Editing User talk:Ethan

Thanks Ethan! --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] ([[User talk:Chriswaterguy|talk]]) 18:06, 5 March 2015 (PST)

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== Mini libraries  ==

Hi Ethan, (nice to internet-meet you too), 

I just saw your article [[mini library]] and put a link to it from sca's [[Sharing]] article. Yes, it fits in well with the SCA material. I'll think about a category, maybe 'Sharing'? Would you like it in the Sustainable community action topics category? If so I can send you an invite for Sustainable community action members (?)
Thanks for nice comment. [[User:Philralph|Philralph]] ([[User talk:Philralph|talk]]) 09:36, 15 May 2015 (PDT)

== Invite to Sustainable community action group ==

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'''Invitation'''

Hi, Ethan

Thanks for your edits to Sustainable community action wiki articles.

You are cordially invited to our [[:Category:Sustainable community action members|Sustainable community action group]]

[[User:Philralph|Philralph]] ([[User talk:Philralph|talk]]) 10:53, 16 May 2015 (PDT)

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== Adminship? ==

Hi Ethan, 

I've nominated you to be an admin. 

Thanks for your great work here! --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] ([[User talk:Chriswaterguy|talk]]) 06:22, 12 June 2015 (PDT)

== Welcome to Sustainable community action group ==

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|I hope you enjoy editing scawiki and continue to help us grow sustainable community action. If you have any questions or comments you can add them to our [[Talk:Sustainable community action|talk page]] or my own talk page if you prefer. Again, welcome! . . . [[User:Philralph|Philralph]] ([[User talk:Philralph|talk]]) 02:07, 24 June 2015 (PDT)

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== Africa news ==

Hi Ethan, thanks for latest news items. Good to put Cameroon stuff there so's eventually we'll build up enough for Cameroon's own page, Cheers, [[User:Philralph|Philralph]] ([[User talk:Philralph|talk]]) 02:10, 7 August 2015 (PDT)

== Great photos! ==

Hi Ethan, love the new photos! Thanks for all that you do [[User:Philralph|Philralph]] ([[User talk:Philralph|talk]]) 23:57, 18 August 2015 (PDT)

== Thanks for followup.  ==

Thanks for following up with Eric's note on my userpage - much appreciated. --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] ([[User talk:Chriswaterguy|talk]]) 19:49, 19 August 2015 (PDT)

== Herbs etc. ==
Hi Ethan, I try to potter around here but seem to have more good intentions than time... on checking my user input, I was surprised how long it has been. Yes, I like the herbs. The project you're doing sounds neat, I'd love the details but please don't be disappointed if I am not about all the time. I've a hope of working away at the herb category over time - guessing my sense of time is fairly malleable. :) Anyway, it's truly nice to meet you and thanks for clearing that spam. Cheers, Felicity

:Thanks for the link, Ethan. I'll see what's possible. I agree with you that Appropedia could be a great source of enduring info, it's a big part of the attraction for me too. Cheers. [[User:Felicity Tepper|Felicity]] ([[User talk:Felicity Tepper|talk]]) 17:05, 21 October 2015 (PDT)

:No worries. It's great to know you've been so productive! Thanks for doing that, it's so neat to have that content here as well. I'll just potter about with my fave topics when I have the time. Cheers. [[User:Felicity Tepper|Felicity]] ([[User talk:Felicity Tepper|talk]]) 21:19, 29 October 2015 (PDT)

=== Thanks! ===
Thanks for the categorisation Ethan, I am not terribly familiar with the categories despite looking over them (goldfish memory) and really appreciate you working out what should go where. :) F

== Rachel Carson info box ==

Hi Ethan, There seems to be a problem with the info box here: https://www.appropedia.org/Rachel_Carson. It's really beyond me to work out what isn't working with it and for all I know, it looks odd on my browser and not someone else's. So, I hope I can leave this with you to check out. Ta, Felicity

: Thanks for following this up. It all looks good now. :) If I find anything in my travels around here, I'll let you know. Cheers, Felicity

== Spam terms ==

Hi Ethan, 

Thanks for the fantastic work, in building the wiki and fighting spam. 

If you happen to notice any patterns in spam page titles or phrases (things that are more likely to appear in a spam page than in a legitimate page) feel free to mention them. I can add them to our spam filter's scoring system. --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] ([[User talk:Chriswaterguy|talk]]) 15:31, 16 November 2015 (PST)

:Replying to [[User_talk:Chriswaterguy#Spam terms|your reply]]: Thank you. I've updated the spam filter. I also had the idea of going through the deletion log, and added a bunch more from there. I tried not to make it too strict (people are unhappy when the spam filter blocks legitimate pages) but hopefully that will reduce the spam significantly. 

:Thanks for the CAPTCHA idea - I've set a reminder for myself to ask about that after we get a new developer. 

:I see you speak Deutsch - do you live in Germany? --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] ([[User talk:Chriswaterguy|talk]]) 15:19, 21 November 2015 (PST)

::East Asia - interesting! I've spend four years in Indonesia, living with locals, which is the best way to learn a language. --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] ([[User talk:Chriswaterguy|talk]]) 17:43, 23 November 2015 (PST)

== Front page news? ==

Yes, definitely interested. Have made a couple of tweaks - eg to include at least one image, but looks good! Cheers, [[User:Philralph|Philralph]] ([[User talk:Philralph|talk]]) 06:27, 23 November 2015 (PST)

== Great article! ==

Have included link to [[Young and beginning farmers]] on the [[Food activism]] article, [[User:Philralph|Philralph]] ([[User talk:Philralph|talk]]) 23:52, 29 November 2015 (PST)

== Is this your manual? :) ==

Hi Ethan, It's great to see you about. Thanks for all your efforts on Conventional Farming and your other great additions. Just wanted to mention that I think maybe this: https://www.appropedia.org/Permaculture:_A_Designers'_Manual is what you're looking for? It seems the apostrophe placement made it harder to locate. Cheers. [[User:Felicity Tepper|Felicity]] ([[User talk:Felicity Tepper|talk]]) 19:24, 27 February 2016 (PST)

:Happy to have helped. Have been there, done that, will no doubt do it again. :) [[User:Felicity Tepper|Felicity]] ([[User talk:Felicity Tepper|talk]]) 21:54, 27 February 2016 (PST)

== Resource Index for Bioregions ==

Hi Ethan, thanks for that. I don't have access, but good to know though. Cheers, [[User:Philralph|Philralph]] ([[User talk:Philralph|talk]]) 01:48, 4 April 2016 (PDT)

== Repurposing and upcycling ==

Hi Ethan, I didn't find the upcycling category with a search and I wasn't bright enough to do a category: check. But that said, I do view repurposing as different from upcycling, so I wonder whether we should have either two categories or combine as I'd suggested? Have a look at this blog post: https://recreatedesigncompany.com/upcycle-vs-repurpose/, which I agree with in terms of the meanings. Also, since people might confuse both terms and look for either/or, maybe a joint category makes sense. [[User:Felicity Tepper|Felicity]] ([[User talk:Felicity Tepper|talk]]) 19:21, 25 August 2016 (PDT)


-- I think the simplest option would be a Repurposing category resident in Green living that doesn't cross purposes with materials reuse which is more focused on the engineering/bigger picture reuse than repurposing, which tends to be at the household sewing, craft and garage/craftroom tinkering level. I don't think it's going to hurt anything by having it as an additional category. I like the breadth of options available as I've written in the different areas and it works for me. But if it doesn't work for anyone else, that's fine too. [[User:Felicity Tepper|Felicity]] ([[User talk:Felicity Tepper|talk]]) 03:44, 29 August 2016 (PDT)

== Spam! ==

Hi Ethan,

Thank you for all your awesome work and also your help on spam abatement. Just a quick update that we have now modernized our captchas and hope that (a) this will make user experiences better (it seems spammers had an easier time than members!), and (b) this will prevent more spam than our previous system (google rates our new method as much higher protection).

Thanks again,
--[[User:Lonny|Lonny]] ([[User talk:Lonny|talk]]) 14:48, 21 September 2016 (PDT)

== Salvage of WP content  ==

Hey. I'm a basic user on Wikipedia so can't view pages once they are deleted usually (unless the page is turned into a redirect leaving an edit history for example), but I will try to drop in on XfD regularly and keep an eye out for anything that might be salvageable for appropedia. [[User:Moribund|Moribund]] ([[User talk:Moribund|talk]]) 08:40, 4 March 2017 (PST)

{{ping|Lonny}}, this is Ethan and this is his talk. --[[User:CityOfSilver|CityOfSilver]] ([[User talk:CityOfSilver|talk]]) 11:46, 19 May 2017 (PDT)

Ethan, can you please promise that you won't delete my signature page? '''''[[User talk:CityOfSilver|<font color="#EDDA74" face="Bradley Hand ITC">City</font>]][[Special:Contribs/CityOfSilver|<font color="Green" face="Bradley Hand ITC">O</font><font color="Red" face="Bradley Hand ITC">f</font>]][[Special:EmailUser/CityOfSilver|<font color="#708090" face="Bradley Hand ITC">Silver</font>]]''''' 20:01, 22 June 2017 (PDT)

Sorry, I do not understand what you mean? --[[User:Supernerd|Supernerd]] ([[User talk:Supernerd|talk]]) 17:01, 18 December 2017 (PST)

==Segapedia==
:Ethan, could you help me with my wiki called Segapedia? It is at [http://segapedia.shoutwiki.com Segapedia]. My user name is "Tiger Mum". [[User:Saftzie|<span style="color:magenta">Saftzie</span>]] ([[User talk:Saftzie|Message me!]]) 00:37, 23 April 2019 (PDT)

== Your 2021 impact stats are right here! ==

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Hi Ethan! We thought you may want know that your top performing pages so far are:

# [[Conventional farming]] (196 327 page views) {{Edit|Update!|Conventional farming}}
# [[Advantages and disadvantages of pesticides and biological control in agriculture]] (81 600 page views) {{Edit|Update!|Advantages and disadvantages of pesticides and biological control in agriculture}}
# [[Permaculture]] (17 194 page views) {{Edit|Update!|Permaculture}}
# [[Alternative building]] (11 683 page views) {{Edit|Update!|Alternative building}}
# [[Solarpunk]] (11 249 page views) {{Edit|Update!|Solarpunk}}

Overall, your impact has been of '''443,897''' page views, woozaa!

Also, [[User:Ethan|your user page]] has received '''1672''' visits! People are interested in knowing more about you, {{Edit|edit your user page|User:Ethan}} to tell the world what you've been up to.

Thanks for your contributions and for making Appropedia great, have a merry [[green Christmas]]!!

[[Appropedia:About|The Appropedia Team]]
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