User talk:Arbitrary username/archive20060704

Hey, thanks for catching that! :D

~Kylu (u|t) 02:27, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. You might want to complete Steps 2 and 3 at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:RM for your requested move. Might make things more organized and easier to parse. Best, BrianinStockholm 08:24, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, done. Arbitrary username 10:53, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I realized I hadn't done all the necessary formatting, but by the time I went back a few minutes later, the discussion had already been closed by an admin. Arbitrary username 10:57, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Arbitrary, you might want to read my comment on talk:Global warming and the exact quote from the report before you continue with your work on it. In short, I think William's solution (maybe with some extra copyedit) is probably better, as the quote says something very different than originally suggested. --Stephan Schulz 22:06, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Arbitrary, Hey what's up? Well, that's just a hello, I don't really expect an answer akin to "I'm fine, and you?." Skipping that part, I'd like to thank you for the smile you gave me when you said I was far more prolific and long-established. Ha! Thanks.

Ok, ok, ok, ok. I'm actually back to discuss my signiture. I'm thinking I'll keep that picture in it anyway eventhough it is against a guideline.

Reasons for no Images in Signatures

They are an unnecessary drain on server resources, and could cause server slowdown: My 17px American Flag images have negligible impact on the servers' growth rate.

A new image can be uploaded in place of the one you chose, making your signature a target for possible vandalism : Not going to happen, the American flag image's vandalism would be reverted in probably less than a minute--it appears quite a bit on Wikipedia.

They reduce searchability, making pages more difficult to read: Again, mine is only 17px and its kern is smaller than that of regular letters!

They make it more difficult to copy text from a page: Same reason.

They are potentially distracting from the actual message: I don't believe so, it is extreamly small.

In most browsers images do not scale with the text, making lines with images higher than those without: The kern is less than normal charachters

They clutter up the "file links" list on the image page every time you sign on a different talk page: The "What Links Here" is extreamly valueable to the Wikipedians that utalize it. However, with the American Flag image, no uses will be disturbed.

Images in signatures give undue prominence to a given user's contribution: Bah! I've been on Wikipedia for a while, and give enough love to it that I should be able to put a tiny little American Flag next to my name!!

Anyways, thank you very much for looking out for me and Wikipedia. I normally have working spell check here so I probably spelled some words wrong; I don't actually know the accurate way to spell "extremely." Hmm, that looks better than "extreamly." What do you think?

I saw your contributions to the Global Warming article. I'll check the talk page and edit there probably now, because from the edit conflict (above) I am guessing William McConnely is on there. GRRR!!!

— The Mac Davis] ญƛ. 22:15, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I changed my mind, I will take it off. Maybe plain old text is flashy enough. — The Mac Davis] ⌇☢ ญƛ. 22:28, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]