User talk:Samsara/Archive04

AID, adminship

Thanks for the heads up about the previous AID discussion. I had skimmed it, but didn't give it much thought since it seemed aimed at the opposite end of the problem (too many low vote noms staying too long, rather than older high-vote noms lagging out). Techtonic plate does seem like a problem... how did it get that many votes in the first place? But many of the others seems like much better candidates than most of the current noms.

On an unrelated topic, would you like to be an admin? I want to nominate you, if you're willing.--ragesoss 17:43, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Samsara. I assume you know the procedure; answer the questions, then add your nom to Wikipedia:Requests for adminship--ragesoss 18:46, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Email

I sent you one...please respond. Thanks.--MONGO 16:55, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA nomination

There is no need to withdraw. -- Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 13:16, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Certainly not over such vague accusations when your RfA is otherwise doing well. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 13:23, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can't even figure out what the problem is. I'd like to ask you to reconsider (but please don't take it as pressuring you to reconsider - it's your call entirely). Guettarda 14:23, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I post it also here (see RfA):

First of all, almost always, some people object against a nomination, for whatever reasons, valid or not. Second of all, people form their opinion not only on their own experiences, but also the experiences by others, and by sharing those experiences. Third of all, your nomination was going (is going I hope) to pass on a solid margin of ~93% of the people in favour, which shows that there is a sold support for you to become a administrator. Therefore, I ask you to not let this minor issue overrule the for the rest very possitive nomination.-- Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 14:32, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I dod not want to say it so hard, but yes, I agree! :-) -- Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 14:45, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Samsara, I'm sorry all this has caused you grief...that shouldn't be the way of things here. I have actively tried to get Hort, Freakofnurture and Tony Sidaway to reconsider and explained to them that if I am satisfied, then there sure as heck isn't any reason why theu shouldn't be. IN a nutshell, I was wholeheartedly wrong about my comments, and they were misplaced. Even if you were the same person, nothing you have done on Wikipedia has shown one any indication that your intentions are anything other than honorable. Let me take a look at the situation again and see what I can do...hang in there.--MONGO 18:35, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your RfA

I am pleased to let you know that, consensus reached, you are now an Administrator. You should find the following forums useful:

Congratulations on your promotion and the best of luck with your new charge! Redux 19:51, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

Samsara, I think you deserve this fully! Congratulations! -- Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 19:58, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats. I'm glad to see that you unwithdrew your nom. Enjoy the experience of seeing [Block] next to everyone's name on your watchlist, but try to resist the temptation of clicking on it when people annoy you (actually, go ahead, click on it, just don't click on anything on the page it takes you to. Guettarda 20:01, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats. Best wishes!--MONGO 20:46, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats. I fully concurr with Kim. pschemp | talk 20:59, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations mate. I am really glad you didn't pull out, it was only a few hours before the nom was closed :). --liquidGhoul 21:48, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And congatulations from me as well. You deserve it. — Knowledge Seeker দ 22:47, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats, rock on! Pete.Hurd 23:15, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Way to go. I'm so happy all worked out, look forward to working with you! ++Lar: t/c 11:34, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats. It was an honor to have the chance to nominate you; I'm just surprised it hadn't happened sooner.--ragesoss 16:51, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

<What everyone has said above>.--Andeh 17:30, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

p.s. - Nice frogs :) pschemp | talk 17:42, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, and you're very welcome! --M e rovingian (T, C, @) 18:00, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Damn, I missed the vote. Consider this a "virtual vote for support." I'm impressed by all that you do here, so I know you'll be great with the new set of buttons! Joyous! | Talk 18:50, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! Good luck with the mop!--Kungfu Adam ^(talk) 21:48, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sequence alignment layout

You recently made a change to the image layout in sequence alignment. It looks to me that it created a large gap in the article because the image now floats above the table of contents but below the text - but I'm using a 1920x1200 screen, and I don't have a lower-resolution one here to compare. I imagine this isn't a terribly common resolution, so if it looks right to you I'll leave it alone. Thanks! Opabinia regalis 00:22, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note, looks good now. Also, congrats on being adminned! Opabinia regalis 06:02, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Worthy use of your admin powers

Congratulations on your recent granting of admin powers. I would like to draw your attention to a worthy use of those powers - the closing of copyvio reports listed on WP:CP. As you'll see there are many tens of such reports that need dealing with each day, and the backlog is barely being kept under control despite a couple of us spending lots of time working on them. The process is pretty easy and sorting a few only takes a little time and with a group of people helping, we can keep the backlog under control easily - just review the article & the source to ensure it is a copy, and then delete. Any help would certainly be appreciated - any questions, ask away. Kcordina ^Talk 09:07, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

SCOTM thanks

Just wanted to surf by and say thanks for the great contributions to the science collaborations. I have every confidence that with a monthly collaboration, we can really achieve something, and your compiling todo lists will be really useful. The most important thing now will be rallying the relevant contributors and SCOTM regulars. Cheerio!

Thank you, I was happy to contribute some content. I will say it would be a little more encouraging if all those people who supported a collaboration actually contributed some content. But there's not much I can do about that. :-) — 14:24, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Target?

Nah, do not think so, I think this would have happened also if you were not an admin. Of the other four targeted, 3 were not admins [1]. As long as you make no controversial actions as an admin, it should not really increase beyond what you would have experienced now, because for vandals, it really does not matter. -- Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 16:30, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sticky

You are welcome. I think you are a real good editor, and I appreciate your efforts and contributions to wikipedia very much. So, just see if we can make wikipedia even better. And if you have admin question, feel free to ask. -- Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 16:36, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats

...on your promotion. It's nice to see that you are following my advice :). Orane (talk • cont.) 21:55, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations. Here are what pass for words of wisdom from the puppy:

Remember you will always protect the wrong version.
Remember you must always follow the rules, except for when you ignore them. You will always pick the wrong one to do. (See #5)
Remember to assume good faith and not bite. Remember that when you are applying these principles most diligently, you are probably dealing with a troll.
Use the block ability sparingly. Enjoy the insults you receive when you do block.
Remember when you make these errors, someone will be more than happy to point them out to you in dazzling clarity and descriptive terminology.
and finally, Remember to contact me if you ever need assistance, and I will do what I am able.

KillerChihuahua^?!?

DISCLAIMER: This humor does not reflect the official humor of Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation, or Jimbo Wales. All rights released under GFDL.

Oceanic whitetip peer review

Thanks for your comments. My mind had blinded itself to all the redlinks: that was the easy fix, now to try and find the page numbers... Yomangani 10:13, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spotting in Sweet Peas

There is a sweet pea seed coat spotting gene (SCP). However, it is probably best to leave it out so as not to confuse people with spotting by transposition. Ted^Talk/_{Contributions} 12:32, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have any references for SCP, other than talking about it as a morphological marker. It could very well be that spotting only occurs as an epistatic effect. I don't have any of Meuhlbauer's original references. Ted^Talk/_{Contributions} 13:26, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

I convey my best congratulations to you on your elevation as a sysop. All the best! --Bhadani 14:09, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

MCOTW

Thank you for your support of the Medicine Collaboration of the Week.
This week Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was selected.
Hope you can help…

NCurse_work 14:35, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks --Nearly Headless Nick 12:52, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Pms.png

Nice picture name. No question of your gender :P Hint: PMS pschemp | talk 14:02, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deryck Chan

Lost another SCOTM person :( [2]. pschemp | talk 15:29, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

COTW Project

You voted for Pigment, this week's Collaboration of the week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article. Davodd 04:49, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You helped choose this week's WP:AID winner

Thank you for your support of the Article Improvement Drive.
This week Fungus was selected to be improved to featured article status.
Hope you can help…

Davodd 06:24, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyvio

Sorry, I was thinking articles. I think this is the better page [3].pschemp | talk 22:34, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I see what's going on. This is the right one. Again, sorry. [4]pschemp | talk 22:41, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speciation accusations of copyright violations

I have not violated any copyrights on Speciation and the images I uploaded are completely within the fair use guidelines specified in {{fairusein}}. Would you please respond to my questions about your specific concerns on Talk:Speciation? Thank you. BenB4 23:21, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image replacement

I've already replaced one of them, and I think I can do two more. If your offer to help still stands, could you work on Image:Allopatric and peripatric speciation.png? That has more artwork than I could ever hope to recreate. BenB4 09:27, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fastfission also offered to help so unless you are already working on a replacement for Image:Allopatric and peripatric speciation.png I want to ask him. If you have done work on that already, please let him know. Thanks again. Sorry for the misunderstanding... I was a little upset but am happy now since already three nice images are replaced. BenB4 12:29, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for nominating me for RfA. I just got promoted, and look forward to working with you again, in whatever role. Thanks again. --liquidGhoul 13:16, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Goldfish

Thank you very much for helping to clean up Goldfish. I really appreciate the help. QuizQuick 13:37, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have a barnstar!

		The Original Barnstar
		Your tireless work on Ubuntu has not gone unnoticed! Nice one for helping getting it featured! *Hamish* (Talk) 23:12, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Tyrannosaurus

New responses & task completion comments on the above page. I look forward to your response & hope it is enough to gain your support... Thanks, Spawn Man 00:03, 21 July 2006 (UTC). [reply]

Thank you! For your recent work on the Tyrannosaurus article! :)--Firsfron of Ronchester 00:34, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bad Nenndorf

Aloa, mach doch mal Urlaub in Bad Nenndorf. Würde es sehr zu appreciaten wissen, wenn du da mal drüber gehst. I like Burke's Peerage 10:18, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking the burden to merge and clean up Grüßle I like Burke's Peerage 10:48, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please note: Up to now everybody claiming there has been a system of torture-camps driven by Britains (Vorwurf: "wandelnde Skelette") was bashed as a Rechtsextremist not to say a Nazi. Now it seems it wasn't simple Volksverhetzung but real facts. The Zeit is known as a newspaper rarely to give false information; nevertheless they take for granted there has been a system of torture-centers. So they write last section: In einem der Internierungslager weigerte sich 1946 ein internierter SS-Lagerarzt, eine falsche Todesursache auf dem Totenschein zu notieren und bestand auf der Angabe starvation, Hungertod. I assume theres much more trouble soon to come. I like Burke's Peerage

Sheep speciation

Where on domestic sheep does it say that there are hybrids with Ovis orientalis? BenB4 03:34, 22 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No. It says that Domestic Sheep ARE a hybrid, made from O. orientalis and an unknown second ancestor. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 09:27, 22 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see; I looked at your edit summary more closely than your edit. I'll replace the deleted source with a more appropriate summary. BenB4 13:11, 22 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Common Sense vs. Reliable Sources

Samsara,

I know you're an experienced editor, so I want to remind you that while common sense is often useful, it is not appropriate to substitute one's personal common sense for a reliable source. As a tertiary source, one of the core principles underlying Wikipedia is that we publish no original research. In the context of the Coffee article, removing a relevant fact supported by an article published by the Journal of the American Medical Association because your "common sense" disagrees is a form of original research. If you believe the JAMA article is in error, then the proper way to go about things is to find an equally reliable source that takes an opposing view. Then, we can cite both views in the article (hopefully down in the article body somewhere, rather than the intro) and let the reader decide.

Hope this helps. Regards, Nandesuka 12:02, 22 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A present

A userbox is a small box that looks like this. You cannot eat these.

Thanks, and a question

I was originally going to come here to thank you for help on the sequence alignment layout and comments on its FAC, but ~~now I have an ulterior motive :)~~ What ulterior motive? Did I say that? No, actually pschemp took care of it. Opabinia regalis 04:33, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As a biologically knowledgeable admin, you might have a better idea on what to do with this - a user, using a variety of IPs, has repeatedly reinserted a link to rnaiconception.com in the RNA interference article, and made changes to the text to support the site's contentions. It is a personal advocacy site run by Mussa Ali (likely the anonymous editor), who is currently involved in an inventorship dispute about RNAi with his former advisor Craig Mello and the co-discoverer Andrew Fire. It's obviously inappropriate to link to only one disputant's perspective on this, and the dispute itself is taken seriously by no one other than Mussa Ali as far as I can tell. Despite several invitations, the user in question hasn't looked at the talk page on the issue, and he's apparently using a dynamic IP so he never gets his own talk page messages. Opabinia regalis 03:29, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stebbins

I have relpied to your comments on the FAC. I think it is pretty obvious from the lead and text that Stebbins major contribution to science was the development of a theory of plant evolution - which has shaped subsequent reseach in the field, and his part in the modern synthesis. If you think there are any important things that I have missed about his other work let me know.--Peta 03:38, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Core topics COTF -- Biotech

You showed support for Amazon rainforest at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Core topics/Core topics COTF. This article was selected as our collaboration. Hope you can help.

Maurreen 09:15, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reverts of Apollo 11 article

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is the attribution for the quotes being reverted. Do you have any reason to doubt he made these quotes? If not, please stop reverting. Abe Froman 15:24, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hooked on Dinosaurs

hahaha - got you hooked now.....Good to have someone else hoeign into the editingCas Liber 06:45, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tuatara

Sorry about all those mis-spellings of the citation needed template, it is bloody terrible!

I am ready to start working on this article now. I've been avoiding it, as that peer review scared me a bit, but that is over now. I've printed off a hard copy, and am going through it at the moment. So, hopefully there is only one more copyedit from me. After that, we will see what is required to get it to FA. :) --liquidGhoul 12:25, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds great! I will work on the citations whenever I can.

Your reptile and amphibian encyclopaedia sounds very similar to mine, but isn't published by the same company (probably 'cause we're in different countries). Is the introduction in yours writen by Cogger? --liquidGhoul 12:54, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll check when I get home. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 12:54, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for a quotation

Hi Samsara. Wonder if you might know of a quotation that I am seeking. Darwin was apparently told by a zookeeper that a particular male pheasant was most likely polygamous judging by his fine attire or such like. Wonder if you might know the quotation / source. thanks anyways. Shyamal 05:15, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a ton. I am awed. I failed to find it in all my Google searches. Shyamal 08:50, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Thanks for doing the archive, it completely slipped my mind. --liquidGhoul 09:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Linux Project Poster

I did worry about that when I started the WikiProject. Thats why I put off the poster bit for quite some time. Do you think I should extend that disclaimer about how we aren't taking any of the credit, we just want recruitment? --T. Moitie ^[talk] 17:04, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you ask me (which neither of you did), I think it should be kept in. It doesn't look to me like anyone is taking any credit for it, it's not that big, and that doesn't matter anyway as it's the talk page, and it was relevant to the article. Just my thoughts. --Lorian^T_C 17:22, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I see where Samsara is coming from on the reasons for reverting. I've reverted my edits now (thank god for popups) and agree that right now, the best thing to do is to approach editors singularly, and hopefully the Project will branch out from there. --T. Moitie ^[talk] 17:30, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the link

Thanks for the link to Wikiproject Linux Burgundavia (✈ take a flight?) 18:41, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wikipedia:WikiProject Linux

Is the project also covering Linux applications and not just distributions? I no longer use Linux on a regular basis, having gotten a Mac, but I can probably help in covering applications, since a large number of them run on Mac OS X as well. (I can rifle through documentation too. :P) Good luck with the project! æ ² ✆ 2006-07-27t19:17z

spell check and KDE

KDE and Wikimedia a working together to make it so you can import Wikimedia stuff into KDE applications (probably through a kisoslave). IIRC this will be in KDE4. So when that happens, you can use KWord or Kate for spell checking. Source: I forget, I think Dot KDE or Newsforge. — a thing 03:55, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spell checking

Hi, I noticed your focus on spell checking on your user page (I presume that your instructions are for Windows, not Mac). When you spell check text in BrEng and AuEng, I suppose that you're aware of the checker's ignorance of the preference for "ise" and its two variants, over "ize" in those varieties of English? Just checking; it causes me a lot of trouble when my clients use their Windows spell checker. Tony 13:25, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

global warming

Why not call it what it is: global heating. Warming is ... comforting, to most punters. Tony 16:47, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spell Checking

Hi, I thought you might want to know that "labeled" is more often used than "labelled" but both are correct. BhaiSaab ^talk 20:06, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I tend to change words to their more popular forms, except in the cases of british variants. BhaiSaab ^talk 20:09, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

dominance merging

Hi Samsara! Thanks for taking the lead on the Dominance mergers. If I wasn't in the midst of writing a fellowship application, I would help you out. I know ... lame excuse. Debivort 23:07, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Harold Cogger

I've written a stub on Cogger. I only had the information on the Australian museum website, as I don't have easy access to his books any more. They are very expensive. They are at the uni though, I may be able to get something today. Thanks. --liquidGhoul 23:41, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]