User talk:Alpheus

Thanx for the kind greeting. Alpheus

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I finally got around to checking back on the IP talk page and found your message. I see you've had an account for awhile. Welcome aboard. SWAdair | Talk 09:32, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Wilson's Almanac
What's up with the links to this website? Your film link was (on first appearance) blatantly irrelevant to what you claimed it was. Turned out there was a section devoted to the person you described, but frankly I would still have removed the link. Apart from the dubious-looking and all-over-the-shop nature of the site, it's unreasonable to expect anyone to wade through so much non-related stuff before finding the (supposedly) linked material.

Frankly, this looks like spam and/or agenda-linking.

Fourohfour 11:14, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Take it down if you don't like it, I don't care at all. I don't care for your insults either, and certainly not your baseless accusations. I'm not sure which item you are referring to, but the motive would have been other than you so unkindly suggest. Please try to maintain some Wikipedian-style decorum. You have heard of "benefit of the doubt" "civility" and "good manners" I'm sure. Alpheus 23:37, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

United States vs. America
I noticed your comments on Talk:United States and wanted to respond. It's actually more Amerocentric to refer to the US as "America" than the United States, because referring to the country as America disadvantages Latin and South America by marginalizing their existence. It's a more pressing issue in the Spanish language than in English, where a new demonym was created for the United States (estadounidense to replace americano/a). I do personally think that the name of the United States sucks no matter how you look at it, but in my opinion, using United States is far less offensive than America. the iBook of the Revolution 06:49, 10 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I take your point, and thank you for it. I'm not very hung up about it.

YES Recovery
I have restored the article per your request, and sent the article to WP:AFD. There, the community will decide if the page meets guidelines for inclusion. If you have any questions, please let me know. Cheers... -- light darkness (talk) 11:05, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for restoring the page, Lightdarkness -- very good of you. As you are sending it on for second opinions, would you kindly also send those people the reasons I have given for its continuation? Many thanks for the courtesy, and there are people in a lot of countries who will be grateful, not just USA, UK, etc, and Australia where I come from. Alpheus 18:19, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Counter Culture Wiki
Hey, I just started editing it before realizing no one has been editing it for a while (I should have checked out the recent changes earlier!). Anyways, what is going on with it? Have you given up (you haven't edited for a while)? In fact, in an hour I've made way more edits than were made in the last 30 days. Kinda depressing, since it sounds like a good idea for a wiki. If you have given up, would it be possible for you to perhaps pass the reigns on to me so I can give it a go and try to revitalize it? I know it's pretty weird to be asking for sysop powers after just joining up, but I am an experienced editor here on wikipedia and have two awards, including one from someone who was recently elected to adminship here, and it's not like anyone else is there right now. I will admit that I don't have the best grasp of the technical aspects of running a wiki, but I do have a lot of resources here who can help me, and some who might be interested in contributing there too. And again, it's not like anyone else is there to see me fail miserably if I do. Well, I hope this project can get off the ground because it really is needed. The Ungovernable   Force  12:21, 8 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi, The Ungovernable Force. Thanks a lot for your enthusiasm. I admit I have been very busy lately and haven't put in all the energy I used to. I'm really glad you'd like to help and will join you there soon. I won't hand over sysop now but let's play it by ear. The main thing is to make a great wiki and I would sure appreciate your involvement, as until now it has been mostly yours truly. Alpheus 04:59, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

License tagging for File:Wilson cliff-& barbara.jpg
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Thank you. I believe it is in order now. Alpheus (talk) 06:09, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

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 * If it is not in order now, would you kindly advise further? It seems OK to me but, of course, I might be wrong. Alpheus (talk) 07:14, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Barack Obama
Although your attempt to get a discussion going on Talk:Barack Obama is noble, please don't take any of the negative comments directed toward your proposal too seriously. It has been an ongoing struggle to balance that particular article for a while. Many users have tried before and all have failed. Mostly because a gang of POV protectors patrol the page and its talk page. Your suggestion wasn't the first and it won't be the last. I love your analogy about Jesus Christ not getting as much positive press as Obama. Apparently............they can only POV protect one messiah at a time.--Jojhutton (talk) 23:14, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks very much, Jojhutton. I don't take it to heart at all, although I admit I'm surprised by the response. It seems really bizarre to an Australian like me. We don't wave flags or genuflect at our leaders very much. Quite the contrary, in fact. There's nothing Australians love more than beer and tearing down their so-called "leaders" (not that, constitutionally, we have leaders -- there are no words at all in the Australian Constitution from the verb 'to lead', but there are 62 words from the verb 'to represent'). I left a note at the Obama discussion page, for whatever it's worth. Alpheus (talk) 00:06, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The objection is not from a "gang" of "POV proectors" (that characterization in itself is a product of some of the worst battleground mentality on Wikipedia), and it is not that anyone thinks of Obama as a "messiah" (a constant refrain among disgruntled partisans). Please do not go down that Rabbit hole.  There is a constant attack on Baraama by those opposed to his policies.  For anything to be worth noting in the encyclopedia it has to rise above random political criticism by extremists.  Wikidemon (talk) 02:11, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * This comment is probably better directed to Jojhutton's talk page or the pages of those who you think are criticising Obama. The debate is partisan, heated and boring and I don't want any part of it. Nor do I have any particular opinion one way or the other on Obama (except disillusion) nor on his critic, Alex Jones (I pointed that out in the Obama discussion page) or any other person; otherwise I would document some of the widespread criticism of Obama. Still, it is clearly widespread -- certainly in Australia, but also globally, as evidenced by references on the Internet. I know many people disillusioned with Obama, and none of us are extremists or conspiracy nuts. However, as long as the Obama article acknowledges the existence of such criticism and has a link to a criticisms article, I suppose that suffices. Alpheus (talk) 02:16, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs
Hello Alpheus! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 2 of the articles that you created  are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to insure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. if you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current Category:All_unreferenced_BLPs article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the unreferencedBLP tag. Here is the list:

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 20:52, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Margaret Fink -
 * 2) Clifford Wilson -

Speedy deletion nomination of Clifford Wilson


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