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[edit] The Wind in the Willows
Hello Shantavira,
Thank you for your copyedit of the synopsis of 'The Wind in the Willows'. I wrote it last week, and, with me not being a native speaker of English, the synopsis obviously needed a lot of work. There were, however, some changes you made that I think were not for the best, for (as far as I can tell) they made the synopsis not reflect the book accurately anymore. For instance you wrote "Rat and Mole want to do something about Toad's obsession, but Rat believes the only person who will know what to do is Badger,". But I can't find that in the book, I think in the book it is implied that Mole just wanted to meet the Badger out of curiosity/for fun, and not because they were looking to enlist his help. They just happened to get the help when they met him.
I have made a few changes to the synopsis so that it is accurate again. I wrote this message because I wanted to explain why I made the changes.
ssepp(talk) 00:12, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Copyedits to "How to copyedit"
Excellent edits, all. In particular, I want to commend you for having the strength of will to not remark on the extreme irony of the phrase "A common problem is that articles are verbose..." Nicely concised, Prof. Strunk would be proud! :) Eaglizard 22:27, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Request for your help
Your background is impressive and you seem to be a very good editor. Assuming it's true (which I do), you would be very helpful in this proposal. Talk:Eastern_philosophy#Merger_proposal. Thank you. And thanks for responding to my post at WP:Ref desk. Zenwhat (talk) 06:17, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
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- I do not think we should encourage western misconceptions. Most western philosophers acknowledge "Eastern philosophy = Eastern religion." About this comment:
However, I do think the article should be renamed Eastern philosophies. There is of course no Eastern philosophy as such, and having this title perpetuates the myth.
I agree with you actually, but most philosophers and authors don't. As it stands now, I agree that there should be a distinction made between "Eastern philosophy" and "Eastern religion," and I also agree that it makes sense to use the plural, "Eastern philosophies." But since Wikipedia's standard is WP:V and WP:RS (since both of us could be wrong), it seems to make the most sense to merge them, so that it reflects the mainstream view -- even if that is false. ☯ Zenwhat (talk) 01:32, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Thank u
Hi Shantavira, thank u for your response to my astrology question. do you know about Vedic astrology? western astrology? both? can u give me some MAJOR guidance? I KNOW I am meant to delve into this...and maybe if u look at my natal chart, u'll agree.. hehe.
thanx a lot again. -Cosmic girl (talk) 18:00, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Hi!
Hi Shantavira, thank you for your response on my talk page. I can't find the link to email you. I'd like to discuss 'the philosophy of astrology' with you, if there's such a thing, lol. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cosmic girl (talk • contribs) 14:24, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Substantial edits at the Dorje Shugden article
Dear editor I like to draw your attention to that specific article, Dorje Shugden, which was substantially changed by a group of three new editors, without any discussion on the talk page. Rather one of the new editor revealed: "Many of these changes were discussed between at least three of the editors." which must have happened outside of WP, because there is no discussion on the talk page or their WP-accounts. One of the new editors claimed: "You seem to be the only person who accepted this article as it was. If you check you will see that the changes made make this article more neutral and unbiased then it was before previous edits." If I check I see the article omitted different POV's, deleted verified passages, included passages from anonymous websites and turned the article to a more bias Pro-Shugden POV. I'd like to ask you to check that and to give your opinion or to collaborate if there is a need for improving the article, so that we can have an unbiased, neutral, well-informed article which fairly presents all POV's. Thank you very much, --Kt66 (talk) 19:33, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Crocodile wife
Very groovy. I don't think we got to the bottom of this, though. I have a strong suspicion that there is an Egyptian fable similar to the Timorese one. --Milkbreath (talk) 11:43, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Wikicookie
[edit] I Can Only Concur
You keep getting to questions on the Reference Desks before I do and giving excellent answers. I am at a loss. I am beginning to question the reason for my existence here...! Regards Mhicaoidh (talk) 10:55, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
