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Stanley Cobb

Thanks for supplying the info on Sidney Cobb. I assume you are related and would be interested in your thoughts on this short article – any mistakes? I've also written articles on Frederic A. Gibbs and William G. Lennox. Cheers, Colin°^Talk 17:55, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

No mistakes so far. I am looking through family archives for a photo. — Aetheling 21:50, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

How nice to find a family connection here on Wikipedia! A photo would indeed be delightful. -ikkyu2 (talk) 23:27, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Wolfowitz

I'm sorry you felt my edit of Paul Wolfowitz was Vandalism, I however do not feel it was. I noticed some other articles on living persons had their commonly used nicknames put with their name and decided to be bold and add it to his. Also I would appreciate it if you would sign your posts on my talk page next time.

• To add a nickname to a biography of a living person, I recommend adding a complete sentence, like this: "Within the World Bank, Wolfowitz is known as 'The Prez'." Then, if possible, cite a public document in which this nickname is used. That way everyone will understand that this is not simply vandalism. If I might make a further suggestion: your edits will be taken more seriously if you first register with Wikipedia. Your talk page is actually the talk page for an IP address, not for you personally (unless you rent that particular IP address). —Aetheling 23:26, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Why reverted

The numbers you put into economics of new nuclear power plants on return on energy were taken out, solely because they weren't in the cited source. If you have a good source, please put them and the source back in. Simesa 19:50, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

• Done. I hope my explanation made sense to everyone. —Aetheling 21:29, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Disinhibited attachment disorder

Do you think this should be merged with RAD with a redirect as in general both forms get called RAD even if under ICD that's not accurate.

The RAD article is currently being peer reviewed (see top of talkpage) after getting GA, with a view to achieving FAC. Any help gratefully recieved. The peer reviewers said the See Also section should only contain articles not already linked in the text. Personally I like to have them all in one place in See Also, but I suppose it depends on how much one is prepared to compromise for the sake of a gong. 17:26, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks very much for the encouragement! The most difficult thing is that people keep giving me very firm but different instructions on how to do refs but copyediting type work doesn't seem to come naturally to me. I tried to emphasise the ICD a little more by sticking it first when mentioning the two - but most of the research seems to be done in the USA and the proposals seem to revolve around rewriting DSM. Nobody has ever heard of 'DAD'. They just use 'RAD' for both. Regarding getting FAC; I'm assuming that the banned sockmaster who used to control all the articles with his 6 socks will try to reappear at some point and I feel that if the attachment related articles have reached FAC they may be better protected because FAC reviews include reviewing content so in theory it may be less acceptable to corrupt them to promote individual therapies and non-mainstream theories. Its a bit of a learning curve though.Fainites ^barley 21:23, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

By the way - this is what SandyGeorgia said on See Also's - and she should know ! - "Ideally, the See also section is minimized in an FA-quality article. Items should be worked into the text if relevant, and need not be repeated in See also if they're already in the text." Fainites ^barley 22:04, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

There you are look ! [1] I'm also in trouble for not knowing the difference between endashes and hyphens - but my laptop only does one sort of little line. Fainites ^barley 20:18, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

To me a mackintosh is something to keep the rain out (though not very well). I only have - or _ . Sometimes the first one comes up shorter than others in what appears to be a random fashion. Fainites ^barley 07:10, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! If only someone had told me weeks ago. The other thing I can't find is a sort of ;amp thing that people put in instead of ampersands. Fainites ^barley 16:55, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

deMause

I have replied to your great input in Talk:Lloyd_deMause.

In that talk page you state:

• "It seems to me that deMause has contributed ideas to the social sciences in two distinct areas: (a) the frequency and severity of child abuse in European history, and (b) the fantasy-life of nations. The second of these two areas is distinctly speculative and non-scientific, and I have little use or respect for it. The first, on the other hand, contains original and important scientific hypotheses that someday will be verifiable with empirical data."

It seems that we share exactly the same pov about deMause! I also dislike psychoanalysis. In fact, I'm a fan of psychoanalysis' greatest critic, Jeffrey Masson.

Just a minor observation. DeMause didn't publish his seminal monograph in 1978 but in 1974.

Since you are professional matemathician, perhaps you might be interested to add the data you placed in the deMause's talk page into the Journal of Psychohistory article? I already copied and pasted some of the info you provided us to that article's talk page as well as in talk:Psychohistory

Cheers!

—Cesar Tort 22:01, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

suggestion: dont get carried away by your enthusiasm. It will interfere with the proper NPOV expansion of the article. In history, "speculative and non-scientific" is a valid part of the subject. DGG (talk) 01:23, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Reactive attachment disorder (again)

Hi. I've put this up for FAC, here [2] According to SandyGeorgia I have to find people to review it. You're the only Psychologist I know! Would you mind awfully adding your twopennorth. Thanks. Fainites ^barley 22:54, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I also asked Matisse on SandyGeorgia's advice. Then I went to the list of psychologists at the Project and asked a psychologist called Doczilla. I also left a message at the neuroscience project. The trouble is, even alot of psychologists don't really know that much about attachment, let alone RAD. The Psychology Project seems pretty moribund. I'll go through the list of psychologists and see if any of them have put down Child Development as an interest. Thanks. Fainites ^barley 08:40, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments Aethling.Fainites ^barley 21:58, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Got the little star! Many thanks for your timely and comprehensive support. Fainites ^barley 16:07, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Peer review idea

Hi, I have made a proposal that no peer review request be archived without some response. To aid in this, there is a new list of PR requests at least one week old that have had no repsonses beyond a semi-automated peer review. This list is at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog.

There are just over 100 names on the PR volunteers page, so I figure if each of these volunteers reviewed just one or two PR requests without a response from the list each month, it would easily take care of the "no response" backlog (as there have been 2 or 3 such unanswered requests a day on average).

If you would be able to help out with a review or two a month from the "no responses" backlog list that would be great (and much appreciated). Please discuss questions, comments, or ideas at the PR talk page and thanks in advance for your help, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 00:14, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

psychohistory & psychoanalysis

Hi Aetheling, I agree with you. Psychoanalysis is no longer credible. In 2006 I used to edit one of the articles of psychoanalysis' main critics: Jeffrey Masson. I've not edited that article for a while but Masson is in fact one of my personal heroes. Which academic area do you think would be suitable for anyone interested in creating a post- (i.e., non-psychoanalytic) approach to psychohistory? Take a look at the article I'm starting to edit: Infanticide. Regards :) Cesar Tort 05:52, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

• Jeffrey Masson is one of my heroes too, though I don't have such a bleak view of psychiatry. I favor an approach to psychohistory from the perspective of modern trauma theory, with a heavy emphasis on (a) the effects of early trauma on the developing brain, especially the amygdala and hippocampus, (b) the effects of such brain damage on the psyches of growing adolescents, (c) the treatment by society of adolescents who act out, or dissociate, or are hyperactive, or any of the other effects of abuse, and (d) the effects on society of having a large fraction of the population grow up with PTSD or some of the other dissociative conditions, and insecure forms of attachment. Many of my ideas are spelled out briefly in this essay: The Persistence of War. — Aetheling (talk) 06:33, 3 April 2008 (UTC).

Request for Peer Review help

Thank you for you work as a peer review volunteer. Since March, there has been a concerted effort to make sure all peer review requests get some response. Requests that have gone three days or longer without a substantial response are listed at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog. I have three requests to help this continue.

1) If you are asked to do a peer review, please ask the person who made the request to also do a review, preferably of a request that has not yet had feedback. This is fairly simple, but helps. For example when I review requests on the backlog list, I close with Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing an article, especially one at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog (which is how I found this article). Yours, ...

2) While there are several people who help with the backlog, lately I have been doing up to 3 or 4 peer reviews a day and can not keep this up much longer. We need help. Since there are now well over 100 names on the PR volunteers page, if each volunteer reviewed just one PR request without a response from the list each month, it would easily take care of the "no response" backlog. To help spread out the load, I suggest those willing pick a day of the month and do a review that day (for example, my first edit was on the 8th, so I could pick the 8th). Please pick a peer review request with no responses yet, if possible off the backlog list. If you want, leave a note on my talk page as to which day you picked and I will remind you each month.

3) I have made some proposals to add some limits to peer review requests at Wikipedia_talk:Peer_review#Proposed_limits. The idea is to prevent any one user from overly burdening the process. These seem fairly reasonable (one PR request per editor per day, only four total PR requests per editor at a time, PR requests with cleanup banners can be delisted (like GAN quick fail), and wait two weeks to relist a PR request after it is archived), but have gotten no feedback in one week. If you have any thoughts on these, please weigh in.

Thanks again for your help and in advance for any assistance with the backlog. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:22, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Complete list of United States Supreme Court cases submitted to peer review

Hi. I found your name at Wikipedia:Peer_review/volunteers#Society_and_social_sciences and thought I'd let you know that I've submitted List of United States Supreme Court cases (formerly Complete list of United States Supreme Court cases) for peer review here and thought you might like to comment. Thanks.--Cdogsimmons (talk) 13:57, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi. It was brought to my attention that I asked too many people to comment. Looks like you're off the hook if you want to be.--Cdogsimmons (talk) 00:01, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

requested PR

Hi Aetheling,

I noticed your name here.

I have requested a peer-review on Satanic Ritual Abuse. I would be much interested if you could present your views on the present state of the article. Here: Wikipedia:Peer review/Satanic ritual abuse/archive1

This is one of the subjects in which I disagree with deMause. I do believe that if he and the psychohistorians got rid of this stuff and accepted a rigorous epidemiological approach to PH, the field could get much more attention.

Regards,

—Cesar Tort 20:08, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks and a request

Thanks for signing up at Wikipedia:Peer review/volunteers and for your work doing reviews. It is now just over a year since the last peer review was archived with no repsonse after 14 (or more) days, something we all can be proud of. There is a new Peer review user box to track the backlog (peer reviews at least 4 days old with no substantial response), which can be found here. To include it on your user or talk page, please add {{Wikipedia:Peer review/PRbox}} . Thanks again, and keep up the good work, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:46, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Peer review request for the article about Igor Panarin

It'd be a honour for me to have a peer review of this article by you. Some of your fields of interest intersect with his, so it may be interesting to you. Any suggestions welcome. Thank you! --Лъчезар (talk) 12:46, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Greetings from WikiProject Statistics

Welcome to WikiProject Statistics

I noticed you recently added yourself to the list of participants, and I wanted to welcome you to the project. Our goal is to facilitate collaboration on statistics-related articles. You may like to add the project's userbox to your user page: {{User WikiProject Statistics}}. We also have a statistics portal that's worth a visit.

Here are some suggested activities that you may consider tackling.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask at the project talk page. —G716 <^T·_C> 01:46, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikiproject Vandalism studies

I saw your recent study and I thought you might be interested in restarting Wikipedia:WikiProject Vandalism studies (if you have the time). Remember (talk) 18:43, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

• I can help bring the project back to life, but I work slowly. I'll see what I can do, beginning in July. —Aetheling (talk) 03:34, 17 June 2009 (UTC).

Excellent!Remember (talk) 14:27, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

May I move your report to a Signpost subpage and put it in this week's issue?--ragesoss (talk) 16:17, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

A. S. Cairncross

Ah! (slaps head) You're right. I do have the book but for some reason karma was punishing me, and I apparently was thinking of Peter Alexander while doing the edit.Tom Reedy (talk) 14:10, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar for Vandalism Study

	The Working Man's Barnstar
	For spending the time to collect, analyze, and summarize the data for your Study of vandalism survival times, I hereby award you this barnstar! I'm not a mathematician, but I know enough to appreciate what kind of work goes into a report like that. The insight it will provide to the community will be valuable. Excellent work! —DragonHawk (talk|hist) 04:03, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Request for study of page creations

I saw your analysis and study of vandalism in the signpost, which was very useful, however, I notice that the Wiki has new pages created at very fast times, just by seeing the main page, I noted that there was a greater number of articles in the main page article count than the main page in another tab that I have opened five minutes earlier, I believe this is very curious, and because I lack your skills, I hope that you can help me to analyse the page creation rate and how useful the newly created pages are, thank you. Btzkillerv (talk) 13:15, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Sociology Newsletter: II (April 2010)

Sociology Project • News • April 2010
The Sociology WikiProject is conducting a roll call (or min-census, if you prefer). More then five years down the road, we have over 50 members, but we don't know how many of them are still active in the sociology area. If you are or want to become once again an active contributor to the sociology content on Wikipedia, please move your name from the inactive to the active list on our roll call. In other news, we have reactivated the newsletter :) At least, for this announcement. We also have a new, automated to do listing, an active tag and assess project (which has identified about 1,800 sociology articles on Wikipedia, and assessed about 1,3000 of them), and three new userboxes for your self-identification pleasure :) On a final note, I highly recommend watchlisting the Wikipedia:WikiProject Sociology page, so you can be aware of the ongoing discussions.
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Mahalanobis

Aetheling, could you please discuss your recent change to Mahalanobis distance at Talk:Mahalanobis_distance#Probability_or_likelihood? --Pot (talk) 12:00, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

What about your plans to write something about maximum likelihood in the article about Mahalanobis distance? --Pot (talk) 10:54, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

circumference talk page

I also appended my comment ritgh below yours not going to tell you what it is you'll have to go see for your self its on the talk page of the circumference atricle ?is it against the rule to post at the top? Ill look for your answere on this page.Whats inside the light bulb? (talk) 10:18, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

• FYI I reverted the edit that he's talking about - vandalistic nonsense. He's now on a level 3 warning for persistent vandalism of Circumference. andy (talk) 11:44, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks! I wish I understood why the Circumference page in particular attracts so many nuts and crackpots. Aetheling (talk) 20:19, 13 June 2010 (UTC).

WikiProject Sociology Newsletter: III (December 2010)

Sociology Project • News • December 2010
Spreading the meme since August 2006
The Sociology WikiProject third newsletter is out! According to our April mini-census, we have 15 active members, 6 semi-active ones and 45 inactive. Out of those, 4 active, 3 semi-active and 1 inactive members have added themselves to corresponding categories since the mini-census. The next one is planned, roughly, for sometime next year. The membership list has been kept since 2004. On that note, nobody has ever studied WikiProjects from the sociological perspective... if you are interesting in researching Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Research and wiki-research-l listerv. Moving from research to teaching, did you know that many teachers and instructors are teaching classes with Wikipedia? This idea is getting support from the Wikimedia Foundation, and some really useful tools have been created recently. I have experience with that, having taught several undergad classes, so feel free to ask me questions on that! And as long as I am talking about professional issues, if any of you is going to any sociological conferences, do post that to our project - perhaps other members are going there too? In other news: the a automated to do listing reported in the April issue went down shortly afterwards, but seems to be on the path to reactivation. We still have an active tag and assess project, and comparing the numbers to the April report, we have identified about 350 more sociology-related articles (from 1,800 to 2,150) and assessed about 100 (from 1,300 to 1,400). We now have a listing of most popular sociology-related pages. It is updated on the 1st of every month, starting with August, and reports which of our sociology-tagged articles are most frequently read. Of course, GIGO holds true, so after looking at it right now and trying to determine what is our most popular article, my first action was to shake my head and remove Criminal Minds (which, perhaps not too surprisingly, outranks all sociology articles in period tested). Second item I noticed it this month's Industrial Revolution, beating Criminal Minds, that moved from close to 30th position in August/September, to 9th in October and 2nd in November. If you'd like to discuss this or any other trends, please visit WT:SOCIOLOGY! Finally, with the reactivation of Article Alerts, we are getting our own here. Bookmark that page so you can keep track of sociology related deletion debates, move debates, good and feature article discussions, and more. Our first task force (Wikipedia:WikiProject Sociology/Social movements task force) was created (1 June 2010). If you have basic or better graphic skills, our projects needs a dedicated barnstar (award) (currently the closest we can get is the Society Barnstar. As always, I highly recommend watchlisting the Wikipedia:WikiProject Sociology page, so you can be aware of the ongoing discussions.
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ASA Panel?

Hi, I saw on WikiProject Sociology that you will be participating as a panelist in the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. I am a Wikimedia Foundation staff member currently working on the Public Policy Initiative, in which we're working with professors at universities across the country to incorporate Wikipedia-editing into the classroom as a teaching tool. I also studied sociology at UC Berkeley and like to think of myself as a sociologist (at least at heart), and have gone to ASA annual meetings before and have some connections in the sociology academic world. I would like to help out in any way I can. For example: I would love to help out as a panelist (or co-panelist), a presenter, an exhibitor, etc. Which panel will you be sitting on and is your topic related at all to the topic of using Wikipedia as teaching tool? I am definitely interested in collaborating with you on that too if it is. Please let me know. Thanks! Annie Lin (Campus Team Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation) (talk) 22:09, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Maybe we can even try to organize/propose a panel or roundtable on the topic of Wikipedia's role in academia, technology's role in academia, or just innovative teaching in general. What do you think about this? I'll contact Piotr too about this idea. Annie Lin (Campus Team Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation) (talk) 22:12, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

ASA meetup

Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Sociology#ASA_2011. I can share my phone through an email. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 21:46, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Malthusian Catastrophy

Aetheling, I responded to your comments on my talk page.Jdkag (talk) 07:07, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

nugacity

Thanks for the corrections. On a minor point, though minor points are often critical, I checked for American usage here in Webster, which would justify 'and try'. Coming from a different idiomatic background, I refer to Gower's ed. of Fowler's Modern English Usage (1965) OUP 1983, writing of 'try and' has: 'It is an idiom that should not be discountenanced, but used when it comes naturally.' My slight hesitation over a drafted 'to try to', led to 'try and' purely for euphonic variation. But as it stands, I have no objections. Best Nishidani (talk) 18:10, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

• Sure, I understand. Thanks for explaining. Fowler notwithstanding, I personally avoid "to try and" like the plague. When I hear this construction, it signals to me that the speaker is unaware of how English infinitives work. Most unilingual speakers of English are not, of course, aware of such things, so I give them some latitude. For all others speakers, and for formal written English such as would be employed in any encyclopedia, I am frankly and unapologetically intolerant. — Aetheling (talk) 18:35, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Actually I've no problem with your edit, just with your edit justification that what I wrote was ungrammatical, which according to Fowler, Gower, Websters, etc. it is not. The construction is a commonplace of nineteenth century prose masters as diverse as Carlyle, Emerson, Henry James, Melville, Ruskin and Arnold. I commend, because I share, the exercise of unapologetic intolerance on things like the niceties of grammar. The problem there is, as I hinted, that our differences on this issue refract distinct cultural tunings (Sprachgefühl:perhaps a different diet of prose in youth, mine are partially listed above) rather than the rights or wrongs of a grammatical form. But thanks. It's things like this which perk up my eyes and ears, that tend to flop and blur at my age.Nishidani (talk) 22:26, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

The Great Revival: CVU Vandalism Studies Project

Hi! We're dropping you this rather unexpected message on your talk page because you signed up (either quite a while ago or rather recently) to be a member of the Vandalism Studies project. Sadly, the project fell into semi-retirement a few years ago, but as part of a new plan to fix up the Counter-Vandalism Unit, we're bringing back the Vandalism Studies project, with a new study planned for Late 2012! But we need your help. Are you still interested in working with us on this project? Then please sign up today! (even if you signed up previously, you'll still need to sign up again - we're redoing our member list in order to not harass those who are no longer active on the Wiki - sorry!) If you have any questions, please leave them on this page. Thanks, and we can't wait to bring the project back to life! -Theopolisme (talk) & Dan653 (talk), Coordinators

Vandalism Studies Update - August 2012

Hello, members of the Vandalism Studies Project! As some of us are quite new with the Vandalism Studies project, it would make sense for us to re-read some of the past studies, as well as studies outside the project. Please do so if you have a chance, just so we can get into the groove of things. We're planning on attempting to salvage the Obama study (or possibly simply convert it to a new Romney study), as well as hopefully begin our third study this November. If you have any ideas for Study 3, please suggest them! If you have any questions please post them on the project talk page. Thanks, and happy editing - we can't wait to begin working on the project! --Dan653 (talk) and Theopolisme _:)
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Invitation to comment at Monty Hall problem RfC

You are invited to comment on the following probability-related RfC:

Talk:Monty Hall problem#Conditional or Simple solutions for the Monty Hall problem?

--Guy Macon (talk) 17:14, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of All-Russian Mathematical Portal

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• This might be a good opportunity to introduce you to an unofficial attitude of the Wikipedia mathematical community: USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN EDITING ANY WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE ON MATHEMATICS. These articles are very important to us, and to our students. We don't have time to correct a lot of ignorant mistakes. Use the Talk pages to raise issues: we shall respond thoughtfully. — Aetheling (talk) 22:58, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

hello!

Hello Aetheling! My attention was drawn to your announcement on the math project page, where you mentioned leaving a "sharp comment" on another user's talkpage. First of all, I totally identify with your situation (surprise at a sudden speedy-deletion without discussion) and sentiment towards the person responsible. That person's talkpage really did need a message to the effect of "you need to check how to use speedy-deletion again".

I would like to offer a few brief comments to offer on what you actually wrote, though. Most importantly, labelling an action like this as rudeness really does not assume good faith. Going on to comment on how uncivil they are being is along the same lines, and then flashing your credentials was definitely over the top. This all leaves the possibility for a bad reaction from the worst kinds of editors, when all you really want is to get their attention for being so careless.

In brief, it is not so unlikely that this person (along with many of us with similar credentials to you) has never heard of the Russian project. While that editor will definitely have to improve their tact, it's important to offer feedback with extra scoops of serenity. Happy editing! :) Rschwieb (talk) 13:03, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

• Good advice, thanks. I shall be more temperate next time around. — Aetheling (talk) 04:55, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Simon-Ehrlich Wager

Hi,

In a discussion in 2008 you had mentioned that you could update the graph found at Simon-Ehrlich wager. Another user has since removed the graph, since it is truly out of date by now. See: Talk:Simon–Ehrlich wager#Timing. Not sure if you would be willing to consider updating the graph now? I would do it, but don't have the skills to make a professional enough graph. If you don't want to bother that's up to you. Thanks, Peregrine981 (talk) 09:09, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks for the note, Peregrine. I will have a look at my data sources to see if I can find some up-to-date figures. I'm quite busy, but I might have time in the coming week. —Aetheling (talk) 06:17, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

IPBE flag removed

Hello, Aetheling. Just so you know, I have removed your IP Block Exemption flag, as it appears that it is no longer required. From a check of your recently-used IP addresses, it does not look as though any of those IP addresses are blocked; IPBE is only granted on an as-need basis, and when that need no longer exists, the flag may be removed. If you encounter any difficulty editing as a result of this action, please post an unblock request using the {{unblock|your reason here}} template, mentioning the block message you are seeing. If you have any other questions, or you believe that you do still have a need for the IPBE flag, please let me know. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 19:30, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Business cycles, GDP, Recessions

Thank you for making the improvements to Business Cycles.

Hello Loren. I read about your activities on your User page. You may find articles in my Sandbox. I have many very, weakly organized topics (that are related to business cycles, GDP, recessions, etc.) posted in my Sandbox .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Copeland.James.H/sandbox. I am more focused on actively using this information and adding to that collection (than organized it for the general public). —Copeland.James.H 11:40, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2016!

Hello Aetheling, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2016. Happy editing, Caballero/Historiador (talk) 10:06, 26 December 2015 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Deletion discussion in Spanish Wikipedia

Hi. Not sure if you are interested, but there's a discussion regarding the notability of an article I started on Spanish Wikipedia. It's an article on Dominican plastic surgeon Edgar Contreras (Spanish article here) I'm not sure if you contribute there, but feel free to add your 2 cents, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with my opinion to preserve the article. Thanks! Thief12 (talk) 01:38, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

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Seeking feedback on a guide for students who edit articles in cultural anthropology

Hi Aetheling, Wiki Education is developing a guide to help students edit articles related to cultural anthropology and we'd love to hear what experienced users think of our draft so far. I've solicited feedback on a few WikiProjects, including WikiProject:Anthropology, but haven't heard much yet. I wanted to reach out personally to experienced editors who have an interest in these topics to see if they'd provide feedback. Essentially, the guide is meant to supplement other resources that students consult, such as an interactive training and basic editing brochures. It would be great to get any feedback on the draft by April 18th. Would you be interested in taking a look? Thanks for considering! Cassidy (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:12, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Peer review newsletter #1

Introduction

Hello to all! I do not intend to write a regular peer review newsletter but there does occasionally come a time when those interested in contributing to peer review should be contacted, and now is one. I've mailed this out to everyone on the peer review volunteers list, and some editors that have contributed to past discussions. Apologies if I've left you off or contacted you and you didn't want it. Next time there is a newsletter / mass message it will be opt in (here), I'll talk about this below - but first:

• THANK YOU! I want to thank you for your contributions and for volunteering on the list to help out at peer review. Thank you!
• Peer review is useful! It's good to have an active peer review process. This is often the way that we help new or developing editors understand our ways, and improve the quality of their editing - so it fills an important and necessary gap between the teahouse (kindly introduction to our Wikiways) and GA and FA reviews (specific standards uphelp according to a set of quality criteria). And we should try and improve this process where possible (automate, simplify) so it can be used and maintained easily.

Updates

It can get quite lonely tinkering with peer review...

With a bit of effort we can renovate the place to look like this!

Update #1: the peer review volunteers list is changing

The list is here in case you've forgotten: WP:PRV. Kadane has kindly offered to create a bot that will ping editors on the volunteers list with unanswered reviews in their chosen subject areas every so often. You can choose the time interval by changing the "contact" parameter. Options are "never", "monthly", "quarterly", "halfyearly", and "annually". For example:

• {{PRV|JohnSmith|History of engineering|contact=monthly}} - if placed in the "History" section, JohnSmith will receive an automatic update every month about unanswered peer reviews relating to history.
• {{PRV|JaneSmith|Mesopotamian geography, Norwegian fjords|contact=annually}} - if placed in the "Geography" section, JaneSmith will receive an automatic update every yearly about unanswered peer reviews in the geography area.

We can at this stage only use the broad peer review section titles to guide what reviews you'd like, but that's better than nothing! You can also set an interest in multiple separate subject areas that will be updated at different times.

Update #2: a (lean) WikiProject Peer review

I don't think we need a WikiProject with a giant bureaucracy nor all sorts of whiz-bang features. However over the last few years I've found there are times when it would have been useful to have a list of editors that would like to contribute to discussions about the peer review process (e.g. instructions, layout, automation, simplification etc.). Also, it can get kind of lonely on the talk page as I am (correct me if I'm wrong) the only regular contributor, with most editors moving on after 6 - 12 months.

So, I've decided to create "WikiProject Peer review". If you'd like to contribute to the WikiProject, or make yourself available for future newsletters or contact, please add yourself to the list of members.

Update #3: advertising

We plan to do some advertising of peer review, to let editors know about it and how to volunteer to help, at a couple of different venues (Signpost, Village pump, Teahouse etc.) - but have been waiting until we get this bot + WikiProject set up so we have a way to help interested editors make more enduring contributions. So consider yourself forewarned!

And... that's it!

I wish you all well on your Wikivoyages, Tom (LT) (talk) 00:31, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

AfroCine: Join us for the Months of African Cinema in October!

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You are receiving this message because your username or portal was listed as a participant of a WikiProject that is related to Africa, the Carribean, Cinema or theatre.

This is to introduce you to a new Wikiproject called AfroCine. This new project is dedicated to improving the Wikipedia coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the carribbean, and the diaspora. If you would love to be part of this or you're already contributing in this area, kindly list your name as a participant on the project page here.

Furthermore, In the months of October and November, the WikiProject is organizing a global on-wiki contest and edit-a-thon tagged: The Months of African Cinema. If you would love to join us for this exciting event, also list your username as a participant for this event here. In preparation for the contest, please do suggest relevant articles that need to be created or expanded in different countries, during this event!

If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally on my talkpage! Cheers!--Jamie Tubers (talk) 20:50, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to the Months of African Cinema!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which has been dedicated to improving contents that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

This is a global online edit-a-thon, which is happening in at least 5 language editions of Wikipedia, including the English Wikipedia! Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section, if you haven't done so already.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing Users who are able to achieve the following:

• Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
• Country Winners
• Diversity winner
• High quality contributors
• Gender-gap fillers
• Page improvers
• Wikidata Translators

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:50, 03 October 2018 (UTC)

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AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!

Greetings!

After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:

• Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
• Diversity winner
• Gender-gap fillers

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

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Copula review request

Hello @Aetheling:, I found your details on the volunteer page for maths article. I am new to wiki but trying to contribute. I have written up an article on copula, which was rejected previously, and would be thankful if you could review and provide you valuable feedback (URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Copulas_in_signal_processing). Many thanks Earthianyogi (talk) 22:04, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

@Aetheling:, Thank you for your kind reply. Please take care of your health and be safe. Don't worry about this copula, Regards :) Earthianyogi (talk) 09:13, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap fillers - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

Greetings,

Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.

It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.

Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap filler - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!

Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Jason Vest

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Causation does not imply correlation

You might find this interesting --Distelfinck (talk) 15:54, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!

Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.

The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap fillers - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)

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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

Greetings,

It is already past the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the Months of African Contest 2021 achievements so far! We want to extend our sincere gratitude for the time and energy you have invested. If you have not yet participated in the contest, it is not too late to do it. Please list your username as a participant on the contest’s main page.

Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the article achievements' section of the contest page so they can be tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article in the users by articles. Please note that your articles must be present in both the article achievement section on the main contest page, as well as on the Users By Articles page for you to qualify for a prize.

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• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap filler - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

Thank you once again for your valued participation! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 18:50, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

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Peer review for Wikisurveys page

Hi Aetheling,

I am working on a draft page for Wikisurveys. It is currently waiting re-review. I saw on this page that you are interested in applied math, statistics and social science. Wikisurveys combine all these ideas, so I think you will enjoy reading about the topic. Would you be so kind as to peer review the Wikisurvey page I am working on?

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a social work book collection

i recently found a website started by a social worker academic which is a database of open source (freely available) social work textbooks on every course a social worker would need to take from entry all the way to an advanced practice degree. will be useful for building Wikipedia articles. also please spread the word if any social workers you know would benefit. URL: https://opensocialwork.org/textbooks/ RJJ4y7 (talk) 12:53, 20 September 2024 (UTC)