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Okay, this is my talk page, if anyone wants to talk. I'll add to this later.
Please feel free to add metric mmeasurements where they are lacking but please do not remove English/traditional/customary measurements when you do so. Rmhermen 05:07, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Foul Ball Page
Is a ball foul if it lands in foul territory, touching no part of the foul line, but a portion of the ball is above the foul line? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Billt4 (talk • contribs) 20:12, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Volcano Page
Thanks for fixing the phallic related volcano page, I was just about to do that myself. When are people ever going to growup. I wish I could just message the thanks instead of writing to your page
You're welcome:) I've got Volcano on my watchlist, and I check the list fairly often when I'm online...so I'll be back. Saros136 09:39, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Asteroid orbits
Hi Saros, thanks for fixing those dates and stats on the asteroid pages.
I notice you are using a different formula for the mean orbital speed
than good old , and obtain consistently slightly slower speeds. Do you know what the reason is? Does the standard formula we've been using require a correction? If so, the article Orbital speed eagerly awaits an update! Deuar 12:43, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. The formula you cited calculates the circumference of a circle with a given semimajor axis, and divides by the orbital period. But the circumference of an ellipse is less than that of a circle with the same semi. The greater e is, the smaller it will be.
I'm using the first formula listed in the circumference section of ellipse . I'm using two more terms, for good measure (big overkill!). I get the elements from JPL Horizons...the telnet version, which will email the results. Then I copy and paste it to my spreadsheet, and I've set it up to calculate it.
I don't know how to write math in wikipedia, but here's what I use in Excel:
2*PI()*a*(1-(e/2)^2-((1*3)/(2*4))^2*(e^4)/3-(1*3*5)/(2*4*6)^2*(e^6)/5)-((1*3*5*7)/(2*4*6*8))^2*(e^8)/7-((1*3*5*7*9)/(2*4*6*8*10))^2*(e^10)/9
Thanks for asking, and I'm glad to help
Great! That's very useful. By the way, if you're interested, math is written in a simplified
Help:Formula. Deuar 19:28, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply
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Check with Webster's
I noticed your change of "determinators" to "determinaters" at Earth. It's often a good idea, when attempt to correct spelling, to check a dictionary first. Merriam-Webster Online (U.S. English) agrees with the original author in "determinator"; Cambridge Dictionaries Online (UK English) doesn't even have a version of this word. Your implication that "-er" is the sole correct suffix for "one who determines" (in the edit summary) is inaccurate. Many nouns that represent "one who does" use "-or" (e.g., actor, distributor), although "-er" is common as well (flier, singer). I agree that "determinator" sounds awkward in this context, as "-or" words (as far as I can recall) always imply a person, whereas the Earth sentence was talking about inanimate objects (ocean currents). I rendered the issue moot by replacing this awkward word with "determiners". (It's a pet peeve of mine that English speakers have this irrational need to -ate everything.) Just to be sure, I verified "determiner" with Webster's before making the change. (Cambridge, which despite its large collection of references tends to miss a lot of words, had "determiner", but only mentioned its narrower grammatical sense.) ~ Jeff Q(talk) 16:42, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I had checked onelook, before editing.(The definition is from a 1913 edition; I should have searched more.) It said only "one who determines" for the "-or" version, and since(as you said) the sentence refers to an inanimate object, I changed it. It's good that you changed it, though.
Contractions
With regard to your note: no contractions in encyclopedia
Contractions are a normal part of formal English, and there is nothing against them in Wikipedia:Manual of Style. Ordinary Person 09:20, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Not true. The style guide says, "In general, formal writing is preferred. Therefore, avoid the use of contractions — such as don’t, can’t, won’t, would’ve, they’d, and so on — unless they occur in a quotation.", from the style guide
My apologies. Thank you for that correction. Ordinary Person 01:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome to Wikipedia!!!
Hello Saros136!
sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Below are some recommended guidelines to facilitate your involvement. Happy Editing! -- Kukini 22:44, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply
Thanks for noticing the insulting text. I've looked at the history and discovered that a whole bunch of bizarre edits were made a week ago by an anon. I've reverted them all. Colin°Talk 22:46, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Your welcome. And thanks for the great editing job.
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No problem, keep up the good work (and don't forget to sign your talk page posts with the old four squiggly things ~~~~ — Matt Crypto 02:52, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
popups
Popups undoes multiple edits if you use the page history and revert to your target version from there. --Neurophyre(talk) 03:13, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, thank you. And good work by you, I see.
Saros136 06:25, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Please stop removing United States from all the entries. This is a global encyclopedia and according to the correct way of writing articles, that has to stay. If you don't believe me, check out FA Detroit which has US State right in the first sentence. Thanks.--Kranar drogin 11:12, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I just wanted to tell you I responded to you comment on Derek Balsam's talk page. If you would like to read it (assuming you don't have it on your watchlist) just click here : Derek's talk page . Have a nice day. Gloern 20:49, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Solar System and "Terra Firma"
Saros136,
Thanks for your discussion with Gloern on my talk page. I appreciate your help in maintaining the quality of wikipedia. Please see further discussion on my talk page as well. Thanks, Derek Balsam(talk) 17:13, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comet
Thanks for the right revert - apparently I almost missed the second vandalism the anon did in a row and reverted back to that. ;) --Ubardak (talk) 01:38, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]