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Contents 1 Heya 2 September Esperanza Newsletter 3 Jake. 4 Leo DiCaprio 5 Similarities 6 Philly meetup 7 WikiProject Disambiguation Talk Request 8 Quasyboy 9 Tunney 10 I Have added 11 Xavier Lawlor 12 Thanks for posting 13 Invite 14 Schrader 15 November Esperanza Newsletter 16 Opera company articles 17 Brian Thomson 18 Florence Klotz 19 RMS Umbria 20 Thanks 21 Edit summary on GWB 22 Deletion request on French Wikipedia 23 Deletion of my controversy addition to Lisa Kudrow article 24 Lisa Kudrow advice 25 WP:FILMS Newsletter 26 Miami Vice 27 Sorry 28 Thanks! 29 A literate homosexual 30 Concordia Newsletter 30.1 Help out now! 30.2 Decision Making

[edit] Heya

Hi Brian :) We actually talked when you first arrived at WP, so I think we never actually met at LGB. But still it's cool that people bump into eachother in strange places :) Cheers, jaco♫plane 13:47, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] September Esperanza Newsletter

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The last AC meeting (full log) The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself! The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it! TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly! Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Jake.

I would be delighted to have you help, but short of having you go through the references and make sure the commas and full stops are harmonised, I cannot think of anything. I will be sure to let to know if I do need help. Thankyou for your offer. Dev920 15:22, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Leo DiCaprio

I noticed you removed this source about him being raised Catholic - and that was definitely a good idea. Adherents.com is only reliable when it cites its sources. Those large lists of "Catholics" they have? They were copied word for word from Wikipedia's lists of Catholics (same for their Jewish, etc. list). In fact, a large majority of sources that aren't first-hand (first hand being interviews and the like) get their info directly from Wikipedia, which is exactly why we can't use them. :-) We've become our own worst enemy in that regard. Mad Jack 05:29, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Similarities

Other links too: I attended school in Lausanne, Switzerland (1969), am relatively fluent in French, and worked in the legal profession (1980s).  ;) --Elonka 19:10, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Philly meetup

Hi, Brian1979! There will be a Wikipedia Meetup in Philadelphia on 4 November. If you're interested in coming, RSVP by editing Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia 2 to reflect the likelihood of your being able to attend. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Hopefully, we'll all see you (and each other) on the 4th! --CComMack (t•c) 17:14, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Disambiguation Talk Request

This is a form message being sent to all WikiProject Disambiguation participants. I recently left a proposed banner idea on the WikiProject Disambiguation talk page and I would appreciate any input you could provide. Before it can be approved or denied, I would prefer a lot of feedback from multiple participants in the project. So if you have the time please join in the discussion to help improve the WikiProject. Keep up the good work in link repair and thanks for your time. Nehrams2020 22:39, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quasyboy

Hey Brian1979, sorry I took so long to get back to you but heres that category that you wanted: Category:Supernatural actors. And by the way if want to make a new category just type in "Category:whatever you want" in the search box and then click on "create this article" and get started. Quasyboy 28:42, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tunney

Consider it done! Weird formatting with all those IMDB links, though... Oh well Mad Jack 21:30, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I Have added

I Have added the Film Box thingy to Ethan Mao Bobo6balde66 20:42, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Xavier Lawlor

Hmmm.... I usually use Google matches as a litmus test. This one only had like 46, which I think is usually grounds for deletion, or at least worthy a try. :-) Mad Jack 16:25, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for posting

Thanks for the comment on sweat tea, I don't get many messages :D whicky1978 ^talk 22:32, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Invite

--evrik 16:53, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Schrader

Well...I saw that there wasn't a mention about his Academy Award nod, and that vaguely was his claim to fame. Pretty varied life though...jg325 18:58, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] November Esperanza Newsletter

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The last AC meeting (full log) The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived. There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia. The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested! In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias. A discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted! Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello. Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, The Halo, Shreshth91 and HighwayCello 20:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Opera company articles

Thanks for your note on my page about the Vlaamse Opera. This is one I can certainly try to get to, but don't know when..... There's a lot to do and I'm not sure how much info I can rustle up. So, if someone else does begin, no problem. Vivaverdi 01:48, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brian Thomson

No problem! Cheers, Sliggy 15:15, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Florence Klotz

You are right, I should not have deleted her alleged "birth name" (Kathrina) without putting it up for discussion, I just seriously doubted/doubt that it really was her birth name - regardless of whatever IMDb or IBDb says.

As far as "Ms." being non-encyclopaedic, I am afraid we must agree to disagree unless you can show me something in writing to back up your assertion.

Yours sincerely,

HOT L Baltimore 20:48, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RMS Umbria

Regarding your edits to the above-linked article, per Wikipedia article form, only the first word in a headings (and proper nouns) should be capitalized. I'd fix it myself, but I'm unsure of what needs to be capitalized specifically (the proper nouns). Please see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings) for justification.-FateSmiled&DestinyLaughed 03:05, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

BRIAN 1979

Your comment is noted but in this case RMS is a title namely ROYAL MAIL SHIP and is representad in the same way as you would HMS for ship of the royal navy or in the case of SS for state ship, or MV for a merchant vessel.

Stavros1 12:43, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Brian1979 - thanks for your dab on my article on Norton Priory. I am VERY new to Wikipedia and have yet a lot to learn, so that's helpful. It was particluarly pleasing to me to see that my article had been seen by someone 'across the pond' within 24 hours of its being posted.

Best wishes, Peter I. Vardy 17:04, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks again! Capitals now adjusted. There's so much to learn!!!! Peter I. Vardy 22:50, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edit summary on GWB

I agree with it!--Hamedog_Talk|^@ 00:53, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

I personally aqree too, but please refrain from this sort of edit summary in the future. It violates WP:CIVIL and WP:POV. Its only going to inflame an already heavily contested article. While we all like to let off steam, please avoid doing so in edit summaries. Thanks, Gwernol 00:57, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion request on French Wikipedia

Hello! I saw from your Babel box you're fr-4 so I hope you can make a request on the French Wikipedia for me.

I have nominated the unencyclopedic user page of User:Bestlyriccollection for deletion; however he has copied the same trashy content to the French Wikipedia (user talk page too. Please help me make a request for deletion over at the French WP (maybe here?). Thanks in advance! Kimchi.sg 09:01, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

The user is using his user page to store material not related to the Wikipedia project - how things like the "Jours de garbage" section, or the enormous mass of both internal and external links in the "Cellphone Technologies" section help him in Wikipedia-related tasks is beyond me. You could claim that he is using them as references in articles, but he has made very few edits to cellular phone-related articles; the last was to Sanyo mobile phones, more than 7 months ago. Also, the "Free Surfing Forums" section on his user talk page consists mostly of forum links, which we never use as references around here. It looks more like his personal bookmarks list than a series of references for an article. Lastly (and perhaps not so significantly), if it really is a bona fide list of references, why does he have to register an account on the French Wikipedia (and several other wikis) just to store the same content in his user page there? At the very least, it is suspicious. Kimchi.sg 11:34, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

OK, I'll sleep on it. Kimchi.sg 17:59, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of my controversy addition to Lisa Kudrow article

I just noticed that you deleted my Lisa Kudrow controversy edit because it was non referenced and POV. I tried to get a reference to her actual words but was unable to. And as for the POV aspect of my edit, I did reference national health care to a wikipedia article. The French health care system is considered to be excellent per various ratings but I did not reference that either---here are some belated refs [[1]] [[2]] [[3]]. So I agree for the reasons of your deletion, but I still feel strongly that her comment was controversial and made no sense. I am an user of the French health system, and I know from experience and knowledge that a patient has access to medical doctors at all times, French doctors do not disappear during the summer. When I searched the Web, I came across Americans stating that they now know that all socialized medicine is useless because Lisa Kudrow said so. So her comment was controversial, misleading, and wrong. I will write a Wikipedia article on the French Health Care system, so next time I need to reference it, I can. --Gondola 11:51, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lisa Kudrow advice

Perhaps if it's worded diffferently it won't be POV? Honestly I only vaguely remember having done it. How long ago was this? I'm glad you didn;t take it personally. -FateSmiled&DestinyLaughed 11:57, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps the deletion of the last sentence would make it less POV, even through it is true!:

On the Tonight Show, aired on August 1, 2006, she mentioned to Jay Leno that she was unable to receive proper medical attention while vacationing in France and had to resort calling her own doctor in California. The French publicly-funded health care system provides for medical doctor visits at home for a nominal fee and provides for medical personnel to be available every day of the year. In addition there is private medical treatment available. Her comment therefore has caused puzzlement among the users of the French health care system. ^{[citation needed]}

Your edit was dated Sept 21 per that article page's history. No need for me to take your edit personally, as you gave good reasons and I could contact you directly.

Even with improving the POV language, Kudrow's words still need to be referenced, and I tried very hard without success to get a transcript or a video of her words. Wikipedia takes possible slandering of celebrities very seriously as they need to.

But the positive aspect of your edit is I am now motivated to write an article on the French national health care system, so I thank you for that!--Gondola 14:08, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:FILMS Newsletter

The November 2006 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Cbrown1023 22:59, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Miami Vice

Hi dude! :) How are you? Miami Vice was good that's all i can say! It did make a success for farrell's career, since it qualified for a boxoffice status! :) Ramirez 06:00 December 3, 2006 (UTC)

Reply: Hi there! :) I like all of Farrell's movies, since I'am a big fan. My favourites are Phone Booth, Recruit, S.W.A.T and The New World, Miami Vice etc.. Alexander was a good film, some people just took the whole homosexuality to seriously, but as Oliver Stone would say "Alexander and Hephastion's relationship was more of a friendly issue; there is nothing wrong with a king who cries and express emotions". All of it's stories though was based on facts and real events. :) Ramirez, 22:30 03 December, 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry

Sorry mate, as you can see this is the second mistake I've made today, the ability to discern vandalisim from a ligitimate edit will take me some time, I'm sorry for the confusion. Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . Editor Review} 01:45, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Hi! Thanks for the kind words. I still have a lot more work to do on Assault on Precinct 13, but one can only procrastinate so long. My dissertation advisor would probably be really annoyed if he knew how much time I've devoted to writing about a 70s action film.

Sullenspice 17:28, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A literate homosexual

Respectfully, I am impressed. I haven't been able to find two to rub together in Philadelphia. -FateSmiled&DestinyLaughed 22:57, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, but I am really nothing special in my hometown. The humorist Bret Harte is supposed to have said "In Boston it is impossible to fire off a revolver without hitting the author of a two-volume work." ◄HouseOfScandal►18:29, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Concordia Newsletter

NEWSLETTER

Concordia is currently trying to relaunch. I, and all the members of the ex-council, wish to welcome new members to the group. We are a group who aim to promote remaining civil, in an environment where messages can easily be interpretated wrongly.

[edit] Help out now!

• Try and help people remain civil! Talk to them, and help them in any way possible. Do not be afraid to use the talk page.
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[edit] Decision Making

The council expired one month ago, but due to the current position of the group the current council will remain until the position of the group can be assessed, and whether it would be sensible to keep Concordia going. For most decisions, however, it will be decided by all who choose to partake in discussions. I am trying to relaunch because of the vast amounts of new members we have received, demonstrating that the aims are supported.

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