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Hi Ocaasi, I am not sure how our conversation on my talk page became part of the ongoing discussion. My comments were addressed to you rather than for general sharing on the Astrology page - even though I know it was on the public domain. Anyway, if it is constructive, then that is great. I would still like to continue our conversation. Robertcurrey (talk) 23:02, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
In case you haven't noticed, I've moved the conversation about this image from Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2011 March 14 (which is used for evaluating text concerns) to Wikipedia:Non-free content review#File:Khalid-Saeed.jpg which is appropriate for the actual concerns here. VernoWhitney (talk) 21:07, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
Hey Ocaasi, how are you? I honestly cant believe I have fight for the 3rd time to keep the picture. I picture has been deleted twice already and resorted by two different admins. I have no way in getting in touch with Khaled's mom (his dad has passed away) because she is in Alexandria and I am sure if she even knows how to use the internet to send us an e-mail. But that's bullshit tho, me have many images of dead ppl, I honestly doubt that all of their families have sent us an e-mail saying its ok to use it. You can talk to SilverserenC about the picture. He has almost the same amount of info on the picture as i do. Today has been a bad for me as I had met a friend's family who lost their kid so I am sorry if I might have sound a bit like an a-hole. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 21:56, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Masrawy is Egyptian version The Huffington Post. Ahmed Ahmed is the person who wrote the article and the end of the article he gives attribution to Ayman Nour by stating "المصدر: تدوينات أيمن نور". Hopefully, u will find this information useful. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 02:15, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
I should have mention that Masrawy is not liberal, leftist or Islamist (I forgot the ppl think that "The Huffington Post" is left leaning or that most Egyptian sites are somehow Islamist (I am not taking about you, but ppl in genral)). In the article, it says "نقلا عن تدوينات د / ايمن نور" which could possibly means that Nour wrote it and Ahmed just republished it. I am 99% sure but its Arabic and we can interpret the text in so many different ways but again I am 99% sure that Nour wrote because it also says "حقيقة وفاة خالد شغلتنى عن شائعة وفاتى الكاذبة" which means "The facts behind the death of Khalid Saeed have distracted me from the rumors about the false rumors about my own death". There was a rumor that Nour had died and I had read a lot of his Blogs so I can tell its his style of writing (I can even hear his voice reading it, God I need to stop watching the NEWS for a while). I started the page about Khalid Saeed and I have it on my watch list. The arabic version is OK but the best one I have read in the one is Egyptian Arabic (Much more details although it lacks sources as most of the article in Egyptian Arabic do). -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 03:15, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
found it on his facebook account. and dude, feel free to ask about anything especially this photo. His death was such a shock to us due to this photo. Khaled was our youth version of the average joe in the middle class in Egypt. His death made many ppl think they or their kids could be next. that's why many ppl went out on the 25th. his death was the cause of our revolution, and helping you keep this photo his least I can do for him seeing how he gave many Egyptian (Myself included) our freedom. His the Egypian version of Mohamed Bouazizi. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 03:36, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
*facepalms* Now USchick is trying to make us go through all of the criteria again. Isn't this, like, the fifth time? SilverserenC 03:01, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello Gentlemen, thank you for taking this seriously. I think you're on the right track (not that I'm trying to encourage you.) Imho, if you're going to say something, you should at least know what you're talking about, and if you're going to link somewhere, it should be somewhere halfway credible. Any news organization in another country has to pass some sort of journalism criteria, even if it's very different from ours. Please make sure you do all the right things when you upload your images. :-) Many thanks and best wishes to The Egyptian Liberal! USchick (talk) 21:35, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ocaasi, What's the problem with using this image ? I love it, it's from a reliable source and there is nothing to translate. I'd like to point out that this image File:Khalid-Saeed.jpg is not the same as this image . The second one is a photo of two women holding posters and a flower. Do you see the difference?
The one site that I personally know and can say without a doubt is a RS is http://arbnews.net . I have no idea about the other sites. I mostly read Dostor, Shorouk News, arbnews.net, BBC arabia, Alarabiya and aljazeera when it news written in arabic so I cant tell you about the others. Sorry I couldnt be more helpful. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 00:19, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
I was wondering if you could help out with this. A constitutional referendum will be held soon in Egypt, and the image here describes what would follow either result. It's in Arabic, and I've been working with another editor to translate it to English. We've put that in annotations on the image's Commons page . But I can't handle anything beyond Paint, and we want to create a completely new image in English. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 19:54, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for telling me about the support thingy, I didnt know you could do it. People have asked be to before but I did not there was a rule against it. I am going to try to help with Khaled's article. Let me know if you need certain information that might not be available in English and I will see if I can find them. I hope we can get to GA son. I actually asked for peer view a while ago to see what needs to be done. BTW, I know the outcome of the referendum didnt go my way so the next 2 yrs (Not 6 months) are going to pretty crazy in Egypt. I am a bit freaked out to tell you the truth but still hopeful. I left Egypt after I voted and went back to work in the country where I live -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 04:32, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
Behavioral and Physical Treatments for Tension-type and Cervicogenic Headache Douglas C. McCrory, MD, MHSc Donald B. Penzien, PhD Vic Hasselblad, PhD Rebecca N. Gray, DPhil Duke University Evidence-based Practice Center Center for Clinical Health Policy Research 2200 W. Main Street, Suite 230 Durham, NC 27705
©2008, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Risk of Vertebrobasilar Stroke and Chiropractic Care Results of a Population-Based Case-Control and Case-Crossover Study J. David Cassidy, DC, PhD, DrMedSc,*†‡ Eleanor Boyle, PhD,* Pierre Coˆte´, DC, PhD,*†‡§ Yaohua He, MD, PhD,* Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, PhD,†§ Frank L. Silver, MD, FRCPC,¶_ and Susan J. Bondy, PhD†
INITIATED WITH CHIROPRACTIC DOCTOR VS MEDICAL DOCTOR/DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHY AS FIRST PHYSICIAN: EXPERIENCE OF ONE TENNESSEE-BASED GENERAL HEALTH INSURER Richard L. Liliedahl, MD,a Michael D. Finch, PhD,b David V. Axene, FSA, FCA, MAAA,a and Christine M. Goertz, DC, PhDc ABSTRACT Objective: The primary aim of this study was to determine if there are differences in the cost of low back pain care when a patient is able to choose a course of treatment with a medical doctor (MD) versus a doctor of chiropractic (DC), given that his/her insurance provides equal access to both provider types. Methods: A retrospective claims analysis was performed on Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee’s intermediate and large group fully insured population between October 1, 2004 and September 30, 2006. The insured study population had open access to MDs and DCs through self-referral without any limit to the number of visits or differences in copays to these 2 provider types. Our analysis was based on episodes of care for low back pain. An episode was defined as all reimbursed care delivered between the first and the last encounter with a health care provider for low back pain. A 60 day window without an encounter was treated as a new episode. We compared paid claims and risk adjusted costs between episodes of care initiated with an MD with those initiated with a DC. Results: Paid costs for episodes of care initiated with a DC were almost 40% less than episodes initiated with an MD. Even after risk adjusting each patient’s costs, we found that episodes of care initiated with a DC were 20% less expensive than episodes initiated with an MD. Conclusions: Beneficiaries in our sampling frame had lower overall episode costs for treatment of low back pain if they initiated care with a DC, when compared to those who initiated care with an MD. (J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2010;xx:1-4)
By Editorial Staff The Bishop, et al., "Chiropractic Hospital-based Interventions Research Outcomes (CHIRO) Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effectiveness of Clinical Practice Guidelines in the Medical and Chiropractic Management of Acute Mechanical Lower Back Pain," has been selected by The Spine Journal, the official journal of the North American Spine Society, to receive the 2010 Outstanding Paper Award for Medical & Interventional Science. In a letter to Dr. Bishop notifying him of the award, Spine Journal Editor-in-Chief Eugene Carragee, MD, noted that the paper will be published in an upcoming issue of the journal and requests that Dr. Bishop present the paper from the main podium during the NASS 25th Annual Meeting, Oct. 5-9, 2010 in Orlando, Fla. Outstanding Paper presentations will take place on Oct. 7. Dr. Bishop outlined the CHIRO study model in our November 2008 issue, explaining that the project is "a series of gold-standard, research-methodology clinical trials designed to evaluate the chiropractic assessment and treatment of patients with acute or chronic cervical, thoracic or lumbosacral spine pain stratified by underlying spine pathology. These studies are being carried out in a hospital-based, tertiary-care Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical Spine Program at Canada's National Spine Institute (ICORD) in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. All chiropractors have full hospital privileges [a first, according to Bishop] and work in a continuum-of-care model that involves related medical and surgical disciplines."
Thank you for your time and consideration. Let me know what else I can do for you to help keep the Wikipedia chiropractic web page more accurate and up-to-date. Bill Blueter112 (talk) 03:27, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
Blueter112 (talk) 03:32, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
@Blueter112, you make a statement here:
There are two matters here:
1. More deaths have been uncovered, but are mentioned in other sources. This isn't the only source that mentions deaths attributed to neck manipulation, nor does this one mention all of them.
2. An important source, which is a high quality review and should be used, is the following. It's the best study on the subject to date. It makes it clear that your statement is a gross exaggeration:
The graphs are interesting, especially Figure 2, where the type of practitioner was adjusted according to the findings by Terrett.
DCs were involved in a little more than 60% of all cases of injuries and deaths, and PTs were involved in less than 2% of all cases, with no deaths caused by PTs. Death occurred in 32 cases.
Before adjusting the numbers according to the findings by Terrett, it looked like DCs were involved in more cases than was actually the case. The revised figures made DCs look a very little bit better, but were still far too high. A casual glance at these numbers could lead to the partially incorrect conclusion, that manipulation, when performed by a chiropractor, is much more dangerous than when performed by other practitioners. No, that would not be entirely correct. They should be seen more as a reflexion of the fact that manipulation is most often performed by DCs.
Regardless of who performs the manipulation - the more it gets done, the greater the risk. Sooner or later someone is going to get hurt. It needs to be used much more judiciously, by whoever it is that uses it, than most DCs use it today. If a PT or MD were to use spinal manipulation in precisely the same way, extent and frequency that DCs do, they would be exposing their patients to the same risks that chiropractic patients are exposed to every day. The statistics would then reveal more injuries from PTs and MDs.
While the technique itself is potentially problematic, the attitude of most chiropractors towards it makes it doubly so when applied by them.
Here is a conclusion from the summary of the article above:
I suggest you read this Flatterworld (talk) 16:13, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
Ocaasi, thank you for defending my article about the list of women. :-) There's a new user editing the Egyptian Revolution page User talk:Ahmedfahmy1987 and he's making very bad edits. It may be a guy in Egypt with very poor English skills, so I don't want to revert and scare him (and start another evolution!) but would you please approach him and say something? Thanks, USchick (talk) 16:28, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Dear Ocaasi,
Please look at the Aesthetic Realism talk page. I reverted your changes because there is a very long, contentious history with this article and we don’t want to start another edit war by making casual changes, no matter how minor, without consensus. In fact, I agree with some of your changes, as you’ll see—but we need consensus from all.
If there no objections on the talk page after a week, I usually just post a note that I'm about to make the change to give everyone a last chance, then post.
Thank you. LoreMariano (talk) 14:55, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
If raising POV is premature, the comment is best directed to User:The Egyptian Liberal, as s/he was the first to raise it in her/his edit summary undoing my edit. Since s/he made the accusation, I felt it proper to reply.
If the category is so amorphous to incorporate some level of violence, then non-violent is probably the wrong title. Nevertheless with hundreds of dead on one side a dozen on the other, the capital described as a war zone, it takes "non-violent" to a whole new meaning (what would Gandhi think?), and makes the category sufficiently subjective to be useless. Non-violent is probably best reserved for those that were actually non-violent, e.g., Velvet Revolution: no mass violence, no deaths on either side, no war zones in the capital, etc. To label a something non-violent because it is less violent (than what? the Russian Revolution, the French Revolution) becomes a slippery slope that our categorization scheme cannot support without POV and subjectivity. Perhaps a better category would be along the lines of revolutions without the death of the head of state (clearly separating the Russian and French on the one hand from the Egyptian and Tunisian on the other) but still not requiring a death toll of zero. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 18:25, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Ocaasi,
I just pasted in [[User talk:Ocaasi|Ocaasi]] <sup>[[Special:Contributions/Ocaasi|c]]</sup>
to your unsigned April 3 (?) post on the Aesthetic Realism entry. I'm not sure that's exactly how to fix it, but I wanted it to reflect that it was your post before mine. I'm sure you have a better way of fixing it. Thanks. LoreMariano (talk) 20:43, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
I don't really understand what that user is doing with this account, because he claims to be editing from this IP address for "safety" but interchanges it freely with his "main" account such that its very obvious which anonymous wikipedia account he is to any casual observer. When he self-outed on my talk page I suggested this was probably not a helpful safety precaution for him & unnecessarily confusing for others, but he seems to have ignored / disagreed with this. Not really sure what to do about this beyond that but as he's either a) being unsuccessfully paranoid & juvenile (likley imho) or b) naively putting himself at risk of harm (very unlikey, but....) - either way I don't feel we should just drop the situation? Ajbpearce (talk) 22:26, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
Totally awesome. Lara 00:34, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
I'm not too keen on your insinuation that I'm being fleeced by the AR folk. I'll leave it to sources what is or is not happening. If you have good sources on the homosexuality issue, then great. If not, I can't take your word for it either way, since you are not an RS and you have an enormous COI, although I do respect what you have done to publicize your experience and opinions. Sources first, presumptions about other editors' motives or understanding can be left out. Cheers, Ocaasi c 06:31, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
Please, I really don't want to have this discussion here. As my Talk page says clearly, I don't want messages left there, so please stop leaving them. Please either discuss on the article's talk page, or email me from my website. You're also free to call me any time which can make the communication more efficient. As for your comments above, I think your comments evidence that there's still a lot that you're missing, but I'm just going to let it go. However, I will mention that the articles you dropped links to on my Talk page have actually already been on my own website for *years*, or else are on the Sources page, or else are completely worthless. For example, these are on my site:
These, and many other original source documents have been on my site for years. I hope you'll choose to learn a little bit more on the topic you're editing by browsing my site. There's tons of stuff there, in AR's own words, or in those of third parties, such as the above.
Your #6 is an article with no AR content.
You identify #'s 11 & 12 as being by AR people, but in fact #'s 7 & 8 are also by AR. The latter two are letters to the editor which unremarkable. It's helpful to see in #8 how the AR person repeatedly calls the reporter of an article a liar, because it shows the average person just how crazed the AR people are, though there's no way to use that in an article.
Your #12 is a throwaway op-ed by an AR person. They're a dime a dozen. They send letters and op-eds to newspapers all across America every week in this general format. "I was greatly affected to read about [some current event]. The great [poet|educator|historian|economist, pick one] Eli Siegel, founder of Aesthetic Realism, recognized this kind of problem when he said [blah blah blah]..."
Your #10 is already quoted extensively on the Sources page, though I just went ahead and added some more quotes anyway.
Your #11 was amusing because it has a reporter describing an Aesthetic Realist as "deranged", though again I don't know how we could use it, unless it were one if 10 footnotes we gave for the media describing AR in cultish terms. I added it to the Sources page.
If you find new, good sources, please put them on the Sources page, not a User Talk page.
Let me know (by email, or the ARTICLE's Talk page) if you'd like the text of any of the articles which were pay-walled, which I think qualifies as Fair Use. MichaelBluejay (talk) 08:27, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I saw your comment at Jimbo's talk page, I was just wondering what exactly is wrong with the less edit clutter tool? Thanks. - Kingpin13 (talk) 05:34, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
Scratch that, actually, seems to be okay with it put in my js page properly. Can you try it normally now? - Kingpin13 (talk) 07:18, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, if I can't replicate the problem I can't really help to fix it :(. At the moment everything seems to work for me. - Kingpin13 (talk) 13:10, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
What's up, I replied on the talk page. When you get a chance would be interested in your response--Babank (talk) 08:58, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
This series of edits, this, then this, are embarrassingly bad awful, especially the latter one, but the even first is just as bad since it was done with the second in mind to be done. Please accept my apologies. 173.75.81.106 (talk) 03:21, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
It might be a good time to move on to other article subject areas, for reasons previously stated regardin use of IPs, which you might want to consider doing yourself. Someone recently started vandalizing my edits on other articles. A recent edit about Freud in the bad faith article, plus self reflection stimulated by comments by you and some others, plus an inherent interest in multiple minds, multiple identities (non-individuated), near death experiences and immortality (a la John Perry of Stanford), all related to the Singularity, have stimulated me to finally get around to reading my hard copy Freud books I bought years ago, and read the giant pile of books related to the Singularity and the Extended mind in my Amazon Kindle. I only started editing at alt med because someone told me not to, as it was "too difficult", so it seemed like a good place to learn about editing (and it turned out, about editors). I have been letting L2 and associated COIs undo all the RS content I put in at TCM. Since editing on alt med articles is about as interesting and fun as arguing with a creation scientist, and editing crime BLPs is even less interesting, I fear if I leave these areas of editing and go on to what is actually fun, and not just educational about editing, I will never come back, and all the RS I gathered and put in the articles will be lost in the deletions, and the larger contexts from the intense reading will especially be lost from my own memory. Should I try to put back the deleted relevant RS content in TCM while I still remember the context and content, or just leave it and go have fun doing editing in more interesting areas? PPdd (talk) 14:27, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Ocaasi, could you clarify whether you were referring to me as a troll on User talk:Ludwigs2? In fact Captain Occam's statement probably contravenes his extended topic ban. It was ill-advised and could affect any appeal he wishes to make to ArbCom next month. As for Ludwigs2, he has already been warned now on Wikipedia Talk:NPA by one of the drafting arbitrators not to edit that page during the AE arbcom case. You might be having lots of fun, but please don't do so at my expense. Thanks, Mathsci (talk) 20:39, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Here is a short and simple paper you might find useful to use as a citation in some places. PPdd (talk) 14:44, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ocaasi, If you get this message twice it's because my first post disappeared. Can you please weigh in on the discussion here. The ip seems to temper his tendencies with your input. His changing dynamic IP address makes it hard to communicate with him. Most people know who is doing it and some have lodged complaints about him using multiple accounts. I think he means well, but he seems to have a dog in the race on this issue. Anything you can do to help everyone reach consensus would be greatly appreciated. Cheers to you! --Warriorboy85 (talk) 18:20, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
I have created a first cut at a smart watchlist. Please see User talk:UncleDouggie/smart watchlist.js. —UncleDouggie (talk) 08:47, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
I undid that edit. It talks about the name is certain days while the section deals with the name of the article.
Life is good. BTW, I dont live in Egypt. I wasnt even there during the revolution (even I would have loved to be there making history). I went there during the vote on the referendum so I can vote and left after I did. I was in Benghazi for a couple of days (just came back today) to try to help people there as part of a humanitarian aid. I couldnt take photos there (forgot my camera) but the protesters/rebels are very determine to get Qadaffi out of there ASAP. I also believe that the death toll is much higher than we all think (its in the 10s of thousands). Going be busy work for the next couple of days but I will a bit more free afterwards. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 05:14, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, I was confused. I thought it was the part about the MB's support not ElBaredei. I trust it and you can re-add it if you want however you think. The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 16:33, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Unrelated to above: Can you update the Mubarak's page (more sources and a sentence or two more) and help us edit Trials and judicial hearings following the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Thanks -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 15:30, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
I am a Wikipedian, who is studying the phenomenon on Wikipedia. I need your help to conduct my research on about understanding "Motivation of Wikipedia contributors." I would like to invite you to a short survey. Please give me your valuable time, which estimates only 5 minutes. cooldenny (talk) 19:07, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello. You have a new message at User talk:UncleDouggie/smart watchlist.js's talk page. Leaving this as you might miss it on your poor old unadorned watchlist. :-) —UncleDouggie (talk) 07:58, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi, thank you for your very kind comments about me at Lambanog's talk page. You are right with what you say there. Thank you though for saying it. To be honest, I needed to see a comment like yours right about now. Thanks again, --CrohnieGalTalk 13:55, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
The references need clean up, which I believe you acknowledged in the edit summary while creating the article. First of all, the Washington Times reference seems to be the content of the deleted article. It is a mirror and cannot be used as a reliable source.
Also, the book references should be cleaned up. I highly suggest using the ref toolbar. Take a minute or two and read about it and you should find it a lot easier to use. Also, to repeat existing refs, check this out Wikipedia:Referencing_for_beginners#Same_reference_used_more_than_once.
Thanks. --CutOffTies (talk) 19:26, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
Ocaasi, Here is another link that may be of interest. http://www.wordtrade.com/religion/worldreligion/mysticismR.htm Use EDIT/FIND..Segal to get to the text of this page (about half way down the PAGE). I didn't know where this may fit in.
I also put the pages for her graduation of Ph.D. in Psychology (1991) following WLU's delete message. I called the school and asked for the alumni records. WLU would/should reintegrate the school. The school is in wikipedia Wright Institute. I added her to the notable alumni list. I really like the work you have done. Cheers Vanlegg (talk) 21:51, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello... thanks for your note, and for the work at Chuck. Unfortunately, the fan petition issue surfaces quite frequently when a series - especially one that is sci-fi or similar in nature - is on the edge or cancelled. The general practice is to avoid mentions of these campaigns until such time as they demonstrate independent notability. (This was the case at Jericho as well.) In the case of Chuck, the first petition became notable when it succeeded in sustaining the series. However, this one has yet to grow beyond merely a fan action. Cheers. --Ckatzchatspy 20:39, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
Ocaasi, Here is another link that may be of interest. http://www.wordtrade.com/religion/worldreligion/mysticismR.htm Use EDIT/FIND..Segal to get to the text of this page (about half way down the PAGE). I didn't know where this may fit in.
I also put the pages for her graduation of Ph.D. in Psychology (1991) following WLU's delete message. I called the school and asked for the alumni records. WLU would/should reintegrate the school. The school is in wikipedia Wright Institute. I added her to the notable alumni list. I really like the work you have done. Cheers Vanlegg (talk) 21:45, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello sir this is sathya..That kalavai is one of the city near to my village...This weekend i am going to my village...I ll collect some more information about my village.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sathyapulse (talk • contribs) 16:39, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
I had updated some of the information about my village..see them too — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sathyapulse (talk • contribs) 17:50, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Can you please give your opinion to here? The want to delete the image of the protesters holding an image of Khaled Mohamed Saeed-- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 18:56, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
I hereby recognize you, Ocaasi, for all your anti-vandalism work and continued use of the STiki tool. You've classified over 4,000 edits! Additional thanks for watching my talk page(s) and all the suggestions you've put forth. While I personally thank you for your support, you've also done a lot of good for the community in the process. Keep up the good work, West.andrew.g (talk) 04:56, 20 April 2011 (UTC) |
Hi Ocassi. I like that Barnstar!
I have three quick questions:
1) Do you know why the the date stamp is not changing on your last post to the Aesthetic Realism talk page?
2) Are we ready to finalize/post subheading edits?
3) Finally, do you think we need a rouge admin? The Wikipedia Information Team offered to get us one. I declined, saying that there was no longer a dispute going on about the edit I objected to. Do you agree or do you think I should request that a rouge admin be assigned?
Thanks for all your help! LoreMariano (talk) 21:14, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
I revised my statement, per your suggestions. Sorry about that. I've been going thru this Kindergarten-type crap for months now, and its really a bad deal. Thanks again, though, for watching out for me.
Your grateful friend: Cliff L. Knickerbocker, MS (talk) 02:18, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Given the events of recent weeks, I have decided to leave Wikipedia, but before I go, I first wanted to tell you folks - my Wikifriends - goodbye.
When I came here, my goal with to write the best articles I could on all 45 or so recognized histological variants of lung cancer. There's no one else writing on these articles much, and with the new targeted therapies being highly linked to histological variants, I think these topics are some of the most important in cancer medicine.
I completed (90+% anyway) two articles that, content-wise, were as good as any paper out there. Yeah, they were kind of "Wiki-stinky" due to formatting, but they used every single paper I could find on the subjects. I'm proud of those, and intend to find some sort of other "online repository" like Wikipedia where I can work without some "linguistics nut", User:Kwamikagami, spending half his waking hours sticking dashes and such willy-nilly throughout my article titles, DIAMETRICALLY against EVERY international naming standard for lung malignancies in use since the Earth's crust cooled!
My tormentor won't seek consensus, or compromise, nor even debate with any degree of intellectual honesty. I'm SO ENRAGED about his crap every single day that I just cannot take it any more. The last "vote" on the issue in question was like 8-2 in my favor, yet the man tells me there was "clear consensus in his favor", or some idiocy like that, and refuses to do anything but keep screwing up the articles and refusing to clean up his mess.
He is a honcho, and I'm a flunky, so I'm just screwed. Thus I'm going to go elsewhere, I guess, and try there, because it would take me so much time to fight this out that, by then, I could have all 45 articles researched, drafted, completed, proofed, posted, and updated 63 times.
I wish all of you who stood by me the very, very best. I hope to hear from you down the road, if you ever want to yak about anything, or work together in some way. My e-mail is uploadvirus@yahoo.com, my phone is 618-922-3918.
Best of luck, and THANKS VERY MUCH for all your courtesy and help.
Good luck, Kwami - I hope getting your frickin' hyphens in all the cancer articles is worth it to you, and I hope you feel like you have done a FINE service to the community, and to the readers wanting info on these diseases, which KILL MILLIONS EVERY YEAR. Doubt if having a hyphen in there will reduced the mortality rate much, but HEY - you are the know-it-all, so YOU do the math. I'm sure that patients and researchers would NEVER have figured what disease they had, or were researching, without those precious hyphens you just INSIST are so critical to avoid "misunderstanding". Truck load of bovine dung THAT is, with all due respect sir. Enjoy!
With deep regret, I remain
Your friend and admirer: Cliff L. Knickerbocker, MS (talk) 03:14, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
I gotta get to bed, will post you tomorrow (and the same message to several others).
Just really quick though - I *know* I don't own the articles, what I *meant* was I have expanded the total content in that area (not counting lung cancer - just the variant forms) by probably 10 times, and increased quality. His arguments are TRUE vis-a-vis the punctuations, but they are trivial - nobody is going to make any mistake with or without the hyphen. He's just an egotist who wants to throw around his petty power. Its CRAP. I want to make the greatest lung cancer resource in the world, he wants to be an ass. Period.
Anyway, sorry you got involved. And I use caps for EMPHASIS :-) Know I shouldn't, but have been for 40 years.
Good night! TTYL.
Your buddy: Cliff L. Knickerbocker, MS (talk) 03:20, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi again - I am now very confused about the messages I am receiving and not sure how to interpret them- including one that said 'behavioural guideline'- did i not follow a guideline? also, there is an error on the original talk page- not sure how to correct it? In addition, should I change my user name?
As a non-techie person I am really completely confused. Is there anywhere i can sign in to have a real time coversation as we were doing before?
Also not sure if I am signing my name correctly. I am just adding the four tildes. Hope that's right,
Note. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 10:35, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Ocaasi. I have finished researching and writing a new single section covering all of the same material in the two sections in the Monitor Group article, and I have posted it on the Talk page. I have very carefully formatted the citations, and because the material was so long, I learned about "collapse boxes" and both the current and proposed versions of this material are now there. While my version is considerably shorter in length, I think it concisely covers all of the same ground, without going off track into needless details. Your help is really appreciated. Thanks, CanalPark (talk) 14:03, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
Not really. They say that they are with the revolution but they want people to stop protesting :S and the media keeps attacking the activists. For example, during the Zamalek SC, they claimed that the Football Hooligans were the protesters and this what revolution is all about, chaos. so that claim on the article is bullshit. I saw the wael's thing. He also joined IMF discussion panel few days ago were he took a shit on it and its director general, Dominique Strauss Kahn. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 16:33, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for inserting the photoRonvail (talk) 19:49, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Please note that I mean or want to suggest that you were the editor that I was referring in my comment here. --Ronz (talk) 15:56, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
I have not edited on Wikipedia yet but my question being if i make an edit with reliable sources and someone disagrees by reverting it back to articles original form and possibly reporting me and it.(Duceober (talk) 23:45, 23 April 2011 (UTC))
To me this doesn’t seem fair if content contained reliable sources and I do not think I should be reported. As I would have only been trying to contribute to article. Also wandered why it is when certain other people get to make edits and it stays on article. (Duceober (talk) 23:45, 23 April 2011 (UTC))
Yet if i was to make edit it seems to be a completely different matter and it is got rid of. I sometimes think it is a waste of my time trying to contribute toWikipedia yet i should be able to like any of other people who contents stays on articles. (Duceober (talk) 23:45, 23 April 2011 (UTC))
The problem is though, that the serious news sources are prohibited from reporting on this. I do see your point. I don't have any interest in the sex lives of celebrities. I edited the article to include that information because I wanted to undermine the super-injunction by ensuring its failure to suppress the information, as I am fundamentally opposed to any obstacles to free speech, no matter how trivial the information being suppressed. I chose Wikipedia as it is open for editing by anyone and reaches the widest audience I could hope for, but I understand that it may not be the appropriate venue.--86.161.97.4 (talk) 13:00, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
This new user has replied to your comments and help re. Don_Richardson_(missionary) on eir talk page, User talk:Arthurwolf#Don_Richardson_(missionary). Chzz ► 23:42, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Andrew Peach is only a freelance newsreader on BBC Radio 2. He only covers shifts. Ricky Salmon is a daytime reader, usually in during the week and weekends. Andrew Peach doesn't have a regular slot. He should be put in evenings. --188.221.183.71 (talk) 11:52, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Can see if those edits ( and ) are right? -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 17:38, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
I was thinking about taking out the "National Police Day protests" section from the main article about the revolution and merging with "25 January – Day of Revolt" section in the Timeline of the 2011 Egyptian revolution up to the resignation of Mubarak article. Osa osa mentioned it few days ago and I think its a great idea. Your thoughts? -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 16:28, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
I'm trying to find a free image of Cenk Uygur. I saw you have some experience from the Bouazizi page so maybe you could help me find one please? Thanks Pass a Method talk 18:49, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
Hope it helps -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 20:05, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi i tried to find a method to contact you but then got sidetracked.
In the first instance if you can read the following main FRB page and let me know if it written with npov it would help me. The text begins in fact a few sentences earlier in the money creation section
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional-reserve_banking#Example_of_deposit_multiplication
earlier section.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional-reserve_banking#Money_creation
Relevant earlier text
"When a loan is made by the commercial bank (which keeps only a fraction of the central bank money as reserves), using the central bank money from the commercial bank's reserves, the m1 money supply expands by the size of the loan.[6] This process is called deposit multiplication."
In practice and completely avoiding Rothbardism, when a bank creates a loan the banking system contemporaneously or with a delay, creates new deposits in the banking system via interbank loans where often no actual reserves is passed between the banks.
For example i offer you a loan of 100 without having 100 and you buy a radio from a customer at a bank and i borrow the 100 at libor from the other bank so that i have now created a deposit of 100 in the banks favour. I was due to pass the bank 100 reserves but they agreed a loan and my recorded deposit for them is a loan to me. Due to netting, no money had to be passed between us. If later i pass them 100, their deposit can be cancelled.
Therefore the relending model totally misrepresents standard practices between banks. Nobody on wiki is interested in this and i all i and other have got is fringe wacko labels - dispite the central bank citations.
I have answered with different detail on the fringe page
Thanks
AndrewAndrewedwardjudd (talk) 08:40, 28 April 2011 (UTC)andrewedwardjudd
If we are insisting on having Andrew Peach on the list of daytime newsreaders on the Radio 2 Wiki page, then maybe we should include Ricky Salmon in that list too and not push ricky to the evening list. Ricky Salmon does more shifts than Andrew at Radio 2. Andrew is only there as cover when Ricky or any other reader is off sick. We can prove this by contacting Alan Dedicoat who is in charge of announcers at Radio 2. Alan.Dedicoat@bbc.co.uk is his email address. I don't mind doing the deed of emailing him to prove this is correct. Andrew is mainly based at BBC Berkshire. We have had issues before where he editied his own page to big himself up. Lets not make this a "create and change your own page" site. As it is, it states on his page he is on 5 Live, when he only covered ONE show. 188.221.183.71 (talk) 12:05, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Never say sorry for using the t-word (terrorist). I am a big believer in non-violence. Ghandi was once asked he would have faced hitler using the same methods he used against his uprising the brits, and he said yes (Note: I am not comparing Nazi Germany to Israel). I struggle everyday with that way of thinking as I think most people who adhere to it. But I dont represent the majority of the people in MENA. I hope that we (arabs) wont go to war and I think the possibility of it happening is very slime. I think this September will tell us how things are going to play out (Maybe even more clearly after the 2012 Election). I hope that the majority of the Israelis understand how important its at the moment to have peace with the Arabs. I hope that Obama understand that its in America's interest to make sure that the peace deal gets signed fast so America disapproval rating will go down Hopefully to the lowest ever. I am hopeful but not foolish enough to believe that the peace process, ending years of hate and gathering a political storm to back it up will be easy or smooth but I can dream of a day when Jews and Muslims can FINALLY live in peace.
(Can you explain the importance of Lebanon and Syria? Why isn't Jordan relevant?) Jordan will not go to war. In 73, They were reluctant while the Syrians were not and wanted to take it even further than the Egyptians. Jordan also doesnt not have any of its land under occupation while Lebanon and Syria have parts of their lands (mainly the Shebaa farms and the Golan Heights). and Finally, Jordan was a peace deal with Israel while Syria and Lebanon do not. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 14:35, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Ocaasi - can can I diddle with this too? I've been meaning to to do a userspace policy revision myself, but it would be as good to do it together as separately. If the answer is yes, you kight want to move the page to User:Ocaasi/POL, so that we have a talk page there to discuss revisions. --Ludwigs2 15:12, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for all your patient efforts in uploading images even when it seems all the copyright nightmares get in the way. You surely deserve it. Pass a Method talk 21:57, 1 May 2011 (UTC) |
Hi Ocaasi
I have removed the {{recent death}} template from the above-captioned article. That template is specifically for articles that are undergoing heavy editing, and the article's editing doesn't meet the threshold. To warn users about changing information, the {{current}} template is appropriate. I have added the section version of that template to the section on the subject's reported death.
Regards, Bongomatic 01:27, 2 May 2011 (UTC) Should you wish to reply, please do so here. I will watch this page for a few days, so no {{talkback}} or other comment on my talk page is required.
Tom Nunan is mentioned in several other wikipedia pages. How do I find those mentions and how do I add links to those pages within wikipedia to my article?
Is it ok for me to ask you these questions directly? I am trying to learn the wiki tools but they are so different than what I am used to. I can do research, I am a journalist by trade, but preparing the article to wikipedia standards is proving tricky.
If you could even just provide me with a link to the specific instructions to do these things that would help.
Much obliged, -jerry —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerrybattiste (talk • contribs) 03:23, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
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For the patient, clear way you are able to demonstrate fundamental editing tasks. Alistair Stevenson (talk) 04:11, 2 May 2011 (UTC) |
Thanks, Ocaasi, for your detailed evaluation of my article, your recommendations (which I will attempt to follow) and your assistance in flagging the relevant points in the article itself. I understand what you say about informing as an encyclopedia versus as an expert: it is something like the contrast between discussing the content of a course you are not taking and teaching that course. I am (fortunately!) independent of the standard influences of my place of employment and at liberty to think and write about whatever is signigicant in what we do, so your continued assessment will be helpful to me as a contributor. I have (literally) a single supervisor, who has witnessed plenty of self-advertisement and specifically agrees that what I write will be free of such. The plus side of this is that I can discard 90% what my colleagues take without question; the minus is that I am still a little close and write in a fashion that is a little too engaged about this.
It is is appropriate, I think, in that what tools of online learning do, where they came from, and the growing pains associated with its development (startlingly parallel to those of Wikipedia, by the way) seem to be something people really do wonder about.
I am going to do some edits with all of this in mind, if my poor brain has the capacity for this.... :)
I'm getting comments like this now, which could have come straight out of the mouth of Caiaphas, so I'm starting to think that maybe you and Occam were on to something. I should have converted to Logical Pastafarianism while I had my chance... --Ludwigs2 18:32, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi
When i type my father's name on Google, my work in progress page comes up. But, it looks like someone has hacked it. But, when i sign it, it looks like everything is intact. Is that your work? (so that others can't view it because it is a work in progress?)
And, how do i access that page where i first had a chat with you?
Also, you left a message saying my page will soon be deleted. You told me before that i have time to work many times on my page. (I need to get info/links from SRi Lanka....i live in N. America ...it takes time). Also, i am contacting people that can verify things...and they live in other parts of the world. People are giving me info to contact other people. A huge process. I Need time......
(Daughter100 (talk) 08:56, 8 May 2011 (UTC)) Daughter 100
This is just a heads-up that a proposal you made a while ago has been resurrected and is being discussed again: Wikipedia_talk:Verifiability#Proposal_43_and_variants --JN466 10:53, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
I feel the time has come to remove the banners. All of the advocacy problems seem to be cleared up, and there are quite a lot of sources for an article this size. Not surprisingly at least one editor disagrees and at least one agrees with me. I am attempting to build a consensus within the sometimes hostile environment over there and it has been trying. I must admit I have not kept as cool a head as I should. Any input you may have would be appreciated. Colincbn (talk) 07:04, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
Sorry I didnt reply to you earlier. I have been busy with life, work and organizing for the Second Revolutionary Wave that's supposed to start this Friday in Egypt against the SCAF and really take of on the 27th of May. I also had exams so I barely had time to sleep. Will get back to wikipedia once shit slows down a bit. mean while stay safe and keep up the good work :)
PS: Timeline of the 2011 Egyptian revolution since the resignation of Mubarak needs major work seeing how it will likely be the main page about the Second Revolutionary Wave in Egypt -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 13:50, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Could I draw your attention to the Radio 2 article once again please. You seem to have gone quiet since the page was protected? There have been some suggestions to end this edit war. NJ1985 (talk) 16:13, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Weston_Price.2C_NPOV.2C_and_MEDRS regarding an issue with which you are involved. Thank you. 19:34, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
my page was called User:Black60dragon/Blood Wrestling Federation i need the data off it so do you know how to get it emailed to me--Black Dragon 04:14, 23 May 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Black60dragon (talk • contribs)
I'll not proceed tonight; but would like to know: - If I were to locate documentation that poses challenge to the Earth Shoe page (per the meritorious benefits of wearing Earth Shoes; and the fact that Anne Kalso was, indeed, a Yoga-Instructor): 1) Can documentation consist of reference to a journal entry, for example? Thence, 2) What need I do to get (them) posted? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ElfstoneAragorn (talk • contribs) 05:55, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
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(maybe I posted wrong, couple hrs. ago) If i were to find some documentation,an article or journal entry, to justify my exceptions to the issues - Earth Shoe article - per a) the healthful merits of wearing Earth Shoes; b) evidence that Anne Kalso (Earth Shoe inventor)was, in fact, a Yoga Instructor: HOW do I submit those documents, to be published?Quantum Mechanics: The study of the dreams that stuff is made of. (talk) 07:52, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Ocaasi, could you please have a last little look at my DAX Rush page, and give me some advice on how to publish.
Thanks!! Wiki Thomas 12:18, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Also...please see Wikipedia_talk:Wiki_Guides/Archive_1#IRC_chat_with_Chzz - expand it (SHOW), look at the chat. Chzz ► 11:15, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
98.234.235.21 (talk) 20:27, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Allied Artists and Kim Richards - http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z61PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d1MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4598,1097763&dq=allied+artists+bugging+murder&hl=en
Allied Artists and PG - http://www.quatloos.com/Q-Forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7261
I did not send you the LA TImes and other articles you requested because I thought you would post in the Allied Artists and United Assurance Company Limited articles without using an anonymous IP.
All of this is unbelievable when first seen, and not taken seriously. Stay safe and help other editors stay that way. PPdd (talk) 20:48, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi!
Could you please review my article, as I have published it DAX Rush. Thank you sooo much! Wiki Thomas 08:29, 30 May 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki Thomas M (talk • contribs)
yes hello: i see that you added this to the article for Juice Plus. just in case you do not know, simpson was acquitted, and claiming otherwise, even on this article, is against several wikipedia policies, and perhaps against the law. please be more careful next time. Badmachine (talk) 02:19, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Not sure how I arrived at a subpage of yours with my previous post. Anyway, thanks for answering my question about the content noticeboard. TimidGuy (talk) 10:29, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
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Hey Ocaasi, How are you? Hope you are doing well. I could not find the original aljazeera arabic video on their youtube channel but I managed to find every video they have posted that mention Hamza in it:
I also found 2 videos by Aljazeera English regarding the topic and . I have talked to Abrazame about Hamza about a week ago when I fist heard about what happened to the kid from a blog by one of my activist friends We are all Hamza Ali El-Khatib , Syria’s Khaled Mohamed Saeed "Extremely Graphic" :( I later tried to get in touch with his father to get more details about Hamza, but a friend of mine in Syria told that the Dad has been arrested by the Syrian forces. I did managed however to find these sources about Hamaza:
Hope all of this information helps you. I would have written about him myself but I didnt think I can do it with a NPOV. Im too angry to do it so Im you (someone I personally trust) have started the page about him. Let me know if you need anything else -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 06:04, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
I might as well ask you too. I already asked Binksternet, but he hasn't responded yet. Do you think it makes sense to make a separate article at 2011 Ahwazi protests? This is in reference to the April 15-18 section in the 2011 Iranian protests article. These Ahwazi protests are involving separate people from the other protests that occurred and they aren't protesting for the same results, as far as I can tell. The article would of course have a summary section and main link in the appropriate place in the Iranian protests article. The sources I would be using would include Al Arabiya, Al Bawaba, Los Angeles Times, another Al Arabiya, Human Rights Watch, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and The Guardian. SilverserenC 04:56, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
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Sonia and I award you this barnstar for your work on making Wikipedia easier for new users. Pine (GreenPine) t 09:52, 4 June 2011 (UTC) |
Sounds like a good idea for a wiki project. I don't know if, or how much, I would help though. I can sign up as a member of the project.
Great quote you currently have posted at the top of your talk page:
"I call this Revolution 2.0. Revolution 2.0 is, is — I say that our revolution is like Wikipedia, OK? Everyone is contributing content. You don't know the names of the people contributing the content ... This is exactly what happened. Revolution 2.0 in Egypt was exactly the same. Everyone was contributing small pieces, bits and pieces. We drew this whole picture. We drew this whole picture of a revolution. And that picture — no one is the hero in that picture."
-- Wael Ghonim on the peaceful protests in Egypt that lead to the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak:
Hey dude, The idea sounds good but I think the only articles that we can get to GA/FA right now are:
As for Khaled's and Hamza's articles, they are still ongoing to I dont think we will be able to get to GA/FA right now. I think we should start Mohamed Bouazizi's article and see where we can go from there but overall the idea is pretty cool and I think its away to honor their memories and highlight their impact on the future of their countries.
Your timing is perfect, Khaled died a year ago. I was wondering if you can help me put it in the DYK section? I have never done it before. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 05:17, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
As someone whose views I respect and who I know to be independent minded, I would be most grateful for your input in a discussion at Talk:Linklaters#Offices_Section, which concerns the removal of a long-standing list of that law firm's offices from that article. The discussion could set a precedent for the inclusion of lists of offices in other law firms' articles, or at least embolden certain editors to go on a removal campaign, and I believe it to therefore be of wider impact than is first apparent. Many thanks in advance. Rangoon11 (talk) 19:02, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
I replied to your comment and made another proposal using the same source that is about pseudoscience. I'm a volunteer like everyone else. So please respect my time and let's get straight down to the work at hand, ok? QuackGuru (talk) 22:47, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Just a few thoughts. Is Soph fine as she stands, or is more tweaking needed? Secondly, I'm assuming a number of expressions are needed (welcome, good job, not quite, pointing to something, etc). Would be nice to know exactly what you'd like with those. Oh, and- what should I license the images under? I'd personally rather just CC0 them, public domain, but if this tutorial becomes 'official' or something that may not be a good idea. sonia♫ 21:41, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi there, you just didn't answer simple question, tell me straight way WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE and OK I like clear situations, cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aiventure (talk • contribs) 21:28, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi. Various names are used for the jaw lamellophone; as the article says, the term has no connection with jewish culture. --Opus88888 (talk) 13:04, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
24.177.120.138 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
You created the IP's user page last month. Unfortunately, the IP has abused the privilege, and has posted an "enemies list" as well as other improper stuff. Please come to WP:ANI and explain why you created the page for the user, or otherwise comment on the situation. Thank you! ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:21, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
You created it on May 27th, including a heading for Barnstars. What's up with that? Are you doing this kind of thing routinely? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:36, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Ocaasi, our colleague KFP linked me to a page you've been working on, Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. I just wanted to stop by and say it's great work, and to thank you for taking the time to focus on this very important issue. Risker (talk) 03:05, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
I waded in, thinking something needed to be done. Thank you for the "Good faith" tag. I am happy for you to take the task over, but I am interested in whether so much matter should be included, now it is known to be a hoax. So an account of a demonstration is moving and inspiring, if written by a real Syrian, and is worth while including, but _I feel_ that the heartrending content of the blog should not be included now the hoax is unmasked. Abigailgem (talk) 15:38, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Anna Frodesiak (talk) 05:54, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
FYI, my rename from GreenPine to Pine is underway, but I'm having a lot of headaches. :( I recommend discouraging people from changing their names. It's waaaaaaaay too much work. I'm thinking of giving up on Pine/GreenPine and starting with a fresh account. GreenPine (talk) 08:36, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks Thanks for helping with the references section on the EDU page. I wasn't quite sure how to do it, as I am new to editing.Carnitine (talk) 20:36, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
This is why you upload locally. It's a lot easier to deal with such things on here than on Commons. :P Any chance we can save the image? It's pretty poignant. SilverserenC 01:16, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading File:Pro Cycling Manager.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:28, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
I know Yamaha uses twitter and there people usually re-upload the photos they like on their accounts so it will very hard (Nearly impossible) verify who is the original photographer. It says that "This photo was taken on May 21, 2011" on flickr so unless the other photo was talking earlier, then Yamaha is the original photographer. Also noticed that the guy didnt offer the original photo -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 13:42, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
This note is to inform you that Pseudoscience articles are subject to editing restrictions, as outlined by the Arbitration Committee. Please read and familiarize yourself with this remedy. KillerChihuahua?!?Advice 15:36, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
You wrote I'm done with you for now QG, i'm sorry that you can't be more cooperative. Ocaasi, I am being cooperative. Please try to address the issues in accordance with Wikipedia core policies. There is no reason for a source on pseudoscience to be left out of the article. Do you agree the peer-reviewed source must be restored and summarised at the pseudoscience article.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) QuackGuru (talk) 16:15, 17 June 2011 (UTC)You asked if User:TheDJ/Sharebox could be made into a gadget - I don't know. Probably best speak to User:TheDJ about it. Fences&Windows 21:09, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
I was wondering if you can help with this new article? thanks -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 13:12, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
This one. A thousand pardons. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:24, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
Recite Me Ltd., an article that I saw you helped the creator in, has been successfully created. I rated it C-class, but I can't figure out if it should be start-class. Could you look at it and update the talk page banner if needed? Thanks! Crazymonkey1123 (Jacob) T or M/Sign mine 17:38, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ocaasi,
It's good to be in contact and I hope you are ok. If no one responds to your last post, I certainly will at some stage.
I am hoping that we can seek a definition of astrology that is broad enough to cover the field and works for most people. Is it unreasonable to aim for a neutral definition that would be acceptable to a majority of the practitioners? Is there any WP precedent on this? Astrology is a controversial subject and there is plenty of criticism (too much IMO) in the body.
I am not sure whether you customarily reply here or on my talk page and whether I get notified when you do. ~Robert
Robert Currey talk 21:13, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
The gay girl blog was removed, and is now back, with alterations. Someone looking at it as it is now will not see the depth of the deception. Minal Hajratwala on her blog has a file of what the gay girl blog was like before the hoax was discovered, and I have made a request to her to link to that on Wikipedia (she voices concerns on her blog about her site being vandalised). Is there any way of recording that file record of the gay girl blog on Wikipedia?
Minal Hajratwala also raises the possibility that someone is so irked with MacMaster that s/he is pretending to be him, and issuing threats in his name, to make him appear even more of a pillock!!Abigailgem (talk) 16:40, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
I wanted to reply to a couple of things you said, but the thread at ANI wasn't the right place even before it was closed. I do sympathise with Silverseren finding out that someone said horrible things behind his back - that's never nice. Silver is a productive contributor who can be very annoying, but I wouldn't like them to leave. And while I don't wish to distance myself from a colleague, I have no idea why Iridescent though that Silver was a sockmaster, and no-one ever followed up on the statement, which one of the checkusers could have legitimately done if they thought it was at all likely.
On the larger topic of "office politics" on Wikipedia - I can only say that the phenomenon exists throughout Wikipedia, but it is such a big place, it's probably possible not to notice it, particularly if an editor is not given to exchanging emails or talking in chat with other editors. As soon as one starts doing that with a couple of other people, one quickly realises that there are groups, cliques etc and a lot of past history that gets rehashed, and the things that come up at ANI, AE etc suddenly take on a different aspect. The place is full of humans, after all.--Elen of the Roads (talk) 11:13, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I want to thank you for your comment/support at my OTRS volunteer application which I am pleased to report was successful. I will be starting steadily but look forward to contributing and assisting in this new area, regards. Off2riorob (talk) 10:03, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
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to the top of the article.) Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! avs5221(talk|contrib) 10:05, 27 June 2011 (UTC)I was wondering if you could give you opinion on the picture nomination to be a featured picture. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 08:09, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
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I ran across Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide today, and it is fantastic. I have been trying to help editors deal with conflicts of interest for a long time and this is such a valuable tool. -- Atama頭 22:56, 28 June 2011 (UTC) |
Hi there, Ocassi. Being one who has a potential COI, I follow the evolving conversations on Wikipedia's COI policy and was intrigued by the suggestion that you posed here. In the interest of getting an independent opinion on my approach, would you consider taking a look at, say, how I went about my involvement in a recent article that I disclosed my COI upfront, sought input on and (with consensus) edited? I know that you likely have more thrilling things to do with your summer days, but I'd appreciate any feedback or suggestions that you have for me.
1. I have a disclosure and explanation of the policies I find most important to follow on my userpage: User:Jeff_Bedford
2. The Diet Pepsi article was not in line with Wikipedia's content guidelines prior to my involvement: Diet Pepsi article on May 2, 2011
3. So I created and revised a sandboxed version: User:Jeff_Bedford/Sandbox3
4. Then I explained the changes I thought would help to bring this article closer in line with Wikipedia guidelines, sought out input and disclosed my COI on the article's Talk page before making any changes.
5. The article's Talk page was silent, so I went over to the Wikiproject Food and Drink to ask if anyone there would be willing to assess my proposed update.
6. At this point, User:Jerem43 shared feedback and recommended a few changes to the sandboxed version. I made the corrections per his suggestion, and with his guidance I updated the actual article. Our conversations over this content are back and forth on my user talk page and Jerem43's user talk page
7. Following my involvement, the article now looks like this: Diet Pepsi
Cheers, Jeff Bedford (talk) 23:58, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
I moved Talk:Mary G. Enig/Draft to User:Ocaasi/Mary G. Enig/Draft. In my opinion it was obvious that said talkpage was actually a userdraft. If you disagree with me, please write me on my talkpage. Debresser (talk) 00:36, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
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After what I thought was a productive discussion on the dispute resolution noticeboard the two users who were disagreeing with me have unilaterally reverted my edit to introduce changes along the lines you proposed. Can you take a look? -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:56, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
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Thought you might need one too. Sorry I haven't been around- I'm still getting medication sorted, and should be back in full swing in a week or two. sonia♫ 04:15, 4 July 2011 (UTC) |
A true and thoughtful gift. Now if only I knew the 24 digit hexadecimal key needed to set this puppy up. Until then, I'll use it as a deterrent. Beware of firewall. Don't stay away too long! Ocaasi t | c 22:09, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
I was wondering if we can nominate the article to be in DYK. Maybe the hook should like "Did you know that seven thousand civilians to ten thousand civilians were tried in military tribunals since the 2011 Egyptian revolution". Im asking you help cuz I never nominated any there and have no clue how to do it so maybe you can help me, thanks :D -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 05:47, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
BTW, if you are looking for articles about activist to expand, you might be interested in Alaa Abd El-Fatah, Hossam el-Hamalawy or Gigi Ibrahim. If you want to start a new article, then you should go for Hussein Salem (NPD figure). -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 15:43, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
Anyways, I need your opinion on something. Yesterday there was a major protest in Egypt and a sit-in that's still on as well. I think it's ready to be posted. What do you think? -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 08:33, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
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For your work on the very useful WP:PSCOI help page, and also for helping newbies in the IRC help channel! (I see you already have one of these but you deserve another one too.) KFP (contact | edits) 16:48, 11 July 2011 (UTC) |
I was wondering if you can wonna start a new article about Kamal Abbas? Please let me know if you are interested. Here's som info on him . Thanks -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 06:55, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
Hey, yeah I was having computer problems. I'm working on the hook now. Ocaasi t | c 14:08, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ocaasi, first congratulations on your work on the WP:PSCOI page - it looks of value and relevance to me. I will go through it carefully.
Second, I have been working on a draft first paragraph for the main astrology page that includes divination but not as the label for the entire field. I would be grateful for your thoughts and input on this. I have tried to keep the changes to a minimum. I think the para could be further improved (or ideally rewritten), but consider that consensus is more likely improvements are done one step at a time. Robert Currey talk 11:46, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
If verifiable and reliably sourced information can help bring down a crime ring, it might also be used to help out a bit in the Middle East.
Fantasy Island: The Strange Tale of Alleged Fraudster Pearlasia Gamboa
If ever there was a case where IAR applied, this is it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.134.239.108 (talk) 02:15, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
I'm trying to upload a picture of Saul Alvarez, the mexican boxer, but am not sure what is copyrighted and whats okay. Can you help me upload a picture of him please? Pass a Method talk 08:44, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Kamal Abbas at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Mikenorton (talk) 11:28, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Info on a Middle East Info campaign using WP:V and WP:RS with free info on a small scale test on a crime ring was here, then all info blanked.
It is not hard to place admins into WP.
Posting notice to "volunteer admins" at ANI may attract "volunteers" who are plants first, and then others leave it alone. Info intended for you re threats to WP editors for writing articles using their WP emails is blanked, and a false" notice of unblock was made. Either the ublock was false, someone secretly undid the unblock, or that editor had his computer hacked to appear to be one of the first two.
I cannot access the links on threats to WP editors, and fear the deep admin plants may be the only admins involved, and other admins may not realize the seriousness of what is going on. I have been communicating with HS feds on all of the threats and deletions re WP, and so have many others. You should request restoration of the info I read on your talk page. If you cannot have it, something is very wrong, likely a defect in ANI allowing the fraudster admins to jump on things and censor it.
This pertained to the help you asked from me re Middle East. PPdd (talk) 21:07, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
I've been trying to get a picture of Abdi Bile on google, but i'm not sure whether the third pic in this row is allowed Is it? Pass a Method talk 20:23, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ocaasi, I don’t want to bother you, but as you’ve been helpful in the past, I was hoping you could take a look at some revisions I proposed to the Occidental Petroleum article’s Operations section. I have posted my revised draft of the section here on my user subspace. If you have any time in the near future to review it, that would be great and feel free to edit the subspace directly. Thanks! CBuiltother (talk) 20:25, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Long time no chat. How is The Wikipedia Adventure coming along? Pine (was GreenPine) talk 04:33, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
I was wondering if you could give you opinion on the picture nomination to be a featured picture. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 15:27, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Kamal Abbas at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Materialscientist (talk) 05:54, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ocaasi, sorry to bother you again, but I was hoping you’d be willing to run over a couple of minor revisions I proposed for Occidental on the article’s talk page. I’ve posted a draft of the revisions on my user subspace and if you have time, I was hoping to get your feedback on the changes and feel free to make revisions to the subspace itself. Thanks again! CBuiltother (talk) 18:20, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
I found another person that you might be interested in writing about. His name is Wael Khalil. Let me know if you are interested. BTW, A friend on Kamal Abbas showed him the article and he wanted me to send you his thanks :-) -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 13:04, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
I found this page and directly thought of you :-) -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 19:41, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Note. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 13:33, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
I found another person that you might be interested in writing about. His name is Kamal Abu Eita. Let me know if you are interested. PS: I cant believe I saw Mubarak in court yesterday; I Honestly was smiling the whole day. Oh BTW, I spoke to Carlos Latuff and will be e-mailing you a permission to use the following image: http://twitpic.com/3vj2jr on your yahoo e-mail. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 06:26, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Hey dude, Glad to see you back in action, let me know when you are free. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 10:49, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ocaasi, I was hoping you might have some thoughts on addressing certain NPOV issues with the Occidental Petroleum article that I discussed on the article’s talk page. After receiving feedback from Wikipedia administrator John, he and I implemented revisions on September 22 and 23 that were then undone by the user Cowboy128, who added the material originally. This user also went on to discuss my conduct as it pertains to conflict of interest on the article talk page, claiming that I have not been complying with Wikipedia’s policies and should cease all conversations related to that article.
Believing Cowboy128 is acting in good faith and hoping to keep the discussion civil, I have reached out to John on his talk page as well as the WikiProject Neutrality, but things seemed to have stalled despite John commenting on Cowboy128’s talk page. I was wondering whether you might have any thoughts or suggestions on how best to address the NPOV issues as well as the concerns of Cowboy128. Thanks and welcome back! CBuiltother (talk) 18:30, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ocaasi, thanks again for your initial help with the controversy over the material in the Occidental Petroleum article. I was also hoping you may have some further feedback on the responses from Cowboy128 and I on the article’s talk page. Thanks! CBuiltother (talk) 18:08, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ocaasi, I don’t mean to rush things on the revisions to the Occidental Petroleum article, but I do believe it is in the best interests of Wikipedia to address some of the NPOV concerns we discussed. I realize you are probably busy with other projects, but was hoping you might suggest another editor or page I could go to for further help, or, if you’re willing, provide some additional feedback. Just to let you know, I have posted a similar message on John’s talk page, who I have also been working with on revisions. Thanks! CBuiltother (talk) 17:38, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
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Hey dude, I was wonder if you are still interested in written about Egyptian activists. The article is shit to be honest and was written during the uprising but Hossam article could be much more interesting. The problem he is a complicated character and he happens to be a friend of mine and I am not sure I can write about but I can help you get all the info you need. I also think the article could break a record if posted in DYK. Let me know if you are in. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 23:44, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thank you for the help in the IRC channel yesterday afternoon. The specific feedback was something that I needed, and you were a great help with that! Wiedenu (talk) 13:41, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
An editor called LothianLiz has cut a section reflecting adversely on Tom MacMaster out of the article Amina Abdallah Arraf al Omari. I reverted. We are discussing this on the talk page. Would you care to leave an opinion there? I cannot be certain what conclusion to draw from this, but LothianLiz is born and bred in Lothian, yet refers to the centre of Edinburgh as the CofE, which most Scots would think meant Church of England. It seemed odd to me. Abigailgem (talk) 20:22, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ocaasi, just wanted to let you know that I’ve proposed revisions to the disputed material concerning executive compensation on the Occidental Petroleum article and thought you might be willing to review those revisions and provide any feedback you may have. My draft of the material is included in a drop box on the talk page. Thanks again for all your help! CBuiltother (talk) 15:10, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
I eated them, with a beer xD Tripet (talk) 06:18, 2 December 2011 (UTC) |
Hi Ocaasi,
Thanks for signing up for the Feedback Dashboard response team! I wanted to let you know that the tool just got an important update (see here for details). I also wanted to invite you to the IRC office hours session that Steven and I are going to hold this Sunday, December 4. Hope you can make it and share your experience/questions with us! Thanks again, Maryana (WMF) (talk) 00:01, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Hey Ocaasi, I proposed some revisions to the Libya and Libyan Investment Authority sections on the Occidental Petroleum article's talk page last week, but have not received any response. If you're interested and not too busy, I'd appreciate any feedback you might have. Thanks! CBuiltother (talk) 15:04, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
hi, i try to upload a picture in wikipedia from mypicture but failed.will you help me please ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pankajdandi (talk • contribs) 23:06, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
Please voice your opinion in the Consensus section.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:20, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
hey you change what i wrote on the monopoly jr page back in early december and I think you should not have done that cause it hurt my feelings. i think you should have asked me before you just changed it. I mean seriously what is the point of having a "free encyclopedia" if you cannot edit freely. Also why the heck were you looking up monopoly jr any way. I have an excuse cause I'm ten what's yours. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.101.161.231 (talk) 20:07, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I'd been keeping half an eye on the wikipedia adventure which appears to have dwindled to nothing. Wondering if you were planing to push it forward again? WormTT · (talk) 10:26, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
Finally getting back into the swing of things after a busy work and holiday period. Thanks, West.andrew.g (talk) 23:18, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
Looks like we were thinking in parallel. WP:SOPA initiative/Action has the RFC. :) Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:40, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for asking about my SOPA objections. I have answered it on my talk page. --Radiokid1010 (talk) 00:55, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi!
I may be wrong, but I did not change "users'" (possessive form) to "users", what I did is remove an extra "users". Check the diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stop_Online_Piracy_Act&diff=prev&oldid=471657554
There was "users users' web traffic", I changed it to "users' web traffic".
If I'm wrong, I apologise! if I'm not, please take care of reverting your revert. ;-)
And keep up the fight against SOPA!! --MauroVan (talk) 15:52, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Kamal Abbas cropped picture is nominated to be a featured on wiki commons. You can supported the first nomination so I wonder if you will comment to the current nomination. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 13:43, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
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09:39, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
good idea. though i suppose WP Revolutionaryies or WP: Revolutionary Icons may be a better name. Id be glad to help where i can (though not all). Ill be a lil busy till July 18, but here and then i can review/clean and add a little. then later ill proper add to it.
Also im currently workign on a GA/FA (Finnish parliamentarly eelction, 2011 which is ,yu prime focus. perhaps you can review it as an uninvolved editor ? ;)) 09:39, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
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I was wondering if you could give you opinion on the picture nomination to be a featured picture. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 17:59, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
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thanks for all your help with this project. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DNATESTER (talk • contribs) 20:37, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Been talking to Jeff Bedford and noticed you mentioned a few ideas on his Talk page on COI editing that are parts of Wikiproject Cooperation. Thought you might be interested in joining the effort. King4057 (talk) 17:46, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
firstly let me thank you for the effort you have taken to help our page get accepted in the wiki
now i just wanted to link this page to sourav ganguly's wiki page by adding a few lines about our movement so is it possible?? can you do it??? is it appropriate??? i tired to change the page but it was rejected so you may try it.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.139.69.1 (talk) 08:41, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks so much for taking a look at my first article and cleaning it up. Looks much better.Drum4free (talk) 10:12, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi
I think i might have talked to you before.
Anyway....please check the following site: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen3142.html
Right at the bottom of it is one of the articles about my subject. If you google that newspaper, you will find that that is a major newspaper in Canada. I remember telling one of you that there are many articles written in the 80's etc. about this subject...but i needed to find those articles. I am still digging to get copies of other articles. It is hard cos he lived in many countries and trying to get copies of articles from those eras and countries is challenging cos archived newspapers are not available on the net that far back. But, if you go on this rootsweb page and scroll all the way down, you will see one article....and also, part ways through that page there are many books that he is listed in.
I see lesser accomplished and known people from Sri Lanka already on Wikipedia.
Please take a look. Thank you. Daughter 100 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daughter100 (talk • contribs) 21:28, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi
I think i might have talked to you before.
Anyway....please check the following site: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen3142.html
Right at the bottom of it is one of the articles about my subject. If you google that newspaper, you will find that that is a major newspaper in Canada. I remember telling one of you that there are many articles written in the 80's etc. about this subject...but i needed to find those articles. I am still digging to get copies of other articles. It is hard cos he lived in many countries and trying to get copies of articles from those eras and countries is challenging cos archived newspapers are not available on the net that far back. But, if you go on this rootsweb page and scroll all the way down, you will see one article....and also, part ways through that page there are many books that he is listed in.
I see lesser accomplished and known people from Sri Lanka already on Wikipedia.
Please take a look. Thank you. Daughter 100 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daughter100 (talk • contribs) 21:28, 9 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daughter100 (talk • contribs)
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see folowing edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AAFC_submission%2Fpending&action=historysubmit&diff=477260925&oldid=477244697 and think of using the preview next time. every time a template changes, all page (which transclude the template) are recached and thus cases a big server load with our AFC submission templates (~16k pages). Regards, mabdul 22:03, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Hopefully it's a spirited discussion. Consider me taking out some training wheels on good diplomacy and Wiki-debate. Key skills for someone in my role on Wikipedia.
For PR-Squared as a reliable source, I could cite they have been ranked as the 2nd top PR blog. I don't know if being popular necessarily qualifies them as a reliable source. Plenty of references about PR's prior misbehavior will have Jimmy Wales quoting COI policy (rather than citing the policy directly).
You stole the words from my mouth RE not making the connection for the reader between policy and CREWE. We have to state the facts and let readers reach their own conclusions. King4057 (talk) 08:01, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Hey Ocaasi. Thanks for the civil discussion. I've asked Mistress to weigh in on if she feels those edits would address her concerns over bias. Ultimately it's probably not the most important article on Wikipedia, but it is one that will draw attention. ;-) King4057 (talk) 17:51, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
User_talk:King4057/CREWE Right back at you. I think our debate has run its course. Appreciate your collaboration and civility on such a heated issue. King4057 (talk) 23:21, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
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Very exciting things are taking place, and we'll be opening the Teahouse no later than Monday. Feel free to ping me on or off wiki, and I can't wait to work with you to welcome new editors with a warm cup of tea :) SarahStierch (talk) 03:38, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
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Hey Ocaasi. I think it's a great idea, and one I have thought about in the past. Unfortunately stats.grok.se has proved difficult to bypass, and, as such, it does take rather an age to run. I'll be sure to look into it some more, though. - Jarry1250 [Deliberation needed] 13:43, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
I have not forgotten your request for assistance on your project a few months back. I have been working 16 hour days on something of great importance to a couple of elderly individuals ever since then. I wanted to let you know I will be back to help as soon as I can. Arab Spring is in the air. PPdd (talk) 01:03, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
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Hey Ocaasi, just saw a great comment from you on the COI RFC and thought I'd drop by.
It's been almost a month, can we move the CREWE draft into the mainspace? I don't want to get too wrapped up in it, but we did both spend a considerable amount of effort balancing the page.
Hi Ocaasi! We haven't seen you at the Teahouse yet since it opened and I just wanted to drop by and say hi and see if you were still interested in participating in the pilot -if so, great! And if not, that's fine too, but it'd just be great to know your status (or if you're busy and will be helping out soon!)! We need hosts to be helping invite and continue to answer questions on the Q&A page! Let me know if you're still interested in participating in the pilot, and hopefully we'll see you there :) Sarah (talk) 23:44, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
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I commented on the Cousens deletion review, as I'm sure you'll see. Maybe starting an article on one of the Cousens books would be helpful to establish notability. I've started a short article on a book article on 13 Bankers, for example. Would you like an email of some of the book reviews/sources I found? It seems there's the most commentary on Depression-Free for Life and Conscious Eating. Thanks. Jesanj (talk) 03:36, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
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For your article creating. :)
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Hi Ocaasi, regarding HighBeam, I saw you respond to an editor who was asking about the privacy policy, that you would ask the company. But they would surely not require names and addresses, would they? That isn't mentioned anywhere that I can see. Credo just asked for the user name and an email address. SlimVirgin (talk) 20:06, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
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