User talk:Axl/archive 10

Thanks

Thanks for your participation in my recent RfA. I will do my very best not to betray the confidence you have shown me. If you ever have any questions or suggestions about my conduct as an administrator or as an editor please don't hesitate to contact me. Once again, thanks. ·Maunus·ƛ· 12:57, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pea enation mosaic virus The Grays (band) Gingivectomy Michael Curtis Tom Karsch This stub is getting better, but needs more work. Professor Mike Donovan --RayqayzaDialgaWeird2210 16:21, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the word!--RayqayzaDialgaWeird2210 14:14, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And also, if you know anything about the X files and are interested in a WikiProject pertaining to this, see Wikipedia:WikiProject The X-Files --RayqayzaDialgaWeird2210 15:52, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Assume

I suggest that you take a class (or two) in a science-based course. The word "assume" is commonly used to mean "assume the following statement is true for the sake of the following example which may or may not be true." That is definition that I use. As an example, consider the following:

Assume that all people are blue. If that were the case, they would be the same color as the sky.

Notice that "assume" here is asking you to assume an obviously incorrect statement. Claiming that the assumption is incorrect or inappropriate is in itself very incorrect and inappropriate. In the end, it comes off as a cheap method to avoid discussing something that you disagree with. -- kainaw ™ 14:54, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the suggestion.

Your statement "Assume that the measuring device increases everyone's blood pressure by 10%" is not "obviously incorrect" in the way that "Assume that all people are blue" is obviously incorrect. A sensible reader (with or without your recommended science-based classes) could certainly infer that you present your assumption as an accurate statement. If the assumption is inaccurate, your following statements "We would be comparing those with high blood pressure to those with normal blood pressure - with both values raised 10%. No problem" are of no help to the reader.

In your subsequent statement "if a person's blood pressure is raised abnormally by the measuring device, it is safe to assume that the person reacts similarly to other things", you are not using the word "assume" in the way that you claim above. You are actually using a conditional sentence. The "condition" is "if a person's blood pressure is raised abnormally by the measuring device". The consequence is "it is safe to assume that the person reacts similarly to other things". The consequence that you claim does not follow from the condition.

Axl ¤ [Talk] 19:27, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Labor Day!

Dear colleague, I just want to wish you a happy, hopefully, extended holiday weekend and nice end to summer! Your friend, --A Nobody^{My talk} 06:06, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Er, thanks. Although I'm British and we don't celebrate Labor Day. In any case, a happy Labor Day to you! :-) Axl ¤ [Talk] 07:11, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome and thanks! Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 18:53, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RFA spam

Thank you for participating in WP:Requests for adminship/Kww 3

Sometimes, being turned back at the door isn't such a bad thing

—Kww(talk) 18:30, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Halloween!

File:Halloween Hush Puppies.jpg

Photograph of my Halloween-themed Hush Puppies plush basset hounds in my bedroom.

As Halloween is my favorite holiday, I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Halloween! Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 18:52, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! And happy Halloween to you and your family too! Axl ¤ [Talk] 20:17, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome and thanks, we just ate some Chinese food and chocolate together! Best, --A Nobody^{My talk} 01:13, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chzz's RfA

What a strange turn of events at WP:Requests for adminship/Chzz. I'd supported him judging from how good he was with new users. It wasn't until I was reviewing his contributions to compare them with the alleged sock, that I realised he was the same person who gave us all that grief at Talk:Oxygen toxicity! Cheers --RexxS (talk) 04:35, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hehe, how ironic. ;-) Axl ¤ [Talk] 11:03, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Axl

One thing I left off in my reply at Joe's RfB: one of the more pervasive problems at RfA/RfB is that we tend to care more about the candidates than the voters. That's probably some kind of stupid cave-man instinct telling us that chiefs are more important than grunts. I don't want to give the impression that I think we want to watch how we respond to opposes just because it might help the candidate; it's just as important to actually do something about issues the opposers bring up. So ... thanks for your comment, and in my own CSD work, I'll try to be careful with A3's in particular and with giving the creators more time in general. (Watching) - Dank (push to talk) 14:51, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dan, thank you for your comments. Of course I know that everyone makes mistakes from time to time. My problem with the candidate is that he does not realise that he made these mistakes, despite having them pointed out to him by experienced third parties. From the current situation, I see that he is clearly going to succeed in the application. I wish him (and all candidates) well in his endeavour to improve Wikipedia. Axl ¤ [Talk] 15:14, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good points. - Dank (push to talk) 15:25, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Additional comment: I see that some editors think that I am "holding a grudge". I know that Nihonjoe does a lot of good work improving the Wikipedia. However I have ongoing concerns about his understanding/application of the policies. I am not convinced that he will be a good bureaucrat. Axl ¤ [Talk] 18:41, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that. I'd prefer to give Joe more time to weigh in. He appears to be sailing to victory, so he's in a position where he can afford to be gracious with no harm to himself. It's not a good idea to close a DRV on your own deletion without waiting for input, and I'd like to see if he responds to your point. - Dank (push to talk) 18:56, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you have additional concerns, I'd recommend that you bring them up at the RfB as soon as possible, with diffs and/or other supporting evidence, so that they can be judged accordingly by voters; otherwise, your vote does indeed look somewhat like grudge holding. GlassCobra 02:28, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Thanksgiving!

I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Thanksgiving! Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 06:58, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Although again, being British, I don't celebrate Thanksgiving. ;-) Best wishes to you. Axl ¤ [Talk] 09:16, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RfA Thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 51 supports, 4 opposes, and 3 neutrals.

MrKIA11 (talk) 12:39, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas

A Nobody^{My talk} is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:Flaming/MC2008}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

To those who make Good Arguments, who are appreciative, or supportive. Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 23:03, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! And the same to you. :-) Axl ¤ [Talk] 08:44, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And now... yes, you've guessed it

Here’s wishing you a happy end to the holiday season and a wonderful 2010.
Fvasconcellos (t·c) 15:03, 25 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! And to you. :-) Axl ¤ [Talk] 08:44, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year

I would like to wish you and your family a Happy New Year Axl. :)--Literaturegeek | T@1k? 10:13, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hypercapnia

I bet you haven't seen this in Units accepted for use with SI:

1 mbar = 1 hPa = 100 Pa (was used in atmospheric meteorology, the preferred unit is now the hectopascal)

I also prefer unit multipliers in multiples of 10^3, so I agree with your edit. It just jogged my memory as I'd used that page to explain to the previous poster what our preferred units were (and thought then that any preference for hPa was a bit odd). --RexxS (talk) 21:03, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I did not know that the preferred unit in atmospheric meteorology is now the hectopascal. I don't think that it makes much difference which unit we use. In the medical fraternity, kPa is preferred, although some hospitals still use mmHg. Axl ¤ [Talk] 21:42, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Luxury! When we were young, we had to use psi, bars, atmospheres and feet-of-sea-water! --RexxS (talk) 23:33, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hehe! :-) Axl ¤ [Talk] 09:55, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

Hello, Axl. You have new messages at File_talk:Cystic_fibrosis_manifistations.png.
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Thank you :-) MaenK.A._Talk 21:39, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

Wow. Thanks very much for that. Maurreen (talk) 16:47, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. :-) Axl ¤ [Talk] 17:02, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Big barnstar thanks from me too! Feeling all warm and fuzzy and proud... Neurotip (talk) 16:03, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome, Neurotip. :-) Axl ¤ [Talk] 19:58, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

Hello, Axl. You have new messages at WT:MED.
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On the medical list articles. Immunize (talk) 22:08, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

Hello, Axl. You have new messages at WT:MED.
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Again on the subject of medical lists Immunize (talk) 12:51, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Journal article

Yes I know, plan to take it up in 3 weeks.

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:30, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks. Axl ¤ [Talk] 20:47, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Axl,

I sent you an email on your Yahoo, please let me know if you haven't received it.

cheers, --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:38, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 99 support, 9 oppose, and 2 neutral. Your support was much appreciated.

Regards -- Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 17:21, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Asthma

Thanks asthma is a huge topic. I did a bunch of editing a while back but it requires much work. Will work on putting together a better discussion of Acute asthma exacerbation when I have time. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:59, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP:SRAG still in flux, but we're going to do a trial run.

You previously mentioned your interest in becoming a member of WP:SRAG as soon as it was up and running. Well, it isn't official yet but we are planning to give it a trial run since a researcher dropped in an application last week. If you are still interested, please feel free to add yourself to the list of members. Hopefully I'll be able to get in contact with the researcher soon so that we can get the process started and see how it all works out. --EpochFail^(talk|work) 16:45, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks. Axl ¤ [Talk] 09:07, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Update with poll: I started a poll to determine consensus among those involved in the trial run of WP:SRAG. Would you add your opinion to the discussion so that we can wrap this one up? --EpochFail^(talk|work) 19:10, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank spam!

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TFOWR 21:32, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are now a Reviewer

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, will be commencing a a two-month trial at approximately 23:00, 2010 June 15 (UTC).

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under flagged protection. Flagged protection is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial.

When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Karanacs (talk) 17:05, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Karanacs. I already saw that you adjusted my user rights and I have read about this trial procedure. Axl ¤ [Talk] 17:11, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

RfA

Thank you very much for your contribution to my Rfa. I have made a comment about it at User talk:JamesBWatson#Your Request for Adminship which you are, of course, very welcome to read if you wish to. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:32, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thank you for the barnstar! Appreciated. Herostratus (talk) 13:45, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks spam

Hello Axl, thank you for supporting my RfA!
I was promoted with a final tally of 65/4/3.
I hope I can live up to everyone's expectations, do my best for Wikipedia, and take to heart the constructive criticism. Always feel free to message me if I'm around.

Magog the Ogre (talk) 11:21, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Pending changes/Straw poll on interim usage

Hi. As you recently commented in the straw poll regarding the ongoing usage and trial of Pending changes, this is to notify you that there is an interim straw poll with regard to keeping the tool switched on or switching it off while improvements are worked on and due for release on November 9, 2010. This new poll is only in regard to this issue and sets no precedent for any future usage. Your input on this issue is greatly appreciated. Off2riorob (talk) 23:27, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Organ transplantation in the People's Republic of China

I have posted a GA reassessment at Talk:Organ transplantation in the People's Republic of China. Axl ¤ [Talk] 09:46, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You need to close that individual assessment, and open a community assessment which will bring in more people. There has already been discussion without agreement. The community assessment will bring in experienced GA reviewers who have not previously been involved in the article who will then give their independent views. SilkTork *^YES! 14:03, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Invitation to edit

Hi. Thanks for your comment at Village pump (proposals). For your info', I've suggested at WikiProject Medicine that I start a single article trial in the next day or so. Anthony (talk) 11:15, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

RfA ping

Please pardon the intrusion. Your response at my RfA showed dissatisfaction with my answer to question #1; I believe question #17 may be relevant. Thank you for your time and trouble. • Ling.Nut (talk) 22:51, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks for pointing that out. However I still think that you should undertake non-admin activity in "adminly areas" prior to RfA. I expect that if you do that and return in a few months, you would have a good chance of success. A more definitive declaration of your (adminly) area of interest would help. Axl ¤ [Talk] 09:14, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply! Cheers.. • Ling.Nut (talk) 10:07, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]