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ClueBot is not back up and running. In fact it hasn't edited in some 5 years.--5 albert square (talk) 13:11, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Spidersmilk (talk) 23:26, 27 December 2015 (UTC)Hi albert square, Mabe i was wrong, mabe clueBot is not running now, however checking history of Prion and Biobattery reveal that Cluebot was active in 2014, one year ago. Could you please explain what is going on?

Ah that is User: ClueBot NG, not User: ClueBot. ClueBot is no longer operational having being replaced by ClueBot NG.--5 albert square (talk) 23:35, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Spidersmilk (talk) 00:05, 28 December 2015 (UTC) I see albert square, so mabe that page should be deleted, unless ClueBot may become active again in the future.

Hi, I suppose ClueBot may be back at some point if (to quote ClueBot) "special heuristics" allow that. However, that page will need to remain for reference purposes. Apart from anything else, I put a bright red notice at the top of the page stating that ClueBot is no longer operational, and ClueNet also removed disabled the false positive link some time ago anyway.--5 albert square (talk) 00:44, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

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User:NeemNarduni2 I am trying to creat a redirect page for Alpha Synuclein i intend to move it so that someone can type in A Synuclein and get to Alpha SynucleinSpidersmilk (talk) 17:50, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Well, this was certainly an unusual way to create a redirect. But I've fixed it now, and thanks for the thanks. NeemNarduni2 (talk) 19:58, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

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Riviere Des Roches/Rochers

Hello Spidersmilk! Are we sure on the spelling for the Alberta river? Parks Canada uses "Riviere Des Rochers". I couldn't find refs for the "Roches" spelling. Regards, The Interior (Talk) 18:56, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

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I have moved your other test template to {{User:Spidersmilk/Template:Lump}} because it appears to be in use. Cheers! —PC-XT+ 11:20, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

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Hallo, thanks for starting the article on End stage pulmonary disease. Please note that when alternative titles are in bold it's because they are the targets of redirects pointing to the page, so that people landing there can quickly see why. So as well as bolding the alternative title, please create a redirect from it (or hatnote, or disambiguation page entry). I've just created redirects from End stage lung disease and ESLD, and made a new disambiguation page at ESPD. All this helps the reader to find the article, and reduces the risk of another editor accidentally creating a duplicate article through not finding this one - in this case someone else might have searched for End stage lung disease, not spotted it, and started work. Thanks. PamD 09:18, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

But the dab page you created at ESLD was not valid, as End stage liver disease is not mentioned in the article Cirrhosis. PamD 23:49, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

End stage liver disease listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect End stage liver disease. Since you had some involvement with the End stage liver disease redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. PamD 23:50, 21 December 2017 (UTC) User:PamD The reason for changing ESLD is because ESLD, if you look it up, is usually taken to mean End stage liver disease, for that reason, End stage pulmonary disease is the preferred name, although both are used. Here is an example Spidersmilk (talk) 02:07, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Here is another example

But there is no article or mention in this encylopedia about end stage liver disease, so no need for the redirect.PamD 06:53, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

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January 2018

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For your edits like this and the one linked above. EvergreenFir (talk) 03:40, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

I have some questions I would like to ask. please be patient and just answer them as i ask themSpidersmilk (talk) 04:30, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

• User:EvergreenFir how is "Transgender" a BLP article? Transgender is not a person.

• And why are you instantly talking about blocking me after one or two edits to gender pages?

• why was the editor who started the conversation given an indefinite block without previous shorter blocks as wiki normally does?

• and how was what he did "trolling", he just asked if he could add content to the article based on his ref. I have seen other people do that and not get anything other than "add that" or "don't add that", like on the Mycoplasma article in the cancer section. That is what talk pages are for, it helps to decide what to add.

• Wikipedia has a neutral point of view policy, wouldn't adding info about how Transgender-ism might be a mental illness or at least be related somehow with co-morbidity make the article more neutral (given that refs to reliable journals are given)

• Isn't a talk page to discuss what the content of an article should be, and, if so, can't it be used to ask if content should be added based on a particular ref (is it reliable or not). Wasn't that what I and the other editor were doing?

• Why not just say "don't add that to the article, the ref is not reliable enough" on that talk page instead of talking about blocking, makes me wonder if Wiki is really about neutrality and encyclopedic information or political propaganda.

Seems to me there is a huge bias here on Wikipedia and that conversation really opened my eyes to just how liberal and political Wiki might actually be.

Notes: Many so called conspiracy theories like New World Order are no longer fringe, and most Americans now think JFK was shot by deep state (which I agree with). Most Americans no longer believe in man made Global Warming either after the emails were leaked from corrupt scientists and businessmen in Europe. I actually find it offensive that Wiki classifies Global Warming Skepticism aka "Denialism" under "Pseudoscience", the same category that includes the Flat Earth Society, comparing the flat earth society to global warming skeptics is like comparing the Mississippi River to the creek you find in someones backyard or comparing The Germ theory of disease to the theory that aliens seeded earth with life.

Is this a reliable source on transgender being a possible mental illness?

Soros is a living person. I'm not an admin do I can answer your questions about another user's block. Your nonsense about NWO such is disruptive to say the least.

Stop. EvergreenFir (talk) 05:15, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

EvergreenFir thanks for explaning, now what is a wiki talk page for? maybe I had it wrong. If I am, let me know. I always thought it was about what an article should say.

It's for improving the article, however talk pages are not exempt from rules regarding biographies of living persons. They are all from that places to promote or espouse nonsense, spew polemics, conduct hate speech, etc. EvergreenFir (talk) 05:56, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

EvergreenFir Ok thanks, I honestly had no idea that the BLP thing also applied to talk pages as well, because a lot of stuff on talk pages are taken with a grain of salt until you read the refs. I have seen lots of nonsense written on talk pages over the years.Spidersmilk (talk) 15:34, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

I also see what you mean about the source I offered: according to Wiki, Hindawi is questionable.Spidersmilk (talk) 15:56, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

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R9tgokunks, I was taking the advise of another user, to remove part of what I said as they said it only undermined the strength of my vote.SpidersMilk, Drink Spider Milk, it tastes good. (talk) 04:57, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Also, read all of my edits to that talk page, you will see what I mean, it was constructive as far as I can tell. I was only removing the conversation between myself and the other user after I took their advise, it took up room and clouded the descussion SpidersMilk, Drink Spider Milk, it tastes good. (talk) 04:58, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

I wasn't asking you to delete your comments, Spidersmilk, I was explaining a problem with your argument. If you had decided that you agree with what I said, you could have added a note saying you've changed your mind, or best yet, used <s></s> tags to strike out parts of your comments you don't stand by anymore. Like this. It's considered very inappropriate to remove or alter any other editor's comments in almost all cases.

Even when things go off on a tangent, as our discussion did, it's best not to change the course of discussion at all. I've seen it before, and even the most well-intentioned changes often make it confusing for someone who hasn't been a part of the discussion to follow along. That being said, there are no hard feelings.

One final note: I notice that you're not indenting properly. Whenever you reply to a comment, you should indent your reply one level further than that comment, to preserve and show the flow of discussion. You can accomplish this by putting one or more colons (:) at the beginning of each line of your reply. The number of colons you use indicates the level of indentation. When things get too far indented, you can use the {{outdent}} template to bring things back to the left, while preserving the flow. Check out this page for a demonstration of how to do proper indenting. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 13:41, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

User_talk:MPants at work I see now, how do you get that kind of crossing out with the keyboard, i have never figured out how to do that.SpidersMilk, Drink Spider Milk, it tastes good. (talk) 15:43, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

User_talk:MPants at work nevermind, I think I figured it outSpidersMilk, Drink Spider Milk, it tastes good. (talk) 15:45, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, I should have given you a straightforward example. Though I know you don't need it any more, here it is suuuuper late for future reference, or the benefit of anyone else needing it.

Typing this: <s>Struck out text.</s>

will produce this: Struck out text.

Now please work on using the indenting that I mentioned. I'll watch your page so that I can see if you have any questions. Please, ask away, and don't worry if you're bothering me. I thoroughly enjoy helping people out. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 18:56, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Spider's milk

This is apropos of nothing really but I just spotted your user name on another page and it made me laugh out loud, and I thought you might find this story amusing. About 15 years ago when the Internet was still wearing short trousers there was a website - Answers.com (it still exists) - that in those days anyone could edit, and it often featured at the top of Google searches. My friend and I fixed it so that anybody who googled "how heavy is a spider" was directed to a spoof page that we'd created, which stated:

Whilst the Appalachian forest spider can weigh as little as 0.1 milligrams when fully grown, the Alaskan wooly-back log spider weighs in at a whopping 2.5 ounces! Giving birth to only one spiderling in any given season, the wooly-back has the largest birth canal in the spider kingdom, and it's half-ounce young can suckle upto 3 grams of milk in one sitting!

The fact that it remained at the top spot on Google searches for about 3-4 years amused us immensely, and even after it was knocked off the top spot it was still the top answer when you googled "how heavy is a spider at birth" for a couple of years. Apparently the mixing of metric and imperial units wasn't enough to tip anyone off, nor was the fact that spiders don't give birth to live young. Doing a quick search just now it turns out that our contribution is still online! It's been refactored, but the only material change to the text seems to have been to replace the exclamation mark with a full stop. So funny! nagualdesign 04:13, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

User:nagualdesign did you check my userpage to see how I came up with that name from the goats that make spider silk in their milk?SpidersMilk, Drink Spider Milk, it tastes good. (talk) 12:46, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I did. I remember when they first made those goats. Incredible stuff. nagualdesign 13:14, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

...I wonder if they ever tried doing it the other way around, creating spiders that produced goat's milk instead of silk. I reckon you could produce some of the world's most expensive artisan cheeses for billionaire connoisseurs. nagualdesign 21:35, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Too funny, and disgusting!SpidersMilk, Drink Spider Milk, it tastes good. (talk) 22:16, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

User:nagualdesign Haha Spiders do not have birth canals.SpidersMilk, Drink Spider Milk, it tastes good. (talk) 22:40, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

They do suckle milk though, right? They're basically like little mammals with 8 legs, aren't they. nagualdesign 22:47, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

If the Alaskan wooly-back log spider really does exist, I would like it if you would send me a reliable source about it.SpidersMilk, Drink Spider Milk, it tastes good. (talk) 23:23, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

I'll have to get back to you on that. nagualdesign 11:55, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

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