User talk:Sebbe/Archive 1

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Archive 1

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Be Bold!

[[User:Sam Spade|Thomas Jefferson for President]] 21:19, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome; I hope I can abide by the rules and contribute something decent to the project :) ∫e^b²+1_[talk] 00:28, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I wonder...

I wonder how the heck to customize my ~~~~. Ah well. --Sebbe 22:28, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

You don't. People who want flashy signatures have to do the markup themselves every time (or cook up a template, but I'm pretty sure those are not for signatures), and then sign with five tildes (this produces just the time). This is me entering [[User:JRM|<font color="red">Joost</font> <font color="green"">R.</font> <font color="blue">Meerten</font>]] ~~~~~: Joost R. Meerten 22:44, 2004 Nov 13 (UTC)

Overall, you're better off just typing ~~~~. JRM 22:44, 2004 Nov 13 (UTC)

Actually I just figured out how to do it :)

Preferences -> Your nickname (for signatures)

E.g. I just set mine to <math>{\int}e^{b^{2}+1}</math>]][[User talk:Sebbe|_talk and it displays fine (well, except for the fact that it won't link to this page from here, but it works otherwise :) ) ${\displaystyle {\int }e^{b^{2}+1}}$ _talk 22:54, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

You learn something every day. I do hope you're not planning to make that your permanent signature. :-) JRM 22:57, 2004 Nov 13 (UTC)

Indeed not. I think that a) it's too clumsy and b) it'll probably be too much of an unneeded resource hog. This one'll do, hehe ∫e^b²+1_[talk] 23:12, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Oh, now I see it. Math geek alert!${\displaystyle \forall _{x\in \,{\textrm {geeks}}}({{\textrm {silly}}.x})}$ :-) JRM 23:30, 2004 Nov 13 (UTC)

Hehe. I'm very much a math nerd; I even bought the domain mathemaniac.org. Not that I know the slightest bit about integrals, though, but it's close enough to an S to be a-ok with me, hehe. Is there any general maximum for indents? I've just got a feeling it might get messy after 20-30 replies... ∫e^b²+1_[talk] 23:38, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Well, if I had designed them, there would be no limit, but of course practical concerns like the horizontal resolution would eventually interfere... Typically, though, discussions just don't nest this deep. You'd address individual points while editing an article, and start the indent all over again. JRM 00:03, 2004 Nov 14 (UTC)

Brand new topic

Make sure you visit Wikipedia:BJAODN, Wikipedia:Unusual articles, or just in general, Wikipedia:Department of Fun. This will inspire you to waste precious time better spent on improving articles, and make me feel less guilty about doing the same. JRM 00:03, 2004 Nov 14 (UTC)

Speaking of which, I was quite surprised to actually get a message on my talk page, half an hour after seeing Exploding Wales. Good show, hehe. ∫e^b²+1_[talk] 00:16, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Mathemaniac.com

Ooh, fractals! I thought those went out of fashion in the 90s. Glad to see there are still people who like them. I see we have some interests in common... Combinatorics and numerical computation aren't my thing, but compilers, parsers and formal logic are right up my alley. (In fact, my master's thesis is about formalizing mathematics in type theory.)

But I'm wasting Wikipedia space! We're here to work on articles, not have merry little chats. Bad me. We can always e-mail each other on such tangential matters, after all...

Oh, look at the time. I'm off to get some well-deserved sleep. If you're in Iran, you're up late (or early), aren't you? :-) JRM 00:03, 2004 Nov 14 (UTC)

Why indeed we are. I'd like to point out, though, that I own mathemaniac.org, not mathemaniac.com. Anyway, let's continue this discussion tomorrow over email instead and let the poor sods who probably want to tell me off do so here :). #REDIRECT [[Email]]. ∫e^b²+1_[talk] 00:16, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Agentic

Are you sure this isn't a dictionary definition? I expect "agentic" is the adjective form of "agency", right? What do you think should go in this article that doesn't belong in the main agency article? (Note that nothing links to agentic—this doesn't necessarily mean the article is bad, but it is a sign that the concept isn't referenced anywhere else in the 'pedia.) (Oh, and note also that I know nothing about the topic, so this is just a sanity check.) JRM 09:27, 2004 Nov 15 (UTC)

My thoughts exactly; I just cleaned up the article and have no idea whether or not to keep it or redirect or ... ∫e^b²+1_[talk] 09:42, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

If an "agentic person" is literally "a person with agency", then it's definitely a dicdef, and a redirect would be best (since "agentic" is not completely obvious as the adjective to "(human) agency". JRM 09:52, 2004 Nov 15 (UTC)

True. I'll let someone who knows what they're doing handle it, though.∫e^b²+1_[talk] 10:26, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I've taken that as an invitation. :-) JRM 10:33, 2004 Nov 15 (UTC)

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Copied your QuickLinks box

Hope you don't mind, but I copied the "QuickLinks" box on your user page, and modified it a bit to make the template shown opposite. All the best, -- Nickj 02:25, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Why lookie there; looks nice. I think I'll include that on my page, then :). ∫e^b²+1_[talk] 14:55, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Thank You (Wikipedia India Education Program)

Hi, I saw your Ram Gabale Article deletion tag User is editing Wikipedia as part of Wikipedia India Education Program.Thanks for notice, I will instruct user to add required "reliable" reference.

AbhiSuryawanshi (talk) 15:20, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Rocky Rules?

Rocky Roquemore Notable or not? I have no idea whether a golf course designer is notable or not, but as he is in demand internationally, I suppose somebody must think so. I know nothing about him apart from the fact that he has a nice name and was flown across the Atlantic to design a golf course here in Kilsyth Scotland. I dont even play golf. So, whilst I assume he is fairly notable, I'm happy to hand this one over to the Wiki-experts. Cheers! Excalibur (talk) 20:02, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Ah, well, if you happen to have a link to an article on that published by a reliable source, you could add that as a reference to help show notability. I mainly tagged it as that because I didn't feel sure the sources provided necessarily showed notability. :) ∫e^b²+1_(talk) 20:16, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Well, I dont really know what constitutes a reliable source. I think http://www.kilsythlennox.com/home/corporatesponsorship.html is fairly reliable, I mean this is my local golf club, I do know them vaguely and they arent likely to make up the name of the designer of their golf course, are they, on the balance of probabilities? Sure, it isnt a major league biography, but then, why shouldnt we celebrate and reference the lives of other people who have achieved some modest success? Like you, I am an inclusionist, I cant see any reason why Rocky Raccoon shouldn't get into the room, LOL! Excalibur (talk) 21:28, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Bellanwila Temple

I noticed you put a speedy deletion on the page I just started to work. I am a Sri Lankan and this is my home town temple. I am also a researcher and I wanted to slowly add content to this article. I don't have time to add it in one take. My idea is to slowly build the article as time permits. I am very aware of the temple and its history. Anu (talk) 20:18, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

The article you posted contained only content copied directly from a copyrighted source, however, and is thus not allowed on the main Wikipedia. If you wish to slowly build an article, I can recommend starting with a userspace draft. Once you feel it is ready for the main Wikipedia, you can move it to the main namespace. In addition, I can recommend reading "So you made a userspace draft". ∫e^b²+1_(talk) 13:40, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

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why did you think dale black should be deleted

You know u could of helped me you saerch him up! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aurther barns (talk • contribs) 09:24, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

I do not recall the specifics, but judging from the comment I left on your talk page, I didn't believe the person lived up to the Wikipedia notability guideline. If you believe he does, make sure to do the following:

1. Include in the article a description of what makes the person notable according to the notability guideline.
2. Back the article up with references, so that people can verify your claims.

You could also start by writing a draft of the article in your userspace. The page linked also explains how to proceed from there.

I hope this helped. ∫e^b²+1_(talk) 09:42, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

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Noel C. Bloom's bio

Hey, I don't know much about the man. I only know a little. Could you please help me out here? The Country Girl (talk) 18:26, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Hey there. I don't know anything about him at all, and Google reveals very little. You simply need to add a citation so it's clear where you got the information you posted is from, such that it can be verified. :) ∫e^b²+1_(talk) 18:29, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

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