User talk:DOSGuy

Telaga
Deal DOS,

I donot understand your comments and your rationalization os saying this is a Pro-Telaga article it is pointing to the history of the community and if you are only referring to the fact that it is not pointing to any references then you can refer to the main article Kapu Caste which would give informaiton of whatver you are looking for... Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Telaga"

A friendly Reminder
What you did to the Rachael Lampa page was very unhelpful and if you contunue to destroy accurate pages you will be banned from wikipedia. How ever if you enjoy editing at wikipedia then use the sandbox. Otherwise please stop.

Tweetsabird, you must be thinking of someone else. The only thing I did to the Rachael Lampa page is change "recieved" to "received". That's also what I did to the Robin Austin page, which Moonbug thanked me for. You may want to review the history of the Rachael Lampa page, and some kind of apology would be nice.

DOSGuy 06:42, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for correcting the typos on the Robin Austin page Moonbug 17:22, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Sorry
Ok i must of got you mixed up with this other creep that kept erasing the rachael lampa page anywho... Im sorry for not paying more attention to the history and im sorry for leaving that message. ok have a good day. --Tweetsabird 14:25, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Mario Pei
Thanks for catching those typos! &#0149;Jim 62 sch&#0149; 20:22, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

NON!

Desolate North
My God, I evidently need to learn to spell. Thanks for the corrections. J Milburn 09:27, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Looking through your contributions- are you running a script to correct the spellings, or are you doing it manually? J Milburn 09:30, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

I wish I was smart enough to write a script like that! Fortunately Wikipedia has its own search script. I'm trying to rid Wikipedia of spelling mistakes.

DOSGuy 09:42, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for fixing the typos for The Battle of Red Cliff (film) and Beijing Bicycle. i tend to miss my "e"s alot for "retrieved". :p --Plastictv 10:54, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

How come
How come's a storm is mesured by pressure?

that is weird!

as pressure dosent always mean strongest as in felix'es case!

please consult wikepedia with this and ask to change rules? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.12.213.2 (talk) 21:21, 18 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Pressure determines a storm's "intensity". There was a time when portions of Felix had higher sustained wind speed than Dean (sustained, 1 minute mean), but the minimum central pressure is a better indication of the storm's overall power. The lower the pressure, the more powerful the storm.


 * I only understand why that's the case at a very basic level, but think about what a hurricane is. You have a giant storm spinning above you, which is creating a vortex. The storm sucks up the ocean, and then deposits it on land, which is why hurricanes cause flooding. Anyway, the vortex created by this spinning motion is pulling everything upward, which means that there's less atmospheric pressure. Normally the Earth's atmosphere weighs down on us, but the storm is literally lifting it off of us. Within the storm, the air is moving at different speeds, slower on the outside and faster near the center. Wind speed is definitely important, and it determines what category a storm is, but the "strongest" storm is considered to be the storm that had the most powerful vortex. A storm with really low central pressure must have had a lot of power to lower the barometric pressure that significantly.


 * Anyway, that's my decidedly limited understanding of the topic. You'll probably learn a lot more by reading the Wikipedia articles on the subject, or asking one of the meteorologists who contribute to the Tropical cyclone Wikiproject. DOSGuy (talk) 02:35, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

John Brunt
Hi there. Thanks for your correction on the John Brunt page. I pride myself on my spelling but recieved/received is always one I get wrong! LOL! -- JediLofty User ¦ Talk 10:29, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

I before E, except after C! -- DOSGuy 10:30, 17 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I've always thought that was such a weird rule! -- JediLofty User ¦ Talk 10:42, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

BBQ
Hi. I see you also were 'Barbequed' and thought I'd extend my support. I put a fact or two about the spellings on my user page if you want to argue back. Good luck. Ewen 14:51, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for fixing all of those "retrieved"s -- must remember i before e except after c! -- Sparkzilla talk! 09:19, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Your RFA
I've closed out your RFA. My compliments again on your withdrawal statement. You're a class act.--Chaser - T 03:17, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * You say you wont self-nom again; maybe someone else will nom you if you keep your attitude and contributions up. Good work, and I hope you don't feel discouraged. Anonymous Dissident  Talk 03:56, 3 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not discouraged at all. I suspected that it was a longshot. I made a statement that I wanted to make, got some encouraging responses, and a few people know who I am now. I don't see any downside to the experience. Thanks for your support. DOSGuy 05:02, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

My RFA
Thanks for your support on the RFA. I'll be back to try again in short order! Hiberniantears 14:55, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Appreciation
Wow, my very own Barnstar. If only I had a barn!

I think, where large groups of people are involved, rules and processes have a tendency to become more and more complex, until anything you want to accomplish will take forever to be debated in committee. As a government employee, I see how bureaucracy prevents us from making the changes we need to make on a daily basis. Things need to move towards a core of simplicity! Find good, general rules and allow trustworthy people to apply them, and things will get done.

That's my philosophy, as I understand it right now. I appreciate it when others like what I have to say, but I'm not looking for opportunities to express those views any more. I just edit articles that I'm interested in!

Thanks for stopping by. :) DOSGuy 06:40, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
 * No worries. You deserve it. -- Anonymous Dissident  Talk 23:04, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Scott5114's RFA
Thank you for taking the time to participate in my recent RFA nomination. Unfortunately, I have withdrawn the nom early at 17/13/3. Though you ultimately voted oppose, I'd like to thank you for the comments you made regarding my answer to the infamous Question 4. I am presently going to undergo admin coaching in preparation for a second candidacy somewhere down the line. I hope to see your continued support in the future. Regards, —Scott5114↗ 07:35, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Nburden's RFA
Thanks for the advice, and your consideration. I appreciate it, and hope to continue to have a positive impact on the encyclopedia. N b u r d e n (T) 08:07, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

You're doing a great job of reverting vandalism, and you participate in a number of Wikiprojects. You're doing all the right things to be an Admin, but you haven't been doing them for long enough yet. I have no doubt that you'll be an Admin soon. I look forward to supporting your next application. DOSGuy (talk) 15:46, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar thanks
Thanks for the barnstar. Glad to contribute to stirring up a witty conversation. :) Samsara (talk • contribs) 11:28, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

SS Gothenburg
Hello DOSGuy,

I just created a new page SS Gothenburg. Would you mind having a look and Wikify it for me. I'm still struggling to learn inline referencing - so would appreciate your assistance.

Thanks, Spy007au —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spy007au (talk • contribs) 09:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)


 * My pleasure! Inline references are really easy on Wikipedia. Instead of using superscript, just enclose your reference in the Then put

August 2021
Please refrain from adding, removing or changing genres without providing a source or establishing a consensus on the article's talk page first. Genre changes to suit your own point of view are considered disruptive. ''You have made the same WP:ROBOTIC error a zillion times for years, which has been debunked and reverted by countless editors. You play dumb and make your nonsensically robotic reply. As DOS clearly says, which doesn’t need to be explained because it is patently obvious, there is no such thing as a single DOS family. As someone said above on this talk page, even your own narrow minded IBM PC centric rationale is obviously wrong because you are not a global QA department in the course of publishing your WP:OR. It is incumbent upon you alone to revert your error through your whole edit history. You are wrong. Stop. Users can be blocked for this.'' — Smuckola(talk) 10:32, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
 * You're behaving badly, and this needs to be resolved. The DOS family of compatible PC operating systems include MS-DOS, PC DOS, DR-DOS, Novell DOS, FreeDOS, and others. Any software that works in one will work in all DOS operating systems. MS-DOS should not be used as the name for an entire family of operating systems. We can call it "PC DOS" to be generic while referring specifically to DOS operating systems for PC-compatible computers. We can throw in a reference to x86. The one thing that we cannot do is let Microsoft's version of DOS be an alias for all compatible DOS operating systems. I don't know who "debunked" this reasonable argument; I wasn't present for it. If there's a place to debate, please provide a link and I'll make my case there. It is uncalled for to say that I'm playing dumb. Don't make this personal. I'm being reasonable, and I'd like you to do the same. We can get an arbitrator if you prefer. DOSGuy (talk) 15:36, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

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