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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 welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Brian Tracy, but we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. Perhaps you would like to rewrite the article in your own words. For more information about Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines, take a look at our Five Pillars. Happy editing! 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)

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• 140.247.214.89 18:13, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

"Conspiracy theory" title neutrality proposal 2.0 voting has begun

See here and Misplaced Pages:Title Neutrality. zen master T 20:26, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your vote. If you could keep an eye on this, there seems to be a highly coordinated effort to stifle the proposal (I may illegitimately be blocked for 3RR). Also, it would be good if you could let other people know of the proposal, we need to bring in new people to the discussion to help us work toward consensus. zen master T 21:07, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

What I was doing...

...was reverting a vote spamming spree for a WP:POINT proposal that has already been deleted for being spurious, by a user under ArbCom probation for wikilawyering. Radiant_>|< 20:51, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Notifying people of a vote is something that should be encouraged, not thwarted. zen master T 00:07, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

I appreciate knowing about votes that affect me. I'll determine if something is spam on my user talk page. If anyone sees Radiant deleting things from my talk page, please revert it. *Peace Inside 03:38, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

• my response to Radiant TitaniumDreads 07:03, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

• Providing a diff for your response. It had been deleted. --BostonMA 14:19, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

• It would help if you would familiarize yourself with the details of a situation before jumping to conclusions and accusations. It would also help if you looked up the definition of "delete" on a wiki. Radiant_>|< 10:22, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Semi-automated template substitution

• This page was modified to semi-automatically substitute templates using Pathoschild's template list. // Rory096 02:34, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks and Marx.

Hi: Thanks for the picture compliment. It would be more accurate to say I disagreed with "almost all" of what Marx said because I would indeed agree with the statement "Machinery is knowledge objectified" -- but it just doesn't have the same "upmh" I was looking for. I'm looking to discuss socialism/communism with a true believer down here in South Florida. Do you know anybody? Lawyer2b 20:54, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Citation request

Hi. I added a citation request for an edit you made regarding Noam Chomsky on Do as I Say (Not as I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy. Was wondering if you could provide some sources. Thanks!  :-) Lawyer2b 05:51, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Crashspace for two Icelanders

Greatings! My name is Friðrik Bragi Dýrfjörð, me and my friend Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason need a crashing space for 7 nights. We are both bureaucrats at the Icelandic Misplaced Pages and Ævar is a MediaWiki developer so we will probably be attending Hacking Days as well. The question is, can you put up with two weird Icelanders for 7 nights (from 31 July to 7 August)? We are still at early planing, so nothing is certain yet, we will however be at the end of the month I suppose. Is 7 nights to much? --Friðrik Bragi Dýrfjörð 21:22, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Crash space for a Dutchie

Hi! It's not sure yet, but I hope to be at Wikimania 2006. I'm going to present some ideas about starting a political party based on wiki ideas, some software to access Misplaced Pages on the Nokia 770, and possibly tell something about Wikipedias in languages such as Quechua, Wolof, Bambara and Fulfulde. Currently I'm living in Lima, but after Wikimania I will continue my travels in the US and Canada, hitchhiking and CouchSurfing. Please let me know if you have some couch or place on the floor for me during Wikimania, possibly At kasper DOT souren AROBASE gmail dotcom. Guaka 23:26, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Hundredth Monkey

I've responded to your query on Talk:Hundredth Monkey. According to this site no, the yam-washing phenomenon did not spread across islands (or even across troupes of monkeys), and in fact the source of this meme had no contact with the original researchers. -Nakamura2828 03:04, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

an editor is engaging in a pro-monsanto lobbying effort on the glyphosate page

hi there! i have made several edits to the glyphosate page (an herbicide made by monsanto)...i have added material supportive of monsanto and their product...i have also added material from greenpeace and their concerns with the product (which they back with scientific material). This editor "Ttguy" repeatedly removes anything that is not pro-monsanto...he first tries to say its not referenced...which it is...he then tries to just remove the references themselves...i have tried to maintain balance on the page yet i am finding it very difficult in the face of a monsanto lobbiest editor...the page has a right to have the product manufacturers facts and references...it also has a right to have the questions and scientific studies and documents that give info that might not be as flattering of the product as the manufacturers description...i am now seeking aid from other editors as he continually removes material from the page that is referenced and this is vandalism, and he is trying to get other editors to gang up on me now...he only edits in a narrow spectrum promoting monsanto products and GM foods...i try and edit in a wide spectrum of issues, i dont even edit the GM food page yet once noted it is being subject to lobbiest editors removing critical material...he has a right to enter info that supports his stance...he has no right to continuously remove the other sides material...he is deliberately removing and erasing all criticisms of various products...this is not good faith editing...i have tried to edit on these issues from a neutral perspective, and for instance i am pro-GE tech when there is a vocal critical lobby that is not silenced, so the technology is truly productive and we avoid damaging incidents...Benjiwolf 16:50, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Expected rate of inflation

A tag has been placed on Expected rate of inflation, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Misplaced Pages:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}} to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. --Finngall 17:25, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Paul Bonicelli

In the article, you said Paul Bonicelli was "recently appointed" to some position. Please try to avoid the adverb recently in contexts like this. I read it today, you wrote the article a year and a half ago. That isn't recently to me. Can you please update it and least give a month/year of appointment? Otherwise people will be reading the article 5 years from now and thinking he was just appointed. Thanks. 172.130.4.105 12:30, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

I stand and applaud

I read your idea of Wiki being the answer to everything and I wholeheartedly agree. The more involved, the more successful it can become. Perhaps in the next 50 years... I've done much thinking on the idea but I'm very unsure as to the progress of a structured "wiki government." Are there any papers or ideas as to how it could be implemented, changed, safeguards (or understanding of many lack-therof), etc.? Anyway I just wanted to say that I look forward to reading more of your posts and it's nice to see others who see a true potential for a wiki-based government, among other things. Cheers. Aceholiday (talk) 16:25, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Pusztai

Because you create "Árpád Pusztai" in the en:WP I would like to share this documentary with you: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-842180934463681887, Kind regards from France, Sei 217.232.112.148 (talk) 20:34, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Benjamin Fulford

The article Benjamin Fulford has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non notable author

While all contributions to Misplaced Pages are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Q 22:28, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

You're invited! New England Wikimedia General Meeting

	New England Wikimedia General Meeting
	The New England Wikimedia General Meeting will be a large-scale meetup of all Wikimedians (and friends) from the New England area in order to discuss regional coordination and possible formalization of our community (i.e., a chapter). Come hang out with other Wikimedians, learn more about ongoing activities, and help plan for the future! Potential topics: What is a Wikimedia chapter and should we work towards one? Planning of regular Boston meetups (any other New England cities?) Planning for upcoming coordinated events (Misplaced Pages Love Libraries, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiknic, etc.) Outreach to universities (WikiProject Academical Village) and cultural institutions (GLAM) Wikimania DC is this summer. Your ideas!
	Sunday, April 22 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM	Conference Room C06, Johnson Building, Boston Public Library—Central Library 700 Boylston St., Boston MA 02116
Please sign up here: Misplaced Pages:Meetup/New England!

Message delivered by Dominic at 09:16, 11 April 2012 (UTC). Note: You can remove your name from this meetup invite list here.

You're invited: Ada Lovelace, STEM women edit-a-thon at Harvard

U.S. Ada Lovelace Day 2012 edit-a-thon, Harvard University - You are invited!

Now in its fourth year, Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), and related fields. Participants from around New England are invited to gather together at Harvard Law School to edit and create Misplaced Pages entries on women who have made significant contributions to the STEM fields. Register to attend or sign up to participate remotely - visit this page to do either. 00:47, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

2nd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting

You are invited to the 2nd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting, on 20 July 2013 in Boston! We will be talking about the future of the chapter, including GLAM, Wiki Loves Monuments, and where we want to take our chapter in the future! EdwardsBot (talk) 10:15, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

New England Misplaced Pages Day @ MIT: Saturday Jan 18

NE Meetup #4: January 18 at MIT Building 5

Dear Fellow Wikimedian, You have been invited to the New England Wikimedians 2014 kick-off party and Misplaced Pages Day Celebration at Building Five on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus on Saturday, January 18th, from 3-5 PM. Afterwards, we will be holding an informal dinner at a local restaurant. If you are curious to join us, please do so, as we are always looking for people to come and give their opinion! Finally, be sure to RSVP here if you're interested. I hope to see you there! Kevin Rutherford (talk)

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You're invited: Women's History Edit-a-thons in Massachusetts this March

Women's History Edit-a-thons in Massachusetts this March - You are invited!

New England Wikimedians is excited to announce a series of Misplaced Pages edit-a-thons that will be taking place at colleges and universities throughout Massachusetts as part of Wikiwomen's History Month from March 1 - March 31. We encourage you to join in an edit-a-thon near you, or to participate remotely if you are unable to attend in person (for the full list of articles, click here). Events are currently planned for the cities/towns of Boston, Northampton, South Hadley, and Cambridge. Further information on dates and locations can be found on our user group page. Questions? Contact Girona7 (talk)

You're invited!

NE Meetup #5: April 19th at Clover Food Lab in Kendall Square

Dear Fellow Wikimedian, New England Wikimedians would like to invite you to the April 2014 meeting, which will be a small-scale meetup of all interested Wikimedians from the New England area. We will socialize, review regional events from the beginning of the year, look ahead to regional events of 2014, and discuss other things of interest to the group. Be sure to RSVP here if you're interested. Also, if you haven't done so already, please consider signing up for our mailing list and connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. We hope to see you there! Kevin Rutherford (talk) and Maia Weinstock (talk)

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Edit-a-thon invite

On May 3rd, the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts will be hosting a Native American and Chinese Art edit-a-thon from 9:00-5:00 pm. You are more than welcome to attend, as there will be free food and drink, and an outing afterwards. If you are interested, please sign up here, as we would love to see you there!

If you have any questions, please leave a message at Ed Rodley's talk page. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list.

Adrianne Wadewitz Memorial edit-a-thons

Adrianne Wadewitz edit-a-thons in Southern New England

As you may have already heard, the Misplaced Pages community lost an invaluable member of the community last month. Adrianne Wadewitz was a feminist scholar of 18th-Century British literature, and a prolific editor of the site. As part of a worldwide series of tributes, New England Wikimedians, in conjunction with local institutions of higher learning, have created three edit-a-thons that will be occurring in May and June. The events are as follows: May 21st at Northeastern University's Snell Library, in the Digital Scholarship Commons on the second floor May 22nd at Brown University's Rockefeller Library, in the Digital Scholarship Lab June 25th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (exact location TBA), where we will also be hosting a "how to conduct an edit-a-thon" session beforehand We hope that you will be able to join us, whether you are an experienced editor or are using Misplaced Pages for the first time. If you have any questions, please leave a message at Kevin Rutherford's talk page. You can unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by removing your name from this list.

New England Wikimedians summer events!

New England Wikimedians summer events!

This Friday: Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA

You are invited to join the Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA on October 16! (drop-in any time, 6-9pm)--Pharos (talk) 18:27, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Misplaced Pages arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:58, 23 November 2015 (UTC)