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Am I correct in assuming...I'm a little late to the debate page. Am I correct in assuming that we have a few Serbian/anti-Kosovo posters who are trying to whittle the recognition listing down to nothing by splitting infinitessimal hairs over wordings? Canadian Bobby (talk) 19:30, 12 March 2008 (UTC) Did you catch my suggestion of calling up the Malaysian Liaison Office in Pristina or the MFA? That could settle this, but then again, Avala will just say you made it up and that Malaysia doesn't really exist *smirk* Canadian Bobby (talk) 20:13, 12 March 2008 (UTC) The best I can suggest on that front is to paste in the email in its entirety - including the e-mail address of the respondent for verification purposes. Maybe forward it to Avala? I was a major contributor to the Foreign Relations of Montenegro page when that country was gaining recognition and just citing emails in the sources was good enough for everybody on that page. I doubt this crowd would be so courteous. Canadian Bobby (talk) 20:23, 12 March 2008 (UTC) Woah!You misunderstand. I'm not here to fight. I agree with you on the kosovo discussion. I'm sympathizing with your arguments.Canadian Bobby (talk) 19:25, 12 March 2008 (UTC) Kosovo PageIn reference to the other edits on this page, I'm not here to threaten you ;). What's the deal with the recognition of Kosovo page? Am I to understand that the listing of every recognition is a zero-sum fight to the death? It all seems intensely childish and petty. Canadian Bobby (talk) 19:14, 12 March 2008 (UTC) International reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independenceYou currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. --Camptown (talk) 18:45, 4 March 2008 (UTC) ROCI believe that the category that ROC is currently under "Unrecognised or partially recognised states, seceded regions, and national independence movements" does the ROC justice. The ROC is a partially recognised state and it is listed in the category that other partially recognised states (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Northern Cyprus) are listed in. I would not be supportive of moving the ROC ahead of fully recognized nations which refuse to or have not yet recognize/recognized Kosovo. I would support a seperate category for just partially recognized nations (ROC, SADR, Northern Cyprus)... but in the Other Entities section. --Tocino 19:09, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
See my response to what you wrote on my talk page at the ROC section of the Kosovo talk page. --Ruolin59 02:27, 11 March 2008 (UTC) GahWell, Avala wasted 12 hours in proving nothing, eh? Why is it that he/she's word seems to be law when there are like 4 or 5 of us in opposition with sources and everything? Canadian Bobby (talk) 13:49, 13 March 2008 (UTC) just waitI'm sure they'll come up with something. Maybe they'll creatively reinterpret the Spanish source for Peru's recognition? If you're on AIM, MSN or Yahoo! Messenger and would like to chat about Kosovo or whatever, let me know. Cheers, Canadian Bobby (talk) 19:57, 13 March 2008 (UTC) I got a wiki account lolHey dude im just checking this out! Djhayes383 (talk) 16:31, 14 March 2008 (UTC)DaveDjhayes383 (talk) 16:31, 14 March 2008 (UTC) ChatHey Ian, I've been waiting to see you on MSN to have a real chat with you, since our last one sort of fell apart because I kept getting pulled away (Sorry about that!). Hope to see you soon Canadian Bobby (talk) 23:55, 18 March 2008 (UTC) kk. I'll probably be around 11:30a-12p/5:30p-6p your time when I get on. Cheers, Canadian Bobby (talk) 00:06, 19 March 2008 (UTC) I'm on now if you want to talk. Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:40, 19 March 2008 (UTC) Where'd you go? Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:57, 19 March 2008 (UTC) Yeah. That's the thing about technology is that it never works Canadian Bobby (talk) 17:00, 19 March 2008 (UTC) Where are you, dude? Canadian Bobby (talk) 18:44, 20 March 2008 (UTC) That's too bad. See if you can charm mum and dad into buying you a computer? ;-). I'm sure you'll be in church tommorow... Canadian Bobby (talk) 21:33, 20 March 2008 (UTC) You on today, mate? Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:46, 24 March 2008 (UTC) You on, mate? Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:40, 25 March 2008 (UTC) I'm on if you wish to either chit or chat. Canadian Bobby (talk) 13:12, 27 March 2008 (UTC) Why aren't you on MSN? Canadian Bobby (talk) 22:32, 3 April 2008 (UTC) Yes, I'm online. Canadian Bobby (talk) 15:40, 6 April 2008 (UTC) Can you help me, please?Mr. Ijanderson977, it was written in the article Kosovo: "Kosova" redirects here. For other uses, see Kosova (disambiguation). but that was and still is not the case as when I type Kosova it does redirect me to "Kosova (disambiguation)". The aforementioned sentence was deleted in the article today by user Husönd. So I would appreciate your help to achieve a redirect from Kosova to Kosovo. The discussion is going on here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kosovo#There_should_be_a_redirect_from_Kosova_to_Kosovo Thank you, Sir. --Tubesship (talk) 16:04, 26 March 2008 (UTC) After your successful intervention redirecting Kosova to Kosovo I think maybe you would also like to participate in this poll about the same article. To make it short, there are to sides, one side wants to marginalize the Republic of Kosova in the article Kosova or even to push it out by splitting, and the other side, me, user Jawohl, user Kosova2k8s, Husond and others wants to be the article Kosova related to the Republic of Kosova. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kosovo#Protocol Thank you in advance, dear Anderson! :-) --Tubesship (talk) 23:16, 7 April 2008 (UTC) Consenus breached, need supportHello Mr. Anderson, contrary to a reached consensus there is a splitting going on instead a merging: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kosovo#Split_completed And I would appreciate your assistance again. Thank you! --Tubesship (talk) 04:55, 28 March 2008 (UTC) AfD nomination of Azriel (band)I have nominated Azriel (band), an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Azriel (band). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Michig (talk) 14:33, 28 March 2008 (UTC) The Kosova Issue"An encyclopedia, or, traditionally, encyclopædia, is a comprehensive written compendium that contains information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge."
I'm an AMERICAN not a UNITED STATESian!! Does wikipedia have a chat so that I could talk to you? Also ljanderson977 I respect your contributions and hard work towards Kosova articles, don't think I dislike you or have any negative feelings. Kosova2008 (talk) 20:54, 28 March 2008 (UTC) recognise/recognizeYou might want to have a look at WP:MOS: the standard convention is not to insist on either US or British spellings, as long as they are internally consistent in the article. Vizjim (talk) 14:20, 30 March 2008 (UTC) Yes, please do not make an edit only to change from one style to another. --Golbez (talk) 18:09, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
VandalismAccusing other editors of vandalism is taken seriously here. If you feel you have any evidence that I have vandalised the Azriel (band) article, or want an admin to investigate whether this is the case, please take this through the proper channels rather than making suggestions that this is the case in AfD discussions. The only topic for discussion in AfD debates is the appropriateness of the article in question for inclusion in our encyclopedia, not articles that other editors involved in the discussion have worked on or unfounded suggestions that other contributors to the debate have vandalized the article anonymously.--Michig (talk) 15:12, 30 March 2008 (UTC) Grow up! Please see WP:POINT to see why your recent PROD's are unacceptable.--Michig (talk) 17:14, 30 March 2008 (UTC) Jesus Ijanderson977 (talk) 18:26, 30 March 2008 (UTC) CommentThank you ljanderson977 (on the viva democratic Republic of Kosova). It sucks so bad that you have to create a section to just say thank you. There should be other ways to do this or inform you of new changes in an article or discussion. Kosova2008 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 02:02, 31 March 2008 (UTC) Deletion of CommunismI'll be the first person to tell you that the Communism article is seriously messed up, but I think that if you are willing to take some time to revise the article, you will find that it is possible to fix many of its mistakes. This would make much more sense than just deleting it. Please state what exactly you find so horrible about this article. We could use the feedback to fix it. P.S. it is very irresponsible to propose deletion for an article as important as Communism, without even discussing it or giving a reason. Jimmy da tuna 00:27, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
CommentIf you are an admin can you look international reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence. I am curious who made the description for Uruguay. The Uruguay description reads that their governemnt I'will not''' recognize whereas a translation [1] reads "has not. I checked with 4 different translation websites they all say "has not" instead of "will not". I think this is a POV attempt. --Kosova2008 (talk) 06:16, 1 April 2008 (UTC) RE : HahaVery good idea though , with the source and stuff ;) --Cradel 11:13, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Really ? Well I'm glad you support my country and want others to recognize it =), or was that just another joke :( (just kidding) --Cradel 11:41, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi, dear FriendCan you do me a favour and undo in the article Kosovo the version to my version? They avoid to tread Kosovo like other countries despite the fact, that there are much more disputed countries which are treated in a country-style way with country box and flag at the top, like for example Nagorno-Karabakh_Republic or Transnistria with no country recognizing them or like Northern Cyprus with only one country recognizing them. If you are convinced that this is an unjustified inequality in handling this case I would appreciate your undoing as I suggested. --Tubesship (talk) 12:09, 2 April 2008 (UTC) Azriel (band)As wikipedia is based on reliable sources only. I would highly recommend reading Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:Reliable sources for a better understanding of what kind of sources are acceptable. --neonwhite user page talk 16:09, 2 April 2008 (UTC) HiI was browsing your user page and I`ve noticed that "Macedonia" directs to the disambiguation page. I thought you might wanna know that, since obviously you mean the country (Former Yugoslav) Republic of Macedonia. Cheers --157.228.x.x (talk) 19:37, 3 April 2008 (UTC) Guess it was not an error......and more an deliberate attempt to discredit a political party you disagree with. Is your real name by any chance Robert Mugabe? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.111.162.127 (talk) 04:33, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
PristinaAbsolutely. I will support you. The editors who want the Albanian spelling on WP:English are Albanian. Just doing a Google news search shows that Prishtina is rarely used in the English language. Pristina is a good compromise, because if we were staying true to form of decisions on WP then we would use Priština as that is what editors have decided to name the article of the city. However, I realize that Pristina is more widely used and we could never get a consensus to keep Priština on the article we edit on. I recommend that you start the request. --Tocino 17:32, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Re.HelloHello Ijanderson977. I am sorry, but I must decline your request. First because according to the talk page, there is no consensus for that change. Furthermore, I participated in the discussion so as an involved party I cannot make such change. Otherwise it would be misuse of the admin tools. Best regards, Húsönd 21:58, 8 April 2008 (UTC) unethical stealth editHi there. I believe this is the first time I have the pleasure of writing on your talk page. However, I wish it was for a happier reason: This sort of edit in somebody else's signed and dated utterance, furthermore, one being voted on in the exact form it was cast, is unethical and probably deserves a block: [3]. Please don't do this again. Cordially, --Mareklug talk 00:45, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Pristina - PrishtinaI think we might need to postpone our discussions on the issue. It seems that the wish of user dab have been fulfilled. But I still think that he is not doing a good job over at the Kosovo article. Jawohl (talk) 18:52, 10 April 2008 (UTC) HiI really thank u for backing me up on my comments on the Communism article.Euge246 (talk) 06:33, 11 April 2008 (UTC) EU representativeHi there, here is the url to the website of ICO which Peter Feith heads. He is the EU special representative of the International Civilian Office. http://www.ico-kos.org/english/index.html . regards, Jawohl (talk) 09:55, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
That's OK. I just wanted to point out, that he is the special representative of EU and not a senior EU official. Jawohl (talk) 08:33, 14 April 2008 (UTC) Copyright problems with Image:Balkan fever.JPGAn image that you uploaded, Image:Balkan fever.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems because it is a suspected copyright violation. Please look there if you know that the image is legally usable on Wikipedia (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), and then provide the necessary information there and on its page, if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Jeepday (talk) 13:43, 15 April 2008 (UTC)Chatty Chatty Chat ChatIan, I'm on MSN now if you want to chat - I'm "invisible," which makes me cool, but I'm there. Muahahahaha. Canadian Bobby (talk) 14:18, 15 April 2008 (UTC) Ian, the next time you want to add a country on the Kosovo recognition page, make sure it's real first. Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:31, 17 April 2008 (UTC) Can't. I'm working today. I'll be on around 3:45-4pm my time / 9:45-10pm yours. You can stay up late, big boy. X Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:38, 17 April 2008 (UTC) I'm on MSN. Canadian Bobby (talk) 14:11, 18 April 2008 (UTC) Chat! Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:09, 21 April 2008 (UTC) Chat?? Canadian Bobby (talk) 21:35, 22 April 2008 (UTC) Msn. Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:30, 23 April 2008 (UTC) MSN! Canadian Bobby (talk) 12:53, 24 April 2008 (UTC) Chat. Canadian Bobby (talk) 17:53, 24 April 2008 (UTC) Chat Canadian Bobby (talk) 18:27, 25 April 2008 (UTC) I'm on. Canadian Bobby (talk) 00:41, 26 April 2008 (UTC) Chat me up, mate. Canadian Bobby (talk) 14:47, 29 April 2008 (UTC) You on, mate? Canadian Bobby (talk) 19:42, 30 April 2008 (UTC) You on, mate? Canadian Bobby (talk) 15:24, 1 May 2008 (UTC) I'm on now. Canadian Bobby (talk) 14:00, 4 May 2008 (UTC) I am indeed online, dude. Canadian Bobby (talk) 22:02, 5 May 2008 (UTC) Cart your arse online. Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:50, 6 May 2008 (UTC) Habla conmigo! Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:48, 11 May 2008 (UTC) Papua New Guinea projectThis project, like a lot of others related to that part of the world, was basically created as a work group of the parent regional project, but given the "WikiProject" name because of its official independence. It's great to see someone else showing an interest in the subject, though. I'd love to see it get better myself, and will do what I can to help, once I get the various pages of the Project Directory and everything else I've got pending done, with any luck by the end of the month. But the userbox is being created. John Carter (talk) 18:19, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Image:Barnstar of National Merit Papua New Guinea.svgHere you go!:P - S Solberg J 20:12, 21 April 2008 (UTC) my imageIjanderson977 (talk) 23:59, 11 May 2008 (UTC) Vanuatu Trade Missions
LithuaniaIt's just a basic DRAFT resolution by the Seimas recognizing Kosovo independence and recommending the government to establish diplomatic relations. I don't think you need the full translation. The longer first part just discusses prior positive Lithuanian reaction to the Kosovo declaration. Note, it is dated April 23 (today) and has not yet been voted on. Renata (talk) 17:01, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Foreign Offices in KosovoHi there, I know that you are always updating the status of the foreign offices currently present in Kosovo. Here is a link to Prishtina Guide (pdf). On page 43 you will find all the offices listed (incl. their address and tel. numbers) Hope it helps you further in your efforts to improve the article(s). http://www.inyourpocket.com/data/download/Pristina_1.pdf See you. Jawohl (talk) 12:16, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
In case you missed it, the Saudi Ambassador in Prishtina is called Bill Clinton :) Check out the article on foreign relations. Jawohl (talk) 15:22, 25 April 2008 (UTC
ImageHey Ij, I was just looking around and couldn't help notice that you uploaded an image under the title "Balkan Fever". Could I just ask what it was an image of? Cheers, :-) BalkanFever 14:06, 27 April 2008 (UTC) Ah yes, that one. I've been meaning to draw that up myself for a while, but haven't had the time. And LOL, hopefully those guys at Le Monde Diplomatique can start using the term, then you can re-create it :D. BalkanFever 14:13, 27 April 2008 (UTC) Trade missions of VanuatuA proposed deletion template has been added to the article Trade missions of Vanuatu, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Kransky (talk) 15:27, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Re. Hello againHello there. Sorry, but I'm back in Portugal for a couple of weeks and I haven't been using much the internet. Therefore, I couldn't reply to your request on time, and won't probably be able to reply to any requests on time while I'm here... Best regards, Húsönd 16:17, 27 April 2008 (UTC) SAASAA has an article which says Kosovo is a UN administrated province of Serbia. Now the Serbian Prime Minister claims that the EU countries which have recognized the Kosovo independence have broken this article of the SAA (and therefore he asks how will their parliaments ratify such an agreement) and that there is no sense in signing it until the EU clarifies with whom is it signing the SAA with (Serbia or partial Serbia). Obviously the EU can't answer to that because of its own internal division on this matter. The whole thing about leaving the recognition to individual states has created a lot of problems for the future accession. If the UK says - we are signing it with Serbia without Kosovo, Spain will say - no we are signing it with Serbia with Kosovo. I don't think that the EU has a solution at this point. Today some states tried to change the text of the SAA but that cannot be done at this point anymore as the document is aleady signed by both parties, this is just the final signature for it to start entering into force. Serbian President believes SAA should be signed because it would be another multilateral document which reaffirms Serbia's position on Kosovo. To sum it up - it's a chaos where everyone has his own interpretation and interest. --Avala (talk) 17:05, 28 April 2008 (UTC) Unofficial use of the euroHi there. What I meant to say is that you changed only the number of countries and not the list. I just did it, so thanks for the info. The number of countries joining the eurozone keeps growing! Miguel.mateo (talk) 16:26, 29 April 2008 (UTC) I added some references to David BenatarI added some references to David Benatar -Eastmain (talk) 20:39, 29 April 2008 (UTC) tht nazi calling anonhey yea the guy is funny lol um i am not an admin (maybe i should nominate me self to become one) but you can report to an admin and give a link to his edit summaries where he has called you a nazi then they would hopefully sort him out. have a happy editing on wikipedia. Pathfinder2006 (talk) 22:45, 11 May 2008 (UTC) Somehow I don't find this all that surprising, Ian. ha. Canadian Bobby (talk) 00:24, 12 May 2008 (UTC) oOMmm? -- lucasbfr talk 23:00, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
SerbiaWe can't wait that you come in Serbia! :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.101.185.222 (talk) 17:27, 12 May 2008 (UTC) I also can't wait that you come in chat. Canadian Bobby (talk) 18:20, 19 May 2008 (UTC) Chat me, Amadeus Canadian Bobby (talk) 22:13, 24 May 2008 (UTC) Chat. Canadian Bobby (talk) 15:00, 26 May 2008 (UTC) Chat. Canadian Bobby (talk) 22:20, 27 May 2008 (UTC) Chat. Canadian Bobby (talk) 19:51, 28 May 2008 (UTC) Re. Hello, would you do me a favour please?Hello Ijanderson977 and thank you for contacting me. Sorry I couldn't reply earlier, I came back to Slovenia today. Well, that was quite an angry newbie, but he seems to have stopped for now. Please bring him/her to my attention again if he/she returns, especially if with a new wave of attacks against you. Best regards, Húsönd 19:41, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
re: Ukraine edit protect (dates, etc)If you look at my edit, or at the editprotect request in its present form, you'll see I made all these additions already, and the editprotect is ready to go. I'll add a checkmark next to my say, to make it clearer, that what I'm talking about has been done. --Mareklug talk 15:54, 13 May 2008 (UTC) Serbian parliamentary election, 2008I left a message on the user talk page saying that any problems he/she has needs to discuss on the discussion page of the article and i think it will be best for wikipedia if you two do so as well. If he/she continue to edit the page without discussions report it to admins about the user. happy editing. Pathfinder2006 (talk) 16:16, 13 May 2008 (UTC) Macedonia boxesHey Ian, I saw your comment on iNkubusse's talk page. Husond has this nice userbox if you're interested: User:Husond/Userboxes/Macedonia. By the way I love yours :D. Cheers, BalkanFever 03:01, 14 May 2008 (UTC) WikiProject Kosovo's public watchlistHi Ijanderson :-) After seeing your comment, I thought that you may be interested in the public watchlist of the Kosovo WikiProject. - Best regards, Ev (talk) 19:44, 18 May 2008 (UTC) Glad to be of help :-) Ev (talk) 19:25, 19 May 2008 (UTC) Re. International reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independenceSure, but could you please check those requested edits? I see that they're not up-to-date following today's recognition by the Czech Republic. Húsönd 19:47, 21 May 2008 (UTC) EurovisionAll things aside given this information about who is interested in organization (one day after Bilan's victory) I can't see Kosovo participating (even though I think that the proposal of Serbian Governmentm that Kosovo Government rejects would allow them to) - "Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has commissioned Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov to monitor preparations for hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Russia"[4].--Avala (talk) 19:03, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
And Kosovo has no prospect of joining CoE (Scotland is member as part of the UK) or the UN body ITU. So it's only their wish to join but they would first need to join the CoE or UN which I don't see happening for the 2009 Eurovision.--Avala (talk) 09:44, 28 May 2008 (UTC) Image:Eurovision 2009.PNGHi. Where is United Kingdom and The Netherlands on the Map? US - Jimmy Slade (talk) 20:26, 26 May 2008 (UTC) wrong flagYour template: Template:Macedonia Fair Name, has the wrong flag (it stood only between 1992-1995) of the country. Also, do you think there is irredentism against Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek, Kosovar and Serbian territory, at official level in Skopje? Thanks. Politis (talk) 18:59, 27 May 2008 (UTC) KosovoI would strongly urge you (although I obviously can't make you, and wouldn't try to if I could) to consider striking or redacting this comment. Obviously tensions are high and people are getting emotional, and I completely understand that. Please be aware that all Wikipedians approach these situations from unique angles, and what seems clear-cut to you may not seem so to others. I am confident that if everyone communicates positively and in good faith that we can make constructive progress. Thanks, and best regards - Revolving Bugbear 20:52, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
ThanksI will use it on my page,thanks.--Makedonij (talk) 21:41, 27 May 2008 (UTC) askingIt was more of a question to you about your views on official irredentism (or the lack of it) in the Republic of Macedonia. Comments welcome. Also, if you know about the flag, why dont you use the country's flag? Politis (talk) 15:55, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Bad ScriptThis movie is yet another manifestation of a trend in Hollywood movies that has been going on for the past 10 years or so: dumb it down! While the last Indiana Jones movie, The Last Crusade, was by no means a doctoral dissertation, it took thought to keep up with everything. In this movie, no thinking required: they constantly repeat everything to the point where you could begin to view the movie at almost any point before the last 10 minutes and not have missed anything. In previous movies, Indiana would pour over intricate riddles, inscriptions and petroglyphs and still never understand them entirely - whereas in this movie there's really only one, constantly repeated by the poorly utilized John Hurt, and they figure it out because it's all based on landmarks. Oooooh. As a side note, I thought it was rather silly to keep emphasizing that Marcus and his father are dead. The photos on the desk should've sufficed, but they just had to keep bringing it up in case anybody came in late. See the point in the previous paragraph. Another aspect that stood out to me was the portrayal of the Soviets. Spielberg is nearly expert at portraying Nazis, having made or been involved in so many damn movies about them, but he clearly has no idea what a Soviet spy or soldier is. The Nazis were suave, subtle, very clever and sophisticated agents of evil, while the Soviets are ham-handed, funny-accented klutzes who couldn't steal a piece of paper (literally). They're supposed to be the bad guys, dude! Not comic relief. The villains in the movie are not believable as villains. They show up to everything late and their champions are some corpulent British dude whose motives are never fully explained and whom Indiana Jones keeps allowing to hang around for some illogical reason, although he does punch him a few times, and a weirdo New Age lady who swordfights. The most damning and damaging to the integrity of the movie was the non-MacGuffin MacGuffin. A MacGuffin, for those unfamiliar, is an object that motivates the actions of the players in the movie, but is itself rarely seen or sometimes not at all. The allure of this object keeps the movie interesting. For example, in Last Crusade, the Holy Grail motivates the entire movie, but you don't see it until the very end. In this movie, you see the crystal skull at every turn - the characters even play a high speed game of keep-away with it. They use it to scare ants and natives. The thing becomes their rather creepy buddy. The motivation only becomes to return the thing, thus robbing the viewer of the anticipation of seeing the skull, what it can do, where's it from, etc etc. They even reveal the skull's origin about halfway through the movie! There's no mystery or suspense! Finally, the movie seems to have been cobbled together from prior movies that Lucas and Spielberg had made. The crystal skulls look exactly like the aliens from the end of A.I. The car blaring Elvis music at the beginning was clearly taken right out of American Graffiti. They recycled the warehouse from Raiders, the crashing raft scene from Temple of Doom, replacing the yellow raft with a motorized duck, etc. The space/dimensionship was just silly. The Holy Grail was more believable than that POS plot element. They took a leap off the deep end with that and ruined the movie's credibility entirely. The rather blatant and clumsy reference to handing off the Indy mantle to Shia LeBeouf was also uncalled for. The movie was mildly entertaining, if wildly flawed and self-destructing. 1) You told me you'd delete this once you'd read it. 2) Chat Canadian Bobby (talk) 00:11, 30 May 2008 (UTC) Well, what can I sayJust came across your 3RR complaint against me. The fourth revert was done without me realizing I had already made 3 previous reversions. Interesting to see you were quick to report me and ignored 3RR violations made by the anonymous user. I've been repeatedly asking the user to discuss and yet all my concerns regarding the content and reliability of sources remain unaddressed. I'll have to take up the matter with Arbcom if things continue. I've already reported the anonymous user for incivility. Also, I urge you also to keep this discussion as civil as possible. Making irresponsible comments like "American spy" is only going to weaken your case once the matter is up with Arbcom. I still don't understand what makes you think I'm anti-Russian? I'm just standing up for facts here and removal of nationalistic statements in Wikipedia. --AI009 (talk) 06:07, 30 May 2008 (UTC) talkchat. now. Canadian Bobby (talk) 00:00, 1 June 2008 (UTC) chat. Canadian Bobby (talk) 15:06, 1 June 2008 (UTC) Chat. Canadian Bobby (talk) 18:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC) North American UnionAs per the discussion on the talk page, I reverted your addition of {{Infobox Geopolitical organization}} on the North American Union article. --Kralizec! (talk) 14:39, 3 June 2008 (UTC) Talk page commentsIP warned. The AGF idea behind allowing any user to remove warnings is an indication that they have read and understood the comment. They've not reverted it yet so hopefully that's a good sign. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 16:07, 3 June 2008 (UTC) anonymousUser:69.29.70.177 is deleting my comments on a talk page.
I asked him why he deleted my comment and he just deleted that too. 15:48 This is his page. Will you please sort him out and tell him not to delete my comment and edits in the future? Thankyou.Ijanderson977 (talk) 15:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Re.Anonymous user causing troubleHello Ijanderson and thank you for contacting me. Seems like another admin has already warned that user against removing legitimate talk page comments. Please report any further removals. Regards, Húsönd 19:31, 3 June 2008 (UTC) MfD nomination of Template:TRNC is a JokeTemplate:TRNC is a Joke, a page you created, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:TRNC is a Joke and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Template:TRNC is a Joke during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Grutness...wha? 02:27, 4 June 2008 (UTC) CommentKosovoCompromise.com Why should we use this website as a source? This website is funded by Republic of Serbia and is a Serbian state-run propaganda tool aimed at "more than autonomy, less than independence" stance. I am okay with Belgrade sources such as Tanjug, B92, and others but ones funded directly by the Serbian government...that's a stretch. What do you think? --Kosova2008 (talk) 04:08, 4 June 2008 (UTC) I agree..my ONLY objection with sources is that they be multiple..I refuse to edit a stance based on what only ONE source says that the other 15,000 aren't reporting. If that website has some quote and it can be backed up with another one which doesn't necessarily have to be pro-Kosovar than I am okay with it.--Kosova2008 (talk) 19:50, 4 June 2008 (UTC) Wikimedia CommonsThank you for uploading images/media to Wikipedia! There is, however, another Wikimedia Foundation project called Wikimedia Commons, a central media repository for all free media. In the future, please consider creating an account and uploading your media there instead. That way, all of the other language Wikipedias can use them too, as well as our many sister projects. This will also allow our visitors to search for, view and use our media in one central location. If you wish to move previous uploads to Commons, see Wikipedia:Moving images to the Commons (you may view images you have previously uploaded by going to your user contributions on the left and choosing the 'image' namespace from the drop down box). Please note that non-free content, such as images claimed as fair use, cannot be uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons. Help us spread the word about Commons by informing other users, and please continue uploading!--OsamaK 01:53, 5 June 2008 (UTC)Int Reaction Kos 2008I thought you'd jump the gun to make an editrequest to include the part where it was the first time since both sides sat together...considering that another Serbian rep just bolted yesterday [6] --Kosova2008 (talk) 20:56, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Re: commonsIan, I replied on my talk page, btw. --Mareklug talk 15:38, 8 June 2008 (UTC) The Mickey Mouse ClubI am having trouble with an editor removing information of mine that is sourced and cited very well. They are telling me that an "uninterested" editor needs to publish the information, which makes no sense to me as an "uninterested" editor would have no reason to do so. Zachary Jaydon was a cast member on The Mickey Mouse Club, and I have cited numerous Official, Reliable, Non-Secondary Disney Publications that provide this information clearly. The editor keeps removing the information without taking the time to check the sources, which can be done if a small amount of effort is put into it. I believe that this goes against Wiki policy as well as a major lack of the assumption of good faith. Removing unsourced information is one thing, but when an editor takes the time to make an article more informative and accurate, it's very discouraging. Please help! Skyler Morgan (talk) 20:32, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
thank you for the barnstar. These are rare... :)I think I got everything in your recent uploads (more than what's in the gallery). If I missed anything, or you need new descriptions, holler. Double check that Jewish cementary -- is it really "near Krakow"? I changed it to "in Krakow", and you might wish to revert that change. Best, --Mareklug talk 22:14, 8 June 2008 (UTC) I messed up your neat page! ZOMGLOL!!!Talk to me, Ian. Canadian Bobby (talk) 18:08, 10 June 2008 (UTC) HahahaAmerica is screwed if either Russia or China attacks? You my friend are funny. I'm not even going to reply to your post. Hahahah thanks for making me laugh. Ari (talk) 04:00, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Just being a wikistalker here, but study up on military actions in the current day. USA would dominate China. Could we invade and hold the whole country? No. But we have such superior weaponry we could bomb the shit out of them. Just saying! :) Beam 22:02, 11 June 2008 (UTC) Oh and if it didn't go Nuclear, China wouldn't have a chance. USA would have air superiority in 24 hours, as well as the only operating Navy left between them. Could we take over with men on the ground? Probably not. Beam 22:04, 11 June 2008 (UTC) Ian, please do not be ignorant and naive. If all the Chinese got a knife they could take over the world --- but how is China gonna get 1.3 billion people to America or Europe? Like I said, this is the AGE of the OPPOSABLE thumb, the age of bases. America has over 60 bases that are within nuke range...but America isn't in rocket area of China. Kosova2008 (talk) —Preceding [[Wikipedia:Si gnatures|comment]] was added at 02:07, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
LOLI've said it at least two times before, that I am an American with Irish and British ancestry and that's it. Some of these Kosovo Albanian editors just assume I am Serb because I have defended the Serb side on that article. These guys probably think that all Americans are pro-Kosovo, but the truth is that probably less than 5% of Americans know of the circumstances in Serbia and Kosovo and I happen to be one of the 5%. I bet that 5% is spilt 50/50 over which side they sympathize with. --Tocino 18:43, 11 June 2008 (UTC) What do you meanI have been logging in Kosova2008. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.114.196.137 (talk) 19:57, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Zachary JaydonCan you help me with the AfD of my article on Zachary Jaydon? I am not sure what to do, but I've sourced it the best I can, included album and magazine scans. There seems to be confusion as to the relation between Jaydon D. Paull & Zachary Jaydon. They are one in the same. A large percentage of performers/artists don't go by their legal name. Any notability no matter which of the two names they are credited under are still assertions of nobility under either or both. Many people are eliminating anything that can be user uploaded or changed. I agree with the principle of this in general, however, videos, magazine scans and the such are irrefutable proof of events or facts no matter where they came from. If there is a video of Mr. Jaydon playing with a National Rock Band, you can't say that because it was put up by a "user" that the fact doesn't remain. While every sentence of this Wiki Article isn't strongly sourced, it doesn't mean he doesn't meat notability requirements for an article. I have scanned and uploaded quite a few of my sources at: http://zacharyjaydonwiki.blogspot.com/ Also, the following was taken directly from WP:N#MUSIC: Criteria for composers and lyricists For composers, songwriters, librettists or lyricists: 1. Has credit for writing or co-writing either lyrics or music for a notable composition. Jaydon has written material on several Multi-Platinum records, including *NSYNC, Craig David, Ryan Cabrera and others. These WERE songs that were included on these albums. They weren't scrapped, or obscure B-Sides. These were songs included on official releases by MAJOR artists. He obviously has notable talent if these artists are choosing to work with him. This is obviously an arguable issue, but given the success of the albums his work has been featured on, it seems at the VERY least, notable. These credits are easily verifiable here: The 3 above sources are all from www.ASCAP.com which is one of the most trusted sources used on Wiki for Songwriter Credit Verification. ([10]) also shows from a VERY large, Fortune 500 companies website with information on Close To Home and confirming Mr. Jaydon's Songwriting Credits. This website would be considered reliable on any front, and also independent of the subject himself. PLEASE HELP! Skyler Morgan (talk) 22:50, 11 June 2008 (UTC) Apparently I have made a none constructive edit to my own user page lolWiped away --- I'm using a fairly new revert script. Looks like I accidently posted to your page. Sorry!! Just ignore that previous messsage!! Just say "NO" to WP:FUR 17:24, 12 June 2008 (UTC) You need to look up a termThe term is "Mutually Assured Destruction", or MAD in relation to nuclear weaponry and the United States. Than you will realize you're being a bit foolish and by a bit I mean wicked foolish. Beam 22:19, 12 June 2008 (UTC) |
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