User talk:Ravn/Archive/2006-03-07

Welcome on my talk page.
Please add your messages at the bottom. I will usually reply on this page, as I like coherent discussion threads. -- Ravn 17:32, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A welcome

Hello there Ravn, welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay.

If you ever need editing help visit Wikipedia:How does one edit a page or how to format them visit our manual of style.

Experiment at Wikipedia:Sandbox.

If you need pointers on how we title pages visit Wikipedia:Naming conventions.

If you have any other questions about the project then check out Wikipedia:Help or add a question to the Village pump.

And of course, feel free to talk with me at my talk page. Pfortuny 12:35, 17 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Thanks. =) Ravn

Germans

I've for long (a year, actually) been itched by the way Wikipedia-links are done with often sloppy distinctions between nationality, citizenship and ethnicity (with regard to persons) and also between nations and countries. This is particularly obvious in the case of people or entities that are denoted as German. A link to the Federal Republic of Germany is often outright unhistorical and wrong, but this has until now been the most usual.

That's why I'm considering an article on Germans, which I've started at the temporary location User:Ruhrjung/Germans. I would wish to avoid too much of edit wars after having started to link to the article. In particular, I would not wish to see the current disputes over German-Polish matters automatically extend also to this article, why I kindly ask you for comments now, in advance, in order to try to find wordings acceptable to as many as possible of concerned wikipedians.

I look forward to your comments at User talk:Ruhrjung/Germans.
--Ruhrjung 00:06, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Learning Project

Hi there, since I saw you registered as a translator I would like to know if you are interested in this. I have written a program for learning vocabulary. It is based on the belief that it is best to learn foreign words by learning typical sentences. I currently have files in English, French (with sound), Spanish, and Portuguese, Catalan is in the planning. The program can also be used for learning other stuff that works with the question/answer scheme, e.g. the theory for the driving licence or anatomy. It also uses images and sound files for alternation and in order to work on the pronunciation. If you are interested please check my page and let me know. Get-back-world-respect 00:57, 22 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Get-back-world-respect. I had a look at your project. Since I am a heavy linux user, I would have trouble contributing, since neither qbasic, winamp or the other required programs are very portable. But I had a severe nostalgic flash when reading that QBasic is still alive. It was also one of my first languages to use. ;)

Best, Ravn 12:35, 24 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Wikifun

Hey there Ravn looks like you got the most correct answers for Wikifun! You can now start up the new tasks if you have any ideas. Wikifun feel free to contact me if you like before posting tasks. --Larsie 18:58, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)

wikifun

good job on the new tasks! i like your style, but don't go too fast as when i was posting tasks i would post one or two per day. the reason being if a person starts the first task near the ending of round two they may not have time to finish them all. hey, keep up the good work!--Larsie 15:46, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

wikifun 2

hey there again. i actually changed the fact that it would be open so we need to keep an eye out for those who place new tasks besides ourselves, vandalism, etc. when this next round is done the winner will go ahead and pretty much take your position. however keep in mind if oyu can get the most right answers for the round after you can regain your controll. hey would you mind actually placing that info on the wikifun main page?--Larsie 16:32, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

hey there forget to say if you happen to find any good place to add a wikifun link go ahead and try to get as much exposure as possible. --Larsie 18:23, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

department of fun

i added you as a member to Department of Fun i just started this page so it is not quite finished (if it will ever be) but feel free to give me ideas. if you don't want to be involved you can just take your link off.--Larsie 19:32, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

hello, just wanted to ask you to replace your link on the dept of fun page w/ signiature/timestamp so we can record when we became members of the department

mind benders

good job on the mind benders--Larsie 17:13, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Historical Abbots

Yes, there is. I would like (though I had to stop before I really got started yesterday) to move all small, not particularly famous abbots into one larger page. It makes life a little easier. I would leave in place all the abbots who are more historically notable or who have larger pages. Sort of like Minor characters in Star Wars, these monks are alltogether an important thing, but seperately are completely unnotable. I was doing this in the interest of preserving the information - small articles (especially orphans) tend to get VfD'd easier. I'd prefer that you didn't revert my change before we talked it out. PMC 23:25, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC) Edit: On a side note, Historical abbots is a compendium of your two pages - none of your information is actually lost.

Lol, my apologies about the snappish edit summary. I was trying to calm down from a heated discussion elsewhere and as you can see it didn't work...I figured they were orphan articles no one cared about anyway, but I was wrong. I'm glad that we've come to a resolution on it =D PMC 00:11, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Frogs and other things

I'm by no means an expert for egyptian hieroglyphs, but I thought

was 100'000; not

I based this on [1] and [2]. Anyway, check the brand-new article on egyptian numerals! I'm sure an expert will correct I8 to I7 if indeed the frog should be the correct number sign. Lupo 15:49, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Oh, and thanks a lot for these highly interesting questions. I had a lot of fun searching for the solutions, even if I would have preferred to see more other Wikipedians participating. (Well, maybe there were others, and I just happened to be the quickest.) Lupo 15:53, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Economy of Europe

Hi, I noticed you'd earlier supported this new article's nomination for Collaboration of the Week. It has been re-nominated, having been worked on a little and has gained backers. Simply add your support here. Obviously such a big project needs as many users with relevant knowledge as possible, so hopefully this will promote it a little. Thanks, Grunners 00:37, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikifun

Hi Ravn, I'm writing a number of questions for a new quiz. If you want, I'll try to write 20 of them, or else you can get the ones I've got so far. Eugene van der Pijll 11:55, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I have been working hard today, and I have just finished my 20th question. If you want to send that sucmission, you still can, of course; then I'll change one of my questions. The "E-mail this user" on my user page should work. You can also keep it for the next round, if you prefer. I'll put up an announcement on the Wikifun page with a starting date: for example tomorrow evening (UTC). Eugene van der Pijll 19:18, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Partition of India

You voted for Partition of India, this week's Collaboration of the week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article.

Wikipedia:WikiProject Historical Figures still active?

I've moved Wikipedia:WikiProject Historical Figures to the Inactive section of the WikiProject page, as it hasn't been edited since Nov 1st; I wanted to let you know, and ask if you're still working on it. If so, feel free to move it back up into the active section. JesseW 07:33, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The Humungous Image Tagging Project

Hi. You've helped with the Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Syntax, so I thought it worth alerting you to the latest and greatest of Wikipedia fixing project, User:Yann/Untagged Images, which is seeking to put copyright tags on all of the untagged images. There are probably, oh, thirty thousand or so to do (he said, reaching into the air for a large figure). But hey: they're images ... you'll get to see lots of random pretty pictures. That must be better than looking for at at and the the, non? You know you'll love it. best wishes --Tagishsimon (talk)

Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 2000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
Multi-Licensing Guide
Free the Rambot Articles Project

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

OR

Option 2

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)

Could you please consider this? Many of your images would be great for Wikitravel. Jpatokal 11:53, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Deutsch: Veganismus

Ich hätte gerne gewusst, wo sich Linsay Allen von ihrer eigenen These distanziert hat.

Da du aber selber Veganer bist (oder wenigstens an dem Mist interressiert), wüsste ich gerne, wo sie sich hierbei distanziert hat! Natürlich eine Nicht-Vegane Quelle!

Ansonsten ist es wieder mal die übliche vegane Zensurpolitik, die man ja eh schon Genügend kennt!

Bitte bleibe sachlich.

Frau Allen hat sich nicht von ihrer These distanziert, sondern von der Berichterstattung in den Medien. In der Diskussion zum Revert habe ich zwei Quellen genannt, die beide nichts mit Veganismus zu tun haben. Das eine ist ein unabhängiger Medien-Beobachter, das andere das Uni-Journal der UC Davis, an der Lindsay Allen lehrt. Angeblich kannst Du ihr auch selbst eine Mail schreiben, um einen diesbezüglichen Standardbrief zu bekommen. Das habe ich aber auch bloß nicht ausprobiert. Wenn Du den Wortlaut ihrer Mail (oder der Studie) online findest, wäre ich für einen Hinweis dankbar.

Dein Vorwurf, irgendetwas würde zensiert, ist unberechtigt. Ich habe Deine Aussage hauptsächlich deshalb reverted, weil sie eine stark umstrittene Studie als absolute Wahrheit darstellt. Dies entspricht nicht dem NPOV, solange nicht auch auf die Schwächen derselben hingewiesen wird. Wenn Du die Studie gerne erwähnen möchtest, würde ich vorschlagen, zumindest den Artikel des BBC zu verlinken, der beide Positionen und die (IMHO berechtigte) Kritik erwähnt.

Wenn Du häufiger in der Wikipedia schreibst, solltest Du Dir überlegen, ob Du Dich anmeldest. Dies erlaubt anderen Wikipedianern, Deine Erfahrung im Edieren von Artikeln besser einzuschätzen. Beiträge von anonymen IP-Adressen werden auch einfach deshalb häufiger reverted, weil man nicht sagen kann, ob es sich um einen ernsthaften Beitrag oder um einen Troll handelt - gerade bei Beiträgen mit Provokationspotenzial und Rechtschreibfehlern. Ausserdem erlaubt Dir das, Deine Beiträge zu unterschreiben, damit ich Dir auf Deiner Benutzerseite antworten kann. -- Ravn 12:27, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

User:Larsie

Hello,

I am looking into contributions made by User:Larsie, specifically the issues raised at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Lars Olsen.

User:Larsie left some cryptic messages on User talk:Chrispy about trying to avoid something being public and getting kicked off Wikipedia. [3] [4]

I see he also left some messages for you in a similar time period, perhaps about some game or activity. Do you have any information you can provide about what User:Larsie was up to? -- Curps 22:56, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Mind Benders

Hello! I've noticed your past interest in Wikipedia:Mind Benders and wanted to share the following announcement with you! I've taken over the responsibilities of Mind Benders, and the page will now be regularly updated. Right now, the pre-round is open (it's more of a creative artistic competition), and round one will open soon (the questions are done, we just need to wait for the pre-round to begin/finish)! So why not check it out? I'll keep you updated! Thanks, Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 01:23, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

P.S. Feel free to pass this news on to other Wikipedians.

Wikipedia:Mind Benders

Hello! I've noticed your past interest in Wikipedia:Mind Benders and wanted to let you know that round one is now officially open! Consisting of ten challenging, puzzling questions, it is sure to be tons of WikiFun! In addition, take a look at all 9 of our great artistic entries and vote for one of them! Hope to see you there! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 15:48, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Wikifun

Hi, I've noticed you've taken part in Wikifun before.

Just to let you know, Round 11 began today at 0900 GMT. Dmn 09:39, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

Congratulations! You are the winner of Wikifun Round 11. Would you like to prepare the questions for the next Wikifun? Dmn 20:17, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, indeed! I had figured out #9 was talking about the Security Council, but couldn't figure out how Doctor Who and poutine figured in. Brilliantly solved! --Dmleach 20:27, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you both! I'd very much like to prepare the next questions.

@Dmleach: For me, the name "poutine" was quite a giveaway. I had never heard of it before and immediately though it sounds like Putin when I first read it. I had to struggle to stumble on the Council though. I was quite stuck with the UNIT from Doctor Who.

Oh, and thanks to Dnm for inviting me.. I missed Wikifun a lot, and missed quite a few rounds as well. --Ravn 19:14, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the invitation to Wikifun 12; I'm really looking forward to it! --Dmleach 18:24, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Germany is being replaced by a category

Hello! You were listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Germany page as living in or being associated with Germany. As part of the Wikipedia:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, or one of the Bundesland-based subcategories, please visit Category:Wikipedians in Germany for instructions. --Angr (tɔk) 15:17, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

transparency

update on the talk page reg. Mion 05:19, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Binary

I liked your edit but I would like Binary numeral system or the entire line to be emphasize. Also for it to become a redirect to Binary numeral system or Binary moved to Binary (disambiguation), Binary numeral system moved to binary --A dam1213 Talk + 07:40, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DabMachine

Heya, good work with DabMachine, however could you make the edits with a logged-in account? It makes RC patrol of not-logged-in edits a little easier. Thanks in advance. --W(t) 21:33, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, failed to read your FAQ, sorry about that. Why don't you just grab the session cookies from your browser though? --W(t) 21:34, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - I can login and get a valid session cookie. Copying it into my browser works fine. However, when I send it while saving an edit, I get the message "session data lost". Sorry - I will try to sort this out, before doing further edits. I didn't think about the RC patrol. -- Ravn 21:44, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In case you're not reading User talk:DabMachine, why are you doing this? See Wikipedia:Redirects#Don't fix redirects that aren't broken. What purpose are you hoping to accomplish here? --TreyHarris 04:44, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

-> User_talk:DabMachine

seconds

Dab to [[second]]s instead of [[second|seconds]]? Femto 18:51, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yup. That would be better. I'm just implementing that special case. -- Ravn 09:54, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done -> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1954-55_in_English_football&diff=40997283&oldid=40997182 -- Ravn 10:43, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Games Workshop?

I apologize for this intrusion. As of late, I have noticed gaming areas recieving less attention than they should. I don't know much about Games Workshop's Warhammer or Warhammer 40k (I find the universe created by Games Workshop very interesting, although the actual gaming part is too expensive a hobby for me) and I find some wikipedia articles falling short (I try to add to my best extent to some), it also seems that you know a bit about board gaming and wargaming. Mayhaps if your bored, a good project would be additions to those wargames.

I don't want to sound bossy, but I have noticed that wargames have fallen short compared to other articles. This is just a mere request of knowledge, basically, are you knowledgable of Games Workshop's games, or gaming in general? If so, we need anyone who can help spread the knowledge of any kind of Gaming material or universe. If this is not your area, I apologize and please disregard my message.

--Exander 08:31, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Feel welcome to intrude on my talk page anytime. Unfortunately, I've never played Warhammer or the like. I'm more into roguelikes, German-style boardgames and roleplay. -- Ravn 09:43, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Question.

Hey man you posted a photo of a guy longboarding on a blue longboard, just wondering what kind of longboard it was. if you can email me back at catalyst_46@hotmail.com, that would be great. thanks