User talk:Phillip J

Thanks
I've been particularly enjoying your article 19th Century Protestant Missions in China. It's been a long time since I've seen material on the TaiPing revolution and I hadn't been aware that more recent scholars underline the religious aspect of it (I'd seen the older stuff that it was primarily political). Thanks so much for your work here.

Greetings from Belgium,

James Coder http://www.codific.com

China
Hello, Phillip J,

You might be interested in the WikiProject Christianity/Christianity in China work group. Just a friendly invite so that more folks could get involved. Thanks.Brian0324 (talk) 14:47, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi Phillip J, are you a member of TJC by any chance? It's crucial that there is no conflict of interest in the editing of related articles.

Additionally, if there are any factual statements you'd like to make, please cite them accordingly. If there are any statements that you believe to be incorrect, by all means replace them and use the appropriate citation for information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by PaulWei (talk • contribs) 08:38, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Note
Hey Phillip - I noticed in your reversion here that you've been calling this IP's edits vandalism. You're not a newbie, I'm not going to template you, but you need to know that NPOV violations and tendentious editing aren't considered vandalism. Please see WP:NOTVAND. It seems to me the IP does want to "improve" the article; they're attempting to use sources, and from their point of view, they probably think they're helping the article. What they may not know is that their own POV clouds their judgment. My advice would be instead of wholesale reverting, try and implement any parts that would improve the article (e.g. an additional ref) and delete the parts that hurt the article (e.g. the IP replacing "believes" with "claims that", adding "cult" to the lede, etc). I know the IP is being tendentious and POV-ish, but from roots like this good editors can be molded now and again. Let's encourage them to abide by the rules and participate in the community - just my 2 cents.

-- Joren (talk) 14:08, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Chinese Pentecostlism
Hey! I was reading the Pentecostalism in China article, and I noticed that the citation style seemed unclear. Unless I'm mistaken much of the article has been written by you, and I'd thought I'd ask if you were able to, to possibly add the titles of the works you cited? It's just that it's hard for some to do follow up research with only a last name and a publication date. Happy editing. Ltwin (talk) 15:23, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks alot. Ltwin (talk) 00:14, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Edin Cornelius Alfsen
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 * The article was directly translated from the Norwegian Wikipedia article. Phillip J (talk) 08:39, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

The Pentecostal Foreign Mission of Norway
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 * The article was directly translated from the Norwegian Wikipedia article. --Phillip J (talk) 08:59, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Please unlink years
See WP:UNLINKDATES. Geschichte (talk) 11:11, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Why? --Phillip J (talk) 07:13, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Translations
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 * Thanks! I will be a responsible contributor. --Phillip J (talk) 08:39, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Phillip, given the serious problems with copyright flagged in your articles, I'm afraid I've had to remove this permission from your account. Should you wish to receive it again, please just spend some time learning our approach to copyright and plagiarism. After enough time has passed during which your content has no issues with these, I'm sure that the permission can be restored. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 18:41, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Gjertrud Fitje for deletion
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Church of Christ in China
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Copyright problem: Protestant missions in China 1807–1953
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Contributor copyright investigation (CCI)
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