User talk:Shawn81

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Thank you for your contributions to simplex. By the way, you can visit Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics on whose talk page mathematicians discuss various issues. And since you are new, a good habit to cultivate is putting an edit summary; it helps a lot when looking at the watchlist. Enjoy! Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 08:40, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

And by the way, those giant paragraphs at Pascal's triangle need either some trimming or being split into smaller ones. It is hard to read this way. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 08:45, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Yeah, you're right, those paragraphs I added are a bit large, but I'm not entirely sure how to edit or split them. Suggestions? —Shawn81 09:09, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I took another look at my additions to the article and I found a way to split up the giant paragraphs. What do you think? —Shawn81 09:56, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Looks better after the split. Thanks. I think there might be too much detail now in that article, but other people might think differently. Again, welcome, and hope you like it here. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 10:05, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Spassitude[edit]

As it stands, the article spassitude seems to breaking our verifiability policy: no references are given and I can't find a reference myself. Please provide a reference, otherwise the article is liable to be deleted. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 23:20, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have emailed several individuals who are likely to know where this term originated. Hopefully I will have a reference shortly. —Shawn81 21:16, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently the term was merely misspelled. I have moved the page to the proper spelling and provided a reference. —Shawn81 04:58, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much. It makes more sense now. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 17:53, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Banksia spinulosa[edit]

Thanks for the correction. Any interest in helping us get Banksia up to featured article status? Taxonomy of Banksia especially needs help. Snottygobble 05:32, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Futurama Benders Big score[edit]

You removed the proposed deletion and gave no reason, therefore i am placing it on this article again.Kingpomba 01:54, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Legionnaires vs. Legionaires[edit]

This is just my two cents, but wouldn't this prevent the bot from correcting a misspelling of the word if it occurs at the beginning of a sentence? --Shawn81 12:42, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Shawn, yes it certainly does, but I'd prefer to miss a few words at random than to miscorrect words. I have a similar problem where a word is misspelt, but the misspelling is the same as the correct spelling of another word (eg reed/read, rogue/rouge). Unfortunately my bot just isn't sophisticated enough to handle these kind of scenarios. Keep in mind though, my bot isn't aiming at perfection: it's just there to pick up a whole class of low hanging fruit.

In any event, I did a search of my local dump of the current Wikipedia articles, and the word doesn't show up very often. Hope this helps. Cheers, CmdrObot 18:31, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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