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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Nmentha (talk | contribs) at 05:55, 5 February 2007 (→Images). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Images

Thanks for the request for pictures in November, I have been working on it, compiling a large file of non-copyright pictures. Unfortunately, we seem to be sacrificing quality in attempting to make all the pictures free-use. I disagree with this, just because there is a free picture available doesn't make it necessarily any good. Many of the free pictures look horrible, and this has really made me disappointed to see the Baha'i pages recently. We need to worry about quality. High resolution, clear images, realistic colors, and nothing older than the year 2000 unless it is a historical picture. This is why I am struggling so much. None of the free pictures (and I have hundreds) are really anything I would like to see on here. Best of wishes. Nmentha 05:55, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

PS: I am going to repost this remark on the main pages. Nmentha 05:55, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Canadian Horse as prominent and official Canadian symbol

It is established and accepted that the Canadian Horse is an official Canadian animal symbol since April 30,2002 [1][2]. My argument for the Canada page is that it is also a prominent symbol. It is frequently seen in countless images with the Mounties - the black versions of the breed are what the Mounties are usually mounted on! Request that this be accepted and put on the Canada page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Likemike1 (talk • contribs) 18:31, 10 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]


Thanks for the tip Kapnisma 06:13, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Defender

Ok my friend I'll try to remember what you wrote. Thanks --KaragouniS 11:55, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jeff3000

Have a great gegorian callenda break and thank you for your help in training me over the 2006 year in wikipedia. You earned a couple of banstorms. See you round.RoddyYoung 11:49, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You deserve a lot of banstorms. Cuñado - Talk 17:54, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I want a banstorm. Where can I get one? —dragfyre 18:35, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know, but I can't wait to get one  ;-) -- Jeff3000 21:16, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My edit to "Bahá'í concept of God"

Hello,

Could you please explain the reversion of my edit to this article? Is it because it was too redundant (as it could easily be inferred from the quotes?)? Is it because it was not relevant to the subject of the article, which is on the religion's concept of God? 70.101.147.224 05:53, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your message to me

Unfortunately, I don't have any photos, but I'll look into it. Matarael 08:33, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Jeff3000...Thank you for your response....I now understand what you were concerned about...Go Jays Go

Edit reversions

Jeff3000,

Please revert my change 97207332 which you undid with your change 97217529. That edit had nothing to do with referencing another Wikipedia article. To avoid a reversion duel here, consider every change individually. I am keeping my edits as atomic as possible so as to avoid this very sort of indiscriminate wholesale backing out of a series on the grounds that one change violates some policy. Also, if you are going to revert a change I make on policy rather than taste grounds, kindly reference that policy in your comment string and/or on your, my or the article's Talk page. This is the first I've heard of the policy that Wikipedia articles should not cross-reference each other -- a policy which is ignored or violated all over the site. Thank you in advance for keeping this process civil and NPOV. --Ubarfay 02:43, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Continue discussion

(The Islam article comes up with a little lock icon in the top right-hand corner that links to WP:Semi-protection_policy, so I can't see the full external reference.)

Adherents.com may be less biased than they appear on the surface, but you're not addressing my main points that (1) the rollup they use is just Rev. Barrett's from the WCE, not even their own data; (2) that their own data (as you point out) is a compilation of many estimates, whose high end for Christianity can't reach the WCE's clearly POV 2.1 billion figure and whose low end is some 20% lower, within a rounding error of the high estimate for Islam; and (3) that using their "adherence" methodology is itself controversial (e.g. the WVS/EVS data gives a completely different picture than the one here). Don't you think this requires some rigor? --Ubarfay 04:15, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have you even looked at any of the other sources? The US State Dept's? Pew? WVS/EVS? I'd say a picture where "Chinese folk religion" disappears completely and self-identified members of Christian denominations fall to below 22% of the populations surveyed paints a fairly different picture than the one currently in this section, wouldn't you? --Ubarfay 04:41, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not following. Do you like multiple sources/perspectives, or not? For the numbers at issue in this discussion, we/Wikipedia are currently using a sole source (Rev. Barrett/WCE), not the multiple sources in adherents.com. The latter is merely a secondary (arguably tertiary) source. Please clarify. Regards, --Ubarfay 06:11, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your edits to the Dizzy Gillespie article

I removed (again) the opening reference to Dizzy Gillespie's religious affiliation, which you had restored to the opening paragraph following my earlier credit. It's bad encyclopediac form to have mention of an individual's religious or ethnic in the lead sentences of his/her biography, unless religion or ethnicity is what makes that individual notable in the first place (ie. the Pope is "Catholic", Martin Luther King, Jr., a civil rights leader, was "African-American"). Gillespie's religious preference is mentioned later in the article, and that is more than sufficient. J.R. Hercules 06:06, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree and apparently so do others to similar kinds of edits you've done elsewhere judging from your talk page. You not only removed the Bahá'í tag but also African-American. Both are important qualities.--Smkolins 13:29, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
He commented on my talk page after making similar charges - I said:
I disagree and said so on the talk page of Jeff3000 where you already made a similar argument. You also seem to have a reputation about removing certain kinds of content from comments on your talk page. It is not "micro-characterization". I see what *you* did as against Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(biographies)#Opening_paragraph. Dizzy Gillespie is a singularly well known Baha'i, which also played important roles in his life and music as amplified in the main text, and being African-American is a key aspect of his life and music. Please revert your edits. And echoiing to other places of this discussion.--Smkolins 17:07, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

might need a disambiguation page

Russell Garcia is apparently a soccer player and a jazz musician/composer (Porgy and Bess) and did albums with Louise Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald - see [3] for more info (seems like he should have his own page in wikipedia!)--Smkolins 01:54, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Manifestations of God

Unfortunately it doesn't fit any of the criteria for speedy deletion for categories. If the user continues to add to the category I'll ask him to stop until the CfD debate has concluded. Best, Gwernol 02:37, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Talk page

Hi Jeff, I'm aware of that, but I'm aware that it's practice to remove from a talk page anything that has nothing to do with the article - particularly when the article deals with an important and complex topic. Slac speak up! 05:54, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Statistics

Thank you, I was just trying to update to a more recent statistic. I realise I'm probably not very popular around here, but there's no need to point that out. Zazaban 03:00, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, your wording made it sound as though you were commenting on my editing in general. Zazaban 03:16, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

watchlist irregularities

Jeff3000, I noticed that my watchlist is showing only a few of the recent changes on Dizzy's page - that seems strange. Is there something I should check/report look at? For example I see Tom harrison's recent fix but before that my watchlist only shows a January 5th entry. It doesn't even show my Jan 6th edit. --Smkolins 02:36, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

NHL Edit

Jeff3000, why did you get rid of the logos on the page, by doing so you have made it difficult and very inconvient, also it brightened up the page and i feel that the deletion was stupid and unneccessary. --User:AranMaxwell1Cox--

Could you please add Germany, Turkey and Nauru to the map of featured countries please? Jaw101ie 13:46, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Featuredcountries.png

Alex Higgins

Hi, While you are correct about Britain/British, I have reverted the edit prior to yours something I have had to do several times before (others' edits). Snooker players are "categorised" by their country of origin, not nationality (which is complicated in Britain and Ireland!). For instance, see "Steve Davis", who is listed as English, not British. All the best, bigpad 13:04, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Portal:Religion

Hi, Jeff300. Thanks for your note. Please see my reply on my talk page. Rfrisbietalk 23:25, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yran

Hello, do you mind explaining the reversion of my update on this article? Thanks. //Heimvennar 15:57, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I have read the page and I do have sources, I forgot to put them in. Though the link already there contains much of the information in the text. I understand that the quotes shouldn't be there. I'll update it with sources cited and the quotes removed. Heimvennar 17:34, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summaries

Actually, I do use them, just not always. Sometimes I believe my edits speak for themselves. Zazaban 15:58, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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