User talk:Adam Bishop


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Help for blocking lt.wikipedia.org
Good evening, Mr. Adam Bishop, I wanted to ask you to help me in trouble Lithuanian Wikipedia. Behold, I got a little sick Tourette's syndrome, and sometimes I get angry and not in control of the words, and it happened there. I wrote a considerable criticism, and I told them back, "Bounce," and I was banned for 1 day. But then I was very curious, and I asked for all the details on Wikipedia, etc. And took me away, and to extend the blocking 8 months in. Then I began creating clones. But I continue to "excellent" edited by Wikipedia, in the articles, but then again I saw blocking the message, and angry. And I created the clone, created before 11, but anyway I edited, created 2 articles. (Because then I paid them not to develop). And then extend the blocking period of 3 years. And I very much want there the Wikipedia edited, so in every possible way I wanted to unlock. And I wrote in the e-mail, and everywhere, and tried to IRC, but not switched on, so in one word remained this situation. Then I created the English Wikipedia, and everything went well for me, I was invited to the "Teahouse" be paradise! And here all the other people do not like the Lithuanians, they are stubborn and wrong. And here I created, I do not remember any of their regions, many villages, perhaps 5 villages, 2 rivers, 1 lake. Maybe you can help in any way? Plus I created yesterday again Lithuanian Wikipedia account, I wrote what I do is, I opened my heart, and today still went and blocked User: Homo ergaster. And I do not know what to do. And I want and there and then edit the articles, maybe here I will become administrator ever. So HERE is hopeful. Thank you. P.S if you look at those who blocked me: Homo ergaster, and my account Lukas_GamingLT --L.ukas lt 13  --Talk  15:56, 9 January 2016 (UTC)Lukaslt13

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Catholic-Hierarchy.org
Hello. I noticed that you have edited a number of articles on Catholicism. A discussion is taking place as to whether the website Catholic-Hierarchy.org is a reliable source that can be utilized on Wikipedia or whether all references and information derived from it should be deleted. This topic is currently being discussed at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard. As the website's removal as a reference will affect several thousand Wikipedia articles, I believe that the broadest range of opinions should be obtained before action is taken. Please contribute if interested.Patapsco913 (talk) 22:07, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Counterstrike (drum and bass group)
Hi, just letting you know that the above article has been prodded, as the prodder didn't bother.146.90.6.53 (talk) 23:10, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Florentine listed at Redirects for discussion
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Re "The Assassins"
Sir, I see that you are an authority. Thank you for your kind, well informed rejection of my proposal. Would you, if not inconvenient please supply me with a source for your correction of my error. Preferably an original text and not a later commentary. Thanks again and never mind Heidi! This is a worthy institution in an unworthy general populace.SBader (talk) 18:11, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Metal (music)
Hello Adam Bishop,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Metal (music) for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Vinod 03:28, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Request your views on an article nominated for deletion
I'd request you to state your vote on [|this] article for deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.177.216.113 (talk) 11:22, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Roman And Byzantine Military History
Hello I currently have a project known as the Roman and Byzantine military history page WikiProject Military history/Incubator/Roman and Byzantine Military History, I was wondering if you would like to join, as you have shown interest in the byzantine empire. Iazyges (talk) 18:57, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Jonathan Riley-Smith
http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/029-professor-jonathan-riley-smith-1938-2016 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Siriaeve (talk • contribs) 20:13, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Adam Bishop (talk) 20:18, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject coordinator election
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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
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A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

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bacon/napkin
Hello Mr. Bishop! Do you pronounce the word bacon as [ˈbeɪkən], but the word napkin as [ˈnæpkɪn]? 206.180.244.235 (talk) 03:08, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Trollee
Re special:diff/574897779 I found a reference listing Nissae Isen (just made a page!) as a principal cast member and she also got an award nomination for MtK so I think you're probably right.

If we can't find any online sources confirming this then I think we could cite an episode directly, in which case I'd need to figure out the first episode Trolee appeared in. Although I'm limiting to checking whatever's either Treehouse On Demand or else checking upcoming showtimes.

There isn't a cast section for MtK and since there's a Canada/UK version, putting together a table would probably help let us know where we're missing actors. Ranze (talk) 07:07, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

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March Madness 2017
G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:


 * tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
 * updating the project's currently listed A-class articles to ensure their ongoing compliance with the listed criteria
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House of Ibelin
Hello Adam Thanks for your edit here the other day; I think the original hatnote was actually referring to a similar-sounding place in the Galilee, rather than the town now at the site where Ibelin was. It's pretty academic now, though, and it isn't necessary on a genealogy page (I've added the previous link to the dab page already) so I've removed it altogether. I gather from your comments you added the family tree; is it worth putting lines in (like here)? I don't know if that'd make it easier or harder to read. What do you think? Moonraker12 (talk) 17:54, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note: I'm not sure what's best to do, so I have left some suggestions on the talk page there. if there are no objections I'll have a go at it in a while. Regards, Moonraker12 (talk) 23:15, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Translation
Greetings. Could you give me a quick translation about this French interview? No need for an identical translation but just a small overview. Anyways, regards.Tintor2 (talk) 20:14, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

About vandalism on the article of Presidential Elections in Iran 2017
Good evening Sir, I allow myself to report a persistent vandalism actions about a non user called  on the article about Iranian Presidential elections that censures informations about declared candidates without real reasons and even the information is verifiable and official.

This person has been warned and each time allows itself to delete only one declared candidate "Dr Hossein Homayoun Fard" who's official candidate at this election and who officially is registered under official institutions of Iran. So he has the right to be included as the other candidates on this article and "Pahlevun" erases his name when the article is updated.

Can it be possible to block his capacity of intervention on this article which is an information one and not a political tribune ?

I'm new on Wikipedia and I have many things to learn. And forgive my errors in english and also my errors in the form of writing also. (I'm not even english speaker at the base). Thanks as advance. Best regards. --TheSimorgh (talk) 12:21, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
 * You have not provided a single reliable source that says he has done so. Verifiability is the Wikipedia policy you are ignoring and I will revert you every time you add it with no proper source. Stop labling me and edit warring. Pahlevun (talk) 13:01, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

you're censuring public information about an election. Are you working for any public administration in relation with the elections to decide who must be in the list of candidates or not ? Are you up the Iranian Government who received Dr Homayoun Fard candidature by the way of Iranian Embassy in France in all respectful and legal forms ? You don't have any wright to censure information. Your interventions are censure and vandalism not more not less. I'll make changes each time you'll change it too. And contrary to what you're talking information is verifiable by the links I've put. First, the public anounce by the website of Ayyaran Group. Second, I give the link of Iranian Embassy in France that can confirm that Dr Hossein Homayoun Fard is officially candidate. So if you're more important source than Iranian Government I'm very curious. You're actions are violating ethics of Wikipedia. My informations are linked with official sources. If it disturbs you that shows that you're doing politic filtering and it's vandalism. I won't stop warning you and won't stop modify the article each time you'll modify it. I have time and you'll be tired before me count on it. I'm for freedom of expression and freedom of information what you're not and sensibly !. --TheSimorgh (talk) 13:25, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Wikimania 2017 in Montréal
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Pastoralis praeminentiæ listed at Redirects for discussion
I have nominated the redirect Pastoralis praeminentiæ for deletion. Since you created that redirect in 2007, you may want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Sideways713 (talk) 12:27, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

Latin help
Adam, if you have a moment could you check my translation/interpretation of the following passage? It is from document no. 50 in this collection. Hoc autem donum facimus ob remissionem peccatorum nostrorum, videlicet mei Petri Assur et coniugis mee Elo, seu pro anima comitis Ermengaudi, qui in castro Gerb mortuus est, et pro anima filii sui, qui sepultus est Celsone, et uxoris sue Marie, et istius pueri Ermengaudi minoris, quatenus Orbis Factor tribuat ei victoriam super paganos. which I translate as This gift we make for the remission of our sins, namely Pedro Ansúrez and my wife Elo, and for the soul of Count Ermengol, who died in the castle of Gerb, and for the soul of his son, who is buried in Solsona, and his wife María, and this boy Ermengol the younger, that the Maker of the World give him victory over the pagans. The main reason I am asking is that I want to be sure that there are three generations here: Ermengol who died in Gerb, his unnamed son, his unnamed sons's wife María and Ermengol the younger (who would be unnamed and María's son). It seems odd that they would not name the intervening son (who would be Ermengol V of Urgell, husband of María, Pedro's daughter). Is it saying that Count Ermengol had a son buried in Solsona and a daughter-in-law named María? Thanks, Srnec (talk) 23:45, 18 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi Srnec, yes, that's correct - just some grammatical points, "quatenus" is a medieval way of saying "ut", so they're making the gift "so that the Maker of the World may grant" etc. "Istius pueri" must mean "their son", with the relationship that you mentioned (i.e. Ermengol the younger is the son of Maria and the unnamed son of Ermengol the elder). "Iste" is a weird word to use there though.It could also mean that Ermengol the younger is Maria's son from another man, or more likely since they share a name, Ermengol the elder's son's son with another woman...but I might be reading too much into it! It is as you say, three generations. Adam Bishop (talk) 01:26, 19 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I was wondering what work "istius" was doing. I found it odd that the charter avoids naming Ermengol V, although it twice mentions Ermengol IV and his death at Gerb and has no problem naming María or Ermengol VI. Maybe Pedro did not like his son-in-law. Srnec (talk) 23:49, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

Inc. Viacom listed at Redirects for discussion
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Inc. Silicon Graphics listed at Redirects for discussion
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Inc. Novell listed at Redirects for discussion
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Inc. Borland International listed at Redirects for discussion
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Inc. Apple Computer listed at Redirects for discussion
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Thanks!
Hello Adam. Many thanks for your scholarly and comprehensive reply to my question at the Reference Desk regarding multiple versions of the Latin word for square. Your help is much appreciated. Dolphin ( t ) 21:32, 9 July 2017 (UTC)


 * You're welcome! Adam Bishop (talk) 23:46, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

Article request
Would you be willing to create an article on Kitty, a Fair But Frozen Maid? There appears to be decent sourcing at fr:Kitty, a Fair But Frozen Maid, so I suppose you could just translate the content. Nyttend backup (talk) 16:48, 11 July 2017 (UTC)


 * It looks like it would be simple enough to translate. I will try to do so if I can find the time! Adam Bishop (talk) 10:34, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Nationalistic edits?
May you evalute the behaviour of this user? He seems biased by nationalistc POVs. He has previous warnings? May show me the proper place for this kind of problems, in eng-wikipedia? Thank you. --Rosso Veneziano (talk) 08:49, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

2017 Military history WikiProject Coordinator election
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...Adam B., did you actually peek at my browser history, or am I that obvious? You totally nailed my work process on that French:English query on the RD/L. Your reply gets top marks for style and content, and you're evidently too much of a gentleman to have clicked on the Wikidata links I provided and scoop me on the en & fr corrections of label/description/alias. I've hastened to do so myself - Wikidata is hugely forgiving in providing laconic edit summaries, so it's all good. Are you supporting the continuance of the RDs? I've always figured I'm - intermittently, at least - on the sunny side of the signal:noise ratio, in that with most of my queries I'm honestly trying to improve an article or item, and I'd like to think it matters to a wider readership out there. I'm curious to read the discussion but admit I'm apprehensive. No matter what, it's always reassuring to read your contributions and know there are those who make Wikipedia (and so, the world) a better place. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (talk) 11:21, 25 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Oh, I didn't realize it was you who translated it :) Working as a translator and proofreader makes it easier to recognize patterns of thinking in other people when they are translating. I didn't have a chance to check the edit summaries on Wikidata, but WordReference is one of my primary dictionaries in my job, so I know its quirks!


 * I'm very much pro-RD. I know we have collaborated on improving, and even creating, articles based on Reference Desk questions on several occasions in the past, so the Desks are clearly useful. I wouldn't bother reading the discussions, since nothing will come of them. My suggestion is to ban certain users from the Reference Desks, which in my opinion would solve all of the problems, but I know that won't happen either. Adam Bishop (talk) 12:39, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting
As we approach the end of the year, the Military History project is looking to recognise editors who have made a real difference. Each year we do this by bestowing two awards: the Military Historian of the Year and the Military History Newcomer of the Year. The co-ordinators invite all project members to get involved by nominating any editor they feel merits recognition for their contributions to the project. Nominations for both awards are open between 00:01 on 2 December 2017 and 23:59 on 15 December 2017. After this, a 14-day voting period will follow commencing at 00:01 on 16 December 2017. Nominations and voting will take place on the main project talkpage: here and here. Thank you for your time. For the co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:35, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

User group for Military Historians
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"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.

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Treaty of Utrech
I added information about the Treaty of Utrech https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tratado_de_Utrecht The Party on "the case of the Catalans" on the page on the treaty in English. you delete my contribution That has many historical proofs and is true. Why did he do it? Does he not want the truth to be known? Do not you want the whole world to know that Catalonia is part of Spain because it lost a war because the united kingdom abandoned it?

Regards. Sylas (talk) 06:49, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive
G'day all, please be advised that throughout April 2018 the Military history Wikiproject is running its annual backlog elimination drive. This will focus on several key areas:


 * tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
 * adding or improving listed resources on Milhist's task force pages
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 * creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the scope of military history will be considered eligible. This year, the Military history project would like to extend a specific welcome to members of WikiProject Women in Red, and we would like to encourage all participants to consider working on helping to improve our coverage of women in the military. This is not the sole focus of the edit-a-thon, though, and there are aspects that hopefully will appeal to pretty much everyone.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 April and runs until 23:59 UTC on 30 April 2018. Those interested in participating can sign up here.

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Sincere thanks for your help! Porteclefs (talk) 20:05, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

A little help with Latin
Hi ,, I have created a personal user award for contributions related to ancient Roman history. I have dubbed it "the Barnstar of Tacitus". Could you review my translation: "stella horreorum Taciti" Thanks. Informata ob Iniquitatum (talk) 16:39, 7 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi, I guess that would be the very literal translation! I notice that other Wikipedias don't necessary call these "barnstars" but have another word referring to another kind of reward. I bet the Taberna on the Latin Wikipedia could come up with something more appropriate. You can ask questions in English there. Adam Bishop (talk) 15:22, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

Ancient Greece
Given your experience with the classics, would you mind participating at a CFD? I've noticed that many of our categories use "Ancient Greece" non-initially, and many others use "ancient Greece", so Categories for discussion/Log/2018 July 5 is an attempt to gain consensus for one or the other. So far I've gotten only two other participants, so it would help if you could offer an opinion. Nyttend (talk) 04:56, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

Another Latin question
Salve amice,

Aiutum! I am struggling with the difference between evocare and devocare, evoco and devoco. I understand evoco to mean to summon, or lure. An evocatio was a ritual designed to "distract" a city's gods by a besieging army. But I find in Pliny's Natural Histories XXVIII ch.4, devocare is used for summoning Jupiter. Are the two interchangeable?

Evocatus is a veteran heeding the call to return to duty. So what would a devocatus be?

If you can help, awesome, don't feel obliged to respond if you can't :-) Informata ob Iniquitatum (talk) 04:48, 11 July 2018 (UTC)


 * They do seem to have similar meanings that could be interchangeable. They are both something like "call forth" or "call out", so it would be easy for the meanings to converge. "Devocatus" is a possible word but it doesn't seem to be a regular noun, just the past participle of devocare. The same thing happens with other words that can take de- or ex- as a prefix, like "deferro" and "effero", both mean bring/take/take away/take out etc. It does't always work though, sometimes they are the opposite! Like deficio and efficio. Adam Bishop (talk) 17:07, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
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CFD notice
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House of Ibelin, again
Hello Adam I finally got round to doing something about this; I thought I'd better let you know. Regards, Moonraker12 (talk) 22:44, 25 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your note; looking at it again, I think the Lusignans were the main problem (being so many of them, but not male-line descendants). I'm wondering, though, whether it's worth copying the Lusignans there to the HoL page as well. What do you think? Moonraker12 (talk) 22:39, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Have your say!
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Invitation to provide consultancy
Hi Adam Bishop,

I'm inviting admins to join our team at parli.co providing advice on how to build and manage a collaborative website. Parli.co is an emerging project aiming at building a sort of Wikipedia of arguments around controversial topics (more info here). Part of our budget will be destined to such consultancy work, and we think we could benefit from the experience of Wikipedia janitors and admins. Feel free to message me back with interest and questions. --isacdaavid 22:19, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Robert of Nantes
Alex Shih (talk) 00:01, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

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List Of Programs Broadcast By Treehouse TV
Hi,

I noticed your post in the Talk section of List of programs broadcast by Treehouse TV. I have removed several fake ones (an IP Address keeps putting them back plus someone has been adding shows that don't have an article and when you search them on Google it will link to someone's YouTube account with shows not appropriate for preschoolers. I will try to keep an eye on the article; this is one of the few articles I will try to keep up to date.

I just decided to let you know that someone is going to try to keep an eye on the article; I also requested for page protection. TheBlackKitty (talk) 00:07, 31 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks! That's excellent work. I've been trying to keep an eye on it over the years, but now that my own children are too old for Treehouse, I have no idea what is real or not these days. Adam Bishop (talk) 01:09, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

You're welcome! I'll just check the official website to see what is still airing. TheBlackKitty (talk) 01:47, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Going "oh...!"
Who would go "oh...!" and smile politely if he or she gets a chance to learn something about the legal system in the early Crusader kingdoms? I'm flabbergasted! --Stephan Schulz (talk) 17:57, 13 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Oh, mostly family, non-academic friends...even academic friends sometimes...but you're right, it makes no sense! Who wouldn't want to learn about that? Adam Bishop (talk) 20:55, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I've had similar experiences when talking about the difference between undecidable and semi-decidable, or between primitive recursion and μ-recursion. Apparently, most people are weird. --Stephan Schulz (talk) 23:35, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Could you please guide me with some help
Hi :: I am sorry for disturbing you. I was hoping If you could help me out with wikiedu.org. I am new to wikiedu.org Will that be possible. If not can you recommend an Instructor who could help me. (Purplecart (talk) 10:53, 28 November 2018 (UTC))

A kitten for you!
FOR BEING AROUND SO LONG :D

Am149072 (talk) 18:54, 29 November 2018 (UTC) 

A kitten for you!
You are welcome :D

Am149072 (talk) 18:57, 29 November 2018 (UTC) 

Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
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Voting now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
Voting for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards is open until 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December 2018. Why don't you vote for the editors who you believe have made a real difference to Wikipedia's coverage of military history in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:16, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Happy Saturnalia

 * Thank you! Felicem Saturnaliam! Adam Bishop (talk) 02:00, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Vicipaedia
Hi, Adam. Happy January. We need you at Vicipaedia ... always, of course, but especially just right now if you are able to make la:Usor:UV our interface administrator. See the latest discussion (a good consensus) at the la:Vicipaedia:Taberna. Thank you! Andrew Dalby 08:28, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Draughtsman listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Draughtsman. Since you had some involvement with the Draughtsman redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. SpinningSpark 09:50, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

New mailing list for Wikimedia Canada
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Please listen to this song I wrote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2vFnyiq2RY — Preceding unsigned comment added by YeahItsJosh (talk • contribs) 16:58, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

ArbCom 2019 special circular
   

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Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society
Dear ,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. ​

Best regards, Urhixidur (talk) 18:38, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

S.O.S
Good morning.

I contact you because I was banned from modifications on the French Wikipedia ! You'd like to know why ? Because I deleted the discussions on my own page and I put in the Infobox the flags of countries and cities, states, counties ... Some French administrators decided that it was forbidden or not recommended... Then Gemini1980 banned me... I find it unacceptable, this person uses his "power" and his fellow administrators too. I can not do anything against this. What should I do ? What can you do ?

Sincerely TH2M8S aka THOMAS TH2M8S (talk) 16:21, 10 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Hello Thomas, unfortunately there is nothing I can do. I'm not an administrator on the French Wikipedia, which has its own rules. Adam Bishop (talk) 17:49, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Connection to Gerberga of Saxony/ Reversal of my edits on the Kings of Jerusalem family tree article
Hello,

I just want to let you know I strongly disagree with your reversal of my edits on the Kings of Jerusalem family tree article and have therefore reverted it again. You can find my arguments on the talk page of the article, if you still disagree with my edits please let know (by presenting your arguments to why you think so). Thank you for your attention.

With kind regards,

Frid.antonia-arlon (talk) 03:21, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Hello, I replied to your message on the Kings of Jerusalem family tree talk page, I would be grateful if you would be so kind as to read the arguments I have written and reply to them individually and explain to me exactly why you are opposing my edit.

Best regards,

Frid.antonia-arlon (talk) 12:33, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

P.S.: I explained why I think it is a different situation when it comes to Baldwin II's article. I am not trying to engage in any disruptive behaviors, I simply want to have a debate over this. If you could explain to me how you oppose my edit (by addressing my arguments individually) I would be satisfied. Thank you very much for your attention,

Best regards,

Frid.antonia-arlon (talk) 13:19, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Hello, thank you so much for taking the time to reply to my messages on the Kings of Jerusalem family tree talk page, that is virtually all that I wanted. I replied to your remarks on the aforementioned talk page, I would be grateful if you could please take a look on it. Thank you again for your attention and consideration.

With kind regards,

Frid.antonia-arlon (talk) 16:44, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Armstrong, Louis Satchmo listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Armstrong, Louis Satchmo. Since you had some involvement with the Armstrong, Louis Satchmo redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. — the Man in Question (in question)  21:07, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

"Echo Sounding" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Echo Sounding. Since you had some involvement with the Echo Sounding redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Dawnseeker2000 17:43, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Backlog Banzai
In the month of September, Wikiproject Military history is running a project-wide edit-a-thon, Backlog Banzai. There are heaps of different areas you can work on, for which you claim points, and at the end of the month all sorts of whiz-bang awards will be handed out. Every player wins a prize! There is even a bit of friendly competition built in for those that like that sort of thing. Sign up now at WikiProject Military history/September 2019 Backlog Banzai to take part. For the coordinators, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:17, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:37, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2019 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:37, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election half-way mark
G'day everyone, the voting for the XIX Coordinator Tranche is at the halfway mark. The candidates have answered various questions, and you can check them out to see why they are running and decide whether you support them. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

"Political Scientist" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Political Scientist. Since you had some involvement with the Political Scientist redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. From UnnamedUser (open talk page) 04:04, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

We need you at Vicipaedia
Hi Adam. Happy 2020. We have elected three new magistratus, la:Usor:Giorno2, la:Usor:Sigur, la:Usor:Andreas Raether. You can see the election results at la:Vicipaedia:Petitio magistratus. I hope you can give admin rights to these three for us -- thank you! I should add that Andreas Raether hasn't yet responded where it says "Responsum usoris Andreae Raether:". I have reminded him, no doubt he will do it any moment, and if you wait until he actually has done it you will be in fullest accord with the rules. Andrew Dalby 19:05, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
 * He's written a word or two. All three elections are complete now, nemine still contradicente. Andrew Dalby 10:17, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Factum est! I hope I did everything correctly (it's a pretty simple procedure, but I always have to re-learn how to do it each time!). Adam Bishop (talk) 15:40, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

De grapheocratis in Vicipaedia Latina
Salve, Adam! Grapheocratam secundum in Vicipaedia Latina elegimus (videas hanc paginam et tabernam). Nemo nisi tu nos iuvare potest! Demetrius Talpa (talk) 15:37, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I hope you don't mind that they elected a second grapheocrates. Doesn't mean you're not needed, as demonstrated by the fact that I'm currently under several doctors, hence sometimes absent from Vicipaedia. I intend to emerge, however. Andrew Dalby 09:23, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
 * No, I don't mind at all - I'm not very active on Wikipedia lately, in any language, so it's better if there's two of us! Adam Bishop (talk) 19:40, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Another thing
Hi Adam,

I noticed that you were one of the earliest to edit Jawaharlal Nehru's Wikipedia page. Since you are one of the earliest editors at Wikipedia, I wanted to get your opinion about the notability of Sharjeel Imam whose Wikipedia page I created recently but then that got deleted. I believe it would be easy to find 50 or even 100 news citations for him. It is related to India's ongoing anti-CAA protests. He can be compared to a few young students who became famous in the U.S. in the wake of one school mass shooting. I think this one was in Florida and one of the students is named David Hogg though he is not in the 'news' much these days and therefore the name escapes me. I would love it if you could put in a word on the deletion discussion or send a word to the Admin who deleted the Sharjeel Imam page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sachi bbsr (talk • contribs) 17:40, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!
 Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 01:08, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

March Madness 2020
G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

List of your created articles that are in Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors
I'm trying to make a dent in Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors, and a few articles you created have issues that I can't fix on my own. Basically, some refs linked via sfn and harvnb and similar have missing full citations or have some other problems. You can check these instructions to have error messages enabled (Svick's script is the simplest to use, but Trappist's script is a bit more refined if you're interested in doing deeper cleanup).

The following articles could use some of your attention • #Ancient Greek literature

• #Andrew McNaughton

• #Aristagoras

• #Atticus of Constantinople

• #Battle of Ascalon

• #Battle of Myriokephalon

• #Battle of York

• #Byzantine Rite

• #Byzantine bureaucracy and aristocracy

• #Carians

• #Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham

• #Constantine IV

• #Danishmendids

• #Drusus Caesar

• #Duchy of Athens

• #Fifth Crusade

• #Guy I of Montlhéry

• #Hugh, Count of Vermandois

• #Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France

• #Ispahsalar

• #Jean de Brébeuf

• #John Strachan

• #Josef Hoffmann

• #Joseph Brant

• #Kingdom of Thessalonica

• #Latin Church in the Middle East

• #Leo II (emperor)

• #Ligures

• #Milo I of Montlhéry

• #Monterey Pop Festival

• #Médard des Groseilliers

• #Nur Jahan

• #Philip of Milly

• #Pons, Count of Tripoli

• #Roger of Salerno

• #Sam Hughes

• #Siege of Antioch

If you could add the full references to those article, that would be great. Again, the easiest way to deal with those is to install Svick's script per these instructions. &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:31, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

... totam devastans Moraviam preter castra et loca munita.
Could you translate this clause? I think I know what it means, but it does not jive with how I read an author's footnote. So perhaps I don't know enough about 13th-century uses of praeter. Or the footnote is confusing. Thanks, Srnec (talk) 23:03, 19 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks! It all makes sense. Mongols indeed. Srnec (talk) 02:39, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Could you determine the age of this illustration
Hello. I have noticed that the art style of this illustration is not even remotely similar to other medieval art: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dame_guiraude_supplice.jpg

The foreshortening and other aspects of the artwork make it seem to be more like modern fantasy art than anything else. I don't speak French, but the text seems to be modern French. I know next to nothing about paleography, but even the handwriting seems to be modern.

But, the file itself is classified as being in the common domain due to age. I very much doubt it.

I didn't know where to bring this up, so I found a list of people who said that they're professional historians, I started from the top of the list, and I found that you're active. Maybe there is a better place to ask. BirdValiant (talk) 13:49, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:03, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2020 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2020. Thanks from the outgoing coord team, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:17, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Guenon
Please, help, there is an user who is vandalizing edits that have been arduous to this page René Guénon. Luceveritatis (talk) 09:24, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

I sent him a message to which he did not reply. Luceveritatis (talk) 09:31, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I have received no message from Luceveritatis, nor does his contribs list show an edit to my talk page. A discussion has been opened on Talk:René Guénon which the editor has not commented in. Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:39, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Help for Decision of a page Deletion tag
The Manipur State Constitution Act 1947 had been tagged for deletion for more than a week and the decision is not yet taken for the discussion ,the nominator withdrawn his delete nomination but please decide based on the reasons provided.I would be very glad if the page was kept and I am asking your kind help because its annoying to see deletion tag on the page for more than a week.I did try to quick close it since the nominator withrawn his deletion claim.Sorry for that if it violate the rule. ꯂꯨꯋꯥꯡ   ( ꯆꯥ ) 09:03, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Hello
On https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rathore&action=history and many other rajput clan pages this chariotrider  is engaging in disruptive edit warring and they already have edited the pages 4-5 times to the version they want it to be can you please block  them this. chariotrider is also highly biased and adding propaganda to rajput pages has engaged in disruptive edit warring on various rajput related pages thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sungpeshwe9 (talk • contribs) 04:39, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
G'day all, the nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject newcomer and Historian of the Year are open, all editors are encouraged to nominate candidates for the awards before until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2020, after which voting will occur for 14 days. There is not much time left to nominate worthy recipients, so get to it! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:45, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Solid Waste Management


A tag has been placed on Solid Waste Management, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the. Lettlerhello • contribs 13:48, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
G'day all, voting for the WikiProject Military history "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" is about to close, so if you haven't already, click on the links and have your say before 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:34, 28 December 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

Happy First Edit Day!
 Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:59, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
Hey y'all, the April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive begins at 00:01 UTC on April 1, 2021 and runs through 23:59 UTC on April 31, 2021. Points can be earned through reviewing articles on the AutoCheck report, reviewing articles listed at WP:MILHIST/ASSESS, reviewing MILHIST-tagged articles at WP:GAN or WP:FAC, and reviewing articles submitted at WP:MILHIST/ACR. Service awards and barnstars are given for set points thresholds, and the top three finishers will receive further awards. To participate, sign up at WikiProject_Military_History/April 2021 Reviewing Drive and create a worklist at WikiProject Military history/April 2021 Reviewing Drive/Worklists (examples are given). Further details can be found at the drive page. Questions can be asked at the drive talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:22, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

Crusader states
Good morning!

An anonymous user has been randomly editing the numbers in the infobox on various pages related to the Crusades (Montgisard, Cresson and Hattin, etc) without actually replacing the sources and linking new ones. Said person is also seemingly replacing words (such as "cleric") out of various articles dedicated to what seems to be Muslim historical figures related to the Shia faith and seems to be motivated by personal political and religious beliefs..... The point I am trying to make is that this person seems more interested in vandalism than anything else and I am trying to understand why you are enabling such acts by reverting the pages back to the state he or she leaves them in when other users simply revert them back to their state pre-vandalism. (Jules Agathias (talk) 18:31, 13 April 2021 (UTC))


 * Hi Jules, I thought I was reverting the vandalism but apparently I didn't look closely enough, there were other edits that I missed. Sorry about that. Adam Bishop (talk) 19:26, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Crusades
You've indicated your interest in this topic. If you'd mind joining us at Talk:Crusades (the discussion so far seems to be mostly one user) that would be appreciated (if you have time for it, of course). Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 16:16, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Gerold of Lausanne
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Getting an editor to respond in a dispute
Hello. I have two disputes with the same editor who keeps on reverting an edit. I, user: Marshal277, believe that content from a Washington Post story ought to be in this article. user: Meters believes that it should not be. The case involves a student who attended the school and was taught by a teacher, who then allegedly sexually assaulted her immediately upon her graduation, and after he allegedly had groomed her for years. Administrators at the the school found out about it and did not bring it to the authorities, even as that teacher was second in command at the school. user: Meters believes that since the event occurred after the student graduated and took place off campus, it should not be on the schools page. It may be early, but user: Meters is not responding. Here are the two relevant articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Schools https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_School_at_River_Ridge

Here is the relevant section in dispute:

Sexual Abuse and Assault Allegations
In June of 2021, the Washington Post Ran a front page story detailing allegations of sexual and physical abuse of children who grew up in the People of Praise. One story focused on an event alleged to have occurred in 2001.

Dave Beskar
According to a police report obtained by The Post, in 2001, Trinity School at River Ridge teacher Dave Beskar sexually assaulted a 17-year-old female student, Katie Logan, in her home. Beskar denies the allegation. Logan said that in 2006, she reported the incident to Dean of Girls Penny Arndt. Arndt told police that she reported Logan’s accusation to the president of the Trinity Schools board at the time, Kerry Koller. Arndt also told police that she reported Logan's accusation to the current president of Trinity Schools Jon Balsbaugh in 2009. Balsbaugh said to the police that he did not learn about the accusation until 2011, after Beskar had left the school. Balsbaugh said that he did not report the accusation to the police because he thought Logan was 18 at the time.

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== I am a many, many, grandson of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Please mail or email to me information you have about Eleanor of Aquitaine. Howard Fisher,1449 Bent Oaks Blvd, Deland, Florida / email: mail@howardfisher.com Also, I am now 78 years old and I to learn everything about my family history.H. Fisher,1449 Bent Oaks Blvd, Deland, FL 32724 mail@howardfisher.com ==

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To brighten your day
I was rereading an essay of W. H. Auden's ("The Poet and the City"), in which I noted this passage that might amuse you if you don't already know it: "But if a stranger in the train asks me my occupation, I never answer 'writer' for fear that he may go on to ask me what I write, and to answer 'poetry' would embarass us both, for we both know that nobody can earn a living simply by writing poetry. (The most satisfactory answer I have discovered, satisfactory because it withers curiosity, is to say Medieval Historian.)" —Deor (talk) 17:18, 6 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Haha, that sounds about right. Adam Bishop (talk) 14:32, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

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Hi, Adam. I intended to write to you on this page before applying the security rule on Vicipaedia, where you haven't edited for some while now. I realise that I failed to do that, and I'm sorry, though I believe you would have received my emails.

Anyway, although your sysop tools on Vicipaedia are suspended for the present, you'll always be welcome to return. All you need to do is to ask, e.g. on the Taberna or on my talk page. I find (because Justin has just recently asked me to do this) that restoring admin rights is a much simpler job than suspending them :) Andrew Dalby 14:32, 5 March 2023 (UTC)


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Audita tremendi
Hey there, I saw that you were one of the first and only major contributors to the Audita tremendi article wayyyyy back (so cool to see that you're still active all this while - kudos!). Hope you don't the mind the fact that I sort of blew it up and started from scratch (I was mainly concerned about the wholesale copy-and-pasting of the full translation, which is most likely copyvio, as well as the lack of inline citations). I don't have access to that particular book by Riley-Smith though and it would be much appreciated if you'd like to add anything from there or whatever else currently needs adding in the article. Also did a bit of work on Quia maior if you're interested and I have half the mind to slowly rework all of the major "bull" articles that need reworking. Cheers, KINGofLETTUCE 👑  🥬 00:51, 29 October 2023 (UTC)


 * I don't mind! I hadn't looked at that article in awhile and I didn't even realize someone had copied in the entire translation. I don't have the Riley-Smith book anymore (although I can grab it from the university library). I'll see what I can do. Thanks for taking on these articles! Adam Bishop (talk) 01:21, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

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