User talk:Alarob/Archive 5

Umar Israilov
Hello. Recently you've completely removed from the article opinion of Timur Aliyev -- an important source. I point out this is inappropriate behaviour. Aliyev has covered extensively two Chechen wars from the viewpoint of the Chechen nation. He's certainly a notable person, as he has even a Wikipedia entry. ellol (talk) 18:16, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

The Sword of the Prophet
You placed a tag on the "Reviews" section (or whatever it was called) of this article, saying the section read like a publisher's blurb? I took the liberty of removing the tag also. ;) Drmies (talk) 04:30, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note, and I was happy to trim the fat. Roll Tide, haha, Drmies (talk) 17:59, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome
Feel free to edit my user talk anytime. Always glad to see a fellow Alabamian. To tell the truth, I will most likely be depending on you for help from time to time. As you probably saw my contribs, I am fairly new to WP and brand spankin' new to rollback (see?...who else could I post "brand spankin' new" to but a fellow Alabamian LOL). I'm trying to be careful with what I edit....I have made some mistakes....but, believe me, I've slowed down and am being much more careful :o) If you have occasion to offer advice or criticism, please do...I would appreciate it.  I'll sign off with a War Eagle this time....forgive me if I don't make it a habit ;o)  Tide  rolls  03:43, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Latin Europe
Hey Rob how have you been? There seems to be some trouble with the Latin Europe article. If you got the time, I think you could be a big help with it, just check out the article, and the disscussion page for more info. Thanks. --Lucius Sempronius Turpio (talk) 03:05, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

St. Augustine Civil Rights Movement: front page news
Dear Rob,

Here, if my computer skills are up to it (it is a struggle!) is the front page article from the New York Times on April 1, 1964:

(sorry: I have tried, and cursed, and can't figure out how to put it here.  If you have an e-mail address, I will be glad to send you the article from the front page of the New York Times on April 1, 1964 about the arrest of Mrs. Peabody, the 72 year old mother of the governor of Massachusetts, in St. Augustine.  Also the front page of Newsday for June 12, 1964, with a picture of Dr. Martin Luther King behind bars in St. Augustine.  Or the front page of the Washington Evening Star for June 19, 1964, showing the manager of the Monson motel in St. Augustine pouring acid in the  pool while an integrated group is swimming there Or maybe it would be easier for you to access them directly from one of the online services.)

Best, David Nolan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.106.142.79 (talk) 03:28, 6 April 2009 (UTC)


 * You can email me with this link. (I never post my email address on the Web, and recommend that you not do it either — unless you want a lot of mail from strangers asking for money!)
 * Have you seen the welcome page yet? It's very helpful.
 * When you write on a talk page, please "sign" your note with four tildes, like this: — ~
 * That causes Wikipedia to automatically add your name and the date. — ℜob C. alias ᴀʟᴀʀoʙ 15:20, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

History of Alabama
Hey Rob, I didn't do much, just moved those entries into templates and completed the bibliographical information. Through someone else's talkpage I came across the Alabama project (where I saw your name also), but honestly, I don't even know where to start on that article. The text itself is not so bad, thought it's date and incomplete, but sourcing it will be a difficult thing to do (for me, since I'm not a historian). History of Tennessee has much more info, though I find that article to be disjointed. What's a good History of ... article that could function as a model? One of my problems here is that the article is so big--I always prefer working on smaller ones, but you're right, this one should be tackled. I'll see what I can do over the next couple of days and weeks, but it'll be piecemeal. Thanks for the shout-out, though: it's encouraging. Drmies (talk) 17:45, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds great. I won't be at the library since I got some other things to do, but I tinkered with the article a bit. I'm not happy though--all I've done is mess around with things that are in the lead and don't necessarily need sourcing right there, but the sections in the main part of the article are more difficult to tackle and source. And I didn't even look in the bibliography in the article; I got a few helpful books straight from Google Books. At some point I'll need to go back and check for redundancies, but then again, we're a long ways away from FA status anyway! Take care, and roll tide of course, Drmies (talk) 19:51, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Wow, you are really gung ho. Good! Not a bad idea, to start from scratch--even the lead in the main article is overly detailed in some aspects and not giving a good overview. I hope I will be able to do some work on it. Later, Drmies (talk) 04:34, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Umar Israilov
Hello, Rob

I understand your concerns, and I agree that we in Wikipedia can't allow taking sides in any controversies. Stay impartial, that is.

According to its Russian "About us" page, Caucasian Knot was organized by the Memorial society in 2001. Since 2007 it works as an independent resource, working as a branch project of Memo.ru (Memorial website). As you prehaps know, Memorial is a Russian independent human rights organization which did a lot to investigate crimes of Stalin's regime, and to independently investigate tragedies of the war in Chechnya. More to say, some of their employees are the locals living there.

Caucasian Knot is well used as a source in Wikipedia . The resource was referenced in major U.S. newspapers, such as the Washington Post:
 * ''Grigory Shvedov, editor of the Internet news site Caucasian Knot, said Markelov had made many enemies over the years. In 2004, he was beaten in a Moscow subway station while pursuing the prosecution of a police lieutenant in Chechnya accused of torture in one of Politkovskaya's reports.

Recently an article co-authored by chief editor of Caucasian Knot was published by WaPo... 

Caucasian Knot appears in "useful links" of British Guardian... 

I hope this speaks enough of notability of the Caucasian Knot.

I also don't think that responses of Chechen officials violate the impartiality. Following any resonant event world media are questioning officials -- it's normal. Especially if it's believed that the officials might be responsible. Let's just explicitly state that the section features responses of officials -- as long as responses of other people aren't listed. (I also don't think that shortening responses of Gudayev and Aliyev the way you did is adequate -- IMHO the responses don't amount merely to rejecting the accusations.)

Some information I referenced (like, Kurmakayev's confession to Novaya Gazeta) is available only in Russian. If you have concerns about any, please, just let me know. There are lots of people with good command of Russian, or you can check it yourself with Google translate.

If you are going to improve the article, it's a great deal. But please, try to do it in the way other than removing information referenced by reliable sources.

Regards, Evgeny. ellol (talk) 14:45, 18 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Guardian lists www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.ru in its "useful links"... Grigory Schvedov is the editor-in-chief of www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.ru resource -- not the blog you've cited ... Yes. Kavkaz-uzel is the correct "Caucasian Knot".


 * By the way, that website is sponsored by your government. It's not patriotic for you to dismiss it as unreliable source.


 * And what-what is the reputable human rights organization? Monument, you say? Good joke. ellol (talk) 19:00, 23 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Dear Alarob, I'm absolutely serious. Of course, you must understand that the bloody Putin's regime reigns over Russia and the efforts of the U.S. State Department and associated NGOs to bring freedom and democracy to that God-forgotten piece of land is of extremely importance. It's absolutely necessary to support such beacons of independent journalism like Memorial and its fork project "Caucasian Knot". That's what your Government is doing, with the broad international support. No jokes.


 * I have no idea about language purity of the interview in question. There's English and Russian version of it on the Caucasian Knot website. I cited the English version fully, the Russian version is more extensive so I added also some info from it. ellol (talk) 17:09, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

My grandfather Coronel Chinea
It's about my grandfather. There's not much known here about that stuff behind the sugar cane curtain. I'll see if I can get a separate source. So much to do, though. Have been accepted into the UCLA Theater, Film and TV for my Masters. Thanx so much for asking -- regards and forgiveness. M --

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hey alarob...
...when you have a moment, have a look at this AfD, Articles for deletion/Strode Mansion. Maybe you have something on the bookshelf you can add to the article? Drmies (talk) 14:29, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Opinion
Hey,

Could you give your thoughts here? Cheers,VR talk  20:03, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

JSTOR
I noticed you said you had access to JSTOR archive, if this is the case, would you be able to save a couple of articles for me, if I gave you the links?

Many thanks, Sam --Samuelhale (talk) 16:42, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Apologies
Some time ago, you left a comment on my talk page discussing a template. I was away from Wikipedia for several months and had failed to place a notice to that effect at the top of my user page. Thus, not being forewarned of my extended absence, you honestly expected a response to your query. Not only did I not respond — being away as I was — but when I returned, I archived my entire talk page without noting your addition to it. I wish to extend to you my deepest apology for the tremendous delay in not responding. I trust that you dealt with the issue as you saw fit. Again, many apologies for not having responded earlier. — SpikeToronto (talk) 18:17, 18 July 2009 (UTC)


 * No problem. I went ahead and incorporated your change into the main template. It was a good edit. — ℜob C. alias ᴀʟᴀʀoʙ 22:50, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Folkwang Hochschule
Seeing that you created Folkwang Academy I hope you forgive me for moving it to Folkwang Hochschule as that is the name of the academy, used in the logo - and in a DYK-nomination, smile. Please check some additional info in the article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:20, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

JSTOR access?
Hello, I found you under Category:Wikipedians who have access to JSTOR. Can you get me a copy of this please?

Nessie (talk) 21:10, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Roll Tide!
I know you've been busy with "real" work, but congratulations nonetheless. Drmies (talk) 05:28, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

As the creator of the J. Gordon Coogler article, this may be of interest to you
''Category:Poetasters is proposed for deletion! ''Object or support -- voice your view 'ere completion! ''Shall Wikipedia ignore the profound connections among all ''The glorious rhymsters like William McGonagall, ''McIntyre, Moore, McKittrick Ros, ''Or J. Gordon Coogler (some might think it a loss), ''But others [to comply with WP:CANVASS provisions], ''Might deem this deletion a darn good decision. ''Decide for yourself, and (here ) make your views known, ''On the category for poets for badness renowned! -- JohnWBarber (talk) 19:12, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Please consider participating in the deletion discussion for Category:Poetasters
Category:Poetasters has been nominated for deletion here. Last January, you participated in the previous deletion discussion (which resulted in a no-consensus keep), so you may have an interest in this one. Please consider participating. -- JohnWBarber (talk) 16:02, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

My sincerest apologies.
Editing the page was of immature character and imposing of everyone's work to make wikipedia such a great resource. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.111.110.3 (talk) 13:02, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

would love your collaboration
http://www.afropedea.com http://www.afropedea.org


 * Who are you? I'd be more interested if you'd log in and sign your post. — ℜob C. alias ᴀʟᴀʀoʙ 03:35, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors wanted in Troy, Alabama
Hi! I'm leaving you this message because you're listed as a Wikipedian in Alabama. The Wikipedia Ambassador Program is currently looking for Campus Ambassadors to help with Wikipedia assignments at Troy University, which will be participating in the Public Policy Initiative for the Spring 2011 semester. The role of Campus Ambassadors will be to provide face-to-face training and support for students on Wikipedia-related skills (how to edit articles, how to add references, etc.). This includes doing in-class presentations, running workshops and labs, possibly holding office hours, and in general providing in-person mentorship for students.

Prior Wikipedia skills are not required for the role, as training will be provided for all Campus Ambassadors (although, of course, being an experienced editor is a plus).

I know Alabama is a big state, but if you happen to live near Troy and you are interested in being a Wikipedia Campus Ambassador, or know someone else from Troy who might be, please email me or leave a message on my talk page.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 16:00, 6 December 2010 (UTC)