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Rachel

The stuff that wasn't in the French article was part of the original English article on Rachel; I just merged the two. (So I'm not actually sure about the veracity of the raschel knitting machine and the colour.) Thanks for looking it over! Tamarkot 20:07, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your work on my basic translation of Jean Poiret. Seeing that you didn't have to change that much of it fairly warmed the cockles of my heart, and made me think that my French language skills aren't as pathetic as I thought. Hope to see you around for my next attempt! --Ddsilver 15:51, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Whoa!

You've done some impressive work translating from French to English! Good luck with that massive article about slavery in Ancient Greece--it looks really interesting, but man is it looong! Thanks so much for doing so much, it's really appreciated. I owe you some freshly baked internet pastries. Thanks again! Tamarkot 23:00, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Kalendar Koffee House Company

Thanks for the heads up. The Kalendar Koffee House page probably isn't a speedy candidate since the duplicate has gone up on AFD. The user has been spamming and trying to use the 'pedia for advertising for a couple of weeks - you seem to have seen the Coffeehouse page already - and though the 'company' page could probably be construed as a speedy candidate itself (a different version was already speedied), I wanted to make sure that there was a consensus behind deleting in the hope of preventing further reposting. There is a means for posting similar pages under a single AFD vote, which I would've tried to do had I known of the duplicate at the time the first went up. Given that it's been a couple of days, though, I'd rather put it up for a separate vote just to be on the safe side. --DMG413 16:16, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

• • Deleting Kalendar from the coffee house category is wrong. To claim that Kalendar is advertising is also incorrect.

The Kalendar article lists date of opening and location with interior photo. The so called "vanity" aspects have been removed from the article. Kalendar may not be as "noteable" as the larger chains, but that should not preclude it from listing in the coffee house category. To call this article spam would be to call all listings in this category spam. The previous AFD article was edited down to be considered for inclusion - tis all. No harm intended. This on the other hand is the opening paragraphs of the Starbucks listing. I imagine that all listings in this category are similar to this.

Starbucks NASDAQ: SBUX (SEHK: 4337), is a large multinational chain of coffee shops, often serving pastries, popular in the US especially among students and young urban professionals. The corporate headquarters are in Seattle, Washington. The company was in part named after Starbuck, a character in Moby-Dick, and its insignia is a stylized cartoon Siren. According to the company's fact sheet, as of February 2006, Starbucks had 6,216 company-operated outlets worldwide: 5,028 of them in the United States and 1,188 in other countries and U.S. territories. In addition, the company has 4,585 joint-venture and licensed outlets, 2,633 of them in the United States and 1,952 in other countries and U.S. territories.

By definition most of the listings in the coffee house category are "non-notable". In fact the majority of the listings are not known outside the constituency where they are established. Being "non-notable" has always been a difficult area for editors. In this instance for example, the band Pursuit of Happiness wrote a song and video about Kalendar (1996 Kalendar/Gretzky Rocks/In Praise Of (T.W.A.-The World's Address). This by definition makes Kalendar a noteable entity by Misplaced Pages standards see Misplaced Pages:Notability "A topic has notability if it is known outside of a narrow interest group or constituency, or should be because of its particular importance or impact". EllisCHanna 04:21, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

• Unfortunately, now the articles are BAI - one liners only. Bridesmill can read, and yes, there are other coffeshops out there that prob don't belong. Starbucks & Tim's *& Cafe du monde etc are notable - Kalendar is not. The fact that the user who put it up does nothing significant on Wiki besides promote the business they own makles it in Wiki's view & mine spam & self-promotion. One of the reasons Bridesmill Studio doesn't have a page (although hopefully someone will put it up ;-)I'm an inclusionist, but I cannot stand disengenuous behaviour. Bridesmill 04:51, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

• The image should stay in the article. There is not another interior photo of a "French Style Cafe" in the article, therefore this a highly relevant image. Claiming that the image is vanity/spam/corp is nonsense and an invalid arguement. The image adheres to WP:NPOV standards. Separately the Kalendar Koffee House article has been RFD. I agreed with the arguement made regarding Chains, and have removed the listing on the Coffee House Chains page. The RFD outcome should not reflect on this page. As editors you must not allow your emotions to influence your choices. If you allow the image to be removed then must reflect on the reasons why. None of the reason given for removal of the image are sound or reasonable ones.EllisCHanna 12:44, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

• As Ellis' partner in Kalendar I wanted to add my part to this discussion. I completely understand the arguements made for the references and articles in the coffee house chains page Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Kalendar Koffee House. I can see how Misplaced Pages could become full of advertising style information weakening the references made available in this valuable living encycodedia. I expressed concerns to my partner about that section from the start. But I also saw the possibility of a fit because ultimately it is a section listing businesses with their styles and descriptions. Now the pages that offer descriptions of cafes and coffee houses have excellent written references describing very accurately in words what these are. But the pictures are obviously less effective. It was this section that we were first drawn to. Each section, with the exception of section 2, has one or two picture references as I have reviewed:

Intro Coffee House - One photo simple image reference. 1. History - two great reference images

2. Contemporary coffeehouses -no images as references (actually I think a Starbucks image would work well here - being an icon of the coffee movement of the 21 century- creating a whole new direction in coffeehouses again)

3. Contemporary cafés

The article on contemporary cafes is then highlighted with one image identified as: "A coffee shop in Ireland. There is no outside seating due to unsuitable weather." I assume this was used originally due to lack of any usable cafe images. The photograph could be depicting a bike repair shop or pub or any number of retail stores from its appearance, and lends no further descriptive relevance to this section. We are just suggesting, that as it appears, each catagory under Coffee Houses has a picture reference (with the acception of section 2), the triptych we have added offers a much stronger contibution to the contemporary cafe article, versus the ubiquitous corner coffee sandwich joint that appears to be represented (I appologize if this is actually a famous Irish quirky cafe that I do not know about.)

4. Cannabis coffee shops. The Bull Dog image is perfect. This is very well known coffee house for this section.

I hope this helps define our arguement for keeping this image in this section.I do not see how the Kalendar image is seen as any more or less of an advertising image than any others. For ultimately, we do believe it enhances the article. It was accepted at one point (it had been placed in a picture box like all the others). We hope this inclusion can be made again. Cher-anne Nash, Kalendar, April 1/06 9:00am EllisCHanna 14:55, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

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Canadian Forces link

Hi! I removed the link because the paragraph in Canadian Forces discusses the historical Army, Navy and Air Force. Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force are about the historical institutions. But yeah, there is a "history" section in Canadian Forces Land Force Command so the link is useful even though LFC isn't the pre-1968 Army that the paragraph means.

The editor who added the link, 72.137.243.234 (talk | contribs), has a long history of creating wikilinks that look ok on the outside but are usually somehow wrong. My favorite is linking a mention of Great War in Dinobots — I'm pretty sure it's a different "Great War" than what the link suggests; I don't think the Transformers participated in WWI :-) I don't know if he does it on purpose or by accident but I review his linkings very critically... — Weregerbil 16:42, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

For your comments on Eastern Front (World War II). I know it's a contentious issue and I appreciate your input. As for SuperDeng, he was blocked for 72 hours about a month ago for personal attacks. I'm now blocking him for a week as he's gotten worse, not better. Thanks again. --Woohookitty 10:34, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Your idea is an excellent one. As I've tried to tell the people involved before, you can't nail down the exact number of deaths in any war, especially World War II. So I think a range would be best. --Woohookitty 13:02, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Sig private purchases

You're talking to the wrong user. I was fixing a link only. I had no idea myself that Canadian forces can or cannot purchase private weapons.--Asams10 22:50, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Gold Coast, Queensland

Hey, thanks for your input on the Gold Coast, Queensland article, I hope it helps. Cheers Triki-wiki 23:18, 6 April 2006 (UTC)Triki-wiki

The CIA and September 11 (book)

I hate pestering people's talk pages about AFD votes (or votes at all... it's very bad form really) but I've just done a huge amount of work on this article, and it is probably 80% different from when you voted. I have found a large number of English language references, and I have used <cite> so any reader or editor can identify where each individual statement in the article came from. That ought to deal with WP:V and WP:RS. As for notability, you can make your own decision: the relevant guideline says "Usually, books with an ISBN-number and/or availability in a couple dozen of libraries and/or a Project Gutenberg type website, and with a notability above that of an average cookbook or programmers manual would qualify". If you rank this as below an average cookbook, I'm not going to argue with you :) TheGrappler 04:12, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Eamon de Valera's refugee policy

Thank you for your fairness re Demiurge, who is a known censor (domestic terrorism in the US, Ante Pavelic, Eamon de Valera, Irish-Scots, etc., etc.).

The truth re de Valera's government during WWII and refugees is as follows (please see my last edit, which undoubtedly has already been rv, for citations):

Virtually no refugees allowed into Eire. De Valera's government even rejected a Vatican request that several hundred scientists who had "converted" to Christianity be allowed to enter Eire. It is approximated that 30 Jews found haven in Eire, and that number only due to human trafficking. This did not prevent Roman Catholic Irish-American politicians from awarding the Free State $133,000,000 USD in Marshall Plan monies (mostly in the form of low-interest loans which were never repaid).

Thanks!! Brandubh Blathmac 09:42, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Please see comment on your talk page - I wasn't amused Bridesmill 02:21, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Bridesmill - I am sorry to have disappointed you earlier. I was not being "disingenuous"; I was genuinely grateful to have what I thought was an ally against a clear collusive effort by several individuals (all from Ireland) to pre-emptively censor me and to clearly be acting in collusion using boilerplate nonsense to preemptively rv anything I wrote. If I had written the Declaration of Independence Demiurge would label it "sockpuppetry". And I am not a Marshall Plan expert but according to the Marshall Plan wikipage the Plan was "to rebuild Europe".

So why would a neutral country which suffered no damage during the war, and which worse yet, had allowed the German embassy (in violation of the Free State's own neutrality) to possess potentially anti-Allied communications equipment until 1943(!!), and which, worse still, refused to accept more than a handful of refugees during the entire Holocaust, have been eligible for $133,000,000 worth of Marshall Plan loans, which it could never afford to repay, w/o friendly congressmen as I suggested?? I guess you know better.

I would like to have added (since the page is protected) to Eamon de Valera's page re "characteristics of Irish neutrality":

• Unwillingness to permit Jewish refugees from the Holocaust into Éire during or after the war (see ],

]).

At the "first Irish holocaust memorial day on 26th January 2003", Justice Minister Michael McDowell apologized for "a culture of muted antisemitism in Ireland which discouraged immigration by Europe's shattered Jews. He said that "at an official level the Irish state was at best coldly polite and behind closed doors antipathetic, hostile and unfeeling toward the Jews."" (].)

Respectfully submitted.

Brandubh Blathmac

Rudolf Virchow

I now feel a bit guilty about putting in the RFC. Sorry about the flamewar. However, In a way I'm glad to see that it's not just me, but anyone who contradicts some view of his.

I would like to thank you for responding. The proposed solution is certainly not what I wanted, but it seems like a good compromise that says what both parties are asserting in a neutral way.

JASpencer 15:52, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

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J'implore

Accuse me of being un-Canadian if you wish, but don't take away my newly acquired rights to Canadian health insurance! I haven't contacted the Canadian consulate here yet, but I will ... any day now! Zora 20:11, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Actually I agreed with what you said. My last edit was referring to the other editor who implied that the child-sacrifice allegation is something that we have to prove before mentioning in the article. Which is blatantly not how things work. Miskin 03:36, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

east sea

hi, thanks for your comment at Talk:East Sea. would you mind commenting on the content of the disambiguation page, namely whether "east sea" should be described as a "south korea's local name" or should be treated as an english name, per citations? thanks. Appleby 04:56, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

The changes

Kurt Leyman (talk · contribs) is a sneaky vandal and wont stop changeing items if you ask him. He has changed many items in many articles without stateing sources. Often he gets reverted by others but he still keeps on chageing so if you want his to stop then go here http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Requests_for_investigation and sign the post, you need to scroll down some. (Deng 15:03, 14 April 2006 (UTC))

"If you would like, I can put the Janes numbers down & cite them" --> Great :D (Deng 16:49, 14 April 2006 (UTC))

Carthage

Carthage got blocked. I'm trying to get some sort of "community consensus" on the issue (even if it doesn't agree with me), so the edit war can stop, and we can get a Sysop to unlock the page and take some action against the "culprit", whoever that may be, if they continue the edit war. Care to add your 2 cents? - Vedexent 15:09, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks :) I'm thinking requesting that when the protection is removed it still be semi-protected. That way anyone can edit it, if they have a user account - and are subject to the same blocks as everyone else. Part of this "edit war" is made harder by the fact that Marduck could have been banned for violating 3RR and just come back under a different IP - Vedexent 15:57, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Oh yes! Don't forget to vote! :D - Vedexent 15:58, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Oh! Sorry - it's on the talk page. Hmm... I'm unilingual, so I cannot help. But that's a good source. Someone should add that echo template thingy on the talk page :) - Vedexent 16:07, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Red Factor

Thanks for responding to my AFD on Red Factor. You suggest a Speedy Delete, but is this immediately possible now that I have already AFD'd it? I'm a bit new to this business. Any help would be appreciated. Diagonalfish 22:39, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Sakina

I know what you are trying to say bro. But the thing is i am new to wikipedia so i don't know how to break things down. I also asked for help from some experienced people, but they said that they don't have enough time. So i don't know how i can improve it, why don't you help me professionalize it. Salman

Imacomp

He's done a whole string of undiscussed deletions. Is there anything that can be done about him? JASpencer 16:58, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Carthage: Marduk / Hannibal - IP addresses

Your last comment on Talk:Carthage confused me but I didn't want to clutter up that page with my question. Are you suggesting Hannibal is Marduk in disguise or that Vedexent should chill wrt his charge that Hannibal is Marduk in disguise? Feel free to clarify your comment on Talk:Carthage for all to read if you agree that your original comment needs clarification or just respond on my Talk page if you think I'm just being dense. Richard 19:16, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

You responded "I'm implying that the possibility of Hannibal=Marduk is definitely there, based on Hannibal's language, and if you WHOIS the Marduk related IPs, they are from all over the US, with some emphasis on AOL - so the different IP, though normally an indicator, in this case mean little. If that's how you read what I wrote, OK - or did my other entry totally confuse? This guy's weird, esp as he also appears to have a yahoo.fr email"

I think you should have written the above in the Talk:Carthage page because your original text was confusing. However, I also agree that Marduk is weird and he is a bit of a troll although he does raise some valid points. My guess is that he is a Tunisian who either lives in or used to live in France. I would propose that you and Vedexent not push the Hannibal/IP issue much. Let's just get a vote in and see if we can get a consensus on a "reasonable" resolution to this issue. It's absorbed way too much bandwidth already. Richard 19:38, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Your question on Postinus (dutch wikipedia)

I replied to your question on nl:Overleg:Carthago. Postinus is hard to find... If you guys here at en.wiki find some clues please let me know! NielsFTalk to me.. 17:56, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

I'll pretend that's a cup of tea. I don't drink coffee. I just finished a cup of Winter Blend No. 924 (SpecialTeas) with homemade condensed milk.

I looked at your web page. Your place looks nice, and you and your wife seem like VERY INTERESTING PEOPLE. If you decide to visit Hawai'i the next long cold winter, let me know and I'll give you folks a guided tour in the ratty blue car. My old email address may go away, so stash my gmail address: klofstrom@gmail.com. Zora 03:14, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Eminent

The definition I provided from dictionary.com was for "eminent" not "eminence", I just happened upon the article and I felt it wasn't the right word, I don't understand what the big deal is.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 23:09, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Well think about it, in the first sentence the article basically is stating that Frye is towering above all the other central asian scholars as unequical fact, seeing as how some people have taken issue with Frye's work I don't see how there could be consensus about this, it kinda seems both erroneus annd POV, so what is the problem with just "well known"? Why not add the comment that he is "eminent" as an opinion later in the article.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 00:00, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Well why don't replace it with another word. I know what you mean but according to this dectionary I am looking at the first definition of "eminent" is almost the same as "pre-eminent" and "eminence". Can we change it to "widely respected" or "distinguished"?- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 00:20, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes my first language is English. Maybe Canadians has a slightly different view of the word "eminent" , anyways I hjave already changed it to distinguished.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 00:34, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes English seems to have a lot more ambiguity than any other language I have encountered, but I guess any language has ambiguity when you are fluent in it.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 00:39, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Sakina Bint Hussain

Bro, why are you deleting the page without discussing it on the talk page? I am reverting it, and please do not make any changes without discussing it in the talk page. This article is not straight copied from the website that u are talking about but some information can be similar since there are not a lot of articles about Bibi Sakina binte Hussain on the net. Please before making any changes discuss it on the talk page like the rule says, and then if other users believe the same thing that I will not have any obligations on taking the whole article away from the wikipedia.org.

I am really sorry man. This user Zora is confusing me bro. I am very sorry.

Your rigth about the two articles for Bibi Sakina (AS). Do you know how we can merge the two articles because i don't know the process, ask striver too and where is he these day.

No bro, being killed and being martyred are two totally different things in Islam. That's the main reason why i don't like the word killed in the Shi’as section, that's why i keep on replacing the word killed with martyred. The word Martyred means more then what the dictionaries say about it. You’re a Muslim bro you should know the difference between being martyred and being killed.

In Quran, my Allah has said that people that achieve martyrdom never die. They will remain alive till the Day of Judgment but living people can not see them. Imam Hussain was, is, and will always be referred as a Martyred. Bro, I am not telling you that you can not edit in the Bibi Sakina’s (AS) article, but don’t try to change what Shi’a people believe about Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS).

Listen brother i don't care about what other people believe. Others can right whatever they want in the article but as far as the Shi’a section is concerned there will be things written from the point of view of the Shi'as. I mean if others won’t know what Shi’as think about Imam Hussain (AS), then what is the purpose of having a Shi'a section in the article. You know what i am trying to say. I am a Shi’a and as far as my knowledge goes Imam Hussain was, is, and will always be remembered and referred as a martyred not killed or dead person. How many times i have to say that in Islam the difference between being killed and being martyred is so different, that i cannot even tell. If you read the Holy Quran's Surah Al-Bakarah then you are going to understand the difference, where Allah has told the difference between being killed and being martyred.

Bro i don't understand if Shi'as believes that Imam Hussain (AS) was martyred then why are others having problem with it. I mean the Islamic history proves that too. Forget about the Shia point of view, even Sunnis believe that Imam Hussain (AS) was martyred. Bro i swear if u read the surah Al-Bakarah then you are going to understand the difference between being killed and being martyred and after that you are going to tell me that Imam Hussain (AS) and his companions were martyred at the Battle of Karbala not killed. Seriously i am just trying to say what shi'a people believe. We just don't say things about our Mola Imam Hussain (AS) just like that. And the shia section in the article is only for "what shia people think about Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS).

Bro i don't know why you are making a big deal out of it. I am the Shi’a section should only say what Shi’a people believe, right. I am a Shi’a and i know what we believe. We believe that Imam Hussain (AS) and his companions were martyred not killed. I mean i can even get a notice from the mosque saying that. And then if i do that and show it to the WIKIPEDIA officials then they are going to lock the editing section and no one is going to be allowed to making any addition or subtraction. I mean bro i did not change anything accept the Shi’a section in the article. Thank You Salman

Nelson Frye talk page

Hey Bridemill you seem like a good and rational editor, but I must admit I am somewhat perplexed by this comment- "Curiously, only Moshe appears to be jewish" I see you also said that I have good arguments, but still I feel kinda confused that you would even write it.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 05:59, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Well in any case, thank you for you kind comments I appreciate it.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | TINC|Talk 11:25, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your comments regarding the translation related to the Sathya Sai Baba article. --BostonMA 02:01, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your time and comments, Bridesmill. Sincerely, SSS108 03:04, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Translationz

Thank you very much. Your translation is quite good. I have no further requests. - Darwinek 17:56, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

on singular they

it seems like a lotta past talk to wade through, but I will if needed. could I possibly get a summary of the aspects of heretofore concensus that casts my edit here as innappropriate? I see what I added as a beefing up and strengthening of the tone that was already there. until I get a sense of the past debate, I will withhold final judgement. in th meantime,

to say

"the debate is tied into" certain questions

is no clearer or stronger than to say

those factors "will be relevant to understanding the phenomenon" until they are addressed.

you directly inspired my changes. on the talk page you said

the reason singular they exists the way it does in modern spoken (and to a large extent written)
English, is because of those aspects.

Again, until I learn the relevant history, I will not re-revert or anything drastic. but, if I end up finding nothing compelling, I shall stick to guns I layed out here.

If you understand what I'm getting at, please come up with compromise version. don't just revert. I'll be around. thanks, Ka-zizzlMc 22:42, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Rationales to impeach George W. Bush (2nd nomination)

You are invited to vote at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Rationales to impeach George W. Bush (2nd nomination). All this is is ramblings/blog/rants about Bush. Not encyclopedic, should've been deleted long ago. Happy editing! Morton devonshire 19:55, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

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Darkred

While I do think that Darkred has been behaving badly, you have to be careful about suggesting that he "get some help". That could be construed as a personal attack. Yes, an extremely mild one in the light of what he's been throwing at you, but as you saw with the recent Arbcom case, we're held to saintly standards here. This place would be a great training ground for future diplomats. Zora 22:17, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Now about jewelry

Someday, if I ever get a job and have money, I would like to buy Indian jewelry to go with my saris. BUT ... I can't afford gold and I'm not sure I want to buy gold any longer, after all the revelations about the horrible environmental impact of goldmining.

What I would really like is traditional Indian jewelry re-imagined with ecologically sound metals (anodized stainless steel? aluminum?) in bright colors and complicated shapes, where the value comes from craftsmanship and imagination rather than precious metals. Is that anything you would be interested in doing? Zora 06:14, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that Indian jewelry article is terrible. But I don't know anything about Indian jewelry, really. I go to online jewelry stores and fantasize, but that's about it. I've got a lot of gorgeous, expensive jewelry books on my wish lists at Powell's and Amazon, but no prospect in the near future of being able to afford them.

I make jewelry occasionally, but it's only at the stringing beads level. I do it for myself because the affordable store-boughten stuff is usually so ugly. I look at it and say, "I could do that". So I have some nice necklaces for dress-up.

I also buy "Ornament" magazine occasionally, and drool. Which is funny, because ordinarily I wear a plain T-shirt, plain shorts, and a pair of gold hoops that I haven't taken out in ten years or so. Zora 01:06, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Cuba

No, my parents didn't return to Poland after surviving the concentration camps. BTW, my comments were directed to Bruce, who's an American, as I am. 172 | Talk 17:20, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Beaver

I have no clue why beaver seems to get hit by the idiots so often. George Washington does too, despite his having died over 200 years ago.Spikebrennan 19:28, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Smiley template

I noticed you liked my smiley idea. Thanks a lot. It is encouraging. I hope more people will smile using them..and help ease bitterness in the community. I just added few more, check them out Template_talk:Smiley  «₪Mÿš†íc₪»  12:13, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Samothrace

Thanks Bridesmill :-) I'll give a look at the issues, to see if I can solve some of them. Bye --Aldux 19:42, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

The Bashir page

I thank you for whatever you can do. Chaldean 23:09, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

I am just swamped

Bridesmill, I am just swamped now. I will provide references as soon as I get free from school; but even without it I think there are enough evidences for that sentence to be referenced.

Have a look at the Battle of the Trench. Jews broke their oath with Muslims by uniting with Meccan Pagans. This war and the consequent wars of Muhammad with Jews is reported in Qur'an . --Aminz 02:41, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Wanted: Ctesiles

Hi! This is about the message you left on fr:Discuter:Esclavage en Grèce antique. Actually, there is probably no Ctesiles: it's a mispelling for the 3rd century-historian Ctesicles (with an extra c). The reference is Athenaeus, VI, 272C (= FrGrHist 245 F1). I'm quite flattered that you're translating my article on slavery in Ancient Greece. If you need any help to clarify a point or two, please let me know. Jastrow 14:09, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

There's a misunderstanding in the "Economic role" section, 3rd §: Xenophon actually speculates that *if* the city was endowed with a large number of state slaves, their leasing *could* assure the upkeep of all the citizens. Jastrow 17:04, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes I know. Aldux already told me and I stopped contributing. Miskin 09:24, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: Christian Naturism

I did request semi-protection this morning, immediately after my latest post on the talk page. =) Powers 15:03, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Rachel actress

Hi! I'm very sorry I'm answering you so late. The rachel colour, according to Oxford English Dictionary, is "a light, tannish colour (used orig. and chiefly of face-powder)" which is named after Rachel, the stage-name of Elisa Félix. I don't know exactly why, this all the information the dictionary is giving. According to the same dictionary raschel is "a kind of knitting-machine", from German Raschelmaschine, from the name of the same French actress, reportedly because she wore a garment made with this machine. That's about it. Best wishes! Tavilis 21:54, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Sweet Grass

Sorry I missed the reference but thanks for getting back to me and telling me of the changes. Much appreciated. skorpion 22:30, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

DYK

I'd definitely consider reformulating so that the link actually reads "slavery in ancient Greece", and not just "Ancient Greece", as the bolded expression is expected to be the title of the article. Circeus 16:53, 18 May 2006 (UTC)