User talk:GnuDoyng/Archive 3

Articles for deletion nomination of Robert Warren Stewart

I have nominated Robert Warren Stewart, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Warren Stewart. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Ash (talk) 14:38, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Canvassing

This and this are violations of WP:CANVASS. Please do not do that again as it is a blockble offense.--Terrillja _talk 03:06, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the information. I didn't even know what I did was offensive. However, I've also found in the page that the occasional light use of cross-posting to talk pages is part of Wikipedia's common practice. --GnuDoyng (talk) 03:47, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmation

Hi GnuDoyng,

This message is to confirm what I had been telling you a few minutes ago. --Jose77 (talk) 07:41, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Online Fuzhou dialect dictionary?

Is there an online Min Dong language dictionary? Where you can type in the Han character and it shows you pronunciations in Min Dong dialects (not just Fuzhou)? Because there are such dictionaries in Min Nan, Wu, and Hakka. But there doesn't seem to be any online dictionary for Min Dong. Thank you. Bloodmerchant (talk) 06:32, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately there is no such dictionary available online. --GnuDoyng (talk) 06:45, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Human rights activitists

A tag has been placed on Human rights activitists, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions about this.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. GnuDoyng (talk) 10:17, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK problem

Hi, thanks for doing some expansion on George Carleton Lacy, but to be eligible for DYK, it must be expanded fivefold or more, within the last 5 days. This article was only expanded from 2657 to 3596 characters of eligible prose. If you think you can further expand the article to 13285 or more characters within the time period, you may update your nomination. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 08:00, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ian McCormack

GnuDoyng, I am a new editor to wikipedia and have just created my first article on Ian McCormack. Almost Immediately it was tagged for deletion and there is a discussion. So far I have only received 1 suggestion FOR deletion and none AGAINST deletion. I'd appreciate it if you or any other editors you know would take the time to look at it and let me know what you think. I appreciate all constructive input and if you think the article has merit, please suggest that it be kept. Thank you

ChildrenOfLight (talk) 04:40, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GnuDoyng, Thanks for the encouragement! I never dreamed there would be this much of a backlash - I expected a discussion of course, but WOW! There is a lot of subjectivity here that thinks its objective (just like the World we have to face every day). There also seems to be a lot of editors who want to transform Wikipedia into something it isn't.

Are you this harsh on some of their new entries or do you think there is a little merit for the term "persecution" here concerning Christian articles (it sure seemed like it with your post for Robert Warren Stewart)? Congratulations - it looks like you won that one! For example, I'd like to see the pornography stuff removed but I don't think I'm going to actively seek deletion right now (besides, that would be a really filthy job :)). I'm sure there would be people crying "Murder!" over that! I was shocked to see that there are clear (though contested) standards for porn stars but nothing for ministers, evangelists, etc. I don't know, maybe its better that way - it all depends on who writes them!

I'm thinking about helping citations on the Leonard Ravenhill page next (it needed some help), I wanted to see if there was anything I could do for Gladys Aylward (one of my heroes - that's yours I believe and its a good article) - then I might do a little "secular" work (there is of course no such thing) on Robert Roy MacGregor - I'm Scotch stock, so I can't help it :). Anyways, lets keep in touch, 'The Spirit and the Bride say "Come!"' ChildrenOfLight (talk) 14:40, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, maybe the Aylward article is someone else - just went there and saw :)ChildrenOfLight (talk) 14:54, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello ChildrenOfLight, thank you for your very quick reply. Gladys Aylward is not my work (though she's my hero too), as I primarily focus on writing entries for the Mission History of Fuzhou (a city in Southeast China). My most recent article is about a tragic Methodist Bishop, George Carleton Lacy, who loved China even more than his own motherland but succumbed in the communist detention in 1951.

I myself wouldn't use "persecution" to describe what those secular people are doing to us. It's a word too strong that I only use it for communists. Plus, I always assume good faith of other editors, whatever their backgrounds or beliefs are, which is important if I want to play games with them. So my preferred word would be "pressure". Pressure is good; without pressure we could never become the salt and light of the world. But sometimes, however, I do worry about Wikipedia when I see people have a distorted idea about what is a "free" encyclopedia. As Jesus explicitly told us, "the truth will set you free" (John 8:32b). Most of us who claim to be free are not actually free at all; they are only slaves to their own sins, they own pride and prejudice, even if they are "good" editors by worldly standards.

The thing I'd like to say to you is that no matter what the result of the discussion will be, you have indeed impressed us all by making such a brilliant start, and I am very much pleased to see you have set about editing other Christian topics as well. Wikipedia needs people like you.

BTW, are you American? You can write to me at gnudoyngATgmailDOTcom. —GnuDoyng (talk) 05:00, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good points! I see the logic - my hypothetical question on persecution is strong :). I like your "pressure" description :). I'll email you the rest.

ChildrenOfLight (talk) 21:05, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey GnuDoyng, I've resubmitted my article on Ian McCormack. Please look at it here [1] and let me know if you have any thoughts. I added a "secular" source at the very bottom in the external links. I already have someone trying to kill it. ChildrenOfLight (talk) 17:32, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ichthus: January 2012

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Automated script conversion for Mindong

Hi GnuDoyng,

Would you like to see an automated script conversion system implemented for Mindong Wikipedia where entire article content can be transliterated into the Romanized Foochowese at the click of a mouse?

It might sound like a daunting task however research has shown that there are 3,000 Chinese characters which covers an average 97.5% of mainstream Chinese media and can usually provide 99.2% understanding.

(I have transliterated those 3,000 characters into Hakka here and a request for implementation has been filed.)

You can also do the same for Romanized Foochowese.

This would enable future Foochowese users to learn Romanized Foochowese more easily and also be able to mass convert Chinese article texts into BUC.

I have created User:GnuDoyng/Sandbox for you to translate the 3,700 most commonly used characters into Romanized Foochowese. If you translate 120 characters a day, then the translation would be completed within a month. (for me it took three days) --Hak-ngìn (talk) 02:10, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]