User talk:Filceolaire/Archive 2

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Hello Filceolaire! Do you speak/understand Portuguese? --Sei Shonagon 21:52, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Portugese?
I lived in Mozambique for three years and was fluent in Portugese by the time I left. I'm a bit rusty these days however.Filceolaire 07:39, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

That is interesting! Your native language/mother-tongue is English? Which language do you 'dominate' the best? Which languages do you claim proficiency? English, Portuguese or anything else? --Sei Shonagon 18:33, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

English mainly, though I've been fluent in Irish as well as Portugese in the pastFilceolaire 01:04, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

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National Enquirer
I have a problem with your presumption that the Enquirer is an unreliable source. As I stated on the WP:BLP talk page, while they were unreliable years ago, they have since improved their practices (after several law suits), and are considered to be a pretty reliable source now. Can you provide any examples from the past few years (let's say three years), where they got a story wrong? Crockspot 17:15, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I was careful not to make a reference to National in the body of my comment - the only reference was in the edit summary and it may well be out of date. Any idea how I can change an edit summary?Filceolaire 16:54, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Elections in Mozambique
Hi Filceolaire, I found your statement "calling the 1994 elections "the first democratic elections" is not neutral point of view.There were other elections before this, people voted. These weren't even the first multiparty" intriguing.

When were the first multiparty elections in Mozambique in your opinion? Thanks Teixant 13:52, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm afraid I don't have any reference or citation however my recollection is that during the transition period there were multiple parties. Did any elections happened then?

Under Frelimo there were single party elections. People voted therefore they were (by some peoples definitions) democratic. Were these contested between multiple Frelimo canditates? Were candidates selected in open meeting with public participation?

Even under Portugal I believe they had elections. I think they may even have had some sort of faked up multi-party arrangement.

My personal belief is that the 1994 elections were more democratic than those that went before however neutral point of view requires that we describe the previous elections and the restrictions that applied so our readers know more about them and can decide for themselves if they want to label those elections 'democratic' or not. We can't just label them as not "democratic" when there isn't even a general accepted NPOV definition of what is or is not a "democratic" election.

Now where can we get hold of info on elections during the portugese period, the transition period and the Machel period?Filceolaire 09:46, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Society for Creative Anachronism
Thank you for your contribution to Society for Creative Anachronism. I apologize for my mistaken revision of the web citation. I misread the citation, which on my browser, looked like a partial citation that trailed off without finishing. Upon review, I saw that the citation did in fact work, so I restored it. To be clear, I never took issue with the source itself, only with having an incomplete citation. Your continued contribution is appreciated. Wilhelm meis (talk) 21:17, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

re: Middle men redirect
I'll start to work on it. The Wikiproject doesn't have to get involved although if you want to make an official announcement then feel free to do it. However the page redirects to the disambiguation page for most, so it's no biggie. Anyway I'll sort that out, thanks for contacting me. Lord of Moria  Talk   Contribs  22:15, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Rollback granted
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Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)/Archive D6
Hi there. No offence, but I removed the comment you made to that page. It's an archive page, and meant to reflect what the state of the discussion was at the moment it was archived. (There should have been a tag there to make this clear; I've since added it.) Any current discussion should take place on the current version of the page, at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (dates and numbers). Also, by convention all comments should be signed by typing four tildes ( ~ ). Teemu Leisti (talk) 21:18, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK 2.0 Voting is open :-)
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18.96.6.185
Thank you for your input. I will take it into consideration, but no guarantees. 18.96.6.185 (talk) 18:58, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

disruptive user
can you see/comment on the disruptive user and his tag team User_talk:HJ_Mitchell(Lihaas (talk) 21:23, 20 January 2011 (UTC)).

List of terrorist incidents, 2011
the article you moved doesnt include page history for the same name created over 2 weeks ago(Lihaas (talk) 08:14, 22 January 2011 (UTC)).
 * Did I do it wrong? I thought I asked for the page history to be moved! filceolaire (talk) 10:42, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

RE: Citation for the copycats
I added the sources to Mohamed Bouazizi article so you can get them from there -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 23:11, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Portal:Terrorism/Intro
I have undone your edit to Portal:Terrorism/Intro, because there seems to be a convention that the text on a portal page does not have references (I can't find the "instructions" or "policy" page that says that, though). In this case the text is a copy of the first paragraphs of the Terrorism article. The copy in the article has plenty of references.

As to the "weasel words" tag, I suggest that if you think this applies to the Terrorism article you should begin a discussion at Talk:Terrorism. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:07, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

London meetup on Sunday?
Hey Filceolaire,

Just wondering if you're aware of/planning to attend the meetup on Sunday at Penderel's Oak Pub in Holburn. I'm relatively new on the Foundation scene and want to meet as many 'pedians as possible, and I've heard great things about you from Philippe and Sue :) If you can't make it to the meetup, want to grab lunch/coffee sometime next week? I'm in London all week long and have a few days of downtime, mostly Mon-Wed. No pressure, of course, but lemme know if you're free and interested. Thanks, and hoping I'll get a chance to see you! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 09:19, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback feedback
Thanks - I didn't think about the googling thing. Borkfisch (talk) 20:39, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Feedback Dashboard task force
Hi Filceolaire,

I noticed you've been doing a lot of Feedback Dashboard patrolling. Thanks so much for jumping in and helping the newbies! Steven Walling and I are actually about to host an IRC office hours session with the folks who signed up for the Feedback Dashboard task force. You should join in! We'll start in about 20 minutes – hope to see you there :) Maryana (WMF) (talk) 21:39, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
The Cavalry (Message me) 00:10, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse!
Hi Filceolaire! Thank you for signing up to be a future host at the Teahouse. Well, great news - the future is here, we'd love you to be a Teahouse host! During this pilot time, Teahouse hosts do more than just ask questions - they invite new users to the Teahouse and track those invitations, they also provide input and insight into the development of the Teahouse. A few things I'd love to see you do as a Teahouse host:
 * First, declare your Hostness! Add yourself to the Host page! This page is where new editors and your fellow hosts can learn about you and reach out. By signing up here you declare that you know how to serve up a great cup of tea. Add yourself here.


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 * Invite new users with our invite guide. Aside from answering questions, the most important thing we need you to do as a host is to invite new users. Please follow these steps and invite as many as you can to experience the Teahouse. Also, please document your experience in the spreadsheet link provided on that page!
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 * Join the conversation by participating on the host lounge talk pages. We also have an IRC channel now for hosts to get to know one another, develop your skills, and eventually the channel will serve as an additional help space for new editors!
 * To visit the IRC channel: (Feel free to ask me for help if you're having trouble connecting!)

I'm so happy that you volunteered to lend a hand at the Teahouse. I look forward to following your contributions and invitations, and your assistance in making the Teahouse a great and warm place for new Wikipedians. See you there :) Sarah (talk) 21:57, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

File:Sain kamal khan.jpg
Sir I seek your valuable help,in improving my new article, as you did in my previous article "Sherani district". The image in my this new article is free for all having no copy rights attached to it.I am not technically very sound to manage as per note of administrator thereupon. I seek ur help in this regard. Looking forward. Thanks--M.A.Harifal. 13:22, 21 March 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr.Muhammad Akbar (talk • contribs)

Removed your name from active Teahouse hosts list for now
Hi Filceolaire,

Just writing to let you know that I've removed your name from the list of active Teahouse hosts, because it looks like you haven't participated much since the Teahouse opened. This wasn't supposed to be some passive-aggressive swipe at you; we're really just trying to make sure the list of hosts (and the host profiles that new users see) reflects people who are actively working the Q&A board, inviting new users, etc. This is so new users who are browsing through the host list feel confident that the people the see there are available and engaged. Anyway, we'd still love to have you around and value your contribution, so feel free to come by and add yourself back in when/if you want to take part. Any questions, ping me. Cheers, - J-Mo  Talk to Me   Email Me  21:07, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Joao Gilberto Dear sir, thank you for your interest in the subject, I did more than I should, I occupied my time on improving the information in Wikipedia in Portuguese and in English, the result is a big hassle. First the disrespectful treatment that Wikipedia has me down, the violent way in which it cuts and especially the insistence on ignoring the issue and treat it in a way so vile. We're simply talking about the greatest Brazilian artist. I too have to prove what is in the public domain, I think too much fiddling with pages created in the environment ShowBras, think over what they are asking me. I have fulfilled all the requirements when I spoke in cnflito tried to join a series of citations, doubted unjustly, unfairly cut. I'll put an end, do what you want, do not go Criative Commons, I do not agree with it, I realize that this is actually an option from the Wikipedia. Manifest myself in other forums on the subject. But thank you very much.--189.60.189.35 (talk) 01:40, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Penk
On the article Penk you claim that "penk" is rot13 for a "rude word". This seems to spell CRAX. Can you explain? Marnanel (talk) 13:54, 13 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Oh Penc! I got that wrong. filceolaire (talk) 19:42, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

This thing is on!
Hope you find this useful. Would look forward to followup questions. -LVilla (WMF) (talk) 02:29, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

VisualEditor
You asked about support for tables in VisualEditor a long time ago, so I wanted to let you know that the first ideas from the designers have been posted here: mw:VisualEditor/Design/Table editor. I'd really appreciate it if you would look over their suggested system for editing tables and let them know (just leave a note on the talk page) what you think and where they can refine it. The better quality feedback they get at this stage, the sooner table editing will appear in VisualEditor. Thanks, Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 23:06, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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