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Feng shui

Hi,

You recently deleted my addition to the feng shui article. There is, in fact, no evidence that feng shui does anything. This is a true statement and should be stated clearly, lest people fall prey to "feng shui experts" and be separated uselessly from their money.

Either reinstate my post or produce scientific evidence showing that feng shui is actually beneficial in any way.

Adam — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.28.80.46 (talk) 18:27, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

You say it violates non-neutrality. How so? Stating that there is no evidence of feng shui actually having any effect on anything is factual. So please, how is stating the fact that there is no evidence of feng shui working, non-neutral? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.28.80.46 (talk) 23:00, 6 August 2011 (UTC)


You are misapplying the policy. "Editors... should not promote one particular point of view over another" does not imply that facts should be ignored (which is the case, in fact, with your edit). Can you point to one scientific study that indicates feng shui does anything? There are none and as such my edit should be allowed. Please tell me what particular view I am supporting? I am not stating that people should disavow feng shui, I am just stating the fact that there are no studies indicating its efficacy (indeed, to support a view point, I would instead say feng shui is useless, which it is, but I am not going to add that to the article - the article is already biased towards an absurd belief in feng shui).

Again, can you point to one scientific study that indicates feng shui has any effect?

++++ I do think you're wrong again in terms of the Wikipedia:No original research rule. This is in fact the antithesis of original research. You may point to Wikipedia:Verifiability; however, the statement that I included is not likely to be challenged since there is no evidence of feng shui being useful. If you disagree, I'd also suggest deleting Chiropractic controversy and criticism - we both know that's hokum too but we also know it's impossible to prove the negative.

I am disappointed in your attitude. You appear to subscribe to the belief that the onus is on disbelievers to prove the negative (which is almost always impossible) rather than believers to prove the positive. Moreover, unbiased does not imply giving all sides of an argument equal say, it is about giving all sides equal say for their merit. There is absolutely no merit to feng shui empirically. This - and people that share your attitude - is why I don't edit on wikipedia (or trust it as a source). The same goes for CNN though :P

Re: GA review

Sure; I'll take a look over Jackson. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 20:18, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Occultism

I wish edit something on occult topics. Could there be any problems& smth? For example makin' some expansion of Alastair Crowley page. Also I edit Russian Wike, so is there some difference between two parts of Wiki?--Gaulish 15:34, 8 August 2011 (UTC)Gaulish

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DYK

I just wanted to let you know that I saw your DYK hook for Mike Jackson (right-handed pitcher) and thought it was hilarious. Good thinking. Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:32, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. Albacore (talk) 17:31, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Duff Cooley

Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 16:02, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks

On behalf of WP:CHICAGO, thanks for your editorial contribution

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Montana athletes

Have worked the issues you brought up on this list. Left you a few questions towards the end.PumpkinSky talk 02:02, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Great. Albacore (talk) 17:39, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the tips. Worked this round. Ring Ring, your turn ;-) PumpkinSky talk 00:05, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
Done with rodeo. PumpkinSky talk 18:25, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
I have the page watchlisted for any future changes. Albacore (talk) 18:59, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your thorough review and help. I really appreciate it as I want these lists to be as good as possible. Giants2008 capped with "resolved", leaving nothing remaining but didn't say "support". Does that mean he does not support or what? PumpkinSky talk 20:04, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
Giants2008 is probably wanting to stay neutral on the FLC. Albacore (talk) 01:00, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

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Re: GA review

Sounds good; I'll get started on that. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 01:33, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

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DYK problem

There is a problem that needs to be resolved at Template:Did you know nominations/Norrköpings Tidningar. SL93 (talk) 02:17, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Suggestion for DYK

You seem to be able to read Swedish and be interested in Sweden, so I have a suggestion for you. Fredrik Pettersson is a superstub (less than 200 characters) and has a featured picture in it. You may be interested in expanding it and using the image. Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:08, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Excellent. I'll take a look. Albacore (talk) 12:53, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Norrköpings Tidningar

Materialscientist (talk) 16:02, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

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Imperial triple crown jewels

Your majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow these Imperial triple crown jewels upon Albacore for your contributions in the areas of WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FC. Thank you for your majestic contributions to the project! – SMasters (talk) 09:06, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
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Spoken word Grammy list

Wow! I am so glad to see another editor interested in improving Grammy-related lists. Be sure to add your name to the participant list on the Grammy task force (see a link on the talk page of any Grammy-related article or list) if you wish to collaborate and remain updated with projects we are working on. Normally I do not include Producers of albums (in a column or a notes section) unless many of the award-winning works are by various artists. In the case of the list you are working on, I would only include a note designating the producers for albums where the entry under the "Performing artist(s)" is "various artists". I would include the letter superscript linking to the note in the Performing artist(s) column rather than the "Nominated work" column. That way, viewers can click on the link for details when they see that the performing artists was "various artists" which is not very helpful on its own. Does that make sense? Long story short: include a note for the producer of the album when the award-winning album was performed by various artists, and include the superscript link in the "Performing artist(s)" column when needed. The list looks good so far--best of luck with the featured list candidate process! Feel free to let me know if you have any other questions. You can always post question on the talk page of the Grammy task force as well. --Another Believer (Talk) 23:33, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

On second thought, I would remove the Nationality column and replace it with a producers column (see the Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album list for an example). I think the country of origin for performing artists is relevant for music albums, but not so much for spoken word albums. I think the Producer is much more important than the country of origin of the narrator in this case. Following would be my recommended order of columns: Performing artist(s), Producer, Work, Nominees, Ref. That way you won't have all the notes for producers down below. Sorry for the confusion. That should create a great, helpful, informative list! --Another Believer (Talk) 00:03, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Same Old Train

Not much info out there on the song, but I'll see what I can do. Ten Pound Hammer and company • (Otters want attention) 18:37, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Barney Gilligan

Materialscientist (talk) 08:02, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

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{{Helpme}} On simple:Main Page/Sandbox can someone make it that the Other languages display at the bottom instead of off to the right? Thanks, Albacore (talk) 21:17, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

[1]  Chzz  ►  21:41, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks from me and the DYK project Victuallers (talk) 12:02, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

FL

We fixed what you asked in Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of James Bond films/archive1 ‎ , can you take another look? igordebraga ≠ 16:13, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

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Duff Cooley GA

I've reviewed the article here and put it on hold. There were a few prose issues which I (hopefully) cleared up and I've left a list of queries, most of which are linked to the same thing. However, there are no major issues. --Sarastro1 (talk) 11:04, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

It's been over a week now. Although there is no rush, not a lot seems to be happening and it would be nice to get this passed as it has been waiting so long. Forgive me if I've missed something! --Sarastro1 (talk) 22:25, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
Just to let you know that if I don't hear from you by 11 November, I will have to fail the article as nothing seems to be happening and it will soon be two weeks since the review started. --Sarastro1 (talk) 22:13, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
I notice some more work has been done. Please ping me when you are finished. I would ideally like everything wrapped up by the end of this week. --Sarastro1 (talk) 19:53, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks for the review. I've fixed what you pointed out. Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:47, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

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Microregions

Hi, yes I would drop that and put Microregion or (microregion) in brackets at the end.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:38, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

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List of Columbus Crew head coaches

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Agreste Potiguar (microregion)

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It's nice to see you editing!Jipinghe (talk) 18:42, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

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