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Rocketpocket Rocks!

And is very helpful. Yay! --Weirdoactor 17:18, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Comments

I left my comments here. -Nrets 14:18, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Me too. --JWSchmidt 14:40, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Stan Petrov

I don't understand why you deleted my SENSIBLE contributions to the Stilian Petrov page. Tallboydoctorpepperthesecond

"after months of complaining and lethargic performances" is a reasonable contribution, I think. Tallboydoctorpepperthesecond

That is an uncited POV edit, provide a source suggesting that and it can replaced. Rockpocket 18:33, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Your edit to Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

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a small bit

I assure you I have no objection to your suggestion..! Thanks for letting me know. aruffo 10:55, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

RE: Ben Gibbard

Yeah, that's fair enough. Seriously, you need to hear Death Cab/The Postal Service, it will blow your mind! I just got a bit carried away I spose, they're my fave band and Ben's my idol. Anyways, fuck it. Sorry for being a smartarse. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Valkyrie Missile (talk • contribs)

Not a problem, i'll try and check them out. Rockpocket 05:04, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello Rockpocket

You are so right: the page that I submitted on ScienceGuide is indeed in Dutch. How can I move it to the Dutch section? I am sure you can help me! —Preceding unsigned comment added by ScienceGuide (talk • contribs)

Replied here. Rockpocket 08:09, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Evander Sno

I was wondering why you edited my contribution to the Evander Sno article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guiness360 (talk • contribs)

thanx for editing my a article your the greatest editor ever you must get laid all the time cuz girls love men who document everything and need soures and links for everything.by the way Evander Sno is a cult hero. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guiness360 (talk • contribs)

Lowest form of humour, dontcha know? Rockpocket 04:55, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

User:Light current and User:Aaadddaaammm

I think the things you've said have been constructive. Just a clarification though, Aaadddaaammm originally posted his hissyfit on Light current's talk page Light current moved it to the Science page.--Anchoress 05:48, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, Anchoress, for the info. I kind of got lost with what was going on as they kept moving and deleting their comments to each other. Seems Light current eventually took umbrage with the wrong person and Aaadddaaammm just wanted to say his piece. Hopefully that will be the end of it. Rockpocket 06:41, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Lol cheers, and happy editing. Anchoress 06:45, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info on the glow sticks

I guess I didn't surf enough. My son now know the internet is not just cartoon network.com

Glen

Draize Test

Hi, I would just like to apologise for my recent, rather pointless, argument regarding the image on Draize test. The only explanation I can give is that I was having a bad day. Cheers, Localzuk ^(talk) 13:53, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Apology

No need to apologize at all. Your actually freaking me out by being polite. The standard Wikipedia mode of action that I witness here is to bully people, and if that doesn't work, ban them for life, and delete all their work. Cheers. --24.225.225.81 02:44, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject proposal

Hi, I am posting this message to everyone who has edited on animal rights or animal welfare related articles in the last couple of months. I have just created a proposal for a WikiProject to help co-ordinate editors on the many articles under the mentioned subjects. If you would like to find out about it or show your support for such a project, please visit User:Localzuk/Animal Rights Proposal and Wikipedia:WikiProject/List of proposed projects#WikiProject Animal Rights and Welfare. Cheers, Localzuk ^(talk) 10:45, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

ALF

The category says that entries must have been officially designated as a terrorist organization by someone empowered to do so, in such a way that there is a consequence for that organization. It doesn't seem to me that that applies to the ALF. They are not an illegal organization. There are no restrictions on ALF activists, such as frozen bank accounts and the like, as occurs with terrorist groups. All that happened is that the DHS said they were regarded as a "domestic terrorist threat," but without consequence or any official listing, so far as I know. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 17:54, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

For example, the ALF supporters' group has a proper membership, with membership dues, and it sells things to raise money for the ALF. If the ALF were officially regarded as a terrorist organization, they would not be allowed to do that, at least not in the U.S. Yet they operate openly without interference. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 17:56, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Incorrect SlimVirgin. There are organizations that exist in the united states that are on official lists of terrorist organizations (DOD, FBI, state dept. etc.), and are still allowed to operate/raise money. ALF is one that comes to mind. GreenPeace was another, they were on the FBI list. Westboro Baptist Church is on the DoD list. When I was working full time counter-terrorism/force protection for the army, we would get the CT briefings with a full list of terrorist organizations operating in our area, and some of the names on the lists were very public organizations that were actively engaged in fundraising activities. Religious organizations like IIIT, SCC, IRO, Al Wafa, etc still operate in the US. For a Terrorist organization to have their bank accounts seized, they must be on the Terrorist Exclusion List. I will CC this to your talk page. ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 18:35, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

That's very interesting, SJ, thank you. Do you know how we can find out whether the ALF is on one of those official lists? All I've seen is the comment from the DHS, which an FBI agent quoted during a hearing. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 18:48, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

According to the redirect above, the Terrorist Exclusion List is the same as the U.S. State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. If this is the case, it would preclude the ALF (being as domestic threat). If it isn't, the redirect should probably be removed. Rockpocket 18:52, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

It's not the same. ALF is considered a domestic threat. I don't know why that redirect is there. ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 18:54, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

You could call the respective agency. DOD's list is not for civilian release, so you wouldn't be able to see that one, but State Department's list is public. I would assume DHS and state have it up on their websites somewhere. I looked on the TEL, but the wikilink we have only shows foreign groups. There is a seperate list for operating domestic terrorist organizations, but for the life of me I can't remember what the name of it is. For now though, shouldn't testimony that the ALF is on homeland security's list suffice? ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 18:54, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

I just noticed something in the redirect: "Upon the expiration of the seven-day waiting period, notice of the designation is published in the Federal Register, at which point the designation takes effect". If you have a Lexis account, you could see if it was announced in the register? ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 18:57, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

I guess, if we can get it, we should us the Exclusion List as a criterion for the category (that is, if we are saying significant consequence for that organization's activities is the benchmark). Otherwise the 'consequence' wording should be rethought. It would suggest that ALF are not on that list if they can still fundraise in the US. Rockpocket 19:06, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

There's a terrorism database here that has an entry on the ALF, and if you look at the sidebar, it says of the ALF:

state department:

• Designated: No
• Watched: No
• US Terrorist Exclusion List Designee: No
• UK Proscribed Group: No
• Australia Specified Group: No
• Canada Specified Group: No
• EU Specified Group: No

In other words, the ALF doesn't seem to be listed anywhere as a terrorist organization. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 19:14, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to copy this to the article talk page. We should probably discuss this there. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 19:15, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Michael Brooks

Have you considered getting the article semi-protected (or fully protected in case semi doesn't work)? That would allow us to retain the info while keeping the vandals at bay. Apparentl you already have contact with the subject. Would you suggest it to him. I would be happy to carry out a protection if needed. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:44, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi. By the time i stumbled upon their exchange, the content dispute had ended and it was more a case of sniping at each other across multiple talk pages. The article was a source of the dispute, but itself was never vandalised (the subject was being a bit liberal with his use of the term) and any edit warring was brief and in the past. I don't think protecting is the solution here, to be honest, its simply one of those situations where editors get a little too personal. I think the worst is over now the community is having their say, and peace will fall. Thanks for your interest though. Rockpocket 06:19, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Kris Boyd

Sorry about the revert, there was an edit conflict when i was attempting revert the previous editor's POV additions, and i inadvertantly reverted yours too. My apologies. Rockpocket 20:31, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

No Problem. I figured it was a mistake. Forbsey 20:39, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

DocEss

Go right ahead, I had planned to do it but have been to busy to get stuff together and do it. We have quite a collection of incivility and personal attacks from him. -Localzuk ^(talk) 17:50, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Nobody likes a snitch.DocEss 16:57, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your insightful comment. Nobody likes being personally attacked either. I hope you spent the time you were blocked considering why your comments are innapropriate for Wikipedia, and that we can move forward by focusing on content alone. Rockpocket 17:01, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Robertson Panel

The Robertson Panel has been cited as a CIA program to prevent people from reporting UFOs and/or alien encounters, due to the fact that shrinks were involved in it. This protocol is still being followed today. The intention of the Robertson Panel was that "you" report a UFO, a alien, "you're" some kind of nut. What do you think of this govt. protocol ? I also have a copy of Popular Mechanics that has a UFO on the cover, has some of this in it as well, stating, among other things, that if "you" see one, "you" are a kid, "you" are to be ignored outright. Martial Law 23:46, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

PETA and Operation Backfire

See Talk. It has been stated that a person who has been arrested is appearrantly linked to PETA, since PETA admits to supporting ALF. Martial Law 21:19, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Except that person's arrest is not part of Backfire, nor has his current arrest have anything to do with his prior connection to PETA. Please provide a source linking PETA to Backfire, if you wish to mention it. Rockpocket 21:28, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Go raibh maith agat!

File:Ireland 37 bg 061402.jpg

Hi there, Rockpocket!

Thank you so much for supporting my RfA! It ended up passing and I'm rather humbled by the support (and a bit surprised that it was snowballed a day early!). Please let me know if I can help you out and I welcome any comments, questions, or advice you wish to share.

Sláinte!

hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 05:10, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Cambridge

Hi Rockpocket,

Based on a recent post on the AR Wikiproject, the article, primarily written by SV, Primate experiments at Cambridge University came to my attention. I'm not sure how you feel about this, but this seems like a flagrant violation of NPOV, particularily because of the one sided presentation of the article regarding alleged abuse (none of which was supported in court) but mentioning nothing about the benefits obtained from primate research at Cambridge. It certainly is not an overview of primate research at that university, as the title suggests. And while it makes sure to mention the response to the allegations, the tone and purpose of the article is clearly to portray research in a negative light. Despite the obvious POV, I don't think this article would be elegible for deletion, since the court cases were notable when they happened, and SV always seems to win these battles. One idea would be to expand the article, to highlight primate research at Cambridge in general, and have the current article be part of a greater article. However, I am not terribly familiar with the scope of the research at Cambridge and was hoping that you would be. Anyway, let me know what you think ,and if you think we (or I) should do something about the article. cheers, Nrets 14:59, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

It is better, thanks. I also found some links related to other primate research at Cambridge, some related to divergence in MHC markers in human and non-human primates [1], and other focusing on evolutionary differences in sensory perception and disease resistance across different primate species [2]. I will try and expand on these when I have a little time. best, Nrets 15:57, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hey Rockpocket, thank you for supporting my recent RfA. It finished with an amazing final tally of 160/4/1. I really appreciate your very kind comments and support. :) Cheers, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 11:12, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Nishkid64's RfA thanks

Thank you very much for participating in my RfA, which closed successfully earlier today with a result of (60/9/4). Although, I encountered a few problems in my RfA, I have peacefully resolved my conflicts and made amends with the people involved. If you have any further questions or suggestions, feel free talk to me. I hope I will live up to your expectations. --Nishkid64 22:14, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

New template

Template:Animal_testing_advocacy has been created. Please add to it if you have time/inclination. By the way, you should know that Lord Adrian, a Nobel Laureate, was a primate researcher at Cambridge, and he oversaw and chose to support Hodgkins and Huxley's early efforts. Lord Adrian is credited by many as being the first to record action potentials from the brains of vertebrates in the 1930s. Currrently, anything there is deep underground, although they did hire Wolfram Schultze, and I know there was a bit of scrambling about creating appropriate facilities for him as his cognitive neuroscience work has been among the highest profile in the world in the last 10 years.--Animalresearcher 16:09, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Hey, I just saw your little notice at the top of this page. Just wanted to say, congrats on the marriage bit! Nrets 15:21, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Nrets! After a wonderful Hawaiian honeymoon, i'm stuggling to catch up on work, so will be pretty scarce on WP for a while. Rockpocket 05:49, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Alan Morton

Well done for putting in one of the dates on this entry. It was looking a bit weird until you entered the picture. Good stuff.

Thank you. I find a lot of the Old Firm bios tend to be a little bit biased, so i'm slowly trying to make them more encyclopaedic when i get the chance. Rockpocket 05:50, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

I've finally had the time during my long Wikibreak to thank the voters and commentors on my my RfA last month, and I thank you! I'll try again as previously planned in the late of spring, and hopefully I'll win it. When I get off this multi-month Wikibreak I'll be back to the Wikipedia, visting xfD everyday in addition. I was glad to see that you wrote a bit on why you were neutral on my nomination, unlike many on the page. Do you have any tips or suggestions for me on being a good Wikipedian or administrator? Thanks again, X [Mac Davis] (SUPERDESK|Help me improve)08:36, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations 2

Sorry,this is quite old by now but I only just came across the note on your page about your honeymoon.Hope you had fun! Serenaacw 12:00, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Worldwide perception of Osama bin Laden

I added what I believe are good reasons for deletion instead of KEEP or MERGE in the AFD and thought I'd leave a personal note saying so.

Regards, -- That Guy, From That Show! 08:27, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. I agree with your reasoning, i guess i just see the process a little differently. Rockpocket 06:25, 1 November 2006 (UTC)