User talk:Ilikea

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Hapa
Hi Ilikea, I'd like to join Meelar in welcoming you. I've noticed you've made a lot of changes to the Hapa article, as suggested on the Village Pump. I think the article has come a long way, but I had a few comments/questions. Again, welcome! -- DropDeadGorgias (talk) 21:27, Jul 27, 2004 (UTC)
 * 1) It is helpful to put edit summaries for your edits.  Since you make a lot of edits in batches, this is helpful for people to distinguish between your various edits and see what you have added incrementally from the history page.
 * 2) You can mark minor fixes (such as punctuation mistakes) by checking the "This is a minor edit" checkbox,
 * 3) What is your source for Bruce Lee being 1/4 russian?  I've never seen this statistic, and can't seem to find it on Google.  If you are sure of this information, please update the Bruce Lee article accordingly.  If you are unsure of any of these facts, it is best to discuss these changes on the Talk page, first, either at Talk:Bruce Lee or Talk:Hapa.

Hello Ilikea, I read your statement on talk:Hapa, and I added some of my thoughts on the matter. Thank you for your contributions. --Ryanaxp 21:51, Aug 3, 2004 (UTC)

Aloha
Aloha, Ilikea. First of all, welcome to Wikipedia. Second, there is no need to apologize for your being upset with whatever actions I may have taken against your contributions. It is understandable and you had every right to feel angry. Also, it was my fault for not having explained my actions before I took them and for that I must sincerely apologize. I was working erroneoulsy under the assumption that all the editors working on the Hawaii page had already known about the policy concerning the List of famous people from Hawaii and had failed to acknowledge that newcomers, like yourself, would have never had known. I obviously had learned that lesson.

Your contributions are very worthwhile as evident in the remarkable work you've already achieved to shape the Hawaii sections of Wikipedia to be so much more true to the identity of the Hawaiian Islands and its people. With your fervent desire to infuse the Spirit of Aloha to Wikipedia, Hawaii cannot be represented as anything other than genuine &mdash; as it should be portrayed &mdash; on this forum.

While my actions certainly were never driven by any intent to disregard and disrespect the values that are held true to kanaka ma&lsquo;oli and kama&lsquo;aina alike, I should hope to warn you that there are other editors on Wikipedia who are very Americocentrist and will try to do whatever they can to make sure their views prevail over the spirit of righteousness that is indicative of Hawaiian &mdash; both native and contemporary millennial &mdash; culture and society. When actions are taken against you and your contributions in that manner, always know that you won't be alone in the anger that you may feel and that you will have the support of many here at Wikipedia. We stood together to make sure the Republic of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii and Bayonet Constitution articles reflected reality instead of the radical propoganda that was being fed to unsuspecting Wikipedia readers. We're currently standing together to make sure anti-Hawaiian-English spelling factions (yes, they do exist) don't ban the use of &lsquo;okina and kahako from Wikipedia. And we intend to do the same for any Hawaii article here.

I look forward to working closely with you. Malama pono. --Gerald Farinas 20:27, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Deal with differences outside Wikipedia?
Dear Ilikea,

I have heavily edited a lot of changes you introduced, and you have restored your originals. We will be doomed to an edit war unless we can reach some modus vivendi. Perhaps email communication? A face to face meeting? I've repeated this on several talk pages, but I want to make sure that you get my message. Email lofstrom@lava.net to get in touch.

Zora 04:03, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Farewell
I conclude you made the decision to cease contributing because you disagree with editing of your contributions by other contributors. While it is unfortunate that some contributors respond to editing in the way you have chosen, such is the nature of the wiki medium. Please accept my best wishes for your future endeavors.

User categorization
Greetings! Your user page hasn't been vandalized :-) --it was updated to use the new User Categorization scheme. I have categorized your User Page as a Wikipedian in Hawai'i (Category:Wikipedians in Hawaii) since your name was listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Hawaii page.  The Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Hawaii page is scheduled for deletion.  Thanks!   Roby Wayne  Talk &bull;  Hist 23:44, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Looking for editors to help with an Asian Pacific American edit-a-thon in Honolulu
Aloha!

Last summer I moved to the Seattle area after 14 years in Kailua on Oahu. I immediately fell in with the Cascadia Wikimedians User Group as it formed, joined its board and became its first president as well as the GLAM representative for Washington State.

Recently, Adriel Luis, Curator (Digital & Emerging Media) at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, contacted me about setting up an edit-a-thon like the previous Wikipedia APA edit-a-thon. In addition to discussing one for Seattle, he wrote:

It's awesome to learn about your past in Honolulu - I'm actually going to be there for another SmithsonianAPA project mid September, and thinking that this could be an opportunity to do an event there as well! I have lots of contacts with UH and the museums, but do you know of any contacts on the Wikimedia side out there?

As I was working two jobs while I lived on Oahu, I did not have the opportunity to meet your or any other Wikipedians at the time. Hence, the reason why I am contacting you now.

If you would like to help, please contact me through one of these methods:
 * Email me directly at [mailto:peaceray@cascadia.wiki peaceray@cascadia.wiki]
 * Use Special:EmailUser/Peaceray to email me
 * Leave a message for me on my talk page.

Mahalo,

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Hawaii § Campaign to upload Lāhainā photographs
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Hawaii § Campaign to upload Lāhainā photographs.