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rant #50

Hello, JacobB, my name is WilsonB. And while we're both COMMITTED Catholics, I'm sorry to tell you that I have a beef with you over some actions you took over my work. A few minutes ago, you blocked my editing of this encyclopedia's page of the movie adaptation of Mulan. You blocked out my attempt to show that while it may be feministic and occultic, it may also be conservative, too. Now, I will, from now on, no longer allow anything from my blog to appear on any page or my opinion for that matter. But I am upset for a few reasons. I find the fact that no suggestion of conservative messages in the movie in question, yet suggestion that it's occultic, on the page in question is completely disturbing for several reasons. In my opinion, it is downright repulsive to offer evidence to suggest that "Mulan" is occultic without any evidence at all. By that I mean that there are no sources to back it up! Where are the references? If this is fact, and not opinion, that "Mulan" is occultic, don't we need to go out to a database of some kind and cite sources? Isn't that how all encyclopedia pages are done online? Yes, the idea that the film in question is occultic can still stand, but only if sources are cited next time around. I mean, I have been a good conservative all my life, and "Mulan", in fact, was my introduction to conservative thought. In this case, it introduced me to the fact that, despite the leftist delusion of "War Is Not The Answer", we really do need the "Mulans" of our time. That is, we need men and women who are willing to go out and serve their country and die if necessary. "Mulan", if properly viewed, can be an excellent way of teaching that to children. So forget the occult and feminism. (We, of course, have our own "feminists", even thought they're not really that, such as Sarah Palin.) Therefore, I just find it troubling that personal opinion would be put on in onw scenario and ignored in another. I mean, just imagine what would happen if someone on Wikipedia called "Mulan" occultic to produce another side. Jimbo's in-box would start lighting up like a Christmas Tree-oh, wait, maybe I shouldn't say that; it might offend someone. Remember, I am not mad at you for ruining my work. I'm just livid about this. If I could bring you to my house one day, get the film on DVD, and bring you to watch it with me, I would. But since I don't have a DVD copy, and since I'm probably not going to give complete strangers my home address to bring them here, all I'll just do is tell you of what needs to be done for this encyclopedia to be both conservative AND based in a non-partisan format. Again, "Mulan" is not occultic, in my opinion, but you're free to decide. Sincerely, User: WilsonB

I'm quite capable of reading your talk page, there was no need to reproduce this here. Apparently, you are not able to read the your talk page, as I gave a calm and rational response there, in which I explained I had never seen Mulan and don't care in the slightest what content you wish to add to that page, though others might.

I even assumed the issue had been cleared up when an Admin came to offer his services to back me up, I said, no, not necessary, because I assumed you were rational enough to read my response. I will not make this mistaken assumption with you in the future. Take some time to cool your head. JacobB

Math lectures

Just fantastically cool! Just wondering, should the derivative of d/dx log(x) = x^-1 in 3.1 read d/dx ln(x)? Or is log(x) always assumed to be loge(x) unless specified or something? DouglasA 11:50, 4 January 2010 (EST)

Not to butt in ahead of JacobB, but it was pretty much assumed in the calc courses I've taken. It might be good to add a note to that effect, though. --EvanW 11:52, 4 January 2010 (EST)

Okay, good to know. DouglasA 11:53, 4 January 2010 (EST)

My experience is that mathematicians use log or ln ("lawn") for natural logs, since we never use log10 at all, and physicists use ln for natural log and log for log10. It would probably be best to use ln for natural log to avoid confusion - my consistent use of log is a result of my long-time use of it for natural log, and the thing is, it's too ingrained of a habit to break now, so I'm probably going to keep using log. If it matters so much to somebody, they're welcome to change it. JacobB 19:33, 4 January 2010 (EST)

Welcoming new users

I've been inactive for a while, so I may have missed this: is it a custom around here to welcome new users by placing a template on their user page? --Ed Poor ^Talk 19:48, 4 January 2010 (EST)

TK does it, but if this is only for admins to do, I'll stop. JacobB 19:55, 4 January 2010 (EST)

Write for the educated layman

Important instructions for you are here. Please read them, and submit a writing plan. --Ed Poor ^Talk 11:20, 8 January 2010 (EST)

Multivariable Calc course

Jacob, this is very doable. I have nearly 50 students in my Economics course and nearly all stuck with it. It's college-level material and many of them are taking the CLEP to earn credit.

We can do the Multivariable calculus course and I developed that entry as an overview. Please feel free to use or link as you think best to your developing material.--Andy Schlafly 20:34, 9 January 2010 (EST)

That's great! I'll make sure to hit all of that material in the lectures. Like I've said, I'm incredibly busy at work this week and I'm taking it home with me, but next week I'll have four days to just work on calc lectures. Expect a lot of material to go up Tues-Fri! JacobB 20:42, 9 January 2010 (EST)

The Economics course that just completed is a successful model. But Multivariable calculus may be more advanced than anything the CLEP offers! No problem ... our students are doing this to learn, not merely to impress institutions. The reality is that a conservative approach is far superior for learning.--Andy Schlafly 23:27, 10 January 2010 (EST)

I'm looking at the CLEP exams right now, and once I finish these Multivariable Calc lectures, I don't see any reason why I can't put up lectures which would prepare the student for this exam and this exam. JacobB 23:45, 10 January 2010 (EST)

Please check your email, I am awaiting a response..

Thanks! --ṬK_/Admin^/Talk 01:48, 10 January 2010 (EST)

Riemann picture

I tried linking the Riemann Integral page to the new picture, and it doesn't seem to work. I tried both "File:Riemannsums.gif" and "Image:Riemannsums.gif". Can you try to see if you can use your extra privileges (or extra intelligence, or extra knowledge, or extra common sense, or whatever it takes :-) to fix this? SamHB 23:34, 18 January 2010 (EST)

Best of luck

I held hope that our compromise would allow astronomy articles on this site to go forward, but duke of this fiefdom has decreed there will be no compromise and that even having an "Old Universe View" is forbidden. I know we had our disagreements, many of them, but I hold no ill will or bad feelings towards you. Good luck on your endeavors and if you ever wish to say hello by email, please feel free. --BMcP 11:51, 11 February 2010 (EST)