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[edit] Thanks for the help
Thanks for your comment. I have a much better understanding now to why my contents were deleted. Thanks again!--Plin 21:20, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Walden West
What kind of person can't decide if an "Outdoor Nature School" is about Academics, Music, Entertainment...? Its obviously Academics, as Walden West teaches outdoor nature, and also, like the comment above,(what the hell?) your just one person. The discussion page has two people who disagree with you. And only one of them is me.
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- I think you've misunderstood the purpose of the tag. It's not there to query the category of the article, but rather to express a concern that the subject matter may not be well enough known (not 'notable' enough) to be included in Wikipedia. I suggest you have a look at what is said in WP:CORP and try to add some text or links that demonstate notability (these must come from independent sources and not from the Company running the Camp itself nor from people connected with it). --MichaelMaggs 06:57, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Tests
You may like to know that I've moved your tests to User:MichaelMaggs/Sandbox, the correct place for testing. --Quentin Smith 15:11, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
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It looks like a pretty interesting website.
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[edit] Dante
OOPS. I certainly didn't mean for that to happen (ie., the Toronto is Hell reference). I should be more careful with the Show Preview vs. Save page stuff.137.186.248.248 22:11, 28 July 2006 (UTC) PS (Is this the right way to contact someone who says to. I don't really know how to drive, here.)
[edit] Useful pages
Feel free to copy. It's all GFDL anyway, but very courteous to ask. I used them myself when I started (and some I still need) but mainly left them there for others. Tyrenius 19:25, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Dear Sir or Madam
Please don't delete my facts. They are not vandalism. Please don't let the wikistapo keep me down.
regards, 4~'s.
[edit] Thanks
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. -- Gogo Dodo 21:21, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Undeleting
Just for future reference re [1]: Administrators can undelete things. Cheers! —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 23:20, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Adolf Hitler
Hi. You reverted some vandalism but in doing so you also reverted my edit, too. Too bad I didn't see the vandalism or else I would have undone it myself. Could you restore my edit, which I'm guessing was not removed intentionally on your part, so it doesnt count as a revert of your edit? Thanks. Giovanni33 19:49, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
- Oh, sorry about that. I think your edit must have been made seconds before I did the vandalism revert. I've gone back into the article and re-done your edit. Thanks for letting me know. --MichaelMaggs 20:24, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks, Michael. Its not problem, I figured it was accidental. Thanks, again.Giovanni33 06:23, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Hey there..
Hey Michael.. um I am kind of new here.. but I created that page Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan, but if I search it I cannot find it. How exactly can I get that to work? Help a rookie out if you can.--Youtube 06:20, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
- Hi. It's still there - click on this link: Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbijain. (Note the spelling of the last word!). Someone has now tagged it as non-notable, which means it's liable to be deleted soon unless you can add something to show how it complies with the Wikipedia 'rules' on notability - see Wikipedia:Notability. Though the 'rules' (such as they are) on notability are rather vague, new articles are deleted daily on the grounds that their suject matter is not notable enough. You might also like to have a look at WP:NOT. Hope that helps. And welcome to Wikipedia. --MichaelMaggs 11:51, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Hey thanks for the help thus far.. anyways, you are right, I DID spell it wrong. I could not figure out a way to change the title.., unless I need to delete and remake. Anyways, this page has a related page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_Parodies
That page is Harry Potter parodies. I just took one of them and expanded/still expanding.
Any more ideas would be appreciated.
- Only an Administrator can change the name of a page. Given that there is already a page for parodies I'd suggest working on that one instead and letting the original page be deleted. You can hurry that up by blanking all the text on that page and adding a note on the corresponding talk page (the discussion tab) that you, the creator, would like the page to be removed. An admin can then do it for you quickly under the Speedy Deletion procedures. --MichaelMaggs 17:48, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandal help
Thanks for the heads up, very kind of you. Fraslet 19:41, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks!
Thanks for using some of your valuable time to fix the typos on the International Rugby Board. There are four or five of us who have been working on it, and it's tough to spot the typos sometimes. Again, thanks a lot mate! Cheers! hoopydinkConas tá tú? 17:01, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Typo" bashing
Hi there, with reference to your (automated?) edits to Falklands War RegExTypoFix Typos: despatched → dispatched (3). Despatched isn't a typo and is both valid and common in British English [2]. Dispatched, whilst technically valid, looks perculiar to a fair number of people, and if it's been deliberately spelled that way and is valid under the prevailing nationality of the article, I think it's a little harsh to assume it's a typo. Cheers. --BadWolf42 11:11, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
- Hi. I totally agree with you, and think it would be much better if AWB didn't do that. Unfortunately, not only does the program think that 'despatched' is an error, it automatically makes the change without being asked. So far as I can tell, it isn't possible to switch off the automated correction of one individual word: it's all or nothing. I will post a query to the developer, to see if we can get this changed. best regards--MichaelMaggs 13:12, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
- Here's the post: [[3]] Hope it does the trick.--MichaelMaggs 13:21, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
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- Thanks for that, great work. :-) --BadWolf42 13:41, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Bodhidharma
With most (but not all) articles I edit, I try to keep the opening sentence or paragraph as parsimonious as possible to give a new reader the subject "in a nutshell" as it were. Heaven knows I can't always get it down to "x is y" but where I can, I try to.
Hence, for example, the box format at the top right. If Bodhidharma's name were given in only one or maybe even two foreign languages, then it wouldn't interrupt the opening sentence too much. But four languages plus two transliteration systems? So I moved that stuff to the right where it doesn't interrupt the sentence and the reader can refer to it if required.
It wasn't a semantic or "political" thing as much as it was a brevity and concision thing. If I stepped on anyone's toes, I'm sorry. JFD 20:48, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: Vandalism
First, I belong into one of the NPHC groups, so all of them are not "Social," but "Service." Second, if you looked at the history of "Links, Incorporated," you should have seen that I made the page. Thank you for creating more work for me to do. Bearly541 04:03, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- It was [this] edit where I suggested something may have gone wrong. I see you've corrected it now. --MichaelMaggs 06:38, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bodhidharma
Thanks, Michael! JFD 17:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know about the Zen Collaboration thing.
- JFD 16:48, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
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This information came from the letter that Joko sent to the entire San Diego Zen Center which someone from the center sent to me. Want me to post it here? --Qweniden 21:50, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Bath Circus pic
Please see my reply here Thanks - Adrian Pingstone 14:43, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Haddon Hall
I've had another go with the photos in this article. It might be better to put some of them in an image gallery at the bottom of the article. See what you think. Espresso Addict 21:43, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Yes,I like that. Really, we need some more text to have something to embed the photos in! Regards--MichaelMaggs 07:32, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Thanks for the invitation to Physics/wip!
I will check it out for sure! HEL 12:48, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] WIP Note
Cheers for the note. I will hopefully get some time at the weekend to compose my thoughts. It is a shame that we don't have a larger group of people involved - perhaps it is a valid criticism of WP - we have more people interested in editing on pokemon & star wars than we do on a fundamental science. I have so far generally stayed out of adding to the debates due to my position. I will either post my thoughts at the weekend or try to structure the discussions a little more tightly to encourage others to contribute (things seem to be meandering a bit aimlessly ATM). SFC9394 20:53, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I'll try to help too during the weekend, hoping that work will not get me overloaded... cheers Tatonzolo 07:25, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bodhidharma
"entirely fictional character" is 202.20.5.206's[4] choice of words, not mine.
My initial[5] version of the intro read "Bodhidharma is credited as the founder of the Zen school of Buddhism" because it hewed the closest to the source I was citing.
I conceded the inclusion of "legendary" after a brief edit war with Kennethtennyson.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
My citation of Dumoulin was intended to highlight that the written records and oral traditions about Bodhidharma are primarily hagiographical rather than historical.
It was 202.20.5.206 who characterized Dumoulin as a "Western" scholar who "argues that Bodhidharma was an entirely fictional character".
JFD 01:08, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
- OK, thanks, I'll have a go at fixing it in the next couple of days.--MichaelMaggs 06:45, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Thermae Bath Spa
In the article on Thermae Bath Spa, is it really true that "It is the only natural thermal spa in the United Kingdom" ? I have posted on the discussion page for Thermae Bath Spa. I didnt change the text of the article because there might be something that I am missing or I do not understand.--Filll 14:09, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
- The claim is made here, though in view of the Buxton article you found it appears that it's not totally accurate. I have removed the sentence. --MichaelMaggs 14:45, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
For your information.... Bath has the only naturally occurring HOT springs in the UK. Cheltenham, for example has naturally occurring springs but these come out of the ground cold and have to be heated up. In Bath they actually have to be cooled down to be usable! You can google this kind of information quite easily, but yes, Bath has the only naturally occurring hot springs in the UK - others can be found elsewhere in Europe.
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[edit] New Video Game Article
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[edit] bodhihdarma and martial arts article
you've come into the middle of a conversation, Michael. 2 years ago, there was this huge discussion where some wikipedians were stateing that bodhidharma came from india through southeast asia to china and spread kalaripayattu (an indian martial art) that ended up being a progenitor of shaolin kung fu. after much discussion, we wrote this article so that we wouldn't have to go through the arguments again. They were quoting a hindu or random websites online. they were using those claims on their article. Kennethtennyson 18:22, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
- Looks like they still are. Many of the cites in the Indian influence on Chinese martial arts article are dross. --MichaelMaggs 18:27, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Unsourced text in italic
This article makes rather little sense. For a start, where does the following text come from that appears immediately after the first heading? No source is quoted, and it's unclear what the reader is supposed to make of it. How does it link in with the discussion following (if at all)? Is the text meant to set out the disputed claim, which is then addressed line by line? If so, who made the claim? If the disputed claim itself can't be sourced (eg if it was just made by an editor) it shouldn't be in Wikipedia at all, which makes the whole article rather pointless.
- Historical texts speak of Bodhidharma, the legendary founder of Chan Buddhism, a Brahmin born in Kacheepuram (sic) in Tamil Nadu, in 522 A.D. arriving at the courts of the Chinese Emperor Liang Nuti, (sic) of the 6th dynasty, as the person responsible for bringing Kalaripayattu from India to China.
- He taught meditative and physical exercises to the chinese monks so that they could defend themselves against the frequent attacks of bandits.
--MichaelMaggs 18:01, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
That unsourced text in italic ultimately traces back to this edit.
The article in its current state is a meticulously sourced point-by-point rebuttal.
Both were originally part of the Kalarippayattu page and were split off by Kjrajesh.[12]
JFD 18:30, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
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- I know. wikipedia needs some way for users who have been on for 1 year at least to place POV tags or disputed tags without them being removed for 24 hours. many people have tried multiple times to place tags on various articles but they keep on getting removed by biased people ie freedom skies Kennethtennyson 18:32, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
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I don't want to muck up anything you've been working on for ages, but it's strange that most of the careful refutations appear in the article Bodhidharma, the martial arts, and the disputed India connection which, by its title, sounds less authoritative than Indian influence on Chinese martial arts. The latter is stuffed full of violently POV statements. Would it not be possible to tackle the main article and to let Bodhidharma, the martial arts, and the disputed India connection die? Having two sound like a POV fork. The refutations also appear to be in reply to some statements that have not in themselves been sourced, which suggests to me I could add some citation-needed tags. But I'm not fully aware of the history here, as may be clear ... --MichaelMaggs 18:52, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
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- unfortunately, i don't think freedom skies will accept any changes to his article. also the wording "indian influence on chinese martial arts" is sort of POV. What influence are we speaking of? religious vs. actual martial arts influence? in terms of martial arts influence, no one has been able to tie anything. Religious influence you can state if you were willing to use buddhism but then it only applies to one martial arts - shaolin kung fu. Our article has been there for years - before freedom skies came this year. Freedom skies created his article as a platform for his views. If you wish, editing "indian influence on chinese martial arts" might be better. Although i have a funny idea freedom skies will revert your changes. Kennethtennyson
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[edit] Michael
Your interactions with me have been few. Yet you assume hostility based on the opinion of others. Kindly assume good faith, Michael. Freedom skies (send a message to Freedom skies) 11:17, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
- No hostility assumed; simply asking that you avoid ad hominem attacks and that you use edit summaries. --MichaelMaggs 11:20, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Thank You. My actions have their justifications, as drastic as they may seem to you. Kindly judge me on your own personal basis and not on the arguments of others I have to singularly deal with. Freedom skies (send a message to Freedom skies) 11:24, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
In addition if you have any suggestions regarding the final version on Bodhidharma please forward them to me. I will do the same shortly. Regards. Freedom skies (send a message to Freedom skies) 11:30, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Indian influence on Chinese martial arts
Ta Ma, Daruma, Dhamo, Buddhadharma are names of Bodhidharma in various languages. My friend, there are two versions about Bodhidharma. The first version is the traditional one, which is very often cited in general by relevant authoritties. The second version is the modern school of conflicting theories, which almost never cited when the history of Kung Fu is in question.
BBC and NYT have endored the traditional claims. They have built the articles on endorsement of the traditional claims not on the rejection of it.
You have to understand that the other article (Disputed Indian origins of East Asian martial arts) which claims to have citations which dismiss the Indian influence has many citations which actually endorse the influence and trace the origins of martial arts according to it, working on it elaborately, establishing connections. I have refrained from even editing that article based on a tactit understanding with JFD that we agreed on not too long ago (you'll find me mentioning it here and mentioning that I did not "mess" with "his" article here . I specifically point the article to be Disputed Indian origins of East Asian martial arts) . Kenny does not honor it. I still honor the understanding and do not interfere with Disputed Indian origins of East Asian martial arts.
This is an article which has many unsourced NPOV statements and flawed citations. They essentially subscribe to a minority side, collecting refernences for which is next to impossible. If I very legitimately disputed their citations their list will almost be wiped out, as will a lot of unsourced points from the article itself. References of any kind in my case are plentiful though. I can always obtain more.
My version is essentialy the majority held version. The citations which I have mentioned here are just the tip of the iceberg. This list took me just about an hour to collect and another one to code in proper pattern. I can get a list of authors thrice as large in a couple of hours, a list of martial artist twice as large, a list of nationally remowed BJJ instiutions crediting Indian influence and more citations from more reputable media publications from around the world. In case of an edit war more than half of the citations from Disputed Indian origins of East Asian martial arts will be completely eliminated. I have already discussed this with Kenny when we were on more civil terms.
Kindly also note that the Indian influence article has what one citation from someone of an Indian heritage, his case being particularly intresting I added him. I went out of my way to not mention any author from India on this. JFD's article mentions Chinese people and people who have contributed to the Chinese works. If I dedicated a section to the newspapers and institutions from India on this the list of people involved in supporting my claims would swell manifold. However this is not my intention.
Kindly let the citations stay. This is a request for I am involved in too many projects of now to compile new lists and the old lists serve their purpose of endorsing the traditional claims and rejecting the works of authors writing newer conflicting revisionist theories.
Thank You.
Freedom skies (send a message to Freedom skies) 16:14, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Kindly forgive the message in a non-condensed form full of spelling errors. I have gone on record on saying that I will remain unassisted from a "not-so-little-cabal" of my own (with whom I have had no discussions and even little interaction during the past few days) on this issue on principle here . A conviction the following of which has come at a heavy price of high taxation and exhaustion, leading to me even overlooking the 3RR on ocassions. Freedom skies (send a message to Freedom skies) 16:59, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cabal
Thanks for your efforts to find a solution for the Bodhidharma issue. I don't think the cabal will listen though.
I direct your attention to JFD and Kennethtennyson, who closely follow me committing harrasment under WP:stalking. Kindly observe this, this, this, this and I can provide a lot more.
If you take a look into the record you'll see that when I make an edit into any article first. The group follows me there and stalks me. Kennethtennyson has contributed next to nothing in any actual article in which he stalks me. All he does is, walk in here, violently revert and then log out.
Kindly note Kenny tried to fake the content in the Encyclopedia Brittanica citation , remove a citation and a section without any explaination whatsoever , removes an entire section without one word of explaination and fraduelently claims that the citation has anything to do with Sengchou and Huiguang .
Judging by the cabal's recent actions i also see that the coming days hold excessive exhaustion for me. This is just the tip of the iceberg . I told you all this because I want to shed a light on the cabal's intentions.
Extending regards.
Freedom skies (send a message to Freedom skies) 21:49, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Invite
User:Clamster5/Invite Clamster5 23:47, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Physics wip
You might have taken this page off of your watch list. If this is so, I ask you to have a look at the latest ploy to end the dispute, and perhaps cast your vote. –MT 19:16, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Message
I accomadate them due to excessive exhaustion. Thrice, more perhaps and yet I am the stubborn, combative, not reasonable one? I have been bending head over heals when a long drawn out argument, complete from assistence from my own cabal would have surely exposed the flaws in the Han cabal's arguments and would have gotten the admins to interfere and mediate. Kindly do not press for more accomadations as I have made too many already and am too tired to singlehandedly work in so many directions. I bet JFD is going to be full of glee when he reads this.
Anyways, I extend my best regards as always.
Freedom skies (send a message to Freedom skies) 16:06, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
Kindly note my friend, the reason behind the Kanchipuram mention:
The Dharma Master was a South Indian of the Western Region. He was the third son of a great Indian King....His ambition lay in the Mahayana path, and so he put aside his white layman's robe for the black robe of a monk....Lamenting the decline of the true teaching in the outlands, he subsequently crossed distant mountains and seas, traveling about propagating the teaching in Han and Wei.
The son of a king resides in the capital, The capital of the pallava empire was kanchipuram. a very general idea of what I mean can be found here
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Observe from the following correct paragraph, my friend, the misinterpretation of the Yang Xuanzhi quote that places him in Persia:
Tradition holds that Bodhidharma's chosen sutra was the Lankavatara Sutra, a development of the Yogacara or "Mind-only" school of Buddhism established by the Gandharan half-brothers Asanga and Vasubandhu.
Historian Jeffrey L. Broughton, describes Yang Xuanzhi's account Bodhidharma which appears to indicate towards peoples of Persia. However, India at the time was under the influence of the Kushan Empire and the subsequent influence of the inheritors of the Kushan empire, Kidarite Kingdom. This kingdom encompassed a substantial portion of the Central Asian reigon and included people of Central Asian Indo Iranian ethnicity. Bodhidharma speaks of his time in India in this early mention as well.
In addition he has half brothers from the ancient INDIAN kingdom of Gandhara, if he was not an Indian how did he have half brothers and a Sanskrit name?. My Mahaparivara (clan) too, traces it's lineage back to Gandhara and I am one of Indo Iranian ethnicity as well. [13]
Misrepresentation of facts by the Han cabal?
Do you not think that the historians across the world are privy to this and that's why I can find abundant citations endorsing my claim ?
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My knowledge that they have this on their agenda and then pretend to have the cheek to call me every derogatory thing under the sun from a POV pusher to a militant is what feuls my outrage on this.
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I don't intend to even bring that up though. I have been known to be very steadfast on tactit understandings and I will not violate first. I will though in case an edit war is imposed upon me by the cabal but never pre-emptively.
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I pay only for being alone. The cabal has so many members that they asign Kennethtennyson for unexplained reverting and JFD takes care of other things ensuring that I am exhausted and demoralized to submission.
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Freedom skies (send a message to Freedom skies) 17:40, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] I didn't vandalise Eating.
How is my edit to Eating vandalism? It is no more vandalism than the passage reading: While the process of eating varies from species to species, in humans eating is performed by placing food in the mouth and then swallowing it, with chewing often occurring between these actions. Eaten food is then digested. 66.214.220.134 19:35, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
- It was the rather self-evident caption that caught my attention, and I'm sorry if I Hit 'revert' too quickly. --MichaelMaggs 19:43, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] hey
Hey, I mean no disrespect to the work you do on here, but your recent message "thank you for experimenting..." was not needed. I was merely trying to revert someone elses vandalism on the page. If you look at my edits, you will see that I do this frequently, and this may just have been an error on my part. jstupple7 19:38, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
- No problem; thanks for letting me know. --MichaelMaggs 19:45, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bring me the horizon
I didn't vandalise the bring me the horizon page. It is actual fact. It used to say on their hxcmp3 page. Beer not Bombs
[edit] Sumit
If you read "Sumit" you will see that it contains unsourced statements; hence, I flagged them. Please reply here, not on my userpage. Thanks. 38.100.34.2 23:24, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know. The statements you've flagged look like clear vandalism, though, and I've removed them.
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You deserve it my friend. Your participation in the solution is appreciated by this editor.
It was hard for me not to tear up JFD's last post in a reply but I listen to your advice and will not be carrying on for now. Freedom skies (send a message to Freedom skies) 09:50, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Unterseeboot 365
hi, i actually did not try to experiment with this article, i just translated it into german for the german wp. and whislt translating, i discovered that the link to Archangel (religion) ist misplaced and it should say Archangelsk (the city in russia). an i placed the link to the german article. i do not have an account on the english wp. if you want to take a look at my work in the german wp, look for "Benutzer:John Tuttle" (without the "").
greetings from Cologne, Germany, --81.173.248.137 22:52, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
- Ok,sorry. Thanks for letting me know. --MichaelMaggs 22:55, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Template for photos
Replied. —Doug Bell talk 01:48, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
Replied again. —Doug Bell talk 18:17, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
And again. —Doug Bell talk 10:51, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
Do you want to move forward on this? It's been a few days since I last replied. To create a template I will need some requirements of what fields you'd like to include, is this to go on the talk page or in the article (usually would be a talk page thing), etc. Please respond on my talk page with any information about the template (or a link to where this is discussed). —Doug Bell talk 21:09, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Yes, sorry. I hadn't forgotten, but have been a bit busy with RL for the last few days. I'd like to give it a bit more thought before deciding, but I'll try and get back to you by the weekend. Many thanks for reminding me. --MichaelMaggs 22:12, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Template for photos (2)
Thanks for the heads up! I'll be watching. --Gphototalk 14:18, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia:Photo Matching Service
Thought you might want to know about this, it has the same goals as Wikipedia:WikiProject Photography, but is better organized. --Gphototalk 18:35, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: Photo matching service
Hi Michael,
Thanks for the comment. I did not see Template:Reqphotoin before I created the page. I agree that there are a number of different photography efforts scattered around and we really need to do something to tie them together. At the very least I think it would be a good idea to a link to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in x for every location x in WP:PMS. Maybe we can modify the template to say something like "A photograph could greatly improve this article. If you live in {{{1}}} and would like to help Wikipedia by taking photos for this and other articles, please visit Wikipedia:Photo Matching Service"
Thanks again, 21:44, GabrielF 21:46, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Taiwanese people
That's odd. You reverted an edit I made at Taiwanese people. Was it automatic? I moved content to Taiwan's identity crisis where it was more relevant. — Nrtm81 11:37, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
- My mistake - sorry. --MichaelMaggs 11:40, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
- lol, no problemo :) — Nrtm81 11:44, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Huh?
Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Nicholas II of Russia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. MichaelMaggs 19:49, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- Excuse me, are you saying that I vandalized the article?--Barbatus 19:53, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
That last edit added the words "he married me!". Was that a mistake? --MichaelMaggs 19:57, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- Aha. I've tried to retrace back to the good version, but, apparently ... Anyway, I've just placed a request for "semi-protection" of the article.--Barbatus 19:59, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Ok, no problem. I think we both tried to revert at the same time. Seems to happen soemtimes. regards. --MichaelMaggs 20:01, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
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