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A '''rating scale''' is a set of categories designed to elicit information about a [[quantitative]] attribute in social science. Common examples are the [[Likert scale]] and 1-10 rating scales for which a person selects the number which is considered to reflect the perceived quality of a product.
''Previous content archived at [[User talk:FreplySpang/Archive/March2005]], [[User talk:FreplySpang/Archive/April2005]], [[User talk:FreplySpang/Archive/May2005]]''
== Background ==
==Reverted edits by 68.170.207.34 to last version by Robeykr==
In [[Psychometrics]], rating scales are often referenced to a statement which expresses an attitude or perception toward something. The most common example of such a rating scale is the Likert scale, in which a person is asked to select a category label from a list indicating the extent of disagreement or agreement with a statement.
Thank-you. [[User:Robeykr|Jason Palpatine]] 06:14, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
The basic feature of any rating scale is that it consists of a number of categories. These are usually assigned integers. For example, an example of the use of a Likert scale is as follows.
== Point taken ==
:'''Statement:''' I could not live without my iPod.
From the guideline page Assume good faith:
* ''[R]emember to be patient with newcomers, who will be unfamiliar with Wikipedia's culture and rules . . . many newcomers bring with them experience or expertise for which they expect immediate respect. Behaviours arising from these perspectives are not necessarily malicious.''
:'''Response options:'''
My schooling was . . . eccentric. I came to regard a lack of grammatical and lexical knowledge as others might regard nails on a chalkboard. (My manifesto is Lynne Truss's ''Eats, Shoots and Leaves'', an excellent and erudite work that has been mysteriously classified as humor.)
:*1. Strongly Disagree
Just as I smelled triumph through a loophole of sorts, I read from the same page:
:*2. Disagree
* ''Correct, but don't scold.''
:*3. Agree
:*4. Strongly Agree
It is common to treat the numbers obtained from a rating scale directly as measurements by calculating averages, or more generally any [[arithmetic]] operations. Doing so is not however justified. In terms of the [[levels of measurement]] proposed by S.S. Stevens, the data are ordinal categorisations. This means, for example, that to agree strongly with the above statement implies a more favourable perception of iPods than does to agree with the statement. However, the numbers are not interval-level measurements in Stevens' schema, which means that equal differences do not represent equal intervals between the degree to which one values iPods. For example, the difference between strong agreement and agreement is not necessarily the same as the difference between disagreement and agreement. Strictly, even demonstrating that categories are ordinal requires empirical evidence based on patterns of responses (Andrich, 1978).
Point taken.
More than one rating scale is required to [[measurement|measure]] an attitude or perception due to the requirement for statistical comparisons between the categories in the [[polytomous Rasch model]] for ordered categories (Andrich, 1978). In terms of [[Classical test theory]], more than one question is required to obtain an index of internal reliability such as [[Cronbach's alpha]] (Cronbach, 1951) which is a basic criterion for assessing the effectiveness of a rating scale and, more generally, a psychometric instrument.
As you may have gathered from my User page, I am very green here (here on the planet, I mean; I’m 16) and more than a bit sarcastic (treating comics as religious icons).
== Rating scales used online ==
I think I cut myself on Hanlon’s Razor.
Rating scales are used widely online in an attempt to provide indications of consumer opinions of products. Examples of sites which employ ratings scales are [[IMDb]], [[Epinions.com]], [[Internet Book List]], [[Yahoo! Movies]], [[Amazon.com]], [[BoardGameGeek]], [[TV.com]] and [[Ratings.net]]. The [[Criticker]] website uses a rating scale from 0 to 100 in order to obtain "personalised film recommendations".
==Thanks==
Muchas gracias por haber defendido mi página de usuario, [[User:SqueakBox|SqueakBox]] July 3, 2005 17:50 (UTC)
In almost all cases, online rating scales only allow one rating per user per product, though there are exceptions such as ''Ratings.net'', which allows users to rate products in relation to several qualities. Most online rating facilities also provide few or no qualitative descriptions of the rating categories, although again there are exceptions such as ''Yahoo! Movies'' which labels each of the categories between F and A+ and BoardGameGeek, which provides explicit descriptions of each category from 1 to 10. Often, only the top and bottom category is described, such as on ''IMDb'''s online rating facility.
==[[G.I. Joe]]==
'''G.I. Joe: An Austro-Hungarian Hero'''
With each user rating a product only once, for example in a category from 1 to 10, there is no means for evaluating internal [[reliability (statistics)|reliability]] using an index such as [[Cronbach's alpha]]. It is therefore impossible to evaluate the [[validity]] of the ratings as measures of viewer perceptions. Establishing validity would require establishing both reliability and accuracy (i.e. that the ratings represent what they are supposed to represent).
==Sorry==
Another fundamental issue is that online ratings usually involve convenience [[sampling (statistics)|sampling]] much like television polls, i.e., they represent only the conglomeration of those inclined to submit ratings.
Please move the templates [[:Template:Dbraceyrulestalkpage]], [[:Template:Dbraceyrulestemplate]] and [[:Template:Dbraceyrulestemplate2]] into your user space. Templates that are only for your personal use do not belong in the general Template area. For instance, you could move [[:Template:Dbraceyrulestemplate2]] to [[User:Dbraceyrules/template2]] and then use it by putting <nowiki>{{User:Dbraceyrules/template2}}</nowiki> on your user page. For detailed information on how to move a page, see [[m:Help:Moving a page]]. I have asked you to do this before. If you do not move these templates within 3 days, I will nominate them on [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion]]. [[User:FreplySpang|FreplySpang]] [[User talk:FreplySpang|(talk)]] 23:34, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
Sampling is one factor which can lead to results which have a specific bias or are only relevant to a specific subgroup. To illustrate the importance of such factors, consider an example. Suppose that a film's marketing strategy and reputation is such that 90% of its audience are attracted to the particular kind of film; i.e. it does not appeal to a broad audience. Suppose also that the film is very popular among the audience that does see the film and, in addition, that those who feel most strongly about the film are inclined to rate the film online. This combination may lead to very high ratings of the film which do not generalize beyond the people who actually see the film (or possibly even beyond those who actually rate it).
:Oops, sorry, I must have missed your first warning. I edited as you asked. I didn't know that I needed a personal user space. Sorry[[User:Dbraceyrules|Horatii]] 23:53, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
Qualitative description of categories is an important feature of a rating scale. For example, if only the points 1-10 are given without description, some people may select 10 rarely whereas other may select the category often. If, instead, "10" is described as "near flawless", the category is more likely to mean the same thing to different people. This applies to all categories, not just the extreme points. Even with category descriptions, some may be harsher raters than others. Rater harshness is also a consideration in marking essays in educational contexts. [http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:o1l_qRDI9QwJ:www.cambridgeesol.org/rs_notes/rs_nts13.pdf+rater+harshness+references&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4].
::Another thing, I used a different title and that why the one you had prescribed has a different link. [[User:Dbraceyrules|Horatii]] 23:57, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
These issues are also compounded when aggregated statistics such as averages are used for lists and rankings of products. User ratings are at best [[levels of measurement|ordinal]] categorizations. While it is not uncommon to calculate averages or means for such data, doing so cannot be justified because in calculating averages, equal intervals are required to represent the same difference between levels of perceived quality. The key problems with aggregate data based on the kinds of rating scales commonly used online are as follow:
: Thanks for taking care of this! [[User:FreplySpang|FreplySpang]] [[User talk:FreplySpang|(talk)]] 23:59, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
*Averages should not be calculated for data of the kind collected.
*It is usually impossible to evaluate the reliability or validity of user ratings.
*Products are not compared with respect to explicit, let alone common, criteria.
*Only users inclined to submit a rating for a product do so.
*Data are not usually published in a form that permits evaluation of the product ratings.
==References==
::Esta bien, gracias. Sorry again for not doing it the first time...I just saw where you had warned me that time.
* Cronbach, L. J. (1951). Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests. ''Psychometrika, 16'', 297-333.
== Jinx ==
* Andrich, D. (1978). A rating formulation for ordered response categories. ''Psychometrika'', 43, 357-74.
==See also==
I'll let you list it and take the glory, I'm off to bed in a minute... -- [[User:Francs2000|Francs2000]] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Francs2000&action=edit§ion=new Talk] [[Image:Uk flag large.png|25px|<nowiki></nowiki>]] 23:39, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
*[[Voting system]]
*[[Rotten Tomatoes]]
*[[Metacritic]]
==External links==
[http://www.rasch-analysis.com/ How to apply Rasch analysis]
[[Category:Psychometrics]]
== Blanking ==
I'm sorry. I'll stop.--[[User:24.219.188.230|24.219.188.230]] 23:56, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
== Thanks! ==
[[Image:WikiThanks.png|left]]Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. It feels good to know there are people out there trying to make Wikipedia a nice place to be. – [[User:Quadell|Quadell]] <sup>([[User_talk:Quadell|talk]]) ([[Wikipedia:Image sleuthing|sleuth]])</sup> 20:24, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
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I removed this section, because they were in two places. Maybe, I was wrong. [[User:212.76.39.228|212.76.39.228]] 20:40, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
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Umm hey. Yeah I think I posted it on the wrong page. Sorry! --Steven P.S. It got deleted anyhow. Also I'm unexperienced with wikipedia so I hope you understnad my mistake. P.P.S. The articles you have created are interesting.
It's true. Rita Fan -- like most Americans and Mainland Chinese -- gets wet between her legs at the sight of people who believe in liberty, equality, and democracy being slaughtered.
==My appreciation==
Thanks for your help in reverting the vandal hitting my user page. An oddity: The IP that was spuriously adding my name to various articles had been used, only two hours earlier, to create a stub about [[Jimmy "Jax" Pinchak]]. I thought it might be a hoax but it's a real child actor. He's appearing in a TV series that was mentioned in the stub but with a red link, so I did a little research and wrote [[Over There (series)]]. So the siege of vandalism resulted in a small expansion of our coverage. Strange are the ways of the wiki. [[User:JamesMLane|JamesMLane]] 22:09, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
== Thanks ==
[[Image:Janitor's bucket with mop.jpg|thumb|75px|right|'''The mop is mine!''']]
Thanks for voting in my RfA; I promise I'll wield my [[Wikipedia:Administrator|sacred mop]] with care. If you ever need me for anything, [[User talk:Essjay|you know where to find me]]. Thanks again! -- [[User:Essjay|Essjay]] · [[User_talk:Essjay| Talk]] 15:19, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
== Yo it be da bombe! ==
Thanks for the Infernokrush. Normally, those "updating to Ebonics" style things are derisive, but that one actually manages to keep the meaning of the scene rather well. Quite surprisingly good. Reminds me of my days in Carrboro, NC, when I had thoughts of writing a ''Midsummer's Night Dream'' set among street gangs, with Obi Wan (for Oberon) and Titania (for Titania...I didn't rethink everything) and a Theater In the Park for the theater in the park. Later, I saw what a hackneyed idea it was. Everyone has done it. Anyway, it's a good non-sonnet piece, alright. [[User:Geogre|Geogre]] 19:31, 22 July 2005 (UTC) [[Image:Carrboro-NC-4-1-00.jpg|thumb|center|200px|Dorothy, the Lion, and I ran across a field of poppies, and thought we dreamed a place that was like a pat of butter in a frying pan of grease.]]
== Delete ==
Hi Freply. What happened to your delete button? [[Special:Undelete/Anthony Connor]] Cheers, [[User:smoddy|<nowiki>[[smoddy]]</nowiki>]] 21:35, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
:Ah right. Well, if you look at the deletion history, it's already been deleted four times now... Cheers, [[User:smoddy|<nowiki>[[smoddy]]</nowiki>]] 21:39, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
== Comment from 71.102.181.89 ==
Come on... my "eat my ass" entry was funny. You could've left it up for a while. People would have enjoyed it.
:Remember, "Don't feed the troll". =) -- [[User:Bmicomp|BMIComp ]] [[User_talk:bmicomp|(talk]], [[User:bmicomp/RfC|HOWS MY DRIVING)]] 06:42, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
:: Don't worry, I'm out of Purina Troll Chow tonight. :-) [[User:FreplySpang|FreplySpang]] [[User talk:FreplySpang|(talk)]] 06:43, July 23, 2005 (UTC)
==Bobbybuilder and Erectile Dysfunction==
I just thought it was funny.--[[User:JennyJohansen|JennyJohansen]] 22:53, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
== Sorry ==
It is the first time that I have contributed to the Wikipedia and I was not trying to make links to commercial sites or promote a site, I am just trying to add information that I thought was relevant and was still in the process of editing it.
from neonexis
== AFF content changes ==
Hi, I wanted to let you know of the discussion I've been having with this editor (tregoweth) as well. I'm going to follow these suggestions for adding AFF links to important articles on Wikipedia. Please let me know you are in agreement with him before I make the changes only to have them deleted again. Thanks for your help in adding content to Wikipedia!
"In reply to your comment on my user page, it's still advertising, even if the organization is worthy and nonprofit. Dropping plugs into articles is not the way to go about it.
If there is an article about a particular film, then a link to AFF would probably be OK. But adding a blurb about a movie to an article about someone interviewed in the movie is a bit much. tregoweth 15:22, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
The general thing to remember is Wikipedia is not a soapbox. One problem is that some of the text you inserted seemed to come direct from marketing materials, which is jarring in an encyclopedia article. In the Lillian Gish article, for example, you added:
The Emmy-award winning documentary Lillian Gish: An Actor's Life for Me by Terry Sanders of American Film Foundation is a personal and candid celebration of the actress' life.
I would suggest something more neutral, like:
Gish's life is documented in [Terry Sanders]' 1999 documentary [Lillian Gish: An Actor's Life for Me].
And, in external links,
* [http://www.americanfilmfoundation.com/order/lillian_gish.shtml Lillian Gish: An Actor's Life for Me] (American Film Foundation)
In some of the articles, mentioning that they appeared in such-and-such documentary seems odd, especially if the article is very short and they are just an interviewee, not the subject. Obviously, Maya Lin's documentary should be in the article,, since it won an Oscar; the Gish and Neil Simon documentaries probably deserve mention also. But something like Into the Future isn't a big part of Tim Berners-Lee's career, so it probably shouldn't be in the article. It may be worth mentioning in Robert MacNeil's article among his other works, but just as a straight factual item ("narrator and interviewee, Into the Future (2000 documentary)").
Also, I apologize if I've come across as harsh or otherwise negative.; Any time I see someone add a lot of links to one site, the "spammer!" alarms go off in my head, but I now see that you meant well. Feel free to ask me for any more help; I'm just a regular user, but I think I know my way around here. :) tregoweth 02:08, July 27, 2005 (UTC) "
== Credit where credit's due ==
[[Image:Barnstar of Reversion2.png|thumb|right|For your exceptional rollback persistency, I, [[User:smoddy|smoddy]], award you this Barnstar of Reversion. 17:59, 28 July 2005 (UTC)]]You keep beating me on rollback! As penance, you are obliged to display this barnstar prominently. Cheers, and congratulations! [[User:smoddy|<nowiki>[[smoddy]]</nowiki>]] 17:59, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
:Why, thank you very much! And, apparently, we are both recipients of the "RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar". Doesn't that give you a warm glow inside? Cheers, [[User:smoddy|<nowiki>[[smoddy]]</nowiki>]] 18:20, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
== ==
[[User:Zuig mijn ballen|Zuig mijn ballen]] 18:44, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
== Sorry ==
Sorry, I added comments to the wrong page. [[User:Dbraceyrules|Dbraceyrules]] 19:17, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
== User page ==
Hey, I see you fixed the problem with the image on your user page. It looks much better now; the picture doesn't cover up half the text. [[User:JarlaxleArtemis|<font face="Euclid Fraktur"> <font color="black">‡</font></font> <font face="Euclid Fraktur"> <font color="darkgreen">Jarlaxle</font></font>]] 18:02, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
:Hrmm… Never mind. On my browser (MSN), sometimes the large flower image covers up half of the text on the left side, but other times when the page loads anew, it doesn't. [[User:JarlaxleArtemis|<font face="Euclid Fraktur"> <font color="black">‡</font></font> <font face="Euclid Fraktur"> <font color="darkgreen">Jarlaxle</font></font>]] 18:07, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
== clitoris ==
"There's no consensus for keeping the image. Yes, the virgin loser geeks love the titilation it brings, but let's try and curb the glasses + chortle factor."
== Thanks ==
Thanks for reverting the vandalism of my user page. Actually, this whole group of IP 212.138.47.* have been into this type of behavior, my user page was vandalized several times by one of them, until the IP was blocked by [[User:Mel Etitis]] yesterday. The vandal then created an account and vandalized my page again, which Mel blocked. So, today, the vandal resorted to making an account yet again just to vandalize my page. The main grudge the vandal bears against me is quite surprising, at least to me. If you look into the page history of [[Rohingya]], you can see that the article was initially a copyvio from a website. I organized the article into sections and edited the copyvio sections, added "External links" section (which was previously named as "Free Rohingya campaign web directory" or something like that. I also pointed that out in the talk page ([[Talk:Rohingya]]). For some surprising reason, the IP block 212.138.47.* were quite angry with the organization and left obscene comments on the talk page. Recently, they went on asking people how to delete user pages (See [[User talk:Malathion]] and [[User talk:Ragib]]). After that, they started leaving <nowiki>{{vfd}} and {{speedy}}</nowiki> tags in the talk page of one of the persons I corresponded about this (see [[User talk:Kunyia]]) and in my user page. I realize that the IP block is a dynamic IP range, and there are good edits from that range, but all of the vandals participating in the above vandalisms are from 212.138.47.* . My only hope is that they'd get tired of it and stop.
Anyway, thanks for keeping an eye on the vandals ... I appreciate the revert of vandalism in my page. --[[User:Ragib|Ragib]] 05:56, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
== Protection of your user page ==
Sorry, I have to protect your user page from vandalism because it's rather annoying to see your page pop up 30 times in the Related changes (When I check the Wikipedia:Wikifun related changes) because of some person who insists on vandalizing your page. --[[User:AllyUnion|AllyUnion]] [[User talk:AllyUnion|(talk)]] 08:14, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
== On [[Costco]] ==
Sorry to disturb you, but I see you participated on the reverts for [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Costco&action=history Costco]. The user that was reverted has dropped me some notes in my [[User_talk:Drini|talk]] which perhaps you'd like to read and comment on. I do this since the note it's not clear and in some reading it could be seen as he may be threatening with legal actions for my revert (¿?) and I'd like to hear further comments on the matter. [[User:Drini|drini]] [[User Talk:Drini|☎]] 17:26, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
== Admin needed ==
Since you seem to be online would you block [[User:Stmethodist]] and delete his image uploads? I'm not an admin so I uploaded a single pixel to replace them but they are offensive images used to vandalise [[Methodism]] thanks! [[User:Pedant|Pedant]] 07:18, 2005 August 1 (UTC)
As pointed out by Micheal J. Behe and MENSA, et al, "evolution is Darwinism and Darwinism is evolution". A load of crap foisted on an unknowing public who do not understand molecular biology. The Story of Evolution is a fraud on the most basic level.--[[User:Numerousfalx|Numerousfalx]] 18:29, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
==Your Vandalism==
As the Cult of Scientology is officially recognized as a Cult in a majority of nations, please do not vandalize the article by falsely moving it again.
==Freply==
Go mind your own business! Go do your [[sodomy|hobby]]. [[User:Quadell|Quadell]] 20:30, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
:That, obviously, wasn't me. – [[User:Quadell|Quadell]] <sup>([[User_talk:Quadell|talk]]) ([[Wikipedia:Image sleuthing|sleuth]])</sup> 20:31, August 5, 2005 (UTC)
==Another twin==
You asked if a certain user was another clone of me. Yes. I have literally dozens. Lucky me. – [[User:Quadell|Quadell]] <sup>([[User_talk:Quadell|talk]]) ([[Wikipedia:Image sleuthing|sleuth]])</sup> 20:31, August 5, 2005 (UTC)
==Dropping off a note==
Just saying thanks for removing the vandalism on my page. [[User:Redwolf24|Redwolf24]] 00:08, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
== Thanks ==
Thanks for de-vandalising my user page. It's been got twice now today, different IP, but I suspect the same person. I've warned two different IP's after vandalism to [[Grunge music]] which seems to be attracting them today. --[[User:Doc glasgow|Doc]] [[User talk:Doc glasgow|(?)]] 23:40, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
== Thanks for your support ==
Thank you for supporting my recent RfA. I was surprised and humbled by the number of positives votes. I'll be monitoring RfA regularly from now on and will look for a chance to "pay it forward". Cheers, --[[User:MarkSweep|MarkSweep]] 02:32, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
== Sandy Lam==
I have tried to rewrite the article so it is no longer a walking copy right violation. Only someone keeps removing it, which is fair enough, but also replaces it with mildly unpleasant abuse of Ms Lam. Would you mind having a look at what has been done and offering any advice or guidance you can think of? Thanks. [[User:Lao Wai|Lao Wai]] 15:31, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
== Blanking ==
I am being targeted by two overzealous editors who revert everything I post regardless of the merits of my comments simply because they do not share my perspective. I blanked the DOH page to get some attention from somebody higher up. Thanks for noticing; now you can likewise warn SaltyPig and FCYTravis.
WillC
== Vandalism ==
Thanks for removing the penises from my user page. -- [[User:Bmicomp|BMIComp]] [[User_talk:bmicomp|(talk]], [[User:bmicomp/RfC|HOWS MY DRIVING)]] 20:56, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
:I was scanning through the IP blocklist, and cracked up over one of your reasons for blocking a user: ''template penisification''. Thanks for the laugh. (I was going to create a new section, but this seemed to fit here nicely.) [[User:Joy Stovall|Joyous ]] [[User_talk:Joy Stovall|(talk)]] 21:22, August 7, 2005 (UTC)
==Notes from [[User:216.197.175.163]]==
Sorry about this, I don't know how else to talk to you.
Alright, here's the deal on my musicianforums.com stuff.
Over at musicianforums.com, we made an mx dictionary with all of the popular terms and such and explaining their meanings and origins. I was then asked by a mod to index all of the definitions on wikipedia. I have also been putting the "Courtesy of musicianforums.com" in, so that the users of mx will see that the definition refers to that forum, and not to something else, to prevent confusion. Don't worry this isn't spam, and it even has the potential to increase wikipedia's traffic by up to 80,000 users!
So, in conclusion, there are no copyright issues, as not only do I have permission to post these definitions, but I was asked to. Not only that, but I'm bringing in site views, traffic, definitions, and even new users for you, wikipedia.
Anyways, sorry for any confusion, and I'm going to continue posting definitions. Also, if you explain to me how to use user talk, I will utilize it next time around.
Thanks,
-Adam
So you may not need more traffic. As for unhelpful and unencyclopedic, they are helping up to 80,000 people use wiki for popular internet definitions, and a large portion of these definitions apply to other internet forums aswell. Unenecyclopedic? I think for the most part, they <i>are</i> encyclopedic, with a few exceptions. Feel free to delete the exceptions, but I really don't think that all of my definitions should be removed, as some of them actually are helpful and have not been indexed yet.
Thanks Again,
-Adam
== Hello! ==
Just noticed you comment on the Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Gabrielsimon/Evidence page, and thought I'd make a quick introduction, mostly based on your ___location in Boston. I am such a fan of Boston, the city and its various sport teams that I named my dog Boston! I have made several trips there and always enjoy the ambiance and history of the place. I had an especially interesting experience (to me at least) when I was walking through the Old North section of town and accidentally found myself on the "Coops Hill Burying Ground"(?) Resting place of the (in)famous Mathers and John Paul Jones, as well as numerous other notable people. In fact, just writing this makes me want to do a bit of research and add it to the Boston article. Regardless just a short note indicating my appreciation and good wishes for you and all the other dedicated editors and admins here. Good luck to all of us! See you round the wiki! [[User:Hamster Sandwich|Hamster Sandwich]] 22:54, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
*Well my suspisions turned out to be correct re: Gavin the Sockpuppet.[[User talk:Gavin the Chosen]] I'm not surprised, but I suspect you aren't either. BTW thanks for your reply to my memo. I wish you luck in your classes. Of course when I was wandering around Cambridge I had to look around the Harvard campus. Heck I've seen [[Love Story]] and [[The Paper Chase]] multiple times! :-D See you 'round, nice lady! [[User:Hamster Sandwich|Hamster Sandwich]] 05:59, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
**I've been keeping track of the vandalism going on here, and for the record I think you must be doing the right thing or you wouldn't be getting so much of it. Keep up the good work! [[User:Hamster Sandwich|Hamster Sandwich]] 01:54, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
==Laura Kellett==
The anonymous IP who created the article has shown very bad faith (as evidenced on [[User_talk:62.252.224.15|62.252.224.15's user talk page]]). I'm unfortunately busy, but could you get the IP blocked? I added a VfD notice to [[Laura Kellett]], and it was removed before I could even finish adding it to [[WP:VfD]]. [[User:jasonglchu|jglc]] | [[User talk:Jasonglchu|t]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jasonglchu|c]] 19:45, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
*Thanks! [[User:jasonglchu|jglc]] | [[User talk:Jasonglchu|t]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jasonglchu|c]] 19:59, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
== [[Barbara Mikulski]] ==
:Is she or is she not freakish, sir? Is she or is she not as tall as she is wide? Does she or does she not slobbr all over the place like Daffy Duck, sir? These are factual statements! It is you who is adding nonsense by censoring the truth, sir! {{unsigned|162.83.136.23|21:08, 9 August 2005}}
== Thanks for your support ==
[[Image:Janitor's bucket with mop.jpg|thumb|75px|right|'''The mop is mine!''']]
Thank you for voting to support [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Malathion|my RFA]]. I've been promoted, and I promise to wield the mop with good faith, patience, and fairness... except when I'm exterminating vandals with the M-16 recoilless nuclear Gatling mop. --[[User:malathion|malathion]] [[User talk:malathion|<sup><b>talk</b></sup>]] 08:09, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
== [[Beelzebub]] (your revert) ==
Hi, why did you remove the image I appended to that article? --[[User:200.80.39.186|200.80.39.186]]
== You don't know what you've done. ==
I love wikipedia. It's the greatest resource on the web. But when I edited the China article, I didn't do it out of hate. I did to warn the public. Someday you'll look back on this day and realise the mistakes you've made.
Every comment you erased. Every liberty you will lose.
Every paragraph you destroyed. Every chinaman that whips you.
Remember this day,
God Bless America,
:Ah, but I know what FreplySpang has done: reverted [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=China&diff=prev&oldid=20689302 a collection of puerile changes]. -- [[User:Hoary|Hoary]] 14:00, August 10, 2005 (UTC)
:: "[[I Know What You Did Last Summer|I Know What You Reverted Last Summer]]"? :-) [[User:FreplySpang|FreplySpang]] [[User talk:FreplySpang|(talk)]] 20:44, August 10, 2005 (UTC)
== Func's RfA :) ==
Hi, FreplySpang! Thank you for supporting my adminship, and for being a cool irc buddy. :)
Please never hesitate to let me know if you have concerns with any administrative action I may make.
[[User:Func|Func]]( [[User_talk:Func|t]], [[Special:Contributions/Func|c]], [[Special:Emailuser/Func|e]],[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&user=Func ] ) 23:03, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
== BaronLarf's RFA ==
Thanks for you support on my recent RFA, and for all the help you gave me a couple months ago with the SummerFR problems. Please let me know if I can help with any particular administrative responsibilities, or if you have any problems with the way I use the admin tools. Cheers. --[[User:BaronLarf|Baron]][[User talk:BaronLarf|Larf]] 00:38, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
== Copyright question ==
Could you explain why [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerner_Corporation Cerner's] page is in violation? I think it may have been in violation when you first spotted it, but I believe it has been fixed. I no longer see any of the text from the wikipedia page on the site listed to have the copyright problem. Thanks for your help.
:I believe my question was already answered [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:SimonP#Copyright_question here]... thanks. --[[User:Matthewsmith|Matt Smith]] 17:16, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
== revert ==
Thank you for reverting my userpage and userdiscussionpage. Regards, [[User:John N.|John N.]] 18:07, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
:Same goes for me. [[User:Gzuckier|Gzuckier]] 19:18, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
== Oxygen Network ==
I have permisiion to use this material under the terms of this license:
Copyright (c) 2005 PRESS DEPARTMENT, OXYGEN MEDIA INC.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU
Free Documentation License".
== Geraldine Laybourne ==
I have permisiion to use this material under the terms of this license:
Copyright (c) 2005 PRESS DEPARTMENT, OXYGEN MEDIA INC.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU
Free Documentation License".
== userpage vandalism ==
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my userpage. It's amazing that people actually enjoy wasting their time =). --[[User:Spangineer|Spangineer]] <small>[[User talk:Spangineer|<font color=brown>(háblame)</font>]]</small> 23:26, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
== My User Page ==
Thanks for reverting the edits to my user page, I appreciate it :-) [[User:Soltak|Soltak]] 18:00, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
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