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[edit] Natural disaster

Hi, I had a look at Natural disaster again, I saw it got a major revamp again today. You asked for my opinion, and if it was up to A again. My conclusion would be .. not yet, but getting there (though I realise that it is in a similar state as when it acquired A-status; I have also asked Martin Walker to have a look at it).

When going through the article it occurs to me, that it could as well be called natural hazard, which is not the same. I am working in a chemical lab, and there the chance on a 'disaster' is defined as the product of 'the hazard of a project' and 'the chance of it happening' (the chance I cut myself on a piece of glass is big, but the hazard can be considered low (as long as cuts are not in arteries), the chance of me blowing up a reaction with sodium azide is small (I hardly use it, try to avoid it, and using my knowledge I apply extra safety measures, take more care and avoid dangerous situations), but the hazard is huge (explosions cause a lot of damage, even on laboratory scale)) .. to me that is not yet clear from the article. The intro sentence would not be correct, technically, both the hazard as the chance can be influenced by people, so there may be a third factor there, and a disaster taking place in a place where no people live is still a disaster for wildlife (but it may be that the definition is different). As an example: another ice-age would be a big hazard (I would give it a 8 or 9 on a scale of 1-10), but the chance of happening is very small .. Hence, not really something to worry about. Also things to consider in the article may be predictability of hazards etc. I think it would be good if the article would elaborate on this a bit more (though I already see it is going to be controversial). I'll keep an eye open, the page is on my watchlist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:13, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I was asked to comment on this, and this is appropriate as I was the one who tagged it as A in the first place. My standards have probably gone up a little since then, but the article still appeals to me a great deal. I think the topic is very unusual, and as such it's very difficult to judge. This is because it is a broad topic, but not in the sense that Humanities is a broad topic - rather, it is a collection of very specific, fairly narrow topics. I felt at the time I tagged it as A that this article covered listy topics so much better than most, so I wanted it to stand out a little as a model to follow.
I like the way the article looks now, a definite improvement. But Dirk has pointed out some definite omissions that I hadn't thought of, such as the use of Hazard analysis to assess chances. That article covers avionics, but in fact we use the same method on a chemical plant (we call it HAZAN); roughly speaking hazard = (seriousness) x (probability). Thus flooding of London was considered unlikely, yet they built the Thames barrage because the potential damage would be immense if it happened (think Katrina x 20). Perception of disaster is important, as it shapes public policy. When a train crashes and 100 people are killed there are government inquiries and new safety laws, but when 100 people die in a week on the roads in 100 separate incidents, this is just put down to a hazard of the roads; the result is that in the UK at least, the spend to save a life on the trains is many times the spend to save a life on the roads. The related topics of disaster prevention and emergency management should probably be included as part of that section.
Dirk also points out the wider social aspects of perception of disaster - also a great point - things like a disaster being punishment from the Gods, fate, etc. (even in our own times, see David Edward Jenkins, see 2nd paragraph). You could add a section on the use as an artistic device in genres such as the Disaster film, but this would have to be worded carefully in summary style to prevent everyone adding their favourite movie to the article! Finally, the article should have more references - our expectations in this area are going up. With all that, it would get an A from me again! Sorry if it seems like I'm adding a lot, but Dirk got me thinking, and it will make a great article! Thanks for all your work, Walkerma 06:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: vegetable oils, new to Wikipedia, and Botryococcus braunii article

Bobkeyes 21:15, 6 November 2006 (UTC) Thanks for the encouragement. Like you have noted, I am new to Wikipedia as a contributor. I am still learning the ropes. I am thankful for your hints. I will try to find a way to rephrase the Berzin entry better. I am happy you think that the Botryococcus braunii article is of decent quality. Learning to cite, and making the effort to cite, is important for a Wikipedia editor. I believe it is the only way that an article, and Wikipedia, can be taken seriously by scientific community. It is also useful for keeping one's own mind straight and honest on the topic.

[edit] Missing CfDs

I had encountered an edit conflict, and I thought I had combined everything back together. Sorry, thanks for making the correction and for letting me know that I screwed up. Alansohn 15:44, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Essays

I'll keep an eye on them, but in the case of consistent anon vandalism/reverts it's best to ask for semi-protection. Cheers, -- Vision Thing -- 20:02, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Daniel

  • A little humor never hurt no one. (And yeah, that double negative was intentional ^_^). *waves goodbye as I head to Spain* Danny Lilithborne 03:49, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Interlingua

Hi, I noticed on your user page that you suggest Ido is probably a better language than Esperanto but doesn't have much chance for success. You might check out the Interlingua article. So far, Interlingua may be second to Esperanto in terms of success, but the gap seems to be closing over time. Personally, I think Interlingua is a much better and more soundly developed language. Matt 03:40, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] smile

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[edit] List of edible seeds

I've only been through the Featured List process once before, for List of U.S. states by elevation, and didn't find it onerous. I'm very impressed at the work that the WP community has done on that list: I started it the article with a pretty bad list, and I'm delighted at the work.

Are there specific work items you think we need to do to make it featured? Are you a Support ?

Isn't it too late to withdraw now?

hike395 06:37, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Copying over your comments back here: hike395
Well, there are a few things:
  • The links are a bit all over the place. Some point to more general articles (because the specific articles weren't written) others to the specific articles, and it's hard to tell from the text without mousing over the links.
  • The sections don't make sense to me. Some identify how you eat the seeds, others what kind of seeds they are. They seem fairly arbitrary and counter-intuitive.
  • Aside from the leadin - which is quite informative! - there's no extra information for the entries, or even for the sections. It could be a lot more informative.
  • Hardly any references.
  • No images
I don't really know if it's possible to withdraw it at this point! Anyway, I hope the comments are helpful. Waitak 07:02, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
The things you've mentioned are useful and good, but they mostly aren't in the criteria for featured lists. WP:LIST doesn't say that we need to have uniform quality of articles linked to, nor extra information for each section, nor even images (although I can certainly easily add images to the article, not a problem).
The references may indeed be a problem: I'm going to go to the library tomorrow anyway, I can see if I can find books on seeds and food. Any extra web references would be appreciated.
I'm not sure how else to thematically group the seeds: I'm open to suggestions.
I hope you are willing to help address any problems in the feedback? Many hands make light work, and I do like the work you did in List of vegetable oils. If you are unwilling to work on feedback at this time, I can try to withdraw the nomination. I was all excited by the goodness of the list: sorry I didn't discuss it at Talk:List of edible seeds. hike395 07:20, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
New stuff at User talk:Hike395 hike395 08:43, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
I notice that you're removing references to WP itself: on purpose? accidently? Let me know. hike395 15:39, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
I guess the snapped cables have really affected you, sorry to hear that. Probably the best thing is to let the nominated lapse (or withdraw it). If I don't hear back from you, I'll withdraw it. Good luck! hike395 05:30, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of Australian plant species

In case you hadn't noticed, List of Australian plant species has been proposed for deletion. NickelShoe (Talk) 19:41, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of basil cultivars

Thanks for doing a good job on the list. I was surprised, as I never bother with lists on Wikipedia after seeing a couple of crummy ones a few years ago--and wouldn't have bothered with FLC, except that it was a plant. I looked over your changes, the text is succinct, covers all that is necessary and no more, and the list is well done and the images are appropriate. Good work. KP Botany 20:04, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

PS You may post future lists on [[1]] for input. Your botany is fine, in that you aren't misleading anyone with any of your information, so don't worry about it too much for future lists you create, just a bit of terminology need tweaking. KP Botany 20:22, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations on getting FL status for your (and others') hard work on the List of basil cultivars. KP Botany 02:03, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! I'd invite you to the party, but the commute might be prohibitive... :-) Waitak 06:22, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Yes, rather an expensive commute even at the best of times. Besides, I'm up here enjoying my 20F nights, why would I want to escape to an austral summer? "Basal," hmmm? KP Botany 14:24, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

No summer available here in Hong Kong! :-) It's a chilly 12C at night here these days. Waitak 15:09, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I thought you were in Australia for some reason. Chilly 12C, thanks. I'll think of that tomorrow while breaking the ice off my windshield before dawn. I don't think it's even 12C in my house yet. KP Botany 15:59, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
People are wearing down jackets here, I kid you not. People die when it gets down to 4-5C, which happens every few years. On the other hand, none of the houses have heat, so 12C outside is 12C inside... Waitak 00:45, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
Oh, please, what incredible whimps! I have to hot wax my hands after de-icing my car, and you're complainging about 12C! I did homework last night wearing mittens! Seriously, I hadn't realized you might not have heaters in such a mild climate. 4-5C could be uncomfortable, if you don't have the means to overdress for warmth. I do love a mild climate. We lived in San Diego for years before returning to the Bay Area and arrived without any coats or sweaters. When we moved we got a notice that the heater wasn't working, and we would be charged for fixing it. I established that we had never had a reason to use it, though. In Alaska and all over the north people have to plug their cars in overnight or they won't start the next day. It's interesting how with the Internet you can consider aspects of people's lives and cultures that are entirely foreign, like how mild the climate is in Hong Kong. KP Botany 16:46, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

No, no, no... I'm not complaining... I wear a light jacket here three or four days a year, and short sleeve shirts the rest of the time. I've been to Alaska (it snowed... in August...), grew up in the Midwest, and have been camping when it's twenty below. I love cold weather. But you know, there are other ways in which people in Hong Kong would go, "People in the US (or wherever) get all worked up over that??? Ya gotta be kidding..." And don't get me started about Vegemite... ;-) Waitak 01:32, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Hey. I'm looking at the article right now, and there's one thing I can't figure: What are the <includeonly> tags used for? This tag is activated by transclusion (e.g. typically for templates), but the page is not transcluded anywhere! This results in, I believe, a very confusing source code.Circeus 13:53, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

And by the way, the tag is <includeonly>, not <onlyinclude>, as is used in the article...
Okay, so it's a nonstandard (an oherwise undocumented,but I'm used to undocumented features by now lol) tag used to implement a javascript feature, correct? It still is confusing as heck to editors and furthermore causes extra whitespace to be added. Would a <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> version listed at the end of the article and commented out with explanations as to its use (e.g., similar to the explanation inserted near Template:Persondata or <references/> tags) equally work, or is it necessary that they be worked within the articles' structure? Or maybe the proper <includeonly> in this exact same fashion, and then allow transclusion? Gah! this is all too complicated, but I know I won't be able to live with myself if I don't clear it up...
Where was this feature first discussed and established? I'd need to see this discussion to properly assert the situation.Circeus 15:02, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I understand the behavior of the tag now:
  • <noinclude>: Shown on page, not in transclusion.
  • <includeonly>: Not shown on page, shown in transclusion.
  • <onlyinclude>: Shown in page and transclusion, but excludes other content from transclusion.
I have nothing against the tag itself, but the extra line breaks around it cause all sorts of issue with whitespace, so I think a <onlyinclude> blurb at the end, as I proposed, hidden via CSS (because these three tags have all sorts of problems when combined >.>) will work just fine. I'll try it now.Circeus 15:18, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Never mind that. Just removing line breaks seems to fix it.Circeus 15:24, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re Cerealicious

Hehe yeah I understand. My whole reply is on the Cereal talk page. =) Berserkerz Crit 11:56, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] alumno

Sorry? - that is what I need deleted. Please retain as title of list List of IHMS alumni Paring Bol-anon instead of List of IHMS alumno Paring Bol-anon. Thank you so much for the speedy reply. --Ate Pinay (talk•email) 10:23, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

that's okey. Thank you for the speedy response. I am turning in now. I hope the admin can follow our conversation. Best regards --Ate Pinay (talk•email) 10:43, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] behenolja

I noticed (many months later, as it turns out) a query about the swedish page here for use in another article. I took a quick look at it and it should be within my competency level. If you still want it, let me know, and I'll translate it for you and let you take it from there. Arker 23:19, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Autoblocked

Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s):

Autoblock of 203.198.23.69 lifted or expired.

Request handled by: — Nearly Headless Nick 12:37, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:24.147.18.78

This individual was blocked on Dec 21 for one month. The month is now over, and this individual is back, and he's doing it all over again. Carajou 00:50, 26 January 2007 (UTC) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:24.147.18.78

[edit] Template:H5N1 case graph

Template:H5N1 case graph has Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct at the bottom with every third verticle line lomger than the other two indicating the longer line indicates Jan 1, Apr 1, and so forth. The shaded regions are inconsistant. Count the number of months in each shaded and nonshaded ares (flu season versus nonflu season). Now look at the regression which according to the bottom "is shown extended through the end of March, 2007." But the deaths line is two thirds the way through the last three months on the chart indicating it is through to March 1 instead of Feb 1. Did you lose a month somewhere along the line? I think this error has been in there from the very beginning. WAS 4.250 18:14, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Nice spot! There were indeed two problems. First, the 2005 flu season shading was off by a month. That happened because, when I add a month, I have to manually move the shading bars, and... well, I missed. The other was that I have to manually set the end date, to show a reasonable amount of the predictive regression curve after the actual data. That's done by explicitly setting the maximum for the X axis. Last time I added, I should have added two months instead of one, so the axis didn't match the caption. I'm pretty sure that these errors were only introduced in the last few updates, though I haven't gone back through to check. Thanks again for the catch. Waitak 00:46, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 96.3 Radio Aire

I didn't "vandalise" the Radio Aire page, the DJ Simon Logan was on the radio this morning and told listeners to come to this ste and edit the Radio Aire page and put in stories about him (I deleted something that was a totally made up lie about him being a fireman and naming his left shoe which he read out on air this morning and replaced it with something truthful which he will find funny and read out tomorrow)

his show goes out to around a million listeners so I'm surprised that more people haven't been on putting stupid comments on! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.195.27.254 (talk) 13:25, 1 February 2007 (UTC).

I apologise, you didn't write that about Radio Aire, as for the Povery comment, I've never even been on that page (until just now), so no, I didn't vandalise it, it must have been someone else on the same IP address (I work in a college so it could have been anyone!)

[edit] No problem

No problem Julian Cervantes 04:48, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I didn't realise that there might be a disagreement there, I reduced the font size since it's already highlighted. I think it can be separated by colour or font size, but doesn't need both. Julian Cervantes 03:26, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Alright, let me try another format and let me know your thoughts. The only thing I find odd are large fonts inside a table box (it looks like it doesn't quite fit). Julian Cervantes 05:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Myrica gale

Hi, Waitak, though you might be interested in this article independent article on Myrica gale. Apparently is very good for sensative skin and acne and a large chemist is trying to raise the amount produced. --Salix alba (talk) 21:31, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of medicinal herbs

Thanks for the ref cleanup. Also, I'm glad you added the link to properties. I'll conform to that list.--LtlKtytalk | contribs 05:17, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] H5N1 image w/o regression?

Hi! Your image (Image:H5n1 spread (with regression).png), plotting H5N1 cases and deaths, is very good. However, the regression line (i.e. the choice of which regression to use) would probably count as "unpublished ideas" and that's not allowed by WP:ATT - is there a version of it without the regression? Thanks. —AySz88\^-^ 19:03, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words! It'd certainly be easy enough to make one, and I have no objection either way if that's what the consensus is. I discussed the idea of the regression with on one of the H5N1 talk pages at the time - don't remember which one. It seemed to the editors that participated in the discussion that it would be within the spirit of WP:NOR to include it, although I agree that it's at best a gray area. The editors seemed to think that it was a good idea to leave it. If you'd like to raise it for discussion somewhere appropriate, I certainly would honor whatever the consensus of the community turns out to be. I'd particularly like to hear what the major contributors to the H5N1 articles have to say before making a change that significant. Waitak 05:22, 12 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] What do you believe box

Well I "borrowed" it then, thanks?--Tomtom9041 00:53, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pine nut article

Hi there! Thanks for the encouragement on my edits to the pine nut article. I rarely take the time to do what I did but that day I just fell into it. Hope to come into contact with you again. Mona-Lynn 00:00, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Could it have been a typo?

Well, I suppose it could have, but [1] it was a short block, and [2] could have been undone had he so stated on his talk page. - Nunh-huh 02:13, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clair

Thanks for putting the info box on Clair's talk page - I had left a message on User:Simesa's talk about Clair having left for the Dutch Wonderland article, but was not sure what else to do. I still miss Clair. sigh. Ruhrfisch 03:09, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP Christianity

Hi, I saw your name on the WikiProject Christianity Membership page.

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[edit] Babassu oil

Thanks for the input. However, I stand by my changes. Of course, you're free to make changes to those changes! I moved the information about the uses of various parts of the tree to the article about the Babassu palm, because I felt it was more appropriate there. Please realize that "used by permission of bytheplanet.com" is a permission statement that does not meet Wikipedia's licensing requirements. In order for us to reuse material from another website, it must be released under a free license like the GFDL. Wikipedia-only permission is not adequate. See our Copyright FAQ for more details. And, in many cases, material from other websites is inappropriate for an encyclopedia because of its tone. I think this is one of those cases. Regards, FreplySpang 14:49, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for your work on list of basil cultivars, it not only improved the page I created, but has influenced how I format my other list pages. It definitely deserved the Featured List status.

--Kaz 14:48, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Hey My Good Friend

Hey my good friend! It's been a while since I last talked to you remeber user:100110100? How long has it been, a year? A year has come and gone, and a lot as changed, but I've a favor to ask you, and that would be if you would be as kind to unblock me.199.126.28.20 05:41, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Do you have any friends that could unblock me? I really do appriciate it anyways though. I'll buy you a beer some time if you ever come to Edmonton, well Canada in the future.199.126.28.20 14:19, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
But you are an admin.http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_vegetables&diff=next&oldid=139724699 If there's any reason you don't think I should be unblocked you should just say it out loud, no more sneaking. If you don't want to unblock me, you should just say that too.199.126.28.20 01:54, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
The edit I pointed out to you proves you reverted an edit. That means you have admin priveleges. Have your thought about being an admin? I'd nominate you.199.126.28.20 04:52, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm doing alright. So it turns out that I don't have Asperger's. I think the last time I talked about it was in June? I told you my dad had the speculation after talking to an old coworker who's only child does have it? Well, I did do a psychological assesment. I went through Grant MacEwan cause I was NOT going to pay $1000 for a private diagnosis. They directed me to the government so my fellow taxpayers payed for it, haha suckers. Well, I have the pdf file I could send to you about; it's the whole case report, all the findings in a neat package of semidegrading intelligence test I had to endure:-/, but the bottom line is that because I dodn't have a LEARNING disability, it can't be diagnosed as Aspergers. But I did/am diagnosed with depression. There's more, but I think I'll stop here for now to give you a breather.199.126.28.20 13:58, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References

Yeah, I've just been sort of winging it with the reference style, copying other page formats; the instructions page confused me. If you could give me a quick set of instructions, that would be really helpful. Thanks! Wiki wiki1 23:43, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cooking oil and palm oil "Health" articles rewritten

Hi, I've finished rewriting the cooking oil and palm oil's "Health" articles. The reworked versions are not yet on the wikipedia article page, but in the talk page. Hope it's OK to be approved and inserted into the main wiki article.

Best regards,

Zippo 15:21, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

In the cooking oil-article you mention:

I'll look at the specifics of the draft in a separate post. One initial comment, though
"limited as much as possible" and "some amounts of fat still need to be taken in daily" don't go together. More later. Waitak 15:47, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Do you mean by this that its already OK for me to alter the article-sections ?

Zippo 13:02, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FL Main page proposal

You either nominated a WP:FLC or closed such a nomination this year. As such, you are the type of editor whose opinion I am soliciting. We now have over 400 featured lists and seem to be promoting in excess of 30 per month of late (41 in August and 42 in September). When Today's featured article (TFA) started (2004-02-22), they only had about 200 featured articles and were barely promoting 20 new ones per month. I think the quality of featured lists is at least as good as the quality of featured articles was when they started appearing on the main page. Thus, I am ready to open debate on a proposal to institute a List of the Day on the main page with nominations starting November 1, 2007, voting starting December 1, 2007 and main page appearances starting January 1, 2008. For brevity, the proposal page does not discuss the details of eventual main page content, but since the work has already been done, you should consider this proposal assuming the eventual main page will resemble either an excerpted list format or an abbreviated text format. The proposal page does not debate whether starting with weekly list main page entries would be better than daily entries. However, I suspect persons in favor of weekly lists are really voicing opinions against lists on the main page since neither TFA nor Picture of the day started as weekly endeavors, to the best of my knowledge. Right now debate seems to be among support for the current selective democratic/consensus based proposal, a selective dictatorial approach like that used at WP:TFA or a non-selective first in line/calendar approach like that used at WP:POTD. See the List of the Day proposal and comment at WP:LOTDP and its talk page.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 19:15, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] H5N1

Could you take a look at Transmission and infection of H5N1: the graph in Template:H5N1 Human Mortality is mixed with the references, and I don't know how to fix it. Regards—G716 <T·C> 21:58, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cyperus

It's the first time I come across the idea that Cyperus leaves are eaten by humans. There is no reason to want to do that, as anyone who tried it can attest to. Cats love Umbrella Papyrus, but to get rid of hairballs due to the siliceous fibres it contains. Try googleing cyperus animal feed or cyperus cattle for example... Captain Obvious rarely writes scientific papers ;-) But if you like to have it back in, I see no reason to object to that.

But can we track down the original source? I'd bet you it's a misreading somewhere up the line, because C. esculentus is widely used as food and has been since millennia. Thus there are many accounts of its use as food, but it is also liable to turn up in some context where someone not that firm in botany would think the leaves are eaten. Maybe some egyptologist: C. esculentus should have been a hieroglyphics word (they made chufa candy). Probably a word containing the "papyrus" sign. Dysmorodrepanis 20:00, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Featured List of the Day Experiment

There have been a series of proposals to initiate a Featured List of the Day on the main page. Numerous proposals have been put forth. After the third one failed, I audited all WP:FL's in order to begin an experiment in my own user space that will hopefully get it going. Today, it commences at WP:LOTD. Afterwards I created my experimental page, a new proposal was set forth to do a featured list that is strikingly similar to my own which is to do a user page experimental featured list, but no format has been confirmed and mechanism set in place. I continue to be willing to do the experiment myself and with this posting it commences. Please submit any list that you would like to have considered for list of the day in the month of January 2008 by the end of this month to WP:LOTD and its subpages. You may submit multiple lists for consideration.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:LOTD) 17:55, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request for comment on Category Redirect template

Because you are a member of WikiProject Categories, your input is invited on some proposed changes to the design of the {{Category redirect}} template. Please feel free to view the proposals and comment on the template talk page. --Russ (talk) 21:51, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] linseed oil

Thanks for your recent edits to linseed oil, you did a nice job cleaning up the references! Cheers, Halogenated (talk) 18:59, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

I really appreciate your "Welcome", you are always so kind... I already have an account. Regardless, I prefer to edit incognito. (have a look) ;-) Sei ;-) 217.232.124.250 (talk) 22:17, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Nice article! Wish my German were good enough to more fully appreciate it. Is that your work? Waitak (talk) 02:39, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
No, it is not "my" work. It's a page were many work on ;-)... there I've learned how to get rid of some skin problems. Or should I write cosmetic problems? Without conventional cosmetics my skin has no problems more. I now make my own *100% natural* soap, shampoo, hair dye, creams, mineral make-up ect. That's the reason I fully appreciate vegetable oils!! And the reason I once asked from which plant ojon oil is derived (Elaeis oleifera).
On March 11 a new documentary by the French journalist and film maker Marie-Monique Robin was aired on French-German television (Arte): "Le Monde selon Monsanto" (The World According to Monsanto)... how the gigantic biotech corporation Monsanto is threatening to destroy the agricultural biodiversity which has served mankind for thousands of years. Using hitherto unpublished documents and the testimonies of victims, scientists and politicians, the documentary pieces together the origins of an industrial empire, built upon lies, collusion with the American government, pressure and attempted corruption, which has become the world's leading seed manufacturer, spreading GM crops worldwide - amid a lack of any proper controls with respect to their effects on nature and human health. I just finished the book "Le Monde selon Monsanto"... perhaps something interesting to you too: [[2]], Sei.

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[edit] Invitation to Wikipedia research by CityU HK

Dear Waitak,

I would like to congratulate you to the fantastic work you’re doing for Wikipedia! Because you’re an expert in your field and a well integrated member in the Wikipedia community, we would like to invite you to participate in our research project on collaboration activities and mechanisms in Wikipedia.

At the Center for Applied Knowledge and Innovation Management at City University we’re currently doing a research project on Wikipedia, and we are inviting experienced Wikipedians in Hong Kong to share their success stories and views on different aspect of the community processes with us. We would thus like to invite you to an interview at your convenience, preferably within the next two weeks if possible. The interview should not take longer than 30-45 minutes and will be conducted at a place and time of your convenience.

We would very much appreciate the opportunity of talking to you and learning about your experiences with Wikipedia, and we hope that you are willing to participate in our research project. Any information about participants will, of course, be kept strictly confidential.

For further questions about the project and to arrange a date for an interview, please contact Dr Andreas Schroeder at WikiResearchCityU{at}gmail.com or send me an email.

We’re looking forward to talking to you in the near future.

Kind regards,
Dr Andreas Schroeder
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Welcome to the Sixth issue of the WikiProject Christianity newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.

Luckily, you all won't have to see my comments very often, as very little I have to say is really that important. But I would like to take the opportunity to say that I hope everyone finds the new General Forum page useful for discussing ideas relevant to Christianity in general, and feels free to make any additional comments regarding general Christianity there. Also, if any of you feel that you want to place a comment here in the future, please let us know what you want included. We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask. Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.

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