User talk:Michaelbusch/talkarchive3

Tulpa

So I added 3 external links on the "tulpa" page. Then you delete them THE SAME DAY. You claim this is based in science but the entire concept of a tulpa is not based in science. Same thing goes for elves. Would you also delete references to elves on the "elf" page? Why do that on the tulpa page???

Put back the links, dude. You have no reason other than to exercise your ego, it seems. How lame can you be? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.171.19.183 (talk • contribs)

I do not claim that removing the links was based on science. I claim that the links are inappropriate, under Wikipedia:Notability and related policies. This they most certainly are. The second link was probably also a violation of WP:ADVERT. See also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. And you may wish to read Wikipedia:No personal attacks. Michaelbusch 18:05, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikibreak

Hey... hope you have a good break. Don't go for too long... the science pages need your watchful eye! Cheers... --Ckatz^chat_spy 20:39, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Jewish Encyclopedia

Re your revert at Tobiads, please note that the Jewish Encyclopedia is public domain. Charles Matthews 08:08, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

We aren't supposed to include primary sources in any case. I see that the article has been fixed, however. Michaelbusch 17:36, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

greetings for whenever you're back

Hi, in case you're back I hope you had a good break, i'm sure there is many an article wondering when you'll show up again; I myself just came back after two months and saw you'd disappeared for ages. Hope the vandals didn't get you down. I suspect vandal attraction is a sure sign you're doing something right. Anyway, beware the watchlist - after a long break it is a thing to make you groan. Worse still, the list of changes appears to be cut off after 30 days. aaargh! Be well, Deuar 22:20, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm afraid I've become somewhat disillusioned with editing Wikipedia. I've done far more editing than required to make almost all edits, vandalism, and debates routine. I now see editing as mostly politics and community service, and I think I've done my share of that as a Wikipedia user. I may come back, but right now other things have far more appeal. Michaelbusch 17:39, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

I hear where you're coming from, after a few months the initial amazement becomes more muted. I'm at the point where if I want to contribute anything useful at all, I have to work out a routine way to ignore all the politics, whether wikipedia or real world. It's actually the real world politics that I find difficult to pass by, when someone is peddling bollocks in some random field not even close to one I am knowledgable in. "How can I just let that go on misleading people", a little voice says, and more time than I expected is wasted for probably little real gain. (again) Deuar 19:17, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Colonization of Trans-Neptunian Objects

An article that you have been involved in editing, Colonization of Trans-Neptunian Objects, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colonization of Trans-Neptunian Objects. Thank you. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 21:13, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

OOXML Ballot Results

Within 2 min of posting the article you have it marked for speedy deletion on the basis it is an advertisement. I respectfully submit that this article is related to the OOXML main article but that it needs it's own page since the OOXML article has grown too lengthy. This is a current event that is hotly disputed and needs coverage. Jonathan888 (talk) 23:26, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

But will anyone care about this in two months? A year? Does one vote on a particular aspect of Microsoft software constitute WP:N? I submit that this is undue weight. WP:ADVERT might not be the best tag, I concede. Michaelbusch 23:28, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Again, I respectfully submit that if this measure passes in February 2008 almost everyone will care. Under the reasoning you just gave the OOXML page is spam and should be speedily deleted.Jonathan888 (talk) 23:31, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't think anyone will care who voted for and who voted against, or any of the details of the vote. The main page itself is notable, but in need of drastic revision. I have placed the tag. The Admins can now decide. Michaelbusch 23:33, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for changing the tag and for discussing this.Jonathan888 (talk) 00:14, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Anti-gravity

Isn't it a bit ironic that Anti-gravity is suffering from undue weight? — iridescent (talk to me!) 22:38, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

It seemed apt in more ways than one. Michaelbusch 22:40, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

I performed an undo on your deletion of Schulz Pillgram's reference. He stated a German engineer by name of Lewetzow invented a device made by the Russians that was propelled in the manner described in the Interavia article. That article featured Thomas Townsend Brown's saucer shaped device. The lofting cake within the vehicle was a modular gravitator and the exterior juxtaposed rim used the ionic wind principle. If Pillgram is correct, Lewetzow would represent German attempts to use parallel plate capacitors for propulsion. Tcisco 04:25, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

The entire article is in need of revision. I just removed the uppermost layer. Michaelbusch 19:40, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism

Thanks for reverting a vandal edit on my talkpage. Davnel03 08:02, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Links to IQ Societies

I see you've deleted the two links to Vertex and Epimetheus societies that I've put on the High IQ societies page. Can you direct me as to where should I put those links in your opinion. There's no ground for withholding links to societies' pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by StevanMD (talk • contribs) 13:59, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Hello

I was the fellow who did the edits you reverted on Zero Point Energy. I did these edits to clarify some points which are confusing to many people who are not involved in Casimir effect calculations.

I wanted to explain myself because I hope that something will be added to the page. The Casimir effect measures the change in vaccuum energy when different boundary conditions are altered. The whole confusion is that the vaccuum energy can be defined to be zero in one particular situation, since only energy differences are meaningful. This effect suggests that the vaccuum has usable energy to many people, and the current article continues to suggest that.

The Casimir effect is a correlation in dipole moment fluctuations in microscopic objects which can be calculated as the difference in quantum mechanical field energy between nearby states. This is what everyone agrees is true, and this is what is calculated and measured. The current article is expressing the views of a fringe group that believes that the Casimir force reveals that the vaccuum has usable energy.

I hope that some compromise will be put up, because the current article is grossly misleading.

Likebox 21:17, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

I did not read this from the current version, and thought that your version would lead to that misunderstanding. Michaelbusch 02:50, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

WTF?

Why do you keep messing with my talk page? Please stop. Youngberry 17:38, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Then don't remove warning messages. Michaelbusch 19:40, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Actually, users are permitted to remove warning messages; doing so is considered an acknowledgement that they have read the messages. See the talk page guidelines for confirmation. -FisherQueen (Talk) 19:46, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Audrey Kawasaki

For fuck sake! Does a person even have a chance to write an article before you tag it for deletion? This is beyond overzealous! Peter G Werner 06:52, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

I prefer to think of it as the Wiki having a strong immune system. Michaelbusch 06:53, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

That's nice. Unless I have some reason to believe you're not acting as a rouge editor, I'm going to remove the speedy deletion tag. Peter G Werner 06:55, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

No. You're going to follow policy and try to demonstrate notability first. Michaelbusch 06:58, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Who are you to make rude demands on other editors? In any event, the article is on a notable American artist who's been the subject of articles in Los Angeles Times, Jane, and Australian Vogue. If you still are going to challenge this, I'm going to change it from a speedy delete to an AfD and let other editors judge decide on this. Peter G Werner 07:07, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

This isn't a demand, it is merely a statement of policy, which quite clearly states that you should not remove speedy tags from articles you've created. Put the above and whatever else you have on the article's talk page, put it in the article, and then let the Admins decide. Michaelbusch 07:09, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the help in reverting the vandalism to my Userpage! I never thought to look at it before but today wasn't the first time. I am grateful for you and the others who keep an eye out for this sort of thing, and thanks for the userbox! OfficeGirl 07:34, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

troll

Who are you???? I think so: DIREKTOR is a troll!!!! Where, when, how, why I vandalized???? user:PIO, 11 September 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.33.89.104 (talk) 16:59, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Michaelbusch.
I've seen the messages [1], [2], [3] you've posted on the page of user:PIO.
Have you started an RfCU for his case?
Do you have some more material about his unallowed behaviour?
He started giving his statements (and heavy accusations!) on the Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Dalmatia, but, the others don't know much about him.
We cannot allow to vandals to use such serious places like Request for Arbitration as their playgrounds. So, if you've collected some evidence about his behaviour (sockpuppetteering, 3RR), can you post that on my talkpage?
Sincerely, Kubura 23:46, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Michael. You've helped a lot.
BTW, I know about DIREKTOR's temper, I disagree with his approach to problems in many things. I've sometimes thought that he's somebody's strawpuppet.
However, we need to disguise that troll PIO.
I think he has something with "user LEO".
See "LEO's" edit and IP on the RfARB/Dalmatia [4]. IP is 151.33.90.194.
Special:Contributions/151.33.90.194. Kubura 00:11, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Anti-gravity

Major restoration executed via Undo command. None of the references cited in the article had been disputed. Citations were for technical papers, dissertations, thesis, peer reviewed journals, reputable newspapers, and recognized aerospace magazines. None of the articles between the fifties and seventies had generated retractions. Tcisco 17:25, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Material removed per undue weight. Blanket undo is insufficient. Please defend any restoration on the article's talk page. Michaelbusch 18:32, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Please feel free to delete this warning. I just want to make sure you see it. I understand your position; but an edit war is not the way to fix it. I have given the same warning to Tcisco. You are going to have to come and explain your perspective in the talk page. Don't try to carry on a debate in edit comments; that is not what they are for. I have made a start to try and sort out what changes are being proposed in the talk page. If the edit warring continues, then a block is likely to be applied; just for the sake of getting things to calm down. —Duae Quartunciae (talk · cont) 03:57, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

I have seen, and heard, and followed your advice before receiving it. Michaelbusch 04:01, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

The more I look at your edits to Gold standard, the more I like them. That's not to say I don't have some quibbles, but, none worth mentioning so far. They were clearly a lot of work. Please award yourself your choice of a barnstar on my behalf. ←Ben^B4 20:50, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

Istrian exodus problem

User:PIO has lately been trying to make me look like a lone "POV warrior" with the involved Admin, Riana (talk), and on the Istrian exodus talkpage. He has claimed there are a "dozen" editors trying desperately to stop my wild edits. I would be grateful if anyone were to show Riana (the involved Admin) that I'm not that much of a "lunatic" he makes me out to be. DIREKTOR 11:13, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Well, there is certainly evidence PIO has been running a sockpuppet network and that the majority of the dozen he claims are in fact merely him editing by IP. That is enough for a shut-down. Michaelbusch 17:11, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

I fear he may have "beaten the system" with his sockpuppets. I hope I'm proven wrong... DIREKTOR 18:08, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

WTF??

Why do you want this article deleted?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Cherami

Supercool Dude 17:20, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Notability concerns. Satisfy the Admins of this on the article's talk page.

Further disruption by User:PIO

User:PIO (and his IP army) has announced (here) that he is going to spread the edit-war to another article: Foibe massacres. I have once more invited him to discuss, but that's a desperate plea. Since he does not show any intention of stopping his "activities", I hope you may support me in trying to get him repremanded, not only for disruption, obviously, but also for sockpuppeteering, personal attacks and persistant vandalism. DIREKTOR 19:27, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Redirects

The town is spelled in those different ways..thats why i redirected the names to that one...I misspelled it first so i had to do it again — Preceding unsigned comment added by JuuuVeee (talk • contribs) .

I find no references to the alternative spellings, and having so many strains credibility. Do you have citations for that? Michaelbusch 23:07, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

References from where... imagine something else spelled like that..thats the name of the town.. but if it isnt allowed then ill change the name of the original one i chose —Preceding unsigned comment added by JuuuVeee (talk • contribs) 23:10, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but this is Wikipedia. Michaelbusch 23:14, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

I believe redirects from misspellings are allowed. I don't think you need references. It's just ways that someone might type it in.

You've marked them with a template stating that they are redirects to a nonexistent page, but they are not. The page exists. --132.156.40.108 23:17, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Maybe, but ten such seems excess, and I don't think anyone would mis-spell it some of those ways. I flagged it as nonexistent page, because they were nonexistent at the time (the page was mislabeled). I've left the tags because I think they should be removed anyway. Michaelbusch 23:19, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

How would you know how people would mis-spell it? Do you know the pronouncement? Didnt think so... (JuuuVeee 23:40, 14 September 2007 (UTC))

My pronunciation of Arabic isn't strong, but I don't think that many would forget the leading 'Al'. Michaelbusch 23:51, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Speedy delete

I wasn't given enough time. The speedy delete procedure was not followed. No need to be over zealous. Benefit fo the doubt required for a short period. As is stated in the speedy delete procedure. I did put the hangon tag there! Paul Beardsell 07:19, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

I dont think many would spell"Al" on this specifik town. but yeah why not maybe i should redirect more names... (JuuuVeee 11:46, 15 September 2007 (UTC))

Fahrenheit

I agree that my inclusion of the link regarding Fahrenheit temperature measurement was weak. You have impressive credentials as a guardian of Wikipedia standards, and I would certainly not argue with you in this case.

Out of mild interest, I searched to find good resources on the internet regarding the history of Fahrenheit and pretty much failed. I have tried to support the few contributions I have make to Wikipedia with strong references. Most online resources regarding Fahrenheit are very weak, and I found a number of references to articles which had to be purchased. Admittedly, I devoted only limited time to the search. The article I found and added cites works by an author, of some distinction, who wrote about Fahrenheit, so I figured if anyone wanted to do further study they could attempt to find those works. I've said all this only to explain myself (so perhaps you won't think I'm overly silly or careless), not to make a case for reverting.

Thanks for your time. Saraalan 19:45, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

September 2007

Thank you for making a report at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Reporting and removing vandalism is vital to the functioning of Wikipedia and all users are encouraged to revert, warn, and report vandalism. However, administrators generally only block users if they have received a recent final warning (one that mentions that the user may be blocked) and they have recently vandalized after that warning was given. The reported user has not yet been blocked because it appears this has not occurred yet. If this user continues to vandalize after their final warning, please report them to the AIV noticeboard again. Thank you. Improper usernames should be reported to WP:UAA, not WP:AIV. FastLizard4 (Talk•Links•Sign) 01:11, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Rws killer article incident

I'm sorry for adding the block template to the User:Rws killer page. Am I going to get banned from editing??? styrofoam1994 03:21, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Temper the Zealots

Michael, I suggest you read your own guidelines if you are so clever and can quote sentence and verse - brush up "On assuming good faith" BadCop666 10:34, 16 September 2007 (UTC)