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Ezzelino III da Romano

hey! Thanks for your post on Ezzelino da Romano. You were probably referring to me as "the one who is not confortable with English". Of course, I'm of Italian tongue... Why don't you edit it and improve the language? Let me know. Attilios 22:09, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Mafia remark

I don't know why you're talking to me about the Mafia page - if I've done anything to it it would only be minor proofing edits, I've certainly not added any content to it. I have concentrated on Mafia articles that clearly needed cleaning up, and I have only used reputable sources to do so. If you don't like what's in the Mafia page then do something about it, it's nothing to do with me. C i d 14:39, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Federalist Party

Steven- You might notice that the Democratic-Republican party was, during its existence, referred to as the Republican Party. You might also notice that I didn't change the link (which was to Democratic-Republican Party (United States), not to the modern Republican Party.) You also do not need a history degree to be a bit polite when leaving a message on a user page. Regards, Paul 20:09, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

• Please note that I redirected an article you started, Graduated income tax, to Progressive tax, which is an already extant article that covers virtually the same topic. I did not do this for any personal reason or for retaliation, so please do not take it that way. Paul 20:16, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Distinction between Fair Tax & National Sales Tax

Report from FairTax Talk... Thanks for pointing that out.

It should be noted that the National sales tax should not redirect to the FairTax as the "FairTax" is just one very specific proposal created by a specific group of people and is only a type of National sales tax. Stevenmitchell 09:30, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree. It should be a disambiguation page. I'll try to find a description and look to see if we have any other National sales tax plans on wikipedia. Morphh 13:08, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

For the moment, I've redirected this to the Sales tax page as it was more appropriate. This page discusses a National sales tax more generically and includes information about the FairTax in the last paragraph. Morphh 18:42, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Censorship

I'm just curious, I was surprised to the the United States listed as one of the example countries which does not allow the publication of websites that promote certain views. Am I reading this wrong, or is there more information I need so I can understand this? Jfiling 23:36, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

re: 5,000th Edit

I am not sure I know what you mean. I have many more than 5,000 edits (which only mildly interests me because I'm not an edits whore, and I have no aspirations to be an admin). Why do you say that Misplaced Pages says I only have 500 since March 6? (I actually have 500 since June 27 at the moment)--Esprit15d 13:00, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Primerica Financial Services

The edits to the Primerica Financial Services article were intended to fix errors and inaccuracies in the history of Primerica. The previous versions of the article focused mainly on Travelers history, not Primerica's.

If you have insight into Primerica illegalities, please feel free to edit the article.Primerica 18:45, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Please do not enter in my page with empty leftist rhetoric

I live in a warring country, you do not. I risk my life by mere being in my homeland, you do not. I am in touch with Islam on a daily basis, you are not. Judge (and speak) only when you know all the facts and not out of politically-correct (and factually wrong) stereotypes. They will remain stereotypes and they will remain wrong no matter how many times they are repeated and no matter who repeats them. Because the truth is objective. Please read the Quran and the Hadithes first and do not waste my time. Though I am a staunch atheist and believe that all religions should be marginalized, I can say for sure that "Eye for an Eye" rule is not a violation of Golden Rule in any way. Golden Rule in its Jewish interpretation states: "do not do unto others things you do not want to be done unto you". It is a proactive rule, whilst Eye for an Eye is a reactive rule. When the harm is done it should be punished. Golden Rule is not an excuse for absense of punishment for a crime that already has been done. If you can't see this simplest difference, that shouldn't be my problem. And the least thing I want is to discuss this stuff with Western leftists. It has caused me enough distress for the last 6 years and I am not in a mood to continue this, especially after the latest f***ing war. Wanted to cancel my talk page to avoid these cases of forced discussion but the system fires it back every time. So please refrain from this in the future. --Aleverde 18:58, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

ooops

Sorry, It was a mistake and I have cleared the warning message. Thank you for letting me know. --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ 09:22, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

University

Hi, Please see my reply to your post on the Talk:Takshashila University page. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 20:56, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

university of wollongong in dubai

u left a comment on my talk page asking why i live in UAE. I am not in UAE by choice.. I'm sorta stuck here with no where else to go. ironically enough, the locals here do whatever they please and tell the expats "if you don't like it, then leave" Shakespeare Monkey 09:31, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry to hear that you are stuck there with no place to go. What do you mean by "the locals here do whatever they please"? Stevenmitchell 13:33, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

University?

Hi Steve, I've replied to your post on the Takshashila University Talk page. To be honest, (as I say there), I'm not even sure why that page exists, since everything there already appears on the Taxila page. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 21:39, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

I have changed the name of the page to Takshashila centre of learning. As I say on the talk page there, the evidence that it was not a university was overwhelming. Regards, Fowler&fowler«Talk» 22:17, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Question

in the Apollo article, you added these words to the description of the oracle at Delos: "and was provided by a priestess". unfortunately, i can't parse what you might have meant by this, and the addition makes no grammatical sense. could you please clarify that addition? thanks in advance. Whateley23 03:15, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Eric Rosenfeld

Sorry, I can see you are a decent editor. Finish it off first- I reccomend writing articles in a personal sandbox in future, so that something like this doesn't happen again. J Milburn 19:30, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Erm, seeing as you didn't finish it off, I have tagged it for deletion. J Milburn 01:08, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Next time please do not delete something while I am working on it... I got the following message when I went to save it:

User Wknight94 (talk) deleted this article after you started editing it, with a reason of:

Stevenmitchell 02:22, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

As J Milburn said above, that article was sitting in a non-article state for over 24 hours. If you're going to leave them for that long, you should use a sandbox area (like my User:Wknight94/Stuff In Progress page). If you'd like the content that was deleted, let me know and I'll restore it to your user area. —Wknight94 (talk) 02:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Bernardsville, New Jersey

A reminder, when adding notables, put them in alphabetical order (unless some other order is indicated), add a capsule bio and (most importantly) provide a source to demonstrate a connection between the notable and the community. See the Bernardsville, New Jersey for an example. Alansohn 01:29, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Re SEMATECH

You have been replied here. -- ehudshapira 17:46, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Uniroyal

Please do not remove content from Misplaced Pages, as you did to Uniroyal. It is considered vandalism. If you think an article should be deleted, please use deletion process, in stead of blanking the page. Od Mishehu 05:24, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Mishehu, you should clarify words describing my actions... I merely removed the REDIRECTION link to Uniroyal since the company you were pointing United States Rubber Company to has been extinct for 40 years. It was my intention to add a new entry for Uniroyal that listed current information as the posting for U.S. Rubber doesn't include current information of the last 30 years or so, such as the company's ownership by Michelin... But, hey, you may think that give or take 40 years is up-to-date. I just thought it was highly misleading information and deserved its own separate entry that would incorporate the history of US Rubber since its origins pertain to your REDIRECTION, but not its evolution since that time... I still believe it deserves it own entry... Regards, Steve Stevenmitchell 21:27, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Removing a redirection (rather than replacing it with an article or a disambig page) is still vandalism. Once you have an article to put there, you can replace the redirect with it. Od Mishehu 09:03, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages New York Meet-Up

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Mycenaean Greece

Pls watch out for vandalism in this article post your edits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.66.28 (talk) 15:56, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Germany Invitation

Hello, Stevenmitchell! I'd like to call your attention to the WikiProject Germany and the German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board. I hope their links, sub-projects and discussions are interesting and even helpful to you. If not, I hope that new ones will be. Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Germany | finger on pulse Misplaced Pages:German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board | finger on pulse

--Zeitgespenst (talk) 23:10, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Utopian opportunity cost

Hello-Could you please explain your edits in this regard further on the talk page, so that we can work it out there rather than having a revert war? Thanks. Cretog8 (talk) 02:58, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Notability of Caxton Associates, LLC

A tag has been placed on Caxton Associates, LLC requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done because the article appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Misplaced Pages guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Apparition11 (talk) 06:25, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

August 2008

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New Messages!

Misplaced Pages is not for personal opinions

Please don't edit pages to add personal opinions, as you did on speed limit. Novasource (talk) 15:26, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Bill Walsh

Hi. Thanks for the question, but please, next time, try to be a little less accusatory in your remarks. Regarding your question, if you check out the Bill Walsh (American football coach) page, you'll see that he was never a choch for the Kansas City Chiefs. While the other Bill Walsh, was a center for the Steelers and then became an offensive line coach for the Chiefs between 1960-1974, meaning he was on the coaching staff for Super Bowl IV. Please see here. Thanks and let me know if you have any questions. --Masonpatriot 01:27, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:180px-Margaret Hale00.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:180px-Margaret Hale00.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Misplaced Pages under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Misplaced Pages. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Misplaced Pages (see our policy for non-free media).

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Jules Verne's novls

Hi, Stevenmitchell. Regarding you recent edits of JV's novels Carpathian Castle, Claudius Bombarnac, etc. The novels which are already in say, ] should not be placed in ]. This is a standard WP policy, please refer to Misplaced Pages:Categorization and subcategories for more details.Henry Merrivale (talk) 22:19, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

The second sentence in Misplaced Pages:Categorization and subcategories goes: ... articles belonging to such a subcategory should not be placed in the parent category also.

] is a subcategory of ]. Thus, any article categorized in ] should not be included in the parent category, to wit in ].Henry Merrivale (talk) 01:03, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Commons

You may wish to check your talk page and watchlist there.  — Mike.lifeguard |  06:16, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Tracy Pollan

Thoroughly constructive? This is just false information. Garion96 (talk) 21:25, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

List of generations

Hi. Is it just the "wars" part of that statement, or is your request about the whole sentence? Tnx. E_dog95' 02:45, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Delafield (disambiguation)

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• Hi, E Sanchez. I would put a reply on your User Page but it is total chaos and way to difficult to find an orderly place to post my reply. I created the disambiguation page because there isn't one, so I was creating a redirect, which you annoyingly and erroneously deleted - literally within 10-15 seconds of my posting it - so I can't even finish what I am doing. Please Sanchez, go find somewhere else to be incompetent - certainly do no interfere with something right while I am doing it. How I am I suppose to finish it. Get a grip, grow up and do something else... Stevenmitchell (talk) 22:38, 5 February 2009 (UTC) P.S. If it sounds as if I am annoyed - you are right - I am... It's like having mice underneath your bare feet while you are trying to walk through a vegetable garden... Stevenmitchell (talk) 22:38, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

I believe it is quite easy to reply on my user page. There's a cool little tab up there that says "New section". As for the deletion of Delafield (disambiguation), I believe it is unnecessary. The page Delafield is already a disambiguation page. Having the suffix (disambiguation) after the name is not necessary. For the record, I am not an administrator, and I cannot, nor did I, delete the page.

Perhaps I did act too quickly, but that is no reason to call me incompetent. Read up on WP:ATTACK and WP:CIVIL. I did what I was supposed to do. The deleting admin knows when you created the page, and how fast I acted towards nominating it for deletion. (S)he could've said, "hold on, let's give it a few seconds". But, I believe (s)he deleted it on the spot because yet another disambig. page would be unnecessary. Thank you. ←Signed:→Mr. E. Sánchez / _{Talk to me!}←at≈:→ 23:14, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Sikh Empire

can you explain why have you put citations on the Sikh Empire page. Based on what knowledge. With respect, do you have any knowledge if Sikh history. Kindly enlighten on this, thanks. Wjkk20 9 February 2009 (UTC)

• I put a notice that citations are needed, because there aren't any for most of the article. So I put a request for citations that would corroborate the historical assertions in the article. I did not add information to the article. It is a normal Misplaced Pages request that if you assert information is true (or has some merit of truth), then it needs to have some kind of corroboration from some other source than your own brain. I put up those citation notices to request that the information have some kind of secondary or primary source information backing it up... Stevenmitchell (talk) 05:36, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Getty Images

Do me a favor, and indicate why you're reverting people's changes next time. Mintrick (talk) 06:35, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

• Mintrick, sorry. I was reverting the edits that had replaced the section on Getty Images copyright enforcement issues which appeared to be well-researched and well-cited, and had been replaced with a generic statement that by any appearance looked to be a public relations statement posted by Getty Images themselves. Stevenmitchell (talk) 06:50, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Shakespeare Authorship

Welcome to the Shakespeare talk page. There are one or two editors (I am one) who have long defended the Authorship issue as worthy of discussion. Unfortunately, the page (and article) are controlled by the old guard, who regularly insult, discredit, attack and bully anyone with an open mind on the subject. The subject used to have a longer section, but it was cut down to the bare mention that exists today (and only that was "allowed" to stay, in order to avoid a firefight during FA). I hope they don't scare you off, as it gets very lonely in the wilderness...Thanks again. Smatprt (talk) 16:28, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Cupertino

I noticed those edits, too. 195.22.28.18 was blocked effective March 27 until Jan 26, 2010.—Kww(talk) 14:20, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for that, and thanks for pointing out the block, Kww. I just submitted a checkuser request without realizing that the IP had been blocked. I'll withdraw it now. Rwiggum (/_Contrib) 16:22, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Sweden

Your edit to Sweden was POV and unsourced. It still is unsourced, as the article you linked to does in no way say that the Wallenbergs dominate the country's economy, just that they're leading industrialists (which they are). Furthermore the lead is supposed to be a summary of the article - what you wrote into the lead, is not found in the article at all. The good faith part is called "politeness". It is policy on Misplaced Pages to assume good faith. It is also policy not to comment on the person, but on the contents - see Misplaced Pages:No personal attacks. If you want to debate the issue, please do so on the article talk page. -Duribald (talk) 19:43, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

RE: Thanks for the Plagiarism on Starting the American Hospital Association Article

What are you talking about? Can you point me to the section of the AHA website which has the same text I wrote verbatim? It is Fair Use to take the text of another website and re-word in your own words, add color, other points, etc. as long as you are not stealing their content wholesale. I looked at thier website and can't even find matching text. If you are going to accuse people of stealing you need a bit more than vague accusations. Jasenlee (talk) 03:13, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

• Jason, I would gladly point out where that occurred but my comments were posted on February 4th in reference to an article that no longer exists. Apparently, the article was deleted and rebuilt by a Misplaced Pages administrator to its current status, later on February 14th, so the original article I am referring to is no longer available. However, if I thought it was plagiarized at the time, I probably still do, as it was an observation I had made at the time, but can no longer review my observation since the original data is not available. But it seems that on the Discussion page I was pretty explicit about what the problem was. I am sorry that you believe otherwise but I suggested that the article needed to be reviewed for plagiarism and it seems that someone concurred with that observation. Stevenmitchell (talk) 12:01, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Don't be a Jerk

If you want to make constructive edits then do so. But don't leave silly, sarcastic messages on my talk page. Read Don't be a dick.--Adam in MO Talk 00:52, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Also it would also be nice if you made some sense..."as the companies you have left in the list are for the most part inconsequential now, as they were at the time"... They are inconsequential now, and were at the time, also ???? Check this out Doublethink, maybe it will help. Cheers :)--Adam in MO Talk 01:00, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

• Yes, Adam. Now I can see what that the problem is... First of all, the contrast you make does not qualify as Doublethink. If you can, you may want to check your application of logic. And two, I made the comment because you rendered the article quite useless... You may have thought you were contributing something when you made the edit, but simply showing up for the game doesn't contribute a touchdown... Your actions on the article were counterproductive to put it politely... Stevenmitchell (talk) 04:09, 30 April 2009 (UTC)