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heads up -- Brustopher ( talk) 19:37, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
I noticed your excellent work on the articles Heathenry (new religious movement), Margaret Murray, Witch-cult hypothesis, and Druidry (modern). I was wondering, mostly just out of curiosity, if you were ever planning on working on the articles Hellenism (religion) and Semitic neopaganism, both of which are in extremely poor condition and are in desperate need of revision and expansion? I would work on them myself, but I am too busy working on other articles and you seem to be much more of an expert on modern paganism than I am. -- Katolophyromai ( talk) 13:37, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
There is an RfC at an article you have edited, to which you may wish to add your input: Talk:American Flagg!#Request for comment. -- Tenebrae ( talk) 17:56, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello! I wanted to thank you for spinning off the material I added into the new article concepts of magic per society; I had been thinking that the subject probably deserved its own article, but I think we should find a better name for it. "Concepts of magic per society" is a seriously arcane and obscure title and I highly doubt that anyone will ever read it. I think a better title might be "History of magical practices" or simply "History of magic." Also, I think that we should restore an abbreviated version of the material in that article to the main article (regardless of whether it ends up being called " Magic (paranormal)," " Magic (study of religion)," or something else). I think that historical information about the subject is important and requires more explanation than the mere etymology of the word. -- Katolophyromai ( talk) 20:13, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
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For your edit in the article of Benazir Bhutto, in which you have give a lots cited information. Ominictionary ( talk) 07:35, 18 January 2018 (UTC) |
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Thank you for what you did for Miriam Makeba, "a musician and activist who had a lasting impact on music and popular culture in South Africa and abroad". I use her expressive face today, her birthday, to illustrate my own singing in defiance, - DYK ... that the hymn " Jesu, meine Freude" (Jesus, my joy) by Johann Franck and Johann Crüger mentions singing in defiance of the "old dragon", death, and fear? (March 2014). -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:26, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
... and for today's Withypool Stone Circle, "one of only three late prehistoric stone circles located in the southwestern English county of Somerset"! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 10:05, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
.. for today, on his centenry birthday, Nelson Mandela, the "South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation."! Thank you also for making it possible last hour! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:32, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi MBO; congratulations on the latest FA. In case you aren't aware: Satan is currently listed at GAC. I saw it and thought of you! Josh Milburn ( talk) 19:30, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi there ! From the history file, I saw that you apparently have been involved in our
Vladimir Lenin article quite a lot. I noticed the featured status, but found this to be of interest - and couldn't find a proper headline to put it. And if included, the end of the lead feels reasonable. I added this:
Now a "red user" (not in the political sense, but a user with no presentation) removed that part. I think Pipers work is a good one, and that part of interest. I guess it's a matter of opinion. May I ask what you think about this part ? (That particular page lacks a number, the following is p.126; There also is a grammatical is/are matter for which I'm sorry Boeing720 ( talk) 21:35, 1 February 2018 (UTC) Or is there ? "What exists in writing before the age of 23 is only twenty documents.." I'm a bit confused , but I now again think its correct, as "What exists in writing before the age of 23.." is , isn't it ? Sorry for this part in any event. But keen to hear your opinion on Piper, if possible. Boeing720 ( talk) 13:30, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
Hi Boeing720. I have to say that I agree with Toluwan's removal of the added text. Bear in mind that this is a Featured Article, and is the product of extensive work and discussion through a process of GAN and then FAC. In a case like that, a significant alteration—and the addition of a whole paragraph to the lede would count as that—must be discussed on the Talk Page first to see if there is a consensus. I also think that the added text which you had provided contains errors. It states, for example, that "there is a lack of personal information about him", but there is certainly enough to have enabled many biographers to have discussed Lenin's life in depth. Richard Pipes was writing in the late 1980s and early 1990s, before the collapse of the Soviet Union and the opening up of the former Soviet archives. Since that time, biographers like Robert Service have been able to conduct far more in-depth investigation into Lenin's life, revealing vast quantities of biographical information about him. Always be careful with regard to how up-to-date the books or other sources that you may be using actually are. Hope that helps. Midnightblueowl ( talk) 21:11, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
Not much left to do on this for it to be ready for GA. Well done! I want to check a couple of sources and see if there are other significant media appearances outside the LBC show (and while I find the man’s views odious and repulsive, I cannot deny he can be funny). Other than that, I think we are good to go. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 18:27, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
Midnightblueowl, you undo my corrections thanks for your efforts. Could you please explain how it is possible to report in print (Mar 07) the results of autopsy which according to your reference (Khlevniuk) was carried out two and half month later? Maybe he found additional autopsy? Also I am not sure which of corrections was not referenced correctly? Please elaborate. -- Armenius vambery ( talk) 05:48, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
Hey, do you think this image could work as an alternative? LittleJerry ( talk) 17:20, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I see you have been involved in the shaping of Slavic Native Faith article for last years. We are currently having some further debates on talk page there. Mind to voice your opinions? Slavicslav ( talk) 19:39, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
On the page Vladimir Lenin I have put an image which was on the front page of the magazine (Projector) edited by Nikolai Bukharin 15 September 1923. The image was taken 28 Aug 1923.
At the time it is was the most important image published by the most prominent editor. He was the editor of Pravda at the same time.
The image was and still is supplemented by two tags: tag which explains the rights for the image in Russia as successor of USSR and the tag which explains the rights in US.
Please let me know why you continue to delete my contribution from the page? What still needs to be explained? -- Armenius vambery ( talk) 14:14, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
Thanks I have just updated the Permission Tag: "This work was originally published anonymously or under a pseudonym before January 1, 1943 and the name of the author did not become known during 50 years after publication." exactly as in the image from Pravda (Pogrzeb Lenina1924.jpg)-- Armenius vambery ( talk) 14:31, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
I was sorry to see the FA fail. I thought it was clearly FA ready. Too bad that nobody could be bothered to revisit their statements. Lack of reviewers seems to be killing FAR. ·maunus · snunɐɯ· 16:43, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
@ Maunus: I've re-nominated the Childe article and it has had two editors take a look thus far. If you were interested, please do feel free to take a gander at the FAC. Best, Midnightblueowl ( talk) 11:14, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
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The thumb image isn't very edifying at that scale, but I'm not sure there is anything better in the article, cheers Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:15, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
Hello Midnightblueowl,
I just want to thank you for your thoughtful remarks at ANI. If you ever need the assistance of an administrator on any other matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 04:50, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi Midnightblueowl. I just wanted to ask why you reverted my edits on the National Front article. As you've already gathered, I am new to Wikipedia so I do need to understand problems like these that might arise!! PlatinumHeron ( talk) 10:43, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi there, this is a bit of a random request, but would you by any chance have any suggestions or feedback about the " Context" subjection of the Shorwell helmet article? The article is currently close to passing at FAC, but the addition of a section on the contextual political history was suggested. Given your extremely thoughtful parsing of the Guilden Morden boar#Iconography section when that article was similarly positioned, I figured I would ask if you might have any thoughts on this one. No worries if you don't have time or it's outside your area of expertise. Thanks, -- Usernameunique ( talk) 08:50, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for this edit; I looked but had missed the earlier link. Un sch ool 04:47, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Midnightblueowl. I recently nominated Sexual Desire (book) for good article status. I wondered whether you might be interested in reviewing the article? Asking you because you were kind enough to help me with two previous WP:GAN nominations. I understand if you are too busy, not interested, or have other things to do. FreeKnowledgeCreator ( talk) 01:23, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
I must say, you do very good work here on WP. Well done, keep it up :) Pleasure to read you're articles! -- TIAYN ( talk) 11:09, 30 April 2018 (UTC)-- TIAYN ( talk) 11:09, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
Hello Midnightblueowl, I'd like to invite you to WP:Folklore. You do a lot of great work in this sphere, and I think you'd find a lot to like about this WikiProject! :bloodofox: ( talk) 21:57, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
Last November I told you I was expanding the Burgess article. Since then it's been through a peer review and is now at FAC, where it's doing OK. But it could still do with a pair of fresh eyes, and if you could spare the time I'd be very grateful if you would take a look and perhaps leave a comment or two. Brianboulton ( talk) 10:20, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Midnightblueowl, I noticed that at this edit you created a talk page and assessed your own new page The Broad (folk custom) on behalf of three WikiProjects, including WikiProject England. It is all right for you to add project links to a talk page, but you should not assess your own articles. What you should add is something like this {{WikiProject England|class= |importance= }}. Someone from the WikiProject will then see the page come up as unassessed and will look at it independently. Moonraker ( talk) 01:04, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi,
the source that I've added clearly states what I've written. Moreover, there is a paragraph in Cambodian_genocide_denial#Chomsky_and_Herman (not written by me) discussing this. I think this edit is politically neutral. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fabrizioberloco ( talk • contribs) 09:21, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
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Dear User Midnightblueowl, could you please advice whether the article Nikolai Bukharin could be nominated to Featured articles? I have provided good quality images. For me it has good references to the solid academic books from reliable authors and overall tells an interesting story. Thanks. -- Armenius vambery ( talk) 11:56, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Midnightblueowl. Re Burgess, do you wish to return to this review? The nomination currently has seven supports and has completed its image and sources checks, so it's down to you, basically. I'm very grateful for your comments thus far, but if you haven't the time for more, that's fine; perhaps you would leave a note to that effect for the coordinators. Brianboulton ( talk) 09:56, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
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I notice that in the RFC as well as in the preceding discussion, you argued with every post that expressed a view not in accordance with your own. How would it be to allow others space, at least sometimes, to post their views without an argument? I'd don't particularly mean my own posts, but especially those of neutral participants. A listening space would be ideal...
And especially in an RFC, it seems you keep trying to judge and determine the outcome. Backing off a little might allow a compromise to emerge that is more neutral than any that you or I might think of. I assume that you called an RFC, not merely to prove yourself right, but with openness to learning something new and to listen to neutral voices? Clean Copy talk 05:58, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
Can you please look over the draft available for the article on Caillou Pettis and see if it is good to submit for actual publication? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SimplyBatman22 ( talk • contribs) 23:33, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I see you made this edit. Please see Talk:Winston_Churchill#Invasion_of_Borkum.3F for some problems arising from it. Thanks, DuncanHill ( talk) 13:58, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
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This is to let you know that the Nine Stones, Winterbourne Abbas article has been scheduled as today's featured article for July 28, 2018. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 28, 2018, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1100 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:51, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for the "Bronze Age stone circle in southern England"! - How do you like Sankt-Bach-Passion, on his day of death? - Good match ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 05:56, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
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Hi,
I would appreciate it if your edit summaries were more specific than "added referenced information". That could apply to almost any addition that wasn't adding a reference, tagging, deletion or reversion. I don't want to have to inspect the diffs to see what change you've actually made.
I am a coder, by background; we use revision-control systems to manage commits to code repositories. We rely on informative commit summaries to help us figure out quickly which commit resulted in which change. I w2ould not be happy with a fellow coder adding a commit summary that just said "added some bug-free code". The page I'm looking at is Populism.
This seems to be a recent change in your style - until quite recently your summaries were helpful.
Thanks, MrDemeanour ( talk) 16:34, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
Please gain consensus before removing any more photos from the Joseph Stalin article as you have been doing over the past few days. I respect your concern over the risk of including images in the article that lack proper documentation and are under copyright. With that being said, there is a distinction between images that are likely protected by copyright and those that are POTENTIALLY subject to copyright. In the case of the latter, nearly all images of Stalin before 1940 would have to be removed because the photographer has not been conclusively identified. The chaos caused by the Red Terror and Stalin's purges during that time combined with the overall lack of transparency of Russia's historical records make it nearly impossible to find out information that specific.
If a copyright claim is raised for an image later on, it can dealt with then. However, trying to preempt the risk by removing good-faith contributions which do not raise immediate alarm bells is counterproductive and detracts from the overall quality of the article. Thank you for your attention regarding this matter. Emiya1980 ( talk) 01:17, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
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Awarded for bringing Nelson Mandela to today's featured article, on his 100th birthday. Your work with important articles such as this one is invaluable to Wikipedia. Happy Birthday Madiba! Onceinawhile ( talk) 16:41, 18 July 2018 (UTC) |
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Congrats to another FA! Birthday again for the Main page? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 13:45, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi - I saw that you have edited some pages on Institute of Archaeology staff. If you have a moment - no rush - I'd be glad if you could take a look at the page for archaeobotanist Gordon Hillman, which I have much expanded. I think you'd find the article interesting anyhow. Would be glad of any edits, also suggestions for further content - I can easily add that. Thanks! Mark Nesbitt ( talk) 10:34, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
I see that you've reversed changes that were made by user:Mohau on the Nelson Mandela page. I would like to let you know that this past Saturday we were doing an editathon at the Nelson Mandela Foundation to celebrate his centenary and the Nelson Mandela Foundation archivists were the ones who asked user:Mohau to correct the errors that you reversed, since they are newbies and they can't edit the page. Bobbyshabangu talk 17:13, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
The "time traveler" slot on this morning's episode of Radio 3's Essential Classics is about Dion Fortune. Only five minutes or so, but I thought you might be interested to know! I was intrigued to hear that she was involved in the production of soy milk all those years ago. You'll be able to catch it on BBC iPlayer, and they release them as podcasts from time-to-time. Josh Milburn ( talk) 09:20, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for this. The surname is actually Rhodes James, not James though, is it possible to fix the refs to shew the author's name correctly? DuncanHill ( talk) 16:12, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
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Hello Midnighblueowl! I hope you can manage to get the Stalin article approved as good reading or better. I have read Isaac Deutcher's "Stalin", and if you can find it cheap or at a library, I would strongly recommend it. Especially chapter 7, "The General Secretary". Deutcher is not as bold or condemning in words, as Montefiore. But it's all there (and in the following chapters). Largely in chronological order, from inside the Bolsjevist Party and very explaining. In my humble opinion, better (on the 1920's especially) if compared to both Montefiore's works. Please take this as a recommendation, nothing else. Boeing720 ( talk) 11:40, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
It shouldn't even be allowed to oppose an article at FAC based only on aesthetic disagreements over stylistic choices. This is exactly why I don't do FA's. You are doing well, keep it up. ·maunus · snunɐɯ· 11:47, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Your massive edits to this controversial article are much too much to be taken in at one time. I have reverted them, and I suggest you discuss on the talk page what major changes you intend to make, and get a consensus for those changes before you make them. In the meantime, please stop editing the article. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 16:21, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello,
I have just finished reading your article. Very well researched and written! I am surprised its not a FA. MauraWen ( talk) 01:06, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Midnightblueowl. I am currently involved in a dispute at the Herbert Marcuse article. Since you have shown an interest in Marxist-related subjects, I wondered whether you might want to express your view of the dispute on the talk page? To be explicit about it, I am not asking you to agree with me; I welcome your views whatever they are. I also realize that you may not be interested, in which case feel free to ignore this. FreeKnowledgeCreator ( talk) 03:00, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
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Although I think your close came to the correct conclusion about consensus, it's not considered a good thing to close an RfC you yourself started and expressed an opinion in. In fact, even people who merely expressed an opinion in an RfC should not close the discussion. RfCs should be closed by an uninvolved party, either an admin or an experienced editor, not by anyone who was involved in the RfC itself. I don't think you need to open it up again unless someone complains about the close, in which case you should immediately unclose it. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 01:13, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
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Dave ( talk), Hello Midnightowl, help edit Godfrey Mwakikagile to provide links to cited sources. I have provided the sources but am unable to link them to the article; I don't know how to. I have read your article about Nyerere, in which you quote Godfrey Mwakikagile, and you know your subject very well. 18 September 2018
Thank you very much. Dave
Thanks for all the great articles on Tintin albums you have written, I really enjoy reading them! Do you plan to get the one remaining album, Flight 714 to Sydney, to GA too, and make them all a good topic? Forunaga ( talk) 10:19, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
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Could you please create an article for Ithikkara Pakki ? He is a heroic outlaw roamed in the 19th century British India, a Robin Hood-esque highwayman and savior of the poor. He along with Kayamkulam Kochunni are the most popular bandits of Kerala and legends on them are part of the local folklore. Not much of any information is available, but there are few. 2405:204:D08C:B7BF:1D28:9E23:AB57:C59 ( talk) 15:03, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
==help==I just posted a response at Western Esotericism to Epinoia at talk, can you re-post it so Epinoia can read it, thanks, Arnold 45.49.226.155 ( talk) 22:03, 20 October 2018 (UTC}
Weastern esotericism
Hello. I see that you have capitalized "the" several times in your recent edits to Morrissey. Per MOS:THEMUSIC, the t should be lowercase. Hrodvarsson ( talk) 01:07, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
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Hi,
I've got a problem: in Witch (disambiguation) the acronym W.I.T.C.H. for 'Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell' is not found, as I found, while writing fr:Witch Bloc.
Therefore I made an entry in Witch (disambiguation) using varying methods, which by an user repeatedly is deleted.
In a second attempt, I made a separate disambiguation file: W.I.T.C.H. (disambiguation). That was not for long. The same user modified it to a redirect, which is worthless, as there is nothing .... . The only way, to circumvent this 'AGF'-editing under formal pretext, I see, is to rename the article to 'W.I.T.C.H. Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell'. Your opinion? Yours AVS ( talk) 19:22, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
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They were British citizens, my friend. It is nonsensical to refer to them as 'English' in this context of gaining another citizenship.
Who appointed you? Varnebank ( talk) 12:08, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
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In the Shrub's Wood Long Barrow article, which you wrote, none of the short-form ("sfn") references in the "Footnotes" section have corresponding full citations in the Bibliography (or anywhere else). That seems to be something you might want to fix. Deor ( talk) 17:24, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
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Using the same cite twice in a row is generally discouraged. Ideally, a cite should support every bit of text between it and the previous cite. LittleJerry ( talk) 01:34, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
This edit and these edits are an unambiguous violation, since they took place less than 24 hours apart. I suggest you self-revert. -- Aquillion ( talk) 17:24, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
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Here's my edit summary concerning your recent revert [4]. Don't try to sell that the only single he has ever released as a proper colloboration with another singer, is a trivial information. Your way of acting was no more no less wp:vandalism. Valboo ( talk) 19:53, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
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Good to hear from you, Midnightblueowl, when you Thanked that edit, hope all is well! For more on this, I had just discussed it with an impartial editor, our friend Curly Turkey here. Happy holidays and take care, — Prhart com♥ 18:22, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
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heads up -- Brustopher ( talk) 19:37, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
I noticed your excellent work on the articles Heathenry (new religious movement), Margaret Murray, Witch-cult hypothesis, and Druidry (modern). I was wondering, mostly just out of curiosity, if you were ever planning on working on the articles Hellenism (religion) and Semitic neopaganism, both of which are in extremely poor condition and are in desperate need of revision and expansion? I would work on them myself, but I am too busy working on other articles and you seem to be much more of an expert on modern paganism than I am. -- Katolophyromai ( talk) 13:37, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
There is an RfC at an article you have edited, to which you may wish to add your input: Talk:American Flagg!#Request for comment. -- Tenebrae ( talk) 17:56, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello! I wanted to thank you for spinning off the material I added into the new article concepts of magic per society; I had been thinking that the subject probably deserved its own article, but I think we should find a better name for it. "Concepts of magic per society" is a seriously arcane and obscure title and I highly doubt that anyone will ever read it. I think a better title might be "History of magical practices" or simply "History of magic." Also, I think that we should restore an abbreviated version of the material in that article to the main article (regardless of whether it ends up being called " Magic (paranormal)," " Magic (study of religion)," or something else). I think that historical information about the subject is important and requires more explanation than the mere etymology of the word. -- Katolophyromai ( talk) 20:13, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you for what you did for Miriam Makeba, "a musician and activist who had a lasting impact on music and popular culture in South Africa and abroad". I use her expressive face today, her birthday, to illustrate my own singing in defiance, - DYK ... that the hymn " Jesu, meine Freude" (Jesus, my joy) by Johann Franck and Johann Crüger mentions singing in defiance of the "old dragon", death, and fear? (March 2014). -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:26, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
... and for today's Withypool Stone Circle, "one of only three late prehistoric stone circles located in the southwestern English county of Somerset"! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 10:05, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
.. for today, on his centenry birthday, Nelson Mandela, the "South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation."! Thank you also for making it possible last hour! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:32, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi MBO; congratulations on the latest FA. In case you aren't aware: Satan is currently listed at GAC. I saw it and thought of you! Josh Milburn ( talk) 19:30, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi there ! From the history file, I saw that you apparently have been involved in our
Vladimir Lenin article quite a lot. I noticed the featured status, but found this to be of interest - and couldn't find a proper headline to put it. And if included, the end of the lead feels reasonable. I added this:
Now a "red user" (not in the political sense, but a user with no presentation) removed that part. I think Pipers work is a good one, and that part of interest. I guess it's a matter of opinion. May I ask what you think about this part ? (That particular page lacks a number, the following is p.126; There also is a grammatical is/are matter for which I'm sorry Boeing720 ( talk) 21:35, 1 February 2018 (UTC) Or is there ? "What exists in writing before the age of 23 is only twenty documents.." I'm a bit confused , but I now again think its correct, as "What exists in writing before the age of 23.." is , isn't it ? Sorry for this part in any event. But keen to hear your opinion on Piper, if possible. Boeing720 ( talk) 13:30, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
Hi Boeing720. I have to say that I agree with Toluwan's removal of the added text. Bear in mind that this is a Featured Article, and is the product of extensive work and discussion through a process of GAN and then FAC. In a case like that, a significant alteration—and the addition of a whole paragraph to the lede would count as that—must be discussed on the Talk Page first to see if there is a consensus. I also think that the added text which you had provided contains errors. It states, for example, that "there is a lack of personal information about him", but there is certainly enough to have enabled many biographers to have discussed Lenin's life in depth. Richard Pipes was writing in the late 1980s and early 1990s, before the collapse of the Soviet Union and the opening up of the former Soviet archives. Since that time, biographers like Robert Service have been able to conduct far more in-depth investigation into Lenin's life, revealing vast quantities of biographical information about him. Always be careful with regard to how up-to-date the books or other sources that you may be using actually are. Hope that helps. Midnightblueowl ( talk) 21:11, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
Not much left to do on this for it to be ready for GA. Well done! I want to check a couple of sources and see if there are other significant media appearances outside the LBC show (and while I find the man’s views odious and repulsive, I cannot deny he can be funny). Other than that, I think we are good to go. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 18:27, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
Midnightblueowl, you undo my corrections thanks for your efforts. Could you please explain how it is possible to report in print (Mar 07) the results of autopsy which according to your reference (Khlevniuk) was carried out two and half month later? Maybe he found additional autopsy? Also I am not sure which of corrections was not referenced correctly? Please elaborate. -- Armenius vambery ( talk) 05:48, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
Hey, do you think this image could work as an alternative? LittleJerry ( talk) 17:20, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I see you have been involved in the shaping of Slavic Native Faith article for last years. We are currently having some further debates on talk page there. Mind to voice your opinions? Slavicslav ( talk) 19:39, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
On the page Vladimir Lenin I have put an image which was on the front page of the magazine (Projector) edited by Nikolai Bukharin 15 September 1923. The image was taken 28 Aug 1923.
At the time it is was the most important image published by the most prominent editor. He was the editor of Pravda at the same time.
The image was and still is supplemented by two tags: tag which explains the rights for the image in Russia as successor of USSR and the tag which explains the rights in US.
Please let me know why you continue to delete my contribution from the page? What still needs to be explained? -- Armenius vambery ( talk) 14:14, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
Thanks I have just updated the Permission Tag: "This work was originally published anonymously or under a pseudonym before January 1, 1943 and the name of the author did not become known during 50 years after publication." exactly as in the image from Pravda (Pogrzeb Lenina1924.jpg)-- Armenius vambery ( talk) 14:31, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
I was sorry to see the FA fail. I thought it was clearly FA ready. Too bad that nobody could be bothered to revisit their statements. Lack of reviewers seems to be killing FAR. ·maunus · snunɐɯ· 16:43, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
@ Maunus: I've re-nominated the Childe article and it has had two editors take a look thus far. If you were interested, please do feel free to take a gander at the FAC. Best, Midnightblueowl ( talk) 11:14, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
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The thumb image isn't very edifying at that scale, but I'm not sure there is anything better in the article, cheers Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:15, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
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I just want to thank you for your thoughtful remarks at ANI. If you ever need the assistance of an administrator on any other matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 04:50, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi Midnightblueowl. I just wanted to ask why you reverted my edits on the National Front article. As you've already gathered, I am new to Wikipedia so I do need to understand problems like these that might arise!! PlatinumHeron ( talk) 10:43, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi there, this is a bit of a random request, but would you by any chance have any suggestions or feedback about the " Context" subjection of the Shorwell helmet article? The article is currently close to passing at FAC, but the addition of a section on the contextual political history was suggested. Given your extremely thoughtful parsing of the Guilden Morden boar#Iconography section when that article was similarly positioned, I figured I would ask if you might have any thoughts on this one. No worries if you don't have time or it's outside your area of expertise. Thanks, -- Usernameunique ( talk) 08:50, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for this edit; I looked but had missed the earlier link. Un sch ool 04:47, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Midnightblueowl. I recently nominated Sexual Desire (book) for good article status. I wondered whether you might be interested in reviewing the article? Asking you because you were kind enough to help me with two previous WP:GAN nominations. I understand if you are too busy, not interested, or have other things to do. FreeKnowledgeCreator ( talk) 01:23, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
I must say, you do very good work here on WP. Well done, keep it up :) Pleasure to read you're articles! -- TIAYN ( talk) 11:09, 30 April 2018 (UTC)-- TIAYN ( talk) 11:09, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
Hello Midnightblueowl, I'd like to invite you to WP:Folklore. You do a lot of great work in this sphere, and I think you'd find a lot to like about this WikiProject! :bloodofox: ( talk) 21:57, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
Last November I told you I was expanding the Burgess article. Since then it's been through a peer review and is now at FAC, where it's doing OK. But it could still do with a pair of fresh eyes, and if you could spare the time I'd be very grateful if you would take a look and perhaps leave a comment or two. Brianboulton ( talk) 10:20, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Midnightblueowl, I noticed that at this edit you created a talk page and assessed your own new page The Broad (folk custom) on behalf of three WikiProjects, including WikiProject England. It is all right for you to add project links to a talk page, but you should not assess your own articles. What you should add is something like this {{WikiProject England|class= |importance= }}. Someone from the WikiProject will then see the page come up as unassessed and will look at it independently. Moonraker ( talk) 01:04, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi,
the source that I've added clearly states what I've written. Moreover, there is a paragraph in Cambodian_genocide_denial#Chomsky_and_Herman (not written by me) discussing this. I think this edit is politically neutral. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fabrizioberloco ( talk • contribs) 09:21, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
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Dear User Midnightblueowl, could you please advice whether the article Nikolai Bukharin could be nominated to Featured articles? I have provided good quality images. For me it has good references to the solid academic books from reliable authors and overall tells an interesting story. Thanks. -- Armenius vambery ( talk) 11:56, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Midnightblueowl. Re Burgess, do you wish to return to this review? The nomination currently has seven supports and has completed its image and sources checks, so it's down to you, basically. I'm very grateful for your comments thus far, but if you haven't the time for more, that's fine; perhaps you would leave a note to that effect for the coordinators. Brianboulton ( talk) 09:56, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
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I notice that in the RFC as well as in the preceding discussion, you argued with every post that expressed a view not in accordance with your own. How would it be to allow others space, at least sometimes, to post their views without an argument? I'd don't particularly mean my own posts, but especially those of neutral participants. A listening space would be ideal...
And especially in an RFC, it seems you keep trying to judge and determine the outcome. Backing off a little might allow a compromise to emerge that is more neutral than any that you or I might think of. I assume that you called an RFC, not merely to prove yourself right, but with openness to learning something new and to listen to neutral voices? Clean Copy talk 05:58, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
Can you please look over the draft available for the article on Caillou Pettis and see if it is good to submit for actual publication? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SimplyBatman22 ( talk • contribs) 23:33, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I see you made this edit. Please see Talk:Winston_Churchill#Invasion_of_Borkum.3F for some problems arising from it. Thanks, DuncanHill ( talk) 13:58, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you for the "Bronze Age stone circle in southern England"! - How do you like Sankt-Bach-Passion, on his day of death? - Good match ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 05:56, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
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Hi,
I would appreciate it if your edit summaries were more specific than "added referenced information". That could apply to almost any addition that wasn't adding a reference, tagging, deletion or reversion. I don't want to have to inspect the diffs to see what change you've actually made.
I am a coder, by background; we use revision-control systems to manage commits to code repositories. We rely on informative commit summaries to help us figure out quickly which commit resulted in which change. I w2ould not be happy with a fellow coder adding a commit summary that just said "added some bug-free code". The page I'm looking at is Populism.
This seems to be a recent change in your style - until quite recently your summaries were helpful.
Thanks, MrDemeanour ( talk) 16:34, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
Please gain consensus before removing any more photos from the Joseph Stalin article as you have been doing over the past few days. I respect your concern over the risk of including images in the article that lack proper documentation and are under copyright. With that being said, there is a distinction between images that are likely protected by copyright and those that are POTENTIALLY subject to copyright. In the case of the latter, nearly all images of Stalin before 1940 would have to be removed because the photographer has not been conclusively identified. The chaos caused by the Red Terror and Stalin's purges during that time combined with the overall lack of transparency of Russia's historical records make it nearly impossible to find out information that specific.
If a copyright claim is raised for an image later on, it can dealt with then. However, trying to preempt the risk by removing good-faith contributions which do not raise immediate alarm bells is counterproductive and detracts from the overall quality of the article. Thank you for your attention regarding this matter. Emiya1980 ( talk) 01:17, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
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Congrats to another FA! Birthday again for the Main page? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 13:45, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi - I saw that you have edited some pages on Institute of Archaeology staff. If you have a moment - no rush - I'd be glad if you could take a look at the page for archaeobotanist Gordon Hillman, which I have much expanded. I think you'd find the article interesting anyhow. Would be glad of any edits, also suggestions for further content - I can easily add that. Thanks! Mark Nesbitt ( talk) 10:34, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
I see that you've reversed changes that were made by user:Mohau on the Nelson Mandela page. I would like to let you know that this past Saturday we were doing an editathon at the Nelson Mandela Foundation to celebrate his centenary and the Nelson Mandela Foundation archivists were the ones who asked user:Mohau to correct the errors that you reversed, since they are newbies and they can't edit the page. Bobbyshabangu talk 17:13, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
The "time traveler" slot on this morning's episode of Radio 3's Essential Classics is about Dion Fortune. Only five minutes or so, but I thought you might be interested to know! I was intrigued to hear that she was involved in the production of soy milk all those years ago. You'll be able to catch it on BBC iPlayer, and they release them as podcasts from time-to-time. Josh Milburn ( talk) 09:20, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for this. The surname is actually Rhodes James, not James though, is it possible to fix the refs to shew the author's name correctly? DuncanHill ( talk) 16:12, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
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Hello Midnighblueowl! I hope you can manage to get the Stalin article approved as good reading or better. I have read Isaac Deutcher's "Stalin", and if you can find it cheap or at a library, I would strongly recommend it. Especially chapter 7, "The General Secretary". Deutcher is not as bold or condemning in words, as Montefiore. But it's all there (and in the following chapters). Largely in chronological order, from inside the Bolsjevist Party and very explaining. In my humble opinion, better (on the 1920's especially) if compared to both Montefiore's works. Please take this as a recommendation, nothing else. Boeing720 ( talk) 11:40, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
It shouldn't even be allowed to oppose an article at FAC based only on aesthetic disagreements over stylistic choices. This is exactly why I don't do FA's. You are doing well, keep it up. ·maunus · snunɐɯ· 11:47, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Your massive edits to this controversial article are much too much to be taken in at one time. I have reverted them, and I suggest you discuss on the talk page what major changes you intend to make, and get a consensus for those changes before you make them. In the meantime, please stop editing the article. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 16:21, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello,
I have just finished reading your article. Very well researched and written! I am surprised its not a FA. MauraWen ( talk) 01:06, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Midnightblueowl. I am currently involved in a dispute at the Herbert Marcuse article. Since you have shown an interest in Marxist-related subjects, I wondered whether you might want to express your view of the dispute on the talk page? To be explicit about it, I am not asking you to agree with me; I welcome your views whatever they are. I also realize that you may not be interested, in which case feel free to ignore this. FreeKnowledgeCreator ( talk) 03:00, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
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Although I think your close came to the correct conclusion about consensus, it's not considered a good thing to close an RfC you yourself started and expressed an opinion in. In fact, even people who merely expressed an opinion in an RfC should not close the discussion. RfCs should be closed by an uninvolved party, either an admin or an experienced editor, not by anyone who was involved in the RfC itself. I don't think you need to open it up again unless someone complains about the close, in which case you should immediately unclose it. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 01:13, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
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Dave ( talk), Hello Midnightowl, help edit Godfrey Mwakikagile to provide links to cited sources. I have provided the sources but am unable to link them to the article; I don't know how to. I have read your article about Nyerere, in which you quote Godfrey Mwakikagile, and you know your subject very well. 18 September 2018
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Thanks for all the great articles on Tintin albums you have written, I really enjoy reading them! Do you plan to get the one remaining album, Flight 714 to Sydney, to GA too, and make them all a good topic? Forunaga ( talk) 10:19, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
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Could you please create an article for Ithikkara Pakki ? He is a heroic outlaw roamed in the 19th century British India, a Robin Hood-esque highwayman and savior of the poor. He along with Kayamkulam Kochunni are the most popular bandits of Kerala and legends on them are part of the local folklore. Not much of any information is available, but there are few. 2405:204:D08C:B7BF:1D28:9E23:AB57:C59 ( talk) 15:03, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
==help==I just posted a response at Western Esotericism to Epinoia at talk, can you re-post it so Epinoia can read it, thanks, Arnold 45.49.226.155 ( talk) 22:03, 20 October 2018 (UTC}
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Hello. I see that you have capitalized "the" several times in your recent edits to Morrissey. Per MOS:THEMUSIC, the t should be lowercase. Hrodvarsson ( talk) 01:07, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
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In a second attempt, I made a separate disambiguation file: W.I.T.C.H. (disambiguation). That was not for long. The same user modified it to a redirect, which is worthless, as there is nothing .... . The only way, to circumvent this 'AGF'-editing under formal pretext, I see, is to rename the article to 'W.I.T.C.H. Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell'. Your opinion? Yours AVS ( talk) 19:22, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
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They were British citizens, my friend. It is nonsensical to refer to them as 'English' in this context of gaining another citizenship.
Who appointed you? Varnebank ( talk) 12:08, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
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In the Shrub's Wood Long Barrow article, which you wrote, none of the short-form ("sfn") references in the "Footnotes" section have corresponding full citations in the Bibliography (or anywhere else). That seems to be something you might want to fix. Deor ( talk) 17:24, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
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Using the same cite twice in a row is generally discouraged. Ideally, a cite should support every bit of text between it and the previous cite. LittleJerry ( talk) 01:34, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
This edit and these edits are an unambiguous violation, since they took place less than 24 hours apart. I suggest you self-revert. -- Aquillion ( talk) 17:24, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
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Here's my edit summary concerning your recent revert [4]. Don't try to sell that the only single he has ever released as a proper colloboration with another singer, is a trivial information. Your way of acting was no more no less wp:vandalism. Valboo ( talk) 19:53, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
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Good to hear from you, Midnightblueowl, when you Thanked that edit, hope all is well! For more on this, I had just discussed it with an impartial editor, our friend Curly Turkey here. Happy holidays and take care, — Prhart com♥ 18:22, 30 December 2018 (UTC)