Welcome edit

Welcome!

Hello Circuitloss, 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 have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!  KHM03 10:48, 7 October 2005 (UTC)Reply

Ah, a welcome message, that's really nice. Frankly, I think that Wikipedia will come to be remembered as one of the greatest projects in the history of humankind. I'm not exagerating. The Wiki is to the information age what the steam engine was to the industrial age. I will be proud to make whatever tiny contribution that I can to such an epic project. Thanks. --circuitloss 17:15, 7 October 2005 (UTC)Reply

BCP edit

I agree wholeheartedly with your view on the Book of Common Prayer; it is quite simply the best liturgical resource in human history (to date). I believe in formal liturgical worship (I'm quite "high church" for a United Methodist), not to the exclusion of other expressions, but as the finest way we've come up with. Good stuff. KHM03 17:46, 7 October 2005 (UTC)Reply

CoC edit

Here is a proposed framework for an improved article; feel free to add to it and/or edit in the days ahead. Eventually - hopefully - it can replace the POV monstrosity that currently exists. Thanks...KHM03 22:52, 7 October 2005 (UTC)Reply

Image:CompassRose.gif edit

Hi. Sorry; I don't have any reason for supposing that either the design or this particular rendering of it is free. I'm not a lawyer; I don't really know what the deal is. I guess you could ask the Anglican Communion Office about the former and the Compass Rose Society about the latter? Doops | talk 03:41, 6 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

Backpacking (travel) rewrite edit

Mike,just FYI, but I just did a big overhall of Backpacking and I'd like you to take a look at when you get a chance. I hope it's a lot better than the mess I found when I got there. --circuitloss 19:26, 12 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for all the hard work!! It is certainly much better than the trainwreck that was. stick around ;)... here 02:00, 15 January 2006 (UTC)Reply
Just had a quick skim read of it. It's so much better than it was. It's much more like an encyclopedia now, instead of being a random compilation of people's experiences and opinions. (Barry m 06:14, 16 January 2006 (UTC))Reply

Anti-Americanism getting out of control edit

I need you to review something when you get a chance. "Phil," is fighting a revert war with me over in Backpacking (travel) and I need a second opinion on what to do. He's actually quoting himself as a source in the most recent revision of the article. Check out the "criticism" section to see what I mean. This seems wrong on several levels, not the least of which is No original research! Thanks! --circuitloss 00:01, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I reverted to your last edit and explained why on the talk page. here 01:22, 28 March 2006 (UTC)Reply

Anglicanism and the Anglican Communion edit

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Joyriding edit

I can assure you that in Great Britain and Ireland, the term "joyriding" is universally understood to mean "theft of a motor vehicle" for the purpose of driving it at dangerous high speeds and with total disregard for the safety of other people. The usual intention is apparently to attract and then to try and outrun the police. The perpetrators tend to be the less intelligent and more anti-socially irresponsible members of the 13 - 21 age group. As another contributor to the discussion has pointed out, this lunacy has resulted in numerous deaths and injuries. I accept that it may have a different meaning in North America as do many other words. If, however, I spotted a word that is offensive to Americans, though not to us English, I would support any American who wanted it removed. --BlackJack | talk page 12:25, 18 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

And I think you would be wrong for doing so. Just because something is offensive or illegal doesn't mean it should be removed. Also, given the varying definitions and interpretations of the word, many users are probably using it based on an assumption of its other, innocuous, definition. But this is why we have votes for deletion anyway, so that we can discuss these things. --circuitloss 14:32, 18 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

Backpacking (United States) edit

I'd support a vote for deletion of this article. I'd nominate it for deletion myself, but I'm not comfortable yet with the procedure.Lord of the Ping 02:53, 19 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Anglicanism COTM edit

The Anglicanism Collaboration of the Month has been reactivated! Please consider going to the page to either vote for one of the nominated articles, or nominate one yourself. Thanks! Fishhead64 02:47, 23 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom elections are now open! edit

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