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My quotes will be box like this. — HurricaneDevon @ 19:59, 1 May 2006 (UTC) [1]

Chnge of name

If you want to avoid impersonation, please read #7 & #8 of the =Instructions= on the request page. You can ask any admin to block the old account but you'll have to recreated it. =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:41, September 10, 2005 (UTC)

I'm Now Hurricane Devon

I am no longer "Acid." I'm now "Hurricane Devon."

Glad to see you back

Hi, Hurricane Devon. I just wanted to say that I'm impressed with your attitude and maturity. I share your interest in science and astronomy, although I'm sure you know more astronomy than I. If you have any questions about Wikipedia or need any help, feel free to ask me; you can leave a message on my talk page. Good luck and happy editing! — Knowledge Seeker দ 06:26, September 13, 2005 (UTC)

Hey, Devon, got your message. Looks like you found the talk pages for the articles. Now regarding the images at Dire Wolf, I don't think we'll be able to use them on Wikipedia, because they are copyrighted. The only images Wikipedia can use, in general, are ones that are in the public domain, or ones that the copyright holder has agreed to release under the terms of the GDFL. See Wikipedia:Image use policy#Copyright (images) for more information. Just putting the name of the copyright holder and such isn't enough, if the copyright holder has not agreed to release the image. That being said, it would have been nice if User:UtherSRG had left a more helpful edit summary, explaining why he removed the images. I'll leave him a note suggesting he do so in the future. But yes, obtaining images for Wikipedia is quite difficult in general. Obviously, the best way is to photograph/create them yourself. Finally, to sign entries, use four tildes, like this: ~~~~. You should use it to sign all entries on talk pages. Any more questions, drop me a note! — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:22, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

There are several ways to do it; the standard way would be to nominate it on Wikipedia:Images for deletion. Or, if there is an administrator with whom you are friends, you can just ask him or her. I just happen to be one of those. Nominating for deletion is fine, but for simple cases like this it is a waste of time for people to vote on it and for an administrator to close the discussion and so on. Just let me know on my talk page which images you no longer need. You can refer to them with links in this manner: [[:Image:Gonda building, closer up.jpg]] which gives Image:Gonda building, closer up.jpg. The preceding colon is important; otherwise you'll put the image itself in your comment. Any other questions? Just ask! — Knowledge Seeker দ 08:17, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Capitalization

Hello,

Can you please use regular English capitalization in your article edits? In English, most non-proper-name nouns are not capitalized. -- Curps 17:39, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Sorry! I'm not so good with grammer. I'll watch myself in the future. — HurricaneDevon @ 21:00, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Zuniceratops

This article appears to be a copyright violation. Please be careful about copyright (for images and text). -- Curps 18:08, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

I'm realy sorry, i'll watch myself in the future. — HurricaneDevon @ 21:02, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

I redid the Zuniceratops artical. But I writen the first part of the artical myself. — HurricaneDevon @ 22:27, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Iota Horologii images

The first image (Errai) is Gamma Cephei, not Iota Horologii. The secod image is indeed an artist's conception of Iota Horologii, but the problem is both of these images are copyrighted, and we can't use them unless the artists give permission. -- Curps 21:05, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

I'm realy sorry, i'll watch myself in the future. — HurricaneDevon @ 21:02, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Re: Image help!

Unfortunately, while I like that picture, I don't think Wikipedia will be able to use it. Could you point me to where you read about the special tag so I can take a look? — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:10, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, Devon, I've been away. Do you still have questions about the picture? — Knowledge Seeker দ 03:24, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Re: Colored quote

I do basically the same thing, but with a template instead. {{User:Knowledge Seeker/self}} is a subpage I created: its contents are <div style="color:#000099">{{{1}}}</div> . So when you use it, like any other template, it takes the first argument and puts it where the {{{1}}} is. The reason I used a template is that later I may decide I don't like the blue, or maybe I'll want italics instead, or something else. Of course, you're welcome to use my template as well, although if I change it at some point, all your text will change color or style then too. Make sense? — Knowledge Seeker দ 06:24, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, i'll stick with my method. — HurricaneDevon @ 21:31, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Wilma to pay you guys a unwelcome visit

You and the other Florida Wikipedians are about to have a hurricane come your way. Hope you guys come out of this OK. I've seen what Katrina had done, and I had been through Rita. Latest info. I've seen has it aimed at you and the other Florida Wikipedians. 66.112.107.8 09:17, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

The old "borg"-like designation 66.112.107.8 has been terminated.Martial Law

Hope you and the other Floridians are prepared to "weather" this storm. Latest tracking models have it still comming to your state. My local Radio Shack sells the Grundig FR - 200/Recycle Power radio, and a flashlight similar to the Everlife flashlight now being advertised. Your local Radio Shack should also be selling these as well, considering WHAT is comming your way. The radio referred to here is a "Self Powered" radio that uses a hand crank, has it own built-in light.This will help you keep an eye on the situation, and provide light. The bad news is that the light is a old style light bulb. Because of that, I purchased at least seven (7) LED lights, just in case someone needed a light.As stated, I've seen what Katrina had done and have been through Rita. Lost power due Rita for a while. That was only because the emergency crews were on standby mode. Click on Wikipedians to access the other people that are on this to let them know what is comming. Last report on this thing was that it was a Catagory 4, WAS a Catagory 5. Good luck Martial Law :- )

Re:Hurricane Devon

1. The Great Barred Spiral Galaxy is NGC 1365's official name. All of my books have this info on it.

Nope, NGC 1365 is the official name, if any galaxy's name can be said to be official. Except for a very few deep sky objects like the Andromeda Galaxy, Orion Nebula, or Tarantula Nebula "proper" names (nicknames really) are not used in professional astronomical literature. If you don't believe me, try for example the Simbad Astronomical Database or NED. ADS Abstract Service finds 648 hits for NGC 1365 (may include other articles) and 0 for the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy. That service includes as many as 1,142,910 records. I'd like to know what books you have.

As NGC 1365 is clearly more common name, the article should be named accordingly. Personally I'm not against proper names (I didn't like that Curps changed most proper star names to Bayer designations), but the policy of Wikipedia is that the most common name of the subject should be the name of the article. In the case of this galaxy, there shouldn't be any dispute.

2. The Andromeda Galaxy has more satellites. I thought there were only seven.

I don't know if there's more. In any case, the extremely dim galaxy Andromeda IX is the most recent find [2].

3. Do you have this same name on Extrasolar Vision Forum. Because i'm Vega on this forum.

Yeah, I'm the same dude. It's a small world. ;) --Jyril 19:08, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Let me explain again: Only a very few deep sky objects are more often called with their names instead of designations. A few Messier objects have such names, including the Whirlpool Galaxy you mentioned (I would use the designation Messier 51 instead, though). NGC 1365 is often described as a giant barred spiral galaxy, but it is not its name (we don't call the Andromeda Galaxy the "Giant Spiral Galaxy" either). Article move is definitely not justified.--Jyril 22:25, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

So, you moved the galaxy article again. Not big deal, but I'd like to hear your explanation. You said your're done research. I ask again, what is your source?

It looks like you don't know what 'official name' means in astronomy. Official names are those that the International Astronomical Union has accepted, plus de facto the names and designations that astronomers use regularly (examples: Io, NGC 253, 51 Pegasi). Great Barred Spiral Galaxy does not appear in scientific literature, nor even in the popular literature. It is not even mentioned in the press releases provided in the bottom of the page, despite that PR people like to use nicknames (see NASA's "Xena" press release for example). --Jyril 17:00, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

I made that chance weeks ago, before we did this talk. I just didn't have the time to change it back. — Hurricane Devon (Talk) 17:44, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

OK. Sorry for the ranting, I didn't check the modification date.--Jyril 12:50, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Re:Hurricane Fan

Hey fellow New Jersey born Wikipedia! Devon, that's interesting that you live in Florida. My entire extended family lives there across the state, and I have been especially concerned about Florida hurricanes as of recent. We do seem to have quite a bit in common. Even though I didn't add Astrology and science, I love studying the planets and their wonders, especially far-away galaxies with potential for life. Chemistry is awesome, making up everything from microscopic building blocks. Hopefully you and your family have been all right from all of these storms, and hopefully this is the last of them (though I personally doubt it given the cycle of increased # of hurricanes). Don't want to make this too long, so I'll see you around. Hurricanehink 01:36, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Ah, whoops. Still, I'm glad you are OK where you are. Hurricanehink 16:10, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Funny story about Dennis, who would've known? :) I am a guy, and sadly that's not the first time I've been asked based on my name. You should consider finding more about Andrew, if you don't know it. As a child I would always respond to the TV when Hurricane Andrew was on (my first name is Andrew) but shortly thereafter I became concerned when I saw the damage for my family. The New England Hurricane is a cool one, with its rapid momentum and all. I personally like older hurricanes that no one knows of, but modern ones are cool. Now I gotta go, talk to you. Hurricanehink 21:51, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi Devon Moore (nice name as well). I see one reason why you did use for your first name, there's never been a hurricane Devon. Interesting the New England cane struck your home town. Let's hope there will never be a repeat of it. Hurricanehink 22:31, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Yes, that picture is me from 5 years ago. I joined my brother's band, who had a website. My picture was put on there, but I figured he ended the website or something. Wow, how times have changed. That picture looks very little like me right now. Thanks for bringing that picture to my attention, and now I will have to have a talk with my brother about it... :) See you later. Hurricanehink 01:10, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Too bad about mid-terms. I have them in a couple of weeks in January. I'm sure that's a wonderful Christmas gift, grades from school. That's cool we look alike. To answer your question about the Greek alphabet and my replacement, my list would be an auxillary list that follows every season after they run out of names. Like this year, we would go from Wilma to Avery. Next year, it would go from William to Avery, unless Avery was retired and replaced with another ambiguous name like Aston. This list would follow every other list if they run out.

For the final question, I looked through every D name that could be either male or female. For some reason Devon stuck out, and now I see why. I was looking through my talk page before I wrote the list, so I guess you were the inspiration for the D name because we're friends. I've got to go now, but hopefully you did well on your mid-terms, and talk to you later. Hurricanehink 15:52, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Neptune's weather

Neptune's weather —
You created this page a few days ago. I'm sorry, but I don't see how there's anything here that can't be discussed in the main Neptune article. There's certainly room for expansion, however, if that's what you plan to do. I would also suggest moving it to Weather of Neptune as well. Regards, howcheng [ t • c • w • e ] 23:16, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

You wrote:

Me crazy. I made this page to explain more abut Neptune's hurricanes, not it's weather. And you're right, this page is obsolete. You can delete it if you want.

It's actually easier for you to have it delete it. Just tag it with a {{db-author}} template (request for speedy deletion by author) and it will be done. howcheng [ t • c • w • e ] 00:43, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Too many people have edited it for that to be done, without violating GFDL a little bit. Instead, the material should be merged into Neptune and the article should be turned into a redirect. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 00:56, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Page moves

Hi, I noticed that you appear to have moved Spiral Galaxy M109 to M109 galaxy by copying and pasting the content. Cut and paste page moves are a Bad Thing™, because they break the page history. If you want to move pages in future, you can simply use the "move" tab at the top of most pages or list more complicated moves (eg where a page already exists at the target name) at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Thanks, AJR | Talk 01:24, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Seeing Phobos and Deimos from Mars

What's up with the page? You blanked it; do you want it deleted? A {{db}} tag would make it clearer, if you do. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 19:19, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

I'm making an artical to show and explain what phobos & deimos liik like in the martian sky. Does this sound like a good idea?
— HurricaneDevon @ 19:22, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Well, since you're asking, it doesn't sound like a good idea to me -- seems like it would be better to say what Phobos looks like in the Martian sky in the Phobos (moon) article, and say what Deimos looks like in the Deimos (moon) article. That' where I would expect to see that kind of thing. But that's just my feeling. In any case, if you don't get some content into the article soon, it's likely to be deleted as empty. Cheers! —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 19:26, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Done! Thanks! —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 19:30, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

The euro and the greek drachma

I reverted your edit to Euro#Transition. The omissiion of the drachma from the table is deliberate. It was not a member of the first wave countries but followed a year later. The second para following explains. --Red King 00:25, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Florida.

I noticed from Category:Wikipedians in Florida that you are a floridian and I have created a state wikiproject, Wikipedia:WikiProject Florida. So far is it very small but it could be expanded later. Join it if you want and help set tasks etc. Thanks --Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 06:16, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

I would love to wish all wikipedians a Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays. — Hurricane Devon ^{(Talk, e-Mail)} 13:55, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikibrake

I'm taing a wikibreake because i'll be playing with my christmas stuff. I'll come back on my Birthday (December 26 2005). — Hurricane Devon ^{(Talk, e-Mail)} 14:16, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Re: Wikipedia e-mail

You can't check your e-mail on Wikipedia. If someone sends you an e-mail through Wikipedia, it will go to whatever e-mail address you specified in your preferences. You can check that account as you normally check your e-mail. I just sent you a test message; let me know if you get it or if you have any questions. And happy birthday! — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:51, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Today is my Birthday. — HurricaneDevon @ 15:18, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Copyrighted images

Hello again. I see you uploaded this image. Did Hans Deeg, who obviously owns the image [3], give the right to use the image freely? (The free copyright tag means that.) If not, the image violates the copyright and will be removed soon. Be careful not to add copyrighted material to Wikipedia! Unless explicitly otherwise mentioned, every image is copyrighted unless its copyright is expired.--Jyril 16:18, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Could you explain how the use of Image:70vir-b4.jpg doesn't violate copyright? The image is originally from [4]. Do you see the text "Copyright © Walter Myers. All rights reserved."? It is used in Solstation.com only with permission. As I said before, {{CopyrightedFreeUse}} means that the copyright holder allows anyone to use the image freely for any purpose.--Jyril 17:24, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Categories

Hurricane categories - like for New England Hurricane of 1938 - in the infoboxes are from the hurricane's peak strength, not from the time of landfall. Jdorje 03:08, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Which is to say, they should match the categories given at the bottom of the article...like in Category:Category 5 hurricanes. Jdorje 03:09, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Images on Sudarsky system

Hi, I noticed you added some pictures to the Sudarsky system. While I can see that illustrating the system is a good idea, some of the images do not seem appropriate (even though the planets you have chosen to do this may be in these classes) and contradict the text - most obvious examples is HD 188753 Ab which is depicted as red, though the text suggests deep blue, and HD 209458b which is depicted as orange/yellow, not the greenish suggested in the text. Similar considerations apply to 70 Virginis b and Iota Horologii b.

In addition, we don't actually know what these planets actually look like, and some of the parameters are rather unconstrained. In particular, Extrasolar Visions (which you seem to be using as your reference) gets different results for Sudarsky classes than the calculations used for this purpose in Celestia - Whatmough apparently didn't take into account the albedo of the planet (which is given in the Sudarsky paper), which affects the temperature. E.g. Celestia has HD 188753 Ab as a silicate giant, and Upsilon Andromedae c as a water giant. The planets I chose as examples had the same result both in Celestia and on Whatmough's site. Chaos syndrome 17:15, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Image:70vir-b4.jpg has been listed as a possible copyright violation

An image that you uploaded, Image:70vir-b4.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems because it is a suspected copyright violation. Please look there if you know that the image is legally usable on Wikipedia (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), and then provide the necessary information there and on its page, if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Chaos syndrome 17:32, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Iota Horologii image

You are aware of the of use for the image of Image:Iota_Horologii_b.jpg? I'm not sure whether to flag this one as a copyright violation, as he does allow free use of the images, but only if you email and also provide a link back. At the very least there should be a link to the original source, as per his instructions. Chaos syndrome 17:40, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm starting to get ticked. Image:70vir-b4.jpg, Image:TransitM.jpg, & Image:Iota Horologii b.jpg came from Sol Station. If the images are copyrighte & not to be used by anyone, thay wouldn't be on this public website. So I put them in ((CopyrightedFreeUse)). — HurricaneDevon @ 17:47, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Note what it says on SolStation next to the images: "Used with permission". That means that SolStation got permission of the artist to use the image. Chaos syndrome 17:58, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Nonsense article

===>You can put this on your user page but it's not an article for an encyclopedia, on-line or otherwise. Justin (koavf) 22:10, 6 January 2006 (UTC)