User talk:RexxS

Hi RexxS: The inclusion of 1st and 2nd person (except as discussed below) references in the Life Support definition was not intentional a modified text follows:

Any living organism requires conditions that enable the continued functioning of essential facets of their being. Factors that limit this function must be corrected in an appropriate time and manner or life will cease. The broad term life support covers all of these factors. The special medical case below is but an example of the depth of intervention that may be needed to keep a single individual human alive. All life forms that depend on a 20+/- 30 degree C temperature range are approaching a time when extreme measures similar to those described may be needed to maintain the function of beings that can not survive if current conditions are significantly modified. The choice to ignore the maintenance of the climate control system that has persisted for the past 10,000 years has already allowed this process of systemic change to take on crisis proportions. There is a convenient misconception that the planet is at risk. This is an error! Earth will be fine, but “life as we know it” will not be possible if this situation is allowed to continue. If change occurs as fast as it now appears to be happening the kinds of life support described below will also be impossible to render because there will be no care givers.

Citation: James Hansen – Hansen coined the phrase “life as we know it” in his many papers, articles, public acts of civil disobedience and books all easily found on Wikipedia as follows: Hansen is best known for his research in the field of climatology, his testimony on climate change to congressional committees in 1988 that helped raise broad awareness of global warming, and his advocacy of action to avoid dangerous climate change. In recent years, Hansen has become an activist for action to mitigate the effects of climate change, which on a few occasions has led to his arrest. In 2009 his first book, Storms of My Grandchildren, was published.[1]

Hansen used the term "life as we know it" so that instance of "we" has been retained in the definition.

Lets get one thing straight - I am not at war with anyone. I have forgiven everyone and am trying to forgive myself for the things I am doing to bring about this tragedy. However, the financial community and most "professionals" , my self included, are mining the biosphere for "value" that will not be worth anything if / when there is no life left to appreciate it. There is a similar need to redefine economic reality within the bounds of a finite planet. The current exponential function used to assess all economic activity is impossible for even one individual to achieve. - Fv=PV * (1+i) raised to the nth power - is an exponential function that predicts infinite anything if held for sufficient doublings. Albert Bartlett created many clear discussions of this issue, yet we continue to seek growth to solve our problems - this is FRAUD and we are all part of it today.

REGARDING MINING and CONSERVATION: The Wikipedia definition of mining is similarly deficient as is the definition of Conservation.

I am working on a formal definition of the general term "Conservation" as the term applies to NGO and governmental authorities entrusted with keeping our planet livable. Unfortunately none of the low level authorities are able to respond to issues they are aware of because of the myopic definitions that are currently in place. Your assistance with placing these definitions in a form that you are comfortable retaining for public use would be greatly appreciated.

Mining is an activity involving the removal of a scarce resource for the economic advancement of a few. In the best of situations the activity provides some utility to society. Implicit in the term “mining” is the production of undesirable associated outcomes. AlanPage007 (talk) 10:36, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Alan, thanks for taking the time to explain, and I do find your research interesting. Unfortunately, Wikipedia is purely a tertiary source of information and we have agreed that it will only report and summarise information that has already been published in the mainstream. We have "Five Pillars", one of which is "No Original Research" that debars contributions that have not been previously published. The encyclopedia will not accept contributions that cannot be sourced to what we call "reliable sources" and we have guidance on identifying reliable sources that set quite a high standard for what we can use - so much so that Wikipedia does not regard Wikipedia as a reliable source, therefore we may not cite Wikipedia to validate the content we are adding.

James Hansen is an interesting researcher and obviously eminent, even if somewhat controversial as an activist. My advice to you is to examine what he has published directly about Life support, Mining and Conservation, and compare that with what other sources in those Wikipedia articles have to say. You will find that it is quite possible to add Hansen's view into those articles by summarising what he has written about them and citing where he wrote it; you won't find it possible to add your own work on those definitions as it is forbidden by our policy of "No Original Research". I hope that helps and good luck with your editing. --RexxS (talk) 19:16, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Minor edits in the name of accessability

Just a quick heads-up that I've mentioned you here as probably the one best-placed to explain. If I'm wrong about the effects of line breaks on screen readers (I'm pretty sure I'm not but you know better than me) could you put a note there, to avoid people making potentially annoying clean-up bot edits if they don't have a use. – iridescent 01:46, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads-up, and I've commented there. As it happens, although spurious line breaks are often an annoyance to a screen reader (like a blank line between comments in a threaded discussion), this is one of the exceptions: the presence or absence of a blank line after a heading makes almost no difference to the screen reader user. I sympathise with Slim on this one! Hope you're well, and it would be great to catch up soon. Cheers, --RexxS (talk) 02:55, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on the other matter a couple of days ago—let me know if it didn't get through and I'll resend it, as my email has been a little spotty lately. – iridescent 23:38, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Wikipedians who wish Bish and Giano would come back

Category:Wikipedians who wish Bish and Giano would come back, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 21:55, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, of course, it's done its job. Happy Valentine's day. --RexxS (talk) 22:31, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bishzilla has supported deletion. I'm sitting on my hands to try to prevent the rest of the conglomerate from weighing in too. Alternative accounts must not be used to give the impression of more support for a position than actually exists. Difficult! The twins are very unmanageable! Bishonen | talk 22:50, 14 February 2013 (UTC).[reply]

Infobox proofread

Trouble ! How does that work? Rex fix please? bishapod talk to your inner fish 15:08, 15 February 2013 (UTC).[reply]

I was too late on the scene, as a reversing almida had already done the job (it just needs the filename on its own). I did another tidy up though. --RexxS (talk) 17:40, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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List of James Bond novels and short stories‎

Hi RexxS, I hope you are well. I come asking some advice about List of James Bond novels and short stories‎. I've been asked if the use of {{Book list}} complies with WP:ACCESS per MOS:DTT. Could you offer your thoughts on this? Many thanks! - SchroCat (talk) 18:29, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Schro, I'm fine, thanks, especially as the weather is improving. If you look at MOS:DTT, it mainly wants us to identify and mark up column headers, which are placed before the {{Book list}} template, so most of our efforts to comply with MOS:DTT should be focussed there. I've updated the template documentation to better reflect what MOS:DTT asks us to do, and I'd recommend amending List of James Bond novels and short stories‎ to do the same. In an ideal world, I'd also mark up the title of each book as a row header, but that would require amending a protected template, so I'd want to check the effect that would have on the 92 pages where the template is already used, before pushing that sort of change. --RexxS (talk) 21:22, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to hear the weather's making things better—I hope the joints are enjoying the return to more beneficial temperatures! Thanks very much for the template tweak. I'll have a play around with the Bond tables, but I may do a re-write to move away from the template and into more appropriate (and DTT-compliant) tables, which means I can get row headers in too. Thanks again! - SchroCat (talk) 21:40, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mail call

I've dropped you a note. Worm^TT(talk) 09:15, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm on it. Give me a day or two. --RexxS (talk) 16:07, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There's no rush, I'm just an information junkie! Worm^TT(talk) 16:09, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Help at FLC

Rexxs, I noted that you have experince with WP:ACCESS. I have submitted West Virginia List of counties for FLC. One of the comments places was that thetable needed a caption. I reviewed every county list in the USA, no captions. Also I was told that since the table was not complex, row headers were objectionable...I do not know what that means. Can you help at all??Coal town guy (talk) 16:25, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Coal town guy. List of counties in West Virginia is an excellent piece of work for your first nomination, so don't worry too much. It's quite accessible right now, but could be improved a little by editing the templates that are used in the US county article tables. That's the sort of thing you may want to do as you gain experience, but save that for later. I've commented at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of counties in West Virginia/archive2 to try to explain in a little more detail. Hope that helps, --RexxS (talk) 17:40, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks Rexxs, I do appreciate thatand it does help ALOT. Yeah, changing a template is a big thing for me and really any editor at this point. This FL submission has been fun for sure, the rise in standards has made this a learning experience. Feel free to add a support if you want, I have 5 now, but I am happy for the fact that the list has improved ALOT. The first time I got to the list was...not good for certainCoal town guy (talk) 17:47, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

MOOC

Following our conversation in Liverpool, you may be interested to see Meta:Grants:IEG/Wikipedia Massive Open Online Courses, which I spotted at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Massive Open Online Course(s) about Wikipedia. Yaris678 (talk) 12:48, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Yaris. Thanks for the heads-up. I've commented at Meta:Grants talk:IEG/Wikipedia Massive Open Online Courses #Similarity to the VLE project. --RexxS (talk) 21:41, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Leno

Hi RexxS, I remember you offering some excellent comments on Songs, sketches and monologues of Dan Leno back in July 2012. Well, I have now compiled another list called Theatre productions of Dan Leno, and wondered if you could review this too. The article is only short, but obviously there is no problem if your a bit pushed for time. All the best! -- Cassianto^Talk 13:04, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've added comments and support at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Theatre productions of Dan Leno/archive1. Nice work! --RexxS (talk) 21:41, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2012 in spaceflight

Hello,

I could need your help in Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2012 in spaceflight/archive1 :). Regards.--Tomcat (7) 14:06, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yikes, those templates are complicated. Trying to look at the source of 2012 in spaceflight crashed my Firefox, so I'll need to unpick those templates to see how good they are. That's a job for tomorrow. --RexxS (talk) 21:41, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Another (maybe the 50th?) ACCESS favour

Hi RexxS, hope things are good with you? If you have a moment, could you have a look at {{OrbitboxPlanet}} and its friends, and for instance, its use in Kepler-37? It's not an FLC or anything, just another wikiproject template which probably isn't needed, which may or may not (in individual implementations) meet ACCESS...... As ever, thanks in advance, even for taking the time to read this. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:11, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey TRM, things are a long way from good, but I will have a moment or two tomorrow to have a look at those templates for you, as soon as I've examined the templates for Tomcat7 (see above!). I'll report back ... --RexxS (talk) 21:41, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to hear that, disregard my trivial request, I hope to hear from you when you feel able. My best to you. The Rambling Man (talk)

FL for Hawaii and questions

Hey RexxS- As you seem to have the eye for table take a look here. Specifically, Honolulu does NOT want to be linked, despte the fact that there is an article. This is also happening with Alaska. Can you tell me why??? My new far out are you serious Wiki goal ios to get all US Counties up to FL and then of course have a featured cat or type...Sure, why not. Thanks again for any help you can giveCoal town guy (talk) 23:07, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Request at Spine manipulation

Hey RexxS, good to 'see' you again :) Thanks for contributing at spine manipulation. A question - Would it be possible to move the sources you presented into the 'dissenting' list that was started at the top of the RFC, so that things can stay organized. This will likely be a long-drawn discussion (although DVMt is now blocked, so maybe it will move quicker), so I don't want it to get too disorganized too quickly. Also, one of the sources you posted is purely to do with safety, not effectiveness for back pain, would you be willing to remove that altogether so we stay on topic? If so, you can also simply remove my response to that specific source - to avoid clutter. What do you think? Please feel free to reject, or further discuss, this request if you take any issue with it.Puhlaa (talk) 00:30, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Puhlaa. I'm glad you're still involved - it's editors like you and Ocaasi that have kept the field of chiropractic sane on Wikipedia. To be honest, I was 'stung' into commenting at WT:MED because of DVMt's continual baiting (as I saw it) of Doc James, and all of those sources were simply lifted from a 2011 version of the Chiropractic article - coincidentally you're the editor of the last diff there! I was merely making a point about looking at the reputation and quality of the journals, rather than the author (which we only do for self-published sources), and I chose them to demonstrate a range of slightly different conclusions from Ernst. Please feel free to critique my choice: it was not meant to be representative of the whole field of the literature. As for the RfC, I'm pretty certain that folks will agree that there is a spectrum of opinion on chiropractic - and that is what we need to say in our articles, since not all of the reviews reach the same conclusions. I see a steady shift over time to an acknowledgement of areas where evidence-based medicine can be seen to demonstrate effectiveness of chiropractic techniques, so you're trying to pin down a constantly moving target - good luck with that! Regards, --RexxS (talk) 14:45, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

For this! Sometimes it feels like I'm surrounded by wolves, and altho I'm brave I am, after all, a very small puppy. It is good to hear words of encouragement in dark places. Killer Chihuahua 18:27, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The vast (and often too silent) majority of editors are only too pleased to have brave hounds such as yourself doing the jobs that they couldn't stand to do themselves. I should know - I'm one of them. The least I can do is to make sure that folks understand that they owe you gratitude - I've just said the same thing to ArbCom. So, it's really a case of my thanks to you, Puppy - the dino has spoken! --T-RexxS (rawr) 18:36, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]