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Hello! I'd advise you to put something (anything) on your user page. It makes your username show up in blue. Somehow, this may make some people less wary of your edits. HKT 6 July 2005 16:12 (UTC)

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Maimonides
Hello, I wonder if you could explain your edit on the Maimonides page? How many medieval Jewish philosophers were there who influenced the non-Jewish world? It seems to me that "a few" is synonymous with "various." Thank you, Yoninah 08:28, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Seventh Party System
I've added the "prod" template to the article Seventh Party System, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also What Wikipedia is not and Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:Seventh Party System. If you remove the dated prod template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Fram 07:43, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I've put the reason in the 'Edit summary' comment when removing the template. Thanks, Joseph 17:52, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Mark V. Hurd
Your last edit makes it sounds like Mark Hurd was Chairman of HP (in addition to his other roles) since 1 June 2005 which is not true. Please clarify the text.

Sixth Party system
I have no idea what happened to the article. I had not nominated it for deletion (either through speedy deletion, ProD or AfD), and had not noticed any one else doing so (but I didn not have the article on my watch list). You can always ask about it at WP:DRV, I suppose. I did not feel the need to have this article (as you well know), but I have not taken any action to get rid of it. Sorry I can't help you any further! 11:58, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

The article was in fact deleted through the WP:PROD system. Since I saw that you asked for it to be undeleted, I have restored it. The article is at Sixth Party System. Sjakkalle (Check!)  14:54, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Disappeared again after having just survived its AfD. Go figure. Joseph 19:06, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

appears to explain the situation. The long and short is "not my doing, and I don't really have any investment in the outcome besides a general distaste for DRV." Phil Sandifer 19:51, 20 October 2006 (UTC)


 * It does not seem to have, however current practice is to defer to DRV consensus if it chooses to uphold out-of-process deletions. Phil Sandifer 21:26, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Natan Slifkin
I see you are also interested in Natan Slifkin. Please review these articles, because I have run up against an intransigent editor:


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Microsoft Lda.
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 * Actually this company, the subject of this article, is unrelated to Microsoft Corporation. It just happens to have the same name (and has been using it first in Portugal, as the article discusses.) Joseph (talk) 03:04, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Your edits to Costco
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 * Which countries copyright laws are applicable? And how is it determined if information is under copyright in the respective jurisdiction? Thanks! Joseph (talk) 22:31, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
 * At the very least, the United States' laws are applicable. By default, I'd treat everything as copyrighted, and look for exceptions based on age or publisher. Even if something is out of copyright, you should probably attribute the source. You should familiarize yourself with WP:COPY. Cheers --Matt (talk) 23:14, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks again Matt. I'll take a look at WP:COPY. Although regarding your point, Wikipedia seems to pride itself on being "international" and not biased to any specific country. So does the United States copyright laws apply to Wikipedia any more than all the other English speaking countries that utilize the English Wikipedia? Joseph (talk) 23:23, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia's US based. While it is international (check out WP:ENGVAR for an endorsement that US English isn't the preferred Wikipedia English), my understanding is that because the servers and company are US based, at a minimum they'll have to follow US laws. I am not a lawyer though, and I'm not speaking for Wikipedia. Check out the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works - I believe much of the world tries to find common ground with respect to copyright. --Matt (talk) 23:33, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Your edit to Payot
Just to clarify, "The Brisk movement, which is distinctive to Hasidic Judaism" (your wording) means the opposite of "The Brisk movement, which is in distinct opposition to Hasidic Judaism" (original wording). "Distinctive to" means "special to", or "a special part of". But according to Brisk yeshivas and methods, Brisk is not Hasidic. "Distinctive from" or "distinct from" maintains the original meaning, so I've changed it to that. -kotra (talk) 22:09, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

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 * I have addressed your concern. Joseph (talk) 15:45, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Blocked
For edit-warring and use of deceptive edit summaries on Kosovo. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:06, 24 February 2008 (UTC)


 * This was not my intention, and I apologize if it appeared as so to you. Can you explain what you are referring to, as I did not intend to, nor am I aware of either violating the 3-revert rule or edit warring. (And can I ask that you reverse this, and I will attempt to be careful herein on?) Thanks Joseph (talk) 19:10, 24 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, you reverted "is a landlocked republic" to "is a landlocked region" (or something to that effect) three times in a row. Without clearly marking it as a revert (edit summary "rewording" is hardly informative). Under the particular hot conditions at Kosovo right now, that's clearly edit-warring, in my book. Would you be willing to stay away from the dispute for a while if unblocked? Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:41, 24 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the quick response. I reworded the sentence, and replaced the word republic with region, as I thought that was a more npov, and it immediately stated afterwards it being a republic. Additionally after I reworded it I reverted it once after another edit changed it back. And after that editor changed it back again with an edit summary that indicated his objection to my original edit was the usage of the term de facto I re-did my edit without using that term (de facto). So after my original edit I had reverted it back once and then re-instated again it with a slightly reworded edit. So I don't think it was reverted three times by any account. As far the wording, I thought rewording sufficiently explained what I was trying to do, but apologize if that was not sufficiently clear. In any event, just to put this unpleasantness behind, I'd be more than happy to stay away from that article and dispute for a while (say, two days? or another period you may suggest). Joseph (talk) 19:51, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, fair enough. Thanks for your cooperation. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:55, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Joseph (talk) 19:57, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

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Sol Price and Costco
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 * Hi Wafulz, I understood that they were free-source information. Have you checked if in fact they are open source? Joseph (talk) 03:27, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Baruch HaBa Melech HaMashiach
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שהחיינו וקיימנו והגיענו לזמן הזה Could you tell me please if this song is from Avraham Fried or someone else? And on wich album does it appears?

thank you

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AfD nomination of Microsoft Lda.
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Yitzchok Yehoshua Heshel Friedman moved to draftspace
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Yitzchok Yehoshua Heshel Friedman (February 23)
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