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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia

Welcome!

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[edit] Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy (book)

Hey, I just wanted to say I think you're doing a GREAT job on that article. I was going to start it myself but I've got one last project that is due Jan 27 before I receive my MBA so I will not be able to contribute a lot until then. The NPOV tag that User:Zantastik has seen fit to label the article with should be addressed. On the article's talk page, I'm going to ask him to explain why he thinks it should be tagged in greater detail and/or suggest how the article could be modified so it wouldn't be POV. Keep going, though...great job!  :-) Lawyer2b 16:22, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Non notable article?

Hi, I have placed a tag on the article Scott Salem, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. I did this because the article seems to be a biographical account about a person, group of people, or band, but it does not indicate how or why he/she/they is/are notable. If you can indicate why Scott Salem is really notable, I advise you to edit the article promptly, and also put a note on Talk:Scott Salem. Any admin should check for such edits before deleting the article. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. You might also want to read our criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 7 under Articles. You might also want to read our general biography criteria. Please do not just remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. Grandwazir 04:29, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

The page Scott Salem was deleted by User:Enochlau within 2 hours of the above posting. Scott Salem, aka "Scott the Engineer", is the engineer for the Howard Stern radio show and has his own IMDB page, which should at least make a prima facie case for notability. Even if determined to be non-notable under Wikipedia criteria, the page's content may be worthy of being included in the Howard Stern article. DHowell 02:00, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mongoloid

What is the verifyable reference for the change In the mongoloid article

From: Turkic Mongoloids n Central Asia, the Uzbeks, the Uighur, the Kyrgyz, and the Kazakhs are Turkic Mongoloid, the Western cousins of the Mongolians. Historically, the Huns and the Tatars have been considered to belong to the Mongoloid family. The Turkmen, while are still Central Asian, Turkic-Mongoloids, have mixed heavily with Caucasoid neighbours to the west, and most of the even more westerly Turkic-speakers of Turkey and Azerbaijan appear to have little or no Mongoloid ancestry.

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In Central Asia, the Uzbeks, the Uighur, the Kyrgyz, and the Kazakhs show strong Turkic Mongoloid elements, which would make them the Western cousins of the Mongolians. However, among them, and especially among Uzbeks and Uyghurs in particular, one may notice a continuum of physical types that ranges from Mongoloid to Europoid Caucasoid. This tends to also be true among the modern Tatars (Bulgars) and Bashkirs. Historically, the Huns and the ancient Tatars have been considered to belong to the Mongoloid family. The Turkmen, while are still Central Asian Turkic-Mongoloids, have mixed heavily with Caucasoid neighbours to the west, and many of the even more westerly Turkic-speakers, such as those in Azerbaijan appear to have little or no visible Mongoloid ancestry, although many may have less visible Mongoloid features. Turks in Turkey have an amount of Mongoloid features that is related to the amount of actual Turkic ancestry present in the individuals considered. This is variable in Turkey due to the varied ancestry of most of the population. While many scholars explain the variablity of the physical characteristics of Turkic Mongoloids as the result of intermixing with Caucasoids, some propose that there may have at one point been a distinct Turkic Mongoloid group, with particular and distinct physical characteristics AverageTurkishJoe 06:19, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Some Progress

1. While moaning seductively for a criticism section, I don't think Lani Guiner is POV anymore.

2. Do as I Say (Not as I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy doesn't have a NPOV tag anymore. Lawyer2b 01:48, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fatal Blow

Fatal Blow has been proposed for deletion. Please see the article for details. NickelShoe (Talk) 05:05, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 3rd Opinion

I've asked for a 3rd Opinion WP:3O & submitted a Wikiquette alert WP:WQA regarding our "discussion" on the Bill Moyers page. (Wikiquette alerts are an option for a quick, streamlined way to get an outside view). (Antelope In Search Of Truth 09:02, 11 April 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Debra Wilson

Hi! Could you point me to some news reports about this? I've been unable to find anything about it, and, Debra Wilson being one of my favorite comediennes, I'd like to read moe about it. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 01:54, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Ah, I thought it might be something like that! Well, I guess "she said so" works well breaking stories! It would be nice to be able to reference the wedding in the story; probably it will hit the news soon. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 18:44, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] By the way

"Just please don't try to make the ridiculous assertion that "progressive" and "liberal" aren't the same thing in American political jargon again."

The main thing that got lost (I think) was that while they are similar, the only difference I was trying to point out is that Progressives state that they specifically focus on "economic and environmental justice, and sustainability,".

I have been looking at this whole conversation as an opportunity to better ourselves. This is more curiosity than who is "right" or "wrong". I see more value in approaching things with curiosity than judgement. I am sorry that things got a little heated.

I understand your assertion: progressives = liberals. The reason I am questioning your assertion is because it appears to me that there are liberals who focus on issues other than, "economic and environmental justice, and sustainability." Like abortion, victim rights, etc..

Just like not all conservatives push the same exact issues. (Antelope In Search Of Truth 00:41, 19 April 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Eurasian

The Eurasian genetic supercluster does neither belong in the Eurasian (mixed ancestry) page as a section nor linked to because its a different concept than racially mixed. I made it its own page entitled Eurasian genetic supercluster.--Dark Tichondrias

The Eurasian genetic supercluster should not be on the Eurasian (mixed ancestry) page or on its see also section, because they are unrelated concepts. I think if the Eurasian genetic supercluster page were to be ever resurrected it should be linked to from the Western Eurasian and Eastern Eurasian pages and maybe the Genetic views on race article. I don't know who deleted the Eurasian genetic supercluster page. I believe the page was deleted because it supports the idea that race is genetically verifiable which is not a NPOV.--Dark Tichondrias 02:40, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anti-racialists & Asthma

I like your attitude towards anti-racialists expressed in Talk:Caucasoid. I would like you to take a look at Allergic Asthma & Asthma. The latter is very long and (at least in my oppinion) very offencive. The word "asthma" seems to me to have been used incorectly in a large number of ways, creating great ambiguity. There even seems to be an implication that asthma is a disease. Perhaps this comes from the misuse of the word "disease" rather than "asthma" . If you are tempted to stop assuming good faith in regards to those that state that asthma is a disease on wikipedia, please bare in mind that a DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS News Release (475/06) also seems to imply that the word disease applies to "asthma".

Alec - U.K. 04:00, 5 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Vandalism

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, as you did to Caucasoid race, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. In your edit [1], you have deleted a whole cited section, without any explanation or prior discussion. Lukas19 19:46, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

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