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[edit] sorry

This has nothing to do with me - the Wikipedia:No original research guideline specifically rules out "I was there" testimony. No original research or testimony - you can only put in information that has been researched/reported by others. Sorry. --Golbez 01:52, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

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after reading everything i could find about Wikipedia guidelins it look like "I was there" testimony is okay and is not original research.

"Primary sources are documents or people very close to the situation being written about. An eyewitness account is a primary source" this was on the link you sent me some time a go. Or am I still not getting it?Dm2ortiz 16:00, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Poconut

By definition Darlinton and Indianapolis are not superspeedways because darlington is less than 2 miles and Indy has less than 30 degrees of banking. Although both are often referred to as superspeedway, Darlington and Indy in addition to all other race tracks in the world other than Talledega and Daytona are only speedways —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Poconut (talk • contribs) 02:48, 10 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Roidweiser

Hi, sorry I'm new, can I ask why the 'Daxflame' page was deleted and not just edited. I gather from the delete message, there was a lot wrong with it, but I'm not sure what the abbreviations mean db-bio, db-ad, db-nn. I'm guessing the bio was wrong.. and that's about all I can gather from it. Thanks

Yes could you send me a copy of it to work on, thanks.

[edit] Sora Aoi

Hi.. can I know why you deleted the external links I inserted for Sora Aoi's page?


[edit] Emerson Prep

Hi, Golbez. This is insomniacsloth from various articles, including the Emerson Prep one. I'm a happy student there, as was Yum299. When did you graduate? Where you under Humphrey or Walsh? Remember any teachers?

[edit] Shock images

What policy did they break? I don't understand how you can have an article about shock images without pictures of the images. A picture is worth 1000 words. Anyway the Goatse article had 2 pictures of the "temple of goatse" from some stupid computer game, surely a picture of the actual Goatse is more relevant.

--PEAR 07:03, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Road map

Hi Golbez and many tanks for the compliments. Its nice to know that my work has inspired someone. I used Illustrator for the map. I tried my hand at inkscape and found it a little cumbersome, but its prolly developed now. But i do recommend using illustrator or corel draw, if you want to work really fast, especially for huge networks like that for the US. You do have the advantage that maps are readily available for tracing, unlike for India where i had to use a little close to a gazillion sources and put it all together like a giant hair-tearing jigsaw. Its not the perfect way to spend your free time, but the end result is well worth it. All the best to ya and drop me a line if you get into a tight spot. cheers -- PlaneMad|YakYak 18:00, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Use the pencil tool to draw the lines. for the double stroke, just select your line, and in the appearance dock, choose add new stroke. Do this two times with the first stroke broader than the second and use different colors and youll see what i mean -- PlaneMad|YakYak 01:40, 15 November 2006 (UTC)


Fantastic Job Golbez!! Regarding your query, its really simple. Just follow these steps:

  1. Make sure all the roads are within a single layer.
  2. Click on the target icon for this layer (looks like a circle). This will select the entire network.
  3. In the appearance dock, do the same thing as before for the double stroke (the target icon will turn solid)

What this does is treat all the roads as a single object and apply the stroke, not individually as is the case now, where one highway overlaps another. And any line you draw in this layer automatically inherits the stroke, no need to select it seperately.
If this doesnt work, the individual styles may be conflicting with the layer style, to fix this click to the right of the layer target icon, which selects the contents of the layer, and then clear the stroke. Happy insane mapping-- PlaneMad|YakYak 15:46, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Howdy

I wandered into the discussion debate on Afghanistan through a strange, circuitous route. It started with Luna Santins talk page (posting a response) to KB Botany's talk page, and then the Afghanistan talk page itself. Botany just really sounded hapless and beleagured, which is why I followed the trail in the first place.

I've spent the last two hours reading the Afghanistan talk page (well, most of it). It gets EXTREMELY technical, but based on what I read, I urge you to reconsider your indefinite block on NiserKand. He has some mistaken beliefs, but and he has made more than a few inflammatory remarks, but he has also contributed positively to other articles (if his user talk page is any indication), and it appears that the net effect of his efforts has been to actually make the Afghanistan article more neutral. At least that is the opinion of a few of the editors on the Afghanistan talk page.

I would also like to point out that Tajik made the first accusation of racism against NiserKand. I don't know how to copy a diff, nor do I believe I could find it in the history, but I could point out the general area on the talk page if you asked me.

I think if he were strongly disabused of the notion that his self-stated "expert" knowledge made him more qualified to edit than other people who are willing to read, discuss, and collaborate, he could be a very helpful editor.

Up until tonight, I had little interest in Afghanistan and knew next to nothing of the subject. In other words, I have no dog in this race. I just felt it necessary to bring this up in the interest of fairness

If you would like to respond me, please use my user talk page.

Thanks for your time,NinaEliza 10:59, 15 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Holy frak!

This: Image:United States 1789-03-1789-08.png series of images is amazing. I heart you, bless you and thank you. jengod 22:08, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your response

I understand your position. I don't believe NisarKand has an email address attached to his account, but I also hadn't confirmed my own email at that point so I will try again.

One thing that is important to point out (as I learned from the talk on Afghanistan) is that "Aryan", doesn't mean the same thing in Afghanistan as it does, say, to the Aryan Nation. Arya or Aria was an ancient name for that entire region. The "rats" comment was way out of line, but it came after a lengthy, bitter debate and in my opinion was designed to specifically piss Tajik off. In the mean time, Tajik constantly called NisarKand racist in response to nearly everything NisarKand said. It's all over the talk page.

From what I understand, there are some serious human rights violations currently going on against the Pashtuns (that's what NisarKand is). While it's been alluded on the talk page, I don't know anything further. I think this makes the whole thing particularly sensitive to NisarKand, as well as Tajik.

Ironically, on the very same talk (one would need to scroll WAY up) is a fantastic, easy-to-understand, and compassionate summary of the dilemma. I'll edit it down to the most salient points, but it's still a bit long. Forgive me, and I appreciate your patience in advance (italics are mine for emphasis):

"Afghanistan has hardly ever been a single country. It does not even completely represent a people as such, since the Pashtuns are almost evenly split between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Tajiks between Tajikistan and Afghanistan and Uzbeks with Uzbekistan. A census has never been taken, and various pieces of land has belonged to different people. In addition, almost no one can be considered indigenous of the land, due to non-stop invasions throughout the history...

Afghanistan for most of its history has been a collection of loosely-connected tribes, most of which lived quite autonomously...Afghanistan could never be seen simply as a 'nation' or country of a 'people'. The name 'Afghanistan' was coined by a Pashtun at a time when many other ethnic groups lived autonomously within the region...

...The demographics and history of Afghanistan are therefore highly disputed. Percentages of population are very frequently overstated, each ethnic group claiming 80% of the population is not uncommon. The population also fluctuates with the movements of the large number of refugees...

While the history of smaller ethnic and religious groups are lost, historians in Iran, Turkey, Pakistan etc constantly view Afghanistan as a part of greater 'Turkistan', 'greater Persia' and so on. This makes the history of the country highly biased and unreliable, and it should be viewed as such...

On the other hand, the various peoples secured their own history better, the history of Pashtuns are best read from a Pashtun perspective, Hazaras from Hazara perspective, Tajiks from Tajik perspective, and always with a grain of salt.

This makes the history very interesting, but very difficult to dig up."

So what's to be done? KP Botany often criticized both parties (in an amazingly neutral, constructive way), but was ultimately of the opinion (along with a couple of other people) that the article as it stood was too biased towards the Tajik POV, and that NisarKand's contributions were welcome and important (though his "welcome" contributions usually had to be sifted through loads of overwhelmingly contested stuff).

I realize this is WAY more information than you ever wanted on the situation, and I promise this will be by far my lengthiest post to you. I just felt a little bit more background was necessary (and we all learned a little!).

In any event, I realize your very busy actually being productive here, so... NinaEliza 05:02, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Youz a brave man, Golbez, for jumping into this fracas.
Actually, no. The probability is mighty close to 1 that both Nisar and Tajik have relatives from the other ethnic side through intermarriage, a very common practice in Afghanistan--probably even aunties who'd slap them both right across their faces for the way they've represented Afghanistan on Wikipedia. And make them apologize to you for having the decency to take at least one of them to task for completely unacceptable rudeness. They've both contributed usefully to Wikipedia, and both greatly tarnished the sense of community necessary for an endeavour of this nature.
I'm studying, on and off, the ethnography of census taking in Central Asia and will correct population reports from Afghanistan to include opposing viewpoints and explanations of the reality of census-taking in Central Asia, eventually. It's an interesting topic and will enhance Wikipedia's usability to include information of this nature. Until then, when things cool down a bit, I will tag articles, as necessary to reflect their lack of neutrality with an appropriate explanation.
I know you know you did the right thing in this situation. KP Botany 17:33, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Whoever claims that NisarKand has done "good contribution to the Afghanistan article" has NO idea what he is talking about. Despire the fact that he NEVER provides ANY reliable sources for his claims (it seems like User:KP Botany is not interested in sources), he actively deletes authoritative scholarly sources (Britannica, Iranica, Encyclopaedia of Islam, Cambr. History of Iran, etc), and he actually humiliates himself by claiming that Pashtuns were the first people in space, the Pashtuns invented nuclear technology, and that Pashtuns are gifted with intelligence and power, while others are "rats".
Instead of supporting such a nonsense, people should try to educate themselvs by reading actualy scholarly articles about Afghanistan.
The names "Persian" and "Persia" ARE mentioned very often, because until not so long ago, the region of today's Afghanistan was part of "Persia". Even now, the Persian language as well as the Persian language are dominant in Afghanistan (all scholarly sources, as well as CIA's factbook, agree on this!)
This may be hard for NisarKand or KP Botany to understand or to be accepted, but this is the truth and - most important of all - it is supported with scholarly sources (see the article).
I really do not know what KP Botany is up to, but he is very certainly not an expert on Afghanistan. I rather trust scholarly articles, and Wikipedians who are actually specialized on Central Asian history, such as User:Sikandarji.
Tājik 03:20, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Again Tajik embarks upon personal attacks, "Whoever claims that NisarKand has done 'good contribution to the Afghanistan article' has NO idea what he is talking about." Now Tajik claims I "have no idea what [I] am talking about."
As I also claimed in the same sentence that Tajik has "contributed usefully to Wikipedia," and Tajik gives me no credit for this (not a partial idea of what I am talking about, but "no idea") it appears that Tajik is essentially asserting that Tajik, too, has made no useful contributions to Wikipedia.
This is a personal attack and has nothing whatsoever to do with Wikipedia--Tajik has been warned about personal attacks and has recently been blocked for being uncivil.[1] And he continues to be uncivil, here is calling calling another editor's claims "stupid."[2] This is simply no way to come to an agreement on an issue, calling other claims stupid. What one does is discuss and debate the other claims.
There is no requirement on Wikipedia that only experts in their areas contribute, and, in fact, Tajik has not established his credentials as an expert, or as an editor able to distinguish between varying sources. Tajik quotes no Wikipedia policy about limiting Wikipedia to experts or scholars, as there is none. He is welcome to propose this policy, though. There are, however, many Wikipedia policies and guidelines against edit wars, personal attacks, being uncivil, and harassing other editors.
This continued lack of civility on Tajik's part, even after being blocked for 24 hours for his lack of civility, his continued personal attacks, and his inability to engage in discussions on issues of content are tedious.
KP Botany 19:57, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks, I think...

THAT comment I never saw. I will say however, that when NisarKand first came on the the Afghanistan talk page he was civil and apologetic for making a crapload of undiscussed edits (which as you know a lot of new users do). I actually don't think he'll be back, but you never know. Anyway, thank you - that was a generous thing to do. I was more concerned about KP botany anyway. He is an active and prolific editor that got caught in the middle of a bitter and contentious battle, and he has gotten nothing but crap for it. I honestly think he's on the verge of splitting, which would be tragic. Hopefully, this gesture will cheer him up. Best Wishes and thanks again,NinaEliza 07:07, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

User:Sd31415/Thumb

[edit] Did you know?

You are the second biggest contributor to the United States article, the third most revised article! s d 3 1 4 1 5 talk • contribs 02:13, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blocked

I blocked you and SalvNaut for violating 3rr in the 9-11 attacks article, you should have known better. Thanks Jaranda wat's sup 02:17, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Burn the land and boil the sea

I just noticed your reply under mine at ANI: "Finally, sir, we can give up this life of crime." all I can say is:

Sometime we've got to visit the crappy planet where I'm a hero! --Doc Tropics Message in a bottle 18:55, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Territorial evolution maps

thats a fantastic series of maps you have made of the US evolution! i thought you might like a template to link them: Template:USA territorial evolution Would it be alright if I added this to the images on commons? --Astrokey44 04:21, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm... on commons, sure, I guess. I don't see much use for it here, but there it could be useful. Thanks :) --Golbez 06:39, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Posssible troll on September 11 2001 talk page

I understand why you might delete those remarks. However, I think it's better to respond to someone in a stern bu non-accusatory way to indicate what they may be doing wrong. Especially someone who is posting from an IP address who may not know the rules of Wikipedia. In that way they will begin to understand whay they've done wrong. --Cplot 07:22, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] John Henry

Thanks for catching that blanking. For the record -- I wasn't vandalizing. Something must have went buggy when I made an unrelated different edit, and I hadn't noticed. ~CS 01:47, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tennis expert RFC

I have opened a user conduct RFC against Tennis expert. Since you had trouble with him on Talk:Tropical cyclone, could you please certify it accordingly? Thanks. --Coredesat 02:37, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, I withdrew it. --Coredesat 03:54, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Previous ArbCom election

I notice you said "as I recall, got over 60% positive vote" in the ArbCom elections for January 2006, in your statement. I found the results at User:Mathbot/Results - looks like 65% is the figure. Hope that helps. I've also started your questions page and left some questions. Carcharoth 12:37, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Don't tell people what to do

In the future don't tell me what to look up or not to look up. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by ROOB323 (talk • contribs) 00:47, 4 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] ArbCom questions

Hi. I'm Ral315, editor of the Wikipedia Signpost. We're doing a series on ArbCom candidates, and your response is requested.

  1. What positions do you hold (adminship, mediation, etc.)?
  2. Why are you running for the Arbitration Committee?
  3. Have you been involved in any arbitration cases? In what capacity?

Please respond on my talk page. Your responses would be added immediately, and you and other late-entering users would be noted in Monday's issue as well. Thanks, Ral315 (talk) (my votes) 00:56, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Israel districts named.png

Some guy at the Districts of Israel page is saying your map is "innacurate and POV in favor of Arabs". Would you mind leaving a comment at User talk:Kahanechai? Thanks, Khoikhoi 01:51, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

De nada. ;-) Khoikhoi 02:04, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portfolio for ArbCom

On Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Summary table, I added a column "Examples" with links that exhibit a candidate's arbitration skills. My motivation is that as a voter, I don't want to just rely on a candidate's words, but also see their actions. Moreover, I believe a portfolio of "model cases" to remember in difficult situations can be useful for each candidate, as well.

So far I have entered examples for the candidates who registered first (from their questions page), and I'm not sure if and when I will get to yours, so you may want to enter an example or two yourself. — Sebastian (talk) 05:29, 4 December 2006 (UTC)    (I stopped watching this page. If you would like to continue the talk, please do so here and let me know.)

[edit] Judgment

I'll be honest -- there was nothing particularly striking in your history, but you support Kelly Martin for ArbCom. In my view, this is an automatic disqualifier for any candidate, because either 1) you haven't been paying attention to the wiki much; 2) your ability to judge other people's interactions is gravely flawed and/or 3) you must support some truly horrendous wiki-policy positions.

It may not normally be considered ethical to oppose someone based on whom he supports; but, as Geogre rightly points out, Ms. Martin is an extraordinary case. It was Jimbo who recommended open voting, and I have the right to act on the basis of information attained therefrom, especially in a case where I do feel the evidence indicates a severe problem. Best wishes, Xoloz 16:30, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

I should add that I also took note of your recent 3RR. Xoloz 16:32, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
Your "witnesses" are not at all impressive, as I made no effort whatsoever to hide the reason for my opposition. That you wear your support for Ms. Martin as "a badge of honor" confirms my impression that your judgment is severely flawed. This is not a military campaign, you know. Best wishes, Xoloz 16:43, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Map of Israel

In an effort to head off WP:3RR action, I am inviting discussion about the Map of the Districts of Israel over here. As the original creator of the image, your input is valuable. Thanks in advance. --Eliyahu S Talk 16:14, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FairHair

Actually, I reported it to admins days ago, and no action was taken. Since then Georgewilliamherbert has issued the necessary vandalism warnings, and I've reported it as vandalism in progress. Can you block it now? --Gene_poole 00:38, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Thanks for taking the time to look at the matter. --Gene_poole 01:11, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

Hey, sorry to bother you, but a user named "Baristarim", keeps vandalizing the article Nochiya Tribe. He most likely does this because he is a Turk who denies the Genocide that was done by his people to the Christians of his empire. He keeps marking the article Nochiya Tribe, and all sites linked to it as "No Refrences", even though there are refrences. Thanks --A2raya07 16:09, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Wrong.. Please watch for civility, don't assume and keep the accusations to a minimum. The only reason I am marking that article is there are not enough references. I have dropped the ref tag, and put an OR tag instead. If you would like, please take a look at the article. This user has also created many articles that have absolutely no sources or about towns that do not exist. I have pointed this out to him with a post to his talk page. If you wish, you can contact other admins that know me to ask them if I am a "filthy genocide-denying vandal".
I will ask you (A2raya07) again to watch for civility. The article doesn't have neccessary sources and is not written with a formal encyclopedic tone. Simple. I just launched the Wikipedia:Greek and Turkish wikipedians cooperation board, so spare me the nationalist accusations. There won't be any articles about non-existent towns, or without sources. Baristarim 16:18, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Assistance with article

I was hoping you might be able to assist. A user keeps adding a "spamlink" back to the Asheville page. I removed a large number of external links as per to make the list more in line with WP:EL. This user is insistant upon adding a link that, in my opinion, has an excessive number of advertisements (17+). The user has tried to add the link back by using Sock Puppets. It would seem like there's something "in it" for this user (i.e. is he affiliated with the site or one of the advertisers?). He also feigned adminship in a post on my talk page, "warning" me against removing the link. So far he/she has used Rlph wiggins, Conspireagainst and Clarke187. ++ Arx Fortis 23:13, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Sorry to bother, but he's being fairly persistent and using additional sockpuppets. Arx Fortis 05:00, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Violating the 3rr

You have now violated the three revert rule. Kindly stop your vandalism. --YouHadTime 04:51, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

How? He only reverted your edits twice – Gurch 04:55, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Sockpuppet or meatpuppet, it's all the same. It's still a 3rr violation. --TruthinessIsBest 04:57, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 ? – Gurch 05:02, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikilogos

I've noticed you're very involved here, you might be interested in my proposal for Wikipedia use logo variations created by members of the wiki community to mark national and international awareness days, Remembrance Days, notable anniversaries, and observance days. Please comment on Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Logo Variations and on my talk page. Thanks! FrummerThanThou 05:50, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Map Credit

"The source is me, and I would very much prefer if you gave me credit in your description. Thank you.". Which, the template or the final one? Kindly provide a link please, I would gladly give credit. I just grabbed the image off ar.wikipedia.org, are you the one who made it there? --Djihed 02:53, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

I think I found your original version. It's available at [3]. I'll attribute both this image and the one at ar.wikipedia.org. Please have a look and see if I attributed it correctly (not sure about format). Thanks for the polite notice. --Djihed 03:48, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
Hmm, after checking the license, I see it's GPL. I will attribute credit to mine, but I really can't do that to the one at ar.wikipedia as I didn't upload it. --Djihed 03:50, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
Yup, please go ahead and update it, please license it under both license as yours. Just for reference, the guys at ar.wikipedia are not really bound to attribute as choosing GFDL is an option from the original. Although I fully understand that you merit the credit. --Djihed 04:00, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
done --Djihed 04:14, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lightspeed Media Corporation

Can you point me to the AFD that said the articles for the three actresses should be merged with the corporation's? The link to it didn't jump out on the discussion page. Tabercil 22:28, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] cape verde maps

I left you a message on your common's talk page, sorry i only read the note saying you'd be reached quicker here after sending it. please take a look. -- Waldir 21:26, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding the Adolf Hitler article

Are you interested in participating in an informal mediation here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal/Cases/2006-12-18_Hitler ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.135.64.6 (talk) 03:04, 22 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] title change kthx

Hey Golbie, Can you change the article to Bladestorm: Hundred Years War instead of the two-word version based off this discussion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Blade_Storm:_Hundred_Years_War.

Thanks -- gerb —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.60.187.165 (talk) 03:59, 27 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Talk:WBT (AM)

Saying you have "ceased to care" has just encouraged this person to keep edit warring over the link. —Centrx→talk • 10:17, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Algeria_provinces_arabic.png

I just wanted to let you know that this image contains many errors... --Escondites talk 12:54, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Here are the correct names:

 أدرار
 الشلف
 الأغواط
 أم البواقي
 باتنة
 بجاية
 بسكرة
 بشار
 البليدة
 البويرة
 تمنراست
 تبسة
 تلمسان
 تيارت
 تيزي  وزو
الجزائر
 الجلفة
 جيجل
سطيف
 سعيدة
 سكيكدة
  سيدي بلعباس
 عنابة
 قالمة
 قسنطينة
 المدية
 مستغانم
 المسيلة
 معسكر
 ورقلة
 وهران
 البيض
 اليزي
 برج بوعريريج
 بومرداس
 الطارف
 تندوف
 تسمسيلت
 الوادي
 خنشلة
 سوق أهراس
تيبازة
 ميلة
 عين الدفلى
النعامة
 عين تموشنت
 غرداية
 غليزان

(Using this order: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Algeria_wilayas.png)

[edit] Map of Israel ... Again

Hi! In Districts of Israel, you offered to modify your Map of the districts of Israel over two weeks ago (on the 12th) to help reach consensus. People over there are getting antsy about the whole issue.

If you're busy, but do intend to do this “real soon now”, could you please post an update about your intentions at Talk:Districts of Israel#Map Edit War, so people will know that they should wait for you?

If, OTOH, you don't intend to deal with this, we'd also appreciate being told about that.

TIA --Eliyahu S Talk 05:02, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:ITN Update

Regarding this, see WP:ITN/C#Adam Air Flight 574. I presumed Pharos was talking about the flight page itself, considering at this version, and in some ways the current version as well, there really was not much updated. -- tariqabjotu 05:06, 2 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Oh.....

So YOU'RE the guy that keeps sticking those pics back on Saaya's article! Ah, god.... Okay, I give up. T_T I'll stop trying to remove the pictures. I guess I just didn't feel comfortable with the pics because the girl's only 13. I was afraid that someone might come and drool over her pics or something...... o_O God, I just hate pedophiles. But I'll stop. T_T Sorry for acting so dumb.... Lady Rosala 02:10, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Yeah...

Right, and I didn't call you a pedophile. =/ I just said I hated them, I didn't say you were one. --Lady Rosala 03:49, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #8

The January issue of the WikiProject Tropical cyclones newsletter is now available. If you wish to receive the full newsletter or no longer be informed of the release of future editions, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.--Nilfanion (talk) 23:25, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank You

Hi Golbez! thanks for your map on Urdu wikipedia. We will put it on a proper position. Thanks again.

  • FROM URDU WIKIPEDIA

[edit] Adolf Hitler

How will you get it protected? I didn't call anyone a vandal, and you just reverted the page to the same POV as Hanum. Seems to me completely clear that is your POV, also we already know this from previous talk page entries of yours. MarkThomas 23:13, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

You and Hanum are the ones edit-warring. Why do you both insist on removing perfectly good information? Also, why the extremely incivil and rude remarks on my talk page? I think you are in breach of WP:CIVIL. MarkThomas 01:57, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Dmcdevit

He had indefinite blocked me because of my edits on Adolf Hitler although I did not violated the 3RR. See my talk page: User talk:Haham hanuka.

[edit] your explanations are stupid?

Who are you to decide what links are appropriate and not? Large businesses only deserve a listing? That is crazy! There were a lot of appropriate links that were removed by somebody else. Why you choose to support them is beyond me. I know how to change my IP address btw.. it's real easy to do with RR. I can get behind a proxy if need be. These are all appropriate links to things in Charlotte. I.E> the charlotte nightlife site. There really isn't a huge entry on the nightlife scene, therefore an external link is appropriate. Why you think that is inappropriate and a link ot The Charlotte Observer is apporpriate shows you don't know anything about Charlotte. I live here... so leave me alone. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.53.185.56 (talk) 16:42, 22 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Chilean edits

Hello, Golbez/Archive Shichi, since you have made several edits to articles about Chile, you may be interested in looking at the Wikipedia:Chile-related regional notice board to pick up on other topics that need attention, or to express needs which you perceive pertaining to Chile. JAXHERE | Talk 02:36, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NK

Golbez, the page is about NK, not about just NKAO, and even as it is, before my edits, it cites a lot of pre-NKAO and post-NKAO events. Thus, statistics on population before 1923 must be there, and should not be removed. Thank you for upholding this. --AdilBaguirov 20:00, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NK

Hi Golbez, regarding your revert on the population, this was long discussed previously and Adil know he is manipulating the sources. The materials showing Armenians as minority relate to Karabakh, which is not NK, Armenians have always been concentrated on its mountainous region(which is NK), the rest is already part of Azerbaijan and undisputed. Adil and Grandmaster are aware of this. Fad (ix) 17:57, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Curiouscdngeorge Comments

Hello, Golbez ! Thanks for the direction to your user talk page. I hope this (through editing) is the means to communicate with you. If not, please advise accordingly. Thanks

[edit] Poland map

The territories shown in yellow were annexed by Poland in 1945, as shown. Adam 08:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #9

The February issue of the WikiProject Tropical cyclones newsletter is now available. If you wish to receive the full newsletter or no longer be informed of the release of future editions, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.--Nilfanion (talk) 18:45, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] .um

Hello Golbez, I think that its important to show that .um was once used (of course with a retired commet) -calcprgmer10011

[edit] United States

Sorry about that, but it does mention on the talk page in the "To-Do list" that all sentences saying "United States is" to "United States are". Perhaps remove that? Hojimachongtalkcon 03:42, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barrens Chat

Could you take another look at the Barrens Chat article? Jeian and I tried to clean it up a bit. Thanks, Hojimachongtalkcon 04:11, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NK

Hi Golbez, the page was protected until today, it was on authomatic block for a week. The edit warring won't happen again, check the talkpage, I have quoted from Adil presented sources for the demographic informations, showing he distorted them, and Adil hasn't answered back since then. Fad (ix) 20:26, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

All I know is that the one protecting it placed a date and time on it, and when that date came(Àwhich was today), the "edit this page" reappeared, but the tag claiming it was protected was still there. Fad (ix) 05:20, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. leaders

Care to join the conversation? [4]? Featuresaltlakecity 00:45, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comment

I really hate it when people talk crap behind me in their talk pages and if you want to be fair and asked me not to insult you should also consider ArmenianNY insults on me. If you deleted my comments than you should also do the same with his comments "First of all Narek you do not have to come and edit some typo mistakes done by KHoikhoi. I understand what he meant,please keep out of my user's page. Erkrord, et apush yngerd mtom nor ban arets ha? Etqan discussionits heto avelatsrets vor 2 or heto democratic republic of armenia was established. Arajiny voch te established ail declared kam proclaimed. Hayastan arden kar, voch meky established chi arel. Na eghel a transcaucasian federationi mi mas,, ,ayisi 28 in hayots azgain khorhurdy tiflisum hrchakel a ankakhutiun. proclaimed or declared. Anasyn ynkerojd hertakan katvi mlavotsy. Heto el, ete lav tenas inch a katarvum ejerum apa kimanas vor khoikhoi himnakan npataky im gratsnery jnjeln a. EN vor erkini anvan tak a eghel, en vor rasjabovin uzum en jhud sarqen zorov. Nra miak npataky vot qez nman anasuny qez nman mi apushi het himar editner aneq. Es shat apsosatsi vor ereg qo emailin anyhow patasxanetsi, eres arar sksetsir qfurner ugharkel. Minchev hima es qez chei qrfel, el qrvel ei qo ayloandak online ynkerojy.DU tevavorvetsir lav ira koghmits. Hima zgushatsnum em ov inch kgri indz user pageum da qo gortsy chi, editner chanes. Namanavand es arden tqats unem wikipediai vra ete ndegh amen geghtsi anmakardak kara inch uzum a gri.Hazarits mek em es stugum changery. OK? Now I am more in youtube. Nents vor messegnerd pahir qez." which he satrted insulting me in his page in which I responded. ROOB323 21:19, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I posted here just so you know which comment it was so you can go ahead and delete it just like you deleted my comments. ROOB323 21:28, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
Just archive his page, the guy is rude, and roob didn't make any personal attacks. Nareklm 21:47, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't see that as an personal attack i don't blame roob the guy ArmeniaNY was attacking all of us in an rude manner. Nareklm 21:51, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re: Saxon genitive citation

Here, you cite a Wikipedia article, Saxon genitive, in support of your reversion of my alteration to complex's. I think there's ample evidence in meta, that wikipedians should not cite unreferenced assertions in one WP article as an authoritative "source" for assertions in other WP articles. So, instead of making uncited arguments about the incorrect assertion made in the Saxon genitive article (to wit, it states there that "[m]any English writers have adopted the nonstandard usage (even in formal writing) of adding only an apostrophe for the singular possessive of a noun ending in "s"."), I found a source. Warriner's English Grammar and Composition, 5th Course. Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. © 1953 ff. (I'm looking at the 1977 edition) ISBN: 0-15-311904-7. p. 455, THE APOSTROPHE, section 25q., I'll just quote the introduction to the section, since that's the only part that deals with the subject at hand:

25q. To form the possessive case of a singular noun, add an apostrophe and an s.
EXAMPLES boy's hat       Helen's dress       the boss's office       for heaven's sake
When a word of more than one syllable ends in an s sound, the singular possessive may be formed by adding the apostrophe alone. This omission avoids the awkward hiss of the repeated s sounds.
EXAMPLES the witness' testimony       for conscience' sake

tia. Tomertalk 22:47, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Archive.org Website on Washington Metro

In light of the continued reversions occurring on the Washington Metro, I recommend that further discussion before additional reverts occur: Talk:Washington_Metro#Archive.org_Website. Thank you for your time. --Thisisbossi 12:32, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Minor_edit: Marking a major change as a minor one is considered poor etiquette, especially if the change involves the deletion of some text. Hgrosser 03:13, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Also, I called you and that other guy morons because rather than simply edit the railfan link to remove the perhaps objectionable word “paranoia” you chose to delete a clearly relevant external link in its entirety. This is reminiscent of the “not invented here” attitude prevalent at some companies. You are undoubtedly of normal intellegence and not a moron. Hgrosser 03:37, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Regarding this. I was going to promote you from Little Weasel to International Hosebag for that, but thought better of it.  : ) Thanks for not holding a grudge. (BTW, you should probably delete that International Hosebag redirect to Judith Miller, which I found by accident)  MortonDevonshire  Yo  · 03:48, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Here we go again: (→External links - it could be that I'll need to take some more time out of here…) Lovelight 02:47 17 February 2007.  MortonDevonshire  Yo  · 10:31, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

I'll take my own leave in the future, and I'll leave you boys a notice about it… Lovelight 19:01, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NK

Golbez, perhaps the abolishion of the NK status is not too important in the intro paragraph, but the page otherwise does mix it up in the DIVISION part: "Following the declaration of NKR's independence, the Azerbaijani government passed a decision to abolish NKAO and create Azerbaijani rayons in its place." The thing is, the NKAO was abolished BEFORE the declaration of independence by "NKR". --AdilBaguirov 21:15, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Golbez, this was the concensus wording. [5]. Fad (ix) 02:45, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Arbitration

You might be interested in this: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration#Armenia-Azerbaijan. Khoikhoi 04:55, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unincorporated/incorporated

Hey Golbez, sorry about the confusion. I thought the phrase "this list" referred to the list of territories that immeidately ensued; I realize now that you meant it to refer to the article as a whole. However, the article isn't really a list. Maybe "list" should be changed to "article"?

If I haven't said so lately, I am in awe of the work you've put into Territorial evolution of the United States!

--Jfruh (talk) 18:37, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Space race

Dear,

Start the space race, bring the concern, was the result of the sputnick launch. Please refer to space race This in not meant to be some kind of demerit or aggression to the US. It's just a fact. Nasa came from the concern the lauch created ! As it is a fact that the soviets just did this because their atomic warheads where worse, and therefore, they used more powerful rockets. Or that the US got far more tech from the space race than the USSR.

As far as the spelling is concerned, I am sure you could have been more kind. Please, if you could use some more politeness in subsequent posts, I am sure the discussion will be more productive

best regards

Cold Light 00:38, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I did not mean to be POV (so-called refered to the "space race", what POV do you reckon it was promoting ?) anyways, I thought it could be a good way to underline the fact that the cold war stimulated technology in the US. More as an example.

however:

"achieved successes in space science and technology, leading to a space race"

does mean that the US gave the first steps in the space race, right ?

If it does, well, as I said before, that is not a fact.

We could omit who started it, or state it was the USSR. I think the second one brings more clarity to the dinamics of the cold war. It can even be underlined that the US got much more tech from it that the soviets. Please, if you could sugest an non-POV way to include that information on the article, I'd be glad to contribute as I can

Cold Light 14:44, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nun

Sorry about the revision to Nun. I thought I was removing vandalism, instead I seem to have restored it. Thanks for fixing my mistake.

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan

Hello,

An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan. Please add any evidence you may wish the arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Thatcher131 18:23, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your comment

I am just bothered a little bit that this has become somehow an ethnic war and that Grandmaster hit on every Armenian users he could, I had decided at first to concentrate on Adil and the two peatpuppets of his, but Grandmaster doesn't understand that by defending Adil he is harming himself, there is no question now, unfortunitly that I have to defende myself and include Grandmaster cooperating with a member who will possibly be blocked indefinitly from English Wikipedia unless you could convince him to concentrate on those who have done things which he hasn't done and drop all those insignificancies by some not so actif members and I'll try to do the same with some Armenian members who are thinking like Grandmaster there. There is no point in trying to get "sentenced" every Armenian and Azeri users when without Adil and his two meatpuppets action and reaction this cases would have never been submitted to the Arbitration committee and that had any of us (Armenian or Azeri) submitted it, it would have been rejected. Tel me what you think, because believe me I have incriminating materials against Grandmaster, but after all this cases is done, we need an Azeri member who is active in those topics, to debate with. I am waiting your reply, regards. Fad (ix) 15:12, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cooling things down

Thanks for reverting this edit on my talk page. Do you have any suggestions for dealing with Essene? I'd rather not aggravate him if possible and would in fact rather turn this into something as positive as possible - difficult as that may be. Should I refer him somewhere else for his questions to be answered? (Not that he's likely to be satisfied, but I'd like to be sure I'm acting appropriately.)

I would RFC it (or self-RFC) but it doesn't meet the criteria of two users commenting on his userpage or mine. --Chriswaterguy talk 23:30, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NKAO page

Golbez, what do you think? [6] --AdilBaguirov 07:14, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Golbez, if you don't like my wording, then present yours. Since recognition of such important organizations as PACE, OIC and UN GA, as well as nations such as USA, is a fact, it should be reflected alongside with UN SC. We can shorten the wording by cutting down on the number of nations listed, and using abbreviations for the abovementioned organizations. --AdilBaguirov 20:10, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Move of baronets

Hi, the correct format of titles of articles about baronets is either John Smith or, if the simple name is occupied, Sir John Smith, 1st Baronet, however in no case John Case, 1st Baronet (see also Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(names_and_titles)#Other_non-royal_names, paragraph four). Greetings ~~ Phoe talk 18:46, 6 March 2007 (UTC) ~~

[edit] Help

Golbez, Grandmaster is trying to get me blocked, look here, [7] and on Newyork brad's page, You never reverted me you reverted the other guy he is trying to make it look like I reverted twice but I did not I would never violate my parole and If I did he would report me right away instead he's taking a stab at it please do something because I'm sure you were not referring to me. Artaxiad 14:55, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

dootdoot

[edit] "Stop that"?

Why should I stop? What's wrong with the metric system? It's a superior form of measurement and, as a matter of fact, is the US's official form of measurement ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendenhall_Order ). Plus, I am not even deleting the Imperial measurements, I am merely adding the metric measurements. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Devz0r (talk • contribs) 13:44, 10 March 2007 (UTC).

Oh I'm sorry I didn't know; I'm kind of new. I can understand for the US (official) things, but for measurements that do not include metric measurements I thought it would be nice for those who don't measure using the (US) Imperial system to be able to understand what the article is talking about as well. - Devz0r 00:10, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Adolf Hitler

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did to Talk:Adolf Hitler, you will be blocked from editing. Dee Mac Con Uladh 18:52, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Canada provinces evolution.gif
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Hi Golbez,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Canada provinces evolution.gif is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on July 1, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-07-01. howcheng {chat} 23:06, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Maps

Suppose I take a screen shot from Google Earth, add text to it, tweak it, etc. and then upload it here as my own creation...not allowed? Marskell 09:13, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, that's what I was thinking. It was just that you'd said "Find a map of Peru and shade in the appropriate area." Given that the area is so tiny, I'll have a hard time doing that with anything but Google Earth. Marskell 09:52, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:CSA states evolution.gif
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[edit] Image: Mexico states evolution

I congratulate you for making this extraordinary contribution. However, I would like to note a couple of things regarding the map and history:

  • Central America (or, more accurately, the Provinces of Central America which comprised the territories of what was considered the "Captaincy General of Guatemala") was part of Mexico from 1821 to 1823. Even on the Archivo General de la Nación maps of the evolution of the Mexican territory include Central America, which seceded before the 1824 constitution was drafted. Chiapas was one of these provinces. When Central America decided to secede, Chiapas chose to remain in the Union by referendum.
  • The Republic of Rio Grande was not constitutionally independent, but only in a de facto manner and for a matter of a couple of months. It didn't "rejoin" Mexico. The "insurrection" was fought by (and defeated) by the centralist troops of Santa Anna. It didn't rejoin: it was forced not to secede. If the Republic of Rio Grande is considered an fully independent nation that rejoined Mexico, then so was Zacatecas, which also declared its independence when centralism was established, but whose troops were also defeated by Santa Anna. On the other hand, Santa Anna's forces could not defeat the forces of either Texas or Yucatán, and both became full independent nations. The territorial acquisition/evolution map of the US, for example does not exclude the Confederate States because they did not secede successfully, but were brought back to the Union by war. So is the case with Zacatecas and the Republic of Rio Grande. (BTW, some historians even deny the existence of the Republic other than by a written proposal).
  • The Republic of Yucatán was de jure independent on two occasions, and not one: from 1841-1843 and from 1846-1848. On both occasions the "insurrection" defeated Santa Anna, a new constitution of the independent nation was drafted (ergo they became a de jure independent nation), and on both occasions it was through negotiations that Yucatán rejoined Mexico. The first time Yucatán rejoined Mexico under the condition that it was not going to be treated as a "province" or "department" but as a "state" which allowed them to keep their constitution and trade tariffs. The second time it was negotiated that Yucatán would rejoin Mexico if Mexico would send the army to fight back the indigenous insurrection which had destabilized the country [Yucatán] (in what was called "La Guerra de Castas", which lasted for several decades).

--theDúnadan 17:20, 17 March 2007 (UTC)-

[edit] US Land area ranking

There is no dispute in the ranking with China in land area. Both the US and China recognize China as having the larger land area. The dispute is only over total area, which includes bodies of water, because the US has many more lakes than China. I have included a reference as well. What's your justification for reverting? Penser 09:09, 19 March 2007 (UTC)Penser

Thanks, Golbez. I appreciate your conscientiousness. Penser 09:17, 19 March 2007 (UTC)Penser

[edit] re: USA, PRC, and areas

(from your post on User talk:Penser) Actually, from the lengthy discussions on List of countries by area, the discrepancy is because of two issues: 1. the USA has changed its method of calculating water areas in recent years, thereby increasing its size, which some international organisations/sources have not caught onto/recognised, and 2. the inclusion in the PRC figure of territories administered by China but claimed by India.

Even using new figures for the USA ("overseas territories" excluded), and even excluding Taiwan and associated islands, including the Indian-claimed areas puts China at 3rd, while excluding them puts China at 4th. See, for example, the figures currently listed at List of countries by area, both of which exclude Taiwan and other ROC-administered islands.

In its official stats, the PRC is usually ambiguous (preferring figures like "9.6 million square km" rather than an exact figure), probably because it knows including Taiwan is contrary to reality, yet excluding Taiwan is contrary to its own state policies. --Sumple (Talk) 10:51, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] VTO:

If you could be as so kind as to tell me why did you remove my days of research & typeing? I wont lie it is not from another site! So please explain!--Mr.Taka 17:34, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

you got the wrong idea! I ment to say that i typed that after reading several 911 reports on that day!--Mr.Taka 17:47, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Happy wiki editing!

Mr.Taka 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. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

[edit] GW Democrats

in a recent edit summary, you stated that you "agree, that is a far disproportionate amount of text for that group." Yet in the edit, you restored the text. This seems to conflict with the comments made in the summary, since the general consensus on the talk page is that the article is disproportionately long. I just wanted to make sure this wasn't some mistake on your part (no offense intended). If you do feel that the expanded text is more appropriate, it would be greatly appreciated if you could go into more detail at Talk:George_Washington_University#GW_Democrats. Thank you. --YbborT 23:37, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

If I didn't know better I'd think you were using malicious edit summaries. ;) Get some sleep man. --YbborT 01:16, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] George Vithoulkas

Ok, i've got one question if you could answer it please. Is it not preferable first to notify and warn editors about complications due to their biased views, than to directly and immediately call WP ? I'm not sure the WikiPedia Foundation would prefer the second...Homeopathic 16:47, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for replying. Since the 'well has been soured', we'll give some time, respecting the WP rules (regarding disputes) to see how this will end (ie what information will stay in Vithoulkas' WP page). After that, if we still find the information is misleading, the WikiPedia Foundation will be contacted ofcourse.Homeopathic 17:02, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] IRC

Actually, I really did overreact when I kicked that person from the channel. I also was being overly pissy when the situation didn't warrant it. I accept your apology, in any case. No biggie. Bumm13 17:16, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re: US map

I changed the color of the map for the reason I mentionned on the history page itself. I have no more comment to add at this point. You suggest to "revert the map and not the article" itself. I don't know what that means and how it could matter. So, I let you do the change yourself. Best, SSZ 21:18, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Saaya Irie

Hi, I have a question. When two sources conflict in information, what determines what goes in the wikiarticle? Or in the case of Saaya Irie, the same source have conflicting information. I don't know whether you read the talk page, but I think I summed up the idea pretty well there. Hanfresco 22:10, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] source for Pentagon strike

Thanks for the comment, instead of simply cutting it away, I always suggest improving. I have changed the reference to the English version. If you have a better (more detailed etc.) source for the statement, please feel free to replace the one I used. But please don't just take it away. Even if it might contradict your political views (which I suppose).--Kjell.kuehne 05:34, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

If you let me know in what criteria you base your evaluation of "inadequate", maybe I will be able to agree with you! Why is this source inadequate and what is an adequate source for you? --Kjell.kuehne 02:52, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Did You Know" has been updated

Updated DYK query On 22 March 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Territorial evolution of Mexico, 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.

--Mgm|(talk) 08:34, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

With regards to all those neat maps, and the fact you've done similar things for Canada and the United States and gotten Featured Pictures, are you working on an animated evolution of Mexico? Rigadoun (talk) 15:56, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Ah yes, now I see. Perhaps it should be added to the evolution page at the top, as a synopsis of contents? Rigadoun (talk) 18:09, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Armenian-Azeri ArbCom

In response to your continuous and therefore aggressive attempts at involving me in the ongoing ArbCom [1], and despite my clearly-versed pleas for being removed and your failure to address my concerns, your name has been added based on the following proposal: "Anyone aggressively editing these articles should assume they are a party. Add their names and give them notice. No motion is necessary. Fred Bauder 13:48, 15 March 2007 (UTC)" [2] You are now a party and subject to all the applicable rules and regulations and injunctions. HyeProfile 19:48, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

That should deserve special attention. Please look at a threat [8] --Dacy69 23:17, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image

Hello, can you please create and protect 25px because it will be on the main page tomorrow. (It's from commons at the moment.)--User:Rock2e Talk - Contribs 21:29, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, actually, sometime it was changed, it was a different picture yesterday. Is there any way to automatically protect commons images if they are on the wikipedia main page because yesterday, Walter Clark could be edited on commons because it wan't protected and it wasn't local on Wikipedia.--User:Rock2e Talk - Contribs 13:36, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
OK, (For next time) what copyright do you need to put it as and do I just save the Commons pic on my Hard Drive then upload it (I'm new)?--User:Rock2e Talk - Contribs 13:44, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nagorno-Karabakh

By the way regarding this line on the article, "officially part of the Republic of Azerbaijan", that sounds like POV pushing since the status of Karabakh is not yet determined, since its under Armenian control, backed by historical claims, if we add that than there should be a sentence right after it saying currently under Armenian control in the intro or else its misleading into thinking Azerbaijan owns it when it does not, it is where Armenians live, it is where they pay millions to restore schools, churches, houses etc, where they would never do they have nothing to it, only poor historians like Mamedova claiming Armenians came from Mars or somewhere, its a good time to start propaganda in there country since there still shaking from the 92 war. Artaxiad 23:27, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah but you deal with the conflicts there, I was just blabbering. Artaxiad 00:08, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Its okay I'll be out of here soon anyway *sigh* Artaxiad 00:13, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] :)

I see we were both a victim of the strange activities of User 59.128.70.110. People are very odd, sometimes, if indeed, they are people. (re the "reproduction" link thing)

[edit] Image:Mexico states evolution.gif
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[edit] hey

is it ok if ppl do stuff in your sandbox?

user:Jimmy butt

[edit] Nagorno-Karabakh

Please consider unprotecting Nagorno-Karabakh. If you look through Dmcdevit's recent log, he has unprotected a number of articles in the Armenia-Azeri dispute saying that editors under 1RR parole should be blocked rather than protecting the article. Thatcher131 17:25, 28 March 2007 (UTC)


If we write "Dağlıq Qarabağ Respublikası" (Azerbaijani form) instead of "Lernayin Gharabaghi Hanrapetutyun" (Armenian form) that could imply that Azerbaijan recognizes that state in the Upper-Karabakh. Euratlas 19:07, 8 May 2007 (GMT +1)

[edit] United States

Why did you revert my editing about Latin Americans preferring the term "estadounidense" to describe someone from the United States?

[edit] "Peace y'all"

Hi Golbez, I would love to say "peace y'all", but I said that last week, and ChrisO has shown no sign of taking that controversy to heart. Admins are allowed to make mistakes, but I don't feel comfortable with one that keeps making the same one without even acknowledging it as such. I added the relevant links on my comments. Cheers, TewfikTalk 20:40, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Atlas

Could you please add a translation in commons:Atlas#Other languages of the text into Japanese you can write. Electionworld Talk? 21:11, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Washington DC

Hello, Golbez! Thank you for reverting vandalism to Wikipedia. After you revert, I would recommend also warning the users whose edits you revert on their talk pages with an appropriate template or custom message. This will serve to direct new users towards the sandbox, educate them about Wikipedia, and a stern warning to a vandal may prevent him or her from vandalizing again. Thanks! --AW 15:43, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Looking for admin help

User:Tarbra has been adding unsource violations of WP:BLP to Dick Francis, on their user page and has created Linda Corby where they posted the same info. I reverted on Dick Francis and Linda Corby but didn't want to touch the user page. Maybe they just need to understand the rules better. --PTR 15:37, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] thx

thx, i love you man & I don't mean that as a woos… not at all… ;) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lovelight (talk • contribs) 22:48, 3 April 2007 (UTC).


[edit] NK Intro, let's stop this nonsense

Golbez,let's both stop acting like children fighting over candy, and let's just try to discuss this in a civil way... From my arguments against your proposed changes, which ones do you agree with, and which ones don't you agree with? Now although your change strengthens the Azeri POV in my opinion (read that second sentence by itself, and you'll see what I mean), I do have to admit that you probably didn't intend any harm in it since you were clearly trying to "fix" the logic of the intro... The only thing I'm asking is for you to understand how your changes weakens NPOV of that second sentence, and we can build it from there... I really don't want those months of discussions over the intro to go to waste, so let's be constructive instead of destructive... Handshake??? HyeProfile 15:17, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A question for you

Here. Tomertalk 04:52, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

To quote from Louisiana Purchase,
Napoleon Bonaparte returned Louisiana to French control from Spain in 1800, under the Treaty of San Ildefonso (Louisiana had been a Spanish colony since 1762). However, the treaty was kept secret, and Louisiana remained under Spanish control until a transfer of power to France. The transfer finally took place on November 30, 1803, just three weeks before the cession to the United States..
I bolded the last part there, because I think it's of particular relevance, as well as the fact that the negotiations took place between the gov't of France and US diplomats, not between them and the gov't of Spain... TIA, Tomertalk 05:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Animated Gun Turret

I notice that you voted against the promotion of the Animated Gun Turret on the Featured Picture Candidates pages; however, User:Emscopes, the creator of the image, has retooled it to reflect the suggestions of those who voted oppose. I was wondering if you would take another look at the photo and see if the new version warrented a change in your vote. Thank You TomStar81 (Talk) 21:36, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Territorial acquisition in US series

I came across the Image:United States 1789-03-1789-08.png series at the end of last year an was impressed by it. I tried to find it again today and for about 30 minutes was unable to. I basically searched around the theme "Historical maps of the United States". There I found many maps and many categories, but none that were the series I was seeking. Since one of the maps listed in there had the same blank, I followed it to "User:Golbez" and found a reference to the series on the page by jengod. Is it me, or is this series separated off somehow from all the other US maps? Can it be made more prominent in the category listings? -- SGBailey 23:26, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:The Bad Tax Man

Remember him?? Well, he's the guy who got me into Wikipedia. He recruited me as a meatpuppet to vote in the "Votes for Deletion" (as it was back then), and taught me everything I needed to know about Wikipedia (in the days before semi-protection and cascading protection, remember them??). However, instead of trying to vandalise, I just reported his "Cornchips" sockpuppets that he used to edit the Wayne Rooney page when I created a user account - my original account was User:Bourne End (dammit, I lost the password to that one!).

I was accused of being a sockpuppet in my RFA, if you wish to admin coach me that would be helpful. I'm technically not a sockpuppet, but not a new user either.... confusing eh?? But now I've explained my history!

Anyhow, The Bad Tax Man hasn't come back to Wikipedia, and won't be... but he has apologised for his behaviour! --SunStar Net talk 12:51, 8 April 2007 (UTC)


[edit] jamdonut

Why did you unblock jamdonut? This person does a lot of blatant vandalism page moves (switching Evil and Religion, switching Jesus and Muhammed), and has been doing it for a while, despite several warnings. This user was previously blocked but unblocked for unknown reasons by Yamla. Yamla also helped jamdonut delete his user page talk history (also for reasons unknown), probably hiding a long history of warnings, and maybe even more previous blocks and unblocks. Fredwerner 19:16, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I was just going to ask what is going on over at User talk:Jamdonut... dude seems to think you are unblocking him but he still has an indef (and I'd suggest he not be unblocked right now, it looks like he got caught by an earlier autoblock of another vandal account; a user "he never heard of").--Isotope23 19:55, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
No reason to salt the kid's wounds though... revert and ignore. All you are doing is creating another pissed off ex-editor who might just start vandalizing more then they already have...--Isotope23 20:44, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Yamla UNblocked jamdonut on March 27. Someone else had to block him earlier for him to need Yamla to unblock him.Fredwerner 04:08, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] conspiratorial template

Congressman Paul said: "Well, that would be nice to have. Unfortunately, we don't have that in place. It will be a little bit better now with the Democrats now in charge of oversight. But you know, for top level policy there's not a whole lot of difference between the two policies so a real investigation isn't going to happen. But I think we have to keep pushing for it. And like you and others, we see the investigations that have been done so far as more or less cover-up and no real explanation of what went on."; so you see, he does acknowledge cover-up (conspiracy if you wish)… imo that template should be named properly, feel free to join the discussion. Regards. Lovelight 00:58, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of Governors of Alaska

Hey, I just wanted to say, great work on List of Governors of Alaska. Much cleaner, much better. --Yksin 18:35, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Move

Have you even looked at the talk page: [9]??? --Ali'i 18:00, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps you should have a closer look. "remotely contradicts my actions"? How about a growing consensus to NOT move the page. You don't think that contradicts your actions? --Ali'i 18:07, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Virginia Tech massacre

Hi, I would have really appreciated it if you had checked the talk page before moving this article. There was some disagreement about whether it should be moved. The article was protected to encourage users to discuss before moving the article. Thanks, alphachimp 18:04, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Further, whether or or not you agree with the arguments presented (see [10]) shouldn't be relevant. alphachimp 18:07, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Whatever. Are you going to wheel war with me if I revert your actions per WP:BRD? alphachimp 18:10, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Golbez, can you please take a break? Please? You're trying to use force when already warned about a wheel war, and you're resorting to insults - it looks to an outsider that you're getting far too worked up about this. --Kizor 18:17, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

You're probably right, I'll take a break. --Golbez 18:27, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
WikiThanks

Thank you for being reasonable yesterday. Thank you today for your continuing efforts, and in particular for fighting the good fight against vandalism. --Kizor 15:48, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please block Eudora (KS) school's IP: 75.19.155.147

Hi Golbez, can you block 75.19.155.147? That IP address is apparently a school in Eudora, Kansas, and they've done nothing but vandalism for months. Not that kids would check their IP address's talk page, but multiple warnings were posted including 3 "last warnings", but were never blocked, and someone from there just did it again, vandalizing Paul Rusesabagina.Fredwerner 02:38, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Of interest

Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/User:Tobias_Conradi. ShivaIdol 07:14, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Centreville

4000 other articles correctly say Centreville. Please self-revert and stop edit-warring with inaccurate information. Centreville is in Fairfax County. THF 14:55, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

You live in D.C. and you're insisting on spelling the name of a D.C. suburb incorrectly? I don't get it, man. Check out the Post headline and story. Crikey! Of all the work that needs to be done, you do this. Moncrief 15:04, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Straw poll

You expressed opinions on the reordering of Cho Seung-hui's name. Please vote in the straw poll on renaming him in Wikipedia here. --Dynaflow 07:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No More Basescu

Thx for adding the news about Traian Basescu's impeachment to the main page! Copycat989 14:01, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Tobias Conradi

Hello,

An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Tobias Conradi. Please add any evidence you may wish the arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Tobias Conradi/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Tobias Conradi/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, --Srikeit 18:34, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ganja

Hi Golbez. I don’t think that you should have reverted Ganja. First of all, the section that you restored was created by User:Pulu-Pughi, a sock of banned user, [11] and banned users are not entitled to edit Wikipedia articles. Their edits should be reverted regardless of their quality, see WP:BAN#Enforcement_by_reverting_edits. Second, the info that the sock added is inaccurate, please see talk of the article for more details. The sources make perfectly clear that the city was founded by Arabs, while the text that you restored tries to create a different impression. If an edit cites some sources, it does not mean that they are used accurately and not distorted, and it is not a reason to restore them. I’ve been asking for quotes from the sources used for quite some time, and finally had to search for them myself. As I expected, they say something different to what is ascribed to them. Regards, Grandmaster 11:36, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I never said they were unsourced, I said that the info was added by a sock account and the sources were not quoted on talk despite my numerous requests. Examination of sources shows that they were misquoted. Please see talk and my comment. Grandmaster 11:43, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree, the edit summaries should provide accurate info. But as you correctly noted I'm not responsible for that summary. Thanks for rolling it back, I don't mind adding any info as long as it is properly sourced and accurate. Grandmaster 11:50, 23 April 2007 (UTC)


[edit] USA

My apologies, it's just that it looked odd when I was looking at countless other pages of countries that had declared independence from the UK and thought it was a mix up, Sorry! Speedboy Salesman 15:11, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfC

Regarding the RfC you just opened, you still have some typos (or grammar issues) in your first sentence. :) --StuffOfInterest 15:42, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I was talking about "times attempted to change to established". :) --StuffOfInterest 15:47, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

I had already known about the bot, but thank you anyway. Regards, Julian 22:43, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

For unblocking me. Orbicle 15:10, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Charlotte: City or Suburb

[edit] Charlotte: city or suburb

I was born and raised in a large city and I moved to Charlotte due in large part based on what the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce described Charlotte to be: "world class city". I have been here for 3 years and it has been a disappointment. I RESPECT people who do love Charlotte; I came to Charlotte with certain expectations based on cities I have lived in my life (all of them in the North). In the North, all cities share many similar traits such as ethnic neighborhoods, professional baseball, public train systems, world class museums, etc. The only difference among these cities are size. So when I came to Charlotte, I thought Charlotte would be a smaller city but have all of these things. I understand it is a perspective thing: if someone came from a smaller town then Charlotte is a world class city; but if someone came from a larger city then Charlotte is almost like a suburb. Again, I RESPECT people who do like Charlotte and believe it is a world-class city BUT I do want people to acknowledge and respect that the feelings of others may be different especially if others came from a larger city and are expecting certain traits of those cities to be in Charlotte. Thank you.

[edit] Don't mind for now

I HAVE WORKING MY BABALOOO NAME AGAIN! I AM SO HAPPY AGAIN! I THANK YOU TO TAKE AWAY MY BABALOOOBABALOOO NAME FOR NOW. Babalooo 21:59, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Glad to hear it. I apologize for all of the inconvenience this has caused. --Golbez 22:02, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] On the Andorra Map You've Created in Japanese

Recently I've been working with several articles related to Andorra and I found your message on the note page of アンドラ. I'd like to use the map you have created, Image:Andorra parishes japanese.png, but it needs a small modification from ヴェ to ベ in order to adjust it to the articles. Because we write not アンドラ・ラ・ヴェリャ but アンドラ・ラ・ベリャ at Japanese Wikipedia in order to write Andorra la Vella in Japanese.

I can modify it by myself, but I wanted to know whether it is all right or not, and wanted to say thank you for creating the map as well.--HannaLi 17:56, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AHS

One quite simple way to look at it: no {{ongoing weather}} or {{current}} tag on the main page means it's not a current event, hence not current-class. Current-class is really meant for current events, which the AHS is not until June 1. – Chacor 12:44, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Or the TWOs. TWOs are only issued during hurricane season. Out-of-season storms doesn't force TWO issuances. Anyhow, talk page section created. Please discuss before further reverts. Cheers. – Chacor 12:57, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Move

Could you move Lori (province) to Lori? Thanks! -- Aivazovsky 15:29, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Could you also unlock the Armenians article? It's been locked since March 22. -- Aivazovsky 15:31, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Eurovision_Song_Contest

See Eurovision_Song_Contest#Participation - especially para 3 in italics. Is there any chnace that you could make a map that shows the area covered by this? -- SGBailey 19:56, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Another move

Could you please move Nakhichevan to "Nakhchivan" per talk page? -- Aivazovsky 21:13, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review

Lately, I've been working to bring the WTC article, and its subarticles to featured status. Right now, one is at peer review - Wikipedia:Peer review/Design and construction of the World Trade Center. It covers historical/planning aspects, as well as structural design and construction. Before going to WP:FAC, this article can use some folks to look it over and make suggestions, make sure it's not missing any important details, etc. There's no obligation at all, but any help with reviewing the article would be most appreciated, should you be interested and willing. --Aude (talk) 16:09, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comment

Golbz, those comments were directed against Atabek. You have been nothing but tireless and sincere in your commendable efforts here and it would ridiculous for me to accuse of "poisoning the atmosphere" in the face of all the work you have put in. Frustration with working with two near-uncompromising sides is a natural given :). You may have not read this but it's worth here repeating from the Nakhichevan page:

You cannot persuade a party of frenzied nationalists that two blacks do not make a white; consequently, no day went by without a catalogue of complaints from both sides, Armenians and Tartars [Azeris], of unprovoked attacks, murders, village burnings and the like. Specifically, the situation was a series of vicious cycles.
-C.E. Bechhofer

--MarshallBagramyan 17:41, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:AN3RR

Hi, Golbez, could you have another look at the 3RR report you recently processed? Dmcdevit's had a look at the Checkuser evidence and made a comment that may change the result of this report. Thanks. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 04:44, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

As it appears that you are not around to review your block in light of the checkuser evidence, I have taken the following steps:
  1. Given Dmcdevit's checkuser based conclusions I have unblocked Drastamat on the basis that he not a sockpuppet of a banned user
  2. The 3RR report against MarshallBagramyan is therefore valid and I have accordingly blocked him for 24 hours
  3. Given the evidence that Drastamat revert warred using sockpuppets, I have blocked him for 48 hours
Yours, WjBscribe 10:10, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
In light of the continued use of sockpuppets to make the same edits to the article in question, I have now restored the indefblock of Drastamat. WjBscribe 19:37, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sockpuppetry accusation against myself

Golbez, first I would like to thank [12] DmcDevit for running the checkuser and clearing my name of this groundless charge. I discuss all my edits and make them on all pages. So very likely that Drastamat was established by one of those accusing me. What's appaling though is your accusation of myself. Don't you think your position as a perceived mediator on Nagorno-Karabakh page becomes seriously questionnable provided your presumptive assumptions with regards to myself? I mean a mediator by definition must be impartial after all. If you think otherwise, why don't you initiate a little checkuser to ever check that it could be Artaxiad, Fadix or one of the banned or existing users of the "other side", which is trying to blackmail and get me banned. Atabek 16:11, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the note :) I remember you have earlier chosen to nail down only User:AdilBaguirov during ArbCom, although User:Artaxiad was clearly the worst violator of all Wiki rules as evidenced in ArbCom. But no hard feelings in any case and thank you for your mediation efforts in this very fierce and very sad conflict. I don't defend Drastamat, I don't know who this user is, and he is at the mercy of administrators in any case. And if sockpuppetry is found let him carry the punishment. What's concerning is User:Vartanm, User:Augustgrahl, and User:MarshallBagramyan, who are engaging in an edit war on the pages I even briefly touch, and then accuse me of sockpuppetry. How do I know they're not the ones establishing Drastamat, following my edits to accuse me. It's even more concerning that although initially included in ArbCom and not at all acting differently than those restricted by ArbCom, these three users have pretty much walked free due to miscalculation and enjoy unrestricted edit warring. Atabek 16:58, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Block

Just dropping a note to let you know that my ISP was blocked because other users on it were vandalising pages. Seeing as I have never vandalized Wikipedia, I have filed an unblock request. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Actions • Words))) 21:34, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

P. S. For some reason, I only get the block notice when editing Livonia Mall, and even then, I only get the message sometimes. What the heck? Ten Pound Hammer • (((Actions • Words))) 21:37, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Same happenned here. Thegreatdr 21:37, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Same here. I'm logged in under my own user name, have never vandalized, but have been blocked because some other user under another username apparently comes from the same IP. Since I'm at a major university, there's quite a number of us using this IP, I would imagine. --Yksin 21:42, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Same here. I'm logged in under my own user name, have never vandalized, but have been blocked because some other user under another username apparently comes from the same IP. Paul venter 21:54, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm fielding about a dozen unblock requests concerning this very issue right now. Please don't be so reckless when blocking people, and remember to enable the autoblock only when appropriate in order to avoid piling on unnecessary work for the rest of us. // Pilotguy hold short 21:43, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Well I am clear now, SqueakBox 21:44, 17 May 2007 (UTC)


What the heck happened yesterday What did you do to accidentally block all of wikipedia?--Dr who1975 00:02, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for (not) answering my question... how administrator-like of you.--Dr who1975 19:00, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Read your response. Trolls post on a board for no other reason than to mess with people... I had a specific question. How you ever got to be an administrator is beyond me. If you don't like people asking you questions about your mistake... try not screwing up all of wikipedia... then you won't have to deal with it. Calling me a troll simply for asking you a question and expressing frustration is not administrator like behavior. You are supposed to be held to a higher standard. You really owe me a BIG apology and you still owe me that explanation.--Dr who1975 19:24, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Read your further response... let's take a few steps back... how exactly do the senetnces.. "What the heck happened yesterday What did you do to accidentally block all of wikipedia?" insult your work? You msut be very sensetive if you thought this was sufficient troll like behavior to ignore me.--Dr who1975 14:53, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
I think you owe Golbez an apology and not the other way around. He made a mistake, nuff said, SqueakBox 19:31, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Yes you do need to chillax. I'll admit I was pissed off myself (above) when this happened as CAT:RFU was bigger than the Charlotte landfill at the time, but Golbez had no idea which IP that user was using. A mistake was made, if even that, and now we know what not to block. You really should lay off. -Pilotguy hold short 21:57, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
I didn;t even know what kind of mistake he made because he ignored me and called me a troll. Simply becaue I had the "audacity" to ask him what went wrong. I had to be mildly sarcastic just to get the guy to talk to me and then I'm a troll. What kind of catch 22 is that? --Dr who1975 14:55, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps being called a troll was mild sarcasm too. --Golbez 18:16, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
you're still illustrating my point... catch 22.--Dr who1975 23:35, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Well he obviously did it deliberately just to annoy everybody, SqueakBox 19:27, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Yes... I thought he did it on purpose... that's why I used the word "accidentally". I had to move your response to the bottom because it changes/colors the sequence of my discours with Golbez if you put it in the middle.--Dr who1975 15:45, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
I share your sense of hilarity, SqueakBox 03:20, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
BTW... Technically, I didn't try to get you de-admined... I was just asking around about it.--Dr who1975 17:34, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ping

Please read your commons talk page. Bawolff 19:16, 18 May 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Ron Paul

I am not alleging Racism, and neither is "common sense." If you read the sourced 1996 article, you would see that one of his political opponents along with the author of the article/editorial alleged it. I have been editing wikipedia long enough that I know simple rules like no original research, adding sources to my additions, importance, verifying my sources (especially for a biography of a living person), etc. I followed all these rules in adding the racism section, but a long line of Ron Paul supporters have been removing it to the point that I feel like I have to police the section to ensure the article remains NPOV. The general consensus of regular editors on the talk page seems to be that there is nothing wrong with the section as a whole. Please, before removing it again, read the entire 1996 article and discuss what you think is wrong with it on the talk page. Rm999 14:13, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] governorates of Egypt

Hello Golbez. Can you please explain to me your reason for reverting the many changes I made on Governorates of Egypt? Thanks! --Lanternix 20:18, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I reverted your reversion to a vandalised revision of my userpage. Don't do this again

(Doc aberdeen 14:41, 26 May 2007 (UTC))

[edit] proposed edits

Hi Golbez. Quick question about your response: "Since you say you now understand, I'm unblocking you; please do not see this as an endorsement of your proposed edits."

Are you telling me not to make the proposed edits lest I get blocked again? Pistolpierre 03:37, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] please stop stalking

please stop stalking. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 12:26, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bay Islands (department)

Hello Golbez! Recently Cmm 394 has moved around some articles. This moves are all undone with the exception of the article mentioned above as only admins are able to undo this move. The article was moved to Islas De La Bahia (Deparment) and I've moved it to Islas de la Bahía (department) as a temporary solution. As you are the last one who moved it correctly in January 2006 before this moving around and an admin, maybe you could undo the move by Cmm 394? Thanks! VirtualDelight 19:01, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Looks perfect, thank you very much for your quick help. VirtualDelight 10:24, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:CNN911scrn.jpg

Image Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading Image:CNN911scrn.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Ilse@ 10:07, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I couldn't know you are not the uploader of this image. I tagged the image as having no fair use rationale. – Ilse@ 10:24, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Governorates of Egypt

Hi Golbez. Regarding the picture you asked about, a friend of mine created the image and I put the numbers. I believe she traced the lines herself, but it could be that she used an older map or template. Why do you ask? Thanks. --Lanternix 18:42, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re:The USA state map

Thanks for the heads up. I'm really ashamed about that because I'm a Virginian. ;) In my defense, I was not the one who created the map. Anyway, take a look at it. I think I've addressed your concerns. I also added DC, in addition to giving the Eastern Shore back to VA. Thanks again.-Andrew c 16:35, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NYC intro

Hi Golbez - I've been a longtime editor of the New York City article and am pleased to see it's received FA status. Nevertheless it's accumulated a lot of bloat along the way. You mention in your edit that the "FAC page" seems to prefer the longer version. I can't find this page and would much appreciate if you could direct me to it. The main talk page doesn't include such a discussion. Below are examples of the bloat excised by my editing. All the material is covered elsewhere in the article and in language that is not so informal and subjective.

"The city has been home to several of the tallest buildings in the world, including the Empire State Building and the former twin towers of the World Trade Center." [This shouldn't be in the intro]

"From its beginnings on Manhattan Island, the city spread onto nearby Staten Island, western Long Island, and mainland North America. The mainland and many islands of New York are linked by a network of bridges and tunnels, including the Brooklyn Bridge and Holland Tunnel." [The details of bridges and tunnels are covered in the transport section]

"The city was founded as the colony of New Amsterdam by Dutch colonists in the early 17th century, being ceded as part of the Province of New York to the English in 1664. The five boroughs were consolidated into one city in 1898. It has been central to the development of the United States, serving as the nation's first capital city in 1789, and has had a large influence in American media, finance, and politics. It is the site of some of the country's largest celebrations in size, including ticker-tape parades for returning astronauts and the celebrations in Times Square of the end of World War II, but has also seen tragic times, such as the September 11, 2001 attacks." [This is all covered in the history section, which immediately follows the intro. The final sentence is stylistically inelegant.]

[edit] V Foundation

Hi,

I saw that you deleted the article on the V Foundation. I didn't see a reason for its deletion, so I wanted to inquire if you remembered the circumstances. I was going to create the article as a redirect to Jim Valvano's article, but thought I should check and see first. Thanks matt91486 17:30, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] who is "EBES" and why do i have to pay a partisan think tank for what you claim is a USAF report?

EBES is an abbreviation of the title, and the second, I don't know. — Xiutwel (talk) 08:57, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for contacting The John Birch Society. We do have available the document you requested. It is available in PDF format for $25.00. If you make your request at csummers@jbs.org our customer service representative can take your order.

— Xiutwel (talk) 17:05, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jocker City

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Jocker City. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review.--W.marsh 13:08, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Work

Keep up the good work. --Jay(Talk) 04:41, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of Governors of Kentucky

Thank you for your recent work on List of Governors of Kentucky. As a member of WikiProject Kentucky, I am interested in bringing this list to featured list status, and would very much like to collaborate with you in your efforts. What suggestions do you have for further improving the list? I thought about adding a "Higher offices held" column. Acdixon 14:32, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Looks better in my opinion. I think good next steps might be to add years of birth and death (eliminating the Living Governors section), a column for higher offices held, and splitting the term start and term end, using full date format as has been done to the last few entries. All of this info can be found at the National Governors Association web site. What do you think? Acdixon 03:34, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
I've not found the NGA to be inaccurate, but it's entirely possible. Still, if we fill in the info from there, I can go back to the library and grab the book on Kentucky Governors that I've been using. I could probably verify all the info in an hour or so, making corrections as needed. What do you think? Acdixon 13:05, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
Interesting changes. I like the separate table for higher offices held better than I thought I would. The notes section also looks pretty good to me. We've definitely got a good start going here. I say we finish off the expansion of term dates, and then I really would like to add birth and death years to see what it looks like. That was one of the suggestions I got when I tried to get List of people from Kentucky promoted to featured list. Let's keep rolling; I think this is a featured list in the making! Acdixon 11:53, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
I get the blame for missing Fletcher. I didn't know he'd ever been a Rep, and didn't bother to look at his page on NGA. Thanks for the catch, and I think the other additions are appropriate as well. Thanks again for your continuing help! Acdixon 14:08, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
I don't have my Kentucky Governors reference at hand (I'll have to get it from the library,) but I do have The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Here's what it says:
Maybe I can get to the library this weekend. I know there is a book there that has term dates for every governor through Julian Carroll, (although it's been known to be wrong as well.) I've got a few other sources I'll try to lay hands on soon as well. Thanks for your diligence. Acdixon 12:03, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
I think you're right about the date issue; no one will notice. I got List of counties in Kentucky promoted to FL, then realized I'd completely left out a county! I might at some point go back and add the birth and death years, but if you're hearing good things from other Wikipedians, I'm willing to give it a shot as is. I hope you'll be able to help me respond to comments, though. I've really got my hands full with an FA nom of Confederate government of Kentucky at the moment. Acdixon 14:24, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
It's nominated. Add this page to your watchlist. And to the defense of FLC, Kentucky has 120 counties (third most in the country) so missing one is pretty easy. LOL Thanks again for your awesome help. Acdixon 14:33, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Darn, I knew there was something else I meant to do to this list. I was the one who added that column, and I did so based on KDLA. I've been unable to find any corroborating evidence, and all four you mention are omitted from a list in Powell's Kentucky Governors. I hadn't made the connection that all were presidents of the state senate at that time, so I suspect your hunch is correct. Removing them is the right idea. Thanks. BTW, now that you've gone to the trouble of tracking down which four these were again, I might contact KDLA for clarification. Also BTW, I have a book due at the library tomorrow, so I'll grab the governors book while I'm there. Acdixon 13:45, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure the "as of" date on "Living former governors" is encyclopedic. Most encyclopedias are understood to contain information current as of the date of their publication. I know Wikipedia is different since it doesn't have a publication date, but something about it still doesn't seem right. Could we just remove it with the understanding that someone in WikiProject Kentucky will update the list when one of them dies? Acdixon 14:57, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Assuming no suitable text for the living former governors section is proposed, I still believe we can address this by including birth and death years for each governor and eliminating the section itself. Here's an example of how it would look.
# Name Party Took office Left office Lieutenant Governor[e] Notes
1 Isaac Shelby
(1750 – 1826)		 Democratic-Republican June 4, 1792 June 7, 1796 None[1]
60 Ernie Fletcher
(1952 – )		 Republican December 9, 2003 Incumbent Steve Pence [2]
Hope you don't think I'm just pushing the issue on this; if we can address it another way, that's fine with me. This is just one suggestion. Acdixon 15:31, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
Solution in place works for me. Whatever gets it promoted. Thanks. Acdixon 17:16, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reminder

Just a reminder that you should upload a local version of any Commons image you add to the Main Page (or protect it on Commons). -- tariqabjotu 21:55, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re: (ok you're outtahere)

I am assuming good faith on everyone's part. Q: are you? Would you please indicate more clearly what you mean, since I am not a native speaker. I am going to revert your deletion in a few minutes, unless you convince me not to. — Xiutwel (talk) 12:44, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re

Thanks. You might be right on the vandalism part, ofcourse, but then you might not, so (a) please check this with the editor and (b) we are not into punishing; there are two seperate edits. I am going to respond to this editor's unspoken needs; I beg you not to delete it again. Cheers, — Xiutwel (talk) 12:51, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks ! Image:Smile-tpvgames.gif — Xiutwel (talk) 12:58, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Don Murphy

Thank you for fixing that. The fact that there might be a sane Editor like yourself never really entered my thoughts. Appreciated!ThisNeverEnds 07:07, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm curious as to your involvement with this article. Can you explain the reason for this edit? -- Zanimum 15:29, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
My involvement is purely my distaste for the previous edit summary. --Golbez 15:34, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
So it was entirely that very odd edit summary that made you revert the edit, nothing to do with the actual content? You have never been contacted about this article by Murphy or any of his fans? -- Zanimum 15:58, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
First of all, I'm not entirely sure why it matters. Second of all, I was alerted to his ranting, and decided to see what he was ranting about, and saw that edit summary. I wasn't contacted by him until after I made the edit, on my talk page as you can see. As for the content, I saw the editor had reverted many editors worth of work on the pure derision of "committee", which I disliked. --Golbez 16:18, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
I have to concur with Golbez, there was no reason for the original edit adding that text back into the article. If it was done "by committee", that would denote some level of consensus and furthermore the text just isn't terribly relevant. I say this, by the way, as someone who blocked the above sockpuppet who thanked Golbez.--Isotope23 16:36, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
I agree the content about this fight, whether addressing a real fight or a persistent rumour about one, should only be very minimal in the article. It was one night of his life, not a major element to his personal existence. However, this incident is unfortunately what he received the most press for from major publications, before Transformers.
What committee had removed the content? Unless Arbcom was involved, the only group attention his article received was through the Administrator's noticeboard. For all I know, the person who readded the content was full of themselves, and I don't support them at all. However is it not factual? Is it not citable? -- Zanimum 16:54, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted links to IBISEYE.COM

That was not intended to be spam at all.

We've spent two years developing a web site that shows historic storms (back to 1851) in a completely unique way - including the observed or estimated windfield by quadrant. In addition, we we've generated statistsics on the relative severity of storms based on the number or towns exposed to hurricane force winds along with pop and households (using the 2000 census); in addition, for storms that hit Florida, we calculated the number, type and location and value of properties theoretically exposed to hurricane force winds winds (using the 2006 statewide property rolls as a benchmark.) All this data is updated on the fly when there is an active storms forecast to hit the US.

And there is much more to the web site, including a live news feed, near real-time weather data and NWS alerts and a damage reporting system that is utterly unique.

Of course, we are a commercial site, but we're part of the NY Times newspaper chain and we developed this application on the news side. Our intention all along was to create a hurricane resource that is live, dynamic and well informed.

There are are other links on hurricane pages that are repeated and clearly don't offer the depth and context of IBISEYE.

Please reconsider removing our link.

Cheers, Mo user: motamman

[edit] Three-revert rule warning

Please note that you have reverted the same material in United States three times in a span of less than twenty-one hours: [13], [14], and [15]. You are in danger of violating WP:3RR and are clearly engaged in a single-issue edit war for obscure reasons. As you must know, your advocacy in Talk has fallen far short of achieving a consensus for removal of this material; you have failed to address the specific responses made to your arguments--that there are "extensive articles" on the war (though there are also extensive articles on dozens of other topics covered in the article) and that the costs of other wars aren't mentioned (though, unlike this war, those others are not current); and, while you accuse others of dishonesty in their edit summaries, you wrote an explicitly false edit summary when you claimed that a "daily toll" was being made, rather than a periodical weekly, biweekly, or monthly update, as is done with all of the data in the article of a current nature per our sources. You are clearly a responsible and highly productive editor on other articles; your behavior in this matter is inexplicable and unworthy of your overall contribution to the encyclopedia.—DCGeist 05:48, 8 July 2007 (UTC) Resolved.—DCGeist 07:03, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your note. I've looked over my initial edit summaries on this matter, and you're right. They were unnecessarily snarky in tone. I apologize. I've gotten in the habit of cracking wise in edit summaries on the heavy-workload anti-vandalism beats of punk rock and heavy metal, just to keep the spirits up of myself and the other couple of involved editors. I brought that habit over to this exchange, where it wasn't appropriate. Best, Dan.—DCGeist 07:03, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How to?

Since you have closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Companies in Bangladesh, I can only turn to you to find out. How do put that discussion for a DRV? The discussion page there seems to be for undeletion of articles, not renewed discussion for a huge list of bundled articles. Besides, I'd like have a review of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Greek companies and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Japanese companies, too. Please, help. And, if possible, leave note to my talk page. Cheers. Aditya Kabir 12:44, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, that didn't answer anything

Let me clear one thing very clearly - I am not disputing your decision. I am looking for help, not justification of you decision. Since I have never been to a DRV, and you suggested that it should be taken to a DRV, I thought I should turn to you for help. You see, I really believe that process is important.

I guess I didn't formed the questions right for you to understand. Therefore, I am asking again:

  • Steps to list a new deletion review clearly describe the process to put a deleted article for review. No such process exists for articles that are not deleted. My question: What is the process for nominating an article that was not deleted, but supposedly can be deleted?
  • So far what I have seen on the DRV, single articles are being discussed, as well as single deletion discussions (especially single discussions). My question: How do I nominate a host of articles bundled in, especially when I am proposing a review of at least three previous discussions?

I hope I have asked the right questions this time. Please, leave a note to my talk page. Aditya Kabir 04:50, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Assume good faith, please. I beg you.

I know there was error on my side. I know you are perfect in following the process, and did exactly what needed to be done. I am not challenging anyone here. I am rather following your suggestion - "The result was Speedy close; take it to DRV." I am trying to take it to DRV, and in a meaningful way, following the process as much possible. And, that is why I am asking you this questions. If you don't have an answer, please, tell me if you know someone who has. Wikipedia for me isn't a game of challenges, but rather is place where we should help out each other and reaching consensus. I am asking for "help". And, if I can't seek help from an admin, I don't know who I can turn to. Please, respond. Aditya Kabir 07:41, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, dear. I guess I needed to be bold in this.

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No problem.

We all get stressed at times, and you didn't know me at all. I was a bit lost myself. Now that you've shown me the way I have decided to take the long route towards a consensus, and posted to the Lists Wikiproject (see here). May be I needed to invent process from earlier on, as I have found out that many of the policies actually began as wild attempts at being bold. Aditya Kabir 09:43, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Oklahoma City bombing

Hi, you reverted my change to the introduction of the article. I'm not that great at summarizing information in articles, so how would you recommend summarizing the information in the response and relief section for the intro? I didn't know how else to explain it, so if you could give me a better example to include or if you changed it yourself, I'd appreciate it. Thanks for watching out for the article. --Nehrams2020 18:37, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

But according to WP:LEAD#Provide_an_accessible_overview, the lead should include some summary of one of the important sections in the article. I think it would be important to make some mention of the information, and that's why I included a summary of some of the facts there. If it was rewritten better, its addition to the lead would be beneficial for the article. --Nehrams2020 20:34, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pong Kombat

As long as you can find some reliable references, I won't send it to AfD. Whispering 19:28, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Governors of Colorado

Please look at changes before just reverting. My changes were very specific, limited, and I believe quite justified. Thanks. --Buaidh 01:45, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Roman Heart

Whoa, you need to stop these "stalking" accusations. Actors, including porn stars, are ROUTINELY identified by their real name on Wikipedia-where available. John Celona.

[edit] My unblock of Jamiepgs

Hi, Golbez. I see you've been commenting here about the case of Jamiepgs (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log). Although you haven't complained about my unblocking, I just want to apologise for not notifying you personally. I rushed out shortly after the unblock, and didn't return home for several hours. Sophia, whom I've encountered before, and whom I consider a responsible user, had done a Google search for some of Jamiepgs's strange facts, and thought that this was not a clear case of vandalism. If you had blocked for sockpuppetry or harassment, I wouldn't have undone your block without discussing it with you first, as I'd know that you might be aware of facts that I didn't know about. In the case of a user adding "strange" facts to some articles, I thought the risk was minimal, and I felt that others would be watching out for his contributions. I hope everything will work out. If it doesn't, I shan't object to a reblock. Just want to say that I hope you didn't mind. Cheers. ElinorD (talk) 20:29, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of cities in Israel FLC

I've made some arguments that this list does not need neither "by population" in its title, nor a basic population sort because its primary purpose is to be an exhaustive list, like the B.C. municipalities one. Could you reconsider your position? Circeus 16:51, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] All-Star Final Vote

I am not sure if you are aware, but All-Star Final Vote is a featured list candidate. You can participate in the discussions here.

You may want to visit Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links). It is not necessary to repeat links to the same term in an article expecially within the same subsection.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 20:57, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I have revised for section by section linking duplication considerations.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 21:27, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
Your linking additions are fine. I am considering returning to side-by-side formatting that I had in an earlier version. At Talk:All-Star_Final_Vote#formatting_.28return_to_side-by-side.29 you can see the current version followed by the old side-by-side version that was considered to wide for most user displays and a newly proposed side-by-side version. I am thinking of going with the new version for two reasons: 1. it makes the page shorter, 2. it makes possible discussion of one continuous chart. What do you think of the new side-by-side format?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 14:25, 17 July 2007 (UTC)