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"By decree of Ptolemy III of Egypt, all visitors to the city were required to surrender all books and scrolls, as well as any form of written media in any language in their possession which, according to Galen, were listed under the heading 'books of the ships.' Official scribes then swiftly copied these writings, some copies proving so precise that the originals were put into the library, and the copies delivered to the unsuspecting owners." -- Library of Alexandria
Hi, The rewrite of the first paragraph of Muir was very well done. Is Thoreau within your scope? The first paragraph there could use some help. It's beyond me. Thanks KAM 23:45, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi Steve - just to let you know I've moved your para on this out of rose to its own page Peace (rose), it is sufficiently noteworthy to have its own page. Also expanded a little on details. - MPF 00:24, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Hey! I see what you wrote, has been turned into it's own article. Very nice! :) --HResearcher 22:51, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for saying so. Steve Dufour 05:33, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Hey Steve. Re your comment on my talk page in which you asked if it is really necessary to mention in the intro that some people don't believe in Biggie. Yes it is. Your intro was "Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is a legendary creature, which many people believe is also real." OK, that's a believers' POV, so what's wrong with balancing it. Tell you what, l will change one single word in your intro and ask you how long the the intro would have survived. Change the (second occurrence) of the word "also" to "not", so that your intro now becomes "Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is a legendary creature, which many people believe is not real." Imagine the shock horror from the believers. And yet, you want the intro to say there are Biggie believers, but not to balance it by also saying there are disbelievers. Sorry, don't agree, which I why I amended it. Also, your intro says Biggie is a "legendary creature". So, Wiki was effectively advancing the POV that a creature actually exists, which is why I changed it to say Biggie is the name of a phenomenon. Incidentally, the word legendary doesn't only mean mythical.Moriori 22:15, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Steve, I've just made 4 edits to the Sun Myung Moon article, to the Views on Communism section. The argument that Sun Myung Moon is anti-communist because he was mistreated by them - and not for philosophical or theological reasons - seems like such an obviously empty accusation to those who are even a little bit knowledgeable about the man and his organization(s). But did I go too far? I want to be fair even to viewpoints I don't agree with, and you seem to have a good sense along such lines (you seem to have a similar perspective of trying to be fair). Please take a look at today's edits and let me know what you think. -Exucmember 18:13, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Steve, I applaud you for your anti-racism. If I could give you an award I would. Well done.
I have tried and failed to track down any WP guideline or policy against "claim" as a word to characterize, well, claims. Could you direct me to the exact citation? Thanks. Robertissimo 04:27, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Steve, your recent edits and comments seem to indicate that you are not aware of the existence of the Unification theology article, but I can't believe that's the case. Anyway, it would be nice to distribute some of the UC teachings material there too, and to give some needed attention to that article. Both Unification theology and Divine Principle could use substantial revisions, as they were never edited thoroughly from beginning to end, to create a coherent article, by anyone (see especially the history of Unification theology). To me this is the single biggest deficiency in UC-related articles. The main overhaul should be done by a church member, not by a critic, so that the core presentation is true to what Unificationists believe. -Exucmember 18:43, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Hey Steve. The idea of that paragraph (and most of the Pop culture section) is that the sources are almost all saying people like to see themselves in Obama. Crouch's view is the less popular one, and so it is added to promote balance. It needs to be stated plainly so people can get the contrast. I take your point about using a more complete quote. How about using this quote from the third to last paragraph of Crouch's article?
"when black Americans refer to Obama as 'one of us,' I do not know what they are talking about […] while he has experienced some light versions of typical racial stereotypes, he cannot claim those problems as his own - nor has he lived the life of a black American."
Hope this makes sense. Be sure also to check the notes, the title of the article referenced immediately before this one suggests that one article inspired the other, "black like me", "not black like me"... Without contrary sources (Crouch, and also Noonan) the section risks getting ripped up by people who read it as too flattering of Obama. Let me know how you see it. Thanks. --HailFire 16:34, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
FYI - the Crouch piece is getting more play - this week's Newsweek has a sidebar about Obama's not coming up through the civil rights movement, and Crouch's piece is prominently discussed. Tvoz | talk 18:48, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, Steve, for the comment you added to the posting related to Transcendental Meditation on the Conflict of Interest Notice Board. It's an important point. TimidGuy 16:05, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
where you said (→Background - no need for euphemism, we white people are not offended to be called that, although we are not really white, just a lighter shade of the normal human color lol - I wonder about the complexities of international coverage of wikipedia - is using "white" going to confuse people instead of Caucasion??--Smkolins 21:13, 9 March 2007 (UTC)`
I just ran across this list and your justified criticisms of it. I believe the concept is fundamentally not encyclopedic. I am surprised to find it in Wikipedia. I suppose, however, that any effort to nominate it for deletion would arouse cries of "fundamentalism" and "censorship." If this concept is appropriate for an encyclopedia how about the following lists?
List of ex-republicans
List of former taco eaters
List of former ABBA fans
List of people who have changed from Ford to Chevy
List of ex-readers of the list of ex-Christians
This presents Wikipedia with a whole new field for new articles!Will3935 06:50, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
--Allen3 talk 21:05, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks very much for the Mammal Barnstar, that's very kind of you. If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask. VanTucky 23:11, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for contributing to the effort at Michelle Obama. You may want to put this on your user page:
This user helped promote Michelle Obama to good article status. |
--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 01:16, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Do you have a cite for that being even (part of) a guideline. I don't see it. I can see, because of privacy considerations, the birthday shouldn't be listed unless there's a reliable source for it, but, if we can find a source, so can those attempting to invade their privacy. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 18:42, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Do you think Jonathan Wells is a scientist? —Preceding unsigned comment added by SlideEraser (talk • contribs) 00:53, 29 August 2008 (UTC) Oh and thanks for the peace rose. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SlideEraser (talk • contribs) 01:43, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
What do you think about using the Soon Ae Hong as the page title, for a bio of Hak Ja Han's mother? (I moved it back there, from Dae Mo Nim.) And does she even merit a page of her own? Why not merge her bio in with that of her better-known daughter?
And what about moving "black Heung Jin Nim" (which is only a temporary nickname) to the real name of Cleophas? --Uncle Ed (talk) 10:34, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
I've nominated Obama Republican and McCain Democrat for deletion. Northwestgnome (talk) 18:38, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
As Unification theology was about to drop off the bottom of my watchlist, I did some clean-up of previously tagged problems -- which in turn got me to thinking about the these three, long articles and their lack of sourcing:
Given the paucity of citation, and complete lack of third party sources, I could simply notability-template all three articles and nominate them for AfD. This would create a firestorm of a reaction from your more flammable fellow UC-regulars, but would at least force them to make at least some attempt to establishing notability by providing third party coverage (in addition to the normal proof by assertion that seems to be standard fare on AfDs these days). Instead, I'm giving you a heads-up, in the hope that the same ultimate results can be achieved without unnecessary histrionics. HrafnTalkStalk 11:25, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I've reviewed your DYK submission for the article Religion Newswriters Association, and made a comment on it at the submissions page. Please feel free to reply or comment there. Cheers, Art LaPella (talk) 05:24, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
No problem, a pretty clear case of COI. Badly written piece too, I didn't bother, but I could have produced a lengthy list of style guidelines it was breaking too. Pretty poor showing considering they are supposed to be journalists. Your version was obviously far superior even at a cursory glance. SpinningSpark 16:16, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
--BorgQueen (talk) 01:51, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Barbara West (TV news anchor). Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. ∴ Therefore cogito·sum 18:10, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, but it does count towards the 3RR rule. Please review the policy. If you can assure me that you will now start the process as outlined at WP:BRD and will start productive discussion, I will try to pull the report back. I'd prefer your participation rather than your banning. ∴ Therefore cogito·sum 19:07, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
You have been blocked for a period of 24 hours for edit warring on Barbara West (TV news anchor). It is essential that you are more careful to discuss controversial changes with the user in question, rather than simply revert them repeatedly: this applies even if you think or know you are correct. Edit warring helps nobody, and actually harms the page in question, and the encyclopedia. To contest this block please place ((unblock|your reason here))
below. Tiptoety talk 20:00, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
I'll take the second if I can still comment on the article's talk page. I don't have anything more to say on the AfD and I don't need to be editing the article. Steve Dufour (talk) 01:27, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
I still seem to be blocked. Steve Dufour (talk) 01:57, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
Regarding [2] you were correct to remove it but your logic is shaky. There's no way that's a BLP issue. JoshuaZ (talk) 18:52, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
FYI, Jones-Kelly never leaked anything about JtP. All she did was authorize searches. The reason this is news is that Republicans tried to connect it to the Obama campaign and demanded an investigation. In the end, it's really a tempest in a tea pot. Yes it was illegal, but the damage to Joe was zero since none of it went public. Mattnad (talk) 06:19, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi Steve, I spent a little time actually research what reliable sources like Newsweek, MSNBC, and the toledo blade had to say about this topic. It turns out local officals claim he was working illegally. Now Collect is working suppress this information. See this [edit]. It's a bit frustrating that we actually have definitive information on this topic, and Collect is just excising it.Mattnad (talk) 19:00, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi Steve. Here's another photo of Christoph von Marschall for the article. I found it here. -- Suntag ☼ 13:15, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
BorgQueen (talk) 13:42, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey, Steve, Merry Christmas!
We've spent a lot of time banging heads with deletionists. Maybe it's time to start brainstorming on ways to supply the kind of writing that Wikipedia contributors would welcome. People have been asking me for years to explain more about the church teachings and church history. Why don't we get together and figure out which aspects are most interesting and relevant to Wikipedia's purpose, and concentrate on those? --Uncle Ed (talk) 18:20, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Both sound good. I wonder if seminarians could help with explanations of how other faiths respond to ours. UTS has a list of over 800 alumni, including top names like Dan Davies and Frank Kaufmann. And what every happened to Richard Quebedeaux?
As for UC anticommunism, there would be the religious aspect on top of everything. Moon says that God exists, while communism says not.
But these quotes indicate that there's more than an academic question of God's existence. It's very personal. Belief in God is linked to great suffering, as well as to promises to alleviate it. So is disbelief. Perhaps it's not so much about one's believes as about one's desire to relieve human suffering. Doesn't the UC's desire to "glorify God" contain a humanistic element? --Uncle Ed (talk) 20:59, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
The category you recently created, Category:Multilingual World Leaders, is up for deletion here: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 December 30#Category:Multilingual World Leaders. Just thought you might want to know. --Patar knight - chat/contributions 21:20, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
The discussions regarding natural born citizen often fail to factor in the subtle (and somtimes muddled) differences between citizen and the consitutional requirement natural-born citizen. Exactly how those differences might come into play under various circumstances are examined in the two law review papers I mentioned.
That said, given Obabma's stated circumstance of being born in Hawaii to a US citizen and a Kenyan, by mainstream interpretations of various law and precedent, his citizenship is in fact achieves the constutional threshold of natural born citizen. The legal challenge on that specific point is at best, extremely weak.
I think closing the topic was two steps away from a childish fit, but it is what it is and I'll let it go. The fact is that many questions surrounding the natural born citizen issue are not as clear as some would suggest and there is some conflicting thought on the matter. If you're looking for a clear answer regarding Obama, the clearest I can offer is in the above paragraph.
And there is more information and discussion on the topic at natural-born citizen. Jbarta (talk) 23:19, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
Please see: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peace Cup Redddogg (talk) 16:05, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
I'm in the middle of an ArbCom case over Ayn Rand, but I'll do what I can. Also, I do like your idea... it does seem like the concept is almost more notable as a pop culture one than a historical one. TallNapoleon (talk) 17:22, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Hey friend, according to your comments here, you think maintaining articles on ID is a waste of time. Why do you think this? Wikipedia's coverage of the topic is outstanding; Intelligent design and Evolution are both featured articles, and POV pushers are swiftly dealt with. I'd really like to know.--Pattont/c 14:17, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Steve. You might be interested in this AfD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Young Jin Moon. Redddogg (talk) 17:19, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Steve. I've proposed renaming True Family to the more neutral Family of Sun Myung Moon. Please join in the discussion on the article's talk page. Thanks. Redddogg (talk) 18:15, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello. I am a South Korean wikipedian. While editing Korean page about Rev. Moon, I borrowed the picture of him you had uploaded. So, I appreciate for it to you. And I hope we can share information. Thank you.--Godneck (talk) 08:25, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Sure, I will. English webpage has so much information especially on Rev. Moon's life after 1970s. I can contribute to English webpage on Rev. Moon's life before 1950s. I think information on Korean webpage can also be helpful for you.(http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/문선명) --Godneck (talk) 13:28, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi Steve. I'm considering nominating Hak Ja Han for deletion. Would you like to discuss the issue on the article's talk page? Redddogg (talk) 15:13, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
I have nominated Barack Obama for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. -- Avi (talk) 20:54, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi Steve, we haven't met, but I noticed that a year or two ago you very valiantly struggled to have the David Miscavige article comply with WP:BLP. I thought it might be gratifying to you to know that that train of events is, at long last, being looked at by the arbcom: [3], [4], [5]. There is also still an opportunity to submit evidence in this case, if you recall any particularly outrageous policy violations that took place while you were editing the articles: Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_arbitration/Scientology/Proposed_decision#Call_for_evidence. Cheers, Jayen466 20:42, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
[6] = please provide a page number for this cite. Cirt (talk) 13:01, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Do you know how to use the citation templates at WP:CIT? They are quite helpful. Cirt (talk) 13:06, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Hello, Steve. Can you help me, please?
Actually, I want to change Mrs. Moon's picture in her article. I think http://www.tparents.org/Library/Moon/Photos/Mph-1990/TMOTHER.JPG is much better than one now.
But, I don't know how to register it into Wikimedia. It seems that we have to know who the author is and about the license. Can you please teach me if and how I can upload it?Godneck (talk) 11:22, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Morton Kaplan, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Morton Kaplan. Thank you.
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I have gone through a large amount of books and news articles in research about Hak Ja Han. Do you know of any other reliable secondary sources that discuss the subject? Cirt (talk) 04:38, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
This is to notify you that you have been added as a involved party to the Scientology arbitration case; this is either because you have been mentioned in the /Evidence, the /Workshop or their talk pages, or because you are closely connected with it.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, KnightLago (talk) 14:08, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
I have undone your addition to the above article. Simply stating it is not enough. To back up your claims, you need evidence, specific evidence, of reliable sourcing. If you have it, please discuss its addition. Please remember that I can make all sorts of unfounded claims about myself and say that they are mentioned in several sources; that doesn't make them true, and does not help help the article at all.
Oh, and with respect, your accusation of sock puppetry is totally absurd, and may be seen as a personal attack against either him or myself. So please withdraw it or provide some sort of evidence. :) Thanks, PeterSymonds (talk) 14:51, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
You are going to the wrong page to report suspicions of sockpuppetry. The appropriate page is WP:SPI, and users are asked to present evidence to support their claims, not merely to make them. Cirt (talk) 16:58, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
You might want to take a look at this [7]
Merge/redirect/transwiki closes default to keep. I'm only the closing administrator, so it's up to the community to merge or transwiki. –Juliancolton | Talk 15:07, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Sorry, didn't log in. The person determined to have this bio removed has returned to Frank Kaufmann with a vengeance, no doubt slowly building back up the case to spring a new call for deletion. The last time this happened I aged 10 years trying to keep abreast of the manipulation of wiki rules as a newbie.
I will try to stay steady in the response to the one who wants this article removed, but I don't have the strength and knowledge. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much 68.160.207.156 (talk) 12:36, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment, which spurred me to look for an alternative image to place into the CC infobox. I found an already uploaded picture of the founder with 2 others prominent in the early days of the movement, and have substituted that for what the previous image. If you can find time to take another look, I'd appreciate knowing whether you feel this is an improvement. Astynax (talk) 19:58, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Just a reminder that when you place a prod tag on an article, or any other tag that goes on an article page, they should not be signed. The edit history is enough. When you place the warning notice for the author using the template, you sign that. DGG (talk) 14:16, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
And if I too may be permitted a gentle reminder, I'd offer that it is preferred that one note that he/she is prodding an article in an attendant edit summary (see Wikipedia:Proposed deletion#How to nominate). I gather that you are no grand fan of the edit summary, and I'll not quarrel with your general usage, but there are real prudential reasons for which edit summaries are particularly counseled for prods, and I am sure that an editor who has watchlisted but otherwise does not follow regularly an article that you've prodded should much appreciate your taking an extra moment to note the prodding in an editsum. Thanks, and cheers, 69.212.18.120 (talk) 22:32, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Steve
Given all the great changes within the UC under the very good ministers Reverend Hyung Jin Moon and Reverend In Jin Moon, my personal feeling is the politics page is no longer relevant.
I'll defer to anything you all decide.
Best Regards and thank you for all your wonderful patience.
Marknw (talk) 23:44, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Please do not remove material sourced to WP:RS sources, as you did here [8] at the article Hak Ja Han. I have added a 2nd cite to the end of the sentence in the main body text (if you had checked you would have noticed that the sentence is sourced later in the article, per WP:LEAD). So now there are two different WP:RS sources for this information. Cirt (talk) 00:38, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Steve, I see that not only is the picture back but that the article's edit history is full of of dung flinging by both the naturally evolved monkeys and the carefully designed ones. With articles like this I simply end up removing them from my watchlist and finding a quiet and peaceful area to edit in. Life for me is too short to battle over a single image. Personally I think that the image should not be there but I am all out of dung :) - Peripitus (Talk) 03:59, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
I have removed the ((prod)) tags from Peter Thielst and Eli Woods, which you proposed for deletion. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still think either article should be deleted, please don't add the ((prod)) template back to the article. Instead, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion.
Mark Hurd (talk) 05:35, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Frederick Sontag, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frederick Sontag. Thank you.
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I've just nominated an article you started for deletion: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dean M. Kelley. Northwestgnome (talk) 19:26, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
The Rescue from Deletion Barnstar | ||
Thank you for your effort in saving Prediction of the United States collapse in 2010 from being deleted! --Лъчезар (talk) 06:12, 12 June 2009 (UTC) |
Thanks for the notice, I commented on the AFD. I should've started that AFD myself actually. Garion96 (talk) 14:02, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
If you have any interest in the matter, please read my comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Japanese cultural artifacts controversy (2nd nomination), and then go ahead and look at the all-new version of Japanese cultural artifacts controversy. I would like to know if this radical change might change some minds. Unschool 03:49, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
I know it's somewhat silly, but I thought you might be interested to see what I've done with the article "List of fictional deer", which you helped to save from "nominated for deletion". Ironically, I had nothing to do with the article until then. I hope you enjoy it. --AuthorityTam (talk) 20:54, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi. My name is Mike Lyons and I am a doctoral student at Indiana University. I am conducting research on the writing and editing of high traffic “current events” articles on Wikipedia. I have noticed in the talk page archives at Barack Obama that you have contributed to the editing or maintenance of the article. I was hoping you would agree to fill out a brief survey about your experience. This study aims to help expand our thinking about collaborative knowledge production. Your participation would be immensely helpful in making the study a success. A link to the survey is included below.
Link to the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=P6r2MmP9rbFMuDigYielAQ_3d_3d
Thanks and best regards, Mike Lyons lyonspen | (talk) 19:34, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi Steve: On June 26, 2009, you left a post about the above referenced article at the Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard to the effect that you thought it was a good article with good references and that the templates seemed unjustified. I have since left a post that the discussion has been moved to the article's talk page: David Ferguson (impresario). I have made some more edits to the article since then to improve its content and would be most grateful if you would take another look and comment on it at the talk page. Thank you again for your attention. --deb (talk) 05:22, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi again Steve, I just wanted to let you know that I've done some more editing and banner removals on the David Ferguson (impresario) article if you'd like to take a peek... Thank you for your comments. deb (talk) 04:48, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Please see: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Unification Church and antisemitism Borock (talk) 00:25, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for a note of appreciation in your deletion notice comment on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Icons of American culture. I'm note really sure whether to accept inevitable deletion or push to upgrade the fledgeling article. How long does one get to do that? ProfDEH (talk) 15:26, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Just a quick note... how'd I wind up getting the prod nomination? I don't *think* I created that page... TallNapoleon (talk) 02:27, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Renaming International Conferences on Creationism to International Conference on Creationism in the middle of an AfD, and when you'd only a few days ago changed the names the other way, is rather silly, and at least a tad disruptive. Please refrain in the future. HrafnTalkStalk(P) 14:07, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
This article appears a bit one-sided. How about a little bit more neutrality? Viriditas (talk) 11:32, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for doing this. Jayjg (talk) 01:31, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations#The_article_on_me.2Fmy_organization_is_an_attack.21_What_can_I_do.3F. Good advice for defending a variety of groups where article just becomes an attack page, which frankly I think that is and might be merged on those grounds, tough I don't have energy to lead the way personally. CarolMooreDC (talk) 00:41, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Steve, I'm not sure whether it was due to dishonesty or simply a misunderstanding that three decades ago someone accused the UC of antisemitism. --Uncle Ed (talk) 17:43, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, True Family, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/True Family. Thank you.
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I've noticed your contributions to the editing of this article. I agree with the apparent consensus for substantial deletion. However, there is a negative usage of this expression, and it has a heavy presence on the Web [a la Google] : [9]. as I noted on the talk page, the expression is used in anti-Semitic discourse - as in the Protocols of Zion - to allege that Jews were conspiring to take over the world. Yet this expression is not mentioned in the conspiracy theory WP article. So I suggest you "re-direct" the term to conspiracy theory, and in that article, re-direct it to Protocols of Zion. Any valid claim that some people or country desire to "dominate the world" is covered by imperialism, I think. --Ludvikus (talk) 18:44, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Post AFD discussion, there has started an ongoing debate on the direction of this article.--Work permit (talk) 04:25, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
Please see: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MooniesBorock (talk) 07:32, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
Please do not add WP:Social networking links to main article space, as you did at Moonie (term) [10]. Please keep in mind that Wikipedia is WP:NOTFACEBOOK. Thank you, Cirt (talk) 14:04, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
Please do not make unsourced changes to Moonie (Unification Church). Thanks. Cirt (talk) 15:05, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Ordinarily, I would not mention this article, or family of articles, because I'm Restricted from editing this stuff. However, my careful study of my situation indicates to me that I have a Content dispute with the editor who contributed to this subject - and he is the editor who also Restricted me. So I believe I only have a tie here (no consensus against my views on Content) - there's NO consensus against my Content views on this subject at present. However, I've not been able to Remove the Restrict. So I certainly intend to obey it - the Restriction. But since I see myself as only having now a disagreement with one editor, the Restricting editor, I thought perhaps you might be able to make some Constructive contributions on the subject which might possibly alleviate the disagreement as to said Content. Thanks. --Ludvikus (talk) 16:27, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
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Please do not make unsourced changes only sourced to other Wikipedia articles. This is circular logic and very inappropriate, as you did here [13]. Thanks. Cirt (talk) 15:10, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Steve Dufour - this [14] was yet again another unsourced change. Please stop. If you do not I will have to seek out other avenues to resolve your inappropriate edits on the topic of Unification Church/Sun Myung Moon, chronically inserting your own opinions, POV, and wholly unsourced assertions into articles on the topic. Thanks. Cirt (talk) 15:15, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
People author, organizations publish. - Please do not just make up your own assertions about sources that are incorrect. The organization is listed as an author, and a completely different company published the book itself. Cirt (talk) 18:50, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Steve do I speak for both of us? --Uncle Ed (talk) 20:17, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Here [15] you added a new section with sources that mention the usage incidentally in passing at best - while also marginalizing info disagreeable to you and subtly moving it down from another subsection. You then commented on the talk page, indicating you really did not want this info in the article I suggest taking out the whole secondary meaning thing, since it is very minor and only sourced to one dictionary -- the others do not seem to mention this. You then added the material back in [16]. You appear to be doing this only to push a point, in violation of WP:POINT, as you yourself said you don't want the material in the article. I would ask that you please stop. Cirt (talk) 06:32, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
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I is my pleasure and privilege to award you this Barnstar for your minor edit of a DAB page wherein you recognized the truth about the true malicious history of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Keep up the good WP work! Ludvikus (talk) 17:52, 12 October 2009 (UTC) |
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Please see: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toru Goto (religious persecution)Redddogg (talk) 17:48, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for you note Steve... Please shoot me an email at fefferdan@aol.com and let's me in touch. Dan Fefferman (talk) 16:28, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
References are bogus. They point to Wikipedia pages in most instances. I did a search in major newspapers about DF -- nada.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 12:57, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi Steve, I think someone has Hyun Jin Moon and Hyung Jin Moon's names mixed up in the The Washington Times Article. Thank you for all your good work. Best Regards Marknw (talk) 00:22, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
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Regardin the removal of the criticism section of the article "Sally-anne test" 14:23, 2 June 2009 Steve Dufour (5,314 bytes) (off-topic uncited information removed, although interesting) Criticisms of the Sally-anne test hardly seem off-topic for the article "Sally-anne test" While the section was uncited, it did not present any new research only observing that this test leaves an important element unstated. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sally%E2%80%93Anne_test&action=history —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.228.246.68 (talk) 02:03, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
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Please do not add unsourced info about WP:BLPs, as you did here [17]. Thanks, Cirt (talk) 17:06, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
I've nominated List of former Jews, List of former Christians, and List of former Muslims together for deletion: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of former Jews.Kitfoxxe (talk) 15:09, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
He or someone associated with him has been blanking the negative stuff and I'd just raised this at the BLP noticeboard, seeing if we could extend some mercy to him over what is obviously an embarrassing turn of events in the article. Deletion would resolve that. BUT could he then recreate it without the critical material, if PRODDED? If so, would an AfD be a better way to ensure it is not recreated as a hagiography? I'm just not sure if PRODDED articles be speedy deleted if recreated? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 04:55, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Edwards (2nd nomination)Kitfoxxe (talk) 02:48, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
Have you read my argument against deletion? (That I gave in: Talk:Sucker-trap#It_is_more_than_a_dictionary_article.21_.28And_should_not_be_deleted.21.29
And you still think should be deleted?
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Calling editors who disagree with you Hitler,[18] does not further the discussion, please refactor out this personal attack. Thank you. Okip 14:49, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
Please do not compare other Wikipedia users to Adolf Hitler, as you did on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/London Buses route 260. It is a violation of Wikipedia:No personal attacks. Dew Kane (talk) 04:26, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
I just closed the terrorism AfD. If you feel that the "result" entries on the talk pages of the articles you want to renominate should offer more of an explanation than just "speedy keep", please go ahead and amend my comments. I noticed that the other articles underwent their own AfDs, the Jewish one in 2008. The article has changed significantly since that almost unanimous "keep" decision, though. Huon (talk) 01:58, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Regarding your edit summary here, I never thought the purpose of the See also section was "to pass judgment", though I admit to having applied editorial judgment when I removed it, as per WP:ALSO. I certainly won't squabble over this trifle, but I think it is misleading to readers to add this link there. I actually came to this article looking for references to answer a question posted at the reference desk and was misled. I won't edit that article anymore, however, I just thought you might wish to reconsider. ---Sluzzelin talk 13:30, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
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Steve, can we talk about the Dog (disambiguation) page? MSW3 catagorizes both C.l.familiaris and C.l.dingo as "domestic dogs". Look under the comments where it says that Canis lupus
"Includes the domestic dog as a subspecies, with the dingo provisionally separate--artificial variants created by domestication and selective breeding (Vilá et al., 1999; Wayne and Ostrander, 1999; Savolainen et al., 2002). Although this may stretch the subspecies concept, it retains the correct allocation of synonyms."
http://www.bucknell.edu/MSW3/browse.asp?id=14000738.
Yes, in some contexts (i.e.: "Dingoes cross-breeding with dogs") the word "dog" doesn't refer to dingoes, but in others ("the dingo is a domestic dog that has reverted to life as a wild animal") the word "dog" refers to dingoes as well. There are many "breeds" that are probably C.l.dingo that aren't Australian Dingoes and aren't nearly as wild. There's the Telomian New Guinea Singing Dog, that's a real dog, not an analogy like "Bush Dog". Look at this page and it's references: http://www.shiba-dog.de/dingo-en.htm, it seems the Shiba Inu is a C.l.dingo, too, so that opens the door to all the other native Japanese dogs, the Korean dogs, too, and away we go... That's all very interesting, but the point is, if it turns out that the Jindo is a C.l.dingo, it's still going to be a dog, obviously. And there's the American Dingo, I don't know, but might be on the dingo side of the familiaris/dingo clade. All kinds of east Asian and American dogs might be more dingo than familiaris, but that doesn't mean that my neighbor's Husky is any less a dog than my spaniel. It could very well be that MSW4 will unite them as one subspecies in the taxon "Canis lupus domesticus" or some such, but even if they don't, calling the dingo a "dog" isn't being metaphorical like calling Atelocynus microtis or some such a "dog", because familiaris and dingo are the same animal. Chrisrus (talk) 06:37, 10 June 2010 (UTC):\
We don't need "dog shark". Think about chocolate milk and milk chocolate. The reader can be assumed to speak English, so he or she knows that the second word is the head and the first is a noun modifier. If there were an animal called a "duck eagle", and it wasn't really an eagle, it should go on the "eagle" disambiguation page, but not on the duck disambiguation page. The opposite would be true of an animal called an "eagle duck". There used to be lots of these on many pages. For example, on the Mole disambiguation page there were mole crickets, mole crabs, and so on, but all we really needed were the marsupial moles and the golden moles and the regular, talpidae moles. On the wolf disambiguation page, somebody put the wolf spider, for example. Dog shark is no more helpful than adding dog house. Chrisrus (talk) 17:06, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Steve. Cirt and I has just started a discussion on the talk page about removing some of the extra examples and trivia from the page. Please join in if you care to. Thanks. Kitfoxxe (talk) 22:59, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
I mentioned your comment at Talk:Junko Sakurada on at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard. Please don't be offended but I found it a little questionable by WP standards. Wolfview (talk) 20:15, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
As you seem to be the main contributor to the article, would you, by any chance be able to address comments at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop#Muskrat Range? I've requested a vector version be made of the range map, File:Verbreitungsgebiet Bisamratten.jpg, but the main concern was regarding the accuracy of the information being represented. Thanks, Connormah (talk) 13:11, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
Can you please format new citation additions to the article Hak Ja Han using WP:CIT templates? Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 17:31, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
I was able to find the sources the nominator could not, and I do not doubt that he did try. Starting with a full-length review of this film in The New York Times, it was an easy job after that. If you might revisit the article, you will see that what was sent to AFD as mediocre stub,this has now become THIS... a decently encyclopedic and well-sourced Start-Class article that is now worthy of inclusion within these pages. It might not have before... but it now passes WP:NF. And yes... I even surprised myself with this one. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 06:21, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
FWIW, if you can find independent reliable sources, preferably at least two, which individually cover the subject to a "significant" degree as per WP:N, I don't think that anyone would necessarily object to the article being kept, or even possibly re-created. The problem is, so far as I can see, that the award, at least so far as I could see, has been discussed in articles about the people who have been given the award, often in a less-than-necessarily-positive light, rather than about the award itself. And we would need substantial mention in the articles about the award itself for it to meet WP:N guidelines. Susan Palmer's book might provide such coverage, and it is possible that some journal articles or other sources discuss it at length. If they do, and they can be produced, then I don't think that there would be any problem at deletion review for restoring the article, with the sourced material added, or in having it recreated with a clear indication that it is significantly discussed in those independent sources. John Carter (talk) 17:37, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
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I've just suggested merging True Family into List of Unification Church members since the information in the first is mostly aready in the second. Please discuss if you like: Talk:List of Unification Church members#Merge in True Family. Kitfoxxe (talk) 09:03, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
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Please see: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Global Peace Festival since you contributed to the article. Borock (talk) 10:34, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
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You commented on the deletion of above page. The discussion was however mistakenly placed on another page (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/APOX), so you'll likely have to comment again after this discussion is moved to its proper place. Travelbird (talk) 10:25, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
Please look at the article Tahash, and on the Discussion Page: "Consensus on Timeline" give your opinion about the Timeline. Thank you. --Michael Paul Heart (talk) 14:03, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for giving me an image of a white rose that is symbolized as a "peace rose." Frankly, I wanted to delete my user page because of vandalism and uselessness; however, this is the nicest and grateful thing you ever have done to me. I'll take that as a thankful gift from a user instead of an anonymous IP address. Out of curiosity, why else (besides in the edit summary) would you give anyone a white rose? --Gh87 (talk) 20:22, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
Please see: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/As a Peace-Loving Global Citizen (2nd nomination). Thanks. Kitfoxxe (talk) 14:15, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
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I am a bit concerned that you may be too emotionally involved in the Unification church and that you hence have a Wikipedia:Conflict of Interest. I suggest you start edit other subjects more. Andries (talk) 17:14, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
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Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States journalism scandals (3rd nomination). BigJim707 (talk) 14:38, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
You really, really think "But I like it, it's interesting" is a reason to keep an article? Get real. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 18:56, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
There is an open WP:SPI case looking at sockpuppet editing primarily on the Johann Hari/ Talk page. As you edited the Johann Hari/Talk page between 2004 and 2011, your input is welcomed. Yonmei (talk) 22:33, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
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I chopped Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News of the sections about chapter content and substituted a list of chapter titles. Can you take a look and see if I went too far? I left a comment on talk under yours. RJFJR (talk) 15:26, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
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Following your suggestion of last month, I've proposed that Werner Erhard and Associates and Erhard Seminars Training be merged into the History section of the Landmark Education article. You may wish to watch or discuss here. • Astynax talk 20:59, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
Just a friendly note that I've reverted this edit as George Went Hensley is a founder of a notable movement and at least one denomination listed in many NRM reference works (Melton, Lewis and Chryssides among others). The article deals with many aspects of the early years of the movement in more detail than the Snake handling article itself. • Astynax talk 20:09, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
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Just FYI, I was the one who recently started going about tagging many, if not most, of those religion articles which have been placed at "Top" importance. Basically, the Mircea Eliade/Lindsay Jones Encyclopedia of Religion is supposed to be counted as probably the most authoritative work of its kind since the Hastings Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics early in the 20th century. To help ensure that we do in fact cover religion from a more NPOV basis, I have started going ahead and tagging those subjects which have articles in the second Jones edition of the encyclopedia as "Top" importance to Religion. There are unfortunately still quite a few of those articles we ourselves don't have, as can be seen from the redlinks still to be found at User:John Carter/Religion articles. But, yeah, I do tend to think that those subjects which receive articles in the best of the print encyclopedias, like that one and the others on the list, probably deserve to be counted as "Top" priority, which allegedly are those which any encyclopedia should have, pretty much based on their being included there. John Carter (talk) 00:14, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
I have just saw how you changed the status of one of the articles in the ER based on your own personal opinion that it does not seem that important to you. I remind you of the earlier conversation we had regarding this subject, and how the choices were based on the most highly regarded reference work on the subject in recent years. Then I reviewed your recent edits, and saw that for the most part many of your recent edits have been such reversion. Out of curiosity, is it seriously your own opinion that you, on your own, apparently know more about this subject than the experts in the field? If so, would you please indicate your credentials, as you would clearly be one of the most qualified people on the subject of religion on the planet? You do clearly think that your own personal opinion is of top priority here. I honestly cannot believe that to be accurate.
If you wish to see which articles were listed in the work in question, please see User:John Carter/Religion articles, which lists them all, including the roughly 1500 we don't yet have. Many of them are in fields not clearly obvious, like Scoiology of Religion, Psychology of Religion (to some degree), etc. While they might not be clearly so important to you, I cannot honestly believe that your opinion is somehow more important than that of the recognized experts in the field. Also, particularly with many of the articles, like on experts, they are of comparatively poor quality at this point, and the importance of their work might not be obvious.
I sincerely urge you to perhaps assume a bit more humility than you have recently displayed in your acting on your own somewhat ill-informed opinions. The assessments were made to help bring the religion related material into a more encyclopedic manner. Presumably, based on your actions, you would oppose that effort. I sincerely urge you to perhaps adopt a bit of humility and, perhaps make it easier for others to help develop the encyclopedia. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 01:46, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
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Sorry, I wasn't paying complete attention to the article and was looking it up on the BBC which only mentioned it early this morning. I thought that film mentioned was for the 2009 weddings and was just aired a few years after they occurred. I was about to mention it on the talk page so someone could put the link in when I saw you edited the article. --Thebirdlover (talk) 15:56, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
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You recently removed some chimpanzee images from Monkeys in space, with the argument that chimps are not within the scope of the article. I disagree and I think some others do); there is no sense in having separate articles for makaks and chimpanzee in space, in my opinion. Therefore, it is more reasonably to change the title of the article, to make it reflect its content, than ther other way around.
If you disagree, you're welcome to re-revert, and to argue your opinions at Talk:Monkeys in space#Title. Best, JoergenB (talk) 18:00, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
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Your user page contains an extensive quote which appears to be from this 2007 message.
Can you provide evidence that this is in the public domain or that it has been released by the copyright owner under a Wikipedia-compatible free license?
I ask because I believe that the length of the quote is too long to qualify under Wikipedia:NFCC. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 02:41, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
It was arranged like that, because Indus valley civilization and Mehrgarh are viewed to be having older religious events than any other events from Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. I have alphabetically arranged and mentioned. Bladesmulti (talk) 04:29, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
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You have been mentioned at Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians. Ottawahitech (talk) 22:17, 3 January 2016 (UTC)please ping me
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Hi all,
i hope i finally found the correct section.
I would like to know why you deleted my name Nico Haupt from 9/11 conspiracy theories / No Plane thory ? It was there for years ! Did you doublecheck that with the member who added it apprx. 18 years ago? Also why do you block a discussion about google 1649ish ? I just added 3 new sections : Anagramm, zwanzig and shave. You will find the original article at justpaste DOT it/google1649ishUpdates ! It's water tight !
I'm also not a "minor 9/11 skeptic" as you say. I actually coined that term which is still used in England and created the whole 9/11 Movement with the first organisations and research groups !
I met Morgan Reynolds several times and he was influenced by me, Gerard Holmgren and Rosalee Grable.
I have 2 imdb entries and worked once with Christoph Schlingensief ! Do you wanna delete this too ?
What is wrong with you ?
Ewing2001 (talk) 10:36, 11 February 2020 (UTC)ewing2001
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A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Caesar's wife must be above suspicion. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 July 23#Caesar's wife must be above suspicion until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Ghinga7 (talk) 19:29, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
On 22:19, 11 April 2007 you edited Elizabeth Thackery (“Putting notablity first, if you don't think that is notable please delete the whole d**n article, thanks, have a nice day”).
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