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== Voter suppression ==
I understand why you changed it, and I understand why you thought it was POV, and I agree with you. However, I wish you hadn't removed the example of voter suppression without offering another example. --[[User:Jonked|Jon K.]] 01:56, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)

== Keeping "In the news" NPOV and credible ==

Following various attempts to add partisan and fringe stories to [[:Template:In the news]], I've proposed a new criterion to keep such stuff out. Could you please take a look at [[Wikipedia talk:In the news section on the Main Page]] and let me know what you think? -- [[User:ChrisO|ChrisO]] 19:10, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

== Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Pnikolov ==

Could I prevail upon you to have a look at [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Pnikolov]], especially becuase I had occasion to mention you there? -- [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] | [[User talk:Jmabel|Talk]] 22:16, Nov 12, 2004 (UTC)

== Camera ==
Hello !

Firstly thanks for all the pictures you are sharing :o)  Wich camera do you use to take those pictures ? :o)

[[User:Hashar|Hashar]] 09:10, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

:I've used three different digital cameras to take the pictures. For the [[Japan]], [[Washington DC]], [[Johns Hopkins]], and [[US Naval Academy]] pics I used a Canon PowerShot G1; for the [[Thailand]] pictures I used a Canon PowerShot S110 (the worst camera of the three); and for the remainder I used a Nikon D70 (the best camera by far of the three). I also improved many of the pictures using [[Adobe Photoshop]]. Thanks for your compliments. [[User:Rdsmith4|{{User:Rdsmith4/sig}}]] 15:55, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

::Thanks for the answer, keep taking pictures !!  :o) [[User:Hashar|Hashar]] 18:02, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

== VfD vote from Charm ==

(See [[Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/2004_U.S._Election_controversies_and_irregularities]])
Hi.  You obviously have been here a lot longer than I have, so perhaps you can help?  I'm concerned that the comment you added to an anon vote almost appears to apply to my vote as well because of the indentation.  However, if I move the indentation of the anon vote out to match the other votes, then it will get its own number in the numbered list, and will then appear to be counted.  Could you help me figure out how to set it apart (horizontal rules, a new section for Anon votes, or some other better idea you come up with) from my vote without adding it to the count?  Thanks in advance.  [[User:Charm|Charm]] 21:46, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)

:I've reformatted it a bit so the anonymous vote is numbered the same as the others - it should be quite clear now that my comment does not refer to your vote. [[User:Rdsmith4|{{User:Rdsmith4/sig}}]] 22:18, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

::Thanks.  I guess it doesn't matter that much that the anon vote is being counted now, because the admins will review the votes?  (Not to mention it appears a pretty convincing consensus anyway.)  [[User:Charm|Charm]] 22:24, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)

== gig poster adds to "poster" def. ==

not spamming, not commercially interested. 
casually rolling through wikipedia and saw the entire subject is ignored. i don't feel the urge to write several articles about "gig poster" "frank kozik" blah blah, so i included a recommendation to an online library of the art form.
here, you might like clicking on these thumbnails of pink floyd:
http://www.gigposters.com/posters.php?band=870

== RFC/Silsor ==

Hi Rdsmith4, I am curious why you removed [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Silsor]], because there was a discussion going on on that page, and I cannot find it on the [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User conduct disputes archive|archive page]]. [[User:Sam Hocevar|Sam Hocevar]] 14:24, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

== Re: [[F3H Demon]] ==

Hi: What is "lbf." as in 11,000 lbf. thrust &mdash; should this be just lb. ?  BTW I have better pictures and may start a gallery in the article. [[User:Leonard G.|Leonard G.]] 05:02, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

:Message was intended for [[User:Rlandmann]], I must have hit the wrong link., pardon. [[User:Leonard G.|Leonard G.]] 05:09, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

== thank you ==

Thank you for catching and reverting some vandalism to several pages recently, one of which was to a page I had originally created about an American author. Someone with an Asian IP had gone in and put a bunch of links all over the bottom of that page without my knowing and done the same to several other entries I didn't work on, but somehow you caught all of it and fixed the pages vandalized by that user IP. You are my hero of the week. :-) [[User:Bebop|Bebop]] 15:49, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC).

== Could you explain how the ArbCom "get out the vote" tag works? ==

I was impressed that you made a tag of the "Get Out the Vote" banner and links.

Where is this maintained? Can you explain how it works?

I had second thoughts about asking someone to do this early on, instead of asking people to make their own copies, because I was worried a vandal could edit the central source and damage a lot of pages all at once.

Is it possible to protect the source so there are no unwanted surprises with its appearance or where the links lead to?

If not, wouldn't it be better for everyone to have their own copy on each of their pages?

Thanks for helping out. I really hope the upcoming election is better publicized ''before it starts.''

Cheers,

--[[User:David Vasquez|DV]] 13:37, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

:Thanks for explaining how the template works.

:I'll start using it for its sheer convenience, but I would feel better if it was protected from vandals.

:Cheers,

:--[[User:David Vasquez|DV]] 15:23, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

::OK, I went ahead and changed all of my user pages to use it, as well as the article talk pages where I had first posted it. Thanks. --[[User:David Vasquez|DV]] 16:43, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

== A quick note to say ''thanks'' ==
[[Image:WikiThanks.png|left]] I just wanted to drop you a quick note to thank you for your support in my ''request for adminship''. It was certainly a wild ride, and I really appreciate you taking some time out to contribute. [[User:ClockworkSoul|Clockwork'''Soul''']] 16:30, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)

==For information==
Hi Rdsmith - [[User talk:24.255.40.174|24.255.40.174]] ([[Special:Contributions/24.255.40.174|contribs]]), who you had an altercation from on 7 November, is an alias of the banned [[User:Kenneth Alan]]. - [[User:MPF|MPF]] 18:02, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)

==Recreated article==
Hello.  I noticed that [[Greatest hits of Enrico Caruso Vol. 2]] has been recreated.  You and Infrogmation have each deleted that article once in the last few days.  Since the article appears to be similar to many other track listing 'articles' we have, I wanted to consult you before deleting it for a third time.  This article is by the same anon responsible for the possible [[Wikipedia:Mexican radio nonsense campaign|Mexican radio nonsense campaign]].  I was wondering why you deleted this article before?  Thank you.  [[User:SWAdair|SWAdair]] | [[User talk:SWAdair|Talk ]] 03:45, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)

== [[Made in Heaven]] ==
My first impulse was to leave the follow-up column blank, but I looked at other chronologies first, and those seem to indicate that compilation albums ''are'' included, e.g. [[Unplugged (Alice in Chains)]] has a regular album as a predecessor and [[Nothing Safe: Best of the Box]] as successor, even though the latter is a best-of album with no original material. Not only that, even non-albums are included. Take [[The Song Remains the Same (album)]], for example, which has a movie as a follow-up.

This was my first contribution to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums]], so forgive me if I was mistaken... It seems clearer policy on this is needed. (And of course I agree that ''Made in Heaven'' was the last true Queen album, and damn all those necrophilic cash-in follow-ups to hell, too. :-) [[User:JRM|JRM]] 18:51, 2004 Dec 5 (UTC)

== [[Fubini's theorem]] ==

Hi, you reverted my changes to [[Fubini's theorem]]. I am not an expert on this, so correct me if I'm wrong, but the statement
:<math>\int_A f(x)\, dx \int_B g(x)\, dx = \int_{A\times B} f(x)g(x)\,dx</math>
does not make much sense to me, since on the right-hand-side the ''x'' is drawn from <math>A \times B</math>, which is not the domain of ''f'' or ''g''.
What does
:<math>\int_0^1 f(x)\, dx \int_0^1 g(x)\, dx = \int_{[0,1]^2} f(x)g(x)\,dx</math>
mean? I guess it should be 
:<math>\int_0^1 f(x)\, dx \int_0^1 g(x)\, dx = \int_{[0,1]^2} f(x)g(y)\,d(x,y)</math>
with ''x'' and ''y'' drawn from ''[0,1]'' respectively.

Therefore I still think my changes were correct and the current version is not.
Could you please take another look at it? ([[Special:Contributions/128.59.21.105|128.59.21.105]] | [[User talk:128.59.21.105|talk]])

:I'll talk with [[User:Michael Hardy]], but he just made a comment about the left-hand-side of the equation with which I don't have any problem (''x''/''y'' are just indices). I guess he withdrew his comment when he saw that the point was the right-hand-side.

:Thanks! ([[Special:Contributions/128.59.21.105|128.59.21.105]] | [[User talk:128.59.21.105|talk]])

== "Amerime" redirect ==

I changed the "Amerime" stub to a redirect to [[Anime]] after reading [[Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Amerime]].  The author LifeFantastic admits that he coined the term as a "social experiment" to try to add a world to the English language see ''teast''.  I did a google search which showed that the term is only used on wikipedia and several wiki-based sites.  The article has been deleted several times before but has been replaced with stubs on these occasions from users who try to close up references to from a few other pages.   

Please change the page back to a redirect to the main Anime article.  Thanks23:57, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

*The 'f' isn't capitalized. He's telling the truth, though. However, I don't think a redirect is a good idea, because the two aren't the same thing. -[[User:Litefantastic|Litefantastic]] 01:47, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

== Article Licensing ==

Hi, I've [[User:rambot#Free the Rambot Articles project|started a drive]] to get users to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the [[Creative Commons]] Attribution-Share Alike  (''CC-by-sa'') v1.0 and v2.0 [[Creative Commons License|License]]s or into the [[public domain]] if they prefer.  The ''CC-by-sa'' license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the [[GFDL]], but it allows '''other projects''', such as [[WikiTravel]], to use our articles.  Since you are among the [[Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_number_of_edits|top 1000]] Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at ''minimum'' those on the geographic articles.  Over 90% of people asked have agreed.  For More Information:
*[[User talk:Ram-Man#Multi-Licensing FAQ|Multi-Licensing FAQ]] - Lots of questions answered
*[[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|Multi-Licensing Guide]]
*[[User:rambot#Free the Rambot Articles project|Free the Rambot Articles Project]]

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "'''<nowiki>{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}</nowiki>'''" template into their user page, but there are other options at [[Wikipedia:Template messages/User namespace#Licensing Templates|Template messages/User namespace]].  The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

:'''Option 1'''
:<nowiki>I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:</nowiki>
:<nowiki>{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}</nowiki>
'''OR'''
:'''Option 2'''
:<nowiki>I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:</nowiki>
:<nowiki>{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}</nowiki>

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "'''<nowiki>{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}</nowiki>'''" with "'''<nowiki>{{MultiLicensePD}}</nowiki>'''".  If you only prefer using the [[GFDL]], I would like to know that too.  ''Please let me know'' what you think at my '''[[User talk:Ram-Man|talk page]]'''.  It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. [[User:Ram-Man|<nowiki></nowiki>]] &ndash; [[User:Ram-Man|Ram-Man]] <sup>([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User_talk:Ram-Man&action=edit&section=new comment]) ([[User talk:Ram-Man|talk]])</sup>[[<nowiki></nowiki>]] 13:54, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

== Vandalism ==

Hello there,

Apparently, while Click on an image of Charles I(of England) there was a bar that told me I had new mesages.  Following it, there was a page that listed my IP as being a vandal-ip.  This concerns me greatly, for I use wikipedia daily to help me with my studies(it is an invalubale tool).  I have no idea how this has happened or what I have done and quite frankly, im very confused.  If you can help me out, please write me back at my extremely mature email at [email protected]

Thank you for your time,
Warren Berry.
: I have replied by email. [[User:Rdsmith4|{{User:Rdsmith4/sig}}]] 04:34, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

== Revert on Gordon Bennet Cup? ==

Hi, I was wondering why you reverted the edit done by 82.64.10.1 on the Gordon Bennet Cup article, who only added a link to the French article? The French article is much more complete; it looks like a valid link to me. --[[User:Costyn|Costyn]] 12:21, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)