User talk:Epa101

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[edit] Welcome!

Hi Epa101, and a warm welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you have enjoyed editing as much as I did so far and decide to stay. Unfamiliar with the features and workings of Wikipedia? Don't fret! Be Bold! Here's some good links for your reference and that'll get you started in no time!

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Oh yes, don't forget to sign when you write on talk pages, simply type four tildes, like this: ~~~~. This will automatically add your name and the time after your comments. And finally, if you have any questions or doubts, don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Once again, welcome! =)

- Mailer Diablo 16:27, 17 July 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Miners

Thanks for your help with the miners article, you too obviously have some very good source knowledge, maybe , like me,lived there at the time etc. Your information about the police asking about political affinity is spot on!

Ukbn2 10:06, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Immanuel Kant and great philosophers

Hi Epa101. Thank you for your recent contribution regarding Immanuel Kant and the great philosophers in the Obsessive-compulsive disorder article. It would be great if you could provide a source/reference for this information in the article; there have been some problems in the past in the famous/celebrity section regarding verifiability (See for example Talk:Obsessive-compulsive disorder#The Celebrity List Again). I do not doubt the validity of your edit, but it would set good precedent for other editors of this section if you could include a reference for the information. If you need help, see Wikipedia:Citing sources or you can reply below with the information and I can put it in for you. Thanks again!--GregRM 21:17, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

While searching for a source to support your addition, I came across this reference which seems to suggest that Kant did not have OCD. In light of this information, I removed your addition to Talk:Obsessive-compulsive disorder#Unsourced famous potential OCD sufferers. You are welcome to discuss the issue and contribute your knowledge regarding this matter in this section if you desire; if you have a suitably strong reference/source we may be able to return this information to the main article.--GregRM 23:16, 19 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Utilitarianism

Hi - I notice you added 'This argument has been revived by Richard Rorty's work' to the section in Utilitarianism on Marx's argument about human nature. It wasn't clear what argument you meant or how Rorty is relevant, to be honest, so I've cut your addition for the moment. I'm happy to be shown how I'm wrong, though, so feel free to reply at my talk page. Cheers, Sam Clark 10:36, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello again. Thanks for your response. I now see what you were getting at, and you're right that it'd be worth mentioning, but perhaps in the body of the section (and, as you say, with a reference). Cheers, Sam Clark 13:18, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Articles on accents

When you add material to articles on accents, could you add references to the article at the same time? Most of your additions seem plausible (though I'm sceptical that RP is based on Northamptonshire accents, given what the people I've met from Kettering sound like) but it would be nice to have sources.--JHJ 17:25, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

I've heard the thing about the South-East Midlands many times.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/voices2005/glossary/barrie_rhodes.shtml "Standard English is nothing more or less than a particular dialect from the South East Midlands". The three counties that I specifically identified were based on B.B.C. Voices: the book "Talking for Britain", Simon Elmes, p.114 I can't say that I've ever met anyone from Kettering. As it is in north Northamptonshire, it seems peripheral to the Standard English area that was described in the book, and probably not too big a problem. Epa101 17:51, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the sources.--JHJ 18:46, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mill Town

Hi, many thanks for the contact.

I do agree with your view - and I believe (though am unsure exactly) that Sky and the BBC (and I suspect some of the middle-class national papers) have used the expression Mill town in this way.

However, I know for certain that someone will come along in the near future and challenge it on the grounds that they may never heard of this; a reference (or ideally two/three), would simply prove this statement and back up this view.

I'm uncertain of your level of experience on Wikipedia, but I would say that there are a few policies which dictate why this should be. WP:V is one, another is Wikipedia:Citing sources. As I say, you may however be familiar with these.

I'd take a look at Oldham Riots (which is very much linked to this article and one which I've contributed significantly to) which indicates roughly the amount of sourcing which would be expected for a B-class standard article, and how to present such a topic.

A source wouldn't necessarily need to be found imminently - but it is best to keep the tag in place whilst one is found, as this would help say a serious researcher who is unfamiliar with the topic to know that it has not been checked.

I'll try to take a look for a source, though if you could aid in this I'd be very grateful.

Thanks for contributions, keep up the good work! Jhamez84 00:27, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Accents

Excellent work on the Mill town article. I knew sources would exist for this as I remember vaugley the term being used in such a way! Great stuff - thanks for that contribution!

With regards to accents - my immediate concern is that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia based upon verfiability and other such ideals. However, accents are not an exact science.

There are also issues of say, what constitutes an Oldham accent, is it based upon the exact town proper, or the wider Metropolitan Borough of Oldham (which includes other towns and even parts annexed from Yorkshire itself!). Also, as you no doubt are aware, Oldham and other such towns have high ethnic minority populations - do their accents legitimately form part of or influence what is an Oldham accent?

I'm not challenging such articles, but I am thinking outside of the box, so to speak/type (!), and these could be pitfalls which one may face.

I guess that I could confirm to an extent that (broadly) Oldham does have a Rhotic accent. Though I would add that it's unusual proximity to Yorkshire, Cheshire, Manchester and Derbyshire means that the accent for the area is not strictly a Lancastrian one. Indeed, I'm lucky/unlucky enough when travelling to be assumed to be Mancunian because of my accent - which happens rather consistently!

I'm certainly interested in your projects and ideas for this, and would like to work closely on it if you feel I could help? Hope I have done so, so far. Thanks for the contact and support. Do please get back in touch! Jhamez84 23:48, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use image in user namespace

Hello!

You have used a fair use image in your user namespace (Image:Augusto Pinochet official portrait.jpg in User talk:Epa101). Criterion 9 of the Wikipedia:Fair use criteria states that "Fair use images may be used only in the article namespace. Used outside article space, they are not covered under the fair use doctrine." I have replaced it with a free image (Image:Augusto Pinochet.jpg).

Sincerely, --Oden 20:48, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trap-bath split in the South-East

I removed your bit about Sussex and the trap-bath split from English English because the links you used do in fact show it: they show a long [aː] (like a lengthened form of the Yorkshire short vowel) in the BATH words, whereas TRAP words have a short [a] or [æ]. This isn't quite like RP and similar accents, which have a long back [ɑː] in the BATH words, but it still shows the split. I noticed you added something similar to Estuary English; was there another source?--JHJ 17:15, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Untagged image

An image you uploaded, Image:Ossett coatofarms2.jpg, was tagged with the {{coatofarms}} copyright tag. This tag was deleted because it does not actually specify the copyright status of the image. The image may need a more accurate copyright tag, or it may need to be deleted. If the image portrays a seal or emblem, it should be tagged as {{seal}}. If you have any questions, ask them at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. -- 16:24, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Survey of English Dialects

Thanks very much for creating the entry in the first place. Last autumn, I wrote my master's thesis on paradigms of to be in the SED and I would have loved to find a kickstart on the topic at wikipedia. I decided to create the article as soon as I would have finished my exams, but they are still going on. Now I won't have to do that, will I? Symkyn 07:08, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] secular islam

Epa101, the "secular islam" video is available on youtube and warraq is featured in the video as well. I am 100% it is him. Do a youtube search for secular islam and you'll see him and all the other infamous islam bashers.

xad —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xad (talk • contribs) 10:38, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] About the ISIS website

Thanks to you. Interestingly enough is the second link, where Ibn Warraq graciously quotes Michael Leeden, a peaceful hardworker in the innocent cause of "war on terror", and who is very likely particularily well documented on that subject. Wikipedia has quite interesting articles on these matters. TwoHorned (talk) 12:11, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dialect Test

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