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Testing the messaging feature of Huggle. Hurrah! — Mr. Stradivarius ( drop me a line) 15:18, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello. You have
a new message at Talk:Most difficult language to learn's talk page.
Hallo Mr. Stradivarius, in fact I confused "short edits" with "minor edits". At first I only wanted to correct a mistake, the heading phrase of the list of his publications was wrong: it said they are videos when in reality they are printed material. While I was at it I changed a little a few sentences. Next time I will take care not to tag such an edit with "minor". Greetings, -- Gabodon ( talk) 22:01, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi,,
thanks for welcoming me I responded in George Michael talks page. 188.135.88.134 ( talk) 15:45, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I'm the one who edited the language learning page and also the multilingualism one. The information on the first edit can be found from various HK government sources and HK's universities and media in general. The second one where I entered some info on natural trilingualism is personal experience (I am the native English-speaking father with a trilingual son). Hope that is helpful. Luojiehk ( talk) 13:01, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi, the user seems to be a confirmed sockpuppet [1] , where should one report him? -- Khodabandeh14 ( talk) 16:26, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
Thank you.-- Khodabandeh14 ( talk) 16:37, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the template..I will use it next time.-- Khodabandeh14 ( talk) 16:50, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
The source I used was http://www.rleague.com/db/content/94000/94637.php as well as http://www.rleague.com/db/content/94000/94631.php
I am new to this, so am not entirely sure how to cite a source in the context of an wiki table such as the NRL results table. If you could add those sources that would be much appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Macca147 ( talk • contribs) 08:06, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
{{
cite web}}
template, but you can just put the link straight between the ref tags, like this - <ref>http://www.example.com/blahblahblah.html</ref> - and that is perfectly acceptable. —
Mr. Stradivarius (
drop me a line)
12:38, 16 April 2011 (UTC)Hi Mr. Stradivarius,
This is an excerpt from an assignment I wrote for a class, which was meant to be a Wikipedia upload in the first place. To the best of my knowledge, all of the sentences are mine (meaning that sometimes you read something and forget about it and then accidentally think it was your own idea or your own words - that I am not aware of). However, I have provided all my references with links to the Notes section. Because it was a Wiki project in the first place, it was meant to be like a literature review, so I believe I have cited accurately enough. Was there a specific reason that made you wonder or is this just a general check you do with new long entries?
Thanks,
Seftali — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seftali ( talk • contribs) 16:47, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
The page in question is Knauf Insulation. — Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 13:56, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello,
do not understand the copyright violation as i have been specifically asked from the company to update the page on Wikipedia. I can agree that some paragraphs should be modified (as they come straight from the company presentation), but most of the article is just an illustration of what the company does.
best regards,
ML — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matteo Lenzi ( talk • contribs) 13:07, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
I didn't know that about the links, sorry about that. I am new at this. I will try to go back and remove them, if there are some remaining please take them out. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mother18 ( talk • contribs) 17:01, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi again. The way you've cited it is fine. The way the citation system works is, if you have text between two ref tags it will show up in the references section at the bottom (or wherever you type {{reflist}} or <reflist />. For example, this:
This is a citation.<ref>Hello World!</ref> ===References===
{{reflist}}
will show up like this:
This is a citation. [1]
You can put whatever you want between the ref tags and it will show up at the bottom. As to what goes inside the tags, well, you could have a look at WP:CITE and the {{ citation}} templates, but I assure you that is purely optional. As long as the source is clear, that is what counts.
Actually, the reason your latest edit got reverted was because you didn't cite very reliable sources. I restored one of the edits you made, about poor latch, but even so the source really isn't up to par. It's just a website about a collective of doctors, a lot like a lobbying group, and there's no external checking for accuracy. I'm not talking about external checking for the doctors themselves, or for the test they made - I'm sure they are top class doctors and that they are doing a great job. I mean that there is no external checking for the accuracy of the site itself - that is the source you linked to, and it should not be confused with the doctors' general reputation. For this kind of medical information really you need to cite from a respected medical textbook, or medical journal article, or medical literature review. You could try this PubMed search as a starting point. Just be aware that with a source like the website you linked to, there's really nothing from preventing another editor from removing the text you added. I hope that's answered your question! If there's anything else, feel free to ask me more. — Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 09:35, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello,
Could you please tell me why you systematically remove links poiting to Usermeds pages ?
Is it because of ads ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaber.a ( talk • contribs) 12:50, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Someone is posting slandering material on my page, how can I resolve this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Danboot89 ( talk • contribs) 15:16, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
The subject of dispute is this revert at Khonnor. — Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 10:50, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
ALL of the biographical content on this particular page is inconsistent and superfluous. Additionally, ONLY releases under the Khonnor pseudonym should be listed on this particular page. Any other biographical content (including artistic works) by Connor Long should be listed under a separate page dedicated to the individual and opened for hyper-linking. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.177.48.254 ( talk) 10:45, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you again for your kind interest and advice here! I really appreciated your input and that of User:TransporterMan. Inspired, I have now created an article about the book Throne of a Thousand Years and would like very much to leave it to whatever fate it may encounter, fairly. Would you please have a look, maybe monitor it a bit, to see if everything is OK and proceeds forward in some semblance of normalcy? SergeWoodzing ( talk) 22:09, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
Please give me your honest opinion! Have you and I just been wasting our time and effort on this, lots of both? SergeWoodzing ( talk) 22:06, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Okay, I'm here again to bother you (again and again... sorry). Things seem to go much better at MOTD, right now. THANK YOU!!!
The reason why I'm writing you is the following: next Sunday (8th of May) is
Mother's Day. I know that it is celebrated on different days around the world, but I'd love if we could (and are able to) make our "very-little" contribution in honour of all the mothers in the world. For the upcoming 8th of May (Sunday) there is already a motto in schedule, but I think that we can move the motto approved for that day to another date and to put one about mothers in place of it.
Here is my nomination.
Thank you in advance and all the best! –
pjoef (
talk •
contribs)
12:46, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I've spoken to Steph Watts and he has allowed me to use the information from his website. I'm still a little confused on how to get his permission so that Wikipedia can see it? Please tell me how. I've read all the information but still don't understand.
Is it better to just start from scratch, writing a short amount of text and linking to his website? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Garland3688 ( talk • contribs) 16:26, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Dear Mr Stradivarius,
Thank you for your feedback relating to a possible entry in English as a foreign or second language. We will think of another way to make the heading more readable and have the article ready before putting it on Wikipedia. ( Anhhpham ( talk) 01:46, 4 May 2011 (UTC))
Thanks, I appreciate your input :). 142.162.207.240 ( talk) 17:07, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
As you seem willing to give the article fair consideration, I wish to inform, that Film Threat is a decently reliable source for film reviews and inteviews, long accepted by its peers within the film idustry and by Wikipedia. Through them I have two sugnificant sources... one a Novemnber 2004 in depth interview of the producer/writer/actor, and a second a January 2005 lengthy review of the film itself. And too, Rovi is a another reliable source for films. And note too, reviewer Phil Hall himself is respected within his field. AND as the improvements are not yet complete but an editor (me) has expressed a willingness to continue them, I cannot understand the wish by those who themselves have not or will not improve the article, to give it the bum's rush when someone else has picked up the slack. And agin, improvements are still taking place and the article is far better shape that when it was nominated. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 20:37, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Dear Mr.Stradivarius
I just got the facts from Mr Dev Benegal himself. He didnt study in Cambridge and it is not the Film Studies course in the University of New York. As I had written he did indeed earn credits by working with Shyam Benegal and went to do his masters in Cinema Studies at NYU.
Also the name of the upcoming project is Bombay Samurai.
He has also made it very clear to me that he wants his picture taken in Tokyo removed.
Thank you very much —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.183.26.33 ( talk) 16:54, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello Mr. Stradivarius, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User talk:76.103.117.9, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Criterion G1 does not apply to user talk pages. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. – GorillaWarfare talk • contribs 04:21, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
... for whacking the vandal on my user page. De728631 ( talk) 18:25, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Mr. Stadivarius, it appears that you have not been following the actions of skol over the last month. He has trolled me and other wiki members by rv correct posts. I have asked him to be more professional but he has refused. I had no opition but to report him to the next level. I am quite surprised that you have shown your bias which only indicates that you are a sockpoppet of skol. This is sad as you should have taken time and conducted proper research instead of hindering the wiki project. Porgers ( talk) 06:16, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Proof that you are a sock of skol fir, no warning given to that user for the same offence! See my talk page Porgers ( talk) 06:56, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. You've tagged the page "Talk:K.M. Munshi" for deletion. I wish to move "Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi" to the page "K.M. Munshi". The reason being, firstly, the name of the person is incorrectly spelt by the creator of the page - it should be "Kanayalal" and not "Kanhaiyalal" and secondly, I'm quite sure "K.M. Munshi" being shorter is more widely searched. Would it be better if I move the page to to "Kanayalal Maneklal Munshi" and tag "Kanhiayalal Maneklal Munshi" for deletion? I've requested administrator help too. Would appreciate your advice on this. Thanks and regards. Centaur81 ( talk) 16:53, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you very munch for your help and support regarding " Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi". Centaur81 ( talk) 07:02, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
we write to you with regret,
The individual who carried out the unforgivable crime has been tied up in a shed and will be beaten severely by the violin playing midgets who run wikipedia. We can only thank you for alerting us to the vandalism and lack of constructive information being supplied through this network. We take these incidents extremely severely and we would like to offer you the chance to beat the culprit yourself.
The people of Builth wells are calling for the vandal to be met with the death penalty, we would like to hear your opinions on the matter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.63.204.8 ( talk) 10:34, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Please see my reply to your remarks on the Lars Von Trier Talk page, under "Vandalism". 86.44.85.117 ( talk) 08:17, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
The parallel forms of Chinaman, "Franceman", "Englandman", etc do not exist in English. The terms "Englishman" constructed by adjective+man is not a parallel term of Chinaman, and it does not have derogatory connotations. Chinaman is in the list of racial slurs. Please don't confuse with different terms and mitigate the derogatory meaning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.252.5.59 ( talk) 04:09, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. I've edited the talk page. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
18.252.5.59 (
talk)
05:55, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
... for reverting the vandalism to my user page! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 05:04, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up! I'll make sure to do that next time.-- GoldenGlory84 (talk) 22:41, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Vandalism_by_User:Medeis
Hi, if you do not feel it inappropriate, could you change the section subhead at the ANI to "Conflict at Chinaman" or some other neutral term per my request there? Thanks. μηδείς ( talk) 15:47, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. I will now close it, approving edit 5. Simply south.... .. eating shoes for 5 years 18:29, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
I respectfully ask that you stop making revisions to the business brokers page. Our company has been in business over 60 years, and the origin for the text comes directly from our company handbook that was written well over 40 years ago. While I dont doubt that some of the information contained in our handbook has made it to the internet these elements are considered harmless to our everyday business operations. I only ask that if you insist on changing the text you source the company where it came from. C.H. Robinson, Citizen Eagle LLC — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blinking12 ( talk • contribs) 17:31, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Dear Mr Stradivarius
I have just re-read your edits to the Good Language Learner page I wrote
You have made a good job of it, specially the referencing, so thank you very much for your efforts
Best wishes
Carol — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.156.51.66 ( talk) 06:02, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
I am just posting this here to make sure I get your attention--if the discussion needs continuing you can place it on the talk page or continue here, but I think you can clear it up yourself.
You wrote, at Chinaman (term) with my bolding added:
"Chinaman is almost entirely absent from British English, and has been since before 1965, except in another meaning as a left-arm unorthodox spin in cricket.[26] Most British dictionaries see the term Chinaman as old-fashioned, and this view is backed up by data from the British National Corpus."
The question is, what has been what since before 1965? the word absent? or the word been used in cricket? Did you mean: "Chinaman is almost entirely absent from British English, except at least as early as 1965 to mean a left-arm unorthodox spin in cricket"?
Thanks
μηδείς ( talk) 21:13, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
I think the problem is that you may not be familiar with citing indirect sources. When you read a book by Jones who reports that Smith said something, you reference it as Smith, as quoted by/cited in Jones and you give both sources. This isn't considered optional, it is acadmeic and professional standard, and wikipedia policy.
See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:References#Say_where_you_read_it
Say where you read it
Don't cite a source unless you've seen it for yourself. Where you want to cite John Smith, but you've only read Paul Jones who cites Smith, write it like this (this formatting is just an example; there are several ways this can be written):
Smith, John. Name of Book I Haven't Seen, Cambridge University Press, 2009, p. 1, cited in Paul Jones (ed.). Name of Encyclopedia I Have Seen. Oxford University Press, 2010, p. 2.
Please restore the way I had it formatted unless there is some other problem. μηδείς ( talk) 21:08, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Dear Mr. Stradivarius, italian and latin pronuciation of a word is NOT a personal interpretation. And you have seen I've referenced my assertion with references to the correct pronunciation of those words. This kind of revertions make me think (and I'm not the only one, I've discussed about it with some other users) that you and some other people want keep wikipedia a corrupted version of an encyclopedia. Fine. User:88.58.4.130 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.58.4.130 ( talk) 07:36, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
"Evidence for pronunciation of Classical Latin is often difficult to interpret. Orthography is conventionalized, and the contemporary Roman grammarians’ comments lack clarity, so that to a considerable extent it is necessary to extrapolate from later developments in Romance in order to describe it. On the whole, linguists think that Latin probably sounded something like Italian, though some features make it close to Castillian Spanish."
The proper thing to do here according to Wikipedia policy would be to find out what authoritative textbooks on Latin pronunciation say, and stick to that (citing your sources of course). Omniglot is a good website, but for your arguments to carry the most weight you should use the best sources in the field. However, you could also solve it the quick way, which would be just removing the "wrong" pronunciation and seeing if any other editors object. If you have any other questions feel free to ask me here or on your talk page. All the best. — Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 08:35, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Right now I'm just organizing the links and making everything more coherent... putting them in the right place. Gamewizard71 ( talk) 01:18, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
I've started a discussion over on User:Pjoef's talk page, about the Motto of the Day project and it would be great if you could input your opinion: User talk:pjoef#About the MotD Project. Okay thanks. That Ole Cheesy Dude ( Talk to the hand!) 14:48, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, I don't really know how to reply you exactly to your message, anyway.
In fact, the list you pointed me is the list songs that Eminem PRODUCED so it's not necessary songs where Eminem sing in.
The list I did is the list of songs that Eminem rap in.
Is it enough to keep my list online?
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by OlivierBrisson ( talk • contribs) 19:05, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi, sorry to bother you about this, but as mentioned on WP: Dispute resolution noticeboard, I proposed a compromise solution on Talk: Airconditioning and after more than five days RGCorris hasn't replied. Should I "nudge" him on his user talk page, or would that be needling? And supposing he never posts a reply, how should I proceed?-- Martin IIIa ( talk) 20:52, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I'm not a very active wikipedia member, I'm sorry if I made a mistake on the references. I'm trying my best. However, there are quite a few sources, not just one on Ralph Esposito. I believe this man and the other 6 should be added on the Genovese crime family New Jersey faction page because their corruption over the ILA is a prime source of how the faction operates. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brucewayneent ( talk • contribs) 16:39, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Mr Stradivarius, thanks for your welcome. I hope I'm doing this talk-back thing correctly ... ( Eckosiexi ( talk) 12:11, 18 July 2011 (UTC))
If you need to delete akbar travels than i guess you also need to delete cleartrip.com, musafir.com and all othe rtravel agencies on wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Squaremelons ( talk • contribs) 13:21, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
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Testing the messaging feature of Huggle. Hurrah! — Mr. Stradivarius ( drop me a line) 15:18, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello. You have
a new message at Talk:Most difficult language to learn's talk page.
Hallo Mr. Stradivarius, in fact I confused "short edits" with "minor edits". At first I only wanted to correct a mistake, the heading phrase of the list of his publications was wrong: it said they are videos when in reality they are printed material. While I was at it I changed a little a few sentences. Next time I will take care not to tag such an edit with "minor". Greetings, -- Gabodon ( talk) 22:01, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi,,
thanks for welcoming me I responded in George Michael talks page. 188.135.88.134 ( talk) 15:45, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I'm the one who edited the language learning page and also the multilingualism one. The information on the first edit can be found from various HK government sources and HK's universities and media in general. The second one where I entered some info on natural trilingualism is personal experience (I am the native English-speaking father with a trilingual son). Hope that is helpful. Luojiehk ( talk) 13:01, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi, the user seems to be a confirmed sockpuppet [1] , where should one report him? -- Khodabandeh14 ( talk) 16:26, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
Thank you.-- Khodabandeh14 ( talk) 16:37, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the template..I will use it next time.-- Khodabandeh14 ( talk) 16:50, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
The source I used was http://www.rleague.com/db/content/94000/94637.php as well as http://www.rleague.com/db/content/94000/94631.php
I am new to this, so am not entirely sure how to cite a source in the context of an wiki table such as the NRL results table. If you could add those sources that would be much appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Macca147 ( talk • contribs) 08:06, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
{{
cite web}}
template, but you can just put the link straight between the ref tags, like this - <ref>http://www.example.com/blahblahblah.html</ref> - and that is perfectly acceptable. —
Mr. Stradivarius (
drop me a line)
12:38, 16 April 2011 (UTC)Hi Mr. Stradivarius,
This is an excerpt from an assignment I wrote for a class, which was meant to be a Wikipedia upload in the first place. To the best of my knowledge, all of the sentences are mine (meaning that sometimes you read something and forget about it and then accidentally think it was your own idea or your own words - that I am not aware of). However, I have provided all my references with links to the Notes section. Because it was a Wiki project in the first place, it was meant to be like a literature review, so I believe I have cited accurately enough. Was there a specific reason that made you wonder or is this just a general check you do with new long entries?
Thanks,
Seftali — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seftali ( talk • contribs) 16:47, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
The page in question is Knauf Insulation. — Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 13:56, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello,
do not understand the copyright violation as i have been specifically asked from the company to update the page on Wikipedia. I can agree that some paragraphs should be modified (as they come straight from the company presentation), but most of the article is just an illustration of what the company does.
best regards,
ML — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matteo Lenzi ( talk • contribs) 13:07, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
I didn't know that about the links, sorry about that. I am new at this. I will try to go back and remove them, if there are some remaining please take them out. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mother18 ( talk • contribs) 17:01, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi again. The way you've cited it is fine. The way the citation system works is, if you have text between two ref tags it will show up in the references section at the bottom (or wherever you type {{reflist}} or <reflist />. For example, this:
This is a citation.<ref>Hello World!</ref> ===References===
{{reflist}}
will show up like this:
This is a citation. [1]
You can put whatever you want between the ref tags and it will show up at the bottom. As to what goes inside the tags, well, you could have a look at WP:CITE and the {{ citation}} templates, but I assure you that is purely optional. As long as the source is clear, that is what counts.
Actually, the reason your latest edit got reverted was because you didn't cite very reliable sources. I restored one of the edits you made, about poor latch, but even so the source really isn't up to par. It's just a website about a collective of doctors, a lot like a lobbying group, and there's no external checking for accuracy. I'm not talking about external checking for the doctors themselves, or for the test they made - I'm sure they are top class doctors and that they are doing a great job. I mean that there is no external checking for the accuracy of the site itself - that is the source you linked to, and it should not be confused with the doctors' general reputation. For this kind of medical information really you need to cite from a respected medical textbook, or medical journal article, or medical literature review. You could try this PubMed search as a starting point. Just be aware that with a source like the website you linked to, there's really nothing from preventing another editor from removing the text you added. I hope that's answered your question! If there's anything else, feel free to ask me more. — Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 09:35, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello,
Could you please tell me why you systematically remove links poiting to Usermeds pages ?
Is it because of ads ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaber.a ( talk • contribs) 12:50, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Someone is posting slandering material on my page, how can I resolve this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Danboot89 ( talk • contribs) 15:16, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
The subject of dispute is this revert at Khonnor. — Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 10:50, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
ALL of the biographical content on this particular page is inconsistent and superfluous. Additionally, ONLY releases under the Khonnor pseudonym should be listed on this particular page. Any other biographical content (including artistic works) by Connor Long should be listed under a separate page dedicated to the individual and opened for hyper-linking. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.177.48.254 ( talk) 10:45, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you again for your kind interest and advice here! I really appreciated your input and that of User:TransporterMan. Inspired, I have now created an article about the book Throne of a Thousand Years and would like very much to leave it to whatever fate it may encounter, fairly. Would you please have a look, maybe monitor it a bit, to see if everything is OK and proceeds forward in some semblance of normalcy? SergeWoodzing ( talk) 22:09, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
Please give me your honest opinion! Have you and I just been wasting our time and effort on this, lots of both? SergeWoodzing ( talk) 22:06, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Okay, I'm here again to bother you (again and again... sorry). Things seem to go much better at MOTD, right now. THANK YOU!!!
The reason why I'm writing you is the following: next Sunday (8th of May) is
Mother's Day. I know that it is celebrated on different days around the world, but I'd love if we could (and are able to) make our "very-little" contribution in honour of all the mothers in the world. For the upcoming 8th of May (Sunday) there is already a motto in schedule, but I think that we can move the motto approved for that day to another date and to put one about mothers in place of it.
Here is my nomination.
Thank you in advance and all the best! –
pjoef (
talk •
contribs)
12:46, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I've spoken to Steph Watts and he has allowed me to use the information from his website. I'm still a little confused on how to get his permission so that Wikipedia can see it? Please tell me how. I've read all the information but still don't understand.
Is it better to just start from scratch, writing a short amount of text and linking to his website? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Garland3688 ( talk • contribs) 16:26, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Dear Mr Stradivarius,
Thank you for your feedback relating to a possible entry in English as a foreign or second language. We will think of another way to make the heading more readable and have the article ready before putting it on Wikipedia. ( Anhhpham ( talk) 01:46, 4 May 2011 (UTC))
Thanks, I appreciate your input :). 142.162.207.240 ( talk) 17:07, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
As you seem willing to give the article fair consideration, I wish to inform, that Film Threat is a decently reliable source for film reviews and inteviews, long accepted by its peers within the film idustry and by Wikipedia. Through them I have two sugnificant sources... one a Novemnber 2004 in depth interview of the producer/writer/actor, and a second a January 2005 lengthy review of the film itself. And too, Rovi is a another reliable source for films. And note too, reviewer Phil Hall himself is respected within his field. AND as the improvements are not yet complete but an editor (me) has expressed a willingness to continue them, I cannot understand the wish by those who themselves have not or will not improve the article, to give it the bum's rush when someone else has picked up the slack. And agin, improvements are still taking place and the article is far better shape that when it was nominated. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 20:37, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Dear Mr.Stradivarius
I just got the facts from Mr Dev Benegal himself. He didnt study in Cambridge and it is not the Film Studies course in the University of New York. As I had written he did indeed earn credits by working with Shyam Benegal and went to do his masters in Cinema Studies at NYU.
Also the name of the upcoming project is Bombay Samurai.
He has also made it very clear to me that he wants his picture taken in Tokyo removed.
Thank you very much —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.183.26.33 ( talk) 16:54, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello Mr. Stradivarius, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User talk:76.103.117.9, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Criterion G1 does not apply to user talk pages. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. – GorillaWarfare talk • contribs 04:21, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
... for whacking the vandal on my user page. De728631 ( talk) 18:25, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Mr. Stadivarius, it appears that you have not been following the actions of skol over the last month. He has trolled me and other wiki members by rv correct posts. I have asked him to be more professional but he has refused. I had no opition but to report him to the next level. I am quite surprised that you have shown your bias which only indicates that you are a sockpoppet of skol. This is sad as you should have taken time and conducted proper research instead of hindering the wiki project. Porgers ( talk) 06:16, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Proof that you are a sock of skol fir, no warning given to that user for the same offence! See my talk page Porgers ( talk) 06:56, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. You've tagged the page "Talk:K.M. Munshi" for deletion. I wish to move "Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi" to the page "K.M. Munshi". The reason being, firstly, the name of the person is incorrectly spelt by the creator of the page - it should be "Kanayalal" and not "Kanhaiyalal" and secondly, I'm quite sure "K.M. Munshi" being shorter is more widely searched. Would it be better if I move the page to to "Kanayalal Maneklal Munshi" and tag "Kanhiayalal Maneklal Munshi" for deletion? I've requested administrator help too. Would appreciate your advice on this. Thanks and regards. Centaur81 ( talk) 16:53, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you very munch for your help and support regarding " Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi". Centaur81 ( talk) 07:02, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
we write to you with regret,
The individual who carried out the unforgivable crime has been tied up in a shed and will be beaten severely by the violin playing midgets who run wikipedia. We can only thank you for alerting us to the vandalism and lack of constructive information being supplied through this network. We take these incidents extremely severely and we would like to offer you the chance to beat the culprit yourself.
The people of Builth wells are calling for the vandal to be met with the death penalty, we would like to hear your opinions on the matter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.63.204.8 ( talk) 10:34, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Please see my reply to your remarks on the Lars Von Trier Talk page, under "Vandalism". 86.44.85.117 ( talk) 08:17, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
The parallel forms of Chinaman, "Franceman", "Englandman", etc do not exist in English. The terms "Englishman" constructed by adjective+man is not a parallel term of Chinaman, and it does not have derogatory connotations. Chinaman is in the list of racial slurs. Please don't confuse with different terms and mitigate the derogatory meaning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.252.5.59 ( talk) 04:09, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. I've edited the talk page. — Preceding
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... for reverting the vandalism to my user page! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 05:04, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up! I'll make sure to do that next time.-- GoldenGlory84 (talk) 22:41, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Vandalism_by_User:Medeis
Hi, if you do not feel it inappropriate, could you change the section subhead at the ANI to "Conflict at Chinaman" or some other neutral term per my request there? Thanks. μηδείς ( talk) 15:47, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. I will now close it, approving edit 5. Simply south.... .. eating shoes for 5 years 18:29, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
I respectfully ask that you stop making revisions to the business brokers page. Our company has been in business over 60 years, and the origin for the text comes directly from our company handbook that was written well over 40 years ago. While I dont doubt that some of the information contained in our handbook has made it to the internet these elements are considered harmless to our everyday business operations. I only ask that if you insist on changing the text you source the company where it came from. C.H. Robinson, Citizen Eagle LLC — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blinking12 ( talk • contribs) 17:31, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Dear Mr Stradivarius
I have just re-read your edits to the Good Language Learner page I wrote
You have made a good job of it, specially the referencing, so thank you very much for your efforts
Best wishes
Carol — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.156.51.66 ( talk) 06:02, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
I am just posting this here to make sure I get your attention--if the discussion needs continuing you can place it on the talk page or continue here, but I think you can clear it up yourself.
You wrote, at Chinaman (term) with my bolding added:
"Chinaman is almost entirely absent from British English, and has been since before 1965, except in another meaning as a left-arm unorthodox spin in cricket.[26] Most British dictionaries see the term Chinaman as old-fashioned, and this view is backed up by data from the British National Corpus."
The question is, what has been what since before 1965? the word absent? or the word been used in cricket? Did you mean: "Chinaman is almost entirely absent from British English, except at least as early as 1965 to mean a left-arm unorthodox spin in cricket"?
Thanks
μηδείς ( talk) 21:13, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
I think the problem is that you may not be familiar with citing indirect sources. When you read a book by Jones who reports that Smith said something, you reference it as Smith, as quoted by/cited in Jones and you give both sources. This isn't considered optional, it is acadmeic and professional standard, and wikipedia policy.
See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:References#Say_where_you_read_it
Say where you read it
Don't cite a source unless you've seen it for yourself. Where you want to cite John Smith, but you've only read Paul Jones who cites Smith, write it like this (this formatting is just an example; there are several ways this can be written):
Smith, John. Name of Book I Haven't Seen, Cambridge University Press, 2009, p. 1, cited in Paul Jones (ed.). Name of Encyclopedia I Have Seen. Oxford University Press, 2010, p. 2.
Please restore the way I had it formatted unless there is some other problem. μηδείς ( talk) 21:08, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Dear Mr. Stradivarius, italian and latin pronuciation of a word is NOT a personal interpretation. And you have seen I've referenced my assertion with references to the correct pronunciation of those words. This kind of revertions make me think (and I'm not the only one, I've discussed about it with some other users) that you and some other people want keep wikipedia a corrupted version of an encyclopedia. Fine. User:88.58.4.130 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.58.4.130 ( talk) 07:36, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
"Evidence for pronunciation of Classical Latin is often difficult to interpret. Orthography is conventionalized, and the contemporary Roman grammarians’ comments lack clarity, so that to a considerable extent it is necessary to extrapolate from later developments in Romance in order to describe it. On the whole, linguists think that Latin probably sounded something like Italian, though some features make it close to Castillian Spanish."
The proper thing to do here according to Wikipedia policy would be to find out what authoritative textbooks on Latin pronunciation say, and stick to that (citing your sources of course). Omniglot is a good website, but for your arguments to carry the most weight you should use the best sources in the field. However, you could also solve it the quick way, which would be just removing the "wrong" pronunciation and seeing if any other editors object. If you have any other questions feel free to ask me here or on your talk page. All the best. — Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 08:35, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Right now I'm just organizing the links and making everything more coherent... putting them in the right place. Gamewizard71 ( talk) 01:18, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
I've started a discussion over on User:Pjoef's talk page, about the Motto of the Day project and it would be great if you could input your opinion: User talk:pjoef#About the MotD Project. Okay thanks. That Ole Cheesy Dude ( Talk to the hand!) 14:48, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, I don't really know how to reply you exactly to your message, anyway.
In fact, the list you pointed me is the list songs that Eminem PRODUCED so it's not necessary songs where Eminem sing in.
The list I did is the list of songs that Eminem rap in.
Is it enough to keep my list online?
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by OlivierBrisson ( talk • contribs) 19:05, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi, sorry to bother you about this, but as mentioned on WP: Dispute resolution noticeboard, I proposed a compromise solution on Talk: Airconditioning and after more than five days RGCorris hasn't replied. Should I "nudge" him on his user talk page, or would that be needling? And supposing he never posts a reply, how should I proceed?-- Martin IIIa ( talk) 20:52, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I'm not a very active wikipedia member, I'm sorry if I made a mistake on the references. I'm trying my best. However, there are quite a few sources, not just one on Ralph Esposito. I believe this man and the other 6 should be added on the Genovese crime family New Jersey faction page because their corruption over the ILA is a prime source of how the faction operates. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brucewayneent ( talk • contribs) 16:39, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Mr Stradivarius, thanks for your welcome. I hope I'm doing this talk-back thing correctly ... ( Eckosiexi ( talk) 12:11, 18 July 2011 (UTC))
If you need to delete akbar travels than i guess you also need to delete cleartrip.com, musafir.com and all othe rtravel agencies on wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Squaremelons ( talk • contribs) 13:21, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
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