User talk:RyanGerbil10/Archive 1

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 * Believe it or not, this page is archived,
 * Please leave a meesage at this page
 * Scream all you want, but I'll never hear,
 * 'cause I'm not here-
 * Believe it or not, it's archived!

My Official Welcome
Hi RyanGerbil10, welcome to Wikipedia!

Here are a few helpful links to start you off: Avoiding common mistakes, How to edit a page, How to write a great article, Naming conventions, Manual of Style, Policies and guidelines, Help, Merging pages.

If you need help or are curious about something, feel free to ask on my talk page or the village pump. You can sign your name and a date stamp on comments using four tildes ( ~ ). If you have any further questions, feel free to ask, and I hope you enjoy being a Wikipedian!

Andre ( talk )A| 20:22, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)

DYK
Hi Ryan, and welcome! I noticed your article the other day, and since it was well-written (and seasonally appropriate), I nominated for DYK and now it's up :). 68.81.231.127 09:56, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * You're very welcome &mdash; look forward to any future articles! 68.81.231.127 00:47, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Votes for deletion/Hate groups and new religious movements
May I ask you to change your vote on this VfD to a merge? As you say, the topic is important enough for Wikipedia to cover, but it was covered in the main Hate group article until someone moved it to its own article so that he could restore a disputed portion of the content without violating the letter of the three-revert rule. The controversy is over whether this important material will be covered by working out a consensus, or whether moving and subdividing articles will be treated as a legitimate way to dodge consensus. -- Antaeus Feldspar 23:22, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

More schools on Votes for deletion
As of March 25, 2005, there are an additional (6) articles listed for deletion under the POV notion that schools are non-notable (even though this is invalid reasoning as per the Wikipedia deletion policy). Please be aware that the following schools are actively being discussed and voted upon:


 * VfD: Blake Junior High School (renominated)
 * VfD: Franklin High School
 * VfD: Lake Dow Christian Academy
 * VfD: Red Lake High School
 * VfD: The Sage School
 * VfD: Toowoomba Grammar School

In response to this cyclical ordeal, a Schoolwatch programme has been initiated in order to indentify school-related articles which may need improvement and to help foster and encourage continued organic growth. Your comments are welcome and I thank you again for your time. --GRider\talk 21:06, 25 March 2005 (UTC)

Bob McEwen
I've added footnotes to the Bob McEwen article and I wonder if you'd be willing to change your "conditional support" vote to an unconditional support? The vote is at Featured article candidates/Bob McEwen. Thanks for your vote of confidence. PedanticallySpeaking 18:14, 24 January 2006 (UTC)


 * With your vote of support, the Bob McEwen article was featured this morning. Thanks for your vote.  PedanticallySpeaking 16:39, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Bruce Johnson
I've done some work on this article per your comments on Featured article candidates/Bruce Johnson. PedanticallySpeaking 18:54, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I've posted this response at Featured article candidates/Bruce Johnson to the concern about photos: "The press office of the Ohio Department of Development, of which Johnson is director, informs me by e-mail 'We do not have copyright on the photos.'"  PedanticallySpeaking 14:40, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Re: Turkish Literature FAC
Hi, I'm just writing to say thanks for your vote of support in favor of Turkish literature's featured article candidacy. I appreciate it. —Saposcat 08:51, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Milwaukee
Thanks for your edits to Milwaukee, Wisconsin! The weather section looks much better now. Cheers. --F a ng Aili 16:08, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Crystal Lake Page in German
Hi RyanGerbil10 I was working on the German version of the Crystal Lake page. Took a lot of stuff from the english version and tried to translate it as good as I could. I'ts my first "own" article. You should know, I'm a poor beginner and don't know anything about wikipedia. I'm just registrated since today in Germany under RSABB. I'm a member of the Crystal Lake Sister City Commitee of Holzgerlingen. For that reason I'd like to convert the Crystal Lake page into the German wikipedia. On the English page I miss the Cardboard Boat Regatta stuff. I fear my English is not good enough to complete it by myself. As a beginner I also need some help, and, most of all, somebody who puts the pictures and the "Illinois+dot" map into the commons files, so that I can use them too without redundant uploading. By the way, I've seen you speak German, would't it be a challenge for you to translate the German "Holzgerlingen" page into the english version? I'd like to support you. Best Regards, RSABB.

Now you can reach me here: RSABB (talk) 03:41, (CET), 20 March 2006. Thanks again.

Featured article candidates/Mexicanos, al grito de guerra
I added some more references, as per your request. I was wondering if you wish to take a peek and see everything is alright. Thanks. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 04:45, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Holzgerlingen Page
Hi Ryan, I'm sorry, but after you have done your great translation job I've added some stuff in history, traffic, local companies, theatre. Would you think it would be too much to ask you to update the english version? I promise that I will not add anything else. Probably some demographic datas, but I think that small text in English I can add by myself. It would be nice to hear from you. Bye --RSABB (Talk) 23:49, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi Ryan, I'm sorry, somebody has not agreed in using breaks within my text. Instead of edit it he has simply replaced my text by an older version. Would you like to have a loock on it again? Thank you very much. Bye --RSABB (Talk) 01:35, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Still smirking
Hi, Ryan. Your lovely FAC comment on S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 made me smirk a lot, and my friends tell me I've been acting conceited ever since. Thank you! :-) Bishonen | börk börk börk 09:25, 2 April 2006 (UTC).

Photosynthesis
Some time ago you helped improve the article Photosynthetic reaction centre to bring it to featured article standard. The article never became featured, probably because it's too obscure, so now I want to merge it with photosynthesis and then eventually rewrite that whole article. Few people have heard of reaction centres, but the majority of people have heard of photosynthesis, so this is probably a better candidate for a featured article. I just wondered if you would like to help merge the two articles appropriately. Thanks. --Miller 17:09, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikibreak
Hope to see you back soon from your Wikibreak, and I hope you able to help out your friend. -- Nataly a 11:21, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Please check out the lead Section in Mormonism and Judaism
I have attempted to expand on the topic. User:VChapman 07:37, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Milwaukee crime section
Ryan, thanks for responding to my edit. I like to hear from people like this. My issue wasn't so much with the content of the paragraph, but with its location in the article. When a section on Race starts talking about crime, there is an implication that the two must be related. A crime section is something that's been thrown around a bit and has been the subject of debate on the Milwaukee discussion page. I am not opposed to a section that addresses crime, or a section that talks about racial tensions; however, the two probably should not be in the same section. Take care, -Nicktalk 07:41, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Re: One Month Anniversary
RyanGerbil10,

Thanks for the well-wishing.

See you around Esperanza. (^'-')^ Covington 21:51, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Re: One year anniversary
Thanks Ryan. Keep up the goodwill :) Redwolf24  (talk) 02:22, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

First Edit Day
Thanks for the One year greeting. I'm glad someone watches that calendar :-). NoSeptember   talk  01:19, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Old Skool Esperanzial note
Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Cel es tianpower háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Climate pages
Let me first say that you're doing excellent work. I see that you are using exact conversion formulas for US to metric; I would recommend the use of significant figures to round the results off and obtain more natural-looking results.

As for the unit priority question, I may only be speaking for myself, but as an American working on an international project, I feel it is only appropriate to accept the primacy of the International System of Units. That being said, official guidelines state that source units should be written first; though it is unfortunate in my opinion that NOAA still uses Fahrenheit degrees and inches of precipitation as units of record. -- AlexWCovington  (talk) 08:47, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Happy 500th Day on Wikipedia
Primat e #101  02:53, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Awesome work! (^'-')^ Covington 04:55, 30 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Wow, I didn't realize you had been here so long. Happy 500 from a (comparatively speaking) newcomer :-). NoSeptember   talk  09:18, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Smirk
Heh heh, I'm obscurely flattered by this — smirk — though perhaps it isn't meant as a compliment at all! But I have to ask: what is a normal topic, in an encyclopedia of all human knowledge? Hmm... Pokemon? Bishonen | talk 03:48, 30 April 2006 (UTC).

NCAA FAC
Thanks for the tips and for the copyedit! I really don't know the FA scene, so I don't know how bloody it can be. I'm looking for ways to improve the article so that it can be an FA standard, something which peer review wasn't able to do. Again, thanks! Circa 1900 09:23, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for your birthday wishes, that's really nice of you. How did you find out, I assume it's probably on Esperanza... with kind regards Gryffindor  21:14, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Alpha Phi Alpha
Thank you for taking the time to read the article and provide valuable feedback. I will take a look at the picture arrangement and see what can be done. I have addressed the issue of the quote boxes in the FAC and would appreciate your perspective on that issue. thank you again. Ccson 05:28, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Would you support if quote boxes were removed? Ccson May 10, 2006.

The quote boxes have been removed. Could you strike thru "Neutral" and add "Support". Thanks for you input and support. Ccson 03:29, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Michael Woodruff
Michael Woodruff has just been granted featured article status. Thank you for your help in making it one! Cool3 20:17, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Reverting
Hi,

Just wanted to ask that you be a little more careful when reverting pages to make sure that you revert all of a vandal's edits. For example in the Natural disaster article, you should have reverted back to the edit by Mellery

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Natural_disaster&diff=52546057&oldid=52406801

Thanks and keep up the good work. Wikipedia brown 02:44, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Steglitz
Hi Ryan, thanks for the translation! I did some proofreading. Someday I hope to have time to do some more translations myself. Angr (t • c) 07:12, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

League of six towns of Upper Lusatia
Da Du gute Deutschkenntnisse hast schreibe ich Deutsch, da mein Englisch nur mittelmäßig ist. Ich habe gesehen, dass du den Artikel Oberlausitzer Sechsstädtebund übersetzt - sehr gute Arbeit bisher. Da ich mich mit der Oberlausitzer Geschichte relativ gut auskenne, vielleicht ein oder zwei Hinweise: Löbau war lange Zeit die schwächste/ ärmste Stadt, lag aber geographisch im Zentrum, deshalb wurden dort die regelmäßigen Konvente abgehalten. Du hast stattdesen geschrieben, dass die Stadt weniger in Konflikte verwickelt war, was so aus meinen Quellen zumindest nicht hervorgeht. Wichtig ist auch, dass Bautzen deshalb die Hauptstadt (die Stadt wird öfters als Hauptstadt bezeichnet) des Bundes war, weil es die deutlich älteste Stadt war, Bautzen war schon städtisch, als die anderen Orte fast noch Dörfer waren. Bis ins 14. Jahrhundert war Bautzen somit auch wirtschaftlich und kulturell ganz klar führend und gleichzeitig eine der größten Städte im heutigen Ostdeutschland- dies war die einzige Zeit, wo ein Ort allein die Region dominierte, die Oberlausitz hieß deswegen auch Land Budissin/Land Bautzen (Budissin ist ein alter Name für Bautzen) - später zogen die anderen Städte (vor allem Görlitz und Zittau) immer mehr nach und Görlitz wurde etwa ab 1400 - 1450 wirtschaftlich stärker als Bautzen - Bautzen konnte aber als altehrwürdige Stadt seine Stellung behaupten und blieb politisches und z.B. auch kirchliches Zentrum der Region - (Bautzen und Zittau waren etwa gleich wohlhabend)- Da nun nicht mehr eine Stadt dominierend war sondern mehrere wurde das "Land Budissin" immer öfter als "Sechstädteland" bezeichnet - der heute übliche Name Oberlausitz ist jünger. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Knarf-bz 22:41, 23 May 2006 (UTC)