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147.9.159.128 02:28, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

New Graphic Table on Libertarian Party Site - Thanks
Dan,

Thanks for putting up that "table of certain facts" on Libertarian Party (United States). It would make a good addition across all the political parties I think.

Courtland 2005-01-29 USA 13:00 EST

 * You're welcome, but I didn't really do it; somebody else put it up, and I just fixed up some of the syntax and formatting so it looked better. Dtobias 18:19, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Capitalism has nothing to do with anarchism
Must this be the topic of argument for yet another time on the Anarchism page? Go to an protest where anarchists are or any anarchist event, show, bookfair, conference, or talk to anyone involved in the movement at all. You won't find any anti-statist capitalists, anywhere. Because for one, there are hardly any, and two, if you want to talk to people that want limited govt and capitalism then talk to members of the "Libertarian Party" which I'm sure you already have. If you want to put the pro-capitalist crap of "'anarchist' theory faq" as a link, then put it in its proper place, on the anarcho-capitalism page if it's not there already. That's the page to go for the people that feel like pretending they're anarchists when they're not. It's stupid to call the Anarchist FAQ pro-socialist. That's like calling an FAQ on punk pro-punk, of course it would be pro-punk! Anarchism and socialism are inseperable, even the economic systems proposed that don't call themselves socialist still draw from elements of socialism and the basic ideas of it. Only someone with a lack of understanding about anarchism whose information is limited to a special on TV would make such misinterpretations and assumptions. That link (although it falsely represents anarchism) fits perfectly with anarcho-capitalism because it's specifically about that falsely named ideology and the faq has literally nothing to do with the topic of anarchism in general. I understand where you're coming from, if you believe in something, you want it promoted in as many places as possible and therefore you want visitors to the anarchism article to also see some capitalist info too, even if it's not relevant or related in any way. Do you think it would make sense for there to be capitalist links on a leninism page? Neither do I, because it makes no sense. Excuse me, but I have to go now and put a link to cotton on the page microsoft. Cheers :) --Fatal 19:19, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I see it more like fans of punk music putting up a "Music FAQ" that claims to be about music in general but which holds the position that only punk is true music, and all other genres (classical, bubblegum pop, hip-hop, etc.) deserve to be listed only in a section entitled "Things that are Not Music". (And I've been in online music forums where people actually do seriously assert that some genre or artist they dislike is "not real music".)  I'd say that the Wikipedia entry on music should cover all genres in an evenhanded manner (even including genres that many or most critics find to be discordant noise, and artists who are regarded by critics as talentless hacks, if they have some degree of popularity and cultural visibility nevertheless).  The same is true of the entry on anarchism. Dtobias 20:59, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Community watch
Just wanted to let you know that there is an anon vandal on the loose, recently decided to demonstrate their humor on the Libertarian Socialism page. Seems this person has shown up editing a couple of the same articles as you, even has the same fascination with underaged pop stars and movies like Lizzie McGuire. Wouldn't it be odd if someone got the two of you confused? Kev 20:33, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

About RickK, me, and user blocking

 * Note: Please read this carefully and thoroughly, as this is important.

RickK, one of the admins, blocked my former accounts "User:Hil Duff" and "User:Hil Duff star". He didn't give any reason why and totally ignored my comments on my talk page just because he thinks my user name would be something like imposting or vandalizing. I wanted to discuss things over with him, but he just deleted my account immediately without reason. I just want to be a happy Wikipedian here.

I AM NOT A VANDAL, and I won't be Hilary Duff, just Cool Cat886. I won't tell anybody that I am famous or a pop star. I just want to contribute in peace here, and YOU CAN BLOCK ME ONLY IF YOU SEE ME VANDALIZING OR ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING BAD, BECAUSE I DIDN'T. Would you support me and be my good friend, or should I just get blocked for eternity because I didn't do anything? Cool Cat886 07:21, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm not an admin, so I have no power to ban or un-ban anybody, but you actually did do something under the old account that looked like vandalism -- you blanked the Hilary Duff article. Maybe it was an accident as you state, but that, combined with claiming to be Hilary yourself (celebrity impersonators are a common problem on the Internet) is bound to make people suspicious.  You haven't done anything bad under your current username now (well, some might regard your posting the same comment to a lot of user talk pages as spamming), so it's unlikely you'll get banned under that name unless you commit vandalism. Dtobias 13:05, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

"Neutering" external links
The reason this is done is to avoid giving PageRank to vanity pages and advertisements. The lag time between an article being nominated for deletion on VfD and actually being deleted has been varying between two and three weeks lately. Having an external link from Wikipedia for a week or two can significantly boost a site's results in Google and similar searches, and is one of the primary reasons we get spammed. The link can be restored easily enough afterward if the VfD results in a keep, and in the meantime, the omission does no harm. On the other hand, anything we can do to lower the rewards for spamming is a Good Thing. —Korath (Talk) 02:36, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)

3rd millennium
Dan, You say that the 2000-2999 range is 'not technically accurate'. What is the authority that has ruled otherwise, and who signed up to this authority? On Dec 31 1999 - the majority 'viewpoint' -, no-one mentioned any authority that contradicted the celebrations. The other 'viewpoint' - Dec 31 2000 - was a wash-out. Thanks, Ian Cairns 00:28, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Let me step in here to point this out. That a new millennium begins in XXX1 is not a "viewpoint," it's simple reasoning based on the observation that our calendar system has no year zero from which to begin counting, so the start dates of centuries and millennia (and decades, but that gets pretty widely ignored, I guess) are a year off.  The Wiki article Millennium has a good quote from Arthur Clarke: basically, "Would you accept it if a store clerk used a scale that began at one, and claimed to have sold you ten kilograms of tea?" If the scale doesn't start at zero, the first unit is skipped and you get nine kilograms. See also 0 (year).  Mr. Billion 20:45, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

18th century
According to the changelog, you added Overview header consistent with other centuries. Most centuries don't have an overview. If you're going to change the layout of all of the centuries, then you should discuss it in Centuries. - Brunnock 12:29, May 15, 2005 (UTC)

Black Death
Thanks for the help with the Black Death page. You took the religion section exactly in the direction I wanted to go (but I lacked a few key facts to take it there). Hiberniantears 13:59, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

 * You're mistaken, apparently... I don't think I've ever edited the Black Death page. I recently made a minor grammatical-correction edit to the Avignon Papacy page, another page related to a similar historical era which you have edited recently yourself, so maybe that's where you got my userid. *Dan* 14:31, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

My mistake! Thought I had clicked on User:Dmcdevit Hiberniantears

Rand
Possibly the American general public. She's virtually unknown elsewherea, and hardly counts as influential even when her name is known. On the other hand, apparently Alan Greenspan knew her. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 12:25, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Error
You stated on my talk page: "Wilkes is violating the three-revert rule over on Wikipedia:Requests for page protection, deleting another user's (anonymous) comments, misguidedly calling them "vandalism". *Dan* 15:13, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)" Sorry Dan, you are wrong. I first moved the ANONYMOUS users comments to the talk page. But, they repeatedy reinstated it. That is in fact vandalism according to Wikipedia. I reverted vandalism in accordance with the statement of OFFICIAL POLICY on the page of Requests for page protection that says:
 * "This is not the place to discuss or dispute articles, users, or policies."

Thank you. Ted Wilkes 15:22, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

You seem extremely quick to make statements without bothering to make certain of the facts. Doing it twice in a row is hard to excuse and I'm not sure what your mission is. To leave a message on my (or any other) talk page that casts me or any Wikipedia user in an unfavorable light is disrespectful to the goal of Wikipedia cooperation. I think it is good thing to actually read and gather facts before openly criticizing any Wikipedia contributor on their page. Unfounded criticism has the effect of impugning that users reputation and certainly gives others who might read the incorrect comments a false impression. First, never state as fact that I or anybody "don't like" another user. That is an insult and uncalled for. Second, vandalism in fact occurs where any user knowingly and deliberately and consistently inserts fabricated information – let me repeat that: fabricated information -- pretending it to be fact. That is the most destructive type of vandalism possible. Vandalism also occurs when that person's only edits are on one topic in which they have inserted their fabrication(s) and repeatedly bully others to get their way. Note that in the case of the Elvis Presley article, the user who tried to intimidate me had previously done it to other users. (A fact that I posted on the Presley talk page yesterday.) Vandalism also occurs when a person who has fabricated information repeatedly reverts other's attempts to correct their misrepresentations. I'm certain you do not condone the insertion of deliberate fabrications into Wikipedia and as such will want to actually check my assertion as to deliberate fabrications, said assertion already posted by me prior to your message on my talk page. Perhaps once you do, then you will do the gentlemanly thing in keeping with the spirit of Wikipedia as I'm certain your intent is only to make Wikipedia a better place. Thank you. Ted Wilkes 22:19, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * The problem is that User:Ted Wilkes is still accusing me of "vandalism" simply for inserting additional information in some Wikipedia articles, which seems to be not in line with this user's personal opinion. He is still accusing me of "deliberate misinformation", "unfounded statements and outright fabrication", "distortions" and even of a "disinformation campaign". See, for instance, Talk:Nick Adams. He also calls me a liar. See Talk:Elvis Presley. As everybody can see, all my additional contributions are verified and supported by several independent sources cited on the discussion pages. In my opinion, it his high time to put this user in his place and tell him that he should stop accusing me of "misinformation" and "outright fabrication" until such times as he actually shows that something I have written is wrong. – 80.141.xxx.xxx

Oh, do please try to be a bit more NPOV
It's great that you're adding lots of content, and the wiki process is all about multiple people coming together and deciding on a Neutral Point of View, but it would be nice if you at least made an effort on FanFiction.Net to be the neutral. Ambush Commander 02:14, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. About your comment on your most recent edit on the article, my view is that since it's in the opening paragraph, it deserves some mention, and then be extrapolated further below. Ambush Commander 01:04, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)

Personal attacks
You reinstated insulting comments that I had removed from my Talk page. Personal insults violate official' Wikipedia policy as specified in No personal attacks. Please refrain from inserting a personal attack. Thank you. Cheers. Ted Wilkes 13:12, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Since it is your personal talk page, I won't revert it back again, but I think you were out of line to refer to the negative comments about you as "vandalism", which is a technical term here with a specific meaning that does not extend to all comments you dislike. Furthermore, some regard comments you have left about others on various talk pages to be "personal attacks" as well. *Dan* 14:35, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

 * I asked User:Ted Wilkes to remove all his personal attacks against me from the discussion pages. As a reply, he has written on his Talk page, "I stand by my words that you are a vandal as defined by Vandalism. I made no personal attack on you of any kind..." He even invites me "to immediately take this matter to the administration". I think it's high time to permanently ban this user from the Wikipedia community, as he repeatedly called me a liar, constantly accused me of "fraud", "deliberate misinformation", "unfounded statements and outright fabrication", "distortions", a "disinformation campaign" etc. and refuses to discuss the additional information I included on the discussion pages. 80.141.196.241 15:02, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * May I ask you for comment on this page: Requests for comment/Ted Wilkes. Thanks. 80.141.225.96 18:57, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Please unblock Mike Garcia now. He wants to come back.

 * I'm not an admin; I have no power to block or unblock anybody. *Dan* 19:08, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

 * Dtobias (or should I say Dan), what kind of "idiot" are you?

 * You've stumped me... I've never been able to figure that out myself. The kind that's a member of Mensa, I guess. *Dan* 19:15, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you
Hi Dan, I know this is a bit late, but I wanted to thank you for your support on my RFA. Thanks to everyone who supported me, I am now an admin, and I have used my new powers to help further Wikipedia. Thanks! Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 23:59, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * You're welcome... be sure to use your powers for good instead of evil! (With great power comes great responsibility...) *Dan* 00:01, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)

Kim
Thank you for alerting to me that mistake of gender. Not every man, albeit a white one at that, is named Kim, but I should have been smart enough to look at his article rather than assume. -- Riffsyphon1024 19:51, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

Mesmerize
Do you think the page block was a mistake? Guettarda 00:58, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Probably... I never really like page blocking in any case, though it's sometimes regrettably necessary. Some action needs to be taken regarding Mike Garcia, who has instigated a whole bunch of edit wars because of his unconstructive attitude. *Dan* 01:00, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)

 * Their edit war required some sort of intervention - I was hoping it would make them talk, but Mike only thanked me (not my intention) and the anon has been silent. I suspect that if I unprotect the page they will just start back.  Any advice on how else to proceed? Guettarda 01:09, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Both of the main participants in the edit war have been temporarily banned now for 3RR violations, so it should be safe to unprotect the article. *Dan* 02:36, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)

 * I've been silent because I am waiting for Mike Garcia to present his sources, as requested by you. I'm not sure what else is expected of me at this point, since I initiated a talk discussion on the topic from the beginning and referred to the talk page at every instance to get a dialogue going. Mike refused to discuss the issue with me. After researching the topic, a third party has found no evidence supporting Mike's claims. 66.36.129.150 02:46, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Mike Garcia
If you'd like, I'd be interested to know the full nature of your dispute with this user plus any relevant links or related disputes. This is, unsurprisingly, one of a very many complaints received against him in the past short while, and there are a lot of people interested in finally settling this issue. Wally 06:57, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

User Wyss and the articles on Nick Adams and Natalie Wood
Could I possibly ask you to have a further look at the Talk:Nick Adams page? As a reply to administrator Willmcw's comment on this page, User:Wyss has written, "You clearly haven't read that link yourself. Why didn't you bother to check it? Maybe because you're so busy as a new Wikipedia:Admin?" This sounds very similar to flamings by User:Ted Wilkes. You may remember his reply to administrator User:Mel Etitis on his talk page: "Yet again I have to request that you read facts and know what you are talking about before commenting. I suggest, since this matter is in the hands of Wikipedia:Mediator Ed Poor, that it might be best for you to refrain from further comments and not interfere in the process." You may also remember this user's attempts at silencing me by repeatedly deleting my contributions. Why are users Wyss and Ted Wilkes so keenly interested to suppress every reference that Nick Adams was gay? See also Natalie Wood and Talk:Natalie Wood where information taken from a current biography has been repeatedly deleted by user Wyss. On the Talk:Nick Adams page, this user now claims that he "found zero documented evidence to even thinly support any assertion under WP standards that Mr Adams was a homosexual" and that none of my edits "are supported by documented evidence cited in peer-reviewed, secondary sources". In my opinion, this seems to be a new strategy by user Ted Wilkes (using an alias) to suppress any reference that Adams was gay. I am quite sure that users Ted Wilkes and Wyss must be identical, as User:Wyss is all too familiar with David Bret's writings and uses similar arguments as Ted Wilkes presents to suppress my contributions to the articles on Nick Adams and Natalie Wood. Significantly, the following sentence can be found on User:Wyss's page: "I think the Internet trolls inhabiting Wikipedia are its biggest weakness since they stir up unhelpful vandalism throughout helpful anarchy." In addition, the "barnstar of diligence" is appearing on both of their pages. See User:Wyss and User_talk:Ted_Wilkes. What is your opinion? Perhaps you can place some short notes on the related pages. Thanks in anticipation. 80.141.218.197 2 July 2005 12:40 (UTC)

 * I'm not sure I want to jump in the middle of this, given that I'm not really familiar with the subject anyway... I have no idea which "facts" are true in this case, but I wish everybody would get less emotional about them and stop hurling attacks and accusations about it. *Dan* July 2, 2005 13:30 (UTC)

 * Thanks anyhow. I don't understand the intentions of User:Wyss who is now harshly attacking administrator User:Mel Etitis. May I ask you to mediate since you already know the conflict? See Talk:Natalie Wood. I only wanted to include some additional information which can be found in a new biography on Natalie Wood. User Wyss and some others repeatedly deleted this information. 80.141.193.245 5 July 2005 17:31 (UTC)

 * Also, you'd probably gain in credibility if you got a user account instead of using an anonymous IP address; this isn't required here, but people do tend to take known users more seriously than anonymous ones. *Dan* July 2, 2005 15:58 (UTC)

Re: Hypnotize
The user wants me to give him/her a source about that information in red. He/she just keeps removing it as well since I kept reverting him/her three times. The user needs to be banned for this mess. This user won't stop vandalizing the page and got me going over the 3RR again, please don't ban me, ban the user. -- Mike Garcia | talk 3 July 2005 18:25 (UTC)

 * Then why don't you give a source? That seems like a reasonable request to me. *Dan* July 3, 2005 22:11 (UTC)

 * It's not me who added that information before the anonymous user user showed up today to remove it. -- Mike Garcia | talk 3 July 2005 23:49 (UTC)

 * Well, some of the text is mine, I think, where I refer to the existence of a dispute over what order the albums would come out (based on edit-warring that you were involved in earlier), but I believe you came up with the part that says that they actually intended to release the albums in the other order but flip-flopped, but haven't provided a source for that. *Dan* July 4, 2005 00:17 (UTC)

Melissadolbeer
You commented at the above user's talk page that you were not sure what the situation was.

Please see Requests for comment/Melissadolbeer. 17:16, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Re: britney Spears
All of them (except say Nicole Parker because no one will care, or maybe Ciara (another GOOD one), because she so new) is subject to interpretation. Only Britney is an example under the guidelines of her singing style (which is what a soubrette is based on), the others are classified (read: lumped in) because of a lack of range. To sing that softly, and mellowly, and stay melodic without cracking isn't a cake walk. Britney  Antares33712 00:08, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Libertarianism, anarchism, and anarcho-capitalism
I've been talking to Kev about these three issues, and I think his concerns are reasonable. Would it be acceptable to you if instead of having anarcho-capitalism listed as a school of anarchism: The idea is for the page to be roughly analogous to the treatment of libertarian socialism on the libertarianism page, which discusses libertarian socialism in a disambig, the terminology section, and the criticism section.
 * 1) a disambig at the top that points to anarcho-capitalism
 * 2) an anarchism and capitalism section was added that discussed both anarcho-capitalist views and their relationship to socialist anarchism
 * 3) a discussion of anarcho-capitalism in the criticism section

It's important to Kevehs that the two articles be consistent, and this seems fair to me. Let me know what you think.

Dave (talk) 13:49, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

Domain Name System, TLD entries, etc.
Adding information about enom is adding relevant information to these articles. It is very important to add information about the whole domain name system, and that includes talking about registrars, which has been widely ignored in almost all domain name related articles. Anyone interested in learning about DNS, or any TLD may in fact want to find out where an end-user can find out more specif information about the registrars. in this case, enom is an example that has been overlooked. there are many other registrars mentioned in wikipedia, not just enom. check out go daddy, network solutions, tucows. This is not about advertising. It would be appropriate for you to contact the editor (me in this case) before simply wiping away useful information in the future.

Thanks

JC (talk)

 * Perhaps linking to a page listing a number of registrars (perhaps ICANN has such a page in its site with its accredited registrar list) would make more sense than linking to one particular registrar as you did. It does appear that you were "shilling" for eNom, since you put links to them in several pages, sometimes with slightly misleading titles like ".uk registrar" implying that they were the sole, or primary, registrar for a particular TLD.  You also created a page about them with some writing that sounds like marketing hype rather than an encyclopedia entry. *Dan* 01:04, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you for the feedback. I will further edit the entries to make them more generalized, and work to include a broader scope of registrars. Rather than shilling for enom, I am trying to present a broader range of registrars (I am a reseller of domain names, and have worked with all of them). By including the article on enom, I simply followed the format of the other 4-5 registrars' entries and scraped some info from their site.
 * Jog1973 21:14, 30 July 2005 (UTC)jog1973 (talk)

Harry Potter
See my latest attempt to get some facts included to improve this very boring article on Snape here 205.188.116.7 02:54, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comments 205.188.116.7 10:50, 10 August 2005

Band names requiring pluralized verbs
Hi, you jumped into the discussion on User:Mike Garcia's talk page, this is a copy of my response that I just posted there:

 * Are you sure this is an American/British thing? I'm American, not British, and the grammar I explained above is common American English as far as I can tell. The American music press also follows my "pluralized" usage: search for Green Day or The Velvet Underground at AllMusic.com, for instance, or read this randomly selected news dispatch from MTV.com (note: "System of a Down are...", "Built to Spill have..."). You are talking about American sports press (which I also follow a lot :)... ha!), which is not famous for its good grammar but perhaps more for its colloquialisms, such as the one being discussed. As I said, the "singular" construction is common, but not fit for writing, unlike other AE/BE conflicts which involve sound conventions on both sides.

What one can glean about this convention from browsing American versus British band articles on Wikipedia is misleading. —Tarnas 04:39, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Economic "affect" of Hurricane Katrina
D'oh! Thanks for the quick catch of my amateur mistake! -- BD2412 talk 14:51, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Anarchism
As Bob Black is a self-confessed police informer, how can this be biased information, and as he claims to be an anarchist surely this is also relevent. Harrypotter 16:24, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

 * The fact that there's an incident where he tattled to the cops in order to get an enemy in trouble is certainly relevant on Black's own article, but that doesn't mean that everywhere his name is mentioned it is necessary to call him a "police informer", any more than it would be necessary to add "convicted criminal" everywhere Martha Stewart's name appears. The label makes it sound like he's an infiltrator in any group he may be affiliated with, and is tattling on them to the authorities rather than supporting their program, which is not a proven fact. *Dan T.* 18:28, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

NPOV Kook
The NPOV way of calling someone a Kook is to write: "***** won the alt.usenet.kooks award for July 1999"

From Ed Poor's talk page
''I think it's a general truth that the more somebody carries on about how badly or unfairly they're being treated in conjunction with their nomination for adminship, the more likely they are to be perceived as being not the sort who ought to be entrusted with such a position. Whether they're right or wrong in their complaints, the mere fact that they're the sort to carry on a grudge match all over the site shows them not to be likely to be calm and even-handed in exercising their administrator powers, should they be granted. *Dan T.* 16:50, 3 October 2005 (UTC)''

 * First, let me start by saying that I never carried on about how unfair I was being treated. I've said from the start that I don't care if people oppose me, they are entitled to their opinions. I was simply questioning Ed's motives. Second, there does seem to be a grudge match going on, but I am only a pawn in it. There seems to be a number of editors opposing me because of who nominated me. User:Hipocrite may have had a past that I was unaware of, but now his past is being held against me. Third, I feel I have been very even-handed throughout my RfA experience. It has been hard to see so much criticism about me, but most of it is deserved. I have handled myself in a calm, rational way, even when being crapped upon, and personally attacked. I am not one to hold grudges. Lastly, I think someone that actually defends themselves shouldn't be ostracized. I simply tried to stand my ground while all the criticism has fallen on me. I didn't partake in any "grudge match". I simply responded to peopples comments and concerns. Besides Ed Poor's page, where have I been more civil than I have been? I can show you many examples of people being uncivil to me since this RfA started, but choose not to make a big deal out of it. I think WP needs admins who actually want to be admins, and having that desire should not be held against them. I appreciate any further comments you may have. Cheers my friend. -- Lord Vold e  mort  (Dark Mark) 17:27, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia meetup:Tampa
I'm writing to let you know that the Tampa meetup has officially been announced -- Meetup/Tampa2 &rarr;Raul654 04:01, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

List of dictators
Hey there, I would be grateful for your assistance in countering the systematic vandalism of a admin on the List of Dictators page. An administrator is blanking the page every few hours, without any AfD or anything. Yours,

jucifer 23:12, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/David Perkis
Hi Dtobias,

Just in case you haven't watchlisted David P, I suggest you have another look at it. :-(

Regards, Ben Aveling 07:58, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Economic fascism
Hey, Dtobias, long time no see. I guess you got bored of anarchism. I don't blame you. You may be interested in vote for deletion on the economic fascism article that I authored. (I'm bringing the vote to your attention message because the guy who put it up for deletion went around putting notices on people's talk pages misrepresenting the contents of the article, so maybe some semblance of fairness can be achieved). RJII 16:04, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Not so much "bored" of it as that I decided it was pretty much pointless to do any editing on that page, as it's unlikely to survive long with the POV wars over there. *Dan T.* 13:39, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

iPod hacks: why deletion of hacks?
Cheers,

why did you delete

- * 200GB iPod Nano - How to create a 200GB iPod Nano, wth 6 minute run-time.
 * 3 1/2'' floppy disk attachment for the iPod.

from that page? One I didn't get around to posting the URL yet, the other looks pretty legit, too.

Thx, DJ Vollkasko

 * I didn't... where did you get the idea that I did? *Dan T.* 13:38, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Stop Vandalizing my Page
Stop your slander of me and stop vandalizing the page on me. The New York Times article on Siegenthaler applies to you. You are a political enemy of mine. You are a Liberal with a Mental Disorder. Cease your defamation of me. Jack Sarfatti

Re: Your comment
I really do appreciate your comment... I was trying to defuse something, but instead ignited it. :( sigh.. Alex Schenck (that's Linuxbeak to you) 04:35, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Merry Christmas
I would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year. Guettarda 18:52, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Persondata
Sorry, I wasn't sure what it was and didn't know it was invisible. I have reverted myself. Happy Christmas! SqueakBox 00:35, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Posting on my Talk page
I have not had a dialog with you, and do not wish to have one. Accordingly desist from posting and reposting material on my Talk page. It is unnecessarily intrusive, I do not welcome your comments and wish to have no further interaction. Goodbye Fluterst 03:16, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

RFC/KM
You commented on Kelly Martin's second RfC. it is up for archival. you may vote at Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Kelly_Martin. CastAStone|(talk) 03:56, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Not banning intellectuals and scientists (proposed language)
I would appreciate your comments and suggestions on the following:

Wikipedia talk:Autobiography

Thanks, --Carl Hewitt 09:50, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Edits to Merkey Article
Better. Thanks for recognizing POV and smut and removing it. Cleanup the article a little more and your name will be removed as a Cyberstalker from www.merkeylaw.com. The peyote section is OR and false as written.

Mad Magazine & The Canterbury Tales
Can you put the complete Mad Magazine parody of the Canterbury Tales up somewhere? It looks hilarious. GoodSirJava 17:25, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

 * It was actually just a small section of verse in the middle of a larger article, so there isn't that much more to it. It would probably violate copyright to publish the whole thing. *Dan T.* 20:32, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Review
When thinking about "Wikipedia Review" and its place in the world, I think it's instructive to consider that it has never mustered more than 50 users at any one time, and generally has four or five visitors at a given moment. Nearly all the posts are by a handful of people, making it not much more than a group blog. That's hardly a board that is considered a "leading" critic of Wikipedia. No wonder, given that most "criticism" consists of whining about getting banned on the part of people who actually thoroughly deserved it or defaming Wikipedia editors. I admit to enjoying the latter myself from time to time but I don't expect to be linked to from the Criticism of Wikipedia page when I do. Grace Note 04:18, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

User Talk:Jimbo Wales
I saw your comments re: userboxes on Jimbo's talk; I agree that userboxes can get out of hand but also are useful for basic identification wtih a belief, identity or following. I hope cooler heads prevail in the current firestorm. Thanks again. Radagast 04:58, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Jack Thompson
The "massive blanking" you refer to on your revert was an attempt to bring an unruly article - which seems mainly vanity and platform building under control - but he-ho! Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! (Whisper?) 14:00, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Ai contestant articles/stubs
There's currently discussion ongoing concerning whether AI semifinalists deserve articles or stubs at Talk:American_Idol_%28Season_5%29. Your participation in the discussion would be appreciated! --Emperial 00:57, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

From DQ
DT, would you mind putting an email addy on my site so we can have a brief email exchange? You have no inbox and I'd rather not post this comment on a public forum. If you'd like, just insta-create a one-time-use gmail/hotmail account for this exchange if you aren't comfortable leaving me a real one. You are missing a vital piece of the puzzle and I just can't post it on the open net.... 67.160.17.29 03:45, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

The small-world non-problem
There's something familiar-sounding about your username. Hmm: I see this (and also this). Strange coincidence! -- Hoary 00:44, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Well, that last link of yours is "404 Not Found", but yes, I did create the other site you linked to. *Dan T.* 01:14, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

How embarrassing when one can't remember one's own URL (here). My lame "excuse": I haven't looked at it for years. Hoary 02:00, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Personal comments
Even hilariously funny personal attacks are still inappropriate. Medical conditions should not be laughed at. An editor has volunteered to given an earnest attempt to make the article acceptable to everyone. Let's give him a chance. Cheers, -Will Beback 01:10, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Is crackpottism a medical condition now? :-) -lethe talk [ +] 08:41, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Musical Artists
WikiProject Musical Artists has officially been started at WikiProject Musical Artists. Thanks for the input to the pre-project, I hope you'll continue to be interested and participate in the project. bmearns, KSC(talk) 18:59, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Boca Raton US1 sign
What road is the picture of the red US1 sign taken on? --BHC 11:08, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Military Trail, southbound just before Palmetto Park Road. *Dan T.* 12:00, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks, wanted to see it --BHC 08:15, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Jack Thompson
At the risk of stating the obvious, I thought I should point out that User:172.169.58.156 seems to me to signify the return of Jack Thompson to Wikipedia. I whole-heartedly recommend the necessary preparations be made for whatever legal stuff he may come up with. Thanx! --Maxamegalon2000 04:23, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

DreamHost
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Highway articles
There's a problem with that - there are several editors that have built up groupthink around the wrong name. See Talk:State Route 2 (California), which would have closed as consensus to keep at the correct name were it not for them. --SPUI (T - C - RFC - Curpsbot problems ) 03:01, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

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90Y-DOTA-biotin

90Y-DOTA-biotin consists of a radioactive substance (yttrium-90) complexed by a chelating agent (DOTA), which in turn is attached to the vitamin biotin via a chemical linker. It is used experimentally in pretargeted radioimmunotherapy. Animal studies have been conducted as well as clinical studies in humans.

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I second the hope that you will use the quadruple tilde (think of it as a Spanish brand) to sign your comments. It's hard to carry on a conversation if several people are "talking" and can't been told the one from the other.P0M 05:04, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Why not make the material on breeding better horses part of a new article. I saw that you wrote it and then deleted it. You can still get it back from the "history" of that article. You can go to "horse" and create a link to "Breeding and the better-behaved horse" or some such, then when you've saved that edit, click on the link you just made and you'll come to the empty article, which you can edit by copying your materials earlier deleted into that spot. Maybe somebody else will have a better idea of where that material should go, but your material is good enough that it won't just get dumped by some dumpster.

I would be interested in pertinent information about the Morgan horse. My first horse was a part-Morgan that had been castrated rather late. I got Peavy when he was about 15. I had him on 20 acres, and I had to zig-zag him into a corner to catch him every single time, oats or no oats. Once he figured I had caught him fair and square he became a perfectly tractible mount. Other teenagers once threw a string of firecrackers out of their car in an attempt to see a show when we were out walking the margins of a road that marked the periphery of our town. Peavy just looked at them like he knew as well as I did that they were jerks. I think my dad figured he had bought a new rider a horse that was so old he couldn't run either faster or farther than a human being. Little did he know that Peavy would run like a 3 year-old and would jump too. The Morgan might be thought exceptional only because it is a "light draft" animal, and of attractive appearance, but to me the main attraction is that combination of willingness to go all out either in fun (making the dam' boy chase him) or in need, and yet having extreme good sense. I would guess that Morgans make the best police horses. My current horse is an Arabian that I started when she was just turning 4. Before that time I had been thrown once by a horse that stopped dead in front of a piled brush jump about 4 feet high and gave me the honor of making the jump in his place, and that was about all. This mare is very solicitous, but can make a right turn in about one step when she sees a black racer or whatever is new that day, and I have lost count of the number of times I have abruptly dismounted. To her credit, she always stands there and looks at me with a perfectly innocent and concerned expression... That's not to malign her. I think she really is concerned. I had a seizure a couple of years back, and the lady who found me said she knew something was wrong because my mare was going crazy trying to get through the fence to where I was. The lady who owned her dam said that at one time another of her mares had difficulty delivering and was down all day long. The other horses ignored her, but the one I now have, Springer, walked up and down the fence separating the two of them the whole day long until somebody came and assisted in the delivery. I think that caringness probably is the result of the breeding and selection that made Arabians members of their desert families. P0M 05:33, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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I have proposed your article, Horse training methods, as an article for deletion. There is nothing on it, even though it appears to have existed for some time. --Dani 22:21, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

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Burgazada

Burgazada, or Burgaz Adası (Burgaz for short), is the third largest of the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul, Turkey. It is officially a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Adalar, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,655 (2022). In the past, it was called Antigoni (Ἀντιγόνη) after Antigonus I Monophthalmus, the father of Demetrius I of Macedon, one of the Diadochi (Successors) of Alexander the Great, who built a fort (Greek: Pyrgos for fort/tower) here. The name Burgas is thought to be derived from Pyrgos.

The island covers an area of 1.5 mi² and is dominated by a single hill, Bayraktepe (Flag Hill, 170m/558 ft), also known as Hristos Tepesi (Christ Hill). In 2003, a terrible fire decimated most of its woodland. Visible just offshore is tiny uninhabited Kaşıkadası (Spoon Island). There are great views back towards the mainland from the remote Kalpazankaya ("Counterfeiter's Rock" in Turkish).

Historically, the island was mainly inhabited by Greeks and in the 20th century many Jews from Istanbul settled here. However, with the dwindling of Turkey's minorities, the make-up of the local population is now virtually indistinguishable from the rest of Istanbul.

Şehir Hatları ferries connect the island with the mainland from terminals at Eminönü and Kabataş on the European side of Istanbul and from Kadıköy and Bostancı on the Asian side. Most of the ferries call at Burgaz after Kınalıada and before Heybeliada and Büyükada.

Attractions
The island was home to short-story writer Sait Faik Abasıyanık whose house, originally called Spanudis Mansion, is sometimes open to visitors. Many of Sait Faik's stories are set on Burgazada.

The Church of Iohannes Prodromos (John the Baptist), built in 1899, dominates the small town on the island. It was extensively restored after the Marmara Earthquake of 1999. The site was originally occupied by a Byzantine church which became a prison for St Methodius the Confessor, who was exiled here for his opposition to iconoclasm but eventually went on to become the Greek patriarch.

The Monastery of Hagios Georgios Garipi was largely built in 1897 and had to be extensively restored after the 1999 Marmara Earthquake. In 1917 it served as a refuge for some of the White Russians fleeing the Russian Revolution. There has been a monastery on the site since at least the 17th century.

On the top of Bayraktepe stands the Monastery of the Transfiguration, dating back to Byzantine time and standing on the site of an Ancient Greek temple. The current building is mainly a work of the 19th century.

The Burgazada Sanitorium, founded in 1928, is one of the oldest sanitoria in the country. The site has been unoccupied for quite a time and recently been transformed to a restaurant.

Notable residents

 * Sait Faik Abasıyanık
 * According to Kōnstantinoupolis employee Manuel Gedeon, Ottoman Greek publisher Demetrius Nicolaides had a house in Antigone.
 * Halide Edıb Adıvar, Turkish writer and politician
 * Marko Paşa, Turkish surgeon
 * Tilbe Saran (born 1961), Turkish stage actress
 * Lale Mansur : Turkish cinema and TV actress
 * Halit Refiğ : one of Turkish movie industries most important directors. Deceased 2009
 * Prof. Dr. Balkan Naci İslimyeli : Turkish artist and academician. Deceased 2022.
 * Necmi Tanyolaç : Sports executive, journalist. Founding member of Turkish Sports Journalist Association (TSYD).
 * Ruhi Ayangil : Qanun soloist, Turkish Music conductor and composer.
 * Ayla Algan : Turkish stage actress and singer
 * Martha Kazar : Known as Madam Martha, her name is given to the cove she swam daily and mostly naked. Of Coptic origin, she was also one the first ballerinas of the newly formed Republic of Turkey.

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Talk:Bernard Kouchner

Making sense of an influential man
Kouchner is an influential man for 2004 from Time. It was there that I decided to edit his article. There are a few matters I would like clarified very quickly: Or is it something more like interference or intervention? I'll find a word between the two and put it in the place to which it is referred. He seems to me like a really good conviction politician, as well as a good doctor. I don't know about the word 'medic', seems to strike a very slight informal register that is not in keeping/tone with the organisation. I'm not sure I'd have noticed it if Kouchner wasn't a politician too, or at least in political lobbying. EuropracBHIT 02:30, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC).
 * If he is an European deputy, does that mean he is part of the European Parliament, or was for the time he held that position? (I mean to ask, specifically, was he a member)?
 * What is 'humanitarian ingenerence' [sic]? It's a diplomatic point that is more than a little lost on me. A good part of French foreign policy, I agree. And certainly one that most international organisations would do well to follow. Methinks it has something to do with 'insurgence', judging by the reference to Iraq, as well as the things Kouchner and his fellow colleagues did in Kosovo.
 * Should be "humanitarian inGERENCE" Hypotyposis 03:14, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

 * "European deputy" is a mistranslation of the French "député européen". Kouchner was indeed a Member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1997, as indicated in the French Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.99.70.214 (talk) 22:37, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Don't Troll
BigGuns, it seems you were the one added this to the article "Parti Socialiste isnt happy with him going to be a part of a Right-Wing goverment and is going to start his execution from the Party."

Please stop being a troll. Wikipedia isn't the place for that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.139.213.37 (talk) 14:14, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Iraq
could someone clarify whether he was against or for the invasion of Iraq? currently the article contradicts itself. only one of the statements has a reference --Nickhh 21:24, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. Against. His position was different from the official one of France in that France was willing to leave Saddam Hussein in power, in order to not fracture the country and possibly destabilize the region. --Jerome Potts 17:58, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Religion
Regarding Mr Kouchner's categorisation as a French Jew, does he consider himself to be Jewish? The article states that his father was Jewish and, according to Jewish law, Judaism is inherited matrilineally. - Soviet Canuckistan 18:49, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Judging by the way he's advocating the overthrow of the democratically elected government of the sovereign state of Iran, it seems that he does view himself with Jewish. 68.118.255.104 04:31, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I would love to see you sourcing that
 * 1) Iran is a democracy
 * 2) That Kouchner advocated the overthrow of a democratically elected government
 * 3) That Kouchner advocated the overthrow of the government of Iran
 * 4) That Jewish faith advocates 2) and 3)
 * That should keep you busy for long enough. Rama 07:02, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Iran democracy? I guess if your talking about a spectrum of Norway to Swaziland it could be a little better than Swaziland. So in your mind elections equal Democracy and freedom to choose who belongs to who? The Guardian Council disqualified more than 3,600 reformist and independent candidates in the 2004 elections because conservatives did bad in 2000. What a surprise Ali Khameni appoints the Guardian Council it all about giving a velve to allow people to feel I'm voting it will change things. No Iranian People your dreams and hopes will have to wait with 180 $/bl we have gone into reserves. Rama while you may think Iranians need a nanny to run their country and say here your stupid and I know the Great Satan will entice you with Seinfeld that damn jew a show about nothing he stole that election deciding nothing was Ruhollah Khomeini idea. When given the chance iranians now what they want a Nationalist like Mohammed Mosaddeq some one who knows what the average iranian wants even if it means giving up everything not waiting in Paris. Mohammed Mosaddeq was a modern secular leader of Iran he was elected in 1953 the Ayatollahs hated him even though they say it was one of americas great wrongs to Iran I agree it was wrong it was racist,belittling,evil,authoritarian but nothing canbe done but say sorry to the Iranian people not idiot shouting wipe isreal off the map kill jews when I was speaking I felt an auora around me like some moron. Ramare you Iranian Nate Riley 00:19, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Article contradicts itself
Early on, the article says he was never a formal member of the Socialist Party. Later, it says he was expelled from it after joining Sarkozy's government. I read that the Socialists kicked him out from another source and came here to read more about it. He had to have been a member in order to be kicked out.--Gloriamarie 07:00, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

War with Iran
According to Reuters Bernard Kouchner said on Sunday his country must prepare for the possibility of war against Iran over its nuclear program. Can't we just put into the article that the man is an Arab-hater? No, wait, he told Teheran that "We do not want to signal anything other than 'peace is in your interest, and in ours too". This makes him a Peace-lover. Thank G*d, what a relief. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.226.248.5 (talk) 01:49, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Anyway, Iranian are not arabs but persian (who had been arab's rivals for quite a long time). So, it would be kind of strange to label him "arab-hater" for what he said. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mitch1981 (talk • contribs) 20:26, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Please try to keep a perspective here. Kouchner has always held "interventionist" theories, for instance during the war in Yugoslavia. Now, he made one blunder, outrage follows, and people make all sorts of interpretations (for instance German newspapers think that the remark is an attempt at pushing Germany to have a tougher stance towards Iran).
 * This is an encyclopedia, and we are supposed to keep things in perspective. This one isolated blunder is not the most important thing that Kouchner did in his life. Focusing attention on this incident just because it's in the newspapers right now is naive. In two years, it is very possible that hardly anyone will remember this line (think of the number of such lines produced by Bush, for instance...)
 * And of course, we much keep our working concise and minimalist, avoid judgements, assuming people's intentions (which nobody can know), and find relevant sources. For instance in this edit, there's just nothing that I can find worth saving. We need a bit of discipline, here. Rama 07:56, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * When thousands (and if they responds to our aggression with nuclear weapons, millions) of our Christian children are giving their lives fighting ANOTHER illegal war for Israel, thanks to sycophantic, nation destroying Jew chickenhawks like this guy, we'll remember his remark. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.118.255.104 (talk) 04:41, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * No we won't. We'll remember what led to war. What do you remember about the war in Iraq, words ? Small phrases ? For Heisenberg's sake, get a grip ! Rama 06:48, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

His mother's religion
According to this article, Kouchner's mother was a Catholic while both the French and Swedish versions claims that she was a protestant. Which is correct? Regards J-C V (talk) 00:02, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Organ harvesting
Just for the record and so I don't get accused of sockpupetry, I performed the 12:29, 7 October 2010 edit while accidentally logged off. This section used vague language without stating exactly what Kouchner had done, and neither did the one of the two sources that was in English. Mezigue (talk) 12:32, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I suppose this topic is controversial. What however is not controversial are his public statements. He said that there were no organ trading. You can see his statement in the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EZA0NgY3Iw&NR=1 at around time: 1:22 where he is laughing about it. 88.117.35.251 (talk) 08:28, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Organ theft
" allegations " maybe,but why not even mention it ? There are at least " controversy " sections in many articles of living politicians,why treate Bernard different ? 46.40.16.118 (talk) 19:21, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Julian Aguilar

Julian Aguilar was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE

Complete text of the article is as follows: "Julian Aguilar was born on September 13th, 1986. His life has been full of interesting events so far. It's expected that he'll become the Emperor of Mexico, 10 years from now." Too bad none of these interesting events made it into the article to establish him as notable, except of course for the one that hasn't happened yet. -- Antaeus Feldspar 02:31, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Delete. Come back in 10 years—Trevor Caira 03:06, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity. --Viriditas  | Talk 03:51, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, please don't come back in 10 years. Emperors generally do not make good editors.  --fvw *  08:13, 2004 Dec 20 (UTC)
 * Delete. Weasel language, who is expecting it? Also non-verifiable. [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm|(talk)]] 08:38, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Future history. Andris 08:44, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)
 * I feel like this would be speedy under candidates 1 ("no meaningful content") and 4 (very short articles with no context). Delete. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 10:07, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. A good speedy ? Looks like. Gtabary 17:41, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I'll second that motion. Extreme, speedy and empirical delete.  Agree with Fvw.  How POV can an emperor be about himself, anyway? - Lucky 6.9 21:58, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete as prank. Wyss 00:32, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete. utcursch 07:27, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity. Jayjg 22:48, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete or userfy. Alphax (talk) 04:27, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * "userfy". I like that; I'm going to start using it. -- Antaeus Feldspar 06:34, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete. We don't accept "potential". netkinetic

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Alanine aminopeptidase

Membrane alanyl aminopeptidase also known as alanyl aminopeptidase (AAP) or aminopeptidase N (AP-N) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ANPEP gene.

Function
Aminopeptidase N is located in the small-intestinal and renal microvillar membrane, and also in other plasma membranes. In the small intestine aminopeptidase N plays a role in the final digestion of peptides generated from hydrolysis of proteins by gastric and pancreatic proteases. Its function in proximal tubular epithelial cells and other cell types is less clear. The large extracellular carboxyterminal domain contains a pentapeptide consensus sequence characteristic of members of the zinc-binding metalloproteinase superfamily. Sequence comparisons with known enzymes of this class showed that CD13 and aminopeptidase N are identical. The latter enzyme was thought to be involved in the metabolism of regulatory peptides by diverse cell types, including small intestinal and renal tubular epithelial cells, macrophages, granulocytes, and synaptic membranes from the CNS. Defects in this gene appear to be a cause of various types of leukemia or lymphoma.

AAP is also used by some viruses as a receptor to which these viruses bind to and then enter cells. It is a receptor for human coronavirus 229E, feline coronavirus serotype II (FCoV-II), TGEV, PEDV, canine coronavirus genotype II (CCoV-II) as well as several Deltacoronaviruses.

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User talk:HapiJuic

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1) When one hears the name/word/phrase, HapiJuic, what goes through your mind?

2) What is your pronunciation of HapiJuic?

3) Does HapiJuic remind you of anything?- (surprisingly, this sounds very similar to the first question)

4) Would you ever use HapiJuic as an email account?

5) If you were to change HapiJuic to OrangeJuic, how will your views and opinions change?

Answer to 4) Yes, and it's mine.

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Category:EC 3.4.11

EC 3.4.11 aminopeptidases

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Tender offer

In corporate finance, a tender offer is a type of public takeover bid. The tender offer is a public, open offer or invitation (usually announced in a newspaper advertisement) by a prospective acquirer to all stockholders of a publicly traded corporation (the target corporation) to tender their stock for sale at a specified price during a specified time, subject to the tendering of a minimum and maximum number of shares. In a tender offer, the bidder contacts shareholders directly; the directors of the company may or may not have endorsed the tender offer proposal.

To induce the shareholders of the target company to sell, the acquirer's offer price is usually at a premium over the current market price of the target company's shares. For example, if a target corporation's stock were trading at $10 per share, an acquirer might offer $11.50 per share to shareholders on the condition that 51% of shareholders agree. Cash or securities may be offered to the target company's shareholders, although a tender offer in which securities are offered as consideration is generally referred to as an "exchange offer".

General
In the United States, tender offers are regulated by the Williams Act. SEC Regulation 14E also governs tender offers. It covers such matters as:
 * 1) the minimum length of time a tender offer must remain open
 * 2) procedures for modifying a tender offer after it has been issued
 * 3) insider trading in the context of tender offers
 * 4) whether one class of shareholders can receive preferential treatment over another

Required disclosures
In the United States, under the Williams Act, codified in Section 13(d) and Section 14(d)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, a bidder must file Schedule TO with the SEC upon commencement of the tender offer. Among the matters required to be disclosed in schedule TO are: (i) a term sheet which summarizes the material terms of the tender offer in plain English; (ii) the bidder's identity and background; and (iii) the bidder's history with the target company. In addition, a potential acquirer must file Schedule 13D within 10 days of acquiring more than 5% of the shares of another company.

Tax consequence
The consummation of a tender offer resulting in payment to the shareholder is a taxable event triggering capital gains or losses, which may be long-term or short-term depending on the shareholder's holding period.

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Talk:List of Royal Canadian Navy bases (1911–1968)

HMCS RENOUS
Can anyone verify that HMCS RENOUS was the same property as CFB Chatham? I'm 99 per cent sure that HMCS RENOUS referred to an ammunition depot at Renous, south of Chatham, and now the site of a penitentiary. Z57N (talk) 02:00, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Corrections
Corrected HMCS Mill Cove to read CFS Mill Cove which was stood up (officially) after unification. It now exists as NRS (Naval Radio Station) Mill Cove, at Base Halifax, as the communications centre for the East Coast Fleet. The site at Mill Cove NS exists as a receive antennae site only, with no permanent staff.

Corrected HMCS Esquimalt to HMCS Naden. Esquimalt was the name of the town in which NADEN resides. The ship, HMCS ESQUIMALT was sunk in World War Two.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scott Bartlett

Scott Bartlett was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE

Obvious vanity. Wkdewey 02:37, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Yep. Gently delete. --Korath会話 02:55, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete  --fvw *  08:18, 2004 Dec 20 (UTC)
 * Delete. Was a bit fun though: She refers to him as "just whoa... :-) Gtabary 17:43, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: DCEdwards1966 20:47, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)
 * Sounds like Brittany contributed it... Delete this shrine with wiki love Wyss 00:30, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC) (Ranting cultist)
 * Delete. Not notable. Probably vanity. utcursch 07:26, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

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DeWitt notation

Physics often deals with classical models where the dynamical variables are a collection of functions {φα}α over a d-dimensional space/spacetime manifold M where α is the "flavor" index. This involves functionals over the φ's, functional derivatives, functional integrals, etc. From a functional point of view this is equivalent to working with an infinite-dimensional smooth manifold where its points are an assignment of a function for each α, and the procedure is in analogy with differential geometry where the coordinates for a point x of the manifold M are φα(x).

In the DeWitt notation (named after theoretical physicist Bryce DeWitt), φα(x) is written as φi where i is now understood as an index covering both α and x.

So, given a smooth functional A, A,i stands for the functional derivative

 * $$A_{,i}[\varphi] \ \stackrel{\mathrm{def}}{=}\ \frac{\delta}{\delta \varphi^\alpha(x)}A[\varphi]$$

as a functional of φ. In other words, a "1-form" field over the infinite dimensional "functional manifold".

In integrals, the Einstein summation convention is used. Alternatively,

 * $$A^i B_i \ \stackrel{\mathrm{def}}{=}\ \int_M \sum_\alpha A^\alpha(x) B_\alpha(x) d^dx$$

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Kalinkavichy

Kalinkavichy (Калінкавічы; Калинковичи; Kalinkowicze) is a town in Gomel Region, southeastern Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Kalinkavichy District. Kalinkavichy is located beside the Netech' River, opposite the city of Mazyr, and is the site of one of the country's most important railway junctions. In 2004, its population was 37,876. As of 2024, it has a population of 36,941. It has suffered radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster.

History
Archaeological excavations have found traces of human settlement dating back to 26,000-24,000 years ago near Yurovičy, the oldest yet discovered in Belarus.

The earliest historical mention of the town of Kalinkavičy dates to 1560. The town grew to prominence at the end of the nineteenth century with the coming of the railways.

Before World War II, a significant part of the population was Jewish, 3,386 out of 9,799 were Jews. Kalinkavichy was under German occupation from 22 August 1941 until 14 January 1944. Before the arrival of the German forces, a part of the Jewish population managed to evacuate the city by train. On September 20, 1941, all the Jews were shot by collaborating policemen and German gendarmes in a trench.

Food processing (esp. pork products) is the largest industry. The extraction of peat (5.5 million tonnes of reserves) is also economically important.

Overview
The mean January temperature is 6.2 °C; July 18.7 °C. Precipitation totals 575 mm per annum.

Kalinkavičy is also known for the annual Avtyuki comedy festival, held every June.

In 1998, the town was united with the surrounding rural area to form a single administrative unit, Kalinkavičy Rajon, covering 2756 km2, with a total population of 71,500.

Notable people

 * One of the most notable figures born in Kalinkavicy was Solomon Simon (1895–1970), a well-known Yiddish author who emigrated to New York City in 1913. His autobiography, "My Jewish Roots," describes his early childhood years in Kalinkavichy (Kalinkovich).
 * Katherine Locke, a stage and supporting screen actress of the 1930s and 40s was born in Kalinkavichy, prior to emigrating to the United States.
 * IDF General Yehoshua Globerman (1905-1947)

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Talk:Germain of Paris

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I was at St. Germain a few weeks ago and I noticed some things that have me a bit confused. In the two stain glass windows that appear on opposite sides of the center of the church right where the congregation seating and the alter are seperated, there's hebrew writing over a trianlge. In one window the triangle is right side up and in the other its upside down. Anyone know the meaning behind the hebrew and so forth?

Rewrite
At the very bottom of the page, the text reads: "This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913." This is a terrible understatement, it is almost word for word, the text on New Advents Catholic Encyclopedia article on Saint Germain.-Diarmada 06:03, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

 * "Your mission, should you choose to accept it..." Wetman 07:49, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

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Article is very opinionated, uses weasel words, makes value judgements, etc. Stevenmitchell (talk) 01:52, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

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Óscar Elías Biscet

Óscar Elías Biscet González (born July 20, 1961 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban physician and an advocate for human rights and democratic freedoms in Cuba. He is also the founder of the Lawton Foundation.

Biscet was given a 25-year prison sentence in Cuba for allegedly committing crimes against the sovereignty and the integrity of the Cuban territory. Despite appeals from the United Nations, foreign governments, and international human rights organizations, the Cuban Government refused to release Biscet until March 11, 2011. In recognition of his "advocacy efforts for human rights and democracy" in Cuba. In 2007 Biscet was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President George W. Bush.

Beginnings
Biscet received a degree in medicine in 1985; the following year he initiated protests which led to his immediate suspension. Starting in 1988, Biscet revealed his political tension with the communist regime through speech. The Cuban government in 1994 officially opened a case file on Biscet, labeling him a counter-revolutionary and "dangerous". In 1997, Biscet founded the Lawton Foundation.

Political and philosophical background
Henry David Thoreau, Mohandas Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr. are major influences in Biscet's writing and motivation. Others from whom Biscet has taken inspiration are Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, José Martí, and Frederick Douglass. He is a strong believer in a democratic government and proved perseverance in criticizing abortion and the suppression of civil liberties.

Expulsion from the National Health Service
Biscet was expelled from the Cuban National Health System in February 1998 because of his activism. The physician's wife, Elsa Morejón was also expelled from nursing (her profession) when her husband started to oppose a widespread use of Rivanol for abortions.

1999 arrest
In August 1999, Biscet, along with two dozen other dissidents, were detained by Cuban police for organizing meetings in Havana and Matanzas. He was released five days earlier on August 17, 1999. He claimed that while in custody, the police tortured him by beating, kicking, stripping, and burning him. The government then threatened to detain him longer if he continued promoting his counterrevolutionary activities in Cuba. Later in 1999, he was sent back in prison for a three-year sentence. Amnesty International named him a prisoner of conscience and called for his immediate release. He was released from a high-security prison in the Holguín Province after having served his full sentence.

2002 arrest
One month after being released from custody, on December 6, 2002, Biscet was arrested in a private house with 11 other dissidents while discussing a petition drive and human rights. Biscet's wife later said the activists "were beaten and violently arrested". During their removal from the house they shouted "Long live human rights" and "Freedom for political prisoners".

Biscet was one of the 75 dissidents imprisoned in 2003 by the Cuban authorities for his association with the head of the US Interests Section in Havana, James Cason. He was given a 25-year sentence for "disorderly conduct" and "counter-revolutionary activities". He was subsequently held at Combinado del Este Prison in Havana, where he was generally not allowed outside visitors, including medical practitioners and clergy, under conditions described as "wretched". He had previously been imprisoned in the "Cinco Y Medio" prison in Pinar del Río. A replica of his cell while there was displayed at the residence of the chief of mission, James Cason.

In 2003, in response to a petition concerning Biscet and other Cuban prisoners of conscience, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention determined that Biscet is being held in violation of Articles 9, 10, 19, 20, and 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and called for his immediate release.

On September 1, 2005, in response to an Urgent Action Appeal filed by Freedom Now on behalf of Biscet, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the Special Rapporteur on the Question of Torture, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders, and the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Association issued a joint urgent appeal to the Government of the Republic of Cuba calling again for Biscet's immediate release.

Campaign to release
Freedom Now, a non-profit organization located in Washington, D.C., was retained in 2005 to assist in obtaining Biscet's release from prison. On September 1, 2005, in response to an Urgent Action Appeal filed by Freedom Now on Biscet's behalf, the United Nations called on the Government of the Republic of Cuba to immediately release Biscet.

Nat Hentoff was one of the chief advocates for Biscet in the United States, penning numerous pleas in his syndicated and Village Voice column calling for his release, and highlighting his plight within the Cuban criminal justice system.

Release
On March 11, 2011, it was announced that Biscet had been freed, along with more than 50 other dissidents. The Catholic Church in Cuba was responsible for negotiating their release. Biscet said shortly after being freed that he planned to remain in Cuba and continue his advocacy for human rights.

In August 2012, he began an independent television show, Revelando Cuba ("Revealing Cuba"), on which he discussed national and international events. The program is produced and distributed by the Lawton Foundation.

International support
In 2007, Biscet received in absentia the Presidential Medal of Freedom, from US President George W. Bush, but the Cuban government denied him a permit to travel to receive it. Finally nine years later, on June 23, 2016, he received it from Mr. George W Bush in a private ceremony in Dallas, Texas. In 2007 Biscet received in absentia the Dr. Rainer Hildebrandt Human Rights Award endowed by Alexandra Hildebrandt. The award is given annually in recognition of extraordinary, non-violent commitment to human rights.

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Abarelix

Abarelix, sold under the brand name Plenaxis, is an injectable gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist (GnRH antagonist) which is marketed in Germany and the Netherlands. It is primarily used in oncology to reduce the amount of testosterone made in patients with advanced symptomatic prostate cancer for which no other treatment options are available.

It was originally marketed by Praecis Pharmaceuticals as Plenaxis, and is now marketed by Speciality European Pharma in Germany after receiving a marketing authorization in 2005. The drug was introduced in the United States in 2003, but was discontinued in this country in May 2005 due to poor sales and a higher-than-expected incidence of severe allergic reactions. It remains marketed in Germany and the Netherlands however.

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Talk:Óscar Elías Biscet

External link
Is this link NPOV?

Sorry for recent edit
My last edit was vandilism, sorry - account has been hijacked at school. Blake01 17:17, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Removed Quotes
I removed those block quotes. They're not encyclopediac. Also, they can be accessed from the links at the bottom of the page. Why crowd up an article if it is not necessary? -- takethemud 07:01, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Fair and Balanced View?
There are a lot of claims, but there is little to no evidence that this man's imprisonment has anything to do with his politics, or that he is even really imprisoned for that matter. Where are Cuban government prison records, trial records; any actual Cuban sources regarding this man? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.197.255.211 (talk) 20:39, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Seriously, are you even sincere or are you a pro Castro propagandist —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.4.116.27 (talk) 19:00, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Kind of funny you call this guy a "pro castro propaganist" for simply asking for legitimate sources, NPOV, and validation... Is your position so weak that you cannot cite sources or are afraid of criticism... I have no position on Castro, this guy, or Cuba, but I would say the same thing about any other article or NPOV issue... Nothing hurts with having extra sources or information. Vipercat (talk) 21:34, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

 * What was missing from the article is the FACT that Biscet and the other "dissidents" were receiving millions of dollars in funds from the U.S. for subversive activities. That was central to his arrest and imprisonment, but this article totally omits this fact. Their convictions were based on testimony from agents who had infiltrated the so-called dissident group.  Also used to garner convictions were the bank records which proved that the money came from the special interest section in Florida and the CIA and other U.S. agencies and private groups.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.114.139.254 (talk) 20:04, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

CIA Funding ?
Castro co claims that Biscet was recieving CIA funds, is there any evidence of this ? 137.52.150.129 (talk) 21:50, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

We need more sources.
Would Castro be a reliable source, given that his bias is to not confess to political repression? However, the LA Times and Amnesty International don't have the same bias. I'm not accusing the LA Times and AI of lying, just saying that we don't know. We definitely need more sources for each piece of information, with biases that are different.98.234.112.5 (talk) 22:16, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet is in prison in the Combinado del Este in Havana Cuba. The cuban regime does not let take pictures, he is in total comfinement because he refuses to put on a regular prisoner uniform, he demands a political prisioner uniform as political prisoners do. Dr. Elias Biscet is in prison for expresing himself against abortions and letting people know what the castro's regime do to have a low child mortality rate. He talked about violation of humans rights in Cuba and Cuba's prisoner. Freedowm of Speech, and questioning the government is a crime in Cuba. To say that Dr. Biscet is not a political prisoner is to discredit him. There's so much proof, videos and literature about this wonderful man who is dying in prison, lost all his teeth etc, for speaking his beleifs out loud. Dr. Bisce, his wife and his family are not allowed to work in Cuba, he might get some financial help from people that wanted to help him, but to say he get or got millions of dollars is just another communista propaganda of the Castro's mafia regime.

Peace, Love and Freedom, is what we Cubans want for our country!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.235.219.123 (talk) 02:31, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

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ABCD rating

ABCD rating, also called the Jewett staging system or the Whitmore-Jewett staging system, is a staging system for prostate cancer that uses the letters A, B, C, and D.

 * “A” and “B” refer to cancer that is confined to the prostate.
 * “C” refers to cancer that has grown out of the prostate but has not spread to lymph nodes or other places in the body.
 * “D” refers to cancer that has spread to lymph nodes or to other places in the body.

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