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- Place the coir doormat onto the drop cloth.
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- Evenly cover the doormat with one coat of spray paint and allow the paint to dry. Do not remove the painter's tape.
- Evenly cover the doormat with a second coat of spray paint as needed and allow the paint to dry.
- Remove the painter's tape from the doormat.
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Jun 21, 2011
|Filing date
|Sep 12, 2007
|Priority date
|Sep 12, 2006
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Billy J. Wauhop
|Original Assignee
|E. Dillon & Company
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (44), Referenced by (16), Classifications (10), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Nos. 60/843,897 filed Sep. 12, 2006 and 60/901,118 filed Feb. 13, 2007.
1. Field
The present disclosure relates generally to the field of retaining walls and, more specifically, to retaining wall blocks and techniques for manufacturing retaining wall blocks.
2. Background Information
Retaining walls are widely used in a variety of landscaping applications. Typically, they are used to maximize or create level areas and also to reduce erosion and slumping. They may also be used in a purely decorative manner. In the past, retaining wall construction was labor intensive and often required the skills of trained tradespeople such as masons and carpenters. More recently, retaining wall construction has become significantly simplified with the introduction of self-aligning, modular, molded blocks of concrete that may be stacked in courses without the use of mortar or extensive training. With these types of retaining wall blocks, it is possible to erect a retaining wall quickly and economically, and the finished product creates the impression and appearance of a conventional block-and-mortar retaining wall.
The feature that allows the foregoing blocks to be so easily and precisely assembled is the interconnection between adjacent courses of blocks. Typically, each retaining wall block will include a projection and a recess located at oppositely facing surfaces, such as a top surface and a bottom surface, for example. The projection and recess are complementarily shaped, with the projection protruding beyond the top (or bottom) surface of the block with the recess extending inwardly from the bottom (or top) surface of the block. In use, a projection of a first block is received within the recess of a second block to interconnect and position the blocks adjacent each other in a predetermined relation. With a plurality of blocks, such interconnections make it possible to lay courses of blocks in an accurate and expedient manner. Moreover, such an assembled retaining wall is able to resist lateral forces exerted by the material being retained and reduce bowing. Blocks having these interconnections are usually the same size and may be assembled in a coplanar arrangement in only a simple, running bond pattern. In a variation of the aforementioned blocks, the projection and recess may be arranged so that adjacent courses are offset a predetermined amount. With this type of retaining wall block, each successive course may be offset from the preceding course by the same amount so that the assembled wall is skewed at a predetermined angle from the vertical. These blocks also have the dimensions to enable them to be set in only a simple running bond pattern.
A recent development in mortarless retaining walls has been the advent of blended pattern retaining walls. These walls differ from the aforementioned walls in that the preformed blocks used to construct a retaining wall are differently sized. This feature allows retaining walls to be assembled in a variety of patterns and bonds. Usually, these types of preformed blocks are horizontally and vertically oriented and have dimensions that are based upon an incremental unit such as the thickness of a horizontal, preformed block. For example, the thickness of a horizontal block is one increment and the height of a vertical block is two increments. With these types of preformed blocks, it is possible to construct a retaining wall with no discernable courses. A drawback of this type conventional mortarless retaining walls is that setbacks are not possible and the assembled retaining wall must be substantially vertical.
In an attempt to overcome the foregoing drawback with conventional mortarless retaining walls, a retaining wall may be arranged in thick courses, and the blocks within these thick courses may be randomly arranged. For example, a course may be two incremental units high within which the differently dimensioned preformed blocks are arranged. Alternatively, the course may be three incremental units high within which the differently dimensioned preformed blocks are arranged. There are several drawbacks with this type of wall. One drawback is that the vertical blocks dictate the height of the course. Thus, if vertical blocks are used, each entire course must be coplanar and all of the blocks must lie in the same plane. Otherwise, the projections of blocks in one course would not be able to be received within the recesses in blocks of another course, and the interconnection would be defeated. Another drawback with this type of retaining wall is that the number of arrangements available within each course is limited, and a truly random arrangement is not possible.
Another drawback with the foregoing conventional mortarless retaining walls is that the front faces of the finished blocks forming the retaining walls are typically not provided with an attractive finished appearance, and often require covering or painting before or after installation to form the retaining walls.
Moreover, low slump masonry concrete is well known in the art of retaining wall blocks. The low slump concrete products industry produces many concrete block units in useful and practical shapes by placing a low slump concrete mixture into a mold that has been positioned atop a steel, plastic or wooden production pallet. After the mold has been filled, a head or top plunger with shoes is lowered atop the mixture within the mold to consolidate the mixture, with vibration, sufficiently for demolding. The top of this newly formed concrete block unit can have an irregular top surface since the head or top plunger can have shoes manufactured to impose this irregular surface atop the block unit. The multiple sides of the block unit are generally vertical although they can take on many contours along and around their perimeter. The bottom of the newly formed block unit is flat along its horizontal surface, although the unit may have internal cavities. The bottom of the unit remains flat because this is the area that was in contact with the flat production pallet. After the unit has been demolded, it remains atop the production pallet to undergo curing. After curing, the unit is removed from the production pallet for possible splitting into multiple finished blocks before being consolidated in a cube for inventorying.
A method of adding a contour to the bottom of a green uncured low slump concrete retaining wall block that has been formed in a single mold is known. A mold is placed atop a production conveyor belt before the concrete mixture is introduced. Next, a single or multiple horizontal core bar or bars are positioned within the mold atop the production belt continuous over the bottom of the mold from front to back. Then the mold is filled with a low slump concrete mixture and the head or top plunger with shoes is lowered into the top of the mold for consolidation. After this function, the core bar or bars are extracted from the mold leaving a contoured void from front to back of the bottom of the unit atop the production belt. Lastly, the block is demolded and cured.
One major drawback of the foregoing conventional method is the additional production time required to install the core bar or bars into the mold before adding the concrete mixture and to extract them after mixture consolidation but before demolding the block. Also, the extent of contouring along the bottom of the block is limited to the ability of the resultant block unit to sustain structural integrity due to the plastic green uncured state of the vertical sidewalls positioned overtop and therefore spanning a contoured void.
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a retaining wall that may be assembled without the use of mortar.
Another object is to provide retaining wall blocks that can be easily and rapidly stacked one atop another with each succeeding course setback relative to its preceding course and with the blocks of each course being staggered relative to the blocks of adjoining courses.
Another object is to provide retaining wall blocks having textured front faces that are divided into two panels of different widths by simulated dress joints that are the same in appearance as the actual joints between abutting blocks so that when the blocks are stacked in successive courses, all the panels of all the blocks are bordered by joints having the same appearance.
Yet another object is to provide processes that permit high speed, mass production of block units, and, in particular, retaining wall blocks.
A further object is to provide a method of manufacturing a retaining wall block in which a cured, molded retaining wall block structure that has protuberances on the top face thereof is ground on the bottom face thereof to provide a groove.
Yet another object is to provide a method of simultaneously manufacturing two or more retaining wall blocks in which a cured, molded block unit comprised of two or more retaining wall block structures joined together at common interfaces and having two or more protuberances on the top faces thereof are simultaneously ground on the bottom faces thereof to provide grooves after which the block unit is split along the common interfaces to obtain individual retaining wall blocks.
The foregoing and other objects of the present disclosure are carried out by a retaining wall block having spaced-apart front and rear sections interconnected by two laterally spaced-apart side sections that jointly define a through-cavity that extends through the block from a top face thereof to a bottom face thereof. Two or more protuberances protrude outwardly from the top face of the front section frontwardly of the through-cavity, and a groove extends laterally in the bottom face of the front section frontwardly of the through-cavity. The groove is located and dimensioned relative to the protuberances so that two blocks can be stacked one atop another in staggered relation with one or more protuberances of the lower block engaged with one but not both of a front wall and a rear wall of the groove of the upper block and the upper block setback with respect to the lower block.
In another exemplary embodiment, a retaining wall block has spaced-apart front and rear sections interconnected by two laterally spaced-apart side sections that jointly define a through-cavity that extends in a top-bottom direction through the block from a top face thereof to a bottom face thereof, two or more protuberances that protrude outwardly from the top face of the front section frontwardly of the through-cavity, and a groove that extends laterally in the bottom face of the front section frontwardly of the through-cavity. The groove is located and dimensioned relative to the protuberances so that two blocks can be stacked one atop another in staggered relation with one or more protuberances of the lower block engaged with one wall of the groove of the upper block and the upper block setback with respect to the lower block. The front section has a textured front surface that terminates at the top and at opposite sides of the front section in curved edges. The textured front surface is divided into two panels of different widths by a groove that extends in the top-bottom direction and that has opposed curved edges so that each panel terminates at the top and at opposite sides thereof in curved edges.
In another aspect, the present disclosure provides a retaining wall comprising successive courses of retaining wall blocks stacked one atop another with each succeeding course setback relative to its preceding course and with the blocks of each course being staggered relative to the blocks of adjoining courses. Each of the retaining wall blocks may be constructed according to any one of the foregoing exemplary embodiments of the retaining wall blocks.
Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a retaining wall block. A cured, molded retaining wall block structure having two or more protuberances protruding outwardly from a top face thereof is provided. A groove is formed in a bottom face, that is opposite the top face, of the cured, molded retaining wall block structure to provide a retaining wall block. The groove is located and dimensioned relative to the protuberances to enable two of the retaining wall blocks to be stacked one atop another in staggered relation with one or more protuberances of the lower retaining wall block engaged in the groove of the upper retaining wall block.
In another exemplary embodiment, a method of manufacturing retaining wall blocks is provided. A cured, molded block unit comprising at least two retaining wall block structures joined together at a common interface is provided, with each retaining wall block structure having two or more protuberances protruding outwardly from a top face thereof. A groove is formed in the bottom face of each joined together retaining wall block structure. The grooved retaining wall block structures are split apart at the common interface of the cured, molded block unit to obtain two individual retaining wall blocks.
Additional objects, advantages and features of the disclosure will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned by practice of the disclosure. The objects and advantages of the disclosure may be realized and attained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
The figures in the drawings are simplified for illustrative purposes and are not necessarily depicted to scale. To facilitate understanding, identical reference numerals have been used, where possible, to designate identical elements that are common to the figures, except that suffixes may be added, when appropriate, to differentiate such elements.
The appended drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments of the disclosure and, as such, should not be considered as limiting the scope of the disclosure that may admit to other effective embodiments. It is contemplated that features or steps of one embodiment may be beneficially incorporated in other embodiments without further recitation.
The term "exemplary" is used herein to mean "serving as an example, instance, or illustration". Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "alternative" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs.
Referring to the drawings,
The interconnected front, side and rear sections define a center through-cavity 50 that extends completely through the retaining wall block 2 from the top face 4 of the block to the bottom face 5. The cavity 50 has a slight inward taper, generally on the order of 1�-1��, in the top-bottom direction, as best seen in
The rear section 40 has a main part 41 and two lateral extension parts 42, 42 that extend outwardly in the lateral or sideways direction from the main part 41. The rear face of the rear section 40 is provided with score grooves 43, 43 that extend from the top face 4 to the bottom face 5. The score grooves 43 are provided to enable removal of one or both of the lateral extension parts 42, such as may be required, for example, when installing a retaining wall having a curvilinear section. The lateral extension parts 42 can be removed by striking them with a hammer so that they break away from the main part 41 and separate from the retaining wall block 2 at the region where the lateral extension parts 42 meet with the side sections 30.
In the following description of the preferred embodiments, exemplary retaining wall blocks are described with reference to particular exemplary dimensions to facilitate understanding of the disclosure. The disclosure is not, of course, limited or restricted to these dimensions, which are provided solely for illustrative purposes. To manufacture blocks of different sizes, these dimensions may be scaled up or down, or other dimensions all together could be used, as would be well understood by persons skilled in the art. In the case of the exemplary embodiment shown in
In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, the retaining wall block 2 is provided with protuberances on the top face thereof and a groove on the bottom face thereof so that when successive courses of retaining wall blocks are stacked one atop another with the blocks of each course being staggered relative to the blocks of adjoining courses, the protuberances of a preceding course of blocks will interlock with the grooves of a succeeding course of blocks. In accordance with another aspect of the disclosure, the protrusions and grooves are located and dimensioned such that in successive courses of retaining wall blocks, each succeeding course is set back relative to its preceding course.
In the exemplary embodiment shown in
The protuberances 12 a, 12 b, 12 c, 12 d are laterally spaced apart from one another. As shown in
As previously noted, the protuberances 12 in this exemplary embodiment have a generally rectangular shape with rear sides 13, front sides 14 and opposed lateral sides 16, 16. The two inner protuberances 12 b, 12 c have a uniform rectangular shape, and the two outer protuberances 12 a, 12 d have a generally rectangular but slightly tapered shape with the outer ends thereof being narrower in the width direction than the inner ends thereof. In the case of the exemplary block having the dimensions described above, the rectangularly-shaped protuberances 12 b, 12 c have a uniform width dimension of about �″. The generally rectangularly-shaped protuberances 12 a, 12 d have a width dimension of about �″ at the outer ends and a width dimension of about �″ at the inner ends so that the protuberances 12 a, 12 d are slightly tapered in the lengthwise direction thereof with the outer ends being of smaller width than the inner ends. As used herein, the term "about" means the specified dimensions as well as values within a range of � 1/16 inch of the specified dimensions. The reason for this slight taper of the two outer protuberances 12 a, 12 d is to aid in the construction of a slightly curved retaining wall without having the front sides 14 of the protuberances 12 a and 12 d engage the front walls 21 of the grooves 20. The front sides 14 and the two opposed lateral sides 16, 16 of the protuberances 12 are likewise flat though slightly inclined, for example, at an angle of 5�, from the normal so that the protuberances 12 are slightly tapered in the thickness direction, which aids in the release of the mold head or top plunger with shoes from the surfaces of the newly formed concrete protuberances. The inclination of the sides is greatly exaggerated in the drawings for illustrative purposes.
The bottom face 5 of the front section 10 is provided with a groove 20 that extends laterally or sideways through-out the width of the front section 10. As used herein, the term "groove", unless otherwise qualified, is used in its broadest sense to refer to an elongate hollowed-out region, without limitation as to any particular configuration, including a channel, passage, slot and recess. The groove 20 has a front wall 21 and a rear wall 22, which are spaced apart from one another in the front-rear direction of the retaining wall block 2. In this exemplary embodiment, the front and rear walls 21 and 22 are perpendicular to the bottom face 5, though perpendicularity is not required. The width of the groove 20, i.e., the distance between the front wall 21 and the rear wall 22, is significantly greater than the width of the protuberances 12. For example, if the protuberances 12 have a maximum widthwise dimension of about �″, the groove 20 would have a widthwise dimension of about 1″. This ensures that the protuberances 12 of an underlying block fit loosely in the groove 20 of an overlying block thereby facilitating stacking of the retaining wall blocks one atop another and permitting forward/rearward adjustment of an upper block relative to a lower block. In addition, the clearance between the protuberances 12 of one block and the groove walls 21 and 22 of another block permits variation of the setback amount as well as allowing for slight curvatures in the retaining wall.
In the course of erecting a retaining wall using the retaining wall blocks 2, and with reference to
In an alternative embodiment, the width of the grooves 20 could be made wider in width to provide a correspondingly deeper setback. However, such an alternative construction would diminish the uniformity of the joints between all of the blocks and detract from the aesthetically attractive appearance created when all of the joints are the same.
In accordance with another aspect of the disclosure, the front face of the front section 10 of the retaining wall block 2 is textured and provided with a split-panel that divides the front face into two textured panels of different widths. As shown in
To preserve the structural integrity of the retaining wall block 2 due to the presence of the groove 25, the rear side of the front section 10 has a protruding portion 28 in the region directly behind the groove 25. The protruding portion 28 protrudes into the through-cavity 50 and, like the groove 25, extends in the top-bottom direction from the top surface 4 to the bottom surface 5 of the front section 10.
As illustrated in
Another advantage of the rounded edges 23 a, 24 a, 25 a is that they resist chipping, which is a common problem with sharp edges during manufacturing, inventorying, shipping and installation. The bottom edge 23 b of the panel 23 and the bottom edge 24 b of the panel 24 are flat and have no curvature.
With reference to
In an alternative embodiment, the outer side edges 23 a, 24 a and/or the groove edges 25 a of the panels 23, 24 may have shapes other than as illustrated and may be inclined or angled relative to the top and bottom faces 4 and 5 of the retaining wall block. This provides a wide degree of designed freedom in creating textured panels having different decorative or ornamental patterns.
In accordance with a further aspect of the disclosure, the width of the panels 23 and 24 may be freely selected. To minimize the likelihood of having repeated or aligned vertical joints in two adjoining courses of retaining wall blocks, the width of one panel should preferably, but not necessarily, be 1.2 to 3 times greater than the width of the other panel. If the panel width ratio is made less than 1.2, the two panels become too similar in size thereby increasing the probability of having vertically aligned joints in adjacent courses. Similarly, if the panel width ratio were made greater than 3, there would be an increased probability of having vertically aligned joints in adjacent courses.
Another exemplary embodiment of a retaining wall block in accordance with the present disclosure is shown in
In other respects, the retaining wall block 2′ is the same, and has the same exemplary dimensions, as the retaining wall block 2 illustrated in
The four-protuberance blocks 2 illustrated in
An additional aspect of the disclosure concerns the process or method for forming the retaining wall blocks 2 and 2′. Generally, the process is initiated by mixing dry cast masonry concrete that will form the blocks. For ease of description, the method of manufacturing the retaining wall blocks will be described with reference to a two-protuberance block and the method is equally applicable to manufacturing a four-protuberance block. Dry cast, low slump masonry concrete is well known in the art of retaining wall blocks. The concrete will be chosen so as to satisfy predetermined strength, water absorption, density, shrinkage, and related criteria for the block so that the block will perform adequately for its intended use. If desired, color can be added to the concrete mix by way of pigmentation or by the addition of colored aggregate as is well known in the art of casting concrete blocks. A person having ordinary skill in the art would be able to readily select a material constituency that satisfies the desired block criteria. Further, the procedures and equipment for mixing the constituents of the dry cast masonry concrete are well known in the art.
Once the concrete is mixed, it is transported to a hopper, which holds the concrete near a mold (not shown). In this exemplary embodiment, the mold is constructed to permit the formation of a block unit 100, as shown in
When forming block unit 100, a flat production pallet made of steel, plastic, or wood, for example, is positioned beneath the mold. An example of the pallet is denoted by numeral 130 in
The concrete mixture in the mold must next be compacted or consolidated to densify it. This is accomplished primarily through vibration of the concrete mixture, in combination with the application of pressure exerted on the concrete mixture from above. The vibration can be exerted by vibration of the pallet underlying the mold (table vibration), or by vibration of the mold (mold vibration), or by a combination of both actions. As is well known in the art, the pressure is exerted by a compression head that carries one or more stripper shoes that contact the concrete mixture from above. The timing and sequencing of the vibration and compression is variable, and depends upon the characteristics of the concrete mixture and the desired results. The selection and application of the appropriate sequencing, timing, and types of vibrational forces, are within the ordinary skill in the art. Generally, these forces contribute to fully filling the mold (e.g., the forming cavities), so that there are not undesired voids in the finished block, and to densifying the concrete mixture so that the resulting finished blocks 2 a, 2 b will have the desired weight, density, and performance characteristics.
After densification, the pre-cured block unit 100 is discharged from the mold. Preferably, discharge occurs by lowering the pallet 130 relative to the mold, while further lowering the stripper shoe through the mold cavity to assist in stripping the pre-cured block unit 100 from the mold. The stripper shoe is then raised upwardly out of the mold and the mold is ready to repeat this production cycle.
After curing, the cured, molded block unit 100 consists of two retaining wall block structures that are joined together at the common interface or split line 160, with each of the retaining wall block structures having two or more of the protuberances 12 protruding outwardly from the top face 4 thereof.
The cured, molded block unit 100 is then removed from the pallet 130 and passed through a grinding station having a milling or grinding unit (hereinafter "grinding unit") to form grooves 20 corresponding to the groove 20 described above with reference to the retaining wall block 2 shown in
In the exemplary embodiment shown in
In the exemplary embodiment shown in
Thus, in the embodiment shown in
After formation of the grooves 20 in the block unit 100 as described above with reference to
Once split, the blocks 2 a, 2 b can be packaged for storage and subsequent shipment to a jobsite, and can then be used with other cured blocks in forming a structure, such as the retaining wall shown in
From the foregoing description, it can be seen that the present disclosure comprises improved retaining wall blocks, methods of manufacturing the retaining wall blocks, and retaining walls comprising the retaining wall blocks. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that obvious changes can be made to the embodiments described in the foregoing description without departing from the broad inventive concept thereof. It is understood, therefore, that this disclosure is not limited to the particular embodiments disclosed, but is intended to cover all obvious modifications thereof which are within the scope and the spirit of the disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
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|Variable retaining wall system
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|Pavestone, LLC
|Front face of a retaining wall block
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|Aug 29, 2013
|Allan Block International, Llc
|Retaining wall block
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|405/286, 52/603, 405/284, 52/605, 52/604
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|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Oct 27, 2008
Owner name: E. DILLON & COMPANY, VIRGINIA
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|SUMMARY: With the worlds largest circulation, AARP The Magazine serves 35 million Americans age 50+ who control $28 trillion of the nations wealth. The organizations website gets 2 million unique visitors each month. The publications Senior Editor shares 10 pitching tips.
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I'm running php5 on Ubuntu10.10 server where the unixODBC and php5-odbc packages have already been installed. I keep getting an error during the connection process - code:
$data_source = 'DRIVER={Microsoft dBASE Driver (*.dbf)};Data Source=//128.251.xxx.xxx/lv_apps/AppsLON/CData/dbf/cdma';"", "");
$conn = odbc_connect($data_source, "", "");
if (!$conn)
exit("Connection Failed: " .$conn );
error message:
1 Warning: odbc_connect(): SQL error: [unixODBC][Driver Manager]Data source name not found, and no default driver specified, SQL state IM002 in SQLConnect in /var/www/vfptest.php on line 6
I added
extention=dbase.so and
extention=odbc.so to both files:
/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini and
/etc/php5/cli/php.ini and re-compiled the php install with:
sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-dbase=shared --with-unixODBC
I've also gone to unixODBC and pecl to install the unixODBC and dbase libraries separately with no luck.
Also I found this link: http://www.devlist.com/ConnectionStringsPage.aspx where it is stated that in order to create an ODBC connection to a foxpro database I use the line:
Driver={Microsoft Visual FoxPro Driver};SourceType=DBC;SourceDB=c:\demo.dbc;Exclusive=No;NULL=NO;Collate=Machine;BACKGROUNDFETCH=NO;DELETED=NO
this still did not work for me however; probably because I do not have the visual foxpro driver installed or my odbc.ini file pointing to the driver path...but I don't know.


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A DJ at a club
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Ficelle. In fact, it is a curtain of my home ;))
Beware of electromagnetic induction effects!
Eddie. Power is too strong to an electric guitar.
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Brittany Stuck, skin therapist at Rejuv Salon and Spa, recently attended the Happy Healthy Kids Expo at the Fertile-Beltrami School. The Expo had a focal point of children from birth to third grade.
Brittany demonstrated UV exposure with color changing beads. "When approached, kids were instructed to make a bracelet and then to do the test," Stuck explained.
When the bracelet was completed, kids would place the bracelet under the UV light and within seconds the beads would turn purple. The child's bracelet would be the control and the variable would be a few beads in a Ziploc baggie covered with Dermalogica's Solar Defense Booster SPF 50. The variable beads stayed clear but sunscreen had to be reapplied in order to keep clear.
"The point of the test is to educate kids and their parents about sun safety and to reapply when needed," Stuck said.
In the month of March, Brittany, the latest addition to the Rejuv team, attended continuing education for the skin care line Dermalogica. Her education consisted of the four core course Dermalogica offers. Classes included Retail and Professional Product Knowledge, Face Mapping, and The Dermalogica Skin Treatment. Face Mapping is recommended for clients every 4 to 6 weeks, which is a complimentary/free service Rejuv Salon and Spa offers. Upon completing these courses, Brittany became Demalogica Certified, which is the first step in the three-tier certification. Brittany expressed that she loves the educators at Dermalogica, calling them "top-notch." She will continue to attend online and live education through Dermalogica in the months to come.
Everyone is urged to educate themselves on their skin by coming in for a Face Mapping with Brittany. With the summer months here, many people have questions for her about sun protection.
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Sirine Saba, Nadim Sawalha, Paul Chahidi and Sagar Arya
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at 2001 GMT
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Ali Al-Majnooni, Fatima Elias Al Gassim,
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In conjunction with the British Council a 3-day "Writing for Radio" workshop in Doha, Qatar, open to all writers in the Arab world, was run. Attendees of that workshop were then invited to submit ideas and scenes, reflecting the things they care about, with a view to becoming part of a smaller group who would work together to write a play specifically for BBC World Drama, with dramaturgy by award-winning writer, Nick Warburton.
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With each wave that breaks, there's another story to tell.
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Create multiple-item surveys (not just one-item sidebar polls) and administer them via WordPress.
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Most strategy games let you choose one or more characters and point with your mouse to a specific point. When you click at this point, then your character(s) move, taking the shortest possible path.
How is this implemented into games? I've thought of the Dijkstra's algorithm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijkstra's_algorithm) but, then, there are maps out there that their grid points (in every strategy game your character moves into a grid) should exceed the million by far. So, including each of these points inside this algorithm should take ages to calculate the shortest distance. Consider your character(s) being on the one side of the map and you choose to move them to the other side. How many possible paths have to be calculated?


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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Jul 7, 2009
|Priority date
|May 16, 2003
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|Publication number
|Achim Kraiss, Harish Hoskere Mahabal, Dipankar Roy
|Original Assignee
|Sap Ag
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|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (10), Non-Patent Citations (17), Referenced by (4), Classifications (7), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present application claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/471,048, which was filed on May 16, 2003.
This invention relates to providing multi-language support for data mining models.
A data mining model typically includes rules and patterns derived from historical data that has been collected, synthesized and formatted. In some cases, these models are used in combination with an analytical software application to generate predictive outputs. In order for applications or software application designers to apply or change data mining models, they need to understand how the models are organized and what information the models contain. As such, the data mining models typically include annotated textual descriptions of model semantics. These annotations can be related to an entire model and also to elements of the model, such as input or output data fields. Often, however, the textual descriptions are hard-coded in a single written language (e.g., English or German), thereby limiting the scope or applicability of such descriptions.
Models that are defined using the Predictive Model Markup Language, or PMML, also often contain descriptions that are hard-coded in a single language. One goal of PMML is to support the exchange of data mining models between different data mining servers, applications or visualization tools. PMML is a markup language that uses the Extensible Markup Language (XML) as its meta-language. The PMML standard does not directly address the support of descriptions in different written languages. For example, the descriptions for models and model fields using PMML are typically considered as flat textual strings that do not address the existence of the descriptions in multiple languages. In such instances, a front-end software application that requests predictive data using a model in PMML format may only receive descriptions of the models and model fields in a single language (e.g., only English or only German).
The exchange of data mining models—and the predictive output from those models—between different applications is not limited to users that are fluent in a single language. Rather, administrators of the data warehouses where mining models are created and administrators of the various front-end software applications communicate in various languages, such as English, German, and French. In addition, end-users of the front-end applications may also been faced with the textual descriptions contained in mining models. For example, call-center agents in different countries may have to analyze a textual representation of the rules contained in the mining model, to "understand" the rational of a system decision, and these textual descriptions are typically based on the descriptions contained in the mining models. Thus, an English-speaking administrator or front-end software user may be deterred from using or applying certain data mining models if the description of those models and the data fields are provided only in German text.
For example, an English-speaking agent of a front-end call center application may want to request a prediction (e.g., likelihood that a specific customer will complete a purchase) using a predictive model. This call-center agent may desire to see some metadata from the predictive model, such as a description of the model, the description of the data fields, and even the textual description of the rules which led to the prediction. This information is potentially important if the predictive output returned to the front-end application was processed while missing some value for an input data field, thus causing the predictive output to be less than optimal. In this case, the agent may have to be warned that some information was missing, that the prediction result could be of less quality, and that the agent should try to get the missing information from the customer. All the texts exposed to the call-center agent or to an administrator deploying mining models and attaching them to a front-end application, are based on the descriptions contained in the mining model. If the predictive model that generated the output for the front-end application provided descriptions of the model and the data fields in German text only, the English-speaking front-end application user may not understand those textual descriptions and find the predictive output to be less than helpful. Similarly, an English-speaking administrator who has to deploy the model and who has to make it applicable to the front-end application may not understand the information contained in the model.
An analytical application provider may provide certain middleware functionality that includes updating model output to include textual descriptions of the data mining model and the data fields in a language selected by a front-end application.
Certain implementations of the invention relate to a computer-implemented method for providing multi-language support for data mining models. The method includes receiving an extension document having first and second entries associated with a unique identifier in a textual description field of a data mining model. The first entry includes textual information in a first language, and the second entry includes textual information in a second language. The method further includes processing a request from a front-end application to execute an analytical task associated with the data mining model, and using the first entry of the extension document and the unique identifier to output the textual information in the first language to the front-end application.
Some implementations relate to computer-implemented method for outputting textual descriptions of data fields in a data mining model in a selected language. The method includes receiving an extension document corresponding to a data mining model, and storing contents of the extension document in a database. The data mining model includes a unique identifier associated with a textual description of a data field in the model. The contents of the extension document that are stored in the database include first and second entries associated with the unique identifier. The first entry includes the textual description of the data field in a first language, and the second entry includes the textual description of the data field in a second language. The method also includes outputting to a front-end application an updated model output that includes the first entry from the contents of the extension document such that the textual description of the data field is output in the first language.
The details of one or more implementations of the invention are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Other features, objects, and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the description and drawings, and from the claims.
Referring to
Briefly describing the operation of the implementation shown in
After the prediction engine 130 executes these analytical tasks, the AAP 120 receives the model output 178, which may include output values for particular data fields and a textual description of each data field. In addition, the AAP 120 determines whether the textual descriptions include external identifiers that indicate the model offers multi-language support (described in more detail below). If the predictive model or the model output does contain such external identifiers, the AAP 120 accesses a local database 124 that stores the contents of an extension document 150, including textual descriptions for the data fields in multiple languages (e.g., English, German, and French). The AAP 120 inserts the proper textual descriptions into the model output according to the language selected by the front-end application 100, thus creating an updated model output. This updated model output includes the output values for data fields originally determined by the analytical software application 132 and the textual descriptions of those data fields in the proper language (e.g., English, German, or French). After creating the updated model output, the AAP 120 sends the updated model output to the front-end application 100.
Still referring to
Referring to
Still referring to
Referring to
In the implementation shown in
The model 140 and extension document 150 may be generated in a data warehouse 160, a data mining provider, or other back-end analytical system. The AAP 120 may then receive both the model 140 and the extension document 150 for use in predictive tasks. Alternatively, the AAP 120 may receive only the extension document 150 while the model 140 is stored in the data warehouse 160, data mining provider, or other back-end analytical system. In any event, the AAP 120 stores in a local metadata database 124 the contents of the extension document 150, which may include the name 156 of the corresponding model 140, the external identifiers 142 and 144, and the textual strings 152 a, 152 b, 154 a, and 154 b associated with each external identifier. In addition, the AAP 120 may store information in the local metadata database 124 relating to which prediction engine 130 executed the model 140 in response to each task request.
The extension document 150 need not be a wholly separate document from the predictive model 140. Rather, as shown in
Referring to
At run-time, the AAP 120 receives a task request (step 172) from the front-end application 100 to execute an analytical task, such as a prediction task. This task request includes a task name and input information that is used for execution of the analytical task. In step 174, the AAP 120 uses the task name to determine a prediction engine 130 and a data warehouse 160 that will be used for executing the task. In step 176, the AAP 120 then invokes analytical software application 132 on the engine 130 to receive a predictive model and execute analytical tasks associated with that model. The analytical software application 132 uses information contained within the data warehouse 160 and the input information from the task request during execution of the analytical tasks. After executing the analytical tasks associated with the predictive model, the AAP 120 then receives the model output (step 178) from the analytical software application 132. This model output includes information that was generated during the execution of the analytical tasks, such as predictive output information. If the predictive model 140 provides multi-language support, the model output from the prediction engine 130 may include the external identifiers 142 and 144 associated with the model description 141 and the description of the data field 143. Alternatively, if the predictive model includes textual descriptions in a single language, the model output may include those textual strings.
As shown in step 180, the AAP 120 queries if the predictive model 140 uses external identifiers 142 and 144. This may be performed in any number of ways. For example, the AAP 120 may query if the model 140 that was executed by the prediction engine 130 has a corresponding extension document 150 or if the contents of a corresponding extension document 150 are stored in the local metadata database 124 of the AAP 120. This query step 180 may be performed at any time after the task request is received from the front-end application 100 and the AAP 120 determines which predictive model 140 should be executed by the prediction engine 130. If the AAP 120 determines that the predictive model does not contain external identifiers (e.g., the model does not provide multi-language support), the AAP 120 then sends a response back to the front-end application 100, which includes the output information and textual descriptions provided by execution of the model in the analytical software application 132. If the AAP 120 determines that the predictive model 140 executed by the engine 130 does contain external identifiers 142 and 144, the AAP determines which language (e.g., English, German, or French) is selected by the front-end application 100 (step 184). This determination may be performed when the front-end application 100 logs on to the AAP 120 to send the initial task request. Otherwise, the selected language of the front-end application may be included as part of the task request received from the front-end application 100, or may be obtained from the runtime environment (e.g., the operating system, Java runtime, etc.). In step 186, the AAP creates an updated model output that inserts the proper textual descriptions 152 a (or 152 b) and 154 a (or 154 b) in the language selected by the front-end application 100 for the external identifiers 142 and 144. Then, in step 188, the AAP 120 sends the updated model output to the front-end application 100. The updated model output may include information received from execution of the predictive model 140 in the prediction engine 130 and language-specific textual descriptions from the contents of the extension document 150.
An administrator of the front-end application 100 may define the scope and content of the task request that is sent from front-end application 100 to the AAP 120. This may occur at design-time, or may occur dynamically during run-time. The task request includes a task name and other input information that is used during execution of the task. The AAP 120 uses the task name to identify the type of task to be executed, such as a prediction task using a particular prediction model. In one implementation, these tasks are defined on AAP 120. Because the front-end application 100 needs only to provide the task name and input value information, the definition of tasks on AAP 120 provides all of the detailed prediction engine and data warehouse information used for task execution. Different engines and data warehouses can be easily introduced into the system without changing the interface between AAP 120 and the front-end application 100.
Even though the AAP 120 may send an updated model output to the front-end application 100, the textual descriptions of the model and the data fields are not always exposed to the user of the front-end application 100. Instead, the front-end application 100 may send a task request and respond to the predictive output without interference from the user. In circumstances where the user of the front-end application 100 desires to evaluate the results from the predictive model, the user may view updated model output, or at least portions thereof.
In some implementations, an administrator of the AAP 120 may desire to view the predictive model 140 and the textual descriptions associated with the model and the data fields. For example, the administrator of the AAP 120 may need to view the textual descriptions of the input and output data fields in a predictive model 140 in order to establish or maintain a task definition. Moreover, the administrator of the AAP 120 may desire to evaluate or view the model output, including the textual descriptions of the model and the data fields, that is received from the model 140 executed by the prediction engine 130. In these circumstances, the administrator may login to the AAP 120 with a pre-selected language (e.g., English, German, or French). When the administrator of the AAP 120 views the textual descriptions of the model and the data fields using, for example, a workbench software system, the AAP 120 retrieves the proper textual descriptions according to the language pre-selected by the administrator and displays those textual descriptions to the administrator of the AAP 120.
Referring to
Referring to
A number of implementations of the invention have been described. Nevertheless, it will be understood that various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, the multi-language support is not limited to the languages described above. Rather, the textual descriptions of the models and the data fields may include any number of languages spoken or understood by administrators of front-end applications or AAPs.
Furthermore, the multi-language support is not limited to data mining models that provide predictive output, such as predictive models that are PMML-compliant. Rather, the AAP may invoke an analytical engine to execute tasks associated with any data mining model, and that data mining model may have a corresponding extension document containing textual descriptions of the data fields in a plurality of languages. The AAP 120 may use the contents of the extension document to create an updated model output containing textual descriptions in a selected language.
In another implementation, the external identifiers 142 and 144 (
In other implementations, it is not necessary that the system include data warehouse 160 or other back-end components. For example, these components are not needed when the data stores and prediction model 140 used during the execution of analytical tasks are stored in a local database 122 and when the prediction engine 130 is local to the AAP 120.
Moreover, the AAP 120 may receive data mining models, extension documents, or model output from third-party data mining providers. The AAP 120 can also connect to third-party mining providers using a real-time connector, and these third-party mining providers can export and import models 140 and provide predictions based on their local models. These third-party mining providers can be located on local or remote servers.
Accordingly, other implementations are within the scope of the following claims.
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|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
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The 2017 Subject Selection Expo for Years 10 into 11 and 11 into 12 will be held next week on Tuesday 31st of May from 2:30 to 5pm. Senior students are currently completing subject selection interviews with the Learning and... Read more
2016 Changes to Exemptions for Family Holidays
Thinking of Booking a Family Holiday During School Term time? This year the Department of Education has updated its Exemption From School Procedures for students. The following information should be considered by... Read more
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The school has recently completed a project to upgrade its three computer laboratories - all of which are now located in the Library/Technology Centre (block F). After consultation with our community the school has moved forward... Read more
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(March 2, 2011)--The UTSA African American Studies program and the Women's Studies Institute will host Adrienne Dixson, associate professor in the School of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University, for a presentation on "This Woman's Work: Choice, Race and Gender in Post-Katrina School Reform," at 4 p.m., Thursday, March 3 in the University Center Hidalgo Room (2.214) on the UTSA Main Campus.
Dixson is an associate faculty member in the Department of African American and African Studies and the Department of Women's Studies. She also is an affiliated faculty member in the John Glenn School of Public Affairs and the Kirwan Institute for Race and Ethnicity.
Dixson has an extensive publication record in the areas of educational equity, the culturally relevant teaching practices of black women teachers, race and urban education.
Her most recent publications include "Democracy Now? Race, education and Black Self-Determination," "Tyranny of the Majority: Re-enfranchisement of African American Teacher Educators Teaching for Democracy International Studies in Qualitative Research Journal" and "In Search of Our Mother's Gardens: Black Women Teachers and Professional Socialization."
Currently, she is editing the book "Researching Race in Education: Policy, Practice and Ethnography." In 2006, she co-edited the book "Critical Race Theory in Education: All God's Children Got a Song," which received the Critics Choice Award from the American Educational Studies Association. She has been guest editor of several academic journals and has served on a number of editorial review boards.
Dixson received the Kappa Delta Pi/AERA Division Early Career Research Award from the American Educational Research Association and the 2009 Fire and Focus Award at The Ohio State University for her teaching in the area of equity and education.
She received a Bachelor in Music Theory and Composition degree from Youngstown State University in Ohio, a master's degree in educational studies from the University of Michigan and a doctoral degree in multicultural education and curriculum studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The UTSA Interactive Technology Experience Center camps are for curious youth who are interested in STEM and related topics. This week, campers will study environmental science, robotics and computer science.
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In four sessions of this weeklong day camp for 9 to 13-year-olds, campers will participate in indoor and outdoor activities while exploring ancient technologies from around the world and the new technologies archaeologists are using to discover them.
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Campers will investigate how museums use artifacts, oral histories, and research to unravel stories about our past.
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Welcome to the Mudlarks website. Mudlarks is a Hertford based charity supporting adults with learning disabilities and mental health issues.
In our website you will find lots of information about what we do, details of all our events, as well as tips and advice for growing vegetables and plants.
We hope that you enjoy looking through our site, and that you will come and meet us at the allotments or in our cafe.
In Memory of Chris Sycamore
A friend of ours has sadly passed away. He used to help with our inclusive football team, and so his family have decided that the collection at the funeral will be for Epilepsy UK and the Hertford Inclusive Football Team.
People who wish to support the football may donate via our Donate Now button. We will then transfer the money to the football club.
Hertford Town FC and Mudlarks started a partnership to get adults with learning disabilities and mental health issues working in a team at the football club to improve the pitch in a safe nurturing environment. The next step was to start an inclusive football team so that the guys could actually play on the pitch that they so lovingly maintained and improved. This has been running for exactly a year with training every Saturday morning and 6 tournaments participated in. Chris loved helping out with the training and always focussed on the 3 guys who needed the most support. Our sessions are for people of mixed abilities to help each other as a team with no-one being judged or feeling excluded. Chris loved the environment we had created together and the harmony it brings to our Saturday mornings. Mudlarks Inclusive football is free to all players and sustained by volunteers and donations.
Thank you on behalf of Chris's family.
Summer Scheme
Open for young adults with learning difficulties and autism, starting 25 July until the end of August. Opportunities for two part-time support workers.
Associated pages:
To see the latest news go to Vic's May 2016 Report to Hertford Council.
Spring has sprung at the allotments, and we are all busy putting seeds into pots and planting out the hardier vegetables.
If the allotments are too wet we undertake craft activities at Scott House – LINK
To sign up for our Newsletter – Newsletter Signup
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June 2016 Pictures
Bayford Open Gardens and Hatfield House Garden Show 2016 – LINK
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title says it all, there's no icon preview in tinymce. Everything else works as normal but I can't view the icon I'm selecting
title says it all, there's no icon preview in tinymce. Everything else works as normal but I can't view the icon I'm selecting
Hi Mike-ism,
I'm not sure what you mean by icon preview, and I want to make sure we're not missing a feature that should be included. The plugin <i>does</i> allow you to see an icon preview in the TinyMCE drop-down shortcode generator - is this not working for you? Or are you referring to the fact that shortcodes appear as shortcodes (not icons) when editing? If that's the case, then I'd love to hear more on what you'd like to see. At present, we've chosen to display the shortcode since this allows users to easily add classes and/or change the icon without having to switch from visual to text mode in TinyMCE (standard shortcode/TinyMCE behavior in my experience).
This is what im seeing
Hmm, that's no good. What's odd is that the list of icons is loading, which means the remote CSS is being pulled in, but the icons should be showing. If you can do the following for me, that'd be super helpful in debugging.
- Try clearing your cache and refreshing - still not showing?
- Is this a consistent problem, or is it only intermittently occurring?
- What settings are you using in Settings > Better Font Awesome? What version of WP? What theme? Etc.
Thanks, and I'll get on this as soon as possible.
- Mickey
I noticed that the site was running 3.8.3, I updated to the latest version of wp and it started working as expected. Sorry for taking up your time, this seems like it was my foolish error/ negligence.
No problem at all, in fact I think you may have found a great bug for me to take a look at. WP 3.9 uses a different version of TinyMCE, so I had to update the way BFA was creating the TinyMCE drop-down. The plugin does still maintain it's old method of interacting with TinyMCE, and uses version detection to decide which method to use - it looks like something might be misbehaving in this regard. I'll take a look.
Thanks a ton for the feedback - it's always welcome!
All the best,
Hi there,
Just an update on this one. This was indeed an issue with the old TinyMCE plugin, which is now fixed. In Better Font Awesome 0.9.6 (just updated), the previews should now appear regardless of the WP version you're using. Thanks for the heads up!
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User talk:Qwfp
|Welcome to Qwfp's talk page. I will generally respond here to comments that are posted here, rather than replying via your talk page (or the article's talk page, if you are writing to me here about an article), so you may want to watch this page until you are responded to, or let me know where specifically you'd prefer the reply.
Archive 1: Jan 2008 – Feb 2009
Archive 2: Mar 2009 – Dec 2013
- 1 Why did you delete my entry?
- 2 DYK for 2048 (video game)
- 3 Careful, please (pending changes)
- 4 reliable source
- 5 cosmology: photon shift
- 6 Jon Klassen official sites
- 7 the use of triangle in Indonesia.
- 8 WikiProject Uniform Polytopes
- 9 Ronni Ancona
- 10 Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling
- 11 RFD nomination
- 12 Randi listed at Redirects for discussion
- 13 diarrhea / diarrhoea
- 14 The Wikipedia Library needs you!
- 15 D-Day
- 16 For crying out loud listed at Redirects for discussion
- 17 Northern Echo
- 18 ArbCom elections are now open!
- 19 Orphaned non-free image File:Miss Millie's logo.gif
- 20 IP address block exemption request
- 21 Disambiguation link notification for January 25
- 22 Statisticians stubs
Why did you delete my entry?[edit]
I added two people to the page and I posted in the tea room and no one posted that I did something bad or wrong and had references. There is no reason to delete those. Its no wonder the list is so thin, if you are deleting entries without any reason given. I will post to the tea room again re this matter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_disappeared_mysteriously Apriv40dj (talk) 00:12, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry but I think you must have me confused with someone else. I've never edited List of people who disappeared mysteriously. See the history of that page. Regards, Qwfp (talk) 10:23, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
It has been very strange. I posted in the tea house to see if it was ok to create new sections on that page and add people and I got no replies, so I added them, then it got deleted reason cited as "no article about person", so then I created the article and then it was deleted in about 20 minutes or so I posted all reasons and objections and no one read them as far as I know, and I also followed up on each time I got a message saying this or that person deleted your article or entry and that is how your name came to me. It's not like a picked you at random. Maybe its a bug or maybe the person who did it is pretending to be you? However, my point is only that if no one replies, then how can I know that new people can't be added to that list unless they are on Wikipedia to begin with. I only found that out by going on to chat. I don't see why rules are kept secrets. I don't know why this happened it your case, but I only followed up as each message came to my yahoo email with links for me to follow up on the matter. Apriv40dj (talk) 14:01, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for your explanation. That's most odd, I can only think it was a glitch somewhere in the notification system as I've never edited List of people who disappeared mysteriously and I don't have the power to delete articles as I'm not an WP:administrator. The best place to discuss what belongs in that list is Talk:List of people who disappeared mysteriously -- I see you've posted something there. You may need to wait a day or two for replies as not everyone looks at their WP:watchlist every day or has email notifications turned on. Regards, Qwfp (talk) 14:13, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
DYK for 2048 (video game)[edit]
|On 12 April 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2048 (video game), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2048 (video game). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Careful, please (pending changes)[edit]
Hi there - you recently approved some pending edits on Paul Johnson (American football coach). Those edits added information about a football season that has not yet occurred and won't even start for another four months. An IP reverted most of it and I cleaned out the rest. I just wanted to let you know and ask that you double-check your approvals in the future. Thanks, and have a good day! --ElHef (Meep?) 13:55, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
- Apologies, I know hardly anything about American football or its seasons. I try to review edits in line with the the WP:Pending changes and WP:Reviewing guidelines, viz.: "The purpose of reviewing is to catch and filter out obvious vandalism and obviously inappropriate edits .. Reviewers do not take responsibility for the correctness of edits they accept. A reviewer only ensures that the changes introduced to the article are broadly acceptable for viewing by a casual reader." Regards, Qwfp (talk) 17:11, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
reliable source[edit]
Sorry I will try and find one now! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lilred234 (talk • contribs) 17:43, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
cosmology: photon shift[edit]
Dear Editor, Did I violate a wikipedia guideline or what was wrong with my edition on the photon energy? Vsilv (talk) 20:53, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
- Nothing to do with me! (Maybe there was a glitch in the editor notification system.) Looking at the history of the Physical cosmology page, it appears User:David J Johnson reverted your change because it included a reference to another wikipedia article, and Wikipedia's policy on verifiability says 'Do not use articles from Wikipedia as sources'. Regards, Qwfp (talk) 10:02, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
Jon Klassen official sites[edit]
Hi. From work at Carnegie Medal-winner Kevin Brooks (writer) I know that you know template {{myspace}}. Perhaps you have judgment or template-knowledge regarding what external sites to list, and how, for Greenaway Medal-winner Jon Klassen. See Talk:Jon Klassen#Dead links, official sites. --P64 (talk) 18:34, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.108.40.206 (talk) 21:22, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
the use of triangle in Indonesia.[edit]
Hello, today i was reading the article about musical triangle, i just would like to mention its use in the east javanese music Gandrung where it plays an important roll.
Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 126.96.36.199 (talk) 16:02, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
- Go on then, I don't know why you're asking my permission. Qwfp (talk) 17:22, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
WikiProject Uniform Polytopes[edit]
OK, OK, I get you now. PhilrocMy contribs 15:28, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
Hmm... Thank you very much buddy. Now I'll do some more searches about it and will create the article myself. Thanks again.Jacksparrow43 (talk) 06:43, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
Ronni Ancona[edit]
I noticed earlier that her spouse was incorrectly named he is Gerard Hall not Hill as shown. I changed it but now my change appears to have been removed. As Gerard is my cousin, I think I have some inside knowledge here, could you correct this please — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spudman01 (talk • contribs) 22:07, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
- You didn't change it, you added the name Gerard Hall to the 'partner' field of the infobox. The article did not previously name her spouse, and nor should it without a reliable source. Wikipedia has stricter rules about references for Biographies of living people than about other articles. Qwfp (talk) 22:26, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling[edit]
Hi Qwfp, just thought I'd let you know that i've filled out the Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling article with information from a dummy page I had in my sandbox. Peace XyZAn (talk) 18:58, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
RFD nomination[edit]
Randi listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Randi. Since you had some involvement with the Randi redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Ceannlann gorm (talk) 21:07, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
diarrhea / diarrhoea[edit]
Did you change diarrhea to diarrhoea?¿ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.104.22.168 (talk) 22:08, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
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Please leave the "1944" with the "June" in this page.
In this context, the "June" could be from any year, which makes it ambiguous.
We are writing a timelining system for Wikipedia and in this context, our software has no idea what year this "June" is.
Thanks Jeff — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jroehl (talk • contribs) 18:50, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
- Ok, Jroehl, I'll leave the "1944" with the "June". Not sure why you feel the need to tell me though, as I've never edited that page. But should decide to do so, I'll be sure to leave the "1944" with the "June". Thanks, Qwfp (talk) 19:45, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
Well, thankyou very much dude! Jroehl (talk) 20:33, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
For crying out loud listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]
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Northern Echo[edit]
Hi there, if I'm correct in contacting you, which I may not be, I just wanted to ask where I might be able to find some of the sources used but not listed in the bibliography for the "The Northern Echo" (Newspaper) Article, as I'm writing an essay on it for my university!
Thanks in advance,
PS: this is the link to the article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Northern_Echo — Preceding unsigned comment added by The.history.student (talk • contribs) 12:38, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
ArbCom elections are now open![edit]
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- I find it hard to believe that Škoda Auto isn't the WP:primary topic here, but I can't be bothered to try to make it so. Qwfp (talk) 16:34, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
Statisticians stubs[edit]
Would you mind looking at Category:Statistician stubs and Category:Statistics stubs? If George E. P. Box does not belong in Category:Statistician stubs, then I assume that Hadley Wickham should not be in either Category:Statistician stubs or Category:Statistics stubs -- and there may be many other similar problems waiting for someone like you to correct them. (No good deed goes unpunished ;-) DavidMCEddy (talk) 20:49, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
- I agree that Hadley Wickham is no longer a stub so I've removed the stub templates from that page. Can I be bothered looking through all the articles in those categories? Er, not just at the moment... Qwfp (talk) 21:23, 6 February 2016 (UTC)