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[edit] Cognitive module

Hi, Victor. Thanks for working on the new cognitive module article. I like your list of references, but could you please weave the references in as cites in support of assertions in the new, rewritten-from-scratch, article, to avoid the "reading list" format of the old article?

I'll put your cite list on the talk page, so it isn't lost. -- The Anome 15:48, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I'll try to do that. I'll also go through the "further reading" list and check which ones are more relevant.--Victor falk 15:52, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm pretty sure there's a good article to be written on this subject, which is a one of the most important current topics in cognitive science, evolutionary psychology and neurobiology. -- The Anome 16:01, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Now I can sleep and the clown won't eat me.

I'll never outgrow the enjoyment I get from that first vote on an AfD. Thanks for your participation. / edg ? ? 17:25, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:World war one web alliance.jpg

Thanks for uploading the nifty image Image:World war one web alliance.jpg. Do you have any additional information on it you could add-- eg, source, artist, date? Thanks! Cheers, -- Infrogmation 11:06, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] War on Terrorism

Thanks for the comment. It is hard to keep articles like that neutral when the politicians and the media in many countries fails to be neutral on the topic.--Sir Anon (talk) 20:22, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of the day

I've changed the wording to what you suggested. The Transhumanist (talk) 10:25, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Good comments on Force Multiplication

Thank you for the useful addition. As far as adding the officer doctrine, are you thinking of Auftragstaktik as one concept is described by the US military, or something else? There is an existing article about Mission-type tactics, and there is no question that current US doctrine owes much to these German ideas. Should the Force Multiplication article link to that article, or are you thinking more about the doctrine belongs in Force Multiplication?

I discovered there is also an article on "Force multiplier", and it really seems silly not to merge the articles; I'll propose that on the Force Multiplier page.

Whether or not it would be notable in the context of this article might be questioned, but it might be very appropriate to add something about GEN Heinrici's defensive tactics toward the end of WWII. By having multiple defensive lines, using intelligence and judgment as to when the Soviets were about to bombard the forward line, and pulling back the troops so they are in position for the attack, is, to me, an excellent example of force multiplication in the defense. Would you like to write something on this, or on officer doctrine? Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 14:19, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I was thinking about Auftragstaktik, thank you; naturally linking it to "mission-type tactics". Doctrine as a force multiplier is often overlooked/forgotten, I guess because of the unbalanced US technofirepower fixation:) As John Boyd would have it, "Wars are fought with people, ideas, and hardware. In that order!"

I consider Heinrici one of the best German WWII commanders; have you read Ryan's "The Last Battle"? His way of compensating totally overwhelming odds is perhaps one of the best examples of how superior tactics can act as a force multiplier, so yes I think it's appropriate to have that in article. I can tink of writing about both doctrine and Heinrici.

Yeah, I saw that on the milhist talk page. I definitely support a merger. --victor falk 19:00, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Atramentum

I think you mY have something here. :-) Metaphorically I think it actually works well with "Ex bello" for reasons I explain on the project page. PetersV (talk) 01:45, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ANI

Sorry for that, the two comments were posted just before I've made my reply to the afd tag issue and likely have stomped and annulled previous edits before. This happens quite often when you edits a page on its current version while multiple users are also doing edits to it at the same time. I had never removed intentionally removed or touched those comments. Thanks for alerting me for that. --JForget 15:10, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

I suspected something like that. I worried about my sense of humour, it's bad, but not that much... btw, your edit summary was "tk", what does it mean?--victor falk 15:45, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Just an abbreviated way to say thanks.--JForget 17:50, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE: School consensus

Great! Thanks for letting me know about. It is on my watchlist, and I'll definitely participate. - Rjd0060 (talk) 05:48, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Ditto. I find the topic of interest and hope to contribute something useful. Thanks for alerting me. Accounting4Taste:talk 15:41, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:SCHOOLCONSENSUS

Shouldn't it be formatted like another notability guideline, ala Wikipedia:Notability (people)? There might be a school one already? • Lawrence Cohen 06:13, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

There isn't. Wikipedia:Notability (schools) does exist, but it is just basically a redirect or dab page. - Rjd0060 (talk) 06:16, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Got it. Well, this is obviously overdue. • Lawrence Cohen 06:57, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for starting this up. It will be useful to have well-defined standards. --Coppertwig (talk) 01:08, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free image (Image:Netvouzlogo.gif)

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As this image has been restored to an article I have removed the deletion warning. Thank you for your cooperation. Stifle (talk) 16:49, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] E-prime

"Honey tastes sweet, and so do you" is pretty funny. I took your point, but tried to improve it a bit. —Whig (talk) 04:21, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

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I took a wikibreak in december, but it's been a little longer, since i've busier than expected in the other world; I've tried to check when looking up articles and see what's up, and I'm hopping to be done w/ most irl-stuff in a month or two. Do make some suggestions on this page, and I'll try to get on with'em. Merry easter all, victor falk 22:11, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Why cows moo

I've followed your suggestions and created a Lester Basil Sinclair stub, as the draft on your subpage was perfectly good enough for one. I made a couple of edits too, hope they'll help you in editing it further. Cheers, ¨--victor falk 13:45, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Why thank you. I pulled all the reasearch and should be able to get at least a few paragraphs out of it. Thanks for your help. ShoesssS ^Talk 15:25, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] People known as...

Thanks. I'm sure that if we had several people working on it, it could be fully categorised before the close of the AfD Review. I agree with your title suggestion, although personally I would use "people" rather than "persons". --Grimhelm (talk) 09:36, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunately not. I am partial to Risk, though, and my recent wargaming been moving more toward historical themes. --Grimhelm (talk) 09:36, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, two is several, isn't? Ah, Risk. Especially with home rules like the "Dr. Strangelove", "Spirit of the Falkland", "Vikings", "Coke Cartels", "Blietzkrieg", "Mongolic hordes"...¨¨ victor falk 10:00, 7 June 2008 (UTC)