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Death of Mido Macia

The article you nominated for the front page section In The News will almost certainly not be posted there, but there is support for you nominating this for Did You Know. μηδείς (talk) 21:47, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Jerusalem RfC remarks

Hi FormerIP. I noticed the exchange between you and Tariqabjotu yesterday, and I thought I ought to leave a comment here about it. Although I doubt you meant anything bad by it, I think Tariqabjotu was right to bring up your mention of "stalling tactics". This is another one of those situations where labelling things can result in misunderstandings - what seems like stalling to one person can seem like honest debate to another. It's probably best not to use these kinds of words in the discussion, as people are likely to interpret them in ways that you didn't intend. If, on the other hand, you are worried about conduct issues in the discussion, it would be better to bring them up on my talk page or to email me about them. That will allow the discussion to progress without editors becoming distracted by conduct issues. I hope this makes sense, but please do ask if you have any questions about it. Best — Mr. Stradivarius 02:23, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Coat of arms of Western Sahara/SADR

Hello,

There's a discussion you might be interested in at Talk:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic#Move?.

Regards,
--Omar-toons (talk) 22:08, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

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Six Nation - thanks

I thought this overview you did was good and much-needed.--A bit iffy (talk) 09:45, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

RSN

As a regular contributor to RSN, whose opinions I respect, but don't always agree with, I'd appreciate your thoughts on this Misplaced Pages:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Colombo.2C_Rose.2C_Fight_Back_Legal_Abuse:_How_to_Protect_Yourself_From_Your_Own_Attorney. At this point, one uninvolved person has commented, but I prefer to have more than one uninvolved person comment under the circumstances, so as to get a clear consensus one way or the other. Thanks. Fladrif (talk) 22:13, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Jerusalem RfC discussion: step three

Hello all. We have finally reached step three in the Jerusalem RfC discussion. In this step we are going to decide the exact text of the various drafts and the general questions. We are also going to prepare a summary of the various positions on the dispute outlined in reliable sources, per the result of question nine in step two. I have left questions for you all to answer at the discussion page, and I'd be grateful for your input there. Best — Mr. Stradivarius 08:53, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

AFD - Legal abuse

Thanks for your comment at RSN related to the sole source for this article. I've gone ahead and filed Misplaced Pages:Articles_for_deletion/Legal_abuse. Fladrif (talk) 17:43, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Re. Margaret Thatcher ITN

You spoke in favour of including Margaret Thatcher's death on ITN, but that you were "indifferent" to the nomination itself. Is this because you found the nomination to be of noticeably poor quality? Or were you referring to the brevity of the blurb itself? If both, would you mind explaining where I went wrong so I can post a better ITN candidate in the future? Thanks. Kurtis 12:26, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

I was just making a jokey comment, safe in the knowledge that the nomination was a shoo-in. There's nothing wrong with the nomination. Formerip (talk) 12:28, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Oh! OK, just making sure. =) Kurtis 12:29, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Capital OED

OED is behind a paywall and I am curious. How does OED define "capital"? tnx --Ravpapa (talk) 13:44, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

"The chief town or city of a country". This my own dead tree desktop version. I think it also shows the pitfalls of going off a dictionary definition, because they are not always very good. By that definition, California must be a country, because it has a capital. Formerip (talk) 15:52, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

... and that Los Angeles, and not Sacramento, would be its capital. --Ravpapa (talk) 19:02, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Indeed. I guess a matter for debate would be the meaning of "chief". Does it mean "biggest", "most politically powerful" or just the place where the chief hangs out? To complicate it further, Google maps tells me there are three towns in the US that are actually called Chief...Formerip (talk) 19:15, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

YMMV

Thanks for the laugh! They confuse me too, but I'm pretty sure it's "yet more monotonous verbiage". Writegeist (talk)

Jerusalem RfC step three comments

Hi FormerIP. This is just a reminder not to let yourself get worked up about comments made in the Jerusalem RfC discussion. I can understand why you wrote this comment, but comments like this that focus on the contributor are really not going to solve anything, and in fact will usually only serve to escalate matters. You're welcome to vent all you want, but only if you do it to me, in private, by email. :) I'd prefer to keep all commenting on contributors off the RfC discussion page. Even if it's not a vent, feel free to email me with any conduct issue you notice on the discussion page, however small, and I will take a look at it. Best — Mr. Stradivarius 04:20, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Request for clarification regarding Jerusalem RFC

A request for clarification has been submitted regarding the ArbCom mandated Jerusalem RFC process. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 01:32, 29 April 2013 (UTC)