User talk:John Carter/Archive 2011

Re: GabrielVelasquez
John, the personal attacks are certainly an ongoing problem, but more concerning is the use of an IP account, for edit warring and 3RR violation. The user made more than six straight reverts on the 30 September just from this account. When protection was implemented, GabrielVelasquez showed up out of the blue, warning 24.78.166.69's opponents about edit warring, making the same arguments, and using the same edit summaries. At least two users (myself and User:ChiZeroOne, possibly others) have asked GV to clarify if 24.78.166.69 is his account. Although it is obvious that it is, GV refuses to address the question. I could file an SPI, but I was hoping I could get GV to voluntarily agree to stop using two accounts and stick with one. Viriditas (talk) 08:31, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
 * John, I just confirmed and verified, via evidence that GV provided in his contribution history, that both the IP and GabrielVelasquez are the same user. Could you recommend where to go from here?  Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 08:58, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Various WikiProject Talkpage edit questions
I was wondering why you added the 'WikiProject Christianity|class=GA|importance=|charismatic-christianity=yes|charistmatic-christianity-importance=' category to the following Talkpages:
 * Talk:Axl Rose with this edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Axl_Rose&curid=150162&diff=388512543&oldid=386450133
 * Talk:Anthony Quinn with this edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Anthony_Quinn&diff=next&oldid=358461034
 * Talk:Sly Stone with this edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Sly_Stone&diff=next&oldid=378812871
 * Talk:Denzel Washington with this edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Denzel_Washington&diff=388519079&oldid=382052241
 * Talk:Demond Wilson with this edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Demond_Wilson&diff=388520317&oldid=330847859
 * Talk:Elvis Presley with this edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Elvis_Presley&diff=388511122&oldid=387802791

It seems that some of these people might have perhaps lived in a religious household as a child, but I am not sure about the Charismatics Category for all of them, so would like to know what your rationale is - thanks. Shearonink (talk) 01:24, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Canon Law
Hey John!

Thanks for contacting me about the Canon law/Laisization debate. I have written something in response to your comment. Thanks!

Canon Law Junkie §§§ Talk 14:08, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Renaming of category
I have proposed here to rename Category:Hindu terrorism to Category:Hindutva terrorism, as to be more accurate to the meaning that the terrorism is politically and nationally motivated and not religiously motivated. Please join the discussion. Silver seren C 22:25, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
This is excellent - at this stage I know that south asia, is dormant, - (and probably needs a workforce to actually get it up and running again)and east asia is proposed but I would prefer to just start tagging and think about the subnationals/parts of the whole later - or is that going to cause problems? SatuSuro 23:42, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Hey whenever, no urgency - I have noticed you have been busy - no rush - whenever I start the tagging I want to get a handle on the cat tags before much else in the project - so by looks any timeis good - whenever you are ready - thanks for the help! SatuSuro 23:54, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Sorry I understand now - yes any small bits to be included as well yes SatuSuro 01:03, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Looking good - I know I can be slow on the uptake at times - do we have a working project tag for the category pages yet? SatuSuro 00:30, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Amazing - what a lot of work that has been - please - hey take your time no rush - I would very very much like to have a project category tag if it is at all possible - thank you a million times again - it has been great to see the amazing hard work you have put into it! thank you! SatuSuro 00:37, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Ahah - formatting - I can see I need some practice - viz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Geographical/Asia SatuSuro 00:57, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
Again - looks very good - I hope to do still lots of 'prettying up to do' - and I gotta deconstruct the Death project page and death portal to get a handle on the formatting - but you have put it in place- thank you! SatuSuro 01:07, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Your recent edits to the Witch Trials Task Force Page
Please be advised that as you are not a member of our task group you are not welcome to edit our task group page with out first posting your intent to do so on our discussion page and waiting for a response that your actions are not offensive. I am responding to your actions here because it is in line with you constant and witless rant about "asume good faith". If you abuse process with me any further than you already have do not expect me to asume good faith on your part ever again. Hopefully, John5Russell3Finley (talk) 17:12, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

The Jesus Dynasty
I think the NPOV issues are now resolved and have removed the tag. I will look for other positive reviews as the article requires at least one more to balance it. And get a new arching bot :o) mark nutley (talk) 20:43, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Apologies
Bogged down (even in semi-retirement) on numerous fronts, John, and I deeply apologize for my absence. I just haven't had time to change gear and shift over to that intricate area once more. I'll do my best, if things are soon clarified on that other POV-ridden question about editing Shakespeare. Cheers (and I will in the meantime follow up on Ignatius) Nishidani (talk) 16:08, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

FYI
Hey there, hope you are doing well. FYI, regarding a comment you had made about my efforts in the past to improve the quality of a BLP page, I cited your comment, in a thread at BLPN. Just wanted to give you a heads up. ;) Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 11:06, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

You vandal!
Hmm... Toddst1 (talk) 11:43, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Ebionites 2 Mediation
Greetings!

I have agreed to mediate the Ebionites 2 case. I'm requesting that all parties start with opening statements, instructions are at the top of the page. Thanks for agreeing to go to mediation, I'm hopeful we can get this resolved to the satisfaction of all parties. Don't hesitate to contact me with any questions or issues. --WGFinley (talk) 01:02, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion for Peter Heier
You recently removed the speedy delete tag I placed on Peter Heier. I see nothing in this article, nor on a Google book search that meets Notability. Specifically, there is no "significant coverage" consisting of anything more than a "trivial mention". Please let me know if you found a citation to the contrary. Thanks, Dkriegls (talk) 01:03, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Just to be clear, I don't think the link you added meets "significant coverage". Dkriegls (talk) 01:15, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for getting back to me. It seems to me that his info is more appropriate for a list of noted exorcists, like the source book it comes from, than for individual biographies. Dkriegls (talk) 23:30, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Cool, thanks for taking the lead on this. Cheers. Dkriegls (talk) 00:35, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject Bacon !
Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 08:45, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
 * WikiProject Bacon has been created, and you are cordially invited to join, and list yourself as a participant at WikiProject_Bacon!
 * You may also feel free to add the userbox - User Bacon - to your userpage, to indicate your participation in the WikiProject.
 * The Bacon WikiCup is also ongoing, more info about that at User:SuperHamster/Bacon Challenge 2011, and User:SuperHamster/Bacon WikiCup 2011.

Buddhist mummies
I saw your name on the Buddhism Wikiproject and would like some input on this article. The editor in question has a track record of dubious sources, and another editor, who can read Chinese, has commented on this article at my talk page. The subject is fine, eg, but not the article. Thanks. (I like my bacon burned, by the way). Dougweller (talk) 08:16, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Recent changed to Template:WikiProject Christianity
The recent changes you have made seriously changed this template. Your "typo" edits have made the LDS-work-group and its "importance" stop functioning and I would suspect due to the changes several other groups don't work also. These "typos" aren't really "typos" since they are variable that are defined inside the templates codes, so they can be anything. They need to be undone so this template will work again.--ARTEST4ECHO (talk 12:59, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

An Invitation From Sue Gardner
Dear Wikimedia Project Contributors,

I am the assistant to Sue Gardner, the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. Sue and I will be traveling to the United Arab Emirates in early December to attend and speak at TedxDubai on Saturday, December 4. While traveling in Dubai Sue would like to meet with local Wikimedians and other project contributors to learn about your community and to inform you about the Wikimedia Foundation. We find these informal meet-ups a useful way to gather groups of Wikimedians who may enjoy learning about the work of other contributors in their region, and to learn about the work of the Wikimedia Foundation. While in Dubai we plan for Sue to conduct press interviews with mainstream media and to possibility speak at a local university.

The reason I am contact you is to inquire if you are interested in meeting Sue and gathering with other Wikimedians during her upcoming visit. I plan to arrange a private location with light food and beverages in an open space for attendees to share and meet each other. If you are interested to attend or know other Wikimedia contributors who may be interested in attending please email me at jowen@wikimedia.org.

We hope to have the opportunity to meet you in December.

Regards,

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 * Executive Assistant & Board Liaison
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James Owen (talk) 23:36, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Do we have to use WP:RS or not?
Thanks for your comment. Calvin is not a lexicographical authority of any repute whatsoever. I wanted to use standard modern lexicographical sources, they want to use Calvin because they share his POV. Calvin would be perfectly at home in an article or section entitled 'Calvinist views on baptism', but that is not how he is being used (my attempts to create such a section on the other baptism page were simply reverted). I still can't find anyone who will tell me why I can't use standard modern lexicographical sources in this article, and why Calvin is a more authoritative source than modern scholarship. Why is this so difficult? Yesterday I took the trouble to do this, but to be perfectly frank what is the point if (a) we don't have to use WP:RS if we don't have to, (b) outdated scholarship is to take precedence over modern scholarship, and (c) sources do not have to meet WP:V?--Taiwan boi (talk) 14:35, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your advice, that was most useful. If only Wikipedia had, you know, polices, which people were, you know, expected to follow. I'll see what can be done. In the meantime, let me know if there's really any point in me listing those resources. If people aren't going to cite them, and if they don't have to cite them, and if we can just grab bits and pieces from 19th century works, then there is no point in me making the offer, and I'll take it to Citizendium, where they actually have information literacy standards.Taiwan boi (talk) 14:57, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I have some scholarly sources on Ebionism if you want to use them.--Taiwan boi (talk) 15:29, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I see a few I have which aren't on your list yet. I'll see what I can do to get them to you. Would email be easier?--Taiwan boi (talk) 16:05, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Actually, they don't. I am not a Calvinist. I do not agree with his position. I do not agree with his POV. I do believe that many people still do and that is more to the point than "modern scholarship". In strange way, he is a reliable source since so many rely on his position and writings and so few read the marginalia or footnotes. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 07:47, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Perhaps in a way he is reliable, as you have pointed out. However, if so, he would really be reliable for their interpretation only. You have yet to establish that "so many" do rely on his position. Yes, maybe, 100 years ago, when the Hastings encyclopedia was written, that may have been true. But all articles are intended to rely first and foremost the current academic position on the matter. So, in matters of the definition of the term, whatever the opinions of individuals who do agree with a given position, we are supposed to reflect the highest quality academic research first and foremost, and treat other opinions as that. So the sources most accepted by the academic community, which in this case probably means the linguistic academic community, are the ones that should be given the greatest weight as per WP:WEIGHT. John Carter (talk) 14:45, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The irony John, is that the quote which Walter claimed was from Calvin, the quote which he argued dogmatically was authoritative, relevant, and a WP:R, wasn't even from Calvin. On the contrary, Calvin said the exact opposite of the quote, which was actually from a footnote in a modern edition of Calvin's work. Once I pointed this out, Walter immediately ceased his support for Calvin, and an edit was made arguing that Calvin was wrong. This is a clear indication of POV editing; a source is only considered authoritative by Walter until such a time as it is pointed out that it doesn't support his argument. Thank you for reminding Walter of WP:WEIGHT. Please see this diff and tell me which edit makes proper use of WP:RS and WP:WEIGHT.
 * My edit:
 * Differentiated between standard scholarly reference sources and non-scholarly sources
 * Identified POV sources as such ("Immersion, Proved to Be Not a Scriptural Mode of Baptism But a Romish Invention")
 * Included all the sources Esoglou had added to the article
 * Included all sources in a Wiki-oriented for/against presentation
 * Re-ordered the article in a logical way
 * Represented sources accurately
 * Esolglou's edit:
 * Fails to differentiate between standard scholarly reference sources and non-scholarly sources
 * Treats non-scholarly sources as equivalent in authority to standard scholarly reference sources
 * Removed a large number of scholarly reference sources which do not support his POV
 * Removed almost all sources which oppose his POV
 * Reverted my ordering of the article
 * Fails to represent all sources accurately
 * I would appreciate your comments.--Taiwan boi (talk) 01:25, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Rlevse
When Rlevse "retired" more than two years ago after a bad decision, I sent him a private email asking him to reconsider. But this is different. While putting an article through the FA process, he added unambiguous and relatively expansive copyvios (in one edit 8 consecutive minimally reworded sentences out of an original 9 consecutive sentences in a news report) to the article. This problem was discovered today while the article was on the main page, after similar problems with other editors' DYK contributions had been discussed for a while, a discussion with which Rlevse was clearly extremely unhappy.

Retiring and officially stepping back from their position (I expect that we will hear about that step soon) is the best thing an Arb can do in that situation to protect the institution itself from further damage. Maybe you should consider self-reverting your edit to Rlevse's talk page, as it could lead to an unnecessary side conflict and is only likely to fuel the scandal. Hans Adler 16:07, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * FWIW, you weren't the only one who sent e-mails two years ago. But I hadn't known about the copyvio questions. In a few, extreme, cases, even that might not be really horrible, if the language used is the among the best possible language for the material and if it is done in such a way as one might think a few quotation marks and maybe a single citation were simply overlooked, which I think could happen to the best of us once in a while. Maybe, I don't know the particulars in this case. But at this point I don't think my removing my first comments would do any good - we can hope that it doesn't escalate. John Carter (talk) 16:49, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately it's not such a minor thing. See WP:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/Plagiarism and copyright concerns on the main page for my analysis of an 8-sentence edit by Rlevse that was entirely plagiarised. This was probably the worst. Others, especially Uncle G and Moonriddengirl, have found various shorter instances of copying, sometimes loosely, sometimes literally with no changes. I could not find similar problems in Rlevse's two previous FAs, by the way, but the main source for one of them is not online. Hans Adler 16:59, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 October newsletter
The 2010 WikiCup is over! It has been a long journey, but what has been achieved is impressive: combined, participants have produced over seventy featured articles, over five hundred good articles, over fifty featured lists, over one thousand one hundred "did you know" entries, in addition to various other pieces of recognised content. A full list (which has yet to be updated to reflect the scores in the final round) can be found here. Perhaps more importantly, we have our winner! The 2010 WikiCup champion is, with an unbelievable 4220 points in the final round. Second place goes to, with 2260, and third to , with 560. Congratulations to our other four finalists –, , and. Also, congratulations to, who withdrew from the competition with an impressive 2685 points earlier in this round.

Prizes will also be going to those who claimed the most points for different types of content in a single round. It was decided that the prizes would be awarded for those with the highest in a round, rather than overall, so that the finalists did not have an unfair advantage. Winning the featured article prize is, for five featured articles in round 4. Winning the good article prize is, for eighty-one good articles in round 5. Winning the featured list prize is, for six featured lists in round 1. Winning the picture and sound award is, for four featured pictures in round 3. Winning the topic award is, for forty-seven articles in various good topics in round 5. Winning the "did you know" award is, for over one hundred did you knows is round 5. Finally, winning the in the news award is, for nineteen articles in the news in round three.

The WikiCup has faced criticism in the last month – hopefully, we will take something positive from it and create a better contest for next year. Like Wikipedia itself, the Cup is a work in progress, and ideas for how it should work are more than welcome on the WikiCup talk page and on the scoring talk page. Also, people are more than welcome to sign up for next year's competition on the signup page. Well done and thank you to everyone involved – the Cup has been a pleasure to run, and we, as judges, have been proud to be a part of it. We hope that next year, however the Cup is working, and whoever is running it, it will be back, stronger and more popular than ever. Until then, goodbye and happy editing! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 03:07, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

MfD
Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject North Korea (2nd nomination) Hello, this is to invite you to a previously held discussion on MfD that had been closed but was recently revealed to be a vote fraud following the discovery of a big sockfarm operated by that particular individual. Appreciate if you could voice your opinion on this matter there. Best. -- Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 10:04, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

page move
Hindu-Buddhist prayer beads has been moved to Buddhist prayer beads by Tktru. The page wasn't actually moved but the old article was pasted to the new location and then redirected. That obfuscates the edit history. Is there a way to do a proper page move to Buddhist prayer beads without losing edit history? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Helpsome (talk • contribs) 00:06, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Rich Farmbrough, 20:03, 3 November 2010 (UTC).

Bibliographies
Do you have any ideas for which (or some) of the subjects (that) need bibliographies? Rich Farmbrough, 20:01, 3 November 2010 (UTC).

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Turkmenistan articles
Category:Turkmenistan articles, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Svick (talk) 14:08, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

RfC regarding Transcendental meditation
A request for comment regarding the overall layout of the TM topic area is ongoing here. As you have commented previously your analysis of the best way forwards would be appreciated. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:56, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

The Lost Ark
The Ark of the Covenant Found!

Pls go through this link I think it is the actual history. can u add this articles on Holy Ark page.

http://www.biblediscoveries.com/content/view/27/41/

Thanking You

Shijo —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shijoc (talk • contribs) 00:37, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

WP Holidays in the Signpost
"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on WikiProject Holidays for a Signpost article to be published at the end of November. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Also, if you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 22:19, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Request comments
I request your comments about the notability of Religious typification section on Jehovah's Witness talk page. Thank you--Logical Thinker: talk 14:17, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

An Invitation From Sue Gardner
Dear Wikimedia Project Contributor,

I am the assistant to Sue Gardner, the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind Wikipedia. Sue and I will be in Dubai from December 1-6 for speaking events at TedxDubai and Zayed University's-Dubai Campus.

Sue invites you to meet with her and other local Wikipedia contributors the afternoon of Saturday, December 4. If you are interested to attend please sign-up on using the below link or email me at jowen@wikimedia.org.

Dubai Meet-Up Sign-Up Page

WIKI MEET-UP DUBAI WITH SUE GARDNER
 * Date: Saturday, December 4, 2010
 * Time: 18:30-20:30
 * Location: The Pub in the Radisson Blu Duabi Deira Creek
 * Address: Bani Yas Road, 476 Dubai

We hope you can attend.

James Owen (talk) 04:20, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Executive Assistant & Board Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation

Regarding your comment at AfD
John, I'm moving this here as I realized that posting this kind of information at the AfD is exactly what I'm against, so I shouldn't do it even if I'm trying to prove a different point. But I would like a response either way (hence the "move" here)--

You wrote:
 * Actually, I think it might well be reasonable to raise such issues here. Remembering that this is not a debate, or a vote, it may in at least some cases be reasonable to raise points regarding a history of disruptive edits regarding similar content, up to and including sockpuppetry. I acknowledge some people are more active in AfD than I am, but indicating to the person who will ultimately close the AfD and make the final decision that there have been concerns regarding the behavior of editors in related content might be appropriate. I might myself wish for a fewer of them in this particular instance, but this discussion does seem to be attracting a lot of the "regular suspects editors" of this topic, and if there have been concerns of sockpuppetry, meatpuppetry, collusion, or whatever, in related matters before regarding some of them, indicating that to the closer seems to me a reasonable thing to do. John Carter (talk) 17:09, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I fail to see how someone once receiving a warning from an admin about editing a related page has anything to do with the AfD process. The general socking issue might be relevant, if there is concern of that happening again, but this is ridiculous.  Thanks to the links provided at AN/I by Jehochman, I've discovered that before he changed his identity Cirt was blocked several times editing in subject areas related to this entry.  Should that get mentioned here and in every related AfD he contributes to?  No way, and I'm sure you and others would agree to that as well.  I'm disturbed by how muddy the waters are allowed to get when some people are doing the muddying but not others.  They should stay clean all around.  Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 17:34, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much
Thank you, for your positive comments about my work, in the deletion discussion for the article Werner Erhard vs. Columbia Broadcasting System at the AFD page Articles for deletion/Werner Erhard vs. Columbia Broadcasting System. Your comments are most appreciated. Thanks again, -- Cirt (talk) 21:31, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Portal:Somerset at peer review
Hi, I put Portal:Somerset up for review on the peer review page a couple of weeks ago & haven't (yet) had any comments. If you had the time to take a look that would be great.&mdash; Rod talk 15:54, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Arbcom elections
Sooo, any chance to convince you to run for arbcom? : ) - jc37 05:30, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I been wondering the same thing actually The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 05:41, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I am honestly humbled by the suggestion, believe me, but very seriously doubt I have the temperment for it. I regret to say that David Bruce Banner's best-known quote is one that unfortunately I could use rather often as well, and I doubt anyone would like to see an arbitrator "hulk out" during one of their cases. John Carter (talk) 18:49, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Lol, not that being on the committee is one of the least stressful things one can do, for that matter.
 * That's for considering it. And please let me know if you change your mind. - jc37 19:32, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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Falun Gong workgroup
Hi John, I'm wondering if the group is still active. It doesn't seem to be used anymore.--PCPP (talk) 16:31, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Grito de Dolores
JC, is there anything that can be done about the above article? It seems that, every whipstich, I have to correct soneones (probably) well-intentioned attempt to translate the title into english as 'Cry of Pains'(which it is, literally), when it contextually means 'Cry of Dolores', because it occurred in the town of Dolores, Guanajuato. Most of these edits are by users with IP addresses-maybe protect the content so that one needs an account in order to edit it? I know, I know, this is hardly of earth-shattering importance, but I've been pulling my hair out and, at my age, I don't have much left. What think you?--Lyricmac (talk) 18:17, 25 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Okay, I looked at the hidden text stub and, as I expected, it was as if I was reading greek.
 * Personally I think that this would serve. Now, how would it be done?


 * Thank you, John-spot on.--Lyricmac (talk) 04:04, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Warriors role call
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US GEOGRAPH?
See my idea at User talk:Jimbo Wales. Any thoughts?♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:34, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Yeah I'd anticipated that. Naturally its difficult in the UK to photograph in remote areas of Snowdonia etc and of course we have many fields which look very similar... Hopefully Ser Amantio can make the foundation see some light in it as Jimbo clearly didn't..♦  Dr. Blofeld  17:53, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

BusStop
Your input would be appreciated here:...Modernist (talk) 19:21, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

WP:Featured portal candidates
Per this discussion and the fact that you are listed on PortalReviewVolunteers/List, this is to inform you that there are two featured portal candidates at present that need more input. Thanks. BencherliteTalk 11:53, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! BencherliteTalk 13:00, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors wanted in Bozeman, Montana
Hi! I'm leaving you this message because you're listed as a member of WikiProject Montana. The Wikipedia Ambassador Program is currently looking for Campus Ambassadors to help with Wikipedia assignments at Montana State University - Bozeman, which will be participating in the Public Policy Initiative for the Spring 2011 semester. The role of Campus Ambassadors will be to provide face-to-face training and support for students on Wikipedia-related skills (how to edit articles, how to add references, etc.). This includes doing in-class presentations, running workshops and labs, possibly holding office hours, and in general providing in-person mentorship for students.

Prior Wikipedia skills are not required for the role, as training will be provided for all Campus Ambassadors (although, of course, being an experienced editor is a plus).

I know Montana is a big state, but if you happen to live near Bozeman and you are interested in being a Wikipedia Campus Ambassador, or know someone else from Bozeman who might be, please email me or leave a message on my talk page.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 21:38, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Asbury Bible Churches


The article Asbury Bible Churches has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Per Notability_(organizations_and_companies) - only 1 source, and nothing to indicate the cite is more then a simple non-noteable listing

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Eclipsed  (talk)   (code of ethics)     12:25, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LVII, November 2010
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MfD nomination of WikiProject Christian music/Christian Metal music
WikiProject Christian music/Christian Metal music, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Christian music/Christian Metal music and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of WikiProject Christian music/Christian Metal music during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you.  Klein zach  23:56, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Baptism in Christianity
It has been suggested at Talk:Baptism in Christianity that you might have useful insights regarding the recent move of the article Baptism to Baptism in Christianity. The discussion can be found here. Please take a look and give us your thoughts. Thanx. --Richard S (talk) 18:06, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Announcement
Hello! I'm The Arbiter, one of the coordinators for WikiProject Zoo. I am proud to announce the launch of a new portal: Portal:Zoos and Aquariums! ZooPro, ZooFari, and I worked hard to create a new portal for information on zoos, aquariums, and the associated projects and articles on Wikipedia. If you could head on over, take a look at our work, and maybe learn some more about zoos and Wikiproject Zoo, it would be great! Cheers and Happy Editing!

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Independent Scientologists
Re, I believe the term is "Independent Scientologists". We may need a new category at some point; I think people are beginning to self-identify as such. -- JN 466  12:38, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
 * See Category:Independent_Scientologists. -- JN 466  01:01, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Help please
Hi - I am trying to resurrect WikiProject Pipe Bands but the project template needs tweaking (i think) to get the assessment working viz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Glossary_of_bagpipe_terms - if you are around in the short term could you8 please look? If I dont hear from you in a few days i might be very unprincipled and try others as well - cheers - trust you computer situation is better than it was a year (or was it 2 cannot remember which) I have had all my expensive camera gear lightened from my  charge this time around - have a good christmas if you read it before - cheers SatuSuro 12:29, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Also - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian_eschatology&action=history - recent edits suggest sock behaviour and also edit warring which I am going nowhere near - as you are sysop - you might be interested in the behavio8r there - cheers SatuSuro 12:45, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Edward Thaddeus Barleycorn Barber is up for speedy deletion
You can help save it. Bab-a-lot (talk) 18:46, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, again
Thanks for your input. I appreciate your wisdom and your advice.--DeknMike (talk) 04:26, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Tabor
I don't know whether or not it is appropriate to add to the reviews on your Ebionites user page, but the Biblical Archaeology Review's review of Jesus Dynasty seems to be back online here, and I thought this might also be worth including. &bull; Astynax talk 09:02, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Moldova
Hello,

I noticed that you are a fellow active member of WikiProject Moldova. Some time ago I created a new userbox for the project and proposed that it become official. Since no responses have been made as of yet, I am hoping to spark a discussion at Template talk:WikiProject Moldova User on the matter.

Mulțumesc,

Lothar von Richthofen (talk) 16:55, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

WP:WARRIORS scope change?
Hi John, as you've contributed to the discussion on the WP:WARRIORS talk page about including Seekers in our scope, please feel free to vote here, as all opinions are welcome. Thanks,  :.:∙:∙∙:∙:.:&#124; pepper &#124; :.:∙:∙∙:∙:.:  23:26, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011
Hello. You are being contacted because you have previously shown interest in the WikiCup but have not yet signed up for the 2011 WikiCup, which starts at midnight. It is not too late to sign up! The competition will remain open until at least January 31, and so it is not too late to enter. If you are interested, simply follow the instructions to add your username to the signup page, and a judge will contact you as soon as possible with an explanation of how to participate. The WikiCup is a friendly competition open to all Wikipedians, old and new, experienced and inexperienced, providing a fun and rewarding way to contribute quality content to Wikipedia. If you do not want to receive any further messages about the WikiCup, or you want to start receiving messages about the WikiCup, you may add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the WikiCup talk page or contact the judges directly. J Milburn and The ed17 06:49, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

San Juan de los Lagos
John, when you have a spare moment, would you be so kind as to look at the above article and my comment on the discussion page? What do you think should be done? The entire article was plaigerised from a commercial website(the link is included in my comments). What is the best recourse? Many thanx.--Lyricmac (talk) 20:26, 31 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I went ahead and adapted the copy for sp:wikipedia to re-write the article but more information is needed and also documentation.--Lyricmac (talk) 03:04, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Ebionites
Hello John. Unfortunately, I have lost complete interest in Ebionites as a topic and Wikipedia article. Furthemore, in light of the fact that my past experiences with some of the other contributors to the Ebionites article were quite tumultuous and these individuals are still involved, the last thing I want to do is butt heads with them again. So I wish you luck. --Loremaster (talk) 18:49, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

I don't have any old sources that I didn't include in the Ebionites article. If they were deleted during various edits by other contributors during the years since I left this article, I suggest you go back to old versions of the article to find them. --Loremaster (talk) 19:00, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

3RR Warning
You are have just violated 3RR by reverting the Ebionites article four times within a 24 hour period here, here, here and here. Perhaps you are under the misaprehension that the 4 reverts have to be to same material? No so, just the same article. Please self revert or I will report you.-- cheers, Michael C. Price talk 21:29, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Warriors scope change
Hey John. We're having a !vote to decide what to do with the scope change. (hopefully, as soon as you and Airplaneman comment, we can try to decide what the consensus is). Thanks,  Bramble  claw  x   02:16, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

User talk:John Carter/Ebionites
Hi John,

has expressed concern about this User Talk: page section you've created: User talk:John Carter/Ebionites. He views it as a personal attack. Are you planning to use it in an imminent WP:RFC, WP:AN/I or WP:COIN thread? If not, would you object to removing it? This kind of material about editors in good standing is generally discouraged unless it's about to be used in an appropriate forum. Jayjg (talk) 23:00, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Of course, Ovadyah has no reservations about the page which he has created for the same purpose which seems to be started by him in preparation for possible arbitration or for filing a claim on the COIN, should the mediation not get a mediator soon. I believe he has begun that one at your individual approval, even though I had expressed the same sort of objections. If Ovadyah is himself willing to do the same thing with his evidence collection page, something I believe he has shown no interest whatsoever in doing, then I would have no objections to doing the same myself. But, yes, if there is no mediator assigned in the near future, I am very seriously considering filing at COIN regarding him, and probably Michael C Price as well. John Carter (talk) 15:46, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The COIN section has been archived with no action. Would you mind blanking the section now? Or would you mind me doing so? Thanks. Jayjg (talk) 19:02, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Rivers/Categories
Template:Rivers/Categories has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. — This, that, and the other (talk) 03:44, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Happy 10th
 Happy 10th anniversary of Wikipedia! Hey Bzuk  (contribs) has bought you a whisky! Sharing a whisky is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the WikiLove by buying someone else a whisky, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Enjoy!

What goes around, comes around. Spread the good cheer and camaraderie by adding to their talk page with a friendly message. Bzuk (talk) 14:53, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

User conduct warning
Please refrain from engaging in speculation, as you did here User_talk:John_Carter/Ebionites about my religion, my alleged membership in the EJC, and who I am off-Wiki. The statements you have made to date are false and potentially libelous. If you continue to propagate these false allegations following this talk page warning, in WP:COI or elsewhere on article and admin talkpages, such statements will rise to the threshold of being knowingly false and libelous in fact. Thank you. Ovadyah (talk) 05:32, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of List of Welsh Christians for deletion
The article List of Welsh Christians is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/List of Welsh Christians until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Grutness...wha?  02:23, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Copyright
Hi John, I noticed that at User:John_Carter/Ebionites you've copy and pasted many sources verbatim. I'm fairly sure that this shouldn't be done, since they will be copyrighted. I was tempted to remove them myself, but thought it was best to drop you a note first and let you do it yourself. I haven't looked into the COI issues in detail, but at first glance, it looks more like a content issue than a COI issue, but I'll try to look at it in more detail tomorrow nad post at COIN. Thanks SmartSE (talk) 23:02, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

WP Warriors in the Signpost
"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on WikiProject Warriors for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Also, if you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 05:25, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Zad68 (talk) 16:52, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 January newsletter
We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to, who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by , with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to, who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, , who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 22:36, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

me again
Back in 2009 (at least, I think it was then), I turned most of the LDS Movement WikiProject Banners into WPChristianity banners, with the project in a parameter (under your instruction). Now, an IP has undone most (~200) of those edits. Is it still appropriate to consolidate all banners under the WPChristianity banner? and if so, is there an easy way to undo all those edits? Regards, Spalds (talk) 14:18, 3 February 2011 (UTC)


 * If you wish, you are welcome to answer this question, and join the rest of the discussion at User talk:208.81.184.4. -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 17:55, 3 February 2011 (UTC)



Template:LDSproject
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Latter Day Saint movement. 208.81.184.4 (talk) 17:10, 9 February 2011 (UTC) (Using )

Isle of Man project
Hey John! I started a Wikiproject template for the Isle of Man project

It is at Template:WikiProject Isle of Man

WhisperToMe (talk) 12:43, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
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User Page
What's this about? The Jade Knight (talk) 22:32, 21 February 2011 (UTC)


 * It was a really lame attempt at humor, based on the random sentence generator which was used in the book Atlanta Nights. It probably makes a bit less sense now, with the revisions. John Carter (talk) 18:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Warriors discussion
Hello. Your opinion would be appreciated at Talk:Moonrise (Warriors)  Bramble  claw  x   15:16, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

About the Avatar move discussion
Hi John Carter, there has been this discussion going on for 12 days about moving Avatar (Hinduism) back to Avatar. I know there is a problem with backlogs lately, so maybe I should just wait. Meanwhile the discussion is running in circles. Whatever work its closure involves, User:Redtigerxyz and I have volunteered to do it. Can you please take a look? Hoverfish Talk 15:54, 28 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Meanwhile it was closed by another administrator. Best regards. Hoverfish Talk 19:13, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 February newsletter
So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to (first, with 487 points) and  (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.

Some news for those who are interested- March will see a GAN backlog elimination drive, which you are still free to join. Organised by WikiProject Good articles, the drive aims to minimise the GAN backlog and offers prizes to those who help out. Of course, you may well be able to claim WikiCup points for the articles you review as part of the drive. Also ongoing is the Great Backlog Drive, looking to work on clearing all of the backlogs on Wikipedia; again, incentives are offered, and the spirit of friendly competition is alive, while helping the encyclopedia is the ultimate aim. Though unrelated to the WikiCup, these may well be of interest to some of you.

Just a reminder of the rules; if you have done significant work on content this year and it is promoted in this round, you may claim for it. Also, anything that was promoted after the end of round one but before the beginning of round two may be claimed for in round two. Details of the rules can be found on this page. For those interested in statistics, a running total of claims can be seen here, and a very interesting table of that information (along with the highest scorers in each category) can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:44, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

InterWikiProject Collaboration
The Outline WikiProject is currently working on the Outline of Sikhism.

You, and the rest of the Sikhism WikiProject are invited to join this collaboration.

The Outline of Sikhism is the latest addition to the religion section of Portal:Contents/Outlines.

We look forward to learning from your expertise on this subject.

The Transhumanist 05:44, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Article Tahash Timeline
Please look at the article Tahash, and on the Discussion Page: "Consensus on Timeline" give your opinion about the Timeline. Thank you. --Michael Paul Heart (talk) 12:34, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

 * Hi John. You may not have noticed, but there's a section where I'd like you to indicate if you're participating in the mediation or not. Cheers! Jayjg (talk) 21:26, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Requests for arbitration Ebionites 2
The request for arbitration is accepted (titled Ebionites 2). However, the case will be held in abeyance for four weeks to allow mediation to proceed. After four weeks, or earlier if the mediation is closed as unsuccessful, the Committee will reexamine the situation to determine whether the case will proceed or be dismissed.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Dougweller (talk) 12:02, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikiproject Africa resource request
I saw your note on the project page that you have access to quite a few resources about Africa. If you have the time, could you email me an article from All Africa (to reference the article on Kao Denero)? --Banana (talk) 08:01, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Alright I've sent you an email. --Banana (talk) 19:38, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for checking :) --Banana (talk) 03:36, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Religion
Per these contributions, please respond at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Religion. Thanks. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 02:26, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Mediation
Hi John. Your latest comment on my Talk: page confused me a little. Would you mind responding to this question? I only want to mediate if everyone is committed to the mediation. Jayjg (talk) 02:57, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Ebionites mediation
The Ebionites mediation has begun. Please make your opening statement at Talk:Ebionites/Mediation 2. Jayjg (talk) 03:52, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011
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talk:cpc
Replied to your comment with a summary, hope it helps. Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 19:47, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Abbo of Metz for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Abbo of Metz is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Abbo of Metz until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. :| TelCo NaSp  Ve :|  06:54, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Yoda userbox
OMG, I love it. I'm stealing it. Do you have a patent on this? Do I owe you wiki-royalties? Or should I just wait for you to join forces with the RIAA and sue your potential friends and customers as a preemptive strike to prevent future relationships and business? Dave (talk) 20:29, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 March newsletter
We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is with 231 points, who leads Pool H.  (Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered "vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see WikiCup/Scoring.

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:59, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:People associated with the Church of the Nazarene and subcats
Category:People associated with the Church of the Nazarene, and its subcats which you created, have been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the categories' entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 15:59, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

Ebionite Jewish Community
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Ovadyah (talk) 20:29, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Jools Holland
Hi there, I notice that you are a member of the arts and entertainment workgroup in WikiProject Biography.

I have made edits to the article Jools Holland which is currently rated as Start Class. I believe it may be eligible for B class or at least C class status now. I did not want to chance it myself, as I presumably now have a COI with the article in relation to how "good" I think it is! I'd appreciate your input. Phil ip.t.day  talk  19:33, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ebionite Jewish Community (3rd nomination)
I'm not interested in Ebionites as a topic nor a Wikipedia article. I don't care either way if the Ebionite Jewish Community article is kept or deleted. Please tell In ictu oculi and everybody else that I do not want to be contacted regarding any issue related to Ebionites ever again. --Loremaster (talk) 21:23, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks John
though Tom Reedy was and remains the real stalwart there. I'm more bookwormish than literary, and to cite Lear, 'Thou owest the worm no silk.'! Regards Nishidani (talk) 18:48, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of Jersey election poster image
You being the only member of WikiProject Jersey, I decided to just inform you directly that has been nominated for deletion. Silver seren C 20:11, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, a number of the posters in this category have been nominated for deletion, so you might want to look through them. Silver  seren C 20:21, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 April newsletter
Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. , who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.

This round saw our first good topic points this year; congratulations to and  who also led pool H and pool B respectively. However, there remain content types for which no points have yet been scored; featured sounds, featured portals and featured topics. In addition to prizes for leaderboard positions, the WikiCup awards other prizes; for instance, last year, a prize was awarded to (who has been eliminated) for his work on In The News. For this reason, working on more unusual content could be even more rewarding than usual!

Sorry this newsletter is going out a little earlier than expected- there is a busy weekend coming up! A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 19:22, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011
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Invitation to join Wikimedia US/WALRUS mailing list
Hi John! I'd like to invite you to join wikimediaus-l, where we already discussing The Great American Wiknic for June 2011 :)--Pharos (talk) 17:20, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXII, April 2011
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Buddhists in WP:Buddhism listing
Hi John, I hope you're doing well! I got a comment from someone who didn't like Wayne Shorter being classed in our offline releases under Buddhism. We earlier had a similar request from WP:BUDDHA to remove Courtney Love from their lists for V0.8. I was reviewing the tagging for these, and it looks like you were doing some very frenetic (AWB?) assessments back in 2007 when these were tagged. Most on this list are now untagged; however, would you mind if I review the list from that time and bring any remaining ones to WP:BUDDHA for untagging? I know little about Buddhism, so I don't feel able to make the call myself, but I presume the project can advise on which of those "famous Buddhist" articles truly belong there.

Personally, I'm very grateful for all of your WikiProject tagging back in 2007 - it certainly helped us a lot when we put together Version 0.7. Obviously if you tag several thousand articles, a couple are going to get mis-tagged.

Many thanks, Walkerma (talk) 21:34, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Falkland Islands Article in Arbitration
Having briefly reviewed the article's discussion history, I've identified you as a potentially aggrieved editor whose contributions may have been negatively impacted by the actions of a group of editors who are alleged to be POV-pushing and engaging in WP:GAMES. I invite you to peruse the arbcom request and voice your opinion and experiences, at your leisure. The link is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#WP:NPOV_and_WP:GAMES_in_.22Falkland_Islands.22_and_related_articles

Thank you.Alex79818 (talk) 23:04, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 May newsletter
We're half way through round 3 of the 2011 WikiCup. There are currently 32 remaining in the competition, but only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. , of pool D, is our overall leader with nearly 200 points, while pools A, B and C are led by, and  respectively. The score required to reach the next round is 35, though this will no doubt go up significantly as the round progresses. We have a good number of high scorers, but also a considerable number who are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. Also, an important note concerning nominations at featured article candidates: if you are nominating content for which you intend to claim WikiCup points, please make this clear in the nomination statement so that the FAC director and his delegates are aware of the fact.

A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:30, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXIII, May 2011
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WikiProject United States History
Greetnings, I was looking at the list of WikiProjects at the WikiProject Council and it states that WikiProject United States History is inactive. I am not sure thats true and I know you are active in it so I thought I would ask you. If its not inactive I recommend changing the listing at the Council page. --Kumioko (talk) 20:45, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

MfD nomination of WikiProject Animation/Web animation work group
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Welcome back
If you have time, take a browse at Tetragrammaton in the New Testament, Notzrim, Melchizedek. Seems that where Judaism+Christianity cross WP:Fringe abounds. In ictu oculi (talk) 05:48, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. There should be a workgroup. In ictu oculi (talk) 19:20, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Horse/Comments
Hi. Several years ago you created Talk:Horse/Comments, with the comment,
 * Needs more reference citations. John Carter 16:14, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't know if anybody goes to that page, but the comment itself shows up in a couple of the project banners in the parent page, Talk:Horse. Do you mind if I move the comment and delete the /Comments page? —WWoods (talk) 20:36, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
 * So I did that. —WWoods (talk) 16:20, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Archiving
Incidently, Werdnabot seems not to be working to archive your talk page. You might want to change to an alternative like MiszaBot. —WWoods (talk) 20:36, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Bump. —WWoods (talk) 05:16, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
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Workgroup
Sorry John, you invited me, and gave link to the workgroup for early Christianity, could you remind me please. Not that it seemed active. Just keep coming across fringe (typically Messianic-Jewish-Christian) editing on what should by rights be sensible encyclopedia pages. In ictu oculi (talk) 16:53, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject United States History
Greetings, It was recently suggested that WikiProject United States History might be inactive or semiactive and that it might be beneficial to include it in the list of projects supported by WikiProject United States.

I have started a discussion and will contact each of the active members for their comments and input on the suggestion. Please take a moment and add your comments to the discussion or feel free to contact me if you have any questions. --Kumioko (talk) 19:43, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Jordan Escusa for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Jordan Escusa is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Jordan Escusa until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

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Portal deletion
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"Luther" redirect move discussion re-opened at new page
I'm inviting everyone who contributed to the previous discussion to weigh in (again) at Talk:Luther (disambiguation). Thanks, Aristophanes 68   (talk)  20:33, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

MfD nomination of WikiProject Micronesia/Johnston Atoll work group
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MfD nomination of WikiProject Micronesia/Wake Island work group
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WikiCup 2011 June newsletter
We are half way through 2011, and entering the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; the semi-finals are upon us! Points scored in the interim (29/30 June) may be counted towards next round, but please do not update your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. 16 contestants remain, and all have shown dedication to the project to reach this far. Our round leader was who, among other things, successfully passed three articles through featured article candidates and claimed an impressive 29 articles at Did You Know, scoring 555 points. Casliber led pool D. Pool A was led by, claiming points for a featured article, a featured list and seven good article reviews, while pool C was led by , who claimed for two good articles, ten articles at Did You Know and four good article reviews. They scored 154 and 118 respectively. Pool B was by far our most competitive pool; six of the eight competitors made it through to round 4, with all of them scoring over 100 points. The pool was led by, who claimed for, among other things, three featured articles and five good articles. In addition to the four pool leaders, 12 others (the four second places, and the 8 next highest overall) make up our final 16. The lowest scorer who reached round 4 scored 76 points; a significant increase on the 41 needed to reach round 3. Eight of our semi-finalists scored at least twice as much as this.

No points were awarded this round for featured pictures, good topics or In the News, and no points have been awarded in the whole competition for featured topics, featured portals or featured sounds. Instead, the highest percentage of points has come from good articles. Featured articles, despite their high point cost, are low in number, and so, overall, share a comparable number of points with Did You Know, which are high in number but low in cost. A comparatively small but still considerable number of points come from featured lists and good article reviews, rounding out this round's overall scores.

We would again like to thank and  for invaluable background work, as well as all of those helping to provide reviews for the articles listed on WikiCup/Reviews. Please do keep using it, and please do help by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup.

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Coordinator Election
There is discussion at WikiProject Christianity that you may be interested in here. Ryan Vesey (talk) 21:36, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
Ryan Vesey (talk) 19:40, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject English
John, I thought you might be interested in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject English (2nd nomination), since you were involved in the first one. I also took the liberty of updating your centijimbo counter. :-) --Doug.(talk • contribs) 21:01, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue LXIV, June 2011
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Articles for deletion/Notzrim
Time to wrap this up? I doubt anyone else is going to comment. PiCo (talk) 14:19, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2011 July newsletter
We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are (Pool A, 189 points) and  (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. In addition, congratulations to PresN, who scored the first featured topic points in the competition for his work on Thatgamecompany related articles. Most points this round generally have, so far, come from good articles, with only one featured article (White-bellied Sea Eagle, from ) and two featured lists (Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, from PresN and Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, from ). Points for Did You Know and good article reviews round out the scoring. No points have been awarded for In the News, good topics or featured pictures this round, and no points for featured sounds or portals have been awarded in the entire competition. On an unrelated note, preparation will be beginning soon for next year's WikiCup- watch this space!

There is little else to be said beyond the usual. Please list anything you need reviewing on WikiCup/Reviews, so others following the WikiCup can help, and please do help if you can by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup- points are, of course, offered for reviews at GAC. Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 11:35, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Suggestion to pull WikiProject Wyoming under WikiProject United States
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Assyrian Church of the East
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Astrology project categories
Hi John - by going through the history of the Wiki:astrology project page I see you were involved in setting up the categories for the project. I have a question to ask you about this. Could you drop a quick note on my talk page to let me know when you are back from your wikibreak? Thanks -- Zac  Δ talk! 13:13, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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Falun Gong
Thanks for your note. I'm afraid I know little more about FG than the average American. However I've put the project and the main article on my watchlist. If there are any specific issues that come up which need more input let me know. FYI, Vassyana hasn't edited since February, so he may be retired.  Will Beback   talk    22:22, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 July newsletter
The finals are upon us; we're down to the last few. One of the eight remaining contestants will be this year's WikiCup champion! 150 was the score needed to progress to the final; just under double the 76 required to reach round 4, and more than triple the 41 required to reach round 3. Our eight finalists are:


 * , Pool A's winner. Casliber has the highest total score in the competition, with 1528, the bulk of which is made up of 8 featured articles. He has the highest number of total featured articles (8, 1 of which was eligible for double points) and total did you knows (72) of any finalist. Casliber writes mostly on biology, including ornithology, botany and mycology.
 * , Pool B's winner and the highest scorer this round. PresN is the only finalist who has scored featured topic points, and he has gathered an impressive 330, but most of his points come from his 4 featured articles, one of which scored double. PresN writes mostly on video games and the Hugo Awards.
 * , Pool A's runner-up. Hurricanehink's points are mostly from his 30 good articles, more than any other finalist, and he is also the only finalist to score good topic points. Hurricanehink, as his name suggests, writes mostly on meteorology.
 * , Pool B's runner-up. Wizardman has completed 86 good article reviews, more than any other finalist, but most of his points come from his 2 featured articles. Wizardman writes mostly on American sport, especially baseball.
 * , the "fastest loser" (Pool A). Miyagawa has written 3 featured lists, one of which was awarded double points, more than any other finalist, but he was awarded points mostly for his 68 did you knows. Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, including dogs, military history and sport.
 * , the second "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Resolute's points come from his 9 good articles. He writes mostly on Canadian topics, including ice hockey.
 * , who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool A). Most of Evan's points come from his 10 good articles, and he writes mostly on meteorology.
 * , who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Phil's points come from his 9 good articles, 4 of which (more than any other finalist) were eligible for double points. He writes mostly on aeronautics.

We say goodbye to our seven other semi-finalists,, , , , , and. Everyone still in the competition at this stage has done fantastically well, and contributed greatly to Wikipedia. We're on the home straight now, and we will know our winner in two months.

In other news, preparations for next year's competition have begun with a brainstorming thread. Please, feel free to drop by and share any thoughts you have about how the competition should work next year. Sign ups are not yet open, but will be opened in due course. Watch this space. Further, there has been a discussion about the rule whereby those in the WikiCup must delcare their participation when nominating articles at featured article candidates. This has resulted in a bot being created by new featured article delegate. The bot will leave a message on FAC pages if the nominator is a participant in the WikiCup.

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September 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
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note
Hi John - I was usage on en wiki - searching this holysmoke.org in relation to an arbitration case evidence and I saw it was used on an article in your userspace and I saw it was an article so I noindexed it as it usual to stop it showing up in google returns. I hope you don't mind, regards. Off2riorob (talk) 01:28, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2011 September newsletter
We are on this year's home straight, with less than a month to go until the winner of the 2011 WikiCup will be decided. The fight for first place is currently being contested by, and , all of whom have over 200 points. This round has already seen multiple featured articles (1991 Atlantic hurricane season from Hurricanehink and Northrop YF-23 from Sp33dyphil) and a double-scoring featured list (Miyagawa's 1948 Summer Olympics medal table). The scores will likely increase far further before the end of the round on October 31 as everyone ups their pace. There is not much more to say- thoughts about next year's competition are welcome on the WikiCup talk page or the scoring talk page, and signups will open once a few things have been sorted out.

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Workgroup
Hi, I never got back, I was swamped. But yes it'd be a good idea. But I think the envelope should run from 400BCE-400CE, otherwise you'd never get the envelope of editors able to contribute on everything from Maccabees, Dead Sea scrolls, early Christian/rabbinical origins, etc. In ictu oculi (talk) 04:17, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Can you work on yet another a new template?

 * John Carter, you would be perfect for this project, given your endless expertise.
 * I would like to see a new and widely applied template.
 * Gist would be This Administrator is an Obvious Jerk
 * I think, based on your growing reputation,  you would get much recognition for work on this project, which is much in keeping with Wikipedia ethos.
 * Even "jimbo" would maybe love your for this, and invite you for dinner or something.
 * Frankly is brilliant idea. I offer this freely for your own benefit.

Calamitybrook (talk) 07:04, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Image filter
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 * Oops, sorry. I forgot to remove the RFC tag.  The issue has been pretty much resolved and wasn't really that interesting anyway.  --Pseudo-Richard (talk) 13:12, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

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AFD of article you contributed to
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A dispute at the FLG pages
Hi John, there is currently a dispute at the FLG pages, can you review the dispute and try mediate an amicable solution? Thanks--PCPP (talk) 07:09, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

 * This is a bit awkward, but I see that I'm being proposed to be banned, or I'm actually banned for one year on editing Falun Gong related articles? I'm not sure how is that possible without being in the slightest notified that I'm even being considered for something like this. Please let me know if you have any suggestion at this point. Last but not least, please check out briefly my contribution on the last year, it will take only a minute, I promise :) Thank You! Best Regards, --HappyInGeneral (talk) 23:23, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

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Your comment reminded me...
I built an article on the Tuidang movement. Literature on it is sparse, but I pulled together what I could. Let me know your thoughts.Homunculus (duihua) 19:05, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2011 October newsletter
The 2011 WikiCup is now over, and our new champion is, who joins the exclusive club of the previous winners: (2007),  (2008),  (2009) and  (2010). The final standings were as follows:



Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.


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Preparation for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Interested parties are invited to sign up and participate in our straw polls. It's been a pleasure to work with you all this year, and, whoever's taking part in and running the competition in 2012, we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn and The ed17 00:42, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

B-Class checklist for WikiProject Animation
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Talk:Adam
Zenkai is claiming no Christian or Jew, etc would use the phrase 'creation myth'. I've provided a couple of examples there showing that he's wrong, maybe you can also? Dougweller (talk) 06:41, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

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Angola Project
Hello: when you are back from your wikibreak, could you please tell me what the situation of the Angola Project is? I started editing on Angola about a year ago, then discovered there exists this project, registered there as a participant, but somehow have not seen edits by any other participant. What is happening? Aflis (talk) 13:46, 13 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Its Angola, likely inactive. Feel free to continue working on Angola topics though and use it as a workbase though.♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:48, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

I am slightly bewildered. Are "Dr. Blofeld" and "John Carter" identical? What does the first sentence ("Its Angola...) mean?? And what does, in this concrete case, mean "using as a workbase"??? Aflis (talk) 14:02, 13 November 2011 (UTC)


 * @John Carter: thank you for your explanation & offer. Blofeld had already made the "disambiguation". I have been studying Angola over the last decades and continue interested in bibliographical information. The email address you might use is balde0430@gmail.com. By the way: work on en:WP is for me a major sideline; my main commitment is with pt:WP. Aflis (talk) 14:35, 15 November 2011 (UTC) PS: Across WPs, one subject I am at this stage giving attention to is the Angolan War of Independence, 1961-74. I am especially interested in academic studies on the subject area, published since 1990, in whatever language. Do you think you can be of help in this regard? Thanks in advance! Aflis (talk) 14:40, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you in advance. I think I have a reasonable choice of pieces published until 1990, but a rather poor one for the 1990s and 2000s. I am sure looking forward to whatever you come up with, but there is no hurry: please take your time! -- Aflis (talk) 23:56, 18 November 2011 (UTC)


 * You are perfectly right: often the material available can be used for more than one Angola related article. As I am now more concerned with the Independence War, but will then go back to a whole range of articles (in the field of contemporary history) which need correction & improvement, I would be grateful if you sent anything that falls into this scope. Thank you once again! Aflis (talk) 12:49, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

I have by now read the text by Carolina Peixoto: although its just an MA dissertation, it is in fact a useful piece, no doubt mainly due to its excellent supervisor, Marcelo Bittencourt. Aflis (talk) 14:44, 26 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Should I look forward to more materials, now that Christmas is over? Or should I wait until hte beginning of the upcoming year? Anyway: all the best for 2012! -- Aflis (talk) 17:07, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

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Azal: Zechariah 14:5
Hi John, would you please take a look at that article? It's written by a new editor and seems to me to need some help, probably. Beyond a rename though, I'm not sure what it needs - minor cleanup or complete overhaul. Are the sources reliable, or are they fringe? Thanks, Lady  of  Shalott  04:14, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
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Pregnancy
I'm sorry, but I have seen far too much unethical behaviour already on that page from the conservatives who refused to accept the result of a perfectly valid RfC, and are trying to get their way by a war of attrition. Those criticising my deliberately more brutal and blunt comments should condemn those who are damaging Wikipedia wit persistent unethical behaviour. I will not stop calling a spade a spade here. As for calling others on their motives, I learnt long ago that it's important if we want a lasting result of a debate to try to understand and identify the true motives of others, even if they don't recognise them themselves. HiLo48 (talk) 23:07, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

WP:Astrology project would like your views on what constitutes appropriate content and sources for astrology-related content
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Talkback
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Nomination for deletion of Template:WikiProject Wyoming
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WikiProject Dispute Resolution
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December 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
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Proposal for WikiProject on mysticism
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Christmas
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The blood of a mythical martyr is calling to you....
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Project Rome Re-launch
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Wikipedia Project Rome!

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Military Historian of the Year
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January 2012 Newsletter for WikiProject United States and supported projects
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