User talk:Spaceriqui
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[edit] Venezuela photo
No, it isn't impartial actually. --Revolución (talk) 18:16, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Proposed move of Yom Kippur War
Other than your userpage, I have no idea who you are or why you decided to join what is certainly a shitstorm of an argument that is nearly certain to cause you headaches and perhaps to even question Wikipedia's commitment to a NEUTRAL Point of View, but I thank you for your comments in support of my proposed move. I hope you continue to support the founding principles of Wikipedia as I try to do as well. I also hope that you suffer no negative social effects from your participation in this discussion, however, I fear that it is unlikely that you will not.
Thanks again. Unfocused 01:21, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi Spaceriqui, you said, "The fact is that there are two names, one is Israeli, the other Arab. Which is right? The one that is Culturally Biased?". My response is that all the names by which the war is known are listed in the article intro but the most common one is listed as the title. This is the Wikipedia standard. "Yom Kippur War" is the most common name used in the English speaking world (and for the English Wikipedia we're supposed to use the most common term English speakers use). As I mentioned on the talk page, it is known by this name because the timing of the invasion was specifically chosen to occur on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur (not Ramadan), precisely because the target (Israel) would be most vulnerable on that day. While many Arabs call the war something else, "Yom Kippur" is not an offensive word, as far as I know, to Arabs. If you really believe my opposition (as well as that of most of the others) to using the commonly used name is due to bias, then why don't you ask some of the regular Arab and/or Muslim participants to comment, like User:Ramallite, User:Mustafaa, User:Palmiro, User:BrandonYusufToropov, User:Anonymous editor, just to name a few. --MPerel ( talk | contrib) 04:01, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
- ok, I added some comments to the discussion area. If some people seem to react a bit strongly to the poll, I believe it's because the first poll occured due to one editor trying to make a WP:Point because of conflicts over the title for Israeli-occupied territories. However, I think you'll find that while the regular editors representing opposing sides of the Israeli/Arab spectrum all have personal biases, most are committed to NPOV and there is generally mutual respect to work together to make the articles as fairly presented as possible. Thank you, btw, for being sensitive to NPOV, and doing your part to improve things, it's what Wikipedia is all about. : ) --MPerel ( talk | contrib) 04:56, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] RM for Yom Kippur War
Thanks for the note. Frankly, it's a waste of time. The POV you are opposing is so entrenched here as to be considered neutral. Those who hold it simply can't see that it is a POV at all. I noticed that Mark Pellegrini (Raul) has mischaracterised me, which is something he does with his enemies, so I put him straight, and left some comments for the usual suspects, but that's all I think it's worth. You just can't change those people's minds and they will outnumber any support you are able to get. They don't feel any dissonance in their views and even pointing it out to them carefully doesn't work. Grace Note 04:14, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Venezuela
You added some info on the Venezuela election results. Could you also add the number of votes and percentages of popular vote for each of the parties. There are also some additional indigenous seats. Do you have info about them? Electionworld 14:59, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Yom Kippur War
Hi - for your first question, I'm sure you are aware that Linux is just an incomplete Mac OS X :) It's the 'diet coke' of OS X!
As for your second question, I guess it would depend on which Egyptian, Syrian, or Jordanian you are asking. It is never referred to in Arabic as the Yom Kippur War (or its Arabic equivalent, which would be Harb Yom Alghufran). My guess is that both Egyptians and Syrians would be a lot more sensitive to calling it anything other than Harb Oktober (October War) in Egypt or Harb Tishreen (October War, Tishreen being the fertile crescent countries' word for October), because they both regard it as a national victory (I still need that explained to me as to why that is) and are proud of it. The official Syrian newspaper is actually called "Tishreen", although I'm not sure it's a testament to the Syrian 'victory' (cough) or to the fact that their Baath Party came to power in October (1970 I think). Since we Palestinians have always known it as the October War, it would seem more strange rather than offensive to hear it called anything else. Same goes for Jordanians, since they did not participate in the war. So in summary, Egyptians and Syrians would probably be more offended, others wouldn't care as much. As far as the page you refer to, I haven't seen it recently, but per WP policy, if it can be argued that 'Yom Kippur War' is common usage in the English langauge, then it is probably okay, but I guess I should read the talk page. It's hard to declare a well-known name a 'POV'. Another example, most Arabs are offended that the Persian Gulf is called that in English, because we call it the "Arabian Gulf". The argument is that there are seven? Arab countries bordering the Gulf, but only one 'Perisan' country. Of course, the counter argument is that the border with Iran is longer than that of all the Arab states combined. Regardless, it is known as 'Persian Gulf' as common usage. So what to do? Hope this helps. Ramallite (talk) 22:42, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Your userpage was briefly delisted by a rogue admin
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This user believes that only articles need reflect a NPOV, and that displaying political, religious, or other beliefs using userboxes and user categories should not be banned. |
You have a userbox Template:User UN which links your userpage to United Nations Wikipedians. There is currently a movement to ban userboxes from Wikipedia which are shared and which create List of Wikipedians. Certain admins have taken it upon themselves to preemptively sabotage and/or delete such categories and template. Here is the incident report which reported damage to yours, in which hundreds of userpages were delinked from categories without the users' knowledge. They have been stopped, barely, and the damage reverted— for now.
There is a Wikipedia:Userbox policy poll, which if passed, will make required by policy the damage done to categories and templates such as User UN/United Nations Wikipedians. If you do not want this to happen, I urge you to vote Oppose. in the poll. Support is currently running at about 66%, and your vote could make the difference. It is said to require 75%-80% to be deemed reflective of consensus.
Thank you,
StrangerInParadise 23:18, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Consensus on Chávez
Spaceriqui, when you have time, can you review developments on Talk:Hugo Chávez and let us know which version you think we should move forward with, considering that either version we pick will need work? Thanks ! Sandy 14:22, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Two articles
Two things you might want to look at:
- Talk:Venezuelan-Israeli relations
- Talk:Pedro Carmona (Was Carmona President?) Sandy 21:40, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
- You may also be interested in United States-Venezuela relations. It's in a very poor and largely neglected state. Thanks for commenting on Talk:venezuelan-Israeli relations. Respectfully, Republitarian 14:26, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
- On August 12 you voted for merging Israel-Venezuela relations. Since then it's been expanded and cleanedup. Please reevaluate your vote and consider opposing the merge. I dont mean to pester you, but I really want the article to stay independent, and I think its overall quality has improved. The last five votes have all been against merging. Respectfully, Republitarian 03:55, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Súmate
The photo you uploaded is being questioned on the Sumate talk page. JRSP is saying it's not about the recall referendum, even though your tag specifically says it is. It's amazing. When they can't dispute the facts, they start disputing the pictures. Sandy 22:49, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- Epa. I'm not good with images at all. JRSP tagged the image in Sumate [1]: do you know how to find another image in the Commons? Sandy 13:15, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
- I've got an email request to Sumate for images. There are some on the website but with no copyright info. Spaceriqui 20:59, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] About Image:Anti-chavez march.jpg
Can you upload that picture in Wikipedia Commons, in order that other Wikipedias users can use it? I dont know how to do it, and you'd already asked permission to the author. Thks a lot. Dove. I'm a member of the Spanish wikipedia only, Username:Dove.
September 20, 2006 - 14:16 UTC
Ok, thanks, but there is a problem, apparently someone called Lmbuga, Commons user, delete the pictures. He gives no reason why.
September 24, 2006 - 20:16 UTC
