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[edit] Cyrus map

Great job! Am curious, what kind of program did you use? plange 18:21, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Energyconsumption.jpg

I noticed you made a suggestion to make a new version of Image:Energyconsumption.jpg on its talk page, so I thought you'd like to know that I've gone ahead and made that replacement map: Image:Energy-consumption-World2.png. I will probably do the same for Image:Energyproduction.jpg. ♠ SG →Talk 12:22, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Awesome! -- Beland 12:31, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. Do you think you could do the same type of image but with energy consumption per capita? (Edit: Thanks a lot, man. The per capita graphic was very helpful!)-- Indianarhodes 11:55, 25 May 2007 (EST)

[edit] Royal Styles

Sorry for not getting back earlier, but-

I checked the guidelines, and found the normal list (I assume you've seen that). I'm fairly sure there was something about appending them in front of a title somewhere, I remember seeing it, but I can't find it as of now. Anyway, my reasoning was: the initial policy was enacted because people were complaining about royalty being styled in an article-therefore the regulation about infoboxes and not prefacing them was added. While I can't find the guideline now, I think it would apply if extrapolated to anywhere where royalty are directly described by a style, ie HM King X or whatever, which is why the HRH's have been trimmed out of most articles. Nontheless, I can't find the rule, so it's fine if you want to rv it. Thanks,

Yanksta x 07:41, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Herodotus

This is an example of why secondary sources are recommended. There is only one work by Herodotus; it has be printed under various names, of which Histories' is probably most common. Septentrionalis 22:55, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cyrus

The problem was that you were trying to inflate one paragraph into two. Really all

Under his rule, the empire entered a phase of expansion, eventually gaining dominion over most of Southwest Asia to create the largest nation the world had ever seen.

says is:

Cyrus conquered Southwest Asia.

When it was deflated, it flowed smoothly onto the first paragraph.

What the intro needs is something else to say about the man; I hope the one I have provided suits. Septentrionalis 00:44, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Biography Newsletter September 2006

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[edit] Dawson

Thanks for your contributions to the Dawson College shooting article. It's finally looking pretty good now. Thought I'd mention that I've been watching over the article for a couple of hours, but I'm now falling asleep and have to call it a night. Feel free. --Kizor 23:24, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Agh, you're still there? I figured you had to be asleep at this point. Turn in already. :P Thanks for your watch. I'd say we've done well. --Kizor 10:02, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

		The Current Events Barnstar
		After all your tireless work on the Dawson College shooting, there's nothing to it but to award you a formal congratulation for helping accurate information get through when it's most needed. --Kizor 16:28, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your comment

• [1] LindaWarheads 23:39, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

• Suggest you follow the same name and format as the other simliar articles see school massacres and Category:School massacres in Canada and Category:School massacres. LindaWarheads 23:47, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moving

We can't. Taking this to Requested moves. --Deenoe 23:44, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pic for shooting

Nice picture!

[edit] Concerning architects

Thanks for your comments re the featured biography page. I had to bring up the Frank Lloyd Wright thing though - I am very curious as to how anyone could think him more important and influential than Le Corbusier. LC was probably the most important pioneer of Modernist architecture, whose ideas, buildings and techniques transformed the face of most cities in the twentieth century. FLW was certainly famous and talented, but had virtually no influence on architecture: rather like Gaudi, he will be remembered as taking architecture up an interesting cul-de-sac.--Stonemad GB 23:58, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Core Biographies

Hi, thanks for your note on the voting booth on the above. I have voted where I have definite views on the subject in question, positive or negative. I have not voted where I have no strong feelings one way or the other. Are you asking me to register a vote for the people passed over? White Guard 22:50, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edit of Nishi Tribal FPC

Hi SG,
Thanks for your edits on this nom, however they did not gain support and are not used anywhere else. Do you mind if I delete them? Thanks, --Fir0002 08:04, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Supermarine Spitfire nom

Hi SG!
I knew they'd be controversy over whatever decision the closer of this nom made! Anyway I personally feel that it wasn't closed correctly. Here are the points of my case: ;-)
If there are multiple edits, and someone specifies their preference to the edit, unless specifically stated (such as with Diliff) there vote is only for that edit - and therefore they oppose all other edits. So that is why "oppose" votes to edits are usually discounted (for instance I could have opposed edits 1-3 but that isn't necessary).
Therefore by a straight vote count edit 4 has the majority:
Original - 2
Edit 1 - 0
Edit 2 - 6
Edit 3 - 3
Edit 2/3 - 1
Edit 4 - 7
Edit 5 - 0
Any edit - 4
See what you think --Fir0002 06:07, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Whoops! Just realized since there is a vote for either 2 or 3 it could be a draw - in which case I think it should be kept in the pending futher input section. --Fir0002 06:31, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah maybe a rock paper scissors might be the best bet! However AndonicO has since specified his vote for Edit 4 - so maybe we go that way? --Fir0002 07:44, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah see what you mean about "in the dark" but closed noms don't normally appear on FPC. I think I'll just put something on the talk page of FPC to let everyone know. --Fir0002 08:47, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

OK I've gone ahead with the change and left a note on the FPC talk page --Fir0002 10:04, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edit of S&P 500

Why did you delete the external link to financeandinvestments.blogspot.com/2006/08/historical-dividends-for-sp-500.html ? The linked blog post is highly relevant and contains a discussion of historical dividends for the S&P 500. I don't see why it is considered spam. Are we not allowed to link any blogspot websites even if they contain information more relevant than any of the other external links? Investor67 22:18, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:RezaPahlaviII.jpg

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[edit] Family tree

I think the family tree is fine; and I've improved the year of Cyrus' death. I wonder if we shouldn't include something on modern propaganda in the Cyrus Cylinder article like I included at my own page (here? Jona Lendering 21:35, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] G-Unit

G-Unit (short for Guerilla Unit but, in the case of the clothing line, Gorilla Unit, due to the United States' war with Iraq occurring concurrently with the clothing line's inception, and 50 Cent's desire for his clothing to be accessible to the public). dictionary. Please take this into consideration and discuss with me :) -
Mike Collie (T) (G) 22:00, 22 December 2006 (GMT)

RE:
Thank you for taking my suggestion into consideration and finding a better source (which I should have probably done in the first place). -
Thanks again :) Mike Collie (T) (G) 18:31, 23 December 2006 (GMT)

[edit] Merry Christmas!

Don't worry, I don't let people with hearts two sizes too small in the house. ;-) | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 21:01, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Signature

I have fixed how long my signature is under edit. You might want to fix yours too. In WP:SIG it states that you are not aloud to have any pictures in your signature. Happy editing. :-)
Why1991 03:41, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

• Okay, just making sure. Thanks for telling me. Why1991 03:50, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cyrus Cylinder image

"The permission for use of this work has been archived in the Wikimedia OTRS system (2006112210022386). Please contact a person with an account on the system to confirm the permission." [2] [3] It appears that the permission was archived in OTRS. And I'm sure it was taken by Jona Lendering, because he referred to it as "my old photograph". The label "British Museum, London", bellow the picture [4], means that it was taken in the Britush Museum. Otherwise, he would indicate it with a ©!!!, as he usually do. Best wishes, Amizzoni 23:27, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

"No problem! You live, you learn.", it's my revenge ;). Do you think we need a larger picture? It's much larger than the previous one... [5] [6] --Amizzoni 02:59, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh yes, you're right, I had forgotten the other version. --Amizzoni 06:56, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to interfere with that discussion, but FYI: Being registered on both wikimedia commons and fr.wikipedia under the name Pentocelo my page on fr.wiki, I've achieved myself the OTRS permission process N°2006112210022386 with Mr Jona Lendering, from Livius.org. A copy was sent of our mail exchange to the wikimedia suport team from wich I keep personal copies. This OTRS conerned 19 images from my gallery in the commons but never concerned the cyrus cilinder image, and 5 other images Amizzoni loaded from Livius, all archieved by him under this OTRS permission. Therefore, I contacted a wikimedia commons administrator and asked all these images to be deleted, after having edited the licensing of the concerned images. 217.15.92.33 13:04, 16 February 2007 (UTC). Positive solution found with Amizzoni, I may help him to get an OTRS for these pictures with their authors, definatly solving the copyrights problems. 217.15.92.33 09:44, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stephen Colbert

Thanks for reverting the recent changes to Oshawa's page. I was just watching the recorded version of The Colbert Report and went on wiki to see if someone had made the changes he suggested, and sure enough, they did.

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Bsheppard 05:13, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Featured Picture

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Sabaa Nissan Militiaman.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Raven4x4x 02:37, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations, and thanks for nominating it. Raven4x4x 02:37, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi SG,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Sabaa Nissan Militiaman.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on May 27, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-05-27. howcheng {chat} 23:49, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Miahamm jump cropped.jpg

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[edit] Signature

Thank you for commenting on my talk page, but it hasn't changed my mind. There is a basic logical flaw in this argument:

• Guideline: We highly reccomend doing these, but they are not required.

• Policy: Absolutely required.

• Result: Despite the fact that there is a clear delineation between what is required and what is not required, one must do both or receive a never-ending stream of messages about how he is not a team player.

The simple facts of the matter are these:

• The image hasn't been updated in nearly two years and it is probably not going to be, unlike my old sig pics.

• This body of text has more information in it than that image.

• I am not required to "collaborate" in the manner that you say, and I should therefore not be harassed for a choice I make within the rules of this project by implying that I am somehow detrimental to that project despite my nearly two years of helping out here. This is like saying marijuana is illegal, and not wearing a hat with a picture of a marijuana plant on it is strongly reccomended. For the former, the police can arrest you, but for the latter, instead of arresting you, the police just stand out in front of your house all day with a bull horn telling you about the evils of marijuana.

As I've said countless times in the past, if everyone at Wikipedia decides to make this guideline a policy, I'd be more than happy to comply. In the meantime, either prove to me that I'm personally bringing down the servers or kindly leave me alone. JHMM13  20:09, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I would like to ask you again to look through the difference between a guideline and a policy. I could link this information for you if you find it difficult to find. You skipped over the portion of my text that says that this image has not been updated in nearly two years, nor is it ever likely to be updated. I also believe you missed the part where it is my right as a user to make this choice for myself and not be harassed about the choice I make. I do not think that the users of Wikipedia come up with guidelines "for shits and giggles," but could you please explain to me what that has to do with requirements? If you would like me to slowly explain to you the significance of my "ridiculous" analogy, I will happily do it for you, but for now I respectfully ask you to read it again and find the parts that are troublesome for you. Thanks again, and do respond on my talk page as quickly as your (no doubt heavy) schedule allows. JHMM13  23:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your Anti-Vandalism Efforts!

I see you've done a great job protecting such pages as Cyrus the Great against damage. Intentional, repeated damage is vandalism, and editors who perform repeated acts of vandalism can only be termed vandals. I hope you're able to join me in tracking the future edits of known, active Wikipedia vandals, and protecting other articles from him/her as well. Bete Noir 19:02, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Helping out with the Unassessed Wikipedia Biographies

Seeing that you are an active member of the WikiBiography Project, I was wondering if you would help lend a hand in helping us clear out the amount of [unassessed articles] tagged with {{WPBiography}}. Many of them are of stub and start class, but a few are of B or A caliber. Getting a simple assessment rating can help us start moving many of these biographies to a higher quality article. Thank you! --Ozgod 22:47, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Reza Shah

Hi. Please take a look at the recent edits on the Reza Shah article. The article is now in a terrible condition since a few people started "adding references", which in their opinion apparently means removing anything positive regarding the man. Shervink 10:43, 8 March 2007 (UTC)shervink

I totally agree, that was in fact also my initial suggestion. I'm only concerned about that resulting possibly in an edit war, because of some hard feelings on the part of some editors critical of Reza Shah. That should be avoided. It's a pity to see such a good article ruined like this. Shervink 09:12, 9 March 2007 (UTC)shervink

I created Reza Shah/New from when it was promoted GA --Rayis 14:00, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism on the Cyrus the Great article

I see you are very active in vandalizing this article. Look, if you dont like something you dont simply vandalize it by erasing it. You go to the discussion page to present your arguements. Also I am not sure why you keep erasing the religion section and replacing it with quotes out of the old testament, which is a highly dubious source but this has to stop.User:Mehrshad123 04:24, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Much like the Reza Shah/New

Please db-author the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi/New page and move it to your own workspace. Thanks. The Behnam 09:03, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Cool. The Behnam 19:14, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Yima (talk · contribs)

check his contributions, I am running out of energy with this case --Rayis 17:33, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Re: Deleted images

Please see this report on ANI. The website from where the images were uploaded was found to be violating copyrights itself. Hence these images were most likely copyvios, and with no evidence suggesting otherwise, I speedily deleted the images. - Aksi_great (talk) 16:31, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

You need to provide a source which says that the image is from 1971. The law says that it has to be 30 years after publication date. So you need a source for that image and prove that the source was published before 1977. Also, I wouldn't trust any reply from cais-soas. They have been releasing images which clearly do not belong to them with a GFDL license. If you read the ANI thread properly, there is sufficient proof to believe that User:ParthianShot was the person running the website or at least involved with the running of the website. - Aksi_great (talk) 17:16, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

1977-1971!=36 years. It is quite reasonable to think that a photo could get published 6 years after the event. - Aksi_great (talk) 17:57, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I would be happy to undelete any image for you if you want a copy and then delete it again so that you can search for its source when you get time. - Aksi_great (talk) 17:58, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I am sorry but without a source, I am not willing to undelete the images. We don't assume things when it comes to copyrights. I have a book in which pictures from 1920 were published in 1998. - Aksi_great (talk) 03:52, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

If you do not agree with me, you can seek a review at WP:DRV. - Aksi_great (talk) 03:52, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

As I had said before, we do not assume things when it comes to copyrights. We err on the side of caution. I am not going to undelete the image until you get me a source. So speculating about when the image would have been published is a waste of time. Please don't take this personally. These are just rules which everyone at wikipedia has to follow. - Aksi_great (talk) 04:09, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

You could ask at the Iranian noticeboard if anyone has any book which contains some pictures, or old magazines or something. - Aksi_great (talk) 04:14, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

User:Zereshk has obtained the permission to use these photos in WP.[7]. There are 2 photos of Pasargade there maybe you can use them instead. (Arash the Archer 20:42, 8 May 2007 (UTC))

Hi SG. Therw is a new winged image in commons: [8]. Amizzoni 23:28, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barbary Macaque photograph

Hello and thanks for your message. I am glad you liked the photograph; I have uploaded the original anew here: Image:Gibraltar Barbary Macaque.jpg. The other file was originally uploaded by someone else with a different photo/license/name ect.

I actually have an even better image, however it has been chosen as a finalist for the Shell Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, so I shouldn't really upload it. Thanks again, Chris Buttigieg 10:54, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Excellent thanks, Chris Buttigieg^talk 22:13, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Another thing, given that I am the creator of the image I am assuming that I cannot vote, is this the case? Chris Buttigieg^talk 22:25, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: My featured picture closings

Firstly, thanks for pointing out that I hadn't removed them from the main page; I must have copied instead of cut when archiving them. This is my first time doing this since the university semester ended, but I have closed an awful lot of FPC nominations, infact there used to be a time when I was pretty much the only one doing them. That hasn't been for a while though so I apologise if there have been some changes in practice since then. I'll go through the noms one by one and explain what I was thinking (or not thinking in several cases):

• I agree the whale shark one was a little harsh, I will put that one back up in the 'requiring input' section.
• For as long as I had been closing FPC's, whenever a nom received less than 4 support votes it was closed as not promoted. This nom also had gone over 10 days without a comment, so it didn't seem likely that any further discussion would take place. If you'd like to put this one back up you can.
• I stand by my promotion of the Filipino casualties picture. At the end of the period consensus was clearly in its favour. Of couse if you disagree please feel free to relist it; I won't argue but I don't believe I was wrong.
• Finally, for the water one I think I might try taking a leaf out of Raul654's book. Occasionally when discussion has stagnated on a Featured Article candidate, he will relist the article with a fresh, empty nomination page. I think that would be best for this case. Discussion seen to very easily stagnate on FPC recently; the average nom more than a few days old gets minimal attention, if any. I think this one needs to start afresh to give the larger version a chance on its own merits.

Thanks for pointing out your concerns. I feel kind of bad now that I jumped in and messed everything up... I'll relist those two right now, and if you want to do anything else please go ahead. Raven4x4x 14:05, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Done. Sorry again about all this; I did sort of mess a few of them up, didn't I. Raven4x4x 14:26, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Babary macaque photograph

Hi again, I thought you would like to know that the Barbary ape photo has been promoted. (I would have expected them to have left you a message.) Anyhow, thanks - Chris Buttigieg^talk 14:03, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Whipped Slave FP Candidate

Just wanted to let you know that I've uploaded a couple of new edits of the whipped slave image for consideration. They may help with the image quality discussion. MamaGeek ^{(talk/contrib)} 14:42, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your revert on Cyrus the Great

Would you please at least stop changing "isbn" to ISBN when you continue to revert to the version that includes the modern Persian name?! roozbeh 16:30, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] regarding Template:Achaemenid-tree

Hi again. I was just looking at Template:Achaemenid-tree and it seems to be quite nice. I just wanted to note that my source has a different name for grandfather/grandmother of Darius III. While you call him "Ostanes", this (a Persian translation of Kent's Old Persian: Grammar, Text, Glossary) says "Artostes" (it does not mention his/her sex). Would you please mention your source? roozbeh 16:50, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Color correction on stiched images

Hey, I recall that you did some great color correction work on the BC Parliment photo. I was wondering if you could help me with one of my images that has a similar problem. It might be more difficult becase the sky has clouds in it. How is it that you performed that correction? Did you edit it manually or use some type of special software that I'm not aware of. Thanks, Cacophony 19:07, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Image:Mohammad_Reza_Shah-Leaving_Iran.jpg listed for deletion

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Achaemenid Persian Empire

Achaemenid Empire.
Languages	Persian, Elamite, Aramaic
Religions	There was no official state religion. Zoroastrianism and numerous others religions, such as Judaism, were practiced.
Capitals	Anshan, Babylon, Persepolis, Pasargadae, Susa
Area	Near East
Existed	559 - 330 BCE

[edit] Cyrus

I see you think it is irrelevant, but then why don't you remove the pieces mentioning that the empire was the greatest ever seen etc.? It may sound stupid but you don't really clarify the irrelevance of the sheer mentioning the capital of the greatest empire seen by that time. You haven't answered my last question, I wonder why. Mallerd 18:31, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Okay thank you for your answer :) about the capital, according to the Achaemenid Empire article we are both a little right since it presents this table (sorry for overlapping):

[edit] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi article

Greetings. If you have the time, please have a look at this [9]. Since you have been contributing to the article in the past, I wonder if you have any comments. Shervink 15:47, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

• Greetings. I have started a RFC/USER discussion concerning Artaxerex here. If you agree with the RFC, as a person who has tried and not succeded to solve the dispute you should certify the basis for the dispute by adding your name to the list under Users certifying the basis for this dispute, so that the RFC is accepted. Shervink 10:19, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request for Arbitration started

Greetings. Please have a look at this, since you are listed as an involved party on this request. Shervink 14:03, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Artaxerex

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[edit] POTD notification

Hi SG,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Gibraltar Barbary Macaque.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on September 27, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-09-27. howcheng {chat} 23:43, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Californication

Yeah, I've been meaning to do this for a couple of weeks now, but I too have been kinda lazy. Glad to hear there is at least one other editor interested in this show. — Steven Andrew Miller (talk) 05:45, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Whats so funny ?

Whats so funny bout users havin' "G-Unit" or "gangsta" on their user page ? - keep it real - Real Compton G - Holla back 22:57, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok then, whats "highly amusing" about it then ? and y iz wanting 2 b a gangsta is hilarious ? - keep it real - Real Compton G - Holla back 13:39, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Lol, did u actually go and check fo those stats ? anyway theres nuthin' rong wit being a gangsta, its just the music we listen 2, but obviously u dont understand tht - keep it real - Real Compton G - Holla back 14:54, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

What the hell? Why amusing just because we like gangsters or G-Unit? and wikipedia is not demokrati? lol, is it for racist's then? West Coast Ryda 15:09, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Yo, 1st of all, i'll type how i want 2 type. 2nd of all, yes i do find it funny tht u wud either kno tht info off the top of ur head or u'd actually go and check them out. Thirdly, i never said i knew mo bout hip hop than u, plus i never said 50 Cent was my fav rapper either. Lastly, obviously old folks like u wud think tht being a gangsta iz rong, but shit happenz on the streetz - keep it real - Real Compton G - Holla back 15:20, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

And just because u think u have the right opinion in the discussion should the page be done like that? West Coast Ryda 15:30, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Lmao, ur obviously takin' this 2 heart, but imo i think its sad tht u wud go and get facts just 2 show me (i cudnt giv a shit bout ur facts anyway). The point i was makin' was tht sumtimes shit happens and u hav 2 do shit 2 survive. Oh and ur last comment was pretty low. - keep it real - Real Compton G - Holla back 15:50, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Jesus, ur takin this a bit far, i was only givin my opinion, i didnt want 2 get in2 a massive feud about it, so calm down eh ? - keep it real - Real Compton G - Holla back 16:55, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok, i do kno wot a gangsta iz, so y the hell r u still talkin' 2 me bout it ? i was tryin' 2 end the "debate" but keep replyin' with lil shitty comments, i dont care anymo ok, so lets just end it and say i won - keep it real - Real Compton G - Holla back 17:05, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Lol, u obviously hav sum probz, so im not gon report u 2 tha admins fo ur comments, but calm down in future.lol - keep it real - Real Compton G - Holla back 18:49, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A discussion

What is going on here? Acalamari 21:04, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

• Again, I'm going to ask you about what went on in that discussion. Comments like this and this (especially example 2) were way out of line of WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA, and I would like an explanation. Acalamari 22:56, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cyrus building activity

Hi SG. This days I'm buried under books that have little in connection to Cyrus, so I'm affraid I'll have little time to do anything for some weeks. I suggest you, if you want to begin, to take a look at Pierre Briant's From Cyrus to Alexander, there must be something there. There are also publications of the archaeological work at Pasargadae by David Stronach, but my local libraries are quite empty about such matters (perhaps yours are better equipped). Regards, Amizzoni 22:59, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Biography Newsletter 5

The Biography WikiProject Newsletter Volume IV, no. 4 - September 2007
Project News The three-month long Summer Assessment Drive, organized by Psychless, was a huge success! It ran from June 1 – September 1, and reduced the backlog of unassessed articles from 113,385 to 56,237. In all, over 100,000 articles were assessed. Over 60 people contributed in some way. A barnstar has been created for exceptional work on Wikipedia biographies and for assisting the project. The Biography Barnstar is listed with the other WikiProject awards and can be awarded easily with a template. See the template page for more details. Member News Congratulations to the editors who worked on the newest featured biographies: Augustus; William Shakespeare; Adriaen van der Donck; Alfred Russel Wallace; Alison Krauss; Anne Frank; Anne of Denmark; Asser; Bart King; Bill O'Reilly; Bobby Robson; Bradley Joseph; CM Punk; Ceawlin of Wessex; Colley Cibber; Cædwalla of Wessex; Dominik Hašek; Elizabeth Needham; Frank Macfarlane Burnet; Georg Cantor; Gregory of Nazianzus; Gunnhild Mother of Kings; Gwen Stefani; Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery; Harriet Arbuthnot; Harry S. Truman; Henry, Bishop of Uppsala; Héctor Lavoe; Ine of Wessex; Ion Heliade Rădulescu; Jack Sheppard; Jackie Chan; Jay Chou; John Martin Scripps; John Mayer; Joseph Francis Shea; Joshua A. Norton; Kate Bush; Kazi Nazrul Islam; Kevin Pietersen; Martin Brodeur; Mary Martha Sherwood; Mary of Teck; Maximus the Confessor; Miranda Otto; Muhammad Ali Jinnah; P. K. van der Byl; Penda of Mercia; Pham Ngoc Thao; Rabindranath Tagore; Ramón Emeterio Betances; Red Barn Murder; Richard Hakluyt; Richard Hawes; Robert Garran; Roman Vishniac; Ronald Niel Stuart; Ronald Reagan; Roy Welensky; Rudolph Cartier; Samuel Adams; Samuel Beckett; Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough; Sarah Trimmer; Sargon of Akkad; Shen Kuo; Sophie Blanchard; Stereolab; Sydney Newman; Sylvanus Morley; Tim Duncan; Timeline of Mary Wollstonecraft; Uncle Tupelo; Waisale Serevi; Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Walter Model; William Bruce; William Goebel; Yagan; Zhou Tong; Æthelbald of Mercia; Æthelbald of Mercia New Members Congratulations to our 225 new members	From the Editors The newsletter is back! Many things have gone on during the past few months, but many things have not. While the assessment drive helped revitalize the assessment department of the project, many other departments have received no attention. Most notably: peer review and our "workgroups". A day long IRC meeting has been planned for October 13th, with the major focus being which areas of the project are "dead", what should our goals be as a project, and how to "revive" the dead areas of our project. Contribute to the discussion on the the new channel (see below) We decided to deliver this newsletter to all project members this month but only those with their names down here will get it delivered in the future. This is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned or post news on the next issue's talk page New irc channel Lastly, a new WikiProject Biography channel has been set up on the freenode network: #wikipedia-en-bio Our thanks to Phoenix 15 for setting it up. Contributors to this Issue Psychless (talk · contribs) Phoenix 15 (talk · contribs)
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[edit] Bouncing ball FP nomination

There is a new extremely professional re-edit from my original RAW file by Richard Bartz, and I'd urge you to vote for this instead of my own imperfect Photoshop efforts. Thanks very much to Richard for the work he's put in. Please consider voting or amending your vote at: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Projectile motion. --MichaelMaggs 17:22, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Artaxerex closed

The aforementioned arbitration case is closed. Artaxerex is banned from Wikipedia for a period of one year. The parties are reminded of the need to adhere closely to the neutral point of view policy. For the Arbitration Committee, Picaroon (t) 20:32, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

...so much for your rude response to my featured picture nomination.-NoMoreWorkPlease 06:21, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Award

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		This Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar reflects my appreciation for your graphic contribution to Irish American, which greatly enhanced the article. Cheers, -- twelsht (talk) 03:35, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Battle-of-the-Squirrels.png listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Battle-of-the-Squirrels.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion 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 it not being deleted. Thank you. Nv8200p talk 03:37, 22 February 2008 (UTC)