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Archive of March 2008

Chillax

This edit has brightened up my day no end. Makes me laugh every time I read it. Thank you. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 10:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Julia, you are so down with the kids it's unreal. I keep having to visit urbandictionary.com to understand all these cool phrases you are hitting me with. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 14:18, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

You be kick butt and and you look smokin'. Also I think your bra is showing. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 22:31, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Roderick Jaynes unmasked

How droll. There's hope for me yet, then. --Milkbreath (talk) 22:35, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks...

for your support. The guy was controversial at best. He even mentioned himself that he suffers from Aspergers so that kind of explains his lack of social finesse. Brilliant no doubt, but a complete jerk. Thanks again. Sandman30s (talk) 14:44, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Re.Spammer hijacks computer

Some of the symptoms are:

• Can get online at odd hours
• "....cannot be found" errors
• DNS errors
• Browser terminated repeatedly
• Frequent white screen, functions terminated
• Computer cannot execute certain files
• Games getting kicked off
• "....connection refused" errors

65.173.104.12 (talk) 20:39, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Someone told me that my unit may indeed be hijacked by a spammer who turned it into a "zombie computer". YUCK! 65.173.104.12 (talk) 20:41, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXII - March 2008

The March 2008 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. This is an automated delivery by KevinalewisBot --16:55, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Why remove one blank line

Dear Julia, I am puzzled by your edit https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/index.php?title=Carbon_footprint&curid=2263904&diff=197202146&oldid=197138503 , which only removes a single blank line at the end of a section. Is this a good thing to do? I would have expected it to cost far far more space than it would save, and make the source a trifle harder to read. My inclination is the exact opposite, namely to introduce space into the source to make it easier to read, but only if editting for another reason! Your use of an abbreviation ("sp ed") suggests that you do it regularly, and I see it now and then in your contributions, so perhaps there is more to it than meets the eye. PJTraill (talk) 22:20, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

PJT, have a look at the version of the article prior to JR's line deletion, here. You'll see that the space above the section heading Carbon footprint of Christmas is greater than is the case for other section headings. JR was merely bringing the format back into line with the wikipedia manual of style. I note, in passing, PJT, that the URL you pasted was https://secure.wikimedia.org/ ... I'm a little intrigued as to the reason for using the secure site rather than the normal site. --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:28, 11 March 2008 (UTC) See User_talk:Tagishsimon#Why_I_used_Secure_server.

Thank you for your reply (User_talk:PJTraill#Blank_line). I do not believe (pace User_talk:Tagishsimon#Re_blank_line) I was making a fuss, just curious as to why our ideas differ. I believe we both want readable source, but differ on what that is, as a matter of personal taste - I am influenced by poetry and programming! I have two conflicting wishes, and choose the latter: lots of information on the screen versus separation of markup and content. In any case, the use of blank lines in the previous version was certainly messy, and it is still somewhat so. I admit I have not read much of the MoS, but it seems to me to be more about what articles rather than their source should look like. All I've found is:

• Spaces between the == and the heading text are optional (==H2== versus == H2 ==). These extra spaces will not affect the appearance of the heading, except in the edit box.
• Spaces above and below headings are optional. Only two or more line-spaces above and below will change the appearance by adding more white space.

which tells us nothing about whether extra space in the source is desirable. My other point is that edits only cleaning up the source should be used sparingly, to avoid cluttering the change log and (minor consideration?) wasting space on the server. All not terribly important, just wanted your POV, for which thanks! PJTraill (talk) 17:57, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 12 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Phonognatha graeffei, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--—Dark ^(talk) 10:28, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Novels - 1st Coordinators Election

An election has been proposed and has been set up for this project. Description of the roles etc., can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Coordinators. If you wish to stand, enter your candidacy before the end of March and ask your questions of anyone already standing at Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Coordinators/May 2008. Voting will start on the 1st April and close at the end of April. The intention is for the appointments to last from May - November 2008. For other details check out the pages or ask. KevinalewisBot (talk) 13:04, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Frog ID

The frog you asked about on the science reference desk is most likely the Striped Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes peronii). It is the most common frog in the suburbs, and makes a "toc" call. --liquidGhoul (talk) 01:50, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Love poem to you (not mine)

WHENAS in silks my Julia goes
Then, then (methinks) how sweetly flows
That liquefaction of her clothes.

Next, when I cast mine eyes and see
That brave vibration each way free;
O how that glittering taketh me!

Enchanting lines cleverly chosen – thank you minstrel, 79.122.42.52. : ) Julia Rossi (talk) 10:23, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Flamarande

"Flamarande" is the name of a fictional castle. It appears in a novel (a Portuguese translation) my mother gave me. The original title is: "Le Secret De Flamarande" and was written by Simone Darré. Its a good short-story (but not brilliant) about the secret of a medieval noble family. I use it mainly because its simply original (nobody uses it anywhere I went). I really doubt it has any special meaning, but then my knowledge of the French language is rather precarious. Flamarande (talk) 23:50, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Beware of Wikipedia

You wrote -

Is there a user box like Saul Bellows' quote along the lines of beware of wikipedia you can lose your life in it? : ) Julia Rossi (talk) 00:09, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Try this one, I've picked up two lines of Freternia's song Grimbor the Great. Xn4 04:08, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedian

Voices cry, beware, you may not find the way out: you enter the world of Grimbor the Great.

Books and Memories

$AU138 for a trip down memory lane? Tempting... maybe not in my current economic climate... Cheers for the link - the Giant Jam Sandwich is another one from my memory banks! Coincidink . Boomshanka (talk) 09:56, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Article Question

Would an article about hoverchairs be deleted?

Always

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