User talk:Dilaudid~enwiki

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Thanks and happy editing, Alphax ^τεχ 14:13, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Alphax.--Dilaudid 01:35, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Two envelopes problem[edit]

I've followed your discussion on the two envelopes problem page. The problem is that one editor (talk) keeps claiming that this is an unsolved problem. Typically he provides "sources" that either say the opposite, or discuss a very specific, obscure variant of the paradox (typically involving infinity somehow). The general case is of course trivial and solved. I tried to find a consensus (ie. "certain variants of the problem still cause discussion, mostly in philosophical circles") but alas - to no avail. I don't think the article can be corrected without action against talk; he reverts everything back to "unsolved problem". It's very embarrassing; the article is a good example of how Wikipedia's consensus model can totally break down. Tomixdf (talk) 16:37, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey mate, I partly agree - but I also have to concede he might have a point - I think he is arguing about a different point to us. See what I said in the talk. Have you had a look at the St petersberg paradox article? That was contentious for a while, but it seems very well written now. Perhaps we can work with Martin to try and get the 2 envelopes problem under control. Dilaudid (talk) 17:55, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I tried reading some of the articles that caused my doubts, the ones cited in the article. They are rubbish (they are talking about using a brownian ratchet, probably because their st petersberg variation didn't confuse things quite enough). Dilaudid (talk) 15:41, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Usage share of operating systems[edit]

There is a poll Talk:Usage share of operating systems#Is there a consensus to include the median line. You might want to comment. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 00:30, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dispute resolution for Usage share of operating systems[edit]

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is "Usage share of operating systems, Usage share of web browsers". Thank you. --Jdm64 (talk) 00:46, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mediation Cabal[edit]

As advised by ItsZippy at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard‎, applied to Mediation Cabal. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 00:41, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mediation Cabal: Request for participation[edit]

Dear Dilaudid: Hello. This is just to let you know that you've been mentioned in the following request at the Mediation Cabal, which is a Wikipedia dispute resolution initiative that resolves disputes by informal mediation.

The request can be found at Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/13 November 2011/Usage share of operating systems.

Just so you know, it is entirely your choice whether or not you participate. If you wish to do so, and we'll see what we can do about getting this sorted out. At MedCab we aim to help all involved parties reach a solution and hope you will join in this effort.

If you have any questions relating to this or any other issue needing mediation, you can ask on the case talk page, the MedCab talk page, or you can ask the mediator, thehistorian10, at their talk page. MedcabBot (talk) 20:58, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for my first barnstar![edit]

Thank you very much! Richard Gill (talk) 11:09, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mikaeel[edit]

Here's the content.

Mikaeel Kular is an Scottish boy who has been missing since 16 January 2014 when he went missing from his Edinburgh home. (reference)

The boy went to sleep in his bed and when his parents went to look at him in the morning he was missing.(reference)

........ and that's it. There was nothing else. DS (talk) 12:37, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your account will be renamed[edit]

Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Dilaudid. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Dilaudid~enwiki that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name. If you think you might own all of the accounts with this name and this message is in error, please visit Special:MergeAccount to check and attach all of your accounts to prevent them from being renamed.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours,
Keegan Peterzell
Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation

23:29, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed[edit]

This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: Special:GlobalRenameRequest. -- Keegan (WMF) (talk)

12:10, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

Hi,
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