User talk:Houshuang

If anyone has anything they want to tell me, feel free to put it here.

Houshuang

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Hi Houshuang. Please don't add speedy VfD notices to pages until they're more than a few minutes old. Sometimes people are in the middle of shuffling articles around or whatnot, and links may become (very) temporarily broken as a result. &mdash;Psychonaut 02:16, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Keeping schools
Thanks for your message. I agree that this particular issue should be finally decided. However, the two camps are so fiercely divided on it that I fear there will never be a consensus. The reason there is no big vote is probably that whichever side proposed it would lose by not being able to gain a large enough majority.

The sad thing, I feel, is that people spend so much time trying to tear down pages that practically no one will ever see, when they could be working on content. The same is true for those who fight to keep things like schools. Dr Zen 02:43, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

University of Toronto
The law and medical programs (as well as dentistry, physiotherapy, etc.) are considered undergraduate programs in Canada, even though they typically require a bachelor's degree before matriculation. The reason for this is not clear: it may be because they are "first-level" degrees in the sense that entry into a MD program is typically the person's first exposure to medicine (whereas beginning a master's in biochemistry typically requires a bachelor's degree in a related field). This may also be because they are considered to be "professional" programs and thus do not accurately fit under the rubric of "graduate education." Regardless of the reasoning, the fact is that U of T considers these programs to be undergraduate when considering their population counts. Darkcore 18:05, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

UWC
Hi ho Houshouang ! I just uploaded the official logo of the UWC and changed it where appropriate (the navigational bar etc).I have the native eps file should you be interested. Maybe you want to ask the blue logo to be deleted, as it is not official ;-). Cheers. notafish }<';> 16:34, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC) (Delphine, AHUWC 87-89)

Coriolis effect
Hi Cleon, I see you've done quite a lot of work on the Coriolis effect webpage. I think it should really be reformatted a bit, so that the long text in the beginning can be split into a few subheadings and stuff. Otherwise really good article. Houshuang 19:29, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC) (who has an envirosci exam in a few hours)


 * Hi Houschuang, I agree it should be reformatted. I'm halfway constructing an animated GIF to illustrate the dynamics of the coriolis effect. My intention is to reformat the article when the animation is finished. (But I have zero experience in creating animations, so it's tedious work.) I'm also halfway constructing some pictures to illustrate the working principle of the straight tube coriolis flow meter. Check out the animations of the Micro Motion tutorial, coriolis flow meters are really cool applications of dynamics.


 * I think the article should be rearranged: first the dynamics, then the formula, then the blah-blah, divided into subheadings. I intend to rewrite the exposition of the dynamics section I wrote, it can be condensed somewhat, especially if it is supported by illustrations. Check out the article on tidal force, I'd like to model the coriolis effect article on the style of that article, and have a look at the centrifugal force article, that I wrote.


 * I want to give coriolis flow meters a separate wikipedia article. I'm considering deletion of the weather stuff, it is probably duplication of information on other wikipedia articles. --Cleon Teunissen 08:04, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Cleon Teunissen 16:56, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi Houschuang, I finished the article on coriolis flow meters Please let me know what you think about it.


 * I have done a lot of work on the coriolis effect article but in a sense the biggest job still needs to be done. The current article starts as follows:
 * In changing from an essentially inertial coordinate system (such as the "frame of the fixed stars") to a rotating frame of reference (such as that of the Earth's surface), a term appears in the equation of motion described by the formula for Coriolis force:
 * I get the impression that this is written from a philosophy of observer created reality. I have read the discussions on Talk:Coriolis_effect, and I get the impression that some people really believe that coriolis force is caused by a change of coordinate system. Also I get the impression that some people believe that the theory of relativity is a theory that logically implies the concept of 'observer created reality'. Currently the coriolis force article is inconsistent, I hope to correct that. --Cleon Teunissen 16:56, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Hi Houshuang, I have now rewritten and reformatted the coriolis effect article. I settled for pictures instead of animations. Maybe someday I will finish the animations. --Cleon Teunissen 10:57, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

This looks very good! Don't have the time to go through it word for word now, but a lot more readable and easy to understand. Our physics prof actually encourages us to use Wikipedia, so having these kind of articles accessible and well written is a big boon. THanks Houshuang 00:37, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Hi Houshuang last night I was looking up some things, and to my astonishment I discovered I have way underestimated the subtleties of the coriolis effect. I am yet again rewriting the sections on the dynamics, in order to do justice to the intricacies of the coriolis effect. Before, I hadn't fully realized the fact that the coriolis effect in the dynamics of atmospheric motions is closely related to orbital dynamics. Stay tuned... --Cleon Teunissen | Talk 18:30, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Votes at Wikipedia:MoS
Hi Houshuang, can I just confirm that you voted at Manual of Style (biographies)/Survey on Style-Prefixed Honorary Titles? I'm only wondering because whoever is voting under your name is doing so with an anonymous IP, which makes it impossible to track (in general, it's best to be logged in when voting). Thanks! &mdash; Asbestos | Talk 21:08, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Confirm your Vote
The following information was posted to the Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (biographies)/Survey on Style-Prefixed Honorary Titles discussion list by Ann Heneghan. If someone is impersonating you, you ought to know the details. If this was in fact you, then in order for your votes to be counted, you must sign in to your user account and either re-vote or re-sign your votes using four tildes: ~ or else they will be discarded as invalid votes from an unregistered user. Whig 09:25, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Votes from bogus user?
I don't want to offend anyone, and I hope I'm posting this message to the right page. I have a query about two votes which were posted anonymously (from computer number 66.82.9.22) according to the history of the page, yet were signed as from houshuang according to the page itself. The first vote, at 19.54 on 9 May, was First choice for Alternative 4. The diff is here. The second vote, made one minute later, was Second choice for Alternative 3. The diff is here. Houshuang seems to be a valid user - I had a look at his page yesterday - and I have no wish to deny him a valid vote. But if he was not logged in, then the ~ would not have produced his user name. If he was logged in, then the history of the page would show that those two edits were made by him, rather than by a computer number.

As far as I can see, any anonymous user could look through Wikipedia to find some users that are unlikely to visit this particular page, and could then enter this page anonymously, and vote by signing something like A.N.Other. It would then appear on the page as A.N.Other, and the time could be added.

I have had a look at the contributions of computer 66.82.9.22 and there are very few. I can see nothing that would connect it to houshuang.

Whig, since you seem to be organizing this vote, perhaps you could check this out? Many thanks. Ann Heneghan 09:03, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

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Wikimedia Canada
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Barefoot doctor
Could you tell me more about Mao's famous 1965 speech that became the "Instruction 626"? Where can I find the text of the speech, either in English or Chinese? Thanks. DHN 08:36, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Soil
I am pretty sure this project will interest you. Your international perspective is needed. Cheers! -- Paleorthid 06:59, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Japan's Official Development Assistance Program
I noticed your note on the talk page, and I wondered whether you were still interested in going about making those proposed changes? I am willing to help you to try and sort out the possibly problems. Red v  Blue  23:37, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Welcome
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Offline reader
Hmm... it seems that is a useful tool. Mind dropping a note of this on WP:1.0, so the tech folks working on the upcoming CD release can get in touch with you about details? Tito xd (?!?) 05:16, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Testimoni
Halo Houshuang. Terima kasih atas testimoni Anda di seminar Wikipedia di Univ. Bina Nusantara. id:User:Borgx. 12:53, 17 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Dan juga datang dari saya: terima kasih untuk kontribusinya di seminar hari ini! :) Btw, apa ya nama pengguna Anda di Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia? IDRex 16:31, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

nn:Wikipedia:Samfunnshuset (NO)
Hei!

Jeg så du hadde lagt inn en melding i Samfunnshuset på nnwiki. Jeg ordnet det. Skriver du noe ekstra, som parameter no. 2, kommer det frem det du har skrevet, hvis du ikke har skrevet noe i parameter no. 2, vil det stå "Høyr". H92 (no) 21:35, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi from WikiProject Indonesia
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In Remembrance...
--nat Alo! Salut! Sunt eu, un haiduc?!?! 23:42, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:St Mark's CopticChurch--TO.jpg
Hello, there.

I just wanted to know if you're able to take a picture of St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church in Toronto. You can find out the street address online (the links to those websites are on the image pages). The current images are, unfortunately, copyrighted, as I was the one who uploaded them.

The current (copyrighted) images may get deleted, so if they do, then I'll need to replace them.

I need you or somebody else to take a picture, release its copyright, and upload it onto Wikipedia. I HAVE contacted others to notify them also, so if there are more than one pictures, that's OK (I can still make an article on them). I want these images to be used for, specifically, the article "Coptic Orthodox Church in Canada". The image page is, again:


 * Toronto: Image:St Mark's CopticChurch--TO.jpg


 * ~ Troy 22:34, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

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Wikimania 2010 could be coming to Stockholm!
I'm leaving you a note as you may be interested in this opportunity.

People from all six Nordic Wiki-communities (sv, no, nn, fi, da and is) are coordinating a bid for Wikimania 2010 in Stockholm. I'm sending you a message to let you know that this is occurring, and over the next few months we're looking for community support to make sure this happens! See the bid page on meta and if you like such an idea, please sign the "supporters" list at the bottom. Tack (or takk), and have a wonderful day! Mike H. Fierce! 07:42, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Hey
It's like an OISE reunion -- Samir 01:19, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

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Unreferenced BLPs
Hello Houshuang! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 3 of the articles that you created  are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current Category:All_unreferenced_BLPs article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the unreferencedBLP tag. Here is the list:

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Trondheim
Hej, I wanted to ask you about the pronounciation of Trondheim. As far as I can hear, it sounds like "Tronyem" or "Tronjem" with German transliteration, but it's not enough clear to me. Is this the standart bokmål pronounciation? Could you please write it with IPA characters? 92.195.99.28 (talk) 10:25, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
 * PS: Here is another pronounciation of the name of the city by a norwegian male and it sounds quite different. Like "Tronhaim". 92.195.99.28 (talk) 10:32, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Chinese translation
Hello. I was on Translators available and notice that you were on the list for Chinese to English translators and wondered if you could translate some of the stub articles for the King of Eastern Zhou at Template:Kings of Zhou? Thanks.--The Emperor&#39;s New Spy (talk) 16:54, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Article upgrade assistance request (Pre-translation stage)
Seasons Greetings,

This is in reference to a relatively new umbrella article on en-wikipedia named Ceremonial pole. Ceremonial pole is a human tradition since ancient times; either existed in past at some point of time, or still exists in some cultures across global continents from north to south & from east to west. Ceremonial poles are used to symbolize a variety of concepts in several different world cultures.

Through article Ceremonial pole we intend to take encyclopedic note of cultural aspects and festive celebrations around Ceremonial pole as an umbrella article and want to have historical, mythological, anthropological aspects, reverence or worships wherever concerned as a small part.

While Ceremonial poles have a long past and strong presence but usually less discussed subject. Even before we seek translation of this article in global languages, we need to have more encyclopedic information/input about Ceremonial poles from all global cultures and languages. And we seek your assistance in the same.

Since other contributors to the article are insisting for reliable sources and Standard native english; If your contributions get deleted (for some reason like linguistics or may be your information is reliable but unfortunately dosent match expectations of other editors) , please do list the same on Talk:Ceremonial pole page so that other wikipedians may help improve by interlanguage collaborations, and/or some other language wikipedias may be interested in giving more importance to reliablity of information over other factors on their respective wikipedia.

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Thanking you with warm regards Mahitgar (talk) 05:21, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

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Translation help
Since you were kind/foolish enough to have your name on this list, here's a note that I could use some help with the mess of Mazu temples in Shanghai. There were three; the first two were destroyed; the third got moved to Songjiang and rebuilt; and then as of 2014 Zhabei was considering rebuilding their old one. So:


 * The Shanghai Archives has an article on the history of the Zhabei/Songjiang temple whose citation I've already formatted for you but whose facts need to be translated and added to the Songjiang Tianfei Palace article and tagged with.
 * The article is wrong on the date of the move to Songjiang but might be right that it was built in 1883 rather than originally demolished then as claimed here. It'd be nice if you had time to see if there was another official source. The temple's own official site doesn't mention it.
 * The archive article and this article and (obliquely) this "About Us" page suggest that Zhabei District is rebuilding or has already rebuilt a fourth Mazu temple near the site of their former one. It would be nice if you had time to poke around and see if you can find anything official on the subject that I could use to create an article on it.
 * Ditto any information about the other two original Mazu temples in Shanghai.

If you have time and interest for any, some, or all of that, great and please leave a note here saying so. I'm asking all the listed Chinese translators for help, so we wouldn't want anyone needlessly duplicating work. — Llywelyn II   02:42, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Can you help verify translations of articles from Norwegian
Hello Houshuang,

Would you be able to help evaluate the accuracy of translations of Wikipedia articles from Norwegian to English Wikipedia?



This would involve evaluating a translated article on the English Wikipedia by comparing it to the original Norwegian article, and marking it "Pass" or "Fail" based on whether the translation faithfully represents the original. Here's the reason for this request:

There are a number of articles on English Wikipedia that were created as machine translations from different languages including Norwegian, using the Content Translation tool, sometimes by users with no knowledge of the source language. The config problem that allowed this to happen has since been fixed, but this has left us with a backlog of articles whose accuracy of translation is suspect or unknown, including some articles translated from Norwegian. In many cases, other editors have come forward later to copyedit and fix any English grammar or style issues, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the translation is accurate, as factual errors from the original translation may remain. To put it another way: Good English is not the same as good translation.

If you can help out, that would be great.

All you have to do, is compare the English article to the Norwegian article, and mark it "Pass" or "Fail" (templates Pass and Fail may be useful). (Naturally, if you feel like fixing an inaccurate translation and then marking it "Pass", that's even better, but it isn't required.)

If you can help, please let me know. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elinruby (talk • contribs) 09:28, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

Wiccan rede
Hi could you help me trabslate the Wiccan rede article into Chinese? I would really appreciate it. so far we have this: 翻譯: 您應該相信威卡的教規﹐用誠實和真誠的愛來信 但凡事都得饒處且饒人﹐你附出多少便應得多少 由北開始畫三個圓的圈﹐把所有妖魔鬼怪全除去 如果你想咒語變成現實﹐用順序或特殊音節念出 以柔制剛切勿意氣用事﹐靜心聆聽切勿大發謀論 美麗的月亮漸漸地變圓﹐大家開開心心跳舞歌唱 每逢新月之夜都是初一﹐大家歡歡氣氣一同慶祝 每逢月圓之夜都是十五﹐大家誠心誠意來許個願 每當北風呼呼地吹來時﹐門窗要鎖好帆布要落下 每逢南風呼呼地吹來時﹐心愛的人熱情地親親你 每當西風呼呼地吹來時﹐靈魂們趁機會起來活動 每逢東風呼呼地吹來時﹐豐富的大餐迎接新開始 九種不同的樹木放入鼎﹐猛猛地燃燒慢慢地燃燒 接骨樹是代表神聖女神﹐如燒接骨樹會被追咒的 當節日輪盤開始轉動時﹐沃爾帕吉斯夜燒篝火炬 當節日輪盤轉到冬至時﹐燃點起火炬迎潘皇再生 照顧好大自然花草樹木﹐神聖女神送幸福給人們 石頭水中拋前程就可知﹐用漣漪多少遠近看前程 如果要實現願望或理想﹐絕不可貪心或不責手段 不應該浪費寶貴的時間﹐結識一些不成實的朋友 見面和離別也同樣快樂﹐面頰紅紅的心情要愉快 記緊因果關係輪回三次﹐三次幸運或是三次災難 如不幸遇到災難降臨時﹐把藍色的星星戴在頭上 人人都要做到坦誠相見﹐除非他人全心欺編真成 威卡的教規八字真言是﹐「為所欲為傷人不為」 翻譯 更重要的是巫师或巫师的13个目标 认识你自己 了解我们的艺术 学习和成长 用智慧应用知识 达到平衡 保持你的话顺序 保持你的想法 庆祝生活 调整到地球的周期 保持身体健康 锻炼你的身体 沉思 尊重女神和上帝 is it translated right?108.75.79.57 (talk) 14:59, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

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