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Hello from another Linux 'chick'! -- [[:Claudine|Claudine]]
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Hello.  I removed ", such as Bennigan's and the like" from the Caesar Salad article; otherwise it was great.  --[[:justfred|justfred]]
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Thank you for your work on memorializing the victims, and providing reasoned criticism of some of my balderdash in other places.

The Linux Documentation Project is a brilliant idea as well, and I'm obviously interested in figuring out ways to improve and extend Wikipedia's mission, especially in relation to other projects (e.g. [[:Project Sourceberg|Project Sourceberg]]). --TheCunctator

:Thank you. I'm really curious to see if the HOWTOs will get improved enough to start using Wikipedia contributions on our site also. Could be a good synergy of projects!

:On another note with regard to the several commentaries you've posted, I disagree with some but not all of what you have to say. However, I really sincerely think your writing is often combatitive where it should be constructive. I think your cause would be better served by a less confrontational approach. Confrontational is sometimes required (ACT-UP has a good argument, when thousands of people were dying and nobody was doing anything), but that doesn't seem to be the case with your points. Please consider it. --[[:Dmerrill|Dmerrill]]

I hope you've noticed that my tone and approach varies wildly, from [[:The Cunctator/How to destroy Wikipedia|overly combative]] to [[:Wikipedia commentary/Please help build 911 Attack memorial|vulnerable]] to [[:The Cunctator/How to build Wikipedia|hortatory]] to [[:Wikipedia commentary/Project Sourceberg|ambitious]] to [[:GNU Free Documentation License/Workshop|analytical]]. And that's even ignoring my dominant approach on Wikipedia, which is simply to [[:The Cunctator/Edited pages|edit and create entries]].

In other words, I think that my writing is rarely combative. The combative writing is more noticeable (which is part of the point), but it's really only a very small part of the time and effort I've spent on Wikipedia. In fact, I doubt that I've written much that could reasonably be considered combative other than  [[:The Cunctator/How to destroy Wikipedia|How to Destroy Wikipedia]].

So I largely agree that my "cause would be better served by a less confrontational approach", but I reserve the use of that approach within the context of a holistic method of dealing with issues. As long as I can convince people that I'm not treating them like scum, I think using an exaggerated tone to tackle the most negative side of issues directly, could be beneficial to the community. I didn't provide that context with Destroy, but I'm attempting to do so in retrospect.

I'm assuming when you ask me to consider a less confrontational approach you weren't implying that I never use one, because that would be annoying. I'm assuming what you meant was that I should consider not using a combative approach in the future if I contemplate doing so. --TheCunctator

:You're right, I think that you only sometimes are overly combatative, and that in those cases it is a disservice to your cause. But please also understand that I don't think you should treat the subject less directly. I just think your wording choices are sometimes inflammatory.

:I do very much appreciate your work on Wikipedia. My criticism was intended to be constructive. I apologize if I gave another impression. And now I'm going to go back to editing pages myself. ;-) --[[:Dmerrill|Dmerrill]]

Me too; I want you to know that your criticism is constructive (even though, as I explain [[:Wikipedia commentary/Responses to How to Build Wikipedia|here]], I find the concept of "constructive criticism" to be poorly defined and misleading). --TheCunctator

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Mea culpa on the [[:Hugin and Munin|Hugin and Munin]] front (and probably lots of other places as well), I have a tendency to cut up and recycle essays and articles I wrote/am writing... [[:sjc|sjc]]
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Have I never said "hello and welcome," David?  Well, a belated "hello and welcome."  Thanks for your support re my recent essay. --[[:LMS|LMS]]
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Hi!  I've noticed you fixing a few articles with a statement along the lines of all articles should start with a sentance containing the title in bold.  I like this way of introducing the topic in a single line, but I'm curious as to where you got this ruling from?  Cheers, [[:Verloren|Verloren]]

:I just looked and couldn't find it, but I saw it somewhere. The pages that have this sort of guidelines are very disorganized and sometimes hard to find. --[[:Dmerrill|Dmerrill]]
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Medical Doctor?  (just because you seem to do a lot of biological stuff...) I really like your edits! [[:JHK|JHK]]

:No, computer science. But I've not even touched those articles. I really enjoy working on more unusual or "fringe" topics, probably because one of the big advantages I see in Wikipedia is that it will inevitably cover realms of knowledge no mainstream publisher would touch (e.g., [[:BDSM|BDSM]], [[:Neopaganism|Neopaganism]], etc.).

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[[:Dmerrill|Dmerrill]], It sometimes looks like you are following people around changing what they've just done. I do this too. And so do many other Wikipedians. 

However, please be careful about changing the "see also"s to REDIRECTS - maybe the subjects really deserve two separate entries/pages. If you're already doing this, fine - my comments are intended in a friendly tone. Have a good one!  :-)

(I see somebody just did this with [[:Oscar|Oscar]] -> [[:Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]. Now somebody else is going to be bent out of shape because we've co-opted the page he was going to use for "Oscar, King of Prussia" or something like this. Comments?)

:Rest assured, I consider carefully whether to do a redirect. The Oscar situation is one that might be wrong, since Oscar technically is the statue, and an entire article could be done on him personally, and his evolution over the years. But maybe not.

:In the case of neural net, there is no doubt in my mind it should be a redirect to neural network. They are exactly the same thing - one is a contraction of the otehr. :-) --[[:Dmerrill|Dmerrill]]

Apparently Wikipedia and Wikipedians are working the way they should: I left it a "see also" because I wasn't sure, and you made it a REDIRECT because you were. Good on us! For anybody else who may stumble into this conversation, [[:Naming conventions/Disambiguating|Naming conventions/Disambiguating]] may be of interest.  Cheers.

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If you want do Redirect German [[:Bundesland|Bundesland]]s then do so with all and not just occasionally with some (e.g. Rhineland-Palatinate =>yes, Lower Saxony =>no)

:Sorry, that was just an accidental ommission. --[[:Dmerrill|Dmerrill]]

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I just created a stub [[:Discrimination|Discrimination]] page and linked it to [[:Homophobia|Homophobia]]. I see that that page mentions hate crimes and violence (which are hopefully not day-to-day occurrences for a majority of GLB folks), but doesn't say much about minor snubs and hassles. You want to put in a line or two about this?  Cheers.

:Sure. --[[:Dmerrill|Dmerrill]]

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Thanks for revising Fossil Record. You said it much better than I had. --[[:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]]

:Thanks. (BTW, please add to the end of [[talk:Dmerrill|/Talk]] pages unless replying to something. It makes it much easier to follow.)

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Re [[:Sexism|Sexism]] and/or [[:misogyny|misogyny]]: 

:Yah, I think the idea is that sexism is more of a philosophical or reasoned position, misogyny an emotional one.

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(After reading [[:Chauvinism|Chauvinism]]): Dmerrill, thanks for your continuing fine work. :-)
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Hi David. I see the Slashdot community has its collective panties in a knot. I swear 9 out of ten of those guys only read the headlines. ;-) --[[:STG|STG]] 
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Thanks for fixing the Evil Eye / [[:Middle Earth/Eye of Sauron|Eye of Sauron]] page. I was about to do that myself! -- [[:Cayzle|Cayzle]]
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Thanks for the message -- and likewise!  I am relatively new to Wikipedia but the guidelines seem pretty clear and sensible.  Anyway, it is exciting to see an article take shape and I appreciate the work you put into it -- SR
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Hey dmerrill, thanks for thanking me :) Anyway, i wanted only let you know that i wrote only two more paragraphs, so please don't think i am so great :)
[[:szopen|szopen]]
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After reading the list of articles which you have either written or are contributing to, I think it's more appropriate to redirect your "great" comment under [[:F. Lee Horn|F. Lee Horn]] back to you!  :)
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