User talk:67.77.149.199

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Please don't post messages on pages that are irrelevant to the topic of the page, such as at Owl. It can be seen as spam and Wikipedia regards adding spam to articles or talk pages as a form of vandalism. A more appropriate place for your content would be on the talk pages of these articles or on your own user page. Thanks. Baseball,Baby! balls•strikes

Please sign your comments on talk pages using four tildes ~~~~. I note your comments on Bald Eagle, and I've let that go for now, but I don't think you can justify hawks as religious objects. If you look at the list, most do not occur in the US, and I doubt that all the species which are found in your country are worshipped anyway. If you can justify the religious link for particular species, add it to the relevant species pages.

"Certifiable" in the UK means something that can be certified, "certified" means it already is, which is what I assumed you meant. jimfbleak 05:43, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

RE: if you ever go to a pow wow in the u.s. you'll notice lots and lots of hawk feathers on dancers' regalia, talk to any of the dancers and they will tell you that hawks are part of native american religion and spirituality (very much like eagles, albeit in a somewhat lesser form). i'm assuming you're not familiar with native american culture and religion/spirituality? that's okay, as many people do not know much, nothing to be ashamed of or feel defensive about. in my experience, pretty much every hawk, falcon, owl, eagle in the u.s. is used as a religious object by native american people (e.g. their feathers and parts are used in ceremony, used in prayer, etc.). the birds themselves are not "worshipped" in the manner i think you're implying, rather they are used to help one connect and pray to a greater power (much like the bible or a crucifix is not worshipped itself, but rather they are sometimes used as tools in prayer). if you want proof, go to a pow wow, talk to some native people, look at pictures of dancers' regalia at pow wows... you can find lots of them online. and in a lot of those pictures you'll see hawk feathers... in addition to eagle... etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.77.149.199 (talk • contribs) (05:58, 9 August 2006)

[edit] Owl Edits, Re: Reverts of edits

I noticed your comment on the Owl talkpage and went through the edit history. Some of your edits where removed because you added a link to a geocities website after making several other edits. Occasionally editors will see an external link to a page like that, and assume that a user is linking to their own website, as self promotion. It can be difficult to dig through edit history and make sure a users previous posts where not spam or vandalism. Hope you end up coming back and editing in the future. Cheers. RichMac (Talk) 16:06, 25 April 2007 (UTC)