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Newton's equations
You requested to convert an image at the Graphiclab. Could you please link the image to be converted as it currently does not display. Thanks bamse (talk) 22:56, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject History of Science newsletter : Issue V - January 2009
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Did Newton's mechanics influence the English industrial revolution?
Thanks for your recent part-supportive remarks in the Gravitation discussion on 5 January, albeit I don't understand the first two paragraphs. But your interventions remind me that some many moons ago somewhere in Wikipedia discussions you claimed the Dobbs & Jacob book ‘’Newton and the culture of Newtonianism’’ showed that the 18th century English industrial technological revolution was a result of the application of Newton's mechanics. However, my logical scrutiny of Dobbs & Jacob book reveals it provides no evidence for that liberal- positivist myth. Rather it is just asserted without evidence. I understand Jacob does not deny this, but claims the evidence is to be found in her subsequent book ‘’Scientific Culture and the Making of the Industrial West’’, yet fails to specify whereso in that work. I suggest we may safely conclude that contrary to positivist mythology, Rupert Hall's thesis that Newton's mechanics played no role in the technological innovations of the English industrial revolution still stands. Wot say you ?

And where was it that you made this contribution ? I thought it was in the Scientific Revolution article discussion, but cannot find it there. --Logicus (talk) 15:48, 18 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Can I expect any reply from you to my query here ? --Logicus (talk) 18:53, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

History of computing hardware
Could you explain why you reverted my edit re the thesis 'implementing' hardware - no thesis I have ever seen could do that. If there is no compelling reason for the revert, I would stand by my change - in the interests of clarity for the reader. Thanks. --TraceyR (talk) 09:00, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Claude Shannon
Sorry not to have expressed myself clearly enough. I'm not saying anything about Claude Shannon, nor am I wanting to denigrate his achievement. My point is solely about the way his thesis is described in the article. A thesis is basically several pieces of paper with writing on them, and as such cannot "implement" anything. In his thesis he proposed (for the first time) the implementation of a new type of circuit. The implementation (soldering components together to implement the circuit Shannon proposed) came later. One doesn't have to have a background in computing (which, by the way, I have) to make this distinction. If you can show that he not only wrote his thesis but also submitted a working ciruit, then that's another matter, of course, but even then it wasn't the thesis which did the implementing but Shannon himself. It's about the words, not the circuit. OK? --TraceyR (talk) 10:08, 27 January 2009 (UTC)


 * So his thesis, without any help from human hands, implemented the entire PSTN? I'm sorry, but that seems to contravene the laws of physics as I understand them. --TraceyR (talk) 10:26, 27 January 2009 (UTC)


 * From the link you gave: "In his 1937 MIT master's thesis, A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits, Claude Elwood Shannon proved that Boolean algebra and binary arithmetic could be used to simplify the arrangement of the electromechanical relays then used in telephone routing switches, then turned the concept upside down and also proved that it should be possible to use arrangements of relays to solve Boolean algebra problems." This isn't the same as 'implementing'.

Need a little help.
- 98.218.94.104 (talk) 03:13, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


 * If you're going to talk to a specific person you don't need the helpme template. What do you need help with? -- Menti  fisto  03:15, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * My understanding of this section is: 98.218.94.104 is using my talk page, but Mentifisto has answered in my behalf, so I am staying out of the way. I do intend to rm this section after this settles down. --Ancheta Wis (talk) 04:27, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

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RFC: socionics
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 * Hello :-)! First, excuse me, I speak English not very good. I have one question to you. I´m from slovak wikipedia (you can look my user page: User:Amonet) and I written article about Anne Stanhope (This article). I was looking for her picture. But on Commons isn´t her picture, I found her picture only on english wikipedia (Look). It upload User Alberia torkenkluvin, but I think, that he/she is not active. Can you upload this picture on Commons, please? It will help me it. Thanks for your help :-), Slovak User:Amonet, --85.216.145.68 (talk) 16:09, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
 * See talk page for User talk:85.216.145.68 --Ancheta Wis (talk) 02:12, 13 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much :-), Slovak User:Amonet - --85.216.145.68 (talk) 13:34, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

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 * Thanks, Don't forget to check for other work of yours that have been moved as well. :)
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Richard C. Hoagland
Hi, I see you have worked on many science related articles in the past. We really need some help over at Richard C. Hoagland. The page is a mess and there are a few users who are really mucking up the article with their own agenda. The fact is that nearly 3/4ths of the references are from Hoagland's website or books, clearly not following the WP:RS policy. Please help! Nasa-verve (talk) 02:43, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Your Scientific method edits
Hi Ancheta. I noticed you're cleaning up Scientific method minutiae and keeping things maintained there. I just wanted to express my gratitude go you for your diligence with this inherently difficult high-importance article. Perhaps one day we'll finally get around to breaking it up into two articles, one very basic for beginners and late-grade-school and high-school kids, another from a more advanced perspective. But for now, I feel grateful to you for all your efforts over the last several years. It's a far better article for your efforts. ... Kenosis (talk) 01:24, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Kenosis, thank you for your kind words; please let me know when you want to collaborate on that project. --Ancheta Wis (talk) 02:30, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Please check your grammar
at your recent edit at Puebloan peoples and really, this is (opinion) the sort of statement that should be referenced. Who is making the claim and where was it made. Carptrash (talk) 13:54, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I actually liked it as an addition to the article. I was just wondering where you found it. I am comfortable leaving it there.  I was being more curious than bureaucratic. Carptrash (talk) 14:19, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

In checking over my watchlist I see that we have both been editing Puebloan peoples for over 4 years. Somehow, this strikes me as noteworthy. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 03:45, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Carptrash (I am embarassed to use your handle), yes, we have similar interests, and now that I have time I am actually re-enacting your art interests. I just found out about the storyteller pottery currently (and I believe recently, within the previous 3 decades) used by the Pueblo people in the retail potter market. I am not quite sure where to put this in an article. I have a reference which lists the current authentic Pueblo potters. (again, not quite sure where to put this). The Field Museum in Chicago within the last two years showed some work by modern Pueblo potters which shows the high skill level of the newest generation of potters. (sophisticated designs, new totems, etc.) --Ancheta Wis (talk) 22:17, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * A bit of my history before we go to the Puebloan pottery history. Carptrash (as a name) started a decade or so ago on an www forum far away - Detroit.  It began as Carpe Mañana.  It then morphed into Carp Man because of my tendency to carp at folks.  Then after a particularly nasty online exchange involving a discussion of  "trailer trash", I changed it to "Carptrash" because at the time I was living in a trailer. There is some mention of it here, so it's  my choice, but I do answer to Einar too.   I have pulled out what books I have that touch on Pueblo pottery and will be sticking little edits into that section as I go along.  These should arrive complete with inline citations.  Did you mention that you are in El Paso, Texas?  Lucky you.  I have several tasks to do there involving Luis Jiménez and Trost and Trost.  Some day . . ................. Carptrash (talk) 16:31, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

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I deleted this file. It was a photograph of a photograph. Unknown original author, unknown publication date of original photo. It was licensed as CC-SA-2.0, but I doubt the museum where this photo was taken uses that license. —Th e DJ (talk • contribs) 13:05, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

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Another little ego
Dear Ancheta,

We have another destructive editor: Fram (talk)

He simply jumped in and started to delete. I undid his deletions, but I am unsure did we have some damages in progress.

I am tired of all this...

Kind regards, Damir Ibrisimovic (talk) 09:20, 19 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Ancheta, please stop collaborating with Dibrisim on the ownership of Perception and Talk:Perception. Fences  &amp;  Windows  14:34, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I sort of agree with Fences and windows here, I think I can understand that you wanted to put some effort in and help this user. I didn't realise at first that you were such an experienced editor (and indeed an admin, although you don't seem to do a lot of adminning). It might be a better idea to encourage editors to work within the current norms rather than attempt to redefine them on one article.  pablo hablo. 00:53, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Dear Ancheta,

I have submitted the article we were drafting to the Nature Reviews Neuroscience. Now, I have a dilemma. I would like to add your name to it --- but I would not like to cause you more trouble...

Please, let me know what you think. (damir@zip.com.au)

Have a nice day, Damir 125.255.7.10 (talk) 07:42, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

User:Dibrisim
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Interesting comment you made
Here, you touched on a subject that is interesting to me. I started (and have not worked much on) an essay: User talk:Sinneed/WP-WP editor COI. I wonder what things will be like when the pool of editors grows very large... say 1 billion... or if it will. My fear is that, over time, many many articles will become similar to Kripalu Center or Sikh extremism... that many articles will have one or more active editors with strong opinions who insist that their POVs belong in WP, and dominate the article. Hopefully, you will forgive my intrusion if you find this uninteresting. In any event, all the best, and happy editing.- Sinneed  20:54, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Final discussion for Requests for comment/Biographies of living people
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As this RFC closes, there are two proposals being considered:
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Your opinion on this is welcome. Okip  02:07, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

pp.
Ok, I will include the exception, but... is the half-linked pp correct? -- Basilicofresco  (msg) 19:52, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Ancheta, thanks, but in our case (the Scientific method wiki), Basilicofresco's edit was easily taken care of, and it's just as well that I stop half-embedding "pp." - maybe it could lead to unexpected problems in the future as well. Also it led me to find a previously broken link. I'm getting rid of the half-embeddings of "pp." in all the articles in which I've used them. Also see User talk:The Tetrast The Tetrast (talk) 21:08, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

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underscores seem to work better in the link (at the Scientific method wiki)
Ancheta, I noticed that edit, and I'm concerned because of my reliance elsewhere on simple spaces instead of underscores between words in a section link. I think that I may have to revise a whole lot of links. Could you elaborate on what happened? The Tetrast (talk) 05:06, 28 March 2010 (UTC).
 * Tetrast, I use the secure.wikimedia.org server to work, and I noticed that when I select the links with spaces the secure server just seems to give up. But when I use the underscore the secure server seems to understand better. --Ancheta Wis (talk) 12:45, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Ancheta. The Tetrast (talk) 14:56, 29 March 2010 (UTC).

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Please take a look at the Tablet PC discussion
Two editors on the Tablet PC discussion are trying to create "consensus" in order to make the article specific to Microsoft. You and I had a long debate there some months ago and while we did disagree on many things, we did discuss with an open mind I think. I am having a serious problem doing the same with two editors who support the notion that Tablet PC is specific to Microsoft; I searched Amazon and many products titled as "Tablet PCs" turn out to be running Android or Meego or QNX. Turning the entry to just about MS makes no sense to me. Your participation there would be most welcome; I am not looking for a supporter -- I am looking for an editor who is eager to discuss with an open mind and some common sense. Thanks in advance. Vyx (talk) 10:37, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Sacred Science/Humanities Template
Ancheta Wis,

Thanks for making a "Humanities" template and putting an end to the eternal debate about what should go in a "Science" template. I still think that Canon Law, Theology and Philosophy are sciences (forms of knowledge), but I recognize that most of the Wiki community don't see things my way and, as these things go, majority wins. Thanks for your mediation Ancheta!

 Canon Law Junkie §§§ Talk 16:36, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

P.S. Great Humanities template!

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Portal:Gravitation
Hello, can you update this portal, it's not been modified since 8/2008. 222.252.105.50 (talk) 15:16, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:SciSummary
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File:Feynman'sDiagram.JPG
Hi Ancheta Wis, I just wanted to know if you have (or could take) a higher resolution photo of this autograph. The current one is very low resolution and blurry, but it would be fantastic if there was a clearer version. -Gump Stump (talk) 19:51, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

File:Malays5.jpg listed for deletion
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Contents pages navigation proposal
Now that the two week trial period is completed, please respond to the proposal, Adding topical links to contents pages navigational headers and footers, as you see fit. Regards, RichardF (talk) 14:04, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:Philippines,ReliefGlobe,FieldMuseum.jpg
File:Philippines,ReliefGlobe,FieldMuseum.jpg needs an extra license for the underlying object. Freedom of panorama does not apply to 3D artworks still in copyright in the United States. Thanks. DrKiernan (talk) 09:14, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Please break the revert standoff
Please decide how these should look. I've had my fill of this and this. -- RichardF (talk) 01:10, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Revert
Hi, I see that you have. Why was this? -- Red rose64 (talk) 20:53, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Redrose64, I cannot explain this because I was away from my computer and have just returned to it. --Ancheta Wis (talk) 23:47, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

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Regional Ambassador
Hi, Ancheta. Could you elaborate on this bug? Also, the Great Lakes region has two ambassadors: I am the regional ambassador for Wisconsin, Michigan, Kentucky, southern Indiana, and southern Illinois; User:Etlib is the regional ambassador for Ohio, northern Illinois, central Illinois, northern Indiana, and central Indiana. Bob the WikipediaN (talk • contribs) 01:28, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * p.s. I'm Rob-- not to worry, you have been in contact with me.. Bob the WikipediaN  (talk • contribs) 01:35, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I just thought of two reasons you might have not received my email--
 * ) Did it go to your spambox?
 * ) Did you check the .....gmail one (censored the address for your privacy)? That's the one I replied to. Bob the WikipediaN (talk • contribs) 02:32, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Emailed you again. Bob the WikipediaN (talk • contribs) 18:11, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Broken 'Contact us' link at WP:VP/T
Perhaps you saw it, but I replied to your comment several hours after you left it; I'm in Bloomington, and I didn't have any trouble using the link. Nyttend (talk) 02:55, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Visual System
Hi Ancheta_Wis, Thanks for adding to the Visual system table. I have a question, which is: Are the Canonical optical pathway, Brightness detection pathway and the Eye motion pathway all parts of the brain, or are they pathways to the brain, and I just re-read it, or are they part of the optic tract. Thanks Leveni17 Aug 2011

Hypothesis
I didn't realize you were the one who added the 200-y/o Orsted ref; I guess you were a little protective and that's why you did the blind revert? Nice source now though, I was looking as well but clearly you were faster than I. Apologies if removing that stepped on your toes, and excellent job finding the Feynman source so quickly. KillerChihuahua ?!?Advice 11:45, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

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I notice that you have
just reverted an mini-vandalism someone did to a discussion comment of mine in Pueblo peoples - made in 2005. Some folks just won't give up. In any case, thank-you for keeping my voice true. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 02:11, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Mystery
Please solve this mystery if you can...

On September 23rd, traffic to Portal:James Bond doubled, and has stayed at the new level since then. I can't figure out what happened.

See http://stats.grok.se/en/201109/Portal%3AJames_Bond

Traffic to Outline of James Bond stayed the same (though it was at the higher-level already), which leads me to suspect changes made somewhere in Wikipedia.

See http://stats.grok.se/en/201109/Outline%20of%20James_Bond

I'd like to find out what happened, in case it reveals helpful link placement tips that can double the traffic to outlines too!

I look forward to your reply on my talk page. The Transhumanist 00:33, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

P.S.: I also look forward to seeing the Outline of the vertebrate visual system.

Where should "Formal sciences" be placed?
You have a reply at Portal_talk:Contents. The Transhumanist 00:50, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

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November 2011
Hello, and thank you for removing vandalism from Daniel. This is much appreciated, but unfortunately your repair was not successful in restoring the article to its pre-vandalised state. For future reference, it is better to deal with vandalism by checking the article's [ page history] to determine how it appeared before it was vandalised. You can then restore the whole article, or the relevant part of it, to an appropriate earlier version. If you simply delete the visible vandalism then any content removed or overwritten by the vandal is lost. See How to deal with vandalism for details. Thank you. StAnselm (talk) 02:53, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

File source problem with File:Binturong.jpg
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Talk:Entailment
I hope you know that this is a blatant abuse of the rollback privilege. I know, this "rollback" link may be clicked accidentally, but such action AFAIK cannot be performed stealthy on behalf of a registered user (except he uses an incredibly lame script). Please, be ready to fix your wrongdoing before it will be fixed by something else. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 09:39, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I replied on your talk page to thank you. The tablet was very slow, and I had to start up my real computer to reply. --09:48, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview
Dear Ancheta Wis,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
 * Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
 * Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
 * All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
 * All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
 * The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:04, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

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