User talk:The High Fin Sperm Whale
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Do you want me to put your birthdate directly into the userbox? that whould fix the problem.TalkToMecintelati 21:49, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks...
...for reverting my user page. Enter CBW, waits for audience applause, not a sausage. 22:11, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
- No trouble. Feel free to give me a barnstar! ha ha --The High Fin Sperm Whale 22:17, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
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Yosemite Falls
Why this change? While beautiful, the new image depicts only Upper Yosemite Fall. The advantage of the previous image is that it shows both upper and lower falls, which makes sense for the lead image in an article about the collective falls. Thoughts? (I can open a discussion in article talk space if you think that would be more helpful). Rivertorch (talk) 20:25, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
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You ready for another RfA?
The Utahraptor would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact The Utahraptor to accept or decline the nomination. A page will then be created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/The High Fin Sperm Whale 2. If you accept the nomination, you must state and sign your acceptance. You may also choose to make a statement and/or answer the optional questions to supplement the information your nominator has given. Once you are satisfied with the page, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so. |
Your last RfA in March mentioned judgment issues. Well, I've seen no recent issues in your judgment, and feel that you're ready to handle the tools. Take your time in deciding and let me know what you think. The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs 02:58, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
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- Not sure if you remember this, but I offered a nom a few months back; would you mind if I co-nom with the utahraptor? Derild4921☼ 13:52, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
- That's a great idea, Derild. It would look better if there was a co-nom. But just so you know, THFSW requested that the nomination page be created tomorrow (see here). The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs 13:54, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
- Sure no problem though I'll be busy as I get home so I'll write up a nomination and if I can't post it by the time the RFA is ready to be transcluded, can you post it? It'll be in my Sandbox. Derild4921☼ 13:59, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
- Hm...I think it would look better if you posted it. I'll probably be online from 20:00 to 2:00 (UTC), so if you're on at any time between then, send me a notice and I'll get the RfA up and running. The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs 14:10, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
- Sure no problem though I'll be busy as I get home so I'll write up a nomination and if I can't post it by the time the RFA is ready to be transcluded, can you post it? It'll be in my Sandbox. Derild4921☼ 13:59, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
- That's a great idea, Derild. It would look better if there was a co-nom. But just so you know, THFSW requested that the nomination page be created tomorrow (see here). The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs 13:54, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
- The page has been created. Derild4921 will add a co-nom statement. Feel free to accept at your convenience. The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs 02:46, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
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Sorry about the quick fail. I honestly wasn't expecting it. The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs 19:25, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
The article Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8-4.5 DC OS HSM lens has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Non-notable as per WP:GNG; refs. are not independent of subject.
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PROD tags
Sorry for using such a crude PROD notice while notifying an experienced editor... Anyway, the above notice also applies to the following article: Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di 1:1 Macro. Thanks. Guoguo12--Talk-- 20:41, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
Everything is going to be OK
It's understandable that you want to take a break after your failed RfA. Do return when you feel better; you are a valuable contributor. The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs 22:05, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
- I didn't see your RfA but I'm sorry it went the way it did for you. I hope you come back soon, refreshed and ready. Meanwhile, I'll help take care of your wiki-kitten...best wishes Plutonium27 (talk) 00:50, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
Barnstar
Thanks so much for the barnstar about the Bog bodies page! It means a lot! Thanks again, --
- No problem! You deserve it. --]
Nomination of Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR for deletion
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Christopher Connor (talk) 18:37, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
Announcement
Hello! I'm The Arbiter, one of the coordinators for
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Edinburgh
Just to let you know, your rv at Edinburgh re-introduced the triple duplication of some material, which I'm sure wasn't your intention, so I've reverted it again. Mutt Lunker (talk) 01:34, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
No worries, that's what I assumed had happened. All the best, Mutt Lunker (talk) 01:48, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
Merry, merry
Smokefoot called me a nutter first
User Smokefoot called me a nutter first when Smokefoot undid the fluoride reduces the IQ of children section I put on the fluoride talk page. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Fluoride&action=history look at the nutter comment User Smokefoot left before Smokefoot undid the section I added. Smokefoot is starting a EditWar.209.44.123.5 (talk) 18:15, 26 December 2010 (UTC) Wikipedia:Five pillars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars User Smokefoot called me a nutter and should be reported because user Smokefoot violated the Wikipedia:Five pillars Calling me a nutter and then undid my good contribution to the talk page on Fluoride209.44.123.5 (talk) 18:41, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
Happy, happy
Thanks
Many thanks, The High Fin Sperm Whale, for all you do on Wikipedia—especially keeping my personal pages free of vandalism. Regards, Pinethicket (talk) 15:15, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Please refrain from posting anti-science propaganda on the science reference desk. We're trying to be a reliable reference source, here. Friday (talk) 22:24, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
- "Anti-science"? Please show me a diff of me being "anti-science". --]
- Seriously, the reason I doubt evolution is because I am pro-science. I have looked at the facts and have never come across any real, solid proof for evolution. Am I being dishonest be informing people about the facts? --]
Such debates are not relevant here. Just please stick to scientific information on the science ref desk. On topics where there is legitimate scholarly dispute, it's alright to say so. If you were familiar with science it's more likely you'd speak of "evidence" rather than "proof", so I assume you are a lay person. That's fine; Wikipedia needs contributions from lay people as well as experts, but please keep in mind that your own personal lack of knowledge does not constitute a legitimate scholarly debate. Friday (talk) 23:04, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
- I just got my wording a bit wrong (I know there is almost never any 'proof' in science). I understand now when to and when not to comment; but wasn't that a scholarly debate? --]
- Well.. I am no scholar, are you? I doubt it was something most people would call a scholarly debate. :) Anyway, other people have already suggested some reading. I highly recommend The_Greatest_Show_on_Earth:_The_Evidence_for_Evolution (the actual book, not the article) as a overview of the evidence. I suspect, if you've found the evidence uncompelling, that perhaps your information has been coming from creationist sources? I'm not sure why you'd be looking there, but in my experience about the only plausible way for someone to doubt evolution is when they've been exposed only to intentionally misleading sources. Friday (talk) 23:59, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
- I have replied via email. --]
Vancouver Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Meetup
The Interior cordially invites you to the Vancouver Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Meetup! It is being held at Benny's Bagels at 2505 W Broadway. Meetup will start at 6:30pm. Drop by for some Wikipedia-style conviviality and free gear! Feel free to forward this invitation to any Wikipedians who might be able to attend, and visit the discussion page to suggest activities. Hope to see you there and have a Happy 2011!
The above link may be of interest to you. Bob the Wikipedian (talk • contribs) 20:41, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
- Well, I'm an unofficial coordinator of the WP:ANIMALS before is a better guide for what goes on with this project-- I'm speaking mostly from the standpoint of a trading card game design WikiProject. Good luck! Bob the Wikipedian (talk • contribs) 21:47, 8 January 2011 (UTC)]
- I'd think so-- that shows you endorse the nomination. If I was nominated for coordinator of something like WP:HISTORY, I'd sure as heck want the opportunity to decline! Bob the Wikipedian (talk • contribs) 21:52, 8 January 2011 (UTC)]
- I'd think so-- that shows you endorse the nomination. If I was nominated for coordinator of something like
- Not really sure; be creative. You might simply list your name under support, you might post a long statement of acceptance or something. Lots of possibilities. Going first gives you the chance to set the standard. Bob the Wikipedian (talk • contribs) 22:03, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
cookies
aren't u going to give me that chocolate chip cookies picture despite my starting?
69.236.166.22 (talk) 22:38, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
P.S. if u reply back, please put a talkback note on my talk page.
aww.....thanks. these cookies are delicious!
69.236.166.22 (talk) 22:44, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
regarding your edit on my talk page.
i was acting politely. though that other user seem to be a troll. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.208.86.142 (talk) 01:48, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles assessment drive
At WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles, in which you are listed as a member, we're working on a pretty massive backlog (1000+ articles!) of unassessed articles. We would appreciate it greatly if you would help assess the articles in the link. It's simple to do!
- Read over the article.
- On the discussion page, look for the {{AARTalk}} template. Add in a "class" and "importance" parameter if the template does not have them already. Example: {{AARTalk|class= |importance= }}
- For the class, fill in the article's quality using the WikiProject's quality scale: stub, start, C, B, GA, A, or FA. Most unassessed articles will probably be stubs or start class articles, and definitely B or lower.
- For the importance, fill in the article's importance to the WikiProject using the importance scale: low, mid, high, or top. Most unassessed articles will probably be low or mid importance.
- Then you're done!
It's not a difficult task, but there's a lot to get done. Our hope is that we can chip through the backlog and assess every article within the auspices of the project. Thanks, bibliomaniac15 00:31, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, I'll help. Thanks for telling me. --]
Byzantine Empire
Check the bottom of the infobox at the top of the article. See how it says "Warning: Value specified for "continent" does not comply". I was fixing this issue. Please revert your reversion of my edit. 134.253.26.9 (talk) 17:53, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
WikiProject Animal Coordinator Position
Congratulations on being appointed as the Coordinator for WikiProject Animals, as we both recieved the same amount of votes the general consensus is we would both share the position, however if you do not want this to be the case please let me know and I will step down. I look forward to working with you in everything WikiProject Animals related. ZooPro 02:59, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
- Excellent, I am afraid I will be distracted for a few days in an attempt to deal with the emergency my country is facing, I need to organise my staff and equipment to be deployed to flood hit areas. However when I can I will be back to full editing and will chat with you further in what your thoughts are on the future of the project and what you wish to achieve in the next 12 months. ZooPro 04:20, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Happy 10th Anniversary of Wikipedia!
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Happy Wiki Birthday
Happy Wiki Birthday, The new user page looks good, great way to start the new Wiki Year, Thomas888b (talk) 20:31, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks, Thomas and Bzuk! --]
- Anytime. Thomas888b (talk) 20:57, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
A barnstar for you
The Special Barnstar | ||
For being there and showing me around Wikipedia and Commons when I was new. Thomas888b (talk) 20:47, 15 January 2011 (UTC) |
- Thank you! --]
- You deserve it! Thomas888b (talk) 16:53, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Just letting you know.
I just thought I would let you know I accidently blanked the WikiProject Animals main page, It was of course an error and I reverted myself, Feel free to trout slap if required. ZooPro 12:39, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Happy Birthday
Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! |
George P. B. Alderman
I added a link that generally covers the work of the senior architect. To see that you need to copy the text and look at in in MS word or notepad.
I've also added a reference to Bissell Alderman's background in the AIA database including his 2 term presidency of AIA Western Mass.
Individual buildings are cited in the first document.Lukascb (talk) 03:58, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
Pipo the robot
Ah hey, I've nominated what appears to be a recreated article of a previously CSD'd article for AfD. Not sure if the page was deleted or declined. Could you please clarify? Phearson (talk) 02:42, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi THFSW
Hi THFSW, Long time no speak. How are you? can you give me feedback about my updated usepage?
- Thanks,
- Thomas888b (talk) 11:58, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, I like the way it has two borders, and multiple floats. However, I am not so sure about the background colour (I think orange is a bit hard on the eyes). I would suggest two different colours for the borders, maybe something reddish outside of something blueish or greenish. --]
- I like the colour scheme on your talk page. Thomas888b (Say Hi) 15:26, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, I like the way it has two borders, and multiple floats. However, I am not so sure about the background colour (I think orange is a bit hard on the eyes). I would suggest two different colours for the borders, maybe something reddish outside of something blueish or greenish. --]
Unsigned templates
I've a hunch that the reason the SineBot keeps tagging your posts on your alt account is because there is no user account named
- Done, thanks. Let's see if this works. --]
Sandbox FYI
If you see this vandal again, specifically addresses editing from 120.16.x.x and 120.17.x.x., please report them to AIV. This is a repeated abuse vandal. You can find the relevant thread at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive669#Trolling of sandbox. Elockid (Alternate) (Talk) 14:00, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Coal Reserves
We made a revision to this table to ensure consistency across all national statistics. Every country's coal reserves were cited to one source, except Pakistan. Every other country, but Pakistan, cites the same report. Accordingly, the table is inconsistent and this row should be deleted and my original change should hold true. 202.177.205.150 (talk) 10:18, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Vandalism
Hi, I see
- Thank you. I wasn't sure whether that last edit of theirs would qualify. talk) 00:36, 15 February 2011 (UTC)]
Thank you for the vandal revert on my user page (again...)
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The article List of future combat aircraft has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information - A bit of a random list with an unclear inclusion criteria
While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be
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will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. MilborneOne (talk) 20:58, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks
For removing the vandalism on my talk page.--5 albert square (talk) 22:28, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
- No problem. --]
Vandalism?
Hello, I am getting quite frustrated that I am accused of vandalism for correcting an article!!! Hispanic is NOT a race, and the article of Pasadena, California suggested it was. I am just specifying that U.S. racial/ethnic statistics always add up to over 100% because Hispanic isn't a race. See the articles: Hispanic, Latin Americans.--76.95.192.150 (talk) 01:47, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
Vandalism again?
A SmartPill is not an ass camera its a pill that you use to improve study for people with ADD. Stop calming I'm a vandal when it is you with your fake badge that is destroying the credibility of wikipeda and subverting peoples hard work and effort. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.76.252.143 (talk) 04:34, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
- Note: a different user restored 76.76's version after you reverted it; it seems to have gone unnoticed but I've restored the original now. —Soap— 20:08, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks!
Thanks for this revert! 28bytes (talk) 14:49, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
Thank you...
...for this. I really should keep track of vandalism on my user page! – ukexpat (talk) 23:20, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
- Think nothing of it. --]
Talkback
Message added 15:30, 5 March 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Mikey
Wouldn't it be nice, sometimes, to have that BLOCK button on one's keyboard? Take care, Drmies (talk) 20:06, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
- Just read his last hour of contributions on Wikipedia and as his adopter - I thought I'd apologise for his behaviour. Sorry I wasn't there to help out. WormTT 09:05, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
- No problem. If he decides to be a vandal, there isn't anything his adopter can do, really. --]
Red Deer
Please be careful before just reverting as you did in Red Deer. It was evidently a mistake. Notice also that
- OK, thanks for fixing it. I only actually saw the last edit by this user, and it looked like they were adding someone's name (a very common type of vandalism).
- By the way, twinkle isn't actually all for vandalism. It has warnings and notices for test edits and mistakes as well as vandalism. --]
Genius
I approve of this edit. I was unsure of how to handle the previous edit myself but that fits the bill, thanks!
My fellow WikiProject Animals Coordinator
G'day mate, Hows things going? My apologies for being away for some time, sadly mother nature hasnt heard of wikipedia. I trust everything has been okay and no major problems with WikiProject Animals. I have only skimmed over everything and thought it best to check in with you and see how its all going and if there is anything I should know before I get back into editing. I hope you are well. Cheers ZooPro 14:15, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
User:79.97.92.28
Speedy deletion declined: ''Vete de mi''
Hello The High Fin Sperm Whale. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of
Thank you for reverting the attack on my talk page
As well as all the other good work you do! SeaphotoTalk 23:36, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Uhh... you mean to do that? 28bytes (talk) 23:45, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Invitation to take part in a pilot study
I am a Wikipedian, who is studying the phenomenon on Wikipedia. I need your help to conduct my research on about understanding "Motivation of Wikipedia contributors." I would like to invite you to a short survey. Please give me your valuable time, which estimates only 5 minutes’’’. cooldenny (talk) 17:58, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
Vandalism in Sulfur Dioxide article
That's awesome. Is there some kind of fast track for words or phrases commonly used in vandalism? Or do you just keep up on recent changes? ...or "Other"...
Laughing Buddha
Hi THFSW,
Would you be able to give me feedback on my new image. (eg. whether it should be nominated for anything on commons, ect...)
Thanks,
Thomas888b (Say Hi) 19:37, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Reward Board Requests
2 of your
- They have both been responded to, so I removed them. Regards, --]
Hi. Thank you for patrolling new pages. I have reverted your CSD tag and replaced it with
Talkback
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Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 23:56, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank You
Thanks for reverting the vandalism and updating the vandalism count on my user page. Keep up the good work. :) SCΛRECROW 04:00, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
- No problem. What are friends for? --]
Username
- I see what you're suggesting, but I don't see that it is inappropriate, since I'm sure most people have heard of a sperm whale and I doubt anyone would make that connection. Plus, it says right on my userpage where my name comes from. The word "sperm" in the name is actually a shortening of "spermaceti", an oil in the whale's head, and has no connection whatsoever to the other type. If I have to change it, I will, but I sure wouldn't like to. --]
- OK, i understand how "sperm" is an abbreviation of "spermaceti" in this case. I was thinking that some people might react to the word "sperm" anyway, but maybe we should just wait and see if there are any reactions. Szansztar (talk) 08:07, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
- I'm in ]
- What in goodness names is this rubbish??? THFSW has been here a while now and is a very respected and expert editor who holds a number of flags and rights on wikipedia. I find it offensive that you had the hide to post a warning..... This is red tape gone trully mad. I guess we should remove the Sperm whale article because it may offend someone......ZooPro 12:25, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks ZooPro. But I don't think this is anything to take offense over. Szansztar did not do wrong I think; it never hurts to make sure. We'll just have an admin come over and clear things up, then no hard feelings, right? --]
- Going through CAT:UAA, I don't see a problem, so removed from category. Courcelles 00:54, 13 August 2011 (UTC)]
- Going through
- Thanks ZooPro. But I don't think this is anything to take offense over. Szansztar did not do wrong I think; it never hurts to make sure. We'll just have an admin come over and clear things up, then no hard feelings, right? --]
- What in goodness names is this rubbish??? THFSW has been here a while now and is a very respected and expert editor who holds a number of flags and rights on wikipedia. I find it offensive that you had the hide to post a warning..... This is red tape gone trully mad. I guess we should remove the Sperm whale article because it may offend someone......ZooPro 12:25, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- I'm in ]
- OK, i understand how "sperm" is an abbreviation of "spermaceti" in this case. I was thinking that some people might react to the word "sperm" anyway, but maybe we should just wait and see if there are any reactions. Szansztar (talk) 08:07, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
Invitation to help assess Wikipedia:WikiProject Gastropods
Hi. I am inviting members of some WikiProjects to take part in evaluating their projects in order to help the Wikimedia Foundation better understand such projects from the inside, to encourage reflection on best practices, and to compile a list of best practices as recommended by a number of projects. I am contacting you because you are listed as an active member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Gastropods. Having witnessed that project's work in the past in my volunteer capacity, I'd very much like to include it. I hope that you will have time and interest in participating. As much or as little as you would like to supply would be gratefully received. The assessment questions are posted at Wikipedia:WikiProject Gastropods/Self-assessment. I will myself steer clear of the page until after any discussion seems to have become dormant, at which point I will ask questions to make sure that I am developing a good overview of opinions. Thanks. --Maggie Dennis (WMF) (talk) 13:04, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
More Vandalism by 173.209.70.130
I noticed you had put a warning on their page, so I thought I would let you know of more vandalism I found here. - Bkid Talk/Contribs 16:09, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
- I went ahead and filed this on WP:AVI, but I still thought I would let you know. - Bkid Talk/Contribs 16:36, 21 September 2011 (UTC)]
Research into the user pages of Wikipedians: Invitation to participate
Greetings,
My name is John-Paul and I am a student with the University of Alberta specializing in Communications and Technology.
I would like to include your Wikipedia user page in a study I am doing about how people present themselves online. I am interested in whether people see themselves in different ways, online and offline. One of the things I am looking at is how contributors to Wikipedia present themselves to each other through their user pages. Would you consider letting me include your user page in my study?
With your consent, I will read and analyze your user page, and ask you five short questions about it that will take about ten to fifteen minutes to answer. I am looking at about twenty user pages belonging to twenty different people. I will be looking at all user pages together, looking for common threads in the way people introduce themselves to other Wikipedians.
I hope that my research will help answer questions about how people collaborate, work together, and share knowledge. If you are open to participating in this study, please reply to this message, on your User Talk page or on mine. I will provide you with a complete description of my research, which you can use to decide if you want to participate.
Thank-you,
John-Paul Mcvea
University of Alberta
[email protected]
Johnpaulmcvea (talk) 21:22, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
I appreciate your participation in my study
I appreciate your participation in my study, entitled “Online Self-presentation among Wikipedians.”
Here are five short questions that will help me to understand your motivations for creating a user page such as yours. Please be as brief or as thorough as you like.
5 QUESTIONS
1. Are you a member of social networks such Facebook or MySpace?
2. In addition to maintaining a user page in Wikipedia, have you also written or edited articles? If so, about how many times?
3. What are the key messages about yourself that you hope to convey with your user page?
4. Have your Wikipedia contributions ever received feedback, such as being edited by others or commented on? Have you received a message from another Wikipedia user? If so, do you think your user page positively or negatively affected what other people said and how they said it?
5. Do you see your “online self” as being different from your “offline self?” Can you elaborate?
Please indicate your answers to these questions on your talk page, or on mine. Please respond by October 1st so that I have time to properly read your responses. If you like, you can email your answers to me instead ([email protected]).
Thank you again : )
Johnpaulmcvea (talk) 20:46, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
ADDITONAL INFORMATION
Background
• I am asking you to participate in a research project that is part of my MA degree.
• I am asking you because you have created a user page in Wikipedia that other people can use to learn about you.
Purpose
• My research is about how people present themselves online.
• I will look at how people present themselves when presenting themselves to the Wikipedia community.
Study Procedures
• With your consent, I will analyze the language of your user page and gather basic statistics such as the count of words, the frequency of words, the number of sections, and so on.
• I will also read the text of your user page, looking for elements in common with ads posted by other people. I will note whether you include a picture, or links to other content on the internet.
• I ask you to answer my five questions, above. This will take about ten to fifteen minutes to complete. I will ask you to answer the questions within a week, and send your answers to me.
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Hi - I have added a bit to this article since it was on the list of Wikiproject Waterfalls stubs to be expanded. A few things I noticed in your contribution. 1) Are you sure kayakers actually go over the falls? I have seen them in the rapids below but not at the falls. 2) your reference to Geonames Query seems to be a broken link. 3) Your photo caption is not appearing and I don't know why not. Cheers, Roland Neave (talk) 00:10, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
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Black Brook Waterfall is a
When you created this page you probably had the correct co-ordinates on it. They have since been edited to the co-ordinates of a different Black Brook Waterfall on Mainland Nova Scotia.
I know where Black Brook is near Ingonish, it empties into Black Brook Cove, but I don't know where the falls are on the brook (its a long brook) and they don't show up on the topo map I have so I can't put the correct co-ordinates into the article. I tried looking at older versions of the article but the co-ordinates don't seem to change when I do that.
Do you know where exactly the falls are? Ken Heaton (talk) 19:24, 10 May 2012 (UTC) Here's a map:
- I'm afraid I do not. The link I referenced it with appears to be broken now. However, the coordinates have not been changed since I created the page. --]
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- Well we'll just have to disagree about what's egregious or not. I've seen far more outrageous vandalism than a one non-vulgar word insertion. =D Transcendence (talk) 22:45, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
- I wouldn't say it was non-vulgar, as I highly doubt he was referring to a garden tool. Although there are far worse ways to vandalize. --]
- Well we'll just have to disagree about what's egregious or not. I've seen far more outrageous vandalism than a one non-vulgar word insertion. =D Transcendence (talk) 22:45, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
- Wow things have changed since I have been away, seems now we get into strife for warning vandals without the correct levels :/ ZooPro 13:21, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
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