User talk:Quadell

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Holocaust

Rewriting Holocaust has been on my to-do list for some time, but I keep getting distracted by the need to earn a living etc. I am currently travelling in Thailand and away from my references, but I will get back to it sometime in the next few weeks. Adam 06:28, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Protection

As you were informed a few times, the article Anti-Semitism is currently being looked at by mediators. Cimon avaro agreed to take the case and it would benefit all of us if you discussed your concerns with him before going ahead with your suggestions. -- Simonides 23:43, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Are you interested in moderating anti-Semitism with Uncle Ed?

Hi. While I refuse to repeat the fights that I had in the past over anti-Semitism, I'd be happy to help you out with any academic sources you might need. I have access professionally to most anything you might need. Lemme know if I can help. Danny 19:11, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Thanks. I understand. No point in giving yourself ulcers over others' rudeness. I'll probably be asking you things from time to time. (My strength in the article is my even-handedness. I don't actually know that much about anti-Semitism. I had never heard of the Pale of Settlement or host desecration before reading the article, for instance.) Thanks again! Quadell (talk) 00:33, Jul 25, 2004 (UTC)

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Hey - I note you added a bit about Zarqawi going to Afghanistan in time to catch the tail end of the jihad and that he edited an Islamist newsletter - any idea what the name of the newsletter was? Graft 21:49, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Peak Oil changes complains

There are some things that I do not understand. I know that the article Peak Oil was meant to be merged with Hubbert Peak, and I never opposed that change. But I keep asking myself how happened that this merge was done in such an unprofessional way:

1 - The history of Peak Oil is gone 2 - It has been moved into Hubbert Peak 3 - Which means the history of Hubbert Peak is gone

The way to do it is as follows:

1 - Redirect Peak Oil to Hubbert Peak. Do *not* delete Peak Oil, just add an edit with a redirect in it. 2 - Do the merge into Hubbert Peak, by adding an edit to it. Do *not* delete the history of Hubbert Peak.

And that's it: now you have the two articles merged, but you still are able to look at the history of both articles independently. History is important, you know? It lets you spot changes, mistakes, and divergence in opinion.

(It took me a while to discover what had happened; another prove that it was lousely done)

Besides, the way you merged the information in Peak Oil into Hubbert Peak was, to say the least, a very _interesting_ one. Most of the text and notes are gone. If you had no time to do it, you needn't to.

RFC Wigdor

Hi Quadell

I have reviewed the RFC listing and don't wish to certify.

Wigdor's behavior leaves much to be desired, true. He is not especially polite or subtle.

However, I think he is making a genuine effort to make the articles better, albeit in a clumsy and unhelpful way. The surrealism-related articles have up until now been primarily the work of a single editor who is himself prone to edit wars and who has given the articles a POV that is at odds with mainstream sources. Most if not all of the articles listed on the RFC page are presently of very poor quality. Some should just be deleted, IMO.

Many of Wigdor's edits are valid based on factual grounds. Much of the material he is removing does not belong in the articles, or at best needs to be better sourced and kept in perspective.

I myself have sufficient knowledge of surrealism to see that there are problems but not enough knowledge to fix them, let alone to fix them and defend the fixes.

If the RFC were limited to behavior rather than content disputes, I would support.

UninvitedCompany 18:10, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Two points: whatever might be said about many of the edits the individual(s?) some people are thinking may well be Wigdor, if such persons do indeed share such identity, the inclusion of Keith Wigdor in the main surrealism article, as if he is of some level of significance to the movement in general, while failing to note that he is an extremely controversial figure in (to whatever extent he may be said to be in it, Eric Bragg amongst others having called him a "false surrealist") surrealism, not only is questionable in terms of the article, but may lead one to question UninvitedCompany's characterisation of his motives.

In talking about "at odds with mainstream sources," I have cited a number of such sources including the Grove Dictionary of Art. Encyclopedia Britannica also had Franklin Rosemont create online content for it containing many of the same assertions that are in these "poor quality" articles. Furthermore, I have not been able to get an answer on why we should ignore all actually surrealist sources (from Breton's Manifesto of Surrealism up till 2004) in favour of secondary sources that have themselves been proven to be very poorly sourced and to contain numerous inaccuracies, or tertiary sources largely based thereon (Mary Ann Caws, for example). --Daniel C. Boyer 20:45, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I really don't have any dealings with this user other than a couple of reverts. I'd rather sit out the RFC. RickK 18:41, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)

Replied on my talk. —No-One Jones 23:15, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Certified. I don't have much time, but I recall his edits on the surrealist poets page to be arbitrary and in the face of google's returns on searches for poets he deleted. Good luck. --Tagishsimon 20:22, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Picture of Khaled al-Harbi

What is the source on this photo? It isn't the Osama video as your new caption claims. Isn't it an Arab network video after his surrender? Why else the news microphones. I don't read Arabic so I can't tell what the microphone says. Rmhermen 22:02, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)

Re Echeverría orthography

Thanks for the message. I made the changes in the orthography ..... probably mistakenly, it sounds like. Is there a convention I don't know about (i.e. one that prefers the markup-style "&;" orthography to the "ready-made" kind)? I never know which to use, so I'm trying to learn to be consistent. I'll switch them back if "&;" is preferred. ffirehorse 23:30, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Ziad Jarrah

I find this the most puzzling of the hijackers. The article doesn't look too bad. I took out one line which said he returned to the US in 2000 because there was no mention of why or how long and I think no mention of him being in the US previously. Also I beleive we have to put the source on the image description page when using fair use pictures (and it is encouraged for other types). Rmhermen 15:08, Aug 4, 2004 (UTC)

26 Most Wanted Saudis

Saudi Arabia claims to have captured another person off its top 26 most wanted terrorists list. I have never been able to find this list. Have you ever seen one? Rmhermen 17:22, Aug 6, 2004 (UTC)

Internet democracy

(Thank you)^2 for protecting Internet democracy. The group of us who monitor this article are really growing tired of this anonymous prick (pardon my language, but he deserves it) named Gale who refuses to abide by any rules or answer any reasonable questions thrown at him. By the way, Greetings from a fellow Louisvillian!  :)

Guaifenesin protocol fixup

Can you take a look at your article Guaifenesin protocol, please? There was an initial typo that got fixed incorrectly, but it looks as if it doesn't really make a lot of sense anyway. I was hoping you could fix it up.

Tughra

Image:OttomanSultanAbduHamid.gif is not "the signature of Ottoman Sultan Abdu Hamid". It reads: "Muhammad Sabri, the scribe (Calligrapher)". The smaller writing on the right reads: "al-hilali". It's most probably post-Ottoman so I wouldn't be to shure about the copyright either. --Baba66 14:05, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Thanks! My response is on your talk page. Quadell (talk) 15:07, Aug 22, 2004 (UTC)

Please seek further information on the source of this image from the site I've mentioned on the image descrption page or from whatever the actual source was. It appears quite possible that it is a copyright infringement but also quite likely that if asked politely the source may be willing to license this and other helpful images. Jamesday 00:33, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Padua

Your thank-you set me to work, because I didn't deserve it. Wetman 18:40, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)

"Encyclopedia" links on talk pages

I'm not sure Google would approve of what you are doing on various talk pages. We disapprove of this kind of behavior when others promote their products, we should do the same for attempted promotion of Wikipedia. Your efforts are likely to get us penalized as a link-farming site: many copies of near-similar text (i.e. Wikipedia mirror sites) all linking to the same page. Please let natural processes promote Wikipedia instead. -- Karada 23:23, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I replied on your talk page. Quadell (talk) 13:37, Sep 1, 2004 (UTC)

9/11

I don't see the problem here; There is this link, and all I do is tell the viewer what that link is about. Now, you can say there are people who think things have not been covered up, but it's been proven that they are, in fact, FYI, this is exactly what 911truth emphasizes: We carefully review the articles, books, videos, sites and other resources published and linked at 911Truth.org. Of the many works about 9/11 now in circulation, we strive to promote the best. We urge everyone to fact-check, engage in due diligence, and research the issues from all angles. It is important to expose mistakes, and we are happy to correct our own when these occur. Some works about 9/11 forward ungrounded claims based on misinterpretations, distortions or even fabricated evidence. Others reveal racist or extremist biases. We avoid both types of distraction by focusing on the most promising lines of inquiry and bodies of evidence; those that have stood up to the scrutiny of peer review, have been subjected to expert analysis, and as a result are winning in the court of public opinion. Beyond issues of factual content, we prefer to disengage from individuals who employ vitriol or highly-charged rhetoric. We value positive and sober approaches over heavy-handed ones that might alienate potential allies.

Julius 23:12, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Binladens

You're 100% correct - they do have a lot of influence, but the purpose of that sentence seemed only to advance the Michael Moore theory and didn't do much else for the article. Graft 13:45, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Arnold

See this

Pics copyright tags

Hi, thanks for adding images to Illegal prime and DeCSS; good work in thinking up a suitable illustration! I don't suppose you'd be willing to indicate precisely what the copyright status of those images is, e.g. {{GFDL}}, {{PD}}... etc? It'd be most helpful, cheers! — Matt 12:32, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Thanks! — Matt 21:40, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

User 66.93.166.174

As you've noted, this user has been making highly POV edits to Arab-Israeli conflict and Israeli-Palestinian conflict (some of which you've reverted). This editor has been extremely persistent, so I've protected the articles for now; what should be done next? Any advice or guidance would be helpful, I'm quite new at this. Jayjg 18:45, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

great job!

Thanks for the vfd rescue of cocaine anonymous. I am quite impressed and it is this kind of impression that makes me want to continue learning as a new wikipedian.--Jpittman 00:18, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Hosni Mubarak

Hi,

I copied the script from the biography article (which I am hoping is accurate). I think it adds something to the list of Heads of State to see the names as they would appear written locally, whilst not detracting from the fact that the entry in the English Wikipedia is aimed at English readers.

I would really like to be able to do so for the entire list (and for other Arabic-speaking nations) but my knowledge of arabic is limited to matching the roman letters to the Arabic - and that in itself is not sufficient - so any assistance would be very much appreciated. --JohnArmagh 04:47, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I wish I could. I'm trying to get some other people to help out in this. – Quadell ^{(talk) (quiz)}[[]] 19:16, Sep 18, 2004 (UTC)

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I just finished translating the names into Arabic script as per your request on the Arabic Wikipedia. I have some last names appearing as (...) since I don't know their Arabic names.

Regards,

Ahmad Al-rasheedan

Thank you so much! – Quadell ^{(talk) (quiz)}[[]] 19:16, Sep 18, 2004 (UTC)

Picture

I just noticed you have a picture of yourself on your user page. Would you consider adding it to Wikipedia:Facebook? →Raul654 21:31, Sep 18, 2004 (UTC)

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I just updated the page you requested (Arabic script). I will finish the rest tonight. Alrasheedan