User talk:Bridgettttttte/Archive 1

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Douglas Youvan
The article is not that bad and a few references why this person is notable from books or journals or newspapers will improve the article that no tags are necessary any more.--Stone (talk) 21:40, 9 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, Bridgettttttte. Stone spoke with me about my reversion of your edit to the Douglas Youvan article and it appears that my reversion of your edits was not the best way to deal with the deletion of all of the content from the page. For that, I apologize.


 * While I don't think it's a good idea for me to revert it back to a blank page (since people who come looking for the article would be discouraged by seeing a blank page), I have deleted my earlier warning to you and replaced it with one of our welcome messages, which may be useful to you here...I have to admit that I chose this particular welcome template because I've always liked that bouncing Wiki globe! ;)


 * If you have any questions or problems, please let me or Stone or someone else know (and if you're at "wits' end" and don't know what to do, type anywhere on your talk page (this page) and someone will arrive shortly to assist you). Regards and welcome! • CinchBug • 22:08, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi, sorry I don't quite follow. The page was never up for deletion... - Reconsider !  05:50, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Sorry will be off line for an hour and than I will have a look.--Stone (talk) 15:49, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Can you mark the ones which are wrong and give the right ones? --Stone (talk) 05:22, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I'll start rebuilding the correct references in a new section on this Talk page and then let you know when it is ready to format. Thanks again. Bridgettttttte (talk) 12:33, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Rebuild References from History
helpme fix references please 17:38, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

(moved this from Article's Talk)

4,5,7,9 are wrong Bridgettttttte (talk) 12:55, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

ref 4 is:

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1979 August; 76(8): 3751–3754.

Reverse transcriptase pauses at N2-methylguanine during in vitro transcription of Escherichia coli 16S ribosomal RNA. D C Youvan and J E Hearst

ref 5 is:

Nucleic Acids Res. 1981 April 10; 9(7): 1723–1741.

A sequence from Drosophila melanogaster 18S rRNA bearing the conserved hypermodified nucleoside am psi: analysis by reverse transcription and high-performance liquid chromatography. D C Youvan and J E Hearst

ref 7 is:

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 October 15; 88(20): 8885–8889.

Direct observation of vibrational coherence in bacterial reaction centers using femtosecond absorption spectroscopy. M H Vos, J C Lambry, S J Robles, D C Youvan, J Breton, and J L Martin

ref 9 is:

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 August 15; 89(16): 7811–7815.

An algorithm for protein engineering: simulations of recursive ensemble mutagenesis. A P Arkin and D C Youvan


 * In which article?  Chzz  ►  17:46, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Douglas Youvan Bridgettttttte (talk) 17:53, 13 May 2010 (UTC), thanks

helpme Bridgettttttte (talk) 18:51, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


 * No need to ask someone else to do this -- you can do it yourself! Just click the "Edit" link at the top of the page on Douglas Youvan, and you can update the references without waiting for anyone. :-) Tim Pierce (talk) 21:47, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Main Text
This is a test for a reference.

Comment
This is a small page to demonstrate the play with the ref and the reflist. Everything between ref and ref/ will show up at the point of reflist. The cite book and cite journal template are there to create always the same apearance.

There is a bot at the toolserver which fills in the missing things if you give him a doi, PMC or PMID.

Please try it! doibot

first line should be your talk page so type: User talk:Bridgettttttte second field should be your user name so use : Bridgettttttte

have a look what happens!

--Stone (talk) 20:15, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you, I will. Bridgettttttte (talk) 22:53, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Photo of Youvan for this article
Could someone help me place the right-side half of image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karr_and_Youvan,_Copperhead_Stagecoach_Co..jpg as the photo of Youvan in this article. I think the title should read: "Wheelwright Youvan at Copperhead Stagecoach Company, 2002". Bridgettttttte (talk) 10:17, 7 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Which article do you want this image to go on? Tim Pierce (talk) 14:10, 7 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Douglas Youvan and thanks for helping. Bridgettttttte (talk) 15:42, 7 June 2010 (UTC) again please. Bridgettttttte (talk) 23:27, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I added the image to the article. That link should show you what I did. Hope that helps. :) HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   23:34, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Pretty Signature
How do I make my signature a different color with "talk" as a subscript (e.g., babble) and "contributions" as a sub-sub-script or a superscript (e.g., poop). Please do it for me if u r good at it. I don't like to be red. Purple name, green babble, and brown poop would be nice. Thank you. I hope u enjoy this help me task. As I learn this stuff (years?), I will look at the help me requests for others. . Bridgettttttte (talk) 18:05, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The following code creates Bridgettttttte babblepoop:

Bridgettttttte babblepoop
 * Regards, — μ 18:12, June 13 2010 (UTC)


 * T.U. Let's see if it works, Greek u. I did find the "my preferences" page.  Bridgettttttte babblepoop 18:23, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi there, it won't work on Simple English Wikipedia, as it is a different language edition. For example, it won't work at French Wikipedia until you set it up in your preferences there as well. Regards, — μ 21:07, June 13 2010 (UTC)

LOL @ babble and brown poop! :D MichaelWestbrook (talk) 21:12, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

dear fellow Wikipedia soul-sister...
I responded to your NOR conundrum on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill talk page. :D MichaelWestbrook (talk) 21:51, 14 June 2010 (UTC)


 * You are the kindest funniest person on here. MichaelWestbrook (talk) 05:09, 16 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, some editor removed our most important crucial perspective on the Oil Spill to date, certainly ever. So I am restoring your genius (and a little of mine) on our talk pages for posterity:

Some gender humor and fact in a very serious matter
I've tried to convince BP to use the same technique on the pipe leak that I used on my new husband: Put a wedding band around it and it will stop putting out! Bridgettttttte babblepoop 17:29, 14 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Not so humorous: Only 2 of the 14 Board Members of BP are women: . Bridgettttttte babblepoop  17:37, 14 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I think the probability of that gender composition of the board might be calculated as 2/14 or less with a mean of 7/14. Maybe not, because you can't have (1/2)/14, i.e., a fractional person. Anyone want to do that or does that fall under NOR? Bridgettttttte babblepoop  18:06, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Funny you should pose this mathematical conundrum, because I have been working on precisely the same logic problem since April 22... Here is my conclusion thus far: To show evidence of my proof, I quote CEO Tony Hayward, executive member of the BP board of directors: 1. "I think the environmental impact of this disaster is likely to have been very, very modest." 2. "We're sorry for the massive disruption it's caused to their lives," Hayward said. "There's no one who wants this thing over more than I do, I'd like my life back." 3. (regarding 7 oil spill clean up workers who were hospitalized after reporting dizziness, headaches and nausea.) "I am sure they were genuinely ill, but whether it was anything to do with dispersants and oil, whether it was food poisoning or some other reason for them being ill, you know, there's a—food poisoning is surely a big issue when you've got a concentration of this number of people in temporary camps, temporary accommodations." 4. "The oil is on the surface," Hayward said. "There aren't any plumes."

Conclusion: It turns out you can in fact have (1/2)/14. Tony Hayward is half a man. :D MichaelWestbrook (talk) 21:46, 14 June 2010 (UTC)


 * haha we made a funny MichaelWestbrook (talk) 05:27, 16 June 2010 (UTC)



'''Michael has given you a cookie! You can eat this cookie on Michael's talk page with {{subst:munch}}!'''

MichaelWestbrook (talk) 05:55, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Troubles with infobox model
Hi, I saw your q at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (infoboxes). That page isn't really for discussing technical issues with specific infoboxes; a better place might have been at Template talk:infobox model - or you could have asked on this page, preceded by a to gain the attention of a helpdesk volunteer.

I take it that the problem is with the infobox on your user page. I see one problem straight away, it's in the line | birthdate = 1985|01|01 The pipe characters "|" separate parameters. Thus, this line is being taken as three parameters for ; the first is "birthdate = 1985", whereas the "01" and "01" are being treated as parameters entirely separate from that; but are unnamed, and doesn't recognise unnamed parameters. (Bit technical I know; there's a whole bunch of help for template usage at Help:Template.)

I rather suspect that you should be using this: | birthdate = January 1, 1985 that is, the three figures 1985, 01, 01 are used as parameters into the template, which then mashes them about to produce:
 * January 1, 1985

which is then used as a single value passed through the birthdate parameter of. Hope this helps. If you have more problems, ask here: I'll keep this page on my watchlist for a few days. -- Red rose64 (talk) 15:03, 16 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Red: Thanks for answering and steering me to correct pages in future. Bridgettttttte babblepoop 22:33, 16 June 2010 (UTC)