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The Mexico–United States border spans six Mexican states and four U.S. states, with a total length of 3,145 km (1,954 mi).
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Hello! Where you still intending to make a RfC on the succession boxes for the popes during the Western Schism? I don't have the time to figure out how it works right now. However, I am still willing to explain my point. Regards,Jeff5102 (talk) 21:35, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
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Hey John. I've posted some initial information and discussions points about the space for mentors here. Give it a read, ask questions on what's not clear, and feel free to add suggestions to the topics I've brought up about mentoring so far. I just pinged a bunch of people at once for this; I understand that sometimes it doesn't go through, so I wanted to make sure you were aware. Thanks, I, JethroBT drop me a line 22:43, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for bringing this source to our attention. Awesome! Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 07:02, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
John: I'm certain your recent ArbCom post about me was well-intentioned, but please do not ever discuss personally identifiable information about me again. I have reverted your edit, and requested oversight (suppression.) Thank you. Fearofreprisal (talk) 04:17, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
I asked you to not discuss my personally identifiable information, not as a matter of WP, policy, but personally. The fact that you are pushing the issue concerns me greatly. Fearofreprisal (talk) 19:27, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
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Game design is the art of creating rules and mechanics to facilitate interactions between players in a game.
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If you recall we agreed it was a good idea to put a hold on a nomination that you made. Since time has passed and feathers are no longer ruffled, I would like to remove the hold and put the editor in the "Q" to get the Award. OK w/ you?? ```Buster Seven Talk 20:34, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for mentioning this on the talk page. Given that there weren't any questions from the arbs during the evidence or workshop phases and that some are wrapping up their terms, we'll see if they are open to considering anything new. Perhaps there is no remedy for intransigent advocacy, but at least the matter was raised, however unskillfully by me at this point.
I agreed with your point that databank searches haven't turned up much regarding Landmark, however there is certainly enough available in reliable sources, likely including those which you likely were able to access, to construct a well-sourced article. The problem is compounded by the dozen or so names under which Landmark has operated, and scholars most frequently do treat them as a single phenomenon. I agree with your hope that at some point a proposal to merge Erhard Seminars Training, Werner Erhard and Associates, etc. into the Landmark article is re-floated. Very few sources treat the previous iterations in separate articles or as anything more than as part of the history of Landmark (or vice versa, focusing on the basis in est with Landmark Worldwide being the current nameplate of est). Unless more independent eyes come to bear, however, I fear the same editors will argue Landmark's promotional position that the current company has little to do with est, etc. and the articles shouldn't mix content. In social sciences, at least, much publication by established scholars still takes place in book/printed format (anthologies, festschriften, conference proceedings and similar thematic collections), limited-distribution journals, etc., many of which do not make it into online databanks. Certainly the material is not overwhelming in volume, but better than we have for many NRMs, therapies and other subjects. Even some of the sources currently cited in the article contain a much broader view than the article presents (and in some cases the more rounded information was in the article before being hacked down to one or two cherry-picked factoids not at odds with the Landmark PoV).
The idea of supervised edits might well address the problem of major reverts of sourced material. Whether it would stumble in the face of incremental blanking behavior that has taken place under the guise of "improvement", synthetic "balance" and "consensus", but could certainly be worth a try to avoid allowing the status quo to continue. Thank you again for suggesting a possible alternative. • Astynax talk 05:24, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
Just wondering if you have any thoughts re: the idea of WMF hosting a genealogy project. If so, feel free to contribute to this discussion. And apologies if I have made this request before. ---Another Believer (Talk) 17:05, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
Can a blocked editor create an archive page? NE Ent 20:35, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
Re: Sheehy, Eugene P., ed. (1986). Guide to Reference Books (Tenth ed.). Chicago and London: American Library Association. ISBN 978-0-8389-0390-2.
Also a big Sheehy fan here! The 1986 edition gives you an exhaustive overview on how print reference was conducted before the days of the Internet. Have you considered looking into whether it might be possible to make arrangements for moving this work into the public domain on WikiSource, and applying for a grant? --Djembayz (talk) 21:53, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
A plate of spaghetti and meatballs.
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I wish I was as eloquent as you are in presenting your arguments as you did at ANI. I still haven't found a great way to integrate and resolve the dedicated "controversy" section of the Shooting of Michael Brown article in such a simple way. Other editors have deconstructed some of the issues, but misrepresentation of original commentary (filtered through biased sources) is an issue. This is actually used in the article under "controversy":
According to Justice Department officials as reported by The New York Times, Attorney General Holder was critical of McCulloch announcement of the grand jury decision, particularly the way he invoked Holder's name during the press conference.
I think of this as "Telephone" with sources. New York Times -> Unnamed Justice Department officials -> Holder. Taking out the NYT and the "middlemen" and going to Holder who is perfectly capable of announcing his own displeasure in a statement would be a start. But... is it really relevant or "controversial" - its just like WP:DIRT to me. And that goes for both parties. Also on a loosely related note I removed this as an extreme BLP issue, despite being sourced should it be suppressed? ChrisGualtieri (talk) 19:00, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
According to Justice Department officials as reported by The New York Times, Attorney General Holder was critical of McCulloch announcement of the grand jury decision, particularly the way he invoked Holder's name during the press conference. He also disapproved the time of day when the decision was announced, which usually coincides with heated conflicts between demonstrators and police. Justice Department officials were also critical of the way McCulloch held a televised news conference instead of releasing a statement, and voiced frustrations with McCulloch's criticism of journalists and his recounting of evidence without mentioning Brown being unarmed.[1]
Thanks for your support on this and for initiating the movement. It was disheartening to see someone change it back to our old name so shortly after we were able to change it to our real name. I am very new to Wikipedia, I signed up solely for the purpose of correcting a few incorrect things on our page and finally changing the name. Can you explain to me more about how to request for name movement works? What will be the deciding factor and when? Again, thank you so much. Snide034 (talk) 15:42, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
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Commentators continue to reference/allege Card's piece involving a fictional, future Obama's coup d'état by way of urban guirillas as racist (eg see here in Slate, 2013; here, HuffPo, 2013; here, Wired, 2014). Should our article mention this aspect of controversy with regard to the piece here: "Orson Scott Card#Politics"?
(Also see a 2013 blogpost by M Aspan citing this from Card in 2000 rgding allegedly non-racist use of nigga'.)
See discussion here: Talk:Orson Scott Card#RfC: Subject of blp racist?
--Hodgdon's secret garden (talk) 21:38, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
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An article that you have been involved in editing, Ghana cedi, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Jack Bornholm (talk) 18:04, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
missing articles and people
Thank you, INTJ "probably rather happier not to be" an admin, for quality articles such as Germerius, Maria Bertilla Boscardin and the father of the poor, starting in the "missing encyclopedia articles section" and adding the Saints banner, for thinking about a Bibliography of reference works and working on the Bibliography of encyclopedias: biology (art, religion ...), for a short biography but a long list of heroes, for missing people, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (17 May 2009, 20 October 2009), - you know what it means, and 20 December is the date!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:26, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Thank you so much! What a pleasant surprise! StAnselm (talk) 20:12, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
An aurora is a natural phenomenon.
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Can you do me a favour and give Murder of Kylie Maybury a once-over and clean-up? Paul Austin (talk) 01:14, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
This is a courtesy message to inform you that the proposed decision has been posted for the Historicity of Jesus arbitration case. Constructive, relevant comments are welcome on the proposed decision talk page. For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 03:41, 25 December 2014 (UTC) Message delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk).
John, please stop the continual harassment and personal attacks directed at me. You have not provided and evidence to support the accusations you make against me. You also state incorrectly that my remarks about Astynax are unsupported by evidence; there has been an abundance of information provided by myself and others on the evidence and workshop pages of the arbitration case. As regards your opinion that I have a COI in relation to Landmark, the fact that the Arbitrators have not made such a finding should be the end of the matter. I have made my position absolutely clear, and I don't know why you imagine I am under any obligation to respond further to an endless series of impertinent questions from yourself and Lithistman. DaveApter (talk) 21:24, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
John, FYI, I have been using this templates (below) to try to create internal links (and hence increase search engine ranking) of some of the country level bibliographies. You might be interested in trying to fill up the redlinks. Solomon7968 11:42, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
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Science, business, filmmaking and politics are 'feminist' interests. They are simply interests, and it is not 'paranoia' to suggest so. --The Vintage Feminist (talk) 16:49, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
What do you make of this? And how can the matter be over if Pass a Method now has the Zigguzoo account? If Pass a Method is emailing Stephen G. Brown and telling him about a new account he is editing under, how is it at all okay for Stephen G. Brown to still not move the name back to where it belongs? Flyer22 (talk) 08:22, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
The skyline of Frankfurt, Germany
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This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:
6) Fearofreprisal (talk · contribs) is warned to not engage in personal attacks or cast aspersions of bias and intent against other editors.
7) The Arbitration Committee endorses the community-imposed topic ban preventing Fearofreprisal (talk · contribs) from editing Historicity of Jesus.[2] It is converted to an Arbitration Committee-imposed ban affecting the Historicity of Jesus, broadly construed, and enforcement of the ban should be discussed at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement. Fearofreprisal is cautioned that if they disrupt and breach restrictions, they may be subject to increasingly severe sanctions. They may appeal this ban to the Committee in no less than twelve months time.
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