User talk:Kintetsubuffalo/Archive 2

Police patch collecting
Sounds like a good move, so we can expand the article to include all sorts of things, do you want me to move it for you or are you okay to do it? SGGH 11:09, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

I am the original poster of the article. I am new to this forum and admit my first attempt at posting here may have needed some advise or correction. I am NOT a professional wiki.

The above being said, I would rather the whole article be removed than have it altered and vandalized to the extent you folks have done which gives it significantly different meaning. You could have added your information as new information without ruining.

From my perspective as a retired California police officer, four decade patch collector, and non-profit publisher of the most comprehensive database on California law enforcement emblems in the world...you folks have butchered the facts and the thrust of the article.

The focus of police patch collecting posting was to accurately inform about preserving law enforcement emblem history in the US from coast to coast. It no longer does that.

(Patchbook 22:00, 2 January 2007 (UTC))


 * This is being taken care of on my talk page SGGH 23:14, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

From what I can see he's just doing normal editing. The problem of before was that what he added needed to be pruned by other users so that it fitted wikipedia specifications, and unfortunatly he took that as an attack and it escalated from there. I've dropped him a note explaining why edits will be made to his contributions (wikify etc.) and told him that if he doesnt want me particularly to do that he can let me know. Stay cool Chris! SGGH 17:10, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Merge
See 3 merges on the main project page.Rlevse 14:29, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

thanks
thanks for the welcome.--Kenshin -Himura 21:55, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

State Police logos
You seem to be the source of many state police logos/patches. Do you have one that I could use for the New Jersey State Police article? Thanks--Editcml 12:24, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:"History of" templates
The category you wrote, Category:"History of" templates, is uncategorized. Please help improve it by adding it to one or more categories, so it may be associated with related categories.Eli Falk 17:03, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

News on Scouting in Russia
Hi Chris, there is some evidence that RAS/N is mainly a virtual organization. This is supported by some of my friends with contacts to Russian Scouts. --jergen 10:03, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

RE: patchbook?
Did you really think I handled it tactfully? Wow :D I'm glad you thought that cause its the first time I've had to deal with a conflict on wikipedia. Hopefully they will be few and far between *touch wood*. I liked your reply on the article too, direct to the point. Regards, SGGH 19:14, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

re: patchbook + ip strange coincedence
I see what you mean. Having left a warning on Patchbooks talk page about removing the tags, i suspect (or at least hope) that he will stop without further action being taken. Good catch, though I hope you don't mind me saying that perhaps voicing what you've noticed on the article talk page may have provoked Patchbook into unnecessary anger, might have been better on my talk page or the wikiproject talk page? Nevertheless your suspicions might well be correct, as I have said hopefully the issue will die down now.

It's the only conflict that iv come across so far in the project, which is a good sign! Hopefully this minor one will dissipate :)

Regards, SGGH 23:25, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


 * No worries, its turned out fine as far as I know (he says, having not checked the article yet) lets just try not to atagonise him further and just get on with the article, hopefully he can be included in editing it if he learns how to do so properly. If not, there are warnings and 3RR and such. SGGH 10:30, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

When I was a policeman I had an assignment dealing with some child molesters. I got disciplined because in the course of my official duties I made a verbal commentary that it was "Nothing that a thirty cent bullet wouldn't cure".

Now decades later I am retired, and that same commentary comes to mind.

Have fun with your boy scout patches. User:Patchbook 5 January 2007

Image:AlbaniaScouts.jpg
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3RR
Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. Rather than reverting, discuss disputed changes on the talk page. The revision you want is not going to be implemented by edit warring. Thank you. Metros232 23:27, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I see that you reported Okkar for 3RR violations. You need to clean up your report to get it considered.  In the diffs, you have to actually put a link for the diff, not just like the times in which they occurred.  You have to show the link for that revert at that time.  Metros232 23:54, 5 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I have reported you for 3RR violations WP:AN/3RR and also requested mediation. Okkar 03:25, 6 January 2007 (UTC)


 * In a bizzare turn of events, Okkar's report of you only gave three reversions (you need to do four to break the rule) but in your own report you actually reported four diffs in which you revert others, thus proving you broke the rule!!


 * This suggests a little confusion on your behalf. Looking at the edit summaries on the Military of Myanmar page, there are a few policies you need reminding of. I've decided not to block you for the 3RR violation - but future violations would almost definately result in a block; I'm taking the view that a block now would be purely puniative and a clear explanation of some of our policies would work best this time.


 * Three-revert rule - the policy states that "Edit warring is not productive. Editors who revert a page in whole or in part more than three times in 24 hours, except in certain special circumstances, are likely to be blocked from editing." You re-added the picture more than three times - a clear and simple violation of the policy. Bear in mind that a revert means undoing in whole or in part the edit of other editors. Please also note that in reporting a possible violation, you need to show the diffs of the other editor's actions. The dispute resolution section shows the options that are available to you other than edit warring


 * WP:OWN and WP:BITE - I refer to your edit summaries "you're_ the vandal, as an anonymous user" and "info was on article long before you got here" - I know that was in repsonse to a personal attack. However, the first quote suggests that you are 'biting the newcomers' - IP addresses' contributions are just as viable as rejistered users. The second one suggests a bit of WP:OWN - anyone is free to come in and edit pages and remove the contributions of editors who have been on an aritlce for years, as long as they can justify it.


 * You seem a decent editor, but just don't let the whole thing stress you so much. For what its worth, I don't see a problem with the picrue, but neither does it seem too important. --Robdurbar 11:58, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Personal Attacks By User:Patchbook
You can report it at Personal attack intervention noticeboard (which is up for deletion)

If Personal attack intervention noticeboard is deleted try Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents

Or try my Help Desk using the links in my name

Kind regards

Dep. Garcia ( Talk  |  Help Desk  |  Complaints  ) 11:10, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Cheers, Dep. Garcia. Chris, I hope this thing blows over once you have reported him. Let me know if theres any other problem, oh and you might also want to archive some of your talk page as you've had things here from september. lol SGGH 20:58, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Glad I could be of help. Dep. Garcia ( Talk  |  Help Desk  |  Complaints  ) 21:08, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

RESPONSE FROM PATCHBOOK
1. I have threatened no one.

2. I am a recognized and published expert my area, however I am NOT a professional wiki. I may have unintentionally harmed the egos of some entrenched wiki editors with my difference in style as a new user. It is obvious to me that you folks are threatened by my original article as it may have trespassed upon your wiki turf. I therefor asked that my wiki contributions be removed.

3. I could cite examples and provide quotes however I expect that your response would be that I am "personally attacking" or "threatening" someone. So I will not waste the time doing so.

4. In spite of your postings to the contrary, I find the wiki community that I have experienced so far to be closed minded and intolerant of others, which is quite contrary to your posted philosophy. This wiki demeanor has caused me to reevaluate my participation in what I originally thought was a positive and unbiased academic endeavor to make information available to the world community.

Your actions have driven me away as a new user. I invite wikipedia officials to contact me via email regarding my experience here.

User:Patchbook 9 January 2007

Mediation for naming of Wikiproject Burma/Myanmar
A request for mediation has been filed with the Mediation Committee that lists you as a party. The Mediation Committee requires that all parties listed in a mediation must be notified of the mediation. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Wikipedia:WikiProject Burma/Myanmar, and indicate whether you agree or refuse to mediate. If you are unfamiliar with mediation, please refer to Mediation. There are only seven days for everyone to agree, so please check as soon as possible. --Hintha 06:35, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Japan
Hi, can you please self-revert your last edit to the article. In the last FA nomination a complaint was made because of the use of sub-headings too frequently. I want to see if we can get away with no sub-headings at all for now. However I've already reverted twice today and don't want to use up my "daily allowance" in case I need to do another proper revert. Thanks for your help. John Smith&#39;s 22:57, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. If you think they are a good idea, I would value your input on the talkpage. John Smith&#39;s 23:02, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Request for Mediation
This message delivered: 00:15, 8 January 2007 (UTC).

Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. Comment on content, not on contributors; personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that continued personal attacks may lead to blocks for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. Okkar 07:09, 8 January 2007 (UTC)


 * '''Wikipedia includes in their definition of Sockpuppet "to generate an appearance of consensus, or to vote more than once", and at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry#Forbidden_uses_of_sock_puppets says

"Voting and other shows of support" "Wikipedia uses a "one person, one vote" principle for all votes and similar discussions where individual preferences are counted in any fashion. Accordingly, sock puppets may not be used to give the impression of more support for a viewpoint. This includes voting multiple times in any election, or using more than one account in a discussion at polls and surveys, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, Wikipedia:Requests for adminship, or on talk pages."

"In addition to double-voting, sock puppets should not be used for the purpose of deception, or to create the illusion of broader support for a position than actually exists."

Nobody is trying to silence any opposition, as stated multiple times a name change would be supported if the vote is clean. I stand by Wikipedia's definition of sockpuppets when it comes to bringing in ringers to skew a vote.''' Chris 13:59, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

patchbook and your museum move
1) I have reported Patchbook to the admins and requested a block. You've done really well handling this I think, good job!

2) Good work also with the moves, its often found that articles already exist on wikipedia and they are just badly placed or don't know about each other. Again, good work!

SGGH 11:57, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

RESPONSE FROM PATCHBOOK

1. I have threatened no one.

2. I am a recognized and published expert my area, however I am NOT a professional wiki. I may have unintentionally harmed the egos of some entrenched wiki editors with my difference in style as a new user. It is obvious to me that you folks are threatened by my original article as it may have trespassed upon your wiki turf. I therefor asked that my wiki contributions be removed.

3. I could cite examples and provide quotes however I expect that your response would be that I am "personally attacking" or "threatening" someone. So I will not waste the time doing so.

4. In spite of your postings to the contrary, I find the wiki community that I have experienced so far to be closed minded and intolerant of others, which is quite contrary to your posted philosophy. This wiki demeanor has caused me to reevaluate my participation in what I originally thought was a positive and unbiased academic endeavor to make information available to the world community.

Your actions have driven me away as a new user. I invite wikipedia officials to contact me via email regarding my experience here.

User:Patchbook 9 January 2007

I have reported him to WP:AIV, this is getting out of hand. SGGH 13:57, 10 January 2007 (UTC)


 * So it appears that I wasnt the only who is being bullied by you. patchbook was right, you are trying to drive out anyone who dont agree with you.  You abused your long term affiliation with wikipedia and exploit your know-how of Wikipedia's complaints functions and procedures to get the upper hand on anyone who stand up to you.  You either try to slience them with various form of complaints based upon made up accusations and trickery, or you simply drive them out with the help of your friends. God knows how many newbies you succeeded in driving away from Wikipedia.  It is such a shame that the noble standing of wikipedia is runied by the likes of you, who are bent on forcing your views and opinions down everyone's throat.  Okkar 18:24, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikiproject Burma/Myanmar
Do you think I should partition all of the materials into different subpages in the Wikiproject, as done in WikiProject_Indonesia? I personally feel that the main page is becoming too cluttered. --Hintha 06:51, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's often difficult, but you'll pull through. I once had a similar experience with another Wikipedia user who disagreed with me, but things worked out, and he's a great contributer now. Don't let any setbacks hinder your great work. --Hintha 07:29, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I really don't know when--I heard it can take several weeks. It's amazing; when I removed the Myanmar cat from the Military of Myanmar article (as I usually do with Myanmar articles when there are more specific cats available), Okkar accused me of working to promote the agenda of the Burmese government-in-exile and censoring his work. He even had the nerve to warn me, even though I regularly re-categorize, so articles can be found in the more specific cats. Hopefully the Censorship in Myanmar article I recently wrote won't be misconstrued for "pro-democratic propaganda" again. I've tried my best in citing all of my materials. --Hintha 03:09, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I will support a name change only if Hintha and Andrew support it, as the other major positive contributors. <== are you suggesting we dont contribute to the project? Hintha and Andrew arent the only people who contributed to the project. I, myself, "positively" contributed. Your comment is a personal attack on all these contributors who has contributed to this project. Why are you saying "positive"? is it because the rest of us dont agree with your views so we became "negative" contributors? Okkar 17:48, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Tennessee law enforcement agencies
A couple of months ago you proposed merging Tennessee Highway Patrol‎ and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. You did not provide any discussion. I seem to be the only user who discussed your proposal; I oppose it because the agencies are not related (it would be sort of like merging the federal FBI and the Secret Service). Do you still see a need to merge these articles, or can the "merge" tags be removed? --orlady 20:40, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your reply. I deleted those merge tags. I don't know much about the Tennessee Highway Patrol, but if I find good resources I will expand the article. As for your aunt in Oak Ridge, I think Oak Ridge is a place that reduces many people's "degrees of separation" -- many people have lived, worked, or visited here at one time or another. Happy trails... --orlady 22:32, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Request for Mediation
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Tin Tun
Please include references regarding your claims. No references = No verifiable. Just because you wrote the article it doesnt mean it is verified. Please adhere to Verifiability. Okkar 20:14, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Burma Project
I'm not so sure about that.I know nothing about Burma. Dermo69 00:42, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Request for your opinion
Hi Kintetsubuffalo, I saw you had contributed to (and created?) the Cigarette holder article last year, so I think you might be interested in a move to delete List of bow tie wearers. That list could be combined with the Bow tie article, but I'm arguing that the list, long as it is, should stay as is. If you have any interest in whether or not that list should stay, please visit the deletion discussion (Articles for deletion/List of bow tie wearers) and throw your two cents in. Noroton 21:33, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

No prob! =) --Absinthe88 22:46, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

REQUEST FOR OPINIONS - Isn't BSA Exploring part of scouting?
In the article about collecting scout memorabila, a section includes links to related subjects. Law Enforcement Exploring is an existing related Wikipedia article. Kintetsubuffalo believes it is not related to the subject of collecting scout emblems, and has repeatedly removed it. Since Law Enforcement Exploring is a formal part of BSA, and hundreds of unique emblems are used by the BSA LE explorer program, I believe it to be properly related and should be included for reference. Please provide opinions so that I may be guided.Patchbook 06:01, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

hi kintetsubuffalo, i've just finished reading your profile, your wife was born 1977, like me. i am italian. this year I'm about to move to Myanmar seeking for a job. I'm not a wiki writer, but I'm looking for experts and people who know. If you like, please, contact me.

Huseyincan Celil
When you get a chance, please take a look at the page on Huseyincan Celil. The guy's been convicted of terrorism, is in jail, and this has all been referenced, but two users (Khoikoi and Mardavich) are saying this should not be mentioned in the introduction, and he should instead be referred to as a human rights activist. KazakhPol 22:04, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
I'll remember your kind actions. --English Subtitle 22:23, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Needlessly condescending
I created the Bubusara Beyshenalieva page, in which I correctly spelled the word, "Kyrgyz", a total of five times. Don't you think that perhaps the one incorrectly spelled instance might have been the result of a simple typo rather than, as you imply, a case of an ignorant person, "throw[ing] some consonants together"? A little rational thought before throwing out the insults would be nice. -- Hux 19:48, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi! PING. Best regards // Fra nkB 23:17, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Burma
Well, I would, except that I seem to know almost nothing about Burma. I just think you're plan of action is correct from a policy standpoint.&mdash;Nat Krause(Talk!·What have I done?) 00:24, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

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Kintetsubuffalo; is Evan Siegel an Azeri? If not then I don’t see why you added Azeri tag to his biography! Kiumars

I urgently need your opinion about NOR on Languages of Iran; as you will see from the history of the article and its talk page I have been told that we cannot take a calculator and add up the figures on this article and demonstrate the discrepancies because that is counted as Original research! Is this true? Is adding up the figures on a list and showing their discrepancies counted as original Research? Kiumars

Donnie Davies
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Al-Mahdi Scouts
Don't mention it. The text in the emblem is not clear at all. Perhaps if you can link me to a higher quality image, I can tell what it says. By the way, I think the article should be moved to Imam al-Mahdi Scouts, which is the correct and official name. Do you mind if I move it? A little wikistressed, eh? Hope everything's OK. :) -- A nas '''  Talk? 13:10, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Alright, I will move it shortly. This source is good enough. It is named so in the leading paragraph and the calendars (below, in Arabic) use that name too. All the best. -- A nas '''  Talk? 13:19, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Take it easy on yourself. :) You're doing a really good job in Scouting articles and its WikiProject. See your around Chris. -- A nas '''  Talk? 13:34, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

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Nevada-tan
Actually, what you deleted was a separate category (one for the murderer, one for the murdered), thus the keyed name of the victim. That whole article kinda freaks me out... I'm not even sure how it ended up on my watchlist. Neier 06:24, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

re: article tagging and WP:PAW
Hi Chris, thanks for you interest in the project. We're always needing new hands!

As to the tagging, I think you should only tag articles for WP:PAW if you're willing to be a member of the project, which would mean (1) adding your name to the member list, unless you'd rather not (2) familiarizing yourself in general with the scope and thrust of the project and (3) devoting at least a small amount of your Wikitime to working on the goals of the project.

I, personally, only like to have a few articles tagged, ones on which active work is being done or will be done, although others have disagreed with this.

Keep in mind that, although it's true that we are mainly engaged in reverting child-sex-normalization propaganda, neither are we "against" pedophilia (a disease) or pedophiles, most of whom are law-abiding and very unhappy persons, whereas most child sex offenders are not truly pedophiles but just rapists or abusers who like easy targets.

Anyway, here is what I wrote at the project talk page


 * Editor Chris has tagged Lolicon, Category:Murdered children, Oakland County Child Killer, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Child Pornography: Model Legislation & Global Review. I'm in discussion now with Chris over whether he wants to participate actively in the project. If he's not, I think these should all be untagged, unless someone else is working on them. If if is, I still have serious qualms about tagging Category:Murdered children and Oakland County Child Killer, and perhaps National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, although the other articles are OK. Reason being, I'm unsure what connection there is between this project and (say) the Oakland County Child Killer (whoever he is), who may or may not be a pedophile but the operative work here is killer, perhaps this article would be better served by WikiProject Murderers or whatever. Right? 

Cheers, thanks for you interest and looking forward to working with you, Herostratus 17:59, 8 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Anna Nichole Smith? Herostratus 02:18, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for improving the articles i started. Hypnosadist 16:12, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

New Great Game
Cs is doing the same thing again. This time he at least is not doing blatant vandalism, he's just improperly adding templates, but it is still annoying. Please revert. If I do so I am likely to be blocked without warning. Regards, KazakhPol 00:01, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Requests for comment/Cs KazakhPol 02:04, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Burmese city infobox
Sorry for the long delay in responding to you. I didn't notice the messages you left me. For adding the red dot on the maps, you have to obtain the geo coordinates of the place and put them into Template:Infobox City Myanmar's coordinates section. I think the coordinates may still be a little off, but a user who's more experienced than me should finish the job I started here. I'll also begin writing conventions for Burmese-language articles soon, but I think all the ideas should be out in the open, so we all collaborate. I think I'm going to first check out how other conventions are written. Thanks for the starting the template to mark articles that need Burmese names, by the way. -Hintha 08:48, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

re:police patch collecting
External links are generally for internet links, and references are for works that you actually used when making the article. Personally i think they would be better suited in the public collection section, but you're the one working on it not me so I submit to your judgement :) SGGH 19:55, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

I intend to revert the article to the original form with some modification to correctly represent the subject matter. Patchbook 03:27, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Map of Hukawng Valley
Please do not put a map showing where Kachin State is within Burma in the entry for Hukawng Valley. As it is not a map of the Hukawng Valley, it does not belong on the page. Larry Dunn 23:07, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Talk:Iranian Scouting Organization rating
Having reviewed my edit summary, I do see and take the point that it could be considered offensive/inflammatory. Please believe in the spirit of good faith that I was simply following the assessment guidelines. A "low-importance article is not required knowledge for a broad understanding of Iran." This is vaguely worded as guidelines go; I placed the article in this category based on my reading of the criteria, and tried (ungrammatically) to reflect that logic in my edit summary. How difficult the Internet can make communication sometimes! Was your message in reference to this instance only, or do you have further concerns? Please tell me if you do. Thank you. -Fsotrain09 01:36, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Voldemort
AKA, "you know who." (I'm trying to be discreet, although I'm sure you know who reads your talk page). I didn't want to appear to provoke on the project page with my comment, but I have no aspiration to become an administrator, so I see no compelling reason to remain civil in certain cases. Anyway, it seems your best option is to not take the bait. Revert where appropriate, report if you have the energy and more faith in that process than I do, and don't feed the trolls. It's well beyond WP:AGF, and if he's still trying to impress with his "clever" use of plausible deniability two months ago, it's a sign of needing to be fed. If several people keep an eye on the article for inappropriate edits or reversions and avoid engaging, there shouldn't be a problem that won't fade quickly. Bobanny 10:19, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

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Please stop your personal attacks by accusing me of vandalism. Your comments about me were wrong. Please adhere to Wikipedia No personal attack policy. Okkar 11:45, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Police patch collecting

 * Hey Chris, I've thought of a little idea that might solve the issues around the police patch collecting article, would you mind taking a look here under 'possible solution'? Cheers, SGGH 12:01, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Soichi Noguchi
Here is the official page of Chigasaki 2nd Group Beaver Scout. In this page, you can see Noguchi with beaver and cub scouts.Revth 01:00, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I live and work in Tokyo. As long as you don't mind getting low-paying job at first, you shouldn't have too much trouble finding a job. After getting some idea of what you need to do/know to get a good pay, look for another job. If possible, avoid getting job as an English teacher at one of many English-language schools. Many Japanese companies doesn't like to hire someone who worked there, as there is no assurance that he or she is actually competent at other job or proficient in English. Briefly, I was in charge of hiring native-English speaker and I wasn't impressed with most of applicants whose previous job was a "teacher". It's better to have worked at a company before coming to Japan and have one or two professional skills than coming here straight out of school and trying to find work. It will get too long so I will stop here. I hope this helps.--Revth 01:00, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Your contribution to Scoutisme Français
Hi Chris, you added this section [ to [[Scoutisme Français]]. I removed it temporarily, because it can't be correct: Perhaps we should move this to Scouting in France since it predates the founding of SF? --jergen 09:25, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * SF was not founded until 1941
 * Piet Kornenberg does not give a year for the federation (The Undaunted II, p. 82/82). Taken from the context it must have been between 1936 and 1939.

Merging Burmese airport articles
I personally think we should just keep the airport articles as stubs, and wait for future contributers to add more. --Hintha 07:00, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Your input requested
In light of your knowledge of Southeast Asia (as deduced from your constructive and knowledgeable contributions to Myanmar), your input is requested on the Cambodia page regarding a discussion/disagreement concerning the inclusion/removal of Sex Tourism in the Economy section. The discussion is under the "sex tourism" subsection of the talk page there. Thanks.--William Thweatt Talk | Contribs 18:46, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

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Sobranie
Yeah, i'll take a photo now and upload it, it'll take a few mins and i'll post here Jonomacdrones 23:29, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * - I dont know how to give you the link without it showing the image, so i had to do it this way, the messy way. I had to use a flash due to the fact its night, if you want a better version i'll do it in the day time Jonomacdrones 23:43, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Burmese Constitution
Hi, I noticed you blanked out the section. Is there a reason for this? Dr.K. 06:54, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Scouting
Hello! I'm interested about scouting in Wikipedia. Can u write me at yarko.dukh(at)plast.org.ua? --Yarko 12:44, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

University of Mawlamyaing
The image listing for deletion was vandalism, and I've reverted it. I've also corrected some information on the University of Mawlamyaing article. --Hintha 02:57, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Khmer template
Unfortunately, no. It's been a long while since I tried to create a template but I will attempt one sometime today. Were you thinking of the new articles I created yesterday? If so, I've thought of that as well, but I've been trying to decide if I should use images or unicode fonts to show the Khmer spellings. I can never get Khmer unicode to render properly in IE. It works fine in all other apps, but not IE for some reason (maybe it's just my machine???)--William Thweatt Talk | Contribs 19:15, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Chris, thanks for the link. I left some comments there, if you're interested.  I have often thought of a Cambodia Wikiproject, but I have some concerns.  Please take a look and let me know if you had any similar problems with the Myanmar project and, if so, how you guys handle it and if you think the benefits outweigh these costs.--William Thweatt Talk | Contribs 16:36, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Wood Badge and WikiProject South Africa
I just saw that you tagged the Wood Badge article with the WikiProject South Africa - surely the Wood Badge is an international article. Horus Kol Talk 23:47, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Image cleanup tags
I noticed that you tagged Image:--AfghanistangirlScouts.jpg with ShouldBePNG. This template is for images where a fast, direct conversion to PNG is appropriate. Photographs of logos would be better tagged with BadJPEG. —Remember the dot (t) 00:26, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:Afghanistan.jpg
You inappropriately tagged and removed this emblem from its proper article. Please don't make judgements on Scouting articles. It's not in a template, it violates no use rules, and it follows the Scouting WikiProject MoS. Chris 01:41, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Otherwise, thank you for your hard work in PNG conversion! :) Chris 01:51, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

How this image is currently used on Afghan Scout Association fails fair use criteria number 8: "The material must contribute significantly to the article (e.g. identify the subject of an article, or specifically illustrate relevant points or sections within the text) and must not serve a purely decorative purpose." If you want to include this image in the article, display it as a thumbnail and write an appropriate caption for it. Displaying a tiny 20px wide copy of it next to the text is not a good idea. —Remember the dot (t) 06:02, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

List of U.S. state and local law enforcement agencies
Hello! I noticed a few of these pages on the "Uncategorized since February" pages. What do you think we should categorize these split pages into? Should they each have their own category? The main article had these:

listdevSPHPbystate

Do you think these categories are a good solution, or should they have their own category? --Strangerer (Talk | Contribs) 03:11, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

March 2007
Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the external links you added to the page 13th World Scout Jamboree do not comply with our guidelines for external links. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. RJASE1 Talk  05:07, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

WP:Tibet proposal
I am thinking about setting up WikiProject Tibet to focus and cordinate Tibetan article more efficiently. Please see the discussion on the main wikiproject China talk page. I have sent this message to the Tibetan Buddhism project:

Hi I am fascinated in Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism and have adde dmany new articles on buddhist monasteries such as Ramoche Temple and Shalu Monastery. Would it be possible to merge your project into WikiProject Tibet -after all much of the traditional culture and biographies etc are Tibetan buddhism anyway, I feel it could create abetter coordination. PLease see the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject China. If it became WikiiPorject Tibet the Tibetan Buddhism would be an intergral part of it of course. What do you think? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ <font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 18:04, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

You may also be interested to know that I have added a gallery of Dalai Lamas !! <font color="Blue">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ <font size="-4"><font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 18:06, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

In fact it could be moved to WikiProject Tibet/Tibetan Buddhism so it would be a suborganization of Tibet? <font color="Blue">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ <font size="-4"><font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 18:09, 12 March 2007 (UTC) THis way your project can remain as a religious one but also be part of the Tibet project which will also covers villages/towns etc <font color="Blue">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦  <font size="-4"><font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 18:10, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

What do you think? <font color="Blue">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ <font size="-4"><font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 18:13, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Renoir and "Renoir cheese"
I noticed you added "Renoir cheese" (diff) to Renoir (disambig page). I couldn't find any other Internet references to it (besides Wikipedia mirrors). What is it? Omphaloscope talk 21:24, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

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WP Tibet
THanks for your support!!!! Wowo I am amzed how many peope already - I know tons of users who would be interested too! <font color="Blue">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ <font size="-4"><font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 13:51, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I have tried to organize the Category:WikiProject Tibet for starters but Please note though that Portal:Tibetan Buddhism exists and all the categories for WikiProject Tibetan Buddhism most of which are empty. SHould this be moved to WikiProject Tibet? Plus I don't think User:Sylvain1972 is aware of events. When I suggested it to him/her they didn't seem happy with the idea. I don't know how many articles are related to Tibetan Buddhism but it can't be a huge number although I do see the idea of the project from a religious viewpoint. But I am quick to say that a major part of Wikiproject Tibet is religiously entwined anyway. What shall we do? I don't want to offend people who started that project by moving their page but isn't it best under Wikiproject Tibet especially if their work is said to be inactive? <font color="Blue">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦  <font size="-4"><font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 15:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I have layed out the Categories of Tibet on the main page but the only thing is as the banner is still WikiProject CHina there can be a lot of controversy. E.g I have just tagged the Dalai Lama page this should be regarded as a high important Tibet article nobody can really argue he is not a part of Tibet but labelled with a China tag can look really disrespectful to the great buddha. Is there any way the labelling for the Tibet can read This article is part of WIkiProject Tibet to improve Tibetan related article son wikipedia. It is part of WIkiProject China or something. Is it just more politically correct I think. Please respond. <font color="Blue">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ <font size="-4"><font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 16:08, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Its just there is a lot of tension historically and if you begin labelling traditional religious figures which are regarded as strongly Tibetan with a China tag tibet=yes tag who were respondible without argument for destroying many suvh monasteries and people it might look a little wrong. Wouldn't it be like labelling a synagogue in Germany with a Swastika? Tibetan articles though need to be tagged by th Tibetan project? I honestly think Tibet has enough articles and potential articles to be a seperate project if support is gained but I am also quick to say it should be a part of the WikiProject China with each article going in the VChinese categories What should we do about this? <font color="Blue">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ <font size="-4"><font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 16:14, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I think I have solved it by keeping the Tibetan Buddhims template -CHanging it to Wikiproject Tibet:Tibetan Buddhism and adding the Category: WikiProject Tibet articles -this way it avoids the China tag but is still in the Category:Tibetan articles. This should avoid conflict I think! <font color="Blue">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ <font size="-4"><font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 16:34, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I'll still tag most Tibetan articles as Chinese but controverisal religious figures I think are best under the Buddhism project. although they still feed into the Tibet maintenance <font color="Blue">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦  <font size="-4"><font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 16:35, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

My feeling would be to use Template:WikiProject Tibetan Buddhism and move it to the main Tibet banner but mention for articles related to Tibet and Tibetn Buddhism <font color="Blue">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦  <font size="-4"><font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 17:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

THats fine. Please check out the progession and how it should be pleae see Category:WikiProject Tibet. HOwver the default indexing needs sort out on the Tibetan Buddhism template. The Tibet plate isn't needed as it is part of the CHina template. See article Ramoche Temple this is the idea of the tagging. <font color="Blue">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ <font size="-4"><font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 21:53, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

WP Tibet now up and running
I have everything sorted now I have just tagged all of the cities and villages as part of the project. The Tibet banner is part of the China banner china|tibet=yes but I am keeping the Tibetan Buddhism banner for articles which are not related to CHina but still go in the Tibet category. E.g the Dalai Lama article is under Tibetan Buddhism which is a Category:WP Tibet article but not a CHina article . <font color="Blue">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦  <font size="-4"><font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 20:37, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

It is important to have Tibetan Buddhism working as a sub project within WikiProject Tibet because e.g article like the Dalai Lama are not related to CHina but to Tibetan Buddhism. However he is related to Tibet articles which the tmeplate feeeds into this. THis is the best way to do it. Agree? <font color="Blue">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ <font size="-4"><font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 21:55, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

However it is a key part of WikiProject Tibet and is organized by the project. I have kept the Tibetan Buddhist stub-class etc categories which are now categorized under Stub-Class Tibet articles. Of course every article will alos go in the main Tibet article category. <font color="Blue">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ <font size="-4"><font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 21:58, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

These are the articles I've tagged already Category:WikiProject Tibet articles. Howver can you sort out the default on the Template:WikiProject Tibetan Buddhism the {{PAGE NAME} thing. It isn't indexing the articles properly in Category:WikiProject Tibet articles. THanks <font color="Blue">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦  <font size="-4"><font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 22:01, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:-n-Cyprus.jpg)
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Fair use rationales
Would you mind adding detailed fair use rationales to Image:TSASeaScout.gif and Image:Ensign of The Scout Association.png for use in the article The Scout Association? I'd like some additional clarification of your reasoning. —Remember the dot (talk) 04:30, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use images
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 * Image:AusOWS.gif
 * Image:Christmas Island.jpg
 * Image:Norfolk Island.jpg

Chris, I understand why you want to keep the latter two, but I do not think the use on Scouts Australia is fair use. They would be OK on an article on Scouting on Christmas Island or Scouting on Norfolk Island, but while I have studied them in depth I have no reliable sources. For example, on Norfolk Island the Group has lapsed because of no leaders and it comes under the International Commissioner for New South Wales, but that is not enough for an article and the source is only an e-mail from the NSW Commissioner. I'm not going to delete them though. Let's see how they go. --Bduke 00:35, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Irancard.jpg
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 * Thanks for adding more information to the image description page. However, this still does not constitute a fair use rationale. Please read Fair use rationale guideline and Help:Image page for an explanation of what a fair use rationale should contain. —Remember the dot (talk) 02:59, 22 March 2007 (UTC)


 * (replying to message on my talk page) — No, it needs a formal fair use rationale. What you have is a good start. Just put it into its own section and add a few more words. Make sure to answer the question "How does this image significantly contribute to the article?"
 * You are welcome to include the image, but I do not want to write the fair use rationale for you. —Remember the dot (talk) 03:13, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

WP Tibet
I'm sorry I don't understand you. How is it different? PLease explain <font color="Blue">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦  <font size="-4"><font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 12:52, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

The Tibetan Buddhism project hasn't changed one bit. IN fact it has improved because I have tagged Tibetan Buddhist articles with the Tibetan Buddhist template. THe only thing that has changed is that the page has been sub-paged in the Tibet project PLease explain or have you just lost interest? <font color="Blue">♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ <font size="-4"><font color="Black">"I've been expecting you" 10:23, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

August 20
The way I was spacing the years on that page is the same way they are spaced on most other year pages. Try editing any other date page and you'll see that the years are spaced exactly the way I was doing it. 69.138.229.246 02:25, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * To revert the work of another (actually named) user over mere matters of spacing is counterproductive and meanspirited. I understand what you're saying but it it unnecessary. Both ways are valid, and you have better things to do. Chris 02:29, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:GenScoutbadge.jpg)
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Image:AusOWS.gif
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Orphaned fair use image (Image:UKSA.gif)
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Orphaned fair use image (Image:Thailandc.gif)
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Orphaned fair use image (Image:Germanbdp-k.gif)
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Fair use rationale for Image:Arm1968.jpg
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Orphaned fair use image (Image:BelizeScout.gif)
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Image caption
Could you please provide a caption for the second image on The Gambia Scout Association? —Remember the dot (talk) 02:25, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Hard Edge Core
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Orphaned fair use images
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WP Ghost towns
Just saw your placement of this on Spences Bridge, BC. I'll join the WP, but you should have a look at List of ghost towns in British Columbia; not all are written yet, though, but I'll make sure your template is on the ones I set up.Skookum1 06:12, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Arabic script
Hi there Chris. None of need Arabic script. If there is something specific you'd like to be added, please tell me about it. Regards, <font color="Black">An <font color="Grey">as <font size="-4">talk? 00:01, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia
 * Persekutuan Pengakap Negara Brunei Darussalam
 * The Singapore Scout Association
 * Wezombeli
 * Oh I see, thanks for the heads up. Sorry Chris. Feel free to tag them again. :-) - <font color="Black">An <font color="Grey">as <font size="-4">talk? 00:39, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Georgian WikiProject
Just wondering what became of this one. I get lost in the WikiProject directory at the best of times, but actually finding where on earth the Caucasus-related ones have got to is even worse. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 10:44, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

template
hi you seem to have created WikiProject Central Asia template. Do you have any idea why it does not generate an assesment scale like this one [] I tried but could not fix it. regards cs 20:28, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Laser hair removal
I have to ask; what's your rationale for adding WP Sexuality to the above article? It doesn't seem quite relevant (though I could be wrong :) ) .. - Alison ☺ 01:25, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikiproject Central Asia
No, not 80 % is gone anywhere. I tried to organize them in different pages. Besides, they are on the history. Feel free to add them to the new page, or tell me which information is lost, I will gladly restore. cs 21:09, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I checked again, I could not find any loss of information. If you did not like the new look, I can understand. But I spend 24 hours organizing all the data to the best of my knowledge. I thought the old page was too long and hard to follow. I put a notice on the talk page to see if the new page gets approval. If not, just revert back. This is not the first time my labor went unappreciated. I wont mind.cs 21:23, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

My WikiProject Proposal
I recently made a proposal on WikiProject_Council/Proposals, which has received 2 votes for support. I don't think that I can get the 5 votes needed on that page since people rarely vote on these things, so do you think that it's advisable to be bold and create the project page myself???--<font color="blue" face="comic sans ms">Ed  <font color="maroon" face="comic sans ms">¿Cómo estás? 01:52, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Archive
Why don't you archive some of this?, a lot of it, you have over 150 threads here.01:55, 3 April 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rlevse (talk • contribs)

YMCA Camp Fitch
I can't find any record of a second Camp Fitch in Ohio. Most people believe that YMCA Camp Fitch of Springfield PA is in Ohio due to the fact that it is operated by the YMCA of Youngstown, OH and is only 6 miles over the PA border next to Erie County. Could you please provide a link to where this other camp is? Thanks. ckondas

By the way, I am not sure if this is the proper way to use a talk page. If i am in the wrong, please forgive me, I don't mean to offend.

Fair use rationale for Image:AusOWS.png
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Fair use rationale for Image:Thailandc.gif
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"I invoke a policy that I don't usually invoke"
Is there a reason for you to be smug in your edit summaries? It's bad enough you are self-imposed arbiter of images on articles you've contributed nothing to. I appreciate your improvement of the graphics themselves, but I disagree with the decisions you make about them. Chris 05:31, 3 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not trying to be smug. You are welcome to keep the images, but I want to know what they are of. This information is critical to a claim of fair use, and I asked you to provide it before. I do not enjoy enforcing this policy, although it must be enforced on all images in the end because of the Board's unfree content resolution. Other users are more rigorous about enforcing this policy. —Remember the dot (talk) 05:39, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Cheshire talk page template
Thanks for your comment on the talk page. If you look on the project page, there is a box containing important sub-pages (at the top, next to the shortcut box), and in that is a link to Templates and so on. Following that link will give you the template you were looking for (amongst others). If you have a suggestion as to how this could be made more clear, please feel free to suggest it, as we would welcome ways in which to imporove things. DDStretch   (talk)  10:17, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Have you seen this template?
R from merge? I just created Scouting redirect from merge. Just an FYI. --evrik (talk) 14:13, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Stevia mistagged
Hi. I notice you tagged the stevia article as part of the chemistry wiki-project. This article isn't about chemistry, it's about a species of plant, its history, political controversies, commercial uses, health effects, regional names, etc.

The article you should tag instead is steviol glycoside, which is about the specific chemicals extracted from the stevia plant. Would you mind please moving the tag to the correct article? -Amatulic 23:32, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Foreign relations
I created the project, which you can see on WikiProject Foreign relations. I invite you to participate in this project! I'm still expanding the project by making templates and such.--<font color="blue" face="comic sans ms">Ed  <font color="maroon" face="comic sans ms">¿Cómo estás? 01:12, 5 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Please be aware that this project will likely necessitate extreme vigilance to maintain WP:NPOV standards. I applaud you effort, but advise extreme care and caution in your endeavor. Best of luck, and happy editing! SkipperClipper 03:55, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Email
Hi, did you get an email I sent about a week ago? It's sort of irrelevant now, but I want to make sure your email is working. KazakhPol 03:20, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Deletion etiquette
Hi Chris,

When you nominate an article for deletion, would you please note that fact in the edit summary for the article? When you don't do that it amounts to a sneak attack on the article supporters, and any deletion can be contested, creating more work for everybody. I think this is mentioned in some article somewhere on "How to delete an article". I'd suggest even going back to the articles you've nominated, hitting the edit button and typing in something like "deletion nomination" so it will show up on the watch page of anyone who cares about the article. I appreciate your making the nominations, by the way. Noroton 21:53, 5 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I know how that feels. Please just fix it, thanks. Noroton 21:59, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I like the project actually
I wasn't mocking the goals of the project, just semi-humorously pointing out the enormity of the task the project really has. It's something that's often occurred to me, when people sometimes suggest that we couldn't possibly have need for more than a million articles, that we still are missing the vast majority of articles on international relations. I do actually think we should have an Andorra-Tuvalu relations article eventually (obviously it would be quite a low priority), and have toyed with the idea of trying to write an article like that myself, to see if it would be possible. I certainly didn't mean anything negative and I would certainly hope folks wouldn't take it that way.--Pharos 05:01, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

WP:WPFR
I can't thank you enough for helping me out with the new WikiProject I created! Although we only have 3 members, I'm still being optimistic about the possible ways the project might turn out!--<font color="blue" face="comic sans ms">Ed  <font color="maroon" face="comic sans ms">¿Cómo estás? 05:16, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Fourth Pillar
Assume good faith. Jecowa 22:03, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * You called me a vandal. You said, "replace funny but vandalized version by user:Jecowa." The gif that I traced Image:-p-GSUSA.png from was very low in resolution (maybe 100 by 75 pixels). I drew that picture as best as I could from the source image. Jecowa 22:13, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Indeed I did, and based on the funny noses and looks of shock on the faces, it was a fair assumption. We've talked about this now, now we can drop it and go on.
 * On the svg version you've now done, it is showing up invisible on the pages you've transcluded it to. Can you repair that? Chris 22:17, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Image:Girl Scoutslogoonly.jpg
It looks like you already know this. but I'll tell you just in case. Image:Girl Scoutslogoonly.jpg is scheduled to be deleted in a little less than a week because it is under a fair-use licence and is not used by any articles. Fair-use images that are not used by a Wikipedia article are not permitted on Wikipedia. Thank you. Jecowa 04:13, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject
WikiProject Ukraine :-) — Alex(T 04:47, 9 April 2007 (UTC)


 * That kuban guy is going to be a problem if he doesn't understand basic English syntax and structure. Thank you for being bold and creating the project! Would you please put the Ukraine portal back into the WikiProject Ukraine? Thanks, Chris 05:39, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * What do you mean, put the portal back? — Alex(T 05:40, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * OOOOHH... Okay, I will. — Alex(T 05:41, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, brother! Chris 05:43, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Try also rating the articles while you add the WikiProject template. :-) — Alex(T 05:45, 9 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Okay then, I'll be the one rating them. :-) — Alex(T 05:49, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Accusations
Please could you explain what your reservations about my POV are? Also, could you please explain your accusation of bad faith? Vizjim 06:11, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Gladly. For you to nominate for deletion a project less than a week old that members are joining at a decent rate, each asking what needs to be done and setting parameters and guidelines, and actively building, and for which you yourself have not contributed to any of the discussions, fairly drips with WP:POINT. Chris 06:17, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Have you actually read WP:POINT? It has nothing to do with anything here as far as I can see.  While you;re at it, you might like a quick refresh of WP:FAITH. Vizjim 09:47, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: where merge discussions direct
Ugh, sorry, I thought the disambiguation page wasn't tagged with a merge template, but apparently I am wrong. Two thoughts: 2 vs. 1 is not consensus (too few to decide), and there are many, many Thompsons around, I would prefer if you linked to the different Thompson disambiguation pages instead of merging them all in one, but that is an opinion :-) -- ReyBrujo 19:27, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Maine
I hope the one above is what you were looking for. John Carter 15:19, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Re:
Artaxiad asked for his account to be deleted and has been banned for one year per an Arbitration Committee ruling. -- Aivazovsky 02:11, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject United Nations
Do you think that, if WP:WPFR gets more members, we can merge the UN Project in as a task force? The merge would result in a much larger work force, possibly reviving the project.--<font color="blue" face="comic sans ms">Ed  <font color="maroon" face="comic sans ms">¿Cómo estás? 02:28, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I can handle the technical stuff. What we need is a discussion in order to get consensus. :) <font color="blue" face="comic sans ms">Ed  <font color="maroon" face="comic sans ms">¿Cómo estás? 02:56, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Myanmar Monastic Schools
Hi Cris, I have made some major edits on the article Myanmar Monastic Schools after you have placed a clean up tag. Have a look and discuss if there is anything needed in the talk page of the article. Also kindly contribute if you have some materials in your mind. Maybe after a few more edits, I think we can remove the tag. Regards, Kyaw 2003 17:45, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

oops
I think my proposal to merge coronado with colorado has merits after all they have the same first letter and a similar sound. I yjink you are being picky to hesitate for a moment...... I mean oops ... sorry Honor Band is in CoLorado Victuallers 08:54, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

World Crest
See this on Commons. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 00:41, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Andijan poll
Hi, I would like your opinion on this. Regards, KazakhPol 17:32, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Inactive project
It's WikiProject Monty Python It's poorly made and according to the bot comment on the talk page it's been inactive for two months. Sorry I accidentally just put this on your user page!<font color="Blue">Gan <font color="Green">fon  01:46, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh yeah
You might be interested in my new WikiProject proposal for a James Bond project. If interested, leave your name on the proposal page. <font color="Blue">Gan <font color="Green">fon  01:50, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Break
We can only hope that the circumstances for the break you mentioned aren't negative. In my limited experience and knowledge of you, you have proven to be one of the more reliable, productive, and conscientious editors around. I'm afraid I'm not particularly familiar with the awards you should have received by now, which is why I'm not enclosing one here, but I can honestly say that I am sure that we have all benefited from your work and that you have more than earned the respect and esteem of all of us. Good luck, and hope to see you back soon. John Carter 22:56, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Xenia Onatopp
The Xenia Onatopp page should be with the List of James Bond henchmen in GoldenEye, there was a conseceus (cant spell) about this some months ago. SpecialWindler 06:09, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Talk:James Bond/Archive

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Removed Link to crimeZZZ.net on Article Alexa Popova
Hi, I removed the link on the above mentioned article to my site crimeZZZ.net and I would kindly ask to respect this (you undid the removal of the external link). Thank you and kind regards from Austria eliZZZa 16:03, 21 April 2007 (UTC)eliZZZa

Image:VirginiaSP.jpg listed for deletion
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Talk:Category:Central Asian people
You have twice created an incorrect talk page at Talk:Category:Central Asian people. Category talk pages are named Category talk: not Talk:Category:. A talk page for this category already exists at Category talk:Central Asian people. Thanks. -- JLaTondre 01:09, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Image:RussiaKarelialogo copy.jpg
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Proposed Cold War history project
I notice that you had expressed interest in the proposal for a project relating to the Cold War at WikiProject Council/Proposals. The proposal has generated sufficient interest to be considered viable, but the original proposer has been inactive for some time, so no one has been following it. I was wondering whether you, as one of the interested parties, would be interested in establishing the project as an independent entity or possibly as a task force of WikiProject Military history. Please indicate your opinion in the comments section here. Thank you for your interest in the subject, and for your timely response. John Carter 21:23, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

The WikiProject know has its own page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Warlordjohncarter/WikiProject_Cold_War_history Crested Penguin 07:37, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The project is now active at WikiProject Cold War. John Carter 21:47, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

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 * (replying to message on my talk page) — I didn't make the policy, and I didn't tag that image. I am just passing on the warning that was left at User talk:PNG crusade bot. —Remember the dot (talk) 22:20, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

MfD
Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Southern United States. -- Ned Scott 05:10, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Schools in Colorado
I see you have tagged a lot of schools - would you be interested in learning how to evaluate and fill out these templates? ¨¨¨¨ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Victuallers (talk • contribs) 14:30, 5 May 2007 (UTC).

Orphaned fair use
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 * Image:LuganskTriangle.jpg
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These images were previously included in Scouting in Ukraine. However, their inclusion in that article was purely decorative and thus may have been a copyright violation. I removed them in accordance with the non-free content policy.

Also, I wrote a fair use rationale for you for Image:Union of Brazilian Scouts logo.png, so that image is no longer in danger of being deleted. —Remember the dot (talk) 03:33, 6 May 2007 (UTC)


 * (replying to message on my talk page) — OK. Point well taken. I thought about this some more and decided that it is unlikely that how the images were previously used in Scouting in Ukraine was a copyright violation. Even so, your solution of putting them into a gallery is a good idea, and it fits better with the non-free content policy. In the future when situations like this arise, I'll make sure to see if there's a better solution than removing the images outright. —Remember the dot (talk) 04:03, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Stoopid Monkey Logos
As you are probably aware, the Stoop!d Monkey page was the subject of an AfD and the result was, of course, "Keep". Currently, the logos are a point of contention with myself saying that they were part of the "Keep", while User:Calton saying they were to be dropped and the article was to remain.

I asked the admin who closed the AfD his opinion and he replied, "I just said the article was to be kept, I don't know about the logos". There wasn't a decision given on the logos and in the AfD only 3 users said the logos should go, only 1 said keep the article, lose the logos.

I am not sure how to handle this, but since the admin who closed the AfD made no decision and the AfD wasn't about the logos in the first place (and the majority said to keep the logos if you want to be picky about it, as far as I can tell).

This wasn't an issue from April 16th (immediately after the AfD) to May 3rd when User:Calton realized that I was blocked for 48hours (not related to this) and I couldn't revert his changes. User:Calton had no interest and made no changes on the page itself or the talk page during that time. So, to me, his initial revert on May 3rd was done because of my block.

I have asked two admins (in case one is offline) to revert his changes and put a block on the page until this can be worked out. I am also asking you, since you contributed to the AfD, what your opinion is on just the logos themselves. I appericate you input one way or the other. Thanks...SVRTVDude (VT)

Merges
G'day, mate. Sorry to be a bit critical, but when you add merge tags, as you have just done for Surrey-Thomas Rover Crew and Scouting in Victoria, could you please start the discussion on the talk page giving your reasons for adding the merge tags. In this case, with the crew being responsible for starting the world sport of Rogaining, I am not, as of now, convinced that a merge is the right way to go. I have noticed that you have proposed merges before without explaining why. I am going to start off the debate now. Regards, Brian. --Bduke 03:54, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

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WikiProject Cambodia
Thanks for adding my to do list to the project page :)

Damn, now I will have to stop procrastinating and write those articles :(

Thanks! Paxse 16:06, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

scramble for africa
Hi,

You reverted (and called vandalism) an edit I made deleting an inaccurate, unreferenced and irrelevant section in Scramble for Africa. This was not vandalism: I explained why I did it on the discussion page. If you have an issue with the edit then please take it up there. From the official policy on verifiability: "The burden of evidence lies with the editor who adds or restores material. Material that is challenged or likely to be challenged needs a reliable source, which should be cited in the article." Best wishes,

Sunjata 20:45, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Takeda improvement
Sure! no plm.. Gallegos-san —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ehistory (talk • contribs) 22:27, 13 May 2007 (UTC).

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Image:-Burmapolice.jpg again
The badge is property of the former government of Burma. This does not mean it's free use. Simply because you own a badge of it and are capable of making an image of it does not transfer rights from them to you. Believe it or not, we do respect rights of defunct governments depending on the situation. There are still Third Reich images we are respecting. I've retagged this image as not having a fair use rationale for its use. All fair use images must have a fair use rationale for every use in the main article namespace they are intended for, and they may not be used outside of the main article namespace. If you have questions about this, I'd be happy to answer. Thanks, --Durin 15:42, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Removing and retagging the images is appropriate. For instructions on providing fair use rationale, see Fair use rationale guideline. If you need more assistance, don't hesitate to ask me. But, please, do not remove the tags until the problem the tags identify have been resolved. --Durin 15:50, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Japanese metal AfD

 * Hi, I have to say I'm more than a little offended by your accusation of extremely bad faith on this AfD. I don't think I've been subjected to anything like this from such an experienced editor before. <FONT STYLE="verdana" COLOR="#000000">Dei</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF3300">z</FONT> talk 03:04, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Maltese Wikiproject
Hi. I see that you have been adding the Wikiproject Malta template to several articles. I was wondering whether you would be interested in signing in the members section, as we need as many valued members as is possible. Please reply. Anonymous Dissident Utter 04:38, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

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Images
Hi Chris. You don't need to tag image talk pages with WikiProject assessment banners. It is not quite conventional; logically, you can not try to assess an image. If you wanted to have it showing up in any of your Project's categories, then maybe a category, say, Category:WikiProject Scouting images, might do a better job at this. By the way, I've been working on the article on Syrian Americans you requested; I think I might hit an FA or at least a GA with this one. Cheers,  An as  talk? 08:44, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I am waiting for another admin to see if this can still be a DYK if I move it. I will then nominate it for GA-status and book a peer review. If things go well after that, I might nominate it for FA-status. As for Ghazello, what exactly seems to be the problem? If you can provide some diffs on such reversions, that would help too. Regards,  An as  talk? 22:10, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, I will talk to him. I have to also warn you that the three-revert rule prohibits a user from making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Just be careful, you might get blocked. — An as  talk? 08:49, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Glad to help. The article's in WP:GAC right now. If you want, you can watch its talk page for any updates, till it reaches FAC. Leave me a message whenever you need my help again. — An as  talk? 09:32, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Little context in Ahmet Khan
is very short providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. --Android Mouse Bot 2 04:03, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

getting to Japan
The most likely option is the big 4 Eikaiwa, which are practically everywhere that you might want to be. Another option is the JET Programme, though you have little control over where they place you unless you qualify as a CIR. Finding a job outside of English teaching is tough. You may want to see if the Scout Association of Japan has some sort of international exchange program which you can hitch a ride on and see what your options are when you get there. Some professional skills might be desired as well, though one would normally need a professional level of Japanese to be considered for them.

Sorry to hear about your wife. I guess I haven't been on your userpage in a very long while. Good luck, BanyanTree 10:47, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:Vanuatu coa.gif
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Cyrillic Help
I'll take a look, but I am getting ready to head off for the weekend. What is the template supposed to do? --NThurston 20:55, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * OK. I'm out of time, but at least it works now (I hope).  I think you can see where to head with this. --NThurston 21:27, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

I did create it, but I just copied it from Arabic so I don't really know how to do these things...I'll see if I can figure it out. Btw, it's a great idea on how to separate the different languages. We should do a similar way with Arabic (Persian, Urdu, etc.), Chinese (Chinese, Japanese kanji, Korean hanja), and others. It clarifies the relation between script and text well. Rigadoun (talk) 15:21, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, it looks better and seems to work okay now. I've been tagging the articles in the various subcats and they seem to work. Rigadoun  (talk) 15:46, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, what would you think of adding a "Russian" category? Right now it seems to be the default, but that seems not exactly fair, and it would help clarify whether things added in the category are Russian or just unsorted. Rigadoun (talk) 16:47, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I think maybe flags would be better than the unique characters (some of which, like the Ukrainian Ï, look maybe more like mistakes, although I knew what your intention was). Rigadoun (talk) 15:30, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

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Afghan Scout
I just responded to your request. But where do you exactly want to place it? Between the text, in the beginning? Or in the infobox? -Ariana 18:36, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

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Proposed Micronation Wikiproject
I've published a proposal to gauge interest in setting up a micronation Wikiproject. Based on your recent inclusion of a number of micronation articles in various other projects I thought this might interest you. Your comments and suggestions are welcome: WikiProject_Council/Proposals --Gene_poole 01:32, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Images
Woah!!! Kintetsubuffalo!!! I'd like to know, how do you get those "this user is an Eagle scout" kind of images? Thanks! From a fellow scout in the USA, --Macman007 04:58, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Images (again!)
I'm sorry Kintet, but I don't understand it. What I meant to say was that I don't know HOW to put images like that on my User page. I know you can't right click it, because it'll only do print, save, or email the image. Am I supposed to drag it? Please answer! I'm very frustrated. (I apologize for the confusion.)

--Macman007 16:32, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

PS: I see you might be pretty important to wikipedia/media based on how many comments you are getting!

Oh! and by the way, I'm interested in Kyrgyzstan, exactly.

Arabic
Hi Chris. Thank you for your suggestions. I have clarified everything in the template's page; if you find any mistakes, feel free to correct them. As for the Persian template, I've reverted everything. I think what I did was just a hasty mistake. Hopefully, things in their current conditions will satisfy everyone. Thanks again.  An as  talk? 16:44, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

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Scouting Tireless Contributor
-for longterm continued support for and the Scouting Movement and the ScoutingWikiProject, now close to two years.Rlevse 12:41, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * well earned! Wim van Dorst (Talk)'' 20:57, 2 June 2007 (UTC).
 * Indeed, well done, Chris. --Bduke 00:13, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I can't find many of your scouting photos on Commons, where images are only supposed to be uploaded to. Not Wikipedia. I have created three articles galleries and or Categories for scouting photographs and if you cant reload them to Commons I will endeavour to do it, Thanks WayneRay 16:07, 3 June 2007 (UTC)WayneRay

hoplophobia
I noticed your sig in the discussion of Gun politics. One other user and I are having a disagreement about Hoplophobia and I think that the discussion would benefit from more people than just the two of us. Check the lengthy discussion page first, if you are up to getting involved. Thanks. —BozoTheScary 17:18, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your recent attention to this article. —BozoTheScary 22:01, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Junák
Hi, what are you missing in the article Junák that you added translation templates? Article cs:Seznam známých českých skautů is quite similar to List of notable Scouts, except some actors. And article cs:Český skauting doesn't seem to contain more information about history than Junák in english. (Maybe there is some interesting notice in the czech article, that 20 years of communism "froze" czech scouts in the "old days" which has some advantages and disadvantages.) So, why did you add those templates? If you can, please answer to cs:Wikipedista diskuse:Jx, I don't visit en: wiki very often. --EnJx 21:27, 3 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Your response was pretty fast. I think that history of Czech scouting is better in en: (more detailed) and famous Czech scouts are in en: too already but in different article (except those actors). --EnJx 22:42, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Mongolian script
Hi, you added to Talk:Mongolyn Skautyn Kholboo, but I don't quite understand why. For an organisation only founded in 1992, the "original spelling" is invariably cyrillic, as given in the article. They may use the old script for decorative purposes, as do most organisations in Mongolia. But that seems more a "nice to have" item than a "need". So, what was your motivation there? --Latebird 08:14, 4 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi! The reason I added it is because the organization itself uses it in their literature and on its insignia, probably as a way to reconnect with something distinctly Mongolian. I wasn't putting it on there as just something nice to have. Thanks for your followup! Chris 21:35, 4 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Which means they use it as a logo (next to their graphic insignia), as many businesses and other organisations in Mongolia do. It doesn't have any practical significance, as hardly anyone is actually going to read it. Those are the prototypical "nice to have" criteria in my book, but I'm not going to talk you out of it... Unfortunately the banner at the top of their web pages is a bit small, or you could cut that part out there. --Latebird 15:15, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikiproject Tunisia
Dear Chris, I would like to welcome the creation of the Wikiproject Tunisia despite the fact that it doesn't seem to be very active for the moment. As member of your French-speaking counterpart, I hope that we will collaborate to better the articles about Tunisia as we have some articles in English we would like to translate in French. I think the contrary is also true because of the number of articles (more than 1000) we have. Best regards, Moumou82 18:52, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: your question on User talk:Naconkantari
Hi. I saw on User talk:Naconkantari that your concerned about some of that admin's recent image deletions. Please read Administrators' noticeboard/FURG. This was just the result of a misunderstanding, and he is willing to restore the images, it'll just take some time.--Fyre2387 (talk • contribs) 22:31, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: The Scout Association of Malawi
Purely an accident, I have just been running Lupin's Anti-vandal tool and was watching the live spellcheck, and the filtered recent changes, just missed it. Thanks for letting me know though. --<font color='#4A7023'>Martian .<font color='#666666'>knight 00:28, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

M*A*S*H Wikiproject
Hi, thank you for supporting the M*A*S*H Wikiproject proposal I started, I was wondering, I'm also asking the other user that also put their name, but I was just wondering if, even if the project doesn't happen, if together, you would still like to help me organize M*A*S*H articles? If so, please message me back on my talk page. Thank you JpGrB 17:31, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Hawaii
Aloha! You look like someone who might be interested in joining the Hawaii WikiProject and so I thought I'd drop you a line and invite you! We'd love to have you help us :-) &mdash;Viriditas | Talk 13:06, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem. Good luck with your adventure! I hope I'm not telling you something you don't already know, but if you are qualified to teach English, you can get a job in Japan very easily. China and South Korea, too. &mdash;Viriditas | Talk 20:55, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

your article request
good day boss, i've written few lines about Abdullah O. Nasseef as you requested few days ago , have a nice day. <font face="Mistral" size="5" color="black">Ammar (Talk - Don't Talk) 15:50, 10 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Shukran! That's wonderful, thank you so much! I have added some information to it, and linked it in different places. Thank you! Chris 19:25, 10 June 2007 (UTC)


 * you are welcome !<font face="Mistral" size="5" color="black">Ammar (Talk - Don't Talk) 21:28, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Arish
Hello Kintetsubuffalo! El Arish already has an article, so I am removing your request from WikiProject Egypt. Cheers, — Zerida 19:40, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

CopyrightScoutlogo.jpg
Would you like SVG versions of Image:CopyrightScoutlogo.jpg and the others? --Gadget850 ( Ed) 21:08, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Elias Mendoza

 * I found an entry in Wikiproject Peru talk page about Elias Mendoza. I would like to know who this person is or was, I am just curious. By the way, I agree with most of what you have written in the "about me" section of your user page. Also I love so many things about the Japanese culture, specially the bonsai, their gardens, the Samurai and their blades, their sense of honor, their art that influence the French impressionists, especially Paul Gaugin, who grew in Perú, for instance, Hokosai, the furniture and the simplicity of their architecture, the kimonos, the dance...


 * As you know Perú is a multicultural country, and we have a strong Japanese community. Alberto Fujimori, the ex-president of Perú who was democratically elected by the people two times, was born in Perú, but both of his parents were Japanese. Therefore, there are so many manifestations of japanese life style in Perú, you probably might want to consider move to Perú as well, It will be easier for you. For example, a Peruvian-Japanese cuisine is very popular back in Lima, there is more than sushi and teriyaki. Hope I did not bore you, but as I observed your ideas expressed so well, I would like to open the channels for further and future collaboration in this project, especially to control those whose aim is to criticize, overpower and put down the contributions of other users, and by doing so taking a lot of motivation away from them, while they themselves not knowing or understanding nothing of what they are writing about or evenly adding any content, it is sad as it is a bizarre behavior but these people exist, we should do a coalition or something to block them or put in evidence their harming and counterproductive interventions.


 * Anyway, please, let me know about Elias Mendoza. I am building all of what is Perú in the English version of Wikipedia hence my interest in your request. Also I invite you to assist us in this task. With respect, and sincerity:

John Manuel -&quot;-Todos Llegan de Noche, todos se van de día&quot; 13:34, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for you replay, lets see if we can find information about Dr. Elias Mendoza and write a nice entry about him. See you around. Enjoy your experiences in Wikipedia. John Manuel-15:31, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Law enforcement in Ghana
Note:The continuation of this discussion has been moved to the talk page of Law enforcement in Ghana.--Natsubee 11:07, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Vang Pao and Free Vietnam
Thanks for all your work on the Vang Pao article. I'm just confused as to how he and the Free Vietnam movement are related. Thanks. Nposs 12:46, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Law enforcement in North America
Thanks for the help. Some of those places can be really hard to find info on. Robbskey 22:25, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

For your work on the Law enforcement in North America template. Robbskey 15:12, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

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Hi. Please don't rename articles about specific police organisations to generic articles on that country's law enforcement. Every agency should have its own article in addition to the generic articles. -- Necrothesp 21:41, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

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Template:LawinEurope
I suggest replacing all the "Region name|Law enforcement" in templates with a version of the above for each region, because it works far better in a number of ways, notably because we can get around redirects to articles which arent called "law enforcement in_____" just copy and paste what is in the above and change all the names and saveit in Template:Lawin____ :) let me know if you need any help, or post it in WT:LE SGGH speak! 12:34, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Wii
Is that really needed? Checking out the official Japanese Wii site, the name appears to be just "Wii" with no katakana version (the name is always rendered in English). I think Nintendo did this on purpose when they selected the name, it's short and easy to pronounce in every language. TJ Spyke 07:07, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know if there is a Japanese name for the system, I just haven't seen one. I guess it couldn't hurt to leave it there for at least a few days. TJ Spyke 07:13, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

South Sudan Liberation Movement
Hi, while wandering through some of my older creations, I noticed you tagged this article for cleanup. Unfortunately, I can't figure out what your concern is. Could you use a more specific tag or detail your concerns on the talk page there? Thanks, BanyanTree 08:17, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

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Law Enforcement template moved
Hi, i recently noticed you moved the law enforcement template to WPLE without discussing or establishing a consensus, please be aware that WP:BOLD does not apply to moving templates.

I have had a look at articles which use the law enforcement template and it does not affect them, luckily!

Please discuss any changes in the future!

Thanks and regards

<b style="color:red;">Dep. Garcia</b> ( Talk   + |  Help Desk  |  Complaints  ) 19:07, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Ahh right ok, just remember to discuss them in future or notify us if you change any! Regards <b style="color:red;">Dep. Garcia</b> ( Talk   + |  Help Desk  |  Complaints  ) 17:57, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

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Please stop de-tagging Image:Moroccoa.jpg. Your reverts are contrary to policy. Picaroon (Talk) 02:26, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Non-free content criteria, see #7. Picaroon (Talk) 02:32, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Scouting
I see you reverted my attempt to explicate the the position in UK scouting as regards a requirement for adult leaders to acknowledge a higher power. At the risk of frustrating you (or worse given your acquaintance with firearms)can you please point out where at http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/por/2006/2_2.htm#part_1 or http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/por/2006/2_1.htm#part_ it says this. In fact by my reading there only exists a requirement to be fully aware that they will be required by their personal example to implement the Association's religious policy which is what I said and which is hardly controversial.

Thanks for your time. Albatross2147 08:36, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Vietnamese Scouting
I am still working on this article. I hope I can help with the English one but very limited because English is not my native language. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Motthoangwehuong (talk • contribs)
 * Motthoangwehuong is currently working on the article in the Vietnamese Wikipedia. When it's completed with proper citations I'll try to translate it into English. DHN 02:25, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi, I already posted a translated part of the article. Please edit it. I am pleased that DHN promissed to translate the rest of it. Thank you. Motthoangwehuong 19:38, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * That's a good idea, but I can't figure out the framework for that project. Please list what you think the project looks like. Motthoangwehuong 20:13, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I can help a little bit later with the suggested Project, right now I am the only one working on all the articles related to Scouting. I am tranlating the article "Scouting" right now, no one helps me, so I spent a lot of time alone. Motthoangwehuong 05:42, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Scouting in Laos
Hi, I just saw your request about the lao text in the logo. It reads "skudlao" which is how laotians would pronounce "scouts lao" ("u" as in english "good"). I'm sorry but I cannot put the lao characters into the wiki page - I have the fonts installed, and they work fine in MSOffice, but in Wikipedia I just get question marks (in Firefox) or little squares (in IE). Copy & paste does not help - I get "ld5f]k;" which is not better. I am going on a vacation now, back in August and this problem is one I will tackle again then (not really because of your scouts interests, but for myself).

The character in the badge looks like the lao letter L (for Laos) - the same as the 3rd-last character in skudlao.

Gabriel --Dezwitser 15:30, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

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Fair use image use
You reverted my removal of a fair use image from User:Kintetsubuffalo/workshop/Gallery of Scout and Guide national emblems. Please understand that the display of fair use images outside of the main article namespace is not permitted per WP:NFCC item #9. Such images may be linked, but not displayed, on non-main namespace articles. The vast majority of images appear to be fair use images and may not be used on this page in the way you wish. I've changed the display of the images to eliminate "Image:" from all but one the images on this page. Please do not revert this change such that fair use images are displayed again. A workshop page is fine, but still must abide by policy. If you have any questions about this, I'd be happy to answer. Thank you, --Durin 13:18, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Re:Vietnamese Wikiproject
You might want to recruit the members I've identified here. DHN 23:05, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I added my name to the 'interested' people, even though I might not have all the time to help out. Thanks. enderminh 11:02, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Gee, this sounds exciting. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:21, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: Ethiopian Scout graphic
Sorry, I don't think I can make that one out. I think that's going to take either a better image or someone who knows the language. Mike Dillon 18:53, 30 June 2007 (UTC)


 * You can get the right font here. Mike Dillon 19:01, 30 June 2007 (UTC)