User talk:Gus Polly

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I liked the additional info you added about Paczki, tho it left me struggling with my dim brain for a while to remember the word "pirogi" and mull both long enough to convince myself that one was not just a word for the other.

The system says you created Paczki from the mis-spelled Packzi by a cut and paste. This is not the procedure we hope for, bcz the history of the article prior to the move is now fairly hidden "under" the redirect you edited the bad one into.

If you'll click on the "Move this page" link that appears on most pages, you'll see a good bit of info on how to do it without this side effect. The fix for the current situation is to delete the new, good one, to make room for Move this page to transfer the history of Packzi to the name Paczki, where your new and improved text can then be edited on top of the old content. But i'm pretty sure only a sysop can get rid of Paczki, and have asked Angela to do so.

Just in case she does so before you read this, here's your latest version:

Pączki (pronounced poonch-key) is a Polish pastry that is much like a jelly-filled doughnut. It is a common treat eaten on Fat Tuesday in Polish communities in Michigan and Ohio. The traditional pączek (singular) is filled with prunes instead of lemon, bavarian cream, or raspberry, as is common today; prune packzi are still popular, though.

The reason for making pączki is that all the lard, sugar, and fruit in the house would need to be used up before Lent.

I'm leaving a note for User:Angela, requesting the deletion. IMO it'd be good experience for you to see the preferred way work, so once she (or another sysop, if you arrange that) has done the delete, i urge you to use Move this page, from Packzi, to finish the job. (You can edit in the markup text i copied above, either before or after you do the move, so that it gets your sig in the history.)

If she hasn't already done it, she might be waiting for confirmation from you, or you might choose to request the deletion from someone else & get it out of the way; if you do, i'd let her know to avoid confusion and duplication of effort.

Oh, and i broke the redirect to make Packzi more accessible. Perhaps you already know 3 ways to get to it if i hadn't done that; if not drop me a note & we'll discuss. [smile]

Keep up the good editing! --Jerzy 10:39, 2004 Feb 25 (UTC)

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User:Angela has done some magic, beyond what i anticipated, and actually merged the two histories; she shows as the last to edit, but you show as the first to create the current text and she shows as merely "reverting to" your text (i.e., as having merely restored your work). So there's no good opportunity to try out the Move this page operation.

(Well, actually, there is: this situation is the unique one the Move this page text discusses, namely Packzi is a "historyless redirect", and anyone can move Paczki to it, and anyone can then move it back to Packzi, with the two adding up to mutually cancelling Move this page operations; the only sign of having done a full cycle would be a change in the time-stamp of the final historyless redirect that results.)

Wish i knew how to wish you a Polska happy Mardi Gras, but thanks again for your edits. --Jerzy 16:21, 2004 Feb 25 (UTC)

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Hi GusGus, don't worry about the page move as the two versions have been merged together now, but in future, as Jerzy explains above, it's best to use the move this page link to move a page. This preserves the page history. Wikipedia:How to rename (move) a page has more information if you need it. Angela. 20:30, Feb 25, 2004 (UTC)

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Thanks, folks. I never noticed the "move this page" link until now.

GusGus 20:59, 2004 Feb 25 (UTC) ::

No, of course you didn't; i recall overlooking it for a long time even after i had read Wikipedia:How to rename (move) a page, until the day i had a situation that demanded a move. Checking out, e.g., Special pages took me longer, and you know what? I think i should have some idea what is behind the Contact us link, when i finish this.

But you wrote me

Hey, thanks for the "move this page" info. You folks are a lot nicer than I expected! ...

Wow, what a lucky guy you are, you caught me on a good day! [wink]

But seriously, two slogans are

Edit boldly

and

Don't bite the newbies.

Everybody here has been a newbie, and besides, nobody's going to edit boldly if biting of colleagues comes easily.

In any case, follow the links to do research on how things work, and ask questions; i'm often on for hours a day seven days a week, and a good question is a nice change of pace. [smile] --Jerzy(t) 00:11, 2004 Feb 26 (UTC)

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I've never seen the distance formula given in terms of a, b, c, and d, only in x_0, y_0, x_1, and y_1; if that form is standard, though, please replace it

It really doesn't matter, theoretically, it could be (ζ, γ) and (ο δ) if you want...a, b, c, d seems like it would show up in algebraic context (e.g. verifying field axioms of complex numbers), while the way you have it probably more common for distance. Revolver 08:35, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Fermat's Last Theorem - if any theorem deserves a display box, wouldn't it be this one?

Charles Matthews 11:10, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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Russian accents

What a mess have you produced!  It seems that you simply have a bad browser (or perhaps bad fonts).  In Unicode, combining diacritics are always added after the main character, and never before it. — Monedula 17:18, 22 May 2004 (UTC)

The source of the problem has been identified!  See: Verdana#Combining characters bug. — Monedula 19:55, 22 May 2004 (UTC)

Pac Pic

Hello, I've listed Pac-Man at Featured_article_candidates#Pac-Man and someone has asked if the pics are free to use. You contributed the screenshot, would you care to answer? Would appreciate it. --bodnotbod 02:37, Jul 21, 2004 (UTC)

Article Licensing

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Thank you! :) Dysprosia 08:27, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Nickelback

You were wondering about the two Nickelback songs that sounded the same. They are "How You Remind Me" and "Someday". If you really want to hear how they are similar, search google or your favorite P2P program for "How You Remind Me of Someday", which plays both songs, one in the left channel and the other on the right.

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I agree with you that the image almost certainly qualifies as fair use in those original articles. I'll see if I can track down the folks with a stake in including it in those others... (ESkog)^(Talk) 00:20, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

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Happy Birthday

	Happy Birthday	from the Birthday Committee
	Wishing Gus Polly a very happy birthday on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Don't forget to save us all a piece of cake!

--Nadir D Steinmetz 12:22, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

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Hi did you take this pic?Genisock2 (talk) 14:27, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Just checking copyright stuff. Thankyou for letting me know.Geni 10:14, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

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Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Gus Polly, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

Versus22 _talk 05:01, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Hungry? Here's a little snack for you on your birthday, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day, Gus Polly!

Catdog4169 (talk) 19:43, 15 January 2009 (UTC)