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Hey, I hope you don't mind, but I've taken something you said and put it on my User page, because I think, out of context, it's pretty funny, but at the same time, truthful. ALTON .ıl 23:35, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Please, go ahead. Apparently it worked and someone eventually did find a source up to my (our) satisfaction. Cheers. Ufwuct (talk) 13:58, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello!

I'm a regular contributor on Allegations_of_state_terrorism_committed_by_the_United_States. I wanted to stop by both to thank you for the useful edits you made to the page -- they were universally approved by a large lot of the regular contributors there -- but also to mention that, because of the extremely contrarian culture of that particular page, we hope that any future edits to content you might make are first floated and debated on the talk page beforehand.

Please understand that these are not measures of hollow ceremony; the page has been repeatedly targeted for deletion and suffered a lot of edit wars, and over time a consensus has emerged that such habits are the best means of avoiding any recurrences of counter-productivity.

Once again: thanks for the useful edits, and we hope to see you again some other time. Stone put to sky (talk) 06:52, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

My first impression is that the page is probably filled with an overwhelming amount of unsourced material, probably a lot from professors who couldn't get published for real. What I'm sure of is that it lacks balance; the counterarguments are too few and most are not even sourced. However, I don't have the time to substantially correct and look up rebuttals to the claims right now, so almost all my edits were for style and the rest were for violations of policy (though content related).

I saw that you are a frequent contributor to the article; I wish you the best of luck with this topic. Ufwuct (talk) 13:57, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

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Celery

Hi,

I was confused by your edit to celery, but then I realized I was confused in general about celery terminology. For what it's worth, here it says that the individual long things you eat are ribs and the stalk is the collection of ribs. Though I wouldn't mind more confirmation. In case it comes up again. This is a bit more official, CFIA is an official government body in Canada. WLU (talk) 21:25, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

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Split infinitive

Can't help replying to your edit summary at High German consonant shift. Your edit is fine - probably that is the more common syntax - though the way it was was fine too. But what has that got to do with a split infinitive? Neither your version nor the older one had a split infinitive. Besides, people who don't use split infinitives are not following a made-up rule. They are speaking a variety of English which is slightly more conservative, that's all. See split infinitive for the story of this construction - it's an interesting tale, and not the way most people imagine it. --Doric Loon (talk) 11:49, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I guess it's not an infinitive, but I was referring to the "be contrasted" verb phrase. It reminded me of efforts to not split the infinitive, even when the result looks forced and artificial. When I said "made up", I was limited by the length of the edit summary box and was referring to the false analogy with Latin. In centuries past, this was the main argument to try to give a historical justification for the rule (of not splitting). Thanks. Ufwuct (talk) 15:06, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

re:Please see my edit to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

looking at other airport pages, most that i have seen have the distance as 'as the crow flies' without a source. i believe that is the best way to go, with a more accurate distance than 23 miles. i don't know why your edit was changed; i agree that it needs to be more accurate. driving miles can be interperated in different ways, so physical location from downtown, again 'as the crow flies', is in my opinion the most accurate. for right now, we can either leave it as driving miles or change it to what i suggested. as a source, would google map be good enough? cheers Urban909 (talk) 15:09, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

• Edit: found source that confirmed the 20 mile distanceUrban909 (talk) 15:31, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

I like the 20 mile source better, but I still think that it should be clarified that this is a driving distance and not actual miles. The ATL article mentions 7 miles from downtown Atlanta. Chicago's straight line distance is about the same as the driving distance (though they overestimate by 0.7 miles for some reason). It's just that some people elsewhere saw that 23 mile figure and questioned it being that far away. Plus, now that you have found a better source, I think I can put a Google source beside it. Thanks. Ufwuct (talk) 17:41, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

sounds good to me. driving miles probably is better, as related to the sources found. Urban909 (talk) 14:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Great! Happy editing. Ufwuct (talk) 14:47, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

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Beloit, Wisconsin- citations

I did find 2 citations for the Beloit, Wisconsin article. One citation is from the Wisconsin Historical Society about John Francis Appleby and his invention and the other was an ad from the Beloit News that came from the Beloit Historical Society. As for the speedometer citation, I would agree that one is dubious. They can always be removed. Thank you-RFD (talk) 18:50, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Great! Thanks for your help on the article. The sources look good. Perhaps we could leave the speedometer part in there for maybe a week to see if the original author of this statement can clarify and source this. Then we could remove. What do you think? Ufwuct (talk) 22:28, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks for your comment. On the speedometer part I agree we should just wait. RFD (talk) 13:58, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

To Kill a Mockingbird

Hello. I brought this article to FA status, and I agree with Maralia that the information you're including does not belong in this article. It has a wonderful place in the Mockingbird article, but as it has nothing to do with the book, its production, themes, adaptations, or reception, it does not belong in this one. I'm going to revert it. If you have any questions, please respond here on on the TKaM talk page. Thank you. --Moni3 (talk) 16:53, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

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Your edit to Ulan Bator

Hi, in case you should really happen to be unaware of the difference between a Lama and a Llama, then you might want to stay clear of articles relating to both East Asian and South American topics... --Latebird (talk) 00:55, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

My mistake. Ufwuct (talk) 15:20, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Alberta

Hey, I saw your continued edits to Ponoka, Alberta and hoped you were a resident - since I was hoping to get a photograph of the Capitol Theatre in the city. Any chance? Sherurcij ^{(speaker for the dead)} 08:33, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

No, I'm not a resident of Alberta. I have been for business but don't have any plans to go back soon. Sorry I couldn't help. Best of luck finding that photo. Ufwuct (talk) 18:27, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

List of Houston neighborhoods

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Central Valley

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No

Thanks for correcting my typo. Synchronism (talk) 22:14, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

No biggie. Didn't see that you made it.Ufwuct (talk) 23:15, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

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RE:

Sorry that simple mistakes aren't permitted when typing for hours...--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 01:30, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

If that was an attempt to make me feel guilty or something ... Ufwuct (talk) 04:11, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Not to make you feel guilty, more like a total ass.--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 23:00, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, that didn't work either. I had no idea who you were until you felt the need to comment here. Ufwuct (talk) 23:05, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Know who I am? Lol, you're just not getting it. Main point, don't be rude. Bye.--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 23:29, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

You done yet? Great! Ufwuct (talk) 03:06, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

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Template:Houston weatherbox

The prior main NOAA source also included data for IAH, so removal of this could have been avoided. You also lowered the precision of the Precip days from the standard (in US articles) 0.1 day precision to 1 day precision in the process. Above all, ThreadEx should not have been removed, because records at IAH only date to 1969. Please be more cautious when altering weather-boxes. GotR ^Talk 04:58, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

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Bare URLs

Hello, I noticed that on Wikipedia talk:Bare URLs (back in March 2013) you asked if it were possible to set up a bot to fix bare URL citations. I have just made a request on Wikipedia:Bot requests and I'm wondering if I could have your input? If you have already made such a request, could you tell me what the decision was? Thank you! -- Kndimov (talk) 22:37, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

I haven't made an official request.

If I'm around, I'd be glad to give input.

Ufwuct (talk) 18:08, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Alright thanks! It's been several days and nobody has responded to my request so I'm feeling a bit discouraged. -- Kndimov (talk) 01:26, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

Does this help at all: Wikipedia:Reflinks? I never heard of it before today and I only had time to scan the article, but it seemed relevant. Ufwuct (talk) 16:07, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

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