User talk:Mksmith
Magnificent job on [Chili con Carne]! Thanks for your wonderful contribution! Ben 16:07, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Hi! If you're going to write about the 1099 Battle of Ascalon, you might want to either make "Battle of Ascalon" a disambiguation page, or write about the 1153 siege in the same article (that would be my choice, it's probably not worth two separate articles, since they are connected anyway). I'd be willing to write some info about the 1153 siege if you want. Adam Bishop 03:55, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Hello again, I was going to ask if you had any comments about the First Crusade article, which we are trying to turn into a "featured article," and whether you wanted to write a bit about the Battle of Ascalon, but I see you are probably not around at the moment...well if you happen to read this anytime soon, any help would be welcome! Adam Bishop 20:40, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Someone on the What's My Line? talk page said that the episode in question (the one with Jimmy Carter) aired on December 13, 1973. Mike H 19:17, Jul 27, 2004 (UTC)
Pope Benedict
[edit]I would do your task regarding the "Germanism of Pope Benedict". But the article is protected. Please stop the protection so I can contribute to this article. I´m not registered at wikipedia and give me the website where the text about Pope Benedict and World War 2 is. 84.146.244.122 15:19, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
Note from Mike: I'm not protecting that or any other article. Please speak to the Vatican about this.
{{expansion}} isn't just for stub - I think it's pretty much what you want, a request for people with knowledge about the subject to add material. I added it because it was listed on Wikipedia:Requests for page expansion (if it is there, it needs {{expansion}}). ··gracefool |☺ 06:24, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Islamic influence on Venetian governmental structure?
[edit]Your edit at Venice on 15:17, 10 August 2004
"...The Venetian governmental structure was a mix of Byzantine and Islamic systems..."
Venice had remarkable political and economic relations to islamic countries, but I never heard of Islamic influence on its governmental structure; do you have additional information on this? --Marek Moehling 00:37, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
Handbook of Texas deletion
[edit]66.167.253.162 17:10, 26 September 2005 (UTC):Please go here and express your opinion on whether Category:Handbook of Texas citations should be deleted. Your membership in Wikipedia:WikiProject Texas makes your opinion on this topic particularly valuable.
Henry VIII
[edit]Hi, I've just seen your edit to Henry VIII of England. I'm not convinced deleting titles from References is a good idea – surely theres a difference between References and Further Reading? Anyway, I've commented on the talk page - take a look? Cheers JackyR 22:26, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
Mongol counterfactuals.
[edit]Hi! Thanks for your comment, I've left a reply on the discussion page here. Cheers! -Kasreyn 12:59, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Beer poll
[edit]Hi! Your vote/opinion on brewery notability is requested here: [1] SilkTork 12:48, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Saint Dennis
[edit]Sir,
I tried to answer your questions about Saint Dennis.
Faithfully yours,
Robert Prummel 22:52, 23 July 2006 (UTC) ( The Netherlands)
Mixup
[edit]I think your most recent edit [2] makes it look as though your signature is attached to someone else's comment (which you were disagreeing with). The Wednesday Island 21:22, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Your edits on Ark of the Covenant
[edit]Did you know they are all showing as 'm' minor edits? Have you got your preferences set so that is ticked by default? I did for a while and changed it.--Doug Weller (talk) 20:56, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Invitation to join WikiProject Genealogy
[edit]I am extending this invitation to you because you are listed as a Wikipedian genealogist. WikiProject Genealogy seems to have ground to a halt, and I'm hoping to either "reboot" it or, if interest is lacking, eliminate it. If you are so inclined, please visit "This project's purpose" topic in WikiProject Genealogy Talk at your earliest convenience and respond to my comment. (You might have to scroll down a bit; my comment is mostly boldfaced.) If you are not willing or able to participate, please notify me of such in email, and I won't disturb you further about this matter. Thank you. -JohnAlbertRigali (talk) 08:35, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
Alphabetization and collation
[edit]I am inviting you to comment, in your capacity as a librarian, at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#Alphabetization and collation. -- Wavelength (talk) 19:13, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
TRS-80 userbox
[edit]I've just learnt how to make userboxes and i made a user box with a picture of a TRS-80. here it is ,hope you like it...
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Thanks,
SaiyanEmperor2008 (talk) 19:52, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
OK, good to see you like it I shall correct the userbox to have the correct grammar.
Thanks once again,
SaiyanEmperor2008 (talk) 13:25, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
Aemilianus
[edit]Aemilianus is still waiting for your complete rewrite. --TakenakaN (talk) 17:04, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors wanted at LSU
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Married to a Mathematician Userbox
[edit]Thank you for creating this userbox. We need to stick together.
--IO252Prof (talk) 14:11, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, this is to inform you that I've made some minor changes in User:Mksmith/Autodidact. Hope you will not dislike them, of course you can revert if you don't like. --SupernovaExplosion (talk) 15:23, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
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- So very late in the day but... It's the CoA of her father. You can tell most obviously by the fact it is a shield not a diamond and has a crest. The article is about the earldom not the present holder and the picture clickover shows as much. I'm not sure the present form is a problem. Garlicplanting (talk) 11:22, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
Vikings and Varangians
[edit]I can see that we share a common opinion that goes against the mainstream regarding those two labels. I really dont know how to develop the pages concearning the viking age further, but reading some of your posts, I just wanted to show my sympathy. Seems to be a very difficault challenge to make people understand what varangians and vikings really were. Since I like wikipedia lot, it makes me very sad seing old myths being repeated over, and over again, when this really should be right place where you could get the real facts. Dan Koehl (talk) 23:46, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
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WikiProject Genealogy - newsletter No.1
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RfC - scope and title for the American Revolutionary War article
[edit]I am forwarding this RfC notice to you, along with the ongoing Discussion Summary Chart because you are listed as a History Project member interested in American history. The RfC and discussion is found at Talk:American Revolutionary War. Please feel free to delete this notice if it does not fit your current interests. - TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 10:28, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
American Revolutionary War, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has an RFC for value. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 23:23, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
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| continuity - used at this WP article and sister articles for 19 years - scope - British-American insurrection in continental North America - participants British & US Congress with respective allies, auxiliaries & combatants - war aims -- Brit: maintain First British Empire with mercantile system -- US: independence, British evacuation, territory to Mississippi-navigation, Newfoundland-fish & cure - results - US independence & republic; Britain the biggest US trade partner & finances US expanding business & Treasury - reliable scholarly reference Britannica for the general reader - prominent adherents - all 15 history Pulitzer winner scholars on the topic |
modern update - uses 'vast majority of sources' found in a browser search - scope - British-American insurrection in continental North America, spread to Anglo-Bourbon (Fr.&Sp.) War-across worldwide empires, Fourth Anglo-Dutch War-North Atlantic, Second Mysore War-Indian subcontinent & Ocean - participants British & US Congress, France, Spain, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of Mysore - war aims -- Brit: maintain First British Empire with mercantile system -- US independence, British evacuation, territory to Mississippi-navigation, Newfoundland-fish & cure -- Bourbons: Gibraltar, Jamaica, Majorca, expand Gambia trade, expand India trade -- Dutch - free trade with North America & Caribbean -- Mysore wider east-Indian sub-continent sphere of influenced results - Second British Empire, Spanish Majorca, French Gambia, further decline of Dutch Republic - reliable scholarly reference [world military dictionary] for the military specialist - prominent adherents - Michael Clodfelter, more to follow |
A bit of genealogy at WikiConference North America this weekend
[edit]I thought I'd give a lightning talk at this weekend's Meta:WikiConference North America/2020 about how we use WikiTree+ to compare ancestor profiles on WikiTree to Wikidata to find errors. It's Friday at 17:00 EST. I'm Lowe-866 on WikiTree. KarenJoyce (talk) 15:46, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Opinion request
[edit]Hello colleague,
I am interested in the Middle Ages too.
I created Category:Medieval civilizations which is part of Category:Civilizations by time. The former is nominated for deletion and at the moment the vote is 2:0 in favor of deletion. I am used to deletions, but this time I am stunned. I do not believe there is no place for such a category. I believe that most people with interest in history would agree that civilizations existed in the Middle Ages. I ask people to contribute their opinion to the discussion. Regards,--Maxaxa (talk) 02:46, 1 November 2022 (UTC)