Aloha! I am starting this page new, with some rules. If you want to see all the discussion up until this point, you can view it here (Jere I highly recommend reading the end of that discussion if you havenʻt already, since you were in it. I will delete what Iʻm writing right now eventually). This discussion has been very interesting, and I thank everyone who participated in it. However, I would like to begin anew with a new style, which I expect to be followed here.
1. ALOHA at ALL TIMES
2. This space is my kuleana. Please respect it. I will have to delete anything that is not appropriate or respectful.
3. However, this is a Free Thought Zone. You may express whatever you want, as long as it is respectful, with Aloha, and follows the guidelines below.
4. Do not break up others' manaʻo with your responses. Please respond at the end of their text.
5. Keep it decently short. If possible, try to make one point at a time. Or at least do not let loose a barrage of ukupaila arguments that anyone (especially me) may feel obligated to respond to. I am not a fast typist, and I want to be sympathetic to others who are squeezing this work into their crazy busy lives.
6. Don't be afraid to ask honest questions. No one should feel stupid for asking something they donʻt know, even if you don't think it's " politically correct" to ask.
7. Have fun. If youʻre not, get off the damn computer, go take care of yourself or jump in the ocean or something. Your health and happiness are important to me, and should be to you, too.
Arjuna:Aloha, Laualoha, and thanks for your comments on my talk page. Just a heads up that if you're not already tracking it, I made some edits to the Morgan Report page, and could use your help in monitoring (JK, I know you will, so I need not even ask! -- hope you agree they are good faith edits, and meticulously cited). In any case, I am happy to send scanned PDFs of all those references to the both of you as we move forward in making the articles more NPOV. But first, L, you have to email me so I know how to contact you (go to my talk page and there will be an options somewhere that says "Email this user"; a desire for anonymity on both sides will be respected). I look forward to hearing from you (and from JK). Cheers, Arjuna 07:30, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
Laualoha:Mahalo, Arjuna...so far so good. I really appreciate your efforts to find some ground closer to the center. As for the email, I've tried, but I just can't seem to get it. Any ideas? Aloha,-- Laualoha 18:18, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
Arjuna:Aloha, Laualoha. Long time no see. I noticed your recent edits to the Morgan Report article, which I support, but there are a couple of unsupported statements that should have some citation in order to prevent challenges to the material. You probably already know this, so apologies if I'm telling you what you already know. Specifically, the sentences that Cleveland was "under pressure" and that "arguably coerced", etc. I don't doubt that these are accurate, just that they are certain to be challenged by certain other editors (regarding which, btw, if you haven't noticed, JK or his clone is back under another name (sockpuppeting?) and stirring things up again on some of the other articles -- we could use your help there as well.) Anyhow, I'd be happy to help, and again, I support your changes, just trying to help make sure they are supported so that they stick. Cheers, Arjuna ( talk) 20:02, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
Jere:E kala mai, Laualoha, this is your page, you can say whatever you want, but your characterization of Aloha for All as an "anti-native" group is hurtful. The mission of Aloha for All is to fight for the civil rights of all people in Hawaii, regardless of race, and to remove racial restrictions from existing government programs so that all people can benefit from them regardless of their genetic background. You may feel that they are misguided in their application of the idea of equality for some reason (arguably good and noble reasons), but I assure you, the intent of the organization is a positive one. -- JereKrischel 17:56, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Laualoha: Sorry it hurts. I really am, you know; it is not my intention to cause pain to anyone when they are working for what they truly believe is right. And I believe that you are sincere that the intent is a positive one. However, the actions of the organization, like the " Grassroot Institute" and its counterparts, are very clearly anti-native. It is as though they do not want there to be such a thing as native in the world, just because they don't qualify for this particular definition. And you gotta admit that there's some serious irony when a bunch of extremely wealthy, mostly white settlers with huge political power start screaming that the population with the single lowest economic, health, education, and freedom (as in, not currently incarcerated) rates are oppressing them.-- Laualoha 22:33, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Jere: Aloha e, but I am not extremely wealthy, nor am I a white settler, nor do I have huge political power - those people are OHA :). Perhaps if you had suggestions on how GRIH and Aloha for All could be pro-native, without giving up their cause to eliminate race-based discrimination, we could all get along. Is there any way to be pro-native without discriminating on the basis of race? Would a hula program open to all races be pro-native? Or a olelo Hawaii program open to all races be pro-native? Could I do anything pro-native without first looking at the genetic background of a participant in the program? If you can offer suggestions on how the two can be reconciled, I promise I will work on those issues in my own civil rights activism, and perhaps we both can build GRIH and Aloha for All into organizations of pride for everyone. -- JereKrischel 02:12, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Laualoha: Jere, you may not be rich, white and powerful, but the most vocal people in AFA/GRIH are...
I have moved the rest of this discussion to the following page:
/Aloha For All Discussion -- ctd.. Please note that it is important to me to keep reply postings generally short in length, for the benefit of anyone who chooses to try to read the page. Mahalo!--
Laualoha 22:07, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
Aloha/Bonjour Laualoha, Did you mean to create /caption_note? I moved it to Native Hawaiian Reorganization Act (and deleted some speedy tags) but I am not sure whether you meant it as an article and just need to work on it, or if it might have been something for user space. Anyway, let me know and if it is a mistake I guess you could request deletion yourself with {{db-author}}-- Slp1 23:10, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
That should be fine; mahalo. --
Laualoha 19:48, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your detailed comments on the Talk:Legal status of Hawaii page. I've changed "peace keepers" to troops, hopefully that is sufficient - and I've replied to most of the other notes. Some of them are moot, since we removed the photographic evidence section, but others probably require more discussion. We can break those out as need be.
Can you look over my recent changes, and see if there is anything particularly objectionable about how I partitioned the history section? I think once we get a firm grip on the structure, we'll have an easier time working out specific sections.
Mahalo! -- JereKrischel 20:45, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi Laualoha. I left some comments at the talk page there. I think your efforts to bring NPOV to the page are admirable. It's an uphill battle for people who missed the "sovereignty train" that pulled out of Western stations without regard to which locals managed to jump on board. I face very similar problems at most of the articles related to Palestinians. I hope the comments I left are helpful. It's not my area of expertise (though I once did write a paper on U.S. expansionism and its infiltrations of Hawaii and the Philippines in high school). I will pop in from time to time to see how things are progressing, but do let me know if you need anything else. Tiamut 11:35, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Aloha Laualoha. I'm happy that the citations may be useful to you. If you ever need anything else, let me know. Mahalo or as we Palestinians sometimes say, Salamaat. Tiamut 16:50, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Aloha, Laualoha, no worries on the sock puppet thing. I know sometimes it's hard to tell when something fishy seems like it's going on. You can delete the section if you like, or leave it up, I'm just glad that we've maintained and further established our common trust.
BTW, I'm in town for the next few days, and if you'd like to get together sometime, jam, talk story, and maybe hash out a few compromises in person, please feel free to email me at jere@krischel.org. I'm leaving friday, but will be around wednesday and thursday. Mahalo! -- JereKrischel 23:59, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Jere: Howzit, I think I have some time tonight if you wanted to try give me a call. Ring me when you're free, and we'll see how much we can get through. Aloha! -- JereKrischel 00:04, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Laualoha: Sorry, this weekend's kinda out. My son was in a bad skateboard accident Thursday, and that's taking up all the time not swallowed by music & baby lu'au (I have kuleana at 2 of them!) work. But I really do want to get through this stuff -- mahalo for asking. A weekday evening (or mid-afternoon -- I want to be respectful of your advanced timezone) would be best for me. I have some work stuff & meetings scattered around, but I'm sure we could find something. Let's limit it to one hour (for all our families' sake); if there's still stuff left that we're making progress on but not thru the impasse with, we can try again or decide what to do. How does that sound? We should put it out there to others who have been in this struggle too, in case anyone wants to participate. The goal is to negotiate some language we can live with, to end the reversion war we were in, and prevent another one. Right? We should keep in mind that nobody but us is bound by any agreement we make, and that this might not be "final" even for us, if something new comes up. However, I think we can go a long way toward peace, which we all need right now. Yeah? Aloha, -- Laualoha 18:32, 15 September 2007 (UTC) p.s. the main pages in question are Legal status of Hawaii and Republic of Hawai'i, right? If we get through all the stuff on these (small miracle, but not impossible), we can work on the sticking points in some of the others...
Thank you for your sweet note, Laualoha! Appreciate the support as a GLBT person, and of course a Kane'ohe neighbor! (Altho for the next few months I'm stuck on the mainland!) Looks like you've been "doing battle" as well with the one and only JereKrischel... exhausting, isn't it? (No offense meant, Jere!) I'd be interested in your experience you mentioned in standing up for GLBT youth... you can also always email me direct at aloha.first@gmail.com. Mahalo nui loa! --Kai
-- Kaihoku 17:21, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
Wow, what a sad story! I'll bet you could have challenged the firing, if you had wanted to. The important thing, in the long run, is that you did the RIGHT thing! You absolutely did. And the kids you helped will be forever grateful and changed for good. So THANK YOU -- MAHALO NUI LOA for that!!!
And... Can you believe that Mike Gabbard now thinks he's a Democrat! Someday that guy is going to have to answer to his higher power for all the pain he has caused GLBT people and others. Aloha to you, Laualoha!
Kaihoku 17:59, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
I wrote to you on my talk page but thought I would copy the comments here anyway.
I'm learning to take some of my own advice. ;) Tiamut 01:43, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
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Hi welcome to the ongoing muddle that is the Easter Island/Rapa Nui page. As the island has just gained extra autonomy within Chile, whilst retaining Chilean voting rights, I'm not sure that either governed or controlled now make sense. As I see it the relationship between Rapa Nui and Chile is now more analogous to that between Hawaii and the USA, what do you think of something like Rapa Nui is a self governing special territory of Chile? Jonathan Cardy 12:17, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
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Aloha! I'm really beat right now from working all day, but I posted a link to the RfC at both the Indigenous Peoples wikiproject and the Systemic Bias one. I'll try to take a good look at the RfC myself tomorrow. Cheers! Murderbike 05:25, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Arjuna, I was not offended by what you said (although I disagree with many of the points in your last comment; I'll address them in the linked page); I was offended at Larry's comparison of those working internationally against the U.S. occupation of Hawai'i to "flat earth" theorists and "the-Holocaust-didn't happen" people. If Larry is not calling the argument for U.S. illegality (which, I might add, contains so many variations that to argue against the whole thing is a little fringe in my own opinion)"fringe", why even make this comparison? Aloha, --Laualoha 20:22, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Actually I don't see why any change in policy is needed for this particular situation (although I think some overall changes are needed in order to better counter bias). This article is ABOUT an argument. When one writes about an argument, both sides should be presented equally, with a fair, contextualizing description. This is what I am trying to do, but I don't seem to be able to get to it because I keep running into these diversions about "undue weight". Aloha, --Laualoha 20:27, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
For space purposes, the rest of this lengthy discussion has been moved here. Mahalo!
Greetings. I'm not sure if I ever thanked you for your feedback and responsiveness, so: thanks! If you feel there are any unresolved issues between us, I'd like to clear them up when you get a chance. Good luck with everything. HG | Talk 21:12, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Aloha Laualoha. Keif Halic? (That's Arabic, for "what's your situation?" or less literally, "how are you?") Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I'm going to move my comments out of the involved parties section to the section below. This was suggested to me by HG who pointed out that as mediators, we should try to make clear our distance from involvement in the actual dispute - as in, we're not invested parties, even if we obviously do approach this subject with our own biases we build out of our life experiences. Again, I'm totally sympatheitic to the frustration you are feeling right now. I encounter it so often myself at the pages related to my own people. (You should check out the RfC at Talk:Palestinian people to get a sense of what I'm talking about or anything else on that page for that matter.) In any case, I just wanted to let you know I appreciate where you're coming from and what it means to feel righteous rage. In getting your points across for the editing of the article though, it's best to try to put it aside as often as possible (and as painful as that may feel). And I know you're not alone in this, it's a dynamic that gets created in the discussions between you Jere which stray a little too close to home - as per the nature of the subject. But let's focus on the article, finding reliable sources and getting them represented in the article. Let's start making a list of sources and issues that need to be included that are not currently there or are there but not sourced. We can get through this and have a really great article representing all the nuances and complexities and different viewpoints on the issue that the reader can really get a full picture of what it under discussion from. Cool? Tiamut 22:04, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
Okay, I hear you. I'll try a little harder with the aloha thing, since I'm supposed to be good at it. Mahalo again. Aloha, --Laualoha 00:08, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Aloha! I'm really happy that the new Category I created for Burmese democracy activists is starting to fill up. It was great to discover the new article you created on Ka Hsaw Wa, about whom I knew nothing before reading it. Please take a look, I made a whole bunch of "tweaks", as well as creating section-headings and moving a couple of passages. Seeing as you're the sole author, I should also mention that there were a couple of sentences in the paragraph re the Unocal lawsuit that need your attention. Mahalo, wonderful to make your acquaintance! Aloha from the Sierra foothills in CA, Cgingold 23:49, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Linking to a section within a page is aomplished by using # between the page name and section name. It works within or across pages. So Hawaii#Etymology, as an example. Rmhermen 15:31, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
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Aloha Laualoha. First of all, thanks for your email and pardon my slow reply -- promise to do so now that I've got some other things out of the way. Hey, I need your help on something. The discussion between JK and myself on Talk:Republic of Hawaii has ramped up and reached an impasse re: whether or not TTS's book is a vanity publication (and thus not a reliable source under Wikipedia guidelines). The discussion isn't too long (although now we're starting to repeat ourselves) so shouldn't take long to peruse. Care to weigh in? Mahalo, Arjuna 09:58, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Notice: I'm up against a deadline right now, and so may be out of it for a few more days. I'll try to check email if somebody needs to reach me. Aloha, --Laualoha 19:59, 10 October 2007 (UTC) OK, it was more than a few days. I'm on the road, writing from a stopover @ Las Vegas Airport. But I'm still here!--Laualoha 07:33, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
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Hi Laualoha, long time no hear and hope you're well. As you may or not be aware, we have another (new?) "difficult" editor, Yosemitesam25, bent on pushing a very Grassroots Insitute-like POV on the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom article. I and certain other editors feel it may either be an old friend or a new one, but suspicious of his/her possible WP:COI issues. See User_talk:Yosemitesam25 for details. Certainly their edits have been highly tendentious, and your help and input would be very welcome. You may wish to refer to the back and forth discussion on the article's talk page. Given where things are (YS seems unamenable to logic if you ask me) it would have more weight if further reverts to his reverts had the consensus of other editors, so again, your help would be appreciated. Aloha and mahalo, Arjuna ( talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, nice to see you editing again. I have not been very active recently. It appears that all the old Congressional articles in need of writing have been done. Life has got in the way and I have yet to find a new Wikipedia niche. Your recent edits to the Legal status of Hawaii article look good. Could you check out the Legal status of Texas and Legal status of Alaska articles and edit them if you see ways to improve them? I think I will revise the opening paragraph in the same way that you have the Hawaiian one.
BTW, I visited Hawaii recently for a conference. I am very happy to have finally been there. It was beautiful. LarryQ ( talk) 22:31, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
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Laualoha, I just noticed you aren't a member of WP:HAWAII. Is there any way I could persaude you to join? We could certainly use your help and guidance. Viriditas ( talk) 09:07, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi Laualoha, thanks for the shout on my talk page. Hope all is well with you too and don't get swept away too far! Aloha, Arjuna ( talk) 10:09, 3 October 2008 (UTC) P.S. Just read your reply to V above. Despite your political position on the status of Hawaii -- and I respect your position even though I disagree -- I hope you'll still exercise your right to vote in November. I was listening to something on NPR today about some singer in Canada who wrote a song about wishing he could vote in the American election since the President has such an impact everywhere, but no one else gets a say in who that is. So hope you'll take the opportunity even if you didn't ask for it. Consider voting for those other countries' voters, if nothing else. Ok, I'll get off my soapbox now, and hope you'll take this in the aloha spirit that I intend. Cheers, Arjuna ( talk) 10:18, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, Arjuna! No worries about the soapbox. And yes, I plan to vote...this time. Although I would have it differently (and will do what I can to change it too, damnit! ((;), the fact is that my homeland is currently under occupation by the U.S., and I think that even that much of a relationship kind of gives me an obligation to do what I can to keep the really bad monsters in their pots. If my neighbor's house is on fire and the truck's not coming, I'll join the bucket brigade regardless of whose bucket I'm grabbing -- just cuz I can. Thanks for asking, & nice to hear from you! Aloha,--Laualoha 10:33, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Since I've got your attention, I was wondering what you thought about the POV tag I've had on this article since May. I would like to remove it; could you take a look at it? Obviously, there is a lot missing-that's why I added the tag in the first place. But, if you think it is acceptable as it is, I'll remove it. Viriditas ( talk) 10:50, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Hmmm...very interesting article. Kind of hard to follow the debate on the talk page -- it makes my head hurt, to tell the truth! Honestly, I don't think I understand all of the editing issues enough to have strong feelings regarding your tag. I'll look some more later. I do see what you mean overall -- more information would definitely be helpful, and a good understanding of the issues is crucial -- but the tag is your call. It seems to me that at this point the addition of a few more facts would be the thing that would make the biggest difference. --Laualoha 11:07, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Ummm..oops, never mind! Just read it again, in a little more detail. Leave it up. Mahalo,--Laualoha 11:14, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
I can't recall any other article on Wikipedia experiencing this kind of problematic, long-term tagging. Frankly, I'm sick of it, and before I delete the entire article and start from a stub, I would like to give you the opportunity to solve the problem. I have started a new article from scratch at Talk:Hawaiian_sovereignty_movement/Temp and would encourage you to expand it, if you are able. Note, you will need access to many of the sources listed in order to effectively contribute. On the plus side, I have found many of the sources online, and I have linked them accordingly. Thanks in advance. Viriditas ( talk) 08:37, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
Ok, I'm with you on starting over. I can't personally commit to the full effort this will take, but I will help where I can. Aloha, --Laualoha 08:40, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
Sure, I'll try. Hey, since it's a temp page, you won't be offended if I try some wording tweaks too, would you? I don't care if you tweak them back, just as long as it's fair and not a mess in the end. Aloha, --Laualoha 08:50, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
Ok....if it's okay, let's also use some italicized inline comments a bit on this temp page...We can delete them as we go; I think that will make it easier to understand when there's a specific question.--Laualoha 09:01, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
I've just added our names to a maintained template on the talk page. [3] I'm trying to get the ball rolling, but if you don't like it, feel free to remove your name. Viriditas ( talk) 12:23, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
It's fine.--Laualoha 23:46, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
Would you be interested in forming a task force that collaborates with multiple projects to improve articles on Native Hawaiians? Viriditas ( talk) 15:08, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
I would be interested, but like I said I don't know how much I'll be around -- I'm at the mercy of a crazy schedule. Also, I don't want to dis the Hawai'i project people, who work hard at what they do -- I know that's not your intention since you're part of the project, but since I'm not, I want to be clear about that. I also don't really know how a task force works, to tell the truth....--Laualoha 06:45, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
When you have time, I would like your opinion on the structure of this category (and its descendents). Viriditas ( talk) 15:59, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
I truthfully don't know if I know enough about categories to evaluate it. I tried to create an "indigenous activists" category once, but it got deleted, so I guess I must have done something wrong. I like the contents of the "Native Hawaiian People" sub-category, though I kind of wish it had a different title...mahalo for asking!--Laualoha 07:24, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
Well, I always pull toward the names that native peoples have for themselves (in this case, Kanaka Maoli) but I do think that that does need to be balanced with clear communication with people who know nothing about the subject matter -- who are, after all, the true "beneficiaries" of Wikipedia. So I don't know...maybe one of us (or somebody else) will come up with something if we think about it...Laualoha 23:51, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
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The Kingdom of Hawaii existed from 1810 until 1893 when the monarchy was overthrown by native born Hawaiians of American ancestry.
Ok, check out what I wrote and see if it's any better. It is a tricky sentence to word concisely.Laualoha 23:44, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
Sweet Laualoha. Thanks for the note. I hope you are doing well and enjoying your latest spurt here. I have been on a bit of a break myself, though I keep popping in to my two cents here and there. If you ever need anything and I can be of assistance, do let me know. Warm warm regards, Tiamut talk 12:34, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for this article - could you please reference it? Ironholds ( talk) 20:00, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
There are reference links throughout the article , but I would appreciate any contributions of additional formatting help you are able to make. Mahalo!--Laualoha 01:16, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Laualoha. Long time since I have had an opportunity to interact with you here. I hope all is well. Unfortunately, your recent edits to the Legal status of Hawaii article has seriously unbalanced it. A minority viewpoint has been given undue weight and appears to be slant of the article now. However, rather than go in and start trying to balance it again a better thought has occured to me. This article really should be merged into the Hawaiian sovereignty movement. There really is no need for two separate articles which are in essence about the same thing. The Legal status of Texas article has a merge request right now and it is likey to be merged into the Texas Secession Movement article. It would make since to do this with the Hawaiian articles here as well. Take care. LarryQ ( talk) 16:45, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Not sure what you want to do. I think a merger can be done but a deletion may be in order as well. What do you think is the best route? Sorry, you are still hawking a minority view. But I can live with that as long as we can get this fixed. If anything, Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, (2009) 9-0 Supreme Court decision further marginalized your legal argument and a large majority of state citizens would never vote to leave the USA. Hence, minority view. However, would be happy to debate this with you over at the proper talk page. I am getting old, I could use a good Wikipedia debate to keep my mind sharp. Take care. LarryQ ( talk) 17:10, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Gday (Oz for Aloha). We are trying to guess where your problem lies however, without a specific example we are fumbling in the dark. Can I ask to try and paste the problematic link at my meta talk page m:user talk:billinghurst and that will give us an indication of whether you are facing a local blacklist or a global blacklist. If it is WP local, it will paste at meta, and we can run checks to identify the issue. If it doesn't paste, then you should get an error message which you can copy and paste (to get that format wrap it inside <pre></pre>. Best of luck. — billinghurst sDrewth 12:17, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
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Aloha! I am starting this page new, with some rules. If you want to see all the discussion up until this point, you can view it here (Jere I highly recommend reading the end of that discussion if you havenʻt already, since you were in it. I will delete what Iʻm writing right now eventually). This discussion has been very interesting, and I thank everyone who participated in it. However, I would like to begin anew with a new style, which I expect to be followed here.
1. ALOHA at ALL TIMES
2. This space is my kuleana. Please respect it. I will have to delete anything that is not appropriate or respectful.
3. However, this is a Free Thought Zone. You may express whatever you want, as long as it is respectful, with Aloha, and follows the guidelines below.
4. Do not break up others' manaʻo with your responses. Please respond at the end of their text.
5. Keep it decently short. If possible, try to make one point at a time. Or at least do not let loose a barrage of ukupaila arguments that anyone (especially me) may feel obligated to respond to. I am not a fast typist, and I want to be sympathetic to others who are squeezing this work into their crazy busy lives.
6. Don't be afraid to ask honest questions. No one should feel stupid for asking something they donʻt know, even if you don't think it's " politically correct" to ask.
7. Have fun. If youʻre not, get off the damn computer, go take care of yourself or jump in the ocean or something. Your health and happiness are important to me, and should be to you, too.
Arjuna:Aloha, Laualoha, and thanks for your comments on my talk page. Just a heads up that if you're not already tracking it, I made some edits to the Morgan Report page, and could use your help in monitoring (JK, I know you will, so I need not even ask! -- hope you agree they are good faith edits, and meticulously cited). In any case, I am happy to send scanned PDFs of all those references to the both of you as we move forward in making the articles more NPOV. But first, L, you have to email me so I know how to contact you (go to my talk page and there will be an options somewhere that says "Email this user"; a desire for anonymity on both sides will be respected). I look forward to hearing from you (and from JK). Cheers, Arjuna 07:30, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
Laualoha:Mahalo, Arjuna...so far so good. I really appreciate your efforts to find some ground closer to the center. As for the email, I've tried, but I just can't seem to get it. Any ideas? Aloha,-- Laualoha 18:18, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
Arjuna:Aloha, Laualoha. Long time no see. I noticed your recent edits to the Morgan Report article, which I support, but there are a couple of unsupported statements that should have some citation in order to prevent challenges to the material. You probably already know this, so apologies if I'm telling you what you already know. Specifically, the sentences that Cleveland was "under pressure" and that "arguably coerced", etc. I don't doubt that these are accurate, just that they are certain to be challenged by certain other editors (regarding which, btw, if you haven't noticed, JK or his clone is back under another name (sockpuppeting?) and stirring things up again on some of the other articles -- we could use your help there as well.) Anyhow, I'd be happy to help, and again, I support your changes, just trying to help make sure they are supported so that they stick. Cheers, Arjuna ( talk) 20:02, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
Jere:E kala mai, Laualoha, this is your page, you can say whatever you want, but your characterization of Aloha for All as an "anti-native" group is hurtful. The mission of Aloha for All is to fight for the civil rights of all people in Hawaii, regardless of race, and to remove racial restrictions from existing government programs so that all people can benefit from them regardless of their genetic background. You may feel that they are misguided in their application of the idea of equality for some reason (arguably good and noble reasons), but I assure you, the intent of the organization is a positive one. -- JereKrischel 17:56, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Laualoha: Sorry it hurts. I really am, you know; it is not my intention to cause pain to anyone when they are working for what they truly believe is right. And I believe that you are sincere that the intent is a positive one. However, the actions of the organization, like the " Grassroot Institute" and its counterparts, are very clearly anti-native. It is as though they do not want there to be such a thing as native in the world, just because they don't qualify for this particular definition. And you gotta admit that there's some serious irony when a bunch of extremely wealthy, mostly white settlers with huge political power start screaming that the population with the single lowest economic, health, education, and freedom (as in, not currently incarcerated) rates are oppressing them.-- Laualoha 22:33, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Jere: Aloha e, but I am not extremely wealthy, nor am I a white settler, nor do I have huge political power - those people are OHA :). Perhaps if you had suggestions on how GRIH and Aloha for All could be pro-native, without giving up their cause to eliminate race-based discrimination, we could all get along. Is there any way to be pro-native without discriminating on the basis of race? Would a hula program open to all races be pro-native? Or a olelo Hawaii program open to all races be pro-native? Could I do anything pro-native without first looking at the genetic background of a participant in the program? If you can offer suggestions on how the two can be reconciled, I promise I will work on those issues in my own civil rights activism, and perhaps we both can build GRIH and Aloha for All into organizations of pride for everyone. -- JereKrischel 02:12, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Laualoha: Jere, you may not be rich, white and powerful, but the most vocal people in AFA/GRIH are...
I have moved the rest of this discussion to the following page:
/Aloha For All Discussion -- ctd.. Please note that it is important to me to keep reply postings generally short in length, for the benefit of anyone who chooses to try to read the page. Mahalo!--
Laualoha 22:07, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
Aloha/Bonjour Laualoha, Did you mean to create /caption_note? I moved it to Native Hawaiian Reorganization Act (and deleted some speedy tags) but I am not sure whether you meant it as an article and just need to work on it, or if it might have been something for user space. Anyway, let me know and if it is a mistake I guess you could request deletion yourself with {{db-author}}-- Slp1 23:10, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
That should be fine; mahalo. --
Laualoha 19:48, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your detailed comments on the Talk:Legal status of Hawaii page. I've changed "peace keepers" to troops, hopefully that is sufficient - and I've replied to most of the other notes. Some of them are moot, since we removed the photographic evidence section, but others probably require more discussion. We can break those out as need be.
Can you look over my recent changes, and see if there is anything particularly objectionable about how I partitioned the history section? I think once we get a firm grip on the structure, we'll have an easier time working out specific sections.
Mahalo! -- JereKrischel 20:45, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi Laualoha. I left some comments at the talk page there. I think your efforts to bring NPOV to the page are admirable. It's an uphill battle for people who missed the "sovereignty train" that pulled out of Western stations without regard to which locals managed to jump on board. I face very similar problems at most of the articles related to Palestinians. I hope the comments I left are helpful. It's not my area of expertise (though I once did write a paper on U.S. expansionism and its infiltrations of Hawaii and the Philippines in high school). I will pop in from time to time to see how things are progressing, but do let me know if you need anything else. Tiamut 11:35, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Aloha Laualoha. I'm happy that the citations may be useful to you. If you ever need anything else, let me know. Mahalo or as we Palestinians sometimes say, Salamaat. Tiamut 16:50, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Aloha, Laualoha, no worries on the sock puppet thing. I know sometimes it's hard to tell when something fishy seems like it's going on. You can delete the section if you like, or leave it up, I'm just glad that we've maintained and further established our common trust.
BTW, I'm in town for the next few days, and if you'd like to get together sometime, jam, talk story, and maybe hash out a few compromises in person, please feel free to email me at jere@krischel.org. I'm leaving friday, but will be around wednesday and thursday. Mahalo! -- JereKrischel 23:59, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Jere: Howzit, I think I have some time tonight if you wanted to try give me a call. Ring me when you're free, and we'll see how much we can get through. Aloha! -- JereKrischel 00:04, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Laualoha: Sorry, this weekend's kinda out. My son was in a bad skateboard accident Thursday, and that's taking up all the time not swallowed by music & baby lu'au (I have kuleana at 2 of them!) work. But I really do want to get through this stuff -- mahalo for asking. A weekday evening (or mid-afternoon -- I want to be respectful of your advanced timezone) would be best for me. I have some work stuff & meetings scattered around, but I'm sure we could find something. Let's limit it to one hour (for all our families' sake); if there's still stuff left that we're making progress on but not thru the impasse with, we can try again or decide what to do. How does that sound? We should put it out there to others who have been in this struggle too, in case anyone wants to participate. The goal is to negotiate some language we can live with, to end the reversion war we were in, and prevent another one. Right? We should keep in mind that nobody but us is bound by any agreement we make, and that this might not be "final" even for us, if something new comes up. However, I think we can go a long way toward peace, which we all need right now. Yeah? Aloha, -- Laualoha 18:32, 15 September 2007 (UTC) p.s. the main pages in question are Legal status of Hawaii and Republic of Hawai'i, right? If we get through all the stuff on these (small miracle, but not impossible), we can work on the sticking points in some of the others...
Thank you for your sweet note, Laualoha! Appreciate the support as a GLBT person, and of course a Kane'ohe neighbor! (Altho for the next few months I'm stuck on the mainland!) Looks like you've been "doing battle" as well with the one and only JereKrischel... exhausting, isn't it? (No offense meant, Jere!) I'd be interested in your experience you mentioned in standing up for GLBT youth... you can also always email me direct at aloha.first@gmail.com. Mahalo nui loa! --Kai
-- Kaihoku 17:21, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
Wow, what a sad story! I'll bet you could have challenged the firing, if you had wanted to. The important thing, in the long run, is that you did the RIGHT thing! You absolutely did. And the kids you helped will be forever grateful and changed for good. So THANK YOU -- MAHALO NUI LOA for that!!!
And... Can you believe that Mike Gabbard now thinks he's a Democrat! Someday that guy is going to have to answer to his higher power for all the pain he has caused GLBT people and others. Aloha to you, Laualoha!
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I wrote to you on my talk page but thought I would copy the comments here anyway.
I'm learning to take some of my own advice. ;) Tiamut 01:43, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
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Hi welcome to the ongoing muddle that is the Easter Island/Rapa Nui page. As the island has just gained extra autonomy within Chile, whilst retaining Chilean voting rights, I'm not sure that either governed or controlled now make sense. As I see it the relationship between Rapa Nui and Chile is now more analogous to that between Hawaii and the USA, what do you think of something like Rapa Nui is a self governing special territory of Chile? Jonathan Cardy 12:17, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
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Aloha! I'm really beat right now from working all day, but I posted a link to the RfC at both the Indigenous Peoples wikiproject and the Systemic Bias one. I'll try to take a good look at the RfC myself tomorrow. Cheers! Murderbike 05:25, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Arjuna, I was not offended by what you said (although I disagree with many of the points in your last comment; I'll address them in the linked page); I was offended at Larry's comparison of those working internationally against the U.S. occupation of Hawai'i to "flat earth" theorists and "the-Holocaust-didn't happen" people. If Larry is not calling the argument for U.S. illegality (which, I might add, contains so many variations that to argue against the whole thing is a little fringe in my own opinion)"fringe", why even make this comparison? Aloha, --Laualoha 20:22, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Actually I don't see why any change in policy is needed for this particular situation (although I think some overall changes are needed in order to better counter bias). This article is ABOUT an argument. When one writes about an argument, both sides should be presented equally, with a fair, contextualizing description. This is what I am trying to do, but I don't seem to be able to get to it because I keep running into these diversions about "undue weight". Aloha, --Laualoha 20:27, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
For space purposes, the rest of this lengthy discussion has been moved here. Mahalo!
Greetings. I'm not sure if I ever thanked you for your feedback and responsiveness, so: thanks! If you feel there are any unresolved issues between us, I'd like to clear them up when you get a chance. Good luck with everything. HG | Talk 21:12, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Aloha Laualoha. Keif Halic? (That's Arabic, for "what's your situation?" or less literally, "how are you?") Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I'm going to move my comments out of the involved parties section to the section below. This was suggested to me by HG who pointed out that as mediators, we should try to make clear our distance from involvement in the actual dispute - as in, we're not invested parties, even if we obviously do approach this subject with our own biases we build out of our life experiences. Again, I'm totally sympatheitic to the frustration you are feeling right now. I encounter it so often myself at the pages related to my own people. (You should check out the RfC at Talk:Palestinian people to get a sense of what I'm talking about or anything else on that page for that matter.) In any case, I just wanted to let you know I appreciate where you're coming from and what it means to feel righteous rage. In getting your points across for the editing of the article though, it's best to try to put it aside as often as possible (and as painful as that may feel). And I know you're not alone in this, it's a dynamic that gets created in the discussions between you Jere which stray a little too close to home - as per the nature of the subject. But let's focus on the article, finding reliable sources and getting them represented in the article. Let's start making a list of sources and issues that need to be included that are not currently there or are there but not sourced. We can get through this and have a really great article representing all the nuances and complexities and different viewpoints on the issue that the reader can really get a full picture of what it under discussion from. Cool? Tiamut 22:04, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
Okay, I hear you. I'll try a little harder with the aloha thing, since I'm supposed to be good at it. Mahalo again. Aloha, --Laualoha 00:08, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Aloha! I'm really happy that the new Category I created for Burmese democracy activists is starting to fill up. It was great to discover the new article you created on Ka Hsaw Wa, about whom I knew nothing before reading it. Please take a look, I made a whole bunch of "tweaks", as well as creating section-headings and moving a couple of passages. Seeing as you're the sole author, I should also mention that there were a couple of sentences in the paragraph re the Unocal lawsuit that need your attention. Mahalo, wonderful to make your acquaintance! Aloha from the Sierra foothills in CA, Cgingold 23:49, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Linking to a section within a page is aomplished by using # between the page name and section name. It works within or across pages. So Hawaii#Etymology, as an example. Rmhermen 15:31, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
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Aloha Laualoha. First of all, thanks for your email and pardon my slow reply -- promise to do so now that I've got some other things out of the way. Hey, I need your help on something. The discussion between JK and myself on Talk:Republic of Hawaii has ramped up and reached an impasse re: whether or not TTS's book is a vanity publication (and thus not a reliable source under Wikipedia guidelines). The discussion isn't too long (although now we're starting to repeat ourselves) so shouldn't take long to peruse. Care to weigh in? Mahalo, Arjuna 09:58, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Notice: I'm up against a deadline right now, and so may be out of it for a few more days. I'll try to check email if somebody needs to reach me. Aloha, --Laualoha 19:59, 10 October 2007 (UTC) OK, it was more than a few days. I'm on the road, writing from a stopover @ Las Vegas Airport. But I'm still here!--Laualoha 07:33, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
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Hi Laualoha, long time no hear and hope you're well. As you may or not be aware, we have another (new?) "difficult" editor, Yosemitesam25, bent on pushing a very Grassroots Insitute-like POV on the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom article. I and certain other editors feel it may either be an old friend or a new one, but suspicious of his/her possible WP:COI issues. See User_talk:Yosemitesam25 for details. Certainly their edits have been highly tendentious, and your help and input would be very welcome. You may wish to refer to the back and forth discussion on the article's talk page. Given where things are (YS seems unamenable to logic if you ask me) it would have more weight if further reverts to his reverts had the consensus of other editors, so again, your help would be appreciated. Aloha and mahalo, Arjuna ( talk) 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, nice to see you editing again. I have not been very active recently. It appears that all the old Congressional articles in need of writing have been done. Life has got in the way and I have yet to find a new Wikipedia niche. Your recent edits to the Legal status of Hawaii article look good. Could you check out the Legal status of Texas and Legal status of Alaska articles and edit them if you see ways to improve them? I think I will revise the opening paragraph in the same way that you have the Hawaiian one.
BTW, I visited Hawaii recently for a conference. I am very happy to have finally been there. It was beautiful. LarryQ ( talk) 22:31, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
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Laualoha, I just noticed you aren't a member of WP:HAWAII. Is there any way I could persaude you to join? We could certainly use your help and guidance. Viriditas ( talk) 09:07, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi Laualoha, thanks for the shout on my talk page. Hope all is well with you too and don't get swept away too far! Aloha, Arjuna ( talk) 10:09, 3 October 2008 (UTC) P.S. Just read your reply to V above. Despite your political position on the status of Hawaii -- and I respect your position even though I disagree -- I hope you'll still exercise your right to vote in November. I was listening to something on NPR today about some singer in Canada who wrote a song about wishing he could vote in the American election since the President has such an impact everywhere, but no one else gets a say in who that is. So hope you'll take the opportunity even if you didn't ask for it. Consider voting for those other countries' voters, if nothing else. Ok, I'll get off my soapbox now, and hope you'll take this in the aloha spirit that I intend. Cheers, Arjuna ( talk) 10:18, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, Arjuna! No worries about the soapbox. And yes, I plan to vote...this time. Although I would have it differently (and will do what I can to change it too, damnit! ((;), the fact is that my homeland is currently under occupation by the U.S., and I think that even that much of a relationship kind of gives me an obligation to do what I can to keep the really bad monsters in their pots. If my neighbor's house is on fire and the truck's not coming, I'll join the bucket brigade regardless of whose bucket I'm grabbing -- just cuz I can. Thanks for asking, & nice to hear from you! Aloha,--Laualoha 10:33, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Since I've got your attention, I was wondering what you thought about the POV tag I've had on this article since May. I would like to remove it; could you take a look at it? Obviously, there is a lot missing-that's why I added the tag in the first place. But, if you think it is acceptable as it is, I'll remove it. Viriditas ( talk) 10:50, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Hmmm...very interesting article. Kind of hard to follow the debate on the talk page -- it makes my head hurt, to tell the truth! Honestly, I don't think I understand all of the editing issues enough to have strong feelings regarding your tag. I'll look some more later. I do see what you mean overall -- more information would definitely be helpful, and a good understanding of the issues is crucial -- but the tag is your call. It seems to me that at this point the addition of a few more facts would be the thing that would make the biggest difference. --Laualoha 11:07, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Ummm..oops, never mind! Just read it again, in a little more detail. Leave it up. Mahalo,--Laualoha 11:14, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
I can't recall any other article on Wikipedia experiencing this kind of problematic, long-term tagging. Frankly, I'm sick of it, and before I delete the entire article and start from a stub, I would like to give you the opportunity to solve the problem. I have started a new article from scratch at Talk:Hawaiian_sovereignty_movement/Temp and would encourage you to expand it, if you are able. Note, you will need access to many of the sources listed in order to effectively contribute. On the plus side, I have found many of the sources online, and I have linked them accordingly. Thanks in advance. Viriditas ( talk) 08:37, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
Ok, I'm with you on starting over. I can't personally commit to the full effort this will take, but I will help where I can. Aloha, --Laualoha 08:40, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
Sure, I'll try. Hey, since it's a temp page, you won't be offended if I try some wording tweaks too, would you? I don't care if you tweak them back, just as long as it's fair and not a mess in the end. Aloha, --Laualoha 08:50, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
Ok....if it's okay, let's also use some italicized inline comments a bit on this temp page...We can delete them as we go; I think that will make it easier to understand when there's a specific question.--Laualoha 09:01, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
I've just added our names to a maintained template on the talk page. [3] I'm trying to get the ball rolling, but if you don't like it, feel free to remove your name. Viriditas ( talk) 12:23, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
It's fine.--Laualoha 23:46, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
Would you be interested in forming a task force that collaborates with multiple projects to improve articles on Native Hawaiians? Viriditas ( talk) 15:08, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
I would be interested, but like I said I don't know how much I'll be around -- I'm at the mercy of a crazy schedule. Also, I don't want to dis the Hawai'i project people, who work hard at what they do -- I know that's not your intention since you're part of the project, but since I'm not, I want to be clear about that. I also don't really know how a task force works, to tell the truth....--Laualoha 06:45, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
When you have time, I would like your opinion on the structure of this category (and its descendents). Viriditas ( talk) 15:59, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
I truthfully don't know if I know enough about categories to evaluate it. I tried to create an "indigenous activists" category once, but it got deleted, so I guess I must have done something wrong. I like the contents of the "Native Hawaiian People" sub-category, though I kind of wish it had a different title...mahalo for asking!--Laualoha 07:24, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
Well, I always pull toward the names that native peoples have for themselves (in this case, Kanaka Maoli) but I do think that that does need to be balanced with clear communication with people who know nothing about the subject matter -- who are, after all, the true "beneficiaries" of Wikipedia. So I don't know...maybe one of us (or somebody else) will come up with something if we think about it...Laualoha 23:51, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
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The Kingdom of Hawaii existed from 1810 until 1893 when the monarchy was overthrown by native born Hawaiians of American ancestry.
Ok, check out what I wrote and see if it's any better. It is a tricky sentence to word concisely.Laualoha 23:44, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
Sweet Laualoha. Thanks for the note. I hope you are doing well and enjoying your latest spurt here. I have been on a bit of a break myself, though I keep popping in to my two cents here and there. If you ever need anything and I can be of assistance, do let me know. Warm warm regards, Tiamut talk 12:34, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for this article - could you please reference it? Ironholds ( talk) 20:00, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
There are reference links throughout the article , but I would appreciate any contributions of additional formatting help you are able to make. Mahalo!--Laualoha 01:16, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Laualoha. Long time since I have had an opportunity to interact with you here. I hope all is well. Unfortunately, your recent edits to the Legal status of Hawaii article has seriously unbalanced it. A minority viewpoint has been given undue weight and appears to be slant of the article now. However, rather than go in and start trying to balance it again a better thought has occured to me. This article really should be merged into the Hawaiian sovereignty movement. There really is no need for two separate articles which are in essence about the same thing. The Legal status of Texas article has a merge request right now and it is likey to be merged into the Texas Secession Movement article. It would make since to do this with the Hawaiian articles here as well. Take care. LarryQ ( talk) 16:45, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Not sure what you want to do. I think a merger can be done but a deletion may be in order as well. What do you think is the best route? Sorry, you are still hawking a minority view. But I can live with that as long as we can get this fixed. If anything, Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, (2009) 9-0 Supreme Court decision further marginalized your legal argument and a large majority of state citizens would never vote to leave the USA. Hence, minority view. However, would be happy to debate this with you over at the proper talk page. I am getting old, I could use a good Wikipedia debate to keep my mind sharp. Take care. LarryQ ( talk) 17:10, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Gday (Oz for Aloha). We are trying to guess where your problem lies however, without a specific example we are fumbling in the dark. Can I ask to try and paste the problematic link at my meta talk page m:user talk:billinghurst and that will give us an indication of whether you are facing a local blacklist or a global blacklist. If it is WP local, it will paste at meta, and we can run checks to identify the issue. If it doesn't paste, then you should get an error message which you can copy and paste (to get that format wrap it inside <pre></pre>. Best of luck. — billinghurst sDrewth 12:17, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
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Dear Laualoha,
I've twice reverted your edits to the main page. You are inserting sovereignty arguments in a biased, non-neutral way. There are other pages on which the various viewpoints re the overthrow can be laid out in detail. Inserting ONE viewpoint into the main article, and leaving out the others, is biased. There isn't room in the main article to go into detail. If you continue edit warring on this issue, I'll have to ask an admin to intervene. Zora ( talk) 16:29, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
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Mahalo nui, Uke-aholic!! That's the nicest brownie I've had all year!! ♥♥ --Laualoha 07:45, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Aloha! I see that you've previously worked on the Tulsi Gabbard article, and that you're especially interested in coverage of LGBT issues. I thought you might want to know that I'm working on improving that article, especially with regards to her previous experience and her political views. I have a bunch of messy notes with sources, in case you want them so you can help add coverage of her stance on LGBT issues - let me know! Mahalo. Sumana Harihareswara 15:19, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
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As a participant in WikiProject Alternative Views I invite you to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sorcha Faal (2nd nomination) [4]. For an entity such as this who has gained global noterity to even be considered for deletion is beyond my understanding. Kmt885 ( talk) 09:13, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
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I saw your name on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Discrimination#Participants listing.
There is a discussion at Template talk:Infobox person#Citizenship suggesting a change of emphasis to a Citizenship entry from the Nationality entry.
The idea is to give more facilitation to Patriotism instead of Nationalism and also to allow more freedom of expression in regards to terminologies used.
Contributions are welcomed but may be worth checking last edit to check progress first :) Gregkaye ( talk) 20:39, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
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