User talk:Icemuon

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Re:Sneeze
Erm... I really know little on that subject, I was just clearing up some POV. -- Dom th  e  dude  0  0  1  16:59, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, I fixed it... but it was not me who added the Japenese thing. -- Dom  th  e  dude  0  0  1  17:09, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for catching that typo on my user page - I just happened to see the edit as it went by. Even though I fix typos on here all day long, I still mess up those a/e words... -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 11:09, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Dual citizenship
They both do. It is even stated the US recognizes dual citizens in the US pass port. --  Orbit  One    [ Talk 08:13, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The website you pointed me to is not a reliable source of information on this subject. --  Orbit  One    [ Talk 10:04, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Myndin af Herðubreið
Allt í lagi, ég eyddi öllu nema síðustu útgáfu af textanum og síðustu útgáfu af myndinni. En höfundarréttarmálin þarna eru dálítið ankannaleg - ef myndin er gefin út undir frjálsu leyfi (þarna GFDL) er ekki ástæða til að merkja hana með "fair use" tagi. Haukur 00:24, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

thanks
thanks for the redirect advice. i'm humbled.--Tainter 23:43, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Seborrhoeic dermatitis is on my watchlist, so I would probably have seen, but there again I have rather too much on my watchlist so might have missed :-) Any branded product claiming to treat a disease needs to be registered as a drug, or at least be able to indicate what its constituent medical components are (Panoxyl Aquagel is effective for acne because it is Benzoyl peroxide, a product "Acneblast" that might claim to act by its blend of components is clearly not going to be a drug or likely have any reliable source back up research into the product). So I concluded PITYVAL with no listed ingredients, none of top 50 Google hits for an English webpage, is probably a cosmetic product and that the claims were speculative and unverified - so I just reverted the likely un-cited spam.David Ruben Talk 13:10, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: my userpage
Heh, thanks a lot. It's always great to hear a little random support. Also, allow me to say how jealous I am of you- one, I've always loved Canada/Canadians; two, I've always wanted to see Iceland (as it is, I've never even been to Europe). -- Kicking222 16:39, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Also, I had absolutely no idea that Iceland has only 300,000 people. That's so small! Of course, I guess that just gives you more beauty per capita. -- Kicking222 16:41, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I can live with the cold, especially when it's pretty. Hey, does Iceland have nursery schools? If so, you should write articles about them. -- Kicking222 18:12, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thank you for correcting the typo on my user page! :-) Best,  Hagerman ( talk ) 01:35, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Northern lights

 * Hi RJH, thought I'd moved this conversation out of the Sirius talk page :-) We sure do get a lot of northern lights up here!  Last October they were so stunning, even in town (with its significant light pollution), that walking home from a bar I just lay down on the ground and gaped at them in awe.  I hadn't seen them pink and purple before, only green.  But there had been some solar activity earlier that day; this was above and beyond anything I've ever seen before.  But it is still pretty common to see northern lights even in the city. Icemuon 16:35, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

You're lucky then. There's people in my place of work that have seen the northern lights, but so far I've missed them. (Which is partly explained by the excess of cloudy weather we have around here. :-) Thanks. &mdash; RJH (talk) 16:41, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

On "Cruft"
I agree there is much "cruft" on wikipedia...yet i see not the great harm...even if some devoted fan is willing to pile up info on some obscure cultural personality i dont see the harm...and while u sound like an elitist in saying only the "best schools" and such should be mentioned...i come back with an elitist attitude as well with "many times the mainstream popular icons are the cruftiest" and "the best schools are filled with cruft and sometimes dont deserve their rank...why even George Junior with his mediocre entrance scores went to Yale and Harvard"...perhaps even the slightly lesser knowns have the most true brilliants...and the fact is that the students at harvard and such went out to fill the faculty positions at all the other universities long ago...almost any university or school now has the potential to be highly relevant and a leader in excellence...theres a vast amount of politics in academia...anyways u seem a decent editor...cheers!...just thought id weigh in on "cruftiness"...as id never heard this computer programmer term...Benjiwolf 18:14, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Well have fun in switzerland!...which resort did u pick to ski at? i live in Zurich right now so feel free to drop by if u pass thru or need a place to crash, and if u have any questions ask away...otherwise have a great time skiing and visiting!!!...the snows not great yet this year, its been a record warm winter...yet it should be fine still at most resorts, its been stormy the last couple days too, so maybe its good up there now...Benjiwolf 19:22, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

The Icemuon commeth
Thanks for stopping by the (utterly groundless) AfD for Get down and registering a "keep" opinion -- especially with u bein' a "deletionist" 'n' all. Oh, yeah. "MOO!" :p deeceevoice 18:37, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks also! It was annoying how even when we cited a lot of sources there was still this big push to delete it. Thank you so much! futurebird 18:45, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Years in Ireland edits
Ooops. Sorry about that. Will try to do so. I beg patience due to ill-health. Fergananim 14:03, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Volleyball
Ciao! What you wrote looked somewhat deceptive, as they our nowadays totally out of date in modern game... the hindering of the setter in the defending position occurs only a very few cases, but not when the othen team serves, but when it attacks. Also the "tiring" thing has really nothing to share with modern play. I played VB at all levels, always with 5-1, and never seen a single setter really "tired". Bye and good work!! --Attilios 14:09, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah, OK. It was clearly written by somebody having a far little knowledge of modern volleyball. In fact, was on the verge to consider it vandalism, even! Ciao. --Attilios 14:22, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!
Why, thank you! I was feeling all underappreciated! Perhaps the star will balance some of the nasty comments above it... and below, too, soon I'm sure. --Brianyoumans 14:19, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Science edits
Hi, I am not an admin - but I will keep an eye on things over the next couple of days. The editor has stopped adding spam links for the moment so I will leave it at that (any competent editor is going to notice a "blue" talk page with nothing on it and know it has been blanked). If folks consistently wont follow the rules (after having been made aware of them on countless occasions) then in time the will find themselves in difficulties. Regards, SFC9394 23:28, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the religion save in the Albert Einstien Article. I appreciate it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prep111 (talk • contribs) 21:59, February 19, 2007

Thanks
Hi,

This is just to say thank you for your kind comment on my talk page. It's always a pleasure to see your comments in AfD debates: always well-reasoned and rational. I suspect we share a lot of the same views, so I hope we'll be able to keep in touch.

All the best,

WMMartin 15:33, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Schools discussion

 * Hi RJHall, I see you are interested in the Schools discussion. I read your Personal High School Notability Criteria, and thought you might have something to add to the discussion other than "schools are inherently notable".  Some inclusionist arguments of substance would certainly be appreciated, I think.  Best regards, Icemuon 22:15, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Truth tell I've become thoroughly weary of the entire school discussion, so I'm planning to stay out of it. I'll just keep using my own relatively inclusionist criteria in AfD until a solid consensus is reached. Thank you for your notification. &mdash; RJH (talk) 16:37, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

deleting spaces
Hey, yeah I do that sometimes. Sometimes you can cut out quite abit of space, but I also correct punctuation etc. too if the articles need it. Sometimes the edit sumamry shows very lkittle, but sometimes it moves whole paragprahs forward a section or so, so it looks as if the whole paragraph is either new or has been deleted. If I did that AI would put a sumamry and wouldn't mar it as minor! But I'll try to remember. :)SpookyMulder 11:00, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Daughters of Enid Blyton
Both Gillian Baverstock and Imogen Mary Smallwood are book authors, although most of the books are (at least in part) about Blyton. I think their writing makes them independently notable. --Eastmain 04:12, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Photo of Herðubreið
Hi Icemuon, I took the liberty of cropping your photo Image:Herðubreið-Iceland.jpg and re-uploading to Commons as Image:Herðubreið-Iceland-2.jpg (still attributing you as author). I think the cropped version is much clearer, especially in the small 180–300px size typically seen in articles. I've replaced the photo in Herðubreið, tuya, and volcano with the cropped version. Please feel free to discuss or revert if you have strong objections.

By the way, do you remember what direction you took the photo from? I'm assuming it looks at the southeast side of Herðubreið, based on the apparent sun direction and a quick glance at the lovely Herðubreið topo map available online. Anyway, that would be useful info to add to the caption, e.g. "View of Herðubreið from the southeast". Thanks. --Seattle Skier (talk) 05:38, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Elow!
Hi! Here i am. Sorry for disturbing your page a while ago. I just don't know what to do. It's my first time here. I still want to ask you: Why don’t you believe in afterlife? Will you not be happy if you’ll have it? --Bitsofchelle 10:02, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Philosophy for Wikipedia
Dear Icemuon,

Thanks for checking with me about this in advance; by all means, feel free to quote from or cite, or present in edited form, the "Philosophy for Wikipedia" on my user page. So far as I can tell, by posting it there I've already officially made it available to everyone anyway, but I appreciate your contacting me about this. Help yourself !

Sincerely,

WMMartin 17:39, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Mont Tremblant
Hi Icemuon, the blog that says Mont Tremblant was an active volcano might actually false, since I can't seem to find anything else calling it a volcano. However, the "Lake on the Mountain" in Ontario might be true since it's here as well. Black Tusk 18:12, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Skew arch
Hello. Thanks for taking the trouble to comment on this article. I've been working on it as sole contributor for some time and any scrap of feedback is useful. The Culley to which reference is made is John L. Culley, whose personal preference was strongly in favour of the helicoidal construction method, after Nicholson and Fox. His criticism is quoted in reference 35, which I've copied and pasted below. I agree, though, that since there is no explicit mention of his name earlier in the text its presence here is confusing. So I've made a slight change that avoids mentioning him by name.

''Culley, John L. (1886). Treatise on the Theory of the Construction of Helicoidal Oblique Arches. New York: D. Van Nostrand. pp. 115–116. "This method is very faulty, and cannot be too severely condemned. There is no bond between the several ribs, as each rib is separate and distinct in its construction and its position; the load above the arch is never uniform throughout the whole length of the arch, and on account of this lack of bond in the arch, it will be distorted by its unequal settlement. Again, the outer ribs are constantly being forced outwards by the action of frost upon the material that finds lodgement between their heading surfaces."''

Regards, MegaPedant (talk) 20:52, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Byron harmon


A tag has been placed on Byron harmon requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Nomination of Byron Harmon for deletion
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Thank you!
For creating the article on Byron Harmon. Pay no mind to the ignorant editor who tried to speedy delete this and otherwise delete it. The article will be kept.--Milowent • hasspoken 01:38, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I completely agree. Harmon is a Canadian treasure. Don't know why I never looked him up here before, but I was delighted to discover today that you had created this article 4 years ago. Many thanks from a fellow Canadian. -- WikiPedant (talk) 03:35, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
 * "Like" on that :-) Icemuon (talk) 19:23, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Greetings
It was good to talk with you through Facebook, Icemuon, so please feel free to ask for assistance on your upcoming project. I am happy to help.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  21:59, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Murder of Donna Jones
An outstanding job, my friend. I made some changes and additions, which I hope you will find useful. There were tears in my eyes, and a tight feeling in my throat as I worked on this article. This story is worthy of an encyclopedia article. Thank you for adding it.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  22:00, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you. It has been a difficult day writing this.  As horrific as the story is, it needs to be catalogued.  I can only hope that victims will see if they are following in Donna's footsteps and be able to avoid her terrible fate. Icemuon (talk) 23:05, 23 June 2013 (UTC)