User talk:Tencents

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House of the Virgin Mary
Hi, I'm not really sure which part of your edits I've reverted. I showed extreme caution for not deleting anything from the content you've posted to the article and added some new information on top of that. You can see, following this link, the changes I made just after your edit, which shows that I kept everything you have written. Am I missing anything? Regards, Atilim Gunes Baydin 02:28, 7 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi again, I've just fixed the restorated / restored issue, thank you for pointing out. I recently learned the difference between Dormition of the Theotokos and Assumption of Mary but it was good to hear it summarized one more time. The reason both are mentioned in the introduction is not to emphasize a difference between Catholic and Orthodox beliefs, but to provide links to these two articles (Dormition and Assumption) and direct the reader to these for further information. I remember a few months ago that there was just one link (to the Assumption article) and an editor felt the need to add the link to the Dormition article to make the introduction more balanced. I believe you can see the red line in the picture Image:House of Virgin Mary RB1.jpg if you click on the image several times until you see it in its actual size (just one click gives you a lower resolution version) and look carefully to the far right of the picture. It's easier to see the line in that part and you can perhaps also notice that the original stones have a darker color with stones in the restored upper part being lighter. Atilim Gunes Baydin 15:41, 7 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I will try to make changes in light of the information you've mentioned on my talkpage. But please do not hesitate to add these to the article yourself and make corrections to the text I've written. It would be very good if you can also cite a reference for the extra information about the restoration work. As a note, having been there, I know that the building is actually a chapel right now, with an appointed priest and periodic religious services. Regards, Atilim Gunes Baydin 15:53, 7 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you, I wish I had more time to improve this article further. Please let me say that it has been a pleasure to work with you. By the way, I created a new, related, article: Church of Mary. I was thinking that you could be interested in contributing to that one too. If I may ask, are you affiliated with the church? Note: I created redirects to forward queries like "house of mary" (and a few others I could think of) to the article, as you asked. Atilim Gunes Baydin 01:40, 9 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I've been really busy with classes (I'm a student) and today I had an important exam. I hope to reply to your message later today or tomorrow. Atilim Gunes Baydin 19:53, 13 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi again, sorry for the late response. Wikipedia is basically a non-profit project to create a free encyclopedia and Wikipedia articles are being written by volunteers from all over the world so no one is hired or getting paid (if you have the time, you can have a quick look at About). Any mistakes or deliberate misinformation contributed to the articles get usually noticed and reverted by a community of devotees serious with the aims of the project. For subjects prone to fanaticism this system leads to frequent "edit-wars", but for non-controversial subjects it works just fine. I'm a graduate student of physics in Sweden, originally from Turkey, who happens to have an interest in languages, arts, and history besides scientific / technical stuff. You can learn more about me on my userpage (User:AtilimGunesBaydin) and you can tell a bit about yourself and your background on yours (User:Tencents), if you like, so that other editors can notice you and ask for your cooperation on subjects you are familiar with. Within this project, I've been trying to complete and expand missing pieces of information about Turkey, or create articles like Turkish State Opera and Ballet missed by other contributors before me. An important thing is that the ultimate aim here is to compile information already published in reliable and reputed sources (Attribution policy, summary: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a publisher of original thought. The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is whether material is attributable to a reliable published source, not whether it is true. Wikipedia is not the place to publish your opinions, experiences, or arguments.). Turkish is my native language, but we cannot cite a personal telephone call as a source of information for the article. I will be looking for published Turkish sources that could be helpful. I hope you're doing fine. Oh, and I do not agree with your uphill / downhill analogy. Please do not see it that way, I wouldn't see ageing as something downward and I think people can do wonderful things regardless of their age. Atilim Gunes Baydin 20:44, 15 March 2007 (UTC)