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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 |
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: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 |
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: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 |
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