User talk:Laurascudder/Archive3

Director-Generals of New Netherland
Please note that there was only one director-general 1647-1664 and one governor 1673-1674 of New Netherland. Cornelius Jacobsen Mey is the least used or worst spelling of his name. Use therefore the 17th century spelling of Cornelis Jacobsz May which is also the spelling as used in Cape May. I have left out the dot after the z which is usually included in the Dutch spelling to connote an abbreviation of the word "zoon" but would confuse the English reader. Although May had been in the Hudson River in 1613 and the Delaware River in 1620, he became only director of New Netherland in 1624. Your 1620 date is therefore neither here nor there. You also forgot to mention the fourth director (out of seven) which I have mentioned somewhere else. Again, if you are interested in physics you know that formulas have certain outcomes which are precise. In history, when dealing with the facts, the same is valid and to be imprecise or sloppy is no history at all. I am astonished by your insistence of posting the New Netherland-New Sweden map on either article. This has nothing to do with nationalist fervor or one-sided passion as one editor seems to suggest. It is all about trying to deal with ignorance. Cheers. April 28, 2006. DeKoning

Cornelius Jacobsen Mey (1620-1625) Willem Verhulst (1625-26) Peter Minuit (1626-33) Wouter van Twiller (1633-38) Willem Kieft (1638-47) Peter Stuyvesant (1647-64)

Adriaen van der Donck
Have you thought about submitting this article to FAC for featured article status? I think it fits the FA criteria. — Wackymacs 15:14, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah expanding the early life section is a good idea. More references would be good, few references will be used as an objection at FAC otherwise. Also, the Refs section should be a numbered list instead of bulleted because its footnotes. A picture for the 'In New Netherland' section would be a nice addition as well. Good luck! — Wackymacs 16:11, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Adriaen van Bergen
I just had a quick look on your stub (haven't got much time now) and there was one thing that I think might be incorrect. Your stub states that Adriaen van Bergen is a captain in Prins Maurice's army. nl:Turfschip van Breda states that he is indeed a captain, but just a normal civilian captain on a ship (schipper). I am not very into this history so I don't no what is true, but my interpretation is that he is not in the army. Maartenvdbent 15:21, 17 January 2006 (UTC)


 * As my English prose is not that beautiful, I'll provide you with a rough translation of certain parts, so that you can add it to your stub :) :


 * Dutch original:In februari 1590 werd prins Maurits benaderd door de schipper Adriaen van Bergen uit Leur. Hij had een plan om de stad in te nemen: als schipper vervoerde hij regelmatig turf naar het Kasteel van Breda, waar de Spaanse troepen gelegerd waren. Omdat hij zo vaak kwam, werd zijn schip niet meer gecontroleerd. Hij zou op deze manier een leger het kasteel binnen kunnen smokkelen.


 * Rough translation: In February 1590 Prince Maurice was approached by captain (is skipper an English word?) Adriaen van bergen from Leur (smal town in Netherlands). As a captain he often went to the Breda Castle, where Spanish troops were stationed. Because he came so often the Spanish didn't control his ship. This way it would be easy to get the Dutch army inside the castle.Maartenvdbent 16:07, 17 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Have you tried Babelfish for a computer generated translation? Although it's not perfect off course it does a good job in making the article intelligable for foreigner's: . Maartenvdbent 16:24, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Portal
Thanks for rearranging the portal!!! I think the Categories box should still be on top, but that's just me. If you like it better with the did you know and picture above categories, that's cool.--ragesoss 01:20, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

vandalism
No problem. I am running heavy java script on RC patrol, so this stuff only needs one click. Voice of  All T 16:15, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Nutrition is Science Collaboration of the Week
Hi, you voted for this article, and it won. Maybe you can help to improve it... See you there! - Samsara contrib talk 13:52, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Featured Picture
Congratulations, and thanks for nominating it. Raven4x4x 05:48, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Please check your WP:NA entry
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Natural selection is Science Collab of the Week
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Hydrosphere is Science Collaboration
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Optical Transfer Function By Autocorrelation : Polar Coordinates
Hi,

This is regarding T(w) by Autocorrelation given at the end of the article Optical autocorrelation.

If T(w) can be given when f(x,y) is chosen in terms of polar co-ords say f(r), it would be very helpful in some applications.

I do not know the transformation, If you or some expert knows that, kindly post it.

Fair Use Image
If you have time could you comment on this fair use issue, Talk:Map-territory relation. Many thanks. &#2384; Metta Bubble puff  06:38, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Image:Lynx range.png
What does this map show? It doesn't claim to show the range of the bobcat but the Canadian lynx isn't that widespread. On the other hand the bobcat is more widespread than the map shows. Rmhermen 23:02, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Bobcat are present across the lower peninsula of Michigan, Kentucky, southern Indiana. This is not shown by your map. And the image description page doesn't mention bobcat. Rmhermen 00:58, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I would say that the map does include bobcat under the name American lynx but that the source used wasn't very accurate. This map which gives its source accurately shows their range in Michigan and Wisconsin. And probably on the East Coast but I would say it underestimates it in the lower Midwest. Still it is the best one I found. Bobcat haev been sighted "recently" in all lower 48 states - except Delaware. Rmhermen 01:50, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Galveston snaps
Hey! Just wanted to say thanks for taking some really nice shots of the island. I miss that old place. My family and I are already starting to plan our annual week on the beach and these reminded me of how much I'm looking forward to it. Cheers &middot; Katefan0(scribble)/ poll 14:50, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Laura -- I have quite a collection of Galveston photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/nsaum. If you would like to use any of them on the Galveston pages, with proper accreditation, just let me know. :) --Nsaum75 01:20, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Nomination for adminship
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How Nice
Lets throw out the rules. lets keep the vandalism on the talk pages, where it belongs. Are they stil fighting the civil war in Texas? How do people keep form laughing when you tell them you went to a school with such a funny name? how long before you winn the Nobel Prize for your works on Wikipedia??Fat Carl

SCOTW: Chronospecies finally makes it!
These are the comments on the nomination, which may be helpful in improving the article:
 * Lots of potential for this little article like examples, causes, and general elaboration. Neum 04:38, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * A great fact to include would be the shortest time over which speciation of a sexual organism is known to have occurred. &mdash;James S. 21:06, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

In other news:
 * SCOTW needs a new maintainer, and could to with a maintenance bot. If you know of anybody who may be interested in either task, please let them know!

User:Samsara (talk • contribs) 22:59, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations!
Congratulations! It's my pleasure to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator. You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the administrators' reading list before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages such as the Main Page. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. You might find the new administrators' how-to guide helpful. Cheers! -- Cecropia 19:38, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Congrats! I am happy to hear that you were successful in your recent RFA. Good luck for the future! -- S iva1979 Talk to me  02:56, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Category Deletion
I generally don't like categories with only one or two articles in it. The other poker player besides Nick The Greek wasn't even particularly notable.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 04:43, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

w00t!
I'm only sorry I didn't see your RFA in enough time to vote. Have fun! Remember that pressing an admin button usually automatically causes a target to rise over your backside; if you need help, holler. &middot; Katefan0(scribble)/ poll 22:15, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Higgs boson consensus vote
There is currently a vote on the Higgs boson talk page over whether or not to merge the pop culture references article with the main article. I noticed you've previously contributed to the debate, so your vote would be helpful in establishing a consensus (or, perhaps, a vote of "no consensus", in which case the problem will be referred to AfD). Thanks! -DMurphy 21:34, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

elections results
OK. I'll concede. I figured the templates for election results in the US (House, Senate, Prez) were unnecessary, so I subst'ed them. I guess they are more widespread than I'd thought. Mea culpa. &mdash;Markles 00:55, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

History of astronomy
Cheers for bringing my changes inline with the style guide! MikeMorley 09:57, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Fermi's Golden Rule
Mindful that Fermi's Golden Rule is currently stubtastic and that it's on your "ToDo" list, I've started a revision on my userspace: User:MikeMorley/Fermi%27s_golden_rule MikeMorley 19:57, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

rfa
I wanted to stop by and thank you for your constructive criticism of my RFA. It's helped, and is helping, to improve me as a wikipedian and an editor. I look forward to gaining your support in the future. Until then, keep on keepin on. &rArr;  SWAT  Jester    Ready    Aim    Fire!  19:30, 29 April 2006 (UTC)



science portal image
Image:15th century egyptian anatomy of horse.jpg is the selected picture on the History of science portal this week. If you come up with a better caption for it, that would be wonderful.--ragesoss 19:44, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Displacement operator
Hi Laura! I wonder if you could take a look at a little template I added to displacement operator. You think you could help? --HappyCamper 03:47, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism
Laurascudder, I strongly object against your vandalism. I am writing an article which is not the original article 'Anti-relativity', but which is called 'Galilean relativity. I had been invited to create an new article. Would you please instantly re-install all text you have deleted, please?KraMuc 17:21, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Large Hadron Collider is Science Collaboration of the Week
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0.00%
On your first point, I had thought of that, for towns with a population of less tan 20,000 even one person should show up as .005% rounded up to .01%. I will not substitute 0.00% for towns with a substantially greater population, (although I suspect there will be few if any). Your second point is interesting, "other races" is fairly well explained in the article Race (United States Census) which is extensively linked to from every article. Perhaps putting "other races" in quotes would emphasise the meaning. See Muenster, Texas, let me know what you think. Rich Farmbrough 15:09 29 May 2006 (UTC).
 * P.S. The largest town I found with a 0.00% was New Richmond, Ohio, with a pop of just over 2000. Rich Farmbrough 13:49 30 May 2006 (UTC).

Biopharmaceutical is the Science Collaboration of the Week
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My apparent vandalism on New Netherlands
What? I havn't even looked at that page. What are you talking about?

John Hickenlooper
Hey, how's it goin'? Any luck with finding a legal pic of Hick? Just wondering where we're at... I've had no luck, myself. Anyhow, if you do find something, upload it. Have a good one. Editor19841 20:48, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Good, good, good. goood vibrations
I won't remove it since you thought it was worth including. Though it was added by the owner of the site who seems bent on self promotion. If you could find an alternative link, I would appreciate it. --GraemeL (talk) 18:49, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

need help with user page
Hi,

this is a little weird to ask, but I have tried to make one of those 'cool' user pages, with those boxes, but failed miserably. Could you take a look?

Evilbu 17:21, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Traveling to Wikimania
Hi Laurascudder,

I noticed that you are likely driving to Wikimania from Pittsburg. If you are taking I-80, myself and possibly one other Wikipedian are just a short hop along the way, located in State College, PA. I would be willing to split gas costs, so if you are interested just let me know. Thanks! GChriss 17:41, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Speckle
Thanks for linking me to Speckle pattern from Talk:Laser. Is it a coincidence that you are also a Mudder? It was erie... I had just seconds before made a reply to a Mudder who mentioned laser speckle on a blog post of mine which was itself about a Wikipedia article only to find that question answered on Wikipedia. Small world. What year/dorm were you?

I'll probably see you at Wikimania in August. —Ben FrantzDale 00:38, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

FAC
I noticed you offered some help towards FAC on RfA talk. I wonder if I could ask you to give a quick look at some articles I've been involved with which may be heading in that direction. I'm not after a detailed workthrough, but a general indication of how they're shaping up and any obvious flaws would be a great help. If you haven't got the time at the moment, please let me know. The articles are: Stuckist demonstrations, which I think is the strongest, The Stuckists Punk Victorian, which may be OK apart from references need formatting, and Damien Hirst, which could probably do with more images. A major problem with contemporary art is getting any images other than fair use. Thanks. Tyrenius 23:47, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Zenz at CERN
Salve, Laurascudder. Mr. S.C. Zemz from Chicago, born in 1982, is assumed to perform work at CERN for the ATLAS project, specifically for the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter. In reality he is continuously misusing his paid working time, however, to fulfill tasks related to his function as an administrator of Wikipedia. Yesterday I left a message for you on the talk page of 'Modern Galilean relaivity', which was quickly removed by Mr. Zenz. Is it possible that you lift the ban against me? I am solely interested in scientific questions and in nothing else. KraMuc, 29 June 2006.


 * Regardless of whether I would've unblocked you originally, I will certainly not do so when a user is threatening real-life harassment of another editor. It is a completely inappropriate response to an editing dispute and exemplifies the type of behavior you were originally blocked for.  Editing Wikipedia is a privledge, not a right, and your behavior is the reason that privledge has been revoked.  &mdash; Laura Scudder &#9742; 23:11, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

This is your viewpoint and your decision. Mr. Zenz had already heavily manipulated the 'history' of the article 'Anti-relativity' by deleting information I had left behind in the 'edit summary', so that other supervisors did not know what was going on. This misbehaviour does perhaps also belong to the 'priviledges' of being an administrator? When I contributed to that article suddenly the following sentence appeared in the middle of my text: "I, Zenz, tell you how you present yourself in public". He was referring to the content of that article. Is this good behaviour? Mr. Zenz is simply an immature person, and I regret that he deserves this kind of treatment. Apparently he has nothing or too little to do during working hours at CERN. Therefore, he is currently misusing CERN computers  for his nonsense. I have informed the Head of Personnel of CERN as well as the manager of the ATLAS project about his continuous misuse of CERN computers, and I must say that I have absolutely no bad feeling about this. It is a difference whether Mr. Zenz teases other users by means  of his private laptop after work or whether he uses for this purpose computers belonging to the European research institute CERN. I regard this discussion with you as finished and will not reply to further comments from your side. Best wishes, KraMuc, 30 June 2006.

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Baiting +tags
Hello Laura, I believe you posted the various +tags in good faith. However, as there are "contentious" deletion votes occurring why don't we wait until those are finished. Thank you. SirIsaacBrock 11:02, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Baiting
You should be aware that the owner of the baiting articles has removed your cleanup tag. Hipocrite - &laquo; Talk &raquo; 12:26, 14 July 2006 (UTC)


 * You have reverted back in the entirety of the lion baiting anecdotes. Do you believe that this is an encyclopedic treatment of the so-called subject? Hipocrite - &laquo; Talk &raquo; 16:00, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

article dragon ball z
hello mrs.laura i would like to know when i can show the proves about the adulteration about this article,only in the english wikipedia this happens you can check in the french wikipedia if necessary to comprove what i am talking about.The producer of Bandai Ryu Mito spoke about this situation too and he regrets this situation made by some american fanboys .Thank you. Victtorio 17:30, 14 July 2006 (UTC) Victtorio

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Picture copyright status change
Thanks a bunch I just mistook where it was supposed to fall. Thanks for your help!

-- ATrow 21:59, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Reverted Liger Edits
Why did you revert my edits? Are they incorrect in any way? Did they not follow a Wikipedia guideline? Are they simply not well written?, because I could have fixed that. I guess I did not write them very well, but as I said that could have been fixed. Anyway, you should have warned me at the Talk:Liger section. I would not have stopped your revisions. I would have just asked why & accepted the answer. P.S. I'm the guy that wrote the Black Liger section. - 10:48, 28 July, 2006

I hope you don't mind, but I reverted it to my version, saved a personal copy for myself and then reverted it back to your version. - 17:17, 28 July, 2006

Me again. Just wanted you to know that me and a few other people would like the Chuman page renamed to Humanzee as I believe this name is more common. I would also like for you to see if what I wrote in the Hybrid article is correct:

Quote:

Extremely rare interfamilial hybrids have been known to occur, as evidenced by the guineafowl hybrids mentioned lower on this page.

End Quote.

Quote:

Guin-hen, a hybrid between Chickens & Guineafowl, an interfamilial hybrid.

Pea-guinea, a hybrid between Peafowl & Guineafowl, an interfamilial hybrid.

End Quote.

References:

Domestic Fowl Hybrids

Guineafowl Hybrids

P.S. None of this is original reasearch. Please Reply. - 17:38, 28 July, 2006

I will check back at your talk page until you reply. - 01:59, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the reply. I see your point. - 21:49, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

P.S. I intend to test the possibility in the VERY distant future (assuming none of the parent species aren't endangered). 22:06, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

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Hydrogen is the science collaboration for August 2006
Okay guys, now let's make this an FA!

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Re: Driving to Wikimania
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