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Request for Comments on Current events Hello Fsotrain09 –

I'm trying to get some discussion going on two proposals regarding the current events page, but so far have gotten little to no response. Since you have recently edited the current events page, I'm asking for your input on these two proposals:

One proposal (this is the big one) involves putting the daily events from the current events pages into article-templates, a lá the monthly pages from 2003 to 2005, as well and having a consistent number of recent days on the current events page instead of a monthly archive. This would allow for the current events page and the respective month pages to be updated simultaneously without the monthly archival. For more, see the current events talk page. Another proposal involves merging the content of the regional current events pages (such as British and Irish current events and Canadian current events) into fewer continental articles. For more, see the current events WikiProject talk page. Your input on one or both of these issues would be appreciated. joturner 22:21, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nation building Hiya, you contributed to the Nation building article. I've just flagged up what I think are a bunch of problems with the article and would welcome your input. Cheers Vizjim 15:11, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spam spam spam! I certainly hope you don't eat only spam, jam, and ham. You'd have scurvy and all sorts of other nasty things! ;-) Does giving you nutritional advice count as "somthing"? Fsotrain09 03:03, 20 April 2006 (UTC) Don't worry, I occasionally indulge in Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top, and spam ;) s»abhorreo»i 08:09, 17 May 2006 (UTC) [edit] Guantanamo detainee Thanks for the suggestion.

I have been wondering how to organize the data.

The DoD, and the Washington Post lists tried to shoehorn the names into the English style first name and last name format. It didn't work very well, because names can have so many different transliterations. And some nations, like Yemen, have areas where people can have a tribal name, that looks like a surname to us. Maybe sorting them by first name, within nationalities, would be better.

I'll work on it. -- Geo Swan 01:17, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AfDs Hey there! I seem to be right behind you on new page patrol tonight, and have come across a couple of AfDs you have started on a couple of pages. You might want to consider tagging articles like Julie ju with a speedy deletion tag to save the trouble of taking them to AfD when they're quite obviously nonsense or non-notable. (I've also noticed several articles where you haven't finished the AfD process - don't know if you're going to get to that or not, but thought I'd remind you.) Cheers! Tony Fox 05:37, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Translation requested Hi, I noticed that you are versed in Arabic. I'm trying to figure out what 69.68.161.253 (talk • contribs) this user is trying to say on Islam-related pages and my talk page. I've been able to translates some of the words, but I'm not unclear on the intended meaning. Thanks! OhNoitsJamieTalk 16:30, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bribe the Ghost Hey -- Just a friendly reminder to be sure to use an edit summary that says "prod" when you propose an article for deletion. It's always good to use edit summaries, of course, but it's especially helpful for proposed deletion, because prod tags are not supposed to be re-added once they are removed, and the easiest way to tell if a prod tag was previously placed on an article is to look at the edit history. Also, in this case, I marked the article for speedy deletion; when it applies, speedy deletion is better than prod, because it requires less attention. I left the prod tag there, though, just in case anyone denies the speedy deletion (which I doubt will happen). Anyway, thanks, just letting you know! Mangojuicetalk 16:03, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pije ocet Yes, you are correct. I googled for a bit after I saw your change and it looks like it is Polish. I found a free online Polish translator (kinda like Babelfish) http://www.poltran.com/ and put in the text just to see what it was about ... the translation wasn't very helpful ... something about vinegar ... I'm going out on a limb and assuming that it is about some kind of wine.

But even so, the fact that the "article" ends in "aahahahahahaha" makes me very skeptical that there is any meaningful content ... that's pretty universal. BigDT 22:28, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Murdoch sockpuppet are we talking Rupert or The A_Team ? does spelling count? ;) --FairNBalanced 03:39, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mochikoro Pages that have no content or just an external link, like Mochikoro, can be speedy deleted with the {{empty}} or similar tag. Just an FYI. --mtz206 (talk) 22:19, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] informative graphics Hi thar,

New to the WIKIpeida.

You flagged a page I just created for deletion. It was as a link reference (Informative Graphics) from XPS as a reference. I was trying to give background to Informative Graphics since background was given to HP, Ricoh etc from this XPS page as well. I thought it would be ok since the other companies have info pages as well for the XPS. I think it is important to note that more than just "printing" companies are doing work with XPS. I didn't think I was spamming or "selling". Any rate - I don't want to offend anyone so I tried to delete the page. Guess I can't do that. But can you give me some insight as to why some companies (like HP, and even small electronics companies) can have info pages and it is considered acceptable? Just trying to understand. --snailshoes(talk) 21:44, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks.

[edit] Guffless I was thinking that the article should go to AfD as nn, rather than being prod-ed. On second thoughts, it doesn't really assert notability, so I think it's liable to be speedied. --David.Mestel 20:49, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] informative graphics Hi Again,

Ok - I read through the link you provided. It does look like "public" companies are considered in a different light. Just the same XPS is an interesting move by Microsoft to have a alternative to PDF. The XPS article on this wiki refers to only "hardware" companies supporting this format. I think it is important to note that it isn't just hardware companies. Since Informative Graphics is not a "known" company, I felt it was appropriate to at least give a background. Seems like content can be written to "sell" or to "inform". But the policy is any content written about a non-public company is to "sell" and is adspace. Not sure this is really right - especially considering that most of the public company listings are complete "sell" in nature (including product lines, links to product lines, etc). This is also a disadvantage being created for "small companies" that aren't public.

Any rate - no problem and I didn't take it personally. I believe the page has been deleted now and I am little WIKIPEDIA wiser (lol).

Thanks

[edit] Saryn Hooks You participated in the Finola Hackett AfD. Please also join the discussion here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saryn Hooks (second nomination). Thank you. - CrazyRussian talk/email 17:31, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Prod

On HL Engineering, you restored the prod tag twice after the author removed it. A prod tag should not be re-added to an article once it has been removed and the author is allowed to remove a prod. Prod is for uncontroversial deletions only. Once the original prod was removed, it should have gone straight to AFD. An article with multiple prod nominations will not be deleted by the closing admin. Also, your edit summary of "rv; please do not remove speedy delete tags" is incorrect as prod is not a speedy delete tag. Please see WP:PROD if you have questions. Thanks. -- JLaTondre 11:16, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:راهنما

Hi Fsotrain, I checked the page. It's about people who can not understand music (music deaf) but it's not a encyclopedia type article. Besides, it's a copy from an Iranian magazine which probably has copyright on it, so I suggest that the article is removed. Mahanchian 17:13, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, that's just what we needed. -Fsotrain09 17:48, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Www.litchfieldnhsux.8m.com

{{db-attack}} works better here and it will get rid of the page faster than a AfD. BJK 01:07, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

cite

Thanks for the cite part 19:31, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

citation still not ok for article "rudo makunike" have'nt figured out how to cite yet - please help

Re: WoW template

You do not have to be an admin to place the template, but you do have to be an admin to do the actual blocking. The reason it took so long to block the last WoW vandal (63.191.271.47.) is that he had a "." at the end of what looked like an IP address, which led the admins to investigate the ip address, and not the user name. I hope that cleared up your confusion. --digital_me^{(TalkˑContribs)} 17:51, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Chamber of Nationalities

nice little article, but it seem to lack some pretty basic elements: why and when was it abolished? Circeus 00:01, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Deeply sorry about that. I apparently read the wrong page's history. Circeus 04:17, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

History of Baku

Hi. Can you do a further copy-edit (see discussion) as a native English speaker? I'll fix some other problems pointed out by TheGrappler. Thanks so much :) --Brand спойт 19:46, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Your DYK nomination

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Chamber of Nationalities, which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Mgm|^(talk) 09:56, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Removal of FAOL tags

Hi! I just wanted to let you know, I have removed the FAOL tags from Lope de Barrientos and Cao Yu. The full text of the two articles was already translated by me from the Spanish language articles, so the tag, which identifies that the text may be improved by translation of the material in the foreign language article, is not relevant. I am also a member of wikiproject echo, and want to commend you on your efforts. In almost every case, those tags are relevant; very few articles have been fully translated as these two have, and there's no way you could have known without checking the text and comparing. Another words, though I removed the tags, I think you did exactly what you were supposed to do.--Fuhghettaboutit 00:57, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Al-Ameen Mission

Hi, I had written an article on this Institute. It has been tagged as Possible Copyright Violations. I am relatively new to wikipedia. Can you please tell me how can it be resolved? I have mentioned one site where from I took some information. Is that the reason? If so can I rewrite the content again?

Please help.

Thanks,

Sahid.khan 06:56, 16 July 2006 (UTC)Sahid.khan

My RfA thanks

Hello Fsotrain09/Archive, and thank you for your strong support at my Request for Adminship, which succeeded with an overwhelming final count of (105/2/0). I was very pleased with the outpouring of kind words from the community that has now entrusted me with these tools, from the classroom, the lesson in human psychology and the international resource known as Wikipedia. The Free Encyclopedia. I will continue to monitor WP:PNT, although you and Fabricationary (and others) are doing a great job in what used to be mainly my area alone. Please feel free to leave me plenty of requests, monitor my actions (through the admin desk on my userpage) and, if you find yourself in the mood, listen to some of what I do in real life. In any case, keep up the great work and have a fabulous day. Grandmasterka 05:38, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Al-Ameen Mission

Hi Fsotrain09,

Thanks for your pointer. I've rewritten the article and also included the external link as you told in the temporary page. Al-Ameen Mission/Temp. Please check if it resolves the issue.

Regards,

Sahid.khan 18:32, 18 July 2006 (UTC)Sahid.khan

Pages needing translation

Thanks for your help with the Fusagasugá article. I'll be translating the enitre Spanish article after my currents projects are done, and help would be welcome. Cheers, RyanGerbil10 (Drop on in!) 04:05, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Francespeabody RFC filed

A User Conduct RFC has been filed against User:Francespeabody. I am notifying you as you requested on my Talk page. --ElKevbo 04:53, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Lutheranism

I'm not sure if you intended to, but it appears that when you tried to revert the vandal on the page Lutheranism you inadvertently reverted to a much worse version[1]. Peyna 02:31, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Ah, the vandals are just so pervasive. Thanks very much for catching that! -Fsotrain09 02:33, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Dang Thuy Tram

That was a good article on Dang Thuy Tram (though the LA Times seems to be getting round to the story a bit late). Hope a lot of Americans are able to read the book once it comes out. Badagnani 17:42, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm certainly looking forward to the book. -Fsotrain09 17:44, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Al-

I have looked at the article and it did have all the explanation of the Arabic prefix Al- but I also added a paragraph about the Al- when used in the Quran. I hope this helps you!! Abdullah Geelah 15:53, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Send me a message if you read the message above!

Q

Hi there - 1. I don't know how to communicate w/a Wiki user, like u did 4 me, so I'm doing it this way. Pls let me know if this is not the right way. 2. I was told that replacing text w/blank content is vandalism. However, how do I change something that should be deleted w/o blanking it out? I looked into ways to "revert" but if the text that needs to be blanked was done many revisions ago it doesn't seem possible to revert and keep the later changes. Or is it? thx. Lance 06:00, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

the Arabic def. art. AL-

Dear Fsotrain09, Unfortunately my field of study has been Indo-European comparative linguistics with approach to Indo-Iranian branch. Although I know Arabic and Hebrew well, my linguistic knowledge does not include Afro-Asiatic languages. But I should thank you for bringing the issue to my attention. As sson as I can get any info, I will contribute. -User:DrMoslehi 09 August 2006, 17:35 (UTC+3:30)

I also do not have any information regarding the article al, I would actually like to learn more about the origin itself. You may try asking Angrynight and Mustafaa, both are Arabic speakers and linguists (I'm not quite sure about Angrynight though). --Inahet 02:41, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

semitic definite articles

hi there, you may want to consider adding the following interesting detail. some semiticists have hypothesised that the arabic definite article 'al-' (-ال) and the hebrew definite article 'ha-' (-ה) have origins in a proto-semitic definite article 'hal-' (-הל-/ال) (no alif/alef because it's not a long vowel in either case). evidence for this can also be found in the origins of the arabic 'this': 'hadhā' (هذا), which, when combined with a definite phrase, often shortens from 'hadhā al-bayt' to 'hal-bayt' (هذا البيت becomes هلبيت). otherwise, the article looks nice! i'll add this and you can edit it to fit into your article. dgl 15:10, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you so much, dgl! That's exactly what I needed. -Fsotrain09 16:54, 12 August 2006 (UTC)