User talk:JoSePh

country articles
Please do not change section heading cases. Check the manual of style. Thanks. --Ragib 22:04, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

South Africa cleanup
Unless you give some reasoning as to how or why South Africa needs to be cleaned up, the cleanup template will most likely be removed again. dewet|✉ 13:13, 29 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I see you've been adding the cleanup to a number of articles; usually, if you want to add that, you must motivate it somehow, and preferably on the talk page of the article.  In this case, it needs to go on Talk:South Africa.  I'll remove the template for now.
 * Regarding the racial slur, I'm not quite sure that I'm following. How is that relevant to me, or to my question above?  Any personal attacks are disallowed according to Wikipedia policy (see WP:NPA for more info), so you should best handle it using those guidelines. dewet|✉ 13:23, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Well, I figured you're somebody of importance to Wikipedia. I also thought language and rudeness like this should be reported. I now there's nothing for you to do, but just thought you should know.


 * Ah, I see. I'm not really of any importance, just another random editor. I've looked up the edit you mentioned;  it was added anonymously by a contributor on dialup/broadband with an IP address pointing to somewhere in Missouri.  Sorry, there's not much more I can do. All of the best, dewet|✉ 13:31, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Advice: How to use dates on Wikipedia Please don't change the dates. Most British people and many people internationally write dates as dd/mm/yy, eg, 12 December 1904. Most Americans use mm/dd/yy, eg, December 12 1904. If the article is about an American topic, use mm/dd/yy. If it is a British topic, use dd/mm/yy. If neither, leave it as originally written. Many Americans or British people take offence if an article written about their country and which was written in their local version of English is changed around to a version they don't use. So please do not do that.

All dates usually have two square boxes around them, as in 12 December or December 12. This means that you can set your preferences (if you look around your screen you'll see the word preferences. Just hit that and follow the instructions) to ensure that you see all dates in the format you want, whether dd/mm/yy, mm/dd/yy or yyyy-mm-dd. The general rules on how Wikipedia articles are written can be seen in our Manual of Style. Type in WP:MS and you'll see the page.

If you have any queries about all this, just ask anyone on Wikipedia and they will help you. Enjoy your time on the web's fastest growing encyclopædia (or encyclopedia, if you write it that way!). Thank you.

Please don't change dates on Irish articles to US-style dating. Ireland uses the international dd/mm/yyyy format. Any changes will simply be reverted. FearÉIREANN \(caint) 21:41, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Long Beach, California
Why did you copy the City Infobox from Los Angeles, California to Long Beach, California, but not correct most of the data? Blank Verse 23:48, 27 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I was going to change everything on the infobox to Long Beach, but I had computer problems yesterday and did not finish. I'll definately get back to it ASAP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by User talk:JoSePh (talk • contribs)


 * note: you should 'sign' your posts with four tildes, like this: ~


 * You added the city flag for Long Beach, Mississippi to the Long Beach, California infobox, which I've now deleted. I did a quick look, but couldn't find a copy of the LB, CAL flag. The city seal also needs replacing because I'm pretty sure that the current one is a historical version which has been recently been updated. Blank Verse 05:10, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Glendale, California
Please be more careful making changes to articles about cities you're not familiar with. The changes you made to the Glendale, California infobox were incorrect. Glendale has a council-manager government where the city is governed by the City Council. The "mayor" is not an elected office, but rotates annually among the elected members of the City Council. Aside from chairing council meetings, the mayor's duties are ceremonial. Mike Dillon 22:28, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

To answer your question
Yes, I attened Annapolis high school from 2002-2006, when I graduated.BoBoCTiberius 00:51, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Boston Tea Party
Howdy, I noticed that you and I seem to post in one or two articles dealing with progressive issues in political science/sociology. There's currently a debate beginning in Boston Tea Party as to whether the article should include the category. It meets definitions set in the articles Terrorism and Definition of terrorism, however, there are several self-proclaimed patriots who watch BTP who refuse to recognise the fact. The simple criteria for terrorism generally seem to be intimidation or destruction of property in order to change public policy or public opinion while a state of war has not yet been declared. Some users would rather use recent acts of terrorism as a yardstick, rather than using a firm definition, and hence lose their ability to discuss matters calmly. Would you be able to pop in to the Talk page and join in the discussion? Thanks much, samwaltz 05:37, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Hagerstown, Maryland
Thanks for your interest in the article, and for the nice picture. I removed it though because it was improperly linked and didn't appear to have anything to do with the section it was linked in. If you want to try again, maybe put it in a different section of the article and try the code example I've included here so it'll show up more like you wanted.--Rosicrucian 07:49, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:Aa12g5e.jpg
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An article you created maybe deleted soon: Tools which can help you
The article you created, List_of_African_golfers maybe deleted from Wikipedia.

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File:Districts.jpg
Hello! I've tagged the above-named file for speedy deletion because it's a copyright violation with no clear indication of fair use. It was copied directly from the City of Baltimore's website (which includes a copyright notice). Unless some assertion of fair use is made, the file will be deleted. Esrever (klaT) 11:25, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:Aa12g5e.jpg
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File permission problem with File:Houses04-victorian.jpg
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File permission problem with File:Street01.jpg
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