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EditBubba, The page is wrong as a whole...Kasparov lost to Deep Blue in Game 2, not game 1...I changed it in the body in hopes someone would realize that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.36.175.149 (talk) 18:49, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Here are some sources, one being from IBM [the creator of Deep Blue], that prove it was the second game he lost - which is why the controversy started...he had an overwhelming victory in the first game, yet in the second game the next day it seemed as if the computer was playing with human tendencies. http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/deepblue/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBzI7y8VNCA&feature=related&fb_source=message - documentary on the event and subsequent controversy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJarxpYyoFI - same thing really, different maker, check 31 seconds in. http://www.chessbase.com/columns/column.asp?pid=146#5.%20Round%202%20-%20Sunday,%20May%204th http://www.chesscorner.com/games/deepblue/deepblu.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.36.175.149 (talk) 02:50, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Horowitz and Kling, 1851Hello! In Rook and pawn versus rook endgame you have editied Horowitz and Kling, 1851 position 1..Kb7 to 1..Kb8 and then back. I have reviewed it (yes, you are correct that if 1..Kb8? then 2.Rc5! and white wins faster). But I have another question. Why 1.Rc2+ ? Isn't it faster and more natural to play 1.Rf2 Rh1 2.Kf8 Rh8+ 3.Kg7 Re8 4.Kf7 Kd7 5. Rd2+ ? Gaz v pol (talk) 14:21, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
Q re move requestHi Bubba, for my own WP learning, have been tryin' to figure out how you made the QID move request that JohnCD picked up, but can't find anything. (How'd you *do* that?!) Thx! Ihardlythinkso (talk) 00:14, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Rook and pawn vs. rook.Hello! In Rook and pawn versus rook there is the following example:
White wins with either side to move.
I have read the explanation and I am not sure it's correct. Here is what I suggest for black to defence: 1..Ke7 2.Rb8 Rc1 3.Kb7 Rb1+ 4.Ka8 Rc1 5.a7 Kd6! 6.Kb7 Rb1+ 7.Rc8 Rc1+ 8.Rd8 Rh1! 9.Rb6+ Kc5 and white cannot promote the pawn, at least right now. Probably white still can win after 10.Rb2 Ra1 11.Rb7 Kc6 12.Re1 Re7!! 13.R:e7 a8Q+ but I am not sure, maybe I lost some other way to defence for black. Anyway, isn't this too difficult to be omitted? Gaz v pol (talk) 22:53, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
Birthplace of chessThank you; done. One is on my watchlist, the other is not. J S Ayer (talk) 01:04, 27 June 2012 (UTC) .5 vs ½FYI, [1]. (Of course I brought this up in the MoS discussion as a take-away, but it wasn't took away!) ;) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 03:13, 28 June 2012 (UTC) I'm in agreement ½ is the best, but unless I've misinterpreted it seems that MoS is hostile to it: "The use of the few Unicode symbols available for fractions (such as ½) is discouraged entirely, for accessibility reasons among others." (Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Fractions.) So, what of the future? (Change the MoS? Maybe this needs a character-coding programmer's input!?) Ok, Ihardlythinkso (talk) 05:53, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
"white move" vs "White move"The Go guys just finished their debate about this, choosing to cap only when distinctly referring to a player (as opposed to ref to a move, strategm, tactic, plan, idea, chance, shot, sacrifice, etc.): [2]. I think their issue is really identical to the chess issue, and they seem to have made a simple choice which removes all ambiguity what to use, but, does it look right to you? (Personally, I dunno – I think I agree w/ your earlier "White move" pref. But it seems Go & chess should use consistent methodology on it, since it's the same situations.) Interesting. Ok, Ihardlythinkso (talk) 11:45, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
(1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. d4 d5) vs (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 4.d4 d5)Example of the back-and-forth based on personal taste that'll for sure continue to go on, since ProjChess has no will to make a standard or convention on spacing: [3]. (I prefer the first, it looks cluttered and difficult to read IMO when bold doesn't have the space. Mrs. Hudson disagrees.) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 12:12, 28 June 2012 (UTC) Murray (1913)I scanned the page from Murray's book (A History of Chess (1913) stating that he believes chess came from India. If you are interested please send me an e-mail. Regards, OTAVIO1981 (talk) 14:10, 28 June 2012 (UTC) MIAI miss Quale. (Did the alligators get him?) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 13:46, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Disputed non-free use rationale for File:OtisReddingStatue.jpg Sorry but I've nominated File:OtisReddingStatue.jpg for deletion because it does not pass our fair-use criteria. ww2censor (talk) 10:04, 4 July 2012 (UTC) File:OtisReddingStatue.jpg listed for deletionA file that you uploaded or altered, File:OtisReddingStatue.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. ww2censor (talk) 14:18, 4 July 2012 (UTC) Another article about a chess gameI'm somewhat out of touch with the chess project (haven't done anything really useful there since my 2009 article Queen and pawn versus queen endgame which you expanded), so how is Immortal Draw? Double sharp (talk) 14:54, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Fairy chess piecesI noticed that there is a lack of articles about fairy chess pieces (apart from the main one). So I created archbishop (chess). But which pieces do you think are notable enough to deserve their own articles? Double sharp (talk) 08:11, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
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Harvcol tipThx for tip on Harvcol, Bubba! Ihardlythinkso (talk) 05:54, 27 July 2012 (UTC) Credit for original authorship of the solution of Pawn Duel?It looks like you have added my expression of the solution to the Pawn Duel game to the Wikipedia page on the Pawn Duel game. It has been modified for context, but is essentially as i wrote it (under the forum name Bookman) to the Steve Jackson Games forum on November 15th, 2009. http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=64225 If you would be so kind as to add a reference to that post on the Pawn Duel page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawn_duel) I would appreciate it. 67.177.164.168 (talk) 03:02, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
Also, sjgames is a forum, not a blog. If that's not a valid reference, what is the best way to attribute my expression of the solution to me?67.177.164.168 (talk) 03:42, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
Northcott's nim does not have first move limitation. Pawn duel is a modification of Northcott nim: it is much simpler then general case of Northcott nim (just 3 pieces) and still a good puzzle due to the limitation on the first move. So it is not correct to say that the puzzles are equal — Preceding unsigned comment added by Okkay (talk • contribs) 15:45, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
ArmstrongToday, a day of mourning, for one of our greatest heroes. :( ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 23:08, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
Quality Assessment for George Henry MackenzieI appreciate your views as a long-time editor of chess articles, and was wondering if you would mind doing a quality assessment for the George Henry Mackenzie article, which I have substantially expanded recently. If you don't, no worries, either. Thanks for your time. ChessPlayerLev (talk) 12:58, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
File source problem with File:Apollo11Honeysuckle.jpgThank you for uploading File:Apollo11Honeysuckle.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the page from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of the website's terms of use of its content. If the original copyright holder is a party unaffiliated with the website, that author should also be credited. Please add this information by editing the image description page. If the necessary information is not added within the next days, the image will be deleted. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem. Please refer to the image use policy to learn what images you can or cannot upload on Wikipedia. Please also check any other files you have uploaded to make sure they are correctly tagged. Here is a list of your uploads. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Bulwersator (talk) 22:26, 28 August 2012 (UTC) Moongate page    Hello, I am Torah (Uktorah here... must be a popular name). You asked for a scan of the section where Moongate describes the neutral point etc. Please tell me how I can get this to you. I could email or use wetransfer or something? I also read some other apparent facts about the Moon. What are your thoughts? "The surface of the moon that faces the sun is hotter than boiling water." If so, how did the astronauts survive on the surface without being cooked? Even in a space suit, they would be like boil in the bag meals lol. If there is a vaccuum on the Moon as opposed to an atmosphere, any dust on the surface would be compressed so there would not be any footprints. If the astronauts travelled through the Van Allen belt, they would need 6 feet of lead to protect them from radiation, even inside the craft. Finally (for now, anyway!) when Alan Shepherd touched down after becoming the first American astronaut into space the photographs showed him smiling as if he had just realised what he had done. He was ecstatic. The first supposed Moon landing astronauts touched down on Earth, and looked almost embarrassed, as if they knew they hadn't done what the the whole world believed they had done. Why weren't they ecstatic too? I appreciate you may not know all the answers but your opinion as a science expert is highly appreciated. Do I have to do this tilde thing? I'm not sure. Uktorah (talk) 21:44, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
Failure Is Not an Option shows film of Shepard right as he got off the rescue helicopter (seconds before the photo above). He doesn't seem ecstatic to me. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 20:15, 29 August 2012 (UTC) ExplanationHi Bubba, thought I should say, when the "dust settled" at Fork (chess), I noticed I removed a sentence you had added (under "Forking piece", para on pawn), a sentence referring back to the lead diag as example. I removed it because it just seemed a little redundant, and an equal sentence for knight para seemed it would just add to the redundancy. (So it was a ce decision in the moment, I wasn't "countermanding" you!) Ok, Ihardlythinkso (talk) 22:17, 8 September 2012 (UTC) p.s. Improving that article was fun. (What a mess!) ;) Speedy deletion nomination of File:Kodal Tri-X film.jpg A tag has been placed on File:Kodal Tri-X film.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image is an unused redundant copy (all pixels the same or scaled down) of an image in the same file format, which is on Wikipedia (not on Commons), and all inward links have been updated. If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Stefan2 (talk) 09:27, 13 September 2012 (UTC) Heading textHi Bubba,I was notified that you I guess are the administrator here of that page I think. Ok Thankyou, I'll look forward to creating a Page, Thanx, was kinda surprised to find my contribution gone, but I guess its subject to approval thereafter, but at least ya didnt kick me so to speak. Sorry Im just totally new to this. so thankyou for allowing me to submit my work that I did & Ill learn more bout establish. my own new page on Wiki...Oh Yea, I love Wiki, use it all the time to look stuff up, its a Wealth of Info, and so are the people that post the stuff. Thanx. Respectfully Topcat_Jimmy --From A Lefty Guitarist, Respectfully, 02:28, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
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suggestionHi. You might try posting your question on British and Southern accents to the language page, since it has little to do with entertainment. μηδείς (talk) 01:08, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
Bishop and knight mateHey. I was wondering, do you know of any website or video that clearly illustrates how to do the first part of a bishop and knight mate? I know how to bring the king from the bad corner to the good corner, but I have trouble getting the king to the bad corner in the first place. By the way, I have played IM John Bartholomew, who has played Eugene Perelshteyn who has played Yehuda Gruenfeld who has played Mikhail Tal who has played Bent Larsen, who played Ossip Bernstein, who played James Mortimer, who played Paul Morphy. But I know that I am closer than that, for I can't believe that Perelsteyn is 6. Legolover26 (talk) 23:56, 6 November 2012 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for November 11Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Examination of Apollo Moon photographs, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page National Geographic (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 12:23, 11 November 2012 (UTC) Supreme Court Justices - retirement versus resignationI'm sorry I didn't notice it before now, but I've responded to your question on Talk:List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. I hope the information is helpful. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 00:31, 25 November 2012 (UTC) Ref deskHey, Bubba, your questions about the drug screening have raised the antennae of some of the ref desk folks. Could you maybe go to the ref desk talk page and offer an explanation? Thank you! ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 09:56, 7 December 2012 (UTC) Why did you changeThe chess figues of magnus carlsen, he is the best in the world as we speak, isn't wikipedia kind of a live lexicon, the fide page is not updated, He offically beat the record 8th of dec. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.203.34.252 (talk) 11:34, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
The Rat PatrolHello! It is a copy of my report in the discussion of the article of "The Rat Patrol" Here are some screenshots of "The Rat Patrol" cast, they are better than existing screenshots, and can be uploaded under the same license. Can anyone (with uploading rights) add them to Wikipedia? http://tanda-mif-chgk.livejournal.com/769170.html I beg pardon for possible errors in my text. I do not own English, therefore must use a machine translator and prompts of acquaintances. I hope that severe errors in text are not present. 01:05, 12 December 2012 (UTC)Lana Roxe — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lana Roxe (talk • contribs) Back in February, you PRODded this (actually, you PROD2-ed it), and it was deleted. Undeletion has now been requested at WP:REFUND, so per WP:DEL#Proposed deletion I have restored it, and now notify you in case you wish to consider AfD. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:54, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
Concerning chess time controlsMost of my original post on the talk page for time controls isn't even appearing b/c I don't know wtf im doing here in Wikipedia. You are free to hack away at my original post until its intelligible I probably should have formatted it as a list of known / unknown so information and links can be collected. Thanks for answering my question though and increment/decriment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesford42 (talk • contribs) 21:50, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
Season's tidings! To you and yours, Have a Merry ______ (fill in the blank) and Happy New Year! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 22:02, 24 December 2012 (UTC) Language ref deskThere's a question currently near the bottom of the page that it occurs to me you might be uniquely qualified to offer some insight on. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 05:35, 28 December 2012 (UTC) Thank you for the adviceThank you for the advice on section headings. Ta muchly. :) Chessbloke (talk) 20:08, 30 December 2012 (UTC) Added a section or two to the Outline of chessIf you have time, please look them over and touch them up. Thank you. The Transhumanist 00:03, 3 January 2013 (UTC) WP Chess in the SignpostThe WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Chess for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. –Mabeenot (talk) 04:46, 6 January 2013 (UTC) Olympic boldYou're right about the first place team being needlessly bolded. I should be more delicate about this, but bolding the winning Olympiad team is even more pointless than using bold face in the players section and it's equally as ugly from a typographic and design standpoint. I did notice this when I was making the fix to the players sections, but I was part way through the edits and just wanted to finish. Actually these days I wouldn't normally edit an article just to make a very small change like that (removing the unneeded bold) as it falls beneath my threshold of being worth an individual edit because it clogs the page history and watch lists. I normally would only do a tiny edit like that in conjunction with another edit, even a little one like a punctuation or MOS fix or adding an ISBN or whatever. Following this principle I wouldn't have made those small edits to the Olympiad articles either, but it was necessary in this particular circumstance. Quale (talk) 09:10, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
Sicilian defenseYou are the chess go-to guy. Any idea what this[5] is about? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 05:15, 3 February 2013 (UTC) Jude Frazier AcersBubba, I changed the spelling of Jude's middle name to the correct spelling. Jude himself told me his middle name was misspelled on Wikipedia. And I see why, it's near impossible to correct it! Here's a source: http://judeacers.com/?page_id=9 (ctrl+f or cmd+f "frazier") — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.1.166.214 (talk) 19:39, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
Notation box pos=tocxxxReminder: there is no 'pos=tocright'. Only 'pos=tocleft' (also equiv to 'pos=toc' & 'pos=TOC'). And of course, there is 'pos=right' (the default if nothing specified), and the others, too. Ok, Ihardlythinkso (talk) 19:55, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
I REST MY CASEi cite myself from the hard censored moon hoax article TALK: "I have had ton's of discussions too and it always ends in one way: deleted and censored posts and suspended users when the propaganda trolls are out of words and argument (as they had any in the first place?!) i see the same shit tactic is being used on wikipeda as well, by lame admins." TROLL! 91.145.38.53 (talk) 00:44, 19 February 2013 (UTC) FIDE Player ProfileI think the link to the FIDE Player Profile belongs in the External links section, although that's just my opinion. It is also my opinion that the info box is not actually part of the article, but rather an optional addition, so if any information is important it should be somewhere in the body of the article and not solely in the info box. If anyone has been removing the player profile links from the External links section then I think that is wrong, but clearly whoever would remove them disagrees. Quale (talk) 07:31, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
2013 Russian meteor event requested moveYou may have participated in a prior informal discussion on changing the title of 2013 Russian meteor event. This discussion has been closed in favor of a formal Requested Move. You are invited to comment on the formal discussion here. Thank you. μηδείς (talk) 18:48, 3 March 2013 (UTC) Chess problemist biosThanks for your work on chess problemist bios. Chess composition has never been my thing, so I don't have much in the way of references in my library to help contribute. Still, I think that chess problems and problemists are currently underdeveloped in Wikipedia. Over many years I've noticed only a few editors show great interest in this area, and they've mostly just passed through. Maybe because it seemed that there weren't many others here who shared their interests. Quale (talk) 05:30, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
AFDI withdrew my nomination on Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Adolf_Zytogorski. Thank you. OGBranniff (talk) 19:42, 13 March 2013 (UTC) RFA?I been going though User:Scottywong/Admin scoring tool results and I saw your name listed near the top. I've seen some of your outstanding work in the reference desk, and maybe you might be interested in running for adminship? Let me know. Thanks Secret account 01:38, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
Glossary cleanup midi-projectHi Bubba. Was thinking today about going thru the glossary over time, making consistent when linking within itself, or to articles, and other consistency cleanup. Then I saw your edit sum today. (Coincidence!) Anyway I think if I start going thru looking for patterns etc., there will be cases that don't fit. So for those cases and other Qs I might have along the way, mind if I come here and ask your opinion what best to do in them? (I'm sure this mini project will take some time. I like the idea of getting the glossary in a consistent status as a checkpoint, before it grows much bigger, since it will only continue to fall out of sync naturally, e.g. a def linking to an article since no term is available, then an editor adds the term later, and so forth). Cheers, Ihardlythinkso (talk) 01:11, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Bubba. It's a fun project so far, am half-way there. Ran into an interesting case where a term was linking to the mainspace, when there was nothing available to link to in the glossary, but, keeping with preference to link within the glossary when possible, there was a term in the other glossary (Glossary of chess problems), so I linked from the Chess glossary to the Chess problem glossary, instead of linking to mainspace. (That worked well, and I've actually repeated that technique a few times subsquently, too.) One issue that's come up, that I haven't researched yet, is order. (I.e., how is alphanumeric order defined for terms? I mean, there are several ways to order, some are terrible [like my phone company uses for the phone book - have you ever had problems looking up an acronym for business, with or without spaces, in the phone book!?], some are great [the order system I like best is used by Leonard Maltin in his Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, because it is so simple: throw out "the"s and "A"s/"An"s and punctuation, and squish all the letters together of the remaining words in the movie title - it works easy/every time!]. I haven't checked how my dictionary orders things yet ... because I'm assuming there is probably a standard or convention within WP how they like to have order in their glossaries/lists. [I just don't know what that standard is, or where it's located.]) It's not a big deal of course, but there should be a method rather than not. For examples:
... and so on. Ok, Ihardlythinkso (talk) 13:55, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Post first-passWell, I've finished going thru the glossary. The orig objective of changing mainspace links to intra-glossary links where available, blossomed into a bigger cleanup project than I'd planned: fixing alpha orders, identifying & making formatting more consistent (the entry name especially), eliminating/consolidating some circular defs, doing copyediting, adding some terms, adding some illustrations. After going thru the glossary once, I guess I'm feeling I could further tighten it up by going thru a 2nd time, based on what I learned in the first pass thru. But I wanted to ask for any your feedback you may have first. (Also, I'd like to resolve/research & find out the alphanumeric scheme WP wants for glossaries/dictionaries re special chars as earlier mentioned; perhaps I'll do that next. There are other issues too, that I don't expect are resolvable at this time, such as, should a term be British? American? both? in the entry name and in the definition. And if both, which is specified first, etc. Because the glossary currently has an inconsistent smattering of all of those those. But again I believe/understand that'd be a level of polish ProjChess is not ready to resolve anytime soon!) Cheers, Ihardlythinkso (talk) 10:29, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
Ship on GrassWhat is actually being depicted in File:ShipOnGrass.jpg? Is there a river or something past the grass or is photoshop involved? Ryan Vesey 04:49, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
BarnesHey, the Barnes article is looking good! If I would have known that was the same Barnes as in the Barnes opening I never would have nominated it. My bad. Sorry about that. OGBranniff (talk) 19:46, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
Thanks.Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 00:43, 30 March 2013 (UTC) Baby shot in strollerWhat's up with this "Baby shot in stroller" story that everyone's talking about? That was in your hometown, no? Lampenstein (talk) 05:02, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for April 3Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Castling, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Algebraic notation (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 21:00, 3 April 2013 (UTC) I suspect those Bubba Gump bumper stickers are in violation of Fair Use, which I wouldn't have known at the time I uploaded them, some 5 years ago. I think I should delete the reference from your archive 4, and then request speedy deletion of the uploaded files. Is that OK with you? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:04, 14 April 2013 (UTC) Invitation to requested move discussionAs a contributor to Golden Isles of Georgia, I think you might be able to give helpful input at Talk:Brunswick metropolitan area#Requested move. Thanks! --Orlady (talk) 20:33, 16 April 2013 (UTC) I see what happened now... [Peter Lalic]The (2d nomination) got copied to the article title. Off to fix. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 17:03, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
Trapping pieces using pawn structureI don't understand why you tagged my statement "a player might have the opportunity to trap an enemy piece using his pawn structure" with "citation needed", saying "this doesn't make much sense to me". How does it not make sense? There's a diagram illustrating it (the Noah's Ark Trap) right there on the page. - furrykef (Talk at me) 13:21, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
checkers set I was just wondering where you found that checkers board that is in the picture and where can i buy one from. Thanks for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.100.174.119 (talk) 15:15, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Appreciation
New FEN diagramsI took a quick look at your test use of the new FEN diagrams at Rook and pawn versus rook endgame. The placement of the coordinates around the boards is a little off on the FEN diagrams, but we can probably get someone to adjust the template. Otherwise I think it looks good, and −6500 bytes to the page size from a partial conversion is impressive. Of course FEN is brief for most endgame positions. Quale (talk) 04:44, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Event titlesHi Bubba, regarding this edit, I'm thinking in these cases that the numeric qualifier is part of the event title, so WP:ORDINAL doesn't really apply. (For example see this article: Klaus Junge. There are references to events "8th German Championship", "2nd General Government-ch", "1st European Championship", and "3rd GG-ch". Do we want to change them to "eighth German Championship", etc.? I'm thinking not.) What say you? Ok, Ihardlythinkso (talk) 11:02, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
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chess diagramI put a new version of {{chess diagram}} in the sandbox, which uses a sandbox version of the lua module used by the fen template. you can see the differences between the sandbox version and the current live template in Template:Chess diagram/testcases. it turns out that almost all the infrastructure was already there, and there were just a few hard-to-find typos that I had to track down to make it all work. basically, there was already a function in there that converted the old format to fen, so I have it generate the fen first, then use the fen to generate the board. the new version can use either fen or the old diagram format. I'm not sure if the new template supports all of the pieces supported by the old template, but it does behave better with resizing, and the numbers=left option. Frietjes (talk) 23:12, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
Two knights endgame mistake?Hello! In Two knights endgame there is your reference to the position below. I think the analysis is wrong. Why 8... Kh6? If Black plays 8... Kg7! then White's plan is broken. Maybe White will win, maybe not, but anyway it will be hard job, it seems there is no easy way for the White to win...
SobolevskyP. Sobolevsky, Shakhmaty v SSSR, 1951
White to move and win In this problem composed by Sobolevsky, White wins by checkmating with two knights:
Gaz v pol (talk) 18:22, 19 May 2013 (UTC) Another mistake in Two knights endgame.I have spent a lot of time with this position, and I think the claim is not correct. White cannot win, Black can draw. 1. g6 Nc6! 2. g7 Nc8-e7!! and White have no way to win. 3. f5 Ng8. Gaz v pol (talk) 20:38, 20 May 2013 (UTC) Rinck, 1935, ECE #1780
White to move wins
Neumann, 1927 ECE #1782
White to move and win
This position is one where the pawns beat the knights - according to Enc. of Chess Endings. But I haven't checked it on a computer. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 14:54, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
Invitation to take a short survey about communication and efficiency of WikiProjects for my researchHi Bubba73, I'm working on a project to study the running of WikiProject and possible performance measures for it. I learn from WikiProject Chess talk page that you are an active member of the project. I would like to invite you to take a short survey for my study. If you are available to take our survey, could you please reply an email to me? I'm new to Wikipedia, I can't send too many emails to other editors due to anti-spam measure. Thank you very much for your time. Xiangju (talk) 16:36, 22 May 2013 (UTC) Small mistake in Wrong rook pawn ?Hello Bubba73! In Wrong rook pawn one of the examples is Goglidze versus Kasparian (see below). I think that the last claim (I put it big bold here on your page) is not correct. After 1... Bb3+ Black will not lose! Black can draw after 2. Ke7 Ba4! (instead of 2...Bxf7??) and White no way to win. Do you agree? Gaz v pol (talk) 14:31, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Goglidze vs. Kasparian, 1929
Black to move draws with 1... Bg4+!
In this position from a 1929 game between Viktor Arsentievich Goglidze and Genrikh Kasparian, Black uses the tactic of offering the sacrifice of his bishop for the pawn on the e file to leave White with the wrong rook pawn:
and the game was drawn twelve moves later. The bishop will remain on the c8 to h3 diagonal and sacrifice itself for the e-pawn if it advances to e6. (Note that 1... Bb3+ does not work because of 2. Ke7 Bxf7 3. h6+!) (van Perlo 2006:356). Mistake in Chess endgame ?Johann Berger 1914 (Fine & Benko diagram 1053)
White to play wins. Black wins if his pieces are one rank more advanced (pawns on f3, g3, and h2, king on h3).
Hello Bubba73! In Chess endgame there is an example. I think the last claim in the example (I put it in bold) is not correct. If black pawns on f3, g3, and h2, king on h3, White still wins by 1. Q:f3 and Black have no way to draw, White wins easily. Do you agree? Gaz v pol (talk) 18:30, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Mistake in Queen versus pawn endgame ?Hello Bubba73! In Queen versus pawn endgame there is an example (see below). I think that the last claim (I put it in bold here on your page) is not correct. Article claims that if the white king is anywhere but not on g7, then white to win. But imagine that white king is on h7 or h8. Then white cannot win (this follows from the same arguments as with king on g7). So the correct statement should be: "if the white king is on g7,h7 or h8, then black draws; but if the white king is anywhere else, white wins". If you agree with me, please, correct the article. Thank you! Gaz v pol (talk) 19:23, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
White to move, draw (a rare exception because the white king blocks the queen)
White needs to pin the pawn by 2. Qh8, but the king blocks the pin.
This was White's only check which prevents the pawn from advancing, and Black responds
repeating the position. If the white king is anywhere else, the queen can pin the pawn and allow for the queen and then the king to approach (Fine & Benko 2003:530)." File:Apollo1plaque.JPG missing description detailsDear uploader: The media file you uploaded as:
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Thanks for catching that Index of chess articles needs a link to chessgames.com. I'm trying to fix the index up a bit. The first step was fixing links to redirect pages, which usually happens when the page was moved. In order for the "Related changes" feature to work I think the link has to be directly to the article. That's done, and now the only link to a redirect on the page is Stealth chess which should probably stay because the redirect target page would not otherwise be in the index. The next step is to try to check to see if all the pages under the Category:Chess hierarchy are in the index. (Possibly a few exceptional pages in the chess categories shouldn't be in the index, I'll know more when I do the comparison.) Quale (talk) 03:17, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
algebraic notationThanks for moving the template—I guess that's what we do in most of our articles. I do wonder why we put it after the lead, though, when it uses chess notation as well, usually in the very first sentence. Shouldn't the reader be warned right away? Not a big deal, but I'm just wondering if consensus was actually achieved on this point. Cobblet (talk) 20:46, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
September 2013
Thanks, BracketBot (talk) 16:55, 15 September 2013 (UTC) commaThanks, Bubba, of course you're correct about the comma. Thanks also for leading me to the Capablanca video on Youtube.GretDrabba (talk) 13:41, 25 September 2013 (UTC) Opting in to VisualEditorAs you may know, VisualEditor ("Edit beta") is currently available on the English Wikipedia only for registered editors who choose to enable it. Since you have made 100 or more edits with VisualEditor this year, I want to make sure that you know that you can enable VisualEditor (if you haven't already done so) by going to your preferences and choosing the item, " White vs. white[6] "White when referring to the player; white when referring to pieces" just doesn't work in many cases. And it is nearly one of the only ProjChess conventions there is! (Pieces being lower-case, is practically the only other one.) I suggest when ProjChess gets around to making conventions, in all cases "White" s/b upper-case. (I mean, what's the difference between "The white knight on e5" and "The White knight on e5"? None that I see. So confusion/inconsistency would be eliminated then.) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 18:33, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
That would be definitive and usable without inconsistencies or "judgement calls" I think, so I like that idea from that perspective. (It isnt' the current WP:CHESS "Cap when referring to the player, small when referring to pieces", so the understanding of WP:CHESS standard should be replaced by your idea, if accepted, on the project page.) But what about these?:
(Noun or adjective?) Also this:
(In the second case, "white" is an adjective, but the modifying quality is that of possession, not of color as in "the color of the move is white color".) And here's one from the lead of Vienna Game, Frankenstein-Dracula Variation:
(Word "black" is used as a noun. But often I see "with black" in lowercase as above, I presume the reason is because it is shorthand for "with the black pieces" which refers to pieces.) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 13:45, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
I looked at that discussion at WT:CHESS#upper and lower case, like you said I might, and, I’m sorry, but that debate’s got problems and seems to go nowhere. It’s unresolved anyway. Starting with a little misinterpretation that ironically enough begins: “The policy is clear ...” The fact is, the particular WP policy of w’s and b’s as adjectives isn’t stated in WP:MOS and you can’t extrapolate it without shifting the meaning of things. It’s a shame that first error goes unchallenged, because more errors get built on it. For example, this: ‘... in the first three cases "was", "took" and "have" are copula verbs, so "white" is an adjective and should remain uncapitalized." Who is it that says adjectives should not be capitalized? It appears to be the “interpretation” mentioned above. And who says that copula verbs have to be followed by adjectives? I think nobody will go along with that. And the idea that “white” is an adjective in that sentence (I didn’t quote it, but here it is: “Joel Benjamin was White...”) ... I don’t think so. According to Fowler’s dictionary a noun is a word used as the name of a person place or thing. Of course, nobody’s saying that words, nouns included, can’t play different roles at the same time. The solution is way simpler than all that. To find out how chess writing deals with the w’s and b’s as adjectives: you just have to look around. Here’s what I found: Sources that use upper case for White and Black adjectives include: Five recent chess articles in the New York Times and five in the Guardian, and five books: Soltis, Nimzovich, Bent Larsen, Ken Smith, Sillman. Those that use lower case include: a book by Nimzovich (I guess he does it both ways) and an article by Robert Byrne in the New York Times from 1984. Other considerations can come into play, like a magazine like Harpers might look more sedate by mixing things up, but a page from WP that pops up on various screens ... ? That’s another matter.GretDrabba (talk) 15:47, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
I understand your interest in what articles I looked at, but I didn’t take notes, it was just a casual search out of my own curiosity to see what’s out there. The Times won’t let me back on until November without a subscription, but if that’s what the Times Manual of Style says, I have to think that I may have gotten it completely wrong. Sorry about that, if that’s the case. Of course, a proper survey would have to be more scientific than the casual scanning I was doing. But the point remains that there’s not just one way of dealing with the “W’s” and the “B’s” -- people seem to go either way. I probably feel the same way. On the one hand, it looks cleaner and more ... literary not to have caps popping all over the page, but Wikipedia is also capable in a very great way of sinking so deeply into the chess player’s world -- with opening after opening, variations, endgames, diagrams, animated diagrams -- that it can actually take on something of the aspect of each subject that it covers and be more truly encyclopedic than the Encyclopedia Britannica ever imagined. And when Wikipedia goes deep into that territory -- chess players maybe appreciate those uppercase letters -- and why not, since who else but chess players would be on that particular page? It’s hard to find a compromise when you’ve got “true believers” on both sides, but maybe some kind of rule of toleration could be invented for accommodating various styles and also for letting Wikipedia be different in that way from things that went before.GretDrabba (talk) 03:30, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
flag photoGreetings Bubba 73 - Jud McCrane. I am writing you (but it looks like it will be posted) in hopes that my wife and I can get a little more direct permission from you to use your picture of the Flag flown on the first manned US spaceflight (Freedom 7 in 1961) and the 100th (STS-71 in 1995). My wife is an elementary school teacher and has spent a lot of time putting together with me a kids book called "The First Flag in Space". Her first job was at Cocoa Beach Elementary School and she told me about how there was a big ceremony after Alan Shepard put the school flag behind his seat for that flight. We have spent years trying to track it down, apparently it was at the Smithsonian in back before it went up on the 100th flight. Recent year phone calls let us know it was now in Astronaut Hall of Fame. We have been meaning to get there and I just now found your picture of it on display. We will gladly attribute credit to you. Sincerely — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.16.8.231 (talk) 17:45, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
Chess userWasn't there an edit-war of some kind going on a few months ago with some chess fan who was eventually blocked? I'm trying to figure out if Fishfacegurl might be that user, or if it's a coincidence. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:28, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
I don't know. We just had a bunch of suspected sockpuppets at wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tiger Lilov. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 18:13, 25 October 2013 (UTC) Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library NewsletterGreetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved... New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted. New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis?? New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration Thanks for reading! All future newsletters will be opt-in only. Have an item for the next issue? Leave a note for the editor on the Suggestions page. --The Interior 20:03, 27 October 2013 (UTC) here's my math websitewww.oddperfectnumbers.com; not really sure why Erdos assigned numbers to zee ppls; it's each to his/her own ability99.142.27.252 (talk) 01:36, 2 November 2013 (UTC) About Alvaro Dias HuizarDear Bubba73: I wrotte you in order to explain you respectfully the reason of my article. Firstly, this article was created folowing the right confered by a formal wikipedia category (FIDE Masters); secondly, concerning notablity, it could be posible make a stub of this person because is a rare case in his poor country become a chess master, having many nationalities and becoming PhD in Law in France making him strange personality in chess world. Third, there are other players FIDE Masters in wikipedia that never study nothing and however they are in wiki because only participated as a second in a chess Olimpiad or a cheater like Ivanov Borislav without nothing of merit to become a FIDE Master. If you play chess probably you know the difficulty to become a Master and more when you'are a lawyer, engineer or other...like Kamsky. (. Concerning the raiting, you know that chess raiting are relative each year, it depends of your time and money to play tournaments; the more important case Anand (He is not the best ELO in the world but he is the World Champion, other example Bobby Fischer die not with the title or the raiting prouving his level, but everybody knows him one of the best ever! I coincide with you that not all FIDE Masters have the right to be there because they are only that (a common chess players); particularly in this case i know Mr Dias in a tournament last year and his personality is awesome by his intelectual discuss and his chess capacity. In all case if the decision is delate the article consider also propose disappear the category FIDE Master on wikipedia. Respectfully and kind regards. fidebairawiki. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fidebairawiki (talk • contribs) 10:29, 4 November 2013 (UTC) please notice User ip 111.243.34.140Hi, Bubba73 , please notice , this User ip 111.243.34.140 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/111.243.34.140 , Vandalism a lot of article, please stop it , thank you Buglerazedg21dnlole (talk) 12:42, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
Chess handicap, an article to which you have contributed, has been nominated for Good Article. The review is on hold to allow time for issues raised to be discussed or addressed. SilkTork ✔Tea time 17:47, 24 November 2013 (UTC) ANI discussion
TalkbackMessage added 06:38, 26 November 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Darylgolden(talk) 06:38, 26 November 2013 (UTC) On the so-called "Moon hoax"Hello from Bulgaria! If you remember, about four years ago I had a dispute with you and others in Wikipedia on the so-called "Moon hoax", insisting that there was one. On 2 October 2010, with the immense help of the participants in the Russian "airbase.ru" forum, I finally realised that I was wrong (see this discussion page in Russian; I hope that its machine translation would be understandable for you). Since then, when I have time, I participate there having fun with the so-called "refuters" (the term used there), one of which I once was. So I'd like to let you know that. I know you're interested in space technology, and so am I. It's sad that some put one of the greatest achievements of mankind (and the USA in particular) into the "dark zone" of world conspiracies and criminal political affairs. I think the only way to counter this illiteracy is education and self-education. So, keep educating people! Space exploration is a bright activity uniting mankind, a road to our future. It's not to be smeared with accusations in falsifications, no matter if speaking of the Americans, the Russians, or the Chinese. --Лъчезар☭共产主义万岁★ 10:28, 30 November 2013 (UTC) Your cut-and-paste move of Talk:Steinitz VariationWith your experience here, you should know better than to do a cut-and-paste move of a page with significant edit history. Please take care to avoid doing so in the future. Cheers! bd2412 T 20:01, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
The Wikipedia Library SurveyAs a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi t | c 14:52, 9 December 2013 (UTC) Modified abbreviated citationsHi Bubba, is Bare king okay by you now? Ihardlythinkso (talk) 12:00, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
now I'm curious
Scarry, huh!? Ihardlythinkso (talk) 07:06, 17 December 2013 (UTC) Nightriders had to be black, since Black already threats to win the e-pawn: 1...Nhxe2. After 1.e3!? Black can fork rooks if he wants w/ 1...Nhe2. (But who would want!?) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 02:06, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
How much do you think the nightrider is worth? (Just as the queen makes an unlimited number of king moves in the same direction, the nightrider makes an unlimited number of knight moves in the same direction.) I guess about 5 in the opening but 4 in the endgame. Double sharp (talk) 02:53, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
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Megapixels - your recent refdesk questionI came here because you marked the question "resolved". However, I feel it is necessary to say many (most?) new cell phones have cameras with at least 5 megapixels. 2 megapixels or less is quite rare these days. That said, no matter how many megapixels you have, the results from a cell phone can be quite disappointing, particularly in low light - they tend to ramp up the gain rather than adjust the aperture and shutter speed. This leads to a grainy/noisy image. If the purpose is photography, you could be better off getting your daughter a separate camera with much more control over the image and exposure, than is offered by a cell phone. Astronaut (talk) 18:42, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
Buzz aldrinHow many mission did he go to the moon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.187.221.38 (talk) 14:16, 11 March 2014 (UTC) Notification of automated file description generationYour upload of File:Apollo1plaque 2.JPG or contribution to its description is noted, and thanks (even if belatedly) for your contribution. In order to help make better use of the media, an attempt has been made by an automated process to identify and add certain information to the media's description page. This notification is placed on your talk page because a bot has identified you either as the uploader of the file, or as a contributor to its metadata. It would be appreciated if you could carefully review the information the bot added. To opt out of these notifications, please follow the instructions here. Thanks! Message delivered by Theo's Little Bot (opt-out) 11:52, 15 April 2014 (UTC) Re: 96 moves in the two knights endgameYes i knew that pawn reset this 50 rules, but in Nalimov table last move pawn is e2 to e1 and win in 74 move:) and the next pawn move is in win in 4, also the 50 move rules is break. Check it. Instruktorek (talk) 16:26, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
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Another 15 per cent will be kept as examples of the types (15% from 21.7 = 3.2555 kilograms.) of material returned from Tranquility Base, where the Apollo 11 Lunar Module landed July 20. The rest will be held for later scientific experiments, from which a small amount may be available on temporary loan for public display. Since its return in sealed containers on July 25, all the material has been under quarantine in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Manned Spacecraft Center where tests on animal and plant life have shown no bad effects. Release of the samples was approved by the Interagency Committee on Back Contamination, set up to review NASA safeguards against the possibility of contamination of the Earth by alien organisimns brought back from the Moon. Preliminary examinations in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory have disclosed that there are two basic rock types: 1) compacted lunar soil and 2) igneous rocks. The preliminary examination has shown that the rocks have been lying on the lunar surface from 10 -150 million years. The igneous rocks crystallized from 3 - 4 billion years ago. Each of the principal investigators or hi, representative mus't personally accept his sample at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory, and his plans for safeguarding the material must have been approved by Manned Spacecraft Center administrative, scientific, and security offici.als. Of the 8.2 kilograms of samples being distributed, approximately 3 kilograms will be destroyed in the course of the planned experiments; the residues and the remaining 5.1 kilograms will be returned to NASA. Investigators plan to report results of their analyses early next year. The types of investigation carried on by the principal investigators include almost every type of ,measurement that has been made on terrestrial igneous rocks or meteorites. The principal types of measurement are: 1. Measurements of physical properties of r(. Ics and soil. These data will help in understanding optical observations of the Moon from Earth as well as future seismic experiments. Studies of microscopic fission tracts and cosmic ray induced tracks will help us understand the radiation history of the Moon. 2. Mineralogy and petrology which include the study of the mineral content of the rocks and compositions of these when the rocks crystallized or were formed on the lunar surface. minerals. These studies will show how much water was present The study will also show how surfaces were eroded by particles. 3. Studies of the chemical composition of the rocks and fines. These studies will determine the concentration of virtually every one of the 92 elements that occur on Earth and in meteorites. Determinations of isotopic compositions of strontium lead, and the rare gas elements (Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe) will determine the times of crystallization of the igneous rocks and the times that rocks have laid on the lunar surface. Studies of the rare gases in the soil will also furnish the first data on isotopic compositions of solar materials. 4. Biologists and organic chemists will determine the structures and relative abundances of compounds of carbon indigenous in, and deposited on, the lunar surface; determine the origin of the indigenous carbon compounds; catalog microstructures in terms of organized elements and microfossils; and define the presence or absence of viable lunar organisms. "But then, where are this 11,22 kilograms that are missing, because the Apollo 11 brought 21,7 kilograms of samples. (7,23 approx 1/3 were distributed. 3,25 " 15% were kept 11,22 ... paperweights for the desk of VIP (are missing ? ) 21,70 Total returned. Seems that NASA forgot this document in his book: "Where No Man Has Gone Before" A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions. By W. David Compton. Published as NASA Special Publication - 4214 in the NASA History Series, 1989 Moreover,the statements of these two officials of the State Department is very clear: "NASA turned over he samples to the State Department to distribute," said Jennifer Ross-Nazal, a NASA historian, in a e-mailed response to question. "We don't have any records about when and to whom the rocks were given." "The office of the Historian does not keep records what become of the moon rocks, and to my knowledge, there is no one entity that does so." (e-mailed Tiffany Hamelin, the State Department Historian.) See: http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/2861027/Apollo-moon-rocks-missing Even more,NASA has never said from where the Good-will Apollo 11 moon rock displays came from. (Wikipedia) Zackaryas (talk) 09:13, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[2] Moon rocksI'm really very surprised by his comments regarding my contribution to "Stolen and missing moon rocks." You say: "Because it did not Appear constructive." Well. I think the truth is always constructive. I think that, being me one of the leading persons of that meeting, I can give my version, even when, in wikipedia described me as a liar. If you want to hold your point of view, make sure you have very good arguments. rafael.navarro7@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zackaryas (talk • contribs) 02:01, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
Hello, Bubba73, Is me, Zackary, other time. I hope this article, can be for you very constructive and interesting, as you can see the source of the information is NASA. If you have no objection, I ask you revise it and include it in the page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_and_missing_moon_rocks > DISCUSSION If you have any reason for this post is not published, I ask you to be very explicit about the reasons you have. Zackaryas (talk) 22:28, 20 August 2014 (UTC)== HOW MANY KILOGRAMS OF MOON ROCKS WERE GIVEV AWAY TO VIP AS PAPERWEIGHT Zackaryas (talk) 21:33, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[3]? ==
[NEWSN EW S NATIONAL AER~~OWNAAUSTHIICNSG TAONNDD .SCP.A C2E0 5A DMINISTREASTI ON ((22002) ) 99663e.-46195255FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATE September 12, 1969 RELEASE NO: 69-130 USS4] MOON SURFACE SAMPLES DISTRIBUTED Distribution of about 18 pounds of Moon rocks and dust (18 x 0.453 grams = 8.154 kilograms) to scientific investigators around the world begins today at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Manned Spacecraft Center near Houston, Texas. Lunar samples collected by the Apollo 11 astronauts will go to 106 principal investigators in the United States and 36 in eight other countries for analyses in university, l industrial, and government laboratories. The 4.2 kilograms of fine materials and chips and slices of about 30 rocks totaling 4 kilograms are being distributed for first-generation experiments. This makes up about onethird (1/3 from 21.7 = 7.2333 kilograms) of the lunar materials returned from man's first lunar landing. Another 15 per cent will be kept as examples of the types (15% from 21.7 = 3.2555 kilograms.) of material returned from Tranquility Base, where the Apollo 11 Lunar Module landed July 20. The rest will be held for later scientific experiments, from which a small amount may be available on temporary loan for public display. Since its return in sealed containers on July 25, all the material has been under quarantine in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Manned Spacecraft Center where tests on animal and plant life have shown no bad effects. Release of the samples was approved by the Interagency Committee on Back Contamination, set up to review NASA safeguards against the possibility of contamination of the Earth by alien organisimns brought back from the Moon. Preliminary examinations in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory have disclosed that there are two basic rock types: 1) compacted lunar soil and 2) igneous rocks. The preliminary examination has shown that the rocks have been lying on the lunar surface from 10 -150 million years. The igneous rocks crystallized from 3 - 4 billion years ago. Each of the principal investigators or hi, representative mus't personally accept his sample at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory, and his plans for safeguarding the material must have been approved by Manned Spacecraft Center administrative, scientific, and security offici.als. Of the 8.2 kilograms of samples being distributed, approximately 3 kilograms will be destroyed in the course of the planned experiments; the residues and the remaining 5.1 kilograms will be returned to NASA. Investigators plan to report results of their analyses early next year. The types of investigation carried on by the principal investigators include almost every type of ,measurement that has been made on terrestrial igneous rocks or meteorites. The principal types of measurement are: 1. Measurements of physical properties of r(. Ics and soil. These data will help in understanding optical observations of the Moon from Earth as well as future seismic experiments. Studies of miscroscopic fission tracts and cosmic ray induced tracks will help us understand the radiation history of the Moon. 2. Mineralogy and petrology which include the study of the mineral content of the rocks and compositions of these when the rocks crystallized or were formed on the lunar surface. minerals. These studies will show how much water was present The study will also show how surfaces were eroded by particles. 3. Studies of the chemical composition of the rocks and fines. These studies will determine the concentration of virtually every one of the 92 elements that occur on Earth and in meteorites. Determinations of isotopic compositions of strontium lead, and the rare gas elements (Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe) will determine the times of crystallization of the igneous rocks and the times that rocks have laid on the lunar surface. Studies of the rare gases in the soil will also furnish the first data on isotopic compositions of solar materials. 4. Biologists and organic chemists will determine the structures and relative abundances of compounds of carbon indigenous in, and deposited on, the lunar surface; determine the origin of the indigenous carbon compounds; catalog microstructures in terms of organized elements and microfossils; and define the presence or absence of viable lunar organisms. "But then, where are this 11,22 kilograms that are missing, because the Apollo 11 brought 21,7 kilograms of samples. ( 7,23 approx 1/3 were distributed. 3,25 " 15% were kept 11,22 ... paperweights for the desk of VIPs (are missing ? ) 21,70 Total returned. Please, correct if it is wrong.) Seems that NASA forgot this document in his book: "Where No Man Has Gone Before" A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions. By W. David Compton. Published as NASA Special Publication - 4214 in the NASA History Series, 1989 Moreover,the statements of these two officials of the State Department is very clear: "NASA turned over he samples to the State Department to distribute," said Jennifer Ross-Nazal, a NASA historian, in a e-mailed response to question. "We don't have any records about when and to whom the rocks were given." "The office of the Historian does not keep records what become of the moon rocks, and to my knowledge, there is no one entity that does so." (e-mailed Tiffany Hamelin, the State Department Historian.) See: http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/2861027/Apollo-moon-rocks-missing Even more,NASA has never said from where the Good-will Apollo 11 moon rock displays came from. (Wikipedia)
Rafael Navarro — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zackaryas (talk • contribs) 03:19, 8 August 2014 (UTC) Help with name of bookI remember reading about 15 years ago. From what I can remember of it, the story was about this guy who comes across a chess set then when used in a game & if the other player loses then that person will die. In the end of the story the guy with the chess set plays a chess game with someone that he expects to lose but he loses himself. Any ideas ? Scotius (talk) 12:33, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
Well, someone there suggested coming here to ask you (Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities - Help with name of book) Scotius (talk) 13:31, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
fair enough, thanks anyway. Scotius (talk) 14:19, 9 July 2014 (UTC) By hereby, requested to you to reconsider your decision not to publish my recent contribution to: "Stolen and missing moon rocks" (HOW MANY KILOGRAMS OF MOON ROCKS WERE GIVEV AWAY TO VIP AS PAPERWEIGHT Zackaryas (talk) 21:33, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[1]? I want to note that his argument "Because it did not Appear constructive." is unethical and contrary to the ideals and principles of Wikipedia for expose the truth for on any personal consideration. I beg you not to delay this matter more to avoid to go to "Dispute Resolution Requests."Zackaryas (talk) 22:38, 20 August 2014 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for September 20Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited IBM 7090, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Fixed-point. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:15, 20 September 2014 (UTC) The jig is up listed at Redirects for discussion An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect The jig is up. Since you had some involvement with the The jig is up redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. BDD (talk) 20:11, 25 September 2014 (UTC) NDA neutral density 4 photographic filter (meaning 4 nines of light blocking without a color bias) is used for photography. Maybe this is not safe for video. However it is near sundown in the East Coast so starting with the shortest exposure setting and moving up until it's not too dark seems advisable (and desirable if you use a telescope or strong binoculars). This is 2 shades brighter than #14 glass but it was designed for naked eye so maybe the optical quality is not good for magnification. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 03:48, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
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Illinois courthousesI've worked on the articles for a few of them, though I admit I'm only familiar with the NRHP-listed ones, and even then I'm somewhat limited to what their nominations say. I still might be able to help though; what's your question? (If I can't help, you might want to try asking Nyttend; he has some books on all the Illinois courthouses, and he's helped me with courthouse research before.) TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 02:46, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
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I want to talk to Bubba73I am doing everything I can to learn about measuring dew points19:00, 26 February 2015 (UTC)19:00, 26 February 2015 (UTC)~~ and was wondering if you could help me understand? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.20.135.210 (talk)
Files for deletionSee Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2015 March 4#Chess Life. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:06, 4 March 2015 (UTC) Windsor Park HDFeel free to restore it if you can add more sources; we're trying to get actual articles, not the NRIS-only stubs that Candleabracadabra was creating. Nyttend (talk) 13:06, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
Cliffs of DoverWasn't sure if you were watching the Eric Johnson Talk page. I added a note for you: Talk:Cliffs of Dover (composition)#Song structure.3F Stevetauber (talk) 16:12, 16 March 2015 (UTC) Photo printingIf you're looking for somewhere online to get prints made, my wife's friends predominantly use either White House Custom Color or Simply Color. Dismas|(talk) 05:27, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
chessslightly random question, just always been wondering. What is/ was your chess rating? Then I'll know what sort of an authority you are if I ever ping you on chess questions. IBE (talk) 18:34, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
It all good!!!Thank you for posting the photo of The Otis Redding Memorial. What a beautiful person he was. He deserves any and all attention he gets. The statue is breath taking. I will be paying him a visit while on my way to Florida this year. Thanks again!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.255.112.185 (talk) 12:59, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
BeatleI was going to suggest it might actually have been a Rolling Stone, rather than a Beatle. In any case, it was a joke (and the bug looks much more like some sort of moth)-relative. I have really enjoyed your images though, great uploads! My 'professional' opinion is that it's a tree frog based on its toes. It's certainly not a member of the Ranidae. μηδείς (talk) 02:44, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
Troitsky lineHi Bubba, You haven't responded to the discussion on this topic for some time. Are you still thinking about it, or have you dropped out? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martin Rattigan (talk • contribs) 09:19, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
(Sorry, that was me - forgot the twiddles again.)Martin Rattigan (talk) 23:20, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Possible precursor to position C'. White to move.
Pawn is securely blockaded on c5 (or just is potentially ...)?
Please ask for opinions at Wikipedia Chess Project talk page. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 16:52, 13 June 2015 (UTC) WikiChessDiagram.exeIs this program yours? If so, please correct it to not use the “” parameter ( {{Chess diagram|=
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Or place the comment wherever you want. Can you correct it? It causes that pages with chess diagram are placed in Category:Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls and (since the last software update) there is an error message while editing (below the “this is just preview” text). I hope it will be fixed soon. Regards, --Tacsipacsi (talk) 06:28, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
I used to have the EXE available on my website, but I don't have my website anymore. However, I've put the new EXE in dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/e4gw7urw2nilknl/WikiChessDiagram.exe?dl=0 This version makes that change. This version also includes some other changes I was working on 2-3 years ago, but they may not be fully functional. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 17:27, 16 June 2015 (UTC) Waycross, GeorgiaI saw you recently removed Waycross, Georgia from being in Pierce County, Georgia. Waycross is in fact both in Ware and Pierce counties. Per the commissioner district map here: [8] and comparing that to Google Maps when typing in Waycross [9], you can see that Waycross' boundaries extend across the Satilla River which is the dividing line between Ware and Pierce counties. --Mjrmtg (talk) 17:40, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
Vandal reversionI also think that the vandalism reduction in summer and the spike when school starts relate to the school year and who many of the vandals are. I assume most vandals are middle school and high school age boys with a few girls and college students mixed in. They are at their computers at school or maybe while doing homework which they don't want to concentrate on. They are apparently more active in social or other activities in the summer. The other vandals seem to be extreme POV pushers who don't understand that Wikipedia is not a blog or opinion forum and won't accept the guidelines even when pointed out to them. I think part of the vandalism problem is that there is no good way to get the message across about what Wikipedia is and what some of the main guidelines for editing are to new users before their vandalism starts. Welcome messages to all new users might be of some use, but they are only distributed if someone cares to do it while they are online as far as I know - and the links are probably ignored by many people who get them anyway. Donner60 (talk) 21:24, 11 July 2015 (UTC) DarienI like those pictures you took. Darien was very pleasant, I wish I could have spent more time there. Looking back at the photos I took, I see it's coming up on 4 years since I was there last. Wow, the time, she sure do fly. Cheers! :) --‖ Ebyabe talk - General Health ‖ 22:37, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for August 6Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Hybrid drive, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Seagate. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 08:58, 6 August 2015 (UTC) West Darien Historic DistrictIf you change the West Darien Historic District nomination form external link into an inline reference, you can get rid of the NRIS-only template and it won't come back. I'd do it, but don't want to take the fun away from you. There are many ways to do it, see Columbia City Historic District (Seattle, Washington) for how I do it. Generic1139 (talk) 22:33, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
Could you check your file description for this photo? It says west of Ocilla and also on the wiki page it says west of Ocilla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willacoochee_River, but on the text of the same page it says the "river rises ... east of Ocilla". When looking at Google Maps, I found the Willacoochee River is east of Ocilla, at its closest location to Ocilla being https://www.google.com/maps/@31.5103804,-83.1674489,15z --Mjrmtg (talk) 10:44, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
PicturesYou've been busy lately, haven't ya? Reminds me of me, back in the day. :) You're a better lifeform than I. I usually wait until it's cooler to do my roadtrips. More comfortable for all the wandering around, plus I think the ambient light is better in fall and winter. Plus with trees dormant, less obstruction of buildings. The driving seems nicer too. :) Do you take multiple pictures of sites? I always do, since if one or two don't turn out, you have backup. Nothing like going to Pensacola or Key West and having pictures not turn out well, as it ain't easy to just go back and retake. Though it's tough to take a bad picture in Key West. :) Anyhoo, keep up the good work and keep hydrated. I freeze various sized bottles of water (qt, half-gal, gal), so I'd have cold water the whole day. Sometimes keep an icechest too. --‖ Ebyabe talk - Opposites Attract ‖ 23:38, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
And a strange thing: there are quite a few photos needed in National Register of Historic Places listings in Bibb County, Georgia. But I wanted to concentrate on the more out-of-the way places. However, while I was in Macon, I thought that at least I would get two houses that are one block apart - #32 and #33. I found one but couldn't be sure of the other (couldn't find the street address number)- but get this - while I was on that trip, someone posted a photo of the one I could not be sure about! Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 00:44, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
And sometimes the lat/long is a mile off. And my car GPS will say "you have reached your destination" when it isn't even in sight. My biggest problem is with houses - few street numbers on houses and I'll get close but not know which one it is. I take a printout of the Wiki NHRP page for that county and use those addresses and/or lat/long. But for houses I do a lot better if I print out a picture of it so I know what it looks like. It also helps to get on Google Maps and look at that and maybe the satellite view. But I might can use your spreadsheets, especially if they have photos. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 19:00, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
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