User talk:Gut Monk

File:Baby Catbird.JPG
This is an excellent picture (much appreciated!), but from the pattern of the plumage I strongly suspect this is a fledgling Northern Mockingbird, not a Gray Catbird. (Compare other pictures we have: File:Gray Catbird, juvenile.jpg vs. File:Mockingbird Chick000.jpg.) Would you mind if I rename the file appropriately and move it to the Northern Mockingbird article? Fran Rogers❇ 17:20, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Good eye! That is exactly what it is. Feel free to rename and move it. Gut Monk (talk) 20:29, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Killdeer
Hello there! Thank you for submitting a nomination to featured picture candidates. I have closed the nomination as withdrawn per your request. I'd like to enourage you to continue to participate; we can always use more people to help evaluate and nominate pictures for featured status. If you haven't seen the answer to your question at the nomination page: your signature with time stamp can be produced with four tildes: ~. Three tildes produces only your signature (with no time stamp), and five tildes produces only a time stamp. If you have any further questions or comments, feel free leave a note on my talk page. Hope to see you around!  Jujutacular  T · C 03:23, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Curiosity
Hallo, :) What exactly is female intellectualism, and how is it different from intellectualism generally, and how do you "support" it?  I was just reading your user page and it seemed an odd thing to say.  Is it tongue-in-cheek?   Mae din\ talk 17:59, 5 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Guten tag. It is a belief system.  I think that the only way you can get equality between guys and girls, or at least get close to it, is to make smart girls as desirable as pretty girls.  You support it by recognizing that there are successful people in society who are successful mostly because they are attractive—I like to highlight Sarah Palin as a great example of this—and talking about their success to other people (kind of populate the idea that success based purely on attractiveness is unjust to the rest of us.)  Further, when I become a dad one day, I want to help make my girls smart.  Another way you can support it is by letting young girls know that you value their intelligence.


 * Why support female intellectualism and not intellectualism in general? Well, you make a good point and I kind-of support intellectualism in general, but I think that (more often than guys) usually girls' level of success is throttled by attractiveness.  So I support female intellectualism to help drive out that inequality in our current society.  Really, society will get way more fun when smart girls are desired as much as pretty girls.  Gut Monk (talk) 20:50, 5 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, that's very interesting, thank you. I see some flaws in your reasoning/thinking/approach, but overall it's a positive point of view.  I won't criticise or comment on your belief system further than that, I won't be rude, but thank you very much for sharing!  Makes a change for a male to even realise that girls have brains, nonetheless champion their intellectualism, :)   Mae din\ talk 21:01, 5 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I can feel the flaws myself. I'm a better conversationalist than a writer.  If you would like to share them, I'd be delighted to hear them. Gut Monk (talk) 21:27, 5 July 2010 (UTC)


 * And I am a better writer than conversationalist! But sure, we can talk about it, that would be cool.  You can email me with your chat/voice client preference if you'd like.  (P.S. Sorry for the reply delay, the sun goes down here first.)   Mae din\ talk 05:52, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Temple Grandin at Ted
Hey; this, combined with my reaction to your last nomination, may make me look like a really unpleasant person. I hope you don't take it personally- honestly, I'm glad to have someone new around FPC! The majority of my nominations fail as well; it's just a matter of getting used to what works and what doesn't, in a way. Feel free to drop a line on my talk page if I can help with anything. J Milburn (talk) 10:10, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Template:Cite book may be useful. Just place that template within ref tags and fill in the details. If it's not already there, place reflist under a "references" header at the bottom of the page. This page has more details. J Milburn (talk) 20:55, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Remember that it has to be released under a free license, not just for use on Wikipedia. CC by SA 3.0 is the one we usually recommend. Also, remember to submit the email confirming permission to permissions@wikimedia.org. Feel free to contact me and I'll deal with the email immediately, rather than waiting for someone to get to it. J Milburn (talk) 22:56, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Velodona togata
Could you please expand on your reasoning here? We frequently promote images that illustrate only the respective genus article, as there is not yet an article on the species (or the precise species cannot be identified). I can't see what EV problem there is. J Milburn (talk) 21:25, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

RE:Great picture
Hey, thanks. I actually just use the picture of the day. I use the template and it changes everyday! -- Jack ?! 00:53, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Odd-eyed cat
Why are you changing other people's text messages? It's an actual warnable offense. — raeky ( talk 02:43, 16 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Why was my car's rear door open this morning? Honest to goodness, a case of sleep walking (or computing.) Gut Monk (talk) 13:13, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

That's a great photo. Any luck? Adam Cuerden (talk) 23:33, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

FP action shots
Thanks for the encouragement. You might want to look at some of the WP:VPC noms that I have. I think they are good quality.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:08, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Dwyane Wade
Given your reluctant oppose at Featured picture candidates/Dwyane Wade, I thought you might consider commenting at Valued picture candidates/Dwyane Wade.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 12:51, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Cato June
Based on your participation at Featured picture candidates/Cato June, I thought you might want to comment at Valued picture candidates/Cato June.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 12:56, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Calcoris affinis
This is not already a FP, and this is not how you close a FPC. You've probably ruined its chances now; it won't receive the necessary attention. I've reverted your edits. J Milburn (talk) 17:04, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry if I was a little snappy. Thanks for the support. J Milburn (talk) 22:32, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Rhino hide: good for fly repulsion and Wikipedia assaults since 1909. Gut Monk (talk) 22:34, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/File:Charles_Marion_Russell_-_The_Custer_Fight_(1903).jpg
I've reverted to a version which I believe was based on the blocks alone. Adam Cuerden (talk) 03:56, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Re:Weather the storm
P. S. Burton (talk)  16:48, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Cato June
Given all the discussion at Featured picture candidates/Cato June, I would like a fair consideration of Valued picture candidates/Cato June.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:05, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Resuming nomination
I noticed this edit. Can you tell me what proper procedure is for resuming a nomination that has been suspended?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:02, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Why does it violate protocol and what is proper procedure for resuming a suspended nomination?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:52, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

zugzwang
I think you asked about making a subsection for zugzwang in game theory. This was discussed a year or two ago. All we had on zugzwang in game theory was that one paragraph (which is in the introduction), so we decided to not make it a subsection. If it could be expanded, then it could be a subsection or even its own article, say zugzwang (game theory). Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 05:01, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi there,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:June odd-eyed-cat.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on February 8, 2012. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2012-02-08. — howcheng  {chat} 08:34, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

hey can i use you'r work ?
so i'm working on coding a prog that display fractal in c and i also want a tatoo. i'm therefore asking you the permition to use the representqtion of "a fractal flame" as a tat and also as a adition to my project but for both i might need a litle bit of enlightment about the math behind it, so if you could provide me with some mathematical representation of it, i would be honored. 2A01:E0A:4BE:3310:7951:5470:773F:D075 (talk) 23:12, 19 April 2023 (UTC)


 * you can send stuff to frankentag@gmail.com 2A01:E0A:4BE:3310:7951:5470:773F:D075 (talk) 23:14, 19 April 2023 (UTC)