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John Barnard FRCO
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Year linking
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Liftback
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WikiProject Dinosaurs
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Smallpox Hill
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Uley/ Downham Hill/ Smallpox Hill
Archived: User talk:Ballista/Archive 1 small pox hill was used by black majic infusiats in the nineteen eighties, on account of the dead bodies buried because of small pox. The rituals carried out useually involved executing animals, namely cows and cats, thats some scetchy shit.

Infobox
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Re: user page assistance
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Sonett IV proposed merger
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Saab 60
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'born from jets'
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Punting in France
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no:Liste over medlemmer av Den Grunnlovgivende Forsamling
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Homeopathy
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Re: Battle of Taillebourg - B-Grade
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Welcome to the Military history WikiProject!
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VandalProof 1.2 Now Available
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Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue III - May 2006
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Squee! This is the fun part!
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Horses and complex systems
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Guidance please
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New article about Horse hoof
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Help with AutoWikiBrowser
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Image review/comment
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Barnstar alert!
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New images and old
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New pics from Dorset
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Latest OUMNH images
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Florid? (Humourous)? Huh?
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ref. uploads
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False edits to Belgium
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We need to have a talk (uh oh can't be good)
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Cable restored
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Picture:
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Uffington
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congrats
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Leeds Castle
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Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue IV - June 2006
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Dino eyes
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Probactrosaurus
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Guiting Power
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Lois Dollo
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Promised new images
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RE: Geologic formations
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Barnstar
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mea culpa
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Oviraptor/Citipati
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Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue V - July 2006
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Who is this feller?
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Looking good
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WikiProject Military history Coordinator Elections!
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re T-Rex
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Memory
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re: Brake
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Air conditioning, pics and stuff :D
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Two questions & greetings
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Happy 5k!
Hey B!

Happy 5,000th edit! :) Have some cookies...er... biscuits(?)! P.S. Your talk page is at 68k-- when are you going to archive this guy? ;) -- Firsfron of Ronchester 06:05, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the barnstar... you know, I'm starting to feel a bit guilty for accepting so many of thse barnstars from you, especially as many of these recent edits have been incredibly minor... I do thank you nonetheless. -- Firsfron of Ronchester 08:04, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * You asked "What's with the guilt thing?" Well... I feel you're a bit underappreciated, in terms of barnstars. And then you go and give me another one, when my recent edits have all been really minor. That's all. Anyway, happy editing, and enjoy the cookies/biscuits. :) -- Firsfron of Ronchester 08:34, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
I just wanted to let you know that I found Image:Charney church.JPG very interesting. Thanks for uploading it! --Hetar 06:11, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Cheers
Thanks for the bevvy. Me granma lives in Ealing and I keep putting this of but will probably be heading over some time or other.....Cas Liber 10:16, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Dinosaur articles
Hi - now that you're an admin, I can bother you with this legitimately. How do we work out if there are any other dinos who do not have the word 'dinosaur' on their page? (just today found that Tuojiangosaurus was without). Finding those that do is easy enough, on AWB but finding those without ....? I suppose we could ask AWB for a list of dinos and compare that with the project's list? Bit laborious, though. - Ballista 17:20, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey Ballista!
 * No, no bother at all. Here's what I'd do. You could use the 'What Links Here' tool, but it would be painfully long. Use the special settings on AWB and it will take a half hour to churn thru the entire list.
 * Here's what you do:
 * 1st tab: Make List: Make from… “Links on Page” and in the white box, type: List of dinosaurs. This will make a list which contains every dinosaur on the List of dinosaurs page.


 * 2nd tab: Set Options. Check the box marked “Skip if contains”, in the white box, type: dinosaur . This will cause AWB to skip any page that already contains the word dinosaur, and move on to the next article.


 * 3rd tab: Click “Start the process”. This will start the process.


 * I'm here all day, so if you have any more questions, or it just doesn't work, let me know. :) -- Firsfron of Ronchester 17:37, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

SuggestBot feedback
Thanks for the detailed feedback on the suggestions it has made. The most interesting thing I noticed is that you were pretty frustrated with some articles that people have strong POV on. I'm not sure what to do about that, but it was an interesting thing to notice. Any higher-level feedback you can think of to make it better? -- ForteTuba 21:36, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

WikiAward!
Hey Ballista!

Thanks for the mouldy sandwich award! Tres chic! I'll stick it in the back of my fridge and treasure it always. ;) Your lovely award has reminded me I've been meaning to give you something, too! Here you are...

Now we have nearly matching awards, and we can display them proudly; yours on the mantlepiece, mine on the refridgerator shelf, hidden behind last week's leftovers and that brown stuff from Veteran's Day. :)

Happy editing! -- Firsfron of Ronchester 06:41, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Glad to hear it's touched the spot - ref. your fridge, do you mean the brown thing that's liquefied & is now seeping out the bottom left corner of the door? - Ballista 06:57, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * No, the other brown stuff; you're talking about the Labo(u)r Day leftovers. ;)-- Firsfron of Ronchester 07:01, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey! I see you over there, picking at my sandwich! You may want to think twice about eating any (although it does have plenty of Penicillin...)-- Firsfron of Ronchester 07:46, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

OK? Yes I am... Thanks!
Yes, I'm REALLY OK! And I'm active for wikipedia too, but outside it. I studied laminitis - and I'm almost discouraged.. I just published yesterday a long article about wikipedia on The Horse's Hoof (a barefooters technical web magazine) and I hope, many experts will come and take a look about horse topics into wiki (and perhaps they'll give some effective contribution too!).

Take a look to http://it.geocities.com/alex_brollo/wikipedia.pdf for a copy of my article. Thanks for subscribing into it.wiki too!

UPDATE: I saw an enormous work by you about Horse hoof... thanks! What about deleting the warning tag? I promise... I'll work only on it.wiki from now... :-(

--Alex brollo 07:50, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject coordinator election - vote phase!
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Simca Vedette
Hi Ballista! Thanks for signing up for participation in so many Task Forces! It will take some time before we start with that, but as of now you are the only member of the French Cars Task Force, so perhaps you might be interested in cooperating on the Simca Vedette article I've just started. See the article's talk page for more details. Regards, Bravada, talk - 02:09, 13 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, given my "expertise", you can probably call yourself the Master of All Simcas :D Not that much expertise is needed as of now, just some Wikimanpower to transfer everything that Hektor took out from the book to the article, find more sources (even in obscure languages, I will find translators somehow) and, first and foremost, copyedit the monstrosity that I created in lieu of the article - which as a native speaker you can do wonderfully. Bravada, talk - 22:37, 14 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Hello again! The Vedette was just surprisingly promoted to GA, so I believe we need to bring it up to snuff ASAP. I believe you could help a lot here as a native English speaker with immaculate language skills (you don't refer to them that way in English, do you?) The current text is currently mostly commited by me, and I was focusing on containing all the facts in it rather than writing in good style. As a person yet not involved in editing this article, you could probably have a fresh look at it and try to make it much more "readable". Feel free to make far-reaching changes to the structure (I am dissatisfied the most with the lousy summary section and long paragraphs). In case you are not sure what footnotes pertains to what pieces of info, I will gladly rearrange them later on. Thanks in advance for considering devoting your time to that! Bravada, talk - 20:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * PS. Did I mention that "pushy" is my middle name?


 * Thank you! I am totally inobjective in judging this article, so I really don't know what to think about it, but I tend to agree with the people who say the summary is not the best. I have seen you have only done some more minor changes, but could I ask you to write a summary (you know, in the spirit of some authors asking important personae to write introductions to their books :D ) once the article finally gets expanded by the Brazilian stuff? Bravada, talk - 10:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * PS. Only when I saw the page today again I realized what actually happened :D Well, here goes my delayed punishment for pestering innocent users :D I removed most italicizations and reinstated bold type you removed when copyediting. Perhaps you don't like it that way, but the standard is (or actually I don't what is written in the standards at the moment because they are a mess, but anyway the "common law" is) to put all the names under which the model was sold and major versions/trim levels in bold type when introduced for the first time and then in standard type. Italics are used for foreign/proper names such as engine/component names (e.g. the Zenith carburettor or Vistadome roof in case of the Vedette). I know this might seem vague, but I can see some logic in it. Regards, Bravada, talk - 01:07, 27 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Excuse me for being ... but this is actually "your" system too, as you are a member of the WikiProject Automobiles as well. See WikiProject Automobiles/Conventions, as well as the general Wikipedia Manual of Style concerning italics. What do the bolds do for the article? Well, all the names of the articles that redirect here are bolded when used first. For example, some users might be looking for the Simca Chambord, but when they type that in they get transferred to Simca Vedette. Then they can quickly skim the article for Simca Chambord (which is easier to find when emphasized) and as it is close to the first use in the article, read an explanation on why they got transferred there.
 * This might, perhaps, be the conflict of interest between making the article read better from the beginning to the end (though I have no problem with the bold type, I actually like the way it emphasizes "something important") and the interests of many readers (including myself) who tend to look for some fragments and bits of info in the articles and rarely read them in the entirety in one sitting. That said, I'd just abide by the standard, and if you think it would be favorable to change, do propose so! Bravada, talk - 10:09, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

de:Bild:Plateosaurus.jpg
Hi Ballista, this picture definitely is from Switzerland, and the picture was taken in the de:Grün 80 park. This park is located near Basel. I visit this park every other week or so... regards, --Keimzelle 17:58, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Velociraptor photo?
Hi, thanks for your comment on my talk page regarding the photo Image:Buitreraptor-velociraptor.jpg. However, I noticed that the image was removed from the Velociraptor page by User:Dragon Helm with the comment "image is not velociraptor". If the skeleton in the background is indeed not a velociraptor, then my memory must be playing tricks with me; any help in identifying it would be welcome. (I suppose that one could always email the Field Museum to confirm.) —Steven G. Johnson 06:00, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

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Eleanor Coade
Hi there. Well there's timing. I've been meaning to put a bit in Lyme Regis about Mrs Coade for a while - and there you go creating an article on her! Just one Q: how do we spell her name? The Philpot Museum in Lyme gives Elinor, as you know, and I'm tempted to think they should know. But... JackyR | Talk 12:42, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

On the other hand, this seems even more unlikely to be wrong, unless Amazon staff made a mistake in transcription. *sigh* JackyR | Talk 14:11, 1 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes you're quite right, that's obviously how to do it. I'd hoped when I first looked at this that one version was simply a mistake from a single source, but it looks like both have extensive usage. I dunno, even that Shakspear bloke could never spell his name right... ;-) JackyR | Talk 16:32, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Hello there Ballista. I noticed that the photo you uploaded of the 'polished' ammonite paving infront of the philpot museum (on the list of ammonites page) are not genuine fossils as your picture caption implies, they are artificial. I think I remember reading a display in the museum describing how they were made.

Regards,

Matt —Preceding unsigned comment added by Richardleaky (talk • contribs) 13:05, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Inline references doing funny things
I have been having problems with inline refs this past few days where they somehow double up on themselves and are numbered twice or incorrectly down the bottom. It seems to rectify after 24 hours. Not sure what is going on... Cas Liber 12:14, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Hey B!
Thanks for your note~ I'm catching what appears to be a severe cold. Other than that, I'm fine. How are you? :) Firsfron of Ronchester  03:49, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * What's keeping you busy in real life? As for me, the Adminship goes fine, but that hasn't really kept me busy: it's the second week of classes/work, and it's been a hectic two weeks. Things are finally slowing down, though. But now I've contracted Malaria or something... :/ Firsfron of Ronchester  03:57, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Don't think I'm an idiot, but what does "setting exams, marking exams" mean? Creating and grading exams? And (another dumb one) what holiday is it there? Firsfron of Ronchester  04:13, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I never knew you were a teacher. That's cool. It's funny, you can "know" someone for months, here, but really never know a thing about him. I hope that, despite the business nature of your trip, that you have a good vac-- er... holiday. Firsfron of Ronchester  04:26, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, I'm a student, so I get vacation whenever classes aren't in session. So, three weeks ago, I had one, and eight weeks before that, I had another one. The college I attend has a very short summer session, and two long spring/autumn terms. I promise I'll get back to dinosaur articles, just as soon as things settle down around here. I miss working on them. Firsfron of Ronchester  04:45, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Heh! Yes, well, I was "translating" for you. ;) Actually, we do use the word "Autumn", it's just not as common as "Fall". Firsfron of Ronchester  04:57, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

English/ Dutch
Hello Ballista

Thank you for improving my edits on the Gog Magog Downs' article grammarwise. Like you I love the English language and it's good to read that you know how to deal with little but important things like commas etc. If you ever need to know anything concerning Dutch words or Dutch grammar please don't hesitate to ask as it would be my pleasure to help out,

Best Wishes,Antiphus 08:47, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

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Polls:
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 * YES - I'll provisionally fall for it! - Ballista 11:42, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Yay! As soon as I get enough people, I'll send out a questionaire. Thanks! Spawn Man 22:07, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

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1st poll:
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K&A locks
I saw your edit on the K&A Canal & Sulhamstead. I hope it's Ok I've reused one of your picks on Tyle Mill Lock. I've been doing articles on some of the locks following a boat trip a few weeks ago - but I started from Bristol end see Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal, any helkp adice/photos etc would be welcome. &mdash; Rod talk 12:56, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Handbag, shoes, and matching skull
I kind of liked the handbag and shoes. ;) Seriously, good catch. Firsfron of Ronchester  07:50, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Good work on all those articles, B! I'm having trouble keeping up with you! :) Firsfron of Ronchester  08:26, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * What's the problem? Can I help? It doesn't seem obvious from the current edits. Firsfron of Ronchester  08:32, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Seems like a good start for a stub article. No problems here. :) Firsfron of Ronchester  09:11, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * No, I hadn't noticed all your fixes to the Nemegt articles, until you pointed it out. Nice work! Looks a lot better, IMO. We really don't need that many seperate articles. I started working on the titanosaur articles you'd recently worked on, but you did more than I'll be able to do tonight. I'm off to bed in a little while, as it's frightfully late here, and will work on them more tomorrow, but thanks for all the fixes; as usual, well done. :) Firsfron of Ronchester  09:26, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome
This was one of my busiest summers ever (second only to last year). I had a flurry of work I had to get done in the last month or so and I also wanted to spend a lot of time with my girlfriend as she will be gone for the next 9 months. I couldn't really commit myself to any big projects here as I didn't really have the time. But summer is over, my girl is off at school, and consequently I have a lot more free time. So I expect I will be making a comeback. Sheep81 09:11, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

2nd Poll:
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Poll 2 - Writing subjects

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 * Question 4: Have you ever edited what was, or turned out to be, a controversial subject or article in current news or on Wikipedia?
 * A)Yes. B)No. C)Not sure. D)Other... (Please explain). F)Abstain.


 * Question 5: Have you ever reverted vandalism?
 * A)Yes. B)No. C)Not sure. D)Other... (Please explain). E)Abstain.


 * Question 6: Have you ever helped get an article to Featured Article status?
 * A)Yes. B)No. C)I helped partly. D)I've edited a Featured Article after it was promoted, but never helped to get one featured. E)Not sure. F)Other... (Please explain). G)Abstain.


 * Question 7: Do you find it difficult to think of things to write about on Wikipedia?
 * A)Yes. B)No. C)Sometimes. D)Not sure. E)Other... (Please explain). F)Abstain.


 * Question 8: On Wikipedia, do you edit articles to do with Wikipedia policies & voting etc more frequently than you edit actual encyclopedic articles?
 * A)Yes. B)No. C)I have an equal mix of the two. D)Occasionally. E)Not sure. F)Other... (Please explain). G)Abstain.


 * Question 9: Do you wish there was a Wikipedia article about your life?
 * A)Yes. B)No. C)Sometimes. D)Not sure. E)Other... (Please explain). F)Abstain.


 * Question 10: Would you like to expand the range of topics you write about on Wikipedia?
 * A)Yes. B)No. C)Sometimes. D)I don't know. E)Other... (Please explain). F)Abstain.


 * Question 11: Do you usually write about topics that are to do with your job, school or hobbies?
 * A)Yes. B)No. C)Sometimes. D)I don't work, I've never been to school & I don't have hobbies. :(. E)I don't know. F)Other... (Please explain). G)Abstain.

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Remember however, your personal choices may be read whilst they are on my talk page. I will understand if you don't wish to answer some or all of the survey due to this. For this reason I have also placed an "Abstain" choice for each question. Try & answer truthfully, or don't answer at all if you can't.

However, your personal choices will not be expressed on the survey's outcome, instead it will be part of a larger finding, such as "60% of people eat chocolate, 25% never eat chocolate & 5% of people chose to abstain from answering..." I will never say, "90% of people eat chocolate, while only Fruityman said he didn't..." This would be an invasion of privacy. However, if a question has (Please explain) or (Please elaborate) as a choice, your specific answer may be used in the survey outcome, although your name will not be. If a question does not have (Please explain) as a question choice, but your intended choice is not represented on the choice list, then feel free to provide another choice which fits your description.

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Abelisaurus
Not a problem, you have cleaned up after me dozens of times. :) Sheep81 22:07, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Ceratopsian images
I had put the images in sort of taxonomic order, from a psittacosaur to a full-blown ceratopsid, so readers could clearly see the changes that took place over millions of years. Alpha order also makes sense though. What do you think is best? Sheep81 08:01, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I actually like your picture better than the skull drawing (which can be removed if you like, or moved to a different section). I didn't even know we had that picture to work with. The Triceratops image is a life model too, not a skeleton, by the way. So it's actually 2 vs. 1 in favor of your image. I would love to have a picture of a fleshed-out Protoceratops to go with them instead of the skeleton (although that is a great picture too). As far as the images you placed on my talk page... the second skeleton actually looks better than the one at the bottom of the Psittacosaurus page, in my opinion. Only thing is that you can't really see the head. Maybe they should both go on the Psittacosaurus page somewhere? Sheep81 05:11, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Well there's a simple solution: just Photoshop the cartoon head onto the skeleton. Who will be able to tell? :) Sheep81 05:35, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Do what you can... you have already gotten a ton of great pictures for us. How do the pictures look now? I messed with the captions per your suggestion. Is that what you had in mind? Sheep81 05:44, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi guys, the only thing I thought was to spread around images with different ones on different pages - are there enough good ones for this? eg. triceratops cheers.Cas Liber 06:26, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, I guess it's late cause I don't understand whether you want the pictures to be spread around on the Ceratopsia page or on different pages?Sheep81 06:36, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Glad you like it... that wasn't too hard to fix up. By the way, I just wrote something new which I'm sure you'll be only too happy to copyedit. I am anxious find out what horrific comma-related offenses I have perpetrated on the English language! Sheep81 06:36, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, what I meant was, given that we have a few Triceratops images, then we can split them between pages - eg image 1 and 2 on speceis page and 3 and 4 on family page etc. Will have a lok tonight. Wikipedia is painfully slow at work........Cas Liber 08:55, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, there aren't as many different images on Wiki commons as I thought. See how I got a different triceratops image not used elsewhere. Looks a bit dull as a thumb but has nice detail.Cas Liber 11:01, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Greek symbols
Hey man, quick question. I noticed you have italicized the Greek characters in some articles. This is not a problem, I don't actually care how they are presented, but I do think they should be the same across most articles... in some cases they are bold, others they are italicized, others they are plain text. Which do you think is best? Do you think having the Greek characters is even worth it? Sheep81 21:24, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the halo!
Thanks! :) I also weighed in on the Greek characters discussion, BTW. Firsfron of Ronchester  04:50, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Blocked?
Just as a note, your answer to the first survey question: Have you ever been blocked from editing Wikipedia? You answered yes. However, upon inspection of your block logs, you have never been blocked. Do you want me to keep your original answer? If you don't answer before I release the original survey's results tomorrow, I will assume that you want me to keep the original answer. Thanks Ballista! Spawn Man 02:00, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Ballista? Blocked? Heheh! It must have been a typo. Firsfron of Ronchester  02:13, 26 September 2006 (UTC)


 * No Ballista, I meant from the 1st survey, not the second. I already have your answers from the 2nd survey. I also have your 1st survey answers. But I'm guessing by your reaction that, no, you haven't been blocked & it musta been a typo. Have a nice day. :) Spawn Man 03:08, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Poll 1 - Wikipedian relationships RESULTS

 * Question 1: Do you feel that other Wikipedians are as nice (or as horrible!) as when you started editing Wikipedia as a registered user?
 * A)Yes. B)No. C)Roughly about the same. D)Don't know. E)Other... (Please explain). F)Abstain.


 * Question 2: If you answered "No" above, how have other Wikipedian's attitudes changed?
 * A)They have grown nicer. B)They have grown meaner. C)Don't know. D)Other... (Please explain). E)Abstain.


 * Question 3: Are admins as nice as you think they should be? If you're an admin, try to be truthful...
 * A)Yes. B)No, they are nicer. C)No, they are meaner/grumpier. D)Not sure. E)Other... (Please explain). F)Abstain.


 * Question 4: Have you ever been in a serious dispute on Wikipedia?
 * A)Yes. B)No, I've never been in a dispute. C)No, I've only been in minor disputes. D)Not sure. E)Other... (Please explain). F)Abstain.


 * Question 5: Have you ever been blocked from editing Wikipedia?
 * A)Yes. B)No. C)Not sure. (You can find out by checking "My contributions" & selecting "block log"). D)Other... (Please explain''). E)Abstain.


 * Question 6: Have you ever met another editor on Wikipedia in real life?
 * A)Yes. B)No. C)Not sure. D)Other... (Please explain). E)Abstain.


 * Question 7: Do you enjoy communicating or working with other editors on Wikipedia?
 * A)Yes. B)No. C)Sometimes. D)Not sure. E)Other... (Please explain). F)Abstain.


 * Question 8: Have you ever taken a "Wikibreak" due to stress from other editors?
 * A)Yes. B)No. C)No, I've only taken a "Wikibreak" due to un-editor related stress. D)Not sure. E)Other... (Please explain). F)Abstain.


 * Question 9: Have you ever collaborated on an article with another editor on Wikipedia?
 * A)Yes. B)No. C)Several times. D)Not sure. E)Other... (Please explain). F)Abstain.


 * Question 10: Do you envy other editors on Wikipedia for their achievements or good fortune? Be honest...
 * A)Yes. B)No. C)Sometimes. D)I don't know. E)Other... (Please explain). F)Abstain.

These are the results for Poll 1 - Wikipedian relationships. For the actual questions see above. Other (please explain) answers may have their text placed into these results for clarity. However, only a selection of Other (please explain) samples may be included if full selection is too big. Options not expressed means that nobody picked them. Any thoughts are appreciated.


 * Question 1: Of the 14 editors to answer Q1; 3 editors (21%) chose option A), 6 editors (43%) chose option B), 2 editors (14%) chose option C), 1 editor (7%) chose option D) & 2 editors (14%) chose option E), saying "People need to be nicer to one another. The other site I tend to inhabit is much more civil, and always has been" & "It really depends on the individual; some are as nice as ever while others have acquired noticeably dourer dispositions."


 * Question 2: Of the 7 editors to answer Q2; 3 editors (43%) chose option A), 2 editors (29%) chose option B) & 2 editors (29%) chose option D), saying "The focus needs to be more on building the encyclopedia, and less on internal politics, in my opinion" & "Passive aggressiveness is more prominent than before."


 * Question 3: Of the 14 editors to answer Q3; 4 editors (29%) chose option A), 2 editors (14%) chose option C), 3 editors (21%) chose option D) & 5 editors (36%) chose option E), saying "Admins need to realize their behaviors reflect on the entire Wikipedia community" & "Again, it depends on the individual" & "Administrators are not as professional as they should be."


 * Question 4: Of the 14 editors to answer Q4; 8 editors (57%) chose option A), 5 editors (36%) chose option C) & 1 editor (7%) chose option E), saying "It depends on the definition of "serious". I've been involved in some that got fairly acrimonious, but mostly over things that might be considered relatively trivial in some quarters."


 * Question 5: Of the 14 editors to answer Q5; 1 editor (7%) chose option A), 11 editors (79%) chose option B) & 2 editors (14%) chose option D), saying "Yes but it was overturned" & "I was blocked by accident when someone hacked my email."


 * Question 6: Of the 14 editors to answer Q6; 5 editors (36%) chose option A), 7 editors (50%) chose option B) & 2 editors (14%) chose option C).


 * Question 7: Of the 14 editors to answer Q7; 8 editors (57%) chose option A), 4 editors (29%) chose option C) & 2 editors (14%) chose option E), saying "For the most part, yes" & "Yes, but not always (but more than 'Sometimes')."


 * Question 8: Of the 14 editors to answer Q8; 5 editors (36%) chose option A), 6 editors (43%) chose option B), 2 editors (14%) chose option C) & 1 editor (7%) chose option E), saying "Only to deal with real life time consuming things."


 * Question 9: Of the 14 editors to answer Q9; 9 editors (64%) chose option A), 1 editor (7%) chose option B), 3 editors (21%) chose option C), & 1 editor (7%) chose option E), saying "I suppose I have, but not directly. I haven't spoken to someone directly and said, okay let's work on this together."


 * Question 10: Of the 14 editors to answer Q10; 2 editors (14%) chose option A), 7 editors (50%) chose option B), 4 editors (29%) chose option C) & 1 editor (7%) chose option D).

Hope you enjoy the results which you, the editors of Wikipedia, changed in every way. Have a ncie day! -- Spawn Man 10:31, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

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Phalanx/Phalanges
Well I changed what you wrote because "one fewer phalanges" is grammatically incorrect. But it was better than what I had written... apparently I forgot that phalanx is the singular form when I first wrote it... I think I had "one fewer phalange" which apparently was referring to some Lebanese resistance movement. A little off topic huh? I agree the wording is awkward and needs to be fixed... just not sure how yet. A couple problems with your suggestion... for one, it wouldn't be the number of phalanges in the fourth and fifth digits of the forelimbs was reduced from three to two... it would be the number of phalanges in the fourth digit of the forelimb was reduced from three to two and the number of phalanges in the fifth digit of the forelimb was reduced from two to one. Another problem with that sentence is that it makes it sound like Abrictosaurus is more derived than Heterodontosaurus. The problem is that there is really no baseline digit formula to compare it to. What is the primitive state for Ornithischia? In Lesothosaurus the digit formula is 2-3-4-3-1. In Hexinlusaurus it is 2-3-4-2-2. In Abrictosaurus it is 2-3-4-2-1 and in Heterodontosaurus it is 2-3-4-3-2. Those fourth and fifth digits are just highly variable and it isn't possible to say whether the number of phalanges is reduced in Abrictosaurus or if there are extra ones in Heterodontosaurus (or both).

What if we just used "bone" instead of "phalanx" in the original sentence? Like one fewer bone in both the fourth and fifth digits of the forelimb. Does that make it any simpler? Or can you rearrange your suggestion to make it more accurate? Or make an entirely new one? Sheep81 07:50, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

List of museums
You're right; when you put any incomplete tag on an article it's automatically added to the incomplete lists category. Well done, and welcome to Wikipediaholism...! &hearts; Her Pegship &hearts; 03:44, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

vote
Hi fellow-WikiPedian, This thing came up: Articles for deletion/Where Troy Once Stood Would you like to vote? Antiphus 20:04, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

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Stegosaurus
Hi Ballista!

I'm planning to send Stegosaurus to Featured Article candidacy. The article failed its first nomination, but user:Casliber and I have been hard at work fixing stuff. As you're listed as a member of WikiProject Dinosaurs, I figured I'd drop you a line and see if there was anything you thought should be added/removed/cited on the article before it is sent to FAC. We definitely want it to pass! :)

(Feel free to make any edits on the article itself, comment on the talk page, or leave a note on my talk page). Thanks for your time, Firsfron of Ronchester  19:20, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Fungi
Hey, lemme know if you take any snaps of funny mushrooms as it is late autumn over your way (we have 6 months till mushroom season (easter)here......)Cas Liber 21:08, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

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Wikiproject Automobiles Notification
Hi Ballista, you were on the list of members at WikiProject Automobiles and we are introducing a new way of listing members, as the old list was becoming too long. Our new method involves having all of our members in a category.

To add yourself to the category just add the userbox to your user page by putting   where you want the userbox. Alternatively if you don't like the userbox you can add   to your userpage.

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Happy holidays
Hi Ballista! :)

Hope you're having a Merry Christmas over there in jolly old England. Drop us a line when you get a chance. :) Best wishes, Firsfron of Ronchester  20:58, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

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Trucks
Pardon for intruding, but would you be interested in supporting the creation of a project about trucks? Please feel free to sign up or just comment at WikiProject_Council/Proposals. Rotten Stone 16:27, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Etymology of scarp
Hi Ballista- Do you have a source for the etymology of the word scarp that you give in the Escarpment article? The dictionaryI use is generally pretty thorough, and it isn't so confident on scarp's origins. -Eric (talk) 22:57, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

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You're famous!
Well, at least your pictures are becoming famous outside of Wikipedia. Check out this, which is just one site of several using your images. Firsfron of Ronchester 21:52, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

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Nice pictures of the Swing Bridge at Sulhampstead.86.111.169.120 19:52, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

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Homeopathy
Hey, I just finished a rewrite draft of the Homeopathy article. The article has major problems and I'm trying to turn it into a featured article and I noticed you were an editor of related articles or sub articles, so I thought you might want to help. The draft is a rough approximation of what it should be like. It obviously has some flaws in it's format and wording right now but they will be kinked out within the next couple of days. Right now what I want is for you, if you're interested in helping to improve the article, to come to the articles talk page. I'm trying to get all of the articles major contributors to discuss the rough draft and hack out a consensus so that we can replace it with the current article. There we will all discuss the article and how it could be improved before we replace the current homeopathy article with it. In order for this to work we need to follow a few rules. The first rule, the most important rule, is that no one but me can edit the rough draft. Do not edit the rough draft. This precaution is used to prevent edit warring and loss or addition of information that might not be up to consensus. Don't worry, It's just a draft and you'll have all the time you want to make changes after we've replaced it with the current article. The second rule is that all proposed changes in the rough draft must be made on the talk page of the rough draft and must be clear and concise. At that point anyone involved will discuss the proposed changes and if agreed by consensus they will be implemented. We will do that until there is no disputes or disagreements. After all disputes are hammered out, we will replace the homeopathy article with the rough draft. At that point there shouldn't be anyone needing to make huge edits, and if you do see an edit that you want to make, be sure to add a note on the talk page PRIOR to making the edit so that consensus can be reached and then you should make the edit. If you have any questions you can leave me a message on my talk page. Here is the link to the rough draft Link to rough draft. Thanks.  Wikidudeman  (talk) 08:59, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Coade Stone
Hi Ballista, I am looking for the source of the Coade Stone formula. While reviewing the history of the Coade Stone site I noticed that you entered the formula to the page. It would be great to hear from you. Daniela —Preceding unsigned comment added by Branch07 (talk • contribs) 17:36, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

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I was about to draw your attention to this - be a shame to let it happen WikiWriter (talk) 14:41, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

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