Talk:Devil

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Contents 1 devil in art/Satan in literature 2 "demonize enemies" 3 Khemet 4 Smells 5 Page protection? 6 Vandalised big time.

[edit] devil in art/Satan in literature

I have altered the links that claim to be about the "Devil in art" to reflect that they are actually links to an article merely listing his appearances in literature. This is not a splitting of hairs; I followed the "devil in art" link with the reasonable expectation to be able to read about his appearances in painting, cinema, etc. The linked article is instead much more specific and limiting than the links originally implied.Minaker 15:21, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "demonize enemies"

an anonymous user deleted these two lines from the demonize enemies section, calling them "biased" and "unreferenced."

white devil: a term used by the Nation of Islam to refer to white Americans

Great Satan: a term used by Iran to refer to the US.

I can't see what's biased about reporting the facts that these terms have been used and by whom. Also, the wikilinks in the lines take you to pages where you can see this information for yourself. So I reverted the deletion. Jonathan Tweet 16:28, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Khemet

I can't see the point of calling the section on Ancient Egypt 'Khemet'. That is the country's name in Ancient Egyptian. The other sections are not called by their names in languages other than English - the 'Islam' section is titled 'Islam' not whatever Islam is in Arabic. Likewise, references to 'Ancient Khemet' are a contradiction in terms. Hut 8.5 18:39, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Smells

Someone keeps editing in 'the devil smells.' I've changed it back twice. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chaosman (talk • contribs) 03:28, 19 November 2006 (UTC).

Thanks, you've just reverted vandalism! You've done Wikipedia a good service, well done. We need vandalism fighters urgently, so help if you can! You can find some useful stuff to help you at WP:TOOLS. Before you start reverting vandalism on a big scale though, make sure you're familiar with the policies (a list) and guidelines of Wikipedia. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 18:31, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Page protection?

Due to the number of vandals I'm wondering whether we should get this page protected from editing by non-wikipedians? Zerokitsune 02:54, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

You mean semi-protection? Might be a good idea. I have it in my watchlist anyway, so I keep tabs on any vandalism. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 09:49, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalised big time.

Uh, considering I cannot do anything because of not having an account here. Could someone fix this page?

~~Wikipediauser 03/29/07~~ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 205.211.2.2 (talk) 15:53, 29 March 2007 (UTC).