User talk:Ramanpotential

Welcome!

Hello, Ramanpotential, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! Thorpe ^talk 11:17, 29 August 2005 (UTC) [reply]

Cricket[edit]

Ramanpotential,

You seem to be a fellow cricket fan. Would you be interested in signing up as a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket? - It's a great way to discuss and share a mutual interest. The page highlights recently added articles and the talk page has a to-do list. And even more importantly, we desperately need some more Aussies as the Poms think they run the place! If you're interested, just add your name in the participants list and add WP:Cricket to your watch list. Regards -- Ian ≡ talk 14:03, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Moving pages[edit]

Hi there - as a note for future reference, you shouldn't move pages by just copying and pasting the content, as it splits up the edit history between then two pages. Instead, use the move function at the top of the page, which will carry the history with the page. This also works if you want to move a page over an existing redirect, as long as the redirect has no edit history. If there's any page you can't move for some reason, you can put a note at Wikipedia:Requested moves and an administrator should be able to do it for you. sjorford #£@%&$?! 09:43, 4 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Migration watch external link[edit]

Hi Ben I followed the link and was disturbed to find a website which was little more than thinly veiled racism. Thats why I added my little note. Check it out. This is why I left Britain and would not advise anyone without blue eyes, blond hair and a London/Essex accent to live there. Only telling the truth, no vandalism involved. Mike

Nevertheless, this is an encyclopedia and the website linked to does relate to the article. If you want to criticise the link's inclusion, it's best to do so in the article's talk page, rather than within the article itself. Cheers. Ramanpotential 07:47, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How to earn a block[edit]

If you continue the persistent personal attacks, I can pretty much assure you that you will get blocked before too long. You're welcome to a Humean skepticism about effects following their causes, but I've observed enough correlation to be pretty confident about this. Moreover, the oddly eschewed use of an IP address is moderately bad behavior as well. It's not exactly sock-puppetry, but it leans in that direction. Not sure what you hope to gain from that other than some sort of gamesmanship. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 08:58, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Quit your silly threats. I have not personally attacked you, and you know it. And once again, I am not User:58.160.223.124 and you are more than welcome to have that checked into. User:58.160.223.124 seems to be new to Wikipedia and confused about who's talking to who[m]. Ramanpotential 09:08, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Of course not, "192.168.1.3" ... you post from a Private network block rather than using the internet. :-) Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 18:14, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I live in a house with three computers and a router. How very sinister. Ramanpotential 22:50, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm aware of that; my guess is that rather than logging off this username, you simply haven't logged on with one of the other machines. 192.168.1.3 is not your "IP address", not in the sense you claimed on JKelly's talk page. The WAN IP address you use is the address the router uses externally—e.g. 58.160.223.124—and translates with NAT to/from your private network address. That's why I don't indignantly object that 192.168.1.3 is actually my IP address rather than yours :-). It's OK, you delightful malapropopism was charming enough to add to my list of entertaining quotes. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 23:10, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, 58.160.223.124 is the IP address of the user I encouraged to get an account, User:ShowsOn. My current WAN IP is 203.173.21.69. Ramanpotential 23:17, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Color legibility[edit]

I noticed that you tagged the page Color legibility for speedy deletion with the reason "possible original research, certainly lacking in context, unencyclopedic". However, "possible original research, certainly lacking in context, unencyclopedic" is not currently one of our criteria for speedy deletion, so I have removed the speedy deletion tag. You can use one of our other deletion processes, proposed deletion or articles for deletion if you still want the article to be deleted. Thanks! Stifle 14:44, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fifth Marian Dogma[edit]

Regarding the article Fifth Marian Dogma, which you tagged for speedy deletion with the reason "This article provides no meaningful content or history, and/or the text is unsalvageably incoherent. It is patent nonsense (CSD G1)", I wanted you to know that I have removed the speedy deletion tag. This article does not qualify for speedy deletion because it is not actually patent nonsense, please see WP:PN for what actually qualifies as patent nonsense. If you still want the article to be deleted, please use the WP:PROP process. Thanks! Stifle 14:54, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Are we reading the same article? :-) Thanks, though, I will put up a prop but judging by the author's zealousness I don't think it will last long. Ramanpotential (talk | contribs) 22:45, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ben, hi -- I've rewritten Fifth Marian Dogma because I believe it is a notable concept but I agree, the article needed wikification and context. Have a look! --Lockley 23:23, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! Truly outstanding work. :-) -- Ramanpotential (talk | contribs) 00:56, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia_talk:Censorship[edit]

A watered-down version of the proposed policy against censorship is now open for voting. Will you kindly review the policy and make your opinions known? Thank you very much.Loom91 18:15, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reminder...[edit]

When using template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:test}} instead of {{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template. — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 22:45, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Meetup on 24th August 2006[edit]

Apologies if you're already aware of this, but the Inaugural Adelaide Meetup will take place on Thursday 24th of August at Brougham Place Uniting Church, thanks to Alex Sims. Please indicate if you will attend or not.

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Meetup on 23rd April 2007[edit]

Hi Raman,

Apologies if you're already aware of this, but I'd like to let you know that the second Adelaide Meetup will take place on Monday 23rd of April at ZUMA Caffe, 56 Gouger Street, Adelaide. The meeting is at 7:30am for breakfast with Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales. Please see Wikipedia:Meetup/Adelaide/Meetup 2 for more details and indicate if you might attend.

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Adelaide Wikimeetup 3[edit]

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Hi Ben - we're planning a third meetup in Adelaide sometime in the coming weeks, and would love to have you there. If you can, please help decide a location, a date and a time here. Thanks! ~ Riana ⁂ 12:28, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Adelaide Wikimeetup 3[edit]

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Hi Ramanpotential - after some planning we've decided to hold the third Adelaide Wikimeetup on Sunday, 17th February, 2008. The meeting will be held at Billy Baxter's in Rundle Mall at 11:30AM. Further details and directions are available on the meetup page. Please RSVP here by 20:00UTC on 15th February 2008 (that's 6AM Saturday for our time zone) so that we can inform the restaurant about numbers. Hope to see you there!

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File:SupportDenmark.png listed for deletion[edit]

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ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

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Adelaide Meetup 22 – Friday 6 March 2020[edit]

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