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Talk:Weather lore
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This is quite a refreshing perspective on the Wikipedia way of things!

I applaud your informality. It seems to me that many (and I mean MANY) Wikipedia articles are oh-so-thinly-veiled POV rants. . . and when they aren't (in my estimation, at least), someone will have the gall to make a comment to the effect that "this part needs some work — too much POV" or something similarly ridiculous. But your badinage about the weather, aside from being charming and entertaining, is informative, and trying to inform myself a bit better is my main reason for browsing Wikipedia, although seeking out semiliterate and clumsily-camouflaged partisan soapboxing ranks as a close second.

Keep up the very good work, and thanks for your efforts!

Sam (not an official Wikipedian as yet)

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Stubs
Thanks. I've added it. By the way, I have no objection to people editing my pages themselves as long as they don't mind me reverting them if I don't like it what they did there. :) Angela. 20:57, May 2, 2004 (UTC)

Great pictures!
At Weather lore -- fantastic. But can you upload bigger versions and thumbnail them? I want to see several of them in much greater detail, and I was disappointed to find they weren't thumbnailed. :-) I hate to make work for you, but I think two or three of them would rate as Featured pictures if larger.  Nice job on that article -- keep it up! Jwrosenzweig 22:45, 4 May 2004 (UTC)
 * As requested--

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 * I promise to nominate at least the first two (mackerel and northwind) for featured, if not all four, once larger versions are uploaded. :-) Thanks so much! Jwrosenzweig 19:51, 10 May 2004 (UTC)

Crash test dummy
Glad I could provide useful feedback. Let me know about the next great article you write :) Fredrik 21:22, 5 May 2004 (UTC)

Thank you! Aside from the occasional run-on, I thought the article you (mostly) wrote was quite necessary and well done - It probably wouldnt have caught my attn otherwise. Newbies are a part of the action, Im afriad - theres a new crop of them everyday, and I hear its because of a little thing called human reproduction. :) -Stevertigo 03:33, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

After trying to find out why said newbie left an NPOV tag, I went through the article again, and noted you'd added a para on American hegemony. You may not have been aware of the fact that they added the NPOV notice before I added the paragraph about US hegemony. At the top of each article is a page history link, which shows us the change history in linear chronological order.

I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiment, (especially after the last 72 hours) Facts do not change in short timeframes - that opinions sway or surge in times of challenge is of no concern to me - what I wrote is either factual and explanatory or not - I will take a look at your changes, to see if I agree with them, and if not, I will explain my objections.

''I like it when I can say "If the shoe fits..." rather than "Here. Eat this fucking shoe." Less chance of a 2x4 in the side of the head.'' It is a natural trait of intelligent people to understand how not to piss off the less intelligent. That said, I'm watching the honorable Joe Leiberman working hard on Donald Rumsfeld's penis with his mouth right now, and it's not a pretty sight. -Stevertigo 17:12, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

Mumbai
And if boldly editing applies equally to photos as it does to text, I will have no hesitation about taking it on. It does apply equally; go for it. --Tagishsimon

Totalitarian_democracy
Please see my comment on Talk:Totalitarian_democracy (Freedom to fail, etc.) -- Jmabel 04:28, 8 May 2004 (UTC)

Redirects
There are two ways to do it. One is to move a page, which automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new one. This is best as it keeps the page history. The second way is just to type #redirect new title on the page you want to be the redirect. I've merged the page histories of Mumbai (Images) and Images of Mumbai to keep it in one place, and left the page at Images of Mumbai as that one had links to it, whereas Mumbai (Images) was linked only from talk pages. History merges are something that only sysops can do, but any user is allowed to create a redirect. There are instructions at redirect. Angela. 23:19, May 10, 2004 (UTC)

Copyright on photos
Your photos have both the GFDL tag and a "noncommercial use" tag. Let me first ask: Do you intend to dual-license these images, or is the inclusion of the GFDL tag an oversight and you meant to license them for noncommercial use only (the GFDL allows commercial use)?

We do not allow "noncommercial use only" images and all such images will in fact be removed by the end of June. Furthermore, we ask all contributors to upload their own work either as GFDL or public domain -- the exceptions we make are on works from outside sources, where we allow very limited fair use, and some licenses besides the GFDL.

The reasons for this are manifold, not the least of which is that some of our own intended uses in fact qualifies as commercial (such as the sale of printed copies), but there are also third parties (Mirrors and forks) who use our content whom we do not want to impair by restricting commercial use (such as adding a banner on a website).

If your intent was to dual license, that is, to allow users to choose which license to accept - either the GFDL or your simple "noncommercial use" license - then that should be clarified on the image pages. Alternatively, please remove the "noncommercial use" claim.--Eloquence* 07:06, May 15, 2004 (UTC)

I moved your msg to my talk page to reply - Diderot 19:28, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

"Never been a legitimate user"? My goodness. I'll let that one slide, because I'm kind and gentle. But the next one's gonna cost you double. :-) -- Wikisux 04:22, May 29, 2004 (UTC)


 * Replied on User_talk:Wikisux... -- Wikisux 03:07, 31 May 2004 (UTC)

Clinical Depression
Hello. What troubles me about the original wording is that men, rather famously, are less likely to seek help for anything they might regard as to do with their emotions. I've had a look at the website for the CMHA. I can't find those figures here. Which is not at all to claim that they haven't used those figures previously. However, it raises another question: were they using figures garnered only from Canadian patients anyway?

I am willing to concede to a revert, but I would like someone to show me some refs first. A complicating factor for me would be that men are also far more successful at ending their lives at any given suicide attempt than women.

Here's an opening reference I've found that quickly communicates my thoughts: --bodnotbod 01:55, Jun 1, 2004 (UTC)


 * I've severely curtailed alt.med and comp.med additions to Clinical depression and explained why on Talk:Clinical depression. I would appreciate your input.  --bodnotbod 14:25, Jun 3, 2004 (UTC)

Adminship
With your permission, I would like to nominate you for adminship. Any objections?

UninvitedCompany 16:39, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)

As you wish. Please let me know if you would like a nomination at some future time. Best regards, UninvitedCompany 18:15, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Image:Flagofmars.png
How is that the flag of Mars? Do you have another for the Moon? (TANSTAAFL) - T&#949;x  &#964;  ur&#949;  21:15, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)


 * Do you mean the four tilde (~) signature that adds the time to your signature? ( ~ ) - T&#949;x  &#964;  ur&#949;  21:56, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)