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[edit] Battle of Central Plains

Nice work on the Battle of Central Plains article. If you can cite your sources, we will be able to feature the article under the "Did you know" section on the main page. --Jiang 02:14, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Ditto -- Nice work on the Battle of Central Plains article. However, wouldn't "Central Plains War" be a better English translation? See Talk:Battle of Central Plains for reasons. Also, I recently created stubs for Zhili-Anhui War, First and Second Zhili-Fengtian Wars, and the Anhui, Zhili, and Fengtian cliques if you have info you can add. -AjaxSmack 17:47, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Glad to see those articles created, but I thing we need something like warlord clique (perhaps a subarticle of clique, which seems too concentrated on Mean Girls concepts) to unify the articles under that subject as a topical overview, which then would fall under history of the Republic of China (but not warlord era, since they overlapped). Elle vécut heureuse à jamais (Be eudaimonic!) 02:25, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
Updated DYK query On 26 July 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Central Plains, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Syrthiss 14:40, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] good work

The Original Barnstar
Good work on improving Chinese history stubs vastly. You'll be a great editor. Keep it up! Elle vécut heureuse à jamais (Be eudaimonic!) 02:13, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm awarding you this barnstar for your excellent work. Do continue...I noticed your editing pace picked up recently, so all the better. I'm also curious and amazed about your quadralingualism + dialect use ... the Singapore government's ideal Singaporean is bilingual (but doesn't use dialects, thanks to the democidal Speak Mandarin Campaign) but even so I'm struggling in my non-English subjects. As a side note Edit summaries will also help the editing process! Elle vécut heureuse à jamais (Be eudaimonic!) 02:13, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Wuhan

Updated DYK query On 29 July 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Wuhan, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Enjoyed the article, and it was a great expansion! (was a little late by DYK rules, but I stretched the rules a bit). Thanks for the contribution -- Samir धर्म 11:59, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Liaoshen Campaign

Updated DYK query On 3 August 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Liaoshen Campaign, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

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[edit] Sun Tienying translation

Here is what I think its saying:

In 1933, with Feng Yuxiang in Chahar province he advocated opposition to Japan and Chiang Kai-shek's Central government. The national government feared Sun Tienying' cooperation, but Sun Diangying was not willing to be involved in the conflict, hoping to get control of the northwest of China, therefore the government sent its army to open up wasteland in Qinghai, thus stationing troops that also supported the northwestern Ma Chiachun to give them the strength to cope with Sun Tienying.

In 1934, in January, the 60,000 man army of Sun Tienying, wanted from Suiyuan to enter the western province of Ningxia. The three Ma Chusun, Ma Buqing in Ningxia, president Ma Hungkuei, his younger brother Ma Hungpin was saved by the forces of the National army in Qinghai. Both sides battled for three months, Sun Tienying was defeated, his army was in retreat to Suiyuan when it unexpectedly was attacked by the Shanxi-Suiyuan area armed forces and forced to disarm. Sun Tienying went into seclusion in Taiyuan, Shanxi. (both paragraphs awaiting edit) Asiaticus 19:17, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 16 August 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Huanghuagang Uprising, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 1 September 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article National Protection War, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Srikeit (Talk | Email) 19:12, 1 September 2006 (UTC)


Updated DYK query On 6 September 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chinese reunification (1928), which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

[edit] Signature image

Hello! I notice you sign with an image. Images are not really liked as a signature, as the guideline reads. I would suggest you to change it to not include an image, as it will likely get some comments to your talk page. There are enough editors to make it clear image in signatures are not really welcomed. Thanks for understanding, I will work in your editor review later. -- ReyBrujo 01:58, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Thank you for the review

Glad to hear you have fixed your signature. However, I haven't yet reviewed you, so you may have tried to contact someone else :-) Good luck! -- ReyBrujo 05:34, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Andrew Jackson Jihad

Because of your input on previous music AfDs, I was hoping you would take a look at this article and provide your thoughts on whether or not it meets WP:MUSIC its latest AfD. PT (s-s-s-s) 00:25, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Thank you for the review

I wasn't sure about the signature policy, just fixed it now. Fixed some other things you mentioned too.

AQu01rius (User | Talk | Websites)  16:13, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Good work! I hope my review was reasonably helpful, and I apologise for this late-ish reply :) Hope to see you around! — riana_dzasta wreak havoc-damage report 14:12, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gary Kirk's RfA

Dear AQu01rius/Archive/Temp

Thank you very much for voting in my request for adminship. In the end, not many people let their opinion be known, and I didn't get the mop just yet. I have already begun acting on the issues brought up by the community, and will continue to do so. If you have any more suggestions for me, feel free to let me know.
Once again, thank you.
— Gary Kirk // talk! 13:04, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Strange Close & Re-List

The Afd that you voted on at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James W. Walter has been closed and relisted by an Admin at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James W. Walter (second nomination). Before re-listing, the vote was 19 delete, 5 keep. Morton devonshire 22:25, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Andrew Jackson Jihad

Please review this newest AfD, your opinion would be appreciated. PT (s-s-s-s) 00:48, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Faye Gabriel

I'd like to apologize for the general tone of this AfD. While we obviously have opposing viewpoints, you're trying to make valid points while the people whom agree with you are showing a (for lack of a better term) lack of maturity. Though I disagree with you, I certainly respect your opinions. -- Kicking222 04:32, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Apology

I probably ruined any chance you had at maintaining the Faye Gabriel article, but I just felt cornered and it appeared my only allies were Gonzo883 and himself cloned 4 times. Anyway, this may be a learning experiernce for us all, and hopefully next time we collaborate i can be a help. WalterWalrus3 04:42, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AFD of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Absurd Notions

Hi there, I see you blanked out the AFD for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Absurd Notions stating that it's a duplicate, but I can't find the duplicate you might be referring to. Could you point me in the right direction? --BradBeattie 08:34, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Ah, nevermind. I found the problem. --BradBeattie 10:02, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] General comment

thanks for the commentary....4.18GB 22:57, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Red Turban Rebellion

I've just noticed a reasonable-looking objection to your DYK nomination for this article, so I thought I might run this by you and see what you think: One of the problems cited in the objection is a lack of referencing and the other one is the style in which it's written. I'm more than willing to copyedit it if you can find some more sources for the article (I'd have a go myself, but should in fact be doing research for assignments), which should cut down on the amount of work required to get what seems to be a pretty interesting event on the main page. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 11:52, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Update: I've rewritten as much as I can. Drop me a line on my Talk page if there are things I've misinterpreted or if you want me to have another go. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 22:52, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Updated DYK query On October 25, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Red Turban Rebellion, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:25, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Thank you for supporting my RfA

Thank you for supporting my RfA that I have passed with 73/2/1.--Jusjih 09:24, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Afd on Blue Frog

I don't know how to Afd but if you'd Afd for me with the reason of "Dead software, website, and company" I'll appreciate it. Mapletip 17:53, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

I think it would have been more productive to explain to mapletip how the article deletion process works, rather than do the steps your self. As you said, it is unlikely that there will be a consensus to delete since this article doesn't violate any of the WP guidelines. The AfD process tends to burn a bunch of time for many people. I had typed in a message to mapletip's user page when I found that you had already modified the page. This is just for future reference, not much can be done now that wouldn't make things even more time consuming. Wrs1864 18:30, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 4 November 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Qiandao Lake Incident, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Allen3 talk 00:25, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Taiwan

Saw your WikiProjectTaiwan page You stated "We do not promote separtism.". Wouldn't it be better just to say this project is not political ? Wenzi 15:22, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA discussion! I appreciate you contributing your voice to the debate and its outcome. And thanks for your comment: I am trying to cut down my wordiness. ;-) I hope how I wield the mop makes you proud. Thanks!


[edit] Qiandao Lake, and other things

Hey, I'm officially back from break for one day. Will be gone for the next week... So, well done on Qiandao Lake. I was going to correct Chunan --> Chun'an County, but someone's done that already. Other than that, I don't see any problems, so good work. I'll add stuff to it at some point. Also, thanks for participating in the discussion on Talk:China. Cheers, --Sumple (Talk) 06:11, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your signature

Please remove the link to User:AQu01rius/Websites in your signature, it gives the appearance of spamming. It won't help the site's Google ranking much anyway, as talk pages are "nofollow". By the way, you are doing great work with the Taiwan WikiProject. I am pretty busy with the Germany project, but maybe I manage to remember some more of my Chinese and write more bad stubs like Zhinan Temple. Happy editing, Kusma (討論) 12:55, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 12 November 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Temporary Constitution of the Republic of China, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--LordAmeth 20:48, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your comment at Tango's RFA

Hi AQu01rius. In your reply to Mike1 at Tango's RFA, you said that you weren't sure whether his comment was a support or not. In fact, even if he leaves no comments, there are several ways to find out. First, you can check which column he left his !vote in. 99% of the time, non-indented comments in the support column are in favor of the candidate becoming a sysop. Secondly, you can check the history and see what they used for an edit summary. In this case, Mike's edit summary specifically said "support". And last of all, you can check whether he updated the tally at the top of the page; in fact, he did, adding a number in the first space of the tally (in fact, he added two, because the first person forgot.) You can safely assume that Mike meant to support Tango. Picaroon9288 02:15, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Vancouver

Thank for you reformating the WikiProject page. It's a task I was just starting, and finding that I did not have the time for. It looks much better. I'll be doing some more organizational work on dividing the task list into subpages and categories. Also the main page will have more content added to it:

  • Five Point Plan
  • Major Pending Tasks for each category:
    • People
    • Arts and Culture
    • Buildings and Structures
    • etc. etc.

While its good to have the tasks on a subpage, it would be ideal to have the main page detail each subpage so users can read and have a sense what is going on with each without having to go into each subpage. Much of how the article Vancouver is set up and then having detailed subpages such as the History of Vancouver. I also have several other sections I want to add that our WikiProject is missing. Eventually I would like to see the Colaboration of the Month phased out as it has been proven to be in-effective, nor stable enough to get articles done in a month's time. Hopefully our Five Point Plan will be its replacement. Other additions such as a Show Case will be finer details. This project was based off of Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ottawa but as our project has evolved to become more elaborate, we should be moving closer in the direction of the Wikipedia:WikiProject_London. I hope this helps give you an idea for where I would like to see the project go. Perhaps this will not take too long to implement. Mkdwtalk 09:00, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vancouver's FAC

Vancouver's been nominated to be a featured article. Sure could use your support. Mkdwtalk 10:02, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portal:China

Will you please respond to my objections at Portal talk:China to your changes? --Ideogram 18:59, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Hello! Ideogram has requested that I protect the pages in question, however it seems to me that the better solution would be to invite you to the discussion page in question and ask you to both have a chat about the changes before making any, since there's tension around these changes and it seems a mite disruptive to go through the hassle of protecting a dozen pages just because two editors can't come to some agreement or compromise. It'd be the nice thing to do, you know. :) ~Kylu (u|t) 02:30, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your support!

A week ago I nominated myself, hoping to be able to help Wikipedia as an administrator as much as a WikiGnome. I am very glad many others shared my thoughts, including you. Thank you for your trust! Be sure I will use these tools to protect and prevent and not to harass or punish. Should you feel I am overreacting, pat me so that I can correct myself. I won't be giving up the reviews at Wikipedia:Editor review, as it is a wonderful way of helping both new and established people in Wikipedia. Thanks again! ReyBrujo 20:01, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Taiwan

Yes, I saw already. Thank you :) -- — Nrtm81 20:22, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My editor review

Hi AQu01rius,

Thanks for helping out over at my editor review. Your comments are certainly helpful. I responded -- if you could reply, that'd be much appreciated! splintax (talk) 03:52, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject banners

See User talk:Kirill Lokshin#Re: WikiProject banners. --Ideogram 05:58, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Transfer of the sovereignty of Macau

Please do not directly copy any foreign language text from any other Wikimedia project or form anywhere else. Such articles can be considered for deletion under the criteria for speedy deletion. Hope you understand. Thanks. - SpLoT (*T* C+u+g+v) 11:37, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] happy Turkey-Day!!!!

I wish you a very merry Thanksgiving! Hope you and your family have a magnificent day! So, what are you thankful for? Hooray and happy gormandiziŋ! --Randfan please talk talk to me!
Happy Turkeyday! Cheers! :) —Randfan!!
Happy Turkeyday! Cheers! :) —Randfan!!
Have a great day! Please respond on my talk page (the red "fan" link in my signature). Cheers! :) —Randfan!!

Cheers! :) —Randfan!! has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile at others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

I like your sig. What's the font? Cheers! :) —Randfan!! 17:14, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:WPTaiwan Navigation

wow! I love what you did to the logo. I tried to do the same thing but couldn't get the transparency to work. Good job! :) — Nrtm81 02:02, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to WikiProject Germany

Welcome, AQu01rius/Archive, to the WikiProject Germany! Please direct any questions about the project to its talk page. If you create new articles on Germany-related topics, please list them at our announcement page and tag their talk page with our project template {{WikiProject Germany}}. A few features that you might find helpful:

  • The project's Navigation box points to most of the pages in the project that might be of use to you.
  • Most of the important discussions related to the project take place on the project's main talk page; you may find it useful to watchlist it.
  • We've developed a number of guidelines for names, titles, and other things to standardize our articles and make interlinking easier that you may find useful.

Here are some tasks you can do:

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me or any of the more experienced members of the project, and we'll be very happy to help you. Again, welcome, and thank you for joining this project! Sorry for spamming you so late ;-) and thanks for the reversion at the Portal page, I don't need another outside frame that eats space that I need to show my images even at 800x600 resolution. Kusma (討論) 16:25, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] hindu nav template

thanks.--D-Boy 00:12, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Military history working group

Hi AQu01rius,

Thanks for joining WikiProject Korea! We hope you'll consider joining the military history working group, since that's an area of interest & expertise for you. Thanks for all your contributions! Cheers, -- Visviva 04:11, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The Template Barnstar
I present this barnstar for your work on wikiproject navboxes, infoboxes and templates, and particularly for your help in organising WP:CANADA. Qyd 21:29, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another barnstar

Tireless Contributor Barnstar
I award you this barnstar in appreciation of your efforts in helping setup many WikiProjects (Canada, China and Hinduism to name a few) with banners, navigation bars and many more. You've been great help! -- Ganeshk (talk) 22:44, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi there! Thought you might be interested in WikiProject Wikify. We're currently recruiting help to clear a massive backlog (6000+ articles), and we need your help! If you have a spare moment, please join and wikify an article or tell your friends.
Diez2 05:24, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ???

But I didn't edit Georg Forster.......

[edit] IRC chat for WikiProject Taiwan

Hey, why don't we set up an IRC channel for the WikiProject? It'd be great way to collaborate in real time. It's also a better way to discuss disputed articles and find out a solution on how we can fix the problem. 99% of the time, arguments are just misunderstandings that end up wasting all of our time in the form of edit warring. If we can discuss the issues in real time, the quicker it is that we can all agree on constructive editing. Heck! We could even delegate sections of articles to each individual or team to research and write. — Nrtm81 16:44, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hello!

Thanxs for the message regarding the image in my signature. I was kind of wondering why other users did not have images in their signatures. I haven't removed it yet, but I probably replace it with a character from List of HTML decimal character references, Part 2. Thanxs for giving me the heads up! Jumping cheese Cont@ct 00:44, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mini-Peer Review

It's come a long way, I was just wondering your opinion of "my baby" so far. Not to be contrary to WP:OWN or anything, i've put 175 edits in so far, and i'm proud of her. In another few hundred edits, i'm willing to bet she'll be featured, but i'd like your two cents. Just H 00:40, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lead paragraph

Do you know of anyone that would be willing to expand the opening paragraph on my Jow Tong page? (Ghostexorcist 22:06, 1 January 2007 (UTC))

BRAVO! You did a great job. You are right when you said it was tough to summarize. Otherwise, I would have done it myself along time ago. Thanks. (Ghostexorcist 04:13, 2 January 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Hey!

Thanks for you concern regarding my signature. I fixed it and tweaked around with it. I hope you like it. =D Jumping cheeseCont@ct 11:58, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My editor review

Hi. I've archived my editor review but thought you might want a heads-up. I think I've got a few things to think about, so thank you very much for your time again. Xiner (talk, email) 15:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] WP:ADOPT

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[edit] Thank You!

I aim to try and get the 110th list up to featured standard by the end of the month, and I hope to get the New England Patriots article up to featured standard by the end of Feburary (after today, I think they're heading to the Super Bowl! So, it'll be tough to do anything in depth while things are still unfolding. I didn't see that you spoke Chinese, do you mind if I practice mine on you as well as with the mock rfa?

Thank you for the comments, and once again, if there's anything I can do to help you out, please let me know. Just H 02:48, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] China portal

It looks pretty good, my only complaint is that the to columns get rather unbalanced when you go to lower screen resolutions, You can try to use the Sizing examples and see for yourself. Maybe you can try to improve the WikiProjects box, which looks rather empty especially on wide screens (maybe make it similar to the Categories box). The intro blurb about China is a tad long for my preferences, but others might disagree. Good work so far! Happy editing, Kusma (討論) 09:22, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Featured Portal

Sorry for the delay, my friend. I'm not an expert on Portals, so I only went by what I saw and all the hard work you did, which in my opinion, is worth a support vote. Just H 20:48, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Taiwan

Hi, I think we should have different naming conventions in WP:Taiwan, because a lot of the Taiwanese people are like famous, so they have their last name shown last, and that's confusing.--Jerrypp772000 01:44, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Astrology portal

Hey, I can't thank you enough for the stuff you've done for the astrology portal. I'd like to get the selected articles/images/etc. for February done and out of the way so that updating isn't delayed like last month's. I'm not sure how other portals decide but I'd feel too imposing picking everything myself. Then again there doesn't seem to be a lot of activity on it, so discussion could just sit there unreplied. Let me know if you have any ideas. Sam 03:53, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Hi AQu01rius,

Thank you for giving Portal:Japan a facelift! I started it a long time ago, and the new look was long overdue. Much appreciated!

Fg2 03:40, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Thanks for your advice

Thanks for your advice on my talk page. I'll be sure to become more active in Wiki talk space, particularly in trying to get consistency throughout hockey bio articles with respect to how statistics and "standard facts" are represented. I'll be sure to be more active at the other xFDs too- I've dabbled in them, but only for a day or two at a time. Thanks again. --Wafulz 21:23, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Striking out of a comment at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Grubber

Hi there AQu01rius. You struck out another user's comment at this RFA, citing Wikipedia:No personal attacks as your rationale for doing so. That user is quite possibly a sockpuppet, and the comment had no rationale, but there was no need to strike it out. Striking out other user's comments is pretty uncivil when you get down to it, and NPA says that: removal should be limited, except in unusual circumstances. Given how few contributions that user had, and how his vote lacked any real rationale, there wasn't any need to fear that a bureaucrat was going to count it. Cheers, A Train take the 19:18, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Problematic source

Chau Ju-kua, Travels in Chola (F Hirth & W W Rockhill, St Petersburg, 1912)

Is a translation of a Chinese original. Is there any chance of reading this book online(not JSTOR) in the 1912 version or take a look on the original Chinese version? Wandalstouring 00:24, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

It must be somewhere mentioned on India and female elephants. I hope to get the page soon. Wandalstouring 11:23, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
User doesn't want to give the page. If you have time take a quick glance through it searching for female elephant that is the key word mentioned with these thousands of elephants. Wandalstouring 16:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Takeonvoip.gif)

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[edit] Archiving broken

The archiving on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject China is broken. --Ideogram 22:07, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Is there a reason why January hasn't been archived here yet? --Ideogram 16:42, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Military History elections

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[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lists of surnames

It is my sense that batch AfD nominations should only be done when all articles nominated are substantially similar, so I think it was an error to include List of common Chinese surnames which is not in the same style as the rest. In that case, it should only have been listed individually, if at all. I've stricken it from the nomination, restricting the nomination to the remaining similar articles. Hopefully you can clarify your comment now. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks. Dmcdevit·t 09:18, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WPTAIWAN lists

When I specify class=list in the WPTAIWAN template it shows up in the reports as unassessed. Can you fix this? --Ideogram 09:14, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hey

Would you be able to take a look at the Portal:Current events/Canada, especially its FPC? I've put a help request in there and of anyone, I thought you'd know how to solve it. Also I wrote a fun essay about Vancouverites you may find as an interesting read if you're bored: User:Mkdw/Vancouverite. Mkdwtalk 10:39, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your edit

I saw this. Don't make this a question about my or somebody else's supposed ignorance. Engage in the discussion instead.--Niohe 03:57, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hagerman Bot

Hi, I don't know what to make of it, but HagermanBot signed your comment on my talk page. I am not particularly concerned that it did not sign my comment on that talk page, but I was curious to experiment if it would. Cheers, Black Falcon 06:49, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Is this users actions allowed?

  • Hey there (:O) ... we have an ongoing debate over here on the status of an article. Now the thing I wanted to bring up was the editing and removal and well forceful rhetoric stating the result of the debate before it has even been decided. The one causing all this is User:Ideogram. I have tried so hard to be loving and understanding during this debate, but now I dont know if what the user is doing is right or wrong. I dont know who to go to, so I figure I may ask someone who is very familiar with the wikipedia world and how this should be dealt with maybe? Not sure. Please help. (:O) ---nima baghaei (talk) 03:43, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chinese name

I'm in the midst of a dispute over whether to apply Template:Chinese name in articles of Chinese persons whose names are already rendered in the western order and have found myself in a few edit wars. Since you participated in the deletion debate, you may want to chime in at Template talk:Chinese name.--Jiang 23:08, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Historical Eastern Germany

Perhaps you'd be interested in this:Talk:Historical_Eastern_Germany#Requested_move. -- Hrödberäht (gespräch) 05:09, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Actually...

You're late to the party. Please follow the link there. I don't want to leave the impression of canvassing for votes here, so you'll have to find it yourself. Sorry. Xiner (talk, email) 18:58, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and I think more than two co-noms are frowned upon, and rightly so. I prefer regular people discussing it, anyway. Thanks for the offer, though. Xiner (talk, email) 19:08, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] St'at'imc template

Reply on my talkpage; but thanks here also.Skookum1 08:17, 9 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Wikistalking

Thanks for taking a look at my report about Wikistalking. I did warn the user, in my edit summaries - see here, and he read the warning and dismissed it, here. Isarig 19:43, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Concerning your Admin Coaching assignments

Your name is still listed at Wikipedia:Admin coaching/Volunteers.

Note that the instructions may have changed since the last time you checked, and the department now follows a self-help process.

If you don't currently have a student, or if you believe you can handle another one, select a student from the request list at Wikipedia:Admin coaching/Requests and contact them. See the instructions on Wikipedia:Admin coaching. Good luck.

If you are no longer available to coach, , please remove yourself from the volunteers list.

Thank you. The Transhumanist    03:16, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP TIBET

I am going to set up Wiki Project Tibet if you would help me -even if at the start meemebrs are limited it is a good way to organize and imporve articles amyway. I want o merge Tibetan Buddhism into into .Could you help me Thajnks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 12:52, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes that would be great ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 14:34, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Terrific stuff thanks for your support. I thought there might be some way to begin with an assessment of Tibetan articles e.g priority/ importance class stub- good articles etc. ? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 13:54, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hi AQu01rius. What can I say? I couldn't have gotten here without you. Your friendly criticism, so long ago it seems, spurred me on to the right path. Rest assured that I heard every voice loud and clear during the discussion, and will strive to use the mop carefully and responsibly. Thanks for your support, and please don't hesitate to give me constructive criticism anytime. Xiner (talk, email) 02:22, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

No way! I didn't realized that you are 1) not an admin; 2) Chinese like me; and 3) only in high school. Don't worry, Wiki-karma is one of the best deals that go around. Xiner (talk, email) 02:27, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My Editor Review

Thanks for commenting on my editor review. You raised a lot of valuable points, and I highly appreciate it. The Evil Clown 14:20, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

It's {{subst:RfA-nom|YOUR USERNAME}}. bibliomaniac15 23:57, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA

I'm willing to give it a shot, so I've put in my answers and acceptance- wish me luck! --Wafulz 06:46, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh, could you also submit it for me, if it's not too much trouble? Thanks a lot. --Wafulz 06:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tibet Project

HI I was just surveying the top -importanc ecategory when you tagged it more deletion. SHould n't it just be Top importance Tibet articles? After all the template still read WIkiProject China Its just I am organizing the Category under CHina like Hong Kong. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 14:24, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I just set up Category:Top-importance Tibet articles. I have categorized it as Category:WikiProject Tibet ok? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 14:27, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Is this what you mean? Template:WikiProject Tibet banner? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 14:37, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Please note though that Portal:Tibetan Buddhism exists and all the categories for WikiProject Tibetan Buddhism most of which are empty. SHould this be moved to WikiProject Tibet? Plus I don't think User:Sylvain1972 is aware of events. I don't know how many articles are related to Tibetan Buddhism but it can't be a huge number although I do see the idea of the project from a religious viewpoint. But I am quick to say that a major part of Wikiproject Tibet is religously entwined anyway. What shall we do? I don't want to offend people who started that project by moving their page but isn't it best under Wikiproject Tibet? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 15:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


I didn't create that banner though. However please could you make two adjustmnets to the CHina Tibet= yes template. About the This is maintained by the Tibet workgroup please can you change it to "This article is maintained by the WikiProject Tibet workgroup".

Also could you add the Potala image symbol of wiki project tibet before "This article" in the China template or put it in the place of the Chinese symbol in the margin?. Like the Chinese template has that image but a smaller image of the Potala it the Tibet work section ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 15:01, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I think I have solved the conroversy between labelling pages like the Dalai Lama as chinese by keeping the Tibetan Buddhims template -CHanging it to Wikiproject Tibet:Tibetan Buddhism and adding the Category: WikiProject Tibet articles -this way it avoids the China tag but is still in the Category:Tibetan articles. This should avoid conflict I think! Tibetan buddhism is a useful way to avoid directly labelling figures such as the Dalai laam as under China - this might lead to some serious opposition!! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 16:38, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Most pages though should be tagged as Chinese|tibet=yes but ones which are less sensitive and more politically correct! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 16:39, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I have sorted it out now - I am keeping the Wikiproject Tibetan Buddhism as a sub order of WIkiProject Tibet - the template is useful for identifying buddhist articles from the tibet/china articles - going in both categries for more focus ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 18:36, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:CHINA Reassessment parameter?

Hi, I've recently seen some articles that have been expanded and now need to be reassessed. Would it be feasible to set up a parameter for this? Someone could set the parameter to "yes", the article could go into a or something, and then we would know where to go to find them. I know that we already have a section to request assessment or reassessment, but this would automate it somewhat.--Danaman5 19:03, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

I appreciate your support on my recent RfA. Shimeru 15:40, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia talk:WikiProject China#Naming conventions

Hi, please participate in the discussion. --Ideogram 01:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for the review!

Thank you! Your review is very valuable. Wooyi 02:03, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stub Article Expanded for Southern and Northern Dynasties Article

Hi, I'm new to joining wiki. I have a question: besides telling you and making you aware here, how do I report that I expanded a stub article so that it can be removed from the stub list? I recently expanded the Southern and Northern Dynasties article (citing my source), since it was a pathetic stub that sorely needed expanding (lol). I added two new sections: the Northern Dynasties and the Southern Dynasties; I hope you like the improvements!

--PericlesofAthens 05:46, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind! I figured out what to do after reading the "help" link where the stub notice was located in the article. No longer a stub...

--PericlesofAthens 06:06, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 20 March 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article World Vision Famine events, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 03:39, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] translation of comic book description

I recently discovered a ten volume comic book about Zhou Tong called Zhou Tong Zhuan Qi (Chinese: 周侗传奇 – "The Legend of Zhou Tong"). Do you know of anyone who would be willing to translate the brief chinese descriptions of each volume into English and post it in a sub-article under the “Comic book” section?

  1. Vol. 1
  2. Vol. 2
  3. Vol. 3
  4. Vol. 4
  5. Vol. 5
  6. Vol. 6
  7. Vol. 7
  8. Vol. 8
  9. Vol. 9
  10. Vol. 10

(Ghostexorcist)

[edit] Thank you for your support on my Request for Administration

I'm happy to say that thanks in part to your support, my RfA passed with a unanimous score of 40/0/0. I solemnly swear to use these shiny new tools with honour and insanity integrity. --Wafulz 15:15, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Needing Help on Picture Upload Copywright License

I have a question about a recently uploaded photo that I want to use for Liuhe Pagoda of China. The article lacked any picture, and it really needs one, considering that it is one of the greatest Song Dynasty (or any) Chinese pagoda standing today.

The image is found at this link here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Liuhe_Pagoda.jpg

If you would be so kind, I'd like to have you or somebody else verify the copywright license (it's some random American guy's vacation blog pic). In the meantime, I have given it the GFDL presumed tag, but if I do not verify the copywright stuff, it will be deleted in 7 days!

Thanks, --PericlesofAthens 06:01, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peer Review for Song Dynasty

Hello. I've put a lot of work into the Song Dynasty article, and I was wondering if you could provide some feedback through peer review.

Wikipedia:Peer review/Song Dynasty/archive1

Thanks, --PericlesofAthens 05:28, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for your input! It was very valuable, since no one else has peer reviewed it at all! Lol. If you go back, you can see many changes to it already, including a new section on architecture (with a cool photo of the Liuhe Pagoda). It's going to take a while to revert all those references to the inline-citation type, but for featured-article status, I think it is worth my effort.

Oh, and one more thing. What was that about an infobox? I'm not quite sure what you're talking about. I'm still new here to wiki.

--PericlesofAthens 23:59, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Hmm...I totally would use an infobox, but there's already that enormous box list of 'Chinese History' taking up all the space in the beginning of the article. I don't think there's a way to merge the two, and having both of them would look far too cluttered. Thoughts?

--PericlesofAthens 00:18, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Awesome! However...

Thanks, this article looks incredibly well-done and professional now with your tweeks and adjustments (I noticed you changed the 'notes' section to 'citations', good choice).

One little note of discrepancy though: you have the estimated population of the empire at 50 million, when I showed in the second paragraph of the lead that the empire's population was roughly 100 million, twice as big as the preceding Tang (and I cited my source as well, with Ebrey). Are we reading two different sources here? Or is this just the estimate for the Southern Song half of China? Should we break the population part into two sections? Northern Song and Southern Song? And if so, how many more people did the Southern Song have than the Jin Dynasty? I think it's easier just to include Jin and Southern Song into a one-estimate figure for the whole of China; 100 million people. Thoughts?

--PericlesofAthens 01:00, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] It's Looking Professional (wink, wink)

Check out the Song article now. I just added a new Family and Gender section, along with a quote by Shen Kuo on the use of a drydock in the 11th century to repair boats.

--PericlesofAthens 19:18, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi again, I just updated the Song Dynasty thread with a lot of new info in the architecture section; it's worth looking at, I assure you. ;)

However, someone in the discussion for the candidacy of FA status has recently asked me to cite the publisher and author info for the external weblink sources. I did as she asked, but she says I must have been confused, because she wants more changes to be done. Could you check it out? I'm not quite sure what she's getting at now.

--PericlesofAthens 22:26, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Need Help with Song Dynasty

While editing the article with good intent, User talk:Cliff smith just messed everything up, and now he is not responding when I ask him to correct his mistake. He's done some pretty complicated ref stuff that I have no idea how to deal with. Can you help me?

A large part of the article is now missing from view because of his edit. When you go to edit the page, though, the missing part of the article is there in print! Here is the missing chunk:

[edit] Partisans and Factions, Reformers and Conservatives

A portrait painting of Chancellor Wang Anshi
A portrait painting of Chancellor Wang Anshi

After students passed the often difficult, bureaucratic, and heavily-demanding Imperial Exams, as they became officials, they did not always see eye to eye with others that had passed the same examination. Even though they were fully-fledged graduates ready for government service, there was always the factor of competition with other officials. Promotion to a higher post, higher salary, additional honors, and selection for choice assignment responsibilities were often uncertain, as young new officials often needed higher-ranking officials to recommend them for their services. Once an official would rise to the upper echelons of central administration based in the capital, they would often compete with others over influence of the emperor's official adoption of state policies. Officials with different opinions on how to approach administrative affairs often sought out other officials for support, leading to pacts of rivaling officials lining up political allies at court to sway the emperor against the faction they disagreed with.

Factional strife at court first became apparent during the 1040s AD, with a new state reform initiated by Fan Zhongyan. Fan was a capable military leader (with successful battles in his record against the Tanguts of Xi-Xia) but as a minister of state he was known as an idealist, once saying that a well-minded official should be one that was "first in worrying about the world's troubles and last in enjoying its pleasures".[1] When Fan rose to the seat of Chancellor, there was a growing opposition to him within the older and more conservative crowd. They disliked his pushing for reforms for the recruitment system, higher pay for minor local officials to discourage against corruption, and wider sponsorship programs to ensure that officials were drafted more on the basis of their intellect and character. However, his reforms were cancelled within a year's time (with Fan replaced as Chancellor), since many older officials who were halfway through their careers were not keen on making changes that could affect their comfortably-set positions.[1]


Is there some way to make it visible again? I hope this can be sorted out soon, because the article looks very bad at present because of this large random part missing.

--PericlesofAthens 03:47, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I just fixed it, it was a random backslash that he had forgot to place. I can't believe I just spotted that!

Thanks anyways... --PericlesofAthens 04:11, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] April Fools nonsense

By the time you read this message, you'll likely be unblocked anyway, but there was a reason for why your April Fools RFA for Jimbo was deleted a first time.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 05:17, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, was the guy even warned before being blocked? Furthermore, short blocks are insulting because blocks are not supposed to be punative anyway. Unless there's something I don't know, I'm not happy with this. Xiner (talk, a promise) 13:49, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I need your help

I need your help. I am a new member of wikipeida. I find the article of "Tibet" or "history of tibet" in wikipeida is very biased towards pro-independent Tibetans. I have strong evidence to prove what I said. I made some edit and added some important facts. However, they are deleted. The problem is: I am not familiar with the rules of wikipeida and I probable won't have time to get familar with it. So, I need your help so that truth can be known by people. The main source of my information is from:

"The historical status of tibet", by China internet information center. It cab be found at the website of:

http://www.china.org.cn/ch-xizang/tibet/historical_status/english/index.html

http://www.china.org.cn/ch-xizang/tibet/indexE.html

This is probably the most complete and detailed information source on the Tibet issue.

Many thanks.

Xiaoliang1

[edit] help wanted -add

Sorry, The name of the source is: The historical status of China's Tibet —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Xiaoliang1 (talk • contribs) 01:44, 2 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Editor Review

AQu01rius, thank you so much for reviewing me so constructively. I definitely need to go back to the editing. I used to edit a lot, but major edits have been marginalized since I began to do counter-vandalism basically full time; definitely need to contribute a higher percentage of my wikitime to major edits.

Do you think I should return my userboxes to the main page? I put them into a subpage accessible from my menu because it was way too cluttered.

Meanwhile, I am in the midst of searching for an Admin Coach prior to any RfA action. I am taking what you wrote to heart and will shortly begin to refurbish the main page with pertinent information and will find an article to make my baby; my non-WP:OWN baby.

Thanks again, --Valley2city₪‽ 07:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

PS: Props on the Phantom quote on the top of your talk page. It's my favorite play. 07:45, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Certified.Gangsta-Ideogram

Hello,

A request for arbitration has been filed regarding the conduct of Certified.Gangsta.

Can I trouble you to write a statement at Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Certified.Gangsta-Ideogram recounting your interactions with him and your impressions of his conduct as an editor?

Thanks.

LionheartX 22:06, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A-class review?

Hey, I was just wondering if you could take a look at the S.H.E article to see if there are any glaring grammatical errors or poorly-phrased things. The article is currently a GA. I know for a fact the article's not ready for FA, but I'm just wondering if it's good enough to be considered A-class. I also posted a request at WikiProject China for your convenience. Thanks in advance. - Pandacomics 05:31, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

You are awesome. Thanks. - Pandacomics 03:18, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Again, awesome. Which clearly isn't an awesome enough word to describe your help. - Pandacomics 18:23, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
By the way, how do you calculate the size of readable prose on an article? - Pandacomics 01:44, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] the S.H.E talk page

Aww. Well. It was intended as a joke really, just to see how long it would take to get a response. Ah well, can't always get the cake, eh. - Pandacomics 07:13, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Railway line template

Re Wikiquette Alerts. It's all at Wikipedia talk:Railway line template#Adding coordinates and microformats (also [1]), and in the recent history of my talk page. Thank you. Andy Mabbett 00:13, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: "User:Redvers's "closure" of the page was rather inappropriate"

Um, no? See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Wikiquette alerts if you are willing to discuss. --Iamunknown 02:51, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't like that first comment now. I posted it hastily. Sorry. :-( --Iamunknown 02:57, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Beijing opera

Hi, sorry to bother you on your talk page, but I was afraid no one else would ever see that peer review. Since you last looked a Beijing opera, I think that I have considerably improved it, expanding many sections. Now, I am considering submitting it to WP:GA. Could you please look over it one more time at let me know about any changes that might need to be made for it to become a good article? Specifically:

  • Do you think that reference #36 is a reliable source? I just needed somewhere that talked about some of the basics, rather than the narrow academic scope of the journal articles. The Wichmann book has some of the same info, but I feel like I have used that enough as it is.
  • I moved the aesthetics section to be the first subsection of the performance elements section, because I felt that the aesthetic principles discussed there can be found in the proceeding performance elements as well. Does that structure work for you?

Of course, any other thoughts that you have would be great too. Thanks in advance for your help!--Danaman5 03:41, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey, sorry to bother you one more time. What do you think about the first picture at the top of the article? (of Yang Guifei) I removed it earlier because I was suspicious of the copyright. It is a reupload of a Chinese version that doesn't exist, done by a now blocked user, and linked to a source that doesn't exist. However, another user wanted it back in, so now there are two pictures, and that looks terrible. Do you think the Yang Guifei picture is safe to use?--Danaman5 08:44, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Personal attacks on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alekhine's defense, Modern variation, 4...Bg4

Hi, would you mind taking the time to put a NPA template on the offending user's page? I do not know that it would do any good, but if I tried it, I know it'd almost certainly not work. FrozenPurpleCube 07:21, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Celine Dion awards and accomplishments

As you've contributed to this discussion, I thought you should know that a number of similar articles have been bundled with the AfD. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 09:48, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Editor Review

Hi, I see you do a lot of work on editor review! I hope you don't mind me contacting you like this, but myself and another user have had their editor review pages up for quite some time and noone has reviewed. So I thought you might be the best person to contact seeing as though you appear to be the most active. The other user's editor review is here and mine is here. These are the only teo on the Editor review main page with asterisks next to them. I's sorry if you feel this way of contacting you is inappropriate, but I have been waiting a long time for my editor review...Partially my fault as I mad it in January and forgot to add it to the main page, and didn't realise until April! And the other user has been waiting quite a while as well! If you have time, please review, if you don't have time, don't worry, someone will do it eventually! :D Asics talk Editor review! 10:01, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I've been reviewed now, so you may want to concentrate on reviewing the other editor. Thanks, Asics talk Editor review! 12:32, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Good idea! I never thought of moving it to the top! I have no idea why I didn't think of that to be honest, as it seems a simple idea now! I've moved it now. Thanks for telling me that! I really have no idea why I didn't think of it!!! Asics talk Editor review! 15:30, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Thankyou for reviewing my Editor Review. I do hope to participate in more discussions, especailly WP:AFD, and have taken all of your comments on board. Thanks! -- Casmith_789 (talk) 15:24, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thanks for the gesture. However, i think i am still going to decline. I have a lot of things to sort out. Maybe i will later. Simply south 15:57, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I think i might try for it near the end of the month. Also, you have an RfA request from Xiner below who wants to nominate you. Simply south 16:15, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA nomination

I greatly appreciate the kind words and suggestions in my Editor Review and that you feel I would make a good admin. I would like to take some time to review the roles and responsibilities of being an admin before making a commitment. Your support is greatly appreciated. Alansohn 11:18, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Watchlisting Portal:China

You might want to watchlist Portal:China and all its subpages to track any changes. --Ideogram 21:22, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re: editor review assist

Thanks for the heads-up. Cheers, DickClarkMises 19:18, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Goguryeo

Are you still interested in taking this? No real objections have been raised since you posted on Talk:Goguryeo. I have done all the needed template changes etc. as if you were going to accept it - if you no longer can, please leave a note on my talk page and I'll revert all my changes.

If you can accept it, on behalf of the MedCom, thank you very much, all the best, and if you need any assistance during mediation, please don't hesitate to ask our chair or post on WT:MC. If you can't mediate it, thank you for your offer anyways.

Cheers, Daniel Bryant 06:10, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi! Just so you know, based on the message you left on Daniel's talk page, indicating confusion about where to go from here, Daniel and I are taking this case. We do appreciate your desire to help out, so we hope you take no offense from this.  : ) Perhaps you could try a smaller case at the Mediation Cabal? — Armed Blowfish (mail) 16:33, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Goguryeo controversies

Isn't this article rather redundant? I was planning to link Northeast Project as the main article, which includes a section on the Goguryeo controversies. Cydevil38 23:18, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Well, I created the Northeast Project page for the purpose of doing exactly that - to divert the edit war from Goguryeo. It was my intention to leave a brief summary there and just link it to Northeast Project. If you want to further divert this "edit war" to another article, I won't object. But whereever this controversy goes, I believe it should convey claims from both sides. Unfortunately, Assault11's been constantly deleting the Korean claims because he can't agree with them. Cydevil38 05:50, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Xinhai Revolution

I hereby award AQu01rius the Babel Translation Award for his excellent Chinese-English translation. WooyiTalk, Editor review 16:32, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
I hereby award AQu01rius the Babel Translation Award for his excellent Chinese-English translation. WooyiTalk, Editor review 16:32, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your translation on Xinhai Revolution, Cheers! WooyiTalk, Editor review 16:28, 28 April 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Goguryeo mediation

Hi - as a member of the mediation committee, I'm contacting you about your mediation of the Goguryeo dispute. I have been told that concerns have been expressed by parties to the mediation that you may have biases (it is not my place to decide either way), but it is clear that you are continuing to attempt to mediate the dispute. Per Mediation Policy, the mediator must be neutral, and must be acceptable to all parties. If one party raises a concern, no matter how improper it may seem, it is only right that one must stand down as mediator. The mediation committee has accepted this rather complex dispute to mediate on an external wiki, in order to maintain mediation confidentiality, in order to foster an environment of trust. It seems to me that, perhaps, you are confusing the parties to the mediation w.r.t. what is going on - they see you mediating on the article talk page, yet recieve email requests to make accounts on the external wiki - this is making things difficult for us to conduct a full and formal mediation on the subject. I'd appreciate it if you could make a statement clarifying the position in the dispute - I am of the opinion that you could enter the mediation as a party, if you feel that you have a viewpoint and/or something to add. Thanks, Martinp23 20:18, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi - I have read the talk page, and did make the above comment in good faith. I've taken yet another look over the page, and can see a couple of places where you've acted as mediator (accepting the case, something about unprotection), but can't find anywhere that you've actually said that you're no longer mediating, which is almost certainly the root of my confusion. Thanks, Martinp23 10:04, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possibly unfree Image:Koguryo.jpg

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:Koguryo.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. Please go to its page for more information if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Komdori 23:13, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help on Forbidden City

Hey, I've been working on Forbidden City recently, and I wonder if you could take a look at the article, and perhaps make some suggestions, criticism, and (best of all) edits? Thanks, Sumple (Talk) 07:17, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dates

Check out WP:MOSDATE. It doesn't matter what format the dates are written in, as long as they are wiki-linked, they appear to the reader according to the individual reader's date preferences. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 20:39, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] May 2007 edition of the WikiProject Germany newsletter

The Germany WikiProject Newsletter
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All of our B-Class, Start-Class and Stub-Class articles now need to be checked whether they meet any of the B-Class criteria. This is a major effort, and we need your help! If you want to help, but don't know how, please post at the project talkpage.

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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XIV (April 2007)

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[edit] Taiwanese Aborigines

Thanks for the look and the offer to help with the refs. For now I think we'll leave the in-line refs, but we will see. Again, I really appreciate your willingness to help with such a long article and thanks for the SupportMaowang 04:36, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the Epic Barnstar Award, much appreciated. :) --PericlesofAthens 12:39, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your RfA nomination

Xiner would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Xiner to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/AQu01rius/Archive. If you accept the nomination, you must formally state and sign your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.

[edit] Rfa

Hey, just saying "good luck" with your Rfa. I was more than happy to gives my support to you, and was somewhat surprised after reviewing your edits and contributions that you were not one already. Well, either way, best of luck! Jmlk17 23:10, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Co-nomination by Evilclown93

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