Yes, I'm still planning to write Climate of Denver. I get distracted easily, sorry. I am mostly active on Wiktionary these days, in part because I have minor eyesight problems and have difficulty handling large chunks of text.
Although I am largely inactive lately, I still read Wikipedia frequently and will be able to find and reply to messages left for me fairly quickly.
Native American placenames with Latinate appearance
I have no single must-have trait to put a name on this list; it's all subjective. Most are places near where I live. A final vowel plus /-s/ can change the sound of the whole name, but this can be undone by other traits. For example, Aziscohos does not sound particularly Latin or even Greek.
I live in New England, so I am much more familiar with local placenames, including relatively obscure ones such as Agamenticus, than I am with placenames further afield. However it may be that the phenomenon is real and that the original colonists of New England and the Canadian maritimes maintained a preference for Latinate names even where the original Native American names did not always suggest such respellings. For example, Piscataqua and Piscataquis both appear in Maine, but Piscataway appears in New Jersey.
For more, and for their meanings, see here. Cascapedia and Matapedia are not yet on that list. It may be that there are more placenames like this in the southeastern United States and that I simply don't know about them because I haven't lived there. It's perhaps worth noting that I recognize more such names in the southeast than, for example, in the Midwest or the West, suggesting perhaps that Muskogean languages are superficially similar in sound to Algonquian languages even though they are not known to be related. A relation has in fact been proposed (see Gulf languages because the idea doesnt have a page of its own), though I think it's unlikely, as Algonquian languages seem to have arrived from the west, and Muskogean languages seem to have links in Mexico and the Caribbean.
Schenectady, Saratoga, Ticonderoga, Conestoga .... none of these have Latinate endings, so I dont really think they belong on the list, but in a sense they continue the same familiar prosody found in New England. Conestoga was once spelled Quanestaqua.
Canobie, only here because someone mistook it for "canopy"
Machias for spelling only, because the sound of the ch is in fact tʃ.
Osseo, an Ojibwe name in Minnesota which means bony in Italian (but not anything in Latin or Greek).
Sysladobsis, off the main list only due to use of b where Latin and Greek would both use p. Possibly a localism since this is Penobscot territory.
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Humans as parasites
Humans are the world's only lactoparasite, but other animals eat the eggs of different species. Humans are in many ways like traditional parasites (loss of unneeded body parts and abilities), ...
Fundamental_interaction#Electromagnetism once said "This is larger than what the planet Earth would weigh if weighed on another Earth." but it has since been reworded to something more straightlaced. Also, note that this is both the electron jugs repel article and the high school magnet experiment article. high school no longer mentioned in page today. i may want to restore it, as it was only removed recently.
Perhaps the paragraph could be improved by saying it is not the magnet which is so impressive, but the electromagnetic force that keeps objects together in the first place. Unless (though I dont think so) this is actually the residual strong force.
Oort cloud edit. here, i actually amplified a claim i disagreed with to call attention to it, as i felt that had i removed it i would be unable to explain myself in scientific words.
What do you call a bottom dwelling microscopic sea animal with eight retractable tentacles, teeth on both ends, blinking bioluminescence, colonial reproduction through simultaneous release, light-seeking behavior, and a tiny, poisonous calcite seashell?
I have contributed a lot of climate data, particularly for places with unusual climates and places I've lived or visited before. However, this is now very difficult for me. I may adopt other interests only to drop them months later, though I still check in with edits I've made in the past. For example, I will probably never get around to finishing the parasitism project I started in 2017, as I was unable to work on it for over two years and had completely lost interest when I got free time again.
If I knew more about chemistry, I'd be better able to contribute to the soap and detergent articles. Theyre not wrong, but they provide surprisingly little information.
Stimming and habits
This section is very embarrassing, and I may remove it later, but for now it reminds me who I am. The habits themselves are no longer embarrassing to me, for reasons I explain at the end. What embarrasses me is that there seems to be little else to write about me that distinguishes me from other people.
This section is now archived, but I will come back and re-add a permanent link soon. The content will be updated at User:Soap/stim.
My mobile account is user:Lollipop, a name I chose purely for its sound. I've never been particularly fond of candy, although I did eat candy when I was young just like my friends did. I actually had the name Lollipop before I had Soap, but I was much more interested in getting this name, so I usurped the old inactive Soap (who had never edited at all) and ended up with both names. I am much less active than I once was, and I don't really need two short names, but nobody seemed interested in taking over the Lollipop account, even after years of leaving up a notice saying I was willing to part with it. Perhaps it's best to just hang on to it now that I've had it for 16 years.
(The roundness of some early video game characters may be explained as a graphical limitation, since sprites in early video games were usually squares (Big Mario was actually two squares stacked), but Bob-ombs were styled after cartoon bombs and similar characters have appeared in other media, probably pre-dating video games)
I've closed this MEDCAB case because User:Carolethecatlover appears to be inactive (no edits in the past month). If the issue re-emerges, I'd suggest talk page discussion or perhaps WP:DRN. All the best, Bob House 884 (talk) 01:50, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Hey, are you still interested in adding notable deceased hosters to the Comparison of free web hosting services? As you can see on the talkpage, I've made a suggestion for another worthy candidate. --79.193.49.126 (talk) 06:29, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
Sure, I'm sure any such list would include AOL and Geocities. You could add it at the bottom if you like, it doesnt necessarily have to be a table. —Soap— 13:40, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the typo fixes. I am really surprised that I let Wells' Diary slip by. When I started editing the article, Dairy kept on coming up as Diary for some reason and I thought that I changed them all. No matter how much I wanted to type Dairy, it didn't happen the first time. SL93 (talk) 00:14, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
I don't know how you figured it out long ago, but somehow, your intuitions told you that I was once S4. How did you do it?
Anyway, now that many users have moved on, I have decided that now is the time to reveal who I once was to anyone else who happens by.
Moreover, if "Avvooooooo" (from another set of websites) was the shoulder devil, you would be the shoulder angel. What you both had in common was that you both used to observe my actions silently, without any interactions of any kind, until I appeared in another form. Avvoo/Avvooooooo of the other websites had ill-intent and tried to slam me and bring me down in whatever ways, but you were helpful in any interactions with me. Thank you, and I invite you to keep helping me through any step of the way.
Thank you for the compliments. You answered your own question, though ... I knew who you were because prior to 2008 I read Wikipedia almost every day but didn't make many edits, especially not to talk pages. You kept your userpage almost the same, so I was pretty sure you were the same person. (Lately, I've been busy again so I'm falling into the same editing pattern, though I will try not to be "creepy" about it). —Soap— 15:59, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
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See User talk:Jcousins43. It's been a year, and I don't see any evidence of shenanigans from this person in that time. If you have any evidence or reason why they should remain blocked, such as sockpupptry or other problems, please let me know. In light of their contrition, I am inclined to let them back in. --Jayron32 14:17, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
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I found out what the problem was with the username, the account has been blocked. Cheers Mlpearc (powwow) 03:43, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Dear Soap,
My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
So a few things about the interviews:
Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
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The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.
Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.
If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.
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I undid your entry for Seamus, Mitt Romney's dog. I always found it interesting that in 2005 Bill Clinton named his dog Seamus, but I could find no proof that it was connected to Romney's dog Seamus. If you can mind a reference connecting the two Seamus's, feel free to add back your material. Debbie W. 11:43, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Soap. Mi name is Manuel. Im acting in a good faith when I write my articles in Wikipedia. I don't know who is the last user that you mention.
Im doing my best to be a good user, trying to be a good transmisor of the best that I can see in the Hispanic World in the South Florida. It is not promotional make bios of people who are celebrities with Oscars nominations, Emmy Awards and many other relevants things doing in their lifes.
Im really concern about this. If you can contact me, you can call me. (phone number redacted).
I have a lot to learn, but please, consider me a man in a good faith. Teach me, but not criticize something that I did in the best honest way.
Regards.
Replied to your post here. --Harizotoh9 (talk) 03:53, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I used that link because the person that was harassing me, Melbourne Star, linked to that threatening that he would eventually report me for vandalism ---- WHILE HE WAS VANDALISING!!!!! I thought that it was appropriate to highlight what he was doing. See the threats on my page too. Please, for the love of honesty, restore the links on The Hunger Games and The Tripods and unprotect both. There is nothing controversial or incorrect in quoting The New York Times and plot summaries in quite correctly stating that both had 12 provinces having people representing each to fight for their overlords, with the only difference in the plots for the two series being that The Hunger Games has human overlords while The Tripods has alien overlords. That is a simple fact. And it is pretty important to mention, too, it should be said. The disturbing thing is that they are happy for The Tripods to quite correctly be criticised for the machine that was the basis of the story (the tripod) to be similar in physical appearance to the tripods that were used in War of the Worlds - something which, horrifically, this vandal has now deleted from the Tripods article! It just boggles the mind. I can understand a cover up to hide something political, made by secret service agents trying to protect a political agenda but WTF is this? Just someone who liked a movie and doesn't want anyone to know that it wasn't quite as original as they thought. That is pretty damn petty. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.2.223.96 (talk) 16:14, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
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I realised this was the problem just as you reverted it. Thanks.
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For creating the Bureaucat image, without which the whole Bureaucat wouldn't have made any sense, thanks! SnowolfHow can I help? 04:28, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for your support at my RfA. I will do my best to live up to people's confidence in me. Yngvadottir (talk) 18:17, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
We should put the Freud quote in the article since it is sourced. The Sanger quote could be left alone until a better source is found. Would that work?--RJR3333 (talk) 01:06, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Possibly. I'd be patient, though, and wait for other people to respond. ☮Soap☮ 02:08, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
I went to block 203.33.181.120(talk·contribs·deletedcontribs·pagemoves·blockuser·blocklog) for vandalism and discovered that you had already blocked it. Looking further I see that the last three blocks for that repeat vandal school IP have been for 1 year. What's the point of blocking that IP for only 48 hours?
It's hard to find a constructive edit from that IP. Short blocks for such destructive, repeat vandals / school IPs only make more work for the rest of us. Toddst1 (talk) 00:17, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
It looked like they had been mostly decent for the past 6 months since they had never been blocked in that time, so I considered it "fresh". But it seems like they came close to being blocked, but somehow slipped through. If they start vandalizing again I'm sure I or someone else will restore a much longer block. ☮Soap☮ 02:55, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
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