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[edit] August 2007

Please do not delete content from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Talk:Indian Rebellion of 1857. Your edits do not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use Wikipedia:Sandbox for test edits. Thank you. Do not delete items from Talk pages. Rjd0060 20:14, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Then why was the post imidiantly before it (to which I replied) removed? (Slatersteven 20:37, 28 August 2007 (UTC))


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Fair doos, I was not aware it would break the rules. [[Slatersteven 12:07, 5 November 2007 (UTC)]]

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[edit] War of 1812

I don't have much of an issue with either of the things you wrote in the article War of 1812 but you have to cite it to put it in. I'd think that there should be plenty of books that you can quote. Tirronan (talk) 01:55, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of massacres

With regards to you comments on list of atrocities, I think you might find the talk and archived talk pages of list of massacres of interest, because that list has been in existence for a number of years and has run into many of the problems that a list of atrocities will have. There have been similar problems with genocides in history (it took a long time to remove all the entries that did not have third party citations to events claimed to be a genocide), but because there is a legal definition and several scholarly definitions it is much easier to build a less biased list for that subject. Regards Philip Baird Shearer (talk) 00:32, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Your edit on the Reliable sources/Noticeboard

It appears that nobody else has yet asked you about this, but this edit you made a few days ago on WP:RS/N caused a mass deletion of active threads that took a couple of admins, Haemo and Slp1, some fussing to fix. The edit itself, changing the archive timer from 28 days to 30, seems to be a bit odd in and of itself. Since this also happened shortly after I made a posting on WP:RS/N, which also ended up being included in the mass deletion, could you explain why you decided to make such an odd, undiscussed change in the first place on such a busy board? -BC aka Callmebc (talk) 16:47, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I was not aware I had. I just appended at the end of an question. I can only assume that I inadvetantly delited some stuff, but I have no idea what I did to achive this. I appoligise. [[Slatersteven (talk) 17:47, 19 January 2008 (UTC)]]

Thanks for relying, but I'm still a little bit puzzled: are you saying you didn't change the archive timer from 28 days to 30? It sounds as though you were just doing normal editing, and from your edits here, it indeed looks as though you were. But if you go back to this edit change, you will see near the top how "algo = old(28d)" was changed to "algo = old(30d)". That's not at all a normal edit and one that would appear to be difficult to do accidentally. To clarify, are you saying you didn't make this change or at least don't recall doing it? I'm just trying to figure out the sequence and cause of this rather odd incident, and if you could be as specific as possible about what you remember doing or not doing , that would be immensely helpful and appreciated. Thanks in advance. -BC aka Callmebc (talk) 19:09, 20 January 2008 (UTC)


All I rember doing was adding the comment on the part about Saul David. As far as I recal I clicked on the link to that part, clicked the edit button and typed. I did not intentionaly (and did not even know) I had changed any part of the top of the page (and to the best of my memory did not) I never play about with any of the top parts of the page (I am not too sure what the varius formating codes do).[[Slatersteven (talk) 19:25, 20 January 2008 (UTC)]]

Thanks for the further info. I think I now have a rough idea what might have happened. -BC aka Callmebc (talk) 22:15, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Could you enlighten me?[[Slatersteven (talk) 18:18, 22 January 2008 (UTC)]]

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[edit] RfC

I saw your comment at the RfC on DemolitionMan. Please note, that the RfC needs one more editor to certify it before it can be accepted. If you would like to do so, please consider adding your signature below mine in the section labeled Users certifying the basis for this dispute. Thanks. Ronnotel (talk) 19:23, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hindi rendition of Indian Rebellion of 1857

Hi Slatersteven. Rereading your comments on the Talk:Indian_Rebellion_of_1857 I sense that you were mislead on the meaning of the Hindi translation. Was the translation misrepresented? If yes, please do let me know. Thanks! --RegentsPark (talk) 20:04, 26 February 2008 (UTC)


“For those of us who are multi-lingual, it is very handy to know what the term for these series of events in Hindi is as well. DemolitionMan (talk) 09:14, 24 February 2008 (UTC)”

“Too bad. What is your reasoning for suggesting that "it is hardly necessary to put in the translation" - it is an India related article and English and Hindi enjoy official status of the Federal Govt - while languages like Marathi and Bengali are official languages of different states but not of the Federal Govt. I am putting it right back. DemolitionMan (talk) 15:22, 26 February 2008 (UTC) “

This clearly gives the impresion it’s a translation, not an alterantiv name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Indian_Rebellion_of_1857/Archive_5#Hindi_text

“Correct me if I am wrong. This is what Wikipedia policy states: "If there is no commonly used English name, use an accepted transliteration of the name in the original language. Latin-alphabet languages, like Spanish or French, should need no transliteration, but names from languages which do not use a Latin alphabet, like Chinese and Russian, do." We have stated clearly in this article that there is no commonly used English name for these series of events. So based on the policy, shouldn't the transliteration of the name in the original language be used? DemolitionMan (talk) 17:57, 3 January 2008 (UTC)” This states that it is a translation, not an alternative title. [[Slatersteven (talk) 20:58, 26 February 2008 (UTC)]]

Thanks!--RegentsPark (talk) 21:00, 26 February 2008 (UTC)


Thats OK .[[Slatersteven (talk) 19:22, 1 March 2008 (UTC)]]

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[edit] Wit's End

Hi there, Not sure what to do with user:Desione who is making unhelpful edits on a number of British India history pages. He first appeared on February 14 on British Raj, a page I have been editing since October 2006. His talk page diatribes are full of words like "evil" etc. He has made a few edits, but his writing is so poor and the citations so unreliable (here is an example), that I don't know how to proceed. Upon my return to Wikipedia in March after a longish winter break, I made my first edit in Indian Rebellion of 1857, since it is a parent article of one of British Raj's sections. The very next day, he appeared for the first time on that page, and you know that history. Then, when I went back to editing the Raj page (during one of "Indian Rebellion"'s lockdowns), and subsequently began to work on another section, he appeared on the parent article of that section, Company rule in India, for the first time, and has been confronting me there. Here is my last version of the page and here is what he has been reverting to. Compare the writing. Compare the quality of the references. And I am being accused of POV. Very frustrated. What should I do? Fowler&fowler«Talk» 06:55, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Ihave to admit to some doubts about user:Desione, His style seems familiar, especially his use of ‘thank you’ when he believes he has made cutting point. But by that same token I have to assume good faith. So until I can see definite proof of wrong doing I shall do nothing. There is also the fact he seems to not be able to tell the difference between himself and DM.[[Slatersteven (talk) 16:41, 16 March 2008 (UTC)]]

Thanks. He seems to have backed off for now. We'll see. Have my fingers crossed. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 22:36, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

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