User talk:Samsara/Archive03

About Fedora Core
Which things do you want me to add links to? I have not added nothing new. I have just restructured the page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Juansempere (talk • contribs) 20:58, 1 June 2006.


 * I noticed one of your comments on the Fedora core talk page, namely "I think this really should expand into a more general discussion of what is an acceptable reference. If my website is going to be disallowed from being a source on Wikipedia simply because I contribute to the project, I'll cease to be a Wikipedian gladly, with immediate effect."


 * Others on the debate went on to point out that anyone can obtain a personal web site and post anything. So for me, a highly reputable web site starts with a a famous domane name, i.e. www.whitehouse.gov, which would surely be the subject of legal action if it were camped on by some minor player. If this isn't possible, at least it should be possible to view the site with the browser privacy settings set to the highest level. I browsed your website, http://www.philippwesche.org/, with Internet Explorer v. 6.0, with security settings set to high, and it appeared as a blank page. Therefore it would be unsuitable for use as a reference in Wikipedia.


 * Perhaps if the website were readable, I would have found information that would convince me it is a reputable source. In any case, my interest is in discussing reputable sources, not Fedora (my Red Hat computer is a 10-year old Aptiva and it isn't even plugged in anymore.) Gerry Ashton 20:57, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

A haiku of thanks

 * Thanks for your support
 * In my RfA, which passed!
 * Wise I'll try to be.

Thank you for your positive comments about interactions on talk - I would return the compliment! Thanks again.

-- Nataly a 04:20, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
Thank you for the trust that you had in me when you supported my Request for Adminship. The nomination ended successfully and I am actually overwhelmed by the support that I received. Thanks again! -- Kim van der Linde at venus 06:48, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Your website
After looking at the HTML source for http://www.philippwesche.org/2004/profile.html I conclude that my inability to view your website with high Internet explorer security settings is due to something your ISP is doing before my browser really gets to your actual web page. I only have trouble when I put http://www.philippwesche.org in the address bar. If I put http://www.philippwesche.org/2004/profile.html in the address bar everyting is fine. Best wishes. Gerry Ashton 21:34, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

References for the Natural Selection article
I do not ask for a specific number of references since every aspect should be referenced and I mean twice or three times for important informations such as dabatable statistics or arguable details given by experts on the subject. I would go for around 100 references on that subject but 40 refs and this article will possibly pass next time it is in the GA nominations. My opinion on the subject, which is not everybody's view and in such way that if you find my comment not appropriate then go for a review of the nomination. Lincher 19:46, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

COTW Project
You voted for Lee Smith (baseball), this week's Collaboration of the week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article.

My RfA
Thank you for voting in my recently unsuccessful RfA. I plan on working harder in the coming months so that I have a better chance of becoming an admin in the future. I hope you will consider supporting my if I have another RfA. Thank you for your comments. -- digital_m  e ( t / c ) 15:58, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Ubuntu Article
I don't know how that happened... My Bad. ;)

Also don't moan at people, I was a bit harsh I suppose. I have rectified the situation forthwith. bruce89 18:59, 8 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I believe that my comment was polite and appropriate. - User:Samsara (talk • contribs) 19:04, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

polyphenol antioxidant
thanks for your support in upholding depth of scientific detail on wikipedia. i hope you ll check back on this article from time to time. look forward to encountering you elsewhere. best regards Anlace 14:43, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Biopharmaceutical in the Science Collaboration of the Week
Actually I've never before participated in such a collaboration. Do we've a to do list or some similar stuff for collaborators? --Victor 19:44, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'll give it a try. --Victor 20:31, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I've added a to do list in Talk:Biopharmaceutical/to do. Check it out. --Victor 21:36, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Biotechnology on 1.0 core topics collaboration of the fortnight
Biotechnology is a candidate for the Version 1.0 core topics collaboration of the fortnight. Please see that page to support or comment on the nomination. --Victor 19:13, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Sleep
This thought is probably not particularly original, but...it is entirely possible that you should sleep more. :) pschemp | talk 01:05, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject
I am joining WikiProject:Fish. Josen 16:46, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Grey Heron
Hi Samsara.. I am curious to know about the Grey Heron secretion. Is the reference available online somewhere ? Shyamal 08:29, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

What?
I am a tad confused... I am pretty sure I have not been in contact with you before... Could you elaborate slightly on why you posted on my talk page? -Localzuk (talk) 21:43, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, the Linux User and Developer stub thing. It is because you have it listed under a 'See Also' list which should really only contain active articles due to its nature of saying 'this article is about this, you may also be interested in this'. If the article doesn't exist, it cannot fulfill that function and is pointless. If it is inline with normal text, I would have no issue with it.
 * Also, I'm pretty sure this is the first time I have commented on a redlink such as this.-Localzuk (talk) 21:46, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I don't oppose redlinks in general - just in this context. -Localzuk (talk) 21:50, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

evolution edit link
On a general level, I tend to disapprove of edit links in templates, especially for templates that are not at risk of frequent editing. It encourages "box lenght cruft", for lack of a better term, especially in top-right boxes, and increases incorrect edit by inexperienced user in a "sensitive" spacename (risk of damaging lots of article).

However, I can't remember why exactly I remove the edit link in evolution, so I won't revert its adition, even though I don't perceive it as anything near necessary. Circeus 23:37, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

random comment on cite templates
I noticed this on your user page: "when to use vs.  ; whether to use a general news site or journal reference". You appear to confuse cite journal, which is a template for academic journal (although similar publications, like magazines, easily translate into it) with cite news, the template used for news sources (mostly from the internet, although it seems obvious that non-web sources work just as well with it). Hoping i did not misinterpret your assumptions. Circeus 03:22, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

ubuntu vandal
thx for coming to my page. no i didnt come via WP:AID. I come because of a bad ubuntu installation during last days. i am without internet now which is really bad. Nice that you do so much work on linux, i saw this after having called you a vandal. btw.. you are certainly not a vandal, by the criteria of WP:VANDAL .. reallly good work to do on linux. i have a debian server with my ISP and now wanted to start linux at home on my desktop, but probably will switch back to windows XP for the time being. pppd and pppoe stuff is not working. and my screen is not recognized correctly, lucky that i had the alternate CD and could use text install. graphic install was impossible without screen recognition.

the cats: i read your edit sum. but IMO it was exagerated. and it seemed you did not read the commented section near the cat links, explaining why there is a sense for that they stay. i did not read this before, i just added the cats because i felt they where missing. from other WP articles i am used to the policy described there (main article can go in the above cat)

further cat discussion can be done on article talk. best regards --Tobias Conradi (Talk) 20:18, 27 June 2006 (UTC)