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[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

The September 2006 issue of the Biography WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. plange 00:01, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[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

Thanks for uploading Image:RezaPahlaviII.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

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[edit] Family tree

I think the family tree is fine; and I've improved the year of Cyrus' death. I wonder if we shouldn't include something on modern propaganda in the Cyrus Cylinder article like I included at my own page (here? Jona Lendering 21:35, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] G-Unit

G-Unit (short for Guerilla Unit but, in the case of the clothing line, Gorilla Unit, due to the United States' war with Iraq occurring concurrently with the clothing line's inception, and 50 Cent's desire for his clothing to be accessible to the public). dictionary. Please take this into consideration and discuss with me :) -
Mike Collie (T) (G) 22:00, 22 December 2006 (GMT)

RE:
Thank you for taking my suggestion into consideration and finding a better source (which I should have probably done in the first place). -
Thanks again :) Mike Collie (T) (G) 18:31, 23 December 2006 (GMT)

[edit] Merry Christmas!

Don't worry, I don't let people with hearts two sizes too small in the house. ;-) | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 21:01, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Signature

I have fixed how long my signature is under edit. You might want to fix yours too. In WP:SIG it states that you are not aloud to have any pictures in your signature. Happy editing. :-)
Why1991 03:41, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

• Okay, just making sure. Thanks for telling me. Why1991 03:50, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cyrus Cylinder image

"The permission for use of this work has been archived in the Wikimedia OTRS system (2006112210022386). Please contact a person with an account on the system to confirm the permission." [2] [3] It appears that the permission was archived in OTRS. And I'm sure it was taken by Jona Lendering, because he referred to it as "my old photograph". The label "British Museum, London", bellow the picture [4], means that it was taken in the Britush Museum. Otherwise, he would indicate it with a ©!!!, as he usually do. Best wishes, Amizzoni 23:27, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

"No problem! You live, you learn.", it's my revenge ;). Do you think we need a larger picture? It's much larger than the previous one... [5] [6] --Amizzoni 02:59, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh yes, you're right, I had forgotten the other version. --Amizzoni 06:56, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to interfere with that discussion, but FYI: Being registered on both wikimedia commons and fr.wikipedia under the name Pentocelo my page on fr.wiki, I've achieved myself the OTRS permission process N°2006112210022386 with Mr Jona Lendering, from Livius.org. A copy was sent of our mail exchange to the wikimedia suport team from wich I keep personal copies. This OTRS conerned 19 images from my gallery in the commons but never concerned the cyrus cilinder image, and 5 other images Amizzoni loaded from Livius, all archieved by him under this OTRS permission. Therefore, I contacted a wikimedia commons administrator and asked all these images to be deleted, after having edited the licensing of the concerned images. 217.15.92.33 13:04, 16 February 2007 (UTC). Positive solution found with Amizzoni, I may help him to get an OTRS for these pictures with their authors, definatly solving the copyrights problems. 217.15.92.33 09:44, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stephen Colbert

Thanks for reverting the recent changes to Oshawa's page. I was just watching the recorded version of The Colbert Report and went on wiki to see if someone had made the changes he suggested, and sure enough, they did.

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Bsheppard 05:13, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Featured Picture

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Sabaa Nissan Militiaman.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Raven4x4x 02:37, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations, and thanks for nominating it. Raven4x4x 02:37, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Miahamm jump cropped.jpg

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[edit] Signature

Thank you for commenting on my talk page, but it hasn't changed my mind. There is a basic logical flaw in this argument:

• Guideline: We highly reccomend doing these, but they are not required.

• Policy: Absolutely required.

• Result: Despite the fact that there is a clear delineation between what is required and what is not required, one must do both or receive a never-ending stream of messages about how he is not a team player.

The simple facts of the matter are these:

• The image hasn't been updated in nearly two years and it is probably not going to be, unlike my old sig pics.

• This body of text has more information in it than that image.

• I am not required to "collaborate" in the manner that you say, and I should therefore not be harassed for a choice I make within the rules of this project by implying that I am somehow detrimental to that project despite my nearly two years of helping out here. This is like saying marijuana is illegal, and not wearing a hat with a picture of a marijuana plant on it is strongly reccomended. For the former, the police can arrest you, but for the latter, instead of arresting you, the police just stand out in front of your house all day with a bull horn telling you about the evils of marijuana.

As I've said countless times in the past, if everyone at Wikipedia decides to make this guideline a policy, I'd be more than happy to comply. In the meantime, either prove to me that I'm personally bringing down the servers or kindly leave me alone. JHMM13  20:09, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I would like to ask you again to look through the difference between a guideline and a policy. I could link this information for you if you find it difficult to find. You skipped over the portion of my text that says that this image has not been updated in nearly two years, nor is it ever likely to be updated. I also believe you missed the part where it is my right as a user to make this choice for myself and not be harassed about the choice I make. I do not think that the users of Wikipedia come up with guidelines "for shits and giggles," but could you please explain to me what that has to do with requirements? If you would like me to slowly explain to you the significance of my "ridiculous" analogy, I will happily do it for you, but for now I respectfully ask you to read it again and find the parts that are troublesome for you. Thanks again, and do respond on my talk page as quickly as your (no doubt heavy) schedule allows. JHMM13  23:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your Anti-Vandalism Efforts!

I see you've done a great job protecting such pages as Cyrus the Great against damage. Intentional, repeated damage is vandalism, and editors who perform repeated acts of vandalism can only be termed vandals. I hope you're able to join me in tracking the future edits of known, active Wikipedia vandals, and protecting other articles from him/her as well. Bete Noir 19:02, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Helping out with the Unassessed Wikipedia Biographies

Seeing that you are an active member of the WikiBiography Project, I was wondering if you would help lend a hand in helping us clear out the amount of [unassessed articles] tagged with {{WPBiography}}. Many of them are of stub and start class, but a few are of B or A caliber. Getting a simple assessment rating can help us start moving many of these biographies to a higher quality article. Thank you! --Ozgod 22:47, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Biography March 2007 Newsletter

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[edit] Reza Shah

Hi. Please take a look at the recent edits on the Reza Shah article. The article is now in a terrible condition since a few people started "adding references", which in their opinion apparently means removing anything positive regarding the man. Shervink 10:43, 8 March 2007 (UTC)shervink

I totally agree, that was in fact also my initial suggestion. I'm only concerned about that resulting possibly in an edit war, because of some hard feelings on the part of some editors critical of Reza Shah. That should be avoided. It's a pity to see such a good article ruined like this. Shervink 09:12, 9 March 2007 (UTC)shervink

I created Reza Shah/New from when it was promoted GA --Rayis 14:00, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism on the Cyrus the Great article

I see you are very active in vandalizing this article. Look, if you dont like something you dont simply vandalize it by erasing it. You go to the discussion page to present your arguements. Also I am not sure why you keep erasing the religion section and replacing it with quotes out of the old testament, which is a highly dubious source but this has to stop.User:Mehrshad123 04:24, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Much like the Reza Shah/New

Please db-author the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi/New page and move it to your own workspace. Thanks. The Behnam 09:03, 31 March 2007 (UTC)