User talk:MatthewVanitas/Archive A

One more question

Matthew, I have one more begginner question for you after your help on the request for feedback page for my particle on familial DNA searching User:Spu2011. I'm almost done with research and have a few little items to clean up on the draft. If simply editing the page for familial DNA under DNA Profiling looks like the best option, how do I move or edit the page? I'm gathering that I'm not supposed to just delete what is already in the section and paste my work in. "Moving" the page looks like it will create a new page just for my article. Am I wrong? Thanks! Spu2011 (talk) 16:40, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Deleting and pasting a section is kosher, just not deleting and copy-pasting a whole article (since you lose the edit history of a whole page). If you decide replacing a section is the best bet, I advise you to to the Talk page of the destination article, give them a link to your current article and say "I propose to chop out Section X and replace it with my text". Give folks a week or two to react to that, maybe look at the History and find some of the major contributors and let them know of your plans. If consensus supports you, or if a couple weeks go by with no reply/objections, WP:Be bold and splice out/in, but leave a very clear Edit Summary explaining what you did, and mention on Talk as well "as of X date, I did a total replace of Section X from my draft at Userspace/X for the following reasons..." Hope this helps, MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:01, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Gracias. That helps a lot. :) Spu2011 (talk) 17:14, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

One more question

hey sir that page is a hella of a proffessional looking biography now just get off my dick...seriously mother...im trying hard here to do what is recommended and all but...cmon man go on someone elses page and get a fucking life....i am featured on band mix myspace facebook page google profiles have a website and linked as much as i can you gotta admit for the first post i ever did it came out alright... if you could help me though i dont want the top to say user/josheastman/JO i want it just to be JO

Coastguard Helicopter

Thanks for your help and guidance with my article... I'll keep working on it! Cheers!Edinburgh838 (talk) 15:49, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

IBS Group Holding Ltd.

Dear moderator, you have deleted IBS Group holding page from Wikipedia. By stating that it’s an advertisement, unfortunately I have to disagree with you, Mostly information posted on the Wikipedia page is neutral and talks about the company, IBS Group is big holding which includes more than 7ooo people worldwide. Please take a look at our peers pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipro ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infosys . I used their pages as a pattern for writing IBS Group Holding Ltd. Page. Please explain me how do our pages differ, and how is that possible that pages which are mentioned above are allowed on Wikipedia.org, and our page is considered Advertisement. I call for your moderate sense and all the professionalism that you have to solve this problem otherwise I’ll ask you to take same actions against our peer companies. Thank you. Dmitry — Preceding unsigned comment added by DmitryIBS (talk • contribs) 07:01, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Help Save Valor

Thanks for all the help with proper formatting for the article Valor, it would look terrible without the hard work you put into it. It is now up for deletion however. I need users to vote save so they will keep it. Please help.

Thanks Speaker107 (talk) 14:50, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Another Thank you

Thanks Mathew for all your help on images etc. and telling me that my site was already launched--'dah'!Wendyroseberry (talk) 16:41, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!!

Oh my goodness, thank you so much, Matthew -- can we all (me and those below) bake you a cake or something?  ;) ha! Thanks!! Heather Grattan33 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:06, 12 April 2011 (UTC).

Further tweaks made...

Hi Matthew! I've made further additions to the Levenger Company page thanks to your suggestions -- it seems complete now, but do you see anything else missing? Thanks again and again!! Heather Grattan33 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:57, 12 April 2011 (UTC).

Thank You Very much

Thank you very much for your help and encouragement. It's my first contribution and I hope to get it right. Pardon my asking, how do I get rid of the blue box which state that the contribution needs reviewing? As i thought it has been duly reviewed by you? Sorry i am still very new to wiki. If you may help enlighten me. Would you suggest that I re-post on the request for review page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lizkywong (talk • contribs) 12:14, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Lizkywong (talk) 12:21, 15 April 2011 (UTC)I have tidied the references. Thanks very much! I need your guidance on one more matter. My article seems is a living person biography for a Singapore weightlifter. Her family is Wong but somehow when it was sorted under "Singapore People of Chinese Descent" it is categorised under "H" her first name. Is there anything I can do to change it so it will be sorted correctly?

Thanks again!

You're so helpful and quick, Matthew! Can you check it again and see if I've added enough? Thank you!! Heather Grattan33 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:20, 11 April 2011 (UTC).

Thank you!

Thank you for your feedback, Matthew! I did some tweaking on the Levenger Company page -- could you have another look-see when you have a chance? Many thanks!! Heather Grattan33 (talk)Grattan33Grattan33 (talk)

Please contact me user:rjpsingh

I would like to improve my page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rjpsingh (talk • contribs) 22:39, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Guess What?

You're not doing any favors here so stop acting like you are. The pronunciation section is needed to help describe how rhyging is spoken. It's an obscure name/word. Also, stop deleting the Boston band Rhyging from being mentioned in this article. The band exists, and it's NOT falling under the category of advertising by merely mentioning it's existence. You try to come off like you're helping but you're really just erasing valuable information there to help teach the public. If you think it "won't be taken seriously" that's your own oppinion. If you're really that concerned about the 'Rhyging page', then maybe you'd like to help by doing a little research and try and add something instead. Until then, stop being a robot. Bless

Shia Islam in the Netherlands

Hi Matthews, thanking you for your constant watch and contributions for the said article Shia Islam in Netherlands. Expecting more from your side.Humaliwalay (talk) 12:03, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Matthew

You are quite amazing. So sorry the photo did not work. I was trying to upload from wiki commons and saw the picture there. Dee Bell at Great Ame-A157F.jpg. Thought I read everything but will sort through it again.JAZZHISTORYFAN (talk) 03:10, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Knife articles

Good work on the knife articles! Let me know if you need any help. I've been considering starting a Wikiproject devoted to cutlery.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 04:08, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi Matthew,

Major cleanup, is what I'd like to see happen. It looks like you've been doing a great job on that by the way. Even though I'm a long-time collector I've gotten involved with the knife articles mostly by accident. I got involved with Microtech Knives when it was threatened with deletion. The same with the Strider Knives and Ernest Emerson articles. The others through the military project, etc. I got involved with the Sebenza and Spyderco pieces through them being linked to other articles. I guess my thought is to "improve what is already there" before creating new ones.

My primary areas of knowledge are with custom tacticals (there is no Tactical Knife article, yet...someday, though), US military blades and blade steels. As far as contributing to articles, I can do the sourcing and contribute somewhat to improving the prose. I mostly write about topics concerning reptiles, guns, and the Catholic Church.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 18:04, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Washtub bass

The washtub bass isn't always a monochord. Take a look through some washtub bass sites (or even our own article) and you'll see that they sometimes have more than one string. Badagnani (talk) 07:18, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

We can work on it. Some of the remaining "problem" instruments are ones that could be "either this or that," which causes problems. Badagnani (talk) 07:27, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm not a member of the instruments project and don't follow it closely (though obviously I help out when I see there's a need, as I make and maintain a lot of world instrument articles). The number of instrument articles on WP is getting out of hand and that makes the lists of instruments particularly hard to maintain. Badagnani (talk) 07:34, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Category:String instruments

OK, the remaining instruments at Category:String instruments are the hard ones. I think we'll eventually need a Category:Lira family instruments for the remaining Renaissance/Baroque instruments in that family, but some of the other very obscure world insts. for which we have no photos and only sketchy descriptions are a bit difficult. Badagnani (talk) 22:44, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Also the huqin-like instruments that are not from China (which are from Vietnam, Thailand, etc.) should be in a category; it doesn't seem right to include those under "huqin," as that's a Chinese word. Badagnani (talk) 22:44, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

We probably also need a cat for Violin family instruments (so that the viola can have a cat to belong to, along with the violins, cellos, and double basses). Badagnani (talk) 22:50, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Bagpipes

Many of the bagpipes are very obscure, with little sourcing, and possibly only a handful of people still play them. I think the biggest problem is listing bagpipes that are essentially the same in construction under two or more different names. Another issue is listing instruments that don't have a bag as bagpipes, though one explanation about this is that cultures around the world are often sketchy or inaccurate in their own terminology about bagpipes, using words meaning "flute" or "oboe" to apply to bagpipes, or sometimes to all of these things. Also, some cultures seem to use the exact same name for their double reed shawms (without bag) or cylindrical-bored pipes (without bag) as for their bagpipes. I think it might be good to get photos of all of them and do something with photos like List of pasta or List of chili peppers. Badagnani (talk) 22:23, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

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Arabic bagpipes

Those are all good questions. The spelling came from kind folks at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Arab_world. The use of italics for Arabic is something the WPARAB people usually do, just because Arabic displays so small on WP, just as a way of making it more visible. I don't know the answer about the ghaita but you may be right. Arabic ghaita apparently comes from the Gothic "gait," meaning "goat," so probably when the shawm was introduced to Morocco it was called something else, like zamr, and it adopted the (wrong) name ghaita (bagpipe) over time, which had come down into North Africa from Spain. All of this is very hard to source, and the scholars who assert this don't explain how they know this when asked (I've tried). Badagnani (talk) 17:20, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Sources

There are not "zero sources". More. The JSTOR article is particularly good. Badagnani (talk) 20:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

The stick instrument category

I had to undo your sub-category thingy on the megatar site. I didnt do anything to the category of course, even thou i disagree with the name of it. The makers of the Stick, if you know anything about the history of their and later tapping instrument, would probably strongly oppose to calling the megatar a "stick instrument". And they would be very right, IMO. It would be better to have a plain two handed tapping category that then would include earlier two handed tapping instruments like the touchguitar.

User:GaryOpenhill (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 18:59, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Category:Antique instruments

Hey there -- If you're interested, the CFR for Category:Antique instruments is probably about to be relisted for further discussion. But it seems that you forgot to post the CFR notice on the category page, so the whole thing would be for naught unless that gets taken care of. And you might also want to respond to some of the comments that have been made in your absence. Regards, Cgingold (talk) 23:41, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Bagpipe removals

I would move removed text to the talk page so those statements can be evaluated and debunked, if necessary. Some wrong statements that are "out there" (such as the two sculptures found in British digs, that were formerly believed to be representations of bagpipers from the Roman era) can and probably should be debunked in the article. Badagnani (talk) 19:17, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Sea Shepherd

I have removed the new category "Terrorism in Iceland" from Sea Shepherd. Please be a bit more careful with that kind of thing in future. We can't just add disparaging categorisations to an article without strong reliable sources. Sea Shepherd clearly don't fit any of the common definitions of terrorism, since they commit no violence against people (and don't try to spread terror). Some governments have tried to characterise them as terrorists, but since it should be very hard for a high-profile terror organisation to get a Dutch flag for their ship we can safely assume that this was just rhetorics. If you think otherwise you will need exceptionally strong sources. I am basing this on common sense and WP:V. I will look if there is anything more specific. --Hans Adler (talk) 10:59, 28 April 2008 (UTC) PS: There may not be a policy about this, but Arbcom has ruled about a similar case, see Category talk:Pseudoscience. --Hans Adler (talk) 11:03, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

When you moved Terrorism in Iceland to 1986 Hvalur sinkings, a redirect was created. I have started a deletion discussion for this redirect, because it is another case of libel. So far as I know there was never any terrorism in Iceland, and in fact rarely anything very interesting happens there. So it is no wonder part of the media used somewhat extreme language. This is no excuse to describe acts by living people as terrorism when they are not. Being branded as a terrorist, even innocently, can have serious consequences nowadays. I also had to remove the category Category:Terrorism in Iceland from the article for the same reason. I have not removed the category Category:Eco-terrorism, because the word Eco-terrorism has been defined much wider, presumably because otherwise it would describe something virtually non-existent. --Hans Adler (talk) 18:47, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Other dulcimer-type instruments

Have I got them all here? Badagnani (talk) 20:51, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Never made

Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant was a proposed nuclear power reactor in the Jervis Bay Territory on the south coast of New South Wales. It would have been Australia's first nuclear power plant, and was the only proposal to have received serious consideration as of 2007. Some environmental studies and site works were completed, and two rounds of tenders were called and evaluated, but the Australian government decided not to proceed with the project. so adding it is a bit um - sort giving something to something that never existed in the end perhaps? SatuSuro 05:51, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Fasta (Frisian)

I see you added category Mythology to this non-existent 'Fasta', as the book is a 19th century hoax, I don't think it qualifies as mythology, and have removed the mythology category and added [Category:Religious hoaxes|Religious hoaxes]. I hope you don't mind.--Doug Weller (talk) 17:48, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Islam category

Hi Matthew. In the Islam category, we are trying to reduce the number of articles that appear on the main category page. If you could therefore remove the Islam cat from At-Tawba 29, Imran (father of Maryam) and Islamic view of Ishmael, that would be very much appreciated. Thanks. MP ^{(talk•contribs)} 19:21, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

your category adding at Kadaververwertungsanstalt

Hi there, please be a little bit more carefull with categories. this is not wwII and not the holocaust. it's the first world war 1914-1918. thank you Sebastian scha. (talk) 14:12, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Maldives

Just so you know, the Maldives are not part of Africa, but Asia. You incorrectly added a stub template to Hulhudhoo (Seenu Atoll)--Thomas.macmillan (talk) 16:14, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Poignard and Poniard

Hi Matthew,

I noticed that you suggested that poignard and poniard be merged, but that the note on poignard says that it should be merged into poniard while the note on poniard says that it should be merged to poignard. You may want to decide which title would best represent the concept and change the tag accordingly. It would also be helpful to start a discussion on the appropriate talk page; a merge is unlikely to occur if no reason is given for the merge.

Happy editing,

Neelix (talk) 19:13, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikiproject Cutlery

Matthew! I'm trying to start a project to work on all the cutlery related articles, to get them cohesive, sourced, etc and protected from the anti-knife coalition. If you want to participate, let it be known here:[1]--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 03:31, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Ministries of Afghanistan

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Preaching to the choir

I've categorized a few thousand articles so far and failed to do that for one that I started myself. Always annoying to get a warning then. Thanks. Afasmit (talk) 00:52, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the categorization drive, but I was wondering if it would be feasible to be more specific when categorizing. You categorized Ban Pong (town) in Category:Thailand, which is pretty much a top-level category for related articles. --Paul_012 ^(talk) 17:12, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

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Pistol categories

Stop what you're doing NOW. Did you have project approcal to fragment the categorization? Koalorka (talk) 00:38, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. Will refrain from moving Semi-Auto Pistol articles purely into "by country" cats. Will stick to simply categorizing into existing forms. However, the Semi-Auto Pistols cat does need a subcategorization complex other than by-country if you don't want them simply in by-country. Otherwise the Semi-Auto page will be hundreds of articles long. Will stick to non-controversial cleanup whilst waiting for your advice on the category matter. MatthewVanitas (talk) 00:56, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

You're doing it again....Koalorka (talk) 19:33, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

I posted the suggestion for other editors, had zero responses. Have been checking in with WP:Firearms and nobody's come in with any opinions on anything. If you have a better idea as to how the Firearms sections should be organized, by all means let me know what the goal is. The current organization is unsatisfactory, so it does no good to simply tell someone to stop what they're doing, and then not tell them what you think would work better. MatthewVanitas (talk) 23:13, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Cajun Accordion

No problem. I just uploaded some photos of my accordion. I need to work on adding specific information. Maybe a diagram showing the knobs, buttons, bellows, etc. I also didn't want to take my accordion apart to show the reeds :( Maybe, I can find my old one and do that. --Michael miceli (talk) 07:21, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

String category

Can you please stop putting the megatar article under your "stick instrument"? The name itself is a violation of a tradmark you put into this article. This is the third time you do this, and the third time i tell you to stop it. This time the stick company people themselves went in and corrected it, as you can see in the history page. I advice you to change the category name into "two-handed tapping instruments" or something similiar, or it will be uselss. User:GaryOpenhill (talk) january 15th, 2009

Correct me if I'm wrong

but it looks like you are letting someone else edit with your account [2]. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:59, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Good eye, I went back and clarified that on Talk:Ghazijahan. The "I am so-and-so" bit was from an early version of the article where the originator left his contact info in the article. I moved his contact info to the Talk page so he'd still be available but not cluttering up the main article. Went back and explained "this is not me, this is cut-n-paste info" and signed. MatthewVanitas (talk) 23:20, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

• Ah, I get it now. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:47, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

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Wrong tagging for speedy deletion

Hi MatthewVanitas. Thank you for your work on patrolling pages and tagging for speedy deletion. I just wanted you to inform that I declined to delete Participation (young people), a page that you tagged for speedy deletion without specifying a criterion for speedy deletion because of the following concern: Essays cannot be speedy-deleted as they fall under WP:NOT which in itself are not valid reasons. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion and especially what is considered Non-criteria. In future you should rather tag such pages for proposed deletion or file them at articles for deletion. Regards SoWhy 18:50, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Reso uke

So, have you gotten that resonator uke yet?

I'd love to play with one. I can't even imagine how it would feel. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 22:14, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

• Hey, as it turns out, I happened into a music store in Bakersfield and lo and behold there was a dusty Johnson reso uke hanging on the wall. (Same instrument as the Ashbury and the Recording King, I think.) Wife insisted I buy it. I'm in love! It works really well with my band, though I haven't tried it when the rest of the band is amplified yet; but it's so loud it might not need any juicing. Now I crave the chance to try a Really Good resonator uke; how different is a National from a Chinese knockoff? As far as 8-string ukes go, I haven't tried one, but I'm primarily a melodic and finger-picking player, so I don't think they'd be my cuppa tea. Damn, though, those tuners on the Johnson are awful; I'm going to put in some better ones if it turns out I'm sticking with it. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 15:19, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

A resonator ukelele, that is quite awesome! Anyhow, come 2010 if you have time, let's try working on the Ghouls IPC ghetto you created. IPC is one of those things WP needs to work out policies/guidelines more, I think. Maybe comprehensive appearances/references could be added to a talk page subpage, where people really interested in that could find it, and then could be added to the article when notability of the reference is established. Шизомби (talk) 14:40, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! (and help on Categorization?)

Hi Matthew!
You added a catagory to the page I put up on "Geschwister-Scholl-Platz" a couple of weeks ago. Thank you for doing that!
Can you explain how to do that? I looked at the instructions and I got nowhere, and I also looked for lists of categories, again with no luck. Since you knew exactly how to do it, can you give some pointers?
Thanks again!
Juni0r75 (talk) 12:55, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

doh

Sorry and thanks for the catch with the cat-bagpipes mis-wiki on 83.254.157.26's talk page. Quaeler (talk) 18:05, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Category:U.S. Fire Arms Mfg. Co.

Just wondering why you keep removing Category:Modern reenactment from this category? Your edit summary says, "Removing redundant categories", but I don't see the redundancy. Thanks, cmadler (talk) 17:19, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

What about a category (if there's not one already) for manufacturers of such reproduction weapons? cmadler (talk) 17:38, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Cutlery

Blades works for me too. I called it Cutlery in honor of a couple of twits I ran into on here a while back that were terrified of knives. Thanks for the help!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 21:40, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Reentrant tuning

Actually I created the reentrant tuning article before the category, and the category description page links to it. Why not have both? We have categories for the various keys of transposing instruments, for example. Andrewa (talk) 06:01, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Why can't we have both? I'd agree that your example of a type of motorcycle brake would be excessive use of categories, but I think Category:Fender Telecaster submodels for example is fine.

I don't see the problem with having articles in large numbers of categories. Andrewa (talk) 19:59, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Great Work!

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		For creating and adding this excellent image of a Khyber Pass Copy Webley Pocket Revolver, adding a much needed visual boost and information addition to the Webley Revolver and Khyber Pass Copy articles Commander Zulu (talk) 06:03, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks very much for adding the image- it's a great photo and a perfect accompanying illustration for a variety of firearm topics. Excellent stuff! Commander Zulu (talk) 06:03, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Do we need all these new categories?

I noticed you've been doing a lot of recategorising work, and I was just wondering how... necessary some of the new categories could be considered? I mean, Mauser only made a couple of semi-auto handguns (The C96, the HSc, and the Model 1910 & derivatives), which doesn't really seem enough to justify having a [Category:Mauser semi-automatic pistols]. Similarly, there's a [Category:U.S. Fire Arms Mfg. Co.] which deals with the Colt Peacemaker reproductions produced by a company in the US. It just seems like there's a lot of over-categorisation work going on at the moment... Commander Zulu (talk) 01:26, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

That makes a little more sense; can I suggest adding some red-links for guns that don't yet have articles so potential editors can see that a category will have more than two or three entries? Having said that, I'm not entirely sure organising by country is the way to go- most handguns these days appear to be American, Chinese, Italian, French, German, Swiss, or Israeli. I can see "handguns by country" categories ending up with a lot of one or two entry-countries, and I'm just not sure how that really helps anyone. Commander Zulu (talk) 01:43, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

An excellent point which is very useful. The big question would be "How to handle licensed production?", though. I mean, lots of countries use the Beretta 92 as their service pistol, and they manufacture their own variant- but it's still a Beretta M92 regardless of whether it's made in Italy, the US, or France, IMHO. Similarly, the Enfield No. 2 Mk I* was produced in limited quantities (c.350) in Australia during WWII; but I wouldn't consider it an "Australian" handgun. The various Lee-Enfield rifles were also produced in several countries, too, and let's not even start on the AK-47, FN-FAL/L1A1 SLR, or M-16. The thing is, if you don't add each country's licensed-produced version of Firearm X, you're going to have random editors adding them anyway, and if you do add them then you're going to have people removing them because "Firearm X is a Country Y design, not Country Z". I can see it being a bit of a headache unless a firm consensus is reached with everyone at WP:MILHIST and WP:GUNS to keep an eye on it... Commander Zulu (talk) 01:55, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Reply

Hey, I've replied to your question at Noticeboard for India-related topics. Mspraveen (talk) 03:41, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Category:Machine guns of Brazil

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Your message to User:Uncle G

was accidently placed on his user page. I've moved it for you. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 17:47, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Rosetta Barnstar
		For translating so many articles from Russian, I'd like to give you this ;-) Pattont/c 20:25, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Polite Request re: New Articles

I really appreciate your work bringing the new gun articles over from foreign-language wikis; but can I please respectfully ask you to actually read the articles you're bringing over and see if A) They're necessary? and B) are actually any good? Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer is covered by WP:GUNS#Variants and doesn't need to exist separately; there's no new information in the article and even if there was, the M712 is a C96 variant and doesnt need it's own article. I've redirected it for now, but a lot of the articles you're bringing across are, frankly, not very good at all and need a LOT of work to turn them into something usable. I'm happy to help as best I can, but it doesn't look good for the WP:GUNS or WP:MILHIST project to have lots and lots of badly written Babel-fish translated articles for want of knoweledgeable editors who can clean them up. Commander Zulu (talk) 07:05, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

That's understandable and I didn't mean to imply you were just dumping the articles. However, things like Bergmann 1896 have almost zero information on them, and there's not a lot in my reference texts either. There are also quite a few of the Soviet guns for which I can find no information, and the articles themselves largely seem to be explanations of how the gun's action functions, which is un-necessary. Commander Zulu (talk) 08:16, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah

"Jaw, jaw, jaw is better than war, war, war." -- Winston Churchill. Bearian (talk) 00:09, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

architecture category removals

i notice you've removed "Category: architecture" from a number of articles on my watchlist. You seem to be using edit label "Removing redundant categories, article is already in subcats of those categories" whether or not it is true that the article is in any architecture categories. Could you refine your edit label if you are doing more, please?

I think these all relate to NRHP articles created with Elkman's NRHP infobox creator. There is either a glitch in the generator, or there is fault in the National Register's database for some NRHP entries. I think the infobox generator adds proper categories like "category:colonial revival architecture" or "1850 architecture" in most cases, but if an architecture field is blank or if the built date is blank, the incomplete "architecture" one gets added instead. Not sure exactly what drives it. Anyhow, it would be more helpful if you used a label that suggested to article editors they might want to form better cats using info that might be there in the NRHP infobox. Perhaps "removed vague architecture category, note there may be more precise terms in NRHP infobox". doncram (talk) 22:45, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Vempatapu Satyanarayana

thanks for notifying me, I'm always happy to help when I can. 'Satyam' is definately a notable character in the Naxal movement in Andhra Pradesh, and deserves an article. Unfortunately, I have most of my literature on Indian politics packed in boxes at the moment, will get back later with some references for the article. --Soman (talk) 13:28, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Bettina and Covet and Centanni

Hi MV. Just to let you know, I've declined these speedy-deletes. Be sure to check the article's history to see if there is an appropriate earlier version that could be reverted to. Best wishes, Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 01:24, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Khudabadi Sindhi Swarankar-To remove "Clean Up" tag from "Independence of India & Partition"

Dear Mr. MatthewVanitas, Hi! It is high time that I had cleaned up the heading "Independence of India & Partition". Further cleaning will vanish the essence of the subject. I request you to clean further, if you can, otherwise please remove the "Clean Up" tag and oblige. Please confirm. Thanks.201.225.88.74 (talk) 14:31, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

List of trademarks featuring Native Americans

Hi Matthew, I just saw your latest note in the CFD (I've replied there). I'm already adding to the list article you started. Unfortunately, another editor has taken a dim view of the poor little tyke, so you might want to lend a hand there. Cgingold (talk) 03:27, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Category:Ghanese musical instruments

I see that you created this category and later blanked the page. A faster way to delete a category you've created yourself is to place {{db-author}} on the page. This tag attracts the attention of an administrator who can perform the deletion for you. Contact me if you have questions about this. Best regards, --Stepheng3 (talk) 04:23, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Various subcategories in African instruments

I don't agree with the creation of various subcategories in African instruments, because in Africa there are less instruments than in America, Europe or Asia, and these continents are not subcategorized in "East European musical instruments", etc. --Opus88888 (talk) 14:59, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

There are an enormous number of musical instruments in Africa, sometimes over 100 in each country. Badagnani (talk) 03:35, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Apache fiddle

Hi, we need an article on the Apache fiddle (made from agave or mescal stalk), if you'd like to start one. Badagnani (talk) 03:35, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for this edit [3]. I was looking around trying to find specifically which wiki article to link to for that. :) Cirt (talk) 07:28, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Aliste

Uh-oh, please fix whatever geographical error I may have made, as I don't know all the various subdivisions of Spain well. Badagnani (talk) 01:00, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

How did you make Aliste (shire) so quickly? Did you translate it from es:WP? Badagnani (talk) 01:02, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh, no--it looks like there are dozens of "X de Aliste"s; see http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliste . Badagnani (talk) 01:05, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Your gaita pages are great. You work hard and really enhance our musical instrument coverage. 30 pages just on Catalan instruments? Wow. Yeah, get them over here and I'll help. Badagnani (talk) 01:07, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

I would be okay with having the comarca page just called Aliste, and another page Aliste (disambiguation) listing the municipalities. An alternative would be to have no disambig page and simply have the list of all the municipalities in the main Aliste comarca article. The only complication is that I think some of the ones that aren't officially called "...de Aliste" may be informally called "...de Aliste" anyway, especially if there are other municipalities elsewhere in Spain with the same name. I'll defer to you on this one. Badagnani (talk) 01:12, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Doedelzak

I should mention that I've just ordered a doedelzak, which is being made for me by Brad Angus of Vancouver, Washington (from German plum wood with black cow horn fittings). I'll be able to take good photos of it within a few weeks. Badagnani (talk) 08:09, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Good deal. Myself, I'm waiting on a kabosy from Waverly Street Ukuleles. I like bagpipes, I just don't currently play. I did have a set of the short-lived Zetland pipes, but that's the extent of my street-cred. MatthewVanitas (talk) 08:11, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Ah, I love the Kaiser-Lindley "World Out of Time" series which has some good kabosy. There's no photo at Zetland pipes; can you go to the pawn shop and take a couple of photos? Badagnani (talk) 08:17, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Just emailed the guy I sold the pipes to five years back. It's a long shot, but he might still have the set. I believe he also turned a set of his own in the same style, so might have a one-off for pics. It was a really neat concept, too bad it didn't go further. Wish it'd been done with modern affordable/durable materials, since the actual idea (an easy to play/maintain pipe with single reeds in both chanter and drone, pitched in D and able to do Em to cover Celtic music) was a brilliant concept. Guess it was a marketing issue...MatthewVanitas (talk) 08:21, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Sounds very nice! I'm getting a photo of the gaita from Sanabria right now. Badagnani (talk) 08:32, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

I emailed the folks running the gaita sanabresa site to ask if they'd mind our using that historical photo of a player. Is that the one you had in mind? Oh, also I found the name of the Lithuanian bagpipe (sekminių ragelis), but can't immediately find enough info for even a stub. MatthewVanitas (talk) 08:38, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Xeremia

I translated some more of Xeremia but wonder if you could finish it. Badagnani (talk) 06:17, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Bagpipes

You're doing much better than I on the very rare bagpipes, uncovering at least a dozen I had even never heard of, and I'm a big Sean Folsom fan! I can do Huemmelchen. Badagnani (talk) 07:24, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Thunder sheet

Looks like we need an article on the Thunder sheet, a percussion instrument. Badagnani (talk) 07:44, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject User Rehab

Would you be interested in joining this project? We need more editors who share a burden for rescuing promising editors who have gotten into serious trouble because of behavioral issues. IF (a fundamental condition!) they are interested in reforming and adapting to our standards of conduct, and are also willing to abide by our policies and guidelines, rather than constantly subverting them, we can offer to help them return to Wikipedia as constructive editors. Right now many if not most users who have been banned are still active here, but they are here as socks or anonymous IPs who may or may not be constructive. We should offer them a proper way to return. If you think this is a good idea, please join us. --Abce2|AccessDenied 01:52, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Rubab

The difficulties here are that; 1) articles on Sikhs, sarod etc use the word "rebab" or "rabab" but are talking about the "rubab" - all are from an Arab word that means "bowed". Therefore, although there are distinctions, as you say, things will get a lot more comprehensible if the two are merged and the differences and lineages clearly explained. Thanks for the response; I respect your work and your view but the proposal still stands and I'd be grateful if you'd continue to flag it and leave your view at the talk-page. By all means, if you feel strongly, seek further votes. Redheylin (talk) 22:55, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Response at Rebab. Redheylin (talk) 02:52, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Ditto! Redheylin (talk) 22:38, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Ditto 3 Redheylin (talk) 00:43, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of List of countries with alcohol prohibition

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Ukulele musicians

If you want to rename the cat Ukulele musicians as Ukulele players, why not also rename the cat Banjoists to Banjo players? I think "Banjo players" is a more common usage, though I may be wrong. Badagnani (talk) 16:07, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Deaths due to stag attacks

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Gardon (musical instrument)

We seem to need an article on the gardon, a Hungarian cello-like instrument that is struck with a stick. See this video to see it in action. Badagnani (talk) 06:47, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Gerarchia

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Muslim Thugs

Thanks for the revert. This sort of editing, by both Muslims and Sikhs, has been a persistent problem with this page. The following is from the archive discussions for the page:

In the past few days anonymous user 86.135.204.138 has repeatedly deleted references to the existence of Muslim Thugs.

For the record, here is the most relevant excerpt from contemporary records regarding the proportion of Hindu and Muslim Thugs. The source is William Sleeman, Ramaseeana (Calcutta: GH Huttman, 2 vols, 1836) vol.1 p.178; the dialogue is between Sleeman, chief of the Thuggy Department of the East India Company, and his chief informant, a Brahmin Thug named Feringeea, active for nearly 20 years, who had an unparalleled knowledge of the various Thug gangs:

Sleeman: "What is commonly the proportion of Musulmans to Hindoos?"

Feringeea: "In Oude (Avadh) nine-tenths are Musulmans. In the Dooab four-fifths were Hindoos. South of the Narbudda (Narmada) three-fourths Musulmans. In Bundelcund and Saugor one-half were Musulmans. In Rajpootana (Rajasthan) one-fouth Musulmans. In Bengal, Behar, and Orissa about half and half. This is a rough guess, since we have no rule to prescribe or ascertain them."

Mikedash 16:53, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Mikedash (talk) 09:56, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Bechonnet

There is a French bagpipe called "bechonnet" or "musette bechonnet"; I think we need an article on it. Can you check on this? Badagnani (talk) 03:59, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Whaling

No problem, apologies for the unnecessary revert. It came up on my watch list and I couldn't find a relevant talk page discussion (I did look). Justin talk 19:57, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

I'd be interested, though I might have to break out some of my 18th Century references. I've a collection of books on whaling voyages from that period. Justin talk 20:29, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Ibrahim Zakzaky

sorry, i dnt know how to reply directly on ur msg so i wrothr over here........ thnks for ur suggestion, the reference of ths artical is http://www.islamicmovement.org/biozakzaky.htm many thnks. kumayl abbas merchant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kumayl abbas merchant (talk • contribs) 20:29, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Image of seal hunt from 1880

I couldn't help but notice you added an image to the "seal hunting" article. Being ever so wary of arguments posed by seal hunt supporters, I am aware of the one that goes, "It's a part of our heritage", or "tradition". It "appears" that this image could represent the Canadian seal hunt, but, if you look closely, the man on the left of this image is brandishing a Finish flag. This could mean one of two things. First, the image is actually of a seal hunt in Finland but it would appear your source seems to confirm it's not. That or, it gives reason for me to start a new section in the article entitled "Seal Hunt: Proud Tradition or Modern Incarnation of Foreign Interest Exploitation". As I'm sure you may know, up until 1986 most of the sealers involved in the Canadian seal hunt were from Norway or Finland. This means that the seal hunt is not a "Canadian tradition". Just an FYI.--XB70Valyrie (talk) 19:58, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

1. that could be any cross on a white field, such as the Cross of St. George. It could even be a maritime signal flag and - this will surely please you - such a flag would communicate: "Stop carrying out your intentions and watch for my signals", or possibly the number 8.

2. your attempt to de-legitimise the seal hunt by pointing out that it is practiced beyond Canada is illogical and counter-productive at best. If it's not just something unique to Canada but found in several countries, then that makes it even stronger tradition, no?

User:76.120.151.113

Blocked for a month. I'll take care of mass reverting the contribs. — Jake Wartenberg 03:27, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

I've looked at a sample of the changes made by 76.120.151.113 where Category:String instruments was added to about 100 articles about string instruments, and I didn't see anything wrong with any of the ones I saw. If a few of the ones I didn't see were inappropriate, those should be undone individually. It is quite unjustified to mass revert all that work by 76.120.151.113 in my opinion. Seanwal111111 (talk) 22:18, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Absu

When you move a page to make way for a disambiguation page, can you please change all incoming links to that page to point to the new page, as otherwise it leaves a bit of a mess. I've changed the links in this case. Thanks.--Michig (talk) 07:46, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Coleridge merge

I reverted that. There are many authors with early life pages devoted to explaining the education and background. Such pages are reserved for major, major authors and for those whose biography pages are devoted also to their themes, works, and other aspects. John Milton, Samuel Johnson, William Wordsworth, Charles Darwin, etc. On Samuel Coleridge, there are two books specifically devoted to his early life, and many books that discuss his juvenilia, which are his early works. This has come up a few times before and consensus is very accepting of the pages, since they are independently notable topics and are not content forks. Ottava Rima (talk) 18:14, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Removal of PROD from List of people with the given name Darren

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Another cat

Category:Muslim_ruling_clans_of_India is another that needs to go to CfD; I'm on the fence on whether this is a delete or a rename. Maybe you can think of something? cheers. -SpacemanSpiff^{Calvin‡Hobbes} 02:16, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Move requests

Please see the instructions on Wikipedia:Requested moves to see how to file a move request. Basically, {{move}} has to be substituted and within the context of the discussion. This might be news for you, since the system only changed a few months ago. @harej 21:37, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Khudabadi Sindhi Swarankar

Dear Mr. Matthew Vanitas, Hi We have discussed this page earlier also and you helped in cleaning up and shaping this page for which I am thankful to you. I have now to clarify following points:

RE:Sumra Dynasty and Sumro Wikipedia has some pages on above alredy. They are mentioning Soomra Dynasty for Sumra Dynasty and Soomro for Sumro. I therefore make the changes accordingly to match with the exsisting articles. Please allow me to change.

Re:Biography of Late Shri Jhamandas fatumal Purswani I was the person who edited this para and mistakenly indicated the year of printing of biography as 1971 instead of 1962. This is a correction of my earlier mistake. Please allow me to rectify.

Re:Hyderabad, Sindh: Khudabadi Sindhi Swarankar are equally associated with Khudabad in founding it and Hyderabad for development. Please allow me to indicate Hyderabad also.

With best regards, gsp196.220.24.159 (talk) 19:18, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Uncategorised pages

Hi, I noted that you categorised Shrivastava and Water monkey today. Checking the edit history, I found that both these articles were uncategorised because of vandalism a few weeks ago that had deleted other material. I would recommend you to check this in future if you have time. Kind regards, Fayenatic (talk) 18:13, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Hazara

Hi MatthewVanitas. You may be interested in this. Regards. Tajik (talk) 23:48, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Akhtar Raza

(Ahmadvns (talk) 05:48, 29 September 2009 (UTC)) Sir, I am extremely sorry for massive amount of sectarian bias in my article Akhtar Raza. I would like to assure you to do some good job (better articles) in future, like a good Wikipedian. Plaese co operate with me. Thanks'

POV Watch

I've created a page in my user space to keep track of India articles that need to be watched for POV pushing. Feel free to add to the list, it's probably easier to maintain a list this way than to post at WT:INB every time something comes through. I'll ask a few other editors to collaborate too. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff^{Calvin‡Hobbes} 21:44, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

The "Barelwi" article

You've put in a lot of good work into this article in the way of copyediting and correcting the citations. I placed an appeal on the talk page that perhaps you could help with. I've been watching that article for almost two years, and have seen a lot of people come and go with varying agendas (and have even had my user page vandalized a few times from angry Barelwi fans/detractors). It could use someone with a more serious "encyclopedic attitude" as I like to call it (and with the minimum acceptable competency in the English language).

Also, you may want to archive your talk page, it's rather long. MezzoMezzo (talk) 17:59, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

I noticed some comments regarding the material about Salafist reactions to the Barelwi movement which I would like to discuss. Specifically, a link from a partisan website known as "Fatwa Online." It is certainly clear that the site has an agenda to push. What I would focus on, however, is not the site itself but rather the information it provides.

The page in questions was referencing a statement from Saudi Arabia's Permanent Committee. This is the main theological body in a prominent Muslim country that also contains the Islamic religion's two holiest cities. The notability of this committee speaks for itself, and while we certainly don't want the article to take sides, the fact that such a committee made a publicly pronounced statement regarding the Barelwi movement is itself notable as well.

If we (the editors) come to a conclusion that linking to a web page from "Fatwa Online" is not appropriate then I can see that. It is simple to look up the reference and volume number for the committee's statement for reference purposes however. I am sure you can agree that such a religious body making such a statement is at least worthy of mention in the article as representing mainstream Salafist opinion, which (given the amount of controversy surrounding just the article here on Wikipedia) is notable. MezzoMezzo (talk) 22:50, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

The New Edits to Barelwi Article

I have seen Your good edits on this Page they are worth of Keeping but with due respect I would request you to engage some neutral editor to this page as the Present editor who has Inserted his POV edits has used his energy to just Insert only Criticism section anyhow in this Page which was removed many times by various neutral editors.You may see History of three four months. I have not seen any Constructive edit of him in this Article . I am also watching this Article since long but what he used to do is to degrade this article as much as he can. He is good Supporter of Salafi and Wahabi Articles.He has been warned also in this regard.

• Just See the hypocrisy here-

Blatant POV edits in criticism section, which are sourced to websites of Salafis who are just enemies of Barelwis.Like this ref in http://www.fatwa-online.com/fataawa/creed/deviants/0010517_5.htm

Hope You will cooperate. Shabiha 19:30, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks and regards for Your Cooperation

I am seraching some material on this Movement from a long and wish to share with you that research by Usha Sanyal a Cambridge Uni. researcher, will be very much helpful to Know the actual Position.She is a Non Muslim lady.Just read this article here[4] and here[5].

• She has done her Phd on this Subject.Hope You will take time to Improve article and to protect it from non neutral editors.

Shabiha 20:00, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

• Hi! Regarding Fatwaonline.com's Fatwa,It is submitted that

Fatwaonline is a highly Biased ,Non Neutral and Unreliable site.It has nothing else but Propganda of a Particular Sect.

• The hindu Article is Just an Opinion piece and the Content Inserted by the editor is written in Non Neutral Language.

Shabiha 12:11, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Bochan

I agree, this was a transparent hoax. I did a little searching just to confirm, and was about to tag it db-g3 when I looked at the history and saw that it had originally been a useful redirect, so I have restored that. I'll watch it - if the hoax comes back I'll maybe ask for the redirect to be semi-protected - that'll keep the IPs off, and the SPA author of the hoax can be blocked if he persists. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 10:01, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Conflict of Interest?

Hi, you tagged both the Messiah Foundation International and Younus AlGohar articles as having a conflict of interest. They seem to have good sources (though more are being added for reliability) and do not seem biased to me. Could you please explain how, so that we can improve the articles (as I myself contribute a lot to the articles)? Perhaps we should change the language to make it more neutral? Thanks for your help in advance. (Omirocksthisworld (talk) 22:36, 7 October 2009 (UTC))

Copy Editing Issue in Barelwi Page

As You are a neutral editor here and have given your very much time,reading this movement it is requested that kindly keep editing in this manner to improve the article.I am of the view that article should show the facts to the world and not just POV of others. I also think there is need of Copy editing in the Violence section which you may do in a very neutral manner.Msoamu (talk) 07:12, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics#Caste_articles

You might be interested in this discussion I've started. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 19:21, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Giga (instrument)

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Dawlat

Why dawlat redirects to Islamic Revolutionary State of Afghanistan, there are many other states whose name include dawlat, Dawlat-i Saljūqiān or Devlet-i ʿAliyye-i ʿOsmāniyye?Kavas (talk) 21:35, 10 October 2009 (UTC) As an extra knowledge, "dawlat" is also used in modern Turkish, for example in translation of Plato's famous book "Republic".Kavas (talk) 23:51, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Deaths due to horse attacks

I have nominated Category:Deaths due to horse attacks (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Prezbo (talk) 19:55, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Regarding changes in wikipage of caste :" Maratha"

I do have explanation for removing the quote from colonel i.e.

"In 1798 Colonel Tone, who commanded a regiment of the Peshwa’s army, wrote[2] of the Marāthas: “The three great tribes which compose the Marātha caste are the Kunbi or farmer, the Dhangar or shepherd, and the Gawli or cowherd; to this original cause may perhaps be ascribed that great simplicity of manner which distinguishes the Marātha people.”[3]"

1) Maratha caste do exists far before the 1798. A people from a certain caste do know what there caste is. Dhanagar, Gawali,Maratha are absolutely different castes( I do believe , you live in India and aware of the caste system here.) 2)I take it highly offensive to categories/refer these Kunbi as a "Tribe" by someone outsider and mention four different caste as a single caste , even-if they are registered as separate different caste today. 3)If it is the question of quotes only by someone in a history(past-Independence Era), I do have many quotes which referring "Maratha" as an independent caste and it is having absolutely no relation with Caste Dhanagar ,Gawali. Kunbi is subcaste of Caste "Maratha" and for which ,we certainly not required a Great Quote from someone outside the India.

I am having other points, but first I want see your "Independent" explanation regarding "WHY" you are interested in putting the above Quote here. I believe , the explanation is Genuine and is far more than just scratching out my points. Expecting your "Explanation" sooner , at least before you can undo my change. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ingale 74 (talk • contribs) 13:14, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Darul Uloom edits

Dear MV. I saw your edit to the list of scholars in the article. Though you did with all the good intentions, but missed some famous people e.g. Ubaidullah Sindhi. Some others, holding important academic/religious positions, may be included in my humble opinion. I wish that, before delition, you bring the issue to the article's discussion page and give time to those with expertise/knowledge in this area.(I am not an expert to do it myself; I contribute copy edits here and there mainly). Hope you will look into it. Wiki dr mahmad (talk) 03:39, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Iraq governorates reordering

HI. Can you split the rest of Category:Cities, towns and villages in Iraq by governorate as you did with Al Anbar? Like Category:Cities, towns and villages in Iran. Himalayan 16:07, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

.25ACP?

The category is misspelled. There should be a space = .25 ACP. Koalorka (talk) 05:46, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Test edits on bagpipes?

I think you might have me confused with the vandal whose additions I was removing. See: [6] [7] Let me know if there's a problem. Cheers! --NellieBly (talk) 03:03, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Marking POV of the page for Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui

Greetings, can you please mark, in what areas you feel that article is biased ? as far as I am concern, I have wrote on pediac material, and did not explained any views that could be controversial, its rather than a short view with dates --Ibne Adhi (talk) 07:52, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Kelutviaq

I just came across that article and noticed a problem. It says "...Inuit peoples of Nelson Island, British Columbia..." but I doubt that there are any Inuit that far south. I think it must be First Nations people of Nelson Island (British Columbia) or Inuit peoples of Nelson Island (Alaska). Do you know which is correct. Cheers. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 11:45, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

POV of Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui

Matthew I have just changed few things in the article, appreciate if could review and remove POV tag.--Ibne Adhi (talk) 12:20, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Greetings, Mathew I guess you mistakenly left POV tag and removed copy editing TAG. --Ibne Adhi (talk) 10:03, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Criticism on thanvi

Dear Matthew, I am unable to understand your objection, since I have provided actual sentence written by him, and provided book name, book publisher and its date of publish, looking forward for your reply, as I am afraid how real critics is not allowed on wiki, since reader will decide if this sentence is of what feeling --Ibne Adhi (talk) 08:25, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Greetings, Matthew, thanks for adding criticism on the article, but what it is very short to understand why ?, since the fatwa of Kufr was imposed to Thanwi because of that answer which he gave in return of a question, how about we just add the exact sentence of the fatwa which he gave, and people could conclude why Ahmad Raza Khan imposed fatwa upon him, we are not adding any commentary on it, we just quote exact sentence what he wrote, and this is justified, we are not summarizing any material, we are just adding exact sentence what he quoted in his Fatwa, moreover few more fatwa are with me, I want to put exact sentence written by him, let the people read them self and understand, I wont be explaining any sort of portion --Ibne Adhi (talk) 10:41, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Previously, I stated that, Thanwi considers that Knowledge of Prophet Muhammad is similar equal to the knowledge of animal, beast, and mad, at that time you asked me to quote proper context where as for now, you are not adding just for space issues, what my point is, Ahmad Raza Khan issued Fatwa of Kufr against Thanwi in response to the below fatwa by Thanw, and then I am quoting context of thanwi, rather than summarizing Fatwa of Ahmad Raza Khan which will not be neutral as per your point of view, as Ahmad Raza Khan wrote that Thanwi was an insolent and his insolence could be seen in the fatwa which he issued in regard to the knowledge of Prophet Muhammad, now please suggest, how to proceed. I want to be clear on the subject of thanwi, and I am disappointed too, as neutral criticism with proper context has not been appreciated by Wikipedia. --Ibne Adhi (talk) 07:58, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Greetings Matthew, waiting for your update --Ibne Adhi (talk) 10:11, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Catagories

I noticed you weighed in at Talk:Seal hunting back in august. Of course the catagories are related by nature of "wild animal hunting for commercial purposes." Good call! Regards, Hamster Sandwich (talk) 20:03, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Category:Uncategorised musical groups

Hi, I noticed that you have been using Category:Uncategorised musical groups, so I'd like to draw your attention to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 November 23#Category:Uncategorised musical groups in case you want to state your opinion there. Regards, BNutzer (talk) 19:35, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Sivakasi riots

See the talk page. I got tired of trying to have a discussion with that IP. It was a case of "We don't consider ourselves a lower caste", the books are wrong kind of an issue. He provided a ref to a Christian missionary publication that said "they have both the low class and middle class group in them" or something to that effect, but it also went on to add that "they are scoundrels"! Sigh. -SpacemanSpiff 04:34, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Curriculum vitae

I have started a move discussion about CV, Curriculum vitae and Résumé. You have previously participated in this topic, and I would like your input in this discussion if you are still interested. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 01:00, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Death question

Thanks for your good question and interest - hope you might be able to help at the death project! cheers SatuSuro 03:41, 18 December 2009 (UTC) But - maybe a point to centralise - thee point made at milhist and at death - need somehow to be in one place in the end - I think anthrop project might take a bit longer to get a good reply there - but I still think it is where you need to be heading (sic) ultimately SatuSuro 05:05, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

The more I tag - I believe that it is potentially low level death project item - and probably more anthropological item - the collecting is more of a social or psychological issues - rather than the objects that are being collected - products of death SatuSuro 13:03, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

African armed forces

If you ever have some spare time, please take a look at fr:Utilisateur:Buckshot06/Forces Armées du Libéria, which I'd like to put into French mainspace, but is not too good. My French is weak and rusty, I'm afraid. Buckshot06 (talk) 23:37, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Château-Gaillard

Hi, I'm wondering if you can lend a hand with a spot of (French to English) translation? I'd like someone to go through the final paragraph of the Under French control section of the Château-Gaillard article to make sure I've understood the source. I was working from this, and think I've covered the main points but can't be sure as my French is not great. Nev1 (talk) 20:47, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

No worries, my understanding of French is basic and the translation was mainly with Yahoo's Babel Fish and a dictionary when complicated sentences didn't make sense. It's a valuable job you're undertaking so keep up the good work! Thanks, Nev1 (talk) 01:05, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877

Hello,

Thank you for your assistance on Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877. You express some concerns, but nothing is noted on the talk or discussion page. Would you be so kind to elalborate on the talk page? Thank you. Jrcrin001 (talk) 23:02, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the more details. When I get a chance, I will try to do as well as the example you gave in the lede. Jrcrin001 (talk) 02:31, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990

You might check out this article. Cheers, -Uyvsdi (talk) 19:41, 3 January 2010 (UTC)Uyvsdi

Ustertag

I made a quick translation of the section that you added and will add some more detail from the Volkstage in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. soon. Tobyc75 (talk) 21:09, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Hey, you might take a look at this article now. I added a bunch of background and expanded the article out. Thanks for pointing me to an interesting subject. Tobyc75 (talk) 02:54, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Took at look at Bavarian People's Uprising (a better translation of the word) and cleaned it up. I'm not as familiar with Bavarian resources, so I couldn't add references. There's two battles mentioned in the uprising (both with article in the German WP), which might make articles or at least expand this article. You might take a look at those 2 battles and see. Tobyc75 (talk) 22:08, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Work on Revolt of the Brotherhoods

Hi! Great to see somebody else taking interest in this, I've been meaning to come back and expand this for awhile but been distracted / busy. (Notably, I didn't even fix blatantly bad edits like this..., and the main article still needs some work.)

That said. I noticed you translated some articles on specific battles in the war. Honestly, I'm not sure that these articles are ever likely to get long enough to stand on their own well. List of battles of the Italian Wars is a good example, shorter battles got merged to the list while more important ones have "main articles." If tons more information is found, they can always be expanded back out. Shamefully, I never finished Military history of the Revolt of the Comuneros, which was going to have full information on all the battles... argh, need to get back and do that as well. Anyway, I think that something similar would be appropriate - perhaps a Military history of the Revolt of the Brotherhoods or List of battles of the Revolt of the Brotherhoods article would be better, with all the specific battles merged to it (as well as general campaign information).

Also on the merging note, Brotherhoods of Mallorca is translated from the same content I used for Revolt of the Brotherhoods#Germanies of Majorca, 1521–1523. While this is definitely something that might be able to stand as its own article some day, I'm not sure it does now? ...alas, I found rather little information on the Mallorca situation, so it probably won't be me who expands this. I'm not adverse to them having their own article with a {{main|Brotherhoods of Mallorca}} for the section, but I could also see a merge here too, maybe. Unsure.

Anyway, it's still nice to see some others looking into this. Any thoughts on the above? SnowFire (talk) 17:20, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

(moved from SF's talk page) Greetings, glad to see someone else tracking on the topic. I hadn't set out to do so, but have been mining other-language wikis for subjects with little/no coverage on en.wiki, and chanced across ca.wiki's stash of Brotherhood materials, figured I'd create a parallel cat. I mentioned in WikiProject: Spain that the battle articles I've translated are the short ones, and in all honesty that was just to start populating the category to at least get the ball rolling. I wouldn't be adverse to their later being merged; that said there are several far-longer and more-WP Brotherhood battle articles on ca.wiki, I just happen to be focused on general expansion/inter-wiki more than specific labour-intensive articles at the moment. So far as Brotherhood of Mallorca, I would prefer to leave it a separate article, largely so that I can make sure it ties into the Majorca category-tree. I may soon mine ca.wiki to build a "History of Majorca" category, and that'll be a start. At some point as well I need to keep mining ca.wiki for Catalan paramilitary groups, and history of Iberian anarchism, both topics where ca.wiki has far more coverage than en.wiki.

What other topics are you translating over from the other languages? MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:58, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Fair enough. I would be in favor of moving it to Brotherhoods of Majorca for use of all-English terms (alternatively, "Germanies of Mallorca" for all-Catalan or "Germanías of Mallorca" for all-Spanish), since if you look at the talk page I got some criticism myself for the mixed title "Revolt of the Germanies" the page had for awhile. Definitely would be in favor of merging the battle articles, though.

As for other stuff? Probably the biggest was my work on the Revolt of the Comuneros article, which I submitted to FAC but was rejected on, to me, somewhat specious and non-specific prose complaints. That was actually more translation from real sources rather than es.wikipedia, but there's a whole lot of minor players who could use to have their articles expanded from Spanish Wikipedia. Juan Bravo and Francisco Maldonado come to mind (Maria Pacheco too, but I actually half-wrote a much better article on her from some of the books I read... just need to finish that). Also obviously translated Revolt of the Brotherhoods at the same time. More recently, read up on the Second Brotherhood some, but created the Revolt of the Barretinas article and fully intend to make a completeish article on the Catalonian campaign of the War of the Grand Alliance (similar to the Military history / List of Battles articles). That one is actually almost completely done, no idea why I haven't posted it yet. Anyway, are you fluent in Catalan? I posted a request on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Catalan-speaking Countries awhile back, but got no response. Was idly thinking of submitting the Barretinas article to GA / FA some day, but would want more backing first to make sure the English sources are on the right page.

I did some work translating House of Mendoza but became frustrated and quit after a persistent editor constantly reverted my translation of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza on bad grounds IMO. Not entirely related to the Brotherhoods, but es:Germanía could also use a full translation to the English article. Not sure I'll ever get to that one, though. And while most of the material is from English sources, some of Expulsion of the Moriscos is translated from the Spanish article on it. SnowFire (talk) 18:48, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

A combination of Google Translate and from scratch. My Spanish isn't really fluent (more like "passable tourist") which makes Catalan... well, I get the general gist, but there's always the worry about missing idioms / subtle word meanings.

Personally, the heated political nature of the post-1850 stuff always scared me off a bit. ;-) Which is not to say that the 1500s-1600s don't have their share of weird nationalisms, natch. Iran's interesting too, but I got stuck into a very dumb edit war at the 1952 coup page the last time I poked my head into that, and gave up in disgust - one of those cases where there was a clear failure to agree on what the same book all four editors read actually said. SnowFire (talk) 19:11, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

RfD nomination of José Pedro de Alcântara,

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History project

I dont think there is anyone there currently active who is interested in assessment or categories - SatuSuro 13:35, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Dūdas

Hi, I corrected it to (hopefully) understandable English, copy editing is up to you ~~Xil (talk) 18:21, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

First Bali Expedition = Dutch intervention in Northern Bali (1846) ????

Hello there

I'm not sure of your intent with the new article you created. Aren't the two above the same? kind regards --Merbabu (talk) 07:27, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

I just redirected it. So don't worry about deleting it. You never know - someone might search on either name. --Merbabu (talk) 07:35, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Theodoor Johan Arnold van Zijll de Jong

That is one amazing beard! Drmies (talk) 02:42, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Bot

Well I just cut my big white beard off - so - your recent flurry shows up like a rash at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AlexNewArtBot/IndonesiaSearchResult - you are gonna see my complaints about lack of tags, WP:RS, and so on and etc - so apologies in advance if it stretches out a bit over time - we usually seek sanctions against non english speaking editors doing something like that - so cheers and as they say 'have a nice day' SatuSuro 07:22, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Your contributed article, Pemoeda

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If you think that the article you created should remain separate, 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. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. SatuSuro 11:49, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Or it could become a merge tag or a redirect - as I am going to be doing a few in the list - which way would you prefer it was done? - There are going to be a few in the list that will need to become redirects, or merge candidates - any suggestion of the easiest way will be appreciated SatuSuro 11:52, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

FYI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Indonesia#New_Edits_-_Indonesian_military_history - we need to have a centralised discussion on this as there are various actions in response to the new articles SatuSuro 12:24, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Aceh war(s)

I do not agree with speedy and ask for it to go through the slower process SatuSuro 12:01, 11 January 2010 (UTC) Apologies - withdrawn objection it seems these days the accepted usage is ache war - in my undergraduate days we were given the plural - so much for old age - sorry about that :) SatuSuro 13:40, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Also it is a bit overwhelming as there are many articles that are either duplicating existing material or providing dutch (and some cases quite divergent from current thinking in academic circles as to the dutch version against others) versions that have quite different perspectives from current Indonesian or foreign academic versions of things in history SatuSuro 12:18, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Senegambia (Dutch West India Company)

Hi Matthew, I'm done with translating the article so it would be ok if you'd like to take a look at it. The article has become briefer than I expected, for I found that some of the information was redundant. Anyway, feel free to request any nl:WP article translations in the future; my pleasure,--Antiphus (talk) 12:12, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Negara and others

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Unreferenced BLPs

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Oh dear

Standard practice for that move is the Indonesian project do not carry dutch or Indonesian words in the title of the article where there is a translatable item - it is now a real mess as an admin or further will need to adjudicate - the aka would have been a redirect and the thing is now really no longer an easy task to sort out SatuSuro 05:39, 17 January 2010 (UTC) still a mess - but forgot - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Indonesia#Great_East :) cheers SatuSuro 10:07, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

sorry - your patience and agf is commendable and my apologies of being like a chook without some parts of its anatomy - my nederlands was never very good :( SatuSuro 15:08, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

The indonesian project moves in very mysterious ways - maybe we need a beer and a wait to see whether arsonal gets back to cornell soon (jealousy, I was in London in the british library few months ago and never thought to check some of the indonesian stuff they or SOAS holds) - he might just bring the stub up the way he does to a brilliant article - lets hope so - the dutch latter days in the indonesian archipelago saw some desperate last attempts at clutching at things and ideas - some that still carry on until this day SatuSuro 15:13, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Heheh - one day when i rule the world :) all asian categories and those very horrible templates will all be reduced to the ether forever - they are so unhelpful as to entice arguments about what is in it and out of it - there should be a southeast asian version of what you put in SatuSuro 03:38, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Sarandoy

Funny, it sounds more like an island of the Faroe Islands or off the coast of northern Scotland! You might want to use this and this. The find articles is spam linked so it can't be used directly... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 16:58, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

For letting the Indonesian project know about the latest lot - cheers SatuSuro 03:58, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Buffalo hunting (disambiguation)

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Gohar Shahi

• Thanks for being editing HH Gohar Shahi's article. As its been proved that HH Gohar Shahi did never claim being Imam Mehdi or the Prophet. You can understand very well that Younus (who call himself algohar, just to show people link with gohar shahi) & MFI are whatever doing is against the teaching of HH Gohar Shahi. They are simply using the name & picture of HH Gohar Shahi, this is a great conpiracy against HH Gohar Shahi. Therefor, I request you to kindly look into this.--Falconkhe (talk) 07:59, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
  • Thanks for your quick response. I am not asking you to believe or faith in HH Gohar Shahi is Mehdi or go against MFI & Younas. The point is that younas and MFI are preaching self-made teachings and linked that with HH Gohar Shahi, the truth is that they don't belong to HH Gohar Shahi.

I have nowhere use His Holiness in whole wikipedia but I use His Holyness only in my personal conversation, which shows my feelings & respects towards HH Gohar Shahi. I am not asking you to research upon MFI or Younas but at least you can judge yourself who is saying lie.--Falconkhe (talk) 10:24, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

For offering your neutral opinions and suggestions on Talk: Imam Mehdi Gohar Shahiand Talk: Messiah Foundation International, it has really helped us make decisions. Whenever you get the time, would you mind offering your thoughts on Talk: The Representative of Gohar Shahi and Talk: RAGS International? They've been subject to the same sort of disagreements between me and Falconkhe, and don't seem to be getting anywhere. I was thinking that, if there is still a problem regarding these pages after a few days of discussion, I will put up an RFC tag. But nonetheless, your opinion on the matter is really appreciated, and thanks again for your helpful contributions. Omi(☺) 06:55, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

RFC: Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi and associated pages

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• There is a no dispute whether Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi actually died, disappeared, or went into "occultation". We believe that he went into Occultation on 25th November 2001. The only organization HE founded was Anjuman Serfroshan-e-Islam and not MFI. Younus has nothing to do with Gohar Shahi, younus is using the name and pictures of Gohar Shahi for his ill-deeds. Through,RAGS International, The Representative of Gohar Shahi & Messiah Foundation International, Younus AlGohar, younus and his companion are using Wikipedia for self promotion of his self-made teachings. So, my point of view is that Younus should stopped on this stage, he shouldn't allow to use wikipedia for his ill-deeds.--Falconkhe (talk) 12:36, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

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Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi

Dear Mathew, an article naming Ahmad Raza Khan is under the POV attack, pure sectarian biased has been adopted and such unreal material is been related to Ahmad Raza Khan, am continuously opposing but don't know, the person against is engage in the edit war, please help to restore the article in original position which was finalized previously --Ibne Adhi (talk) 13:05, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

1986 Hvalur sinkings

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Sakdalista

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interesting about Bahá'í Faith in Mongolia

First, of course, congrats. You may know I have an ongoing interest is articles like this. I'm curious what brought your attention to making such a article? Smkolins (talk) 19:19, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Ah - I see. From my own understanding and reading I was thinking both would be likely contenders but I'd never seen specific info. I have seen other blog entries about how Mongolia was often used as "the farthest end of the world" place and there were Baha'is there. As for if there should be an article... perhaps an article like Only countries with no Bahá'ís and redirect Bahá'ís Faith in Vatican City and Bahá'í Faith in North Korea there and the substance of the article would be a few stats about being widespread, having reached Mongolia which is often considered the most "far away" country, and then the specific info that Vatican City and North Korea are in fact as of (2008? - whatever year for stats) the only places there are no Bahá'ís and why, if it's stated. I think it's quite doable. Smkolins (talk) 10:08, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

How about something like User:Smkolins/Sandbox ? Smkolins (talk) 14:28, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Ahrar Party (India)

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Proposed deletion of Ahrar Party (India)

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Ahrar Party

Hi. Thanks for creating the Ahrar Party (India) article. When googling for material for expansion to it, I came across various sources, enabling the creation of the Sind United Party articles and possibly some more to come. --Soman (talk) 19:55, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi, would you be so kind as to give us support!

Hello, I hope you're doing fine and I sincerely apologize for this intrusion. My name is Claudi Balaguer (User Capsot from the Catalan Wikipedia and Occitan Wikiccionari), I've just read your profile and I would daresay I understood that you like translating from Romance languages (and from Catalan!) so you must be really interested in languages and cultures and maybe I am not bothering you and you will help us... I'm a member of a Catalan association "Amical de la Viquipèdia" which is trying to get some recognition as a Catalan Chapter but this hasn't been approved up to this moment because Catalan is not supported by a state even though our Association is working real hard. We would appreciate your support, visible if you stick this on your first page: Wikimedia CAT. Thanks again/gràcies, I wish you a very nice, warm and pleasant summer, take care! Capsot (talk) 12:53, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Bahá'í Faith in Mongolia

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:03, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

You recent vandalism

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Barelvi. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Coercorash^TalkContr. 06:09, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Hilarious! You go put in ludicrous POV statements disparaging other sects and referring to yours as "orthodox", and then pout and accuse others of vandalism when multiple neutral editors revert your work! MatthewVanitas (talk) 08:15, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

A request!

Sir,

if you want to start an edit war than you should know that you are not welcome.As per the content which is added and citated by me,which you think is biased,than you should know that the citations i given are considered as the greatest books of sunni islam in modern time.(wahabi-deobandi copy-paste fatawa from these and use as source,i know cause i'm ex-deobandi.)

Second thing,according to you(and wahabis),wahabi is a degradory term,because they don't use that and use salafi,that's why it's allowed,because followers of wahabism want that.This formula doesnt apply to -majority of people who identifie themselves as Muslim-;Sunni who are called barelvi even if they identifie themselve almost usually as Sunni.(This hypocrity is called as double standard!) Atleast,,,now you accept that wikipedia articles should be neutral,it mean we must remove the wahabi PoV on every article.(this may make you unhappy!LOL!)

Third thing,barelvi is not a sect but a wahabis made it,,,it's ahle sunnah......The orthodox ahle sunnah.If you think it PoV Than i can prove it dude!

Coercorash^TalkContr. 11:24, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Please stop the vandalism!

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Barelvi, you may be blocked from editing. Coercorash^TalkContr. 11:42, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Please stop the vandalism

The works of Shaikh Mir Asedullah Quadri were highly acclaimed by Shaikh Deedat which he has referred to in his letters he wrote to the Shaikh from South Africa. This is totally an independent source.

Please see the scan copies of these letters placed on the following location. These are independent sources. These letters were written by Shaikh Deedat long before CIFIA came into existence. And, IPCI is not part of CIFIA even now. It is an independent Organization and the Head of the Organization Shaikh Deedat is recognizing the works of Shaikh. Please click the following and read the scan copies of these letters.

(1) http://www.cifiaonline.com/scan0003.tif (2) http://www.cifiaonline.com/scan0002.tif (3) http://www.cifiaonline.com/scan0004.tif (4) http://www.cifiaonline.com/scan0005.tif

See more reference on Internet.

(5) On Internet, Islamic Organizations feel it is prestige if their Website is listed on CIFIA. See this reference - http://www.sufi.co.za/

(6) Shaikh's Articles listed on this Arabic Website http://alsufia.org/showthread.php?p=73198

(7) http://www.shariaa.net/forum/archive/index.php/t-16375.html (Shaikh's Article discussed and appreciated on the above Forum which has several thousand members).

(8)Shaikh's Articles listed on this Arabic Website http://www.shariaa.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16375

(9) Shaikh's Articles on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=136808169673532

(10) Shaikh's Articles discussed on another forum on Internet Awliya-e-Hind.com - http://kgn786.com/forum/index.php?action=printpage;topic=13655.0

(11)Shaikh's Articles listed on the following Website http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/Ahmed_Deedat::sub::Debates

(12) Shaikh Mir Asedullah Quadri on Facebook France http://fr-fr.facebook.com/pages/Shaikh-Mir-Asedullah-Quadri/146870918664650

(13)Correct Islamic Faith Group on Facebook. This was started by young Muslims. http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=136808169673532&topic=266

(14) Another Website calling Shaikh's work as excellent. http://sunniforum.net/showthread.php?p=13904

(15) Many of the Shaikh's Articles listed on this Blog http://omssislam.blogspot.com/2010_09_15_archive.html

(16) Many of Shaikhs Articles are listed and debated on this Forum which has over 15000 members http://kgn786.com/forum/index.php?topic=15038.0

(17)Even other sects appreciate Shaikh's work. See this website - http://sufism.bahaifaith.info/

(18)Shaikh Biography listed on this website http://reference.findtarget.com/search/Mir%20Asedullah%20Quadri/

(19)Cifia listed on this blog many many times. http://omssislam.blogspot.com/2010_09_18_archive.html

(20) The Forum with 15000 or more members discussing Shaikh's Articles http://kgn786.com/forum/index.php?topic=11133.0

(21) Shaikh's biography listed on this Website http://private-interest-foundation.info/news/Mir-Asedullah-Quadri.html

(22) Shaikh has a lot of respect among Ahle Sunnah, See bottom lines of this page on Internet. http://www.sunniport.com/masabih/showthread.php?p=29020

(23)Shaikh listed as Islamic Scholar - see this website http://www.ask.com/wiki/Islamic_Scholars

I hope the above should be sufficient for the time being. All these references will be provided on Shaikh Mir Asedullah Quadri's page. I will appreciate if you remove all tags from his Article.

Guide99 (talk) 13:00, 17 December 2010 (UTC)--Guide99 (talk) 13:00, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

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Hi MatthewVanita,

Just a note here, to inform you of actions.

After trying to establish calm here and User talk:Urduboy#Your dispute with Coercorash, and following the subsequent further edit by Coercorash (as noted in my warning at the end of that first link), I sadly believe it necessary to request temporary full protection for the article, and have done so here.

It's quite possible it will be the wrong version for a bit, but so be it - no deadline, etc.

I remain a neutral third-party, trying to resolve the problem as best I can.

I hope you'll understand, thanks,  Chzz  ►  21:43, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

I replied; see User talk:Chzz#Suggestions as to how to proceed on Barelvi?. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  01:18, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

I replied again, but I just moved the reply to my archives - forgive me; my talk page gets very busy...but also, I thought the links would be better here, anyway. I wrote that...

The solution to that one is to issue appropriate warnings (level 1,2,3) for 'adding unreferenced information', and then request that the user is blocked. See WP:WARN, Template:Uw-unsourced1, 2, 3.  Chzz  ►  08:37, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Do feel free to ask me again at any time...but also, I do encourage you to just give it a bit of time, to see if things work out...time being the great healer, there is no deadline, and all that. Best of luck; stick with it, but don't get frustrated; as long as you stay calm and stick to the procedures, things do work - just, they often take time. If you'd rather that I issue warnings (when appropriate), no problem, just ask me. And feel free to request furthher page protection, WP:RPP.  Chzz  ►  06:46, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

(reply)

Excellent; looks like a tiger well-stuffed. Chzz  ►  09:23, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

I did actually reply inline on my talk, but it seemed churlish to say "I've replied, see xxx" when the reply itself was shorter than the subsequent talkback message. A space-saver that, I realise, I have now negated with this comment. Such is life.  Chzz  ►  09:25, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Re: File:ItaloAbyssinianWarpainting.JPG

Hi, I just noticed this image you contributed to Wikipedia. First off, it's a very nice image, & definitely enriches Wikipedia. Do you have any further information about this painting? It is in the traditional Ethiopian style, & it would be nice to be able to attach an artist's name & date to it. (FWIW, if it was created in Ethiopia, then because Ethiopia is not a signatory to the international copyright agreements it is effectively in the public domain.) Thanks in advance, -- llywrch (talk) 15:44, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

See before accusing

I didn't added honorifics,i just removed irrevelent categories via editing external links.I only edited "external links" section and nothing else.Someone other added that much before my edit. I think Coercorash was right,you and Urduboy accuse the one who don't agree with your PoV.Even if it's irrevelent.

_Contribs Muslim Editor ^Talk 16:29, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Shirazis

FYI, I created a stub page for Shirazi (ethnic group). It seems they are not Shia but interesting history nonetheless! --Urduboy (talk) 17:38, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Re:Sunni Tehreek issue

I only edited external links that's why i didn't removed honorific terms.I called you PoV Urduboy misunderstand me and said you to accuse me of adding terms.Cause i supported Coercorash on Talk:Barelvi.

_Contribs Muslim Editor ^Talk 00:36, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Barelvi userspace

Hey Im not sure if it's the right place to put it but I have been leaving comments on the User talk:MatthewVanitas/Barelvi draft page. Will be back with more detailed edits soon. --Urduboy (talk) 13:29, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Battle of Kilometer 7

Hi, slight problem here - the article includes image Trinchera.jpg but there is a Wikipedia file of this name as well as the Commons file that is the one wanted. One or other needs to be moved/re-uploaded. The Commons file is the newer upload so technically that is the one that should be changed but as it's used on the Spanish wiki it might be easier to get the wiki file changed, so I've requested a file rename for the wiki image. NtheP (talk) 08:55, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Sorted :-) NtheP (talk) 11:10, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

WP:Lead

Quick note Matthew - the guideline is at WP:Lead rather than 'lede.' Please excuse my impertinence for quietly advising you of this. Buckshot06 (talk) 22:23, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Portuguese inventor of "MURUS"

Hello! I was very fond to notice that you´ve translated the introdutory section of a portuguese Wiki article I´ve created. I would like to know your reasons to be interested and if you intend to go on with translating the whole of it, in witch case I propose myself to cooperate with you. Thank you very much! my best regards.Quiiiz (talk) 02:43, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Hello again! Yes, maybe I will translate it and surely will apreciate some cleanup, english is not my fist language.

I´m not going to do it in just one time, as now I´m "on the case" on something else, but maybe we could set something like: everytime I work on it, I could notify you and you could put the page in your watchlist, in case I forget to notify. Deal?

Are you English, or from other english speaking country? Do you speak/read portuguese fluently? See you next!Quiiiz (talk) 02:57, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Hello! I'm now working in translating and I wonder if I can use portuguese Bibliography in english Wiki. And if the answer is yes, please confirm if I should "fac-simile" it or translate parts of it.

Please answer when you can. Thank you very much! my best regardsQuiiiz (talk) 02:54, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Revert at Barelvi

Hi Mr Mathew The reason to revert the Barelvi article is that the references you've provided do not portray the right perception of Barelvi :) i provided the references from Quran the Holy Book and Hadith my references had all the contents to support the beliefs and practices section :) how do you justify your references by googling the things ? any refenerece which is cited there should be from Quran and Hadith :), thats not justified you got to have knowledge to amend that article that is not complete and we have to collect the right information for it don't just ruin it if you're honestly trying to complete that article :) now you've reverted it back to your version of that article i'd like you to have a look at the previous version of it if theres any problem in that contact me i'll explain it Thanks (Ahmad Shah Bukhari (talk) 10:08, 12 July 2010 (UTC))

Agree Mr. Bukhari

I agree.Mr. Matthew should see guidelines on references on Islamic articles,in which it said that references from Quraan & Hadiths are preferable. But before it,he must see guidelines on neutrality.

Coercorash^TalkContr. 13:21, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

@Coercorash : Have you even read the guidelines for Islamic articles? Here is the link: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Islam-related articles)#Qur.27an_and_Hadith. It says:

The Qur'an and the Hadith are considered to be primary sources, as defined in WP:NOR. Therefore they should not be quoted to make an argument or imply a particular interpretation unless one can also cite a reliable secondary source that supports that usage. Editors can not use primary sources to make analytic, synthetic, interpretive, explanatory, or evaluative claims. But it's good idea to add Qur'an and Hadith to clarify the issue.

That means do not reference Quran or Hadith unless you also have a reliable secondary source also. For some reason you are having a hard time understanding WP:NOR and WP:SECONDARY. Please read them and try to understand what they mean before making mass edits. --Urduboy (talk) 15:11, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Ofcourse the sources from Quraan and Ahadith are better than pagan sources which are without any secondary source.That's what i mean.

Coercorash^TalkContr. 18:06, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

No, quotes from the Quran and hadith are not "better than pagan sources", and nobody except you is suggesting using primary sources instead of secondary. The point is that you, Coercorash, are not a recognised authority on Quranic exegesis, so your opinion as to what various portions of the Quran and hadith mean for the Barelvi is simply not relevant to Wikipedia. What is relevant is what recognised, reputable secondary sources have to say about how those apply to the Barelvi issue. Performing your own Quranic exegesis on Wikipedia is basically the definition of WP:OR or self-publishing. MatthewVanitas (talk) 19:12, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

• Ok I got it what you're trying to say i'd like to contribute to that draft version of the article and i'd provide references from Quran, Hadith and Secondary reliable sources to support all my references hope that should be ok with you lemme know (Ahmad Shah Bukhari (talk) 08:56, 13 July 2010 (UTC))

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Re. Barelvi

Hi there. Just a quick note, at the moment, to let you know - I certainly have not forgotten about this issue; in fact, I've done quite a bit, behind the scenes, to work how to best resolve things. The protection I requested was my first action - to protect the project from direct disruption; and with that measure in place, I have breathing-room to work out what else we can do.

To give fair consideration, I need to carefully check some past edits,which is why I have not responded yet; but I want to assure you that once I have had the time to give due consideration, I will take appropriate action—the "{{doing}}" is genuine, and I will respond further. Meanwhile, I encourage calm discussion, and for any problems, remember it is just a few words on talk pages - the article is 'safe' - and we can try to ignore inappropriate things on talk pages. If any warnings or blocks are helpful to improve wikipedia - as blocks are never punitive - well, that can be evaluated, ASAP but not quite immediately, given the complex nature of the issues. Thanks,  Chzz  ►  08:36, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

So, the protection has expired again - but, I did see at least some useful debate going on; for now, I don't think any other action is required. If anything else happens though, feel free to let me know. I hope this problem can be resolved. If it continues, I suggest the mediation cabal.  Chzz  ►  21:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Category:Neighborhoods of Kabul

Oh, I so knew that. My geography teacher would kill me right now. Thanks! -- Ricky81682 (talk) 10:18, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Highlands of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania

Hi, I saw that you added the category Ecoregions of the United States to the page Highlands of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. I removed that category because it didn't have any other pages in that category, and also because it was deleted before. If you were trying to start that category, please let me know. I would like to help with that. Thanks! いただき (talk) 14:33, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Hmmm... Giving me the slient treatment... I see how it is. Well, whenever you feel like answering, I'll be waiting, even if it's just a no. いただき (talk) 19:12, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Kapu (caste)

I requetsed the Users to edit the article several times. Unsubstantiated claims, hype and imaginary glory abound in the article. Controversial matters such as Chola descent, affiliation of Krishnadevaaraya, Thanjavur nayaks, Kattabomman etc need to be supported by solid proof. "Naidu" is often confused to be a caste, similar to that of "Reddy". These were titles prevalent in many other groups. Users are requested to be objective, historical and dispassionate. Users should give references as MathewVanitas indicated.Kumarrao (talk) 12:50, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Barelvi

Did you mean to remove the interwiki link or were you thinking of something else? Enter CBW, waits for audience applause, not a sausage. 19:34, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of International child abduction in Brazil

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Coptic militias

Hi there, There are no known coptic militias in contemporary history of Egypt. Perhaps you might find something during the first half of the 20th century, but that would be only a part of the many other militias which fought against the British occupation of Egypt. The real Coptic militia would be found back in the 8th century, they were called the "Bashmuor" people and they fought for so long against the Arab/Muslim conquest of Egypt in the guerrilla style. I remember they even had their own territory for a while. I am not sure about the English spelling given above, and not sure about whether you will find lots of sources in English; i might try to help you with this later on with Arabic sources [if you wish], which are not too many also. ... . Good luck, Maysara (talk) 13:07, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Robert Hillberg

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pickled carrots or carrot salsa?

RE: your recent edit over on Salsa

In the southwest, the taco shops mostly always have carrot salsa, or relish, or pickled carrots. Carrot salsa is typically lightly cooked. Manufacturers have themselves interpreted tomato salsa as "cooked" (canned) versus "fresh" (refrigerated), yet they're still both called "salsa". Typically the carrot salsa side dish includes carrots, onions, and jalapeno, typically is seasoned with garlic and a peppercorn or two, and is a rather common Mexican dish. Some food writers group salsa, relish, and pickled goods in the same categories, as it is rather hard upon process examination to distinguish each as unique from the other.

http://www.google.com/search?&hl=en&safe=off&q=carrot+jalapeno+salsa&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= http://www.google.com/search?&hl=en&safe=off&q=+salsa+vs+pickling&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

So, I think you'll find that some say tomato, others tomatoe, and similarly a pickled tomato or carrot some call a relish others call a salsa. By similarity of preservation processes it's hard if not impossible to distinguish among them. Gzuufy (talk) 23:25, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Here's a book that could meet wikipedia's verifiability standard (reference) for the phrase "carrot salsa", though this particular version lacks the jalapeno. Gzuufy (talk) 01:15, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

• In Mexico, salsa is typically some sort of dipping sauce for tacos. The simplest and most common is fresh diced tomato and onion with some oil and vinegar, and often with fresh chili pepper of some sort. Diced or pureed avocado (guacamole) is common too, with or without chili. There are many variants, some cooked and/or pureed. I would guess that southwest US usage carries over the Mexican meaning, which is quite broad. Aymatth2 (talk) 21:45, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Less-lethal launchers

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Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Guamanian musical instruments

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Bargujar

Hi, some user always try to put links which are not reliable for wikipedia such as yahoo.answers and some personal websites. request you to add this aarticle in your watch list.cheers Mkrestin (talk) 14:27, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Tara Singh Malhotra

I noticed the speedy request on this one a while ago, and have no problem with it. Looking at the history, it seems that the article got moved from Tara Singh to Master Tara Singh in 2005, probably to distinguish from the other Tara Singhs. I probably created the redirect when tidying up after starting Tara Singh Ramgarhia. I agree that this is the better title - honorifics do not belong - so have no problem with the redirect being deleted and then the Master Tara Singh article moved to it. Any reason why the speedy is taking so long to get done? Aymatth2 (talk) 21:24, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Discussion on Tafsir

Good idea. I'll try to give deatils of my edit today.KutluBoga (talk) 18:16, 12 November 2010 (UTC) Done. Check out the tafsir discussion. --KutluBoga (talk) 18:44, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

"Dynasties of Afghanistan"

Hi. I just noticed that you have created the category "Dynasties of Afghanistan". I have to object, because the title is very misleading. Afghanistan as a nation-state came to existence in 1747 (actually in 1919). Claiming any dynasties of the past as "Dynasties of Afghanistan" is wrong and not scholarly. It's like claiming that the dynasty founded by Genghis Khan was a "dynasty of Russia" or that the Ottoman Empire was a "dynasty of Austria and Hungary". While in fact Genghis ruled in what is now Russia and the Ottomans ruled what is now Austria and Hungary for many decades, both are NEITHER regarded as a "dynasty of Russia" or a "dynasty of Austria", etc. I think that the whole category is useless and misleading. Tajik (talk) 03:11, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. I do not think that "Bengal" or "India" or good examples. Because "Bengal" is rather a general geographic term, so is "India" (like "America", which is commonly used as a synonym for "USA", but actually covers a whole continent). "Afghanistan", on the other hand, a purely political expression. In pre-modern era, it was a loose expression for a relatively small area inhabited by "Afghans" (= modern Pashtuns), located somewhere between the Hindukush and the Indus River, largely centered around the Suleyman Mts. in modern Pakistan. In my view, the category is misleading (actually, I am against all categories in Wikipedia). Regards. Tajik (talk) 15:44, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Jewish American military history

This is for you, because you started the article. It's quite something now, isn't it? --La comadreja _{formerly AFriedman} RESEARCH (talk) 01:13, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

criticism of twelevr shiism

i do not understand what this whole issue with using sunni scholars in the article is about. since you seem knowledgeable with wiki policy i would like to ask u this...are we allowed to use what a sunni scholar has said in his book that criticiises the twelvers? some people seem to be suggesting that you can only use this sunni scholars quote as long as it is being mentioned by another source. like say sunni scholar says XYZ about shia in his book. can i add this to the article or must it be sourced as a scholasr says that a certain other sunni scholar criticises twlevers on XYZ?thanks.Suenahrme (talk) 01:20, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

َAFD discussion

Hello friend. I realized that you left the discussion here. Is that due to my misunderstanding of the word Major? If yes, I apologized you there in my comment, and I am doing here as-well. Hope you haven't been offended because I didn't have any intention. Any way, your future comment as an directly involved user can be very helpful. Thank you in advance.--Aliwiki (talk) 13:44, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

ANI-Notice: Move drive

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A note

My apologies for raising an ANI, it seemed best option to me. Regarding Shia discussion, I have posted my comments there at project discussion page, its nothing new just same repetition of what I said at 'Shia Islam' talk page with little tweaking and expansion. BTW, Someone65 got blocked for a week or so, may be we will have to wait for further comments by him/her (S/He already made a comment before getting blocked). Thanks for you work specially with the Criticism artcile now it looks much balanced but it seems Afd is still open for it, as I was one who proposed Afd can I do anything to get it closed? From coming Friday I'll be not very much active till start of next year and may miss my watchlist update, plz feel free to drop a note at my talk page if you want (or raise an ANI and level the score ;), kidding). --Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider^tc_s 05:09, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks to your efforts at criticsm article. I'll try to contribute to the article but as of now I have other priorities (both on WP & real life). Plz let me know if I made nay inappropriate or POV statemennt during discussion, I usually try to have NPOV stand but sometimes even for most enlightened ones also emotions override & I'm just a norma being, your comment may help to improve me. Thnaks. --Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider^tc_s 12:11, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Criticism of Shia

Hi again friend. I read your comment on the admin talk page, and I want to change my opinion about deletion. You are right that a western should know why for example Sunni's in Pakistan have such behavior to minorities of Shia. Just there is one point that I hope you, as a neutral expert editor consider it. Criticism has two aspects, while it reports X opinion about Y, it must provide space for Y answers to X. My only negative point is that there shouldn't be discrimination, for example if something is reported, there should be answer for it. Now I want to use the great opportunity of you presence to improve the article together. If you agree to collaborate for improving the article, please inform me. I can help to add lots of new matters to the article with good sources. thank you. --Aliwiki (talk) 13:24, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your comment. In both AFD and admin page, I voted to keep. Maybe my behavior in the past days has made you to consider me as a belligerent editor, but I am ensuring you I am not, and I will prove this in the incoming days. I will make a new section on the article talk page, and hope to see you there.--Aliwiki (talk) 16:06, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Matthew, I have listed almost all of the ongoing criticism topic in this half-sphere of the world and I gave a suggestion about article name. I know some of these topics don't worth to be discussed (I just wrote them to have a complete list) while discussion of others can be very informative. I just need to know your opinion as a western user, which topics are worthy to be included in the article, and that if you know something more to be added. Thanks.--Aliwiki (talk) 22:09, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Mathew - Need some help

Hi Mathew Vanitas,

Firstly, I am a great admirer of the Wikipedia site and the work that you guys as administrators do! I was just reading your page of issues you handle and I must say that I really admire the kind of detail you guys check in posts to help keeping the Wikipedia page neat! Kudos to you all on this!

I just wanted to quickly chat with you about the problem we have with the Shaikh Aseduallah Quadri post by guide99. I guess there has been some problem about the authenticity of the article and I just read the (war page:)) between the admin group and guide99.

I also think you guys suspect that me and guide99 are the same person. Well, your doubts are valid. I just wanted to clarify that we are definably not the same person. I have been following Wikipedia for a very long time and I just signed up to register my account here.

I know the Shaikh personally and I admire his capabilities and used to follow this page on Wikipedia for all the articles guide99 used to update (am sure you can check the history of my ip address or so). I was really surprised to see that this page was called not authentic, and hence, I reached out to guide99 recently in a social gathering and spoke about this. He told me about the issues you guys have with the authenticity part of the article and you needed references. Which is why, I edited the page - but I am guessing the edited information was not convincing enough.

I am very certain that you want to help us,Which is why I am reaching out to you sincerely. Could you please tell me what are the problems with the references I gave in my edit and what more references you would need. I would love to help you to have this post online.

Please know that Shaikh Asedullah Quadri is extremely popular in India and have a lot of followers on Wikipedia for articles on him. I speak on behalf of all his fans and it would be great if you could help me fix this issue.

Looking forward for your help and guidance here.

Thanks! Mikebauer (talk) 06:50, 21 December 2010 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikebauer (talk • contribs) 06:36, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

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Merge discussion for Republic of South Moluccas

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Assistance requested

Hi MatthewVanitas
Can you help .
I have been given five warnings by a user called Sikh-history who is also an admin on my talk page . The four warnings are

• 22 November Sikh-history,

25 November Sikh-history , 21 December Sikh-history , 26 December Sikh-history , 26 December Sikh-history ,

• These warnings are in addition to warnings placed on three other pages Talk:Kutha meat ,Talk:Matharu ,User talk:Sikh-history
• I have been specifically pointing out disingenuous content and references inserted by user sikh-history , which I find really odd considering he is a admin . But instead of cogently responding to why he has repeatedly added phony content , references ...he either chucks wikipedia warnings at me attributes reinstating bad content on mistakes . Frankly the trend is becoming too large too ignore and over many articles . I have not deleted any content from any paage or edit warred , simply questioned him on odd edits . Take a look at the pages where I engaged him .
  
• Talk:Khatri#16 November 2010
• Talk:Matharu#Very odd content on this talk page he even deletes my response and issues me a warning
• Talk:Kutha meat where he had added scores of false content and references from blogs . Iam not finished with that discussion because there are many more glaring incosistancies .
  

In the circumstances , is this legitimate behaviour on the part of a admin . What should my response be ??... desist from asking an admin why so many of his edits are seeming so phony ? . I am quiet sure Wikipedia policies are designed to protect misuse by both normal editors and admins . In this case the edit trend of user Sikh-history over many many articles is glaring . Would appreciate your advice .Intothefire (talk) 14:51, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

OK that's it, at first I thought it was funny, this is going too far Intothefire. I have warned you several times about this behaviour and harassing other editors as well.--Sikh-History 22:54, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

RE: User Into The Fires WP:Wikistalking and WP:Harassment

I notice User:Intothefire is now talking to you. Do you realise this editor has a history of WP:Wikistalking and pointed out here and many other occasions. He is currently trying to WP:Canvass, so are you joining in with him? If you are I intend to report him and any other editors involved in this behaviour. He clearly has a gripe with me since I added information about Sacrifice in the Hinduism article and other editors agreed with me. He has since then been WP:Wikilawyering and other behaviour. Also a heads up on what you said here, when you accuse another editor of being the alt of a persistent vandal without actually filing a report and putting it on discussion pages, then that is not a proper discussion. User User:Intothefire clearly has done this here. If you are not then I apologise in advance. Best Wishes --Sikh-History 22:52, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Thankyou

Hi MatthewVanitas
Thankyou for your response.
I believe that the greatness of Wikipedia wrests from the process that enables bringing forth multitude of viewpoints, (even for the seemingly insignificant page) on any subject, no matter how contradictory. Collaboration has to stand on fair play of process .Only the fair privilege enjoyed by my counterpoint editor, can justify the rational of my privilege to fairly edit.
But does a platform that grants me freedom to use, also tolerate my freedom to abuse the same system. I do not believe this freedom to destruct a system should not be available automatically to those that enjoy its usage.
And then who is to judge? . I recognize that my edit contributions may be anathema to another. But my contribution (properly sourced) and respect to accept anothers content (properly sourced) is certainly going to enrich the continuing dialogue. Both on the page and on the talk page . .
I deeply appreciate the work of editors such as yourself, who work on cleaning content because in the end , the page needs to be encyclopedic .

Too often fake references, non English content mistranslated, reinstating bad versions, or better Wikipedia technical skills enable users to browbeat other users . I am also learning to improve my contribution to Wikipedia , both with regard to adherence to the spirit of the rules and engagement with other editors .Thanks for helping out and wish you a happy new year

Regards
Intothefire (talk) 07:05, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Hi Matthew Vanitas.I am going to try to write the Rajput article in chronological order.All the material is going to be used from foreign accounts that can be verified.I have read Col. James Tod,s annals and antiquities of Rajasthan. Greek, Roman and Chinese material is available on a website " Project South Asia".I can answer all your questions without any problem.I will write it on the talk page first before moving to the main Rajput page.Thanks.Rajbaz (talk) 18:23, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion converted to PROD: Dr. Alexandra Gladstone Mystery

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speedy / wiktionary

anything copied from the Catholic encyclopedia that looks like only a definition can generally be expanded from the test there into an article. I did so. DGG ( talk ) 06:48, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

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Iranians and prostitution

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WPAFRICA listed at Redirects for discussion

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United States members of Congress wounded or killed in office

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gavel

To show appreciation of your many additions to the currently labeled List of members of the United States Congress killed or wounded in office‎, I present you with the Senate gavel... just don't tell the senate I gave it to you. Now get back in there and make it even better! --Found5dollar (talk) 15:01, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi Matthew. Thank you for your valuable suggestions.All the information that i have used so far is from Col. James Tod,s "Annals And Antiquities of Rajasthan" and Megasthene,s "Indika".Before i finish i will provide all the relevant sources according to the requirments Wiki policies.The reason i am using the talk page to write this article is so that editors and visitors can see what i am writing and if anyone disagrees and can prove me wrong then will amend it.Thank you.Rajbaz (talk) 12:22, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Hassan Saeed and Abdulla Saeed

Just FYI I'm not sure if these are the same person or two different people. I haven't researched it as much as I'd like; I'm more certain about Hassan Saeed being the Maldivian jurist, but it's possible Abdulla is a professor in Australia.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 19:10, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Human trophy collecting for deletion

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Cats in Kutch Gurjar Kashtriya contributions to Indian railways‎

Hi

The KGK did not simply work on railways in Gurjar, they worked on the whole of the Indian railway system. There contributions ranged across most of the east, north and west but reached as far as Ceylon. - that is why I used the India category rather than Gurjar, Kachchh or a category for each of the states the worked in.

I do appreciate your comments on the "bridges" categories etc. as I realise that it could be argued that as the article title is KGK and Railways in India the cats could be limited to that. However as the article is a detailed history of the construction of these and covers a wide area and the whole of the history of Indian railways from 1856 I felt that those categories should be included as anyone searching for "railway bridge construction in India", or similar, should benefit from the cat. addition. It is unlikely that a separate page would be created for each bridge or series of bridges at this time.

I referred to Wikipedia:Categorization#Categorizing_pages during the cats process which states that "Each article should be placed in all of the most specific categories to which it logically belongs." and I feel that you have removed cats which were pertinent.

Thanks Chaosdruid (talk) 05:11, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

So basically you are restating the comments you put in the edit summary, add nothing new and cannot consider the possibility that the categories should not have been removed.

I would like you to consider this from the Wikipedia:Categorization FAQ-

A category is probably inappropriate if the answer to the following questions is "no"

• Is it possible to write a few paragraphs or more on the subject of a category, explaining it
• If you go to the article from the category, will it be obvious why it's there? Is the category subject prominently discussed in the article.

As you can see there many paragraphs detailing the bridges and railway lines constructed.

Chaosdruid (talk) 05:46, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Your Edit on Dilazak page

Dear Matthew, I appreciate your interest on Dilazak page and grateful for your help in the past for improving its layout and contents. There are few things which require an understanding on your part and the reason for your present perception about different words and terms is probably due to cultural differences. I don't know which country you are from but there must be few things, I won't be able to comment upon merely because I don't fully understand them as compared to you. Same is the case here. You have reverted my change of word 'Pashtoon' to 'Afghan'. Now please try to understand that 'Pashtoon' is a person who speaks Pashto language or at least represent the area where Pashto is the Primary language. Whereas, the term 'Afghan' has two meanings. One meaning a person who is citizen of 'Afghanistan'. The other meanings are probably difficult for you to comprehend at the moment. Let me clarify, "Every individual who is Pathan, Pashtoon, Raasha, Kabulee, Pakhtoon or Roheela (Different local names of Afghan people in different parts of Indian sub-continent) from his father's side would be called as 'An Afghan' meaning Afghan is a wholesome word representing every true individual belonging to this particular breed of humans. The Dilazak particularly are settled in mostly non-Pashtoon areas (And they normally don't speak Pashto as well in general) ,therefore, the term 'Pashtoon' does not justify its place here. Hope this helped in clarifying the difference between 'Pashtoon' and 'Afghan'. and if it is so, please change the word to 'Afghan' instead of 'Pashtoon'. Regards Dilazak1 (talk) 07:01, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Mohammad Asif Mohseni

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South Somercotes

I've created a page South Somercotes and slotted in your piper, but he needs a citation adding.--Robert EA Harvey (talk) 13:44, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Shia islam table

Dear Matthew thanks for your suggestions for improvement of the table. There was one mistake at diversion point of Sevener which I have corrected, I hope there is no major mistake left as all other things are pretty well clarified in related articles. The color coding also made different to emphasis all diversion from main Shia link. Hope this is better represented figure now. This figure carry lot of information at one glance and very important for understanding Shia Islam. Your further suggestion are welcome, deletion may not help, please help to improve.--Md iet (talk) 06:23, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

silahgalerisi

I saw your report to AIV concerning this spam vandal, you may want to mention it where I have filed yesterday at the entry to blacklist him. I've already mentioned part of this mornings events there. I didn't see all of them evidently. He's evading a block. Thank you,
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 14:33, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Followup: I included a diff of your report there.
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 17:07, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Now blacklisted.
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 20:50, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Opportunity to comment on Batavia

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Abullah Aftah

Dear Mathew. First of all I am apologizing for my late reply. As you can see in my contributions, I was completely out because of a problem in real life. Thanks for adding that reference. Removing Abdullah al-Aftah ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq to Abdullah al-Aftah is good. Thanks again for all of your works.--Aliwiki (talk) 22:52, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

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InterWikiProject Collaboration

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Wikipedia:WikiProject_Cutlery

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List of knife discussion forums

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Nomination of Topple the Tyrants for deletion

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Offer to act as Wikipedia volunteer mentor

Hi Mathew. Many thanks for your offer of assistance. I will contact you when next I have a specific question. Kind regards Hibou2 (talk) 09:04, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Reversion of Alexander Hewat page

Hello again Mathew. Thanks for your edits to that page, but someone had previously reverted it to a much earlier version. I restored it to the last version of BSTemple, but then your own changes were lost. However, I think that the BSTemple version includes them (and more). Thanks again Hewat (talk) 11:39, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Hello

It looks like we have a large overlap in interests. I look forward to running into on WP a fair amount in the future. DavisGL (talk) 11:48, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Waisa

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Pakistan

PLEASE cite sources otherwise the material will be removed.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:39, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm going through Punjab region districts and cleaning them up. I'd love some help. However there are several problems. I agree that most unsourced poorly written material should be removed and them cleaned. However even leaving falling rain is not good enough. It is not a valid source and is up for blacklisting, heaven knows why it hasn't been obliterated yet. The population data and even altitude has shown on many occasions to be grossly inaccurate, like a coastal town in Madagascar was once give as being 360 metres in altitude on falling rain. I am concerned that even most of the altitude figures are false. The only thing about that site which is accurate generally are the coordinates. But in that case far better to use geonames database. Really we ought to be searching in google books and finding a mention of the village in census and using that as a source. The problem is that many of the villages are not mentioned in web or books in reliable sources and we're stuck with all the stubs which are open to badly written materials and lists of non notable people. The discussion of clans in articles to many readers will appear over the top and local POV with no relevance beyond that localization. I understand that clans are important in Pakistan but the majority of them warble on and on without any sources and it seems unnecessary..♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:05, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

See this. Here's a tip. Find some info in google books, see the first source about an event in 1921. Copy the url after you've click on that book and paste it in here. Now click load, it will quickly draw up a full citation. This way you can find scraps of info to add to the articles. I believe if your see 6th and 7th hits on this above google book search you'll see a figure of 488 which is likely the village population. Occaisonally though you'll have to add the page number. I'll link this ref makers and google book link on your user page if that's OK so you can use it for quick reference and help find sources and scraps of info to add to the articles. Even a mention in a census is better than no source/falling rain.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:21, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

I've added the ref tools to your user page, hopefully you will find them useful for improving articles. Not every village will get a hit, but yo'd be surprised what you can conjure up by finding scraps from a few old sources.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:28, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

I gather you are not grateful for this?♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:12, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for help with cats

Regarding article on Ignatius Pell: Thank you for the information, that's very helpful! I've cut down the cats to those relating more specifically to the topic. This is my first original article, so I've been missing some of the little touchs I always took for granted. Much obliged. The Cap'n (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:54, 23 March 2011 (UTC).

Empire ISIS arcticle

i really appreciate your help with the citations! can i get your opinion on whether it is ready to move to an article page? thanks Mtheletter (talk) 14:47, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

WP:CREDO application

I looked at your application; I don't see why you think you don't meet the main criteria. You've got almost 10x as many mainspace edits, created and curated a whole bunch of articles, you're active in several wikiprojects. I think you meet all the criteria. GA/FA articles aren't a requirement, they're one way of meeting that category - project membership is fine for that. In my opinion, you should just move your application up into the main area. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 18:18, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

The Libyan sculpture

Thank you for starting the article Fist Crushing a U.S. Fighter Plane Sculpture and being it's major contributor. However, that does not give you ownership of the article. You stated your opposition to the page move, I've countered. Rather than countering my argument, you are now demanding that others join me so that I can show consensus for my point of view. You can't do that. You either have to engage in the discussion, or show consensus for your point of view.
Thank you, Victor Victoria (talk) 14:33, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Shi'a Islamic sects

Hi, removed category because there is already a category Shi'a Islam which already has a section Shi'a Islamic sects, so no need for a double category. Peaceworld111 (talk) 21:00, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar for you

		The Helping Hand Barnstar
		For responding to my plea for help at WP:Requests for feedback more enthusiastically that I could have dreamed of, and responding to forty-seven requests in ten days!

Keep up the great work! Maybe we should try to figure out more ways to advertise it, so that we can share the requests between a few more people.

Also, you might like to consider leaving a talkback like {{Feedbackreply}} on requesters' talk pages as it seems to make more people read the replies - maybe they forget where they wrote them? I made a specific "request for feedback" welcome template which you're welcome to use if you like it, it's at User:Physics_is_all_gnomes/welcome. --Physics is all gnomes (talk) 20:48, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

A newcomer in need

Dear Sir , I am new to wikipedia and need serious mentoring. My area of interest is Liberal sufism in ALL religions which is overlooked by the conservatives , usually. I have realised that the spiritual leaders are more broadminded and tolerant , but their adherents are often not so. Can I look forward to your help. Best regards, (Newston (talk) 11:55, 2 April 2011 (UTC)).

Re: Allen Young (writer)

Thanks for the input...I did get help straightening out the disambiguation page I'll take your suggestion and add the discussion page appreciate it, Matthew — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pjefts (talk • contribs) 23:12, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Allen Weiss

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re: Diwiparangi

I misunderstood completely. Thanks for clarifying. The usual tag for uncontroversial pagemoves is {{db-move|page to be moved|reason}}. Deleting now. You'll execute the pagemove, I trust? Rossami (talk) 20:58, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

"Move" tab doesn't work

Thank you for reviewing my articles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karrattul/Dharma_Ratna_Yami and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karrattul/Dharmalok. I want to move them to mainspace but the "Move" tab does not work. I keep getting a # sign in the address box. This never happened before. Also, I would like to rename the second articel as "Dhammalok Mahasthavir" as the person is better known by this name. Grateful for your help.Karrattul (talk) 09:56, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

 Done Moved and renamed for you. MatthewVanitas (talk) 16:31, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

Many, many thanks. There's an "r" missing at the end of "Dhammalok Mahasthavir" in the title. I hope that can be fixed. Karrattul (talk) 11:27, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Really grateful! Karrattul (talk) 10:55, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Me-Iung Ting MD (1891 - 1969)

thank you for your input. i tweeked the article as you suggested. This is my first attempt. Appreciate your helpTraveler11 (talk) 18:46, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah

251 sections! Wow! This is just to apologize for my clumsiness in the article on the son of the Hanafite woman. I had confused Persondata and Infobox. If you restore the Infobox, I will support it. Please forgive my error. J S Ayer (talk) 13:23, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for your quick review of my page for ArrayTrack! I have fixed the bare references and footnote misplacements. Much respect for all the work you have done for Wikipedia.

D4a8 (talk) 14:16, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Nuristan

Stubs have been created for all the districts in Nuristan. I'm not sure that I have all of the synonyms as redirects yet. The NGA GEOnet Names Server doesn't always do a good job on synonyms. AIMS does not seem to have any authority control at the district level, but tends to use a variety of forms of names, my guess is that usage is at the discretion of the individual translator. The Afghanistan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) has redone their website and gotten rid of all of the profile documentation. --Bejnar (talk) 19:27, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Dang, that's terrible. The MRRD profiles were great (relatively speaking). Thanks for the geo-technical work; I'm no good at that stuff myself, so glad to have an expert come through. I'll do what I can later to find .mil or .gov images and some news or anthropology items to quote. MatthewVanitas (talk) 19:29, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

• You indicated that the "Barg-i Matal District" spelling is more common. I found both Barge Matal and Bargi Matal forms to be common. I agree that in formal Farsi (Persian) the hyphenated form is more correct, but we are far from Teheran. What should I look at to find the "Barg-i Matal District" form? Barg-e Matāl (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server. --Bejnar (talk) 20:59, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Tell you what, I had my reasons but will defer to your judgement on geonames, so by all means follow whatever standardised method you're using; I'd just suggest mentioning your method in the Edit Summary for the move. Thanks again for the great work. MatthewVanitas (talk) 00:29, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Valpurgis

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Spatial intelligence of cities

Thanks for the comment. I rephrased the sentence and hope that the meaning is more clear now. User talk:Blackrock01 —Preceding undated comment added 21:04, 14 April 2011 (UTC).

Speedy deletion nomination of Suicide Dolls (band)

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Lukas Biewald

Thank you so much for your helpful edits. I think I'm going to publish in the next day, unless you see any lingering issues.

--Smilingdork (talk) 01:48, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Ram Rahim Singh and Dera Sacha Sauda

Dear MathewVanitas, I am trying to briefly make a few points. User Profitoftruth was repeatedly reinstating statements like "crap" for Ram Rahim.But I got blocked and accused of sock puppetry for trying to tone it down. Thats OK! But can I now supply some of the information that you have asked in your version of the article , please.Please check the user page of the article for the information. I do not even wish to edit in the morbid fear of these strong arm tacticians. The second point I wish to make it that Ram Rahim is as revered to his devotees as any other Guru or Prophet is to theirs. So , even while the content should not become advertorial , the proof of the Tehelka expose being false is being removed by the same user repeatedly even though it is cited from an independent media report of the court proceedings. That is from a national newspaper (but in Hindi) and therefore it has to be seen via google translate. I hope you will be able to improve the page with my humble inputs. Best regards, Bandagharka (talk) 03:00, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt response and courtesy, I have put some citations on the talk page of Ram Rahim Singh.Please use them if you find them useful. I do not have issues with anybody , and I agree with your assessment that a balanced perspective is neccessary. Shall revert ASAP. (Bandagharka (talk) 05:47, 17 April 2011 (UTC)).

Speedy deletion nomination of Peter Barnes (lighting designer)

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Proposed deletion of Spodi

I have removed the prod tag you placed on Spodi because per policy an article that has been discussed at AfD at any time is ineligible for prod. Compliance with policy is the only reason I did this; it should not be interpreted as my endorsement for keeping the article. Yes, I realize that in this case the AfD was 6 years ago and standards have changed since then, but the WP:PROD does not provide a time limit or any other exemptions to this clause. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 16:02, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Review of major edit intended for appendage to stub, "7604 Kridsadaporn"

Dear Matthew,

Thanks for your comments - they are valuable to me. I will take your advice and pop by the Astronomy project however my main concern is with the heading, "Discovery and naming" - if you can spare some extra time I would very much appreciate your further input, please.

An editor recently mentioned that Google/translate is not acceptable as a reliable reference in Wikipedia. I have a few Google/translate references in that heading. The suggestion was to not use any reference and "...just cite the Thai language..." - I don't really know what this means. Does it mean just leave those references out and let the reader translate if they want - by their own methods.

I will try to be pin-point clear - the references I'm referring to are [8] and [10] in the draft. That go something like:

Kridsadaporn (กฤษฏาพร, กฤษดาพร) is a Thai name comprising two words; "kridsada" (กฤษฏา) of Sanskrit origin and sometimes Romanized as gritsada, kritsada and often kruetsada however, Thai script rules for Sanskrit borrow-words vowels transcribe it as "krisada", (กฤษดา) while retaining the meaning, "kridsada" (กฤษฏา) {supernatural powers, divine, celestial}(in Thai) of Sanskrit origin and sometimes Romanized as .....

References

Or must I completely leave out any reference to Google/translate and write:

..... is a Thai name comprising two words; "kridsada" (กฤษฏา) (in Thai) of Sanskrit origin and sometimes Romanized as.....

Thanks for your help - I very much appreciate your input. --NehruR42 15:17, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Marc Hostert

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Thank you for your help

I had no idea how to say thank you on my 'Request feedback' (Living Costs and Food Survey) bit so would just like to say thank you for your help. I've amended the footnotes as best I can, although they could possibly still be improved? I had trouble finding non-government articles that actually discuss the survey, however I have added links to news articles re: the survey's annual publication. I have also added in a couple more categories. Could you let me know if it's now ready to go up?

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Becca0706 (talk • contribs) 10:47, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks and Request for additional feedback

Hi Matthew

I made the changes you suggested. Abandoned pics (as you anticipated for new users) for now due to copyright uncertainties. Some pics on an external link. Could you please have another critical look at the page... again, many thanks for your work and input.

--HoneybadgerWIKI (talk) 14:02, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Rollback

I was quite surprised to find you hadn't got it. You have now. I'm not often in the front line, but it does make reverting vandals quicker. I've cleared the backlog of 206.wotsit, leaving one untouched because they seem to have removed the afro themselves! Use rollback cautiously at first - and it won't do mass reversions over several articles (so far as I know...), but it does speed things up. Any queries, ask me and I'll find someone who knows more than I do to answer them... Peridon (talk) 18:56, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Kayastha

Thanks for the note. I'll chip in when I can. --BweeB (talk) 05:38, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Alexander Pasik

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Speedy deletion nomination of Queensland Young Greens

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IN RESPONSE TO Speedy deletion nomination of Queensland Young Greens

Could you please immediately restore this article. It is similar in content to other youth wings such as Young LNP, Young Labor and Young Greens of Sweden. If this article should be deleted, so should there's...

The main source of information came from their facebook site, however, I have now removed that reference and as soon as they have an official website, I will reference this.

Thanks for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakeyboy1989 (talk • contribs) 01:02, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Ramadevi Choudhury

It seems Ramadevi Choudhury, an article you have recently created and Rama Devi Choudhury are about the same person. Salih (talk) 06:07, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Queensland Young Greens

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Queensland Young Greens

I have provided two sources for the article as this is all I can currently find.

Can you explain why my article is being deleted, yet others are being accepted such as:

Young LNP: References are all from the political party (LNP = Liberal National Party) ^ http://lnp.org.au/ ^ http://www.youngliberal.org/executive ^ http://www.youngnationals.org.au/

Australian Young Labor: Only one reference from the political website. Another reference about one specific issue at the end of the article ^ "Australian Young Labor". Retrieved 2007-08-15. ^ "Labor's Bloody Rituals Lead to a Dead End". Retrieved 2007-10-21.

Young Greens of Sweden: No References. Listed as a stub - is this different? In that case how do I list my article as a stub?

Here are three comparable articles, similar organisations, exactly the same content and referencing and yet my article is not being approved. I'd appreciate your thoughts on this. If I don't agree, is there a way to contest your decision? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakeyboy1989 (talk • contribs) 18:37, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Hi Matthew! I was fixing the instances here on Wikipedia of a misspelling, which is "Nappa" (should be "Napa" per Merriam-Webster, m-w.com -- Nappa is a common misspelling and is not an alternate spelling) -- but I can't figure out how to fix the main-header's spelling on the page called "Nappa." I was of course able to fix the rest of the content. Thanks! Grattan33 (talk) 15:05, 26 August 2011 (UTC)Grattan33