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I don't know if anyone responded to you, but the answer to your question on the Banu Qainuka'a is that they broke the constitution by tipping off the Meccans about Muhammad's plan to raid a Meccan caravan, which led to the Battle of Badr. When Muhammad won the fight, he exiled the entire clan from Medina, though I don't what hadith refer to this. Dev920 15:46, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
I have never seen anyone here so long, so constantly, with so few edits to their userspaces. 68.39.174.238 01:58, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Another blast from the past!
If you're still interested, see Oddfellows#History. Pdfpdf 12:23, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Brasswatchman. On the reference desk you asked about Manson-related topics. Did you read Bugliosi's book and the footnote on History of the hippie movement? "Bugliosi (1994) describes the popular view that the Manson case "sounded the death knell for hippies and all they symbolically represented," citing Joan Didion, Diane Sawyer, and Time. Bugliosi admits that although the Manson murders "may have hastened" the end of the hippie era, the era was already in decline." Before the Manson murders, hippies were seen as relatively benign, and the counterculture was embraced by more segments of the U.S. than ever before. The Manson incident gave the media and society in general the rationale to clamp down on the counterculture. From then on, the sixties and everything it represented in terms of peace and love was officially over. Because Manson and his "family" dressed and looked like hippies, normal hippies were considered suspect, tainted in some way. (see Association fallacy) As for The Beatles on Manson's use of their work, Lennon discussed it very briefly in answer to a question by David Sheff in a Playboy Interview from January, 1981 [1] but I would recommend asking the Beatles project for further details. If you have specific questions, ask me on my talk page. — Viriditas | Talk 13:38, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Further to your Humanities Ref Desk query on this matter - besides relating to the length of a sixteen-year-old's work week, you might consider noting the age to which compulsory education extends at the time your story takes place. This isn't necessarily universal (e.g. sixteenth birthday), and would have relevance to your readers' understanding the significance of a teen balancing a high school education vs. employment. -- Deborahjay ( talk) 20:04, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Further to the Language RD discussion, a brief mention here of some considerations that might be relevant as you assign names to characters: I suspect that in Arabic as in Hebrew—my main acquired language—a name's meaning reflects the parents' mentality and allegiances at the time of an individual's birth. (This is, of course, if the individual/character doesn't adopt another moniker as time goes by.) There are traditional names that may be recycled from generations to generation (with strictures: for example, Oriental Jews will name a child after a living relative, while Ashkenazic Jews will thus honor only a deceased forebear). Some first names are also words (though as names are often accented on a different syllable): adjectives for personal qualities (e.g. my daughters' in Hebrew are literally "enlightened" and "lovely" but also have the root forms of deceased ancestors' names, Meir and Bella), place names and animal names (in Arabic as well as Hebrew, as far as I know). Jihad as a first name is popular enough within today's Israel that we've heard it for an elegant female newscaster on the IBA's main Arabic news show, as well as a male coworker of my husband's, a cause of mild consternation to the uninitiated when heard over the factory P.A. system. ("Jihad! Jihad to the main floor!") Professional translators such as myself, translating local material for a global readership, deal with these sort of decisions quite regularly and consult among ourselves on translation e-forums such as LANTRA-L (Language and Translation List). I warmly suggest you do likewise to get the input of polyglot professionals, and also recommend CE-L (Copyediting List) where you'll find English-language writing experts. Both are high-volume listservs worth their bandwidth in gold (and you'll meet LOTS of nice, knowledgeable people there, onlist and off). Good luck! -- Deborahjay ( talk) 14:50, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi there,
You've had a few different responses on the Maths RD. They're quite divergent - some about Euclidean 5D geometry, some about usable models of real spacetime that employ five dimensions. It might be useful if you could drop back by and clarify what sorts of responses are going to be most useful, so that we can concentrate on those.
Thanks,
AlexTiefling ( talk) 09:34, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.Hello, Brasswatchman, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your contributions; I hope you like it here and decide to stay. We're glad to have you in our community! Here are a few good links for newcomers:
~~~~
so others will know who left which comments.I hope you enjoy editing and being a Wikipedian. Although we all make mistakes, please keep in mind what Wikipedia is not. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to see the help pages or add a question to the village pump. The Community Portal can also be very useful.
Happy editing!
-- Sango 123 16:29, July 31, 2005 (UTC)
P.S. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you need help with anything or simply wish to say hello. :)
I don't know if anyone responded to you, but the answer to your question on the Banu Qainuka'a is that they broke the constitution by tipping off the Meccans about Muhammad's plan to raid a Meccan caravan, which led to the Battle of Badr. When Muhammad won the fight, he exiled the entire clan from Medina, though I don't what hadith refer to this. Dev920 15:46, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
I have never seen anyone here so long, so constantly, with so few edits to their userspaces. 68.39.174.238 01:58, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Another blast from the past!
If you're still interested, see Oddfellows#History. Pdfpdf 12:23, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Brasswatchman. On the reference desk you asked about Manson-related topics. Did you read Bugliosi's book and the footnote on History of the hippie movement? "Bugliosi (1994) describes the popular view that the Manson case "sounded the death knell for hippies and all they symbolically represented," citing Joan Didion, Diane Sawyer, and Time. Bugliosi admits that although the Manson murders "may have hastened" the end of the hippie era, the era was already in decline." Before the Manson murders, hippies were seen as relatively benign, and the counterculture was embraced by more segments of the U.S. than ever before. The Manson incident gave the media and society in general the rationale to clamp down on the counterculture. From then on, the sixties and everything it represented in terms of peace and love was officially over. Because Manson and his "family" dressed and looked like hippies, normal hippies were considered suspect, tainted in some way. (see Association fallacy) As for The Beatles on Manson's use of their work, Lennon discussed it very briefly in answer to a question by David Sheff in a Playboy Interview from January, 1981 [1] but I would recommend asking the Beatles project for further details. If you have specific questions, ask me on my talk page. — Viriditas | Talk 13:38, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Further to your Humanities Ref Desk query on this matter - besides relating to the length of a sixteen-year-old's work week, you might consider noting the age to which compulsory education extends at the time your story takes place. This isn't necessarily universal (e.g. sixteenth birthday), and would have relevance to your readers' understanding the significance of a teen balancing a high school education vs. employment. -- Deborahjay ( talk) 20:04, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Further to the Language RD discussion, a brief mention here of some considerations that might be relevant as you assign names to characters: I suspect that in Arabic as in Hebrew—my main acquired language—a name's meaning reflects the parents' mentality and allegiances at the time of an individual's birth. (This is, of course, if the individual/character doesn't adopt another moniker as time goes by.) There are traditional names that may be recycled from generations to generation (with strictures: for example, Oriental Jews will name a child after a living relative, while Ashkenazic Jews will thus honor only a deceased forebear). Some first names are also words (though as names are often accented on a different syllable): adjectives for personal qualities (e.g. my daughters' in Hebrew are literally "enlightened" and "lovely" but also have the root forms of deceased ancestors' names, Meir and Bella), place names and animal names (in Arabic as well as Hebrew, as far as I know). Jihad as a first name is popular enough within today's Israel that we've heard it for an elegant female newscaster on the IBA's main Arabic news show, as well as a male coworker of my husband's, a cause of mild consternation to the uninitiated when heard over the factory P.A. system. ("Jihad! Jihad to the main floor!") Professional translators such as myself, translating local material for a global readership, deal with these sort of decisions quite regularly and consult among ourselves on translation e-forums such as LANTRA-L (Language and Translation List). I warmly suggest you do likewise to get the input of polyglot professionals, and also recommend CE-L (Copyediting List) where you'll find English-language writing experts. Both are high-volume listservs worth their bandwidth in gold (and you'll meet LOTS of nice, knowledgeable people there, onlist and off). Good luck! -- Deborahjay ( talk) 14:50, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi there,
You've had a few different responses on the Maths RD. They're quite divergent - some about Euclidean 5D geometry, some about usable models of real spacetime that employ five dimensions. It might be useful if you could drop back by and clarify what sorts of responses are going to be most useful, so that we can concentrate on those.
Thanks,
AlexTiefling ( talk) 09:34, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.