User talk:Folic Acid/Archive1

This is an archive of past discussions about User:Folic Acid. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.

Image copyright problem with Image:Su_Tseng-chang.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Su_Tseng-chang.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 11:52, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:Ltg burgess.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Ltg burgess.jpg. I notice the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this file yourself, then there needs to be a justification explaining why we have the right to use it on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you did not create the file yourself, then you need to specify where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the file also doesn't have a copyright tag, then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use, use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. tomf688 (talk - email) 01:43, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

you're welcome

you're welcome, Are you a Taiwanese people ?

Thanks!

Thanks for the moral support over at Culture of Taiwan. Craziness! :-) If you need any help with any articles, look me up.Maowang 13:23, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Hah - thank you for saying what most everyone else is thinking. It's really just getting ridiculous. Thanks for the offer of help too - I'm happy to help you out too, if you need it. Cheers. --Folic Acid 13:29, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Right now we are looking for reviews of Taiwanese Aborigines for FAC. I am also trying to find a good lede for Culture of Taiwan (I use too many big words for some people;)), but maybe after I get the new page all laid out and I can sneak in when there isn't a revert going on. And maybe some new perspectives on Taiwanese People. I seem to be working in the most controversial areas, but what can I say... I must love misery :-).Maowang 13:39, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I'd be happy to give those a look. And yes, you do seem to have a knack for picking the sticky issues, but I salute you for it. :-) --Folic Acid 13:43, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Temp-blocking TingMing

Thanks for the encouragement. I think that in trying to formulate a consensus it's best to have input from as broad a set of perspectives as possible, so your continued participation would be greatly appreciated. As for TingMing... well, every once in a while we have someone come in as a self-proclaimed bearer of The Truth (TM). It's funny how regardless of which side of the debate they fall on they all end up behaving pretty much the same way. Anyhow, I hope TingMing will cool off a bit and get the message that edit warring is unacceptable. Though if my gut instinct is correct he may just try to evade the block using a sock. I hope I'm wrong on that one. -Loren 02:07, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

sorry

sorry my friend didn't believe i could edit wikipedia, please don't block me . i didn't mean to vandalize World of Warcraft.

Manplush 16:27, 9 May 2007 (UTC)Manplush

Fellow Republican

I saw you are a republican. It is good to know that many still do support the Republican Party. What are your viewsa for the party, and the 08' races. Politics rule 22:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

OK

I got your message! I agree that we are going to have to wait till 2008 to find out what happens!! Politics rule 14:51, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a social networking site

Hello. I noticed recently that you have been using User:Politics rule's talk page to discuss your political views with other editors. This practice is strictly forbidden in WP:NOT#SOCIALNET. Please refrain from using Wikipedia as a social networking service or you will be blocked from editing. Thank you. Yours truly, Boricuaeddie^{Talk • Contribs • Spread the love!} 16:53, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your comment. I prefer to view my comment as a means of furthering collaboration on political subjects, such as the 2008 elections in the United States. However, if it is deemed that such comments are inappropriate, I suppose everyone would have to remove userboxes on user pages that state our political affiliations and beliefs - something I think would serve little purpose. In any case, thanks for stopping by. Very best regards --Folic Acid 17:02, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello. Thank you for replying to my warning above with civility and not as your friend User:Politics rule. If you take a look at User:Politics rule's talk page, you will see that I left you this warning because Wikipedia:Talk page clearly states that talk pages "should not be used by editors as platforms for their personal views," and Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not says that you may not use Wikipedia as a place to discuss personal things to make friends. Thank you for reading my warning and responding with such civility. If you believe that your comments are helpful to Wikipedia, then feel free to ignore my warnings. Thank you. Yours truly, Boricuaeddie^{Talk • Contribs • Spread the love!} 17:30, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

.. for spotting that I had not reverted all the vandalism to Jacques Cartier. That one goes back a long way! Philip Trueman 18:23, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar. I apologize for not being more active over the last couple of days due to being somewhat swamped in real life. Thanks for all the work that you've done, and I look forward to continuing to work with you in the future. -Loren 17:36, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Heh - I understand how Real Life^TM works - don't worry about it. And the feeling is mutual - I also look forward to working together on the issues at hand. Cheers --Folic Acid 17:41, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Re:Tsai

No problem, I found it on the Chinese Wikipedia.--Jerry 18:39, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Re: Lil Boosie

You know it's true. He sucks.

Custer

The place in Ohio is named Custar. It's named after G.A. Custer, but somebody spelled it wrong along the way. Unless you want to lobby for a change in the place's name, it shall remain Custar.

Cheers

I'm glad I've been of help. John Smith's 22:13, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Lee Huan

Hi Folic, nice to meet you. I looked at Lee Huan quickly, and left some notes on its Talk. It is a good start but still needs a lot of referencing work. Note that I completely deleted a phrase about someone "deeply distrusting" someone else. That kind of statement must be well-referenced, or you run into problems with WP:LIVING. Good luck! Ling.Nut 18:42, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Ling - good to meet you as well! I appreciate the feedback and help with the article. As you said, it needs a lot of work, but I hope that it's a good start. I'll keep working on it (references are hard to find, it seems), but if you have anything else to add, please feel free to make whatever changes you think appropriate. Cheers, --Folic Acid 18:47, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Good work so far. I've left some comments on the talk page. -Loren 00:04, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

The article looks pretty good. Personally, I think adding a photo would make it better. I am not really familiar with this person, but I'll help if I can find some information, perhaps from the Chinese Wikipedia.--Jerry 01:54, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Lee Huan was Lee Teng-hui's first Premier, and was one of the chief members of the Non-Mainstream faction (the anti-Lee Teng-hui faction, basically). If there's something about Lee Huan on the Chinese wikipedia, I'd really appreciate any help you could give. I don't speak Chinese, so I can't really look there myself. Thanks! --Folic Acid 02:14, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

I believe, surprisingly, that the English Wikipedia has far more info than the Chinese version. How strange!--Jerry 00:38, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. I don't know much about the man personally, but will check for spelling and grammatical errors at some point. John Smith's 09:08, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

You might be interested in the new task force I started recently: WP:TWGOVT.--Jerry 01:00, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll definitely take a look. Cheers --Folic Acid 01:38, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

This is unacceptable

I take issue with your disruptive Computer Bot based reverts of my edits. This is uncalled for. I made a perfectly reasonable edit for Taiwan Province. Yet you still revert with your bot software. Please stop and assume good faith. TingMing 03:51, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

What? You accusing him of using bot to revert all of your edits without proof while telling him to assume good faith? Please don't make me laugh. Vic₂₂₆^說 04:14, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

He did use a bot program. Look, it says rv with number00000002202 (example) by TW TingMing 06:48, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi Ting - Thanks for stopping by. First, upon further reflection, I think I see your point in deleting that link, as that specific article on Taiwan Province deals with the Taiwan Province as administered by the Republic of China, not the PRC version. It's a minor quibble in my book, but I now have no objection to leaving it out. Also, I'm actually not using bot software - I don't even know how to do that. In fact, I'm using a very nice reversion script that helps with reverting changes and vandalism quickly (I'm a member of the Counter-Vandalism Unit). I would disagree, though, that bots are bad - if it weren't for MartinBot, I think wikipedia would have a LOT more vandalism than it does. Anyway, I think your advice to assume good faith is excellent - we all should do that all the time. Incidentally, I'm just curious - out of all the revisions I made last night, why did you pick that one as the only one to characterize as "perfectly reasonable?" I think you'll find that anyone here is more than willing to discuss any proposed change that's perfectly reasonable, but when changes are made unilaterally without any discussion, leaving those changes alone is pretty hard to justify. Cheers, --Folic Acid 12:01, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Look closely again

The consensus is for formal titles such as President of the Republic of China. Chen is President of the Republic of China, NOT Republic of China (Taiwan). and I am not sorry to say that, because adding Taiwan in back is false and misleading. This is an encylopedia, not a circus, like some people are making it. PLEASE read it closely again. TingMing 01:17, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Actually, if you look closely at the conventions as they are now, the title "President of the Republic of China" actually IS under the section designating where it is appropriate to use only the term "Republic of China" - I put it there, remember? I believe where you're confused is under the "nationality" designation - the consensus of everyone else is to have nationality designated as "Republic of China (Taiwan)" so as to differentiate between the PRC and the ROC. --Folic Acid 02:24, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

ROC

Hey, thanks, i intended to correct Chen's title and "instinctively" edited his nationality as well. Huangj2 02:30, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

No problem! Please feel free to add your input to the naming convention discussion - I think your ideas would be valuable in helping shape the guidelines. --Folic Acid 02:31, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

roc barnstars

Thanks for the kind words! I – ahem – am kinda proud of some of my shtuff. :-) Ling.Nut 04:01, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks so much for the barnstar!--Jerry 22:28, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

I want to create another task force for Taiwanese townships. However, I think I should make Taiwanese politics and Taiwanese aborigines independent WikiProjects, and make Taiwanese counties a task force. Can you give me your opinion on this?--Jerry 23:12, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

I just decided to do it anyways, I think it looks pretty organized and nice.--Jerry 00:23, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

I'll go take a look. I'm not sure that I'd do separate wikiprojects for Taiwanese aborigines, though - I'm not sure it's really big enough. Taiwanese politics could probably be big enough for its own project, though. Thanks for asking for my opinion! --Folic Acid 00:44, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome, thanks for helping on the WikiProjects too.--Jerry 01:01, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

The WikiProjects and task force I created will probably start operating after the project banners and the assessment departments are created. Now I think I need to create a project for Taiwanese history, but I'm not sure whether it should be a task force or an independent WikiProject, do you have an opinion on this?--Jerry 19:23, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

I think probably a taskforce is sufficient for now - it could operate under the WikiProject Taiwan, and if it seems to big, we could change it to a separate project. --Folic Acid 23:54, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice.--Jerry 15:24, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Ugh.

Getting awfully tired of Ting - his version of "reality" and "truth" and "good faith" are mind-boggling and unknowable. It's hard not to get stoop to his edit wars and petty shouting matches. Anyone else in the same boat? --Folic Acid 00:40, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Stay here long enough and you'll learn The Way of Don't-give-a-fuckism... the ultimate state of Wiki-being, almost essential if you want to retain your sanity. :) -Loren 07:07, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Hah! Well said - it almost sounds Confucian in its wisdom (I wonder if Confucius ever said anything similar about his detractors). Well, I'm not taking it personally - I just hate to see someone flout the rules as flagrantly as this and (more or less) get away with it (call me an idealist). Until I reach this ethereal state, I'll continue to treat my lack of sanity with a lot of caffeine and beer. :) --Folic Acid 12:28, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, it is annoying to watch some folks run amok for a while, but I find that given enough rope, most disruptive editors invariably end up hanging themselves. The system works, albiet slowly. -Loren 17:51, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

I hear that. The evil part of me wants to see what would happen if I just started calling him Nationalist instead of Ting... >-) <--evil grin --Folic Acid 18:00, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

count me in, he's wrongfully accusing me of not acting in good faith and all that. he thinks I am the vandal by reverting his edits and stuff. It drives me nuts. Momusufan 03:23, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Momusufan, I don't want to hear you talking about my quote unquote "wrongful accusations." You yourself have been doing a lot of bad stuff to me and Wikipedia of late. Look at your despicable and violent comments and threats against me. You said I would be banned ya da ya da ya..for say 1,000,000 times. That's pretty sad. You are not even an admin. I think you should be woried about being banned for disrupting Wiki TingMing 04:11, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Still up to the old pot calling the kettle black, eh Ting? --Folic Acid 12:28, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Already there. Try not to interact with this guy for now, I'd like to see what happens. -Loren 16:15, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

wrongful accusations by TingMing

I am being plummeted by wrongful accusations by TingMing at the arbitration and sockpuppet page. He does not know when to give up. from this day forth, I am staying out of this. I'll let you guys take care of him. Momusufan 03:19, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry about it - just don't stoop to his level. I seriously doubt anyone takes him seriously, so you probably shouldn't either. Cheers, --Folic Acid 12:29, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

		The Wiki Wiffle Bat
		I, Loren award you, Folic Acid, this Wiki Wiffle Bat for your patience and civility in the face of in the face of flames and personal attacks.

:-D Thanks!! --Folic Acid 00:44, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Comments to TingMing regarding sockpuppetry

TingMing, you have created two sockpuppets in the last two days or so, this is unacceptable. Not to mention you've been blocked 4 times before, your recent behavior is a little disruptive to Wikipedia. I strongly urge you to stop creating socks, and be willing to discuss with other Wikipedians w/o edit warring.--Jerry 19:31, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Jerry you are wrong. I am not the JohnLo guy. Stop making assumptions and please assume good faith. TingMing 21:14, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

But you were DoctorPP? Ting, I think you're missing the point. Whether you are or are not User:Nationalist doesn't really matter. It's been proven conclusively that User:DoctorPP was one of your sockpuppets, and it's likely that JohnLo1223 is yours. In other words, you've engaged in the exact same behavior as him - creating sockpuppets to evade bans. Again, I have no quarrel with you personally, but I believe that in order to gain any sort of credibility and respect, you have to obey the (very few) rules that Wikipedia has for contributing.

You haven't, thus your current predicament. If you don't want to get banned for a year (as it looks like you may, according to your arbitration case), I'd strongly suggest you change your ways fast. Regards, --Folic Acid 21:32, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Can you take a look at the naming conventions for Chinese (again), because they became disputed recently. Right now we are discussing on how to alphabetize Taiwan (ROC).--Jerry 17:08, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:ROC2

Template:ROC2 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — John Smith's 23:20, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks :D

Hey Folic Acid, thank you for the "The Zen Garden Award". Nat Tang ^{talk to me! | Check on my contributions!|Email Me!} 02:21, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Spreading some Wikilove :D

Nat Tang ^{talk to me! has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.}

John Smith's has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.