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AROUND TOWNPleasanton schools' director of technology services resigns for post in Union City
Pleasanton Unified School District's director of technology services is planning to leave the district to return to the New...Original post made on Oct. 27, 2015
Last comment by informed, on Oct 30, 2015 at 8:32 am | 30 comments | 4053 Views
AROUND TOWNPolitics and Costco
The Alameda County Democratic Party has decided to take a stand on our city issue, Measure MM. This only stands to confirm...Original post made by Val on Sep. 21, 2016
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AROUND TOWNOwens & Willow
Everybody has been complaining about the proposed traffic that will be generated by the proposed Costco. Has anybody driven...Original post made by Willow Owens on Oct. 3, 2016
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AROUND TOWNFialho Holds Secret Meetings to Attempt a "Stand Down" on the Initiative MM
Documents provided by the City to the Pleasanton Citizens for Responsible Growth (PCRG), which were demanded under the "California...Original post made by Mike W. on Oct. 18, 2016
Last comment by Daisy, on Oct 21, 2016 at 10:38 am | 30 comments | 875 Views
AROUND TOWNMayor Thorne to be Invetigated by Enforcement Division of FPPC
In a letter dated October 25, 2016 received today by the Pleasanton Citizens for Responsible Growth from the Fair Political...Original post made by Mike W. on Oct. 26, 2016
Last comment by Mike W., on Oct 28, 2016 at 3:57 pm | 30 comments | 790 Views
AROUND TOWNPleasanton Council moves forward on new library/civic center complex
The City Council has approved a draft master plan for a new Pleasanton Civic Center complex in Bernal Community Park which...Original post made on Nov. 23, 2016
Last comment by Karen, on Dec 12, 2016 at 8:14 am | 30 comments | 6609 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIESMinors banned from First Wednesday beer garden
People wanting to knock back a beer or sip a glass of wine while listening to The Houserockers band during the August First...Original post made on Aug. 15, 2008
Last comment by aaron, on Sep 11, 2008 at 1:39 pm | 30 comments | 3039 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIES3-year-old injured after hit by truck on Muirwood Drive
A 3-year-old girl who was struck by a pickup truck in Pleasanton this afternoon is expected to survive her injuries, according...Original post made on Oct. 19, 2008
Last comment by Jason, on Oct 27, 2008 at 5:14 pm | 30 comments | 3150 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIESHosterman political signs placed in downtown park
Several callers to the Pleasanton Weekly Saturday questioned the appropriateness of political campaign signs for Mayor Jennifer...Original post made on Oct. 26, 2008
Last comment by Are you kidding?, on Oct 29, 2008 at 11:37 pm | 30 comments | 2724 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIESSaturday vigil to honor slain horses
A candlight vigil for Choctaw and Lucky, two horses killed on a private Livermore ranch in October, hopes to bring attention...Original post made on Nov. 20, 2008
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COMMENTS ON STORIESDivorce ban sponsor says measure a follow-up to Proposition 8
A Sacramento Web designer who launched a satirical initiative to ban divorce in California said today the effort feels like...Original post made on Dec. 2, 2009
Last comment by Atrontanodo, on Dec 22, 2009 at 5:27 am | 30 comments | 2583 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIESProp. 8 opponents end testimony in SF federal court case
After nine days of trial, two same-sex couples who want to overturn Proposition 8 presented their final witness in federal...Original post made on Jan. 23, 2010
Last comment by Cholo, on Jan 31, 2010 at 11:52 am | 30 comments | 2010 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIESAlleged child pornographer arrested in Pleasanton
A Nebraska man already under federal indictment for child pornography is facing new charges involving an underage California...Original post made on Aug. 20, 2010
Last comment by Been there too, on Jul 19, 2012 at 9:26 am | 30 comments | 4078 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIESProp 8 supporters seek to nullify ruling that struck down measure
The sponsors of California's Proposition 8 filed papers in federal court in San Francisco yesterday seeking nullification...Original post made on Apr. 26, 2011
Last comment by Rita, on May 2, 2011 at 8:56 am | 30 comments | 2988 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIESAlameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer resigns
Embattled Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer told her colleagues in a letter Friday that she is resigning from office...Original post made on Apr. 21, 2012
Last comment by Watson, on Apr 26, 2012 at 10:37 am | 30 comments | 12976 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIESHosterman endorses Councilwoman Cheryl Cook-Kallio for mayor
Mayor Jennifer Hosterman Friday endorsed Councilwoman Cheryl Cook-Kallio for mayor. Read the full story here http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/show_story.php?id=10342...Original post made on Nov. 2, 2012
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COMMENTS ON STORIESBART unions, management feuding with 2 weeks to go before strike could resume
Less than two weeks before BART workers could resume their strike, union leaders said Monday that management's chief negotiator...Original post made on Jul. 23, 2013
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COMMENTS ON STORIESCapping 31-year career, Livermore-Pleasanton fire chief Miguel retiring
In an emotional farewell to the Pleasanton City Council last night, Fire Chief Jim Miguel announced that he will retire Nov....Original post made on Oct. 22, 2014
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COMMENTS ON STORIESPleasanton deals with the drought
In a recent interview, Pleasanton's operations services director and the city's water czar Daniel Smith talked in-depth about...Original post made on Apr. 24, 2015
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COMMENTS ON STORIESI-680 toll express lanes construction set to start
The project to bring toll express lanes to I-680 through the San Ramon Valley is expected to start construction this month,...Original post made on Aug. 5, 2015
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The difference I notice between FF and crop has to do with framing and perspective. I notice the difference mostly with portraits. The subject just "pops" more. This is largely due to decreased DOF. When I achieve the same framing on a FF vs. crop sensor the FF picture just pops more because I can get closer to the subject so the DOF decreases.
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I am convinced that my 65-year-old husband has something wrong with him. He used to be so intelligent but now he's forgetful and muddled. He writes paranoid letters to neighbours, and is obsessed by one, who he's convinced is spying on him. He now also spends hours on the computer on the David Icke website. He agrees he's got more peculiar but blames it on our neighbours' pesticides. He used to write and paint, but now just gardens all day. Our mutual friends say there's nothing wrong and it's me who's paranoid. What can I do?
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Trust yourself on this one, Emma. And see what can be done right now. Simple early intervention can, in some cases, work wonders.
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Your husband has far too much time on his hands and needs to be distracted. Try not to mention his peculiarities and organise some trips out to the theatre and to art galleries. Hopefully, he will regain his interest in writing and painting. If this fails, seek medical advice.
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This lady's husband is clearly showing signs of early dementia – short-term memory loss, paranoia, withdrawal from previous interests. She should contact their GP and ask for an assessment, and find, if possible, a local Alzheimer's support group. The Alzheimer's Society itself has a number of helpful publications free of charge.
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whatanews4u 2111 days ago
may be mild stroke in right side of body
mrsdecember 2112 days ago
Ischemic CVA with Rt side hemiplegia or hemiparesis.
anbu7 2112 days ago
may be difficult in language and speech? also affect right side half body?
skeebs23 2112 days ago
subdural hematoma with slurred speech
gelberb 2112 days ago
parasagittal meningioma. Symptom-right leg weakness
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chaosmaster1 2112 days ago
voluntary motor functions. Could there be seizures involved?
chaosmaster1 2112 days ago
Not sure but thinking tumor that appears to affect premotor area of brain I would expect that there are issues with the patients eyes related to movement and also pupil control (dilation and contraction). Not sure but it looks like it could also involve
Tsomo85 2112 days ago
I decided to participate this time because last time I got it right even thought I didn't comment my guess. You were on someone's show & you revealed the correct answer...
Urantian 2112 days ago
I believe they will have trouble with motor control of their legs, and possibly arms.
Tsomo85 2112 days ago
Umm this tumor like is right next or under CSF, within white matter, @ the edge of frontal lobe, after knowing their function, I think the...chances are more likely the symptoms of Parkinson! Just a guess....
CherylGallion 2112 days ago
Too high for Boca's area and affect speech right? Boca discovered Trepanned ancients- that's cool
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anchor ego? pompous attitude, snotty email + tweets combined w/ being nasty 2 ppl who don't deserve it~no known cure
tweety528 2112 days ago
Maybe a stoke/ headache /vision changes
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Impaired speech, writing, and other functions associated with language and communication.


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. TORONTO, Ontario / The Mark / March 25, 2010 Saving now for future spending on social programs won't necessarily work. Photo by Jon Rrawlinson By Michel Grignon Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University. The Parliamentary Budget Office recently released a report advising the government to start saving for Canada's aging population now, i.e. using some of the revenue collected today to fund future spending. This process, known as smoothing, certainly has its benefits. First, it spreads the financial burden between good years (when the tax rate required to finance social programs is still reasonable) and bad years (in the future, when social programs for an older population will require higher taxation). Second, it spreads the burden across generations, making sure each one pays "its way." Third, it may reduce the tax rate averaged on current and future years if interest accrues in the fund. It also has its downsides though. It requires taxing more or spending less today for the benefit of tomorrow. However, people tend to prefer current benefits and future costs, something measured by the time discount rate. Economists tend to think that, in the long-run, the interest rate equals the time discount rate, meaning that the third benefit of smoothing is cancelled out. But what about the other two benefits? First of all, as Frank Denton and Byron Spencer demonstrate in an article for the Canadian Journal on Aging, a comprehensive view of the impact of population aging on all government expenditures (including not only health and pensions, but also education, childcare, and employment insurance) shows that the rate of growth of spending will be close to the rate of growth of the population, but not more. Overall then, the need for smoothing might not be that pressing. Moreover, even if we were only dealing with health and pensions, taxing more today in order to ease the pressure tomorrow might not always be a good idea. While pensions transfer income across periods of life (and, on one given year, across generations) spending on health care transfers resources to health care providers and the health care industry more broadly. This makes a big difference as far as smoothing is concerned. Spending on pensions, from the perspective of the current generations who are paying for it, is entirely lost and so smoothing makes perfect sense. The same cannot be said about health care though. This is because current spending on health care can improve future health. Not seeing a doctor regularly or postponing treatment can have serious adverse consequences. Also, using more primary, proactive, and preventive care is part of healthy aging. Therefore, if we make the decision to reduce our current level of spending on health care in order to prepare for the fiscal pressure to come, we might actually add to the burden rather than alleviate it. Furthermore, current spending through the health budget goes into the pockets of universities and companies doing health related research and development. The objective of R&D is to produce new technologies. It is almost certain that such technologies will increase overall health care costs, but, provided they generate highly valued outcomes such as years of life in good health, not developing the technologies would amount to being less well off. The literature shows that, even with conservative estimates of the dollar value of a year of life in good health, the rate of return of dollars invested in medical R&D is quite high compared to what can be expected from other sectors of the economy. This does not mean, of course, that every penny invested in health is always well used. However, if our health policy makes sure we buy efficient technologies from efficient health care providers, it might be better to invest in health care now than cutting back to prepare for the future. As the health sociologist Donald Light reminded us: let us not forget that Adam Smith never wrote An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Cost-Containment of Nations. [rc] Copyright © The Mark Limited Partnership


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Yacht bought July, abandoned in August, Austrians' Pacific rescue
by Sail-World Cruising round-up on 7 Aug 2013
Irene and Christian - they had only bought the boat, with survey, a month before .. .
Buyer Beware. It was a 1988 Jeanneau Sun Legende 41, and they had bought it - with a survey** - in July in Tahiti. However, trying to cross the Pacific, an Austrian couple had so much trouble with their boat that they finally had to abandon it. The shrouds were giving way, the water pump had packed it in, the engine was overheating, the bilge pump was not active and they even had steering difficulties.
Finally the couple, identified as Irene Humer and Christian Ecrhardt - a practicing physicist before the voyage - were rescued from their 12.8m (42ft) yacht Gobo, 220 nautical miles east of American Samoa.
Last week, on 31 July, Christian made a first distress call by satellite phone to maritime rescue authorities in Germany, reporting a leak, damage to rigging supporting the mast, and an overheating engine.
The German authorities contacted RCCNZ, which arranged for the Canadian sail training barque, the Picton Castle, to rendezvous and assist with repairs so that the couple could keep sailing.
'After those repairs, the skipper's intention was to continue the voyage, but obviously conditions have since deteriorated,' Mr Roberts said.
The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) said Christian made his second distress call at around 11pm on Monday night this week, indicating they were prepared to abandon ship.
An American Samoan based boat, FV Tifa Imoana, was close by and the couple were successfully transferred at around 9am Tuesday morning.
RCCNZ search and rescue mission coordinator Mike Roberts said the skipper was prepared to abandon ship because of ongoing problems with the yacht.
'This was a serious situation in a largely empty area of ocean, and to successfully transfer the pair to the safety of the FV Tifa Imoana was a good result.'
The couple are expected to be delivered to Pago Pago in American Samoa in the next two days.
The yacht remains afloat at present and mariners will be advised of its position.
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This is one of the funnest, most walkable neighborhood in all of Austin. You can Uber/Lyft to downtown for $5.00. Friendly people, beautiful houses and lots to see, do. eat and drink. Come see why this is such a great area!
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Location! Location! Location! Thinking about moving to Austin? Renovating your home? Coming for work? Clarksville is minutes from downtown and so close to everything you want to see and do. See the fabulous Whole Foods, have a burger and a shake at Nau's, enjoy a margarita at sundown at Z' Tejas or go to a gallery on 6th Street. Clarksville has a dry cleaners, grocery store, restaurants, salons, shops, Cafe Medici, a wonderful park, playground and wading pool, convenience store, galleries and so much more.
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This is a fully furnished one bedroom, one bathroom condominium with vaulted ceilings on the 2nd floor of a small, 12-unit complex in lovely Clarksville/Old West Austin. Clarksville is registered in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Located on the corner of 9th Street & Highland Avenue, amidst beautiful Craftsman homes. The Enfield and Lake Austin shuttle lines are blocks away.
Neighborhood has all amenities and is known as the most walkable neighborhood in Austin.
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The kitchen has crisp white and glass cabinets, grey Silestone countertops, stainless and black dishwasher, refrigerator and gas stove, a garbage disposal, microwave and small appliances including blender and coffee maker. The front-loading, high-efficiency washer and dryer are under the kitchen counter but are nice looking and don't deter from the aesthetics of the unit.
The kitchen is open to the living room and dining room. The living area has a leather sofa, chair and ottoman and a table with reading lamp. The dining area has a dark wood dining table and two chairs from World Market. Additional chairs can be provided upon request. The bedroom also has dark wood furniture including two night stands and a mirrored dresser and a large walk in closet. Clothes hangers and iron provided.
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1. Re: Webutil Problem in Oracle Forms 10gMLBrown Nov 28, 2012 2:51 PM (in response to 976736)I always leave my WEBUTIL database block as the last block like you are doing. Is the WEBUTIL block coming into focus when the user executes the form?1 person found this helpful
If it is then Open the Property Palette for your form module - the very first node in the Object Navigator tree. There should be a "First Navigation Data Block" field - set that to the database block that you want to navigate to when the user executes the form module or in the Form-level Triggers create a WHEN-NEW-FORM-INSTANCE trigger (you probably already have one set up) and at the bottom of it put in logic like GO_ITEM('BLOCK_NAME.ITEM_NAME'); to reference the item that you want to start the user out it. Either of these two methods should keep the WEBUTIL database block from coming into focus.
2. Re: Webutil Problem in Oracle Forms 10gCraigB Nov 28, 2012 3:27 PM (in response to 976736)Oracle Forms is Heirarchical. It uses the order in which items appear in the Object Navigator as the "Default" navigation order. Items like WebUtil should always appear after other objects (such as Data Blocks, Canvases and Windows). Making sure objects are listed in the right order in the Object Navigator is typically all you need to do, however, you could use the Form Module First Navigation Data Block property to override the default heirarchy (as MLBrown suggests) as well as write code in a When-New-Form-Instance trigger to Hide the WebUtil canvases and direct the form to the desired starting point (first navigation block/item).
I personally, prefer to use the order of objects in the Object Navigator since this does not require any lines of code or the setting of properties.
On a side note, it is always good to post your Forms version (eg: 10.1.2.0.2 versus 10g) when posting a Forms question. :)
3. Re: Webutil Problem in Oracle Forms 10g976736 Nov 28, 2012 8:59 PM (in response to CraigB)Hi craigb,
Thanks for your input, i will make sure to check what you say out tomorrow when i go to the office.
i managed to get a 'stupid' workaround, and that was to copy the code from the 'OK' button on the webutil canvas, and have it run on the form trigger 'when-new-window' or something like that, dont remember of hand. that did the trick but i will make sure to try what you say and change the code to reflect the changes you suggest.
Thanks for the information,
Edited by: 973733 on 28-Nov-2012 12:59
4. Re: Webutil Problem in Oracle Forms 10g976736 Nov 28, 2012 8:26 PM (in response to MLBrown)Hi ML Brown,
i have tried a go_item in the when-new form instance but did not work for my scenario. maybe of the 'complexity' of the form i was trying to alter, and as i said, im not ver familiar with forms. nevertheless thanks for the info. i will make sure i will try it out again tomorrow.
5. Re: Webutil Problem in Oracle Forms 10g976736 Nov 29, 2012 9:58 AM (in response to 976736)Hi,
just tried altering (it was set to <Null>) the First Navigation Block in the form's properties to a soecific block and it works fine !!!
Thank you both for your help !


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Wikipedia talk:About/Archive 3
|This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.
|Archive 1
|Archive 2
|Archive 3
|Archive 4
- 1 Wikitrivia
- 2 Censorship?
- 3 "Anyone can edit"
- 4 Archiving
- 5 Active Wikipedians
- 6 Non profit status in trouble
- 7 Footnote 11 Dead
- 8 Spelling
- 9 Last-Modified Date-Time Stamp
- 10 Archives 2 & 3 damaged?
- 11 Reason for edit to "portmanteau (combination of words and their meanings)"
- 12 El Salvador
- 13 Testing Wikipedia Subpage in Talk Namespace
- 14 Contact number?
- 15 Most popular page
- 16 Wikipedia:Parental_Advisory
- 17 9/11 articles
- 18 Contextual and grammatical errors abound
- 19 Employees
- 20 Spelling error
- 21 Using Wikipedia as a reference tool
- 22 Browsing the Wiki
- 23 the black stone
- 24 Support for Amazing Youth
- 25 Oldest Wikipedians
- 26 Integration of other Wikis into wikimedia
- 27 Wikipedia financial disclosure re: donation request 2008 January
- 28 Images
- 29 Header to direct editors questions
- 30 Grammar in Section 3.1
global global is a serious condition in our lives, and will greatly impact our future. noticed a number of entries recently sprouting a section called "in popular culture" and containing the most banal information about movies, non-ebrities, TV (mainly US specific), etc. Perhaps someone could create a Wikitrivia site and we could move all that stuff over there and keep Wikipedia for information. I am not saying that all such trivia should be banned, but when you get famous people and places having minimal factual information about them and maximal trivia and references about them, references to references, etc. then something has gone haywire!! 22.214.171.124 (talk) 11:34, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
In a couple of discussions I have seen people saying that certain info is classified so they removed it. In one case, an editor was asked to remove something by a branch of the US government/military because it was classified (he did remove it). I was certain that Wikipedia could not be censored by any government of any nation, but I'd just like to double check: should classified information (even if NPOV, reliably referenced and relevant) be censored? If so, which governments? My view was that if a government wished to censor some info, they could filter either the specific page or all Wikipedia, but they couldn't censor the content itself as it is an international encyclopedia, not specifically bound to the jurisdiction of any one government. If this issue is dealt with elsewhere, sorry but I spent an hour looking for it and couldn't find it. I may have just overlooked it. 18.104.22.168 (talk) 18:55, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
- Well, Wikipedia's servers are in Florida. So we must abide by the US law and Florida's law, otherwise we could be shut down.
But if the content is legal, and sourced, I see no reason to remove it. Puchiko (Talk-email) 21:24, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
- I expected that to be the case but I thought it was possible the servers had been relocated to a place with loose(er) censorship laws. However, as they do come under US jurisdiction, I would like to know the extent of legally permissible censorship under US law (I am a student of law in the UK but know little about the US legal process) so that I am aware of this in the future. A specific example: If the US government deems something to be 'classified', to what extent can it legally censor that information without infringing freedom of speech? Could it force you to remove classified content? (I assume it would first use a sockpuppet to remove info, but if the article was fully protected, could they do something about it?)184.108.40.206 (talk) 17:06, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Under Wikipedia policy we only contain claims that are verifiable to published reliable sources so anything that is truly a secret is not in a published reliable source and can be deleted on that basis. There is no need or purpose in claiming something is "classified" and should be deleted on that basis. WAS 4.250 (talk) 04:35, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Florida's Laws? - I thought Freedom of Speech applied to the entire US. WSNRFN (talk) 23:29, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
- Freedom of Speech --macbookair3140 (talk) 14:52, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
If somebody has an idea , completely new to them, but already thought up by the USA science department(say), then could the US Gov censor the article? If they can then this will discourage use of Wikipedia as a free discussion tool. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.108.40.206 (talk) 07:35, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
- Someone publishing a completely new idea is in violation of Wikipedia's policy WP:No original research. As an encyclopaedia, Wikipedia is based upon reliable sources: it's not meant to be a place to publish new ideas. Puchiko (Talk-email) 15:38, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
"Anyone can edit"
I have begun to notice the seemingly countless times that the above phrase is mentioned in a trolling manner to support to try to say that Wikipedia is a cabal for not letting banned editors continue to edit. I propose a brief addition to the text to clarify that anyone can edit - unless they've been blocked and/or banned. The Evil Spartan (talk) 07:49, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
- Actually, seeing as it appears no one else is much watching this page, I'm going to make the change myself. The Evil Spartan (talk) 07:55, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
- Even someone blocked or banned can edit. How do you propose to stop someone from going to a library and editing; or getting a new internet service provider and editing? We can block IP numbers and we can ban identifiable personalities. We have no means of blocking or banning individual humans who are sane enough to edit constructively and peacefully. We can and do block IPs used by children who have no financial means of buying a different IP. We can and do ban crazy people who are incapable of disguising their insanity. WAS 4.250 (talk) 04:42, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
And some ISPs offer dynamic IP addresses so you can just disconnect and reconnect your ADSL line for example to get a new IP.22.214.171.124 (talk) 06:16, 19 November 2008 (UTC) hello —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nitinkamkar (talk • contribs) 05:06, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
- Isn't this going into TOO much detail? 126.96.36.199 (talk) 22:04, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
This talk page has 52 KB. This could cause a lot of technical issues so I think we should WP:Archive this talk page. I'd use the subpage method, cut-and-paste procedure. I'd leave the threads started in March 2008 still here, because they might still be active. What do you think? Note: If there are no objections by Wednesday, I will perform the archiving. Puchiko (Talk-email) 15:03, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
- Sounds good, Puchiko. Thanks. WalterGR (talk | contributions) 07:30, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Active Wikipedians
In the introduction of Wikipedia: about you come across the following statment. "There are more than 75,000 active contributors" However, that is data from Sep 2006, it's pretty out of date... Anyone know where we might find a statistic that reflects data at least up to the beginning of 2008--Sparkygravity (talk) 11:51, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
- Why isn't the statistics for the English Wikipedia up to date? It seems that for all other languages but English it is updated. [1]
Well yes, that seems like something good to do, but it says more than and not th exact. Since the no# of people creating accounts grow, it would be impossible to keep a up to dte no#
Non profit status in trouble
Based on the obvious political bias of Clinton, Obama and McCain, I don't see how the IRS can allow this organization to be considered a non-profit.
Wikipedia should not be a place to show biased information (or somehow forget to add "all" information) about somehow who is running of office.
Please keep all politics OUT of wikipedia.
Tomstewa (talk) 02:18, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
- I agree with you, and WP:NPOV does too. There should never be biased information on Wikipedia.
However, from the information I've gathered at Non-profit organization, even politically biased organisations can be non-profit. See National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws for an example of a political yet non-profit organisation. Puchiko (Talk-email) 13:54, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Footnote 11 Dead
Sorry in advance for not fixing the problem myself. I am brand new to editing Wikipedia, and I am just beginning to learn all the editing rules. The dead link is:
11^ Bergstein, Brian. "Felon Became COO of Wikipedia Foundation", 2007-12-21. Retrieved on 2007-12-27.
Could someone replace it or make a note that it's dead?
Smed (126.96.36.199 (talk) 06:12, 25 March 2008 (UTC))
recognised = recognized organisation = organization Rkinci (talk) 08:41, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
They are both the correct spelling, I always thought where ever the article originates from it should match that spelling, an article about the US should use the US spelling and articles about the UK should use their spelling etc. --Benpaul12 (talk) 23:59, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
- No, actually. Wikipedia uses the UK/US spelling, not both. Im not quite sure which one, however pointing to this article one could assume it is UK english. Makes more sense anyway, as US english is only used in well, the US. Metagraph 11:17, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
I've yet to see an article in the "English" version of Wikipedia that isn't actually in American.~~
Last-Modified Date-Time Stamp
Why does the last-modified date and time at the bottom of a page not get updated when I post an edit even though the editing appears in an article and in its history? Eventually, the date-timestamp is updated, but that may be a week later, give or take. Immediate update would enhance Wikipedia's accuracy. If the delay is to permit internal review of a post before the public might rely on it, better methods would be (a) to show two date-time stamps with a uniform explanation (such as "The later date-time includes material not yet reviewed by certain editors.") (perhaps with only one stamp and no explanation when two stamps would be identical), (b) to block the post from appearing in public until approved and then the last-modified date and time should be immediately updated, or (c) to show the result of editing in a different color or otherwise make it stand out and, one time, edit the all-Wikipedia template to explain next to the last-modified date and time that the date and time do not apply to changes marked in that way. I recommend dual-stamping over blocking and blocking over styling, and over all 3 I recommend quick posting with immediate stamp updating. (I haven't checked whether Talk pages have a similar problem but the solution would be the same.) In the interim, for best accuracy about when the last modification was, I recommend the history page. Thanks.
Nick Levinson (talk) 18:09, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
- It should update immediately. I believe this is a caching issue. Try purging your cache (In Firefox: click refresh while holding the shift key). Puchiko (Talk-email) 20:05, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
- It's not a caching problem at my computer. The page content updates but the date-time stamp on the same page does not update. Caching would not permit update of part of a page but not the other part. I tried your suggestion in Firefox 1.0.4 (shift-clicking the Reload toolbar button) but it didn't make a difference. The pattern is that if an article is edited Monday and Tuesday, the Tuesday edit will appear with Monday's date, and if it's edited again on Friday it will immediately appear with Friday's edit but with Tuesday's date. And the history pages will have correct entries. Perhaps the problem is at Wikipedia's servers, or perhaps it's a misprogramming error. If it's intentional, it detracts from accuracy and should be reconsidered. Nick Levinson (talk) 20:00, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
- Apparently fixed. (This may have been a problem in a version of the wiki software.) Thank you. Nick Levinson (talk) 07:57, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
- It's not a caching problem at my computer. The page content updates but the date-time stamp on the same page does not update. Caching would not permit update of part of a page but not the other part. I tried your suggestion in Firefox 1.0.4 (shift-clicking the Reload toolbar button) but it didn't make a difference. The pattern is that if an article is edited Monday and Tuesday, the Tuesday edit will appear with Monday's date, and if it's edited again on Friday it will immediately appear with Friday's edit but with Tuesday's date. And the history pages will have correct entries. Perhaps the problem is at Wikipedia's servers, or perhaps it's a misprogramming error. If it's intentional, it detracts from accuracy and should be reconsidered. Nick Levinson (talk) 20:00, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Archives 2 & 3 damaged?
Is something wrong with pages 2 and 3 of the archives of this Talk page? Perhaps content got deleted by error. There was nothing likely to revert to. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:About/Archive_2 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:About/Archive_3 (both accessed last Thursday). Or were they created before there was anything to archive there and so new archivings wound up on p. 4? Is that perhaps due to a feature or bug that should be reconsidered? Shouldn't what was meant for p. 4 have gone to p. 2 and (if the odd pp. 2-3 were to be kept) pp. 2-3 automatically pushed to be the last archive pages after all other archivings?
Nick Levinson (talk) 18:48, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
- Archives 2 and 3 never existed as proper archives, I'm not sure if they should be kept or deleted. There is no discussion there so they could probably be deleted. Archive 3 is a redirect, and not a useful one. --Snigbrook (talk) 19:10, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
Reason for edit to "portmanteau (combination of words and their meanings)"
The best I can tell, about 3 in 4 Wikipedians misuse the word "portmanteau", although it's used correctly here. Part of the problem is giving the wrong definition in articles like this one, so I changed it to the right definition. (A better definition would be longer, but that would be too distracting.) If you want to use a word that doesn't need definition, "blend" is also a correct word here, and would also be fine in cases where "portmanteau" is wrong. Please see the dictionary definitions and discussion at the RfC at Portmanteau_word. - Dan Dank55 (talk)(mistakes) 22:15, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
El Salvador
I want to tell Wikipedia that the translation of the national anthem of El Salvador is wrong because El Salvador is He nor She. It may a big difference. Thank you for your attention —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.108.40.206 (talk) 22:22, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
- Edit it yourself. And get a screen name. --Ragemanchoo (talk) 04:10, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
I agree with the others, if you know, edit it!--Awesomedude52 (talk) 16:48, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
Testing Wikipedia Subpage in Talk Namespace
/Subpage -- please feel free to revert. JimD (talk) 06:18, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
- What is the point of that? user:Yetmotega/1 Yetmotega (talk) 22:00, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Contact number?
What is Wikipedia's phone number? They're based in San Francisco, but I couldn't find the number online. --Ragemanchoo (talk) 04:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
- See WP:Contact Us -Seidenstud (talk) 01:59, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Most popular page
One thing that I have always wanted to know about Wikipedia is what are the most popular articles. This may not be included for a certain reason, like the most popular is something sexual and not really worth mentioning. Any ideas? --Benpaul12 (talk) 22:31, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
- The information is available at stats.grok.se. However, the top 1000 list hasn't been updated since February :( Puchiko (Talk-email) 15:50, 12 June 2008 (UTC).
I started this page today, with the intention of creating a useful guide for parents and those responsible for children, and how to best safely interact with Wikipedia - I'd like to put a reference to it in this page, and wondered if anyone had any thoughts on that? cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 04:09, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
- okey dokey - being bold, and adding a ref now..... I think this is a good idea (obviously!) - Privatemusings (talk) 02:34, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
- ..and I've self reverted, pending an WP:MfD on this one - no rush. Privatemusings (talk) 06:29, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
- ..put it back now the MfD has closed as a 'keep', Privatemusings (talk) 02:38, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
- ..and I've self reverted, pending an WP:MfD on this one - no rush. Privatemusings (talk) 06:29, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
9/11 articles
It's a fact that there exist Conspiracy theories and they HAVE to be mentioned in the articles! ([2]) I think wikipedia loses the freedom of information! I would keep on mention it! --220.127.116.11 (talk) 21:58, 3 July 2008 (UTC) 9/11 was a tragic day! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.104.22.168 (talk) 01:06, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
Contextual and grammatical errors abound
"Wikipedia has grown rapidly into one of the largest reference Web sites, attracting at least 684 million visitors yearly by 2008."
A prime example of why serious thinkers choose not to use Wikipedia. Let us not mention the grammatical errors arising from those who porport to write in the Queens English! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 22.214.171.124 (talk) 20:57, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Yes i agree, but we must not forget that People Use and edit this website, not computers. and we all know humans are flawed.--Awesomedude52 (talk) 16:45, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
The paragraph about a past COO being a felon doesn't seem to match the style of previous paragraphs. What does it have to do with a section that is primarily a list of employees? Should it be deleted? Sultec (talk)
- Reposting this section, assuming it got lost in editing out vandalism after I posted this.
Sultec (talk) 10:04, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Spelling error
Could we change the year that all the new Wiki's were introduced? It currently says 2001, but i think it should be 2007. see the following - Under. Wikipedia History - In May 2001, a wave of non-English Wikipedias was launched . (should be 2007?) Wiked2222 (talk) 07:50, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
- No, because it's true. They were launched in 2001. See de:, the lead paragraph, "Seit Mai 2001 sind so 803.545 Artikel in deutscher Sprache entstanden", translates as "since May 2001 803,545 articles have been created here in the German language". —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 11:37, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
Using Wikipedia as a reference tool
I have deleted two claims because they do not appear to meet Wikipedia standards. The first of these is the following:
"Studies suggest that Wikipedia is broadly as reliable as Encyclopedia Britannica, with similar error rates on established articles for both major and minor omissions and errors."history flow: results". IBM."
The web page cited is an interesting graphical study of "history flow" on Wikipedia pages, showing (amongst other things) the rate at which pages grow and the persistence within them of text contributed by single authors. It does not, however, make any assertions about the RELIABILITY of Wikipedia, and nor does it compare it with the Encyclopedia Britannica. The claim is not therefore supported by the citation, and should not be allowed to remain on the page.
The second is the following:
"There is a tentative consensus, backed by a gradual increase in academic citation as a source, that it provides a good starting point for research, and that articles in general have proven to be reasonably sound."
"There is a tentative consensus" is a classic example of weasel words. A consensus among whom? And where is the evidence that it exists? This statement appears to be pure opinion.
Ninj (talk) 10:13, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
Browsing the Wiki
I don't know if it is possible to browse through from A to Z. If it is, I could not find the buttons. If not, I believe that it would be a useful function, especially for those of us who are curious and like to read. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.8.131.52 (talk) 01:03, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
- There is such a function though I'm not sure whether anyone could ever read all of Wikipedia. :-) -- Mentisock 12:30, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
How do you post articles on Wiki? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Terrorsaur 0120 (talk • contribs) 08:15, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
- See WP:EDIT and Starting an article. Please note that all new articles must conform to policies such as notability and verifiability or they will be deleted. This contribution you made to this page (which looks like an article you put in the wrong place) is NOT notable and will be deleted if you recreate it elsewhere - see WP:SOAP, WP:VANITY (WP:AUTO) and Wikipedia is not for things made up in school one day. Please also remember to sign your posts on any talk page by typing
~~~~(four tildes) after them. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 09:46, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
the black stone
Removed duplicate of question asked and answered at Wikipedia:Help desk#Mohammed kaaba.jpg. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 10:23, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Support for Amazing Youth
Support should be given for articles of amazing youth in the US such as Raymond Grissom. Blackcheck20 (talk) 13:26, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Oldest Wikipedians
How about piecing together a list of the oldest editors of Wikipedia. The oldest editor I've met is 71 years old but I surely expect people in their eighties to be around here, probably, even those in their nineties-RavichandarMy coffee shop 06:51, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
Integration of other Wikis into wikimedia
I suggest that wikipedia take action to integrate other locations of wikipedia that have truly professional pages that are replete with excellent and accurate data, yet do not receive the exposure that wikipedia receives. I have never seen an article on wikipedia of the same caliber or quality as this one: http://www.psychwiki.com/wiki/The_Schachter-Singer_Theory_of_Emotion for instance. And yet the entire website I think has only been visited less than 5000 times. People are missing out on crucial information. (By the way, the website states in privacy that this information may be used in any place except for other wiki sites unfortunately-- I posted in their discussion of this the first post asking for the use of some of their excellent information.--Nonymous-raz (talk) 07:19, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry, many of these sites do not come under Wikipedia's remit. For example, the page you linked to is not well referenced, and there are many licensing issues surrounding the straight copying of work from these sites. However, if you can find reliable sources and then rewrite that article with adherence to all the proper WP guidelines, go ahead - I believe it probably satisfies our notability criteria. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 16:48, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Wikipedia financial disclosure re: donation request 2008 January
I can't find anything on the Wikipedia site about its financial status. I will happily donate but either i) I can't find the financial disclosure or ii) it hasn't been disclosed.
Wouldn't a non-profit organization, asking for money, give some idea of its situation? Where did the money come from so far? Capital and operating costs? Balance sheet? Cash-flow sheet? Budget?
Incidentally, the Wikipedia appeal says that the site has no ads. It's good to remind us of that.
Keep up the good work, etc.
Wiki ctlow (talk) 16:54, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
- Hello. Financial reports are here and here's the budget for the year. Thanks for your interest Puchiko (Talk-email) 17:44, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, Puchiko. Much-appreciated. I have had a look at both of those links. I still have a "complaint" (in the non-complaining sense, I hope), which is that I think that technical documents such as financial reports need "translation" for us mere mortals. A bit of exposition on the current request-for-donation campaign would, IMHO, be completely appropriate and very helpful. It could be linked to as a side-document for the minority who want a bit more depth.
- So, if I understand it correctly, Wikimedia's budget is only $5M-ish, with the bulk coming from contributions. Did I get that much straight? If so, I think that the 2nd fact is highly-relevant and could usefully be proclaimed more clearly. Pardon me if I missed it but I don't recall seeing it stated explicitly (the donation-request said where money did not come from, rather than where it came from - I do see further information about this as I scout around, but I have to "pull" it and opposed to having it [gently] "pushed" at me.) Compare that with some of the multi-billion dollar Internet information sources, and it does make Wikimedia stand out from the crowd. It's enough to give me that little extra push to contribute, and I will now do so promptly.
- P.S. to the Wikimedia people, if they're listening: the tax-exempt status won't help me here in Canada (pop'n > 30M).
- Thanks again. Wiki ctlow (talk) 12:53, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
On my display the screenshot of wikipedia.org is very blurry, how about cropping it to be just the wikiglobe and it's surrounding language versions? Also the article itself could probably do with a few more images to improve it. LeeVJ (talk) 01:47, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Header to direct editors questions
I have used this on the questions page - it came from a few other pages with a high throughput of non-related questions - wondered if it'd be a good idea on this one? LeeVJ (talk) 18:38, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
- Sounds good to me. :) Let's put it up there if there are no objections soon. Puchiko (Talk-email) 21:00, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
Grammar in Section 3.1
The sentence "As there are many more editors intent improving articles than not, error-ridden articles are usually corrected promptly." should read "As there are many more editors intent onItalic text improving articles than not, error-ridden articles are usually corrected promptly.188.8.131.52 (talk) 17:41, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads up, I've corrected it. Welcome to Wikipedia! Puchiko (Talk-email) 18:21, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
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