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List of diesel automobiles
What is your intent for this list? Diesel cars in what year? In what country? Rmhermen 18:42, May 14, 2005 (UTC)

To begin with, it's simply a list of automobiles that were made with diesel engines. I don't have good data yet for years on most of the vehicles but I'd like it to be added as I (or others) discover it. Same goes for countries.

Ultimately I'd like it to be a comprehensive resource for people (such as myself) that are interested in (for example) biodiesel-capable vehicles but have had trouble tracking down good information on what exists, new or used, that can take it (or petrodiesel) as fuel.

Gecko 23:35, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Hey Burner
So are you going to the Man this year? Who do you camp with? Kit 22:52:43, 2005-08-04 (UTC)
 * No, alas I'll be going to the Orfun Burn locally -- yes I am from Austin. Brady sounds familiar but I am terrible with names and, as you know, we have so many of them. You should come for Flipside sometime. :) Kit 22:34:38, 2005-08-05 (UTC)
 * Next year will be an interesting year to attend Flipside so you might keep it in mind. We'll be moving to a new land several times the size of our current property, but not growing very much from our ~1500 person population. I expect it to be an even more interesting experience than usual. We might even have cabins, talk about the Black Rock Hilton! Kit 08:32:24, 2005-08-06 (UTC)

Burner Input Requested
I would like the input of other Wikipedian Burners on the topic of Links in article Burning Man. Please come to the Links section of Talk:Burning Man and provide your input, if you have time. Thanks! Kit 21:15, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for stopping by. This is my first content dispute so I wanted to get some input from outside. Kit 01:30, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Jimbo Wales to Attend San Diego Meetup on October 18 2005
Hello, Jimbo Wales will be in San Diego to attend OOPSLA and has agreed to come by and visit with the San Diego wikipedians. If you are interested, you will find more info on my talk page. Johntex\talk 00:54, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Details on the Meetup
I went to the Town and Country area last night to check out restaurants. I've eaten at the restaurants in Town and Country and they weren't that great, ao I wanted to find us somewhere nearby. There is a nice but expensive steak house down the street, but I don't know what everyone's budget is. I picked this place, I hope it is OK with everyone:

See you there! Johntex\talk 01:34, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 7:00pm Tuesday October 18th
 * 24-Hour Valley Kitchen Family Restaurant
 * 875 Hotel Circle South, Mission Valley, 619-819-1017 or 619-298-8282.
 * It is right across Highway 8 from the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center
 * It is very casual and comes highly recommended by the hotel desk. Entrees are $8-$15.  They have a wide menu: They have breakfast all-days, salads, burgers, steaks, echilladas, pies, that sort of place.

More Burner Help Requested
I am trying to provide better sources for articles in Category:Burning Man, so I have started a collection of academic, journalistic, and other sources on the event and related subculture. If you know of any or run across them in your web surfing in the future, please add them to User:Todfox/Burning Man/Sources. Thanks! Kit 21:52, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

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China Brain
Hello. I see you created an article called China Brain today. Wikipedia already has an article called China brain and the two look fairly similar to me - but it's not my field. If they are the same, could you merge your text into the older article? Then the newer article can either be deleted or redirected to the old article. Mr Stephen 23:22, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Burning Man Regional Events Infobox
I've started putting together an Infobox that can go on the Burning Man type events pages. When you have a few moments and can look at the example I've put together, I'd appreciate any comments you might have. Thanks, and Burn On! SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 14:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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Wikipedia Loves Art
First off, I apologize for the spam. You are receiving this message because you have indicated that you are in Southern California or interested in Southern California topics (either via category or WikiProject).

I would like to invite you to the Los Angeles edition of Wikipedia Loves Art, a photography scavenger hunt to be held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) on Saturday, February 28, 2009, from 1:00 to 7:00 PM. All photos are intended for use in Wikipedia articles or on Wikimedia Commons. There will be a prize available for the person who gets the most photos on the list.

If you don't like art, why not come just to meet your fellow Wikipedians. Apparently, we haven't had a meetup in this area since June 2006!

If you are interested in attending, please add your name to Wikipedia Loves Art. Please make a note if you are traveling to the area (train or plane) and need transportation, which can probably be arranged via carpool, but we need time to coordinate. Lodging is as of right now out of scope, but we could discuss that if enough people are interested.

Thank you and I hope to see you there!  howcheng  {chat} 23:54, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

CIPA
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Proposed deletion of Sandstorm: The Jim Boz Dance Company


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Goblet Drum
hi there... the page for goblet drum badly needs to be changed in its titling. It just doesn't work - there are many other kinds of goblet drum out there, such as djembe, boogaraboo, and tombek. 'Darbuka' is the most widely accepted speling to describe the drum you are talking about, and its important, becuase it is a very popular drum played all over the middle east. No-one from turkey to saudi arabia would refer to it as a 'goblet drum'. Its got no cultural basis whatsoever. Amphibio (talk) 14:31, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

I agree... the page I wrote, prior to the merge, called it 'dumbek,' which is the correct name. Gecko (talk) 18:29, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

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