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A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you! Much appreciated. Inverse Hypercube  (talk) 08:40, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Ana Kasparian (2nd nomination)

 * I noted that you removed a notability tag from this article, but the same editor who templated it then nominated the article for deletion, apparently with no notice to you. Cheers.--Milowent • hasspoken  16:35, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Wanna organize your user page?
Wanna organize your user page? I can show you how. Tonymax469 (talk) 03:58, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the offer, but I like it as it is. Inverse Hypercube  (talk) 04:02, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Abdelaziz Thâalbi
Yngvadottir (talk) 00:03, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Genome diversity and karyotype evolution of mammals


The article Genome diversity and karyotype evolution of mammals has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Although I started this article, I now wonder whether it's in scope. It is copied from an open access journal, but I fear it may be too specialized and current to be in an encyclopedia. I worry that its technicality will not allow it to be updated, and that it will quickly become outdated as new research emerges.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Inverse Hypercube (talk) 20:42, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Genome diversity and karyotype evolution of mammals for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Genome diversity and karyotype evolution of mammals is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Genome diversity and karyotype evolution of mammals until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Inverse Hypercube (talk) 20:44, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you, much appreciated! Inverse Hypercube  (talk) 03:36, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Conservative Judaism
I suspect you were previously unaware, but 'Conservative Judaism' is the full title of an entity and should be capitalised. It is not immediately obvious when it looks like a simple adjective/noun combination. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 17:57, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, yes. Thanks for the heads up. Inverse Hypercube  (talk) 03:05, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Ambassador census
Hey IH, can you add yourself and your preferences here: WikiProject Academical Village/Online Ambassador Census if you are planning on working with classes next term? This helps match up OAs with classes of their interest. Hope you are well, The Interior  (Talk) 19:50, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I didn't know where I had to sign up. Inverse Hypercube  (talk) 20:40, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Markus? Is that you? This is a LittleFish AKA mangoonis : Mate1, Online Ambassador Observer via Adrian Morrison/POF/SocialCommissions/Match? Can you mentor me?

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.121.136.249 (talk) 01:59, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I have no idea who you are or what you're talking about. Inverse Hypercube  (talk) 02:03, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Benedict Groeschel
I reverted your addition of a quote to the Benedict Groeschel page due to the fact that the quote you supplied isn't actually a quote he said, but a paraphrasing from one of the news articles. The way was listed, implies that he actually said it that exact way, when in fact he didn't. BLP policies mean we must tread lightly and precisely when dealing with topics like this. Please see the talk page for more info and discussion about this topic. Marauder40 (talk) 20:57, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I thought it was obvious that it wasn't a direct quote, but point taken. Inverse Hypercube  (talk) 21:00, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

File:Flag of Seattle.svg
If you read my edit summary, you'll see that the nominal size indeed isn't the issue. The issue is that you can display a 2000x1528 pixel version without rendering errors. This essentially means that Wikipedia hosts a 2000x1528 pixel version of a non-free file (and maybe you can even get bigger copies without rendering errors), which is way too big. See Category:Fair use images that should be in SVG format: "Fair-use SVGs shouldn't include more detail than is necessary to display them accurately at their current resolution." This one appears to include more detail than necessary. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:02, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

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April - National Contribution Month
Good day InverseHypercube,

During the month of April, Wikimedia Canada is preparing the National Contribution Month, and we are looking for experienced contributors to organize a contribution day (or half-day) in their region.

Contribution days are activities where Wikipedia's contributors, students, or anybody interested in contributing to Wikipedia meets together to collectively improve a predetermined theme. This meetings generally take place in library where references are easy of access, but can be organized in any communal room. Beside improving articles, a goal of this participatory workshops is to initiate neophyte in the cooperative contribution of Wikipedia.

If you are interested in organizing or participating in a contribution day in your region, communicate witht he national team on the project's talk page. The exact agenda of each local event is left to the discretion of the organizer. Help is available for the organization from contributors who already organized these type of days, so don't be worried. If you have any questions or want more information, don't hesitate to contact us.

Amqui (talk) 02:26, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Article Feedback deployment
Hey InverseHypercube; I'm dropping you this note because you've used the article feedback tool in the last month or so. On Thursday and Friday the tool will be down for a major deployment; it should be up by Saturday, failing anything going wrong, and by Monday if something does :). Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 22:35, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

A favor -Environmental law articles ready for preliminary review
Hi InverseHypercube. I see that you're an online ambassador. I'm the Professor for Aaron Frank's environmental law class, and while you're not signed up for my course, I was wondering if you'd be willing to take a look at any or all of the articles my students are working on. One of the aspects of this sort of course is that students understand that they are putting their work out before the wikipedia community for review. In the past, there hasn't been that much activity on their pages as they were working on them. I was hoping that if you get a chance you can take a look.

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 * Federal exemptions for hydraulic fracturing
 * Storm King Mountain: Consolidated Edison v. Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference
 * Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill
 * American Electric Power Company v. Connecticut
 * Sierra Club v. Babbitt
 * Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. NRDC
 * Hazardous Materials Transportation Act

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Proposed deletion of Pavol Demeš


The article Pavol Demeš has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * No real claim to notability

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Your opinion is needed in this discussion on Talk:Zeitgeist: The Movie
Hi. Two editors are advocating for the exclusion of any mention in the Zeitgeist: The Movie article that Peter Joseph, the creator of that film has stated publicly that words attributed to him in a story cited as a source in the article misquoted him, and that he has not distanced himself from the ideas expressed in that film, as that cited source indicates. I have responded to their arguments, but neither of them has responded directly to my counterarguments, but simply repeat the same statements of theirs over and over. Myself and one other editor disagree with them, so two editors are for the material's inclusion, and two are for its exclusion, with no sign of consensus in sight. Can you please offer your viewpoint in the discussion so that we can achieve consensus? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 01:12, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

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Hey!
Thanks for noticing my editing! :) CoffeeWithMarkets (talk) 12:27, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem, thanks for improving that article! It was quite terrible before your edits. Inverse Hypercube  (talk) 21:45, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Alain Deneault
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DYK for Alain Deneault
The DYK project (nominate) 16:01, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

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Survey for editors who mentor newcomer
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Course numbering in North America
I noticed that you created the above-mentioned article in 2010. It still doesn't have any credible sources. In fact, off the everything.com link ( http://everything2.com/title/College+Course+Numbers ), it specifically mentions the MIT numbering system, which is completely different, and, in fact, different in different "Courses" (what would be called "departments" in most universities). If I don't hear from you in the next week or so, I'm going to propose deletion.

Circumstantial evidence from the MIT web site suggests lexicographical ordering rather than numerical (plus alphabetic suffix); in other words there may be courses 2.04 and 2.042.

I'm also familiar with the CalTech system (at least in 1972-78), which was generally: — Arthur Rubin (talk) 02:47, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
 * 1-99  undergraduate courses ("1" is usually the "101" of the "standard" system)
 * 100-199 beginning graduate courses
 * 200-299 advanced graduate courses
 * 300-399 seminars
 * (perhaps higher numbers might be used for independent study classes, but I think some of those were also in the 300s)
 * and a suffix, "a", "b", or "c" indicates the quarter the course segment is usually taught, although I recall one course I took where 5a was winter quarter and 5b was spring quarter.
 * Hello,


 * I forgot about this article, and honestly I don't care much what happens to it. But just because the sources are poor (they are) doesn't mean that it's not notable. Inverse Hypercube  (talk) 02:57, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
 * It might be notable, but for an article, there would have to be something well-sourced we can say about it. I don't think there is....  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 15:25, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Bud Osborn
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DYK nomination of Bud Osborn
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DYK for Bud Osborn
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Project tags
Hey, just wanted to comment about removing your tagging of the soring and Horse Protection Act articles as part of WP Animal rights. While I don't know if there is a blanket project guideline to tag every article dealing with animal abuse for the AR project, if it isn't a blanket policy, I'd prefer we did not tag these two for AR, and the reason is because the people I can only describe as the "soring denialists" use the AR movement as a boogeyman to drum up support for their positions against federal legislation, federal inspection and criminal penalties for violators. Almost 100% of the vandalism that isn't just the drive-by kiddie stuff is from IPs who are trying to whitewash the articles or remove references to how prevalent and harmful the practice is. I'd prefer not to draw their attention further and risk a POV tagging battle next. Hope that clarifies what my reasoning is here. Montanabw (talk) 01:24, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the message. It's really unfortunate that there are people doing this (wouldn't be surprised if some of those IPs are from industry), and I'm not sure giving in to them is the right thing to do. But since it's a relatively minor thing I guess it's fine. Inverse Hypercube  (talk) 01:36, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh, I'm sure of it. But I want to focus my attention on keeping the article content itself from being whitewashed.  Keeping credibility and NPOV is sometimes an issue if the talk page turns into a dramafest...  I appreciate your good will!   Montanabw (talk)  19:53, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

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