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January

Ok, I understand

I understand what you said. But that last comment about spelling was posted last night as well. I just went on a spelling kick, and only realised the english dialects after I was done for the night. Just wanted to make you aware... the cheat 15:35, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Happy New Year

(Feliz Año Nuevo)

Happy New Year from Tony the Marine 02:50, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wish you and your loved ones all the happiness in the world this coming year.

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got the message

Thanks for the message on the delete David..sorry about the comment above on what are your credentials, I was offended and upset and spoke out of line, you did what was fair and I need be more thorough and accurate with articles...anyway Happy New Year and all the best with things in General. Malo Maikeli MB 03:43, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Bula David

have added some refernces to Tui Nayau and RokoTui Dreketi to help verify articles also made an adjustment on information on the Tui Viti Title on the House of Chiefs Page with references please check if is O.K still working on my other references. Malo Maikeli MB 00:14, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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another edit

please if you have time check another edit I made to Tui Nayau page with reference to the Tui Lau title, please check and advise, if O.K. will check out the program, thanks. malo Maikeli MB 01:25, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey

I was surfing the net and i found 2 sites similar to Wikipedia.they were Opencycle an encyclopedia Dramatica . Opencycle' looked like some tryimg to copy Wikipedia but the other one is too Freaky.do you know what these Sites are about??--Cometstyles 08:07, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Ministers

Can You Please Add Articles for Newly elected Ministers Tevita Vuibau and Netani Sukanaivalu.I cant Find anything on them..thanx..ø~Cometstyles~ø ^(talk)

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Rotuma

G'day and Noa'ia from Australia!

Just a quick msg 2 say g'day and thankyou for your tireless work re: fiji. I am an Australian-Rotuman and have contributed a few pertinent articles re Fiji and Rotuma... I founded the Jona Senilagakali pg (haha surprised i beat you to that one, i bet lol) as well as the page on Lio 'On Famör Rotuma Party (Fiji), i did major edits to the pg on Jioji Konrote, and founded the pgs on Queen Victoria School (Fiji), tautoga, Rotuman dance, John Fatiaki and Marist Brothers High School (Fiji), and m very glad to help you in your work re: fiji.

all the best, and god bless in your work.

matt bray —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mattbray (talk • contribs) 02:27, 10 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

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Updating

Thanx for Updating Nazhat Shameem. I hope you will do the same for Shaista Shameem and the Fiji Human Rights Commission articles which I have just created.I was waitng for someone to create thid articles but no one did so I did it Myself ..OK ..Thanx..ø~Cometstyles~ø^{^(talk)}

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Rebecca Singh

A user left this on my talk page regarding Chelsey..user:203.4.236.150 :

While I am aware that Rebecca Singh does have a sister named Chelsea, I have also noticed that the newsreader in question was credited on screen as "Chelsey" while Rebecca's sister spells her name "Chelsea"... after the place in England her mother is from. This is either a typo, or more likely a very common last name!.....

ø~Cometstyles~ø^{^(talk)}

Cometstyles

Hi..Iam writing this 2 ask you if you would like 2 review me..It would be nice 2 know what other Editors think about my Editing and I would feel Happy if you reviewed me..(just click on the Sub-heading)..Thanx..ø~Cometstyles~ø^{^(talk)}

Nah just a normal Editor Review ..just click on this link..Cometstyles

Constitution of Fiji

I'm trying to track down a copy of the 1970 - 87 Constitution of Fiji. Do you know if a copy is online somewhere? Brian | (Talk) 09:37, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Spelling

Hi there! I see you have changed the spelling of "apologised" to "apologized."

I've changed it back. It's not a big deal to me, but a de facto policy of Wikipedia is that insofar as possible, articles pertaining to a particular country should be written in the dialect of that country (e.g., British English for England, American English for the United States, Indian English for India, etc.) Because of its colonial past, Fijian English is derived from British English, and favours British spellings.

-ISE versus -IZE: Historically, -ISE was the "standard" British spelling. In recent years, -IZE has gained currency in England - BUT not all former British colonies have followed suit, especially not Fiji. In many ways, Fijians are more British than the British themselves with respect to their use of English. I know one Fijian Wikipedian who feels strongly about this. Out of respect for people like him, I try to ensure that Fiji-related articles use what is considered correct spelling in their variety of English. David Cannon 11:23, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Hello, thanks for letting me know. This is actually an important policy to me also, but I wasn't aware of this particular example of the alternate spelling. I'll try to be a little bit less overzealous in my spell-checking runs from now on. =P Thanks for the heads-up. -SocratesJedi | Talk 23:42, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Assembly of Christian Churches in Fiji

given you did most of the hard yakka at Petero Mataca i though this might interest you - [1] - not much, but you could make a stub out of it. --Xorkl000 00:58, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

btw don't feel pressured to create an article, just offering you an opportunity if you are interested. --Xorkl000 12:03, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Western Crusaders

Hehe you caught me..anywayz that was temporary becoz believe me you cannot find any information on the Colonial Cup competition in fiji and even the site that is dedicated to fiji rugby(The Fiji Rugby Union website) hasnt been updated for over 6 Months and teivovo doesnt give much information oo the Colonail Cup either..The competition has begun and I dont even know who are playing for which teams and even the newspapers dont help that much. I created that as temporarily until I cant find any more information regarding the player line-ups an the coaches and I still havent created anything for two other franchises becoz believe me there is nothing to go by..Thanx anywayz.. ø~Cometstyles~ø^{^(talk)}

February

Vunivalu of Bau

G'day David,

I've recently added a few new articles connected to Seru Epenisa Cakobau and his relatives(Tanoa Visawaqa, Litiana Maopa and Epeli Nailatikau I) , and some of the subsequent Vunivalu of Bau, and made a category for them. Could you please put that category in with the other Fijian nobility ones (ie. Tui Nayau etc.), I'm not quite sure how to do that.

Also.... Sorry for being such a keen newbie, but is it true all source material MUST BE ON THE NET??

God bless,

Matt Bray 03:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey

Hey did you know that Maikeli is a famous Fiji RADIO Host as well as TV Personality hosting the IQ Active series. You should ask him to contribute a lot more to Fiji Radio stations and FijiTV related Articles..♥~Cometstyles~♥^{^(talk)}

Another vexatious deletion attempt

They are trying again to delete the Jonathan Sarfati article you worked a lot on, although it wasn't that long ago that they tried and lost by 2-1. There should be a rule against repeated deletion attempts, and Joshua Z as an admin should be recusing himself because of his obvious antipathy against the person and subject matter.60.242.13.87 01:27, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bula from Fiji

David I am wondering if possible and if you had the time if I could e-mail you a copy of my article which was AFDed.

I have re-structered it changed parts of it around and I have cited most of my references bar a few, would it be possible to have your feed back on it so far, I will send it in a word format.

then I would need your critque of it so far and advice on what steps to take to re-instate it at a later stage if it that was prudent and possible course for me?

hoping for your advice and feedack

Vinaka Maikeli MB 02:49, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fiji Rugby

Bula David, I was just wondering if you like to be part of the rugby project Iam doing on Fiji Rugby and you have already helped a lot by copy-editing and expanding some of my articles regarding Fiji Rugby and it would be my pleasure to have an editor of your experience on-board. Here is the Link...Thanx..ø~Cometstyles~ø^{^(talk)}

here's a thought

Bula again David

I just had an idea what do you think of this, what if we start an article on Fijian religion predating christianity and its lead up to christianity I have several reference books in this regard as well as weseleyan missionary journals well thats one.

the second is the structure of a yuvusa and tribes and ceremonies that bind Fijian culture, like the chief his herald the Yaqona and whales teeth and etc I have several reference material in this regard and the cross tribal relationships like Tauvu, Kaivata, Takolavo etc that exist in some form across all of Fiji.

it will be a wihile before I can start this as I got to sort out my current articles before I do so but I was wondering what you thoughts were on it?

well hoping for your feedback

Vinaka Maikeli

MB 21:58, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A Question?

Bula David

how do I archive my user talk page to start afresh from February 07, do I just create another page and then cut and paste the info..not sure please advise??

Vinaka Maikeli

MB 22:20, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You had mentioned you were looking for Opencycle...

Opencycle is at http://opencycle.vacommunity.net. While Opencycle uses MediaWiki and has much of the same ends as Wikipedia (it, too, is a wiki-based open-content encyclopedia), it is by no means a fork or copy of Wikipedia--Opencycle is an entirely separate project. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.135.29.11 (talk) 00:08, 12 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

James Shri Krishna

I did not believe there was anything necessary to reply to in your post on my user page. You wished to make a point and that is OK. I routinely clean up my talk page of stuff I no longer feel I need. I also routinely nominate unsourced articles for deletion because they fail WP:V and that is the great thing about the AFD process. If I mistakingly nominate something or someone notable, it fails the process and the articles stays and I learn something. If I find an unsourced article about a United States Congressman that I cannot readily verify, I will nominate it for deletion also. Please be more careful about providing reliable third party sources when you create an article. -Regards Nv8200p talk 13:26, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Fuzzy Zoeller edit controversy

Hello, there. As you may or may not know, the Miami Herald recently revealed that professional golfer Fuzzy Zoeller has filed a lawsuit against Josef Silny & Associates, Inc. for adding false statements to his Wikipedia biography.

For data gathering purposes, an SRS of 20 administrators has been created, you being one of them. I would like you to comment on this situation and its possible implications to Wikipedia, the accused company, and the general welfare of the community in general. (To what extent will this impact Wikipedia? To what extent will this impact those who use Wikipedia often? To what extent is the company guilty? Who do you believe is at fault?) Feel free to comment however you wish. I ask that you email me your responses via my emailuser page so as to reduce bias in your responses. (Again, don't post your responses on my talk page.)

The following are articles from various news agencies that you may use to inform yourself about the situation: Miami Herald, Herald Tribune, Web Pro News, The Smoking Gun.

I thank you for taking your time to express your opinion. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at any time. _└^Jared_┘^┌_talk^┐ 18:22, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Advise needed

Hi David, I read the article Mozambican War of Independence,which was written by SGGH. I believe that it has the makings of an FA. I will nominate it for such on Friday, but before I do that, I want to consult with some of my good friends here who already have a featured article under there belts. That's why I would like you to look it over before I place it in nomination and if you have any advice to give User:SGGH, be my guest. Your friend Tony the Marine 01:22, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(P.S. Could you believe that you and I are among the 20 Wikipedians choosen for the above "Fuzzy Zoeller edit controversy" out of hundreds. What are the odds of this happening, two admins who are friends to be asked for their opinion?)

Image:Sarfati.jpg

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March

David thank you for the advice. I forwarded it to User:SGGH and I nominated the article today for FA. By the way, I wanted you to know that you are in my "Wall of Honor" (smile). Cheers! Tony the Marine 04:16, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

point taken

David on the Ratu Article as it goes into the Seru Cakobau part shouldn't both perpectives be noted? as you have told me to be Neutral shouldn't both views be shared, I have refernces to back up the points I have written, this is not an argument more just a query? I have not touched it again but I was just wondering?

also I provided references for the translation of Ratu and Adi, why were they removed I thought if anything that would help the article?

and why was my Newspaper reference removed it had relivance and refernce to what was discussed on the page, as the page itself has no reference material? I thought I was helping the article, I don't understand why my edits were removed and not considered further or at least met halfway? anyway I accept your judgement but I am not sure that I fully agree, but I am learning.

please do not take offense I am just sharing my thoughts but I accept your stance.

Malo Maikeli

MB 00:28, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Survey Invitation

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Hi

I just created Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee article and I would like you to copy-edit it for me when you are free.. Thanx..--Cometstyles 10:41, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Protestant parties in Fiji

My categorization was conscientious, I base my self on external verifiable sources, in this Freston P. (2004) Protestant Political Parties Aldershot (Ashgate). As you could have seen on the category's talk. C mon 11:29, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry I may have misunderstood you, but wikipedia is about adding information from reliable, external verifiable sources and not on asking random citizens for their opinion. If you could provide me a source (scientific journals, academic books) that gives a different characterization of this party, I would easily be convinced. Now your argument is just hearsay. C mon 14:53, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rebecca de Saintonge

David. It was you that started this hare running. Perhaps you would care to take a look at it?. Bob BScar23625 15:06, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Intelligentsiya

I have started an article about the intelligentsiya blog which has been attracting some attention. Please let me know what you think and edit as you see fit.

God bless Matt Bray 01:31, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Appeal against unfair abuse of admin power

Mr Cannon, would you please look at Talk:Jonathan Sarfati#Official complaint. 60.242.13.87 01:44, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You are not a registered user, so I cannot reply on your talk page. In a nutshell: I was a heavy contributor to this article once, and still have a vested interest in it. For that reason, I cannot exercise any kind of administrative control without being seen to be caught up in a conflict of interest. So I'll give this a miss. Thanks anyway. David Cannon 11:30, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: Rotuma

Damn, you're quite right. I can't believe that slipped my mind. Thanks. Aridd 13:10, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

April

Wikipedia Rotuman

Hi!

I'm looking at putting together a Wikipedia in the Rotuman Language for the sake of the preservation of the language in the years to come, as the diaspora continues. If you can help by voting in this process, please do so at the following address: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Rotuman

Noa'ia 'e mauri, and vinaka vakalevu! Mattbray 09:51, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Diplomatic missions by country (DMBC)

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commons:Image:Laiseniaqarase.jpg

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Of interest

Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/User:Tobias_Conradi. ShivaIdol 07:19, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Constitution of Fiji

Hi, I just wanted to point out that, a few years ago, you did a bunch of work on Constitution of Fiji, and specifically on the individual chapters of it. However, you completed chapters 1-11, and 17, and left 12-16 unfinished. They're still the original source documents, which don't belong on wikipedia at all of course. I hereby encourage you to finish the other 5 chapters. Otherwise, I'll probably just remove the source text from them and leave a one or two sentence stub for each of them. (I know nothing about Fiji, or its constitution, so I won't be writing the articles myself) --Xyzzyplugh 13:32, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Waisale Serevi

Hi, I'm a member of the WikiProject Rugby Union Fiji Rugby Workgroup and have nominated Waisale Serevi as an FAC. There has been very little feedback given so far, and I was hoping you could add some of yours to the candidate's page here. The article was nominated over ten days ago and any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much. - Shudda ^talk 03:24, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fijian diplomatic missions

David, I am a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject International relations and I would like to make this article share the same formatting as the other 121 Diplomatic Missions by Country articles. That is, list the missions by country, and then by continent. Extra details, such as heads of missions or the history of Fiji's diplomatic network, can go at the front. Details of the missions in Fiji should go in a separate article, as the name does not reflect this information (there is talk of a new category of articles listing missions in each country). Again as I said before, we are welcome to hearing new suggestions for this category, but would like the information to be consistent Kransky 11:51, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

May

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Allegations about the 2000 Fijian coup d'état

You started this some months ago with the edit summary 'moved from another article'. I'm sorry, you can't do that. If text is moved from another article, it can't be done my cut and past as text we now have is unrelated to the edit history that created it. It is violating the GFDL licence, which requires that contributors are acknowledged in the edit history. I'm simply going to delete this for now. Let me know if that's a problem for you. And DONT DO IT AGAIN. For instructions on how to move articles see WP:MOVE.--Doc^g 23:51, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Copyright_mess.-gadfium 03:00, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You All

As you all know, some hacker cracked my password and I have been stripped of my admin powers. I can understand an admin. being blocked, but stripped of his powers without a fair hearing or consensus, I can't. I have stated that I changed my password and would like my powers back, however the chastizing going on in [[2]] has sadden me. It doesn't matter how many articles you have written, contributions you have made or how many years you have dedicated to making this project a credible one. A hacker, it seems has the power of making people consider you an untrustful person and turning some people in the community against you.

I have never abused of my powers and I have used Wikipedia as a medium to educate others. Yes, I have no regrets about having made so many contributions to the Pedia. I exhort all of my friends here to make sure that their passwords are strong ones so that you will not have to go through what I am going through.

I did promise some of my friends a couple of articles and as a good Marine I will keep my promise. To my friends here, Thank you for your friendship. Tony the Marine 23:58, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bula David

Bula David its me Maikeli, as you stated on my talk page when I am ready with sources that you will re-instate my article Turaga Na Rasau, I have quite a bit of material and have reshuffled the previous information I was hoping you could restore the article so I am able to edit it, clean it up and add all my references I would be grateful for a response but understand there will be a wait as you are curently quite busy, best of luck with your your current undertakings and hope all goes as planned ad I look forward to a response.

Vinaka Maikeli MB 06:25, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Hello David.. I hope you can Improve the article I created on FICAC because I just saw you make some edits on my watchlist and you haven't been around much..Are you busy?..----Cometstyles 13:11, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikisource

Please see s:Michel Aoun - Return from exile speech, 7 May 2005. It's important to know if you translated it, because otherwise it's a copyright violation. Thanks.--Pharos 21:02, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bula Again David

I have started that Fijian Religion article we talked about earlier this year, your input would be appreciated when you find the time.

Vinaka Maikeli

MB 00:18, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bula David User:Radiant has resstored my article Turaga na Rasau please have a look when you find the time and give me your feedback. Vinaka Maikeli MB 21:41, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bula David thanks for the heads up please also have a look at another article I created, Fijian traditions and ceremonies which needs some help, Vinaka Maikeli MB 20:27, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

June

Thank you!

Thank you for your support; it's really heartening to hear. Cheers, Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 05:15, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pierre Gemayel

Hi,

I think that the Arabic spelling of "Sheikh Pierre Gemayel" should be mentioned once. If you don't agree with me, please discuss the issue (here or on the article's talk page).

Best regards,

Fadib83 19:44, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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