Ed Poor

Joined 29 November 2001
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Latest comment: 19 years ago by Rvalles in topic Thank you

I've archived this page so many times that I've lost track. Sorry to have beeen so sloppy. Template:AugustCalendar2005

Please see my statement about the arbcom decision. Thank you. --Uncle Ed 13:17, 25 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia creed

Have a look at User:Andrewa/creed. I'd value your input. Andrewa 10:38, 26 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Wow! At first, I thought you were writing it for me; putting my own thoughts into words on my behalf. Then I realized it was your own thoughts, of course! I'm choked with gratitude and relief to think that I'm not the only one who thinks this way about knowledge and cooperation and service. :-) Uncle Ed 14:12, 26 September 2005 (UTC)Reply
Glad to have cheered you up, you have often been an inspiration to me. nill illegitimus carborundum. Andrewa 21:16, 27 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Elitism and hierarchy

Are you part of the Wikipedia:Inner circle? Uncle Ed 17:36, 27 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Ed, don't you first have to be a left-wing, Zionist supporter of Ayn Rand? :) Nice article, btw. Guettarda 17:45, 27 September 2005 (UTC)Reply


Thanks. See what links there, and you'll realize what inspired it. Uncle Ed 02:12, 28 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

MedCom

Hello, you are one of the 7 remaining active medcom members. I have immensely decluttered the WP:RFM page. Now I would like to start assigning people to cases. If you do not have the time for this, please remove yourself from the active listings. I hope that we can become active again, and we won't need WP:TINMC to cover for us as they have. Please check RfM frequently as I may be assigning you. And of course you can always turn down cases and choose your own, its not some kind of the-leaders-make-you-do-what-they-say deal... anywho, just saying I'm trying to revive the medcom. Thanks, Redwolf24 (talk) 00:35, 27 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Oi Ed, is that Iraqi case still active? If not, please archive... Redwolf24 (talk) 00:44, 27 September 2005 (UTC)Reply
Archived. Should I go back to Terri Schiavo, or what? Uncle Ed 02:07, 27 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Mediation Issues Reply

You suggested that I should agree to serve on the MedCom. I am willing to if the other mediators agree. If you look at the agenda of Requests for Arbitration, there is a Request for Arbitration about the Bogdanov affair, and one suggestion that amounts to mediation. I am not a physicist, but I do have a degree in chemistry, and a general idea of what the standards are for deciding what is mainstream science. I am willing to be appointed as the mediator. Robert McClenon 00:37, 27 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Sam Spade and Exploding Boy

aha! we do have an active mediator. But that whole thing confused me as you never moved it from new requests to active. Is it still active even though? Redwolf24 (talk) 01:10, 27 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

They need a mediator, and probably should take it to private e-mail - unless it's just grandstanding. Uncle Ed 02:09, 27 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Mediation

Hello, Uncle Ed! Thanks for your support of my mediation committee nomination; I'm pleased to join you as a mediator. Thanks once again. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | WS 20:18, 27 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Uncle Ed,

At least 2 of the 4 of us in Price-Anderson feel like we need a formal conclusion to the Mediation process to preven future edit warring. We look forward to having you back. Simesa 08:39, 28 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Century articles

Is there a good reason why you have moved the century articles? The new names appear to contradict the established policy. PhilHibbs | talk 15:50, 28 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

I checked each page after I moved it with the "What links here" function. All the links I saw were to the word-written-out form of the article title. I did not see any redirects from the numeric form of the article title.
So what's the problem?
Well, there's that the style guidelines do say that you're supposed to use the number instead of the spelled-out name, even if many links have failed to follow this guideline. Also, you've changed the eighteenth through twenty-first centuries to the spelled out names, but there are many other century pages left which still have numeric names, and the links within the century pages all use the numeric form. *Dan T.* 23:21, 28 September 2005 (UTC)Reply
I guess that means I should finish what I started, and then rewrite the policy. Okay? Uncle Ed 23:26, 28 September 2005 (UTC)Reply
Mmmm no ed, I don't think that's how it works here. We discuss policy, then make the appropriate changes. Unless you are the policy, in which case don't let me stop you. ... --Golbez 04:13, 29 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Evolution RFC

Saw your RFC; not sure if you realised that the evolution article says specifically:

This article is about evolution in the field of life science. For other uses, see Evolution (disambiguation).

The article has been intentionally kept on a narrow focus - the other issues are dealt with in other articles...it's too big as is. Guettarda 23:01, 28 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Okay, I renamed Definitions of evolution to Definitions of biological evolution. I also provided references for what I supposed was common knowledge: that the Catholic Church does not accept the theory of evolution (in the naturalistic sense). I guess it's not common knowledge, even though it only took 30 seconds to google it up, because the Cardinal I quoted charged his opponents with misquoting the Pope. Uncle Ed 23:11, 29 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Solar system bullets

Hello there,

These are a nice idea but rather superfluous given the presence of Template:Footer SolarSystem at the bottom of the page. I imagine the bullets will get removed very soon. Just thought I'd be polite and warn you! The Singing Badger 21:35, 29 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

They let the user browse more easily from one planet to another. A lot of people might not even realize there was a nav-box at the bottom.
Maybe the footer should be moved to the upper right? Uncle Ed 21:39, 29 September 2005 (UTC)Reply
I guess it might get cluttered with the infoboxes if it was there. I do agree that navboxes can easily get overlooked, though. Maybe try discussing the problem on the nav-box talk page? The Singing Badger 21:45, 29 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Oh Noes!!

I saw your listing at WP:ESP/A and I hope that if it gets too much for you, take a break. Don't leave the wiki, just maybe a break would be good for you. You still are one of the most respected people at the wiki. Redwolf24 (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Ed Poor award for boldness!

 
I award you this Ed Poor award, for pulling an Ed Poor! --Phroziac(talk)  02:41, 30 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

(Well, you are Ed, so technically everything you do is an Ed Poor!) --Phroziac(talk)  02:41, 30 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Smoddy

I should be online c. 8pm UTC, if that's good for you. Cheers, [[Sam Korn]] 07:54, 30 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

I guess that would be 4:00 P.M. in New York. See you there! Uncle Ed 12:04, 30 September 2005 (UTC)Reply
I'm on IRC any time from now until 12 pm UTC, if earlier suits. Cheers, [[Sam Korn]] 18:40, 30 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Visual Basic Classic Wikibook

I see you have contributed to the Visual Basic article on Wikipedia. Any chance you would like to join in editing the wikibook: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Visual_Basic_Classic? --Kjwhitefoot 09:30, 30 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Yes, and thanks for the invitation. I'm rather good at programming in VB, and I might be good at explaining it. Uncle Ed 12:07, 30 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Bot move?

Do you have a bot that moved the article on the Norse god Balder to a deletion page for some reason I don't understand, or is a vandal impersonating you? I was working on the article when it moved and it was very confusing. Please help! CDThieme 03:20, 1 October 2005 (UTC)Reply

I don't have any bots. I'll take a look. Uncle Ed 03:21, 1 October 2005 (UTC)Reply
Please see User:Uncle Ed's major work 'bot -- it must be a vandal, then. CDThieme 03:23, 1 October 2005 (UTC)Reply

Yes:

  1. 03:24, October 1, 2005, Ed Poor blocked #40350 (expires 03:24, October 2, 2005) (unblock) (Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "Uncle Ed's major work 'bot". The reason given for Uncle Ed's major work 'bot's block is: "impersonating me, moving articles to strange titles".)
  2. 03:24, October 1, 2005, Ed Poor blocked Uncle_Ed's_major_work_'bot (infinite) (contribs) (unblock) (impersonating me, moving articles to strange titles)



Thank you

Just wanted to say, thank you for your mediation on Talk:Wind -a breath of heart-. I wish I were a better "good samaritan" and able to handle this sort of thing better :/.Rvalles 03:25, 1 October 2005 (UTC)Reply