User talk:Cliffswallow-vaulting

Doing my best in a dysfuctional mileau...

I love Wikipedia, even though it is dysfunctional at times, but then you know, the wider world is dysfunctional too...

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Again, welcome! Dougweller (talk) 07:02, 6 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi Doug, thanks for the welcome! :-) Cliffswallow-vaulting (talk) 08:41, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

European colonization of the Americas
I see you addition of a county category was reverted - I'd say correctly. Why pick on one county not even mentioned in the article? Whatever your reason, wouldn't that mean that a huge number of counties could be added? (I'm not watching this page so would need to be pinged, eg if you reply, or post to my talk page). Dougweller (talk) 07:04, 6 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi Doug, thanks for the welcome! :-)


 * I got ahead of myself there. St. Mary's County, Maryland was the site of the first Maryland colony (it was in St. Mary's City, Maryland which is in St. Mary's County, a very tiny county). Anyway, I assumed reference to it would already be in the article but it isn't, my apologies. Cliffswallow-vaulting (talk) 08:44, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Category:Religious freedom
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Religious freedom
It is unclear what you mean by "religious freedom" when you add the category to articles. You seem to be adding this to unrelated articles. There is already a category Category:Freedom of religion. EvergreenFir (talk) 00:54, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for that literal explanation. There is no need for two categories.  If you feel Category:Freedom of religion should be renamed, please propose a "move" at Categories for discussion. EvergreenFir (talk) 00:58, 23 May 2014 (UTC)


 * You might want to look up the word literal.


 * In the meantime, how do we add the widely used term "religious freedom" to the category with the less widely used "freedom of religion"? Cliffswallow-vaulting (talk) 01:00, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I know the meaning of "literal". When I asked you for what you "mean by religious freedom", I was mostly asking why you were adding it to those pages.  Some did not seem related.  Anyway, please bring up your rationale for changing the category's name on either Categories for discussion or Categories_for_discussion/Log/2014_May_23. EvergreenFir (talk) 01:03, 23 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Ok I'm not trying to be rude, sorry.


 * But (respectfully) you must not have read the articles (or even just used a "find" search within the page with your browser.


 * I say this, not to be rude, but because you are creating work for me.


 * A quick summary of why these articles relate to "religious freedom" or "freedom of religion"


 * 1) St. Mary's City, Maryland-- Birthplace of religious freedom in America (and site of the first Maryland colony, a refuge for persecuted Catholics).


 * 2) St. Mary's College of Maryland -- located on the ruins of St. Mary's City and also established by the state of Maryland as a "Living monument to religious freedom".


 * 3) John Pendleton Kennedy -- he was very involved in founding St. Mary's College of Maryland as a "Living monument to religious freedom" (which it finally was, by act of the Maryland state legislature (see above).


 * 4) Charles Calvert (Lord Baltimore)-- holder of the grant to the first Maryland colony (and it's first settlement, St. Mary's City)-- it was his idea to make it a place of religious freedom (for all Christian sects, who normally were at war with each other in his day).


 * 5) Cecil Calvert son of Charles Calvert. His father Charles died unexpectedly and passed the colonial grant to him. Cecil continued the mission to make it a place of religious freedom (the first such place in North America).


 * 6) Leonard Calvert, Cecils brother who actually went to the new colony and enforced the mandate of religious tolerance at great risk to his own life. Also first governor of the Maryland colony.


 * 7) Maryland toleration act-- one of the first laws in the Americas mandating religious tolerance / proscribing religious persecution.


 * 8) Other category member articles on persecution of religious groups, or their "emancipation" (legal cessation of discrimination against them) should be self evident.


 * If I have missed anything, please read those articles more carefully. Thanks, Cliffswallow-vaulting (talk) 01:17, 23 May 2014 (UTC)


 * I've added a Category redirect to the "Religious freedom" category. Your use of categories on Wikipedia, such as at St. Mary's College of Maryland and St. Mary's City, Maryland, is remarkably eccentric. Categories are for articles *directly* related to the subject, and Wikipedia tries to use specific categories rather than general ones. Please read the guideline on subcategorisation. Graham 87 04:57, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Kapteyn b
Hello,

I found this site, which has many pictures on this topic, and "The Planetary Habitability Laboratory Website Content by The Planetary Habitability Laboratory @ UPR Arecibo is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License."

http://phl.upr.edu/press-releases/kapteyn Misibacsi (talk) 14:42, 13 June 2014 (UTC)


 * I will look into it. Many thanks! :-)


 * Cliffswallow-vaulting (talk) 23:20, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

your username
reminds me of this Jytdog (talk) 00:22, 16 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Oh my gosh, that is INCREDIBLE!


 * Nice to hear from you! :-) Cliffswallow-vaulting (talk) 00:29, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

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 * Thanks for the explanation, very helpful! :-)


 * Cliffswallow-vaulting (talk) 08:03, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!
Thanks! :-)

Cliffswallow-vaulting (talk) 17:48, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of St. Mary's College of Maryland/Archive 1
Hello Cliffswallow-vaulting,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged St. Mary's College of Maryland/Archive 1 for deletion, because it seems to be a test. Did you know that the Wikipedia Sandbox is available for testing out edits?

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. Kavdiamanju (talk) 04:22, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

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 * Hi,


 * The articles are different. One is about the modern-day college and one is about the history of the college.


 * Thanks, Cliffswallow-vaulting (talk) 15:05, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Missing posts Talk:St. Mary's College of Maryland
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