User talk:It's-is-not-a-genitive/Archive 2

[edit] you're grammars' terrible..

..Eh, no it probably isn't (by your name anyway - which is why I came here in the first place), but the reason I write is to ask: isn't there a grammatical mistake in this userbox itself? Shouldn't that last comma be obliterated? Irony of ironies, if so. Or is this an example of usage of commas in British versus American English? Great song, by the way.. Cormaggio ^@ 18:21, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, I always thought it was "Tom comma Dick and Harry", but thanks for your explanation. On Beck, it's funny how I always liked (some of) his stuff but, for some reason, always seemed to keep him at arm's length. Years later, I realise that his droll humour is really genuine - and heartwarming. I must get more of his stuff - will put it on "the list". CON-DO-MIN-I-UMS 21:14, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for voting!

Hello there! I wanted to thank you for taking the time to vote on my arbitration commitee nomination. Although it was not successful, I appreciate the time you spent to read my statement and questions and for then voting, either positively or negativly. Again, thank you! Páll ^{(Die pienk olifant)} 22:28, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I can write Hebrew. I can speak Assyrian-Neo Aramaic.

I learned it online! Hebrew is cool, it's so similar to Assyrian.

Add this template: User 666 if you'd like!

[edit] You speak French

So I was wondering whether you might help me translate these two sentences, taken from fr:Gécamines:

• La société possède différents investissements avec les partenaires dont la Kababankola Mining Company, la Kingamyambo Musonoi Tailings et la Societé minière de Bakwanga au Kasaï-Occidental.
• Tenke Fungurume (cuivre, cobalt) partagée à 45% avec la Tenke Mining Corporation.

Both produce ambiguous results (which company owns a 45% share?) when automatically translated online. Much obliged, — Itai (talk) 01:37, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A Western Sahara-related vote

===>Here Make your voice heard. Vote or die. And all that. -Justin (koavf), talk 20:33, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You seem friendly

Hi, I just stumbled across you whilst browsing the Jewish Wikipedians. You seem friendly and interesting. Did you really go around Tippexing out incorrect apostrophes? More importantly, how much did it cost, how long did it take and did you get in trouble? As you can hear, we have a shared love of apostrophes.

Also, how/when/why/where did you learn so many languages? I have a yearning to learn lots and lots of languages (ancient ones and cool ones at the top of the list), but so far I merely have English, (Modern) Hebrew, German (still learning), Latin (still learning) and Ancient Greek (still learning). I tried to teach myself Egyptian Hieroglyphs, but ran out of free time.

Sorry for this pointless ramble. Daniel (☎) 17:46, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nice to meet you

		The Minor Barnstar
		A Barnstar for doing minor edits of excellent quality, helping the Wikipedia community understand that It's-is-not-a-genitive. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 13:57, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi,

Looks like you seem to be doing good work here. When I first saw your contributions, I thought its some kind of vandalism in progress as you seem to edit pretty fast (the reason I now understand is that most of them are minor edits involving "its" and "it's"). When I checked out I was really happy to find someone doing the job most of us consider too mundane and possibly not worth understanding. You seem to have a fair amount of trouble understanding copyright policies as well. Even the Copydown image of yours had a deprecated copyright license. I fixed it although I was not sure you wanted it to be left unfixed to stress on the point that you don't understand it anyway. Hope to see you again. Regards, -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 13:57, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Favorite Songs

My survey has changed. I am now continuing my mission for the best songs, but now I am accepting all genres. I'm giving you a chance to revote for your top ten favorite songs of any genres (not just classic rock which is still the best). I've made a executive decision to keep the existing survey results and just add on to that with the new entries. My feeling for doing this is because classic rock is the most influential genre in music currently so it should be expressed more in the survey. Thank you for contributing in the past, and hopefully in the future. ROCK ON. RENTASTRAWBERRY ^{FOR LET?} röck 03:17, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tipp-Ex

For future non-European readers of your user page (as I myself was doing today), I offer you this: Tipp-Ex (also see Wite-Out and Liquid Paper). This way, when those of us not fortunate enough to live in Europe come across the sentence "I confess to have once gone around town with a gaggle of people tip-exxing out false apostrophes", we'll understand what it's all about. (Wow! After reading your page, I now understand the trick to remember the difference between its and it's!) Note that English is not my first language, and at times when at work or while edititing here on Wikipedia, I sometimes had to change my entire sentences around to try and avoid using it's/its. As a fellow AvPD, you'll know what I'm talking about. Take care! --Stephane Charette 23:05, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Whaaaaa...?

What? Oh, no, it doesn't matter, rafiki: I was thinking of revising the comment I retracted anyhow - I wasn't irked at anything... Oh, and sorry about the soul-sister, but like they used to say in Götaland, "Fluff-patrols often winnow wishfully in oatish heart-fields." - THE GREAT GAVINI {T-C} 13:04, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Magic

Strange man.--Crestville 15:08, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Me vs. It's-is-not-a-genitive

• 1. We are both obsessed with Beck
• 2. Both obsessed with grammatical errors
• 3. I also have synaesthesia. Letters and instruments have colors, and whenver I hear Metallica's "Enter Sandman," I get a feeling of someone pushing my teeth into a dirty carpet. Then I have to touch non-furry objects to my teeth or else I become insane(r). It sucks.
• 4. Feminist, anticonsumerist, etc.
• 5. Multi-instrumentalists, though I am probably not as skilled
• 6. Basically everything

[edit] linguist assistance

You are listed in the linguist by profession category. Would you please look at the discussion at Talk:Caron? It has been suggested that professional opinions are required to resolve the dispute there.

[edit] Languages

Hi There! Can you translate my name in what language you know please, and then post it Here. I would be very grateful if you do (if you know another language apart from English and the ones on my userpage please feel free to post it on) P.S. all th translations are in alpahbetical order so when you add one please put it in alpahbetical order according to the language. Thanks!!! Abdullah Geelah 16:29, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi!

I just ran across your userpage (I can't remember how), and I noticed the userbox on your page that says "This user believes that Christian fundamentalists should read the New Testament once in a while." What exactly do you mean by that? Because if you mean that if "Christian Fundamentalists" would read the New Testament more often, they would see that their views are wrong, I think that you're mistaken. It's precisely because of the fact that Christians were finally able to read the New Testament (after it was finally translated into English from the Latin Vulgate) for themselves (instead of the priests reading it for them) that fundamentalism was formed. What exactly do you think "fundamentalists" believe that does not go along with the Bible? (Note: I'm not here to criticise your views or beliefs, I just simply would like to know where you're coming from, that's all.) -- P.B. Pilhet 03:40, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

I certainly think that a lot of people have done things in the name of Christ that simply shouldn't have been done. I believe it is not acceptable to try to force people to accept one's own views. However, I don't believe in a "modernized Jesus;" Jesus was a very, very loving person (hence why He died to save the world), but He did condemn a lot of things people did. He called the Pharisees "brooding vipers," and once when speeking to Peter, He said "Get away from me Satan. Your ways are not the ways of God." Condeming is sometimes a part of loving. Jesus condemned certain actions because He believed it was for the good of the people. Love isn't just about making people happy; when a parent punishes a child, is she trying to make the child happy? No. But is she being loving in caring for the child's own good? Yes.

I do agree that a lot of Old Testament passages are vague, but not all of them. As far as homosexuality and the Old Testament is concerned, it is summed up quite clearly in Leviticus 18:22, "Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable." (NIV) St. Paul's ideas of homosexuality reflect that verse. This doesn't mean that people can't love other people of the same sex, they just can't (according to the Bible) lie with them, if you know what I mean. David and Jonathan loved each other very, very deeply.

Jesus (and St. Paul) didn't condone sin; they both hated it. They didn't hate the people who were sinning, but just their sin. And as it says in Revelation, Jesus (at the 2nd Coming) will judge everyone based on their works. And according to the Scriptures, the people who didn't trust Jesus and turn from their ways will not escape that judgment. According to the Bible, no one is righteous in God's sight, not Christians, not anybody; all are in need of forgiveness.

One more thing: it is only from Paul and his fellow apostles (such as Luke) that we know anything about Jesus at all. I hope all this makes sense! Take care, P.B. Pilhet (Talk to me here) 22:43, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

P.S. I'm just stating my own personal beliefs and do not mean to be offensive to anybody who might be reading this.

---

I'm glad we're pretty much on the same wave length. While I tolerate homosexuals (this is America, and everybody has a right to have their own beliefs), I myself don't support them (I love them, but don't condone some of their actions). As far as love is concerned, I'm with you on the point that gender is mental (not sex though, just love).

I get iritated, too, when people condemn some sins but not all of them. Sin is sin, and each is just as wrong as the other, although some have worse consequences than others.

Sorry about that headache!

Good talking to you, P.B. Pilhet (Talk to me here) 19:31, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Venus in Furs (song)

Good catch. The novel is by Sacher-Masoch, but I forgot that.Bjones 04:17, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image size

I believe that images should be generally entered as thumb, without an explicit size, so that individual users can choose what size is best for them in terms of download bandwidth (speed and cost), and in terms of ink used when printing (particularly for drafts of changes). I appreciate the value of a good colourful photograph in the right place in an article, but:

• if you like big pictures you can set your default in my preferences
• if you like small pictures, then ditto
• different browsers will show different things to different people
• viewing on a different screen size will chanqe the appearance greatly from the "ideal" set by one editor on a given computer

That's why I use thumb anyway. No doubt other people have other ideas :) best wishes. Oosoom ^Talk to me 10:16, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vote request

Please Vote, as per wiktionary the correct spelling is Wiktionary:anti-Semitic NOT Antisemitic. 67.70.68.51 12:40, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vote

Please vote 67.70.71.160 10:24, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A really..

..good job with the it's/its corrections. Thank you for fixing one of my articles. Have a great day Andriët. :) ← ANAS ^Talk? 15:04, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to Esperanza!

[edit] Welcoming users

Hi. I noticed that you have been welcoming a lot of users. But you've been welcoming indef-blocked users in the process too.[1]. I don't see any point in welcoming such users and also users who haven't made any edits to wikipedia. - Aksi_great (talk) 09:27, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm. I see the logic in your point about welcoming new users. - Aksi_great (talk) 09:36, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adoption?

will you adopt me? I saw you were offering to adopt and you seem awesome, so how about it? Maddox 23:03, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Where can I go to get what to put on my page so they show as user boxes? Maddox 23:23, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

So what's up? Maddox 20:57, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Wow that's quite a day. Nothing much happened today with me, just went to school, then hockey practice and now I'm here. Also, sorry I was so long to respond, I was able to get on my computer for a couple of minutes but then I had to leave. --Maddox 01:10, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Well currently I'm a freshman in highschool, so I still have a while to go. The school is 4th best in the state so I consider myself really lucky to be here. Yes, you guessed correctly, I do play ice hockey and I've had a couple really bad injuries myself too. What about you, where do you go to school, if any? --Maddox 01:48, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

First of all, you can call me by my real name, Nick, It feels kinds weird being called Maddox. I don't really have any plans for the future. I want to really travel the globe and see a lot of different countries and things but I'm not really sure what I can do that will allow me to do that. That really sucks that you got cheated on by the person you loved. That happened to me once but I wasn't really sure whether i loved the girl yet or not, but it still hurt a lot.

On a slightly happier note, I broke two of my ribs in a hockey game, so I'm basically out the rest of the season. And finally, how do you make a subpage? --Maddox 02:06, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:ADOPT

Hi there,

As a current Adopter with the Adopt-a-User program there has been some ongoing developments that we would like to bring to your attention.

A new Adopter's Area has been created where you can find useful resources and other Adopter's experiences. Please feel free to add any resources you may have found useful as an Adopter, as well as recount any experiences that you think may help others. If you know of any useful resources for new users / Adoptees then you can add them here.

Also the way the adoption process works has changed slightly. To decrease workload at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user, on offering adoption please change the {{Adoptme}} template to {{Adoptoffer}} on the user's user page, and this will add the user to Category:Wikipedians having been offered adoption. Users that have already been offered adoption can always have a second or third offer, but by separating out those users that have not had an adoption offer yet, it is hoped that no one will go lacking.

Furthermore numerous Adopters have been adding their details to a list of users available for adopting, to offer a more personalised service and allow new users to browse through and pick their own Adopter. The quickest way to adopt though, is still to contact users at the Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user.

Finally - thanks for all your hard work, keep it up - and if you have any general questions or suggestions about the further development of Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User please bring them to our talk page. Cheers Lethaniol 13:54, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images

It's quite funny that the only messages I get for months are telling me things are being deleted. --It's-is-not-a-genitive 12:28, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Greek to me

Greetings. I just wrote the page Greek to me. I am comparing similar expressions in other languages. I was wondering if you would be able to add the expression in any languages with which you are comfortable. Btw, I just found your page/profile by running a search for users who have a level 4/level 5 ability in non-English languages. Thanks much! samwaltz 20:12, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ambrós

Hello, This is a reply to your comment on my talk page. I'm sorry, I didn't know that the article was not finished. I just saw the article with no references and added the tag. I see now it has been fixed. As for your internet problem, might I suggest creating a sub-page or a sandbox instead of creating new, incomplete pages? Refer to Wikipedia:Subpages if you need more information. Yours truly, Boricuaeddie^{Talk • Contribs • Spread the love!} 21:09, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimedia Commons

Hi. It's very hard to find somebody who knows Anglo-Saxon and active on Wikimedia projects. Please help with translation of commons:Hēafodsīde. Thanks. ~ kintup 06:43, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I think "Wikimǣdiae" isn't good name for Wikimedia Commons, because Wikimedia isn't equal Wikimedia Commons. May you add some word to name that mean Commons?
Sorry for my bad English. =) ~ kintup 12:49, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your work. =) But some phrases are not translated:

• More Pictures of the Day...
• Media of the Day - commons:Template:MotdTitle (ang) - text for insert: [[Commons:Media of the day|Translated phrase]]
• Play media file - commons:Template:MotdPlay (ang)
• Download - commons:Template:MotdDl (ang)
• File info - commons:Template:MotdInfo (ang)
• Problems playing the file? - commons:Template:MotdHelp (ang)
• Previous Media of the Day...

May you translate them? ~ kintup 14:03, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't know, but maybe "Content" is not translated too? ~ kintup 14:06, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry if I offend you. I didn't want to do this. =(
I work with main pages on Commons about 3 weeks and I know that translation of them isn't very nice work. And maybe I too concentrate on work and forget about words that I say to people. =(
But I'm very pleasant to you, even if it doesn't seem to be so. I update design of Hēafodsīde two weeks ago and can't find somebody who know Anglo-Saxon.

And about template... You may answer here. But if you want, you may insert it self. Links for pages are above. ~ kintup 15:25, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

Thanks! "Oriental" is very much fine. It is indeed more correct as I work with other East Asian-related topics such as Korean and Japanese. Hong Qi Gong was just joking around :P (AQu01rius • Talk) 05:49, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for participating in my RFA, which passed with 53-1-0. I will put myself into the various tasks of a administrator immediately, and if I make any mistakes, feel free to shout at me or smack me in my head. Aquarius • talk 17:43, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:AlexNewArtBot

Hi It's-is-not-a-genitive/Archive 2, as a WikiProject Scotland participant, please check out this this thread and consider adding the bot results page to your watchlist so we can manually update the New Articles page. There are some false results for the first batch, but I'm sure we can collectively tune the rules to improve the output.

If we get enough people watching the results page, we'll be cooking with gas as they say :)   This looks like a great helper in finding new Scotland related material. Cheers. --Cactus.man ✍ 01:10, 17 May 2007 (UTC) >

[edit] Vandalism

Hello. I restored text you inappropriately deleted from "Puff the Magic Dragon." You are entitled to believe the unofficial air force version as repulsive; that is your privilege. However, it is not your privilege to remove another contributor's writing. That is called vandalism. Please refrain from this in future. 03:36, 8 June 2007 (UTC)Raryel

Don't accuse me of vandalism. It is my privilege to remove copyrighted and non-notable information from Wikipedia though. That tends to be Wikipedia policy.

I took a closer look this morning and found the website. While I am dubious of the copyright claim (anyone can claim a copyright on his website, true or not), I have to respect it. To my knowledge, this person did not pen the material, and the song is not "anti-" anything. However, I have edited the entry again to satisfy Wiki policy. As to "non-notable" you are not familiar with the affection and respect US troops on the ground gave "Puff" aircrews because the gunships' intervention often saved the lives of US ground troops. This version of the song was well known in military circles.

For the record, you'e entitled to express whatever opinion you'd like. I have no problem with that. I did notice from your Talk page and notes on Administrator pages that you seem to be in frequent conflict with both other users and Wikipedia administrators. Have you considered whether a more conciliatory approach from your part might help you? You catch more flies with honey than vinegar (or something like that). I wish you well. 14:35, 8 June 2007 (UTC)Raryel

Outside national anthems, it is not Wikipedia policy to copy songs word for word. Not even if they're in the public domain and the most popular song ever, never mind if they are unverifiable whose lyrics exist nowhere but on one site and on Wikipedia mirrors. All claims have to be verified. It's no use saying that it's notable because of personal experience; it has to be backed up with a neutral, respectable source for proof. Take the 1947-48 Palestinian Civil War article that I am writing, or the one about Human Rights in Bangladesh. Every claim that could be questioned had to be backed up. That is official policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability.

Incidentally, I do wish that you would stop with the on-the-side attempts to tarnish my reputation. It is unbecoming and rather insensitive, and sniffing around for dirt on me isn't exactly model Wikipedian behaviour. I have never had a conflict with a Wikipedian administrator: every contact that I have had with them has been amicable, and I can think of only one 'debate', about Charles Matthews' comments on unilateralism, and that was a friendly exchange of views in which I was entitled to participate. As for 'frequent' clashes with other Wikipedian users, well, that's another mudslung accusation. I often welcome new users; I have adopted new users to ensure that they learn the ways of Wikipedia; and, with very few exceptions, my correspondance with others, even with vandals, has been amicable. The only people to whom I take exception are those who attack me (million dollars guy), revert good faith edits, or start vanity articles and keep on removing AFD notices. Are you saying that that's excusable and that I should let this kind of thing happen? Clashes with these people are few and far between, at any rate, so much so that the last conflict other than the one that you created by calling me a vandal was back in December 2005, with a vanity editor who kept on removing AFD notices. Over 99% of the time, I work in harmony, and 99.99% of the time with people who play by the rules, which is more than can be said for most. Thus, I would that you would retract your troubling and fallacious comments about my being frequently in conflict, a statement that is a stain on my personality and patently false.

Best wishes,

--It's-is-not-a-genitive 15:10, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Your defensive reply proved my points. 15:13, 8 June 2007 (UTC)Raryel

[edit] Translation of 1947-48 Palestinian Civil War

Thanks a lot for your translation work !
If you have any question or doubt, don't hesitate to ask me !
fr:user:ceedjee (or Alithien 19:11, 8 June 2007 (UTC))

[edit] THANK YOU

You are making un super travail incredible formidable :-)
Merci, Alithien 16:59, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Last paragraph

Did you forget this or do you take a rest before finalizing ? ;-)

Les Britanniques ont maintenant pour l'essentiel terminé leur retrait. La situation pousse les leaders des pays arabes voisins à intervenir mais leur préparation n'est pas au point et ils n'ont pas pu rassembler les forces qui auraient pu faire pencher la balance. La plupart des espoirs palestiniens résident dans la Légion arabe du roi Abdallah de Transjordanie mais ce dernier ambitionne d'annexer un maximum du territoire de la Palestine mandataire et joue sur les deux tableaux, étant en contact également avec les autorités juives.

En préparation à l'offensive, la Haganah lance avec succès les opérations Yiftah^[1] et Ben-'Ami^[2] pour sécuriser les implantations de Galilée et l'opération Kilshon^[3],[4] pour assurer un front continu dans le secteur de Jérusalem. La réunion du 10 mai entre Golda Meir et Abdallah suivie de la prise et du massacre de Kfar Etzion le 13 mai par la Légion arabe laissent prévoir que la bataille pour Jérusalem sera sans merci.

Le 15 mai 1948, David Ben Gourion proclame l'indépendance de l'État d'Israël et la guerre entre dans une troisième phase avec l'entrée des armées arabes en Palestine.

Alithien 16:59, 9 June 2007 (UTC)