User talk:ClockworkSoul/Archive5

Thanks for the welcome
Your warm welcome and pointers are much appreciated. Sorry, didn't realize your talk page would wind up goofled, much less so soon... Have steered clear of NPOV citations lately, but would again appreciate point of view review for articles listed on user page. Thanks... Ombudsman 08:37, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
I appriciate the welcome! I'm finding some of your tips and links quite useful.

Adm58 04:32, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)

Rodney King uprising
First, the original article capitalizes "riots," making the term a proper noun when it is not. Like Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, the article, regardless of the choice of title, should not be capitalized. See Naming conventions (capitalization)... Second, the decision to capitalize the title, leaving the reader with the impression that this is a term that has entered the lexicon universially as a proper noun, coincides with the same POV implicit in the use of the term "riot." The Rodey King uprising was not regarded by many in community in South Central LA as a riot. Rep. Maxine Waters, e.g., was among those arguing that the reaction was not a riot but a rebellion. Neither term is appropriate for our purposes, but "uprising" finds a middle ground. 172 05:23, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Another title may suffice. It just cannot be "riot" or "rebellion," which endorse a POV. Also, the title should contain "Los Angeles," not just "LA." 172 05:30, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Barnstars on Wikipedia
I've added 3 attempts by myself. I'm not sure that the imprinted or raised surface is going to work out, as the image is too small to make it clear. --brian0918&#153; 15:58, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar of Diligence
Many thanks for your barnstar! I shall proudly display it on my user page. :-) --Deathphoenix 21:54, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * And the same goes for me, too - many thanks! Grutness|hello? [[Image:Grutness.jpg|25px|]] 22:29, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Cheers!
Thankyou for officially welcoming me as a new user. I appreciate you taking the time to say hi! AJB83 22:26, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Greetings
Oh, I wander around here and there. Been monitoring the barnstar page for awhile, and thought I'd get a bit involved. Good job on the guidelines! Tuf-Kat 23:02, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)

Thank You
Hi. I just wanted to thank you for the Barnstar of Diligence. I'm honored! :) Sorry for taking so long to write this, but actually, yesterday I was editing two articles at once and I accidentally thanked Grutness for the Barnstar you gave me (I guess I must have forgotten to take my pill...).  But better late than never,so thanks! Regards, Redux 18:50, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Welcoming Doctor Mengele
Hi. I was sort of taken aback to see you welcome a newcomer with the username DocMengele, an allusion to "the most evil man in Auschwitz", in charge of medical experiments. Take a look at the user's contribs, too. Bishonen | Talk 19:45, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Sure, that's what I assumed. Thanks for replying. Bishonen | Talk 08:52, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Nobody is forging Elhim's name
I just didn't log in. Elhim 07:29, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for welcoming me, and adding those links to my User_talk:Dylan.Finneran page. I would also like to point you towards the only article that I have written, and ask you about it's point of veiw. More specifically, how neutral it is. I am aware that an article has to retain a neutral point of veiw, and I'm pretty sure that it does, I just have to ask because there is one part where I discuss that I made the page as a personal project, and wasn't sure if this was a "slanted" point of veiw. Dylan McKenzie-Tavish Finneran 08:16, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)   User_talk:Dylan.Finneran
 * Hi Dylan. I went to look at your article, Guajome Park Academy, and it looks like it has been tagged as being a possible copyright violation from the page http://www.guajome.net/FAQs/default.aspx. I know that sometime's it's very tempting to just copy something that seems to be worded so perfectly, but unfortunately that composition is owned by its author, and we're not allowed to use it (even if you change it around a little bit). Also, the part about the "personal project" that you put on the bottom isn't entirely appropriate for an entry in an encyclopedia. A good guideline is this: if you were writing a general report about Guajome Park Academy, which parts would might care about? Anything else you can just cut. I'm looking forward to your revisions, and I hope this helps! – ClockworkSoul 15:53, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

about editing notes.
I've gotten the welcome note some time ago and I've been actively participating on editing and creating articles. anyway, I was looking at various edits, and found various editing notes (eg. (+sp)) I couldn't find how to use those and variety of those. It would be nice if I can get that. thanks alot. WB 21:46, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)

Redirects from meta
I noticed that your user and talk pages on meta redirect here. I did the same and was informed that I should use a soft redirect instead. To fix them, go to http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User:ClockworkSoul&redirect=no and http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User_talk:ClockworkSoul&redirect=no respectively. Thanks, Alphax &tau;&epsilon;&chi; 00:07, Mar 7, 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations
Congrats on getting Chemical warfare listed as a feature article! -- FP 01:25, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)

l33t wiki skillz!!!
Its good to see Chemical warfare as a featured artice. Nice work on that one. Anilocra 09:11, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Napalm and Agent Orange in Vietnam
By what criteria is a chemical designed for warfare not a chemical weapon? And by what criteria is a chemical used substantially in warfare for the purposes of warfare not a 'true chemical weapon?' I think that you have censored the article according to a narrow bias -- one which seeks to censor or exclude material which is embarrasing to a particular point of view. It would an absolute abomination if such relevant material were not in the article. I wish to restore that text immediately. Jamex

Chomsky reference in Chemical Warfare
I have searched this article and find no mention of Chomsky or any reference to any material or even idea which is contained in this linked reference. Perhaps it refers to something which was dropped from the article? Rmhermen 23:06, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * I never saw the second page. I added the fact to the reference although I wonder if we shouldn't link directly to the page rather than the front page. I notice the Chemical warfare in the interwar years section leads with "During this interwar period, chemical agents were occasionally used to subdue populations and suppress rebellion."; however, only one example of actual use during this period is included and rising opposition to their use which seems to be the main subject of the section is unmentioned in the lead paragraph. Are there other instances? Rmhermen 14:59, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * According to Chemical warfare "opposition to the use of gas and technical difficulties prevented the gas from being used in Mesopotamia" but according to The United Kingdom and weapons of mass destruction: "After the war, the Royal Air Force dropped mustard gas on Bolshevik troops in 1919, and Winston Churchill, secretary of state for war and air, suggested that the RAF use it in Iraq in 1920 during a major revolt there. In the event, the British Army used mustard gas shells in Iraq but the RAF dropped only conventional explosive bombs in punitive raids." Which is correct and did Britain in fact use them in Russia? Rmhermen 15:09, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Centered the table made the first paragraph visible for me using IE 6.0. I noticed other complaints on the talk page. You can only see a couple letters of each word to the left of the table as it is now. What problem does it cause for you? Rmhermen 17:05, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)

Typo in your user page?
....to music (especially Lo-Fi bands such as Neutral Milk Hotel other others of the Elephant Six Collective), to religion, to the sciences. --Golden Eternity 21:33, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

are there any pages about how to make a template? I can't seem to find one. thanks WB 23:20, Mar 13, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for people who made this e-encyclopedia.
This is for sure the second best thing on Internet, the first thing is communication :p To the people whoever made this, this is such a great work. And I'm very happy to see 9 out of 10 things I searched give me satisfactory answers. Some of them are actually really rare and odd. And I'm happy to see a lot of information is really up-dated. Thanks again.

Uli 02:42, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Got a question...
I saw the Mark Jacobs page was empty, I couldn't believe it. He is one of the very few American designers that American can be proud of. I want to make that page, but it's not gonna work if I just copy and paste from another website yeah?

I'm not an American citizen so please don't get mad at me about not knowing the Copyright law. Thanks.

--Uli 01:05, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Stub image
Hi. I removed several images from commonly used templates and highly frequented pages in response to requests by the developers to rapidly reduce the strain on the image server, which apparently was close to meltdown due to being overloaded. I am not too familiar with the logistics of the servers and, like you, thought that images were cached. I have not yet ascertained whether the problem has eased, but I know they were waiting on some new hardware to arrive which would be more capable of handling the image tasks. For more on the problem, there is a meta page about it. - Mark 14:58, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Republics
Need your help and/or advice. The British Wikipedian Republican Party sought fit to delete Wikinfo:Classical definition of republic from Wikipedia. There is a terrible brouhaha at Talk:Republic. They won't even allow an external link! SimonP really doesn't know what he is doing. They deleted the Classical definition of republic and created mixed government and politeia instead. The official title of mixed government is a Republic and the Romans translated "politiea" as Republic. And then to top it off the new article Classical republicanism doesn't refer to the Classical republics of Crete, Sparta, Solonic Athens, or Rome but to Machiavelli's ideology. How can that be when Venice in the 13th century instituted a mixed government and called herself a "Republic".

With Jwrosenwieg and Kim Bruning there was a tacit agreement a year ago to have republic be the modern meaning and a [Classical definition of republic] to describe the ancient republics of Hellas and Rome and their influence. To say the least the "Republic section" is all messed up. We need some clarification. I have new information but User:Snowspinner won't let me bring this back up for undelete. (I do grant that a little bit of the Classical definition is original but the rest is not.) I will not let Sparta be called anything but a republic! I will not let the British wikipedian modern republicans strip Sparta, (my heritage and roots) of her rightful name. She is a Classical republic and needs to be called such! At the least, where is the damage in having an external link?WHEELER 15:27, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hello!
Hello! Thanks for the welcome! Someone just vandalized my page and also some Asian's pages: History

- Ken Bogan 01:09, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Yeah, maybe cuz it's I'm black. - Ken Bogan 01:09, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for blocking him too. Ken Bogan 01:10, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Great work
Thanks for changing my blanking of the vandalism into welcomes; I was still thinking whether I should ask an admin to speedy them (without using the tag to avoid scaring more users). Your solution ended up being really good (but still, if there was a way to remove vandalism revisions without being too much work for the admins, it would be perfect).

cesarb 01:29, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks Mr. Soul :)--Fotze 02:27, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hey ClockworkSoul. Thanks for the correction on my entry to the article on Lewisite. Not only did you catch an error, I learned something new!

Badhotra 06:14, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

P.S. To the post above this one, if you see that I editied your post, it is because I hit the wrong button and this post wound up in yours.

Wiki rocks
I just created a user account. I started to read some of your articles and realized that I have no idea where to begin in terms of contributing material.

Anyways, thanks for inviting me to join Wikipeida. Wikipedia ROCKS!

Badhotra 06:14, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Comment about New Articles
Actually, Ryan Coppelman, the person who posted above your message on my talk page, is the newby whose article I deleted because it seemed to be a random list of bands, which I thought was patent nonsense. I have been here for over a year. However I will certainly tell him about the show preview button. Academic Challenger 07:12, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Also, thanks for all the useful information on the talk page! WebLuis 15:33, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the greeting.

Scott Johnson 16:05, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

IP block WebLuis
Why has this user not been IP blocked for violating the three revert rule? De-Chomskidize 18:34, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * As you can see, Trey Stone has been evading his 24 hour block by using a "sockpuppet." He has a long history of doing this, which I found out upon going through his user contributions history earlier today. A similar account was User:Chomskoid... I don't see how it will be possible to reach a compromise with this editor if he can use sockpuppets every time he gets himself blocked and then continue to revert. So I was wondering that if blocks do not moderate his behavior, do you know what's the best alternative mechanism for dealing with editors like this? Thanks again and sorry for the hassle. WebLuis 02:52, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

People go through unnecessary blocks provoked by people with nothing better to do than to push their own blatant anti-American POVulation in this encyclopedia and call it "objective."

locked Wolfowitz page
Is locking the Wolfowitz page really the best thing to do? Yes, there were something like 5 or 6 acts of vandalism, but wouldn't IP blocks be a better way to deal with this than locking the article? --jacobolus (t) 22:19, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Revert
Sorry about the reverts to your edits which might not have any concern with the section in question. There were too many edits and i just reverted back to the last page which did not contain the section. My mistake. thanks for pointing it out. You can readd them. I am only against the inclusion of the extensive debate of evolution vs creation here as a long section. I think it has enough coverage in this and other articles. talk, kaal 21:03, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Invalid VFD Thanks
Hi ClockworkSoul, thanks for at least agreeing with me about the VFD vote :). I really don't think the image is only used for shock value, but I can't convince everyone! Cheers, T IMBO  ( T A L K )  06:52, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Don't know where else to ask this question...
Hello, Just thought I should point this out...

I got this error when I went to the page Jack O'Neill (Stargate) and clicked on the nanites link:

Warning: mysql_query: Unable to save result set in /usr/local/apache/common-local/php-1.4/includes/Database.php on line 324 Error in numRows: MySQL server has gone away Backtrace: Database.php line 502 calls wfdebugdiebacktrace User.php line 463 calls databasemysql::numrows SkinTemplate.php line 254 calls user::getnewtalk OutputPage.php line 417 calls skinmonobook::outputpage OutputPage.php line 614 calls outputpage::output Database.php line 360 calls outputpage::databaseerror Database.php line 309 calls databasemysql::reportqueryerror Parser.php line 3005 calls databasemysql::query Parser.php line 195 calls parser::replacelinkholders OutputPage.php line 230 calls parser::parse Article.php line 798 calls outputpage::addwikitext index.php line 127 calls article::view

However, if I try repeating the same steps, I don't get the same result. Instead, I end up on nanotechnology. Is this just an intermittent problem?

Also, another unrelated problem has to do with what the nanites link actually does. I don't think it should forward the user to the nanotechnology page, since one is fictional, and really should not be considered related to the science. I don't know how to remove this page forwarding. What do you think is the best way to deal with this?

Thanks for your help and advice! HappyCamper 15:05, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Hello again! I might try and fix up those nano pages when I get the chance - thanks for the tips. I'm trying to propose my first "page for deletion", but it's really complicated! I'm trying to delete the page pentominoes - I've followed all the instructions as well as I could, but I don't see the proposed page delete show up for March 26th. However, if you click on the link "Add new VfD section" it's there. If you have time, could you check if I've done it correctly? If not, that's okay too. Thanks for your help! HappyCamper 03:09, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Barnstarpages
You wrote here: "Heya Phil. I noticed that you merged Template:Barnstars and Template:Barnstarpages. That's very good, but the former template is getting very large, and the latter is quite small. The result is that is a page only wants to list around tha pages, and not the ever-increasing number of stars (such as the Barnstars on Wikipedia pages) is forced to host a bunch of extra baggage. I rolled back the Template:Barnstarpages, but that damn 'template for deletion' banner is still there: can we agree to remove it, because Template:Barnstarpages isn't hurting anybody? Cheers! – ClockworkSoul 15:19, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)" The problem as I saw it was that both templates were being used on the same pages, and therefore duplicating effort. I therefore merged the small one into the big one on the grounds that the latter was being used everywhere the former one was already and no information would therefore be lost. The current situation is that Template:Barnstarpages is only being used in one place which is not a supportable situation for a template. Unless there are several more places where it might be needed which do not need the full list, it should be substituted into that page and retired. HTH HAND --Phil | Talk 16:33, Mar 23, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi. It was very nice to get your note. Thanks for the attention! I'm returning to the Barnstars forum now. In fact, I've missed all of you guys as well. Redux 01:08, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

My RFA
Hey wanted to let you know i'm up for Adminship if you want to go vote. Requests_for_adminship/Alkivar  ALKIVAR &trade; 05:45, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Beer
Hi,

I thought it was a good idea. It should be a lot of fun to bring Wikipedia's coverage of beer up to the standard of a lot of its content. Thanks for joining the project, and I'm very glad to see that you seem to be an expert around here -- your help will definitely be needed! Anyway, just wanted to drop off a quick note, say thank you, &c., and I hope to see you around.

All the Best,

Daniel11 09:46, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Re: G4 article
Thanks. I kinda figured it wasn't really protected. Besides reporting them to the vandalism page, what else can I do to prevent the article from going back to "Piece of shit, plain and simple"? --Lbmixpro 13:42, Mar 24, 2005 (UTC)

Cricket
Yup. I took that picture. the cricket in one hand, the camera in the other. The picture was taken during last winter holidays (around Christmas), in the Sahara Desert (Algeria). It was sligtly west and north of Tamanrasset. Just left of the Hoggar (hence, an altitude of possibly 300-600 m, no more). More pictures of the area here though I did not have time to upload and label all of them. No other from crikets I think.

Hmmmm, there had been rain three months sooner, so the plants had grown quite well, especially the tamaris. A wave of crickets had come after, and many of the tamaris were quite severaly damaged. Below the tamaris, one could see the cricket wastes. Most of the crickets had gone, but one could also see some bits of them left (legs, wings), and from time to time, we could see some alive. It was rather cold these days (not very cold, perhaps 20°C during the day, 5-10 during the night), so the crickets were not very active, and I was able to reach for some of them and take pictures.

What species could that be ? Well, I am not sure, but probably what we call le criquet pélerin (Schistocerca gregaria). I am really not a specialist. I kinda understood from the tuaregs that some were sometimes red such as those I saw. It might be that these are the young ones, which might explain why they were left behind. It might be.

Another day, I got this sauterelle on my shoulder : ( but my husband took the picture.

PS : I am glad you received so many of my thank you notes. I am sad though that these were enlarged and transformed in barnstars. I did it very small on purpose precisely because I was opposed to the barnstar system. I did not want it to be confused with a barnstar and only used as a small thank you note. Sigh.

The reason why I am opposed to the barnstar system is that because I think it is very insulting to those who do not have the chance to receive any. I wander on the user pages, and can measure the popularity of a person just by seeing the number of them. I think it in a certain way, antiwikilove. While the small picture could be so easily and quietly stick on a talk page, in a discussion.

Well...

Anthere 05:08, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Since you are the only one to have my little wikithanks as a barn star, I would greatly appreciate that you remove them, or decrease them to a normal size. They are ugly this way, and they break the initial spirit I wanted to give them. They are used in many pedias now, just as little things, not as awards. Thanking people is not an award. It is just thanking people. I feel that if they are kept this way, it will spread and my little thing will just be diverted just to become what I wanted to opppose. I feel great pain to see that. This is a bit stupid, but important to me.

Trey Stone is back
Hi. He doesn't seem to have become any more reasonable. Please keep an eye on him. Thanks. WebLuis 05:00, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Beer infoboxes
Wow... just wow. Those look absolutely terrific. I do have a few questions, but I guess I should ask them on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Beer page so that they're public and anyone interested can discuss them? I've got to run out now, but I'll come back, here or to the project's talk page, later tonight with some questions. Anyway, as I say, those look terrific.

All the Best

Daniel11 05:08, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Ok, just as a quick update: I did respond over on the project's talk page, and as I wrote there I hope to add some more to my response tomorrow (let me know if you'd prefer if I cross-post stuff here, too). Have a good night&mdash;


 * --Daniel11 11:48, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Various topics
Thank you for your reply, and for showing me all of your uploaded pictures. every one of them are quite stunning (Amguid crater, wow!).jpg.
 * I did not go to Amguid myself... It was a 6 hours walk to do go there. My husband and another geologist stayed there on the night of the 24th... with a bottle of champaign and a box of fat liver. I stayed (with others) with the 8 kids, running in the 300 meters high dunes. Great great days. I loved it positively.

You and your husband obviously live a very active and interesting life!
 * interesting... not sure. Depends. Active... definitly. I have a full time job. Plus Wikipedia and co. Plus a family (2 kids) and am currently waiting a third. Had to increase my sleeping hours from 4 to 7-8 recently, and I find it real tough to do it all. Wait with impatience to being further in pregnancy as I know first trimester is very tiring (and I will basically stop working when in third...).

Thanks a lot for the wikithanks. It really relieve me you removed them from the user page. I know... one start... and the others follow... This is what scared me this morning...

Oh, there's one more thing I would to ask you: I've been considering joining the Mediation Committee, and I would like some advice from a veteran. Did you find it rewarding before you joined the board? What percentage of your WikiTime did you find spending on mediation? Many thanks. :)

ClockworkSoul 14:52, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Hmmmm, if I read your user page, I'd say "come in now !". Mediation was a very important topic to me. I mostly help in setting it up. I spent a lot of time on the board (which was later deleted) and writing some articles on meta (some were later moved, such as civility). I enjoyed exploring the issue a lot. Mediation was however very hard to me, took me a lot of time and I realised my poor abilities in english were a sort of barrier. Both because I could misunderstand and because it took me a lot of time. In particular, the issue with 168 was tough and long lasting (and a failure...). Well. I think most of january and february, I spent on mediation. At least, it is my memory. Now... even now... I find out that mediation is just something we practice all the time... the main difference is that it is often between people of different languages, so my weakness is no more a weakness. It is just being as everyone else. Also, it is done on a more "spontaneous" way. And yes, I still like doing this. I only fear I am too nervous a person myself to handle it very well :-) Good luck. Anthere

Beer
Thanks for the invite. I'll probably be doing things occasionally on brewing stuff related to Burton-upon-Trent, but my interests are really elsewhere. I'll keep an eye on what's going on, and may help out sometime. I find the beerbox a bit bright for my taste, but it looks like a good addition. Cheers! Noisy | Talk 00:24, Mar 26, 2005 (UTC)

VfD
Hey, I was wondering if you can take a peek at Votes_for_deletion/Tivo_Hacking, since it is almost becoming a legal debate. Thanks. Zscout370 21:24, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
Would you mind taking a look at New Freedom Commission on Mental Health from a NPOV-maintenance perspective? It seems to contain a lot of the material that was cut from Texas Medication Algorithm Project, which needed to be NPOV'ed. -- Antaeus Feldspar 22:53, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * It is impressive to find a Wikipedian's adaption toward a consensus-driven mode, Antaeus, and your restraint this time around is admirable. Both articles were written as a starting point, obviously, and your modifications, rather than simple culling, are very much welcome. Ombudsman 07:33, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I've replied at User talk:Ombudsman. -- Antaeus Feldspar 03:22, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Help I don't get this -- I add an edit and it DISAPPEARS INSTANTLY. I'm not going to spend time putting stuff up if its going to vanish. I spent 30 minutes on the radiotherapy section once and it vanished ((poof)) after I savepaged it.

Anyone? Bueller?

-Jay

Digg.com Doesn't Deserve a Wikipedia Page?
I was just wondering why the "Digg" page was eventually deleted from Wikipedia. Why does something such as the "Slashdot Effect" deserve a page on Wikipedia, while "Digg" doesn't.

bwats2 03:18, Apr 2, 2005 (UTC)

Dr. Andrew Wakefield
(revised)Clockwork: please help with questionable edis, by anonymous user 217.44.174.101, of Andrew Wakefield article. Ombudsman 21:21, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Regardless of the terminology used to describe the mischief, your assistance would be appreciated. After three days, an explanation was finally presented.  "Jeff" took extraordinary liberties as an anonymous poster, and has been advised to acquire a user name and to avoid spinning the article.  There is no telling, but contrasting perspectives will hopefully yield a tempered, balanced result. Ombudsman 23:00, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC) (original 19:39, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC))

Flying Dog Brewery
 Did you know has been updated and a fact from the article Flying Dog Brewery, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you have another interesting fact to submit, then please suggest it at the section's talk page.

Thanks for the greeting!
Thanks for the greeting for the Beer project.. I'm looking forward to finding as much information about Canadian breweries as possible. Who doesn't love Strange Brew? There was supposedly a Strange Brew 2 movie a few years back.. but I guess not. Now if only there was a commemorative beer for Bob & Doug called "Strange Brew", a beer that's in a stubby and has an old fashioned label with them on it.. cooking back bacon and drinking beer! Thanks again. -Glamour Boy

Dr Wakefield (again)
Hi, Tick-Tock: I fear Wikipedia is in for a new manifestation of what probably once broke out over Aids and HIV. For some reason, MMR vaccine is a subject on which, in my opinion, a very small group of people have very big views. It could be that one day this encyclopedia becomes a fountainhead of urban myths and uncorroberated rumor, but I hope not. I suspect, though, in the short term, the vaccine thing will become something of a test of how one maintains some kind of balance. See Andrew Wakefield and discussion 217.44.174.81 17:03, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC) Jeff