User talk:TParis

How do you find a percentage of a number?

To find a percentage of a number it is really simple. For example if you are finding 56 percent of 230 all you do is times them by each other then divide by 100. Simple! Hope this helpful to you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaael.123 (talk • contribs) 15:13, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

• I apologize for pointing out the obvious, but (56 * 230) / 100 = 128.8, and 56 most certainly isn't 128.8% of 230. What you need to do instead is (56 / 230) * 100 = ~24.35, and 56 is ~24.35% of 230. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 16:09, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

That's not correct. The word "of" is the equivialnt of multiplation. So "finding 56 percent of 230" is equivilant to "x = .56 x 230". Solving for X yields 128.8  little green rosetta(talk)
central scrutinizer  16:57, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

That's not true either. The answer is: *drum roll* this is spam. lol--v/r - TP 17:37, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Can't resist a simple word problem.  little green rosetta(talk)
central scrutinizer  14:17, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

XDXDXDXDXD—cyberpower ^Chat_Online 17:53, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

• Hmph. *facepalm* That'll teach me to try and be a smartass. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 18:30, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

THE BIZZARE INSTINCT OF THE PAPER WASP

Paper Wasps have been described as masters of engineering.As its name suggests,the paper wasp builds and maintains its compound nest out of a special kind of paper which manufactures itself. The insects collects fibres of plants and from dead wood and from all kinds of places. It them chews the cellulose-rich material,adding a sticky high protein saliva. When applied,the resulting paste dries to form a light firm,yet,tough paper. Moreover,the saliva has special properties that enable the paper to generate and absorb heat ,thus maintaining the right temperature in the brood comb on cool days. The wasp builds its nest mouthful by mouthful. The finished product is waterproof paper umbrella-covered cluster of hexagonal cells combining strength and efficiency. Wasps that live in wetter areas simply add more oral secretion because of its water resistant properties. The insects selects sites that offer some kind of protective overhang. From this,they suspend their downward facing nests by a stalk or petiole. Moreover,paper wasps do on harm to the environment,unlike our papermaking processes,which pollute air,water and land. Understandably,architects and researchers are studying paper wasp's products with a view to designing superior building materials that are light weight,strong,more flexible and biodegradable. WHAT DO YOU THINK? Did an insect with brain roughly the size of two grains of sand figure out papermaking and architecture by itself? Or are its chemical and mechanical engineering skills evidence of design? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael Otu Wuddah (talk • contribs) 19:08, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

• TP, have you considered SPP'ing your talk page? :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 19:15, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

I mentioned your AN decision about me in another AN item

I thought the decision you made about my behavior in February was fair, especially the part about where I am to be given a chance to stop engaging in a discussion where I'm being tendentious (as a warning from an uninvolved admin) before I'm blocked or penalized in any way. However, this implied agreement between WP administration and me appears to not be recognized by at least one other admin. See here:

• Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Help_please.21_Second_opinion.28s.29_requested.2C_from_uninvolved_admin.28s.29

Thanks. --B2C 21:47, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

AE feedback

Hi TParis – I thought I'd respond here since I'm probably at or beyond my limit in the AE.

I appreciate the clarification of your ANI remedy. If indeed there's no active monitoring by admins of B2C's behavior, then it seems that the remedy boils down to having editors continue to report disruptive behavior to administrators who may then choose to act. Forgive me, but I don't see that this varies materially from what was happening before, nor how it amounts to an effective deterrent. (One difference I do see is that the remedy limits investigating administrators to only very weak and localized sanctions – at the very most only barring B2C from participating in the remainder of a single discussion that he's already disrupted to the point of administrative intervention.)

In your summation you explicitly stated your willingness to "revisit and revert" your decision based on others' feedback. Given what I've seen since its implementation, and what I've recently learned from you about how it's actually meant to work, I'm afraid I must offer as feedback my view that the remedy as it stands is insufficient and doesn't adequately address the problem, for reasons already elaborated by myself (and others). Please understand that I don't mean this as criticism – it's merely my response to your stated willingness to reconsider your decision based on users' responses.

I ask that you to please accept this feedback without sarcasm or defensiveness, in the same spirit of helpfulness and collaboration that I offer it, and consider allowing the remedy to be revised as others have proposed. Thanks! ╠╣uw [talk] 00:53, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

I understand your perception, but I'd like to see someone attempt to use it before it's written off. Interaction bans, topic bans, blocks, and site bans have become a sort of default sanction around here and we often forget that we invented these things. We're not bound to our previous ideas. New ideas should be given a shot and then evaluated for effectiveness. Try it on the next RM discussion B2C is causing disruption in.--v/r - TP 02:28, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

For the record, I would quote this from the ANI closure: "I know I took some artistic prerogative in developing the sanction, so if my talk page blows up with opposition then I'll revisit and revert myself. I also realize that I am putting a huge burden on my fellow admins by forcing them to consider each discussion on it's own merits, but there is significant rationale in the below discussion not to ban him from the entire topic or to limit him to a single post." Several editors have expressed concerns with the path that you took, both here and at the current AE discussion. We are just trying to deal with a difficult editor who seems to be making no effort to change his behavior despite multiple official warnings; and you did express willingness to revisit this. Let's do that, please. Thanks. Omnedon (talk) 12:23, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

That quote was over two months ago and I received both praise and criticism. In the end, everyone agreed to try it out. So I will revisit when you actually try it.--v/r - TP 12:31, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Labs, again

I set up a project for the tools. If you create an account on Wikitech, I can add you to it, and then we can begin migrating some of it to labs and get it ready.—cyberpower ^Chat_{Limited Access} 13:07, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Comedy Masala

I'd like to try again for my entry on Comedy Masala, which you deleted last year. It's become much more notable. Can I make a new submission?Gchuva (talk) 04:01, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

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