User talk:Ragesoss/Archive2

Wikistory

Have you seen its sister Wikipedia:Sandbox/Wikistory (Sentence)? Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! ^(Whisper...) 06:46, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

HSS newsletter

Don't know if you saw it yet, but WP:WPHOS gets a plug in the April 2006 HSS Newsletter! Good job! --Fastfission 21:31, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Boy, we need to have a separate trophy shelf for the portal awards and press-plugs that are coming in; see planetizen on the architecture portal... oh, and thx for the copyedit. Cheers, +sj + 03:54, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice

Thanks for the advice on category links, and cheers for your work on history of science! —Goclenius 23:33, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Reminder + Suggestion

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.

Important: This talk page is becoming very long. Please consider archiving.

— Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 03:33, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

History of science fiction

Hi Ragesoss,

If you would like history of science fiction to become a good article. Please nominate it here.

Thanks,

Cedars 05:11, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

P:TECH

Why did you remove the shortcut on P:TECH? vidarlo 19:12, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

If you wonder why I made three edits on your page, it was due to a cache issue in my browser. I'm sorry for the inconvinience. vidarlo 19:14, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Template:browsebar

The discussion is right here. BhaiSaab ^talk 22:22, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Blank map of India

Hi Sage! Thanks for your comments on FPC. I've resolved the issue on the border inconsistency. As for the other borders, the same would be visible on full or higher resolutions. I've replied to the issue here: Image talk:India-locator-map-blank.svg. Please let me know if this resolves your objection. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 06:15, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for responding. I still find some things about it problematic:

• (minor) The two tiny disputed area 1 regions with the dash-dot lines on the inside and the undisputed line outside have smaller dash-dot lines than everywhere else.
• Near the top, by the small section of undisputed border, the color regions and the line borders do not match up. There is some disputed area 2 coloring in what, from the lines, looks like part of disputed area 1.
• The internal pure-dot line near the top does not seem to demarcate any separate region, based on the colors, and appears to be completely inside the rest of the claimed by India regions, based on borders.--ragesoss 06:37, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

You do have a really good pair of eyes! :)

1. I'll be fixing that
2. That area is the Siachen Glacier. Strictly speaking, the area is undemarcated. I'll have to think of a better way of representing it.
3. The pure dot line forms the defacto boundary between India and Pakistan.

Thanks for your review, regards =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:47, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi Sage: Here's an update:

1. Fixed those border areas
2. The area which had disparate colouring is now fixed. It's the Siachen Glacier and the boundary there is undemarcated.

I hope I have addressed your objection? Thanks and regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 12:51, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi Sage! I've changed the boundary of the undemarkated area in the Siachen region to a dashed line. Have I now addressed all your objections? Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 15:38, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Image:15th century egyptian anatomy of horse.jpg

I seem to recall that the book I took it from was terribly unhelpful in the caption department, and on top of that I'm out of town until June 6, so I can't even double check the book for more info. I agree that the caption needs expansion, but unfortunately I don't think there's anything I can do about it just now. I'll take a look when I get back home. — Laura Scudder ☎ 21:22, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

thanks

Thanks for signing off so quickly on Wikipedia:WikiProject History of Biology. It's always good for a child project to have the support of a leader of the project that spawned it. --arkuat (talk) 03:26, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

P. S. I don't know which I liked better, Hooke's flea, Haeckel's aquatics, Vesalius's flayed human being, or the fancy French paper's depiction of Darwin among the monkeys. It was definitely a lot of fun. --arkuat (talk) 05:43, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Broadway Musical

Merege the content of Broadway theatre into the Broadway Musical article--as it's more primarily known as a Broadway Musican than Broadway Theatre. Just a suggestion. Living large 02:58, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Awarded to Ragesoss for his work on History of science and its portal. --Ancheta Wis 06:11, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for fixing the Little Diamond link on my user page. Living Large 18:31, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

A note of appreciation for your efforts to keep the Rachel Carson article on track. One of these days one of us is going to have time to 'do it right'.Cronos1 01:44, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Capital Letters

Sorry, I didn't realise capital letters were unnecessary in headers - I'll keep that in mind in future. Should "European renaissance from the 12th century" have a capital "R", though? Grimhelm 16:49, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

That was fast. Grimhelm 16:59, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Haeckel

Hi, have you cosidered putting your Haeckel scans on the commons so that they can be easily used across all wikipedia's?--Peta 05:13, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

• On a vaguely realted point, what kind of specs do you use when you make the scans, I have access to several volumes with good PD illustrations that could be useful on Wikipedia.--Peta 07:57, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Structure drawing

Hi, and thanks for signing up for the structure drawing workgroup. In case you're wondering if we're totally inactive, we have been lately, but I plan to get more discussion going again once I get back from a conference at the end of this week. Hope you'll be able to participate then. Walkerma 07:45, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Portal:Medicine

Hi! I saw your comment on featured portal candidate talk page. Maybe I'm too tired but I can't understand what is the problem. Could you help me please? NCurse _work 18:53, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Ok, now there is no thumbnails in the portal. Thanks. :) NCurse _work 19:51, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

If you have time, could you explain to me in some words how to change to currentweek system in medicine portal? Thanks. You don't have to reply fast (if you want to anyway), I have pathology exam now :)) NCurse _work 09:35, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

HSS

Just wondering if you were going to HSS in Vancouver this year? I had the very wicked idea of using it as an opportunity to steathily create a Commons archive of most of the currently prominent historians of science. I saw your man Kevles a few weeks ago at a conference, he seemed in good form. --Fastfission 01:27, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Excellent, then I'll see you there. I'm giving a little paper on the atomic bomb, which should be fun; it will be interesting to see what sort of totally-unrelated papers they put me with on my panel. --Fastfission 20:36, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Template fix.

Hello,

Thank you for fixing the issue with the Portal:Music talk page, which had previously made it difficult to edit that page... --Folajimi 14:27, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for the trust that you had in me when you supported my Request for Adminship. The nomination ended successfully and I am actually overwhelmed by the support that I received. Thanks again! -- Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 07:07, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Atomism

Aaaargh! I got your note just after posting a note that I'd set up a temporary version and would go the usual 7 day route on Copyright Violation. (Newbies tend to be intimidated by policies).

I don't imagine it will cause any difficulty to use the temporary version as a working copy.

Thanks for the compliment and (BTW) are you an admin? If not, you should be. --SteveMcCluskey 14:19, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Thanks

Ragesoss/Archive2, thank you for participating in my RfA. It passed with an amazingly unopposed 77/0/1. Thanks for the support everybody! If you see me doing anything wrong, want to ask me something, or just want to yell in my general direction, leave me a note on my talk page. I promise to try and knock out Wikipedia's problems wherever I may find them!

Staxringold _talk^contribs 20:36, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Haeckel on de.wikisource

Hi. Just letting you know I suggested on the German wikisource to turn the Haeckel prints into a Wikisource book: http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Skriptorium#Kunstformen_der_Natur

There seems to be some interest, and there's a bit of conversation going on about it, but I don't speak any German (babelfish helps a little). Anyway just a heads up. Cheers. —Pengo 12:35, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hi, dear Ragesoss! Thanks so much for your kind words! of course, I'll be happy to make a design for your userpage. Just give me a day or two, please - I'd like to try different layouts and submit them for you to choose. Sounds OK? Kisses, Phædriel ♥ tell me - 01:56, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA/Gurch

I'm glad your Gurch experience has been a positive one. Thanks for the support – Gurch 16:42, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Ragesoss, thank you very much for your support in my recent Request for adminship, it passed with a final tally of (65/3/3) - which I find both amazing and humbling. I wish I had time to thank everyone personally, but I'm afraid all I can offer is this token of my gratitude. I hope to live up to your expectations/hopes. If at any stage you need to contact me, for help or a request or to point out a mistake in my conduct, please make sure to tell me on my talk page. --Fir0002 08:23, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Your request is ready, dear Sage!

My dear Ragesoss, I'm happy to tell you that, after stumbling (quite a lot!) with Wiki markup and HTML code, I've finally come up with a design for your userpage. To be completely honest, <beging bragging code> it's one of my best works ;) <end bragging code>. Seriously, please have a look at it and let me know if you like it. If you do, feel free to copy the code straight into your userpage, or if you want me to modify it in any way, just drop me a note and I'll do my best.

I hope you like it, and have a great day! Big hug, Phædriel ♥ tell me - 17:57, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome to the Novels WikiProject! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to fiction books often refered to as "Novels".

A few features that you might find helpful:

• Our navigation box points to most of the useful pages within the project.
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the members, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around! :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 12:01, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Portal

Thanks for supporting the proposal to create a portal for U.S. government (and politics?) topics. The proposal has passed, and I copied my draft over the the portal namespace. It's at Portal:Government of the United States. If you are at all interested in making any updates, improvements, changes, etc., feel free to stop by the portal talk page or just go in and make the edits. In its current state, the portal is just a starting point. Thanks again for the support. --Aude (talk contribs) 03:01, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Darwinism and racism

You removed a link to The Mis-portrayal of Darwin as a Racist from the Charles Darwin article on the justifiable grounds that "WP is not the place to advertise minor websites of original research". While basically agreeing with this point, the article seemed to me interesting and valid enough to justify covering this significant issue on the Darwinism page, with the article being linked in a footnote along with relevant direct cites. I've suggested this in more detail at talk:Darwinism, and your thoughts on this will be welcome. ..dave souza, talk 19:21, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

history of science

Brya, you might be interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject History of Science. Keep up the good work.--ragesoss 22:43, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the note, but I had already noticed this project. I am only marginally interest in this, as wikipedia is empty in all too many fields, some of which look more important to me. Also, there is a pretty determined campaign waged against me, which rather limits my options to do anything. Brya 14:21, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

AID

In response to your perceptive comment Wikipedia talk:Article Improvement Drive#Retention time and reviving old noms, I assume you followed the protracted discussion starting somewhere around here. You may see that I was not entirely in favour of the proposals at the time, although I eventually voted for them. The problem seems to stem from what we call the "summer hole". At WP:SCOTM we've also made drastic changes in order to keep up morale. So I basically agree with you and would be interested in discussing it further, just wanted to check that you were aware of the earlier talk. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 14:02, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I'm game if you still want to nominate me. :) - Samsara (talk • contribs) 18:19, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Novels WikiProject Newsletter July 2006

Here is the new edition of our monthly newsletter. The July 2006 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. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 14:27, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)

thanks for the heads up on this one - I have added it to the main project page for WP:Novels and will cover it ATBE in the next newsletter. Thanks :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 15:52, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Your "example"

Your oppose vote was accompanied by an example which was not to any of my edits. Can you change that? --ScienceApologist 15:33, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

There is no rule regarding what you can link to on RfA, of course, but if you will indulge me and read your opposition vote, you make it seem like you are linking to an instance of me personally attacking someone. I'm just pointing out that by the principle of least astonishment I was surprised to have you link to a third-person hearsay rather than the horse's mouth, so to speak. --ScienceApologist 15:56, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for addressing that. Your comments are much clearer now! --ScienceApologist 16:25, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I may have spoke too soon. You wrote that I have a "tendency to cause more disputes [than] resolve" and as evidence cite Flying Jazz's objection to the conflict between me an Iantresman. Could I ask that you reword this? I actually pride myself on the fact that I have successfully resolved many disputes, I would say on an editor-by-editor basis that I have been successfully resolved more than I have caused (per my answer to part 3, for example). --ScienceApologist 16:39, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks again. I'll stop pestering you. --ScienceApologist 16:51, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Wilson quote

Now i get it, I had missed the point of those brackets, sorry to vandalise your Wilson quote. David D. (Talk) 05:03, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Reply to Reply

Well, at least I know what your WP nick means -- had me going for quite some time there. I'm not sure why I wrote supernatural when I meant "mildy anti-science", and I've corrected that error by striking supernatural and insering the other. Can I plead mental confusion created by 3 kids running around making a lot of noise?
As for SA and incivility, I've never noticed it as a pattern on his part, but I think we all have different thresholds as to what incivility really means. In any case, I think the idea of what an admin is has gotten out of hand -- they are really just regular users with a few extra tools. Most will intentionally refrain from using their admin powers in a dispute in which they are involved -- and I don't think that SA would be any different. But, I respect your reason regarding incivility, but I would rather have seen that as your primary reason, rather than "Combative editor who (as one might guess from his name) consistently pushes for a scientific...point of view". (BTW, an apologist is not inherently combative.)
In any case, I corrected my flub and would like you to know that I intended no slight. Take care, &#0149;Jim62sch&#0149; 09:56, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Withdrawn nomination

My greatest apologies to you. It was very kind of you to nominate me, but the course the RFA took left me no moral choice other than to withdraw. It's a grey day here in Edinburgh. It might rain later. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 14:02, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

It hasn't rained yet. I was persuaded to revert my decision. You may want to have a look at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/LiquidGhoul. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 16:02, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Stable versions now

Hi, I've reverted your changes to Wikipedia:Stable versions now because I think your method will split the page history and make GFDL compliance a hassle. Please comment. --Spangineer^es (háblame) 15:35, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey again ragesoss,

Thanks for nominating me, and apologies for the drama!

Samsara (talk • contribs) 16:34, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Novels Collaboration of the Month

You supported the idea of a Novels Collaboration so our first is The Mystery of the Yellow Room, which has been selected as the Novels WikiProject's new Collaboration of the Month. Please help improve this article towards featured article standard. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 10:44, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Just about got this up and running. If you can please get envolved. thanks :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 10:44, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

lkuoiu

Hi! I saw that someone (you!) created here the Kunstformen der Natur. If you like science books with beautiful plates, maybe Audubon's The Birds of America can be a next job for you. Cheers, muriel@pt 10:30, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Portal:Biology

Hi ragesoss, maybe you'll want to revisit your comment at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Biology. All suggested changes have been made.

Regards,

Samsara (talk • contribs) 09:55, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Opinion needed

Hi can I get your opinion on the article G. Ledyard Stebbins which I cerrently have on FAC. Do you the article makes it obvious as to why he was an important biologist? If not how can I make it more clear. Thanks. --Peta 04:24, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

unblock me, please

{{unblock}} I created the account Wikiality just to see if it was already taken (surprisingly, no). I've had my fun, and would like my editing privileges back, pretty please.--ragesoss 04:59, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I've lifted the autoblock, you should be good to go. --JoanneB 10:19, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Novels WikiProject Newsletter August 2006

Here is the new edition of our monthly newsletter. The August 2006 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. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 11:35, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism on History of Science Portal

Hi,

In case you haven't seen it, an anonymous editor (87.109.49.76) has been changing the name of the Persian astrolabe file and breaking the links to the image -- once converting it to Arabic, once deleting the nationality entirely. I fixed it for the moment; we'll have to see what happens. It sounds like one of those silly Arab/Persian nationality edits. --SteveMcCluskey 02:58, 22 August 2006 (UTC)a