User talk:SG/Archive1

Welcome to Wikipedia
Normally, after making some edits, some admin will give you a welcome message with links that you won't care about and some other mailmerged friendliness. I just wanted to say thanks for expanding the Quantic Dream stub to an actual article and saving it from deletion. - Hahnchen 02:04, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I didn't even notice my lack of a welcome message. I've toyed around with Wikipedia for some time now, but never bothered to register. Thanks for the welcome! — SG 17:33, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

SCC justices

 * Yeah, well, PUYS and I reverted them back, he agrees it's a copyvio. Besides, why do you support copying and pasting?  Do you enjoy hurting Wikipedia? CanadianCaesar 00:57, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * How can it be a copyright violation when the SCC states that it isn't? Wikipedia is about quality, yes, but when there is no quality to fill an area, quantity must substitute. How can more information be hurting Wikipedia? Please review the copyright terms of the SCC carefully. ♠ SG →Talk 01:31, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not a mirror. Copying and pasting is not information, it's a violation of that rule, IMO even when it's in public domain.  I did review the copyvio info on the SCC website, and I believe the references on the Wikipedia article were not specific enough.  At any rate, I want people who know about this in full to review it.  That's what copyvio notices are for- it's not speedy deletion nor even AfD, it's a review.  You can dispute whatever you want, but if you're right, the articles will not be deleted.  PUYS, who is a law student, also says that the GFDL does not accomodate this.  Besides, PUYS actually rewrote the articles as Temp pages.  At the end of the day we will not end up with red links. CanadianCaesar 01:36, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I didn't give any proof of a copyvio? I provided a link to a website with identical content- a very reputable website- that's all I need to do, and I've done it before.  Marking things as copyvios are a drain on those who have to clean up after cut and pasters, I don't think they should be required to do anything more. CanadianCaesar 01:40, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Touché! Alright, yes. You two are right about the GFDL; I'll concede on that point. ♠ SG →Talk 18:45, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Wikimedia Canada
Hi there! I'd like to invite you to explore Wikimedia Canada, and create a list of people interested in forming a local chapter for our nation. A local chapter will help promote and improve the organization, within our great nation. We'd also like to encourage everyone to suggest projects for our national chapter to participate in. Hope to see you there! -- user:zanimum

Section regarding Canada's largest cities
Hello! I'm sorry, but the edit summary for the removal of this information is quite explicit: this level of detail is unnecessary for a main overview article; for more detail, see that article's talk page. E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 11:37, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Pink Floyd for FA
I just wanted to let you know that most of the issues mentioned in the Pink Floyd FA candidacy have been addressed, if you want to have a look (audio clips aren't there yet due to some technical issues, and I can't make anyone unfamiliar with the band go over it :)). Thanks for your input! - dharmabum 22:58, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Good changes. You've got my support. ♠ SG →Talk 23:55, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I've sorted out my software problems and am currently encoding OOG samples like mad, expect to see sound clips soon. - dharmabum 01:42, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

I just wanted to let you know that Pink Floyd is now a featured article. Thanks a ton for supporting the candidacy, and for getting my butt moving to sample and add the sound clips. :) - dharmabum 23:01, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Great work! I've responded on your talk page. ♠ SG →Talk 06:53, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the kudos. I have thought about adminship, as most editors who like to vandal patrol, as the rollback and blocking tools would be extremely useful. I think I'm pretty familiar with WP's processes and policies at this point, but I've only been around on the site (as a registered user) for two months, and have less than 2000 edits. Based on voting on and reading of the RFA page, I'm not sure I'm quite ready to go through the whole thing - despite Jimbo's declaration that adminship shouldn't be a big deal, it has seemed to become one in the last half-year or so, and length of time as a registered user and edit count seems to play a big part in that. - dharmabum 09:53, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, whenever you decide to take the plunge, let me know. You've got my support. ♠ SG →Talk 19:13, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Nice thing to hear. - dharmabum 21:50, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Help on Canada page
Hey SG, I was wondering if you could help find references for the Canada page. There's a list of sections that needs references on the Talk:Canada page, and people are signing up to find references for each section. Thanks. -- Jeff3000 18:13, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Latin America won!
Joyous | Talk 19:07, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Mohammad Reza Shah
"Hello, if you have a problem with the way we have made the Mohammad Reza Shah article, please talk about it "

I'm sorry but fixing grammatical inconsistencies and certain spelling errors is not something you revert back. Furthermore, the article lacks detail and a wide scope of examples and sources which would further explain the events and people described in the article. Adding these is not something you should revert back. Could you please explain why you removed my work? Entezar

Sorry but neither you or anyone else has ownership over that article and I saw no conversation about translation of the styles. If you have a problem my edits (adding translations back to it) feel free to talk about it in the talk page and then I will discuss them, until then, I am reverting your revert which has no basis but your imaginery ownership over it --K a s h Talk 22:44, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Look at the Mohammad Reza Shah talk page, and look at your talk page. I linked you to the exact discussion about the translations. You do not need to translate it, because we are already linking to an article which explains the term in greater detail. Why must you bicker over such an edit, which adds more cleanliness to the article? ♠ SG →Talk 23:40, 15 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Please stop using the words "we" and "you", because it makes it sound like a personal matter. I have also removed your personal attack and accusations from my talk page, see WP:Civil yourself. I discussed my change on the talk page of the article after I changed it so if there is any anything else I can help you with, let me know. --K a s h Talk 23:45, 15 June 2006 (UTC)


 * The words "we" and "you?" "We" refers to Wikipedia. "You" refers to you, if you couldn't figure that out. How else would you like me to call you? I won't even bother responding on your talk page, as what I said was not a personal attack, it was a statement about you starting an edit war. You seem to think you have the final word on the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi article, which you do not. I have discussed this already. On the talk page, there are two of us who have agreed to not add the translations, because we (again, I'm referring to the article with "we") are already linking to their respective articles. You, on the other hand, are one person. Is this not a democracy? Please, engage in a real discussion, just ignoring what I have to say doesn't make you right, and it doesn't make me wrong. ♠ SG →Talk 06:19, 16 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Sadly "you" are not the spokeman fom wikipedia, therfore "you" my friend, needs to speak in a neutral manner. I never said I want to have the final word on it, I just added translations back as they were before and asked you to discuss it before reverting. Democracy is just one part of Wikipedia, until you can provide a proper explanation and maybe a vote is taken on the matter, "you" should not revert my edits. "you" keep refering me to your conversation with your buddy, but "you" should realize that was before and it was not on this matter alone. Therefore "you" should stop being rude, assume good faith so we can get on with editing the article. Thanks, --K a s h Talk 07:57, 16 June 2006 (UTC)



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 * Thanks for the message. The picture is my own painting, and as mentioned I releases all the rights to public domain - Surena - 23 June 2066.

Myth
What makes you state that the acronym SAVAK could not be preceded by an article "the" ?? Supposedly in contrast to "The CIA" ?? SAVAK stands for the words: Sazman-e Amniat va Etela'at-e Keshvar (Persian for: State Agency in charge of Security and Intelligence). Therefor please note that an article "the" would be in place the same way it would be for CIA, in stark contrast to your assertion. --Pantherarosa 00:24, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * While I do admit that it is difficult to find the proper form, both seem to be acceptable. However, from what I have been able to gather, "SAVAK" is more popular than "the SAVAK." Searching .EDU results for "The SAVAK" returns 146 results, while simply "SAVAK" nets 788. In addition, I should note that the article for SAVAK doesn't use the term "the SAVAK," so I'm also maintaining the same style throughout articles.
 * While your point about the translation seems right, I've never actually seen a real translation of SAVAK used in English (unlike its replacement, the Ministry of Intelligence and National Security). ♠ SG →Talk 01:04, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the barnstar. I appreciate it! JonHarder 14:03, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * You deserve it; I'm sure there are tons more headed your way. ♠ SG →Talk 16:27, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Cyrus
Yep, that was my mistake; thanks for catching that. Kirill Lokshin 16:38, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

FFVI FAC
Hi. I've added the future game template to the some references for the bugs in Final Fantasy VI and some additional references throughout the article. However, as far as the other things you mentioned go, there's quite a lot of criticism in there already, and the new FMV cutscenes (if those are what you were referring to) are already mentioned. Please see the FAC for a more in-depth response, and also let us know if it's enough to turn the "Oppose" around. Thanks. Ryu Kaze 20:42, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot. We definitely needed to find some references for those bugs, and it inspired me to get those extra ones too. Your input and support are appreciated. Ryu Kaze

British Museum Image
I'm sorry. I thought that the image was from http://www.livius.org, but actually this page states crearly that they took it from the British Museum. I'll try to be more carefull in the future. --Amizzoni 03:06, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Cyrus the great
As i explained all images should start with intruduction of a section not the headline, just take a look at all other articles in wikipedia, also the images permission is given by the webadress i mentioned in the images summary. I appreciate that you have worked on the article, but wikipedia does not belong to anyone, we are all here to edit, and i will be editing that article more in the future. -- Spahbod  ☼  04:05, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

You wrote: nor did you provide accurate licensing information. I suggest you take a look at the image summary, licence is there along with information on where i got the image and the permission to use it. Furthermore if you continue to remove images i will have to report=block. Thank you.  Spahbod  ☼  04:25, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I think you should worry about breaking Three-revert rule more than me. I will now report you for destructive behavior. Again keep in mind that articles in wikipedia do not belong to anyone. Once again take a look at other articles to see where images should be placed, you can learn more about editing in wikipedia help. Also comments like you did about me spell checking at least, such comments will get you blocked from editing, instead of sending personal attacks, fix the spelling. The article is far away from FA which you seem to desire, and again i will be editing that article in the future, if you will be uncooprative and wage further revert wars you will be blocked, so simple is that. Good luck -- Spahbod  ☼  04:42, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Please refrain from making further personal attacks or you will be blocked. You wrote: The least you could have done was spellcheck your edits to the article. Such behavior and waging revert wars, deleting fair images etc is NOT permitted in wikipedia, please read the policies to understand the rules better. Thank you. -- Spahbod  ☼  04:51, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

By saying deleted i meant deleted from the article, not deleted from wikipedia, please see wikipedia help for further information. The image licenses are what they say they are. Consider this a warning and do not change license information on images or you will be blocked for vandalism. Thank you. -- Spahbod  ☼  04:59, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Deleting image info is vandalism. In the future refrain from doing that. Thank you. -- Spahbod  ☼  05:16, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I am afraid the disscussion is over. You only seem to be interested in deleting images and changing their info. Sending personal attacks and reverting. You have been reported for this, in the future please be cooperative. As i mentioned before i will be working on that article. -- Spahbod  ☼  05:24, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Sending false information and accusations to user KwH is not helping you. Again i will be editing the Cyrus article you worked on, so if you want it to go esay you have to be cooperative, i suggest you calm down and remember that i am not your enemy :). Thank you, -- Spahbod  ☼  18:36, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Please do not blank or delete large portions of articles. AND DO NOT DELETE CATEGORIES.

 * Thanks for your edits to Cyrus the Great, unfortunately, you blanked out large portions of the article. If you are going to be involved in the article, as you wished, I suggest you participate in the discussions about the article. Had you paid more attention, you would have noticed the article is currently undergoing a peer review at Peer review/Cyrus the Great/archive1. ♠ SG →Talk 17:22, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Please don't make me remind you again, if you have any questions pos tthem in the talk page of the articles. Thank you, -- Spahbod  ☼  00:10, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Arbitration case
As is a self-admitted sock of  I have removed this case as there is no point. An arbitration case is not necessary to ban the sock of an indefinitely banned user. Fred Bauder 12:18, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * No, no. He's not a sockpuppet, he changed his username. That account has been inactive for some time. See Special:Contributions/Darkred; his last edit was in May. ♠ SG →Talk 17:58, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, I didn't know he was banned on that user. Regardless, he started making edits on User:Spahbod after his two weeks were up. He was banned for two weeks in early May, but he started making edits on Spahbod two months later, on July 7. ♠ SG →Talk 18:03, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I should have checked the block log! ♠ SG →Talk 21:31, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Cyrus map
Great job! Am curious, what kind of program did you use? plange 18:21, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Image:Energyconsumption.jpg
I noticed you made a suggestion to make a new version of Image:Energyconsumption.jpg on its talk page, so I thought you'd like to know that I've gone ahead and made that replacement map: Image:Energy-consumption-World2.png. I will probably do the same for Image:Energyproduction.jpg. ♠ SG →Talk 12:22, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Awesome! -- Beland 12:31, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Do you think you could do the same type of image but with energy consumption per capita? (Edit: Thanks a lot, man. The per capita graphic was very helpful!)-- Indianarhodes 11:55, 25 May 2007 (EST)

Royal Styles
Sorry for not getting back earlier, but-

I checked the guidelines, and found the normal list (I assume you've seen that). I'm fairly sure there was something about appending them in front of a title somewhere, I remember seeing it, but I can't find it as of now. Anyway, my reasoning was: the initial policy was enacted because people were complaining about royalty being styled in an article-therefore the regulation about infoboxes and not prefacing them was added. While I can't find the guideline now, I think it would apply if extrapolated to anywhere where royalty are directly described by a style, ie HM King X or whatever, which is why the HRH's have been trimmed out of most articles. Nontheless, I can't find the rule, so it's fine if you want to rv it. Thanks,

Yanksta x 07:41, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Herodotus
This is an example of why secondary sources are recommended. There is only one work by Herodotus; it has be printed under various names, of which Histories' is probably most common. Septentrionalis 22:55, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Cyrus
The problem was that you were trying to inflate one paragraph into two. Really all
 * Under his rule, the empire entered a phase of expansion, eventually gaining dominion over most of Southwest Asia to create the largest nation the world had ever seen.

says is:
 * Cyrus conquered Southwest Asia.

When it was deflated, it flowed smoothly onto the first paragraph.

What the intro needs is something else to say about the man; I hope the one I have provided suits. Septentrionalis 00:44, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Biography Newsletter September 2006
The September 2006 issue of the Biography WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. plange 00:01, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Dawson
Thanks for your contributions to the Dawson College shooting article. It's finally looking pretty good now. Thought I'd mention that I've been watching over the article for a couple of hours, but I'm now falling asleep and have to call it a night. Feel free. --Kizor 23:24, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Agh, you're still there? I figured you had to be asleep at this point. Turn in already. :P Thanks for your watch. I'd say we've done well. --Kizor 10:02, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Your comment

 * LindaWarheads 23:39, 14 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Suggest you follow the same name and format as the other simliar articles see school massacres and Category:School massacres in Canada and Category:School massacres. LindaWarheads 23:47, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Moving
We can't. Taking this to Requested moves. --Deenoe 23:44, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Pic for shooting
Nice picture!

Concerning architects
Thanks for your comments re the featured biography page. I had to bring up the Frank Lloyd Wright thing though - I am very curious as to how anyone could think him more important and influential than Le Corbusier. LC was probably the most important pioneer of Modernist architecture, whose ideas, buildings and techniques transformed the face of most cities in the twentieth century. FLW was certainly famous and talented, but had virtually no influence on architecture: rather like Gaudi, he will be remembered as taking architecture up an interesting cul-de-sac.--Stonemad GB 23:58, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Core Biographies
Hi, thanks for your note on the voting booth on the above. I have voted where I have definite views on the subject in question, positive or negative. I have not voted where I have no strong feelings one way or the other. Are you asking me to register a vote for the people passed over? White Guard 22:50, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Edit of Nishi Tribal FPC
Hi SG, Thanks for your edits on this nom, however they did not gain support and are not used anywhere else. Do you mind if I delete them? Thanks, --Fir0002 08:04, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Supermarine Spitfire nom
Hi SG! I knew they'd be controversy over whatever decision the closer of this nom made! Anyway I personally feel that it wasn't closed correctly. Here are the points of my case: ;-) If there are multiple edits, and someone specifies their preference to the edit, unless specifically stated (such as with Diliff) there vote is only for that edit - and therefore they oppose all other edits. So that is why "oppose" votes to edits are usually discounted (for instance I could have opposed edits 1-3 but that isn't necessary). Therefore by a straight vote count edit 4 has the majority: Original - 2 Edit 1 - 0 Edit 2 - 6 Edit 3 - 3 Edit 2/3 - 1 Edit 4 - 7 Edit 5 - 0 Any edit - 4 See what you think --Fir0002 06:07, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Whoops! Just realized since there is a vote for either 2 or 3 it could be a draw - in which case I think it should be kept in the pending futher input section. --Fir0002 06:31, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah maybe a rock paper scissors might be the best bet! However AndonicO has since specified his vote for Edit 4 - so maybe we go that way? --Fir0002 07:44, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah see what you mean about "in the dark" but closed noms don't normally appear on FPC. I think I'll just put something on the talk page of FPC to let everyone know. --Fir0002 08:47, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * OK I've gone ahead with the change and left a note on the FPC talk page --Fir0002 10:04, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Edit of S&P 500
Why did you delete the external link to financeandinvestments.blogspot.com/2006/08/historical-dividends-for-sp-500.html ? The linked blog post is highly relevant and contains a discussion of historical dividends for the S&P 500. I don't see why it is considered spam. Are we not allowed to link any blogspot websites even if they contain information more relevant than any of the other external links? Investor67 22:18, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Image:RezaPahlaviII.jpg
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Family tree
I think the family tree is fine; and I've improved the year of Cyrus' death. I wonder if we shouldn't include something on modern propaganda in the Cyrus Cylinder article like I included at my own page (here? Jona Lendering 21:35, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

G-Unit
G-Unit (short for Guerilla Unit but, in the case of the clothing line, Gorilla Unit, due to the United States' war with Iraq occurring concurrently with the clothing line's inception, and 50 Cent's desire for his clothing to be accessible to the public). |Urban dictionary. Please take this into consideration and discuss with me :) - Mik e Collie (T) (G) 22:00, 22 December 2006 (GMT)

RE: Thank you for taking my suggestion into consideration and finding a better source (which I should have probably done in the first place). - Thanks again :) Mik e Collie (T) (G) 18:31, 23 December 2006 (GMT)

Merry Christmas!
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 * Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays ! | A ndonic O Talk 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

. 

Don't worry, I don't let people with hearts two sizes too small in the house. ;-) | A ndonic O Talk 21:01, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Signature
I have fixed how long my signature is under edit. You might want to fix yours too. In WP:SIG it states that you are not aloud to have any pictures in your signature. Happy editing. :-) 03:41, 5 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Okay, just making sure. Thanks for telling me. 03:50, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Cyrus Cylinder image
"The permission for use of this work has been archived in the Wikimedia OTRS system (2006112210022386). Please contact a person with an account on the system to confirm the permission." It appears that the permission was archived in OTRS. And I'm sure it was taken by Jona Lendering, because he referred to it as "my old photograph". The label "British Museum, London", bellow the picture, means that it was taken in the Britush Museum. Otherwise, he would indicate it with a ©!!!, as he usually do. Best wishes, Amizzoni 23:27, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * "No problem! You live, you learn.", it's my revenge ;). Do you think we need a larger picture? It's much larger than the previous one...  --Amizzoni 02:59, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh yes, you're right, I had forgotten the other version. --Amizzoni 06:56, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry to interfere with that discussion, but FYI: Being registered on both wikimedia commons and fr.wikipedia under the name Pentocelo my page on fr.wiki, I've achieved myself the OTRS permission process N°2006112210022386 with Mr Jona Lendering, from Livius.org. A copy was sent of our mail exchange to the wikimedia suport team from wich I keep personal copies. This OTRS conerned 19 images from my gallery in the commons but never concerned the cyrus cilinder image, and 5 other images Amizzoni loaded from Livius, all archieved by him under this OTRS permission. Therefore, I contacted a wikimedia commons administrator and asked all these images to be deleted, after having edited the licensing of the concerned images. 217.15.92.33 13:04, 16 February 2007 (UTC). Positive solution found with Amizzoni, I may help him to get an OTRS for these pictures with their authors, definatly solving the copyrights problems. 217.15.92.33 09:44, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Stephen Colbert
Thanks for reverting the recent changes to Oshawa's page. I was just watching the recorded version of The Colbert Report and went on wiki to see if someone had made the changes he suggested, and sure enough, they did.



Bsheppard 05:13, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Featured Picture
Congratulations, and thanks for nominating it. Raven4x4x 02:37, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi SG,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Sabaa Nissan Militiaman.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-05-27.  howcheng  {chat} 23:49, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Image:Miahamm jump cropped.jpg
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Signature
Thank you for commenting on my talk page, but it hasn't changed my mind. There is a basic logical flaw in this argument:


 * Guideline: We highly reccomend doing these, but they are not required.


 * Policy: Absolutely required.


 * Result: Despite the fact that there is a clear delineation between what is required and what is not required, one must do both or receive a never-ending stream of messages about how he is not a team player.

The simple facts of the matter are these:


 * The image hasn't been updated in nearly two years and it is probably not going to be, unlike my old sig pics.


 * This body of text has more information in it than that image.


 * I am not required to "collaborate" in the manner that you say, and I should therefore not be harassed for a choice I make within the rules of this project by implying that I am somehow detrimental to that project despite my nearly two years of helping out here. This is like saying marijuana is illegal, and not wearing a hat with a picture of a marijuana plant on it is strongly reccomended. For the former, the police can arrest you, but for the latter, instead of arresting you, the police just stand out in front of your house all day with a bull horn telling you about the evils of marijuana.

As I've said countless times in the past, if everyone at Wikipedia decides to make this guideline a policy, I'd be more than happy to comply. In the meantime, either prove to me that I'm personally bringing down the servers or kindly leave me alone.  JHMM13  20:09, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your reply. I would like to ask you again to look through the difference between a guideline and a policy. I could link this information for you if you find it difficult to find. You skipped over the portion of my text that says that this image has not been updated in nearly two years, nor is it ever likely to be updated. I also believe you missed the part where it is my right as a user to make this choice for myself and not be harassed about the choice I make. I do not think that the users of Wikipedia come up with guidelines "for shits and giggles," but could you please explain to me what that has to do with requirements? If you would like me to slowly explain to you the significance of my "ridiculous" analogy, I will happily do it for you, but for now I respectfully ask you to read it again and find the parts that are troublesome for you. Thanks again, and do respond on my talk page as quickly as your (no doubt heavy) schedule allows.  JHMM13  [[Image:Lion of Venice.jpg|26px| ]] 23:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your Anti-Vandalism Efforts!
I see you've done a great job protecting such pages as Cyrus the Great against damage. Intentional, repeated damage is vandalism, and editors who perform repeated acts of vandalism can only be termed vandals. I hope you're able to join me in tracking the future edits of known, active Wikipedia vandals, and protecting other articles from him/her as well. Bete Noir 19:02, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Helping out with the Unassessed Wikipedia Biographies
Seeing that you are an active member of the WikiBiography Project, I was wondering if you would help lend a hand in helping us clear out the amount of [unassessed articles] tagged with. Many of them are of stub and start class, but a few are of B or A caliber. Getting a simple assessment rating can help us start moving many of these biographies to a higher quality article. Thank you! --Ozgod 22:47, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikiproject Biography March 2007 Newsletter
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Reza Shah
Hi. Please take a look at the recent edits on the Reza Shah article. The article is now in a terrible condition since a few people started "adding references", which in their opinion apparently means removing anything positive regarding the man. Shervink 10:43, 8 March 2007 (UTC)shervink


 * I totally agree, that was in fact also my initial suggestion. I'm only concerned about that resulting possibly in an edit war, because of some hard feelings on the part of some editors critical of Reza Shah. That should be avoided. It's a pity to see such a good article ruined like this. Shervink 09:12, 9 March 2007 (UTC)shervink


 * I created Reza Shah/New from when it was promoted GA --Rayis 14:00, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism on the Cyrus the Great article
I see you are very active in vandalizing this article. Look, if you dont like something you dont simply vandalize it by erasing it. You go to the discussion page to present your arguements. Also I am not sure why you keep erasing the religion section and replacing it with quotes out of the old testament, which is a highly dubious source but this has to stop.User:Mehrshad123 04:24, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Much like the Reza Shah/New
Please db-author the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi/New page and move it to your own workspace. Thanks. The Behnam 09:03, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Cool. The Behnam 19:14, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

check his contributions, I am running out of energy with this case --Rayis 17:33, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

The WikiProject Biography Newsletter: Issue II - April 2007
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Re: Deleted images
Please see this report on ANI. The website from where the images were uploaded was found to be violating copyrights itself. Hence these images were most likely copyvios, and with no evidence suggesting otherwise, I speedily deleted the images. - Aksi_great (talk) 16:31, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * You need to provide a source which says that the image is from 1971. The law says that it has to be 30 years after publication date. So you need a source for that image and prove that the source was published before 1977. Also, I wouldn't trust any reply from cais-soas. They have been releasing images which clearly do not belong to them with a GFDL license. If you read the ANI thread properly, there is sufficient proof to believe that User:ParthianShot was the person running the website or at least involved with the running of the website. - Aksi_great (talk) 17:16, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 1977-1971!=36 years. It is quite reasonable to think that a photo could get published 6 years after the event. - Aksi_great (talk) 17:57, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I would be happy to undelete any image for you if you want a copy and then delete it again so that you can search for its source when you get time. - Aksi_great (talk) 17:58, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I am sorry but without a source, I am not willing to undelete the images. We don't assume things when it comes to copyrights. I have a book in which pictures from 1920 were published in 1998. - Aksi_great (talk) 03:52, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * If you do not agree with me, you can seek a review at WP:DRV. - Aksi_great (talk) 03:52, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * As I had said before, we do not assume things when it comes to copyrights. We err on the side of caution. I am not going to undelete the image until you get me a source. So speculating about when the image would have been published is a waste of time. Please don't take this personally. These are just rules which everyone at wikipedia has to follow. - Aksi_great (talk) 04:09, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * You could ask at the Iranian noticeboard if anyone has any book which contains some pictures, or old magazines or something. - Aksi_great (talk) 04:14, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

User:Zereshk has obtained the permission to use these photos in WP.. There are 2 photos of Pasargade there maybe you can use them instead. (Arash the Archer 20:42, 8 May 2007 (UTC))
 * Hi SG. Therw is a new winged image in commons: . Amizzoni 23:28, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Barbary Macaque photograph
Hello and thanks for your message. I am glad you liked the photograph; I have uploaded the original anew here: Image:Gibraltar Barbary Macaque.jpg. The other file was originally uploaded by someone else with a different photo/license/name ect.

I actually have an even better image, however it has been chosen as a finalist for the Shell Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, so I shouldn't really upload it. Thanks again, Chris Buttigieg 10:54, 27 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Excellent thanks, Chris Buttigiegtalk 22:13, 27 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Another thing, given that I am the creator of the image I am assuming that I cannot vote, is this the case? Chris Buttigiegtalk 22:25, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Re: My featured picture closings
Firstly, thanks for pointing out that I hadn't removed them from the main page; I must have copied instead of cut when archiving them. This is my first time doing this since the university semester ended, but I have closed an awful lot of FPC nominations, infact there used to be a time when I was pretty much the only one doing them. That hasn't been for a while though so I apologise if there have been some changes in practice since then. I'll go through the noms one by one and explain what I was thinking (or not thinking in several cases):
 * I agree the whale shark one was a little harsh, I will put that one back up in the 'requiring input' section.
 * For as long as I had been closing FPC's, whenever a nom received less than 4 support votes it was closed as not promoted. This nom also had gone over 10 days without a comment, so it didn't seem likely that any further discussion would take place. If you'd like to put this one back up you can.
 * I stand by my promotion of the Filipino casualties picture. At the end of the period consensus was clearly in its favour. Of couse if you disagree please feel free to relist it; I won't argue but I don't believe I was wrong.
 * Finally, for the water one I think I might try taking a leaf out of Raul654's book. Occasionally when discussion has stagnated on a Featured Article candidate, he will relist the article with a fresh, empty nomination page. I think that would be best for this case. Discussion seen to very easily stagnate on FPC recently; the average nom more than a few days old gets minimal attention, if any. I think this one needs to start afresh to give the larger version a chance on its own merits.

Thanks for pointing out your concerns. I feel kind of bad now that I jumped in and messed everything up... I'll relist those two right now, and if you want to do anything else please go ahead. Raven4x4x 14:05, 2 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Done. Sorry again about all this; I did sort of mess a few of them up, didn't I. Raven4x4x 14:26, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Babary macaque photograph
Hi again, I thought you would like to know that the Barbary ape photo has been promoted. (I would have expected them to have left you a message.) Anyhow, thanks - Chris Buttigiegtalk 14:03, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Whipped Slave FP Candidate
Just wanted to let you know that I've uploaded a couple of new edits of the for consideration. They may help with the image quality discussion. MamaGeek (talk/contrib) 14:42, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Your revert on Cyrus the Great
Would you please at least stop changing "isbn" to ISBN when you continue to revert to the version that includes the modern Persian name?! roozbeh 16:30, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

regarding Template:Achaemenid-tree
Hi again. I was just looking at Template:Achaemenid-tree and it seems to be quite nice. I just wanted to note that my source has a different name for grandfather/grandmother of Darius III. While you call him "Ostanes", this (a Persian translation of Kent's Old Persian: Grammar, Text, Glossary) says "Artostes" (it does not mention his/her sex). Would you please mention your source? roozbeh 16:50, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Color correction on stiched images
Hey, I recall that you did some great color correction work on the BC Parliment photo. I was wondering if you could help me with one of my images that has a similar problem. It might be more difficult becase the sky has clouds in it. How is it that you performed that correction? Did you edit it manually or use some type of special software that I'm not aware of. Thanks, Cacophony 19:07, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:ZidaneHeadbutt.gif
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Image:Mohammad_Reza_Shah-Leaving_Iran.jpg listed for deletion
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Cyrus
I see you think it is irrelevant, but then why don't you remove the pieces mentioning that the empire was the greatest ever seen etc.? It may sound stupid but you don't really clarify the irrelevance of the sheer mentioning the capital of the greatest empire seen by that time. You haven't answered my last question, I wonder why. Mallerd 18:31, 21 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Okay thank you for your answer :) about the capital, according to the Achaemenid Empire article we are both a little right since it presents this table (sorry for overlapping):

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi article
Greetings. If you have the time, please have a look at this. Since you have been contributing to the article in the past, I wonder if you have any comments. Shervink 15:47, 27 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Greetings. I have started a RFC/USER discussion concerning Artaxerex here. If you agree with the RFC, as a person who has tried and not succeded to solve the dispute you should certify the basis for the dispute by adding your name to the list under Users certifying the basis for this dispute, so that the RFC is accepted. Shervink 10:19, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Request for Arbitration started
Greetings. Please have a look at this, since you are listed as an involved party on this request. Shervink 14:03, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Requests for arbitration/Artaxerex
Hello,

An Arbitration case involving you has been opened: Requests for arbitration/Artaxerex. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Requests for arbitration/Artaxerex/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Requests for arbitration/Artaxerex/Workshop.

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POTD notification
Hi SG,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Gibraltar Barbary Macaque.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-09-27.  howcheng  {chat} 23:43, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: Californication
Yeah, I've been meaning to do this for a couple of weeks now, but I too have been kinda lazy. Glad to hear there is at least one other editor interested in this show. &mdash; Steven Andrew Miller (talk) 05:45, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Whats so funny ?
Whats so funny bout users havin' "G-Unit" or "gangsta" on their user page ? - keep it real - Real Compton G - Holla back 22:57, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok then, whats "highly amusing" about it then ? and y iz wanting 2 b a gangsta is hilarious ? - keep it real - Real Compton G - Holla back 13:39, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Lol, did u actually go and check fo those stats ? anyway theres nuthin' rong wit being a gangsta, its just the music we listen 2, but obviously u dont understand tht - keep it real - Real Compton G - Holla back 14:54, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

What the hell? Why amusing just because we like gangsters or G-Unit? and wikipedia is not demokrati? lol, is it for racist's then? West Coast Ryda 15:09, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Yo, 1st of all, i'll type how i want 2 type. 2nd of all, yes i do find it funny tht u wud either kno tht info off the top of ur head or u'd actually go and check them out. Thirdly, i never said i knew mo bout hip hop than u, plus i never said 50 Cent was my fav rapper either. Lastly, obviously old folks like u wud think tht being a gangsta iz rong, but shit happenz on the streetz - keep it real - Real Compton G - Holla back 15:20, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

And just because u think u have the right opinion in the discussion should the page be done like that? West Coast Ryda 15:30, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Lmao, ur obviously takin' this 2 heart, but imo i think its sad tht u wud go and get facts just 2 show me (i cudnt giv a shit bout ur facts anyway). The point i was makin' was tht sumtimes shit happens and u hav 2 do shit 2 survive. Oh and ur last comment was pretty low. - keep it real - Real Compton G - Holla back 15:50, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Jesus, ur takin this a bit far, i was only givin my opinion, i didnt want 2 get in2 a massive feud about it, so calm down eh ? - keep it real - Real Compton G - Holla back 16:55, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok, i do kno wot a gangsta iz, so y the hell r u still talkin' 2 me bout it ? i was tryin' 2 end the "debate" but keep replyin' with lil shitty comments, i dont care anymo ok, so lets just end it and say i won - keep it real - Real Compton G - Holla back 17:05, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Lol, u obviously hav sum probz, so im not gon report u 2 tha admins fo ur comments, but calm down in future.lol - keep it real - Real Compton G - Holla back 18:49, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

A discussion
What is going on here? Acalamari 21:04, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Again, I'm going to ask you about what went on in that discussion. Comments like this and this (especially example 2) were way out of line of WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA, and I would like an explanation. Acalamari 22:56, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Cyrus building activity
Hi SG. This days I'm buried under books that have little in connection to Cyrus, so I'm affraid I'll have little time to do anything for some weeks. I suggest you, if you want to begin, to take a look at Pierre Briant's From Cyrus to Alexander, there must be something there. There are also publications of the archaeological work at Pasargadae by David Stronach, but my local libraries are quite empty about such matters (perhaps yours are better equipped). Regards, Amizzoni 22:59, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Biography Newsletter 5
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Bouncing ball FP nomination
There is a new extremely professional re-edit from my original RAW file by Richard Bartz, and I'd urge you to vote for this instead of my own imperfect Photoshop efforts. Thanks very much to Richard for the work he's put in. Please consider voting or amending your vote at: Featured picture candidates/Projectile motion. --MichaelMaggs 17:22, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Requests for arbitration/Artaxerex closed
The aforementioned arbitration case is closed. Artaxerex is banned from Wikipedia for a period of one year. The parties are reminded of the need to adhere closely to the neutral point of view policy. For the Arbitration Committee, Picaroon (t) 20:32, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
...so much for your rude response to my featured picture nomination.-NoMoreWorkPlease 06:21, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Image:Battle-of-the-Squirrels.png listed for deletion
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Featured picture candidates/Review of closure process 2
Because you've contributed to FPC either recently or in the past, I'm letting you know about the above poll on the basis of which we may develop proposals to change our procedures and criteria. Regards, Papa Lima Whiskey  (talk) 09:53, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

You're invited!
Hello, SG,

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