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3,938,728 | :One soul can direct ALL his mindjob to another one, who will feel this in his dreams. You just have to think to another one (for example: think (say) the words of your thinking to another certain soul whom you want to think it). You to not even have to know the name of the target person, instead you just have to know that (s)he is. ) | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
3,947,215 | ` :The relevant quote is here: ``When I first began tinkering with a software program that eventually gave rise to the idea of the World Wide Web, I named it Enquire, short for Enquire Within upon Everything, a musty old book of Victorian advice I noticed as a child in my parents' house outside London. With its title suggestive of magic, the book served as a portal to a world of information, everything from how to remove clothing stains to tips on investing money. Not a perfect analogy for the Web, but a primitive starting point.`` ` | 2,003 | true | article | random | train | false |
3,990,121 | ==Protection== Very few sysops have protected their user pages. I recommend you read m:Protected pages considered harmful before you consider doing this. My personal view if that sysops should not have the right to protect their user page when ordinary users can not. Adminship is supposed to be about protecting Wikipedia, not just your own pages. As far as your templates go, if you want to protect them, why not move them to your own user space? The new version of the software allows inclusion from other namespaces. For example, {{subst:User talk:Angela}} on any page would display the current version of my talk page there. | 2,004 | true | user | random | train | false |
3,990,296 | No indication of where in the world this is. Spelling of article title doesn't match spelling in article text. Is this a place there is already another article about? If so, merge. | 2,004 | true | article | random | dev | false |
4,037,240 | 11:00, 2004 Jun 11 (UTC) | 2,004 | true | user | random | train | false |
4,046,281 | : Other people sometimes have a different screen resolution, font size, and/or browser than you. — The image was previously 350 pixels wide. The TOC is approximately that same width, at least in my font size. That makes 700 pixels. How is that and the sidebar supposed to fit on a 800x600 resultion? — | 2,004 | true | user | random | test | false |
4,047,256 | , where Ploticus does not render to PNG | 2,004 | true | user | random | train | false |
4,048,597 | Hi - per the Wikipedia:Manual of Style we start headers at == and we work down from there. I know it can look a bit big but that's how it's done ) Thanks | 2,003 | true | user | random | train | false |
4,054,247 | ` Hi Euric - welcome to Wikipedia. About your recent edits to Floppy disk: Metric specifications are no 1 worldwide now, agreed. But that's not the point here. It's a fact that these floppies have been called 5¼- and 3½-inch and that has to be seen in a historical perspective. The fact that the 3½-disk is actually 90 mm in size has also been clearly stated in the article. (It might have been called a ``90 disk`` or something similar, if it was invented 10 years from now ) And even when using the metric system, you'll sometimes run into ``misnomers``; if you bought a 2½-litre car it is highly likely that it sports an engine with only 2,4895 litres of displacement. 07:36, 2004 May 21 (UTC) ` | 2,004 | true | user | random | train | false |
4,079,607 | :While I don't feel the paragraph is out of line, I'd say just edit in the basic facts and edit out the farcical statements. Statements as to why a pope didn't have a coronation belong in HIS article. If the removal of the tiara at 2nd vatican council doesn't impact it's modern use, don't mention it. Just state that tiaras weren't used with these popes as they entered the papcy by installation, not coronation, but Church Law indicates that use of the tiara and future popes' coronations are expected. : | 2,004 | true | article | random | test | false |
4,094,616 | == Empty Friends plots == I think I put stub notes on those pages, are these not sufficient? The incomplete pages are definately works in progress. Would it be safer just to disable the links until I am ready to totally complete the article? | 2,004 | true | user | random | dev | false |
4,110,732 | :I'd say you like Nintendo too much. ;) :It's a good idea, now I think about it. I've been trying to think back to when bosses became popular (a mite difficult seeing as I would have been about five years old), and it seems that the flash point is in 1985. :However, I am quite heavily biased toward scrolling shooters, so I'm probably missing something important. Bosses are, on the other hand, probably more important in scrolling shooters than any other genre, because they have to break up the linearity of the game. :Anyway. In 1985, you've that Mario game thingy, and Gradius, which is the first time I can recall having to fight a huge boss character. Then in 1986 you've got Darius, which is the earliest game I know of that had different bosses for every level. I think it had minibosses too. :And then it really gets going. In 1987, I can name R-Type, Raiden, and Rainbow Islands as having distinct bosses, and by this point it was all pretty standard. But I'm just namedropping (and article-dropping too, seeing as I wrote most of those articles ;) ). The point is that there seems to be a dark age of bosses before 1985, so it would probably be interesting to unravel that. :The very earliest enemy-that-could-conceivably-be-thought-of-as-a-boss that I can think of (not including that Dungeons and Dragons thing mentioned in the article, which I know nothing about) is the Flag Ship from Gorf, an arcade game released in 1981, in the prime of the Space Invaders Era. Gorf was like five games in one, and when the player completed a level, they would move onto a level in the next game. :The fifth level was a battle with the Flag Ship. It has all the hallmarks of a boss: It's much bigger than the player's ship, much better armed, has its own forcefield, and is only minorly damaged by the player's weapon. The only way to destroy it is to hit it in its weak spot - a reactor situated deep within the ship. :Now I think about it, I don't know why I didn't mention this before. The thing is, I always thought of the Flag Ship as a 'level' rather than a boss. There wasn't really any concept of a boss at that point in history. Still, it's a start. | 2,004 | true | article | random | test | false |
4,117,580 | ` (UTC) ::A car can't, but ``event of car hitting dog`` can be figuratively merciful to someone being chased by a rabid dog | 03:25, 16 Jun 2004` | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
4,126,589 | ` == IPA - what == I read the main page of the article on IPA. On the plus side it is clear. On the minus side, it makes no attempt to explain what the IPA is. (context, scope, purpose, etc.) Nice chart. Lots of data (for people who probably have no need of it) but virtually no general information. My questions (which weren't answered - keep in mind I'm a totally lay person): An alphabet is used to 1. Communicate between a writer and a reader (of the same language), 2. Describe that communication (unambigously?) Right? Certain things are implied by its name, but clearly one should define what the subject of the alphabet is (are). I have no idea if it covers all indoeuropean languages not to mention Mandarin Chinese (etc.)? Does it (attempt) to cover all spoken languages? Written? What about non-vocal languages (finger snaps - all that stuff). Sign-language? We now have some evidence that hand gestures are linked to language in the brain...but I digress. From a simplistic point of view language can be thought of as being three distinct (context sensitive) types of communication: written/read, spoken/heard and performed/viewed. I suppose an alphabet can't cover the last (but see how choreographers describe dance) and, obviously, there are non-alphabetical languages (pictographics, heiroglyphic, etc.) just as there are languages which make use of whistles, clicks. SO what does the IPA do? It just occured to me that maybe the IPA is (now-a-days) only used by euro-centric hobbyists and that would explain why there was no attention given to giving a serious explanation of what it is: ``if you have to ask...{then you don't need to know}``` | 2,004 | false | article | random | test | false |
4,132,387 | PS. I was also amused to discover that those trollish users who oppose anything but hyphens include none other than , of recent notoriety. | 2,004 | true | user | random | test | false |
4,149,561 | * The article is not quite correct. Decoherence times can range from picoseconds to seconds, depending on the physical system used to implement quantum computer. I think the statement about one nanosecond refers to a different physical system than the one used to build 7 qubit computer. I should go to library, check all the details and rewrite this. :Error correction can be used to protect against decoherence but was not used in the 7 qubit experiment. | 2,004 | true | article | random | test | false |
4,155,694 | ` - as for the spelling of ``medieval``: The OED reports no recent uses of ``mediaeval``. Lewis himself had ``medieval`` in the title to ``The Discarded Image`` (as old versions of the page, and other sources, show). The OED reports nothing distinctively American about ``medieval`` or British about ``mediaeval``, recording uses from both sides of the pond (though the latter, as I said, has no recent uses). 06:05 16 Jul 2003 (UTC)` | 2,003 | true | article | random | train | false |
4,171,527 | Initial content is what I could glean from Japanese article. | 2,004 | false | article | random | test | false |
4,176,790 | I gladly want know what there is so commonly, and I leave that to you. | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
4,220,627 | ==Discussion in Manual of Style Japan== has some strange ideas about you in Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style for Japan-related articles, please correct him. | 2,004 | true | user | random | test | false |
4,248,099 | OK well I will drop by and see how things are progressing. Are you interested in Lyndon LaRouche, by the way? I have been having fun there, too. | 2,004 | true | user | random | dev | false |
4,252,057 | ` No offense taken as I am certainly not any kind of serious scholar, but a search on ``shortest president`` suggests that many believe Madison was the shortest at 5'4``, so if you know something that is contrary to popular belief, please document it if only for my benefit.` | 2,004 | true | article | random | dev | false |
4,252,390 | ` :::I feel like you're making the mistake of assuming I'm an anarcho-capitalist. I'm not, particularly. Nor am I unaware that both Rand and the Libertarian party are wary of the label anarchist - just as wary as many left anarchists are of anarcho-capitalism. It's an uneasy relationship. The article should describe that. But the relationship is there - plenty of people accuse Rand of being an anarcho-capitalist, regardless of her denials of that fact, for instance. And plenty of people accuse the Libertarians of that. I mean, I think the umbrella label ``anarchism`` is a problematic one in a lot of ways - particularly in how so many groups simultaneously want to claim the label and avoid the label. I think the article needs to make the dissent and controversy surrounding the word itself clear. And any evidence I've offered in this debate should be taken as evidence of exactly how unclear the word is. ` | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
4,254,142 | Indeed, this page should sensibly discuss Ireland, the (cultural) country (not the Republic), despite the fact that since 1922 it's been split across two juristictions. However, it's somewhat inevitable that the whole issue of partition is in the article. In a way, our lives do revolve around it. : | 2,004 | true | article | random | dev | false |
4,316,076 | ::As does outwith. Many Scots live outside Scotland and we use outwith without hesitation, so it is used outside Scotland. I've never had anybody query me on its meaning and that meaning is pretty clear in this sentence. I see no reason to change it. If you want to change Wikipedia to Standard English, there are plenty of Americanisms to take up your time but I'd suggest that you accept minor national variants in English spelling, vocabulary and grammar. | 19:25, 2004 Jun 27 (UTC) | 2,004 | true | article | random | test | false |
4,322,944 | -Oh. Sorry about that. I was just having a little gun! | 2,004 | false | user | random | test | false |
4,334,457 | You say that England does not have a national anthem of its own?!? You obviously don't live in England! | 2,004 | false | article | blocked | train | false |
4,340,600 | Anyone know where we can get exit poll data, or data from Eastern provinces, as it happens? | 2,004 | true | article | random | test | false |
4,342,815 | ` == A suggestion == I'm Comae again. At the Spanish Wikipedia we have been talking about genealogical trees. It would be very useful for Mithology, kings, Tolkien, and others. The trouble is that we can´t find an usable way to do it, getting links in the tree. I've used HTML lists, but they don't make the cut. Tables are difficult to edit and correct. I was trying to do it with timelines, which may come in handy, but it's not as intuitive for non-tech people to edit later. Now, I see you are already busy with all the trouble with timelines, but I thought you may use a suggestion for future versions, or find an alternative. Thank you for the patience. (I hope you can understand this strange babbling I call ``my English``) es:User:Comae ` | 2,004 | false | user | blocked | train | false |
4,347,810 | Not deleted based on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Agent 212 | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
4,359,172 | Reply to Dunc_Harris: OpenOffice is a word processor indeed. As the text ist authentic, I have no further sources to mention but myself, Mihai Nadin and Elvira Nadin. | 2,004 | true | article | random | test | false |
4,372,885 | ` == Membership Claims == I would suggest that the group may Bold textclaimBold text 30,000 members in the U.S. and Canada, but that the operative word is ``claim``. I doubt that its average-sized congregation is 1,000, which is what this would entail; I've seen several of their buildings and I would guess that that they would tend to have claimed membership around 100 in the typical congregation and worship attendance of typically 60 or 70; the 30,000 members may be more of a worldwide number than North American. Also, I've seen ``Jerusalem Acres`` and if this is the headquarters of a 30,000 member group, then they have very little regard for, and very little per capita investment in, their headquarters, and this would certainly make them most atypical Pentecostals. User:Rlquall 29 Jun 2004 20:05 UCT` | 2,004 | false | article | random | train | false |
4,374,930 | why is I used as the letter for current in equations? | 2,003 | false | article | blocked | test | false |
4,399,236 | ` ::I should have guessed you wouldn't like it. But, as I said, it was just a beginning. The three trends and so on were simply lifted from the old version of the page, prior to the creation of the ``super-page``. The Hess, etc., part was lifted from the Diversity in anarchism page (which I changed to a redirect). I based this on existing text, not writing that of my own; any ``errors`` are not mine. And, eliminating the historical information was as I see it necessary to making this the minimal page that was suggested. Indeed, it seems most favorable to what you want to accomplish to segregate the histories of the various anarchisms, as you see some as fully independent. ` | 2,004 | true | article | random | dev | false |
4,403,353 | :Hi, haven't gotten a reply yet and I wanted to check to see if you were still looking for AMA assistance. | 2,004 | false | user | random | test | false |
4,410,758 | 2004 (UTC) :Hello, an update on the kafkaian frwiki policies on categories and interwiki. Now, you placed them where you want (up or down) when you created them on a page. Nobody shouts ) 08:41, 2 Jul | 2,004 | true | user | random | train | false |
4,427,756 | What makes you think that everyone any country outside of the US knows the names of all of the US states? Do you know the names of all of the counties in England? I don't see how this question is in any way relevant anyway. | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
4,463,018 | ` ==Parenthesis ``(, )`` don't work in links== Can´t get working links in timelines with parenthesis. For example, I can't link es:Plutón (planeta) in a timeline. Could you fix it? Thank you very much. es:User:Comae ` | 2,004 | false | user | blocked | train | false |
4,475,822 | ` I had heard that the ``X`` for the ``sh`` sound was borrowed from Portugese when the need arose in transcribing Mesoamerican names. I'd tend to say that the name is ``Mexico`` in English and ``México`` in the language of the country. Are there some parts of Latin America where ``Méjico`` is common, and if so where? Or is that spelling pretty much restricted to Spain? Wondering, ` | 2,004 | true | article | random | test | false |
4,480,909 | : Response on , wait... no... . ) – | 2,004 | true | user | random | test | false |
4,492,283 | : It says using templates is ok. Correct me if I am wrong | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
4,508,575 | Hmmm. Provided it was not a spontaneous phenomenon native to the planet (which seems a remote possibility) it was likely something to do with a meteorite. I always thought that a meteorite was thought to have caused the effect (which was centered in the air by the way) but the HOW of it remains a mystery. Still, i'm not really high on it. Please fill in other interesting impacts -) Anders Törlind Here's a question; are bits of stuff that fall on other planets also called meteorites? Or is this a geocentric term? Dictionary.com seems to suggest this, but doesn't say it explicitly one way or the other. 21:49 Jul 23, 2002 (PDT) | 2,002 | true | article | random | dev | false |
4,520,384 | ` :no problem. I'm sure I have used dab as an edit summary the same way, although now I try to use ``avoid redirect`` when simply adjusting a redirect (usually after moving a page) and reserving ``dab`` for making a genuine disambiguation. Doesn't really make that much of a difference though. But I'd reccommend caution in making any changes to discussion pages. As for articles, well, I really don't see any harm in valid redirectsto me it illustrates the flexibility of WP, but I guess there's no harm in changing them either, so carry on. ≠ ` | 2,004 | true | user | random | dev | false |
4,530,607 | ` ====• 's bizarre behavior==== Pot, kettle. What, do you get off on acting like a cop around here or something? If you don't have a problem with my edits, don't concern yourself with matters that don't involve you. :Funny that's exactly what I would say to you since this is my talk page we're discussing. | ::The tone of your responses, which makes evident a presumption of bad faith, is unwarranted, and especially unbecoming of someone who is supposed to be a ``mediator.`` FYI, I dealt with User:Sparky in the same fashion as other users working on the Reagan article. It might have been misguided, but I did have a reason for dealing with Sparky the way I did. Before I got involved in this dispute, I noticed that User:Jiang had removed the rape section, writing ``Wikipedia is not the National Enquirer.`` He too left no comment on the talk page after removing it. So, combined with the nature of the material in question, and what seemed to be unanimous opposition to his work from other editors chiming in on the subject, this led me to conclude that this issue would be widely recognized as a vandalism matter, and thus an appropriate situation for automatic reversion. Perhaps I made the wrong calculation, but I was acting to prevent what arguably appeared to be vandalism at the time. :::Your agression, accusations, and self-righteousness are the issue that I'm concerned about, and my feeling is that your behavior not the content you propose to add or delete is a problem. :::And as far as my bad faith? You said just above, ``...mudslinging...pointing fingers...digging up dirt on each other...You gave your opinion...tabloid garbage`` and then ``Pot, kettle. What, do you get off on acting like a cop around here or something? If you don't have a problem with my edits, don't concern yourself with matters that don't involve you.`` I rest my case, to quote Perry Mason. :::So that's all I have to say. I have grown weary of this discussion and my attention will no longer be focused on it. Cheers, | ::::I posted my last message hoping that you'd be able to see where I was coming from, so that we could start dealing with each other on a cooperative basis. Instead, you responded with your most vehement personal attack yet. Still, I'm ready to start off with a clean slate with you if you are willing to do the same with me. ===• What are the rules? . . . === What are the rules? (Where are the rules?) Who can post? How many editors are there? What is the mediation committee? Why allow someone to edit a page, if they are not logged in? (As I wasn't re: Chiasmus, etc.) More specifically, why not allow chiasmus examples on the chiasmus page? Thanks... :Hi Vanatter I've left a number of useful links to info about policies and rules on but you didn't do anything ``wrong``, and we welcome your edits, whether logged in or not, but we also do ``cleanup`` on articles. If you have some something (relatively brief) that you have analyzed and that you want to add to Chiasmus as an example, that would be great, but we generally frown upon people adding links to their web sites to articles as it seems too close to advertising. :I hope this helps clarify things and that you continue to contribute to Wikipedia. And for more info on the Wikipedia:Mediation Committee please see Wikipedia:Dispute resolution. :Thanks, | ` | 2,004 | true | user | random | dev | false |
4,559,092 | == The source of legislative authority == The opening sentence is wrong. It says In the politics of the United Kingdom, legislative authority (that is, the power to make laws) is vested in Parliament . . . Incorrect. Legislative authority is vested in The Queen-in-Parliament, ie the participation of the monarch and the two houses. Unless the Queen Assents to a Bill, it cannot become law. In fact no monarch since Queen Anne with a Militia Bill in I think 1714 has declined to grant Assent. But Assent is still a legal requirement. Legislature authority exists only through The Queen-in-Parliament. Executive authority only exists through The Queen-in-Council with the cabinet exercising executive power as a committee of the (Privy) Council. (That's why every minister must be a Rt. Hon, ie a member of the Privy Council.) So this article contains a fundamental mistake in its opening sentence. Oh dear! -) 05:47 14 Jul 2003 (UTC) == When did the parliament first appear? == Hi, I have a really stupid question on the birth of the British Parliament. According to the information on this web, there was no standing parliament pre-1640s. So, when was the embrio of Parliament first formed, for what cause and under what circumstance? 20:40 3 Oct 2003 (UTC) | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
4,572,513 | * Congratulations, my friend! | | 2,004 | true | user | random | test | false |
4,588,608 | Good evening, Bishonen. Saw your additions to Parental leave. Hope you continue to contribute, and you might want to create a user page. | 2,004 | true | user | random | train | false |
4,600,597 | ` :I also added that ``Extreme leftist factions are becoming more prevalent in today's society (particularily in Europe), and the public image of the AWM is more affected by them than the silence majority``. :` | 2,004 | true | user | random | train | false |
4,613,824 | ` == MOS Technology? == There is evidence that the company is not named ``MOS Technologies``, but rather ``MOS Technology, inc.``. See for example this datasheet: . Anybody else has input on this? ` | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
4,614,157 | ` User:198.103.53.5 Now reads: * Undermines Secular Government: some religious adherents argue that all human endeavour, including government, is subordinate to ``God's Law.`` This undermines the legitimacy of secular government. For this reason, modern democracies demand a separation of church and state.` | 2,004 | false | article | random | dev | false |
4,619,883 | ` *Paragraph one: if you are uncertain as to whether Lincoln was an important spokesman for the American System, why on earth would you be editing this article? *Paragraph two: I used the qualifier ``arguably,`` and I think it is justified to discuss the track record of the American System approach, which is now virtually unknown in its country of origin, to the track record of the other two options, which are normally the only ones discussed. Feel free to cite a success story for Marxism or Laissez-Faire. However, I agree that this paragraph might be better couched in a ``proponents of the American system assert a, and opponents respond with b`` format. I won't attempt to edit it, however, until we get arbitration, because you, Andy, and your cohorts, are in the ``revert, don't debate`` mode. *Paragraph three: simple statement of fact. Can you name another outspoken proponent of the American System, other than LaRouche? Remember, your dislike or LaRouche, or of the American System, is not at issue. And, just out of curiosity, what is your gripe against Sun Yat-Sen? ` | 2,004 | true | article | random | test | false |
4,632,658 | i have a dick, its bigger than yours! hahaha | 2,004 | false | article | blocked | train | true |
4,649,929 | (UTC) :::Here in Ireland, one generally expects Alt-Gr + 4 to work on a reasonably new PC keyboard with Windows. The reason Alt-Gr + E is not used in Ireland, is that here we use Alt-Gr + AEIOUaeiou to produce the Irish accented characters ÁÉÍÓÚáéíóú. All new keyboards have a € symbol to the right of the 4. I would have thought some of this is true for UK keyboard layouts also, but I don't know. 21:40, 14 Jul 2004 | 2,004 | true | article | random | test | false |
4,673,271 | I didn't actually know the numbers, so thank you -) I think your current version of the para is fine, btw - | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
4,691,584 | `This is so excellent! I'm very happy to see the correct spelling added I think I just assumed ``shee-ack`` was ``chiaque``. One question: I've heard about revival, artists' use of Le Chiac, etc. I think there's even a dictionary or two somewhere. But I don't have any info, and can't find such on the Web. suggestions? ` | 2,004 | true | article | random | dev | false |
4,704,558 | . *The Force: Penned original draft of Video Game Portrayal | 2,004 | true | user | random | test | false |
4,705,411 | ` Try to use less subjective terms to describe this ``exceptionally`` subjective term.` | 2,004 | true | article | random | dev | false |
4,741,245 | So what are we going to do with the South Bay area of San Francisco Bay? ''' | 2,004 | true | article | random | test | false |
4,745,553 | Just look it up. Its obvious. | 2,004 | false | user | random | train | false |
4,746,795 | I have requested mediation between RK and myself and/or Zero. See Wikipedia:Requests for mediation. | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
4,755,952 | Put your text for the new page here. my name is MR VIVIAN C KENNEY i just built a demo model of the grasshopper escapement for showing at the annual SYDNEY REGIONAL OCT.18-19 I will be representing MELBOURNE CHAPTER 122 A.A.H.S. My clock is large and made from wood. The escape wheel being 20 inches diam.and is hand made etc.Itis weight driven and runs beautifly. R.T.GOULD did a drawing in 1930 and i followed it plus harrison etc. Turret clock restoration is always of interest to me and my email is jkenney[at]optusnet.com.au p.s. i cannot type the symbol for the[at] in my address so please rectify when writing to me. | 2,002 | false | article | random | dev | false |
4,756,405 | And the intent was to convey that '...from an ideal security perspective...' etc. Reword as desired to make this clear if the original intent is acceptable. I agree with the bold faced sentiment, and in the VMS experience noted here, was implementing policy from above. | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
4,763,903 | ` I disagree with the hard-and-fast division into ``English`` and ``non-English`` in the Billion and Trillion (which is too definite IMO) articles, (but agree the accepted Wikipedia value should be the US one). Here is why. My Collins English-German dictionary, third edition, purchased in England 1997, has this entry: Trillion n (Brit) Trillion f; (US) Billion f. Now the Trillion referred to is the German for 1 followed by 18 zeroes, and Billion is the German word for 1 followed by 12 zeroes. My few German acquaintances tell me they know this difference between the British and American (US) usage of ``Trillion``. Similarly for Billion. Also I did once hear an English-speaking person use ``milliard``, I had to ask them what it was! They (a well educated but non-British person) thought it was a common English word. My Cassell's English-Italian dictionary, admittedly an old 1985 edition, makes the same distinction in this way: Billion Bilione (English, 1,000,000,000,000; Amer. 1,000,000,000) Similar distinction for Trillion. Neither divides the usage into ``English`` and ``non-English``, speaking or otherwise. Admittedly current usage in the United Kingdom is either confusion or has adopted the American (US) usage. This has certainly been the case in the financial industry. I was taught the 'old' British usage of both terms in a school run by Americans in a British colony (helps to pass the British exams). The www.unc.edu link in Talk:Trillion above explains this, so I feel the articles should reflect this admittedly ambiguous difference. I tend to clarify when speaking English to well-educated non-British Europeans (who are aware of the problem with Billion and Trillion), as to exactly which I am using (``American`` or ``British``) to make it clear. Having said all that I'm not sure what's best: American and non-American; English and non-English; British and American (how the dictionaries usually give it); standard usage and non-standard? - | 11:06, 2004 Jul 21 (UTC)` | 2,004 | true | article | random | dev | false |
4,769,059 | : It might be worth mentioning that according to tradition, Ignatius was a young child and among the crowds who heard Jesus' preaching. This would make him quite old at the time of his execution, but it's not entirely unreasonable. I agree that neither Ignatius nor Polycarp add much in the way of biographical detail that is not already found in the Gospels. | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
4,790,512 | : ALoan's edit > your edit. — | | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
4,825,990 | *Redirect, redundant. | | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
4,843,236 | ` Pedant, reinstating your squicky dissertation on grotty clothing as ``sociology of clothing`` is just plain wrong. It is not sociology, anthropology, or any kind of social science. LET GO OF IT! If you want to put it somewhere, it might appear under ``fetishes`` if radically edited. ` | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
4,855,563 | I'm going to gather that together again in Liberalism in countries. I think it is useful to see in one place how diverse the usages are, instead of having them only exist scattered around. | 2,004 | true | article | random | test | false |
4,864,279 | ` == I didn't think that mattered since AndyL by virtue of invoking the ``protect`` on John Kerry must obviously be either an AKA for another user (ie; phoney account for doing dirty deeds) or simply LYING about being unavailable until September 15th. Even so, forgive me for not knowing that maximum curtesy must be afforded evn to those WHO CONSPIRE to lie and cheat. In the future, I shall be more careful! ` | 2,004 | true | user | random | train | false |
4,876,796 | ` :::No, the ``problem`` is that you choose to infer the worst possible motives from any inconsistencies in Kerry's record, then assert the criticism as incontrovertible truth, and dismiss anyone who disagrees with you as being a ``Kerry sycophant`` or of whitewashing your self-proclaimed truth. Should the inconsistencies be mentioned? Certainly, if they are substantive. But different conclusions can be drawn from such inconsistenicies and we need to clearly distinguish between speculative conclusions and bare facts. ≠ : What about the link to ABC News and NY Times stories? Both of those sources confirm a set of facts that is different from what Kerry tells us is so... Alos, if my writing style offends you, why don't YOU write the new blurb, but this time INCLUDE the links to the articles which the others kept deleting out from under me....? :Oh and by the way, it's only your supposition that I choose to infer the ``worst``. As a matter of fact, by proclaiming my view to be the ``worst`` you betray your BIAS that anyone who highlights Kerry faults is somehow bad or wrong. What if it turns out that I am right about Kerry... that he has changed his story - that he is covering up for a guilty conscience, then what? Is it still the ``worst`` to believe something that's true? : Additionally, I can turn your comment around and ask, why is it that YOU prefer to believe the ``best`` about Kerry. Credulity does not impress me as a hallmark of a good editor. Frankly, if you can't see the glowing pro-Kerry tone of the total article, you are not very perceptive. : Not only that, but the disputed sections: 'Medal-Toss' and '1971 VVAW MTG', in the forms they stand now, are extrremely tilted in favor of Kerry. In particular, the VVAW secion is so chopped and convoluted in it's strain to only allow in quotes that help Kerry, that it's farcical. : You do see that, don't you? : ` | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
4,886,834 | == Assignment 4 == Thanks for your minor addition to the Bird Macintyre page. Now make a significant contribution to another Wikipedia page (a new section or at least a new paragraph.) Please see the instructions on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kaisersanders/ELP127 for more information or contact me. : | 2,004 | true | user | random | test | false |
4,889,260 | == si.edu images == You're captioning these as PD, but I think they're claiming copyright and placing restrictions: http://www.sil.si.edu/permissions/ Among other things, the images can't be put on a CD. The copyright of the portrait painter or photographer has probably expired in most of these cases, but I think their digital image of that original painting or photograph would be copyright... if someone photographs the Mona Lisa, they can copyright their photograph even though Leonard da Vinci's work is out of copyright. | 2,004 | true | user | random | train | false |
4,898,172 | While you are correct that 'toughened glass' could be considered a misnomer (toughness has a specific meaning with regard to the strength of materials), tempering glass is not. In fact there are two ways to temper glass to increase its strength: thermal and chemical. Regarding thermal tempering, you are incorrect that the surface of a glass is in tension even at room temperature. On initial cooling you are correct that the surface is in tension and the interior is in compression. However, below the glass transition temperature the stresses reverse and the surface is in compression and the interior is in tension increasing the strength of the glass. Prince Rupert's drops are a laboratory curiousity demonstrating this phenomena. If a drop of molten glass is cast into a container of water, it solidifies into a shape roughly resembling a tadpole. You can bang on the big end with a hammer and the glass drop will not break. However if you nip the tail, the drop disintegrates into dust usually with a pop. Thermal tempering is usually applied to windshields. Chemical tempering is usually accomplished by ion exchanging a smaller atom for a larger atom at the surface again putting the surface in compression. Although glazing and surface crystallization can also be used. For example, soda-lime-silica glass can be placed into molten potassium nitrate and exchange potassium for sodium in the surface increasing the strength of the glass. Thermal tempering can increase the strength of glass from 70 to 200 MPa while chemical tempering can increase it 500 to 700 MPa. Chemical tempering is commonly used to increase the strength of beverage containers. | 2,004 | true | article | random | test | false |
4,969,076 | :No problem. | 2,004 | true | user | random | train | false |
4,981,621 | :Dear 195.198.190.70, I agree, and have edited the offending section. | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
4,992,977 | Aug 2004 (UTC) :: Regards, 06:05, 4 | 2,004 | true | article | random | dev | false |
5,024,806 | * Yes, that was rather hasty of me -) I like the idea of having some standard clip art to use; it'd give a nice level of consistency to crypto articles. The reference site you gave me has good ones; I especially like the meat grinder for hash functions. John Savard's site looks like a wonderful resource - we should get him into Wikipedia! The M-209 looks like it could be a great challenge, but it'd likely require a lot more reference material than is readily available on Google. Ideally, I'd have a replica sitting next to me to model from; I'll peek around the web and see if I can turn up anything useful, though. If you know of any books I might find at the local library that would aid me, let me know. For now, I'll see if I can put together some basic clip art, and see whether I can wrap my head around AES before trying to illustrate it. | 2,004 | true | user | random | dev | false |
5,085,524 | Each one of these inventions or propagandistic insinuations constitutes a violation of Wikipedia policy; (see Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not). It's not just the propaganda even the parts that attempt to be non-propagandistic are sloppy and amateurish, as if the writer(s) had done no research whatsoever. This ought to be re-written from scratch. Peter_Abelard@ausi.com I see that Krusty the Clown is still vandalizing the article. Should I protect the page? I don't think the situation here currently warrants protection. Krusty's edits can be dealt with as they occur. :Okay. When necessary, I can be called on to protect the page whenever I'm online, as I haven't been an editor of the article. Regardless of the outcome of arbitration proceedings, how about dealing with some of the disputed points in Krusty's latest list (the NPOV ones, anyway)? | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
5,097,249 | I got another browser and another spyware remover so now I have two of each, as you and others suggested. This apparently allows me to circumvent anybody trying to crack into my computer by inserting something. I merely complained about the initial problem and Mats, along with others had merely banned me for showing up there. The IP address was diverted before by some other one I forgot to write down but if it happens again, I'll be sure to put down the IP. I was not referring to any admin/sysop privileges, but downright wrong cracking attempts to sabotage the computer-website connection. There is one other person that may have had the capability, (Matthew Trump in NYC) who is related to Donald Trump. He may have the connections and money to do something like that and the motive as he is Swedish(although I don't understand the conspiracy just-because I said I was Swedish-I'm of Viking English descentare they/he embarrassed and feeling ridiculed by my behaviours?), as he was the one who originally went around getting people to commune at a page specifically designated for postulating whether to ban me or not . I'm not too knowledgeable about how one goes about doing it, but I've been told by others proficient with such things and unfortunately, there are such sick people out there. | 2,004 | true | user | random | train | false |
5,097,546 | I thought my response was rather cordial. Please point out EXCACTLY what you took offence to? Regarding Pharisees, there is no other living Jewish tradition closer to the pharisees than the Yemenites hence my comment. They are the most unchanged. Regarding Yirmeyâhu Bên-Dâvid anyway you know who I mean. Regarding evidence, you are the one making the claim that they are outside of Orthodox Judaism so you should be the one to post the evidence. All it requires to know that they are part of orthodoxy is to CYLOR and I have directed you how. | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
5,107,418 | `:I'm backing this up with an argument, so I don't expect that you will revert these changes, based on your statement above. :I take issue with your position that the standard contemporary manner in which Latin is rendered is ``inaccurate.`` In addition, I don't believe that this is ``support[ing] the fiction that letters such as U existed, or that lower-case letters were used in Latin.`` :Any Latin textbook, as well as my copies of Latin histories and poetry in Latin are all rendered with the v/u distinction (but not with j's, and not with macrons over the vowels outside of textbooks) and with lowercase letters, capitalization for the beginning of sentences and proper nouns, and with basic punctuation. It would be counterproductive and nonstandard (and not just for English text with the periodic Latin phrase thrown in now and then) for us to decide that any use of lattin must be in the 24 letter alphabet and in all caps. :And, by the way, I don't think it's very good form to set terms that must be met by others or else you plan to revert the article, since this isn't your article, Chameleon. :Thanks, | ` | 2,004 | true | article | random | dev | false |
5,108,359 | ` And what is this ``Crew Member`` nonsense you're throwing out on page after page? ` | 2,004 | true | user | random | train | false |
5,130,102 | ==EasyTimeline fixed== Congratulations! It looks great now. It's a pity our beloved 'eñe' it's still unsupported ( Maybe the spanish characters test table in es:Wikipedia:Líneas_de_tiempo#Fuentes de letra could be helpful... Anyway, we can go back to work again! Cheers!es:User:Comae | 2,004 | false | user | blocked | test | false |
5,140,762 | ` == Pune and Poona == It seems odd that this page [was] located at ``Poona,`` mainly because hardly anyone uses this spelling though the name itself shares currency (perhaps more so than Pune) in spoken language. Simply put, Google, for instance, has over 500,000 hits for ``Pune`` and only 60,000 for ``Poona.`` I am moving the page. ` | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
5,146,601 | * Roberto: Yes, please, just go ahead. The article might be just a copy of the web site, but even worse, it is awfully short - just one paragraph. So, if you feel like it, write more about him. Oh, and maybe check by searching for other articles mentioning him - there might be articles about specific books of him, so it makes sense to wikify the book titles. I'll contribute as well if I find the time. | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
5,155,366 | ` - Editing of Introduction Reference to ridged band and speculative ``sensitivity`` deleted to maintain neutrality. It is not acceptable to focus only on male circumcision as this indicates that circumcision is only mentioned so as to criticise the male practice. For the rest editing serves to balance the introduction between male and female circumcision. The subheadings are in need of review and extensive editing and rewriting. ` | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
5,155,889 | “She was the editor of a literary page in the school's paper[...]” Can anyone find out what the school paper was called? :“In later years her health has been uncertain; she was forced to move to Florida in November 1966 and now lives in Tennessee.” Does this mean we don't know about her health or that it was variable? Who or what forced her to move to Florida and how was she then able to move to Tennessee? :“Often called the Grande Dame of Science Fiction and Fantasy[...]” By whom? :“She has had a profound influence on the entire genre” Do any other authors cite her as inspiration? Are there sales figures or awards to back this up? I think answers to any or all of these question would help fill out the article. I found this article through Special:Randompage. If anyone feels like answering some of these questions I'd invite you to answer this one while you're at it: which of her books should I read first? — | 2,004 | true | article | random | test | false |
5,158,305 | ```Although they may be based on...`` What is they? – ` | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
5,160,895 | *Keep. This was a very commonly used term in Soviet era and I could this eventually being a good article. | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
5,165,788 | ` ==Title (Again)== I suggest that we move the article from ``Charles, Prince of Wales`` to ``Prince Charles, Prince of Wales`` (and the same for all other Princes of Wales since 1714). The Principality of Wales is a peerage dignity: we use a similar form for other royal peers (for example, Prince Andrew, Duke of York). Just as HRH The Prince of Wales may be referred to as ``HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay,`` he may be referred to as ``HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.`` It is for this reason that I suggest adding ``Prince`` before the forename. ` | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
5,173,208 | Likewise. However, I don't think a redirect is needed. The name is currently so long, who is likely to type all that in to get redirected? Maybe let it include hideouts and hideaways? This could include not just comic book type hideouts, but also fictional hideaways from classic literature and such. * | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
5,200,332 | == Thanks for the comment... == ...on the Talk:Porter J. Goss page. I am still relatively new to Wikipedia and though I have created a few of my own extensive articles, I don't have a lot of experience yet in editting prominent (e.g. listed on the main page) articles. The reassurance is very much appreciated! | 2,004 | true | user | random | dev | false |
5,210,708 | How about adding something about Ma Yueliang and Wu Yinghua who remained in Shanghai? ) | 2,004 | true | article | random | dev | false |
5,226,113 | Just got your message. Thanks again, and believe me I appreciate your initial idea. If I don't get the adminship, I'd still like to work to end the problem as I said. - | 2,004 | true | user | random | train | false |
5,252,559 | ...as well as one of the three mainstays of Greek classical culture, the Olympic Games and pederasty (in certain areas) being the other two. Are you seriously suggesting that Classical Greek culture boiled down to sport, paedophilia and a dodgy ritual? | 2,004 | true | article | random | test | false |
5,262,377 | `:::Me, I just think the previous one was nicer. But I guess too, having this wee disembodied head popping up in discussions is a tad offputting. ███ ` | 2,004 | true | user | random | train | false |
5,263,616 | :::There are a variety of data sources for population. The UN provides data for member states from 1950 onwards in 5 year intervals. It is available at: :::*http://esa.un.org/unpp/index.asp?panel=1 :::For simplicity, it might make sense to use the population value that precedes the year of the games i.e. the 1950 value for the 1952 games. Has anyone got any other good sources? ::: | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |
5,267,966 | `I'm pretty sure they're called ``berserkers`` in the game. If I'm wrong, I apologize. It occurred to me the second after I hit ``save`` that it was possible I wasn't correct. ` | 2,004 | true | article | random | dev | false |
5,282,448 | :Could you give examples (i.e. links)? I'm not sure I see what you mean. : 03:30, 2004 Aug 18 (UTC) | 2,004 | true | article | random | test | false |
5,285,415 | :A photoshopped (bunny ears) picture advertising a commercial book belongs in an encyclopedia? I think not. | 2,004 | true | article | random | train | false |