User talk:AQu01rius

In all your fantasies, you always knew. That men and mystery, were both in you. AQu01rius (User • Talk) 02:27, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mini-Peer Review

It's come a long way, I was just wondering your opinion of "my baby" so far. Not to be contrary to WP:OWN or anything, i've put 175 edits in so far, and i'm proud of her. In another few hundred edits, i'm willing to bet she'll be featured, but i'd like your two cents. Just H 00:40, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lead paragraph

Do you know of anyone that would be willing to expand the opening paragraph on my Jow Tong page? (Ghostexorcist 22:06, 1 January 2007 (UTC))

BRAVO! You did a great job. You are right when you said it was tough to summarize. Otherwise, I would have done it myself along time ago. Thanks. (Ghostexorcist 04:13, 2 January 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Hey!

Thanks for you concern regarding my signature. I fixed it and tweaked around with it. I hope you like it. =D Jumping cheese^Cont@ct 11:58, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My editor review

Hi. I've archived my editor review but thought you might want a heads-up. I think I've got a few things to think about, so thank you very much for your time again. Xiner (talk, email) 15:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] WP:ADOPT

Hi there,

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You should know that the way the adoption process works has changed slightly. To decrease workload at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user on offering adoption please change the {{Adoptme}} template to {{Adoptoffer}} on the user's user page, and this will add the user to Category:Wikipedians having been offered adoption. Users that have already been offered adoption can always have a second or third offer, but by separating out those users that have not had an adoption offer yet, it is hoped that no one will go lacking. Once adoption is complete please use the templates found here on the Adoptee's and your user page.

Also numerous Adopters have been adding their details to a list of users available for adopting, to offer a more personalised service and allow new users to browse through and pick their own Adopter. The quickest way to adopt though, is still to contact users at the Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user.

Furthermore a new Adopter's Area has been created where you can find useful resources and other Adopter's experiences. Please feel free to add any resources you have and if you know of any useful resources for new users / Adoptees then you can add them here.

So I hope you get adopting soon - and if you have any general questions or suggestions about the further development of Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User please bring them to our talk page. Cheers Lethaniol 15:13, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank You!

I aim to try and get the 110th list up to featured standard by the end of the month, and I hope to get the New England Patriots article up to featured standard by the end of Feburary (after today, I think they're heading to the Super Bowl! So, it'll be tough to do anything in depth while things are still unfolding. I didn't see that you spoke Chinese, do you mind if I practice mine on you as well as with the mock rfa?

Thank you for the comments, and once again, if there's anything I can do to help you out, please let me know. Just H 02:48, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] China portal

It looks pretty good, my only complaint is that the to columns get rather unbalanced when you go to lower screen resolutions, You can try to use the Sizing examples and see for yourself. Maybe you can try to improve the WikiProjects box, which looks rather empty especially on wide screens (maybe make it similar to the Categories box). The intro blurb about China is a tad long for my preferences, but others might disagree. Good work so far! Happy editing, Kusma (討論) 09:22, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Featured Portal

Sorry for the delay, my friend. I'm not an expert on Portals, so I only went by what I saw and all the hard work you did, which in my opinion, is worth a support vote. Just H 20:48, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Taiwan

Hi, I think we should have different naming conventions in WP:Taiwan, because a lot of the Taiwanese people are like famous, so they have their last name shown last, and that's confusing.--Jerrypp772000 01:44, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Astrology portal

Hey, I can't thank you enough for the stuff you've done for the astrology portal. I'd like to get the selected articles/images/etc. for February done and out of the way so that updating isn't delayed like last month's. I'm not sure how other portals decide but I'd feel too imposing picking everything myself. Then again there doesn't seem to be a lot of activity on it, so discussion could just sit there unreplied. Let me know if you have any ideas. Sam 03:53, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Hi AQu01rius,

Thank you for giving Portal:Japan a facelift! I started it a long time ago, and the new look was long overdue. Much appreciated!

Fg2 03:40, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Thanks for your advice

Thanks for your advice on my talk page. I'll be sure to become more active in Wiki talk space, particularly in trying to get consistency throughout hockey bio articles with respect to how statistics and "standard facts" are represented. I'll be sure to be more active at the other xFDs too- I've dabbled in them, but only for a day or two at a time. Thanks again. --Wafulz 21:23, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Striking out of a comment at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Grubber

Hi there AQu01rius. You struck out another user's comment at this RFA, citing Wikipedia:No personal attacks as your rationale for doing so. That user is quite possibly a sockpuppet, and the comment had no rationale, but there was no need to strike it out. Striking out other user's comments is pretty uncivil when you get down to it, and NPA says that: removal should be limited, except in unusual circumstances. Given how few contributions that user had, and how his vote lacked any real rationale, there wasn't any need to fear that a bureaucrat was going to count it. Cheers, A Train ^{take the} 19:18, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Problematic source

Chau Ju-kua, Travels in Chola (F Hirth & W W Rockhill, St Petersburg, 1912)

Is a translation of a Chinese original. Is there any chance of reading this book online(not JSTOR) in the 1912 version or take a look on the original Chinese version? Wandalstouring 00:24, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

It must be somewhere mentioned on India and female elephants. I hope to get the page soon. Wandalstouring 11:23, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

User doesn't want to give the page. If you have time take a quick glance through it searching for female elephant that is the key word mentioned with these thousands of elephants. Wandalstouring 16:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Archiving broken

The archiving on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject China is broken. --Ideogram 22:07, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Is there a reason why January hasn't been archived here yet? --Ideogram 16:42, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lists of surnames

It is my sense that batch AfD nominations should only be done when all articles nominated are substantially similar, so I think it was an error to include List of common Chinese surnames which is not in the same style as the rest. In that case, it should only have been listed individually, if at all. I've stricken it from the nomination, restricting the nomination to the remaining similar articles. Hopefully you can clarify your comment now. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks. Dmcdevit·t 09:18, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WPTAIWAN lists

When I specify class=list in the WPTAIWAN template it shows up in the reports as unassessed. Can you fix this? --Ideogram 09:14, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hey

Would you be able to take a look at the Portal:Current events/Canada, especially its FPC? I've put a help request in there and of anyone, I thought you'd know how to solve it. Also I wrote a fun essay about Vancouverites you may find as an interesting read if you're bored: User:Mkdw/Vancouverite. Mkdw^talk 10:39, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your edit

I saw this. Don't make this a question about my or somebody else's supposed ignorance. Engage in the discussion instead.--Niohe 03:57, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hagerman Bot

Hi, I don't know what to make of it, but HagermanBot signed your comment on my talk page. I am not particularly concerned that it did not sign my comment on that talk page, but I was curious to experiment if it would. Cheers, Black Falcon 06:49, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Is this users actions allowed?

• Hey there (:O) ... we have an ongoing debate over here on the status of an article. Now the thing I wanted to bring up was the editing and removal and well forceful rhetoric stating the result of the debate before it has even been decided. The one causing all this is User:Ideogram. I have tried so hard to be loving and understanding during this debate, but now I dont know if what the user is doing is right or wrong. I dont know who to go to, so I figure I may ask someone who is very familiar with the wikipedia world and how this should be dealt with maybe? Not sure. Please help. (:O) ---nima baghaei (talk) 03:43, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chinese name

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[edit] Historical Eastern Germany

Perhaps you'd be interested in this:Talk:Historical_Eastern_Germany#Requested_move. -- Hrödberäht (gespräch) 05:09, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Actually...

You're late to the party. Please follow the link there. I don't want to leave the impression of canvassing for votes here, so you'll have to find it yourself. Sorry. Xiner (talk, email) 18:58, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and I think more than two co-noms are frowned upon, and rightly so. I prefer regular people discussing it, anyway. Thanks for the offer, though. Xiner (talk, email) 19:08, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] St'at'imc template

Reply on my talkpage; but thanks here also.Skookum1 08:17, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikistalking

Thanks for taking a look at my report about Wikistalking. I did warn the user, in my edit summaries - see here, and he read the warning and dismissed it, here. Isarig 19:43, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Concerning your Admin Coaching assignments

Your name is still listed at Wikipedia:Admin coaching/Volunteers.

Note that the instructions may have changed since the last time you checked, and the department now follows a self-help process.

If you don't currently have a student, or if you believe you can handle another one, select a student from the request list at Wikipedia:Admin coaching/Requests and contact them. See the instructions on Wikipedia:Admin coaching. Good luck.

If you are no longer available to coach, , please remove yourself from the volunteers list.

Thank you. The Transhumanist    03:16, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP TIBET

I am going to set up Wiki Project Tibet if you would help me -even if at the start meemebrs are limited it is a good way to organize and imporve articles amyway. I want o merge Tibetan Buddhism into into .Could you help me Thajnks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"I've been expecting you"} 12:52, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes that would be great ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"I've been expecting you"} 14:34, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Terrific stuff thanks for your support. I thought there might be some way to begin with an assessment of Tibetan articles e.g priority/ importance class stub- good articles etc. ? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"I've been expecting you"} 13:54, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hi AQu01rius. What can I say? I couldn't have gotten here without you. Your friendly criticism, so long ago it seems, spurred me on to the right path. Rest assured that I heard every voice loud and clear during the discussion, and will strive to use the mop carefully and responsibly. Thanks for your support, and please don't hesitate to give me constructive criticism anytime. Xiner (talk, email) 02:22, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

No way! I didn't realized that you are 1) not an admin; 2) Chinese like me; and 3) only in high school. Don't worry, Wiki-karma is one of the best deals that go around. Xiner (talk, email) 02:27, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My Editor Review

Thanks for commenting on my editor review. You raised a lot of valuable points, and I highly appreciate it. The Evil Clown 14:20, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

It's {{subst:RfA-nom|YOUR USERNAME}}. bibliomaniac15 23:57, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA

I'm willing to give it a shot, so I've put in my answers and acceptance- wish me luck! --Wafulz 06:46, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh, could you also submit it for me, if it's not too much trouble? Thanks a lot. --Wafulz 06:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tibet Project

HI I was just surveying the top -importanc ecategory when you tagged it more deletion. SHould n't it just be Top importance Tibet articles? After all the template still read WIkiProject China Its just I am organizing the Category under CHina like Hong Kong. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"I've been expecting you"} 14:24, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I just set up Category:Top-importance Tibet articles. I have categorized it as Category:WikiProject Tibet ok? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"I've been expecting you"} 14:27, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Is this what you mean? Template:WikiProject Tibet banner? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"I've been expecting you"} 14:37, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Please note though that Portal:Tibetan Buddhism exists and all the categories for WikiProject Tibetan Buddhism most of which are empty. SHould this be moved to WikiProject Tibet? Plus I don't think User:Sylvain1972 is aware of events. I don't know how many articles are related to Tibetan Buddhism but it can't be a huge number although I do see the idea of the project from a religious viewpoint. But I am quick to say that a major part of Wikiproject Tibet is religously entwined anyway. What shall we do? I don't want to offend people who started that project by moving their page but isn't it best under Wikiproject Tibet? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"I've been expecting you"} 15:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I didn't create that banner though. However please could you make two adjustmnets to the CHina Tibet= yes template. About the This is maintained by the Tibet workgroup please can you change it to "This article is maintained by the WikiProject Tibet workgroup".

Also could you add the Potala image symbol of wiki project tibet before "This article" in the China template or put it in the place of the Chinese symbol in the margin?. Like the Chinese template has that image but a smaller image of the Potala it the Tibet work section ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"I've been expecting you"} 15:01, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I think I have solved the conroversy between labelling pages like the Dalai Lama as chinese by keeping the Tibetan Buddhims template -CHanging it to Wikiproject Tibet:Tibetan Buddhism and adding the Category: WikiProject Tibet articles -this way it avoids the China tag but is still in the Category:Tibetan articles. This should avoid conflict I think! Tibetan buddhism is a useful way to avoid directly labelling figures such as the Dalai laam as under China - this might lead to some serious opposition!! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"I've been expecting you"} 16:38, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Most pages though should be tagged as Chinese|tibet=yes but ones which are less sensitive and more politically correct! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"I've been expecting you"} 16:39, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I have sorted it out now - I am keeping the Wikiproject Tibetan Buddhism as a sub order of WIkiProject Tibet - the template is useful for identifying buddhist articles from the tibet/china articles - going in both categries for more focus ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"I've been expecting you"} 18:36, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:CHINA Reassessment parameter?

Hi, I've recently seen some articles that have been expanded and now need to be reassessed. Would it be feasible to set up a parameter for this? Someone could set the parameter to "yes", the article could go into a or something, and then we would know where to go to find them. I know that we already have a section to request assessment or reassessment, but this would automate it somewhat.--Danaman5 19:03, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

I appreciate your support on my recent RfA. Shimeru 15:40, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia talk:WikiProject China#Naming conventions

Hi, please participate in the discussion. --Ideogram 01:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for the review!

Thank you! Your review is very valuable. Wooyi 02:03, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stub Article Expanded for Southern and Northern Dynasties Article

Hi, I'm new to joining wiki. I have a question: besides telling you and making you aware here, how do I report that I expanded a stub article so that it can be removed from the stub list? I recently expanded the Southern and Northern Dynasties article (citing my source), since it was a pathetic stub that sorely needed expanding (lol). I added two new sections: the Northern Dynasties and the Southern Dynasties; I hope you like the improvements!

--PericlesofAthens 05:46, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind! I figured out what to do after reading the "help" link where the stub notice was located in the article. No longer a stub...

--PericlesofAthens 06:06, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

On 20 March 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article World Vision Famine events, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

[edit] translation of comic book description

I recently discovered a ten volume comic book about Zhou Tong called Zhou Tong Zhuan Qi (Chinese: 周侗传奇 – "The Legend of Zhou Tong"). Do you know of anyone who would be willing to translate the brief chinese descriptions of each volume into English and post it in a sub-article under the “Comic book” section?

1. Vol. 1
2. Vol. 2
3. Vol. 3
4. Vol. 4
5. Vol. 5
6. Vol. 6
7. Vol. 7
8. Vol. 8
9. Vol. 9
10. Vol. 10

(Ghostexorcist)

[edit] Thank you for your support on my Request for Administration

I'm happy to say that thanks in part to your support, my RfA passed with a unanimous score of 40/0/0. I solemnly swear to use these shiny new tools with honour and insanity integrity. --Wafulz 15:15, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Needing Help on Picture Upload Copywright License

I have a question about a recently uploaded photo that I want to use for Liuhe Pagoda of China. The article lacked any picture, and it really needs one, considering that it is one of the greatest Song Dynasty (or any) Chinese pagoda standing today.

The image is found at this link here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Liuhe_Pagoda.jpg

If you would be so kind, I'd like to have you or somebody else verify the copywright license (it's some random American guy's vacation blog pic). In the meantime, I have given it the GFDL presumed tag, but if I do not verify the copywright stuff, it will be deleted in 7 days!

Thanks, --PericlesofAthens 06:01, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peer Review for Song Dynasty

Hello. I've put a lot of work into the Song Dynasty article, and I was wondering if you could provide some feedback through peer review.

Wikipedia:Peer review/Song Dynasty

Thanks, --PericlesofAthens 05:28, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for your input! It was very valuable, since no one else has peer reviewed it at all! Lol. If you go back, you can see many changes to it already, including a new section on architecture (with a cool photo of the Liuhe Pagoda). It's going to take a while to revert all those references to the inline-citation type, but for featured-article status, I think it is worth my effort.

Oh, and one more thing. What was that about an infobox? I'm not quite sure what you're talking about. I'm still new here to wiki.

--PericlesofAthens 23:59, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Hmm...I totally would use an infobox, but there's already that enormous box list of 'Chinese History' taking up all the space in the beginning of the article. I don't think there's a way to merge the two, and having both of them would look far too cluttered. Thoughts?

--PericlesofAthens 00:18, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Awesome! However...

Thanks, this article looks incredibly well-done and professional now with your tweeks and adjustments (I noticed you changed the 'notes' section to 'citations', good choice).

One little note of discrepancy though: you have the estimated population of the empire at 50 million, when I showed in the second paragraph of the lead that the empire's population was roughly 100 million, twice as big as the preceding Tang (and I cited my source as well, with Ebrey). Are we reading two different sources here? Or is this just the estimate for the Southern Song half of China? Should we break the population part into two sections? Northern Song and Southern Song? And if so, how many more people did the Southern Song have than the Jin Dynasty? I think it's easier just to include Jin and Southern Song into a one-estimate figure for the whole of China; 100 million people. Thoughts?

--PericlesofAthens 01:00, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Need Help with Song Dynasty

While editing the article with good intent, User talk:Cliff smith just messed everything up, and now he is not responding when I ask him to correct his mistake. He's done some pretty complicated ref stuff that I have no idea how to deal with. Can you help me?

A large part of the article is now missing from view because of his edit. When you go to edit the page, though, the missing part of the article is there in print! Here is the missing chunk:

[edit] Partisans and Factions, Reformers and Conservatives

A portrait painting of Chancellor Wang Anshi

After students passed the often difficult, bureaucratic, and heavily-demanding Imperial Exams, as they became officials, they did not always see eye to eye with others that had passed the same examination. Even though they were fully-fledged graduates ready for government service, there was always the factor of competition with other officials. Promotion to a higher post, higher salary, additional honors, and selection for choice assignment responsibilities were often uncertain, as young new officials often needed higher-ranking officials to recommend them for their services. Once an official would rise to the upper echelons of central administration based in the capital, they would often compete with others over influence of the emperor's official adoption of state policies. Officials with different opinions on how to approach administrative affairs often sought out other officials for support, leading to pacts of rivaling officials lining up political allies at court to sway the emperor against the faction they disagreed with.

Factional strife at court first became apparent during the 1040s AD, with a new state reform initiated by Fan Zhongyan. Fan was a capable military leader (with successful battles in his record against the Tanguts of Xi-Xia) but as a minister of state he was known as an idealist, once saying that a well-minded official should be one that was "first in worrying about the world's troubles and last in enjoying its pleasures".^[1] When Fan rose to the seat of Chancellor, there was a growing opposition to him within the older and more conservative crowd. They disliked his pushing for reforms for the recruitment system, higher pay for minor local officials to discourage against corruption, and wider sponsorship programs to ensure that officials were drafted more on the basis of their intellect and character. However, his reforms were cancelled within a year's time (with Fan replaced as Chancellor), since many older officials who were halfway through their careers were not keen on making changes that could affect their comfortably-set positions.^[1]

Is there some way to make it visible again? I hope this can be sorted out soon, because the article looks very bad at present because of this large random part missing.

--PericlesofAthens 03:47, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I just fixed it, it was a random backslash that he had forgot to place. I can't believe I just spotted that!

Thanks anyways... --PericlesofAthens 04:11, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] April Fools nonsense

By the time you read this message, you'll likely be unblocked anyway, but there was a reason for why your April Fools RFA for Jimbo was deleted a first time.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 05:17, 1 April 2007 (UTC)