User talk:Lottamiata
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[edit] Amazing
I just wanted to say that your edit summaries to French Revolution are astonishingly good. When you're done, I'm going to re-read them all and learn lots about good English grammar, despite speaking it natively! Great stuff, enjoy editing. -Splashtalk 23:41, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
- It's good to have someone around cleaning up Wikipedia's written style. Have I travelled from East to West? I'm not sure what you mean; I'm not from the US. But in the US, yes, actually, I have travelled from New York to California (and most of the way back) on a holiday a few years back. From the 'real' East, no, I've never been there, more's the pity. -Splashtalk 00:04, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] re Freemasonry
Thankyou.
I'd been reading MQ just before I saw your improvement to the opening paragraphs and thought it would be appropriate to use. RegardsALR 16:44, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] AMA
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[edit] empty articles
I've just marked a bunch of your articles with {{db-empty}}. If you're going to create an article, I would suggest actually putting something in there other than just {{stub}} so it doesn't get speedy deleted. Here's a list of what I've marked so far, just so you know:
- Media watchdog
- Hearing room
- Federal statute
- District of Columbia Public Utilities Commission
- Arizona State Bar
- Self-Incrimination Clause
- Albertson v. Subersive Activities Control Board
- Baird v. State Bar of Arizona
Amalas =^_^= 18:43, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Another comment on the empty articles
I have tried to expand some of these articles, but I am not a lawyer. Could you please try to expand them further and fix any errors that I may have made? -TruthbringerToronto 19:28, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] AMA Roll Call
There is currently an AMA Roll Call going on. Please visit the page and sign next to your name to indicate whether or not you're still active. :-) אמר Steve Caruso (desk/poll) 18:22, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Blocked?
Hello. If you've been autoblocked, I need some extra info to be able to help. Please paste the entire block message below. Even better, use the {{unblock}} template along with the message. This way, any other admin may spot this and help as well. Misza13 T C 19:24, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks
Thanks for the information. It was very helpful.Lottamiata 18:46, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Lipník
Thank you for your kind words you e-mailed me. I am also interested in the history of your country, I think researching back your ancestry is quite fascinating. I am ethnic Pole, living in the Czech Republic, in the beautiful town of Czeski Cieszyn. If you prefer contact by e-mail, just let me know. - Darwinek 15:33, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Regarding Association of Members' Advocates
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[edit] Regarding edits made to Scottish Rite
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[edit] listing Masonic Lodge officers
Hi Lottamiata... I don't think we can list all of the different lodge officers beyond the Master and two Wardens ... even Deacons are iffy. There is a HUGE variation of practice between different jurisdictions. Some have Stewards and some don't, some have an Inner Guard and some don't, some have Masters of Ceremonies and some don't... The article is supposed to be general to all jurisdictions. Blueboar 19:31, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] License tagging for Image:72 hoyt.gif
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[edit] maximal system
I noticed the maximal system article when an IP editor added what appear to be vanity links to axiomatic system pointing to it. You added categories (a lot of them) to maximal system in February. Can you provide any reference? As it is currently written, the article could be mistaken for unpublished research. CMummert · talk 20:39, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- No harm has been done. In this situation, I would recommend moving the article to your user space until you add references. With one or more references to reliable sources, the article would be fine. I assume that you are the main author of the article.
- To move the article, the easiest thing to do is cut and paste. Click this red link: User:Lottamiata/Maximal system, start the new page, and cut and paste the body of the article there. Then replace then entire body of Maximal system with
{{Db-author}}
. This will let the janitors know to delete the empty page. Try to find some print references in a month or so, and then you can copy and paste the page back to its old location. CMummert · talk 01:08, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] your sig in place of mine
Odd how that happened. Now fixed. Rosenbluh
[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:72 hoyt.gif)
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[edit] Speedy deletion nomination
A tag has been placed on La Bonne Soupe Café, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.
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[edit] WP:CVU status
The Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit project is under consideration to be moved to {{inactive}} and/or {{historical}} status. Another proposal is to delete or redirect the project. You have been identified as a project member and your input as to this matter would be welcomed at WT:CVU#Inactive.3F and at the deletion debate. Thank you! Delivered on behalf of xaosflux 16:53, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Your last edit to History of Freemasonry
While it is apparent to Freemasons that Freemasonry promotes tolerance, we're writing for a general audience, so that statement borders on OR without a source. I for one cannot recall offhand ever seeing that stated clearly in any literature, though I may have overlooked it as a matter of course. Have you got a source for that? MSJapan 05:55, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, I figured it was along those lines. It's a little too close to synthesis for my liking, as you're really drawing a conclusion based on evidence as opposed to citing a known fact. MSJapan 02:55, 28 August 2007 (UTC)