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[edit] Help Needed

Hi Lauren, sorry to interfere with you here, but we are not so familiar with wikipedia. We have discover through Google cache that our website was on wikipedia blacklist. We are very disappointed to read that Allo' Expat is treated this way. We can assure you that nobody in the Allo' Expat team is a spammer. We don t know how but we believe that somebody, maybe our competition as spam wikipedia on our behalf. We would be very thankful, if you could look into this matter and clear us from your spam section as it affect our company integrity. We will appreciate if you could send us some kind of warning (webmaster@alloexpat.com) if it happened again in the future. Once again sorry for the trouble that has been cause to you guys. Thanks for your support and understanding. The Allo' Expat Team.

[edit] Thanks

I appreciate your revert of the vandalism on my user page earlier tonight... glad to know you dont think I'm a pseudo-intellectual. Dunne409 03:46, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beer footnotes

Excellent. The article needs proper referencing and footnotes. That might encourage myself and others to do properly. Thanks! SilkTork 07:33, 8 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Sorry

I'm sorry for vandalizing earlier, but I'm definitely not from Unnul Technology lol. I live in WV.63.23.81.82 02:26, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

lol WHOIS is quite inaccurate fyi. I don't even think west virginia is programmed into their system.63.23.81.82 02:29, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Formatting "URL accessed" dates

Since you've been editing these (in the Abu Musab al-Zarqawi article), I wonder if you know more than I about how these work. Specifically, is there any way to get anything other than the ugly [[yy-mm-dd]] date format to display? I tried putting the dates into square brackets, but this just screws up the formatting altogether. Since the rest of the article uses the month day, year format, it would be nice to get these dates to play along with it. ==ILike2BeAnonymous 22:58, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

I've been experimenting a bit with Template:Cite web, using this: {{cite web | title=Title | work=Title of Complete Work | url=http://www.example.org | year=[[2006]] | month = [[June 8]]}}, gives you:
Hope that helps. -Loren 23:09, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Whois Template?

I saw you drop that whois template on the user discussion page of a vandal IP that I had been keeping an eye on because of their repetitive vandalism of Flying Spaghetti Monster. What is the code for that template, out of curiosity? Thanks. ju66l3r 06:33, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding AOL Vandalism

The vandalism (removed from WP:AIV) persists. I've removed at least 4-5 vulva photos in the last 20 minutes. Just figured I would give you the heads up. I won't post it anymore though unless an admin wants me to. --Alphachimp talk 07:00, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, AOL vandalism is a pain in the butt to put it mildly. I removed the last batch of AOL IPs since they hadn't been used for the last half hour... most likely the vandal had moved on to other IPs. Please keep reporting them though. While there may not always be an admin watching at the right time we might be able to stop a few in the act. If you'd like I can also semiprotect your user page or any articles the vandal seems to favor. -Loren 07:03, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
They don't seem to be favoring anything in particular. Actually, AOL has yet to vandalize my page. I really hate this vandalism because it is inserting pornography through wikipedia. I'd hate for some little kid to log on and find it in an article.
Thanks for the explanation. I wish there was some easy solution. Regards, --Alphachimp talk 07:09, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AOL range vandal

You commented that the AOL range vandal has continued. Can you please give some specific examples of edits in this most recent attack so the rest of us know what to look for? You can post this info at User:Mboverload/vandalattack. Thanks. --Cyde↔Weys 04:18, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

I noticed that we were getting frequent vandalism from the vandal's IP range 207.200.116.0/24. The telltale sign for now seems to be closely spaced vandalism originating from 207.200.116.*, usually one every 30 seconds or so. Most of the recent edits seem to have fallen into the category of intentionally screwing up Wikimarkup [1] or adding nonsense [2]. It is possible that the recent edits from this range were simply a coincidence from different users, though the fact that they occured within a few seconds of each other seemed suspect. The vandal's last confirmed MO (earlier today) was inserting gibberish [3] or malformatted equations [4] across multiple articles. The vandalism seems to have stopped following the expiry of a 15 minute block I stuck on the IP range. This and past patterns exhibited by the vandal leads me to suspect that we are not dealing with a bot. The most recent edits from that range seem to be mostly okay so far. This would appear to be consistant with his/her past behavior of disappearing for several minutes to hours after a range block. -Loren 04:32, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GrandCru is back

See Special:Contributions/Bobybuilder. I'm pretty sure this is him. —Khoikhoi 02:26, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Committee against WP Orthographic Imperialism

I know, it sounds tongue in cheek, but.... I thought you might be interested: CAWPOI. --Cultural Freedom 2006-07-17 15:24 (UTC) P.S. I decided to change the name to "Committee for WP Orthographic Justice." :)

[edit] IP 207.195.240.16

FYI - It appears you blocked this IP for Abusive sockpuppet of User:Devout Christian, however, it is an IP of the Anonymous service Anonymizer. Morphh 19:04, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Indeed, it is improper to indefinitely block IPs except for open proxies. This IP may not be in the hands of DC after some time. 19:29, 18 July 2006 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.117.4.237 (talk • contribs) .
Thanks for the heads up, I've shortened the block on the IP in question. -Loren 20:13, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Taiwan under Japanese rule

Great work. I'll see what I can do. But my Chinese isn't good enough to do a good translation  :) — Nrtm81 03:10, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] naming convention

I noticed you protect the chinese naming conventions and reverted to the version by Yuje. However, my version is in fact supported by Yuje and he made a revert on it see history:07:03, 28 July 2006 Yuje (Talk | contribs), please make a revert to the newest version by Yuje. Thanks.--Bonafide.hustla 06:40, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

However, Bonafide.hustla's version is opposed by Calton, 14:34, 28 July 2006 Calton (Talk | contribs) (rv political opinion -- not Wikipedia's role) here. Also, Bonafide.hustla initially added this section without any discussion on the talk page. --RevolverOcelotX 06:46, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
To be fair to all parties involved in the dispute, I reverted the page to a version which predates the current edit war between yourself and RevolverOcelotX. The version you are referring to occured in the middle of the edit war. I'd appreciate it if you and the other parties involved could come to a consensus using the talk page before making any further changes. Edit wars are disruptive, and while it may be satisfying to repeatedly revert the edits of someone you don't agree with, they don't work out for anyone in the long run. Thanks. -Loren 06:48, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bonafide.hustla (talk • contribs)'s POV pushing

Greetings, I've noticed that you reverted some Bonafide.hustla (talk • contribs)'s POV pushing and deletions to Wikipedia. See Bonafide.hustla's contributions for more details. I was wondering if you'd be kind enough to look in and give an opinion? Thanks. --RevolverOcelotX 06:46, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Bonafide.hustla (talk • contribs) has made 3 reverts to Taiwan independence and is now repeatedly removing warnings on his talk page after being warned about it. Could you take a look at this? Thanks. --RevolverOcelotX 07:04, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
In the interest of fairness to all those involved in the naming conventions dispute I've reverted Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Chinese) to a version which predates the current edit war. I know it's not a perfect arrangement, but for the moment I think it's the best I can do without interfering directly in the dispute itself. I've looked at Bonafide.hustla's contributions, while it's clear that he has some very strongly held opinions, for the moment it appears to be a content dispute. Mass reversions aside, I don't see any evidence of anything resembling blatant vandalism at the moment (i.e. sockpuppetry, really blatant misinformation... etc). I think it would be better for everyone and the project in the long term if you tried first to work out your disagreements through dialogue before pursuing further escalation. This is a sensitive topic for sure, but from past experience I do think consensus is possible. I will look into possible 3RR violations, however again, I'd stress that such blocks do not provide a long term solution. -Loren 07:08, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay look, I already went through the same scenario with this user last month on the same issue. I remove the warning because it's irrelevant since I did NOT violate 3RR. So anyway I crosspost this from my talkpage A. One is perfectly entitled to remove such warnings from his/her talkpage. An admin support my claim.[[5]] Another user removed my warning from his talkpage.[[6]]. To add to that the warnings is justified. An admin support my case. [[7]] [[8]] [[9]] support from another user. Read the full length discussion on User:Bishonen talkpage under the heading User:RevolverOcelotX.

B. Even if I am not allowed to remove such warnings, the warning clearly isn't justified. According to the history of List of Chinese Americans and Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China articles, you would see Bonafide.hustla and RevolverOcelotX had both made 3 reverts in the past 24 hours 2 days ago. However, when the initial warning was placed by RevolverOcelotX I made only 1 edit to the article, making the warning totally irrelevant. He placed the warning on the ground that I BROKEN the 3RR on my user talk page after the final warning. As evident in the above discussion, an admin states that 3RR does not apply to a user's personal talkpage. The accusation is groundless. (minor difference here) Thanks--Bonafide.hustla 07:27, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification, however please note that the intent of the 3-Revert Rule is to stop edit wars. Period. It is not an entitlement to revert three times in a 24 hour period, rather it is ment to encourage editors to try to work out a consensus through dialouge once it is clear that a dispute exists. I may have missed it but it doesn't appear that either you or RevolverOcelotX have attempted to make use of the talk page of the article in dispute. Again, I'd rather not take drastic action due to a content dispute (though I will if absolutely necessary). Please try to resolve this through dialouge on talk pages of the relevant articles. You don't have to see eye to eye, you just have to be willing to talk. -Loren 07:43, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Bonafide.hustla (talk • contribs) is clearly not allowed to remove those warnings. He continually removed the valid warnings after being warned not to about it. The diffs Bonafide.hustla provided are completely irrelevant and he is attempting to water down this issue. Bonafide.hustla (talk • contribs) clearly made 3 reverts to Taiwan independence and as such the warning is completely justified and valid. --RevolverOcelotX 07:30, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
I've made Bonafide.hustla aware of the intent behind the 3RR. In the interest of finding an amicable solution to this dispute, let's just leave it at that for now. -Loren 07:45, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

My intention is to communicate see Talk:David Wu for my communication with other users, however, RevolverOcelotX doesn't seem interested in communicating and simply just want to edit war. If he's willing to communicate, I can leave the page as it is and hopefully work toward a compromise/resolution.--Bonafide.hustla 07:57, 30 July 2006 (UTC)


The 3RR warning was regarding the Taiwan independence article and Bonafide.hustla (talk • contribs) has made no attempt to discuss his changes on that talk page before repeatedly reverting that article. However, Bonafide.hustla repeatedly removed the 3RR warning after the final warning. I have been communicating at Talk:David Wu, but Bonafide.hustla is unwilling to compromise and listen to the consensus of other users. --RevolverOcelotX 08:04, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Wow, that's a blatant lie by Revolver. Last month, I did post on his talkpage, but the attempt was futile and I ended getting an unjustified block (see my block log and explanations). Admins later suggest that we don't post on each other's talkpages to avoid further conflicts. On that talkpage, Revolver was not even there until yesterday (possibly watching my contributions list) and engage himself in the discussion. As for David Wu's article, I choose NOT to edit war during the discussion and the history shows. I have actively discuss and argue with other users in that talkpage and revolver's accusations are hurtful and untrue to me.--Bonafide.hustla 08:19, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Bonafide.hustla, I was talking about the talk page of the relevant article, in this case Talk:Taiwan independence. However, Bonafide.hustla clearly did not use the article talk page when he repeatedly reverted other user's contributions. Bonafide.hustla has a history of removing completely valid and justified warnings from his talk page. See his talk page history for more details. --RevolverOcelotX 08:27, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I've gone over the entire exchange at Talk:David Wu, clearly, the dispute on that particular article has been going on for sometime and is probably ripe for mediation. Nontheless, I strongly suggest that the two of you try to address each disputed article on a case by case basis. Clearly the dispute on David Wu is still unresolved despite much debate, however you should at least try in good faith to address the disputes on the other articles on the relevant talk pages. Who knows? You may actually be able to come to some sort of consensus, or at least get opinions from other editors. Or as a last resort, to show mediators or arbitrators that you have made every effort possible. -Loren 08:39, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

I've posted my basis for reverting the naming convention on the relevant talkpage several days ago. No response. Is it okay for me to revert it now since no one objected or seem interested enough to communicate/compromise?--Bonafide.hustla 04:31, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] What

I THINK THIS ARTICLE Republic of China NEED MORE AND MORE PICTURES , SEE People's Republic of China ANDSouth Korea ANDJapan ANDSingapore , THESE ARTICLE HAVE A LOT OF PICTURES ,SHOULDN SOMEBODY TO ADD MORE PICTURES FOR Republic of China? --—The preceding unsigned comment was added by ORDER (talk • contribs) 2006-08-15 08:56:12.

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[edit] Welcome!

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[edit] Socotra Rock

I saw that you protected Socotra Rock, and it now seems like someone keeps recreating a fork at Suyan Rock. Maybe the redirect there should also be protected. Regards, -- Jeff3000 23:43, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] User:Thebigmanoncampus

Hi -- sorry to bug you outside of AIV, but could I get an indef block on this user? It's a single-purpose vandalism-only account. -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 06:28, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Translate GFDL Request letter into Traditional Chinese

Hi Changlc,

I sent a GFDL letter to Taiwan Aboriginal Culture Park for an image on their website. However, the letter is long & is in English. If you could provide a careful translation in Traditional Chinese characters, it might be an invaluable help. If you're interested in helping, please email me & I'll forward the leter to you.

A million thanks in advance, --Ling.Nut 22:50, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help!! The letter is long, though... I am emailing it to you now.. thanks!!!--Ling.Nut 01:24, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Article in need of cleanup - please assist if you can

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[edit] GFDL request letter for the image at Taiwanese aborigines

Hello,

I was wondering if you'd ever found time to do this. I know it's been a while since we talked about it... Also, if you don't have time to write/translate one, perhaps there's one on Chinese Wiki that could be trivially altered to fit the current need...?

many thanks! --Ling.Nut 13:32, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Untagged image

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[edit] Thank you

Hi Changlc... I just noticed that you used my image of the OPP police car for the police agencies list. Cool! And thanks! --DeweyQ 03:45, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] About 61.219.36.22

HI you were good

  • just I to look up 61.219.36.22 IP he were belong to HINET PROXY
  • HINET PROXY=61.219.36.* this group of IP entire Taiwan to have the up to ten thousand people to use, therefore revised WIKI that person not necessarily is the identical person.

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[edit] Havent you noticed that user jerry is trying to eliminate all instances of the Republic of China??

Do you think that is right? I read on your talk page that you are a supporter of Taiwan independence thus you sympathize with the DPP and TSU. So obviously you wouldnt care would you?

I am just pushing what is right. I am not being POV. Technically Taiwan Province, ROC would be right, but I understand the situation as I am a citizen of the Republic of China also. (from Taiwan) also

So I propose Taiwan, Republic of China. It works fine. It is the truth. It is reality. So theres no argument. -Nationalist 03:42, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

In response to your other allegation regarding my personal political views, I intervene when edit disputes become disruptive to Wikipedia as a whole, irrespective of the POV being promoted. No one is 100% neutral, but I think my past record (which you are free to examine) has been fairly evenhanded in that I've been accused of favoring pretty much every possible side in the whole Taiwan debate by various editors at various times. I would say that I find it puzzling that you seem unable to seperate my personal views with my course of action in intervening, but given the behavior I have observed you engaging in, doesn't come as a particular surprise. I am not asking you to change your political position, nor am I asking you to leave. What I am asking you to do is to stop unilaterally making edits which several other longtime editors find objectionable and utilize the talk pages to come to a consensus first. -Loren 04:54, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] TfD results for Template:Disputed islands claimed by Japan

Remember Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 February 5#Template:Disputed islands claimed by Japan ? You accused me of WP:POINT there. This TfD has closed with "no consensus", after a vote of 11 to 6 in favor of delete. Among the people who voted on either side, many seem to agree that similar templates should be made for other countries, if this template is kept. Now, if you agree with the outcome of this TfD, I'd like to go ahead and insert all the templates for United Kingdom, Argentina, Israel, Syria, PRC, and ROC again. Please let me know if you wish to pursue deletion, or if I am free to insert these templates.--Endroit 17:18, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Well if that's the community consensus then I guess I have no objections if you did it now. Though personally I still think having one for each country is a bad idea and we'd be better off if we had infoboxes for each geographical region to avoid redundancy. -Loren 17:28, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
6 out of 17 is hardly a consensus, to tell you the truth. It's just that, I wanted to know if you wished to pursue deletion review or other means of WP:DR.
Perhaps we need wider consensus, involving discussion for the other similar templates. If you feel we should discuss this more, I'm willing to start an RfC or Mediation concerning ALL similar templates (not just for Japan).--Endroit 17:34, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I just categorized all similar templates together, under Category:Templates for territorial disputes. Perhaps any future discussions can take place in the talk page there.--Endroit 17:57, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't think infoboxes is a good substitution. I created the template for navigating territorial disputes specifically for a country, in this case, Japan. It was for interested readers like myself who wanted to read about territorial disputes specifically of Japan, so that's why it's centered around the country having the disputes instead of centered around the disputed regions. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 18:03, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requesting your help with English to Chinese Translation

Hello, I'm looking for someone who could help me translate a bunch of words over to Mandarin Chinese. The words are names of planets for a Firefly fan project I'm working on. If you're not familiar with the show it's a sci-fi "western" series and the characters speak a mix of English and Chinese. The planets in the series have various names like Ariel, Osiris, Deadwood, Londinum for example, and when they appear in star maps schematics they're usually indicated in Simplified Chinese characters - I assume written phonetically like Japanese Kana characters are used to integrate non-Japanese words but I'm not sure how Mandarin speakers go about doing this. I don't trust on-line translation programs because I get different results with different programs, and sometimes they don't work at all. Well anyway, if you'd be willing to help me with this, I'd appreciate any assistance. Thanks for your time. Cyberia23 22:03, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Hrm... I'm not sure how much help I could be here. In general, most non-Chinese names can be (and are) translated phonetically, however, there really isn't any standard for how this is done. You could pretty much use any character that sounds similar, so there might be half a dozen different ways to do a phonetic translation for a single name- I can't guarantee that the characters I'd use would be the same ones that the producers decided to use, or that they'd sound exactly alike. There is no inverse Chinese Romanization standard. Additionally, it's possible that the producers of the show might have even decided to try and translate the meanings of some of the names, which makes things even more complicated. In other words, there is no way for me to do a direct translation of the names and come up with anything uniquely meaningful in the sense that a Mandarin speaker could understand which planet was being referred to.
I think your best bet would be to try and grab a screenshot of the star charts in question, if possible. The exact characters used in the show can then be transcribed. -Loren 22:17, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Well, screenshots are a problem as the few I've seen in the DVD are too small to make out. Zooming in they just get fuzzy, plus being unable to read Chinese I have no idea what planets are which anyway, unless someone in the show specifically points it out. The only planet's Chinese name I know for sure is the planet called Lilac (named so because the planet has a violet color) written on a sign that said "Welcome to Lilac" with it written below 丁香伐丙 in Chinese. I looked up Lilac here on Wikipedia, and 丁香 is how Lilac is spelled under the Chinese-language entry for the flower but I have no idea what 伐丙 means. Babblefish says 丁香伐丙 means "The clove cuts down third" - 丁香 means clove, 伐 cut down, and 丙 I guess means three. Is that the "welcome to" part? So you see my delemia. It's really the only example I can give, if that helps. Cyberia23 22:48, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Another example is the planet Osiris, named after the Egyptian diety. Here on Wikipedia's Chinese-translated Osiris, his name is written 欧西里斯. I'm not certain if that would be the same way it is written for the planet. I heard Chinese name things differently depending on what the are, even if they have the same name in some other language. Cyberia23 22:53, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to keep bothering you, but just to show you what I'm working on, click these links:

I thought it would be cool to have the planet names in Chinese. Fans of the show would get a kick out of it. Honestly there is no "offical map", the names are all from the show canon, but how their written and displayed varies. In fact many Firefly fans like me have made their own assumptions as to how the system is arranged and what the planets look like. So being "official" isn't necessary - the show never really explains anything technical and focuses more on the story of the characters.

This map here "Han's map" was made by someone else but he put the system on a computer screen from the show. The menu buttons displayed around the outside, appears in the show. As you can see it's written in Chinese. Likewise, info in the display would be in Chinese as well, but Hans listed the planets in English when he made his version of the system map.

Well anyway, if you want to give it a try that would be cool, if not, thats okay, I'll try elsewhere. Cyberia23 23:10, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm, interesting about Lilac - I might have used the wrong characters as I had to find the last two in a character database. I don't have a screenshot of the sign for comparison, but I thought the characters were correct. Cyberia23 01:36, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nationalist

Do you think it is necessary to bring the RfC case directly to RfARB now? I'm worrying that the ArbCom would rule it premature as the RfC is yet to be closed with any consensus. The problem, however, is that there will never be a consensus as long as Nationalist continue this kind of disruptive behavior, and the RfC case, if deemed premature, will never be mature as the ArbCom coins it. I believe that in order to make any progress through RfC we have to communicate with the opposition, who is barely willing to negotiate without disruptive editing and edit warring in Wikipedia disregarding the policies and guidelines. Vic226 15:00, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I have a partially legitimate reason to get suspicious of BlueRussian. I did not give much attention to BlueRussian, but after 24 hours I felt it went too disturbingly quiet in a sudden, as Nationalist would certainly not give up on that denied unblock request easily. When I checked his logs, I found that his account was created under six hours after the denial for unblock, and BlueRussian made his first edit right on Kuomintang within two minutes. The name itself, as User:BlueShirts also noticed here, may sound somewhat related to anti-communism motive (since both PRC and USSR are/were under communist rule, and USSR shouldn't be blue which is the color for Kuomintang/ROC). There isn't enough certainty yet, though, as BlueRussian has yet to show more activities. Vic226 01:11, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

A new user is confirmed to be Nationalist's sock, but no one blocked him yet, can you block him please. Here's the Checkuser page.--Jerrypp772000 19:04, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

I have filed a Request for arbitration against Nationalist as a third person (since I'm barely involved in political issues this past month). Although you are not listed as one of the involving parties, this is a general note about the ongoing situation with Nationalist as you might be concerned. You are free to comment there. Vic226 09:43, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] JMSDF ships

Hi. Back in August '05, you added "The ship prefix for JMSDF ships is JDS (JMSDF Defense Ship)." to the article on the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Do you have a source for this? I was under the impression that Japanese ships have no prefix, so we have to use long-winded article names like Japanese battleship Yamato. Perhaps JMSDF practice differs from the IJN, but a quick look around their website didn't turn up any examples. For instance, in their photo gallery, ship names are prefixed by their numbers.
—wwoods 18:13, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

I found JDS in use on several US Navy sites so I assumed it was the proper prefix: RIMPAC 2006, USS Blue Ridge. FAS also confirms it. [10]-Loren 22:05, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] JSDF in popular culture

Yeah, I can see how it might be a problem. A rather daft assembly of facts. If you want to list for deletion, I'll support you. Currently it doesn't serve much purpose, other than to hold that information out of the main article (where it doesn't belong). John Smith's 16:07, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 228 Incident =

You wrote "although it was a former KMT president", that is you added 'former'. Since LTH was the president at the time, should it be " a former KMT president" , or "was a KMT president". Having both ( former & was ) seems to say that he was a former KMT president at the time he said it. Wenzi 09:07, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the comment. I appreciate it. I think I will do a little bit of reading and see if I can figure out a better way to state that. Wenzi 00:30, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #10

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