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Hi, DeCausa. I saw that non-admin Berean Hunter "hatted" the thread that Magog the Ogre started there concerning Ohnoitsjamie. I'm generally opposed to that practice, so I'd like you to know that, if requested, Berean would have to revert that edit. "Hatting" or "closing" a thread to prohibit further discussion is a form of talk page refactoring, and our policy about that says, among other things,
So if you feel there are still open issues that need discussion, you can and should (a) ask Berean to revert his edit, or, if he's not online, and because threads at AN/I roll off to archives after 24 hours of inactivity, (b) just revert it yourself, citing the passage from WP:RTP. I'm undecided about this; I may do it myself before you see this message; it's my opinion that "closures" like that should almost never be done at AN/I where, almost by definition, there are "recent heated discussions" and where trust is often pretty thin on the ground. If you'd like to reply, feel free to do so here; I've temporarily watchlisted this page. – OhioStandard (talk) 07:22, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Where did you get that stuff about primary sources bad, secondary sources good? I have been adding stuff to this article on House of Windsor for over 2.5 years so that a significant portion of the article is my own edits and I have never heard that going to a primary source is bad. Most people prefer a primary source over a secondary source. I am not interpreting a primary source, just making a literal reading of the document.Pacomartin (talk) 16:57, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello there, as you're clearly interested in the House of Windsor I'm inviting your participation in a discussion of recent edits to articles about British royalty at Talk:WikiProject British Royalty. Best regards. Rubywine (talk) 18:11, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
wanna see your sources cited about the fake 4% Albanians please! One of your recent contributions to Greece has been reverted or removed, because it contains speculative or unconfirmed information.Add only material based on a reference to a reliable source. —Preceding
Ok but as a group! Not a minority as the previous reference please such as Greek official minority in Albania,please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aperitis25 (talk • contribs) 17:45, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Look this please . I dont know who make these false statements for the day I was born GREECE HAS NEVER Albanian minorities my friend ,so let the right opinion to put on page Its about 10.94 million (2 0 0 1 c e n s u s estimate), 11.306 million (2010 estimate) look it by yourself :http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/country-profile/europe/greece/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aperitis25 (talk • contribs) 22:24, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
I've noticed that he is a brand new user, he might need some kind of directions from other experienced users with same interests. Off course old users are welcomed too, but they can do it even without being invited since they are accustomed with the controls and the menus.Alexikoua (talk) 12:26, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi there. Thanks for letting me know about the discussion - I've been away on holiday so haven't been on for a while! Cheers Fishiehelper2 (talk) 17:59, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Welcome to the world of Mick --Snowded TALK 19:26, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
I just 'repeated' it, because of the latest 'footnote' discussion. My proposal will eventually be adopted, but only after alot of kicking & screaming. See the old 'map image' arguments at Scotland & the division of List of English and British monarchs into List of English monarchs & List of British monarchs struggle. These things take time. GoodDay (talk) 11:28, 20 May 2011 (UTC) ...well I suppose I admire your optimism however unfounded. DeCausa (talk) 11:30, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
Howdy. What was the proposal for E/NI/S/W, that Snowded's speaking of? GoodDay (talk) 21:00, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar | ||
For coming up with the solution to the long-standing problem regarding the titles Pro-life and Pro-Choice, I award you, DeCausa, this Barnstar. I've never seen anyone deserve it more. HuskyHuskie (talk) 21:59, 22 May 2011 (UTC) |
From WP:BS: The "What a Brilliant Idea!" Barnstar should be awarded to a user who figures out an elegant solution to a particularly burdensome bottleneck or problem. That's you![1] HuskyHuskie (talk) 21:59, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. Just wanted to let you know that a new proposal has been made in a thread you contributed to at AN/I concerning the possibility of prohibiting a user from initiating actions at AN, AN/I, or WQA. Thanks, – OhioStandard (talk) 06:42, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
As userspace is indexed by Google, it's a good idea to add ((userspace)) and __NOINDEX__ at the top of drafts, etc. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 08:15, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi there, just wanted you to know that I intend to reply to you on the subject of country. Obviously, any reply with take some consideration, but I have some RL deadline priorities to deal with at the moment, so it may not be soon. I'm sure the issue will not change in the meantime so, please be patient with me. By the way, I thought the work you did on UK etymology greatly improved the scope, balance and all round 'understandability' of the article. Nice one. Daicaregos (talk) 10:03, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
The Anti-Flame Barnstar | ||
For outstanding work and patience on getting consensus for the lead on United Kingdom SabreBD (talk) 11:12, 30 May 2011 (UTC) |
Your efforts much appreciated.--SabreBD (talk) 11:12, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
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After the latest move request has landed up with about equal numbers for both sides I've started a mediation request. Please indicate there if you wish to participate. Thanks. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 18:44, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Do you mind explaining this edit and why you think its incorrect? Pass a Method talk 19:42, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
What if we rewrite the whole sentence and write "The Quran is divided into Meccan suras and Medinan suras" ? Pass a Method talk 08:16, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
DeCausa, I noticed that you were contributing recently to the discussion at Talk:House_of_Windsor#SHSG_Part_III, and appear to know a lot more than I do about the topic of royal houses.
I would like to ask for your opinion on how we should respond to an editor, Emerson 07 (talk · contribs), who is adding the House of Glücksburg everywhere he can, even if it is not correct. He assumes that all descendants of Queen Elizabeth II are of the Oldenburg line because of male-line inheritance. My understanding is that the House of Windsor has nothing to do with the Oldenburg lineage. That was the whole point of all those royal decrees, making sure that Prince Philip's origins do not affect the descendants. Here are some recent edits made by Emerson 07 that I am not going to revert myself, as I already reached my limit of two reverts at House of Windsor -- diff 1, diff 2, diff 3, diff 4, diff 5, diff 6, diff 7, diff 8.
--Skol fir (talk) 23:13, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
In light of the seemingly endless disputes over their respective titles, a neutral mediator has crafted a proposal to rename the two major abortion articles (pro-life/anti-abortion movement, and pro-choice/abortion rights movement) to completely new names. The idea, which is located here, is currently open for opinions. As you have been a contributor in the past to at least one of the articles, your thoughts on the matter would be appreciated.
The hope is that, if a consensus can be reached on the article titles, the energy that has been spent debating the titles of the articles here and here can be better spent giving both articles some much needed improvement to their content. Please take some time to read the proposal and weigh in on the matter. Even if your opinion is simple indifference, that opinion would be valuable to have posted.
To avoid accusations that this posting violates WP:CANVASS, this posting is being made to every non-anon editor who has edited either page since 1 July 2010, irrespective of possible previous participation at the mediation page. HuskyHuskie (talk) 19:48, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
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I want to thank you for your well-considered edits of this article. I don't know if you are aware of this, but there was an intense debate for several months on how to characterize the Israeli attack. For some reason, that discussion completely died out, and then you stepped in and made the right call to separate the article and to state the issue of preemption in the most neutral way possible. (Incidentally, I had proposed this solution when I first got involved in the discussion.) Overall, I think the article looks very good now.
I hope that the "On this day"-hook for the article will be changed to comport with its current content. Come June 5 I noted that it described the event as follows: The Six-Day War began with an Israeli Air Force preemptive strike that destroyed about 450 total aircraft of the Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian Air Forces on the ground. [4]
And this was the first time it had appeared on the front page in five years. Oh well, one doesn't always get what one wants. :) Shoplifter (talk) 12:10, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
I more or less agree with you, and I see no more problem with "Kingdom of Great Britain" than with "Kingdom of England", although the eighteenth-century state was plainly named "Great Britain" when created and in practice was almost never called anything else. As you know, good historians still call it "Great Britain" and not "the United Kingdom", a name which specifically belongs to the Union between Britain and Ireland, later Britain and Northern Ireland. Unhappily, a small number of determined users edit quite a number of Wikipedia articles, repeatedly changing "Kingdom of Great Britain" into "United Kingdom of Great Britain", or even "United Kingdom". In most cases they make no other input into the articles. In effect, whether intentionally or not, Wikipedia is being used to change the English language. I just do not understand why people would get such a bee in their bonnets, but that's the problem. Fishiehelper2 was one of the users I have in mind, but lately he has moderated his position and accepts "Great Britain", which is progress. Moonraker (talk) 00:23, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
I came across this article while adding the Saudi template to pages using AWB; thought you'd might want to merge it with the legal system article (it's an orphan, after all). Shoplifter (talk) 12:21, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
Maybe this article will be useful to you also: Blasphemy law in Saudi Arabia. Shoplifter (talk) 05:19, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
Maybe it would be clearer if you retracted your post, and added your name to mine.... ? Ghmyrtle (talk) 10:39, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
On 29 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Al ash-Sheikh, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Saudi royal family and the Al ash-Sheikh family provide mutual support under a pact dating from 1744? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
EncycloPetey (talk) 15:12, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks, Steven Zhang The clock is ticking.... 03:27, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
LOL! Since we have disagreed on certain issues in the past, I'm glad we found some common ground and can enjoy working together. Doc Tropics 21:54, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
I wish you'd reconsider this. Yours is a voice of sanity, and if the sane all leave, it'll be our fault that the inmates are running the asylum. I'm not saying to expend a lot of time and energy, I'm just saying stick around and be counted, stick around to express an opinion on occasion. Don't give up, this appears to be a way to get this settled. HuskyHuskie (talk) 12:57, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
You're invited in joining Wikipedia:Why_is_Wikipedia_losing_contributors_-_Thinking_about_remedies. Blackvisionit (talk) 03:54, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
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If you bothered to see paragraph'Higher estimate of Bulgarians in Bulgaria' you will see that consensus was reached already so please stop changing agreed content. Discuss at least instead edit warring, thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.130.61.167 (talk) 12:50, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
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I realize that you may be a little offended by Jehochman's question..."Who are you?", etc. but your response is not helpful, particularly where it is. If MB has a persecution complex, you will have just contributed to it. I would urge you to withdraw or amend your statement there and if necessary, take it up with Jehochman on his talk page. MB's talk page isn't the place for other folks to air their grievances against one another...especially while admins are trying to do their job. Please amend.
If you feel that the block is unwarranted, the proper thing to do is to state your case at ANI by asking for a block review.
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