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Rehoboth Carpenter Family

Regarding Rehoboth Carpenter family - We have surveyed, we have compromised, we have repeatedly asked to user Iwanafish to communicate. He refuses with his snide comments and reversions to non-wiki versions. We have warned him "offically" a lot more than 3 times. Repeatedly, we have asked for mediation, we have asked for help and I do not know who else to ask. Can you pass this up the chain of editors?

User Iwanafish continues to disrupt and vandalize this page and it has spread his behavior to other pages. John Carpenter (bishop) John Carpenter, town clerk of London What else can we do but shut down the articles involved and provide warnings that when they are restored by user Iwanafish that they are garbage? Has wikipedia lost the ability to police itself? I am beginning to think this is a hopeless cause where such bullies can inflict such damage to wikipedia. What else can be done? John R. Carpenter Jrcrin001 (talk) 05:33, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Mount Pleasant, Providence, Rhode Island

Hey, thanks for helping me with the new article. It's my first one and I probably should have held it off the live site (especially so it didn't appear as a total copy/paste job) while I worked on standardizing it. I didn't know how to put a reference section in and put the table of contents and Providence neighborhoods menu up, so I left it out. I want to put up some more relevant stats for the Demographics section than the 1990 Census as well. I'll keep working on it. Thanks again! —Preceding unsigned comment added by CheshireCatRI (talk • contribs) 15:02, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Courtroom View Network

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Public image of Barack Obama

Kudos for using math to explain your reasoning. -- Scjessey (talk) 04:54, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Providence

Re this, while "hurricane" may be the more popular term, "tropical cyclone" is more accurate. Moreover, tropical cyclones are extremely common in the North Atlantic, so that statement is also false. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 22:23, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

I've gone with a compromise for now; let me know if you think it's suitable. Thanks, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 22:53, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, that works. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:13, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

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Sorry, I put it in the wrong section. I have it in the right section now. You Can't Clap with One Hand (talk) 14:57, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Unity Reggae Band

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Earthquake aftershocks

So, if I'm understanding your wonderful work on the Gutenberg–Richter law article, if there were a say 7.0 (Richter scale) quake, what are the odds of a 6.0 aftershock within a several week period? If you like, you can just post your thoughts here, and I'll be able to see them. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.232.32.215 (talk) 14:25, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

The Gutenberg–Richter law says nothing about timing. It just tells you how many magnitude 6's you should get for every magnitude 7. Omori's Law would be more germane to your question.--Loodog (talk) 14:56, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

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The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists

Hey Loodog,

I read your revision, and I see you are very confident in what you've read. In your edit, you put a lot of emphasis on the lifestyle that Style intended to build through Project Hollywood. I actually would go further, calling it a cultural revolution. Since it was placed in Hollywood and Style mentioned Tom Cruise and The Church of Scientology as an inspiration, I see this description as well-fitting to the article.

But let me know: what page are you referring to? Tell me what you think is missing. Thanks.

--PolskanPUA (talk) 01:44, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

New Jersey municipalities on the List of United States cities by population density

I saw your edits to Guttenberg, New Jersey (as well as Union City and West New York) based on rankings in the List of United States cities by population density. I have edited all of these New Jersey articles and I have been extremely careful in making such claims based on data from reliable sources. While I believe that your edits are true, the lack of reliable sources is a major Wikipedia issue. I have tried to find this data ranking by population density from the Census Bureau site and have been unable to find it, nor have I found anything in any other reliable source. In reality, the List of United States cities by population density article is a giant original research effort, taking some data from some states in the country and picking off those that have the highest density. Again, while I think that these rankings are accurate, I'm still unsure that they meet Wikipedia standards for reliable sources. As an example, the source that's in the Guttenberg, New Jersey article itself (here) only talks about rankings in New Jersey. Any thoughts on how or where to pin this down? Alansohn (talk) 14:31, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

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incivil language in edit summaries...

this is probably unneeded... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 20:02, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

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Reverts on WP:USCITY

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Please stop the disruption, otherwise you may be blocked from editing.

Loodog: I have no wish to be uncivil on what is a matter entirely outside my area of interest, but I take the strongest possible objection to your continued reverts on WP:USCITY. I would draw your attention to my latest - and hopefully last - post on this matter at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Cities/Guideline#Edit_to_lead_.28.22US_Census_data_only_takes_priority.22.29. In particular I would point out that you have already committed a three revert violation and that you should therefore approach this matter with considerably more caution lest I choose to take the matter further.
I have no wish to do so, but for everybody's sake, please slow down - the article will still be there tomorrow and you will have a chance to argue your case.
I will only add that I don't understand why you don't replace "US Census figures only" with your suggested "US Census should be mentioned. Others are optional." - I have no real issue with how the lead is worded as it should be interpreted in accordance with the article body, but this suggested wording seems entirely sensible and would go some distance to eliminating any point of controversy.
Best Regards, Muzhogg (talk) 21:27, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Violation of three-revert rule

You have violated Wikipedia:Three-revert rule on Papyrus (typeface): diff, diff, diff, diff. If you continue edit-warring, you will be reported.  Grue  09:01, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

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edit war

I see you attempting to engage in anedit war based on an essay, and that you seem to suggest that an essay trumps policy. Please go to the talk page before reverting aagain.--Die4Dixie (talk) 02:11, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

You seem to have a problem with every post I have made that refers to Happy Endings? None of these posts are doing anything but stating facts with valid references, most of the times 2 references. Would you prefer that I put in 3 or 4 references? I would prefer not to get in an editing war and be able to go on to other articles and not have to go in and reinstate everything you are erasing. Is there some way we can resolve this?You Can't Clap with One Hand (talk) 01:46, 30 July 2009 (UTC)GiselleRI

Giselle, in general we required reliable Secondary sources to include material. Since a blog does not meet this criteria, you'll need to find another source.--Loodog (talk) 01:59, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

I have put in IMDB and Projo references. Why are you going and erasing every edit about the film I have made? Other editors have made edits after me, changing things and not erasing everything. Erasing everything I am writing does not seem like the spirit of wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GiselleRI (talk • contribs) 04:07, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Heights of United States Presidents and presidential candidates

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Talk: Public image of Barack Obama

Hopefully he'll stop arguing ... he might just keep agreeing with himself over and over! But yeah, it's a really obvious case of WP:IDHT, and he very obviously won't change his views. Ravensfire2002 (talk) 16:23, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Disneyland Park (Paris)

Hello. I noticed you added a merge tag on the article for Disneyland Park (Paris). I, for one, am opposed to such a merger. However, I'm not deleting the tag and have instead opened a discussion on the article's talk page. I invite you to leave your thoughts on why the merger should take place. I look forward to hearing what you have to say, and thanks. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 14:17, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Town vs. City

Obviously nobody told us about the cathedral. :-) GreenReaper (talk) 12:23, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Sinking Sciences Library (Brown University)

The text you removed explicitly stated it as an "urban legend" rather than fact. While it's obviously not true, it is (or at least was) a pretty popular rumor. However, it's uncited lore, which is still a valid reason to remove. DMacks (talk)

Request for your comments

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Keep on Plugging

Several editors in your disptue on the George W Bush talk page are... somewhat ... slightly... um... varied in their positions as it relates to what constitutes a reliable source when it comes to a conservative. They may not have any legitimate reason, but will still attempt to get this information removed or prevent its addition. It was pulling teeth to get anything about the economic crisis(its not that serious), mid term removal of attorneys(bush was within his rights), or interrogation policies (waterbording not torture) on the page and at points I was using 3-5 sources per sentence to demonstrate the accuracy until GA came through and made me remove them and leave the points. The position that it is unimportant or not widly supported is on its face patently false. Just keep on plugging and put in enough cites that they can't reasonably say otherwise, which is why they are attempting to ignore certain sections of policy (exceptional sources) so they can claim your sources are not good enough no matter how many you put up. For a funny read, go through the waterboarding discussion and many of them are making the exact opposite point there, arguing that single sided sourcing from the Bush administration is entirly fine for waterboarding is not torture while no arguing that quotes from Bush's own lips tactily admitting to MJ use are utterly invalid. Or it would be funny... but I digress. RTRimmel (talk) 14:28, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

George W.Bush

Hello there. Please note that living persons must be presented with present tense verbs such as "is" following introductions. This is the practice across the entire article. Only after the subject dies does it become "was, served as etc". If you feel that space is wasted, feel free to trim it or edit it but please do not make blanket reverts as such again because in doing so, you deleted the key issue. Evlekis (talk) 16:10, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

To my knowledge it has always been the practice. I did read somewhere that this was the standard. Never having discussed it, I have adhered to this for about three years and have never met opposition. I could give you a set of examples but I would rather discuss this in good faith. You're the one with the knowledge of these individuals (judging by your edit history), so you know best how to present it. Why don't you edit the section I added to either trim it, reshape it somehow, anything. My only concern is that it conforms to the majority of other articles on living people. Occasionally you do read "Subject was" but upon amendment, it usually sits harmlessly forever. Are you all right with this? Evlekis (talk) 16:20, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

I'd have to see the guideline. It feels very artificial.--Louiedog (talk) 16:23, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Sez who? -- Zsero (talk) 16:28, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Well I could be wrong. But it will have to go to discussion. I leave it all to you for now. Evlekis (talk) 16:30, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

I don't see anything to discuss, until you provide some basis for your contention. -- Zsero (talk) 17:52, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

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William Carpenter (Rhode Island)

Hello,

I went back to William Carpenter (Rhode Island). What else is needed to resolve the maintenance tags? I appreciate the input. Jrcrin001 (talk) 18:11, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Talk indentation standards on Wikipedia

Loodog,

Please review WP:INDENT for a clarification of indentation standards on talk pages. In short, conversations are to be threaded, with replies indicated by the level of indentation. I will admit that this page is not considered official policy (instead being considered an "essay"), but your assertion that a threaded commenting structure is alien to Wikipedia is incorrect and (in my experience) a nonstandard practice.

Best, —Notyourbroom (talk) 16:28, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Sperm Wars

Can't you do a bit more with this? It's just barely longer than one line; you need to make more effort if you're going to create a stub, e.g. cite a couple of sources, or at least an ISBN. Richard001 (talk) 22:10, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Medical cannabis

Hi! You worked on the article, which is really a good idea. In this edit of the lead section you added a template {{cref|b}} which doesn't work (leads to "electronic nirvana"). Would you have a look? I cann't correct it, because I couldn't figure out where you wanted to point to. Documentation of the template is given here. Thanks. →Alfie^±Talk 00:48, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

List of metonyms

I nominated the list for AfD (sparing the template for a regular user ;) Renata (talk) 17:02, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

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List of worlds best skylines

I have made some changes,please check. I have just picked the skyline ranking, it is worth to create an article which describes the skyline ranking of various cities of the world.However i have deleted the criteria of points which was based on floors, and their points.which looks arbitrary, however we if it is necceaary to mention that on which criteria the skykline ranking is based can i add this one: The skyline ranking is based on the number of floors of skyscrapers,alternatively.

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American Jews

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Dallas population

Thanks for the edit summary note. I hadn't seen WP:USCITY before then, so I'm going to have to go back and fix the other 6 cities I did as well. Joshua Scott (talk) 21:39, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Bill Clinton

Loodog - Thank you for the info. tuco_bad 21:42, 11 February 2010 (UTC) cgersten —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cgersten (talk • contribs)

Worcester population

Oops, I got mixed up about who made which change to the Worcester, Massachusetts article, and in reverting your change I referred to you as an anon. Sorry! Anyway, the lower poulation figure you gave (175k) was the original Census data, but per this source there was a successful challenge that upped the official tally to the 182k figure. JamesMLane t c 09:26, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Elizabeth Kucinich

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DART Light Rail article

I'm glad we both agree that a DART Light Rail article should be split from the one on Dallas Area Rapid Transit. But something about your justification got my attention;

For a system that only carries 60,000 of the 228,000 riders in the system, there seems to be an overemphasis on it here.

Just for the record, you're not basing your support on the level of ridership, are you? Because it really shouldn't matter if DART Light Rail is more crowded than the IRT Flushing Line(and if you've been there you know how crowded that train gets). Since the article places that much empasis on the light-rail division, splitting it off is a must. ----DanTD (talk) 03:35, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Agreed. I just wanted to get a clear sense of your position. Thanks. ----DanTD (talk) 03:51, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

pdf = probability DENSITY function

Please. Edits like this one could lead readers to think that "pdf" stands for "probability distribution function". That is wrong. Some people are actually so confused that the mix "probability density function" (pdf) with "cumulative probability distribution function" (cdf). We shouldn't be contributing to that confusion. Michael Hardy (talk) 03:18, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

pdf can stand for either. So it's not wrong; it's not even less ambiguous since CDF's are just called cumulative distribution function. It's just one convention.--Louiedog (talk) 21:20, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

It's not a convention that probabilists and statisticians use. This is a good example of why Wikipedia should not be considered authoritative. Besides, the function you referred to in the article was a probability density function, the bell-shaped curve. Michael Hardy (talk) 22:42, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

....I have now filed a correction with PlanetMath, as follows:

It is very unfortunate that you use the term "probability distribution function" rather than "probability density function" for this concept. Usually "probability distribution function" means the _cumulative_ distribution function, not the density function. Many probability distributions on the real line don't have density functions with respect to Lebesgue measure on the line (in particular, none of the frequenly seen discrete distributions do) but all such distributions are fully characterized by their CDFs.

Your nonstandard an inconsistent notation in that article is also unfortunate. First you use a capital X for a general event. Then later you use it for a random variable. The latter use is standard. Switching notations in mid-stream like that is bad style; it is obviously going to confuse some readers.

A capital A, B, C, D, E, or F would be quite conventional for the "event" usage; a capital X for the random variable should remain as it is.

Michael Hardy (talk) 23:13, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

And the convention of the probabilists and statisticians is not necessarily the convention the population at large, which is who wikipedia is written for. Contrary conventions exist which means that any one choice is not wrong. You may wish to see to it that wikipedia adheres to one convention or the other in its article in the interests of clarity, but neither is wrong.--Louiedog (talk) 23:25, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia articles are written for anyone who can benefit from them. In matters requiring professional expertise, readers are best served by finding out what usage is standard among professionals rather than among confused people. They are often looking for a way out of such confusions. Michael Hardy (talk) 23:36, 15 April

2010 (UTC)

On the note of changes made to top populated cities and change to Raleigh's population. I just wanted to make sure the two matched. I put the population from the Raleigh article on the top city populations page. Exsiiron (talk) 04:01, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

RE: San Jose California population estimates

Editor: Regarding your comment on my talk page; I have always followed Wiki guidlines when editing articles. If you research the history of edits on that page, you will see that I was not the one who removed U.S. Census Bureau estimates. I have never removed Census Bureau estimates. As per WP:USCITY guidelines, "City proper population (U.S. Census figures should be used. When appropriate, other reliable estimates may be included as a supplement to Census figures.)" It is not inappopriate to include the suppplemental figure provided by the California Department of Finance, as they are the state agency responsible for conducting state census research. The only reliable supplement to U.S. Census Bureau estimates are conducted by each state, (the agency in each state responsible for demographics research). Their research methods are accurate, and are partially based on the decennial census figures. I have discussed this with some friends who are tenured professors (in Sociology and English, at Stanford University). They agree that CA DOF figures are probably more accurate than U.S. Census figures because of the methodology used. It is unfounded speculation to state that an agency like DOF "inflates" their population figures, even if you believe that they have "an agenda" to secure more federal funding. Their main responsibility is to accurately calculate population estimates, so that state funds can be allocated accordingly to cities and counties within the state based on the population estimates. When I get the opportunity, I will review the comments/info on the discussion page.

Jcheckler (talk) 07:57, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

hello loodog

I have explained my position on the talk page of public image of Barack Obama Thank you, Efcmagnew (talk) 19:54, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Discussion on Yuppie

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Edits On San Jose Article

I noticed you deleted the sentence in the opening paragraph which stated: "San Jose is now the largest U.S. city north of Los Angeles and west of Chicago", and left the rationale: [ (NYC, Philly, Chicago are North of LA. LA, Phoenix, Houston are all west of Chicago) ]. The statement I made was conditional. The conditions of the statement are that San Jose is the largest U.S. city BOTH north of Los Angeles AND west of Chicago, NOT ONE OR THE OTHER. Obviously San Jose is not larger than the cities you mentioned, and in that case the statement would not be factual; but the statement could be interpreted two ways. The English language is full of words (and as such, sentences) that have more than one meaning, and it's up to the reader to interpret the correct one. If the reader is literate, then he will interpret the correct meaning of the statement. He will figure it out. It is subjective, but that does not make it incorrect or unfactual. It was a factually and grammatically correct statement. If you look on a map (or Google Earth), you will see it's true. That space represents a huge geographic area of the United States, and I thought it was an interesting fact worthy of inclusion in the article. It has a historical basis in fact as well. For a long time the Bay Area was the largest population center west of the Mississippi river and San Francisco was (and still is) the banking capital of the U.S. after New York. The Bay Area still contains the headquarters of more Fortune 500 companies, than any other metro area except New York and Silicon Valley is the largest technology center in the United States. This illustrates my point of how the Bay Area is the largest metro area west of Chicago, and north of Los Angeles and it's sphere of influence extends literally across that region.

Jcheckler (talk) 12:05, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Populations means UNDERLYING the two samples

I think this edit was a mistake. They're not population means of the samples; they're means of the populations from which the samples were taken. When you start calling them "of the samples" you invite confused reader to think that they're the means of the samples, which of course is wrong. If one fails to distinguish between means of samples and means of populations, then the topic of the article becomes incomprehensible at best.

I've rephrased it in a way that I hope will obviate the confusion that must have led to your edit. Michael Hardy (talk) 19:43, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

TeX usages

Please notice that if you write this:

P(14 heads) + P(15 heads) + ... + P(20 heads)

within math tags, it comes out looking like this:

$P(14heads)+P(15heads)+...+P(20heads)\,$

But if you write this:

P(14\text{ heads}) + P(15\text{ heads}) + \cdots + P(20\text{ heads})

then you get this:

$P(14{\text{ heads}})+P(15{\text{ heads}})+\cdots +P(20{\text{ heads}})\,$

The latter form is standard. Contrast the two:

${\begin{aligned}&P(14heads)+P(15heads)+...+P(20heads)\\[8pt]&P(14{\text{ heads}})+P(15{\text{ heads}})+\cdots +P(20{\text{ heads}})\end{aligned}}$

• The first one has no space between the numeral and the word "heads". The second has a space because it was included within \text{ heads}, between the left brace and the letter h.
• The first one italicizes the letters as if they represented variables; the second does not.
• The dots between the two plus signs look different. I prefer \cdots rather than \ldots between plus signs, and \ldots between commas. I think the latter is pretty much universal. The former is a matter in which usages vary somewhat.

Michael Hardy (talk) 20:34, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I was wondering if it could be rendered any better! My TeX is not so fluent.--Louiedog (talk) 21:32, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

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NIABY and NAMBY

About your deletion of uncited text from NIMBY: Did you make any effort to determine whether sources exist? Because they're easy to find, e.g., a scholarly paper about translating the acronyms into Hungarian.[1]

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Re:Obama's narcissism

With all due respect Loodog, I never claimed that Obama had been diagnosed as a narcissist by Dr. Vaknin, merely speculated to be. While I personally doubt that Obama is a narcissist given his grovelling, obsequious and indecisive personality, the narcissism charge has indeed been seized upon by many of Obama's critics as a quick Google search will show which is why I thought and still think that it should be included in the article. --194.81.33.10 (talk) 15:40, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Pasadena

Good job on wording in Pasadena. Thank you. Happy New Year! Namaste...DocOfSoc (talk) 22:05, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

File:Densityhisto.jpg

Hi Loodog, on File:Densityhisto.jpg, it says that you were the original author. The file is used on List of United States cities by population. Herein lies the problem, the data is not referenced in that section of the article, and I've been trying to find the page where the data is derived from. Would you be able to help out with that? I appreciate all help! Thanks much and Happy New Year! --Funandtrvl (talk) 02:50, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

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That is awesome. Thanks for notifying me.--Louiedog (talk) 17:06, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Gentrification

I believe that you have mistaken me for being an advertiser. I removed the promotional statements with this edit. Thanks-(Wikipedian1234 (talk) 17:07, 15 June 2011 (UTC))

Great, appreciate it.--Louiedog (talk) 17:53, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

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complex numbers and wellorders

Hi Loodog,

I just wanted to drop you a note to explain my reversion of your edit at well-order. You noted correctly that the complex numbers cannot be turned into an ordered field while respecting their algebraic structure.

I'm afraid that's completely beside the point at the article in question. We're not interested in the algebraic structure, just in whether a wellorder exists on the set, with no further structure at all. Given the axiom of choice, there is definitely a wellorder on the complex numbers (as on any other set). If AC fails, there may not be a wellorder on C (though there still could be). --Trovatore (talk) 19:44, 20 June 2011 (UTC)