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User talk:Melchoir

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Handing
To continue your brilliant exercise in orientation - take a look if you would at handing (no, it's not some perversion, it's absolutely safe for work. It is about work, that is, woodwork). Or let it do down the drains of Wiktionary? East of Borschov 21:10, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I'm betting that an article could be written on that -- it's a design decision, and one can find books that spend paragraphs on it. But those books make my head hurt. :-) Melchoir (talk) 00:17, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Any idea why the Toilet paper oritnetation page is suddenly active again? Is it being linked off site somewhere? I dont see it on the Main Page or as a secondary link from something that is.  —  Soap  —  12:54, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, it's been linked from Fark, but the traffic spike started at least 12 hours before that link went live. I don't know what the initial cause was. Melchoir (talk) 21:31, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Block of User:Tcshasaposse
Some time ago you have blocked User:Tcshasaposse due to a conflict with the WP:NOSHARE policy. I wonder whether this issue could be solved in the positive since these user(s)' additions were quite helpful in the coverage of complexity-theoretic topics. It would have been a serious loss in qualified input if we'd just told them to go away. Unfortunately, the block entry points to the user talk page, which has been deleted. Can you provide some insight into this? Nageh (talk) 12:49, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

 * Sure! The user talk page was apparently deleted as part of a now-defunct process; see Category:Temporary Wikipedian userpages and Categories_for_discussion/Log/2010_July_12. Since you've asked about its contents, I've simply undeleted the user talk page: User talk:Tcshasaposse. Thanks, Melchoir (talk) 21:27, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

 * Thanks a lot for the reply! I wonder though whether violating WP:NOSHARE was such a serious concern that the account had to be blocked. I'm worried that we may have lost help from a group of students. On the other hand there wasn't a lot of activity during the latter months so it probably wouldn't have changed anything. Well, thanks again! Nageh (talk) 23:22, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

 * No prob! Yeah, I'm not sure if I scared them away, or if they were done anyway, or if they found other ways to edit but never said so... or what. I probably should have been more patient. Melchoir (talk) 02:49, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Toilet paper orientation
Hi, seeing that you created this article, you may want to have a look at this: The J-Walk Blog: Toilet paper orientation. —Bruce1eetalk 07:05, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

 * Thanks!

And this. -- can  dle • wicke  01:39, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

 * Nice. In other news, Michael Bywater hates knowledge. ;-) Melchoir (talk) 06:36, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Garrick Mallery
I came across the Mallery article with AWB. The article appears to be word for word from the Brief memoirs of Colonel Garrick Mallery book. You may want to rewrite the article and trim it down. Bgwhite (talk) 05:59, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
 * You're absolutely right, and that's a good idea. Melchoir (talk) 06:19, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Re: Gullibility
Semi'd. Good luck, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 15:21, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Nice job
Perhaps your well done expansion of Baby Got Back will quiet some of the clamor that the article desperately needs a lyrical synopsis. Cheers, OhNo itsJamie Talk 15:39, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Let's hope! :) Melchoir (talk) 17:27, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * BTW, I later realized that I'd left a dismissive comment to your suggestion on the Baby Got Back talk page. I've retracted it, and sincerely apologize for not reading it closely enough, and as a result, misinterpreting your intention.  Kudos to your patience; I guess mine was running thin yesterday. OhNo itsJamie  Talk 20:08, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Euler on infinite series

The article Euler on infinite series has been proposed for deletion  because of the following concern:
 * Not an encyclopedia article. This quote is not itself a notable topic for an article, and although Euler's treatment of divergent series might be sufficiently notable, that's not what's in this article. Has been tagged for transwiki for four years with no progress.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:25, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

 * (shrug) Perhaps it wasn't meant to be. Melchoir (talk) 03:21, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Gullibility
The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the ref help
I've been trying to figure out how to consolidate the refs--now I can work from your example. Cheers, Khazar (talk) 01:47, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

 * No prob, glad I could help! Melchoir (talk) 01:48, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Marsupial Lawns
Hello! Your submission of Marsupial lawn at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shadygrove2007 (talk • contribs) 13:13, 22 April 2011

 * See User talk:Mmdrewser... Melchoir (talk) 09:58, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Chowk Bazaar
The user replied, see User talk:Eshahalim. Cheers,  Chzz  ► 09:26, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Right, thanks! Melchoir (talk) 09:55, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks For Fixing The References.
I appreciate it. I'm kind of new to Wikipedia, so I'm glad you helped me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Logan The Master (talk • contribs) 02:28, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

I fixed the Ultra Machine article.
At least I think I did. I changed it a bit because I realized it was extremely similar to the Nintendo Wiki's article. I really wasn't trying to plagiarize. Logan The Master (talk) 14:41, 28 April 2011 (UTC) Logan The Master

Vopenka
Hi, Are you familiar with the motivation for his set theory? I couldn't really make heads or tails of it on the related pages. Tkuvho (talk) 08:52, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Nope, never heard of him until today. :-) Melchoir (talk) 08:58, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Syzygy (astronomy)
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Opinion on APG III
Hi Melchoir,

First of all, I am flattered by your curiosity with my opinion on APG III system. As always I say: classifications are mere suggestions, with weak and strong points.

I was against APG I system by its tendency in to found only in researches in the chloroplast genoma and to do drastic changes in the Angiosperm families; and against APG II system by the informality of taxa (bracket taxa, plain clades, etc) and in a general way by its intransigence in accepting paraphyletic groups as being natural groups (and even polyphyletic, in my opinion: in essence all taxa are polyphyletic ones), because I see them it taxa as a structure more than three-dimensional, an element can in your two-dimensionality to seem not to have phylogenetic relationship with another, but arranged (graphically, like a reticular system) of another way like the three-dimensional manner this would be evident.

Other critic is that APG always tended to "lumping" taxa in entities unprovided morphological characteristics clear that distinguished them (i. e., the synapomorphies) turning them metaphysical "entities" without the necessary practicability to work with the real biodiversity.

But I have faith that APG in its version III made a very positive effort to improve the acceptance of its schema in a more universal way. I see this version as a "ripening". Cheers. Berton (talk) 14:27, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

 * Very interesting, thanks for explaining! Melchoir (talk) 18:01, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Redirecting Superchalifraglisticxpealidocious
What is your opinion on just having that page deleted? The spelling differences between that and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious are more than minimal, as there are 4 differences between the two? Inks.LWC (talk) 00:51, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * (shrug) That would be fine, go ahead and prod it if you want. Melchoir (talk) 01:03, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Request unprotection
would you please consider un-protecting please? I understand that "continually recreated" can be a problem, but permanently protecting a page which could be used to describe a corporation that actually exists based on the meager participation at Articles for deletion/iTalkBB seems like overkill, to me. Especially considering that you've salted the entire history by moving and deleting the userfied page as well. Thanks. — V = IR (Talk • Contribs) 01:42, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, fair enough! Done. Melchoir (talk) 01:49, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Need Some Help
Could you help me categorize this?: Articles for deletion/List of Nintendo arcade games. I don't know what it falls under. Logan The Master (talk) 15:33, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure! I put it under cat=O. Games/Sports and Science/Technology didn't really seem to fit. Melchoir (talk) 19:16, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Logan The Master (talk) 14:09, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Ken Allen
The Ken Allen article, to which you recently added some "further reading" references, spiked to 3,500 page views that day - as opposed to the usual average of 20-30 per day. Do you have any idea why? Do your "further reading" posts have that much power? 0;-D Thanks --MelanieN (talk) 02:53, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

 * Well, I found it here: http://www.reddit.com/r/wikipedia/comments/hninf/ . Who knows how they found it? :-) Melchoir (talk) 02:57, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Then I'm baffled. I knew it hadn't been at DYK, and I couldn't find anything in the news. Life's little mysteries! --MelanieN (talk) 03:09, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Christian Menses
Stop deleting/blocking the creating of this page. It was put upon to make the page as I see fit for him. And I can verify this anyway you need me too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by B5nny (talk • contribs) 03:59, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Your fix of my manual page redirect
Hi. Regarding your fix of my manual page move/redirect (at O lucenti, o sereni occhi (Handel)): thanks for doing that. I was just realizing the problem with my manual move (no history) when you came along and saved the day. For my own information, what is the official procedure I should go through if I want to have a page renamed? Thanks again. GFHandel ♬ 21:02, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your helpful additions to Nasothek
I usually look for appropriate categories to use in articles similar to the one I'm creating, but it did not occur to me we would have a category for Noses. Thanks for finding it and congratulations on your DYK for Toilet paper orientation.  Sharktopus  talk 06:59, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
 * No prob, and thank you! Melchoir (talk) 21:23, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Zombo.com
You can ask for the title to be unsalted at WP:RFUP and move your draft out of userspace. No need to go to DRV. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 01:25, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * You're probably right, but it's a strange case... anyway, since it's already at DRV, we might as well let it play out there. Melchoir (talk) 02:27, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

PTF 11kly
I finished my editing pass about 3 minutes after your talk page post; it's all yours! --Christopher Thomas (talk) 09:20, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Melchoir (talk) 09:30, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 2011 University of Miami athletics scandal
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Chandravadana and Mohiya
It's not clear to me why they are notable from the text you have restored. Or are Indian saints (if that's what they are) notable by definition? And why are saints in a census? Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  16:00, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, so the prose sucks, but that's not an excuse to speedy an article with four sources. I keep telling the newbies that sources are all you need to guarantee that an article survives; I'd hate to be made a liar on that account!
 * They're categorized as saints because they're described in the book on saints. Unfortunately, I only have small snippets from Google, so I'm not sure exactly what the book says about their status. They're described in the census not in a listing of residents, but in an expository section about the town. Again, I have only snippets; I don't know the full context. The census seems to cite another source for the stories, but I can't tell what that other source is. And the census isn't carried by any libraries near me. Melchoir (talk) 21:40, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I wrote a bit more. Melchoir (talk) 21:44, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Rage comic
It is not a website, but it is web content. That is covered by db-web as "an article about a web site, blog, web forum, webcomic, podcast, browser game, or similar web content", right? → Σ  τ  c. 04:34, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * No, it's a format that web comics can take, rather than a webcomic in itself. In other words, it's more like Mobile comic or Pixel art than A Softer World or Dinosaur Comics. It doesn't have a homepage, and there's no one trying to promote it to increase ad revenue. It's just a meme. Melchoir (talk) 04:39, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
this means war, no further comment

SEinternational (talk) 02:00, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Richat Stucture Comment
In Talk:Richat Structure, you asked:

"Are you one of the authors of the paper?"

After I posted my comments to the talk section for the Richat Structure, I looked up the ISPs for "83.44.199.232" and "81.34.65.152". They both belong to Telefonica de Espana (AS3352), Madrid, Spain. Paul H. (talk) 04:28, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, I will read.
Thank you, I will read. I do not need help so far but it should be made easier to make new articles entries. I copied from other similar articles for the wikicoding and the duplicate reference part was more complicated but I found the help page. If I made mistakes please accept my apologies, I used a lot the preview function to see if it was showing properly. Nottan Oakser — Preceding unsigned comment added by NottanOaks (talk • contribs) 07:03, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Asmara
Thank you for that. Can you help me out with the Asmara page, I don't want anything I've edited to be deleted without a valid reason. --Tron9698 (talk) 20:16, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

 * I'm not too familiar with that page. What are you concerned about, that might be deleted? Melchoir (talk) 20:18, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Re:Userspace draft template
Hi Melchoir, I have added the userspace draft template to all my sandbox pages. Thanks for letting me know about that template. — Ganeshk  ( talk ) 10:36, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Order of the Occult Hand
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Net force versus resultant force
I have just started editing the net force article, as you suggested (see the article and its discussion). May need a few days to continue (as well as to join discussion on CG).--Ilevanat (talk) 21:00, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

 * Sounds good! Melchoir (talk) 22:07, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

I have finally completed the net force article, though it may need some polishing. Would appreciate your comments. Now can come back to the CG discussion, but for comments on potential energy minimum a few words on starting assumprions would be helpful.--Ilevanat (talk) 01:24, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

 * Thanks, I've commented there. I'll also add a short explanation at CG. Melchoir (talk) 03:03, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
C(u)w(t)C(c) 19:46, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

African wax print
Hi

I noticed you were involved with the person who started the page, indeed some dialogue ensued between the two of you.

It appears that there may have been a little possibility of COI, as well as the copyright issue currently raised there. I do not know if there was any discussion over those two matters when the page was being created but, as the Wikipage was after the posted date on the website, you may want to weigh in on any discussions.

Thanks Chaosdruid (talk) 09:14, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the notification! Although there's a clear case of COI, I think the article isn't too promotional; it would be easier to clean it up than to delete it and start over, if that were the only problem. However, the copyright issue is thornier. User:Juliakeck might be the copyright holder, but she might not be aware of our free licensing. I'll run the article through the process. Melchoir (talk) 08:25, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

 * I figured that any discussions about Juliakeck sending a note from the original website might receive a more favourable response if it came from you than someone they have not dealt with before (assuming they are the same Juliak Keck!). Hope it all works out :¬) Chaosdruid (talk) 21:27, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Order of the Occult Hand
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 08:02, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Second Generation (advertisement)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

0.999...
Great to see you around WB. If you need any help let me know. For example if you want to transwiki 0.999... into WB to scavange from, that is within my abilities. Welcome again! Thenub314 (talk) 18:43, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot! I'm not sure that the transwiki is necessary, but I'll keep the option in mind! Melchoir (talk) 19:22, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Fans
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Nomination for merging of Template:Expand further/doc
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Summation of Grandi's series
Hi. In early March, about 5 years ago, you added two notes that should've (probably / hopefully) been expanded by anyone knowledgeable enough. I'm sorry i don't fit that description, so i'm not able to do it myself. Could you please at least rephrase those two statements, so that they won't look so out of place? Thank you. -- Jokes Free4Me (talk) 05:19, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

 * Sure, I won't have much to say, but at least I can make them complete sentences. Thanks for checking! Melchoir (talk) 22:12, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

commons:File:3-adic integers with dual colorings.svg and commons:File:2-adic integers with dual colorings.svg
Nice idea to show values of characters! Also, tips in a SVG image is a novelty for me. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 10:32, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

 * Thanks! I was just reading the SVG standard to figure out how to generate such images, and I discovered that SVG documents can contain not only browser-readable semantics, but also CSS and Javascript! I have a scripted version that displays both groups side-by-side and colors one when you hover over an element from the other... but Wikipedia doesn't allow scripted SVG, so we can't use it anytime soon.
 * Anyway, if you have suggestions for improvements, just let me know! I'm heavily automated the production of these diagrams, so making changes is easy. Melchoir (talk) 01:38, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Expand further
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Some thoughts about the center of mass article
After a while, I revisited the CM article, after Teapeat had merged CG into it. Not a bad merger, but I believe it could be improved, without re-engaging in the lengthy disscussion we previously had. Would you care to visit the article discussion page?--Ilevanat (talk) 23:32, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

 * Eh, alright. :) Melchoir (talk) 01:14, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Jeff Ireland
its funny lmao
 * (eyeroll) Melchoir (talk) 04:38, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Not a dolphins fan, but let the fans have their fun. This guy pretty much ruined any chance of their team being relevant for the next 5 years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.79.109.15 (talk) 14:53, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Bah! If they want to trade funny screenshots on forums, that's what DOM editors are for. There's no need to make it harder for ordinary readers to get their information. Melchoir (talk) 18:26, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

File:Rach21theme.svg listed for deletion
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Blocking user
Please block User:Gireesh chemrakadan. He is making self-promotional articles of his name.Solomon7968 (talk) 06:46, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

 * Eh, it hasn't gotten to the point where that's necessary, at least not yet. If he persists, he'll get some warning messages, and if he still persists, a block may become appropriate. Anyway, thanks for following up! Melchoir (talk) 06:51, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! Have you read the description at Commons:File:3-adic integers with dual colorings.svg? If you have more specific questions, I'll be very happy to answer them; I do want to make the diagrams as useful as possible! Melchoir (talk) 20:31, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Chrysiridia
I was trying to clean things up prior this article being featured when I noticed that the subfamily showed three species and the genus article did not exist. So I added the genus article and a species stub for C. croesus to get rid of the red links. Turns out it wasn't that simple. There may be two species or many more. I see someone changed C. riphearia to C. prometheus so I don't know the exact number of species in the genus or which are synonyms. Perhaps the wording should be changed to be a little vague until it is established exactly which are the correct members of the genus. I will do some additional checking myself. Cheers. Dger (talk) 21:41, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
 * It looks like there are actually three species in this genus. One is on St. Helena, not Africa but close. Dger (talk) 23:58, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Merge discussion for Kenza Farah Albums
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Hellrazor960
You blocked this user indef about a year ago as a VOA. Now he's asking for a second chance. Thoughts? Daniel Case (talk) 18:06, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Eh, he had a short enough career, and it was long enough ago, that he's probably sincere. Melchoir (talk) 18:09, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Pacola
No, I know that they are two separate settlements and there is a difference. Thank you though. Oakley77 (talk) 18:45, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

KyotoMiyazaki
Yes,that was a typo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KyotoMiyazaki (talk • contribs) 21:21, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Parity of zero
Do you want my issues with portions of that article here, at the Wikiproject talk page or at the Article talk page? While I have issues with pieces of it, I also have issues with the entire article. It seems to span so much conceptually that like having one article on Grease that includes everything from the use in Ammunition causing the Sepoy Rebellion to the casting of John Travolta.Naraht (talk) 13:05, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Jumped into it whole hog on the article page. I really do feel that concept of the article is that bad. (Individual pieces of it are certainly well referenced *that* is not the issue)Naraht (talk) 00:32, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your improvement to my stubs. As you probably gathered, I didn't really know what I was doing, just trying to avoid lots of re links in an article I'm working on  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  10:16, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
 * No prob, thanks for starting the articles in the first place! Melchoir (talk) 01:26, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
Cheers, Riley Huntley talk No talkback needed; I'll temporarily watch here. 09:44, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Equidissection
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Need help to move article
Hi Melchoir, sorry to bother you. I really urgently please need your help. As you are a administrator, I need your help to "Move" the article Tinchy Stryder to the article Kwasi Danquah III for me, so that the article history will be intacted. My regards MarkMysoe (talk) 08:46, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

 * Thanks for asking! I think you did the right thing in opening a formal move request on the talk page. We'll see where it goes! Melchoir (talk) 08:02, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to comment at Monty Hall problem RfC
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Talk:Monty Hall problem

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File:GrothInt.svg missing description details
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YouTube video
I clicked the YouTube link for the video on the song Regulate and the video does not load. Is the link valid anymore?--98.87.95.230 (talk) 20:32, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

 * I think so. Replying on the article talk page... Melchoir (talk) 21:25, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Expand article
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http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gullibility&oldid=562718872&diff=prev
Hi Melchoir (very much like your name, Melchior?) Would Lotje (talk) 04:07, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

 * Well, if you're going for the fox and raven story, you could also use Frivolous Fables fox and raven.gif, which is a little more direct. It doesn't have to be perfect; I just didn't want to slander some unknown stranger with the earlier image! Melchoir (talk) 05:08, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

"thank" function in history
I have been trying to figure out how this works, and was searching Help, and noticed that you suggested something exactly this back in 2008. Sorry if my question is mis-directed to you - but wanted to try. Somebody thanked me for an edit a few days ago, and I forgot exactly which edit it was and now want to think about it. (an editor thanked me that I have been somewhat at odds with and it was a sweet gesture - so a nice relationship builder which is important around here). But I cannot find any log or other record of the 'thank' so am all at a loss. Do you know if there is any log where I can see which edit this "thanks" was for? Again, sorry if my question is misdirected. (btw I will watch for an answer here, if you should like to give one) Jytdog (talk) 15:48, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

 * No prob, I think Special:Notifications should show the thanks!
 * I actually don't remember suggesting such a feature. Out of curiosity, I don't suppose you have a link? Melchoir (talk) 17:00, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

 * ooo - thanks for the link to special: notifications! cool, and exactly what I wanted. Makes me wonder what else is "special" that way.  will have to go hunting one of these days!  Here is where I found the suggestion for "lightweight thanking mechanism" that looks like it is from you!  thanks again. Jytdog (talk) 18:09, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

Mallery
Thank you for the thank you (I should have used my sandbox!) WQUlrich (talk) 18:50, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey, whatever it takes, I'm just glad you did what needed doing! Melchoir (talk) 03:01, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

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Zero is an even number. In other words, zero's parity—the quality of an integer being even or odd—is even. It fits the definition of "even" as an integer multiple of 2, namely 0 × 2. As a result, zero has all the properties of even numbers: 0 is divisible by 2, 0 is surrounded on both sides by odd numbers, 0 is the sum of an integer (0) with itself, and a set of 0 objects can be split into two equal sets (example pictured). Zero is the additive identity element of the group of even integers, and it is the starting case from which other even natural numbers are recursively defined. Applications of this recursion from graph theory to computational geometry rely on zero being even. Among the general public, the parity of zero can be a source of confusion. In reaction time experiments, most people are slower to identify 0 as even than 2, 4, 6, or 8. Some students of mathematics—and some teachers—think that zero is odd, or both even and odd, or neither. Researchers in mathematics education propose that these misconceptions can become learning opportunities. Studying equalities like 0 × 2 = 0 can address students' doubts about calling 0 a number and using it in arithmetic. UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

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 * Thanks! Yes, it was quite the pleasant surprise to see it scheduled! Melchoir (talk) 22:15, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Gary Mackay-Steven transfer
I just did it because someone else said that he had signed for Leeds and he hadn't. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Weslington12 (talk • contribs) 01:07, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

 * (Replied at User talk:Weslington12) Melchoir (talk) 22:19, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

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Wow, thank you! Melchoir (talk) 22:16, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

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The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Well done on almost 9000 views. I have added it to WP:DYKSTATS, on top of the list for September. StAnselm (talk) 22:51, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Melchoir (talk) 00:33, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

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 * Cool, thanks! Melchoir (talk) 04:12, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Context
I found this, the initial sentence of a new article:
 * Some Monte Carlo methods require independent samples to be drawn from a one-dimensional distribution in sorted order.

What???? There is nothing in that sentence that even attempts to hint to the lay reader that statistics is what this is about! I know you have some experience here. You shouldn't start an article with a sentence like that. Michael Hardy (talk) 06:00, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

 * Okay! Melchoir (talk) 06:27, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Signatures
Well, I know and use that, I either type 4tidles, or press the 4tidles at Insert or Wiki markup sections beneath the editing pane. I only have customized my signature, after seeing that automated signature by Signbot or whoever, looks far superior than the default signature. Customizing signatures can be done over there, just in case... --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-personal-signature
 * — manual signature: comment added by ThoAppelsin (talk • contribs) 21:42, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

 * Ah, that's cool! Melchoir (talk) 21:48, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Euler
Hi, The evaluation of the alternating integer series in Euler seems easier to source. See e.g., Ayoub, Raymond Euler and the zeta function. Amer. Math. Monthly 81  (1974), 1067–1086. Tkuvho (talk) 14:44, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Right, which is why the article on 1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + · · · mentions Euler in the lead. But thanks for the additional reference! Melchoir (talk) 19:37, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

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On behalf of WP:CHICAGO, I would like to thank you for your editorial contributions to Second Generation (advertisement). .--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:21, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

 * Cool, you're welcome! Melchoir (talk) 22:00, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Unidan article
Hi, I saw that you edited the Ben Eisenkop article. I think the title of the article should be Unidan, as per WP:NICKNAME, and Ben Eisenkop should be the redirect. That is what I did for Shitty Watercolour too. I can't move Ben Eisenkop to Unidan since the latter already exists as a redirect. I see you are an administrator - if you agree with my reasoning, can you please perform the required page move(s)? Thank you, AlmostGrad (talk) 21:07, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Hmm, we should probably wait until the AfD closes. (I've been wrong before, but it seems like it'll be kept!) Melchoir (talk) 04:43, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Now that the AfD has been closed as keep, can you please swap the source and the target of the redirect? The article should be called Unidan, the name he is most commonly known by, per WP:COMMONNAME. -- AlmostGrad (talk) 22:30, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Hello Melchoir do you do you remember me when my username used to be neptunekh I have a gemstone question for you: does phantom quartz come ever in a silver or grey colour? Thanks you! Venustar84 (talk) 17:16, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

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Hi I cleaned up the Vesuvianite gemstone article a bit. Can you wikify or edit it more? Thank you. Venustar84 (talk) 18:16, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Done and replied at User talk:Venustar84 Melchoir (talk) 18:54, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for cleaning up the Vesuvianite article
I used to be user neptunekh. You can call me by my real first name Kristine. Venustar84 (talk) 18:38, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Zeta Function Regularization
Hi, I found you edited the page 1+2+3+4+... of Wikipedia, where I found the following statement (in the paragraph "Zeta Function Regularization"):

More generally $\zeta(s)$ will always be given by the degree zero term of the Laurent series expansion around $h=0$ of $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} n^{-s} e^{hn}$.

Do you have some reference for this statement? It seems wrong to me. Thank you very much for your attention. Best Regards, Maurizio Barbato (user: PoppiesInAWheatField)PoppiesInAWheatField (talk) 12:35, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

 * Hi Maurizio! I didn't write that sentence. It was added in this change: by User:Chinju. You may want to contact him instead or raise the issue at Talk:1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ⋯. Thanks, Melchoir (talk) 18:09, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

Vesuvianite
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I admit that I am not familiar with computer terminology, and I appreciate your expertise in the matter. But changing the hook, while on the main page, to suggest that her father encouraged her to take up computer programming at the age of 7 is a bit of a stretch. It would have been better to make a piped link to computer programming and call it what the source did: "how to code".
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John Haden Badley

John Haden Badley (21 February 1865 – 6 March 1967) was an English author, educator, and founder of Bedales School, which claims to have become the first coeducational public boarding school in England in 1893.

Life
Born in Dudley, Worcestershire, (now West Midlands), England, son of Dr. James Payton Badley and Laura Elizabeth Best his wife. He was the grandson of John Badley, one of the original 300 fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons. Early in life he saw the poverty and squalor of many working class in the Midlands. When fifteen he entered the Upper School at Rugby.

These early experiences were influential, in shaping his ideas of what education should not be. While a student at Trinity College Cambridge he gained the appreciation of a standard of music and theatre and he described King's Chapel as providing "a standard of loveliness of trained voices in that architectural setting of something near perfection." His autobiography describes a tea with Oscar Wilde at which they discussed the English Poets. Here too his friendship with Edmund Garrett encouraged him to join the small minority of men who supported the women's movement for socio-political equality.

At Cambridge Badley became a lifelong socialist, influenced by the ideals of William Morris about art and community life. But the decisive influence on the direction these ideas should take was Cecil Reddie founder of Abbotsholme School and arguably the originator of the 'modern' British progressive school. Graduating from Cambridge with a first class classics degree in 1887, Badley heard about the plans for Reddie's school through his university friend Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson when he came down in 1888, went there and was fascinated. He was, at age 4, one of the first masters appointed, but it is probable that from the start he had plans to found a school of his own. After two and a half years Reddie's increasingly autocratic temperament - and the fact that Badley wanted to marry and Reddie said he could not - gave him the impetus to leave and start his own school. He married Amy Garrett, sister of his Cambridge friend Edmund Garret, in 1892, and in January 1893, with the help of Oswald Powell they opened their school, Bedales, in a rented property near Haywards Heath. Amy would be a strong partner until her death in 1956, and the drive behind one of Bedales's major innovations, co-education. A school, he felt, should be organized like a family, with willing cooperation for common ends as the main motive rather than on the basis of mere competition. He felt that the training for social usefulness held equal importance with development of the individual.

Startup
All Badley's initial ideas ― though their later development was different ― were taken from Reddie. For instance the curriculum was English-based, not classical, and wide ― with science, art, music, French, German, and opportunities for plays and hobbies. Religion was non-dogmatic and non-sectarian. Boys were not crammed for exams, there were no prizes and lessons were only in the mornings. The games emphasis of Rugby and the conventional Public School was condemned; instead much time was spent on manual labour in fields and gardens, and the boys were also taught tailoring, boot making and cookery. Badley also copied many of the early organisational details, down to the earth closets which enabled him to return to the soil that which had been taken from it. He experimented with different ideas during the 1920s including the Dalton Plan approach to assignments.

He claimed, in his own modesty, to owe much to Montessori, Pestalozzi, Fröbel and Dewey. Helen Parkhurst of the "Dalton Plan" would draw on his experience years later in New York City. In 1898, five years after Bedales was founded, at the insistence of his wife Amy, a suffragist (she was a cousin of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Millicent Fawcett), he took the further risk of engaging in a "preposterous experiment" which led to Bedales becoming a fully coeducational boarding school. In May 1899 he started building a new complex which still serves the school today at Steep, Petersfield, Hampshire.

Operation
Badley was an educationalist, leading through example and great authority. Integral to that persona though was the personal reserve and sexual repression characteristic of the English Public School system, coupled with obsessions of 1890 Sandal Socialism and German Naturkultur: the emphasis on cold baths, earth closets, homespun fabrics, and "unsilly" (i.e. non-sexual) friendship between adolescent boys and girls. He was strict and he was obeyed; he neither smoked nor drank: "When he came stalking with his quick, silent tread, into the classroom there was immediate silence; if there happened to be a piece of paper on the floor, he would point to it without deigning to say a word, and the boy nearest would hurriedly pick it up."

He created an example of the evolving school. His educational outline became a framework to which he would continue to contribute and set outer limits, but then allowed the school to evolve. While he would be called "Chief" for the rest of his life by students and staff alike, he did not dominate as most great headmasters have. At the age of seventy he retired to Cholesbury, near Tring, after being headmaster of his school for 42 years. Cholesbury is some $2 1/2$ miles from Spencers Green where the Badleys' son (John Edmund Badley, known as Jock, b 3.10.94) and daughter in law had their farm.

Death and legacy
Badley wrote a number of books in his lifetime which include After the War (1917), Bedales: A Pioneer School (1923), Form and Spirit (1951), and his autobiography, Memories and Reflections, published in 1955, written ten years earlier and given to a friend and colleague for posthumous publication. After the friend died he consented to have it released. Yet it was his last work that can be looked at as his magnum opus: A Bible for Modern Readers (the New Testament) in 1961 and The Bible As Seen Today (the Old Testament) in 1965 together comprise over 1000 pages. After his wife's death he returned to live his last years in the School grounds where he died on 6 March 1967.

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2005 USA-Race
DNS stands for when a car does not take a a race start. Makes sense. By having Ret listed that mean the driver has actually started in that race and will count a race starts towards the driver race start tally.. The formation lap does not count as a lap at all as it is not added towards the race classification. For when does a driver 'start' a Grand Prix? To my mind he does so only if he is on the grid when the flag drops or light goes green at the final start. Should a driver have failed to compete the formation lap, for instance (as was the case with Prost at Imola in 1991), he cannot truly be said to have started the race. In the case of restarted events such as the British GP in 1986, poor Jacques Laffite certainly did start the race, but this was declared null and void and he was not presented to take the restart, which is the only one that counts. For true official race results is best to get them off www.forix.com as they receive their race results from the officials. Yes I know formula1.com is official but not 100% official in statistics. If you decide to leave it as Ret then you must give all the drivers a race start count!

I have spend hours in researching and asking many F1 statistician who are famous and know more on Grand Prix. All the statisian I have contacted and got back told me it is actually DNS not Ret, they also have mention the formula1.com is not very accurate with their race results. The formula1.com is incorrect as listing as ret instead of DNS for 2005-USA. This were the responses from the following people. Renowned F1 statistians, like David Hayhoe or Autosport's Peter Higham agree that all Michelin drivers were DNS in 2005-USA, but consider a RET if a driver didn't made a re-start, for example. That was the common view in the past - no contemporary source listed Lauda as a DNS in 1976-Germany - and they simply ignore the current "null and void" FIA rule. I totally agree to change it as DNS not Ret as they didn't take part on the first lap.

Here is a intersting fact. Button will start his 100th race start in the 2005-China race. But according to wikipedia when doing the math by adding all Button race starts it would be his 101st race start in China as Button has been listed as Ret instead of DNS for this year 2005-USA race. Does this make sense to you. That means wikipedia will have an extra race start for all the drivers who have no started in the 2005 USA race have an extra race start which wouldn't be official to the drivers stats.

I am trying to help you all to have accurate data on Formula 1 on wikipedia. I DO beleive the formula1.com site doesn't not give out accurate race classifications. As I have been involved with FORIX and autosport.com for many years as my job is to look for incorrect data on their server. Andreas 04 October 09:36

F1 portal featured article
The F1 portal (in which I assume you have some degree of interest, as your name is listed on WikiProject_Formula_One) is intended to have a regular rotation of a 'featured article'. I've swapped a few in and out over the last couple of months, but I think it would be better if there were more of a community attempt at deciding this, proposals, votes, that kind of thing. So - why not pop over to Portal_talk:Formula_One and make a suggestion. Ta. 4u1e 00:25, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Selected articles on Portal:F1
Hello again.

I dropped notes round a while back to those who have listed themselves at WikiProject_Formula_One to ask for suggestions for selected articles on portal:Formula One. There was a pretty good response, both in terms of how it might work and of articles suggested. Damon Hill came out with the most support and was brought up to Good Article standard after a lot of work by Skully Collins before going on as the F1 portal selected article a couple of weeks ago. It is now at Featured Article Candidates as a Featured Article candidate (why not drop by and see if you can help polish it further?).

Several people who responded to the original request suggested that a monthly or bi-weekly 'Selected Article' could act as a catalyst for an improvement drive to get more articles up to a higher standard. Although it wasn't quite what I had in mind when I started, this seemed to work pretty well for the Damon Hill article, so I've drafted up a process for doing this more regularly. See Portal_talk:Formula_One/Management_of_selected_articles for details. Essentially the suggestion is that we vote for an article to improve every couple of weeks and at the end of the improvement process the article goes on the portal as the new 'Selected Article'. I'd be grateful for any comments on how this might work - I'm sure some of you are more familiar with things 'Wiki' than me - as well as your votes for the next candidate (by 16 July).

You may also want to help with the article Gilles Villeneuve, which was the next most popular after Damon Hill. The idea is to try and get it up to GA standard by 16 July and then put it on the portal as the 'Selected Article'. I hope you can help! 4u1e 15:05, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

WP:F1 Newsletter Issue 1
Hey, this is the first edition of the WP F1 newsletter. If you want to keep getting it, please talk back on my talk page.

Enjoy!LB22 (talk) 11:26, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Warning
Hi CanSpice! Thanks for thanking me and thanks for your edit on Small Dead Animals. Don't panic - this message is not a warning, it's about issuing warnings. When you revert a vandal or a user breaking a Wikipedia policy, it would be helpful if you warn them with the appropriate template. That way, Wikipedia administrators can be sure the offending user knows they are in violation of policy, and if they continue their conduct, they can be blocked. Thanks, Altamel (talk) 18:12, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Hey Can Spice. Do not touch indo canadian organized crime again!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.28.225.185 (talk) 17:34, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

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Pitch axis theory

Pitch axis theory refers to a way of thinking about chord progressions and modes, that was heavily used and popularized (though not invented) by the guitarist Joe Satriani.

When composing using this concept, the pitch axis is simply a chosen note (a specific pitch), which is thought of as the tonic for a sequence of chords, which must all have this pitch as their root note. However, the other notes in each chord may be drawn from completely different keys. A mode (or any other scale) is chosen that fits with each chord, and also has the "pitch axis" as its root note. This sequence of scales is then used for creating a melody or improvising a solo.

The term "pitch axis theory" has been criticized as misleading, as the above techniques do not represent a separate theory of music, and simply refer to the application of scales — according to standard music theory — over the common technique of a pedal point chord progression. However, the approach has also been praised as a useful compositional tool and perspective, which encourages experimentation with frequent key shifts and movements between parallel scales.

Simple Example
As a simple example, consider the following chord progression, which is non-diatonic (the chords are taken from multiple different keys), but all have root A.

| Amaj7(♯11) | A7     | F/A | A7     |

In order to create a melody or improvise over this progression, we could use the following sequence of modes - which are different scales, but again, all have A as their root.

| A Lydian | A Mixolydian | A Aeolian | A Mixolydian |

In Satriani's terminology, this is a composition with a "pitch axis" of A

Joe Satriani: "Not of This Earth"
This progression has a pitch axis of E.

Satriani chooses E Lydian, E Aeolian, E Lydian, and E Mixolydian as the modes to use for each chord.

The First chord, EΔ13, contains the 1st, 2nd, 6th, and 7th degrees of the E major scale. A common choice here might have been the Ionian mode (major scale), but Satriani prefers the Lydian scale with its ♯4 - which is a perfectly acceptable choice as the chord itself does not specify ♮4 or ♯4. The Second chord is a Em7b6 with no 5th, making the E Aeolian mode (E-F♯-G-A-B-C-D-E) a possible choice. However in the Context of coming/modulating from E Lydian, another option would be keeping the #4/b5 Bb note, implying a much more fitting "Aeolian b5" or "Locrian nat2" scale (aka Bayati Shuri/Kartzigar) which is the 6th mode of the Melodic Minor Scale. The Third chord is a EMaj7add6 with no 5th, where similarly, and given the Context, E Lydian mode could be used. The Fourth chord is a E7sus4 without a 3rd and 5th, where E Mixolydian mode could be used. Or again, Lydian Dominant if one wanted to preserve the #4/b5 note. Ultimately a number of different scales/modes could be used in the entirety of the progression, and it would be up to the personal taste/interpretation of the performer or composer to decide what would be a better fit, or which type of harmony to apply.

Dream Theater: "Lie"

The transition to the guitar solo in Dream Theater's "Lie" is built on Pitch Axis Theory. The bass and guitar play the root (B) while the keyboardist implies the chords in the progression: B5, Bm7, Bm6, G/B, A/B.

Ignoring the root, the scales used for each of these four chords would be B Aeolian (natural minor), B Dorian, C♯ Mixolydian, and E Aeolian, respectively. However, from the perspective of pitch axis theory, we consider all scales to have the B root - so we would say that the progression is B Aeolian, B Dorian, B Lydian, and B Phrygian.

Joe Satriani: "Satch Boogie"
A more complex example is the bridge of "Satch Boogie", which still remains entirely in the "pitch axis" of A.

Artists who use pitch axis theory
These artists use pitch axis theory and shifting modes in their music.

 * Joe Satriani
 * Dream Theater
 * Marty Friedman
 * Guthrie Govan
 * Planet X
 * Yngwie Malmsteen
 * Greg Howe
 * Meshuggah
 * Steve Lukather
 * Nick Johnston

Related music theories

 * Modal jazz
 * George Russell's Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization (1953)
 * Polymodal chromaticism
 * Pedal point

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Talk:Marubeni

emailed Marubeni for permission to use the historical information that came from http://marubeni.co.jp/english/company/history.html. Christopher Mahan 00:10, 4 October 2005 (UTC) UPDATE: No answer. Assuming no right; reversion ok. Christopher Mahan 15:42, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

For permission to publish Marubeni's history on Wikipedia, please send your request to Marubeni Corporation - Corporate Communications Department at fax number 81-3-3282-2331 or by email TOKB190@marubenicorp.com.

This article should mention the 1970's Lockheed scandal, in which Marubeni was a key participant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.78.166.249 (talk) 07:31, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Text copied from company website
The last section on "From V-shaped recovery to a new leap forward" seems to have been copied directly from the official website (http://marubeni.co.jp/english/company/history.html), without any signs of given permission. Will be tagged accordingly. IR Mongoose (talk) 06:09, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Considerably more than the last section. Thank you for tagging your concerns. The material was pasted in December of 2007. Barring verification of permission, the article will likely be restored to this version following seven days to allow regular contributors of this article to produce a rewrite or request permission. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 00:45, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
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White Clay Creek Hundred

White Clay Creek Hundred is an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware. Hundreds were once used as a basis for representation in the Delaware General Assembly, and while their names still appear on all real estate transactions, they presently have no meaningful use or purpose except as a geographical point of reference.

Boundaries and formation
White Clay Creek Hundred is that portion of New Castle County that lies north of the Christina River and south and west of White Clay Creek, excepting that it also includes the small area west of the Christina River immediately west of Newark, and excludes a larger area north and east of the Christina River generally from the old Pennsylvania Railroad tracks to Cooch's Bridge. It was formed from Christiana Hundred and New Castle Hundred in 1710 and was named for White Clay Creek that flows along its northern boundary.

Originally, the default boundary of Delaware and Maryland was the vague height of land between the Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay drainage basins and White Clay Creek Hundred extended to that point. With the running of the Mason–Dixon line in 1767, the western boundary of Delaware was established in its present location and became White Clay Creek Hundred's western boundary. It was the gap between this line and the existing western boundary, the 12 mile arc drawn around the town of New Castle, which created the long-disputed area known as the Wedge.

Development
Except for some preserved woods along White Clay Creek, this area is now completely urban and suburban with continuous industrial, commercial and residential developments, much of it in the small city of Newark, the location of the University of Delaware. The greater part of the city of Newark, and the community of Christiana are in White Clay Creek Hundred, as is the area around Christiana Mall.

Geography
The important geographical features of the hundred are the Christiana River and White Clay Creek. It is mostly in the coastal plain region with a small portion north and west of Newark in the Piedmont above the Fall Line.

Transportation
Important roads include portions of Interstate 95, the Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway (Delaware Route 1), New London Road (Delaware Route 896), Elkton Road, the Kirkwood Highway (Delaware Route 2), Ogletown-Stanton Road (Delaware Route 4), Christiana Road (Delaware Route 273), and the old main highway between Wilmington and Baltimore, now Christiana-Stanton Road (Delaware Route 7) and Old Baltimore Pike. A portion of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, subsequently the main north–south line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, now Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, crosses through Newark, as does a portion of the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, now CSX Transportation's Philadelphia Subdivision. The old Pomeroy and Newark Railroad used to cross from north to south along White Clay Creek and immediately east of Newark.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Not Even Wrong

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was Delete carried out by User:Doc glasgow Ryan Norton T 07:18, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Not Even Wrong
blog vanity. POV pushing at the end. Minor claim to notability: his blog is mentioned in a Guardian article. — brighterorange  (talk) 00:10, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, per nom. -Greg Asche (talk) 00:15, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity. Andrew pmk | Talk 00:21, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment Alexa: 439,936. --CastAStone 00:33, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete Major POV problems and not notable. If a true "religous" belief held by some, might be expandable into a true article.  However, I lack the knowledge of the topic to do this myself. will381796 01:34, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Vanity. NNShelburne Kismaayo 02:15, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity (as everyone else has said), and a mess to boot. – Seancdaug 03:37, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Okay, so it's not vanity. I'm still not convinced that it's notable, nor am I sold that Wikipedia is suited to be blog index. So I apologize for misunderstanding the situation, but my vote stands. – Seancdaug 19:45, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity. utcursch | talk 11:12, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity CLW 12:53, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * First problem I have with this article is that the current incarnation is not an encyclopdic article, it is a blub about the blog and then some random poem. Not a deletable offense, but poorly written.  Looking back at the history, it was more POV to start.  Again, not a deletable offense... just a bad article.  I'm not convinced this is vanity per se as it looks like others edited and added some of the material.  It is however an article about a blog.  It's not notable in the least and that is deletable in my book.  There is no good reason that a blog by a physicist of dubious notability needs it's own wiki entry.  It's already listed on his wiki page; no reason to spam wikipedia with more useless blog articles.  Delete.--Isotope23 15:19, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi, please note Guardian article link was added by me (Nigel Cook), because the article said "YOU CAN HELP BY EXPANDING THIS STUB" or some such. Just trying to help!!!  Since I've already been suppressed by Wikipedia on the gravity entry for requesting an update on something of my own, it is just weird if I can't contribute the Guardian newspaper link to this page which was created by Dr Lubos Motl, a string theorist - for proof see http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=271 .  Therefore, the arguments - all of them - about vanity below look a bit bogus.  So many people can't all be wrong?  So string theory and the majority must be right?  Anyone below feeling a touch paranoid?  I don't have more than a few moments access to the edit now and then so haven't had a chance to join wikipedia as a 'User' yet.  Best wishes, Nigel. -- unsigned comment by, whose only edit this is.
 * Nigel: This discussion isn't about the guardian link (which actually works in the article's favor, so thank you for adding it), but whether a Wikipedia article about this blog meets the encyclopedia's standards for inclusion. It also isn't about quashing controversy over string theory—we want to provide information from a neutral point of view, which often means reporting multiple perspectives. You'll notice that the article on string theory already contains a large section on the theory's problems and criticisms. If you'd like to expand the discussion, that might be a good place to start. Thanks for trying to help! — brighterorange  (talk) 15:24, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * It's not blog vanity, as it was created by someone (Dr Motl) who is on the other side to the moderator Woit, who has nothing to do with this page. I don't know why my view was deleted, but this entry is essential to establishing an independent index of the blog pages by people excluding Woit.  The blog itself is not self-promotion, it includes valuable discussions but these are scattered around and hard to locate on Google, so Wikipedia should have a user-friendly index.  The string theory discussions elsewhere are always bogged down with technical trivia, and this is the one blog which distinguishes the wood from the trees.  ALL of these 'objections' say 'vanity' which is a lie, unless you think Dr Motl and Dr Woit are one and the same, like Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde!  Best wishes, Nigel -- unsigned comment by, whose third edit this is.
 * In regards to your contention that "this entry is essential to establishing an independent index of the blog pages by people excluding Woit", I would argue that the last thing wikipedia needs is articles about people's blogs regardless of what the subject matter is.--Isotope23 20:33, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * No notability established for the blog. Slightly more notability for the meme but not to the point where the claims made for it here can be verified (compare "considered harmful" for a meme which did reach that level.) Delete . -- Antaeus Feldspar 20:39, 4 October 2005 (UTC)  Vote changed to Abstain.  The evidence presented by Betsy and Kevin is not enough for me to be sure the blog is notable, but enough to be unsure that it's not. -- Antaeus Feldspar 15:19, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and improve, though I agree the un-encyclopedic puffery should go. This blog, despite its provocative title, is not just string-bashing. It's a well-respected source for interesting science bloggery. Its posts often get chosen for Physics Comments, and a Google search for woit blog gives 35,000 results. betsythedevine 20:48, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep A lot of people are worried about this entry being on a Blog. While this is a concern I think we should be willing to include some under very special circumstances.  I am a philosophy graduate student and on more than one occasion I have heard a particular philosopher's blog mentioned during a professional talk.  In fact a recent paper by a professor at Berkeley was inspired by a comment on said blog.  I think this means that blogs are becoming part of academic life, and notable ones are as worthy of an entry here as a book (and probably more worthy).  With respect to this case, I count 125 references in at the site provided by betsy . This is a lot.  In addition, the guardian article helps. --best, kevin  · · · Kzollman | Talk · · · 02:40, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity. It's... Thelb4! 20:16, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.