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Image copyright tag missing
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Jeff 08:59, Jun 2, 2004 (UTC)

Iamblichus
Hi, I've done a lot of work on the Iamblichus (philosopher) article you started and am fishing for a little peer review. If you are interested, look it over and any comment would be appreciated. Otherwise, thanks --DanielCD 15:32, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Unverified images
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 * Image:IgnacyJanPaderewski.jpg

I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use if you release it under the GNU Free Documentation License,  if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk, automation script)]] 21:25, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)

P.S. You can help tag other images at User:Yann/Untagged_Images. Thanks again.


 * By all means, follow your intuition and tag accordingly. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk, automation script)]] 03:36, Dec 11, 2004 (UTC)

Likewise, please take a look at these and tag appropriately. Thanks, Kbh3rd 01:00, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Image:KarlJaspers.jpg
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Image:Makingpottery.jpg
seems to be working fine for me. Are you sure it wasn't a temporary problem? Or maybe just at your end?


 * Seemingly a temporary problem. Sorry. Sir Paul 14:43, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)

Regional notice board
You are wellcome to join the Argentine regional notice board. -Mariano 17:29, July 12, 2005 (UTC)

Project!
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--Sebastian Kessel Talk 17:18, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

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Hey, Sir Paul, always nice to hear from someone who seems to agree with you completely! ;) At least, on one little topic... Yeah, MichaelSirks has done a good job of doggedly hanging in there, and dodging the three-revert rule, all to support that stupid DCSD timeline and HAN quote. The Lomborg article is a mess... One gambit that might shake things up a bit is to start a HAN article. I was gonna do that a while back, but...didn't have time. Too hard. But if it got going, MS might have to divide his energies between two fronts... Wear him down. I dunno, it's all pretty odd and silly, but that's the way of Wikipedia. You gotta love it... Later on. --Tsavage 01:05, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Dershowitz
The number of plagarized citations has changed for the third time. Can you please cite the source? Lotsofissues 06:41, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Image:JoseOrtegayGasset.jpg
Looks like someone is about to delete Image:JoseOrtegayGasset.jpg for lack of copyright info. You uploaded it, so I figure there is a fair chance you'll be able to remedy this. -- Jmabel | Talk 10:22, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

USA to Argentina
¡Saludos, compañero de Wikipedia! I'm coming to Argentina soon and wanted to see if any of my fellow Wikipedians were interested in meeting up, etc...I'm flying into BsAs on Jan. 25th and I don't know many people there, so if you'd be into talking/getting together, let me know. (BTW, cool user name, wish I thought of it myself.) Feel free to leave a message on my user page...seeya around - Paul 22:22, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Too bad you're not in BsAs...although Toronto is a pretty awesome place. Ciao Paul 01:22, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Is "extraordinarily uninhibited" POV?
Hi. You removed a link from the article on Brian Leiter which I had labelled as a "sample of Leiter's 'no bullshit' blogging featuring extraordinarily uninhibited attacks on Glenn Reynolds and Michelle Malkin" with the comment "removing POV link". I was aware when I wrote that label that "extraordinary" was likely to be controversial, but thought that "extraordinarly uninhibited" was more accurate and informative than "uninhibited", particularly for that particular posting. Clearly you disagree. I'm still trying to get a feel for the boundaries here, so I wonder if you would have accepted just "uninhibited"? Is English-style ironic understatement like that appropriate? I'd value your response.

Anyway, I have reinstated the link with quotes from it in place of words about it. Hope you approve. Chris Chittleborough 03:46, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

3RR
Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia under the three-revert rule, which states that nobody may revert an article to a previous version more than three times in 24 hours. (Note: this also means editing the page to reinsert an old edit. If the effect of your actions is to revert back, it qualifies as a revert.) Thank you. --TJive 21:59, 2 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Kamm worked with the party for years and is still broadly supportive. If you have evidence of him quitting, I would like to hear it.  In the meantime, I reworded the section to reflect your assertion, which you could have done rather than delete large chunks of sourced material.  --TJive 22:06, 2 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Kamm has regularly described his activities with Labour. If you are seriously contesting this I am sure I can find ample references in his blog.  In any case, I can only assume you are familiar with revert policy and do not intend to break it.  Given that you are being completely uncivil, I will not hesitate to report a violation.  I'd encourage you reevaluate your behavior in this regard.  Thanks.  --TJive 22:12, 2 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm not an administrator. I'm saying I will report you to administrators if you break revert policy.  I did not see any other warnings on your page, so I gave you one.  If you were wise, you would comment on the subject of the matter, and do it on the relevant talk page, rather than continue personal insinuations.  Also, "hit piece" was a comment on the material and its tone, not on you.  I didn't particularly care who started putting those assertions in; they aren't appropriate.  --TJive 22:23, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Collateral damage
I didn't block you as such, but you must have been hit by another IP block. My block log doesn't have any recent IP blocks (ie. the last few days), and you've edited other entries since the message to my talk, so I guess it's OK now. Thanks. Harr o 5 22:18, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
 * That should be fine now. Harr o 5 22:37, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Regarding reversions made on July 3 2006 (UTC) to Oliver Kamm

 * Visitors interested in this controversy can click here for some background. Sir Paul 06:35, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

source, author and permission for uploaded image
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Left-libertarianism
Do you subscribe to the philosophy, or are you just interested in the topic? Jessesamuel 14:24, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

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 * Also, sorry. I had created the new subpage for this image, but did not include the subpage on the main page.  At this time, however, its been included and you can see it on that page.  Kevin_b_er 23:11, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

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Libertarian socialism
I think my personal philosophy is largely in line with left-libertarianism, with the emphasis on left. I don't know the intellectual background very well, but I'm reading Paine's Common Sense as a starting place. Are you politically active? E-mail me if you prefer a different forum to discuss this topic - jschris gmail Jessesamuel 20:04, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Boston Tea Party
Howdy, I noticed that you and I seem to post in one or two articles dealing with progressive issues in political science/sociology. There's currently a debate beginning in Boston Tea Party as to whether the article should include the category. It meets definitions set in the articles Terrorism and Definition of terrorism, however, there are several self-proclaimed patriots who watch BTP who refuse to recognise the fact. The simple criteria for terrorism generally seem to be intimidation or destruction of property in order to change public policy or public opinion while a state of war has not yet been declared. Some users would rather use recent acts of terrorism as a yardstick, rather than using a firm definition, and hence lose their ability to discuss matters calmly. Would you be able to pop in to the Talk page and join in the discussion? Thanks much, samwaltz 05:20, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Ralph Henry Carless Davis
Hi. Can I ask why you removed 'Professor' from in front of the subject's name? Are you following some convention I don't know of? No reason was given in the edit comment. AWhiteC 00:12, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Australian Dictionary of Biography
Hi, Sir Paul - you seem to like editing articles about famous Australians from the past. I wonder if you would like to take a look the project page Australian wikipedians' notice board/Complete to-do/Australian Dictionary of Biography (Shortcut: WP:ADB) and see if you could help out to edit or create new articles. Thanks. - Diverman 02:39, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Henry Hastings Sibley
Hello Sir Paul, would you upload the picture HenryHastingsSibley.jpg into commons please? That would be very nice. --89.59.209.79 21:13, 28 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Done. Sir Paul 19:30, 1 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you --89.59.195.29 19:37, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

World Transhumanist Association
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 * Thanks for letting me know. You seem to have removed the deletion tag, though.  What's going on? Sir Paul 02:46, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry - I hadn't realized it had been through an AfD before. It's up for AfD again for lack of sources or notability claim. Sorry for the mistaken prod notice... RJASE1 Talk  02:52, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

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Yew-Kwang Ng
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AfD nomination of 100 Worst Britons
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 * Never mind, I just removed the copyrighted list.  Little Red Riding Hood  talk  21:31, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

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 * I've removed the prod.  Little Red Riding Hood  talk  21:32, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

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Conflict of Interest
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 * Thanks for pointing my attention to this. I have removed all references to this "Abolitionist Society", which is not a real society and with which I'm not involved. (I can provide further details about it in a private email, if needed.)
 * No problem, no email necessary. The article is definitely improved. I still don't see enough evidence that he's notable, but of course it is clear we're on either side of the final AfD consensus. -- flyingkiwiguy (talk) 19:11, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

WLC Debate List - Broken Link
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 * Hi Bill the Cat. Could you clarify your request? You mention a broken link but everything seems to be working fine. Thanks. Pablo Stafforini (talk) 18:20, 16 January 2015 (UTC)


 * My mistake. Never mind.  By the way, nice list.  Bill the Cat 7 (talk) 19:06, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

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Deletion of The Superior Human?
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Proposed deletion of Global Priorities Institute


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 * Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I am traveling at the moment and don't have regular access to a computer, but hope to be able to improve the article on my return, in five days. Pablo Stafforini (talk) 19:58, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * Thanks for the notification. I just posted my summary of the events. Pablo Stafforini (talk) 15:11, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Hilary Greaves for deletion
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"Known for..."
In order to be "known for" something, the thing has to be itself well-known, and the person has to be well known for inventing it. The easiest way to demonstrate this is through reliable independent secondary sources that say the person is known for the thing. A primary source doesn't cut it, especially when it's effectively self-published. I find only two pages of Google hits, none of which qualifies as an independent reliable sources, so this fails as a well known thing and fails as a thing for which he is well known. Guy (help!) 22:50, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
 * JzG, Can you please point me to the part of the Infobox where it is stated that Bryan Caplan is "known for" the "Ideological Turing test"? Pablo Stafforini (talk) 23:24, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Ways to improve The Precipice (book)
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Regarding "The Precipice"
Did you get permission to copy and paste the text of this EA Forum post into the article you wrote? If so, the copyright owner needs to be okay with it being used under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 (see Donating copyrighted materials). If not, the article needs to be rewritten to avoid a copyright violation. Qzekrom (she/her &bull; talk) 04:47, 29 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi, I'm the author of the EA Forum post (Matthew van der Merwe), and am OK with it being used under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 Vermeer dawn (talk) 10:32, 31 March 2020 (UTC)