User talk:Comatose51

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Hello. Please note that you can write birthday attack; there's no need for the underscore in birthday_attack, and the former looks better IMO. Michael Hardy 22:46, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

       I didn't edit that part... Wrong person.  Comatose51 12:45, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Zhang (surname)/Zhang Ziyi

Uh, Zhang Ziyi's surname is referred to (along with other surnames that are rendered "Zhang" in pinyin) in Zhang (surname). --Nlu (talk) 12:54, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

It is definitely ambiguous since the article mostly talk about the more common Zhang. Perhaps we should list her name in a different section.Comatose51 13:34, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chi-ling Lin Mediation Request

I've accepted the request for mediation on this article. Please leave a quick note on my talk page that you're aware of this and we can begin the discussion there. Flakeloaf 16:39, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Paid links

From your comments while editing Opinions on the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, you seem to be under the impression that there is a policy permitting removal of paid links from Wikipedia. There is no such policy. Where we can, we prefer free links, but if they are unavailable, paid links are cartainly permitted. You should not remove information from WIkipedia merely because it is referenced by paid Internet sites. - Nunh-huh 05:49, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Please read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links#Sites_requiring_registration Comatose51 05:50, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

I've read the style guideline, and I've seen its history. The guideline you are misreading defines itself as not applying to citation links. Reference links to paid sites are permitted. - Nunh-huh 05:55, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

I see you've been removing mainly links from one site. You might well have a good reason for doing so. (If, as you say, they were spammed, for example). But that reason really shouldn't be "you have to pay". There's no requirement that references even be online! If you have any question about this, perhaps you should start a discussion at the talk page of the guideline you cited...but there's never been a ban on subscription-required references. - Nunh-huh 05:57, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Alright, it seems that I'm wrong in regards of the policy. I was mixing up external links and citations. But how does one even verify the citations if we can't get access to them? Comatose51 05:59, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

You have to rely on others to do that, if you don't have a subscription. - Nunh-huh 06:00, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
I see. Is there an easy way to mass undo my edits? Just wasted a good 30 minutes chasing down those links. :-( Thanks BTW. Comatose51 06:02, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
I can take care of it... - Nunh-huh 06:06, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
OK, I think I've reverted everything with an edit summary where you gave "paid" as a reason. You might want to look at the others if you think they might need undoing. - Nunh-huh 06:10, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for all the help. Comatose51 06:15, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
No problem. - Nunh-huh 06:20, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
If you'd like a copy/paste of a particular citation's source from Stratfor, I believe User:Geo Swan has a subscription - so you could probably politely ask him to check for you. Sherurcij (Speaker for the Dead) 07:01, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dambit we marry young roun'cher...

But not even Tommy Moore young...thanks! Feel free to crawl through my other edits as well. Flowanda | Talk 03:12, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

LOL. That thought actually did cross my mind. It was a different era back then but 11 seem a little young even for the South.Comatose51 (talk) 03:15, 19 November 2007 (UTC)