User talk:Vivenot

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Hello

Hello James , I was the orginial the Began the article on the St. Lucia Jazz Festival. Please give my feedback on the article what you feel the article is missing . Also , Please Check out my user page you will find some thing very Interesting . --IDude 101 14:59, 28 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Caribbean Wikipedians

Hi James. I just wanted to say hello. Looks like you have figured your way around Wikipedia pretty well. Glad to have you here. If you have any ideas for how to help develop the Caribbean Wikipedians board, I'd love to hear from you. All the best. Guettarda (Ian) 16:42, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Saint Lucian people

I was putting together this category and I realised that there are a lot of articles that were "batch translated" from Spanish earlier this month - and they are full of gibberish. I fixed some of the links, but the language only looks like English. If you could have a look at some of these you might be able to figure out what they are supposed to be saying. Thanks. Guettarda 14:44, 30 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea. I'll work through them as and when time permits. Cheers! Vivenot 18:05, 31 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Caribbean Wikipedians

I don't know what you are talking about, could you please explain? – AxSkov (T) 18:08, 31 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Axel, Sorry for the agressive sounding message - I don't mean to come across that way. I will delete the message on your User talk board - we can carry out this dialogue on my user talk page ok? I just want to clarify how we should set up these categories - I do want to help and I don't want to go contrary to agreed Wikipedia conventions. Most of the changes you have done make sense but I just want to clarify how we can best work together on these categories. One thing I disagree with for example is the text inviting all Caribbean Wikipedians to link to each island's category. Obviously there will be Wikipedians who will want to link to various categories if they have an interest in more than one category, e.g. I have linked to both UK and Saint Lucian categories. However to encourage all Caribbean users to link to each country's category surely defeats the object of categorisation. What do you think? Vivenot

OK, I understand, what I'm doing the the moment is trying to get all the pages up and running and putting as much relevant information onto them. Are you talking about the Notice Boards, because if you are then I will not object to you removing it from each Carribbean Island, or are you talking about the classification linking to the Caribbean Wikipedians? – AxSkov (T) 18:31, 31 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've noticed the work you've been doing on the categories and it looks great. I will definitely defer to your opinion on how they should be set up as you are an admin with considerably more experience in Wikipedia than I have. Besides I do not want to get into petty arguments on this collaborative effort and I don't want to get a reputation as a vandal!

I agree that there should be consistency in the format of the categories so if I set up any other country categories I will do them in the same format as you have done. Regarding the specific case of the Caribbean countries reference, I think that the text on the Caribbean Wikipedians should be left as it is, but on the subcategories (i.e. the individual Caribbean states)it should state that they are for people from or with an interest in that state but not the Caribbean in general which should be left to the overall Caribbean category. I haven't explained myself very well. Let me know if you get what I'm saying... Vivenot 20:15, 31 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Help Me JAMES

Hi Vivenot , I want to help me create some missing and unfinished articles about St. lucia. I am working on some articles St. lucia . It is a project i am doing and i Need your help in editing and article creation about st. lucia .If you can help me with it and need as much help as i can get and I can't do it on my own . Please Help if you Can. Thank You.--IDude 101 21:11, 18 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

THANK YOU JAMES !!!!!!!

For You Help in Editing The St. Lucia Jazz Festival Article . Your Work in wikipedia is Greatly Acknowledged and I Thank For Your Work help .Your edit may be minor but thank you very much!--IDude 101 21:45, 18 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for your kind comments. I am around, just trying to limit my participation so that I can get caught up with work - I got comments back on a manuscript (which needs a lot of work), and I have piles of job applications to get out. Add that to normal teaching, that I have an exam to give and Monday, and a (3.5 hour) class to cover for a colleague yesterday...it makes for far too busy a week. Guettarda 19:44, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Vandal

Before reporting vandals on WP:AIAV, make sure that the user has been warned using {{test}}, {{test2}} etc. Also, try to only list that editor when he is in the process of vandalising, not when he has finished. For example, the user you just listed —User:203.52.130.136—had vandalised the page about two days ago. OK? Keep up the good work though! Oran e (t) (c) (@) 17:17, 2 November 2005 (UTC) [reply]

Dyke

Yeah, I was kind of lazy with my edit summary at Dyke. I should have wiki-linked to the exact page in the MoS: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages). Piping is mentioned there.--Commander Keane 12:52, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for leaving a message. I eventually found the guidance on piping in DAB pages so I reverted the revert that I had done in ignorance. Previously I didn't know about the policy on piping, so I suppose the good thing is that I've learnt something new about Wikipedia.--Vivenot 12:59, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey

Are you affiliated with St Paul's School or just an avid Countervandal ? I appreciate your cleaning up of all the vandalism on St Paul's-related pages.

Thanks for your comment - it's glad that someone appreciates this work! There appear to be some determined vandals at the moment. Who is this Alberto Santi character anyway?! --Vivenot 10:12, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know - where have you encountered them? I have to clean up after my classmates vandalising our school page but I've never met this Santi guy. I'll check it out. The Fish 18:22, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Usercats

No, I never followed it up. But great for going ahead and making the change. Let me know if you get any opposition. Guettarda 13:41, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You should also drop User:IFaqeer a note (he's a Pakistani in Nigeria, IIRC) - he was the one who raised the point on my talk page. He isn't very active these days though. Guettarda 14:01, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I think that separate residence and origin cats are useful. We don't do it for subjects on articles. I think your ideas was correct. Guettarda 14:34, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Anse Chastanet

Regarding your edit[1] removing "world-class:" This site is well known as a world-class diving spot to divers. But I can agree with you that it shouldn't be there unless the label can be backed up by well-known sources and if others agree that it is ok to use the term. --Nikitchenko 19:55, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Frederick

thank you for your work with the richard frederick article, thank you, i will be sure to turn his attention to it when i next see him, thank you.

Lucianotis 14:23, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

yes, it is definite, he told me himself fool.

Excuse me, but there is no need to call me a fool! Do you have any evidence to back up your conversation?--Vivenot 12:39, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Sport in the Caribbean

I can't believe that they were all in "Sport in Central America" up until now. Big improvement! Guettarda 15:03, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - I knew I could count on your support! I can't tell you how vexed I was when I saw these Caribbean pages lumped in with Central America. --Vivenot 15:29, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Caribbean is not a country. Could you please refrain from making controversial edits without explanation using "popups", whatever that is? Osomec 05:31, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Vivenot

It appears you reverted the info on ePewsey as you perceive it as advertising. Please take a look at the link - you'll see that it's a free local resource with a sister site/concept at http://www.thepactcentre.org.uk/. If you have tried to function without broadband access and tech support you'd realise that this CHARITY does a great job of enabling people of all ages in a rural community to connect with the world. ePewsey complies with what most people find good in Wiki - open access and giving back to the community.
Please, look at again and reinstate the useful info; t took me two months to find them as a resource having moved here from London. This part of Wiltshire needs more places like ePewsey and less censorship! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by GidsR (talk • contribs) 12:37, 29 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Mediation Cabal regarding Pewsey

Thank you for your Mediation Cabal request. I have taken your case and will be serving as the mediator. I'm going to have a read through of all the material and post all discussion on the article talk, although if you have any specific queries feel free to add them on my talk page. I look forward to discussing the article with you. Jem 18:41, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Warning vandals

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Saint Lucia

Well English and the English people in general have shaped it so as they use a Germanic language, and have many Germanic characteristics, if I am not mistaken it is also under "Caribbean Culture" as well?, so i think that gives it justification, since its a "blend" of cultures. -- Hrödberäht (gespräch) 16:32, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's a very tenuous justification which I doubt that other Caribbean Wikipedians will accept. --Vivenot 16:36, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ref: Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities#Category:Germanic_culture

Unblock request

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Saint Lucia - pronunciation

I changed the IPA transcription you requested. Although it appears that several slightly varying pronunciations are used, "looshya" seems indeed to be the prevalent form. I suppose you would know as you've lived there... Cheers--Targeman 12:52, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]