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- @Jdcrutch: Thank you *very much* for the Seasonal Greets - it's *very much* appreciated - wish you and yours the *very best* during the holiday season as well - Thanks Again - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 18:31, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
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Hello. Your contributions to Wikipedia have been analyzed carefully and you're among the few chosen to have a first access to a new project. I hope you can contribute to it by expanding the main page and later start editing the articles in its scope. Make sure to check out the Talk page for more information! Cheers |
- @Tetra quark: Thank you *very much* for the invitation - it's *greatly* appreciated - signed up as a Member of the Project and hope to help where possible - Thanks again for the invitation - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 08:59, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
Copied from "User talk:DragonflySixtyseven#Use of "griping" word not ok?":
Use of "griping" word not ok?@DragonflySixtyseven: BRIEF Followup - not sure about this but, in the "The Great Martian War 1913 - 1917 (2013 film)#Reception" article section, adding "<sic>" to the word "griping" *may* (or *may not*?) - be ok - based on the dictionary definition at the following => http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/griping — esp, "to hold firmly" (verb) and/or "a firm hold" (noun) — *entirely* ok with me with (or without) the addition of course - but maybe worth a consideration? - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 20:33, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
That's an alternate (not even secondary) meaning, based on an alternate spelling of "gripping". The primary meaning of "griping" is "complaining", which makes no sense in the context of that film review; indeed, I thought it was your typo (and I was about to correct it!) until I checked the source and saw that it was the reviewer's.
And even if the reviewer did deliberately and intentionally spell it that way, it's still nonstandard enough that a "sic" is helpful. DS (talk) 23:57, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- @DragonflySixtyseven: Thank you *very much* for your comments re the film reviewer's use of the word "griping" in the "The Great Martian War 1913 - 1917 (2013 film)#Reception" article section - yes, I *entirely* agree - no problem whatsoever - Thanks again for your comments - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 00:41, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
Your recent contributions on the Milky Way
In my humble opinion, I think it is a really bad idea to copy the same paragraph and paste it at the top of several different articles. You're not only making the top unnecessarily long by adding an information that doesn't have a high importance, but also you're making people who read many different articles read the same thing in many places, which is kind of annoying. I suggest you revert a few of your edits or put the paragraph in a more appropriate section. Also, it'd be better if you could change the wording so it won't be repetitive Tetra quark (talk) 14:14, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Tetra quark: Thank you *very much* for your comments - they're all *greatly* appreciated - no problem whatsoever - please understand that it's *entirely* ok with me to rv/mv/ce the edits of course - Thanks again for your comments - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 14:24, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Oh, you're welcome. I've already moved the paragraphs to more appropriate sections. They are minor stuff to be worth the top :) Let me know if you disagree with something Tetra quark (talk) 15:18, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Tetra quark: AFAIK atm all your recent edits seem *entirely* ok - no problem whatsoever - thank you for your efforts - and comments - they're all *greatly* appreciated - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 17:08, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks again :) Well, I've edited exoplanet and moved stuff you put at the top on Jan 7 (1 day after my first message to you here). I know you're here on wikipedia longer than me, but really, the top of the article isn't a news feed, as I said in the edit summary. So.. that's it. As you'd say - Enjoy :) Tetra quark (talk) 01:38, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Tetra quark: Thanks for your comments - and efforts - Yes - agreed - your recent edits seem better to me as well - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 02:14, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks again :) Well, I've edited exoplanet and moved stuff you put at the top on Jan 7 (1 day after my first message to you here). I know you're here on wikipedia longer than me, but really, the top of the article isn't a news feed, as I said in the edit summary. So.. that's it. As you'd say - Enjoy :) Tetra quark (talk) 01:38, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Tetra quark: AFAIK atm all your recent edits seem *entirely* ok - no problem whatsoever - thank you for your efforts - and comments - they're all *greatly* appreciated - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 17:08, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
- Oh, you're welcome. I've already moved the paragraphs to more appropriate sections. They are minor stuff to be worth the top :) Let me know if you disagree with something Tetra quark (talk) 15:18, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
Further to this, you just added a paragraph about a day-old press release to the lead section of the Oxfam article. As the editor above said last week, lead sections aren't news feeds. They're "an introduction to the article and a summary of its most important aspects", per MOS:LEAD: new content should generally be added to the article body, and additionally summarised in the lead section only if it's a significant aspect of the subject. --McGeddon (talk) 14:38, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
- @McGeddon: Thank you for your comments - no problem whatsoever - thanks again - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 14:43, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
- It is a problem. Do you understand what I've just said and why this material shouldn't go in the lead section? --McGeddon (talk) 14:46, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
@McGeddon: Thanks again for your comments - yes, I understand - the following was added to Talk:Oxfam#Should Oxfam Reports Be Added To The Article - Or Not? - hope that's *entirely* ok - please let me know if otherwise of course - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 15:11, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
Copied from Talk:Oxfam#Should Oxfam Reports Be Added To The Article - Or Not?:
Should Oxfam Reports Be Added To The Article - Or Not?
Should the following text/refs re Oxfam Reports be included in the article - or not? If so, which location in the article would be most appropriate?
A January 2014 report by Oxfam claimed that the 85 wealthiest individuals in the world have a combined wealth equal to that of the bottom 50% of the world's population, or about 3.5 billion people.[1][2][3][4][5] More recently, in January 2015, Oxfam reported that the wealthiest 1 percent will own more than half of the global wealth by 2016.[6]
References
- ^ Rigged rules mean economic growth increasingly “winner takes all” for rich elites all over world. Oxfam. January 20, 2014.
- ^ Neuman, Scott (January 20, 2014). Oxfam: World's Richest 1 Percent Control Half Of Global Wealth. NPR. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- ^ Stout, David (January 20, 2014). "One Stat to Destroy Your Faith in Humanity: The World's 85 Richest People Own as Much as the 3.5 Billion Poorest". Time. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ Wearden, Graeme (January 20, 2014). "Oxfam: 85 richest people as wealthy as poorest half of the world". The Guardian. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ Kristof, Nicholas (July 22, 2014). "An Idiot's Guide to Inequality". New York Times. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- ^ Cohen, Patricia (January 19, 2015). "Richest 1% Likely to Control Half of Global Wealth by 2016, Study Finds". New York Times. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
Comments welcome - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 14:58, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
- So long as you understand that new information about a subject generally shouldn't be added to its lead section, that's fine. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be enjoying here. --McGeddon (talk) 15:24, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
- @McGeddon: Thanks again for your help with all this - it's *greatly* appreciated - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 15:31, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
I decided to drop you a message to make sure you check out the first task of the cosmology project: Help improve the Universe. Please feel free to remove this message after you read it :) Tetra quark (talk) 03:31, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Tetra quark: - Thank you for your message - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 11:44, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
I noticed that on methylamine, some sort of tag has been added that indicates that a source is behind a paywall. Almost all quality information for chemistry is by subscription. So if this is an issue that concerns you, the community of chemistry editors probably should discuss it. Just a thought.--Smokefoot (talk) 02:18, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Smokefoot: Thank you for your comments - a WP:RS behind a WP:Paywall on Wikipedia is new to me - I would prefer otherwise of course since article information may be easier to verify - in the present instance re methylamine, I may defer to your own best judgement re the tagged information since you may have better access than I at the moment - hope this is ok with you - let me know if otherwise of course - in any case - Thanks again for your comments - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 02:45, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Universe lede
Dear Drbogdan, would you consider commenting on/contributing to the lead of Universe? I've tried to spin up a first paragraph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Universe&oldid=643055753
but this seems to not sit well with another contributing editor. Basically, I'd like to see some inclusiveness of issues in the lead, including, yes, issues actually addressed in the body of the article (but not a cherry-picking of sentences from the body), as well as open up some other dimensions of this ultimately inclusive word. So, instead of a sharp focus on astronomy, possibly including such topics as life and philosophical issues (I hesitated with religion). Anyway, having a few more voices sometimes helps. Isambard Kingdom (talk) 19:11, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you for your comments - as presented earlier, my own preferences atm may be summarized as follows:
Copied from "Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy#Capitalize the "U" in "universe" or not?":
FWIW - if not already considered, a relevant reference for the discussion *may* be the "Style Guide for NASA History Authors and Editors" at the following link => http://history.nasa.gov/styleguide.html - especially? => "Astronomical Bodies: Capitalize the names of planets (e.g. Earth, Mars, Jupiter). Capitalize moon when referring to Earth's Moon, otherwise lowercase moon (e.g. the Moon orbits the Earth, Jupiter's moons). Do not capitalize solar system and universe." (and more? - see link) - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 17:11, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks again for your comments - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 20:39, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
- BRIEF Followup - Perhaps the lede of the Universe article should be much shorter and more concise than the one at present - and more like the one not too long ago (January 2015) - or even - more like a dictionary definition like those below:
- In any case - Hope this helps - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 21:40, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
FYI, I made a correction to your comment at Talk:Universe here; that version was from January 2014, not January 2015. I wouldn't normally edit someone else's comment, so thought I'd let you know. —Alex (ASHill | talk | contribs) 14:43, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
- @Ashill: - Thank you for your comments - and correction - they're *very much* appreciated - Thanks again - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 15:34, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I would use this article (modeling) to improve WP, but I don't seem to have the drive these days. Maybe you have time? http://astrobiology.com/2015/01/modeling-complex-organic-molecules-in-dense-regions.html Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 19:40, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
- @BatteryIncluded: - Thanks for the link[1] - Yes - seems *very* interesting to me atm - may take a closer look at the first opportunity - Thanks again - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 19:48, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
References
- ^ Ruaud, M.; Loison, J.C.; Hickson, K.M.; Gratier, P.; Hersant, F.; Wakelam, V. (22 December 2014). "Modeling Complex Organic Molecules in dense regions: Eley-Rideal and complex induced reaction" (PDF). arXiv. arXiv:1412.6256v1. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
WP:PERM - Autopatrolled Right Request
Hi Drbogdan, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the autopatrolled right to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! — xaosflux Talk 03:01, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Xaosflux: Thank You *very much* for your comments - and help with the autopatrolled right - it's *very much* appreciated - Thanks again - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 03:15, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
- Certainly, I really didn't need to say much--you were a very easy request to process! Happy editing, — xaosflux Talk 03:25, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
Thanks! re: Wikipedia Stats
Hi Dr. B. I just wanted to let you know that I have appropriated and reused some of the wikicode from your user page for mine. The code on the stats of Wikipedia and its growth in the human corpus of knowledge does, I think, need to be celebrated more widely. Thanks for your work in assembling all this!
If you have a moment, I'd like to hear your thinking on (and translation of) of "Nos Auxilium Facere Penitus Non Nutrientibus." I appreciated the quotation from the Wales interview, but my Latin is extremely elementary. Cheers. And keep up the good work. N2e (talk) 12:43, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
- Hello @N2e: Thank you *very much* for your comments - they're *all* greatly appreciated - no problem whatsoever re the "Wikipedia Stats" and related - it's *entirely* ok with me to share the wikicode of course - including the following:
WIKIPEDIA – The 5th Most Popular Site On The Internet, With Over 7 Billion Potential Viewers, Was Launched On January 15, 2001 And Has Been Freely Available Worldwide For 23 years, 11 months and 9 days – Wikipedia Has 62,113,745 Total Articles (6,929,196 In English) (40,668 *BEST* Articles) (Top1000) And Has 48,452,511 Editors (120,097 Active; 846 Administrators) – as of December 24, 2024.
- ALSO - the Latin phrase "Nos Auxilium Facere Penitus Non Nutrientibus.", part of my related Userbox, "WikiLatin", as follows:
- This Latin phrase is the result of my attempt to translate, based on Google translate, the English phrase "We help make the internet not suck." — a reasonable (imo) "paraphrase" of the exact original quote "We help the internet not suck.", which per se didn't seem to translate well into Latin afaik atm — made about Wikipedia by co-founder Jimmy Wales in a C-SPAN interview in 2005 - hope this all helps in some way - Thanks again for your comments - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 14:35, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for the explanation. Made me smile! Yes, we are all volunteering our time to work on a project that is much bigger and much more emergent and encompassing than we might imagine, and by our efforts, we "help" (at the margins) to make the internet not suck. Lovely, N2e (talk) 16:55, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
- in any case - Thanks again - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 17:28, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
Hey! Give my changes a try. This is a good-faith edit. I did improve only structure and readability. You can see it through I did very light edits to content, nothing serious, rather due to understanding and grasping the contents by going through one topic at a time from top to bottom with repeats to better learn the stuff. This is an intro, right? Header is now better in concordance with main body. I differentiated between theory of evolution and proof of evolution in experiment (sligthly). Now, how to exactly propose structure changes in WP:BRD way? copy my article version to talk page? entirely? If unsure, please do not engae in a revert-war (possibly due to urges to protect a spec. version of article/or format). BTW this article had issues with accuracy. You may also decide to help me get )part) of my good changes through. Please see through my version it is really good. Thanks-a-lot, yours --78.51.211.140 (talk) 03:13, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you for your comments - please first discuss your (rather substantial imo) changes with other editors on the talk page of the Introduction to evolution article for WP:CONSENSUS per WP:BRD and related - perhaps in smaller portions? - Thanks again for your comments - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 03:25, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Active SETI proposal
Got popcorn?: "Leading astronomers, anthropologists and social scientists are gathering at his institute [ie, Seth Shostak; SETI Institute ] after the AAAS meeting for a symposium to flesh out plans for a proposal for active Seti to put to the public and politicians" http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31442952" - Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 23:39, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
- @BatteryIncluded: Thanks for your noted BBC News link[1] regarding Active SETI - interesting - my thinking at the moment => the cosmos may be filled with primitive microscopic life forms - however, besides ourselves, there may be other technically clever life forms in the cosmos as well - at the moment - or in times past - but since space is so widespread and time is so wideranging, contact with such life forms may be a quixotic quest of sorts[2] - if otherwise, of course, the caveat by Stephen Hawking may be relevant => "If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans. …"[3] - incidently (and perhaps coincidently?), I've been Facebook friends with Seth Shostak and David Brin, both subjects of your noted link,[1] for some years (and have shared several comments with them at times, although not recently) - and as well - with Timothy Ferris, who along with Carl Sagan, provided yet another way of communicating with ET (although with a *very* low possibility of a reply of course - at least in the foreseeable future): ie, the "Golden Records" on the Voyager spacecraft presently traveling out of the Solar System - in any case - Thanks again for your noted link - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 02:45, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
- @BatteryIncluded: BRIEF Followup - if interested - some updated details about the recent Active SETI discussion (which included Geoffrey Marcy, Seth Shostak, Frank Drake, Elon Musk and David Brin) are presented in several related (albeit similar) news stories.[4][5] - one result of the discussion was a statement, signed by many, that a "worldwide scientific, political and humanitarian discussion must occur before any message is sent".[6] - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 11:08, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
- Interesting plumes on Mars: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31491805 - Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 16:52, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
- @BatteryIncluded: Thank you for the link(s)[7][8] re the mysterious Mars plume (or something else?) - yes - very, very interesting imo - Thanks again - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 18:00, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
- Interesting plumes on Mars: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31491805 - Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 16:52, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
- @BatteryIncluded: BRIEF Followup - if interested - some updated details about the recent Active SETI discussion (which included Geoffrey Marcy, Seth Shostak, Frank Drake, Elon Musk and David Brin) are presented in several related (albeit similar) news stories.[4][5] - one result of the discussion was a statement, signed by many, that a "worldwide scientific, political and humanitarian discussion must occur before any message is sent".[6] - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 11:08, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
References
- ^ a b Ghosh, Pallab (February 12, 2015). "Scientist: 'Try to contact aliens'". BBC News. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ^ Bogdan, Dennis (December 2, 2012). "Comment - Life Thrives Throughout Universe?". New York Times. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ^ Staff (April 25, 2010). "Stephen Hawking warns over making contact with aliens". BBC News. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ^ Borenstein, Seth (February 13, 2015). "Should we call the cosmos seeking ET? Or is that risky?". AP News. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
- ^ Borenstein, Seth (of AP News) (February 13, 2015). "Should We Call the Cosmos Seeking ET? Or Is That Risky?". New York Times. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
- ^ Various (February 13, 2015). "Statement - Regarding Messaging To Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI) / Active Searches For Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Active SETI)". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
- ^ Morelle, Rebecca (February 16, 2015). "Mystery Mars haze baffles scientists". BBC News. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ Sánchez-Lavega, A.; et al. (February 16, 2015). "An extremely high-altitude plume seen at Mars' morning terminator" (PDF). Nature (journal). doi:10.1038/nature14162. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
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Mars One candidates
Hi, recently I read that Mars One will make a cut of candidates next Monday 16 February 2015. The article says that the cut will be 200 but other sources don't agree, so thanks for correcting my mistake. Today I read in two different articles that Mars One anounced last Friday that the number will be 100, but there is nothing about this on the official site. How I can find out if this is true? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.151.114.44 (talk) 22:57, 14 February 2015 (UTC) [NOTE: edited for clarity - db]
- Thank you for your comments - you're *very* welcome of course - I'm happy to have helped you with your edit - re your question - I don't know the answer - but posting your question on the Mars One talk page may be the best way of getting an answer - there may be editors there who may know more about your question than I do at the moment - in any case - Thanks again for your comments - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 00:20, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
Problem at Dawn
I have recently been having some problems with an anonymous editor over the Dawn page. I rewrote the sections they added to avoid close paraphrasing (I've had experience with this – see my work on fluorine), then they reverted. I rolled back the new edits, they reverted again. I went to their talk page to try and explain, they tried to defend their actions not realising that simply citing references is not enough for an article that's going to receive the bulk of space-related attention in the coming month. What should I do? Parcly Taxel 02:06, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
- @Parcly Taxel and Huntster: Thank you for your comments re the Dawn (spacecraft) article - I'm somewhat limited in helping you with this atm - but I understand your concerns - one possibility may be to post your concerns to the Talk:Dawn (spacecraft) page (and/or your User talk:Parcly Taxel page?) along with, if need be, the { {Help Me}} template - other possibilities may be to visit the WP:Help page and/or WP:AN page - in any case - hope this helps in some way - Thanks again for your comments - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 03:27, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
NOTE: For context - response by Srich32977 is to my earlier comment as follows:
Copied from "User talk:Arthur Rubin#Ideology":
@Srich32977: Perhaps relevant - afaik atm re US economic outcomes (based on "policies and ideas"?) => at the end of Clinton's term in 2001: a substantial surplus - and no recession; at the end of W-2's term in 2009: a substantial deficit - and a great recession - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 21:17, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
Say Doc, rather than clutter Arthur's talk page I'll ask a followup question here. In answering my question about failed policies & ideologies you referred to a relatively short time frame: Clinton & Bush2. But with your medical knowledge, what would you say has been the biggest factor in doubling of average life expectancy in the last 100 years? And when you identify that factor (or factors) how did it come about? Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 22:28, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
- @Srich32977: Thank you for your comments - great question - based on the lede graph in your noted life expectancy article => seems the average life expectancy for the world has improved from about 48yo/est in 1950 to about 68yo/est in 2015 - that's good imo - also, according to your noted life expectancy article, seems there may be many factors at play - interestingly (to me at least atm), the US seems to be 26th in the world?[1] - seems we could do better I would think - in any regards - hope this helps in some way - Thanks again for your comment and question - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 23:19, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
- But don't free market policies have a play in this improvement? Free markets that allow companies to bring energy, machinery, food, medication, vaccines, employment, etc. to communities? Slovenia has a higher life expectancy, but their GNI per capita and median household income is half that of the US. South Korea has a free market and the difference between the south and north (with its state controlled market) is astounding even though the north has more natural resources. The Koreans in the south are now 3 inches taller on average than their cousins in the north. I'm sticking with the free market, the freer the better. Patrick Henry had a farm that failed, a house burned down (before home owners insurance was available), failed at business. But he treasured liberty. Thanks (for letting me spout off). – S. Rich (talk) 00:30, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
- @Srich32977: Thank you for your comments - I would think free market policies may have a role in this - to what extent, I'm not sure - please don't misread me - I'm for whatever will make things better in a good way - if that's free market policies, then that's *entirely* ok with me - if not, then we'll have to see what may work better - seems I may be somewhat of a pragmatist about such things these days - somewhat related, and if interested, some of my present thinking about some of this may be described in one of my published comments[2] in the NYT - in any case - Thanks again for your own comments - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 01:19, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
- Saw your NYT comment. LOL! I wonder what that one person will do with all that money. I bet s/he will be looking over their shoulder a lot. But how will economists present stats as to what the median income/wealth figure is? Also, Jesus' comment that "You will always have the poor among you" (Mark 14:7, John 12:8, Matthew 26:11) will be truer than ever. Thanks again. I've enjoyed the chat. – S. Rich (talk) 17:52, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
- @Srich32977: Thank you for your comments - I would think free market policies may have a role in this - to what extent, I'm not sure - please don't misread me - I'm for whatever will make things better in a good way - if that's free market policies, then that's *entirely* ok with me - if not, then we'll have to see what may work better - seems I may be somewhat of a pragmatist about such things these days - somewhat related, and if interested, some of my present thinking about some of this may be described in one of my published comments[2] in the NYT - in any case - Thanks again for your own comments - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 01:19, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
- But don't free market policies have a play in this improvement? Free markets that allow companies to bring energy, machinery, food, medication, vaccines, employment, etc. to communities? Slovenia has a higher life expectancy, but their GNI per capita and median household income is half that of the US. South Korea has a free market and the difference between the south and north (with its state controlled market) is astounding even though the north has more natural resources. The Koreans in the south are now 3 inches taller on average than their cousins in the north. I'm sticking with the free market, the freer the better. Patrick Henry had a farm that failed, a house burned down (before home owners insurance was available), failed at business. But he treasured liberty. Thanks (for letting me spout off). – S. Rich (talk) 00:30, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
@Srich32977: Thank you for your comments - Yes - *entirely* agree - these days, seems the rich may be on a lot of radar screens (so-to-speak) in the world - and may be less able to freely move around I would think - re the poor - seems Oxfam reported recently that the annual income in 2012 of the top 100 of the world's richest people could end world poverty four times over[3] - seems the world's richest could be more helpful with this I would think atm - in any case - Thanks again for *all* of your comments - they're all *greatly* appreciated - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 18:53, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
References
- ^ Kliff, Sarah (November 21, 2013). "The U.S. ranks 26th for life expectancy, right behind Slovenia". Washington Post. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ^ Bogdan, Dennis (April 26, 2013). "Comment - More Valuable Than Money?". New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ^ Slater, John (January 19, 2013). "Annual income of richest 100 people enough to end global poverty four times over". Oxfam. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
Hi, I'd want to bring you to attention to some suggested change which is detailed in Template talk:Sergei Rachmaninoff, thanks! AbelCheung (talk) 22:55, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for your comment - replied at Template talk:Sergei Rachmaninoff - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 23:14, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
Revert
See Talk:Camgirl#Revert 2A02:A03F:1285:C600:213:20FF:FE3B:A79E (talk) 14:40, 24 February 2015 (UTC)