User:Anthere/boite

Maintenant que je suis officiellement sur le comité de médiation, est-ce que je dois jurer sur la bible? Et je vois que tu as eu aujourd'hui très occupé sur le courriel. Merci d'être une bonne porte-parole pour la médiation. -- B

je suis d'un pays laic, on ne jure jamais sur la bible :-) si tu peux donner un coup de main pour Lir....ce serait génial...ant

Good luck, Anthere!

Hi Anthere! Good luck in the election - I've just voted for you-) David Cannon 02:30, 31 May 2004 (UTC)

J'essayerai de faire quelque chose pendant le fin-de-semaine. -- B

That was ridiculous

You did what RickK is always accusing me of, editing another users comment in a talk page. I'd quote you the policy but what good would it do? You could just re-write it how you like. I know I have a 0% of expecting justice in regards to anything involving you, because low-level wiki-politics is 100% popularity contest, and you are popular, and I'm a step above troll (when I'm lucky). All I ask is that you reconsider your decision that there was general community agreement. I understand you might not consider me a part of the community, nor others who expressed concerns, and maybe you'd like to see me kicked out into the gutter ;) But IMO I am presently a member of this community, and this at least should be the kind of community where rules matter. I ask you to think about that, and reconsider. Sam Spade 20:00, 20 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Actually 3 people raised objections (me, Perl, and DontMessWithThis), not only me. That is not "general support of the community". Secondly, are you suggesting I have a mediation with Bcorr, or you, or what? Maybe RickK? ;) I didn't understand perfectly what you said about mediation. Sam Spade 20:38, 20 Mar 2004 (UTC)

That was not me Ant, I don't hang around IRC much, cheers! — Alex756 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Alex756 talk] 21:01, 20 Mar 2004 (UTC)

oki, thanks. Embarassing...who was it ? :-)

Thanks for being polite

I can't say I'm overjoyed with some of the things you have done, but I have noticed that you go very far in being polite, something I try to do, but which I could at times stand to learn from you in. Thank you for that, Sam Spade 21:08, 20 Mar 2004 (UTC)

thank you for that appreciation Sam. Much to my regret, this is not always true...but I try to stay polite as much as I can :-) FirmLittleFluffyThing

AMA Coordinator

Ant, did you know we are both nominated for Coordinator of the AMA? Do you know when the election will be held? — Alex756 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Alex756 talk] 06:40, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

oh, euh; no to both questions. I will look later, I have to go voting :-) FirmLittleFluffyThing

Ahh! Sorry for not letting you know personally. And of course I understand your being too busy... +sj +

Lir

I'm fairly certain Lir is male. I've kept an eye on "him" since I came to the wiki, and on at least one occaision one of his "attackers" gave his legal name. Unless your more certain than I am, I suggest you go w something gender neutral to describe him on RfM, as some (many) people are offended by innacurate gender descriptions of themselves. :) Sam Spade 19:33, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

OK, don't worry about it. Its not a big deal to me either way, you can call him what you like. I don't even know if "he" is a "he", but since I was told by someone he was male, and named adam, thats what I will call him until I know otherwise, but you can (as usual) do as you like ;) Sam Spade 00:51, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)

AMA Election

Ant, I've added a link at Wikipedia:Announcements and Wikipedia:Goings-on that the Wikipedia:Association of Members' Advocates is searching for a Coordinator and I have started a new page dealing with the election. See: Wikipedia:AMA Coordinator Election. You editing, comments and participation as an AMA member would be appreciated. — Alex756 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Alex756 talk] 20:24, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Ok, I guess. Exhausted from work. I'll email. Koyaanis Qatsi 08:52, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Hi Anthere. I think I may have offended you yesterday with an unthinking and insensitive comment on IRC. I'm very sorry :( -- sannse (talk) 16:36, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Big Hug

Please don't take my fluffy thing away... you are one of the reasons I came here in the first place. +sj +

J'attends...

Salut -- j'attends toujours une réponse de Lir -- peut-être aujourd'hui elle répondra à mon courriel ou répondra à mes comments à la page de discussion de médiation -- BCorr¤Брайен 13:49, Mar 23, 2004 (UTC)

I left comments all over that page. Lirath Q. Pynnor

Hi Anthere, Thanks for the invitation to vote on the DNA page. But I am afraid I am confused -- are we voting on the procedure for voting, or are we voting on a proposed first paragraph? I know you are putting a lot of work into this and am sorry to be such a pain in the but. Slrubenstein

http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/features/story.jsp?story=504287

Ma amie, je suis heureux que tu laissies les personnes interessées de l'ADN pour "cuisinier en leurs propres jus" -- je pense qu'ils trouveront une manière de travailler ensemble pour faire un fin, par la suite. Et j'espère que ta vacance est fortifiante. Nous contrôlerons sans hors de toi -- mais seulement avec la difficulté ;-)

I don't know if you've seen this - it was posted in irc this evening - lovely article about wikipedia from largeur.com fabiform | talk 22:46, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)

DNA

Bonjour,

I checked back at the DNA page and noticed you left. You made a valiant effort to mediate the page, but if you are like myself, you probably got fed up with the chaotic discussion there. I hope they make progress without you but I have doubts. Bensaccount 16:59, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Apologies

Anthere, as mentioned on IRC, apologies for questioning your creation of Goings-on in Meta. I've made mention of this on Wikipedia talk:Goings-on. It was improper for me to have raised Ant angst. :) Fuzheado 02:15, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Merci beaucoup
 For all you do
Je vous remercie
 For all we see

Tu est une belle
 Mademoiselle
Whose piercing eyes
 Are noble and wise

--Edmond Le Pauvre

You are a liar and a phony. Lirath Q. Pynnor

Well, at least Stuart Little is somewhat more polite... --FvdP 18:46, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)

True. But he is also much more talkative. At least, Lir keeps it short. That is holiday in comparison to Stuart :-)))) FirmLittleFluffyThing 19:25, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)~

:-) (enfin, si j'ose dire) --FvdP

Using a bot

Hello, Anthere! I want to use a bot in order to add a bulgarian interwiki to the year pages (1800-2009). It will wait 60 seconds between edits.

I've already used this bot on bg: (updating interwikies, changing table syntax) but without a bot flag. Where should I request one for user Bgbot on bg:. I've done this on meta but nobody answered. --Borislav 14:28, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Hello, again. I will not use the bot until I get a permission from an administrator, and since you are a one I'm asking you :-). --Borislav 11:22, 6 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I replied on my page :-) Fantasy 22:11, 6 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Hi, who is #139? Angela . 01:22, Apr 7, 2004 (UTC)

Looxix. The other day, in spite of my attempts, he could not be set steward. (we were online on irc). He was always getting the message "you are no bureaucrat". Finally, he suggested I do as Tim mentionned on the steward page ...use the user id. 139 is loo id on test (or so he told me...I did not check...). After I did; loo succeeded to access the page. I still have not understood why it did not work, there is nothing special in loo name; FirmLittleFluffyThing

Waitasecond...I checked...Loo is not 139...why did he tell me he was ??? And if I did put the guy steward by mistake, why is he not according to the test list of participants ??? what is this ? I go ask Tim... FirmLittleFluffyThing

Sisisi, Loo is 139. No problem...except that we dunno why it did not work with his name directly.

Thanks. I was just confused because it looked like Looxix was one already and I couldn't figure out who else it could be. Angela . 22:25, Apr 7, 2004 (UTC)

I just have understand why it didn't work: I have retried and it doesn't work again, then I discovered that after a disconnect/reconnect it was working. See you later ladies :-) -- Looxix 23:44, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Manitenant oui... -B

Sigh. Not the best thing to see on arriving back. I don't know what to do about him. I told him after the first page he deleted last week that he shouldn't have but he paid no attention to me whatsoever. I totally support whatever change of policy you suggest over there. Hope you had a good Easter. Angela . 19:43, Apr 12, 2004 (UTC)

I'm stopping in for a moment -- saw you were around -- just saying "bonjour." Must go soon -- a bientot! -- BCorr|Брайен 11:19, Apr 13, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for your work on the new policies. I have no objections to them. Have you seen Tim is asking Perl to be desysopped on Meta on the mailing list? Wikisource issues are for Eclecticology to decide as he is a bureaucrat at Wikisource. Maybe you should warn him, though I guess he will see Tim's email about Perl anyway. None of the stewards should be making him a sysop or bureaucrat on fr as you have bureaucrats there. Anyway, if it does happen, please let someone uninvolved handle it. There's no need for you to abuse your power in removing it. There are plenty of other people who can do this. Please don't let him worry you. Just wait to see what the reaction to his proposed desysopping is. Angela . 12:00, Apr 13, 2004 (UTC)

April in Boston

Je pensais à ta note quand j'ai pris quelques photographies après que je sois parti de mon bureau aujourd'hui. C'est également le premier jour sans pluie à Boston après une semaine entière. Mais les fleurs ne fleurissent pas encore. - BCorr|Брайен 23:55, Apr 15, 2004 (UTC)

AMA co-ordinator election is now on

You may now vote for user:Ed_Poor or user:Alex756 in the first ever AMA co-ordinator election. Follow the instructions on Wikipedia:AMA Coordinator Election Procedure for more details.

AMA members who wish to abstain from voting must also e-mail wikipedia_ama_voting@yahoo.co.uk with notice of that intent.

To clarify anything before voting, ask user_talk:Zanimum or user_talk:Jwrosenzweig on their talk pages.

AMA members have until April 30, at 11:00:00 EST to vote. -- user:zanimum

email

Yes. That will work. Thank you. Perl 13:32, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)

reply

Hi Anthere, I would oppose deleting that email from the mailing list database. Plank lists his name and address in full public view on his User page [1], hence his quest for privacy cannot be taken seriously. Moreover, I was simply referring to information included in the header of every email he posts. Given his fervent wish to become an administrator, his efforts in the past to mislead people with regard his true identity should remain part of the public record. Plank has to learn to take responsibility for his actions. -- Viajero 14:27, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Altermondialisation

I don't want an edit war, but I do not understand your objection to linking Anti-globalization to fr:Altermondialisation. Yes, I understand that one word is not neatly a translation of the other, but the articles seem to cover approximately the same territory. Many articles link to articles on closely related but not identical topics. Consider, for example European dragon linking to ca:Drac, which includes Asian dragons. Are you simply being more purist in this case, and if so why? Or is there something else going on here? -- Jmabel 04:33, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Well, for what it is worth, few people in the movement in the English-speaking world like the term "anti-globalization", but it's rather what the press has stuck on us. Clearly, the notion of a global movement against globalization is oxymoronic. Clearly, the reality is a movement against corporate-driven globalization. But just like "anti-Semitism" means a dislike of Jews, not of all Semites, sometimes the effective meaning of a word does not correspond to its etymology. Unless I have the matter very confused (and please make your case if you think I do), what Anglophones generally call "Anti-Globalization" (or, outside the US "Anti-Globalisation") has more to do with Altermondialisation than with Antimondialisation. In any case, I presume someone could easily find there way between two French-language articles that ought, presumably, to link to one another. If you want to link to a different French language article, feel free, but having no link to any French article falsely implies that there is no closely related article in the French Wikipedia, ne c'est pas? -- Jmabel 04:55, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

True. Note that militants apparently convinced media to rather use alter than anti. I know not whether really your anti globalization is rather our alter or our anti. There is currently an edit war on the topic on alter on fr. When things are settled, I'll see. Meanwhile, anti should be linked, not alter.

Media manipulation

Steward: Thanks :-)

Hi Anthere,

Thank you very much for the trust you gave me by giving me your vote for Steward. I feel very honored.

If you ever see me doing something you disagree, please let me know. I always want to learn, to improve.

Thanks from the heart :-) Fantasy 19:50, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)

No problem

No problem. However, that picture of the grasshopper on your front page disturbs me :-). Why can't you use a ferret or something cute like that? :) ugen64 20:29, Apr 20, 2004 (UTC)

Steward election: Congratulations!

It was sweet of you to sign my talk page, Anthere. Giving you my vote and support was the least I could do for you. I think the Stewardship position calls for someone who is willing to take a stand, even if it is not a popular one, when trolls and other problem users come in and make trouble. I was glad to see that strength in you, Anthere. I'm so glad you've made it. I look forward to seeing you around more in the future :-) David Cannon 20:45, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)

You can be sure that I'll tell you when I think you are wrong and will continue to like you even while I explain why.:) I'm sure it'll happen eventually.:) Jamesday 01:58, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Nouvelle page?

Salut Ant, je suis venu voir ta nouvelle user page. Je suis un peu déçu :-) C'est plus ou moins ça que tu voilais faire ? -- Looxix

et non :-) Ce n'est pas cela :-) Fondamentalement, je cherche comment faire un valign=_top ??? Une idée ? Pour le reste, ma user page est intemporelle, elle ne sera jamais finie, j en suis incapable :-) Merci d'avoir essayé :-)))

Stewards and trust

Did you mean two people who I publically opposed? Well, none of the people I opposed because I didn't feel I could trust them got made into stewards, and if they had, I suppose I would have to accept that I was wrong. :) Congratulations on your stewardship, I hope you remember that I didn't think you couldn't be trusted - I'm sure you'll do a good job for us. :D fabiform | talk 08:25, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)

You're welcome :) Dori | Talk 20:18, Apr 22, 2004 (UTC)

Caterpillar Walking in Circles

A Yahoo article made a surpringsly honest and humble statement: "Now, does this [Yahoo's own encyclopedia article on caterpillar] beat wikipedia's caterpillar entry? No, but it does beat Google's..." Now I think I know why even Yahoo's own reporter felt obliged to confess their inadequacy. It's thanks to your artistic caterpillar photo that only Wikipedia has! Artistic and dangerous-looking with the spikes! Thanks to you, WP just won another compliment that we can be proud of! --Menchi 23:39, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Hi Anthere, Image:WheatFlower3S.JPG is on Wikipedia:Images for deletion for being an "obsolete thumbnail". Can you comment there whether you still need it please. Thanks. Angela . 03:20, Apr 23, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for a flower delivery :))

--ShaunMacPherson 10:20, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)

;-) ant

Hi anthere! Can you desysop me? Merci, Muriel 11:24, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)

User:Anthere/User

I just saw User:Anthere/User - looks pretty familiar ;) Just a note: user:Brandobbe (sp?) doesn't want his picture listed, so you may want to remove it. But I'm flattered that people like my work. →Raul654 17:23, Apr 27, 2004 (UTC)

I'm considering moving it to Wikipedia:Facebook. I've posted the matter to the village pump to see what everyone thinks. →Raul654 18:02, Apr 27, 2004 (UTC)

User:User_advocate

Anthere,

I tried to get it right. Obviously, I failed, perhaps in part because I can find no history of exactly who did create it. We're both on the same side, so can we just try to get it right, and acknowledge the inactive nature of the account? Perhaps you would consider an edit that would do that, since it appears that you know more about it than I do.

Just saw your note on Meta and your edit to my translation. I wasn't sure what you meant by "de quiconque".

Warm regards

UninvitedCompany 20:34, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Proposal for Oil for food

Salut, Anthere -- I've made a proposal for trying to make some progress on Oil for food. The proposal is here: Talk:Oil_for_food#A_proposal_and_some_suggestions_for_moving_forward.

Please read it over and indicate if you feel that you can accept it as a way of making some progress. Thanks, BCorr|Брайен 13:12, Apr 29, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks. Its not wikistress, its just the feeling that being a sysop its a stupid habit like playing minesweeper on the computer, if you know what i mean. I'll still be around, though. See you, Muriel 16:41, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)

David.Monniaux nomination

Fluffy, in your nomination of David.Monniaux, you haven't actually voted for him. It seems the done thing (now) is that nominators also vote for (or if you're like Ed, for then against) their nominee. So you might consider putting your name on the appropriate # list too. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:44, 3 May 2004 (UTC)

Adminship

I have nominated you for adminship at sep11:Wikipedia:Administrators. --"DICK" CHENEY 16:03, 3 May 2004 (UTC)

Utile?

Bonsoir douce peluche,

J'ai trouvé ceci [2] dans un des articles de fr. J'ai pensé que ça pouvait t'intéresser; il y probablement quelques trucs utiles à la fin. A+ -- Looxix

Yay!

J'ai été inquiété qui tu n'allie pas toi présenter à l'élection -- je suis très heureux que tu as décidée de faire ainsi. Si tu as besoin d'un directeur de l'élection, j'ai travaillé à beaucoup d'élections. ;-)

Hey, you should be nice to yourself, eh? Koyaanis Qatsi 04:21, 9 May 2004 (UTC)

Anthere chere, svp aides-moi avec le Corps du Presse(?) (trouves des editeurs que s'il interesse!), /WP:About (synch & structure), & meta:Babel (10x plus d'activite & centralite).

10x mouah, +sj +

Ma réponse

Je visite la wikipédia francophone de temps en temps (et la wikipédia allemande aussi), mais je n'ai pas encore contribué. J'évite en partie à créer un nouveau login pour chaque wikipédia. On pourrait même dire que je suis en train de protester contre l'absence d'un login universel. L'autre problème c'est que beaucoup de mes contributions seraient plus pratique pour quelqu'un d'autre à faire en français ou allemand. J'explique davantage à Utilisateur:Michel Neige/Déclaration du candidat et discussion. --Michel Neige 05:58, 11 May 2004 (UTC)

Well, I couldn't just leave a firm, little, fluffy thing to defend all thats decent in the world by herself. :) Are you monitoring/ getting back in? -Stevertigo 19:08, 12 May 2004 (UTC)

Request regarding Mediation Committee

More than two weeks ago, on April 25, the Arbitration Committee referred a case to us which it had considered regarding Anthony DiPierro and a number of other user to us here: Wikipedia:Requests_for_mediation#Issue_of_Anthony's_reverts_and_alleged_trolling.

While Anthony has agreed to mediation, so far, there has been no response from another party in order to begin working on the Anthony mediation. We have drafted a statement at User:Bcorr/mediation statement draft that we would like to post on the Requests for mediation to the Arbitration Committee and all other interested parties, but before we do so, we want to check with the rest of the Mediation Committee. Please review the statement and let me know if you approve, wish to make/suggest changes, or have another way you'd like to suggest that we proceed.

Also, in that statement we refer to ourselves as co-chairs of the committee. There was discussion at the mediation bulletin board on the bottom half of the page, but we wanted to confirm that there was agreement on our being co-chairs for the period noted there before we post the statement. Also, if people are amenable to our serving as co-chairs, I will add that information to the Mediation Committee page.

Please take a moment to comment on these issues at User:Bcorr/mediation statement draft.

Thanks, BCorr|Брайен 01:43, May 13, 2004 (UTC)

I've made a change to the statement to add in llywrch's comment. Please let me know if you object. Unless anyone dislikes this change I will pass on the statement tomorrow evening. Regards -- sannse (talk) 19:57, 15 May 2004 (UTC)

Reply about picture

Starx I have no problem viewing it, but I can easly see how it could be too much for someone. Safer to have it inline as it is now.

sorry, but your comment is not very consistent. You seen to think it should not be directly visible, but nevertheless voted to have it fully visible. Are you sure of your vote ? SweetLittleFluffyThing

My vote is to have a text location (not an active link) of the picture available. Isn't that not what is meant by viewing inline? --Starx 23:24, 13 May 2004 (UTC)

Ahhh. My mistake. Thank you for clearing that up. --Starx 23:28, 13 May 2004 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks so much for your French itinerary! Sorry I did not thank you earlier, as I only read my talk page now, more than two weeks since you've posted. I will let you know what we decide to do! Merci! Fuzheado 12:18, 14 May 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining:-)

Thank you, Anthere, for taking the trouble to write and give me all that helpful advice about what to do next time I get blocked. You've helped me more than you know. Thanks! David Cannon 20:48, 16 May 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind words about my user page! I do hope you had a great day at the lake with your children:-) David Cannon 22:23, 16 May 2004 (UTC)

Good luck with your meeting tomorrow. I hope Wikipedia isn't too slow at the time. :) Angel a. 14:04, May 24, 2004 (UTC)

No, it doesn't

It doesn't give value, but that has nothing to do with why people tried to censor this issue. They were attempting to insert P.C. POV into the encyclopedia, and people like that are easily distracted by minorities. It carries weight. This is why a racist will hire a black attorney, or a rapist a female lawyer. But I am attempting nothing nearly so ugly. Rather my goal is to prevent the wiki from becoming something I detest.. Newspeak. There are plenty of articles that sicken and horrify me, but the goal of the wiki is to be comprehensive, not to be acceptably tame for all. There is clearly a pro-French/pro-left POV at play here, but whatever. I think the wiki-elite have enough integrity to allow things to be done the right way when enough people insist it upon. Consensus does have some value, yes? Those who prefer to censor factually accurate, NPOV info should re-evaluate either the goals of the wiki, or themselves. p.s. If you ever have the time, it would be nice if you could help me with my problems managing the mailing list. You are an admin for the mailing list, yes? Sam [Spade] 23:53, 24 May 2004 (UTC)

So that you know, and in case you are confused, I do not hate the French. I do however come from a community which has made jokes about France and the French long before 9/11. By expressing this in the article I do not mean to offend, but rather to educate, and encourage dialogue. Sam [Spade] 21:57, 26 May 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the statement, but I was not worried Sam. Btw, what is your problem with the mailing list ? How can I help ? SweetLittleFluffyThing

Projet pour apprendre

Salut Anthere, merci pour me saluer à mon site français. Comme tu utilises deux langues, serais-tu intéressé à un projet pour apprendre, particuliairement du vocabulaire? C'est décrit et discuté sur ma page, si tu veux, laisse moi savoir ce que tu en penses là-bas. Get-back-world-respect 21:30, 28 May 2004 (UTC)

Mailing list

The mailing list never worked right for me. I could post to it, but could only read it thru the archive. I never received any emails. I'm going to create a new account, and see if that helps. I'll let you know if my problem is solved this way. Sam [Spade] 00:24, 29 May 2004 (UTC)

I have just changed, unsubscribing with irastoll@hotmail.com, and subscribing with jacklynch@excite.com so I currently would be jacklynch@excite.com, I believe. Sam [Spade] 01:39, 29 May 2004 (UTC)

Not that I know of, but maybe nobody has posted anything since I created the account about an hour ago. I selected "digest mode". What does this mean? Is this perhaps the problem? Sam [Spade] 01:47, 29 May 2004 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind assistance. I will assume all is well, unless I continue not to receive any mail for a couple of days or so, in which case I'll let you know. I would like to apologize for having been angry and rude with you in the past, and to assure you that my goal here is to enjoy reading and creating a quality encyclopedia, not to test anything (including your patience ;) Cheers, Sam [Spade] 02:05, 29 May 2004 (UTC)

Good luck, Anthere!

Hi Anthere! I tried to sign your talk page a moment ago, but it didn't seem to work :-( Let's hope this effort does. Just a quick note to wish you luck with the election - I've voted for you:-) David Cannon 02:30, 31 May 2004 (UTC)

Copied from User talk:Pollinator Hi Pollinator. Just wanted to tell you that 2 days ago my country banned the use of Gaucho for corn seeds treatment. In the south, in the past months, many beehives were stolen (about 250) because of the forthcoming shortage of honey. Friendly yours SweetLittleFluffyThing

Thanks Anthere. I mentioned this to the bee list. I understand there is some legal action going on in the US, in the form of a civil case against the manufacturer, but I don't know the details yet. Pollinator 03:43, 31 May 2004 (UTC)

PS: I also support you in the election. Pollinator 03:43, 31 May 2004 (UTC)

Trilliards, quadrilliards, etc.

Anthere, I think you're a native French-speaker? I'm working on Names of large numbers and would appreciate some input as to what current usage is in French. I'm just looking for what you know off the top of your head, not any deep research.

Have you ever heard of Pelletier, the 1550 mathematician who supposedly created the names ending in -illiard? That is, is the system that was adopted in 1948 referred to as "the Pelletier system?"

Which of the -illiard words are really used?

Are quadrilliards/quintilliards/sextilliards, etc. found in standard French dictionaries and textbooks?

Do I understand correctly that a billion in French was 1 000 000 000 up to 1948 and was then changed to 1 000 000 000 000?

As of 2004 today, what word do people use for 1 000 000 000 000?

Are there differences between French and Canadian usage?

Just wondering.... Dpbsmith 12:17, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. That's very interesting about "mille milliard" being the usual term for 1 000 000 000 000. What do you mean by "billion... scaring people?" May I quote you in Talk:Names of large numbers? Dpbsmith 01:29, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)

sentances

I am having a problem with my formatting on the mailing list. When I send a post, it comes out as one extremely long line of text, rather than the format that would be most convenient.

It is similar to when I indent thusly, and my content scrolls off of the right side of the page thusly, something which makes reading my posts less pleasent for everyone I assume, myself included.

I have tried inserting <br> but that doesn't seem to help. Any advice? Sam [Spade] 15:03, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Thank you for your questions. I've answered at User talk:Angela/Questions. I hope I have addressed all your concerns. Angela . 04:39, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I answered on my page :-) Fantasy 22:09, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)