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Sam Spade 11:17, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Nelson Mandela and Category:Terrorists

Assigning someone to the category of "terrorists" seems inherently POV and I doubt this is the consensus view of Nelson Mandela.

Regarding your suggestion, if you wanted to create a new category of Category:Former terrorists, I suppose you could add Nelson Mandela to it, but don't forget Yasser Arafat and maybe Menachem Begin, Jomo Kenyatta, and probably others. Even here though, there is room for endless POV debate. -- Curps 20:49, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

Cuban American National Foundation

Thanks for the complement on Luis Posada Carriles. I just started a CANF page. Its a little lightweight right now, so please check it out and revise as you see fit. DJ Silverfish 19:36, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Stubs

Thanks for adding the LaGuardia Commission article. As part of Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Stub sorting, I have replaced the generalized {{stub}} tag with {{drug-stub}}. When you create new articles, it would be great if you could use these more specific tags whenever possible. Thanks, and continue contributing to Misplaced Pages! I also renamed the page (to fix the capitalization) and added some information to it. Russ Blau (talk) 20:20, May 22, 2005 (UTC)

Monsanto

Hi. I am glad to see you added something not so complimentary about this company. (I assume - I did not look in detail). On Feb 25, "Revision as of 14:47, 25 Feb 2005 Pdn (Talk | contribs) noted delay in setting up award; fixed syntax" I added a comment about how it took Monsanto 33 years to set up the Edgar Monsanto Queeny award for safety:"In 1980, thirty-three years after the accident, which happened during the tenure (1928-1960) of Edgar M. Queeny (1897 - 1968) as chairman, and twelve years after his death," but someone deleted it. I do not want to get into a boomerang or handball contest with whoever took out my remark, but you are welcome to resuscitate any of my comments from version . Pdn 22:13, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

Brian Tracy

Hello, and welcome to Misplaced Pages. We appreciate your contributions to the Brian Tracy article, but for legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted.

You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Misplaced Pages to use the text—which means allowing other people to modify it—then you must include on the external site this statement (or something similar): "I, (name), am the author of this article, (article name), and I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later, and under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License".

You might want to look at Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question at the Teahouse. You can also leave a message on my talk page. DS1953 01:48, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

Science pearls

Hello,

Since you contributed in the past to the publications’ lists, I thought that you might be interested in this new project. I’ll be glad if you will continue contributing. Thanks,APH 10:49, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

User contributions link

Hi, in the lower left menu labeled "toolbox" there is a "User Contributions" link that will show up while on a userpage. This will show you the contributions of that user. I am pretty sure it is on every skin. Just a helpful hint. Cheers. ∞Who?¿? 06:13, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi thanks for the heads up about user contributions. The edit was mostly a joke. I've been friends with Phidauex since third grade. TitaniumDreads 07:36, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Hey, not a problem. I didn't think it was vandalism, but better safe than sorry, and we try to set a good example of not editing others userpages. I do it sometimes too :) But I figured it was just a redundant link anyhoo. Thanks for the note. ∞Who?¿? 07:39, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Hehe.. ooh a chance to vandalize ;) Nah. Yea I really have no problem with it. It was like I said, a better safe than sorry rv. If they have no problem with you adding it, then have at it :) ∞Who?¿? 07:50, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Mania

Great to see your interest! Were you at the Ives talk last week? We should get together to brainstorm about wikimania, in case it comes to town... and to work out details for a final bid, after the initial field is winnowed down this weekend. +sj + 22:20, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Sources for Comprehensive Smoking Education Act

Hello, good work on Comprehensive Smoking Education Act, and thanks for the contribution. However, you forgot to add any references to the article. Keeping Misplaced Pages accurate and verifiable is very important, and there is currently a push to encourage editors to cite the sources they used when adding content. From what websites, books, or other places did you learn the information that you added to Comprehensive Smoking Education Act? Would it be possible for you to mention them in the article? You can simply add links, or there are several different citation methods list at WP:CITET. Thanks! Lupin|talk|popups 20:35, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your reply. The only problem with other people retro-fitting references after the event is that it's a lot easier for the original contributor to list the references (s)he actually used to write the article. Adding references after the event seems the wrong way around to me. Lupin|talk|popups 21:21, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Hello again! I apologize if you think I'm trying to get that article deleted - that's far from my intention. I was simply requesting that you list the sources you've used to create the article, and to make you aware of the need to do so. Since you were the major contributor to the article, you seemed like the natural person to ask. I would like to strongly encourage you to list your sources with your contributions, but as you say, you are of course free to contribute in whatever manner you wish. Lupin|talk|popups 21:37, 4 December 2005 (UTC)