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on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! Dewster_^*'_ 17:21, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
I can see what you want but i do not think there is currently a shortcut that you can key in. The trouble is that a practically every citation is unique. I suppose you could create a java script for your monbook that when you clicked a button it would automatically place the current date as the retrieved XXXX but getting a java script that could find each individual citation from each source would be very complex. I mean you would have to somehow tell the java script to search the web for the quote. I am sure there is a copy right bot that automatically searches the web for newly added content to Wikipedia but I am not sure whether it runs on java script or what and which piece of the script if any you would use to search for the citations as you would have to specify the sentence phrase or quote you used. This could lead to much confusion as many quotes can be found on various websites and not specifically the one you found it on. I’m sorry if that doesn’t help but as I say the creation of such java script would require a lot of research and time investment. Dewster_^*'_ 11:20, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I just made some edits to Magdi Allam; I just thought you might want to know there will probably be quite a bit of activity on the article now, considering his conversion. There's been a bit of revisionist history (and a little vandalism) stuck in there by anonymous editors. Just a heads-up. ;) --Beth C. (talk) 06:29, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, If there is Wikipedia:Vandalism going on you can report here: Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism If you need page protection you can report here: Wikipedia:Requests for page protection I suggest you to make sure you have tried to talk with those who you disagree with before doing the above. best, Farmanesh (talk) 21:02, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
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Together your edits and those I made really converted that article into something pretty great -- or at least much better than it started at just two days ago. Again, Great job! --John Bahrain (talk) 18:54, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
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For drastically improving the J Street article in short order. John Bahrain (talk) 15:39, 2 May 2008 (UTC) |
In my opinion, since Jordan's Aqaba is the more populous and well-known Aqaba, believe it should it should be redirected there. On the top of the page, it should say This is an article on the Jordanian city. For other uses, see Aqaba disambiguation. I also found out that there is two Aqabas in the Tubas Governorate of the West Bank! One with a population of 6,100, the other is a tiny village of about 100. There's also bound to be more Aqabas, so I'll be on the look-out. --Al Ameer son (talk) 01:00, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
A few days ago, I started a job with 14-hour workdays, six days a week, that will last at least two months, and possibly into September. Obviously, my wiki time has, and will be, much less copious over this period. Thanks for the offer for collaboration. I really do miss editing here, but this particular job is not one I could afford to pass up. Happy editing to you! Tiamuttalk 18:22, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
In Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Letter of British Jews on 60th anniversary of Israel, you wrote:
Please keep in mind that this is an Articles for Deletion discussion. At any given time some article is being nominated for deletion, up to 100 times a day, for all kinds of reasons. Instead of worrying about why editors are motivated to delete certain articles, just focus on the content of the article and the reasons why it should be kept. In an ideal world, we would be able to get through this AfD without even being able to guess what the other participants in the discussion think of the State of Israel and its policies. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:30, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I was going to leave this alone, but I think it needs to be said. The accusations you make on your user page about certain users is false and goes against Wikipedia Guidelines. There is no conspiracy against you or the Pro-Palestinian viewpoint. I think the heart of this issue is your misunderstanding of what Wikipedia is. For controversial subjects, like Israel and Palestine there needs to be checks in place. Everyone will have a point of view on a topic and it will always show in their editing, that is why Wikipedia is a collaborative project. Not one person alone writes the articles. You are a very angry person, whenever someone modifies an article you are working on, to neutralize the point of view, you yell and call them Vandals. No one was trying to silence you, only to make the article you are working on more encyclopedic. It is this refusal to work with other people who don't share your point of view which ultimately leads to you being the vandal. The reason your article on the Letter was deleted was just because it was not notable. For you to grossly exaggerate the importance of this letter is in itself a Point of View.
Best regards,Jason Schwartz (talk) 23:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
You left a message for me a while back but I didn't get it in time. What happened, they deleted the page you were talking about? Acumensch (talk) 18:45, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Greetings my fellow Wikipedian!!!
Hello, I was looking at the edit history for Nicholas D. Kristof, and after seeing your very interesting User name turn up on a series of edits I decided to check out your User Page. That's a fine choice of quotations -- Douglas was certainly one of my "heros" when I was growing up.
It appears that we share the same frustration over the paucity of reporting in the US media on the full range of events and opinions in Israel. I thought you might be interested to know about a number of WikiProjects -- groups of editors collaborating in various subject areas -- that relate to that issue:
Regards, Cgingold (talk) 04:44, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we must insist that you assume good faith while interacting with other editors, which you did not on Troy Davis case. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Try to be kinder in your edit summaries. Thanks! Barkeep Chat | $ 17:47, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Please familiarize yourself with it a bit more before you continue editing. Per this diff, you re-add information that is not verifiable, well, Wikipedia operates on verifiability, please read WP:V. Secondly, in the edit summery, you state that you know about this particular piece of information because you apparently have notes regarding the case. This is also not allowed, please see the policy on no original research.— Dædαlus Contribs 05:41, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I completely agree re the claims of innocence (actually I totally believe Troy's claims of actual innocence but of course I have to keep that out of my editing so I'm not biased), and if you think the infobox is inappropriate then by all means remove it - I just thought that it seemed that when anti-Troy Davis bias was removed from the article, some people were claiming it was being changed to be biased in his favour, so I thought giving equal credence to both Troy Davis and Mark MacPhail, at least as far as infoboxes go, might have helped to in small part dissolve the dispute - but again, if it isn't appropriate, and I completely understand what you're saying about the Mumia article - then I have nothing against it being removed.
p.s. do you think we could get the article semiprotected? I did suggest it for semiprotection awhile back to prevent bias either in favour or condemning Troy (although the bias I was encountering in the article was anti-Troy Davis).
Hopefully when we get the news in on the 11th Circuit's verdict then the article's neutrality will be a little more robust and if we can point out that 'Hey, the federal court said Troy Davis does/does not deserve a retrial', then hopefully bias will be reduced as there will be little place for it.
I did read awhile back that one death row inmate (in the 1970s I think) had about five full retrials before exoneration, and apparently at the 11th Circuit hearing the other day one of the judges told Justin Ewart (Troy Davis's lead defence attorney) that they could reappeal to SCOTUS due to the wording of the constitutionality claim.
Anyway, time will tell.
--Josh Atkins (talk - contribs) 13:40, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
[[User:Jatkins|Josh Atkins]] <sup>([[User talk:Jatkins|talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Jatkins|contribs]])</sup>
You've twice now uploaded an image of Troy Davis on Commons that is copyright to the Georgia Department of Corrections. Regardless of where you find it on the Internet, the original source and copyright holder is the Georgia Department of Corrections. As such, it's not a free licensed image and can not be hosted on Commons. --Hammersoft (talk) 17:27, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
As seen here. You say this user is a sockpuppet. A sockpuppet of whom, and what do you cite for your evidence? I ask for two reasons, the first is that such claims, without citation at least, can be considered disruption, the second, is, I believe you, especially because this editor appears to have been here before(citing policy, etc), and apparently has a point of view regarding just about the only topic he/she has been editing.— Dædαlus Contribs 07:11, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
Hello, SelfEvidentTruths. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The discussion is about the topic WP:ANI#User:HonourOfficerMcPhaill. Thank you.— Dædαlus Contribs 07:30, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
I just wanted to say thanks for you helping to get the HonourOfficerMcPhaill sockpuppet warned and ultimately banned (indefinitely); I hadn't noticed that user and the chances are they would have carried on if you didn't point it out. Hopefully now the article will not suffer again from the ridiculous vandalism that account was perpetrating, and hopefully it will serve as a warning to other people who think of vandalizing the article.
Thanks again. --Josh Atkins (talk - contribs) 11:21, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
While I realize it may be your beleif Troy Davis is innocent, please try to hold back those views when editing wikipedia. This is not an internet forum for you to debate the 11th Appeals Court and Supeme Court's descisions. It creates a very POV article. JakeH07 (talk) 17:28, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi SelfEvidentTruths,
I'm asking Wikipedians who are interested in United States legal articles to take a look at WP:Hornbook, the new "JD curriculum task force".
Our mission is to assimilate into Wikipedia all the insights of an American law school education, by reducing hornbooks to footnotes.
What you can do now:
Regards, Andrew Gradman talk/WP:Hornbook 19:53, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
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