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User talk:Blue520

Welcome!

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Welcome!
Welcome to Wikipedia! I would like to apologize on behalf of all respectable Wikipedians for the person that vandalized your user page. I can assure you 99% of us aren't so mean or stupid. I hope your time here is both productive and enjoyable!PiccoloNamek 14:11, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Sure, you can borrow it
I actually borrowed it from someone else myself. :)PiccoloNamek 09:02, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

The Golden Sabre of Muji
I noticed you restored the prod tag on The Golden Sabre of Muji after the author removed it. Actually, the author was right and you were wrong. The correct way to object to a prod is by removing the prod tag. Prod is exclusively for uncontroversial deletions, and even though the creator didn't explain their reasoning, they clearly objected. If you think the article ought to be deleted after someone objects, you simply move the discussion to AfD where everyone can say their peace.

Please see Proposed_deletion for the guidelines. NickelShoe 17:16, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Valid point, thankyou for your input--Blue520 09:27, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Prodding List of Junior Common Rooms
Thanks for moving it to AFD and letting me know! FreplySpang (talk) 16:09, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

save skux!
now that i showed you just what a cool word skux is, with its multiple applications, try and help save it!. Skux is not a word simply made up in a school day. It took many years of deliberation, and intense concentration / numerous failed attempts to produce that word. DON'T LET THE EFFORT GO TO WASTE!!! join the fight today, by asking that skux remain, and telling everyone you know to do likewise!!!!
 * Well if you don't put you signature to messages and vandalise user pages, you can piss off and waste some one else's time.--Blue520 11:09, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

ProD on 76777
I apologise. I was unfamiliar with the new proposed deletion policy at the time I picked up the article in Category:Stubs while stub sorting (although I knew the template existed) and read the message as "This article has been proposed for deletion; if you feel this should be deleted, request its deletion, otherwise protest this proposition". I apologise. Clearly this was an uncontroversial deletion candidate, and was probably worthy of speedy deletion in the first place. ProD was indeed the right way to go with this article. I'm sorry, and have now acquainted myself with WP:PROD. Thanks, and apologies.  haz  (user talk) e 09:25, 19 March 2006
 * Thanks for replying, please see the message on your talk page.--Blue520 10:03, 19 March 2006 (UTC)\

Prod tag on Gate to destiny
I noticed you added a prod tag to this article and write to explain my subsequent removal of the tag. Consistent with WP:PROD, after a tag has once been removed, it should not be re-added, irrespetive of the propriety of the original removal or the (arguably) untoward behavior of the remover in failing to explain his/her removal on the talk page or in an edit summary. Even as I likely will vote to delete the article should it be listed on AfD (I'm not convinced that it's original research, at least in view of our general tendency against ascribing that appellative to sundry video game summaries, notwithstanding some of my objections to that [ostensibly settled] policy), I don't think we should act contrary to policy here, and I expect you simply didn't notice that the prod tag had already been added and subsequently been removed (I, myself, having made that error on two occasions now review edit histories to ensure the tag hasn't already been applied). In any case, I left a note on the talk page of Rmhermen, the original prodder, to the effect that he may want to list the article for deletion, so likely the page will be taken care of in any case. Cordially, Joe 05:16, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note, please see your talk page for a response.--Blue520 06:29, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Re: prod removal on Guild wars review
My reply is on my talk page to keep the thread together and readable. --Kbh3rd talk 04:44, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

AfD Help Googlemark
Thanks...still a bit new at the deletion gig... -- Mkamensek (talk) -| The LeftOverChef 16:05, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Please see your talk page for a response.-- blue 520  16:19, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

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 * Terribly sorry, just trying to help where possible. It looked like vandalism to me. I will try to ask next time. Dessydes 10:31, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Outpost 31
Thanks for making the redirect. I was going to do it after I finished with the deletion process, but my connection started acting wonky on me locally. Smerdis of Tlön 16:22, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Foxhole Campsite
Hi Blue520. I'm here to offer apologies! I forgot to watch the AfD on Foxhole Campsite and deleted the section of the other article you'd referenced in the AfD. Sorry - I wouldn't had I known you'd mentioned it as a proposed solution!

The section was deleted (together with a raft of similar ones from related articles) because it was a "what I did on my holidays" thing - all recommendations for pubs to eat in, places to stay, things to visit, that type of thing. POV and OR, so it had to go.

Apologies if I offended/appeared to ignore you. ➨ ❝ R E  DVERS ❞ 10:10, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

in response to your recent message
Yeah, I think i meant to do WP:CSD, but now i figured out how to do it, thanks Bill Sayre 16:03, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

This time is was step 2, I guess fix whatever I did wrong. Bill Sayre 05:31, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

the honesty company
hi there, i edited the honesty company entry to make it neutral point of view, using the Hallmark and American Greeting card entries as templates. i've never used wikipedia before. do you have any more suggestions for me? i'd really appreciate it! thanks~ kimberly
 * Hi, Kimberly (Hoco)the message left on User talk:Hoco by Mareino sums it up very well and there is nothing that I can add without sounding redundant. All the best.-- blue 520  04:26, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

No speedying once AfD has begun?
Hi, this is a question over your removal of the speedy deletion notice from AnimA (JK2) with the edit comment of "no speedying once AfD has begun". This is the first time I have seen this, so I have had a look around and could not find it or the like written down any where or something similar given for a direction, but it is easy to very easy to be text blind. Could you please point me in the right direction. Thanks.-- blue 520  09:33, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Hello, Blue520. Deletion_Policy states that "Once a page is listed for deletion by listing on one of the different pages, the nomination is kept open for a period of time to allow for community comment." We'll have to wait 5 days for an AfD to end. I might skip that if there is copyvio or clear vandalism. How's that ? -- PFHLai 09:36, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Thank you, I guessed I had missed it some where. It was just the first time I had seen it.-- blue 520  10:12, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

RE stifilis
About the stifillis article: I was the one nominating it on AfD. I didn't know it was already deleted once at AfD. It's been speedily deleted at least twice already. It qualifies under CSD as a repost. I've withdrawn my AfD nomination, there's no need for it to be up there anymore. Therefore, I've reverted your addition of the AfD tag. ⇒   SWAT Jester     Ready    Aim    Fire!  07:15, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * thanks for the message, please see reply on your talk page.-- blue 520  07:22, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

To Blue 520
How you gon' play me like that? Maybe you should discuss my article before deleting it for good.-JizzyJonII 11;45, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I did not delete it, that would have been an admin. The most likely reason that it was deleted this time was that it was a repost of deleted material. As for deletion of the original article form memory was it had problems with verifiability WP:V but you will have to check the deletion log for the page  and ask the deleting admin.-- blue  520  01:21, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Michael Hill
Well done on the search - it wasn't apparent from your vote, and, yes, the key words are all on google! I was concerned about the votes before mine. I know one should assume good faith, but there seemed no indication that other people had done any research before casting their vote. I am concerned that the statistical emphasis on RfA, for example, encourages quantity over quality on these matters. Tyrenius 17:13, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, quantity over quality is very important. I was annoyed at my self for misssing out that search combination (+ knife) for I tried a number including pasting large sections of the text into Google. Some of my response in the AfD may not have made sense, WP:W was suppose to have been WP:V - Again quality. Thanks to you and PaddyMatthews for finding that it was verifiable.-- blue 520  04:57, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Galinda Hobsquatch AfD
Hi, you removed the AfD notice from the page Galinda Hobsquatch and replaced it with a. I was just wondering why? -- blue 520  07:37, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Oops, I was clearing out the speedy deletes and I think I thought someone subst'ed in the speedy template. Thanks for putting the AfD back, I'm leaning towards delete but I didn't think it was CSD A7 'able -- Tawker 14:36, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I presumed something like that, but thought to ask just in case I was missing something. I also can't see a strong argument for CSD A7, any way by the looks of it not speedy deleting it will not do any harm and it give people a chance to make something good out if it (may not possible though).-- blue  520  16:04, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Multiple AfD
Ooh, thanks for spotting that one! Luckily I still had the tab open - there was a "this edit was not saved due to a loss of session data" error. Another click and the AfD header is now in place. Cheers! ➨ ❝ R E  DVERS ❞ 10:38, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

A past deletion question.
Hi earlier this month you deleted a number of articles created by Ryan Lanham as copyvio, such as Charles Goodsell and Max Stephenson. I was wondering what was the source of the material? Thanks.-- blue 520  13:39, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * That author created an entire series of articles based on copy ripped from academic university websites. For example, his article "Barry Bozeman" was a copyright violation of http://cns.asu.edu/about/people/bozeman.htm. Since I pointed out to him that this was not allowed, he recreated several of the articles with his own copy so the recreated versions are not copyright violations. Is this what you needed. Best, --Alabamaboy 14:03, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, that was help full, thanks. Looks like I might still have to do some checking.  It was I had noticed that a number of the articles in this joint AfD Articles for deletion/Refounding Public Administration and previously been deleted (or one with a similar name had) and was just checking.   Thank you again for taking the time.-- blue  520  14:15, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

AFD
Hey there, I've updated the link in the article, and moved the two votes to the correct AFD discussion. Hopefully that's everything :-) If you need anything else, be sure to let me know. -- light  darkness (talk) 14:17, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for voting on my RfA
--M e ts501talk • contribs 01:48, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Yikes! Thank you for picking up and sorry!
My bad, it's getting late here in NZ obviously! Thanks for the heads up and apologies again - Gl e n  TC (Stollery)  09:43, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Just noticed you're from Oz. Small world :) - Gl e n  TC (Stollery)  09:45, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Yep one thing I've noticed is that once you've been here awhile and seem to be known as an active wikipedian then your edits are often just taken for granted to be error-free and not double checked... well done for picking it up :) - Gl e n  TC (Stollery)  10:11, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

rfa support
Thanks for the (initial) support, and later constructive criticism, on my RFA. Unfortunately, it did not achieve consensus. I look forward to your support in a couple months when I apply again. Holler at me if you need anything. ⇒   SWAT Jester    Ready    Aim    Fire!  01:14, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

May the Force be with you.
Dear ,
 * Thanks for voting on my RFA! I appreciate your faith in me, and was overwhelmed by the positive response to my RFA; for it shows that at least I'm doing something right. :) I've started working to improve myself already, and I hope that next time, things run better, and maybe, just maybe, one day we can bask on the shores of Admintopia together. Thanks and cheers, _-M   o   P-_  21:51, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

You are welcome
No problem, I am happy I could explain it to you. Kim van der Linde at venus 16:22, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

My RFA
Hi ,

Thank you for any constructive criticism you may have given in my recent unsuccesful RFA. I will strive to overcome any shortcomings you may have mentioned & will try & prove myself worthy of your vote in the future.

Cheers

Srik e it ( talk ¦  ✉  )  09:54, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Happy delete finger?
Hi, there is a strong tendence to critic and take away articles and information on Wiki right now... Lets try to work together and develop Wikipedia and have a positive approach to build information. --Swedenborg 09:55, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Please under stand that the article EcoTheology was empty and contained no information, it normally is a good idea to have an idea on the information to be included before starting a page so the information can meet the criteria of cited, verifiable and reliable sources. Posting articles with no content just on the basis of they could be a interesting project is not the way to build a informative Wikipedia, it is the basis of building a Wikipedia with a huge number of articles containing no information. Also I am not clear by what you mean that there is a "strong tendance to critic and take away articles and information", if you mean that article/information that do not meet the guide lines/criteria for inclusion in Wikipedia or a clear consensus has been reached trough a AfD  are deleted, then sorry I don't agree with you.  I am happy to work with other editors to build and expand wikipeadia, as long as that dose not preclude consensuses of other editors or ignore guide lines/criteria.  -- blue  520  11:19, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Ok, I understand. Trying to follow the rules and policies and I am learning quickly. Have some bad experiences just, a lot of besserwisser and happy to take away info not only on my few articles that I try to start but all over the place... In this case I was just starting and was writning when you posted the speedy delete notion... I hope that people who are involced in Wikipedia is focused more to contributing with new information and developing better then just take away --Swedenborg 11:28, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks
Dear — Thank you for your support on my recent RfA. It succeeded with a final tally of 72/2/0 and I am now an administrator. I'll be taking things slowly at first and getting used to the new tools, but please let me know if there's any adminnery I can help you with in the future. —Wh o uk (talk), 29 July 2024 (UTC)

What do I do
What do I do to move it into my namespace? ForestH2

Deletion of Article
You set an article for deletion for a reason that didn't apply. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ESF KRIS (talk • contribs)
 * Per the article «500» Clan, I think you will find that CSD A7 does apply, but that is up to a admin to decide.-- blue 520  02:25, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

approximately 10.129 times
how it is possible to vandal a page 0.129 time? I'd like to vandal it 0.871 time. __earth (Talk) 05:54, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * see reply on your talk-- blue 520  07:06, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

 * It's just that I have problem seeing something that should be a natural number being not a natural number. 10 or 11 would be nice instead. I'll bring this case to the arbitration committee if you refuse to change it to a whole number! =p __earth (Talk) 08:48, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * see reply on your talk page-- blue 520  10:24, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Beside that, umph, no. But you must allow me to vandalize your page 0.871 time! (the number 0.129 is haunting me! Have mercy!) __earth (Talk)
 * see your talk.-- blue 520  12:52, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I was just joking. Will leave you alone. __earth (Talk) 13:38, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

oops!
Thanks! I missed that. --Dakart 06:03, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks
, thank you you so much for validating my RfA! I am grateful for all the supportive comments, and have taken both the positive and constructive on board. If I can ever make any improvements or help out in any way, please let me know, ditto if you see me stumble! Thanks again for your much appreciated support.

 Dei zio  talk 18:07, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Heh
No worries - I keep doing the same thing myself. Vizjim 12:15, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: Mdmanser/Created Userboxes
Thanks for letting me know about the mistake. I think I made the mistake as a result of pure exhaustion (it's around 1:30am now). Cheers, --mdmanser 15:45, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Haha thanks again. I believe those mistakes must be my cue to go to bed. --mdmanser 15:56, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank-you
 R o  gerthat  Talk  13:42, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Do I need to delete pages
Thanks blue520 for keeping me straight with the wrong names on my pages. I hope I can keep all this straight before I crash your server:) Do I need to do something to delete the pages that i messed up? --Dematt 17:37, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * See your talk for a reply.-- blue 520  17:44, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

EWS23's RfA
Hi blue520! Thank you for your support of my request for adminship. I look forward to seeing you more around the project. Thanks again, and if you ever see something that I could be doing better, feel free to leave me a message. E WS23 | (Leave me a message!) 02:00, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Andrew Jackson Jihad
Hi Blue! I was well aware of the Notability guidelines, just had to cut my writing short when I last left the computer. I am seeing what I can find in the meantime before I have to leave again as far as more citations. Thanks for contributing, I am having fun as a new Wikipedian! Parsssseltongue 03:20, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Stephen Vincent Hocking Colwell
Here, have a flower for tagging that misleading piece of rubbish. I've deleted it as a POV entry of the CSD A7 variety with misleading claims. With those 3 put together, I think that's a valid speedy. - Mgm|(talk) 09:52, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

My sig
Hey thanks for letting me know, it's the first time anyone had said anything! Apparrently I was just being stupid and forgot to close it.-- Joe  Jklin  ( T C )  17:15, 2 June 2006 (UTC) (see it's fine now)

Thanks
Thanks for labeling the misplaced mediation cabal page for speedy deletion. The user in question has been editing at about 5 posts a minute and I can't exactly keep up - I intended to label it for speedy deletion and got distracted by more responses to his talk page - and from what I hear they are a sockpuppet of an indef-blocked user, so I am looking into that and then will probably go to WP:ANI. Cowman109Talk 02:13, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

A haiku of thanks

 * Thanks for your support
 * In my RfA, which passed!
 * Wise I'll try to be.

-- Nataly a 04:57, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
Thank you for the trust that you had in me when you supported my Request for Adminship. The nomination ended successfully and I am actually overwhelmed by the support that I received. Thanks again! -- Kim van der Linde at venus 06:48, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Nancy Dell'Olio
Hi, please can you remove the deletion tag from this page. I found this project on the requested articles page, under celebrities. This woman is a celebrity in the UK. Type her name into google... you will find lots of sites. It takes me a while to load the info, and every time I do the page is deleted. I hope you understand this is frustrating!

thanks a lot Murph murph 01:32, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Done.-- blue 520  01:43, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

List of notable House Music Artists and Releases
This list has just been splitted from the long time well reputed article House music becouse it was longer than 46 kb. Connect yourself to the Wikipedia, not only to the "recent changes" page, before trying to destroy others' hard work, please stay calm and nice.Brian W 01:33, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Jeff's Team AFD
Thanks for your note, I think we both reverted at the same time. The page is listed on today's AFD, so hopefully it will get the attention it needs. Ckessler 02:39, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Proposed Deletion of Shad (musician)
Greetz,

I've checked out the Wikipedia Notability page for music. It appears that you are right. Shad does not qualify as per the rules, eventhough he comes close on numerous counts.

I do have an issue though:

I actually do disagree with this policy to a certain extent. In my case, I heard this artist on the CBC radio podcast and I immediately went to Wikipedia to find out more info about him; but alas, there was no entry. And that's the whole point about Wikipedia: it's a source of information.

What do you think? thx. Big Z 18:01, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
 * See your talk for a reply.-- blue 520  12:42, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

sockpuppet category CfD
Blue, I apologize here (as I did on the CfD page) for my phrasing of the nomination. I didn't mean it to be accusatory or a personal attack, though it clearly came off that way.--Kchase02 (T) 06:38, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I thought it over and withdrew the nomination. However, I also found some interesting new evidence, posted at the CfD page. (I am still withdrawing, anyway.)--Kchase02 T 05:41, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

tank 513
Sir, tank 513 meets every requirement for speedy deletion. Therefore it is not necessary to list it for regular deletion. The user that listed it for regular deletion agrees with me, so please do not reinsert it.  Thetruthbelow  07:40, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Do not remove AfD tags, even if it meets the grounds for speedy deletion.-- blue 520  07:41, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * If it meets the ground for speedy deletion, no afd tag is needed. The person who nominated it for afd agrees with having it listed for speedy deletion, and you are only duplicating the deletion process.  Thetruthbelow  07:43, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Untill the AfD is closed, the tag needs to remain.-- blue 520  07:45, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I am tired of this. Leave it there if you wish, but it is not the proper way. I don't see how you need it up for afd when it is up for speedy deletion. You should read over Wikipedia's policy.  Thetruthbelow  07:48, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Even though it is redundant, once a discussion is started the AfD tag must remain on the article until the discussion is closed. Even if it meets the grounds for speedy deletion. I am interested to see how this and my replacement of the AfD tag is contrary to Wikipedia policy.-- blue 520  08:18, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

The Revenge Tragedy
heh. thanks for fixing my bumbling first attempt at an AfD nomination. back to reading the instructions before next time i think... W guice 17:05, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Survivor 15 AFD
Hi. I'm the person that nominated Survivor 15 for AFD. On the AFD discussion your vote is Redirect. However, I wrote a comment below it and you said you would just be happy with delete. If you have changed your mind from redirect to delete, please put a strike though redirect and put Delete in bold.TeckWizTalk Contribs Guestbook 16:09, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you for clearing you vote up so quick.TeckWizTalk Contribs Guestbook 16:26, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks!
-- Pilot| guy  22:43, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

My sig
Fine I reduced it! lol Your one true god is David P. A. Hunter, esq. III Talk to me! 07:53, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Jedi order clan description article
Hello blue i was wondering y you put the jedi order clan description page up for deletion as to be honest it is not biased and is mearly describing the clan which this site is designed to do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JediMasterHunter (talk • contribs) 16:35, 29 June 2006
 * I doubt you will be back to read this due to your indefinite block, but the speedy deltion notice was quite clear, the grounds were notablilty. I see that it was taken to a Afd Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jedi Order: Online Gameing Clan with "The result of the debate was speedy delete".-- blue  520  07:48, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA Thank you

E$K
The final two lines of the lead have been added (which to me are entirely unencyclopedic) and there's been some capitalization changes, but basically it's the same as the previous copy. - Mgm|(talk) 10:37, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * By the way, thanks for asking :) - Mgm|(talk) 10:40, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

AfD: Hilary Cleveland
Hi, I added some to this article that voted for deletion. If you have the time please read the expanded article and reconsider your vote to delete.

Meetup on 24th August 2006
Apologies if you're already aware of this, but the Inaugural Adelaide Meetup will take place on Thursday 24th of August at Brougham Place Uniting Church, thanks to Alex Sims. Please indicate if you will attend or not.

This message left by May the Force be with you! Shr e shth91 ($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) on behalf of [ælfəks], 09:43, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

cool userpage!
Love the table of templates. Your userpage is now my bookmark! __earth (Talk) 03:46, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Meetup on 23rd April 2007
Hi Blue520,

Apologies if you're already aware of this, but I'd like to let you know that the second Adelaide Meetup will take place on Monday 23rd of April at ZUMA Caffe, 56 Gouger Street, Adelaide. The meeting is at 7:30am for breakfast with Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales. Please see Meetup/Adelaide/Meetup 2 for more details and indicate if you might attend.

Thanks,–cj | talk 14:13, 23 March 2007 (UTC) NB: The above message is being delivered to users who are listed at WikiProject Adelaide or in Category:Wikipedians in South Australia with AutoWikiBrowser.

Adelaide Wikimeetup 3
Hi Blue - we're planning a third meetup in Adelaide sometime in the coming weeks, and would love to have you there. If you can, please help decide a location, a date and a time here. Thanks!

Adelaide Wikimeetup 3
Hi Blue520 - after some planning we've decided to hold the third Adelaide Wikimeetup on Sunday, 17th February, 2008. The meeting will be held at Billy Baxter's in Rundle Mall at 11:30AM. Further details and directions are available on the meetup page. Please RSVP here by 20:00UTC on 15th February 2008 (that's 6AM Saturday for our time zone) so that we can inform the restaurant about numbers. Hope to see you there!

You are receiving this message because you are in Category:Wikipedians in South Australia or are listed at WP:ADEL. If this has been sent in error, please accept our apologies!

On behalf of Riana ⁂, 11:24, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Bellerose, New York
Thank you for your efforts on Bellerose, New York. This was my first time placing the hoax template on an article, mostly to see how it works. Obviously I could have done a revert myself. I am curious how you came upon the article to make the correction. I have looked at most of the articles currently flagged as hoaxes, but I have done nothing about them beyond some comments on deletion pages. No matter how many techniques I learn to do on Wikipedia, there always seem to be more to be understood. --DThomsen8 (talk) 13:25, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

 * I came across the article from Category:Wikipedia suspected hoax articles which I occasionally keep an eye on to see what is new. Checked the talk, then the history as it would be uncommon for such information to not have been spotted by other editors and the hoax vandalism edits came clear. Does this help with your curiosity? Have any further questions? Keep up the good work.-- blue 520  16:16, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Fellow 520
Hey, I just came across some of your work at Articles for deletion/The Unaware Ghost and found a fellow 520. Someone other than me is crazy enough to put that number in their Wikihandle?!? :-) For me it represents my birthday. Later, D OOMSDAYER 520  (Talk|Contribs) 01:32, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Butch Willis
Hi Blue520. I declined the speedy deletion you suggested for this article, as I did not believe it to be an uncontroversial deletion. Please feel free to bring it to AfD if you believe the notability is insufficient. Thanks, Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 04:15, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the message, a substantial amount of information was added to the article post my nominating it for speed deletion and you are right with the declining of speedy deletion. -- blue 520  07:06, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hey there jibay (shibai in old Tolterian)! Thanks for the notice regarding the rather new article on Komvaey Etëten. Yes I agree there lack references, but Im trying to get details out of the museums, since VELKT was disestablished in 1997, and up to 2001, our parliament have no web site, and even the present web site does not talk much about its socialist past.

Landzhäo laä kannina jaojibay (Thanks anyway), well this is my very first article, you assistance is much appreciated! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dilhet.svoecitey (talk • contribs) 10:16, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
 * User blocked as hoaxer. DS (talk) 12:07, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

IP Talk Pages
Hi. I saw you reverted the blanking of User talk:89.195.75.39. Per WP:REMOVED, deleting the warnings is permissible and taken as indication that the editor has read and acknowledged the warnings. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 13:34, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * You are right, for some reason I thought it was allowed for registered users only and not for anonymous users. Thank you for pointing out my error.-- blue 520  13:49, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Welcome to the club! I didn't know that either until it was pointed out to me by another editor.  Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 13:57, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

deleting content
Hi. I see you undid some of the changes on a wikipedia entry i made. Are you an admin for wikipedia? I am new to here and have some questions. (dkoshea) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dkoshea (talk • contribs) 19:53, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Sorry I am not an administrator, just an editor like you. How ever feel free to ask questions and I will try to help if possible. I will put a longer reply on your talk page.-- blue 520  08:43, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Rollback
Hi, I protected that talkpage as per your suggestion. As you revert a lot of vandalism I was wondering if you would like Rollback? If so have a read of wp:rollback, drop me a note confirming your understanding of you can and can't use it and I'll enable it on your account.  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  18:08, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note on your talk page.-- blue 520  18:41, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Volcano Nut
Feel free to weigh in at Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2010_February_2. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 16:37, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Answer
Sure, the easiest way to find a simple number is by going to "my preferences", and it will have an edit count there under "number of edits". There are also a number of tools which give you interesting graphs and whatnot, I personally like Soxred93's counter, which you can access here, and wikichecker. Hope that helps! :) - Kingpin13 (talk) 15:17, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

my edits
Will u please stop reverting my edits for no reason?? Mastadon10000 (talk) 14:51, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Your additions are vandalism and you have been warned-- blue 520  14:57, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Baron Mulingar
Hi Blue :). I've changed the link back since you changed it by accident, and it should point to the article nominated for deletion. As to the other editors, there's not much evidence against them, just new editors !voting the same thing at AfD, which isn't unheard of. I'd suggest tagging them with spa, and then the closing administrator will know to check them out. You are of course free to open an SPI case, I'm not really that savvy with SPI, but all the users appear to have similar editing. And is they are they would be "acting in a disruptive or forbidden manner". I'd suggest you ask an SPI clerk if you want to know if your case has merit. - Kingpin13 (talk) 10:28, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer
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Meetup 12 June 2011
Hi! I just wanted to let you know that Liam Wyatt is in town, so we were thinking of doing a quick meetup at Brunelli's cafe in Rundle Street (at the Rundle Mall end, near the car park) Adelaide, at 6pm on Sunday, with a possibility of drinks afterwards. So if you're interested we hope to see you there. :) - Bilby (talk) 12:55, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

May 2012
Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made to Bomb threat: you may already know about them, but you might find Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. I don't know if you were in the process of doing it but I've given them one now. Chip123456 (talk) 16:42, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for the message. Yes I do know about templates, after doing a revert I next check the user history. If there is a history of ongoing vandalism, warning goes up. If there is not and as in this case with 73.77.121.40 I don't see the point, there is a chance that the next person on that IP Address that comes to wikipedia is not the same person that did the vandalism (addresses get reissued). Or the same person actually does come back, looks to see if the vandalism is still there, sees that it has been simply reverted, thinks "well that was pointless" and goes on and does something constructive (basically WP:GOODFAITH).-- blue 520  17:26, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi, understand where your coming from! Although, you can just leave general note, which in this case I did on their TP. I'm not sure if you do, but if you don't, get Twinkle, it's really easy to give a quick warning/note after reverting an edit. Thanks! --Chip123456 (talk) 18:39, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I know I find it useful after "rollbacking" a non constructive edit! --Chip123456 (talk) 18:42, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/By a Thread

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was DELETE. -Splash talk 22:33, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

By a Thread
Bandity. DS 23:58, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete --[[Image:Ottawa flag.png|20px]] Spinboy 01:09, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * (Speedy) Delete --Rschen7754 01:48, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, non-notable band. — J I P | Talk 05:05, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. NN band. Cnwb 05:21, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn band Amren (talk)  00:10, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy: RENTASTRAWBERRY   FOR LET?   röck  02:24, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
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Super 8 (hotel)

Super 8 by Wyndham, commonly known as Super 8, is an American hotel brand, being the world's largest budget hotel chain with over 2,600 locations worldwide. The chain is a subsidiary of Wyndham Hotels and Resorts. The original room cost was $8.88 per night. As of December 2022, the brand website listed 2,691 hotels worldwide.

Launch
Ron Rivett and Dennis Brown created the new Super 8 Motel corporation with each of them owning 50% of the stock in the new company. The original room rate was US$8.88 (equivalent to $50.07 in 2021), hence the numeric brand name. The first Super 8, with 60 rooms, opened in Aberdeen, South Dakota, in 1974, built near a Holiday Inn with just some drawings made by Rivett as blueprints. The stucco exterior with an English Tudor style was inspired by Rivett's father-in-law, who was a stuccoer; the English Tudor style and placing of Super 8's near Holiday Inns was an established procedure for setting up new Super 8's for years to come.

Dennis Brown died in 1988. The 1,000 locations of the Super 8 chain were sold to Hospitality Franchise Systems, which became Cendant in 1993.

Super 8 had a frequent traveler program, the VIP club, which was introduced in 1976; it grew to over 7.6 million members. The VIP program was dissolved in December 2003 and replaced with the TripRewards program, which was renamed Wyndham Rewards in 2008.

Development
The first franchise was sold in 1976 and established in Gillette, Wyoming. By 1978, Super 8 expanded from the state of New York to the state of Washington and was no longer just a Midwestern company.

In 1981, groundbreaking for the 100th Super 8 Location began in Aberdeen, South Dakota; the birthplace of Super 8. In 1993, Super 8 opened its 1,000th property in Mount Vernon, Ohio. By 2001, Super 8 Motels had more than 2,000 motels worldwide.

Super 8 Worldwide entered the China market in 2004 by opening a Super 8 hotel (Chinese: 速8酒店 Su Ba Jiudian) in Beijing. By 2011, there were 680 Super 8 hotels mainly located in major cities of China.

In 2010, Super 8 replaced the beddings and redesigned the bathrooms.

In May 2013, Super 8 opened its first location in Turkey, in Istanbul. In May 2014, Super 8 opened its first location in the Middle East, in Riyadh. Super 8 came to the UK when it opened at Chester Motorway Services in 2023 after being rebranded from Days Inn, another one of Wyndham's hotel brands In April 2016, Super 8 opened its first German location in Munich.

2016 brand overhaul
In May 2016, Super 8 remodelled its 1,800 rooms in the US and Canada and organized a big giveaway of old art and furniture. The brand jokingly organized an exhibition in New York called When the Art Comes Down: Works from the Super 8 Collection and featuring 100 pieces of their "not-so-super art", an event organized to communicate on the brand's design overhaul. In December 2016, another edition of the exhibition was organized in Miami.

In November 2016, Super 8 launched a new promotion for US Army veterans which included a reserved parking area in all US and Canada locations.

In May 2017, Super 8 launched a new marketing campaign that focused its targeting on road trippers, followed by the introduction in October 2019 of Super 8's first shared room, the ROOM8, a concept developed for young road trippers. In March 2018, Super 8 launched a concept Jeep Wrangler, the ROADM8, with body works and interiors reminiscent of the brand's redesigned hotels, and some unexpected features such as a coffee machine and a mini-fridge built in the central console of the back seats.

In 2019, Wyndham unveiled the shared room type that seeks to make better use of larger, underutilized room types.

Amenities
The minimum standard Super 8 requires offering guests a complimentary breakfast item with beverages and free wireless Internet access. For a period, beginning in 2004, anyone that purchased a "See You Along The Way" coffee mug was entitled to free coffee, regardless if they stayed the night before or not, at any of the Super 8s.

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Chad VanGaalen

Chad VanGaalen (born 1977) is a Canadian musician, animator, and artist from Calgary, Alberta.

Infiniheart
Following a few scattered independent releases, done mostly on homemade CDs with hand-drawn art, VanGaalen released Infiniheart (2004) on Canadian independent label Flemish Eye. Infiniheart, a collection of songs selected from recordings made in his bedroom/makeshift studio, was picked up in 2005 by indie label Sub Pop. In late 2005, the album was re-released with a bonus six-song EP entitled Green Beans.

Skelliconnection
On 22 August 2006, VanGaalen's second album, Skelliconnection, was released in the U.S. on Sub Pop and in Canada on Flemish Eye. The album is composed of new songs as well as tracks previously released on his earlier independent recordings and features exclusive artwork and videos made by VanGaalen.

ChartAttack reported on 17 January 2007 that Skelliconnection was #31 and had been on the chart for 19 weeks.

Skelliconnection was named to shortlist on 10 July 2007 for the 2007 Polaris Music Prize. The winner was announced at a gala ceremony on 24 September 2007, with the prize going to the band Patrick Watson.

Soft Airplane
VanGaalen's third studio album, Soft Airplane, was released 9 September 2008. Soft Airplane marked a significant change for Vangaalen's songwriting as, unlike previous Vangaalen releases (where songs were collected from a vast catalogue of previous home recordings), Soft Airplane was written within the two-year time span since Skelliconnection.

Soft Airplane garnered many favourable reviews internationally. It was both nominated for a Canadian Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year and shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize. Furthermore, the album maintained a #2 placement in Exclaim! ' s Top Albums of 2008 and, upon release, spent 22 weeks on !earshot ' s Top 50.

Vangaalen toured Soft Airplane extensively; performing live dates throughout North America, Europe, and the UK throughout 2008 and 2009. Vangaalen opted to tour with Flemish Eye label mates Women for many of his performances allowing him to utilize certain bandmembers as his backing band.

In September 2009, to celebrate the success of Soft Airplane, Vangaalen released an accessory EP for free download.

VanGaalen's song "Rabid Bits of Time", off of Soft Airplane, was featured in the trailer for the 2011 indie film Norman. His song "Bare Feet on Wet Griptape" was featured on the skateboarding video game Skate 3.

Black Mold
On 11 August 2009, VanGaalen released a full-length album Snow Blindness is Crystal Antz under the alias Black Mold.

Live shows
VanGaalen is sometimes assisted live by Matt Flegel and Scott "Monty" Munro, both of the post-punk band Preoccupations, and drummer Eric Hamelin from No More Shapes.

Other activities
In 2008 VanGaalen recorded the debut album of Women as well as their second album.

VanGaalen is also an illustrator and animator, and has made his own album artwork and animated music videos to accompany several of his songs, including "Clinically Dead", "Flower Gardens", "Red Hot Drops", and "Molten Light", as well as the Love as Laughter song "Dirty Lives" and Timber Timbre's song "Beat the Drum Slowly". He won the Prism Prize in 2015 for "Beat the Drum Slowly", alongside a second nomination for the video for his own single "Monster".

He has also designed album covers for other artists, including Shout Out Out Out Out's Not Saying/Just Saying.

In 2015, VanGaalen collaborated with Seth Smith of the indie rock band Dog Day on the album Seed of Dorzon.

Chad VanGaalen's Light Information, his sixth record on Sub Pop, was released on 8 September 2017.

In 2023, he performed a new original live score to the 1923 silent film The Hunchback of Notre Dame at a 100th anniversary screening of the film as part of the 2023 Calgary International Film Festival.

Discography
Studio albums
 * 2004: Infiniheart
 * 2006: Skelliconnection
 * 2008: Soft Airplane
 * 2011: Diaper Island
 * 2014: Shrink Dust
 * 2017: Light Information
 * 2020: Lost Harmonies
 * 2021: World's Most Stressed Out Gardener

EPs
 * 2005: Green Beans
 * 2006: Skelliconnection
 * 2009: Soft Airplane: B-Sides
 * 2011: Your Tan Looks Supernatural

Collaboration albums
 * 2012: Green Corridor Series #02 (with Xiu Xiu)

Black Mold
 * 2009: Snow Blindness Is Crystal Antz

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Talk:Reading, Pennsylvania

History of Mt. Penn Pagoda
What's the history of the Pagoda on Mt. Penn? Use to go there as a kid from Pottsville. Thanks Scott 23:58, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I found this history of the Reading Pagoda. Hope it addresses your curiosity. Joekoz451 21:16, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Someone needs to add an arrow in the photo to show where the pagoda is. It's impossible to discern in this hazy wide shot of the city.Symphony Girl 06:15, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

 * The view is of the Greater Reading Expo Center, formerly the Reading Works. It is taken from the Pagoda. The Pagoda is not in the picture.–Rhodyman 23:39, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I just found this free image that someone had uploaded to wikipedia last Summer. I think it is better than the one in the article, but would prefer someone more active with the article decide. ~ Bigr  Tex  05:25, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

 * The image is already used in the article, but thanks anyway! -- Bossi  ( talk • gallery • contrib ) 06:02, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Updated
This article needs to be updated. The "just-opened" Wal-mart opened in the mid '90s. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.122.253.212 (talk • contribs) 10:53, 6 March 2006.

 * "A planned Wal-Mart Supercenter on the west side of the Schuylkill will, in any event, contribute to the economic redefinition of Greater Reading." Where is this from?  They already built a super-center on 5th Street YEARS ago.  Now they're planning a second one in Spring/Wyomissing.  UPDATE! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.109.139.130 (talk) 21:59, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

 * you guys should add "Hyde Park" as a neighboorhood of Reading — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.139.79.78 (talk) 05:04, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Hyde Park is situated completely within the confines of Muhlenberg Township. Thus, not be included in the Reading article. Northmont would be a better addition, which I might just do myself, considering I did most of the other sections myself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.81.21.113 (talk) 01:39, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Will expand the Greater Reading section to include Reading Works, the largest employer in the Reading Area and a major landmark for 45 years which today is a major landmark, the Greater Reading Expo Center.–Rhodyman 23:33, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I hope you do not mind, but this is my two cents on the wal-mart thing.

There are Pros and Cons to this. Pros would be, it would make the Temple Wal-Mart less busy, which if you live in the area you know that it is always busy(unless you go at 3am) Cons First off the original plan was to build on farm land...Why the heck do you want to build up on MORE farm land. This is just estimated figures so don't get all in my face with wrong numbers. In 1995 about 35% of berks was farm land In 2008 about 10% of berks is farm land So more farm land gone would be a bad thing, considering that i live around it and i don't want to look out my front door and see some one else's front door.--Kopicz (talk) 13:01, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Map Image
Could someone please correct the map image? It is appears to be depicting the location of Sunbury; not Reading. --Thisisbossi 10:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I was relying on the x,y pixel coordinates from the previous image (left:190px; top:104px) but apparently those weren't relative to the image. I placed the dot based on this image of Reading's location I found in a google image search. —Jnk [ talk ] 12:25, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Looks good. Thanks! --Thisisbossi 21:01, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Notable Residents
I am removing several names from this section which appear to have been added by anonymous users and I suspect that are vandalism/vanity. If someone provides a good reason why these people are renowned outside of Reading, then by all means post the reason and add them back in; but I will keep an eye out for potential vandals/vanity. If you're going to call yourself an actor, at least get a mention on IMDB -- that's why I'm OK with leaving Kelly Sebastian in the list, despite her thus-far small roles. --Thisisbossi 02:55, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

I was wondering if we should organize the notable residents by date of birth or last name. Either way, they need work. Also, maybe add Eric Scull of MuggleCast. --AnneliseW 13:29, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Most other articles appear to sort alphabetically, so that approach should be safe. Skabat169 22:37, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Jaid Barrymore needs to be removed, she was not a resident of Reading. It is widely known and was widely publish, in the 1980's when ET was released, that she was a one time resident of Allentown, Pa - 20 miles north of Reading. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.117.66.25 (talk) 21:38, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

I see that Chad Billingsley is now in the list. Berks county real estate records show Chad owning a property not in reading but rather South Heildelberg township. Here is the link to the property record.

http://ema.countyofberks.com/Parcel_Search/presentation/chameleon/results1.asp?nam=Billingsley —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.117.69.73 (talk) 23:15, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Why does Brian Henion keep appearing as a notable person? He was not a standout football player, played at a little D3 school and has done nothing of significance in professional life.

Mike Pilot should be removed. Hosting a podcast hardly makes one notable, especially when you don't earn a living from that activity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.235.40.202 (talk) 10:54, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

is another one falsely listed as being a Reading Resident. Lincoln Park is a neighborhood in Spring Township, Pa. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.237.89.59 (talk) 16:12, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Chip Kidd (b. 1964), book jacket designer at Knopf Publishing Group

Reads like a brochure
This article does not seem NPOV, it reads like a brochure written by the mayor's office. David s graff 14:18, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

 * What parts don't you like? It looks free of editorial comment to me.
 * Rawgreenbean 03:07, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

 * There was plenty, but I cut most of it. Needs more work. -- Butseriouslyfolks 04:02, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Sorry for the vague complaint, but my boss had come in to tell me to stop working on Wikipedia at work. The article reads much better now.  I'm taking off the NPOV sign.

 * Here's some information I would like to see: which neighborhoods of Reading are predominantly Hispanic?71.175.181.153 00:37, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

All are predominantly Hispanic, with the exception of Wyomissing Park area - around the museum. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.117.66.25 (talk) 21:01, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

If it reads like a brochure, then to me that means the individual that wrote this is really good at what he does on this website.--Kopicz (talk) 13:07, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Greater Reading Area
If anyone feels that the Great Reading Area information should not be here on this page, then they should take the time to create a Wiki for the Greater Reading Area. And the truth shall set you free! 22:23, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Greater Reading Area is a media spin created by a Berks County Commissioner. Do you call townships surrounding Erie "Greater Erie". Please stick to facts. User:Dirtybirdy78

I assume you have proof that the Berks County Commissioners are behind this, right? No, I do not believe they refer to the area around Erie as the Greater Erie area, but there are other cities that do use the reference. For example: Pittsburgh (www.visitpittsburgh.com), Philadelphia (www.gophila.com), Miami (www.gmcvb.com/)

The fact is that the area around the city of Reading is directly affected by what goes on in the City of Reading, thus it is relevant material. If you have the time to create the new article you think it requires then do so and add a link to this page. If you have a problem with my opinion take it up with the Wiki Admins, otherwise I will continue to defend my position with facts. And the truth shall set you free! 22:23, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks to Dirty Birdy for creating the new page, but since it is related a reference in the Article was called for. I have added such a reference. It was nice to see you finally willing to compromise. And the truth shall set you free! 14:32, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

This whole page is full of factually inaccuracies. Many of the landmarks, employers, and other points of interest are not located within the municipal boundaries of the City of Reading. If this page is truly about the City of Reading then there is a serious clean up that needs to happen and not get reverted. One classic example is the Reading Hospital. Although the hospital has Reading in the name, it's actually based in West Reading (totally separate political entity). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.237.89.59 (talk) 19:30, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

This is about Reading CITY; not the Reading area
This article contains an error. I'm not sure how to fix it, but Penn State Berks is not in Reading, it's in Spring Township. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.244.117.194 (talk) 10:01, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Yep, you got it. Thanks! --Bossi ( talk ;; contribs ) 11:47, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

 * It seems like there is a lot of mixing the surrounding area with Reading City. In particular, the notable residents.  Most of the notable resident are NOT residents of the city and never were.  The argument of Wyomissing and Reading being similar because they border is a failed argument.  This is like saying Manhattan and the Bronx are the same area because of a shared border, very much different places and different people.  I think there is a lot of clean up that needs to be done, restricting the information to that which is specific to the city and not the surrounding area.  March 2007  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.117.66.25 (talk) 21:07, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Swift
Taylor Swift seems to be a point of disagreement on this page. Her wiki bio says that she was born in Reading, but grew up in Wyomissing. A quick look at the map shows that Wyomissing and Reading are contiguous. I assume that the hospital for this area is in Reading. What is the problem with including her on both pages? See Mike Mussina. Born in Williamsport but is from Montoursville. Williamsport and Montoursville lie in the same valley and are practically contiguous. It's not like someone is saying that Swift is from Allentown and Reading. So why not both? Dincher (talk) 01:34, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

 * the assumption is incorrect, Reading Hospital is actually in West Reading - a separate political entity. If you live in Wyomissing you would never tell someone you live in Reading.  Reading is very much urban with urban problems, Wyomissing is an affluent area with much different issues and demographics.  Just because the two share a small border does not mean they are on in the same.  This hold true not just for Swift, most of the notable residents are not nor have been residents of the City of Reading.  These individuals would be better placed in the towns where they actually lived or in the listing for Berks County, Pa.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.117.66.25 (talk) 21:12, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification! Dincher (talk) 21:49, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

An update on the Swift issue can be found here http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=116460 Can some clean this up and make a proper reference?

Taylor Swift has actually said she is from Reading, 55 seconds into this interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG2hANOUU2Y 85.197.139.129 (talk) 20:28, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Swift is from Wyomissing, lived in Wyomissing, and went to Wyomissing schools. While most people say they're from Reading, it because it's the metro area and a place that can be found on the Map. In fact, the Reading hospital is not found within the city limits. If you really saw the city of Reading or have ever been here, you'd never get the two confused. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.92.98.89 (talk) 17:47, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

 * Do you have a source? A user, who seems to be from the area, specificly said "if you live in Wyomissing you would never tell someone you live in Reading". 85.197.139.129 (talk) 20:55, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, living here for 36 years is my source. Plus my nephew grew up with Swift before she moved to TN.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.235.38.101 (talk) 01:04, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * That's not a source, that's original research!!!!!

 * Again, the local newspaper calling it what it is "During Wyomissing native Taylor Swift's April 2007 bare-bones show at the Sovereign Performing Arts Center". But I guess the local newspaper, the one based in Reading couldn't possible get it right.  I guess some of you just like wikipedia being full of inaccurate information.

http://readingeagle.com/Article.aspx?id=324760

http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=185743

http://www.tv.com/taylor-swift/person/532085/summary.html

http://www.phillymag.com/arts_events/articles/exit_interview_taylor_swift

http://neworleans.backpage.com/TicketsForSale/taylor-swift-tickets-bossier-city-centurytel-center/4909739

http://www.biography.com/articles/Taylor-Swift-369608

http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=326330

http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=344863

http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=518461 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.237.89.59 (talk) 12:32, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/mc-cma-awards-20111110,0,193139.story — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.55.181.10 (talk) 23:37, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

http://readingeagle.com/Article.aspx?id=338517 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.235.40.202 (talk) 11:04, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/swift__taylor/bio.jhtml — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.92.98.89 (talk) 16:57, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

http://www.biography.com/people/taylor-swift-369608 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.147.237.11 (talk) 13:18, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

http://readingeagle.com/news/article/taylor-swift-superstar 174.60.62.7 (talk) 13:10, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Why do we keep having to have this Swift debate every few months when someone comes along and keeps adding inaccurate information. Swift's career and life have been well documented by the local media, as seen above. Also, the Reading Eagle newspaper shows Swift's birth announcement in Reading Hospital (actually in West Reading) and her parents address (the recorder of deeds also confirms this with a public deed to the property) being in Cumru township. References coming shortly for that.174.60.34.171 (talk) 23:14, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

 * Well, Taylor Swift's page says specifically, with a link, that she was born in Reading. If you want to decrease the amount of reverts, then her name should be added to the correct articles and her own article should be corrected. Famartin (talk) 00:45, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

 * Or, maybe you should knock off the antics and reverts to factually inaccurate information. It's clearly documented above, but I guess that was something you ignored during all your reverts.  Swift's page list both Reading and Wyomissing - oh and the page is conveniently locked as well.  Again, her birth announcement shows her being born in a hospital not located in Reading, Pa.  I'm much less concerned with Swift than I am the accuracy of the Reading Article.  205.147.237.11 (talk) 15:59, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Its not antics. This is ONE encyclopedia, not a bunch of separate articles.  It needs to be internally consistent. Anyway, since you refuse to make your own proper account, I made some adjustments to the Swift article to account to them. Though, why don't you have some guts and get a real account like the rest of us? Famartin (talk) 14:54, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Rabbit novels
John Updike's Rabbit novels don't take place in Reading. They take place in the fictional town of Brewer. Just because it has some of the characteristics of Reading does not make it reading. It would be no more true to say Brewer=Reading than to say Batman's Gotham City=New York. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.246.73.209 (talk) 01:23, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

pictures?
There used to be some decent pictures of the actual city of reading here. Now, I haven't been back to Reading in a couple of months now, but since when was the Pagoda and a picture of the mountain from the Pagoda the only picture worthy things in Reading? Having grown up near the city, it's more than a tourist attraction, and I think some of the older pictures which showed the character of city (such as the old hotel building in downtown) should be put back in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.101.238.238 (talk) 14:39, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The Pagoda's pretty much the only thing left worth seeing. 64.9.27.98 (talk) 20:18, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

I think that the Old Fire Tower is also worth seeing. If I go up the mountain anytime soon, I will photograph the fire tower and upload it on to wiki for the use of this page. If there is not one already, I will even write a page on the fire tower, or someone else can, who is much better at writing up information, because it seems that any article I write gets rewriten by someone else.--Kopicz (talk) 13:13, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Interesting contrast in crime
I found this 1915 New York Times story while looking for some info on crime in Reading. (It declared Reading the "safest" city in the United States, with a homicide rate of 1 in 100,000.) Our article barely mentions crime, even though Reading is infamous for vying with Philadelphia over the title of "most dangerous city in PA". It does seem like crime has been declining from the 20–30 murders/year peak in the early 2000s. —Mrwojo (talk) 05:27, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Reading might be "infamous for vying with Philadelphia over the title of 'most dangerous city in PA,'" but that doesn't make it true. There are a number of jurisdictions in Eastern and Western PA that can claim that title even before Philadelphia, and Reading doesn't come close.
 * Furthermore, adding a section like this, particularly with such a tone, might not be a good idea anyway:  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Treeemont (talk • contribs) 15:00, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Domestic Architecture
Like its neighbouring city Allentown, Reading's central areas consist of many neighbourhoods of striking Victorian and turn-of-the-century row homes, quite different in style to Philadelphia, Baltimore and other cities which you would normally associate with row houses. The Wikipedia article on Allentown notes their architectural heritage and it would be nice to see Reading's page also cover this unique architectural legacy. --MichaelGG (talk) 05:51, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Please Update Fire Department Information
Currently the Department operates with 7 Engine Companies, 3 Ladder Companies, 1 Rescue Company & 3 Paramedic Ambulances. Each shift is supervised by 1 deputy chief & 1 platoon chief. Firefighter manning is 2 firefighters or paramedics per unit. Paramedics are cross-trained as firefighter, and firefighters are cross-trained as Basic Emergency Medical Technicians. There is 1 EMS Lt. supervising EMS operations, as well as 1 fire Lt. on board the Rescue truck.

The address of Rescue 1 & Tower 1 is "PLUM" & Franklin streets. The platoon chief is also quartered there.

Engines 5 & 14 are located at Southwest Station, 101 Lancaster Ave

The department responded to over 22,000 emergency calls in 2010.

174.49.184.164 (talk) 21:12, 10 March 2011 (UTC)Reading Firefighter Jason Batz174.49.184.164 (talk) 21:12, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

13th Street Education
The article states that "It is possible to get a complete education, from kindergarten through college, on 13th Street." This is no longer true since Reading High was split into two schools: Reading Senior High School and Reading Intermediate High School. This happened in 2011 and was due to school crowding. The intermediate high school's address is 12th Street, although the back field of the property runs along 13th Street. So, should that statement on this article remain?Joel amos (talk) 21:02, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Opening sentence
"Reading ( /ˈrɛdɪŋ/ red-ing) is a very poor city in southeastern Pennsylvania, USA, and seat of Berks County." Seriously? Fixing that right away. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Treeemont (talk • contribs) 14:40, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

 * Update: This just in from the NYT. I never said it wasn't poor. Perhaps this is worth inserting, just not in the opening. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Treeemont (talk • contribs) 17:46, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Reading, UK
Does this city gets its name - or is there any other relation - to Reading (a city-sized town) in the county of Berkshire, in the UK? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading,_Berkshire I wondered because of the double correlation of the town name and county name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.252.117 (talk) 10:23, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes, This area of Pennsylvania was laid out by British, German, and Sweedish settlers. In addition to Reading there are other towns/area derived from English cities (Exter, Lancaster, Bristol, Devon, Plymouth, and more.) Likewise, there are many areas/towns in PA that share a name with German areas/towns. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.163.178.241 (talk) 21:05, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Reading Buccaneers
Would it be inappropriate to include a reference to the Reading Buccaneers drum and bugle corps here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justie1220 (talk • contribs) 17:55, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

 * Depends on where "here" is. That entity appears to be notable enough to have its own article, so if you can find a relevant place to mention them in this article, I wouldn't think it would be inappropriate. Other editors may disagree, of course. (Note that I said "mention", not "devote significant space to".) Rivertorch (talk) 18:18, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Main Photo Caption
Why does the main photo read "View of The Ghetto"? This should be flagged for vandalism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmeola75 (talk • contribs) 16:02, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

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Can't be both
In one place this article says the town is named after the Reading Railroad, then later it says it's named after the town of Reading, England. 8.9.85.28 (talk) 05:26, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

 * The city was not named after the railroad; it was founded 85 years before the railroad was. 2601:41:4200:BE:6155:A0EB:D30D:B6A5 (talk) 16:29, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

1976 in the 19th century?
I propose moving the entire paragraph beginning "Following more than a century of prosperity..." from the 19th Century section to the 20th Century section. I'll hold off for a little while to see if there's any feedback here. Dgndenver (talk) 06:29, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Taylor Swift
Should Taylor Swift be in the Notable people list? She was born in West Reading, Pennsylvania, not Reading. Aminabzz (talk) 20:32, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

 * There is already a discussion post about this from 8 years ago. BigCheddah (talk) 04:36, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

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User talk:Dvyost/Talk Archive 5/30/05 - 8/31/05

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Welcome, and an award!
A welcome from me also — I spotted you over at WP:CSB and at the Africa regional notice board. I very much liked your meaty expansions of Ousmane Sembène and Nuruddin Farah; good work on Setif massacre also. I want to award you with the Exceptional Newcomer Award because of your high-quality contributions. Thanks again, and keep up the good work!

Kind regards, — mark ✎ 09:35, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Aw, shucks... thanks! Sooner or later this summer my mind needs to turn back to graduate school but I'm hoping to keep putting up at least a few articles each month. Dvyost 14:47, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Ha, be careful — Wikipedia is very addictive... : Incidentally, a nice way to get a brand new article some attention is to place an interesting factoid at Template talk:Did you know ...hey, I was just meaning to tell you this when I checked out the page and saw a suggestion by you over there. So you found it out yourself already... talking about exceptional newcomers! Cheers, — mark ✎ 18:54, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Molefi Kete Asante
Hi, there are critical discussions of Asante's writings in several anti-Afrocentrist books. The most notable and extensive discussion that I know of is in Stepen Howe’s book Afrocentrism. There’s also Clarence Walker’s We Can’t Go Home Again. There’s an online discussion of that book here. There’s also the Skeptic’s Dicrtionary online that has several links. I can email to you a scan of Howe’s text if you like if you send me an address. If you don't want to post it here, send a message to me. My email address is paul.barlow@--. Paul B 17:09, 28 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks, Paul!! I'll try to check those out later today.  I muchly appreciate your taking the time to do this.  Dvyost 28 June 2005 18:29 (UTC)
 * PS I went ahead and took your e-mail addy off so the bots wouldn't get it.

Setif massacre
Good work on Setif massacre! You might be interested in other Algeria-related projects at Wikiportal/Algeria... - Mustafaa 28 June 2005 19:16 (UTC)

 * Thanks! Sub-Saharan Africa's more my strong point, but I'm always up for branching out; maybe this weekend I'll take a look at those and see if there are any more I can help with... --Dvyost 28 June 2005 20:09 (UTC)

Bamanankan
I ni sogoma! E be bamanankan fo wa? :) I guess you must have seen the Bambara Wikipedia? I've also been adding lots of Bambara to the French Wiktionary. :) Guaka 29 June 2005 15:01 (UTC)

 * Owo, n be bamanakan fo dooni dooni; n tun ye Corps de la Paix wolonteri ye... I did take a look at the bambara encyclopedia, great stuff, and I'm inspired that wikipedia could be growing in Mali of all places!! Nice work getting the Fula encyclo up, too; I was technically a Sidibe back in the day though I never learned a word of it...

 * Right now my main project is translating every French article I can find on Mali (seems like their coverage is much better). Anything you might want to check over would be much appreciated! -- Dvyost 29 June 2005 16:33 (UTC)

 * BTW, I have a French/Bambara dictionary here at my apt.; it's an out-of-print text by Charles Bailleul, a missionary priest and seems pretty comprehensive. My guess from your projects is that you're currently in Mali, so you probably have actual people to ask for translations, but if you ever need anything looked up, drop a line...

 * Aha! Sisan n'te Mali la. I do have Bailleul's dictionary. :) That's why I'm still advancing, not being in Mali anymore. And I still have a contact who is hopefully gonna send me articles. One thing though, I still have two texts for the Bambara Wikipedia of which I can't make sense. I've put them at my page at Wiktionnaire. I'd be very glad if you could tell me what they are about. My guess is that Kondo is the name of a village, and Kori something that is being cultivated... Guaka 2 July 2005 23:39 (UTC)

 * My first instinct was to say that Kori was cotton, but Bailleul's translation seems to disagree. He notes that it can mean "la liane," which would be a kind of creeper vine/liana ("Woody, perennial climbing plant with very long stems, which grows around trees right up to the top, where there is more sunlight. Lianas are common in tropical rainforests, where individual stems may grow up to 78 m/255 ft long. They have an unusual stem structure that makes them flexible, despite being woody.")  But the article does mention the women spinning (parata) the kori, and I don't think I ever encountered that verb for anything but cotton... still it seems possible that the women are spinning this vine into rope?
 * The good news tho is that I can forward this on to a more qualified source; I'll let you know what he has to say.
 * BTW, how do I download the international phonetic alphabet characters onto my computer? I can't seem to find them on the Windows download page...
 * Keep up the good work! --Dvyost 3 July 2005 16:09 (UTC)
 * IPA is contained in the Arial Unicode MS font; check out its article for some other fonts. Nowadays, using that font for special characters is by far the best way to be sure the symbols display correctly on as much browsers as possible. Because Internet Explorer doesn't comply with some standards, at Wikipedia it may be preferable to additionally use the IPA template. You might like the following way of entering IPA characters (I use it all the time):
 * Go to the IPA keyboard of Weston Ruter. This is an interactive IPA chart. Be sure to mark the 'insert entities' checkbox.
 * Click on the character(s) you need. Strange codes will appear in the lower part of the window. These are Unicode entities which will be interpreted as IPA symbols by your browser.
 * Copy the codes to the Wikipedia edit field. If you want to be perfectly sure of correct display, put them between.
 * Hit preview and enjoy. — mark ✎ 3 July 2005 22:18 (UTC)

 * Thanks! --Dvyost 4 July 2005 15:05 (UTC)

Diacritics
Hi Dvyost. A handy way of entering diacritics is the box right beneath the edit window (it says 'insert', and then a lot of characters with all sorts of diacritics on them). If it doesn't work, there's probably a Javascript issue. I don't know if it's an option, but if you set your keyboard to the US/International keyboard layout, you will be able to produce diacritics with shortcut keys like  for 'ë' and so on.

Nice to hear that you lived in a Senufo village in Mali (Supyire or Mamara/Minyanka?). It's also good to know that my articles are helpful (it's an obscure corner of Wikipedia to many people :P ). Thank you for your high praise. Cheers, — mark ✎ 30 June 2005 01:42 (UTC)

 * You know, it's occured to me that the collobarative efforts here may be the only West African language resources on the net (at least, outside of academic databases). I remember that when I tried to search before leaving three years ago, it was a pretty grim picture; it may be obscure for some but I imagine there are still a lot of Peace Corps/Geek Corps/missionaries who are desperately looking for stuff like this.

 * Insofar as I can tell from your maps, I myself was in a Suppire-Mamara area, though I don't recall the Senufo speakers mentioning this distinction locally. Then again, given the state of my Bambara and French, I suspect they were happy to get the word "Senufo" across to me at all.

 * Anyway, thanks for the advice! I see the characters you're talking about now; I'm embarrassed to say I just haven't been scrolling down far enough... -- Dvyost 1 July 2005 13:12 (UTC)

DYK

 * Setif massacre was also recently featured. - Mgm|(talk) July 4, 2005 08:19 (UTC)

Macina
Hi, I sometimes do work on articles concerning Africa, but that's not my major task. Look at my contributions, and you can see that I'm interested in all sorts of different things - I really don't have any very specific interest here on Wikipedia. — Stevey7788 (talk) 6 July 2005 00:54 (UTC)

Tidjani
Dvyost, you seem to be a real contributor and not someone that I would suspect of spam. Thus, I'm not going to revert your change at Tidjani, but I ask that you look over the external link that you added a bit. The link is to a site (www.tijaniyya.com) whose whois record contains: Registrant: Aim Info 1390 Bedford Avenue brooklyn, New York 11216 United States Registered through: GoDaddy.com Domain Name: TIJANIYYA.COM Created on: 25-Apr-02 Expires on: 25-Apr-06 Last Updated on: 07-Nov-04 and mostly contains ads for products. If you follow the trail to the owner's site you will find that they are dealers in African furniture.

None of this is absolutely conclusive, but it does seem like this isn't quite the authoritative site on the topic that you indicated, which is why I ask you to re-evaluate and if you still feel it's legit, I'll stay out of it. Thanks! -Harmil 7 July 2005 16:50 (UTC)

 * You raise a good point about the ads on this site. As far as I can tell, it's got a lot of good, legit info for the current Tijaniyya brotherhood (see pictures at the top and the green links at the bottom for founders, doctrines, etc.), and I followed a link from another site that claimed this was the official one (though I can't seem to find that now).  On the other hand you're right that the site seems to be sponsored or even constructed by this furniture company.  As this is a little out of my expertise (both the relevant Wikipedia policies and the subject of Islamic sects; I wandered here from Umar Tall), I'd be happy to leave it to your discretion... --Dvyost 7 July 2005 17:02 (UTC)

 * Thought about it, agreed with your concerns, found a better link. Thanks for the catch!  --Dvyost 7 July 2005 17:07 (UTC)

 * Thank you for taking the time to check it out! -Harmil 7 July 2005 17:28 (UTC)

verses
Hiya,

you recently voted to merge per Uncle G at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Matthew 1:verses

however, that VfD concerned only the verses from Matthew 1, wheras Uncle G's proposal covered a much larger group of verses.

would you be prepared to make a similar vote at Votes for deletion/Individual Bible verses, which covers the full list of verses in Uncle G's suggestion?

9 July 2005 15:22 (UTC)

Koubiala
Umm, yes, it is indeed a misspelling of Koutiala. I've turned it into a redir, although it could be deleted now. Thanks for spotting my silly error. Warofdreams 09:40, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Tony Gatlif
Hi, I see you are creating alternate spellings to Tony Gatlif, and then redirecting them to a non-existant page. It's not a good practice to create several articles, just to redirect them. The wiki search will find close matches. Although redirects are cheap, its good to at least have an article to actually point to. Are you plan on making this article, or are your redirects wrong? Thanks. ∞ Who ? ¿ ? 05:38, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Don't worry, the article's going up in about five minutes; I found a list of alternate spellings on IMDB and wanted to put in the redirects before I forgot them. My own experience with the wiki search engine is that it's not very spell-savvy, which causes me constant problems in finding names transliterated from other languages (the West African history pages are a real nightmare for this), so I'm trying to address this as I go.  Sorry for the trouble, and thanks for checking before deleting, --Dvyost 05:50, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

 * No trouble :) I was more concerned about the red-links than the mutiple redirects, I have made some myself. For a second, it just looked like a bunch of reserved name spaces :). Thanks for replying.   ∞ Who ? ¿ ?  05:52, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Nono
I saw that you deleted something in the Bozo article concerning the Nono. I would be interested what it was. The Nono (or Nononke) mostly speak one of the four Bozo languages called Jenaama (or Sorogaama). So they are linked to the Bozo, even if not ethnically.

 * Hi, and welcome to wikipedia! I removed a "See Also:Nono" from the article that redirected here; since neither the French guitarist nor the anime character seemed relevant, the see also was at the time useless.  If you know something about the Nono, though (and obviously you do), an article would be terrifically helpful!  Or an article (even a four-sentence one) on the Bozo languages would also be much appreciated.  You can click the red links on those words to get started--feel free to post here if you have any more questions.  My computer's in the shop but I should be off and on until it's fixed.  Again, welcome!  --Dvyost 15:30, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

 * PS If you have a continued interest in Wikipedia, why not create an account? It helps you watch pages, get messages, etc. and looks snazzy besides.

West Africa

 * I replied over there. Kind regards, — mark ✎ 12:14, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

DYK
Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 00:29, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

History of Guinea
Nice expansion! Cheers, --Dvyost 21:06, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Ta. It's nowhere near finished yet. I was going to compliment you on History of West Africa which is a lovely piece of work. --Cherry blossom tree 21:26, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

Cheers
Once again thanks for your superb contributions. I guess I'll have to abandon my daily routine of checking out what good Dvyost has brought us, though I'm sure I'll see you around now and then (I told you that Wikipedia is addictive!). Have a good time over at graduate school! All the best, — mark ✎ 09:37, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Replied there. --Dvyost 15:42, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Arabic transliteration
I wish I could be more help with Arabic transliteration. Alas, I'm just a beginner. I have found, however, that it often works to post a question (even if in English) to the Village Pump on the Arabic Wikipedia (here). Hope this helps, – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 04:00, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

 * Replied there. --Dvyost 04:12, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Working on Non sequitur at this very moment
Hey, Dvyost -- just thought I'd let you know I'm working on Non sequitur this very evening, to disambiguate it, then split into two articles the senses of meaning having to do with logic and with absurdism, and finally redirecting links.

Actually, I'm doing the redirecting first, and will come back to the writing later tonight.

To that end, would you please remove the categorization "rhetoric" from the Non sequitur (absurdism) page, and move it to the Non sequitur (logic) page?

(See Non sequitur (disambiguation).)

Many thanks.

Paul Klenk 23:27, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Replied there --Dvyost 15:58, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:List of missing Africa Topics
Hi Dvyost, I am sorry for the inconvenience. I'll double check that. But tell me, if some of the removed links had nothing to do with the List of missing Africa topics, why do they have to be there? Maybe they have to be fixed so they have to be corrected and linking to the real african topics? I'll revert all that to the last edition and then recheck all again later on. Cheers -- Svest 14:51, August 28, 2005 (UTC) Wiki me up™

 * Replied there. --Dvyost 15:08, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks Dyvost. What I think is that I'll leave it as it was before as I am not sure if I'd be accurate in correcting them. I hope someone who's more knowledgeable in the subjects would fix them. Maybe the person who mentionned the Fage book on top of the list ;). Cheers -- Svest 15:26, August 28, 2005 (UTC) Wiki me up™

Kidal Region
My only concern with a move back to simply 'Kidal Region' would be fixing all the reverts. To be honest, I've been doing this with a lot of the articles on Requested articles/Geographical regions, namely with fixing up UTF-8 titles. As I've never seen a general guideline quoted anywhere - the decision usually seems to be at the whim of the editor - I didn't figure it would be a big deal. Since I don't really care as passionately about the title as you do, feel free to revert it back. You won't offend me.... —akghetto (talk) 20:18, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Responded there. --Dvyost 20:36, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

African Collaboration of the Fortnight
Hi again Dvyost. I just noticed that you voted for the African featured article. I added a nomination recently. Would you consider voting there? Cheers. -- Svest 15:48, August 28, 2005 (UTC) Wiki me up™


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Kawaramachi Station (Miyagi)

Kawaramachi Station (河原町駅) is an underground railway station on the Sendai Subway Nanboku Line in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

Lines
Kawaramachi Station is on the Sendai Subway Namboku Line and is located 10.9 km from the terminus of the line at Izumi-Chūō.

Station layout
Kawaramachi Station is an underground station with a single island platform serving two tracks.

History
Kawaramachi Station opened on 15 July 1987.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 5,050 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

 * National Route 4
 * Miyazawa Bridge
 * Kawaramachi Shopping District

title: Kawaramachi Station (Miyagi)


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Talk:Indian philosophy

Bhattacharya's work on Cosmopolitanism
I've again reverted this edit by Festeeliot:
 * "Kalidas Bhattacharya's work on Cosmopolitanism is a precursor to the works of contemporary Western philosophers including that of say, Martha Nussbaum. "

This is not what the source, says, and it's WP:UNDUE. The source says:
 * ''"If one attends seminars in the humanities, one hears of Derrida, Lacan, Alain Badiou, and of the subaltern studies’ group ad nauseam. It is as if Indian philosophers have no place in learned discussions. Of late one hears of Giorgio Agamben and Martha Nussbaum. Nary a word on Indian thinkers who might be used to foreground disciplines as diverse as literature, political science, and film studies.

It is akin to blasphemy to have no reference to American and Continental philosophers in an international symposium, say on, immigration or the rise of religious extremism. Yet Kalidas Bhattacharyya’s understanding of Anekanta Vada is unknown to most. Western savants do not care to understand that cosmopolitanism is a Hindu concept; neither a Jain concept nor is it a Greek concept as is mistakenly taught in classrooms worldwide and mentioned on the Internet. Tara Chatterjee’s Anekanta Vedanta (112–24) should be read by English literature scholars first since they are the ones who hardly know that they are mistaking as Western, concepts which Indian doyens of modern philosophy have already written on. How many Masters’ and post-Masters’ English-literature students know of Kalidas Bhattacharya’s monograph on Indian cosmopolitanism published in 1982?"''  Joshua Jonathan   -  Let's talk!   08:35, 10 September 2016 (UTC)
 * This is a polemic against the western humanities, but I don't see how it reliably establishes that "Kalidas Bhattacharya's work on Cosmopolitanism is a precursor to the works of contemporary Western philosophers including that of say, Martha Nussbaum."
 * Prabuddha Bharata ("India Awakened") is published by the Ramakrishna Mission, and is far from WP:RS.
 * The whole statement is WP:UNDUE, given the fact that it does not establish this influence, and is not from a realiable source.

 * Indeed it is WP:Undue. PB is not WP:RS. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 16:34, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

"oldest written form of Indian philosophy"
Here we go again: "mine is older than yours" - I reverted this edit by Parasparograhi1, who changed

into

with the edit summary "Added more appropriate information."

Obviously, "famous-quotes-on-jainism-by-great-men" is not the right source for such statements, even the less when the original source is removed. So, not appropriate. Joshua Jonathan  -  Let's talk!   04:59, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

But obviously, the original statement is WP:UNDUE for the lead; I've removed it. NB: it was added here. Joshua Jonathan  -  Let's talk!   05:20, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

History
Schools of indian philosophy- an overview 2402:3A80:1F6B:60D6:0:0:4F24:DE80 (talk) 13:01, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Recent edits
regarding your recent edits diff: The way you're editing you'll soon be blocked. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk!  05:33, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Of course Yajnavalkya is also associated with Cedanta, but he is so because of the Upanishads;
 * Why remove the Sikh-picture?
 * Akriyavada and Sassatavada are not sramanic schools, but specific views on specific topics;
 * Saivism still exists; and the four schools you mention are four schools, not three.

Did buddhism really affirm creator god?
Did buddhism really affirm creator god? It is written like that 2A02:8108:8440:6D4:4EA6:A183:2E33:A62A (talk) 21:45, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

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