User talk:Tickle me

I will respond to entries on my talk page right here. Also, I'll keep your talk page on my watchlist after posting on it, so you can answer there, keeping threads intact and readable. For older posts see archive1/archive2. --tickle me 02:48, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Clean slate
Let me know if I can be of further assistance. JDoorj a m    Talk 18:05, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Mediation
A case in which you are a party (Banu Nadir) has been submitted to mediation by the Mediation Cabal. Please review the proposed solution in this case.Geo. 19:10, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Battle of Mu'tah
You've added in the history page: "a soldier's view is relevant only adhering to a literal interpretation of sources, which WP doesn't, else A.I. Akram is a non-descript, self-taught historian at best"

I added this links, because there was many people on the talk page requesting sources. I know, A.I. Akram may not be the source, but in his book, he shows many of them. He had studied very early islamic sources, and interpreted them. But he shows the sources, so anybody can look at them, then he may interpret. What do you say about this?Mfyuce 07:28, 3 July 2006 (UTC)mfyuce


 * Please cf WP:V, particularly "3.4 Self-published sources (online and paper)" and WP:RS:
 * 3 Beware false authority
 * 6 Using online and self-published sources
 * 8.1 History


 * All applies to a military who claims to be knowledgeable on history without proving his scholarship and without known and verifiable reference for his scholarly reputation in the field. WP policy doesn't mandate any source to be better than none. On the other side, the Encyclopaedia of Islam is a work of reference. Also, please post this on the article's page, where the discussion belongs. Unless you really understood WP:V, WP:RS, WP:NPOV, WP:NOT and WP:OR you won't succeed - we all had to read this sooner or later. --tickle me 11:10, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

reference
There is a valid reference but it's in Persian .مهر تابان. This is told by Allameh Tabatabaei. Therefor it's valid.--Sa.vakilian 01:46, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Mosque
Why did you revert Pessimists' edits too? BhaiSaab talk 21:11, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Invitation2truth
has been adding the same linkspam into about 30 articles. I've reverted most of them, but it looks like he may be starting over. Fan-1967 03:55, 17 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Admins handled the problem. --tickle me 01:38, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Dada page
Please explain why you reverted the change in the intro to the Dada page. Dada is not charecterized by nihilism - it is a political anti-war movement. Please justify your claim... Thanks 62.25.106.209 13:04, 19 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Please cf. WP:RS and WP:V. You're to back up your claims with reliable, verifiable, and authoritative sources. You won't have problems anymore once you do. --tickle me 01:38, 20 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Wrong - there are no sources or verification for the assertion of cynicism or nihilism - this is just encyclopaedic analysis.Please see Dada talk page.62.25.106.209 12:18, 20 July 2006 (UTC)


 * You already added to everything you deem to be unsourced or mere encyclopaedic analysis (OR), which is quite OK as an act of politeness, as others now have the chance to source their claims. You could even delete it. However, when inserting your claims, you're to follow the same guidelines. You did what what you're blame others for: inserting unsourced OR. Why don't you do research first and edit accordingly, citing sources? --tickle me 13:21, 20 July 2006 (UTC)


 * The sources are already there - all throughout the article, just read it! I just removed some POV statements about the 'charecteristics' of the dada style. The radical critique of imperial war was there throughout the movement and were its orignial impetus and defining political and artistic line - as the rest of the article explains. 195.92.40.49 10:02, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

distotion
Hi,

Please look at Hezbollah talk page. I described that Nasrollah's quotation is distorted. if they [Jews] all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide. If you read the text of his qutations you find that he didn't speak about Jews at all. He spoke about zionist and we know some of jews aren't Zionist.--Sa.vakilian 05:54, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Martin Kramer article
Your last edit seems to have destroyed most of the article; I'm not sure how much you intended to remove. Jayjg (talk) 00:38, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


 * First I wrangled with Firefox quirks, than there was a temp WP database lock-up. I fixed it now, thx for the patience. --tickle me 00:48, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Hezbollah Edits
It would be appreciated if you used the talk page, rather than the Edit Summary, to discuss your views on editorial policy. JiHymas@himivest.com 00:58, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Your posts
Hi, I don't see why anyone would sanction you for restoring your own posts. You've asked several times for people not to post inside your comments, so if they continue to do it, I see no problem with you restoring the integrity of your own post. Perhaps you could simply post your original post above the comments they've woven into yours; in that way, you're restoring your own material without changing theirs. SlimVirgin (talk) 21:05, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Missy Myatt
I would like to comment on your editing of the David Myatt article which seems to contradict the policy of Wikipedia in respect of articles about living people. You continue to insert what seem to be inappropriate comments in your Edit Summary. Wikipedia is about NPOV - your comments appear to detract from that. Coolmoon 13:46, 6 August 2006 (UTC)


 * O dear, if only the Führer Mr. Myatt could hear that. Hopefully, I could assuage your concerns. Trust me, you seem to be agitated by what might seem, at first sight and just hastily reviewed, as impudent and unmindful edit summaries, directed at some hapless IP, whose interest, apart from wikiland's, you defend valiantly - as could well be expected from the gentleman that you are. I trust you, however, to see at least some inner beauty, and the corresponding edit's propriety, on thorough and thoughtful inspection.


 * Should, by chance, an empty stomach be a pertaining element to the irritation that guided your ways to my humble wikipedic shed - may I suggest, say, some hearty bangers and mash, possibly Worcestershire sauce caring for digestive spice, to gratify nature's demands? Afterwards, let's meet again on gentler terms.


 * One grave issue, though, remains to be answered: Please, don't you mingle your postings, welcome, cherished, and valuable as they are, with those of the slimmest of virgins, dear and helpful in my wikipedic woes. À la prochaine, veuillez vous vous servir de cet lien si convenant, mon Pierrot Lunaire très estimé? Tout a fait votre serviteur le plus dédié: --tickle me 16:26, 6 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Tickle - you are quite right in one respect. I should not have mingled myself with SlimVirgin. Anyways, thank you for your reply. Gentler terms are always the best! Coolmoon 17:31, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

The Sardar Article
Thanks for the cleanup. I'd been leery of going in and pulling all those quotes, but it was a needed operation. Thanks. MerricMaker 02:10, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Roman=Byzantine is NOT OR
Moved to Talk:Battle_of_Mu%27tah. --tickle me 02:03, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Blocked for 8 hours

 * Don't know what I was thinking, mostly I can count to three... --tickle me 02:03, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

"elaborate"
Moved to Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents. --tickle me 01:54, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Moving comments
Regarding this, please don't move people's comments. I don't know what "interposting" is, but I don't think samsara would appreciate your moving of his comments very much. Thanks.-- §hanel  05:54, 11 August 2006 (UTC)


 * "interposting": You don't need to know, as I spelled it out on that page, for the second time:
 * "Again, I ask all repliers to cite and quote, not to interpost. --tickle me 03:07, 11 August 2006 (UTC)"


 * Besides, that's what WP:WQT says:
 * "Interweaving rebuttals into the middle of another person's comments, however, is generally a bad idea. It disrupts the flow of the discussion and breaks the attribution of comments. It may be intelligible to the two of you but it's virtually impossible for the rest of the community to follow."


 * I think WP:WQT had a good idea, so do others. I happen to not like samsara or whomever to move my posts in the first place, did you choose to ignore that? And let's not get into semantics, pls? Besides, I certainly don't "appreciate very much" samsara to alter my edits, on top of tattering them. --tickle me 06:05, 11 August 2006 (UTC)


 * This is not a forum, where one user's posts are atomic and cannot be split. Etiquette is a guideline, not a policy, and is not to be used as a club with which to beat your opponent around the head. If one person presents their comment as a huge flow of paragraphs, it is common practice when replying to one specific paragraph to attach the reply to that paragraph with an extra indent: there is no licence to fill the entire screen with one person's opinion with no recourse to discussion. To be blunt, moving someone's reply away from its context so that it now makes no sense is a greater breach of etiquette, and a good example of the bad behaviour about which you appear to be complaining. You seem to have been here a while, so one would have expected you to pick up on this by now. HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 07:11, 11 August 2006 (UTC)


 * "there is no licence to fill the entire screen": That's my post, half a screen on 1024, 15 lines. What's huge about it?
 * "recourse to discussion": the recourse at hand is to cite and answer.
 * "It may be intelligible to the two of you but it's virtually impossible for the rest of the community to follow": WQT deals with talk pages, not forums. Even if only a guideline. Is it so far fetched?
 * "To be blunt, moving someone's reply": I want others to be able to follow, even if they happen to pop up next week. And yes, split threads make it hard to follow.
 * "beat your opponent around the head": pschemp asks me to "go jump in the lake"? I'm a outlawed already? Who's beating?
 * Why can samsara edit and vandalise my posts? sheer admin power?
 * --tickle me 07:40, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * That's because you reverted my correction  of your translation of my prose. I think I know what I meant. I can only urge you to stop doing that. Since this translation game seems to be a new one, I'm happy to explore the policy situation on this. - User:Samsara (talk • contribs) 09:53, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

You *are* not to correct my edits, arguably except for libel. Have a RfC on that, fine. It's not about what you meant anyway, that's for you to explain if you so feel - it's about what you wrote. And it's telling that you don't engage in a translation debate, however uncalled for that would be - instead you ressort to vandalism.

My translation is public. Alleging a "game" is administrative smear. You may add your own or contend it publicly. You're trying to intimidate me; being an admin, your abusing your powers. --tickle me 10:14, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * You're accusing me of various wild things. Tell me what you would do. Lay down and die? You must be kidding. So let's continue the discussion without detracting from the real issues. If you think that you can use my being an admin as an argument for me not being allowed to talk to you, something in your brain is screwed up. Show me where I've intimidated you. So far, you are the one trying to get me framed for vandalism. Funny, that. - User:Samsara (talk • contribs) 12:47, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

for the buffs
Not that it matters, but this is my party:

Samsara's German version:
 * Ich bin dann die Quellen durchgegangen, um sicherzustellen, dass auch alle Statements durch Quellen untermauert sind

Samsara's translation:
 * I then went through the sources to make sure than all statements were supported by sources. [than: sic]

Mine:
 * I then perused the sources to make sure that absolutely all statements are backed by sources

The German conjunction auch is wholly redundant in the sentence above, lest it is interpreted as reinforcement - or as idiomatically poor. I assumed the former, the latter is on the house. ja auch being the next step intensification, one might argue how to confer a single auch's semantics here: be my guest. --tickle me 10:52, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm your guest. I wrote that passage. I can translate it. End of story. - User:Samsara (talk • contribs) 11:30, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Nasrallah
Tickle me, can you provide a link for the articles you mentioned. I tried to find the NYT one but I could not. BhaiSaab talk 18:21, 13 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Pls Ctrl+F for "New York Times": there's only on NYT article linked. That goes for "New York Sun", "Michael Rubin", and "Amal Saad-Ghorayeb" as well. Pls move this to the article talk, should you want to follow up. --tickle me 18:57, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Stephen Roth Institute
I noticed you've done most of the work on the Stephen Roth Institute. The SRI website has served as an excellent source for a significant chunk of the content on the Venezuelan-Israeli relations page. I thought you might like to know. Respectfully, Republitarian 22:53, 14 August 2006 (UTC)


 * thx. I'm too busy to care for the Venezuelan article presently. If you need Spanish bits translated, however, feel free to ask. --tickle me 23:16, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Asinine WSJ article
Re Bernard Lewis, there is no inference in the following text:


 * Ahmadinejad had said that Iran will respond "by the last days of Mordad", the 5th month of the Persian calendar. English translations picked the last day of that month, converted it into the Georgian calendar and omitted any hints to the original context. In addition, Lewis failed to note that Rajab 27 (which falls on the last day of Mordad in the Persian calendar year of 1385) is not recognized as the night of Mi'raj by the Shi'as (the official religion of Iran is Shi'a Islam), but is known as the day of Mohammad's first calling or Mab'as, an event that is unrelated to the story of Mi'raj and Mohammad's purported flight to Jerusalem.

These are facts related to his article. In anycase, I propose removing the reference to that article all-together. A rather minor bleep in his long career. Kaveh 20:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)


 * That "English translations" picked/converted/omitted something may be true, it's your WP:OR nevertheless. That Lewis "failed to note" something is your OR, or POV, too - as is the rest.


 * Summing up: if such a prominent scholar commits such an egregious, blatant, shameful, and, as you call it, asinine blunder, the press, both popular and specialised, should be full with corresponding comments. These you are to find and cite. You're not to correct Lewis presenting your findings. Should you wish to follow up: please move this thread to the article's talk page where it belongs. --tickle me 12:28, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Possible Acrimony


has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing! I added the new image to end acrimony and leave behind the haystack of words. You can remove my "crank" remark if you so choose.--Patchouli 22:46, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

New Anti-semitism
Hi. Your reverts on the page New anti-semitism are not very constructive. If you would like to make your case, please refer to the discussion page. If you are in doubt, check the source I'm using, before continuing your edit war...pertn 10:35, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Deine Synagogenbilder
Hallo Tickle me, den beiden von dir hochgeladenen Innen- und Außenansichten der Synagoge Zerrenerstr. droht Löschung, und damit würde der exzellente Artikel Novemberpogrome die letzten authentischen Bilder zum Thema verlieren. Grund scheinen unzureichende Angaben zur Erlaubnis des Fotografen, die Bilder unter GNUFDL zu nutzen, zu sein. (siehe ) Kannst du dich zeitnah darum mal kümmern?

Wäre doch sonst echt schade drum. Herzlich grüßt Jesusfreund 08:39, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Please helping the Cactus
On WP:ARCAID, I think Rosetta Stone and Cactus are worthy of our support. Can you BELIEVE we not have good article on Rosetta Stone or the cactus yet?Opiner 10:22, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

You helped choose Rosetta Stone as this week's WP:AID winner
AzaBot 16:35, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Edward Said thowing a stone at Israeli soldiers.jpg
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 * A valid "rationale" was given right at the bottom, I just forgot to label it "fair use rationale." --tickle me 00:50, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your consideration
Thank you for the consideration you gave to my RfA. To be chosen as an administrator requires a high level of confidence by a broad section of the community. Although I received a great deal of support, at this time I do not hold the level of confidence required, and the RfA did not pass. You were one of the oppose votes, and raised concerns. I am more than willing to discuss those concerns with you if you are interested. Please let me know. Sincerely, --BostonMA talk 03:37, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Ali Shariati
Please do not remove content from Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. Plm209 13:18, 12 January 2007 (UTC)


 * What is it about my reasoning, that couldn't be understood? Could you not be bothered to look up a WP:RS's definition? Or is it the circular reference, that needs explanation? While we are at it, have a look at this and that. Pray you Sir, contact me, should you need exegetical assistance. --tickle me 08:54, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

My RfA
Thanks for your support in my RfA. I've felt it best to withdraw on this occasion and think about the good advice I received. Thanks again, Jakew 20:22, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Screen scraping
Hi. Please clarify for me - picking but one example from Screen scraping, do you disagree with my assertion that the following both an inappropriate external link per WP:EL, non-notable, and adds nothing to the article?


 * Dapper is a web-based GUI tool for extracting content from any website.

Thanks, CiaranG 22:47, 7 February 2007 (UTC)


 * It's free gui based web scraping service for non-programmers, thus its perfectly pertinent. --tickle me 22:57, 7 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not convinced it's anything other than linkspam added to the page to promote the company's service. I don't think the article should contain a list of links to any and all products relating to web scraping, regardless of notability, but I sense we disagree. CiaranG 23:32, 7 February 2007 (UTC)


 * The site may well have been listed by its owner for selfish reasons. However, we don't punish intent, but evaluate usefulness. As screen scraping can be done either by programmers writing code or by non-programmers using a gui, its perfectly ok pointing to both. If you find a non commercial service providing gui-based screen scraping, say, at sourceforge, we won't need the commercial site any more. --tickle me 01:35, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

You deleted an editor's vote
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 * Thanks for giving me the benefit of the doubt, that's really embarrassing. I restored his vote. --tickle me 17:32, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale
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 * ok. --tickle me 00:48, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Request For Mediation
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 * Hi, not needed anymore, as the issue has already reached consensus. --tickle me 13:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Regarding your edit on Islamic toilet etiquette
 I do not understand your revert it seems justified because all of the etiquette listed are sourced from the Koran and is sort of a disclaimer. Please explain. I did not revert your edit because I was unclear about this motive. Thanks.- Ran da  l  l  l  in  02:25, 19 April 2007 (UTC)


 * WP doesn't disclaim, except were legally binding, e.g. with medical issues. Besides, looking up the Koran and making inferences is WP:OR. You need authoritative theologians to make claims about how the Koran or any book is to be understood. If you feel that it can be taken at face value, than that's your POV, which we aren't to use writing articles. Besides, discusson on article topics should be done on the articles' discussion pages, so others know. --tickle me 04:58, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Fair use problem with Image:Lebanese Hezbollah recruts being sworn in.jpg
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deletion of Lebanese_Hezbollah_recruts_being_sworn_in.jpg
Why did you Image:Lebanese_Hezbollah_recruts_being_sworn_in.jpg? It complies fully with WP:COPYRIGHT by form and content, a detailed rationale was given. --tickle me 15:14, 24 April 2007 (UTC)


 * It was deleted because the image had a clearly invalid fair use tag; or it was an image that failed some part of the fair use criteria and the uploader had been given 48 hours' notification (for images uploaded after 13 July 2006) or seven days' notification (for images uploaded before that date). (CSD I7). - C HAIRBOY (☎) 15:18, 24 April 2007 (UTC)


 * The fair use tag was valid, neither you nor anybody else gave a sensible reasoning. Stating that it was "clearly" invalid doesn't make it a sound argument. The image didn't fail any part of the fair use criteria.


 * This is the rationale given:


 * Fair use claimed for the History of Hezbollah, Hezbollah military activities and Hezbollah articles because the Roman Salute, unknown to Ottoman and Arab armies, had been introduced both to Arab armies and paramilitaries by German instructors who fled after WWII, together with the adherent ideology. The picture thus illustrates the unison of religious affiliation and military discipline, which is Hezbollah's distinguishing mark.


 * Fair use claimed for Roman Salute, as Hezbollah is one of the few examples in modern time using that salute, elsewhere shunned for its historical implications, as it has been widely used by 20th century European fascism.


 * this is what was contested:


 * There isn't fair use rational like what you can find in Image:Nasrallah on al-Manar television.jpg. There is written I couldn't find copyright free depictions of such ceremonies on flickr or similar sources. This is not a good rational.-- Sa.vakilian(t-c) 04:27, 24 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Not only that but it is being used in 3 articles, which is a violation of fair use. Khorshid 07:27, 24 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I answered that on the images' talk page in due time. What is pertinent about these arguments? --tickle me 15:43, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I copied this debate in Talk:Hezbollah. Please write your idea there. Thanks.-- Sa.vakilian(t-c) 15:58, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

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Vidal Sassoon International Centre for the Study of Antisemitism
The above is incorrect. --Ludvikus 13:35, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism
Dear "Tickle me,"
 * I've forgotten how to make certain corrections.
 * In the above, the spelling "Centre" is simply wrong.
 * The Center (to my knowledge) always uses the spelling "Center."
 * Can you make the corrections?
 * Thanks.
 * --Ludvikus 13:33, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

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I'm trying to get a volunteer mediator interested in the Cat Stevens article, (here), specifically my hope to add  what stevens said about Rushdie ("He must be killed. The Qur'an makes it clear - if someone defames the prophet, then he must die." [1] )
 * Newspapers quickly interpreted his response -- "He must be killed. The Qur'an makes it clear - if someone defames the prophet, then he must die." [1] -- as support for the fatwa.

It seems like the major issue is whether anybody cares, i.e. is everyone happy with  the article the way it is. So if you want the quote (the part that's not in italics above) added please tell the mediator. here

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Fethullah Gulen

 * please show where you think the problem is in Fethullah Gulen article, and how to fix it -if you are for improving the article, of course-... if you specify and locate the problem i can fix it. labeling the whole article with an incorrect label may give wrong impression and distort the facts expressed in it. prove the statements you posted on the discussion page: what is disinformation? if not, please stop doing that. thanks. 76.181.224.82 (talk) 04:59, 1 July 2008 (UTC)


 * i am glad you are not. and if you do not stop labeling the article i will ask an admin take care of the article. it is unfair to label the whole article claiming NPOV without specifying where the problem is. you can do the same for the all wiki articles. if you can specify and locate the problem, it can be worked out. i cannot read your mind. please stop labeling the work by many wikipadians just because it is not parallel to your POV. for me the article follows all guidelines specified in NPOV, Verifiability, and NOR. if you think otherwise, it is your task to show where and how... again, before taking the issue to the admin level, please stop labeling. thanks... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.172.221.206 (talk) 17:09, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

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Cat Stevens' comments about Salman Rushdie
re your edit: there still are copies of the video, though not on youtube, check my edits. --tickle me 19:30, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * How about: As of late 2008 videos on the issue are no longer available on youtube or Granada Television website. or 
 * As of late 2008 videos only one video on the issue is available on the internet - an excerpt from Hypotheticals TV program on archive.org. --BoogaLouie (talk) 20:37, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Welcome back!
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On the Islamophobia article
Hello. I noticed you made some edits to the Islamophobia article some weeks back so as to bring it into balance. It's sprotected and I can't edit it. May I suggest an addition to the article that you could perhaps carry out after inspecting the source? There is an article by Robert Wistrich from the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism that points out that giving excessive truck to perceived "Islamophobia" is a fallacy of multiculturalism and can lead to ignoring the rise of Islam and antisemitism. Here is the paper. The relevant passage is from the final para, which I shall reproduce here for your benefit should you choose to consider the material. Multiculturalism in its present configuration has clearly failed. 30 If anything, it has encouraged Islamic radicalism in the name of “diversity” and a mindless cultural relativism. It has permitted Western democratic identity and liberties to be steadily undermined, human rights abuses to be ignored (including terrorist intimidation, forced marriages, polygamy, and vicious antisemitism) and the fabric of civilised society to be seriously threatened. “Islamophobia”, with the tacit or open complicity of liberal and left-wing apologists, has become the dominant myth with which to silence dissent or menace the lives of would-be reformers or critics of Islam. Islamist radicals, using the fig-leaf of multiculturalist “tolerance” have been able to stoke up anger and resentment against “secular” “Christian” societies in America or Europe, as well as against the Jews and Israel. Under the protective shield of a misplaced liberal pluralism, the preachers of hate have reinforced the paranoia and siege mentality of growing numbers of Muslims, opening the floodgates of fundamentalist antisemitism and hatred of the West. Also, the section [] has a para attacking Hindus that is complete Original Research. The reference cited is poor and unreliable, and has more to do with disallowing illegal immigrants from Bangladesh than any perceived systemic discrimination. The other source cited, the Sachar Committee report, is controversial and has been criticized for propaganda and bias (as the article shows). Some balance there is needed. Also note that India has had a Muslim president, Abdul Kalam. I hope that you would find the time to look into this matter. Thanks and have a great day.72.179.43.232 (talk) 14:29, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Seems reasonable at first glance, I'll have a look at the article. --tickle me 06:11, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

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Malcolm Gladwell criticism
Thought I'd let you know, criticism of Gladwell's unscientific approach abounds and I've included much of it.--Louiedog (talk) 04:07, 30 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't have time to check the article presently, but you're onto something. As far as I know, he's an engaging and gifted writer, but a quack scientifically. --tickle me 15:47, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Request for an edit on it.wp
Please assist I would like to modify the Italian version of Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, but I can't seem to figure out the template. It's a pretty straight-forward and small change I would like to make: the infobox says that it's the chronology of only Brian Eno, but it's really the chronology of Brian Eno and David Byrne (see the English version of the page if I'm not making sense here.) Do you think you can amend this for me? Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:09, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Like that? The it template doesn't allow extra chronologies via, though. --tickle me 11:52, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Not exactly It still reads "Brian Eno – cronologia", which is inaccurate. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:39, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Sanremofilo reverted my edit, he's afraid automated categorization might not work anymore. I hope you battle that out on it:talk, as I wouldn't like to count as a vandal there, nor do I want to take the time to engage. --tickle me 23:27, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh sheesh Thanks for trying. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:09, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth I left a message with my awful, broken Italian; maybe he can help. Thanks again for trying. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:20, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

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Sorry, aber seit damals (2006) haben sich die Regeln geändert...

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