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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Beefeater-plays-for-lovers-cover.jpg

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things seem quieter

Just ask away. If too complicated, I'll tell you and defer it. DGG (talk) 15:07, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

not sockpuppet

I am not sockpuppet of anyone; I do not know this mathstatwoman. This is untrue and unfair. If you want me to go away, please help get rid of my page and discussion, and I will stop editing, but please do not say untrue things about me. I do not know how to leave Wikipedia. I was just trying to help, but do not like false accusations under my name. Thank you. Alfred Legrand (talk) 08:04, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Regarding above, see Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Alfred_Legrand. CM (talk) 18:34, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Request for rollback

Hi Pete, just to let you know I've processed your request and you should be able to use the tool now. If you want information on any aspects of it, please feel free to check out Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Take care! ~ Riana ⁂ 03:53, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Oops - turned out Viridae did it at the same time I was going to - can't take any credit here :) Good luck with it. ~ Riana ⁂ 03:55, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppet ring

Based on the report you recently created at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/MathStatWoman, you may want to see the current discussion at WP:ANI#Wenocur. This is a little over my head, so hopefully we can get some advice and assistance from others more experienced with this kind of thing. — Satori Son 15:17, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

M.I.A. (band) AfD

Hi, M.I.A. (band) is being AfD'd. I have no idea about the notability of this band, but you're probably more qualified to comment than most. Mostlyharmless (talk) 05:12, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

that Conley guy

He's perked-up. Please see: User talk:Fram#User:Runningman01 and offer your two-bits. Cheers, Jack Merridew 13:38, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Looks like this is sorted for now. FYI, I'm still keeping an eye on User:Jon Hobynx. I'm also interested in finding a wikiproject or something to ask to do a clean-up on the various bios these accounts have diddled with. Ideas? Cheers, Jack Merridew 09:27, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

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My Rfa

I wish to thank you for being supportive of my effort to regain my adminship. Though it was not successful, your support was still very much appreciated. Let me know if there is anything I can do for you. Thank you!--MONGO 06:37, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which was unsuccessful with 19 support, 18 oppose, and 5 neutral. I have signed up for admin coaching and will retry later on in a couple more months.

I'm sorry you felt I am inexperienced to become an admin. I hope that by performing more edits on Wikipedia in the next few months that I could possibly change your mind by my next RfA, possibly around May 2008. In addition, if you have reviewed my edit history, you would have found that I have edited pages covering aviation, higher education, Hong Kong, San Francisco Bay Area, Florida, engineering, roads and highways, schools, and my latest project, getting WP:ROBO up and running actively. This includes participation in WP:FLA, WP:UNI, WP:HK, WP:SFBA, WP:ENGINEERING, and others. I hope by participating in more AfD discussions and NPP work that I can expand my work to even more categories so I may change your mind. - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ contribs} 05:01, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Watchlist

Thanks! --Bradeos Graphon Βραδέως Γράφων (talk) 15:35, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Game theory FAR

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Jon Hobynx

Jon Hobynx (talk · contribs) is back. You stated a while ago that you believed this to be R:128.40.76.3 (talk · contribs). I'll be posting a note at an/i soon and will drop a link back here. Cheers, Jack Merridew 09:45, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

• Jon's bagged and tagged. See: Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/R:128.40.76.3 and add anything you can. Cheers, Jack Merridew 09:09, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

The Beatnigs

I undeleted it and sent it to AFD. --Coredesat 18:57, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Modified Rankin Scale

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Navy

Glad you enjoyed that. Another Navy quote is from Winston Churchill (paraphrased). After being criticized for jeaprodizing the traditions of the British Navy he said: "The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash." --Kevin Murray (talk) 19:19, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kuching International Airport Flights

Welcome, and thank you for your attempt to lighten up Wikipedia. However, this is an encyclopedia and the articles are intended to be serious, so please don't make joke edits, as you did to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kuching International Airport Flights. Readers looking for serious articles will not find them amusing. If you'd like to experiment with editing, try the sandbox, where you can write (almost) whatever you want. αѕєηιηє ^t/_c 06:16, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the silly template message, but I think that was intended to be used for edits to the mainspace. Pete.Hurd (talk) 06:39, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

please revist

Please revist the Afd for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew Jess Dannenberg. He seems to have a remarkable publication record, besides the paper giving rise to the discussion in the article. DGG (talk) 18:09, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

• Ok, done, Pete.Hurd (talk) 03:23, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Edmonton meetup

Hello - I'm contacting you with this message because you have listed youself in Category:Wikipedians in Edmonton - if you are not actually in Edmonton, I apologize for bothering you; unfortunately, the sort of spamming I'm doing isn't conducive to reading everybody's userpages thoroughly. I am investigating the possibility of creating a Wikipedia meetup in Edmonton for sometime during the spring or summer of 2008. If you're interested, please visit Wikipedia:Meetup/Edmonton, add yourself to the list of interested editors, and watchlist the page. Cheers, Sarcasticidealist (talk) 23:53, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Gavin_McInnes.jpg listed for deletion

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Re: The Proletariat

No problem; I'd never heard of the band and couldn't find any information myself. After you posted sources it was pretty clear that the band was notable- this is why it's good to have people with knowledge of the subject around. JeremyMcCracken (talk) (contribs) 16:59, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

What he said. :) Thanks for letting me know you provided references, I have no problem changing my decision in response. Terraxos (talk) 05:18, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

RfA comment

Hi, Pete.Hurd, Of all the votes on my RfA I thought yours was the oddest but perhaps not surprising for someone in the field of psychology. I updated your Wikipedia entry that day and enjoyed looking at your work but didn't notice that you had interacted with Jimmy Wales or had dealings with MIT yourself, but things do get lost in a million users here. Anyway, hi from another user who saw Swans. I only saw them once. At First Avenue's 7th Street Entry. I don't know them or who it was for sure but think it was probably Algis Kizys who came out the Entry's stage door afterwards when he shook my hand as I walked home. His forearm was stronger than that little black door and in my recollection he looked taller than the door too. We all survived with smiles to boot. Best wishes. -Susanlesch (talk) 21:56, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

P.S. Looking at his bio I hope it was Kizys because I bought a signed test pressing of Glenn Branca's Symphony No. 6 at his sale on eBay a few years ago. -Susanlesch (talk) 23:00, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

How sad to try to understand a comment and not be deemed worth the time for a reply. Or did I misunderstand? -Susanlesch (talk) 20:27, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Huh? You asked a question? (FWIW, I don't uinderstand "but didn't notice that you had interacted with Jimmy Wales or had dealings with MIT yourself" of what that was supposed to relate to). Are you trying to make some point I ought to respond to? Pete.Hurd (talk) 21:39, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello again. I was responding to your comment and vote on my RfA. And trying to be understanding of it. I know sometimes that asking a direct question is the best way to receive a reply, but thought there was enough shared interest in music that you would understand. That's all right. Maybe I should have asked what you liked about Hüsker Dü? Regarding Mr. Wales and MIT, you brought them up, echoing someone else, in your comment on my RfA. I didn't see in your materials or article that you had dealt with them so I wondered why you brought them up. No problem, people can say whatever they like in RfAs. Hope this helps. -Susanlesch (talk) 21:47, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Any relation?

Any relation to Peter Hurd?

Smallbones (talk) 14:30, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Thank you for your comments on my RFA. Even though it failed with 28 supports, 42 opposes, and 15 neutrals, I am grateful for the suggestions and advice I have received and I do hope to improve as a Wikipedian. If you ever need my help in any endeavor, feel free to drop me a line. --Sharkface217 20:01, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Sexual selection

Hi, Pete. Could you see Talk:Evolution#Sexual_Selection and maybe make some remarks? Graft | talk 21:44, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Gladly... done. Cheers, Pete.Hurd (talk) 23:05, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

The Haldane's dilemma article is terrible, it reads as if some creationist wrote it. I haven't looked around but I take it that this is a problem in open-edited encyclopaedia? --I am not a dog (talk) 12:05, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Lady Aleena's RfA

Pete.Hurd...Thank you for participating in my nomination for adminship. Your comments have shown me those areas in which I need improve my understanding. I hope that my future endevors on Wikipedia will lead to an even greater understanding of it. If you wish to further discuss the nomination, please use its talk page. Stop by my talk page anytime, even if it is just to say hello. Have a wonderful day! - LA @ 05:00, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

And also

You discuss the relationship between evolutionarily stable strategies and Nash equilibria. If I were teaching basic evolutionary game theory to undergraduate biologists, then I wouldn't mention it at all, as it would likely confuse them more than it is useful. Those that are really into it can read it by themselves. I am not a dog (talk) 12:49, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

My Recent Rfa

Although you opposed me in my recent RFA I will still say thanks as from your comments and the other users comments that opposed me I have made a todo list for before my next RFA. I hope I will have resolved all of the issues before then and I hope that you would be able to support me in the future. If you would like to reply to this message or have any more suggestions for me then please message me on my talk page as I will not be checking back here. Thanks again. ·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 16:23, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

WP:PROF revision suggestion

I am trying to "test the waters" to see if there is enough interest in revising WP:PROF to better reflect the arguments that are actually used in practice in academic-related AfDs. I've put a note about it at Wikipedia talk:Notability (academics) with a somewhat more detailed explanation. There is also a link there to a possible draft of a revised version of WP:PROF, which is located in my sandbox, User:Nsk92/Sandbox3. Since you have participated in academic-related AfDs in the past, I'd like to hear your input about this idea, both in general and in terms of specifics. If you have some comments, please post them at Wikipedia talk:Notability (academics). You are also welcome to edit User:Nsk92/Sandbox3 in the meantime. Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 20:50, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks so much for your support in myRfA, which closed successfully this morning. _{TravellingCari}^{the Busy Bee} 16:52, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Signaling

Hi Pete. I hope all is well. It's summer, and so I have time to waste on wikipedia. I started Sir Philip Sidney game. I plan to add the following stuff over the next few weeks: (1) empirical studies of cost, (2) extensions to continuous signals, goods, and need and (3) Bergstrom and Lachmann's criticisms about evolvability. Anyway, let me know what you think. --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 15:58, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Bayesian game high importance

Hey-I upgraded Bayesian game to high importance. It seems like an essential part of game theory to me. But I see (noticed after the fact) that you set it "mid", so if you disagree I might concede the point. Cretog8 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 03:30, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dr. Lance de Masi

I just posted a comment at this AfD debate. I tried to interpret what you said and hopefully I didn't muddle it up too badly. Please have look. Cheers! TN‑X-Man 03:04, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Jessika Folkerts

Hi Professor Hurd. I closed the AfD before looking at some of your posts about User:Jessika Folkerts, but I looked at them afterwards, and I am well aware that the Peter L. Hurd article is not self-promotion. You may rest assured that I am keeping an eye on this case, and that I can see where the real policy violations are. Happy editing! -- SCZenz (talk) 14:26, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

RfA Review

Hello Pete.Hurd. I've noticed that you have a completed set of responses to the RfA Review question phase at User:Pete.Hurd/RfA review , but they don't seem to be included on the list of responses here. If you've completed your responses, please can you head to Wikipedia:RfA Review/Question/Responses and add a link to them at the bottom of the list so that they get included in the research. We have a closing date of midnight UTC on 1st July, so please add your link before this date. Once again, thank you for taking the time to participate in the Question Phase of RfA Review.Gazimoff ^Write_Read 15:33, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

email

Thanks for getting in touch. Feel free to revert any of his edits as it's clear they are unwelcome. --Rodhullandemu 22:29, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

No problem. At least we know now that anyone trying to reintroduce that content is very likely going to be a sockpuppet. Makes things easier. Cheers! --Rodhullandemu 23:53, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Michael Potts: AfD dialogue

Please revisit Michael Potts article (of which I am the principal author). Contrary to an assertion by one commenter that Google News only offers one link to "michael potts" +"rocky mountain institute," I have provided a link showing that in fact, there are eight links. For example, I have just added to the article, under External Links, a Denver Post interview with Michael Potts on March 31, 2007, in which he speaks about his personal and business philosophies. Thank you for your time. I do appreciate your help in strengthening this article.Jhutson64 (talk) 15:42, 9 July 2008 (UTC)