User talk:AlphaEta/2007

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Hello. I noticed you added another award to my awards subpage. I thank you very much for your kind gesture. It was my pleasure welcoming you into the Wikipedia community. As a new user, I suggest you familiarize yourself with the policies and guidelines before plunging into the wonderful world that is editing Wikipedia. Seeing your kind nature, I suggest you join the Welcoming Committee, the Birthday Committee, and the Kindness Campaign (if you haven't joined already). If you don't know where to start editing Wikipedia, I suggest you start out like me: fighting vandalism. The easiest way to do this is by monitoring the recent changes to check for vandalism done by unregistered IP editors. If you need any help, feel free to ask me in my talk page. If you think I can't help you with your question, feel free to ask any other Wikipedian. If you think you need help from a more experienced Wikipedian, you could ask any administrator for help. Finally, be sure to read all the links in my welcome above to make sure you don't have any problems in the future. Happy editing! Yours truly, Boricuaeddie^{Spread the love!} 21:10, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GAC backlog elimination drive

This form message is being sent to you either due to your membership with WikiProject Good Articles and/or your inclusion on the Wikipedia:Good article candidates/List of reviewers. A new drive has been started requesting that all members review at least one article (or more, if you wish!) within the next two weeks at GAC to help in removing the large backlog. This message is being sent to all members, and even members who have been recently reviewing articles. There are almost 130 members in this project and about 180 articles that currently need to be reviewed. If each member helps to review just one or two articles, the majority of the backlog will be cleared. Since the potential amount of reviewers may significantly increase, please make sure to add :{{GAReview}} underneath the article you are reviewing to ensure that only one person is reviewing each article. Additionally, the GA criteria may have been modified since your last review, so look over the criteria again to help you to determine if a candidate is GA-worthy. If you have any questions about this drive or the review process, leave a message on the GAC talk page. --Nehrams2020 00:50, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

reporting to WP:UAA

Hi there. When you report names to UAA (or WP:AIV), use * {{userlinks|username}} rather than [[user:username]]. This displays the username and additional parameters. Cheers! Flyguy649^talk_contribs 07:34, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Old spanish trail.jpg)

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Spanish-American war

I just revised the detail in the Philippines section of Spanish-American war. In this revision, I replaced previous content regarding German actions with content which differs quite abit. I supplied online-readable cites supporting the new content. I see that in this edit you had supplied two cites in support of the previous content (now removed) content. I'm located in the Philippines and I haven't been able to read the material which you cited, but I'm pretty confident of the material which I've added. Since I don't know what the cites you had added say on the matter, I've deleted those cites along with the text which they were added to support. I invite you to look at what I've done and to make any further edits which you feel appropriate. -- Boracay Bill 05:13, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New Orleans Mardi Gras

Thanks for your work on the article. However I wanted to mention to you that I disagree with your caricaturization of removing "red links" as a repair. I would say that properly used Wikipedia "red links" are valuable indicators, and if there is any need for "repair" it is to create an article hiterto missing. If you remove a "red link", you are of course making an editorial decision that Wikipedia should not have an article on that topic. I therefore wish to register my disagreement concerning some of the Carnival organizations. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 17:44, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedians interested in history of medicine

Hallo!

Why don’t you join the Category:Wikipedians interested in history of medicine and help to enrich the Category:Historical medical landmarks by country?

Many thanks!

Luca Borghi 16:53, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Rutland

Thank you. I tend to place fact tags on dubious things, but I've had enough problems with people placing pretend or nonnotable people on place articles that I delete them if their claimed notability is not obvious — for example, legislators or professional sports players. It's like placing a redlink in a see-also section: I can't see there if there's no article to see, and it's not helpful to have someone mentioned that may or may not be real. Nyttend 03:51, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Welcoming

Hi, i think you may have been copy-pasting the shared welcome template to user pages. This adds the user to the category welcome templates. I've removed the two users that were (i think) added by you and added documentation to the template to make it clear how to use it. Apologies if this is not correct. CaNNoNFoDDa^Talk 20:06, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem - we learn by doing. See you around. CaNNoNFoDDa^Talk 21:08, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

209.216.94.5

It looks like you pretty quickly cleaned up the mess that 209.216.94.5 tried to leave.--Mumia-w-18 00:57, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Edit to Mars

Hello. I'm sure it was unintentional, but you reverted a legitimate edit to Mars and labeled it as vandalism. The user who made the edit was attempting to fix a "broken" link in the reference section. It's usually a good idea to check the edits before reverting. Kindest regards, AlphaEta ^{T / C} 14:28, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I did check the edits; I always do. But I must have been out to lunch somehow when I reverted, because I should not have at all. I remember seeing the edit, and somehow processed it as him changing the name of the planet, i.e. "Mars", to "Jeffery" which is not what happened at all -- and I have no clue why I thought that either. Thanks for pointing this out to me, I sincerely apologize for my lack of brain function at the time, and the fallacious warning that I gave for it. Totally my fault. I'll try not to let something that stupid happen again. Gscshoyru 16:32, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Official Name

You are aware that you actually did (or do) attend The University of Southern Mississippi, right? ;-) (RE: this comment). /Blaxthos 14:41, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think that even though some entites (including internal ones) may incorrectly refer to USM as "University of Southern Mississippi", the University itself has been very clear about its official name and brand. Check your degree, catalogue, and the documents submitted by the University itself. Thanks for the note. ;-) /Blaxthos 16:57, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks by helping me fixing the sources and the english errors at the Roman Catholic Church article. -V3n0w 05:44, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You

Thanks for the message about making better quality maps. I would take that advice next time I do a map so thanks for that comment. If you have any problems with my maps just tell me and I'll try to upload a better Version. Bye.Justinian43 22:08, 15 November 2007 (UTC) Oh I need help on my user page because I need to add an icon that says I'm a historian another that I'm interested in the Sassanid Empire I saw those Icons in other users pages but I dont know how to put those icons into my page. Icons like this one . Thanks for the comment on my maps.Justinian43[reply]

Oh thanks for this big help AlphaEta are you an administrator or something because I want to be one in the future. Bye. Justinian43 —Preceding comment was added at 03:22, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Online Etymology Dictionary

I was just curious - on what basis do you consider this a reliable source? Guettarda (talk) 02:44, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, just being "correct" isn't good enough (basis for inclusion is verifiability, not truth...) Guettarda (talk) 02:52, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I hate to bring this up, but you can't really use the original reference from Haekel (a primary source) to support the fact that he was the first to use the term. It's acceptable evidence that he used the term, but it's better to use a secondary/tertiary source (like just about any ecology textbook) to support the assertion that Haekel coined the term. Guettarda (talk) 03:03, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dynasty Warriors sections

Hello, AlphaEta. Believe me, as a member of WikiProject:ThreeKingdoms, I can assure you that you're not alone in wanting the information removed entirely. And despite what my name might suggest, I'm somewhat opposed to the idea of their inclusion, too, since I'm a Later Han/Three Kingdoms history buff. The problem is, the sections simply won't stay gone. Dynasty Warriors is such a massive influence on Three Kingdoms-related popular culture today that they are added to and altered on an almost daily basis. I didn't make the additions myself, but rather decided that I would simply attempt rewrite them all as well as I could in the hopes that this would enhance the quality of each article as much as possible.

I've spoken with other members of the project about this, most specifically Ling.Nut and dk, and they also believe that the best we can do is manage and monitor the information as strictly as possible. To do this further, I've begun adding references to these sections. So far done are Zhang He, Xu Huang, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi. I'm currently in the process of upgrading Guan Yu, since this is the project's next FA drive. By the way, there is a compiled article of DW characters here. Unfortunately, it doesn't draw nearly enough attention away from the historical articles. I've never bothered with it myself, since my only concern is with keeping the real articles well written and ensuring that the DW information is limited to a small section at the bottom of each page, away from the factual content. Wow, that was long-winded... Sorry about that! Gamer Junkie 05:05, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Frederick Peterson

I think we are doing the same thing. We seem to be stepping on each other's toes. I think everything is fixed now. What say you? --Jayron32|talk|contribs 17:41, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Very good start! Did you know ...

...that the surving residents of Montreal Island found not only cannabilised French children after the 1689 Lachine massacre, but also English weapons used by the by the Iroquois warriors? AlphaEta

OK? It should be on the main page in about 5 days ... are there any images? Victuallers (talk) 14:45, 24 November 2007 (UTC) Thanks - we should be sure about the cannabilism ie that we are not just repeating propaganda or rumour as fact. Can you suggest a reword that is more certain? Victuallers (talk) 17:30, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If I was of Iroquois descent then I might be offended by my "hook" and if the evidence isnt certain then I think we will go with yours which reads well. I have made the change. 5 days... Victuallers (talk) 19:49, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Avicenna

Hi, Unfortunately I don't have access to English version of Corbin's book, I would be glad If somebody added it. But about this quotation :"Like their rulers, Avicenna's family was likely Sunni, though some later critics have said it was Shiite.". It's not correct. He has said in his autobiography that his father is Ismaili. [1]. --Seyyed(t-c) 02:53, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Watson

I reverted the said article because even though I commend you on your desire to clean up the page. Many of the said quotes that you have "condensed" are removed further out of context and do not remain neutral. The previous edits avoided a majority of this misconception. I would also ask that you do not jump on people when they make a revision. A simple message would have been sufficient. On the other hand, a auto generated message for something that you feel passionate for does not seem appropriate. I noticed it is on your watch list for vandalism. I would prefer that we resolve the issue on the talk page for Watson before any more action is taken.

--Jab843 (talk) 01:12, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I did not mean to come across as attacking you. Sounds like a plan, I will be more than happy to work with you and fix the page which frankly, I agree with you, needs some work. Thanks for your understanding.--Jab843 (talk) 04:40, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (Image:About time.jpg)

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Escherichia coli

You're welcome :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 13:24, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

James Watson

I would appreciate your co-operation with regards to improving the James Watson article, and the stubborn refusal of Landerman to allow edits of the topic until he see's fit.--Koncorde (talk) 22:54, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dynasty Warriors

Hello again, AlphaEta. I would just like to inform you that after pondering your suggestion for some time, I introduced the idea to my co-editors. All DW information will now be removed from Three Kingdoms-related articles and merged into a single DW article in the interests of preserving the traditional and cultural sections of each of the former. We are all in agreement that this is a good idea and I have begun merging the information into List of Dynasty Warriors characters. So far I have only referenced the first two characters, but eventually I'll have replaced what is there and referenced all information to a substantial degree. Of course, I'll be leaving a small sentence and link redirect to the above article on each Three Kingdoms article in an attempt to prevent others from simply re-adding the information. Hopefully we can steer fans of the series towards our "target" article. However, I'll be attempting to turn this into a GA effort at the very least, and if you would like to help us prevent the article from being utterly destroyed by vandalism and cruft, I would appreciate if you could help us revert blatant vandal attacks and poor quality edits. Not compulsory, of course. I know everybody is busy with their own projects. Cheers. Gamer Junkie 09:07, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]