User talk:Lestatdelc

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Again, welcome! - Meelar 23:16, 15 Feb 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Gemstone images

Hi there, and welcome to Wikipedia. The images you've contributed are excellent, but I must ask: where are they from? If they're your own, that's great. But if they're not, you must have the owner's permission to use them here.

So, if you could please edit the image description pages at Image:Tigers-Eye.jpg and Image:Star-Saphire.jpg and include their attributions, it would be much appreciated. If not, they may be listed for deletion as possible copyright violations. Thanks, -- Hadal 03:15, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Essex class vs Ticonderoga class

It is not 'incorrect' to treat the Essex and Ticonderoga classes as one unit. It is a certain point of view that is widely held. For example, to quote hazegray.org on the subject: "During 1943 an AA improvement program was undertaken, resulting in the "long hull" group. These ships had a slightly shorter flight deck, a slightly longer bow and other changes to allow a larger AA battery. Ships involved in this upgrade were those which were at an early stage of construction, so they could be altered without delaying completion. During WWII and in postwar upgrade programs the "long hull" and "short hull" ships were considered to be interchangeable. There is some evidence that the "long hull" ships were officially known as the Ticonderoga class, but these ships are far more commonly known simply as the "long hull" Essex class, and this list continues that convention." I would point out that the SCB alterations made changes to the class just as fundamental as the long hull and short hull variants. I deliberately used the MediaWiki message to refer to them as one unit.

If you were going to alter the message, it would have been far better to split it into long hull and short hull groups. David Newton 00:46, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Duran Duran

Thanks for the corrections on the Duran Duran article -- hadn't realized things had gotten out of alignment, timeline-wise. I added a bunch of information (including poor Sterling Campbell!) today, if you'd like to have another look. I appreciate the help!  :) -- Catherine 20:30, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Finger fucking

Hi, just read your comment on the deletion of finger fucking. We're actually having a discussion as to what to rename the page to (if anything) on Talk:Finger fucking. I'd ask that you drop by and offer any input. Thanks, Meelar 20:17, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

See the new Wikipedia:WikiProject Sexology. Hyacinth 23:15, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] heteronormativity

Thanks for the kind words. I got stumped on the next segment in line. Some trouble with seeing where the original was (originally?) trying to go. So I went to give my horse a bath. P0M 23:21, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Looking at another one of the articles that has received attention lately, I noticed one problem that keeps coming up over and over again. The U.S. legal system is happy as long as external genitalia are complementary, regardless of the chromosomal sex of the individuals. It's quite strikingly irrational. Let's say an XY individual has male genitalia but is attracted strongly to males. Regardless of whether that individual self-labels as a man or a woman (regardless of the individual's gender identity), the courts say "he" cannot get married to a man, and (before the recent Supreme Court decision) says he breaks CAN (crime against nature) laws if "he" does so. However, if "he" becomes a transexual then everything is cool with the courts. On the other hand, if an individual is XY but something strange happened in the womb and that individual's body was not masculinized, society will regard that individual as a woman. For "her" to have sex with a guy is perfectly all right as far as the law is concerned. If that individual happens to have a masculine gender identity and gender role, then "she" is likely to be charged with transvestism, ridiculed, etc. And if "she" has sex with women then she is regarded as a lesbian. Of course, if the individual get a sex change operation to harmonize his genitalia with his chromosomal sex and his masculine gender identity and gender role, then society will be o.k. with it.

In short, the difference between one's sexual identity and one's gender identity and gender role can produce some really interesting social and legal paradoxes. P0M 00:18, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Yes, that is precisely why I have been pushing for and structuring articles that treat sex and gender as disconnected and use the proper contextual term in articles which are most appropriate within the context of said article. This is why I have already gotten into near edit wars over using "gender" when that is often what is being discussed though people often and insistently use the term "sex". The Texas case were two women, one genetically and anatomically, the other male genetically, female anatomically and female by law in another state were allowed to marry. Because Texas would not recognize the legal change of sex under the law of another state, despite sex-reassignment surgery and so forth. The women were women by gender, women by law outside of texas, women anatomically, and mixed genetically. This is why I am fighting hard to spell out, clarify and structure articles about sexuality not only in NPOV fashion, but taking the divergent issues of sex and gender into account and using the term contextually and in proper context. Of course this is an uphill battle when people who regard anything that is not heteronormative as being a 'horror show' is an uphill battle, in particular when some of the sysops have made clear they oppose the "homosexual agenda". But hopefully the discovery that the earth does indeed revolve around around the sun, will catch up here. (wry smile) Lestatdelc 00:43, Apr 10, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Famous LBG people

Hi, Just writing to ask why you changed List of famous gay, lesbian or bisexual people in the manner you did and why you changed it back? I'm confused. Hyacinth 01:42, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Was reverting some of 80.255's edits which were making the references to "lesbigay" meaningless because said user was insisting on changing it to homosexuals and bisexuals, which did not track to the discussion about how the term "lesbigay" was coined, etc. Said user also changed a header wording to mean homosexuals and gay males, which is not at all accurate to what the list covered, lesbians, gays and bisexuals. Hope that answers what was changed back by me and why. Lestatdelc 04:44, Apr 13, 2004 (UTC)
Okay, makes sense now, thanks. Wasn't sure if you had decided to change the terminology and then changed you're mind. Hyacinth 04:48, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
No prob, I was tempted to make them consistent to what we have been haggling over, but the context of the term "lesbigay" and that the rest of the intro to that list does a fair job of explaining the inherent limitations of using terms for sexual identity in particular for historical people who pre-date the development of such terms and so fort. To tired at the moment, but there are some rather dubious assertions in the introductory paragraphs in the human sexuality article that need address, but that will need to wait till I have more time to make edits. Lestatdelc 04:58, Apr 13, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 2000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1
I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:
{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

OR

Option 2
I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:
{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)

Done Lestatdelc 06:35, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] January 15 Seattle meetup

Just wanted to let you know we are planning another Seattle meetup on January 15, 2005. We're trying to get a sense of who will attend, so please drop by that page & leave a note. -- Jmabel | Talk 06:50, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] New ship table template

I've spent the last few days working on a new ship table template to enable us to centralise the editing of things like weapons outfits for a particular class of ships in one template (so with the Fletchers or Gearings or other big classes you only have to edit in one place to alter a mistake rather than in dozens or hundreds). Please have a look at the WikiProject Ships page's talk section and see what you think. I haven't written the instructions for using it yet, and I want to see whether there are any table cells people would like me to include that aren't present yet. There are two example tables, one with all the optional cells present, and the other with some excluded. David Newton 14:08, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Copy & paste moves

Hi there

Please don't make copy & paste moves as you did with Table Mountain today; it destroys the edit history of the pages involved. I have tried to follow Wikipedia norms in this regard, and have created Table Mountain (disambiguation), also mentioned in the main article, in which alternate uses of the name can be listed. As far as I know, Table Mountain around the world probably commonly refers to the one in Cape Town, since it is a very popular tourist destination, but I'm open for discussion.

Thanks, Dewet 08:09, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • I second that. There are now two copies of the page, which could create a merging nightmare if people start editing both pages separately. Also, if the consensus is that we need a disambiguation, moving the original page is going to be problematic, as the current Table Mountain (South Africa) page needs to be deleted before a proper Wikipedia move can take place. Have a look at Help:Renaming_(moving)_a_page for the correct way to move pages.

Thanks Kieran 00:50, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Photo

Image:HJuniform.jpg This is a Hitler Youth uniform. Clearly Ratzinger is wearing some other uniform in that photo. Adam 03:42, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I may have removed it in the process of working on the text, i'm doing my best to keep up. I think accurate text takes precedence over an optional photo. Your comments are completely inappropriate. I haven't called anything a lie. You should apologize.--Samuel J. Howard 04:23, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)

Apology excepted. I definitely think that picture should be in there. (Although I wonder if it is a flak uniform not a HJ uniform. (could in fact be both, he was an auxialliary to the flak as a helper so he may have worn HJ uniform when w/the flak))--Samuel J. Howard 04:44, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Sssr2.gif listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Sssr2.gif, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in its not being deleted. Thank you. —MetsBot 18:47, 9 December 2006 (UTC) Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:11, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Sssr.gif listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Sssr.gif, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in its not being deleted. Thank you. —MetsBot 18:47, 9 December 2006 (UTC) Zscout370 (Sound Off) 00:21, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)



[edit] AIDS article needs your help to make it a Featured Article

Hi there! In an effort to make the article here on AIDS the best possible before trying to submit it as a "Featured Article", I've looked up some active submitters in the last month or so and found you. Please, take a little time to go by the AIDS article and it's Talk page to see how you can help. One rather large source of confusion and complication, the References/External Links section, has just been cleaned and polished, thus your experience should be much more tolerable in general ;).

AIDS is a very serious world wide issue; never before have we needed to spread AIDS education as much as we do now. We need as many people as possible working together to make this article on AIDS the best it can be. Hope to see your contributions soon! JoeSmack (talk) 23:47, July 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] RE:kanye west

no problem actually i was the one who put the "george bush doesnt care abot black ppl" thing on in the first place. and after searchin for a few minutes i realized i was the first person on the internet to put it up. Yay for me. Jobe6 Image:Peru flag large.png 03:31, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] User Categorization

You were listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Oregon page as living in or being associated with Oregon. As part of the Wikipedia:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, please visit Category:Wikipedians in Oregon for instructions. Rmky87 15:31, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] March Together For Life

I understand your concerns, but please note that all I wondered about was its {{notability}}; I did not add {{prod}} nor did I send to AFD, and I have not participated in the current AFD discssuion. I think your concernsa are better addressed to Dcandeto (talk • contribs • count), who both prodded and AFD'd the article. Hbdragon88 07:08, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s):

Autoblock of 13.8.137.11 lifted or expired.

Request handled by: Yamla 01:41, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
If you are still blocked, please post only one unblock request and make sure you copy the block notice exactly. --Yamla 01:41, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Iran History

Sir: Am i correct in that you are concerned about the truthful history of Iran? I am too. I dont have an angle on anything but would like the truth. could we correspond? thank you Mike Hooten mlhootenATgmail

[edit] Image source problem with Image:Raymondburr.jpg

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[edit] USS Simpson (FFG-56)

This assertion has been removed repeatedly from the article because there's no source. If you can find a good source then it'd be great to add it back. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 02:11, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. I hope we can source this sometime. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 05:54, 29 April 2008 (UTC)