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[edit] Welcome!

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Hi, when you think an article is at the wrong title (Dr. Gaius Baltar versus Gaius Baltar), please don't use cut and paste to move the content - it loses article history, making it more difficult to track down vandalism and the like. See WP:MOVE for more information.
Additionally, in the case of Baltar, "Gaius Baltar" is actually preferred by Wikipedia's naming conventions, since otherwise every doctor (fictional or non) would have to have Dr. before his title. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people)#Qualifiers not between brackets. Regards, --Saforrest 22:36, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oblivion

I reverted your edits: making comparisons to various cultures is not within the scope of the article nor is it WP:Verifiable. Further, you were removing good information perhaps accidentally. ⇒ SWATJester Ready Aim Fire! 05:40, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for that Editing Misunderstanding, I removed the Warning, since your last two edits reverted were not Blatant and old, nor was this edit. The mistake was repeadetd edits to Hannibal Lecter,which I guessed was Vandalsim, but I admit that I do not read edits thouroughly enough and that my anti-vandal tool is not 100% accurate, and I appreciate your diplomatic reaction to my blunder, and I will be more attentive to edit summaries in the future. Thank you. --Corporal Punishment 03:50, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome

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[edit] Why I reverted

Hey there. I reverted your edit to Xena in which you changed "actor" to "actress". The former has virtually become common usage, especially in this PC gender-neutral world. In Wikipedia the linked word "Actress" is re-directed to Actor, so I have avoided a redirect. Cheers. Moriori 22:43, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding Grand Theft Auto 2

Thanks for taking note of that.

Okay, I might have messed up here. I don't play GTA2, so I thought that you were making a derogatory comment, but after reviewing the article, I found that there is a gang called the "Rednecks" and that may be who you were referring to. I apologize for that, but I do believe it's not necessary to add any more information to the image's caption. Again, I apologize for the inconvenience I have caused you. Happy editing!

--Nishkid64 16:00, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Transhumanism

May I inquire as to why "human-racism" is a better term than "speciesism" in the instance in which it is used in the Frankenstein Argument (dehumanization) segment of the Criticisms section of the context article? It seems to me that since we are in fact a species and not a race of some larger species, that the term "human-racism" then merely serves the purpose of biasing the reader, if only in some small way. It is perfectly fine if the article Human exceptionalism is more appropriate, or indeed even if it is simply written better, however why not use the term "human exceptionalism", rather than "human-racism" or even "speciesism"? And if even to not use "human exceptionalism", why not use instead "speciesism" in that instance, while perhaps still linking to Human exceptionalism? Is it not preferable to be technically correct in a small way, than to bias, whether deliberately or through convenience? 216.129.211.105 03:45, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

The answer is quite simple. In the same way the term "yuck factor" is the term used by transhumanists as a colloquial alternative to the expression "wisdom of repugnance"; "human-racism" is the term used by transhumanists as a colloquial alternative to the expression "speciecism" or, more specifically, "human exceptionalism". For an example, read Saving Human Rights from the Human-racists. --Loremaster 14:37, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
By the way, you should really take the time to create a user account. --Loremaster 14:38, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Actuarial escape velocity

Good additions to Actuarial escape velocity, kudos! —Swpb talk contribs 21:34, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Technogaianism

I've improved the Technogaianism article. However, we need to cite a source for the paragraph you added otherwise it will be deleted. --Loremaster 09:59, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I've found two but if you have one let me know. --Loremaster 10:04, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Transhumanism

You have recently reverted two minor alterations I have made in this article, regarding the colloquial terms for two of the arguments. These were the alteration of two of the colloquial names expressed within the article from “Fountain” and “Terminator,” to “The Fountain” and “The Terminator.” May I inquire as to why we should not, in this instance, use the proper name from which these arguments receive their informal identities? Both films in question do in fact contain the definite article “The,” capitalised, in their titles – all other relevant titles are included properly and completely, subtracting subtitles. 216.129.211.105 04:33, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
The reason is simple. In popular usage, these colloquial terms do not include the definite articles that the films in question have in their titles. --Loremaster 07:45, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Morphological freedom

Can you cite sources for the paragraph you added to the Criticism section of the Morphological freedom article? If not, it should and may be deleted soon. --Loremaster 08:15, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] World Transhumanist Association

With regards to the segment about the fundraising campaign, you removed that twice. The second time you didn't seem to have read the history to determine why I reinserted it - I specifically said that it seemed like a noteworthy event to insert under the heading of "'Programs and activities" and I noted that perhaps it was removed because it seemed like an advertisement - if one felt so, one should rewrite. This is the first fundraising event of this kind for this organisation - is it really not noteworthy? Perhaps it is because the campaign only runs until the end of January? -216.129.211.105 (talk) 21:31, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

A short-term fundraising event (mostly focused on funding the organization itself rather than some campaign for social change) is not noteworthy and does sound like advertisement which is inappropriate. --Loremaster (talk) 14:51, 17 December 2007 (UTC)