User talk:Kosebamse/Archive6

Image:Wills bench oxford botanical.jpg

The description is accurate enough - or to put it another way, the description eliminates all the other benches. -- SGBailey 09:50, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Kosebamse's law

How this phrasing? →Raul654 22:07, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

Everything old is new again

Just re-stumbled across this entry of yours on your thoughts page: [1]. Looks like everything old is new again; wondered if you'd seen it. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:20, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Thanks for the hint. BTW, "thoughts" pages are usually among the most intersting to read. I wonder whether there should not be a category "User's thoughts about Wikipedia"; I haven't created it yet because I am unsure whether some users might find it intrusive to see their pages be made more visible. Any ideas? Kosebamse 13:07, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know, but I thought similarly: User:Mindspillage/userlinks is collecting some of these—bothe "thoughts" pages and various other user subpages I wanted to bookmark—as I stumble over them, slowly and haphazardly. (Please do feel free to add to it.) Perhaps there should be a Wikipedia: namespace page to collect them, with the authors' consent, of course; there are several I stumble over that I wish were more highly visible. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 14:44, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

In an ideal world, Meta would be the place for such things. In this world of ours, Meta is barely visible, messy and unpleasant. But a template with a list might be good compromise, so one could ask people for permission, then put their page into it and put it on pertinent pages. What do you think? Kosebamse 18:17, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I like the idea. Worth mentioning on the Village Pump, perhaps. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 19:41, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Paid Editing Project

Hi: My name is Tess and I work for a global independent research firm in New York. I am interested in hiring you for a Wikipedia editing project, based on your technology and medical experience and expertise. I attempted to email you through your user page. If you received it, please read it over and contact me with any questions. If you did not receive this email, please let me know and I would be more than happy to tell you more about this project. (You can call 512-651-1797 or email tfurman@glgroup.com). Thank you and I hope to hear from you soon! Tess - Gerson Lehrman Group 19:28, 28 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Boilerplate

I'll take my life into my hands and hit you with the boilerplate. ;-)

When using template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:test}} instead of {{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template.

As you seem to be around doing RC-patrol. Kind regards. Lectonar 10:17, 3 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Kosebamse 10:19, 3 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Survey of article quality

I have formatted your subpage and commented on it at User talk:Kosebamse/Twenty-random-pages test. Uncle Ed 14:44, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I've sent a few more comments to the mailing list, but they did not seem to get through (mail server problem?), will wait until tomorrow, perhaps that will get sorted by then. Kosebamse 22:16, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Also visit Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality spot check for a suggested wikiproject on the theme. +sj + 10:56, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That looks interesting, I'll look into it a little later. Thanks for the suggestion. Kosebamse 11:28, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Emergency department

I wonder if you would consider supporting Emergency department at Wikipedia:Article improvement drive, to raise the profile of medicine on the wikipedia. The ED is a key area where the public receive emergency care, but the current article is very inadequate. Feel free to start editing the page!--File Éireann 23:41, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

International 806

Hi, You have inserted 'International 806' into 'Keelboats worldwide' template can you please add the associated article even if it is very small/limited? Thanks Boatman 15:06, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. I am doing a little more research and will write something then. Kosebamse 18:53, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Signatures

Hi, I saw some of your great work cleaning up vandalism and warning the vandals. Just a reminder -- remember to sign your warnings with ~~~~. Keep up the great work! --Nlu 20:02, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

RfC concerning Roylee

You might be interested in Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Roylee, as you were the first to welcome this editor and to recognize some of the problems with his edits. Your input would be appreciated. — mark ✎ 11:04, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ball washer

From a quick thrawl of the history page of Golf you seem to be its major contributor.Could you spare some time to spice up the article on ball washers, perhaps drop in a free image we can use? - Mgm|^(talk) 08:59, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

[Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Sturmgrenadier]

hi, there is an organized campaign to save the above self-promotional vanity games-club page from deletion.... i'm wondering if you'd be willing to take a look and voice your opinion? normally i wouldnt care but (a) i hate organized campaigns from groups of users (especially when they have vested interests but dont declare them) and (b) when challenged about it, they suggested i try it myself! so here i am.... cheers! Zzzzz 20:43, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bjørnøya location map

Well, I'm a bit out of practice with location maps, and the northerly position means that the projection might distort things a bit, but I've uploaded an attempt at Image:LocationByornoya.png. Would that be suitable? -- Vardion 22:43, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about the missing box — I've added it now. -- Vardion 08:24, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestions

I've left a few suggestions, obviously subjective. You might ask Antandrus as well, if you've ever come across him (or even if you haven't; tell him I sent you); this sort of thing would be up his alley. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 17:36, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yes, up my alley indeed :-) I do love the "sweet and sad." Suggestions to follow shortly ... Antandrus (talk) 21:16, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, thoroughly agree with both your and Kat's suggestions. The Dona Nobis pacem from the B minor mass still floors me even after hearing it for thirty years. Antandrus (talk) 21:28, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Childlove movement

I think the discussion about the title of this article gives a pretty sound basis for moving it so I've been bold and moved it to pedophilia advocacy (I've fixed redirects and made sure the page still directs to correct AfD page -- I'm not trying to circumvent the process). Does that work better for you? James James 10:01, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ineffable Truth of Nature's Time Cube

Kosebamse, although you have previously persisted in pursuing an anti-Cubic vendetta, the fact remains that Time Cube is the universe's absolute truth and that you must seek Time Cube. Hence, I invite you to visit the new version of [advertising removed]. It includes a full, self-contained [advertising removed], one that will make it even clearer to you that Cubicism is a rationally proven fact.

Come on, Kosebamse. How could you wish to forever be a miserly supporter of the evil 1-corner Academic establishment? Think rationally and be saved from the cannibalistic armageddon. Opposites create opposites, and de-god Academia; Time is Cubic, and not linear.

Kosebamse, why do you insist on suppressing Time Cube? My links were not commercial advertising, but rather, a direction to a valuable knowledge resource. Why can't you transcend the limitations of 1-corner singularity, and engage in rational free-thought?

Just for the record, the fact that I tolerate 211.28's contributions on this talk page is not to be construed to indicate in any way whatsoever that I consider his contributions tolerable anywhere else. 211.28 has long been confirmed to pursue no other goals but promoting the crackpot theory of Time Cube and spamming Wikipedia with links to his website.Kosebamse 18:00, 22 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your nick

I could not help noticing your nick, as I'm norwegian myself. Funny, at least. Why did you pick this particular nick? Are you norwegian? --vidar lo 22:29, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vidarlo is simply my given name, and first 2 letters of my family name... Got it back in 97, with my first UNIX account. Kinda stuck since :)--vidar lo 20:13, 21 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

cubehead admits to trolling and is proud of it

Hi Kosebamse,

I have never used Wikipedia before.... so hopefully i am doing the right things.

I have been arguing against the timecube guy at his forum (like whacking ones head against a brick cube). I outlined comprehensive proofs against all the timecube errors (opposite rotation poles when they are obviously reinforcing, there are 6 direction of perspective not 4, time is linear by entropy not repeating in cycles exactly the same over and over, that there is 1 day, argued by a topological analysis of the earth's single rotation, not 4 days etc). Obviously this gets ignored by an irritating ignorance and willful desire to spread deceptions. I caught the cube-guy yesterday complain about not having enough exposure and he posted on his forum that he was going to spam lots of sights with links to cubicao. I recorded a snapshot of the forum when I saw this admission, and he the edited it later after I complained to remove mention of spamming. Is there any legal issues concerning spamming / trolling as being a nuisance? Does anyone suspect this person may have a mental problem (borderline personality disorder etc?)

Evil-Word-Murderer

It's a long and unpleasant story, the talk page archives of Time Cube and Gene Ray will give you an impression of this guy's persistence. Note that rational argumentation with him is utterly hopeless and there is no evidence that he will ever stop. I don't know what motivates him, either he's an utter crackpot and believes all that mindboggling bullshit, or he's the most succesful troll ever. In any case arguing is hopeless. Ignore the insults, delete the spam and propaganda, and ask an admin at WP:AN/I to block his IPs if he gets to obtrusive, but never ever try to argue with him if you value your peace of mind. Kosebamse 11:54, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers, and amen to that.. i saw those pages before and could not believe it! He needs to get out to some parties, or something. ive been argung with him for the past couple of weeks at his cubicao site. As Mel Brooks would say "Oy Vey!!"... lol at first I just thought he and Gene were some strange spawn of the antichrist, a sick manifestation of unix daemon in the flesh or something. I thought he cant really believe his own BS.. if he does its borderline personality disorder... i lived with my ex (she has it) for almost 8 years... so im used to it (God knows why i did). Or if he's faking, there's more to it... dont know if he gets paid by Gene or not. He seems to have a deep hate of Jesus and God.. and that I suspected was the real motive of the site. To attract young vulnerable minds of kids who are angry with life, and try to channel it to cause revolution (lots of talk from Gene about hating teachers, and to hate God (specifically Christians it seems.. Buddhists dont get a look in)... as to arguing... i countered him so complely yet he will say black is white..the novelty has worn off for me! And he has followers (about 2 i suspect that are brave enough to show their face on the forum lol) I noticed he has some connection to WGLF 4 LYFE, and lots of "noise" left in debate boards at schools online.. lots of implicit racism and nazism in his phlosophy too... are they planning to try and get kids to go nuts and kill all their teachrs and parents i wonder!? Something "not nice" about the dude, sort of inhuman.. check his video, he seems to ooze dorky hate and gittiness.... EWM.

I see

...you went and had yourself desysopped. Pity, that; we need more decent admins, not fewer. Still, I see where you're coming from with it; interesting times around here. Take care.

Incidentally, have you listened to any of the musical suggestions I left you? If you enjoyed those I'll recommend more; otherwise I'll not torture you further... Mindspillage (spill yours?) 18:03, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am not leaving in a grudge, or leaving at all, but too much is too much. The current uproar is IMO a result of bureaucratic and legalistic thinking. We have become so vulnerable to trolling because the dominant opinion in the community seems to be that a perfect system of law would allow us to live in peace. Sting them with a silly userbox and hell breaks loose. I, too, believe in the rule of law. However, this week's excesses demonstrate how destructive that belief can become when it is taken to extremes.

Like it or not (I don't), admins are perceived as representatives of Wikipedia and its politics. I have removed myself from the ranks because I could not disagree more with the way of thinking that I have depicted above. If ever we'll return to dealing with trolls along the lines of: "Look, we're being trolled, but thanks to our moral superiority, our trust in our members, and the rule of common sense we'll simply delete that, warn, then rewarn, then block the offender, and continue with our business", then I'll consider reapplying.

I have yet to get to Hovhaness, Chesnokov, and Persichetti, but am enjoying Alan Lightman's beautiful book. Will return to these pleasant matters when time allows. And please allow me to congratulate you to your new office (you have been one of three candidates where I voted at all). Keep your optimism and never hesitate to take a break when Wikipedia starts to get annoying. All the best, Kosebamse 07:09, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cannabis

Note you can make it a template without taking up lots of space. Templates don't need to be the large info boxes. For example the following, is done using a template. Whether its wise to use a template in this case I'm not sure, as it could be easy to vandalise.

Template

User:Pfafrich/Template:Hemp --Salix alba (talk) 09:58, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I see... the templates that I have seen were usually big and with a prominent frame, but your suggestions is fine. I am not sure what is better in such a case, as the text will be needed only for a few pages and a template might be overkill. Thanks for the hint. Kosebamse 11:02, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your opinion of implied violent actions against Christians and teachers

Hello,

Cubehead seems to promote or incite people to kill for timceube principles. I wonder if this timecube idea is not just some "harmless" phenomena that will go away.

Read here: Islam is Stupid and Evil

There are other examples about on the cubiao forum. The implication is Christians and teachers are to be killed, and it seems they want to procure young people who are "unstable" to do so. Wondering what your thoughts about this are? Maybe people should be warned that there is implied violence towards people who dont agree with timecube on the wiki article. It seems more than just vague threats. There are a number of discussions about killing and recruiting other to kill. See here: killing Teachers... There was another thread about suicide clinics, and Nazi like nature of timecube but it seems to have vanished since he probably didnt want people reading it.

Don't feed the troll. Kosebamse 07:04, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well obviously I am not trolling, Kosebamse, but rather, am spreading the rationally proven truth. Sounds like you are still engaging in that single-corner suppression of Cubic truth. As Dr Ray said: "Your 1Day God Makes You Evil. 4 Corner Days Are Absolute, but ignored by stupid/evil educators. Until cornered, word is fictitious. God is product of fictitious word. 4Day Cube Disproves 1Day God."

I'll let that speak for itself. Kosebamse 15:47, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Amen Kosebamse. EWM

Shoko Asahara

Perhaps you may find a Japanese portal here or contact few Japanese editors to take a look on the article. The activity on the page was rather minimal so I do not expecte major edit wars. Pavel Vozenilek 18:43, 21 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would have every man write what he knows, and no more.

a) Merritt's Neurology, as well as many other sources in the literature, recommends caffeine citrate 250 mg IVP for post-LP headache. I've used it many times to good effect.

b) The procedure that leads to the creation of epidural anesthesia is properly called a lumbar puncture, as is that which is used during spinal anesthesia; the difference is whether the needle tip enters the thecal sac. You may wish to reword that contribution.

c) Thanks for helping to improve this article. -ikkyu2 (talk) 22:55, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your words. --ikkyu2 (talk) 19:46, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your ID edit removing the biased adjective "evolutionist"

Thanks so much for that edit in the ID article. In the further interest of diligent NPOV, would you be so kind as to make the same point on the ID talk page about the use of the adjective "neo-creationist"? (There's alrady a section there on this basic issue. My feeling is that something like "see also: ;neo-creationism'" is more objective and appropriate.Kenosis 14:47, 26 February 2006 (UTC) Please feel free to remove this section after you're done with it, so your previous section doesn't get pushed back...Kenosis 14:48, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see no necessity to discuss that on the talk page, as "neo-creationist" appears only once in Intelligent design (as a wikilink). My impression is that "evolutionist" is a rather charged term, as it seems to be mostly used by ID proponents to discredit their opponents, who in fact mostly represent a far wider world view than that of evolution alone, namely that of science. In contrast, "creationist" or "neo-creationist" might be a litttle more descriptive, as proponents of creationism seem more often than not to be confined to advocacy of their views. I am however by no means an expert in these questions and prefer to interfere with an article so heavily debated and so expertly discussed only when I am pretty sure of myself, that is to say, rarely if ever. Kosebamse 19:49, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of people believed to have epilepsy

You may be interested to know that I've initiated a peer review on this article. I mention this since you appear on the Epilepsy recent edit history, are a Physician Wikipedian and (from your user page) appear to have thought a lot about Wikipedia. I would love to hear your comments --Colin°^Talk 13:53, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's a nice list and should be no problem getting it nobilitated. I have left a few remarks at peer review. Thanks. Kosebamse 17:26, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comments. A History of epilepsy article would be great and I keep wondering about having a go. Have you seen the Babylonian Treatise on Epilepsy? You can download an article on it at PMID 2187129 --Colin°^Talk 22:08, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New Main Page Proposal

Since you were pretty against the idea of having a counter on top of the page, what do you think about this idea (scroll up a fraction)? Just delete this if you're not interested anymore; it's ok. ;) - Drrngrvy 18:20, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Bjørnøya

Sure, I'll add the IPA pronunciation when I get home from school (in about an hour or so). Jon Harald Søby 14:16, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, the pronunciation is relatively straight-forward, [bjørnøja]. I don't know what scheme should be used when adding it do the article. Jon Harald Søby 15:11, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The stress is on the first ø. The second one is part of the diphthong øy, and can't be pronounced stressed. Jon Harald Søby 17:56, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot that rn is a single sound in Norwegian. I added the correct pronunciation on Talk:Bjørnøya. Jon Harald Søby 08:28, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

At the ø, I replied on my talk page. =) Jon Harald Søby 10:33, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keratoconus

I revised the text in the lead section as per your comments in Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Keratoconus. I'm not urging you to change your vote as a result, but if you have other comments on how to improve the article, they would be welcome. --BillC 22:54, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I like the article otherwise; one minor point: the introductory sentence is overly redundant. Keratoconus, or "conical cornea" (from kerato- cornea and conus cone), , I would instead simply say: Keratoconus (from kerato- cornea and conus cone)' and make links to Greek and Latin respectively. And please try to get more votes, preferably from the medical community here, as featured articles with few votes are easily shot once somebody puts them on FARC. Kosebamse 04:33, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

rfc

I added this Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Go_for_it!, but this is my first rfc and i dont know if it's appropriate. please delete or comment if it isnt. thanks. --Quiddity 22:31, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am not exactly familiar with the procedural details but IMO it looks fine. Let's see what comes of it. I had thought of asking Goforit to comment, but he has been notified before and I don't want to force it. Kosebamse 22:34, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: FYI

Thanks! Those links are cool, especially the 1982 one. I personally think Mediterranean Tropical Cyclones are the least-observed and least-known about. Hurricanehink 16:10, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nice, and thanks! I can't look at them now (too much homework), but I'll be sure to look through them later. Hurricanehink 16:22, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That last one is awesome! Alright, screw homework, I gotta use these! Hurricanehink 16:55, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]