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False Friends of the Slavist/Czech-Croatian

Hrvatsko-češki lažni prijatelji


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False Friends of the Slavist/Slovak-Bulgarian

Българско-словашки неверни приятели на преводача


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False Friends of the Slavist/Slovak-Croatian

Hrvatsko-Slovački lažni prijatelji


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False Friends of the Slavist/Slovenian-Bulgarian

Българско-словенски неверни приятели на преводача


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False Friends of the Slavist/Slovenian-Croatian

Hrvatsko-Slovenski lažni prijatelji


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False Friends of the Slavist/Croatian-Bulgarian

Hrvatsko-Bugarski lažni prijatelji Българско-хърватски неверни приятели на преводача


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False Friends of the Slavist/Croatian-Macedonian

Hrvatsko-Makedonski lažni prijatelji


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False Friends of the Slavist/Croatian-Serbian

Српско-хрватски лажни другови

Hrvatsko-srpski lažni prijatelji


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False Friends of the Slavist/Croatian-Bosnian

Bosansko-hrvatski lažni prijatelji

Hrvatsko-bošnjački lažni prijatelji


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False Friends of the Slavist/Bosnian-Bulgarian

Българско-босненски неверни приятели на преводача


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False Friends of the Slavist/Bosnian-Serbian

Српско-бошњачки лажни другови

Bosansko-srpski lažni prijatelji


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False Friends of the Slavist/Serbian-Bulgarian

Българско-сръбски неверни приятели на преводача


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False Friends of the Slavist/Macedonian-Bulgarian

Българско-македонски неверни приятели на преводача Македонско-бугарски лажливи пријатели


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Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Impedimenta

Overview
Impedimenta  is a jinx that causes the victim to trip, get blasted backwards, etc. The power of the jinx is affected by how much you concentrate when saying the incantation.


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Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Stupefy

Overview
Stupefy is the Stunning Spell. The Stupefy jinx produces a jet of red light from the wand tip which renders its target unconscious, if it hits.

Extended Description
The Stunning Spell or Stunner is used many times in later parts of the series, once it is first shown to us. The jinx is, for obvious reasons, used whenever the author needs to completely incapacitate someone without killing them. There are other jinxes, such as the full body-bind jinx, that serve the same purpose; however, those jinxes will leave the victim conscious, able to recall what is passing while he is disabled.

The effects of the spell seem somewhat inconsistent over the course of the series. It is alternatively described as sending people flying or freezing them in place. The common factor, however, is that the target ends up knocked out. To wake up a stunned person, the Enervate charm is used.

We see the Stupefy spell used in a number of places, but most notably in an attempt to capture the caster of the Dark Mark in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, to control dragons later in that same book, and in an attempt to subdue Hagrid in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Neville attempts to use this spell in the battle at the Ministry later in that book, but his broken nose prevents him speaking the spell correctly and renders it ineffective. Harry also uses this spell in the duel at the all-night cafeteria in the Tottenham Court Road.

Analysis
Giants are mentioned as being largely immune to this spell, which apparently ricochets off them with no real effect. Hagrid, who we find out in the fourth book is half-Giant, seems to have inherited this immunity.

It is mentioned that dragons are also relatively immune to this jinx. When it is used on dragons in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, we see four wizards teaming up to cast simultaneous Stun spells on one dragon.

On the Magic overview page, it is noted that there is a distinction between Charms, which do not modify the inherent nature of that against which they are cast, and Spells, which do. The Stunning spell is actually more properly a charm, because if you cast it on a person, he remains the same person, albeit now asleep. However, we assume that the term "stunning spell" is retained for the alliteration. It can also be referred to as a jinx, and is in many places, or as a hex, because it has an unwanted effect on the subject; very few people want to be rendered unconscious. It is not a curse, because the effect can be reversed without ill effect. It is uncertain where this spell would be taught, though it seems to be in very wide use; as Harry seems to be teaching it to his schoolmates in Dumbledore's Army, it is most likely one of the "defensive" spells normally taught in Defence Against the Dark Arts.


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Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Reducto

Overview
Reducto, also known as the Reductor curse, is a destruction spell, used to reduce objects to dust.

Extended Description
While its main purpose is to reduce an object to dust, it can also cause that dust to spread violently, making a small explosion. More powerful spellcasters can, of course, cast this spell on larger objects, making larger explosions if they care to.

Analysis
We first see this spell when Harry is preparing for the Triwizard Tournament's third task. During the task, he tries (and fails) to use it to destroy a patch of magical golden mist, and later, successfully, to burn a hole through the hedges making up the maze.

We next see this spell when Harry is reflecting on the progress of his students in Dumbledore's Army. Harry recalls that Parvati Patil had performed this curse so well that she had reduced the entire table under the sneakoscopes to dust. Later, during the battle at the Ministry of Magic, Harry's companions use this spell to destroy the shelves in the Department of Mysteries, creating a diversion that allows them to escape the Death Eaters pursuing them.

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Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Finite Incantatem

Overview
Finite Incantatem is a spell that causes easier ongoing spells and jinxes to stop.

Extended Description
Many charms, hexes, and jinxes have ongoing effects; Rictusempra, for instance, causes endless tickling, while Tarantallegra causes endless "dancing" (uncontrollable leg movement). The Finite Incantatem spell can be used to stop all these ongoing effects.

Analysis
Presumably, the wizard casting Finite Incantatem must be more powerful, possibly significantly more powerful, than the wizard casting the original spell, or Finite Incantatem would be taught as a defensive spell and would be much more widely used in dueling. As it is, we only see this spell used twice: in the Dueling Club, Snape uses it to stop all of the jinxes that have been fired by the students, and after the Battle in the Ministry, Lupin uses it to stop the Tarantallegra curse that is affecting Neville.

Some jinxes have more of a one-shot effect; Stupefy, for instance, which renders someone unconscious. Finite Incantatem would have no effect on jinxes of that nature.


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Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Morsmordre

Overview
Morsmordre is a spell that conjures the Dark Mark.

Extended Description
The Dark Mark symbolizes very black magic. When cast, this spell produces a large, luminous green skull that hangs in the air. This is Lord Voldemort's sign, which the Death Eaters used to leave as a calling card over a site where they had worked their evil.

Analysis
The Dark Mark is actually the name of the sigil: a skull with a snake twisting through it. Death Eaters are tattooed with this mark on their left forearm. Morsmordre is a spell that produces a form of the Dark Mark, made of glowing green particles, that hovers in the air.

Morsmordre is a spell known only to Death Eaters, and the appearance of the Dark Mark in the air over the Quidditch World Cup is a clear indication that there is at least one Death Eater still at large and still willing to be identified as such. This causes immediate panic on the part of the crowd, who all remember times when that mark was left floating above a house that had been destroyed.

After Voldemort's return, we would expect to see it more often; however, it does not reappear in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. During this time, Voldemort is secretly rebuilding his power, aided by the Ministry policy of denying his return. Having the Dark Mark appear would, of course, decrease the chance of remaining undetected – though it is likely the Ministry would simply try to spin things to avoid saying Voldemort had returned.

The Dark Mark reappears several times in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, where, as before, it is used to mark areas where Death Eaters have been working their evil. It is specifically noted as floating over the hut where Igor Karkaroff was found murdered, and over Hogwarts during the invasion by the Death Eaters.

A Latin etymology is possible: mors, meaning death, and mordre, from the vulgar Latin mordere, "to bite." This presumably refers either to the snake present in the image, or was more euphonic than the verb "to eat"; mors mordre - a Latin approximation of Death Eater.

Morsmordre as one word and not broken up is actually (intentionally or not) Norwegian. Directly translated it means "motherkillers". This symbolizes the kinds of persons the Death Eaters are, they could kill their own mothers for the sake of Voldemort and purity of the race.


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User:GKidd

Instructor: G. F. Kidd

Introduction to Western Civilization I / Introduction to Western Civilization II

--70.105.49.152 18:00, 11 February 2006 (UTC) (Click for course assignments)

--Abstract Mathematician 04:56, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

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Course Description
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An Introduction to World History provides students the opportunity to explore basic periods of human history in a global fashion. This course additionally provides students with a rigorous framework covering from approximately prehistory to the study of the modern world. Students are currently being accepted and classes will begin around April 8, 2006

In general, class will be held around 4-5 times monthly and meaningful assignments are given on a fairly regular basis including, but not limited to: essays, readings, textbook discussion questions, and the like.

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Class Weights and Measures
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In "An Introduction to World History", class will be accessed in the following manner:

Comprehensive Level:

 * 50% Examinations (includes tests and quizzes)
 * 30% Essays, writings, projects
 * 20% Homework assignments

Accelerated Level:

 * 65% Examinations
 * 30% Essays, writings, homework
 * 5% Homework assignments

Class Assignments
Comprehensive Level

 * Read "The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race" by Jared Diamond. This is an excellent introductory work for the Agricultural Revolution. Additionally, within the World History textbook of Wikibooks, read the introductory sections pertaining to early peoples and the Neolithic Revolution. Although this text doesn't cover the Neolithic Revolution in the greatest magnitude, the reading does and excellent job applying such information. Notes will be posted on this page and opportunities for discussion will also be available. You should expect and essay pertaining to this reading. A good site to visit for this reading is http://anthropology.lbcc.edu/handoutsdocs/mistake.pdf

Assessment questions are posted on the link towards the top of this page (the link with decimals).

 * Complete Essay (see notes page) Due April 15, 2006

 * Complete WebQuest pertaining to early river valley civilizations. You may download the actual course notes from the notes page. Due April 20, 2006'''

Class Rosters and Grades
Introduction to World History Class Roster and Current Averages*:

 * Boredindenton (comprehensive)[100%]
 * bernardo.botelho (comprehensive)[100%]
 * jafiti (comprehensive)[100%]
 * Austinbooth
 * GammaRei
 * PaddyC
 * Alfmaster

This Week's Lesson Plans

 * Week 1... Prehistory and the Agricultural Revolution
 * Reading: "The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race" by Jared Diamond
 * Discussion: The Magnitude of the Agricultural Revolution
 * Assessment: Comparative Essay

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Talk:Puzzles/Lateral puzzles/10/Solution

Could this not have been a totem pole?


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Chinese Tractor Maintenance/Modified Cooling System

This page contains information on the modifications that Chinese tractor owners have made to their tractors to improve the cooling system.

This page is part of the Chinese Tractor Maintenance book. Go to the Chinese_Tractor_Maintenance book.

Radiator Screen
On some Chinese tractors the radiator screen that is supposed to protect the radiator fins has holes that are too large, allowing small debri to fill the radiator fins.

 * Several tractor owners have replaced their screens with inexpensive cardboard framed furnace filters. Buy a filter that is larger than the original screen and cut it to size to fit inside the metal screen rails. These filters are easier to replace then try to clean when they get dirty. They can be removed and reinstall 2 or 3 times before they begin to deteriorate.

 * Another option is to buy a stiffer and hardier furnace filter that is biodegradable. It is moister resistance and be clean and resinstalled more than 3 times before deterioration.

 * You can keep your original screen a wrap it with aluminum window screen that can be obtained at hardware store. This has the advantage of keepin the original screen to protect the radiator from being damaged by objects, etc.

Regardless of the method used to reduce the size of debri entering the raditor fins, it is still necessory from time to time to remove dust from the radiator fins.

Thermostat
The thermostat need not be adjusted but just going to the supplier for a new one.


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Cookbook:Quinoa, Shiitake Mushrooms and Adzuki Beans

Ingredients

 * ½ cup sliced carrots
 * 3 scallions, thinly sliced
 * ¼ cup shiitake mushrooms, sliced (can substitute slightly crushed oyster mushrooms)
 * 2 cups cooked adzuki beans, drained
 * 1 cup washed quinoa
 * 1 tablespoon olive oil
 * 2 cups vegetable broth
 * Salt
 * Pepper

Procedure

 * 1) Sauté vegetables until tender.
 * 2) Add broth, beans and quinoa. Bring to a boil.
 * 3) Reduce heat to low and simmer for about 20 minutes, until liquid evaporates.
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User:Alew~enwikibooks

I am a professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation at Northern Arizona University.

I now teach all my classes at NAU online and since no one was doing anything in geography, I though I would move a book that I have online over here. I actually first posted this over a year ago, but never did anything more with it. I plan to do that now.

Please feel free to add and edit to improve this book and course.

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Agricultural Revolution: Class Notes
NOTES—PP. 1-20 THE RISE OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL CIVILIZAITONS FROM HUMAN PREHISTORY TO EARLY CIVILIZATIONS

In today’s society, communication is steadily improving. People worldwide may now fully interact (i.e. telephone, internet, radio, television). – International interaction has positives and negatives in various ways. Societies greatly influenced by one another. To fully understand world history, time periods are used to understand the subject. Properties of civilizations: state organization, family values, technological advance/change, social structure. Civilizations never truly isolated – International trade, migrations, disease, missionary religions. It may seem as though the earth is growing “smaller”, but in actuality, it is growing more complex. Humans have existed for roughly 2-2.5 million years (1/4000 of time). Human drawbacks: aggressiveness, violence, babies’ dependency for long periods (limits activities of women), awareness of death concept. Positives: opposable thumbs, relatively high sexual drive, omnivores (don’t depend on certain types of food for survival), facial expressions (enhance communication skills), elaborate speech.
 * Paleolithic Age: (until 14, 000 years ago)
 * simple tool use (rocks, sticks)
 * fire tamed for usage (750,000 years ago)
 * Erect stature, growing brain capacity
 * Hunters-gatherers
 * Slow population growth
 * Significant equality between the sexes
 * Speech developed with Homo Erectus (limited use)
 * Cave paintings to explain and communicate
 * Religious beliefs/burial customs emerged (goddesses)
 * Spread of humans throughout the world – fueled by pressure to find food
 * Animal skins for clothing
 * Bans, tribes, clans

Mesolithic Age:
 * Improved tool usage
 * Pots and baskets for storage
 * Domestication of more animals – Transition phase (i.e. cows)

Neolithic Age:
 * Invention of agriculture
 * Creation of cities
 * Continued domestication
 * Pottery, jewels, knives crafted
 * Famine/disease spread
 * Permanent communities
 * Advanced tools
 * Specialization of labor

Neolithic Revolution: Population increases and climate improves – Search for new and reliable sources of food. Big game animals lessen in numbers and smaller animals can’t sustain larger populations. 9,000 B.C.E. – People becoming dependent on regular harvests. New animals domesticated in Middle East and Asia – pigs, sheep, goats, cattle. Farming first developed in Fertile Crescent region – barley and wheat are abundant. Knowledge of agriculture spread to India, north Africa, and Europe. Agriculture developed independently in China (cultivation of rice).

Neolithic Revolution: misleading – agriculture was not a sudden shift from Hunting-gathering. Although, the term is relevant to the magnitude of importance.

Early agriculture supported more people than hunting – People could settle permanently in some areas. Agriculture required more work than hunting. People could afford to build homes/villages - Disease suffering because of higher population density.

Areas isolated from agriculture ideals include: South Africa, Australia, islands of Southeast Asia, and northern Japan.

Agriculture initiated in the Americas around 5,000 B.C.E. Agriculture set the basis for rapid change in societies. Specialization of labor (i.e. basket weaving, pottery, bronze work). Farmers’ economic center was agriculture while many herders relied on farmers.

4,000 B.C.E. – First metal tools – common in the Middle East – Useful to agricultural and herding societies – metal hoes helped to farm the land effectively. Agricultural peoples had toolmakers that specialized in exchange for food.

Woodworking = more elaborate – metal replaced stone, bone, and fire in cutting/joining wood. Iron introduced by herders that invaded the Middle East in 1,500 B.C.E.

Agriculture encouraged civilization – hunting peoples lived in small band (40-60 individuals) and couldn’t settle.

Slash and burn agriculture: people would burn off trees, farm intensely for a few years until the soil depleted, and move on. Houses could be well built, wells dug for water, ‘luxuries’.

--GKidd 14:49, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Agricultural Revolution: ESSAY
Directions: Below is a prompt that pertains to the Agricultural Revoultion of prehistory. Using the notes/discussion questions you have taken based upon "The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race", respond to the following:

'''Jared Diamond conveys numerous consequences associated with settled agriculture in his essay "The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race". Your assignment is to, in a comparison/contrast essay format (see below), discuss the advantages to settled agriculture as well as obvious disadvantages. Furthermore, please use specific examples in today's world that support your response (i.e. without agriculture...)

Here are the FCA's (Focus Content Areas):

 * Proper format of thesis (20 points)
 * Appropriate content - at least 5 positives and negatives (40 points)
 * The thesis is defended throughout the essay (20 points)
 * Real-world examples defend the thesis (30 points)

Total: 110 Points

Comparison/contrast Essay Format:

 * Paragraph 1 --> Introductory (includes background info and thesis statement).
 * Paragraph 2 --> Body 1 (includes positives/negatives)
 * Paragraph 3 --> Body 2 (includes real-world examples)
 * Paragraph 4 --> Conclusion (includes summary info and restates thesis).

This assignment is due on April 10, 2006'''

Wikiversity
Heya! Im new to the whole concept of editing wikis so I hope this is the proper way of contacting you!

I ran across Wikiversity just a few days ago and was very interested in getting involved. Seeing as you're the most active person in my favorite field on the site, I thought I would drop a line and say hello. I was wondering what your take on wikiversity is at the moment. Briefly fill me in and let me know if I can help in the history department if you get a few minutes! I'm currently a university student studying both computer science and history. Like I say I would be very interested in getting involved somehow.

Feel free to write back via talk or even email me at tyson@myhres.net

~Tyson Myhres T.Myhres 23:54, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

New Wikiversity!
Wikiversity has been created! You'll find the new School of History here. 128.187.0.164 07:45, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

2007 class
Are you planning a series of 2007 classes? Hunterd 09:53, 20 November 2006 (UTC) (My talk page will automatically redirect to my Wikipedia talk page, which is where I prefer messages to go). Thanks.

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Talk:Isometric Pixel Art/Other Boxes

Please don't sign your creations, as signatures are unsightly and may distract or confuse readers. Also, please try to keep your images at a resolution divisible by 100, preferablle 200x200 or 300x300 for larger images. Thanks! Jellocube27 00:41, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

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Chinese Tractor Maintenance/Jinma 304 354

Tire Pressure

 * Front 32 - 36 psi
 * Rear (field) 11.6 - 17.4 psi
 * Rear (road) 17.4 - 20.3 psi

Operation
(Starting, Break-in, Normal Operation, Operating Limits)

Fluid Capacities
(Engine oil, coolant, differential, power steering, hydraulic system)

Engine Oil:            Capacity 1.58gal or 6.3  qts (6   ltr) Coolant:               Capacity 1.85gal or 7.4  qts (7   ltr) Transmission:          Capacity 4.75gal or 19.0 qts (18  ltr) Front Axle(4x4)        Capacity 1.75gal or 7    qts (6.6 ltr) Hydraulic:/Cat(1 Hitch) Capacity 2.12gal or 8.7 qts (8.2 ltr) Fuel Tank:             Capacity 8.0gal              (30  ltr)

Maintenance Schedule
(pre-startup,50,100,...hour maintenance

Engine
The model JM354 uses the TY395 engine Chinese Tractor Maintenance/TY395 European approved model uses the Laidong 4L22T engine (2.156 Liter displacement)

Transmission
the website owner is too lazy to update their content

search google for a site that is UP TO DATE at http://www.google.com

Fuel Filter
CX 70100 or Car Quest 86358

Coolant Pump
engine cooling thermostad open at 62 degree celsius

Trouble Shooting
This section contains trouble shooting information that is specific to the these models of tractors. A good place to start for general trouble shooting is the Chinese Tractor Maintenance/Trouble Shooting page.

Owner Modifications/Enhancements
There are many modifications described in Chinese Tractor Maintenance that apply to these Jinma 304 and 354 models.


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Wikibooks talk:Book of the month/March 2006 voting

 * Due to previous voting irregularities, we now require a user to show they are intending to participate with Wikibooks by showing a minimum of 20 edits in your edit history. This number may increase in the future if continued problems persist.

What voting irregularities were these and where is the discussion about this. Gerard Foley 23:55, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, I found it. Gerard Foley 00:03, 11 February 2006 (UTC)


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Chinese Tractor Maintenance/KAMA 454 554

Operation
(Starting, Break-in, Normal Operation, Operating Limits)

Fluid Capacities
(Engine oil, coolant, differential, power steering, hydraulic system) Engine 495 T2 - 12 quarts of 15W-40 Diesel rated oil Rear Axle and transmission - 17 quarts of 75W-90 gear oil - Royal Purple synthetic makes shifting much better. Front axle - 9.5 quarts of 75W-90W Fuel injection - 7 ounces of motor oil 15W-40W

Maintenance Schedule
(pre-startup,50,100,...hour maintenance

295T Engine
(May want to link to a page specific to the engine model so that information is not repeated).

Trouble Shooting
This section contains trouble shooting information that is specific to the these models of tractors. A good place to start for general trouble shooting is the Chinese Tractor Maintenance/Trouble Shooting page.

Owner Modifications/Enhancements
There are many modifications described in Chinese Tractor Maintenance that apply to these KAMA models.


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Talk:Koranic Law of Nature

Because Koranic Law of Nature is religion-neutral book, why don't quotes from Bible as well? 82.210.108.152 01:30, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Not Neutral At All
This book, besides being incredibly one-sided with little factual information at all, seems to be written by someone bent on 'proving' the Koran's scientific accuracy. It is not about nature, Islamic principles or even facts. It seems to contain origional research, and has a fundamentalist agenda. Because of these, I think a total rewrite or deletion of the article is necessary. It is a total violation of what Wiki stands for.

IWoF and ILoN form single book?
Both Islam Way of Life and Koranic Law of Nature are religion-neutral. Both talking about science. The first about social science, the later on natural science. Can we merge them?

Apparently not, because the first are commandments while the later are facts. While both are supporting each other, they are not the same things.

82.210.108.152 02:19, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Apparently we can put them in the same name space, such as Islam:Way of Life:Law of Nature

This will strengthen the relation, without merging them into a big bloated book.

20:59, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Be wary of the NPOV guidelines
The NPOV standard for Wikimedia projects is something that is often difficult to master, and almost all philosophical/theological books seem to suffer from this same issue. I see many similarities between this and the Christianity series of Wikibooks. I defended their inclusion into Wikibooks during previous discussions, but I am suggesting that the contributors try to stick to as much factual information as they can. This is a discussion about Islam, not a soapbox to promote the faith.

In particular, when discussing the early prophets, like Abraham, Mohammed, and Jesus, there is a tendancy among Quroranic writings to add an honorific to the mention of these names like Abraham(blessed be his name). This is a certain point of view and does violate NPOV guidelines, especially when writing to a largely western audience in English. How the Arabic Wikibooks deals with this is up to their own standard of contuct, and I would suspect that they offer a little more lattitude on things of this nature due to the Arabic culture and traditions. I am sympathetic and respectful of the fact that this is going to be written by many Moslems and written for a Moslem audience as well. Further discussion here is certainly appreciated on this topic, and you can add discussion about this topic on Staff Lounge, which is a general discussion forum for all of the Wikibooks users.

I hope this Wikibook is successful, and it is an interesting topic. English-language writings of Islamic philosophies are sometimes difficult to obtain, and content of this nature can help diminish the negative attitudes toward Moslems world-wide, particularly in America and Europe. --Rob Horning 18:07, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

NPOV is indeed essential. No prophet nor mention of Judgment Day should go into this book, personaly I think. 212.123.21.178 11:20, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

New Intro
I've written a new and expanded introduction. I've tried to keep a NPOV throughout, but I know many people will feel that it is dismissive of the claims of the Koran, but there will be no pleasing some people on these matters. However, I feel that the Koran is open to interpretation and people do try to bend it to try to prove that it states things that are not necessarily clearly stated in the text.

In my opinion, this book is a discussion of the relationship of Koranic Natural Law to counterparts in other religions and in science. It is not an essay on how the Koran is indisputably correct, the true word or God, or any other such biased claim. If people want to write that kind of thing, they are in the wrong place.

I am also aware that this book will possibly attract edit warring from the religiously inclined (on more than one side) and the NPOV inclined. Especially contentious may be the comparison with other religions, especially if the other religion is somehow perceived (and people who get upset about these things can perceive a great deal of things that they disagree with) to come out on top. However, Wikibooks is not place for religious soap-boxing, and we should endevour to maintain an NPOV regardless. Inductiveload (talk) 02:25, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Alternative translations
I expanded the section on the cerebrum, and in doing so noticed that the translation used is very different to some common translations (such as that by Maulana Muhammad Ali, which I added and linked). This is a complication of this book I hadn't considered, and further opens the text to interpretation.

A possible question in cases such as this is what to do when the translations are so different as they are here? Should the interpretations be treated separately (eg. a spearate section for fore-brain and fore-lock referencing versions) or should all the discussion for a particular verse be conflated?

Answers, please, on a postcard. Inductiveload (talk) 03:16, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

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Cookbook talk:Yeasted Cornbread

Cornbread is typically a quick bread -- leavened with chemical leaveners. This yeast-leavened bread is decidedly atypical of corn breads.

Suggest move to "Yeast Corn Bread
I wrote this page years ago (as an IP edit) so I would remember my mother's recipe, but you are right that most cornbreads do not use yeast. I suggest it be moved to "Yeast Corn Bread", and a more appropriate quick bread recipe be placed here. (I'm not sure about the one with the OJ in it though. I imagine that isn't typical either.) --Terrible Tim (talk) 00:02, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Yeast is a bit of a departure from most cornbread recipes. I would agree that this recipe should be renamed.  -- MicahDCochran (discuss • contribs) 21:16, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

"Warm Water"
Can you be more specific as to the temperature? I didn't know how warm it should be and so the recipe was an abysmal and inedible failure sadly. (that and I let the yeast sit for too long in the water. Hpelgrift (talk) 05:15, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

 * This would usually be 100 to 110 degree Fahrenheit water for about 10 minutes and the yeast should have a foaming action. -- MicahDCochran (discuss • contribs) 21:19, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

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User:Searchme~enwikibooks

Welcome to my page. :)

Gimmie time, just startin...

 * Electronics
 * Modern History
 * US History
 * World History
 * Physics
 * Chemistry bookshelf
 * School of Electronics
 * School of History
 * School of Chemistry

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Talk:Introduction to Physical Science

Resources
If anyone would tell me how to add worksheets as PDF files it would be much appreciated.

Mathematical Equations
I noticed that many people are entering math like this: x=2y x/2=y But you can use TeX markup to enter math equations like this:

$$x=2y$$ $$\frac{x}{2}=y$$ which is obviously a little nicer. It becomes most useful with more complex equations, where proper rendering is important to be able to easily tell what's being said. Compare lim(x->0) 2sinx^2+tanx/5x^4 to

$$\lim_{x\rarr0} \frac{2\sin x^2}{5x^4}$$

Clearly the TeX markup reduces ambiguity, and doesn't require that the reader know that ^ means exponent (which not everyone does). – Mike.lifeguard  | talk 18:19, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

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Emergency Medicine/Chest pain

Chest Pain
Multiple conditions may present as chest pain. These can range from simple causes such as indigestion, to extremely severe conditions, such as Myocardial Infarctions (heart attack). Potentially life threatening causes of non-traumatic chest pain include heart attacks, pulmonary embolus (clot in the lung), tension pneumothorax and aortic dissection.

Diagnosis

 * The first step in the diagnosis of chest pain involves obtaining a history and performing a physical examination. This history and physical may provide important clues to the most likely diagnoses.
 * The next step is to obtain an EKG (electrocardiogram).

This may show evidence of heart muscle (myocardial) injury or arrhythmias (irregular rhythm). The most important finding for heart muscle injury on the EKG is elevation or depression of the ST segment. Elevation of the ST segment with ongoing chest pain suggests acute myocardial infarction (ST elevation myocardial infarction or STEMI) and requires emergency therapy to open the culprit artery. Blood tests must be obtained to detect elevation of biochemical markers of heart damage('cardiac enzymes' like Troponin I or T, or CK-MB). Elevated troponin blood tests are more specific indicators of myocardial damage and suggest an increased risk of further cardiac events. It is important to note that no single test is capable of conclusively proving or disproving the diagnosis of myocadial infarction. A Chest X-ray may also be helpful. Newer diagnostic modalities in chest pain include using the new 64 slice CT (Computerized Tomography) Scanners, MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging), or Echocardiography. CT scans are being evaluated for a "triple rule out" strategy to image the coronary arteries (to assess for myocardial infarction), the aorta (for aortic dissection), and to rule out pulmonary embolism.

Treatment
The treatment of chest pain varies widely, and is dependent on the cause.
 * Myocardial infarction or ischemia is traditionally treated with oxygen, nitrates, morphine and aspirin (an anti-platelet medication). The definitive treatment of a partial or complete blockage of one or more of the coronary arteries angioplasty, stenting or cardiac bypass surgery.
 * Heparin or Warfarin (also known as coumadin) are used prevent the blood from clotting. Blood clotting plays a significant role in the evolution of a "heart attack" or myocardial infarction, in the development of a clot in the deep venous blood vessels in the legs (ex. a deep venous thrombosis - "DVT"), and potentially with the development of emboli in the atrium of the heart in chronic arrythmias such as atrial fibrillation.
 * "Decompression" is the only definitive treatment for a pneumothorax.  This entails the insertion of a needle or chest tube between the ribs, into the pleural space that lines the lung and the chest wall.  The needle or chest tube is connected with a one way valve designed to allow air to escape from the pleural space with positive pressure (ex. the patient takes a breath in), without allowing the air to re-enter when negative pressure exists (i.e. with expiration).
 * Surgery or stenting are the only definitive treatments for aortic dissection.

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High School Physics/Velocity

Velocity is a concept that combines the ideas of speed and direction. A velocity, thus, is comprised of two components. The magnitude of the velocity is the instantaneous speed at a particular point in time. The direction component can be expressed in a number of ways. Traditionally, we may express the direction in terms of the points of a compass (North, South-West). However, it is common in Physics and Mathematics to use an angle (either in degrees or radians).

The average velocity is similar to the idea of an average speed, but deals instead with the total displacement (as opposed to distance travelled) and is expressed as:

$$v_a=\frac{\Delta x}{\Delta t}$$

For example, a runner who completes a lap of a 400m running track in 1 minute will have a total displacement of 0m, even though they have run 400m. Their average velocity, therefore is zero,

It correlates with acceleration,so if someone is constantly accelerating at a speed of 10cm/s and have been running for 10 seconds, their speed will be...

In which $$\rm Time\cdot Acceleration=Speed$$

 * $$t$$ = time running
 * $$a$$ = acceleration rate
 * $$s$$ = speed.

So with the previous example,

$$\rm 10s\cdot 10\frac{cm}{s^2}=100\frac{cm}{s}$$

If you are accelerating with a speed that is growing by 10cm/s,the formula would be

$$((at)+a)\cdot\frac{t}{2}=x$$

so if one were gaining 10cm/s in their speed per second while keeping their current speed...

$$((10\cdot 10)+10)\cdot\frac{10}{2}=500\rm cm$$

For variety of values,lets say the acceleration only lasted 5 seconds...

$$((5\cdot 10)+10)\cdot\frac{5}{2}=500\rm cm$$

authors: יהודה שמחה ולדמן

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Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Outreach

The official answer book for the Outreach Honors series by Leland Davis is available through AdventSource. However, it has not been updated since 1998 and it does not include answers for any honors introduced since then. Some of the honors listed in the binder have moved to other categories.


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Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/ADRA

These honors were developed by ADRA, which is the Adventist Development and Relief Agency.

The official requirements for the ADRA series of honors can be found at the General Conference's Youth Ministries website.

Index of ADRA Honors (9)
In 2009, the ADRA honors were re-written to make them more accessible to Pathfinders. Here is a summary of some of the changes.
 * The Tutoring honor was renamed /Literacy/, and we have moved the page to reflect this.
 * /Disaster Response - Advanced/ was introduced.
 * Crisis Intervention was renamed /Conflict Resolution/ and somewhat rewritten. Much of it is the same as before, but there are some major differences.
 * /Urban Development/ and /Rural Development/ were combined and renamed /Community Development/.

Index of ADRA Honors by Skill Level
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Tagalog/Nouns and markers

This lesson will teach you about the usage of nouns and markers in Tagalog.

Mga pangungusap at pangmarka (Nouns and markers)
While Tagalog nouns are not inflected, they are usually preceded by case markers. There are three types of case markers: absolutive (nominative), ergative (genitive), and oblique.

Unlike English and Spanish which are nominative-accusative languages, Tagalog is considered to be either an ergative-absolutive language, or a language with an Austronesian alignment. It's a common misconception that Tagalog is frequently spoken in the passive voice.

Absolutive or nominative markers mark the actor of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive verb.

Ergative or genitive markers mark the object (usually indefinite) of an intransitive verb and the actor of a transitive one. It also marks possession.

Oblique markers are similar to prepositions in English. It marks things such as location and direction.

Furthermore, noun markers are divided into two classes: one for names of people (personal) and the second for everything else (common).

Below is a chart of case markers. mga (pronounced [maŋa]) marks the plural. The word ng (pronounced [naŋ])

Examples
Dumating ang lalaki. "The man arrived."

Nakita ni Juan si Maria. "John saw Maria."

Pupunta sina Elena at Roberto sa bahay ni Miguel. "Elena and Roberto will go to Miguel's house."

Nasaan ang mga libro? "Where are the books?"

Kay Tatay ang susi. "Father has the keys"

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Tagalog/Authors of the Tagalog Wikibook

The Tagalog Wikibook wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for its authors. Although the book was started anonymously, contributors have constantly improved upon it and have brought the Wikibook into good shape.

The Tagalog Wikibook has received contributions from the following users (please insert your full name if possible):

 * User:Akira123323
 * User:Aya
 * User:Jeomaxxters
 * User:Jguk
 * User:Jondel
 * User:Lotusduck
 * User:Perryv
 * User:Mk32
 * User:JL 09

We also like to thank the anonymous contributors who have made the Tagalog Wikibook project possible.

^ Table of Contents ^ | Authors of the Tagalog Wikibook | History of the Tagalog Wikibook>>

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Bicycles/Maintenance and Repair/Chains/Chain sizes

There are several relevant measurements for a chain, some more relevant than others:

 * pitch : distance between rollers centres - always the same (1/2"/12.7mm) on modern bikes
 * internal width : distance between the inside plates - varies by small increments depending on the number of gears on the bike drivetrain from single speed to 11 speed - 3/32" and 1/8" are common sizes - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_chain for a list of common widths
 * external width : greatest outside width of the chain; often this turns out to be the width of the pins (that go through each roller and connect the plates). This width varies for 3/32" chains, and the width required depends on the number of speeds that the chain needs to work with on the rear cog cluster
 * length : defined by the number of links in the chain

Internal width: 3/32" or 1/8"?
Bikes with just one cog in back -- single-speed, fixed-gear/fixed wheel, and internally geared bikes like 3-speeds -- traditionally use 1/8" chains if the chainwheel and sprocket are 1/8, but use 3/32" chains if they are 3/32. So, get the correct width, but if in doubt, get 1/8" as it will work on 3/32 chainwheels and sprockets but it's not ideal. A 1/8" chain will not work correctly on a derailleured bike. A 3/32 will not work on a 1/8 chainwheel and sprocket.

External width
The external width matters for derailleur-equipped bikes because rear cogs are spaced close enough together such that a chain that's too wide will rub on adjacent cogs.

So, the width of chain required basically depends on the number of cogs (speeds) in back, since clusters with more speeds have their cogs spaced closer together.

In general, drivetrains up to and including 8 speeds can use the same speed chain. The packaging/marketing chains often don't mention that they work with 5, 6, 7, or 8-speed bikes -- but if it mentions compatibility with any of these speeds, then it is compatible with all. The pin width of these chains is usually 7.1 or 7.2mm.

9-speed drivetrains use chains up to 6.8mm wide. These are typically explicitly marketed as 9-speed chains.

10-speed drivetrains use chains up to 6.2mm or so wide. Again, these are marketed as 10-speed chains.

It is usually possible to use a narrower chain on a fewer-speeds drivetrain, but beware of narrow 9-speed and above chains with old chainsets as the chain may drop between the rings when changing down to the inner ring. There's no significant benefit to doing so though since 9- and 10-speed chains are more expensive.

Chain Length
The length of a loop of roller chain can be defined in two primary units: pitches and links. A pitch of chain is the center-to-center distance between two rollers. A link of roller chain is the smallest segment of chain that can be removed from a loop of chain and still allow the loop to be reconnected. A link is exactly two pitches of chain, which includes one set of outer plates and one set of inner plates. If a single pitch of chain needs to be removed, the ends of the loop will need to be reconnected with a special type of master link called a half link. A half link performs the job of the outer plates on one of its ends, and the job of inner plates (and roller and bushing) on its other end.

On a derailleur-equipped bicycle, the chain must be sized so that the drivetrain can be shifted into the large-large combination of front and rear gears, and so that in the small-small combination of front and rear gears that there's no sag in the chain and also no rubbing between the two pulleys of the rear derailleur.

One of the simplest ways to size a chain is described by Sheldon Brown on his website. In short, thread the chain tight around the large-large sprocket combination, but not through the rear derailleur. Find the tightest point where you could connect the ends of the chain. From that point, count out one more link of chain (which will be one inch when dealing with bicycle chain) to determine the total number of links required. Once the chain is shortened to this point and installed on the bike, it is long enough to handle all possible gear combinations.

The other common ways of determining chain size are described in detail on the informative Park Tool website.

Sources & References

 * Sheldon Brown - http://sheldonbrown.com/chains.html and http://sheldonbrown.com/derailer-adjustment.html#chain
 * Peter Verdone - http://www.peterverdonedesigns.com/bikechains.htm
 * Park Tool - http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/chain-length-sizing
 * Pardo's Chain Wear and Measuring Tools - http://pardo.net/bike/pic/fail-004/000.html


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User:Jjlongoria~enwikibooks

My name is Jon, and I'm a college student going for my BS in Pre-Pharmacy (Chemistry) at the University of Texas - Pan American in Edinburg, TX.

I'm currently a tutor at the University, primarily working with general and organic chemistry.

I'm a fan of:  Chemistry Deductivist Philosophy Theological Discussion Catholic Doctrine Shan Dong Praying Mantis Kung Fu

More to come...

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Talk:Main Page/Archive 3

Link needs to be changed
The link at the bottom of the page going to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Complete_list_of_Wikimedia_projects#Proposed_projects needs to be changed to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_projects 220.233.48.200 13:27, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Collaboration of the Months...
I have a proposal to make - that is, that we have three or four Collaboration of the Months instead of one. Should be selectedas follows: While I hear people ask; "Why split it? Why dilute the limited amount of people who take notice and work on these each month anyway?" I believe that the opposite is the case, and that if there were three or four as opposed to one, everyone would have something they could work on. Being a humanities orientated type person there hasn't really been much to interest me in the past couple of months and so I haven't worked on CoM's at all. However, if there was a variety of books this might entice more people to work on them. Serge 08:15, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * one from thr Arts/humanities/languages bookshelf,
 * one from the maths/science/engineering bookshelf, and
 * one from the computing/IT/games bookshelf,
 * with possibly one from the Misc/How To bookshelf as well.

 * I would suggest splitting it even further by using a system similar to Wikipedia where they have many distinct 'stub' templates which are attached to every page that needs attention (e.g. "science stub", "arts stub"). This way, users can pick and choose which pages they might like to work on from a much larger variety. It also means we would no longer have to update that section of the main page each month, which is by no means automatic, but takes a lot of editing and creating of new pages to work. - Aya T E C 17:32, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

 * While this is all well-intentioned, I think the focus at this stage should remain, well, focussed. With Wikipedia's COTW recently split into two articles per week, numbers of edits and articles' general improvement has collapsed. This is a shame, and there are suggestions to revert back to the old system. By all means, have 'local' COTWs or COTFs, but we must make sure that we are not diluting effort. However, I like the idea of specific stubs, provided it doesn't slow the whole system down! Mark Lewis 22:51, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I do like the idea of trying to "split up" the CoM into seperate sections, but based on the number of votes that are being cast right now, it seems as though the current CoM section is close to a dead section entirely. Particularly interesting because the Book of the Month section seems to be really taking off in popularity, and that there are a few "voters" that also visit the CoM page, it doesn't get nearly the same number of people "participating".  I don't know exactly why that is.  Part of that may be due to the fact that actually adding content, and in particular getting away from your "pet" Wikibook is a bit harder than it may seem on the surface.  I think this is a good question to ask:  Does this seem to help out with the quality of the Wikibooks when they get made "Collaboration of the Month"?  I'm sure the Wikibook may get some extra attention due to the fact it is so prominent on the front page of Wikibooks, but how many new editors show up to the Wikibook and actually get involved with adding new content?  Compared to Book of the Month?  I know it isn't the same thing, and I'm not advocating the elimination of CoM by any means, and perhaps the minor boost from advertising in a prominent location is worthwhile on its own.  --Rob Horning 12:37, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Removing bookshelves from main page
Compare the Wikipedia page to the Wikibooks main page. I believe we need to shorten the page considerably; and what I suggest is removing the partial bookshelves from the bottom (why are they partial? Why are some books listed and not other?) and have a link to each bookshelf. This would mean also that there is one less place to place a link to when you're creating a new book, so there's less confusion. Serge 02:22, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

Please delete The_Manual_of_Crime
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 * Deletion (which seems likely) is pending a more precise definition of what is and is not acceptable on wikibooks. See its VfD page for more discussion. Kellen T 19:35, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Perhaps we don't need to wait that long. Does any bureaucrat want to delete it now? As far as I know all admins agree that Jimbo's comments imply the book is not appropriate. But it seems no one wants to actually do the deed. Since I was involved in the discussion heavily I think perhaps a bureau would be more appropriate. MShonle 21:33, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I guess the admins are afraid that somebody is going to have the contents of the book applied to them if they delete the book by sticking out their necks. :)  I didn't do the deletion because I had some very mixed feelings about the book, despite Jimbo's opinion on the subject.  --Rob Horning 00:04, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Large main page (wow, first comment?)
I was wondering if maybe anyone feels the same about the main page being a little large. There's a gigantic wall of links and it's pushing down the language links too much. I haven't thought about this much, so I don't have a new proposal or anything, but maybe it's something we can think about. --84.41.190.238 15:53, 29 September 2005 (UTC) [edit: I wish my account on Wikipedia would also work in here.]

 * The Bookshelf idea needs to be rethought somewhat, but at the same time this is precisely what Wikibooks is all about: Books that have been written.  If the front page seems a bit long, it is due to the success that we are having by attracting people to come help us out, and the amount of content that has been written.  Thank you for not trying to "rock the boat" until you come up with something else.  --Rob Horning 00:07, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Most Popular Wikibooks
Just a suggestion. I think it would be a good idea to have a small "most popular" section (or just a link) on the 5 most viewed books or something.

I agree. There should be a most popular section, and the "most active" wikibooks section needs to be revived. Whatever happened to it, anyways?

 * The problem for putting this information on the front page is that we need to collect the data. Right now we can guess the "most popular" wikibook by trying to count edits done in the past month, but that requires at the moment a download of the full database, which is getting quite large.  Unless you have a broadband internet link (preferably a T1 or T3 dedicated connection to a major backbone) getting this data is really prohibitive at the moment.  For that reason, nobody has taken up the task.  You also have to know SQL programming to extract the data as this is not easily done.  It would be nice to have "direct access" to the MySQL database running Wikibooks, which would be able to get this information.  Unfortunately, that is restricted due to the fact that queries of that nature are very CPU intensive and the servers are barely keeping up with normal page requests right now as it is.  BTW, if you think this is bad, try to consider doing something similar on Wikipedia.  Nearly impossible to download the full database of all edits.  If you want to help out and get this done as a MediaWiki feature, you are welcome to do so, but you need to get into the MediaWiki software directly to try and fix those features...and have the requests restricted in some way that isn't going to kill the whole server farm if it is used.  --Rob Horning 04:30, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

PLEASE! +sk

 * I added link to Wikibooks language, but only sysop can add interwiki to main page. --Derbeth 07:47, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Collaboration of the Month
I have created the collaboration of the month voting page for November but cannot fix the main page. Could someone with the appropreate level administrative privieges do that? Klingoncowboy4 22:32, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Wikibooks mentioned on podcast
PowerUser.tv is where it is talked about on a podcast. --86.134.81.77 22:54, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Outdated link to English WikiSource
The link on the bottom to WikiSource points to http://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page:English but it has been moved to http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page:English --209.7.171.66 19:52, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Book of the Month Trophies
I just noticed a cool "feature" that I'm surprised hasn't been discussed yet... Minature "trophies" for each Book of the Month winner on the bookshelf section of the Main Page. I don't want to clutter up the front page more than it already is, but this is a nice "bonus" feature for books that have earned this distinction. I'm too lazy at the moment to note who has added the feature, however. Thanks for trying to keep the front page fresh and interesting. --Rob Horning 00:01, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Hey, that is cool! I definitely think leaving them after the month is fine, it's not like they take up much more room that way. GarrettTalk 12:36, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Ido Wikibooks
I'm aware that this isn't the place to ask, but I've been going around to the main page on the multilingual portal, a few sysop pages etc. etc. since May. Still nothing. Um, can anyone tell me who I have to contact to get a Wikibooks set up in Ido? mithridates

Oh, another thing I've yet to receive an answer to is when the Ido Wiktionary will get put on the search bar for the main page, as it is the 4th biggest Wiktionary after all. That's something else I've been waiting for since May. Thanks for your indulgence.

 * See Requests for new languages. As for the Wiktionary question I'm not sure where you should ask that but it's certainly not something we can help with. GarrettTalk 00:14, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

No, I didn't think so but it was an act of desperation I suppose. Nobody seems to know. ^^ Thanks. mithridates

Is there a way to dowload Wikibooks ?
Although I have been using Wikipedia for a while, I just understood the Wiki power today (I am planning to learn how to insert the MS blush figure and would have put here if I knew how). In the Wikepdia, one is usually looking for short articles or definitions and thus the information per page is very useful. When it comes to books, however, it would be more convenient to be able to download to read them on paper, not on the screen. Is there a way to download large sections of these books or to download them entirely?

Regards,

AbuDhir

 * This is a goal we are working toward. Within an individual Wikibook you can collect all of the pages together through a process called transclusion.  There are some drawback to this approach, but it does allow you to "download" the whole book at once.  There is also an effort right now to try and get a single page or even multiple pages to be converted to a PDF file directly to download.  Keep in mind that Wikibooks is still a relatively new project, and only recently have we been able to get several books somewhat ready for public distribution in general.  Any help to get this goal accomplished will be appreciated.

 * As an example of a whole Wikibook at once, take a look at the Complete Wikijunior Solar System Wikibook (be careful on clicking there as there are many images that come up at once as well). Other Wikibooks have put together similar kinds of collections for their pages.  --Rob Horning 01:52, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Something I was just thinking of: I know it was decided to not use wiki resources to make an extra copy of the whole wikibook for download, but considering there are at least 2 mirrors of Wikipedia out there, do you suppose there is a mirror that either can or already has compiled a wikibook for download? I figure, if they have enough spare servers to mirror wikipedia, an extra set of wikibooks probably isn't that much more. --2tothe4 04:01, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't know of any WB mirrors other than that GFDL-violating cookbook mirror. Once we have every book using the / naming convention it would be possible to add a customisation that could quickly dump an entire book, but for now an initial transclusion is the only way. GarrettTalk 06:12, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Wikijunior New Book of the Quarter template
I just wrote a new template that is to help decide future Wikibook projects on Wikijunior. You can look at the template directly here:

Template:Wikijunior:New Book Description

We are calling this the New Book of the Quarter because it is felt that with the current participation level on Wikijunior that we can only get one new Wikijunior book out every three months at best and don't want to get ahead of ourselves. We also need to get some "fresh blood" into the project, so we are experimenting with a new way in Wikimedia projects to encourage some growth but not overwhelm everybody with stuff going in all directions. In this case we are seeking proposals for new book subjects to add to Wikijunior, but the decision as to what book to add next is going to be determined within the community.

The reason I'm bringing this up here on this talk page is that I want to add this template to the main page for Wikibooks under the Book of the Month section. As an admin I can do the update and put it in, but I would like to get some feedback before the changes to the front page occur. Mainly, are there any objections to me adding this to the front page? --Rob Horning 18:41, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm all for this template. Wikijunior needs more attention. - 68.106.140.79 (really W:En:User:Kookykman)

Computing bookshelf
Does anybody know what happened to the Computing bookshelf. It appears to have been removed from the list of bookshelves. Thanks. — RJHall 19:55, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Ah, somebody put it back. Thank you! — RJHall 21:16, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Voting links wrong
The CotM link is pointing to Jan 2005 rather than 2006. In addition, they are both hard-linked to the edit pages, whereas I have just created both... Odd bloke 15:45, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Fixed CotM and BOTM templates. --Derbeth talk 16:41, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

:fr version of the main page
I have seen here some comments about the oversized bookshelves. Please have a look at the main page of the french version of Wikibooks. We have selected the best books and the rest is stored in a subpage. It can be accessed through a simple link. We have less books but the point was to show the best contributions on the main page. Dake - 11:41, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I think this is not suitable for our Wikibooks - we have to many books, it would be hard to select as few as you have on the main page. --Derbeth talk 14:03, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Note that we are performing a rotation of the books shown on the main page. Dake - 13:31, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Social Sciences
Perhaps the social science bookshelf could be added to this page. Vault 18:47, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, found the template. Vault 05:48, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Bulgarian Wikibooks
Could you link this Wikibooks to the Bulgarian Wikibooks, please? I believe the language code should be Thank you. --Vanka5 22:43, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Done. --Derbeth talk 22:46, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

vandalism
im no regular here, but i guess that the picture of human faeces shouldnt be on the front page.

 * How does Wiki fight vandalism? You have to spot it to remove it? Do you rollback a to a previous safe version? How does it work?

 * It's a one-click revert, if you want to know. --Derbeth talk 23:36, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Serbian Wikibooks
Could you link this Wikibooks to the Serbian Wikibooks? The language code is. Thank you in advance. --Djordjes 19:06, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikiversity
We would like a link from the main page to [] to help our students find the current main entry point to Wikiversity. This will be beneficial in the long term to Wikibooks as we obviously search the wikibooks stacks and sister projects for applicable materials when assembling our learning materials and portals. The 200/300 vote to proceed as well as the multitude of external free online learning environments suggest that a free online university will arise somewhere on the Terran Grid. The only real question is whether it will be using wikibooks.org as a primary source of free online material. 70.110.48.73 23:30, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I hope I did a better job than simply a link on the front page. I added a link on the navigation bar that goes straight to the main page of Wikiversity instead.  I hope that works out better, and is a link that is available on all of the pages.  --Rob Horning 00:24, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Other language box
Please add "Suomi (finland)" list... fi.wikibooks.org/wiki, thanks folks
 * Done. --Derbeth talk 22:08, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Pictures to link to articles?
I notice that pictures link to the source page for that picture. That's a great feature, but it seems counterintuitive. On most internet pages using a layout like Wikibooks, the graphic would be a link to the article (or in this case, book module). I've forgotten and made that mistake a few times now. Is there any chance of changing to a format where the picture links to the article and the picture box contains a link to the picture info? Irrevenant 02:01, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

 * It's default behaviour at all MediaWiki-based projects, I don't think we should change it. --Derbeth talk 09:30, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

 * This has been brought up before. One way around it is to make the Image: page a redirect, but other than that there's no solution unless we enable external image display (i.e. pasted image URLs turn into images) which causes its own problems. GarrettTalk 20:55, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

"mirroring" wikibooks
is there anything wrong about "mirroring" wikibooks, as long as the copyright notices are perseved and the origin is pointed out? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.136.128.14 (talk • contribs).
 * No, we are happy if materials from Wikibooks are used in proper way. Read Wikibooks:Copyrights to ensure you understand our license. --Derbeth talk 18:34, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

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Wikibooks:Policies and guidelines/Proposed reform

This page seeks to set out all current and currently proposed policies and reference them to proposals made for discussion purposes. Everything in here is open for discussion. The general principles to these reforms should be discussed on this central page. Comments specific to individual discussion drafts should be made on their own talk pages.

Other guidelines
For other guidelines see Policies_and_guidelines. It is proposed to remove these (perhaps restoring them in the help namespace).

Resultant policies
Should the above proposals be accepted, we would be left with the following (and only the following) as policies:

 * GNU Free Documentation License
 * Copyrights/Proposed merger
 * Designated agent (also transcluded into Copyrights/Proposed merger)
 * What is Wikibooks/Unstable
 * Naming policy
 * Editing policy/Proposal
 * General voting rules
 * Be civil
 * Disclaimers/Proposed merger


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Talk:Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Modeling a Wolf from Guide Images

the pictures was not photographed okay
in order to use the picturs to orthographic views, you need to look orthograpic. of course we can't photograph in orthographic view, but we can approach this by taking picture fur away from the object with zoom. taking picture furer from the object, will make the picture closer to orthographic. like in telescope.

In the begginning
To take a picture along the X, Y and Z axes at the same time, you could use two mirrors. One is placed next to the puppy at 45 degrees to the camera and 45 degrees to the puppy. Another is placed above the puppy, also at 45 degrees to the camera and 45 degrees to the puppy. This produces three images, one of the puppy, one of its reflection seen 90 degrees to the right, and one of its reflection seen from overhead.

 * This must be a joke... What if we had a title 'Turning a Cube into a Bigfoot'? Will you take a picture of him? This tutorial must be without reference pictures. Make some simple puppy model or change title in 'Turning a Cube into a photorealistic Puppy'--Popski 21:04, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Generally, if one were making a model of a Bigfoot, one would have reference drawings to go by, I'd think - sketches, at least. And where this is the second tutorial intended for complete neophytes, I'd think that it's entirely appropriate to leave the photos in here. Moofus 00:28, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Would someone who has a puppy mind posting some orthogonal photos (and providing a link to them, wherever they are) My lack of the former and hence the latter is making it really quite challenging for me to follow this tutorial, must as I would like to :) Sandothegrate 21:06, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I've posted 6 pictures of a toy wolf to get this tutorial rolling. I'm trying on my own to do it the way I've seen in 3d Studio Max, with images mapped to 3 planes (top front side) but even though I can get the images to line up, it doesn't show in the ortho views, even when I turn on textured view.  Must be a button I'm missing.  Back to the manual I guess. --Dmwick 03:25, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Well, I took the wolf pictures, thanks Dmwick, and made a wolf using them, and wrote up a fairly comprehensive tutorial. That was before I read this page and discovered that Popski thinks reference pics are a joke.  No, Popski, that ain't nice, and it ain't assuming good faith to tell a newcomer to Wikibook contributions that their work is a joke.  Have you got a better idea for taking three photos of a squirmy dog in x,y and z axes?  Then, write it up.

Well, be that as it may, I need some guidance on getting the screenshots uploaded. Any advice would be appreciated: there's a bunch of them, and they're large. Are there any size limits? I've got Irfanview, so I could cut the size, if that's necessary. I'd like to get the pics up before I add the text, since I don't want the text up without the pictures - it won't make sense. Also, since I am new here, is this Popski fellow someone I need pay any attention to? Bill 03:56, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * It'd be good if it was possible to post said tutorial.. I'm currently clueless as to what to do. as for images, maybe you should use imageshack? or something? --124.178.120.214 08:16, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Shouln't this chapter rather explain cube modelling? The pictures look (to me as a noob) like some "curve and path modelling" (see some chapters below) or polygon-to-polygon modelling. I have expected something like extruding and splitting cubes. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 * The wolf is based in cubes in the first several steps, but more basic cube modeling is available (see Quickie_Model and Modeling_a_Simple_Person). --75.33.63.136 02:06, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Views
The text says

To line the new endpoints up in three dimensions, open three view windows, put one in top view, one in side view, and the third in front.

How do I open three views?

 * it is explained in a previous tutorial. There is a link to get there in the setting up section.Badalia

New Tutorial
I have created a new tutorial that I think is much clearer for this topic. Is anyone open to seeing what it looks like?

 * I like the idea of starting with a simple pyramid instead of the dog, but your tutorial needs some editing. You didn't bold the keystrokes and it needs to be made more into steps and less in small multi-step paragraphs.

 * This should also probably be split into 2 sections on the categories page and not called 'turning a cube into a puppy' as you don't really use the cube in either besides the 1 vertex point. Something like 'creating models with photo assistance' with a few parts.

 * It might be a fun idea to use some schematics instead of photos since the photos aren't easy to take.. there are a lot of neat schematic websites out there that have cars and mechs and all of that, scaled and ready to be created. I haven't done it myself yet though, just an idea. Once I get a better handle of Blender I'll give that a shot. --Darkdaven 19:09, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I do not know how to change the font in the tutorial. If you know how to do it, please do.  I will break the tutorial in to smaller steps.  (The "cube/vertex" was how the original writer of the tutorial started their object, I think because they (and I ) don't know how to simply create a vertex from nothing, but the point is well taken)

...later...I figured out how to change the font. I split the directions down some, but I don't think they can go down any further. Let me know what you think.

 * I found this website that had schematic drawings for every starship in startrek. Its pretty silly but I think that it will do the trick-Badalia

 * I like the tutorial on the pyramid one.. makes me understand precisely the technique of modelling with pictures as guides. But I cannot follow the second part of the tutorial... Anyway, now I am trying to model a puppy (from photos of my puppy soft toy), not sure exactly how I should be doing it. Can I post screenshots of my progress and then you all help me see if my method is correct? (my model has really a lot of vertices! i think..)

Would it be possible to choose a slightly easier photo to model than one of a wolf? I've spent three days or so at it, and it's coming along miserably... Perhaps something inorganic and not unexpectedly curvy, like a lightswitch, chair, bottle, or computer monitor? The curvy edges of the wolf make everything so confusing. I find myself playing the "which vertex goes where?" game... Some suggestions as to how to keep track of everything and keep the edges created by subdivisions straight (I'd particularly like some advice on when they're necessary, or if it's simply better to have as many surfaces as possible?  I get lost looking at my model) --MyOwnLittlWorld 02:54, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Like the guy above me, I'm really struggling with the wolf, the problem for me is the lack of direction at this point : " Let's start refining the model starting with the tail. Line up the verts over the wolf in each viewport by lasso selecting multiple vertices (CTRL LMB, Drag). then move to the right location with grab (GKEY)." Then in the next pictures, they have a decent looking tail I can't get at all. I'd be grateful if someone could spell it out step by step.

Moved discussion from module page.

 * (user comment) I too was doing this tutorial when I realized the pictures were a bit off. So I decided to do my own photos of my own object. However this turned out to be more difficult then I thought at first. While taking your own photos be aware of several things. The camera you are using has to have its lens parallel to the object you are taking a picture of. Also when you take the 3 different photos (front, side, top) or even more you need to keep the camera the exact same distance from the object as well as the exact same zoom on the lens for all your pictures. Once you have your photos, rather then lining up key points in the photos you should center your object in the center of the photo.

 * (user comment) It's not necessary to center the object in the photo. In the Background Image window, you can tweak the center point with X Offset and Y Offset.]

 * (user comment fr. random9q) I'm using v2.4.2a -- don't know whether this is a bug or something else -- but after selecting the background image for a viewport it fails to display the image. That, ah, makes this page in the tutorial a bit abstract. But still worth the time, as -- basically -- you're learning how to take a very plain object and whittle it down to what you want. Notice that this is different than everything done with the stick figure, where what you did was additive? Two very different techniques, and I'd imagine that in production you and I will be using both interchangeably. If you can get the background imaging to work then you're doing better than I am, and you get to practice whittling down an object to a specific reference image.

 * By the way, it doesn't really matter whether you choose to use the background image's X and Y bias settings to offset the image or choose to simply drag your object around to align it with the image. The important thing is this: once you've used the first image and gone on to the second and the third, the edges of your puppy-to-be had best match up against the image you're about to work against. If you don't, your puppy is going to be a bit distorted, which for most folks kind of defeats the purpose of using a reference image. (If you're like me, however, it might make a cool way to devise a weird art-piece that only looks like the original object from very specific angles yet, otherwise, looks nothing like it.) (end comment) (Moved by --Herraotic 22:42, 6 January 2007 (UTC))

Could use some clarification
"Subdivide the appropriate faces" (In figure 2.3.2) may be a bit too vague for a newbie.. at least, it definitely is for me because I'm a little stuck here. I know how to subdivide faces, but I don't have an exact idea of how I'm going to achieve what I need here with subdivisions.

Agreed
I have no clue what the "appropriate faces" are here. I tried a couple different faces, but have no clue as to how form the parts of the body from the new faces. - 216.6.179.63 18:43, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Horse Images
Would like to contribute these images for use with this excercise:

,, , , ,

I found that the following paramaters sized & lined up the images pretty well: front -   size: 4.87, x-offset: 0.32, y-offset: -0.13 top -     size: 5.00, x-offset: 0.00, y-offset: 0.00 right -   size: 5.22, x-offset: 0.46, y-offset: -0.35

I plan to improve these (shooting from much farther away, better lighting, better background) when I can borrow my friend's Nikon. But until then, this is the best my camera can do.

I'm having trouble loading up the images on Blender and the guide is really vauge on how to do it.

Vertex at cursor?
Is there a way to create a vertex at the cursor? I know Ctrl+LMB creates a vertex, and then you can send it to where your cursor is using Shift+S, but it would be nice to be able to skip a step and just create it there in the first place. Any thoughts?

pointer to finished model?
Could someone provide a url for a finished wolf model from this tutorial as done by the original author or an experienced user? I think it would be helpful to be able to compare my end result to what might be 'expected' from someone who knows what they're doing.

Excellent tutorial, otherwise!

Two vertices in the same spot
What's a good way to select the right vertices, e.g. to move the right hind leg back? I always end up selecting some of the vertices of the left hind leg also, somehow...

Do I really need to switch between face, edge, and vertice mode and rotate furiously until I'm sure I got just the right vertices, and nothing but them?

I've learned a lot with this turorial, but it's given me a lot of headaches too. There's got to be a better way to learn this...

there is no better way... like learning to paint or draw, theres paint by numbers, and doing it all your self.. if this lesson listed every single thing you needed to extrude or subdivide you would simple be doing what someone told you, rather than actually learning by figuring out the specifics of this advanced level project Pearts (talk) 02:14, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

modelling the tail
Does anyone know how many cubes does the tail consist of? In figure 2.3.2, the picture shows that it consists of 2 cubes. However, in figure 2.3.3 it seems that the back cube has been divided into two cubes. I can't understand how the top and side views reflect the same lower part of the tail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

it consistes of as many cubes as you deem nesscary to make it fit, so subdivide as nesscary.. the pictures in this advanced tutorial are really just guides, not step by steps. Pearts (talk) 02:11, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Appearance of background image depends on zoom!
I tried the section on making a pyramid using photo assistance. I used the supplied Trianglexemplar.png and created a corresponding square. I find that the triangle is skewed left/right and clipped, and the amount of skew depends on how closely the view is zoomed in. What's going wrong?

View Windows
NUM1 NUM7

NUM3 NUM0

Is not: (at least in v2.47)

Top    Side

Front  Camera

I don't know if it was different in older versions, this confused me at first, so it should be corrected.

> Definitely agree with this.

Attention: The top right Viewport is said to be "NUM3 - Side" but the Picture shows the wolf from the front! So care and change the picture with the left window at the bottom or change the Viewportsettings

Reader Note: this is because for the pictures to line up correctly the front has to be in the side viewport and the side has to be in the front viewport.

Reader note: The author realizes that he can't line up the images this way in Blender but forget to explain why after changing the position of the wolves. If you put the TOP wolf in a window set up for a TOP VIEW (NUM7) you'll have a VERTICAL looking down wolf. In the same way if you put a SIDE VIEW of the wolf (looking right) you'll have an error in the FRONT VIEW because SIDE VIEW (NUM3) is planed to receive a LEFT SIDE VIEW of your object, the result is that in FRONT VIEW You'll have the backside of the wolf.

Put in your SIDE VIEW (NUM3) an left looking wolf and in TOP VIEW a looking down wolf and all will be in order, or use the side view to represent front and front to show the side as he does at last, wich is much more complicated and difficult to explain.

Help needed as to which vertices to move to form the tail and legs.
There is no clarification for moving the vertices. It just says, "Now move the vertices to form the legs"..."Now continue on to the hind legs." Alright considering that I'm farely new at this program it is quite difficult to decide which vertices to move. I've tried this tutorial 4 times now and always end up with multiple vertices in the same place making it hard to form the other legs. Plus moving the wrong vertices make lines in a place not needed. So how do we decide which vertices move? Also sometimes when I move a vertex, it becomes dis-aligned in a different veiw. And when I try to fix that vertex in the veiw it became dis-aligned in, it becomes dis-aligned in the veiw that I was just working with. This happens even when I use axis restriction making it impossible to align that vertex. So my question is, how do I align a vertex in a way that it doesn't become affected in the other 2 veiws? One more question, Could I just extrude faces of the square over the body, head, and tail excluding the legs, then just extrude or use Ctrl + LMB in edit mode with a vertex selected to form the legs then add faces over the non-faced parts of the model?

No wonder it said, "This tutorial might frustrate you," and, "Step three in a whole make take serveral hours." I'm not sure if this is some kind of test for us to learn something on our own, or if the writer of this tutorial left out information, accidently or not, or if he became lazy and expected us to have the mental knowledge to figure this out for ourselves. Either way, this part was not well put together and needs fixing or a different example to teach us "Photo Assistance." This isn't the first time I noticed incomplete information...thus far into the book making it look sort of, unprofessional. (no offence)

it helps to have done all the turorials before this one so you have picked up some techniques, on how to select, move, and scale... rather than diving in on this one first. this is an advanced tutorial, so you are expected to start being a creative artist.. in art things are not done by rote, they need to be studied, and thru trial and error the method of drawing somehting becomes obvious. Pearts (talk) 02:08, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

making the guide photos using photoshop ( CSx, or elements)
I used Paint Shop Pro 7. I used layers and played with transparencies to be able to see where the views fitted best with each others and align them better.

To add guidelines, you need to see rulers, so add them via the view menu, then while using the move tool, put the mouse on he edge of the ruler, LMB hold, and drag, and you will have a guide line. Pearts (talk) 18:21, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

This tutorial is too hard
It is not explained how to form the legs or the tail. I would like to see a youtube video or something where one is doing this. I got stuck here, I tried to do the dog for hours now.

Also I dont understand why he is using so much triangles for subdivision. I even dont know how to get triangles. Also I belive it is not possible to easily divide a face in two components, it is only possible to subdivide it in 4 right? I have accomplished all the tutorials before that but this is just too much for me. It doesnt fit in this great tutorial book. I wish I had skiped it. 91.66.56.94 (discuss) 16:41, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Shift + Spacebar and Quad View
I have tried to maximize the diffrent views from the Quad view using Shift + Spacebar. But this function doesn't work (Linux / Blender 2.73a). I think its because these views aren't seperate windows in Blender. If you can conform this issue for other operating systems, please make a note in the involved sections. MrCube164 (discuss • contribs) 16:32, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Dead Links
The six links to the photographs used in the tutorial are now all dead. They need replacing. --Egdcltd (discuss • contribs) 19:27, 31 October 2016 (UTC)


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Tagalog/Lesson 2

Aralin 2 — Mga Pambati

This lesson will teach you some of the basic greetings in Tagalog.

Pang-uusap
The characters for this dialogue are Dávid and Ton. The dialogue will be in Tagalog first, then an English translation will appear aside the Tagalog original. The Tagalog words are marked with accent marks for proper accentuation. Unmarked multisyllable words have an accent on the second to the last syllable. Note: In standard written Tagalog, the accent marks are not written.

 * Dávid: Magandang umaga.
 * Ton: Magandang umaga.
 * Dávid: Kumusta ka?
 * Ton: Mabuti. Ikáw?
 * Dávid: Mabuti rin.
 * Ton: Ano ang pangalan mo?
 * Dávid: Ang pangalan ko ay Dávid. At ikaw?
 * Ton: Ikinagagalák kitáng makilala. Ang pangalan ko ay Ton.
 * Ton: Sige, mauuna na akó. Paalam na.
 * Dávid: Ingat.

Salin sa Inglés (English Translation)

 * Dávid: Good morning.
 * Ton: Good morning too.
 * Dávid: How are you?
 * Ton: Fine. You?
 * Dávid: Fine, too.
 * Ton: What's your name?
 * Dávid: My name is Dávid. And you?
 * Ton: I'm glad to meet/know you. My name is Ton.
 * Ton: Okay, I'll go ahead. Goodbye!
 * Dávid: Take care.

Magandang Araw!
Notes
 * Pô is an expression of respect (especially for older people such as grandparents and for superiors like one's boss) or formality used in direct discourse. To those familiar, as well as those younger, pô is not used.
 * Maligayang comes from the root word Maligaya meaning Happy while Kaligayahan is Happiness.

Mgá batì (Salutations)
Although it was not expressed in the dialogue, there will be cases in which salutations will be used. Usually, salutations are used to address people when that person is unknown to the person asking and/or as a sign of respect to elders and superiors.

Common salutations include the following:
 * Ginoó: Mr.
 * Binibini: Miss or Ms.
 * Ginang: Mrs.

When using the salutation with a person's name, add the ligature -ng (excluding Ginang, which already incorporates the ligature). For example, the sentence "Good morning, Mr. Sanchez" would be translated as "Magandáng umaga, Ginoóng Sanchez."

Abbreviations may also be used. Abbreviated forms of salutations include:
 * Ginoó: Gg.
 * Binibini: Bb.
 * Ginang: Gng.

Also, as a show of respect, always add pô or hô after the greeting if a salutation will be used.

Kumusta ka?
The history of the word Kumusta starts from the Spanish colonial times, Kumusta is actually Como Esta and when Como Esta is said quickly it becomes Kumusta.

Ano ang pangalan mo?
How to say What's your name? in Tagalog and answering it.

Vocabulary
 * Pangalan(Pah-Nga-Lan) - Name

Paalam
The word paalam means "goodbye", and as such is used when conversations end. Note that in Tagalog, double vowels are pronounced separately.

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Tagalog/How to use this Tagalog Wikibook

The Tagalog Wikibook is designed to be user-friendly and versatile, yet be able to maintain quality. For those who are curious about how the Tagalog Wikibook works, this guide will tell you the Wikibook's structure and its functions.

Lessons are designed to provide a gradual learning experience and, as such, all lessons are in a logical order from the last lesson, building on what was previously learned.

Balangkás (Structure)
Lessons in the Tagalog Wikibook are divided into the following parts:

 * Diálogo (Dialogue)
 * Talasalitaan (Vocabulary)
 * Aralín (Lesson, the lesson proper)
 * Gawain (Exercise)

Exercises are coming soon, so watch out as the book is updated.

Diálogo (Dialogue)
Every lesson (except Lesson 0) contains a unique dialogue related to the topic the lesson will discuss. An interesting thing is that no two dialogues will have the same people.

All dialogues are in two languages: the Tagalog original and the translation of the dialogue into English.

Talasalitaan (Vocabulary)
Every lesson also contains a list of words used in the dialogue called the talasalitaan or vocabulary. Words are bulleted and are in the order they were presented in. In the event that a word appears more than once, the word is put in the order it was in when it was first presented in the dialogue.

When reading the vocabulary list, note that the Tagalog word comes first before the English translation of the word.

Aralín (Lesson)
The aralín, or lesson, is the lesson proper which discusses the topic being covered. The lesson proper is then split into "mini-lessons" where such subjects are covered in more detail.

Each lesson contains an explanation of the lesson and the mini-lesson (if applicable) and some examples on the lesson itself, such as pictures, text and others.

The lessons cover the grammar usage on the topic and as such are reflected in the examples.

Gawain (Exercise)
Every lesson will contain an exercise on what was learned from the lesson. The exercises provide an opportunity to study Tagalog independently before moving on to the next lesson.

Currently, exercises are still being devised and will be added when completed.

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Basic Computer Security/General Security and Passwords

The Golden Rule of Security
Convenience increases risk.

Saving passwords, sharing passwords, using easy-to-remember passwords, and using the same password for everything are all convenient, and all expose you to a greater security risk. Accepting every cookie on the web, opening files without virus scanning them first, and clicking blind links are all convenient, and all expose you to a greater security risk.

Passwords
Security is a critical issue that almost every one of us deals with. Most people surf the Internet for a number of things, like getting information about a topic, checking email, shopping, reading, or even selling goods. The Internet has made all of these activities easier and faster to achieve with less time and effort. Still, this convenience does not come without a price.

Internet security is a concern for everyone who uses the Internet. How can you be sure that your identity, passwords, personal information, shopping information and credit card numbers are all protected and that they are not available to hackers and malicious users? Here are some tips that can help protect you online:

 * Never give your username and password to anyone.
 * Always make sure you read the privacy policy of the websites that you visit before giving any personal information.
 * If you are shopping online, never shop from an untrusted website. If you have doubt about the website check its privacy policy and any information about their method of protecting your data, if available. If you are still in doubt, then do not shop from that website and keep searching for more trusted websites.
 * Don't provide your email username and password to websites that will be able to log on to your account automatically. This is a big risk as personal information can be accessed through emails.

There are also a number of preventive measures that you can take to prevent the installation/invasion of keyloggers (programs that record what you type and send data off through the Internet without the user noticing) and Trojan Horses (software that appears innocent but actually allows unwanted access to your computer) onto your computer. These include:

Having these utilities will vastly increase the security of your computer - but never rely solely on them. Behavior practices as discussed in the previous section are also essential to providing good security.
 * 1) Install and keep up-to-date an antivirus program (there are a number of commercial and several free anti-virus programs around that will do a good job)
 * 2) Use a firewall (also several free, reliable ones around)
 * 3) Install and regularly run anti-adware/spyware scanners.
 * 4) Consider an obstructive method of password entry.   See Avoiding Keyloggers.

Password Policies
Each organization that requires its users to use passwords to access services might enforce a password policy. Password policies have both positive and negative effects. On the positive side, they force users to pick "good" passwords (e.g., passwords of some minimum length, with certain types of characters - so that the search space is larger for a brute force attacker etc.). On the negative side, they might reduce the search space for a brute force attacker who knows the policy.

Password managers
You should use a password manager for storing many strong and unique passwords because it will be impossible to remember many complex passwords and writing them down is not good in most situations.

 * Use a password manager that uses strong encryption and never plain text.
 * Cloud storage of passwords is a severe risk, but if you use a cloud password manager then make sure to use two factor authentication and do an audit of the service to make sure that there are no easy bypasses.

There is a myth that password managers are dangerous because somebody could get all your passwords at once. Any malware that can gain access to an encrypted password manager could just as easily keylog them as you type them in.

Resources
(To be included in the article)

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/04/18/office_workers_give_away_passwords/

http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=2007


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User:Robin~enwikibooks

I'm a Computer Officer (i.e., sysadmin) in the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.

I'm a member of the LaTeX Project Team, and I help run the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) which aims to store anything TeX-related that is useful.

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