User talk:Mostlyharmless

Really, I should be writing an essay at the moment, if you see me edit, yell at me and tell me to get back to work (copied from) Midnighttonight

Thanks

thanks for your note of support on my user page. i'm still deeply ambivalent about WP as well, but i'm still here too. i love knowledge, words, and the accurate use of the latter to increase the former. so i continue editing articles here and there, correcting typos, rewording things, and in rare cases contributing some actual knowledge or clarification to articles. it's fun, even with all the downsides. Anastrophe 00:57, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps if you two stopped attacking extrapolations with prediction confidence intervals clearly shown, it wouldn't seem like there are so many downsides. —James S. 04:44, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

you're rapidly making yourself a wikicrank, Nrcprm2026. this portion of the discussion had nothing to do with you. but then, it's the nature of the paranoic to believe everyone's out to get him. Anastrophe 05:30, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

It's the fact that your graph is original research and clearly contravenes the policy no original research that bugs me, James. There is plenty of evidence of the detrimental effects of climate change without having to create your own. Mostlyharmless 05:10, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

It would not be considered "original research" if it were submitted to a scientific journal. The extrapolation procedure is almost completely mechanical. I am sorry that you feel that people do not need the benefit of a direct presentation of the costs involved. —James S. 05:27, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

"a direct representation". no, not in the slightest. the original source data from IPCC, ending in 1998, is a direct representation. your graphs are flights of fancy. nothing more. nothing less. you could choose an entirely different mechanism for your predictions, and come up with entirely different results. again, i challenge you to run your software only on the data from 1994 to 1998. i'd love to see that curve. Anastrophe 05:30, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

and boy, do these user talk page discussions show wikipedia's second worst aspect: wiki software for threaded discussion. it needs real forum software for this. it's damn near unmanageable as it stands. Anastrophe 05:31, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Userbox revelation

Using userboxes I have determined that you are my long-lost fraternal twin. Greetings! Ashibaka tock 08:03, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

• Sorry dude, I haven't been on here to edit for a while. But I see in general you have taken a similar tack on the whole userbox thing. Certain admins have almost drove me away! But I decided I wasn't going to participate in The Great Userbox War any longer, as that time could be better used for maintaining the Wik. Who needs the stress, right? Sct72 03:39, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Stolen userboxes

After marvelling at your userbox thingy, I have subsequently stolen all of interest. Thats quite a collection you got there!

well, they're all available at userbox, so go wild. Also, you can use four tildes to sign your name like this :) Mostlyharmless 23:38, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Its sad how often I am forgetting to do that :| --BakugekiNZ 03:32, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Sun God Ra

thanks for your edits anyway.. too much knee jerking on wiki so its good to have a note from time to time, although i dont care much for formalities.. I just thought it was a good excuse to find out all about Ra and think about it from differnet angles; it occurred to me that I was assuming as well, what if Ben really did worship the 'Egyptian' sun god ? then i thought that maybe I would go and ask him!! i havent spoken to him actually, but i thought i might take my laptop down there and show him the page, and do a live interview direct to wiki!! cafenet enables me to do that, at ~$1 per mb. my nephew told me that he set him up a site a few years back, when they were at the other park, which is next door to where my nephew worked at the time. cheers.moza 13:09, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

A Western Sahara-related vote

===>Here Make your voice heard. Vote or die. And all that. -Justin (koavf), talk 20:27, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

why vote stacking is a bad idea... Mostlyharmless 01:52, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Mangere Mountain

You're right, the Auckland Volcanic Field category would be better placed on an article about Mangere Mountain than on Mangere. I have created the article and shifted the tag there. It's just a brief stub - please feel free to contribute! -- Avenue 02:21, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Edit blocks

Your user name or IP address has been blocked from editing. You were blocked by Drini for the following reason (see our blocking policy): vandalism Your IP address is 130.195.86.37. I'm starting to get frustrated by this. I'm always being blocked.

I sign in and it makes no difference; I often have to try 3 or 4 times before I can make an edit. The IP in question belongs to Victoria University of Wellington an institution with over 20,000 students and staff. I suspect that I'm not the only one who suffers the same Mostlyharmless 09:59, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, I'll try to block the less ppossible this ip: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] (from yesterday), but as they say, "always look at the bright side of life": If you find me editing or reading wikipedia I'm probably procrastinating and should be given a slap around the ears and told to get back to the VUW library! , so consider it a friendly slap. -- ( drini ☎ ) 17:48, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

My "non-Article"

Thanks, but I think I prefer it the way it was :) Grutness...wha? 23:13, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

PS - re your recent blocking, you might like to look at Wikipedia:Blocking policy proposal. I sffer the same way from vandals on the same IP. Grutness...wha? 23:15, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about that; there is a difference between being bold and reckless! Mostlyharmless 07:37, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Howdy

My POLS classes are 417, 419, 423 and 428. so it looks like we are not in any classes together. Do you go to the room on the sixth floor of murphy that much? I'm up there quite a bit, so we may well have met each other, or at some time during undergrad. Hmmmmm --Midnighttonight 08:39, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

At least there is free printing in those rooms! And get back to work!!!--Midnighttonight 08:43, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

New Zealand COTF

Hi Mostlyharmless, I saw the you voted in the three way tie breaker for Rugby union in New Zealand. Just letting you know that it did not win, but the original nomination still has 5 votes (and will likely ber picked next), so if you could vote for it under its normal heading that would be great, as tie-breaker votes do not get carried over. Cheers Cvene64 04:43, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Your message

You put your message to User: Gregwriter on his userpage whilst messages should be placed on the talk page Thanks, Jean-Paul 10:40, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Te Ara

Thanks for creating the article, and now the redirect. I tried an internal search for the article, but it didn't find it, so the redirect is very necessary.-gadfium 19:49, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Rugby Union in New Zealand

Hi there, I noticed you voted for Rugby Union in New Zealand to be the next Wikipedia:New Zealand Collaboration of the Fortnight. It is also being voted for on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Rugby union/Collaboration of the fortnight. Add your vote there and have a joint collaboration! --Midnighttonight 05:44, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

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Human Rights Com / Human Rights Act

Hi Mostlyharmless, I see you've got the HRC up as a potentional article. I've been meaning to add the Act (the Human Rights Act 1993) to wiki for some time, since I created the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act article. Do you think they should be one in the same article? --Lholden 23:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't think they should be one and the same (I'm no expert on NZ human rights however, I'm learning as I go), simply because one is a physical institution, the other a piece of legislation. I'd probably start with a stub though, simply because it's easier. Mostlyharmless 02:43, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

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Battling on

Good to see that you are still editing. On articles such as Ahmed Zaoui, you need to persevere. I get the impression you know a lot about Algerian politics, so it's important that you do so. I don't agree that your opponent there is a troll; just someone who is stubbornly fighting to keep the article neutral as he sees it. I realise that you ran out of time due to University pressures; perhaps you could revisit the issues once the academic year is over.-gadfium 05:08, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm sure I don't know what would have given you the impression he knows a lot about Algerian politics, other than his chest thumping about having a corner on the truth. Though I suppose that when one is the possessor of such a beautiful thing, mundane rules of evidence, like citing sources, don't apply. But, what do I know, I'm a truth hating bastard who's never read any Kafka. Armon 01:16, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

The only problem is that he sees fit to use highly controversial sources when he sees fit (in other articles). I see he is still rolling back every change made by another user if he disagrees with the inclusion of some of that information, without any discussion (i.e. Keith Locke ) Thanks for the encouragement though! I will come back and sort things out. Tell me to get back to work! 23:10, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I suggest you give it a rest. Gadfium's willingness to continue to extend the assumption of good-faith to you in light of your behaviour is a testament to his saintliness and a challenge to you. Armon 01:16, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I am giving it a rest. The Kafka edit was vandalism, and I accept that. I'm still bitter, and the less said the better. Tell me to get back to work! 01:39, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Lack of acceptance of your personal attacks noted. You fail to notice that I haven't reported your behaviour thus far, but that's subject to change. Armon 03:15, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

If you want me to apologise, you're looking in the wrong place. I'll be interested to see how the mediation turns out. Tell me to get back to work! 04:14, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

It's going nowhere, you refused to participate by vandalizing the page, throwing up a personal attack on your user page, and "quiting" WP. Armon 04:55, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I meant the mediation other users have brought against you. And yes I am on an extended wikibreak. Tell me to get back to work! 11:51, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Canada

How is Canada at the moment? And the conference? Anyway, get back to writing those essays... you have WAY TOO MUCH to do to be spending any time on Wikipedia. --Midnighttonight remind to go do uni work! 10:02, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Uni work

You didn't get my help because I'm not dating you! How did your essays go? --Midnighttonight remind to go do uni work! 03:56, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Will be good to catch up once all the exams are over (so I can enforce this!), but looks like you might have an interesting trip ahead, just make sure it doesn't clash with uni work! (I meet Hana today....) --Midnighttonight remind to go do uni work! 06:09, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Algerian civil war

Thanks for the heads up. I too am generally on Wikivacation these days, but go back occasionally to keep an eye on my longest articles. Good luck. - Mustafaa 00:11, 25 October 2006 (UTC)