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good day. beat cakes. Calvertian 21:21, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

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Fall Line
That's a good edit about Georgetown on the fall line article! Mark in Richmond. Vaoverland 20:23, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)

Muir and local letter
Might be a good idea to scan it and contribute it as background support??? RichardAmes 08:14, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

abuse
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... these concern Giant space magnet of death.


 * Hi Shoaler, randomly browsing your talk page just now, I came across this curious entry. I would be very interested to know more about the Giant space magnet of death, and I wonder if wikipedia should contain an article which describes it. Bards 22:54, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Star Island
Thanks! I'm a shoaler myself (just got off the island recently) and thought of a few things that could be added. Bananorama 11:29, July 26 2005

George Bush poll
Please explain your vote on Talk:George W. Bush, thanks.Voice of All(MTG) 09:10, July 27, 2005 (UTC)

Glamorous cumbia
Could you explain your undeletion of Glamorous cumbia? --Pablo D. Flores (Talk) 22:22, 27 August 2005 (UTC)


 * The article is original research and the term itself appears to be a neologism. Moreover, the user who created it was a hoaxer. I'll see if I can revive the VfD and decide what to do with it, since most of the text is salvageable. --Pablo D. Flores (Talk) 14:34, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

A question
What's it like in the UUA?--HistoricalPisces 17:42, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Thank you! I agree with your advice, but I seem to be having a hard time getting to do it (I'm afraid the school board will forbid me).--HistoricalPisces 17:08, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Lourdes
Should we protect this?

Pants Against Rape and 3RR
Hi Shoaler. As I don't want to brake the 3RR, please read my reply at your comments at the pants of Joan section. Regards, HAJARS 21:46, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

About your brother's competiton
Hello,I have been an avid supporter of your brother ever since he joined the Project Superstar,but apparently,the page is in a mess.But fear not,I'll help to clear it up and declare your brother the VICTOR!Cheers.--Father Tan 13:55, 2 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Strange,though,because I saw This page.You better check,for what you said made me fear that your account has been hacked into.Anyway,sorry for the mistake.--Father Tan Ding Xiang of [[WP:CCW|The Roman Catholic Church of Wikipedia]] 02:25, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

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Unitarian Universalism
Thank you for your comments. I clarified my previous edit. --adamahill 05:00, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Your application of the cleanup tag to "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter"
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But you didn't start a discussion on the talk page. IMO, that is irresponsible. This is a bee in my bonnet because there was another wikipedian who used to track my edit history, almost like a stalker, and apply all kinds of bogus tags. He wasn't prepared to enter into serious discussions on talk pages, because, I believe, he wanted to abuse the wikipedia to get across his political points. One sign that he wasn't seriously interested in improving the wikipedia was the frequency with which he didn't initiate discussions to solidify the case for applying the tags he used. Alternatively he would boiler-plate in some patent nonsense.

If I am going to challenge his mis-use of tags, I am going to have to question other people, who apply tags, but don't follow through by initiating the discussion. -- Geo Swan 21:00, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Animal liberation front
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Image Tagging Image:QuincyParishChurch.jpg
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ww2 casualties
thanks--Woogie10w 16:05, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

RE: South America
Hello. I've tried making edits at South America, only to have them rolled back by you. Please recheck, repair, or discard your use of popups. 142.150.134.60 19:39, 8 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I only reverted one edit to South America and it contained "This is a Buch of shit". –Shoaler (talk) 15:34, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

impressive
Yeah, that's totally fine by me. It's just that "5 star" directly implies a rating by one of the major sources like AAA, Mobile or Michelin. It's certainly a notable hotel, if not the most famous nat'l park hotel --its just that to a lot of travellers, 5-star implies a level of luxury that would seem absurd in Yosemite: imagine the Hotel Imperial or Burj al-Arab in a national park ;-) All the best. --Bobak 20:12, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

APL function symbols
"Take" is currently listed as U+2191, but my Unicode (5) tables show this as unassigned... what is this meant to be? —porg es (talk) 10:32, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm not a Unicode expert but the up-arrow shows up at 2191 on . Feel free to fix it though if you think it's wrong. –Shoaler (talk) 13:44, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Ooops, I made a mistake typing that message. The Unicode reference was right but the character actually in the table was U+088F, which is unassigned. I've fixed it now :) —porg es (talk) 21:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Differences_between_book_and_film_versions_of_Harry_Potter_and_the_Goblet_of_Fire
this belongs to a website/personal wiki. It is called fancruft, probably also WP:OR. See webhosting, WP:NOT. User:Yy-bo 17:52, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Unitarian Universalist Independent Affiliate organizations
Hi Shoaler, I saw your comments on the AfD for Unitarian Universalist Independent Affiliate organizations; if you're still interested in the article, a re-working is being considered at Talk:Unitarian Universalist Independent Affiliate organizations. I'd appreciate your voice. HellaNorCal 00:25, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Disambiguation
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Hbackman 00:05, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

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Mars
hi, why is Mars's more correct than Mars'? eg Mars' natural satellites etc.. sbandrews (t) 18:58, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Most current style guides (WP:STYLE, CMS) use an apostrophe-s for all singular words, even those ending in s. There are particular exceptions based on convention (e.g. Jesus'). –Shoaler (talk) 20:03, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * sigh, nothing is ever easy, Mars's looks wrong to me, but hey, life goes on :) regards, sbandrews (t) 21:08, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * this site says Mars' though, sbandrews (t) 21:23, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Maybe Mars' is one of the exceptions. Do you have a copy of CMS handy (or another reputable style guide)?  Mine are in storage right now. –Shoaler (talk) 09:26, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Alas no, how strange for an atheist like me to be arguing for the rights of an ancient God :), I'll revert your changes till you find an answer, if that's ok, they'll be harder to correct later... sbandrews (t) 13:32, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Veirs Mill Road
To save you from mistake in the future, I am notifying you that the road which carries MD 28 for about a block in Rockville, MD is an exception to the "i before e" rule. It is spelled Veirs Mill, not Viers Mill. It is a common mistake, but try to resist your second-grade teacher when commenting on it. Thank you. --RockRNC 01:19, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your edification. It has been many years since I left Montgomery County and, alas, my 2nd grade teacher must be well over 100 by now. –Shoaler (talk) 21:17, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Recovery, Inc. article
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Unitarian Universalism work group
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Virtues & otherwise of 'prioritize'
Hi, Shoaler. Not a big deal, but am a tad puzzled why you consider use of prioritize in first sentence of the Libertarianism article "either wrong word or ambiguous." My on-board dictionary gives the following:

prioritize verb 1 we must prioritize pollution control emphasize, concentrate on, put first, focus on, fast-track, expedite, make a priority. 2 they prioritize patients according to need rank, order, hierarchize, triage; grade, class, categorize.

prioritize verb [ trans. ] designate or treat (something) as more important than other things : prioritize your credit card debt. • determine the order for dealing with (a series of items or tasks) according to their relative importance : age affects the way people prioritize their goals | [ intrans. ] are you able to prioritize?

It's not, admittedly, the most attractive of words but in this context, rather than being ambiguous, seems more specific & forceful than your substituted give priority to, with the additional virtue that it chimes by contrast with minimize in the clause that follows. Please illumimate. Thanks :D Wingspeed (talk) 15:22, 5 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi Wingspeed, My dictionary only gave the second meaning, to put in priority sequence. I suspected that it was being used in the first sense, to make first in priority, but my first reaction when I saw it was uncertainty as to what was meant.  I guess I come from an era when any use of "prioritize" was considered sloppy English.  If you have a better word or phrase to use there, I would certainly not object.–Shoaler (talk) 13:55, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

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The Very Secret Diaries
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I have been unable to edit due to a outdated User:shoaler/vector.js I had put in there several years ago. I found a way to edit and effectively disable it so I am able to edit again.

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