, Serenity itself is unusual: It's a big-screen sequel to a canceled TV show named Firefly--a space-Western that was the biggest bomb of Whedon's producing career.

...

MAKE NO MISTAKE: Budgeted at a mere $40 million, Serenity will almost certainly break even once box office, home-video, and other aftermarket revenues are counted--which means Universal can afford to use the film to beta-test a new way of selling movies.

Rough-draft versions of films--with temporary music, editing and "placeholder" special effects that look like Nintendo 64 screenshots--usually have a carefully controlled release only to tightly-monitored focus-group screenings. They're never shown repeatedly to their core audiences (paying core audiences, mind you) four months in advance of their official release dates. Nor do actors and producers attend these screenings with barnstorming vigor: But in Serenity's case, all the major cast members have made surprise appearances during the screenings--signing autographs and holding lengthy Q&A sessions afterwards.

Anyway I think the marketing represented by the screening is more intresting than the screning itself. Especially since even with a spoiler warning I would not feel really good about putting spoliers up this soon. Dalf | Talk 29 June 2005 00:45 (UTC)

Oh well if you're up for it, it would be well worth writing about the preview event itself (and I would certainly appriciate it as a fan), but if you wanted to put a break down of the movie, you could do it as a sub-article (which are only what people read if they need to know more, if you understand my meaning). I'm from the UK so I was gutted when I couldn't attend any preview. I can't wait for the experience myself in October ;)
If you don't mind, I'd just like to ask - was it a full showing of the movie? Cheers mate - CuaHL 29 June 2005 01:07 (UTC)

It was a full showing of the movie though some of the special effects were not in finished format (I honestly did not notice but some of the people I was with did), some of the music was not what will likely be in the final and there were a few scenes that were a bit rough from an editing poting of view. I wrote about it (with very very minor spoilers) on my livejournal. You can read the entry in question well ..... You can't stop the signal. If you REALLY want to know the major one or two spoilers you can go to the fourms on the offical fan site. There is a thread there for people who have seen the previews and the whole thread is explicitly marked as spoliers. Dalf | Talk 29 June 2005 03:35 (UTC)

Fantastic! Cheers for that. Nah, I don't personally want to go scouting for spoilers - I can last until October so I can see it in its final state. Thanks! - CuaHL 29 June 2005 03:58 (UTC)

Future energy development

You removed the line "Geothermal energy is generated by nuclear reactions inside the Earth." from the article. Please read the article on geothermal energy. Most of the energy deep inside the Earth is generated through nuclear fission. -- Ec5618 09:24, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

I cant find the word Nuclear or fusion or fission in that article. I am pretty sure whatever details you saw there, have since been removed, for the same reason I removed them from Future energy development. Dalf | Talk 09:31, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, see Geothermal (geology). And they shouldn't be removed.

The planet's internal heat was originally generated during its accretion (see gravitational binding energy), and since then additional heat has continued to be generated by the decay of radioactive elements such as uranium, thorium, and potassium.

-- Ec5618 09:41, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

I am still suspect and I not that the article you point at (aside form having no sources refrenced) says is believed to. At the very minimum if you put the sentence back change it to radioactive decay as not to cause any sort of ambiguity with sustained nuclear reactions and/or fusion. Though citing a primary source woudl be nice too. Dalf | Talk 09:47, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have referenced NewScientist. The reason the other article says that it is believed, is that there are people and groups who disagree. Similarly, there are people who do not believe oil was formed over millions of years, and that evolution would violate the 2nd law of Thermodynamics. In the article on fossil fuels, these less than standard views must be reported, but in other pages repeating these objections would quickly become tedious. [2] -- Ec5618 09:56, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

Heh, well the new scientis article is far from conclusive in terms of % and the actual sources of the anti-neutrinos (very difficult to detect in anyevent much less pin down the source). I think you might want to put a slightly more qualified statment in and as I said change it to "radioactive decay", it never hurst to be mroe specific. And yes there are people who disagree with lots of things, but as a co-worker said the other day "if carrots got your gun the rabbits would be screwed" (or in other words "thats not the point"). Dalf | Talk 10:07, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguating Vatican

I replied on the disambiguation page, basically a big "ok good" and added your comments to the list I had added at the bottom for when to use which. Though I wanted to ask which ypage you would redirect to for uses such as "The Vatican condemed the attacks ...."? I changed one instance of that from Roman Curia to Holy See and am wondering if I should change it back. I think in terms of political involvment there is still some ambiguity between these two, making disambiguating correctly difficult. Dalf | Talk 22:39, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you fully on that one - an official statement or condemnation that important will always come from the Holy See. The Holy See = Curia + Pope :-) . The only time you'd say that an important announcement had come from the Roman Curia would be if for some weird reason, the Curia had issued the statement without the authority of the pope. At least, that's how I understand it ! But minor decisions (the Vatican has postponed the beatification of [...] a week to allow time for the pope to conclude his visit...) can be safely ascribed to the Curia ~ Veledan 22:50, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ok here is another question. ADO (Südtirol) refers to people during WWII of doing or going "under the protection of the Vatican". My first impuls was that this shoudl be Holy See, but that feels wrong as the actual presence in most locations here and the effectprotection is from church individuals on loaction and facilities. What do you think about linking that to Roman Catholic Church ? I've let it alone for now. Dalf | Talk 02:22, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Having re-read it a few times, I've now changed my mind in exactly the pattern you did and I'm thinking that Roman Catholic Church is the option after all - only research on the actual history would really separate the two, and having just spent the last 20 minutes reading other documents (some extremely detailed) and finding no reference to the Holy See, I guess that any catholic protection did come from indiviual priests and lay people. I'd leave a note on the talk page in case anyone can settle the question for definite. The article is only 2 months old as well, so a note for the original author asking him/her to clarify if s/he can would be good. ~ Veledan | Talk | c. 14:38, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I can live with that, I did that one very last and only went with Holy See since there were so many others that I had done that were not QUITE as hard as that one that seemed to naturally go that way. For the Ratline (history) article I went with Vatican City as the claim seemed to be agains some specific croatian priests working physically in the Vatican, though I can't say I feel really good about it either way and wish there was a better option. I will go ahead and change the link above to Roman Catholic Church after reading what you said here and also as that was my first thought (first impressions being a decent indicator). Dalf | Talk 19:22, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have changed the link and left a note on the original editors talk page. Incidently, are you having any problems with the [edit] links on this talk page? When I click on the edit link next to this section it takes me to edit the section below it (using Firefox). Dalf | Talk 19:32, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguating Tatar

I just remembered that you had a good plan for fixing up Tatar, but haven't yet followed it through. Thought I'd give you a nudge just in case it had slipped your mind. If you aren't planning to do it any more then I'll happily take over, just let me know. Soo 18:42, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yea, it had not slipped my mind I was just partly waiting since the activity on the DAB page and Tatars is a bit slow, and I suspect a number of people there will be unhappy with the change. I wanted to give them a change to see the suggestion and object (with possibly convincing arguments). The other part was simply being distracted. However, you are right its been long enough and being bold and all that. I think I will make the changes today, though I will have to do another pass through the links to make sure they are not going to be pointing to the wrong place. Dalf | Talk 20:56, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Great job, thanks a lot! Soo 23:43, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alleged causes of Hurricane Katrina

I realize that there were strong feelings on both sides with respect to the outcome of the AfD for this article, now located at Alternative theories regarding Hurricane Katrina. I would like to assure those who expressed concerns about the content, tone, and potential for degradation of this article that I intend for it to continue to exist only as long as is necessary to draw the contributions of fringe theorists away from the more substantial Hurricane Katrina articles. Once interest in this topic dies down, I'll quietly trim and merge this information into the appropriate general-topic articles. In the interim, I will carefully watch this page to prevent it from being abused, and I will continue to work towards making this article NPOV, properly sourced, and useful to those seeking an accurate record of the hysterics that so often follows catastrophe. Cheers. -- BD2412 ^talk 00:50, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Disambiguation link repair

Thanks for the heads up. By the way, I enjoyed the article on alternative theories about Hurricane Katrina. I live in Mississippi and am originally from New Orleans, and so of course don't buy into those ideas, but they are very entertaining.--Jfurr1981 17:37, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Our forum

Welcome to the Romanian Wikipedia notice board! This page is a portal for all Romanian-related topics and a place for Romanian editors to gather and socialize and debate. Discussions are encouraged, in both English and Romanian. Post any inquiry under their relevant cathegory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Romanian_Wikipedian%27s_notice_board

--Anittas 18:11, 4 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Where to put the evidence against Ben Gatti

Here is where it would go. Thanks. As for the format, this case is a good guide. --Woohookitty^{(cat scratches)} 05:35, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Neeks

Hey quickdraw! You beat me to the {{nonsense}} there, thuse depriving me of a kill. Keep up the good work.
brenneman ^(t)^(c) 06:19, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

reply

Sure, I'll email it to you, but I dont think there is any way of seeing you email is there? Or am I being dumb? if not then email me and I'll reply with the code. Martin 11:41, 22 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think there is a link in the side box next to "user contributions" and "upload file" that says "E-mail this user". It has to be turned on by the user (your is turned off). However, I dont know if that allows attachments so I'll leave my email on yrou talk page.

Bird links in Kalimpong

I've fixed Besra, there are two Monal pheasants, one has an article, don't know which you refer to. Similarly there are several Kalij pheasants don't know which one, and two bazas, Black and Jerdon's. If you can clarify species, I might be able to knock up a quick stub. jimfbleak 08:40, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Romanian

Hey I am just curious, how did u learn Romanian? I noticed that english is your native language so that is why i am asking. Constantzeanu 05:26, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think the first section on my talk page here mentions it. Basically I have vistied Romania 6 or 7 times for a total of 17 months (11 months all at once), and I studied it while in the US between.

I have found that my romanian is not especially useful on wikipedia because I don't write really professional looking english and never wrote much Romanian at all so even doing translation work is hard. This is espically true for articles that write in more formal acedemic Romanian which does some ..... fun thigns with the verb tenses and other grammar all having subtel nuance that I would be afraid of mistranslating. I have only spoken ROmanian with someone else that knows Romanian twice since 1999 and my vocabulary is falling away at an alarming rate. I was going to visit Romana again this May but it looks to have fallen through. I actually have some plans of trying to revive my romanian some perhaps finding some Romanians in my area or just making a more consistent effort to download the news (audio format) and listen to it every day. Dalf | Talk 06:18, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's awesome. I lived in Montreal for about 6 years now and my French is not that great. You managed to acquire Romanian from just a few visits, without even having someone in your family who speaks Romanian. That is really admirable. For sure you will impress any Romanians that you will come across in your area when you will tell them that you learned the language in 11 months. Numai bine :) Constantzeanu 06:29, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That part of it is fun. But it is frustrating now because I use to speak it well enough to pass myself of as being from Sibiu, now I imagine I would be luck to carry on a decent conversation. Though we will see how I am doing in a few months if I actually manage to study some. Dalf | Talk 06:43, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

for your help with €2 commemorative coins! —Nightstallion (?) 07:43, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dunk meister

Do you have any idea what to do with this user Special:Contributions/Dunk_meister, I've seen you had to revert many of his changes, too ? He just keeps adding and adding new age spam. Some of it is OK, some new age artist waren't added to the category or did need some mention somewhere; however it seems he really doesn't want to listen to other arguments on artist like Schulze or Tangerine dream.... he just deletes "electronic music" genre [3] , adds the word "new age" twice in a sentence if he can [4], or just adds a sentence somewhere that doesn't fit with the textflow ([5], i deleted the phrase for now, but left the new age category at the bottom intact).

If a user does this a few times, no problem, I make mistatkes too, and my English isn't always correct either however, he just keeps adding and adding in the same way. There is something like a 3-revert-rule and so in Wikipedia, however, I haven't complained for that reason yet. I did mention his "behavior" on Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Media, art and literature and Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts, but no reactions so far. I don't use the en-wiki that frequently, maybe you have any experience how to handle users like this ? --LimoWreck 10:15, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well after he has done it enough to establish a pattern and after a few people have approached him on his talk page aw well as on the article talk pages we can try and take it to WP:RFC. But, that process takes a while and is a pain in the but eating up time that could be spent doing more contstructive edits. It is frustrating. As to the actual content dispute I agree with you that some of the articles it is ok for us to mention New Age but as a classification either at the top or in a category it is totally wrong. If you read usenet you can look at alt.binaries.music.newage and see that just about everything (even full on classical music) is posted there. I have not read our article on New Age Music but I wonder if this ambigiuity and lack of decent definition (more so than is the case with all musical generas) is discussed.

Either way what I think we should do with Special:Contributions/Dunk_meister is keep reverintg him for now and making alist of the stuff he is doing especially if he is as you suggest violating other guidelines other than disregarding consensus. That makes the eventual WP:RFC a lot easier. We coudl probbly do one now actually but I think we shoudl try and get him to compromise some more first. THough I will admit that I have grown tired of talking to him on the talk page and woudl rather just revert him now (three revert rule is within 24 hours, he he keeps this up its a diffrent polocy he is violating). Dalf | Talk 18:19, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, chaps. I've just given our friend User:Dunk_meister his final warning. I tend to agree with both of you that talking to him isn't having the desired effect, although he has participated in some discussion, it dosn't seem to have stopped the edits against consensus. I'm not sure that WP:RFC will help either, although it certainly won't hurt. I would suggest that if he sees fit to add New Age text to any of the articles he likes to work on we would be justified in listing him on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. But I'm open to other suggestions! Naturenet | Talk 12:04, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Timeline of unfulfilled Christian Prophecy

I have noticed your interest in this article. I would like to encourage you to cast a vote for the alternative names that are currently being proposed. Thanks for your help on this matter --T-rex 04:14, 2 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to encourage you not to remove information that is well supported by his sources. Unless you are claiming that the soruces are actually incorrect, I have to say that I find the quote:

"In the near future Israel will discover a way to produce cheap energy to develop this gold mine of riches.

One of the chief minerals in the Dead Sea is potash, which is a potent fertilizer. When the population explosion begins to bring famine, potash will become extremely valuable for food protection.

It is strategic wealth of this sort that will cause the Russian bloc to look for an opportunity to invade and conquer Israel, according to Ezekial." (p. 156).

more than substantiates claim that Lindsey made the prophesy that "Israel becomes increasingly more wealthy as its cheap geothermal energy source is able to extract potash from the Dead Sea. With energy prices skyrocketing because of oil shortages and a world-wide famine that increases the demand for fertilizer," the first of the two entries that you removed. -Harmil 05:38, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is not supported by those refrences because no where in the quote does Mr. Lindsey claim that this will happen in the 1980's nore does he say that it is a prophecy, infact in full context it is clear that he is speculating about possible outcomes based on his personal beliefs not making a divinly inspired claim. If we are going to be nitpickers about weatehr things came true or not and if we are going to call things prophecties that are clearly not then we shoudl at least use primary sources and respect the lanugaue of the so called perditions in determining if they are true or not. Dalf | Talk 05:56, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Remus' Age Versus Nymphadora's Age

Assuming that Remus (like Lily and James) was 21 when Harry died, and Harry Potter wise, that was 15 years ago, this places him at 36. Now Tonks "only completed Auror training last year." Now again, assuming that Tonks entered Auror Training as soon as she graduated from Hogwarts, this makes her 7 years older than Harry, placing her at age 23. Therefore, Lupin is 13 years older than Tonks.

I feel so happy, I can do math!

Long talk page

Greetings! Your talk page is getting a bit long in the tooth - please consider archiving your talk page (or ask me and I'll archive it for you). Cheers! BD2412 T 23:38, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]