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== Query ==

"A 2012 analysis of data on individual participants in acupuncture studies looked at migraine and tension headaches. The analysis showed that actual acupuncture was more effective than either no acupuncture or simulated acupuncture in reducing headache frequency or severity."[http://nccam.nih.gov/health/acupuncture/introduction#hed3][84] See [[Acupuncture#Headaches and migraines]]. This is a cut and paste from the source.

"A 2014 Australian clinical study involving 282 men and women showed that needle and laser acupuncture were modestly better at relieving knee pain from osteoarthritis than no treatment, but not better than simulated (sham) laser acupuncture."[http://nccam.nih.gov/health/acupuncture/introduction#hed3][84] This is a cut and paste from the source. See [[Acupuncture#Extremity conditions]].

According to NCCAM, "results of a systematic review that combined data from 11 clinical trials with more than 1,200 participants suggested that acupuncture (and acupuncture point stimulation) may help with certain symptoms associated with cancer treatments."[http://nccam.nih.gov/health/acupuncture/introduction#hed3][84] This is a cut and paste from the article. See [[Acupuncture#Cancer-related conditions]].

Is it a weight violation to use an [http://nccam.nih.gov/health/acupuncture/introduction#hed3 article] that is not a review when there are way better references already in the article or is it [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AQuackGuru&diff=640862118&oldid=640819343 plagiarism]? The TCM page is a different situation when there are not plenty of sources for the drug research section on pseudoscience. [[User:QuackGuru|<span style="color:Red;">QuackGuru</span>]] ([[User talk:QuackGuru|<span style="color:red">talk</span>]]) 02:12, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

:It's not really clear to me what you're asking, and since you aren't using quotation marks or italics or anything else in this message it's not even clear to me what parts of your message are your comments and what are pasted from articles. Also keep in mind that I'm not familiar with these articles, I only just stumbled across them recently, so I don't have much context for the issues you're raising. If you have a question for me please present it a little more clearly so I don't have to spend time deciphering it. Thanks, <b class="IPA">[[Special:Contributions/Rjanag|r<span style="color:#8B0000;">ʨ</span>anaɢ]]</b>&nbsp;([[User talk:Rjanag|talk]]) 03:01, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

::I edited my previous comment and added the source to make it more clear. You brought up the issue of plag on my talk page with a related article. The text in the quotes are a cut and paste but with the acupuncture article the text is not in quotation marks. Let's start with one question. Is that [[WP:PLAG]]? [[User:QuackGuru|<span style="color:Red;">QuackGuru</span>]] ([[User talk:QuackGuru|<span style="color:red">talk</span>]]) 06:29, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

:::Let me stop you right there. There is no rule saying that if there is other plagiarism (or any other sort of problem) in one article, then it's OK for you to add more. There is no rule saying that if I report one instance of plagiarism (or any other sort of problem) then I have to read the entire article and report every other one. I happened to glance at just that one sentence of the article and its source (that is literally the only source in the article that I opened up and read) and saw that it was obviously plagiarized, so I dealt with it and alerted you to the issue. I am under no obligation to devote myself to scanning the entire article for it, so I'm not sure what you're trying to get at here. If you legitimately don't understand what plagiarism is then I can try to explain it more, but if you're trying to suggest that my notification to you was somehow "wrong" because there are other instances of plagiarism that I didn't report, then you are wasting your time. <b class="IPA">[[Special:Contributions/Rjanag|r<span style="color:#8B0000;">ʨ</span>anaɢ]]</b>&nbsp;([[User talk:Rjanag|talk]]) 13:10, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

== Nature editorial "Hard to swallow" at [[acupuncture]] ==

Greetings Rjanag! I've opened a discussion at [[Talk:Acupuncture#Citation_out_of_context]] about the use of the Nature editorial. I've concluded my opinion into four points. Would you care to take a look?

What's substantially different from the usage of the source at [[Traditional Chinese Medicine]], is that when the context of the quote is restored, the whole source is solely about TCM, not about acupuncture. A mere "''TCM as mainly pseudoscience, with no logical mechanism of action for the majority of its treatments.''" alone is undue weight, but if we include the rest of the paragraph in the article, it'd say: "''Advocates respond by claiming that researchers are missing aspects of the art, notably'' '''the interactions between different ingredients in traditional therapies.'''". IMHO, it clearly doesn't fit to [[Acupuncture]].

I have suggested removing the unfit entries, and finding for better sources. Administrator Kww, however, replied to me that: "'' I would like to suggest that the next time you want to misrepresent the contents of a source, you should refrain from doing so.''". I'd appreciate if you could have a look. Cheers! [[User:Jayaguru-Shishya|Jayaguru-Shishya]] ([[User talk:Jayaguru-Shishya|talk]]) 14:32, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

:No thanks, I do not wish to continue in the discussions within this topic area. It's like herding cats. <b class="IPA">[[Special:Contributions/Rjanag|r<span style="color:#8B0000;">ʨ</span>anaɢ]]</b>&nbsp;([[User talk:Rjanag|talk]]) 22:41, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

::Well, I understand you perfectly. Thanks anyway! :-) [[User:Jayaguru-Shishya|Jayaguru-Shishya]] ([[User talk:Jayaguru-Shishya|talk]]) 18:18, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

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Hey, that's great its at FAC, nice work! :) To be honest, I don't have opinion on the flag use - I added the reactions as they came in and flags made it easier as is the case with many other articles, so reading your comment I agree it makes it easier visually, rather than a load of text. But noting the other users concerns, it would make sense to either change them to the "link alt" thing. Bolding is fine but I think I prefer the first option, though I'm happy with either outcome. Sorry I'm not much use, I'm not really familiar with Wikipedia policies in this respect! [[User:Midway|Midway]] ([[User talk:Midway|talk]]) 23:50, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
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*As only admins can do this, can you please set up an {{tl|editnotice}} and eject the stuff which is currently seen at the top of the article when in edit mode? Cheers. [[User:Ohconfucius|<span style="color:Black;font:bold 8pt kristen itc;text-shadow:cyan 0.3em 0.3em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Ohconfucius</span>]] [[User talk:Ohconfucius|<sup>¡digame!</sup>]] 04:43, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
**Good idea, I'll get to it right away. <b class="Unicode">[[User:Rjanag|r<font color="#8B0000">ʨ</font>anaɢ]]</b>&nbsp;<small><sup>[[User talk:Rjanag|talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Rjanag|contribs]]</sub></small> 05:13, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
***fix "titlesof" to "titles of" :) [[User:Seb az86556|Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556]] <sup>[[User_talk:Seb_az86556|> haneʼ]]</sup> 05:24, 18 January 2010 (UTC)


Hi {{BASEPAGENAME}}.
:Was it you who changed the italicisation of BBC News, etc? If so, was it at the prompting of any FAC comment? AFAIK, italics are usually reserved for traditional (ie paper) journals etc. [[User:Ohconfucius|<span style="color:Black;font:bold 8pt kristen itc;text-shadow:cyan 0.3em 0.3em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Ohconfucius</span>]] [[User talk:Ohconfucius|<sup>¡digame!</sup>]] 01:34, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
::Not sure. I changed all instances of BBC News, etc., to {{para|work}} (from {{para|publisher}} or {{para|agency}}) because that seemed to be what [[Template:cite news]] suggested. Based on my reading of it, it sounded like {{para|agency}} is only supposed to be used for the agency that wrote and supplied the article (i.e., it's sort of a replacement for {{para|author}}) and generally only when that differs from the newspaper/website where we found it (for example, a ''China Daily'' article that says the source is Xinhua, or something on ABC news that says the source is AP). Anyway, long story short, the italicization is probably a result of that change.
::Of course, I haven't been working with this template for a long time so perhaps that is not the consensus on how things should be used. But that's what the documentation makes it sound like, so if the consensus is different we should probably update the documentation. <b class="IPA">[[User:Rjanag|r<font color="#8B0000">ʨ</font>anaɢ]]</b>&nbsp;<small><sup>[[User talk:Rjanag|talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Rjanag|contribs]]</sub></small> 01:57, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
:::Yes, '|work=' does italicise. I'll go and sort them out. [[User:Ohconfucius|<span style="color:Black;font:bold 8pt kristen itc;text-shadow:cyan 0.3em 0.3em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Ohconfucius</span>]] [[User talk:Ohconfucius|<sup>¡digame!</sup>]] 02:11, 22 January 2010 (UTC)


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:Thanks for putting this together. To be honest, right now it looks like most of that information is more appropriate in the [[East Turkestan Islamic Movement]] article, as most of it is about ETIM and the history of ETIM rather than its putative involvement in the riots, and many of the China Daily/Xinhua articles you found don't actually say much about the riots beyond what's already in the WP article:
:*[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/18/content_8445811.htm Xinjiang riot hits regional anti-terror nerve] just says that WUC might be affiliated with ETIM. (And that statement is sourced to Rohan Gunarata, about whom I remember Gardner Bovingdon had some titillating things to say ;) ). Other than the WUC-ETIM connection, it has little to say about the July riots.
:*[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/07/content_8389647.htm World Uyghur Congress behind Xinjiang violence: expert] Just says that WUC instigated the riot, which is already detailed in the WP article (mostly in the second paragraph of the "immediate causes" section). I recall there used to be more about this in the article (I think there was a whole paragraph on stuff like the "something big will happen" phone conversation, or whatever <small>(update: after some digging, it looks like I [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=July_2009_%C3%9Cr%C3%BCmqi_riots&diff=311953908&oldid=311948936 removed] the "do something big" because the sentence it was in was plagiarized, and I never got around to re-adding it)</small>), and it was gradually trimmed down as time gave us better perspective on all of it. This particular China Daily piece would be a useful reference to add to the section, but I don't think it has a lot of actual new content that needs to be added.
:*[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2009-07/16/content_8434355.htm Urumqi riots part of plan to help Al-Qaida] Says that the riots were instigated by separatists and that WUC is affiliated with Al-Qaeda. The first point is already in the article; the second can be added.
:*[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009xinjiangriot/2009-07/15/content_8428724.htm Al-Qaeda threatens Chinese abroad]: covered in the International Reactions section
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::Made some [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=July_2009_%C3%9Cr%C3%BCmqi_riots&action=historysubmit&diff=338622641&oldid=338618939 additions], mostly of the terrorist connection stuff (since I think the rest of the stuff is either already covered, or more appropriate in the ETIM article which is now linked from this section). To be honest, for most of the summer I was pretty much ignoring the terrorism stuff because POV-pushers repeatedly trying to add the article to "Terrorism" and "Terrorist attacks" categories were leaving a bad taste in my mouth. Looking back now, it does look like you're correct to point out that some of that has gotten left out of the article, but at the same time I think there's only so much that can be said (essentially "the government says the riots were premeditated by terrorists and they're connected with international terrorist networks) and I don't think a whole section can be made out of it without repeating ourselves a lot. (Or becoming a mouthpiece for the crazy speculative stuff that was going on in forums in July, like "the rioters had sneakers on so they must have been PLANNING to riot"). <b class="IPA">[[User:Rjanag|r<font color="#8B0000">ʨ</font>anaɢ]]</b>&nbsp;<small><sup>[[User talk:Rjanag|talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Rjanag|contribs]]</sub></small> 21:27, 18 January 2010 (UTC)


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:::The article looks much better. Good job. I think the material added does balance out the article. We don't have to respect the views of the Chinese government and most Chinese, but it is important that their views are at least represented.[[User:David Straub|David Straub]] ([[User talk:David Straub|talk]]) 02:37, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
::::Thanks. I agree that it looks better, and I appreciate your taking the effort to find that material (and to press me to get it cleaned up!). Best, <b class="IPA">[[User:Rjanag|r<font color="#8B0000">ʨ</font>anaɢ]]</b>&nbsp;<small><sup>[[User talk:Rjanag|talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Rjanag|contribs]]</sub></small> 02:44, 22 January 2010 (UTC)


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Well, OK, there is this one sentence, with a reference to a paper by Dru Gladney: "China's minority policy treats Uyghurs as a 'national minority' rather than an indigenous group." I am sure Dr. Gladney's paper (which I did not look at) probably explains what is meant by these words - he is a major writer on these issues, after all. But to a casual reader this statement sounds rather cryptic. I think that to an average person an "indigenous group" simply ''is'' an "ethnic minority" that is officially recognized as having a long-term association with a certain geographic area, and is officially granted certain special rights on account of that association. One would think that the (official) status of the ''Weiwu'er minzu'' in PRC -- with the [[Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region|XUAR]] on the maps, a 维吾尔民族简史 publsihed, an official bilingualism of sorts, and the policy of appointing members of the "[[titular nationality]]" to the (possibly figurehead) leadership positions in the region -- makes them just as "officially indigenous" to the region as the [[Nisga'a]] are to the [[Nass River]] Valley or the [[Buryats]] to [[Buryatia]]. So if I were to write this, I would perhaps try to explain what Gladney's dichotomy means.


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Thinking of it, the preceding sentence "Uyghurs believe their ancestors were indigenous to the area, whereas government policy considers present-day Xinjiang to have belonged to China since the Han Dynasty", with its "whereas", implies a contradiction of the two point of views, even if it does not explicitly say that there is one. I certainly can imagine some kind of 维吾尔民族简史 talking about 我国维吾尔民族 happily living in the area in 100 BC (or wherever), in such-and-such commandery of the [[Western Han Dynasty]] empire...


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On an unrelated issue: could you insert proper Uyghur letters into [[Musa Sayrami]], [[Yaqub Beg]], [[Afaq Khoja]], and [[Muzat River]], sometimes when/if you have a chance? Official bilingualism or not, my Atlas of Xinjiang certainly does not have any 少数民族文字 in it! [[User:Vmenkov|Vmenkov]] ([[User talk:Vmenkov|talk]]) 12:05, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
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:That's a good point, it is a very complex paper, and I've kind of taken the sentence out of context (I was trying to avoid giving Gladney too much weight by going into a ton of detail on it). I'll try to see if I can explain it better&mdash;it's always tough to strike a balance between brevity and clarify!
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:By the way, I've had a go at the Uyghur names. Some require a bit of guesswork, since Romanizations of Uyghur are not consistent throughout history (for example, the "a" in "Muzat River" could be either ئا or ئە, which in [[Uyghur Latin Yéziqi|ULY]] are written ''a'' and ''e'' respectively but have often just both been written ''a''). <s>The only one I couldn't figure out just yet is Musa Sayrami (it could just be that the macrons are confusing me, but also it's a pretty old name), so I might have to ask a friend for help with that one.</s> <b class="IPA">[[User:Rjanag|r<font color="#8B0000">ʨ</font>anaɢ]]</b>&nbsp;<small><sup>[[User talk:Rjanag|talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Rjanag|contribs]]</sub></small> 17:28, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
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:: Thanks a lot for Syrami and others! I was surprised to see that for [[Muzat River|Muza(r)t]] there are two spellings - with and without an ''r'' - in Uyghur as well; I thought it was an artefact of careless transcriptions. And there is even an interwiki, [[:ug:مۇزات دەرياسى]] - of course, to a perfectly empty page! [[User:Vmenkov|Vmenkov]] ([[User talk:Vmenkov|talk]]) 01:16, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
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:::Hm, you are probably right then. I pretty much just guessed Uyghur names based on the Latin transcriptions and on the Chinese, which often (but not always) are derived from the Uyghur in a more or less systematic way. I hadn't even noticed the interwiki. But now that you've pointed that out, I corrected the Muzat transcription to match what's in the interwiki, which is more reliable. <b class="IPA">[[User:Rjanag|r<font color="#8B0000">ʨ</font>anaɢ]]</b>&nbsp;<small><sup>[[User talk:Rjanag|talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Rjanag|contribs]]</sub></small> 01:58, 27 January 2010 (UTC)


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:: Thanks; I guess it makes a bit more sense now: it implies to the reader that (according to Gladney, at least) recognizing an ethnic group as an "indigenous" one would require the transfer of land ownership /land control to a governing body specifically representing that ethnic group (and not just linguistic/cultural autonomy, availability of bilingual education, affirmative action, etc within the ethnic group's traditional territory). In other words, no [[Nisga'a Final Agreement|Nisga'a Treaty]], or even [[Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site|Gwaii Haanas National Park]] for the Uyghurs. (One can wonder how common this kind of recognition is world-wide, outside of the US and Canadian Indian bands that have appropriate treaties with their respective federal governments. E.g. Basques are certainly "indigenous" to the Basque Country, and the region has a high degree of autonomy, with its government actively promoting the Basque language and culture. But I am pretty sure that any Spanish citizen residing in the region, regardless of ethnicity, has equal right to purchase land, or to vote for / be elected to local governments controlling the land use... But in any event, such a discussion would be a topic for the [[Indigenous peoples]] article, and not for the article in question). [[User:Vmenkov|Vmenkov]] ([[User talk:Vmenkov|talk]]) 02:42, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
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== jhosse y su grupo lora ==
I'm thinking... just in case the FAC goes through... We're gonna have to find a picture that's suitable for the front-page... I don't think any of the ones we have right now are good for that... (unless you want the damn map, but that'd be kinda cheesy...) [[User:Seb az86556|Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556]] <sup>[[User_talk:Seb_az86556|> haneʼ]]</sup> 03:41, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
:Hm... I bet we could grab a screenshot from Ccyber's video? <b class="IPA">[[User:Rjanag|r<font color="#8B0000">ʨ</font>anaɢ]]</b>&nbsp;<small><sup>[[User talk:Rjanag|talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Rjanag|contribs]]</sub></small> 04:18, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
::Well... there is this: [[:File:WLMQ Cellphone screenshots 2v1.jpg]]. Or was that deemed too extreme or inappropriate for some reason? [[User:Seb az86556|Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556]] <sup>[[User_talk:Seb_az86556|> haneʼ]]</sup> 04:28, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
:::I don't think it's inappropriate; mainly we just removed it when the video became available, since the video is the better option. (I don't know if they've ever used video for the TFA image, though.) All in all, I think something from that video is the only thing in the article that would really work. For example, the picture of the APCs in September looks good and rioty, but it's not from the actual riots (and we wouldn't want to be accused of making the same sort of flubs that people made in July showing pictures of the wrong riots), plus I think there would be an anti-China POV issue with showing a picture of the crackdown and not showing a picture of the riots. The picture of Kadeer, of course, is a no go since she's just the scapegoat (I'm sure the PRC government would be overjoyed, though, if we put that picture on the front page with the riots article :P). And yeah, other than that all that's really left is the map, and as you say it would be a bit cheesy...plus I think Raul doesn't like using flags and maps.
:::I think the screenshots already uploaded are a bit small, since it's really four crammed into one. But we could probably hold a brief discussion on what part of the video we want to take, and then have a tech-y person get a higher-resolution screenshot of that. (I don't think we need to worry about taking care of that, though, until the FAC is over :) ) <b class="IPA">[[User:Rjanag|r<font color="#8B0000">ʨ</font>anaɢ]]</b>&nbsp;<small><sup>[[User talk:Rjanag|talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Rjanag|contribs]]</sub></small> 04:35, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
::::True. Just putting this into one more brain before it escapes mine :P [[User:Seb az86556|Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556]] <sup>[[User_talk:Seb_az86556|> haneʼ]]</sup> 05:21, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
:::::Pick a frame, and I'll get you a high-res image. Just give me the time in milliseconds. :) --<span style="border:1px solid yellow;padding:1px;">[[User:benlisquare|<font style="color:#FFFF00;background:red;">'''&nbsp;李博杰&nbsp;'''</font>]]</span> | <small>—[[User talk:benlisquare|Talk]] [[Special:Contributions/Benlisquare|contribs]] [[Special:EmailUser/User:Benlisquare|email]]</small> 05:23, 30 January 2010 (UTC)


i was working on the jhosse y su grupo lora page. i takes time translating since he's a "latin artist". this was also a project in which i needed help from the latin music group [[User:Mccoolarge|Mccoolarge]] ([[User talk:Mccoolarge|talk]]) 04:12, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
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How can [http://laogai.org/sites/default/files/pdf/lrf_enterprise_ads_report.pdf this] be used for Wikipedia?
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It's infuriating, this linkrot. The lack of archiving by those archiving sites we use, also. If we kept copies of the articles on our hard disk, at least we can still refer to them although they will no longer be available publicly. [[User:Ohconfucius|<span style="color:Black;font:bold 8pt kristen itc;text-shadow:cyan 0.3em 0.3em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Ohconfucius</span>]] [[User talk:Ohconfucius|<sup>¡digame!</sup>]] 00:58, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
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:That's what I've been thinking too. The "Missing Link" article I was able to find (half of) cached on Google, and saved it while I still could...that article in particular is cited a lot so I figured it would be good to keep. One of the other dead ones I couldn't find on Google. I've tried to archive some of the pages using webcite, but I'm not sure if they all worked (one worked when I tried it out, another sat around loading for hours and never did open); webcite would be better than just saving them to the hard drive, since then readers can get it too, but I'm not sure how reliable it is. <b class="IPA">[[Special:Contributions/Rjanag|r<font color="#8B0000">ʨ</font>anaɢ]]</b>&nbsp;([[User talk:Rjanag|talk]]) 01:26, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
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You are a great guy! Thanks for being so excellent. <small>''Wow, I was stopping by to thank you for making my first solo effort at [[User:Rjanag/Quick_DYK_2|managing a DYK nom]] so much easier, and now you've even found a way to make ''thanking'' you easier! A remarkable Wikipedian!''</small> [[User:Innisfree987|Innisfree987]] ([[User talk:Innisfree987|talk]]) 03:35, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
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00:35, 12 September 2009 Rjanag (talk | contribs) deleted page Pet Protection Agreement (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement: nearly word-for-word)
Fair enough. [[User:Zweifel|Zweifel]] ([[User talk:Zweifel|talk]]) 22:02, 2 May 2010 (UTC)


It has come to my knowledge that you have flagged my article page for Pet Protection Agreement. This Agreement was created and authored by myself, Rachel Hirschfeld. I am the owner of www.pettrustattorney.com, www.petprotectionagreement.com, and authored two books on pet trusts. I am the nations leading lawyer on this subject of pet trusts. I founded the Animal Law Committee at the New York County Bar Association and presently Co-Chair. I also teach pet trusts at New York University. Please undelete the article page for Pet Protection Agreement.
== Was [[Abdul Haq (ETIM)]] the same as [[Abdul Haq (Uyghur camp leader)]]? ==


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[[Thomas Joscelyn]] has asserted that [[Abdul Haq (ETIM)]] was the same individual who lead the Uyghur camp, and that he was the manager of a Uyghur guest house.
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== Xinjiang conflict ==
I've wondered whether we should regard Josceleyn as a [[WP:RS]].
He is not, to the best of my knowledge, a professional commentator.
He is not, to the best of my knowledge, an academic who has studied politics, or military matters, or intelligence, or the law.
He is not, to the best of my knowledge, someone who was a respected columnist or journalist, prior to starting to blog on the GWOT.
He is not, to the best of my knowledge, a former intelligence officer.


Hey, I noticed the Ürümqi barnstar you made, and since that page is easily the best Uyghur-related article on here, I thought I might as well mention that there's an [[Talk:Xinjiang_conflict#RfC:_Infobox|ongoing RfC]] on the [[Xinjiang conflict]] page if that sounds interesting. ─ [[User:ReconditeRodent|ReconditeRodent]] « [[User talk:ReconditeRodent|talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/ReconditeRodent|contribs]] » 19:02, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
It seems to me that he is just some guy who has taken the time to read the same documents I have. On a personal level I don't consider his conclusions any more reliable than I regard my own. Frankly, if I was a blogger I would blog in an intellectually honest manner. I'd never simply leave off from informing my readers of exculpatory information. Joscelyn does this all this time. His claim that the two Abdul Haq(s) are one individual being a case in point. While he informs his readers that some of Uyghurs reported their camp leader was named Abdul Haq he neglects to inform them that the Ugyhurs say he was killed during the American aerial bombardment, back in 2001.


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On the other hand, some legitimate journalists do cite him in their articles. And he has been invited to testify before at least one US Congressional committee.


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Abdul Haq is clearly a very common name. On a personal level I suspect that the several hundred, or several thousance, Uyghur exiles in the region probably included many individuals known as Abdul Haq.


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So should [[Abdul Haq (ETIM)]] say he also lead the Uyghur camp in Nangarhar? IMO it should certainly not assert this as a fact. It should not assert this as a claim of US intelligence analysts. I have no objection to the [[Abdul Haq (ETIM)]] article stating that Thomas Joscelyn
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If this assertion is included, attributed to Josceylen, should it note that he was reported KIA in 2009, while the Nangarhar camp leader was reported KIA in 2001?
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Not sure if you actually read through the updates I recently included in the page you just reverted, but there are 2 additional citations from Sherdog, the largest MMA news site in the world, and an actual newspaper article that came out last night regarding one of the fighters/trainers at The Arena. Additionally, I have included links from both Sherdog.com and Mixedmartialarts.com that list The Arena as an official team site, which is hard to do unless you are one. So kindly stop getting into an edit war and claiming there aren't 3rd party verification when there are right on the page.
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As far as your concerns/comments, as well as those of others, I am a bit surprised. I created the page on The Arena because I am an avid follower of MMA and The Arena is one of the fastest growing MMA teams in the country and deserves inclusion in Wikipedia on these merits. Particularly given the fact that many of the MMA teams listed in Wikipedia are no longer as notable as The Arena is because the sport is so dynamic and much of the information regarding these teams and their fighters is non-current. Also, my interest in The Arena and its fighters qualifies me as a supporter of the gym/team, not as a conflict of interest.


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As far as how I set up the page and what I included, I attempted to follow the format used for the other MMA team pages included in Wikipedia so The Arena MMA page would best fit in. So, if The Arena MMA page is promotional, then I imagine the other MMA team pages should be included in that category as well.
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As far as verification of The Arena and its athletes...


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1. The team is young and most newspapers do not cover much of MMA. In fact, I honestly do not think newspapers qualify as a reliable source for MMA info as much is reformatted from other sources. However, having said that, you can find recent mention of The Arena and its team members like Olympic Silver Medalist Stephen Abas at the following locations.


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Additionally, I have included several other online mentions of The Arena from sites that are more relevant to MMA such as:
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2. There are also numerous videos available online of various fighters representing The Arena during their fights, notably Diego Sanchez (who has The Arena logo on his shorts, shirt, and banner) during his most recent fight against BJ Penn on 12/12/2009, as well as Cris "Cyborg" Santos during her last Strikeforce title defense against Marloes Coenen on 1/30/2010. These fights can be found online. Additionally, the UFC Countdown Video Segment for Diego Sanchez that was aired nationally on Spike TV prior to the fight was conducted at The Arena and clearly showed The Arena in the segment.


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3. There are also other videos available on The Arena's website itself, as well as YouTube, from third parties such as Bad Boy Brands that show fighters such as Demian Maia (UFC) and Diego Sanchez (UFC) training at The Arena. These videos can be found here at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHEXvWGfnYA&NR=1 and: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy1VNA7YLWQ and: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx3IXyqXiLI


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Additionally, there are videos actually produced by The Arena that clearly show Fabricio Camoes (UFC), Rodrigo Nogueira (UFC), Rani Yahya (WEC), Royler Gracie (4x BJJ world champ), Joe Duarte (Bellator), etc. training at The Arena. These videos are located at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xrUSGWN0BA and: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_lI8tccuxw


Hey, you contributed significantly to [[Chopsticks]]. I thought I would check with you. I think the article can use a holistic revision. I [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Chopsticks#Enhancing_this_article_holistically posted a proposal] on the talk page. It would be great to have your feedback before or while the revision takes place. [[User:Fred Hsu|Fred Hsu]] ([[User talk:Fred Hsu|talk]]) 20:23, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
4. Finally, both mixedmartialarts.com (the official resource for all MMA fighter records) and sherdog.com (the largest, most recognized, and one of the oldest MMA sites in existence) has The Arena listed as an offical team. You can find the links here at:
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Given all this evidence that you can judge for yourself if you take the time to visit all the sites I have provided, particularly the online video locations (seeing is believing), I cannot understand how anyone could not regard The Arena MMA page as legitimate, as well as the actual gym itself.


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I don't know how much the Wikipedia members who commented on the legitimacy of The Arena MMA page actually know about the sport of MMA, but there is absolutely no way these types of MMA athletes would be involved with The Arena if it was not 100% legitimate and deserving of recognition. Even independent Yelp reviewers mention this fact (see here at: http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-arena-mma-san-diego


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"A 2012 analysis of data on individual participants in acupuncture studies looked at migraine and tension headaches. The analysis showed that actual acupuncture was more effective than either no acupuncture or simulated acupuncture in reducing headache frequency or severity."[1][84] See Acupuncture#Headaches and migraines. This is a cut and paste from the source.

"A 2014 Australian clinical study involving 282 men and women showed that needle and laser acupuncture were modestly better at relieving knee pain from osteoarthritis than no treatment, but not better than simulated (sham) laser acupuncture."[2][84] This is a cut and paste from the source. See Acupuncture#Extremity conditions.

According to NCCAM, "results of a systematic review that combined data from 11 clinical trials with more than 1,200 participants suggested that acupuncture (and acupuncture point stimulation) may help with certain symptoms associated with cancer treatments."[3][84] This is a cut and paste from the article. See Acupuncture#Cancer-related conditions.

Is it a weight violation to use an article that is not a review when there are way better references already in the article or is it plagiarism? The TCM page is a different situation when there are not plenty of sources for the drug research section on pseudoscience. QuackGuru (talk) 02:12, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's not really clear to me what you're asking, and since you aren't using quotation marks or italics or anything else in this message it's not even clear to me what parts of your message are your comments and what are pasted from articles. Also keep in mind that I'm not familiar with these articles, I only just stumbled across them recently, so I don't have much context for the issues you're raising. If you have a question for me please present it a little more clearly so I don't have to spend time deciphering it. Thanks, rʨanaɢ (talk) 03:01, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I edited my previous comment and added the source to make it more clear. You brought up the issue of plag on my talk page with a related article. The text in the quotes are a cut and paste but with the acupuncture article the text is not in quotation marks. Let's start with one question. Is that WP:PLAG? QuackGuru (talk) 06:29, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Let me stop you right there. There is no rule saying that if there is other plagiarism (or any other sort of problem) in one article, then it's OK for you to add more. There is no rule saying that if I report one instance of plagiarism (or any other sort of problem) then I have to read the entire article and report every other one. I happened to glance at just that one sentence of the article and its source (that is literally the only source in the article that I opened up and read) and saw that it was obviously plagiarized, so I dealt with it and alerted you to the issue. I am under no obligation to devote myself to scanning the entire article for it, so I'm not sure what you're trying to get at here. If you legitimately don't understand what plagiarism is then I can try to explain it more, but if you're trying to suggest that my notification to you was somehow "wrong" because there are other instances of plagiarism that I didn't report, then you are wasting your time. rʨanaɢ (talk) 13:10, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nature editorial "Hard to swallow" at acupuncture

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Greetings Rjanag! I've opened a discussion at Talk:Acupuncture#Citation_out_of_context about the use of the Nature editorial. I've concluded my opinion into four points. Would you care to take a look?

What's substantially different from the usage of the source at Traditional Chinese Medicine, is that when the context of the quote is restored, the whole source is solely about TCM, not about acupuncture. A mere "TCM as mainly pseudoscience, with no logical mechanism of action for the majority of its treatments." alone is undue weight, but if we include the rest of the paragraph in the article, it'd say: "Advocates respond by claiming that researchers are missing aspects of the art, notably the interactions between different ingredients in traditional therapies.". IMHO, it clearly doesn't fit to Acupuncture.

I have suggested removing the unfit entries, and finding for better sources. Administrator Kww, however, replied to me that: " I would like to suggest that the next time you want to misrepresent the contents of a source, you should refrain from doing so.". I'd appreciate if you could have a look. Cheers! Jayaguru-Shishya (talk) 14:32, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No thanks, I do not wish to continue in the discussions within this topic area. It's like herding cats. rʨanaɢ (talk) 22:41, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I understand you perfectly. Thanks anyway! :-) Jayaguru-Shishya (talk) 18:18, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

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support for ease and transparency
Thank you for your (seemingly) tireless effort to make the DYK process easy to understand, user-friendly and transparent to follow, willing to try suggestions and drop them if not wanted. Thank you also for patiently explaining again and again, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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Three years, you were the 72nd recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:54, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Eight years ago, you were recipient no. 72 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:36, 25 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Request for input

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I see you have had previous involvement with the editor Hijiri88. I would welcome any input you might see fit to offer at WP:ANI#Ongoing gross incivility of Hijiri88. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 18:26, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation

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AfD input

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Hi, Rjanag. Way back in 2009, you participated in an AfD discussion for Forever Oeuvre, and voted to delete it. The article was deleted, but was subsequently recreated. The new article did not address any of the concerns whatsoever and is in the same bad state it was in before. Thusly, I have relisted it at AfD, and would very much appreciate it if you gave your input. It has passed the initial 7 day period and has been relisted again at AfD to establish a clearer consensus, so I'm now reaching out to you. There has thusfar only been one other vote, and that is for deletion. Thanks, Jacedc (talk) 18:29, 2 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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A new user right for New Page Patrollers

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Mergesomewhere

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jhosse y su grupo lora

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i was working on the jhosse y su grupo lora page. i takes time translating since he's a "latin artist". this was also a project in which i needed help from the latin music group Mccoolarge (talk) 04:12, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If you need time, you can work on the page in a personal sandbox (e.g., User:Mccoolarge/Jhoose Y Su Grupo Lora) and then once it's ready you can move the page to a real article.
You will need to make sure, though, that your page meets Wikipedia's content criteria, particularly regarding notability. If the page doesn't meet these criteria, it is likely that it will be deleted again. rʨanaɢ (talk) 04:15, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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You are so great

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You are a great guy! Thanks for being so excellent. Wow, I was stopping by to thank you for making my first solo effort at managing a DYK nom so much easier, and now you've even found a way to make thanking you easier! A remarkable Wikipedian! Innisfree987 (talk) 03:35, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Deletion

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00:35, 12 September 2009 Rjanag (talk | contribs) deleted page Pet Protection Agreement (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement: nearly word-for-word)

It has come to my knowledge that you have flagged my article page for Pet Protection Agreement. This Agreement was created and authored by myself, Rachel Hirschfeld. I am the owner of www.pettrustattorney.com, www.petprotectionagreement.com, and authored two books on pet trusts. I am the nations leading lawyer on this subject of pet trusts. I founded the Animal Law Committee at the New York County Bar Association and presently Co-Chair. I also teach pet trusts at New York University. Please undelete the article page for Pet Protection Agreement.

Rachel Hirschfeld — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soupboneh (talkcontribs) 18:54, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese word "weiji" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Tian'anmen West Statioonn listed at Redirects for discussion

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Xinjiang conflict

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Hey, I noticed the Ürümqi barnstar you made, and since that page is easily the best Uyghur-related article on here, I thought I might as well mention that there's an ongoing RfC on the Xinjiang conflict page if that sounds interesting. ─ ReconditeRodent « talk · contribs » 19:02, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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CfD nomination of Category:DYK userboxes

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Nomination for merging of Template:Uw-ew

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"Wikipedia:NLIST" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago

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Awesome
Ten years!

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... and again today! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:12, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jason Lau

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Hi, I read your first nomination to delete Jason Lau and I couldn’t understand how it wasn’t deleted so I’ve nominated him again, please vote and join the discussion. Thanks Australianblackbelt (talk) 19:23, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Enhancing Chopsticks

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Hey, you contributed significantly to Chopsticks. I thought I would check with you. I think the article can use a holistic revision. I posted a proposal on the talk page. It would be great to have your feedback before or while the revision takes place. Fred Hsu (talk) 20:23, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Precious anniversary

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Precious
Nine years!

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Nomination for deletion of Template:DYKsuggestion

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Nomination for deletion of Template:DYKY

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Always precious

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Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always - miss you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:46, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

June 2022 Good Article Nominations backlog drive

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Request Edit Assistance Pinduoduo

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Hi. I see you’re a member of the WikiProject China - I’ve made some proposals to update the article about Pinduoduo, posted here Pinduoduo#Suggestions for article improvements to resolve NPOV and Advertising issues.I have a conflict of interest and can’t do the edits myself. Would you have time to look at these and weigh in? Gratitude. Snowy2000 (talk) 20:01, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Good article reassessment for Sinhala script

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