User talk:Carlossuarez46/Archive 9
Short paging disambiguation pages
editExplain to me please why that even needs to be done... Sadly many disambiguation pages will be shorter than you want, they're disambiguation pages not articles. Why don't you set something up so that the short article list avoids pages that (are properly) marked as not being articles instead? You don't short page redirects, do you? æronphonehome 03:52, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
I've just taken a look at the category that you are adding DAB pages to and it says this: "as they meet a minimum level of quality, but that still could benefit from attention and fleshing out." Disambiguation pages, as I said above, are not articles and therefore do not need to be "fleshed out". You yourself shortened the pages further at the same time you added the longcomment template to them. I'm removing your changes, and I'll watch that category for other DABs. If you have a problem with this you can start an edit war or come up with something more convincing that makes what you're saying valid. æronphonehome 04:00, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Myself! Are all 8,000 pages in that category DABs??? æronphonehome 04:08, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Further proof that editing Wikipedia turns people into a powder keg. I have been editing DABs for a year now, the two articles you marked as short is the first time I've even seen that template, and you are the first to proclaim the inevitability what you do. Veiled threats from one established user to another aside, what is your response to the information I've shown you that makes it look as if short paging a DAB is going to far? When you can respond to THAT we can go somewhere. æronphonehome 05:43, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Since you've been silent for two days I'll assume that the issue is resolved between us. I agree that DABs do not belong on the Short Pages list, but equally do not belong on your watch list or need a template reserved for articles. A bug for this problem already exists on Bugzilla so at Mannings suggestion I bumped it and commented on the nature of the bug. Hopefully you won't continue applying that template and allow time for a MediaWiki update, because once it takes place however many DABs are on your page will have to be manually removed whereas all DABs on the Short Pages list will simply disappear. æronphonehome 04:44, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
Public reactions to death of Rachel Corrie at DRV
editWhy do you close the DRV discussion for Public reactions to death of Rachel Corrie here so quickly? I'm also concerned about the very short AFD discussion and wanted to follow up on the closing at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2009 May 27. Would it be ok for me to start a new discussion? -- Ricky28618 (talk) 22:19, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
- Well, that certainly discourages frank and open discussion. Should I ask the users who had similar concerns in the past to do it instead? -- Ricky28618 (talk) 23:05, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
- The fact that it's so controversial is why I'm switching to this sock temporarily. It's all in accordance with policy. -- Ricky28618 (talk) 23:11, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
Proposed deletion of Ridge, Robertson County, Texas
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Articles for deletion nomination of Ridge, Robertson County, Texas
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Template:Surnames by language
editExcellent idea on adding exclusion parameter! I've made it optional, and reworded a bit to allow more extensive exclusions. See Category:English-language surnames for the most (so far). Thanks for making the effort to update all of the existing categories. I've added documentation, so hopefully folks will take the time to follow the examples in the future.
--William Allen Simpson (talk) 06:56, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
- Your wording is better than mine, good job! Templates are way under-used around here, but that's a long story. :-) Carlossuarez46 (talk) 07:03, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks! I'm sure we'll need to watch it like a hawk.... Yeah, templates are starting to resemble fixed categories and lists, instead of their original purpose. And few categories have good descriptions.
--William Allen Simpson (talk) 11:47, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks! I'm sure we'll need to watch it like a hawk.... Yeah, templates are starting to resemble fixed categories and lists, instead of their original purpose. And few categories have good descriptions.
NOTP
editIS not worth a redirect. It is a multi band performance not for TOTO alone. Re direct in any case (in my view) is a silly function.Foxhound66 (talk) 14:07, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
Monterey County template
editWould you please join the discussion at Template talk:Monterey County, California? Nyttend (talk) 20:45, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Highspeed
editI've seen the vandalism that Highspeed did to your talk page, but where are the personal attacks? An IP claiming to be Highspeed has posted at my talk page, asking for a review or at least the ability to post an unblock template on the talk page. As well as explaining the situation, would you be willing to let me block/decide not to block the IP instead of doing it yourself? Nyttend (talk) 16:53, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
- Could you show me diffs for the personal attacks? Nyttend (talk) 22:50, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks; I was confused by the situation (indeed, I still am), so I had no idea what to do. One more question: why did you protect Highspeed's talk? Nyttend (talk) 00:40, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
- As you seem to be involved in a dispute with this user, I'm gravely concerned not only that you blocked them, but that you attempted to stifle their ability to seek independent review of your action. As is mentioned very explicitly both in the blocking policy and at Special:Block, that option should generally not be used without careful consideration. Now, I do see this very unusual edit, but given that I see no warnings in the history of Highspeed's talk page history, and this user has been with us since 2006, I simply don't see how an immediate and indefinite block, with zero warnings and no obvious history of disruption, set by an involved administrator two days after the fact, can be justified, let alone the talk page lock. Please be mindful of the chilling effects your actions may have on impacted users and wield your tools carefully. In the meantime, some comment on the user's current unblock request would be very much appreciated. – Luna Santin (talk) 09:54, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
- I'm referring specifically to discussion at Template talk:Monterey County, California and here at your own talk page where Highspeed was requesting the deletion of several articles you had recently created -- apparently in your eyes, this marks a user as a sockpuppet, vandal, and "racist". I say again: indefinitely blocking an editor who's been with us since 2006, and removing that user's ability to appeal, is extremely draconian. You are not judge, jury, and executioner. You've repeatedly accused Highspeed and apparently Norcalal of being socks of Biaswarrior or otherwise colluding, but I don't see any evidence of that -- and I do say that having checkusered or otherwise examined several of Biaswarrior's actual socks. Unless you can demonstrate positively that a three-year-old account is a sockpuppet, this block cannot stand on those grounds. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:43, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
- Additionally, I've just realized you accused Highspeed of wikistalking you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive552#User:Norcalal & User:Highspeed, and now say that you've never been in contact with Highspeed, before. Which is it? – Luna Santin (talk) 01:02, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
- I'm referring specifically to discussion at Template talk:Monterey County, California and here at your own talk page where Highspeed was requesting the deletion of several articles you had recently created -- apparently in your eyes, this marks a user as a sockpuppet, vandal, and "racist". I say again: indefinitely blocking an editor who's been with us since 2006, and removing that user's ability to appeal, is extremely draconian. You are not judge, jury, and executioner. You've repeatedly accused Highspeed and apparently Norcalal of being socks of Biaswarrior or otherwise colluding, but I don't see any evidence of that -- and I do say that having checkusered or otherwise examined several of Biaswarrior's actual socks. Unless you can demonstrate positively that a three-year-old account is a sockpuppet, this block cannot stand on those grounds. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:43, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Articles for deletion nomination of Common End, Derbyshire
editI have nominated Common End, Derbyshire, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Common End, Derbyshire. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.
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by the way, as the creator of Zeroing (trade), I recognize that it is a relatively arcane usage of the term, and I would be satisfied if zeroing redirected to calibration while this page were called zeroing (disambiguation) with a hatnote at calibration.
Ummm, I'm typing all this from work so I can't (read:shouldn't) do it right now, but drop me a note at my talk page as a reminder, and I'd be happy to take care of it tonight. Agradman talk/contribs 16:19, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Redirecting
editHello. As a newbie I don't understand why 253(number) must be redirected to 250 (number)? They are different numbers. STiLeTT (talk) 19:31, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
I see no correlation. Go right ahead and convey my apologies. - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 16:52, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
German politicians
editAppreciate your comments at the drama queen centre that is ANI. What frustrates me greatly is that the articles are intended to be transferred and would seme to differ from others in that the information exists already on wikipedia in German, it just needs putting in english. Claus Peter Poppe was expanded in two minutes flat and clearly meets content requirements. Any other one of them could be, they are not perma stubs and anybody who can be bothered can expand in two minutes flat. Over half of the articles up for deletion to not even violate BLP they are about politicians who died 30 years for example. It is always this moral panic by the community, the same attitude they showed when we made the geobot proposals. People are willing to spend time moaning and calling me names but if each and every one of them actually supported the new articles and did there best to build up the articles we'd at least get half of the new articles up to scratch. It is very disheartening to face this kind of opposition from people. I don't have to spend a minute of my time editing wikipedia and this sucks. Dr. Blofeld White cat 10:20, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi. In light of recent events and community concerns about the way in which content is transferred I have proposed a new wikiproject which would attempt to address any of the concerns and done in an environment where a major group of editors work together to transfer articles from other wikipedias in the most effective way possible without BLP or referencing problems. Please offer your thoughts at the proposal and whether or not you support or oppose the idea of a wikiproject dedicated to organizing a more efficient process of getting articles in different languages translated into English. Dr. Blofeld White cat 12:58, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Vardablur, the village in the Lori marz (region), Republic of Armenia
edit- Hello. I'm sorry, is not this and this articles equal!? Ліонкінг (talk) 10:44, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
- [1] It's a detailed map of the region. Here is only one Vardablur. In the bordering maps the same situation. The village Vardablur You can find in the upper left corner of the map and it's name in Russian is "Вардаблур". Ліонкінг (talk) 21:01, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Basic Element
editI saw your edit at Basic Element. Do you know what should be done to Basic Element (music group) now that there is a disambig page? It still says "Basic Element is also the investment firm owned by Oleg Deripaska" - this should probably be changed, but to what? Offliner (talk) 17:33, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
Sujit Mukherjee
editHi Carlos, I saw your deletion of the above article yesterday. It is an article I am in the process of creating. Just started it, and mentioned as a start stub. Sujit Mukherjee is notable as probably the best cricket writer to have come out of India, and in many opinions, one of the best ever. It is surprising that he as not there on wikipedia in the first place.
I do understand if your concern is that of the stub article being created without sources, and without enough information (that will change, the plan I have is to complete a detailed one in some time). The writer, however, is notable. Here are a few examples. Obituary on The Hindu, reputed Indian newspaper, List of books by Sujit Mukherjee, from an online portal, He has been a First-Class cricketer- Cricinfo, [2], [3], [4]. Please do consider re-instatement, and I will be taking it forward to create a comprehensive biography, as planned.- Godof86 (talk) 07:03, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks ! Godof86 (talk) 17:15, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
Sutterville
editHey, I was wondering what prompted you to redirect Sutterville, California to Sutter Creek, California? On page 565 of California's Geographic Names, for Sutter Creek there doesn't appear to be an alternate name as "Sutterville", but there is a "Sutterville" listing on that same page. I went searching for a Wikipedia entry on Sutterville because it is a California Historical Landmark now. I have ancient APN books at where I work, and Sutterville is mapped out to be its own area. Nowadays that area is probably within the city limits of Sacramento, but Sutterville Road remains a major thoroughfare.
AfD listing of IRRT
editHello, you recently nominated IRRT to the Articles for Deletion process (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/IRRT) when the article was probably uncontroversial. AfD requires volunteer work on the part of others, and there is usually a backlog of requests which hinders careful analysis of each nomination. Please consider the speedy deletion or proposed deletion processes first in the future, as recommended by the overall deletion policy. Thank you. --MrStalker (talk) 16:20, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
AfD listing of Roland D-10
editHello, you recently nominated Roland D-10 to the Articles for Deletion process (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roland D-10) when the article was probably uncontroversial. AfD requires volunteer work on the part of others, and there is usually a backlog of requests which hinders careful analysis of each nomination. Please consider the speedy deletion or proposed deletion processes first in the future, as recommended by the overall deletion policy. Thank you. --MrStalker (talk) 13:39, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
Indian cricketers
editWhat's the problem with Indian or Aussie cricketers? There are referenced, why the drama? Dr. Blofeld White cat 09:36, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Ah, I see. Dr. Blofeld White cat 17:48, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
See Ağamalı. With a bit of luck the others can be expanded... Dr. Blofeld White cat 13:00, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
/toc
editThe main page has a toc at every letter heading for faster navigation. All well and good until a new standard section (Fottnotes, whatever) is added. Then the toc needs to be changed - but only in one place. Rich Farmbrough, 18:01, 10 August 2009 (UTC).
Removal of PROD from Studies in Romanticism
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Hi, I'm contacting you because you speak Portuguese. I started Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nelio Guerson and Carlos Guerson because there were no online sources; however, the creator has no posted some sources (which he scanned and uploaded to Flickr), which are all in Portuguese. Could you please evaluate the sources and see if they are reliable and are in-depth? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 19:50, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
- You're right; I've added it to the Brazilian delsort. Thanks for your commments at the AfD. Best, Cunard (talk) 00:21, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Armenia
editHi. As you created the Armenia place articles, could you please make some navigation templates to link all the communities by province. E.g see Lori Province and the communities. Could you list all the communities from each province in some templates like Azerbaijan but structure them by district given inside each province template?Himalayan Explorer 09:20, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Like this:
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Armenia/Provincial templates. I've made them, can you help fill them out and place them in the articles?Himalayan Explorer 12:34, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Siimple! Just go into the province article, e.g Lori Province and copy and paste the communities by district into the templates!!! Himalayan 18:55, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
You've really lost interest haven't you? I guess I'll have to do it all.. Himalayan 16:06, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
Very disappotined with you that you didn't make a single edit on adding thoese templates. You've had one third of a year! Dr. Blofeld White cat 22:18, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Same IP
editHi, Carlossuarez. I am the son of a banned user of en.wiki and I want to ask you if the fact that I am going to use the same modem of my father (I live with him and my family in Coconut Creek, a town inside the greater Miami metropolitan area) will create problems. I know (from a friend who is a wikipedia user) that I must pinpoint this close relationship with my father's IP in my user page. But I hope (in case of a future check up, for any reason) that I will not be banned simply because I have the same IP of my banned father. Sincerely.--LittleTony (talk) 01:37, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
- Hello, I am waiting for a kind answer.....sincerely.--LittleTony (talk) 20:14, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'll follow your advice. Sincerely.--LittleTony (talk) 18:32, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
Categorisation by ethnicity
editThis is just to tell you that I find your arguments against categorisation by ethnicity to be well-argued and convincing. Please inform me in the future if somebody repeats the claim that your position is held only by a fringe or a tiny minority in wikipedia.
I would be interested in participating in future debates on these issues. Feketekave (talk) 14:44, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
CfD nomination of Category:Clovis, California
editI have nominated Category:Clovis, California (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. emerson7 16:35, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
- FYI. It was empty when I found it and added a few articles this I was able to find, including 2 that were in the cached copy. Vegaswikian (talk) 00:40, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
wyaborn primary school
editmay i ask why you deleted wyborne as i was to eddit it later
Proposed deletion of Hilton (Rosyth), Fife
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- Has no visible verifiable references from reliable sources, is an orphan, and is not a 'prima facie' inhabited place.
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Deletion of Ariel Cohen
editI just heard someone named Ariel Cohen being interviewed on the BBC, so I wanted to know more about him. Unfortunately you deleted the article on him. I suppose you are enforcing Wikipedia standards and saving precious disk space. Eric Kvaalen (talk) 18:01, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
rivers
editHey Carlos, we have a backlog of rivers to be moved, could you give us a hand? Markussep Talk 18:04, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
AfD nomination of Maf, Shamkir
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Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Check_Game is currently up for deletion, along with this and 94 other Price is Right games
editYou are welcome to comment in this deletion discussion. You are being contacted because you participated in the first AFD in 2007. Ikip (talk) 21:48, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
Wow, parishcruft, that's a new one. LOL. Bearian (talk) 19:36, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
The article Wangtang, Fujian has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Fake city. Fujian hasn't a city named Wangtang, and the Coordinates, displayed at right-upper corner, target to Yutang, Fuqing, Fujian. Yutang(玉塘) is similar to Wangtang(王塘), but it's a village only.
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21:45, 10 September 2007 Carlossuarez46 (talk | contribs) deleted "Ladd Ehlinger Jr." (CSD A7 (Bio): Biographical article that does not assert significance)
editI apologize in advance if this is not the proper way to ask you a question about this edit. I discovered only discovered that the link from the page Flatland (film) regarding the creator Ladd Ehlinger Jr was a redirect back to the same page today when I went to update information on the page. The original page was created by a intern for the film over two years ago and I did not realize that neither the director/animator/editor Ladd Ehlinger Jr nor the writer Tom Whalen had individual pages as did the Composer Mark Slater.
Is there a way to recover the original material that you may have "deleted" and/or change the redirect to an actual page such as the composer Mark Slater has? I would like to update information on the two men. I am brand new on this side of Wikipedia although a frequent user for research. Thank you Guelfo (talk) 22:39, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Mrs.Maria
editHola, Carlossuarez. Soy la hija de la user:Mrs.Maria. Mi madre me pidio' que activara este nombre de usuario para pedirte por cual razon ha sido bloqueada hace algun tiempo en la wiki italiana (ella nunca ha escrito alli, ni sabe escribir en italiano bien) y ahora tambien en la wiki inglesa. Ella nunca ha escrito nada agresivo ni ha participado en alguna edit war desde su inscripcion el pasado marzo 2009. Cuando se inscribio' te pidio' si podia usar wikipedia aunque su marido estaba "banned" y tu le dijiste que no habia problema alguno ([5]). Puedes ayudarla a quitarle el injustificado ban que tiene, al menos en la en.wiki? Te lo agradezco. Ella esta' muy entristecida por todo esto y no se explica lo que le han hecho. Gracias de nuevo.--Keatingbeach (talk) 16:45, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
- Disculpa, pero vuelvo a solicitar tu intervencion. Mi madre queria usar solamente las public libraries, porque temia que la podian bloquear si usaba el mismo modem de mi padre (ella escribio' en su user page: I write from the Public Library of Deerfield Beach in Broward County/Florida/USA on Hillsboro Blvd. I will not post from my address because my husband and son are wikipedia users. They use the same modem/phone and their IP has been mistakenly confused. I hope in this way I will not experience their problems with sockpuppetry in wikipedia.), pero siguio' tu consejo de usar el modem de nuestra casa y ahora la han bloqueado. Podrias ser tan gentil y decirle al admin user:Dominic que ella no tiene nada que ver con problemas de sockpuppetry y lo unico que quiere es participar escribiendo tranquilamente en wikipedia. Me parece que esta' permitido en wikipedia que dos miembros de una familia usen el mismo modem, con tal que lo aclaren y no traten los mismos argumentos/voces. Gracias.--Keatingbeach (talk) 04:19, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Places
editWhat do you mean, various populated places are being deleted right and left? I haven't seen an AFD on a place in ages actually. IN my view there are more AFDs on bands than places. WHo is voting to delet place articles? How many of the Armenian articles you started have actually been deleted. None as far as I'm aware... Dr. Blofeld White cat 22:26, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau and nobility cruft
editHere are some thoughts about articles on members of the nobility, as a follow-up to your AfD nomination of Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau. Outside of situations where the holder of a title of notability was automatically included in their country's parliament (as was historically true for members of the peerage of the United Kingdom and its predecessor countries), I agree that notability is not inherent in a noble title. But WP:NOTINHERITED can be misleading. People with the advantages that come with being born into a country's nobility (education, wealth, connections, sometimes high military rank) are likelier than most to do things that will make them notable. Finding the evidence of that notability for someone who died a long time ago can be difficult, though, particularly for people outside the English-speaking world. I found out about Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau's book from a brief reference in the Los Angeles Times, for example, and at first I couldn't find it in a library catalog because I was looking under the English-language title (the book was published in German and later in Italian, but apparently not in English). Still, because members of the nobility historically received the kind of attention that movie stars do today, there is still some chance of establishing notability for them.
Many articles on people like Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau start out as if they were copied from a genealogy book. This fact shouldn't distract us from the possibility that notability by Wikipedia standards can be established, and should probably discourage us from tagging such an article for deletion without a careful search.
I would also say that someone who is created a noble, rather than acquiring a title by birth or marriage, is almost certainly notable both for other accomplishments and from the media coverage that the title's creation would have caused. - Eastmain (talk) 04:33, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Molybdenum
editHi,Carlossuarez46,
According to your edit on the 7th of April, 2006 the city of Mersin (Turkey) profited by production of and trade in molybdenum during the ancient ages. Well, I am a citizen of Mersin and I found this assertion highly questionable. For one thing, there is neither molybdenum production nor abandoned molybdenum mines around Mersin. More important than that is the fact that molybdenum had been analyzed first time in 1778 in Sweeden long after ancient ages. Can you name a second source other than Catholic Encyclopedia ? Have a good day. Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 07:54, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
Unreferenced BLPs
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List of one-time characters in The Simpsons
editI have relisted List of one-time characters in The Simpsons for deletion. Apparently this was one discussed before when it was known as List of one-time characters from The Simpsons. Most people have left the project since the list was known by that name. I see that you are still active and wanted to notify you of this posting. JBsupreme (talk) 17:28, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
Ian Banks´
editWell as I can see you are traying to kke wiki free from untruth artikel. I can understand. but if you can prrof me knwo thaht the artikle you deleted is not correct, I will accept it! As far as i knwo have been the artikles Ian Banks´and Marius Ian Yul Horstick correct. I am not sure if you ever even checked it if it was right. Please give me an answere. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Horst84 (talk • contribs) 03:50, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Philippines–Romania relations has been nominated for deletion again here
editYou are being notified because you participated in a previous Afd regarding this article, either at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Argentina–Singapore_relations or at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Philippines–Romania relations, and you deserve a chance to weigh in on this article once again. --Cdogsimmons (talk) 00:14, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
Stubs on Armenian villages
editHello, Carlossuarez!
Thank you a lot for your laborious work on numerous stubs about Armenian villages. I really appreciate your job and understand its importancy, unlike some ukwiki users, or, to be more precise, uk:User:Ліонкінг, he's also User:Ліонкінг here. Most his edits in ukwiki consist of exact translations of your (or Cxz111's) articles into Ukrainian without any mentions of your of his authorship. Furthermore, these translations exclude links to any reliable sources - Ліонкінг is attributing this to the fact that "they are present here and in frwiki articles, and the information shouldn't arouse any doubts". Most likely, it was done in order to make him able to do whatever he wants with the articles (changing dates, coords etc., and posing it as "update"). Note that I've been indefinitely blocked on ukwiki, just because "nobody has challenged the blocking" and with no explanations and accusations of infringement of certain rules - the only my guilt was in adding templates "no sources" and "citation needed" to unverified data. However, it didn't prevent Ліонкінг from reverting my edits with comments like "rv vandalism" and alleging me for his harassment. His behavior suggests that he poses himself as the genuine author of the stubs.
Well, I'm not asking you to do anything with my contribs - given the total turmoil in the Ukrainian Wikipedia, I'm not surprised - I just would like to explain you the situation in whole.
Also, I strongly recommend you addressing Ліонкінг in order to get things clarified and to tell him about inadmissibility of such edits, since he's directly violating your author's rights. Thanks for considering my concerns, --Clyde700 (talk) 16:27, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
- Upd: If necessary, I can provide links to diffs confirming my statement. --Clyde700 (talk) 16:28, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Please undo redirect & merge of Coyote Valley Reservation/Coyote Valley Rancheria.
edit(Yes I know this was done several months ago, but I didn't see it then.) These are not the same place. The historical (i.e. no longer extant) "Coyote Valley Rancheria" GNIS entry used for this article refers to a former location of this reservation, now part of Lake Mendocino and/or the surrounding recreation area (check the coordinates). The modern day reservation, whose official name does in fact appear to be "Coyote Valley Reservation" according to the BIA [6], is located to the northwest, on Coyote Valley Boulevard (approximate coordinates 39.254015,-123.207596). Thanks. --Speight (talk) 04:22, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for edit on List of American Muslims
editThanks for the revert here for the vandalism edits by DinajGao (I call them that because he removed sourced information). It looks like this user has a POV agenda and has done other problematic edits as well I'm trying to check them out. --Matt57 (talk•contribs) 12:30, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Survey on quality control policies
editAs part of a project funded by the European Commission (QLectives), we are collecting and analysing data to study quality control mechanisms and inclusion/deletion policies in Wikipedia. According to our records, you participated in a large number of AfD. We are currently soliciting editors with a long record of participation in AfD discussions to send us their feedback via a very informal survey.
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Thanks for your help! --DarTar (talk) 10:27, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
- Errr, never mind on this. Didn't realize at first that an IP had vandalized the article, I have now reverted it to your version. Sorry about the confusion. (Removed the message from here as well). mauler90 (talk) 06:46, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
Good morning. Please rename the article Aşağı Ağcakənd into Shaumyanovsk, because this name was used before the conflict. Thanks. --Ліонкінг (talk) 04:36, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
- There is also a dispute over Khojavend: Talk:Martuni (town). Google test returns roughly 15,100 hits for khojavend nagorno-karabakh and 9,740 for martuni nagorno-karabakh. Your opinion is appreciated. Brandmeister[t] 19:44, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
- By the way, in a second dispute also before the conflict was used the name Martuni. And as previous one it never has Azeri majority during the whole history. Only after the summer 1992, when all population of Shaumyanovsk was killed or deportated there live a small group of Azeris for 18 years (according to the Azeri claim - 207). --Ліонкінг (talk) 20:12, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Forest Springs, California
editI just came across the dab page you created at Forest Springs, California, and USGS is saying the historical populated place in Nevada County is Forest Spring, singular.[7] Thoughts?--Fabrictramp | talk to me 17:38, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Articles for deletion nomination of Kürd Mahrızlı
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Nomination for deletion of Template:TCSC
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George Rhoads
editCan you userfy me a copy of George Rhoads, if it was about the sculptor? Several of his works are on display around Boston: I know of two at Logan Airport and one at the Boston Museum of Science. I expect I could rescue it if it's the same guy. Plus someone's got a good start on digging up refs off-site here. -- Kendrick7talk 22:09, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
Template:AJmuni
editThe Template:AJmuni, which you created and is used in over 1,000 articles, consists solely of a link to a website that is no longer active ("This domain is parked, pending renewal, or has expired. Please contact the domain provider with questions."). Can you check whether another link can give the same info, or if this template should be deleted? Fram (talk) 11:24, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
- The same applies to Template:TCSC, transcluded over 2600 times, but you may be aware of this yet. I have blanked this template, as it introduced a commercial and utterly irrelevant link to these articles. Fram (talk) 13:01, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
Alex Sass
editWhen attempting a start on page for Australian artist Alex Sass received notification a page of that name had been deleted in September 2007. Assuming it was for the same person, is there any impediment to creating a new one?--Doug butler (talk) 10:38, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
Lew Carpenter
editHello,
I was slow on an edit and this caused an editing conflict on Lew Carpenter. I tried to incorporate your edits also. Please review to see if I missed any. Sorry for the inconvenience. I am working on getting pictures of Lew Carpenter and more information on his Coaching career. The article is now past a stub and some where between start and C class. My goal is to get it to at least B class.
Any help you can provide would be appreciated. Thank you. Jrcrin001 (talk) 21:34, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
Policy on Classification by Ethnicity, Gender, Religion and Sexuality
editHi, I have a problem with the article White Argentine. In the article I mentioned many people who are Argentine by birth and by option (they immigrated when they were children and stayed in Argetnina until their death, or they are now living there). All those people mentioned in the article are perfectly Caucasian by phenotype, and all have European/Middle Eastern ancestry. To see the names, check this older version of the article, for they are now removed. This is because some users appeared criticizing the article and alleging that mentioning all those persons without a source that explicitly define them as "White Argentine/Argentinian" was a breach to Wikipedia's BLP policy. Is that true? Because I read the article of WP policy on categorization by ethnicity, gender, religion and sexuality, and the topic "Race" is still under dispute. Besides, one of the users that criticizes the article is also involved in the proposal/discussion/RfC of the policy itself. If the matter isn't still resolved, can they apply a rule that it is not fully valid yet? If I provide sources that every living Argentine mentioned in the article is of predominantly European ancestry, isn't that enough to define him/her as White? Please, help me clarify this doubt.--Pablozeta (talk) 12:29, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
Category Dacian tribes
editThe Category:Dacian tribes was merged here under CFD 2009 May 28 however this creates a problem.
I am working to add categories like gods, towns, kings, tribes under Category:Dacia. With this merge it is no longer possible to add the tribes.
Why not have Category:Dacian tribes under both Category:Dacia and Category:Ancient tribes in the Balkans?
I find it more useful and clearer.--Codrinb (talk) 17:29, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Kirt
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Glad to see you back; I thought you got WikiBurn. Also glad to see we disagree once in a blue moon (literally). LOL. Happy holidays! Bearian (talk) 19:31, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
Comment
editHello Carlossuarez46. Could you please add your comments to this discussion on names of villages? Thank you in advance! Tuscumbia (talk) 23:02, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
Colwood, Cornwall
editHi, You created the article Colwood, Cornwall as a village. I can't find any reference to the village, but a few reference to Colwood farm at the location. Due to its questionable existence I've now prodded the article for deletion.--Salix (talk): 23:43, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
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The four places linked are all non-notable individual farms. Deskford (talk) 21:00, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
Kudos
editNice work on the disambig page. I've been editing a number of them this week, and some need work I notice. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:44, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
Wang-t'an-shih listed at Redirects for discussion
editAn editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wang-t'an-shih. Since you had some involvement with the Wang-t'an-shih redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). HXL's Roundtable and Record 02:50, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
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Dab pages
editHey, kudos for the years of work! You've added cloaked text to the shortest of these to prevent them from being listed on short pages. Out of curiosity, as I add material to a lot of these pages, should I be 'trimming' the hidden text, and, if so, a character-per-character transfer, or something that will seem obvious to me after you explain it? Dru of Id (talk) 14:43, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
- Is there a specific file size threshold? Dru of Id (talk) 16:50, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks. :D Dru of Id (talk) 17:54, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
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Shimizu High School
editHi! I noticed back in 2008 Shimizu High School was deleted.
The reason was "Wikipedia:CSD#A1"
But I believe that context was well established, so it should not qualify for deletion under Wikipedia:CSD#A1 WhisperToMe (talk) 07:36, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
- Regardless, having disambig pages with both entries being redlinks is a no-no. Feel free to recreate it if the title actually needs disambiguating. That is to say, if there are multiple schools notable enough to have Wikipedia articles with that exact name. Killiondude (talk) 07:42, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
- Alright, that is a point - At some point this week I plan to create at least one of the linked articles
- If the proper deletion procedures were followed (AFD), or I received notification back then, I would have created articles, and that would have been that.
- WhisperToMe (talk) 07:46, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
- We don't send a disambig page to AFD (Articles for Deletion) since it's not an article. If I saw a disambig with only redlinks on it I probably would have used CSD G6. It's not that big of an issue; it only had two listings (takes about 60 seconds to remake, if needed, yes?) Killiondude (talk) 17:06, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
I only saw my watchlist from today and didn't see the prior edit. I'll check it, and I'm going to move both comments to the talk page so others can discuss this. Egyptian's use of 'POV' would have also been premature as well and better handled at the talk page. Please see my response to your response there, in a few minutes... Ocaasi c 18:47, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
- I moved the discussion to the talk page. I did remove POV-focused comments and non-content comments from all of our responses, but the arguments are still intact. Ocaasi c 19:49, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Mean (disambiguation)
editHello - I don't want to start an edit war and I ain't gonna - but why take out the majority of contributions to this page without explanation - if it was you? My contributions are not even on the edit history now. I don't understand. What happened? I am a fairly new user - please explain and be a bit friendly!
Mean does have a standard and acknowledged meaning of stingy or 'miserliness'. I think it is appropriate to list that if the cruel and and angry, cheifly American meaning is listed. Mr. Mean of the Mr. Men, the British-written children's literature series, makes the distinction clear - since he was given the name 'Mr. Stingy' in the original American release according to the Mr. Men article. Can we agree to put some of these internal links in? I think they are encyclopaedic, if not high-brow. I look forward to hearing back from you. Kathybramley (talk) 13:31, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
The full history of the page is now displaying, not sure what happened. Please only reply to what you were responsible for - at the time of writing the above message yours was the only name I could see in the history. I am sorry. Kathybramley (talk) 14:00, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Really sorry - as I explained above your was the only name showing at first. I didn't intend it as 'accussation' more as a question of really seeking to understand what happened, but you had nothing to do with it. Again, I am really sorry and I hope you will forgive me. With friendly grovels...? Kathybramley (talk) 16:58, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Mary Washington Hospital
editPlease restore Mary Washington Hospital, you are welcome to take it to AFD. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 22:22, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Hospital
editYikes! I was hoping there was more, but I think I can do it justice.
Questionable edit
editI saw your edit to Lavash. I reverted the addition of a few tags you added, each of them in a separate edit and with stated reason. Why do you call reliable sources unreliable? Do you have a point perhaps? Debresser (talk) 18:15, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
Warning
editI started looking at some more of your edits, and I saw what you did to Pincus for example. You removed completely uncontested and reliable info, just because it had no source. You didn't ask for a source by adding a tag, you didn't raise a question on the talk page. And the information was easily sourced, after all. It seems to me you are applying Wikipedia's WP:V incorrectly. Please reevaluate your edits on Wikipedia. Debresser (talk) 18:25, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I just reverted this edit of yours to this article:[8]. I'm sorry to say I classified it as vandalism, as I couldn't see any good-faith reason for it. If I was wrong to do so, please explain your edit on the talk page: how exactly could Mohammed Atta be considered a 'perpetrator' of the 1996 incident? Robofish (talk) 22:32, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
- For the record, I'll just add I had no problem with this edit of yours two days ago to the same article:[9]. That edit was entirely correct: the article should never have been in those categories. Robofish (talk) 22:35, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for your explanation of your edit. I understand why you did it now, and I accept it wasn't intended as vandalism - sorry for making that accusation. I think you're right that it would be best to leave Atta out of the article entirely - the stuff about him belongs in a different article, not that one.
- I hadn't actually noticed that by reverting your edit, I'd also restored the 'Qana massacre' title to the infobox as well - that was a mistake, it shouldn't be there. I'll be more careful with how I use the rollback tool in future. Robofish (talk) 00:40, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Is there a way to just move a section, then?
editSplitting the article is the protocol with large tornado outbreaks from what I understand and what I understood when I was a more regular editor. Is there a way to move specifically a section so that the history of just that section is retained? Inferno, Lord of Penguins
- In any case, it's too late to revert myself as the list page has accumulated a history itself. I obviously am not an administrator, but is there a way I can help out with the history merge that needs to be done? Also, how would I go about splitting articles in situation like this in the future so I don't mess up again? Inferno, Lord of Penguins 20:47, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
I went on ANI to find out what should be done, and was told that no history merge was needed and that what I did was fine, per WP:SPLIT. Inferno, Lord of Penguins 00:11, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Tram, Kentucky
editMy edits weren't based on a misunderstanding of the USGS listings; they were primarily based on the fact that Tram (and the other places I changed) are not listed in the 2010 census gazetteer of places in Kentucky or the 2010 population tables, which include all other new CDPs such as Auxier. My mention of the USGS listings was based on the census class codes; note for Auxier the census class code is U5, for a census-designated place, but for Tram the census class code is U6, for an unincorporated place which is not a census-designated place. I'm not sure why the GNIS has listings for census-designated places which aren't recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau, but it appears to be a mistake on the part of USGS. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 17:18, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
- My source that they aren't CDPs is their absence from the census gazetteer and population counts, which contain all places included in the 2010 census. The gazetteer also includes places from the 2000 and 1990 censuses, and Tram isn't listed their either. Besides, considering the USGS source is a list of "New Census Designated Places" submitted in 2010, it is unlikely to be from an earlier census. Since census-designated places are by definition places which are identified by the Census Bureau, the fact that the places aren't included in the census gazetteer or its population counts means they are not CDPs in 2010. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 20:16, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Alt names
editI think alt names for cities are fascinating, but just like New York City's lede doesn't mention New Amsterdam, this kind of information should be in the history section. As a good comparison, Istanbul does mention Constantinople and Byzantium in the lede, but that's because the city was very well known for those names in earlier eras. Bakersfield is not comparable in that regard, so I moved the additional names to the history section. --Bobak (talk) 23:23, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
The article Wangtang, Guilin has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- only source is GEOnet, which is not reliable. No pinpoint named "Wangtang" found in the vicinity of the coordinates given, on Google Earth.
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Wangtang, Guilin
editIf you want to avoid trouble like that in the future (for towns, townships, and villages in China), then I suggest you do one of the following: 1) add Chinese at the very top of the article. 2) List the county-level division that the settlement is in. And, after reading WP:NC-ZH#Administrative, title the article appropriately 3) Add coordinates independent of any possible bullshit GEONet could give you.
Even though many of these were created in 2009, that is not an excuse for their abysmal quality and as an admin with the number of edits you have, you should know better. —HXL's Roundtable and Record 13:45, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
- Gee, I think the above is, hmm, regrettable? Let's all try to get along. Thank you, your friend, GeorgeLouis (talk) 15:54, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Nomination of Wangtang, Guilin for deletion
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Talkback
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Census . . .
editHello. I hope you are having as fine an evening as I am. I just wondered where you are getting the census information you have recently added to some of the pages I've been following ??? Any info would be appreciated. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 04:03, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
- What I meant was, who determined the boilerplate text that you are inserting. Who wrote it in the first place? Was there discussion? Where? Can the boilerplate be changed? How? Why is "White" capitalized? Stuff like that. Yours in Wikidom, GeorgeLouis (talk) 19:27, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
- Hello, again. I really must protest the boilerplate. Your are capitalizing white, which should be lower-cased, and you are giving the amount of the ocean or rivers or lakes or whatever to areas that are almost completely dry. Also you are using a percent symbol (%) in text when it should be in a word, percent. Now I have to go through all the articles I am watching and correct everything. I asked you before how to protest this, but have received no reply. Sincerely, still your pal, GeorgeLouis (talk) 02:33, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Since "White" is the official census category for race, it should be capitalized. [[10]] Please as you are going thru your articles correct to the proper capitalization. TY! — DocOfSoc • Talk • 23:20, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
- Carlos, I appreciate all the census work you are doing, you deserve a Barnstar when I can find the right one! KUDOS! — DocOfSoc • Talk • 23:17, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
East Compton naming
editNote the discussion I just began at: Talk:East Rancho Dominguez, California#article_naming. tedder (talk) 22:46, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
California Barnstar
editThe California Star. | ||
This barnstar is for updating city articles with the 2010 Census date. Will Beback talk 01:23, 4 June 2011 (UTC) |
- That's my Will! The perfect Barnstar I was looking for! my (talk page stalker)s, especially Will, are awesome, as are you Carlos. When you see this Barnstar, picture my name on it for you too! Happily — DocOfSoc • Talk • 01:50, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
flags in infoboxes
editI respect your belief that flags make an article prettier. However, aesthetics are in the eye of the beholder. The Wikipedia manual of style specifically discourages the use of flags in infoboxes. As it says at MOS:FLAG, they are unnecessarily distracting and give undue prominence to one field among many. Please stop adding flags to infoboxes. —Stepheng3 (talk) 18:03, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
It does, absolutely. And its a complete contradiction when we see thousands of articles which tons of flags in them. Personally I think the country parameters of infoboxes look odd without flags and bare and can I change Peru or something to Peru. An editor persisently reverted the changes you made to MOS fFLAG. Its a joke that some people cite it as a guideline when there is no consensus.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:20, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
See User talk:Bobrayner#Flags. I've put the flag templates up for deletion. Perhaps the reuslt of the TFD will make the stance clearer on whether flags are desirable or not. Could I live without flags, yes, but the biggest thing I hate is double standards and people citing guidelines when they are contradicted enmasse in such a scale.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:18, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
Ajabaj
editHi Carlos,
I am attempting to deorphan the Ajabaj article you created and I am running into some difficulty. The article states that Ajabaj is a town in Syunik Province, but the Syunik Province article states that there are only 109 communities in the province, all of which are listed, and Ajabaj is not in that list. Are towns different from communities in Armenia? If so, could a list of non-community towns be added to the Syunik Province article?
Neelix (talk) 18:14, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
- Hi Carlos,
- Thank you for responding so quickly to my question and for updating the corresponding articles. How would you feel about the articles about the villages of Nor Astghaberd being merged into the Nor Astghaberd article? Neither of these articles consists of more than a few sentences, so all the present information would easily fit on one short article.
- Hi Carlos,
- My concern is that Ajabaj, Getishen, and Vocheti are all orphans without any apparent articles that could meaningfully link to them. If they were merged, the coordinates could simply be stated in the body text of the article rather than being pinpointed on a map; the differences in location are not very large anyway. The other option is to create a navbox that links to all the villages in the raion of Kapan divided by community, but that would necessitate determining the community that each village belongs to.
I am still waiting for that apology . . .
edit. . . or maybe you missed this on my Talk Page: CarlosSuarez, "please be a doer"? That is just insulting. By writing a message I am "doing" something. If you care to look at my record, I think you will see plenty of "doing." I await your apology. Yours, GeorgeLouis (talk) 01:00, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 21:41, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
2010 census data
editThanks for updating so many articles with the latest census data. I appreciate your hard work. Best regards, —Stepheng3 (talk) 17:04, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
- You've already been receiving barnstars and notes of appreciation for your updating of articles with census data, but I just also had to thank you for your diligence. I have a lot of these cities on my watchlist and always see your name come up with your latest update. Your work is very much appreciated. 72Dino (talk) 16:42, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
Nomination of Wangtang (northwest of Guilin), Guangxi for deletion
editA discussion is taking place as to whether the article Wangtang (northwest of Guilin), Guangxi is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wangtang (northwest of Guilin), Guangxi until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
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Thanks...
edit...for creating Wolf, Nevada County, California. I had left it as a red link in the Wolf (disambiguation) page for years as a lacuna hoping to attract someone to fill it in. Red link items are a no-no on WP:MOSDAB, and made me worried and embarassed. That disambiguation page has been "my baby" for some time and I hated to leave a red link like that, so today I feel like a collector who just collected the coveted last piece of a set. Chrisrus (talk) 05:14, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
- Say, I was thinking....do you think it would be helpful to a user if each "Wolf, CA" articles mentioned the other somehow? Something like a "not to be confused with" statement, maybe a hatnote, or a link to the disambiguation page subsection, or the independant disambiguation page Wolf, California, or some other such thing? The reason I mention it is, there seems to me to be a high likelyhood of there being some user confusion when there is such a thing as two places with the same name in the same state. Not sure what to do about it, though! Chrisrus (talk) 05:31, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for creating Collierville, California
editHi Carlossuarez46, I see that you recently created the new article Collierville, California. It would be great if you could also edit the related article Atlanta, California. As you know, Wikipedia is always a work in progress. So its nice to see you editing. Hope you stick around! Let me know if I can be of any help and I’ll do my best! Thank you, Sapphirebit (talk) 19:52, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
La Palma 2010 demographics figures errors
editI have totally changed the reading of the 2010 La Palma, California demographics figures for two reason. First off it makes no sense to list the number of people in each racial group instead of the percentages. Percentages are the better way to go. However I am pointing this out to you for the second reason, that is that you made statements about the data that are not supported by the data. Specifically you do not know how many of the various Asian populations sub-groups, such as Koreans, may or may not have been part of the 0.3% of the population that was Asian and Hispanic or Latino. You are mixing and misreading your sources. For all you know all 0.3% of the Hispanic Asian are Korean. On the other hand for all you know absolutly none of them are Korean. You can not legitimately list the Korean population when specifying the non-Hispanic or Latino population of La Palma, or in fact any place that has any Hispanic or Latino Asians.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:25, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
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Percentages
editHello, I have a few California cities on my watch list. I noticed the work that you are doing to update census data and add percentages of racial and ethnic groups. I noticed, and I just wanted to say thank you for the work that you are doing to improve this wonderful encyclopedia. I hate to repeat myself, but I must. Again, thank you. Cullen328 (talk) 06:47, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
- Just so that you know that your work is noticed and appreciated. Cullen328 (talk) 06:50, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia University Program
editHello, I contacted you a few weeks ago about your work updating census data and keeping racial and ethnic statistics distinct. I am now contacting you about another issue. Last semester, I served as a Wikipedia online ambassador to college classes using Wikipedia as a teaching tool. I am now at a conference in Boston planning significant expansion in the coming academic year. I am now in a meeting with California participants. I am not sure whether you are a Californian, but am curious whether you may know any Wikipedians who might want to get involved with this project, or if you know of any college professors who might be interested in incorporating Wikipedia into their classes. The Wikimedia Foundation is providing substantial support to this effort, and it is growing fast. Please let me know if you have any interest. Cullen328 (talk) 21:59, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
Discussion of editing conventions for census topics
editHi. With the 2010 Census data becoming a focus for a lot of editing activity, I think we need a US-wide discussion of editing conventions. I've started this at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject United States, which I think is an appropriate venue for it. First topic there is Describing/naming census designated places. Please participate in that discussion, if you see fit, and add more topics. --Orlady (talk) 19:01, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
Demographic Additions to Vista, CA
editAre you sure you want to add all that information for the city? It seems like it overwhelms the article to have so much information, all of which is easily available at the link, and which any researcher would need to visit anyway if s/he were looking to confirm. I understand that it meets the technical standards to add it here, and I respect your substantial contributions in the community, so I'm not editing it or deleting, but please consider again whether it's appropriate or necessary. Regards, HenryBrooksAdams (talk) 02:18, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
Re: Flags
editWhere does it say that? —Stepheng3 (talk) 01:23, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
- I don't see where it says that infoboxes should have flag icons in them. What are the exact words and where would I find them? —Stepheng3 (talk) 17:53, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
- Now that I look closer, I see a footnote that you added yourself on June 13th. Was this the result of a discussion? If so, I'm sorry I missed it. I wonder what would happen if I reverted you? —Stepheng3 (talk) 19:59, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
- Carlos, I found your response rather harsh. If I've offended you, I apologize. Clearly, MOSFLAG is an area where good-faith editors can have honest differences of opinion as to what's best for the encyclopedia and its users.
- Like most editors, I am primarily motivated by a desire to improve the encyclopedia. I've been using {{Infobox settlement}} regularly since at least 2009. Now I feel caught in the crossfire, and it's uncomfortable for me. I'm not interested in sabotaging any discussion, but I reserve the right to disagree in a respectful fashion.
- That said, I searched the edit history of Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geography back to 2007. I didn't find the discussion in question, but that's probably because I didn't know what to look for. I would appreciate a pointer of some sort. Sorry to be so burdensome, —Stepheng3 (talk) 04:47, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
- Carlos, I think perhaps you misunderstood me. I'm looking for the extensive discussion that justified you creating this project-wide exception to MOSFLAGS. The discussion you pointed me to does not mention the Manual of Style or any of the six other infoboxes covered by the exception, nor does it explain why flags are desired in {{Infobox settlement}}. I don't see any connection between those performance issues back in March 2010 (which were solved by Xeno in June 2010) and the current sense of MOSFLAGS, which dates from December 2010. —Stepheng3 (talk) 23:40, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
- Carlos, I know about the bug-fix; I was involved, and I think it's a red herring. You haven't answered my question. Where is the "long discussion" on which your exception to MOSFLAG was based? —Stepheng3 (talk) 17:28, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
- I, too, find our dialog frustrating. Since I'm not trying to change any guidelines, just implement them, I don't feel any need to start RFC.
- I've done more research, and here's the sequence of events, as I see it:
- There was a long-standing practice of including flag icons in geographical infoboxes such as {{Infobox settlement}}, particularly for settlements outside the United States, though of course it was never done 100% consistently. I'm not aware of any serious public discussion of this practice prior to 2010; it was merely the status quo.
- Attempts to parse the subdivision_name= parameter in {{Infobox settlement}} eventually led to performance concerns, which were raised by Wikid77 in March 2010. Wikid77 suggested removing all the flag icons, but Xeno told him not to bother because the concern was being addressed through template changes and a bot request. The MOS was not mentioned, but neither was any rationale given for including flag icons in {{Infobox settlement}}.
- When the bot finished its work in June 2010, the performance issue was closed.
- In December 2010, there was a brief discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (icons) about avoiding flags in infoboxes for individuals. No geographical infoboxes were mentioned. Jpatokal added a blanket prohibition at MOSFLAG against flags in infoboxes, which was ignored by WikiProject Geography.
- In February, the new MOSFLAG guideline came to my attention when Gnevin requested deletion of all flags from {{Geobox}}. This seemed non-controversial and was quickly implemented.
- In early June, you were adding 2010 census data for California cities and CDPs in a big way (thank you again for that) and changing the subdivision_name= to {{USA}} in every article you touched.
- On June 10th, I asked you not to add the flag icons, pointing you to MOSFLAG. You said you would update MOSFLAG to reflect that {{Infobox settlement}} was an exception. You did, but were promptly reverted. You started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (icons).
- On June 13th, you quietly added a footnote to Wikipedia:WikiProject Geography indicating that there was a project-wide exception to MOSFLAG.
- On July 9th, I saw that MOSFLAG had not been successfully changed. I began removing flag icons from {{Infobox settlement}}, mostly ones you'd added the month before.
- On July 19th, you asked me to stop remove flag icons, and I did so. We began the current dialog.
- I suspect that you misled me when you claimed that your June 13th edit "was the result of a long discussion" and have been trying to understand where you were coming from. We don't seem to be getting anywhere.
- Reading the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (icons), I see that there's considerable disagreement about whether MOSFLAG should apply to {{Infobox settlement}}. The arguments on both sides seem to boil down to matters of taste. I am keeping out of it.
- Best regards,—Stepheng3 (talk) 19:19, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
- I'm not in a mood collaborate more closely with you. Rest assured that I'll continue contributing in ways which give me satisfaction. —Stepheng3 (talk) 21:26, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
- I just noticed that the documentation for {{Infobox settlement}} says "don't add flag icons or flag templates in this field", a prescription which has been in place since February 2009. —Stepheng3 (talk) 06:34, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
- I'm communicating with you, just not collaborating directly. Sorry if I bothered you, —Stepheng3 (talk) 20:57, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
- I just noticed that the documentation for {{Infobox settlement}} says "don't add flag icons or flag templates in this field", a prescription which has been in place since February 2009. —Stepheng3 (talk) 06:34, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
- I'm not in a mood collaborate more closely with you. Rest assured that I'll continue contributing in ways which give me satisfaction. —Stepheng3 (talk) 21:26, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
- Carlos, I know about the bug-fix; I was involved, and I think it's a red herring. You haven't answered my question. Where is the "long discussion" on which your exception to MOSFLAG was based? —Stepheng3 (talk) 17:28, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
- Carlos, I think perhaps you misunderstood me. I'm looking for the extensive discussion that justified you creating this project-wide exception to MOSFLAGS. The discussion you pointed me to does not mention the Manual of Style or any of the six other infoboxes covered by the exception, nor does it explain why flags are desired in {{Infobox settlement}}. I don't see any connection between those performance issues back in March 2010 (which were solved by Xeno in June 2010) and the current sense of MOSFLAGS, which dates from December 2010. —Stepheng3 (talk) 23:40, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
- Now that I look closer, I see a footnote that you added yourself on June 13th. Was this the result of a discussion? If so, I'm sorry I missed it. I wonder what would happen if I reverted you? —Stepheng3 (talk) 19:59, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
Carlos, I do not see anywhere in the infobox template where we should be posting flagicons. To the contrary WP:MOSFLAG says don't add flags. The edit summary you added for Corona, California said WP:GEOGRAPHY, but that is simply the project page -- it does not serve as a guideline. The settlement infobox template has a line for a flag, which I read as applying to the flag of the particular settlement. It does not suggest adding flags for the higher levels of government. What are your thoughts?--S. Rich (talk) 00:06, 11 February 2012 (UTC) You know what? I see the footnote on the Project page about MOS:FLAG not applying to geographic infoboxes. And I suppose a settlement qualifies. Well, the Project page is not the best place for such guidance, so I think I'll initiate some changes on the settlement template & MOS page. 00:24, 11 February 2012 (UTC) One more note -- I've started a topic on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geography 00:50, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Carlos, I kinda regret bringing up the topic on the Geography Project talk page -- my real object was to get the discussion going (again) on the appropriate MOS page. The importance of this issue is slightly less than a hill of beans, but to assist editors who what to fiddle with settlement infobox template guidelines, my goad is that we resolve the issue on the template or MOS pages, not the geography project page. Will you assist please? E.g., let's find an appropriate page to discuss this burning issue and get editors to focus in on that particular page. Thanks.--S. Rich (talk) 04:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Noting a few recent edits on the Infobox document page, I've started a discussion here: Template_talk:Infobox_settlement#flagcons_in_settlement_infoboxes.--S. Rich (talk) 02:40, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
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MOS
editLooks great, good job on that. I will look into it more tomorrow see if I can think of anything.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:05, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
Looks excellent.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:29, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
Question
editBonsoir,
J'ai obtenu les superficies directement depuis les pages dédiées aux communautés sur les sites des régions (Marzer), quand ces sites les donnaient, en constatant souvent des irrégularités (parfois des hectares, parfois des km2). Malheureusement, tous ces sites semblent down ce soir.
Sardur (talk) 21:53, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- No problem, but if you wanna contact me, you'd rather post on my WP:fr talk page, as I'm not so present here anymore. Sardur (talk) 22:26, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- I installed "Armenian National Language Support 2.0 for Windows", which is probably the reason why they are rendered. Sardur (talk) 05:36, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
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2010 Census info (changes)
editHi. You might want to check out some edits from 75.36.131.58. They seem to be making changes to how the 2010 census info is presented after you've added it. I'm not sure whose version would be (more) correct but I thought you should take a look. Killiondude (talk) 21:12, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
- These changes are a lot like those made by another IP: 75.36.142.226. Was any consensus ever reached on how the 2010 Census should be handled? --Hjal (talk) 04:43, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
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Median Income on city/town pages
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A barnstar for you!
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For your prolific new articles on Californian settlements, past and present and taking the initiative to start the Districts of Iran. Keep it up Carlos! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:56, 12 August 2011 (UTC) |
Mmm, to be honest I was not aware that there were districts of Iran, I of course knew of the counties. This does complicate the templates as the districts should really be linked in them as well as the major cities. Could split by county but would probably mean too many templates need to be made.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:22, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
Can you check Danesfahan and Esfarvarin?♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:27, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
Check coordinates for Abgarm, they are at Sagz-Abad at the moment. Please fix. cheers.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:33, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
If there was one country I could have selected for somebody to develop and to make more consistent it would have been Iran. SO very pleased you are working on it and given the great lengths you went to in getting Azerbaijan all started, I'm sure you'll see this through too. Thankyou Carlos, this is great work you are doing.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:50, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
Aside from China, and possibly Russia, I actually think Iran is missing more sizeable towns than any country on here, certainly by population. In fact we are literally missing hundreds of cities I think, which is rare, given I've gone through most countries and tried to ensure we at least have articles on cities and major towns.. Most countries already have articles on the cities, just most of the small towns and villages are missing... Some of these are really big towns on google maps! ♦ Dr. Blofeld
Oh we have most over 100,000 except China, but I'm talking about towns between 5000 and 100,000 in Iran.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:22, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
Yes an infobox to go in the county articles and district articles would be a good idea. I'll do one county and district for you to copy the infoboxes from.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:31, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
OK copy Karaj County infobox for counties and Central District (Minudasht County) infobox for districts.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:46, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
User:Alborz Fallah is good with Persian translations. No idea I'm afraid. Template looks great though and look forward to seeing you progress.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:41, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
Iran
editHi, Carlossuarez 46. فارسی میکنه؟ دست شما درد نکنه -- Takabeg (talk) 05:23, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
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I don't like the term "National Merit" :)) Anyway I thank you for your priceless contribution. Takabeg (talk) 22:17, 1 September 2011 (UTC) |
Iran villages
editHi, Carlossuarez 46.Takabeg said you want a list of Iranian villages in English alphabet.I hope this site[11] can help you, however If you have trouble in a certain village name , I'll transliterate it for you.--Orartu (talk) 11:17, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
Image. That's odd it shows up as a red link. Ask User:Plastikspork.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:14, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
Coords look wrong for Barf Anbar. Please check. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:55, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
Have you looked at it on google maps? Wikimapia and google suggest they are two settlements Sangbaran and Khamesloo. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:37, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
Are you going to do all of the town and villages in Iran once the cities and districts are done? Do you have data?♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:49, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
That would be awesome Carlos. I suppose when you start on the villages you'll create templates by county?♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:53, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Should be fine... So long as you can identify the type of settlement..♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:59, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
What's this? Isn't the template a little on the large side to be open?♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:37, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
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Psychology cats?
editI just noticed your comment. What did you mean by psychology? You mean the categories?Curb Chain (talk) 11:50, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Gülablı
editHi Carlos. Could you possibly comment on the requested move in Gülablı since you have created hundreds of articles on Azerbaijan? Much appreciated. Tuscumbia (talk) 17:32, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you taking time to comment. Tuscumbia (talk) 17:44, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
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Pictures
editIf you can give me the urls of all the images than can be uploaded I will see what I can do.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:45, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
No use unless there are labels on the map, and 84 labels would look horrendous..♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:49, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
You got anything on Tankaman, Alborz? Actually its a substantial town on google maps that's why asked. I was fishing for a population figure yes. I'll start it in a minute, sorry to disrupt your pattern, very big village... ♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:47, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
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There's an open edit request for this template. Seeing as you are both the author and the protecting admin, I thought you'd like to have a look. IMO this needs completely reformatted, and there was no need for premature protection. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) - talk 10:14, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
Flagging error
editI was just flagged for edit waring on that The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills page also, along with several others, all of whom just left Puppet dude a message. When I clicked on his talk page I was directed to a sandbox. (??) Hope he gets his act together. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 19:22, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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You are doing great in Iranian geographical names Alborz Fallah (talk) 15:42, 6 November 2011 (UTC) |
Excellent job! Don't worry about the 20% without coordinates just add a coord missing|Iran to them. Look forward to seeing all the new templates too.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:07, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
Can I help?
editSure I can read Persian . Sometimes if there are not phonetic markers and the word is not familiar , it seems to be difficult to read the word correctly (same as English) . I think the word you mentioned can be read as Do Rak . Do like do it . Rak like back.--Alborz Fallah (talk) 16:38, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
- I will do my best . My thanks .--Alborz Fallah (talk) 16:42, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
I'll try to get them bot uploaded, not doing all them manually!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:29, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Nice start on the villages. I'd recommend creating Populated places in xxx county categories though.20:11, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks
editThank you for the correction on the UNESCO list (by year of inscription)
- Behistun Inscription in (Iran) cheers.
Oops!
editSorry about that. Since Kermanshah's in Iran, I put in the Cities in Iran category as well. Yeah, I've since learned to keep those categories simple. Thanks for telling me! - Alvin Seville (talk) 00:02, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
Qolian, Lorestan which county? The article doesn't say Azna but the infobox does?♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:18, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Nav boxes all say Azna County...♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:37, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Makes no sense to format the county templates like that with not even 1/4 of the width to list the villages. Much better to link them like Template:Aligudarz County.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:42, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
It doesn't matter, that's less important than having a template as long as the Empire State building.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:49, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
I am all for comprehensive templates like the Armenian ones etc but it would be ridiculous to have 1500 articles linked in a template!! At least if there are going to be a lot of districts you should make optimum use of the width of the pages!! I've addressed it here. My eeling is that if the templates are going to be that long you should use shrinkable sub section templates like the Serbian monasteries one. When the template starts to approach x 20 the length of the article it becomes an issue, especially as you are against shrinkable templates...♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:55, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
Ah its my browser, I just looked on standard on Safari browser and it is indeed 3/4. That's fine. Trust me on my browser the template looks ridiculous and covers less than 1/4 of the width!! If the template is going to be twice or more times as long though perhaps you would consider shrinkable sections like the Serbian monastery template. You can't link 1500 articles without shrinking something!! Not sure though you you put up with the tiny text on standard, doesn't it ever bore you?♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:02, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
My eyesight is good at least for the screen too, but I just find the standard font boring, I use Gabriola font at the moment..♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:16, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
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Districts of Costa Rica and Paraguay
editHola Carlos, I have seen you in Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_number_of_edits and you are the first with a Spanish looking username. Do you know anyone that could help with creating articles for the Districts of Costa Rica and the Districts of Paraguay? I think infoboxes should be added as well as categories. Felipe Montero (talk) 02:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Your recent RFC response
editHello. I wonder if I could ask you to move your recent comment from Talk:Circumcision#Description of the RFC to Talk:Circumcision#RfC comments, which seems to be the intended place for responses. Thanks! Jakew (talk) 18:27, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Romania
editThank you for your helpful edits
editHello and thank you for adding to the article I created: List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_by_year_of_inscription I am trying to get it linked to more pages, but at least one editor feels it should be more complete first. cheers. Bruinfan12 (talk) 13:57, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
A cheeseburger for you!
editThought you might be hungry after all of your hard work! I have to say I admire you for doing this. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 00:28, 1 February 2012 (UTC) |
Oakland (near Madison), Lauderdale County, Alabama
editI've assumed you simply put the wrong county name in the page title and have moved Oakland (near Madison), Lauderdale County, Alabama, which you created, to Oakland (near Madison), Limestone County, Alabama (and db-r3'd the resulting redirect) per the USGS page cited. Thought I might leave you a note in case I misinterpreted something. Cheers,—Ketil Trout (<><!) 22:22, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
MSU Interview
editDear Carlos,
My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
So a few things about the interviews:
- Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
- Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
- All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
- All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
- The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.
Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.
If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.
Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 02:29, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
AMAA listed at Redirects for discussion
editAn editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect AMAA. Since you had some involvement with the AMAA redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Smylers (talk) 10:44, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Category:Taiwanese emigrants to the United States
editHi hello. Would the CfR be in any way relevant to the debate around the move from Republic of China to Taiwan (See Talk:Republic of China and Talk:Taiwan (disambiguation))? 218.250.159.25 (talk) 22:58, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
3rr warning on Template:Infobox settlement/doc
editYou have made more than three reverts in a 24-hour period and any other revert could result in being blocked from editing. I have asked you numerous times to start a talk page discussion to try and gain a consensus instead of continually reverting per WP:BRD. I once again ask that if you really want the information removed, you need to start a discussion. Aspects (talk) 05:18, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Nomination of American Airlines Flight 1561 for deletion
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The article Briniates has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Extreme one-sentence stub; arguably WP:DICDEF.
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The article Garuli has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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The article Lapicini has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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