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List of Qazis of the Maldives is fine.

It is fine to have List of Qazis of the Maldives. Thanx. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iyaaz (talk • contribs) 12:37, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio problems with User:Jack71483

We have been experiencing problems with Jack71483 since he arrived, and I would like to ask you for your assistance. When he first started editing, he contributed a half-dozen vanity articles about himself, with names such as Hsu-nami, Hsunami, and others. Nearly all of them were speedy deleted as duplicates, with the last one, Jack Hsu, being posted to AFD. Well now I come to find that he's adding copyvio articles left and right. What troubles me most is that this person does not respond to feedback on his talk page, and I'm not quite sure what to do about that. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 11:57, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Milton

Sorry about that; I tend to forget to include an edit summary when the edit doesn't take very long. I'm also in the bad habit of placing quotes around search terms (often easier to find stuff that way) so the only "Milton, South Australia" I found was linked to Misplaced Pages. Bad habit + bad habit = death by lung cancer :) -VetteDude 19:51, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

JuJu (Wayne Shorter album)

I do not know why we keep sparring over the following sentence.

On "JuJu", Shorter's timbre is rather astringent, and his phrases are long and volatile, neither being typical of his later work; elsewhere, "Yes or No" is reminiscent harmonically of Coltrane's "Giant Steps", and "House of Jade", like later Shorter ballads (including "Infant Eyes" from Speak No Evil) is similar in melody and structure to "Naima".

A couple of things are obvious:

1. The sentence is too long. I should know, I wrote it. 2. "Neither" refers here to a set of three adjectives. (Or maybe to two nouns - "phrases", which is to say, he only plays two??). "Neither" refers to nouns. Two nouns. Not three adjectives.

I'll leave policing my link to Coltrane changes up to you. When I say "Yes Or No" is reminiscent harmonically of that tune, that's what I mean. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.50.76.235 (talk • contribs) 21:23, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Which University?

I am studying Property Development(now year 2) at Portsmouth University. Originally from Warwick, but was drawn to Portsmouth due to the sailing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ceej18 (talk • contribs) 21:57, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Gen-so fantasia

Wondring why you put {{copyedit}} back on. It looked OK to me - but yeah what you did after me was good but isnt it finished now? Defunkier 13:03, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Explaining

Hi! At first, sorry about my horrible English... hope u may understand my words. Marina Dias is a Brazilian supermodel and I hope that the links I had inserted at the article may be enought to show it. Besides, I thought that Fair use images were acceptable at the Misplaced Pages.en, so that's the way I uploaded those images. Hope u might understand me. I was just trying to increase Misplaced Pages's database, not to disturb. Best wishes, Sturm br 23:03, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

REMOVALS

I just want a detailed explanation as to why my material is removed? Many of the things I put up their ARE related with eachother. I am not the 'Misplaced Pages is NeoNazism' vandal, so I do not know why my stuff is removed, given that it is based on present analogies between the subjects I presented (particularly Carl Jung and Vernadsky). Can I have any feedback on this? 69.248.43.27 00:38, 25 January 2006 (UTC) (Update: I have just signed in, so you may contact me at IdeArchos 02:21, 25 January 2006 (UTC))

Wikified

In response to you comment on user talk page: The Blues for Salvador article which you think needs to be wikified has the typical set up of a wiki article for an album. Because it has all the relevent structure and links (primarily the album info box) it is in accourdance with the wiki structure. However it needs to be worked on to have a more information (and as such i've added the stub tag), but the structure is already set out. I have not removed the wikify tag because I suspect that you'd put it back. Though it doesn't need it. Matthew kokai 03:33, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Expand tag on talk page

Ok, thank you. I didn't know. --Edcolins 11:20, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Anamnesis

Sources provided as requested. Cheers. JHCC (talk) 14:30, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Capitalisation and the Euthyphro Dilemma Article

Hey there.

I noticed that you reverted my edits to the capitalisations of the word "God" throughout the article. The issue is trivial, but apparently not trivial enough for me to not make the changes and for you to not revert them. Can you please explain why the odd capitalisation here?

Thanks.

Re:Removals

Alright. I am sorry for having it all capitals, I was just shocked since I have assistend in editing the whole WiNN mess, and as a philosophy, many of the people I put theire do have an association with aspects of cosmotheism, especially H. G. Wells, Vernadsky and Fr. de Chardin, and the references to the Collective Conscious and Unconscious, the global brain, and the Noosphere/Omega Point seemed highly analogous to each-other. But, I will stop at here for now. Again, I am sorry for the capitals, I was just shocked.
I would also like to know, why is the pantheism article on the pantheism discussion board, and why are there administrators keeping it there? WiNN told me that it was there so that theire could be some retooling decisions, or something like that, I do not know if I can trust him fully though...

IdeArchos 01:14, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back from Ann

Hi, Mel. I just want to say (rather belatedly) welcome back. I had noticed your absence, and had thought of e-mailing you once or twice, but never got round to it. I've been rather busy lately. Your page has been on my watchlist since you welcomed me to Misplaced Pages last April, so I noticed as soon as you came back. See you around. AnnH 17:16, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

January 25, 2006

Bah, I was obviously a bit quick on the draw with the {{db}} tag - I honestly hadn't encountered any "<month> <day>, <year>" articles before, and a quick check of January 24, 2006 (at the time) reinforced my hunch that they didn't exist. It was my error though, so thanks for catching and correcting it. Cheers! --PeruvianLlama 23:40, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Çağlar

I removed the wikify tag as the article is incomprehensible and possibly a hoax. Until those difficulties are fixed it would be a waste of someone's time to wikify it. Once the article is written in English the tag can be added, if then necessary. Avalon 23:57, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Full stop!

Hello! I hope you're well. Thanks for rectifying this. I'm unsure what compelled me to edit that in (perhaps because I frequently see it); however, when I double-checked my style guides and realised that the style wasn't noted, I headed back to edit it out when I realised you did so. BTW: is there a guideline that deals with the use of periods in titles, etc. in Wp? Anyhow, thanks again! E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 14:35, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Ask the Ages

Nice stub. - brenneman 13:44, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Recent page move

Hello, Mel Etitis. I respect your contributions to many philosophy articles and your opinions on how to title them. I know you have strong feelings about the best title for the article on the elder Dan. I have read all of your arguments on that talk page, and they are probably the best written ones there. But they are not the only ones, and the opinions of other editors, after a period of discussion, should also be taken into account. I see a page move request there that did meet the commonly accepted threshhold of 60% approval. It appears to have been closed early, then re-opened, then left in limbo for quite some time. Please accept that my attempt to carry out the request was done in good faith. Jonathunder 18:39, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

I realise now that I should have done this a long time ago but please take a look at this edit. It certainly changes things a bit but as Jonathunder notes there were many others that posted good faith votes for the move. Anyway, with this in mind, I don't think anybody can complain that you reverted the move. Keep up the good work. Stefán Ingi 13:21, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Shania Twain singles

Hello,

I'd like to thank you, for all the effort you have put into the the Shania Twain pages I've been working on. Although I don't agree with all of your edits (removing the performances) I'm sure you have Misplaced Pages at mind when you do it.

So thanks again,

--Thankyoubaby 19:56, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

PPE

Hi, just to explain why I think the PPE article should not contain the york link you're putting there: there are 12 universities mentioned in the page ALL of which could have a link, but - obviously - we can't have that many links. Since only Oxford has some sort of 'special status' wrt PPE and York certainly does not, why have the york link? If you want, create an article called "Universities that offer PPE" and make the link there. Just my thoughts... Mikkerpikker ... 21:58, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I see your point - shouldn't have called it linkspam. (still learning wikispeak! :) Anyhow, I don't particularly think giving examples of different PPE degrees is necessary, an interested reader can just look for the info on the websites of the universities mentioned. That said, I don't feel particularly strongly about it. Perhaps, however, a link to an American uni would be better? (2x UK) Mikkerpikker ... 22:22, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

removing my entry

why did you remove my entry it wasn't complete

you say yourself: My approach, therefore, unless there's some genuine reason to delete, such as a prank article, is either not to get involved in such votes on people, or (if I can see a good argument against deletion) to vote to keep.

so what gives? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crapmylegfelloff (talk • contribs) 23:39, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Recent edits

Re Brett Dorey, I used the headings as a note for expansion of the section. Cheers for the info though.

And I never edited Major Taylor. Cheers, Rogerthat 11:08, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for movepage tip, any others?

Thanks for letting me know that I could move a "newpage same as creator name" to the creator's user page. I'd tried to do that before, but I'd been told that I didn't have the privilege of moving pages. I guess my account must have "leveled up" since I'd tried that. I'm still very wet behind the ears here as an editor, and I've been trying to learn the ropes by doing grunt work on newpage patrol and checking for vandalistic edits. I've tried to read all the policy and guidelines docs I can find, so I hope I'm not making too many mistakes. Suggestions for how to get the best results from my editing time (in other words, what grunt work does WP need the most?) are very appreciated. Ben Kidwell 22:05, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Roses

War of roses be-in todate...

Signed in

165.21.154.113 23:13, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

London League Teams

Hello mate. I have noticed that you have removed the following pages: London Welsh F.C., 1st Scots Guards F.C. and vampires F.C.. If you have problems with these articles shouldn't you be taking them to afd rather than just deleting them without any consensus. All these teams were part of the London League and an essential part of English football league history. Spyrides 00:03, 1 February 2006 (UTC) (Spychats)

Trinity College Oxford

Hi there,

Why did you remove the section about the Chapel from the Trinity College, Oxford page?163.1.162.20 12:47, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Trinity College Oxford (again)

That's fair enough, but surely something should be put in instead. It might not have been the first not in Gothic style, but it was one of the first, if not the first purely Baroque chapel, and it's such a notable feature of the college that it shouldn't go unremarked.163.1.162.20 10:25, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Appeal to authority

Hello. I'm soon to be a philosophy student and, aware of your qualifications, was wondering if you could either take a look at the "Appeal to authority" article or at least my suggestions on the Talk page and critique/scrap them before I implement the changes. Yes, I am appealing to authority, and possibly not acting "boldly"; but I am inexperienced in both philosophy and wikipedia usage. Any help would be appreciated, and lack thereof understood. :-) Leon... 11:49, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Macmillan New Writing

Hi,

My name's Roger Morris. I was the person who added the paragraph about Macmillan New Writing. Thank you for deleting the untrue claim about writers having to pay for editing. The only sources I can cite for what I wrote is myself, a Macmillan New Writing author, together with conversations I have had with Mike Barnard, the Macmillan UK board director who set up Macmillan New Writing. On refelection, I understand that such sources are unverifiable and therefore accept that my contribution should be in the discussion section. Now that you have removed the section you did, the article is uncontroversial anyhow.



roger's plog

Bombay Ducks and Digby Chicks

Hi, I put back the theory about Bombay Ducks and Digby Chicks. If I find the reference I'll post it - you can do a quick Google to verify that I'm not the only nutter who's heard the theory. It seems no more unlikely to me than the "Bombay Dak" theory, and there is plenty of material around with which you can verify the existence of the Digby Chick.

If you want to delete it again I won't complain (I have no references yet, after all), but I wanted you to know I wasn't mucking around.

Cheers!

recent deletion

Hi Mel. It's been a while since we crossed paths. I thought I'd drop you a line about Talk:Aetherometry. Helicoid came up in Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/William M. Connolley 2 a bit in reference to the aetherometry battle. (Hilarious result.) Considering that there a few AN/I posts, etc pointing at those talk pages, I'm a little curious about why he's in such a hurry to delete them. Anyway, I hope you are doing well and having a good new year. Cheers, BanyanTree 00:34, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, isn't this precisely the hidden agenda Mel was wondering about? The word that is being dropped to the wise (Mel) here is that - hint hint, nudge nudge - before he deletes the Aetherometry Talk pages, he should consider the fact that Helicoid voted against Connolley's adminship and participated in writing anti-wikipedia articles. But you know what? The reason I voted against Connolley and co-wrote the anti-wikipedia articles has everything to do with precisely these "hidden agendas" that seem to be one of the mainstays of how Misplaced Pages goes about its business. And after dropping this "hint", which clearly suggests that the non-deletion of the Aetherometry talk pages is meant as an act of revenge, this Banyan Tree innocently pretends to be "a little curious" about why I want the pages deleted! Please, can we stop playing these endless games? Helicoid 01:13, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
Helicoid, well at least you're forthright about it. I see that you are someone who appreciates and is accepting of an honest opinion, so I might as well make myself clear: I think Helicoid is a pseudoscientific loon who is trying to get an admin to remove easily accessible evidence of his looniness. I respect Mel's judgement and I don't have an exact objection so won't undelete it myself, but think that if anything good comes from Helicoid's participation in Misplaced Pages, it will be accidental. And if Helicoid has anything to say about me, I trust he will say it on my own user talk page rather than continuing to fill up Mel's talk. - BanyanTree 04:01, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
My dear Banyan Tree, I am sorry, but I believe in keeping discussions continuous - and since the discussion started with your little hint to Mel, I think it is appropriate to work out the issues right here, where it started. As I said very clearly at the Village Pump, the Aetherometry Talk pages contain unfounded, unsubstantiated derogatory claims about Aetherometry. You are simply making another such claim, and acting as if you were saying something important and revealing. All that you're revealing is your own prejudice - and since you seem to be proud of it, I am willing to congratulate you on it. But I still don't see how there is anything "curious" about a proponent of Aetherometry wanting those derogatory claims removed. You insinuate that the reason for my wanting the claims removed is that they are true. But this, too, is completely unfounded: I might just as well want them removed because they are false. And your elevation of name-calling to the status of "evidence" is not a great testimonial to your intelligence, you know. Helicoid 04:29, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

I see that BanyanTree has now unilaterally moved the discussion to hir own User Talk page - probably so as to not dishonor hirself further in front of you, Mel Etitis. Helicoid 06:08, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Please avoid rude commentary?

I noticed your comment on User talk:Lao Wai; you've misunderstood, I'm afraid. The phrases "loony left", "loony right", etc., are fairly standard ways in English of talking about extreme political positions, and are perfectly acceptable. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 23:15, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

(You responded to an anon, but that was an accident. It was really me posting that.) I absolutely do not agree that it is acceptable to go into a discussion on an article where we already know that the subject of the article is engaged in the debate about the article, and proceed to use hostile terminology against him. That's just deeply deeply inappropriate behavior. Even if the subject of the article is not known to be around, we should consider that calling people 'looney' is still wrong for us.--Jimbo Wales 03:06, 4 February 2006 (UTC)