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i have big problem in the vikipedia (Turkey) they have own web page but when u search the kurds u cant find they always deleting and blocked..in the turkey 20 million kurds are living but they wont put the aobut kurds aomting theyare still racist turks are racist please help we wanna write own culture ...is this free encycopeida right ? so where is the freedoms ? turk r racist they dont want we wirte someting...please fix u guys this problem about this thanks dont give the turks thiswebsite they are racist and stupid ! thanks bye —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DJFG ( talk • contribs) .
Interesting replies everyone... This is really giving me some more knowledge of the situation... To bad tv or newspapers didn't provide info like this. Hanez -- 216.211.53.147 04:16, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Please help settle a dispute . . . Did AC/DC perform at Clayton Valley High School in Concord, California, in 1980 or 1981? Unless I am crazy, I seem to remember the band playing in the schools outdoor atrium . . .but no one seems to believe me. Hopefully, Wikipedia can find out something to prove me right or wrong . . .?! 66.169.118.223 04:51, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
can u give me links to sites about festivals,legends,sayings ,rituals,poetry assciated with the land ,air ,water i india. the reason i am asking u to help me is because when i googled it the answers were not very relevant .
sorry but please can io have an answer
can u explain to me what is the diversity of environment in the world that supports life .-- Mightright 07:09, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
or the diversity of environment that exists in the world .-- Mightright 07:53, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Who is the known Artist which was killed by the hand of his own father?
In German and Austrian towns, I often see numbers and letters written in chalk above the doors of people's houses. I don't have an example of the actual numbers and letters, but does anyone know why they are there and what they mean? -- Richardrj 12:07, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Looking on the map of the state of West Virginia, the shape of the state is very irregular. I understand that many borders follow rivers and other natural boundries - but it appears that whomever decided this states shape went out of there way to produce a very distinctive outline. What were the deciding factors that led to this states most unusual borders?
Thank you
It largely goes back to old colonial charters drawn up when the area west of the Appalachians wasn't well known. Maryland's southern border was set as the Potomac River, which squiggles around. The partition between WV and VA generally ran southwest-to-northeast along the foothills that separated the mountains from the Shenandoah Valley. If the Potomac ran straight east-west, West Virginia's northeastern section would look normal. I've read the far edge of WV's eastern panhandle resulted from a couple of counties east of the foothills voting to join WV while would-be opponents were away with the Confederate armies. The northern panhandle reflects the charter of Pennsylvania, which set that colony's western boundary at 5° west of Philadelphia. VA gave up its claims to all lands west of the Ohio after the Revolutionary War. Because the Ohio runs north-to-south for a while just after crossing the western edge of PA, WV has a northern panhandle. -- Mwalcoff 00:35, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Funnily enough, Kevin, not everybody "knows about the separation of West Virginia from Virginia because of the Civil War", because, again funnily enough, not everybody who haunts these pages is from the USA. But that's something I've learned today. :--) JackofOz 13:41, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
which place is similar to the southern hemisphere's most familiar and mysterious landforms and was revered and worshipped by people for countless centuries, and nowadays, by law, is protected from exploitation?
This probably belongs in the misc place, but I'm not sure, so: which is more prestigious, the Jefferson Scholarship at the University of Virginia or the Morehead Scholarship at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill? I just want your opinions.
I've heard of the Morehead Scholarship, and I'm not even American. Never heard of the Jefferson Scholarship, however. I'd say that the Morehead is more prestigious. According to the Wikipedia article Morehead Scholarship, it is the oldest merit-based scholarship in the USA. -- Mathew5000 09:13, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Toward the end of the final credits of most American films, the MPAA logo is displayed along with a number. For example:
Do these numbers correspond with the film rating process? You might think that they would, but if so, why does it not show the ratings themselves in addition to the number? Also, the unrated version of The Girl Next Door still has the MPAA logo in the end credits along with "No. 40269". Since it is the unrated version, you would think that the MPAA would get upset if that logo is supposed to refer to an MPAA rating. Also, what film was No. 1 under this system, or other milestones like No. 10000, No. 40000, etc.? -- Mathew5000 12:44, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
How old is this text:
It is not for the sake of the husband, my beloved, that the husband is dear, but for the sake of the Self.
It is not for the sake of the wife, my beloved, that the wife is dear, but for the sake of the Self.
It is not for the sake of the children, my beloved, that the children are dear, but for the sake of the Self.
Hinduism. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 2.4.4-5
and how should I correctly acknowledge it or credit it if quoting it in a teaching manual? Also - how can I be sure I have found the best translation?
Thank you - I appreciate your help
The original text may be found here: [5]
dab (ᛏ) 10:16, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Are new computers, intended to be used by a military contractor abroad, considered an export that is subject to the regulations of ITAR?
Does anyone know where I can get a ballpark figure for the amount of explosives, rendered in tons of TNT preferably, dropped by all sides in World War II (including the atomic bombs)? -- Fastfission 19:42, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Well, we have an article Military production during World War II which lists military production broken down by type and country, but it only lists weapons, not payloads. I suppose you could look at the figures for bomber aircraft built, and approximate how much each might have dropped during the war, but it would be highly inaccurate. -- 198.125.178.207 21:35, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Can someone tell me if Iran is the only Muslim country with the majority population of Shi'ite Muslim?
My girlfriend of five years recently left me because she has fallen in love with a woman. It is a confusing situation on many levels, but one particular aspect of it has be befuddled: Why is being left for a woman less emotionally distressing than if she had left me for a man? It still really sucks, but if she had fallen in love with another man I would not consider taking her back because it would burn a permanent scar into any relationship that we would attempt to have. However, I do not feel like any irreversible damage has been done and, furthermore, I could easily imagine myself taking her back once she is finished with her little experiment.
Toko loko 20:35, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Weird situation. Well, you are a man but you haven't been "defeated" by another man. If your girlfriend had left you for another man you would wonder if he was somehow better than you. In this case your girlfriend left you for another woman and a woman is not a rival for your manhood. My advice is to get another girlfriend asap. Flamarande 20:44, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
I'd guess because it abrogates you of responsibility for the breakup: it's none of the qualities of your personality or identity or how you treated them or how you got along together or what your long-term prospects are that led to it, it's something that you had no control over. It's not you, it's biology! Ziggurat 20:59, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
In American pop culture, the opposite tends to be true: a woman leaving a man in favour of another woman is seen as more emotionally distressing (to the man), or at least as reflecting worse on the man, in the sense of demonstrating his haplessness. Two examples are Ross Geller in season one of Friends, and Woody Allen in one of his movies with Meryl Streep, probably Manhattan. -- Mathew5000 21:02, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
I am not going to say that you can find many attractive partners in the world because there are many attractive singles in your city, the heck with the world.--21:49, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Thank you all for your responses. This is the sort of question that would be awkward to ask my local librarian and it is nice being able to get reasonable answers. In response to the infidelity claim, she emphasized that she would not be unfaithful to me in any way, which is why she broke up with me rather than cheat on me. She also refuses to be unfaithful to her new lover, which is why I currently have blue balls.
I also find it interesting that my brain could come up with the right emotions, while logically I had no understanding for why they were there.
Toko loko 22:12, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Advice questions like this should really go to the expert: Dan Savage Nowimnthing 13:12, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
JackofOz, your honesty, forwardness and thoroughness are very much appreciated. I have heard numerous stories of women "experimenting," and this sort of behaviour seems to be far less prevalent with men. With men, sexuality seems to be rigidly defined, whereas with women there is an amount of leeway where sexuality is a gray, fuzzy line. Maybe it is more of a societal issue, where a man is a "faggot" as soon as he thinks about another man, yet a woman can get by as being simply confused. A single homosexual act can brand a man as a homosexual for his entire life. I feel that this is not a permanent decision in her life, she just happens to have fallen in love with a woman. Kind of like Susan from Seinfeld. Toko loko 16:59, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
If you were American, you would be even more frustrated by the debates on the Senate floor about gay marriage going on during these times of international crisis. I think they're over it for now, but they wasted a good week talking about shit that is completely trivial relative to the other problems in the world. You can trace the reasons for that back to politics; they are trying to rally their electorate for the November elections and guess what the electorate cares about?
Preserving the already questionable sancity of marriage from those dang ol' homosexuals. The funny bit is that anyone who thinks marriage is sacred among heterosexuals obviously hasn't looked at divorce statistics.
Anyway, I think this qualifies as a derail and does not belong on the reference desk, but thank you for the help and I wish you all the best.
Toko loko 13:04, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
You're not threatened by a woman, because obviously women aren't equal, right? You may not realize it, but you're actually being sexist. pckeffer
what a great discussion this was! my own take is that it all goes back to our Victorian (time period not melbourne etc-just to be clear) attitudes. womens sexuality has always been regarded as being passive. two women kissing is harmless fun where as to men kissing, whilst hot, is an active aberration of nature. as much as wed'd like to change these attitudes, it seems from out continued obsession with denying same-sex couples their rights and our adolescant fanstasies about sexy lesbians (as, maybe, is the case here), old habits die hard. plus ça change... 201.9.82.163 23:44, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
It was a testament of a period of inactivity by the volunteers.-- Patchouli 21:48, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Is it true that once all the snow is gone from Mount Kilimanjaro , Africa will be the first continent that cannot be skied? Ohanian 22:47, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
You don't necessarily need snow to ski. Also, artificial snow could be used Bwithh 23:59, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
There's a ski resort in Morocco
looking for a famous painting:
it's got the big, yellow moon at the top, and a little shack on a small hill in the lower left corner. The sky is black with many stars. Wondering if anyone can think of the name for this, or send me a link. Thanks!
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i have big problem in the vikipedia (Turkey) they have own web page but when u search the kurds u cant find they always deleting and blocked..in the turkey 20 million kurds are living but they wont put the aobut kurds aomting theyare still racist turks are racist please help we wanna write own culture ...is this free encycopeida right ? so where is the freedoms ? turk r racist they dont want we wirte someting...please fix u guys this problem about this thanks dont give the turks thiswebsite they are racist and stupid ! thanks bye —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DJFG ( talk • contribs) .
Interesting replies everyone... This is really giving me some more knowledge of the situation... To bad tv or newspapers didn't provide info like this. Hanez -- 216.211.53.147 04:16, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Please help settle a dispute . . . Did AC/DC perform at Clayton Valley High School in Concord, California, in 1980 or 1981? Unless I am crazy, I seem to remember the band playing in the schools outdoor atrium . . .but no one seems to believe me. Hopefully, Wikipedia can find out something to prove me right or wrong . . .?! 66.169.118.223 04:51, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
can u give me links to sites about festivals,legends,sayings ,rituals,poetry assciated with the land ,air ,water i india. the reason i am asking u to help me is because when i googled it the answers were not very relevant .
sorry but please can io have an answer
can u explain to me what is the diversity of environment in the world that supports life .-- Mightright 07:09, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
or the diversity of environment that exists in the world .-- Mightright 07:53, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Who is the known Artist which was killed by the hand of his own father?
In German and Austrian towns, I often see numbers and letters written in chalk above the doors of people's houses. I don't have an example of the actual numbers and letters, but does anyone know why they are there and what they mean? -- Richardrj 12:07, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Looking on the map of the state of West Virginia, the shape of the state is very irregular. I understand that many borders follow rivers and other natural boundries - but it appears that whomever decided this states shape went out of there way to produce a very distinctive outline. What were the deciding factors that led to this states most unusual borders?
Thank you
It largely goes back to old colonial charters drawn up when the area west of the Appalachians wasn't well known. Maryland's southern border was set as the Potomac River, which squiggles around. The partition between WV and VA generally ran southwest-to-northeast along the foothills that separated the mountains from the Shenandoah Valley. If the Potomac ran straight east-west, West Virginia's northeastern section would look normal. I've read the far edge of WV's eastern panhandle resulted from a couple of counties east of the foothills voting to join WV while would-be opponents were away with the Confederate armies. The northern panhandle reflects the charter of Pennsylvania, which set that colony's western boundary at 5° west of Philadelphia. VA gave up its claims to all lands west of the Ohio after the Revolutionary War. Because the Ohio runs north-to-south for a while just after crossing the western edge of PA, WV has a northern panhandle. -- Mwalcoff 00:35, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Funnily enough, Kevin, not everybody "knows about the separation of West Virginia from Virginia because of the Civil War", because, again funnily enough, not everybody who haunts these pages is from the USA. But that's something I've learned today. :--) JackofOz 13:41, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
which place is similar to the southern hemisphere's most familiar and mysterious landforms and was revered and worshipped by people for countless centuries, and nowadays, by law, is protected from exploitation?
This probably belongs in the misc place, but I'm not sure, so: which is more prestigious, the Jefferson Scholarship at the University of Virginia or the Morehead Scholarship at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill? I just want your opinions.
I've heard of the Morehead Scholarship, and I'm not even American. Never heard of the Jefferson Scholarship, however. I'd say that the Morehead is more prestigious. According to the Wikipedia article Morehead Scholarship, it is the oldest merit-based scholarship in the USA. -- Mathew5000 09:13, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Toward the end of the final credits of most American films, the MPAA logo is displayed along with a number. For example:
Do these numbers correspond with the film rating process? You might think that they would, but if so, why does it not show the ratings themselves in addition to the number? Also, the unrated version of The Girl Next Door still has the MPAA logo in the end credits along with "No. 40269". Since it is the unrated version, you would think that the MPAA would get upset if that logo is supposed to refer to an MPAA rating. Also, what film was No. 1 under this system, or other milestones like No. 10000, No. 40000, etc.? -- Mathew5000 12:44, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
How old is this text:
It is not for the sake of the husband, my beloved, that the husband is dear, but for the sake of the Self.
It is not for the sake of the wife, my beloved, that the wife is dear, but for the sake of the Self.
It is not for the sake of the children, my beloved, that the children are dear, but for the sake of the Self.
Hinduism. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 2.4.4-5
and how should I correctly acknowledge it or credit it if quoting it in a teaching manual? Also - how can I be sure I have found the best translation?
Thank you - I appreciate your help
The original text may be found here: [5]
dab (ᛏ) 10:16, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Are new computers, intended to be used by a military contractor abroad, considered an export that is subject to the regulations of ITAR?
Does anyone know where I can get a ballpark figure for the amount of explosives, rendered in tons of TNT preferably, dropped by all sides in World War II (including the atomic bombs)? -- Fastfission 19:42, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Well, we have an article Military production during World War II which lists military production broken down by type and country, but it only lists weapons, not payloads. I suppose you could look at the figures for bomber aircraft built, and approximate how much each might have dropped during the war, but it would be highly inaccurate. -- 198.125.178.207 21:35, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Can someone tell me if Iran is the only Muslim country with the majority population of Shi'ite Muslim?
My girlfriend of five years recently left me because she has fallen in love with a woman. It is a confusing situation on many levels, but one particular aspect of it has be befuddled: Why is being left for a woman less emotionally distressing than if she had left me for a man? It still really sucks, but if she had fallen in love with another man I would not consider taking her back because it would burn a permanent scar into any relationship that we would attempt to have. However, I do not feel like any irreversible damage has been done and, furthermore, I could easily imagine myself taking her back once she is finished with her little experiment.
Toko loko 20:35, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Weird situation. Well, you are a man but you haven't been "defeated" by another man. If your girlfriend had left you for another man you would wonder if he was somehow better than you. In this case your girlfriend left you for another woman and a woman is not a rival for your manhood. My advice is to get another girlfriend asap. Flamarande 20:44, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
I'd guess because it abrogates you of responsibility for the breakup: it's none of the qualities of your personality or identity or how you treated them or how you got along together or what your long-term prospects are that led to it, it's something that you had no control over. It's not you, it's biology! Ziggurat 20:59, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
In American pop culture, the opposite tends to be true: a woman leaving a man in favour of another woman is seen as more emotionally distressing (to the man), or at least as reflecting worse on the man, in the sense of demonstrating his haplessness. Two examples are Ross Geller in season one of Friends, and Woody Allen in one of his movies with Meryl Streep, probably Manhattan. -- Mathew5000 21:02, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
I am not going to say that you can find many attractive partners in the world because there are many attractive singles in your city, the heck with the world.--21:49, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Thank you all for your responses. This is the sort of question that would be awkward to ask my local librarian and it is nice being able to get reasonable answers. In response to the infidelity claim, she emphasized that she would not be unfaithful to me in any way, which is why she broke up with me rather than cheat on me. She also refuses to be unfaithful to her new lover, which is why I currently have blue balls.
I also find it interesting that my brain could come up with the right emotions, while logically I had no understanding for why they were there.
Toko loko 22:12, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Advice questions like this should really go to the expert: Dan Savage Nowimnthing 13:12, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
JackofOz, your honesty, forwardness and thoroughness are very much appreciated. I have heard numerous stories of women "experimenting," and this sort of behaviour seems to be far less prevalent with men. With men, sexuality seems to be rigidly defined, whereas with women there is an amount of leeway where sexuality is a gray, fuzzy line. Maybe it is more of a societal issue, where a man is a "faggot" as soon as he thinks about another man, yet a woman can get by as being simply confused. A single homosexual act can brand a man as a homosexual for his entire life. I feel that this is not a permanent decision in her life, she just happens to have fallen in love with a woman. Kind of like Susan from Seinfeld. Toko loko 16:59, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
If you were American, you would be even more frustrated by the debates on the Senate floor about gay marriage going on during these times of international crisis. I think they're over it for now, but they wasted a good week talking about shit that is completely trivial relative to the other problems in the world. You can trace the reasons for that back to politics; they are trying to rally their electorate for the November elections and guess what the electorate cares about?
Preserving the already questionable sancity of marriage from those dang ol' homosexuals. The funny bit is that anyone who thinks marriage is sacred among heterosexuals obviously hasn't looked at divorce statistics.
Anyway, I think this qualifies as a derail and does not belong on the reference desk, but thank you for the help and I wish you all the best.
Toko loko 13:04, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
You're not threatened by a woman, because obviously women aren't equal, right? You may not realize it, but you're actually being sexist. pckeffer
what a great discussion this was! my own take is that it all goes back to our Victorian (time period not melbourne etc-just to be clear) attitudes. womens sexuality has always been regarded as being passive. two women kissing is harmless fun where as to men kissing, whilst hot, is an active aberration of nature. as much as wed'd like to change these attitudes, it seems from out continued obsession with denying same-sex couples their rights and our adolescant fanstasies about sexy lesbians (as, maybe, is the case here), old habits die hard. plus ça change... 201.9.82.163 23:44, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
It was a testament of a period of inactivity by the volunteers.-- Patchouli 21:48, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Is it true that once all the snow is gone from Mount Kilimanjaro , Africa will be the first continent that cannot be skied? Ohanian 22:47, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
You don't necessarily need snow to ski. Also, artificial snow could be used Bwithh 23:59, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
There's a ski resort in Morocco
looking for a famous painting:
it's got the big, yellow moon at the top, and a little shack on a small hill in the lower left corner. The sky is black with many stars. Wondering if anyone can think of the name for this, or send me a link. Thanks!