User talk:Coppertwig

Haselzweig im Schnee (Hazel twig in snow)

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Thank you

For this edit. I apologize for catagorizing you as a pro circumcision editor. You stood up to Jake and Avi with clear logic and listened to others concerns with an opened mind. Garycompugeek (talk) 13:01, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Gary. I accept your apology. In general, I prefer not to be categorized. I believe that each individual has their own unique set of beliefs that are not easily summarized in a single phrase. In general on Wikipedia, I try to base my edits and talk page discussion not on my personal beliefs (which I haven't stated!) but on reliable sources and policies and guidelines, as well as trying to find compromises.

You can help. I think a similar edit needs to be done in the body of the article, (perhaps a full sentence, based on that source or some other source) and perhaps the wikilink moved to the body of the article (i.e. "female circumcision" could appear without a wikilink in the lead since it's near the hatnote, and with a wikilink later in the article.) Perhaps you can find time to do that if I don't. ☺Coppertwig (talk) 13:13, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Hmm

Would you mind taking another look at this edit? I appreciate what you're trying to do, but I don't think that both refs support both claims in that sentence... Thanks, Jakew (talk) 17:37, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. No strong feelings either way. I've self-reverted. ☺Coppertwig (talk) 17:42, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Jakew (talk) 21:23, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. ☺Coppertwig (talk) 22:56, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Search multiple prefix template

Coppertwig, I finally got around to finishing this template, the one we discussed a while ago here question about parsing in a template and here User_talk:Coppertwig#Extension:VariablesExtension. It is not the most eloquent solution, but the wikipedia templating language is not exactly the most sophisticated language either. Which is by choice, I was surprised to find out. But, I wanted to show you what I came up with. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to comment.

• Here is an example searching all the deletion discussions (I think.. there are a lot of areas) User:Stmrlbs/SearchDeletionDiscussions

Search All Deletion Discussions with instructions (strikeout/fix stmrlbs|talk 04:31, 23 November 2009 (UTC))

• Here is the template User:Stmrlbs/Template/Search_prefixes

stmrlbs|talk 04:26, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Coppertwig, I realize you are on a wikibreak, but I thought I would let you know that I moved this to the wikipedia public template area:

Template:Search_prefixes. Hope to see you here again. stmrlbs|talk 21:00, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. ☺Coppertwig (talk) 13:59, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Adding parameters to templates

Hi,

I have an idea to improve a template, but have no idea where to start, to implement it.

{{NYCS-bull-small}} produces small bullets for New York City Subway services, for example Template:NYCS-bull-small. It is used on the rolling stock page to identify which trains operate on which services. Someone recently improved it with the capability to link to the service page.

Here's where the problem comes in. The Template:NYCS-bull-small bullet links to a disambiguation page listing all former and current shuttles. I kludged the output of the rolling stock page for the three current shuttle services. It looks silly, and I'd like to streamline the appearance.

How do I modify the template to accept the parameters of "42nd Street", "Franklin Avenue" and "Rockaway Park" to produce an Template:NYCS-bull-small bullet with the proper link to those shuttle's service page?

Acps110 (talk) 23:20, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Acps110. I'm sorry I didn't tell you I was going to be away for a number of weeks. I'm back, though not spending as much time here as before, and perhaps only on weekends.

I fixed the template as you suggested. Good idea!

I don't quite understand how the if statements work. Something about having to distinguish between the null string, "false", zero or some other kind of empty result. Anyway, as I understand it, {{{2|x}}} means use parameter 2 or if it doesn't exist, use "x". {{{2|}}} means use parameter 2 or if it doesn't exist, use the null string. But for some reason which I forget, you then also have to use an if statement, which will take the null string as a false condition. Anyway, that's the pattern I use, an if statement with {{{2|}}} as the condition to test whether the user has specified a second parameter when calling it, and it works. ☺Coppertwig (talk) 14:48, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

COOL! Looks Great!

Thank you for the explanation on how you implemented that! My request was not intended to be earth-shattering; thank you for getting to it when you had time. I'll update the documentation to include the new feature. Acps110 (talk) 23:15, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I was going to try to remember to update the documentation.

Actually, I was quite pleased to see several messages waiting for me when I got back from my wikibreak. I like getting messages. I'm glad you like it! ☺Coppertwig (talk) 00:31, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Maintained tag

Hey Copper, hope life is well. Just a quick note that I added you to a maintained tag on the Che article as you and I are usually the first to respond. If you would rather me remove you, just let me know. As an aside, I miss running into you around the Wiki world :o) - hope you're not to busy.   Redthoreau (talk)RT 03:44, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Fine, although, as I said above, I don't expect to be spending as much time here. ☺Coppertwig (talk) 13:58, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

First Roumanian-American congregation

Thanks, and thanks for all your help with it. Nice to see you editing again! Jayjg ^(talk) 01:25, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

DIA EMAIL POSTED

http://newenergytimes.com/v2/blog/

Sorry, I don't see such an email at that link. I see "New Energy Times Blog" and "Krivit and Marwan Report Published", etc. Is it somewhere on that page? ☺Coppertwig (talk) 23:39, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Coppertwig, hope you don't mind me commenting. It was taken down. I emailed a copy to you, so that hopefully you can better see how much of a review process this document has gone through.

P.S. Think about it. If cold fusion had any remote possibility of working, would the DIA be releasing this publicly, so that foreign governments could read it and start putting serious money into clandestine energy weapons research? For real? It's laughable. Phil153 (talk) 00:30, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the copy of the email, Phil123, which I hadn't previously seen, but which has been superseded by later developments. The document from the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency has been officially released as an unclassified document and is published on both the lenr-canr and New Energy Times websites. I don't care to speculate as to their reasons for releasing it, but it's a report which, as far as I can tell, summarizes information which was already publicly available (and thus makes an excellent secondary source for Wikipedia to cite). The report came out of a collaborative effort involving consultations with technology experts as well as researchers in the field, and was "Coordinated with DIA/DRI, CPT, DWO, DOE/IN, US Navy SPAWAR/Pacific and U.S. NSWC/Dahlgren, VA."

By the way, the report points out that other countries are already doing more cold fusion research than the U.S., so I'm not sure your argument holds up.

Of course I don't mind you commenting. I like getting talk page messages. ☺Coppertwig (talk) 23:49, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't know the field intimiately, but I think the more accurate statement is "other countries and companies have done more cold fusion research than the US, and found cold fusion useless." Most of this occurred in the 90s, and much of the funding has been discontinued. The dates are right there in this report.

There are no new authors here, it's the same fringe walled garden. Example: Mosier-Boss; McKubre, etc. To give you an idea of their credibility...McKubre supports and cites the work of Dardik (if you don't know who Dardik is, have a read of this). This is par for the course...even the originator of cold fusion, Fleischmann, is getting treated by Dardik. The brightest luminaries in cold fusion believe in, or at least use and support, makers of AIDS/cancer/panacea-cold fusion wave cures. Think about what that implies regarding gullibility, critical thinking skills, ability to detect fraud, and general carefulness.

Anyway, I'm ranting and I apologise. This is not an argument against exclusion, just an FYI. Have a nice day. Phil153 (talk) 23:47, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm not impressed by ad-hominem arguments. It's not up to us to judge the character of authors, but to report what appears in reliable published sources. Also, maybe it's just my lack of familiarity with the field, but I don't remember having seen the name Barnhart as an author of cold fusion publications before. ☺Coppertwig (talk) 01:52, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

What I wrote were not arguments against inclusion, despite what Abd (erroneously) believes. This is your talk page, not talk:cold fusion. I was merely trying to engage you; your unwavering support of Abd and sympathy toward cold fusion is curious to me; despite being fringe friendly you are not like other CF proponents, and I was curious as to why you believe as you do. Anyway, your replies makes it clear that you are not interested in being open about that. That's fine...I apologise for taking your time...all the best! Phil153 (talk) 04:15, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

I enjoy discussion and argument. If I've said something you disagree with, I'd be happy to discuss it. When you say "why you believe as you do," I don't know what beliefs you're talking about. I try to edit according to reliable published sources, not according to personal beliefs (which I generally don't discuss on-wiki), and people often jump to false conclusions about what my personal beliefs (if any) on a topic might be. ☺Coppertwig (talk) 16:27, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Appreciate

I appreciate your follow-up on my talk page. All the best to you as well. Debresser (talk) 16:51, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. ☺Coppertwig (talk) 16:56, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the civil notice

I think you "seem to suggest" is civil. The current presentation has strong bias. I addressed Jake's criticism directly with him, with his own prompting discussion text.

HIV belongs in the text, but not in the lead. It is not a significant healtlh issue basically unless you live in Africa.

No dates should be used (as is standard in the body), or all the association dates are needed (cite not just the AMA 1999 but most associations with their respective dates) along with the WHO/UNAIDS and CDC dates.

I will find religious advocacy statements. You don't understand, or disagree, that medical issues are over emphasized in the circumcision article?Zinbarg (talk) 23:19, 6 December 2009 (UTC)