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This archive shows comments for me on my user talk page from 5 April 2006 until 24 August 2006. It is my first (number 1) archive.
Peter Amershadian
Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. (aeropagitica) 22:52, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Yaaawn. If you say so.(Sorry, that was a very incivil response. I apologize, Aeropagitica.)
- Sorry. But why did I get slammed, while my friend Nick got praised for learning how to edit? Picaroon9288 21:00, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
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- Ah-hah. You must've thought him and I were the same person. Picaroon9288 00:01, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Cambridge Latin Course
Original Message: "Thanks for fixing my grammatical and formatting errors on the several pages related to Cambridge Latin Course. Based on your knowledgeable edits and contributions (and your username), I assume you know quite a bit about the series and/or about the Roman Empire. I'm wondering what your opinion is about when to use the praenomen, nomen, and cognomen (or whatever they are) in Wikipedia articles and about how to abbreviate the three names. Please reply on my talk page, and/or make appropriate edits on the pages in question. Thanks again. Picaroon9288 17:26, 15 April 2006 (UTC)"
For this article, I think the choice of praenomen/nomen gentile/cognomen is basically decided by the authors of the textbooks and/or previous scholars/writers. These names (e.g. Quintus, Caecilius, Cogidubnus, Salvius) are the ones being used in the article's body. Other names may be given on the official website.
In general, I don't think that there's a rule governing this choice. Most likely, this choice is based on uniqueness. For example, Marcus Tullius Cicero used to be known by his second name, "Tully". As well, Claudius was named Tiberius, while Nero had Claudius as his second name.
(I should also note that I'm not really an expert on Latin or the Roman empire: I only took three high school courses in Latin (using the Cambridge Latin Course textbooks), and that was three years ago.)
-- FlocciNonFacio 23:26, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks. Picaroon9288 23:58, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Squee...
Original Message:"Hey! Feel free to guess who this is. Hint: I told you where Verona was. ;) (And yes, you grouchy admins who might consider this vandalism, we do know eachother.) Picaroon9288 23:42, 18 May 2006 (UTC)"
Hello. Nani 00:28, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Go right ahead
Original Message:"I like the date style on your userpage quite a bit. I was wondering if I may use it on mine, with credit, of course. May I? Picaroon9288 21:59, 30 May 2006 (UTC)"
By all means, use whatever you want from my userspace. All of it is multi-licensed under everything copyleft-friendly, and is created entirely in the spirit of sharing (read: most of it I copied from other people's pages, too :).--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 22:10, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
Live sporting events
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a news site. Our articles will be read for years to come, so it isn't necessary to make up-to-the-minute updates to our articles on sporting events. Please wait until the game is over before updating the page with scores, statistics, and such. This will prevent extra unnecessary edits. Thank you. --Cyde↔Weys 21:31, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry about the update, Cyde. I saw "1-1" and just had to make it factually correct by changing it to "2-1." Picaroon9288 00:01, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
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Original Message:"I'm sorry that I missed these the first time I viewed the map: About half the population of Chad adheres to Islam, not a majority. Therefore, it should be yellow. The Maldives, the small, vertical archipelago Southsouthwest of India, should be green, as the country is over 90% Muslim. And I'm sorry that I can't figure out how the images work; otherwise, I'd do it myself. (Insert embarassed face here.) Picaroon9288 19:50, 5 July 2006 (UTC)"
I took care of those little problems. Thanks for pointing that out! ekrub-ntyh talk 20:32, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
Borders around white flags on the War on Terrorism Template
Original Message:"Why do you disagree with the borders around white-edged flags on the War on Terrorism template? [1] If there's a reason that people like me shouldn't be able to see the difference between the white background and the edges of the flags, I'll listen. Until then, I've re-added them. Thanks. Picaroon9288 02:42, 6 July 2006 (UTC)"
Because the other war templates don't have any, and I like consistency. Esaborio 02:47, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
Barnstar
Retards
Original message: Regarding your edit summary on your edit to the article Wolverine (comics): please be civil towards other users. Calling them retards, even if they are wrong, is unacceptable. Picaroon9288 22:13, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
I didn't say they were retards. I daid they should not behave like retards. You distorted my words.70.121.181.235 16:48, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
I didn't say you called them retards. I said you should not call them retards. Picaroon9288 18:01, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
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SAUDI STUB
Original Message:James - I am wondering if you have any more info on the town Al-Rus? (You created the article, that's why I'm asking.) I've been trying to figure out if it and Jabal Umm al Ru'us are the same town, unsuccessfully. Google has been unhelpful. Thanks. Picaroon9288 21:32, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi yes I know the Saudi Arabia article was a very brief stub but I figured that it was worth starting so people can add detail over time. I have checked it out and I believe Al-Rus has now become known as Jabal Umm al Ru'us which I have moved the page to. Thanks for you interest,
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I saw your Barnstar award to Yom, where you mention your interest in Haile Selassie. Are you aware of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethiopia? We could always use another set of hands or eyes. (PS - It looks like you made Yom hapy with that Barnstar. Good: I believe he deserves it.) -- llywrch 20:30, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for the invitation to the project, Llywrch. I am, however, reserved about joining, because I really don't have any knowledge to add to the Ethiopia-related section of this wiki. Everything I know about the country and its people, languages, etc... comes from National Geographic, the New York Times, and, of course, Wikipedia. As with all articles on this encyclopedia, I'll certainly edit Ethiopia-related ones if there is anything I know I can do, but I think I'd let other members of the group down if I joined and accomplished nothing but copyediting. I'm sorry to turn down the offer, and I'm glad you agree that Yom deserved the barnstar (that was only the second one I've ever given, I think). Picaroon9288 03:07, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
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Joel Brand
Picaroon, this is just to say thank you for supporting Joel Brand for featured-article status. It did get promoted. I appreciate your taking the time to read it and comment. Cheers, SlimVirgin (talk) 00:25, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
- It was a very interesting and well-written article, so of course I found myself needing to support it (even though I don't usually take part in the featured article discussions). And, according to the edit history, I should thank you for working so hard on it. It taught me something about World War II and the Holocaust that I might've never known. I'm glad to see it featured! :) Picaroon9288 00:37, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
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- Thanks for the welcome. VP has been functioning fine for me so far, although I haven't yet reverted anything to test that function out. Picaroon9288 03:23, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
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Untitled comment from Claudecoker
this is directed at your response to my response concerning my interpretation of the original premise of WIKIPEDIA.
An encylopedia is an offering of information about a particular subject. . ie.. bio of Will Rogers, etc..
A Dictionery is an offering of definition(s) of a specific word.
Both offer information but at the same time are very different. One offers a shotgun approach and the other a rifle approach.
Please pardon my exhuberant and hasty response to your effort, and a successful one, to delete my short article about Satan, Job and God. There was no intention at "churchiness" with the article. It was merely biblical information that someone might want to read. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Claudecoker (talk • contribs) 15:44, 25 July 2006.
- I understand your argument. However, apart from the fact that the article seemed like a sermon, such information is covered in Job and Book of Job. I'd recommed reading this page, and the articles it links to, so as to get a full understanding of our encyclopedia. (P.S. you can sign your name and the date by typing four ~'s) Picaroon9288 15:56, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
RE:Userboxen
In case you haven't noticed, you've got a duo of WikiProject Star Wars userboxes, and another of your userboxes says you're still 14. That aside, nice userpage. Picaroon9288|ta co 04:41, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads-up, I appreciate it. I didn't notice the faults, so I'll fix them in a bit; and sorry about the long response time, I was on vacation. Cheers, Master of Puppets Giant Enemy Crab! 15:57, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Keppoch Murders
My goodness; that was quick! I had just started this piece-saving the intro-when I was diverted elsewhere by a message. I returned seconds later to find your stub. Anyway, I proceed now with the substance, and will remove the stub when finished. Rcpaterson 00:54, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Now complete, barring any minor corrections. Rcpaterson 02:44, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
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Original message: Welcome, newcomers to the English Wikipedia! (You've been here for a couple months, but no one said it yet, so I'll say it now.) Litfiba, which you singlehandedly authored, is a nice article, compared to some other ones on bands; I came to it while working on disambiguation pages with links here. When you provide links that show up as "bass", could you make sure they are actually [[bass guitar|bass]], or are [[bass guitar]], so they don't link to disambiguation page bass? Also, a link, to an official website or other source, is something all articles should have. Thanks for reading, and happy editing Picaroon9288|ta co 20:57, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks to be so welcoming. Concerning the Litfiba article, I'm currently working on it, but I promise you I'll regard your adivce.
Guillaume27 02:12, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
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Hi Picaroon9288! Thank you for taking part in my RfA! Unfortunately, it ended with a final result of (62/23/7), and with only 73% support, no consensus was achieved. I thank you for your support, and I will definitely look into AdamBiswanger1's point, and hopefully succeed next time. :) |
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Thanks. --Mais oui! 09:04, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
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Osama Kalash
I've nominated this article stub for deletion, as it doesn't make any claim as to why we should have an article on him, and I can't find any mentions of him as being particularly famous or noteworthy. If you have such information, please add it to the article or recreate it (should it be deleted) with more information. Thanks. -- nae'blis 00:21, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
