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The
common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) is a bird species in the
rail family, Rallidae. It is distributed across many parts of the
Old World, from Africa to Europe and Asia. It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands. A midsized to large rail, the common moorhen ranges in length from 30 to 38 cm (12 to 15 in) in length and spans 50 to 62 cm (20 to 24 in) across the wings. It gives a wide range of gargling calls and will emit loud hisses when threatened. This common moorhen was photographed in the Parc des Chanteraines near
Gennevilliers in the suburbs of Paris, France.Photograph credit:
Alexis Lours
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I would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and all the best in the year ahead. Guettarda 15:34, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
If you're still looking for help Sam I'm back now and working. Wiki-break over. -- Wgfinley 04:31, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Got your message, after reviewing everything I too was disappointed about the decision after everything I saw. My advice though, especially since the decision just came down, is to step away from all things concerning him for the moment. Just take a step back for a bit and hopefully cooler heads will prevail, I know you to be a far better man than someone who has an endorsed vanity page. -- Wgfinley 06:16, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
Sam, have a merry christmas and a happy New year. all the best to you and your family.
Raj2004 12:09, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. Raj2004 17:45, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
The arbitration committee has reached a final decision in the Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Nobs01 and others case. Raul654 17:55, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Not much of one, but I happened to look in a bit. What I'd say first is that there are 42 million Christ-masses outstanding for the immediate year one, and then I'd say that on acount of that (which we have to be big enough to allow ourselves the present of some forgiveness towards ) - anything else, we wear as a badge of honour . EffK 20:43, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
I wanted to link the pic of the day (Image:Tycho-supernova-xray.jpg) to the Tycho's Supernova article. But it's locked. Maybe you know how to do this. Or should we just wait?
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I am sorry that you are not well versed on the subject of fascism. It must be a burden. I rewrote the text on Fascism and ideology repeatedly, while you mostly deleted and reverted. Please learn how citation actually works. A citation to a minority view does not trump a citation to one of the world's leading authorities on fascism. We just got out of arbitration where it was suggested you learn how proper citation actually works. It was a good idea. Please take it seriously. I did not violate the 3RR role. Stop trying to make a record for another arbitration. Assume good faith. Please do not leave messages for me on my user page. Please carry out all future conversations with me on editorial discussion pages.-- Cberlet 03:30, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
Sam, is it tolerable to express a POV on a talk page. I understand that a NPOV is imperative in an article, but isn't the discussion page for discussion, including the expression of any opinions one might have? Two of my opinions have been deleted by a certain user on a specific talk page, claiming they were "POV vandalism". Specifically, the issue was about whether or not Beethoven was "black", and I argued that he wasn't and cited sources and commented on the subject, and this person simply deleted everything I had said regarding Beethoven's race on the talk page. I invited this person to explain his actions on my talk page but he hasn't yet (this happened just today). What is the solution? Am I wrong to express my "POV"? -- Jugbo 05:10, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you. -- Jugbo 16:52, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure it can't or won't be done, due to technical and labour issues, but have a look @ Wikipedia:Changing username and its talk page, maybe you can find something. Sam Spade 21:06, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for alerting me. Jayjg (talk) 03:38, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
I have officially proposed to split the 9/11 conspiracy theories article, with the two most in depth areas being moved to separate articles at Allegations of Jewish or Israeli complicity in 9/11 and Allegations of U.S. government complicity in 9/11. I feel this will help alleviate the problem of the main article being too large and allow these two distinct concepts to be discussed in depth separately. Further division may be in order in the future, but I feel this is an important first step. Please check out the discussion at Talk:9/11_conspiracy_theories#Proposal_to_split_this_article. Thank you. Blackcats 07:29, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
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Thanks for your welcome and links. I am still trying to get my sea legs. Perhaps I need the same 8 year old who shows me how to use the controller on the DVD to show me how to use the Wikipedia tools. But I'll try.
Billyblog 21:11, 30 December 2005 (UTC) Billyblog
Hi Sam,
thanks putting up user infos on my discussion page and welcoming me. I had been hired recently by the University of Heidelberg and the Epigenetics Network of Excellence (NoE) to link specific keywords which are in the interest of the NoE with Wikipedia. You may want to check on this issue at Webconsulting box: Glossary
It would be great if - in future - I could count on your expertise with Wikipedia.
cheers, Dirk
You may want to weigh in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Childlove movement. Homey 19:54, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
For last year's words belong to last year's language
Happy New Year, Sam! -- Viriditas 01:06, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
]
Have a blessed new year, wherin you kindle the flame of righteousness!
Sam Spade 02:17, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
I cut that short, and you know why.Check out my idea for a article template. HNY EffK
Look Sam, in case you hadn't noticed , I'm dealing with the most severe criminality. I could inculpate myself badly by relating this to lesser crime. I deal in mental crime, by the lights of laws as stated. I see no reason to allow that WP should be trusted when I have every knowledge of these vicious inculpations. It is no reflection upon you personally that I draw this line. It is also my stated belief that side/emailing tilts the playing field, but to be honest that is secondary . Try open comm'n. or...better since you are apparently identified, leave the arena. I suggest this in your interest, not in mine, as you have proved to me your even keel. You got into a thing with this other vanity question, and it is a sidetrack. I spent hours tracking is it Zordrac, and I don't think the 'Brandt' type calculations come near the real issues here. None of these guys, like Cberlet, are talking murder(yet). Where do you want to comm.? Can we keep it like jesus, in a parable, huh? And I got yr saying something about my politics- listen, I have no politics. A residual optimism floating upon the history .I come into the new year saying positivo. Anyway what's on your mind, Sam? yrs EffK 02:12, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your work in racialism. Seems like a good chunk of Talk:Racialism/Version C got implemented. -- Yonghokim 05:34, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
As I told Ambi, I make no judgements on either of you, or really much on Kelly, but I am enforcing both the spirit and the letter of WP:NOT WP:RPA WP:NPA WP:CIVILITY. If you want to berate Ambi, take it to her talk page. If you like the old RFC, go ahead and say so, but you are perfectly capable and required by the above policies to do it nicely-- Tznkai 08:36, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your response - I think taking it here was a good idea. Above all, I hope you understand that Philwelch and I weren't trying to dictate a solution onto everyone else yesterday. Rather, I think it's fairly clear that nothing much could come out of the old RfC, except more anger and bitterness from both sides, and it was a good-faith effort to try and redirect that energy into a form where something good might come out of it.
I think you summarised my position fairly accurately. I don't think there was any inherent harm done in deleting those userboxes. I think it was reasonable to be bold in the first place - just as it was reasonable that, when people disagreed, the boxes were re-created. With this in mind, I'm struggling to see any lasting damage done here, though I could have missed something.
While I understand that you're not fond of Kelly and want her voted off the arbitration committee, I don't think this is the way to go about it. For starters, I think the backlash against Kelly is doing far more harm to the community than her actions ever did, and I think the longer it goes on, the more bad feeling that is created, and the greater the likelihood of there being acrimony and retaliation down the track against not only Kelly, but a myriad of others involved, including you. You've made your point, and I think now would be a good time to start working towards some resolution that's amicable to all parties involved, rather than furthering this in the name of personal revenge. Ambi 09:29, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Sam, If you are intrested please vote here- Vaikunda (<.^.>) Raja
Sam, I respect your opinion as I think you are unbiased person and try to look at all viewpoints. A rfc has been filed against Mr. DBachman. see, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Dbachmann_%282%29#An_Outside_View-Dab:_Pros_and_Cons I am not sure about your dealings with him. Please feel free to comment.
Thanks.
Raj2004 00:24, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks a lot, Sam You wrote an excellent and well written critique of Dab. Dab does make good edits but he needs to be more open minded and respectful.
Raj2004 11:04, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Sam, Dab replied to our arguments if you want to reply: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Dbachmann_%282%29#An_Outside_View-Dab:_Pros_and_Cons
Raj2004 01:36, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I was just wondering why you restored the url which I removed. The bullshido.net article calls Furey fat (and bald, as if that's relevant) a bunch of times, makes a couple of kinda funny fat jokes, makes some claims about Furey's credentials without citing references, and caustically jokes about Furey's greed and hype merchandising. I'll agree at least with the last part, but I still don't think the bullshido.net article is a useful link, and certainly doesn't approach (nor claim, nor intend to approach) Wikipedia's standards.
I don't care sufficiently about Furey, or the article about him, to argue about this or to remove the link again. That said, as a relative n00b, I'm curious as to why you chose to restore the link.
Thanks. Kfor 03:51, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
I am standing for admin. Would you care to comment? Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Banno Thanks. Banno 23:18, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
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Sam, Brahman in Hinduism is defined as the impersonal absolute which can never be defined. according to advaita, for grace of the embodied human being, manifests into a personal God, (i.e., Saguna Brahman, which is called Vishnu, by Vaishnavites, Siva, by Saivites. Neo-Vedantists would extend this further to a Christian concept of God. But even in more theistic forms of Hinduism, such as Vaishnavism and Saivism, although Vishnu and Siva are commonly depicted with humanoid form, devotees of those faiths are reminded that in reality, God has no definite form. That's why Siva is worshipped always in temples in an abstract form, linga. Vishnu is also worshipped in an abstract form, called a saligrama
As Sri K. Thirugna Sambantha, in his web site of Saivism, [1], explains that the Siva lingam is the ruparupa aspect because it is neither a manifested form of Siva, nor is it formless, because the linga is a tangible piece of stone, and an symbol of God. Thus, it is intermediate between the formless Absolute, Parasiva, or Brahman which is beyond the sensory perception of man, and the many manifest forms of Siva. Brahman is worshipped through the Gayatri mantra.
This mantra is the most sacred mantra in Hinduism and is recited, regardless of denomination, as it is a hymn to Brahman.
Hope this helps.
Raj2004 03:14, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Yes, you have to remember rudrakasa is used in Saivite worship and ayyavazhi borrowed it. worshippers of Siva use the linga in worship like ayyvazhi uses the mirror. The Gaytari mantra has several interpretations. that is correct. but it also has been interpreted as a prayer to brahman.
Raj2004 11:29, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Sam, in even in both Saivism and Vaishnavism, "God has no one form, but every form, favouring only that of
righteousness." I think no one worships Brahman as Brahman in the Vedas is never defined and defies definition. The Vedas are said to be eternal, never created and even names for God such as
Vishnu,
Shiva, Yahweh are merely human convention. Vishnu and Siva are the same as Brahman and are human conventions to define the essence of God, which never be completely defined.
Brahman is beyond all names.
The notion of restricting Brahman’s identity to any name or label, may be considered derogatory to the supreme glory of Brahman. That's why I think Brahman is not worshipped. Remember Shiva and Vishnu, although portayed with humanoid features, is really formless, and as you say, "
od has no one form, but every form, favouring only that of
righteousness." That is also the view of Saivism and Vaishnavism. That's also the symbolic meaning of Krishna revealing His universal form; see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:UniversalForm.jpg God is within us and is every form and also transcends us; i.e.,
panentheism.
Hope this helps.
Raj2004 02:25, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
We agree, I simply feel more comfortable not restricting his glory w any one name or image. I use God, but that is of course a general term, rather than a specific name. Sam Spade 07:13, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
I myself am just getting used to wiki-footnotes. Your link [2] was somewhat helpful in that regard. Your other comments however warrant a "wtf?" at best. Sam Spade 05:33, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I, at first, could not make heads or tails of your comments. After verifying you made no ccomments or changes to the dinosaur article or its talk page and no one impersonated me on your talk page I was left with the conclusion that you must be talking to Spawn Man on my talk page. If that is not the case, please clarify. WAS 4.250 17:55, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
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I reverted back basically what you did with a few changes. I still think it needs cleaned up a bit but otherwise good, I appologize for being a bit nasty before... -- Mista-X 23:05, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
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Images should not be removed from articles until they have been properly deleted. Sam Spade 09:39, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Alot of these will never, or should never be deleted. Why not run the bot to clean up the dead links after their deleted? Sam Spade 07:05, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
The added dificulty is well worth the images which are never deleted. Sam Spade 08:14, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Greetings. I've made a new userbox for arbcom candidates to show on their userpages so that visiters will know they're running.
If you'd like to place it on your userpage, feel free. Regards, – Quadell ( talk) ( bounties) 02:29, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
I accept. I just created it on the basis of some sugesstions by some followers of Ayyavazhi as Vaikundar so. But personally I have a doubt (sugesstion) that the socond comming of Christ is same as Dharma Yukam (second comming of Vaikundar) in Ayyavazhi. Because the same is told there that, "I will come to rule when all the people gets united."- Vaikunda (<.^.>) Raja
Sam, check out the interim proposal I put up on the AMA talk page. Let me know what you think. A halfway point between nowhere and this new thing? Wally 19:37, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
I am not sure if you were aware of this, but the poll had more than one question. Below the question of whether it is a pederasty organization, is a repeat of the question you had voted on above -- asking whether it's an LGBT organization. I figured you might want to know, in case you wanted to repeat your earlier vote. Corax 22:03, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
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Great thanks! Sam Spade 12:33, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
You commented on Kelly Martin's second RfC. it is up for archival. you may vote at Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Kelly_Martin#Archiving_this_RfC. CastAStone| (talk) 03:48, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Well, I'm not entierly sure, it's just that I didn't like the way it was written. However, after reviewing it, I am changing my vote to Neutral. Dr. B 22:24, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
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User:Sam Spade/Art and artists
The
common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) is a bird species in the
rail family, Rallidae. It is distributed across many parts of the
Old World, from Africa to Europe and Asia. It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands. A midsized to large rail, the common moorhen ranges in length from 30 to 38 cm (12 to 15 in) in length and spans 50 to 62 cm (20 to 24 in) across the wings. It gives a wide range of gargling calls and will emit loud hisses when threatened. This common moorhen was photographed in the Parc des Chanteraines near
Gennevilliers in the suburbs of Paris, France.Photograph credit:
Alexis Lours
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I would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and all the best in the year ahead. Guettarda 15:34, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
If you're still looking for help Sam I'm back now and working. Wiki-break over. -- Wgfinley 04:31, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Got your message, after reviewing everything I too was disappointed about the decision after everything I saw. My advice though, especially since the decision just came down, is to step away from all things concerning him for the moment. Just take a step back for a bit and hopefully cooler heads will prevail, I know you to be a far better man than someone who has an endorsed vanity page. -- Wgfinley 06:16, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
Sam, have a merry christmas and a happy New year. all the best to you and your family.
Raj2004 12:09, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. Raj2004 17:45, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
The arbitration committee has reached a final decision in the Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Nobs01 and others case. Raul654 17:55, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Not much of one, but I happened to look in a bit. What I'd say first is that there are 42 million Christ-masses outstanding for the immediate year one, and then I'd say that on acount of that (which we have to be big enough to allow ourselves the present of some forgiveness towards ) - anything else, we wear as a badge of honour . EffK 20:43, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
I wanted to link the pic of the day (Image:Tycho-supernova-xray.jpg) to the Tycho's Supernova article. But it's locked. Maybe you know how to do this. Or should we just wait?
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I am sorry that you are not well versed on the subject of fascism. It must be a burden. I rewrote the text on Fascism and ideology repeatedly, while you mostly deleted and reverted. Please learn how citation actually works. A citation to a minority view does not trump a citation to one of the world's leading authorities on fascism. We just got out of arbitration where it was suggested you learn how proper citation actually works. It was a good idea. Please take it seriously. I did not violate the 3RR role. Stop trying to make a record for another arbitration. Assume good faith. Please do not leave messages for me on my user page. Please carry out all future conversations with me on editorial discussion pages.-- Cberlet 03:30, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
Sam, is it tolerable to express a POV on a talk page. I understand that a NPOV is imperative in an article, but isn't the discussion page for discussion, including the expression of any opinions one might have? Two of my opinions have been deleted by a certain user on a specific talk page, claiming they were "POV vandalism". Specifically, the issue was about whether or not Beethoven was "black", and I argued that he wasn't and cited sources and commented on the subject, and this person simply deleted everything I had said regarding Beethoven's race on the talk page. I invited this person to explain his actions on my talk page but he hasn't yet (this happened just today). What is the solution? Am I wrong to express my "POV"? -- Jugbo 05:10, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you. -- Jugbo 16:52, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure it can't or won't be done, due to technical and labour issues, but have a look @ Wikipedia:Changing username and its talk page, maybe you can find something. Sam Spade 21:06, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for alerting me. Jayjg (talk) 03:38, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
I have officially proposed to split the 9/11 conspiracy theories article, with the two most in depth areas being moved to separate articles at Allegations of Jewish or Israeli complicity in 9/11 and Allegations of U.S. government complicity in 9/11. I feel this will help alleviate the problem of the main article being too large and allow these two distinct concepts to be discussed in depth separately. Further division may be in order in the future, but I feel this is an important first step. Please check out the discussion at Talk:9/11_conspiracy_theories#Proposal_to_split_this_article. Thank you. Blackcats 07:29, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for your support in my request for adminship. I was promoted with a final tally of 31/1/1. Please don't hesitate to contact me if there is anything I can assist with. -- BorgQueen 22:57, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your welcome and links. I am still trying to get my sea legs. Perhaps I need the same 8 year old who shows me how to use the controller on the DVD to show me how to use the Wikipedia tools. But I'll try.
Billyblog 21:11, 30 December 2005 (UTC) Billyblog
Hi Sam,
thanks putting up user infos on my discussion page and welcoming me. I had been hired recently by the University of Heidelberg and the Epigenetics Network of Excellence (NoE) to link specific keywords which are in the interest of the NoE with Wikipedia. You may want to check on this issue at Webconsulting box: Glossary
It would be great if - in future - I could count on your expertise with Wikipedia.
cheers, Dirk
You may want to weigh in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Childlove movement. Homey 19:54, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
For last year's words belong to last year's language
Happy New Year, Sam! -- Viriditas 01:06, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
]
Have a blessed new year, wherin you kindle the flame of righteousness!
Sam Spade 02:17, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
I cut that short, and you know why.Check out my idea for a article template. HNY EffK
Look Sam, in case you hadn't noticed , I'm dealing with the most severe criminality. I could inculpate myself badly by relating this to lesser crime. I deal in mental crime, by the lights of laws as stated. I see no reason to allow that WP should be trusted when I have every knowledge of these vicious inculpations. It is no reflection upon you personally that I draw this line. It is also my stated belief that side/emailing tilts the playing field, but to be honest that is secondary . Try open comm'n. or...better since you are apparently identified, leave the arena. I suggest this in your interest, not in mine, as you have proved to me your even keel. You got into a thing with this other vanity question, and it is a sidetrack. I spent hours tracking is it Zordrac, and I don't think the 'Brandt' type calculations come near the real issues here. None of these guys, like Cberlet, are talking murder(yet). Where do you want to comm.? Can we keep it like jesus, in a parable, huh? And I got yr saying something about my politics- listen, I have no politics. A residual optimism floating upon the history .I come into the new year saying positivo. Anyway what's on your mind, Sam? yrs EffK 02:12, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your work in racialism. Seems like a good chunk of Talk:Racialism/Version C got implemented. -- Yonghokim 05:34, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
As I told Ambi, I make no judgements on either of you, or really much on Kelly, but I am enforcing both the spirit and the letter of WP:NOT WP:RPA WP:NPA WP:CIVILITY. If you want to berate Ambi, take it to her talk page. If you like the old RFC, go ahead and say so, but you are perfectly capable and required by the above policies to do it nicely-- Tznkai 08:36, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your response - I think taking it here was a good idea. Above all, I hope you understand that Philwelch and I weren't trying to dictate a solution onto everyone else yesterday. Rather, I think it's fairly clear that nothing much could come out of the old RfC, except more anger and bitterness from both sides, and it was a good-faith effort to try and redirect that energy into a form where something good might come out of it.
I think you summarised my position fairly accurately. I don't think there was any inherent harm done in deleting those userboxes. I think it was reasonable to be bold in the first place - just as it was reasonable that, when people disagreed, the boxes were re-created. With this in mind, I'm struggling to see any lasting damage done here, though I could have missed something.
While I understand that you're not fond of Kelly and want her voted off the arbitration committee, I don't think this is the way to go about it. For starters, I think the backlash against Kelly is doing far more harm to the community than her actions ever did, and I think the longer it goes on, the more bad feeling that is created, and the greater the likelihood of there being acrimony and retaliation down the track against not only Kelly, but a myriad of others involved, including you. You've made your point, and I think now would be a good time to start working towards some resolution that's amicable to all parties involved, rather than furthering this in the name of personal revenge. Ambi 09:29, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Sam, If you are intrested please vote here- Vaikunda (<.^.>) Raja
Sam, I respect your opinion as I think you are unbiased person and try to look at all viewpoints. A rfc has been filed against Mr. DBachman. see, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Dbachmann_%282%29#An_Outside_View-Dab:_Pros_and_Cons I am not sure about your dealings with him. Please feel free to comment.
Thanks.
Raj2004 00:24, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks a lot, Sam You wrote an excellent and well written critique of Dab. Dab does make good edits but he needs to be more open minded and respectful.
Raj2004 11:04, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Sam, Dab replied to our arguments if you want to reply: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Dbachmann_%282%29#An_Outside_View-Dab:_Pros_and_Cons
Raj2004 01:36, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I was just wondering why you restored the url which I removed. The bullshido.net article calls Furey fat (and bald, as if that's relevant) a bunch of times, makes a couple of kinda funny fat jokes, makes some claims about Furey's credentials without citing references, and caustically jokes about Furey's greed and hype merchandising. I'll agree at least with the last part, but I still don't think the bullshido.net article is a useful link, and certainly doesn't approach (nor claim, nor intend to approach) Wikipedia's standards.
I don't care sufficiently about Furey, or the article about him, to argue about this or to remove the link again. That said, as a relative n00b, I'm curious as to why you chose to restore the link.
Thanks. Kfor 03:51, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
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Sam, Brahman in Hinduism is defined as the impersonal absolute which can never be defined. according to advaita, for grace of the embodied human being, manifests into a personal God, (i.e., Saguna Brahman, which is called Vishnu, by Vaishnavites, Siva, by Saivites. Neo-Vedantists would extend this further to a Christian concept of God. But even in more theistic forms of Hinduism, such as Vaishnavism and Saivism, although Vishnu and Siva are commonly depicted with humanoid form, devotees of those faiths are reminded that in reality, God has no definite form. That's why Siva is worshipped always in temples in an abstract form, linga. Vishnu is also worshipped in an abstract form, called a saligrama
As Sri K. Thirugna Sambantha, in his web site of Saivism, [1], explains that the Siva lingam is the ruparupa aspect because it is neither a manifested form of Siva, nor is it formless, because the linga is a tangible piece of stone, and an symbol of God. Thus, it is intermediate between the formless Absolute, Parasiva, or Brahman which is beyond the sensory perception of man, and the many manifest forms of Siva. Brahman is worshipped through the Gayatri mantra.
This mantra is the most sacred mantra in Hinduism and is recited, regardless of denomination, as it is a hymn to Brahman.
Hope this helps.
Raj2004 03:14, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Yes, you have to remember rudrakasa is used in Saivite worship and ayyavazhi borrowed it. worshippers of Siva use the linga in worship like ayyvazhi uses the mirror. The Gaytari mantra has several interpretations. that is correct. but it also has been interpreted as a prayer to brahman.
Raj2004 11:29, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Sam, in even in both Saivism and Vaishnavism, "God has no one form, but every form, favouring only that of
righteousness." I think no one worships Brahman as Brahman in the Vedas is never defined and defies definition. The Vedas are said to be eternal, never created and even names for God such as
Vishnu,
Shiva, Yahweh are merely human convention. Vishnu and Siva are the same as Brahman and are human conventions to define the essence of God, which never be completely defined.
Brahman is beyond all names.
The notion of restricting Brahman’s identity to any name or label, may be considered derogatory to the supreme glory of Brahman. That's why I think Brahman is not worshipped. Remember Shiva and Vishnu, although portayed with humanoid features, is really formless, and as you say, "
od has no one form, but every form, favouring only that of
righteousness." That is also the view of Saivism and Vaishnavism. That's also the symbolic meaning of Krishna revealing His universal form; see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:UniversalForm.jpg God is within us and is every form and also transcends us; i.e.,
panentheism.
Hope this helps.
Raj2004 02:25, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
We agree, I simply feel more comfortable not restricting his glory w any one name or image. I use God, but that is of course a general term, rather than a specific name. Sam Spade 07:13, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
I myself am just getting used to wiki-footnotes. Your link [2] was somewhat helpful in that regard. Your other comments however warrant a "wtf?" at best. Sam Spade 05:33, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I, at first, could not make heads or tails of your comments. After verifying you made no ccomments or changes to the dinosaur article or its talk page and no one impersonated me on your talk page I was left with the conclusion that you must be talking to Spawn Man on my talk page. If that is not the case, please clarify. WAS 4.250 17:55, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
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I reverted back basically what you did with a few changes. I still think it needs cleaned up a bit but otherwise good, I appologize for being a bit nasty before... -- Mista-X 23:05, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
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Images should not be removed from articles until they have been properly deleted. Sam Spade 09:39, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Alot of these will never, or should never be deleted. Why not run the bot to clean up the dead links after their deleted? Sam Spade 07:05, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
The added dificulty is well worth the images which are never deleted. Sam Spade 08:14, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Greetings. I've made a new userbox for arbcom candidates to show on their userpages so that visiters will know they're running.
If you'd like to place it on your userpage, feel free. Regards, – Quadell ( talk) ( bounties) 02:29, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
I accept. I just created it on the basis of some sugesstions by some followers of Ayyavazhi as Vaikundar so. But personally I have a doubt (sugesstion) that the socond comming of Christ is same as Dharma Yukam (second comming of Vaikundar) in Ayyavazhi. Because the same is told there that, "I will come to rule when all the people gets united."- Vaikunda (<.^.>) Raja
Sam, check out the interim proposal I put up on the AMA talk page. Let me know what you think. A halfway point between nowhere and this new thing? Wally 19:37, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
I am not sure if you were aware of this, but the poll had more than one question. Below the question of whether it is a pederasty organization, is a repeat of the question you had voted on above -- asking whether it's an LGBT organization. I figured you might want to know, in case you wanted to repeat your earlier vote. Corax 22:03, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Hello Sam, and thanks for your interest in our project. Is there something specific about projects that you believe I am missing, or is your note about WikiProjects just a general recommendation? I have read that section through a few times, and consult it daily. It has provided valuable information up to this point, but what this project needs is an experienced and dedicated team. Where would you like to start? Master Scott Hall 14:14, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
Project Launch. The Homeschooling project has moved to its new home at Wikipedia:WikiProject Alternative education. Please visit the project page at your earliest convenience. If you have already discovered the move, please disregard this message. Thanks, Master Scott Hall 16:01, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Great thanks! Sam Spade 12:33, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
You commented on Kelly Martin's second RfC. it is up for archival. you may vote at Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Kelly_Martin#Archiving_this_RfC. CastAStone| (talk) 03:48, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Well, I'm not entierly sure, it's just that I didn't like the way it was written. However, after reviewing it, I am changing my vote to Neutral. Dr. B 22:24, 14 January 2006 (UTC)