User talk:Alex Shih/Archive/2006

Battle of Central Plains
Nice work on the Battle of Central Plains article. If you can cite your sources, we will be able to feature the article under the "Did you know" section on the main page. --Jiang 02:14, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Ditto -- Nice work on the Battle of Central Plains article. However, wouldn't "Central Plains War" be a better English translation? See Talk:Battle of Central Plains for reasons. Also, I recently created stubs for Zhili-Anhui War, First and Second Zhili-Fengtian Wars, and the Anhui, Zhili, and Fengtian cliques if you have info you can add. -AjaxSmack 17:47, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Glad to see those articles created, but I thing we need something like warlord clique (perhaps a subarticle of clique, which seems too concentrated on Mean Girls concepts) to unify the articles under that subject as a topical overview, which then would fall under history of the Republic of China (but not warlord era, since they overlapped). Elle vécut heureuse à jamais  (Be eudaimonic!) 02:25, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

good work
I'm awarding you this barnstar for your excellent work. Do continue...I noticed your editing pace picked up recently, so all the better. I'm also curious and amazed about your quadralingualism + dialect use ... the Singapore government's ideal Singaporean is bilingual (but doesn't use dialects, thanks to the democidal Speak Mandarin Campaign) but even so I'm struggling in my non-English subjects. As a side note Edit summaries will also help the editing process! Elle vécut heureuse à jamais  (Be eudaimonic!) 02:13, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Battle of Wuhan
Enjoyed the article, and it was a great expansion! (was a little late by DYK rules, but I stretched the rules a bit). Thanks for the contribution -- Samir  धर्म 11:59, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

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Sun Tienying translation
Here is what I think its saying:

''In 1933, with Feng Yuxiang in Chahar province he advocated opposition to Japan and Chiang Kai-shek's Central government. The national government feared Sun Tienying' cooperation, but Sun Diangying was not willing to be involved in the conflict, hoping to get control of the northwest of China, therefore the government sent its army to open up wasteland in Qinghai, thus stationing troops that also supported the northwestern Ma Chiachun to give them the strength to cope with Sun Tienying.''

''In 1934, in January, the 60,000 man army of Sun Tienying, wanted from Suiyuan to enter the western province of Ningxia. The three Ma Chusun, Ma Buqing in Ningxia, president Ma Hungkuei, his younger brother Ma Hungpin was saved by the forces of the National army in Qinghai. Both sides battled for three months, Sun Tienying was defeated, his army was in retreat to Suiyuan when it unexpectedly was attacked by the Shanxi-Suiyuan area armed forces and forced to disarm. Sun Tienying went into seclusion in Taiyuan, Shanxi.'' (both paragraphs awaiting edit) Asiaticus 19:17, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Signature image
Hello! I notice you sign with an image. Images are not really liked as a signature, as the guideline reads. I would suggest you to change it to not include an image, as it will likely get some comments to your talk page. There are enough editors to make it clear image in signatures are not really welcomed. Thanks for understanding, I will work in your editor review later. -- ReyBrujo 01:58, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: Thank you for the review
Glad to hear you have fixed your signature. However, I haven't yet reviewed you, so you may have tried to contact someone else :-) Good luck! -- ReyBrujo 05:34, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Andrew Jackson Jihad
Because of your input on previous music AfDs, I was hoping you would take a look at this article and provide your thoughts on whether or not it meets WP:MUSIC its latest AfD. PT (s-s-s-s ) 00:25, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: Thank you for the review
''I wasn't sure about the signature policy, just fixed it now. Fixed some other things you mentioned too.

AQu01rius (User | Talk | Websites) 16:13, 8 October 2006 (UTC) ''

Good work! I hope my review was reasonably helpful, and I apologise for this late-ish reply :) Hope to see you around! &mdash; riana_dzasta wreak havoc-damage report 14:12, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Gary Kirk's RfA


Strange Close & Re-List
The Afd that you voted on at Articles for deletion/James W. Walter has been closed and relisted by an Admin at Articles for deletion/James W. Walter (second nomination). Before re-listing, the vote was 19 delete, 5 keep. Morton devonshire 22:25, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Andrew Jackson Jihad
Please review this newest AfD, your opinion would be appreciated. PT (s-s-s-s ) 00:48, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: Faye Gabriel
I'd like to apologize for the general tone of this AfD. While we obviously have opposing viewpoints, you're trying to make valid points while the people whom agree with you are showing a (for lack of a better term) lack of maturity. Though I disagree with you, I certainly respect your opinions. -- Kicking222 04:32, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Apology
I probably ruined any chance you had at maintaining the Faye Gabriel article, but I just felt cornered and it appeared my only allies were Gonzo883 and himself cloned 4 times. Anyway, this may be a learning experiernce for us all, and hopefully next time we collaborate i can be a help. WalterWalrus3 04:42, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

AFD of Articles for deletion/Absurd Notions
Hi there, I see you blanked out the AFD for Articles for deletion/Absurd Notions stating that it's a duplicate, but I can't find the duplicate you might be referring to. Could you point me in the right direction? --BradBeattie 08:34, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, nevermind. I found the problem. --BradBeattie 10:02, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

General comment
thanks for the commentary....4.18GB 22:57, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Red Turban Rebellion
I've just noticed a reasonable-looking objection to your DYK nomination for this article, so I thought I might run this by you and see what you think: One of the problems cited in the objection is a lack of referencing and the other one is the style in which it's written. I'm more than willing to copyedit it if you can find some more sources for the article (I'd have a go myself, but should in fact be doing research for assignments), which should cut down on the amount of work required to get what seems to be a pretty interesting event on the main page. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 11:52, 23 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Update: I've rewritten as much as I can. Drop me a line on my Talk page if there are things I've misinterpreted or if you want me to have another go. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 22:52, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

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Thank you for supporting my RfA
Thank you for supporting my RfA that I have passed with 73/2/1.--Jusjih 09:24, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Afd on Blue Frog
I don't know how to Afd but if you'd Afd for me with the reason of "Dead software, website, and company" I'll appreciate it. Mapletip 17:53, 29 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I think it would have been more productive to explain to mapletip how the article deletion process works, rather than do the steps your self. As you said, it is unlikely that there will be a consensus to delete since this article doesn't violate any of the WP guidelines.  The AfD process tends to burn a bunch of time for many people.   I had typed in a message to mapletip's user page when I found that you had already modified the page.  This is just for future reference, not much can be done now that wouldn't make things even more time consuming. Wrs1864 18:30, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Taiwan
Saw your WikiProjectTaiwan page You stated "We do not promote separtism.". Wouldn't it be better just to say this project is not political ? Wenzi 15:22, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks
 Thank you for participating in my RfA discussion! I appreciate you contributing your voice to the debate and its outcome. I hope how I wield the mop makes you proud. Thanks! &mdash; Saxifrage

Qiandao Lake, and other things
Hey, I'm officially back from break for one day. Will be gone for the next week... So, well done on Qiandao Lake. I was going to correct Chunan --> Chun'an County, but someone's done that already. Other than that, I don't see any problems, so good work. I'll add stuff to it at some point. Also, thanks for participating in the discussion on Talk:China. Cheers, --Sumple (Talk) 06:11, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Your signature
Please remove the link to User:AQu01rius/Websites in your signature, it gives the appearance of spamming. It won't help the site's Google ranking much anyway, as talk pages are "nofollow". By the way, you are doing great work with the Taiwan WikiProject. I am pretty busy with the Germany project, but maybe I manage to remember some more of my Chinese and write more bad stubs like Zhinan Temple. Happy editing, Kusma (討論) 12:55, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Your comment at Tango's RFA
Hi AQu01rius. In your reply to Mike1 at Tango's RFA, you said that you weren't sure whether his comment was a support or not. In fact, even if he leaves no comments, there are several ways to find out. First, you can check which column he left his !vote in. 99% of the time, non-indented comments in the support column are in favor of the candidate becoming a sysop. Secondly, you can check the history and see what they used for an edit summary. In this case, Mike's edit summary specifically said "support". And last of all, you can check whether he updated the tally at the top of the page; in fact, he did, adding a number in the first space of the tally (in fact, he added two, because the first person forgot.) You can safely assume that Mike meant to support Tango. Picaroon9288 02:15, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Vancouver
Thank for you reformating the WikiProject page. It's a task I was just starting, and finding that I did not have the time for. It looks much better. I'll be doing some more organizational work on dividing the task list into subpages and categories. Also the main page will have more content added to it: While its good to have the tasks on a subpage, it would be ideal to have the main page detail each subpage so users can read and have a sense what is going on with each without having to go into each subpage. Much of how the article Vancouver is set up and then having detailed subpages such as the History of Vancouver. I also have several other sections I want to add that our WikiProject is missing. Eventually I would like to see the Colaboration of the Month phased out as it has been proven to be in-effective, nor stable enough to get articles done in a month's time. Hopefully our Five Point Plan will be its replacement. Other additions such as a Show Case will be finer details. This project was based off of WikiProject_Ottawa but as our project has evolved to become more elaborate, we should be moving closer in the direction of the WikiProject_London. I hope this helps give you an idea for where I would like to see the project go. Perhaps this will not take too long to implement. Mkdw talk 09:00, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Five Point Plan
 * Major Pending Tasks for each category:
 * People
 * Arts and Culture
 * Buildings and Structures
 * etc. etc.

Vancouver's FAC
Vancouver's been nominated to be a featured article. Sure could use your support. Mkdw talk 10:02, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Portal:China
Will you please respond to my objections at Portal talk:China to your changes? --Ideogram 18:59, 17 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Hello! Ideogram has requested that I protect the pages in question, however it seems to me that the better solution would be to invite you to the discussion page in question and ask you to both have a chat about the changes before making any, since there's tension around these changes and it seems a mite disruptive to go through the hassle of protecting a dozen pages just because two editors can't come to some agreement or compromise. It'd be the nice thing to do, you know. :) ~Kylu ( u | t )  02:30, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Taiwan
Yes, I saw already. Thank you :) -- — Nrtm81 20:22, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

My editor review
Hi AQu01rius,

Thanks for helping out over at my editor review. Your comments are certainly helpful. I responded -- if you could reply, that'd be much appreciated!  splintax  (talk) 03:52, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject banners
See User talk:Kirill Lokshin. --Ideogram 05:58, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Transfer of the sovereignty of Macau
Please do not directly copy any foreign language text from any other Wikimedia project or form anywhere else. Such articles can be considered for deletion under the criteria for speedy deletion. Hope you understand. Thanks. -  SpL o T  (*T* C+u+g+v) 11:37, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

happy Turkey-Day!!!!

 * I like your sig. What's the font? Cheers!  :  )   &mdash;Rand fan ! !    17:14, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Template:WPTaiwan Navigation
wow! I love what you did to the logo. I tried to do the same thing but couldn't get the transparency to work. Good job! :) — Nrtm81 02:02, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject Germany
Welcome,, to the WikiProject Germany! Please direct any questions about the project to its talk page. If you create new articles on Germany-related topics, please list them at our announcement page and tag their talk page with our project template WikiProject Germany. A few features that you might find helpful:
 * The project's Navigation box points to most of the pages in the project that might be of use to you.
 * Most of the important discussions related to the project take place on the project's main talk page; you may find it useful to [ watchlist it].
 * We've developed a number of guidelines for names, titles, and other things to standardize our articles and make interlinking easier that you may find useful.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me or any of the more experienced members of the project, and we'll be very happy to help you. Again, welcome, and thank you for joining this project! Sorry for spamming you so late ;-) and thanks for the reversion at the Portal page, I don't need another outside frame that eats space that I need to show my images even at 800x600 resolution. Kusma (討論) 16:25, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

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hindu nav template
thanks.--D-Boy 00:12, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Military history working group
Hi AQu01rius,

Thanks for joining WikiProject Korea! We hope you'll consider joining the military history working group, since that's an area of interest & expertise for you. Thanks for all your contributions! Cheers, -- Visviva 04:11, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Another barnstar
<div class="boilerplate metadata" style="background-color:#E6f7FA;border: 1px solid #001BB3; margin: 0.5em; padding: 0.5em;width:90%;float:center"><font style="font-weight:bold;font-size:105%;float:center">Hi there! Thought you might be interested in WikiProject Wikify. We're currently recruiting help to clear a massive backlog (6000+ articles), and we need your help! If you have a spare moment, please join and wikify an article or tell your friends. Diez2 05:24, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

???
But I didn't edit Georg Forster.......

IRC chat for WikiProject Taiwan
Hey, why don't we set up an IRC channel for the WikiProject? It'd be great way to collaborate in real time. It's also a better way to discuss disputed articles and find out a solution on how we can fix the problem. 99% of the time, arguments are just misunderstandings that end up wasting all of our time in the form of edit warring. If we can discuss the issues in real time, the quicker it is that we can all agree on constructive editing. Heck! We could even delegate sections of articles to each individual or team to research and write. — Nrtm81 16:44, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Hello!
Thanxs for the message regarding the image in my signature. I was kind of wondering why other users did not have images in their signatures. I haven't removed it yet, but I probably replace it with a character from List of HTML decimal character references, Part 2. Thanxs for giving me the heads up! Jumping cheese   Cont @  ct 00:44, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Comments to my editor review
I do appreciate the input, you gave me some good information. Eventually, I want to progress into, actually writing an article, participating in policy discussion, and eventually wielding the great mop. Happy editing. <font color="Blue">Navou <font color="Blue">talk  04:16, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Template:Coat of arms
Hello, I just wanted to let you know that I flagged this template for speedy deletion- as far as I can tell, this is a recreation of a template that was voted for deletion here:. Although I dont really agree with the deletion in the first place, this still is a substantial recreation (as far as i can tell) without a corresponding challenge, so it qualifies for speedy deletion. If im missing something please accept my appologies and by all means let me know. -Lanoitarus (talk) .:. 16:55, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
Thank you for participating in my RfA, which did not succeed and was closed early at 2/10/9. I am not discouraged, however, and will use the experience to improve my skills until a later date when I may succeed. Yuser31415 20:40, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

-I was planning to hand these out on the 22nd of Dec. but things got in the way....  Happy holidays! &mdash; ¡ Rand fan  !  <sup style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Sign here?  21:07, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Editor review
Hi. Thanks for adding the tag to my user page. I haven't inserted the box because even though I've submitted the entry at Editor_review, the link on my userpage doesn't point to it, and I don't want to create a duplicate page. Do you have any idea why the link doesn't point to the right place? Thanks. Xiner (talk, email) 05:41, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Of course, how did I miss that? Well, I guess it's time to update my answers to the questions now. Thanks! Xiner (talk, email) 05:51, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

GRBerry
Are you asking me to remove the line? It's fluff. Who cares? - crz crztalk 19:23, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey dude
When I say something isn't vandalism, and it obviously isn't, then don't remove it with the edit summary "removing vandalism". Ashi b aka tock 20:02, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * "Vandalism is any addition, deletion, or change of content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia." My description of the deletion debate has no impact on the talk page.


 * You realize that, for the first three years of Wikipedia, there was no such thing as these silly pastel boxes littering the talk pages to inform you about previous deletion discussions. When an article passed VfD someone mentioned it on the talk page like any other sort of article-related news. There is no standard format that VfD notices need to follow. Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy. Ashibaka (tock) 04:37, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Editor review
Thankyou for the editor review. I've moved the template to  per your request. You said that my signature was a bit too long and distracting. Do you mean that the code is too long or that it looks to long on the page? Thanks again for the review and have a great Christmas! 0L1  Talk   Contribs  14:02 25/12/2006 (UTC)


 * I've changed it. <font style="background-color:#ebebeb">0L1 | Talk | Contribs 18:46, 25 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry - didn't see the bit about the border. <font style="background-color:#ebebeb">0L1 | Talk | Contribs 18:54, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi!
<div style="float:center;border-style:solid;border-color:blue;background-color:AliceBlue;border-width:1px;text-align:left;padding:8px;" class="plainlinks">

WikiMan53 has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Can I have more tips? WikiMan53 T/C edits 02:44, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

New England Patriots
lol, well, it isn't live(the game was yesterday), but I think giving a scoring summary adds a nice touch. Now I just gotta do the summaries for the 14 games before that one, the one next week, the ones for the playoffs, and gameday conditions for each game plus maybe a few more pictures and some outside commentary and it'll be featured! Easy, huh? :-)

Thanks for the input on the review. Just H 04:59, 26 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I counted 10 or 20 on Featured Articles, including New England Patriots, so it seems this would just an extention of that. If you hear of any wikiprojects that need talk page templates on articles, let me know. I don't know where else i'd do mass talk page editing on articles, when I edit, I edit in sprees. Just H 05:22, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Questions
Hey, I was wondering if I could ask you two more questions.


 * 1) How many article talk pages do you think will be significant enough for rfa status?
 * 2) I really can't get into the Village Pump or project talk pages so far, alot of stuff that is done on talk pages elsewhere is done on regular pages in project space it seems.

I feel a little like Captain Ahab here with adminship, I don't think i'll be able to edit 100% until i'm able to get the monkey of passing an rfa off my back. Just H 19:15, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Re What You Said
My apologies if it seems disjointed here, but I figured it'd be better to reply here.

In regards to the talk pages, I generally don't talk unless I have something to say right there and then -- it's not in my nature to go out looking for conversations on talk pages, I only use them when I think there's an edit that needs some fleshing out from the community.

And in regards to project space talk page edits, the talk pages of them seem almost redundant since what is done in talk pages elsewhere is done right on the project space for the most part. Same thing with the Village Pump.

I don't know how to put it any better, but I guess i'm just an editing machine -- if there is something that needs discussion with another user where there may be conflict, I kind of go into "automated phone message mode", like here with Sir Nick.

In short, I can break up conflict with the best of them, but it's not in my nature to go around looking for it.

Is that a killer to my chances of being an admin? Just H 23:45, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Thinking Alot
I've been thinking alot whether to do a self-nom or wait a while more. I am jumping at the bit for the rfa, but I know self-noms can hurt you from what i've seen. I was wondering if I could get your opinion on that too.Just H 23:46, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Up to 35 Wiki Talk Page Edits!
Yippee! I'm on a roll. Thanks for all your support to this point, I just wanted to thank you again. I'll be at 100 before too long at this rate. Just H 02:43, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

100 Wiki Talk Edits In One Day!
Damn! I feel invincible. I never would have thought I could do it, but I did. Thank you for helping me towards my goal. Just H 05:48, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Finding Me Someplace To Project Talk Page
Okie dokie! I'm going to spelunk for something I can sink my teeth into there like the Patriots' season of the Wikicongress talk pages. Just H 01:01, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you very much for completing a review! I appreciate the fact that someone appreciates my work (if that makes any sense). Thanks for taking some time to look at my editor review. Best wishes! If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 05:04, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Moral Supports
What are moral supports? Please respond on my talk WikiMan53 T/C edits Review Me! 17:53, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Editor review
Hi. I've read your review and it's definitely very helpful. Please don't hesitate to offer me further advice, critiques and encouragements anytime. Thank you! Xiner (talk, email) 00:49, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing me too, it was very helpful! DietLimeCola 02:28, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Chinese maps
Hi AQu01rius, I'm not sure in what way I can be of help to you. I have finished general maps of the Qin, Han, and Ming dynasties. All the other maps I have done are not really complete, and should be edited or deleted. Originally, I was intending to create a series of maps from around 1000 BCE to the present day (one for every 300 years or so) to show the settlement of Han Chinese, but work commitments always got in the way. If someone has the technical expertise and time to do that, I'd be willing to provide creative input. Yeu Ninje 03:26, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Man, I do appreciate your help. Thanks for tagging the photo for me. I'd be pretty unsure of how to do it, actually. Anyways, I know I gotta learn how to do my own thing around here and hope I can count on you guys if I have more questions. Bye

Gus Knust 05:35, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Article is still not fixed Palana New Airport
Hello, I noticed you answered my helpme. The Palana New Airport is still not fixed. I tried to reset it but it still does not read correctly. Could you please edit the article or refer to someone else who can? Ronbo76 01:12, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Template Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War template is by no means redundant. Take a look at it almost all the people and events are only in this template but not in the warlords. Its true very few of the events and characters do overlap but thats simply historical, but take a look at it its almost completely new events and people. Your welcome to make changes. -- Gary123 Apply now, exciting opportunities available at Continental Op Detective Agency! 17:26, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Article: First Counter Encirclement Campaign
First Counter Encirclement Campaign was redirected to another page that has not been created. Why was it done in the first place? Specter01010 03:58, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey AQu01rius, this looks great! One quibble though at the end. You write "capturing more than 12,000 guns and artilleries." I assume the "guns" are rifles and the "artilleries" are artillery peices or guns which is the usual shorthand expression for some artillery peices.

BTW are you going to do similar articles for the second and third encirclement campaigns?Asiaticus 07:48, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Editor review
Hey. I am up for Editor review, and was wondering if you could look at mine and give me some advice on now to improve. -- Wizardman 16:49, 29 December 2006 (UTC)