User talk:Fragglet

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Fredrik, before you start asking for help on your new mega-cool-and-whatnot writeup, make sure you have something to show first (text, a stub, etc.). Keep in mind we've already seen thousands of upcoming writeups that actually never got done.Fragglet 12:31, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

On the Moon

I noticed that you have been changing the spelling of the plural of Octopus from Octopi to Octopuses. Are you sure about this? I'm pretty sure the plural word for Octopus is Octopi. Thanks, CaptainVindaloo ^{t c e} 23:40, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey, sorry it took me a while to reply. I got about 80,000 messages while I was offline and must have just missed yours. Ok, i'll leave your spelling alone, although according to the Wiktionary article, both spellings are endorsed by a few different dictionaries. Any idea which dictionary is used on Wikipedia? CaptainVindaloo ^{t c e} 01:58, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Rift stuff

Hi - I just reversed your move of rift. It seems that you left about 100 articles linking to a disambig page, and as virtually all were geological articles it seemed easiest to create rift (disambiguation) and restore rift to its geological usage. Cheers, Vsmith 00:10, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

RFID legislation

I pulled that info (and continue to collect info) from a number of sources. It's been a while since I first entered it so I don't really remember from where exactly I gleaned it. Grika 17:42, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Personal attack

Sorry but that person said that I replaced a picture of a non-US aircraft carrier on a page about supercarriers when the U.S. is the only country with supercarriers.

What's happening on Doom Wikipedia?

Hi, I'm Afullo, I got banned, probably for a wide range ban, from Doom Wikipedia:

Questo nome utente o indirizzo IP sono stati bloccati da Splarka. La motivazione del blocco è la seguente: :Vandalism Se lo si desidera, è possibile contattare Splarka o un altro amministratore per discutere del blocco.

Si noti che la funzione 'Scrivi all'utente' non è attiva se non è stato registrato un indirizzo e-mail valido nelle proprie preferenze.

Si prega di specificare l'indirizzo IP coinvolto ("ip address, if you need it i'll send it to you in private") o il numero del blocco (ID #198) in qualsiasi richiesta di chiarimenti.

Could you kindly do something about that? I didn't spam, and surely i didn't make vandalism.

I'm not registered here (on English Wikipedia), in case try to contact me on Doom Wikipedia or Italian Wikipedia. Thank you in advance.

Slovio AfD, take 2

Hi there,

You may want to know, that i re-nominated Slovio for deletion. --Amir E. Aharoni 13:12, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

References on Quantum Mind

Ey Up Fragglet,

(Yorkshire alternative to Hi)

That looks like a mamoth edit to Quantum Mind. Although I'm still a bit of a newbie, may I suggest that you could do your edits in smaller chunks. It would make it easier to see what you have done.

The introduction to Quantum Mind doesn't seem right to me. Roger Penrose, for example, has written three books which refer to Quantum Mind, Stapp put MU.PDF out some while ago. And the Quantum Consciousness conferences organised by Hammerof and Chalmers were very popular (though possibly, some suggest, went a bit downhill). It can't be correct to say that proponents haven't put their hypothesese out for peer review.

Best regards, Davy p (talk) 23:09, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I see that you fixed the references; and it must have taken quite a bit of work. It was rather difficult, on my browser at least, to scan though and see what you had changed. Myself I'd probably have made a number of mistakes. Sorry if I didn't make this clear.

My mention of the introduction (above) was because you seem to have been trying to get the article into better shape. Davy p (talk) 21:16, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Apologies, I still didn't make myself clear. a) Great work in fixing the references; this has improved the article. b) As you have been through it with a toothcomb fixing the references, what do you think about the introduction? Davy p (talk) 00:20, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Davros

Hi Fragglet; sorry, we cannot have links to YouTube videos if they breach BBC copyright, which this would appear to do. Also, your conclusion from that video is original research and aso not allowed. If you have a reliable source for this, it can go into the article. Thanks. --Rodhullandemu 13:28, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

That's OK. We have to be careful about copyright. OR is less important, but the idea sounds interesting. If necessary, we can wait until the episode is broadcast, then there's no problem. Cheers. --Rodhullandemu 13:53, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Hmm. You may be right, I've just watched it. I suppose the link might be OK, but we still need to let readers draw their own conclusions from it. --Rodhullandemu 13:56, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

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Tense changes in Amstrad CPC

Hello Fragglet. Recently, you edited the whole Amstrad CPC article to change all the predicates into the past tense. While I get your intention, this is actually not correct. Things that have been produced do not cease to exist just because production has stopped. Accordingly, when referring to things that still exist (and Amstrad CPC computers certainly do still exist), the present or present perfect simple is to be used. (You wouldn't describe an out-of-print book in your hand starting with "this book was ...", would you?) I just didn't want to quietly undo your changes since you obviously put some work into that. Takimata (talk) 12:10, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Let's keep a discussion on one talk page instead of spreading it out over our respective talk pages, shall we? Quoting you from my talk page:

"While I see your point, I would appreciate it if you could be more selective in what you revert from my changes, as not all fixes are of that type. fraggle (talk) 13:45, 19 January 2011 (UTC)"

I admit that I didn't check each and every one of your changes. From what I gathered, you changed all predicates into the past tense, I am sorry if my bulk revert changed other unrelated fixes. Takimata (talk) 15:40, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

"I'm also not sure that I agree with your reasoning. See comparable sections from other articles, eg. Zx_spectrum#Sinclair_Research_models, Apple_ii#Models, Commodore_64#The_C64_family, IBM_PC#Models - the purpose of the section is to describe the various models in terms of the history of the product line and how the details of the design changed from one model to the next. Using the past tense does not imply that the machine has ceased to exist. fraggle (talk) 13:57, 19 January 2011 (UTC)"

This wasn't willy-nilly, I actually took some time researching the issue (in the Amstrad CPC article history you'll find tense edits by me): The use of tenses occasionally comes up in talk pages, and when it does, the consensus seems to be that simple past is to be used when acts have been concluded, and thus is not to be used to describe items unless their existence has been concluded. Unfortunately, while it regulates all sorts of grammatical details, the Wikipedia Manual of Style is sorely lacking a section about use of tense. And existing articles are a poor precedent, you can find any number of articles supporting either reasoning.

I am, however, actually inclined to bring this up before a "higher authority", perhaps even the keepers of the Manual of Style. Not because I am bent on fighting you over this issue (I am not, and I will happily stand corrected). But I feel it should be decided in general for Wikipedia. What do you think? Takimata (talk) 15:40, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

For the record: [[1]] is one of the few occasions a question quite similar to ours has been brought up and answered. No guideline came out of it, tho. Takimata (talk) 17:27, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Plural of Cannon

is cannon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.194.212.13 (talk) 13:30, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Innocence of Muslims image

Thank you for your good faith contribution of the screen cap from the film. Unfortunately it cannot be used on Wikipedia at this time as it is a clear violation of copyright. Thank you and happy editing!--Amadscientist (talk) 02:12, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

Dooh! You are correct. I confused your contribution from the editor just before you. My apologies! I think I am getting tired.--Amadscientist (talk) 02:57, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

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