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Re: DYK? nom

Referring to your nomination of panemone:

Addressed issue; expanded article. Λua∫Wise (Operibus anteire) 09:09, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Much better; however, I hadn't noticed the copyright violation on the proposed hook. Could you reword the hook and place it both on the template talk page and the article page? CB (ö) 19:55, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Addressed issue; reworded. Thanks mate! Λua∫Wise (Operibus anteire) 20:10, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I've looked over this article and found that a large proportion of it was copyvio from the three references. You've been here a while so you must know how important that is to avoid, particularly if we're going to be showcasing content on the main page. I've rewritten the article to avoid direct copies of the sources, but please try to reword sources instead of copying paragraphs in future.
While I was there I added a section and expanded on the diagram's caption. Would it be too cheeky of me to request joint writing credit on the DYK, do you think? Best, Olaf Davis | Talk 18:20, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Sorry mate, it expired.
Cheers!
Λuα (Operibus anteire) 20:32, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Actually the reason the page has a section called 'expiring noms' instead of just getting rid of them straight away is so articles which get approved slightly late can still be used. The article's been approved, so I expect it'll be on the main page in six or twelve hours. Olaf Davis | Talk 23:38, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Well mate, if it ever gets used, then you certainly deserve a joint-credit.
Cheers!
Λuα (Operibus anteire) 06:56, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK? nom

Updated DYK query On 4 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article SWEAT (hypothesis), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

-- CB (ö) 03:59, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Reverting

Why did you revert my edit? You obviously don't know from experience! I'm 88 years old! Trust me I would know something about aging. All of what I deleted was crap! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.207.189.28 (talk) 09:28, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Hello!
Well, removing such large chunks of text (about 3K's) can be very easily understood as vandalism. Please discuss any changes on the article's talk page first. I respect your opinions and experience but Wikipedia does not accept contributions that are original research.
Thanks for your contributions!
Λua∫Wise (Operibus anteire) 09:34, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Page moved

I saw your {{db}} request, and I've moved your user talk page to User talk:Aua. Is everything OK now? --barneca (talk) 14:27, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

The salt lick

You tagged The salt lick as a copyright violation from SaltLickBBQ.com, but the text of the Wikipedia article doesn't seem to match that web site. There may be other problems with the article but I don't see a copyvio. Can you clarify this? --Metropolitan90 (talk) 06:35, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

There is an ongoing discussion on its talk page right now.
Cheers mate!
Λuα (Operibus anteire) 06:52, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query On 7 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article panemone, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Gatoclass (talk) 14:07, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Iraqi Air Force rating

I'm actually not sure how to list it for GA review. Where do I list it for GA review?--EZ1234 (talk) 02:21, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Right here, mate
Cheers!
Λuα (Operibus anteire) 06:13, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
Cheers, it is currently being reviewed!--EZ1234 (talk) 09:40, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Yeah there is something very fishy about the user User:Fatal!ty. He has only made 183 edits and only started 4 Days ago!! What should we do with the reviewing process? --EZ1234 (talk) 07:47, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry to say this, but I very, very much doubt the GAN will pass - it's far from a GA. Nousernamesleft (talk) 21:56, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
We can wait and see what that user is going to do. If the article is reviewed objectively and logical arguments are presented for (not) passing the GAN, then we can accept the review and work on that article taking his/her notes into account
Nousernamesleft is way more experienced than me, but I will have to respectfully disagree. If the article is not a GA, it is bordering that region. I wouldn't describe it as far from a GA.
Cheers mates!
Λuα (Operibus anteire) 09:40, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Yeah I guess we have to wait and see! cheers--EZ1234 (talk) 08:23, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Gunsmithing Article

Thanks!!! I've been a Gunsmith for 38 years, and was appalled at the bias in parts of the existing article. I AM sensitive to the reaction some people have to firearms in general, but I also know they simply represent an item they use in recreational sports, sometimes involving the entire family. I have an extensive library (600+ books)covering not only the technical aspects of gunsmithing, but the legal (and moral) aspects of gun ownership and use with many being the "opposite view" from mine. I really want to cite my sources completely and authoratitively. I'd appreciate ANY help on this. Thanks CAMPCHAIR Campchair (talk) 15:57, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Thanks :) Gatoclass (talk) 18:26, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

New contributors' help page

Replied to your post here. Please clarify your position.

Cheers mate!

Λuα (Operibus anteire) 20:57, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

You're right, I goofed big time. Responded as requested. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 14:04, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter

Sorry about the delay. AWB has been having a few issues lately. Here is the august issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter! Dr. Cash (talk) 20:25, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Photorejuvenation

Updated DYK query On 22 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Photorejuvenation, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:56, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Quite bad, actually

The result of dozens of talk-page stalkers. Nousernamesleft (talk) 02:29, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

It's gotten better since I last saw it, but the prose was fairly bad when I first read it, and many sections were unreferenced. When I read it, also, the lead did not summarise the article very well at all, though the problem is largely fixed now. I see that someone has placed it on hold with a large number of problems. Nousernamesleft (talk) 19:13, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Eh, I just really had no use or desire for the tools anymore, so I resigned them. If I ever get interested in adminy things again, I'll just request them back. Don't worry; I didn't delete the main page or anything. ;) Nousernamesleft (talk) 16:14, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
Actually, since I resigned them in "uncontroversial" circumstances, I can simply request a bureaucrat to resysop me without an RfA. Thanks for the offer, though. Nousernamesleft (talk) 18:41, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Design Help Pages

Thanks for the link -- the pages are helpful. I may have missed something, but I can't work out how to place navigation icons customised in the Design Pages from Project to my User Page. --CocteauFan (talk) 17:22, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again! I'll keep trying ... --CocteauFan (talk) 14:06, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Apple

Thanks for the compliment. I still have no idea how I managed it, but it had to be done, and I seemed to be in the right place at the right time ... or maybe the wrong time for the servers, which grinded to a halt for a few minutes. :-) There is no hierarchy for barnstars and things on Wikipedia. anyone can give any other user a barnstar ... just look at User:Jimbo Wales/Barnstars for proof! Not that I'm demanding one of course. If you need any help with anything, give me a shout, and I'll try to help out, or direct you to some place that can. Cheers. Graham87 13:49, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

I've fixed your new messages links so they go to the righ user talk page. I've also cut and pasted everything added from User talk:Auawise using those links, including my message. Hope you don't mind. Graham87 14:00, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

No problems mate. Don't worry about it; the same thing happened to me when I changed username. Thanks for the barnstar as well. Graham87 13:37, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

The article's talk page, as your talk page, demonstrates where you duplicated previously published sources. It's fairly unlikely that you independently arrived at the phrase "The smooth glass surface of the IPL handpiece is gently applied". Internet archives verify that the phrase was used here as early as 2006; you added along with other language used at that source to the Wikipedia article this month. As I noted at the article's talk page, the section beginning, "An intense light is applied" through the phrase "every three weeks" was a word for word duplicate of this source, which is archived back to to 2005, here. Obviously, this well predates the addition of the material to the article. Unless you are the author of those external sites or of another printed source which those sites are violating, this is an infringement. If you are the original author of material being violated at those sources, you will need to verify that to include the material; please see WP:IOWN. Copying material from external sources is a serious concern on Wikipedia.

With regards to the welcome, it is included in the {{nothanks-web}} template which is required to be given to contributors of material that infringes copyright of web sources. (See the instructions at {{Copyviocore}}.) The template was created for multipurpose uses and is frequently given to new contributors who do not understand Wikipedia's copyright policy. If you dislike the welcome within the template, you may wish to propose a change to it at its talk page.

I have deleted the copyright infringing versions of the article, but you are not the only contributor. It was initially created as a redirect in July. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 18:03, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Screwing up with a paragraph or two shouldn't be a reason to remove the entire article, you know. Even before its "creation", it had a good deal of hits, and for the very short two weeks it survived on WP, it was viewed more than 4000 times. Well, it was even featured on the main page in the DYK section.
Actually, your argument here ignores the fact that both the WP article and the web site you cited are based on the same offline source, but with different rewordings.
Oh well, you were just doing your job in the light of the evidence you had. I hope this wasn't rude, I was just angry given the countless hours I spent working on it and going through numerous books. Accept my apologies for my action above.
Cheers mate!
Λuα (Operibus anteire) 14:09, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
The material was not removed until you requested its removal. It was blanked, as per policy, pending resolution of the issue. If the problematic sections had been revised, it could have been restored. I told you as much in the personal note I left you at your talk page, here, where I also offered to revise the material myself to bring it into compliance with non-free content guidelines if you did not wish to. Even if the WP article and the website were based on the same offline source, as I note above, one section was word-for-word the same as that website, which would indicate that both our page and the website were infringements. There were other places where language was duplicate of other sites in such a way that made our usage of the language impossible even if it was originally inspired by a third source.
If you have changed your mind about salvaging the material, I will restore the deleted editions so that it can be revised as necessary. Just let me know. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:22, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
That's because I have no life. :) Let me know if you change your mind. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:29, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

RE: Fast

Why thank you very much!

-Brougham96 (talk) 14:38, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
P.S. I've been reverting vandalism while I wrote this. Just Kidding.

New section

Thanks very much for your advice Aua. Will do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wazzleido (talk • contribs) 19:43, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wazzleido (talk • contribs) 19:51, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi Aua

Thanks for your helpful comments about removing tags. I'm starting to get the hang of how to edit a page but I am sure it's far from perfect I think I have wikfied the page now so have removed your tag. Is that OK? There remains a tag about conflict of interest especially neutral point of view. I can't see that it says anything other than fact. Should I leave that tag or remove it?

Cheers Wazzleido —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wazzleido (talk • contribs) 04:58, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Ranjana

It seems that you created ज्वजलपा.svg. Could you please write the phrase in Ranjana on Image:Phrase sanskrit.png and add it to the image. (The image illustrates which scripts are used presently for writing Sanskrit) Thanks. --RaviC (talk) 17:22, 6 September 2008 (UTC)--RaviC (talk) 09:37, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

I did indeed create that image, but it was done in response to a request placed at the graphic lab. I actually have no clue what that phrase means, as I don't speak that language (Sanskrit?).
In any case, if you can be a bit more detailed; telling me the exact phrase I need to add and where, then maybe I can get it done.
Cheers mate!
Λuα (Operibus anteire) 18:16, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Rolfe_Vaughan

this is a page I have created - help appreciated!!! 


Mjchesnel (talk) 13:52, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

How to get back the deleted page.

Hi,

This was the first time I tried to add a page to Wikipedia. I don't know the rules and everything. In fact I don't even know how to edit. I thought it would be like HTML, but it was very different and difficult.

Now after reading some of the rules I understand that Wikipedia offers Sandbox for new users. I don't know this thing previously.

The page I tried to create was deleted is there any way I can get it back. It would be of great help to me.

Thanks, Balachander

Gbalachander1 (talk) 18:14, 6 September 2008 (UTC) (I'm putting the ~ symbol 4 times)

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia.
The links included in my welcome might be very helpful to a new user like yourself. By the way, Wikitext is not really difficult, in fact it is easier than HTML.
Yes! That's the right way to sign a comment, mate!
I didn't quite understand your question, mate. Are you asking for the deleted material?
Cheers mate!
Λuα (Operibus anteire) 18:24, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi,

I just wanted to know. Whether after two or three days. Can I edit that page again. Will Wikipedia accept the page if everything is according to their rules.

Please tell me that.

Thanks for replying Gbalachander1 (talk) 18:36, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Bryan Bruce

Thank you Aua I will try to fix those multiple references. And yes I am related - he is my father, we have the same name. I have read the conflict of interest page and I am not sure if I should delete the page or not. The material it contains is factual and had no opinion in it as far as I can see. However if it is in breach of wikipedia's rules I would rather the page was deleted than cause any problem. Waazleido Wazzleido (talk) 18:48, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

rules page

Thanks for your help.

Can you please send me the Wikipedia rules page.

Regards

Gbalachander1 (talk) 19:22, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks Aua. I will try to work on the multiple reference issue today. WazleidoWazzleido (talk) 23:19, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Aore Island

Thanks for the help mate, i gather you are an Aussie also? The links with my wikipedia links are on these pages (my websites).http://www.aore.com/page.cfm/id/41735 The Aore article, as you know, i searched out facts and wrote myself, which is also on aore.com. the article on http://www.portvilavanuatu.com/page.cfm/id/41700 portvilavanuatu.com was just copied by me, from the existing wiki page. Again thanks for the help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxeaus (talk • contribs) 17:47, 7 September 2008 (UTC) Maxeaus (talk) 17:53, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

My RFA

Thank you for my support on my RFA! Although, as you noted, it made "little difference" as to the outcome (unsuccessful), it did make a difference to me - I greatly appreciate the feedback! While I'm probably not going to run again (RFAs drain you a lot), if I do I might have to take you up on your offer to support ;) (haha just kidding). Thank you so much for your time, and I hope to see you around Wikipedia--danielfolsom 03:14, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Aua

Thanks for the welcome. As you know, I am new to Wikipedia. I am sure that in time, I will get to know more and more of its usage.

For now, I am still learning.

Eliotgonsalves (talk) 13:05, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Also, thank you for the Arabic :) WhisperToMe (talk) 21:03, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Baab El-Hara (The Neighborhood Gate)

What is the Arabic of Baab El-Hara (The Neighborhood Gate), a Syrian TV show? WhisperToMe (talk) 05:47, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Thaanku thaanku berry much

Thanks for lending hand. My aspirations surpass my abysmal English by such a huge margin! In fact, I am on a lookout for a copyeditor 24/7, mostly for articles though. Aditya(talk • contribs) 07:40, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which passed with a count of (166/43/7). I appreciate your comments and in my actions as an administrator I will endeavor to maintain the trust you have placed in me. I am honored by your trust and your support. Thank you, Cirt (talk) 02:36, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Vandal is back at Al Anbar Governorate

Looks like Al Anbar Governorate is back under continual vandalism. Please take a look. I've also placed a request for a checkuser here. Thanks. Lawrencema (talk) 01:36, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Version 0.7 reviewing

Hi Aua, I see that you've signed up for the 1.0 review team. We need your help right now, because we had around 70 nominations last week! As you probably know, Version 0.7 is coming out soon, mainly based on the bot selection. This relieves us of the burden of manually assessing 30,000 articles, but we need the manual system to catch the articles that might "fall through the cracks" - such as a couple of missing provinces needed to complete a set. If you're no longer interested in reviewing, please can you remove your name from the list of reviewers?

You should consult the criteria and the FAQs, but I would suggest that most manual nominations of B-Class articles or higher are expected to pass, unless they are fairly obscure. You can get a good sense of the importance by looking at the article in the bot's list (check the talk page to find which projects have tagged it); an importance score (excluding quality) of <700 indicates that the article is probably too obscure, unless it is needed to complete a useful set (e.g., all the counties of England). I take the view that if someone who is knowledgeable on the topic spends the time to nominate the article, it is likely to be OK, but just occasionally people try to argue for an obscure or poor-quality article.

So, are you able to help? Many thanks, Walkerma (talk) 05:07, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Bryan Bruce

Hi Aua

I wonder if you can help. Someone left a cleanup tag on the page I wrote about my father Bryan Bruce ( I have the same name). Unfortunately I don't know what I have to clean up to get the tag removed.

Also I mentioned to you some time ago do you think there is a real conflict of interest here given that it's about my father ? Should I have the page removed? The information is true.

I would appreciate your advice

Cheers. wazzleidoWazzleido (talk) 08:26, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Notability and Orphan tags on Conduit (Web Site) entry

Aua, I was wondering if you could help me to better understand the concepts of "notability" and "orphaned articles" as my Conduit (Web site) article has been tagged for. To help establish notability, I added multiple third-party references to well known sources who have written about Conduit such a Mike Arrington of TechCrunch.com and Rafe Needleman from CNET.com. I've also referenced articles about Conduit's award achievements that were written by notable tech-industry analyst Josh Bernoff (Forrester) and other credible news sources like Reuters.com and Venturebeat.com. Please reference the article's discussion tab for my response to sources 6 thru 12 as well.

Are there specific guidelines that can be applied to determine if a third-party reference to an article will or will not add to the article's notability?

On the topic of orphaned articles, how many pre-existing articles need to point to the a new Wikipedia entry to clear it of an orphaned status? I created three links back to the new article after publishing it and recently added a few more to bring the total up to 8. Is there a recommended process for adding internal links to prevent the orphaned status?

Thanks very much for any help and advice you can lend. Its very appreciated as we work though this new process.

--Marshfield (talk) 19:04, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Bryan Bruce removal of tags

Hi Aua Thank you very much for the work you did to make my page on Bryan Bruce acceptable. This is an extraordinary project only made possible by people such as yourself . Thanks again for all your advice. Cheers! wazzleidoWazzleido (talk) 18:39, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Afghanistan–Kosovo relations

Hi! A user has nominated Afghanistan–Kosovo relations for deletion. Please feel free to explain your opinions. Go and see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Afghanistan–Kosovo relations. (Also there are 16 AfD nominations at the same page which includes Canada, Japan and several others). Thank you for your time! --Turkish Flame ☎ 06:46, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Link Suggestion Page

I was sent a link page for the page I am editing. When I finished making choices and clicked on the Link Suggestions page, it does not upload. Help. Thanks (Joe Manelli , JoeManelli (talk) 18:19, 6 November 2008 (UTC))

JoeManelli also posted to Wikipedia:Help desk#Link page not working where I have replied. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:44, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Good to know, because I didn't quite get what Joe was asking about.
Cheers mate!

Re Apple page

Dear Aua

I think it was you that put the url of a website of mine in the 'External Links' section of the 'Apple' page. Unfortunately although the url is correct: http://www.nickhirst.org.uk/index.htm it is not possible to click on it to be directed to the site. The site is called 'Cumbria Apple Project' and it is based on a report of a survey of apple trees and orchards in Cumbria UK. Hoping you can fix this.

Thank you

Nickhirst (talk) 13:36, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

userpage

Thanks for the information, they worked for me, but I will get a couple of editors to drop by and if they notice or discover something will let you know. Many thanks userboxes are pretty valueless if people cannot see them! Edmund Patrick – confer 18:48, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Signature

Aua,

How do I get my Signature to be formatted correctly? So that when I use ~~~~ it shows up like this:

HappyCat12ChatterCat

instead of:

<font face="papyrus">[[User:HappyCat12|'''<font color="maroon">Happy</font><font color="red">Cat</font><font color="orange">12</font>]]<sup>[[User talk:HappyCat12|ChatterCat]]</sup> (talk) 23:19, 12 January 2009 (UTC)


Thanks, HC12(HappyCat12 5:18 Central)

<font face="papyrus">[[User:HappyCat12|'''<font color="maroon">Happy</font><font color="red">Cat</font><font color="orange">12</font>]]<sup>[[User talk:HappyCat12|ChatterCat]]</sup> (talk) 23:19, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Kosovo Barnstar

Hi. I saw that you made a Kosovo barnstar... I was wondering what it takes to get that. I have edited and created many articles about Kosovo, primarily about the municipalities and population in them. Currently I am working on making pages about the new administrative units that have been declared since independence. (LAz17 (talk) 01:08, 19 January 2009 (UTC))

Well, the problem is that nobody really goes to the Kosovo wiki project page anymore, so there is nobody around to give that. (LAz17 (talk) 06:32, 28 January 2009 (UTC)).

RE:Interesting offer

No problem. I think you'll like it. Give me a week and a half. Regards.Wiki Raja (talk) 01:15, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Page is complete here. Everything from the original page is available on the new one I've created, except for the Kosovo categories list (which is already on the Portal:Kosovo page). Also, an extra tab called "Links" was created to have the Sister links userboxes. However, it would look a lot better on the Portal:Kosovo page, as well. If you all like it and want me to go ahead and merge the present page with the new one created, please let me know. Regards. Wiki Raja (talk) 12:40, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I've already posted a message with regards to the new project page here, and shall wait for a week for feedback from the rest of the group. As you recommend, if there is no reply within a week, then I'll go ahead and change the page. Also, if or when the page is changed, perhaps we could work on upgrading the page to look a lot more professional. Regards. Wiki Raja (talk) 07:51, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Green marketing

Green marketing, an article to which you contributed, has been put up for Wikipedia:Good article reassessment. The comments are on the article talk page and at Talk:Green marketing/GA1. Please help to improve the article so that it can retain its GA status. Regards, —Mattisse (Talk) 22:18, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

File:Talkpage Auawise.gif listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:Talkpage Auawise.gif, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. JaGatalk 06:24, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Help needed

You seem very knowledgeable about Wikipedia. I wonder if you can help me. I am a first time user, and got myself into a mess. I am trying to create a page about Michael Schoenberg, an outstanding theoretical geophysicist who recently died. I ended up with 2 pages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schoenberg_(Geophysicist) and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schoenberg but these are identical. Can these be merged or one of these be deleted? I would like the remaining to become part of the physics project, but also to be accessible from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoenberg

I'd be grateful if you could help.

Many thanks

Colin Sayers Colin Sayers (talk) 01:08, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Kosovo – Panama relations

Hi! Kosovo – Panama relations has been nominated for deletion. Please feel free to explain your opinions. Go and see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kosovo – Panama relations. Thank you for your time! --Turkish Flame ☎ 17:30, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

GA Sweeps invitation

Hello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. I would like to invite you to consider helping with the GA sweeps process. Sweeps helps to ensure that the oldest GAs still meet the criteria, and improve the quality of GAs overall. Unfortunately, last month only two articles were reviewed. This is definitely a low point after our peak at the beginning of the process when 163 articles were reviewed in September 2007. After nearly two years, the running total has just passed the 50% mark. In order to expediate the reviewing, several changes have been made to the process. A new worklist has been created, detailing which articles are left to review. All exempt and previously reviewed articles have already been removed from the list. Instead of reviewing by topic, you can consider picking and choosing whichever articles interest you.

We are always looking for new members to assist with the remaining articles, so if you are interested or know of anybody that can assist, please visit the GA sweeps page. In addition, for every member that reviews 100 articles or has a significant impact on the process, s/he will get an award when they reach that threshold. If only 14 editors achieve this feat starting now, we would be done with Sweeps! Of course, having more people reviewing less articles would be better for all involved, so please consider asking others to help out. Feel free to stop by and only review a few articles, something's better than nothing! Take a look at the list, and see what articles interest you. Let's work to complete Sweeps so that efforts can be fully focused on the backlog at GAN. If you have any questions about the process, reviewing, or need help with a particular article, please contact me or OhanaUnited and we'll be happy to help. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 07:59, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Undoing my change to quark

Greetings,

I don't understand you undid why my changes to the CKM matrix (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark). It seems to me either the CKM matrix has to be changed, or the accompanying "pictorial representation" must be changed. You say "the entries are not the decay rates". That may be true if you are referring to a technical use of "decay rates". But according to the text, "Vij relates to the tendency that a quark of flavor i will change into a quark of flavor j". Are you really suggesting that it is most likely that an up quark will change to a down quark (opposite of beta decay), for example? Then I would think you must reverse the arrow in the drawing. But I think the drawing is right and the matrix has errors. Sorry if I am being dense here... Can you clarify?

Thanks,

Benjonson (talk) 17:44, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

New English School (Jordan)

I declined the speedy deletion as, though you are the primary author, there are a great number of other editors who've made changes and as such if you want it deleted articles for deletion is the correct forum. Note that as a school article there is very little chance it will be deleted. As for the images they are on commons and you'll have to takeup the deletion there. - Peripitus (Talk) 01:34, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Seriously?!?

You're really moving to Comox? That's bizarre, that's just about an hour from where I live; if you're coming here by ferry, you have to come through my city (Nanaimo), but if you're flying in, you could go straight to Comox. We don't really differentiate between east and west coast, as 99% of the population and cities of the island are like a spine up the east coast--the west coast only has a couple villages (Tofino, Zeballos) and wilderness (with some famous wilderness trails, see: West Coast Trail). Whenever the term "West Coast" is used here it includes the whole island as well as the west coast of mainland BC; this is because whenever we hear "West Coast" they're referring to our whole region as part of western Canada. Sometimes "Wet Coast" is used as a joke too because of the rainfall around here. Whenever we hear "East Coast" in Canada, we think Newfoundland, PEI (Prince Edward Island), New Brunswick and the Atlantic--they're kind of more like regional titles in Canada than just descriptors of directions. How come you're moving there? These are some funny odds - I guess it's a big, small world (from Jordan to Harvard to Vancouver Island). I'd like to tell you more of what to expect :) .... 66.183.69.201 (talk) 19:43, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

P.S. If you agree, I think we can edit out most of the talk page on the New English School, as it's a bit overloaded with the discussion which probably, for the most part, won't be of use to other editors.

Not sure how many opportunities there are to practice neurobiology around Comox, but the island's a good place! I'll drop you a message later when I get a chance. 66.183.69.201 (talk) 23:22, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing that ref-list on the New English School page, it was looking a bit ugly -- I just figured out how to consolidate refs and didn't get to that page yet, Thanks! 66.183.69.201 (talk) 22:24, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Invite to work on the SFK09

Hello We are working on creating a workgroup for wikimedia kosovo http://sfk2009.ning.com/group/wikimediakosova and have an event on august 29/30 in Prishtina. We would like to invite you to come. http://www.kosovasoftwarefreedom.org/index.php/sfk09/call-for-papers.html

Thanks,

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Ka(z)em Al Saher

Kathem Al Saher → Kazem Al Saher — The existing Romanization of the name is haphazard. FrancescoMazzucotelli (talk) 19:19, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Oppose; The one with "th" reflects the correct pronunciation, while the one with "z" is the more -let's say- informal colloquial way.
Cheers mate!
Λuα (Operibus anteire) 17:23, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Excuse me, in what language do you pronounce ظ as "th"?
The Ẓāʼ sound is an emphatic /z/ or /ð/, pronounced with the center of the tongue depressed. Regional pronunciations vary; it may sound like an emphatic counterpart of either ز or ذ.
It sounds either like "z" or "dh".
Besides, the translitteration of Ẓāʾ is
0638 ظ ẓāʼ Y z̧ ẓ ẓ Z ẓ đ̣ Z /ðˁ/ Z .z Z/z/6'
Finally, I think that "Kazem" is more common usage than "Kathem". Cheers, --FrancescoMazzucotelli (talk) 16:38, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
May I have the pleasure of reading your reply? Regards, --FrancescoMazzucotelli (talk) 01:50, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
I agree that there is no universally accepted way to "bring that sound" into Latin alphabet. Still, the choice of "th" is puzzling. Wikipedia readers who are not familiar with Arabic (or not excessively familiary with English, for that matter) might read the "th" in "Kathem" just like in "three" or "Catherine" — a sound which is rendered through a different letter in Arabic. Have a nice day, --FrancescoMazzucotelli (talk) 10:06, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

By the way

You have to fix the French sentence of your user page because it's plain wrong. Si vous voulez m'envoyer un message, je serai content/heureux de vous répondre is much better. À plus, --FrancescoMazzucotelli (talk) 10:26, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism

Are you seriously going to template me for vandalism after all the discussions we've had about that article, at this stage of the game? And revert me as TW vandalism? Come on! Please see its talk page. It is not very courteous to call something that's obviously not intended as vandalism. WP:DTTR: "counterproductive in resolving the issue, as it can be misconstrued as being patronising and uncivil." Do you think we should do an RfC soon? That might be the most objective way to deal with it. I do, however, consider what you did with the Sex Ed a form of insidious vandalism (and your blatantly unreferenced comments about the low-standards of the school, given your hate of things lacking verification). If you could explain/justify it to me, then I might just change my mind. 66.183.69.201 (talk) 09:25, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Please explain

Can you please explain your reasons for reverting my edit here? A "probable cause" is not a proper noun, so I corrected this. I also corrected the use of capitalisation in line with the Wikipedia Manual of Style. So why have you reverted me? When reverting someone, why not try using an edit summary to give a clue as to what your thinking is? Thanks, 86.153.90.25 (talk) 11:40, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

New English School

This message is in response to the discussion on my talk page, which was a bit confusing. As I see it, we were both attempting to revert the IP's continued vandalism and advertising to New English School (Jordan), yet he/she accuses you of the same, saying that the content wasn't truthful. I am not familiar with the particular topic of the article, but could draw a conclusion that it was advertising based on the drastic change from "low standards" to "high standards" of the school. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but the point made there about low standards lacked verifiable sources. At this point with the fact orphaned from a source, there is no proof of who's right. If I can make a suggestion, the best way to address this is to add a citation to the fact so that there is proof of the fact and no further legitimate argument. Thank you for your concern, and please leave a response on my talk page.

Ojay123 (talk) 16:29, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Editor Review

Thanks for the very helpful suggestion in my editor review, I appreciate it. In the future, I will work to raise my edit count by making solid edits and articles in order to reach my goal to become an admin. Once again, thank you!

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Help with mange?

Hello Aua, I picked you fairly much at random; but it looks like you might possibly care. I was looking at Mange in the wikipedia and the section on diagnosis set off my B.S. filter. This Pedal-Pinna reflex test and the bogus looking PetCenter.com reference which is a sales site for medications.

Being basically a wiki rookie, I don't know the appropriate next step. It would be nice if an actual trained vet would be able to edit this section.

Djmips (talk) 05:25, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Image problems

Hi, I nominated File:Green market2.jpg, File:Saskia Burmeister.jpg, File:CFL philips.jpg, File:Green market3.jpg, File:Green market.jpg, and File:Green Marktet 1.jpg for deletion as copyright violations. Regards Hekerui (talk) 12:27, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

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Personal attacks

Using someone's affiliations as an ad hominem means of dismissing or discrediting their views is considered a personal attack. Not only is it a form of personal attack, the ip address has not proved the ethnic affiliations of the people who edited this article. Not only that, he did not cite a single example of the alleged "not inventions" in the article. Before attacking the content, point out whats wrong with it, like a specific paragraph

for the record, this user is not Chinese, just reverse everything you said in the first paragraph to the opposite point, and then it will be true. His main edits consist of downplaying Chinese achievements, along with all non western achievements, not trying to inflate them.

right from User:Gun Powder Ma himself- "Printing was not first conceived in China, as printing on clothes had been done before by various cultures. Also, the famous Phaistos Disc clearly shows a mature understanding of the concept of printing"

Gun Powder Ma says wheelbarrow invented in ancient Greece, not China

A nationalist Chinese editor would hardly promote the Phaistos Disct as an example of printing predating Chinese printing.

A nationalist Chinese editor would not try to undermine the claim that Chinese invented iron plough shares

I'm pretty sure a nationalistic Chinese editor would not place a free tibet flag on his userpage.

I'm also sure a nationalistic Chinese editor would not spend his time arguing that the wheelbarrow was not invented in China, but in Greece

Its also strange that you think a nationalist Chinese editor would try to mow down Chinese inventions on the Four Great Inventions of ancient China article, and promote European ones

Equally strange, is that a chinese nationalist would delete info saying that Europeans aquired the compass and printing from China, and say that europeans invented them themselves.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

if you came to the List of Chinese inventions because you have an axe to grind against User:Gun Powder Ma, I can assure you that he would be most happy to see the list extensively trimmed....DÜNGÁNÈ (talk) 01:37, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

There is an incident you may be involved in. Please see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:DÜNGÁNÈ instigating other user against me. Gun Powder Ma (talk) 09:09, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

HI

Please see [8]. Cheers Slovenski Volk (talk) 23:58, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Arabic, German and English

I am just curious how could possibly one can know these 3 languages and knows about Jewdasim, studies at Harvard? I just cannot imagine it. Because you say u r level 5 arabic editor. thanks Glasszone33 (talk) 07:45, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Trouble adding an interwiki

Hi Aua, I wonder if you can help me with something: I wanted to add the following interwiki (zh:葛藟葡萄) to the Arabic Wikipedia's article for Vitis flexuosa, but it wouldn't allow me. If you take a look at the enWP article, you will see in "other languages" that there are also articles for this subject on the arWP, azWP, and zhWP. I was able to link all these interwikis together, excepting the instance of the one shown above. Would you be able to add it, or show me how to do it? If you cannot, thanks anyway for reading this. I speak zero Arabic, so I found you by looking for users with a level 5 Arabic userbox; you were the first one I found with recent edits. I'll watch here. Thank you for your consideration, Hamamelis (talk) 16:34, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Sure, no problem! I added the link. I think the problem might have been with the way brackets should be added.
Cheers!
Λuα (Operibus anteire) 02:55, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks so much Aua! It has yet to show up on the page, because someone (presumably an admin) there has to check it first. I, too, noted something weird going on with particularly one of the left (think it was) brackets. Different encoding in some languages that read right-to-left, probably. Chances are that I will have occasion to add another interwiki in the future. Did you type the brackets manually? I didn't think to try that, and just copied-and-pasted. Thanks again, Hamamelis (talk) 15:13, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
You are right. Right-to-left languages usually screw up brackets on Wiki. What I did was pretty lazy: I just copied the English Interwiki link, replaced it with the zh link, then pasted the en link back. It seems to have worked!
Cheers!
Λuα (Operibus anteire) 03:21, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
Ah. I will try that method next time around. Much appreciated! Hamamelis (talk) 21:28, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

List of Rhodes Scholars

Hello, I reverted one of your edits on the List of Rhodes Scholars. I classified your edit as "vandalism" at initial consideration but perhaps you just did not know Joseph O'Shea is one of FSU's Rhodes Scholars, despite his apparently not having an entry in Wikipedia. Please accept my apology for inserting that reference without checking with you first. Sirberus (talk) 10:44, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Never mind. The title of that page needs work. Sirberus (talk) 12:42, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

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Hello Messina, I would like to ask about the Wilhelm Kick (Moderne Neubauten) photos (I think) you uploaded. May I? Regards, Sphynx20Sphynx20 (talk) 18:50, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

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Harvard Extension School

Aua,

I have undone your revision to the entry Harvard Extension School. You claimed that, "The Extension School is distinguished from other Harvard schools in that it has no entry requirements and almost anyone can enroll to take courses." This statement is ambiguous and misleading, as there are important distinctions between students who take open enrollment courses through Extension, and those who apply for degree candidacy. The article clearly outlines the distinction between Extension's open-enrollment courses and degree-granting programs. Additionally, your comment is clearly loaded, and it breaks Wikipedia's "Second Pillar" regarding neutrality in user contributions.

Lastly, on a personal note, I find your comment to be quite insulting. As a degree candidate at Extension, I worked assiduously to gain admittance; your comments undermine the efforts of myself and other degree candidates at Extension. If you would like to continue this discussion, please contact me.

V

V,
Point taken, and I apologize for offending you. The Extension School is indeed the only school at Harvard with an open-enrollment (and until recently: relatively open-admissions) process. It is what really distinguishes the school, and should be in the lead per WP:LEAD. It's Harvard's way of opening its education to the public; the open-enrollment aspect should be celebrated!
Cheers,
Λuα (Operibus anteire) 21:14, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Aua,

I agree that the open-enrollment aspect of Extension should be celebrated. In fact, the open-enrollment policy is precisely why people like me are able to gain degree candidacy--through merit. However, the Extension School does not confer degrees under open-enrollment, and the way that the introduction was previously written, one might logically conclude that it does:

"Harvard University Extension School, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of the twelve degree-granting schools of Harvard University. It is the only school at Harvard with an open-enrollment policy."

Students do not earn degrees through open-enrollment. Degree candidacy requires favorable test scores, pre admission courses, and a formal application process. I believe that the introduction, as previously written, is misleading as it does not take these requirements into account. Therefore, I have added the caveat that degree candidacy requires these criteria.

V — Preceding unsigned comment added by Finelinebilly (talk • contribs) 22:00, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Aua,

First off, let me say that I appreciate that we are engaging in rational discussion, rather than devolving into typical, heated internet vituperation. That said, I respectfully disagree with your assertion that degrees are an afterthought with Extension. In fact, if you visit their "About Us" page, you will see up-front and bolded:

"Whether you want to take a course, earn a certificate, or work toward a degree, Harvard Extension School has options for you."

The claims of 3% graduation rate are specious and do not imply Extension's alleged insouciance toward degree programs. To be fair, many Extension degree candidates throw this statistic around in order to tout the difficulty of gaining entry into the program, and thus their own achievements. But to do so would presume that everyone who signs up for a course holds aspirations of gaining entry into a degree program. The likely answer is that the degree program criteria are tough for many folks to meet, and many fail. But you are also correct in that many folks also register for a course out of pure interest.

Either way, I believe that the undergraduate, and graduate degree programs are an important component of Extension and I would like to see this information presented in the header.

V — Preceding unsigned comment added by Finelinebilly (talk • contribs) 22:33, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Aua,

The new header sounds great, and yes, I am writing you from outside Northwest. Boston is sweltering!

Some context: Back in April, I provided a major overhaul on the Extension entry. It was rife with peacock language, embarrassing typos, and misleading information that I believe was intended for purposes of self-aggrandizement among Extension students. I think that for many Harvard College students, there is a sense of skepticism with respect to Extension. And even within the Extension school itself, degree candidates often go to great lengths to disassociate with non-degree students because of the effort that one must expend to earn this status.

But rather than use charged language to highlight these differences between degree and non-degree students (as the previous authors had), I believe that it is far more scrupulous to let the facts speak for themselves. Degree candidacy at Extension requires students to pass the Critical reading and Writing Test (in a span of 90 minutes, I had to read and interpret a passage from a 19th century essay, answer questions, and then craft my own essay based on a prompt).

I then had to complete Expos with a solid B or better and earn at least a B in two other courses. (Bear in mind that at this point, students are not admitted degree candidates, so federal student aid/loans do not cover these upfront costs. I am still working to pay off debt.) I then had to submit a formal application packet, complete with an entrance essay, transcripts, curriculum vitae, etc. for admittance. But every ounce of struggle, thus far, has been worthwhile because of the quality of education I have received. The bachelor's degree requires a minimum of 52 credits to be taken from Harvard faculty, but I have taken all my credits this way. I mean, where else can students receive a guest lecture from Mitt Romney's debate coach, or a former presidential candidate in the thick of a heated presidential election?

V

June 2013

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Microsoft Mahjong

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List of Chinese Inventions, Crossbow

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How about this?

"In comparison, the ancient Greeks had a crossbow known as the gastraphetes ("belly-bow", so named because the shooter had to draw the bow by pressing his stomach against the concave rear), also invented in the 5th century BCE, and the katapeltikon (399 BCE), a siege weapon using similar mechanisms. Unlike the Chinese crossbow, the heavy weight and bulk of these weapons necessitated a prop to keep it standing[225]."

I felt like this part was unnecessary: "the gastraphetes, which was described in Heron's Belopoeica (1st century AD)[221], yet some scholars assert that the handheld crossbow (as invented in China) was not seen in Europe until the 10th century AD.[222][223][224]." Otherwise all the info is there. I'll make the edit after you respond, so that you can revise my revision.

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Extension School

I see you keep reverting edits by an anon relating to the curriculum of the Extension School. Is there any particular reason? --Briancua (talk) 13:54, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

The information anon keeps adding is cited with a date of 2012. I think the hangup might be on the word "core," as opposed to the Program on General Education. While the specifics might be slightly different, I think that for the lay reader they are a close enough approximation. To further define it in the EXT article would be getting to such a granular level of intramural trivia as to be burdensome. To get around that, though, how would you feel instead about the following:
Undergraduate degree programs are based upon the curriculum for Harvard College students; these requirements include expository writing, quantitative reasoning, foreign language, moral reasoning, writing-intensive classes, and courses in the student's area of concentration.
In several places in the history section we also see that the ALB was always designed to be equivalent to an AB, but for nontraditional students, so I think this is a fair statement. What do you think? --Briancua (talk)

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