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User talk:WhisperToMe/Archive1

This is an archive of comments from January 2004 to September 2004. --- I have updated the Dubai talk page.Thankyou for your interest.andycjp

CMNI in NANP?
The list of countries you added to North American Numbering Plan includes CMNI ... it's not on the member list on NANPA's Web site, as far as I can tell; in fact, I can't even figure out what country/region/territory it is! Could you enlighten me? - DavidWBrooks 16:55, 12 Jan 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the quick response. Do you know what CMNI stands for - what it is? I'm stumped. (Just curious.) DavidWBrooks 02:18, 13 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Washington, DC
I noticed that you were the one who added the picture of the flag. Thanks, but since both the flag and the page have a white background, some kind of marking of the flag's border would be nice, if there's a way to do it. I'm not fluent in the image field. As is, the image is kind of confusing. Meelar 05:32, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)
 * Wow, that was quick. Thank you. Meelar

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Not sure how this talk thing works, but if this is Whispertome, what's the deal with you changing the Japanese History page back to what I assume you originally wrote all the time? Looking at the page history this seems to be what's going on.

Hi! You're the only other young (my age-ish) Wikipedian I've met so far! --Merovingian 18:35, Jan 17, 2004 (UTC)

East Texas Article
I am curious as to the the meaning of your comment on your first edit of the East Texas article. Where did the article, or I, imply or state that Marshall was the most influential city in East Texas? - JCarriker 2:35, Jan 24, 2004 (UTC)

 * I have added a response to your post on my talk page. I posted on my talk page rather than yours because of it's length.
 * - JCarriker 4:22, Jan 26, 2004 (UTC)

Great Pics
Those landsat images are incredible - especially the large ones : Philly and Toronto. mydogategodshat 07:26, 4 Feb 2004 (UTC)

History of Athens
Could you have a look at Talk:History of Athens? --mav 09:59, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Qutb Minar image
Hi, Just for your information, I have removed the Qutb Minar image that you had added in New Delhi because it is not in New Delhi. However, I have not orphaned the image- there is a wanted article on Qutb Minar and I have added it there KRS 03:37, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Mohammad Mandela?
Can you explain why you made all the pages related to Mohammad Mandela? No google hits for that term. Fuzheado 03:53, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)

 * I just picked up on that sentence, but am not sure of its accuracy. Can you provide a reference? I tried Google searching for it and no results for it.   Fuzheado 04:05, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)

 * It seems like such a major (and surprising) point, that I've deleted it for now since we cannot find positive proof. I think it may have been mixed up from some other bio. Thanks. Fuzheado 05:51, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)

--- Dear Whisper: Hi! I just read your comment on Puerto Rico. While Puerto Rico is in free association with the United States, key word here being with, whether Puerto Rico is part of the USA or not is so highly debatable, we'd have to look into everything basically.

Most Puerto Ricns, including many among those who vote for the statehood party (and this position I cant explain myself, cause it has no logic) do not identify themselves as American but Puerto Rican. Whether Puerto Rico is the USA or not, it really depends on the person's point of view as shown by   votes during the 1990s to see peoples preferences,although it shall be said that the free associated state's ideals won by close margin on those two convocatories.

I myself consider my nationality to be Puerto Rican, not American. The pride of being Puerto Rican is just like the pride of Mexicans, for example, to be born there, British, etc etc.

We have sovereignity in the sports world, and our government can choose which companies to work with but heres the glitch, again as so far as those companies arent from Cuba, Iran or American enemies, because, like you said, Puerto Rico is still tied to the states by a paper, contract or whatever the Jones act was. Puerto Ricans also can execute their own laws, although the police department works as a state department not a country department.

Puerto Rico's governor is ensured Secret Service watch when visiting the United States, just as any president from another nation, although partly because the President recognizes that the security of Puerto Rico's governor is at risk because of all the Puerto Ricans who might be potential supporters of other parties and thus, enemies and who live here in the USA.

Most Latin American Presidents, when speaking of Puerto Rico, refer to it as a pais (country) rather than a state of the union.

See, although we are an area of the United States, we arent the United States. Or so say many. This is one of the most difficult, and debatable, things to talk about in history, other than the notorious robberies in some boxing matches that were closefights and people argued for decades who really won, other than Maradona's hand of God and war talk...lol! I dont know. Myself, Id like to see one encyclopedia that recognizes Puerto Rico as a country rather than a state. But then again thats my own POV and like I said, its highly debatable. Figure this one out: While Puerto Ricans fight for the USAin military combat, Puerto Ricans (and some international figures) drove the military out of Vieques! So the debate is one that goes on and on and on and on...

Well, that said thanks for your letter I enjoyed your point of view and I hope we can collaborate on more projects soon!

God bless you!

Sincerely yours, Antonio Coqui Boricua Martin

Paris Hilton
My main complaint with the Rotten link is that it's kind of flimsy about actually relating to the topic. The whole article is about the tape, and really doesn't inform the reader about anything revolving Paris that wasn't already clarified in the article, unless you consider a review of someone's sexual performance a reference. I feel it qualifies more as simple gossip, which for the most part really doesn't belong on Wikipedia. Sarge Baldy 21:46, Feb 21, 2004 (UTC)

Itami
Hello, I'm interested in your contribution on Itami. It's fun for me a young Texan dropped a note in such a place. Have you ever been in Itami? Just Curious. KIZU 07:03, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Wow:) Then if you have a chance to go outsides, recall me :) KIZU

For Japanese names, go to see Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Japanese). A long long long discussion is going there. --Nanshu 03:03, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Hi - adding entries to the list of national leaders is not a minor edit! Secretlondon 23:12, 6 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Whisper, I hate to be unpleasant, but if you want to edit articles such as History of the Middle East, you are really going to have to improve your English (if it is not your first language) or your English expression (if it is). Quite apart from the fact that I didn't agree with the way you were editing the article, your edits were consistently ungrammatical and poorly expressed. Adam 08:49, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Whisper, your hard ban notice at User:Bird asks people to "see User talk:Bird for details", but there really aren't any details there, just more of Bird's rants. Was your link supposed to point somewhere else? Just curious. :-) Jwrosenzweig 17:22, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)

 * Also, isn't a "hard ban" supposed to come from Jimbo or the Arbitration Committee? My temporary 72-hour block expires right around now... --Uncle Ed 19:22, 12 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Main page wikification
Keep links relevant to the context! (main page). We had a discussion some time back about removing some of the links in the info paragraph, to make it less cluttered. Now the links have all crept back, one by one. Please consider reverting your main page edit. (If anything, Jan 15 should link to Wikipedia day, but we'd rather not have any of those wikifications). — Sverdrup 11:44, 20 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Osaka, Osaka
Since Ôsaka is spelled おおさか in Japanese and not おうさか, I'm pretty sure that Ousaka is wrong no matter what romanization scheme one uses. A quick google search reveals that "ousaka" gets 4,000 hits to "oosaka"'s 28,000. Unless you know something I don't, there's no reason to list ousaka as an accepted spelling. Words with o-u spellings in Japanese can be romanized to "ou" or "oo" depending on one's scheme, but o-o words should only be romanized to "oo."

Emirates A340 pic
Hi! This matter is not hugely important but I did wonder why you added a copyright pic (Emirates) to the Airbus A340 article that already contained four public domain pics. Three of them happen to be my own photographs taken at London (Heathrow) but that?s not relevant. Copyright photos are not a good idea if PD pics are available because it is possible that one day all copyright pics will be removed and only PD pics allowed. Also four pics is quite enough for users with slow connections. I guess the photographer will be very offended if it?s removed so I?ll leave it there, but be aware that someone else might take it away one day. Best Wishes, Adrian. PS I've just noticed that the size of the Emirates pic is 251K, much too big for a slow connection, it's really important to keep to 100K or less. The loss of quality won't be noticeable. Adrian Pingstone 09:38, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC)

If you continue to make hundreds of redirects, move Japanese city articles to "{city}, {prefecture}" first. I don't like the repetition of link fixes. --Nanshu 23:07, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Hi, I have a request for you if you pop by mIRC. Danny 03:20, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Roman Colosseum modern picture
Is this picture PD or GFDL or GNU* ? Greudin

What's teh next state? Danny 14:24, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Kyiv
Why are you redirecting Kyiv to Kiev? If you look on other similar examples on Wikipedia you will see that official/native forms are used. Look at Talk:Kyiv, and get it back to Kyiv. --Inhvar 09:41, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Greater Los Angeles Area
WhisperToMe, I'm planning on removing the map you added to Greater Los Angeles Area. It's a nice map and I appreciate your effort, but it seems to be misleading people. Greater Los Angeles Area is not an official government term. I see that until 2003 the US Census Bureau designated a Metropolitan Statistical Area with those five counties, but it's not the same as the article's title. Maybe a map of California with a fuzzy blob around Los Angeles would be more illustrative. Or perhaps a satellite photo highlighting the urbanized areas (The photo at Los Angeles doesn't cover quite enough territory). Mackerm 22:01, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I did notice that some Wikipedia authors have written down that definition, but it's not an official term, and I've never heard it used that way (and I live here). It looks like somebody went to the United States metropolitan area page and put "The Southland" in the "other names" column for convenience, and others thought it was synonymous with the Census statistical area. The Census bureau's policy is to follow county boundaries, but really, most of the area is totally unpopulated. Nobody would say the desert just west of Las Vegas is part of Greater Los Angeles. Mackerm 22:48, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)

People call it all sorts of things, and have defined it in all sorts of ways. Take your pick. But by using the same sort of map used by the List of counties in California it looks like an official designation, which it isn't. Mackerm 23:08, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Hi, could you please list Template:Arkansas in all the right places. Thanks. Danny 02:24, 23 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Hi. What do you know about the Black Prairie in Texas? Danny

Hi, I was just checking the additions you made to the city pages for Pakistan. I was sortof thinking that putting info solely on terrorist activity would seem right on those pages since such info should be part of the current events section of the whole wikipedia. Because this method would subliminally make it seem as if these cities are harbouring terrorists.

Point taken and accepted. Although I might add a bit to that page as well. aala hazrat 09:44, 2004 Apr 25 (UTC)

Wanna do some states? Danny 20:22, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * Should have SC ready later this evening. jaknouse 23:19, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Can you please make sure Nevada and North and South Carolina are listed. Thanks Danny 00:18, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Can I ask why you're using User:WhisperToMe as a talk page? I nearly rolled back a change to it, thinking I was doing you a favor. Best, Meelar 01:14, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the notes on Operation Bojinka.

According to my dictionaries, "proctor" doesn't mean "make happen", it's "supervise". Thanks for rewriting that paragraph, it's very clear now. Tempshill 20:11, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC)

"bin Laden" is indeed Osama's family name (or patronym, more precisely): it means "son of Laden". See http://www.arab.net/arabnames/ for more info on the Arab naming conventions and http://www.interpol.int/public/Wanted/Notices/Data/1998/32/1998_20232.asp for how it applies to OBL specifically. -- ChrisO 10:07, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Just a note to say that your contributions on terrorism, the Middle East and associated subjects are right on the money and praiseworthy for their NPOV. Anjouli 09:49, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for properly formatting my Diddlers.info section in shock sites.

Thank you for clearing up some bad page-setting on the Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold page. Much appreciated - JKnight

Given the huge number of counties you're going to be dealing with (250?), maybe List of schools in Texas should be broken down into separate pages for each county, such as List of schools in Dallas County, Texas. The main page can link to the others, and could also explain the systems of organization across the state. MisfitToys

Regarding your note to me on List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by location - True, that page lists locations; but you have to keep going back and forth between lists on different pages if you're not precisely sure which event you're looking for. The list by locations doesn't show years, and the chronological list doesn't note locations. MisfitToys 01:05, Apr 30, 2004 (UTC)

Poll: New York City
You expressed interest in the name of the New York City article on its Talk page. Could you please vote in the poll there? Thank you. --Lowellian 00:03, May 2, 2004 (UTC)

Shock sites
Are you sure that we really need all that much information on "Last Measure"? There's considerable debate on whether smallish websites really deserve articles, and this seems like a one-person job (Ytmnd got the thumbs-down just now), and the information seems to be added by the person who wrote it, to boot. (I removed the stuff about WP's images on the basis of Avoid self-references) Paullusmagnus 01:52, 7 May 2004 (UTC)
 * I didn't realize you had written that part of the article. I noticed that the person who claims to have written the popup-blocking-bypassing for that site had edited that page, but I wasn't able to quickly figure out when it had been added.  Anyways, do we really need to know all that information?  I know that Wiki is not paper, but it seems to be cluttering up the article.  I think that mentioning that it uses Javascript to wrest control from the user and accomplish various annoying things would be enough.  At least we don't need to know what it displays for the credits, and what the source code says about its development.  Paullusmagnus 02:18, 7 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. Could you mention it on WP:VP?  I am going to sleep now.  Paullusmagnus 03:28, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

Rumsfeld with Hussein and learning
Hi there, saw you had the same idea as I had. 172 for some reason deleted our image, I put it back. I saw you have computer skills and like foreign languages, so I wondered if you would be interested in a project I am starting. Please check my page and let me know. Get-back-world-respect 00:27, 10 May 2004 (UTC)

New York County, etc
Huh? Others have said that "New York, New York" is used only to refer to Manhattan. Brooklyn is "Brooklyn, New York", and Queens (and maybe the Bronx) has various different post office city names used. john 05:18, 14 May 2004 (UTC)

I think you're assuming that postal addresses in the nineteenth century conformed to present day usage. At any rate, nobody has said that "New York, New York" refers or referred to New York County. We've said it refers to Manhattan. john 05:24, 14 May 2004 (UTC)

Here's what the City of New York article has to say:
 * In 1898, New York City took the political form in which it exists to this day. Prior to 1898, New, New York City took the political form in which it exists to this day. Prior to 1898, New York City consisted of Manhattan and the Bronx, which was annexed by the city from southern Westchester County in two separate actions: the western portion in 1874, and the remaining portion in 1895. In 1898, a new municipal government, originally called Greater New York, was created by new legislation. It was divided into five boroughs. The Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx covered the original city and the rest of New York County. The Borough of Brooklyn consisted of the City of Brooklyn as well as several municipalities in eastern Kings County. The Borough of Queens was established in western Queens County, and covered several small cities and towns, including Long Island City, Astoria and Flushing. The Borough of Staten Island contained all of Richmond County. All municipal governments contained within the boroughs were abolished. A year later, the area of Queens County not contained within the Borough of Queens became Nassau County. In 1914, the state legislature created Bronx County, shrinking New York County so it contained only Manhattan. The five boroughs are now considered to be generally coterminous with their respective counties. However, there are some small exceptions, some of which remain a legal mystery, such as Marble Hill

So it would appear that New York City and County were coterminous until 1898, when King's County, Richmond County, and part of Queen's County were incorporated into the city, but not the county. The remainder of Queens County was split off into Nassau County in 1899, and Bronx County was separated off in 1914, to make for the somewhat less anomalous situation we have today. john 05:34, 14 May 2004 (UTC)

Yes, but New York County also ate up the Bronx, which had previously been part of Westchester. john 05:36, 14 May 2004 (UTC)

I hope I'm not telling you what you already know, but:
 * New York, Kings and Queens counties are original counties of New York Colony, predating the revolution. New York County was Manhattan Island, Kings County same as today, Queens County was approximately (since there's even now some dispute as to the exact border) the rest of Long Island that was originally part of New Netherlands colony. The originally English (never Dutch) part of Long Island is Suffolk County, also predating the revolution.
 * When New York City began to annex parts of Westchester County in the 19th century, these were incorporated into New York County.
 * When "consolidation" created the City of Greater New York on January 1, 1898, New York City annexed Richmond, Kings and part of Queens County. A year later, the unannexed part of Queens County became Nassau County. So now NYC consisted of the totality of four counties, but five boroughs.
 * In 1914 "the other shoe" dropped and the Borough of The Bronx became Bronx County, so all was nice and neat: five counties = five boroughs. Except for Marble Hill. Oh, well. -- Cecropia | Talk 15:37, 14 May 2004 (UTC)

Why not try to give me the benefit of the doubt? I wrote the vast majority of content in that article, so why not try talking me about what which pics supplement the article best and where, as opposed to trying to dictate terms to me and push me into an edit war? 172 17:07, 15 May 2004 (UTC)

BTW, let me explain why I'm reluctant to see the addition of more and more pics. Before the recent rewrite, the old was plastered with way too many pics, often with no relationship to where they were situated in the article. I'm sure that if I stand back and do nothing, this'll happen again.

Anyway, I want to cap the number of pics at eight (preferably less). FYI, here are the ones I consider essential to a biographical entry: the portrait pic, Saddam with Bakr, Saddam with Cuellar, Saddam on the streets of Baghdad, Saddam apprehended, and Saddam with Rana.

IMHO, Saddam with Chirac, and Saddam with Rumsfeld are more or less miscellaneous fillers of white space. I am willing to concede the removal of either of these two pics (or both) in order to make way for the latest pic you want added. 172 17:27, 15 May 2004 (UTC)

About Korean Romanisation
Hi, I have noticed you have edited various Korean articles, and indicated the forms used for the entries were McCune-Reischauer Romanisation forms. That is almost never true. Most entries are under the form that's most widely used, such as Syngman Rhee, which most often do not use any regular romanisation system (the MR form would be Yi Sŭng-man). I'm just letting you know so that you don't keep on making mistaken edits. Thanks, --Iceager 09:26, 16 May 2004 (UTC)

Why not add some captions to Pictures of Saddam Hussein? Why not add pictures to History of Iraq, which isn't nearly as well illustrated as the Saddam article. 172 11:52, 16 May 2004 (UTC)

gulf war protected
I don't see anything controversial about your edits on Gulf War, but that page is protected right now due to a slow-motion revert war involving myself, Graft, and an anon, now being discussed on the talk page. Please don't edit a protected page. Thanks! DanKeshet 20:07, May 16, 2004 (UTC)

Metropolitan Areas
In what sense is largely rural Cecil County, Maryland in the Delaware Valley metropolitan area? I can tell you, being currently in Philadelphia, that it is not discussed in the local news at all, and that very frequently the Delaware Valley area is called the "tri-state region", those three states presumably being Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Furthermore, being from Maryland, I'd add that there was no particular sense of Cecil County being in the Philadelphia metropolitan area (although I'm from a part of Maryland fairly far removed from there). Furthermore, Cecil County is not, in fact, in the valley of the Delaware River. john 02:51, 18 May 2004 (UTC)

Then we should say that it's in the U.S. Department of Labor's Consumer Expenditure Survey for Philadelphia. They like to include rural counties in those things so the federal government can save money on COLA for federal employees living in the more expensive parts of the region. I think it's POV for us to say that this actually makes these counties actually part of said Metropolitan areas. john 03:07, 18 May 2004 (UTC)

You seem to be correct. I should not have taken the action I did. Have you already restored it? At any rate, I do think that this is a problematic convention. Why not use the official terms Metropolitan Statistical Area and Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area, which are unambiguous and NPOV, instead of the much more ambiguous "metropolitan area"? john 03:11, 18 May 2004 (UTC)

Map of Leipzig
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Map_of_Leipzig.png That isn't just a map of Leipzig, it's a also a map of a battle. orthogonal 05:29, 18 May 2004 (UTC)

Map of Athens
You say: "The German Map of Athens shows how Athens was laid out in 1888, in the Ottoman times, before the large city growth happened."

I say: Regards Adam 07:28, 18 May 2004 (UTC)
 * No it doesn't. It's a map of Ancient Athens. Look at it more closely. Do you see Syntagma Square? The Royal Palace? A railway line? No. You do see the Long Walls, which were demolished in 404BC.
 * The Ottomans departed Athens in 1832. By 1888 Greece had been independent for 60 years.
 * You need to realise, darling, that you are not the world's greatest expert on every subject under the sun. I realise this is difficult to grasp at 15 or whatever you are, but it is a fact nevertheless.

If you think that was a personal attack then you obviously haven't seen many personal attacks around here. Adam 01:23, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Adam's right. He can be a lot more obnoxious than that. 172 15:29, 19 May 2004 (UTC)

Kudu
Isn't a Kudu an animal? RickK 00:14, 20 May 2004 (UTC)

I'm away from my references right now. I'll check it out when I get home. RickK 00:19, 20 May 2004 (UTC)

Hi. If you are in a redirect frenzy, at least make them to the right page. Example: Emperor Ichijo of Japan - see What links here link. Cheers, MvHG 11:09, 22 May 2004 (UTC)

Southwest Asia
I'm quite aware that Southwest Asia and the Middle East are not the same thing. My point was that Southwest Asia is an idiosyncratic term that is not in common usage, and hence not appropriate for usage here. You can make up all sorts of arbitrary geographic classifications, but unless people start using them, they're not very useful. --Delirium 21:52, May 22, 2004 (UTC)

I agree, there should not be exceptions, and the term should be removed from the other articles you have inappropriately inserted it into as well. I am also not aware of any widespread usage that denies Israel is in the Middle East, as the term "Middle East conflict" is quite widely understood to refer to the conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbors, whereas the term "Southeast Asian conflict" means nothing at all. --Delirium 21:56, May 22, 2004 (UTC)

The fact that two of you are hung up on idiosyncratic usage preferred by some geographers that has not gained widespread currency does not make that usage any more appropriate. Southeast Asia is very much a term in use, whereas Southwest Asia is not. --Delirium 22:02, May 22, 2004 (UTC)

I think the description of it at the eastern end of the Mediterranean sea is a fairly unambiguous and sufficient geographic description. I don't see the benefit of using another geographic term that is not commonly used. --Delirium 22:11, May 22, 2004 (UTC)

Kyuzutu
Care to explain this redirect? It's so remote from the correct spelling (Kyudo) it's insane, and receives not one Google hit. Exploding Boy 00:37, May 23, 2004 (UTC)

 * And please explain what are Zyuzitu, Zyuzutu, Zyûzyutu, Zyuzyutu, Zyuuzyutu and Yari-Zyutu. Would some admin be so kind and start DELETING those nonsensical redirects, please! 193.143.83.252 08:59, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Re: Southwest Asia vs. Middle East
I am aware that there's a slight difference in meaning between Southwest Asia, and the Middle East. However, Israel clearly belongs to both regions, and as Middle East is far more widely used and generally accepted it should stay. _____

Would you please stop! The 湘南新宿線 is the Shōnan-Shinjuku line. It is NOT the Syonan-Sinzyuku Line! Exploding Boy 03:32, May 24, 2004 (UTC)

As the Inuyasha article demonstrates, some people don't give a damn about "official spellings". WhisperToMe 03:41, 24 May 2004 (UTC)

Just because someone else has done something wrong doesn't mean you have to as well. This is not a question of romanization, it's a question, as you say, of spelling, and JR gets to decide the names of its own lines. Exploding Boy 22:06, May 24, 2004 (UTC)

Yes, i know : my spelling mistakes are also proportional to the time of the day! MvHG 09:34, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

Editing protected articles
Hi, please don't edit protected articles. I consider that an abuse of admin rights and an offense to the community. Thanks! --Cantus 00:02, 29 May 2004 (UTC)

Stop Cramming Images Onto Pages
You need to stop cramming irrelevant photos onto pages. Each section should only have 1-2 photos and it should not exceed the dividing headers lines. I don't know why you are so intent on making a mess of pages by doing this. You really need to stop or you will be reported. ChrisDJackson 06:26, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)

 * Well, it is how I am going to do it when I see need to. You are ruining peoples hard work by making images run together and cramming pages and you need to stop.  ChrisDJackson

 * I said the images need to fit inside the header's dividing lines. ChrisDJackson

Cheers
Thanks

Acegikmo1 07:57, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Thanks!
Dear Whisper: Hi! I am honored that you consider me capable of running a wikimedia chapter in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Problem is.....although I still am proud of my being Puerto Rican and I favor Puerto Rican independency, I dont live there anymore. If anything, Im closer to Mexico than Puerto Rico, Im about a one hour and 30 minute drive from Sonoita, Mexico. Ive been there and to Puerto Penasco plenty of times..you just gotta love that Hispanic Pina Colada and those hot tamales and senoritas! LOL!

Ive tried to enlist the best possible talent for wikipedia here where I live, including boxing trainers, pastors, a future pastor, my pharmacist and even my personal doctor. I smell talent when I see people who I think can help us in the different areas we have such as medicine, pop culture, sports, ect. lol as you can see Im a busy pussy (cat)..LOL

The only one that I have been able to enlist so far is my dad, a former Marine who is an expert in military and Puerto Rican independence movements.

Anyways I just wanted to say thanks, and I feel deeply honored, but I cant start a chapter in Puerto Rico because I dont live there anymore. God bless you!

Sincerely yours, Antonio Busy Pussy Martin

Blondes
I'm sure some feminist will remove that photo you put on the article I wrote, but in the mean time, couldn't you at least have made sure she was a natural blonde, and cute? — Chameleon 07:20, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)

dba
I am wondering what Airline dba Airline means. Whatever it is, it is very vague and not really much help. Burgundavia 11:14, Jun 11, 2004 (UTC)
 * Yes, now I realize that it is Latin. I have had several people ask me what dba meant. A possible changed might be "flying under" Burgundavia 06:42, Jun 12, 2004 (UTC)

Saitama-ken
I noticed new entries for Saitama in Japan. Are you really interested in Japan, or are you Japanese yourself? I lived in Japan for two years myself, and I loved it. I lived in Yamato in Kanagawa prefecture, just a short train ride away from Yokohama. TheCustomOfLife 20:39, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Oh, Japan is so nice. I wish I could go back one day. I was there with my dad, who was in the Navy, from 1997 to 1999. TheCustomOfLife 20:44, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Yeah, I've noticed your "work" on several Japanese articles again, too. You know, we've discussed this to death, yet you continue to do the same things over and over again. Why is that?? Exploding Boy 01:28, Jun 12, 2004 (UTC)

Shimousa Province
For the name of the article, have you read Talk:Shimosa Province? I don't like endless link fixes. --Nanshu 02:44, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Burj al Arab Hotel photo
Hi, I didn't notice a copyright tag in the Wikipedia page for the Burj al Arab Hotel photo, but I did notice a copyright notice on the site's home page. Do we have permission to use it? Thanks! -- ke4roh 02:30, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)

 * We indeed have permission to use both photographs on the Dubai article. WhisperToMe 02:55, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)

 * Great! Which license: ,  , or another?  Would you be so kind as to update the copyright tag according to Image_copyright_tags?  If you prefer, drop me a note and I'll be glad to take care of it.  Thanks! -- ke4roh 00:16, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Metropolitan area
Hmmm. I didn't have Talk:Los Angeles--Riverside--Orange County, CA CMSA on my watchlist for some reason, so I didn't see your May 25 comment. I'll reply there (might take a few hours). Mackerm 21:19, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Some images you may want to combine
Davodd, would you like to combine the images seen in Baltimore-Washington_Metropolitan_Area? I liked how you combined the Chicagoland images. WhisperToMe 20:48, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * Done. Davodd 05:14, Jun 19, 2004 (UTC)

Bin Laden's Special Song
Could you please stop adding a link to "Bin Laden's Special Song" to the article on Osama bin Laden? I noticed you've done it move than once. I don't believe the link adds anything worthwhile to the article, and the external content is of highly dubious quality. - Korpios 07:00, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC)

WikiProject Airports
I have noticed all the work you have been doing to the airports recently. I want to invite you to WikiProject Airports. Burgundavia 06:35, Jun 22, 2004 (UTC)

City to Airport links
Would that not be already covered under New Airport creation guidelines? They are also meant as "every airport should have these" guidelines. Burgundavia 03:48, Jun 23, 2004 (UTC)

I dont see any reason why not. Go nuts. Burgundavia 04:06, Jun 23, 2004 (UTC)

--- I do understand how names work; thank you for your condescnding tone, it did a great deal to convince me that you know what you are talking about. Lirath Q. Pynnor

And its quite possible Hussein adopted the same approach as the bin Laden family. Regardless, there are sources out there which disagree on how to refer to him, so the page should have a note at the top. Lirath Q. Pynnor

Nissan HQ In Tokyo
Hello WhisperToMe, The following info comes from Nissan's official English page at

Head Office 6-17-1, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8023 Tel: 03-3543-5523

Not Yokohama as you mentioned in Yokohama, Kanagawa.

Hope that's helpful.

222.1.53.152 08:52, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the news.
I appreciate the article.

Shonen Jump Romanization
I will not change circumflexes in the articles concerning the topics that you mentioned. It is unlikely that I would edit them anyway, since I do not know very much about those series. Josh

Hussein
If you want to talk about Saddam Hussein, do so in the Talk:Saddam_Hussein page. I don't want to waste any more of our time responding to you in here. I would consider responding to someone in a poll format as bad form, just as a personal FYI. Take it easy. Stargoat 19:24, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Daniel Pearl article
You made this edit a while ago. was the "<" just a little mistake of yours or is it really in the video? --Conti|✉ 16:21, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * I'm not speaking about the spelling mistakes, but about the symbol "<":
 * - The delivery of F-16 planes that pakistan [sic] had paid for and never recieved [sic].<
 * In earlier versions of the article there wasn't a "<" in the text, so it looked to me like a mistake.. also, this site doesn't have the "<" as well.. --Conti|✉ 17:07, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Hehe, I guessed so, but I rather asked here at first, seeing all the other mistakes in the text.. :-) --Conti|✉ 17:22, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Airport table
If you mean the table in the 5 articles, it came from various sources, but look at airports a-z Burgundavia 07:26, Jul 4, 2004 (UTC)

History of the Middle East
Let me warn you, in the nicest possible way, that I put a lot of work into History of the Middle East, and that if you start making dopey edits to it like the one you just made, and like most of those you persistently made at Middle East, you will be buying into a big fight. I have no desire to have edits wars, but I will protect articles I have written against ignorant meddling. Just so we understand each other. Adam 04:44, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Please spare me the "you don't own the article" line. I know perfectly well how Wikipedia works. Constructive edits that add information to the article or improve it in other ways are of course welcome. But I know from experience that your edits rarely fall into those categories. Instead they usually reflect your semantic fetishes (like the Middle East / West Asia argument) or your ignorance (like your famous map of "Ottoman Athens"). Adam 05:26, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Of course I looked at the edit. I didn't revert it because it was your edit, but because it did not improve the article. "The modern Middle East" is a more concise formulation than "The Middle East in the 1990s and 2000s." It says the same thing in fewer words. But since it was your edit, and since I know from experience at Athens and Middle East what happens when you decide to "improve" an article, I issued my friendly warning. And when I look at your Talk page I see I am not the only person who has had experience of your little foibles: particularly stuffing articles full of unnecessary photos and stubborn persistence in making erroneous edits even when the error is pointed out to you. Of course I can't stop you editing History of the Middle East, but I will revert edits which are erroneous, poorly expressed and/or superfluous. Adam 06:11, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Sigh
Why do you persist with this ridiculous campaign to create redirect pages with every possible misspelling and misromanization you can think up? Seriously. I'd really like to know. It's absolutely pointless in the majority of cases, and potentially confusing in many cases as well, especially when it comes to people's names. Please stop. When it comes to things Japanese you have very little clue, as has been demonstrated time and time again. All you're doing is creating cleanup work for other people. Exploding Boy 06:42, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)

See? It's not just me that has problems with you. Now, I know better than most that every active Wikipedia User manages to antagonise someone, but you manage to antagonise many people, and for the same reason - you rush in and make edits on subjects you don't know as much about as you think you do, and you won't listen to anyone who tells you different. For the record, I don't think you are uber-stupid. You are in fact obviously very intelligent. But you are uber-young, and like many highly intelligent young people, you think you know everything. Well, you don't. Believe it or not, as an ex-precocious brat myself, I have some sympathy for your position, and I don't want to put you off contributing. But the fact is that precocious brats get slapped around a lot until they acquire some judgement to go with their brains. Adam 08:09, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * To be fair, I think it's much better that User:WhisperToMe create these redirects than to put the same information in the first paragraph of each article. At least the redirects don't cause any harm (apart from making the "What links here" a bit less useful). Gdr 16:57, 2004 Jul 5 (UTC)

Well at least that I agree with. On the other hand, it blows my mind when I see 9, 10...11 redirects for the same page, each with a slightly different misspelling or misromanization. I'm pretty sure "Zyunitiroo Koizyumi" would be a bit surprised to see his name spelled that way... Exploding Boy 23:42, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for comment
You should know that you might have opened yourself up to some serious insanity via that revert on RfC. That person's a real nutjob, and the same person as User:68.36.175.254. -- Cyrius|✎ 02:37, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)

List of schools in Harris County, Texas
You really should remove all of the red links for anything below the level of high school at List of schools in Harris County, Texas, the growing consensus on Votes for deletion is to delete elementary and middle schools, and if somebody sees those red links and starts creating article based on them, they're going to wind up on VfD. Rick'''K 23:04, Jul 13, 2004 (UTC)

Japanese
Please, if you want to add Japanese to a page, ask someone who speaks the language to do it so we don't have to keep doing things twice. Your recent addition of "kōkōgakkō" was wrong. Exploding Boy 09:37, Jul 16, 2004 (UTC)

 * The edit history shows that was NOT my addition, but that of Cunctator's. WhisperToMe 09:55, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * This just goes to show that you shouldn't be editing Japanese words -- make that words in any foreign language -- if you don't know the language. It's now taken three edits on the article page, plus five edits on talk pages -- a total of eight edits for what could have been accomplished in one edit by someone knowledgeable in Japanese, or two if someone had requested someone else do it for them.  Exploding Boy 03:42, Jul 17, 2004 (UTC)

(In response to Whisper's comment about macrons vs. circumflexes) Um, no, it doesn't matter what sort of accent-mark Shonen Jump uses -- Wikipedia has standards on this sort of thing. Macrons are to be used in all articles. If the majority (or a significant minority) of people who know the words or names in question are familiar with the circumflexed form of the name, the article should include these; but when glossing actual Japanese text (as is done in Yugi Moto), Hepburn -- not popular -- romanization is to be used; and that means macrons. --Aponar Kestrel 20:53, 2004 Jul 26 (UTC)

 * When choosing a name for a page ask yourself: What word would the average user of the Wikipedia put into the search engine? -- from Naming conventions (common names)
 * However, article titles must use short vowels and omit apostrophes after syllabic n since macrons are difficult to enter and proper use of apostrophes cannot be expected from people not familiar with Japanese. -- from Manual of Style for Japan-related articles
 * Titling an article 'Anna Kyôyama' conflicts with both of these guidelines; it should be moved over to Anna Kyoyama. And, ultimately, just because Shonen Jump uses ô instead of ō is no excuse for us to do likewise. Wikipedia is not Shonen Jump; while their romanization standard was no doubt selected for good and compelling reason, ours was as well, and it behooves us to adhere to ours just as they have to theirs. --Aponar Kestrel 21:20, 2004 Jul 26 (UTC)

Saddam Hussein
Hi. I have no idea why you protected Saddam Hussein. I invite you to give your reasons over at Talk:Saddam Hussein. Otherwise please kindly unprotect the article. Thanks. --Cantus 23:12, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)

And AGAIN
you've decided to go ahead, ingoring the lack of concensus, and add a link to Japanese language where one (three, actually) is not needed. Why do you insist on doing this? Why do you persist with this ridiculous campaign with the Japanese pages? Dozens of unnecessary redirects, links, romanizations... It has to stop. I think it's great you have an interest in Japan, Japanese, and Japanese things, but sit back and try to learn something before jumping in and messing with something you clearly know very, very little about. Exploding Boy 06:06, Jul 18, 2004 (UTC)

 * Sigh. Why wtm?  Why?  A basket (as in hell in a hand~) -full of new misromanizations and mistakes today.  What drives you?  Seriously?  Why do you never stop?  Even in the face of a rather glaring demonstration of your lack of knowledge.  Is it your mission to be as irritating as possible?  Exploding Boy 13:16, Jul 20, 2004 (UTC)

Ok, this one I'd like an explanation for. What is the purpose of the redirect pages "Yohko Ono," "Yôko Ono,"  "Ono Yôko," and "Ono Yoko"? Yoko Ono has been known by that name, with that spelling, for decades. Even in Japan she's known that way. Who, precisely, will benefit from the above redirects? Exploding Boy 16:46, Jul 22, 2004 (UTC)

Whisper? Ecchi. Go change it back. If you don't believe me, ask Google -- it goes so far as to say "Did you mean: ecchi" if you type in "etchi", which is pretty much final right there: it's an English word now, and you've gone and misspelled it in its entry. And, FYI, it does not mean "perverted" as you said in Yuri -- neither in English, nor in the original Japanese (which, oh yes, it is commonly used in). --Aponar Kestrel 04:12, 2004 Aug 6 (UTC)

Japanese spellings
I'm not going to be much help in this department. I left Japan five years ago and I've forgotten much of the grammar. I mean, I can still read and understand what I'm reading, but not full sentences and the like. With the romaji issue, however, I'm inclined to not agree with you. I'm sorry. Mike H 15:44, Jul 28, 2004 (UTC)

Onyomi/kunyomi
There's some weird triple redirect thing going on with these pages. Exploding Boy 12:08, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)

 * "Onyomi" and "kunyomi" are examples of incorrect use of apostrophes in romanization. Exploding Boy 15:24, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)

Hyperwikification
Looking at your recent edits on the kanji page, I notice there are a few words you haven't gotten around to wikifying. But only a few. What's the point? adamrice 20:52, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Gosh, thanks ever so much for explaining to me the concept behind linking between articles. That explains perfectly why you've hotlinked an article about the Japanese language to the articles for East, Men, Women, etc. adamrice 21:12, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Actually, I had just checked your edits to that article myself and was thinking I'll have to go back and remove some of the unnecessary wikification. I've noticed this tendency to overwikify in many articles you edit.  It's better to have too few than too many links within the article text, and not every date and word needs wikifying: it makes articles very hard to read.  Exploding Boy 00:47, Jul 30, 2004 (UTC)

That's ok, macrons aren't really necessary since 99% of the Inuyasha fans know the characters like they're there. But if you really mind you can always use photoshop ~_^ Raquel Sama 19:45, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Ok, then. You can put macrons on my image

Blanked userpage
Hi,

I'm wondering why you blanked the userpage of User:Bmills.

Thanks,

Acegikmo1 18:47, 1 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Yale Romanizaton of 主
Hi, WhisperToMe:

My deepest apologies for taking so long to get back to you...I am an avowed Wikipedia non-user now. Anyhow, the Yale Romanization of 主 would be "cw". So I believe "juche" would be spelt in the Yale system as "cwchey". I know, it looks awful: but the idea was to always have the same roman letter represent the same Hang(e)ul letter, regardless of pronunciation - at a time when there was no such thing as Unicode, and most data was still being entered on a typewriter. Yours, Sewing 23:44, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Feel Better!
I see you have Wikistress Four. Everyone feels better after an offering of Greenlee! Mike H 22:40, Aug 10, 2004 (UTC)

Please to see http://www.jetsite.com.br/ !
A very good Brazilian website about airplanes and airlines! --Jaques O. Carvalho 06:36, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Kame-sen'nin
The apostrophe in "Kame-sen'nin" (sic) is superfluous because there is only one way to spell "senni" in Japanese (se/n/ni). Compare with "Junichiro", which could (in theory) be rendered "ju/ni/chi/ro" or "jun/i/chi/ro" and thus requires an apostrophe ("Jun'ichiro") to disambiguate. And the dash is just random. Jpatokal 00:38, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * No, you can't have "Senn" in Japanese. The syllabic n can only occur at the end of a word, so se/n/n is impossible.

 * Have you ever considered picking up an elementary Japanese textbook and studying it for a couple of years since you're obviously obsessed with the subject? Jpatokal 16:31, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Good advice, and in the meantime, as requested a thousand times, please leave Japanese to those who speak the language. Exploding Boy 21:54, Aug 16, 2004 (UTC)

I meant to day that I didn't know what the hell I was thinking. BTW, you were 100% right and I was 100% wrong the whole time we were dealing with Lir on Saddam Hussein. I figured that we could domesticate him and turn him into a legitimate contributor by treating him politely and respectfully. But considering his behavior recently, my approach was misguided to the extreme. 172 04:38, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Suriname coup d'etat in 1986
You wrote that there was an attempt of a coup d'etat in Suriname in 1986 in the coup d'etat article. To me this sounds like nonsense. There was a succesfull coup in 1980 that installed the military rule of Desi Bouterse. Can you please provide reference for this assertion? In the mean time I will remove this assertion from the article. Andries 10:21, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Aozora Bukno: W
FYI, I've entered the Aozora Bukno: W redirect for deletion (see Redirects for deletion), as it is the obvious result of a typographical error. DocWatson42 11:11, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Romanization (Korea)
Thanks for adding romanizations, hangeul, and hanja to Korea-related articles. This is very much appreciated. However, User:Sewing is currently using Name Tables which make much cleaner reading. Have a look here, so you can do two jobs in one... Have a nice day! Kokiri 08:04, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Hi, WhisperToMe: Thanks for taking Kokiri's suggestion and using my name tables - I like the extra touch of adding the photos! --Sewing 01:31, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Korean Romanization (Part 2)
Hi, WhisperToMe:

All your new redirects for McCune-Reischauer and Yale Romanizations are admirable. However, please be sure to get the spellings right before you create a new article. For example, you had "South Keyngsang" for Yale, but it should be "South Kyengsang." On the other hand, "Cyecwu" should be "Ceycwu." For McCune-Reischauer, you created "Yongchu," but in that system, consonant sounds are always modified to follow the pronunciation rules of Korea in such situations. So whenever you have the combination "ngch," it gets assimilated to "ngj," the reflect the way the pronunciation gets assimilated in Korean. For the M-R rules, please consult the external link at the bottom of McCune-Reischauer. You're doing okay with Yale, though, except for mixing up "ey" and "ye"! Anyhow, keep up the good work. --Sewing 04:33, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the heads up! I'll look into that.  --Sewing 04:46, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Oh, geez! It'll take forever to fix those problems in Wiktionary!  Well, until then, here is a quick-'n'-dirty table of the 21 Korean vowels in the 3 major romanization systems.  I wrote it up in my talk page, but I figure I'd add it here.  (The order is Hangul -> Revised -> McC.-R. -> Yale):

 * ㅏ a a a (that one's easy!)
 * ㅐ ae ae ay
 * ㅑ ya ya ya
 * ㅒ yae yae yay
 * ㅓ eo ŏ e
 * ㅔ e e ey
 * ㅕ yeo yŏ ye
 * ㅖ ye ye yey
 * ㅗ o o o (another easy one...)
 * ㅘ wa wa wa
 * ㅙ wae wae way
 * ㅚ oe oe oy
 * ㅛ yo yo yo
 * ㅜ u u wu
 * ㅝ wo wŏ we
 * ㅞ we we wey
 * ㅟ wi wi wi
 * ㅠ yu yu yu
 * ㅡ eu ŭ u
 * ㅢ ui ŭi uy
 * ㅣ i i i

 * Now, how's that for personal service? ;)  Keep on trucking!  --Sewing 05:41, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Korean Stuff
Hi: good job! I replied in more detail on my talk page... --Sewing 06:23, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Adminship, Korean Stuff, and some Friendly Advice
Hi, WhisperToMe: Thanks for supporting me on Requests for adminship. --Sewing 16:44, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)

P.S.: Check out Korean article template. Hopefully, it should save a couple of keystrokes when creating or updating an article. We (i.e., Kokiri and I) are trying to add the See also: LOKRT by default to all Korea-related articles, plus assign the article to one of the Korea-related categories. Of course, the template is for generic Korean or SK subjects: for NK, reverse the order of Revised Romanization and McCune-Reischauer. (But of course, you knew that already...) --Sewing 17:42, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)

P.P.S.: I have updated the link Korean article template in the paragraph above. --Sewing 19:40, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)

P.P.P.S.: Menchi suggested using a bot for a lot of what Kokiri and I are doing right now. Perhaps we could use a human-assisted bot (let's call it KBot) to: The problem is, I don't know much about bots, apart from what's on Bots (which is more just rules and guidelines, than how-to). Do you have any information? --Sewing 20:05, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Add an empty name table to each article that doesn't have one;
 * Add a ==See also==*List of Korea-related topics to each article that doesn't have a see also section;
 * Or just add the above link to the article's exisiting See Also section;
 * Assign one or more categories to the article.
 * For articles that already have tables, perhaps we could use such a bot to replace the existing HMTL syntax with Wiki-style "pipe" (|) formatting.

P.P.P.P.S.: Looking over your talk page, I see you bring out the best in people! ;) I personally am okay with your edits, so I just have a couple of helpful suggestions:
 * Forget about Yale romanization of Korean terms. Yale is only used by linguists.  So it might be useful to use it on Korean-language-related pages (but be conservative with that: Korean suffers from too many competing romanization systems already), but don't use it anywhere else, including redirects: it's a waste of time.
 * I personally don't mind having the McCune-Reischauer spelling as a redirect to the Revised Spelling, or vice versa where McC.-R. is to be preferred. For personal names, it's a waste of time, due to the idiosyncratic way in which personal names are spelled.  (And corporate names, too: nobody in the Western world - or even Korea - would enter "Samseong" for "Samsung.")...  And it will help in Web searches: if the M-R spelling is in the article as "Ch'ungch'ŏng," it won't turn up in Google if you type "Chungchong," so having the article title "Chungchong" (so that it turns up in searches) as a redirect to the "Chungcheong" is probably not a bad idea.
 * BUT limit yourself to one redirect per article. So "Chungchong," but not "Ch'ungchong," "Ch'ungch'ong," or "Chungch'ong"!
 * My advice in your dealings with some other contributors: just do a bit of research before you make an edit. Even a couple of minutes searching on Google may suffice.
 * But above all, don't let them get you down. Think a bit more before you make some edits, but from what I've seen of your edits, you seem overall to be constructive contributor.  --Sewing 20:32, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi, Whisper: Well, I am now officially an admin. Thanks again for your support. Please let me know if you need my help on any issues, though of course I can't promise ahead of time what my decision would be. Yours, 山道子 (Sewing) - talk 14:06, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Go
Hi, Whisper: The table at Go (board game) looks really nice now, what with the cool photo and the multilingual translations....! -Sewing - talk 17:40, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

...(In response to your suggestion): Perhaps.... -Sewing - talk 14:04, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)

9/11truth.org
Wow, are we the edgy stubborn nazi type! Really, what the heck is wrong with you? You write: "a campaign-site that states that the U.S. government was involved in a coverup involved 9/11". First of all, this is a completely crap sentence, I mean, "involved in a coverup involved 9/11" how can anyone write such utter nonsense? Secondly, what I keep putting next to the link (and I posted it in the first place) is saying WHAT the site is about, nothing more, nothing less. It is simple proven fact, and I'm really sorry that you can't seem to agree with fact, but that's not MY fault, it is truth, it has nothing to do with 'NPOV'. Read the site first, then play down your cheap-ass judgements on me. If you'd rather have it this way, then I will make it my life's task to change that line from each and every library and internet-café I can find. It's so childish of you to keep on pushing your will onto others. Go play with somebody else why don't you? I have better things to do. You are obviously incredibly bored or something.

Again, on http://www.911truth.org/index.php?topic=about it clearly states: "911Truth.Org is a campaign to educate the public about the Sept. 11th coverup"

now, if you can't read, that's not my problem. It's fact because it is fact, it's not 'POV'. And it's not funny either.

Mystery question
What do you mean when you say 'Can you please tell us who you really are?'--Xed 18:39, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Rurouni Kenshin
The article Rurouni Kenshin has been vandalized. Or someone just made a big mistake. Anyway, the article was being edited heavily, so I tried to revert the changes back as much as I could with trying to leave as much of the valid changes existing. However, I've noticed you have made several edits to this article, and I am asking you to please look over the article to make sure everything is okay on the article. --AllyUnion 08:39, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Support
Thank you very much for your support during my recent run for adminship. I appreciated it very much. If you would like to talk sometime, please drop me a note on my talk page or email me. Mike H 00:25, Sep 10, 2004 (UTC)

Wikiholiday
Hi, Whisper: If you see me editing in, say, the next 3 days (let's say until Monday morning UTC), please revert my changes, send me a message, or give me a swift nudge in the ribs. Yours, Sewing - talk 15:22, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Hi again, Whisper: Okay, I made some minor edits today...but now you can enforce my Wikibreak.... ;) -Sewing - talk 01:45, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)

On Quebec tv series
I am a hardcore separatist and I think we owe it to the truth to have Quebec tv series included in List of Canadian television series. This is an encyclopedia and decisions must be rational and reflect the reality. I totally disagree with a complete merge of the two articles however. In my opinion, the most intelligent way is to this:

 * 1) Have List of Canadian television series be broken down into provinces (the way it is right now), but have a Main article List of $province$ series under the heading.
 * 2) Include some of the most known shows produced in the province and have the whole list of all tv shows ever produced in the province in the main article.

Eventually, the list will get quite long and it will be more readable like that. The separation between English provinces and Quebec is also not accurate. Although culturally speaking it makes a lot of sense (indeed, Quebec has its own national culture), the facts are that some English language shows are produced in Montreal, Quebec, either for Quebec and the rest of Canada or for Quebec's English-speaking minority (CBC newscasts for exemple).

How about that? -- Mathieugp 15:05, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Congo Civil War
The civil war was going on at the same time as the Sept 11 attacks and therefore is a relevant comparison.--Xed 20:32, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Ugly American
1998, not 88. Your ignorance is baffling. 3 million people have died in the Congo Civil War and it was the most fatal war of the period. That's over over 1000 dead per day over 6 years. 3000 dead is very, very minor compared to that. The Congo Civil War is equivalent in casualty figures to a thousand 9/11s. Only the worst type of Ugly American would not want it mentioned. --Xed 22:29, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

(Xed) VFD
[Courtesy copy from my Talk page. -- orthogonal 22:26, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)]

Hi. I didn't know that Xed was blocked at the time I made the RFC. Also, I let him know that he has an RFC on the talk page (and blocked people can still view Wikipedia) - In addition, he was blocked for 7 days, so can't we keep the RFC at least until he gets a chance to respond? WhisperToMe 22:17, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks for asking. But well, first of all it's hardly my decision. Secondly, I'm not saying you did anything incorrectly in bringing the RfC in the first place (although I note that you didn't indicate when the RfC clock started running -- which I think was an honest mistake).

 * But I am not adverse to putting it on hold, I'm just adverse to anyone making determinations in the absence of Xed having had the chance to respond to your claims. My preference would be to see him unbanned and allowed to respond now, as it's also not too fair to him to have the RfC hanging out -- people will inevitably read it between now and then, and will inevitably form opinions on it. -- orthogonal 22:26, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Osaka Castle photo
Thanks for putting my photo into the Osaka Castle article. BTW, I think all the photos I've uploaded are in my user page User:Fg2. If you know of any articles that can use them, please feel free. Fg2 07:14, Sep 15, 2004 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay
Taken from my talk page:

 * ==Regarding FeminineTails.png==
 * Hi. Where did you get http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:FeminineTails.png ? Do you have permission from the author? WhisperToMe 06:05, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Well, first of all sorry for the big delay. What happened was, the studies started eating all of my time, and soon I forgot that I had that issue in my talk page. Not that I would have been able to answer it either. But I came again to the article about Tails and remembered it, so here I am.

Now, regarding the image, honestly I don't remember where did I get it from. It's been on my hard drive for at least two years, and I really don't remember. A friend of mine claims to be the author, but frankly, I don't believe him, since it's not his drawing style. And Google searches have proven totally useless - either that, or I don't know how to search. So I don't know anything, but I'll try to take the truth out of the aforementioned friend. --Fibonacci 03:13, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

State of limbo
I'm confused by the continuing existence of Requests_for_comment/Xed. Since you were the one who placed the article there (conveniently right after I had been blocked and therefore was unable to respond for a week!), perhaps you can explain the situation. I feel like Terence Stamp in a Superman film.--Xed 16:35, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Serious
'if the dispute involves allegations that a user has engaged in serious violations of Wikipedia policies and guidelines, create a subpage for the dispute.'

Since you were the one who placed the article there (conveniently right after I had been blocked and therefore was unable to respond for a week!), perhaps you can explain the situation.--Xed 20:40, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)

U.S. Southern Wikipedians' notice board
Hey! I've created this new notice board specifically for articles related to people from the U.S. South. If you are interested in contributing, leave a message on the page and add articles you feel need to be reviewed, contributed to, or started. Mike H 21:12, Sep 29, 2004 (UTC)

title: User talk:WhisperToMe/Archive1


text:
Poyntington

Poyntington is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies on the edge of the Blackmore Vale about 2 mi north of Sherborne. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 128.

Poyntington shares a grouped parish council, Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council, with the three village parishes of Castleton, Goathill and Oborne. Historically the village was part of the hundred of Horethorne in neighbouring Somerset.

All Saints' Church has grown from an Anglo-Saxon two-room design and contains original Norman work. Murals on pillars were discovered in 1848 but were destroyed by their exposure. Two stained-glass windows date from the fourteenth century. An unusual addition is a carving of an angel's wing which was blown off Amiens Cathedral in World War I and then donated to the church.

Notable residents

 * Sir Thomas Malet, Judge
 * William Launcelot Scott Fleming
 * Sir Ralph Cheyne (d.1400)

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Devon and Cornwall County Division

The Devon and Cornwall County Division was a County Division of the British Army created during the Second World War. It was formed on 28 February 1941, from recently recruited soldiers, in response to the renewed threat of a German invasion. The 10,000-strong division was a static formation, lacking transport, intended to defend possible landing sites along the southern Cornish and Devon coastlines from invading German troops. The creation of the division also helped to free up the more experienced troops, who were then held back from the coastline to be able to launch a counterattack against any potential German landings.

During mid-1941, Germany launched a massive invasion of the Soviet Union, which practically eliminated the threat of an invasion of the United Kingdom. Consequently, the division never saw service in its intended role. With the threat of a German invasion lifted, the British Army began a series of reforms intended to restore balance to the then infantry-heavy organisation. As a result, all nine county divisions were disbanded. The Devon and Cornwall County Division ceased to exist on 1 December, but was subsequently reformed as the 77th Infantry Division.

Background
In 1940, following the Second World War's Battle of France, the United Kingdom was under threat of invasion from Germany. During the summer, the Battle of Britain dampened this threat. As the year progressed, the size of the British Army increased dramatically as 140 new infantry battalions were raised. During October, with the possibility of a German invasion re-emerging during 1941, these new battalions were formed into independent infantry brigades that were then assigned to newly created County Divisions (a total of nine such formations were raised).

The County Divisions, including the Devon and Cornwall County Division, were around 10,000 men strong and assigned to defend the coastlines of threatened sections of the country, including the manning of coastal artillery. These divisions were largely static, lacking mobility as well as divisional assets such as artillery, engineers, and reconnaissance forces. Using the new recruits in this manner allowed the regular infantry divisions to be freed up from such duties, undertake training, and form an all-important reserve that could be used to counterattack any German landing.

Service
The Devon and Cornwall County Division was formed on 24 February 1941, consisting of the 203rd Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) under the command of Major-General Charles Allfrey. Three days later, Allfrey was assigned to the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division, and Major-General Frederick Morgan took his place. The following day, the division's headquarters was organised from staff previously assigned to South-West Area of Southern Command, and the 209th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) and the 211th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) joined the division. On 22 April, General Sir Alan Brooke, the Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces spent the day touring the division and watched several company-size exercises. At the end of October, Major-General Godwin Michelmore assumed command. The Imperial War Museum comments that the division insignia included "the arms of the Duchy of Cornwall" as well Arthur's sword Excalibur to acknowledge an association with the West Country.

The division itself was assigned to VIII Corps, and spread out along the southern coast of Cornwall and Devon. The Dorset County Division was based to the east of the division, and the 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division had been placed in reserve behind both formations. The 203rd Brigade was positioned on the western flank of the division's assigned area, and the 209th Brigade on the eastern. The battalions were spread out defending various potential landing areas and other important locations. The coastal defensive positions the division occupied included tubular scaffolding obstacles on the high water mark, barbed wire, minefields, beach front defensive fighting positions equipped with a range of modern and antiquated weaponry such as Maxim machine guns.

For example, the 9th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry was based in Plymouth with companies posted to the suburbs of Crownhill and slightly further afield in the nearby village of Wembury. Primarily, the battalion was assigned to defend potential landing areas. In this capacity of a coastal defence unit during an invasion scare, in September 1940 prior to joining the division and while the battalion was based in Somerset, the battalion blocked all roads from the Bristol Channel to Exmoor, and between Minehead and Bridgwater. The battalion was also assigned to protect RAF Roborough, just outside of Plymouth, and was provided with Armadillo armoured fighting vehicles to do so. In addition, the battalion formed an anti-paratroop detachment, which ended up being used to collect Luftwaffe crews that had bailed out in the Plymouth area. Additional duties included aiding in the cleanup effort following raids on Plymouth. Likewise, the 11th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment and the 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry were assigned to defend Porthcurno, Cornwall. The 11th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment were posted to Plymouth, while the 12th Battalion defended Budleigh Salterton, Devon.

As the division was engaged full time in its defensive role as well as maintaining constructed defences, it found little time to provide its battalions with field training. As a result, battalions were switched out with those from the 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division for a period of one month. In the event of an actual invasion, it was intended that the battalions return to their original assignments. For example, the 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Ox and Bucks) moved to the coastal area and replaced a battalion from the Devon and Cornwall Division who then moved inland for training. The regimental history of the Ox and Bucks noted that they had to leave behind equipment and rear area and specialist personnel in order to make up the equipment deficiencies of the beach defence units in order for them to complete their training. The division did not solely rely on the 48th to provide training, and did engage in its own training activities. However, in an analysis of the use of umpires during such exercises, historian Timothy Harrison Place highlighted an example involving the 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment: "Lance-Corporal R.I. Higgins ... took part in a night patrol that captured the opposing brigadier and his staff. For their trouble the umpires made Higgins and his comrades the victims of a retrospective artillery concentration and the brigadier carried on as if nothing had happened – as indeed did Higgins' patrol, resurrected after a short rest."

Demise
On 22 June 1941, Germany launched a massive attack upon the Soviet Union; this attack all but removed the threat of a German invasion of the United Kingdom. However, the British still had to consider the threat due to the possibility that the Soviet Union could collapse under the German onslaught and the ease in which Germany could transfer troops back to the west. In late 1941, the arrival of autumn and winter weather meant that the threat of invasion subsided. This, coupled with the production of new equipment for the British Army, allowed the War Office to begin steps to better balance the army due to the large number of infantry units formed during the preceding year and a half. As part of this reform, the County Divisions were disbanded. The 140 recently raised infantry battalions were, on the whole, transferred to other arms of the army to be retrained, primarily within the Royal Artillery and Royal Armoured Corps. On 1 December 1941, the Devon and Cornwall County Division was abolished and reformed as the 77th Infantry Division.

General officers commanding
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Rig-e Jenn

The Rig-e Jenn ( ‘Dune of the Jinn’) is a vast area of sand dunes in the middle of Dasht-e Kavir, Iran's central desert in the border region of the Semnan and Isfahan provinces.

According to desert folklore, the sand dune desert is regarded as a cursed land, governed by malevolent spirits and demons. It is believed that those who venture into the dunes are destined never to return. Dasht-e Kavir desert encompasses salt marshes notorious for swallowing people, earning it the moniker of Iran's very own Bermuda Triangle.

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2000 in Ireland

The following lists events that happened during the year 2000 in Ireland.

Incumbents

 * President: Mary McAleese
 * Taoiseach: Bertie Ahern (FF)
 * Tánaiste: Mary Harney (PD)
 * Minister for Finance: Charlie McCreevy (FF)
 * Chief Justice:
 * Liam Hamilton (until 1 June 2000)
 * Ronan Keane (from 1 June 2000)
 * Dáil: 28th
 * Seanad: 21st

February

 * 3 February – The gangster John Gilligan was extradited from the UK to Ireland on drug trafficking and murder charges.
 * 11 February – The British government suspended devolution in Northern Ireland.

April

 * 10 April
 * The Dublin Area Rapid Transit rail system was extended southwards from Bray to Greystones and northwards from Howth Junction to Malahide.
 * The ambulance service regulator, the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, was established.
 * Spring – The American Clive Cussler's National Underwater and Marine Agency discovered the wreck of RMS Carpathia (sunk in 1918) 190 kilometres west of Fastnet Rock.

May

 * 5 May – The People in Need Trust held its seventh event.
 * 6 May – The Provisional Irish Republican Army began decommissioning its weapons.
 * 30 May – Devolution returned to Northern Ireland.

July

 * 6 July – The Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2000 came into effect abolishing the so-called "holy hour" between 2 pm and 4 pm on Sundays when pubs had been forced to close their doors.

December

 * 12 December – President Bill Clinton of the United States arrived in Dublin beginning his last international trip as President. He met President Mary McAleese, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, and gave a speech in Dundalk.
 * 13 December – Bill Clinton met the political leaders of Northern Ireland.

Arts and literature

 * 7 February – The Chester Beatty Library opened in its new premises in the grounds of Dublin Castle.
 * 31 October – Boyband Westlife scored their seventh straight UK number one, becoming the only artists in UK chart history to achieve this.
 * December – The quarterly cultural magazine The Dublin Review was launched by Brendan Barrington.
 * John Banville's novel Eclipse was published.
 * Anne Enright's novel What Are You Like? was published.

Association football
Shelbourne won the double of the League of Ireland Premier Division and the FAI Cup for the first time in their history. They then knocked out Macedonian side Sloga Jugomagnat in the first round of the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League qualifiers. Their 1–0 win in Skopje was the first away win in a European tie by a League of Ireland side for eighteen years. Rosenborg of Norway knock Shelbourne out 4–2 on aggregate in the second qualifying round.

Gaelic games

 * Kilkenny won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
 * Kerry won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Golf

 * Murphy's Irish Open was won by Patrik Sjöland (Sweden).

Births

 * 14 January – Jonathan Afolabi, footballer
 * 26 January – Heather Payne, footballer
 * 28 January – Aaron Connolly, footballer
 * 1 February – Gavin Kilkenny, footballer
 * 25 March – Conor Coventry, English-born footballer
 * 4 May – Ciaran Booth, English-born rugby union player
 * 6 July – Michael Obafemi, footballer
 * 28 July – Lee O'Connor, footballer
 * 7 August – Jordanne Jones, actress
 * 7 August – Jaze Kabia, footballer
 * 16 October – David Rawle, actor
 * 2 November – Demi Isaac Oviawe, Nigerian-born actress

January to June

 * 15 January – Alf Ringstead, footballer (b. 1927)
 * 28 January – Tony Doyle, actor (b. 1942)
 * 1 February – Patrick Shanahan, Fianna Fáil TD (b. 1908)
 * 2 February – Francis Stuart, writer (b. 1902)
 * 13 February – F. X. Martin, priest and historian (b. 1922)
 * 25 February – Tom McEllistrim, Fianna Fáil TD (b. 1926)
 * 6 March – Jonathan Philbin Bowman, journalist and radio presenter (b. 1969)
 * 20 April – John Carthy, shot dead by the Garda Síochána (b. 1972)
 * 7 June – Mona Tyndall, missionary sister and development worker (b. 1921)
 * 10 June – Frank Patterson, tenor (b. 1938)

July to December

 * 10 July – Denis O'Conor Don, hereditary chief of the O'Conor Don sept (b. 1912)
 * 14 August – John Boland, senior Fine Gael politician (b. 1944)
 * 18 October – James Gill, cricketer (b. 1911)
 * 8 November – Brian Boydell, composer, professor of music at Trinity College Dublin (b. 1917)
 * 18 November – Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh, physicist (b. 1933)
 * 21 November – Paddy Flanagan, cyclist (b. 1941)
 * 26 November – Paddy Donegan, former Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister (b. 1923)
 * 15 December – Paddy Barry, Cork hurler (b. 1928)

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Malay Mail

The Malay Mail is an online newspaper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, first published on 1 December 1896 when Kuala Lumpur was the capital of the then new Federated Malay States, making it the first daily newspaper to appear in the FMS. In December 2018, it ceased printing after 122 years but has continued as a news portal.

During World War II, the paper was replaced by the Malai Sinpo.

Overview
The newspaper used to be an afternoon edition which focused on local happenings and was promoted as "The Paper That Cares". It was common to find local community news making the headlines. A major example of this was the People's Live Telecast Fund, a public donation drive organised on June 1982 under the editorship of Ahmad Sebi Abu Bakar to crowdfund live matches of the World Cup happening around the same time for Radio Televisyen Malaysia totalling RM300,000 for 5 telecast; each broadcast was underwritten Ditaja Oleh Rakyat Malaysia ("Sponsored By The Malaysian People"). The paper also had featured a "Page 3 Girl" and was not taken too seriously as it had the image of a tabloid with the printing of many unsubstantiated news articles. The newspaper had a commanding presence in classified ads and in the 1990s it was common to find almost half the newspapers comprising classified ads.

In 1997, the Malay Mail was the NSTP Berhad's single most profitable unit through its grip on classifieds which, in the nature of a virtuous cycle, actually intensified its popularity.

When the Asian financial crisis broke from 1997 to 1998, another daily newspaper, The Star offered huge discounts to property agents and car dealers – the ones most affected by the crisis. The Malay Mail could not, or would not, offer such rebates – which prompted a shift to The Star with the Malay Mail losing its position as the leading classifieds newspaper. Once readers moved, The Star massive circulation ensured that they would stay, and the Malay Mail circulation plummeted.

The Malay Mail was linked to another daily newspaper, the New Straits Times via its holding company, the NSTP Berhad.

During the turn of the millennium, the New Straits Times was facing increasing competition from another daily newspaper, The Star. At the time, the NSTP Berhad had a whole range of newspapers including the New Straits Times, the New Sunday Times, the Malay Mail, the Sunday Mail, Berita Harian and its Sunday edition Berita Minggu and the late-morning Malay-language tabloids Harian Metro and Metro Ahad.

A strategic decision was made by the NSTP Berhad to focus on only one English newspaper, which was the New Straits Times. On 1 September 2004, the New Straits Times introduced the publishing of two versions of the newspaper – a tabloid-size daily along with the broadsheet format. This signalled their intention to go head-on with The Star which printed tabloid-sized newspapers. The senior reporters from the Malay Mail were transferred to the New Straits Times and the nationwide circulation of the Malay Mail was reduced and limited to the Klang Valley.

In the early stages of 2005, plans were unveiled to change the direction of the paper and offered voluntary separation scheme to senior writers and journalists of the Malay Mail. Its former weekend edition, The Sunday Mail, published its last edition on 8 May 2005. After some experiments that went awry in 2006 and 2007, the NSTP decided to sell the paper to its parent company Media Prima Berhad.

The newspaper's circulation slid from its peak of over 60,000 in the mid-1980s. Advertising revenue has kept in step, plummeting to RM10 million annually from its peak of RM70 million in 1997. Advertising revenue has since been declining and the business has been reporting losses.

Media Prima Berhad relaunched the Malay Mail on 5 May 2006 as a free afternoon paper but still failed to overturn its losses. It was then sold to Datuk Ibrahim Mohd Nor of Blue Inc who tried a free model under the stewardship of Datuk 'Rocky' Ahirudin Attan with an emphasis towards Klang Valley news in 2008 but that too failed. The newspaper was then sold to a group of businessmen led by Dato' Siew Ka Wei of the Ancom Group of Companies in 2012. It also marked Siew's entry into the media world by setting up the Redberry Media Group with advertising assets at airports, buses, cinemas and billboards. Malay Mail shares some common shareholders with Redberry and Ancom. Besides Siew, the other directors of Malay Mail are Tan Sri Mohd Al Amin Abdul Majid and Datuk Rocky. In 2013, the Malay Mail Online website (themalaymailonline.com) was launched and proved to be a hit for those seeking independent news.

In 2018, the website was revamped and relaunched as malaymail.com. The Chinese and Malay language news portals were revamped into Cincai News and ProjekMM.

On 25 October 2018, Malay Mail announced that it will cease its print operations on 1 December 2018 and go fully digital on 2 December 2018.

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1999 in Ireland

Events from the year 1999 in Ireland.

Incumbents

 * President: Mary McAleese
 * Taoiseach: Bertie Ahern (FF)
 * Tánaiste: Mary Harney (PD)
 * Minister for Finance: Charlie McCreevy (FF)
 * Chief Justice: Liam Hamilton
 * Dáil: 28th
 * Seanad: 21st

Events

 * 1 January – The Euro Currency officially entered circulation in the European Union (EU) Eurozone member area countries, then formally made its debut on European and the world financial markets.
 * 13 January – Derek Hill became the eleventh honorary citizen of Ireland.
 * 5 February – New legislation changed the name of the RSI Number to the Personal Public Service Number and expanded its use.
 * 31 March – The Irish Land Commission was dissolved.
 * April – Senator George Mitchell Peace Bridge opened across the Irish border.
 * 27 April – The States of Fear television series, made by Mary Raftery for RTÉ, began broadcasting. Its revelations of a history of institutional child abuse led to questions being raised in the Dáil, an apology to victims from the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, and the appointment of a Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse in May.
 * 21 May – Gay Byrne hosted his last Late Late Show after 37 years.
 * 28 May – County engineer for County Clare confirmed that the Latoon fairy bush, which had been due to be cut down for the construction of the M18 motorway, would be spared, after a preservation campaign led by folklorist Eddie Lenihan.
 * 17 June – UEFA punished the Football Association of Ireland with a fine of £25,000 for not fulfilling a Euro 2000 qualifier against Yugoslavia.
 * 11 August – Ireland joined the world in watching the last solar eclipse of the millennium.
 * 18 August - President McAleese attended a novena in Knock, County Mayo.
 * 28 August – 80,000 fans saw the Robbie Williams concert at Slane Castle, County Meath.
 * 12 October – Peter Mandelson arrived in Belfast as the new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
 * 20 October – President McAleese led tributes to the former Taoiseach Jack Lynch who died aged 82.
 * November – Remaining prohibition orders made under the Censorship of Publications Acts relating to contraception or termination of pregnancy were lifted.
 * 28 November – A bright fireball passed over Leighlinbridge, County Carlow accompanied by detonations. Four stone meteorite fragments totalling 271.4g were found afterwards and classified as ordinary chondrites.
 * 29 November – Ten designated ministers were appointed to the power-sharing Northern Ireland Assembly.
 * December - The Millennium Bridge is opened in Dublin.
 * 2 December
 * The Irish Government ratified changes to Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution.
 * Direct rule from Westminster in Northern Ireland ended.
 * Foras na Gaeilge was established as an agency of The North/South Language Body under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement to promote the Irish language throughout the island of Ireland, assuming the roles of Bord na Gaeilge, An Gúm, and An Coiste Téarmaíochta, previously state bodies of the Government of Ireland.
 * 13 December – The first meeting of the North/South Ministerial Council took place in Armagh.
 * Inez McCormack of the UNISON trade union became the first woman President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.

Arts and literature

 * 10 February – Mark O'Rowe's play Howie the Rookie premièred at the Bush Theatre, London.
 * 19 April – Sligo boyband Westlife released their first single, Swear It Again, the first of fourteen that went straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart.
 * 6 October – Frank McGuinness's drama Dolly West's Kitchen premièred at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.
 * 1 November – Westlife released their first album, five singles from which went to number one in the UK Singles Chart.
 * Colm Tóibín's novel The Blackwater Lightship was published.

Association football

 * St Patrick's Athletic won the League of Ireland for the third time in four years.

Gaelic football

 * Meath beat Cork 1–11 to 1–8 to win their second All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in four years.

Golf

 * Murphy's Irish Open was won by Sergio García (Spain).

Hurling

 * Cork beat Kilkenny 0–13 to 0–12 to win the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship for the first time since 1990.

Births

 * 22 January – David Clifford, Gaelic footballer
 * 18 May – Mark Travers, footballer

January to June

 * 15 January – Robert Lowry, Baron Lowry, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (b. 1919)
 * 28 January – Markey Robinson, artist (b. 1918)
 * 8 February – Iris Murdoch, novelist and philosopher (b. 1919)
 * 22 February – Pat Upton, Labour Party TD (b. 1944)
 * 25 April – William McCrea, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1904)
 * 25 April – Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, journalist, author, sports official and sixth president of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1914)
 * 11 May – Birdy Sweeney, actor (b. 1931)
 * 19 May – Victor Bewley, café proprietor (b. 1913)
 * 23 May – Cathal Gannon, harpsichord maker and fortepiano restorer (b. 1910)
 * 15 June – Fred Tiedt, boxer (b. 1935)

July to December

 * 17 July – Donal McCann, actor (b. 1943)
 * 27 July – Malachi Martin, Roman Catholic priest and author (b. 1921)
 * 21 August – Noel Larmour, cricketer and diplomat (b. 1916)
 * 21 August – Maurice Gerard Moynihan, civil servant and writer (b. 1902)
 * 24 August – Eithne Strong, poet
 * 4 September – Raonaid Murray, victim of an unsolved murder (b. 1982)
 * 13 October – Michael Hartnett, poet (b. 1941)
 * 15 October – Josef Locke, tenor (b. 1917)
 * 20 October – Jack Lynch, former Taoiseach and leader of Fianna Fáil (b. 1917)
 * 14 November – Brian Ó Cuív, son-in-law of Éamon de Valera, Celtic scholar and author
 * 23 November – Micheál Cranitch, Fianna Fáil politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann in 1973 (b. 1912)
 * 29 November – Michael O'Halloran, politician in the UK (b. 1933)
 * 30 December – Tom Aherne, soccer player (b. 1919)

Full date unknown

 * Manliff Barrington, motorcycle racer (b. 1910)
 * Áine Ní Cheanainn, educationalist (b. 1907)

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Preston, Dorset

Preston is a coastal village and suburb of Weymouth in south Dorset, England. It is approximately 3 km north-east of Weymouth town centre and 2 km west of the village of Osmington.

Preston contains two Haven campsites, Seaview and Weymouth Bay. It is home to a 14th-century church, St Andrew's, which was built on the site of a much earlier Norman church. It has three public houses: The Bridge Inn (formerly called The Swan), The Spice Ship and The Springhead. On the coast is the beach resort of Bowleaze Cove.

Preston has a village hall, used for many local groups including the local pantomime group.

Since 2019 Preston has been represented by Cllr Tony Ferrari (Conservative) and Cllr Louie O'Leary on Dorset Council as part of the Littlemoor and Preston ward. On 6 November 2023, councillor Tony Ferrari died after collapsing while running.

In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 855. On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Weymouth, Bincombe and Poxwell.

Notable people
The Wesley family (the founders of Methodism) lived at Manor Cottage, which lies just south of The Spice Ship.

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1998 in Ireland

Events from the year 1998 in Ireland.

Incumbents

 * President: Mary McAleese
 * Taoiseach: Bertie Ahern (FF)
 * Tánaiste: Mary Harney (PD)
 * Minister for Finance: Charlie McCreevy (FF)
 * Chief Justice: Liam Hamilton
 * Dáil: 28th
 * Seanad: 21st

January

 * 1 January – The Vocational Education Committees of the towns of Bray, Drogheda, Sligo, Tralee and Wexford were abolished.
 * 14 January – The Mahon Planning Tribunal opened in Dublin Castle.

February

 * 27 February – Ireland qualified for entry into the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union.

March

 * 15 March – Former Fine Gael party minister Hugh Coveney died in a fall from a cliff in County Cork.

April

 * 10 April (Good Friday) – The British and Irish governments and all the political parties in Northern Ireland (except the Democratic Unionists) signed the Belfast Agreement (also called Good Friday Agreement).

May

 * 22 May – The Good Friday Agreement was endorsed in a referendum by people north and south of the Irish border.

July

 * 1 July – The new Northern Ireland Assembly first met, in "shadow" form; Reg Empey and Seamus Mallon were elected First Minister and deputy First Minister respectively.

 * 11–13 July – The opening stages (Grand Départ) of the 1998 Tour de France were held in Ireland.

August

 * 15 August – Omagh bombing: 29 people died in a car bomb explosion near the centre of Omagh, County Tyrone by the Real Irish Republican Army (Real IRA).

September

 * 4 September – President Bill Clinton of the United States began his second official visit to the island of Ireland (his first being in 1995).
 * 20 September - The TV3 television station was launched.

November

 * 26 November – Tony Blair became the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas.
 * 30 November – Unemployment fell by 20% with the number of people in work rising by 100,000.

December

 * 12 December – Members of the Labour Party and Democratic Left agreed to merge.
 * 26 December – Great Boxing Day Storm ('Hurricane Stephen'): Severe gale-force winds hit northwest Ireland causing heavy disruption to services.
 * 31 December – The punt currency was traded for the last time as the euro currency was launched.

Arts and literature

 * 28 February – Actor and comedian Dermot Morgan died suddenly in London.
 * 25 May – Patrick McCabe's novel Breakfast on Pluto was published.
 * 3 July – The boyband Westlife was formed.
 * 28 August – Maeve Binchy's novel Tara Road was published.
 * 20 September – The TV3 television channel went on the air.
 * 7 October – Marina Carr's drama By the Bog of Cats opened at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.
 * 24 December – Gay Byrne broadcast his final radio show, from St Stephen's Green, Dublin.
 * John Montague became the first occupant of the Ireland Chair of Poetry.
 * Garry Hynes became the first woman to win a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (The Beauty Queen of Leenane) on Broadway.
 * Brendan Graham's Great Famine novel The Whitest Flower was published.
 * Terence Dolan's A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English was published.

Association football

 * St Patrick's Athletic won the League of Ireland.
 * Cork City won the FAI Cup.
 * Shelbourne's home UEFA Cup tie against Rangers was moved to England due to fears of sectarian trouble. Despite taking a 3–0 lead, Shelbourne lost 3–5.
 * 8 May – The Irish under-16 team won the European Championship.
 * 26 July - The Irish under-18 team won the European Championship.

Gaelic football

 * Galway won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, beating Kildare in the final.

Golf

 * Murphy's Irish Open was won by David Carter (England).

Hurling

 * Offaly won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship for the second time in five years.

Swimming

 * 6 August – Olympic gold medalist Michelle Smith was banned from competition for four years for tampering with a drug test.

Births

 * 17 March – Nathan O'Toole, actor
 * 8 August – Liam Scales, footballer

Deaths

 * 26 January – Ernest Gébler, writer (b. 1914).
 * 8 February – Niall Sheridan, poet, fiction writer and broadcaster (b. 1912).
 * 28 February – Dermot Morgan, actor and comedian (b. 1952).
 * 15 March – Hugh Coveney, Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister, yachtsman (b. 1935).
 * 17 April – Robin Lawler, soccer player (born 1925).
 * 6 May – Sybil Connolly, fashion designer (b. 1921).
 * 22 May – Jim Power, Galway hurler (b. 1894).
 * 26 May – Kate Cruise O'Brien, writer (b. 1948).
 * 23 June
 * Paul O'Dwyer, lawyer and politician in the United States (b. 1907).
 * Maureen O'Sullivan, actress (b. 1911).
 * 26 July – Seán Ó hEinirí, fisherman, seanchaí and monolingual speaker of the Irish language (b. 1915).
 * 13 August – Liam de Paor, historian and archaeologist (b. 1926).
 * 20 September – Robert Malachy Burke, Christian Socialist and philanthropist (b. 1907).
 * 10 October – Tommy Quaid, Limerick hurler (b. 1957).
 * 11 November – Paddy Clancy, folk singer (b. 1922).
 * 13 November – Valerie Hobson, actress (b. 1917).
 * 21 November – John David Gwynn, cricketer (b. 1907).
 * 26 December – Cathal Goulding, Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army and the Official IRA (b. 1923).
 * Full date unknown – Patrick Hickey, visual artist (b. 1927).

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