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	Thanks for your reply at ], I was preoccupied with a different article. However, I still think the lead needs work. Not only religious fundamentalists would dispute the point of view of the second sentence - the "rare Earth" proponents would also dispute that the large size and age of the universe seems to suggest etc. Essentially, it's one POV that age/size/#planets implies there should be lots of life - a central POV to the article, of course, and one that Fermi was directly answering - but still a POV. Thus I would be happier with something more like "The estimated age and size of the universe, along with the likely number of planets, imply to some theorists that extraterrestrial life should be common." It's ] but maybe you can do better with this general idea? Also, I'll look at the lower sections and get back to you. ] 16:42, 3 May 2006 (UTC)		Thanks for your reply at ], I was preoccupied with a different article. However, I still think the lead needs work. Not only religious fundamentalists would dispute the point of view of the second sentence - the "rare Earth" proponents would also dispute that the large size and age of the universe seems to suggest etc. Essentially, it's one POV that age/size/#planets implies there should be lots of life - a central POV to the article, of course, and one that Fermi was directly answering - but still a POV. Thus I would be happier with something more like "The estimated age and size of the universe, along with the likely number of planets, imply to some theorists that extraterrestrial life should be common." It's ] but maybe you can do better with this general idea? Also, I'll look at the lower sections and get back to you. ] 16:42, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

			==GWB Science edit==
			I was the one who originally made the edit critical of the Union of Concerned Scientists. I just wanted to drop by and say that I thought your edit of that material was fair and just. Thanks!

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Archived round about 30K. I will respond on your user page.

Persian Gulf

Hi, I was the one who added the `Naming Dispute` section to the Persian Gulf article, as a compromise, since other editors before me, seem to have had a long edit warring going on there, so thank you for your interjection and revertion.Zmmz 21:34, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Evidence of Compromise

Marskell, can you please go here, and see if you feel like leaving a short comment there?; it is very important to me. ThanksZmmz 09:12, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Marskell, I really appreciate that you left a comment on that page on my behalf, but please be kind enough to move your comments here, by today if possible, because they want it to be submitted in this page. Thank you so muchZmmz 18:32, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

I just wanted to thank you Marskell for your kind comments; it worked. I`m grateful.Zmmz 19:08, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Anglophobia

What do you think about the anonymous restoring of this article? It has gone back to being unbalanced/unreferenced and a one-man rant! I hoped a newer version would get a better article more along the lines of those for similar topics. I know it was still written from one viewpoint but could have been expanded. Is there a process in Misplaced Pages for abitrating or is it a free for all?

FARC

When defeaturing articles, you must update Misplaced Pages:Featured articles. All the rest of that stuff - the star on the article and talk page, are meaingless decorations. The list, on the other hand, is considered the authorative source for what is and is not a featured article. Raul654 14:12, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Turkish literature

Hello, now that the article is off the mainpage I edited the hated introduction. I hope it is liked. --Monotonehell 07:06, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the congratulations; I appreciate it. And don't worry, I recognize pedantic quibbles as being no more than pedantic quibbles (I engage in them myself with a rather frightening regularity). Anyhow, thanks again for the congrats and the assistance. —Saposcat 08:26, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Skeletor pic

I like 'Peela' and 'Dorko'. I only removed because it wasn't strictly fair use, and some guy asked me to lose it when I was up for adminship. Boooo. Proto||type 15:55, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Just another RFA thank you note

Dear Marskell, I appreciate your vote and your kind words in my RFA. It has passed with an unexpected 114/2/2 and I feel honored by this show of confidence in me. Cheers! ←Humus sapiens 03:37, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Your comment on Misplaced Pages talk:Good articles

I removed your comment there, which was unhelpful and irrelevant. Evidently you don't like the concept of good articles, so why not just take it off your watchlist and ignore it, instead of popping up every few weeks saying it's pointless. I suggested to you before that you list it on WP:MFD and argue for its removal and see what the consensus is - do that if you like. But stop leaving comments like this which help absolutely no-one. Worldtraveller 00:21, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Page move

If by 'manual move' you mean you cut and pasted the content into a new page, that will have to be undone. Cut and paste moves are forbidden for copyright reasons. I'll look into it; in the mean time, please don't change anything. Tom Harrison 14:30, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

It happens; don't worry about it. Tom Harrison 14:34, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Okay, it looks like no harm done. I think I have restored the status quo ante, taking no position on the merits. I wasn't aware of this controversy. Probably the place to take it is requested moves, where there can be discussion and hopefully consensus. Tom Harrison 14:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Let me look into it a little more. Tom Harrison 15:22, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Okay, now I think I have restored the status quo. The page is at Extraterrestrial life in culture, and Alien (popular culture) redirects there. All are move-protected for now. Tom Harrison 16:06, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Vedexent Paradox...

Cute message :)

I must apologize for not getting back to you sooner. My reasons for staying away from the Fermi Paradox are 2-fold - and I am coming back :)

Work. Work has been smacking me hard for the last couple of weeks. 12-hour days and all that.
Differing, but not invalid, editing styles ;) Let me explain. You and I have very different ways of approaching the article - not irreconcilable differences, but we seem to have them. We can still work together, and my reasoning runs like this: my reaction to your different style is to quibble while your edits are "works in progress" (did you notice? :D ), but your end results are quite good. So, I thought, since I had unobstructed editing time on the article, I'd keep my trap shut, let you edit, and when you had made significant changes I'd evaluate the results - which I am sure are positive changes, and probably easier for you to do without me quibbling over your shoulder through the interim stages ;) As you noted, you have made significant changes, and I'd have read them and given you feedback, save for point #1. I'll try and get to them soonest - but today I've already worked, and tomorrow is the last day for me to file my income tax. So - no promises this weekend, but I'll see if I can get to it early in the week, if I don't have some time tomorrow - which I may :) In general what I've peeked a look at is good changes, but I'll sit down, read and review the whole article later :) - Vedexent 21:48, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

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Surface features of Mars

Hi; yeah, i hadn't noticed the inconsistencies in the lat/long stuff until you pointed them out.. i don't know much about it, and don't particularly have a preference to style, so i'll do whatever you decide.

regarding the 'surface features' instead of 'topography'.. i definitely prefer 'surface features' because i think it's all-encompasing. even large areas like Tharsis i would count as a 'surface feature' because it is simply a notable feature of the surface, because it is a combination of various smaller features of the surface (the mountains, say).

also, i'm not convinced that all of these valles, terrae, etc, are notable enough to have entire articles to themselves.. i mean there's usually not a whole lot one can say about them. i would prefer an overview article, like Valles on Mars, that describes the notable ones, and possibly just links to a wikisource list with coordinates, and other information, similar to that found at http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. . I mean, i just can't imagine what something like Uzboi Vallis would look like if it weren't a stub; surely the place for that information is in a larger article.

those are my thoughts, anyway.. keep up the good work! :) Mlm42 14:22, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

in fact, it's probably best to simply include the smaller features in articles of the larger ones. For example, Uzboi Vallis likely belongs entirely within Argyre Planitia. also, you may be interested in the new Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Martian Geography. Mlm42 15:03, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

A landslide victory for The JPS (aka RFA thanks)

Hey, Marskell, thank you so much for your vote and comments in my RfA, which passed with an overwhelming consensus of 95/2/2. I was very surprised and flattered that the community has entrusted me with these lovely new toys. I ripped open the box and started playing with them as soon as I got them, and I've already had the pleasure of deleting random nonsense/attacks/copyvios tonight.
If I ever do anything wrong, or can help in some way, please feel free to drop me a line on my talk page, and I will do my best to correct my mistake, or whatever...
Now, to that bottle of wine waiting for me...

The JPS 22:48, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Fermi paradox

Thanks for your reply at WP:PR, I was preoccupied with a different article. However, I still think the lead needs work. Not only religious fundamentalists would dispute the point of view of the second sentence - the "rare Earth" proponents would also dispute that the large size and age of the universe seems to suggest etc. Essentially, it's one POV that age/size/#planets implies there should be lots of life - a central POV to the article, of course, and one that Fermi was directly answering - but still a POV. Thus I would be happier with something more like "The estimated age and size of the universe, along with the likely number of planets, imply to some theorists that extraterrestrial life should be common." It's weasel words but maybe you can do better with this general idea? Also, I'll look at the lower sections and get back to you. Kaisershatner 16:42, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

GWB Science edit

I was the one who originally made the edit critical of the Union of Concerned Scientists. I just wanted to drop by and say that I thought your edit of that material was fair and just. Thanks!