User talk:MadIce
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Redirects
Thanks for the message on my talk. Here's a quote from Wikipedia:Redirect:
Sub-topic redirects are often temporary, eventually being replaced by fully fledged articles on the sub-topic in question. Be conservative when creating sub-topic redirects — they can sometimes be counter-productive, because they disguise the absence of a proper article from editors. Sub-topic redirects should only be used where the main article has a section on the sub-topic. For example, denial of service has a section on distributed denial of service. Sub-topics should be boldfaced on their first appearance in the section, to indicate that they are in fact alternate titles or sub-titles.
That sounds like a perfect way of going about doing things to me. I'd just make sure to move the information on the problem from Unix time to Year 2038 problem (so you don't end up with duplicate information in two places), and link to Year 2038 problem from Unix time in the appropriate place. HTH – Jrdioko (Talk) 20:04, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
John Titor
I thought you'd want to see this edit, given your knowledge of C++ and issues on the talk page of the 2038 problem article.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Titor&diff=prev&oldid=13624084) I'm not knowledgeable enough to say whether or not Batkins acted correctly, so I thought I'd let you know. Dave (talk) 21:47, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)