Vedexent

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Latest comment: 18 years ago by Kirill Lokshin in topic Re: Wow
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Dyson Sphere

Thank you very much for your feedback to the peer review of the Dyson sphere article. Your suggestions have been incorporated into the article.

My pleasure. Thank you. — RJH (talk) 16:45, 3 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

Re: Footnote levels?

There's really no such thing as having too many footnotes, in my opinion (with the proviso that multiple footnotes for a single sentence should be combined into a single note, so there's a natural limit of [# of sentences] footnotes for an article). Even if there was, ~60 would certainly not be a reasonable upper limit; see, for example, this article.

(Having said that: have you considered using "<div class="references-small"><references/></div>"?) Kirill Lokshin 21:30, 12 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hmm, I just figured out where said feedback was received.
My (strictly personal) advice would be to take the suggestions of the reviewer in question with a very large grain of salt; some of the points he makes are quite silly—it's always a good thing to cite multiple sources, in particular—and he's espoused some rather... unusual... views in the past (e.g. here). Kirill Lokshin 21:46, 12 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

Re: Third Servile War

Yep, that's why; I suspect it will pass easily once the issue brought up there has been fixed. :-) Kirill Lokshin 04:42, 14 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hey, I think it's a great article already. One thing that could be done to improve it is to expand the Aftermath section a little. Were there are discernible long-term consequences from this struggle? Right now the Aftermath mostly speaks about how the war helped Crassus and Pompey rise to positions of power. That is certainly important, but I was just wondering if there was anything else that could go there.
The other main thing is it needs a copyedit. Would you like me to give it one now?UberCryxic 15:59, 16 September 2006 (UTC)Reply
All-right I've given it a thorough copyedit, but I think my edits might have undone some of your most recent ones (there was an edit conflict apparently). Check to see if I changed anything too drastically and just change those portions back to the version you like.UberCryxic 16:48, 16 September 2006 (UTC)Reply
Sure thing. And congratulations to you for writing such a great article. You will definitely have my support when this goes to FAC.UberCryxic 16:56, 16 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

Mmm, please feel free to put it up! (If there are any other issues with the article, I doubt you'll find them without subjecting it to the full FAC gauntlet, in any case.) Kirill Lokshin 14:55, 21 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

Rome the series

Thank you very much for your helpful feedback on the talk page about the episode list I was editing. You made a very good point on the formatting of other tables to match as well. Per your suggestion, I've been working on those too. Would you mind taking a peek at those additional tables and providing me feedback, yet again? They are now located on the same page as the original list, which in turn is located here.

Though I am hoping for any and all feedback, I also am in particular need of feedback on the multiple use of "no image" links under secondary characters. I personally don't like it and wondered if by chance you might have an idea. Should I merge the summary section for each, until a photo is found? (x-posted to the Rome talk page) MagnoliaSouth | Talk 07:27, 18 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

Fermi Paradox and "logic 101"

I haven't involved myself with this article for a while, but I saw your edit summary comments and took a look at the content of the edits in question. I'd like to point out that the content of your edits, and those that you're arguing against, do not match your comments. Your "opponent" is not stating that anything--a negative or otherwise--has been proven; he's only saying that the theory your edits describe is not supported by current science. Furthermore, It isn't correct to say that "a negative cannot be proven." Any statement, including a provable one, can be stated as a negative (the square root of 9 is not 42). Even the in type of speculation where people tend to bring up the cliche' that a negative cannot be proven, the cliche' is often incorrect. Those who believe there is a Loch Ness Monster might say "you can't prove it doesn't exist." But you can: just drain the lake and check for any monsters flopping around in the mud. KarlBunker 02:43, 23 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

Re:FAC comment

Hi Vedexent - yes you should take it as a compliment. I did want to read more, and maybe an "analysis" or future impact section would have been useful to add. I know the sources are limited, so its perfectly ok. Rama's arrow 16:07, 23 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

Third Servile War -results

Spartacus and Declining Slavery

will add more.

Wandalstouring 20:01, 23 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

Re: Wow

Thank you for your kind words! Kirill Lokshin 20:43, 23 September 2006 (UTC)Reply