User talk:Lafem

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia, Lafem! I hope you like the place and decide to keep contributing. Since I see you've already been active here, let me just give you a few links that are always useful as a handy reference guide:

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— Asbestos | Talk 09:58, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hello. (A) welcome. (B) Stop! You are cutting and pasting copyrighted content from elsewhere on the web. This will mean the articles will be quickly deleted. It is a pain for us to handle. You are welcome to contribute to the wiki, but please STOP copy and pasting from sources like http://www.opusdei.org/art.php?w=32&a=34 . Sdedeo 02:22, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Hi again Lafem. I am concerned about your edits to the Opus Dei article. There are first of all some technical problems: you are copying and pasting from the text, not the source. Thus all references, HTML, etc., are lost. You have lots of hanging references that look like "[43]" or whatever and that don't link anywhere. What worries me more, however, is that you think it is appropriate to cut and paste promotional information from the Opus Dei website.

Given the sensitive nature of the topic, I suggest you try to build a consensus on the talk page first about how to handle the break-outs so that everyone concerned will be happy. Sdedeo 02:48, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Hi Lafem -- all copyvio problems seem to have been resolved with the article you brought to my attention. I think the next step is to just remove the copyvio notice, replace the text, and put a mention on the relevant copyvio page that you've fixed things. All the best, Sdedeo 04:13, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Hi again Lafem, just looked at Opus Dei: Admission and incorporation. You should bring this article to the attention of other editors on the main Opus Dei talk page. I'm not sure about the copyright issues, but as far as I can tell, the material on the UK OD site [1] is still listed as "Copyright Information Office." If it is really under the GFDL, it should be listed as such. I'm just passing by, however -- you should really raise these issues on the OD talk page. Yours, Sdedeo 14:30, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Hi Lafem,

The shortest route to having the Opus Dei site license its text under the GFDL is, I believe, to have them change "© 2005, Information Office of Opus Dei on the Internet" to something like "© 2005, Information Office of Opus Dei on the Internet, released under the GFDL" on all the relevant pages, and have them link to a page such as http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html, containing the text of the GFDL. I am not a copyright expert! You may want to bring up these issues on the Opus Dei talk page. All the best. Sdedeo 17:14, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Late reply to your message

Hi, Lafem. Thanks for your message on my talk page about the Opus Dei article. I meant to reply sooner, and I would have liked to contribute more to that article. Unfortunately, shortly after getting your message, I began to get some anonymous stalking messages, with personal threats about finding out my home address, etc. It wasn't a big problem (my address is not listed in any public directory), but it took up quite a lot of my time, tracking IP adresses, writing to adminstrators, etc. I'm now revising for exams at the end of this month, so while I'm still on Wikipedia (mainly for relaxation), I only edit things that won't take up too much time. (At least, that's the rule I've made – I don't at all guarantee that I stick to it!) I hope to be back editing Opus Dei at the end of this month. Thanks again. Ann Heneghan (talk) 10:44, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:83.146.13.130

Much thanks. I have blocked him for 48 hours just as a first measure. I will try to keep track of him; anything further let me know and keep up the good work. - RoyBoy 800 01:47, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mala Fe

Lafem,

I have just seen that was you the one who changed one of my edits. You moved it first from the Opus Dei main page to a secondary one (18th of September), from were you erased it without any explanation (on the 30th).
You have tried to do the same with other edits I have done on Opus Dei page. Do you always behave this way? Are you this kind of person? Where have you learned this behaviour?
Please, be fair, I beg you. --Uncertain 17:31, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Hi Uncertain! I am very sorry if I offended you. I can assure you I do not have any intention of hurting anybody. I am here to help the Wikipedia community come out with the best encyclopedia, one that is reliable, credible, scholarly, and orderly. I suppose you saw Royboy's comments on how I help Wikipedia. I think we have differing ideas on how to do things, and I respect yours. What you are presently doing to propose changes before changing major things, is in my opinion, the Wikipedia way. And I am glad that I have been able in some way to help you discover that way. Good luck and Godspeed on your next edits, big or small. Lafem 02:57, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WP:NPOV

Hi Lafem —

I replied to your question here. However, one thing that you should note is that the views of an "official administrator" aren't particularly more important in solving disputes than anyone else's — when people are making editorial decisions, everyone is at the same level. Also, let me say that, though I think your interpretation is roughly correct, it is far more difficult to make these kinds of judgements when there aren't clearly defined "experts". For instance, I'd trust an expert's view on, say, string theory, but non necessarily on social issues or, say, the Opus Dei (example used only because that seems to be what you're discussing above). — Asbestos | Talk (RFC) 15:09, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Opus Dei and the apostates

Sorry, for my late reply, but I think that quoting Wilson is not a good idea, because if we quote Wilson then we could quote Duhaime and Zablocki as well and then where is the end? I think that it is important to write that there are some sociologists who oppose giving readily credibility to critical former members as the media sometimes do. Besides, one of the problems with quoting Wilson is that we do not know in what context he said those words (I have not read his book.) Just posting excerpts from his book that were available on the website of scientology and then copying it to Wikipedia and from there copying it to the Opus Dei article does not sound like good Wikipedia practice to me. The main problem is of course is that we treat a general complicated problem in a specific article which I think is bad practice: there is little indication that Wilson was referring to Opus Dei too. Andries 00:54, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Catholicism and Freemasonry

...has suddenly become a source of Opus Dei info (they are claiming it is a secret society on the page). I am only editing sporadically nowadays, and was wondering if you could keep a bit of an eye on that page as well - simply b/c the majority of editors there are taking a very anti-Opus Dei POV that requires some balance - plus the sources are pretty bad (for the page in general, it would seem). Thanks! DonaNobisPacem 22:23, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks - although I know a fair bit about Opus Dei, I am not so knowledgeable in regards to sources, and more in-depth issues (such as their constitution) - although I should have caught the pre-1982 thing! Anyways, we'll see how it goes - one editor in particular on that page has been reverting any changes favourable to Catholicism willy-nilly, but your change gives me a basis to stand on in regards to Opus Dei. So again - thanks!

[edit] Charism

I would like you yourself to revise the paragraph, taking account of the fact that a charism is not a group or organization or movement or whatever you want to call the work that the founder, because of the charism with which God has endowed him or her, has given rise to. A religious congregation etc., too, has its charism, distinct from the personal charism of the founder, and distinct too from the congregation itself: the charism is something the congregation has, not what it is. Secondly, mentioning together the Second Vatican Council and Opus Dei seemed to imply that Opus Dei is an in some way anticipated fruit of the Council. If you want to mention both, this must be avoided in some way. How about including more of the JPII quotation you refer to? Lima 10:07, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reminder

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[edit] Wikiproject Catholicism Assessment

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[edit] Duplicate images uploaded

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[edit] POV on Opus Dei

Why did you remove the POV entry on Opus Dei? I have reinstated it. Please do not remove it until a concensus has been reached.

This is transparently not the case at the moment. --Jaimehy (talk) 09:47, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Opus Dei controversy section

If the main problem is a structure prone to being interpreted as a "set em up and knock em down", may I propose that we invert the order of the critical and supporting views. Please check this private fork = Opus Dei controversy section where I propose a new ordering. I hope this satisfies all parties. :) Kindly comment on this. Thanks. Marax (talk) 08:15, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Roman Catholic Church

Hi Lafem, I left a comment for you on the talk page in response to your question about Role of Church in Civilization. Please come and take a look and let me know what you think so we can agree and get the page back on track for an FA. Thanks. NancyHeise (talk) 13:19, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

This looks like a potentially useful section for that article. However, you have caught the article in a peculiar cycle. It is on the verge of becoming one of the very few GA and maybe FA articles. If your section remains, it will not make that transition and will fail. It might make it eventually, but it will take many many months. Normally an article has to be "adopted" by someone strong willed in order to get it to this point. NancyHeise has already done this for another article and may be on the verge of doing this here. More importantly, this is a significant article. While your contribution was well-intentioned, it has the effect of letting the air our of her tires, so to speak! I hope you will see your way clear to withdraw the section since there may be no editorial basis in the short run, of us summarily deleing your contribution. And we are talking months here. Which in the Wikipedia world is "forever."
GA articles are very very rare. I have been on Wikipedia for 14 months and have 9,000 edits. This editor is the first one I have encountered who has had even one article in that status. This would have been her second. Student7 (talk) 14:02, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] You deserve this

Hi Lafem, :) I've just been given this and am passing it on to you, because you deserve it for all the work you've put in.

This user helped promote the article Opus Dei to good article status.

Hope you can continue helping in bringing the article up to FAC. Marax (talk) 01:03, 17 March 2008 (UTC) P.S. I took the initiative to place it as well in your userpage but you might want it moved elsewhere.

[edit] Personal attacks

Regarding this edit, please review our policy on personal attacks. Please refrain from personal attacks and unwarranted accusations of "vandalism". Removal of content that violates policy (or that an editor sees as violating policy) IS NOT vandalism. Falsely accusing a Wikipedia administrator in good standing (in excellent standing, actually) of "vandalism" is not an acceptable course of action. 24.231.182.13 (talk) 20:06, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Christianity

Hello Lafem!

You are cordially invited to participate in WikiProject Christianity

The goal of WikiProject Christianity is to improve the quality and quantity of information about Christianity available on Wikipedia. WP:X as a group does not prefer any particular tradition or denominination of Christianity, but prefers that all Christian traditions are fairly and accurately represented.

You are receiving this invitation because you are a member of one of the related Christianity Projects and I thought that you might be interested in this project also - Tinucherian (talk) 06:43, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi Lafem, I have read your mail. The best place to put your concerns is the talk page of the project : Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Christianity . There are people from all denominations and we will happy to help you as we could - Tinucherian (talk) 10:40, 25 April 2008 (UTC)