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[edit] Welcome!
Hello, SiobhanHansa, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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[edit] Re: Admin help on FDNY article?
Article rolled back and semi-protected. Best, Gwernol 16:24, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Great white shark talk box
The real project for sharks is Wikipedia:WikiProject Sharks so the talk templates on shark pages for this project are the ones to look at. The other template is for Wikipedia:WikiProject Shark which is to be deleted soon, as it is a 'project' run by one user. We have had problems with this user and hopefully these templates should soon be removed, leaving only those for WikiProject:Sharks. Sorry for any confusion. chris_huh 16:58, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] steve irwin simple language
thank you for dedicating your time to expanding the simple english version of Steve irwin. I'm new to the simple language as well, so your not the only one. Remember that the language is intended for people who don't speak english fluently so make sure that text is easy and simple to read. I'm about to look at the article now to see how it's doing and once again thanks for spending time to improve not just the english language but the simple language as well. Dean randall 18:01, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
yes very good. Thanks for the hard work ➨ Darren
[edit] Fair use
Hi. For an unfree image to be used on wikipedia it must meet several criteria for fair use, see WP:FUC. While including an unfree image of the nobel prize on the prize page is fair, adding it to every winners page is not a fair use since it doens't really illustrate anything about the person. If you see them pop up again, please remove them. --Peta 03:09, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Anousheh Ansari
Hi Siobhan, I am in fact connected directly to Anousheh Ansari. In regards the the biographical content on her Wikipedia page, we've had some trouble posting--I wrote her biography for her personal site, which we then sent to the X-Prize Foundation's website as Mrs. Ansari is a member of their Board of Trustees. We then posted sections of this text on Wikipedia, but were told they it was in violation of copyright since it appeared on the X-Prize site.
Can I somehow provide the authorization, or connect you with someone from X-Prize, to update Anousheh's Wikipedia entry per her specifications? Please let me know the best way to proceed.
You can also reach me at jake@prodea.com
Thank you, Jake Silverstein —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jake@prodea.com (talk • contribs) .
[edit] Giant Panda
An article I read by Discovery Channel. I don't think its an actuall rise persay, but maybe really just they found more. Look at the article.
[edit] BGML
Thanks for ur advice regarding the article on BGML, i have created an hyperlink to Britisj Raj. Just being curious , are u Welsh? ganesha1
[edit] Name
Fair enough, so do ulike it in da US of A, and i like ur name as well. ganesha1
[edit] Thanks
Thanks for your help on disambiguating British. -- Jeff3000 23:02, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandal block
You're welcome. Are you Welsh? Gwernol 01:23, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] User:203.206.175.46
Hi Guinnog you seem to be online, so I thought this might be the fastest place to get attention. I see you blocked the above user for 48 hours for vandalism on 2006-09-16. Unfortunately they're back and right back to their old behavior. See their latest edit to Natascha Kampusch[1]. "Dahneel" is the name the vandal inserted into previous articles. Do we have to go through all the warnings again before the user is blocked, or can you just shut them down straight away? (In case it's useful - IP's contributions:Special:Contributions/203.206.175.46, Bloglog:[2]) Thanks --SiobhanHansa 13:50, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks. I've warned them and will block again if they continue to vandalise. --Guinnog 14:00, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Welcome to project sharks
Hi! (again) Any help in updating the shark articles is very welcome, no need to be an expert! I you want to know more about sharks and shark attacks, read the articles, both quite good now and they will hopefully lessen your fear. In my opinion the GWS page is not very good, so please start updating, for other things to do look at the project page, the collaboration now is tiger shark and we are trying to get whale shark to GA (see talk page for things to update), as for the best page so far look at oceanic whitetiped shark which recently was promoted to FA! Welcome! Stefan 02:39, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] User:JohnDrake6
The addition is being reviewed by the author of the book, and will be up by the end of the day.
[edit] User:24.59.97.207
I'm not 100% sure that this is where my reply should go, but that suggestion, copying the sites and then linking to the DMOZ site, is an excellent one, if it'd make the list more easily accessible and acceptable for Wikipedia's purposes. Thank you, and sorry for any trouble!
[edit] User:219.75.59.119
Hi there, I noticed you've been removing links on the 'Baby Shower' section because they are deem "commercial" & "unencyclopedic". Just want to clarify with you here that some of the links are actually to fully featured guide on baby shower planning.
As a shower planner myself I know that baby shower planning is a big topic on it's own, which usually entails weeks of careful planning and work. So it's just impossible to add more than a general desciption on Wikipedia; much more specific information is required. IMO, the links to external sites are the best we can do to provide more valuable information to researchers using Wikipedia.
I've since removed all genuinely "commercial" links on the page and left 2 which I find are truly relevant and of value to the topic. I hope u will reconsider and leave them intact. Because by removing them we will be limiting Wikipedia users to better resources elsewhere.
Tks, I hope you'd discuss with me first if you decide to make any changes.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 219.75.59.119 (talk) .
- Hi. It would be helpful if you would post messages to me on my talk page, not in my archive, as I don't get the same obvious flag from the system for new messages posted on the archive page.
- In response to your message - I had posted about my reasons for removing on the article talk page. I'd prefer to continue the conversation there since this is something any editor of the article might be interested in. I will copy this comment there and any others you leave for me about this (unless you tell me not ot). I'll also post on the talk page for your IP address in the hope it is a static one.
- I don't find your arguments very persuasive. For a start the purpose of an encyclopedia article on baby showers should be about the social and historical context of the phenomenon. Not about how to plan one (see What Wikipedia is not). There is no problem with readers finding better baby shower resources on other sites. If someone wants to plan a baby shower or other event, off-line they'd reach for a how-to book, not an encyclopedia. If a reader wants to research what baby showers are - how they have impacted lives in general, what social, religious and economic factors have shaped them and other encyclopedic matters, then Wikipedia should be trying to ensure we have the best possible resources for them. I don't think these links fit.
- The links are to poor quality content from an encyclopedic perspective. They're not particularly well written; they're not particularly authoritative (no one "quotes" them in research), or popular (Alexa rankings put them both in the million+); the content is trivial (in that there are many places similar content can be found, and lots of people could write similar content) and can be found through a simple search on any search engine; and, most importantly, the quality of the information is not verified - the sites are not written by acknowledged leaders in the field, and there is no peer review or other process to ensure facts are correct.
- You say you've deleted the genuinely commercial sites, as though these two are not. But the sites you linked to are also blatantly commercial. With one site you link not to the content that expands (if poorly) on baby showers, but to a blurb introduction whose only purpose appears to highlight moor google ads. On this same site, the "About" page even has a nice little button to press so anyone can learn how to "generate revenue from your site with google adsense" However, though commercial sites are discouraged in favor of non-commercial sites, it's not a reason for deleting if the site is otherwise a good link. But since I fail to see how these links add any encyclopedic value, the fact that they are commercial makes me very keen on seeing them deleted.
- While you've said you plan baby showers and think readers need more information on that than the article can provide, you haven't said how these links add encylopedic content to the article. Do you (or other editors) have other, encyclopedic, reasons for keeping the links? Or do you disagree with my idea of what is encyclopedic? Thanks --Siobhan Hansa 18:08, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Natascha Kampusch
My apologies for the edit war but I felt I was dealing with someone who was totally unreasonable - an unregistered user just reverting my edits without reason or justification. Thankyou for your help and I shall be mindful of the advice for future GWP 09:26, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Infobox Scientist
Hi Siobhan, that is sweet of you to offer help for fixing up the infoboxes. Just go here [3] and you'll get a list of them. Start at the top and work down. It doesn't matter if you see a few that I've already done, because you can double check that I didn't miss anything. Also please ensure that any stuff deleted from the infoboxes is in its corresponding main article. Thanx again for your help. Best regards, bunix 10:43, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Protection of Falun Gong articles
The request for arbitration was apparently rejected. There is now no reason to have the articles unprotected. Fred Bauder 14:50, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 3RR Natascha Kampusch
Thanks for the advice, it's all new to me though, what does semi-protected mean exactly? I see that I now no longer have changes to the article appear in my watchlist - is that it? Is it a permanent thing? Have never 3rr-ed before!
I didn't want to keep reverting, actually I was waiting for people to come and help me and didn't see the point of debating with someone who was totally intransigent as user 80.141 etc was. As you can probably see, I do have strong opinions about the way this article was written previously - it was basically a hagiography when the real story is much more complex. Most of my revisions seem to have stuck so I'm appreciative of your help. All the best GWP 22:51, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Ok, cool. Say what you like about the Daily Mail, they do some great features! Thanks again, I'll be less involved in the article now having made certain points. It read a bit like a fan-article before and though my point on this matter isn't stricly NPOV, i.e. I have real reservations about her story, I felt it valid to include to even things up. Cheers GWP 23:41, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Removal of External Link
Hi SiobhanHansa: I apologize if I've added an inappropriate site to the marriage page (hitchedmag.com), but I do feel that it is appropriate. You took it down saying it was commercial, but there's not a single advertisement on the website, all the content is free and acreddited experts contribute columns on a weekly basis. The site promotes marriage and offers ideas to keep the marriage spark alive. It also interviews real married couples who share their stories of hardship and successes. I would say that this site may be more relevant than any of the other sites, except maybe Rutgers (which I think is great and should not be taken down, by the way) because hitchedmag.com is a proactive resource where couples can get answers, discover new ideas and find inspiration. I hope you agree and put the link back up.
www.hitchedmag.com Hitched | Entertains, Educates & Inspires Married Couples
[edit] Engagement Ring Spam
Might want to watch that fellow. Anyone we should report this to? Adam Cuerden talk 14:08, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
- No bother. Have the Engaged page under watch, and noticed rather a lot of reverting of late, so thought I'd check he hadn't done anything else. Sadly, he had. Damn spammers. Adam Cuerden talk 14:16, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
No problem, and thanks for removing the spam! Flcelloguy (A note?) 14:43, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Be warned, though, I spotted a couple others by following around: [4][5] And a HUGE LIST here Adam Cuerden talk 18:14, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Even more here. Any idea why he deletes some of his own spam? Trying to catch trawlers or summat invisibly? Adam Cuerden talk 18:25, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Exotic India
With regard to your questions about Seemagoel and exoticindiaarts, I don't know exactly what the relationship is between Seema and the website, but I did receive an e-mail from an e-mail @exoticindiaarts.com signed by Nitin Kumar, the author of some of the pieces of writing in question, stating that Seema Goel is authorised to release text under the GFDL. I get the impression that she is an employee of the website.
As for the quality of the text, I agree that a commercial website does not constitute a reliable source by itself. However, looking over what Seemagoel has added, the text appears to be of fairly high quality, and, while it is unsourced, the same is, as you observed, true of most of the articles in general. So, I think that Wikipedia benefits from including it, although it might require a {{fact}} tag in places. On the question of the links Seema is adding, I note that I requested on her talk page last year, "If you are the owner of the site in question, it is considered inappropriate to use Wikipedia for the purpose of creating links to it. Also, please do not add links to commerical pages, i.e. those that are selling something." However, I don't recall discussing this further in my e-mail correspondence with her or other people from that site.—Nat Krause(Talk!) 15:25, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Michael Tickner
Hi Siobhan, and thanks for taking the time to leave a message. I created the article because there wasn't already one on him and when researching I found that his first exhibition entry was when he was aged just 8, which I thought quite remarkable. He gets 9,500 or so Google hits - I reckon he's kind of well known, but if you don't think he's notable then please do nominate the article for deletion (I think in view of the number of hits and his early success he's more notable than many artists, so I personally feel it should be AfD rather than Prod, but that's just my opinion - I won't kick up a fuss if you think it should be proded), and if consensus is that it should go, then sure - I'm a big fan of consensus here. All the best, Mr WR 18:14, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Kevin H. Kinyon & Gigmasters.com, Inc.
This is Kevin H. Kinyon from Gigmasters.com, Inc. I'm at a loss as to why you are questioning my personal listing as well as the listing for Gigmasters. We'll certainly abide by the rules of Wikipedia, but I simply don't know how much more verification we can provide you with, short of snail mailing you my birth certificate and business licenses and other documentations for Gigmasters. We are not attempting to sell anything through Wikipedia. Any information you can provide me with would be most appreciated. My email address is info@gigmasters.com . Thanks so much for your help...
Kevin —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.120.243.181 (talk) .
Siobhan, thanks for your timely reply. I do appreciate your help and insight into this. I don't believe Wikipedia is a place to list all things which are true, however, Gigmasters is the first and largest online booking service on the Internet. Seems pretty significant. I'm not trying to advertise or spam. I'm just stating facts which can all be verified. By the way, the original post in Shania Twain's "From This Moment On" was not written by anyone at Gigmasters. This input was contributed by someone who must have seen our survey. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.120.243.181 (talk) .
[edit] Global Giving
Thanks for catching this one. I've blocked him/her for 31 hours. If they return to spamming after that, please let me know. Best, Gwernol 19:24, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Buddhist Anger Management Techniques
Sorry if my Buddhist Anger Management link was inappropriate. How do you feel about adding a section on the Anger Management page about Anger Management Techniques in Buddhism. Anger Management plays an essential role in Buddhism. Do you feel it would be appropriate for the page?
[edit] Infobox
Trying to reach an infobox consensus here: [6]. Please can you weigh-in with your opinion? SureFire 00:19, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wellesley College alumnae
Hi:
Thanks for your suggestion regarding duplicating categories for Wellesley College alumn{i,ae}
If I were to gain some form of consensus from other users, I would think the action that would be taken with consensus would be to a) create a new category with the preferred name b) revise all articles pointing to the less preferred name to point to both categories for a short amount of time, say one week C) put entries on talk pages and front pages for both categories indicating why the duplication is present and when the old category will become a redirect d) after that time interval, decategorize the articles pointing to the deprecated category, leaving only the preferred category e) make the deprecated category be a redirect to the real category
is there a better way than this method?
Thanks, Dbackeberg 16:17, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Riga
Any reason for removing so many links? Having a link to the city Riga Municipality portal is more than valid. Following your reasoning, most of the links in Wikipedia would disappear. I added an entry in Talk:Riga on this matter. Thanks, Pēters J. Vecrumba 01:09, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] FASC
I notice you have been systematically removing all the recently added links to the FASC (Fame Academy Supporters Club) [7] website from articles on former Fame Academy contestants.
In my view these should not be regarded as spam. This is a long established website; it is the leading UK information site on the whole of the Fame Academy Series, and is highly regarded by UK Fame Academy fans. Although it is a fan site and includes a message board, it also contains a large amount of comprehensive and accurate archived and current information about the series and subsequent careers of all the former contestants. Unfortunately this information is no longer available from the BBC Official Fame Academy homepage as this now only covers Comic Relief does Fame Academy. Jud 02:24, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] External Links
Advanced-Planning.eu and inventory-management.de are very helpfull external links maintained by a university professor for his students. These are helpfull external links closely related to all issues of supply chain management. You should not remove the links.
[edit] Tunbridge Wells (borough)
Removal of external link to a blog www.disgusted.tw. I'm confused as to why it has been removed and I would like to discuss having it added back. It is on topic for the page in question "Tunbridge Wells Borough" and has important information about living in Tunbridge Wells and the Borough. You have cited it is by a non-notable expert... I'm not sure how one becomes a 'notable expert' or what defines one. The blog in question has been refered to by the BBC, local radio and local newspapers and they had no problem with its contents or status. Those living in the Borough count on this page too and as such should be able to have links here - the wiki is a living encyclopedia?
- Hi, thanks for leaving a message for me. I do make mistakes, so it's quite possible I was not thorough enough when I looked at the link. In any case, I'm only one editor just like you. The relevent guideline for externa links is WP:EL - blogs are not generally considered appropriate. Exception might be made for, say, a blog by Stephen Hawkins on a Black Hole article. Still, I suggest posting the link to the talk page with evidence that it is "notable" (i.e. links to mention by the BBC and such). If most editors agree that it's a good external link then I certainly wouldn't edit against that consensus. I'll also take another look at it, I may end up changing my mind. --Siobhan Hansa 22:05, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi sorry only the second time I've used wiki - I will add it to the correct talk page - never noticed them before and makes sense now. I wondered how spam was kept out. Thanks.
[[Rob O'Callaghan] 23:14, 25 October 2006 (GMT)
[edit] Yeshua as a common name
I wanted to let you know that I agree with your removal of the "these were common names at the time" statement on Yeshua. I was thinking about removing it myself, but I thought it might be able to work in somehow. Anyway, have a great day. - Yonah mishael 19:14, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: Spammer you blocked is back
Hi (aeropagitica). You blocked 24.165.95.36 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log) on 2006-10-27 for spamming. Well they're back and just added the same link to the same article.[8] I know this is an IP address, but since it's a direct allocation, and its only edits appear to have been to add external links, I was wondering if you would think about blocking them for a little longer. Thanks. --Siobhan Hansa 18:06, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
- Now tagged with {{blatantvandal}}. They will be blocked if they vandalise again. Don't forget to place vandal alerts on WP:AIV in case I or other admins are away from our computers for a period of time. This will ensure a rapid response. Regards, (aeropagitica) 19:52, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Removing external links
Removing ALL external links from Depersonalization is a dis-service to many people who are seeking more information on the subject.
Most external links provided further educational information such as treatments, in-depth diagnosis information, aticles, and resources for those who suffer from Depersonalization.
The removal was irresponsible, and has made the page on Wikipedia less informative and less useful.
- Hi, I realize a lot of people want more information. And it's quite possible I made a mistake when with some of the links - though I tried to be thorough when I went through them. As far as I could tell none of the links were to reliable sources. We're an encyclopedia, not a forum, a self help manual, or simply a collection of links. We present verified knowledge that represents the significant points of view of experts in the field, not every experience anyone has had about a subject. So linking to sites without any sort of medical or academic provenance on an article about a condition like this can be irresponsible. Wikipedia's external links guidelines is quite clear that external links need to add encyclopedic value and should meet the same level of reliability we expect from our sources. If people want to find articles that are not of an encyclopedic quality they are quite able to use google to do so. A few external links to sites that meet the reliable sources policy would make a great addition to the article. If you disagree that the links fail our guidelines, please let me know which links you think meet our standards and why. We could make any discussion available to all editors on the talk page so that it isn't just about the two of us. --Siobhan Hansa 22:38, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Your edit to Alton Towers
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[edit] Your removals of links to www.idea.int
I apologize, I was unaware that site owners or representatives should not create external links to their own websites (though this of course generally is a good rule). I do think the link itself qualifies though. International IDEA is a NGO with 24 member states working on research on and promotion of different aspects of democracy, gender, electoral processes etc., and the actual link pointed to a page summarizing the institute's up to date info on the country at hand. It was not my intention to break any rules of Wikipedia and in the future I will suggest my link to be added on the discussion page instead of adding it myself. Btw - by mistake, I was not logged in when I added some of these links. Cheers // Petrux 10.08 1 november 2006 (UTC)
- Siobhanan No, I am not connected to the Baptist Healing Trust or to the Journal of Sacred Work. But I have studied this organization and believe my information is completely accurate. Mary thayer 20:01, 2 December 2006 (UTC)Mary Thayer
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[edit] Architectural visualisation
I'm quite happy to see it go, but how come there isn't an AfD - is dictionary definition a speedy delete criteria? --Mcginnly | Natter 14:47, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] artist's own entry
hi siobhan please take my entry down.. i was simply trying to get a link from wikipedia to my website to get some traffic because these images get little exposure (search engines search text not image). i'm an emerging artist and i thought there was no crime in putting an entry like this up. i now know that wikipedia doesn't work that way. sorry for the trouble, richard —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Richardmosse (talk • contribs) .
[edit] External Link about Auto Recycling
Hi siobhan, Why did you remove the "auto recycling" link from the Car Donation page. It was a great, very relevant article about "Where Old Cars go" with information you can not find anyplace in Wikipedia?--mp 16:40, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
I understand you are concerned about the source of the article. The figures have been taken from a magazine published by Geico Car Insurance (Please click on the external link and see the left side). Unfortunately, Geico did not post the information on their web site, www.geico.com
When people call our charity to donate their car, they very often ask: What will you do with my old car? Or they will say: My car is not running. Can it still beneficial to your charity?
I could rename the external link to: "What charities do with cars that are not running" if that will help. I honestly believe that people who will read the car donation article in WIkipedia will find this link very informative and relevant.
I could ask the web designer to take out any information in the page you feel is soliciting too strongly for car donations.
Thank you so much for your time and effort.--mp 17:49, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] CTRL, ALT, DELETE
hi siobhan, thanks for referring this to art specific editors. my biggest concern was having to try and justify myself in terms of importance (by modifying the entry to contend with an editor's assertion of my work as "exceedingly minor") when that wasn't at all my intention in making the entry in the first place. i am an emerging artist and make no bones about my career being exceedingly minor at this stage. i was a little disappointed that the wikipedia process forced me down the path of commodifying myself. but that's essentially the problem of making a wiki entry on yourself, and i shouldn't have even tried. but live and learn. i would rather the entry comes down until someone else puts one up there, if ever. and i'll scour the web for other ways to link to my website. in the meantime, i'd be delighted to make a few wiki posts on the art scene that i am in touch with. can you point me to a set of wikipedia's ground rules on expanding the vaults? thanks, Richardmosse 18:11, 1 November 2006 (UTC)richardmosse
[edit] Liberty-search link
Hello,
I have edited my search engine so that it would better fit the needs of the wikipedia community: by clicking the "about this website and how to contribute"-link, people can find out who has made it and which websites it searches. I hope you don't mind me putting the links back without prior discussion - I really think the website is a valuable device - it instantly provides a libertarian perspective on just about any subject one can imagine. (about the 'Liberty Search'-link on the articles 'liberty', 'libertarianism', and 'classical liberalism'.) Demoscho 16:28, 2 November 2006 (UTC)—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Demoscho (talk • contribs) .
[edit] Asset_Protection External Links
Hello, I just received a message from you that you removed those two links I added to Asset Protection. Both links are to websites that are extremely helpful, written by experts in the field, and are non-commercial. I am a new user of Wikipedia, but have been browsing for years, and I believe those links are consistent with my many positive experiences on the site.
[edit] Tom Boone
Hi Siobhan,
I am not sure if I am writing this in the "correct" place. I am just learning the Wiki interface here and, believe me, it is not entirely intuitive.
I appreciate your taking the time to help me edit the pages pertaining to social entrepreneurship and Bill Drayton. Bill was extremely disappointed in what information was out there before and I am doing my best to better explain. I expect that I will be continuing to try to rewrite these pages to more accurately reflect who we (Bill, Ashoka, and the leading social entrepreneurs) are and what we mean by these concepts.
I am not sure exactly what changes you made or did not make -- so it is difficult to indicate whether I agree or disagree. I will do my best to comply with your Manual of Style.
Thanks again!
Tom Boone (tboone@ashoka.org) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Thomboone (talk • contribs) .
[edit] Bull Terrier
I lurk on this one - and wonder whether the 'famous' owners needs a perusal - there are some dubious looking entries there - just thought I'd ask anyone doing anything on it for a check? SatuSuro 23:39, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] ATP Links
The links I added explained more about the cleanroom industry and how cleanrooms are used. We provide general cleanroom information as well as sell the products. Cleanroom products are bought based on specifications rather than advertising. Advertising is a bit pointless in this business. The Wikipedia cleanroom and static control articles are a bit sparce so I was trying to expand on them. There is no really site that isnt commerical that gives detailed useful information on cleanrooms and static control except maybe the societys, but they are funded by industry so... *shrug* 83.141.103.162
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- Most where articles talking about a particular topic? Where they moved to a convertsation topic? Those topics where no currently covered. Wikipedia gives no really indication about how each product is designed for this sort of environment. Nor a really understanding of the materials. The items links makes sense to be deleted though due to the guidelines, but I would repeat no one in this industry would buy one of these products from reading about it on wikipedia. Thousands of euros could be lost. Wouldnt happen.83.141.103.162
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- No one in this industry would buy one of these products from reading about it on wikipedia. Thousands of euros could be lost. :::Wouldnt happen.
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[edit] Gigmasters
Thanks for the heads up. I've protected the pages against recreation and indef blocked the latest account as an abusive sockpuppet. Best, Gwernol 16:33, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
What is a sockpuppet? Thanks, Jeter —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.86.122.229 (talk)
According to Wikipedia, a 'sockpuppet' occurs when another user account created secretly by an existing wikipedian, generally to manufacture the illusion of support in a vote or argument. Also, particularly on AfD, a friend of an existing Wikipedian who has created an account solely for the purpose of supporting that wikipedian in a vote (this special case is often called a meat puppet). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.86.122.229 (talk)
I would also like to thank those who helped get Gigmasters.com back onto Wikipedia. The references were key. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gigmasters (talk • contribs) .
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[edit] Reverting link to Letterpress Printing
Hello Siobhan,
Forgive me if I'm not writing in the right place or not following proper etiquette in some way. This is my first time using Talk. I am the person who added the external links to the Fine Press Book Association and Codex Foundation yesterday, and I see you have removed the latter.
As a letterpress printer myself I put these up as a possibly useful resource for others interested in letterpress who might want to attend the conferences these associations organize, as they are excellent places to learn about letterpress printing in person. I thought it would also be useful to point to one in the UK and one in the US. (There may be more in other countries, but these are the ones I have either attended personally or know of firsthand through the network of letterpress printers.)
I have read through the guidelines for posting external links and am not sure where I went wrong in posting the Codex Foundation. It is, I admit, a relatively new organization. However, its mission is very similar to the FPBA's, and its fair is equal in scope (and some of FPBA's members will be exhibiting there). It is not about selling books but about education and keeping the book arts, especially letterpress, alive.
So those were my reasons for putting up the link. On the other hand, I'm sure you had a good reason for reverting it, and as a newbie I would be grateful if you could let me know why, so that I can avoid making a similar error in future.
Thanks for your time.
Mmechinita 11:04, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cyprus
You are correct. I do not see that there was a mixed BC and BCE pattern. I guss I saw a mixture then, but I do not now see it was so. My mistake. Hmains 18:54, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
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You sent me a message about spamming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rental_agreement with a link to http://www.agreementsetc.com/rental-agreements/ I had added the link because I have actually used that site a few times and found the doucuments to be really helpful, I thought it would be a good resource here.
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[edit] backronym
Thanks for the more reliable source on the article. I have absolutley no connection to the article other than i took it as a challenge to clean it up! The help is appreciated. Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 23:03, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Brokerblogger Message Alert
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[edit] Re:Image:VCraigJordan.jpg
There isn't anything formal in place. Basically we're just writing to people and asking them, and then forwarding the permission letters to <permissions@wikimedia.org>. I've been using variants of this, but I'm not totally happy with it. It's a fine line because we want to explain to people what we want, which is complicated, without confusing them so much they just give up. —Chowbok ☠ 16:45, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
- I forgot about Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission, which seems to the point. —Chowbok ☠ 02:42, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Marriage edit
There's a slight problem with that: Click on the button on the Table of Contents to hide it and Bad Things (tm) happen. Any ideas? Adam Cuerden talk 20:08, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
- I've got it to something that has non-ideal but acceptable behaviour. It could be better, but I'm not at this moment sure how. Adam Cuerden talk 20:31, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
- The Combi template was a good idea, but since one i sonly half the width of the other, it left awkward space between the left border of it and the space: Not ideal. It'd work better elsewhere, I'm sure. Adam Cuerden talk 21:10, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Multiple Edits Of External Links - HELP
Hello, Recently I posted a nummber of “external links”, maybe ten or so, under various themes. All seem to have been removed. I am not certain why. Of course it is presumed that nothing is meliciously done and that I have not follwed the rules. I can presume that it looks like I am “spamming” in some way. I can only say that I feel I am not. The only clue I have gotten so far is that in one edit note it says that I was marketing a book. This is ture but I am at a loss as so many other links that are up market books, DVD’s and even ask for funds. Mine is rather discrete and all the links are to ligitamate organizations or to sustiaining or croberating material. The underlying theme is a pychological one and I see it as far reaching and thus the many posts trying to link many subjects. I am affileated with at least three of the grups that have links posted. Here I include a few of the posts you edited and a few comments. So, could you please give me some guidence as to what I can do? (Believe me this is no way to sell books. It is the content of the pages I am trying to get across.) Thank you very, very much. B. Lynch
Entry on “Humilation” “External Links” Just Fight On! Centre Against Workplace Bullying UK raising funds · mobbing.ca (Mobbing resources in Canada) book for sale · Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies book for sale Affect Thoery
The Silvan S. Tomkins Institute selling DVD lints to many other bodks and tapes
Under “Twelve Steps”
I note these books for sale
[edit] AA · The A.A. Service Manual combined with Twelve Concepts for World Service by Bill W.. 2005-2006 Edition, New York: Alcoholics Anonymous, General Service Conference 2005. · Alcoholics Anonymous. The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism, New York: Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed. new and rev. 2001, ISBN 1-893007-16-2 ('Big Book'). · Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, New York: Alcoholics Anonymous, 1953, ISBN 0-916856-01-1. [edit] Supporters · "The Steps We Took", by Joe McQ. (of "Joe & Charlie") 1990 August House ISBN 0-87483-151-2 .
I do list a book for sale entitled “Twelve Steps To Emotional Health” on the site but the site is primarily a alternate version of the Twelve Steps. It seems to me a very arbitrary call, books are books.
Under “World Peace”
http://www.peace.ca/ There are many external links one example given here where lots of books are for sale.
I believe I linked my “Twelve Steps to Justice” here. These are principles that are related to The Restorative Justice movement which many think has a basis in Affect Theory (see above). The principles of Restorative Justice have been officially adopted by the U.N. So It is all connected. I am not “just” spamming if that is your thought.
Under “School Violence”
Only one “external link” listed now. Mine was removed no reason given. It was in the from of a “open letter” and with some links to Affect Theory which “we” think is a need “take” on the problem. (I don't understand the instructions about the signature.)
Brian Lynch 3044 North Laramie Chicago, Ill 60641 brianlynchmd.com DrBPLynch@aol.com -
[edit] Scott Mitchell (businessman)
I added some comments about the Scott Mitchell article on the article's talk page. The article seems kind of like an advertisement bio to me... please see my comments. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.34.246.37 (talk)
[edit] RE: Protections
Heh, I was actually going through Category:Semi-protected unprotecting stuff when I unprotected 529 plan. I've unprotected the other now. -- Steel 17:11, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Talk:Marriage
I'm really interested to see how they deal with my cites. I suspect they'll try to deny them, despite having asked for them in the first place.
P.S. Want a copy of that last cite? It's eminently usable for the article. Adam Cuerden talk 18:19, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Do briefs stink?? protection
Why would it be better to leave it redlinked? Kimchi.sg 13:56, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
I was guessing it might not have been you, but AGF got the better of me so I decided to reply on your page. I've blocked him as an impersonator. Kimchi.sg 14:15, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] [[Removal of link]
My apologies. I fully understand the logic. I despise spam and was primarily trying to share quality information with users. knoxtenn Knoxtenn 15:03, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Amnesty International
I'm unclear on why you chose to revert my Amnesty edit. Amnesty is often ctiticized and I think stating it give more balance than some which means it's critics are in the minority.Preform 01:10, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Howie Carr
This is getting out of hand, did you even look at my edit? I added another Carr nickname for Nancy Pelosi that he has been using ever since the 2006 election. What is the problem?
[edit] Chinese Foreign Stereotyping
I specifically mentioned the source: Culture Shock! China by Kevin Sinclair and Iris Wong Po-yee. Why did you delete it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by X911 (talk • contribs) .
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[edit] Re: Rajkumar Kanagasingam
I created this article based on another one here at Wikipedia which was done all wrong. I don't know anything about him, or why there is an article. Could be a candidate for deletion actually. — Wackymacs 20:50, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: Rajkumar Kanagasingam
Though the Rajkumar Kanagasingam was posted by me to the wikipedia originally but wrongly as a newbie (and still feel so), it was actually created by Wackymacs[9] and subsequently shaped by others [10], [11], [12], [13] and [14].
After they all have given notability for Rajkumar Kanagasingam only, I started to shape the Rajkumar Kanagasingam.
The Daily News of Sri Lanka [15] is a Sri Lanka's National Newspaper since 1918 and the widest read newspaper in Sri Lanka and overseas.
Rajkumar Kanagasingam has published articles over the years and the following articles [16], [17], [18] and [19] are available online since 2002.
Though the articles have been written by the subject Rajkumar Kanagasingam, the facts he has mentioned in those articles might have well accepted by the populace without any complaint before he published the next article over the years and might have established some credibility within the Editorial circle as well.
I wonder why those articles can't be considered as Reference for Rajkumar Kanagasingam.
The Press Release in Daily News [20] could speak for Rajkumar Kanagasingam's association with leading Sri Lankan and international personalities and adding notability for Rajkumar Kanagasingam.
The US State Department's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatements "Safe Passage" Newsletter carried a news[21] on "Night of A Thousand Dinners" which was organised jointly by Asian-German Sports Exchange Program and PDIP, A Think Tank which was founded by Rajkumar Kanagasingam.
As the PDIP's Secretary-General, his activities in the available publications (on-line) will speak for his achievements.
All of his above attempts are substantial enough for a fair testimony for his notability among Sri Lankans and gives weight of his book German Memories in Asia which is about-to-be-released.
Ezine Articles may be "Vanity Press" but the contents in most of the articles by Rajkumar Kanagasingam are falling in the lines of well-researched and well-documented articles than those of mere Search Engine Optimization (SEO) ones.
After all his Ezine Articles are linking to his Book/Author Info. Page in AGSEP[22], which is an NGO and not to his personal or affiliated sites with ulterior motives of Ad Sense and click-gimmicks. As an author he is trying his fair attempt for his book without any hidden baits.
Some of the linkings might be Link Farms as I am a newbie of mere three months, but you should consider few of the internationally prominent people I have so far created and those have been left out in the wikipedia so far, especially Dr. Gamani Corea and others.
I have spent lot of my time to keep Dominic Jeeva from deletion with rest of my creations Arumaipperumal and Pandara Vannian which are not falling into the Link Farms.
The Internet is introduced after the mid nineties and still most of the news items are not falling into the web-world. By expecting reference for testing a person's notability with on-line reference materials might be some times misleading where the particular persons' references are mostly in off-line media archives.
Internet is mostly weighing a person's prominence based on the Internet availability in English and few other languages and not in all other world or local languages.
I don't have any objections if suitable and appropriate deleting Rajkumar Kanagasingam from wikipedia, but my kind expectation is at least wikipedia should attempt to have a survey among Sri Lankans through its available means whether Rajkumar Kanagasingam is prominent enough or not among Sri Lankans.
User:Rajsingam 2 December 2006
[edit] Global Volunteers
Hi, thanks for improving and deprodding Global Volunteers. The current version is much better and I have no problem with it – Gurch 04:25, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: Rajkumar Kanagasingam
Hallo! Thanks for your kind advice.
I noted your points carefully and like to brief myself for your kind concern.
As I stated already I never thought of entering into wikipedia but it happened its way.
That is the way I received a Peace Award in 1989 from Srichinmoy, the head of the Peace Meditations at the UN Headquarters, New York on his visit to Sri Lanka for my initiative on a Peace Mission around the world, but it never happened for various reasons.
But the Peace Award changed my world view and made me popular in the island by featuring in various media.
As the recipient of the award and my links with the UN Association of Sri Lanka, I involved in indirect politics and peace initiatives for a lasting solution in the Island.
Other than my above peace attempts I did my Business Administration and a graduate-level course on international affairs and started to lecture on Business Administration and Economics.
At times I combined my lecturing and UN Association links for various charitable purposes.
I founded the PDIP, A Think Tank and spent a lot my time, effort and my own money for various awareness programs on landmine and economic issues.
I did a marathon speech on "world economies" for nearly 20 hours in a day and that gave me a chance to be interviewed and featured in a weekly English newspaper and subsequently gave me a chance to be a Business Reporter for that newspaper for some time and to interview some of the top personalities in the island and overseas and eventually made me a columnist on various issues in the Sri Lanka's leading newspaper, Daily News.
I did a speech in India on "Re-building the Indian Economy beyond natural disasters" to raise fund for Gujarat earth quake victims in 2001 and gave me some popularity among Indians by featuring in the Indian media like "THE HINDU" and other.
My speeches on "Changing Role of the US Economy in the Year 2000 and beyond" and "Globalization and Future Role of the Sri Lanka Trade and Industry" are chaired by Dr. James W. Spain, a former US Ambassador for Sri Lanka and the UN and Dr. Gamani Corea, a former Secretary-General of UNCTAD gave some more prominence.
I did many things by some hidden urge which eventually made me popular among the LTTE and the Government circles and helped a lot in the tsunami time in coordinating things between the Government, LTTE and the NGOs on relief assistance towards the tsunami victims.
I have evidence for all what I did and said above in off-line media archives which are written by others and me and appeared in English and the local languages Sinhala and Tamil, but wonder how I could furnish to wikipedia.
Still I don't know whether I am eligible for the popularity which I gained but things works its way and made me to author the book "German Memories in Asia" which is well documented all what I did and said above and more about the world from the pre-historical times.
User:Rajsingam 2 December 2006
- Hi Siobhan, the user above asked me for help as well. I found a link from a Sri Lankan paper and the Sri Lankan embassy in Canada to assert some more notability. I encouraged him to ask myself and other Tamil users to do the writing for him so that we dont violate WP:AUTO and WP:COI. Also I am not a Sri Lankan Tamil, so theres more NPOV. I would love to help Mr. Kangasingam with his article and see him as a good faith contributor whos merely learning a bit. I see from your replies on his talk page that you think the same way. Thanks for helping him out.Bakaman 23:55, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] User:81.97.107.117
Thanks for spotting that. The IP is taking a time out. If you spot a repeat let me know. Best, Gwernol 22:17, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Replied comment
Hello Siobhan,
I replied to your comment on my user talk. Please have a look. [23]
Thank you for your welcome. Retrogames 22:56, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Marriage is being edited to death
Your right it is a totally unnecessary edit. And the sentence two paragraphs down refers to the fact that marriage is also recognized legally and by religious institutions. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by GMS508 (talk • contribs).
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[edit] Rajkumar Kanagasingam
Hello Siobhan,
I will try my best to add references by bringing off-line archives into the web.
User talk:Rajsingam 5 December, 2006 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rajsingam (talk • contribs) 09:36, 5 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Restaurants
Hi,
I appreciate your viligence in keeping spam off the restaurant ratings page, but my last edit was not intended as spam. I think that not mentioning any web resources in the restaurant guides section is a glaring omission that should be corrected. I only used Restaurantdb as an example because it is the site I use, and because there is a wiki page for them (I believe internal links are preferrable to external ones?). Would it be acceptable if we added several links? E.g. in addition to restaurantdb, also chefmoz, restaurants.com, citysearch, chowbaby, etc. etc.?
By the way, in my opinion the statement that newspaper reviewers typically return to a restaurant many times to sample the whole menu is a gross exaggeration at best. Only a very few (e.g. New York Times), if any, newspapers have the capability or the inclination to do this. Also, the next statement that newspapers have the best insight into an area's restaurants, pronounced with the certainty of a logical inference (with the "Therefore...") is also a misleading exaggeration. Again, only very large and rich newspapers in affluent areas have the capability or the interest in hiring competent reviewers and covering a large number of restaurants. And in those kinds of places, there will be other resources available (e.g. Zagat's or other specialized guides). My experience with newspaper restaurant guides in small to medium cities has been extremely poor. Just another reason that web resources should be included on this page.
Anyway, I don't know if you wrote that content but you seem to be responsible for the content now. That's my 2 cents.
68.238.87.65 22:00, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- Not sure if you'll get this since you're clearly not always at the same IP address so I'll respond here: You make some good points. I don't think of the article (or the wording I reverted to) as mine, but I hate seeing paragraphs I know are going to become blackholes for directory (internal or external) like listings that promote minor examples that don't really enhance people's understanding of the main subject. I've had a go at changing the wording - please feel free to join in. --Siobhan Hansa 17:44, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Wedding Ring
Glad you've had an edit here - but what bit did you consider POV? (The observation that many feel or choose to act as if the marriage did NOT end on death? Well that's why I gave the Lewis ref. It is more than 'tradition' I suggest). Bob aka Linuxlad 18:48, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your answer, which is a fair one in the main. But it would seem (from books, from asking a few widow(er)s, from chatting to a bereavement counsellor) that many people consider that they are still 'married', and in particular bound by the marriage vow of fidelity, for some time after the death of their partner. Feelings of missing the (inconvenience of) a ring are wholly secondary I suggest. It is a super-rationalist conceit to dismiss these quite common feelings as merely 'tradition' Linuxlad 19:52, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: addition of historyinfocus-london.co.uk (City of London 1960s Revisited) external links
Hello Siobhan,
I must admit I was a little bewildered at first when I found that the link I had added, in all innocence to your page, had been deleted. But, then I found your message. So, I am sorry if you thought the link to be inappropriate. I was certainly not intending to seek publicity in any way. But, I am afraid that I am a little new to all this, despite having read what I thought were all of Wikipedia guidelines. So please forgive me.
However, how I came to add my link to your page and other pages about the City of London, is as a result of an e-mail I received the other day. Actually, I receive some very complimentary e-mails about my site from people across the world. But this was the first e-mail I received asking me if I had thought of adding a link to my website from pages about the City of London, on Wikipedia? The writer went on to say that she thought my site, comparing the City as I had experienced it in the 1960s, with today, would be of enormous interest to people. Adding, in her words: “Your photography, especially, is incredible and your pictures, quite beautiful. They bring everything to life! More than often, pictures on the Internet are so small (sometimes postage stamp size), dark and barely discernable. So, how refreshing it is to come across your site!”. What can I say!
I am, therefore, only too sorry you feel that my site would not be a suitable one to link with as an interesting additional resource for readers of your page. But, maybe you might reconsider. Anyway, thank you for your time. 82.27.142.114 01:51, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The "Flirting" article and "kino"
The seduction community has a term, kino (derived from kinesthetics), for precisely this sort of casual touch. An example would be a woman gently touching a man's arm during conversation.
So, there is a subculture in the world that has a good word for something. It's just like referencing a bit of hacker jargon in an article about operating systems, or a bit of CB lingo in an article about the trucking business. I do want to explain in the article that there is a certain type of touch that is meant here, and I like including the word "kino", one reason being that a curious reader can then type "kino" into a search engine and get relevant results.
I don't want to imply that the seduction community is the only authority on what kind of contact counts as flirting and what doesn't, and eventually I'd like to see several sources on the matter.
Now, how can I rephrase that footnote while preserving the original intent? Squidfryerchef 03:49, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Jargon and sources
Well, the Manual of Style says to "explain jargon". Im pretty sure we're not supposed to write articles _in_ jargon, but I don't see any problem with saying "there's a subculture that has its own word, 'x', for this".
Now, I know that mentioning _only_ kino as an alternate term, in the only footnote in the "Notes" section, sticks out like a sore thumb. And I know there is a problem with there being more explanation of what "kino" is in the Flirting article than in the "Seduction community" article. But I'd rather leave it as is and allow other material to be added to balance it out.
The reason for singling out "casual touch" to footnote was that it is a very general term. And most of the other terms such as "eye contact" had good links to other articles; linking to the article on the sense of touch didn't do it for me. And I wasn't up to creating a new article on "kino" or "the use of touch in flirtation".
As far as original research, I don't see any problem with people sourcing ( with references ) terms from various subcultures in the article and comparing them, as long theyre not trying to advance a particular thesis. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Squidfryerchef (talk • contribs) 05:36, 13 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Footnotes vs. references
I noticed that in between my revision and yours, the "kino" footnote was moved into the "references" section. I originally put it in a separate "notes" section on purpose, to show that this was intended as an "extra" explanation and not something we were relying on to prove or disprove a point. Squidfryerchef 06:09, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Thanks for removal of link
Thanks for the removal of the spam link in the numerology article. I saw that and was kind of iffy on whether it was spam or not. Thanks a lot for the removal. :D Tinkleheimer 05:31, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] external link - africaresource.com
Siobhan,
Please take another look at AfricaResource.com. It is NOT an African-American website unless of course, you are collapsing Africa into African-American experience.
azuka —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.205.182.173 (talk) 11:05, 20 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Regarding Maria Ozawa
Shiryu22 here - wanted to say thanks for correcting my edit. However, this leads me to a question - if the information is unverifiable, should it then be taken off Maria Ozawa's page in the trivia section? I've seen a few articles with iffy trivia sections, and, as thus, am not sure if I should go ahead and remove the reference to Christian Academy in Japan. Shiryu22 06:19, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Anton Balasingham
Thousands of Tamils in London and from overseas paid their last respect to Anton Balasingham, their one time hope for peace in their home land and the LTTE’s theoretician and chief negotiator at Alexandra Palace in north London[24][25][26].
Image:Anton Balasingham.jpg
Balasingham’s casket was placed at the front of the Palace’s Great Hall was escorted in by an honour guard, white gloved and dressed in black suits. After a brief initial ceremony, where hundreds of Tamil activists around the world participated by placing flower petals on Balasingham’s body, followed by a long line of families with children, youth and older Tamils and distinguished personalities internationally.
While paying respects, many wept openly, others prayed and some lifted their young children so they also could place petals. Community organizations from across the world have sent representatives and they placed dozens of wreaths and bouquets alongside the casket. While one said ‘Voice of the Nation’, the title bestowed on the LTTE theoretician by the movement, another said ‘Uncle’, the title by which many LTTE cadres used to address him affectionately.
Thousands of people from far away places arrived in several coaches and flights from Switzerland, France, Canada, US, Australia, Norway and Germany were waiting outside the venue on a freezing cold day and the queue snaked back from the Great Hall.
Balasingham was cremated shortly afterwards at a private ceremony leaving the people for whom he was fighting for by his intellectual wisdom.
I have well placed the reference for the above article, please let me know where I stand.
Rajsingam 24 Dec. 2006
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[edit] Anton Balasingham
Hi Siobhan,
I wanted to know the way I edited is acceptable.
Rajsingam 26 Dec. 2006
Anton Balasingham
[edit] Anton Balasingham
Hi Siobhan,
Can you do few editing on "Funeral in London" to make more NPOV.
Rajsingam 26 Dec. 2006
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[edit] hi
Of note to you may be this. I think you and I did a good job helping Raj with the article to assert notability.Bakaman 05:50, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Rajkumar Kanagasingam
Hi,
I kindly request here Jimmy Wales, Administrators and other senior editors to verify the good faith of the User:Nv8200p for placing AfD tag than "This article needs expansion" just two days after my controversial discussion for my community in the discussion page of Anton Balasingham. Rajsingam 11:34, 31 December 2006 (UTC) Oden RaveenS Bakasuprman SiobhanHansa Wackymacs Seraphimblade
[edit] References (off-line media archives) on Rajkumar Kanagasingam
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[edit] Pr unni
Hi Siobhan,
Many other sites listed are actor and actress fan sites.. In my site lots of info about the particular actor/actress but my site was removed at the same time site with no content remains.. for eg, for Kavya_madhavan i have full details about the actress like photo gallery, profile,movie info etc.. Pr unni 04:01, 1 January 2007 (UTC)—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pr unni (talk
[edit] Masterworks links
Gah. Okay, not meant as COI at all, as the sites linked to are meant to be more informational than commercial... I just submittted a bunch, will continue in the talk sections going forward.
Softlord 06:35, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] from W4wan
02-Jan-07, 13.22 (GMT +7)
Hostile... after second view, It seems so, but please make note on the key phrase "at that time" though... and "I was wrong". It's my view on the past.
for the asia stuff, what I meant was "hey you @#$%, don't you know...", it's more like "oh, it's because...".
for the misreading and not looking at the edit itself. Yeah, you are right.
I tought after the modification of both wikis, and the update of the content of the mediation (and in my user talk BDuke already mentioned that he (and other people, probably) won't bother this matter anymore) it's all finished. But, yeah I should had checked the case page.
Overall, I agreed with you that my last post was unclear, thus sending a mixed message.
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At that time, I didn't believe you would be able to provide an objective insight (since you along with me are the participants of the revert conflict (I was wrong, I guess...), I didn't want to involved in an endless and pointless arguments. So I made a shortcut by talking to other people.
What I really expected from a third person are: a justification for my action, or an objective direct hit to my POV (and/or ego) (in this case BDuke provided me with the second option)
As you see, I didn't hold onto my ego, and directly make a change on both wikis. Now I understand your POV and the fact that I need to at least should say a word to you first.
Regarding the no response stuff, do you know the recent eartquake in Taiwan severing internet in Asia? I'm in Asia. You got the big picture.
As for as your claim about notability, I guess I misinteperated your entry on CAJ wiki history:
(wikilink Maria Ozawa, remove mention of alumni who isn't notable enough for a wikipedia article, remove link to pdf document from official site - users can get to it from the site if they want it.)
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[edit] Link on Orthodox Judaism page
Why did you delete the link I put on that page. You gave me a reason, which is completely ridiculous. The link I added is in NO WAY different from any of the other links on ANY of the other billions of Wikipedia pages.
And I've added plenty of links to pages before.
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[edit] Nursing Bras History
Hi, I've added a link from Breastfeeding to http://www.nursing-bras.com/history.html which you removed. I am new here, but I added this link after I had a few requests from people reading that article to add it to Wikipedia as they've said this information could not be found there.
Could you give your opinion where can a link to that article would be appropriate?
Idof6 00:27, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Princess Diana Institute of Peace
Hi,
I kindly request you to have a look on the Princess Diana Institute of Peace whether the details I have submitted are meeting the criteria for citation. Thanks Rajsingam 11:13, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
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Hi Siobhan,
Thanks
I don't have any reference at the moment to show the PDIP's link with the US State Department's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement other than the SAFE PASSAGE newsletter.
But we are planning a new awareness program with Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement; I hope that will show some link. Other than the "Incorporation Declaration Notice", I have hardly anything to probe the PDIP is incorporated or I have incorporated that. Thanks Rajsingam 14:29, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Talk:Princess Diana Institute of Peace
I replied to your comment. Rajsingam 15:40, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Talk:Business Process Management
Hi Siobhan Hansa, I have no issues with inline references. However in the given case the reference did not make any sense (to me). The ref was meant to support a rather trivial claim: good design is good ... Additionally, the ref was not specific with respect to the claim -- you could basically take almost any academic IS article to support this claim. In general, I think the article is still pretty bad and deserves a major overhaul. I'll see what I can do. Thanks for your feedback! BTW: Where am I supposed to respond to your TALK? On my TALK page or on your TALK page? Begewe 17:45, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] my sites names in your link spam
hello.. pl remove my site names and adsense id from your http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SiobhanHansa/linkspam... because when i search for my site names this page also lists in google... i pormise you that i will not add any links in wiki future... we are a games development company and we hv good reputation amoung our clients.. this kind of remarks may affect our sales are revenue.. we too are obsessed with hackers and spamming sites... hackers are cracking our exes... and putting serial nos on their sites.. spams sites are overtaking our sites in search engines... so i am feeling sad when my sites are being named as spam sites.. we are 100% legitimate developers... i didnt know that it is wrong to put links in wiki... i made a mistake.. you removed it.. thats over.. so pl remove the bad remarks about our sites...
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[edit] Thanks for comments on WP:EL
Thanks for adding to the discussion about rewriting the "important points" section on WP:EL. I feel that the section is supposed to instruct users on keeping the EL section uncluttered but it doesn't, and it's not easy to get everyone to agree on a new wording. I'm baffled where this perceived ban on web directories other than DMOZ comes from. But anyway check back cause we'll need a lot of eyeballs to move a consensus along. Squidfryerchef 02:02, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] link spam
Hi Siobhan Hansa, thanks for changing it.. but still the URL shows linkspam.... ofcourse as u said u can hv it for future reference... but why dont wiki has a separate set of urls accessible only for reviewers instead of putting everything public... infact i like wiki a lot and for a any reference first i go to wiki.. it is ofcourse a great concept..
or alteast put a noindex meta tag to stop indexing it by search engines... how long this entry will remain on that page ? i am very much worried about it... mainly i added links for the first 2 sites.. why dont you remove the remaining 3 site names... because they r my e-commerce sites...
Also pl remove the adsense ID... i am more worried about.. that is my main income source... and my livelihood..so please remove it...
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[edit] Sources for Confucious
At first, please forgive my poor English.
I have checked out those wikisources for reliability to citing sources. I am sure those sources are stable and the same as the original content in textbook. Those sources I used in wikisource are all ancient contents and written before two thousand years ago. I believe these sources will not change frequent. One day the ability of stable edition of wiki will be implemented, and I assume that this feature will shed the light of citing source from wikis.
Until now I can sure the wikisource is Okay for citing in this article. But I will add the other sources for current standard of reliability. --Peachwa & Neversay(talk) 14:05, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
Fix some typo.--Peachwa & Neversay(talk) 14:07, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
I agree with your opinion. And I will not use any wiki to my citing source any more. Indeed there is risk when we citing a changeable content for verifying. --Peachwa & Neversay (talk) 16:37, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] External links for The Pulitzer Center
Hello Siobhan Hansal,
I am new to the Wikipedia community and have been working with the Pulitzer Center to help raise awarness of the Center and its reports worldwide by providing external links to relevent topics (such as a link from "Darfur Conflict" to a 20min documentary on the subject). The Pulitzer Center is a non-profit organization that is only interested in making acessable relevent and non biased new reports to as many people as possible, that is why I have been providing so many external links to the site. Please explain why you've deleted all of my links? I believe if you were to investigate all the links I have provided you would see that they are relevent and extend upon the posted information. Would you be so kind as to let me know if and how I can repost these links? If not, is there a limit to links I would be allowed to post? I reiterate, I am not trying to SPAM or hoodwink, I just want to help the Pulitzer Center get its news coverage to a wider audience.
Thanks in advance,
Blendus
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[edit] link spam
hello... still this url showing as linkspam in google http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SiobhanHansa/linkspam and it is not redicting to the new one and returning only a status 200. pr_unni
[edit] Anton Balasingham
Hi,
The above personality did a lot for a lasting solution in the island though he suffered from diabetes, Motor Neurone Disease, a degenerative disease of the nervous system, and possibly medicine-induced bile duct cancer.
Now putting his Bio "Terrorist Tag", I feel unreasonable and removing it, please take necessary action on this.
I have discussed my points at Talk:Anton Balasingham.Rajsingam 09:43, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] pr_unni
Now the page is appearing as a new url in Google
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SiobhanHansa/Wedding_related_linkspam
I want you to completely remove my site names and adsense id from your public page. If you want it for reference then keep it as a private page. I have consulted with legal experts here. As per our cyber laws you dont have any rights to use my site name or business details without my persmission.
Pr unni 04:59, 21 January 2007 (UTC)pr_unni
[edit] sites
Hi Siobhan Hansa, It was not a kind of legal threat. I dont want to get in to a legal battle with wikipedia. I do like and respect wikipedia service and use it atleast once a day.
But as I said earlier i have only 2 income sources. One is adsense and other one is my shareware products. Thats is why i am really worried about it.
1.I am affraid if somebody from adsense team sees my id under a spam list might affect my relationship with them.
2.If my product users see my company name under some spam list might affect my sales (that too in a reputed site like wiki).
So I am desperately looking for a solution for this. Actually i added links in wiki mainly for the first two sites.. so I think you can keep the first two and remove other sites (my product sites) and adsense id. Pr unni 03:57, 22 January 2007 (UTC)pr_unni
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[edit] Just a thought
You and OpenToppedBus seem to be the only people doing much on the UK charities pages. They need some serious work: loads of stubs, inconsistency on linking to their charity commission page or Guidestar page. Any interest in setting up a little wikiproject and trying to agree on content etc. Am leaving identical note for OpenToppedBus--BozMo talk 11:21, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Talk:Rajkumar Kanagasingam
Hi
I couldn't understand why this user User:Netmonger is raising the above problem which totally irrelevant to Talk:Rajkumar Kanagasingam Page. As this is my Bio, could you help me to sort out this matter with him. Rajsingam 13:19, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
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Hi Thanks for your advice, I stopped any more editing my Bio. So how I can sort out this matter. Because that particular "Dig" article is not linked to the article Rajkumar Kanagasingam. Then why we should worry about that.Rajsingam 14:09, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi
When you came out with comments about references, link farm and PR piece, there was really a situation that sort and you removed many of the links and cleaned-up. But some of the accusations of User User:Netmonger are baseless because digg.com is verifying "Human" test and then only accepting articles so it is a malicious observation. And which particular article/s that he/she refers with English that doesn’t make any sense should not be furnished/linked on the Talk Page for a valid debate for the observation of other Editors and make suspicious about the genuineness of the observation.Rajsingam 02:04, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Further more the User User:Netmonger voted Delete on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2007_January_6#Template:State_terrorism_in_Sri_Lanka, but I voted Very Strong Keep. I feel his observation is mere Tit for Tat and nothing else.
- Siobhan,
- When you came out with comments about references, link farm and PR piece, there was a situation really that sort and you removed many of the links and cleaned-up. But some of the accusations of User User:Netmonger are baseless because digg.com is verifying "Human" test and then only accepting articles so it is a malicious observation. And which particular article/s that he/she refers with English that doesn’t make any sense should not be furnished/linked on the Talk Page for a valid debate for the observation of other Editors and make suspicion about the genuineness of the observation.
- Again http://www.digg.com/users/rajsingam/news/dugg is not linked to the article Rajkumar Kanagasingam. German Memories in Asia is a joint venture and many institutions and individuals are involved there, I am not responsible for all their marketing strategies and promotions.
- Further more the User User:Netmonger voted Delete on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2007_January_6#Template:State_terrorism_in_Sri_Lanka, but I voted Very Strong Keep. I feel his observation is mere Tit for Tat and nothing else.Rajsingam 02:09, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] International Finance Corp
Sorry about my over zealousness with the doingbusiness link. It's been a tricky one to sort out the appropriate from the not and I must have been losing my grip on that page. Thanks for reverting. -- Siobhan Hansa 16:21, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
- Given the linkspam fever, completely understandable. My thanks to all willing to devote effort to eradicating these, and occasionally getting a good one while cleaning house may be an unavoidable risk. Hopefully the good ones will also get put back.--Gregalton 16:30, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Something Quite Interesting
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[edit] Wiseguy Promotional Spam ???
I was unaware of "Promotional Spam". If someone else takes off the link, I will NOT put it back up. OK! Thanks for the tip. Lugnut215 23:32, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Rajsingam
Hi SiobhanHansa, if you are interested please respond at the above Rfc ŇëŧΜǒńğëŗTalk 10:12, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Social Entrepreneurship
SiobhanHansa,
I like to begin by saying thank you. Wikipedia is a truly amazing site providing outstanding information to millions of people around the world. This can only be done with the help of individuals like yourself and many others. In a much more minor way, I too have decided to contribute to Wikipedia.
A few years back I learned of Dr. Abraham George and his foundation through friends and family. Since, I have kept up with his work and found that he has contributed in many affective ways to fighting poverty. While recently searching the web, I discovered that there was no information about Dr. George on Wikipedia. Feeling that his work was worthy I decided to create a page on him and his foundation.
I recently put a bit of information specifically about Dr. George on the Social Entrepreneurship page which I believe you disagreed with. It was an additional line about Dr. George and his contributions as a current social entrepreneur. You may not agree that this information belongs on this page, but if you were to take a little more time, you would recognize the contributions of Dr. George in the field of Social Entrepreneurship.
For the past eleven years Dr. George has given all his time and money to help the poorest individuals in India find a way to break out of the cycle of poverty. Additionally, Dr. George has been recognized by some of our finest journalists: Thomas Friedman, Charlie Rose, Daniel Gross, and many others as one of the worlds leading Social Entrepreneurs. To truly discuss, social entrepreneurship, Dr. George's name must be mentioned.
On a related note, his approach is slightly different from the method of the other men mentioned on this page. Dr. George and his foundation impact the poorest communities, while these other men actually focus more on the lower-middle class and slightly above. Based on the definition of Social Entrepreneurship on the page, Dr. George is as fit to be mentioned as the other men, if not more so.
I know you are very busy and quickly make decisions where you see fit, but I ask you to look at the facts that I have presented and discuss the matter further with me.
I sincerely thank you again for your innumerous contributions to Wikipedia and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the matter.
Best Wishes,
Vivek1982 --Vivek1982 17:03, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] I only posted a simple question: "Are you Arsath?"
Hi
I only posted a simple question: "Are you Arsath?"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Netmonger#Are_you_Arsath.3F
But He has come out with the following lenghthy statement about me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Rajsingam
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[edit] Please help protect vandalized woman article and photos
Women are increasingly taking an active role in many societies. I thought that you might be interested that User:TRFA is stripping out a section on women's advances and is stripping out a list of women premiers and other political leaders such as Tansu Ciller, Condoleezza Rice and Nancy Pelosi from the woman article. Dogru144 14:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Thank you
SiobhanHansa, thanks for replacing the information. Continued gutting by TRFA will lead him to getting blocked. Dogru144 18:15, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Global question
There are a few points here.
I suspect, by User:TRFA's edit summaries and edit history that he has a problem with noting women in power, and that the globalize point is a mere ruse to strip out the article. He strips out the women leaders without explaining why he ie doing this, other than mentioning globalization. The premiers include women outside of OECD countries, e.g., Pakistan, Liberia, Dominica and Bangladesh.
The other editor today argued that sex object standards do warrant keeping the Monroe photo. I'd agree with her.
But, yes, it's time for me to write on the status of women internationally. I've been a wiki addict for pop culture trivia :) (Trivia is easier to write than serious issues. -latter involves more research and reflection.)
I would hope that we could keep the section on the status of women internationally. Readers could more quickly see the contrasts of status of women between world regions. Cheers Dogru144 21:51, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Arts and Opinion
I don't understand your complaint re Arts & Opinion. What must be done for the entry to pass wiki mustard? 70.80.49.87 23:57, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
- Are you asking about external llinks to the site or about the Arts and Opinion article? Responded on your IP talk page as well. You only need to reply in one place. I'll watch both. -- Siobhan Hansa 00:08, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
First of all, thank you for your time and patience and lucid instruction. By the way, I'm not sure why I'm not logging into our usual dialogue page. At any rate, I have removed the links to the names in Notable Contributors, changing the category to UN-LINKED Notable Aritcles by. Is this acceptable? Yes, I'm the Robert Lewis who has been published in the Spectator. I'm not sure how I can provide a link to hard copy publications there? May I ask where you are you located? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Artsandopinion (talk • contribs).
- I've edited the article and responded on your talk page. -- Siobhan Hansa 15:20, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Pulitzer Center
Hi Siobhan Hansa,
Thank you very much for your quick and detailed response. I’d like to take the opportunity to properly introduce myself: my name is Marc and I work for the Pulitzer Center based in Washington D.C. The Center is a non-profit organization and its mission is to disseminate and circulate underrepresented topics in the media. The Center finances independent journalists in the best intention to generate coverage of their under reported media content. I invite you to take a look at our site to understand our mission: www.pulitzercenter.org
An example of our work is a video about Darfur; which I think is valuable to the Wikipedia community as additional information. The business of Coltan is a scarcely known topic and users linked to the video could benefit greatly by learning more about an important environmental and technical issue affecting the people of Darfur through the medium of video. Please have a look for yourself: (http://www.pulitzercenter.org/openitem.cfm?id=177).
The mission of the Pulitzer Center meets Wikipedia’s standard of a neutral point of view. And while I completely understand and agree with Wikipedia’s needs to be cautious about hidden agendas and advertising, I also want to make sure Wikipedia does not limit its opportunities in broadening its information base. As I realize you want to really limit any possible leak of credibility on Wikipedia, I would like to offer a comprise that can benefit both Wikipedia and the Pulitzer Center. We could cap all external links to the Pulitzer Center to a certain number of links where we, as Pulitzer Center editors will be certain to only submit links we believe are fully relevant. We would even be willing to have a Wikipeda editor review our link requests before posting them.
Please let me know your thoughts on all of this. Many thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Blendus (talk • contribs) 02:41, 12 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] New WikiProject?
Hi Siobhan,
A few of us are thinking about starting a WikiProject for Textile Arts, to bring knitting and all such fiber crafts under one roof, together with clothing and fashion design. A WikiProject would allow us to use the automated assessments of the Mathbot, which seem important for bringing our work into the Wikipedia mainstream. We need to find 5 editors who are interested in editing, say, one article per month — would you be willing to join? I hope so! The sign-up page is here. I can do the initial technical set-up, so that shouldn't be difficult. BTW I really appreciate your watchful eye over the knitting articles. :) Willow 12:23, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Link removed from Cyprus Page
Hi Siobhan
I wanted to query why the link I put into the Cyprus page was removed as there are already external links there to other Cyprus guides eg the Cyprus Guide to www.agora-Cyprus.com which a site advertising and promoting Cyprus property/car hire etc. My link was to a new site giving great information about Cyprus and there are NO advertising or affiliate links on it. Why is it one rule for some sites and not for others? I though I was adding some essential information for visitors to Cyprus which would add to their experience.
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Helen (catlover1000) Catlover1000 15:55, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Link removed from Modeling Page
Hello, Why did you remove the links from the Modeling Agencies Page? I posted links to articles.
[edit] Link to my site removed
So surprising, this is. Search google for "powder coating". Find my site, you will. Viveksoley 06:52, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
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Hi, I hope I'm doing this right...I'm the Communications Director at Sundance Vacations. I see there is a link on the Lottery scam page and that it says Sundance uses an image to count down time on a clock to get a response. Sundance has never done that, nor has it ever offered a 7 day/6 night Bahama cruise. I don't know what company does this, but it's not and never has been Sundance Vacations. Is it possible to remove the link? I've spoken with others on the Sundance talk page about this information being in the article and I want to edit it out because it's incorrect. Any thoughts or suggestions will be appreciated. Kathjim 15:47, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Rajkumar Kanagasingam
Hi,
An editor is continuously vandalising my Bio over dispute related to Talk:Anton Balasingham. The editor tried hard to delete my Bio from wikipedia. You can see the evidence here(1) and here(2)' The editor is taking an undue interest over my Bio and deleted over Citation. I have restored the information. I requested an Administrator to check my Bio whether Citations are enough. I also taken this matter for Request for Comment. Though I have off-line media archives(which are attached on Talk:Rajkumar Kanagasingam, I couldn't bring it to the articles. Now I am very much frustrated. Please help me on this matter.Rajkumar Kanagasingam 05:42, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] The Social Capital Foundation
Hi Siobhan, thanks for taking the time to respond on removing the tag. I'd seen this article a while ago and whenever I see a cut-and-paste style article, unlinked, no sources, only external links to their website, written by an obvious conflict of interest account it rings alarm bells. I should have checked for AfD and thanks for doing so. The article is one-sided without any 3rd party commentary, criticism or the like; Do they achieve their objectives, how much do they raise awareness, are they a major player or a fringe organisation, are they an efficient organisation at influencing, or do they just run a small conference once a year, is their journal widely read, is Hunout influential? All those questions remain unanswered in this article. All I know is they they try to raise awareness on one issue. But it's not your job to fix this, and there are thousands of similar articles with similar problems. Have fun, Steve (Slf67) talk 22:05, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Discovery Learning
Hello You removed a link from the Discovery Learning article to www.learning theories.com. You were quite pointed in your criticism, stating that the website has "no provenance" and implying that it is somehow spam. I didn't replace it, though the information on the website did not seem to be either offensive or inaccurate, at least as far as Jerome Bruner's work. I only have a master's degree in educational psychology...so I may not be qualified to judge the site...I assume you have a doctorate in the area and have done professional research if you are making such a judgement. I will respect your judgement at this point, but please enlighten me about the the specifics on which you are making your judgement. Thank you. Richard Dates 22:27, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] User:67.83.153.55
Blocked for 6 months. Enjoy the peace and quiet. Gwernol 14:05, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merge Green building with Natural Building
Hi SiobhanHansa. I see that you've contributed a few times to Green building. How do you feel about the proposed merging of this article with Natural building. Please leave your comment at Talk:Natural building#Proposed merger with Green building. Thanks! --Jrsnbarn 19:39, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] AFD on Rajkumar Kanagasingam
Hi,
An AFD on my Bio Rajkumar Kanagasingam is brought only to distract the offences at wikipedia after stealing my e-mail address and thereafter my wiki passwords by Netmonger and his/her group and nothing else. How this user can bring this AFD before he clears himself from the offences which is now under investigation under an Administrator’s supervision and the details are here.Rajkumar Kanagasingam 05:05, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
