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[edit] Pink Floyd for FA

I just wanted to let you know that most of the issues mentioned in the Pink Floyd FA candidacy have been addressed, if you want to have a look (audio clips aren't there yet due to some technical issues, and I can't make anyone unfamiliar with the band go over it :)). Thanks for your input! - dharmabum 22:58, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Good changes. You've got my support. ♠ SG →Talk 23:55, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I've sorted out my software problems and am currently encoding OOG samples like mad, expect to see sound clips soon. - dharmabum 01:42, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

I just wanted to let you know that Pink Floyd is now a featured article. Thanks a ton for supporting the candidacy, and for getting my butt moving to sample and add the sound clips. :) - dharmabum 23:01, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Great work! I've responded on your talk page. ♠ SG →Talk 06:53, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the kudos. I have thought about adminship, as most editors who like to vandal patrol, as the rollback and blocking tools would be extremely useful. I think I'm pretty familiar with WP's processes and policies at this point, but I've only been around on the site (as a registered user) for two months, and have less than 2000 edits. Based on voting on and reading of the RFA page, I'm not sure I'm quite ready to go through the whole thing - despite Jimbo's declaration that adminship shouldn't be a big deal, it has seemed to become one in the last half-year or so, and length of time as a registered user and edit count seems to play a big part in that. - dharmabum 09:53, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, whenever you decide to take the plunge, let me know. You've got my support. ♠ SG →Talk 19:13, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! Nice thing to hear. - dharmabum 21:50, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help on Canada page

Hey SG, I was wondering if you could help find references for the Canada page. There's a list of sections that needs references on the Talk:Canada page, and people are signing up to find references for each section. Thanks. -- Jeff3000 18:13, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Latin America won!

Joyous | Talk 19:07, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mohammad Reza Shah

"Hello, if you have a problem with the way we have made the Mohammad Reza Shah article, please talk about it "

I'm sorry but fixing grammatical inconsistencies and certain spelling errors is not something you revert back. Furthermore, the article lacks detail and a wide scope of examples and sources which would further explain the events and people described in the article. Adding these is not something you should revert back. Could you please explain why you removed my work? Entezar

Sorry but neither you or anyone else has ownership over that article and I saw no conversation about translation of the styles. If you have a problem my edits (adding translations back to it) feel free to talk about it in the talk page and then I will discuss them, until then, I am reverting your revert which has no basis but your imaginery ownership over it --K a s h ^{Talk | email} 22:44, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Look at the Mohammad Reza Shah talk page, and look at your talk page. I linked you to the exact discussion about the translations. You do not need to translate it, because we are already linking to an article which explains the term in greater detail. Why must you bicker over such an edit, which adds more cleanliness to the article? ♠ SG →Talk 23:40, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Please stop using the words "we" and "you", because it makes it sound like a personal matter. I have also removed your personal attack and accusations from my talk page, see WP:Civil yourself. I discussed my change on the talk page of the article after I changed it so if there is any anything else I can help you with, let me know. --K a s h ^{Talk | email} 23:45, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

The words "we" and "you?" "We" refers to Wikipedia. "You" refers to you, if you couldn't figure that out. How else would you like me to call you? I won't even bother responding on your talk page, as what I said was not a personal attack, it was a statement about you starting an edit war. You seem to think you have the final word on the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi article, which you do not. I have discussed this already. On the talk page, there are two of us who have agreed to not add the translations, because we (again, I'm referring to the article with "we") are already linking to their respective articles. You, on the other hand, are one person. Is this not a democracy? Please, engage in a real discussion, just ignoring what I have to say doesn't make you right, and it doesn't make me wrong. ♠ SG →Talk 06:19, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Sadly "you" are not the spokeman fom wikipedia, therfore "you" my friend, needs to speak in a neutral manner. I never said I want to have the final word on it, I just added translations back as they were before and asked you to discuss it before reverting. Democracy is just one part of Wikipedia, until you can provide a proper explanation and maybe a vote is taken on the matter, "you" should not revert my edits. "you" keep refering me to your conversation with your buddy, but "you" should realize that was before and it was not on this matter alone. Therefore "you" should stop being rude, assume good faith so we can get on with editing the article. Thanks, --K a s h ^{Talk | email} 07:57, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Source of Image:Shahanshah Aryameher.jpg

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Thanks for the message. The picture is my own painting, and as mentioned I releases all the rights to public domain - Surena - 23 June 2066.

[edit] Myth

What makes you state that the acronym SAVAK could not be preceded by an article "the" ?? Supposedly in contrast to "The CIA" ?? SAVAK stands for the words: Sazman-e Amniat va Etela'at-e Keshvar (Persian for: State Agency in charge of Security and Intelligence). Therefor please note that an article "the" would be in place the same way it would be for CIA, in stark contrast to your assertion. --Pantherarosa 00:24, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

While I do admit that it is difficult to find the proper form, both seem to be acceptable. However, from what I have been able to gather, "SAVAK" is more popular than "the SAVAK." Searching .EDU results for "The SAVAK" returns 146 results, while simply "SAVAK" nets 788. In addition, I should note that the article for SAVAK doesn't use the term "the SAVAK," so I'm also maintaining the same style throughout articles.

While your point about the translation seems right, I've never actually seen a real translation of SAVAK used in English (unlike its replacement, the Ministry of Intelligence and National Security). ♠ SG →Talk 01:04, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the barnstar. I appreciate it! JonHarder 14:03, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

You deserve it; I'm sure there are tons more headed your way. ♠ SG →Talk 16:27, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Cyrus

Yep, that was my mistake; thanks for catching that. Kirill Lokshin 16:38, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FFVI FAC

Hi. I've added the future game template to the some references for the bugs in Final Fantasy VI and some additional references throughout the article. However, as far as the other things you mentioned go, there's quite a lot of criticism in there already, and the new FMV cutscenes (if those are what you were referring to) are already mentioned. Please see the FAC for a more in-depth response, and also let us know if it's enough to turn the "Oppose" around. Thanks. Ryu Kaze 20:42, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. We definitely needed to find some references for those bugs, and it inspired me to get those extra ones too. Your input and support are appreciated. Ryu Kaze

[edit] British Museum Image

I'm sorry. I thought that the image was from http://www.livius.org, but actually this page states crearly that they took it from the British Museum. I'll try to be more carefull in the future. --Amizzoni 03:06, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cyrus the great

As i explained all images should start with intruduction of a section not the headline, just take a look at all other articles in wikipedia, also the images permission is given by the webadress i mentioned in the images summary. I appreciate that you have worked on the article, but wikipedia does not belong to anyone, we are all here to edit, and i will be editing that article more in the future. --Spahbod ☼ 04:05, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

You wrote: nor did you provide accurate licensing information. I suggest you take a look at the image summary, licence is there along with information on where i got the image and the permission to use it. Furthermore if you continue to remove images i will have to report=block. Thank you. --Spahbod ☼ 04:25, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I think you should worry about breaking Wikipedia:Three-revert rule more than me. I will now report you for destructive behavior. Again keep in mind that articles in wikipedia do not belong to anyone. Once again take a look at other articles to see where images should be placed, you can learn more about editing in wikipedia help. Also comments like you did about me spell checking at least, such comments will get you blocked from editing, instead of sending personal attacks, fix the spelling. The article is far away from FA which you seem to desire, and again i will be editing that article in the future, if you will be uncooprative and wage further revert wars you will be blocked, so simple is that. Good luck --Spahbod ☼ 04:42, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Please refrain from making further personal attacks or you will be blocked. You wrote: The least you could have done was spellcheck your edits to the article. Such behavior and waging revert wars, deleting fair images etc is NOT permitted in wikipedia, please read the policies to understand the rules better. Thank you. --Spahbod ☼ 04:51, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

By saying deleted i meant deleted from the article, not deleted from wikipedia, please see wikipedia help for further information. The image licenses are what they say they are. Consider this a warning and do not change license information on images or you will be blocked for vandalism. Thank you. --Spahbod ☼ 04:59, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Deleting image info is vandalism. In the future refrain from doing that. Thank you. --Spahbod ☼ 05:16, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I am afraid the disscussion is over. You only seem to be interested in deleting images and changing their info. Sending personal attacks and reverting. You have been reported for this, in the future please be cooperative. As i mentioned before i will be working on that article. --Spahbod ☼ 05:24, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Sending false information and accusations to user KwH is not helping you. Again i will be editing the Cyrus article you worked on, so if you want it to go esay you have to be cooperative, i suggest you calm down and remember that i am not your enemy :). Thank you, --Spahbod ☼ 18:36, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please do not blank or delete large portions of articles. AND DO NOT DELETE CATEGORIES.

Thanks for your edits to Cyrus the Great, unfortunately, you blanked out large portions of the article. If you are going to be involved in the article, as you wished, I suggest you participate in the discussions about the article. Had you paid more attention, you would have noticed the article is currently undergoing a peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review/Cyrus the Great. ♠ SG →Talk 17:22, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Please don't make me remind you again, if you have any questions pos tthem in the talk page of the articles. Thank you, --Spahbod ☼ 00:10, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arbitration case

As Spahbod (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log) is a self-admitted sock of Darkred (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log) I have removed this case as there is no point. An arbitration case is not necessary to ban the sock of an indefinitely banned user. Fred Bauder 12:18, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

No, no. He's not a sockpuppet, he changed his username. That account has been inactive for some time. See Special:Contributions/Darkred; his last edit was in May. ♠ SG →Talk 17:58, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't know he was banned on that user. Regardless, he started making edits on User:Spahbod after his two weeks were up. He was banned for two weeks in early May, but he started making edits on Spahbod two months later, on July 7. ♠ SG →Talk 18:03, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I should have checked the block log! ♠ SG →Talk 21:31, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cyrus map

Great job! Am curious, what kind of program did you use? plange 18:21, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Energyconsumption.jpg

I noticed you made a suggestion to make a new version of Image:Energyconsumption.jpg on its talk page, so I thought you'd like to know that I've gone ahead and made that replacement map: Image:Energy-consumption-World2.png. I will probably do the same for Image:Energyproduction.jpg. ♠ SG →Talk 12:22, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Awesome! -- Beland 12:31, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Royal Styles

Sorry for not getting back earlier, but-

I checked the guidelines, and found the normal list (I assume you've seen that). I'm fairly sure there was something about appending them in front of a title somewhere, I remember seeing it, but I can't find it as of now. Anyway, my reasoning was: the initial policy was enacted because people were complaining about royalty being styled in an article-therefore the regulation about infoboxes and not prefacing them was added. While I can't find the guideline now, I think it would apply if extrapolated to anywhere where royalty are directly described by a style, ie HM King X or whatever, which is why the HRH's have been trimmed out of most articles. Nontheless, I can't find the rule, so it's fine if you want to rv it. Thanks,

Yanksta x 07:41, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Herodotus

This is an example of why secondary sources are recommended. There is only one work by Herodotus; it has be printed under various names, of which Histories' is probably most common. Septentrionalis 22:55, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cyrus

The problem was that you were trying to inflate one paragraph into two. Really all

Under his rule, the empire entered a phase of expansion, eventually gaining dominion over most of Southwest Asia to create the largest nation the world had ever seen.

says is:

Cyrus conquered Southwest Asia.

When it was deflated, it flowed smoothly onto the first paragraph.

What the intro needs is something else to say about the man; I hope the one I have provided suits. Septentrionalis 00:44, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Biography Newsletter September 2006

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[edit] Dawson

Thanks for your contributions to the Dawson College shooting article. It's finally looking pretty good now. Thought I'd mention that I've been watching over the article for a couple of hours, but I'm now falling asleep and have to call it a night. Feel free. --Kizor 23:24, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Agh, you're still there? I figured you had to be asleep at this point. Turn in already. :P Thanks for your watch. I'd say we've done well. --Kizor 10:02, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

		The Current Events Barnstar
		After all your tireless work on the Dawson College shooting, there's nothing to it but to award you a formal congratulation for helping accurate information get through when it's most needed. --Kizor 16:28, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your comment

• [1] LindaWarheads 23:39, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

• Suggest you follow the same name and format as the other simliar articles see school massacres and Category:School massacres in Canada and Category:School massacres. LindaWarheads 23:47, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moving

We can't. Taking this to Requested moves. --Deenoe 23:44, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pic for shooting

Nice picture!

[edit] Concerning architects

Thanks for your comments re the featured biography page. I had to bring up the Frank Lloyd Wright thing though - I am very curious as to how anyone could think him more important and influential than Le Corbusier. LC was probably the most important pioneer of Modernist architecture, whose ideas, buildings and techniques transformed the face of most cities in the twentieth century. FLW was certainly famous and talented, but had virtually no influence on architecture: rather like Gaudi, he will be remembered as taking architecture up an interesting cul-de-sac.--Stonemad GB 23:58, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Core Biographies

Hi, thanks for your note on the voting booth on the above. I have voted where I have definite views on the subject in question, positive or negative. I have not voted where I have no strong feelings one way or the other. Are you asking me to register a vote for the people passed over? White Guard 22:50, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edit of Nishi Tribal FPC

Hi SG,
Thanks for your edits on this nom, however they did not gain support and are not used anywhere else. Do you mind if I delete them? Thanks, --Fir0002 08:04, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Supermarine Spitfire nom

Hi SG!
I knew they'd be controversy over whatever decision the closer of this nom made! Anyway I personally feel that it wasn't closed correctly. Here are the points of my case: ;-)
If there are multiple edits, and someone specifies their preference to the edit, unless specifically stated (such as with Diliff) there vote is only for that edit - and therefore they oppose all other edits. So that is why "oppose" votes to edits are usually discounted (for instance I could have opposed edits 1-3 but that isn't necessary).
Therefore by a straight vote count edit 4 has the majority:
Original - 2
Edit 1 - 0
Edit 2 - 6
Edit 3 - 3
Edit 2/3 - 1
Edit 4 - 7
Edit 5 - 0
Any edit - 4
See what you think --Fir0002 06:07, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Whoops! Just realized since there is a vote for either 2 or 3 it could be a draw - in which case I think it should be kept in the pending futher input section. --Fir0002 06:31, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah maybe a rock paper scissors might be the best bet! However AndonicO has since specified his vote for Edit 4 - so maybe we go that way? --Fir0002 07:44, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah see what you mean about "in the dark" but closed noms don't normally appear on FPC. I think I'll just put something on the talk page of FPC to let everyone know. --Fir0002 08:47, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

OK I've gone ahead with the change and left a note on the FPC talk page --Fir0002 10:04, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edit of S&P 500

Why did you delete the external link to financeandinvestments.blogspot.com/2006/08/historical-dividends-for-sp-500.html ? The linked blog post is highly relevant and contains a discussion of historical dividends for the S&P 500. I don't see why it is considered spam. Are we not allowed to link any blogspot websites even if they contain information more relevant than any of the other external links? Investor67 22:18, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:RezaPahlaviII.jpg

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