User talk:Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters



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Obama Page
Hello, I saw you'd been making some edits to the Obama page at the same time I'm making some as well. While I won't necessarily disagree with the edits, and do think the page needs changing (haven't had a chance to view most of your edits yet), I would recommend you tread carefully here. The article is on probation right now and I got in trouble the first time editing it. They like everything run by first on the talk page. Of course, the edit boldly rule for Wikipedia may allow you to do this, but just warning you as it could mean similar trouble to what I experienced. Also, I answered on the Obama talk page to let you know I may have to revert an edit since one of the proposed edits of mine will change the 04 election section and may provide more comprehensive info about Keyes and the results to put them more in perspective. --Jzyehoshua (talk) 08:39, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Knee-jerk rallying behind UN's Richard Goldstone
Lulu of the Lotus-eaters, you have wrongfully deleted encyclopedic value information concerning the high-level controversy over Goldstone's documented aspirations to head the United Nations. This story was reported in two articles by the authoritative Guardian newspaper, and became a matter of public dispute between Goldstone and S. African president de Klerk. The matter of Goldstone's reported UN career aspirations is of strong encycolopedic value given that Goldstone came to accept a UN job about which many questions were raised.

While the matter may not reflect as favorably on Goldstone as the list of his awards, there is every reason to include this newsworthy controversy, and none to exclude it. Nor is there anything in the quotes from President de Klerk, Goldstone and The Guardian to suggest inclusion of this story has any bearing to a "soapbox."

Please recall the WP policies and principles of neutrality. Doing so is advisable before deleting entries that do not confirm with your positions toward one or another country, and could help contribute to greater mutual undertandingby on all sides. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.25.133 (talk) 08:11, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome
Thank you for the welcome back message. Be assured that we are in complete agreement with respect to the new Keyes fan. I'd also suggest you keep an eye on User:Róbert Gida, who reminds me an awful lot of these folks (particularly the former). -- Scjessey (talk) 23:00, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Obamaism
Hello Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Obamaism, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: '''No speedy criteria apply which is why it is at RfD. .''' Thank you. Nancy talk  08:36, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Sparkline
Hey LotLE, have you been able to work on the sparkline you proposed on the Obama talk page? I am interested to see how it would turn out. Hope the holidays have been good for you! Arkon (talk) 16:27, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I have not put one together, at least yet. My feeling is that, despite your positive comment, the inclusion of this element would probably be rejected by the consensus of editors, which makes me less enthusiastic about doing the work of putting one together (I'd have to dig up tabular data on polling, and find some software that would generate the sparkline).  That's a somewhat bigger quantum of work than changing just some words :-).  Maybe I'll get around to it though.  LotLE × talk  23:02, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Tattoo
Sorry you didn't like the pick I put on the tat page. I wasn't trying to do something malicious, I assure you. I did think it was strange that not once was there a picture of a standard upper-arm tattoo on the page, nor even a mention of this, arguably the most common place to get a modern tattoo. Any thoughts on how to remedy this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Qfl247 (talk • contribs)
 * What you added appears to simply be a vanity picture of yourself. As I indicated in my edit comment, it is not particularly germane to the section where you put it.  Moreover, the tattoo design does not stand out as anything special for article purposes, and the composition of the photo is fairly bad.  LotLE × talk  23:13, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Puddle thinking merge
Currently, you're the only editor opposing the merge. Is the matter still of interest to you? If it is, I'd like to continue the discussion, otherwise I'll presume that you accept the merge as consensus. Regards, Paradoctor (talk) 22:28, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Your username.
I like it. :)--SexonfireKOL2010 21:54, 4 January 2010 (UTC) --SexonfireKOL2010 21:50, 4 January 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by SexonfireKOL2010 (talk • contribs)

Dorrsk is my username, and I found you through the neutral point of view page link. I get the feeling you'd be the right person to ask, since your mini bio has the same kind of google map link I'd put on mine if I made a habit of editing. I found a page, saw some language that was very biased, and edited it. Then I found out that someone undid the change, I changed it back and apparently the one who changed it has some power to declare whatever isn't his own words to be vandalism. I checked out his story and turns out the owner of a company that is part of a larger arms dealer for U.S. weapons, vehicles, and munitions decided he would take control over editing information about various explosives and military related articles which quickly explained where the bias came from and why it would be useless to argue with him. I stopped working on that issue upon the final warning notice, and I was wondering if you had any advice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dorrsk (talk • contribs) 02:41, 13 January 2010 (UTC)


 * If you believe that another editor has a conflict of interest in editing an article, definitely follow the advice in that guideline in resolving the issue. LotLE × talk  07:07, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Good job
Articles for deletion/Simple Instant Messenger. Pcap ping  04:57, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Please correct your nomination to remove the misrepresentation of my closing statement.
Here Spartaz Humbug! 11:02, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

January 2010
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we must insist that you assume good faith while interacting with other editors, which you did not on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simple Spreadsheet. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Joe Chill (talk) 01:38, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Instead of being pointy by putting the same template on my talk page when I never said anything like you did, answer my questions on the AfD. Joe Chill (talk) 01:45, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * If you would state relevant evidence on AfD discussions, rather than snotty pokes at editors who find notability of topics you nominate, it would be a lot easier to imagine good faith on your part. LotLE × talk  01:47, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * You're only assuming bad faith because I use guidelines and you would rather ignore them! You can't even answer my questions on the AfD! I never say snotty things in AfD. I think that you might be confusing me with users like Miami and his buddy Smerdis. Joe Chill (talk) 01:49, 16 January 2010 (UTC)


 * The guidelines you refer to are ones that I helped write many years before you first edited Wikipedia. Your behavior is unseemly and unhelpful.  Just saying "ignore notability" is not a useful AfD approach.  LotLE × talk  01:54, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Google Groups isn't a reliable source and free software doesn't equal automatic notability, so you seem to forget your own words or decided not to go by them which isn't helpful. Joe Chill (talk) 01:55, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Can we call a truce on this, Joe Chill? You are probably right, to a large degree, that I have lumped together mentally the comments of several frequent Delete !voters on software AfDs. That's not fair to you.

On the other hand, I do find it confrontational and unhelpful to have each Keep !vote I make on those discussions immediately followed by a generic retort "No, what you claimed is notable isn't notable." It's already understood perfectly well from your own !vote what your opinion is, and per-comment peanut-gallery retorts are generally unhelpful. There might be cases where such a per-comment disagreement is relevant: e.g. if a certain source is specifically biased or WP:COI in a way I might not have been aware of, that might make me reconsider the evidence. But an automatic claim that I don't understand WP:N really isn't productive. LotLE × talk 18:56, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Truce. By the way, I have rescued multiple software articles from AfD. Most of them were nominated by either JBsupreme, Miami, and Smerdis. Miami and Smerdis have a definite agenda to get rid of free software articles. Joe Chill (talk) 21:05, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

"Not really" clauses
I have reverted your contribution because I do not feel the notes are "not really clauses". Everything listed in the inclusion criteria really do allow subjects that fit them have an article. Rather, they clarify certain actions (such as listing trivia) do not satisfy notability, which otherwise would be considered to under a broad interpretation of the text. I decided to put them below inclusion for organizational purposes, and they are equivalent to footnotes. &eta;oian  &Dagger;orever &eta;ew &Dagger;rontiers  01:50, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * You are welcome to disagree and I am willing to rework the wording of the section. (I do think that having to exclude certain situations from the original definition is undesirable) &eta;oian   &Dagger;orever &eta;ew &Dagger;rontiers  01:51, 16 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Footnotes in a guideline are really never done in the way you have done there. They are very difficult to read and parse, and distracting from the principles actually being evinced. I have re-edited with smaller changes that put the text in main flow. I believe larger edits are needed, but let's start with that. LotLE × talk  01:52, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Finding sources for old FOSS
Linuxtoday.com is good way to find articles about old FOSS. They have article summaries going back to 2000 or so, even for defunct sites. You can then plug the URL in archive.org. (I hope Joe Chill is still watching this page too.) Pcap ping  10:11, 17 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks, this is a good suggestion for research into sourcing of FOSS articles. Best wishes.
 * I think another good site is my long-time employer (well, contracting company really), IBM developerWorks. We have not written about as many products as Linux Today has (since when covered, it tends to be at lengthier article focus), but there is a good bit.  And IBM seems to do a decent job of keeping their old archives alive.  LotLE × talk  10:20, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I stopped watching it, but I checked back. Thanks for the link. Joe Chill (talk) 14:23, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * And Lulu, please stop confusing with JBsupreme (I saw your removed comment). Joe Chill (talk) 14:24, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Notability (software)
Hello, In the deletion review Deletion_review I used a reference to Notability (software). Because you are one of the contributors of Notability (software), you might want to participate in the deletion review. Kzamir (talk) 03:59, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

ACORN
I apologize for lumping you with a POV editor during my revert. Your edit made me think about another editor. This edit is beyond unreasonable. I would think that most ACORN employees would denounce the action of this branch. Am I wrong? If so, should we express the sources that say it's a fluke. Doesn't much matter, when we read our sources. ThinkEnemies (talk) 10:37, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Barney Frank
Lulu, please participate in the discussion section rather than making unilateral reverts. If you would like to discuss the merits of the edits to the Fannie Mae section you are encouraged to participate, however, when you make unilateral reverts and ignore invitations to join in the dialogue it circumvents the spirit of Wikipedia. Thank you.Lordvolton (talk) 23:33, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. I concur with other editors that WP:BLP violations are not allowed, and have now stated so on Talk:Barney Frank.  LotLE × talk  23:58, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Mobile Colloquy
Actually, the update tag is relevant because the Mobile version is only roughly similar to the desktop one. It was even developed from the standard code base by different developers (this is said in one of the sources, forgot which). It needs to be covered in the article in some detail, but it's only mentioned in the infobox. Pcap ping  07:16, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Given that most of the refs are about the Mobile one, it could easily have a separate article, with its own screenshot, etc. Pcap ping  07:19, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Open Watcom Assembler
Hi, Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters. Articles for deletion/JWASM, a discussion in which you participated, was closed as redirect to Open Watcom Assembler. Open Watcom Assembler has now been nominated for deletion due to notability concerns. If you would like to participate in the discussion, please comment at Articles for deletion/Open Watcom Assembler. Thanks, Cunard (talk) 09:13, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

JBSupreme
Please note this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.129.133.96 (talk) 20:08, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

RFC incomplete

 * Requests for comment/JBsupreme

You need to make sure to fill in and complete the other required subsections for this RFC, or it will end up being deleted. Cheers, Cirt (talk) 22:54, 2 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I know. I'm not too familiar with RfCs (I think I started one once in 2006, but the details are vague).  If you would like to help me put it in order, that would be great! On the other hand, I'm not sure that the RfC actually is the best forum; the ongoing AN/I might be better.  After I wrote the AN/I, one response was "go put it on RfC", which I did just to cover bases.  LotLE × talk  22:58, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Those are the empty things you have to complete. :) Cirt (talk) 23:14, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Statement of the dispute
 * Desired outcome
 * Description
 * Evidence of disputed behavior
 * Applicable policies and guidelines
 * Evidence of trying to resolve the dispute
 * Evidence of failing to resolve the dispute
 * ...again, I welcome help. Gotta run.  LotLE × talk  23:21, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The instructions at the RFC page are quite clear. You already have a bit of the info, you just need to add it into those subsections appropriately... Cirt (talk) 23:32, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Also (linked here) One thing I observed some time ago is that JBsupreme began placing an  in the edit summary box to prevent the MediaWiki software from automatically using the section title in the edit summary. This also prevents him from receiving an automated notice from one of the bots that warns editors who don't use edit summaries. --Tothwolf (talk) 23:58, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Lulu, please feel free to quote me or reuse the diffs from the evidence I gathered before and during the ArbCom case

AfD nomination of David Mertz
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Confused about a book you seem to have coauthored
This lists you as a coauthor, but it's not held anywhere, and I can't find it in online stores either. Strange. Pcap ping  02:39, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * There's a long story there, most of which I probably can't disclose. The short version is that I am not a coauthor on that book now, and it has not been published. There is a different book by a well known technical publisher that I am trying to get the contract ironed out on, but WP:CRYSTAL isn't allowed in the article. :-)  LotLE × talk  03:16, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Interesting. I guess ISBNs get pre-allocated, so even if a book doesn't get printed, the ISBN remains valid. Pcap ping  04:06, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Yep. My Text Processing in Python was originally going to be published by a different publisher, and so has an unused ISBN somewhere for that (hypothetical) edition.  Btw. The is the hundred-and-some libraries that have my book a lot or not very many? I have no real intuition about that.  The book I allude to that I will probably be author on, is in 200-some libraries in its earlier editions :-).
 * I confess I'm slightly annoyed that David Eppstein !voted "Delete" on the AfD. He's commenting in absolute good faith, and in measured and reasonable terms.  But I feel like his idea of notability is at too high a threshold... at least for the "kind of person" I am.  Which is a strange type, I know.  I've published in diverse areas, most of which are somewhere in the middle between general-audience and completely academic.  So I neither have a huge readership, nor anything "fundamentally new" in highly technical areas... still, even if I were not me, I would want bios of people like me.  Actually, I've rescued several somewhat similar articles of colleagues of mine in several fields (either started the article, or expanded and saved from AfD, or similar); none of them are either household names or earth-shaking theorists, but all (like me) are the sort of person one might occasionally want to look up info on.  I lean towards keep on those things. Likewise for other bios of people I do not know, and will certainly never know, in areas unrelated to anything I do.  LotLE × talk  04:21, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The catch is that the guidelines for WP:AUTHORs have been tightened a lot since the 2005 AfD(s). Back then there was a provision for 5000 copies of a book or so. Even having a widely held book these days isn't enough though; it needs to be highly cited, and yours is not. The current guideline reads (omitting the stuff about visual arts):
 * an important figure or is widely cited by their peers or successors.
 * known for originating a significant new concept, theory or technique.
 * has created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, that has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews.
 * As far as I know, although you're on the Python board, you are not one of the major software contributors there. I don't know much about OCV though, either about its importance, or how much you've contributed to it as a "body of work" (LOL for the double meaning). Pcap ping  04:48, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

(dedent) Yeah, I'm really starting to have more sympathy with a number of friends of mine who have given up on writing for Wikipedia because the deletionists have held sway. The net result is pretty overwhelmingly bad, with articles now being deleted as much as being written. Of course I agree there should be some standards, but we seem almost to have reached the point where nothing that doesn't fit in Britannica is surviving AfD here.

I was thinking about the (badly) revised WP:AUTH, in relation to the notability of the bio on me. I think what might help to establish "known for originating a significant new concept, theory or technique" is the fact that it was an article of mine that established the use of coroutines in Python. I pointed out that the technique could be done (in a slightly circuitous manner) using the existing generator mechanism. Based on that work, PEP 288 cited me. That PEP was itself rejected, but the same idea was raised again in PEP 342. However, the latter only cited PEP288, and no longer me directly. So even though, since I know all the people involved, I know how my idea was incorporated in the core language, this requires a little bit of WP:SYNTH to show. LotLE × talk 06:52, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Re: Tattoo Removal Edits
In regard to the link that you removed as "SPAM", this link lead to article that was published in "The Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology". It explains the treatment of bulla which is a rare side effect of laser tattoo removal and is part of the wikipedia article. For this reason I would ask you kindly to revert your deletion of this link.

Thanking you in advance.

Sugarlady45


 * Treatment of Large Bulla Formation after Tattoo Removal with a Q-Switched Laser Sugarlady45 (talk) 03:52, 5 February 2010 (UTC)


 * That link looks fine. Did I really make an edit that just removed that? I apologize if so.  There was an insertion that had added a link to a commercial tattoo removal company, basically just advertising.  I meant to revert that, but not to an academic article.  I'll go look at the history.  LotLE × talk  05:20, 5 February 2010 (UTC)


 * OK, I was partially correct. I removed both a commercial WP:ADVERT and reasonable source in the same edit.  However, the JCAD article is better used as a footnote to a prose description in the body text of its subject than as a generic "External link" that is present for non-obvious reasons.  If you want to write a sentence or two summarizing the JCAD article, with a footnote to that article, I think that would be a great addition to the Tattoo removal article.  LotLE × talk  05:26, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Python Paste
At AfD. Needs considerable clean-up as well. Pcap ping  01:57, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Jonund
I see you're having problems with Jonund and his POV-pushing at Richard Goldstone. I've seen him at work at several articles, including Peace Now and September 11 attacks.

What do you think about the idea of bringing his behavior to AN/I? Do you think it would do any good? — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 00:45, 15 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Seems like a good idea. If you start a report, I'll comment.  LotLE × talk  04:20, 15 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I'll post something in the next day or so, and I'll leave you note to let you know. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 04:44, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Deletion review for User talk:Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters/Bio
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 * I have nominated the page for deletion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters/Bio. Cunard (talk) 18:23, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Deletion review/Log/2010 February 28
Hi, Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters. Because you participated in Deletion review/Log/2010 January 14, you may be interested in Deletion review/Log/2010 February 28. Cunard (talk) 08:37, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of James Watkins
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AfD nomination of Alan Soble
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CEASE YOUR PERSONAL ATTACKS NOW
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would like to remind you not to attack other editors. Please comment on the contributions and not the contributors. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. JBsupreme ( talk ) 18:28, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Please do not attack other editors. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing.

To be specific, you are making false accusations about me, stooping so low as to resort to name calling me as a "vandal". In point of fact I have well over 20,000 edits here, many of which have been to reverse real, actual vandalism and report it to WP:AIV. That you disagree with my edits or don't like the fact that I am upholding WP:BLP, WP:NOR, and now WP:NPA policy is your problem, not mine. We also have standards for reliable sources, notability, discourage autobiographies, and so on. Again, I am sorry may not agree with these policies and standards, but it is no excuse for you to constantly refer to my edits, well within policy mind you, as "vandalism" just because you do not like them. If you disagree with my view on Wikipedia, fine, but grow up. JBsupreme ( talk ) 18:40, 12 March 2010 (UTC)\

Final warning
Consider this a final warning about accusations against .Toddst1 (talk)

Edit war
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Thank you
I won't be disturbing your talk page any further this afternoon, I just wanted to respectfully say thanks for the withdrawal of your comments. I hope that we may be able to find middle ground between us (and the community at large) in the future. JBsupreme ( talk ) ✄ ✄ ✄	 19:56, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Inappropriate addition of WP:OR and misattribution of sources
I have reverted this edit of your on Haun Saussy. Tupper Saussy is not mentioned in either of those two sources you cite. Given this and your recent, related accusations against, I find your recent editing highly disruptive and will block you if I see any further inappropriate reversions of others' edits or insertion of un-sourced material related to WP:BLP. Toddst1 (talk) 21:32, 12 March 2010

Python and whitespace
When people attack python, usually the thing they attack is the whitespace-for-blocks thing. I can see how that might reasonably go into a Criticism section or something, but it doesn't belong in the first paragraph. EG this SE Radio podcast about scripting languages. I've put together a web page (there are others) about why the whitespace issue shouldn't be a nail in Python's coffin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Strombrg (talk • contribs) 22:40, 16 March 2010 (UTC)


 * This comment on article content is best addressed on the relevant article talk page Talk:Python (programming language). I disagree that the longstanding and frequently discussed feature you have removed from lead should be relegated to a footnote, but in any case, that's a article talk not user talk matter.  LotLE × talk  20:32, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Judith Butler
Dear Lulu. I noticed, that you decided to delete an interview with Judith Butler. While I share your opinion about the specific interview, it wasn't even linked in the article or used as a citation/source, I couldn't help but thinking, that the interview might be useful in the future .... for someone else. Would a dedicated section "Interview" section above the references be a better solution, assuming we also feature the interviews linked already in the article? Thank you. Sholomsholom (talk) 08:45, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Barry Soetoro
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List of Carpenter named articles
Hello,

Would you be so kind to review and comment List of Carpenter named articles which is pending a deletion review here. I would be happy with a merge back to the way it was with partial listings. But any comments welcome. Jrcrin001 (talk) 03:21, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

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Conflation
Please help me understand how to resolve the questions your edit implies. See Talk:Conflation. --Tenmei (talk) 01:35, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:Python add5 syntax.png
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User:Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters/Bio
I have collapsed the published works section per the suggestion of at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters/Bio. I hope that is okay. Cunard (talk) 06:00, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

A common problem
Dear Wikipedist editor, I want to submit to your attention an our common problem: disruptive contributions and edit warring operated by user Derek farn (talk). This latter shows systematically a provoking behaviour and lacking of respect for other people’s work, typical of vandalism. I’ve sent this communication to many people having the same problem in order to organize a collective protest/action request directed to e.g. the Arbitration Committee or Requests for comment/User conduct (this latter procedure requires the participation of at least two users) or to the Wikipedia Community. If you agree with this initiative please contact me at this dedicated email address: clipeaster-1971 AT yahoo DOT com. In order to avoid creating of a forum section dedicated to Derek farn I suggest you to delete this communication once you’ve read it and, then, be in contact via email. Any suggestion are welcomed. I look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Structuralgeol (talk) 18:12, 15 July 2011 (UTC).
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Invitation to events in June and July: bot, script, template, and Gadget makers wanted
I invite you to the yearly Berlin hackathon, 1-3 June. Registration is now open. If you need financial assistance or help with visa or hotel, then please register by May 1st and mention it in the registration form.

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Non-free rationale for File:Raphael Samuels.jpg
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MAGIC programming language
Hi! I read Articles for deletion/MAGIC (programming language). I looked at the list of articles about MAGIC but had trouble finding reliable sources. Do you know of any reliable sources about this language? WhisperToMe (talk) 03:55, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

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Nomination of Use of courtesy titles and honorifics in professional writing for deletion
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MfD nomination of User:CitationTool/Race and intelligence
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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Nomination of Danny Yee for deletion
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I'm Sorry
I'm Sorry for getting mad at you in 2006.

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Nomination of Udwadia–Kalaba equation for deletion
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Zizek Bibliography: deletion of Russia Today publications
Hello Lulu,

I write to you, because you have been editing the Slavoj Žižek Page. I'm editing the Zizek bibliography. Here I also mention the op-ed publications on Russia Today. There is a WP editor who holds the opinion, that these edits violate RSP. I can't see how this is applicable. You can read my argument here. The editor doesn't respond.

If you have an interest in the subject, I would be happy, if you could contribute your opinion. If you don't have an interest, maybe you know someone else who might have?

With kind regards.

--Quin451 (talk) 13:36, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Rethinking Marxism Conflict of Interest
Dear Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters,

The entries for Rethinking Marxism and Jack Amariglio are flagged for conflict of interest. I have created these along the same time I set up the Stephen A Resnick entry—which you used to create the now very developed Richard D. Wolff entry. I wonder if you could do anything to improve the Rethinking Marxism and Jack Amariglio entries so that they are not marked anymore?

Many thanks,

Ymadra — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ymadra (talk • contribs) 18:10, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Courage to Care Award


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Renominated Project: Starfighter for deletion
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Nomination of Measuring programming language popularity for deletion
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