User talk:Deryck Chan/Archive 4
This is a page of archived comments about Deryck. Please post any new comments and comments about this archive at User talk:Deryck Chan, thanks. Deryck C. 10:29, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
Page rebuilt edit
Again, this talk page is rebuilt after archiving. Happy discussing! Deryck C. 07:38, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
Ahhhaaaa edit
A, well, quite funny comment is put onto the archive page:
Chinese name edit
(original message on User talk:Mcy jerry)What is your chinese name? Deryck C. 09:00, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
- Why ask? :) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 09:19, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
- Mcy is my initials. I've the same surname as Mencius. -- Jerry Crimson Mann 09:29, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
- But it spells "Mann"? Deryck C. 09:31, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
- Originally it spells "Mang". I changed it into "Mann", which sounds like a western surname. -- Jerry Crimson Mann 09:33, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
- Why don't you just hide the spelling of your surname then? (like what I'm doing) Deryck C. 09:36, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
- In fact I'd like to ask you: people ususally "hide" their first name but not surname (e.g. D. Chan), but why did you do the opposite? -- Jerry Crimson Mann 09:38, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
- I'm not really doing the opposite. Many people from my school hide his surname on electronic signatures such as those on Xanga, Wikipedia, etc. Deryck C. 09:42, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
Chinese translation of the week edit
Should it be part of WP:HKWNB, WP:TRTNB and WP:CRTNB, or attached to or devolved from them? — Instantnood 09:54, August 9, 2005 (UTC)
Frankly I'm not too sure if it's gonna be sucessful. I know it's a great idea. — Instantnood 18:59, August 27, 2005 (UTC)
Hi Deryck. You made this the math collaboration of the week. I have one request. Would you mind putting an edit summary when you do things of such caliber? (Well, edit summaries don't hurt in any case, and I think I mentioned this to you before, but at least in important cases, do provide one.) Thanks, Oleg Alexandrov
Welcome message edit
Hello, Deryck
Thanks for the welcoming message :-) Made my talk page a little less lonely ^_^ Claus Aranha 09:05, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
Joke edit
Was this you?~ (Just kidding ;-) ) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 14:44, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
Your signature edit
I guess you can use a template under your user space (e.g. {{User:Deryck Chan/sig}}) for your signature. The html script is a bit too long. — Instantnood 18:18, August 10, 2005 (UTC)
Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase edit
Much like noone calls DNA deoxyribonucleic acid, the common name of the protein is RuBisCO, it's simpler. Since RuBisCO it a better known name and would probably be a better name for the article if / is a problem. I'll move it.--nixie 05:25, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
- (also at User talk:Petaholmes) No, please don't. It's not a common practice to use abbreviations instead of full names as titles. Deryck C.
Actually that's not the case. The MoS says always use the most common name. That is why DNA is at DNA. --nixie 05:29, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
Thanks! edit
Er...thanks! Moldy bread—just what I've always wanted! I wish I could be more active in the SCOTW, but currently the topics are too far outside my expertise—I'm just an amateur. I'll keep watching the page though, in case anything grabs my attention. I'm very happy that there is a science collaboration; in fact, I remember when it was revived a little while back and that planted the idea for me to start the Medicine COTW. I'm extremely pleased with how it's turning out so far. Looking forward to working with you! — Knowledge Seeker দ 05:59, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
- Heh...yes, I started it back on July 25th. It was in response to a comment by User:PhatRita at the Doctors' Mess (for clinical medicine) regarding starting a similar project for preclinical medicine. Somewhat tangentially, I mentioned in passing that a medicine collaboration might be a good idea...then the more I thought about it, the more excited I got. As soon as PhatRita said he'd be interested too, I went about setting it up. I'm very proud of the support it's received from physicians and medical students (and friends) on Wikipedia, and I hope the level of interest remains (we're only in our third week). — Knowledge Seeker দ 06:16, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
Congrats edit
Hello! I see you are now a Form 4 student. Congrats!
As for the Flag of Hong Kong article, I wonder if you can take a picture of some official place in Hong Kong which contains a picture of the flag in a more prominent place. The pictures in the article look fine, but the flag seems somewhat diminished in importance, say, when compared to the policeman or the boat. --HappyCamper 06:13, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
Clear Right edit
{{clearright}} (which is actually <div style="clear: right; float: right"></div>) and <br clear="right" /> are different, though they can sometimes accomplish the same thing. I'm not quite sure what the difference is between the two; I think they might produce different results in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
If you want newcomers to welcome, just comb through recent changes for red talk page links. :) Oh, and squirrel talk... er, that's kind of hard to explain. XD Regards, Sango123 13:56, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
IDRIVE edit
History of South Carolina edit
Hello. History of South Carolina is on Featured Article Candidates for a third time due to recent controversy. Because you commented on one of its past nominations, you may be interested in commenting this time at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/History of South Carolina. Toothpaste 19:32, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
Little Astrology Prince edit
Hello Deryck what do you think can be to improve this article to save it from vfd? — Instantnood 10:45, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
Hi Deryck. The WikiMedals aren't intended to replace Barnstars, but to complement them. Sorry if that wasn't clear. - Jakew 12:18, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
Try FA? edit
Do you think Sun Yat-sen will be ready for FA? Maybe you should try- frankly I think it would be difficult for it to pass this time, but at least we'll get some idea of what we must do to improve it. WP:PR doesn't get that much comment. Borisblue 02:46, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
- It's currently the 30th out of 59 entries.Borisblue 17:51, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
Chinese vs. Japanese edit
If you read other people response to my talk page, you will notice that my opinion regarding the topic is considered biased. I doubt such controveral and opinionated topic will make a good neutral wikipedia article. If you want to write an article, you are welcome to extract the list from my talk page. I have no plan to do it. Kowloonese 20:39, August 31, 2005 (UTC)
Hi Deryck edit
開學快樂! ^-^ --K.C. Tang 03:30, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
- Yep, I'm in the class with approximately the same teachers that produced 230A's in last year's HKCEE. Deryck C. 09:20, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
- Haha, i've never had a A in my whole life, not even in conduct, or especially not in conduct. :P --K.C. Tang 09:32, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
- long long time ago...I am a bit of an "old cake" now. :( --K.C. Tang 09:39, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
- No wonder you can do such significant contributions to 1970s in Hong Kong. Deryck C. 09:41, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
- um...indeed i was born in 1980 :P --K.C. Tang 09:47, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
- No wonder you can do such significant contributions to 1970s in Hong Kong. Deryck C. 09:41, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
Re: IPA symbols edit
Well I just copy and paste. :-P — Instantnood 10:25, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
Move edit
Page move in progress... please don't talk... Deryck C. 10:28, 1 September 2005 (UTC)