User talk:Hbackman/Archive1

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Thanks and happy editing, Alphax ^τεχ 07:25, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Amravati, Andhra Pradesh

Hi, I have just noticed that you have merged and removed the merge notice. However, you are first supposed to discuss it on the relevant talkpage by following the link on the mergenotice. Also, had you seen the relevant discussion, you would have noticed that I had set a deadline of 1 week to get comments from other editors. It is always helpful to give time because it helps usesr to follow the actegory:articles to be merged and debate. While I appreciate your enthusiasm, especially considering that these are but early days for you on wikepedia, I request you to exercise circumspection as well in making such edits. Am reverting ur edits. Thanks a ton, enjoy ur stay on the Wikipedia --Gurubrahma 20:43, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Misery

Hi! Thank you for the warm welcome to Wikipedia. =)

The paragraph I deleted from the Misery entry was one that I wrote, posted and had second thoughts about. I didn't know if I should give away the entire ending of the novel, so I cut it from the article. If it's OK to give away the entire ending (I know there's a spoiler warning, but still) I can put it back in.

Thank you for the advice, especially regarding edit summaries! I'm new so I really appreciate all the advice and help I can get. Mademoiselle Sabina 22:03, 29 January 2006 (UTC)Mademoiselle Sabina[reply]

Jbeall 03:10, 30 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See my response: http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/User_talk:69.160.94.20 . I'll leave it to others to decide what to do about this discrepancy/redundancy.

Wikipedia Project

Hi, my name is Federico (alias Pain) and I am creating a section for nominating th best user page, I was wondering if you were interested in joining the project.

The project has just started, and we need help to spread the word and ameliorate it.

Wikipedia:Votes_for_best_User_page

Best regards, Federico Pistono ✆ ✍ 14:30, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Monkeyman

You wouldn't happen to be Don the Monkeyman from Rinkworks, would you?
I'll never tell. :) Monkeyman 01:33, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

from MonkeyCMonkeyDo

Thanks for the Green Day block warning I'll try real hard to stop vandalizing.

Other sundry messages

I'm sorry that you are repulsed by my enjoyment. User Mmmmhhhhmmm

Andrew Stockdale

A three minute reaction time on stub sorting Andrew Stockdale... nice! Battle Ape 05:16, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. *g* Happened to be cruising the recent changes list, and I make a habit of checking out new pages. Hbackman 05:25, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hinduism

I have reverted your most recent change to the above article. Your changes replaced several characters created in indic text font. Please discuss with others on the talk page before making sweeping changes. Thanks, Ganeshk (talk) 01:29, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I feel your edits were caught up in vandalism by Sir_Arthur_Wellington (talk · contribs). I think you were updating the vandalized version. Please make your changes now. Thanks for your contributions. Cheers, Ganeshk (talk) 06:39, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. On a quick skim, it looks like my edits were actually mostly concerned with things that Sir Arthur Wellington had changed. No need to go back and make them again, I think. Thanks for the heads-ups. :) Hbackman 23:02, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ethics of care

Thanks for contacting me. When I came upon your article, I saw an unformatted stub that looked like one of three things: a good faith attempt to increase the well of knowledge, an insidious attempt to push a certain point of view, or a cut-and-paste from another site. I was about to tell you to recreate it, but I see that's already taken care of. Should you ever have an unfinished page such as that one again, you might want to use your user page to host it until it's ready. Cheers! Deltabeignet 04:07, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

64.110.220.20

Sadly, I'm not yet an admin otherwise I would have blocked this person for sure. I have a roll back button but I'm not an admin. My experiences with WP:AIV are that it is slow to get much of a blocking response. At least this user is only vandalizing his own page. Keep up the hard work! ¡Dustimagic! ^(T/C) 04:25, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Humour

I do appologize about the mix up, I was not aware that my link was being deleted from an editor ... frankly I thought it was from other users seeking page domination. Again, my apologies.

A simple message such as "please refrain from linking here" would have been more than enough to get the point across, rather than (as you put it) "it isn't even that funny". Humor, as your very own web page states, is a relative term; "... although the extent to which an individual will personally find something humorous depends on a host of absolute and relative variables, including, but not limited to geographical location, culture, maturity, level of education and context".

I DO respect your opinion, but do not appreciate the cheap shot.

JK

(replied, and apologized, at User talk:69.168.244.211)

Yes, yes

Sorry, I had meant to block them all for indef but I messed up. I was cleaning my mess up when you messaged me. Sorry about that. Broken Segue 03:43, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

138.89.182.254

Hi Hbackman. I noticed you're fighting a revert war with 138.89.182.254 on his user page. Thanks for the vigilance. You might just want to let him throw his tantrum. Eventually he'll tire out and fall asleep. :) Monkeyman^(talk) 01:10, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...yeah, maybe that's a good idea... LOL. Thanks for the advice. Hbackman 01:15, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks...

...for reverting the vandalism to my user page. – Clockwork Soul 06:18, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey

Please don't insult my intelligence by pretending it's hard work. Wikipedians plagiarise others' works, rewording previous writings. Has Wikipedia ever funded new research? No. The plan is to make $cashmoney$ by selling on this ripped-off account of world history. Our illustrious founder is a Randian: he worships the profit motive as the sole legitimate basis for action. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.255.236.59 (talk • contribs)

As a dedicated (some would say addicted ;) ) WP editor, I put a lot of time and effort into editing articles, making them the best that they can be. That includes ensuring that articles that violate copyright are tagged as such and fixed. I have never written a word on Wikipedia that was plagiarized, directly or indirectly, and I believe that most editors are the same. We do not fund new research because we are trying to be a collection of known knowledge, and original research is difficult to verify (see WP:NOT). And Wikipedia is operated by a nonprofit foundation, meaning that no one makes money off of this. Hbackman 06:22, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If the Wikipedia is a collection of known knowledge...THEN BY DEFINITION IT MUST LEACH FROM EXISTING WORKS. We all owe most of what we know to others, but unless Wikipedia gives back something, possibly by sponsoring a chair at a university or some kind of scholarship, it isn't adding anything to the academic community and is therefore a sponge and a fifth wheel. I reserve the right to poke fun at the idea of an encyclopedia written by non-experts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.255.236.59 (talk • contribs)

I reserve the right to poke fun at the idea of an encyclopedia written by non-experts.

That's fine, but we reserve the right to block you for disrupting Wikipedia. Hbackman 06:33, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I reserve the right to say I think you're condemning the wrong person. Wales is a follower of Rand. He wants monies. Sooner or later, he'll present the world with a bill. As a liberal, do you want to be a party to this egregious shit? ANYWAY, you haven't answered the rest of my criticism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.255.236.59 (talk • contribs)

What you said about Wikipedia "leeching from existing works?" Well, if you follow that argument out, you're going to end up saying that the encyclopedias and reference books published today should not be, because they just "leech from existing works too." Like Wikipedia, they compile information so that it is easier to find. What's wrong with collecting known information in one place to try and ensure that people don't have to go on protracted searches to find information on some topic? Hbackman 06:43, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

Hey, thanks! -Seth Mahoney 02:29, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]