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Template:User Antipope

Hi.

You might be aware that there has been some contention around the use of userboxes. There has also been a new speedy deletion criterion added with regard to templates.

A box you are using, Template:User Antipope was recently tagged as such. I've removed the tag, but would ask that you {{subst:}} the template. You may also wish to contribute to Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Userboxes if you are not already.

brenneman 00:08, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

While I'm here

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brenneman 00:15, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Template:User wishful

Also Template:User wishful has been nominated for speedy deletion under the new criterion. Iif you could remove it from your user page as a show of good faith that would be great. - brenneman 02:52, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I rather like it, thank you. Sheesh, I pick these up last night and people are already trying to delete them. MiraLuka 03:31, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

The thing is, we've had quite a bit of disruption over the last few months around user boxes. Some from admins going a bit delete happy and pushing their agenda, some from new editors not understanding that the purpose of every action here is not to create an encyclopedia pushing their agenda. Even if you simply use {{subst:}} to make it plain text instead of a template, that would be really helpful. - brenneman 05:47, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your concern, but as I said, I rather like it and I see nothing wrong with expressing my personal opinions on my personal page. MiraLuka 08:31, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Your userpage was briefly delisted by a rogue admin

You have a userbox Template:User UN which links your userpage to United Nations Wikipedians. There is currently a movement to ban userboxes from Misplaced Pages which are shared and which create Lists of Wikipedians. Certain admins have taken it upon themselves to preemptively sabotage and/or delete such categories and template. Here is the incident report which reported damage to yours, in which hundreds of userpages were delinked from categories without the users' knowledge. They have been stopped, barely, and the damage reverted— for now.

There is a Misplaced Pages:Userbox policy poll, which if passed, will make required by policy the damage done to categories and templates such as User UN/United Nations Wikipedians. If you do not want this to happen, I urge you to vote Oppose. in the poll. Support is currently running at about 66%, and your vote could make the difference. It is said to require 75%-80% to be deemed reflective of consensus.

Thank you,

StrangerInParadise 23:44, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

I believe this user.....

.....might like carrots, after reading for deletion comments....... ; ) DonaNobisPacem 21:07, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, yes I do. :) MiraLuka 00:50, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Kiri "weird" box...

I agree... Glad you removed it. Vivaverdi 18:18, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

WP:WPWI

Good job on the Barbara Lawton article. You might want to join the WikiProject Wisconsin. Cheers --BaronLarf 20:11, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for the invitation. MiraLuka 23:05, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Beverley McLachlin

You're right that it is silly. But while the article may appear to you to be written in "American" English it is in fact written in Canadian English and in that variety of international English, as I say, "practice" is a noun and "practise" is a verb. Please check the Oxford Dictionary of Canadian English if you wish authoritative confirmation. Masalai 08:39, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Indeed, on closely reading the article, I am perplexed at what makes you think it is written in "American" English. The only word in the article that departs from international usage is "hospitalized" with a Z rather than an S and that is the protocol in Canadian spelling. "Practice" for the verb, however, is incorrect north of the 49th parallel and Madam Justice McLachlin is indeed the Chief Justice of Canada. Masalai 08:44, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Indeed, on further close reading I note that "Governor General" was spelled with a hyphen. That is British, not Canadian, spelling. I have corrected this as well. Masalai 08:49, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

You may, however, if you are unfamiliar with international spelling, have been misled by "honorary." This is, though, correct: "honour"/"honourable"/"honorary." Cf "humour"/"humorous," which is what this discussion is becoming. Masalai 08:54, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Wow, nice essay there. Sorry that I don't know every variation in the spelling of the English language. As for the "humorous" discussion, the only one I see here is the one you're having with yourself. —MiraLuka 08:58, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

In that case, young man, you shouldn't officiously barge in on articles concerning outside the USA and peremptorily Americanize the spelling, under the erroneous impression that you are correcting it. Masalai 09:31, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

First off, "Young man?" Don't presume that you are somehow superior to me because of your age. Besides, for all I know, you're 12. (Plus, using "young man" makes you sound like my mother.) Secondly, no one "officiously" (or "peremptorily") did anything. I corrected what I believed to be a mistake. The major clue, at least for me, that something is not in American English is the use of "-ise" rather than "-ize." Since the article included several words using "-ize," and me being unaware that there was such a thing as "Canadian" English, I assumed that you were attempting to change the usage to British English, and I reverted accordingly. After you reverted me, I left you a note on your talk page explaining why I did what I did, and assuming that I was the one in the wrong, with the intention to leave the issue be. You are the one who decided to post a lecture on my talk page and then attack me for my age and nationality. —MiraLuka 09:51, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Actually, "-ise" versus "-ize" is a very rough indication of international versus American spelling. Please consult Fowler's English Usage. It's actually, strictly speaking, an indication of Latin verus Greek etymology; the rather lazy tendency to regularize towards Z in North America and S internationally has many exceptions.Masalai 05:54, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Minyan Edit

In your recent edit of this article, you deleted the text "A few authorities also hold that 10 women can, at least under some circumstances, constitute a minyan for purposes of zimmun b'shem leading Birkat HaMazon." What was your basis for this deletion? The sentence was sourced, the reference is the article (Frimmer, Women and Minyan, Tradition 1988) which indeed lists a few authorities who hold this position. Given that your user page indicates you consider yourself a secular humanist, lapsed Catholic, etc. and you don't present yourself as an expert on the Jewish religion, what is your basis for your interest and in these rather obscure and controversial matters of traditional Jewish religious law? And what are the sources for your position supporting this deletion? --Shirahadasha 16:46, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

That took me a little bit just to figure out what you're talking about, as I didn't even remember editing that article. Heh. I'm sorry about that, it appears that I accidentally edited an older version of the article while trying to fix something else. I've put it back to how it was before I edited it. Hope it's back to how it's supposed to be now, and happy editing. —MiraLuka 20:27, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

WP:DRVU

I have made a proposal on WP:DRVU that you may find to be of interest. In any case, your comments are welcome. Mackensen (talk) 21:47, 15 May 2006 (UTC)