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http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Contributions&target=69.203.4.112 was just uploading PD images, linked externally. We should get them onto Commons and use them that way. - Jmabel | Talk 21:06, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
I know it says above that you're now inactive, but since you've been so involved in Uncle Tom's Cabin I wanted you to know I just completed a major revision. My aim is to take the article from Good Article to Featured Article status. I hope you will consider critiquing the new article and giving me feedback. Otherwise, I hope you enjoy your time away from Wikipedia. Best,-- Alabamaboy 01:38, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Juan, crazy screaming guy. Care to make an edit, or even better, some incoming links from relevant articles? Of the billion pictures easily findable by Google I can't find one with a proper license. I've asked for permission for a few. I went looking for him Monday and couldn't find him. Also, what shall I do with the Columbia City pictures? I'd gladly just give them to you assigning copyright to do whatever you want if you have some batch submission method for Commons. SchmuckyTheCat 22:15, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi, sorry to see that you're mostly leaving Wikipedia, but I'm contacting you about an off-Wikipedia library project that may be of interest, m:Wikicite/ w:Wikicat. We are now preparing to test this system on a password-entry wiki we have at my college - we expect to have things uploaded in the coming weeks. If you would be interested in helping in "piloting" this project please let me know here. By the way, I hope you also saw that we released the Version 0.5 CD recently - so your early work in that area finally bore fruit! Cheers, Walkerma 23:39, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
See the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#"Jewish descent" versus Jew concerning the problems of using the term "Jewish descent" versus "Jew" as well as the related proposal. Thank you, IZAK 10:04, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
As the creator of the Odorheiu Secuiesc article, can you please have a look at a comment I made on the talk page. Thanks, -- KIDB 09:50, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Dear Joe, I just would like tell you that your contributions have been very valuable to Wikipedia and in the topics I have seen, you behaved in a wise and balanced manner (even if you didn't always support my POWs :-) I hope that you will return soon -- KIDB 09:46, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
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Agree with your comment. See my talk page for response. Vmenkov 20:03, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
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Hi. I left a (belated) response to your answer to my question about A.N.S.W.E.R. (That sounds a bit like a Abbott and Costello routine doesn't it). I can't tell if you are still an active user; if you are please feel free to respond to my response. Thanks! Jgui 22:17, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
I would like to nominate Biruitorul for sysop, and would like to ask your oppinion, esspecially since I mostly edit, but know very little about the organization of WP.
My reasons: deletions of bad articles/templates (E.g. recently I have created 7 templates for Transnistria, but after discussions I've edited them and reduced to 3. Yet, I couldn't delete the 4, which noone but me editted, and had to place them in a page with delete discussions, where much more serious stuff is discussed), monitoring vandalism, supervision of new edits and if necessary (semi)protection of pages from vandals (some of them get very smart recently, IMO, and one has to read the whole article to find a smartly hidden edit --> e.g. do 3 malicious edits, then revert 2 of them as vandalism, leaving the 3rd well hidden, esp. after other people edit on top of it). Biruitorul has done serious revisions for many articles (just look at his contributions to Traian Băsescu or History of Maramureş, only two recent examples from an otherwise very long list) to see that his "red" contribution matches what the author(s) has/have been writing. Also, he would be helpful in greeting new editors (he knows how WP works, different standards, etc, and can give much better advice), thus inviting them to a civilized atmosphere, or at least creating for them an impression of civilized atmosphere - something useful if you want to prevent bad edits. He is present practically dayly, and his comments and edits are always inviting you to do better job -- at least that is their effect on me.
My questions to you are about your impressions about him:
OIC. fine: Dc76 21:25, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
I see that you're now quite a bit inactive, but if you happen to drop in, I had to put Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius up at FAR. I see that you brought this to featured quality 3 years ago, so I thought you might like to participate if you aren't too busy. Atropos 00:03, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Looking back through some old stuff, I recently went and thanked User:Humus sapiens for the initial welcome to me. I myself have gotten into welcoming other helpful contributors that I have noticed who haven't yet been welcomed, and I forgot how nice it was to be welcomed myself. When I was an earlier contributor to the project, you assumed good faith with me, and were critical at times, but always very polite and very fair, and I just wanted to say thank you for that. I felt bad when I read your I am currently basically inactive on Wikipedia statement, but I realize that I too have seen some of the generally unfriendly attitude that you speak of on the project, and occassional impoliteness from users. At points like those it is therapeutic for me to focus on instead, creating new articles, sourced to multiple reputable citations, and I always enjoy the search for new citations and building a new article - but I can understand if you need to back away for a while. As to your second point in the statement, I also completely agree, that at times the project can get bogged down by statute law, and not case law, and at times the amount of bureacratic statute stuff is enough to make one dizzy! Sorry for rambling on here, but I just wanted to stop by and say thanks, and see what you were up to. And also, 60,000 edits! Wow. I had not realized. Whatever you end up deciding to do as a contributor, I still believe that the majority of the community has appreciated your work on the project. Yours, Smee 01:36, 25 May 2007 (UTC).
Hey Joe I noticed these and others today:
Please check into it. Modernist 22:20, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
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Hi Joe, I'm curious what you think about all the sockpuppet problems with Lisa Budd, Newport, Poetlister, Runcorn, and how genuine this article is: [2] I am concerned. Thanks Modernist 22:16, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
If you have some time, please help preserve info in this article, and protect it from vandalism. (I've addressed the same to a couple more users.) Sorry to bother you if you are not interested in the subject. : Dc76 18:06, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi again. I do not know if this interests you any longer, but I happened to find again what had originally caught my eye in the case involving Vintila Barbu's plagiarism on SLOMR, which had prompted all the hubbab about me "not assuming good faith", "not providing proof" etc. Here is his first version of the article, which, you will note, he authored in one go; here (on pages 34-35 of the document - not of the pdf), you will find the text he basically copy-pasted to complete one half of the text. I'm pretty sure looking over the references or other potential sources of inspiration will provide another 49% of the text, while the creative absurdities such as "Further readings" are entirely his own :). This is what I had called to his attention to, and, if you remember, he admitted to have done it (through a message on my page). I wish I had preserved the link to begin with, and not go AGF on him; it would have spared me his insults, his heckling, his stalking, and his disruptions. Dahn 01:39, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
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Hallo, I address you as an admin. Perhaps it is just my impression, but I think first message in the thread Talk:Nazism#Neutral_Nazism posted by User:James A. Donald cannot stay. There is a steady supply of contributions (+25 allready) which mostly agree with the first message. I see that you have added a comment too, which even seems to comply with the tenor of the first message, but perhaps it should be reconsidered. My objections against the first message are:
I don't want any sanctions against to be enforced against James A. Donald, who may have written this in good faith. But actually, I see no other solution than to remove the whole message from the talk page. Perhaps you can have a look at it, thanks.-- Schwalker 23:06, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I had not read carefully enough the context of your contribution to the thread. I see now that it is not an approval of the first message. In my opinion, the Donald message alone is egregious enough to be deleted, or modified (or at least directly disputed). However, the main problem is the evolution of the whole threat. People seem to "discuss", but actually they don't really react on what the others say, but just state their opinions about allegedly good aspects of Nazism. For example, see 24.239.162.211, 13 June 2007, who in an agressive tone (among other slanders) prohibits others to make ethical judgements about Nazism. Or Humanophage drops an anti-communist slander. Followed by "Sam, Australia" who "agrees" with "Humanophage" (who had said nothing about racism), that the article should not focus too much on racism. No one seems to feel obliged to post strict replies, which these contributions would deserve. A reason could be that the thread is not related to a particular editing conflict in the article.-- Schwalker 11:43, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
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Stiu ca vrei sa fii pasiv pe Wiki, dar ceva cam ciudat ii s-a intamplat lui Anonimu. Niste moderatori i-au sters un disclaimer care zicea in felul urmator:
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L-au blocat pe o saptamana si pe mine m-au avertizat. Atuncea m-am decis sa folosest acelasi userbox care folosesti si tu, care spune in felul urmator:
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Si asta ei au sters si pana la urma au protejat si pagina lui de discutie. Ei spun ca acest lucru este un atac personal. Nici unul din ei nu l-au avertizat pe Anonimu, nici nu au comunicat cu el si cand l-au raportat pe ANI, eu nu a fost notificat. Mie asta nu mi se pare normal. Poti sa-l ajuti cu ceva? Are nevoie de cineva sa-i ia partea, dar eu nu prea am credibilitate. Uite si aici. -- Thus Spake Anittas 06:12, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
User:Sceptre has deleted one of your userboxes where you expressed your personal preferences against ultra-nationalistic rhetoric. Other users have suffered the same fate and according to User:Sceptre, having such an userbox constitutes as a personal attack. Not all agree with this argument and if you are one of those people who disagree with User:Sceptre's argument, you are welcome to make your point at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. You may also read this discussion to see what things had been said on this controversial subject. -- Thus Spake Anittas 21:44, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
I absolutely do not think that this statement violated that rule, nor does my praise for various users whose work I consider good, nor my discussion of systemic bias. I have taken this up in the relevant place at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, since clearly I have been caught up in the crossfire of something that has little to do with me. - Jmabel | Talk 23:42, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
I appreciate your recent contribution of Brave Combo and Carl Finch images to the WikiMedia Commons. I've already integrated a couple of them into the relevant articles and will be using others as I am able to create articles for other members of the band. - Dravecky 21:13, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Moved to User:Jmabel/Barnstars. Thanks. - Jmabel | Talk 07:20, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
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thanks for uploading the images. We're quite weak in North American butterflies in Wikipedia, even as far as checklists and articles are concerned. I am hoping some champion of American Lepidoptera will come forth and help develop this aspect, especially as we get a large number of queries regarding American butterflies.
I would also recommend that you take images of the butterflies in the countryside around your home and garden also.
Regards, AshLin 08:22, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
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-- Peta 03:16, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
How is it better? To have 2 articles or simply a redirect to Economy of Romania?-- 156.17.75.100 17:12, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I came across your name in various places involving Jewish related categories and I thought you might be interested to know that Category:Jewish atheists is up for possible deletion at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2007_August_25#Category:Jewish_atheists. I have no idea what you might have to say on the subject, but I regard you as a very thoughtful editor, so I thought you might have some valuable insights to offer, if you care to take part in the discussion. Regards, Cgingold 02:56, 29 August 2007 (UTC) PS - If you're interested, don't delay -- the discussion is already going into its fourth day.
[Moved from my user page] Hey thanks for the headsup about those butterfly images u uploaded. I've tried to id them. Got most I think. Cheers -- Viren 19:08, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Contributions&target=69.203.4.112 was just uploading PD images, linked externally. We should get them onto Commons and use them that way. - Jmabel | Talk 21:06, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
I know it says above that you're now inactive, but since you've been so involved in Uncle Tom's Cabin I wanted you to know I just completed a major revision. My aim is to take the article from Good Article to Featured Article status. I hope you will consider critiquing the new article and giving me feedback. Otherwise, I hope you enjoy your time away from Wikipedia. Best,-- Alabamaboy 01:38, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Juan, crazy screaming guy. Care to make an edit, or even better, some incoming links from relevant articles? Of the billion pictures easily findable by Google I can't find one with a proper license. I've asked for permission for a few. I went looking for him Monday and couldn't find him. Also, what shall I do with the Columbia City pictures? I'd gladly just give them to you assigning copyright to do whatever you want if you have some batch submission method for Commons. SchmuckyTheCat 22:15, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi, sorry to see that you're mostly leaving Wikipedia, but I'm contacting you about an off-Wikipedia library project that may be of interest, m:Wikicite/ w:Wikicat. We are now preparing to test this system on a password-entry wiki we have at my college - we expect to have things uploaded in the coming weeks. If you would be interested in helping in "piloting" this project please let me know here. By the way, I hope you also saw that we released the Version 0.5 CD recently - so your early work in that area finally bore fruit! Cheers, Walkerma 23:39, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
See the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#"Jewish descent" versus Jew concerning the problems of using the term "Jewish descent" versus "Jew" as well as the related proposal. Thank you, IZAK 10:04, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
As the creator of the Odorheiu Secuiesc article, can you please have a look at a comment I made on the talk page. Thanks, -- KIDB 09:50, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Dear Joe, I just would like tell you that your contributions have been very valuable to Wikipedia and in the topics I have seen, you behaved in a wise and balanced manner (even if you didn't always support my POWs :-) I hope that you will return soon -- KIDB 09:46, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
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Agree with your comment. See my talk page for response. Vmenkov 20:03, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
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Hi. I left a (belated) response to your answer to my question about A.N.S.W.E.R. (That sounds a bit like a Abbott and Costello routine doesn't it). I can't tell if you are still an active user; if you are please feel free to respond to my response. Thanks! Jgui 22:17, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
I would like to nominate Biruitorul for sysop, and would like to ask your oppinion, esspecially since I mostly edit, but know very little about the organization of WP.
My reasons: deletions of bad articles/templates (E.g. recently I have created 7 templates for Transnistria, but after discussions I've edited them and reduced to 3. Yet, I couldn't delete the 4, which noone but me editted, and had to place them in a page with delete discussions, where much more serious stuff is discussed), monitoring vandalism, supervision of new edits and if necessary (semi)protection of pages from vandals (some of them get very smart recently, IMO, and one has to read the whole article to find a smartly hidden edit --> e.g. do 3 malicious edits, then revert 2 of them as vandalism, leaving the 3rd well hidden, esp. after other people edit on top of it). Biruitorul has done serious revisions for many articles (just look at his contributions to Traian Băsescu or History of Maramureş, only two recent examples from an otherwise very long list) to see that his "red" contribution matches what the author(s) has/have been writing. Also, he would be helpful in greeting new editors (he knows how WP works, different standards, etc, and can give much better advice), thus inviting them to a civilized atmosphere, or at least creating for them an impression of civilized atmosphere - something useful if you want to prevent bad edits. He is present practically dayly, and his comments and edits are always inviting you to do better job -- at least that is their effect on me.
My questions to you are about your impressions about him:
OIC. fine: Dc76 21:25, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
I see that you're now quite a bit inactive, but if you happen to drop in, I had to put Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius up at FAR. I see that you brought this to featured quality 3 years ago, so I thought you might like to participate if you aren't too busy. Atropos 00:03, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Looking back through some old stuff, I recently went and thanked User:Humus sapiens for the initial welcome to me. I myself have gotten into welcoming other helpful contributors that I have noticed who haven't yet been welcomed, and I forgot how nice it was to be welcomed myself. When I was an earlier contributor to the project, you assumed good faith with me, and were critical at times, but always very polite and very fair, and I just wanted to say thank you for that. I felt bad when I read your I am currently basically inactive on Wikipedia statement, but I realize that I too have seen some of the generally unfriendly attitude that you speak of on the project, and occassional impoliteness from users. At points like those it is therapeutic for me to focus on instead, creating new articles, sourced to multiple reputable citations, and I always enjoy the search for new citations and building a new article - but I can understand if you need to back away for a while. As to your second point in the statement, I also completely agree, that at times the project can get bogged down by statute law, and not case law, and at times the amount of bureacratic statute stuff is enough to make one dizzy! Sorry for rambling on here, but I just wanted to stop by and say thanks, and see what you were up to. And also, 60,000 edits! Wow. I had not realized. Whatever you end up deciding to do as a contributor, I still believe that the majority of the community has appreciated your work on the project. Yours, Smee 01:36, 25 May 2007 (UTC).
Hey Joe I noticed these and others today:
Please check into it. Modernist 22:20, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
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Hi Joe, I'm curious what you think about all the sockpuppet problems with Lisa Budd, Newport, Poetlister, Runcorn, and how genuine this article is: [2] I am concerned. Thanks Modernist 22:16, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
If you have some time, please help preserve info in this article, and protect it from vandalism. (I've addressed the same to a couple more users.) Sorry to bother you if you are not interested in the subject. : Dc76 18:06, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi again. I do not know if this interests you any longer, but I happened to find again what had originally caught my eye in the case involving Vintila Barbu's plagiarism on SLOMR, which had prompted all the hubbab about me "not assuming good faith", "not providing proof" etc. Here is his first version of the article, which, you will note, he authored in one go; here (on pages 34-35 of the document - not of the pdf), you will find the text he basically copy-pasted to complete one half of the text. I'm pretty sure looking over the references or other potential sources of inspiration will provide another 49% of the text, while the creative absurdities such as "Further readings" are entirely his own :). This is what I had called to his attention to, and, if you remember, he admitted to have done it (through a message on my page). I wish I had preserved the link to begin with, and not go AGF on him; it would have spared me his insults, his heckling, his stalking, and his disruptions. Dahn 01:39, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
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Hallo, I address you as an admin. Perhaps it is just my impression, but I think first message in the thread Talk:Nazism#Neutral_Nazism posted by User:James A. Donald cannot stay. There is a steady supply of contributions (+25 allready) which mostly agree with the first message. I see that you have added a comment too, which even seems to comply with the tenor of the first message, but perhaps it should be reconsidered. My objections against the first message are:
I don't want any sanctions against to be enforced against James A. Donald, who may have written this in good faith. But actually, I see no other solution than to remove the whole message from the talk page. Perhaps you can have a look at it, thanks.-- Schwalker 23:06, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I had not read carefully enough the context of your contribution to the thread. I see now that it is not an approval of the first message. In my opinion, the Donald message alone is egregious enough to be deleted, or modified (or at least directly disputed). However, the main problem is the evolution of the whole threat. People seem to "discuss", but actually they don't really react on what the others say, but just state their opinions about allegedly good aspects of Nazism. For example, see 24.239.162.211, 13 June 2007, who in an agressive tone (among other slanders) prohibits others to make ethical judgements about Nazism. Or Humanophage drops an anti-communist slander. Followed by "Sam, Australia" who "agrees" with "Humanophage" (who had said nothing about racism), that the article should not focus too much on racism. No one seems to feel obliged to post strict replies, which these contributions would deserve. A reason could be that the thread is not related to a particular editing conflict in the article.-- Schwalker 11:43, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
-- JayHenry 15:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
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Stiu ca vrei sa fii pasiv pe Wiki, dar ceva cam ciudat ii s-a intamplat lui Anonimu. Niste moderatori i-au sters un disclaimer care zicea in felul urmator:
This user may delete comments made by ultra-nationalist editors, as well as blind supporters, on his talk page.
L-au blocat pe o saptamana si pe mine m-au avertizat. Atuncea m-am decis sa folosest acelasi userbox care folosesti si tu, care spune in felul urmator:
This user chooses not to listen to ultra-nationalist rhetoric, of whatever nation
Si asta ei au sters si pana la urma au protejat si pagina lui de discutie. Ei spun ca acest lucru este un atac personal. Nici unul din ei nu l-au avertizat pe Anonimu, nici nu au comunicat cu el si cand l-au raportat pe ANI, eu nu a fost notificat. Mie asta nu mi se pare normal. Poti sa-l ajuti cu ceva? Are nevoie de cineva sa-i ia partea, dar eu nu prea am credibilitate. Uite si aici. -- Thus Spake Anittas 06:12, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
User:Sceptre has deleted one of your userboxes where you expressed your personal preferences against ultra-nationalistic rhetoric. Other users have suffered the same fate and according to User:Sceptre, having such an userbox constitutes as a personal attack. Not all agree with this argument and if you are one of those people who disagree with User:Sceptre's argument, you are welcome to make your point at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. You may also read this discussion to see what things had been said on this controversial subject. -- Thus Spake Anittas 21:44, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
I absolutely do not think that this statement violated that rule, nor does my praise for various users whose work I consider good, nor my discussion of systemic bias. I have taken this up in the relevant place at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, since clearly I have been caught up in the crossfire of something that has little to do with me. - Jmabel | Talk 23:42, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
I appreciate your recent contribution of Brave Combo and Carl Finch images to the WikiMedia Commons. I've already integrated a couple of them into the relevant articles and will be using others as I am able to create articles for other members of the band. - Dravecky 21:13, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Moved to User:Jmabel/Barnstars. Thanks. - Jmabel | Talk 07:20, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
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Hi Joe,
thanks for uploading the images. We're quite weak in North American butterflies in Wikipedia, even as far as checklists and articles are concerned. I am hoping some champion of American Lepidoptera will come forth and help develop this aspect, especially as we get a large number of queries regarding American butterflies.
I would also recommend that you take images of the butterflies in the countryside around your home and garden also.
Regards, AshLin 08:22, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
Marquis de Sade in popular culture, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that Marquis de Sade in popular culture satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also " What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marquis de Sade in popular culture and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Marquis de Sade in popular culture during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Eyrian 20:28, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
-- Peta 03:16, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
How is it better? To have 2 articles or simply a redirect to Economy of Romania?-- 156.17.75.100 17:12, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I came across your name in various places involving Jewish related categories and I thought you might be interested to know that Category:Jewish atheists is up for possible deletion at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2007_August_25#Category:Jewish_atheists. I have no idea what you might have to say on the subject, but I regard you as a very thoughtful editor, so I thought you might have some valuable insights to offer, if you care to take part in the discussion. Regards, Cgingold 02:56, 29 August 2007 (UTC) PS - If you're interested, don't delay -- the discussion is already going into its fourth day.
[Moved from my user page] Hey thanks for the headsup about those butterfly images u uploaded. I've tried to id them. Got most I think. Cheers -- Viren 19:08, 9 August 2007 (UTC)