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[edit] Welcome

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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[edit] revert war

I understand you think that one sentence on Munich Massacre is wrong. I agree. But you are reverting a huge amount of text -- not just that one sentence. Please stop.

Also, I have started a discussion on Talk:Munich Massacre about your version and the other version, and I would value your input there. – Quadell (talk) (help)[[]] 19:46, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)

I see what you mean. He wants to depersonalize the whole thing (eliminating the names if the athletes) and otherwise get rid of anything he views as sympathetic towards Israel, which he clearly hates. Too bad. He is wrong to drastically alter waht was a balanced, factual article to fit his worldview.

[edit] Talk:Munich Massacre

Regarding Talk:Munich Massacre, any comments you have about a user belong on that user's talk page. The talk page for Munich Massacre should be used exclusively for discussion about the article itself, not the participants. Thanks, – Quadell (talk) (help)[[]] 21:57, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)

Good point; that would lower the snarkiness level a bit.

I have attempted a compromise version of Munich Massacre that incorporates the best parts of both versions. Improvements are welcome, but I would like to humbly ask that you not do a blanket revert, as you would be reverting good edits as well as bad. Thanks! – Quadell (talk) (help)[[]] 22:21, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Yasser Arafat article

Hi A2Kafir. The version HistoryBuffEr tried to insert was his own; he does this with all articles he edits, creates his own POV version, and insists on inserting it without any kind of consensus or agreement in Talk:. Feel free to revert them whenever you see them, as his versions violate Wikipedia policy in several important ways. Jayjg 03:31, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip. A2Kafir 03:33, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
My pleasure, and if it hasn't been said before, welcome to Wikipedia. Jayjg 03:50, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Bat bomb

Hi, I actually thought the Bat bomb edit you reverted was a good one; I looked up the two books and "Sunwing" does seem to be inspired, plot-wise, by the bat bomb project, whereas "Silverwing" isn't. Just a thought. I have a special affinity for this article, because it was my first one on Wikipedia (before I got a login)............ A2Kafir 23:15, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I assumed that since the books were one series having the link to the one with an article would be best, not realising it needn't be referenced in all books from the series. My bad, restored. Thanks for you vigilance! --fvw*† 23:18, 2004 Nov 29 (UTC)

[edit] Leaning tower

"Good lord. It's like arguing with a lump of depleted uranium." Hey, if it's me you're referring to, (a) smile when you say that, and (b) can't you upgrade my predepleted self to plutonium? Erm, that little matter aside, I was outside the Leaning Tower the year before last. Its leaningness lets too many people overlook what a lovely building it was supposed to be, and still is. Shortly after seeing it I saw a wonderful photo book devoted to it. Italian text only, and I didn't buy it because it was big and expensive and I'd already bought too many books, and I stupidly omitted to make a note of the photographer, title, ISBN. Extensive websearches have failed to turn up anything. D'you happen to know the book I'm talking about? -- Hoary 02:39, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Thank you for the reminder of separate-language capabilities of Bookfinder, O fellow infidel. I'll take a look later. Books, books -- yes, I have dozens of them; I don't know what to do. The most monstrous is the Encyclopædia Britannica, 10th edition: the spines are crumbling and the effect on the, er, decor is profoundly depressing. As for Italian book-souvenirs, my prize is Salvini, Il Duomo di Modena. And as for irresistible bargains, if you don't already have Get me a table without flies, Harry (bemused American tourists in Ireland and all that), snap it up at half price. (Incidentally, Bill Griffith is about a thousand times more Wikipediaworthy than at least one Philadelphia-based timewaster I could name.) Hoary 03:35, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 2000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1
I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:
{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

OR

Option 2
I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:
{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)

[edit] Siberia Airlines

Might want to work this in somewhere: Siberia Airlines Flight 1812. A2Kafir 20:52, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Here it is Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 accident AlexPU

[edit] Sorry, couldn't find it when I looked.

Sorry about that... I couldn't find the add message link (that little "+") but have now.

I keep adding a link and it keeps getting reverted... did I miss the (a) point here?

I'm asking you, because yours was the last revert.

--User_talk:Brillpappin


[edit] Three revert rule

Hi, looking at your recent edits on Khmer Rouge I see that you have reverted the page at least three times in the past twenty-four hours:

  • 17:50, 16 Dec 2004 reverting to 5:07, 16 Dec 2004
  • 01:35, 17 Dec 2004 reverting to the same version
  • 02:48, 17 Dec 2004 reverting to the same version

This is usually a sign that you need to step back a bit and, if the page needs to be reverted, let someone else do it.

It's also a breach of the Three revert rule, which makes three or more reversions by the same user in twenty-four hours an offence that can be dealt with by an administrator blocking you for twenty-four hours. Consider this a polite warning.

It's okay to go to another editor and ask him to look at a page and see if he thinks it should be reverted. That would not be breaking the rule.

I agree that the other user should go to the talk page and discuss his POV problems. Why not leave a message on his talk page asking him to do so? --[[User:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway|Talk]] 03:06, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Reverting

Before you revert, you should discuss the edit on the talk page. You are not doing so. Please start. Stargoat 16:09, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up! Didn't see my typo. Danny 00:02, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Japan-geo-stub

Hi A2Kafir - I've just removed the image you put on the japan-geo-stub template. Images have been removed from many of the larger stub categories to help with server problems. There was already a perfectly good image for this category, which was removed in line with this policy - and then you put a new, different image back there. Please do not use an image on this or other templates which have had images removed until the "all-clear" has been given to use images - see [[1]] for more information. (In any case, the images used on stub categories are usually decided after some debate at WP:WSS - a map of Japan was not used because there is disputed territory involved in the country, so to use a specific map might cause concern). Grutness|hello? 05:52, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Charles Krauthammer

Hi, A2Kafir,

I noticed you undid my recent changes to Charles Krauthammer, my notes on his being Jewish and a neoconservative. While I can understand how someone could perceive such changes as biased against either of those groups, I believe my edit was not "irrelevant" and clarifies some possible misconceptions that an uninformed reader could develop without my addition. Krauthammer is (correctly) noted in the article as a staunch supporter of the state of Israel, as well as the policies of George W. Bush. However, the there was no mention of his religion and the only mention of his broad political views was that he worked campaigns for Jimmy Carter and wrote speeches for Mondale. You may think, and not without reason, that an intelligent reader could reasonably assume the neoconservative conversion of Krauthammer, and I would not disagree with that. I would contend, however, that it is certainly worth noting in an encyclopedic article. Less prominent figures than he, such as Donald Kagan, have such changes mentioned.

I would not be adverse to the idea of keeping mention of his being Jewish out of the article. Again, his last name implies a Jewish (or at least German) heritage to the intelligent reader. I would, however, be quick to point out that many other prominent Jewish people have such mentioned in their articles. It may not be directly relevant for them either, but it is a precedent which is followed, and I have not previously seen fuss of it. Of course, there may well be relevance in the fact that he is Jewish, given his staunch support of the Israeli state.

My edits were made to make sure no one perceived Krauthammer as a "Democrat" who has simply been largely supportive of George W. Bush, à la Zell Miller. I hope that we can reach a reasonable compromise on this issue, and I am sure that we will be able to. Yours, --BDD 14:36, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

With almost a month without any response from you, A2, I have decided to place my comment back into the article, based on what I believe is a precedent from the Alan Colmes article, where the mention of his religion is far less relevant than in Krauthammer's. If you still oppose this, I am still happy to discuss it here. Additionally, I have mentioned the fact that he is Jewish in a very logical and practical place - the section "Defending Israel". And the last time I checked, neoconservative was a political description rather than a pejorative, so I don't think there should be any problem with me describing him as such. --BDD 19:35, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Did you go to DCDS?

Did you go to country day? Yuber 04:55, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for reverting the damage the Samuele de Gaunt vandal did to my talk page. P Ingerson 09:17, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Animal stubs

Thanks for your help sorting all the animal stubs. It's so nice to check at the beginning of the day and find that so much work has been done overnight. I had thought I might have to sort all those stubs myself. So, thanks again. --Stemonitis 05:58, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Stubs

Hello. I noticed your edit to Nicholas Eliot, 9th Earl of St Germans, and I thought I'd let you know that British nobles are categorized as {{peer-stub}}. Best, Mackensen (talk) 23:09, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] User:The Number, User:Sollogfan RfAr

Hi A2Kafir, I've filed an arbitration request against The Number and Sollogfan. Please consider if you want to add yourself as a plaintiff, or perhaps comment on the case if it gets accepted. Cheers, --MarkSweep 09:38, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Moon-stub

Hi A2kafir - thought you might have some input to make to this discussion, since you've been doing a lot of the astro-stub work! Grutness...wha? 13:53, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Category rename?

Hi - you wrote: I moved all the spacecraft stubs out of {{rocket-stub}} to {{spacecraft-stub}}. But the category for rocket-stub is "Rocket and spacecraft stubs". Do you know how to rename that?

Mm. To be honest, I'm not certain. User:Grm wnr might be the best person to ask - he does a lot of that work for sfd. Grutness...wha? 01:14, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your support

Thank you for supporting my recent RfA. I was surprised and humbled by the number of positives votes. I'll be monitoring RfA regularly from now on and will look for a chance to "pay it forward". Cheers, --MarkSweep 02:10, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vanunu

Vanunu is indeed the current Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow ([2] [3]). This doesn't mean he actually has to do anything, and Lord Rectorial elections often aren't very serious. Dundee University tried to elect a hamster for the same role. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 11:34, September 11, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Housed vs. Stored

Don't be too sure. I gather from what they were saying last spring, that all the dead Popes are stored in the Vatican, albeit individually boxed. >:) Wahkeenah 22:23, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The College of Wooster Greeks debate reopened

Since you participated in this AFD debate, you might like to know that it has been reopened following discussion at WP:DRV. The new debate is at here. Yours, Sjakkalle (Check!) 16:46, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] University of Michigan

I saw that you have done some edits on the Ann Arbor article. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind looking at the University of Michigan article as well, which is currently on the Featured Article Candidates board. Thanks. Pentawing 02:20, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] KTVX

You have received this message because you have edited a Salt Lake City media article in the past. We have recently had an edit war regarding the wording and inclusion of a paragraph on the KTVX article. In hopes of resolving this I have put together an informal survey. If you are interested, please stop by Talk:KTVX and add a vote. Thanks, A 09:16, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] About moving the pics

Hey A2Kafir, I saw you moved to the right-upper corner the pic of Nicole Neumann I had added some days ago. I wanted to ask you HOW can i move all the pics I add, so not to appear in the center of the page. What shall I do? Hope you answer, thanks!

[edit] Re: the Rehabilitation Project Force article

Hello A2Kafir, can we get into communication regarding that article please? It is: [4]. The reason I am attempting to talk with you here is because you don't discuss it on the appropriate discussion page of the article. The article hardly has a citeable datum in it. All three links point to pages created by third persons, they are all opinions of persons outside of the organization which created, maintains and runs the RPF. Since even a rock must first be defined for what it is before controversy about said rock can be understood, I maintain that no context has been developed in that article which would then allow those cited links to make sense within. Wikipedia:Introductions states: Term, Topic, Context and then prepare the reader for what will follow. The term is almost defined there, but the topic is not. The RPF is not a punishment camp. It might take reading 1000 pages of the Church of Scientology dogma to clearly see how the RPF is a rehabilitation and not a punishment, but it is exactly what it says, A rehabilitation project. The CoS people mostly deal with ideas, with people, and with paper. They work long hours and it is a trying vocation. The RPF, counterwise, works with brooms, hoses, makes repairs, hammers nails and so on. One complements the other you see? And working with the hammers and brooms in the way they do, in those conditions, rehabilitates a Sea Org member so they may once again take up the more difficult mantle of paper and people. In any event, no matter what your understanding, the article needs to be accurate. It is not at this time accurate. I've no arguement with the linked informational sources, but with the accuracy of the article. Can we arrive at a compromise? Terryeo 20:08, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Khmer Rouge

Arbitration has been requested, do you care to make a statement? WP:RFAR CJK 23:21, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please check your WP:NA entry

Greetings, editor! Your name appears on Wikipedia:List of non-admins with high edit counts. If you have not done so lately, please take a look at that page and check your listing to be sure that following the particulars are correct:

  1. If you are an admin, please remove your name from the list.
  2. If you are currently interested in being considered for adminship, please be sure your name is in bold; if you are opposed to being considered for adminship, please cross out your name (but do not delete it, as it will automatically be re-added in the next page update).
  3. Please check to see if you are in the right category for classification by number of edits.

Thank you, and have a wiki wiki day! BD2412 T 04:25, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You're my sockpuppet?

You may be interested to read the theory found at User:Hillman/Dig/Kohs that purports you're my sockpuppet. Kind of funny, being that we seem to share ONE article edit (Jacobson Stores). Man, if I were to have a sockpuppet, I wish he would at least have the decency to be a Michigan STATE fan!  ;-) -- MyWikiBiz 22:25, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi, A2Kafir, fear not, if I had seriously suspected you of anything untoward, I would have eventually asked you here. In any case, I am disposed to believe you when you say that you and Kohs do not know each other, so you need have no worries on that score.
Unfortunately I neglected to add a standard user subpage header (just corrected) in which I ask others not to edit these notes directly but to express concerns on my user talk page. I have incorporated the information you provided. Please note that several of my pages of notes point out that X is not suspected of socking for Y. This is obviously valuable information for third parties.
Hope this clarifies what was going on.---CH 02:41, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Munich massacre

I've reverted your edits for readability and simplicity. Overstating the obvious - they were murdered - confuses the reader. HOW they were murdered makes it clearer. "Murdered by explosion" kind of rubs me, an English teacher, the wrong way.

User:BassPlyr23 18:07, 25 October 2006 (EDT)

[edit] The Advocate article

Thanks for cleaning that up... people on my staff keep having fun with it and I don't always catch it :) FCYTravis 06:45, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

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