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Asian giant hornet[edit]

Is VAAM a scientific or marketing name? The inclusion of an athlete's feelings counts sounds like product endorsement, so I removed that. Widefox 16:48, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vespa amino acid mixture is used in both the National Geographic story (itself a distillation of the TV program) and in other studies (such as this PubMed article and one at the L’Institut de l’Information Scientifique et Technique). Searching for its acronym, VAAM, gets you a lot of supplement ads/websites but a few relevant entries as well. I would argue that hoodia is mentioned in venues both promotional and scientific, too. By the way, you added a {{cn}} but missed the fact that it said "liquid liquid".

As for the athlete's claim, it was a statement of fact (that she believes it worked). While it may ultimately have been a product endorsement, the first study above claims "a significant effect on the respiratory exchange ratio and ratings of perceived exertion", and the second said the VAAM may have provided "energy sources for muscles during exercise." So I may restore it with these citations when I revisit the article. — VoxLuna

^(talk) 22:12, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

[1] The following term was not found: vaam. See Details. No items found.

OK VAAM is marketing term.

An athlete's claim is not scientific and is hearsay. I have removed it, as it is product endorsement. Wikipedia is not a space for advertising claims or product endorsement. As an athlete and scientist myself, I am not happy with the inclusion of any of these preliminary studies without a balance, or knowing if the studies are paid for by the companies. "Vespa amino acid mixture" does not sound scientific - usually the active ingredient will be identified and used, so I am very sceptical. Sugar is energy, but it needs no special mention in Sugar. Widefox 00:34, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Queen Mary[edit]

Looks better to me! Ditch mine! --SFoskett 16:27, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I uploaded the original to Wikicommons, added a few bells and whistles (geolocation, etc), and replaced the one in the article. Thanks! — VoxLuna

^{T / C}

Rollback[edit]

I've given you the rollback bit per your request. Sorry it took a while to get to it, been off Wikipedia for the past week or so. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bryan Derksen (talk • contribs) 23:29, 11 Nov 2008

NP, I'm patient. ;) Thanks for your help, and here's hoping I don't munge things up too terribly. — VoxLuna ☾ ^orbit_land 09:45, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Geo Storm image[edit]

Hi,

I saw you changed the trim listed on that Geo Storm image I uploaded from GS to GSi. I based the original image description on the badge on the car, which is GS. What was your change based on? IFCAR (talk) 17:39, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad you saw this, because for some reason I couldn't find an appropriate user/talk page when I did the edit. Originally I was going to add the reasoning to the image's talk page, but there was a warning that says "nobody ever looks at this" so I tried to be descriptive in the edit summary. I knew these things as an owner of a 1990 GSi, but I'll try to source them/rationalize below, as my knowledge alone is WP:OR. There were two changes I made:

1. From GS to GSi. This one's easy... on the Geo (as opposed to the Impulse), there were only two trim levels available, base (sometimes called 2+2 but unbadged) and GSi. Base models have obvious external cues, such as no ground effects, wheel covers instead of rims, no air dam/fog lights, lack of open headrests on the seat, and no rear wiper[2]. So basically, if it has all these, it should be a GSi. Now, I agree, I can't make out any "i" in the insignia. Perhaps it broke off or isn't visible at this resolution. But I can't find any mention of "GS" as a trim level online.

2. The year, from "1990-1991" to "1991". GSi's had (only) cast alloy rims with a flat, more spoke-like appearance in 1990[3] (later they were used for some base models, but not GSi's). In your photo they are "swirls," which were A) only available on a GSi, and B) only MY 1991 onward. You can also determine year based on the badging: if it's upper and lowercase ("Storm GSi") it's a 1990, if it's all uppercase ("STORM GSi") then it's 1991 or later — unfortunately, it's hard to see which here. The car does have the solid spoiler, so that means 1990 or '91 (it's "open" in later versions [4]). Last but not least, the pop-up headlight covers were used on '90-91 only.

Yep, these are tiny little details that nobody really cares about except wikignomes. Hope this helps! — VoxLuna ☾ ^orbit_land 23:19, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good. I trusted you on the year, but I just wanted to check where you were coming from on a trim that didn't seem to match the badge.

And about image talk pages -- I have almost every file I've uploaded in my watchlist, and I assume I'm not the only one. So using that page doesn't necessarily mean you'll be entirely ignored. IFCAR (talk) 03:11, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:467191491 l.jpg listed for deletion[edit]

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Image in your Signature[edit]

Please see Wikipedia:Signatures#Images. You should not have an image in your signature. As an alternative, you could look for a unicode symbol to replace it. Sorry, Sven Manguard Wha? 18:39, 12 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It actually says "must not use images". But to be honest, being that WP:SIG is guideline, and since I made sure to use an SVG file, I've never thought it an issue (nor has anyone else in 4 years). I researched this whole matter extensively last night, and there are several problems, not the least of which is it being transcluded at all. So I can't justify using this method, nor the crescent, anymore. Thanks, VoxLuna (talk) 05:52, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. I only noticed because I saw a box that said "14px" in it next to your name somewhere. My internet was being temperamental. I wouldn't sacrifice the color and personality, I'd just swap out for a unicode if I were you. Hope you find something that works. Sven Manguard Wha? 06:10, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. The whole transclusion thing is worded poorly. As long as you're substituting the signature, so that the actual code appears on the page, not the template itself, you're fine. Sven Manguard Wha? 06:10, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal to require autoconfirmed status - sig[edit]

Hi VoxLuna. I adjusted your signature in the autoconfirmed status proposal as it was breaking the count, making it appear that the statement you supported had fewer supports than it actually did. It may be useful to go back through your edits to check on other instances where your signature may have caused problems. SilkTork *^{Tea time} 09:00, 22 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ouch, I'm very sorry that happened. I've recently been trying to sort out some unfortunate issues with the signature... one of the tasks I had lined up was to fix each Talk Page instance in the past. I'll make this a higher priority now. I wish I could simply change the template, but transclusion itself is frowned upon, as it turns out. Thanks for fixing that, and bringing it to my attention. — VoxLuna (talk) 03:22, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Granting IPBE. — Daniel Case (talk) 15:02, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I can find no evidence of a block affecting this account. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:59, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The user doesn't want to post the autoblock template as it would give away their IP, thus I've reverted my decline. Maybe an IPBE is in order here. Kwsn (Ni!) 14:05, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I hope this will enhance your editing, and allow you to edit successfully and without disruption. Daniel Case (talk) 15:02, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I never got around to properly acknowledging your help, so here's my belated thanks for fixing me up. You might consider documenting my particular case at Wikipedia_talk:IP_block_exemption/log — I skimmed through it, and there appears to be only one comment in two years related to Tor. Again, thanks! — VoxLuna ☾ ^orbit_land 19:35, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Stenomask[edit]

Your version in the introduction section:

[…] produce instant text feeds within a courtroom and distribute them in ASCII format right after a proceeding.

My suggested correction:

[…] produce instant text feeds within a courtroom and distribute them in plain text format right after a proceeding.

Are you ok with this?

Reasoning: I think you intended plain text. ASCII is just one particular implementation of plain text, the most popular and widely used one for sure, and therefore probably used almost like a synonym, but the encyclopedically correct approach would be using the general term. An example for the same misused terminology would be to falsely use Pampers as a general terms for diapers (particular brand name for general product class). The problem gets even more obvious, if you think about voice writers, who dictate languages which need Non-ASCII characters! — Preceding unsigned comment added by PutzfetzenORG (talk • contribs) 16:29, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Although this was a while ago, I'm sure I intended for it to mean plain text, so that correction is just fine. BTW, you don't necessarily need to ask permission to change or improve upon an article, unless you think it's a contentious issue. (Also, be sure to sign your Talk Page messages with the five tildes.) Thanks! — VoxLuna (talk) 03:31, 11 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I know that I do not need to ask for editing permission, but I wanted to do so, as I'm not knowledgeable about the topic (Stenomask), thus I was keen to know the previous author's intention. I traced the addition of the "ASCII" part back to you through WikiBlame. I will apply the edit now. --PutzfetzenORG (talk) 12:07, 11 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't see that you were a long-time WP user until I went to your talk page to add the {{Talkback}} template, so I assumed you were new. Also, ...

And as you are knowledgeable on the topic I would appreciate your participation in Talk:Stenomask#Stenomask_developed_in_the_1940ies_-_Speech_recognition_added_later --PutzfetzenORG (talk) 13:43, 11 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

... I'm probably not any more knowledgable about the Stenomask than the average person. Most likely, I had been reading up on the subject elsewhere and was just imparting some tidbit onto the page. You might try placing the {{Expert|Technology}} tag on the article itself or its talk page, which will show this:

Hope this helps. — VoxLuna ☾ ^orbit_land 21:30, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that info! I will act accordingly. --PutzfetzenORG (talk) 10:26, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Signatures within WP[edit]

Concerning the signature: I always used the toolbar signature icon, which inserts --~~~~.

What's wrong with that?
Why should I use 5 tildes instead?

Maybe you just forgot in the message above. If you look at the paragraph beginning with "Reasoning", the autobot has signed it for you: "— Preceding unsigned comment added by PutzfetzenORG (talk • contribs) 16:29, 9 February 2012 (UTC)"[reply]
I'm sorry, I was quite mistaken -- it should be four tildes. I was thinking "five" because that's what I add after I sign with my template, to append the current time. In other words, I type {{User:VoxLuna/sign}} ~~~~~. My apologies for any confusion there. — VoxLuna ☾ ^orbit_land 20:59, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Acknowledged. --PutzfetzenORG (talk) 10:25, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback to Help:Wiki markup[edit]

"How to insert the large images of quotation marks on either side of a <blockquote>'d chunk of text."

You can use {{cquote}}, but it is not supposed to be used in articles per WP:MOSQUOTE. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 23:35, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. I eventually discovered and experimented with the fat quotes tag, but didn't like the look of it. I also tried simple <blockquotes>, but ultimately chose {{quotation}}. I hope this has improved the appearance and function of Brian_Wilson#Comments_by_other_musicians significantly. — VoxLuna ☾ ^orbit_land 22:16, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Alex Reid vs The Ordinals[edit]

Catching up after Christmas activity - regarding the ability to localise dates/words, that is something technology should be able to do, and there was an automated date formatting that was used for some years. Unfortunately, it was decommissioned after a heavy debate (see MOS:UNLINKDATES). The only way to autoformat was to link the dates (e.g. 29 December 2012), thus displaying according to user's preferences. This would have been a good technological advance, but numerous editors felt otherwise. Another concern is that if bots were to attempt such formatting, these would cause problems when encountering verbatim items such as quotations and titles, and would not always be effective at dealing with the numerous syntax/spelling errors in articles. Hope this explanation helps. Dl2000 (talk) 14:55, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Helium and neon narcosis[edit]

Bennett & Elliott states on page 305 of the 2003 (5th) edition that no narcotic effect has been observed in either helium or neon. I know that it remarks on page 304 that noble gases cause the same signs and symptoms as air, but vary in their potency, but Peter Bennett goes on to consider in detail helium, neon and hydrogen on the next page, where he makes clear that any narcotic potency for helium and neon is too small to have been observed, and in any case is swamped by the antagonism of the increased hydrostatic pressure (the "pressure reversal effect"). I've therefore restored the previous text. There was already a section on the talk page discussing the issue, but I've made a new section in case you want to discuss it further. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 15:18, 24 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

PGP-Key[edit]

Hello VoxLuna,
you tell us on your user-page that you have a PGP-key, but you don’t provide it. Could you please use a pgp-template with an ID-field (like Template:User PGP)? Also it would be great if you could send me your key-ID by wiki-mail or leave it on my talk-page. Thanks :-). --DaB. (talk) 14:15, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't currently use PGP and have not generated a new key for the current 2-year period (I have them expire on a regular basis). I have removed the reference to the old key, and the category on the page, for now. — VoxLuna ☾ ^orbit_land 23:59, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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