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One of sigfpe's comonad articles shows a simple zipper-like structure for lists. I think that would be a good way to introduce the idea. We don't have to take the comonad stuff, of course :-), but lists are simpler to think about than trees -- Kowey 14:19, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Solutions to exercises
I came up with this; it compiles and seems right, but it's unclear how one would check it's right. --Gwern (contribs) 03:50, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

put :: a -> Node a -> Node a put n (DeadEnd _) = DeadEnd n put n (Passage _ a) = Passage n a put n (Fork _ a b) = Fork n a b

get :: Node a -> a get (Passage x _) = x get (DeadEnd x) = x get (Fork x _ _) = x

 * Yes, that's the intended solution. What do you mean with "how to check it's right?" -- apfeλmus 09:39, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Exactly that. I mean, I took the type signatures, thought about it a little bit, fixed it until the compiled, but after that how do I know it really does what it is supposed to do? I have no data to really check it on. --Gwern (contribs) 01:54, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Why do you need to check something if you can prove that it's correct? :) I think the problem is that the specification of  and   has been rather vague. I changed it, is it better now? -- apfeλmus 12:19, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

 * I think it looks better, though I'll go back and actually try it later. As for proofs, well, I'd need a proof that my proof is correct first. --Gwern (contribs) 03:50, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

There's something wrong with this definition, I think. retrieve has the type, which is to say it returns  , but   has the type  , so   is being returned where   is expected.

 * Oops, it's an error in the type signature. I corrected it to
 * -- apfeλmus 09:39, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Regarding the Chain Rule
In the article "We close this section by asking how it may happen that rules from calculus appear in a discrete setting. Currently, nobody knows." but doesn't sigfpe's blog give a reasonable answer with finite differences http://blog.sigfpe.com/2009/09/finite-differences-of-types.html ? 72.235.236.112 (talk) 17:43, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

 * Ah, sure, but his finite differences are even weirder. :-) What I mean is that it's not clear why these kind of rules have a meaningful interpretation; their interpretation in a calculus setting is very different, after all.
 * -- apfeλmus 07:49, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Connection between Differentiation and Zipper
I have some problems with understanding. When I make a hole in a data structure, then the root of the data structure is still the same (unless you made the hole where the root was). However in the article it looks like additional to putting a hole into the datastructure, the hole is also made the root of the datastructure. It seems, that the data type definition is the same, both for the "hole in the middle" and "hole at the root" interpretation. Is this generally true? How about a mutually recursive definition of a datatype? E.g. data A x = Node (B x) (B x); data B x = End | Cons (A x) (B x). How about the second derivative of a datatype? The datastructure gets two holes, but they cannot be both at the root. HenningThielemann (discuss • contribs) 18:53, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

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American Literature

This project discusses the entire field of American Literature, meaning literature produced in the United States or written by authors whose primary residence or background is from the United States, starting with the earliest explorers and settlers and ending at the present time. A synthesis of chronological perspective and literary schools is attempted within this text.

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This Wikibook is written with the beginning college student in mind. The virtue of this format for presenting American Literature is that it is "thinner" than typical anthologies of the subject because it does not have to include entire original texts, but instead can link to them. Nor is this Wikibook obligated to provide synopses of major authors. Wikipedia already has these. This Wikibook, therefore, sets out to accomplish the third task of an American literature survey course textbook: to paint the picture of the trends in the periods of literature, and discuss how authors relate to one another.

For the earliest (before 1928) works of American literature, copyright issues are irrelevant. We provide the links to the works under discussion and urge the student to read enough of the work to obtain an appreciation for its intrinsic value. For later periods, copyright issues do still pertain, and the student will have to acquire copies of the works themselves, although I have quoted brief passages to illustrate the concepts discussed.

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Contents

 * /Colonial Period (1620s-1776)/
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 * /Realism (1860s-1890s)/
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American Literature/20th Century/Langston Hughes

Introduction
Black people know that things are happening to them that they can’t explain, and systems are compromising them in ways that they never imagined (until they get caught up in the system). Just like during “separate but equal,” Blacks always knew that equal was never equal, but separate was definitely separate. Today, there is no legal “separate” (but there is a separate), and equal is still not equal, but the real problem is that the black community, in the collective, haven’t figured out how to fight “colorblindness,” which is the new Jim Crow. Blacks are conflicted as to where the struggle is, and who is on the frontline, and they constantly ask each other, “What are you doing to help the struggle?” It’s hard to fight when most don’t know where the fights are, and which fronts to fight on. And those who are fighting, see “the frontline” based on where they are.

For those of us who maintain some constant involvement in the many, many conflicts that face Blacks in the 21st Century, individually and in the collective, what one fights for and who one is fighting for, seems to always be a point of contention for some people. While some understand the complexities of black struggle – that racism manifests itself on many levels and thus has to be fought on many levels – others see the “struggle” on the one level that they deal with, and think that fight is the only battle black people are facing. Thus, if you’re not in that particular fight, you’re not fighting at all.

Life
Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. After his parents divorced when he was young, Langston moved from place to place in the United States. He became an avid writer while he was in school, writing for the school newspaper and yearbook as well as writing stories, poems, and plays. During 1920 Hughes spent time with his father in Mexico. To please his father he studied engineering at Columbia University, but he only stayed there a short time. He became a crewman on a ship in 1923, and went ashore at Paris, living there for a few months with other black expatriates. He returned to the United States and eventually graduated from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. For most of his adult life he lived in Harlem, New York City. Hughes died May 22, 1967 from complications arising from prostate cancer.

Movement and Style
Hughes was part of a movement called the Harlem Renaissance that included James Weldon Johnson, Wallace Thurman, Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, and Richard Wright. This movement stressed pride in the black race and a desire to overcome racial discrimination in the United States. It helped lay the foundation for the Civil Rights Movement.

He incorporated the rhythms of blues and jazz music in his poetry. He also included elements of black folk culture and the music of the African American church. The opening lines of "The Weary Blues" contain examples of these elements:

 * Droning a drowsy syncopated tune,
 * Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon,
 * I heard a Negro play.
 * Down on Lenox Avenue the other night
 * By the pale dull pallor of an old gas light
 * He did a lazy sway. . . .
 * He did a lazy sway. . . .
 * To the tune o’ those Weary Blues.

In all his works Hughes celebrated his own blackness and demonstrated pride in his African American (and ultimately African) heritage. In these lines from "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" Hughes looks wistfully back to the ancient past of the African people:

 * I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
 * I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
 * I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.

Hughes attempted to record the positive qualities of African American people and hoped to inspire and encourage other African Americans to rise above the injustices and inequality then prevalent in the United States. In his book Montage of a Dream Deferred he wrote a series of poems linked by the idea that the dream of equality for African Americans had been deferred. One of the poems, "Democracy," presents this long-awaited aspiration in the opening lines:

 * Democracy will not come
 * Today, this year
 * Nor ever
 * Through compromise and fear.
 * I have as much right
 * As the other fellow has
 * To stand
 * On my two feet
 * And own the land.

Suggested Assignments

 * 1) Read the poems "I, Too, Sing America" and "Let America Be America Again." Write a paragraph explaining the narrators' feelings about America during his own time and his dreams for America's future.
 * 2) Read "The Weary Blues" and "Po' Boy Blues." Write an essay detailing the relationship of each poem to actual blues music and it's presentation of the experience of African Americans.

Works

 * Selected Books of Poetry
 * The Weary Blues. Knopf, 1926
 * The Dream Keeper and Other Poems. Knopf, 1932
 * Montage of a Dream Deferred. Holt, 1951
 * Selected Books of Fiction
 * Not Without Laughter. Knopf, 1930
 * The Ways of White Folks. Knopf, 1934
 * Simple Speaks His Mind. 1950
 * Laughing to Keep from Crying, Holt, 1952
 * Selected Plays
 * Don't You Want to Be Free? 1938
 * Emperor of Haiti. 1936
 * Tambourines to glory. 1956
 * Black Nativity. 1961


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A Beginner's Guide to D/The Basics/Basic Input

The built-in capabilities of D (meaning the capabilities of the runtime library Phobos) for input from a console (alias terminal or DOS-Box) are very restricted.

Here is a simple program that demonstrates string input with din.readLine which reads a complete line of input. A line means all characters typed until the user pressed RETURN on keyboard. It doesn't mean a physical line in the console-window which is usually 80 characters wide.


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User talk:TheUg~enwikibooks

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European History book
Hey there. You offer a lot of useful insight, and I agree with you on a lot of points, but the issue for me has simply been time. Being an undergraduate whose primary area of study is Business Administration leaves me with little time to keep up with and improve this book in the ways I'd like. The outline of this book follows the AP European History cirriculum to a tee, and the information has largely been contributed to and assessed by a former teacher of mine who studied European History at both the undergraduate and graduate level at Notre Dame.

In an attempt to keep the book comprehensive, I'd ask that you not remove any of the existing sections (such as Rasputin, which, as you noted was relatively unimportant yet is very interesting and in that sense has its purpose). Certainly, clarification and expansion would be excellent, and I'd be happy to help you as much as I can in doing so.

Thanks for your interest in the book, and I look forward to seeing your modifications to it. If you don't mind, please keep me posted, and like I said earlier, I'll try to help out as much as I can.

— Ultimadesigns 01:10, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

 * In terms of rush editing, moving or deleting — absolutely not, certainly. That’s why I am trying to discuss it beforehand.

 * I do understand time constraints as well, quite busy myself. Wikipedia-wise I’ve just started big fortification and military engineering project on Russian Wikipedia, so it will take time to organise, plus I’m in the middle of big Cossack research. Once it gets cleared out, I’ll be able to come back here and start to do something.

 * I also got a question about curriculum you’ve mentioned. Is it “AP” as in the “Associated Press” or some other? Is there link to take a look at it? TheUg 02:07, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Sorry for eavesdropping. "AP" stands for "advanced placement", and is a term used to describe classes in secondary school that are university-level. AP classes in secondary school can typically count towards university credits as well. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 02:13, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

 * You can check out the standard cirriculum for the Advanced Placement European History at http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/ap/students/eurohistory/ap-cd-eurohist-0607.pdf. Remember, this book is primarily oriented toward people who have just begun delving into European History (i.e. those enrolled in an upper-level high school or introductory college European History course).  In that sense, it should be relatively simplistic and, perhaps most importantly, concise.  If you're looking to provide something more expansive or higher level, you might wish to create another Euro book for that purpose.

help requested
I have recently finished to write a book on m:b:en:Philosophy of Science in Russian wikibook Философия науки. I want to find somebody to translate it to English. Can you help me with this? P.S. I am interesting to write some books on math and computer science. On math I am currently working on m:b:ru:Знакомство с методом математической индукции and on computer science on Object oriented, m:b:en:Computer programming/Procedural programming and m:b:en:User:Alexsmail/Computer programming/How Objects should be correctly compared in Java (all this is on currently on hold). In my English texts I have a lot of grammar mistakes, so I need somebody to correct one. I want that all that I am writing will be on English. It can be translating of written on another language text or original text.

P.P.S. I have some material on math in Hebrew. Also hebrew wikibook has some material. It can be nice, while not mandatory, if you will know Hebrew too.

Я недавно закончил писать книгу в русском викиучебнике Философия науки. Я хотел бы найти кого-то ктобы перевёл бы его на английский m:b:en:Philosophy of Science. Не могли бы вы мне в этом помочь? P.S. Я хочу написать пару книг по математике и компьютерным наукам (программированию). По математике я начал работать над m:b:ru:Знакомство с методом математической индукции, а по компьютерным наукам над Object oriented, m:b:en:Computer programming/Procedural programming и m:b:en:User:Alexsmail/Computer programming/How Objects should be correctly compared in Java (пока я оставил это). Я пишу на английском со многими грамматическими ошибками, мне нужен кто-то, чтобы их исправлять. Я хочу, чтобы все мои книги были на английском. Это может быть как перевода с другого языка, так и оригинальный, изначально написанный на английском текст. P.P.S. По математике, у меня часть материала на иврите, да и в ивритском викиучебнике можно взять. Было бы прекрасно, если бы вы владели также ивритом. Но вовсе не обязательно. alexsmail 16:02, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

 * Ох, извините, давно не заходил, не видел ваших сообщений. Наверное, уже не актуально? :) TheUg (talk) 05:53, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

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User talk:Hathal

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User talk:Dmummert

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Wikibooks:Arbitration

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 * 3) Decision: The arbiters will offer their findings and remedies.

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 * Arbitration/Panic2k4 vs. SBJohnny - The first, and so far, only attempt of an arbitration on Wikibooks, the process was usurped before it was completed. An alternative resolution to the problems described was found and agreed upon by those involved under a more general discussion within the Wikibooks community.

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Template:A-level Mathematics/FP1/TOC

This is part of the FP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1) module of the A-level Mathematics text. Summation of Series / Mathematical Induction / Roots of Polynomial Equations / Complex Numbers / Matrices / Appendix A: Formulae

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User talk:63.166.111.6

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User talk:164.116.47.250

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Wikibooks:Arbitration/Panic2k4 vs. SBJohnny

I have agreed to take on this situation as an arbitrator for the moment, as there have been some rather serious "charges" put up against User:Panic2k4 that have resulted in his account being blocked on several occasions. As outlined at User talk:Panic2k4, I've set up the following process to attempt to resolve this situation. --Rob Horning 20:35, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

The follwing four steps will be filled in by alternatively those who are pushing for arbitration, and then by the defendant, in this case User:Panic2k4:

 * 1) Arbitration/Panic2k4 vs. SBJohnny/Plaintiff Charges
 * 2) Arbitration/Panic2k4 vs. SBJohnny/Defendant Reply
 * 3) Arbitration/Panic2k4 vs. SBJohnny/Plaintiff Rebuttal
 * 4) Arbitration/Panic2k4 vs. SBJohnny/Defendant Rebuttal

These will each take place independently and once each step is completed, that page will be protected from editing and archived. Any attempt to jump ahead will result in that content being deleted, as will any attempt at trying to edit/reply within these pages to turn them into a massive argument. The whole point of doing this is to formalize the arbitration process and give people the opportunity to express their opinions without getting into the free-for-all typically found on most user talk pages.

This is really intended to be much more like a legal brief, and it should be considered something like that in terms of format and style. There is no need for legal niceties or getting real technical, but make sure that very specific issues are presented both in the charges and rebuttal areas. After all this will be a final "verdict" on all of this:

 * Arbitration/Panic2k4 vs. SBJohnny/Arbitrator Actions


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Talk:Chinese (Mandarin)/Web Resources

Untitled
I would like to add a link to LearnChineseToday.org on this page. It is a free Chinese resources that has lessons, vocabulary lists, and articles.

Mandarin language forum
It's a place to learn Mandarin. If you're interested, please check it out and join in~ http://learnchinese.informe.com/

Suggested link: nciku
Suggested link: http://www.nciku.com - it's a Chinese-English dictionary with handwriting recognition tool, lots of examples, a text-to-speech system and other extended materials.

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Wikibooks:Arbitration/Panic2k4 vs. SBJohnny/Plaintiff Charges

Comments from User:SBJohnny
I became involved in a user dispute a few months ago between Panic and Darklama, and responded to a "request for comments" on Panic's userpage. The dispute stemmed from Darklama's desire to make some changes and become involved with the C++ book. At the time, I was unsure what to think of either of them, in part because I know absolutely nothing about C++, and (using 20/20 hindsight) because Panic made it very difficult to understand the actual dispute by changing the topic to something else any time I thought I understood.

After trying to talk to both of them, it quickly became apparent that Darklama was the party capable of keeping a cool head. I asked him to take a step back from the book and see what happens. He did so, and the events of the past few weeks have made me deeply regret giving that advice. At the time it was hard to see who was in the right or wrong, and Panic claims not to be a native English speaker, so I gave him undue benefit of the doubt

Things were quiet for a while, until another contributor tried to work on the C++ book. Panic made coments about every edit the new contributor made, and even went so far as to impose deadlines on completing his thoughts. He was warned by at least two users (not including me) about this behavior, but only became more shrill after these warnings.

At one point he bacame frankly hostile, and I blocked him for 2 hours (I carefully chose to block him at a time of day he does not usually edit... this was an "I mean it!" block). My intended message was: "this is unacceptable, and you've been warned about this". His response was to become even more hostile, and went right back to trying to intimidate his fellow contributors. I blocked him for 2 weeks in response, both to give him some time to think, but also to give the other contributors some breathing room to work on the book without harrassment.

When he came back from his enforced break, Panic engaged in some rather odd dialog with me. It became apparent after a few days that he wasn't interested in a frank and/or objective discussion, but rather a cat-and-mouse contest of wikilawyering. When I had had enough, I told him so, in the hopes that he would turn his attention away from me and towards those he actually had the dispute with.

A day or two later, he decided that my decision not to talk to him anymore meant that he could just go back to doing the same thing again. He announced his intention to do so, and then went about doing it.

His choice of what to "fix" first was to move talk page conversations back to where they were. These pages had been moved around and reorganized over time by Panic, in what I can only interpret as an attempt to control (he might say "organize and standardize") any editorial discussion about the book and its chapters. 2 users had spent a couple days trying to undo this mess... one was darklama, who went so far as to ask me if he could do "page history merges". Again, I told him not to, because using admin tools in a content dispute you are a part of is absolutely taboo in my opinion.

My second block of Panic was primarily pre-emptive (stopping the damage before it went too far), and partly punitive (it's hard to read this as anything but trolling, and he was specifically warned about this). He had been warned specifically about the talk page reorganizations, but had removed this warning a few days before. He then announced that he was going to reorganize the talk pages the way he liked them, and began doing so.

My impression of Panic is that he
 * 1) Values debate over the creative process
 * 2) Has little respect for his peers on Wikibooks
 * 3) Is not interested in compromise
 * 4) Is convinced that he is in a "battle" with the community (am impression which I'm afraid particular format for "arbitration" will only serve to enforce)

Panic has asked me to "close" this statement, so please consider it closed. I hope we can keep this moving, rather than letting it stagnate.

Comments from User:Darklama
In disagreements with other people Panic has repeatedly [ misrepresented the community] through claims that the community agrees with him or that he represents the community's wishes. At times when he has gone out of his way to try to prove the community agrees with him by seeking out the opinion of other people, he then refuses to accept their opinions when its clear they disagree with him. When mediators or arbitrators has than become necessary to resolve issues, if the decision is not as Panic wishes, he has than refused to accept the decisions. Fighting with other Wikibookians pretty much every step of the way and believes all his actions are in the right with [ no intention] of conceding to the community's decision.

Panic refuses to acknowledge or accept other people's point of view or decisions when it differs from his own point of view in various ways, including by misrepresenting passed administrative actions, pointing out lack of policies and guidelines, through attempts to prevent good faith edits by reverting and claims that discussion must take place first, using the GFDL and copyright laws as giving him certain rights, or by denying that mediation took place, as reasons to justify his continue obstructive actions and his right to be uncivil, disrespectful and to maintain editorial control of books above anyone else. One recent example involved Panic trying to force a [ deadline] on another Wikibookian under threats of reverting changes if he did not do as Panic wished.

As time has passed Panic has become increasingly hostile, accusing anyone who tries to take reasonable action that goes against Panic's wishes, of violating the GFDL, copyright laws, Wikiboooks policy or his rights. Attempts to clarify policies or guidelines has resulted in Panic trying to [ subvert] changes he disagrees to with his own personal wishes even when it is clear that consensus is otherwise.

Panic has repeatedly bitten new users and in the past established contributors before him, resulting in scaring people off and discouraging further attemps to contribute. I have repeatedly tried to give Panic the benefit of the doubt, but by his repeating the same or similar questionable actions time and time again, and with him making it clear he has no intent to change, leaves me with no doubt left that he is not here to work together with other Wikibookians in good faith as equals on books and I only wish to not be drawn further into his endless cycle of unproductive arguing and his way of doings things.

If I knew what I know now back when this all started, I believe I would of insisted on Panic taking his problems to an administrator or to the staff lounge, since his issues seem to be more of a problem with Wikibooks and how things are done rather then with a single individual. From the beginning with me, he has focused mostly on problems not specifically related to me, such as the forking of the book and his interpretations of what various policies and guidelines allow or don't allow. Which I think was one of the few mistakes I feel I've made in this whole situation.

Part of what Panic has used for his justifications has centered around an old book fork. Since Paddu was involved in the book at the time, I invited Paddu to provide any grievances he has with Panic concerning that rather then trying to rely on other people's interpretations. I also believe through Paddu's grievances with Panic, he can provide some insight into how long Panic has been problematic and a hindrance.

In short I believe Panic has:
 * A long history of difficulty working together with other people and no desire to do so unless they agree with him and work on his terms.
 * Little or no respect for other Wikibookians and their contributions (including additions, corrections and clean up)
 * Through his actions demonstrated a desire to create conflict rather than direct his energy at improving books.
 * Been counter productive and damaging to Wikibooks and its community and will continue to be so, as long as people are willing to let him.

Finally I don't believe Panic can be relied on to admit to what he has said or done, since in the past he has denied things and then later repeats it. Panic has not once that I am aware of bothered to try to clarify what he means or how what he does is not what he denies, which I can only assume from my own experience with him means he does not see a need to explain himself further or simply does not care that how people perceive him could get him into trouble. For example, he has denied mediation/moderation when he specifically chose SBJohnny to do so [] and than involved himself in a small [ revert war] with SBJohnny after having agreed to his mediation/moderation. Panic was [ warned] back then as well. SBJohnny has tried to moderate since then until recently when he willingly offered to let someone else do it.

I do not believe SBJohnny was taking sides, but rather was acting on Panic's own actions and I believe his blocking Panic was considerably relaxed given the situation and SBJohnny would have had every right to block Panic indefinite if he had chosen to do so. I believe SBJohnny may have in fact tried way too hard to not let it come to needing to block Panic indefinitely. I believe unfortunately Panic will need to be blocked indefinitely, because of his [ stated intentions] and he continues to be controlling, disruptive and uncivil. I believe while blocking Panic may be a first here, it would set the bar for what's required to be blocked very high.

I am satisfied with my provided information for now and will hold off any further information and log information if it is needed for clarification or "evidence" until later on in the process. I close my comments so this process may continue and only ask that anyone else who has something to say be given time to finish first as well.

Comments from User:Whiteknight
I've been involved with this issue since the original "request for comments" that SBJohnny described above. At the time, newcomer Darklama was involved in a series of edit conflicts with Panic2k4, a seasoned veteran of the project. Unfortunately for the current proceedings, much discussion between darklama, SBJohnny and myself from that time until the present has occured on IRC, and there are therefore no records of those discussions. I would like to state for the record (though it be unverifiable) that the topic of Panic2k4 being blocked for his behavior was discussed between the three of us and others in the chat room for some time before the blocks were implemented by SBJohnny.

After the initial block by SBJohnny (described above), and Panic2k4's subsequent return, I had received a number of complaints, from Darklama and from User:James Dennett (actually, I received complaints about panic's treatment of James Dennett from another user, not from James Dennett himself). I sent him this initial reminder, to which he sent me this initial reply (minus the unrelated comment from User:Herbythyme, in between) and later I sent this warning/reminder and received this final reply. I did not continue this discussion any further after that.

It is worth noting that at this time, Darklama was promoted into an admin and chose not to take any action himself, instead petitioning SBJohnny and myself to interceed into the matter. I declined initially to take action against Panic2k4, and I strongly urged SBJohnny to abstain from action as well. It was my thought at this time that the situation could be properly moderated and dealt with amicably. However, Panic's actions and responses to SBJohnny after this discussion displayed that the situation would not be solved peacefully. It was after my warning and SBJohnny's warning that Panic was blocked the second time.

Unfortunately, I've been relatively inactive since the middle of december, and cannot comment on the actions that occured after that. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 01:55, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments from User:James Dennett
I've been reluctant to post here; this arbitration process, necessary though it may appear to be, has been set up to be explicitly adversarial, and I fear that may not be likely to lead to a resolution that is satisfactory to all.

However, I would not wish the written records of events to be misinterpreted, and so feel that I must add my own comments here. I have tried, in my own way, to accept some behavior from Panic that I would deem unacceptable in many other contexts, as his redeeming virtues from a Wikibooks perspective are his energy and has willingness to invest effort in writing and editing material. However, it must be said that I have found Panic's particular contributions to the C++ book writing community to have negative value; while not being an expert, he is not open to corrections unless they are done almost exactly as he wishes. For example, he threatened to reverts edits of mine correcting a particular error (equating pointers and arrays in C++, if that matters) because I had not corrected every instance of the problem, leaving some inconsistency; he explicitly stated that inconsistency (with notes on the work in progress) was worse than being consistently wrong. My view of the wiki/cooperative approach is that a 90% complete fix is a valuable contribution, more so for the existence of others who can finish some of the "busy work".

One issue to be very aware of in the context of considering Panic's relationship with the community is that, possibly unintentionally, Panic's characterizations of situations (in particular, disputes) can be very misleading. Descriptions he wrote to users including SBJohnny of his interactions with me included statements about my views which were very inaccurate; I have been wary of correcting them, concerned at escalating a situation. (By now I see that while escalation may well have been the result, that would be as a result of Panic's difficulties in constructive and cooperative conflict resolution.)

As will be clear from the above, I am not a neutral party here. I was neutral, but circumstances have made it impossible for me not to have opinions on the conduct of those involved in this debate. SBJohnny's actions have seemed intelligent and thoughtful throughout, and I would feel that it would reflect badly on the Wikibooks community if that counted for nothing. -- James Dennett 08:07, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments from User:Paddu
Note: this was moved from the [ talk page] as was suggested by Rob Horning, with some comments from Panic removed.

Paddu also started providing some addition comments on Panic here to avoid complications.

I was invited to post at Arbitration/Panic2k4 vs. SBJohnny/Plaintiff Charges by User:Darklama. I'm posting my comments here since I've been inactive in Wikibooks (barring a few responses to comments on my Wikipedia talk page) for quite some time and will remain so indefinitely.

He didn't like to debate with me and instead forked the C++ book so that he can have his say in one book and I can have mine in another -- quite violative of wiki principles. Since at that time there weren't enough administrators interested in avoiding the fork, I chose to stay away and encouraged others to contribute to Panic's fork only, since contributing to both the books would make a later merge more difficult. I also would like to add that right from his early days here Panic probably didn't understand how talk pages work and kept rearranging the talk pages of the C++ book, causing a concern that my comments/ideas were being made less prominent for others to discuss/build on.

I think he might have been incivil to me but I can't say for sure as I don't remember much -- one should probably look at my (not that big) contribution history for such instances. [And of course one could say he has bitten and scared me off, though I wasn't a new user. :-(]

If he has continued to monopolise the book, reverting contribution of C++ experts like James Dennett, as people seem to suggest, I feel he isn't worthy of the respect one would get on being a veteran contributor to a book.

Some of my own personal grievances against Panic include his pasting material from other books (whether GFDL'd or not), his forking the book instead of discussing to resolve issues, and his forking and rearranging talk pages. My issues with Panic are documented throughout most of my contributions to talk pages in the Wikibooks. Interested people could dig through my contribution tree and get some evidence on what transpired between Panic and me. I'll try to post a few links of interest to this arbitration case soon. -- Paddu 09:30, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Here is the link to Panic's edits that reordered all the discussions in what used to be called Talk:Programming:C plus plus—. Note that the original discussion has been commented out (using <-- and --> ). Here he started calling my proposals "dead" though with the kind of traffic Wikibooks was getting then, one should have waited at least 6 months to see if someone opposes/improves on my proposals and his rearrangements made sure not many would get the opportunity to comment on my proposal, but that is just a minor issue.
 * The major issue here is that he commented out the original comments and added his own interpretations of what others said. In the English Wikipedia, these kinds of edits are a strict no-no — one should never remove/comment out others' comments, and never replace them with one's own interpretations of what was said; these reinterpretations will likely be inaccurate.
 * I removed the <-- -->, put his reinterpretations at the end and made clear the problems with the reinterpretations in this edit— but he reverted and stuck to his stance that the proposals were dead, etc. -- Paddu 14:14, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

He made edits like to the talk page which seem to distinguish between "active contributors" and others—very unwiki. In he seemed to say that he was just requesting "major" contributors to comment and was not enforcing protections/etc., but from what others say, it looks like he might have prevented many from becoming "major" contributors in his view by reverting/scaring them off, and probably did revert even major contributors—at least I think he has reverted me while I was still a major contributor. He insisted in that I had not implemented highlighting, whereas all the C++ pages (and the one C page) that I started ( looks like a few pages have been deleted) used my proposed highlighting right from the beginning — he probably was so adamantly tied to the one-big-wikipage idea that he probably refused to consider the pages I started as part of the book. and the next 2 edits show how his rearrangement of the talk page was counterintuitive even to someone who was an administrator at that time and had been at Wikipedia for at least a year prior to that. Panic says in : "I'm taking the road set by P3 "move chapters to modules as they were finished" (they aren't)" which I hadn't understood until I was looking at it and thinking about it today. I had mentioned in the talk page earlier that I'd move content from Programming:C plus plus to things like Programming:C plus plus Hello World, Programming:C plus plus, etc. once the latter modules are complete. Panic had reinterpreted my comment and was talking as though I wanted sections to be finished within Programming:C plus plus and then move them to Programming:C plus plus, etc. I wonder why would anyone propose such a thing — edit a large wikipage with great difficulty and make them larger and when everything is finished split it into smaller pages. Had he not rearranged the talk page I might have clarified what I meant.
 * In that edit he said "...if the solution Paddu indicated will work (transclusion), still waiting for him to give me a working example but" but before that I had already showed him how transclusion works in.
 * seems to say he'd rearrange the page the way he wants and everyone who has commented has to verify if his version is a correct representation of what was said. Ha, ha, ha. -- Paddu 19:18, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

A note that I forgot to add earlier: Since I stopped working at the C++ programming book a lot of page moves/deletes have happened so some of the pages referred to in the discussions that can be found from my contribution tree (including the ones I linked above) might be found at some other location or might have got deleted (so only administrators may view). -- Paddu 21:08, 6 January 2007 (UTC)


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Easy Guide to the Internet

Table of Contents

 * /What's All the Fuss?/
 * /Getting Connected/
 * /Sending an E-mail/
 * /Search Engines/
 * /Shopping/
 * /Downloading Music and Video/
 * /Information Websites/
 * /Wiki Websites/
 * /Making Your Own Website/
 * /Other Computer Jargon/

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User:Qaddosh

I've been using wikibooks for quite awhile. And I haven't updated this in a long time. I'm on the English Wikipedia a little more often.

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Cookbook:Broth

Broth is a liquid in which meat, seafood, cereal grains, or vegetables have been simmered and strained out. Broth is similar to stock; however, stock typically includes bones and/or other off-cuts, and it is typically simmered longer than broth for a more intense flavor. Broth also contains less gelatin than stock since it does not use bones and cartilage. Despite these differences, the terms 'stock' and 'broth' are sometimes used interchangeably.

Broths can be concentrated into pastes or powders and sold commercially—these are often referred to as 'bouillon'. Their shelf life without preservatives is limited. Commercial preparations also often have large amounts of salt and/or MSG added. Bouillon cubes in particular have more salt than flavor and will alter the final recipe in many cases if substituted for fresh broth.

Use
Broth is used as a basis for soups, gravies, sauces, and as a flavor base in many other dishes. It can be eaten alone or with a garnish.

Broth can be slowly simmered until it is clarified and substantially reduced (by at least 50%) to make consommé, which has a substantially more intense flavor. When it is necessary to clarify a broth for a cleaner presentation, egg whites may be added during simmering—the egg whites will coagulate, trapping sediment and turbidity into a readily strainable mass.

In East Asia (particularly Japan), a form of kelp called kombu is often used as the basis for broths called dashi.

Stock recipes

 * Chicken stock
 * Dashi
 * Vegetable stock

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User:Gm1121983~enwikibooks/sandbox

This is my sandbox.

It's always the same, it's just a shame, that's all

"That's All" by Genesis

You've got to change your evil ways, baby Before I stop lovin' you You've got to change, baby And every word that I say is true

You got me runnin' and hidin' all over town You got me sneakin' and a-peepin' and runnin' you down This can't go on, Lord knows you got to change, baby

"Evil Ways" by Santana

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Wikibooks talk:Arbitration/Panic2k4 vs. SBJohnny/Plaintiff Charges

I post this comment on the discussion page because I do not, at this point in time, want to get involved in the arbitration process. I would like to suggest, however, that the charges by different plaintiffs be put in their own section. I see that all charges as of this version are by User:Darklama. Thus they would all go under the heading == Darklama == Or something like that. That way, the charges are just not "Everyman v. Panic," but "An Individual v. Panic" — User:Iamunknown 00:19, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Past discussions involving Panic, relating to his forking of the C++ book can be found at User_talk:Mshonle/Fork issue and User_talk:Mshonle/Fork issue 2. Kellen T 09:00, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Any factual information (such as links to discussions listed above) would be appreciated in this situation. There is going to be a huge amount of reading material on this topic, as it involves some Wikibookians who have many edits and a long history of interaction.  Obviously this is far more complex than a typical Willy on Wheels vandal situation, as would normally be justification for a user block.

 * In defense of why I set this up in this manner, it is already being an advisarial situation, so I'm just pushing that point out into the open. I'm also trying to "give his day in the court", so to say, with Panic, where nobody is being bullied over what they are saying.  Also very important, this is deliberately set up to level the normally unequal situation between user and administrator, which has been accused often on community fora like the VfD page.

 * Not everybody is going to be happy here, but it will make a resolution of the issue. --Rob Horning 17:08, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments from User:Paddu
''Note: I moved Paddu's comments to the "project" side of this page as Robert seems to be suggesting. I have left Panic's comments intact to do with as Robert feels is approperiate. --dark lama  18:10, 9 January 2007 (UTC)''

I request that Paddu should move his comments to the project page if he thinks that we have still any unresolved dispute so that it can be addressed later, as it is, I consider all past action on my divergences with Paddu resolved after the said "fork", if not this lines above marked as comment should be considered as "his analysis of the problem" and as interferences and removed ASAP, as they don't deal with recent events, or events that have a bearing on the discussion at hand. I don't want any information to be destroyed but this is not the place for it, not in such elaborated way (user is free to move it to his talk space, other users talk space but shouldn't be annexed to the actual proceedings).

If not I will exert my right to reply to it here also and probably make things even messier. --Panic 18:52, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I change my request for this information to be removed, and ask that this page to be blocked from future edits but not removed, and that in the future all similar pages of the actual arbitration have all their talk pages blocked as to have users cross commenting the actual arbitration is nor useful, all users that want to participate should do that NOW, before the Arbitration gets to the next step. --Panic 19:44, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

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Please, Please,  Please,  stop trying to fight on this page. I set up a formal debate format for this to be argued, and it is precisely these sorts of nested arguements that I was trying to avoid. This is part of what led to this whole fight in the first place. I have to partially agree with Panic at this point that this discussion has turned into an accusitory position, rather than talking about the format of this page or dealing with items like if this page needs to be closed or not. If you want to say your piece about this, add a section on the "project" side of this page. You don't need to expand this fight elsewhere. --Rob Horning 11:25, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I am not a party in the arbitration and I don't want to be -- you can check that I never edited the project page. I saw that you had said above that some links would be useful so I added some, although I did add my own comments on the links as I thought that might be helpful in understanding those links from a 2 years ago period. I don't want to say anything in the project page. -- Paddu 08:36, 13 January 2007 (UTC)


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