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Asperger syndrome
I've removed the extensive reading list you added to AS. Please see the guideline on Further reading at WP:LAYOUT, and the article List of further reading on Asperger syndrome, which is already linked in to the template at Asperger syndrome. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 16:31, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Bling

 * By the way, if you expand the article a little more (about 600 characters), it will be eligible for Did you know... r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 17:48, 7 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I nominated the article for DYK World Uyghur Congress. Since you did most of the work writing it, please check the nom to make sure you're ok with the hooks proposed or have any other comments; thanks. r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 16:50, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Background on recent Uyghur rioting
Hi. I've noticed that you have made some very timely contributions to the articles on recent coverage of the Urumqi riots. I just wanted you to check the current "background" section on the page to see if it is presented in a factual manner. Thanks! Colipon+(T) 19:26, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Sino-Pakistan relations after Urumqi riot
I noticed that in this edit you added Pakistan to the list; you may be interested in some of the Times of India sources in the relevant paragraph near the bottom of this version of the ETIM article (I have since rewritten that section and the sources are gone, but in the old version it mentioned stuff about Sino-Paki relations and accusations of "Uyghur terrorist training camps" in Pakistan). r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 00:42, 10 July 2009 (UTC)#
 * Actually, this is probably easier: "China asks Pakistan, other countries to unearth links with Urumqi violence" is the article that seems to have the stuff on Pakistan. r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 00:47, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

by the way...
It seems as though none of us (who have been fighting over the prose-part of the July 2009 Ürümqi riots article) even noticed that you've basically build the International Response-part basically all by yourself. So... *smile* - *tapdance on table* - *cough* - "YAY!" Seb az86556 (talk) 17:05, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

your article on DYK
the World Uyghur Congress article is featured on the main page/DYK... better watch out for vandalism now Seb az86556 (talk) 16:08, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Seacom
Thanks for the entry. Do you think it is notable enough for ITN? If you do, you might want to nominate it at WP:ITN/C. --BorgQueen (talk) 14:39, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Spelling on Urumqi riots article
hey, you just stumped me by spelling "focussing" with a double-s... but then I realiZed that I should have realiSed that we agreed to spell British. So if you find the time, could you go through the entire thing and check for spelling? (since you're the expert:P) THX Seb az86556 (talk) 14:31, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Kokang incident
Thanks for adding to this article. Do you think we could get it onto ITN? I started a discussion at WP:ITN/C but no one has responded yet; if we can come up with a good blurb I think it would be a good candidate. r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 18:10, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, I just got bold and added it to ITN myself... now I guess I'll just sit back and wait to see if anyone objects. (and in the meantime I'll brace myself for tons of edits...although hopefully this doesn't become as big a project as July 2009 Urumqi riots did!) r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 18:33, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

"Kokang incident" vs. "Kokang rebellion"
Do you have an opinion on Talk:Kokang rebellion? r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 05:40, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Kachin Independence Army
Regarding this edit: I think I also had the Kachin Independence Army listed in an earlier revision... but now that I look more closely at the source, it's not clear if he's saying they were actually involved in the fighting; this might just be saying that the KIA is somewhere in the area, not that they've participated in the fighting per se. <b class="Unicode">r ʨ anaɢ</b> talk/contribs 18:17, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I think that's an underlying problem with the whole issue.... there is so little information out (and what is out is repeated by different people, at different times, sometimes inappropriately, creating a bit of a mess) and it's not clear who is involved or who has done what. The same problem is causing a mess with numbers... for example, for the number of refugees, 10 000, 30 000, and 37 000 have all been thrown around and (and still are being thrown around today, different numbers in different sources), and the numbers of people reported to be in each army don't match up anywhere. <b class="Unicode">r ʨ anaɢ</b> talk/contribs 18:46, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Pixel
Thanks for working on the sourcing here; however, this one: Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4 is complete crap; what they said, based on what I said, was completely mangled. When I did the SPIE paper that you cite now, I hadn't yet found the 1932 use of Pix in Variety; but by my talk at the Computer History Museum I had that: video here. The Online Etymology Dictionary had it in 1932, but didn't give any useful reference, so I had to do a lot of looking at microfilm. Anyway, it's in my "handout" of slides, and in the talk, so that talk video might be a better source to cite. Dicklyon (talk) 04:54, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I got that wrong; the 1932 Variety is not in the talk. It's in my slides for the SPIE talk, but that's not published. But you could reference Variety directly: Tuesday, July 12, 1932, p.6, section "PICTURES" headline "HIPP REOPENS AUG. 12: 2D RUN PIX -- Hippodrome, New York, is scheduled to reopen as a straight film house for RKO, its pictures following the Palace, on Aug. 12. ..." If you'd like a copy, email me. Dicklyon (talk) 05:34, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Urumqi trials
Do you think it's a good idea to include this? It is recent, but also it's from the same publication that apparently (according to the local officials) got the numbers wrong a week or so ago. If it were up to me, I would probably say leave it out until there are other sources independently corroborating it (not just repeating it). <b class="Unicode">r ʨ anaɢ</b> talk/contribs 18:59, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I think Xinhua has the same issues (the XH article is probably, just like the CD one, coming from the central government somewhere far away); I would feel more comfortable waiting for something more independent to confirm this. After BBC and several others hurriedly picked up the first "200" story back in August and then got chided, I imagine they'll check their facts carefully now, so if we see BBC or one of those reporting on this and claiming those numbers are true, we could be a lot more confident in them. <b class="Unicode">r ʨ anaɢ</b> talk/contribs 19:07, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

To all the big editors of July 2009 Ürümqi riots: invitation for comment
I'm thinking the article is probably ready now to get a nice copyedit and go in for GAN, per the plan I laid out in Talk:July 2009 Ürümqi riots/Archive3, as the article has become stable. I've started going through a copyediting and cleanup sweep, focusing mainly on rewording things now that we have a couple months' perspective (for example, listing only the final "official" casualty count, rather than all the temporary numbers that were being published right and left while the news was still unfolding), and am leaving my comments/concerns at Talk:July 2009 Ürümqi riots. If you have any time, I would welcome your input there (particularly on the section about videos within the External links, which has left me scratching my head). <b class="Unicode">r ʨ anaɢ</b> talk/contribs 04:54, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

UNSC Res 1887
Would it be possible for you to update the article with the latest res? Thanks! Poliphile (talk) 20:26, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Yup, that's the article I was referring to and I've made a minor correction. Cheers Poliphile (talk) 22:07, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Idelphonse Nizeyimana
nice work

Arms embargo
I nominated your CE addition at WP:ITN/C. You are welcome to make comments there. :-) --BorgQueen (talk) 00:05, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Russian train bombings
Hi, I noticed one of the items you added to P:CE earlier. I created the article for the earlier train bombing currently on ITN but I wondered if you knew if there was a connection between the two (I'm sure I'll not be the first to wonder) and, if so, is there an article we can update/create or whatever? My knowledge of Russian politics is next to nil but this seems interesting and, of course, a good opportunity for WP to shine in its current events coverage. I'll drop a line at WT:RUSSIA too. Regards, HJMitchell    You rang?   21:55, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

ITN - North American Blizzard
Thanks for taking care of moving the article to the 19th Dec. section. I'm not really familiar with how WP:ITN works so thanks for clarifying that for me. --Shirik (talk) 01:44, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Icesave dispute
Yes, that section needs starting, let alone expanding! I'll try to have some reasonably accurate and NPoV information for you within the next 24 hours, unless anyone beats me to it! Best wishes for 2010, Physchim62 (talk) 19:37, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

July 2009 Ürümqi riots
Hi Midway, the July 2009 Ürümqi riots article is at FAC and someone has raised an accessibility concern about the use of flagicons in the "International reactions" section. Since you did most of the work creating that section, would you be interested in checking out Eubulides' comment at Featured article candidates/July 2009 Ürümqi riots/archive1? I would appreciate your advice. Thank you, <b class="Unicode">r ʨ anaɢ</b> talk/contribs 23:01, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Autoreviewer
Hi Midway, I just read one of your articles at newpage patrol, and was surprised to see that an editor who has been contributing articles since 2005 hadn't already been approved as an wp:Autoreviewer. So I've taken the liberty of rectifying that.  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  21:44, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar
Hey Midway, thanks for your work on the UN, especially the Resolutions. Your additions have really made things easier to navagate. I'll try to write a few more myself when I've got more time. Keep up the good work. - Schrandit (talk) 04:17, 3 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I'd like to echo what Schrandit has said. I've been browsing through the UNSC Res list for sometime and have noticed that you've written a great many articles. Well done lad. Nirvana888 (talk) 00:06, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

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Superb work!

 * I have to second this. The work you have put in is really amazing! David Straub (talk) 01:20, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

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Links to UNSC resolutions
Just a note that the links to the PDF copies of the UNSC resolutions you've been including don't work when a browser has not accessed the page before. What you need to do is include the web address that is used before the UN doc system redirects you to the address you end up at. So for United Nations Security Council Resolution 1091, instead of this you can include this and it should work for all users. It's just a kink in the UN Doc system—this is the only workaround that I have been able to find. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:42, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm still having trouble getting the links to work even for the ones you have changed. (I note that the link I gave you above as an example won't even work for me now.) I'll try to investigate more and see if I can figure something out. Maybe don't bother going back and changing them until we can be sure we know what will work and what won't. (I heartily agree with the barnstar below, btw. You are doing very good work with these.) Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:19, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar
Yet another, but it's deserved! GregorB (talk) 18:32, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Question
This is a tough one. Category:United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Serbia and Montenegro. What should go in here? The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was founded in 1992 and renamed Serbia and Montenegro in 2003. Should stuff in Category:United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Yugoslavia that involves FR Yugoslavia be placed in here if it is post-1997? Why is 1997 the cut-off date? Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

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ITN for United Nations Security Council Resolution 1929
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DYK for United Nations Security Council Resolution 1574
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Northern Limit Line
Hi Midway,

I'm contacting you because I thought your perspective on the Northern Limit Line article might be useful. Recently the article's gotten some traffic related to the recent Bombardment of Yeonpyeong. On the NLL article, there is a claim that's been the subject of some... alteration. "The line was unilaterally set by the U.S.-led United Nations military forces in August 1953 after the United Nations Command and North Korea failed to reach an agreement." is sourced by.

Recently another editor wanted to keep the source and change the claim to "When the Korean War ended in July 1953, South and North Korea signed an armistice negotiation. The U.N. and South Korea defined the Northern Limits Line (NLL) as the maritime boundary, and North Korea had been quiet about it for over 20 years." while keeping the same reference. I reverted it because I had no way of knowing whether the source really supports the new claim or not.

You appear to be the one that added the source, and it occurred to me it would be easier to defend the current claim if we could verify it. Any chance you might still have access to it? Is it in Korean or English? Any idea if it's available online? Thanks for the help, and for helping make the article in the first place!

-- Joren (talk) 16:46, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Request for Comment
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Thanks for fixing the Bold. ;-) Michaelkrewson (talk) 00:39, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

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