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Samsara, I find this comment needlessly inflammatory. You haven't pointed out anything that hasn't already been said quite (more clearly and more politely) at the nomination and your tone is unhelpful. Fir is perfectly capable of reading and responding to the comments at the nomination - hopefully he'll take them on board, but since it's currently 3:30 AM in Victoria, it's pretty unreasonable to expect an immediate response. Your comments at the goat nomination - "This is not your private photography contest, Fir. If you want credit for taking beautiful pics, for heaven's sake take it to Commons!", among others - were uncalled for; I'm not surprised Fir reacted defensively. We have a policy here of commenting on content, not the contributor, which applies just as much to you as it does to Fir0002. --YFB ¿ 17:34, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
This pic wouldn't be helpful would it? I just found it and uploaded it from flickr it's cc-by. Quadzilla99 23:40, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
You don't know about the Venerable Bacterium and his famous work, the Historia bacteria gentis Anglorum?pschemp | talk 05:49, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Good idea. I'd say it merits a wikiproject except that things seem to get done faster and better without one. Plus it saves on talk page banner cruft. pschemp | talk 22:48, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey Samsara,
What's going on? It seems like you're really upset, and it appears to be about the Evolution article. Anything I can do to help? My talk page is always open; I really hate to see you so obviously upset. Firsfron of Ronchester 01:35, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
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Thank you, Samsara, for your constructive comments in my recent RFA, which passed with 86 support, 8 oppose, and 5 neutral !votes. I will keep in mind all your suggestions and/or concerns, and will try to live up to your standards. Please, if you have any comments or complaints about my actions as an administrator, leave a note on my talk page, and I will respond as soon as I possibly can, without frying my brain, of course. |
I could not agree more. [1] David D. (Talk) 17:50, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
The first thing we'll need to do is merge the discussions at Wikipedia:Stable versions and Wikipedia:Stable versions now - any new discussion must be firmly kept in place for this to succeed. I need to quickly go shopping before shops close. Samsara (talk • contribs) 18:31, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Maybe you don't think my photo is great. But I like it. I won't put it back up lest I start a wiki war.
Hi
You've recently tagged the List of releases section of the Ubuntu (Linux distribution) as having a list that can "equally well be represented as prose". Please can you expand on this, as to me none of the tables in this section fit that description? Thryduulf 13:27, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
If so, sad to hear, but not surprised - getting progressively more sick of the atmosphere here. If so, all the best, and hope you make it back eventually. Guettarda 20:15, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
You said on Talk:Global warming you had some kind of script that automatically converted refs, how does that work? Aaron Bowen 20:27, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the award - just what I needed after what felt like bashing my head against a wall for a few days =) Adam Cuerden talk 23:04, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
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I have gone ahead and nominated it. Your participation in the process would be much appreciated.Rusty Cashman 02:33, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
HiSamsara. I'm very sorry to bother you, but I was wondering if you could have a look at something in your capacity as a Wikipedian biologist? There's a bit of a dispute going on over at epigenetics to do with the significance of epigenetic inheritance for evolution. The specific section in contention deals with the so-called philosophical implications of epigenetics. Without wanting to colour your impression of the dispute, to my mind it seems that there's an attempt to overplay the importance of epigenetics (ulterior motives are in play). Anyway, I'd be grateful if you could have a peek - to make sure I'm not waaaay off the mark if nothing else! Cheers, --Plumbago 19:04, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Why there isn't a place to cite a page number in the regular ref template is beyond me. Go Harvard. pschemp | talk 19:22, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
I really can see no direct or implied connection between the images you made and Adam's images. Since any similarity is minor, don't you think it would be wiser to assume good faith and say that, since all the images we are discussing are free-content anyway, the point is moot? This discussion isn't casting you in a good light, you are beginning to appear hyper-sensitive and aggressive on a minor point that nobody else appears to care about. From our past interactions, I know that isn't what you are actually like, but I'd thought I would warn you that you might be creating a really bad impression to other editors who don't know you as well. TimVickers 22:24, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
I like the image: I have a choice of brooms, depending on which chore I'm working on at any given time. Joyous! | Talk 15:33, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey Samsara, had a look over the article. Unortunately, there's not much I can add--I'm not an expert on lacertilians by any means, and I don't have any literature on the subject at the moment. It is shaping up nicely though! Dinoguy2 23:20, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
I guess I was hoping that the poor Tuatara might been seen elsewhere in Europe too and the list could be expanded, but alas that seems not to be the case. Ah well. pschemp | talk 02:11, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm surprised how well you've got it to come out, given that's what you started with. Did you consider using this topographic map? Its high res version (linked from the description page) is beautiful, but maybe the colours could be too distracting. -- Avenue 02:45, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
Wich one? I have had 300 edits today so it is kind of heard to remember them all:)--James, La gloria è a dio 03:08, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
I wonder why the frog article seems to draw such a crowd of vandals. Joyous! | Talk 14:02, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm hoping to bring this article forward as a FAC in the next week or so, if you had any comments or suggestions of things we should add or change, the peer-review is here. Thanks! TimVickers 23:52, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
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NCurse work 19:52, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
My thoughts exactly, dear Samsara. This is one of those cases when one feels like a mother trying to stop a kids' fight... Well, like you said, one of them has left Wikipedia, so let's hope this particular feud is over.
Btw, it's been a long, long time since we last saw each other! It's great to see you again, how are you doing, dear? Love! :) Phaedriel 15:33, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi there. Sorry I've been sick lately and so not using wikipedia much.. I'll have a look now. CheersKotare
S - I'm not sure exactly what you were getting at on User talk:Pete.Hurd. Are you expecting some action on my part? Do you think I'm in some way responsible for Pete's departure? --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 23:33, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
On that note, for anyone who needs a good laugh, please see Category:Exploding animals. pschemp | talk 01:07, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Why is Template:WikiProjectBanners high risk? -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 01:30, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
I wouldn't worry too much about the changes: There's been a lot of tightening up and tweaking that came up, but the structure hasn't changed significantly. This is, to my best knowledge, a comparison of the article that entered FAC to the current article. Speciation got rearranged a bit to match the graphic, and there's some misalignment in the last half that's more an artefact of Wikipedia's shoddy comparison algorythm, but... well, your talk page comment seemed to imply you thought there were pretty major rearrangements happening, and I've been following the changes pretty closely, so... Adam Cuerden talk 15:38, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Here's version 1. Thoughts? ArthurWeasley 06:34, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Nice! pschemp | talk 13:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
[2] How many maindates does the template accommodate? Presumably, they have to be "maindate1", "maindate2", etc. Samsara (talk • contribs) 13:18, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
It's easy enough to figure out which promotion a maindate goes with by identifying the time interval in which it falls. If you think this particular data retrieval needs to be easier, you could code the date comparisons into ArticleHistory, but it seems a small benefit for a lot of code. Gimmetrow 16:07, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Responded on my talk page. DMacks 17:57, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
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Hi there - I've noticed this user (User:Spamsara) who's popped up on a recent dinosaur FAC & noticed his name was similar to yours, so I thought I'd notify you. Their edits seem legit, & I'm not sure about how to deal with possible imposters since I've never had one pretend to be me (who would?) ;). Anyway, regards, Spawn Man 12:16, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
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Hi, you created Template:List to prose last year. Is there a Manual of Style page that covers the guideline regarding when lists should be converted to proses? Shawnc 14:50, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
I was trying to follow the policy based on the top of the page, specifically ruling out IP addresses as nominators. I also, I believe, have contacted one or more IP editors for the purpose of explaining as much to them, and requesting that they establish accounts. For what little it's worth, if there was the appearance of COI, my apologies. I honestly don't expect any of the articles I have nominated to actually get much support, and certainly not to be selected, given their rather limited appeal. However, I've been working on the assumption that an article might be seen as being more important to some of the other editors who might work on them if the talk page contained a reference to its being a previous nominee for collaboration, and I have only been nominating those articles which seem to be of same degree of importance. However, I do understand and appreciate your comments, however, and will refrain from any such action in the future. John Carter 14:09, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
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I would like someone to do an experienced copyedit on the article Clonaid. I spent the equivalent of 2 shifts (16 hours) trying to improve the article from thistothis. Since you know how to make featured articles, I was thinking that you would be interested. If you have any suggestions, please post them at Wikipedia:Peer review/Clonaid/archive1. The article is currently a featured article candidate. Sincerely, Kmarinas86 22:10, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
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I am a new Wikipedia user and am in the process of expanding the article on Non-Mendelian inheritance. Any comments or suggestions that you have about my edits would be greatly appreciated. Bretsam 04:33, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello Samsara. I picked your name out of the participants list at the evolutionary biology project only on the basis you seem so active :). I wonder if you've ever had a look at the «History of genetic prevalence» section of the article. I think it has potential in the evolutionary biology sense, as many recent scientific articles have been pointing to flexible gene expression (genetically lactose intolerant Japanese and Massai who are not lactose intolerant in real life - for entirely different reasons, and genetically lactose OK people who loose lactase function after prolonged weaning and lactase persistance in certain domestic mammals who weren't weaned) as well as the contentious gene adaptability/selection process. My masters degree involved population genetics to some extent, but it's been several years and I don't have enough materials at hand to improve this section myself. I think it could have a very interesting place in one of the genetics projects, either population or evolution. What do you think? Or who would you pass this question onto?
Also, I wonder if you could give a critical look at «Lactose intolerance by group» table. It is my impression that many stats are old and unreliable as assessment methods and understanding of lactose intolerance has changed since those early days of thinking it was a disease... I wonder if such differently originating older stats can be allowed to stand side by side with more modern stats...Thank you for your help --Tallard 06:32, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
PS, just to add food for thought, some scientists are pushing for a natural selection or evolutionary biology aspect to lactose intolerance, I guess my doubt lays with the concept of favorable phenotype. I have doubts that in a non-herding society, lactose tolerance confers any advantage at all. Just another question :)--Tallard 06:39, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi Samsara,
Apex predators are predators that, as adults, are not normally preyed upon in the wild in significant parts of their range. Polar bears are occasionally killed by orcas and walrus, but that is not the norm, so it doesn't affect their status as apex predators. If we were to consider every odd case where a rabid mouse succeeds in killing an elderly lion, then the term "apex predator" would loose its meaning.--Yannick (talk) 20:08, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Hello again,
The Commonsimages template was added to the polar bear page and others as a result of a dispute regarding galleries. Some people go around deleting galleries from Wikipedia, citing Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files. But it seems to me that some readers are interested in wide array of picture as part of learning about a topic, and Template:Commons is obscure to most people. So I created Template:Commonsimages per the consensus on Template talk:Commons#"media", and added it in. Do you have a better suggestion?--Yannick (talk) 20:30, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Hey Samsara, well i would like to tell you that graphics are not required if they are not comprhensive, i mean since their are numerous portals regarding biology it's worthless having graphical representation. no body is snatching away the featured status of the portal. in my past i did the same mistake in a bit different manner. cheers, Sushant gupta (talk) 09:55, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
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Dear Samsara,
Thank you for participating in my recent RfA. Words nor pictures can express my heartfelt appreciation at the confidence the community has shown me. I am both heartened and humbled by this confidence. I will carry the lessons learned from the constructive criticism I have received with me as I edit Wikipedia, and heed those lessons. Special thanks to Pedro and Henrik as nominators. Special thanks to Rudget who wanted to. A very special thanks to Moonriddengirl for her eloquence. |
hi Samasara, i think that this article is of immense importance. the page evolution discuss varous aspects such as mechanisms of evolution, evolutionary history of life, variants and many other things. the purpose of this article is to feed the mechanisms which are responsible for evolutionary changes and then the outcomes which can been seen after these mutuations. hope so you are getting my idea. if you don't mind can you pls. rem the tag. instead of you many others could have also raised this issue because of duplication but the purpose of this article is of great significance. thanks for your kind words. Sushant gupta 05:38, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
do you want me to write all the sections again in my own language so that duplication do not exist. Sushant gupta 06:23, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
this is my last day here on wikipedia most likely this year. i will be back on April 2008. my health is also not at all well (currently suffering from frequent heeadaches and vomiting). i will work on it and try to improve it later. Sushant gupta (talk) 12:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
You have been awarded the You Inspired Me Today Barnstar for inspiring me to write The Beginner's Guide to Wikipedia. DOSGuy 10:44, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
I have nominated History of evolutionary thought for FA. Your participation in the processs would be welcome. Rusty Cashman (talk) 06:54, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi Samsara, I don't understand your vote on my candidacy. What do you mean by "closet creationist"? Thanks. --Deskana (talk) 17:24, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi Samsara, I don't understand your vote on my candidacy. What do you mean by "joke candidate "? Thanks. --EndlessDan 17:37, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Hey, there, glad to see you're more active again! I'll look at that bird and picture issue later, but warning, I don't speak images, and the last time I dove into a bird topic, I found out that questioning capitalization on bird topics can be fatal :-)
Would you mind revisiting Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/J. K. Rowling? The FAC page was a formatting mess that took me a bit to sort out, but I eventually determined that your Oppose is the last standing, and wonder if it has been resolved to your satisfaction. Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:29, 8 December 2007 (UTC)