User talk:Deor/Archive17

Questions

Suppose, I have created article with some information and others have contributed there. But, if someone inserts fake information in my aricle then how to revert it to previous edit made by another person on Wikipedia?? I think you understood my question... How to revert changes?? @Deor: Noxboy (talk) 02:20, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

@Noxboy: To undo an edit, you can click on "history" at the top of the article, then click on "undo" (in parentheses, at the end of the edit you want to undo) and click on "Save page" at the bottom of the edit window. Deor (talk) 19:21, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

@Noxboy: Remember that creating a wikipedia article doesn't make it YOUR article. Any Wikipedians are free to edit it, you don't have special ownership or control. MDaxo (talk) 22:35, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

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Ref Desk talk page protection

Hey Deor, jus a quick request, can you not protect the subject page for so long? This is exactly what the troll wants, so I normally protect for a few hours. There's some stuff going on behind the scenes right now to permanently prevent this little "problem". Thanks. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:09, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

@The Rambling Man: As far as I'm concerned, you're welcome to reduce the time of protection (or eliminate the protection entirely) if you think that doing so is advisble. The problem of dealing with the troll is, however, getting a bit old, so I hope that whatever's "going on behind the scenes" shows some promise of succeeding rather quickly. Deor (talk) 14:26, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Well yes, something was tested last night which needs refinement but shows high promise. What we can't do is prevent IPs from editing the Ref Desk talk page for long periods of time. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:28, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Infobox consistency

Hi, regarding removal of the Heathrow Expansion infobox, thats fine. I added it because the Gatwick Expansion page has it. For consistency we should remove that then you'd say? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Muradin-hots (talk • contribs) 08:26, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

@Muradin-hots: Yes, I'd say that the infobox should probably be removed from that page as well. An infobox is supposed to summarize the topic of the artcle, so an airport infobox is appropriate in the article about the airport itself but not so much in articles on tangential topics, such as proposals for expanding the airport. (Note that this is my personal opinion. You may want to ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Airports to see what members of that project think.) Deor (talk) 12:27, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

Divine Comedy

Good morning, i've to denunce a mistake that you made removing my image. The image is a picture of the first printed edition of Divine Comedy according to encyclopedia Britannica, LaRousse, Treccani and also italian and french version of Wikipedia. The first printed edition of "Comedia" is not equal to Divina Comedia cause of the title reference that have been firstly accorded in 1555 after Boccaccio commentary. Thanks to reput the image.

P.S. "The work was originally simply titled Comedìa and was later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio. The first printed edition to add the word divina to the title was that of the Venetian humanist Lodovico Dolce,[8] published in 1555 by Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari." English Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fivedit (talk • contribs) 13:44, 31 July 2015 (UTC) (Fivedit (talk) 14:13, 31 July 2015 (UTC))

Executed Renaissance

Hi -- I'm not sure why you re-added the {{coord missing}} tag in this edit, as I can't see how the Executed Renaissance article can be assigned a meaningful primary location: the events describnd involved multiple arrests, show trials and executions in many different locations over the course of numerous years. -- The Anome (talk) 16:48, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

@The Anome: Once again, I failed to notice that you had already reverted the bot's edit (which is what I thought I was reverting). Sometimes I need to pay closer attention to what I'm doing. Feel free to revert me in any similar cases. Deor (talk) 17:25, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Not to worry -- I make similar mistakes all the time, and with your enormous amounts of contributions, I think you're doing amazingly well at having such a low error rate. Thanks for letting me know. -- The Anome (talk) 23:50, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Please weigh in at the Dutch Schultz ANI

Hi Deor, thank you for your edit. The IP still thinks this will come out their way. If you don't mind, as an interested party, please weigh in at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Dutch_Schultz_and_Arnold_Rothstein. Cheers, JesseRafe (talk) 19:37, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Discussion proposal

Hello, Deor. Could you consider weighing in on this proposal at the List of Muppets discussion page? ~ Jedi94 (Want to tell me something?) 18:36, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

recreation

This https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Byaruhanga_Kimberly_Junior

is same as the page you deleted

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Byaruhanga_kimberly_Junior&action=edit&redlink=1

-- Action Hero Shoot! 14:12, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Deleted. Thanks for pointing it out. Deor (talk) 15:18, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Photo Gallery on Chaco Culture National Historic Park

Deor,

I’m not understanding if you object to the idea of a “Photo Gallery” on Wiki pages, or if you object to the photos I included. Since you removed the “Photo Gallery” category completely, I’m assuming it’s the former. This is puzzling to me, as, in my opinion, a Photo Gallery greatly improves not only the aesthetics of a page, but contributes more information. After all an photo is worth a thousand words. Or more. On the Chaco page most of the photos embedded in the text were taken far away, and so the reader can not appreciate the many details at the site. It seems to me a photo is as informative as text. Finally, in my opinion, comparing the page with and without the gallery is like night and day, the inclusion greatly increasing the page’s overall appearance. The latter is an aesthetic opinion, however. I had no idea that the issue of either having a “Photo Gallery” or not was controversial; I had assumed it was an accepted inclusion in a Wiki article of this nature. After all, I had the sense Wiki was trying to get more images and of higher quality.

Thank you for your attention. Steven C. Price 13:57, 15 September 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Steven C. Price (talk • contribs)

@Steven C. Price: I'm not personally opposed to all photo galleries, but I think that the one you were creating at that article was clearly too extensive and violated the WP:GALLERY principle that "images in a gallery should be carefully selected, avoiding similar or repetitive images". Moreover, since the article was a featured article to begin with, making such an addition without consensus seems unwise to me. I recommend that you start a thread on the article's talk page to seek a consensus regarding the presence and potential contents of such a gallery. Deor (talk) 14:22, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Deor, Thanks! I actually had not noticed it was a "featured article," and knew nothing of the designation and have never noticed it on articles. My bad! Yes, I agree with you that it was presumptuous of me to modify an article of that nature! So, I have moved the photos to Commons. Thanks again. Steven C. Price 13:40, 16 September 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Steven C. Price (talk • contribs)

Removal of inbox

By your removal of inbox on Caesarea‎, you also removed a lot of information, e.g. the link to Morris, about how it became depopulated in 1948. This inbox, is btw, standard on *all* 1948 -villages, listed in Template:Palestinian Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian exodus. Please undo your edit, Huldra (talk) 23:25, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

@Huldra: The infobox—in addition to introducing overlapping title coordinates—seemed unnecessarily intrusive in the article. You put it in the "Middle Ages" section, where it had no relevance, and it pushed some images down alongside portions of the text to which they had no relevance. If it contained sourced information that is not present in the text of the article, I suggest that you work that information (and the sources) into the text rather than "burying" it in an infobox. If the village of Qisarya had a separate article, as most of those in Template:Palestinian Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian exodus do, the infobox would make sense there, but I see on the talk page that it was decided several years ago to treat ancient Caesarea, Qisarya, and modern Caesarea in a single article. I also see that the article is under Arbcom sanctions, so I recommend that you start a thread on the talk page, seeking consensus for the inclusion of a second infobox, rather than edit warring to include it. Deor (talk) 23:54, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Lol, I have not edit-warring to include it, and it was me who just put that Arbcom sanctions on the talk page. As for the rest, take a look at Amka and Sepphoris: when one of the -48 villages is included with other, say, post-48-material, then the -48 inbox is still included. It is really not controversial (or has´t been, up till now?). Were the pictures should be, and which co-ord should be in, was something I was still working on, when you swooped in. Cheers, Huldra (talk) 00:01, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Be that as it may, I still think that a talk-page discussion is in order. I don't see why any relevant information about Qisarya can't be worked into the body of the article if it's not already there. What's the need for cluttering the article with an extra infobox? Deor (talk) 00:09, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

And see also Ein Hod. It is very simple: the inbox have an easy standard for the "essential" info about the place, with links to Hadawi (=population in 1945) and Morris (=cause and time of depopulation in 1948): a standard "go-to" for anyone looking for that vital information. Without the info-box: no such place, Huldra (talk) 21:59, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Starting the discussion at Talk:Caesarea that I suggested above (in accordance with WP:BRD) would certainly be more productive than continuing to argue the matter here. If the argument for the infobox's inclusion is as incontrovertable as you seem to think, you should quickly get a consensus of editors to agree with you. Deor (talk) 23:35, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Trent Zimmerman

Please reconsider your deletion of this bio. Given the comment in this morning's Sydney Morning Herald (below) I'm sure many people will be looking for information on this notable political figure.

"The current NSW Liberal Party president, Trent Zimmerman is the front runner to replace Mr Hockey in the seat of North Sydney, with the moderate faction claiming a strong hold on the numbers in local branches.

No date has been set for a byelection yet but insiders were not ruling out a factional battle over the preselection, with predictions the Right faction would resist Mr Zimmerman taking the plum seat.

Mr Zimmerman is a long time mover and shaker in the so called 'wet' faction of the Liberals both in state executive and behind the scenes. He has worked for Mr Hockey as a staffer and is currently a senior policy adviser at the lobby group, Tourism and Transport Forum (TTF). He is openly gay and is the current state president of the party."

Castlemate (talk) 08:26, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

14:49, 5 February 2015 Deor (talk | contribs) deleted page Trent Zimmerman (per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trent Zimmerman)

@Castlemate: I can't unilaterally overrule the consensus of an AfD discussion, so I can't just restore the article. If you think that there are sufficient new sources to justify an article, you can present the sources at deletion review and ask that the article be restored. Alternatively, I can userfy the article for you, and you can try to improve it with those new sources. You can then bring the matter up at DRV, asking for permission to move the userspace draft into mainspace. (If you move it to mainspace without going through DRV, it will possibly just be deleted again.) Deor (talk) 12:02, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

@Castlemate: I'm responding here because you've placed this notice on quite a number of our talk pages. Basically, the answer is "no, not yet". Hockey hasn't even resigned from parliament yet, Zimmerman hasn't been preselected yet, he hasn't actually won the election yet. There is plenty of precedent that MPs only get pages when they're actually elected, unless they have some other rock-solid basis for notability (a la John Alexander (Australian politician)). Zimmerman is not at that level yet, and will not be for quite some time, and I don't support undeleting the article until that happens. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 09:43, 22 September 2015 (UTC).

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User:The Anome/Airports missing coordinates

Thank you for your good work on User:The Anome/Airports missing coordinates. You may want to comment on my remarks on User talk:The Anome/Airports missing coordinates.--DThomsen8 (talk) 19:02, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Draft:Black&Sexy TV

Hey Deor... I want to create the same page... but change the the bio section.. willl it still be deleted? It was deleted because I copied and pasted the bio from the website but if I put a bio in my own version and have the rest the same will it still be deleted? @Deor: bdot87 (talk) 09:15, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

@Bdot87: If you create a new draft, written entirely in your own words, and submit it to Wikipedia:Articles for creation, it may well be accepted. (I haven't done any research to allow me to judge whether the company meets our notability guidelines.) You will definitely need to supply some reliable sources—other than the company's Web site itself—for the information about the company. Stuff that is copied from elsewhere on the Web gets deleted quickly here; we don't want such material hanging around on the site even in article histories.

As an aside, when you leave a message like the one above, it's helpful if you say exactly what page you're talking about. Deor (talk) 16:41, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Your revert of Mark Recio's edits

I am merely writing you to inform that there is an ongoing dispute (although the user involved hasn't spoken up yet) about his disruptive edits, of which there have been very many to all the articles about letters of the Latin alphabet. You can find this debate on the ANI. LjL (talk) 13:11, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks a million for adding coordinates to so many articles. I see so many updates on my watchlist by you. I noticed for many of the articles, though, I am unable to use the pushpin map parameters in the infobox like I can for Kvinneakt and many other sculptures in Oregon. I guess there are different ways to insert coordinates, and some of them are pushpin compatible? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:42, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

@Another Believer: That's correct. If you go to Template:Infobox artwork#Map and coordinates, you can see what fields you can use in that template if you want to include a location map (latitude =, longitude =, iso_region =, | coordinates_format = dms, | coordinates_display = inline,title, as well as the parameters for the map itself). Personally, I think that's too much work, and that's why I didn't do it. (I have an off-WP file of forms of the {{coord}} template with various parameters included so that I can just copy/paste the template and fill in the numbers.) I also think that including a pushpin map of a whole city—or, God forbid, a whole state—for something as small as an individual sculpture is pretty much useless for the average reader. If someone wants to see a map showing the location of a sculpture, he or she can click on the coordinates, select a map, and zoom in and out to get a really clear idea of where the thing is located. If you nevertheless think that pushpin maps are desirable, you're welcome to adjust the infoboxes accordingly. I'd be pleased, though, if you used the exact coordinate values I added to the articles; it took a considerable amount of work to find them. Deor (talk) 22:07, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

No problem, was just curious. I appreciate your detailed response. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 23:29, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

paraphrase

Hi dude could you plz paraphrase this? "stiff illustrations". YOU CAN be guided by original text is : ____ A Fierce Bad Rabbit fails for this reason, and for its overt moralizing and stiff illustrations.____ Alborzagros (talk) 14:18, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

@Alborzagros: I take the word to mean the opposite of graceful there—that is, awkwardly or crudely drawn. Deor (talk) 14:31, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

thanks my friend. best wishes. Alborzagros (talk) 14:35, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting vandalism

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdominal_obesity&diff=prev&oldid=186287184

Without people like you, Wikipedia would not be a trustworthy source. MDaxo (talk) 22:31, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

User:The Anome/Airports missing coordinates

Many thanks for your work on geocoding articles on this list! I've now refreshed the list by removing the geocoded articles. -- The Anome (talk) 13:34, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

@The Anome: You're welcome. As DThomsen8 says on the talk page, many of those that remain are not-yet-existing airports or WWII airfields that have left little trace. I was able to geocode a few of the latter by referring to old aerial photographs in the sources and comparing coastlines with those shown in Google, but that procedure seems to flirt rather heavily with original-researchiness. And I've always had trouble locating tiny Dominican Republic airstrips in the absence of any clear location information in the articles. It seems unlikely that I'll be able to knock off any of the others in the list (at least until some of them get completed—if they ever do—and show up on OSM or Google.) Deor (talk) 14:06, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

If it's any help, I've now categorized the remaining articles in that list, to help weed out the geocodeable articles from the duds. -- The Anome (talk) 11:07, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Copyright black oaks

Hey there, I see you removed a description section for the black oak park page I've been editing. As it was a simple copy paste from the parks description page, I guess its deemed a copyright violation, however I made edits to the the text to include links to all the animals and other parks.

When is it acceptable to copy a parks description, and how much modification must I do to the original description in order for it not to be considered copyright violation?

I do intend to add my own unique description f the park as I frequently visit it, but I thought it useful to include the parks official description along with wiki links to all the animals, but I won't add it back until I've sufficiently modified the description so it does not violate copy right. Tom.fancsy (talk) 15:01, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

@Tom.fancsy: You can mention and link the kinds of animals found there, and so forth, in your own words (and include an inline reference to identify the Web page where you got the information); but you can't just copy and paste the information from some other Web site, as that is indeed a copyright violation. Adding wikilinks to the material doesn't change that. Your "own unique description" of the park will also have to include citations to sources other than yourself, since your own unsourced observations would constitute original research, which is not permitted on Wikipedia.

The thing to remember when editing here is that all information must be attributed to reliable sources, but one cannot copy the exact words of the sources. Just read the sources and tell the reader in your own words what they say. Deor (talk) 15:17, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Afrin Nahiya

Hi Deor, sorry, I just have been testing the new template on Afrin Nahiya to fix some remaining quirks. Should be working fine within a few minutes. Regards, PanchoS (talk) 12:31, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Removal of dead links

Hi Deor,

I have noticed that you have reverted the change https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Western_Uttar_Pradesh&oldid=688428132&diff=prev, i am sorry if it is a mistake from my side, i saw that there were many dead links, and found useful to delete them. May i know if we need to keep these links in the article, because i have removed such links from other articles. Kindly, if you can, guide me on keeping wrong/dead links in the article.

Work2win (talk) 21:34, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Work2win. WP:DEADREF gives the procedure to follow when encountering a dead external link in a reference. Sometimes, one can find the source reproduced at a different website. That's the case, for instance, with the first reference you deleted; that Associated Press article can be found here. (I'll add that URL to the article when I finish this message.) Sometimes, one can retrieve an archive of the source at the Wayback Machine or elsewhere. And the links in the last two refs you deleted work for me. In general, it's best not to delete a reference just because the link is not working. (Links in the "External links" section of an article are a different matter; dead links there are routinely deleted.) Deor (talk) 22:04, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thanks for the confirmation! Could you "adopt" me as my "parent" because I am relatively new to Wikipedia and need guidance. SireWonton

SireWonton (talk) 21:16, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, SireWonton, for thinking of me as a suitable adopter, but I'm afraid that I'll have to decline at this time. For one thing, my presence on Wikipedia is likely to be rather sporadic over the next few months (I'm moving to a new city), and I may not be around when you need me. I suggest that you read Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user and look at the list of adopters to find someone suitable. I'm flattered, though. Deor (talk) 09:58, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Creation of talk pages

Hi Deor,

Please create talk pages of articles Advocate-on-Record and Three Judges Cases.

Thanks Work2win (talk) 14:33, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

@Work2win: You can create them yourself. Just click on "talk" and write something in the edit window. Deor (talk) 15:28, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

Coords mechanism

Much appreciation for all the times you've fixed coords at my reques. You recently left a message on the talk page of article where I had asked for a fix which had a link for doing it. I don't remember which and can't seem to find it. Would you mind posting to my talk page? Thanks, Djflem (talk) 06:56, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Atlantis in Azores

Hello,

This is RAYLEIGH22

Can you tell me your reason to rescind the edit I made leaving a WEBSITE that had information about Atlantis in the Azores?

Thank you!

RAYLEIGH22 (talk) 01:29, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Would you consider putting a website from Wikiversity at this site?

https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Atlantis

Or, if not, under what conditions could this idea be introduced into the Wikipedia site?

Thanks.

RAYLEIGH22 (talk) 01:34, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

First of all, RAYLEIGH22, we don't direct readers to external Web sites in the body of articles (see WP:ELPOINTS #2), and the treatment of specific ideas about the location of Atlantis belongs, not in the main Atlantis article, but in the article Location hypotheses of Atlantis. (There is a brief mention of the Azores in Atlantis, in the paragraph following your attempted insertion, and a subsection on the topic in the location-hypotheses article.) Also, the Web site you referred to appears to meet several of the criteria for links to be avoided (particularly numbers 2 and 11) and, in addition, seems to be hosting copyright-violating material (see WP:ELNEVER).

As for Wikiversity, much of the information included there is not suitable for inclusion here, since the two projects have quite different purposes. As the tag at the top of their Atlantis article notes, the article contains original research, which is not permitted here. Little, if any, of that article could be profitably merged into either our main Atlantis article or our location-hypotheses article. Deor (talk) 11:14, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

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Martineau family

please help me with re. number 42 on the above page - it is all wrong Thanks

Better now? The closing </ref> was missing its >. Deor (talk) 22:24, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Trent Zimmermann

You were the deleting admin at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trent Zimmerman back in February. I was an adamant delete vote there (edit: apparently I was actually the nominator) because he wasn't notable then, but he's just become notable today by being elected to federal parliament. He may well already have another article by the time you get this message, but in any case it'd be good to have the history back because its content might prove useful. The Drover's Wife (talk) 14:49, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

@The Drover's Wife: I've userfied the article for you at User:The Drover's Wife/Trent Zimmerman. Deor (talk) 16:22, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

Ta! The Drover's Wife (talk) 02:02, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Disappointment

Why did you remove "List of last games released on a console"? I do not appreciate your actions, which were completely unnecessarily. That list was a vital resource to my colleagues and myself. Please explain yourself and tell me what steps you are going to take to fix this. I absolutely expect this to be fixed or you will have some seriously unhappy people on your hands. Hilow2341 (talk) 18:03, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

@Hilow2341: I deleted the list because a deletion discussion was held in accordance with Wikipedia's Articles for deletion procedures and the editors who commented in the discussion unanimously recommended deletion. As an administrator, I merely closed the discussion and implemented the consensus. Deor (talk) 18:28, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

@Hilow2341: By the way, I notice that before it was deleted the list was imported here and elsewhere on the Web. Perhaps that will be sufficient for your purposes. Deor (talk) 18:40, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Saw you making some fine edits today. Cheers! Twilightwizard (talk) 00:59, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

Gilbert Levy

I added 10 sources and half of them ware brand new. ETOUI2 (talk) 13:20, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

If you think that there are now sufficient sources to support an article on the person, bring the matter up at deletion review (see WP:DRVPURPOSE #3). I notice, however, that the sources for most of the biographical information in the article appear to be postings at user-generated sites by you yourself. These are unlikely to be accepted as reliable sources. Deor (talk) 13:49, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

These articles are not user generated. They've been re-written dozens of times by the editor in chief. There is also an article of the Ministery of Education (Clemi) analysing the impact of the two most famous talk shows, Italiques ansd Apostrophes, the second being considered by Paul Auster and James Lipton, from the Actor's Studio, essential.ETOUI2 (talk) 13:58, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

I wonder if G5 wouldn't be a more expedient avenue for speedy deletion. JohnInDC (talk) 14:43, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

What is G5 ?ETOUI2 (talk) 14:49, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Did you read the article from the French Ministery of Education ?ETOUI2 (talk) 14:59, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

I went ahead and changed the criterion on the subject page. JohnInDC (talk) 15:11, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Is that accurate ?82.224.195.211 (talk) 15:19, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

You know what we say in France, fighting terrorism starts by culture. I know Literrature talk shows have no existence in he USA, but these shows could make sometimes 2 or 3 millions viewers each time, here. Too bad nobody wants to talk about it here. This passion for war is so weird.82.224.195.211 (talk) 16:44, 15 December 2015 (UTC)