User talk:Drillerguy

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Hello, Drillerguy, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} before the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! Firsfron of Ronchester 20:13, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Geology of Minnesota

Allow me to add my welcome as well, and my thanks for your contributions to this article. It needs more work but has not yet attracted much editing by others. It started as an offshoot of Minnesota and languished for a while; I took it up only because others were not.

Recently created articles on Minnesota geological subjects include Glacial River Warren, River Warren Falls, and Traverse Gap. You may also want to take a look at Midcontinent Rift System and Glacial Lake Agassiz. Both which could use expansion and seems to be in one of your areas of expertise. Welcome again! Kablammo 19:47, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Geophysical engineering

An article that you have been involved in editing, Geophysical engineering, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Geophysical engineering. Thank you. (yes, I know you haven't worked on it, but this is the best template I could find.)Argyriou (talk) 16:53, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - a stub template or category which you created has been nominated for deletion or renaming at Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion. The stub type, which was not proposed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals, does not meet the standard requirements for a stub type, either through being incorrectly named, ambiguously scoped, or through failure to meet standards relating to the current stub hierarchy or likely size, as explained at Wikipedia:Stub. Please feel free to make any comments at WP:SFD regarding this stub type, and in future, please consider proposing new stub types first! Grutness...wha? 00:50, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My bad. Drillerguy 15:08, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support: We need a non-sci soil stub. IIRC, to get a new stub, you have to come up with a list of articles where the stub is the compelling choice. Recently, I've been thinking about requesting this stub myself, but haven't started the article list yet. If we start a list, maybe the "stub hierarchy", a critical hurdlle in this case, will become apparent. FWIW, here is the link to the proposal for the {{soil-sci-stub}}. I went to the -sci- bit because of the need to tie the stub category into an existing parent directory. I had a soil science hierarchy, but not a soil directory hierarchy, so I changed from proposing soil-stub to soil-sci-stub, even though it was the soil-stub that we had discussed on the project page. The soil-stub, when we get it, would displace soil-sci-stub as the soil project's main stub, which is a good thing in terms of getting a proposed stub through. -- Paleorthid (talk) 01:37, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

State geological article requests

Hi. I honestly expected wikipedia to have full detailed articles on Geology by state e.g Geology of California or Geology of Utah like Geology of Minnesota. I'm not even from the States but I had fully expected a detailed article on each state. Some of the American geological articles are very poor or non existent see Basic geologic features of each state. PLease could your project aim to start these articles and develop them. All the best and thanks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^"Talk"? 13:08, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your interest in this topic. Please see the comments at Wikiproject Geology. Drillerguy 15:45, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clay

Well don't you have a bit of an attitude problem? I point out that gibbsite is not a clay mineral, and what is your reponse? Threaten to have this noted a vandalism! What's up? Missed your morning coffee or are you like this every day? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.154.127.142 (talk) 20:30, 1 October 2007 (UTC) Login as a user, discuss politely and I will happily engage with you. I may be wrong, but who is talking? I'm not interested in dealing with folks with spinning bow ties and floppy shoes. Bring references to the plate. It ain't that tough. Drillerguy 04:42, 2 October 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Like usual, my first impulse is wrong so let me try this again. First, this is a quite personal attack from an anon entity, not one sentence addresses what I actually wrote or did. Second, I have a user account and 86.154127.142 does not, to be honest, that counts for something. Third, I left this anon user's edits stand and only said to the effect, "if you are going to remove cited material, you better provide citations, please discuss on the talk page". I did say that in the future if that didn't happen and if the user remained anon, I would flag this anon user's uncited revisions as vandalism. I think that is completely fair. If I'm wrong, bring some references to the table, I'm a big boy and can handle being wrong. Drillerguy 05:05, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

UPDATE!!!! I just looked up recent contributions by the entity otherwise known as 86.154.127.142 (can I call you Agent 86 for short?). Here are Agent 86's last edits and comments found in the history of Betty Boo: "(Removed an impossible claim (£M23 proffit on 1.2 M sales is bollocks))".

I never did find the 1.2M figure in the article, neither did I see any citations from Agent 86 for these definitive claims. But, I'm ecstatic that an expert on clay is also an expert on Betty Boo's "proffit(sic) margins". How cool is that! I'm even more impressed that Agent 86 can still maintain decorum and composure while ruminating these deep topics.... Wow, yr my hero. Drillerguy 05:28, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You really do have an attitude problem don't you! And not just to me - I see that you respond to others in a similar unconstructive fashion, take a look at "Some people need to get a life" above. (or, you could just not rant on my talk page.... just sayin'....dg)

Thank you for making me laugh - "discuss politely" you (sic) discussion history suggests for you that is difficult. (or, you could just not rant on my talk page.... just sayin'....dg)

I also thank you for the offer of a nom de plume, I may just reciprocate ...... hmmmm lets consider the evidence - overly aggressive to others, a self chosen macho name and claiming to be "big boy". Well bar room psychology would give one interpretation of what's underlying here, so what about MicroMan or Mr. Shorty? (Yep, I guess I was the first one who....dg).

Re. Betty Boo, as you are so interested in following my edits, perhaps your advice that "Some people need to get a life" needs to be taken, it would be useful if you followed the edit trail a little further. You would then discover a reference to the 1.2M which you say you could not find. (or, you could just not rant on my talk page.... just sayin'....dg)

Boring now. Anon user's (I will assume Agent 86 despite no signing) comments speak for themselves and I'm pleased to leave them here (oh, and I'm still waiting for Agent 86 to bring some references, in all the time she has spent attacking me, she could have just spoken with references). Drillerguy 06:34, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My user id is Drillerguy because that is what I do for a living and it is descriptive, I'm a guy, and I drill holes in the ground with a drill rig. I started commenting on wiki in regards to drilling, soil testing, and other topics that I am profesionally familiar with. I'm also a professional geologist. I'm sorry if the concept of a guy that drills is threatening to Agent 86. I don't even know what to say about that.... I have no opinion on Betty Boo, Agent 86 had merely 4 contributions to her name and I noted the remarks on her comment.

Future comments here from Agent 86 will be ignored and/or deleted at my discretion depending on my mood. When/if you decide to become an identifiable human being here, we can discuss. Drillerguy 06:34, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mr Shorty. I wonder what makes you think I am female? You are about as right on that as you are on your idea of clay mienrals(sic). I am surprised you are a "professional geologist" as all those I know, and work with (and suffer you,dg), know the (sic) gibbsite is not a clay mineral. Hey ... I've just re-read your comments about me apparently being female and being threatened by a guy with a big drill (eye-roll, dg). Well we're back to bar room psychology here but you're not a misogynist are you (sigh, dg)? Do you get a thrill using your big drill (only when I'm getting paid, dg)? Anyway as I noted over on the discussion page of clay "I have no interest" "in a discussion with someone with your apparent appalling attitude to others." (THEN WHAT IN THE @#$#^, ARE YOU DOING ON MY TALK PAGE!!!!!DG) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.154.127.142 (talk) 06:47, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is nothing wrong with being female. In fact, I'm not sure which is more "misogynistic": to automatically refer to an anonymous person as "he", or to be offended to being referred to as something other than "he" if you are trying to remain anonymous. Apparently Agent 86 is supportive of the dominant patriarchal heterodoxy. This is amusing, for now.... Drillerguy 07:01, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Trying to (sic) clever aren't we by accusing me of of (sic) supporting the "dominant male patriarchal heterodoxy", bet you had to look that (sic) you didn' (sic) you! (uh, no, I didn't dg). I don't suppose it's worth pointing out you are wrong. A review of the above comments will show it was you that first mentioned sex (uh, no, it wasn't dg). There was no reason for this - it was completely out of context and unconnected with the subject. Wondering about your misogynist outlook was based on your sudden and unrelated assumption I was female (uh, no I didn't, I don't even know who you are, dg), which was then followed by you stating I was threatened by your big drill (????? when did that happen? dg). Rather an obvious conclusion —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.154.127.142 (talk) 07:18, 2 October 2007 (UTC) (whatever you say cap'n dg). (or, you could just not rant on my talk page.... just sayin'....dg)[reply]

Now you are just making stuff up out of whole cloth. Meeting is over. Drillerguy 07:48, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anonymous people on the net

I have been on the internet a long time (since 19 mumble, mumble). Some of that time I was getting distracted by bulletin boards (usually about sailing like sailinganarchy.com) where I got used to some people being belligerent jerks online. This was accentuated when they were anonymous. When those boards went to registered users, things toned down. I see nothing in wikipedia which contradicts that experience. That is why I have no time for anon users. Step up to the plate and I will respect you, until then, you bore me. Sometimes in the past I met those people I knew online in real life, people who like myself were open on line regarding who they were in real life. It may shock some like Agent 86, but people with courage are all across the spectrum, from very young to very old, male, female, big, small, pretty, ugly, etc., etc., etc.. No matter those differences, I rarely had a problem dealing with my online-real life counterparts on first meeting, no matter how vociferously we may have got into it online. There was respect there that you had the guts and respect enough for yourself, your opinion and your counterpart to stand up for who you were and not hide. It was those people who hid and sniped that could never engage later on regarding those topics. They couldn't let on that they knew the context of the arguments lest they be "discovered". Or, if they did say "well, I knew that was you", how lame would that be. I would have felt sorry for them, but they want it both ways: they want to act tough and talk all authoritative and big, but aren't willing to stand up for what they say.; If you don't want to engage in the conversation, then keep your mouth shut or at least recognize that you need to bring something authoritative to the table. Drillerguy 06:34, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't revert

Add reference to Ehlers and Blatt Petrology. That's all, not controversial, please don't revert.

What the heck was that for? It was so suspicious it made me check it out, and usually I only look at diffs without summaries and edits by anonymous editors.--Slashme 15:45, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(Response on my talk page) OK, I understand. Cucumber time... --Slashme 14:58, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(Response on my talk page) Hmm. There used to be a "cucumber award" among the barnstars for people who can remain cool ("as a cucumber"), but it seems to have vanished. --Slashme 06:50, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uh oh, that wouldn't be a good one for me! For the heck of it I googled 'cucumber time' and found it is actually a dutch phrase along the lines of 'the silly season'. The dog days of summer where there is no real news happening so folks get excited by news about Aunt Petunia's prize cucumber's latest development. A catch phrase for insipid events and interests. I'm now officially a nerd..... Drillerguy 09:07, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

True, we have the same expression in Afrikaans. Maybe that subconsciously worked its way into my choice of words... --Slashme 17:09, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]