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I meant no it's not as sort of an "answer" to what the first sentence was saying, not to any user in particular. I don't know what the source of that phrasing was. Sorry if I said something wrong. Very Verily 12:40, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Hi Rl, just deleted the old copacabana/bolivia and loaded a new one less compressed, 141kB, that should suit the article. I'm never quite sure how many kB I should use in pictures. Thanks for the comment Gerd Breitenbach 22:15, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

LPA
hey, re: lpa (lansing progressive alliance) ya i am in the process of writing it, sorry, havent finished it yet. i have checked it out and i believe it to be note worthy. It is new, so i guess i caould wait till it starts getting google ranks if you believe that would be more kosher. zro/lansing resident

so.... are you syaing that i should trash the whole thing? I do believe it to be worthy. AND i have written a stub (for now) for Lansing Progressive Alliance... (sorry, if im outta line, i just wanna help)

African American history
Thanks for the heads up. I reverted to the version prior to the insertion of the copyvio. That's generally okay, unless the copyright holder comes over and demands that we get it out of the history. RickK 21:09, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)

Anti-American Sentiment
Splitting the two articles OUGHT to be an embarrasment for WP. It's idiotic. Using the logic employed for the split you could create thousands of redundant, unnecessary distinctions in the encyclopedia. Somebody should re-merge them.

As for my addition it's sensible and I think neutral. Sam Johnson is probably the best known anti-American of the 18th century and deserves mention. Marskell

Thx for reply. I only say idiotic because the definitions in the two articles are IDENTICAL. The fact that aren't more splits like this is sort of the point: the encycl. works because its discursive without too much redundancy and when you see a distinction were no real distinction exists it sticks out. --Marskell 17:48, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hello
Hi. Suffice 19:45, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

flag templates
The changes I made were to conform to ISO 3166-1, so you could use that as a reference page. However, User:Earl Andrew prefers List of IOC country codes. Anyways, I've posted a comment at Village pump (news) asking for wider input into this. -- Curps 23:17, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Wakefield Regional Council:Green Paper
Thanks for the note - have moved the page to Wikisource Brookie 15:03, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Forum Venalia
have at it, and thanks. Ccson 04:29, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I think the topic Forum Venalium should be Forum Venalia since it discusses all the markets. Do you know how to rename the topic? thanks for watchful eye and help. Ccson 06:17, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I'm ready to create the next topic Forum Civilium. Is this the correct singular form and fora civilia the plural form? I can help with french to return the favor. Ccson 01:06, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

German elections
Are you sure that the page on German elections in 2006 should be mentioned in the Category:Elections? There are hundreds of pages about specific elections, I don't think they should all be mentioned there... Rob 07:50, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation, I had not seen the box you mentioned! I'm new here :-) Rob 09:33, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Greek Cross and CopyVio
Why you keep saying that Greek Cross is a copyvio? It is not! It is just wikipedia's cache, a tottaly legal way that all search engines are using in order to present copyrighted texts from the internet. So please revert your "copyvio" notice and put back the "wikicache" notice. Thank you. Agatharcides 11:07, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree with you that we have to respect copyrighted cached pages and let all those pages as they are, without editing them. So please remove your "copyvio" notice, put back my "wikicache" notice and protect the page, so that noone can edit it. Agatharcides 11:17, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Copyright infringement
I am owner of that site and I am using summary of my own pages about Pahlavi Literature so the page 'Denkard' should not be a copyright infringement because I am the holder.

 * I noticed you removed the copyvio tag from Denkard. Was that solely based on the claim of some (anonymous, no less) WP editor, or do you have further evidence that I am not aware of? Rl 20:58, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * That was solely on the anon's claim. Thue | talk 21:14, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Mind if I put the tag back? Rl 07:42, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * That is fine with me. I just didn't have the time to send the webmaster an email to check the validity of the claim. Thue | talk 08:03, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Jeypore
Hi, Jeypore and Jaipur are two different places. Jaipur is capital of Rajasthan, while Jeypore is a small town in Orissa.

Thanks for adding the "move to wiktionary" tag to some pages, but in the process of tranwiki-ing, I noticed that some of them have already been done before. When I transwiki, a template gets added to the talk page. Before you add a tag in the future, could you check the talk and/or history to see if it's already been transwikied. Off the top of my head, both Fultum and belifan had already been done. In fact, in the future if you see a dicdef that's already been transwikied, you may want to nominate it for VfD. --Dmcdevit 23:49, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Likes to go around adding to pages without looking into why they are there. Pointless wiki-facist! RebelScum RebelScum

Gary Webb
Do you have a reason for the dab header being at the top of Gary Webb? Yes, Gary Numan's real name was Gary Webb, but people searching for Gary Numan aren't going to search for Gary Webb. A google search doesn't show any problems either, so there isn't a chance of someone getting the wrong page if they search for Gary Webb. If you don't object, I'm going to move the dab header to the bottom. I'll give it a day or so. --Viriditas | Talk 11:18, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your quick reply. Regarding the official policy page on dab, there is nothing wrong with adding the dab to the bottom of the page, but I agree, they are useful at the top.  The page also states, Do not disambiguate, or add a link to a disambiguation page, if there is no risk of confusion..When a reader enters this term and pushes "Go", would they expect to view any of the articles listed on the disambiguation page?  So, it might be a good idea to speculate why someone might enter Gary Numan's real name when looking for information about him.  I'm going to let your change stand for now because I agree they are more useful at the top in most cases. --Viriditas  | Talk 05:31, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

From User:Dbraceyrules
Thank you for ou help on the Oath of the Horatii article of mine. I'm not ver good with HTML, (as you can see) and I still can't figure out how you got the picture to go in the right place. But anway, thanks for the help. I like it when other contributors help my articles out.

No, I'm fine. Thanks. Dbraceyrules 23:32, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Clint Curtis
You noted a lack of NPOV in this article. I have attempted to restore a balance, but it's frustrating with so few sources, alll of them seemingly biased. Your comments are welcome. Bovlb 01:15, 2005 May 4 (UTC)

Circa
Both "c." and "ca" are standard abbreviations for "circa", though I'd have thought that "c." was much more common. Actually, looking at various reference books to hand (published by OUP, Penguin, Pan, Blackwell, Rowman and Littlefield, Barron, and Routledge), "c." is used in all of them, "ca" in none (checking a couple of dictionaries, "c." dates to the 18th century; I don't know about "ca", they don't give a date for it).

I prefer "c.", not only because it's the one I'm used to seeing, but also because it avoids the U.S./U.K. abbrevations conflict: correct U.K. usage is to place a full stop after an abbreviation to mark a cutting off (so "Oxford Street" becomes "Oxford St.", while "Saint Peter" becomes "St Peter"; thus it's Dr, Mr, Mrs, Rd, ca 1137, etc., but Ave., Phil. of Sci., etc.). Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 22:27, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

The martall images
Why did you remove the external image links from Mara (folklore)? I thought it would be good if people not familiar with pine trees got an idea of what the article was referring to. Salleman 18:13, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Did you know?
 Did you know has been updated and a fact from the article Mann Gulch fire, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you have another interesting fact to submit, then please suggest it at the section's talk page.

William Stuart (archbishop)
Hi there RI. Yeah I think Category:Archbishops would probably be better as I don't think there's a Category:Archbishops of Armagh (Church of Ireland) at the moment (maybe you could create it? :-) ) Also could be added too maybe? Thanks ♪ Craigy ♫ 04:06, May 18, 2005 (UTC)

Finger licking good
Again, can you check an article's talk page or history before you put the "move to Wiktionary" tag up? I transwikied Finger licking good just yesterday, and you tagged it today, creating more work for me if I have to search every article to see if it has been done before and take down the tag. Of course, I don't want to discourage you from tagging dicdefs, just be more careful. --Dmcdevit 22:01, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I have no idea what the policy is for a template like that., , and are definitely less wordy, but they, I think, serve a separate purpose. They are for the reader as much as the editor, and point editors to the relavent discussion page. Whereas the "Transwikied to Wiktionary" is only for editors, for their information and to tell them what to do about the article now. I suppose we could have another template on the article to point to the more wordy message on the talk page but that's just more work for the Transwiki-er. In any case, i don't think it's a big deal to just check, and even then it's not much of a crisis if it's done twice (even though that deletes the previous transwiki, which is bad if it has changed). I guess I didn't really give you an answer :) but if you care enough, talk to Kevin Rector and Uncle G --Dmcdevit 00:18, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

rv Anti- American sentiment
sorry not to be clear. i did not revert in entirety only cut-and-pasted intro changes and left subsequent edits by unnamed user. Marskell 12:37, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

W-field
To answer your questions: yes, well, I also posted a deletion notice at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mathematics but curiously, there is no WikiProject Physics. There are qualified people on WP who could look at this stuff, but there are three problems: 1) they log on infrequently, 2) they don't hang out on VfD pages, 3) the 5-day period is not long enough given 1 & 2 above. As to that user's other contributions, they all seem to be links to this cluster of articles.  linas 21:18, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

Holy Ghost redirect
Apologies, my oops. jlang 10:46, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

photographycorner.com
why did you remove most of my posts regarding photography? Would you rather I just insert the article onto the page or something? I'm not link farming, and I resent the fact that you are accusing me of doing so.
 * moved Thebassman's note over from User:Rl/Scratchpad

 * - sorry for writing here... I'm not overly familiar with Wikipedia as far as editing goes, so I'm not sure where else to put this... I use it extensively for research, but rarely add anything myself. Again, I am sorry that the links I added were against policy.  Originally, a couple of the links that pointed to myself were added by someone else.  I will not post any more links to external sites here.  Thanks, and sorry again for the inconvenience.
 * moved Thebassman's note over from User:Rl/Scratchpad

Categories
For some reason, in the past few days if I save a change in the category sorting (eg. if the entry has been filed as "John Smith", so I change it to "Smith, John"), what happens is that the sort change saves on the article, but it still stays incorrectly sorted under J in the category list. I've been removing categories and then readding them again because so far, that's the only way I've found to actually make the category page move the article to the correct sorting letter. It's supposed to change automatically, yes...but in the past few days it hasn't been working that way. Bearcat 22:41, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

PLGA microspheres
I've had it on my watchlist as well, and I couldn't find it on Google first time around. I'll check the other two suspect ones at work this morning (I have access to University databases that store thousands of abstracts and papers). From my own experience hunting down journal articles you have to be really finiky/carefull/lucky to score an exact hit sometimes. Thanks for flaging up those other two for me. Sabine's Sunbird 14:32, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Update, I've tagged both of them as copyvios. Sabine's Sunbird 15:08, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Quaesitosaurus
Yeah, you got it. Basically I wanted to see if it was real. When I googled for it I typed it in cause my copy/paste was screwed up. Must have typed it wrong. Thanks! CryptoDerk 20:30, May 26, 2005 (UTC)

Man-boy Love
A longtime proponent of man-boy love, I feel it is my duty to share the wonder of sex as I learned it growing up, with young boys just discovering their bodies.
 * moved 131.30.121.23's confession over from User:Rl

wi
I have some problems with the redirect template, and that's why I haven't been quick to use it. The fact is, Wikipedia is still an encyclopedia, and a redirect to a dictionary definition is just as good as a definition itself. Not to mention that as a redirect, it fails badly, because interwiki redirects don't work and the reader has to click the article. Also, it strikes me as a self-reference. We have templates for encyclopedia articles (wiktionary) because they are like external links, and provide context for the article. If there is no article, than this is just advertising our other project. Also, it creates a blue link where such an article has no right to appear blue. And it skews results in Special:Shortpages and "Random page" (especially if it were used more often).

Actually, I have a feeling if it were listed on TfD it wouldn't survive. In fact, I've even seen articles that consisted of just this be deleted on VfD, because, after all, it would be just an article with no potential for growth and no encyclopedic content (which could even be speedied for that reason). Despite all this, I can see it may be helpful for entries that are such common words they may be recreated again and again, but only if it cannot be merged and redirected. All in all, I don't dislike it enough to list for deletion, but I certainly don't like it enough to use it, and from the looks of, not many others do either. --Dmcdevit 18:35, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

Stub
There is no fixed definition for a stub. Find or fix a stub has them being generally "of one paragraph or less". I personally feel that the number of pages marked as stubs should be kept down. Marking three sentence articles like this one makes it less likley that someone will get around to fixing the several thosand one and two sentence stubs that are far more in need of aid. This is especially true of the massive categories like bio-stub. Others obviously disagree and there are many much larger articles marked as stubs. So if you think it is important feel free to readd the stub template to Mr. Spottswood. - SimonP 15:38, May 29, 2005 (UTC)

Sup
Dude, how much does this site pay you for the work you do? I can see a long list of yr contributions. Are you jobless by anychance or yr a full time employee of this site? --Fcuk 15:31, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

Copyvio
Sorry, I don't think I could possibly try to sort things out, not having been involved in it before. Maybe you should bring it up on the India Collaboration of the week, and possibly file an RfC on the editor. RickK 18:58, May 30, 2005 (UTC)

You're very wrong, copyvios are taken very seriously. Like I said, I really don't want to try to wade through all of it. List it on Copyright problems or revert it, and as I said, take it to RfC. RickK 19:34, May 30, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your suggestion regarding comments on Mount Everest. Much appreciated. --postglock 03:02, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I, too, would like to thank you for finding the correct spelling of Ronald Mallett's name. Steveo2

Those Indo-Pak images
I've listed them all on WP:CP. Lupo 20:04, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Personal Attacks
I will try to tone down my responses. However, your message indicated that RJ has tried to stay calm. What he has tried to do is troll and incite others, repeatedly. He has blatantly advocated an attitude of eternal war on wikipedia, where there is no compromise, no cooperation, and no consensus. He routinely mocks any procedures on wikipedia that attempt to find a middle ground between disperate views. As such he is attacking wikipedia itself, yet I am the one who is chided for inappropriate behavior? I would rather loose my temper on occasion to someone who is purposefully unreasonable than to not even attempt to be reasonable in the first place. That RJ covers his obvious hostility make him no more civil, his barbs and snide remarks are never-ending and all the more biting for their claim to some high ground. Kev 23:08, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

April Love
Hi, I just saw your comment on your addition of the image to "Arthur Hugues (artist)" (April Love, 1856 (well, no couple; I suppose this is a fragment, then?). Thanks for adding the pic. It’s not a fragment, but it is a couple. Sadly, the man can’t easily be seen in this illustration. The black shape at the left in the window is the man’s head, bending down to kiss the woman’s hand. Paul B 20:31 12 June, 2005 (UTC)

Link spam warning
Hello there,

In regards to me being warned about link spamming - I found the tone a bit offensive. I was adding the articles as support for the topics and was unaware that this would be a problem.

Hlarson User:71.37.2.14 01:24, 14 June 2005

PA 103
Thank you for your kind and gracious comment, Rl. I appreciate it very much. SlimVirgin (talk) 12:56, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Terrorism in Kashmir
Hi, I'm trying to clean up the old WP:CP, would you be able to tell me how the article stands no in terms of the copyvios, and which version was the last clean version. Thanks --nixie 00:35, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I had the same query about copyvios inserted into an exisitng article, and these were the best sources I could find, Wikipedia talk:Copyright violations on history pages in the section on GFDL & Deletion of Article History and here Copyrights. My interpretation of those sources is that if a copyright violation is added to an existing article that it should be removed or rewritten but the whole article doesn't need to be deleted to clear the history. I revert copyvios in existing text and only list articles that started life as a copyvio on WP:CP. Thanks for spotting this one, but if there are no traces of the old copyvio then it should be ok to leave it as is.--nixie 07:11, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Tutorials for HTML
Why did you revert Peterf's edit on Talk:HTML? The article page instructs people to make suggestions there: "we are intentionally keeping this list very short; please use the discussion page to nominate new entries" Rl 5 July 2005 06:38 (UTC)

 * Honest mistake. It was the exact same text he had pasted on XHTML, so I thought it was yet another link spam. I had only looked at the diff, so I didn't have that context. I will remember to look more at the context before reverting in the future. --cesarb 5 July 2005 12:08 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the explanation. It wasn't meant as a criticism anyway, I was just curious. Rl 5 July 2005 12:20 (UTC)

 * I had already noticed by the tone it was not a criticism, more like "you did something strange. Are you sure you meant that?". Anyways, thanks for that — I wouldn't have noticed I had made a mistake otherwise. --cesarb 5 July 2005 12:27 (UTC)

NPOV
I'm too tired and technically incompetent to move a comment on a new discussion page that I've inadvertently created on your NPOV comments. I would have preferred it here.Apologies. Jeffrey Newman 06:06, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Arrived here through your comment just above an edit I've made: [].
 * I am gathering strength to look at the philosophical/political implications of NPOV and appreciate your gloss. Am I fair with my Hayek edit? I'm a newbie. Jeffrey Newman 05:59, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * moved comment over from User talk:Rl/NPOV

Concerning Hayek and Tacit knowledge, thanks for the encouragement - only my second real 'edit.' I have now performed the transplant, left a short explanation and hope someone will help with the somewhat incomplete surgery. Jeffrey Newman 08:49, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Wildfire
"The word wildfire originally meant a medieval substance somewhat like napalm."

I read it somewhere. An expert on medieval warfare may know more than me. Anthony Appleyard 09:22, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

buzzwords
I'm not going to rv the non existance of wank word claim but your argument "wikipedia does not have an article on it" is weak. There are many articles, let alone phrases, that are missing from wikipedia that are found in textbooks. Currently, wikipedia is not even close to comprehensive. David D. 00:38, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for taking on Peredvizhniki. This important article desperately needed the overhaul. Rl 18:10, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

 * My pleasure. >>sparkit| TALK << 20:54, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

Napoleon reference
If it were just listed as an "external link", I'd agree. But it's given as a reference, with the date it was consulted. Someone should re-check the site for whatever material was referenced from it and then give the new date for when the reference was checked. Until then, it is against all standards of referencing to simply claim that the new site qualifies as a reference used in writing the article. One of the things that is a pain about online references, especially when someone cites the index page of a site, with no further clarity as to what they used: if there had been specific pages cited, we could simply find them on the Internet Archive. There may be a better way to handle this than what I did, but claiming that on some date in 2004 we accessed something that was not there on that date is misleading citation. -- Jmabel | Talk 16:46, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

WP:CP
It's good to see someone willing to help out with copyvios. Please add them at the bottom of a day's list, and do sign them with date and user name ( ~ ). Keep up the good work. Rl 10:57, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Actualy I can do beter than that on server: irc.freenode.net and channel: #en.wikipedia.vandalism I have a bot that was ment to detect vandalism. It apperanltly does a good job detecting copy vios. An unintended function if you will. Feel free to use it ;) --Cool Cat My Talk 11:01, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks, I'll take a look. Did you post the source code somewhere? Rl 11:35, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Code isn't open source only because I am too... well... protective of my code... --Cool Cat My Talk 11:51, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Mark Wingett/annoying IP/Mr Burns
I see you're one of the people who has been reverting the vandal who claims that a minor British soap opera actor does the voice for Mr Burns. The IP is doing a similar thing with (albeit a far less notable subject) Families - I've slapped a VFD on his{?} article Amanda Dickison, if you want to join in? The JPS 12:52, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Reference section move reversion on Kerteminde municipality article
Hi, I reverted your section move, but to the best of my understanding references should be at the bottom of the article, per Cite sources. Yes, I saw that there has been some discussion about the positioning, without any conclusion drawn. I personally prefer the end position. I am in the process of "improving" all the articles about municipalities in Denmark, and not just the Kerteminde municipality article. And I have been applying the references section as a "standard" piece of text at the end of each article. I am striving for more consistency between the articles, and would like to avoid inconsistencies wherever possible. If you think this is bad placement, lets talk about it, so that the placement can be consistent throughout. Thanks. Sfdan 14:53, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Tři oříšky pro Popelku
Thanks for catching this. Pavel Vozenilek 21:31, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanx for advice
Namaste, We the proud Wikipedians surely change the way world thinks Tux the penguin 06:36, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

previous
Hum, can't see how I missed that. Thanks, I'll keep it in mind.

Naturalism in paintings
I came here because I see you deal with painter cats frequently. I'm not sure what category Jules Bastien-Lepage fits. His style is usually called naturalism. The difference between realism and naturalism in painting looks like an exercise hair-splitting to me, though, and if I went by the Naturalism (art) article, then he would fit Category:Realism artists. Thoughts? Rl 07:33, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Yeah, I was curious about the categories, and the next thing ya know... Indeed, it does look like a hair splitting exercise, or perhaps the terms are synonymous. Though there is an "art movement" called Realism, and Lepage seems to fit the description -- realistic depictions and mid-19th century. >>sparkit| TALK << 15:27, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

Slime_Volleyball
Hi,

You asked about Slime_Volleyball - I'll explain what happened, hopefully this will answer your question! I'm a bit green, and I think at least one newbie error occured...

I put a Vfd on Daniel_Wedge due to non-notability. In my haste, I commented that Slime_Volleyball should probably go too, blithely assuming it was just something he'd made up. I even went so far as to begin Vfd'ing the Slime_Volleyball page - I quickly realised my action was wholey uncalled for! I manually removed the Vfd of the top of the page, which is perhaps bad form... I assume it was this that drew your attention. Should I have acted differently?

Thanks in advance for any advice! Grayum 21:22, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

Moved over from user page
A huge tool whom thinks he owns this site.
 * —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.64.98.163 (talk • contribs) 05:31, 15 August 2005

Honda
Hello, and thanks for asking. The reason I removed Honda from the Category:Companies of Japan cat is because I placed the entire company category (Category:Honda)as a subcat of CoJ, which had not been done before. I then placed the Honda article as the marquee article of the Honda cat, which is what it should have been. I realize it probably confused a few people, but the whole cat should have been done that way in the first place. Hope that clears things up.--Mitsukai 12:23, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Heh. That's the fun of what happens when the computer gets into stutter-land.  ^_^;;;--Mitsukai 12:33, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

UTF-8
Hi RI - you wrote: ''You may be using an editor that doesn't deal well with UTF-8. Unfortunate things can happen if you do. It's fixed now, but I thought you might want to know.''
 * Thanks for that - back then I was having trouble with my browser (see comments here - for some reason my copy of Mozilla was re-setting its preferences every time I started it up). Must've missed that one. Grutness...  wha?  13:00, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

rv addition of external link
Hi RI. Why did you remove some photos links (Vilfredo Pareto, ...)? It's not spamlinks! It is a good collection of photographies. Please look at them attentively. Vdgr 22:59, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

 * I've got your massage just now. I've understood. Thank you for your answer. But I already insert my links to some pages. I'm sorry. Vdgr

Admins quality
I see your work and wonder why you are not admin. Quality and quantity of your work suggest it. Admin available tools may save some time. If you ever thought about it I would be the first one to nominate you. Pavel Vozenilek 21:09, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * OK, I'll nominate you say a week from now, there are currently many people on WP:RFA to get proper attention. I'll let you know. Pavel Vozenilek

 * Nominated at Requests for adminship/Rl. Please add acceptance and few words about you. Pavel Vozenilek 02:40, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Sorry
Ah, OK, sorry. I just thought it's the only way to get through to him, since he(?)doesn't reply to talk pages, and the vandalism is prolonged. My lastest comment has used the patting technique, as opposed to responding with hostility that has previously been used. The JPS 12:05, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Redundant cats
Hi there RI. You say on my talk page that Category:New Zealand all-rounders is in Category:New Zealand cricketers which in turn is in Category:New Zealand sportspeople, so those two were redundant in Lance Cairns. Categories can indeed be a puzzle. But, regarding Lance Cairns, he is first and foremost a New Zealand sports person and therefore comes under Category:New Zealand sportspeople. There surely has to be a category that we can click on that takes us to every kiwi sportsperson. That was the fundamental rationale for the establishment of categories, with further sub categorisation being broken down into indvidual sport. Another point, in this particular instance, is that Cairns was also a representative golfer (as his article will soon say), not just a cricketer. If we had only one cat to describe him it would logicaly need to be sports person. So I have re-inserted Category:New Zealand sportspeople into the Cairns article. Cheers. Moriori 22:27, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

Image:M alison atkins ark.jpg
The licensing information you provided for that image says "Permission given to show image on Wikipedia". That sounds rather unlikely. Either the image is out of copyright (unfortunately, there's no publication year given), or it is still in copyright and is unfree. Can you clarify? Rl 17:13, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Hi. Well my father owns the original and I took the photo, but also it was painted in 1921 so I believe that puts into the public domain? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Matt.whitby (talk • contribs) 23:14, 17 August 2005

ABB disambig
The objective was to present the various possible beanings in clear manner to expedite the researcher being able to get to the article they were seeking. Please let me know more precisely what prompted your response to me, and what your input on format is. Thanks! Joshbaumgartner 19:10, 2005 August 19 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the comments and help! Joshbaumgartner 16:51, 2005 August 22 (UTC)

Hardy Boys vandalism
I saw your note on Academic Challenger's talk page. I agree with you. If I ran across those links, I'd call them spam. Well-intentioned new-user spam, perhaps, but clearly spam. (Unrelated: What is the 2nd letter of your username?) Joyous  (talk) 17:53, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

Re: Jesse0986
I actually wasn't testing anything; I was showing my little cousin exactly what this site does and what its users can do (he didn't quite understand the concept of open-source editing the way I explained it to him). Apologies for any inconvenience. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jesse0986 (talk • contribs) 19:02, 20 August 2005

Optical disc links
The links I have added to sections related to optical discs (DVD, CD, etc.) contain current and historically relevant material (eg. EMediaLive). Please review them carefully before assuming spam. Thank you. Hugh Bennett 14:51, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Re: Bergies
Feel free to change the style of the article. I was stating facts about bergies as I know them. Obviously this is (hopefully) not the definitive article. Nausea 17:29, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

UTF-8 editing
Thanks for your message regarding UTF-8 editing.

I am already a registered wikipedia user. See: User:Andrew_Sly

I do not have a choice of editor when working from home, using Lynx (web browser).

The only solution I can see for the present is to avoid editing wikipedia, as utf-8 encoded characters will not neccesarily be visible to me.

199.60.222.3 18:34, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Richard Stallman
Thank you for the feedback. Rob Church Talk 19:42, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Your RfA
Thanks for the response both in the RfA itself and on my talk page. I don't particularly doubt your knowledge of policy if you've been around a good length of time, which you have. Of more concern is your interpretation of that policy. You are certainly correct that 100% is a consensus. But it is not, or at least in my opinion should not be, the only consensus. Fixing a hard limit and then feeling bound to would not be appropriate, since you would be expected to exercise judgement. However, that point is somewhat contradicted by the fact that you'd be reluctant to close a contentious VfD. I can also understand not wanting to make like a politician and make promises you don't keep, but it's good to know that an admin candidate has a reasonably clear idea of what/why they'd do with the additional powers and responsibilies. Your answers to the question imply considerable vagueness on that point — vagueness that may or may not exist in fact: it is hard to tell. I have no particular criteria for voting on adminship, and those relatively few candidates I vote on I consider independently of one another. Generally, I like to see good participation in admin-related areas such as VfD/CfD/TfD/SfD as appopriate and a willingness to engage in discussion. A willingness to hunt down the vandals wouldn't go amiss! Do you spend time on RC/NP patrol for example? Your article work is good, and making the awful good is a critical mission round here and I can see that doing that leaves less time for the grunt-work. Then there's the "no big deal" philosophy. My personal take on it is that it should be "no big deal" from where the candidate currently is and I suppose that's the most specific personal guideline I apply to RfA, although I don't have a rigid interpretation of it. In any case, you are hovering around the 80% threshold, so there's a good chance you will make it as the week progresses. Good luck! -Splash 21:55, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Wien
Didn't you know that geographical areas wouldn't be translated? The headline was still in English, besides, there's no problem or disadvantage to know how Vienna is spelled in it's own language, it's a pity that you haven't time for real problems (to correct) in wikipedia. You may have pervers views. Have fun in correcting! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.217.115.112 (talk • contribs) 18:36, 23 August 2005

 * Watch this in other wikipedia sites in different languages, besides it was and it is still taught in school, and the reason why i wrote that in the summary was that i had to wrote something neutral because wikipedia is (should be) international and so in every sector. But i can tell you that other English, French etc. geographical names aren't translated NAMES ARE ALSO NOT TRANSLATED or didn't you know that too? E.g.: New York, London or North Dakota and so on. -- But it is very odd that

english wikipedia sites like Blitzkrieg, Kristallnacht, Das Lied der Deutschen aren't translated in English. I wouldn't bother you but it is reality and the ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA is an exception. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.217.115.112 (talk • contribs) 19:00, 23 August 2005

Links from Individual Hardy Boys Articles
There is a discussion I referenced you (or you might be interested in) at. --PhilipO 16:57, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

High Mass & Sung Mass Articles
Hello. Thanks for the input. The terms really are confusing, especially since they mean different things in different countries. I will be shortly working on an article for Solemn Mass and will eventually be creating some sort of overall Liturgy of the Traditional Latin Rite Mass article. It will, however, be a laborious task. As for the word "aberration", I stand by this word since it is what most authors use to discuss High/Sung Mass, since it was really intended as a make-shift Mass for churches not having the resources to have a Solemn Mass. The Holy See didn't officially approve it till around two hundred years ago, so it can be considered relatively "new". I realize that to-day the word "aberration" has a negative conotation, however there are many words just like that in English that have been slighted just because of a modern connotation that they have taken on. English is a very precise language and has a word for just about everything--no two words mean exactly the same thing. Therefore, I suggest that it is not the words themselves, but the context that should be used to judge whether or not an article has a particular bias. .MiguelJoseErnst August 26, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for the welcome : )
It's perhaps about time that I lent a hand. There is no other resource on the web more comprehensible than your "French Kings" entries, and I've been dipping into it most probably since it began.

Thanks for the "welcome links" - I gave them a read, and will do so in more detail later, but it all looks pretty straightforward. I don't think I'll be writing much to begin with until I get a chance to read through all you have - perhaps my knowledge of the French language (and my collection of French history books) may help you in some way one day. For now I will be more than happy to correct any errors I should find. I also would like to help keep content relevent where my knowledge allows me to. Is it a good practice to warn of changes I would like to make as I did this morning? Or should I just go ahead?

In any case, I was pleased to hear from you, and thank you for your kind message.

Take care,

Josef.

Josefu 16:07:29, 2005-09-01 (UTC)

 * Entendu : )
 * I do have to say that I am a bit confused whether to answer you here or "chez vous" (so I've done both) but thanks for the very helpful tips. Take care.
 * Josefu

Oh, dear. This is what I meant in yesterday's "should I just go ahead".

Alright then, I'll go back and discuss this with the others. I would very much like to find some way to include that content that isn't "tourist-oriented" though. I'll put in a sub-heading now and put those links back until we get this sorted out.

Thanks,

Josefu

 * LOL Half of the reason for my gung-ho-ness this morning was my lack of time. I should be working not playing around with this. I'll save the rest for tonight. Thanks for your kind encouragement but never mind my being discouraged - it's only understandable that, when when the first one sees of another is his striding directly at him with big, bold steps, that his first reaction would be one of defense : )

 * Take care, and have a great day,

 * Josefu

WikiTravel and...
Rl,

Okay, I've put back most all of what I'd removed (though re-arranged and re-titled for clarity - plus I added some missing info). My first-day ordeal is over.

I do have another question though - about WikiTravel. Is it true that they are now an "incompatible" element of Wikipidia, and a separate company with separate copyright laws? I must learn more about that.

While searching on the net just a couple minutes ago for a tidbit concerning the Paris article I found this: http://www.wakkawiki.com/index.php?title=Paris - is this legal? Spam (debt-elimination, loans, etc) links along the top, Google ads to the left and bottom, and he's using a php insert to swipe wiki content direct from the site. It's not the first time I've seen this sort of thing.

Thanks, Take care,

Josefu 18:23:52, 2005-09-02 (UTC)

 * I added a (cough) little note in the Paris discussion page that I hope will make everything clear. I'm beginning to get the "feel" of how things are bantered back and forth so already I feel "much ado about nothing" in much of what I wrote but what the hey. Plus it looks now as though I wrote it for the benefit of only a few. I should have looked at the entire history before. Newbies sure are fun to watch, ain't they? : )

 * I think after this little introductory episode I won't be needing daddy's help any longer (grin), but I must thank you for your support throughout. Near-total freedom (with others) can inspire odd behaviour and takes a bit of getting used to.

 * Thanks and take care,

 * Josefu 09:51:52, 2005-09-03 (UTC)

Flatbread
Thanks for starting the flatbread article. It was something I was meaning to do myself, but you beat me to it. =) Dforest 03:34, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

No problem, and enjoy...
Thank you for your message. It is obscene that your RFA reached no-censensus. It was going so well until the first 'object', and then pack mentality reigned. It is good to see you're taking a break: the wiki will be less stable and of a lesser quality without your contributions. Hopefully you'll return.

There's absolutely no point in me running for RFA. The only functional advantage I'd like is that rollback button. It's a small price to pay, though, for what is a popularity contest. There's a few influential people out there just waiting to get revenge... The JPS 11:46, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Your RfA
Hi Rl, I'm sorry to see your RfA didn't work out, especially because at least some of the oppose votes seem to be based on misunderstandings about things you said. I wish you better luck next time. Keep up the good work! Sietse 11:53, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Your RfA
You're quite welcome; it's a shame it didn't pass. I'll see you next time, though! --Merovingian (t) (c) 12:39, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

No problem. I hope to see you run again soon. Sorry your RFA didn't work out. — Ilγαηερ   (Tαlκ)  13:22, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

You're welcome. It was somewhat disappointing that so many people opposed for reasons I felt to be incorrect. Hopefully next time though. JYolkowski // talk 14:25, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

You're welcome. I know you're saying that you've left, but people can rarely leave Wikipedia for long. I hope you run again sometime. :) Andre ( talk ) 17:19, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Linkspam?!?
R1 - you said "be more specific" than just "some composer pages". I don't know how to be more specific than the last message. GershwinFan.com was listed on the Gershwin site before you removed it. All I did was change the exact title of the site. It is the premiere site on Gershwin and has been linked by numerous magazines and websites, including CNN and other prominent sites. It is even included in textbooks for classrooms! I simply can't understand why on earth it was deleted as being "spam". Composerfan 03:09, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Come back, please
Hey. I don't think you've interacted with me too much, although I've seen your name on the edit history of a couple of articles I read, but please don't leave because of the politics. The Wikipedia community often undervalues it's primary asset; ironically, the Wikipedia community members. I sincerely hope to see you around here again.--Scimitar parley 14:07, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree I have seen your edits but not interacted. You really want to let the idiots win? There is some good stuff on these pages and it will all be undone if dedicated users leave.  Sorry I didn't see the vote otherwise I would have supported.  I agree with your sentiments too.  The way the community panders to repeat offenders seems counter productive.  David D. (Talk) 14:42, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

This can be corrected!
Folks who think Rl is cool, please second here
 *

-- Kim Bruning 05:30, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I should have watchlisted the RfA page. In any case, a Weak Oppose on an RfA is not a vote against an editor.  Robert McClenon 15:38, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Nice to see you back...
Even under such circumstances as an arbcom case (and thanks for your comments); I thought your RfA turned out rather unfairly and it was nice to see your name there. Take care. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:37, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Schwartz und Weiss

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Danzig upholding
Thanks for the help in upholding the Danzig referendum vote for nomenclature. Antman 23:14, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Image tag
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 * Image:East Prussia 1939.JPG

I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status?

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Image:East Prussia 1939.png
I would also like to know where the image Image:East Prussia 1939.png came from. – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 21:54, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)

Voting Warschau/Warsaw
Hi. Since you have edited on pages with disputes about the names of German/polish locations, I would invite you to vote on Warsaw/Vote to settle the multi-year dozends-of-pages dispute about the naming of Warschau/Warsaw and other locations.--Schlesier 08:40, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Gdansk/Vote
Hello! I noticed that you have made a number of recent changes to articles citing Talk:Gdansk/Vote. I want to make you aware that not all of the recent changes have relevance to the vote. Key points of the Vote to me are: According to those clearly defined statements, only Gdańsk/Danzig is listed as a specific city whose name should change throughout an article depending on the time period in question. For all other topics, the relevant historical names should be listed in the intro. I have been changing many articles to follow this template: Frombork (-Polish, German: Frauenburg). Now, I happen to agree that it makes sense for Frombork to be referred to as Frauenburg through most of the article. However, doing so is not the current Wiki naming convention, nor is it supported directly by the Gdansk/Vote. Until a more thorough Vote on naming conventions is made, I feel it is better to discuss such changes on the Talk Page to achieve consensus before changing names abruptly, which frequently leads to revert wars. Tschüß! Olessi 17:07, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * For Gdańsk, use the name Danzig between 1308 and 1945
 * For Gdańsk, use the name Gdańsk before 1308 and after 1945
 * For Gdansk and other locations that share a history between Germany and Poland, the first reference of one name in an article should also include a reference to other names, e.g. Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) or Gdańsk (Danzig). An English language reference that primarily uses this name should be provided on the talk page if a dispute arises.

Template:Babel
Could you consider adding this template to your userpage? It is very helpful in case translators are needed and such.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 15:00, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Your edit to Comenius
At the time of Comenius the city of Elbing (Elbląg) belonged to Poland (which at the time had the official name of Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania). The province of Poland they were in had the official name of Royal Prussia. However, Royal Prussia was not a separete state, unlike the neighbouring Duchy of Prussia, which was dependent on Poland at the time being its fief but were a separate legal entity with its own separate ruler. Therefore writing that Elbing was in Prussia at the time is at minumum ambiguous and certainly strongly misleading, suggesting that the cities belonged to a state named Prussia. For most readers, the name Prussia suggests Kingdom of Prussia which was created in 1701 and came into possession of Elbing only during the Partitions of Poland in 1772. Comenius, on the other hand, lived between 1572 and 1670 when both cities belonged to Poland. Therefore the formula "Elbing (Elbląg) in Royal Prussia, a province of Poland" is not only completely true but conveys maximum amount of formation in a short text. The same argument goes for Danzig/Gdańsk, also mentioned in the article. Please do not change any of them as it would go against the established historical facts. Thank you. Friendly Neighbour 18:21, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Dear Schwartz und Weiss, I noticed the incorrect statement sent to you 6 Sep 2006 about Comenius in Elbing etc. FN is trying to pass his opinion off as historical facts, while the actual historical facts are constantly removed from wikipedia articles by a group of people, sample at Elbląg. Also compare the ENglish wikipedia version to the DE for some more accuracy.

The EN wikipedia is full of inaccuracies forced by same group, who is trying to change factual history to their version of extreme POV. Please take some time to look at the external links provided by me in the Comenius discussion and the 71.. user page. There you will also find Space Cadet posting as 'proof' google Comenius Elblag versions. When one bothers to look down the bottom, one can find out that they are wikipedia mirror sites, which SC even admits to.

I suggested several times to Friendly Neighbor, to read sources other than wikipedia entries for correct historical accounts but he instead used Space Cadets extreme POV. He re-inserted the statement From 1642-1648 he (Comenius) went to Elbing (Elbląg) in Polish Royal Prussia..

I will not get into further discussion, but I just wanted to point out this one incorrect wikipedia entry on Comenius in Elbing, which unfortunately is only one of thousands of deliberately incorrect wikipedia articles dealing with countries and people east of the Oder Neisse. Labbas 15 September 2006

--

 * I warn you that I suspect this is a sockpuppet account of User:71.137.207.147. In case you start to use it to wage a revert war, I'll have to ask the Wikipedia administrators to check whether both the accounts are operated from the same IP numbers. Please feel warned. Friendly Neighbour 18:45, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Friendly Neighbor
Dear Schwartz und Weiss,

I can't know for sure whether you're innocent, but I will assume so because the user called paradoxically "Friendly neighbour" has been harrassing me, without any reason, as well. He has infiltrated our private discussion with another user and started to spam my talk page with absurd speculations about physics and with accusations about my hypothetical Asperger syndrome.

If you have more problems with that user, let me know, and we may try to look how to solve this problem.

Best wishes, Lubos --Lumidek 21:03, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Jogaila
Sorry about my wording. It was careless on my part. However, a change like you made to Jogaila is something that would cause a lot of controversy and should be discussed on Talk:Jogaila first. This is a very sensitive article and I can see I wasn't sensitive to your feelings on it. Sorry. Leo1410 18:35, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I should really stop getting myself involved with this article.  There are lots of editors with much stronger feelings about it than mine.  I'm just a fan of that period of history. Leo1410 18:44, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Alsace
Hey

I just wanna warn you that Alsace is french, and it used to be some days a part of the German Empire... but there is quite a while, and since the Napoléonic wars, Alsacians are more attracted to France than to Germany.

I'm an Alsacian and I'm living in this land for ever, all my ancestor since the year 1512 are alsacian... so I know more than you about Alsace's History. So trust me, Alsace righfuly belongs to France.

Thx Bye

Paris75000 22:40, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

August Cardinal Hlond
Hi Schwartz und Weiss,

I want to follow up with you about your edits to August Cardinal Hlond. The text in this article read:

"Most Rev. Maximilian Kaller is one of the bishops who were removed from their dioceses at this time, deported to West Germany, died and is now in process of beatification."

It was changed to:

"Most Rev. Maximilian Kaller is one of the bishops who was removed from his dioceses and deported to West Germany. Kaller is now in process of beatification."

You reverted this edit with the comment "Grammar and logic send their regards"

Before you go applying your own brand of grammar and sarcasm to other articles on wikipedia, I wanted to go over an aspect of English grammar with you:

Which of these sentences is generally correct:

- One of the boys is here

- One of the boys are here

It's the first sentence, because the subject is not "boys", but "one". "One takes a singular verb.

So when you write that: Kaller is one of the bishops who (was/were) removed, then you need to say that "who".

Let me know if you have any questions, but please don't change this text again.

Craig.borchardt 3 March 2007

"Dear "Expert", The "boy" examples are simple sentences, while the "Hlond" line is a complex sentence consisting of an independent clause and a subordinate clause. I know it's all new to you and you must feel overwhelmed, but try this simple experiment: whenever you're not sure what the subject of the subordinate clause is, try inserting a numeral:

"Most Rev. Maximilian Kaller is one of the three bishops who was removed from his diocese and deported to West Germany.

No!

"Most Rev. Maximilian Kaller is one of the three bishops who were removed from their dioceses and deported to West Germany.

Yes!

Get it? Great! No? Too bad. Just don't change this text again.

Happy editing. Schwartz und Weiss 21:57, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

It's me again. My girlfriend [who is a high school teacher (social studies)] told me: "Give that moron a simpler example like: One of those who were deported. versus One of those who was(?) deported. Otherwise he'll never get it and you will have another revert war." Although I disagree with her on her choice of words describing your intelectual capacity, her syntax example seems impeccable to me. Schwartz und Weiss 22:35, 3 March 2007 (UTC)"

 * Schwartz und Weiss,

Hello. I want you to know that I had a chance to look over the sentence again, and I can see that I was wrong. I made a mistake. These things happen. I clearly looked at the sentence too quickly. I also hope that none of my comments were seen as a personal attack. I apologize if they were.

Craig.borchardt 4 March 2007

Historical Eastern Germany
Perhaps you'd be interested in this:Talk:Historical_Eastern_Germany. -- Hrödberäht (gespräch) 05:10, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

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John Erskine (educator)

John Erskine (October 5, 1879 – June 2, 1951) was an American educator and author, pianist and composer. He was an English professor at Amherst College from 1903 to 1909, followed by Columbia University from 1909 to 1937. He was the first president of the Juilliard School of Music. During his tenure at Columbia University he formulated the General Honors Course—responsible for inspiring the influential Great Books movement. He published over 100 books, novels, criticism, and essays including his most important essay, The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent (1915).

Early life and education
Erskine was born in New York City, New York, the son of Eliza Jane (née Hollingsworth) and James Morrison Erskine. and raised in Weehawken, New Jersey. He graduated from Columbia University, B.A., 1900, M.A. 1901 and Ph.D., 1903 and D.Litt. 1929, besides D.Litt. degree from Amherst in 1923.

Career
Erskine was English professor at Amherst College from 1903 to 1909, and subsequently taught at Columbia University from 1909 to 1937. In 1910, he led foundation of the Boar's Head Society for literature. In 1920, he instituted Columbia College's General Honors Course, a two-year undergraduate seminar that would later help inspire "Masterworks of Western Literature," now known commonly as "Literature Humanities," the second component of Columbia College's Core Curriculum. This course taught the classics in translation instead of the original Latin or Greek, a concept he elaborated in his noted essay The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent. He found little support for the course from the senior faculty, and junior faculty members like Mark Van Doren and later after 1923, Mortimer Adler took up sections of the course. This course would later go on to inspire the Great Books movement, centered on the Great Books of the Western World. The course was discontinued in 1928, though later reconstituted. In 1929, Adler left Columbia to join University of Chicago, where he continued to work on the theme with Robert Hutchins, president of the university. Together they subsequently went on to found the Great Books of the Western World program and the Great Books Foundation.

Erskine co-wrote the 1900 Varsity Show at Columbia, writing the musical score for The Governor's Vrouw (1900), a two-act comic opera by Henry Sydnor Harrison and poet Melville Cane, who also wrote the lyrics. He won the Butler Medal in 1919. During his career Erskine published over 100 books, though as a writer he first received acclaim with his novel The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1925). This novel was made into a silent film by the same the name in 1927, directed by Alexander Korda. Other films based on his works included A Lady Surrenders (1930) by John M. Stahl, Bachelor of Arts (1934) by Louis King and The President's Mystery (1936) directed by Phil Rosen. The 1956 biopic of French noblewoman Diane de Poitiers entitled Diane was based on his story with a screenplay by Christopher Isherwood. He was also the author of numerous publications, including several humorous novels retelling myths and legends, besides essays, criticism, and two volumes of autobiography. These included Penelope's Man and Adam and Eve, Though He Knew Better.

Erskine was also an accomplished composer, pianist and musician. He wrote several books of music and the libretto for George Antheil's opera Helen Retires (1931), which was based on The Private Life of Helen of Troy. He was the first president of the Juilliard School of Music from 1928 to 1937. He was also director of the Metropolitan Opera Association, which runs the Metropolitan Opera, a noted opera company based in New York City.

Erskine is also credited with writing the subtitles for a number of films, including Sacha Guitry's Le Roman d'un tricheur (The Story of a Cheat) in 1938, Marcel Pagnol's The Baker's Wife in 1940 and Mario Camerini's The Spirit and the Flesh, an adaptation of Alessandro Manzoni's classic novel The Betrothed, in 1948.

To commemorate the seven hundredth anniversary of Roger Bacon, Erskine wrote A Pageant of the Thirteenth Century, a biographical play which was produced at Columbia University and published as a book by Columbia University Press in 1914. The Archives and Special Collections at Amherst College holds a collection of his papers. In 1946 he served as the first chairman of the American Writers Association.

Personal life
He was married twice, to Pauline Ives (m. 1910–1945) and Helen Worden Erskine (m. 1946–1951). With his wife Pauline (Ives), he was the grandfather of actress Lindsay Crouse and the great-grandfather of actress Zosia Mamet. He died on June 2, 1951, in New York at the age of 71. Erskine Place, a street in Co-op City in the New York City borough of The Bronx, was named after him.

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Rmherman,

Thanks for all the additional info! But I disagree about something you state as a fact. I thought we could hash it out here.

Based on the info in the 9/11 report, you claim that Abdulaziz al-Omari actually did all these things, and you removed the caveats that it might have been someone using that name. It seems possible to me, but far from certain, that there were two Saudis named Abdulaziz al-Omari with the same birthdate, when the "real" one had had his passport stolen years earlier. It seems more likely to me that the hijacker who called himself Abdulaziz al-Omari had a different birth name, and began using that identity after he received al-Omari's passport (possibly to erase suspicious information about his past, although that's just speculation.)

Anyway, I don't think it's accurate to say that al-Omari did these things, when it seems reasonable that someone using the name al-Omari did it. (I know this is bordering a philosophical debate -- if someone calls himself "Joe Blow", and has no other known name, is that really his name now?) But I think we should at least include the fact that that may not be the hijackers real name.

Now none of what I'm saying is valid if your statement is correct: "This individual was also not the same as the hijacker whose identity was later confirmed by Saudi government interviews with his family." But you don't provide a source, and I hadn't heard that before.

This is similar to the changes you made on Waleed al-Shehri, but that's a different case, and I'll look into that tomorrow.

Quadell (talk) 20:49, Jul 26, 2004 (UTC)
 * Well in a big world almost anything is possible. But why should we think that scenario is reasonable (more so than the Jews did it one, the U.S. did it to themselves, etc.) The facts presented are based on the 9/11 commission report which claims to be based on Saudi interviews with the families of hijackers. I haven't read the whole report yet but I have yet seen anywhere where it dicusses possible misidentification of the hijackers. It would have been the sort of mistake they would have loved to roast the FBI for making. All of the misidentification stuff I have read through dates back to days or weeks after the attack when we knew little and several mistakes in identification really were made which were subsequently corrected. Rmhermen 18:46, Jul 27, 2004 (UTC)
 * I would suspect that the 1972 birthdate is actually that of the other al-Omari and was one of those initial mistakes. However the 9/11 report doesn't give ages except to say all the muscle hijackers were between 20 - 28 years old - meaning either date could be correct. Travelling under their own actual names seem to be a signature of this plot with at least two people having to be replaced when they couldn't get into the country (bin alshibh and al Khatani) and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has, according to the report, said that the hijackers were chosen because of the lack of criminal records or experience in forgeign jihad. (Although that might have been a quote from Tawfiq bin Attash). Rmhermen 18:56, Jul 27, 2004 (UTC)

This article says that the information the FBI released – including name, date of birth, country of origin, and occupation – matched an innocent person (whose passport was previously stolen), but the picture was of someone else (presumably the actual hijacker). For a thorough (if conspiratorial) summary of the evidence of mistaken identities, see here. Obviously, the 9/11 Commission has seen things we haven't, and they report that all the hijackers used their own identities. But that doesn't necessarily make it true. There's still room for a reasonable doubt, in my opinion. Quadell (talk) 19:04, Aug 2, 2004 (UTC)

"Only two photographs are known to exist of him in the U.S." I like how the article says this, yet it shows three different pictures of him.

 * He's not in the U.S. in the first picture. The two photos of him in the U.S. are shown. But I see how it's confusing. (It's not the two photographs that are in the U.S.; it's the settings.) – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 18:07, May 10, 2005 (UTC)

Want to move this to Alomari, since it has 2000% more google hits, any objections? Sherurcij (talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject) 04:31, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm not sure I object, really, but see Naming conventions (Arabic) and the accompanying talk page. – Quadell (talk) (bounties) 13:34, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

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Geniocracy

Geniocracy is the framework for a system of government which was first proposed by Raël (leader of the International Raëlian Movement) in 1977 and which advocates a certain minimal criterion of intelligence for political candidates and also the electorate.

Definition
The term geniocracy comes from the word genius, and describes a system that is designed to select for intelligence and compassion as the primary factors for governance. While having a democratic electoral apparatus, it differs from traditional liberal democracy by instead suggesting that candidates for office and the body electorate should meet a certain minimal criterion of problem-solving or creative intelligence. The thresholds proposed by the Raëlians are 50% above the mean for an electoral candidate and 10% above the mean for an elector. Notably, if the distribution of intelligence is assumed to be symmetric (as it is for the IQ), this would imply that the majority of population has no right to vote.

Justifying the method of selection
This method of selectivity is deliberate so as to address what the concept considers to be flaws in the current systems of democracy. The primary object of criticism is the inability of majoritarian consensus to provide a reasonable platform for intelligent decision-making for the purpose of solving problems permanently. Geniocracy's criticism of this system is that the institutions of democracy become more concerned with appealing to popular consensus through emotive issues than they are in making long-term critical decisions, especially those that may involve issues that are not immediately relevant to the electorate. It asserts that political mandate is something that is far too important to simply leave to popularity, and asserts that the critical decision-making that is required for government, especially in a world of globalization, cannot be based upon criteria of emotive or popular decision-making. In this respect, geniocracy derides liberal democracy as a form of "mediocracy". In a geniocracy, Earth would be ruled by a worldwide geniocratic government.

Agenda
Part of the geniocratic agenda is to promote the idea of a world government system, deriding the current state-system as inadequate for dealing with contemporary global issues that are typical of globalisation, such as environmentalism, social justice, human rights, and the current economic system. In line with this, geniocracy proposes a different economic model(where it is given a name called Humanitarianism in the book Intelligent Design: Message from the Designers).

Response to criticism
As a response to its controversial attitudes about selectivity, one of the more general responses is to point out that universal suffrage, the current system, already discriminates to some degree and varyingly in different countries as to who is allowed to vote. Primarily, this discrimination is against women, minority racial groups, refugees, immigrants, minority religious groups, minority ethnic groups, minors, elderly people, those living in poverty and homelessness, incarcerated and previously incarcerated people, and the mentally or physically incapacitated. This is on the basis that their ability to contribute to the decision-making process is either flawed or invalid for the purpose of the society.

Status
The current difficulty in the ideas of geniocracy is that the means of assessing intelligence are ill-defined. One idea offered by Raël in Geniocracy is to have specialists such as psychologists, neurologists, ethnologists, etc., perfect or choose among existing ones, a series of tests that would define each person's level of intelligence. They should be designed to measure intellectual potential rather than accumulation of knowledge.

Some argue other components deemed necessary for a more rounded understanding of intelligence include concepts like emotional intelligence. As such, geniocracy's validity cannot really be assessed until better and more objective methods of intelligence assessment are made available.

The matter of confronting moral problems that may arise is not addressed in the book Geniocracy; many leaders may be deeply intelligent and charismatic (having both high emotional/social intelligence and IQ) according to current means of measuring such factors, but no current scientific tests are a reliable enough measure for one's ability to make humanitarian choices (although online tests such as those used by retail chains to select job applicants may be relevant).

The lack of scientific rigour necessary for inclusion of geniocracy as properly testable political ideology can be noted in number of modern and historical dictatorships as well as oligarchies. Because of the controversies surrounding geniocracy, Raël presents the idea as a classic utopia or provocative ideal and not necessarily a model that humanity will follow.

Democratically defined regions
The author of Geniocracy recommends (though does not necessitate) a world government with 12 regions. Inhabitants would vote for which region they want to be part of. After the regions are defined, they are further divided into 12 sectors after the same principle of democracy is applied. While sectors of the same region are defined as having equal numbers of inhabitants, the regions themselves may have different levels of population, which would be proportional to its voting power.

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Prince Kuhio Federal Building

The Prince Kūhiō Federal Building, formally the Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaole Federal Building and United States Courthouse, is the official seat of the United States federal government and its local branches of various agencies and departments in the state of Hawaii. Its address is 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850.

The building was completed in 1977 with a total of 929,857 sqft of working space. It houses the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, the United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Honolulu Division), the offices of Hawaii's U.S. Senators, the offices of Hawaii's U.S. Representatives for Hawaii's 1st congressional district and Hawaii's 2nd congressional district, and branch offices of the United States Secret Service, United States Probation and Pretrial Services System, Department of Homeland Security, United States Department of Justice, Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, among other entities.

The building was named after Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, heir to the throne of the overthrown Kingdom of Hawaii, who served as Republican territorial delegate to the United States Congress from 1903 through 1922. It was built on part of the former US Army Fort Armstrong, which was named for Samuel C. Armstrong (1839–1893), son of Hawaiian missionaries. Across Ala Moana Boulevard is the Aloha Tower at the Honolulu harbor. Other parts of Fort Armstrong became a container terminal for military supplies.

The Prince Kūhiō Building was constructed to replace the aging Federal Court, Customs House and Post Office building fronting ʻIolani Palace and adjacent to Aliiōlani Hale which had been built in 1922 and expanded in 1931. After being mostly vacant, the old building was renovated and put up for sale. The old building was given back to the state of Hawaii and was renamed the King David Kalākaua Building in December 2003.

Construction of the Prince Kūhiō Federal Building was not without controversy. The General Services Administration wanted a simple tall office tower, while local architects argued for a building more appropriate to Hawaii. Statutes provided that all buildings between the shoreline and the foot of Punchbowl Crater could not be taller than the Hawaii State Capitol. The federal government, not legally limited by local statutes, defied the statutes and constructed the building as the tallest structure in the path of the capitol building's view of the shoreline. The complex includes ten stories of offices (including a penthouse level), connected by an enclosed bridge to a six-story courthouse building (including basement).

The Prince Kūhiō Federal Building was designed by Joseph G.F. Farrell's firm Architects Hawaii. Other government buildings designed by the firm include the capitol building of Palau, which opened in 2006. The building was selected for $121 million of renovations as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The plan is to make the building more efficient by upgrading its mechanical, electrical, fire-safety, and plumbing systems. It had already been cited as an efficient building by the Energy Star program. Traces of asbestos were discovered during the first phase. The second phase of construction was approved in March 2011.

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Decatur Island

Decatur Island is one of the San Juan Islands in Washington state, USA, located just east of Lopez Island across Lopez Sound and just south of Blakely Island across Thatcher Pass. Named by the Wilkes Expedition in 1841 for naval officer Stephen Decatur, it is 3.524 square miles (9.127 km²) in area.

History
A post office called Decatur was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1969.

There is a school for kindergarten through eighth grade. The 2000 census reported a resident population of 71 persons.

Parks and recreation
There is a private nine-hole rustic golf course, Memorial Day to Labor Day there is a farmer's market each Saturday at the country store. James Island State Park is just to the east of the island.

Infrastructure
There are no public facilities other than one public boat ramp in Davis Bay on the east side of the island. The San Juan Preservation Trust allows public day-use of their property on the southern tip of the island.

There is no Washington State Ferry service to Decatur; access is by private boat or plane. The airport on Decatur Island is private, for residents of the Decatur Shores community only. All other persons wishing to use the airport must obtain prior permission from the community. Paraclete Charter Service and Island Express Charters provide passenger-only ferry service to Decatur from Anacortes. Northwest Sky Ferry provides air service from Bellingham, Washington. Island Transport operates a ferry/barge, transporting cargo and vehicles from Skyline Marina in Anacortes to the public boat ramp.

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Richard Dortch

Richard W. Dortch (October 15, 1931 – June 15, 2011) was an Assemblies of God District Superintendent for Illinois (1970–83) and an Assemblies of God Executive Presbyter (1971–1985). Born in Granite City, Illinois, Dortch served as a pastor early in his ministerial career, and was also a missionary to Belgium (1959–1964), where he helped found and lead Emmanuel Bible Institute in Andrimont.

While pastoring in Alton, Illinois, in 1967, Dortch was elected as secretary-treasurer for the Illinois district of the Assemblies of God and served until 1970. He then was elected to serve as Illinois District Superintendent, a position that he held until he resigned in 1983 to work at PTL.

He became Executive Vice President of the PTL Christian evangelical television network in 1983, a network typically featuring speakers affiliated with the Pentecostal movement.

In 1988 he, along with other executives of PTL, was indicted on federal charges of fraud and conspiracy. In a plea bargain, Dortch pleaded guilty to reduced charges and was sentenced to eight years in prison, later cut to two and a half years. His ministry credentials were restored by the Assemblies of God in 1991.

Dortch wrote several books about personal integrity and restoration. Until just prior to his death he hosted a long-standing two- to three-hours prayer service called "America's Prayer Meeting" on the Christian Television Network.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heads Up! It's Portland

This is a promotional video sold to advertise the benefits of Portland, Oregon. From what I can see, the text of this article is copied from the back of the packaging box. However, no matter how hard I try, I can't think of how to rewrite the present text to justify an article about this video.

And I honestly doubt "few people" know about the origin of Portland's name -- I wouldn't be surprised that it's one of 2 bits of trivia anyone who has heard of Portland knows. (The other beng the fact that the guy in the "Expose yourself to Art" poster is former mayor Bud Clark.) -- llywrch 21:01, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * the article doesn't make it clear which Portland it's talking about (apart from not being the one in Maine). My atlas lists about a dozen Portlands, not being a USian I have no idea on this one. If in doubt delete though. --Ianb 20:52, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * If you care, EMA Productions seems to be located in Oregon and specializes in videos about Oregon, and the Lovejoy/Pettygrove story refers to Portland, Oregon. Dpbsmith 01:44, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Delete. Promotional. Does not convey any significant information. The story about Lovejoy and Pettygrove is already in the Portland, Oregon article. The only other information it conveys is the existence of this non-notable video. Dpbsmith 01:44, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: Bad advice, too.  If you stick your head up, someone will punch you.  (Advertising, commentary on a non-notable video.)  Geogre 02:29, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, though salvage the bit about where its name came from and add it onto the Portland, Oregon page if it isn't there already (perhaps I should have checked?). Its an interesting fact, if hardly a big secret. -R. fiend 05:23, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Nevermind; its there. Delete. -R. fiend 05:26, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Delete, advert. Rdsmith4 | Talk 05:34, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Ugh.  Imagine the horror if we had articles for every promotional or instructional video on here.  Postdlf 05:58, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
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