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Your predictions page

I found your predictions page off the Cluebot NG user page, and they are awesome. Just wanted to pop in and tell you that. =D 74.32.230.180 (talk) 20:31, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

• Haha, thanks! :D --Ixfd64 (talk) 21:05, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Lakewood, Washington, police officer shooting

Hi, I noticed you moved Lakewood police officer shooting to Lakewood, Washington, police officer shooting. While I totally agree with your rationale for the move (I had actually suggested such a move on the talk page a day after the shooting happened), from a purely grammatical standpoint I don't think there should be a comma following "Washington". I suggest moving to Lakewood, Washington police officer shooting as I suggested in 2009. Thought I'd run it by you so as not to start a move war or anything like that. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 14:27, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

• You're probably right. I think that commas are only needed for abbreviated state names, which usually aren't used in article titles. --Ixfd64 (talk) 00:15, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Tracking (dog)

Just a note to say that a page you created Tracking (dog) has been tagged to be merged into Tracking trial, here is the discussion page if you would like to add your thoughts Talk:Tracking_(dog)#Merge_Discussion. Cheers, Keetanii (talk) 10:19, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

... for the speedy response to my speedy deletion request. Also, what level are you on Runescape? --Σ ^talk_contribs 23:56, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

• No problem. To answer your question, I'm level 100 (on the free version) on RuneScape. I haven't trained my combat in ages, though. :P --Ixfd64 (talk) 00:00, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Ding

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Clearing oneself

There really is nothing to clear. As more information came in, it became clear that the sockpuppeteer was someone else and that you just happened to stumble on the same range at the wrong time. Nobody ended that discussion with the impression that you had done anything wrong. (This, obviously, is part of the reason why that idiot who leaked the emails is a moron: the lack of context and follow up means that he will hurt people with those email that had no reason to be hurt).

I thought that you were sent an email telling you as much – I know doing so was discussed at the time – but I was on my way to Gdańsk, hopping from airport to airport, and that might have fallen between the cracks. — Coren ^(talk) 15:02, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

• Hi Coren, thanks for the information. The original e-mail warned me against participating in policy discussions under multiple identities but later said that I was not involved, so I was a little confused. But thanks for clearing it up for me. :-) --Ixfd64 (talk) 16:47, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
  • Oh, phew, I was afraid you might not have gotten that email; the problem with a committee is that it's entirely possible to agree unanimously to do something and then everyone presumes someone else did it.  :-) — Coren ^(talk) 18:10, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Happy birthday :)

-- œ^™ 19:52, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

• Thanks! :-) --Ixfd64 (talk) 04:43, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Latest Troy Davis edit

It probably wasn't meant to be funny, but it certainly is macabre: Your latest edit to Troy Davis: "(added Category:People executed by lethal injection using HotCat)". Since when is HotCat used as a lethal injection!? Bad stuff! Alandeus (talk) 12:11, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

• Gotta love lexical ambiguity. :P --Ixfd64 (talk) 05:02, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Chinese behavior

Since you're such a genius, can you tell me why Chinese behavior is so bad? Everytime I see a large group of people at some social occasion that calls for individuals; everytime some one haggles over a price that is normally by convention set, the person is Chinese. Isn't it true that it would be better to be born African than Chinese? -WikiSkeptic (talk) 05:10, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

• It probably has to do with culture. Haggling is very common among people that live in Asian countries, so they probably think it's acceptable to do the same in other countries. --Ixfd64 (talk) 05:32, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

San Francisco meetup at WMF headquarters

Hi Ixfd64,

I just wanted to give you a heads-up about the next wiki-meetup happening in SF. It'll be located at our very own Wikimedia Foundation offices, and we'd love it if some local editors who are new to the meetup scene came and got some free lunch with us :) Please sign up on the meetup page if you're interested in attending, and I hope to see you soon! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 21:22, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Derek Crouse

Danny, in my opinion, "Derek Crouse" is a very plausible typo of Deriek Crouse, and should be a redirect to the latter. Please place a talkback template on my page if you reply here. Thanks! Phoenix--Jax 0677 (talk) 01:37, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

• You have a point. I've restored the page, as well as added an {{R from misspelling}} tag. --Ixfd64 (talk) 01:58, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar

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MSU Interview

Dear Ixfd64,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:04, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Categories on redirects

Hi! I see you put categories on Blades of Exile [1] which is a redirect and shouldn't have those per WP:RCAT. Probably a mistake and hopefully not a HotCat bug. I take it you meant to categorize Exile (video game series)? Regards. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 10:04, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Hello, that was intentional; it's not a HotCat bug. WP:RCAT states that categories could (should) be placed on the redirect if the target page (Exile (video game series) in this case) is incompatible with the category. Blades of Exile was released in 1997, but not all of the games in the Exile series were released that year. Thus, it would be inappropriate to apply Category:1997 video games to the article about the series. The same goes for Category:Open source video games: only Blades of Exile is open source, not the entire Exile series.

But feel free to remove the categories if you still disagree; we can always get opinions on the talk page. --Ixfd64 (talk) 19:34, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

I see. I didn't even know that kind of categorization existed. I reverted my revert. Thanks anyway. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 20:47, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

No problem. Happy editing! --Ixfd64 (talk) 21:33, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of CrystalDiskInfo for deletion

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Talkback

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Soft redirects to external wikis are not used in article space on English Wikipedia. See WP:SOFTREDIRECT for more information. — This, that, and the other (talk) 06:59, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

• Are you sure? The page tells why soft redirects are useful, but it doesn't say when soft redirects shouldn't be used, other than to non-English versions of Wikipedia. --Ixfd64 (talk) 17:49, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Help Survey

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Non-free rationale for File:Return of the Incredible Machine - easy.png

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Dude

I'm new to this site. Can you show me the ropes? The Uncyclopedian (talk) 21:43, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Do it on my talk page please. The Uncyclopedian (talk) 21:45, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Curiosity rover

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I undid your most recent edit to the Curiosity rover article, regarding the Angry Birds game. The game is not specifically related to the rover mission, although the setting may be Mars. For more information about inclusion of trivia, please see WP:TRIVIA for the latest guidelines. Cheers. OliverTwisted ^(Talk) (Stuff) 03:47, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Nice work...............

On creating filter 484 for ClueBot. Will certainly make life easier for us admins!--5 albert square (talk) 21:18, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks. I created the edit filter because it seemed that some users who turned off the bot were merely unaware of how it worked, not because they wanted to vandalize. Hopefully this will point them in the right direction. --Ixfd64 (talk) 21:31, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	For creating ClueBot's filter :) 5 albert square (talk) 22:51, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

• Haha, thank you! This was my first time creating an edit filter; I'm surprised I didn't cause all sorts of mayhem. :-) --Ixfd64 (talk) 23:05, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Read the edit summary

Then read the title of the article, if you cannot understand either, feel free to ask. Eau (talk) 05:14, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

• Sorry about that. I've reinstated your edit. --Ixfd64 (talk) 05:16, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
  • Well, I had five minutes to try to remove disasterous information in that article that I just got from a Google search. Maybe you could pull the rest of the OR and unrelated info from the article? Or is there a pure bs template to warn readers until someone else removes the bs? Good night. Eau (talk) 05:22, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

{{original research}} is probably what you're looking for. You can find other similar templates here. --Ixfd64 (talk) 05:25, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Theo Martens

Just so you know, you moved an unsourced BLP to the mainspace in this edit. Ryan Vesey 20:59, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Administrators#fewer people interested in adminship these days?

I have just seen your old post and replied. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:38, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

• Yeah, I saw. :-) --Ixfd64 (talk) 23:47, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Hey, Ixfd64. Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Birthday from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! LovelyEdit talkedits 19:34, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

• Thank you! --Ixfd64 (talk) 23:11, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of MIRACL (software)

The article MIRACL (software) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable software. No independent refs in the article and no obvious independent refs in google.

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2004 Presidential Election listed at Redirects for discussion

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File:Dual action switch.GIF listed for deletion

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Proposed deletion of T Aquarii

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Upstate California

I would like some help regarding the Upstate California page. I notice you made a suggestion to move it to a different name. I think that would be important because this use of "upstate California" is for a political purpose. There is a group that has formed using this Upstate name that is hoping to encourage the development of Humboldt County's deep water port at Eureka by the building of an east-west rail line through 75 miles of National Forest and 75 miles of private property. They use the "Upstate Rail Link" group name and "Upstate Economic Development" names. If you'll notice the comment on a very recent edit, you'll see that there is some other agenda at work, because the editor who created the page claimed there was intergovernmental rivalry when I changed a 2007 Eureka reference to a document to the link to the Humboldt County Economic Development agency. It was reverted with the comment that HC doesn't "support" Upstate California, but Eureka does. I fail to see how anyone can support a geographic area, or not support it and I really am smelling "hidden agenda" in this page. If you google "Upstate California" you will find a forum posting that says essentially the same thing. "Upstate" is valid in New York. This is a totally made up term, it's not a legitimate California region in any book or secondary literature that I can find. In wiki we have List of museums in California, List of California economic regions don't show an Upstate... but it has been inserted on other pages including List of regions of California#California. I am really concerned about this type of hoaxing in wikipedia. It "seems" very normal, but it isn't. Ellin Beltz (talk) 07:59, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

• I did a bit of Google searching, and it does occur to me that "Upstate" California was made up for political purposes. Again, I believe "far Northern California" would be a more appropriate name. --Ixfd64 (talk) 17:40, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

I am jiawhein in wikia

You can merge your account in the preferences, then click "Manage your global account" on top of the gender box. Due of heard of you are not the jp wikipedia. If you want to reply to this message, can at my talk page. Jiawhein (talk) 10:35, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Template:Infobox aircraft occurrence

There are four "injuries" fields; you only made the change to one. — Lfdder (talk) 17:11, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

• Thanks for the catch. I've fixed it for the other three (at least I hope). --Ixfd64 (talk) 17:16, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

No worries. Something I remember reading and something to consider (maybe) is if an injured person dies after some X period of time, it'll be an injury in the report and not a fatality....so I'm not sure this change is entirely appropriate. Anyway, if someone who knows more about it than me disagrees, I'm sure they'll say. — Lfdder (talk) 17:24, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

There is a year and a day rule for homicide. I'm not sure if there are similar statutes for accidental deaths, but I imagine there are. --Ixfd64 (talk) 18:02, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Hawthorne, California dog shooting incident

I removed some of what you added to Hawthorne, California dog shooting incident because it was unreferenced contentious information about a living person. No involved police officers' names were mentioned in any of the sources on the page. Pseudonymous Rex (talk) 06:37, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Math formulae

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ackermann_function&diff=563855971&oldid=559289992

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Proposed deletion of T Aquarii

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Doesn't seem to meet WP:NASTRO. Although there are few references on SIMBAD, none actually do an in-depth study of the star in question.

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A Tesla Roadster for you!

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	Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia! Gg53000 (talk) 14:15, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

• Aww, thanks. :-) --Ixfd64 (talk) 20:57, 8 January 2014 (UTC)