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[edit] If you could
I noticed you applied some insight to a Spirou album the other day, and see your French should be up to snuff. I've been trying to get a bunch of them out, and with the speed and my very limited French, things have not been too thorough, so if you find yourself looking for a distraction, it would be cool if you could look over some of my language crime.. Anything in Category:Spirou et Fantasio albums needs a keen eye. MURGH disc. 04:23, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
- Hiya, yes I'll see what I can do. As it were I recently acquired the entire run of S&F books by Franquin so it's all fairly fresh in my mind.... :) Also I'm not terribly busy at work this month. ;) Thermaland 15:56, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] M.Labarbe
Hi. Have you used your language skillz to get to the bottom of why so many are calling the Maire Gustave Labarbe when Franquin never did? And if not, could you? It's the sort of mystery that really should have an explanation. My current theory is that someone else in Spirou, some funny text people (possibly one Jadoul [1]) is responsible. Still curious? MURGH disc. 03:03, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Hello I completely forgot about this, sorry? Will see what I can do. Thermaland 22:20, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] F. Fillon
Hi, I've restored the reference to Fillon's anglophilia. I think you make some very thoughtful and useful contributions to Wikipedia, but with respect I think you are incorrect on this occasion. You took out the anglophile reference because you said it seems to come from his Welsh wife. Why so? He could be married to a Chinese wife (or, for that matter, a French wife) and still be an anglophile. Looking at it one way, his anglophilia - which is specifically cited in the source story from the Guardian - and his Welsh marriage are two completely different facets of his UK connections. Looking at it another way, anglophilia is often used as a catch-all, rightly or wrongly, to describe a regard for things British, not just things English. Moreover, the part of Wales from where Mme Fillon hails is the traditional county of Monmouthshire, which for centuries until 1974 had a somewhat ambiguous status between Wales and England, being considered a part of England in all aspects of lawmaking, and even today is regarded as the most English part of Wales. But even looking at the reference in this second way, Fillon's Anglophilia does not have to derive from his marriage. It's a chicken-and-egg situation: did Fillon meet his wife through his regard for the UK, or did he develop his regard for the UK following his marriage? Or are the two things just coincidence? The sequence doesn't matter anyway - the Guardian story mentioned the two things equally and separately and so I cited both aspects equally. I stand by that. Kind regards from Gervius, a Francophile Brit! Gervius 14:16, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
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- Hi there. You make valid points. Well I won't change it back as I don't feel very strongly about it, but it seems to me that it should either be expanded on or not included. You know how journalists stick random labels and imaginary nicknames on politicians on whom they know nothing and then it gets repeated at nauseam? I smell something like that. Having said that I don't know much about Fillon, but we are likely to see many profiles of him in the press in the next few days, which might clarify the matter one way or the other... Regards.Thermaland 14:35, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
- Hi again and thanks for your reply. I do take your point about lazy journalists parrotting labels they've read somewhere else - sometimes on Wikipedia, it seems! - and I've amended the reference to reflect that. All the best again, Gervius 20:07, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
- It appears that there is something to is after all and I was wrong! In fact there is a whole story behind it: according to a profile, Fillon's father hated Britain since the war and the man himself discovered the country late in life and liked it etc... Fillon has also spent a couple of days at 10 Downing St in preparation for office, as he's interested in the Blair team's managerial style. So I've removed the emphasis on the Guardian in the paragraph as that's rather clunky and there is a reference. Thermaland 10:02, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Lord Ahmed
I think you misunderstood a part of a sentence I put in. The part you deleted was taken from news sources. It is not my point of view. Lord Ahmed's criticism of Rushdie's knighthood was because Rushdie had been a vehement critique of Islam. Perhaps my grammar could have been better.
I quote from the Evening Standard:
Labour's Lord Ahmed expressed surprise at the decision to give a knighthood to Rushdie, who was placed under a fatwa, or death sentence, by Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini 18 years ago after the publication of the allegedly blasphemous The Satanic Verses.
"I was appalled to hear Salman Rushdie had been given a knighthood," Lord Ahmed said.
"Two weeks ago the Prime Minister was calling for building relations between the Muslim world and Britain, then suddenly this knighthood is given to a man who has not only been abusive to Muslims, but also to Christians - because he used abusive language towards Jesus Christ."
He said whoever had made the decision had made Gordon Brown's job very difficult as he takes over as Prime Minister.
"The confidence that was being built within Britain with inter-faith work and community cohesion work has once again been damaged because of this provocative decision.
"This man not only provoked violence around the world because of his writings, but there were many people who were killed around the world.
"Forgiving and forgetting is one thing, but honouring the man who has blood on his hands, sort of, because of what he did, I think is going a bit too far."
Daily Telegraph:
"However, the Muslim peer, Labour's Lord Ahmed, told BBC Radio 4's PM that he was "appalled" to hear of a knighthood for "a man who has not only been abusive to Muslims, but also to Christians".
Custodiet ipsos custodes talk 14:15, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
- Hello. I think it's still POV even if it's not your POV! To be honest I don't own the Satanic Verses but from the extracts I remember at the time it was not "a criticism of Islam", it was a piece of fiction that took some liberties some people objected to. It was not criticism, it was fiction which is a different thing. By using the word critique the article endorses the attacks, I feel. Thermaland 07:44, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] July 2007
Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made to Madeleine Bunting: You may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit was inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. I'm with you, this shouldn't be happening — but if you warn vandals, then they can be blocked for long enough for them to be taken out of the equation. Angus Lepper(T, C, D) 16:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
- Hello, thanks. What happened was that someone posted a call on a blog for people to come and vandalise this page, so I thought warnings would be pointless in such a case and I requested semi-protection instead (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection#Madeleine_Bunting_.28edit.7Ctalk.7Chistory.7Clinks.7Cwatch.7Clogs.29). I am a bit of a novice to this side of Wikipedia actually, so please let me know if I should have put a template on the page there as well or instead. I've seen talk pages for IP addresses before where there are 30 "last warnings" piled up and it seems silly.Thermaland 17:10, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, I actually saw your request for page protection and headed to the article to just check the history to see if there was any more vandalism to revert. The reason that IPs in particular have multiple last warnings is because they can be dynamic — that is, the same person doesn't use the same IP all the time (depends on the ISP, type of connection, etc!) and so warnings older than a couple of days are often disregarded (although it depends on the exact circumstances — for example if an IP is known to be registered to one specific user or organisation, then it will be treated much like a standard username). I get your point about not warning users in this case, but it's always worth a try, just in case they do go too far. Incidentally (I don't know if you know this or not, but you saw you're a new user so it's worth saying), if you do come across someone who has vandalised after a last warning, then just simply post a report at Administrator Intervention Against Vandalism like {{vandal|usernamehere}} — explanation of report here or {{vandalIP|ipaddresshere}} — explanation of report here. HTH! Angus Lepper(T, C, D) 17:31, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] London Meetup - January 12, 2008
Hi! There's going to be a London Wikipedia Meetup coming Saturday January 12, 2008. If you are interested in coming along take part in the discussion over at Wikipedia:Meetup/London7. The discussion is going on until tomorrow evening and the official location and time will be published at the same page late Thursday or early Friday. Hope to see you Saturday, Poeloq (talk) 02:28, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
