Hi Llywrch! I think it's time to undelete "Jacob Barnett" page. This kid is on all the major newspapers. Also he spoke on TED. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:120B:2C70:8170:4009:7651:5D86:BEF3 ( talk) 21:58, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
Hey mate, I noticed your comments in the Signpost regarding monetary rewards for editing. I prefer not to clog public forums with one-on-one conversations, so I thought I would bring it here instead. You mentioned that with an employer and a family, the time spent contributing to Wikipedia detracts from the time spent with the other two, and that having monetary rewards would make time spent here more worthwhile. My question for you is this: Wouldn't you be afraid that if you were to start receiving monetary compensation for the effort that you put into Wikipedia, editing would shift from [something you enjoy doing for its own sake] to [yet another obligation that you must fulfill]?
Consider that, as much as we all enjoy what we do here, there are those days where we really don't feel like doing any serious editing, and instead find ourselves bopping around the encyclopedia aimlessly. In the case that you were making a bit of extra cash from your editing, and particularly in the case that you or your spouse lose your/his/her job and money is tight, I would imagine that there would be no way to prevent the feelings of pressure to edit. I don't know about you, but I know that the quality of my work would diminish significantly if that kind of pressure ever existed, and I might lose interest in the project entirely. I can think of very few things that would quite as detrimental to my psyche and worldview as the situation I just described. Would it really be worth it to risk throwing all of this away for a few extra shekels here and there?
Curious to hear your thoughts. -- Cryptic C62 · Talk 04:27, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
Sorry about the naming order. I use AWB, so I don't see the edit summary and don't normally read the talk page comments. This time I didn't use AWB and noticed. Next time, make sure listas (on the talk page) and DEFAULTSORT (main article) are filled in. That way the article doesn't get on a todo list and some idiot like me doesn't come around and mess things up. Got to love names.... my favorite is Burmese. They may or may not have a surname and they change names throughout their lives. I still haven't figured out Arabic or Icelandic names. Bgwhite ( talk) 23:32, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
Greetings from Bangkok! I have found, much to my pleasant surprise, that my hotel room offers free internet access. I intend to submit CSI effect to FAC once I get back to Boston, but before I do that, I would like to have it read by one more uninvolved editor to make sure that it is clear, concise, and comprehensive. Would you like to be that editor? If our conversation on paid contributing is any indication of your work ethic, then I would greatly appreciate your opinion on my work. -- Cryptic C62 · Talk 09:16, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
I completely understand people going on to do other things, in real life or on Wikipedia. Writing or rewriting articles is a lot of work, and I appreciate anyone who does it on any subject. I'm determined to improve the articles on Egyptian religion as much as I can, no matter how long it takes—but I have an unusual capacity for obsession and stubbornness. My frustration is not so much that I don't have help, but that I can't work as fast as I want to. Anyway, I have all the Egyptian religion pages on my watchlist, and I'll keep a closer eye on the rest of the subject from now on. If you ever decide to come back to the project, I'll at least make sure that it hasn't gotten worse in the meantime. A. Parrot ( talk) 23:37, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
I've come across four Ethiopian names that had different orders or no order in DEFAULTSORT/Listas.
I sorted them as Hawaryat, Tekle.... which is most likely wrong. Should I have done "Tekle Hawaryat"? Bgwhite ( talk) 01:03, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
Some more names. Names starting with Tesfaye and Tesfai... "Tesfaye Alebachew" and Tesfai Ghirmazion (eritrean) Bgwhite ( talk) 01:47, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
I notice you closed the AfD as "no consensus" and suggested there would be consensus as there was no agreement on the notability of geographical landmarks. As there is no agreement on a notability policy for such landmarks, surely we should fall back to the general notability guideline, yet you made no mention of assessing the AfD on this basis. It seems rather strange to suggest that we cannot delete an article unless there is agreement on a wider policy for article of that type. If we take this article on it's own merits, and put aside the interesting but inconclusive debate about the wider picture, then it's clear there is not significant coverage in reliable sources - so surely a delete is the correct option? -- Pontificalibus ( talk) 16:33, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
Afraid not, sorry - this is the first time I've heard of him. Regardless, he sounds like an...interesting character, to say the least.
Excellent article - keep up the good work, and happy editing! -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 21:33, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I left another reply on my talk page that I would appreciate a response to (no hurry!). I just want to say I am not attacking you or anything, and appreciate the work you are doing, it's simply that I have a local connection to the hill and would like clarification on this issue.-- Pontificalibus ( talk) 09:18, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Unforunately, MathBot cannot tell if a discussion is closed unless {{ subst:afd top}} is put at the top of the nomination, even above the header. Could you please put that template at the top of the nominations in the future? It helps out at WP:OLD when determining which discussions have already been closed. Thanks! Logan Talk Contributions 00:38, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Duncorn Hill. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. -- Pontificalibus ( talk) 12:08, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Please consider participating in the Gospel of the Ebionites peer review to prepare the article for GAC. Thank you. Ovadyah ( talk) 09:25, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
Buster7 has given you a Nice Koekjes which promote fellowship, goodwill and WikiLove. Thank you for sharing your insight into the Past. I've always enjoyed making discoveries of old steamer trunks full of relics of the past (not you). I too was often disheartened to discover Editors, eloquent and courteous, who had retired under duress. Hopefully you will enjoy this koekjes as you reflect on their memories. You can spread the good flavor of Nice Koekjes around Wiki World by giving someone else one. Thank You for your efforts over the years.. Nice Biscuits are very tasty and have been known to be so nice that they bake themselves!! Buster Seven Talk 21:44, 22 March 2011 (UTC) [[clear}}
So I've heard you're one of the "oldest" (meaning one of the earliest editors still active) Wikipedians around. Have you ever thought about writing about what things were like in the "early days"? I'm talking about things like WP:AfD (or VFD?), how templates were used, and other things about "daily life" that were different from how it is now. I'm really curious about it. Thanks! :) — Preceding signed comment added by Cymru.lass ( talk • contribs) 06:22, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
Yo, homeboy. I hear watcha sayin'. But you's not sayin' it loud enough, know what I'm sayin?
I don't get down with preppy assholes, puh-litical c'rectness, Jimmy Wales or Susie loudmouth weed-patch. But if you was ta put yo woids tuh-getha fo' us yung 'uns, mebbe we'd like lissen an' shit.
Y'know, put dem woids on ya grill page 'bout what you think an' all - 'bout bein' here and what it was like when you was an OG an' shit, an' how it oughtta be. I cud get down wi' dat, like ever' month mebbe.
Later Peter S Strempel | Talk 03:56, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Hey Llywrch. I think perhaps we should rename the Ugaz Abdulrahman Abd Ghani page to "Abdulrahman Abd Ghani" i.e. without the "Ugaz" title. This is something I mentioned to Bgwhite when he was fixing the sort values. Thoughts? Middayexpress ( talk) 16:43, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Greetings. I reverted your recent edit to the Afar people. The Afar are listed in the article as in inhabitants of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti. If you have other information, please revert my revert and document. Thank you. Tapered ( talk) 22:41, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Re [1]: because the parties closely affiliated with that dispute (even if just emotionally affiliated) are editing Wikipedia, and that article in particular. Both James Cantor (pro-Bailey) and Andrea James (anit-Bailey) have edited it (and these two arguably have a WP:COI, Cantor a bit less). The "darlieb"-vanished IP editor also seems intimately connected with the sexual-minority issue at hand (based on her other edits), but hey this is not WP:COI, although it certainly is WP:ACTIVISM. A personal friend of L. Conway ( User:Dicklyon) has also edited it. That article has been a warzone for years, just look at its history and talk pages. And so have been the associated ones: Autogynephilia etc.
How much time do you want to waste to get a few sentences right in an article that you don't care about more than at curiosity level? The fist law of wiki brawling: do not try to separate a street fight between two guys unless you pack shotgun and are prepared to shoot dead both of them—they're very likely to both turn on you. And bring an MG in case of mob. Only ArbCom has that kind of firepower here. See WP:1LAW.
-- Tijfo098 ( talk) 03:25, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Llywrch, I'm slightly confused by your decision (which was here by the way) regarding the AfD of the band Broadway. Which criterion of WP:NMUSIC did the group pass? I am presuming you mean criterion 6 (Is an ensemble which contains two or more independently notable musicians), but I am familiar with the two musicians you mentioned and they are not members of the band; in fact, they only provided guest vocals on two of the albums tracks. Surely this is not sufficient to pass WP:NMUSIC. Or am I missing something? I also agree with your comment that print sources like NME should be used more often, but the problem here is that this band has not been featured in them! Given their genre they're probably most likely to be mentioned (over here in the UK) in Rock Sound or Kerrang!, but I have an online subscription to the former and a search through their archives produced no hits, and there's been no evidence regarding the latter. Cheers, doomgaze (talk) 19:41, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Broadway (Band). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. duffbeerforme ( talk) 05:58, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Howdy - no complaints about your closure... it was perfectly reasonable given the votes. What do you think I ought to do next? There's no point in immediately relisting, naturally... at the same time it would both aid Wikipedia and the outside world to have the thing removed. And it's desperately hard to introduce any negative stuff about them as most of that stuff has been cleansed from the net due to their lawyers. Any ideas?
Cheers,
Egg Centric 19:21, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
[3] - it would be about people mindlessly invoking various Wikipedia guidelines/policies in arguments, like some kind of magical mantras, without having actually bothered to read the actual guideline/policy, or adequately explaining how a particular policy/guideline actually applies in a particular case. Subtitle could be "Wikipedia policies and guideline titles (including WP:SFoD) are NOT magical incantations to defeat your opponents with". Volunteer Marek ( talk) 20:15, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
I got bold and created it WP:Shadowless Fists of Death. It'd be great if you wrote it. Volunteer Marek ( talk) 20:34, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Llywrch, could I ask you please to make an edit here, rather than tagging it twice? It seems clear to me, so I'm not sure what to do with it. You're welcome to clarify if you think it needs it. SlimVirgin TALK| CONTRIBS 22:00, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
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You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Republic of Ogadenia. Gyrofrog (talk) 23:49, 15 April 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
Despondently: ] If little llywrch could see my evil young grandsocks, would never complain of three-year-old again! bishzilla ROARR!! 23:45, 19 April 2011 (UTC).
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I was wondering how I should go about editing an article whose primary editors seem to oppose any sort of content changes. A while back, I edited the article on Pashtunwali to remove a lot of content that didn't say much and just promoted the article's subject. Much of the content has made its way back into the article.
This is at the top of the talk page. "This goes to all the misunderstandings below. If you are not Pashtun, then you will not understand Pastunwali no matter how hard you try, Pashtunwali is genetic, its in our Pashtun blood, we can be hospitable to our enemies and strangers but please do not disect it as if you can proove something, cause in the end we are Pashtuns and we stick together no matter how hard you try to segregate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.245.13.143 (talk) 15:05, 15 December 2007 (UTC)" -- Nogburt ( talk) 22:59, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Llywrch, I can assure you I was not trying to be "combative" when I responded to you at T:TDYK. I'm sorry that you interpreted my comments in such a manner, but I was simply responding to your question. I still have a couple of concerns about the article but they should be easily fixable and I'm sure the article can still be promoted if you'd like to make the effort. Regards, Gatoclass ( talk) 07:00, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
In closing, I'm going to once more repeat the obvious: I am no longer interested in getting this article into DYK. Once you could have admitted you were sloppy in reading the article, or pointed out how it needed some copy-editting, & I would have been interested in working on the matter. However, you've made it clear to me you refuse to admit you made a mistake -- for some reason. I don't know what that reason is because I can't read your mind. That is why I'm twice as done with the matter, & interested in moving on to other things. So unless you insist on having the last word, you will let the matter drop. Close the thread on T:DYK if that makes you happy. And if you do post here again on this matter, I will remove what you write here unread because I am no longer interested in getting this article into DYK. -- llywrch ( talk) 23:15, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for your comments on the survey. As you recommended, I add $50 credit good to the prize for the survey on Village Pump cooldenny ( talk) 07:33, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Were you able to check out WU LYF's music yet, they have several videos on their official YouTube and Vimeo channels, check out Heavy Pop, Spitting Blood, LYF, Heavy Pop, Concrete Gold, Lucifer Calling and Such A Sad Puppy Dog. I've only given them a peripheral listen so far. I'd say they're interesting but not earth shattering. I'm curious to know what you think of them. Robman94 ( talk) 14:45, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your contributions at the peer review of List of hill forts and ancient settlements in Somerset and on the talk page. I have looked at your suggestions from Ian Burrow, Hillfort and Hill-top Settlement in Somerset in the First to Eighth Centuries A.D., BAR British Series 91 (Oxford, 1981). Some are, I believe, outside Somerset or alternative names for sites with existing articles. I have started to find information on some that should be in the list but aren't (& three now have articles) & I've added the info into a table on the talk page. Any help you could give with locating other sites (eg a grid ref) or otherwise filling in the blanks would be really great & help me to identify the further work needed.— Rod talk 16:52, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
This article about a Canadian band could probably use your help, it has several tags on it and there's an old discussion about merging some of the releases into the main article. Just thought you might like to know. Robman94 ( talk) 22:06, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Llywrch. There has been a rash of Somali-related fair-use images that have been put up for deletion at WP:FFD. The excuses supplied for these proposed deletions seem to me flimsy at best. For example, an historical image of Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire of the Warsangali Sultanate receiving a medal from Queen Elizabeth II is both apparently not of historical importance and irrelevant to his article (!). These same sorts of weak excuses have been put forth to justify the proposed deletion of images of the Sultanate of Hobyo's cavalry and fort [4] as well as the Warsangali Sultanate's troops [5], which were used on the relevant Sultanate of Hobyo and Warsangali Sultanate articles, respectively. The attempted deletions also include a one-of-a-kind History Today magazine cover featuring Sultan Shire -- that too is "under review" (c.f. [6]). Basically, I feel that I and the Somali-related pics are not getting a fair shake here, so I would be very grateful if (when you have the time) you could keep an eye on things or, at the very least, weigh in with your opinion at the relevant WP:FFD and WP:NFR sections; viz. [7], [8], [9], [10]. Best regards, Middayexpress ( talk) 01:41, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I am, frankly, at least as surprised to see you find File talk:Abd Al-Rahman Al-Jabarti.jpg an obvious keep, as you were to see me find it an obvious delete. This was extensively discussed here. Do we really have to take this all the way through FFD? (BTW, relevant precedent at Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2011 April 15#File:Svyatoslav face reconstructed.jpg and doubtless many others; normally the speedy process is sufficient for these cases.) Fut.Perf. ☼ 18:56, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi llywrch, recalling your review of Einbinder's book (btw, Ziko featured a nice quote from it on his blog this week), I was wondering whether you would like to contribute to this review? At the moment, the first chapter (about, largely, the history of encyclopedias) is still available. Regards, HaeB ( talk) 21:23, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, this is to let everyone who has expressed an interest in the topic that the discussion to arrive at a consensus has been opened at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/dash drafting, with discussion taking place at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/dash_drafting/discussion. Apologies if you have already commented there, or have seen the discussion and chosen not to comment. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 22:53, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
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Great job on the Ethiopia articles. Baryaw ( talk) 20:43, 30 June 2011 (UTC) |
Hey amigo, trust you are well. This is a double for Dungur. Any thoughts one which should be merged into which?♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:49, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello Llywrch, I've noticed the great work you've been doing on late antique articles, and in particular was interested in your work on Gundobad. I've got quite a lot of books on the subject and couldn't help wondering if you may have some interest in a collaborative effort to make a FA, just let me no (but in all honesty, you should no I'm really slow in writing, differently from you, and I'm also damn lazy). Don't worry of offending my tender feelings with a refusal ;-); I've already got another barbarian king I may want to toy with, so it's really no problem. And thanks again for your edits in the area! Ciao, Aldux ( talk) 15:46, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
Can you remove the speedy please?♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:16, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, Actually I cheated by surveying the recent changes pages for an active decent editor and you were one of the first I saw!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:46, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Essay? Ah you mean my stub/development philosophy. Well just airing my thoughts and excusing why I often create stubs and see their potential. The thing is you tell 100 site visitors you can win a $500 voucher at the end of the month for writing the best article and I am pretty sure it would attract a significant number of them who could spare an hour or so a day to write for wikipedia. If the stakes are right, we have the potential to lure in literally millions of new people. It shouldn't matter as long as there is a mechanism to actually get people to produce good and better articles. In such a process we could literally get several hundred articles dramatically improved and pay out a tiny fraction of our annual budget. The problem is that the foundation and Jimbo still think of any reward scheme as a taboo. If you want the goods you have to get people to go that step further than normal to produce. Real people demand real incentives, we ca't just rely on the good will of people if we are serious about producing a universal quality and coverage encyclopedia. If I won an Amazon voucher or something I'd likely buy books on African history and use to create articles. I definitely think it would work. it does frustrate me greatly that they are not experimenting with things like this and seeing if they produce result. You advertise across the Internet that there is a $500 reward for writing a Best Article of the Month on wikipedia and the results would be astounding I think.. We should also have a monthly Core Contest which rewards those who work to dramatically improve our core articles.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:01, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
"I've watched Wikipedia fail to achieve its potential because of incompetent gardeners & absentee owners, who have inadvertently slowed its growth, poisoned its health & threatened its long-term existence. " That's exactly how I feel. I can't believe the people running wikipedia are so dense. We both know exactly what it would take to get certain jobs done on here which desperately need it and also to attract the thousands of editors the foundation naively think will come and produce out of good will in a frankly appalling environment. We easily have the man power to do so, but if they won't even release any bait then you'll never attract anybody. Why are they so pig ignorant of rewarding people.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:42, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
The thing is though there are many things on here I wouldn't do for free. If somebody offered a reward I'd develop any article of their choice to FA level, but otherwise wouldn't bother. Similarly I wouldn't perform tasks which are extremely time consuming manually aside from stub building. Not lazy obviously but the chance of reward would certainly get me to do things which I otherwise might not go to the effort of doing. I think it would bring outthe best in people, which is what we want.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:50, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
You had invited me to a local wikipedia gathering in Portland some time ago. Do you still have them? I'd be interested in going if you do. Let me know. Ed Welter ( talk) 16:27, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello Llywrch,
I have read with interest your comment about myself, and after hesitation, I find better to give you a little answer. You wrote : « this guy … is just another computer geek and amateur historian like me ». Not really. My own private library is not only google but thousand of scientific books and ten of thousand of papers. When I speak of someone’s work, I have read and studied it. I have obtained a D.E.A. (just under doctorate) of History at ‘Université Paris-La Sorbonne’ in 1997 and will submit my doctoral thesis next year. I’m directing an area of resarch into a prestigious unity of the french C.N.R.S. Moreover, I have been invited to participate to many international universitary conferences (Oxford, London, Leeds, Stockolm, Rome, Göttingen, Paris, Brioude, Lyon, etc.), and I have organized some myself under the patronage of french scientific institutions. I’m sometimes requested to give courses to students undergraduates (Sorbonne, Marne-La-Vallée, Lyon, Metz). I have published a dozen of papers in scientific publications, and more of 2500 pages in six books, wich are often cited in scientific works, and so on (Detailed information available upon request). Did you do the same, or just a part of it? On this point we have to disagree. But, fortunately, on other point, I fully agree with you. It is a curious thing to find my name as reference in so many wikipedia’s notices, sometimes for matters I just mentioned. Please, have fun deleting my name as often as you want (but be cautious: e.g. for Ennodius, you delete my name but you leave Gioanni’s who rely himself essentialy on my own works for Ennodius’s family).
Best regards,
Christian Settipani — Preceding unsigned comment added by Settipani ( talk • contribs) 15:27, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
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I agree it's kind of a mess. Usually what I do is click through to the discussion page where the comments are transcluded from. That increases the width so it's a little easier. You might do that already, but I thought I'd suggest it just in case. Hope you're well, Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 19:41, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi llywrch, I am indeed still here, although I rarely have the time or motivation to do anything major. I usually just answer reference desk questions and revert vandalism. When I first started here, I'm not sure what I imagined Wikipedia would be like eight years later...I wouldn't say it's completely disappointing, but most of the time it's way too frustrating. More than anything I think I treat Wikipedia like a bibliographic database these days. And if I do work on an article, I only have patience for things that no one else is going to look at. In any case, now I also need to focus on publishing stuff in real-life, so Wikipedia is just a distraction. Adam Bishop ( talk) 20:08, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Llywrch. Would you take a look at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive238#Merger of Isdud into Ashdod regarding your closure of Talk:Ashdod#Merge proposal? Thanks, Cunard ( talk) 23:58, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi, as one of the two main contributors to this article, I think your opinion on its name would be particularly valuable. Thanks, -- Dweller ( talk) 11:37, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
The article YADAV needs correction. some of the users ( wikipedia admin ) have deliberately put in wrong information.
some references ignored.
http://books.google.com/books?ei=4RqGTvHVDYPOrQf59-TrDA&ct=result&id=wWEiAQAAMAAJ&dq=semi+historical+evidences+ahir&q=semi+historical#search_anchor Social movements and social transformation: a study of two backward classes movements in India MSA RAO
Temples of Kr̥ṣṇa in South India: history, art, and traditions in Tamilnāḍu " is written by T. Padmaja
http://books.google.com/books?id=F-_eR1isesMC&pg=RA1-PA34&dq=Yadavas+of+South+India+velir&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false
There are 100 of books which have so much positive information but the users have deliberately put in all negative information. kindly help. please correct the article. . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Balaucf ( talk • contribs) 02:17, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
I assume at this stage i may proceed with the merger per WP:GF as proposed by yourself here [11]. Thank you for your reply. Greyshark09 ( talk) 19:03, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
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...for your contribution to the article caveman! Chrisrus ( talk) 03:52, 11 November 2011 (UTC) |
Your copyedit here is otherwise appreciated, but I do not think that you should remove references simply because the reference is the same for several sentences in a row. That convention may work in the writings of a single author that are static over time, but it is dangerous in a collaborative work like Wikipedia which is always subject to revision. Quite simply, by removing these references, you have made it more difficult for a future author to move those sentences around or to determine whether they are properly sourced. Savidan 19:33, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
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Hello. I am reviewing Ionian Islands under Venetian rule for GA, and checked out the peer review. I am optimistic about the article, which I find well-done, but am reluctant to promote it unless issues in the peer review are resolved. I saw your comments there; would you mind telling me what you think ought to be done? DCI talk 14:54, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
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I did decide to pass Ionian islands under Venetian rule for GA. I thought it met GA requirements, and, for an article created on August 10, I found it to be mighty fine work. There were issues, no doubt, but I hope that the article's GA status will survive a reassessment, if one occurs. I will edit/revise it periodically to ensure that it remains at GA quality. DCI talk 02:43, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
Try this list. Read your comment on the Signpost and looked for myself. I started here before you and I found 5 Wikipedians who started before me who made edits this year. Rmhermen ( talk) 20:45, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for your nice words. I try to keep updating little by little. My main idea was just to update the lists of subdivisions of Ethiopia according to state of 2007 but I'll keep updating statistical information also. Hopefully I could finish it before the next census :) Vatse ( talk) 23:19, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
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Llywrch, the Gospel of the Ebionites article is currently under review in WP:Featured_article_candidates/Gospel_of_the_Ebionites/archive1. You did the first peer review to get it promoted to GA. I would appreciate it if you could find some time in your busy life to re-review the article and comment on it for FAC. I'm concerned the nomination is going to fail due to a lack of reviewer participation. Thanks. Ignocrates ( talk) 23:53, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
I have responded to your comments and completed your requests for changes; I hope they meet with your approval. Imo, the article is greatly improved as a result of a second peer review and the FAC process, irrespective of the outcome. Thanks for your insightful comments and the time you spent reviewing it. Ignocrates ( talk) 16:30, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
I responded to your comments and completed the last set of requested changes (I begged your indulgence on the last one). Btw, you skipped over points (4) and (5) from the first round of changes. You might want to respond to them for the sake of completeness. Thanks. Ignocrates ( talk) 12:53, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
The article was promoted to FA today. Thanks for the awesome review! I'm sure your thoroughness made a difference. Ignocrates ( talk) 16:31, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
Hallo, I am interested in hydronymy as it looks the language of prehistoric Europe is reflected therein. I left a message on the wikiproject rivers talkpage, just looking for editors with similar interests to exchange information. I have discovered the so called old european hydronymy is not limited to Europe but has many correspondences in Iran, India and furhter away so I think this disproves the current scholarly etymological interpretations. Presently I am trying to research Bengal and Burma. Thanks for reading. Aldrasto11 ( talk) 11:25, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
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Llywrch, after this outburst of enthusiasm on the Gospel of the Ebionites talk page, I think there is a possibility the article may be headed to WP:FAR. Would you be willing to keep watch over the article, possibly with the help of oculi, and navigate the article through the shoals of FAR? I have decided to reopen the Ebionites 2 arbitration case, and I may be tied up with that for awhile. There is also a chance I won't be the one left standing after arbitration closes. Let me know. Cheers. Ignocrates ( talk) 17:54, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
A question has been raised about the reliability of Fred Lapham as a source here. Please provide any more information you may have on his bio there. Thank you. Ignocrates ( talk) 23:16, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
Fyi, John Carter opened a Wikipedia:Featured_article_review/Gospel_of_the_Ebionites/archive1 as expected. As a reviewer for the first peer review and also FAC, your unique perspective would be greatly appreciated. Ignocrates ( talk) 19:55, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
I think it might be worth noting that Kebra Nagast and a few other articles, including Saint Peter, are all included as points to start discussion regarding matters of weight in various articles on the User:John Carter/Guidelines discussion page. Given the rather weak form of response, which I guess I could understand given the length of the beginning sections, the six articles linked to were included as specific indicators pointing out the problems we seem to have at present regarding the lack of clear identification as to how much, if any, weight to give various marginally notable or non-notable or very minor religious beliefs, or former beliefs, or, in the case of Scientology, apparently potentially actual religious beliefs of mystery religions which seem to engage in efforts to obfuscate or hide some of their religious beliefs. All of these topics are, in some way, probably encyclopedic, but at present we haven't figured out so far as I can tell any real guidelines for how to deal with them in main articles, or, if not in main articles, perhaps somewhere else, like spinout articles. If spinout articles, of course, then there are the questions as to whether they might have individual spinout in some particular cases (like, for instance, "Confirmation in the Roman Catholic Church", which seems to have rather different views of it than most others), and/or whether they should be lumped together in one "Confirmation variations in Christianity" article, or somewhere else. In none of the articles I included was I actually doing anything but trying to point out some of what seem to me to be weaknesses in our current guideline structure by pointing out specific examples of where the existing guidelines and policies seem to be less than clear. John Carter ( talk) 18:29, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi Llywrch! I think it's time to undelete "Jacob Barnett" page. This kid is on all the major newspapers. Also he spoke on TED. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:120B:2C70:8170:4009:7651:5D86:BEF3 ( talk) 21:58, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
Hey mate, I noticed your comments in the Signpost regarding monetary rewards for editing. I prefer not to clog public forums with one-on-one conversations, so I thought I would bring it here instead. You mentioned that with an employer and a family, the time spent contributing to Wikipedia detracts from the time spent with the other two, and that having monetary rewards would make time spent here more worthwhile. My question for you is this: Wouldn't you be afraid that if you were to start receiving monetary compensation for the effort that you put into Wikipedia, editing would shift from [something you enjoy doing for its own sake] to [yet another obligation that you must fulfill]?
Consider that, as much as we all enjoy what we do here, there are those days where we really don't feel like doing any serious editing, and instead find ourselves bopping around the encyclopedia aimlessly. In the case that you were making a bit of extra cash from your editing, and particularly in the case that you or your spouse lose your/his/her job and money is tight, I would imagine that there would be no way to prevent the feelings of pressure to edit. I don't know about you, but I know that the quality of my work would diminish significantly if that kind of pressure ever existed, and I might lose interest in the project entirely. I can think of very few things that would quite as detrimental to my psyche and worldview as the situation I just described. Would it really be worth it to risk throwing all of this away for a few extra shekels here and there?
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Sorry about the naming order. I use AWB, so I don't see the edit summary and don't normally read the talk page comments. This time I didn't use AWB and noticed. Next time, make sure listas (on the talk page) and DEFAULTSORT (main article) are filled in. That way the article doesn't get on a todo list and some idiot like me doesn't come around and mess things up. Got to love names.... my favorite is Burmese. They may or may not have a surname and they change names throughout their lives. I still haven't figured out Arabic or Icelandic names. Bgwhite ( talk) 23:32, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
Greetings from Bangkok! I have found, much to my pleasant surprise, that my hotel room offers free internet access. I intend to submit CSI effect to FAC once I get back to Boston, but before I do that, I would like to have it read by one more uninvolved editor to make sure that it is clear, concise, and comprehensive. Would you like to be that editor? If our conversation on paid contributing is any indication of your work ethic, then I would greatly appreciate your opinion on my work. -- Cryptic C62 · Talk 09:16, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
I completely understand people going on to do other things, in real life or on Wikipedia. Writing or rewriting articles is a lot of work, and I appreciate anyone who does it on any subject. I'm determined to improve the articles on Egyptian religion as much as I can, no matter how long it takes—but I have an unusual capacity for obsession and stubbornness. My frustration is not so much that I don't have help, but that I can't work as fast as I want to. Anyway, I have all the Egyptian religion pages on my watchlist, and I'll keep a closer eye on the rest of the subject from now on. If you ever decide to come back to the project, I'll at least make sure that it hasn't gotten worse in the meantime. A. Parrot ( talk) 23:37, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
I've come across four Ethiopian names that had different orders or no order in DEFAULTSORT/Listas.
I sorted them as Hawaryat, Tekle.... which is most likely wrong. Should I have done "Tekle Hawaryat"? Bgwhite ( talk) 01:03, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
Some more names. Names starting with Tesfaye and Tesfai... "Tesfaye Alebachew" and Tesfai Ghirmazion (eritrean) Bgwhite ( talk) 01:47, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
I notice you closed the AfD as "no consensus" and suggested there would be consensus as there was no agreement on the notability of geographical landmarks. As there is no agreement on a notability policy for such landmarks, surely we should fall back to the general notability guideline, yet you made no mention of assessing the AfD on this basis. It seems rather strange to suggest that we cannot delete an article unless there is agreement on a wider policy for article of that type. If we take this article on it's own merits, and put aside the interesting but inconclusive debate about the wider picture, then it's clear there is not significant coverage in reliable sources - so surely a delete is the correct option? -- Pontificalibus ( talk) 16:33, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
Afraid not, sorry - this is the first time I've heard of him. Regardless, he sounds like an...interesting character, to say the least.
Excellent article - keep up the good work, and happy editing! -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 21:33, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I left another reply on my talk page that I would appreciate a response to (no hurry!). I just want to say I am not attacking you or anything, and appreciate the work you are doing, it's simply that I have a local connection to the hill and would like clarification on this issue.-- Pontificalibus ( talk) 09:18, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
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Please consider participating in the Gospel of the Ebionites peer review to prepare the article for GAC. Thank you. Ovadyah ( talk) 09:25, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
Buster7 has given you a Nice Koekjes which promote fellowship, goodwill and WikiLove. Thank you for sharing your insight into the Past. I've always enjoyed making discoveries of old steamer trunks full of relics of the past (not you). I too was often disheartened to discover Editors, eloquent and courteous, who had retired under duress. Hopefully you will enjoy this koekjes as you reflect on their memories. You can spread the good flavor of Nice Koekjes around Wiki World by giving someone else one. Thank You for your efforts over the years.. Nice Biscuits are very tasty and have been known to be so nice that they bake themselves!! Buster Seven Talk 21:44, 22 March 2011 (UTC) [[clear}}
So I've heard you're one of the "oldest" (meaning one of the earliest editors still active) Wikipedians around. Have you ever thought about writing about what things were like in the "early days"? I'm talking about things like WP:AfD (or VFD?), how templates were used, and other things about "daily life" that were different from how it is now. I'm really curious about it. Thanks! :) — Preceding signed comment added by Cymru.lass ( talk • contribs) 06:22, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
Yo, homeboy. I hear watcha sayin'. But you's not sayin' it loud enough, know what I'm sayin?
I don't get down with preppy assholes, puh-litical c'rectness, Jimmy Wales or Susie loudmouth weed-patch. But if you was ta put yo woids tuh-getha fo' us yung 'uns, mebbe we'd like lissen an' shit.
Y'know, put dem woids on ya grill page 'bout what you think an' all - 'bout bein' here and what it was like when you was an OG an' shit, an' how it oughtta be. I cud get down wi' dat, like ever' month mebbe.
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Hey Llywrch. I think perhaps we should rename the Ugaz Abdulrahman Abd Ghani page to "Abdulrahman Abd Ghani" i.e. without the "Ugaz" title. This is something I mentioned to Bgwhite when he was fixing the sort values. Thoughts? Middayexpress ( talk) 16:43, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Greetings. I reverted your recent edit to the Afar people. The Afar are listed in the article as in inhabitants of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti. If you have other information, please revert my revert and document. Thank you. Tapered ( talk) 22:41, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Re [1]: because the parties closely affiliated with that dispute (even if just emotionally affiliated) are editing Wikipedia, and that article in particular. Both James Cantor (pro-Bailey) and Andrea James (anit-Bailey) have edited it (and these two arguably have a WP:COI, Cantor a bit less). The "darlieb"-vanished IP editor also seems intimately connected with the sexual-minority issue at hand (based on her other edits), but hey this is not WP:COI, although it certainly is WP:ACTIVISM. A personal friend of L. Conway ( User:Dicklyon) has also edited it. That article has been a warzone for years, just look at its history and talk pages. And so have been the associated ones: Autogynephilia etc.
How much time do you want to waste to get a few sentences right in an article that you don't care about more than at curiosity level? The fist law of wiki brawling: do not try to separate a street fight between two guys unless you pack shotgun and are prepared to shoot dead both of them—they're very likely to both turn on you. And bring an MG in case of mob. Only ArbCom has that kind of firepower here. See WP:1LAW.
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Hi Llywrch, I'm slightly confused by your decision (which was here by the way) regarding the AfD of the band Broadway. Which criterion of WP:NMUSIC did the group pass? I am presuming you mean criterion 6 (Is an ensemble which contains two or more independently notable musicians), but I am familiar with the two musicians you mentioned and they are not members of the band; in fact, they only provided guest vocals on two of the albums tracks. Surely this is not sufficient to pass WP:NMUSIC. Or am I missing something? I also agree with your comment that print sources like NME should be used more often, but the problem here is that this band has not been featured in them! Given their genre they're probably most likely to be mentioned (over here in the UK) in Rock Sound or Kerrang!, but I have an online subscription to the former and a search through their archives produced no hits, and there's been no evidence regarding the latter. Cheers, doomgaze (talk) 19:41, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Broadway (Band). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. duffbeerforme ( talk) 05:58, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Howdy - no complaints about your closure... it was perfectly reasonable given the votes. What do you think I ought to do next? There's no point in immediately relisting, naturally... at the same time it would both aid Wikipedia and the outside world to have the thing removed. And it's desperately hard to introduce any negative stuff about them as most of that stuff has been cleansed from the net due to their lawyers. Any ideas?
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[3] - it would be about people mindlessly invoking various Wikipedia guidelines/policies in arguments, like some kind of magical mantras, without having actually bothered to read the actual guideline/policy, or adequately explaining how a particular policy/guideline actually applies in a particular case. Subtitle could be "Wikipedia policies and guideline titles (including WP:SFoD) are NOT magical incantations to defeat your opponents with". Volunteer Marek ( talk) 20:15, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
I got bold and created it WP:Shadowless Fists of Death. It'd be great if you wrote it. Volunteer Marek ( talk) 20:34, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Llywrch, could I ask you please to make an edit here, rather than tagging it twice? It seems clear to me, so I'm not sure what to do with it. You're welcome to clarify if you think it needs it. SlimVirgin TALK| CONTRIBS 22:00, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
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I was wondering how I should go about editing an article whose primary editors seem to oppose any sort of content changes. A while back, I edited the article on Pashtunwali to remove a lot of content that didn't say much and just promoted the article's subject. Much of the content has made its way back into the article.
This is at the top of the talk page. "This goes to all the misunderstandings below. If you are not Pashtun, then you will not understand Pastunwali no matter how hard you try, Pashtunwali is genetic, its in our Pashtun blood, we can be hospitable to our enemies and strangers but please do not disect it as if you can proove something, cause in the end we are Pashtuns and we stick together no matter how hard you try to segregate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.245.13.143 (talk) 15:05, 15 December 2007 (UTC)" -- Nogburt ( talk) 22:59, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
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Llywrch, I can assure you I was not trying to be "combative" when I responded to you at T:TDYK. I'm sorry that you interpreted my comments in such a manner, but I was simply responding to your question. I still have a couple of concerns about the article but they should be easily fixable and I'm sure the article can still be promoted if you'd like to make the effort. Regards, Gatoclass ( talk) 07:00, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
In closing, I'm going to once more repeat the obvious: I am no longer interested in getting this article into DYK. Once you could have admitted you were sloppy in reading the article, or pointed out how it needed some copy-editting, & I would have been interested in working on the matter. However, you've made it clear to me you refuse to admit you made a mistake -- for some reason. I don't know what that reason is because I can't read your mind. That is why I'm twice as done with the matter, & interested in moving on to other things. So unless you insist on having the last word, you will let the matter drop. Close the thread on T:DYK if that makes you happy. And if you do post here again on this matter, I will remove what you write here unread because I am no longer interested in getting this article into DYK. -- llywrch ( talk) 23:15, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
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Were you able to check out WU LYF's music yet, they have several videos on their official YouTube and Vimeo channels, check out Heavy Pop, Spitting Blood, LYF, Heavy Pop, Concrete Gold, Lucifer Calling and Such A Sad Puppy Dog. I've only given them a peripheral listen so far. I'd say they're interesting but not earth shattering. I'm curious to know what you think of them. Robman94 ( talk) 14:45, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your contributions at the peer review of List of hill forts and ancient settlements in Somerset and on the talk page. I have looked at your suggestions from Ian Burrow, Hillfort and Hill-top Settlement in Somerset in the First to Eighth Centuries A.D., BAR British Series 91 (Oxford, 1981). Some are, I believe, outside Somerset or alternative names for sites with existing articles. I have started to find information on some that should be in the list but aren't (& three now have articles) & I've added the info into a table on the talk page. Any help you could give with locating other sites (eg a grid ref) or otherwise filling in the blanks would be really great & help me to identify the further work needed.— Rod talk 16:52, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
This article about a Canadian band could probably use your help, it has several tags on it and there's an old discussion about merging some of the releases into the main article. Just thought you might like to know. Robman94 ( talk) 22:06, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Llywrch. There has been a rash of Somali-related fair-use images that have been put up for deletion at WP:FFD. The excuses supplied for these proposed deletions seem to me flimsy at best. For example, an historical image of Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire of the Warsangali Sultanate receiving a medal from Queen Elizabeth II is both apparently not of historical importance and irrelevant to his article (!). These same sorts of weak excuses have been put forth to justify the proposed deletion of images of the Sultanate of Hobyo's cavalry and fort [4] as well as the Warsangali Sultanate's troops [5], which were used on the relevant Sultanate of Hobyo and Warsangali Sultanate articles, respectively. The attempted deletions also include a one-of-a-kind History Today magazine cover featuring Sultan Shire -- that too is "under review" (c.f. [6]). Basically, I feel that I and the Somali-related pics are not getting a fair shake here, so I would be very grateful if (when you have the time) you could keep an eye on things or, at the very least, weigh in with your opinion at the relevant WP:FFD and WP:NFR sections; viz. [7], [8], [9], [10]. Best regards, Middayexpress ( talk) 01:41, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I am, frankly, at least as surprised to see you find File talk:Abd Al-Rahman Al-Jabarti.jpg an obvious keep, as you were to see me find it an obvious delete. This was extensively discussed here. Do we really have to take this all the way through FFD? (BTW, relevant precedent at Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2011 April 15#File:Svyatoslav face reconstructed.jpg and doubtless many others; normally the speedy process is sufficient for these cases.) Fut.Perf. ☼ 18:56, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi llywrch, recalling your review of Einbinder's book (btw, Ziko featured a nice quote from it on his blog this week), I was wondering whether you would like to contribute to this review? At the moment, the first chapter (about, largely, the history of encyclopedias) is still available. Regards, HaeB ( talk) 21:23, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi, this is to let everyone who has expressed an interest in the topic that the discussion to arrive at a consensus has been opened at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/dash drafting, with discussion taking place at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/dash_drafting/discussion. Apologies if you have already commented there, or have seen the discussion and chosen not to comment. Casliber ( talk · contribs) 22:53, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
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Great job on the Ethiopia articles. Baryaw ( talk) 20:43, 30 June 2011 (UTC) |
Hey amigo, trust you are well. This is a double for Dungur. Any thoughts one which should be merged into which?♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:49, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello Llywrch, I've noticed the great work you've been doing on late antique articles, and in particular was interested in your work on Gundobad. I've got quite a lot of books on the subject and couldn't help wondering if you may have some interest in a collaborative effort to make a FA, just let me no (but in all honesty, you should no I'm really slow in writing, differently from you, and I'm also damn lazy). Don't worry of offending my tender feelings with a refusal ;-); I've already got another barbarian king I may want to toy with, so it's really no problem. And thanks again for your edits in the area! Ciao, Aldux ( talk) 15:46, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
Can you remove the speedy please?♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:16, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, Actually I cheated by surveying the recent changes pages for an active decent editor and you were one of the first I saw!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:46, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Essay? Ah you mean my stub/development philosophy. Well just airing my thoughts and excusing why I often create stubs and see their potential. The thing is you tell 100 site visitors you can win a $500 voucher at the end of the month for writing the best article and I am pretty sure it would attract a significant number of them who could spare an hour or so a day to write for wikipedia. If the stakes are right, we have the potential to lure in literally millions of new people. It shouldn't matter as long as there is a mechanism to actually get people to produce good and better articles. In such a process we could literally get several hundred articles dramatically improved and pay out a tiny fraction of our annual budget. The problem is that the foundation and Jimbo still think of any reward scheme as a taboo. If you want the goods you have to get people to go that step further than normal to produce. Real people demand real incentives, we ca't just rely on the good will of people if we are serious about producing a universal quality and coverage encyclopedia. If I won an Amazon voucher or something I'd likely buy books on African history and use to create articles. I definitely think it would work. it does frustrate me greatly that they are not experimenting with things like this and seeing if they produce result. You advertise across the Internet that there is a $500 reward for writing a Best Article of the Month on wikipedia and the results would be astounding I think.. We should also have a monthly Core Contest which rewards those who work to dramatically improve our core articles.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:01, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
"I've watched Wikipedia fail to achieve its potential because of incompetent gardeners & absentee owners, who have inadvertently slowed its growth, poisoned its health & threatened its long-term existence. " That's exactly how I feel. I can't believe the people running wikipedia are so dense. We both know exactly what it would take to get certain jobs done on here which desperately need it and also to attract the thousands of editors the foundation naively think will come and produce out of good will in a frankly appalling environment. We easily have the man power to do so, but if they won't even release any bait then you'll never attract anybody. Why are they so pig ignorant of rewarding people.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:42, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
The thing is though there are many things on here I wouldn't do for free. If somebody offered a reward I'd develop any article of their choice to FA level, but otherwise wouldn't bother. Similarly I wouldn't perform tasks which are extremely time consuming manually aside from stub building. Not lazy obviously but the chance of reward would certainly get me to do things which I otherwise might not go to the effort of doing. I think it would bring outthe best in people, which is what we want.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:50, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
You had invited me to a local wikipedia gathering in Portland some time ago. Do you still have them? I'd be interested in going if you do. Let me know. Ed Welter ( talk) 16:27, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello Llywrch,
I have read with interest your comment about myself, and after hesitation, I find better to give you a little answer. You wrote : « this guy … is just another computer geek and amateur historian like me ». Not really. My own private library is not only google but thousand of scientific books and ten of thousand of papers. When I speak of someone’s work, I have read and studied it. I have obtained a D.E.A. (just under doctorate) of History at ‘Université Paris-La Sorbonne’ in 1997 and will submit my doctoral thesis next year. I’m directing an area of resarch into a prestigious unity of the french C.N.R.S. Moreover, I have been invited to participate to many international universitary conferences (Oxford, London, Leeds, Stockolm, Rome, Göttingen, Paris, Brioude, Lyon, etc.), and I have organized some myself under the patronage of french scientific institutions. I’m sometimes requested to give courses to students undergraduates (Sorbonne, Marne-La-Vallée, Lyon, Metz). I have published a dozen of papers in scientific publications, and more of 2500 pages in six books, wich are often cited in scientific works, and so on (Detailed information available upon request). Did you do the same, or just a part of it? On this point we have to disagree. But, fortunately, on other point, I fully agree with you. It is a curious thing to find my name as reference in so many wikipedia’s notices, sometimes for matters I just mentioned. Please, have fun deleting my name as often as you want (but be cautious: e.g. for Ennodius, you delete my name but you leave Gioanni’s who rely himself essentialy on my own works for Ennodius’s family).
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Hi Llywrch. Would you take a look at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive238#Merger of Isdud into Ashdod regarding your closure of Talk:Ashdod#Merge proposal? Thanks, Cunard ( talk) 23:58, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi, as one of the two main contributors to this article, I think your opinion on its name would be particularly valuable. Thanks, -- Dweller ( talk) 11:37, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
The article YADAV needs correction. some of the users ( wikipedia admin ) have deliberately put in wrong information.
some references ignored.
http://books.google.com/books?ei=4RqGTvHVDYPOrQf59-TrDA&ct=result&id=wWEiAQAAMAAJ&dq=semi+historical+evidences+ahir&q=semi+historical#search_anchor Social movements and social transformation: a study of two backward classes movements in India MSA RAO
Temples of Kr̥ṣṇa in South India: history, art, and traditions in Tamilnāḍu " is written by T. Padmaja
http://books.google.com/books?id=F-_eR1isesMC&pg=RA1-PA34&dq=Yadavas+of+South+India+velir&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false
There are 100 of books which have so much positive information but the users have deliberately put in all negative information. kindly help. please correct the article. . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Balaucf ( talk • contribs) 02:17, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
I assume at this stage i may proceed with the merger per WP:GF as proposed by yourself here [11]. Thank you for your reply. Greyshark09 ( talk) 19:03, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
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I would like to invite you to rejoin the Ethiopia WikiProject. I have made significant changes to the project page and completely redesigned the project. I have moved all members to an inactive list. Therefore, we need old members to comeback and reestablish their active roll in this project.
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I need your help and opinion in making this move. I have changed the offending apostrophe as it is now the accepted form for the name of region. But there is still an extra comma. Check discussion below. አቤል ዳዊት (Janweh) ( talk) 10:27, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
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Llywrch, the Gospel of the Ebionites article is currently under review in WP:Featured_article_candidates/Gospel_of_the_Ebionites/archive1. You did the first peer review to get it promoted to GA. I would appreciate it if you could find some time in your busy life to re-review the article and comment on it for FAC. I'm concerned the nomination is going to fail due to a lack of reviewer participation. Thanks. Ignocrates ( talk) 23:53, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
I have responded to your comments and completed your requests for changes; I hope they meet with your approval. Imo, the article is greatly improved as a result of a second peer review and the FAC process, irrespective of the outcome. Thanks for your insightful comments and the time you spent reviewing it. Ignocrates ( talk) 16:30, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
I responded to your comments and completed the last set of requested changes (I begged your indulgence on the last one). Btw, you skipped over points (4) and (5) from the first round of changes. You might want to respond to them for the sake of completeness. Thanks. Ignocrates ( talk) 12:53, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
The article was promoted to FA today. Thanks for the awesome review! I'm sure your thoroughness made a difference. Ignocrates ( talk) 16:31, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
Hallo, I am interested in hydronymy as it looks the language of prehistoric Europe is reflected therein. I left a message on the wikiproject rivers talkpage, just looking for editors with similar interests to exchange information. I have discovered the so called old european hydronymy is not limited to Europe but has many correspondences in Iran, India and furhter away so I think this disproves the current scholarly etymological interpretations. Presently I am trying to research Bengal and Burma. Thanks for reading. Aldrasto11 ( talk) 11:25, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
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Llywrch, after this outburst of enthusiasm on the Gospel of the Ebionites talk page, I think there is a possibility the article may be headed to WP:FAR. Would you be willing to keep watch over the article, possibly with the help of oculi, and navigate the article through the shoals of FAR? I have decided to reopen the Ebionites 2 arbitration case, and I may be tied up with that for awhile. There is also a chance I won't be the one left standing after arbitration closes. Let me know. Cheers. Ignocrates ( talk) 17:54, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
A question has been raised about the reliability of Fred Lapham as a source here. Please provide any more information you may have on his bio there. Thank you. Ignocrates ( talk) 23:16, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
Fyi, John Carter opened a Wikipedia:Featured_article_review/Gospel_of_the_Ebionites/archive1 as expected. As a reviewer for the first peer review and also FAC, your unique perspective would be greatly appreciated. Ignocrates ( talk) 19:55, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
I think it might be worth noting that Kebra Nagast and a few other articles, including Saint Peter, are all included as points to start discussion regarding matters of weight in various articles on the User:John Carter/Guidelines discussion page. Given the rather weak form of response, which I guess I could understand given the length of the beginning sections, the six articles linked to were included as specific indicators pointing out the problems we seem to have at present regarding the lack of clear identification as to how much, if any, weight to give various marginally notable or non-notable or very minor religious beliefs, or former beliefs, or, in the case of Scientology, apparently potentially actual religious beliefs of mystery religions which seem to engage in efforts to obfuscate or hide some of their religious beliefs. All of these topics are, in some way, probably encyclopedic, but at present we haven't figured out so far as I can tell any real guidelines for how to deal with them in main articles, or, if not in main articles, perhaps somewhere else, like spinout articles. If spinout articles, of course, then there are the questions as to whether they might have individual spinout in some particular cases (like, for instance, "Confirmation in the Roman Catholic Church", which seems to have rather different views of it than most others), and/or whether they should be lumped together in one "Confirmation variations in Christianity" article, or somewhere else. In none of the articles I included was I actually doing anything but trying to point out some of what seem to me to be weaknesses in our current guideline structure by pointing out specific examples of where the existing guidelines and policies seem to be less than clear. John Carter ( talk) 18:29, 14 July 2013 (UTC)