User talk:Ed Poor
Ed, I just posted a question you might want to field on the talk page of Clouds of Witnesses. Just curious and thought you might know the answer,
"Is the generation of dozens of articles the best way to present this data?"
That depends on whether or not the generated articles have a lot of quality. You are a little late though, as I have finished almost all of the 3,000+ counties. The only way to get all this data in any reasonable amount of time into the articles is to automate it. There is a positive side to it too: the formats stay consistent. The articles generated *are* useful. They are obviously not complete articles, yet they do have useful data. But of course I am only creating the start of most of these articles. It is up to others (including myself) to enhance them. This is already happening. FYI, I've gotten a lot of positive feedback on the entry of these articles. As always, if you don't like something, feel free to change it. Oh, and these articles beat stubs by a mile. -- Ram-Man
- They are stubs, they're just stubs with more statistics. --Brion
Incorrectly considered as a vandal
128.193.88.41 has made some useful edits to Homosexuality and Talk:metrication. Let's lighten up on 128 -- he just seems to be yanking Tarquin's chain. If we let him alone, he'll probably get tired of it. And as it says above, please do not label isolated instances of text deletions, replacements or odd additions as VANDALISM unless they are overtly lewd or offensive. --Ed Poor
- Fair enough. Like I said to him/her below, please register & stop mucking around. For the record, don't yank tarquin's chain. -- Tarquin
- Anonymous user from dynamic IP 128.xxx.xxx.xxx has refused several attempts to move rational discussion of his entries from the Talk:Wikipedic page to the meta pages. He is completely rational.
- 128.193.88.xxx is also "OsmosisTwo" person who attempted to resist the cabal the other night. baffling, not malicious. -- Tarquin 15:48 Oct 2, 2002 (UTC)
- 128.193.88.xxx, please register a user name so you have user page where can talk to you about how you can go about helping this project. please stop editing my words (above). it's rude. -- Tarquin
- I will not register a user name.
- It's your choice, and regular contributors have chosen stay unregistered before. It does make it easier for everyone if people have names instead of numbers. -- Tarquin
- It is too laborious to create dozens of usernames. Why bother when I can let dynamic IP mask me behind 128.X.X.X, as well as switch to my other ISP/University/Company accounts when I want to be somethign besides 128?
No one has to register a user name. I'm at the opposite extreme from you, and I use my real name (instead of something like BigMetalGuy -- my gaming handle). Each to his own. --Ed
Hi Ed, thanks for the message on my talk page. Unfortunately, I'm not going to touch global warming with a ten-foot pole (unless it needs copyediting) -- I've never studied atmospheric physics in the necessary depth (options clashes and that) so I don't want to blunder in. --Bth
Which version of anarchism did you revert to? --Ed Poor (on my talk page)
- I reverted to the same version Graft did; that is, I reverted to Graft's reversion. And Ed, Lir, heads up, if there isn't any further discussion in the Anarchism talk page, I'm going to revert it again then try to harvest the intermediary revisions for content. By the way, Ed, the document you keep on linking to, the anarchist FAQ is already linked from the libertarian socialism page. (First link; different URL; same document.) DanKeshet
- Thanks, Dan. Harvesting the intermediary revisions for content was what I had in mind, too. "Harvesting" is a Christian concept that I've loved since I first understood the metaphor in my teens: "We plow the field and scatter the good seed on the land. But it is fed and watered by God's almighty hand." (Godspell) Well, I gotta go meet an anarchist comrade of mine, so try not to kill each other overnight, okay? --Ed Poor
- By the way, saying "Harvesting" is a Christian concept seems a bit weird to me. I'd say "harvesting predates christianity, as do morals. (This isn't any kind of attack, just a note, perhaps to get you to think.) -- Sam
- chuckle* I think you just jump-started my brain, Sam. Keep it up :-) --Ed
- Thanks, Dan. Harvesting the intermediary revisions for content was what I had in mind, too. "Harvesting" is a Christian concept that I've loved since I first understood the metaphor in my teens: "We plow the field and scatter the good seed on the land. But it is fed and watered by God's almighty hand." (Godspell) Well, I gotta go meet an anarchist comrade of mine, so try not to kill each other overnight, okay? --Ed Poor
I am NOT eliminating other forms of anarchism. HAVE YOU READ THE DAMN THING? I added forms of anarchism. There is no reason why I can't change where it says libertarian socialism to anarchism. It is anarchism that is being discussed on that page. If libertarian socialism is to be discussed than how is it different than anarchism? The old version said they were the same. They are not. HAVE YOU READ THE REVISED VERSION?
I think the disclaimer is temporary. The information is already incorporated. Obviously people are being very touchy abour wording here so hopefully they will take the time to read and think what is the difference between a totalitarian community and a communal community.
- Well, you're right about wording. Many of us like to get the wording just so. But we try to be a good example of anarchy in action, a non-totalitarian community if you will. I hope you'll stick around, despite yesterday's friction. --Ed
Hello, 216.174.135.53. We would rather you didn't insert random comments into articles. Would you like to help us build this encyclopedia, or should we just restrict your access to this site? --Ed Poor
Hello also to 164.83.4.85. Want to help? Or should we block your access? --Ed