User talk:TimidGuy

Warnborough College

Hey, I was interested to see your recent edit to Warnborough College. You removed the word "prestigious" and, in your edit summary, wrote "more neutral wording". Do you honestly feel that calling Oxford University prestigious violates WP:POV? I would say it's a controversial statement. Surely the whole essence of Warnborough College's existence was to trade on Oxford's prestige? Shouldn't the article should make that clear? I'd be interested in your thoughts. Happy editing, Lincolnite (talk) 19:33, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. It is indeed a value judgement but one that would, I hope you'll agree, be the consensus of the vast majority of readers and Wikipedia editors. What's more, it was the most fundamental element of Warnborough College's business model, it would seem. And therefore I'd argue it's worthy of inclusion. Don't you think? — Lincolnite (talk) 21:50, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

"Vandalism"

Hi, you flagged me for vandalism, but when i made my post on Deepak Chopra's page, i was simply quoting Futurama professor Hubert Farnsworth, when he explains:

"As Deepak Chopra taught us, quantum physics means anything can happen at any time for no reason. Also eat plenty of oatmeal, and animals never had a war, who's the real animal?"

if i post a link to the video in which he says this online, will it be acceptable?

Altamira

Hi there... I have been making some research: Apparently the issue is due to the fact that the World Heritage Site was listed as "Altamira Cave" by UNESCO; but this name has been changed to "Cave of Altamira", in "Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain", which is the full name of the property after having been recently extended.

While English grammar would make both equivalent names possible, the original Spanish name is just "Cueva de Altamira" (with no possible alternate forms). This could be an explanation for this sudden adoption of an English name that is the most similar option... Ignis Fatuus (talk) 21:01, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Cohabitation

Thank you for the fix on Neandertal. (I should have thought of it myself...) TREKphiler ^{hit me ♠} 21:58, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

H.N.

Hi. it is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Neanderthal

r. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.201.241.2 (talk) 12:21, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Civility and link

Hi TG. I am asking for comments on the Civ talk page, but for some reason the template is not linking back to the RFC page. I'm missing something obviously, but after several attempts still can't see what that is . Would you mind, if you have time, taking a look to see if you can see where the problem is. Many thanks.(olive (talk) 15:30, 19 August 2008 (UTC))

I did it last night. That seems time enough. I may have made a mistake somewhere, though. Well I guess I could just give it more time if it looks OK to you. Thanks for looking .(olive (talk) 17:25, 19 August 2008 (UTC))

Dreadstar looked at it, and may have found the problem. Lets see if that works. Thanks TG.(olive (talk) 17:51, 19 August 2008 (UTC))

Maharishi article

Hi TG. Thanks for your kind welcome. I read this talk page and see you've been suitably scorched in your time. I'll put some remarks on the Maharishi article talk page to see what people think. I hope I've got my account working now, but if not I'm Ber. Ber (talk) 04:33, 28 August 2008 (UTC) Re "we can figure out something that's compatible with the guidelines", thanks. I think I can see a framework for the new material; will put a subpage on the Maharishi subpage so drafts can go there. Ber (talk)

RFC Bates method article

I am contacting you quite randomly. For the following reason. The reason is the Bates method article, which in my opinion is edited by parties who are far from objective. Most logical associated party ophthalmology or a group focussed on just being skeptic. I am hoping for your comment on some current essential and interesting issues. Issues in which presenting objective strong arguments are completely neglected and ignored. If you have time and are willing to share you opinion and arguments, please do. My goal is to come to some kind of decision tool. By clearly stating if an argument is valid or not by the objective editor. My request is also to give a weight-factor for example between 1 and 10. For exmple1 for a valid argument but not very important and 10 for a very important argument. And zero for a fake-argument. Please feel free to comment and look at the current three RFC. Nr 1, Nr 2 and Nr 3 on the talkpage of the Bates method article. Seeyou (talk) 20:51, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health

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User talk:204.82.28.211‎

Hi, I noticed that User:204.82.28.211 has vandalized a previous vandalism warning on his own talk page. I can't revert it due to conflicts; but in any case, what is the policy with this sort of "self-vandalism"? Thanks.—Tetracube (talk) 19:05, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Maharishi Vedic Science

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Conflict of Interest

You are in blatant violation of WP:COI with respect to the TM article. This is not the first time you have been warned about this. There are consequences to ignoring this policy. Do not remove the COI tag from the article

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Fladrif (talk) 15:02, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello TimidGuy. You've been mentioned at WP:COIN#Article: Transcendental Meditation, Users TimidGuy and Littleolive oil. You are welcome to join that discussion. EdJohnston (talk) 00:47, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

TimidGuy, I don't see any response from you on the the noticeboard. I'd like to hear your side of this.   Will Beback  talk  00:01, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

I heard you may have broken your arm. Ouch! I saw you'd made an edit today, so I'd assumed you were online, but I know there's a difference between a revert with a short summary and typing out a whole comment. If you can manage to type a little to let us know what your status is that'd help move things forward. Or if you're in contact with any other editors who can write on your behalf that'd also work. Get well soon!   Will Beback  talk  05:04, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Will. Yes, fractured in two places. I won't be participating in the discussion. TimidGuy (talk) 12:40, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry to hear about your arm. Get well soon. Fladrif (talk) 16:18, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Fladrif. Took a bad fall playing tennis. TimidGuy (talk) 16:30, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

If you're in touch with Littleolive oil then perhaps he could speak on your behalf.   Will Beback  talk  02:02, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

TG

We do not perhaps always see "eye to eye" on the TM article - perhaps you are a little to close to the subject - however it will be a pity to see you leave WIKI completely and hope you reconsider. Also, I hope that the arm is healing well and quickly. Namaste The7thdr (talk) 21:57, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

"“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.” Siddhattha Gotama

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Cleaning Up References in Neanderthal Article

Hi, TimidGuy! I am a new user/editor who mainly works with California Indian group articles, but who has loved prehistory studies all my life. I just stumbled into the Neanderthal article, find it rather dis-heartening, and notice you have been one of the heroes trying to maintain neutrality with regard to the "inter-breeding" question. As a beginning contribution, I would like to tackle a rather neutral problem that would help people more quickly understand just who is being cited in the overall article. Currently it has both "Notes" and "References" but most of the references are spread through the extensive notes. I would be willing to repeat all of them down in the "References" section in standard alphabetical order by author. However, each article's reference history is supposed to be honored by new editors. What do you think? Should I expand the references by copying them from the notes? Or will I get clobbered for ignoring some ancient edit battle?Middle Fork (talk) 22:39, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry to say TimidGuy no longer edits Wikiepdia but is retired. He may check his email account every now and then, so you might email him, although I have no idea of he does or not. Sadly, other than that he isn't available to any of us anymore.(olive (talk) 23:44, 28 May 2009 (UTC))

Welcome Back, but....

You have been directly told by multiple Admins at multiple COIN Project pages not to directly edit the TM-related pages. I doubt that you have simply forgotten those admonitions but have instead chosen to ignore them. I suggest that you follow those directions, and confine your activity on those articles to the Talk pages. Fladrif (talk) 17:40, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

You are misinformed. I believe Olive clearly explained to you why you are mistaken, and that Atama said that she was correct. Please see WP:HARASS. I will continue editing. I have always edited within the policies and guidelines, unlike you. No one has ever produced evidence of disruptive editing. TimidGuy (talk) 19:53, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

RFA spam

Thank you for participating in WP:Requests for adminship/Kww 3
Sometimes, being turned back at the door isn't such a bad thing

—Kww(talk) 19:32, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

MUM/MVAH

We're back to discussing a topic which is very closely associate with MUM and its faculty. I'd like to know where you think the "COI" line exists in regard to MVAH. Would the VP of MAPI have a COI? Or an MVVT practitioner? If Orme-Johnson or Chopra started editing here would they have conflicts of interest? What about their friends and professional colleauges? This topic already has COI issues outside of Wikipedia, so it's a relevant matter. Now that I'm coming to understand the structure of the movement better I see that MVEDC controls the trademarks of MUM, MVAH, MAPI, TM, TM-Sidhi, etc., and that it has overlapping involvements so that one entity isn't distantly separate from another. In that respect it's not so different from many enterprises, even General Motors or the Catholic Church.   Will Beback  talk  11:58, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Editing

IIRC, back in the days before Youtube, a video clip was often played on TV, perhaps in the title sequence of a PBS nature series. It showed several small ants carrying a large leaf fragment. (Probably not Leaf cutter ants, who have leaf-carrying down to a science.) Anyway, the little ants are holding up the edges of the leaf, but they're all pulling in different directions. Despite this the they managed to make forward motion toward their goal. Each of those ants was doing his best to move the leaf in the right direction, and somehow they got there though they didn't agree exactly. That image comes to mind in good faith editing disputes. Another analogy is to the oars of a boat - you can't make forward motion by only rowing on one side. Balance is required to keep from going in circles.   Will Beback  talk  02:02, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Lonnie Gamble and MUM alumni

Will and I have been going through the various alumni listed in the MUM article. It seems in most cases there is not a reliable source to verify their attendance at MUM, so I have temporarily removed them until good sources can be found. Interestingly, even John Gray's MUM attendance is not definitive as the sources vary between MIU and MERU. Go figure.-- — Kbob • Talk • 20:50, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

January 2010

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Sockpuppetry case

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February 2010

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You continue to edit despite a COI. Many of these edits have added falsehoods into the article and are against consensus. [1] claims that the 2008 article is a summary of the review which is not the case. No were in this paper [2] does it support this claim that 5 of the 6 were RCTs.

If you continue to make such edits you will be block from editing. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:14, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

See pages 536-37. I don't have an editing restriction. TimidGuy (talk) 21:33, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

All of my edits are straight from the source. TimidGuy (talk) 21:35, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

It does not actually say 5 of 6. You mean you just went through the paper and counted them up yourself? see WP:NOR.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:46, 3 February 2010 (UTC)