User talk:Josette/Archive2

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Thank you!

Thank you for finding an image of Edward Coote Pinkney! I had tried but gave up pretty quickly. I actually had intended to get a shot of his grave in Baltimore but I made it to the cemetery 10 minutes after they closed... maybe next time! Thanks again. --Midnightdreary (talk) 16:09, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Too bad about the missed opportunity! I didn't like to see your article without an image so I was diligent in my search. - Epousesquecido (talk) 16:27, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reply to you

This is what DHMO wrote:

If this isn't enough, in the request for arbitration, Swatjester suggested that the_undertow should be sanctioned - should be desysopped - for being a White pride-ist. This is distinct from a White supremacist, which is a racist term (according to our articles on the two terms)...but that didn't stop Swatjester. When this was later raised by LaraLove at AN, he responded by ranting about her being another white pride-ist who had just lost her "e-boyfriend"...apparantly, this made her incapable of forming a sane opinion.

He naively states that White Pride is distinct from White Supremacist, which he does admit to being a racist term. What he fails to do, because his education apparently is limited to Wikipedia rather than more reliable sources (Wikipedia should never be a source for itself), is understand that White Pride is exactly the same as White Supremacy. And if you read my writings carefully, I state that he is either a racist himself by promoting such a silly POV, or he is so immature and naive that he has in fact enabling racism. In either case, he provides succor to anti-semites and racists by such a belief. You may not agree, and I'm fine with that. Swatjester, who agrees on few things with me, and in fact has battled me in many locations, happens to also agree with this assessment of White Pride, aka Stormfront.OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 19:02, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your comments, I appreciate your passion on this subject. I too feel just as strongly as you that White Pride is the same as White Supremacy. I agree with you that these terms provide succor to anti-semites and racists! Although Giggy made this statement; that the terms were "distinct" "according to our (Wikipedia) articles on the two terms", I don't see how you can conclude that he is a racist. I think we need to be careful about labeling someone, especially someone young and impressionable. - Epousesquecido (talk) 20:49, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Words matter. He explicitly states that White Pride is not racist. Again, either he is young, impressionable and somewhat deluded, or it's worse. In either case, he should not be an admin. OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 03:49, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not convinced...it's an error of omission not commission, in that it is not that he said that the term White Pride was not racist, it is that he did not say that it is. Maybe they don't use the term "White Pride" in Australia, or maybe it means something else. It's a big world out there, lets not be so provincial that we assume we all use the same terminology. I think we should give the kid a break and assume he has learned a valuable lesson, he now knows the two terms mean the same thing, and we will all be watching him to make sure he doesn't make mistakes like this in the future - Epousesquecido (talk) 04:39, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Hi Epousesquecido, I had a lood through your recent contributions, and I noticed that you occasionally revert vandalism. Would you like me to grant your account rollback rights to help make reverting vandalism easier for you? Acalamari 22:40, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How nice of you to offer, I do have a few articles that I watch that seem to be vandalized quite often, so my answer would be yes, please. Thank you very much. - Epousesquecido (talk) 00:50, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback granted. :) Just remember that it's only for reverting vandalism/blatant spam, and should not be used to revert good-faith edits or to revert-war. For practice, you may wish to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 01:40, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again! - Epousesquecido (talk) 01:41, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! Acalamari 01:51, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats on another GA

Ellet made GA. Very nice. I better get busy or pretty soon you are gonna have more GAs than me! :) ++Lar: t/c 21:08, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And another congrats from me. Though I give you the majority of the credit, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind my adding Ellet to my user page under my list of significant edits and in the userbox for contributions to Good Articles? I don't want to steal your thunder as nominator and as the major contributor. --Midnightdreary (talk) 16:24, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely! Please add her to your list. - Epousesquecido (talk) 17:42, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bellissima!

Bellissima, thank you for all your kind words and thoughts. Ti ho sognata, grazie di tutto. Giano (talk) 22:12, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure. - Epousesquecido (talk) 02:16, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Recognition

		The Literary Barnstar
		For working on some very interesting articles on relatively obscure writers (especially women) and their writings, for always being able to lend a hand or offer an opinion, and for always seeming to show up at the right time with an image for an article I'm working on, I award you this (long overdue) barnstar. I hope to continue our collaborations! --Midnightdreary (talk) 13:44, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, my dear! Very well deserved I must say. You have quite the knack for finding cool and relevant images, adding them to Commons in a very workmanlike fashion, and then using them to great effect in articles. But when are you going to get some of your ladies to FA where they belong? :) ++Lar: t/c 14:08, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On 13 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Epes Sargent (poet) , 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) 04:50, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On 15 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Josephine Clifton, 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) 03:43, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks :) I've been busy trying to author an article or two myself for DYK over the last day or two, so I haven't been around as much. But I saw the update was overdue an hour or so ago and thought I'd better put my oar in again, DYK has looked a bit rushed for the last couple of days. Gatoclass (talk) 03:57, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Possible help request

Hello, E! I'm not sure if either of these two women would interest you, but I might be looking for a collaborator on either Harriet Ann Jacobs or Fanny Fern. Do either of them strike your fancy for your next good article? --Midnightdreary (talk) 22:24, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, either one. My computer went kaput so I have been feeling kind of lost. I just got all my files and bookmarks moved to a different laptop. I will start looking for stuff on both and you let me know if you need anything specific... - Epousesquecido (talk) 23:28, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

E, I just don't know if I'm going to be able to significantly delve in this article just yet. I'm going to try to pull for Margaret Fuller to become featured and I'm also working on James Russell Lowell. Maybe some other time...! --Midnightdreary (talk) 22:57, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, do what you think is best. Good luck with Margaret. (I think it is great already!) - Epousesquecido (talk) 00:02, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: DYK question

Yes, it's fine. I'm sorry about the delay in verifying it. (I was away from my computer for most of the last two days...) Regards. Thingg ^⊕^⊗ 14:30, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

dyk

On 24 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Clara Fisher, 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.

-- main slot! well doneVictuallers (talk) 11:36, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your friends...

...are alcoholic beverages?! Bad Girl! LessHeard vanU (talk) 23:25, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I shouldn't type when I'm tipsy. - Epousesquecido (talk) 01:43, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rebecca Sophia Clarke

Just curious about why you removed the date linking at the top of the article? Daytrivia (talk) 00:52, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for your question. Honestly, I didn't even realize I had changed the dates when I rewrote the article. But since you mention it, date linking is generally not done much anymore. Please see the manual of style, in particular the date section. Feel free to change it back if you prefer. - Epousesquecido (talk) 01:25, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your quick response. Indeed, I have noticed some users are not using the date autoformatting. There have been some disadvantages noted (can't remember where I followed the discussion) but as yet I have not been convinced the disadvantages are strong enough. For me trying to find all of the ingredients of autoformatting link is a catalyst for continued research and at times being rewarded with a treasure of information found serendipitously while searching for the date info. Primarily, however, I have found, as a librarian, that children's homework generally initiates from wikipedia and the autoformatting element enables them to readily access a timeline, etc. Daytrivia (talk) 02:40, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You might want to take that argument to the manual of style talk page. But either way, I will respect your choice to link the date or not. - Epousesquecido (talk) 02:46, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you and I have stated my position at [1] Thanks much. Daytrivia (talk) 14:46, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

Just wanted to say thanks for weighing in on the wikiquette issue. It was very much appreciated and you don't even really know me or anything! Thanks and a barnstar! Montanabw^(talk) 03:45, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Taking the time to provide kind words in support of a total stranger! Montanabw^(talk) 03:45, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You may find this interesting

I see you have some interest in 19th century women writers. You also like horses. You may want to see if you can add to Lady Anne Blunt. If you haven't heard of her, I find her fascinating. If you have, well, horses and 19th century women with a taste for travel, writing and adventure were truly amazing people, weren't they?? Montanabw^(talk) 04:38, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another gift! I hadn't heard of her and I am sure I will find her interesting. I love to read about the remarkable women from our past. Maybe I can find something to add or it might help me find someone similar to write about. - Epousesquecido (talk) 05:08, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article isn't too long. She was married to Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, was a granddaughter of Lord Byron, the co-founder of the Crabbet Arabian Stud and one of the first European women to ever explore the Middle East, primarily in search for Arabian horses. I worked on the article about her a fair bit, but always more to add. Her daughter, the formidable Lady Wentworth, wrote about her life in her book The Authentic Arabian Horse, and another author recently released a biography about her, which I haven't read yet, the reviews say it is accurate but very dull writing. Montanabw^(talk) 05:42, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

While looking I will try to source some of the unsourced content and try to find out more about her Sheykh Obeyd estate. - Epousesquecido (talk) 05:55, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the stuff I have is from horse books and Lady Wentworth's writing. If there are other sources that expand on the region, that would be terrific! Have fun! Montanabw^(talk) 05:20, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Benjamin T. Babbitt

On 17 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Benjamin T. Babbitt, 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 03:13, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Stopping by to say thanks

		The Barnstar of Awesomeness
		Just stopping by to say how much your Wiki work is appreciated. Best regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:31, 24 October 2008 (UTC) [reply]

Uncomfortable chairs

[2] very witty! I hope things are not too smelly at the moment. Giano (talk) 21:28, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not at the moment. - Epousesquecido (talk) 21:37, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Votes for Ladies (in particular me)

I know women's suffrage is a cause close to your remarkable heart, could I beseach you to comment here, where Ms Dunin is attempting to murder poor Miss Reighly, a heroine of the USA. Catherine de Burgh (Lady) (talk) 19:22, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My Dear Lady Catherine, you certainly know how to cause a stir! - Epousesquecido (talk) 23:48, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, where would we whiny women be without the drama ? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:50, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You meant there's drama outside the horse articles? LOL! Montanabw^(talk) 01:01, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mary had a little lamb?

Epousesquecido -- Thank you for your comments at Sarah Josepha Hale. In that context, my question wasn't merely rhetorical -- I really didn't understand the reasons why the addition of the poem was unhelpful; and now I'm better informed about why it can be construed as a distraction. I simply didn't see it; and my uncertainty in terms of Mary had a little lamb was informed by poetry excerpts I'd incorporated in a number of articles, e.g.,

Emperor Temmu#Events of Temmu's life (c. 631-686); Man'yōshū#Poetry excerpt
Empress Jitō#Events of Jito's life (645–702); Hyakunin Isshu#Poetry excerpt
Yukio Ozaki#Career of public service (1858–1954)
Nisei#Education
Sansei#Internment and redress; Lawson Fusao Inada (1938- )

Context matters, of course. Does the persuasive reasoning applied in the Hale article extend to subjects with an arguably different cultural context? I'd be interested in your assessment of poetry appearing in articles which might otherwise escape your close scrutiny. In my view, these illustrative excerpts do enhance the subject; but perhaps your point-of-view will be different? --Tenmei (talk) 17:01, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That was nice

Hi E, that was really nice of you to weigh in without even being asked. Very kind and much appreciated. You are a wonderful human being! Montanabw^(talk) 07:06, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A mission from God?

You may not want to even put your nose into this hornet's nest, but a third or fourth or fifth set of outside eyes at Horses in warfare in light of the impasses described at Talk:Horses_in_warfare#Cleaning_up_the_discussion would be helpful. Call it an informal peer review, we've already had two formal ones...sigh. If you don't, that's OK too, just looking for some people who haven't already read the thing 15 times and are bleary-eyed. We want to get it to FA. Some day. I've only been editing at it for 2-1/2 years, practically my whole wiki-career. Montanabw^(talk) 04:41, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be happy to take a look. - Epousesquecido (talk) 18:42, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy holidays

Thanks for making 2008 an interesting and enlightening year for me; our paths have crossed many times and I've found your comments amusing, helpful or thought-provoking—I'll let you guess which!

Wishing you and yours a joyous holiday season, and happiness, health and hopefulness in 2009. I trust you'll enjoy this little token, a favourite performance of Baby, it's Cold Outside, for your holiday amusement.
Best, Risker (talk) 02:50, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]