User talk:Herbfur

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Regarding Win95

"released to manufacturing on August 15, 1995, and generally to retail on August 24, 1995"

Can you please explain how it is possible to manufacture a retail product in about a week? RTM on August 15 1995 doesn't make sense to me. Thank you. 0ldStaph (talk) 19:38, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@0ldStaph:The retail product was created over several years, beginning in around 1993. In software production, manufacturers of computers usually first receive the software to load on new computers before a copy of the software is available as a standalone copy to purchase. The "release to manufacturers" date isn't related to when the software was actually developed. Please see Software lifecycle for more information. Herbfur (Eric, He/Him) (talk) 19:42, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Herbfur: What I mean is that the "release to manufacturers" date (August 15) is too close to the date August 24 when the Retail boxes hit the stores. My point is that the actual RTM date was probably several months prior to the Launch of W95. The date on the Retail box indicate May 1995. Do you have any references to RTM August 15?

0ldStaph (talk) 20:06, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@0ldStaph: I looked into it more and I think you might be right. I've found nothing backing an August 15 RTM date so far. I haven't found any reliable sources on this. Could you provide references for the date on the retail box? This merits further investigation. Herbfur (Eric, He/Him) (talk) 20:10, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Herbfur: I own the box and also found similar box with the 0595 date here: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/windows-95-upgrade-5-floppy-disk-1792400674 0ldStaph (talk) 20:15, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@0ldStaph: The source seems to be in order, just I'm not sure how I would interpret the 0595 part, it might not mean May 1995 (Unfortunately, guessing would probably be WP:OR). I'm going to start a discussion about this at Talk:Windows 95, I'm glad you brought this up. Herbfur (Eric, He/Him) (talk) 21:34, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Herbfur: Thank you! By WP do you mean Week of Production? Some more examples with dates, Win98, ME and XP:

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/microsoft-windows-98-upgrade-sealed-1788173816 https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/microsoft-windows-95-98-full-version-1820421521 https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/brand-microsoft-windows-xp-1790221187 0ldStaph (talk) 22:17, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@0ldStaph:By WP, I mean the Wikipedia policy, haha. WP indicates the namespace of the article (which is "Wikipedia"). You can find out more here: WP:Namespace. Herbfur (Eric, He/Him) (talk) 01:52, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I like your solution to the pronouns question! —valereee (talk) 14:11, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Valereee: Thank you! I just sorta got tired of being misgendered on talk pages, so I figured this would make my pronouns so clear that nobody could misgender me ever again haha Herbfur (Eric, He/Him) (talk) 16:56, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm surprised you were misgendered...most people seem to assume maleness rather than the other way around. —valereee (talk) 16:59, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy Inauguration Day!

Happy Inauguration Day, and thank you for reverting President of the United States to revision 1001643698! beetricks ~ talk · email 17:13, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your vote on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MacBook Air (M1)

Hi, we do not yet have consensus about whether to delete the article MacBook Air (M1). As a contributor to the MacBook articles, I'd like to invite you to take part in the discussion on the deletion: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MacBook Air (M1). Thank you! Andibrema (talk) 00:23, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Andibrema: - Thanks for letting me know! I've weighed in with my thoughts. Herbfur (Eric, He/Him) (talk) 02:27, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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About Rosetta 2: I just added a comment on your contribution to the Talk page of the Rosetta article...

... but I'm new at using User Talk Pages. Perhaps your User Talk Page is a better place to make my comment than the way I did it, at the talk page for Rosetta (software). Oaklandguy (talk) 20:03, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Big facepalm me

I should really learn on how to actually operate on reverting edits without blindly doing so. Thanks for the catch. T^{fess up?}_{or down?} 04:28, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No worries! I honestly had to read over the edit several times to make sure I wasn't misunderstanding anything so I totally get it. Happy Holidays! Herbfur (Eric, He/Him) (talk) 20:20, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Breeders TV show

May I ask why season 3 which aired in 2022 has been eliminated from the page? I think it’s an error. Please check it 70.125.228.35 (talk) 05:06, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I believe season 3 was renamed by an editor to series 3 at this edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Breeders%20(TV%20series)&diff=1127629659&oldid=1127465421 . Further edits then led series 3 to be labeled under the year 2023. I personally only edited the page because I saw what appeared to be an unconstructive edit in recent changes. If you’re able to, I encourage you to edit the page to reflect the correct information, citing sources in the process. Let me know if you need any more help! Herbfur (Eric, He/Him) (talk) 05:22, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Regard Mike Mulvaney

- I removed the section entitle Trump-Ukraine scandal since this is section is misinformation. Even the President of Ukraine denied he was never pressured, and there was no quid-pro-quo. You can see this in a far-left outlet TIME.

- All of the sources from this paragraph are far-left sources with CNN, NYT, WAPO, Politico, and NBC News.

- This section does not provide any context to the political witch-hunt that was conducted by Democrats and some in the Executive branch which began with the False Russia hoax initiated by Trump's prior political opponent, Hillary Clinton.

I am removing this section again until it is properly cited and context is provided on how this was part of the same political witch-hunt as the False Russia hoax.

TIME is regarded by the Wikipedia community to be a reliable source, per WP:RSP. CNN, NYT, WAPO, Politico, and NBC are also regarded to be generally reliable per the Wikipedia community. While your opinion may be that the investigation was a witch hunt, you would need to discuss this change and provide reliable sources to back your position, with respect to Wikipedia policies. Herbfur (Eric, He/Him) (talk) 03:12, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]