User talk:Siafu/archive1

Why is making a link like this:

[[low-frequency radar|low-frequency radars]]

low-frequency radars

better than this?

[[low-frequency radar]]s

low-frequency radars

Seems to me they have the same effect but the latter leads to smaller pages which is better for the databases etc. Nvinen 02:16, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Then change it.variable 19:11, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

OK, I was just wondering if there was a reason for you changing it into the other format. I thought maybe someone had told you that was how it should be done etc. I didn't want to change it back if you had a reason for doing it. Nvinen 01:39, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Republik Maluku Selatan

I kind of figured I would get that question. I'll answer it at Talk:South Moluccas. Kevintoronto 19:21, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Autonomist movements

Thanks for your comments. I have deleted the ones identified previously, and posted an additional list of candidates for deletion at Talk:List of active autonomist and secessionist movements. Ground Zero 19:45, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Cabinda

Hi... sorry about taking so long to respond. I've uploaded a new locator map for Angola which should now show Cabinda. I hope it's satisfactory. -- Vardion 22:03, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

AMA Meeting Proposal

Hi! I put together a proposal for another AMA meeting that I'm hopeful you can chime in on. --Wgfinley 20:10, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Nokia's Culture

What I have written here which you deleted is true based on my experiences. If you're familiar with the country, you will discover that the Finnish people are very proud of their accomplishments; such as Nokia. I don't believe one can separate the company's culture from the country's national pride. I know because some of these Nokians are like family. The information I provided is not found in any news article or press release. You won't find it there...then on the flip side, it's the same as where's the proof that what I contributed here is false?

Ariele 01:27, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

What is the principle of NPOV? By the way, the readers may not be familiar with the abbreviated term NPOV? Upon first seeing it, it sounds Russian but I know it isn't Russian. Does that apply also to the theory of relativity? It is afterall just a theory and has not been proven as law. But you have a valid argument as well. I have considered the idea of contacting some of my Finnish acquaintances for their feedback. Ariele 17:55, 18 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My RFA

Thank you for supporting my RFA. Guettarda 00:14, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thank yourself. You had to do the good work, all I did was recognize it. siafu 03:23, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Revision3 Studios

Hi. I noticed that you voted to keep the Systm article on Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Systm. Well, unfortunately, the article was deleted, and Systm was redirected to Kevin Rose. I recently created a new article for Revision3 Studios, the company that produces System and thebroken, and changed Systm to redirect there. Unfortunately, the Revision3 Studios article has now been nominated for deletion.

So, if you have a chance, please look at the Revision3 Studios article, and then go to Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Revision3 Studios and vote to keep it. Thanks a lot, --taestell 17:01, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

Note

Hi ! you left a note on my talk page regarding the "minor edit" issue I understand what you mean sometimes it happens with the speed and flow of work you are in and not able to see and ususally overlook minor things but thanx for pointing it out.Let it be known that it was not deliberate.--Sheikhu 00:17, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I came back to talk to you about the lines that are POV and you restored them .Can you please verrify such BBC reporting on that Issue?? if not I recommend deletion just by saying that such and such was a fact does not mean its true,but I am still certain you will come up with some proof so I will make no changes till then.--Sheikhu 00:38, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I'll take this up on the talk page for Military of Pakistan. siafu 02:58, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Trolled

You're right, Salva does that, and I have a bad habit of feeding trolls. That said, I don't think Salva actually means to troll. Regardless, I should (and shall) shut up now. Thanks. Guettarda 23:11, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your vote on Talrias' RFA

Thanks for your supporting vote! Talrias (t | e | c) 9 July 2005 13:25 (UTC)

Lake Michigan

I really think that material about "singing sands", "exceptional" beauty, opinions about the steel mills and their supposed contribution to the sunsets, etc. belongs in a Dept or Tourism brochure, not Wikipedia. Tverbeek 19:29, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I moved my response to the article talk page. siafu 19:36, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Surinam companies

Hi Siafu. I had put a message in the CfD about these, but it got lost somehow. There's a discussion on the exact principle in question at Wikipedia:Category titles; having the same discussion in parallel on CfD seems pointless. If you agree, maybe you could revisit whether or not to vote on the CfD? -Splash 15:31, 19 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for your opinion on my RfA

Hello, just a quick note to say thank you for voting, even though you were not convinced of my experience. "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked." (Luke 12:48, NIV) Never was a truer word spoken. I feel empowered, yes, but not in the "oooh cool delete button!" way I was kind of expecting. Already I feel the weight of the responsibility I have now been entrusted with, a weight that will no doubt reduce given time. Perhaps I am ready for it, or perhaps, as you say, I am not. I hope that in the coming weeks and months I can prove you wrong, but no matter what I thank you for giving your honest opinion, it is really important to me. Thank you. :) Garrett^Talk 10:59, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Getting Psychotherapy into This Week's Improvement Drive

Hi there! I noticed that at one time or another you helped contribute to the article on Psychotherapy. As it stands this article could use a lot of help, and thus I've taken the liberty of trying to get it to be the focus of a week's improvement drive. All we need to get it for a week's worth of focus and improvement is enough votes, so go to Psychotherapy's vote page and help out this very needing article! JoeSmack (talk) 18:15, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

Horse

No problem. I've put horse on my watchlist, I'll keep a close eye on it. --Canderson7 12:27, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

Psychotherapy

You have previously voted for Psychotherapy on WP:IDRIVE. It did not make it, but I have renominated it on the new Wikipedia:Medicine Collaboration of the Week. Please add your supporting vote there if you are still interested.--Fenice 21:14, 5 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Opinion

Well, I must say that I resent being called a troll. Not that I think anybody would care, but Im just expressing my opinion like anyone else. Perhaps not like anyone, because I try to do so in a polite way, which is not preffered by all.LtDoc 19:26, 8 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I can't really see any other way to interpret the instigation of a discussion on the moral rightness or wrongness of Harry S Truman on the talk page of Joseph Stalin. Not only is there no relevance, but wikipedia is not a discussion forum. If you have a new and/or interesting theory about Harry S Truman being a mass murderer, I suggest you write a paper on it and have it peer-reviewed. For what reason did you advance this discussion, aside from intentionally creating controversy? siafu 21:40, 8 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

RfA

Thank you for leaving your opinion at my RfA. I will do my best to serve the Wikipedia community as an administrator. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:06, 8 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

WP:MCOTW

Greetings, Siafu. I am concerned by the recent developments on WP:MCOTW and I know that you are dissatisfied with your reception there. First, let me assure you that you and the other editors are welcome there, and indeed I hope you will reconsider and will join us on that and future collaborations. I know there have been some disagreements, but we are all here to build an encyclopedia and specifically to improve medical articles on Wikipedia; though we may disagree on exactly how to do that we have that at least in common.

Edwardian has apologized for the tone of his remarks, and I hope you will accept that. He did bring up concerns that a number of us felt but didn't want to speak out loud, mainly because none of you did anything wrong. Let me try to explain what was concerning from our point of view. A group of us had set up a collaboration, leaving it open for anyone to participate. Someone comes along and makes a nomination that is not quite in line with the usual projects we've been looking at. That user also leaves messages for a number of users to come to such-and-such page and vote for his nomination. A flood of new users come in and suddenly that nomination has more votes than any nomination did before. I hope you can see how it was a bit overwhelming, but once we realized that at least some of you were interested in working on the article and not just voting on it, we relaxed. Regarding "hijacking"—no one is proposing that the Psychotherapy nomination be removed. You mention that "the 'mechanism to ensure that nomination qualify' is the vote process itself". This will work in general, but it may be defeated if a large number of users work in concert (i.e., hijack), especially for a small project like ours. Consider an analogous situtation where an editor nominated something not very connected to medicine, like Water or even Galaxy. The editor then leaves messages for several people to come vote (like what happens on VfD sometimes), and his friends all vote for the nomination. This is what Edwardian meant by hijacking. By our currently stated rules, that article would have to be accepted for the next collaboration. He was suggesting a mechanism be in place to remove inappropriate nominations (regardless of their support). As the creator of this project, what I had in mind would be to simply remove clearly inappropriate nominations. For instance, if John nominated Galaxy and fifteen people came to support it, I would still remove the nomination because it is clearly not appropriate for MCOTW. If it were more peripherally connected, I would bring up concerns on the comments section. Perhaps we need a more formal mechanism in place to reject inappropriate nominations which might otherwise be selected since they have so many votes. Perhaps not. We'll have to wait and see; this is the closest we've come to one so far. The issue is more complex than I've represented here, but I have a tendency to talk too much and really the point is that there need be no hard feelings; we would like it if you would continue to work with our project. Please bring any questions or concerns up on the project's talk page or mine. — Knowledge Seeker দ 06:02, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

Manifesto

I like the manifesto on your user page. --Eric Forste (Talk) 08:57, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

John III of Portugal

You voted for John III of Portugal on WP:IDRIVE, but it dropped out. Due mainly to language problems it is not featured quality yet. I have renominated it at the Biography Collaboration, so it gets the attention needed to become featured quality. If you are still interested you can vote for it there.--Fenice 12:04, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

CfD

Please read up on Vanuatu before making any more uneducated assertions. Even if you just reviewed the article Vanuatu, you would see that I am correct: "Most of the inhabitants of Vanuatu (95%) are native Melanesian, or Ni-Vanuatu, with the remainder made up of Europeans, Asians and other Pacific islanders." Or if you checked the CIA World Factbook [1]. Or probably any Ni-Vanuatu publication online [2], [3], [4], et al. Or third-person accounts [5]. On the latter page, the phrase "ni-Vanuatu politicians" is even used. The OED contradicts me, listing Ni-Vanuatu as only a noun and "Vanuatuan" as the adjective. But I'm confident that people who have actually been to Vanuatu (i.e., the sources I've listed) know more about how to refer to their country than stuffy British academics. —Sesel wa 15:23, 16 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing to do with wikipedia

If I'm not being rude, how did you serve (where/doing what) in the Navy? siafu 04:52, 19 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I precommissioned and served on USS John C. Stennis on the flight deck as a Catapult/Arresting gear technician. I also worked with ILARTS and ship-to-ship networking. I injured my back on the flight deck, and was transferred to Submarine Squadron Support Unit Norfolk, where I spent the rest of my time as submarine communications network administrator. I did training on a few other ships, and been to most of the common ports. Don't think it's rude to ask :) ∞Who ?¿? 21:49, 19 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Fernando Rizo's RfA

Siafu, I'm sorry that I didn't meet your criteria for support. I'll do the best I can to support the community with my new responsibilities. Please leave me any criticisms you may have. Fernando Rizo T/C 19:33, 20 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Directors Cfd

Hi, I changed my vote on this Cfd, and thought I should let you know since you agreed with my earlier vote. The discussion following seemed like a logical solution. Please re-visit this discussion and see if you wish to change your vote accordingly, although you are not expected to. Thanks. ∞Who ?¿? 18:17, 21 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mary Magdalen

Hi Variable, you can add Mary Magdalen to the category prostitutes when you have provided a reliable source that she was. Even if there is a Catholic tradition that she was, it is not Wikipedia's goal to perpetuate myths.--Wiglaf 12:45, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hall Monitor's RFA

Thank you for the taking time to comment on my recent RFA nomination, and I am sorry to learn that you are being laid off from your job as I have dealt with that experience several times now in my career. Even though my registered edits only date back to May, I have been making contributions on and off for the past year or so and finally decided to sign up. In any case, I do appreciate your honesty and wish you well, both on-line and off. Regards, Hall Monitor 22:24, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thanks for reverting POV in Kaliningrad Oblast article. DeirYassin 08:14, 23 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple sclerosis

Hi Variable, thanks for reverting; now I understand that multiple sclerosis is not a mental illness. :) *drew 23:22, 23 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Scimitar RfA

I understand that you feel I haven't been here long enough. Regardless, if you have any specific suggestions for improvement, or if you have any issues regarding my actions, please let me know. If I'm bothering you, I'm sorry and please ignore this message. --Scimitar ^parley 18:50, 25 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nyaa

"Nyaa" is how the Japanese spell their way of cats "meow"ing. They think as "Nyaa" rather than "Meow." --AllyUnion (talk) 03:05, 26 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Human Rights Servey on Wikipedia (The final post of I_sterbinski)

Dear all,

Wikipedia was recently a subject of intensive research of an huge international human right organization. A team of people from different nationalities and ages were acting on Wikipedia for 20 days, investigating previously noted anomalities of Wikipedia free editing and forming a final report, which (between the others similar reports) will later be a guide to all future moves of the organization concerning Wikipedia. Acting under an account of a real person, their privacy is to be held private. Therefore, very few private information will be revealed.

Also, this is a result of the lack of final possition of the organization concerning Wikipedia and human rights, which was still not formed.

The team's final post on Wikipedia, where they explain their actions can be found on the following addresses:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:I_sterbinski

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Macedonia#Human_Rights_Servey_on_Wikipedia_.28The_final_post_of_I_sterbinski.29

The team would like to thank to all the persons who took part in the correspondence with us.

We also want to appologise for keeping our identity secret for a longer period.

Best regards,

Aleksandar, Biljana, Asparuh, Christos, Valjon, Michael and Ana Luiza

I sterbinski 01:44, 28 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Stress?

File:Internet oolong.jpg

What a cute bunny!

Hey, sorry to see your stress level so high. And about getting laid off. Although one is probably the cause of the other. Anyway, thought I'd give you a picture of a bunny with a pancake on its head to cheer you up. And a smiley. :) --Kbdank71 18:35, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Categorization

In light of the recent CFD debate about fictional emperors and empresses, I decided that the issue was way overdue for a more global discussion. Thus, please join the talk at Wikipedia:Categorization/Gender, race and sexuality. R adiant _>|< 07:48, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

Criticism of Atatürk

Hi, a new page called Criticism of Atatürk has been created containing most of the long criticism section that was in Ataturk. There is a disagreement running in the discussion whether Ataturk should be accused of a genocide or not, your input would be appreciated. --A.Garnet 21:39, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks (hoplite)

Thanks for answering my question on hoplite talk page. I had actually given up on an answer (as you may have noticed). Anyway I would be interested to know what Alexander's lads were classified as if not hoplites?--Xiphon 18:33, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

CFD

Hello. Maybe you will be interested to vote on the CFD for that "Oceanic trenches by depth (km)" category. Just go here. - Darwinek 12:57, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for the support on my RfA. I was very pleasantly surprised to see so much support throughout the week. Please do keep an eye on me and my logs, especially while I'm learning the ropes with the new buttons. Thanks again — I guess I'll be seeing you around CfD! -Splash 00:07, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Balanced and multi-view NLP

Hello Variable. Thanks for your help.

I teach NLP and am obviously and admittedly biased. I know the subject well and understand that you will probably gain enough information about the subject simply by browsing the web for half an hour. NLP has a wide range of sources and has developed from new age/human potential beginnings in the 20th century. It has developed to include a great many applications from psychotherapy to inspirational seminars, to learning, to occult. The article is not an easy task, especially due to the presence of zealots, but also due to the fact that many viewpoints are in evidence. Defining it is possible (the study of the structure of subjective experience) but views are split to whether it is an epistemology/an attitude/a technology/a cult etc.

As an NLP teacher, the greatest attainment is that of being non-judgmental. An inclusive and balanced wiki article on NLP will be a benefit, and facing facts will help my own students. It will even make them more ethically persuasive. There is nothing wrong with well researched fact on NLP, and published research into cults/ineffectiveness of certain parts of NLP should not stop me from keeping my mind open as the field develops.

Anyway, I am sure you understand that narrowing the views to a single and one sided view will be against wikipedia and against development of knowledge for all. So I am committed to keeping it open, encyclopedic and balanced:) You have already helped a lot! Best regards HeadleyDown 03:42, 15 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]