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Advocacy

Hi Fred, It is really nice of you to advocate for Swadhyayee. He has had some good ideas but has not always been to express them well. One thought: Be careful not to advocate things that would violate Misplaced Pages's policies, even if Swadhyayee's position is that he would like to do so. He frequently seeks to make edits that are uncited and, at least in the view of some, POV and one-sided. You can help him articulate his position, but I don't think you can go so far as to help him argue that we should ignore Misplaced Pages policies, which he has done on several occasions (for example, he has advocated the use of original research as being more reliable than citations, he has argued that non-Indian editors should be screened out of participation, he has argued that only Hindus with a background in Hinduism should be allowed to contribute to the Hinduism article, and has argued that POV edits are justified when they help to give the world a positive impression of Hinduism).

I do not say any of the above things for the purpose of incriminating him, only to remind you that there are some things he advocates which you should not, in your capacity as an advocate, support him in arguing. Thanks again for helping him to articulate his problems in a civil and understandable way. HeBhagawan 11:54, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Fred, Thanks for taking a responsible approach to advocacy. Just to be clear: you didn't do anything improper. I merely wanted to suggest that you not do anything improper in the future. After reading your comments on my talk page, I realize that there was no need to warn you, since you have already thought it through. Unfortunately, I don't have an email address that I am willing to share with people I don't know. I get too much spam as it is, so I avoid sharing it. So, for better or for worse, we will have to have any discussions on Misplaced Pages. It shouldn't be a problem to do so because I am not willing to get involved in any private disputes with anybody. Misplaced Pages is public, and I'm ultimately only interested in making good articles. This means discussing content, not people. And there is nothing so delicate about content that it can't be discussed in a public forum. So long as we don't personalize our conversations, I think they can be discussed openly. Thanks! HeBhagawan 12:55, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Fred, I agree to what you suggested as a general matter. However, I reserve the right to post Misplaced Pages policies on the talk page of anybody whose violations 1) make my job as an editor more difficult, or 2) detrimentally affect an article. I agree not to post Misplaced Pages policies on his talk pages as long as he does not commit any violations that fall into one of these categories. HeBhagawan 14:12, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your helpful advice. I selected RFC as the next step to resolve the dispute.Stonecarver 05:13, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Kurtis Mantronik Re-Direct

Thank you very much for the re-direct help on the Kurtis Mantronik article. Could you please assist with the re-direct on Curtis Mantronik? Thanks a lot! Sundevilesq 02:00, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Nevermind. I figured it out myself! Thanks again for your help! Sundevilesq 06:35, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

That's the reason, m reflect with my edits.

Sorry, it is formatted automatically as I selected "minor" edit when edit summary not provided. This selection prevents edits going without edit summary when necessary. In continuous discussion or reply, I do not change the edit summary. That's the reason, m reflect with my edits. I will see what I can do. swadhyayee 02:48, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:Swadhyayee"

Ilaiyaraaja - Your promotion of it to GA

Dear Fred, very delighted to hear from you regarding the above! Appreciate you going through the article and it's satisfying to see that it passed the GA criteria. Nonetheless, this is no signal for complacency; I noted carefully the further suggestions for improvement that you have given. They are excellent and are just the kind of constructive input we need. Thank you for your time and for this marvellous contribution of yours. With best wishes, AppleJuggler 09:10, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Glad you liked it :-)

Fred-Chess 09:11, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Agrippina

I've posted on the talk page. You might like to check it out. Best, Moreschi 20:59, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Advocacy

Hi Fred. Its been 2 weeks since you first contacted me as an advocate. I need some help on the Sex Tourism page please. Please review the last 2 weeks of the discussion. We had resolved the dispute, but Edgarde just deleted half the links and replace the link to Sly Traveler, which I contributed to the page, with the link to World Sex Archives, which is already on the prostitution page.

Do you think it is time to take this to attrobution. I feel Edgarde is being unproductive. Speciifically he put at flag over the links, and other editors expressed value for the links, then he went and deleted them all and replaces the one I wanted with his own choice. I can't reason with him, and this has taken over a month to try to work out without much progress. I have compromised almost completely and he hasn't at all.

Please take a look at the sex tourism page, and discussion, and tell me what you think.

Thanks again,

Daniel E. Knodel, M.A. 09:03, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Using a picture of a CD cover on a Misplaced Pages article (Ilaiyaraja)

Dear Fred, With regard to your comment on how to improve the article Ilaiyaraaja, you mentioned that I could include a photograph of a CD cover of the musician's in the article. I looked it up on Misplaced Pages Common's licensing page to see if this is allowed. From the checklist provided, it appears that I can do that. Just want to confirm this with you before I upload a photo of a CD cover whether to your opinion it is OK to do so. Cheers! AppleJuggler 05:04, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi. No, you cannot upload CD-covers on Commons. Only on English Misplaced Pages , with a {{cd-cover}} license. / Fred-Chess 05:18, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

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