GeekGirlSarah

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You seem pretty cool :) I love Neil Gaiman's Death series

As for why there are no userboxes on things like makeup and stuffed animals, well have a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias#The origins of bias - most editors are way more geekier than you geeks --Mistress Selina Kyle ^{(Α⇔Ω ¦ ⇒✉)} 05:09, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Userboxes

I like the format your're using. How'd you do it? Trekphiler 14:52, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the help. I'm stealing it... Trekphiler 16:06, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[Re:flowers ♥ GeekGirlSarah ♥] I can't stop, I'm on the run for stealing from you. ;) Be well. Trekphiler 16:57, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Lynn Conway

Hi, Geek Girl, thanks for your comments. I, too, would like to expand Lynn Conway's article and include more information about her TS rights activism, but like you, I don't want to just summarize her website. She's been a mentor to me as well; like you and her, I am a TS woman. I also happen to be a college student majoring in politics. Like you, I am extremely liberal, and I sometimes describe myself as a "feminist communist." I added a notation in Lynn Conway's article that it is a stub, so hopefully, someone will expand it.

Andrea Parton 01:03, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Thanks and happy editing, Alphax ^τεχ 05:42, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Greetings

I was admiring your userbox collection, to see if you had any I wanted to copy ... not this time & saw that you also care about Wikipedia:Tutorial so I thought it worth mentioning that you might want to check out

• Wikipedia:Helping Hand Group ... this group is interested in trying to improve the general content of tutorials for newbies, so as to make the whole process more user-friendly.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Usability ... this group is interested in trying to improve the appearance of the text and pages, so they are more friendly to everyone, regardless of browser used, disabilities, bandwidth, and so forth.

As a computer guy, I also like intelligent words like algorithm that seem to be named after me. User:AlMac|^(talk) 04:30, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

• • Wait, I thought algorithms were named for Al Gore??? ♥ GeekGirlSarah ♥ 05:35, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
    • Al Gore came along long after the Internet and coined some wonderful phrases, like Information Superhighway, using them to great political advantage, pushing the idea that every school in America should be connected to this system, so that all youngsters would have inexpensive access to this wonderful resource. He did not invent any of it, he was just a great politician taking advantage of a resource, to help further his career. I highly approve of his sactions. Whether he got the job done, or someone else does, the job needed to be done.
  • True, me doing the same kind of thing, in jest, perhaps to offset me saying I am no relation to that "Al" guy ... some terrorist whose name starts with "Al".
  • Now if I could just get a Wikipedia:Algorithm to avoid making spelling errors and typing errors. User:AlMac|^(talk) 05:41, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Userboxes in tandem?

How did you get your userboxes in those neat rows and columns three wide? All I can find on the Userboxes page is how to stack them just on top of each other. And, uh, I'm an uber-beginner at HTML. Lady BlahDeBlah 00:16, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

• Please check out User:GeekGirlSarah/Userboxes in the source. It's a giant, three-column table. :) ♥ GeekGirlSarah ♥ 01:21, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Penn State Wiki

Hi GeekGirlSarah, I want to invite you to the first meeting of the Penn State Wiki Group, to be held in 116 Osmond Thursday 23--Feb--2006. Bring a friend! Thanks, Gchriss 02:58, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Your socialism

You obviously mean well, and you appear to be an intelligent individual, so I cannot understand how you permitted yourself to be brainwashed by the despicable anti-liberty ideology of collectivism.

You would do well to familiarize yourself with the writings of the eminent 20th-century Russian-American philosopher Ayn Rand; hopefully you will discover that Objectivism (and its political counterpart--although the Anti-Reason Insitute denies it--Libertarianism). Kurt Weber 14:54, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Both collectivism and individualism have their merits and cons. As always as in anything else, it is a question of balance and applying the better/correct usage of one on a per-case scenario. -Ori Klein 11:18, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Actually, no. Though saying "you must find a balance" is a nice-sounding platitude, in truth it is absolutely wrong. Furthermore, collectivism has absolutely NO merits. There is no merit whatsoever in the wholly mistaken and despicably evil beliefs that altruism is a virtue and that the individual properly exists for the sake of others rather than for his own sake. Kurt Weber 15:30, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Again, depends on the degree you apply it. Naturally, leave it to the extremist and closed-minded desciples or those of mistaken perception to define either which will result in them being defined in their absolute globalic-encompassing form (the very same thinking-idiology which made communism the equal of humanity's bane in the eyes of many minds). But the truth is, nothing is to be taken as is or for granted. Military units, for an example, operate on the collevtive notion/perception rather than the individual one. Many countries employ a military, are the countries operating from the collective thesis base or the individual one? Balance, my friend, balance. And remember that wikipedia itself is far from being a reliable source. Interesting at that is that it tries to maintain somewhat of a compromise between both the absolute paths. Ori Klein 08:06, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Clearly, you don't understand the meaning of the words you are using. Individualism vs. collectivism is a matter of FUNDAMENTAL MOTIVES, not SUPERFICIAL APPEARANCES. If you can't get that through your febrile mind, don't pretend that you know what you're talking about anyway. Kurt Weber 13:18, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

And right there is the reason I <3 Wikipedia so much. Ori Klein 16:06, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Can I ask why this insane discussion is happening on my talk page? ♥ GeekGirlSarah ♥ 22:53, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Because this is the *ahem* best page in the universe? (flee from the wrath of Maddox!)
I don't suppose you would be interested in an amatuer whenever-you-have-the-time-hobby independent game development? Ori Klein 17:21, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Another Welcome from Penn State

Hi GeekGirlSarah,

There are a number of Penn State Wikipedians around here, and I want to invite you to Wikipedia:WikiProject_Pennsylvania_State_University if you are interested. Hope to see you around, GChriss 18:59, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Gonna be in town.

I'll be in town July 13th-20th. Lemme know if you wanna get together then. 70.252.27.182 21:20, 22 June 2006 (UTC) (The user formerly known as Jenn Dolari)

US and EU

Don't take this the wrong way, I mean, OK, we have no shortage of right wing cranks in the EU, but at least we no longer elect them to govern.. so how can you stand being in the US and under Bush and having no better choice than the Democrats to vote for? I'm always kind of amazed by that. Sometimes, over here, we get the distinct impression that the US has totally lost the plot and that if only we could get shot of you all the world would be a much better place! But then I only have to read your bio to see that that just isn't the case and that there are a lot of decent Americans out there after all. But hey, just in case you ever do need to bail out, we're a pretty welcoming bunch in Europe to all but Bushites, USEvangelists and assorted backwoods Rednecks. In the meantime, good luck etc.. 213.36.128.202 23:06, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikimedia Pennsylvania

Hello there!

I'm writing to inform you that we are now forming the first local Wikimedia Chapter in the United States: Wikimedia Pennsylvania. Our goals are to perform outreach and fundraising activities on behalf of the various Wikimedia projects. If you're interested in being a part of the chapter, or just want to know more, you can:

• Contact us on IRC at #wikimedia-pa
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• Visit our blog at http://wmfpa.blogspot.com

Thanks and I hope you join up! Cbrown1023 talk 03:17, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

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DDR and CVG-0 ? odd... -- Kl4m ^{Talk Contrib} —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 21:22, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

Hello, hope this finds you well. I noticed that The4325 left you a barnstar for "being Homosexual." He has since been blocked for adding defamatory content to Talk:Homosexuality. Just thought you should know, so that we can all have a collective laugh about the idiocy of homophobia. Have a wonderful holiday season, and nice to meet you by the way! I too am of Southeastern European descent, and my first name is also Sarah (although I don't generally use it). All 'da best! l'Aquatique ^talk 02:41, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

And now I feel like an idiot! I just reread your name, it's Geek, not Greek! Well, I'm a geek too, but that's neither here nor there, right? Ugh, I need to go do something intelligence affirming... l'Aquatique ^talk 02:51, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Borrowed Userbox Design

I hope you don't mind; I borrowed your userbox design because it is totally awesome. Btw, I am a CS major at UIUC, and I was glad to run across the profile of another CS/CE person! You seem like a very nice person as well. :) Jwkpiano1 (talk) 02:43, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

Hi Sarah. I know it's been quite sometime since you've edited. I do hope you'll see this cup of tea! I just wanted you to know that your contributions are valuable to making Wikipedia what it is, and I do hope you'll participate with a new edit or article. Thank you for your contributions - past and future! SarahStierch (talk) 20:34, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative

WikiWomen Unite!

Hi GeekGirlSarah! Women around the world who edit and contribute to Wikipedia are coming together to celebrate each other's work, support one another, and engage new women to also join in on the empowering experience of shaping the sum of all the world's knowledge - through the WikiWomen's Collaborative. As a WikiWoman, we'd love to have you involved! You can do this by: Liking the WikiWomen's Collaborative on Facebook and share your tips, projects, and connect with other WikiWomen Join the conversation on our Twitter feed Reading and writing for our blog channel We can't wait to have you involved, and feel free to drop by our meta page (under construction) to see how else you can get involved! Can't wait to have you involved! SarahStierch (talk) 04:18, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative: Come join us (and check out our new website)!

WikiWomen - We need you!

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Looking for help

Hello: My name is Ivan Robaina Bychko I am 18 years old and I am a Cuban wikipedian who works at the Spanish Wikipedia. Due my limited access to Wikipedia and Internet I would like to establish an e-mail communication with you in order to get from you some information about the every day life of the average American citizen and LGBT rights in America, so I could write an article about that topics in Spanish Wiki. If you are interested in helping me and for receiving further information, please write me at: nayesda.daria@medired.scu.sld.cu Hoping your answer, Ivan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.220.215.12 (talk) 18:30, 26 March 2013 (UTC)