User talk:Gigs/Archive 1

Welcome! Bushytails 20:46, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks Gigs 22:49, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

New article
I saw your article on 10GBase-T. Wikipedia already has an article with some of that information under 10GBASE-T, so the two articles should be merged under whichever title you think is better. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. --Carnildo 00:50, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up, merge is done, redirect in place. I went ahead and put it under 10GBASE-T since that seems to be the convention used on other similar ethernet articles.  Doesn't seem to me to be the most intuitive style since I rarely see it written that way, but unless we move them all, I'll stick with it.  Redirects work fine anyway. Gigs 01:10, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Ceiling cat
Regardless of your personal feelings on the matter, and the history of the origin of the photograph, Ceiling Cat has indeed become a very popular and notable Internet phenomena. Why did you delete the stub? Gigs 21:14, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Per your request I've restored it, and I will now list it at WP:AFD — Mets 501 (talk) 21:20, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for trying
I appreciate your attempt to restore Ceiling Cat. Looks like it's not widespread enough to get past the stigma it has here yet. I originally came to Wikipedia to find out more information about the image, I was surprised when there was no article about it. It was only after I started creating the article I found out about the source of the image being Wikipedia itself. Well maybe someday Ceiling Cat will merit an article. For now we'll have to let Encyclopedia Dramatica take up the slack. :) Gigs 21:44, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem. We'll see what comes of that article in the future :-) — Mets 501  (talk) 22:15, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

energy density
I'm not sure and I don't have the book with me but it looks like Wikipedia might have the answer, take a look at Energy density. Vicarious 02:37, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

APBT unref tag
Thank you for restoring it, but I was curious why you initially flagged the inclusion of the tag as vandalism? I made sure I posted my rationale on the talk and noted it on the edit summary. Innocent mistake? Anyway, thanks for restoring it. The article really does need to have less "External Links" and more "References." // 3R1C 17:19, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I needed to revert to the edit before yours. Gigs 23:20, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Copyrights on APBT pics
Hi Gigs, has removed the copyright tags you put on those photos. I posted a note to the user's talk page reaffirming my doubts that they are indeed GFDL'd, and said that I'd contact the owner of the website; however, now that I think about it, isn't the burden of proof on the uploader? OhNo itsJamie Talk 15:38, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Additionally, he went and removed the pertinent discussion on his talk. I'm not sure if reverting it was an okay-thing to do, but I did.  Perhaps someone should contemplate nominating that media for deletion? As you said, the burden of proof is on the uploader, and there are three (if not more) people who feel the licensing is improper (and not to mention his actions imply that this is intentional, as opposed to a misunderstanding of policy). // 3R1C 00:40, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * On a similar note, is it just me or does his account look like its single-purpose? >_< // 3R1C 00:41, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Date rape drug
Well, I'll see what I can dig up on the subject of moral panic surrounding possible use of date rape drugs. I changed the section name to "Moral panic" because what the section is describing is hysteria with an element of supposed immorality (namely, date rape). I've always sensed that people think date rape druggings are more common than they really are, and this well-documented case from Australia shows that very clearly. For example, the university I attend recently distributed a survey that asked if anyone had used GHB, either recreationally or as a date rape drug (either on themselves, unwillingly, or on other people). I'll be perfectly honest here: I'm in tune with the drug underworld around Boston, and I can say that nobody uses GHB, for any purpose, period. It just isn't used, and the reasons are very simple. First: It's alcohol that's used as a date rape drug, the reason being that you don't have to convince the potential victim to consume it. Second: GHB is illegal, and the precursors are illegal, making it very uncommon. Alcohol, on the other hand, is not only legal, but is consumed by most young adults (the demographic in which date rapes mostly occur). Third: GHB is only incapacitating in multiple gram doses, which would give a very obvious taste in whatever it is put into. I don't think the article, in its current form, stresses this fact enough: Alcohol is the most widely used date rape drug. Despite the facts at hand, socially conservative people (usually called "squares") continue to misconstrue the date rape drug situation. Relatively few people actually think of using drugs to incapacitate someone so that they might rape them more easily. Most date rapes occur after an individual has consumed a sufficient amount of alcohol, to the point where they would be more pliable in a sexual situation. This is more appropriately called "aquaintance rape", and it overlaps quite a bit with date rape. Also, it is worth mentioning that flunitrazepam (rohypnol) is almost never used as a dape rape drug any more, due to the fact that it is illegal (it was specifically made illegal because of a moral panic surrounding it), and cannot easily be synthesized in a clandestine setting. I would guess that other benzodiazepines (e.g. diazepam, lorazepam, alprazolam) are much more commonly used these days (after alcohol, of course). Also, I noticed that virutally all of the date rape drugs are GABA agonists. Characteristic of these drugs is their propensity toward causing decreased social inhibitions. I just wish that everyone could sit back and analyze things before taking a particular viewpoint. I think that everyone is capable of being a sort of amateur sociologist/anthropologist, at some level. My stance toward edits to Wikipedia is positive, rather than normative. I seek only to describe what is happening, rather than to convince the reader that things ought to be one way or another. Many people will see my edits as very POV, but I'm convinced that I'm one of the only people capable of approaching this topic (date rape) in an NPOV manner. Fuzzform 03:39, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

List of premature obituaries
Re the Alan Whicker entry, I assume he did literally mean that the obituary commented on his lack of achievement - Whicker was young at the time of the obituary and was not famous for having achieved a lot like he is now.Ben Finn 14:39, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Heehee

 * Thanks! Gigs (talk) 15:17, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Template_talk:Fact
I'm sorry, I only just noticed that you'd responded to a comment of mine some days ago at Template_talk:Fact, but I've now replied. There was really no reason to be rude. --Dweller (talk) 11:17, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Just saw your reply. I'll strike comments about rudeness - though I thought your second message was also pretty abrupt. I guess we have different ideas about wit. --Dweller (talk) 12:06, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

NB I spend a lot of time at FAC, FLC, PR and the other acronymed pages I mentioned, both as a reviewer and developer of articles. --Dweller (talk) 12:10, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Me
It's always annoying when Wikipedians try to teach other Wikipedians lessons as though they don't know anything about the Wikipedia. I have however responded on the Talk page of the page in question. -- Evertype·✆ 22:49, 19 March 2009 (UTC)