I'm male, 50-ish, living in Southern California with too much time on my hands. I'm a Computer Systems Analyst, currently working in Software Quality Assurance. I have a wide range of interests. Just ask me. El dia de los muertos :[Abraxas Stone]? :Agate :Alabaster :Alectorius :Alexandrite :Amazonite :Amber :Amethyst :[[Apache’s Tears]] :Aquamarine? :Beryl? :[Bezoar Stones]? :Birthstones? :Bloodstone? :[Bone Turquoise]? :Cairngorm? :Calcined? :Carbuncle? :Carnelian? :[[Cat’s Eye]] :Celonite? :Chalcedony? :Chalcedonyx? :Chiastolite? :Chrysoberyl? :Chrysocolla? :Chrysolite? :Chrysoprase? :Citrine? :Coal :Coral? :Crocidolite? :Crystal :Crystallomancy :Diamond :Dioptase? :Draconite? :Emerald :Enhydros? :Enstatite? :Epidote? :Euclase? :Flint? :Garnet? :Hematite :Hornstone? :[Hyacinth Stone]? :Hypersthene? :[India Moss]? :Iolite? :[Iris Stone]? :Jade? :Jargoon? :Jasper? :[Jet Stone]? :[Jupiter Stones]? :[Kauri Gum]? :Kyanite :Labradorite? :[Lapis Armenis]? :[Lapidus Fulmonis]? :[[Lapis Lazuli] :[Lapis Memphiticus]? :Limonite? :Lodestone? :Luz? :Malachite? :[[Mandarins’ Jewels]] :Marble :[Mars Stones]? :[Median Stone]? :Meerschaum? :[Mercury Stones]? :Molochite? :[Moon Stones]? :Moonstone? :[Moss Agate]? :Nacre? :Obsidian :Onyx? :[[Opal[[ :Ophites? :Orite? :[Ovum Anguinum]? :Pandarbes? :Pantheros? :Pearl :Peridot? :[[Philosopher’s Stone]] :[Plasma Stone]? :[Polish Stones]? :Porphyry? :Prase? :Pyrite? :Quartz :Ruby :Rutile? :Sagda? :Sakhrat? :[[Salamander’s Wood]] :Sapphire? :[Sarcophagus Stone]? :Sardonyx? :[Saturn Stones]? :Saurite? :[Scarab Stone]? :[Scorpion Stone]? :Selenite? :Serpentine? :Soapstone? :Sphene? :Spinel? :Spodumene? :[Sun Stones]? :[Tiger Eye]? :[Toad Stone]? :Topaz? :Tourmaline? :Turquoise? :[Venus Stones]? :Zircon? I'm male, 50-ish, living in Southern California with too much time on my hands. I'm a Computer Systems Analyst, currently working in Software Quality Assurance. I have a wide range of interests. Just ask me. El dia de los muertos :[Abraxas Stone]? :Agate :Alabaster :Alectorius :Alexandrite :Amazonite :Amber :Amethyst :[[Apache’s Tears]] :Aquamarine? :Beryl? :[Bezoar Stones]? :Birthstones? :Bloodstone? :[Bone Turquoise]? :Cairngorm? :Calcined? :Carbuncle? :Carnelian? :[[Cat’s Eye]] :Celonite? :Chalcedony? :Chalcedonyx? :Chiastolite? :Chrysoberyl? :Chrysocolla? :Chrysolite? :Chrysoprase? :Citrine? :Coal :Coral? :Crocidolite? :Crystal :Crystallomancy :Diamond :Dioptase? :Draconite? :Emerald :Enhydros? :Enstatite? :Epidote? :Euclase? :Flint? :Garnet? :Hematite :Hornstone? :[Hyacinth Stone]? :Hypersthene? :[India Moss]? :Iolite? :[Iris Stone]? :Jade? :Jargoon? :Jasper? :[Jet Stone]? :[Jupiter Stones]? :[Kauri Gum]? :Kyanite :Labradorite? :[Lapis Armenis]? :[Lapidus Fulmonis]? :[[Lapis Lazuli] :[Lapis Memphiticus]? :Limonite? :Lodestone? :Luz? :Malachite? :[[Mandarins’ Jewels]] :Marble :[Mars Stones]? :[Median Stone]? :Meerschaum? :[Mercury Stones]? :Molochite? :[Moon Stones]? :Moonstone? :[Moss Agate]? :Nacre? :Obsidian :Onyx? :[[Opal[[ :Ophites? :Orite? :[Ovum Anguinum]? :Pandarbes? :Pantheros? :Pearl :Peridot? :[[Philosopher’s Stone]] :[Plasma Stone]? :[Polish Stones]? :Porphyry? :Prase? :Pyrite? :Quartz :Ruby :Rutile? :Sagda? :Sakhrat? :[[Salamander’s Wood]] :Sapphire? :[Sarcophagus Stone]? :Sardonyx? :[Saturn Stones]? :Saurite? :[Scarab Stone]? :[Scorpion Stone]? :Selenite? :Serpentine? :Soapstone? :Sphene? :Spinel? :Spodumene? :[Sun Stones]? :[Tiger Eye]? :[Toad Stone]? :Topaz? :Tourmaline? :Turquoise? :[Venus Stones]? :Zircon? Corvus13, can I ask why you have all the extraneous capitals in the folklore sections on minerals? Or are you just cutting and pasting them from somewhere (they have that faux-18th century flavor)? --MichaelTinkler these are worse than I thought. Where DID you get these entries? They're appalling! Coal = col, but no meaning for 'col'? --MichaelTinkler O.K. It's 9:40 p.m. EST 11/5/01. I'm giving up after revising coal and just plain cutting Amber's folklore section. First - if this is from a source, acknowledge it, public domain or not. Second - this is offering medical advice (ambitions in Children for Leos, or whatever it was saying). Third, the capitalization was offensive, and should be edited, whatever the source. So, what am I saying? Well. There is a place in Wikipedia for descriptions of gemstones (or Coal. why not.) that are folkloric. However, these have to be in the right tone of voice. I hope I don't sound like I'm ranting, but there you have it. --MichaelTinkler. Corvus, I'm asking you again. Are the 'folklore' texts undercopyright? Why aren't they in modern English (with the notable exception of the 'his/her' in cyrstallomancy). They could be rewritten into encylopedic style, but they're not there yet. --MichaelTinkler |
:not accused, just asked if it was under copyright. Many newcomers don't understand the need to be certain of the point. If something reads as though it's right out of a book (the consistent stylistic approach to each folklore entry) I think it might be right out of a book or off a website. I didn't cut any of 'em out except the cure for insanity, which sounded unsafe at any speed for Wikipedia (lawsuits, anyone?). I edited extraneous caps and asked if there were a source Sorry if I offended. I am a medievalist and don't find the folklore of gems at all extraneous to the entries on gems, but I would have written it differently. --MichaelTinkler |
:not accused, just asked if it was under copyright. Many newcomers don't understand the need to be certain of the point. If something reads as though it's right out of a book (the consistent stylistic approach to each folklore entry) I think it might be right out of a book or off a website. I didn't cut any of 'em out except the cure for insanity, which sounded unsafe at any speed for Wikipedia (lawsuits, anyone?). I edited extraneous caps and asked if there were a source Sorry if I offended. I am a medievalist and don't find the folklore of gems at all extraneous to the entries on gems, but I would have written it differently. --MichaelTinkler |
I'm a Computer Systems Analyst, currently working in Software Quality Assurance.
I have a wide range of interests. Just ask me.
I'm a Computer Systems Analyst, currently working in Software Quality Assurance.
I have a wide range of interests. Just ask me.
these are worse than I thought. Where DID you get these entries? They're appalling! Coal = col, but no meaning for 'col'? --MichaelTinkler
O.K. It's 9:40 p.m. EST 11/5/01. I'm giving up after revising coal and just plain cutting Amber's folklore section. First - if this is from a source, acknowledge it, public domain or not. Second - this is offering medical advice (ambitions in Children for Leos, or whatever it was saying). Third, the capitalization was offensive, and should be edited, whatever the source. So, what am I saying? Well. There is a place in Wikipedia for descriptions of gemstones (or Coal. why not.) that are folkloric. However, these have to be in the right tone of voice. I hope I don't sound like I'm ranting, but there you have it. --MichaelTinkler.
Corvus, I'm asking you again. Are the 'folklore' texts undercopyright? Why aren't they in modern English (with the notable exception of the 'his/her' in cyrstallomancy). They could be rewritten into encylopedic style, but they're not there yet. --MichaelTinkler
Fine. I give up. Delete everything I've ever written. There appears to be some personal thing here where if you're not part of the clique, you're not welcome.
Goodbye.
It can be unnerving at first to see one's writing edited by others, but that is indeed the nature of this project. And although your content was interesting, the samples I looked at were in dire need of copyediting. The capitalization was, as MichaelTinkler pointed, atrocious. <>< tbc
I'd like to ask you to give us another chance, too. It's reasonable to ask you to copyedit the stuff that you upload (and to assure us that it's not from a copyrighted source), but it's also reasonable for you to expect us to help you work on the stuff. :-) Just let us know what's going on, and we will help, as much as we can, anyway. --Larry Sanger